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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
WAS FIELD MARSHAL
GoURKO, THE HERO OF
THE TURKISH WAR

His successes won him the rank d
field marshal, the title of count and
the civil and military command in
Poland, besides other honors and PEN
sions.
Although of Polish origin himself his
command in Poland is said to have
been one of the most severe suffered
by that unhappy nation. II will
teach you to Dance" he threatened Po-
lish mobiles who proposed a period Of
mourning to mark the anniversary Of
their country's partition. During strike
riots in Lodey, when liberals were
holding meetings in the town. he
waived for once his usual instructions
to count every shot, and wired to the
colonel in command: "Clear the streets
and do not spare the cartridges" His
order resulted in the removal Of 27o
bodies from the blood-stained streets.
Gen. Gourko became field marshal
December Is, 1894. when at his own re-
quest, based on his shattered health,
he was relieved al governor general
of Warsaw and commander Of the
Warsaw military district. He then re-
tired to his estate at Scharon, where he
lived quietly until his death.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
WHAT Is X
Here's . story That Illustrator quito
Well the Border Between Wit and

Here's q Story That illustrates Quito
Well the Border Between Wit and
Humor.
What is a joke? And how are you to
know one If you see it? My justif1ca-
ton for this wanton malice Is, and l
think I have discovered, the charm to
lay these haunting presences to rest;
that I have In some sort discovered the
true inwardness Of humor, and have
been able to draw the shadowy line d.
yiding it from wit.
Here is a story which seems to come
close to the heart of the secret. The
scene is laid in the wild and woolly
west. A mustang has been stolen. a
claim jumped, or a poker pack been
found to contain more right and left
bowers than an arctic brig; and swift
Nemesis has descended in the form OF
Manila hemp. The time has come to
break the news to the family of the
deceased. A %deputation goes ahead,
and the leader knocks at the door of the
bereaved homestead, asking: docs
Widow Smith live here?"
A stout and cheerful person replies:
I'm Mrs. Smith, but I amt no widow!!"
The deputation answered.: BET you
d dollar you are! But you've got the
laugh on us just the same, for we've
lynched the wrong man"
That story is irresistible. It is as full
Of sardonic fire as anything in all liter
allure; but you would hardly call it hu-
NOR. It seems to me to lie SO directly
on the border line that we may use IT
as a landmark.-Charles johnson, in At
la;ntic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
help FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALwAYssT TIRED

81 do not feel very we'll, l am 90
tired all the time. l do not know what
is the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; -
often as you meet your friends just 80
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signif-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most Of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, Of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bc7r-
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds Of miserable feelings,
all Of which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer-
Gus medicines she was entirely cured By
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
If you are troubled with palma
fainting spells, depression of spirits.
reluctance to go anywhere, headache,
backache, and always tired, please re-
remedy which will relieve you of your
suffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped SO many women by direct advice
is greater than that of any living per-
son. If you are sick, write and get
her advice T; her address is Lynn, MasA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
A WISE
For $500 He Guarantees to Do That
for Which a Lady Offers Him 800.

For $500 He Guarantees to Do That
for which. a Lady Oners Him 800.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. Is, 1901
(Special.)-Some two years ago a local
druggist engaged in a transaction
which was in its details somewhat re-
markable. He was visited by Miss
Anna p. Nichols, who had a Doctors
prescription for rheumatism. which the
druggist a filling. In the course Of
conversation the good lady said: Il
would give one hundred dollars to get
we'll"
He Immediately replied: "Give me
five dollars and I will guarantee to cur
you"
She agreed, and he at ono handed
her a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills, say
Ing: "They r SOC a box. Two boxes
ten will"
Miss Nichols tells the story as fol-
lows: "Dodd's Kidney Pills are verit-
able life preservers. I was troubled for
five years with rheumatism, so that at
times my right arm seemed p~aralyzed
and I could only walk with difficulty.
and could not go out Of doors II the air
was damp or cold. I took SC much
medicine hat I think my system was
poisoned rather than helped. One day
when my druggist was putting up a
prescription for me I remarked that I
would give M hundred dollars for q
remedy that would make me better"
"'Give me five dollars and I will guar
lntee to ure you,' he said. I readily
agreed. and he handed me a box Of
Dodd's Kidney Pills. saying: They are
S0c a box. Two boxes may cure you,
but I am sur that ten will I left my
prescription intact, and, instead, took
these Pills, and I found them, as I
said before, to be veritable life pre-
servers. Before I had finished the Sec
ond box I had my first perfect nights
rest in years. I gradually improved. I
had determined to use the ten boxes
before I would give up. but imagine
my surprise to find that before half
that quantity was used I was com:
pletely cured. This was two years ago,
md I have not had a twipge SINCE"
Miss Nichols. is Vice Grand Baxter,
Rebekah Lodge I. o. o. F., and is one
Of the best known and most highly re-
spected ladies in Kansas City, and her
experience will be read with interest by
her many friends.
Dodd's kidney Pills never fail to
Cure Rheumatism. They are Soc a box,
six boxes for $3.50. Buy them from
POUR local dealer IL you can. II he can-
not supply you. send to the Dodds
Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

The marriage Of King Edward VII.
whom it is dihicult to refer to other
wise than as the Prince Of Wales. was
q romance savoring Of the most poett-
cal traditions Of the middle ages. Be-
fore the Prince Consort's death 1t had
been almost settled between him and
the Queen that the Prince Of Wales
should seek q wife among the German
hrinoasses. A young German oficer
Who was q friend Of the prince In
formed his royal highness one day that
he was engaged to be married. and that
he would like to show him the portrait
IL his bride-elect.
He Eaye the ptince Z photograph OF
. beautiful young girl. wearing the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
HoMsa THAI

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
:ase Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halli
FL CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, O.
Cheney for the last is years and believe hin
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga.
lions made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
O.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system. Testimonials sent free Price
s5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

ouer at his peril. I ought to have
made q home at for such q wife a. I
have before I married her.. Then she
laughed one of her copious mellow
laughs. II think you have got that
wrong, John, upon my word I do.
Homes do not produce wives or lead up
to them. It's just the other way, It
seems to me. The wives produce the
homes. Young men, as I understand It.
think just. about as much Of making q
home before they get q wife q they
think about making q flying trip to the
noon. Why, it would DO Just too r.
diculous, John, to e q young man.
building a home and furnishing 1t, and
then expecting 4 wife and baby to drop
ia because IT'S ready, % the wrens do.
You know yourself you never would
have had . home like this Il you hadn't
rot married. How could JOUR-
Lots OF men know how to cure hama
but IRA unable to procure them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
WIFE a K A HOME.

Semiaias Sslstssa sf . Psinted, Vsxing
Mstriaoaial Creation.
Should q man make 9 home before
ne asks = woman to marry him, or
should he marry first and let the home
making follow the wedding? This Is
rather q nice social question and IT IS
entertainingly discussed in J. =. NOW
bray's article, 1.-THE Making Of 9 Coun-
try Home. in Everybody's Magazine.
Discussing the limitations and the
helplessness OF life ina dat q con
ditions that seem to prescribe 9 rise,
John. Denison says to: his wife: "a
man ought to reach his goal before he
takes . wife, for the more he loves her
the more 81 i handicap she is. Don't
you iseeal that?', mo; ! don't gee y at
ALL ..B1t ron undsrstands that ne VIII
not take any risk when heai married;
1wouid 1athsr plod securely than on
E-sfF& - ~ - hA IkE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Tired of a Bad Reputation.

Tired of a Bad Reputation.
Billingsgate wishes to rid itself of the
imputation which rests upon it as being
the ward in which the worst characters,
judged by the language used, assemble.
There is no doubt at all that in Billings
gate a very marked improvement as
regards the use of bad language has
taken place, a fact undoubtedly due, in
a great measure to the good influence
exercised by the Christian mission
London City Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
!. Fell in Love With Her Picture.

plainest of white muslin frooks, with
her hair brushed back from her brow
and wearing a narrow black velvet
ribbon tied about her throat. The
prince Immediately asked the name Of
the original, when the young ,ofacer
discovered that by. mistake he had
xiven the prince the portrait Of tho
King Of Denmark's second daughter.
When the mistake was explained the
prince refused to return. the photo
graph, and . few days later, seeing .
miniature Of the same lady in the
Duchess Of Cambridge's drawing room,
he declared then. and there that b
would marry only tho original Of these
two pictures.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

You Can Get Aliens Toot-Ense Free.
Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted. LIE
Roy. N. T., for a FREE sample of
Aliens Foot-Ease. a powder. 1t cures
sweating, damp, swollen. aching feet.
Makes new or tight shoes easy. A GER
tain cure for Chilblains and Prostitutes.
At all druggists and shoe stores. Csc.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
PATENTS.

Northwestern Inventors.
Delbert E.. Barton, Minneapolis,
MIMI, cultivator; Charles W. McDade,
Faribault, Mimi, curette: Matthias A.
Patton, Livingston. Mont. tire setter;
Edward Poisson, st. Paul, MIMI. draft
box for cars: Henry G. Roth, Mime
apolis, Mimi, box; William Shakel.
Wagner, S. D., %cultivator; Florence
Violette, Minneapolis. MIMI, table.
Lothrop & johnson, patent attorneys. Oil
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Tho Trust Problem.

To a thoughtful mind, the trust problem
8 one Of serious import. It must be
irmly grappled with, for 1t creep. upon
society before you are aware of its ex-
stence, in this respect much resembling
he various disorders which attack the
,tomach, such as constipation, Indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness. Hostetter's
stomach Bitters will cure al such all
nents, and prevent la grippe. malarial
lever and ague. Be sure to give 1t a trial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Don't Get Footsore! Get FOOT-EAsE.
A certain cur for Swollen. Smarting.
Burning. Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease. a
powder. Cures Frost-Bites and Chill
blains. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. Csc. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen s.. Olmsted. Leroy, N. 7.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
The One Exception.

Towne-He's quite a linguist. I be-
lieve.
Browne-Yes; he can converse in
fourteen different tongues.
Towne-So I understand. But there's
one tongue he never succeeded in mas
tering.
Browne-What's that? Chinese?
Towne-No; his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Have you wei experienced the Joyful
sensation Of a good appetite? You will II
you chew Adams Pepsin Tutti Fruit.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
His Deep.Laid Scheme.

His Deep Laid Scheme.
Eyes; that's my wife down in the Gel
lar chopping kindlings."
"How does that happen?"
"She's got an idea that she's a second
Mrs. Nation, and I'm encouraging her
to learn the use of the hatchet."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Fatal candor.

CdIH1 VHmUUEe
Suitcr-Yes, sir, I assure you I would
be glad to marry your daughter. eve
If she were poor as a churchmouse.
Mr.. Moneybags-That settles you! I
don't want a fool in my family.-phila-
delphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

4 woman always loves those who ad.
mire lier. but she doesn't always love
those she admires.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Entitled to Hair Rates.

B~eggar-Please give a poor old blind
man a dime!
Citizen-Why, you can see out Of one
eye.
Well. then. give me a nickel.-chica-
go News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

my life three years ago.-Mrs. THos. RoBBIHs,
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y. Feb. II, 1900.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
A "Reminiscences.

A "Reminiscences.
zone time" remarked Wragson Tat
tiers, II got into a soft snap"
did yer, honest?" inquired Perry
Patetick, what was it,"
"a poor ole watchdog dat hadn't no
teeth left ."-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

"They say that Old Gotrox is barely
able to write his name."
Nov, that shows the injustice OF
things. Here I could write my name to
a check with the greatest ease; but
what's the use ?"-1ndianapolis Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

The sense of sins committed must
come before the assurance Of sins re-
mitted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Would Not Submit.

Johnny-Doesn't Uncle Henry like
plum pudding?
Mamma-Yes; but the doctor won't
let him eat it.
Johnny-If 1 was as big as him, I'd
like to see any doctor keep me from
eating it.-Puck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

It requires no experience to dye with
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Simply
boiling your goods In the dye is all
that's necessary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
pp with the crowd,

Oh, yes, they're getting on"
How do you mean?"
They're keeping up with the world
they're not living in the dead past-they
call their hired girl the maid.'-Chicago
Times-Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETS. AL
druggists refund the money II 1T fails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature is on the box. 25c.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Seven days make one week, but it
strong.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

6rst days use Of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Gynd for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
I

There is still now and then a mar
simple enough to go cunning for an Of
flee without q barrel.-Detroit Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

La Grippe conquers life Wizard OIL
conquers La Grippe Your druggist
sells Wizard Oil.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Late ealixat

II now realize" said the pig, as they
loaded him into the wagon, bound for
the butchers. II now realize that over
eating tends to shorten life."-Indian-
apolis Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
Family Ties.

"How close is your relationship to
that millionaire?"
"Oh, his brother married my brother
tn-law's sister. detroit Free Pess.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Many Of our prayers are from fear
and not from faith.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02
On 8S9iiua Mho Maits. !

You came to me at morning
When the breeze played with my hair
And the trees hung low with blossoms;
How could I really care?
For the romping winds had called me
To chase the. butterflies,
And the white clouds sailed above me
Like dream ships in the skies.
You came to me at noontime,
Where I'd flung me down to rest,
And l rudely thrust you from me;
Surely I myself knew best.
Was there not the world before me?
Had I not yet miles to go?
Could I hope to reach the mountains
Ere the setting sun sank low?
. You came to me at evening
Through the misty moons faint beams,
When the odors of dead roses
Mingled with my old, old dreams.
And you told again that story
Fraught with mystery of the years,
And when I turned to answer
My eyes were filled with tears.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-03-02

Lots Of mon know how TO cuTc mama
but IRA unable to procure thaen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-18
POTATO AND FERTILIZER.
Potash Increases the YicId-Other
Things That Are Told.

Potash Increases the YicId-Other
Things That Are Told.
Commercial fertilizers influence the
composition OF the potato, especially as
regards the quality of starch it con-
tains, if analyses are to be relied. upon.
The value Of potash in producing adj
ditional quantities of carbohydrates in
growing plants has been pretty well es-
tablished. 1t is evident that the liberal
use of potash not only fayors the
growth ofthe potato in regard to yield,
but also tends to increase it's content
of starch.
German experiments indicate that a
moderate use of nitrogen tends to
Slightly increase the content of starch
in the potato. An excessive use of nj
trogenous fertilizers is to be avoided.
According to Virginia station reports:
Potatoes grown without fertilizers
contain the greatest amount Of dry
matter The addition of fertilizers
tends to diminish the dry matter and
also as the quantity of fertilizer used
is increased the amount of dry matter
Is diminished.
Potatoes grown where sulphate Of
potash is used contain more dry mat
ter than those where muriate is used.
Very little effect is produced on the
starch by either the kind or amount of
fertilizers used; their tendency is to in
crease rather than to diminish it.
Potatoes grown with muriate of pot
ash contain less dry matter but slight
ly more starch than those grown with
sulphate of potash.
Neither the kind nor amount of ferti-
lizer has any appreciable effect on the
percentage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash contained in potatoes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-18
A Love Letter of Prince Bismarck.

Love Letter of Prince Bismarck.
con my window sill. among all sorts
Of crocuses and hyacinths. stand two
camellias which always inspire me
with strange thoughts. One of them,
slender and pretty, with its ornamen-
tai crown (top) and soft, pale-very
pale-pink blossoms. but little foliage
and only two buds, transports me to
Reddetin, holds itself rather stiffiy and
lisps English The other makes far
less impression of beauty as you look
at it, and its stalk betrays in its gnarl-
ed twisting lack OF care in its pruning.
From the midst of the foliage locks
out dead branch, but the crown is
rich in leaves. and the foliage is green
er than that of its neighbor. 1t gives
promise Of abundant blossoming in its
eight buds. and it's color is deep dark
red and white in irregular gay variega-
ton. Do you take the comparison
amiss? 1t is lame comparison, more
over, for ] do not love camellias, be-
cause they are without odor, and you
love precisely on account of the fra
GRANGE of the flower of your spirit,
which is white, dark red and black"
Here is a picture of the Man of Iron
with his armor doffed.-Harper'S Mag
aZine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-04-18
SARAH AND THE "INDlANS." "
BernhaTJt Played Fedora For Then
nj 35 Cents n Head.


at 30 Cents Head.
Sarah Bernhardt, the great French
actress, once played in Sullivan, Ind,
at 81 cents a head.
1t was many years ago. and Bern
hardt was making a tour of the coun-
try On the way from Louisville TO
Indianapolis the train was stopped at
Sullivan by the news that a serious
freight wreck had occurred 4 few miles
up the road completely blocking the
tracks and making progress to Indian
apolis impossible until the next day.
every well.' said the manager in eX-
cellent French and with forced calm
ness. 'Since we cannot leave town
we will give a performance here"
Impossible said Nine. Bernhardt,
also in French. "Quite impossible"
Not a Bit said the manager, and
he went about it. The divine Bern
hardt, being under contract to play Il
certain number of nights, was induced
to consent There was no opera
house" in Sullivan, but the Masonic
hall was rented, and some of the seen
job office got out lot of handbills i'll
hurry, and messengers were dispatch
ed to the adjoining towns to spread
the glad news that Bernhardt, the di-
vine Sarah, was to play in Sullivan
that night and that admission would
be 50 cents.
''No use trying to charge metropoli-
tan prices here" said the manager to
the treasurer, and that gentleman sigh
ed and said he supposed not.
In the early evening there began to
come into town long lines of green
farmer wagons, each holding family
party. When the house was full, the
great Bernhardt cautiously took peep
at it from behind the fiimsy curtain.
"Mon Dieu!" she cried, raising her
jeweled hands Look at the Indians
But she played Fedora for them, and
she played until IL o'clock.-Philadel-
phia Saturday Evening Post.