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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
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n5a.EEN Ae20 tIEk
Once, In the Theater Of. the Planets
the travellers stand on the landing
midst the roofs Of various structures
and see lying before them the monster
airship. In the soft moonlight the
airshlp looks almost the size Of an
ocean liner, and . view from this point
10 weird indeed. The airship appar-
emily is In midair. the stern lying
about ten feet from the housetop and
is rolling slightly under q gentle breeze
and with no apparent support. The
gangplank Is thrown out, the inter-
venting ten feet Of space is crossed over
and the people pass through the cab
ms out onto the open deck. The View
presented here is Of the Exhibition In!
the foreground With all Its illumina-
tfon. Then 10 felt the motion Of the
start Of the airshi3, the wind Increases,
the wins3 nap and the aerial planes
belly full With the increased air pres
sure The earth appears 70 be sinking
awaysandsthe travellers lose the view az
the Exhibition. Of Mayors River and
Falls and Lake Erie ana gradnallysth the
horizon of the earth. The starr IN
crease Ia sixeS Il planets Ind saiIS by.
while others dim on "a tho distance,
and tie fsslinS i perfect of being II
sboun,tdllsss space. Mithsthe st4slit ~
below andMoysfhead. Sass
A series ofs queer forms surrounds
tn shlp inSfAntasttc movement. Thee
- an: fha nrfncinla nfsfthA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

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[Deathlike the chrysaiis hung,
Closely his woven, shroud bound him,
Slnder b sheltering trees.
hidden In darkness away.
Sunbeams were over him flung.
world shining around him,
Blossom and bird and breeze
Glad In h revel Of day.
What q pain woke him at last!I
What 9 pang pierced him like sorrow!
What q fierce struggle that came
tRending his s~heathNlike e. knife!
when the anguish Is past,
!Wha ls this glorious morrow,
Filling his tissues like flame,
What Is this splendorN of life?
Who would deny him the doom 81.
That brings him his joy OF new being,
THAT brings him q sky full Of light.
That brings him the raiment of kings,
Silken, with rainbow and plume,e5
That, huttering and tanning and fleeing,
Gives, with all heaven for their flight,
The wonderful freedom Of wings!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
1onr..t stairway in w..h,.sto..

Longest Stairway In washlsgtos.
Statesmen reach the reception room
in the white house by climbing the
longest stairway in Washington. Sem
ator Hanna, suffering from what base
ball men call a Charley horse leg"
was laboriously mounting the steps re-
Gently and stopped to rest when half
way up. He saw the chief usher ON
the floor above and called to him:
Have an elevator put in this build
ing during the summer and send the
bill to me-" Second the notion" oaid
Senator Plat, when he heard Of Hans
mas offer.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
HAD BAD LUCK WITH TEETH.

q VI Ok40u VINO xk6QUlx00
Services OF Dentist.
A dentist enjoying an extensive prac-
tice among the fashionable people Of
the south side relates this peculiar ex-
perience Of on of his patrons: "She
was a rather pretty young married wo-
man." he, says. "but her upper front
teeth were so badly discolored and de-
fective as to greatly mar her appear
ance. Her husband after much per-
suasion induced her to have two Of
the worst replaced with artificial
teeth. made such a neat job of it
that she was delighted. The two teeth
were on a plate, and she wore them
to bed the first night she had them.
During the night they fell from her
mouth to the floor, and when she got
up. in the morning she trod on them
and broke the plate all to pieces. I
reset the teeth on another plate and
she went home again with them. That
night she put them in a glass Of wa
ter on the mantel. Her husband got
up in the night to get a drink of
water, and finding something in tho
tumbler, threw the contents out of the
front window, thus disposing of the
second set in three days. Then l made
her a third set. These she put on the
mantel when she retired and forgot to
replace them in the morning. The
maid while busting the room swept
these of into the CRATE underneath the
mantel, where they burned up. The
family moved out of town q few days
afterward, SO whether she got a fourth
set Of teeth l do not know."-Chicago
Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
Plant Drinks Like an Elephant.

What is probably the most extraor-
binary plant ever discovered has late
" been found by e. A. Suverkrop Of
Philadelphia, who, during trips to
South America. has for some years
been contributing to the collection Of
his friend, Prof. N. e. Brown of the
Herbarium. Kew Gardens, London.
The amazing plant which MI. suver-
krop has now found in an orchid that
takes a drink whenever It feels thirsty
by letting down a tube into the water,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
Castle Of tn. Man Ia tn. Moor.

Castle Of the Man In the Moon.
From there the tourists pass to the
end of the street and then on through
ne gates which lead to the castle Of
the man in the Moon. The front Of
the castle is 10 feet high, but presents
an appearance of 200, with moat and
drawbridge, battlements and aturrets.
Crossing the moat, the castle of the
Man in the Moon is entered and the
people are guided to the throne Of
His Excellency the Man in the Moon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
your proposal" she returned quickly.

"Your proposal" she returned quickly.
certain that he ought to be able to do
the subject sufficient Justice to answer
his purpose. So he prepared a rhymed
proposal, and when completed 1t was
If this fervid nature:
I've come before, rs now, fair one.
To boldly claim a prize.
But courage failed e'er I'd begun
I quailed before your eyes.
"Now take the homage most sincere
That at your feet I lay:
Accept the heart, 'twixt hope and fear.
That's beating here today!
my fondest, fairest dream OF life
"A dream Of bliss divine
Is that I'll win you for a wife;
oh, say you will be mine!" (.
He practiced this until he could say
1t with q really soulful infection, and
then he loaded it into the machine.
He was satisfied, to use his expressive
phrase, that ut was a winner" All
that he would have to do would be to
give her a heart-hungry look and get
ready to take her to his arms. But
somehow the plan didn't work quite az
he had expected. She looked pretty
and expectant when he arrived, and, as
he put the prepared cylinder down on
the table beside some others, he told
her impressively that 1t represented
something that she ought to know.
something that he was anxious that
she should know, but that he had
found 1t impossible to tell her. Then,
when everything was in readiness, he
got as close to her as he dared and
started the machine.
"Sir!" she cried almost Immediately.
"'how dare. you"
He was 60. startled that he nearly
fell from his chair.
rs this your confession?" she de-
manded.
"Y-yes," he replied family. Don't
you like it,"
Like it," she cried. care you abb
solutely shameless, sir?"
Shameless" he repeated. Shame
less! Why-why, what do you
mean? I--1--Hang it all!%% with
the energy OF desperation, WHAT'S the
blamed thing saying?"
He hastily grabbed the little ear
pieces, and he heard this finish to
what was evidently a rollicking song:
ooh. fall In love with the girls. my boy.
As oft as ever you may.
But IL you would be light-hearted and
free,
Be sure you run away.
Chorus:
Though sweet and sincere
9s Doth woman appear, Z
Deception with her Is an art.
SO bask In her smile. ..9
II you think 1t worth while.
But don't let her get to your heart"
He sank back in his chair weakly.
"I--I must have mislaid my pro-
posal." he said.
.Your proposal?' she returned
quickly.
That settled It; the deed was done
without generalization and in q total
" unexpected way-as It usually Ii
when q man proposes.
but I'll kill that, photograph mani"
he exclaimed as soon as he had time.
Don't" she replied. .If you must
do anything Of that sort, go after
Brother Fred! 1 recall now that the
photograph was missing while he was
attending 9 smoker last evening
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
Theatre Of the Planets.

This theater is ITO feet by 120,
spanned by trusses seventy feel in the
clear from the ground. The wall, sides
and top, is an oval and is a huge can
a sixty feet high. which has been
painted SO that, with the proper light
effects, is gives an impression Of the
armament in view. In the center Of
this oval is an imitation airship. with
huge aerial planes, monstrous wings,
propellers, engine room, operating
rooms, staterooms. decks, etc. This
structure is 100 feet long, 26 foot beam,
and is operated 30 rs to give a repre-
sentation of an airship or balloon in
space. One really imagines while
standing on the deck that he is soar
ing through space. Surrounding this is
a series of eighteen circular drops,
taking up the full diameter inside the
oval canvas. and by means Of con-
cealed supports these drops can. be
raised and lowered to the horizon and
kept in proper perspective as the air
ship appears to soar away from the
earth to the o Suspended above
FEEFa~rEEE e. 49,
.nd below the trusses Of the structure
is a series Of runways, from which are
operated all the moving planets and
the queer contortions Of the people in
the air that surround the ship during
it's flight. Special monstrous blowing
machines are connected with the air
ship in such q way that the winds
sweep the deck in reality. and small
motors operate the liquid air pumps
and various machines used for power
and creating an anti-gravitational
force. Wind machines, thunder
drums and other stage properties pro-
duce the storm effects and electrical
phenomena which occur in crossing
the milky way. @
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08
Egyptian Cigarettes.

Egyptian Cigarettes.
Some idea Of the great demand for
Egyptian cigarettes can be gained from
the fact that one factory in Cairo turns
out 1000, 900 cigarettes a day. These
are principally sold throughout Euro.
pean countries.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

Railroad bridge builders are adopt
ing the fir timber of the North Pacific
coast for bridge building because OF
its remarkable strength.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

The military effect on dresses for
children is the correct thing foS
spring.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-06-08

pared cylinders or reproducing dia-
phraxms." al the clerk had called
them, which he wished her to try.
Talk abou- idsas!"She chuckled to
himself, for sven q dihident man may
be conceited In some ways. Talk
about inventive geniuses! Well. I
ought to pass as n all right. There's
no difndence about q talking machine!
It will say what ! tell 1t to say. and
no palpitating heart will stop IT. eth
er!!"
Now, Of. course. there is . difference
between q photograph proposal and
any other kind, and when he began his
preparations It became apparent to
him that he would have to get up
something original. Any message that
the photograph delivered would have
to be polished and smooth, or II would
seem absolutely ridiculous: Possibly.
he told himself, 1t would be well to put
1t in verse. He had given some atten-
ton to verifying and felt reasonably
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
NOT SO GOLDEN.

All is not gold that glitters and booms
collapse. This isn't said with reference
to the merry investment of January
dividends in the stock market yester-
day. but it is intended to indicate the
situation at Nome Last season about
thirty-five thousand people went to
Nome to get rich, and most of them
wish they had been wiser. Those who
made the most were the shrewd indi-
viduals who catered to the newcomers
While their money lasted. Prospectors
find gold far into the interior, but pay
quartz"-the rock from which the fine
gold on the seacoast was derived-has
not yet been satisfactorily located. The
whole country has been staked to the
tops of mountains for fifty miles from
the coast. The gold output from Nome
for 1900 is put at s3,OOO,OOO. while the
rush has cost the rushers some $1o,O0o,-
900.
This is a saddening record. What's
the use of going to Nome to starve, and
freeze and fail, when by staying at
home you can have your share of the
new prosperity?
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
Elegy Written in a Country GolrL,nks.

EIegy Written In n Country Golf Links
From Golf.
Beneath these rugged elms, that naples
| shade,
| Where heayeS the turf in many Il mouder-
ing heap
Each in his last, eternal bunker laid,
| The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has
| broke
All, but they had no mashies then to WELD,
| They never learned to use the Vardon
stroke.
The poor old souls they only lived to toll,
| TO sow and reap and die, at last, obscure;
They never with their nlbllcks tore the
| How sad the goaess annals of the poor!
The pomp of power may once have thrilled
the souls
of unenightened men-to-day it sinks
Beneath the saving grace OF eighteen holes!
| The paths of glory lead but to the Inks
Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
Some heart that would have quickened to
the game;
Hands that the lovely batfy might have
sWayed,
Full many a hole was passed by them I'M
seen,
because no Hutteflng nag was nOlSteu
there
Full many a smooth and sacred putting
green
They tore up with the plough and didn't
care.
Some village Taylor who, with dauntless
breast,
Could wang the fail or swing the heavy
maui;
Some mute, inglorious Travis here may
rest;
Some Hartman who never lost ball.
Far from the eager foursomes noble strife
They leveled bunkers and they piled the
hay,
Content to go uncaddied all through life,
And never We're two up with one to play!
No further seek Their hardships to disclose,
Nor stand in wonder at their lack OF
WORTH
Here in these bunkers let their dust re-
pose
They didn't know St. Andrews was on
earth
S. Il. KISER.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
THEIR EFORE.

Brunette girl-Blonds are always
tickle; don't you think SO?
Blond young man--Blond girls are
Chicago Record.
Mrs Church-Did you say your hus.
band liked these clinging gowns?
Mrs. Gotham-Yes; he likes one tc
cling on me for about four seasons
Yonkers Statesman.
1T will be some time before the Fill
pinos can properly enjoy the Christmas
festivities
How 500"
They'll have to learn to wear stock
ings first Plain Dealer
Blanche-Oh girls! 1 put piece of
Mays wedding cake under my pillow
| last night, and -
The girls OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES hap
pened?
Blanche-I ate 1t all before went to
sleep.-Brooklyn Life.
Manager of Bellvoo hospital-You say
you are an application for position as
nurse?
Applicant-Yes, sir"
What experience have you had?"
Played on college football team for
two seasons. "--Yonkers Statesman.
II thought your wife was going to
join our physical culture class this year,
Mr.. Smythers?"
"She did intend to- but we've got a
girl who has been over from Sweden
only six weeks, and my wife has to talk
to her by making signs. Chicago
Times Herald.
Il suppose" said the visitor, ''it's like
pulling teeth to get any money out of
your husband these days"
"Oh!" Clipped in little Tommy before
his mother could speak, ma don't have
any trouble pullin' teeth. She just takes
'em out and puts 'em in a glass" Phil
adelphia Record.
The Real Thing.-Stil the best society
held her at arms length,
"How do you know" asked society,
with a cold sneer, that your husband
has genuine govt, rather than mere
rheumatism?
Because" the woman replied digni-
fiedly, "he has carried a raw potato in
his pocket for two months now without
getting WE'LL"
At this they We're abashed, and many
thenceforth invited her to their five
O. clocks.-Detroit Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
PLEASING AND TOUCHING.

| Some uncommonly pleasing and
of them comes from Chicago. A young
woman, pretty, of course, and well edu-
Gated, went to Chicago to do some shop
ping. She was arrested in a jewelry
store charged with stealing a diamond
ring. She knew she was innocent, but
the hardened policemen wouldn't be-
lieve her. She felt that she must exer-
else all her ingenuity to get out of her
embarrassing predicament, and in exer-
cising it she thought of a young man
in small town in Wisconsin, whose
love she had once rejected. She tele-
graphed to the young man. He was
pleased to be in demand by her, so he
hurried to Chicago, procured bail and
married the girl within an hour after
her release. He retained counsel stood
beside her in court, saw her triumph
antly acquitted and took her away to
his Wisconsin home.
Ingenious, beautiful and we'll edu-
Gated young woman. Loving, loyal and
contented young man. Also fortunate
young man, because the young woman
who wouldn't have anything to do with
him when she didn't really need him
changed her mind when she did need
him.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
EVIL IN ID ELI " R 70.

Little Delaware is in bad way, ac-
cording to Governor Tunnel, who, in his
message to the legislature, denounces
with great earnestness the intimidation
and bribery practiced in that State dur
ing the recent Presidential campaign.
Bribery, corruption and intimidation, -
he says, walked brazenly through our
State at the last election, and the only
barrier in the way of the shameless and
open violation of law and decency was
our present system of voting" The
Constitution of Delaware, it seems,
contains the most stringent safe
guards for the preservation of purity
of the ballot and freedom OF the voter
but in spite of these Safeguards" cleo
lions in Delaware are not 1.-The free and
uninfluenced expression of the wishes
of the voters" On the contrary, they
appear to represent the suppression of
the popular will.
This is pretty serious talk, and if it
correctly sets forth the situation it Is
high time for reform. The people of
Delaware must awake and arise, if they
would not be forever fallen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04

Even little Belgium has caught the
she must prepare for war. A special
commission has just been appointed by
the government to investigate the mill
| tary system, especially methods of re-
cruiting, the number of yearly levies
and the duration Of service OF late
there has been a general public awak-
ening to the fact that Belgium would be
in practically defenseless condition in
the event of an outbreak of hostilities
between France and Germany, and
would be unable to offer any effectual
opposition to an occupation by one side
or the other. With regard to recruiting
it is said that a great change has come
over public opinion in recent years. The
general feeling is now in favor of per-
sonal service, which would involve the
abolition of the actual system of rem
placement, whereby conscript whose
lottery number at the annual drawing
desgnates him for service has the OPP
ton of purchasing substitute, thus Sc
curing perpetual immunity from mill
tary duty. The price Of such dispense
ton is 5000, and is almost invariably
paid by those who can afford it. The
natural consequence has been a steady
deterioration in the quality of the mil
itary material, the Belgium soldiery be-
ing of low grade, physically and men,
tally. 1t is now proposed to bring up
the fighting strength Of the army to at
least 100000 men, of whom $4,000 will
act as the garrison of the forts on the
Mouse, whose duty it will be to ward off
any possible menace from an invading
German army. AT the same time an eff
fort will be made to compel the more
prosperous classes to perform military
duty.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04

Isurface can be readily cultivated, and
it can be handled with shovel at any
depth. The material principally con-
sists of extremely fine sand, with lit
tie lime intimately mixed with it. 1t is
$50 porous that the rain which falls
upon the surface passes entirely
through the deposit, preventing the for
nation of springs of water until an inn
pervious stratum is reached under
meath it all. 1t endures drouth better
| than any other soil.
THE most extensive development of
the loess anywhere in the world is in
Mongolia in an elevated region from
5000 feet to 5,400 feet above the sea, but
| it has been coroded by water during
| long geological ages into very uneven
surface, with numerous narrow valleys
from 1000 feet to 5000 feet deep, with
innumerable tributary gullies coming
down the sides of the intervening
ridges. MANY isoalted peaks, also, rise
| to an absolute height of from 5000 to
| 1000 feet above sea Level. Into this
rugged region has drifted during a re-
| cent epoch an immense amount Of fine
dust which constitutes the loess. That
| it has been blown in by the winds is
evident from the positions in which it
lies. 1t appears almost exactly like
series of immense snowdrifts that have
accumulated behind the barriers which
have caused lulls in the wind, permit
tings the suspended particles to settle
in protected places, while it has been
swept bare from the exposed positions.
'"These deposits OF loess are especial
~ valuable because of their fertility.
But In northern China it is of especial
interest in furnishing cheap, comforta-
BILE and salubrious dwelling places for
multitudes of people. In recent ex-
cursion through the eastern part of
Mongolia, outside the great Chinese
Wall, in the vicinity of the famous city
of Kolgan, I saw large number Of
such villages excavated in the drifts Of
loess hanging on the sides of the noun
tains In walking over the erased sur
face 1t was no uncommon thing to
stumble against a chimney protruding
from habitation below. From a dis
lance the side of the hill looked like an
exposed bank pierced with innumerable
swallows nests. The interior of the
houses are clean and comfortable.
When the walls have been moistened
and smoothed over with trowel they
have a hard finish which does not
crumble off The rooms are uniformly
dry and are warm in winter and cool
in summer. On the sloping back of a
hill several stories of such houses are
often seen above and slightly back Of
each other, the roof of one being the
front dooryard of the house above it,"
From The Springfield Republican.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-04
CARDS INVISIBLY MARKED.

That Is, Invisibly to the Other Fellows
Who Were in the Game With Him.
A prominent turfman here, attending
the winter race meet, told a good story
the other evening of an adventure on
a Cunarder. you never heard of in
visible ink?" he said. We'll, neither
had up to- a dozen years ago, and my
introduction to it was rather peculiar.
At that time I was considerably green
er in the ways of the wicked world
than I am at present, and coming
across on the Etruria, after season in
London, l was fool enough to sit in a
four handed poker game with three fell
lows | met in the smoking room of the
ship. The vulnerable point about any
greenhorn who plays poker is his proud