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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
MarLsman Was After Prizes.

From Aiken county comes a story OF
Center Hitchcock and George Pollock,
who is one Of the crack pigeon shots
Of this country. At a. recent shoot a
spent shot from Mr.. Pollock's gun found
a lodging against Mr.. Hitchcock's leg.
It did not break the skin, but he limped
painfully over to Mr.. Pollock and up
braided him as follows:
George, did you know that you had
shot me?"
"No: I didn't know It."
well, I just thought you'd like to
know It,"
"why should I want to know it? It
doesn't interest me at all. Why, II I
had killed you I wouldn't have won the
prize."-New ork Worry.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
A FAMOUS OLD HOUSE.

The house of Walter Baker & Co.,
whose manufactures Of cocoa cnoc-
olate Eeve become familiar IN the
mouth as household words, was estap-
lished one hundred and twenty-one
years ago Q7S0) on the Neponset river
in the old town Of Dorsetshire, a sub
urb Of Boston. From the little wooden
mill, ''by the rude bridge that arcneo
the food," where the enterprise waA
first started, there has grown up the
largest industrial establishment OF the
kind in the world. It might be SAID
that, while other manufacturers come
and 20, Walter Baker & Co. go on Tor
ever.
What is the secret Of their great sue
cess? It is a very simple one. e
have won and held the confidence OF the
great and constantly increasing BODY
Of by always maintaining
the highest standard in the quality OF
their cocoa and chocolate preparations.
and selling them at the lowest price 10Y
which unadulterated articles OF good
quality can be put upon the market
They welcome honest competitions; put
trey feel justified in denouncing IN the
strongest terms the fraudulent methoos
by which inferior preparations are
palmed of on customers who ask for
and suppose they are getting the genu-
inc articles. The best grocers refuse to
handle such goods, not alone for the
reason that, In the long run. 1t doesn't
pay to do It, but because their sense OF
fair dealing will not permit them to aid
in the sale of goods that defraud their
customers and injure honest manufac-
turers.
Every package Of the goods made by
the Walter Baker Company bears the
well-known trade mark ia Belle Choc-
olatiere," and their place of manufac-
ture, Dorchester, Mass" Housekeep-
ers are advised to examine their pur-
chases, and make SURF that other goods
have not been substituted.
An attractive little book Of Choice
Recipes" will be mailed free to any
housekeeper who sends her name n
address to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd,
l53 State Street, Boston, Mass.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

Duke Peter, who through his mar
fiage to Grand Duchess Olga of Rus
STA, youngest daughter Of the late EN-.
peror Of Russia, is about to become a
brother-in-law of the Car, is u de.
scendant Of Empress Josephine Of
France, and may therefore be said ia
have Creole blood in his veins. His
mother, who was born as Princes.
Eugene Romanowsky, is a grand.
daughter of Eugene de Beauharnais.
son Of Empress Josephine by her first
marriage with the Vicomte Alexander
de Beauharnais. who was guillotined
as an aristocrat during the days Of the
terror at the time Of the great revolu.
ton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
"Ben Hur's" close Squeak.

Success with a book is something like
having lightning strike you. Up In
Mackinac last summer Gen. Wallace
told me how narrowly ben Hur" es-
capped publication. It was examined by
two Of Harper's readers. who reported
rather adversely on it. thinking It
would not be a good seller. Finally Mrs.
Harper, a lady Of strong religious tend
encies, read it, and advised her husband
to risk the expense of printing the
book. Then there was "Dr. Jekyl and
Mr.. Hyde" which ran a somewhat sim
tlar gauntlet and was almost rejected
Booth Harrington, in Washington In.
teryiew. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
ARE LEAVING CHINA.
cpr. cHAFFEE ISSUES HIS FARE,
WELL ORDER.
md. the American Relief ExFedi--
tion in Clina-TrooDs VIII board:
the Transports ut Taku Wednes-
day-will Go Direct to Manila-,
Ministers Are Hampered I'm,
Their Work by Having to Wait"
for Instructions by Their Home
Governments = Won Waldersee-
Threatens Chinese.

Pekin, May 21.-At midnight Satur-
dav night Gen. Chaffee issued his fare-
well order ending the American relief
.exnedition in China. The American
troops will board the transports next
Wednesday at Taku and Thursoay
will leave direct for Manila. M. Pi-
chon, the French minister, left here Tor
home yesterday morning.
A meeting Of the foreign ministers
will be held to-day, but 1t is not likely
much will be accomplished as some
ministers have not yet received IN
structions from their governments.
The ministers, commenting upon the
blame attached to them by the people
for their slowness, say that as a mat
ter of fact they are powerless to act
without orders from home. One Of the,
foreign ministers said yesterday that
he had been instructed to cooperate
heartily with the other ministers. He
found upon consultation with his col
leagues that their instructions were abb
solutely different from his. He said
cooperation was practically impossi-
bic. :
Field Marshal Count von Waldersee
has been in communication with Ii:
Hung Chang regarding the condition
of affairs in the ohenting-fu district.
A force Of Chinese regulars were e.
Gently defeated by Boxers in that dis
trict and Count Won Waldersee threat
ems to send a German force to restore
order, in which ase the regulars Wilt
probably themselves suffer severely.
Great unrest is reported in this district.
Business is stagnant and large num-
bers of the inhabitants are crossing
into the province of Honan. Carts are
in greet demand for assisting them in
their fight.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
ROBBERS ESCAPE FROM possn,

Rank Burglars and Citixens Of Hur-
land, Mo-, Have . PistoltFight.
Quincy. ILL.,. May 21.-Five men who
attempted to rob the Farmers Ban1
at Hurland. Mo-, fifty miles west
Quincy. secured no booty, but they e.
capped after q running fight with citi:-,
zens. The robbers got into the build
ing and were drilling holes In the safe:
when they were discovered by the town
marshal. He gave the al9fm. and =
posse Of citizens soon assembled,
armed with revolvers and shotguns.
The robbers fled and q battle ensued
In which many shots were exchanged,
but no one was wounded The robbers
succeeded in making their escape g
the woods and have not yet beenscan-
tured. Large posses are searching the
country for them. but no trace o. Ia
men has been found. 4 S @a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
KRUGER STILL CONFIDENT.

He Believes That the Boer WIN Yet
Win.
London, May 21.-A man who recent
ly succeeded in interviewing Mr.. Kru--
ger reports that he is f~anatically con
fldent that the Beers will win in the
end. He Is not bitter against England,
as he considers that the country has
been misled. He was pathetically
anxious to know II the war in South
Africa had fastened the death Of
Queen Victoria. He also d~eclaredithat
he did not believe that God would de-
sert his chosen people-the Boers.$
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

The budget speech" in the New
Brunswick legislature disclosed the in
teresting estimate that the average
cost of capturing a bull moose, taking
into account, of course, the money the
hunter expends while he is in the
province, is $500. Bull moo come
high"-but sportsmen willingly stand
a-tiptoe to hang pocketbooks on their
antlerS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

In going up to Windsor recently to
be counted by the census enumerators
along with the other residents in the
castle, King Edward Of England en-
phasized the fact that although he IL
the seventh royal Edward. he is, new
ertheless, among nearly four hundred
million people Of his empire, but one
man "for a. that"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

A written contract between a ship.
per and a common carrier, by which 1t
is stipulated in consideration of a re-
duced rate for carriage that the value
of the articles shipped shall be limited
to a stated amount, is held by the
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
in the case Of Jennings vs.. Smith (10l
Fed. Rep, 1897, not to be void as
against public policy, as relieving the
carrier from liability for negligence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

The Oldest mail carrier in the Unit.
ed States is Samuel Gibbons, Of Hog
denville, KY. He is 76 years old, and
for sixty-three years, with hardly an
intermission, he has been in the en-
ploy Of the government as a mail
carrier. His career in this capacity
was begun in 1886, when he va II
years old, during the "Old Hickory"
Jackson administration.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
Toelk the nloM.

ITO think that an American banner
should ever stand a blow without re.
turning it." u
when did that happen?"
s.To the weather bureau storm flag In
the last Observation-Disclosures Times,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
Remedy That worked.

OF course the other Ostrich knew pre-.
cisely what would knock that cold.
''It's all caused by indigestion, old
bird" said he. II know just how It IL!
Suffered everything myself until I raj
ACROSS Pepsicated Tabloids, and went
to taking them regularly! Now I can
eat a horseshoe Newburg just before
going to roost, and get up In the morn
ing bright as a button. Fact!"-Detroit
Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
JOHN SAIrERLuNp.
The desert Of Sahara is no little
spot. 1t covers 2,500,00 square miles
between the Atlantic ocean and tho
Nile valley.

The disconcert Of the powers is q
phase which events make accurate and
timely, even though the dictionaries
mark the noun discomfort" as rare.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25

Trying to Break Him Of Smoking.
Gayboy-What's wrong with this to-
bacco?
slippers-To tell the truth, old man.
IT'S adulterated. I've discovered that
my wife has been emptying the dust
pan In my tobacco jar for the past few
.mornings.-Ohio State Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-05-25
Reformation.

800 Z H~G10fMd3t10Ne N
"What's become of that friend Of
yours who used to write poetry?"
"Do you mean Giddings?"
Eyes"
"O...he's reformed"
'How so?"
HE has stopped writing poetry. ana
now Is general manager Of q peanut
stand."-Detroit Free Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
IS DANCING A PAST FANCY :?
A Chicago Master Who Thinks tn
Amusement L. Reaching lts End.

A Chicago Master Who Thinks the
Amusement L. Reaching. Its End.
One of the well-known ballet trainers
OF the city, in discussing the subject
one day last week, said: people will
not dance at all within very few
years. You see, dancing is not meant
to be distorted as it now Is. To dance
once must be graceful, but to dance
after the prevailing ballroom fashion
one must be very angular. In the first
place, there is nothing to dance. Peo-
pie no longer waltz, and when they do
waltz they do not waltz we'll; it is a
kind of awkward whilring around, with
no opportunity or design for a graceful
movement. All that was graceful about
the waltz of the past has been taken
from it to please the hopper, who
would prefer to whirl around on one
toe, with no thought of dancing. How
can one expect that it would be any
different with this two-step turning ev-
cry ones head? No one can think to
dance well when all he dances from
one months end to another is the two
step. There is nothing graceful about
that. You can't get any kind of train
ing out of it. 1t is no dance. Did you
ever analyze it?'
The master began to dance, turning
from the evolutions of the old-fash-
ioned dances to the waltz and the two
step. With his hands on his hips he
glided back and forth, all the while
smiling cynically.
Cant you see how very foolish it
is?' he said. Cant you see there is
nothing to this wonderful two-step?
One doesn't have to dance-just take so
many glides, turn, glide again and
again turn. Where is your opportunity
for grace? Where is your opportunity
for skill? Every man, woman and
child in the country could do this If he
wanted. Our only good fortune is that
they do not want to-
But what difference does it make
that the two-step is, as you say, a
dance any one can do? Does a thing
need to be difficult in order to be popu-
larY some one asked him.
"That is the secret Of the whole thing
it does have to be just that. No one
wants to dance something every living
creature can dance, and If they do they
ought not to, for it is bad thing for
our profession. I can't see what the
society masters live on with this kind
Of thing going on, and you know they
do protest. They tried to find some way
out Of the difficulty last sumner
Chicago Chronicle.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26

schoo1-Days in the Old Times,

Sch holidays in the Old Times.
Boys and girls of the present day find
the road to learning a much smoother
and pleasanter pathway than did their
forefathers. A hundred years ago the
favorite text in almost every family
was "Spare the rod and spoil the child"
A rawhide or bunch of birch hung
over the mantel-shelf in many houses,
to be used upon the boys of the family,
the usual rule being that whipping at
school must be followed by one at
home. Those given at school were
usually the more severe. In many old
schools in England the ''birch horse' Is
preserved as curiosity; high wooden
frame shaped like saddle, ON which
the delinquent was strapped to receive
his lashes.
Watson, in his "Annals of Philadel-
phia," tells US that girls as well as boys
were whipped in the academies for the
children of the gentry" hundred years
ago.
Other punishments than whipping
were common. Talking in school was
sometimes punished by fastening a
frame over the mouth, from which
lolled huge red flannel tongue. Almost
every school had its ounces cap, and
some of them had "clog," which was
a block of wood that was strapped to
the leg of a truant and worn outside
of school.
Dull scholars were often made to
stand open-mouthed under the clock,
to be pointed at by their comrades as
they marched past. In certain English
schools a large wicker cage is preserved
in which the delinquent was fastened,
the cage being then drawn by pulley
to the ceiling, where it remained until
the ill-doer was supposed to be suf.
ficiently punished.
The tardy scholar was sometimes
forced to march through the streets pre-
! ceded by an usher who carried a light
ed lantern, to the amusement of the
jeering crowd.
These punishments seem barbarous,
and were barbarous when applied to
most school delinquents, but there are
some natures, almost or quite devoid
of moral sensibility-gross mentally
and physically-that can only be made
to see their wrong-doing by severe cor
poral punishment. They are like ami
mails. Their comprehension Of guilt is
only vitalized and measured by the
acpteness of the pain inflicted as pen
alty.-Youth's Companion.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
ShoWa OualifY of Milk,

Below we illustrate simple appar-
atus for testing the quality of milk, as
well as for separating the component
parts Of other liquids according to their
weight, the machine being of a con-
venient form for either household or
laboratory use. 1t would be a matter
Of qualification to the housewife to
know to certainty the percentage Of
cream in the milk she buys, and often
times machine of this kind would be
the means of exposing adulteration, or
its use would enable the owner to Sc
lect the richest milk. To utilize the
machine the two test tubes are re-
moved from their supports, filed with
the milk or other liquid and replaced in
their sockets. The crank is then re-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Everything Was Fresh.

A traveller stepped from a train al
Pittsburg very early the other morn
ing and went to the depot lunch room
to get breakfast. He was extremely
tired from long ride and consequently
not in the best Of moods.
What do you wantY" snarled one OF
the waiter girls. She had a get-up-too-
soon expression on her face, and spoke
savagely.
ga little courteous treatment" re.
sponded the traveller.
eve don't keep it here" rejoined the
girl.
II thought so," was the laconic reply
of the Clevelander. "Give me some
regular eggs"
1--WE only keep fresh eggs" replied
the girl
Everything fresh around here?
queried the Clevelander.
eyes," she missed through her teeth
81 thought So" the traveller replied.
AS the traveller ate his breakfast in
silence he wondered who had the bet
ter Of the skirmish. From the look on
the girls face she, too, was ponderine
over the same question.-New York
Tribune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Knew All About Clipping.

NJ. ]. Keefe and Rud Dietrich, who
operate a newspaper bureau in the
Johnston Building, recently conceived
the idea of advertising for help, and
Keefe sat down and wrote the follow.
ing ad, which he exhibited with great
pride to his partner:
Young Men-Six expert at clipping.
The ad was inserted in the papers
and the next morning when Keefe
came to his Office door he met about
thirty young men who were odorous
with hair oil and pomade. They enter
ed with rush as he opened the door
and a half hour later his partner
Dietrich, forced his way through the
crowd to the inner Office, where he
found Keefe sitting in chair dis
mayed.
"We're in bad on the adp' moaned
Keefe.
"How's that?" asked Dietrich.
They're not newspaper clippers, >
said Keefe, pointing at the outer office
with a groan. They're barbers!'-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
For Lifting Heavy Things.

As l was passing pond where sew
eral men were cutting ice l noticed a
device in use for loading that l thought
was a very clever invention. 1t may
be an old, well known device, but it
was certainly new to me, and, thinking
that it might be of service, send a de-
scription of it. The one l saw was a
rough, homemade affair, such as any
farmer could make in a few hours. The
standard, or post, was about 6 feet tall;
the sweep, about Is feet long, hung on
a swivel about feet from the butt end.
The post was braced on crosspieces at
the base to hold it from toppling over,
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26

About 100
consisted of two canoes with of who said
came to an attractive open site along the Ohio its northern tributaries he
brush
soon had hundreds of little cries all Ohio and he returned
ing them and the carried inland and sold clothing
The
sandals himself
pasteboard ron is
Johnny Appleseed
He
Swedenban
good evil spirits behavior invites surely t
crazed walked daily Of
A
Sherman Yet Appeseed
which Sherman served faithfully for nearly
the and the fresh the other
the famous orchards
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Pingree Meets a Bishop.

An Episcopal bishop made Mr.. Pin
gree's acquaintance. Belligerent as he
was, Mr.. Pingree gave evidence of
backwardness and shyness, for he was
none too well posted on bishops and
didn't know just how to take them
81 see by the papers that you are
much addicted to swearing" said the
Bishop.
Eyes, I've seen something of that
kind in the papers myself" said
Hazen, acting very much like a snail in
the act of pulling in its shell.
"Well," said the Bishop, Judging by
what you have to contend with, 1
would not be surprised if you did
swear pretty often. Detroit To-day.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Big Palace of a Little KING.

The boy King Of Spain, Alfonso
Kill, who is the smallest King in the
world, lives in one of the biggest pal
aces ever built 1t takes visitors two
days to go through it. In its vast court
yard there is room for considerable
army to maneuver. The youthful mon
arch is said to have no affection for his
enormous and somewhat gloomy resi-
dence, and to have expressed decided
intentions of making radical alterations
when he grows up. However, there
is plenty Of time for him to change his
mind before he will have attained the
authority to reconstruct anything more
extensive than the quarters for his toy
soldiers.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
Disproportionate.

Short Stories prints an anecdote OF
a Western judge who, although he is
wise, does not mind being witty.
While he was trying case recently
he was disturbed by young man who
kept moving about in the rear of the
courtroom, lifting chairs and looking
under things.
young man." the Judge said, al
length, "you are making great deal ol
noise"
"Your honor" replied the young
man, 81 have lost my overcoat and
am trying to find it,
WELL" said the venerable jurist
people often lose whole suits in here
without making all that disturbance. y
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
NeeYil ami Wheat

The only way to get rid of weevil in
your wheat is to make bin or granary
as nearly alright as possible and then
place in an open dish on top of the
wheat carbon bisulphide, about four
ounces for every 100 bushels of wheat.
Allow this to evaporate. 1t is heavier
than air, settles to the bottom and de-
stroys every living thing. During the
treatment keep fire away from the bin,
as carbon bisulphide is explosive, ad-
vises American Agriculturist.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26

cal, being innumerable. Both he and
Prof. Bell claimed credit of priority in
inventing the telephone, the latter re-
ceiving the award after twenty-five
years Of litigation. This fact embit-
tered Prof. Gray in his later years. His
last work is regarded as masterpiece.
1t is an electrical apparatus by which
the sound of fog signals can be trans
mitted under the water for twelve
miles. Prof. Gray received compara-
lively large sums for his inventions,
but died Door.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26

"The baby is saved! The baby is
saved! And the lady"
Well, 1 never see a combination of
blue silk and white lace, nor smell the
odor Of violets, but picture rises be-
fore me of charred and burning build
ign and group Of grimy firemen bend
ing reverently over the frail dead form
of woman with a sweet, child-like
face wearing smile upon it, while a
frightened baby clings to her, sobbing,
tangled in mass of lace wound about
the head and neck Of the quietly sleep
ing woman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-02-26
GrandDa,s Glasses.

0fanOpa'9 Ila8SeSs
My grandpa has to wear glasses,
Cause his eyesight is not very strong,
And he calls them his "specs," and he's
worn them
For ever and ever so long.
And when he gets through with his read
ing
He carefully puts them away,
And that's why 1 have to help find them
Bout seventy-fve times a day.
But at night when we sit round the table,
And papa and mamma are there,
He reads just as long as he's able,
And then falls asleep in his chair.
And he sits there and sleeps in his
glasses
And you don't know how funny it
seems;
But he says he just has to wear them
To see things well in his dreams.
Ladies' Home Journal.