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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
TEA GROWN in AMERICA.
Japanese Government to Investigate
South Carolina Gardens.

Japanese Government to Investigate
South Carolina Gardens.
According to a Charleston Is. c.
special in the Atlanta Constitution,
sinko Hatto, a wealthy Japanese now
residing in New York, has been ap-
pointed by his government to make q
thorough study Of the tea
growing conditions. in South
Carolina. He will make a thor
ough inspection of the Pinehurst
tea gardens at ~Summerville and will
20 from there to Rantowles, where
the American Tea company has
bought q big plantation. MI. Hattie
said that his government had been
greatly interested in the published re-
ports from the tea plantations in
South Carolina and for business rea-
sons it was desired to get facts as
gathered by a personal representative.
The gardens at Summerville, which
were planted more as an experiment
than anything else, have since become
a splendid paying investment and DR..
Shepard, the proprietor, has disposed
of the homegrown teas at good prof
its. So impressed were eastern capi-
talists with the enterprise that a COM
pany was formed and 5000 acres of
land were purchased between Charles
ton and Savannah. On this plantation
the plants have been set out and IN
the course Of time the fields will have
On enormous yield Of fine teas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
TACT OF A GENTLEMAN.

How Frank Stockton Relieved Feel.
inss Of a Friend.
Last winter, while Will N. Harden
was writing Abner Daniel (Harpers),
he often met Frank r. Stockton at
the Authors club. One afternoon
Harden told Mr.. Stockton of his new
book, and added that he had been
trying to get up his courage to ask
to be allowed to send it to him when
it was published. Stockton assured
Mr.. Harden that he would be glad to
see 1t, but just then another novelist
sauntered across the room and said.
Frank D has just sent me a
copy of his last book and wants me
to review it. l suppose you are often
bored with similar requests?" f"
1t was an awkward moment for
Stockton and Harden, but the former
was equal to the emergency.
WELL" he said. c%arelessly, 1T is
rather hard to write reviews of books
for friends when n is busy writing
novels, but l do certainly like to read
books written by men l know"
The conversation took q turn, and
Harden walked away. He thought the
matter had passed out of the mind of
the genial humorist, but q few min
utes later Stockton came to him and
said:
~ don't want you to forget to send
me that book. l am greatly interested
in It," But Mr.. Stockton never lived
to receive the promised FIRST copy"
He died while Mr.. Harden was reading
the proofs of the novel.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

realized It quicker than anybody. He
ut fresh cigar and looked steadily
out Of the window. But he could not
forget and in the space Of two min
utes he had made up his mind that
the pretty little lblue-eyed giTl. carry
ing her load SO brayely. was the one
girl. IN all the world for him. The
idea stimulated him and gave him .
/ grip on interest in life and affairs he
mad never had since he could .remem
Der.
Well. that's about all there 10 to
the story. He was too wise and ex-
psrienced, of course. to frighten her
by any bold moves. But he took very
good care-and expensive-to learn
her name, address and limitations. He
contrived to meet her and become
familiar with all the humiliations OF
her >position.
Then he became indignant and went
after the matter in hand with. all the
force and directness that character.
lied his paternal grandfather in the
upbuilding Of his fortune. The result
was that within a month Van Aldine
and Milly Conan were quietly married
much to the disgust Of Vans imme-
diate family, but more to the dismay
of old Mrs. Grigsby, who never had
contemplated the possibility of losing
her "slavey."
And the strange part Of it is tina,
it is the happiest marriage on record.
Milly not only made a good wife-a
model wife from the standpoint Of do
nestle economy-but she made the
kind Of a wife of whom her husband
is proud nearly to the point Of wor-
ship. And, strangest Of all known
phenomena, from the fourth day Of
October in the year 1893, at about
1880 p. M, or shortly thereafter. Van
Aldine acquired an interest in lifeSof
which he never had had a conception
before and which he never lost there.
after-at least up to the present time.
and the Van Aldines have now bee1
married for nearly eight years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

man keeps his garden or not depends
upon himself. The superintendent ex-
planned the conditions and assigned a
plot to the man, who made many
wordy apd incoherent promises. The
next day he appeared in q compare
lively sober condition, but his right
arm was almost useless, and he
worked slowly and awkward1y. The
next day he was too drunk to work
at all. So it went on, almost constant
drunkenness varied by occasional
spasms of industry. Nevertheless. he
managed to keep the garden. Grad
ually it became the intoxication which
was intermittent, while the habit of
working grew upon him, and exercise
brought strength to the useless arm.
-He still has his garden and each year
he finds progressive responsibility
more delightful"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
Hunter's Kumorou. story.

M ~ 001IeTS num0TouS oI0Tys
ga friend Of NINE" writes an army
officer, when returning to camp after
q days shooting suddenly came in
sight OF q big she-bear with two cubs
following in single file, proceeding
along 4 ridge. the. forms Of the three
being sharply silhouetted against the
sky. II was 9 very long shot. but
he determined to try 1t, SO hebrew
q bead on the old bear and fired. The
result was curious The procession
stopped. the she-bear scratched her
self hastily, then turned round and
regarding the cub Immediately behind
with grave disapproyal, boxed its ears
'soundiy and then went trundiing on
along tho ridge, evidently under the
Impression that her frolicsome OF.
spring had been up 70 some. uInulssui.
ally Objectionable tricks"
nd NO. IT, III FLfEIs 49, ~. 100
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

The one girl In all the world Tor him.
to steer her about, and selected Milly
for that important post, thus combin-
ing charity with business. To be sure
the post proved exceedingly trying. not
only from the standpoint Of physical
work-as may be imagined when the
%querulous nature of Mrs. Grigsby is
remembered, but also because Of the
exceeding patience and tact required
of the young girl in order to get along
at all with the relative who more and
more as the months rolled by strength
ened her ha~llucination that she was
doing an act Of exceeding charity In
feeding and clothing her niece in pay
ment for work which she could not
have had done for ten times what
A.illy's keep cost her.
Things being at this pass n day
when MILF had reached the age OF Ii
and had stiaed all the aspirations that
came to her and settled down to a life
time of benumbing service, the latter
decided to go across the city to make
a call and accompanied by her niece
boarded a cable a !.
This was at 1880 o'clock in the after.
noon on the fourth day Of October in
the year 1893.
Smoking his Havana somewhat sui
kily on the rear seat Of the cable car.
Theodore Van Aldine's attention was
attracted by an old woman, accom-
panied by a young girl, who boarded
the car. The woman was querulous
and complaining, the girl patient and
apparently cheerful. The woman was
nearly blind, and the girl took every.
pains to see that she was made COM
Portable, for which she received only
complaints. The girl did not show
resentment. but looked out upon the
sunshine and smiled at radiant nature.
And such a smile as it was! It rivaled
the sunshine itself. Van Aldine OBJ
served her curiously. Here was .
girl tied to q cross and selfish old
woman and she seemed to be extract
ing from the fresh air and the sun
shine more enjoyment than he, Van
Aldine, millionaire and son OF wealth
and luxury, could begin to understand.
What was II she had that he5hadg mott?
The question made him smile and
served to keep his eyes on the girls
face. The more he looked the more
she Interested him. The play Of color
and tho panorama Of changing express.
sions. not only fascinated him. but
y him some suggestion Of the alive
intelligence behind the mobilefffea
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

ING a very sensitive nature, the inner
ent instincts of a lady and a healthy
appetite-not counting a face OF con-
siderable promise from the standpoint
of beauty, a figure and a disposition Of
rare sweetness.
It was fortunate, indeed, and very
charitable, on the part of Aunt Mar.
tina that Milly's mothers sister, having
gone nearly blind and being the relict
Of old Grigsby, who had departed this
life p~rematurely, but not before he had
wisely invested in life insurance to the
amount of 4 few thousand dollars. felt
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
A Man, a Girl and a Gable.
BY BISHOP HOWARD.

b1 blof1OF HOWARD.
Copyright, 1902, by Daily Story Pub. Coy
Theodore Van Aldine was a lucky
dog. At least everybody said SO, and
what everybody says is true, according
to an old saw. But old saws some
times miss fire in this practical work
a-day world, with its ever-changing
conditions. And, truth be told, Theo-
dore Van .Aldine did not possess half
80 keen appreciation of his inherent
luck as the great world about him in
sisted upon. True he was the child
Of wealth; true. he had never known
q care; true, his pockets had always
bulged with money and no wish had
been ungratifled. And right there was
the trouble. When one can have ones
hearts desire at all times and places,
1t pals on n and interest in life and
affairs. dies out. At least it had so
proven with Van Aldine. He had al
ways been fed on the daintiest of fare,
been clothed in the finest of raiment.
y driven the fastest horses, led the co.
tillion at the SWEETEST balls, been fav-
ored by the most beautiful maidens,
owned the fastest yachts-in short,
had had the very cream and pick Of
the good things of the world.
But he was not happy. In fact he
was distinctly discontinued and miser-
able. At % he has tasted all there is
to life, from the standpoint of the sem
sualist and the epicure, and had found
It after all to be Q bore.
He was a clean-cut, well-equipped
young fellow, was. Van Aldine, and
born to a humble estate, where he
would have been compelled to work
out his own salvation might have
carved out q great career-or have
been the founder of . great fortune
as had been his paternal grandfather,
with the Dutch blood and thrift.
But the fates had willed otherwise,
and he had been born to purple and
Ane linen, with a care only to perserve.
the family pride and act always the
gentleman. And this came SO natural
that no effort was required and the
consequence was that the boy had
never been permitted to put forth eff
fort enough to- interest him in exist
ence. n MA
And he had tired Of It all-the lux
ury and the conventionalities, and had
become moody and Observation-Disclosures
to the point of seriously considering
the losing Of his identity and enlisting
for service in the Philippines or for
service with the Beers in South Al
RIGA. In this frame OF mind he flung
himself onto q: cable car to get away
from the dilettante life he SO despised
and get q little fresh. air and motion.
This was at 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon on the fourth day of October. in
the year 1893.
Milly Conan had been born to pow.
erty and service. There was good
blood back Of her-no question about
st. But it was the blood Of the patriot
and the martyr ana not that Of the
successful trader and money-maker.
And her father. who had been always
q. gentleman at the expense of carry
inc even life insurance. had died.
incurred and regretted by hundreds
Of friends-and sincerely mourned,
too. and but leaving nothing but the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27
Why HE WAS SHOCKED.

Fact That He Had a Mortgage on the
Cow Explained II.
For many years there has lived In
a South Dakota town a German who
is Familiarity known to his fellow
citizens as "the Baron" In his early
manhood the baron became estranged
from his titled relatives as q result
of his marriage to a daughter of a
London shopkeeper. He then came
to this country and by his tk.ift ac-
quired considerable wealth. Though
a devoted husband and father, he has
long been known as the town Shylock,
and woe to the poor farmer who is
unable to meet in full on the date
agreed upon all claims upon him by
the inexorable baron!
One day while several men were
sitting in q general store, the baron
entered and listened attentively to a
story that was being told by an &C.
qnaintance. The young man was de-
scribirg how, while coming to town
that morning, he had seen several In
dian girls cutting up a COW that had
died Of some bovine disease q day or
two Lcfore.
"vell?" demanded the baron, when
the narrator finished. "Vell?"
"''Wel.," replied the young man, "the
heathens are actually going to use
the flesh as food. What do you thin1
Of that. baron!"
An angry flush colored the Ger
mans face, almost purple, and his
whole figure seemed to dilate with
Indignation.
"vot do l dink Of it," he cried. TT
disgusts me NIT human nadure. I
hadt a mortgage on dot govt"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

New Way to Aid Temperance.
Williamsport clergymen are Utilizing
street car ads to fight the liquor evil.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

Handle Much Gold.
About $4,000 sovereigns pass over
the Bank of England counters every
day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

1fosltSSmrialrid9rtiagsaRMon indicate tint
sS lftli,asIas aassesSnllaittiuarraE,tbsUex hJinila6,dsfaY
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-09-27

Cupid never bothers about the re.
suits.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
TABLECLOTHS.'

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Following the fad for table clothless
luncheons came the innumerabIe changes
runs without ceasing on mats. doilies and
lunch cloths. all gayly embroidered to imi-
tate natural flowers.
Now comes an innovation more startling
stfll-the needlework limitations are dis
carded for the real thing. Flowers alone,
in endless variety of contrast and harmony,
are the latest development in table decora-
tons.
An entire covering Of daffodils, for in
stance, was the only cloth used at a
pretty luncheon recently-a very cloth OF
gold, indeed. Another showed nothing but
a rosy bed of carnations strewn all over
the bare board.
A novelty for a summer night tea was a
decoration of fern leaves. The fronds v.re
first shipped of their stems and then plac,d
under each plate and shle dish. while in
the center of the table the ferns were
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

grouped with the stems together TO form
a complete circle Of dainty woodland green
Upon this was set a huge bowl OF roses.
The effect was picnickly appetizins-
At another house the woodland idea was
carried still further. The centerpiece was
the usual bevel edge mirror. and about
this were sprayed the ferns. dipping down
lovingly as il into a SILL pool in their ma
tive haunts. In the four corners OF the
mirror were scattered buds and halt-opened
water lilies.
A more conservative hostess chung to her
beautifully embroidered ami Battenbery
edged lunch cloth. But as a concession to
the new fad she duplicated the luscious
American Beauty roses OF the centerpiecs
with real roses scattered carelessly abour
the table. So well lone were the paedIA-
work blossoms that they withstood SUCCESS
fully the severe test OF close comparison
with their living prototypes. With much OF
the table embroidery one GEES I'll, resu,.
would have been as uncomfortable as the
Idea was daring.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
CHAPTER VIII.

The First Report of Doctor Watson.
From this point onward l will follow the
course of events by transcribing nv own
letters to Mr.. Sherlock Holmes. which lie
before me on the table. One page is miss
ing. but otherwise they are exactly as
written. and show my feelings and sus-
picions of the moment more accurately
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25
For Sale or Rent .

The plantation OF 384 acres, more or
less, in the 10th District of Sumter
county, Ga, formerly owned by
Council & McGarrab, on which eight
plows have been run. The plantation
is in high state of cultivation and high
ly improved. Also eight head of stock
and all implements needed on place,
together with70-saw cottoDgin, Winship
press, engine and boiler, two 2-hoIse
wagons, Mccormick mower and rake,
hay press, 800 bushels corn, 10, 900 lbs
hay, 1000 lbs fodder, $500 bushels
cotton seed, $500 lbs peas, 30 bushels
peanuts and 10 bushels wheat, II not
sold byiDecember 10th, next, the plan
tation will be rented for ensuing year,
beginning January LIST, 1903
tbs BANK OF SOUTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25
FIGHT SICKNESS.
Fear VIII Harm and Courage Help
You When Disease Comes.

Fear VIII Harm and Courage Help
You When Disease Comes.
Illness is most like a cOwardly cur
which gives chase if you fee from it,
but goes on about its business, that of
seeking the fearful ones, if you pass
on unnoticing, but courageous. The
reasons for the ability Of brave men to
go unframed through pest hospitals,
as did Napoleon and as physicians do
every day, are not only psychological,
but physiological
The quality Of mere courage seems
to have a sort of picking and harden
ing effect upon the tissues of the body,
like the plunge in brine, steeling them
against infection, while fear, by "un-
stringing" the nerves, weakens the
whole resisting power Of the body, in
wiling the very evil feared most
The scientific health journals have
been discussing this potent fact in n.y.
gienic laws to a great extent and urg
ing its recognition by the masses.
Fear weakens the hearts action"
says Health in an article on this sub
ject, induces congestion, invites indi-
gestion, produces poison through de-
composing foods and is thus the moth
er of autopoisoning, which either d.
rectly causes or greatly aids in the pro
duction of quite 90 per cent of all our
diseases
In recognizing this law, however, it
is just as well to carry in small
pocket of ones memory the old adage,
Discretion is the better part of valor,"
and to avoid running needless dangers.
But it is a we'll known fact that small
pox and like contagious will attack
first those who are trembling for fear
of it, often leaving unscathed the
brave ones who are in the thickest of il
nursing, tending and even burying the
plague stricken.
With an armor welded of equal
quantities of precaution and courage
one stands a good chance of immunity
from the attacking hordes of disease
microbes York Herald
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25
JAPANESE REGALIA.
Royal EmBIems without Which the
Emperor Could Not Rule.

/ Emperor IOulu NOT
The japanese royal emblems consist
of a copper mirror, symbolic of knowl-
edge; a steel sword, symbolizing cour-
age, and agate jewels, representing
mercy. The story Of their origin was
told thus by a japanese official:
The sun goddess became angry with
the earth and withdrew into cave,
plunging everything into darkness.
The other deities could not induce her
to come out, so began to make a noise
as Of great rejoicing which aroused
the curiosity of the irate goddess. She
finally came to the mouth of the cave
to learn the cause Of the uproar~and
was told that they had found a more
beautiful goddess than herself The
sun goddess came out then, demand
ing to see her rival, and the crafty del
ties held the mirror before her, which
drove all her sulkiness away.
The sword was taken by Susenoo,
the brother of the sun goddess, from
the tail Of an eight headed serpent
that had been annually devouring a
beautiful girl Susenoo placed eight
great tubs of wine in his way and when
he was sleeping killed him and took
the sword as trophy.
The sword is kept in an apartment
near the imperial bedchamber and
called the Room Of the Sword. The
jewels have also a room to themselves,
and the mirror is in charge of a priest
ess. The regalia have the highest sig
nifcance in the eyes of the people, and
it is held that no emperor can possibly
rule without the three virtues which
they represent. He must, moreover,
hold the actual tokens, and in the i'm
perial code it is enjoined that on the
death of the sovereign his heir must
take possession of them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25

Mother-And so your friend Clara is
soon to be married?
Daughter Gust returned from a long
absence)-Yes. Doesn't it seem strange?
| hadn't heard a word about it until
called to see her this morning. She
showed me her rousseau. It's perfect
ly lovely, just from Paris, and she has
the handsomest ring ever saw, and
she showed me the house she is to live
in and the furniture she has selected
and the horses and carriages she is to
have. She showed me everything ex-
cept the man she is going to marry,
suppose she forgot about him.-London
Answers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25
THREE QUEER DISEASES.
Two of Them Abide In the KOngO
Region and One In Peru.

There are two remarkable diseases,
either or both of which may attack
you if you elect to reside within the
Congo basin, but you need have no
dread Of them If you live in any other
part of the world one is the sleeping
sickness, a terrible, mysterious and in
variably fatal malady, The patient is
at first only drowsy, but ends by sleep
ing almost continually. waking only
for meals or when forcibly reused
Finally the torpor becomes complete.
He cannot be reused even to take food,
and dies Of starvation.
The other disease alluded to is even
more curious, although fortunately not
nearly so deadly. and is known to spe,
cialists in tropical diseases as aiuhum
from a negro word meaning a saw, d
very opposite name, for the typical
feature of the ailment consists in the
slow amputation Of one or more Of the
victims toes by means Of seTated
bony ligature which grows around the
joint of the affected member just
where it joins the foot As soon as the
ligature is completely formed 1t begins
to contract, and off comes the toe as
eTectually, if not quite so quickly, as
if it had been severed by the surgeons
knife
In the provifce of Ccro de Pasco, in
Peru, may be contracted a strange
malady which consigns its victim to
certain and lingering death. The all
ment in question is teEmed yerrugas
Spanish, a warH, and ct occurs only
in certain deep valleys in the highlands
Of that province There, however, it is !
endemic and frightfully fatal, especial |
ly to the unacclimatized white man.
The whole surface of the body in bad |
cases becomes entirely covered with |
spongy, Wartlike excresccnces, varying |
from the size Of a raspberry to that of |
a pigeons egg, ana from every one of |
these the patients life blood oozes out |
continually until he pcrishes of mani
ton. Chambers Journal
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-25
The 1Basin, of an Apple.

One end of the apple bears the name
of basin and contains the remnants
of the blOssom-sometimes called the
eye of the fruit This part of the apple
is deep in some varieties and shallow
and open in others This is the weak
est point in the whole apple as con-
Germs the question of the keeping quail
ity of the fruit. If the basin is shallow
all the canal to the core firmly closed,
there is much less likelihood of the
fruit decaying than when it is deep,
and the evident opening connects the
center Of the fruit with the surface.