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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
His %Profession.

please, sir" began the beggar,
would you give a roor nan a dime? I
can't get work at my trade, and"
why" stormed the prosperous-look.
ing pedestrian, II just gave you a dime
at the other corner! What is your
trade. anyway"
II know you gave me that dime, SIR.
said the beggar, but you see I'm a re-
TOUGHER by profession. Baltimore
American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
They'd Come Back.

"Rimer's having some success with
his poems, now. I believe" II
"Nonsense! What makes you think
that"
.sHe told me he was holding his own"
"Just so. He's just realizing that he
might as well hold them as send them
away."-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
PolitlcaI

Primleigh-My boy VIII save his
money. He always keeps his right
hand tightly closed. RI
will be a great politician. He always
keeps his right hand Wide open.-North.
American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
Get a Peppery Cook.

"cooks," said the wise woman. wary
their cooking according to their person
al characteristics. Get a ~characterless
cook, ard you will find tasteless viands
set before you. Did YOU ever notice
that a good cook is a very peppery sort
of person, as q rule?'-New York
Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
Back Talk.

the presence Of company the way you
did.
Mrs. Spatz-I know that; but I did
put my hand up to my mouth and
Mr.. Spatz-That's not sufficient. You
should. use something that would COM
pletely conceal your mouth.-Phtladel-
phia Press. ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
NNe n ,Df 81 10 IT a iWll c n.gtltJ! NJ
sHannA Never Eats A!on1.

senator Hanna Of Ohio Is one 81 the,
most remarkable men In congress-. He
gIs sometimes gruh i'm his mannersanld
might easily give the Impression that
he ist q hard man to- enter into CONVEX
}sation with. sas Ill S % III s8 ~
While he - one Of the busiest men
III the world, he Always finds timeFto
listen 70 persons who beg his esr
Senator Hanna has one peculiarly
thatSSstands pre-enpinent Hes never
eats Alone. H ne - not WithsosneE
one hesSS Invariably enters into converSS
sationsaNith the w1aiterSo r sorneSsonasat
another table. He9is : lover p GOOD
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
If.
~ 41s ,
ha-Men r such queer things.

She-Men are such queer things.
He-Of course; but in what way?
she-Tom asked me If I loved him
Just the l~ittlest, tiny bit, and when I
said yes, he told me he was the happi-
est man in the world. What would he
have said IL I hod told him I loved him
a good deal?-Boston Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
Clearly q Fraud.

Clearly q Fraud.
"Mister, can't you give. somethin' to
an old soldier that's been campaignin'
in the tropics, on the other side Of the
world fur the last: two years?"
.'Trekking or hiking?""B
II don't understand" MA
Get out! You're q humbug Chi.
cago Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
HaM sfo Rs 1877

ssThIey say that SMafnis,sSssNtwtce ~
happy since her div0race., gsss III
asheaought to b HershusbAnd used
alloM her 30 month y Spending
money. 5andsnow she Eets23eeSi n aliEno-A5
nv an Trasneccihssco Town Tall.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31
She Had EN-.

Miss Newlyrich was being taught how
to play hearts. A diamond was led.
and she played a club.
Have you no diamonds" they asked
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31

"oh, she has a quantity up stairs"
exclaimed her mother. proudly.-New
York Evening Sun,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-31

She gave it to him, and he left the
Warrens' that night thinking that at
times 1t is well to follow the lead Of an
editor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
(PE=RU=NA CURES PELVIC CATARRH.)

Mrs Anna Martin, 47 Hoyt street,
Brooklyn, n. Y, writes:
"Perund did so much for me that I
feel it my duty to recommend it to
others ,Ch0 may be similarly dUttct-
ed. About a year ago my health cds
completely broken doUn, had bd ck-
ache, dizziness and irregularities,
and Ltfe seemed dark indeed. We
had used Permna in our home as a
tonic aud tor colds and catarrh aud
decided to trB 1t for my trouble. In
less than three months 1 became reg
utar, my pa ms had entirely dfsap-
pedred, and 1 am nO,O perfectly
,cetL. ."-Mrs. Anna Martin.
Miss Marie johnson, II Columbia East,
in Hope Lodge No. 8, Independent Order
Good Templars. Miss Johnson, as SO many
other women also have done, found in Pc
runa a specific for severe case of female
weakness. She writes:
81 want to do what l can to let the
whole world know what grand medicine
Peruna is. For eleven years / suffered
with female troubles and complications
arising therefrom. Doctors failed to cure
runa cured me in three short months.
can hardly believe it myself, but it is a
blessed fact. | am perfectly well now, and
have not had an ache or pain for months.
| want my suffering sisters to know what
Peruna has done for me. Miss Marie
johnson.
Miss Ruth Emerson. 70 Sycamore st.,
years with irregular and painful menstrual
ton, and Peruna cured me within six
weeks. l cannot tell you how grateful |
feel. Any agency which brings health and
strength to the afflicted is always a well
come friend, and to-day the market is SO
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
The Home of the kindergarten.

The Japanese have the most perfect
kindergarten system in the world. In
fact, they originated this method of
tnstructing by entertainment instead
of by punishment inflicted. Their
play apparatus for such purpose is Ella
borate, but all Of it is adapted to the
infant mind which it is designed at
once to amuse and to inform. The
little ones of Japan even become some
what interested in mathematics by
seeing and feeling what a pretty
thing cone, sphere or cylinder
is when cut out Of wood with lathe.
They make outlines Of solid figures
out of straw, with green peas to hold
the joints together, and for the in
struction of the blind fiat blocks are
provided, with the Japanese charac-
ters raised upon them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
A Historic Punch Bowl,

The most revered piece of silver
plate in the United States navy is
the massive 1S-pound silver punch
bowl of the battleship Indiana, which
bears the honorable scars of an his
toric battle. During that famous
blockade and naval battle before San
tiago de Cuba this rich piece of table
ware was struck by fragment of a
mortar shell fired from the Socapa
battery, and which burst in the ward
room passage of the battleship. A
five-pound bit of the shell struck the
bowl on one of the stoutest parts of
the body, yet where the seal of the
State of Indiana forms the central
portion of beautiful decoration. The
seal is still there, but not as the art
ist designed it, for it now forms a
part of a large, irregular indentat.
tiop, which, in the estimation of the
officers and men of the battleship
enhances the value of the bowl a
thousand times over.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
OIL WELLS OF JAPAN.
Modern Methods Of Drilling Have De.
veIoped Petroleum Industry.


Mr.. Renters, of the British Consu.
late service in Japan, has submitted
to the British Board of Trade a re-
port on the petroleum industry, which
has of late attracted much attention
and reached considerable dimensions
in that country. The only place in
which the oil is produced in large
quantities is in the province of Ech-
igo. on the west coast, the center of
the industry being the town of Ar
nase, where the largest oil company
in the country has been at work since
1888 with machinery imported from
the United States. Here wells are
dug in the sea and carried above the
sea level by double ring of piles
filed in with earth. In the north
ern part of the province oil was dis
covered in 1889 and led to fever of
speculation. In 1892 there were be-
tween 600 and 700 speculative COM
panies with small capital at work in
Echigo, and most of them failed. On
their ruins arose large companies
working on great scale and with
imported machinery. Hand boring
has almost ceased to exist and with
improvement in methods of winning
the oil came improvement in the
transport of the oil to the refineries.
Pipe lines were introduced to convey
it from the wells to the reflneries
and from the latter to the railway
stations, and it has been proposed
to construct pipe line all the way
to Toxic. the capital, about two hun.
dred miles away. In 1899 the total
production of the oil in Japan was
18,S33,915 gallons, Of which 1878
290 gallons were produced in Ech
igo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Laid Up for Sixteen Weeks.
St. Jacobs Oil and Vogeler's Cur
ative Compound Cured Him.

al have been a great sufferer from Rheu'
matism for many years. l was laid up with
Rheumatic Fever for nine weeks in 1894, and
again for sixteen (I6) weeks in 1896. tried
many medicines | saw advertised and others
l was recommended finally was induced
to take Vogeler's Curative Compound, which
did me more good than all other medicines.
In fact, feel quite different man since l
have been taking the Compound. All my
neighbors and friends are quite surprised to
see me about and looking so well. i can
only say that Vogeler's Curative Compound
taken internally and by using St. Jacobs Oil
outwardly acted like magic in my case. l
had been taking medicines for years without
obtaining benefit, but Vogeler's has practi-
cally cured me- have recommended Vog-
eler's Curative Compound to lot of my
acquaintances, and they tell me that it has
worked wonders.
"Wishing you every success in the sale OF
your Vogeler's Curative Compound and st.
Jacobs Oil, l remain, gentlemen,
"Your obedient servant,
"GEoRGE CLARKE, Gardener,
aga Beechcroft Road, Surrey"
Send to St. Jacobs Oil, Ltd, Baltimore, for
free sample of Vogeler's Compound.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Portugal Halts Civilization.

The Portuguese sits at his cafe at
the coast of his East African posses
sion and collects custom dues and
sells stamped paper. For fear of the
native he dares not march five miles
beyond his seaport town, and the
white man who ventures inland for
the purposes of trade, or to culti
vate plantations. does so at his own
risk, as he can be promised no pro-
lection. The land back of Mozambi-
que is divided into holdings" and
the rent of each holding is based upon
the number of native huts it contains.
The tax per hut is $500 a year, and
these holdings are leased to any
Portuguese who promises to pay the
combined taxes of all the huts. He
also engages to cut new roads, to
keep those already made In repair
and to furnish a sufficient number of
police to maintain order.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Guests Pass With Glaciers.

Hotelkeepers in the Alps have a
new trouble and are complaining at
the loss of patrons. who are moving
away from the glaciers. Yes, the at
tractive glaciers are actually passing
from the landscape, and as they re-
cede the hotels along their borders
find that their registers are shorten
ing. These glaciers are not running
away, by any means. but they are de-
teriorating slowly, with a persistency
that means their final annihilation.
Hotels that few years ago stood
very near to great river of slowly
moving ice now find themselves a
considerable distance away, and the
attractiveness of the site is lessened.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
MRS. ANNA MARTIN.

filled with useless and injurious medicines
that it is pleasure to know of so reliable
a remedy as you place before the public"
Miss Ruth Emerson.
1t is no longer question as to whether
Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to great
er test than the past year.
Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh rem
edy of the age. DR.. Hartman, the COM
FOUNDER of Peruna, has written a book on
the phases of catarrh peculiar to women,
entitled, Health and Beauty" 1t will be
sent free to any address by The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus, o.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. o.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Tea Output to be Reduced.

: At the annual meeting of the Cey-
, lon Tea Planters Association it was
resolved to take steps to effect a
combination with the Indian planters
to restrict the output, says a Colum-
bo correspondent. If the owners of
so per cent of the tea acreage in In
dia and Ceylon join in the movement
a reduction of 10 per cent will be
made in the output, or an equivalent
amount of green tea be manufactured.
On no other basis, it was considered,
can the present Improbable condition
of the tea trade be remedied, its
growth in Ceylon having been so
rapid as to overtake the demand. 1t
was estimated that this year the ship.
ments to London would be 100000
pounds less than those of last year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Frog Farming.

After laughing at the French peo-
pie for their frog eating proclivity
the United States is doing very we'll
in that line, for the Food Commission
estimates that we catch in this coun.
try about 100000 frogs. These frogs,
which have been hopping for years
more and more into gastronomic ia.
vor, are sought for in all parts of the
country, furnishing paying indus
try, not only for the hunters Of them
in their natural haunts, but for scores
of persons who have frog farms and
raise them as they might raise chick
ems. To these persons the frogs
mean an annual investment of $780,,
600, according to the report of the
commission, and that means $780,
900 to the consumers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
A Moonlit Garden.

The following bit of description is
from Confessions of a Wife," by
MARY Adams" a new novel dealing
| with marriage, in the Century. 1t is
young woman who is speaking, and
Job is her dog:
For Job and 1 went out into the
garden, and the world was as white as
death, and as warm as life, and we
plunged into the night as if we
plunged into n bath of warmth and
whiteness-and l ran faster than Job.
The yellow June lilies are out. and
the purple fieurs-de-lis; the white
climber is in blossom on the tree house.
and the other roses-oh, the roses!
There was such a scent of everything
in one-a lilyhoney- y-iris-rose perfume
that l felt drowned in it, as If 1 had
one flower trying to become another,
or doomed to become others still. 1t
was as quiet as paradise. 1 ran up the
steps to Ararat, and Job stayed be-
low to paw a toad. The little white
rose followed me all over the lattice,
and seemed to creep after me; it has a
golden heart, and such scene as 1
cannot describe; it is the kind of sweet
ness that makes you not want to talk
about it. The electric light in the
street was out, for this suburb, being
of an economical turn of mind, never
competes with the moon. There was
moon enough-oh, there was enough
think, for the whole world! For,
when that happened which did happen,
it seemed to me as if the whole world
were looking at me-"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
DIFFICULTY WITH VERBS.
Troubles That Children Have in Learn
ing to Talk.

ing to Talk.
1t has been truthfullv said that chill
dren learn more during their first six
years of life than during the eight
years spent in the ward schools. Dur
ing this period the child shows remark
able precocity in learning the mother
tongue, and appears to learn two lam
guages as easily as one. He will learn
Il foreign language, if thrown among
foreigners, better during these first six
years, than he can in complete course
in school. This is proved by the thou
sands of six-year olds in, this city who
speak good English, while their par
ents cannot speak English at all.
The strenuous effort of these little
ones to acquire a medium for the ex-
preston of their quaint ideas, as we'll
as their own desire to speak correctly,
was shown the other day in conver-
sation between q little student and her
mamma. The child had experienced
much difficulty in mastering the vari-
Gus forms of the verb "to be-" and had
been corrected times without number
by the mother, who believes that the
time to teach correct English is during
the first stages of progress. The child
persisted in mixing her "ams," "weres"
and "beens" to an alarming degree,
and had been corrected, until the
mother had lost all patience, and at
last told the child that in the future
she would not answer questions not
properly framed, thinking this plan
would make the child more careful in
the selection of words.
The other day the mother was sitting
crocheting a jacket for the baby, and
Lucille stood near, wondering what her
mamma was doing. Finally her curos-
lty became so strong that she said:
Mamma. what is that going to be?"
The mother, busy counting stitches,
failed to hear the question, and con-
tinued her count without answering.
The child, thinking she had not an
swered because she had made another
horrible blunder, thought while and
at last said:
Mamma, what is that going to are?"
''' 'hS iiothSi hSoios anu
taneously recalled the first question of
the child. Wondering what would
come next, she maintained silence, and
the little one stood in perpleXity, first
on one foot, then on the other After
some weighty thinking, she said:
Mamma, what are that going to is?"
No answer, and another period of
silence, then:
Mamma, what am that going to
were?"
Still no answer. and tears filed the
blue eyes, and the red lips became
pursed with perrleXity. The eyes
illed and ran over, and still the mother
sat unmoved. with a mischievous smile
lurking in her eyes, waiting for further
results, and determined to make up
for all of this anguish by bountiful
supply of hugs and kisses.
In one supreme effort, as though real
lzing that this was her last chance,
Lucille burst into mighty sob and
breaking the bonds of self-restraint
with which she had bound herself,
screamed out:
Mamma! What was that a'goin'
to was?'-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

In early American glassware the his
tory of our national art progress has
been written. Choice and precious
indeed are the crude blue-green and
brown amber bottles made early in
the nineteenth century-the portrait
bottles bearing busts of Washington,
Franklin, Lafayette, De Witt Clinton.
Zachary Taylor, Kossuth and Jenny
Lind. Local decorative subjects on
many lines of idea were treated by the
first American bottle-makers; and the
most exquisite Venetian bottle cannot
outrank in value, to patriotic Am
erican collector. the primitive old
TASKS ornamented with Indians, Ma
sonic emblems, the eagle, stars, flags,
log cabins, cannon and steamships, or
such outdoor themes as the seasons,
birds, fruits, trees, sheaves of wheat,
the fisherman, deer, the gunner and
his hounds, and the first bicycle. The
earliest American railway, with a car
drawn by horse, is historically cele-
brated Oh glass flask, as well as the
bold Pixies Peak pilgrim, with his
staff and bundle.-The Century.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
Millions Of People

USE CUTIoURA SOAP, assisted by CUTIcURA
OINTMENT, for preserving, purifying, and
beautfying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales, and dandruf, and the stop
ping of falling hair, for softcning, whitening,
and soothing rcd, rough, and sore hands, for
baby rsshcs, itchings, and chaflngs, and for
all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nurs-
cry. Millions of Women use CUTIcURA SOAP
In the form of baths for annoying irritatons,
inflammations, and excoriations, or too free
or offensive pcrspiration, in the form of
washes for ulceratlve weaknesses, and for
many sanative, antiseptic purposes which
readily suggest themselves to women.
-CUTIcURA RBsoLvENT PILLS Chocolate
Coated) arc new, tasteless, odorless, eco
nomical substitute for the celebrated liquid
CUTIUURA REsoLvEST, as well as for all other
blood purifiers and humour cures. In screw
cap vials, containing 60 doses, price 25c.
Sold throughout the world. Soar, 25c,, OINTMENT,
soc pIs, 25c. British Dspot, 272s Chartsrhouse sq
London. French Depoti hue dc 10 PalH, Paris PoT-
TEE DRUG CHEN. Corr, Sole Props, Boston, u B. A
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
All Newspapers Talk Weather.

There are over 1000 daily papers in
the United States, and each one of
these prints in conspicuous place
the daily weather predictions. DID
it ever occur to you that there is nc
other information that receives pub
lication and attention by readers each
day of the year in every daily paper
of the country? There are AZ tri-
weekly papers in the United States
434 semiweekly, and 14,734 weekly
publications. the greater number OF
which publish the weekly weather
crop bulletins of the bureau for their
respective States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot Ease,
A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Corns,
Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching,
Sweating Feet and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Ac-
cept no substitute. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

The British Postal Department, in
conjunction with the Belgium Gov
ernment, are having made telephone
cable to connect the two countries
under the North sea.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27
THE SURGEONS knife
Mrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
i Lake City Tells How Opera
y tions For Ovarian Troubles
May Be Avoided.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I suffered
with Inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for over six years, enduring aches
and pains which none can dream of but
those who have had the same expe-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. S2trial bottle and treatisefree
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

One miner is killed for every 100000
tons of coal raised.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

rience. Hundreds of dollars went to tho
doctor and the druggist. was simply
q walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured OF
womb trouble by using Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me to try it: 1
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; rarely
had headaches, and my nerves We're in
q much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. y MRS.
EcKIs STEVENSON, 25o So. State ST.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-s5ooo forfeit "
sbove testimonial is not genuine
Remember every woman is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
\ about her symptoms she does not
Mrs. Pinkham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

Mrs. winslow S Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums reduces infiamma-
ton ,allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

1t is one thing to count the cost, and
quite another thing to pay it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-08-27

st. Louis has nearly s17000,000 in
bank or in sight for Exposition pur-
poses, and has reason to expect great
deal more.