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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-08-16

be civil enough to keep awake while
q fellows telling her q good story,
anyhow" he growled to himself, and
then he had q sudden idea.
WELL" he proceeded. in precisely
the same tone that he had empldyed
in starting out to tell his funny story.
"as was saying, this swell queen
that gave me the goo-goo eye this
afternoon weighed about 1873 pounds,
and she was built from the ground up,
too, I'm a-telling you, and she had
the swaggerest bunch of golden hemp
and the niftiest violet eyes you ever
saw, at that; and so when ipranced
up to her and asked her If I hadn't
met her somewhere and then took her
around the corner to have a bite Of
lobster and little something to
drink and quiet little chat, why,
we
John Forwhich, how dare you have
the hardihood to lie there and con-
fess such outrageous things to met"
his wide-awake spouse broke in just
at this psychological moment, and
then he had to spend a good part Of
the remainder Of the night explain
ing to her that he was only fooling
in order to see If she would wake up,
and it is not altogether cinch that
she isn't suspicious of him yet, at
that.
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Observation-Disclosures
= THEN SHE WOKE UP 4
~ Sleepy VILE Suddenly Found Something Intere.tina
" In Husbands Story. ~
SGEGGGe:GGGE:EG:3

The man who won't take the time
to, work of any conversation upon
his wife until after they are in he'd.
and who then begins to tell her the
days stock Of funny stories after she
is too sleepy to stay awake, SO that
she always goes to sleep on his hands
while he is talking to her, had an
awfully funny one to narrate unto
her after he had doused the glim and
crawled into bed . few nights ago.
'Ha! ha! hal" he gurgled, as he
settled back on his pillow-his wife
had been in bed for about Is minutes
then. Heard Jim Dandy Of story
about Billy Fantoids this afternoon.
It seems that Billy took it into his
head to 60 fishing up the river one
afternoon last week, and, bling, he
hired leaky skin over in George
town without knowing that the
blamed thing was leaky. Well, when
he had rowed out to the middle Of
the river, why, he
At this stage Of it. the narrator
heard an exceedingly gentle feminine
snore alongside of him.
'F'jee, IL she hasn't gone to sleep
on me again. he said to shimself,
aggrievedly. Mary" he said, aloud,
.are you awaken"
There was no reply.
'sHuh! wonder she couldn't Just
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-08-16

Grand as that music is 1t is death to
any but German voices, and even
they cannos long Withstand Its strain.
Patti has confined herself to Italian
operas and English ballads. Since
she was so small that she had to
stand upon table to be seen, she has
been singing in public, and before
that she played the violin in an or
chestra of which her father was the
conductor. Notwithstanding her long
life before the public, she shows few
signs of wear and tear, because her
life has been made easy for her. She
has always had some one to stand be-
tween her and all worry. She Is
never allowed to be excited. Louisa
Loew, the companion of fourteen
years, after her quarrel with Nine.
Patti published The story Of her life
to the world. It was not all pretty
story, particularly the part relating to
Nicolini, but it was undoubtedly true.
Nine. Patti has been treated more or
less like valuable racchorse. Her
food, her exercise, her rest, all are
looked after by specialists. and have
been for years. An article published
recently in London paper tells q
different story. It Gays she "eats
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Lind was to generation past. When
l told a young American girl that I
was going to hear Nine. Patti sing
she looked at me aghast. "Patti sing!
thought that she was dead and
buried ages ago." To prove that she
was alive and singing took. the young
American girl to the concert with me.
To my great delight Nine. Patti gave
her old familiar repertoire. She first
sang Costa Diva" with "Voiche
sapeta" as an encore. Then the jew
ell song from Faust, with within q
Mile Of Edinboro Town" as an encore.
Then ""The Last Rose of Summer"
Home, Sweet Home" aud Comm
Thro' tn Rye
No one can truthfully. say that Nine.
PATHS voice is as fresh. to-day as it
was thirty years ago, but every one
must admit that is is marvellous, con-
sidering her age, for she has turned
go. AS for her style and method,
they are unimpaired. 1t seemed to
me as though her songs had been or
ranged for q lower key than Of old,
but / may be mistaken. Her trills
were liquid and brilliant as far as
they went, but the famous one, "None,
they say have IT, was much shortened.
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GREED OF MAN
THREATENS TO CAUSE
MOCKINd BIRDS EXTINCTION


hooking birds and other song birds
are shipped from New Orleans each
year, most of them going to Europe.
and to Germany in particular.
The loss in birds is much heavier
than this. It is probable that four
or five are caught for every one ex.
ported. a
The hooking birds do not take to
captivity, and prove very delicate
cage birds, although strong and Wig
orous when at large. Like the CEN
trail American quetzal the old birds
pine in captivity and soon die.
The mortality is heavy among the
young birds. 1t is still a popular be-
lief in Louisiana that the parents Of
young birds, preferring to see their
offspring dead rather than in cap
tivity, poison them when they find
them Gagged, and it is fact that
the older birds do gather around the
cage of the young captive and offer
it food.
So rare has the hooking bird be.
come through these prosecutions that
one can travel year after year through
the woods and never hear It sing save
in captivity.
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The influence of the New Orleans
bird fanciers has prevented the Lou
tsiana legislature from passing law
fer the protection of birds. One re-
suit OF this is to increase the danger
of the determination of the hooking
bird in Louisiana, Audubon's state.
The mocking birds were once the
most abundant of all birds in Louisi-
ana. The legislature even proposed
to substitute them as the state bird
for the pelican. But in the past 30
years the bird has been slaughtered
as though the aim and purpose of the
people were to get rid of it.
The slaughter began in 1865, when
the negroes, first owned shotguns. The
mocking birds, because of years of
safety, were the tamest and most ir-
pudent of birds, and therefore the
most easily killed. Thousands were
slaughtered to make potpies for the
negroes of the quarters.
The negro hunters have been fol-
flowed by the bird fanciers, who will
probably succeed in extinguishing all
song birds or birds of bright plumage
in the state. They want live hooking
birds to sell. It is said that 10000
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|@D| PATTI REVIEWS HER YOUTH o.
THE SECRET: SHE NEVER WORRIES EXCITED

Do you remember that trill! And
then the way, later, that she played
with the rye" as . kitten with q
ball, tossing it higher and higher, roll
ing and turning, till it finally ended in
a big, round gurgle and then came to
an end. It was in the simpler things
that Nine. Patti was best-"The Last
Rose of Summer" and Home, Sweet
Home" and the enormous audience
that filled Albert hall arose to these
and gave her an ovation.
As far as manners and appearance
go Nine. Patti was as young and 90
quettish as ever. She was dressed
in pale yellow with picture hat
perched upon her black and curling
hair. To have seen her running airi-
ly up the inclined plane that leads to
the platform Of Albert hall, bowling
gayly to right and left, you would not
have given her q day more than 20.
She is a wonderful woman. is Nine.
Patti. l doubt If any prima donna OF
to-day will have such a record Of song.
Fortunately for her she has never
torn her voice with Wagner's music.
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GIVES ODD PHONE DECISION.
Merchant Who Sues Recipient Of Mes
SAGE Loses in Berlin Court.

Merchant Who Sues Recipient Of Mes
sage Loses in Berlin Court.
In Berlin legal decision was re
Gently rendered which is Of interest
to every business man in every coun'
try who uses telephone.
A merchant one day sent an ordei
by telephone to firm, and as the
order was not carried out to his sat
isfaction he sued for damages, claim.
ing that the person at the other end
of the telephone to whom he had given
his order was responsible for the loss.
The court, however, decided against
aim and refused to award any dam
ages, on the ground that, as rule,
the person who goes first to a tele-
phone and asks to be put in connec-
ton with another person must bear
the consequences of any loss which
may be the result of such converse
ton.
The court admitted that the person
to whom an order might be sent in
this way might not catch all the
words, or might fail to understand
their full import, but it insisted that
it would be contrary to all the prin.
ciples of law to hold him responsible
on that account.
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The Greek Catholic monks, who are
in possession of the chief portions Of
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher,
are now going to build bazaar oppo-
cite 1t, where pilgrims may purchase
souvenirs of their visit to Jerusalem.
During lie process Of clearing the
site the foundations of an old mediae-
val church, forty meters long and
thirty wide, with three apses, were
discovered. A number Of fine capt.
tails, fragments Of basalt pillars and
bas.reliefs, with symbolic animals.
were found, all these remains having
doubtless belonged to the choir of the
church. Last year valuable silver
shrine containing piece of the holy
cross and relics Of the Apostles Peter
and Paul according, at least, to the
inscriptions on them-was found at
the same place.
The patriarch Of Jerusalem, 1t is
said, is keeping other discoveries se-
cret. Those mentioned above are all
the more important as 1t can be ascer-
tanned to what church they belonged.
According to the statement OF
medieval traveller the hospice and
the, monastery which the citizens OF
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His Naturalization oatl,.

tstr TX - Z III .,t5I - 4 "a d.
a Yorkshire who has been . citi-
zen these twenty years of the United
states took . fellow countrymans to
Judge Gilderslee conrt the other
day to have him naturalized. The for
eigner entered tho courtroom with .
cigar, and kept the smoking butt be-
tween the fingers Of his uplifts hand
as the clerk perfunct Only recited the
oath. without rising or falling In
/ lection the ofnciai reeled II OF thus: )
81 swear that will support the Con
stitution of the United atates, and
that i bsolutely and entirely IL
nounce ard abjure III allegiance and
fidelity 70 every foreign prince, poten-
tate. state o. sovereignty particularly
Sto Edward King Or ENGLAND, o.
which country I havS been n sub ect,'s
asid Just then not ctnx the cigas ~,
nd N you don't taks that sinking
Icheroot oat of yyour hand befors hlI
honor happsns to slook Til ~ and
"a II hS VII sshaye ylou sportsd "a
1halp ~ hssI hut drOpps III
ont expioding, M t laan $3.50 y
aeltt5e ~ osk 4 WIG
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what she likes, she lives as she likes.
she takes exercise as she chooses, she
has no physician in attendance. She
has no nerves." II this be true times
have changed. When she was last
In New York she had he'd own cook,
her own doctor and her own phys
ical attendant. As for nerves. she
had them all over her body. She sell
dom ventured outside of her hotel,
and when she did she drove In a
closed carriage and stuffed cotton in
her ears to keep the cold out.
Nine. Patti has not yet succeeded
in selling Craig-y-Nos, her Welsh cas-
tie, and she still spends the most Of
her time there. The place has cost
her a fortune and it takes a fortune
to run 1t. Like every prima donna
that ever was born, Nine. Patti loves
the country. It is, of course, the con-
trast to the excitement Of their pub
lie life that makes singers and actors
eager for the peace and quiet Of
green fields.
say again, Nine. Patti is wonder.
full woman, and 1t is still genuine
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FIND FOUNDATION OF
CHURCH BUILT IN EARLY
CHRISTIAN DAYS

Amalfi founded about the year $40,
as q refuge for western pilgrims, were
situated due south of the holy sepul-
cher, about stones throw away. The
first church was built in honor of st.
Mary de Latinis and the second, the
ruins Of which have now been found,
in honor of st. John the Baptist. The
French monk Bernard, who lived
there in $40, highly praised the hos
pitality and the large library Of the
hospice. A Mohammedan historian
says it was destroyed by the Khalif
Hakem and rebuilt shortly afterward,
while according to another account it
prospered down to the time Of King
Baldwin of Jerusalem, from HOO to
1118. when the two communities OF
st. Mary and st. John adopted the lat
ter as their joint protector. This was
the origin Of the Knights Of st. John.
The remains now discovered, there
fore, are the ruins Of the cradle Of
this order. It It most unfortunate that
the preservation Of these very inter-
esting remains seems impossible, owe
ing to the Ill feeling which exists be-
tween the Greeks and Roman Catho.
lies in Jerusalem. !. q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-08-16
GREAT FORESTS or CORK.
Home Of the Evergreen Oak in Spain
+ and Portugal.

Home OF the Evergreen Oak in Spain
+ and Portugal. "A
The cork forests Of Spain cover an
area Of 100000 square miles, produc-
ing the finest cork in the world. These
forests exist in groups and cover wide
belts Of territory, those in the region
Of Catalonia and part Of Barcelona
being considered the first in import
lnce. Although the cork forests OF
Estremadura and Andalusia yield cork
bf q much quicker growth and pos
sessing some excellent qualities, its
consistency is less rigid, and on this
account it does not enjoy the high
reputation which the cork Of Cata
onia does.
In Spain and Portugal, where the
cork tree, or Quercas suber, is In.
tligenous, it attains to a height vary
Ing from IS to 60 feet and the trunk
to diameter of 80 to SO inches. This
species of the evergreen oak is often
heavily caparisoned with widespread
ing branches, clothed with ovate OBJ
long evergreen leaves, downy under
meath and the leaves slightly serrated.
Annually, between April and May, it
produces flower of yellowish color,
succeeded by acorns. Over 10000
square miles in Portugal are devoted
to the cultivation Of cork trees.
though the tree virtually abounds II
every part of the country.
The methods in vogue in barking
and harvesting the cork in Spain and
Portugal are virtually the same. The
barking operation is effected when
the tree has acquired sufficient
strength to withstand the rough hand
ling it receives during this operation
which takes place when it has at
tanned the fifteenth year of its growth
After the first stripping the tree IL
left in this juvenescent state to re
generate, subsequent strippings being
effected at intervals of not less than
three years, and under this. process
the tree will continue to thrive and
bear for upward of $50 years.
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BIRDS MADE THE SIEVE.
How a Truthful Coal shoveIer Wasn't
Believed.

How a Truthful Coal shoveIer Wasn't
Believed.
In the mountains of Tennessee a
stranger came upon man who was
shoveling coal upon q wooden sieve.
Upon inquiry how on earth he got
such curious thing, the old man re-
piled:
stranger, I don't think you'll be-
leeve me II tell you"
ooh, yes, certainly" said the man.
II will believe you"
WALL" said the mountaineer, sit
war this way. About five years ago
lived down on the side of the noun
tain whar woodpeckers and other kind
O. birds is powerful thick. That ar
to the sieve-"war
my door to my cabin. It 'ud mock any
bird that flies. 1'ud Jest sit thar
some summer evenin' and Jest move
It and every bird came that war imi.
tated.
"Howsumever. one day I left my
cabin to go huntin' and went pre-
ambulin' down the mountain. Wall.
some wind come along and made that
ar door initiate q woodpecker. First
one come and then q whole pile o.
the critters. They lit in ON the door
and when come It war Jest like ye
see It."
The man thanked him and moved
on
II declar'." said the mountaineer,
Fl don't believe he thought I war
tellin' the truth" and he resumed
shovelins New York Herald.
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pleasure to hear her sing. would
much rather hear her, even though
her voice may have lost some of it's
freshness, than most of the famous
singers of to-day. Patti was born, not
made, and she still sings with all her
old time grace and charm. The young
girl alluded to at the beginning of this
letter was enchanted. II feel" she
said, turning to me, "as you might
have felt If you had been taken to
hear Jenny Lind" "Not exactly"
replied, "for l could only have been
taken to hear Jenny Lind before
was born"
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Those Hash stories.

The eminent politician sent for the
newspaper correspondents
They hurried to his residence
knowing full well that whatever he
had to say would be of much import
ance and some interest.
Gentlemen" he began, when they
had sought comfortable chairs, Il
wish to enter vigorous denial of the
rumors that have arisen since ! com.
menced serving hash breakfasts to my
friends. l should think that my oft
repeated disclaimers Of contemplat.
ing q presidential boom would have
been sufficient to make it apparent
that my display of an appetite for
hash is not an effort to control the
clearinghouse vote.
Yet, when he served prunes for des.
sert at the next hash breakfast, the
public drew it's own conclusions, in
spite of his denials. 81 Baltimore Amer
lean.
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When read in the papers that
Nine. Adelina Patti was going to sing
at Albert Hall l went out straightway
and bought seats, writes Jennetta L.
Glider. had not heard Nine. Patti
since she sang in opera at the old
Academy of Music, New York, sup
ported by the long since dead and
gone Nicolini. Tha. was in -. but
why give dates? It was too long ago
for one to be particular about such de-
tails. l am sure that Nine. Patti
would rather not have me recall the
year.
And here was Patti-the real flesh
and blood and no ghost-going to
sing again. There was no Nicolini
this time, but a brand new young hus.
tand, whose name was published in
brackets under her more famous one:
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Sir r. Burnand's Imprinted Joke.

~ = ~ . Il. T. q o. ~
Sir r. Burnand's Imprinted joke.
Many as are the stories Of practical
Jokes connected with Sir 'Frank" Bur-
nand's name. this one, perpetrated in
his very early days-if the story be
true-made it possible for him to edit
Punch and to accept . knighthood.
and probably robbed the Jesuits Of e
distinguished member Of their order.
When . novice at the Jesuit Sem
fnary, Manresa, near Barnes. Sir
Frank found much Of the work uncon-
genial. Having persuaded the princi-
pal to show him how windows should
be cleaned, and having induced him
to step upon . broad window ledge. he
shut the window and left him there.
5fIis connection with the Jesuits came
to al abrupt termination shortly aft
erward. ~ Westminster Gazette.
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(. why Rats Az safs IL lndIa.

Although the famine over the great
3er part Of Rajputana, Gujerat and the
Central Indian states is less wide.
spread than hitherto. there VIII new
sertheless be much suffering during
the next few months. and 400, 900 PEG
pie are already on government relief
york !. ass5 l:3.ss
The rats have TO q large extent dis
appeared, but have destroyed g. CON
ssiderable portion 81 the Cotton crop.
The inhabit ants of Gujerat are con.
WINGED that the rats IRE reincarnl
stiona, &c their friends who died ii the
lat famine md II 81 Tor this reason
that the British officers have found q
imposstbis ~ Get any assistanca II
asstroyins tho pestls n
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Don't you worry, Cobb answered.
! the Irishman In q tone that was meant
to be encouraging. Don't you worry,
you amt got tar to go. anyway. II bad
comes to worse an that. Jist remem-
Der you're living IN the cemetery AZ
ready sss fls i53s n
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NINE. ADELINA PATTI.
(Baroness Cedarstrom).

To the present generation the name
of Adelina Patti is what that Of Jenny
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To TIE Editor OF TIE suN-Sr: The
oolored orphans and waits, about Ave hun
dred OF whom are in Geor eia alone for most
of whom nothing has been done. make up,
unouestiopablv. the neediest class In the
south Notice two cases not common per-
haps. hut pointers:
According 10 reliable Information, sew or al
hungry half-orphan children. living within
Ave miles Of Atlanta In order TO prevent the
pangs OF hun yer, boiled cottonseed and ate
ID II Is no marvel that they soon lay down
and died Last winter the newspapers re-
ported that one jim wilkins left his children
ostensibly to get work After several weeks
they died OF starvation
] am trustee and financial agent for the
Leonard Street Ordnance for colored girls In
this city. Here they are being beautifully
trained by Miss Lawson and her helpers
We want at once TO buy at least 100 acres Of
land near Atlanta for farming purposes
dormitories schools and workshops Az
least 500. OfO T. needed to properly start the
larger enterprise. million IL needed for
the work required. | believe It Is coming
God reiRns
Seven white ministers and one or two Law
men in Atlanta OF different dpnominatio
have consented to be associated with me as
trustees in the larger work Full Informal
ton given on request
Contribute ions are to be sent to the Rev A
= seldom, 10 South FORSYTH street Atlanta
Indicate whether your gift II for the Leonard
stree Orphanace already established or for
the new and larger enterprise
CRAwfogD JACKSON
ATLANTA, Ga, 10 South FORSYTH street
y. =. Other papers please COPY
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or some other new system Of circulation
must be provided. He sees no objection
TO the issuance Of circulation based upon
general bank credits and goes 30 far as
20 maintain that the bank currency thus
issued need not be first lien upon the
assets OF the bank.
We believe that the conservative
banking sentiment Of the country is at
present opposed to an asset currency.
unless the notes issued by the banks are
absolutely guaranteed by the Govern
ment so that people will have the same
entire confidence in the solidity of the
basis for the circulating medium that
they now have. Moreover. We have yet
to know OF any responsible banking su-
thority of the land which would approve
of an asset currency system that was
not secured, primarily, by first lien
upon bank assets. Upon this point, at
once, there will be general dissent with
Secretary SHAw's policy.