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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
Egyptian weather.

AS a topic of conversation the wealth
.r is branded with infamy in Egypt.
1t is never mentioned-eXcept by a fool.
l nm not saying this maliciously, for l
was that fool often enough. More than
once OH being introduced to Europeans
I would pass the usual compliments
and add, what a charming day it isl"
l got more than one whitening look Of
contempt for this species of Grass for
getfulness. Why, the sun shines like
u ball of fire for eight months each
year, and there is practically no varia-
ton in the weather. In my diary l
read the following entries: Beautiful
mornings" Beautiful morning again."
another beautiful morning." ooh.
bother, they are all beautiful mornings
here. so l must take it for granted."--
Alexandria Correspondence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
Her Case

1t is related Of Il clergyman who was
the happy father of IL charming and
beautiful daughter that one day while
preparing his Sunday discourse he
was suddenly called from. his desk on
a mission of mercy. The sentence at
which he left off was this: II Eve
see a young man of splendid physique
and the promise of a glorious manhood
almost realized but my heart is filled
with rapture and delight"
His daughter, happening to enter the
study, saw the sermon and read the
words.
Sitting down. she wrote underneath.
"Them's my sentiments. papa. exact
ty,"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department Of the Interior, United S

Department Of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Bismarck, N. u. June s, 1904.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by X. G.. F~igenskau, c0nte slant,
against homestead entry No. 1913, made May
q, 1902, for neg section p. township'14t; range
alleged that said claimant or the unknown
heirs Of said claimant. now deceased. have fail
ed to improve said tract according to the home
stead laws, and that said heirs have wholly
abandoned said tract for more than one year
last past, further. that said w: A. Nichols. now
deceased, died at st. AleXius Hospital at Bis.
marck. N. d., on or about the month Of NOvem-
Der. 1902, that abandonment of said tract was
not,due to his employment IN the U. s. army or
navyin time Of war; said default now eA lists.
said parties are hereby notified to appear, res.
pond and offer evidence touching said allegation
at 10 O'Clock a. IN. on Amg..29. 1904, before 1T,
McCull0ch, U. 5. Commissioner, ut his office In
Washburn, N d., and.tllaI final hearing will be
held az 9 o'clock p. M. on Sept 8: 1904, before
Land Office in Bismarck, N. ID.
That said contestant having, in Il proper af-
tidavit, filed June Sth, 1904. set forth facts
which SHOW" that after due diligence personal
service of this notice cannot be made. it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
G-25 John Satterlund. Receiver.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
A BID FOR SILENCE.
Five Million DG1l::rH Was the Sum
offered and Rejected.


Immediately it became known to the
Tweed ring that the proofs of Its
guilt were in possession of the Times;
an effort was made to buy them. y
carefully verified report of this at
tempt was published in Harpcr's
Weekly for Feb. %, 1870:
~ tenant in the am bu.lding (the
Times building) sent for Mr.. Jones to
come to his office, as he wis. "a to see
him on an important mati"i. Mr..
Jones went to the lawyers Office and,
beinG ushere,l into a private o =. WAS
confronted by Comptroller Conngily.
IL Gon't want to see this man said
Mr.. jones'. and he turned to go.
"'Ior Gods sake exclaimed Con-
molly, let me say one word to you"
"At this appeal Mr.. Jones stopped.
Connolly then made him Il proposition
to forcso the publication of the docu-
ments he had in his possession and
offered him the enormous sun of
$J,O0O,OGU to do this. AS Connolly
waited for the answer, Mr.. Jones said:
81 don't think the devil will ever
make Il higher bid for me than that
Connolly began to plead and drew
q graphic picture Of what one could
do with $5,O00,O0O. He ended by say
ing:
why, with that sum you can go to
Europe and live like :, prince
"'Yes,' said Mr.. Jones. but l should
O.~... AI.-A -.. --L
consider your offer Or any offer not to
publish the facts in my possession"
From "Thomas MAST in Pearson's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
SLUMP IN PEIcE OF WHEAT.
Due to Belief That Damage Reports
r Are Exaggerated.

/ Chicago, Aug. 25.-This was bargain
day on the Chicago board of trade.
Wheat for the September delivery was
marked down from $1.OSh, where it
was at the close of the session Tues
day, to $1O3M. There was an even
greater cut for December delivery,
which sold down to s1.04%, as COM
pared with $1,000 at the previous
close.
:: May wheat, that was bringing ST.
liz Tuesday, could be had in lots at
$1.oGA. The reason for the bearish
attitude of transactions as compared
with the past four or five days was
that the reports from the Northwest
that all the spring wheat had been
eaten up with the rust were believed
to have been grossly exaggerated and
by many are o thought to have been
inspired to a considerable extent by
speculative interests.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
DR.. Fuller,s Memory.

Among those who have performed
great feats of memory may be men,
toned DR.. Fuller. author of the "Wor
thies of England" He could repeat
another mans sermon after hearing 1t
once and could repeat 500 words in an
unknown language after hearing them
twice. He one day attempted to walk
from Temple Bar to the farthest end
of Cheapside and to repeat on his re-
turn every sign on either side Of the
way in the order Of their occurrence.
and he did it easily.-London Mail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
NOTICE OF LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS FOR
COAL MINING PURPOSES.

The following described School Lands bearing
Ignite coal situated in the County of Mclean
| and State Of North dakota, will be offered for
lease at public auction to the highest bidder for
coal mining purposes, at the Court House III tAe
town of WaSlburn in said county, commencing
at one O'Clock p. H.. on Thursday, the 10th day
Of October, A. D., 1904.
No bid will be entertained for less than ten
cents per ton of 224O pounds, for each ton OF coal
mined during the continuance OF any lease.
Tie lessee will be required to pay at the time
Of such leasing and each year thereafter in
advance. an amount equal to ten dollars for each
and every forty acre tract or fraction Thereon.
and at the expiration OF each year said lessee
will receive credit for such amount as may have
been paid in advance, on the amount due
ui.ler he terms of such lease on tonnage.
The lessee will also be required to furnish at
such time or times us the Board of University
and School Lands may direct, a verified state.
ment OF the number Of tons Of coal mined OH
said land from time to time, and such other in
formation as said board may require, and to
make full settlement at the expiration Of each
year for the amount Of coal mined during such
year.
All leases will be issued for u term Of ten years.
The stat. reserves the right to lease for past
ureage or meadow purposes the whole or any
part Of the surface of any land leased for coal
mining purposes. as provided by law.
In additiO to the advance payment above
mentioned, the lessee will he required to pay
at the time of leasing a fee of $50 for each lease
issued.
The following is the list of lands to be offered
for lease and the same will he offered In forty
acle tracts accu. ding to the government sub.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
Comforting.

1t is very comforting to a man who is
just recovering from a lingering illness
and has managed to crawl out on a
warm, sunshiny day to get air to have
a neighbor come along and shout cheer
;ly: Hello! Been away, haven't you?
Had a good time? You are looking
Mell.'
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
STEEL WORKERS ON STRIKE.
Companies Refuse to Abide by the
Wage Agreement.

Pittsburg. Aug. 25.-Two strikes af-
fecting 1000 men we're declared dur
ing the day by the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Iron. Steel and Tin Work
ers against the plants of the Republic
Iron and Steel company on the South
Side and the Monongahela Steel and
Iron company near McKeesport. The
refusal of the companies to abide by
the association wage agreement is the
cause of the strike order.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
VALUABLE TIMBER DESTROYED.
Disastrous Forest Fire Raging Near
Hamilton, Mont.

Hamilton, Mont. Aug. 25.-A disas.
trous forest lire is raging on the side
OF the mountain west of Hamilton.
Two ~farmhouses have been destroyed
by the spreading flames. Word was
sent to Superintendent Thomas Black
more of the Anaconda Copper Mining
company that the fire was sweeping
down upon the company's camps.
which. it was feared, would be de-
stroyed. The fire is on Saw Tooth
creek and has already destroyed much
valuable timber.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
Await Orders to Strike,

New York, Aug. 25.-Nearly 10000
out workmen and strikers in the Build
ing Trades alliance when the unions
in that body supporting their leader,
Phillip Weinseimer, lay down their
tools, rs they have just voted to do
when called upon by the executive
committee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
Reversed.

"Mrs. Closely, do you still maintain
your rules as to when the servants
must be in at night?"
Certainly. The only difference is
that the cook now makes the rules
Detroit Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27
MANY HURT IN WRECK.
Rock Island Passenger Train Ditched
in Northern Missouri.

Trenton. Mo. Aug. 25.-Forty-fve
persons were injured, two of them Sc
riously, in the wreck OF a passenger
train from Chicago on the Rock Island
road near Princeton. twenty-four miles
north Of here.
-Four cars, the maxi, baggage and
smoking car and one coach, left the
track. The mail car and smoker turned
over and fell down an embankment.
The baggage car and the coach +
still standing with n end on the
dump.
The injuries are almost all confined
to passengers in the smoker.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27

Many a tongue shakes out it's mas
er's acknowledgements.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-08-27

All leases will he issued for ten years rom
and after the date OF such public leasing eN-
cept as fOllows:--
The seq neA Of sG-14o.sl and the seA ncA Of
16-149 IS will be leased for ten years beginning
December Is, 1904.
The swA nelA Of 1G-l49-s5 will be leased for ten
years beginning March Sth, Laos.
The Board Of University ami School Lands
reserves the right to reject any and I'LL bids.
Dated at Bismarck, North dakota, this 18th
day Of August, A. u. 1904.
ID, j. LANDAU,
Land Commissioner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
Slaves to Fashion.

From the Cleveland Leader.
A man, unless he be made UP in proper
ton Of three parts vanity to one OF sense,
may adopt an uncomfortable piece of APP
parel because the masculine mode OF the
moment proclaims it 1.-THE thing but ne
will not continue its use. If one needs EVIL
dence of the truth Of this, remember the
various abortive attempts to make men
wear uncomfortable shoes, and recall what
has happened Remember also the garrote
collar of immense height and sometimes
serrated edge, and what happened to that.
except In the case of the mcnocle-wearing
and brain-bereft dude of the pave. But II
Is different with the ladies. Each OF US
knows women in whom the proportion OF
sense to vanity Is as five to one In favor
OF the former, who wear uncomfortaole, I'M
slightly and unhealthy heels to their Shoes
and, without going into ill-advised particu-
lars are CARRIED in other portions OF their
body than the pedal In manner and form
distasteful to the physician. wondersome
ESQ far as outward semblance appears) 10
observers Of the opposite sex. and surely as
uncomfortable as unhealthy. 1t would De
easy to go into long dissertation upon
the beauty of the trained gown In the draw
ing room and the hygienic horror that same
on the sidewalk, but it Is not necessary
Dame Fashion, has been said some sun
dry millions of times, usurps the functions
whose dictates all the progressive health
clubs between Chicago and Calcutta VIII
rage in vain-unless, indeed, these clubs, by
exercise of almost superhuman intelligence,
succeed in getting the capriciouS dame on
their own side of the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
A Primer on Literature.
(For Beginners.)

Carolyn Wells In the Metropolitan Magazine
What is the literature of today? Fiction.
How is fiction divided? Into historical
novels and nature books.
What is an historical novel? One that
shows no trace of history or of novelty.
What Is q nature book? A volume of
misinformation about animals.
Why are nature books popular just now?
Because they are the fashion.
Mention some recent nature books. 1.-The
Lions of the Lord" pigs in Clover" 1.-THE
Octopus" 1.-THE Blue Goose" and THE Sea
Wolf"
What are the best selling books? Those
which sell the best people.
What is a magazine? A small body of
literature entirely surrounded by adver-
tisements
Why is a comic paper SO caliedI Because
it's so funny that anybody buys IT,
What Is q critic? A critic Is man who
writes about the books he doesn't like.
What is poetry? Lines of words ending
with the same sound
What Is minor poet! poet not yet
twenty-one years OF age
What Is major poet? There isn't any
What Is publisherf A man who Is
blamed II q book doesn't sell, and ignored
.'What does publisher mean by problem
novels? All except Kiplings and Mrs.
Humphrey Ward's.s
Much makes book phenomenal sue
cess? Much bad. much pad and much "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
Wife Beating Precedes Row.

Matthew Brown and Carsey Dade attend
ed party last night at 1901 T street north
west, where they occupy part Of the house.
Dade took offense at something his wife
said and he promptly proceeded to give her
a beating, so the police allege.
The woman ran from the house, accord
ing TO the testimony, after the man had
torn punches of hair from her head and
generally maltreated her.
Policeman Charles Carney was summoned
from the eighth precinct station and upon
his arrival the entire party attacked him,
and it Is said, If he had not used the black
Jack literally he might have been seriously
hurt.
"Whiskey is the cause of all this said
Judge kimball. when the case was called in
the Police Court this morning. "Dade 10
fined $40 and Brown $50"
The prisoners walked back behind the
screen. and If they do not pay the fines
Dade will spend $50 days In Jail and Brown
sixty DAYS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
The Beggar Trust.
From Everybody's Magazine.

Several years ago a one-legged youth
named Kempton. who had left a comfort
able home to engage deliberately In beg
ging, conceived the idea of organizing a
community of interest among pan-handlers
In the Park Row district. He picked out
strategic spots throughout the city and Sc
lected a man to beg In each. These were
always particularly adapted to their posts.
a blink (blind mani here. a crust thrower
there a manned youth somewhere else. In
order that the beggars might not be
molested by the police lookout was APP
pointed for each, and in order that the
syrdicate's interests might be conserved
Kempton employed roundsmen to observe
how faithfully the beggars attended to
business, and to collect hourly the earnings
Of each. In case of arrest, each member
of the band was assured OF legal represen-
tation, to be paid for out of the earnings
OF the pool. The schmere thrived for many
months, and at one time there were thirty
men in the combination. which became
close corporation of profit and power.
There Is no knowing to what extent II
night have expanded nor how influential
II might have become at last, had not the
nature of the organization given 1t undue
prominence and caused 1t to fall directly
under the ban of the mendicant squad
one by one the members were captured
and sent to the Island. and In the end the
gang was broken up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
AGE OF A COMMON CROW.
Tag Would Indicate That One Lived
More Than Twenty Years.

Orrvtlle Correspondents IorOnto uiouc.
George McCarren. farmer living near
this city, has just received much priced
little aluminium plate marked as follows:
Return to George McCarren. Orrville.
Ohio" with which an interesting story Is
connected.
George McCarren, ST., father OF the man
who received the little billet of aluminium.
was an eccentric naturalist. and spent
much time in the study OF birds and in
sects. During McCarren's youth. about
twenty years ago. he says he remembers
being told by his father. the elder McCar-
rem Of q dispute the latter had had with a
fellow-naturalist Of Akron. Ohio, as to the
age to be attained by common crow. and
fnally to settle the matter McCarren at
tached an aluminium tag to crow cap
tured In the fields and sent the bird forth
with the plate securely fastened to its
neck by wires. The legend on the plate
requested the finder to return II to Nc
Carren In case anything should happen 70
the bird
AS McCarrsn. IT., remembers IT, the two
men made q bet as TO whether the plate
would be returned within twenty years
Il the crow was killed or died they counted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
MEN WHO HAD ANIMAL EYES.
Painters Found Some Of Them Useful
as Models.

From stray stories.
Some men possess animal eyes," which
defy disguise and which are always liable
to prejudice their owners chances through
out life. That this, however, is by no
means invariably the case is evidenced by
a solicitor in the north of England, who
ascribes much of his prosperity to look
of profound wisdom which has gained for
him many clients, but which is lent to what
would otherwise be a somewhat common
place countenance by pair of "owl eyes"
At least three men who have come under
the writer's notice (and there are possibly
many more like them) earn precarious
livelihood by sitting to animal painters All
three have come down in the world, and
one is unknown to the other two. The
Chesire family. but went wrong and emf
grated years ago to Canada, where he
found his level on the waterside at Mon
treaI
the verge of starvation, when. one evening.
he was accosted by French-Canadlan
artist, who asked him whether he cared TO
earn q dollar by coming to his studio ana
sitting to him for half an hour. only wneh
the painting, very large one. was COM
pleted, did the unfortunate model discover
that the picture was a study In farm-yard
life and that the hateful and all too ia
mtlfar expression IN MS own eyes .ao Oee.'
transferred faithfully to the optics or
pig on the canvas.
The two other men with peculiar eyes
who earn living by sitting to animal pain
tiers are also expatriated Englishmen. the
writer met both in Paris in the winter or
1897. One Of them had dog eyes,, while
the other wore the expression of cat
Roth are well known to bohemian dwellers
in the Latin quarter. In Florence, one
Boutempi got his living by posing to Mata-
raxzo, the well-known animal painter.
Dogs were his speciality He had their ex-
nression. that doglike fidelity of eye which
one admires SO much In the pictures by
Landseer.
In 1895 there was employed as hall porter
at Oporto a middle-aged Individual VINO
claimed to have been roman Gathonc
priest In the early days Of his life. He was
in the habit of sitting on occasions to
Senior Joaquine da Costa, a painter OF wild
animals of rather more than local repute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
How to Take a Walk.

From Emerson's Lecture the Country Life.
Walking has the best value as gymnas-
tics for the mind. You shall never break
down in a speech" said Sydney Smith, ION
the day on which you have walked twelve
miles" In the English universities the
reading men are daily performing their
long gallop of many miles in the saddle,
or taking their famed 'constitutionals''-
walks Of eight and ten miles. Walking"
said Rousseau, has something which ami
mates and WHITES my IDEAS" And Plato
said of exercise that "it would almost cure
a guilty conscience" eFor the living out
of doors and simple fare and gymnastic ex-
duce the greatest effect on the way Of viz
tue and of vice." ~
Few men know how to take a walk The
qualifications of professor are endurance,
plain clothes, old shoes. an eye for nature,
good humor vast curiosity, good speech,
good silence and nothing too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-27
BEGGARS IN INDIA.
They Are Fast Disappearing - Only
About 5000, 900 Left,

From the Times Of India.
The beggar nuisance is very common
one in India. and the endeavors of the police
in the large cities to put 1t down have met
with only a limited measure Of Success.
This is no doubt due to the fact that In
dian opinion is remarkably tolerant toward
sturdy beggars. especially If they wear the
guise Of religion. But there is reason to be-
lieve that a wholesome change Is coming
over the public sentiment in this as in SO
many other matters. There were about five
millions of beggars in the country at the
time Of the last census, and nearly one-fifth
of the number were clasSed as. religious
mendicants. The number, large as ii is.
represented a decrease Of about Z per cent
from that at the previous census, and the
decline has been attributed in part to the
comparatively heavy mortality among them
during the famine years. But. says the re-
port, 1T is also partly attributable to the
spread OF education and the consequent
weaker hold which the so-called ascetics
have on the imagination of the people" 1t
being much less easy than 1t was form
erly for the members Of the various begging
communities to unloose the purse strings of
the people.
There is happily, reason to believe that the
changed feeling among the educated classes
Is flterfng down to the lower levels. This
evil Is not confined to one particular COM
munity or religion 1t is as rampant among
the Mahometans as among the Hindoos.
The "Sar Jadid," an ably conducted YER
nacular paper, published in upper India.
dealing with questions of social reform
among Mahometans, has been forcibly call
ing the attention of its co-religionists to the
necessity of a reform in their notions OF
charity. Our contemporary shows by
reference to the Police Gazette that the
number Of Mahcmetan beggars under sur
VIGILANCE has been rising every week. L
cite instances from the records of criminal
courts to prove that some OF the men who
pass for religious teachers have been con-
victed on charges of fraud and immortality
committed on the property and persons of
men and women who had been misled by
their religious appearance.