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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
tn. Youns Doctor. c.itie..

Tie Young Doctors Critics.
1.-THE young doctor has q hard rev
to hoe" remarked a physician at a re-
cent dinner. "If no does not own q
horse and carriage the people say he
cannot have a large practice. II he
does own a horse which happens to be
fat the people insist that he caanst
have much work to do. II, en the
ether hand, the horse happens to DO
bony they circulate tho nows that tAs
doctor keeps his horse only fer show
and Is 80 hard up that he can't afsra
t. feed the animal. prsperiN."-New
FORK Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
A E P%osToFFIcE.
How Mail Was Delivered In the Old
Days of Leadville.

How a Was Delivered In the Old
Days of Leadville.
Speaking of bad towns" said one Of
the Kansas City Nan.) officials who
had crossed. the plains in the early days
Of the west. reminds me of old Lead
vile, Colo, when everybody had the
gold fever bad and law and justice
hinged on the mighty Colt.
'The town was full Of holdup men,
and it was hardly safe for IL to go
On the streets after dark: but, as many
crooks, murderers and bad mem az
there were in the town. there was hard
~ ever a ase of petty thievery. Every
store was wide open and unguarded,
and the, merchandise was perfectly
safe too.
"a large postof1ce business was done
In Leadville ut that time. The post
master was an old German. The great
number Of incoming gold seekers In
creased the amount Of mail until the
postmaster became unable to handle It
He then dumped the mail In tho middle
Of the door. and everybody came In and
went through It, taking ones own let
tiers and papers. The stack Of mail was
sometimes four and i've feet high, ana
dfteen or twenty men were always
gathered around II. Perfect order pro.
vailed. and No . took any mail ex-
cept his own. :
"A government detective happened
around one day and told the postmaster
that he would have to discontinue this
free for all method Of handling the
mail. The old man got mad, and, sum.
moning the patrons Of the Office, they
tarred and feathered the detective and
rode him out OF town on a rail. It was
. long time before the office was run
according to the rules Of the depart
ment. but there was never a complaint
against the old German postmaeter."-
Kansas City Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
Well Earned.

Stinja5-See here, when are you 60
iAg 10 pay me back that dollar you bor-
rowsd? Borroughs-Why, man alive,
I earned that dollar. l had to work
with ysu for a couple of hours before
1 got it out Of you.- Philadelphia
LedSsr.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
why He Launched.

"Oh, George, dear, Tm So glad you've
GAME hsune! We've had burglars in
the Cat, ana they took all osr silver
and best he jaaitor drsadfulH! What
are yeu laughing att"
"I'n hxghsng Because they beat the
iaat$sr"-CIevsland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22

II I'm net Mch," ssia the ~seisaass
cssak teSthc great alicaist, "aaa IAhave
10 fsrtilne to leato to The cause Of
science. but when I die l Nh ssisg
~ beqReada my b1ain to the stufsats
e Es,1 college fer disseottsa."
s.Bolieve me-" answered The prsGasssr
Hetbeay, two shall appreciate yssr eift.
We are profoundly grateful fer Asss
beaucsts, however small they May be-"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
A Matter q cAs.r

SSawnger-Tve Astised ssasldssabls
change about ysa sincs ysx sssDDsa+
Azfnktag. Markley-WcA, I've Dsdssas
nat there's considerable mere Il ~
Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
R1bleaa.

30b1eA0.
He-De yea remember y,ar 20 scAesl
friend Sophie assythe? AseASYes, In
deed l de. n nsat absurd Locking
thing. essillY ~! What bec4mo 81
hers He-Oh, nsttAag. .eniy-1 mar
ned ler.-nlustrated Bits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
An Excuse.

Patience-What reason had she for
marrying hir1? Patrice-WhV, he haA
money. Patience-Hat II net a rea-
Q n that h an excpse.-Gateway Mag
aSine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
A Natural Desirc.

Miss Cequet Ito servann-alAl Nh.
sharpe that I am engaged. NJ. Sihazpe
Ito servant-Tell Mss Gsaxst that 1
expressed a curiosity to knew whom
she Is engaged to Now.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22

phs shast1E. Vat. hnstess u preolatn
u COED lssAs ceases to be ehacfsv asa
= en1v psi1e and Reconsideration.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22
About Mns,

NJ. Stsplate-D'ys know, Miss est-,
Hag, I'd dearly lsve to travel. Miss
esbasS (meaninxly)-Weii. why don't
ysI?-BKchnnge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22

Dependency II the most unproft-
able feeling a man can indulge M
Talmage.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-04-22

1aisoaasa Is ~ apprsnassshi1 81.
l~ife.-vvillmot.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
LAST FLAGSHIP OF NELSON
British Naval Expert Tells Of the
Great Progress Which has Been
Made in Naval Construction.

The Victory, the last of Nell
son't battleships, now floating in
Portsmouth harbor at the veneer
able age of 40 years, was recently
taken by Sir Philip Watts, direc-
tor of naval construction in Eng
land, as the starting point of an
interesting address en- the last
100 years progress in warship de-
sign, says the New York Globe.
This 100 gun vessel, built in
1865, was 40 years old at the last
great sea fight of Great B itain at
Trafalgar. The length Of her gun
ccks is 1856 feet, Ter extreme
breadth 81 feet 10 inches and her
ourthcl in teas 2,tc2 22-9i." The
thickness of the oak sides of these
wooden battleships above the
water line in the days Of Trafal.
gar was about two feet. The old
cast iron smOOthbores, with their
wooden trucks, then in use, had a
range of $500 yards at eight de
grees' elevation (the "A and 30
Founders. The 24pourder was
able to penetrate nearly five feet
of solid oak and the 1Spounder
about half this amount. There
were heavier guns, but owing 10
the primitive appliances then IL.
use they were difficult to handle.
IAe naval lighting machine
which 100 years of evolution has
produced is Il very different sort
of vessel and is so much more pow
uI that a single one of the late
British battleships could, it is
said, have en- aged the whole of
TIE British feet at Trafalgar and
the allied feet thrown in.
The modern 12inch wire.wound
gun will penetrate - inches of
wrought iron and even at 1900
Yards will force uncapped proiec-
tiles through over 70 inches of
krupp steel armor. The Pinch
guns recently manufactured bv
the Armstrong; and Vickers com
panies in England are said to be
capable of penetrating 81 inches
OF wrought iron and will fire two
rounds per minute.
According to Sir Philip Watts.
the present relation between guns
and armOr is about what it was in
the days of the cast iron smooth
bore and the oak sides, so that
while there have been great ad.
vances the relative positions of
offense and defense in naval war
fare are but little changed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
RELlsHED BY DEER
These Vegetables Taste Better TO
Timid Animals Than Whisky
to Indian, Says Expert.

"Turnips taste better to a deer
than whisky does TO an Indian,
ana the animal will run as great a
risk to get the vegetable as the
red man Will to get liquor" said
otto Wilke, of international
Falls, at the st. Louis, to the
Duluth Herald. Il know men
who make it their annual custom
to plant turnips in the spring in
some secluded SPOT in a game
country, just so they will be as
surcd of easy yenisOn in the fall,
OF during the summer months, if
they happen to live in the woods
themselves.
If a turnip patch is located in
any district where there are deer,
every deer within that district
will visit it several times a week,
the time of day they make their
visits depending upon the wari-
ness of the animals and the near
ness of settlers. Even after snow
falls these visits are continued, as
long as any vegetables are left in
the ground. Until the snow gets
too deep you can see where it is
paved away night after night in
search for the ~succulent roots.
This being the case, one can read,
lily see that Il person would not
meet with much difficulty in get
ting a shot at a deer by watching
a turnip patch in a country where
the animals are to be found.
Through the more sparseIy
settled districts they are actually
pests to the homesteader who has
a garden, for nothing but an eight.
foot fence will keep them from
eating tine growing things and
trampling the ground all up like
a Hook of sheep, 1t does not mat
ter how near the vegetables are
to the house, the deer will get into
them just the same, the only diff
ference being that they will come
around later in the evening, when
the darkness covers their move.
ments. They have spoiled more
than one garden prepared at a con.
siderable expense of time and
labor"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
A MINORITY IN AUSTRALIA.
This Country Is Only One Which Has
D~estinies Shaped by Small
= Band of Politicians.

Australia is the one country in
the universe that is having it's des-
TIMES shaped by a political mi
nOrity; the only one wherein the
spirit and principle of representa-
tive government is outraged with
impunity; it is the country whose
Wanted democracy is rapidly driv-
ing the people into two great hos
tile camps and developing a class
tyranny in most CALLING forms;
il is the country Of all others that
most needs population, yet its i'm
migration laws are strict almost
to prOhibition-the most drastic
appearing on the statute books of
any civilized land. But this seem
ingly hopeless tangle did not
always exist there, says Public
Opinion. Up to the year 1890 the
Australian communities were
the most thrifty, free, contented,
least law-ridden and most easily
governed of any under the sun.
The advent of the professional
agitatOr Qabor-cum-politicaD, the
payment of members Of parlia-
ment, and trades-uniOnism run
rampant brought about the
change. When the labor socialis.
tic movement assumed tangible
form, an entirely novel element
was grated on to the politica.
life OF the country. The new idea
was fostered and doomed by an
exceedingly clever but unscrupu
lOus weekly, which boosted a wild
err general circulation than an,
other publication on the con
tinent; political leaders of al
shades and creeds soon saw tn,
worth of it for their own specia
purposes and doomed it still high
err. Its development was nothing
short of phenomenal, and wheI
political parties began biddin.
one against the other for its SUI
port and paying for that with tn
vested interests, if not the libel
ties of the community at large, !
was given a hall mark of politica
value that has gone on steadil
growing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
British

1t is possible to 90 round the
world touching only on British
territory all the way-viz., from
England to Halifax, N. s., across
Canada to Vancouver, across the
Pacific to Hong-Kong, thence to
Singapore, Penang, Mauritius,
Cape Town, st. Helena, and Eng
land; or from Penang to Ceylon,
Bombay, Alden, Perrin, Malta,
Gibraltar, and home. Such a "sea
connection" no other nation in the
world possesses.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
uncle ALIENS Idea.

owe mighty little use" said
Uncle Allen Sparks, "for the man
who keeps himself so busy with
his jaw trying to save the coun.
try from going to ruin that he
hasn't any time to look after the
childrenwhile his wifeis travelling
around attending women's con.
yentions and mothers con
crosses Tribune.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
GIBRALTAR is cRUMBLINo.
The Great Rock Is Continually Being
strengthened Because of Ten
dency to Rot Away.

The public is not awere that
the great rock of Gibraltar is
downfall its crum-
bling, rotting masses must be con
tinually bound together with
huge patches of masonry and ce-
ment, asserts the Chicago Chron-
icle.
Yet they who sail past Gibral-
tar cannot fail tonotice on the
eastern slope of the fortress enOr.
nous silver-colored patches
cleaning in the sun. These patch
es, in some cases 80 or 40 feet
square, are the proof of Gibral-
tar's disintegration. OF thick,
strong cement, they keep huge
spurs of the cliffs side from tum.
bling into the blue sea.
Sea captains, cruising in the
Mediterranean, say that Gibral
tar has been rotting and crum
bling for many years, but that Of
neutrality-suspicious. has gone OIL
at a faster rate than heretofore
They say that the stone formin,
this imposing cliff is rotten stone
and that in a little while TIT
phrase, "the strength of Gibral
tar" will be meaningless.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
Notice TO Bridge Contractors.

! will let to the lowest aud best bidder, for
construction on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 81 A. D. 1905,
One Wooden A Truss Bridge % feet span,
with 10 It. approach, to be built across
branch on Odessa and Bates City road, in
Sec. 80, Il. 40, r. 2s, about 2 miles east OF
Bates City.
Letting will be at bridge site at 10 o'clock
a. m.
Plan and specification can be seen at time
and place of letting.
Contractor is to give bond for maintenance
of bridge.
Commissioner reserves right to reject any
and all bids. B.. d. WEEDIN,
Octl4td Commissioner.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
All She Needed.

Paying Teller can't cash this
check, madam, until you are iden-
tilted.
Mrs. Bright-You mean have
to identify myself?
Eyes, ma'am."
"How simple! Have you a
looking glass?" = Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28

ho2sohpld cvren.ps
George R:.de went to sedalia
Fri ~ ao?ni g.
MIS-, NV. Simpson went to Kan
sls city "Wednesday morning to spend
a few days
JIG GrindstoG. wife and baby
we t 10 Napoleon Friday morning to
Vi. I relatives.
Pearl R, Smith, attorney at law
Rooms s aud 10 Haerle building,
Lexington, Mo. d&w
Died, in Lexington, October %,
1905, of consumption, Mrs, Joseph
Gray, eyed 25 Year..
Mrs. 6, H. St.er and daughter,
Miss Florida, returned from Kansas
City Thursday night
Miss Alice B. Peak, who has been
visiting friends in Jefferson City, re.
turned home Tuesday,
"1be Rustlers" is the name Of the
Lyman Twins new comedy which will
appear at the New Grand Oct. 30
Miss Maud Wright returned home
from Wellington Wednesday night,
where she has been visiting friends.
President A. F, Smith, wife and
daughter, Mildred, went TO Kansas
City Friday morning 10 spend the day.
Rev. J.. S. Long, who has been
visiting relatives here, returned 10
his home 10 st. Louis Friday morning
Rev. 7. NJ. Cobb went to Plttsyille
Friday morning. to attend the quar-
t9rly meeting Of the NJ, E. church
South.
A marriage license was issued
Tuesday 10 Edwin W. Meinershagen
aoo Miss Emma G. Rhine, both Of
Higgiusville,
j.. F, Campbell and wife, who have
been visiting the family Of Mrs. S. NJ.
Russell, returned to %Higginsville
Friday morning.
Mrs. p, Lee Wallace and baby
returned home from Kansas City
Wednesday night, where she has been
spending several days.
H. G. Russell and wife, who have
been visiting the family Of W. B
Wilson, returned to their home in
Kansas City Thursday evening,
Rev. r. B. Briney, wife and baby
t returned from Liberty Thursday
= night where they have been visiting
the family Of Rev. R. x. Frank.
! Mrs, Frank Blackburn who has
r been visiting friends and relatives
here, returned to her home 10 indie
pendeuce Wednesday morning.
Pearl R, Smith, attorney at.law.
Rooms 5 and 10, Haerle building,
Lexington, Mo. d&w
:, Mrs, Harry Krone and Mrs.
Amelia Egle, who have been visiting
Mrs. Katie Paul in Kansas City
a returned home Wednesday night.
|. DR.. W. L. Bates, who is making
trip from Sioux City, Iowa, to tn,
Gulf on a fiat boat, was tied up her
Tuesday on account of the weather.
l. Miss Maud Williams went to Kan
~ SIS City Wednesday morning to spenI
the day with relatives, from wner
she will leave for St. Louis to reside
20 G II. Hopkins, CT Lexington, KY
who has been visiting the family {
@ Or. N. Is. Paynei went TO Marsha
Wednesday morning to visit relatives
d, The Forty Eighth annual meetin
:" of the State Horticultural Society wi
~ be held at The Coates House,
Kansas City, December %, 20 and s.
1905.
i'll Mrs. Robert X. Campbell al
an daughter, Helen, who have bee
tn visiting the family OF Mrs. Sar'
in. Russell, returned to their home
he Kansas City Thursday evening.
he The bridge men who we're in tn
ng city Thursday expressed Intensely
~ as entirely tatis6ed with the stu
~ tion. Mr.. Haerle feels confident tn
ne is going to build the bridge.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-10-28
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given TO all creditors and
other persons interested IN the estate OF
George w. Johnson, deceased. that the under
signed admlnistratrix will apply 10 make q
FINAL settlement Of said estate at the Novem-
Der term, 1905, Of the probate court ofLafay-
cite county, Missouri, to be begun and held
81 the probate court room, In the city or
Der, 1905.
VIRGINIA p. JOHNSON,
lGHN Administrative.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-29
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.

Short Line toprincipai cities Of the South
ana Soutawest, Florida, Cabs Texas, Cali
fornia and Mexico, also north and north
west, W ashington, Baltimore Phiiadsiphis
New York. Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago. In
disnapolis, St. Louis, Memphis and Kan.as
City
Schedule effective January s.b,
1905.
Trains leaves Raleigh az follows
No. 30. NORTHBOUND.
l:25 a. IN. aSEABOARD Ey.
PRESS" for Portsmouth, Rich.
mond, Warrington, Baltimore.
Phliadelphia, New York, Bos.
ten and all points North, North.
east and Northwest.
No. IS.
Ii 90 a. NJ "SEABOARD LOCAL
MAIL" for ALL LOf AL points
Raleigh to Portsmouth,. ,rlina
to Richmond connects u. =.
deison for Oxford aud Welo.
with A. C.. L., at Portsmouth,.
Norfolk with ALL STEAMERS
for points North and Northeast
No. &c.
ll:50 q. m. SEABOARD MALI
for Richmond, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston. Connects st
Richmond with G. Il o. Cor
CincinAt.i, Chicago and sc.
Louis, at Washington with
Penna, b. Il. o. for all points.
No. 81. SOUTHBOOND.
AIS q. m. "sEABOARD Elk.
PRESS for Charlotte, Atlantis.
Columbia, Savannah. Jackson
vile, 81 Augustine, Tampa and
all points south and south west.
No. AZ.
4 100 p. m. SEABOARD LOCAL
MAIL for Charlotts. Atlanta
and al local points, Con meets n
Atlanta for all points south
an6 south vest.
No. 43.
z 900 o. m. 1SEABOARD MAI.
for South. IN Pines, Pinch uret
Atlanta, Columbia. Charleston.
Saw annah. Jack.on lille, Tamps
and ell points south and south
weet.
Tick 70 on sale to al points. Pull.
man berths reserved, tickets doltv-
or d a. residence from
UPTOWN T1CkET OFFICE.
Marlborough Houss Hu.Idine.
HAMORS. y, c. p. & T. A.
RLLEIGH, N. C.
C. 81. GATTIS, Z. p. A.
| 'Paones III. Raleigh N. O..
&C. B RYAN g. p. A.
| Portsmouth. Va
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-29
FREE,
Seaboard Air Line Ry.
MEETING ELKs BUFFALO, N. Y. IN
JULY,

The Seaboard announces If there
are a sufficient number to justify it
they will arrange to operate a spe
cial Pullman Sleeping Car to run
from Raleigh through to Buffalo to
accom- modate the Elks from Will
mington, Charlotte, Durham and
Raleigh, to attend the meeting of
the Grand Lodge which will be held
in Buffalo, July 10 Is.
Rate from Raleigh, all rail, round
trip 500 so, via Norfolk and Bay
Line $40 As, Wilmington, all rail,
$23 so, Durham, all rail, 5000,
Charlotte, all rail, $685.. Bay
Line from Wilmington $21 IS, Dur
ham $19.45; Charlotte 1896. Tick
cts will be sold July SO and 10,
with final limit to leave Buffalo,
july Is, but tickets can be extended
until August 4, upon payment of
fee of 81 90.
Pullman rate from Raleigh to
Buffalo 81 so, Durham 81 40, Char
lotte S. 90 and Wilmington $500.
Those desiring to attend Will
please notify the undersigned, 80
that it can be determined if sufii
Gent number will go to justify op
GRAFTON of special Pullman.
CHAS. n. GATTIS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
RALEIGH, N. G.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-29
Labor Very scarce Near sr.sp.boro.


Greensboro, n. c., June as.-The
board Of highway commissioners
are holding special session TO de-
Wise means Of avoiding embarrass.
ment 10 thu progress Of road build
ing caused by difficulties In getting
La Dor. Especially Is this the case
with the operation On the High
Point section Of the four road forces
in the county. That force has been
reduced to fifteen men. The con-
tractor grading aud baIlasting for
the Southern Railways double track
between Greensboro and High Point
Il paying s1.40 day for all laborers
who apply.
The country had been previously
canvassed by agents of the i'm mense
Yadkin River Development Com pa
ny at the Narrows, near Salisbury,
for 81 rs day on four years. con-
tract The highway commission
pays one dollar per day, and were 1t
not for the fact that their road work
IL less strsining than railroad or
river work, they would be without
hands.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-06-29
WEEK END AND SUNDAY EXCUR'
SION RATES.

The Seaboard announces COM
mencing June 1st. They will sell
week end tickets from all points to
Mountain resorts in Western North
Carolina, including Lincolnton,
Shelby, Rutherfordton, Hickory,
Lenoir, Blowing Rock and Chin
ney Rock.
From all points in North Carroll
ma tickets will be sold for all trains
Saturday and for Sunday forenoon
trains, good returning Monday fol-
lowing date of sale, except tickets
to Blowing Rock and Chimney
Rock, which will be sold for Friday
and Saturday trains, good return
ing up to and including Tuesday
following date of sale
Tickets from Wilmington, n. c.,
to Cliffs, hickory, Lenoir and Liz
colnton will he sold Friday and Sat
urday good returning following
Monday.
Tickets will be withdrawn from
sale after Sunday September 10th.
For rates and timetables apply
to agent or,
CHAs. 81. GATTIS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
RALEIGH, N. o.