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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-13
When 1t Hurt.

A German surgeon in the Franco
Prussian war had occasion to lance an
abscess for a poor fellow, and, as the
sore was obstinate. it became neces-
sary to use the knife twice. The opera
ton was not a very painful one, but
the patient declared that it had nearly,
killed him, and when a third resort to-
the lancet was proposed he protested
that he could never 60 through the OPP
Grafton alive.
The surgeon promised to make it easy
for him and, calling up a few Of the
loungers, ordered one of them to hold
his hands close over the patients eyes
and two others to grasp his hands
firmly.
"This arrangement" explained the
doctor, sis said to prevent pain in such
an operation. Now, lie perfectly quiet,
and when I say Now! prepare your
SELF"
The surgeon at once began quietly
with his work and in a short time had
completed the operation without the
least trouble, the patient lying as quiet
as though in sleep.
When all was done the surgeon laid
aside the knife and said. "Now" Such
a roar came from the lips of the sick
man as seldom is heard from any hui
man being. He struggled to free him
self, yelling. "Oh. doctor, you're killing
metz
Shouts of laughter soon drowned his
cries, and he was told that the opera
ton had been all over before the signal
was given. 1t was a good joke, but it
is doubtful If the poor fellow could
ever be made to believe that he did not
feel actual pain Immediately after that
fatal "Now!!'
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quarters for you. The Gliddens live
there, but rent out their ground. so
there will be no help even-just Gid
den and his wife; not a rural route de-
livery to break the monotony. l be-
lieve a peddler passes once a year.
You can be lost to the world and, like
the little girl in the song, have nobody
nigh to hinder"
Murray, this place was made for
me!!' calculated the young author as
the car swooped down upon a white
house nestled among the trees.
Murray helped him carry his belong
ings into the big airy bedroom and
then returned to town, with a curious
smile lighting his face.
The place proved ;deal for Orville's
The farmer and his wife
were quiet people, little given to
speech. They never disturbed him
when he was at work even to the en-
tent of summoning him to a meal.
| When, hunger drove him from his work.
no matter what the hour might be.
food was prepared without an objec-
ton. A beautiful winding river with
incurving shores swept through the
| farm, and here at eve Dick Orville was
wont to repair for inspiration. I'm
der these blissful conditions his ideas
developed and unfolded ~charmingly.
Then there came the inevitable ending.
81 am sorry" faltered his landlady
one morning, "but Hiram went to the
postofice today, and he found a letter
from a young lady in the city. She Is
an artist and wants to come here to
, paint and to be alone"
"Well, write to her that she can't
t! come" replied Orville quickly. "I'll
pay you double"-
"Its too late" said Mrs. Glidden.
"You see, the letter was written a week
ago. We don't get our mail only once
in awhile. She said if she didn't hear
to the contrary she'd come today. But
I'll try and find her another place near
here. The Aliens take boarders. l may
have to keep her overnight If she
comes. Would you like to hear her let
ter"
Before he could politely decline this
prefer Mrs. Glidden began to read the
letter, which was girlishly written. She
said that she longed for a place where
she could be quiet, some place that was
remote from neighbors. where she
could paint and dream at will; that a
friend in passing the Glidden farm had
thought it would be just the kind of
place she craved and. had written her
about it.
Some of Orville's Irritation vanished
upon hearing the letter. There was q
note of appeal in 1t. a reflection Of his
own mood, that touched him.
"She evidently Graves solitude as
much as I do and SO she will avoid
me-" he thought.
1--WE might try 1t. Mrs. Glidden," he
proposed, land If I find her presence
interrupts my work in any way we can
ask Mrs. Allen to take her in. They
have other boarders. and I imagine she
wouldn't get the. quiet there that she
50 evidently wants. I'll tell you what
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His Diamonds and His Paste.

Bob Palmer, the comedian, had been
originally a billsticker, a fact pretty
generally known among his colleagues
Of the stage. One evening when dress.
ed for the character Of Sir Brilliant
Fashion he strutted into the green.
room with buckles sparkling on his
shoes and a fine diamond on his finger
A brother actor inquired if his gems
were real. ITO be sure they are. ]
wear nothing but diamonds" was the
reply. w%hereupon Bannister remarked
II congratulate you, Bob, for l "a re
member when you wore nothing but
PASTE"
Palmer did not take the joke with be-
coming good humor. and an angry al
tercation ensued. which was only bro
ken when Mrs. Jordan cried out: "Why
don't you stick him against the wall
Bob? Stick him against the wall!'-
London Telegraph.
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| study music. Now that the venture
was fairly under way only pride pre-
vented Nella from turning back. The
bigness of the city and the vastness Of
the sea made her feel how small and
utterly Insignificant she was. She
wanted to lag her head on her moth
er's shoulder and be petted into con
tentment again.
Quietly she moved from the port to
the starboard side of the ship, where
she could watch the loading of a cargo
steamer from a lighter. She tried to
forget that on the port side were men
and women who We're to be her asso-
ciates for a few days saying goodby to
their friends, while she fought back
the tears of lonesomeness.
Then slowly the big ship began to
slip out Of her berth, the hoarse whis-
ties sounding an alarm to the traffic Of
the harbor. Now they were in mid
stream, and one of the tugs had pressed
her nose against the towering black
side of the ship and begun to pant and
labor as slowly the stern was pushed
upstream, while the sister tug forced
the bow in the direction Of the Mar
rows.
Then the engines took on a more
steady beat, and the noise Of the shout
ing on the, pier grew fainter until 1t
could no longer be heard. The voyage
was begun.
Nella waited on deck until the last
faint trace Of land disappeared; then
she stumbled with tear blinded eyes
through the narrow gangways to the
little cabin which she occupied alone.
She threw herself upon the cushioned
seat that formed one side of the mar
row compartment and gave herself up
to her grief.
Even as a child her dream had been
a musical career, and she had saved to-
ward this end. Her parents, too. had
pinched and denied themselves that her
ambition might be gratifed, and now
that she was at last on her way to
Paris loneliness beat down ambition
and she could only sob miserably as
she thought Of the loved ones she was
leaving behind.
The departure with no kindly word
Of farewell had been the last drop in
her cup Of unhappiness, and now she
could gee the familiar railroad station
ct Crossville. with its yellow, shedlike
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I'll do. I'll move my writing table and
books and things down to the little
cabin on the river bank and do my
work there"
He proceeded to carry out this plan
and remained in his new quarters the
rest of the day. 1t was dusk when he
came to the farmhouse for something
to eat.
"She's upstairs volunteered Mrs
Glidden. "She's awfuily young and
pretty. l told her l had a gentleman
boarder who came. here to be alone,
and she said she wouldn't disturb you
in the least"
But Orville wasn't interested in hear,
ing Of the newcomer. His mind was
intent on a complicated situation in his
book, and he paid no heed to what his
landlady was saying.
Three days and nights interviewed
without an encounter Of the two would
be hermits. Once Orville came upon an
easel down in the orchard. He paused
before 1t for some time, lost in admi
ration of the talent displayed. Then he
walked on to the river. That night he
vas unable to write. Memories he was
striving to stife were awakened by
the bit of landscape he had viewed.
The next morning as he was seated
at his writing table in the cabin max.
ing heroic efforts to concentrate his
thoughts on his work, he heard the
sound as Of some n running. he
went to the door and saw a young girl
| carrying a tin pail filed with artists
materials running toward the cabin in
great alarm.
"Oh." she gasped, with a half sob.
"save me. He'll follow me in here!
In an instant Orville's strong right
arm was about her shivering form.
"Kathie! Would I let any one OF
anything harm you?"
She lifted a white face.
ooh, Dick! You? Why-you are not
Mrs. Glidden's ~boarder-the one I've
been hiding from?"
Eyes: but tell me, what frightened
you?"
"The bull! He chased me down here
through the meadows"
Orville placed her in a chair and
stepped outside. In a moment he re-
turned with the pail Of paints and
brushes.
"It's all right, Kathie," he said reas-
suringly; "the pail, supposed to con-
tain nourishment, was the attraction.
The gentle creature 1 found shifting
s%uspiciously and disapprovingly ut
your paints was a young. hornless
thing commonly known as a mulley
cow
Kathie's eyes were downcast. The
silence that ensued was profound and
eloquent. Then she looked up and met
his steady gaze with a half smile.
"Dick," she said family, "did Tom
Murray by any chance know you We're
here?"
'Tom Murray! Why, he found me
this place. I wrote him to look me up
a farmhouse where I could be quite
alone and write. Why?"
81 saw him the other day and told
him I wanted a farmhouse where !
could be quite alone and paint. Dick!!'
"Dear, Tom was far wiser than we.
Shall we profit by his vision and let
his plan work out as he intended?
Can't we forgive and forget, Kathie?"
Later. when Mrs. Glidden saw her
two boarders coming slowly up from
the fields she sagely remarked to her
spouse:
"Well, pa, that's a nan and a WON
an the world over!
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Der New
Perspective.
Bv Lulu JOHNSON,
By LULU JoHNso on.
Copyrighted. 1908, by E. G. PARCELS.

Aboard the liner the last goodbys
were being said. Some Of the more
cautious among the home stayers had
already gathered at the end of the
pier to wave farewells cut short on
the deck through the fear Of being
carried off, and others were trooping
down the gangplank.
Now and then a couple of cabin
stewards rushed up the gangway bear
ing the steamer trunks and parcels OF
some belated arrival, and from the
pier the sharp exhaust Of the donkey
engines punctuated the farewells as
the busy drums coiled and uncoiled
the ropes by which the last Of the hold
luggage was being rushed to the cav
ernous depths Of the huge ship.
Busy little tugs puffed about the end
of the pier to assist in turning the
huge bulk of the steamer, and a man
in a rowboat padded about the stern
to be on hand in case Of an accident.
To Nella Wynn the scene was decid-
eddy novel. Only the day before she
had arrived in New York from her
inland home for the purpose of en-
barking, and for the first time she had
realized what a steamer really a
Now she could scarcely believe that
presently this great black vessel would
slip down the bay and 70 out to the
broad ocean beyond the sight Of land.
For a time she was absorbed in watch
ing the crowds, but the very presence
of this crush of humanity presently
began to weigh upon her spirits.
1t had been hard to raise the funds
to send her abroad, so none Of the
family had been able to accompany
her to New York. She had no ac-
quaintances in the city, and she was
absolutely alone in this mob Of leave
takers. There was no one to stand on
the edge of the pier and wave farewell,
no one to give her a friendly farewell
kiss. She was even more alone than
the little crowd of returning emigrants
huddled on the lower deck forward.
Back in C%ressville it had seemed a
great thing to be going to Paris to
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structure and unsheItered platIorIlp
and her friends standing there to wave
the last farewell. It had been so diff
ferent from the boat a few hours be-
fore, and she wished herself back with
her parents and the girls and-Harry
Temple.
She could still see Temples hurt look
when he received her gentle NO to
his proposal. He had always sought to
oppose her career, %contending that she
would be far happier in her own home
than as q choir singer or platform
She had hated him for his apparent
disbelief in her powers, and her refusal
had been promptly given. She was
sure that If he asked her now b
would gladly abandon her career and
70 back to Crossville with him, but
Harry was with the rest of the dear
ones nearly a thousand miles away.
There was a gentle tapping on the
door, and she arose to admit the stew
ardess.
"There's a gentleman who would like
to see you on deck" she said, with a
touch Of accent. "He is M. Temple,
and he asks that he may have the
pleasure Of your society"
"Temple!" gasped Nella. "a tall
man"
"With a light mustache and such
handsome gray eyes" assentedthe stew.
ardess, mindful Of the generous tip and
seeming a romance. "He is on the port
side Of the upper deck. Permit me to
assist mademoiselle with her toilet"
Without waiting for reply the woman
bathed the girls swollen eyelids and
removed traces of tears from her
cheeks, smoothing the hair and re.
freshing the crumpled bows on the hat,
which had been tossed into the berth
with never a thought Of the ribbons.
Nella emerged from the gangway to
find Temple pacing the deck impatient
~. He hurried toward her as she ap-
peared and led her to a cozy corner,
where two steamer chairs were placed
close together.
II am content that you are here.
That is enough for me-" she said shyly.
"But how did you ever get here?"
"Next train after you left" was the
prompt response. "My chum at col
lege, Jack HEAVYWEIGHT, is representing
his fathers business in Paris, and
when you prepared to come l wrote
asking him if he could find a place for
me. 1 got an answer by cable to come
at once"
"And you never let me knowY she
said reproachfully. Temple smiled.
81 had an idea," he said softly, 'that
perhaps it would be better to wait until
after we had left port. It's lonesome
work. sailing alone and''-
"You We're right" said Nella. ut has
shown me many things in a new light.
Perhaps if you were to ask a certain
question over again.
II do ask the question over again."
he declared earnestly. II shall never
cease asking that question until your
answer is Yes"
ut is Yes now" she said shyly. II
see life more clearly, and love is better
than a career, after ALL"
"And heavens blessing on the new
perspective" he said f%ervently as his
hand clasped hers in the early dusk
that was settling down upon the sea
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Her Secret.

wife-Have you any secrets you keep
from me. dearest?
Husband-None, darling.
Wife-Then I am determined I will
have none from you either.
Husband-Have you secrets, then?
Wife-Only one. and I am resolved to
make a clean breast of 1t.
Husband (hoarsely)-Go on!
Wife-For several days I have had a
secret-a secret longing for a new
dress. with hat to match, for my birth.
day.
That fetched him.-London Mai.
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be the distance and high leaping of
ting better with each succeeding week.
This was promise that was made by
Mr.. Wells, the popular manager Of the
house, when it was opened. 1t is
promise that has been fulfilled and the
show for next week has all the ear
marks of furnishing as delightful an
entertainment as the ones which have
gone before it.
1t will be a show of endless variety in
the way of vaudeville, comprising sing
ing dancing and all sorts of fun as well
as some highly trained animals. These
animals are the famous Drake dogs and
sheep. And the trained sheep will sure
ly prove to be an interesting novelty
as they are the only bunch of wool pro-
ducers that have been taught tricks.
But perhaps the feature of this act will
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MADDEN's SON TO RIDE.
The HorSeman Has Plans to Capture
Some European Races.

New York. Feb. Isl. E. Madden.
the horseman. and his two sons, Eddie,
aged IA, and Joe, aged s, were pass en-
gers aboard the Caronia Of the Cunard
line.
The boys will return at once to their
home at Lexington. KY. The father
goes to Washington, where he has
fifty-four horses in training stables.
Mr.. Madden told of some interesting
plans of his for the coming seasons
racing abroad.
ST will have nine entries for the
NEnglish Derby, six for the Oaks, and
four for the Paris Grand Prix," he
said. mo American bred horse has
won the Derby since Pierre Lorillard's
Iroquois captured it years ago. I am
going after it in earnest"
Then Mr.. Madden added another bit
of news, Several of my entries on the
other side" he said. Twill be ridden
this year by Eddie, my own son. He
weighs 92 pounds and I will back him
against any professional jockey for
Judgment, sense and strength.
Il am going to raise my boys in the
same business which 1 have followed
and they will start where a real horse
man should start-in the stable and in
the saddle
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A OARBoNDALE WEDDING.
Mr.. I. p. Kimble and Miss Nellie A.
Miller Married at Brides Home.

Miller Married at Brides Home.
Carbonate, Kan. Feb. ia very
pretty wedding took place in Carbon
dale Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock
at the beautiful home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c., p Miller,
where Nellie A. Miller and Ira P. KIM
BILE were united in the sacred bonds of
and relatives, the Rev. o. E. A. Blen-
karin of the Congregational church Of
floating.
The rooms were artistiaclly deco
rated, especially the bay window.
which was literally banked with ferns
and potted plants.
The brides sister, Miss Edith, was
most becomingly dressed in pale pink
aibatross and sang II Love You
Truly while Tannhauser's wedding
march was being played Ivy Miss Lau-
sretta McClafr and Mr.. Allen Sharp.
The bridal aair came down the stair
way, taking their places under an arcn
geraniums and ferns. The bride was
daintily attired in lovely gown of
white oyama silk, carrying a cluster of
white carnations. while the groom
wore the conventional black. After
congratulations the guests partook OF
an elaborate o'clokc dinner, which
was served amid much gaiety ana
o'clock the merry crowd accompanies
the happy couple to the train for Chi
cago, where they will visit Mr.. KIM
ble's relatives. The brides travelling
gown was a handsome tailor made
suit Of brown.
were Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Gorrin and
sons of Lawrence. Mrs. John McGratn
and son of Topeka, Mr.. George Bald
win Of Usage City.
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some greyhounds, which have rather
astounded vaudeville patrons through
out the country with their wonderful
bounds. $685.
Then for other features on the bill
there will be Howard and De Leon, a
famous team of equilibrists; Lyons and
Cullen in a variety of vaudeville; The
Whiting Trio in a decidedly original
sketch called "Caraboo,' IAN Indian love
idy1, or a moonlight tragedy" and
Sam Goldman, a Hebrew singing and
dancing comedians. For the illustrated
songs Mr. Irwin viii sing s'The Robin $
Sweet Song Reminds Me of You" and
Miss Lillian Parfitt Will sing In Dear
Old Dixie Land Two new series of
moving pictures will also be shown.
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world" Witnesses stated that her hus-
band had deserted her and later told
neighbors that she was too good for
him; that he had tried to pick quarrels
with her and found it slim pickin's be-
cause OF her sweet demeanor to him at
all times and under all circumstances.
Because she won't fuss at me am go
ing to leave her; she is too good for me-
If she would talk back to me / might
like her better, but she never says any
thing but the incest things and can't
stand that was a statement quoted OH
the stand as having emanated from the
peculiar Mr.. Ritter. The court granted
the divorce.
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THE BOSTON CYCLE RACE.
VIII Last All Of Next Week With q
Good Array of Talent.

Boston. Feb. 15.-Boston's six day
race is scheduled to start on Monday
next, and continue until the folio wing
Saturday. The actual hours on the
track will be the shortest of any i'm
portant grind this season. four a day.
1t Is stated that the proportion of the
gross receipts going to the riders will
be 40 per cent, SO If the race is we'll
patronized, the racing men will be
better paid than at former exhibitions.
In any event, the talent secured makes
notable array, as the following list
of teammates clearly shows: Major
Taylor and Nat Butler. Charles Vanoni
and n. M. Anderson of Denmark,
James F. Moran and liver Lawson,
Joseph Folger and Hugh MacLean, E.
B. Root and Pat Logan, Floyd Krebs
and Matt Downey, John and Menus
Bedell, Walter Bardgett and W. l..
Mitten, Charles A. Sherwood and
George Wiley, and J. T. Halligan and
A. w. Holbrook
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POWERS IS IT.
Jockey Rides Four Successive
Winners at New Orleans.
Exotic Wins Opening Event In a
Binding Rain.
A 40 TO | SHOT SECOND
Michigan and Cornell to Meet at
Baseball This Year.
Horseman Madden's Son Will
Ride Abroad This Summer,

New Orleans, Feb. 15.-Running a.
good race despite binding rain, Exo-
tic, at to i. won the opening event
at the fair grounds Friday afternoon.
ond, and Miss Snack, at 60 to l, third.
st. Noel, the s to ravorite in the
sixth race, won in a hard drive from
Dapple Gold at 20 to 1. with George
Vivian, another long shot third.
Jockey Powers rode four straight
winners.
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COMING TO THE NOVELTY

1t seems almost unnecessary to say
that the vaudeville show which will be
presented next week at the Novelty
theater will be good one. That al
most goes without saying. For 1t can
not be said Of a single show that has
been at this new and cozy house since
1t was opened six weeks ago that it was
a poor one Some have been better
than others. to be sure, but all of them
have been good and well worth the
money that mas been charged for them
And the shows seem to nave been get
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SHE WOULDN'T FUSS WITH HIM.
Bourbon County Woman Was So Kind
That Her Husband Left Home

Fort Scott Feb. 15.-Mrs. Ella Ritter
from down about Pawnee, was granted
a writing of enforcement from her hus-
band NJ A. Ritter. The woman SEEM
ed to adduce proof of the genuineness
Of her claims to divorce. She had num-
erous relatives on the witness stand.
who testified that her husband was
worthless. a sporty sort of chappy
while she was referred to by every wit
ness as being the best woman in the
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ANOTHER PLANT TO START.
The Marion Fruit Jar Company at Cof-
feyville to Open March 1.

Coffeyville, Kan, Feb. 15.-Word has
been received here at the offices of the
Marion Fruit Jar company to start the
plant as soon as it could be gotten
ready for work. This will be in about
two weeks and at that time 200 men will
be given work from then on until prob
ably some time in June.
Ball Brothers of Muncie, Ind, own
the Marion plant here and the order to
start came from them. The plant is one
of the largest in the west and it would
have been in operation all season had
not the fruit season been SO bad.