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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21
CLEANING 4 CLOCK
/ 10 Not Very Difficult, Aeeordiss {,
These pireetionx

These Direetioas.
1t is Yer! simple to clean a clock
which may sound rather absurd. Fo,
an amateur it is moi always recessr,
to take the clock to pieces. With !
little care and patience and using some
beazfne, a clean white rag, 4 sable
brush and some Oil q clock can b.
cleaned and put in first class runnins
order. The benzine should be clean
and free from OIL You can test ben.
zine by putting a little on the back Of
the hand II 1t is good. 1t VIII dry %,
leaving the hand quite clean, but Il
any grease remains on the hand Ii e
not ht to use.
The oil should be OF the very best
that can be procured Vegetable oils
should never be used Clock oil can be
procured from your druggist or jeweler.
All loose dirt should be removed fruu,
he works by blowing with bellows or
a fan or busting with a dry brush In
the latter q s great care should be ex-
ercised not to injure any of the parts.
Dip the brush In the benzine and clean
the spindles and spindle holes and the
teeth of the escapemeat wheel. After
washing a part wipe the brush on the
rag and rinse in the benzine. This
should be repeated frequently until no
more dirt is seen
When the clock has dried oil the spin
die holes carefully. This ma be done
With a toothpick or q silver of wood
cut to a fine point On the tooth OF the
escapement wheel slightly, using a fine
brush-Popular Mechanics.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21
The DEATH RECORD.

Ira D. sankey, the singing evan.
gelist, is dead at his home in Brook
Iyn. Nj. Sankey was sixty-eight years
old. He achieved great fame as an
evangelist in a series of religious tours
about this country and Europe with
the late Dwight L. Moody. Five years
ago he was stricken with blindness
and since that time he had lived IN
retirement in Brooklyn.
Rear Admiral James Kelsey Cogs
well, u. s.. N, retired. Is dead ct Jack
sonviIle. Fla. aged sixty.four.
Mr.. Louise Chandler Moult0n, the
well Known anthofess. n dead Ct Bos
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21
on lca

Yes" said Alkali Ike. "a couple o.
cow punchers INDUCED in a very pref
u scientific scrap down at Bad Bucko's
yesterday
ITS wonderful how cool those fell.
lows keep under the circumstances
remarked the eastern tourist.
"Yaas; they certainly have to be kept
cool, stranger. I believe, for some req
0 or other. their funerals amt to be
for ascouple O days yet.-Phladelphia
Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

A bridge playing set at an eastern
university. who usually turned night
into day, used to appear ut morning
chapel with remarkable regularity and
were pointed out as an example by the
authorities. An ALLEGATION was made
In the time, chapel not beginning until
thirty minutes LATER and the dean wal
astounded to e that none Of these
men, 80 regular before. was present
He sent for them and asked the rea-
son.
.Well, sir" said one. ITS like this:
When chapel was at half past z we
could just manage It. but we can't
keep awake TIL 8 o'clockn-Harper's
Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

It is just forty years since that
classic of American childhood, Louisa
H. Aicott's Little Women" first 40
peared- Recently a special edition. Of
10000 copies Of the book was fssued.
evidence that It does not appear anti
quated to the young readers Of today.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

See that the rights to that deligh4ful
little toy. the air torpedo. have. Just
been sold By the way. what has be.
come Of that lovely temple Of peace,
located somewhere or other, and all
the weepfrl promises Of disarmament?
Are We so soon forgot?"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Keep in mind that it is only BY per.
sistent effort in the face Of discourage.
ment that any of us ever does ANYTHING
that Is really worth while doing. The
fellow who gives up when he IS once
beaten Is made Of mighty poor stun
Roosevelt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Campaign contributors are expected
TO bestow their money with the same
generous freedom with which the less
afhuent auditor bestows his applause.
And II the funds r In proportion to
the cheering at Chicago and Denver It
VIII be a record for contributions.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

japanese dispatches say that the war
party controls the new ministry. That
d unfortunate. In this country the
war party is restricted %totcertain news
paper Offices. where It IL able to ind
amusement without doing real hurt to
anybody.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Mr.. WIS determination to reach the
age Of 200 years implies that he 81.
poets to remain on good terms with
several administrations in the Chi.
nese government.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Il Is claimed that there are only
osOoo dope tends" In ali New York.
These figures. however. do not include
tne Gothnamites who study racing
charts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Experiments made recently in Eu-
rope show that vegetable paper pre-
serves the freshness and flavor OF 6sh
better than ice. a pointer for the ice
frnsf
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

In the opinion Of most Authorities in
physics IT IS the heavier than air
flying machine that contains the prom
lie Of aerial navigation. but It appears
to be the province Of the gas bag to e.
tablish records in actual fights.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

a Russian who has lived l26 years
was presented to the car the other
day-as q sample, we suppose. Of
what a Russian can do by NOT attract
Ing the atteation of nihilists and bomb
throwers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Another American heiress Is to mar
II aiord- Experience II this line vi.
dsntly does not teach anything hut IS
latsd repentance
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

AZ It takes a soldiers weight II lead
to XIII him, a airships will hays 70
carry weight II they i to dsstroy
armies.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

NO man can object TO being genially
addressed for awhile as .ssBtll'' when
there y a prospect Of exchanging the
title for .Mr. President
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Fortunately for the babies, william
= asname that = likely 70 be ma1tyle
forsa sood many yearssto coma
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

"How 70 Be Happy Without Hazingn
might be q good title for a book to Sc.
included In the courses Of study. for
military and naval schools.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Aeppelin's airship naturally kicked
slke 9 steer when roped down. and nat
urally something had Is .busIt.s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

The latest hazing episode at West
Point rather unexpectedly resulted in:
the hazing Of the recently matricnlated
secretary Of war.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-08-21

Our great neet - = tbs antipodea,
but Who caresl Tho antipodea has q.
votes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

their clothing. confederate would
say: Here, Yank, I'll trade WE hats
with you," Another would exclaim:
.tOff with your shoes, Yanki I'll ex
change with you,'' Some mercenary
confederate would ask: Have you
any money? Out with it! You'll not
need it where you're going, and I'll
take care of it for you''
When the exchanges were all com
pleted the scene presented the appear
ance of a company of confederates
dressed in neat union military uni
forms, guarding within their own line
a band of union soldiers dressed in
ragged, tattered confederate uni
forms, their heads sticking through
crownless hats, toes protruding
through the ends of shoes, bare spots
showing through rents in trousers, es-
pecially in the rear.
AS the prisoners were marshaled
into line by their captors and started
for the rear, the appearance was that
of company of union soldiers within
the enemy's lines guarding a com
pany of confederate prisoners. How
ever, no such scene was witnessed
within the enemy's main line, as the
captors, becoming confused by the
thick fog, struck and followed Gov
cred way, which, to their great cha.
grin, led them and their prison
ers right back into the union
lines, where the confederates, in
turn. became prisoners. 1t is need
less to add that the fortunes of war
having changed, there was hasty dis
gorging of plumber and Sergt. McCabe
and his squad came into their own
again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
AT PETERSBURG
War "Reminiscences of One Hundred
and Fifty-ffth Regiment, Pa. ".

In the winter and early spring the
marshy country to the south and south
west of Petersburg, drained by Hatch
ers and Gravelly runs, was subject to
frequent fogs SO dense that from day
break until ten o'clock a soldier wan
dering away few rods from his camp
would be unable to find his way back
to the same. During the siege of Pc
tersburg, writes John T. Porter in the
Pittsburg Dispatch, the whole region
between the lines of the contendine
armies was so cut up by covered ways
!dug-out roads, rifle pits, ETC., to con.
ceal the movement of troops and pick
cts from the view of the enemy as to
make it almost impossible, or at least
extremely hazardous, to pass from the
main lines to the picket posts when
the fog was heavy.
During the winter campaign of "a
IS Sergt. Walter McCabe of com
pany B, One Hundred and FIfty-fifth
in command of large squad of pick.
cts, started out one foggy morning to
relieve the union pickets in the rifle
pits After wandering for some time
in what seemed to be the direction of
the union picket line the sergeant and
his squad were brought to a sudden
halt by challenge from a confed.
crate picket, when, to their consterna.
ton, they found themselves prisoners
within the enemy's line, unable to es.
cape.
On being lined up preparatory to
starting for the rear of the confed.
crate army Sergt. McCabe and his
men were relieved by the enemy
OF all their valuables and most OF
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED
Letters Inscription Certainly the Re-
verse of Flattering.

In the English club at Hongkong a
white-haired old gentleman, who had
come down from some northern port,
was seated at dinner when he sudden
ly became very excited. He had been
brought a letter by solemn-faced Chi
nese butler, and he saw something on
the outside of this letter which sent
him downstairs two steps at time
to interview the hall porter When
he came back he told us what was the
matter. The hall porter had inscribed
in the envelope, in Chinese, for the in
formation of the butler:
This is for the old balloon with
white fur"
Unfortunately for the hall porter,
the old gentleman was a first-claSs
scholar in the Chinese language.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
THE DOCTORS GIFT.
Food Worth Its Weight in Gold.


We usually expect the doctor to put
us on some kind of penance and give
us bitter medicines.
A Penn doctor brought a patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
Two years ago." writes this pa
tient, ct was a frequent victim of
acute indigestion and biliousness, be-
ing allowed to eat very few things.
One day our family doctor brought me
a small package, saying he had found
something for me to eat, at last.
He said it was a food called Grape
Nuts, and even as it's golden color
might suggest, it was worth its weight
In gold l was sick and tired, trying
one thing after another to no avail,
but at last consented to try this new
food
well! it surpassed my doctors
fondest anticipation and every day
since then 1 have blessed the good
doctor and the inventor of Grape
Nuts.
Il noticed Improvement at once and
in months time my former spells of
Indigestion had disappeared In two
months / felt like a new man. My
brain was much clearer and keener,
my body took on the vitality of youth,
and this condition has continued"
There's a Reason" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich Read
The Road to Wellville-" in Dkss-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
Shorthand Without Hands.

youth of Is, named Possneck, who
two years ago lost both his hands in a
machinery accident at Arnstadt, has
accomplished the remarkable feat of
gaining speed certificate for short
hand After his mishap, by which his
hands were cut on at the wrists, he
was received into a cripples' home.
The duke of Saxe-Meiningen, one of
the patrons, took an active interest in
the lad and paid for two artificial
hands The cripple soon became so
expert in their use that he is now
an excellent penman, and can write
shorthand at the rate of lis words
per minute
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
The Son Of Ham.

During a revival in Texas" said
Philip r. Bangs of Toledo, o., his turn
for a story having come, "a negro was
reputed to have had visions about
Heaven and hell. His boss called him
up and Intercepted him as to what
he saw in both places, and first as to
what the white men and darkies were
doing in Heaven. Lord, boss, the
white men was all a-tilting back in
their chairs, with their heels on the
banisters, a-smoking cigars, and the
niggers was down on their knees a.
shining up their golden slippers Then
as to what was going on at the other
place. Eff you believe me, boss, every
single white man had niger in his
hands a-holdin' him up between him
and the flames Washington Her
aid.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
Defcrestation in Africa,

According to J. Dybowski, pro-
gressive desiccation of the air and
soil is manifest in the region of the
Sudan, the underlying cause being
the destruction of the original forests.
Cape Verde is cited as an example
In the eighteenth century the botanist,
Adanson. described 1T as covered with
a vast forest, whence it's name. Now
the forests are gone, the rivers are di-
minished, sheets of water have disap-
peared, and the productiveness of the
soil is failing, until in many places
the region has become almost sterile.
The natives began the destruction of
the forests ignorantly; white men con
t&auo it for immediate selfish ends
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
Diplomats Purchase Homes.

Diplomats from Latin republics, es-
pecially those countries where the
governments seem to sit on shaky
foundations, are making hay while the
sun shines and acquiring permanent
homes in the United States. The min
lister from Cuba and Nine. Quesada
have just bought the home of H Clay
Evans, the place of the Leslie Shaw
hospitality in Washington. Senior Cal
deron, the minister from Bolivia, pur-
chased and remodeled a fine mansion
in Sixteenth street, and he intends
to remain in Washington despite the
whims of passing governments Cal
deron has invested much of his ample
fortune in American securities. His
wife is a Philadelphia and his daughr
ter was educated in that city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Woman Tells of Her Brothers Terrible
Suffering-Two Babies Also Cured
-Cuticura invaluable.

my brother had eczema three diff
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuti-
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back. Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk, Cold
water. Mich, Aug. Is and Sept. 2, 1907"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
ChivaIrous Man.

A father and mother, with six chill
dren, spent holiday at the seaside.
Immediately on arrival they set about
looking for cheap lodgings.
At length they came to a notice OF
a furnished room to let" and made
inquiries.
"Oh, yes said the landlady in an
swer to the fathers question; fits
here the room is to let, but there's
only one bed in it,
"Oh, that's all right" replied the IA
Their; we're used to roughing it. The
wife and BARNS will sleep on the
f1oor"-The Taller.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

A writer whose Christmas money
perhaps ran short, and who is obvious
Iy trying to comfort himself with the
thought that her" birthday is yet
to come, remarks that 1.-The one kind
of gift always acceptable to a woman
is something, anything, in cut glass
1t is a wise saying, and one to be
explained on the principle that like
attracts like She. like cut glass. re
veals new beauties the longer one
studies her.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

There are few able-bodied paupers
in Holland. A tract of public land
containing 5000 acres, is divided into
six model farms, to one of which the
person applying for public relief is
sent. Here he is taught agriculture,
and is subsequently permitted to rent
a small holding for himself Holland
also has a forced labor colony, to
which Migrants are sent to do farm
and other work, whether they like it
Or not
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

According to the report of the com
missioner of internal revenue, only ten
stills have SO far been established
in the entire country for the
manufacture of denatured alcohol
This does not mean that denatured al
cohol is not the commercial and me-
chanical boon which it promised to
be. But it takes time to start a new
industry. to build up a system that will
connect the consumer with the pro-
Queer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
pefendina Portsmouth Harbor.

The construction of the new defense
breakwater at Portsmouth, England,
has been commenced. This is unique
undertaking in order to prevent hos
tile vessels rushing the naval harbor
under cover, of darkness A row of
huge concrete blocks is to be dropped
across the shallow sandbanks These
blocks weigh "a tons each, and placed
end to end will make a formidable
wall which no destroyer can jump
There is a fort at either end, one on
shore and one in the sea, and the only
way of getting through the break.
water will be through a gap, which
can be quickly closed IN case of need.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
Georgia Cotton Seed Sent to Mexico.

Georgia Cotton Seed Sent to Mexico.
R. H. Smith of Monticello. Ga, one
Of the most prominent cotton planters
in Georgia, was in Atlanta recently
experimenting the shipment of 20
tons of seed cotton which he had
grown, to Elderg Ulmer of Torreon
Ccahuila, Mexico.
The fame of these seeds has spread
over the country, and Mr. Smith is
making quite a name for himself and
his cotton by its extensive sale and
general use
This cotton will be placed in Mex
leo, and doubtless will bear fruit
equal to that secured from it in
Georgia.
This is the longest distance ship
ment of seed cotton yet recorded from
Georgia--Atlanta Constitution.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

Nothing succeeds like success.
Henry Farman, who made the trip in
an aeroplane at Paris and won the
$4,000 prize, is in receipt of invita-
lions to repeat the performance at
different European capitals. This
goes to show the interest taken in
the matter. But what the ordinary.
everyday citizen would like to know is
whether navigating the air is to be an
accomplished fact Airships for com
mon, practical use must be produced
before the average person will be
lieve that the problem has been really
solved.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21
LYDIA e. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been SO
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gem
uine testimonials as has Lydia e.
Pinkham'sVe Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any womananyd day may
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia e. Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is so
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar to their
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

Official charting shows that the
Philippine Islands are about $500 in
number. Before this government made
survey and took account of stock, the
number of islands had been variously
given from 1900 to 1000. 1t is no use
trying to count them on an ordinary
map, for most of the islands are too
small to show.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

The women of Japan are sharing in
the advance of progressive ideas with
the men. That is the reason why the
nation is so far ahead in it's progress
of other oriental nations. They are
bringing progress into the very foun-
dation of the nation-the home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

Washington jury has decided that
So, 100 is a suitable recompense for a
woman who, while waiting for a car
caught cold. resulting in the loss of
her voice. After the mean things that
are continually being said about the
feminine desire to talk, this valuation,
while not extremely fiattering, is com
forting.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

The dowager empress of China, in
the edict creating provincial assem-
blies, orders that under no circum-
stances shall men of evil reputation.
or local bosses who seek only their
own advancement, be chosen" This
sounds like good rule, which might
be followed in every country with
great profit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

In order to convey an adequate idea
of the magnitude of the work at Pana-
ma, the latest canal report says that
the amount of concrete to be used in
building the locks would be sufficient
for the construction of more than 22,-
BOO eight-room city houses. This is
certainly case where the concrete
is more impressive than the abstract
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-03-21

Some one has said,'' remarked the
moralizer, that the ladder of ambition
has no top rung"
Il guess that's right" rejoined the
demoraiizer. land very often it has
nothing to lean against Chicago
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