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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Smoke or Ride, Which?

In the early days of the London.
Brighton & South Coast Railway the
regulations against smoking were
strictly enforced. The Mechanics
Magazine Of September, 1912, records
that "a foreign gentleman was re-
Gently smoking a cigar. in a train COM
ing from Brighton to London. The
guard warned him the practice was
not allowed. Nevertheless, he contin-
AT the next station he was asked for
his ticket and ordered out Of the
coupe; and the guard, addressing one
of the officers on the platform, warned
him that that person was not to be
allowed to proceed to London by any
train that night. So there he was
left."-LOndon Chronicle. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
New Store Here

G.. 1. Walls arrived in Washburn
this morning from Spirit Lake, Id.
aho to look over the town with a
view of locating here. Evidently
the prospects looked good to him
as he has decided to open a jewelry
store here at once. He has rented
the store building recently vacated
by w. A. Persey and will have his
stock on hand for the Christmas
shoppers.
Mrs. Walls will arrive in a short
time. She is a sister of Alvin E.
Boeu who is Employed in the Lead
or Office.
Washburn has felt the need of a
ieweler since Mr.. Persey closed out.
MI. Walls will be welcomed by the
business men Of the city.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
How Eno,.nd Grows

! A great deal Of interest IL taken IN
England in the question of coast pro,
lection. The ocean, assailing tho
cliffs, gradually tears them away. but
this very process furnishes a defense
for the land by building up long beach,
ies Of sand and single which arrest
the waves before they can attack tho
cliffs. An effort is making to prevent
1or better regulate, the removal Of thi4
material for construction and road
building, because in many places ito
removal has permitted the sea freely
Ito exert It's power Of erosion.
' The Ordinance Survey has ascer.
tanned that in lie last thirtylnve years
England has lost 5000 acres by sea
erosion. and gained $4,000 acres
through reclaiming land the existence
!of which 10 mainly due to material
brought down by the rivers.-From the
Youths Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Planning for Mother.

Mrs. Shepherd looked bewildered!
when her sons announced that six Of.
"the boys" were coming up on the
noon train. "They want to our
camp said Ted.
why didn't you tell me this morn
ing" Mrs. Shepherd walled. when the
butcher was on the hill?"
oh, they won't expect. to be resu-
larly. entertained" Hal said, comforta.
bly,. Wen just picnic"
"Good!" said Ted. a%pprovingly.
"They aren't hard to please. Just put
some stun in q basket, and II will bs
all right, mumsey. Fried chicken'd DO
great. and just . few ham sandwiches.
some Of that chocolate layer cake you
make, and = few doushnuts OF. apple
pulRs. and maybe seed-cakes, II there
are any" s
There you are, mumsey." said Hal.
encouragingly, everything all planned
tor you!"-Youth's Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
VIII Soon Be Bind

Gottleib Smithsky, a lad of IL,
~ss here this week to see if the
county commissioners would help
him to get into the school for the
hlind at Rathgate. He is totally
blind in one eye and is loosing
eight in the other. He is a very
bright boy and says that he is will
hing to work hard for the school
sng he can receive in that insti-
sution. The commissioners are in
communication with the authori-
aies at Bathgate and the boy was
sent home to Garrison until ar
engagements are settled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
An Infant cuvier.

Miss Griggs easily induced the
wealthy Mrs. May to let her son Fred
die join the vacation class in natural
history that she was organizing for
children. -"
(. I'm sure he'll love it," said Mrs.
May, with surprising enthusiasm.
And you will find that he knows q
lot about natural history already"
Indeed! That is very pleasant"
murmured Miss Grlggs, vaguely, for
she was not prepared for scientific at
tainments in a spoiled boy of five.
"Yes," said Mrs. May, complacently,
ever since Freddie vas a baby the
chef has made all his blanc-mange In
the shape of rabbits and squirrels. and
only lately he has begun to make him
marshmallow frogs and chickens and
turtles, and Freddie simply worships
thm-you can't get him to touch any
thing In a plain mold!
Il am sure" concluded Mrs. May,
that you will find Freddie very ad-
vanced for his age."-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Toenaii Surgery.

The reason why most attempts per-
,manently to remove ingrowing nails
fail is because they are not sufficient
" radical, says a New Orleans physi-
clan in the Times-Democrat. The
proper procedure is to anaesthetize
the patient with ether or some other
general anesthetic, hen remove, surgi-
cally, the entire side of the nail which
tends to grow wrongly. The anesthetic
permits the surgeon to dissect out
the entire section of the nail to its
;remotest attachments. One great diff
.ficuity ABOUT treating ingrowing nai1s
is that the sufferer cannot be per-
.suaded to wear a sufficiently roomy
shoe to permit The new nail tissue to
grow naturally. Thus do vanity and
hygiene contend.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
REFoRMER IN EGYPT
Several Improvements Urged by sa-
hisat-Al.5adia Are Now Laws
~ In That Country.

Bahisat-al-Badia Is said to be tho
most popular woman of her race in
Egypt. She has taken part in various
movements to help Egyptian women.
At a recent congress she delivered
an address setting forth the needs Of
the Mohammedan women and calling
on the members of the congress to
support laws to help them. The con
gress voted in favor Of six of the re-
forms she proposed-that every girl
should receive q common school edu.
cation, that in every school there
should be an educated woman to
teach the girls good manners and the
;rudiments Of religion, that as soon
as practical a university school should
he established for women, that a ply.
and q nurse to aid women in
childbirth should be maintained ii
every city and village. that special
schools be established where girls
should be taught housekeeping and
the care Of children and that the hir-
ing of women to stand about a bie1
land beat their heads and faces at
funerals forbidden.
When Bahisat-al.Badia proposed that
the women Of Egypt should be allowed
to attend the mosque, pointing out
that this privilege had been enjoyed
by Turkish women for years, there
WAS an uproar in the congress. When
she tried to have the question Of
polygamy discussed there was q great
ltumult, every member of the congress-
observation-disclosures Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
GIBRALTAR NEVER is ASLEEP
Guns Of the Great Fortress Are Kept
Trained Constantly on the
Surrounding Waters.

While it has always been known
that Gibraltar. which belongs to Great
Britain, is one Of the worlds strong
est forts for both defense and offense.
It seems incredible that an immense
feet could be sent to the bottom be-
fore getting within five miles of Glib
raltar. Not even a torpedo boat
could succeed in entering the bay un-
observed on the blacklist night. The
most eminent naval experts are Of
the opinion that this worlds greatest
fortress is almost impregnable.
Gibraltar never sleeps. By day and
night two perfectly equipped signal
stations, proudly Haunting Britain's
flag of ownership. sweep the seas,
around to a distance of Is miles on q
clear day, instantly reporting the COM
ing and going of each vessel.
Modern needle" guns, the finest in,
Europe, are installed on all the most
prominent points. They are unreach-
able from the sea. e az they are In
discernible. owing to-. the skill with
which they are planted and draped, to
match the surrounding. vegetation,
while huge screens drop automatical-
ly before them as each shell is fred.
They have a range Of Is miles and;
could drop shells on Ceuta, in Africa,
opposite, quite comfortably.
One gun weighs 40 tons and is
capable of throwing q shell Weighing
three-quarters of a ton. In that mar,
vel of engineering under great din
culties, the galleries, are concealed
guns for every day in the year.
These galleries are divided into,
three sections, entry to which is
guarded. while one is closed even to-
high officers, containing preserved
stores, munitions of war, rain water
f(for Gibraltar has no springs) and a,
complete condensing plant-all calcul
lated to outlast a siege of seven,
years.
The firing is the most mathematical
ly perfect imaginable. The surround
ing waters are mapped out into;
squares, upon which certain guns are
kept ready trained, so that 1t Is al.
most impossible to miss.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
OLD GAME is WORKED AGAIN
confidence Men In Paris substituted
a String Of Imitation Pearls for
Good Ones.

A Paris dealer in precious stones,
M. LagneE, was the victim Of an III
dacious theft perpetrated by means Of
the time honored confidence trick. A
few weeks ago NJ. Lagnel made the
acquaintance Of a young man who
called himself Sognier. He was anx-
ious to act as agent for M. Lagnel,
and declared that he would be able to
introduce wealthy clients.
A few days ago Sognier introduced
to M. Lagnel a wealthy friend Of
his. whom he called M. Chevalier Of
Clermont.Ferrand, who desired to buy
. pearl necklace for his wife. The two
men called at NJ. Lagnel's Office in the
Rue du Temple. and M. Chevalier Sc
lected a necklace valued at 100000.
When about to pay he found that he
had left his purse at his hotel. In or
der to be sure that the necklace would
not be exchanged for another while he
was absent in search Of the money.
Chevalier asked If 1t could be placed
in q sealed envelope. This was done,
and Chevalier and his friend disap-
peared. -,
As they failed to return, the jeweler
made inquiries, but could find no trace
of them. He then opened the sealed
envelope and found it contained imita-
ton pearls worth but. q few francs.
The thieves had cleverly substituted.
q second envelope for the one contain.
ing the necklace.-Paris Letter to the
London Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
DOGS HUNT THE TRUFFLEs
How That Table DeIieaey 10 Obtained
With Their Assistance -.
In France.

Truffles, like mushrooms, belong to
the family of the fungi, but are a dis.
.tinct and very peculiar genus. They
are cryptogamic plants and subterran-
can, their position underneath the soil
varying from two to three inches to
two feet in depth.
They have no root, stem, or leaf,
and vary in color from light brown
to black. They are sometimes glob'
,ular in form, and vary in size from
that Of a pecan to that Of a ducks
egg. Their surface is watery and COW
erred with a skin. Their exact meth
cd Of growth is not precisely known.
They are, of course, regarded az a
great luxury by the epicure.
Truffles are mentioned by Juvenal,
iPliny, Plutarch and Martial. The Ath-
ienian epicures were acquainted with
them, and a story is told Of a bon vi
want who freed a whole family OF
slaves who had invented a delicious
method Of preparing them.
= France has the credit OF producing
the finest truffles. Dogs are common
;ly bred to search for them.
The method Of breaking" these
dogs is to give them for a time pieces
of truffles every morning before they
are allowed to partake of any other
food. After a certain period, when
their appetite for trufdes increases,
pieces are hidden in the ground, and
they are made to find them. Thus
they are gradually taught their bust
ness, though it often takes as long az
IS months before a dog becomes skill
ed in the art.
In some parts Of France-Poitou
and Perigold, for instance-pigs ara
trained for truffle hunting, and by
some they are deemed to be better 6t
ted for the work than dogs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Blind Girls Poultry Yard.

Recently the writer had the pleas
ure Of meeting a young Scotch girl
who though almost blind is active and
accomplished to a very remarkable
degree. One of her principal interests
ID her poultry yard. and there her al
most unaided efforts have met with
truly wonderful success.
Her yearly balance sheet shows sub
stantial and increasing profits, while
the care of her birds proves 4 source
Of much interest and provides a good
deal Of healthy outdoor exercise. She
keeps careful and accurate accounts. Z
Braille slate being used for memoran'
da. She uses a typewriter for CORE
Observation-Disclosures Life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
CID CHINESE ROLLS FouNc
Thousands Of Manuscripts On Silk Dis
covered in orottos by q
French Explorer.

Paul Pelliot, the young French ex-
,plorer Of Chinese Turkestan. found In
caverns at Tuan-Huang silk rolls
which are Chinese manuscripts, some
OF them embroidered by artists who
seem to have stepped out of "The
Arabian Nights" These rolls have
been immured in these grottos for
nine hundred years, and when de-
,ciphered and translated will tell the
story of a civilization that hourished
over a thousand years ago and Is
dead. @.
The explorer brought back five thou
sand rolls; but as there are five hun
bred grottos, he believes many more
libraries will be found.
In the last few years archaeologists
at work in the Mediterranean island
of Crete have unearthed ruins and pot
terry which prove that civilized people
inhabited Greece as far back as the
year $500 B. c.. The system of drain
age in the prehistoric city Of Gnossus,
in Crete, is more sanitary than any
found in any historic age anywhere on
earth until the nineteenth century.
The life Of the human race upon
this planet is being traced further and
further back. The earliest known
civilization is being found to have
been preceded by one still earlier
One curtain Of the past appraised re-
''veals another curtain which the scien'
fists are certain conceals still more
secrets.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
NEW USE FOR THE SCHOOLS
Plan 10 Put Forward to Utilize Some
~ of the Sixty Per Cent.
Waste Time.

The American school plant is valued
at more than $1,000. o $1,000, and as
used for school purposes alone utilities
but t%hirty-nine per cent. Of the time
which could be given to the needs Of
the community. This, according to the
National Magazine, represents a total
loss of school plants to the country
of more than $50, 900 every year.
An active movement is now taking
place to turn school property during
the summer months into children's
Fairgrounds and places of amusement
and to make them the center Of recre-
alton, Of political and social life, the
same as in country places, where they
serve many purposes. oftentimes even
TOR church services.
Evening schools. free lectures. in.
door sports, folk dances, civic and ed
vocational meetings and gymnastic ex.
ercises are among the things men,
toned for which school plants should
be utilized. 1t is proposed by some
to have the schoolhouses opened
every day of the week. Sundays in
icluded, SO that the community may
get the greatest possible benefit from
them.
II this movement grows pupils will
no longer find after vacation q musty
smelling deserted building, but rather
one which has been in use every day
in the year by those who love to give
the public every possible advantage Of
the buildings provided for public pur-
poses.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Dean Babeock on Ignite

The extent and importance of
che. Ignite coal deposits of North
Dakota are seldom recognized.
There is a very large area in this
part of the state which is under
zz5n with great deposits of this
valuable fuel. Indeed North d.
Aoea is one of the greatest coal
states of the Union. 1t is esti-
sotted that she has a coel area of
R&W square miles, capable of
producing 5t,.AOO, 600 tons. When
w. stop to consider what these fig
savses mean as to the immeusity of
che deposits available, We naturally
aAsa why we + not deriving great
~y.ihenetits from this vast store
Ansse OF energy, and why We are
.ananally sending out Of the state
AsnGreds of thousands of dollars
that might better be kept at home
and used in the development of
sosar own resources.
s5 Wy means, Of tn. bri4uetting
process, perfected, Ignite coal is
saddenly brought into the front
rlsnkk.;as fuel of the best quality.
e1se:working out of this process
hiss None BY the school mines at
- State University. under the
direction Of Dean Earl j. Babcock
.ho win lecture to US on this topic
1oail1 n. There is. no one any.
who il better prepared to
4IspesaG on this topic than be is.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Carry Seed Free

To aid farmers Of South Dakota,
snany of whom face financial ruin
a. the result of the poor crop con-
ditions, the Minneapolis & St.
Paul railway will transport free of
charge seed wheat and flax to all
points on the line west of the
Eoude, as far as Lebeau and to
noints north of Condo to Leola.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Likes This State

Tbos. McCann writes that Port
4snd Greg, is not the place for
him but he will stay there until
Spring. He says there is too much
vain IN Portland t. suit him and
chose who live in this state ought
10 be thankful that they do. Ev-
ezything is green and growing in
shat city but still he wishes him
eaDf back home.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
-. F-|I"W1"H "|"I"U" "-.-|-T|, z. n M """91 ~.
TRAP Of HIS BoYAooD DAYS
Ono Of the Familiar Sort Set by Lads
Awakes "reminiscences OF
City Man.

II used to set traps like that" this
man said, referring to n which some
boys had set up in a city street to
catch sparrows.
It was a small wooden box turned
bottom side up and set at the outer
edge of the sidewalk with one END
lifted and supported on a stick. one
end Of the stick was on the sidewalk
and the other end under the box edge.
The boys put some oats on the SIDE
walk under the box, and to the sup
porting stick there was attached a
string leading across the sidewalk TO
the house area, the boys lair. When
the sparrows came under the box to
get the oats you pulled the string and
twitched the stick out and down came
the box to trap the sparrOws under It,
Or that was the idea.
Gust like that" this man went on.
That's a time.honored sort of trap.
We didn't have any sparrows then;
what we used to- try to catch was
pigeons, doves, and we used a bigger
box, q soapbox, and what we used to
put under 1t was bread crumbs.
"Time and again I've set up such q
trap in a street where pigeons used
to come around and baited it and then
got OF somewhere holding the string
and waited for the pigeons to walk
under the box so I could trap 'em.
"And the pigeons would come and
they'd walk around the box and pick
up things all around it and sometimes
they'd get 30 close that I was sure
they were going under and then I'd
crouch down, all keyed up, ready to
pull and get EN- but somehow they
generally stopped right at the edge, or
If n got under and I pulled the
string the pigeon was always sure to
get away before the box came down.
II don't know just how it was, but
! never caught a pigeon. I guess it
will be about the same here now with
these boys trying to catch sparrows,
but it's a lot of fun to set the trap and
try"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Ate Nuts In Church.

The Sunday before Michaelmas day
saw, until recent times, . curious Gus.
tom ut Kingston Thames. The parish
toner's attended in force 1T the parish
church, armed with nuts, which they
cracked and ate throughout the serv-
ice. Nut cracking" however, was
not peculiar to Kingston. Goldsmith
makes his Vicar Of Wakefield say Of
his practitioners: "They kept up, the
Christmas Carol, sent true.love knots
on Valentine morning. ate pancakes
1T Shroyetide, and religiously, cracked
nuts on Michaelmas eve."-London
Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
When Artists Can't Agree

When Afttoto Can't Agree.
Lodging complaints against artists
is a common diversion Of their fellow
tenants who lack the artistic tem-
perament, but the most unusual griev.
ance and from her standpoint the
most vital has been registered by the
janitress Of a building largely occu-
pied by struggling painters.
LET them daub away al they
please in their own rooms she said;
that is nobody's business, but for
goodness sake let them leave the
clothes poles in the backyard alone.
They paint them fresh every few days
because NO two Of the artists can
agree on an appropriate color, and
when plain people who don't mind
looking at a plain clothes pole hang
out their wash the clothes get all
smeared with fresh paint" &
N h -EL HEE NL Lh As4E ~ HEA I ny fIE'. 80
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Absolutely Pure
Mo NO LIME PHOSPHATE

He will have with him Il stereop.
tican and material with which tc
demonstrate the value Of the gas
derived from Ignite. The eve.
ming should prove a highly in.
structive one ard one full of much
practical suggestion for this com
munity. Remember the time and
place, tonight at the Opera House
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Change in the Firm

! George Yackey has bought a
part interest in the Hans Holtan
i Sons store and will arrive here
II a few days. His family will
not come until the first of the year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Yackey spent two
years here and made many friends
who will be glad to hear Of their
return.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
! palnuns watch HANDS.

Near the jewelers. front window rat
. young woman painting with an Ok
ceedingly delicate brush.
She fs painting the hands on those
black open-faced watches" the jewel
or said. "a lot of people who buy
black watches complain that they can.
not see the gold hands against the
black background, It has never oc-
CURED to the managers to make the
watches In the nrst place with white
hands, j when the customers. re-
guests It the young woman paints the
hands white" If II. , q
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Hsr sFather an Autherstx.

HorSF Father an Authority.
Little Nellie told smaller Anita what
jshe termed . .slittle hb."
Anita Alb 10 the same % . story
and q story II the same ~ . He.
Nelly-No. IT'S not.
Anita-Yes 1t 10. because my t.
ither. said 50, and my father Ii . pro.
lessor at the university and no
knows. u
Nelly II don't. care II he is. Ny
father ista real estate man, and he
knows more about lying In a minute
than your father does In Z week!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Monkeys and Gum.

In tropical countries the natives
have many unique ways Of catching
monkeys. One of them, % explained
by "a traveller, is this: The. hunters
walk about in short boots IN sight Of
the monkeys. Then they take the
boots on. place some gum in the hot
toms and leave them ON the ground.
withdrawing themselves to q great dis
lance. Presently the monkeys conle
down from the trees and. try on the
boots ana when the hunters come after
them the boots stick TO the feet ofAthe
5monkeys and they are unable TO climb.
Thus the Initiative little animals ars
captured. sg.4 s8 II SSss z II
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-12-08
Preparing the Ground.

Here 10 one domestic servant who
did not intend to lose her place-or
her perquisites-through any lack Of
frankness with her employer.
Cook ION the day of her arrival)-
Please. mum. I'm a bit fierce at times.
and when I'm fiery I'm apt to be a bit
rough.spoken; but you needn't let that
put you out. With a little present you
can always bring me round again
Youths Companion.