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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-03

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The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
Dies as She Predicted.

Toledo. O.-As the grave closed over the body of Mrs. L. E. Sackett of Tifin there passed from human ken one of the most remarkable cases noted by science, a case in which the supernatural seemed to have directed events. Mrs. Sackett died on the an niversary of her marriage and on the fortieth day of a fast.
 The woman predicted when she com menced her, fast that she would die on the ,fortieth day. Her husband shared her belief, and both spent the intervening time in preparation.
 During her long fast Mrs. Sackett was very cheerful and contented. which puzzled the physicians who at tended her. Until three months ago she had enjoyed good health, but then was stricken with a bad case of stomach trouble. and the fast was ne cessitated by her condition
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
cATcHERs OF cATERPlLLARs
7ittsburg Boys Who Have Been Rid ding Park Trees of the Insects
 Strike for Higher Wages.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Schoolboys who en- listed to help Forester L. Grimes rid 1he city's trees of the destroying cat erpillar went on strike for more money. MT. Grimes held out against the de- mands until he began to worry over the inroads of the insects, and then he posted on park trees and about the schools a notice that the pay would be advanced from 10 to 25 cents a quart
 False bottom measures will not go, however. for a standard measure is part of the equipment of each of three receiving stations. This move was prompted by a North side boy, who was caught buying the cocoons from his schoolmates at cut prices and sell ing them short measure to the city. He had a false bottom measure
 Comparisons of daily individual har- vests share interest with top spinning a1d kite flying.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
SOFT HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS
Old Notes Wanted by Women Auto nobiIists Because They Can Be
 Easily Tucked Away.

''The request for an old soft hun dred-dollar bill has become so ire quent of late." said the ladies teller in New York bank, that I made so bold as to ask a friendly depositor what this feminine craze for shabby hundred-dollar bills stood for.
 "'All your hundred-dollar bill ladies have autos, I suppose?' she asked. admitted that most of them had.
 Most of them have country places within easy motoring distance?' was her next question. I thought minute and said that many of them were semi suburbanites.
 She then went on to say that if was any kind of a Sherlock Holmes I'd be able to put these facts to- CT and see that suburban living often necessitated rapid motoring; that this meant arrest and that bail was a good thing to have on hand An extra hundred-dollar bill pinned un- der cushion of the machine was fair ly safe from theft and often saved the situation. A new bill is too crisp for easy hiding and pinning and is apt to rustic when touched The old bills just the thing for tucking away in a cardcase or vanity bag or pinning in some pocket of the machine Quiet, safe. but effective was the way she summed up the bading virtues of the shabby hundred-dollar bill.'
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
Banner Carried by cortes.

In. the National museum in Mexico City there is a very interesting relic of the Spanish conquest of this coun- try known as the Banner of the Con quest. It is said to be the original standard carried by Cortes in his wars of conquest in the land of the Aztecs-
 This banner was for many years in the church of San Hipolito in Mexico City, where a solemn annual ceremony known as the procession of the ban ner" was celebrated up to the year 1872
 The archbishop of Mexico. the vice roy and nobles and the church anH state authorities and dignitaries took part in this ceremony. which consist ed of the carrying in the state of the Banner of the Conquest
 As this was a commemoration of Spanish successes over the native Mexican races, there has been no de sire to revive the ceremony since the independence of New Spain secured in 1921.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
ASK THE SALVATION ARMY
That Is What Many Do When They Want Anything, Even Bonnet
 for the Horse.

A teamster who needed a bonnet for his scrawny horse applied to the Salvation army
 Why did you go to them for such a thing as that?" someone asked.
 Because 1 knew they had them," he said. T saw one of their wagons go down the street with two strings of horses bonnets stretched from the top of the cover to the tailgate. so I hustled down and asked for one be- fore they were all gone"
 His case is typical of hundreds of others" said an army worker. Our collection wagons are veritable curi- osity shops on wheels. Household goods and clothing comprise the bulk of the load, but 1t is topped of by curious odds and ends. Penurious or poverty-stricken souls keep an eye on the most conspicuous contributions and when they see anything they want they simply follow the wagon down to headquarters and ask for it"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
Jury Service in pIckens, TIme.

If it's near dinner time, the fore man takes out his watch when the jury have returned and says: Dear me, gentlemen. ten minutes to five. I declarel dine at five, gentle men" 50 do l." says everybody else except two men who ought to have dined at three, and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch: Well, gen. tlemen, what do we say? Plaintiff. de fendant, gentlemen? I rather think so far as I am concerned, gentlemen -I say I rather think-but don't let that influence you-I rather think the plaintiffs the man." Upon this two or three other men are sure to say they think so, too-as of course they do and then they get on very unani. mously and comfortably Dick ems.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
odd Wireless TeIephone.

Writing from German Africa, a tourist says: we found here in the dense forest, among people who know nothing of modern scientific discov- cries, a good and practical wireless telephone The natives have for the purposes of ceremony. peaceful and warlike, drums of various dimensions made of wood. and these, when beat en- ,semit sounds of about an octave in range. Aside from the ceremonies the drums are used also as a means of communication. We had proof of it one day. Our caravan was ready to start when our head servant stop ped suddenly in his work, listened in- tently and then gave unmistakable signs of pleasure. We learned later that the indistinct sounds conveyed to him the news that boy had been born to his brother in a neighboring ~illage."
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
OPERATOR RESIGNS
THOUGHT HE HAD CAUSED BIO
 COLLISION OF TRAINS.
Sent Out One He Had Orders to Hold, and for 30 Minutes Shuddered In Fear at Calamity That
 Impended.

Palisade, Col.-Richard Boydsten, who was an operator at Tunnel, the next station above Palisade, had or uered physicians and wreckers to take care of the dead and injured on Den yer 6 Rio Grande passenger train No 6, which for 30 minutes he believed had, through his carelessness,. been sent over the mountain side near De- beque. with a consequent loss of dog ems if not hundreds of lives.
 Boydsten has auburn hair, and al though it has not changed color, he declared that he would have sent a bullet into his brain when he learned of his error had he had a gun. Boyd sten sent in his resignation at once and says he will return to Chicago to work behind cigar counter. his for mer occupation.
 T realized almost immediately after the passenger had passed Tunnel what I had done" said Boydsten. ''I had or ders to hold the east-bound passenger tor a freight which had just passed De beque. forgot to deliver the order to hold No. 6. I knew that it would re- suit in the worst wreck in the history ot the road, for the two trains were bound to meet on the hill in the can yon. I called Debeque hoping against hope that the freight had not passed out of the yards. but was too late
 T have read in magazines of the awful experiences of operators who had made just the mistake I did, but don't believe they tell half the awful feeling a man has who thinks that he has sent hundred passengers to cer- tain death. I prepared for the worst. sent an order to Grand Junction for a wrecker and asked for a dozen phy- sfcians Then I waited I could not leave the key to look for signs of burning wreck. for the dispatcher kept asking for more particulars.
 Finally, when I felt certain the wreck had occurred, looked in the drawer for a gun, intending to kill myself. but 1t was not there and de- cided to await the inevitable. Just then Debeque called and said the freight had backed into the yards. closely followed by the passenger.
 Tt seems the reflection of No. 6's electric headlight was seen by the en- gineer of the freight just as he was approaching the steepest downgrade in the canyon. He thought at once something was wrong. reversed his en- zine and stopped the train within a short distance of the passenger. Had he gone over the brink of that hill no power onsearth could have stopped his train and many lives might have been sacrificed"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
WEDDING CAKES FOR RENT
Snowy confections May Be Hired for About $3 Each and Arc Re-Ieed
 After Each Occasion.

There was something wrong with the cake, the baker said; 1t looked all right and it smelled all right, but his artistic sense told him it would not taste all right.
 Then fix 1t up with an extra coat of icing and we will keep 1t for a renter" said the proprietor.
 Who in the world would rent a cake?" some one asked.
 Wedding parties" said he. They want a big cake in the center of the table for show, but a cake of that size good enough for a wedding would cost. more than they can afford to pay, so they order fine cake put up in individual boxes for the guests and use the brides cake just as an orna- ment. They don't buy it, they rent it. Sometimes a cake is rented a dozen different times. After each wedding 1t is freshened up with a new coat of icing and looks as good as new for the next occasion. A good renter fetches about $3 a wedding.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
Hlah Hats Rrlna Eat Fees.

A Brooklyn clergyman who is sta doned in parish that adjoins large cemetery is called upon frequently by the cemetery authorities to read the burial service at graves of persons whose relatives have no church con- nections. The fees for this work have been surprisingly large and recently the clergyman has begun buying a house on the installment plan.
 At a social gathering of clergymen, when the dignity of their ofices for the time was forgotten, this parson was jokingly accused of living on dead men," He denied the charge, but admitted that he always wore a silk hat when called upon to officiate for strangers because he had come to find that the higher the hat the larger the fee.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
WHAT THE STRING WAS FOR
ForeetfuI Citizen Thought It Meant Ills Wife Wanted Something, So
 He Did Not Register.

The, well-meaning citizen is some times so busy that he forgets to register until he is reminded of the fact, when he hustles around to the polling place and gets his name down. hint of this human weakness is contained in a little parable told by John Smith in the Buffalo Express: Bunker was in the habit of wearing thread around his finger to remind him that he was to do an errand for his wife; and his acquaintances were wont to joke him pleasantly on the subject. On that particular day, as he was leaving the office for home, one of the boys. seeing the thread, asked: well what is it this timer" "Oh, just little-er-well. what was it for today. anyway" said Bunker Let me see. now-what does she want-a steak-ice tickets-pay for something telephone to some friends of hers go to the employment agency for a girl-what could it have been? I'll just stay here until I remember" So there he sat until the time for the last train out approached. When he reached home he was in state of worry. Ada" he called, what did you want me to do in town today? I've been worrying for three hours what this thread was for" why. Stephen" she replied, you asked me yourself to put that on to remind you to register on your way up from the train"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
~conr Knew His Duty as Usher.

The congregation of a certain church is not exclusive" but some of its members were surprised at the ap- pointment of a new usher. They said that he might be a very good young man. but he had not belonged very long to the church. and. besides, it seemed unlikely that street car con ductor would suit the etiquette of a house of worship. But, the trustees said that he had been chosen for that very reason. adding: we need man of that kind to deal with the end seat hog. He is a greater nuisance in the church than in the cars. Early in the service he plants himself at the aisle end of a free pew and later corners who are ushered into that pew fall all over him taking their places. It takes a man with grit to make him move along. This former conductor has the grit, and he has tact gained from experience. That is why we made him usher"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
A Touoh Boy.

Willie Smith, boy of fourteen Tears old. living near Coosa, Ga, was driving mule team across the rail road tracks when the engine of fast train hit him. The mules were killed. the wagon demolished, and Willie was flung a distance of 70 feet into corn field When they went after his dead body they found him sitting up and wondering what 1t was all about. He had two or three bruises, but no bones were broken. -When Willie gets a ltt- tie older he can play with dynamite.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
No Such Goats Now.

They must have had sorao pretty savage goats in Connecticut hun- dred years ago. Under an old law if a boy was driving a goat along high way and they met traveller and the goat jumped on to the traveller and threw him down and bit him and oth- erwise harmed him. that boy could be sent to jail for three months and his father sued for damages.
 The goat has improved in temper since those days. If one is being driven along now and meets traveller he simply winks and passes on and the boy is safe.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
LONG-AGO FASHIONS
Interesting Matter in Old Maga-
 zines.
The DelIneator's First illustrations Pictured Women Who Wore Hoop skirts-Feminine Emery Ex-
 pensive Then as Now.

It was to illustrate the fashions of 40 years ago that the Delineator was started. We may turn the yellowed pages of musty magazines and find pictured there the women for whom these first Delineators were made.
 The promenade of the day was along Broadway above Canal street. Here ultra-fashionable femininity walked with the mincing gait that was styled the 'Grecian bend" They wore green gloves and carried green sun shades. 'Metternich green" because the Prin- cess Metternich had appeared at ball at the Tuilleries in dress of this hue. Little girls in gabrille dresses and white Marseilles sun hats went by with their nurses. And among them the little girls who had come from the country were still wearing pantalettes. Matrons wore bonnets tied beneath their chins and modestly folded their shewls about them. Black lace shawls they had for summer, and paisley and cashmere shawls for colder weather. $50 to several hundred or thousand. An imported point lace shawl was even quoted at $3,000.
 Oh. feminine finery could be expen- sive in those days as nowl It is in- teresting to note the items which an old Delineator gives as the cost of girl of the period: Boots, $10; stock ings. $2; garters, 50 cents; silk under wear. $20; satin corset. s20; corset cover, SIP; chemise, SEQ; cambric and steel hoops, $20; puffed haircloth pan nier, $4; flannel underskirt, $1O; cam brio underskirt, SIS; walking skirt next to hoop. $S; over walking skirt. s10: gloves. $2.25; sun and snow shade in lace, $125; velvet walking suit, lace and sable trimmed. $1,000; hat, SIS; total, $1,396.25.
 But those undoubtedly were very high society figures, and higher be- cause of the paper money of the day Anyhow, the majority of the throng moving up and down lower Broadway bought their steel bustles at dollar or less and their hoopskirts ranged in price from $1 up to SIP. Their al pacas cost from 40 cents to $1.25 yard. English winseys from 37 cents to 75 cents, and French poplins, $2.75 a yard. For their black silks they could pay from $3 to as high as s2O yard But a black silk "did' as a best" dress for lifetime.-Delinea >or.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13

LUST the most beautiful of all mil
 linery is shown in the exquisite
 hat of black velvet mounted over wired cap of gold tissue with two gold roses at the side. Lewis of Paris won the first prize at the fashion exhi- bition with big hat mounted over a lace cap. He must have lost 1t If this exquisite New York model had been a competitor. But the idea was new then and seized upon by the Paris designers as one would seize upon gold coins lying about the streets. In fact, a good new idea Is the same thing-it can readily be coined into substantial money.
 This charming hat is very large and apparently very simple. But let no one be deceived as to its simplicity.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
AIl on.

It was evident that the king was i'm patient He strode to and fro across the throneroom and pulled impatiently at his whiskers, ever and anon indulg- Ing in gesture that indicated some thing akin to anger. Summoning all his courage, the prime minister ap- preached his royal master and asked:
 What seems to be the trouble. your majesty?"
 AS ye know" the king replied, we have completed all arrangements for the baptism of the crown prince next Sunday"
 Yes, sire.''
 Well, it's off We shall have to postpone it for week, and have al ways believed that it was unlucky to postpone christening"
 But, your majesty, there is no req son for delay. The arrangements are perfect. I have seen to them myself Why not have the ceremony next Sun day. as planned?"
 Cant do it. confound the luck, The moving picture people have just sent word that they cant possibly bs ready"
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
veiIs of the Season.

Stylish and becoming are veils of white ring dot net with the rings in black and fine black lace border to match.
 The winters veils show large, octa- gonal meshes, sometimes plain. again with big woven dots.
 Care should be exercised in wearing the veils or the nose sticking through the meshes gives grotesque appear ance.
 The most becoming veil is a fine mixture of black and white. tiny black dots on white net being better than white on black. These have become known as the beauty veil because so many women wear them, regardless of style.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
M.n.s Pln After Prince.

Richmond, va-John Armstrong ChanIer, brother of Sheriff Bob" ChanIer of New York, and the origina- tor of the query, "Who's loony nov?" has again come into the spotlight.
 At the Virginia state fair Chanler entered his prize pig. which he named Prince Dolgoroush. after the Russian nobleman who has played a prominent part as the friend of Cavalieri during the recent publicity concerning the formers ssheriff and his songbird wife.
 The pigs pen was elaborately be- decked with banners bearing the name of the Russian prince. and great crowds of sightseers gathered about the pen throughout the day. It proved the most amusing feature of the big fair
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13
CALLS FOR COMMON SENSE
Some Simple Rules for Girl Who Finds It Necessary to Diet-5eware
 of Excess.

Here are a few rules that the girl who Is determined to diet does well to observe There is too much trif1ine with our digestion these days, and not the least harm is done by the no uon for undereating.
 Never diet on the advice of a friend. Her plan may have done won. ders for her and will put you to bed or make you a sorIy-looking wreck.
 Don't diet to excess at any time. Girls, make sure your doctor knows dietetics. Many physicians. good in other things, have little knowledge of the effect of food upon the system.
 If you must diet from cause. as from diabetes or kidney trouble, do it religiously; almost better not begin than to do it spasmodically, letting up whenever food tempts you
 If you only diet for the sake of fig ure or complexion, count the cost be- fore starting. Cutting out the foods of ordinary family meals is hard. Ask yourself: Which means most to me. the loss of a few pounds or being a nuisance at mealtime?"
 Don't keep on dieting if you feel that it disagrees with you. This holds good even when your food list is care fully censored by physician. The best of them will make mistakes. Find out in time what is wrong.
 Don't diet to excess at any time. Women often go to the point of weak ening the entire system by injudi- ciously following doctors advice.
 Common sense and moderation are good things to hold to in the matter of food.
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13

The trimming Is dull metallic wing like ornament in gold and silver. The shape is perfection, forming a back ground against which the face, neck and shoulder become a picture.
 Another extremely large hat, GOV cred with Duchess lace, is shown in Fig 2. The brim droops without an upwards flare, and is not quite so graceful as in the first hat. but is found more becoming to certain types of faces. The trimming of ostrich Is fancy mounting and combination of rich Persian coloring, is the note of climax in the model, which has been much admired.
 Either of these demonstrate how wide brim may be. and still leave no doubt as 10 its beauty
The Holbrook news., 1911-01-13

over a white lawn chemisetts with turnover collar and jabot of em- broidery; the sleeves are finished with tiny turned-up cuffs.
 Hat of straw to match dress. lined with darker crepe-de-Chine, and trim med with wide ribbons.
 Materials required for the dress: Six yards 46 inches wide.