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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
DOUBTFUL DELEGATES.
Snakes and Ants, For instance, That
Native Australians Love.


Primitive races of mankind eat
many things that seem strange and
repulsive. At the end of the rainy
season the bushmen of South At
RIGA go foraging, taking with them
their wives and children and most
of their earthly possessions. The
men hunt, using arrows tipped with
a poison which appears to be harm
less when taken into the stomach.
(The South American Indians claim
that the curare which they use for
this purpose makes the game more
digestible.) While the men hunt
the women dig edible roots with
sharpened sticks. The favorite
root or tuber, called lensho, is as
big as a cocoanut, and, like it, it is
filed with a milky juice, so that it
appeases both hunger and thirst.
Caterpillars are collected, killed by
crushing their heads and carefully
packed in grass for future use.
Good water is often a highly priced
luxury and is bottled in antelope
skins for transportation.
The natives of Australia live very
largely upon the seeds of many spe-
cies of. grasses, for each of which
they have a distinctive name. They
also eat the seeds of various palms,
many roots and bulbs and the gum
exuded by trees. The animal food
of the Australians includes ants,
caterpillars, cicadas and many other
insects. A favorite dish is COM
posed Of pupa cases. The tentlike
covering which the larvae infesting
the eucalyptus make for themselves
out of the sweet and glutinous ex-
udations of the leaves and their
own secretions are diligently col
lected and form a dainty which re-
sembles mamma.
Another delicacy is the flesh of
snakes, which, with the exception
Of the liver, is toosdry and tasteless
to appeal to civilized palates. Meat
is usually baked in a primitive oven
made by digging a hole about a foot
deep in the ground. In the hole is
built a fire, which is covered with
stones. When the stones have be-
come very hot the fire is .extin-
guished and the stones are covered
with green leaves, on which the
meat is placed. The hole is then
filed with earth and is not reop-
ened until the time determined for
the cooking Of the meat has elapsed.
Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
ELEGANT DISCOMFORT.
A Glimpse Of High Life In France 30.
fore tho Time Of Louis XIV.

fore the Time Of Louis XIV.
Before the reign Of Louis XIV. in
France there was a period when
palaces were not very comfortable
I places in which to live. They were
magnifcently decorated, but the
windows were small and not we'll
placed, and the rooms YER filled
with magnificent but not p%articu-
larly comfortable furniture. Fires
were seldom lighted in the i'm
mense, beautifully sculptured mar.
BILE freplaces. Usually the only fire
was to be found in the bedchamber
at the end Of a suit of rooms. At
Versailles, in 1896, it is reported,
the water and the wine froze in the
kings glasses at table. Nine. de
M%aintenon sat in a chair with wings
to it to protect her from drafts.
It was customary to protect one.
self from cold by folding screens
and portable braziers.
The furniture in the halls and
parlors consisted of carved wooden
benches, stools, heavy chairs and
great gilded leather armchairs and
ebony cabinets and Golfers, which
served for seats and even beds, and
which held linen, silver and clothes.
One might wander for a long
time through these labyrinths Of
rooms before reaching the only in
habited room, the bedchamber,
which was better protected from
drafts, had a fire in it and more
comfortable seats than the other
rooms.
The bedchamber was the living
room. Friends and acquaintance
were received there. The door of
this room was closed, but all the
other doors were open, and persons
came and went as they pleased, ad-
mitted. and guided by no one, al
though there might be more than a
hundred servants in the house. The
master of the house, on leaving the
bedchamber, might find persons en-.
tirely unknown to him wandering,
sitting or even taking maps here
and there about the rooms. The
service of the servants was so poor.
one chronicler says, that no one was
surprised at being told that he must
go to bed without supper.
The celebrated literary and social
leader Nine. de Rambouillet intro
duced a change in the fashion of
house building and furnishing, and
royalty promptly copied her inno-
vations.-New York Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
How Il Looked.

A prominent churchman who is
very fond Of a joke tells. of an
amusing incident in conjunction
with an ordination ceremony in
Virginia. As is usual on such oc-
casions, the bishop wore a red uni
versity hood at the back of his sur
plice. Among the most interested
Of the congregation was an old
darby from Richmond. After the
ceremony he was asked by some one
how he liked the proceedings.
~ was clean taken by de preach
in of de bishop" answered the ne
gro, cam at de same time l felt
kinder sorry for him. He amt got
no wimmen to look after him, has
hep"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

Where Wemsn Don't Like to Shop.
The stranger in Korea finds that he
has struck topsyturveydom when be
learns that women do not like shop.
ping, that the prominent merchants
keep their wares concealed in closets
instead Of displaying them in show
cases and that the customer who does
not fancy the nrst piece Of goods
brought from concealment IL likely to
be told that the merchant IL quite sure
he has nothing better. Elsewhere the
street sign plays an important part In
attracting trade. The large merchant
houses in Korea are entirely without
street signs.-Baltimore Star.
Andrew jackson.
Andrew Jackson. whose will IL gu
record. was perhaps the poorest Of all
the presidents Of the United States.
He confessed his poverty and admit.
ted that he had been ruined financially
BY his nephew. whom he had ndopted
and treated as a son.
M 2N ~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Tho Re.oureefuI Count p'orsay.

Tho ResoureefuI Count D'orsay.
D'Orsay was once dining at the
Old Ship hotel at Greenwich when
some one called his attention to an
inscription made with a diamond
upon the central pane of the bay
window overlooking the Thames, in
which his name was improperly con-
nected with that Of a celebrated
German dancer. D'Orsay took an
orange from a dish, coolly remark
ing upon the good quality Of the
fruit and tossed it up in the air sew
eral times, then, as though by acct
dent, he gave it a wider can't and
sent it through the offending pane,
knocking the glass into the Thames.
-"Beaux and Dandies."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Hotel Man Here

J. w. Olson one of the hustling
hotel men of Wilton was in Wash.
burn Tuesday between trains trans
acting business. Mr. Olson was a
member of the jury in the Bick-
ford case and spent two weeks in
Washburn during the trial in June.
While here he became a subscriber
to the Leader.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

Every once in a while q new
candidate for some office in 1918
steps unsteadily and demurely out
into the limelight only to vanish
in a short time. At present Alfred
Blaisdell, former secretary of state,
is looked upon as a probable en-
trant with Leslie Simpson of Stark
county and Lieutenant Governor
u. L. Burdick of Williston, in the
congressional fight. Blaisdell had
experience in the same kind of a
race not so very long ago and has
courage try it again.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Hunt;no E,.ph.nts.

The London Mail quotessan.iyoryy
hunter in Uganda as saying: "Itis
an awful country, with the thickest
elephant grass full Of flies, mosqui-
toes and ticks. The average range
for shooting the elephants is five
yards. We creep up and shoot point
blank. Two Of them / shot / could
touch with my rifle, and they fell
only six feet of. One monster
heard me and rushed at me and!
knocked mt down, but I managed
to swing my rifle quickly and fire
into his jaw. His blood poured over
my shirt. He then rushed of, but
had he fallen he would have crushed
me fat"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Oriental Advertising.

Some Japanese advertisements
possess a wealth of imagery un-
known to the western advertiser. A
Tokyo draper announced that "our
goods are sent to customers houses
with the speed of a shot from a
rifle"
A large store displayed a poster
inscribed: 'Why not visit our
shops? We can satisfy every pos
siblc want of yours. Every one Of
our assistants is as complaisant and
obliging as a father who seeks to
dispose of a dowerless daughter.
You will be as welcome as a ray of
sunshine coming after a day OF
ceaseless rain"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Had An Accident

Owing to a Slightly broken
buggy Rev. D. D. Mitchell was
unable to meet his congregation
last Sunday evening but will be
here this coming Sunday. He and
his wife were visiting their child.
rem on the farm in Mercer county
and when they had only gone a
short distance they were compelled
to turn back for repairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Too Cool For Us

There has been cool weather in
Stockholm all summer according
to the reports from John Satter-
lund who is visiting there. He
SAWS he has had to wear an over
coat almost continuously and some
times a fur coat would have been
more comfortable. He is now
spending a compile of weeks watch
ing the midnight sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

The Alliance Hail Insurance
has been doing big business in
this county according to the chattel
mortgages that have been filed re.
Gently. A''no rain" insurance COM
pany might do more business just
now if an agent would make the
rounds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Herb Has Left Us

Herbert F. O'Hare and family
have changed their address from
Garrison to Hamilton, Mont. Mr..
has practiced law in this
county for the last four years but
has had a desire to go west for
some time. T. Edwards is another
Mclean county attorney who is To-
Gated at Hamilton.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Old Timers Return

Mrs. Larry Casselman and chill
dren of Virginia are visiting rela-
tives in Garrison this month.
Old timers will remember the Cas-
selman family at the time they
lived in Washburn. This is their
first visit at their old home since
they left here about sixteen years
ago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
The Bismarck Tribune e

The Bismarck Tribune gave
Washburn and vicinity a two.page
wr;te-up, we'll illustrated, in its is-
sue of the 18th. The Tribune has
been publishing a number of these
write-ups. They are appreciated by
the fortunate ones and is a good
Subscription getter." 1t seems
a more pleasing way to get new
subscribers than by the contest
route.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Teachers Examination

Teachers examination will be
held the second Thursday and Fri
day in August, the 10th and 18th.
Those who desire to teach this com.
ing year should not fail to attend
this examination.
John l.. Brekken,
4-6 County superintendent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Corn Viii Re Good

Erick Larson was in from his
farm On Tuesday. He said he was
cultivating corn on Monday and
the ground appeared very damp,
the dirt even clinging to the cul-
tivator. They have had no rain
for some time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

In his grafton on Fourth of July,
Lieut.. Governor U. l.. Burdick
said: 1t is a great honor to be a
good republican or a good demo-
crat in North Dakota, but a greater
honor to be a good citizen.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
An ABSTRACT OF TITLE kas necessary as Deed bsoWy you have good dteto yo1rIand HaYeY
Il Went Wrong

Attorney r. L. Fraser was a
business visitor from Garrison
Wednesday. He came down in
his auto and from reports, had con-
siderable trouble with the machine
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
viii See the Park.

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Larson of
Danbury, Iowa are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Maennel this
week. They are enroute to Vel
lowstone Park and the Pacific
coast and are very f~avorably i'm
pressed with North Dakota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

The Minneapolis Tribune has
sent out some large state maps.
1t shows the alleged Stevenson
county but did not designate
the county seat. Garrison ought
to look into the matter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL.

Martin Hagen entered Dakota Bust.
ness College Of Fargo to prepare for
business life. Upon graduation he
bank, making ten pupils employed.
Young men wishing to become bank.
srs should take the d. B. g. course. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Suspicious Praise.

"a good wife is heavens greatest
gift to man and the rarest gem the
earth holds" remarked MI. Jarphly
the other morning. "She is his joy,
his inspiration and his very soul.
Through her he learns to reach the
pure and true, and her loving hands
lead him softly over the rough
places. She Isl
Jeremiah" said Mrs. Jarphly
Jeremiah, what wicked
ness have you been up to now p
Truth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21

why, what makes you think
that, sam?"
ri noticed, sab, whenever de bish-
OBJ turned round dat de back of his
coat was busted an de red under
shirt was a-showin' through"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
Political Science.

Political Science.
"John," asked Mrs. Dorkins,
"what is a political cor game?'"
"Why, lists a frameup, you
know"
eyes, but what is a frameup?"
"A-er-piece of bunk, of course;
can't you"-
"What is a piece Of bunk?"
ooh, shucks!" exclaimed Mr.. Dor
kins. "What's the use of trying to
tell a woman anything about poll
tics ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Winning to Loss.
Prince Vladimir Teropakoh, a pen.
niless nobleman, sacrificed his life at
Moscow in an attempt to win a strange
wager. Count waldig, a wealthy land
owner, made q bet with him that he
would not drink a gallon Of liquor at
a draft. The princes reward If he
accomplished the feat was to be the
title deeds Of a valuable estate. The
prince ate nothing all day with the
exception Of a salt herring, and in the
evening, in the presence Of the count
and four witnesses, he raised the GAL
lon jar to his lips and drank steadily
until he set it down empty. The title
deeds Of the estate were handed to
him, but hardly had he received them
when he sank to the ground and died
in q few moments.
The Laughing Hysna.
Although the %hysterical laughter OF
the laughing hyena IL not, as was once
supposed. the outcome Of a deliberate
attempt to- decoy unwary travellers to
their doom. this strange animal is, new.
ertheless. one Of the most cunning of
dumb animals. he is 90 suspicious Of
everything he does not understand that
the sight of ven a bit Of string at
once puts him on his guard. Trappers
are aware Of this fact and generally
use the stems Of creeping plants in
stead Of string Of any kind in setting
their spring traps.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-21
FRIDAY, JULY Fl, 1911

All pray for rain. It is badly
needed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15
The Week With The
Won Hamm-YOung Garage

The Won Hamm-Y oung Company
received by the last Coast mail re-
ports from Hartford, Connecticut, that
the Pope-Hartford again won one of
the big national races. At Florida
Beach Disbrow drove a Pope-Hartford
300 miles in three hours, fifty-three
minutes and thirty-three and half sec
Onds, averaging over n miles an hour,
thereby establishing a new worlds
record.
This is only another repetition of
the Portola race of February, where
a stock Pope-Hartford won over the
most expensive racing machines built
today.
Three of these Pope-Hartfords, the
same type of cars as won these won
derful races, are expected by the Won
Hamm-Young Company in about ten
days. One of these is a fine seven
passenger car; another a five-passen-
ger touring car; and the third one
of the favorite four-passenger demi-
tonneau. Already a great many in
tending purchasers are awaiting the
arrival of these beautiful cars.
During the week the sales force of
the Won Hamm-Young Company has
been busy selling various types of
cars Among these was a fine seven
passenger Packard sold to Mr.. D.
Nagatani; a seven-passenger Peerless
touring car to Mr.. Littleton; a Stod-
dard-Dayton runabout to Mr.. VIM
Mctighe; one of the popular Hupmo-
bile touring cars to Mr.. H. H. Gay
lor; Stevens-Duryea runabout to
Mr.. H. Steuart; a Cadillac DENTON
neau to Mr.. P. NJ Pond; a Cadillac
touring car to Mrs. C. Robinson; also
various other sales.
On the Sierra the Won Hamm-
Young Company received two of the
latest type Of Overlands; one a three
speed, 25-horse-power roadster which
lists at the factory at 100000; an
other a four-passenger baby-tOnneauI
touring car with fore-door body, list
ing at the factory at $1O95.0O
Both of these new model Overlands
are being much admired as each in
its class representing the latest addi-
ton of up-to-date Overland cars which
though low-priced, give as good salts
faction as many a high-priced car.
The victory of the automobile truck
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15

of twenty miles, with time to unload,
the truck will do in three hours what
will employ two teams for seven
hours. This is all the horses can do
that day while the truck can repeat
the journey two or three times if nee
essary and suffer no hardship. 1t
would take from eight to twelve
horses to equal the performance of
the truck. One man can drive the
truck, but it would take two, four or
six men to drive the horses
Anyone who mas experienced the
conditions that surround the thresh-
ing of grain in the field can recall the
feverish haste of a farmer who sees
his harvest pouring into bags as fast
as men can tie there; the bags mount
ing into a pyramid; the unthreshed
grain coming to the separator piled
high on rocking wagons; the straw
mounting up in great golden stacks;
and night coming on with grand
promise Of heavy rain.
Up comes the auto truck. Two
huge Poles seize the ninety pound
bags and pile them on the truck,
while the driver places them in the
best position. Then comes a great
sigh of relief as 5000 pounds of
grain go off the field and away to
the barns a mile distant, at a ten.
miles-an- hour clip.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15
MOTOR TRUCKING
At ARCADIA FARMS

The performance Of a motor truck
at Arcadia Farms, Duchess County,
New York, shows what this vehicle
can do when operated intelligently
in connection with a large agricultur-
al enterprise. The property embraces
eighteen hundred acres, two-thirds of
which is under cultivation. The equip
ment includes modern machinery for
farming on a large scale.
my main object in using a motor
truck was to save my horses" said
Maurice M. Minton, the proprietor.
The truck has carried from the
railroad station to the farm, a dis
lance of four miles. over 1000 tons
of fertilizer, two forty-ton car lots
of coal, $500 barrels of cement, and
car loads of various other materials.
It has carried five car loads of grain
to the station, and transported six
hundred tons of small stuff Ere
Quently it has gone to Fishkill Land
ing, ten miles distant, twice a day
with heavy loads.
It's short trips are innumerable. I;
takes grain to the mill and brings
back the ground feed. It takes tree
trunks to the saw mill and carries
back beams and planks. ,, It carries
hay or straw, as baled in the field,
to the barns or store houses. 1t also
carries stones to the crusher.
mot day has been lost for re-
pairs, and not one cent has been
paid out for this purpose" said Mr.
Minton. "The expense of operating
the truck is about equal to the cost
of maintaining two good teams with
oats at sixty cents; that is, oats YER
sus gasoline and OIL But no four pairs
of horses could carry the loads so
far in the same time, if at ALL"
"The Packard takes three to four
tons, as bulk necessitates. and pro-
ceeds up hin and down at ten miles
an hour whether the distance be five
miles or fifty Keeping it within a
horses limitations, say a round trip
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15
INsEAY0R

Mr. e. ]. Sidney, representative of
The Siegmund Motor Car Company,
expresses himself much pleased with
the reception he and his two cars
have met with here.
The graceful lines of the five-pas-
senger touring car and the speedster
have caused universally favorable com.
ment, and those who have had demon
STATIONS all remark upon the power
developed and the comfortable riding
qualities of the cars.
The Siegmund Motor Car Company
of Los Angeles control the sale of the
car in California and Hawaii, and It
is their intention to follow up Mr.
Sidney's Introductory efforts in a
strong manner.
The manufacturing company, which
was engaged in the carriage building
business before autos were thought
of, but which has been building motor
cars for ten years-Tecently acquired
four acres of factory space and install
ed additional equipment, putting them
in a position to turn out twenty-five
cars daily.
Four machines will be handled in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-04-15
CADILLACS USED
IN MEXICAN WAR

Without doubt for the first time in
the history of the world, an automo-
bile has been put to practical use in
active warfare, in a recent battle be-
tween the Mexican federal troops and
the forces of the insurrectos.
The battle took place near Aqua
Prieta, in the state of Sonora, MeM-
co, which town lies just across the
line from Douglas, Arizona.
When it became known that the
scenes Of real warfare were to be
enacted in the near vicinity, scores
Of the residents fiocked to the prob
able locality of the battle among them
those citizens who own automobiles.
One of these was E. r. Pirtle, who
had with him, in his Cadillac, his
wife and Mrs. James s. Douglas.
Pirtle's car crossed the line at the
customs house and reached the bait
tlefeld while the action was still in
progress, Two other cars were on the
scene at the same time.
The sight of wounded and dying
men was more than the sympathies
of the Americans could Withstand;
and, with some difficulty, permission
was obtained from the Mexican sol