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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Symbolism Didn't Appeal.

"Charlie," sorrowfully sighed the
young lady in the parlor Of the concrete
house OH Washington avenue, cit is
nearly IL O'clock"
eyes, Belinda" was the breathing
response Of her poetical companion,
who was sitting OIL the sofa beside
her. "the minute hand is drawing
closer and closer to the hour hand, and
when the time of midnight is chimed
the two hands will be ever as one Oh,
darling Belinda" he continued as he
literally simulated the action Of the
minute. hand, "may not the coming to-
gether Of those two hands be symbol
ical of us?"
She broke away and stood firmly OH
her feet. mo, Charles Henry Smith,"
she retortcd angrily, chose two hands
will! remain as one but a single. second,
and then the minute hand will divorce
itself and go on its way alone. No,
MI. Smith, a minute hand that doesn't
stick isn't the kind Of symbolism I
want!!"-Boston Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
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oriain Of Eirewater.

When the Hudson Bay Trading COM
pany began Its trading among the In
dams it was found that by selling the
Indians liquor they could more easily
DO induced to trade their peltries. The
first whisky or intoxicant Of inferior
quality was distilled in England and
brought to America in large barrels,
but in transporting 1t overland it was
found more convenient to divide it into
small kegs. The traders soon became
aware of the fact that by diluting the
whisky with water more furs could
be Obtained. This was practiced for
some time. but the Indians learned
that good whisky poured on a fire
would cause it to flame up, whereas
had the whisky been diluted the fire
would be %quenched. 1t was by this
simple experiment that the term "fre-
WAFER became a common word among
the Indians. A chief who had expert
enced the bad effects Of whisky among
his people said it was most certainly
distilled from the hearts Of wildcats
and the tongues of women from the eff
fects it produced.-Red Man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
He Didn't Like Connecticut.

81 have always had a mild interest"
said the lawyer, Gin the origin of the
Connecticut Yankees reputation, but |
had no idea that it extended so far
back until I ram across in the surro-
gates Office the other day the will of
Lewis Norris of Morrisunia, made in
17GO and admitted to probate in 1852.
1t contains this paragraph:
at il my desire that my SON., Gou-
verneur Norris, may have the best
Education that is to be had in Eng.
land or America but my Express Will
and Directions are that he be never
sent for that purpose to the Colony of
Connecticut. least he should imbibe in
his youth that low Craft and cunning
so incident to the people of that Coun-
try. which is so interviewer in their
constitutions that all their art cannot
disguise it from the world, tho many
of them under the Sanctifyed garb of
Religion have Endcavoured to Impose
themselves on the World for honest
Men.'"-New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

A special to the New York Herald
from Truxillo, Honduras, via wireless
to Key West, says that after two hours
of defiance from General Manuel DO.
nilla, Commander Archibald H. Davis
of the United States cruiser Tacoma
seized the armed vessel Hornet, Gen
eral Bonilla's chief asset, cast the rebel
crew ashore, manned her with Ameri.
a gunners and engineers and or
dered her out of the inner harbor.
More than one hundred soldiers
were killed in a three days. battle be-
tween the Mexican federal troops and
insurrectos in the mountains between
Ojingo and Chichillio Parade. The
government troops were caught in a
trap and were literally moved down
by the storm of bullets which swept
their ranks from three directions.
Advices from. Fudziadian, the Chi
nese suburb of Hardin, say that the
deaths there from bubonic plague
average $50 daily. The epidemic is
spreading to Mukden, Kirin and other
places in Northern China having com.
mercial intercourse with Russia.
Five persons were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed the home of
Percy C. Brooks of Toronto, manager
and treasurer of the Canadian Fair
banks company. The dead are Mrs.
Brooks, her three children and a maid
servant.
D. Kotoku, his wife and twenty
three fellow anarchists were SEN
fenced to death at Toxic, Japan, for
having conspired against the life of
the emperor and other members of
the imperial family.
Two revolver shots were fired at
Premier BRAND of France in the cham.
Der Of deputies at Paris. He was un-
harmed. M. Mirman, director OF pub
lie relief, received one of the bullets
in the leg.
War .ssween Hayti and Santo Do
mingo appears inevitable. Dominican
troops have occupied Grand Gosiel, on
the Haytian southern frontier, and are
marching on Saffron, Hayti.
A news dispatch from Sosnowice,
Russia, says that forty miners lost
their lives in a fire in the Cashier col
liery near that place. Three hundred
and sixty others escaped.
Premier Katsura of Japan, Minister
of the Interior Hirata, Minister of Ed.
ucation Komatsubara and Minister of
Agriculture Oura have rendered their
designations.
Many passengers were killed or in
jured when a passenger train collided
with a coal train at Hopkinstown,
Wales.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
THE DEATH RECORD.

Paul Morton, president of the Equi-
table Life Assurance society and sec
rotary of the navy under Theodore
Roosevelt, died of a cerebral hemor-
rhage in the Hotel Seymour at New
York. His wife and his elder brother,
Joy, were summoned, but he died a
few minutes before they arrived, al
hour after he was stricken. Mr.. Nor
ton vas unconscious from the moment
of the stroke and neither recognized
those about him nor spoke. He was
fifty-three years old and was a o of
the late ]. Sterling Morton, secretary
Of agriculture under President Cleve-
land.
Bishop William Paret Of the Epis-
copal diocese of Maryland and n of
the most widely known churchmen in
the United States, is dead at his home
in Baltimore following a lingering ILL.,
ness. Mrs. Paret. wife of the bishop,
died a few days ago,
Captain George B. Boynton, a real
soldier Of fortune and the hero Of sew
eral romantic stories, including Rich
ard Harding Davis novel of that name,
is dead at New York. He was sixty
nine years old. s.
Colonel Nicholas Smith. Civil war
veteran, newspaper man and author,
is dead at Milwaukee following a fall
on a slippery sidewalk. Mr.. Smith
was one Of the best known. writer's in
Wisconsin,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
beautiful as a Dachshund."

1t is in the drawing rooms Of the
German diplomats and their friends
that you meet occasionally the long hair.
cd, aesthetic masculine beings whom
you have perhaps noticed skating in
the Tiergarten, with their long coats
tapping in the breeze. or hunched over
a journal ut Ba~uer's-artlsts and writ
ers whose names every n knows, and
there are dozens OF young army Off
GERS, their cheeks SCARED with the
wounds Of many duels. They talk
Wagner and ~Schopenhauer with seri-
ous appreciation, and in the midst Of
the waltz as they are spinning fraulein
giddily around and around like an ami.
mated top you may overhear them
whispering in her ear, "You are as
beautiful as a dachshund."
1t is their supreme compliment.-De-
!ineatOr.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
POLITICAL NEWS.

Carrying a possibly greater signifl-
canoe than any political movement in
years the formation of the National
Progressive Republican league was
announced at Washington. Backed
BY nine United States senators, six
governors. thirteen members Of the
house of representatives and many
other prominent ~progressives the. new
organization. biRds itself to make q
nationwide fight "f0r the establish.
ment Of popular government"
Davis Elkins, BOZ Of the late United
States Senator Stephen b. Elkins. has
been appointed to the vacancy caused
BY the death Of his father for the few
days pending the election Of a senator
-. thA l0sialsfnrA
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Til. PLAQUE and tho Tan Pits.

Bermondsc::'s association with the
tanning industry was originally due
partly to its fine oak woods and partly
to the fact that the London slaughter
houses we're to :, large extent situated
in Southwark. on the questionable
side of the river. For a brief period,
however. it enjoyed a certain fame as
a health resort. That was, as Sir Hen
~ Trueman Wood reminds us in "In-
dustrial England In the Eighteenth
Century," when ''telror stricken crea-
lures fled from the ravlgcs of the great
plague in the city Of London to the
Bermondsey tan pits to ti:ld strong me
dicinal virtues in the nausnous smell"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

Eight men were killed and one seri.
ously injured by a boiler explosion on
the battleship Delaware while en- route
from Guantanamo, Cuba. Brief WIRE
less dispatches received at the navy
department said that the victims were
scalded to death by steam after the
explosion.
N. c. Jensen and three children
we're burned to death in a fire which
destroyed the Jensen residence at
Riceland, MINI. Mrs. Jensen, carrying
a baby in her arms, escaped the flames.
az did Esther and Albert Jensen, the
former, however, being severely
burned.
Frederick Gamer. ST., one Of the
Northwest's best known pioneers. at
one time the merchant prince Of Mon
tana, owner of big retail stores in
Butte, Anaconda, Deer Lodge and
Miles City, was struck by q street car
at Anaconda and instantly killed.
One man is dead and five others are
in a serious condition from suffocation
by smoke as the result of a disastrous
fre in the Willard hotel at Omaha.
AS a result Of an explosion in the
Heating mine at Radersburg. Mont.
six miners are dead and two badly In
jured.
Rivers, in Oregon are out Of their
banks as the result Of q rainfall OF al
most unprecedented severity.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
ELECTION OF SENATORS.

Elections for United States senator's
were held in a large number of states,
as follows:
Connecticut-George Payne Nc.
Lean, Republican, elected to succeed
Morgan G. Buckley, Republican.
Indiana-John w. Kern, Democrat.
elected to succeed A. j. Beveridge,.
Republican.
Iowa-One ballot taken; no choice
Maine-Charles F. Johnson, Demo.
crat, elected to succeed Eugene Hale.
Republican.
Observation-Disclosures Cabot Lodge,
Republican, secured just the vote nec-
essary for a choice.
Michigan-Charles E. Townsend,
Republican, elected to succeed Sena-
tor Burrows.
Minnesota-Moses f. Clapp, Repub-
lican, reelected.
Montana--one ballot taken; no
choice.
Nebraska-G. NJ. Hitchcock, Demo.
crat, elected to succeed E. j. Burkett,
Republican.
New York-One ballot taken, Will
lam F. Sheehan, Democrat, leading:
no choice.
North Dakota-Porter J.. McCumber.
stalwart, and A. ]. Gronna. progressive;
Republican, elected.
Rhode Island-Henry f. Lippitt, Re-
publican, secured one vote more than
the number necessary for his election
to succeed Nelson w. Aldrich.
Washington-Miles Poindexter, Re-
publican, elected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Two Thumbed Gloves.

In so cold Il climate as that. of Ice.
land the glove must be put off or OH
as rapidly and easily as possible. Sc ii
is made without fingers, and in order
that no time may be wasted in dis
tinguishing between right and left all
gloves have two thumbs. You simply
thrust your hand into the first glove
that comes and your thumb immedi-
ately finds its way. There are, of
course. drawbacks in the matter of APP.
p~earance, for the dangling idle thumb
looks untidy.-London Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
news OF WORLD
Important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form
CONGRESSIONAL D0INGS.

Representative Champ Clark of Mis-
souri,, the Democratic leader of the
house and receptive candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presi-
dency, was nominated by reclamation
for speaker of the house in the Sixty
second congress. This and the selec-
ton OF d committee IN ways and
means to make an early preparation Of
tariff LEGISLATION for submission to
congress Immediately upon the begin.
ming Of tht next session in December,
when the house becomes Democratic,
were the chief acts of a aucus Of the
Democrats OF the e Y congress.
The indications now are the Crum.
packer apportionment bill, which pro.
vides for a house of 433 members.
will have rough shedding in the house.
A week ago it locked as if the bill
would go through without any trouble.
Now it develops the leaders are active
in their opposition to the bill and are
determined if possible to keep the
membership down to approximately
its present size, 391 members.
Republican leaders in congress deny
that there is probability of an extra
session. Because Of the congested
condition Of the calendars in both
branches that question has been asked
frequently within the past week and
invariably answered in the negative.
session is not damned more than was
the short session two years ago.
Senator Clapp OF Minnesota prevent
ed the fixing of a date for a vote on
the ship subsidy bill. When the bill,
which is now the unfinished business
of the senate, was called up, Senator
Gallinger, who has charge of it, asked
unanimous consent hat a vote be
taken on Thursday, Jan. 26. Senator
Clapp objected and the bill went over
That Captain Robert e. Peary came
within 1.G miles of the North pole
near enough to establish his claim of
having been at the exact spots the
decision of the house committee on
naval affairs, which has been consid-
ering the bill to retire Captain Peary
with the rank of real admiral.
Nearly half of the members of the
senate Judiciary committee are said to
have taken positions against the con-
firmation of Judge William H. Hunt,
now serving as q member of the court
of customs appeals and promoted to a
circuit j%udgeship for assignment to
the new commerce court.
At a meeting of the Republican
members of the house committee on
ways and means the Longworth bill,
which is supposed to represent the
ideas Of the administration on tariff
board legislation. was thrown into the
discard. The measure was rejected
by a vote of 8 to 4.
BY q vote of 9 to 6 New Orleans was
selected by the house committee on
expositions as the site for the Pana-
ma canal exposition in 1915. The bill
was referred to a subcommittee for
slight changes. 1t is expected an ap-
preparation will be granted.
Two b%attleships, two GOLFERS, eight
torpedo boat destroyers and four sub
marine boats constitute the naval in
e programme for next year, un-
der action of the house committee of
naval affairs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Nine persons were injured and a
twc-story dwelling wrecked by the ex-
plosion of a dynamite bomb in the res
idence of Camelo Marsale in the Ital-
ian colony on the North Side of Chi
cago. The bomb explosion followed
the refusal of Marsale to comply with
the demands for $500 sent in a letter
signed BLACK Hand"
City Attorney Frank Jones of DAN
vile, ILL.,, who managed the campaign
of Sheriff John M. Sheperd, made a
complete confession of the part he
took in vote buying both in the pri-
mary and general election and he an
nounces he is willing to go before the
grand jury and tell all he knows.
David Graham Phillips, the novelist,
was shot six times as he. approached
the Princeton club at New York by
Ftzhugh Coyle Goldsborough, a Har-
ward man, who Immediately after COM
mitted suicide. Phillips condition is
critical. Goldsborough is believed to
have been insane.
Harrison p. Grover, a wealthy lum.
herman, committed suicide in the eel
lar of his home at Grand Rapids,
Mich, by cutting his. throat with a
razor. A nervous collapse, resulting
from business worries, his said to have
caused him to take his life. >,
The retiring state treasurer of
North Dakota, G. Luther Bickford, was
arrested at Bismarck on a warrant
charging him with the misappropria-
ton of a sum said to be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000.
Death resulted from the fire started
by the two girls imprisoned in the
Lemont GILL; Jail in an attempt to
commit suicide because of the humil-
iation their arrest had brought to
them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Phil MAYO Habjts.

The all night and next day habits Of
Phil May, the artist, have furnished
material for many a story. Joe Tap
ley, the singer. said that he came
across May one night and heard that
the latter had not been to bed for four
nights and days. He demonstrated,
and May said: Never mind, Joe; We'll
make a bargain. Don't you lose any
sleep on my account, and I'll promise
that as soon as I feel tired I'll go to
bed"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
A crew.ome eeoue,t,

What is probably the strangest and
at the same time the most horrible be.
quest ever made is to be found in the
will Of Lieutenant de Pap, formerly
an officer in n smart regiment Of Aus.
trian hussars, who was executed by
strangling some years ago for the mur.
der of his brother.
Previous to his execution the muir.
derer requested that he might he pho;
tographed while hanging on the gal
lows and a copy Of the CHASTITY picture
sent to his father.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Tho Suicide Of Hannibal.

Defeated ut Zama. Hannibal fed to
the east to avoid falling into the hands
of the Romans and found temporary
security In the dOmini0ns Of Mithrf-
dates. He melted this monarch to en-
gage in a Roman war, and, his advice
as to its conduct being rejected, the
war proved unsuccessful, and Mithri-
dates was required as one Of the con-
ditions Of peace to deliver up Hannibal
to his enemies, the Romans. The un-
fortunate Carthaginian heard Of his
approaching fate. swallowed the poison
which for years he had carried about
his person and expired just rs the en-
voys arrived to take him in charge. 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
The Apoealvpss.

There is no other book In the New
Testament about which 80 much has
been written and to SO little purpose.
DIR. South said Of 1t. 1T either finds
q man mad or makes him So" 1t is
said of Calvin that he showed his wis.
dom in not writing a commentary on
this. as lie did on other books.-Chad>
wick.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
IN Win Notiea.

Mrs. Greene-One does not like to
be ignored. l wore a brand new gown
at the reception last night, and I don't
believe q soul noticed me. Mrs. Gray
There's where you made a mistake.
Now, I wore my old black silk that
has been turned twice. and everybody
saw me fast enough.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
pi,advantaae In La,t Re,ort.

Disadvantage In Last Resort.
If you must write love letters. wait
until after you are married and write
them to your wife. Then you mag
feel perfectly safe-unless she decides
to sue you for divorce on the grounds
of insanity.-Puck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Books.

Be as careful Of the books you read
as Of the company yot keep, for your
habits and character will be as much
Influenced by the former as the latter.
Paxton Hood.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
Wear and Tear.

Griggs-After all. the difference be-
tween man and woman Is one Of wear
and tear. Briggs-What do you mean?
Griggs-Man spends his money foolish.
.ly on a tear aud a woman on wear
Oakland Mercury.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27
craaked .nd atra;nht.

Crooked and Straight.
In all things throughout the world
the men who look for the crooked viii
see the crooked and the men who look
for the STRAIGHT will see the straight.-
John Ruskin.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27

He is no whole man until he knows
how to earn. a blameless livelihood
Emerson.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27

No one is useles in this world who
lightens the burden Of I'll 70, sny ono
slse.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-27

Lie lint inst isIlrroywss ositof
seth:-Bsseber.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-14

satin, with a tulle veil held in place with
a wreath of lilies of the valley. The
bridesmaid wore white marquisette over
pink, and carried a bouquet of pink Liberty
roses. The groom was attended by Mr.
George o. Auguste, of Washington, D. c.
Following the ceremony wedding break
fast was served at the home of the
bride. after which Mr.. and Mrs. Harton
left for an extended trip through North
ern Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Albert F. Fox and Miss Margaret
r. Fox are at the Chalfonte. Atlantic
City.
Hon. w T. Thompson. Solicitor of the
Treasury, and Mrs. Thompson entertain
ed at dinner last night. at their home.
1916 Girard street, In honor OF a number
of friends from Nebraska, who are here
attending the convention of State rail-
way commissioners. The gentlemen were
Dr. II. j. Ninnett. L. f. Netting, u G.
Powell, ]. w. Furze, and H. T. Clarke,
The Washington herald., 1911-10-14
"OUR MARY" RETURNS.
Famous Actress Comes to America
to Attend Rehearsals.

New York. Oct BINARY Anderson
came back to New York to-day aboard
the steamship Baltic with her husband
Antonio de Navarro The famous actress
looked as young as she did when, twen-
ty-two years ago. she left the footlights
forever. Just few silver tinges in her
hair reminded her friends that years
have passed since she played Juliet"
While in New York Nine. Navarro will
attend the rehearsals of The Garden of
Allah" Robert Hichens' play that is to
be produced at the Century Theater. 1t
was Nine. Navarro who induced Mr..
Hichens TO dramatize his book, and at
his desire she collaborated with him.
The former stage favorite declared that
she could not be tempted to play even
"Domini Enf1lden." the only female role
of any consequence, although she ad-
mitted that she envied Mary Mannering
the part.
Il know she will win a real triumph"
she added