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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
DOOMED TO A LIVING DEATH.
Frsreh cenviets Leave Heps Behind
When They Enter Cayenne.

Frsroh conviets lsavs tieps Behind
When They Enter Cayenne.
Cayenne-red pepper to the world at
large. hell to the few thousand Of 10
victs transported to this isolated
| northeastern corner Of equatorial South
America. Here. It was rumored. exist
ed one Of the worlds most antdquated
and revolving penal systems. where
thousands of men are exiled and DOOM
ed to a living death. Men from French
| Guiana had intimated conditions which
We'd with the cruelties of the old con-
vict ships.
Groups of convicts lounged about or
lay sick and incapacitated on the We
randas. At night the barred iron door
Of each dormitory is locked. and out
side PAGES a guard. revolver In hand.
Sometimes under cover Of darkness the
inmates settle feuds. Occasionally to
establish leaders rival gangs fight with
cudgels. knives and even paving stones.
Some disabled. others dead. the most
indomitable are reconciled and form a
tyrannicaI secret society.
MANY II pour WTeLCu uEedUS Iuo
night hours. and one suspected of in
forming may be set upon by an en-
ragged pack. Occasionally murder ia
committed in profound silence. aud
daylight finds a dead or dying convict
In the passageway OF entrance. Cues
tioning is useless. and few guards will
risk life In entering the barracks when
smothered cries and cursings warn
them of internal strife.
All the men talked with were well
disposed toward me. one in particular
a tall. well educated man with a pair
of dark trimmed glasses and large eyer
fearfully strained through inability to
secure proper lenses.
you must not lose hope" I told q
group and almost swallowed my own
words. "Hope" burst out the rich.
tremulous voice Of the tail man. 1T 10
always the same: there Is no hope
here" "No: no hope here!" was tho
echoed murmur Of his comrades
Charles Wellington Furlong In Har-
| per's Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01

there under Bishop Johnston In 1894
10 became dean Of ST. Matthews ca
thedral, Dallas. where he served ten
years more. In 1904 he surprised "
;srybody By giving up 6ne prospects
and going to Alaska. where be has
been ever since. !
Rev. Dr.. Stuck II q ireless. vigor-
ous and ambitious worker in any 6eld.
he enters, and nobody who knows him
wonders be got to the top Of Mount
Mckinley. As archdeacon Of Alaska
It has been his work to travel thou
sands Of miles by dogs and on foot.
and he has helped Bishop Rowe to
build up a missionary work In Alaska
that Il famous In all missionary an
mails. IS. 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Fashion FrHls.

Some critics seem to think that it is
the province Of the slit skirt to dis.
close the cloven hoof.-Chicago News.
Patience has enabled DR.. Mary Walk
er to see the day when her ideas of
feminine attire are regarded as com
paratively subdued and conservative
Washington Star.
Indianapolis "ladies" have asked the
police to see that women" who wear
split skirts also wear trimmings about
their ankles. And the police have
agreed to keep their eyes open.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Poets Laureate.

Poets laureate, however, appear to
be made and not born.-Omaha World
Herald.
A lot of England's poets are now try
ing to assume an air of nonchalant in
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
If Rudyard Kipling becomes poet
laureate England will at least have an
official poet whose stuff Is read.-De'
trOit Free Press.
The poet la%ureateship is now vacant
and England is understood to be look
ing around for some nice man who
can't write very good poetry.-Ohio
State Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Pert Personals.

A physician states that Caruso has
musical bones. He ought to have. He
gets I've Of them from every person
who buys a seat-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wizard Edison's success makes him
a pattern to emulate. but his habit of
working twenty hours a day makes
him a horrible example. So there you
are!-Chicago News.
Now that women are to vote in I'LL
nois Uncle Joe Cannon says, ut will
be a good time for an awfully hand
some man to run for Office" Uncle
Joe has not. vet announced his can
didacy.-New York World.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Timely Tips.

signs OF the times: Come on In, the
waters dne.-Chicago Record Herald.
The dancing teachers are seeking
new steps. Let III hope they will land
them. It's about time to shake the old
,ones.-New Orleans Picayune.
How to tell the flowers from the
weeds: Pull them up by the roots. x
they are flowers that will be the last
Of 'em. II weeds. only the beginning
Chicago News. II
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
vARIc0sE VEINS.
Their Causes and Effects and the
Treatment They Require.

Treatment They Require.
A varicose vein is an enlarged and
twisted vein, generally In the leg. It is
caused by stagnation of the blood.
Often the patient has a hereditary pre-
disposition to varicose veins or he has
a weak heart, with a consequent tend
ency to sluggish venous circulation.
Anything that interferes with the
flow 'of blood through the veins may
bring on an attack. Pressure from a
tight garter and very severe muscular
exertion are often exciting causes. Per
sons who are obliged to stand for sev-
eral hours at q time. like policemen,
washerwomen and saleswomen. are Of
ten subject to this trouble. Under or
binary conditions the blood in the lego
must run up hill constantly in order to
regain the heart. In the case of those
who stand most Of the day the blood
has to work hard hour after hour In
order to overcome the force of gravity.
and as Il result the veins gradually en-
large and harden.
In mild cases of varicose veins. espe-
cially In young and otherwise healthy
people. the symptoms are very slight
There is a feeling Of weight in the leg
and a dull ache toward the end of the
day. The ache is soon relieved by the
patients resting with the leg somewhat
raised 80 that the blood can flow back
more easily. Sometimes painful cramps
complicate the trouble, and the cramp.
is likely to return again and again until
life becomes q burden.
More serious complications are throm-
bosis Tor the CLOTHING of the blood in
the vein, and phlcbitis Tor inf1amma-
ton Of a VEIN. Often a form Of &C.
zema appears in the skin Of the leg. or
an ulcer may arise. When vartc0s0
veins are very troublesome surgical
treatment is advisable. but the milder
cases can be much relieved by rest and
proper bandaging. Youths Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Three Strikes.

Europe would be stttiiiI5 more disquielt-
ed Il It had two baseball pennants q
worry about.-Chicago News.
SIS the race lmpr0ying!' asks the
Cincinnati Enquirer. Not TO speak 81,
accordinK 10 Frank Chance.-Columbia
State. NJ
Where are MI the great menf'
ssomsbody asks. Well. Walter Johnsonn
Is with Washington. ~ Cobb stars
with the Detrolts ard HanSs Wasn@'
paMathsssslltlsset
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
II. Climbed Mount Mckinley.

The Rev. DR.. Hudson Stuck. the
Episcopal archdeacon who successfully
led an expedition to the top of Mount
Mckinley. graduated from Kings COL
lege, London. in 1888. Ten years lat
er. having come to America. he made
his mark in scholarship at the Univer-
sity Of the South and went at once to
the extreme ends Of Texas. then a
missionary field. After two years
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Militant S~uffragettes.

woman's sphere in London is the
bomb.-Columbia State.
In the old days England used to burn
the witches. but now witches are try
ing to burn Observation-Disclosures News
and Courier.
a retaliation league has been form
ed In England to attack the. houses
and properties Of the suRragettes in
retaliation for militant ,outrages. Wait
for the big Observation-Disclosures News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
I~indisput.bIe Evidences.

GVt0Ou0Os
"say, father said little Fred, did
you ever have another wife besides
mother?"
sWhy. certainly not" said the father.
"How do you happen to ask such .
question. my boy?"
swell. father" continued the boy. II
saw in the family Bible that you mar
ried Anne Domini. 1892. and I know
that wasn't mother. for her name Wan
Mary Parsons when she wa I sirt,n.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
poooi. Got Hi. Meat!

There was once a dog who used to
go to. market with his master every
morning. he was always given a cent
to buy meat for himself.
II the butcher took the money be-
fore he gave him the meat the dog
would growl and show his teeth.
One day the master was called away
on business and was gone for several
days. On his return he told Romp to
bring him his slippers. Romp did not
obey. but skunk into a corner. and the
slippers could not be found.
Some hours later the gentleman went
to the postofice. and Romp went with
him.
AS he passed the market the butcher
asked him to step into the store and
gave him his slippers.
Romp had carried them down n at
a time to pay for his meat.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
1etty'e Visit,

Betty was shy, but when Aunt Anna
said. XVIII you come and e me.
Betty" Betty would say, "Yes. thank
you" One day when Betty had gone
all by herself to pay a call Aunt Anna
gave her a nice piece Of cake with cur
rants In 1t and said. "Now I think
you will like that"
But Betty said. Il shall TAKE It back
for Baby Tom. II I may, for Baby Tom
is too small to come and zee you BY
himself"
So kind Betty took the cake to Tom
and told him she would like him to
have It. as he could not do 40 she had
done and 60 alone to see Aunt Anna.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
pehnina the Oyster.

snow" asked the teacher. who can
tell me what an oyster is?"
Silence for q moment. while small
brows were knit in strained effort At
remembrance. Then little Tommy's
facial muscles relaxed. and eagerly he
raised his hand.
II know! he triumphantly announc-
ed. IAN oyster Is q fish built like .
nut."-Everybody's.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
How Would She Know?

How Would She knoW3
George. aged Eve. was out walking
one day with bis father and mother.
He asked his mother to 60 to bis
aunt'D house.
His mother said. mo. because you
always ask for something to eat 40
soon as we get there, but IL you will
promise not to ask then we will 60 for
q little while" So George promised
not to ask for anything to eat.
When they were in sight Of the
house George turned to his mother and
asked, well, mamma. how will Aunt
Jennie know ] am hungry"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
sh. smaeksd Of Books.

She 8macked Of 0ooks.
'sThey tell me you kissed Miss Son
net. the poetess. on yesterdays auto
mobile excursion"
Eyes. That is true"
Indeed! Aud how did you-ah-dnd.
her7''
Miss Sonnet has a marked literary
taste.n-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Not Too Pushins.

Madam. l must Congratulate you o.
having such a pushing young fellow
for q husband"
"Yes; George does very we'll wtthlth6
lawn mower, but I have Q dine Wit
him about the baby carriaes..-BalGtxs
more American. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
No exaessratien.

sYou told me you were worth Q mil.
lion. and I 6nd that you have only q
sipaltry $4,000" said Blathers. partner.
-wel $1,000 il 100000 cents" said
Blathers.-uarpsr's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
Eatino ana ralkina.

We all eat too much, and Il. Il. ftttG
wonder-there 70 20 much to 81. A.
We all talk too much. because there n
30 much to talk about-Nsw orisana
.PieayunS. ~ 8ss# sS1
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-08-01
onina HE Teeth.

Paul, aged four. was eating crackers
one day and. looking up to bis mother.
said. Mamma. I think my teeth need
oiling."
why. Paui?'
Because they squeak % when I bite
these cracker"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
By DOROTHY DIX.

a FATHER, who has a pref
~ ty. bright 1S-year- old
daughter for whom he has
made many sacrifices TO give ad-
vantages. is much distressed be-
cause she imagines herself in love
with a caliow youth of the same
age. and he wants TO know If
there is any way in which he
can keep her from wrecking her
life by marrying this boy.
Surely. Here are a few simple
home remedies for breaking up
undesirable matches, that are
guaranteed to work If applied
with tact and discretion.
First, drop all opposition TO the
sutton. Quit abusing him. Just
remember that romance thrives
on difficulties, and that when you
put a young man in the position
of a poor, prosecuted martyr, you
simply crown him with a halo
in the girls sight. Also you
make her his champion, and TO
back up her arguments in his
favor she shuts her eyes to all of
his faults, and not only magnifies
his virtues but invents new ones
for him
Every novel represents the
heroine as defying her parents,
and her friends, and the general
public. and being true to a no.
BILE, but misunderstood, young
man. and as having her judgment
justified by his turning out 10
be a duke in disguise, or getting
elected President OF the United
States
Cupid At His Worst.
When you oppose silly young
girl in q love AFFAIR, and read the
riot act to her. YOU give her
chance to visualize herself in that
poetic role, and ii makes her do
her clothes up in bundle and
sneak out Of the house. and elope
with the man that you have ap-
piled every opprobrious epithet
70 of which YOU could think II is
a matter of common knowledge
that people never marry the nice,
suitable individuals their fsmi-
lies have picked out for them, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

THE Treaty of Tien- -tsin,
concluded 55 years ago, will
probably loom large in the
history of the time 10 come, very
much larger than it does to-day.
1t was about the year 1917 (the
year of the great Reformation
that China began to be vaguely
known to Europeans. The Jesuits
appeared among the Celestials
about 1925. and in 1890 the Eng
lish figure among the Foreign
Devils" The Englishman is moth
ing If not commercial, and,
thinking that he saw a good thing
in opium, began a quarrel with
the Chinaman over that drug that
lasted for years; of which, so far
as the honor of England is con-
cerned, the least said the better.
In 1857 took place the war be-
tween England and China, which
ended with the total destruction
of the Chinese fleet by Commo-
dores Elliot and Seymour, and the
perpetual adjustment of John
Bull in the island of Hongkong.
The Treaty of Tien -tsin. which
clinched the war of 1857, created
a new departure on the part of
the quaint and ancient people of
the Flowery Kingdom. Among its
provisions were: The establish
ment of ambassadorship at both
courts, g larger freedom of trade.
the liberation of the Christian re-
ligion, a revision of the tariff, and
the guarantee that the term bar
barian" should no longer be ap-
Piled to Europeans.
With this Treaty of Tien-tsin
begins Modern China, But lit
tie more than half a century has
elapsed-an insignificant period
in the evolution of great ma
items life-and yet we already
have some pretty strong intina-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
The Treaty of Ten Tsin
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

tions of the possibilities of the
future. Beyond a doubt 1t be-
hooves the white man the world
over to prepare for those posi-
bilities, if we may not say proba-
bilities.
The yellow men number at
least 5O0.OOO,OoO. From the Jap
anese we learn what 100000 of
yellow men are able to do; and
from that we are in a position to
guess with a fair degree of ae-
curacy what 100000, 900 of yellow
men can do If fully prepared.
With thousands of miles of Pa
cifie seaeeast. does 1t not be-
hcove the United States to lock
well to the ways and means of its
supremacy on the great Western
waters?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

tating bad matches by frankly
opposing them.
Therefore. instead of forbidding
Sam the house. invite him in.
Have him around early and often,
and give Mamie an overdose of
his society, and before you know
it they will have quarreled. And
this nice hot weather, when
nerves and temper are on edge,
is a psychological moment in
which to try the experiment.
Ninety-nine in the shade is net
propitious for growing sentiment.
And l should casually remark TO
Mamie that, of course, if she was
so fond Of Sam and found her
highest happiness in his company
that there was no use in wasting
any money on any other pleasure
for her Such as going off for a
summer trip. for instance
Don't abuse Sam. Don't dis
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
:: How to Deal With Girls Love Fancies .
To Oppose Cs Call Always Fatal Experience Has Show Says DoyDx

course upon his weakness or his
faults. Make fun of them. Point
out his little eccentrieities of
manner or speech, and if you can
enlist the assistance of some
friend in this, all the better. A
young girl can stand anything but
ridicule.
She will defy you and marry a
drunkard, or a gambler or a man
with a hectic past, but she will
quail before the knowledge that
people laugh at a man for eating
peas with his knife. or using bad
grammar, or being a rube.
Another effective way Of break
ing off an undesirable match is to
send the girl away on a trip, or
to make a good long visit. Pro-
pinquity is responsible for more
marriages than anything else. At
the love time of life a girl is sure
to imagine that she cherishes a
deathless passion for any good
looking man who happens to be in
sight, but get her away from him
and his spell is broken.
Cured Girl s Infatuation,
She sees other men. She gets
a new standard of comparison,
with the almost invariable result
that in six months she wouldn't
look at the man that she thought
she was so crazy to marry. It's a
case of counter irritation, and IL
works out as well in love as it
does in medicine.
Still another way to deal with
the situation is to quit theorizing
and preaching about it, and give
the girl a living picture of the
way the marriage she proposes to
make would work out in real life.
once knew a wise father who
followed this course.
His daughter, a dainty, cult
waited girl who had been reared
amidst the most refined surround
ings thought she was in love
With a handsome young man who
was himself coarse and vulgar.
and came from family far be
low the girls in social status.
After every argument had been
used in vain 70 prevail upon the
girl not TO make a match that
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
:: A Sermon for Many ::
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

WHEN long
Wv bed,
live the dead hours the pillow
thoughess
knocked neghbo calmly
unknd sings and
before the and
stand
fist reflection Give yourself glare
that handsome
tell the faithful mirror that a
faces by the dozen; cold
tried yourself
Then the will remind all honest
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03

that nothing blights loves young
dream like everybody smiling a
blessing on It,
Yet in the face of this advanced
information about how Cupid
acts, parents persist in preeipi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Corned Beef and Cabbage.


Well, the girl went She as
ISOLATED with his frowsy mother
and sisters. and was bored to
death by their ignorant converse
ton. She saw his father and his
brothers sitting around the house
in their stocking feet, and with
their coats and collars off, smok-
ing pipes.
She ate corned beef and cab
bage dinners. She participated in
parties where they rushed the
growler, and sang rag-time to
pianola accompaniment, and at
the end OF a week she came back
home cured.
Still another father that l knew
kept his daughter from marrying
a drunkard by taking her where
she saw him in his cups 1t was
one thing to have the young man
appear before her pale. poetic,
NlSNAuA 4Sp0lNaAAf NG4AAi6
her that she could save him by
marrying him, and another to be-
hold him maudlin, nauseated, a
thing OF disgust that made her
turn from him with loathing.
Oh. there are many ways to
break up an undesirable match
absence, ridieule, the substitution
of new toy for the old, humping
a girl up against the reality,
even dropping a sly hint to the
man that he's throwing himself
away on the gir., and that Mamie
is delicate. or has ways, or that
she has a temper concealed about
her angelic person. or that she's
eNtravagant There are forty
seven different varieties of ways
of turning the trick. and all of
them work except forbidding the
banns That merely eggs on the
wedding.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
Pertinent Paragraphs

Fishermen caught a monster
man-eating shark off the Georgia
coast. A pleasing change from
the sea serpent.
The Western clerk who eats
sixty-one eggs at a meal is to-
phically blessed. He couldn't
do it in Atlanta
st. Louis man advertises that
he knows his wife to be "a re-
spectacle. Well-meanIng woman"
He probably is we'll meaning
himself
Almost s50,000.000 worth Of
precious stones have been import
ed in a year. We may kick at
the price of steak, but we must
have our diamonds.
Fashion Notes: From Wash
ington-"Modifed trousers" will
be worn by women. From New
York-Men's bathing suits ia
vored by women. About ali we
have left is safety razor,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-03
By GARRETT P. sERVIss.

We should rather ascribe the
incident to the personality of the
soldier. whose hand was arrested
by the expostulation of his own
better nature. Viewed from that
point, it becomes significant OF
the growth of moral sentiment
which. in the end, will Danish war
altogether. Perhaps that mercifui
Confederate at Gettysburg was, in
a sense, faithless to his cause.
Who can say that, if the shot had
been fired, the result of the strug
gle might not have been different?
The fall of leader has lost many
a battle. Very likely if that act
of mercy had been witnessed by
the commander of the Alabama
regiment he would have cut the
conscientious soldier down with
his sword as a recreant from
duty!
Yet the man who spared the
generals life afterward declared
that he was glad that he could not
press the trigger, and every gen.
erous mind approves his act and
his sentiment.
In former days, when most bat
ties were fought hand to hand and
foot to foot, the Juror CERTA-
MINIS fury of the fight) had no
such Interruptions. Moral senti-
ment counted for little on the bat
tlefield. There was no time for Il
to assert itself, even if it existed
then as widely as il exists to-day.
The dreadful scenes of slaughter
that attended Caesars campaigns
in Gaul, and the sacks of cities in
the Thirty Years War, would be
impossible now among civilized
people.
Education viii Bring Peace.
When a modern soldier, secure
in his position, sights along his
gun at an enemy, his mind is in
a state for reflection upon the ma
ture and consequences of his in
tended act of slaughter, and the
mere fact that he can strike at
distance and unseen may restrain
him, as it did in this case, from
striking at all. He balances his
public duty against his personal
conscience, and unless the former
overwhelmingly appeals to him,
the latter may prevail. If he can
see a chance for mercy he will
exercise il.
All this shows plainly the direc-
ton which the advocates of uni
versal peace land we are all such
advocates, though we may differ
in our ideas about methods)
should take in order to bring
about the result they aim at. 1t is
the direction of EDUCATION. A
gun in the hands of a conscien-
tious soldier is a moral force for
peace, and so is a powerful bat
tie fleet in the hands Of a great,
civilized nation.