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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
New Year In Japan.

~ L,A.
In Japan the New Year Ii welcomed
with far more zest than in this coun.
try. One IL expected to arise With the
sun and don new clothes to meet the
suspicious morning. Then he wor.
ships, performs obeisunce to the spirits
Of bis ancestors and pays homage to
all relatives older than himself. No
ordinary viands are consumed at
breakfast On every tray. covered
with evergreen leaves and supporting
q rice dumping, are placed a lobster.
oranges. persimmons. chestnuts. dried
sardines and herring root, all these
dishes possessing allegoricai meanings.
This meal is the start of the festivi-
ties. which in olden times were ron.
dnued for many days. business being
almost entirely suspended. The idea
Of celebrating New Years in such a
manner Is that the year is going to be
the way it is started. Smile on New
Years day and you will smile through
out the year. Complain on New Years
day and you will complain all the year
round. Weigh your anchor with mer-
~ song of heart and 1t will be smooth
sailing all, through the voyage. Begin
right and you are bound to finish right.
That 10 the Japanese idea of New
Years celebration. Bulletin of the ia
pan Society.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

] YAHl0 AUOlNNkV bx V6BR6.
have died. have been overthrown by
vehicles or have been removed for
other asO
1.-The city Of Paris" continues MI.
Memninger. ''has large and varied
plantations just outside the fortifica-
tons, where flowers. exotic shrubs and
trees are grown. One hundred and
thirteen lighthouses for plants. exotic
shrubs and flowers are heated from
one central heating plant, distributing
hot water through a nine and ore-half
mile system Of pipes. The object OF
this control heating organization is not.
as the head gardener explains. with q
view to economy. In fact. such q sys-
TEN 10 far more costly than separate
Installations for each group OF hot
houses. but 10 thus arranged to avoid
the existence Of q series Of unsightly
chimneys which would destroy the ar
ustic eject Or the grounds. which are
moro Or LEES ! public resort ana show
place"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Qpportunlty.


In one Of the old Greek cities there
stood long ago a statne. Every trace
Of it has vanished now. But there 10
still in existence an epigram which
gives us an excellent description of 1t,
and as We read the words we can sure
" discover the lesson which those wise
old Greeks meant that the statue
should teach to every passerby.
The epigram Is In the form of a con-
versation between q traveller and the
statue:
what is thy name. o statuer'
Il am called Opportunity"
"Who made thee?"
"Lysippus."
why art thon upon thy toes7'
ITO show that l stay but q moment"
"Wby hast thou wings upon thy
feet?"
ITO show how quickly ] pass by"
"But why IL thy hair 20 long ON thy
forehead?"
THAT men may seize me as they
meet me-"
why. then. is thy head 80 bald be-
hindu"
ITO show that when ! have once
passed I cannot be caught"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Mechanism of the Ear.

The human ear is u delicate piece Of
mechanism. That which we ordinarily
designate as the ''ear" is. after. all.
only the mere outer porch Of a series
of winding passages which lead from
the world without to the world within.
Certain Of these passages are 6lled
with. liquid. besides having membranes
stretched ike parchment curtains
across the corridor at different points.
When u sound wave strikes these they
are turned into vibrations and made
to tremble like. the head ut a drum
does when struck with a stick or with
the fingers. Between two OF these
parchment-like curtains q chain OF MI
mute bones extends. which serves to
tighten or relax the membranes and
communicate vibrations to them. In
the innermost place Of all a. row OF
white threads called nerves stretch
like the strings Of q plano from the
hast point from which the tremblings
reach. passing thence inward to the
Drain. "a VI. ~"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
cempound Division.


A Berlin chauffeur named Paul Ku.
gelmann found f6.5OO In notes and gold
In his taxicab. No one came forward
to claim the money. and the chauffeur.
setting aside temptation, reported the
matter to the police.
This huge sum remained. according
to German law, In the policies keeping
for a year. after which the finder could
claim the fruits Of his good fortune.
But when Paul Kugelmann presented
bis claim he was told that various 9th
'er claims would have to be settled first
Since the money had been found in
Berlin. the Berlin municipality was to
receive f1.5OO. Because the absent
minded fare hailed the chauffeur in the
suburb of Wilmersdorf. the Winners.
dorf municipality claimed another
1850. The municipality Of Chariot
tenburg. not to be outdone, demanded
q similar sum-. as Kugelmann lived
within its limits.
And while the Disguised chauffeur
was reckoning mp the balance his en-
ployer came forward and asserted that
the whole f6.5OO belonged to him. be
cause the automobile in which it had
been found was bis property.-London
Answers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Pretty home,y.

London used to have an Ugly club.
On his admittance to the Ugly club a
short descriptive sketch Of the new
member was entered in the minute
book. We find the picture Of a claim
ant to the title Of the ugliest man on
earth in Joseph Farmer. merchant"
whose description reads as follows:
Little eyes. one bigger than ye other:
long nose. thin lantern jaws, large up
per lip; mouth from III to ear. resem-
bling a shark's; q rotten set Of trregu-
lar teeth, which are set OF at great ad-
sSkantage' By 1reauent.laughing;; hin .sis-
ase snKtaDndssinlairftw: shtLsfooktts6pegn
the whole extraordinary shaEeafdsTUdd:
comic and out of ye way. In short.
possessed Of every qualification to rem.
der him the phoenix Of ye society. as
the like won't appear again this one
thousand years."-London Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Mad. Bad Break.

II think 1 must nave made a bad
break last Sunday" unused the fellow
who seldom goes to church.
you e {. I got IN alumni catalogue
Of my old school. and In looking
through 1t l found that one Of my
classmates was the pastor of a Cleve-
land church. So | called him up. and
he said that be was still preaching
and that If 4 wanted to meet him l
should come to church on the follow
ing Sunday morning. which I did.
He introduced me to his wife. and
she took me into the pew With her
Well. during the sermon I gut very
drowsy. was nodding in the middle
Of the sermon. and the parsons wife
touched me on the elbow.
lyon seem sleepy she whispered.
Try some. OF my smelling salts
mo; thank you.' says I: I'D rather
sleep!"-ClevelaDd Plain dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Politics In France.

Americans generally know as little
about French politics as Frenchmen
know about ours. Issues, methods
and parties in the two countries are
radically different. In France parties
are go many in number and 40 small
in membership that they are usually
designated as groups rather than as
parties. 1t is always necessary to COM
bine the forces Of three or more Of
them to constitute a majority in the
chamber Of deputies. and that can be
done only by giving each group a rep.
resentation in the cabinet The parlia-
mentary. system of France resembles
that Of Great Britain in this: When
the chamber gives a vote adverse to
the ministry. the ministry resigns. But
that means only that a new alliance is
formed that includes groups other than
those represented in the retiring min
istry. AS a consequence 1t usually
happens that some. members of the de-
feated cabinet are retained In the cab
met that succeeds it-Y0uth's Com
DaniOu.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Lord kitehsner's Way.

Lack Of funds was upon One occa'
sion the excuse brought forward BY q
head of department as the reason fol
not proceeding with certain public
works at Cairo. Lord Kitchener
with characteristic terseness, scrawl'
ed across the official document in blue
pencil. Find the money" Needless to
say. the money was found.
Another time when the question OF
making a roadway from Cairo to He
louan. a distance OF fourteen miles
was preached Kitchener asked the re
sponsible engineer. IL the road could
be completed by u certain date-May /
He was told it could scarcely be done.
.:Rpti lit. Z, asked kjfchssnerr
sits possible. but
every we'll. then" came the Napo
Ieonic reply. Il shall drive my car from
Cairo to Heiouan over that road OF
May l." And he did.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
fruA

A certain old housewife believed In
'having clothes appropriate to occa.
sions." and she boosted that she could
get more wear out Of a dress" than
any n else. When a garment was
past its 6rst. second and third stages
Of usefulness for public wea It was
relegated to certain easons of domes-
tic stress. from which 1t passed even
tually to the ragbag. One gown long
dear to her heart had reached this last
stage. and she acknowledged 1t one
day to the village seamstress.
Don't seem as If I'd had half1the
good l expected to out Of it." she said
wistfully. "'Tisn't but eight years
since I had it made up. Two years
I wore it Sundays. the next two sew.
ing circle afternoons. next two when !
went errands to the village. and these
last two round the house common.
But now"-and she regarded the bun
die sorrowfully before stuf1ng 1t into
the yawning bag-"now 'tisD't even ft
to hang out washing in on Mondays!'
Exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
The Halter and the Carl.

1.-THE late Earl Of Cork was a very
pious person and extremely soliclt0us
as to the future salvation of his fel-
low men. One day, finding himself in
a crowded railway carriage. he deliv.
cred a homily as earnest as 1t was IN
desired. exhorting every n immedl-
ately to set about insuring his happi-
ness in q future life. Presently one Of
the passengers. who had been listening
very attentively to all that Cork said,
arrived at bis station" says Lord SUI.
neld in his memoirs. when he had
got out on the platform be turned
round and. leaning through the car
rage door. said:
"'Thank you. sir! One good turn de.
serves another. You've put me up ia
a wrinkle in your profession: now let
me give you one in return. I'm a hat.
ter. Put q piece Of blotting paper in
side the lining Of your hat and It will
last twice as long. Good day!"-Lon.
don Globe.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs. one of
the brightest and most progressive wo-
men in the south and president of the
Alabama Equal Suffrage association, is
leading a votes for women campaign
in that state. Its object is to win the
franchise for Alabama women. With
a great deal Of skill Mrs. Jacobs has
marshaled her forces. Not only are
the progressive women of Alabama
with her. but suffrage organizations
and suffrage leaders all over the coun-
try will lend their assistance in trying
to make an equal suffrage state of Ala
hama.
A conference to perfect plans was
recently held ut Birmingham. Ala. This
was attended by Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick and Mrs. Antoinette Funk Of Chi
cago. together with other sufragists of
national reputation.
It is felt that it would be now good
policy to win a southern state for equal
suffrage. and &C the national organiza-
ton is expected to cooperate with the
state suffrage organization in the cam.
paign. Alabama is considered to be a
very promising field for work.
Mrs. Jacobs is not only a bright and
talented young woman. but she is ex-
ceedingly attractive in appearance.
That she is a diplomat may be judged
from her dictum in regard to the cam
!paign: - > s
"our definite. goal ia the enfranehise
ment Of Alabama women. In y
ranks. are no social lines drawn and no
religious distinctions. We have no pc
ltical faith, all parties being admitted.
Nor do We confne ourselves to women.
for this great movement. of which we
are a part, is not a woman's move
ment, but a human one"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Napoleon and the Balloon.

When Napoleon vas a young cadet
he went on one occasion to witness
the ascent of a balloon in the Champs
de Mars. He entered. u~nperceived. the
Enclosure which contained the balloon,
which was then very nearly full and
about to ascend. and requested the
aeronaut to allow him to enter the
car. The request. however, was re.
fused. the reason given being that the
feelings of the boy might embarrass
the aeronaut
Though 1 am young. l fear neither
the powers Of earth nor Of the arr
Bonaparte is reported to have ex'
claimed.
On being requested to retire. the Ut
tie cadet, enraged at the refusal. drew
his sword and, Sitting the balloon In
several places. destroyed the apparatus
which had been constructed with in6'
mite labor and ingenuity.
Such was Napoleon's 6rst and last
attempt to ascend in a balloon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
THE CITY
THE NEW CONCRETE CITY
A HOME FOR W0RKINGMEN.
Coal company's Settlement Provides
Good Quarters at Low Cost.

Every one Of the twenty double con-
crete houses in Concrete City, the mod
el village built by the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western Coal company
near Nanticoke, Pa, is occupied. A
park. which is surrounded by houses,
alone remains to be completed.
The houses are two story structures.
so by Is feet, built Of concrete, with
fat roofs and dark green trimmings.
They are modelled In n piece, after
the idea of Thomas A. Edison, but IN
der another mans patent and adapta-
ton. according to the Coal and Coke
Operator. Floors. walls. roofs. stair
ways and even sinks and wash basins
are made in a mold of poured COR
crete. They are SO constructed that
on occasion, the furniture may be all
removed and the entire house thor
oughly washed out with a hose.
Each house contains rooms
and has a stationary washtub, a but-
terry and u dry cellar. Wooden strips
are embodied in the floors, so that car
pets may be tackled down. Below the
French windows, opening outward,
window boxes for flowers are set In
the walls. There are also boxes for
flowers set In the sides Of the front
steps. above which small overhanging
roofs are supported by chains. ~
There is ample space behind each
house for a truck garden. and prizes
will be given for the best kept
grounds. A complete sewage system
has been installed. concrete walks sur
round and will intersect the central
square. and the whole place is sur
rounded, by n stout wire fence. The
effect of the rectangle of the houses.
with their little red chimneys and
trim lawns in apple pie" order. Is
said to be most effective.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
TREES BEAvTIFY PARIS.
One Hundred and Twenty Men Arc Re-
oujred to Care For Thorn.

One Hundred and Twenty Men Arc Re-
quired to Care For Thorn.
A report Oh the raising. planting and
upkeep Of the trees which so beauttfy
the streets and %boulevards Of Paris
has been made to the. department Of
commerce at Washington by Vice Con-
sui General Lucien Memninger, sta
toned at Paris.
From statistics furnished by the mu-
nicipal department having charge Ut
the trees Of Paris MI. Memninger
learns that they number all told &c..
6S6. cared for throughout the year by
a force Of men numbering 100. at O
cost of nearly 100000. .
Mr.. Memninger says that on an av-
erage LOO to 1900 new trees are plant
ed every year to replace those which
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
FANCY BUCKLES.
Costly Jsweled Effects Are Popular
For Evening Slippers.

Costly Jsweled Effects Are Popular
For Evening Slippers.
Evening slippers are all Of the most
elaborate type. and n might well ask,
Were they ever before SO beautiful?
Jeweled buckles and ever canoes or
nament the toes of satin evening shoes,
which harmonic so beautifully with
the costume that they are really a part
Of IT.
Women. who are interested in dressy
styles will find attractive designs u
the shops. Sandals with jeweled straps
and heavy oriental instep ornaments
will appeal to those who make much
Of their boudOir gowns.
Women who go in for extremes will
wear them without stockings, but the
more conservative wear gauze silk
hose in either flesh color or in a col
or that harmonizes with the boudoir
gown. --
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Lsh NJ the Post.

The Professors Wife ito the pro.
fessOr, who has Just come In from q
walk What have you done with your
umbrella and Fido? The Professor
trying to rememberD What-h'm-
wait a minute. Oh. yes: precisely.
You see. my hat blew. OF. and ! didn't
want to have the poor little beast run
with me after It. 80 l stuck the um.
brella in the ground somewhere and
tied Fid0 to It. 1 suppose they are still
there.-New York Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Tho Thrse Ages a Crime.

The Three Ages at Crime.
There are three ages Of criminals"
said LecoQ,' the detective.
'.The irst age. from seventeen to
thirty, 10 the daring and desperate one.
Highway robbery, ~bludgeonings and
holdups, murder for a few d~ollars-this
ID. the worst age. a cruel. wicked and
supremacy foolish age.
1.-THE second age. from thirty to for.
ty.6ve. Is the cautious middle one.
B%urglaries that are safe and easy.
forgery. counterfeiting-in q word.
crimes demanding neither violence nor
pluck-that Is the second age.
.sTbe. third age. from forty-dve to
.sexsnt5:sle thssexeeatiy9- The
criminal s.-noN asgang leader: He
dossilss not act himself. but be plapa and
commands crimes Of magnitude, train
robbertes, bank robberies. kidnapings
and the Mke."-New York Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
EASTER GIFT BASKETS.

They Are Just the Things In Which to
Arrange Flowers or Fruits.
At the Easter season fancy baskets
are exceedingly useful. In them the
children's eggs may be arranged on a
layer Of cotton. excelsior or straw that
suggests a nest.
The baskets are indispensable as re
ceptacles for potted plants when these
are intended as gifts. The woman
who has taste may arrange in them
fruit or a few choice cut flowers as u
token for the invalid friend. 3 In fact,t
saatheir.uss.ls legion, At sthisstdne
For holding aowerpots fhetsnre most
artistic looking receptacles Of dark rat
tan, Japanese woven and tin lined 60
that water shall not soak through.
Flowerpots also ct into many Of the
pail shaped. brilliantly dyed northwest
ern Indian baskets. az we'll AZ the
aluneerly decorated and oddly shaped
ones made by the Mexicans and the
Alaskans. ~
Some OF the baskets from the far
north are ideal Tor scrap holders. and
others, Dat at two sides and rounding
aat the ends. mHy be suspended from
the wall and used AZ newspaper racks.
OF workbaskets in queer weaves and,
attractive colors there 10 an endless
variety, but the best are bowl shaped.
very capacious and always perfectly
balanced on flat bottoms. SO bright are
their colorlngs that to trim them is5like
carrying Goals to Newcastle. but It 10
a good scheme to line them with soft
plain silk.
Comparatively few Of the less e4pen-
sive Indian baskets have lids. but one
may easily Sc made by covering q
pasteboard circle with plain silk and
attaching Il BY . single hinge Of ribbon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Nailina Anothsr Lie.

N1t1tn0 Nd01s1Or IT,
"Weil. you have a sensible daughter.
Hiram. / saw her washing dishes In
the pantry just now. Hut why does
she need q red Iighty'
"Washing dishes! She never did such
a thing in her life she's developing
Photographic. old chap Louisville
Coueier.IOurnai. "a
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Iwhv ahe oalieved.

: why She 8slisvsd.
..What sort Of q chap u that fellow
that has been, calling upon your
Hes the iuckiest fellow : In the
world. s,
s.How 40 sou sknow1'
y; .Hsatoid me -.
4Apd DO Won believe al be tells
you7"
n believe that, tor no told me It just
after / hnd promised to become nis
wifas-aoustou Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Puttina Her 70 ehs Test.

Puttinn her 70 ths Test.
John. didn't ! tell sou that II you
cams home upsy another night ia 60
nome to my mother1'
sYesh, m'deae."
Then why nave you come nome In
this condition.
DIDN'T you shay fhic, you'd 60 nome
e yOur moth0sY'-Booton Transcript
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

are combined two new notes in fash
ions, the kimono blouse and the. raglan
shoulder, In sheer cotton Grape with q
cotton velvet stripe. Cotton net is an
other OF the requisites Of the mode that
IL used for its transparent effect on
cotton blouses Of the season. In this
case the long sleeves that in Paris are
proper on day blouses are Of net The
high back. low front collar 10 of yenise
lace.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
oathina Or oymnastie slipps.

oathino Or oymnastie 0lippsrs.
For gymnastic or bathing slippers
cut the legs on old stockings Just be-
low the knees. Use the feet and zee
that they are darned; II necessary.
Hem all around the top and work long
sits ali around just below the hem;
about IN inch Willie enough. Place .
pair Of cork soles. felt lined; In the bot
toms OF the feet, sewing them In strong
~. Run d wide tape Or ribbon In the
:slitstat the top and there will be Q pair
Of s~ervlceable. rather high slippers or
boots for bathing or gymnastics.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
Chinese Writina.

The British museum contains tbs
Oldest known examples OF Chlpsss
writing N the form Of Inscriptions %
animals bones
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
lRalia of4ha RasA.

3Uovbo o. tySo 49,
20. woman. you9 TREASURE another
mans photoSraphf'
Don't De foolish. Henry. THIS y .
portrait Of yourseif when you had
bair."-LOuisvilis Cour3esJourual
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03
LINGERIE BLOUSE.

Pleasing Combination Of Cotton Net
and Lace For Morning Wear.
More and more are blouses and
frocks made up after the simplest and
least ''cut up design possible. Here
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

Spring ia abroad in the land and the
horsewoman with it. Garments for
horseback riding follow accepted lines.
There are the usual riding breeches,
worn with a long coat, like the one
shown in the picture. Much latitude
is permitted in the choice of a hat,
many fair equestrlennes liking a rough
and ready effect, like the one illustrat-
ed here.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

Aheentnind1day - young Woman
yawoed II sSif#f f
.raruon ON. shs said. - didn't
sswanean4to 10 tnat." t$2
y sse..yrstpopdsd Nj. Nnserions-
--opened q tnistaks."-Chieago Trtb-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-07-03

TT ansd trust viii move mountaina.
old Saying
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I. aoansuds - ~ oanden.

0oapsuds Fef: the Garden.
Never throw soapsuds down the sink
r. you have q garden. They IN valu-
able poured over the flower or vegs-
table beds. Soap . splendid fertdd.
xefs
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sLurk come stp them Who hslpS,them-
selves and Know nov . w1dit,--sAax
Os3sll. ~ III