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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
FAMOUS DwARFs.
Smallest Of All che Midssts, Il sssms,
Mas Philstaa of Cos.

Smallest Of All che Midssts, Il Seems.
Was PhiIstas Of Cos.
Just to forestall all tales Of small
persons an ancient historian has left
the tale Of one Philetas Of Cos, who
lived about $50 B. c., q poet and
grammarian, who was said-so the
historian recounts-to have carried
weights in his dress to prevent his
being blown away. Julia, niece Of
Augustus Caesar, had a dwarf
named Coropas, two feet and a
hands breadth high, and Androme-
da, a freed maid, Of the same height.
Alypius Of Alexandria of olden
times, a logician and philosopher,
was but one foot five and a half
inches high.
Godfrey Hudson, an English
dwarf, when a youth eighteen inches
high was served in a cold pie to the
king and queen of England by the
Duchess Of Buckingham in 1926.
Godfrey had a temper. He chal-
lenged a Mr.. Crofts. MI. Crofts
accepted and went to the field of
honor armed with a squirt gun load
ed with water. However, the dwarf
is said to have shot one antagonist
dead.
John d'Estrix was a present to
the Duke of Parma in 1892. He
then was thirty-fve years old, had
a long beard, but was not more
than three feet high. Ee was skill
ed in languages.
Count Borowlaski, a Polish man
of great accomplishments, was thir-
ty-nine inches high on his thirtieth
birthday. He had a sister seven
years younger who could stand I'M
der his arm. Chemah, a Chinese,
was twenty-five inches high when
he was forty-two years old.
America, too, has had it's famous
dwarfs. General Mite, Francis Jo-
seph Flynn, was born in New York
in 1864. The top of his head hit
the yardstick at twenty-one inches.
He weighed nine pounds. He went
to England in 1884 and was mar
ried to Milly Edwards, two pounds
his junior in weight. General Tom
Thumb, Charles Stratton, vas but
thirty-one inches tall and twenty
five years old when, in 1868, he was
married to Lavinia Warren, twenty
one years old, thirty-two inches tall.
MI. and Mrs. Tom Thumb and their
child and Commodore Mutt, another
dwarf, toured England together
Kansas City Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
P.xina Call. In Russia.

Town life in Russia is as different
as can be from life in the. country dis
tricts. One curious custom is the
after dinner call. People call OF their
friends after dinner at night or even
after the theater. paying calls at mid.
night being quite the thing to do. The
Russian dinner always begins with a
sideboard course of cold meats, hors
d'oeuvres. etc.-that is to say. the
dishes are laid out on the sideboard
and the guests help themselves be-
fore sitting down to partake Of the
regular meal. 1t is from this custom
that we derive the term service q Ia
Russo as applied to dinners at which
the carving is done from the sideboard.
Answers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
a Historic EnsIish Castle.

Longleat castle, which is said to
be the first we'll built house in Eng
land, was erected by Sir John
Thyme, and its construction occu-
pied twelve years, from January,
1867, until 1879. The first royal
visitor to Sir Johns noble mansion
was Queen Elizabeth, and the story
runs that the owner was not very
anxious for his sovereign to see his
home, as she might ask him where
he obtained the money to build SO
stately a house. Sir John Thyme,
who was knighted after the battle
of Pinkie, was the factotum of the
Protector Somerset, and it is said
that he built Longleat from designs
prepared by his fallen master for q
house of his own.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
ANTIQUITY Of CLUBS.
The First One Was Formed BY a Group
Of Athenian Epjeures,

The First One Was Formed BY q Group
Of Athsnian Epieurss.
Colonel Henry Watterson says in
his "History of the Manhattan
Club" that the Athenians and the
Spartans were the first to appreciate
the advantages of the club and the
efficacy of the blackball. The first
club, or group" in Athens had as
it's incentive "the desire of some if
teen OF twenty congenial spirits to
enjoy each others society about a
common dining table,"
"The pioneer clubman of note,"
writes Colonel Watterson, "seems to
have been Themistocles, his sue
cessor being Cimon, son of Militia
des, who took the next step in club
progress by organizing certain of
these casual groups of cooperative
diners into a select and fashionable
circle in the interest of sport. Thu
cydides got the club into politics by
organizing other groups against Per-
icles. From that day to this polit-
ical clubs have had a free rein.
They became, even in those times,
controlling influences on elections,
served as secret agents in the mar
ket places and were employed by
Alcibiades to further his willy ends.
"Some of these group clubs be-
came famous for wit, some for intel
lect, many played their part in poll
tics, but all, if we credit Epicurus,
enjoyed good cooking, since we find
him accusing Aristotle of having
wasted his heritage at cooperative
banquets and Of having developed at
these feasts an undue weakness for
luxurious living"
From Greece, according to Colo
mel Watterson, the club Travelled to
Rome. It made it's first appearance
in England in "The Court of Good
Company" founded by Thomas
Hoccleve in the latter part of the
fourteenth or the carly portion OF
the fifteenth century, which met al
a tavern close to the Inner Temple
in London. Hocclcvc modified ira
dition by introducing a patron
who was expected to be generous
with his purse, but who proved a
skinfint. A century and a half aft
er Hoccleve Sir Walter Raleigh
founded the Mermaid club at the
Mermaid tavern, in London, where
originated "some of the most impor-
tant enterprises in history"
It was Ben Jonson who, in
founding his Club of the Apollo,
was the father of modern club life,
for che hired a permanent room for
its meetings, arranging its furniture
according to the taste Of the club
and not that of the tapster," whose
taproom had been a meeting place
for other clubs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
A Curious Echo.

Among the most noted echoes Is that
heard from the suspension bridge
across the Menai strait. The sound
of q blow from q hammer on n of
the main piers of the structure Is re
turned in succession from each Of the
crossbeams that support the roadway
and from the opposite pier at the dis.
lance Of $40 feet, in addition to which
the sound is many times repeated be-
tween the water and the roadway at
the rate of twenty-eight times in Eve
seconds.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
snappina Turtl. EGGS.

A swapping turtle lays about two
dozen eggs. These are placed il
damp sand in a hollow scooped
out BY the turtle. The mother tur-
tie almost or wholly buries herself
in the sand. Then in crawling out
she lets the sand over her shell fall
upon the eggs, thus covering them,
The eggs are white and almost per
tfectly round and have a very thin.
hard shell.-St. Nicholas.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
cobweb For Transit cro.. Hairs.

Broken cross hairs in surveyors
tansits can be replaced with spider
web. The lens should be removed and
the shellac cut out Of the notches in
which the ends Of the cross hairs ter
minated. A length of spider silk
should be carefully removed from a
SPIDERS web and mounted in the
notches with thin shellac. Care should
be taken that the fingers do not come
in contact with the spider silk, as the
acid from the human skin quickly de-
stroys the delicate fiber.-Popular Sci
nee Monthly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
A Point 10 considsr.

Dad" said the prodigal son, now
that I'm home again and have had my
ding. I'm going to do something to
make you proud of me-"
"All right. son." answered the eau
tious father. That's the way for you
to talk. but I will reserve my congrat-
ulations until you make one point
clear.' r
well. dad?''.
'How much is this new venture of
yours going to cost me?"-Birming.
ham Age-Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-01-14
spanish Playing Cards

Spanish playing cards run from 10
to 90 to the pack, according to the
games for which they are used.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
MCCLELLAN CAPTURED
AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT
Had Been Fugitive From Jus
tice For Two Years-Charged
With Embezzlement.

Deadwood. s.. D., Aug. 21.-Through
the publicity following an accident, in
which he was a member of the party,
near Beulah, Wyo., George ID. McClel-
Ian. formerly a well known resident of
Lead, who for two years has been a
Fugitive from justice, was caught by
deputy sheriffs at Belle Fourche as he
brought in the body Of Asa Gardner,
the North Dakcta banker, killed in the
auto wreck. ... ....
Mcclellan is wanted to answer a
charge Of embezzlement from the Seth
Bullock camr, Spanish War Veterans,
or which he was treasurer two years
ago. At hat time he skipped his bail,
was caught in Omaha, but persuaded
the police there to let him &c before the
sheriff from here arrived. He has since
been In North Dakota.
Mcclellan was proved by the Lead
veterans to be travelling under false
colors, his Spanish war record consist
ing of n short service at Fort Meade, S.
d., according to the government au-
thoritias. He also at me time claimed
to be related closely to the civil war
general of the same name, but investi-
cation showed this to be not true.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
LEE HARMED, BRAKEMAN,
WOUNDED BY |, w, w. BuNCi

Aberdeen. S. D.. Aug. 19.-Lee
Harmed, Milwaukee freight brakeman,
is in a hospital today with a bullet hole
through his leg as the result of a
shooting affray with three supposed L.
w. WIS last night on the top of a
moving box car The men, who told
him they could ride anywhere on a
red card" drew guns, at which he
drew his. One Of the strangers shot,
piercing Harnard's leg. Harmed emptied
his revolver az did the three men, but
all subsequent shots went wild from
the tolting Of the car. His u empty
Harmed jumped from the train and
from the ground shouted to the rear
brakeman, who Immediately pulled the
air cord. One OF the tramps ran by
the caboose' and the real brakeman
fired four times at him with no visible
effect.
The shooting occurred about a mile
from Aberdeen, but searching by Of
ficers was fruitless. Harmed Is sure
that he hit one OF the men when on
top OF the car.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
ASQUITH CONVERTED
TO EQUAL SUFFRAGE

London. Aug. 21.-The present week
brought within the range Of practical
politics a reform which many Of its ad-
vocatcs feared tho war would postpone.
perhaps for a generation-the right Of
women to vote. The strongest forces
against the realization of woman suf-
frage IN the ear Immediately preced-
ing the war was the determined opposi-
ton of Premier Asquith, hence great
surprise was caused by his virtual con-
version When he said in the house Of
commons OF Monday hat the under
takins Of the new franchise and regis
tration reforms in the midst Of a great
war was q too complex and controver-
seal problem. He implied that any new
bill for franchise reforms in the future
mutt, Of necessity, include ONE
The premier's announcement is
talked or all sides as meaning that wo-
men will have the vote before another
general election is held except in the
unlikely event of an election being
forced on the country before the war
ends.
According to the Nation there have
been several similar conversions among
men Of great influence, and hat al
though Earl Curzon still remains a
strong opponent of the worlen's cause,
together with some other ministers,
men Of all parties realize the women's
display of capacity and willingness to
help in the national cause during the
van has removed the last obstacle to
heir political recognition.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
HAMPTON KILLING TO
LAUNCH BORDER FEUD
Murdered Mans Friends Deny
He Was Rustler and Say At
tack Was Unwarranted.

Keystone, 6, D.. Aug. ia border
feud may result from the Sensational
shooting and killing a few days ago or
l.. H.. Hampton, an alleged cattle
'rustler," by John NJ. Russell and his
son George, who reside in the vicinity
of Sundance. All the parties to
tragedy were known to many residents
of the extreme western section "r
South Dakota. Details Of the ARRAY
show it to ave been one OF the most
sensational of frontier tragedies.
Hampton for some time had heen
holding cattle in the vicinity OF what
is known as Williams divide. and also
was engaged in farming. The shaving
of Hampton occurred at a dance given
in a ranch house on the divide. Whiie
the dance vas in progress the Russells
entered the room and within a rev
minutes had become involved in a dis"
pute with Hampton. The war of words
a continued but a short time when
George Russell drew his six shooter
n hot Hampton just below the
heart
Hampton fell instantly when shot,
n 1t is alleged that while he was
struggling on the floor the elder Rus
sell ran up to him and with ms SIN
shooter shot the wounded man through
the right side, the heavy bullet passing
entirely through the body and Shatter-
ing Hampton's left wrist.
A panic Immediately resulted in the
dance hall, but some of the cooler,
headed men seized the Russells n
disarmed them. Later they were turned
over to the sheriff Of Crook county n
lodged in Jail pending their trlal.
Hampton fingered some time before ne
die OF his 1--WE wounds. either n OF
which would have caused death. .
1t Is said he was generally esteemed
by those who know him. Many look
upon the killing as unwarranted, as
Hampton was unarmed at the time ne
was shot down.. 1t is said the Rus
sells claim to have been deputy sher-
IFS n that Hampton was wanted Tor
stock rustling. Others say the shoot
ing and killing Of Hampton was the
termination Of an old and long stand
ing feud between the Russells and him
self, they being neighbors. 1t Is re-
ported that feeling among the rancherS
and homesteaders Of the region is runs
ming high against the Russells.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
SOUTH DAKOTA WOMAN
KILLS TAI RATTLERS
fmpelled BY Desire to Rid State
OF Reptiles--Surely Entitled
to Heroine Medal.

Pierre. S. D., Aug. 23.--Perhaps ths
record for a woman's bravery this sea-
son in discriminating rattlesnalSes has
been set by Mrs. Ed Benish, a young
woman living out west OF the river
hear Iona.
While, walking over a newly plowed
field h saw a big ~rattlesnake n at
once killed it. When she had the un-
pleasant and dangerous ask completed
she saw that She, was literally sur
rounded by snakes. She realized fully
her danger-but also thought what an
amount Of harm the snakes could do
at large-and so screwing her courage
up to the sticking point went at la and
killed every one.
After having finished with them all
she counted the "scalps" and found she
had 147 to her credit.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
UNEARTHS INDIAN GRAVE
WHILE DIGGING CISTEpN

Mitchell. S. d. Aug. &C. p. Sayles.
while digging a cistern on his farm
one mile north OF town, unearthed the
skeleton of an Indian. buried in an un-
usual manne A fake grave had been
dug to a depth Of seven feet and the
body placed In a side pocket in a sit
ing posture supposed as a protection
against despoilers. Much Importance IS
attached to the discovery as the prob
able revelation of a hitherto unknown
secret Of Indian burial. The skeleton
Is only one Of many that have been un-
covered among the mounds of the IA
mous Indian burying ground which ex-
tends for a mile and a half along he
bluffs or F1resteel creek, but other
skeletons are seldom more than two
feet below the surface. It is probable
that this painstaking method Of burial
was accorded only to the leaders of the
tribe.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
GRADUAL INCREASE SHOWN
IN NUMBER OF COYOTES KILLED

Pierre. S. D.. Aug. 23.-Either coyotes
are increasing in South Dakota, or else
hunters are more vigilant in catching
and killing them. The state auditor
recently paid out the bounty for the
past fiscal year. and upon comparing
the records with this year, he finds
that in 1913 1905 coyotes and wolves
were killed in South Dakota, and that
year the bounty was paid at 81 cents
on the dollar. In 1914 1856 were killed,
and the county consequently had to be
reduced in payment to SO cents on the
dollar. For the 1915 fiscal year $40
were killed, n the payment vas 70h
cents on the dollar. AS 81 each Is the
bounty on coyotes, and So on gray
wolves, this basis on the dollar resulted
this year in $1.41 for each coyote killed.
The buyers OF wolf bounty certificates
In some cases paid more than that
amount for them-expecting there
would be n higher payment made-and
consequently negotiationg for bounty
certificates on the strength of the num-
Der which will be killed, n the onse-
quent bounty basis paid, is becoming
more uncertain each e
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
PAYMENTS OF $15,67s MADE
ON COUNTY AGENT SYSTEMS

Pierre. S. D.. Aug. 23.-Public ex-
penditures for agricultural extension
work in South Dakota from the begin
ming Of the operations of the law last
al up to the last day Of June
amounted to $15,679.13. This was paid
out for county agent work through the
joint funds supplied by the counties
and the state. the state adding so per
cent to any funds donated by the
counties. The counties which took adj
vantage Of the provisions of the law
for the first year to secure county
agents We're Beadle, Clark. Codington,
Day, Douglas, Hughes. Kingsbury,
Lawrence, Lyman, Sphinx and Stanley.
Codington shows the heaviest expendi-
ture in this work. the cost for the year
being $2,493.69. The demands on the
state funds were not up to the expecta-
ton OF the legislature. as but $S,106
was used out of the $25, 900 appropri-
ated for the year. The appropriation
for the present fiscal year is $50. 900.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
PROF. TODD SEEKS FOR
PAYING TRACES OF OIL

Pierre. S. D.. Aug. 19.-Prof. J. E.
Todd, OF the University of Kansas, is
working yer this section Of South Da-
kota, looking into the surface possibili-
ties of securing an oil flow for this part
Of the state. He has been working in the
territory west Of the Missouri, along
the Missouri and Bad rivers, and is
now looking owe the country north Of
this city as far out as Okoboji to find
what the indications will show.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
ARGUED AS THEY ATE;
BOTH misunderstood

Aberdeen. S. d.. Aug. 19.-
Two men sat eating lunch in a
restaurant here late last night.
They were talking lodge. One
man, paying more attention to
his pie than his e~nunciation,
uttered a statement which the
other took as indicating that the
first man belonged to a work
mans order which is in bad
grace in many railroad circles.
The second then made a state
ment which, coming through the
hole of an appraised doughnut,
sounded like an insult.
A battle started. One man
had his forehead bruised up;
the other had his scalp laid
open with a coffee cup. restau-
rant weight; the police yer
coming in the door to answer
the call of the proprietor when
1t suddenly developed that il
was all a mistake. They both
belonged to the same organiza-
ton.
Their grief, as they staunced
each others wounds, was
poignant.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
cELLULOID DOLL TAKES
FIRE; GIRL ENDANGERED

DeSmet. S. D., Aug. ia celluloid
loll nearly caused the death Of Helen
Crane, the little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Crane, of this city. The child
while playing opened the loo Of a
%terosene stove and stuck the doll into
he fire. Instantly the celluloid doll exI
,loded and became a Of flames
ind the fire was communicated to the,
clothing of the little girl. Fortunately
he mother was able to reach the little
;irl and eXtinguish the fire before she
vas fatally burned. The girl sustained a.
iumber of bad burns,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

That lie intended shoeing a horse on
his 9Gth birthday had been the asser-
ton of Josiah Collins, Of Kansas City,
Mo-, and when the birthday rolled
oun Mr.. Collins was on the job.
Friends of Mr.. Collins assert for him
the distinction Of being the oldest &C
tive ~horseshoer in Missouri, if not in
the United States.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

Probably the most buoyant material
In the world is the pith from a giant
sunfipwer grown in Siberia, which can
support IS times its own weight when
In water. Cork on the other hand, has
q buoyancy Of only one to five and REIN
Qecr's hair one to 10.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
JAMES HART. PIONEER. DIES
AT HOME IN DELL RAPIDS

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Aug. 19.-At the
family home in Dell Rapids occurred
the death of James Hart, aged ~, a
pioneer Of Minnehaha county and a
former member of the state legislature
from the county. For many years he
had been an active worker in COM
munity interests. He served in the
legislature from 1898 to 1895. He Is
survived by q widow and a son and a
daughter. The son is Bruce Hart, of
Logan, Ia.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

Rice Bros, of B%oothbay, Me, have
Grated and are sending a 22-foot motor
craft OF their building to Guayaquil,
Ecuador. 1t weighs 1854 pounds. The
route IL: Water to Portland, Me-, and
New York, rail 10 the Pacific coast, and
water down the coast to South Amer
ip9
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

The wOmen of Mexico use fireflies as
jewels. They tie them in little gauza
bags N put them in their hair or their
clothing. Then, until they require them
again, they keep them in little wire
cages N feed them on scraps of sugar
cane
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

The HeeeJt discovery Of extensive de-
posits Of ahunite in British Columbia,
promises TO be Of distinct Importance in
6~bntributing ar additional source Of
potash TO those already known on this
continent. The deposits thus far ex-
nmined are on Vancouver island.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

Kettles made OF thin paper are used
by Japanese soldiers. When needed for
boiling, The kettle is filled with water.
and then water is poured over it. 1t is
hung over h fire, INT in 10 minutes
the wafer is boiling. The kettle can be
used eight or 10 times.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

A Hays, Ckan.) woman sleeps with
an unlOaded, bejeweled revolver under
her pillow each night. The cartridges
are in an envelope in n drawer in the
next room and on nights when she feels
particularly ervou she locks the door
between the revolver and the ammuni-
finn
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24
SOUTH DAKOTA

John re-. DOwney, Of Ocean City, Del,
who Is looking for a wife, inserted an
advertisement in a newspaper. To
qualify. she must be "a good woman,
about 80 years old and n good cook"
Downey works in the big fish pond
and declares that he can not see why
business methods should not be APP
piled to marriage.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-08-24

One rainy day recently "A parrot.
in lewiston, Nc, was left out and be-
gan screaming n calling. Finally he
became exaSperated and Indignantly
screamed at the CLOSED door: Rain on
Poll, a ON Poll" The bird was taken
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