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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-16
stranre siuhts ON . Spring paY.

An entirely trustworthy friend of the
Listeners informs him that on last Sun
day in Middleton. 20 miles from Boston,
grassLoppers were seen hopping about in
q lively manner. On the same day a man
was seer walking across Middleton pond
on the ice.-Boston Transcript.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-16
Lung Trouble
AYERS
Cherry Secfoga.

Prepared by DIR. !. q Aver S'ta ..1Mt.t. Mas,
Sold by oil Druggists. l'rtc. 81. q. %ts.tysts, -.
Promptto act. sure TO cure
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

as their experience Of the land suggest
ed, and upon disembarking at this point
you can appeal to them without hest
tation. Messrs. Dalton. Perrin and Lind
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

green's. Indian settlements. mining
camps and trading posts are visited en-
route. but the steamer makes but brief
stOppages. affording only Il hasty
glance of the people and the land
The Mouth of the ChiIcnt.
Pyramid Harbor at the mouth Of the
Chilcat river. on the southeast coast OF
Alaska, is the farthcst point reached
by these steamers and the whole dis
lance. from Puget sound. is covered in
six days and without the discomfort
and risks Of open sea cruising. The
Chilcat river, heading from inland ga-
cie1S and winding among rugged high
lands to the ocean, presents to the en-
thusiastic traveller, sportsman or stu
dent field of wonderful interest
10 any one anxious for a few weeks
sport in wild country 1 should rec
ommend trip into the interior Of
Alaska up the Chilcat river
Outfit, in proportion to the time Of
proposed stay in the land, should be
obtained in one Of the cities on Puget
sound. and when arranging this equip
1nent be generous in your supply Of
provisions, for the appetite in that eli
mate doubles its ordinary demand.
Moreover, the men you may employ
are fed at your expense; single hun
ter would certainly require two Indi.
ans and possibly a white man as cook
and general camp manager The latter
could be hired at Juneau or Pyramid
HarbOr for $40 month The most
serviceable stores are -four, corn meal.
rice, dried fruits, beans, peas and ba-
con. These should be packed in cotton
sacks, waterproofcd by a soaking in
boiled Oil. The remainder Of your ont
tit would consist Of small A tent.
sleeping bag, rifle $3.50 Winchester
Express, with solid hardened balls.
| revolver, hunting rods, tackle for
trout, cooking utensils. axes, a few
| dozen feet OF stout rope for hauling
canoe and long rubber boots. The
country itself will furnish but little
aid to your living except that you can
have an abundance Of salmon when
they start to run Though the days are
warm in summer time, the nights are
| cold, so it is essential to be provided
| with stout clothing, and mosquito net
! ting as absolutely necessary in this
land where the pest exists in large
quantities and is more fierce than in
| the swamps Of Central Africa
At present at Pyramid Harbor there
is small colony Of white men, traders
and those engaged in the salmon can
| neries.
l have always found these gentlemen
exceedingly hospitable and anxious to
| aid traveller by profcring such advice
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
A NOTED THIEF.
Why the Detective Thought lie Had
the Man.
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK

Why the Detective Thought lie Had
the Man.
Yes" remarked the buyer of old
clothes to a London lid Bits reporter.
1--WE get som" funny things in at
times. Once among Il bundle Of wear
lrg apparel we had 4 green cloth over
coat. cut in rather Il neat style. and
furnished with very uncommon buttons
The coat took my wife's yancy. and
she persuaded me to keep it AMI wear
it myself. The top button was missing;
it had evidently been dragged off the
coat, taking little piece of the cloth
with it. The missus soon repaired
that, substituting another button, and
!, it looked lis nice as ever.
"Some time after I had occasion to
20 to Leicester, and it being a cold
day I wore the coat. AS I was walk
ing from the staten / noticed q man
who was passing give me sharp look
and then turn and follow me, but I
didn't pay much attention to the Cir
cumStance at the moment. When I
got to the coffee house where I in
tended to stay, the man came up and,
calmly informing me he was a detec-
tive, said he should arrest me for bur-
glary. He would not listen to my pro-
tests, but hurried me OIL 10 lne near
est police station. There I was kept
till the next day. Then 1 was brought
up before the inspector, and the first
thing that met my eye was the missing
| button from the coat I am telling you
of. There was no installing it. 1t
had been kept as an important clue.
and as soon rs the detective observed
the coat he thought he had captured the
burglar.
"Now I could understand why the lit
| tie piece of cloth was torn from the
! coat. I suppose the button got caught
: in something, and the burglar. whoever
, he was, sooner than stop and waste
valuable time, had simply wrcnched
himself free. 1t took the police a long
| time to have my statement as to how
| I obtained the coat verified
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

about a score of dwellings in all, low
structures built and rooted with heavy
planking, with an immense aperture
for the escape Of smoke from the fires
burning constantly inside. Racks and
shelves sag with a grimy assortment
of property, half-cured bear meat, deer
and sheep skins, dried salmon. fresh
caught fish, snowshoes. baskets, fire.
arms, mOccasins, etc, are piled together
in heaps none too fresh Of aroma.
Amongst these dwellings are few
much larger than the others. which are
now vacant these were the habitations
Of the chieftains, long since dead, who
ruled the land with despOtic and cruel
sway. condemned to death the DISC
bedient slave and tortured their cap
tives for public pantomimc. In those
early days wars and hand to hand com
bats were daily happenings, and festi-
walls OF eating. drinking and dancing
were conducted with barbarous pomp.
To-day the nation is not Of sufficient
size to people the house, and no longer
is any interest felt in the boisterous
ceremonies Of the ancestors. In those
old huts, fast crumbling with decay,
large strangely carved chests hold
curious collection Of wooden fighting
masks, clcverly plated bOnnets used for
grotcsquc dancing, thick hide jackets
for duel by knife and old trays and bas-
kets. The Indians. ee course, have no
written language, but in olden times
they endeavorcd to record events of
tribal interest by carving figures sug-
gcstivc of important happenings, and
many of the larger dwellings still con-
tain pillars and tablets chiseled into
weird shapes suggesting to the imagi-
nation Of the simple white man that
the sculptor had thus exemplificd his
idea of Il nightmare in wood. Actually
their carvings chronicle marriages.
deaths, and contest with man and
beast. which modern Indians cannot
truthfully interpret. Sixty years ago
the whole crew of Russian ship was
massacred by the Chilcat buccaneers,
and cannon taken by the Indians at
the time still guards the entrance to old
Klenta Koosh's hut. That hostility no
longer exists, and the natives are now
friendly disposed towards the whites.
Within mile of EfOkwan village
the Kleehecnec river. flowing from the
west, pours into the Chilcat river and
one days journey up this stream will
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

canoe up the main stream Of the Chill
cat two days youjreach q good hunting
field for mountain goats-and II you
care to undertake an overland march
Of two days more you can depend upon
seeing herds of the graceful iben.
There is Il small river flowing into
tire Chilcat on the western bank. About
Pyramid Harbor both goats and bears
can be obtained by persistent hunting.
Farther in the interior they are more
plentiful.
Good specimens of skins and heads
of bears, mountain sheep and goats
would we'll repay the hunters Few
weeks trip. Bears are fierce combat
ants, and the man who successfully at
tacss II monster cinnamon needs no
worthicr evidence of his pluck.
And the mountain sheep and goats
browsing w;.tchfully on the most mac
cessiblc heights close to the snow line
demand of the hunter many a mile Of
pcrilOus climbing before he carries
away their horns as trophies Of the
chase. In early summer many Of the
small mountain streams are plentltully
stocked with trout. and toward the lat
ter part of June the Chilcat is tceming
with delicious salmon.
In the early spring and late fall ducks
and geese flock to the ]Owly hats
through which the Chilcat flows, and
ptarmigan and grouse, although not
abundant, can always be found on the
mountain slopes.
The air is so dry and pure in this
land that the Indians cure their meat
and fish by simply hanging it in the
sun to dry.
Picturesque camping places with cool
spring water and plenty Of fre-Wood
can always be found. The summer
climate is almost tropical, and the
mountain scenery equal to any IN the
world
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
Mary wnshinston's Monument.

The site of the Mary Washington
monun,ent has been the resort Of Curl
Gus thousands for the past week. On
Thursday Mrs. Mary T. Waite, presi-
dent Of the Natit1al Mary Washington
Monument association, was an inter
ested spectator, when the old founda-
ton was removed and search made
for some trace Of the remains Of Mrs.
Washil eton, but no yestiee could be
found. This is I OF surprising, when it
it remembered that the burial took
place 1O4 years ago. The new fOnnda-
ticn is Icing rapidly laid. and it Is
thought the new monument will be fin
ished by the first week in November.
1t is contemplated to have the unveil-
irg ceremonies during Thanksgiving
week. 1t will be made an imposing
affair-BaltimOre Sun.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
THEPLACEtF0R sPoRTsMEN
THE CHILCAT HUNTING GROUNDS
,-. -..,r-,-,. IN alaska.
Hears. Mountain Go"ts and Salmon
Trout In AbgnInnce-The Neces-
snry Outht-1Atercsting Relics of
Strange People.

Alaska. although so distant. COM
mands a host of summer visitors from
many lands. During each month, from
May until October, three large steam
crs. crowded with passengers, leave
Puget. sound for the north. In amidst
labyrinth Of islands, fringing the
coast-line of Oregon, Washington, Brit
isl Columbia and Alaska Il sheltered
passage threads it's way for LOCO miles;
and in the stormicst weather the vcs-
sci navigates these inland seas in
safety, says writer in the Globc-Dcm-
ocrat Wild and magnificent scenery
TANKS the channel everywhere; glisten-
ing heights, buried in never melting
SHOWS, tower 10000 feet in the air; and
monster ice-tields moving slowly from
an inland coucl and crul,lhing before
them hills that bar their progress, stand
on the oceans shore at last in massive
walls Of ice 100 feet in height with
miles in front.
During the summer time. in climate
almost tropical, the visitor enjoys, from
the ships deck in comfort and safety,
panorama of gorgeous landscape.
Picture disSOlves into picture, as the
moving steamer changes the view at
every turn. At times she speeds across
deep wide bays, then plunges her way
through serpentine canals banked on
each side by steep hills richly drapcd
70 the watcr-linc with somber ever
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

say, especially, should be. sought out
and consulted and their ideas carefully
needed with regard to the employment
of Indians and the best hunting grounds
to visit.
From Pyramid harbor after sailing,
padding and hauling Your canoe for
twenty miles you reach one Of the most
interesting native settlements in Alaska,
Klokwan, the village Of the old-time
Chilcat buccaneers.
An Interesting VilluEe.
a couple Of days spent ut this place
will we'll repay the delay. There are
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
Native CuriOs.

green's. Indian settlements. mining
camps and trading posts are visited en-
route. but the steamer makes but brief
stoppages. affording only Il hasty
glance Of the people and the land.
The Month Of the CI,iIcot
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
Invitations to Church Weddings.

Or receipt Of an invitation to 4
church wedding it is proper to mail,
a. any time before the ceremony, visit
ing cards, representing the persons In
vited, to the persons issuing the invita-
ton, whether or not you attend the
ceremony, writes Mrs. Hamilton Mott
In the Ladies' Home Journal II Q
reception card is inclos d, a written nc
ceptance or declinatioD If both In
vitaticns should be sent at least a week
before the wedding. For Afternoon AT
Homes" cards should be left for Teas, !"
though for evening receptions 1t f. not
usual to leave cacds+a card-ca4e not
forming necessary part Of an evening
costume And finally it may be said
that some prompt acknowledging
should be made to every form Of social
invitation, or The recipient win b
guilty Of breach II etiquette.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
A Week of Well Doing.

Sunday School Teacher-I told you
last Sunday that l wished each Of you
would try to make at least one person
happy during the week. Did you?
Boy-Yes'm, I made grandma happy.
"That is noble How did you do it"
IT went to visit her, and she's always
happy Wen she sees I've got good
annette '-Street & Smiths Good
News,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09

bring You to one of the finest bear
countries in the world. Steep hills drop
to the valley ON both sides, and the
slopes are clothed with herbs and berry
patches palatable to bears, black, brown
and cinnamon. These animals grow to
an enormous size. and they are fierce
and dangerous TO hunt. Each year In
dian hunters are killed by bears which
the former have only succeeding In
wOunding.
Best Way to HUT Bears.
The best way to hunt the bears is
to keep up careful watch with field
classes on the hillsides and in the val
leys and then noting the direction Of
your games travelling, hastily form a
circuit and head him off Very often
the animal will be businly employed
sitting On his baULnbes and dragging
up bushes with his paws 80 as to get
at the dainty roots In this case you
have good opportunity TO approach
unObServed. and if he should be facing
you, you can fire to the heart through
the breast. Sometimes in the early
spring the heat Of the sun and their
own warm coats prompt them to seek
cooler temperature. and they will
scoop ont pit in snowdrift in whicl,
they lie laZlly SPRAYING.
A friend Of mine saw at one time
eight bears within a mile Of each other
dotted about the hills on the banks
Of the Kleeheenee 1t is said that they
will sometimes weigh LOO pounds,
This can easily believe 1 myself saw
skin twelve feet in length, and upon
one occasion, when riding through a
willow-choked valley in the interior,
where the brushes just reached to my
shoulder as 1 sat on horseback, a big
cinnamon bear standing about fifty
yards from me showed head and Shout
ders above the willows. should ad-
wise the hunter always to use the most
powerful gun he could obtain; such as
are used in killing elephants and hin
popotami would be serviceable weap-
Ons.
Upon returning from the Kleeheenee
to the mouth and proceeding in your
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-11-09
Another Choice Entirely.

Saufldig-Joseph Cook says he would
rather have been present at the crea-
ton than at any other event in the
VIC rid. Would you?
McSwinigen-No, I wouldn't.
"Why not?'
"I.ecause If had been there then
would have been dead now.-Plttsburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23

A Millionaire Widow of Massa-
chuSettS Resolved on a Love.
" Alliance.

Wilmington, Mass, March 16.-
Mrs. Frances Hitler, whose mauso
leum, erected for her first husband,
created talk from one end of the
country to the other, is to be mar
ried Easter Sunday to Peter Sur
rette, who has become through Mrs
Killers wishes and the probate
courts act, Henry Hitler. aud who
has been her coachman for years
He is only 26 years old and his bride
will have him fitted by tutor for
Harvard soon after the honeymoon.
Mrs. Hitler iu her everyday life
has over S1O,OUO worth of gems Oh
her f"gers, and on this occasion she
will be literally covered with dia
monds aud other gems, including a
diamond necklace, tiara, earrings,
diamond bracelets and waist belt
of the same. She is worth J million
dollars and her wealth is rapidly in
creasing.
Surrette wore overalls when he
came from New Brunswick four
years ago. He was a woodchopper
and after STRUGGLING around on odd
jobs was given position ON the
Hitler estate. His ideas of the Eng
lish language were very vague, and q
year ago last summer he went Sun
days to blacksmith shop and learn.
ed his letters of the proprietor.
In speaking of Peters proposal
Mrs. Hitler said: Il was thunder
struck at first, but the subject at
traeted my attention and I said
why not'" He is honest, loyal
OBJ. dlent and loving. l remember
how some of the greatest men o.
our ti,re came from the meek anc
lowly and began to make inq uiries
Father Ryan consulted Peter ant
told NE that Peter did not love 10,
money but me- I then found tina
he came from a very good faml,
and would be good man to lool
out for my property"
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23
The G.. A. X. And the '!RoIl Of Honor

st. Louis Republic.
The Pennsylvania State Encamp-
ment OF the G.. A. L. has reso we'd
that '.it becomes the sacred duty ef
every member of the Grand Army
OF the Republic to make the pension
roll true roll Of honor and to see
that the name Of 10 person appears
on that roll unless it is of a worthy
recipient of the bounty of the CRATE
full and generous people.
This sounds we'll and We hope il
means something. The way t"
make the pension roll a true roll or
honor is to strike from it all except
those who were disabled in servic.
and the widows a.-d orphans of those
who died because of injuries receiv
ed in service In the line of duty.
There are now about million
pensioners. If tue G. A. r. wished
to make the list a true roll of honor
it would insist on cutting it down t.
100000.
/ Whenever the G. A. r. wishes to
purge the list Of all except those
whose names would make it roll Of
honor, it can count on the support
! of at least sixty million grateful and
generous people. But when it al
tempted to purge the list of name
of single one of its own members
it will be a very great surprise t.
everybody. Nothing of the kind
has ever happened thus far in The
history of the order. The general
understanding of its object is that il
is organized for the purpose of NUT
ual Improvement, intellectual ant
otherwise-especia!ly otherwise -
though securing for its member every
thing in sight. It has worked to thi>
end with such success that it has
made and has deserved the reputa
tion OF being the most effective polit
ical machine of modern time.
The present annual expenditure
for pensions represents the labor o
a million men for more than half tn
working year. 1t is an enormous
burden, and If the G. A. r. will If
one iuger to relieve the countr,
from it, its members will deserve
the gratitude of a generous people
they never did before.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23
No Bribery In America.

New York, March 13.-The con-
gressional committee on the Panama
canal made public its report Satur-
day. It finds that the banking firms
Seligman & Co. Drexel Morgan & Co.
and Winslow, Lanier 4 Co., handled
$4,000, 900 of Panama canal money,
aud received $4,000 a year each
for eight years for their work. Ex.
Secretary Thompson knew nothing
of this and received only $4,000 a
year. The banks gave great weight
TO the enterprise but did little else
for the company, and this may ex
plain the bankruptcy. No corrupt
or improper action were developed
in any way.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23
Gresham's Good Memory.

Washington, D. c., March Is
William b. Sarsby, consul to Guaya-
quill, Ecuador, will learn tomorrow
morning that this government can
dispense with his services and do
business. He obtained his place by
rihing his partners desk while pre-
tending to be sound democrat and
trading certain papers he found
therein to the republicans. He had
drifted into Catchlngs' district in
Mississippi and in some manner s.
cured an interest in a country demo
cratic newspaper While there he
learned that his partner had i'll his
desk personal letters relating to the
negro vote in his district, and get
ting these he came to Washington
AID demanded remuneration for this
at from Senator Quay. The Penn
sylvania man offered money, but it
was refused and foreign post OF
some sort asked for He was sent
to Guayaquil
Subsequently the letters stole by
S 'rsby We're used in the Catchi"gs
Hill election contest, but ineffective
y. Secretary Gresham remembers
this case very distinctly and he pro
poses the very first thing to mete
out justice. Tomorrow morning,
therefore, he will cut off MIR. Sarsby' s
head by cable, and telegraph at the
governments expense in plain words
not to be misunderstood. He will BE-
succeeded G.. G Dlllard of Macon,
GA, who will thus receive the first
consular appointment from the new
administration.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23
Preparing For the Opening.

Washington, D. c., March 10
Active preparations are about to be
begun by Secretary Hoke Smith for
opening the Cherokee strip under
the provisions of the Indian appro-
priation act ratifying the agreement
with the Cherokees. The prelimi-
naries to be observed prior to open
ing the outlet to settlement by proc.
lamation OF the president will con.
sumo considerable time. Allotments
are to be made to Indians who We're
bona fide residents of the strip prior
to November, 1891, and engaged in
farming, and the strip is to be open.
ed to settlement under the provision
of the act to organize Oklahoma
territory.
These allotments are to be con
firmed by the secretary of the in.
terror before the strip can be opened
and a list of them published for the
protection of the settlers. Rules
and orders regulating the occupation
and settlement must be prescribed
and published twenty days before
the issuance of the presidents proc
lamation.
The Butler weekly times., 1893-03-23
Bloody Battle Between Brothers.

Huntington, Iud., March 15.-A
bloody battle between two brothers
occurred to day north of this city,
aud it will result in the death of
both men. The circumstances of the
affray are peculiar. Some months
ago VIM. Sheets, an old man. died,
leaving a wife aud several sons. The
old man had big farm, which he
s. = ed in his will was to be legally
divided, giving the widow one-third
aud the sons the remainder in equal
parts A majority of the heirs ia
vored ignoring the Will and giving
their mother the use of the farm
during her life time. John and Frank
did not like this arrangement
and demanded their portions. All
the heirs agreed to meet upon the
farm to day to stake off the land
which the two objectors were to re-
ceive. The brothers were all 10 a
field when John and Emanuel began
quarreling Emanuel had an ak and
John picked up a club. They went
at each other and both struck at
once. Johns head was split open
and his eye cut out, while Emanuel's s
head was crushed by the blow from
Johns club. The other three broth
ers present took no part in the affair,
but picked up the two men and are
caring for them. Both the injured
men are expected to die at any min
ute.