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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-19
6AN.T LIVE WITHOUT DOCS.

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4klmes Eana the Faashfaa Assmaa =
rseeeHsity Or Thear Miserable Exiat-
mmce.
HWithout dogs the larger portion or
the great Eskimo family pe0pling the
barren northern coast of America
would find It impossible To exist in its
chosen home" SO writes III. W.. Nelson,
In his Mammals, OF Northern Alaska"
They are used In the winter fNr hunt
Ing, sledgedrawing and the like. but In
summer are mostly left to shift for
themselves. They receive much hard
usage, as well as do much hard work,
but are described, nevertheless, as a
rollicking set, fun OF play, fond of hui
man society and q~uarrelsome rs school
boys. Mr.. Nelson credits them with q
vein of humor and declares that their
varying characteristics eau be read In
their faces. They are worth from 81 to
SIS a piece, according to age. size and
intelligence. For sledge drawing they
are harncssed In teams OF either sew
en- or nine-three or four pairs and a
leader. The load is $50 to TOO pounds
and the course lis mainly through IN
broken 10 or over rough Ice. With
q team of seven dogs and q load Of
more than 800 pounds Mr.. Nelson
made a journey OF more than 100
miles In about two months. The last
sixty miles were made over a bad road
III a continuous pull OF twenty-one
hours. They are much affected by the
moon. During full moon half the night
Is spent by them In bowling In chorus.
During the entire winter at st. Mi
chael's," says Mr.. Nelson, I'VE were in
variably given q chorus every moon-
light night, and the dogs OF two neigh
boring villages joined i'm the serenade."
He speaks of its wild. weird har-'
mony," and seems to have found 1t
agreeable rather than otherwise. The
influence of the moon is also very ap-
parent when the dogs are travelling.
They brighten up as the moo rises,
and pricking up their a start off as
Ii they had forgotten their fatigue.
The fur traders take advantage of this
fact, and sometimes lie over during the
day and travel at night. The dogs en-
dure an astonishing degree OF cold.
Mr. Nelson saw a female with two
newly born puppies lying upon the
snow near a hut, with no sign of shell
ter, when the Thermometer ranged
from thirty to thirty-five degrees be-
low zero. %
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cAPARLE or oREAr EXPANSION


The swell Toma Mot Nasuraaly Zig
How Il Have Fun with Hina.
What Ii called the swell toad on
the Carolina and Georgia coast Il In
his natural state only about six inches
In length and four inches ros the
back, but he il endowed with wonder
full expansive faculties, being capable
OF initiating himself like a Yale football
on the slightest provocation. Many
tales are told OF his poisonous quail
dies and of the death-dealing fluids that
r stored away at the base of his
fangs, but all n~aturalists agree that the
toad Is nonvenomous and that stories
to the contrary are but bits of idle folk
lore. Be this as 1t may, the coasters
handle him (when they condescend to
touch the ugly creatures at alp as chart
ly rs they would q live RATHER. The
under portions of the body of the
swell are OF a dirty, yellowish white,
corresponding almost exactly to the
color OF the true bufo's belly, but
where the latter Is smooth the former
is as prickly as the pod OF a '.jimson
weed" In order to see him swell out
of oil proportions 1t Is only necessary
to rub this prickly surface with q cane
stick or other object. To do this prop
erly the creature must OF course, be
turned upon his back, and the funny
part of the whole experiment il this:
He cannot expel the air which the irri-
tation has caused him to inhale until
he has been turned right side up. Al
though originally a six-inch animal, the
St Louis Republican says, 1t has been
known to expand until 1t IL as tight as
q drum and had lost all semblance to
animated life. II has even been re-
lated OF them that they would continue
to expand under irritation until the
body would finally burst from over-in-
fiation.
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CHE FURNISHED THE MATH

senator Brice Tells O stoFy About
How the Boys Saw the Circus.
Senator Calvin s. Brice was speak
ing recently Of a person accused of an
act amounting almost ii criminality.
why, a man who would be guilty Of
such a practice would STEAL replied his
auditor, upon hearing the tale.
well, l don't know about that, re-
marked the senator. There's a wide
difference between stealing and shar-
ing the proceeds of the theft, and that
reminds me of a boyish experience. .
You can possibly imagine the in
terest we lads In the country took
when a circus came % town. From
the time the colored posters were mp
and the circulars distributed until the
arrival of the show thre was not q
moment but that was one OF excite
ment.
"Circuses travelled in caravans then
over the country. They were not as
elaborate affairs az those of the pres
ent, but l certainly have seen
one I'm recent times which caused me
~ "VIACA AAACbU0 AAA saw AA@ %AN P&%%
ure of those old-time shows.
1.-The entries into town We're the
great events of the season, and for
hours at a time, when a circus was
coming, we watched the road or went
out in the country to act as escort to
the elephant and vassals to the clown.
Upon one occasion we watched and
watched for the approach OF the show,
but 1t was delayed. The morning sped
away, the afternoon disappeared, and
vet no circus. Finally night came and
the darkness deepened, and with Il
came the report that the show was nea
at hand.
"But what were we to do? for II
was now 90 dark that we could no.
have told an elephant from the sfladO
of a hay-wagon, and all our JOY would
be gone IL we could not e the aniniais
pass along the road.
AT that time one OF the boys dis
covered a quantity of lumber which
some one had bought to build a house
I'll tell you what, said he, lets builc
q fire with this timber and then while
It's burning we can see the whole snow
pass, elephant and all
..The boy to whom he made this re
mark hesitated, looked at the iumbel
and then peered down the road. TheI
he said: oh. no. / wouldn't do thai
/ wouldn't burn up the timber: !
wouldn't be right, You know. Bu
| say he continued, hesitatingiy, ~
got a match here Ii you want TO see ~
elephant
aAnd that's the way OF the world,
| remarked the senator In conclusion
ssThere are lots OF men who want 4
see the elephant who would not them
selves light the fire. but would furnisl
the match, and there are many WI
would not steal, but are willing 2
share the proceeds of the theft.-Nes
| York Herald.
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Persimmons and Crab Apples ON One

&mU CR1@ Apples 0m Um@
Tree.
There is a curiosity i'm the tree line
near Cohutta, Ga. 1t Is a tree which
bears persimmons on one side and wild
crab apples upon the other. OF course,
as a matter Of fact, there are two trees,
but 1t takes a very close examination
10 convince a person that there are.
They have grown so closely together
that each has lost its identity, so far
as appearance is concerned, and the
people in its neighborhood insist that
1t is but one tree. The persimmon side
is the most fruitful and produces a
fairly good yield Of fruit. which Is not
In the least affected by the presence of
the crab apples. The other side does
not bear very well, and it is only
during an occasional year chat there Is
q yield of crab apples, but both sides
have been known to bear good crops
In the same year. The roots have
never been examined. st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat.
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n.,,a,n. J House OF Buttons.

Clapisson, the French musical celeb
rity. il building a chateau composed en-
tirely of buttons. The walls, the cell
ings, the doors, the exterior, the In
terror, are ali ornamented with this
novel element OF architecture. Buttons
of every description, from the very
origin of their invention up to those Of
the present day, have been employed
IN the ~arabesques and ornamentafion
of the walls. Every country has been
~ransacked, and some curious specimens
have been brought to light. Those dat
ing from the lower Greek empire are
Of the most curious manufacture.-Lon
don Tid-Bits.
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70 Be "A BRAKEMAN.
want % be i brakeman.

= want 10 Be i brakeman.
Ioggonst
Legs hangin over the edge Uf d DIT car.
Train goin bout twenty-five milesn hour,
Lickin tho dog fennef long the track
That's what q brakeman duess
Iwant to be d brakeman.
i jingi
Maxim the boys git Off the platform.
Cussin the drayman ii the skids IL lOet,
Hollers, Back FER b length" and the en-
gineer has to-
That's q brakeman for vel
N~oconductor for me, Just q brakeman,
BY heni
Can make d couplin on dead run.
Has spring bottom pants n braid on his
clothes,
Carries . lantern at night n cap YER his
That's q brakeman. I'll tell yei
want TO be q brakeman,
Geeminentlyl
Stand In with the agents and op'ratora,
Gifts TO Perm every night N sees the show.
Knows the umber Of the trains. chaws ter.
hacker
He's o regular one. you beti
N / want to be head brakeman,
Collect
Twistin 'er hard, smoke rolling round re.
Country people stoppin work to look,
Girls wavin at We all the way to Peru.
I'll be one, too, some day.
# Chicago Record.
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A Peenlaar Case.

aHow Is your father coming on7'
asked Col. Yerger Of i darkey he used
to " before the war.
ne am dead.
dead, Id her
.sHe must have reached an advanced
age
He did dat, for d fac. He was lib
bin up to de berry day Oh his der
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rhas wouIa Never no.

Cawker-There Is n great objection
to electing women to congress. as 1t Ii
proposed / o do In some Western states.
Gazzam-What is the objection2
Cawker-It would not do for them to
pair with the married MASCULINE mem-
bers.
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Mr.. Hyfye-Why?
Am Test.

Proprietor-Here, James, pick out a
dozen Of the hardest questions you can
find in the encyclopaedia and mail
them to the editor of my paper.
James-But / don't need the informa-
ton IL / have the encyclopaedia.
Proprietor-Send them, just the same!
My editor hasn't enough to do and ]
want to keep him busy and see whether
he In well informed.-Halo.
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Change.

Husband-You have changed washer
women, I see.
Wife-Yes. Flow do you know?
Husband-lnstead OF getting Brown,
Jones, and Robinson's shirts ] am get
ting some strange garments / never
wore before.
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-. an Ill wina, Ete.

primus-Dalton,s sight has become
strangely affected. poor fellow! he,
sees everything double"
Secundus-By Joyes I'm glad YOU
mentioned 1t. I owe him ten dollars
and I'LL tender him this I'VE.
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AZ the End OF the Fuss.

Mrs. Wickwire-At least. you might
argue like a gentleman. 1t ought to
be as easy for you to be o gentleman
~ 1t Ii for me to be q lady.
Mr.. Notwithstanding of the sort.
There Ii SO much more required OF o
man.-Tndianapolis Journal.
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Mr.. Gayboy-Did you know that Bos-
ton girls nev eat ice-cream frozen In
the regular way2
Miss warmly-No, I heard 50.
Mr.. Gayboy-Fact; they simply drink
sweetened milk favored to suit, and
nature does the rest.
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There's No Treasure Like n Loving
Wife.
Mrs. Hytiye-George, dear, while you
are having money troubles / onght to
tell you that / learned today why your
rival Soapem's credit has suddenly be-
come so good. .
Mr.. Hyfye-Why?
Mrs. Hyfye-I overheard some one
remark that Soapem's finances must be
all right, because his wife was wearing
such elegant hats and dresses.-Chicago
| Record. .
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now offered, n you Will bn6 nave
them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
lie you have been renting q
house. in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent. and Il you have
been renting long You will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. , Why not put this
money into
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
Blu WING A LOT.
lie you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you r paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm Of
your own and feel the independ-
ence Of
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty of a lifetime will be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money ON hand with
which to buy v a lot Sup
pose you have not - and there are
many of this Glasgow can pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and you have not missed the mon-
ey the amount of each payment
being so small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to q piece of real estate, and
especially il that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
1t will surprise you when you
look over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
it will take to secure q fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
and easy terms of payment If
you only have q few dollars to
spare now, come in or write US, and
we will fit you out with good lot,
or more than one if you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you. If you have only q few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want q
farm, come and see us, or write,
and we feel positivew we can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
airy and social advantages, has q
wide reputation for being q
: CITY OF M
and Lake county with her excel
lent lands, q county in which the
majority Of the farmers
WI THEIR FARMS,
4 @E
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NE nian,t MIND II.

She ttremulousl-George pa threatens
to turn on the gas If You stay after 10
O'Clock tonight.
He (delighted)-Let him; let him!
That's just what / want. He can't say
4 did Ii.
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How do you manage TO raise the
windY'
II blow about what I am going to
do"
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A Common Practice.

what are You busy with nowY'
"Nofhinp0
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. .. " @AN #W
Every dollar deposited in a city
lot or q farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, and
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation of many @
fortune has been lain by
the purchase Of a city lot. If you
have a family, then by all means
you want q home. IL you wish TIC
live in the city, buy q lot, or more
than one il you feel able, and com.
mence at once to improve it by
planting trees on it il nothing
more, and building on it as soor
- practicable. You can make
loan for the purpose of building i
you own your lot. IL you are
Farmer and expect to retire 500.
and secure . farm, or come to til,
wn for the purpose Of educatin,
your children then you certainl,
EE&&&4&i
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whether. in city or country.
Again we invite you to come and
see us, or write US, and we will
convince you of the truth of the
statement which we made at the
beginning of this article, that we
will offer you An Investment in
either city lots or farms, which
will be far better than a SAVINGS
BANK"
CHks. B. KENNEDY, Pres.
Madison. So. OAK
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-24
yanpire Bats.

Vampire bats are found by thousands
in Veragas and Ciriqui They are particu-
larry fond of veal blood, but older stock
and horses, colts mules and burros all
suffer. l did not catch a vampire at his
work, though / saw hundreds of them,
but the cattlemen all tell the same story
The vampire settles somewhere on the
back of the beast in the pasture at night,
and then, while slowly tanning it's wings
to and fro cuts circular piece of skin
one-quarter of an inch in diameter.
Through this hole he sucks the blood till
satisfied.
One wound would be of little conse-
quence nor would the loss Of blood do
much damage were that all, but half
dozen vampires may feast on one poor
calf or ON the back of saddle horse in
one night. The calf is badly weakened by
tho loss of blood, while saddle horse SO
served is worthless until the wounds are
entirely healed. But that is not the worst
result of the bite. The region swarms with
a pestiferous fly that soon after daylight
finds the wound and lays eggs in it. I'm
less the wound is properly cleaned and
dressed with a waxy salve within 4S hours
after the vampires attack the animal will
be destroyed by the progeny of the fly.
The percentage of calves thus killed is
large in spite of the watchfulness of the
COW herders. Panama Correspondent.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-24
DEATHS.

In this city, Sept. %, Patrick MCGOWAN. aged
Funeral from his late residence, SO Smith
street, Tuesday morning at $50 o'clock. Re-
QUEEN high mass at Cathedral OF immaculate
Conception at 8 O'clock. H.
In this city, Sept %, William T.. infant son
Of James and Mary McLewing, aged months
Atthe. Marine Hospital. East Deering, Sept
%, Patrick Kennedy. aged AZ years.
At StJosephs Home. Deering, Sept. %, Ellen,
At Long Island. New York. Sept 81, Charles
c., son of Frank G. and Almira Gould, aged 2
years l month 10 days.
funeral this Monday afternoon at 23o o'clk,
from the residence Of Mrs. Gould, No. 101
In Cornish, Sept. 8. Walter Sawyer.
un In quincy IN yo1 Ms; SEPT Sept q 22 Carrie
In Norway, Sept. Is. Hiram Young. aged
:, Ii South Thomaston, Sept. 70, Miss Katie A.
:. II Eoelsland,s Sept 10, Frank H. Colt, aged
ii Kocsland, Sept. Q, Mrs. Eliza J. Crosby,
as IN Gui i Septic. Mrs. Rachel Bennett
In Phillips, Sept. 10, Mrs. j. 2. Everett, aged
At Hals Cove, Sept. ., Mrs Polly Hamoy,
IN Belfast Sept. -, John sanporn, of Knox,
aged 81 years.
In Knox Centre. Sept. II, Louisa J. Carr, aged
68 years.
III Robinston, Sept. II. catharine somers,
aged 20 years.
In Santa Clara, Cal. April IL, of consumption
Mary Edna, wife OF Rev. Geo. Cromwell, and
daughter of Rev, Edw p. and Mary M. Wood
ward aged 20 years / month - days,-former-
ly of Harrison
The funeral of Michael Scully will take place
from his late residence, Al Adams street Mon
day morning at $50 O'Clock. Requiem high
mass at Cathedral of immaculate Conception at
8 o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-24
WESTBROOK.

Messrs. Charles Spear, Charles Morrill,,
Misses Nettie Debech and Lucy Whidden
will attend the district convention Of
the Epworth League at Manchester, N.
H.. as delegates Of Pendexter Chapter
of this city.
Mr.. William Beatty, in company with
Mr.. Augustus Jenness of Deering, shot
II grey squirrels at Sebago Lake Satur-
day.
the guest of his sister, Mrs. FIN. Nash,
Friday and Saturday of last week.
The horse that was, injured in Friday
afternoons runaway accident died from
his injuries Saturday morning.
Mr.. Chas. B. Woodman leaves this morn
ing fora few days cunning excursion in
the vicinity of Sebago Lake.
The Presumpscot Juniors defeated the
High School team Saturday afternoon by
a score of II to l6.
The friends of Mr.. j. Warren Phinney
in this city have been busy for tine past
two weeks preparing surprise for him
when he and his wife should return
from their wedding tour. When Mr.. Phin-
ney came to his Office at S. D. Warren &
Co. IS plant Saturday afternoon, Mr.. H.
P. Murch, who was at the head of this
movement. asked him to go into the
stock room, which is situated in the
same building with the aforementioned
office, tellins him that some new stock
had arrived which he wished him
to inspect. Imagine his surprise
when he opened the door of the stock
room and beheld it furnished with an
elegant dining room set, consisting OF
an oak sideboard, an oak dining table,
with chairs, and upon the table beau
tifuI dining set. To add to
confusion, large number of his fellow
EN- ployers and delegation of citizens
were seated about the room. After the
com papy had enjoyed the predicament of
the young husband to their hearts con-
tent, Mr.. H. P. Murch arrived, and with
some very appropriate remarks presented
Mr.. Phinney with tnese gifts in behalf
of the donors. For the first time in the
remembrance of his friends, Mr.. Phinney
was lost for a response
Mr.. William Sloan, while out driving
Saturday evening, collided with
Lorenzo Valente's fruit wagon, near 7
K. d unns' residence on Main street, con-
siderably damaging his carriage. Mr.
Valente's wagon was only slightly
SCARED.
Mrs. J. +. Spear, Mrs. A. Bettes and
Miss Hattie Jordan have been chosen to
represent the Wet US of this CITY at
the state convention to be held at An
burn, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursay
of this week.
The Portland daily press., 1894-09-24
THE PRESS PORTFOLIOS.
The Wild Flowers of America Series is
Now Ready.

Part IS of Wild Flowers of Am erica has
been received and we can now furnish this
series complete. In addition to the usual
number of plates, part IS contains an in
teresting chapter on Curious Fa cts Con-
corning Wild Flowers" being collection
of facts concerning some of the queer ope-
rations of nature. This chapter is fully il
Illustrated and contains in addition direc-
tions for collectinga and preserving flowers.
or their use in designing and instructions
for making nature prints of leaves. A COM
plete index of the 2Ss plates is also given in
this number. Thisstogether with the intro
duction, title page and description of bo-
tanical terms given in part one. supplies
everything necessary for the binding into
complete volume. In a few days we shall
announce arrangements for binding. which
are not quite complete as yet.