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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-22
WHY MOI 2
VELVET CoFFlNs FOR TWO.
rh.y May BE Utilized ~ Ornaments Until
Needed For Use.

Ah~v ""y ~
Needed For Use.
''Of all the queer persons Of this
queer world the undertaken, / believe,
meets his full quota, - SO a reporter was
told by a man wearing a funereal ex-
preston OH his face and black gloves on
his hands who came from a small town
In q western state to attend the meeting
Of the Association Of U~ndertakers.
lone of the queer persons is q
wealthy woman who lives in my town.
One day she came to my rooms, and as
the tears coursed down her sad face she
managed to tell me between sobs that
she wanted q coffin that was covered
with royal purple velvet. l knew that
her husband had been i'll for some time
and was not expected to live. SO be-
gan to offer a word Of coincidence on nc
count of his death, as she and her hus-
band were intimate friends of mine.
"'Oh, he is not dead yet, sobbed the
woman, but l want you to call at the
house and steal his measure while he is
asleep. l want a royal purple velvet
coffin, and it may take you several days
to fill the order
81 assured the fearful woman that it
would perhaps be impossible to fill tho
,o-der, as / had never heard of a coffin
OF any such description ever having been
on the market. She went back home,
and while the order was hanging fire
her husband began to grow better and
in a few days was entirely out of dan
ger. He afterward recovered. and today
he is a strong, healthful man.
But that woman still insists hat I
shall fill the order for 9 royal purple
velvet coffin for her husband, and, fur
thermore, she has given me another Or
der for q royal purple velvet coffin for
herself. On my present trip to St, Louis
I called at a large coffin factory here
and surprised the ~proprietors by leaving
the special and unique orders to be filled.
When the orders have been filled, !
can't say whether or>not my queer Gus
| toners will use the two royal purple
| velvet collins as ornaments to match the
| decorations in their narlor at home
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In en- empty we three
Play the games we always like
And count to see who cit" shall be
Ana, mana, mona, mike.
Round and round the rhyme will go
Ere the fi..al word shall strike,
Counting fast or counting slow
Barcelona, bona, strike.
What it all means no II know,
r Mixed Up like a poddler's pack
As from door to door he goes
Hare, ware, frow, Track.
Now we guess, and now we~doubt,
Words enough or words we lack,
TIL the rhyming brings about,
Welcomed with . farewell shout
Hallioo, ballico, we-wi.wo wack, outl
-Toronto Truth
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-22
Where Women Earn More Than Men.

Half a dozen Welshwomen began
work lately in the rolling mill Of the
Monongahela Tin Plate works on the
south side. They receive the plates as
they come from the rolls and separate
the black sheets. This work heretofore
has been done wholly by men. 1t is hard
and rough. The women wear great
leather shields on their hands, leather
aprons and bobnailed shoes to protect
them frcm the heat and metal. The
are paid 81. 80 a day. Men receiv-
oil for tho same work Sl.85. The fore
woman go,sel.T IS. This ia the first time
Women have been employed Mt such
work "a t.....i country. -Pittsburg Dis
pa. ii III Li 'ccgo Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-22

Every war brings ont stories of hero
ism that last long after many other i'll,
cidents of the conflict are forgotten
Boyish bravery in the heat and smoke of
battle in particular is always told of
and seems to have more distinction than
that of the older soldier, who is trained
to do his duty under all circumstances
From the Japan China war has come q
story of a brave little bugler that is like
ly to be told over and over again. 1t was
on one of the battlefields. which were
not frequent in that war, when the Jap
anese troops were somewhat panic strick-
en- and were r%etreating before the Chi
nese, that the little bulger was MORALLY
wounded.
Stricken and dying as he was, the
brave Lad did not forget his duty. He
saw the troops flying and knew that the
Chinese were gaining a victory. With
splendid courage he raised himself, and
grasping his bugle sounded a loud and
stirring charge" The troops heard
and rallied under its message, charged
~yaliantly in obedience to it, and the day
was theirs. But the little bugler had
died as they fought and did not ever
know that his effort had been successful
His comrades knew, however, what he
had done, and they bore him from the
field in triumph, and already the ''uta,'
a poem of honor, has been written il
his memory, while his mother has ar
rayed herself in robes of state and honor
and wound her hair with flowers, the
proudest woman in the empire, that he,
only son should have thus distinguished
himself. New York Times.
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Order.
state eo Of s01 ~ L. Dsao''' SIS. In County Court.

state eo Of sos ~ La Dsa0''' SIS. In County Court.
Ir the matter Of the estate OF William @. Coli
burn, John II. Collburn, charles z. COliburn and
Julia A. Collburn, minor heirs Of William Coll
burn, deceased.
Order for hearing petition for order to sell real
estate. 1t appearing to the Judge Of said court,
from the petition.of Lavinia b. Collburn, guardian
of the estate Of the above mentioned minor heirs
OF William Collburn deceased, filed on the 3lst
day Of March 1896, that IL is necessary that the
whole Of the real estate belonging to the said
minor heirs be sold for the purpose Of paying the
encumbraRces on said real eetate. 1t lie ordered,
that all persOns interested In said estate, appear
before card court On the nth day Of May 1895 at
the hour of one O'Clock In the aftern DON Of that
day, At the court house, in the city of Madison,
In Lake county, South Dakota, to show cause
why an order sho1ld not be granted tn the guard
ian to SILL the real eetate OF said minors for said
purpose, and that this order be published in the
Lake County Leader At least once q week fol
four weeks prior to said hearing. Witness my
hand and seal for said court this 10th day oil
April 1895. j.. II. WILLIAM SON..
Judge Of said Court.
D.. d. HOLDRICGE e. SON,
Attorneys for Guardian.
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Notice of Settlement Of Account.

State OF South Dakota, county OF Lake, ss: In
county court within and for saiG county. In the
matter Of the guardianship Of William Woldt,
Bertha Woidt and Lizzie Woldt, minor heirs OF
Edward Woldt, deceased. Notice OF settlement
OF guardians account. Notice is hereby given,
that Henry Woldt, the guardian Of the estate of
the minors above named, has rendered and pre-
scented for settlement, and lied in said court, his
that Friday. the 3lst day of May, a. d.. 1898, at
OF O'Clock p. M, at the Office Of the county
judge, in the city OF Manson, IN said Lake
county, has been duly appointed by the 80
court for the settlement Of said account, at
which time and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and fle his exceptions In
writing TO the said account and contest the
same.
Dated May 90. 1895.
j. q. WILLIAMSON.
Judge OF the County Court.
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A Good One.

How is this for q conundrum from c
boy of 5 years old:
Mamma, what is it has four legs
and only one foot?"
Mother-It must be some strange ami,
NAL
Boy-Give it up?
Mother-Yes.
Boy-A bed.
The boy was using the foot Of the bee
for a horse, which suggested the conun-
drum. louisville Courier -Journal.
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Little Ben lives in a new house, one
of the most modern of modern houses,
where light, water, heat and other
things are all to be had by turning a
knob or touching a bell He lives in a
state of perpetual marvel over these
things, and the other night when suffer
ing from a headache the little fellow
said to his mother, who sat beside him:
please turn ON the dark. mother. NY
eyes hurt me"
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J. Il.
Judge OF the County Court.
ummOnS

summons.
State eo of + South III L Dakota SIS. In ro cosr Justice
Before ID. ID. Holdridge, police justice of the
city of Madison, 5. ID.
s. Y. Hyde Elevator Com
pany, a corporation. -
VS.
John Lynch.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting: To
John Lynch, to above named defendant You are
hereby summoned and required to appear before
me at my office in the city of Madison, in said
county and state, on the 18th day of April A. ID.
1895 at , O'Clock p. III. of said day, to answer the
complaint of the above named plaintih >. I
Hyde Elevator company, a corporation, who
claims to recover of you the sum of fifty dellars
and seventy-five cents and interest upon u prom
isory note given by you to said plaintiff and you
are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and
answer as required above, said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for the sum OF hfty ana
IS 100 dollars and interest. To the sheriff or any
constable or policeman of said Lake county,
greeting: Make legal service hereof and due re-
turn.
Given under my hand this sth day of April A.
ID. 1895 ID. ID. X
Police Justice of the City of Madison, 5. d.
A. FRIZZELL
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The above case is adjourned to June IL, 1885 at
10 O'Clock a. m. for the purpose OF giving time to
serve the ummon by publication.
Dated at Madison s. ID. April 18th \: ID. 1895.
ID. u. HOLDRIDGE,
Police Justice of the City Of Madison, s. ID.
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Frank and His Shoe.

Frank slid his foot hastily into his
button boot and shouted:
Quick, mamma, hand me the shoe
key. Iwant TO lock my shoe. youths
Companion.
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" III Eoi uDoub
two years l was q con-
slant sufferer from dis
eases peculiar 10 my sex.
! had to be carried from
my bed, had horrible
dreams, sinking sensa-
tons, wns very nervous
and had little or no ap-
petite. In short, my
whole body was rnckcd
with pain. / had fire.
Quent attacks Of hystc-
ria, and was completely
discouraged for l found
no medicine did me any
good. At last ] deter
mined to try DIR. Pierce's
Favoritc Prescription.
I had taken but two
hnftlao hnfnrn 4 fa1t ~
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about the things she sees about her-the
sky, a dog, Il trolley car, a f~erryboat-
everything that goes to make up her
narrow world
The gift for versifying cane to Gertie
quite naturally, and some Of her simple
childish stanzas put on paper make very
pretty reading. Indeed you would never
suspect that the verses were made and
originated by a mere babe of five short
summers. You see, little Gertie has
never learned how to read and could
therefore never know just what poetry
leans
Just the same she goes on making he,
rhymes almost always i'll perfect time
and always about the beautiful objects
of nature. At no time is the bright lit
tie damsel more happy than at night
fall, when she sits III her tiny rocker
and builds air castles Of verse to the
amusement Of those who arc listening
to her. We may all hear from this tot
over in Hoboken some day New York
Recorder
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much better! ] took eleven bottles To-
day, I am well. 1 have never felt the least
years. We use the Golden Medical Discov-
cry whenever we need a blood-purifier. With
Its use. eruptions Of all kinds vanish and
the skin is rendered clear and soft almost
a. an infants" Sold everywhere.
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Summons
d. d. e. SON
Attorneys for Guardian.

Summons
State Of South Iakota, L. In Circuit Court.
County Of Lake. ' 2ud Jndlcisl Circuit.
Alex D.. Forbes, plaintiff,
Marie p. sobstad, Johan II.
SObstad, the Citizens Nation
al bank, OF Madison, s. d., luminous
and j. Leslie Thompson as
Receiver OF said bank, Wilber
r. Smith and A.. w. McCrea-
dy, defendants.
The state of South Dakota sends greetin to
the above named defendants:
You are he reby summoned and required to an
ever the complaint in this action, which will be
filed on the 22d day of March, A. D.. 1898. in the
Office Of the clerk OF the Circuit court within and
for said Lake county, at Madison, south Dakota.
and TO serve q copy Of your answer on the sub-
scr:ber at his Office in the city Of Madison, South
Dakota, within thirty days afte: the service OF
Ii you fail 10 answer the complaint within that
time, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint, besides costs.
Dated at Madison, South Dakota, this 2and day
OF March, A. ID. 1895.
j. Ii. WILLIAMSON.
Plaintiff q Attorney.
To the above named defeudants:
You will please take notice that the complaint
In the above entitled action vas filed in the office
of the clerk OF the circuit court within and for
said Lake county, south Dakota, March 22nd,
1895.
j. II. WILLIAMSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-22
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
A ~FIVE-YCAR-OlO POET.

She Has Never Learned n Line Of Verse.
but Cong 1t Clevcrly.
There is a Hoboken tot who will some
day shine among the women poets of
the land if her precociousness at the
present time counts for anything. Ger.
tie Walker is the little girls name, and
all day long, from the time that her big
blue eyes peer lazily from behind her
long brown lashes, to the moment when
the sandman comes scattering his slum-
Der potions, Gertie is busy making
rhymes-not mere childish nothings,
mind you. but good. sensible rhymes
The advocate., 1895-07-31
SIXTH DAY.

The sixth session Of the money debata
began with Harvey on the floor, and he
proceeded to make a statement reviewing
from his standpoint the value of the fifth
days debate He claimed that every ma
terial proposition he was oontending for
had been strengthened by what had been
brought out. Horr then proceeded with
the discussion. He said: ION yesterday
Mr.. Harvey stated that had found but
one error in the statements in his
book, and he defled me to call attention
to any other mistake that he had made.
The mistakes that are madO in Mr.. Har.
Vey's book are, many Of them, not mis-
takes as to the words that he uses, but
misleading differences from positions
which he takes. will now in my open
ing remarks call some attention to what
mean. In your book, Mr.. Harvey, you
say: 1t is estimated by all men of iudg
ment who have given practical attention
to mining that the silver now In existence
has cost not less than 81 per ounce, and
many put 1t much higher. You will find
that in Coins book, page "a. 1 assert
that silver has not cost that much for
production because, silver has been con-
stantly increasing in production at low
price, running from ST. 20 an ounce down
to 81 cents an ounce, and the people oI
the world never keep constantly produc.
ing an article at so much less than il
costs them to produce it.
Horr said that if "Coin" was correct
the silver men in three years lost 1885,.
100000 He didn't believe that men
would continue at business in which
they lost nearly $50, 100000 a year. He
then proceeded: Again, Mr.. Harvey
says on page 80 Of his book; There is in
the world now, according TO the report OF
the director of our mint, 50, ,727, ,Ol8, 1853 in
gold and 50, $50, 571, ,346 in silver. The
mint director didn't give that as the
amount of silver and gold in the world at
all. The director of the mint gave sim
ply the amount Of coin supposed TO be
then w existence, Mulhall whom you
The advocate., 1895-07-31

1--WE have relatively now only half al
much primary money in existence aa
Ia 1873 and of course silver is only worth
half as much" He then asked: Has
silver declined since 1873 by reason of
OVerproduotiong and presented a table
giving the production Of both metals each
year or period of years from 1916 to 1891
In kilos, the ratio Of gold to silver in
weight and in value. From this he ar
gued that: "The varying supply Of the
two metals prior TO 1873 never had any ef.
teot In changing their commercial parity
from the legal ratio fixed"
Horr said: Brother Harvey omitg
this one important thing. You may
make two standards by law, but the peo.
pie will discard one and use the other.
We necessarily are compelled to do bust.
ness with one or the other unless the
value happens to be precisely the same,
so that the measure becomes one and
Identical"
Harvey referred to the table of produc.
tton Of gold and silver to prove that In
che time it covers, 1913 years, the ratio
between the quantity of the two metals
produced auctuated from 90 to to 4 TO /,
while the commercial ratio hung tenaci-
ously to the legal ratio
HOrr declared that gold had depreoiatsd
in value-50-per cent in less than 100
years. How do l know that gold Is
cheaper than it was in 1873? l will tell
you. The rate of wages, the amount Of
gold that man can get for a certain
number of hours work, tells me whether
gold has decreased in price or not. can
get today twice as much gold for days
work following the ploW as l did in 1892
Wages are ~ per cent higher, paid In
gold, for the same amount of work than
in 1860 Has not gold deprecated then
when You measure it with the great COM
modify Of human toilp
Harvey replied: "Mr. Horr says that
every thing has been cheapened, includ-
ing gold. To say that gold and products
cheapen simultaneously is q financial
contradiction. You buy gold by exohang-
ing other property for it, When it takes
more property to buy gold than for.
merly, gold has risen.
with US now the price Of services or
property means the gold dollar or its
equivalent. Price has definite mean.
ing. 1t is gold that property and labor
Is beng priced in, it is not priced in labor,
and the average human intellect will
have TO be reduced u little lower than it is
now, before Mr.. HOrr can toll the people
out on limb and chop the limb off and
mangle them any more than they are
now mangled. He is trying to lead you
off on theory that has no practical ap
plicatlOn as a monetary unit"
Here the debate ended for the day.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-21
THE BLAIR-FRIEs NUPTIALs.
CELEBRATED IN THE MoRAvIAN HOME
CHURCH AT SALEM.
Special to the News and Observer.
WINSTON, n. c., Nov. {

WINSTON. n. c., Nov. 20.
Promptly at high noon to-day a
scene of charming beauty and lowell
ness transpired at the Moravian Home
Church in Salem. 1t was an event to-
wards which the myriad friends of the
contracting parties had looked with
lightful anticipation--the celebration
of the nuptials of Mr.. William Allen
Blair, president of the Peoples Bank,
Winston, and Miss Mary Eleanor Fries,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John w.
Fries, of Salem.
The bridal procession entered the
church Just as the ancient clock in the
tower chimed the meridian notes. The
ushers, by twos, proceeded up the
north and south aisles, followed re-
spectively by the maid of honor and
groomsman, alternately,' so that the
attendant couples occupied parallel
positions Then up the north aisle
came the two flower girls, little Misses
Nellie Fries and Louise Bahnson, fol
lowed by the maid of honor, Miss Ade-
laide Fries, sister of the bride, who
was followed by the lovely bride, lean
ing on the arm of her father. The
groom and his best man entered from
the south annex door, and in front OF
the altar the groom received the bride
from her father, and in accents low
and solemn Bishop Rondthaler, attired
in snowwhite surplice, spoke the
beautiful, simple Moravian service,
which made these highly esteemed
young people companions for life.
The position of the bridal party at
the altar formed circle. the two flow
er girls and two of the attending cou-
pies facing the congregation while the
others faced the officiating minister.
This scene, with the exquisite decora-
tions of chrysanthemums, ferns and
evergreens as beautiful back ground,
formed most lovely picture, the effect
of which was enhanced by the electric
glow which radiated from the many
incandescent globes.
The bride was attired in rich white
satin gown, wore white veil and bore
bouquet of fvery beautiful white roses
The maid of honor was attired in pink
silk and the other bridesmaids in
white silk.
The attendants were Mr.. John j.
Blair, best man, with Miss Adelaide
Fries, maid of honor; Mr. ID. III. Blair
with Miss Agnes Siewers; Dr. +. A. De-
Schweinitz with Miss Eta Shaffner;
Miss Eta Blair with Mr.. viii Shaft
ner.
The ushers were Messrs. Fred. Balm
son, Will Lemly, Charles Tomlinson
and Halstead Tomlinson
After the ceremony the bridal party
repaired to the home of the bride
where reception was held from 2 to
4 o'clock p. IN. The presents received
from loving friends by the popular
young bride were numerous and very
handsome. Mr.and Mrs. Blair left this
evening for. bridal tour to Atlanta,
New Orleans and other Southern
cities.
Mr.. Thomas X. Cooper, of Raleigh,
and Miss Ella Strnpe, of Clemants-
vile, this county, were married at the
home OF the bride this afternoon. Mr..
Cooper will probably arrive in Raleigh
with his bride the latter part of the
week
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UNCLE SAM ALARMED
THE CRUISER MINNEAPOLIS
WILL SAIL FOR TURKISH
WATERS.
TO PROTECT OUR MISSIONARIES

s he is Now at Norfolk, and it will
Take Several Days TO Fit Her Outs-
Her Destination VIII be- smyrna.
Which in as Near as Ship Can Gel
TO The American Mission Stations--
This VIII Make Three American
Vessels on the Turkish Coast.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The United
States steamship Minneapolis has been
ordered to join the European squad
ron Immediately, doubtless on account
of the Turkish situation. She is at
Norfolk now, and it will take several
days to fit her out.
The orders to Captain Wadleigh are
to report to Admiral Selfridge upon
reaching Gibraltar, but unless the Adj
miral issues other orders by that time,
the ship viii make Smyrna her desti-
nation. This point is believed to be as
near as a warship can get to the Amer
lean mission stations, believed by the
mission boards in this country to be
endangered by the general uprising of
the Mussulmans in Asia Minor.
While the State Department author
tiles felt that due precautions had
been taken in the ordering of two yes
sells, the San Francisco and the Marble
head, to this coast, still a point was
yielded to make the safety of the mis-
sionaries additionally secure. And,
after advising with Minister Terrell,
the orders to the Minneapolis were for
warded.
She is now at Norfolk, in perfect
condition, but needs to take on addi-
tional stores and coal to begin her
5000 mile voyage from Norfolk to
Smyrna. She will carry 1000 tons of
coal, of which 500 will be taken on at
Norfolk and the remainder from light
ers in Hampton Roads. If all goes
well, she is expected to sail about the
25th instant.
AS she will not be driven to make a
record run, but will proceed at her
most economical rate of speed, nearly
fifteen knots, she will probably make
the run in about two weeks.
With this accession Admiral Self
ridge will have fleet of three of the
best cruisers in the navy at his back,
which are small in comparison with
the formidable armament gathered in
Salonica Bay by the great European
powers, but viii suffice TO meet his OBJ
ject, the protection of the American
citizens in Turkey.