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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01
STORIES OF THE DAY.
How Miss Sprague of San Francisco Caught
4 Shark.

A shark 10 feet long was caught on q
hook by u young lady while fishing for
halibut from the deck of the steamship
Queen at Killisnoo banks, between Fort
Wrangel and Sitka, on a recent Alaska
trip. The Queen lay there at anchor for
three hours to allow the passengers an
opportunity to engage in the exciting
sport of halibut fishing, and u large
number of highly elated fishermen with
large hooks and lines were landing n
and two large fish at a haul when the
young lady, who Collector Mcdonald
thinks was Miss +. A. Sprague Of San
Francisco, discovered that upon her line
was the strongest and largest fish Of the
season, but imagine her excitement
when, by the help of a gentleman, the
ugly, vicious looking monster Of the deep
was pulled to the surface of the water
and found to be a shark.
The excitement of the large crowd
was intense, but the plucky young lady
did not lose her nerve, and hung Oh to
the line till a rope in the form of a lasso
was securely fastened around the sea
fighters tail, rendering it helpless. 1t
was then shot dead, and by the efforts
of several men hauled to the lower deck.
1t measured ten feet in length and
weighed 4l0 pounds. 1t was not Of the
man eating variety, there being none of
that kind so far north. 1t was more of
a stupid, sluggish, ugly kind which live
on fish and was probably making havoc
in the halibut banks.
Captain Carroll Of the Queen, before
returning, had some of the teeth of the
sea monster. removed and preserved for
the heroic young lady, who probably en-
joys the distinction Of being the only
woman who ever made such a capture
on, the Pacific coast. Seattle Post-In-
t%elligencer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01

Sioux Falls Press, 81: Coy. Roger
Allln OF North Dakota occupied the pull
PIT OF the Presbyterian church at Bis
mark recently, and preached an able ser.
mon on the subject. II am not ashamed
of..the gospel of Christ, for it is the power
OF Co for salvation to everyone that be.
lleveth.' Gov. Charles IL. Sheldon Of
South Dakota hasn't appeared in any
pulpit as yet
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01

Justice Martin had a rather heavy
wedding ceremony to perform yesterday
afternoon in which the groom weighed
800 pounds, while the bride tipped the
scales at 2S6 pounds. The contracting
couple were George Hayes, As years of
age. and Lettie Kelly, aged 3S year. =
Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01
Madison Cemetery Association.

O6icers-W. Il. Dempster, Pres, Mre. E.. b.
Jacobs Vice Pres, frank Smith, secretary, VIM.
Rae treasurer.
Trustees-Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. j. d. Andrews
and DIR. Daniels.
Sexton-Chas, Carey.
Parties desiring to purchase lots will find plat
OF grounds at the drug store of Frank Smith.
Payment for lots must be secured at the time Of
selection. The sexton will attend to the lOca-
ton Of lots and digging graves. de has full con.
troll of grounds. The Cemetery will be closed to
teams ex cept upon permission Of sexton.
Parties having paid for their lots will receive
deeds for same. Present lot owners holding no
deeds should attend to the matter at once.
Notice ID hereby given that George X. Farmer
has been appointed collector of book accounts.
All parties knowing themselves indebted to this
association should call upon him and settle
came. W. H. DEMPSTER, Pres.
FRANZ SMITH, Sec'y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01

Because the governor wrote a four
column article on the Brookings trouble,
Shannon called him insane. AS a reply
Shannon o fires back eight columns
of rehash and is taken sick so that he
could not attend the board meeting on
the Both. Is this not pretty good evi.
fence that Shannon is insane too and is
also failing physically? Both the guber-
Material and the regents chairs evident
ly need sane men in all OF them in order
to do proper business. AS 1t is now,
the courts seem to be doing the business
for both board and governor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01

Homeseeker, do you want a
cheap home in the best portion
of South Dakota
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01
In Time.

"And now
He stood dazzlcd with the bright
light that had broken IL upon him.
: Il understand why we call feet
He jumped to one side to avoid a
scorcher.
pedal extremities."
1t was the year 1900, and he was the
only man on earth who still refused to
ride a wheel. New York World.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-01

THURSDAY. AUGUST l, 1895.
TO ADVERTISERS.

THE DAILY LEADER makes Q special feature of
furnishing information concerning the advantages
aud resources of the city of Madison and OF the
state at large emitting 1t to the patronage OF ad-
rertisers Of every class.'
j. 7. STAHL, Proprietor.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
Easily Arranged.

They are telling the story in London
that the impossible American In Paris
alighted at a hotel to find it absolutely
full.
II have nothing" expostulated the
host, almost tearfully, nothing. The
first floor is taken by the king of tho
Ostenders, the queen of Montegaria oc-
cupies the second, the duke of Cotton
opolis is sharing the third floor with
the Caliph of Port Said and the crown
prince of Nova Esperanza is sleeping
on the billiard table. AS for myself,
have to make up bed in the Office, and
there only remains the chamber of my
daughter. OF course"
us that your daughter ?" interrupted
the American, pointing to the young
lady at the desk.
Eyes, sir"
"All right; TIL marry her after
lunch" And, giving his valise to the
speechless boniface, he added: Now,
you can take my baggage up to our
room."-San Francisco Argonaut.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
swEErHEARrs ALWAYS.


n sweethearts were sweethearts always.
Whether az maid or wife.
No drop would be half AZ pleasant
In the mingled draught OF iife-
But the sweetheart has smiles and biushe
When the wife has frowns and signs,
And the wife's have a wrathful glitter
For the glow OF the sweetheart's eyes.
II lovers were lovers always,
The same to sweetheart and wife.
Who would change for future of Eden
The joys OF this checkered life?
But husbands grow grave and silent.
And care on the anxious brow
OFT replaces the sunshine that persisted
With the words OF the marriage vow.
Happy is he whose sweetheart
Is wife and sweetheart still,
Whose voice. as Of old. can charm him:
Whose kiss. as Of old. can thrill;
Who has plucked the rose to find ever
Its beauty and fragrance Increase.
AS n ush OF passion Is mellowed
In loves unmeasured peace.
Who sees In the step lightness:
Who finds In the form grace;
Who reads an unaltered brightness
In the witchery Of the face.
Undimmed and unchanged. All. happy
Is he crowned with such a life!
Who drinks the wife pledging the sweet
heart,
And toasts In the sweetheart the wife!
Daniel O'Connell, in Domestic Monthly
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

renee sliding as swiftly after him. Both
landed with mighty splashes and loud
screeches in the tank of water!
Bert struck in a sitting position and
went down entirely beneath the water,
while Lawrence went In only up to his
ears.
The ground sloped n little away from
the tank; and, as the boys had both
landed heavily on the side of the tank
next to the slope, they overthrow the
big receptacle and were swept ont on
the ground in one mighty wave that
buried them beneath 1t for an instant.
All this made great deal of noise
Lights appeared suddenly in the house
and Mr.. Trask came quickly to tho
kitchen door.
who's that? What's the trouble out
here?' he asked, sharply. answer me
quickly, or I'll shoot!"
His wife and Aunt Abbie stood be.
hind him, holding lamps and wrapped
In bedclothes and peering out into the
darkness. Aunt Abbie really looked
frightened.
"It's-only-us!" gasped Bert, still
ejecting water from his mouth, whilc
his teeth chartered.
"'Us!' repeated Mr.. Trask. "Well.
who's us? and what-why, If it isn't
Bert and Lawrence!"
"Why, they are dripping wet all
over!" cried Mrs. Trask.
"Why, boys!" exclaimed Aunt Abbie.
"What does It all mean?" demanded
Mr.. Trask, In a tone that admitted Of
nothing but the simple truth in reply.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to scare
auntie," said Lawrence, with chattering
teeth, land we fell into the rain water
Darrell"
WANTED to scare me?" cried Aunt
Abbie. "Well, that's great way to do
ito go to plunging into a tank of Ice
cold water with your clothes on ut al
most midnight. But I am scared
scared most to death lest you take q
dreadful cold! Get out of those wet
clothes and into bed just rs soon as
ever you can, while / mix you up hot
drink. Wanted to scare me! Humph!"
"But we did scare you, after oil, ;" said
the boys; and to this assertion they
chung ever fterward.-Youth'sC Com
paniOn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

William Morris, whom the world
usually thinks Of M an artist and poet,
In u practical printer and the inventor
Of a printing press which has turned
out the most beautiful work, technical
ly, of the day.
Lord Dufferin is fond of telling how
he once accosted Disraeli In the lobby
of the house of commons and asked him
to recommend novel. when want
to read novel," said Dizzy, at write
one"
Lord Beaconsield's brother, Ralph
Disraeli, is living. He bears no resem-
blance to his distinguished brother and
has always lived n quiet, retiring life,,
having been for many years clerk in
the house OF lords.
m. Got, the great French comedian
and dean of the Theater Francois, is at
present engaged in writing his memoirs.
Like Bernhardt md Patti he will leave
nm account of most interesting life
that will be Of great value to all lovers
of art.
ALFRED Belt, Cecil Rhodes, Barney
Barnato and three other lacky investors
In "Kaffirs" are reported to have cleaned
up $195,oOo,0OO among them, which
doesn't seem to leave much for several
thousand other fellows.
"A large number of hymns and
other poems in Charles Wesleys hand
writing were recently found in a pile
OF old documents at the Wesleyan Con-
ference Office In London. Many Of the
poems are political and relate to the
American revolution.
Edward Simmons, the artist who
designed the decorations for the new
criminal court building in New York,
rejects the idea of blind Justice, and
has depicted that deity with both eyes
open, holding her scales in one hand
and the American flag In the other.
The rapidity with which Lord Rose
berry has aged during the last year is
illustrated by the fact that the portrait
of him, begun by George Frederick
Watts over n year ago, the sittings for
which were interrupted by his lord
ships official duties and i'll health, had
to be entirely reprinted after his res
ignation from office,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

"
was visiting Mt her brothers house in
the country, and had been unwise
enough to boast, in the presence of her
two nephews, Bert and Lawrence, that
she wasn't afraid of anything" And
now Bert and Lawrence intended to put
her courage TO u test.
This was with her full knowledge;
she had said that they might do so if
they were willing to suffer the conse-
.qucnccs. They had laughed heartily
Mt this, and declared themselves quite
willing to run all risks.
Aunt Abbie's list of brave deeds in
cluded an actual encounter with bur
g!ar found under her bed. She had on
this occasion produced n little pocket
PISTOL from her bureau drawer and kept
the man prisoner under the bed until
help came in response to her calls, and
he was captured. So the boys gave up
trying to hide under her bed and pre-
tend that they were burglars.
She had once killed large rattle
snake ut II picnic, when every other
woman present was screaming or faint
ing. Snakes were therefore of no use.
Moreover, she would go long dis
tances alone on the darkest night; she
would go down cellar or up into the
attic at midnight without light and
without fear. She had been known to
walk through n burying ground alone
at IL o'clock on dark and stormy
night.
She had once slept alone in a house
which was reported to be haunted, and
had come forth in the morning declar-
ing that she had slept like top"
She was not afraid even of n mouse.
Bert and Lawrence felt that they would
have to exercise all their ingenuity to
get up anything that would startle
Aunt Abbie.
But at last they hit upon plan
Their aunt had lived all of her life in a
city, seldom visiting the country. She
knew almost nothing at all about coun.
try sports. Some grotesque thing that
she had never seen might brighten her.
1t was in the fall of the year, and
1'ert and Lawrence finally decided to
try the effect of pumpkin ghost"
on Miss Abbie. A pumpkin ghost"
sometimes called n jack-o'-lantcrn, is a
pumpkin followed out, with holes to
represent eyes, nose and n grinning
mouth cut in one side of IL. When a
lighted candle is placed inside pump
ain cut in this way, and the pumpkin is
fastened to the end of n long pole, the
effect is startling enough on dark
night.
And the night was as dark as stack
of black cats" when Bert and Lawrence
prepared to sally forth with their
pumpkin ghost. They proposed to
hoist it before Miss Abbie's window,
and then make all sorts of dismal
noises. They were quite sure she had
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
HUMOROUS.

The chickens don't deserve any par
ticular credit for going to bed early;
everything they can gobble goes to bed
before they do.-World.
And Bring Them Down.-"And now
the fellows are kicking about the
steeple-crowned hats the ladies are go
ing to wear this season." well, if they
only kick high enough it will be all
right."-Detroit Free Press.
Needs Attendin' To.-"Josiar," said
Corntassel's wife, 1.-The roofs aleakiI'
again" us it?" replied Mr.. Corn
tassel. swell, I'll investigate it to-
morrow" "Josiar, don't read news
papers fur nothin'. That roof don't need
investigatin'. 1t needs attendin' to-
San Jose Report
Many things look queer the first
time we see them. Five-year-old
Freddy was showing the young min
lister about the place. His eyes fire.
quently glanced up at the kind face.
and then rested with look of troubled
inquiry on the pointed toes Of the Picca-
dilly boots. Finally he blurted out his
anxiety in the question: "Ain't you
got but one toe?"-Babyhood.
-"Hullo, Fatty" said the Copybook
to the Dictionary. "Hullo, Thinny!"
retorted the Dictionary. You're a
wordy person, Fatty" said the Copy
book. you're an empty thing, Thin
n.y." said the Dictionary. Bound to
have the last word, Ell, Fatty! sneered
the Copybook. Need it in my bust
ness, Thinny," said the Dictionary, and
the Umbrella in the library corner
laughed so hard that it bent one of its
ribs.--Harper's Round Table.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
The Fn~iIsh Poaoher.

We are In land where the love OF
wild nature has left many a, strange
mark on the charncter--a land In which
respect for law still struggles unsuc-
cessfully with the Unborn belief that
a man may take wild game and yet
scorn to be a thief. The poacher loves
these long, even slopes as they will be
later In the year, and the cut thorn
bushes have relation to his visits. The
men walk them at night, two abreast
and far apart, carrying a long narrow
net between them, slightly lifted in
front and weighted behind. The birds
lie on the open ground and do not rise.
Az soon as the net II over them they
are. doomed, and q whole covey may be
captured at onoe. The thorn-bushcs
are the snares which wreck the nets-
BENJAMIN Kidd, IN Csntusys
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
LESS TRUTHFUL.

This Is = Mans Assertion In Regard to
Women Compared with Meu.
A man who has made study of wom-
en- and their ways remarked the other
day that women are, as a set, less frank
and truthful than men. Whatever
truth there is in this assertion we may
be sure 1t Is at least not innate, but
due to the difference In the require
ments Of the two sexes, and the con-
seQuent difference in their education.
Men are taught to reveal true natures
from the cradle to the grave. Men are
taught that, being human, they arc
subject to various passions and liable
to fall into error which 1t Is not neces-
sary for them to conceal, for II they
deviate from the straight and narrow
path the world will quickly forget and
forgive. Women, on the contrary, are
taught that II they are not inwardly
statues of decorum, they must make 1t
appear that they ore, for the world
is merciless to one Of their sex who by
word or deed hints that the smallest
tottering on her pedestal, not to men
ton even monentary descent from 1t,
Is possible.
In short, women are required to con-
ceal their real human selves from all
beholders as absolutely as they conceal
their lower limbs In the conventional
draperies of femininity, while men are
as free to reveal their real selves to the
world MS TO clothe themselves In the
neither garments of their sex. Dnt con-
cealment, or lack Of frankncss, is by no
means untruthfulness. Philadelphia
Press
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
SOARING AUNT ABBIE.
by j. L. HARBOUR.

ISIS ABBIE TRASK
was a short, bust
ling little elderly
woman with n de-
termined air, and
was known to pos
scss great force of
O.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

Bert was to carry the pumpkin, and
he intended to wrap himself In sheet
from his bed to add TO the frightfulnesa
Of his appearance. Lawrence WIS TO do
most OF the grooming; but In the end
one groaned about as much as the
other.
The night WINS very dark and unusual
ly cold, even for late October. Il had
rained little early In the evening, and
the kitchen roof was wet. Bert and
Lawrence shivered as they climbed out,
one behind the other, fully dressed,
Bert carrying his sheet rolled up under
his coat. They shivered more and more
the longer they stayed out.
Bert was In advance of Lawrence
when they climbed out upon the roof.
No sooner were they fairly on the wet
and almost icy roof than they began to
slide down much faster than they had
expected or desired, and they found 1T
impossible TO slacken their speed or to
lessen the noise they were making In
their hurried, somewhat rolling de-
scent.
Down they slid, vainly grasping at
the roof or trying to stay their progress
by bracing their heels on the shingles.
It was of no avail
"Look out for the rain-water barrel"
shrilly whispered Lawrence, when they
were within three feet of the edge of the
roof.
But 1t was too late to look out for my
danger. Under the caves was n hugo
barrel, or tank, set to catch rain water.
1t partly took the place of a cistern.
since it was large enough to hold sew
cral ordinary barrels of water.
1t was also quite large enough to hold
three or four boys the size of the two
Trask boys; and now, although II was
full of icy water to the very top hoop,
it was suddenly called upon to receive
Bert and Lawrence within it's depths.
Down they came, Bert shooting swift
ly over the edge of the roof and Law
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

never seen pumpkin ghost, and prob
ably she had never heard of one.
They slyly got the pumpkin ready
in the barn in the afternoon. In the
evening they went to their room, and
ostensibly to bed, as usual, Mt half-past
nine. No one in the house knew of
their plan but themselves, and they pro-
posed to slip out of their room and out
OF the house without arousing anyone.
The roof of shed kitchen sloped
from the window-sills. of their room to
within about nine feet of the ground.
They decided to climb quietly out OF a
window, slip down over the kitchen
roof to the caves, and drop lightly to the
ground. Then they would get the
pumpkin from It's place of ooncealment,
Tight the candle, and, - Bert said, ''ths
fun would Begin
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21
Piety and work.

Piety and work are the twin rails In
LIES line. Sometimer a man Is pious
and will not work. and sometimes he
will work and has not piety. They
are sad instances. They must 20 to
gether, piety and work. Rev. @. II
Smith, Congregationalist Cambridge
Masa
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-12-21

Shakespeare says we are creatures
that look before and after; the more
surprising that we do not Look round
= little and see what is passing under
our very eyes.-Carlyle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-12-05

j.
all bosh Of the weakest description Pol
itics are not so Shiny that women need
fear to go down into them. Women are
not so deficient mentally that they can
not comprehend the problems of national
economy. Women are not so fragile that
they can not walk TO the polls and deposit
their votes or wrangle and fight in con-
yentions. The evil is deeper than this,
Woman can not assume duties of this
kind without neglecting other duties that
she alone can perform and that are OF
Infinite more Importance to mankind.
At the annual banquets had at
Delmonlcos by the Wall streeters'
chamber of commerce have frequently
been made the speeches and the
opinions uttered that have swayed
the policies of this nation. AT the
last one the other day when Carlisle
spoke against the greenbacks, it was
patent that our treasury notes are
doomed. Cleveland in his message.
published in yesterdays dispatches,
leads the war upon them. Their life
is measured if, as we sometimes SER
iously think, the American people
have not the backbone to stop the
crimes that are hurting us into ma
tional decay. There are 1850, 900,
600 in greenbacks in circulation. 1t
is proposed to issue interest bearing
bonds to redeem these To retire
paper that does not bear interest and
replace it with paper that does bear
interest is the salvation of the nation
A people that will allow such a prop
ositlon to breathe The breath of exis-
tence is not fit to survive as re-
public. The bonds will be made the
basis of a bank-note circulation that
will perpetuate the national banks.
But we may be too hasty in being
opposed to the issue. Interest is
such a good thing, you know. In
terest builds bank buildings; interest
builds bankers palaces; interest. pays
the bankers salaries; interest pays
Che bankers expenses; interest mar
ries the bankers daughters to docks.
Interest is caused by debt and to
stop interest we must get out of debt.
To get out of debt we must issue
bonds, and to issue bonds we must
oh Lord, how tie wheels buzz
around in our headl until we don't
know where the devil we are at in
our ridiculous stumbling through
this paragraph Our wheels are
whirring as crafty as that perpetual
motion scheme mentioned by Senator
Teller 1--WE think it was originated by
him):
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-12-05
The WEISER SIGNAL.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER ), 1899

The year closes with a bright out
hook for Weiser next season. This
time it is somewhat different than
any of the aspects previously pre-
sented. tits not doubtful railroad
boom or some high flown vision now,
but an every day solid bit of pro-
gress that is to be seen ahead of us.
Two bitches now being constructed
will immediately put into cultivation
at least $4,000 more acres of land
there is very noticeable and sub
stantial immigration which every
thing shows will increase a great deal
in the spring; many of our young
orchards will come into bearing and
there is promise of a fair fruit ship
ment; there is also the best of out
looks for number of new bricks on
the business streets. Personally we
enter this winter with more hopeful
spirits than any since our residence
here
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-12-05

This is no JOSH Vial has the
largest, newest and finest lot of jew
elry ever shown in Weiser.