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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
Things Better Left Cndope.

The accident that befell the soda cyl
inders in Hudson, which exploded be-
cause they were left lying in the sun,
should be a warning to those who fill
themselves with soda water and walk
in the sun on a hot and cloudless sum-
mer day.
Anew Jersey enthusiast in dietary re-
form adopted a course Of bananas and
soda water as a light and healthful
meal tor summer eating and is now
giving much trouble to the physicians
Of the city hospital boston Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
Notice to CrediLars.

Estate OF Peter OLSON, deceased. Notice Is
hereby given by the undersigned, executors Of
the will Of Peter Olsson. deceased, to the creditors
OF and all persons having claims against the
cav vouchers, within four months after the fret
publication of this notice. to the said executors
1T their places Of residence, or to the county
udge at his ONCE in the city Ut Madison, In the
county Of Lake, 8. D..
dated at Madison. 8. D., July 3, 1896.
p. G.SWANSON.
ANDREW ANDERSON,
Executors Of the last viii Of Peter OLSON, do.
} ceased.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
HER WEDDING PRESENT.
Marie Was No Doubt as Much Surprised
as Freddie Was.

Young Mr.. Smithers, having eaten an
good cigar while his wife ran up stairs
to make her toilet for the theater.
So peaceful was his state of mind
that he did not even look a~ccusingly at
his watch when, after the promised
minute had developed into 80, she
entered the room.
"Seems to me that you are looking
very nice tonight, my DEAR" he re-
marked.
II am so glad you think SO, darling.
Of course l care more for your admira-
tion than that of any N else. Besides
the SINNERS sit right behind us this
evening, and this dress will give her a
bad headache before the second act is
over
Mr.. Smithers looked anxious. $50
that is new, is it? Wasn't the old one
good enough"
"N-not quite, dear. Besides 1 earned
the money for this II myself"
But how did you earn
"Oh, after you left | fell to thinking
what a lot Of money $50 was to spend
ON IL wedding present for Marie when |
really needed 50 many things. Then al
idea struck he. | remembered all those
pretty things / found III your big trunk
after We were Tu;rriCG-the JIG that
horrid girl, whoever she was, sent back
when the engagement was broken. l
wouldn't have one Of them myself, but
it seemed Il pity los them to lie there,
SO l Went up stairs and looked them all
over. | selected that lovely silver back.
ed mirror and cleaned = up until it look.
ed just like new, and then r.
sold it to buy the dress? l see!"
Nothing of the kind. | bought the
dress with the money you gave me. The
mirror | sent to Marie with our best
wishes. Won't size bo surprised, and
why, Freddie, are you ILL.,"
Not at all, my dear! You are quite
right. Marie will no doubt be much
surprised, for, yOu see, she herself was
the girl who returned those presents ;
that is all !'-3Iltimore Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12

A man . wisdom is his best friend
folly his Worst enemy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
Deacon Oldham Sent to Jail.

Deacon Oldham of Ukiah, Cal, the
prominent Baptist churchman on trial
for stage robbery, has been sentenced to
IL years in Folsom prison. Oldham
planned the robbery in which Hilton,
who was il the deacon's employ, was
the principal. They divided $1,000.
Hilton, the principal, received only
eight years. -Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12

The Soubrette-How do you like your
part in the new play?
The Leading Woman-Oh, it's just
lovely! I go through a dying scene in
the second act, but I come to life again
in the third and die all owe again to
slow music at the end Of the play. It's
sure to be a go!-New York Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12

A Boston contemporary alludes to the
fact that Eve was the first new WON
an to take q fall. But it must be re-
membered that she didn't take a fall out
Of q bicycle. Besides she turned over a
new leaf Immediately ~afterward.-
Washington Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
A Drawback.

Mrs. Newly-There's n thing about
boomers l don't like.
Mrs. Lately-What's that?
Mrs. Newly-The pockets are 50 easy
to find. My husband empties them ev-
cry night, and / have o bit Of
change in the morning. Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-12
NOVEL TALE OF LOVE.
GIRL SEARCHING FOR INDIAN TREAS
URE FINDS A HUSBAND.

A Romance of Real L.fe-lndians Adopted
Q White Glrl-She Looks For n Hidden
Treasure Finds a Husband and Lost
Relatives.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18

! No doubt there IS a tension IN many Of
the international relations, but that n
always present. and diplomat. sro
growing more reasonable Il is prob7-
bic that what has been said OF the char
acter % Nicholas Is in the main true;
and this should lead him 20 follow in
the footsteps OF his Elustrious father
and make Russia still the dictator CT
peace.
No man viii be rash enough 20 say
that war may cot come Livery one OF
the continents has spots where an scci-
dental outbreak, the blundcr q an
overzealous servant. may work such =
hardship, actual or ideal. 20 some great
power as shall call for an excited de-
naod for reparation. Il IS then that
cool heads. IL not thick skins, are u
demand. and Il IS then that the effer-
vesceace OF journalists II search Of
circulation OF no:orie.y does most harm
The human animal. according 20 his
kind, : tbe silliest q a. animals. r We
measure him rightly I know q no
other that = capa be % sGch irrational
freaks, and II j. Cd these that peace or
war hangs by hair Bat 20 resume,
] do not believe, despite ali The talk,
that there = n the preseu; stains q
the world a set of conditions which VII
lead . ez-.F war
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18

riouSly considering the advisabiIitv OF
locking up the reference bookcase.
Volumes of that character should new
er be taken from the library, under
any circumstances. Now / am always
very particular myself to replace a
book on its proper shelf as soon as
am through with it. Well, where is
it?" he asked, as Ethel reappeared
without the book.
81 remem Der now, that I brought il
back as soon as l was done with it,
papa" said Ethel.
But that's impossible, child. You
must have left it somewhere. 1t isn't
IN the case
80, now I remember exclaimed
Mrs. Fosdick.
''Well?" queried her husband. you
are the one who took it away and for
got 10 bring it back, are you?"
mo, sir, it was you, yourself. Don't
you remember that you got inter
ested in an article Oh Egypt, and
brought it up to my room to read it to
me night before last?"
Ill believe l did"
ITS in my room yet, / know. I saw
it this morning and intended TO bring
it down 70 the library. Ethel. I think
you'll find it on the bureau in my
room"
Miss Fosdick made another trip up
stairs, and her father maintained a
stolid silence during her absence
When she returned she had the miss
fng volume in her hands. Mr. Fosdick
took it and began to turn its leaves in
silence, as the incident seemed to call
for no further comment from him.
His wife said nothing, either. She
simply thought
Presently there was another impa-
tient exclamation from Mr. Fosdick.
What is ii now, dear?" she asked
Look at that" he replied, pointing
70 a place on the open page. She
looked and read this line:
''Etna. See Htna. William Hen.
~ Siviter. in Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18

something marvellous Some We're
RACED to the ground by woodmen,
wesried of the immortality they fos-
tered. AL have vanished except few,
which stand decaying and deserted re-
niaders of the old strongholds. One OF
these is IN the pine woods across the
Menomipee river from Norway, Mich.
1t was one of the most notorious resorts
of the northern region. Within the
stockade stood a commodious two-story
frame house. The stockade itself was
of planking, sixteen feet high. with Ii
strong gate facing the front entrance
of the house, On either side OF which
was G kennel Of dogs. The escape
of a woman, disguised as a man
in order TO deceive the dogs, was tina
means Of bringing to notice the char
acter of the place and its tenants.
She had been lured TO the place with
assurances of reputable employment
Twice before she had attempted
TO escape, eluding the dogs by her
change of appearance. but had been
overtalren by the keeper of the place.
a prominent lawyer in Norway swore
out warrant against the slave master
and secured conviction and a heavy
fine. A few repetitions of this treat
ment convinced him Of the ACCESSIBILITY
of a change OF business. lie betook
himself to the copper mining country
on the shore Of Lake Superior and en-
gagged in legitimate business. He is
now the possessor OF a fortune of five
hundred thousand dollars.
The house he once occupied when en-
gagged In his souliess business still
stands, dilapidated and tenanted only
by the horrible associations, and per-
haps by the suffering spirits of the past.
On the decaying framework of the
stecllade still hang the long planks,
separated by wide gaps, through which
may be seen the desoiation within. The
gate and the kennels are gone. The
doors have fallen and the thin parti-
tons are broken through. It looks
what it really is, one of the last of its
kind.
Exaggerated stories occasionally
reach the public of the revival of these
old haunts. but their untruth Is evident
from the character Of the inhabitants
that now make M the population. Like
all sections Of the country, there is
more or less immortality permitted in
the northwest towns. but the old-time
stockades have disappeared. So. too.
have the gambling resorts, around
which SO much lawlessGess conferred.
The stirring scenes that made these
localities 50 interesting from distance
are unknown now, succeeded by the
tameness Of business enterprise. Ob-
servauce Of the Sabbath and of the
civilized customs of Christendom is not
on the Puritan order, but does not diff
fer from that OF any section Of the pro-
gressive west. These parts have lost
their well-earned reputation as the
toughest in the United States
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
Misplaced Confidence.

'One OF the most rernarl<a BILE cases
of faith ! have ever seen" said well
known physician recently. occurred
when l was student IN Philadelphia
Il had a patient, an Irishman, with a
broken leg. When the plaster band
age was removed and lighter one put
in its place ! noticed that one of the
pins went in with great difficulty. and
l could not understand it. A week az
terward. in removing the pin l found
that il had stuck hard and fast. and /
was forced TO remove il with the for
ceps What was nv astonishmen,
on making an examination TO find thai,
the pin had been run through the skin
twice instead OF the cloth
Why. Pat said l, didn't you know
that pin was sticking in you?'
To be shure ] did. replied Pat.
but I thought vou knowed your bust
ness and so hiIt me tongue. N. y.
Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
FOUND A WONDER
The. New Experience Of an Amer
lean Traveller Abroad
DO Actually Runs Across . Man IN
Barber Shop Who ;WiIlingiy Yields
His "Nsxt" Privilege to
Another.

A New Yorker who recently returned
to the city after foreign tour says that
he enjoyed ono experience while abroad
the like of which he never before heard
%, says the Sun Of that city During
my life in New York. for forty years"
| he said, Il have met plenty of nice
| people and seen more acts Of courtesy
end deeds Of kindness than would fill 4
book. have known of 8 skinfint Civ
! ing money to the needy, and of pas
senger in an elevated car resigning his
seat to a woman. and of Wall street
nan with Christian symptoms, and Of
O smoker handing his lighted cigar
right end foremost 30 a stranger who
asked a light. and OF human being
who always had match when anybody
needed one, and of woman who would
cote on the beauty of another without
jealousy, and of an entertainer who
would cut for his ruest q better piece Of
porterhouse steak than he kept for him
self, and even of e currnudgeon who
would. upon occasion, give proof that
there was streak of virtue in him. All
such things one can safely expect at
times in the world.
"But, though have been customer
ct. BARRIERS shops il New York for
twenty years, I never saw and never
heard of a case IN which a man who,
when it came his turn to get in the
chair for a shave, and when the barber
cried Next would resign his place to
my other man in waiting. He will
sticl, up for his rights there against the
world. l have seen many a quarrel,
end two or three fights, between men
waiting TO get shaved, when there was
q crowd, as to which one came in first.
was angry myself one day when
fellow who had been getting his boots
BACKED in the rear OF the barber shop,
and whom 1 had not seen, stepped up
TO chair which l was about 70 take,
and said he had come in before me. No
matter II another man is in hurry, or
il he must catch train, or il his wife
is anxious about him because he is too
late for dinner, you won't give up your
turn in the BARRIERS chair on his &C
count. There Is one of his rights
.nan will stand up for, and you can see
It ~ the harber's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18

when went abroad I found tile
same thing in England and France. In
/ London once I asked barber if he
could not put me ahead, and he
answered sharply that he would not
DO it for the bank of England. The
Parisians are polite everywhere ex-
cept in the BARRIERS shop when their
turn comes. and you would have to
fight duel if you asked one Of them
70 let you get shaved before him be-
cause your soup was growing cold.
! 1T was in my programme, after see
ing the French and English, to take a
trip through the highlands of Scotland.
] saw plenty of historic spots as l made
my way far up on the Grampian hills,
where the frugal SWANS feed their
fioclzs, and further yet, where the fish,
ermen breast the waves; but | would
give them all away for an experience l
J had when / reached an ancient town
beyond the Grampians one Saturday
afternoon. At the inn l asked for
barber, as wanted to go 20 church the
next day, and must be shaved. When
l got to the BARRIERS place his only
chair was filed, and four or five GUS
toners were waiting their turn. In
! few moments the chair was emptied,
and I expected that one of the men
would spring into it. Not a man
moved. The barber looked at me,
smiled, and told me he was ready FOR
me. / said to him in low voice that
several others had been there before
ire. L dinna mind that he replied.
| You're stranger up here, maybe an
American, and the stranger always
comes first wi US l glanced at the
other men as if to apologize or to Sc
cure their assent. Aye said one of
them, the stranger must always be
first here: we can wait l took the
chair with thanks, and the price of
shave was two-pcnce.
The seven wonders of the world, all
put together. and with the addition Of
Cleopatra's Needle in the Central park,
would not have impressed me as deeply
rs l was impressed by this romantic in
cident. never before paralleled in my
experience. l have travelled from Bos-
ton to Chicago. from Cripple Creek to
New Orleans, without ever hearing OF
, q thing of the kind.
81 do not suppose that many Amer
icans possess sufficient brain power 70
believe IN the literal truth OF this Incl
dent; yet, for all that, it is true as the
Grampian hills of the highlands Of Scot
land. where II occurred. I have told
the story to two or three Scotchmen
since ! came back 10 New York. but
they did not think there was anything
curious or sensational about it"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
a VALUABLE WORK.
What the Encyclopedias Showed When II
Was Found.

Mr.. Fosdick sat in his library read
| ing a newspaper. He threw the sheet
aside. rose and went 20 the bookcase
which contains his encyclopedia. and
ran his eye along the volumes He die
this two or three times. and then he
spoke. making a great effort to be
calm, and succeeding about as well as
most men succeed when they try to be
calm in the bosom of their families
This is what he said:
"One OF the unexplained mysteries
is why the particular volume in an en-
cyclopedia set which you want to con-
suit is always the one that is missing
from the bookcase. Another OF the
mysteries which despair of ever hear
ing satisfactorily explained, is why
you people can never return book to
the case after using it."
Which volume Is ii you want,
dear?" asked Mrs. Fosdick, meekly,
she being included in the term you
people" used by Mr.. Fosdick.
81 want the volume with the Els in
it There is an allusion to Mount Etna
in the newspa per which want TO YER
fly. and that particular volume is the
only one Of the whole two dozen which
isn't in its proper place"
Mrs. Fosdick went to the bookcase
and began to search its shelves. Then
she looked in another bookcase, but
without success, and her husband ex-
pressed his unaltera BILE conviction that
either his wife or his daughter had re-
moved it from its place and failed to
return it.
81 believe Ethel did take it to her
room the other day" said Mrs. Fosdick,
after a moments thought.
"Etheln'
Ethel was curled up in big leather
chair reading novel. and had taken
no part in the discussion.
Yes, mammal"
Didn't you take a volume of the en-.
cyclopedia to your room the other day
when you had to write an essay on
Emerson"
II believe did, mamma"
''YoC must have left it there. Hurry
and bring it down"
Ethel left on her errand. and Mr..
Fosdicl1 occupied the time in deliver.
ing some eXtempore remarks on the
way women had of dropping things
wherever they happened To be. regard
less of the place appointed FOR their
keeping. ut makes me SO cross" he
continued, Ito find my books of refer
ence anywhere and everywhere but
where they ought to be. that i am Sc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18

Lawyers are not more free than other
public speakers from slips - the
tongue. Mr.. Asquith, of the English
cabinet, II recent speech n parlia-
ment, said: Let il be known, gentle
abate not one jit or tottie.7 4 few
DAYS later an English judge, after q
policeman had testified that he had
found the prisoners in bed with their
clothes on. asked. in Amusement: DO
you mean 20 say that they had gone 70
boot with their beds on?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
VIRTUE BEATS VICE
Battle IN the Northern Pinerie 8
Won by the Former.
The Vast Woods No Longer Filled with
Stockades In Which Helpless Eyomen
Are Kept Prisoners and Chased
by Savage Dogs.

In the northwest forests where but 2
few years ago vice most hideous boldly
paraded itself in the public gaze and
almost to the present lurl1ed but little
concealed in the neighborhood Ct popu-
sous communities, experienced starch
ia lis TO find any vestiges of the de prav-
itv that formerly prevailed Occa' 5ional
dis soyeTy of haunts like those that
suce, infested the entire northwest re-
oior now raises a decidedly indignant
0atcl-y against such monstro; tiles OF
til past.
And yet, says the Chicago Journal, 1t
wa only eight or ten years ago that
eve ~ settlement in the pineries and the
min ing camps of the northwest We'd
one with another IN infamous and law
less practices. Citizens OF more than
one i pcality in Michigan or Wisconsin,
after : ointing out the improvements Of
a decade II the appearance of thor
thriyina' city, conclude a tTi6ute TO the
moral sn lnding OF the place and its citf-
zens with the statement that score of
wears ago this was by reputation the
most disreloutable town in the United
States
In every numbering town was to be
found from tEo to dozen stockades,
dens of infarny where wolnsnhood was
held as chearly-as in any hanem of an
oriental prince. AT first these stood on
freuueuted stneets, later in by~ways OF
the city, finally retreating before The
advance of public decency 30 the cover
of the woods, nall mile from any
highway Hither were brought young
girls enticed from Chicago, Minneap-
oils, and even more distang cities.
Every dive had its PROGRESSES IN every
city within reach. Under the control
of brutal men and hardened women
the Youthful victims we're indicted into
their lives Of shame, never 10 be re-
leased until death came. High walls
of sixteen-foot timber placed on end
surrounded the rude huts. At the
barred gateway was kept a kennel Of
fierce bulldogs, trained to pursue only
the unfortunate women that might at
tempt an almost useless fight.
The disappearance Of even the very
walls that sheltered these. iniqritiesy is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
Women ss Readers

The new woman reads a differen.
class Of books from her predecessor.
thoughtful librarians tell Us. Libra
rians ana their assistants were 81 first
amused when asked by tiny blonde
with big sleeves for . book upon some
weighty subject and winked al each
other while they busted of the book.
But after two or three years passed
and the den,nd remained. they ceased
70 wink a Sae fad and the books on
sociology and political science were
moved from the top shelves OF the
mems side" down to the low shelves
Of the ''women's The American
woman. by her reading. i developing
Tnarvelouslv in political way and At
tanning such knowledge a. viii make
her a power IN influencing the home
circle even Il II has no effect in help
ing her % obtain suffrage. Queen Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
She Knew Them.

At teachers association in Newark
the other day class OF small children
were giving an exercise in phonics-
The teacher had received correct an
swers II descriptions she had given
them of trees, wood. etc. and then
thought she would describe a brook
What do You find running through the
woods, moving silently on the ground.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-18
NICHOLAS n. IN PEACE
Kussis's Interest,". Are -s This Time al
Ouao.ed 20 War

There i no safety IN predicting any
turn in a game IN which q youthful
monarch Of Russia holds a strong hand,
bat, though many runors have been
running around sbou: the new ear,
Nicholas IL, there seems no probability
OF his undertaking any intisz1z-z BE
role, says Col T. o. Dodge n the
Forum Russia has so INCH more -
gain Il peace than war. Barely . third
.. her army has the Few sE3zll-boTe
rifle. s16 II vii be two years before
the othe- regiments are 20 EQUIPPED
Her revenues are none TOO gress. l.ussl
needs he- money for the great trans
Siberian railway. and she oEgh. not %
hios L CIT q tie mouths o. -nl- zz-s-