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Z on His Defeat.

Ex-senator ingalls,, speaking Of hi,
defeat at Topeka In 1890 when he was
candidate for reelection, said: "Wher
the returns came in and I saw how over.
whelming my defeat was and what i,
meant to me-the end of Is years serv.
ice in tho American senate, possibly the
end Of my public life-I confess tina,
agony was in my soul. 1t was a beauti.
full day. Everybody was watching me
to see how l was going to take it-all
my family. 1t was a tragic hour. ]
went over to my pasture and walked
through the withered wood. There in q
little grassy glade, sheltered from the
autumnal breeze, the sun shining cold,
ly down, I opened the windows of My
spirit and let that whole thing i'll Gil
me, and commanded my fortitude.
sat there in that little dell until til,
struggle was over until I was mastcl
Of myself"
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A HOTEL GHOST,
The Narrative Of = Singular Experienes .,
Lord and Lady Dunraven.

- " Shu ~ AxRDE10DO0 -
Lord and Lady Dunraven.
Apropos of a report that the Brevoort
House was to be closed, which was de-
MED, however, there is u story that Lady
Dunraven has been known to tell about
the famous old inn. The countess is de-
scribed by those who know her as q wo-
man much more inclined to common
sense than to ghost haunted Cock lanes,
even with DIR. Johnson authority. She
used to tell the facts in the tale simply
for what they were worth. r.
1t was more than one decade ago,
years before the Valkyrie was thought
Of. when Lord Dunraven was first inter
ested in the mining regions of northern
Michigan. He and Lady Dunraven were
staying in New York for a few days be-
fore starting west and had taken rooms
at the Brevoort-pleasant rooms, with
a view Of the avenue and a nice glimpse
OF Washington square. The first night,
being tired with their voyage, they went
early to bed, but, as it happened, not so
early to sleep. Both the earl and count
ess were blessed with hearty English
constitutions. They were not at all &C.
customed to lying awake till the small
honors.
They wondered what they could have
done, what they could have eaten or
drank to afflict them with such gratui-
tous vigilance. Just at a venture finally
they bundled themselves out into the
adjoining parlor, made themselves ex-
tempore touches there and slept soundly
till morning. Next night and the night
after there was the same wakefulness
and in the end the same migration to
the adjoining room for relief. They be-
gan to think they should have to leave
town earlier than they had planned, for
they would not for the world have made
any pretext to shift chambers. :
The explanation Of the mystery, if it
was an explanation, came out by chance.
They had a call before long from an old
time New Yorker whom they had met
in England, an authority on all matters
pertaining to the towns minor history.
II WONDER" he remarked casually,
THAT they should have given you these
rooms. You know it was in that room
there, not SO long ago, that a Mr.. u
hanged himself" 1t was in that room
that Lord and Lady Dunraven had tried
in vain to sleep, and they exchanged sig
nificant glances. OF course it was only
a coincidence, they said, but the next
day they took their departure for the
west.-New York Tribune.
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Notice OF Mortgage Sale

Whereas, default has been made In the pay
ment OF the interest on money secured by q
on the 18th day Of January, 1892, given and exc
cuted by Abraham Anderson and Oline Ander-
son, his wife, Of the county Of Lake. state Of
South Dakota, to John Ogden, state Of Ohio,
and which mortgage was duly recorded in the
Office Of the register OF deeds Of Lake county,
South Dakota, on the 2sth day. OF January, 1892,
at 5 O'Clock p. m, recorded in book ''9' of mort
cages, on page 95; and, whereas, no action or
proceeding at law or otherwise have been insti-
tuted to recover the debt secured by said mort
gage or any part thereof; and, whereas, IL 10
stipulated in said mortgage that should default
be MADE in The pay m Of saiC sum of money
or any part thereof when due, then the whole
principal and interest should become due and
payable, and SAID mortgage might be foreclosed
by notice and sale Of said mortgaged premises;
and, whereas, default consists in the failure Of
said mortgagors to pay the interest on said
on said mortgage on January !, 1895, the same
being past due and, whereas, 1t is stipulated in
said mortgage that In the event OF the %foreclos-
urs Of the came, $780, 90 shall be allowed a. attor
ney's fees; and, whereas, the whole amount
claim ed to be due on said mortgage at the date
Of this notice 10 the sum Of $40O.0 90 principal and
a total OF s5o4 80 now due. Now. therefore,
netice is hereby given that by virtue OF the
power contained in said mortgage, and In pursu.
provided, the said mortgage will be ioreeloscd
by the esle Of the said mortgaged premises
therein desc nbed, at public auction, at the front
door of the court house, in the city of Madison
Lake county, south Dakota, on The Sd day Of
August, 1895, at the hour Of one O'Clock in the
afternoon of THAT day. Said mortgs ged premises
are situated in the county Of Lake, state Of South
The south half (sh) of the southeast quarter
(sek )oi section thirty one t3l) in township one
hundred and eight (lOS) north Of range dfty-One
(51) containing 80 acres, more or less according
to the government survey thereof.
Dated at Madison, Lake county, South Dako-
June 18th, 1895.
JOHN OGDEN, Mortgage.
D. d. HOLDRIDGE q SON,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
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Rather Mean.

Speaking Of dinners" said Haw,
kins, reminds me Of something l over,
heard in these very rooms not two nights
ago. I always knew Smooks was Of a
saving nature, but l never believed tina,
the fellow was downright mean
Elbows that?" asked Bluffkins in,
differently.
"Well, it was like this. Tuesday
night Shocks came in and began talking
with Webb. Il hear you re going away
on Saturday, said Shocks.
eyes answered Webb. For three
months
AND what are you doing tomorrow
night?'
wednesday, said Webb. Il have
no engagement for Wednesday,
"'And the next night?'
"'That's Thursday. 4 dine with the
Blakes ON that day
"'Dear, dear! That's a pity" said
Shocks, with a good bluff at disappoint'
ment. I wanted you to take Dime,
with us on Thursday. '"-Boston Bud
get.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-10
The French Expedition to Egypt.

The most novel spectacle of all was a
carefully organized and equipped expe-
dition of 100 or more scholars, who, ac-
cording to what was then the fashion,
were destined to gather the treasures Of
the pharaohs and of the Ptolemies for
the collection of Paris. Their apparatus
for discovery was the best obtainable,
their learning was at least respectable
and their library was a mixture Of the
ancient classics with those of the mod
ern romanticism, Of medieval lore with
modern atheism. Homer and Virgil JOS
tied Ossian> and Tasso, while Rousseau's
"Heloise" stood neighbor to Goethe's
"Werther." Among other political"
works were Montesquieu, the Vedas, the
Koran and the Bible. Caroline Bona
parte gave her brother as a farewell gift
a little pocket library, among the vol
umes of which were Bacon's Essays"
Nine. de Stael's Influence of the Pas
sions" and Mercier's ''Philosophic vi
sions." The curious have examined
these volumes and found in their we'll
worn pages a few passages specially
marked. In his hours Of solitude the
great solitary read in Bacon how he
who dominates others loses his WI lib
erty; in Nine. de Stael how hard it is
to keep the acquisitions of ambition; in
Mercier of an oriental visionary who,
after the glories of temporary success,
ended his days in exile and forgetful-
ness. Professor Sloane's Life of Napo-
leon" in Century.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-10
Why Some Mushrooms Are Poisonous.

The greed of gain, regardless of con-
sequences, is II of the dangerous ele-
ments in business life and is never more
clearly brought out than in the culture
Of mushrooms. 1t is we'll understood
that mushrooms grown on old pastures
are wholesome and delicious-of course
taking it for granted that they are fresh
ly gathered and properly prepared. The
London Lancet has an interesting article
ON the subject Of growing mushrooms
and calls attention to some points that
are worthy Of the notice of health au-
thorities and housekeepers. The mush-
room is very low order Of organization.
1t 1ourishes OH old manure heaps and
is capable of taking up a large amount
existence.
Clean and carefully handled manure,
with a fair amount Of old sod and earth,
grows healthful plants, but in some large
cities garbage and filthy matter Of all
soyts is used in the preparation of the
beds. Microscopic investigation has re-
vealed the fact that the cap Of the mush-
room is SO constructed that it can alb
sorb from the manure vapors which are
dangerous poisons. The little fringes
underneath the cap are therefore little
more than storehouses Of poisons. II
would be we'll worth while for consum.
ers Of mushrooms to find out from where
they receive their supplies, and if other
than clean and wholesome materials arr
used to discard them altogether. New
York Ledger.
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INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE.
The Characteristic Of Savants IL Their U
failing Optimism.

a. h0 - a - III
failing Optimism.
The best that we gain from the pur.
suit Of research is, Professor &. s. Mi
not writes in The Popular Science
Monthly, our characteristic optimism.
We are engaged in achieving results,
and results Of the most permanent and
enduring quality. A business man may
achieve a fortune, but time will dissi.
pate it. A statesman may be the savior
Of a nation, but how long do nations
live? knowledge has no country, be-
longs to no class, but is the might OF
mankind, and it is mightier for what
each of US has done. We have brought
u stones, and they are built into the
edifce and into its grandeur. My stone
is a small one. 1t will certainly be for.
gotten that it is mine; nevertheless il
will remain in place.
How different is the pessimism to.
ward which literary men are seen tc
tend! Harvard university lost James
Russell Lowell in 1891 and Asa Gray in
1888. The letters of both of these emf.
nent men have been published. Low
ellis letters grow sad and discouraged,
and he gives way mor and more to the
pessimistic spirit. Gray is optimistic
steadily and to the end The difference
was partly due to natural temperament,
but chiefly, I think, to the influence OF
their respective professions. The subjec,
material of the literary man is familiar
human nature and familiar human sur
roundings, and his task is to express
the thoughts and dreams which these
suggest. He must compete with the
whole past, with all the genius that has
been. There is nothing new under the
sun, he exclaims. But to us it is a prov
erb contradicted by our daily expert
ence.
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I SHALL NOT PASS AGAIN THIS WAY.
The bread that br,ngcth strength | want to

The bread that b~ringcth strength | want to
give,
The water pure that bids the thirsty live.
I want TO help the flaming day by day.
I'm sure ! shall not pass again this way.
! want to give the oil Of Joy for tears,
The faith to conquer crowding doubts and
fears.
Beauty for ashes may / give always.
I'm sure ! shall not pass again this way.
i want to give cool measure running DER,
And into angSy hearts / want to pour
The answer soft that turneth wrath away.
I'm sure ! shall not pass again this way.
! want to give to others hope and faith.
/ want to do all that the Master saith.
l want to live Alright from day to day.
In sure l shall not pass again this way.
Great Thoughts.
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Sunday

Mrs. Ednah Cheney remarks: ut has
always been my test for spending Sun.
day to sec how gets up on Monday
morning. If on that morning worl
seems sweet and you are ready tc
do it heartily and happily, then you
have spent vour Sunday to some pur,
pose. 1 don't care whether it is in
church or out, i'll the fields or in your
quiet home with Il book III your hand,
or playing and frolicking with the chill.
dren. But however you have spent S;rn-
day the test OF it is that the dawn OF
Monday Seems blessed ard good and
hopeful. "-Philadc.p!lia Ledger.
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Directions For Sterilizing Milk.

Provide six or eight half pint bottles,
according to the number Of times the
child is fed during the "a hours. Put
the proper amount Of food for one feed
ing in each bottle and use a tuft Of cot
ton batting as a stopper. Have a sauce
pan that the bottles can stand in conven-
iently. Invert a perforated tin pie plate
in the bottom and put in enough water
to come above the milk in the bottles.
Stand the bottles ON it; when the water
boils draw the saucepan to a cooler part
Of the stove, where the water will re.
main near the boiling point but not ac-
tually boiling. Cover the saucepan and
let the bottles remain in it one hour.
Put them in the icebox or a cool place
in winter. Ladies Home Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-10

\ St. Peter tfrom within)-Who agi-
tates the celestial latchstring?
Strong Voiced Shade-'Tis I, the new
woman. A mere man is with me.
st. Peter-'Tis we'll. Let each state
his attributes.
New Woman-You know me. Icame,
I saw, ! conquered.
The Mere Nanny Office is to salute,
submit and surrender.
st. Peter-The rs have it. Place your
sycophant OF the toboggan and step in.
side. -Washington Times
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-10

A genius has devised for sleeping car
riages a system Of beds made of rubber
bags, which are to be stretched over
steel frames and inflated with hot air
from the locomotive. In Is minutes an
entire car can be made ready for the
night. In the morning, when the hot
air is turned off, the mattress and pill
lows will Immediately collapse.
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my dear baron, what are you doing?
Smoking wo cigars at one and the same
timer"
well, you see, my dear fellow, in
this beastly hole you can't get any six
penny cigars such as l am in the habit
Of smoking, and so I have to make shift
with a couple Of threepenny ones. -
Deutsche Na-te.
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Notice.
l. Notice.
State Of South Dakota.
}es IL County Court.

~ fss IL County Court.
In the matter OF the estate of the minor heirs
of VIM Collburn deceased: Whereas Lavinia B.
Collburp, guardian of the minor heirs Of William
court Of her proceedings under the order Of sale
made by this court on the nth day Of May 1895
and Med the said return I'm this court on this End
day Of July 1895, by which 1t appears that she
has sold to Herman Abraham the real estate OF
said minors, to wit: The northwest quarter of
section seven (7) In township one hundred and
nth principal meridian in Lake county, south
Dakota, for the sum Of 32,75O. 1t 10 hereby
ordered, that Friday the 18th day of July 1895 at
be and the same 10 hereby fixed for the hearing
Of said report, and the confirmation Of said sales.
Dated July 2, 1885. BY the Court,
]. n. WILLIAMSON.
D. D. HOLDRIDGE &SON,
Attorneys for Guardian.
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Notice.
State of South Dakota,
In County Court.
County Of Lake.
In the matter Of the estate OF Peter OLSON, de-
ceased.
Notice of time appointed for proving will, etc.
The state of South Dakota sends greeting to
Anna Person, Karin Erickson and Anna John
son, heirs next of kin "f Peter OLSON, deceased.
Pursuant to an order Of said court, made on
the 18th day of June A. D. 1895, notice 10 hereby
given that Friday the 9Th d sy of July, A. D. 1895,
an one O'Clock .. m. OF said day. at the ONCE Of
county judge, at Madison, in the county of Lake,
s.. D., have been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will Of said Peter OLSON, de.
ceased, and for hearing the application of p. C.
swanson and Andrew Anderson for the issuance
to themselves Of letters testamentary, when and
where any person interested may appear and
contest the same.
Witness the Hon. J.. H.. williamson, judge OF
the county court, and the seal Of said court, this
18th day Of June, A. D.. 1895. at his Office in the
city OF Madison, county OF Lake, state OF South
Dakota.
j. II. WILLIAMSON,
Judge Of County Court.
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Grinnen-Dying at a hotel is, it
seems to me, the saddest thing ON earth.
Barrett-There IL only n thing sad
der-hving at a hotel Trib-
une.
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Notice TO Credit ers

Notice to Credit ers.
Estate of Peter OLSON, deceased. Notice is
hereb. given by the undersigned, executors Of
the will of Peter OLSON. deceased, 10 the crenitor.
Of and all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with the ncces-
cary vouchers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice. to the said executors
at their places Of residence, or to the county
judge at his Office in the city Of Madison, in the
county OF Lake, 8. ID.
dated at Madison. ). D., July 8, 1895.
P. G. SWANSON,
ANDREW ANDERSON,
Executors Of tho last will OF Peter OLSON, de.
ceased.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-01
First publication Aug1t7
Mortgage Sale.

WHEREAS, John +. Thompson and Han
nan d. Thompson, his wife. did execute and
Iel1Ner 10 John X. TreVett as trustee. and to
u. w Abel, of Huron, South Dakota as sue
cessOr in trust, a mortgage upon the north
west quarter of section thirteen Il - i'm town
snip one hundred and twelve G12) north Of
range sixty eight (6S) west Of the fifth Urin-
Cipal meridian in Hand county South Da-
kOta, said mortgage bears date the 2nd day
OF April, \. -. 1887, and is recorded in the
Odice OF the Register OF Deeds OF Hand conn
~, South Dakota, in book ; of mortgages
on page 20, and was given to secure nav
ment of debt of Five Hundred dollars, due
from said John /. Thompson to james Il
Russell, which said debt is evidenced by one
promissOry note described in said MORTGAGE.
executed and delivered by said John r.
thompson payable to the order o! said
james b. Russell
1t is provided in said mortgage that If de-
iaui be made in the payment OF any OF the
principal or OF the interest accruing under
s%i0 note for ten days after the maturity
IN, :eof, then the whole OF the principal OF
said remaining debt should at the option OF
the owner Of said note, by reason OF such de-
fault. become Immediately due and PAYABLE
and said mortgage should be forecl0sGd and
said premises sold TO satisfy said debt
Whereas, default has been made in the paw
ment of said note for more than ten DAYS az
ter the maturity thereof. by reason of such
default the owner OF said note has declared
the principal thereof Immediately due and
payable ana has requested the said .. W.
Abel to fOreclOse said mortgage and sell
said premises to satisfy said debt And
whereas, by reason Oi the premises the
amount claimed to be due at the date OF this
notice under the terms Of said note aud mort
gage Is the sum OF SJlO.66 debt
And whereas, said John Il. Trevett L. alb
sent from South Dakota, and I'm such case
said mortgage expressly appoints said q. ".
Abel to execute the power OF sale contained
therein, and whereas, no suit at law or 9th
elWise has been commenced TO collect said
uebt, or any part thereof, public notice IL
hereby given that under the power Of sale
contained i'm said mortgage and duly record
ad as aforesaid, and in pursuance of the stat
utes In such case made and provided the said
mortgage win he fOreclOsed by sale of the
said premises at public auction. at the front
lOOr of the court house, at Miller in said
Hand county, the 18th day OF September.
\. ID. 1895. AT ten O'Clock in the forenoon 10
he highest bidder for cash, and the proceeds
u said sale applied TO the payment Of tle
said debt and the costs of the foreclosure OF
'aid mortgage including $4,000 attorneys
ees as therein stipulated.
Dated at Huron, South Da kOta, this lst
lay OF August A. ID. 1895.
q. W. ABEL. Succe ssor in Trust
ii. ), MousER, Attorney.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-01
Letter from Washington.
June %. 1895.
ED. Press:


ED. PRESS:
am located in the northern part
of Lincoln Co. so miles from Spok,
ane, large city and the metropolis
OF eastern Wash; 50 from Sprague
the county seat of Lincoln Co.,
miles from Creston the nearest rail
road point; II miles from Wilbur the
principal business town OF this sec.
ton, and = miles from the Columbia
river, the most important river OF
the Pacific Coast.
The country is Il rolling prairie,
quite billy and cut up along the river
by deep canyons filed with pine and
fur trees which make fine fuel, but
very poor lumber. These canyons
run III a generally northerly direction
to the Columbia river which is sever
al hundred feet below the general ley
el OF the surrounding country. The
soil is OF volcanic origin being n COM
bination OF volcanic ashes, clay or
pulyerized lava rock, is veryprOduct-
i've, and will stand more drOuth than
soil OF n more loamy nature. The
climate is that OF mild northern
locality. The winters are not so Sc
we're as on the plains, beng temper
ed by the Pacific ocean and by the
cold sweeping winds being checked ~
surrounding mountain ranges. In
fact it is Il rare thing to have such
hard sweeping winds rs one expert
enced on the plains, at any time of
year. The springs are cool and wet,
hut the summers are hot and dry,
though enough rain generally falls to
mature the crops. At present oath
AT june it is very dry, no rain hav-
ing fallen to speak offor Over3 weeks
and though the grain isstill growing,
should the present dry weather con-
tinue it would be greatly damaged,
and in some instances be total fail
ure. A heavy frost, the heaviest ever
experienced in the Big Bend country,
visited here on the night of June 13,
doing q great deal of damage. 1t
killed nearly all the fruit, except that
on or very near the river. Gardens
suffered prOportionately, and nearly
all the grain fields were more or less
damaged. They have always had
more or less frost here, killing few
beans or blackening the potato vines
a little, but never in all the history of
the country such genuine freeze as
that was, but this seems like an ex-
ceptional year for frost all over the
l.. :.