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CANDID ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Felt That He Was Not without Rea-
sons for Being Proud.

He ls the young who writes the
newspaper advertisements for a large
mer> anuie firm He writes them well,
too, and enjoys life as is the privilege OF a
man who has successfully applied himself
to tohisbusiness Amonga number of friends
with whom he was ia king was one whose
long acquaintance makes it possible for
him TO say things which would be resented
br other people, says the Detroit Free
Press.
III seems to me, remarked the friend, i,
that you are a very lucky person.
.well,' was tho reply THAT is what the
envious always say OF a man who makes
a success or literature I have no doubt
that remark has been made Of nearly every
man who has worked hard and finally
prospered."
You seem to take rather serious
view of your calling"
II have to. 1t means shoes and neckties
and house rent and three meals day and
lots OF other little things. that make hfs
pleasant"
'.stiu. don't think it / 5 very much che
proud Of"
Perhaps not l struggle with my self
esteem every now and then"
..well, this period OF civilization has
certainly produced strange demands"
.'That'sit. There's the keynote of the
whole situation. When reflect that am
making a good living in an era when
Shakespeare or LORD Byron would probably
walk the streets In vain, looking for
job, tell you I can't help getting nttl,-
bit proud. and l might Just as well own
up to it
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II TINE Of VAR
Uncle Sans Officers Expert
menting With an Airship.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II Is Not Desirable That 0theS Nations
Should Learn Of the Progress Be-
ing Made in This Direction.

One Of the most interesting equipments
now at Fort Logan, Col. So conspicuous
part is the balloon destined to play In ~.
ture warfare that one official in the War
Department has been directed to devote
his entire time and the whole OF his ener-
giles towaru the advancement or aerial loco
motion.
The name Of this officer Is not known,
however. He is on the staff OF General
.reely, CHIEF sigLaiing officer OF the army
and Of North Pole exploration fame 1t Is
natural that his identity should be kept as
secret as possible. In time OF peace no gen.
eral cares to disclose his plans to a possible
enemy any more than he would think of
publishing every move he intended In time
Of hostllities.
Though this country was the first to In
troduce the balloon into practical use in
time OF war it has not since advanced as
some others have done.
VALUABLE IN TINES OF WAR.
'BaIlooDs are valuable in times OF war"
said Capt. Craig Of Gen. GreeIy's depart
ment to Times reporter, "in order that
the commanding officer or his aids may
see tile ground OF the enemy. No project
for such observation has yet been pre-
sented that will equal the balloon.
They are divided into two kinds, cap
tive balloons and dirigible balloons. The
former is the only kind in generaiuse. This
is raised Immediately over the camp and
held in place by q rope or cable. The com
nanding officer, or an aid, makes the
ascent. With a glass, he looks over the
camp of the enemy. Ifhostilities are then
in actual progress, he directs his subordL
mates by means OF telegraph or telephone,
for he is in electrical Communication with
them. Messages and drawings may also be
sent up and down the cable or rope that
holds the monster captive.
THE only country that is yet known to
have yet made use of the dirigfbIe balloon
The morning times., 1896-07-26
THE Willy SEAL.
How He Manages to Catch Sea GuIls
UnawareH.

HOW ne Aa0a&eS 10 Satcn Sea u ulfk
Unawares.
The seal is probably the clumsest animal
In the world, ga Us the New York Recorder.
He likes to bask In the sun all day and
when he moves he is exceedingly sluggish
and awkward. II has often been wondered
how this animal manages to secure its
favorite food, wild sea fowl. :.
Sea guils are SO wild that it is difficult
even for man TO get within gunshot of one
The seal seems TO realize that 1t would be
a waste of time to attempt 10 crawl up on
the gulls as they rest upon the water and
catch them unawares... So he watches until
the gulls are soaring. slowly through the
air and close to The waves.
Then the sea dives into the sea and swims
underneath the water for some distance
By the time he has managed to swim about
a hundred feet the gull has forgotten the
presence OF its enemy. This gives the
seal his opportunity. He cautiously rises
TO the surface Of the water at some dis
tance from the point ut which he dived,
and allows merely the tip OF his great nose
to appear above the water.
Remaining in this position, he gives hs
enormous body a rotary motion, SO that his
nose describes circle on the surface of the
ocean. He does this so skillfully that to
the gull his nose looks like a fish at play
This catches the guirs eye, and 1t at once
darts down with the speed Of an arrow
aiming straight FOR the little dot.
The seal sees it coming and sinks few.
inches, and as the gull strikes the water,
with tremendous force the seals jaws close
Upward and the gull disappears.
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| is France. This h a movable balloon
capable OF going from place to place at
the will OF some person or persons. In the
years lSS4-'S5 the French army expert
nented with this sort of balloon and were
| quite successful. 1t is known that in five
Out OF seven accents the machine was made
10 sail fourteen miles and back again at
the win OF the mapipulator.
I'VE have no information, though, as to
how the balloon operates. OF course. the
French would want to keep ther secret.
and they have been successful. 1t is al
most certain that the machine was driven
by small, light engine. Since then the
French inventors have occupied themselves
with the question of motor power. Their
balloon, too, had cigar-sha ped car below
the gas receptacle.
CAN CARRY DYNAMITE.
mot only may the dirigible balloon
serve as Il car for observation, but it
may be used TO carry dynamite and other
high explosives over the camp OF an enemy.
II is thought the Germans have them, too,
though they have never made known their
secret, il they have. Foreign countries
furnish their armies plenty OF money for
experiments
"You are doubtless OF the opinion, then.
tina the da y is coming when the mana eeable
air-sbips will be at han1," asked the re.
porter.
Capt. Craig shrugged bis shoulders, and
answered, II am."
As already stated, the experiments being
made ID this country at the present time fall
under the province OF the Signal Service
Corps. The one balloon at Fort Logan ts
used as sort of training school, where
those enlisted in the Corps are taurht bal
loon culture. 1t is intended eventualIv tn
make every signaling man familiar with
the use OF the balloon.
1t is not conceived how any great tech.
nical knowledge or training is necessary
to ut one to manipulate, or assist in manip,,
lating, the balloon. 1t is an ordinary ona
Just like the aeronaut uses who entertains
the patrons OF country fairs and summer
resorts with his thrilling parachute leans
The great bag is fitted with a basket ca.
panle OF holding two passengers, and q few
delicate Instruments.
Chier or the latter is a telephone or
telegraph instrument. Experiments with
the telephone have been hardly SO fruitful
as with the telegraph, and as a conse-
quence every member OF the Signal Ser
vice Corps in the army has been called
upon or will be called upon to study
telegraphy until he can readily transmit
and send messages.
FILLING THE BALLOON.
The communicating wire from balloon
to camp runs down the rope or cable
that prevents the airship from escaping.
This connection is either OF plain manila
rope or of steel wire. When Constructed
OF wire, as 1t more frequently Is, the
telegraph wires are properly insulated and
made to form the center of the fine metallic
threads that 60 to make up the long
cable.
OF course. reel 4 necessary ad-
ment This u fltted to . wagon that Is
constructed to carry the balloon and all
attendant apparatus, aud n the wind u
not unfayorabse the balloon cen hs moved
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DREAMS ABOUT HORSES.
Valuable Animal Saved by His Own
er,s Vivid Dream.

Valuable amman SdveO Oy LIS OWn-
er's Vivid Dream. .
Dreams, like girls, .are queer and
dreams wherein horses figure largely take
rank among the queerest- shall give
few dreams, not Of fair women but of
horses, told one day between heats. In
the year eighteen hundred and ninety some
thing a gentleman entered a promising
PAGER for Il race to come off some time dur
ing the summer. He was speeding the
horse on the last OF the snow, and wrote to
his wife, who was visiting in distant
town, that his prospects for race horse
were rosy
That night the lady, although not espe-
cially an admirer of horses, dreamed that
she was sitting in the stand watching the
finish OF the race wherein her husbapd's
horse was to take part. Replying TO the let
ter, she said that his horse would win the
race, the last heat several lengths ahead
OF gray horse, the only other one she saw
in her dream, and that the Judge an
nounced the time 2:20 IA.
The letter caused good deal of amuse-
ment in the family during the months pre-
The morning times., 1896-07-26
A Historic Tree.

A recent windstorm in Kentucky blew
down a large red elm known as the ..Dick-
Insor tree" 1t was situated on the ground
the famous Jackson Dickinson duel
was fought In 1906. Un1er this tree Charles
Dickinson reclined while awaiting medical
nid after having been mortally wounded by
Andrew jackson. In this duel 'Old Hick-
ory'' received a wound from the effects Of
which he never recovered. ed.-Exchange.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
The Doctor and the Lawyer.

''Now you know the details of the af.
fair" said the doctor to the lawyer a few
days later. what would you advise me to
do about it?''
60 back to your practice, - replied tho
lawyer promptly. You hlve no case. Ten
dollars, please
''Now that have told you the symp-
toms,'' said the lawy6r TO the doctor n
few days later, what would you advise
me. to do?"
Go back to your practice" replied the
physician promptly. "You have nothing
seriously wrong with You. Ten dollars.
please"
Thus IT happens that two men are call,
ing each other robbers Chicago Post.
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poverty comes in at the door lore flies
out of the window.
IL. II he would be unwilling to frankly
and candidly tell before marriage every
thing OF his past life. which, in the event
OF his marrying, would, IL found out,
cause endless trouble and lifelong un-
happiness, let him, by all means, remain
single.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
MeneIik,s Present.

One of the first things that strikes the
visitor to the Bible House in London is a
magnificent pair OF elephants tusks pre-
sented by Menelik II, Emperor of Abyssinia.
When Menelik came to the throne the
Bible Society committee sent him
specia liy- bound copy of the ScHptu res
In his native tongue, and offered to re-
place in the churches and houses the
Bibles destroyed by the Dervishes. The
letter, the seal of which bears this inscrip.
tion in Amharic: ''The lion Of the tribe of
Judah hath conquered. ."-Philadelph Ia
Press
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why she Didn,t I.auoh

Said little Fannie Chaffie: ..Mamma,
this is the place where some little. girls
were walking, and one OF them fell down
and hurt herse1f, md they all laughed ex-
cept me-
aAnd why aidn't you laugh. Fannie?''
Because I was the little girl that fell
down and hnKt fAefself"-Texas Sitter.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
EIecfrtc Eishtnu.

1t is said that in Spain electric fishing
Is to be carried on on a large scale. A
Spanish company has taken out patents in
Spain covering the use Of the electric,
light for this purpose. The same scheme
has been tried with some success in Cali
fornia, where a net was fitted with cleo
trio lights. 1t proved very attractive to
the fish, which had previously been rather
wary Of entering the nets.-Chicago Chron-
fcal
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Preoccnr,ation.

Mother (severeiy) May. did see Mr..
Dashaway stroking your hair on the piazza
last eveuing7
Nay-Yes. ma. bot that's only force of
habit.
Mother Habit! what do you moan?
May-why. he stroked his college boat,
you kuow.-New York Press.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
Efinueffe

Mr. Dun tunpaid biilin his mouth)-when
shall CALI gain, Mr.. Owens?
Mr.. 0wens-Well. 1t would hardly he
proper for you to call again until have
returned the hcpresentcall-Cie Cleveland Leader.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
HeHvealy Voices.

Mrs Caseys-Harrigan's daughter is
: turnin' out for medium. She dob heafin'
voices In the u9pa air, they tell me.
Caseyl heak t1im every day meself.
Sometimes theg ydlls Mortari' and some
times "Brickis Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The sptrit Of Organixation.

Teacher-wi.lie, you are to stay in after
school aud do three extra examples,
Willie-What! And git put out OF the
Scholars Union for workin' overtime? I
will, don't Cincinnati Enquirer.
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struck It the First Time.

Struck It the First Time.
$50 you have written O noyel?''
eyes"
'.f{as your heroine satin skin, velvet
eyelashes aud hair like threads of spun
gold?''
"Yes."
rs her name Gwendoline7"
.sIt is"
..Theu don't see why it shouldn't be
success. It'd Bits.
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Two Points OF view

she-How futf of bis subject our ,pastor
was this morning!
He-Yes. and how slow he a. In empty
Ing himse1fl-Truth.
The morning times., 1896-07-26

cross, second lieutenant, and Young Ward.
a son of the weIlknown lumber merchant,
third lieutenant. These Officers were the
choice of the organization
The morning times., 1896-07-26

Running his finger down that first page
open before hin, Mr.. Lockwood commented
on some Of the originals of the autographs
in the column. There said he, sis John
d. Barclay. He was the father of the man
office from his fourteenth to his eighty first
year continuously And n. j. Anderson
He was ufterward governor of Maine, a
copsr.crous Coneressman q in his day. COM
missioner OF customs and sixtt ardftor of
the Treasury. And Phillip Hines. Old
Phillip Hinesi And Mr. Lockwood paused
30 laugh over the recollcctions called up
tt the sight OF this mans name. "Hc was
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-29

Sioux Falls Press, p: Republican
figures say they are making an ultra
Conservative estimate when: they claim
the Mckinley column will surely have
the G}S votes OF the following states,
amounting 10 fourteen more than
enough: Connecticut, Delaware, Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Yer
mont and Wisconsin. Only one OF these
states MARY land is south of Mason and
Dixon's line, and only one Iowa is west
OF the Mississippi. There is more chan
&c for the republicans to gain votes from
the states not enumerated. than to lose
any Of those specified. The republican
electoral vote will not likely be over
whelming. but it will be sufficient to put
Mckinley in the presidential chair-and
that's enough.
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| 0 IS
Great

Another great wave Of emigration is q.
bout to flow over the country. The
northwest will receive the greatest bene-
tit from it and every state in that region
is prepared for it. From the Great
Lakes to the Pacific Ocean Boards of
Immigration have been formed, full OF
energy and enthusiasm and glad to give
the G. and enquirer all the
assistance possible.
In Minnesota the renowned Red River
Valley and the newly opened lands OF
the Red Lake Reservation attract the
homeseeker.
In North Dakota there are rolling
hills and rich prairie lands. In Montana
the great Yellowstone Valley, with it's
new irrigation enterprise, the noted
Gallatin Valley and the Bitter Root
Valley extend arms OF welcome. In
Idaho and Washington the Nez Perez
Reservation lands recently coded, and
the Pslouse. Potlach and Yakima Val.
leys ast of the Cascades, are bound to
be rapidly settled. West of the noun
tains are the fertile valleys Of Puget
Sound in Washington, and the Colum,
bia and Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Homes for millions Of people are found
here. Come and take possession; Others
are coming, you come too;-write to
Chas. 8. Fee, General Passenger A9ent
Northern Pacific Railroad, st. Paul
MINI.
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The desperate character Of demo-
cratic politics is evidenced by the fact
now first made public that in the con-
vention Of 1892 MIR. Whitney had de
tectives shadowing every move of free
silver men and now it is stated by a free
silver propagandist that two detectives
will dog Mr.. Whitney's every step at the
forthcoming Chicago convention. Other
gold men will be as closely Swallowed.
No wrong influence or bribery Of the
gold men is going to bs tolerated by the
silveritss if they can get on to it, and the
necessity Of employing dectives in a o
test where every man in the convention
ought to be incorruptible or unmoved az
a matter OF principle shows the desper.
ate character to which national politics
have descended.
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Sioux Falls Journal. y: 1t is getting
80 nowadays that the heads Of all state
institutions Of South Dakota delegate
the management Of the places to their
~subordinates while their own time is
spent in chasing the festive political flea
They appear to think the salary the
state pays them is only for the use Of
their name and not for services they are
supposed to render the people. 1t is
about time a change was made.
II the editor Of the Journal will come
t Madison we will show him the head Of
a state institution that does not do any
thing of the kind. He attends strictly
to his public duties and people respect
himfor it.
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Agents wanted to sell the Life and
Speeches OF Mckinley, with Proceedings
Of st. Louis Convention, Platform OF par
ty and other valuable information. 800
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Send 80 cents TOR prospectus and full
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can sell 200 copies in your own town.
Address J. s. Ogilvie publishing compa
ny, 81 Rose street, New York.
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Results.

From a letter written by Rev. ]. Gun.
derman. OF Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted TO make this extract: IL have
no hesitation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvellous in the case of
my wife. While l was pastor Of the
Baptist church at Rives junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia sue
ceeding La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms
Of coughing would last hours with little
interruption and it seemed as il she
could not survive them. A friend recon-
mendel DR.. Kings New Discovery; it
was quick IN its work and highly satis-
tory in results" Trial bottles free at
G. II. Woods drug store. Regular size
SOC. and Sl.0O.
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Republican County Convention.

4 Republican delegate convention for the
county of Lake is hereby called to meet in the
court house at Madison, ). d., "due-day, july
l-t. 1894, AT p m, for the purpose of eject,
Ing eleven delegates and their alternates
TO represent said county in tn. republican STATE
convention to be- held at Aberdeen July
:, ls96, to nominate. presidential electors, con
gressmen and state officers, and for such other
business as may properly come before said con
%veution.
The basis Of representation for each precinct
will be- one delegate at large and one additional
delegate for each "a votes and major fraction
thereof cast for Hon. {. II. sheldon for governor
in 1894. The several precincts will be entitled to
delegates 49, follows:
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Dell Rapids Times, &c: Several Dell
Rapids families are making preparations
for attending the Chautauqua assembly
at Lake Madison this year and will 60
prepared to stay through the entire
session. Dell Rapids has each year
furnished considerable support TO the
Guantanamo
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-06-29

"a. B. Smedley, chairman OF the board
Of regents, publishes a card in the
B~rooklngs Register OF Tuesday last
plainly intimating that Ed. +. Hewitt,
ex -secretary Of the aricultural college,
has audited bills against the institution
and appropriated the money to himself
instead Of paying it to the rightful
oNners-a pretty serious charge.
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Bucklin's Arnica Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
YER Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
bIsins, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-.
quired. 1t is guaranteed te give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
ten cents per box. For sale by Oh
Wood.
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Decided An Election Contest.

LEMARS, Ia, June 29.-District Judge
F. r. Daynor has decided the Plymouth
county contested election case, affirm
ing the decision of the election board III
favor of the Republican officers, w. +.
Heron, sheriff, and J. Wernli, county
superintendent.
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Third Ward Caucus.

A republican caucus for the Third
ward, city of Madison, to elect five dele
gates to the county republican conven-
ton, July l, 1886, will be held in the
office of the Leland hotel, at s p. M,
Monday, June 90, 1896.
ED. WESLEY, Chm.
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Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa, writes, II
ty-fve years and thought my case incur
recommended to me as a pile cure, so 1
bought a box and it performed a perma-
nent cure" This is only one Of the thou
sands of similar cases. Eczema, sores
and skin diseases yield quickly when it
is used.
FRANK SMITH.
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Fourth Ward Caucus.

A republican caucus for the Fourth
ward, city Of Madison, to elect three
delegates to the county republican con
vention, July |, 1896, will be held in
Sheridan's Office, at s p. M, Monday,
June 20, 1896. ID. E. SToDDARD, Chm.
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Personal.

FREE-64-psge medical reference book
to any person afflicted with any special,
chronic or, delicate disease peculiar to
their sex. Address the leading
physicians and surgeons OF the United
States, DR.. Hathaway Il Co., Corner
Nebraska and Fourth streets, Sioux
City, Iowa.
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First Ward Caucus.

A republican caucus for the FIRST
ward, City OF Madison, to elect five dele
gates to the county republicaL conven-
ton July l, 1896, will be held l q the
court house, at 8 p. IN, Monday, June %,
1896. HENRY NELL, Chm.
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Yankton Press, 26: The Press and
Dakotan reporter vas informed by a re-
liable party to-day that the pork pack
ing house will be opened and put in run.
ming ..order within six months alter
actual work on the Yankton and Norfolk
railroad and bridge is begun.
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Chicago dis patch, &c: The Tribune
says: "a canvass Of the delegates Of
every state and territory on the cur.
m question shows that 57s delegates
to the democratic national convention to
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Second Ward s,aucus.

A. republican caucus for the Second
ward, city Of Madison, to elect five dele
cares to the county republican conven-
ton july l, 1896, will be held in the city
hall, at 8 p. m, Monday June %, 1896.
J. NJ. DUFF, Chm.
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be either by instructions or personal
preference for the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver at IS to l, against 1928
delegates instructed for or favoring the
continuance Of the present gold
standard.">