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to bitter dust upon
the lips of the welded couple to whose
home there never comes the patter of
childish feet.
One cause, more thar any other, con-
tributes to making the tens of thousands
OF ~ch1ldless, and consequently unhappy,
homes all over this country. The cause is
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ease of the distinctly feminine organism is
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unhappy now echo with the prattle of
healthy b%abyhood, as the result of the use
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When I began taking DR.. Pierce's medicines
I was very sick" writes Mrs. R. D.. Moore, of
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No man is better known and liked in that
rich tier of Illinois counties, Of which Peoria
is the centre, than genial Chester s. Harring.
ton, Of Princeville, III. For many years Mr..
Harrington has travelled through the country
on profitable journeys as IN itinerant mer.
hearty welcome by the people who depend
upon his visits for the purchase of the neces.
saries, and some of the luxuries, of life.
Mr.. Harrington is a veteran of the war,
and from this fact is made the remarkable
experience which he related at the Trans
Crypt office recently, His story, telling of
the evils of which the Civil War was but
the beginning in his own, and in thousands
of other cases, was as follows:
~ served three years in the 124th Illinois,
enlisting at Kewanee, Ill. l was in Libby
Prison, and suffered, like many another North
ern soldier. Until recently | was a member
of the Princeville Post, of the GAR.
undermining my health, although the col
lapse did not come for years. For some time
I suffered from general debility and nervous
ness, SO badly that l could not sleep. For
fifteen years my sleep was completely broken
up. Indigestion, resulted and my misery in:
creased. My eyes began to fail, and rs my
body lost vitality my mind seemed to give
way also. l could scarcely remember events
that happened but u few weeks before.
"FOr two years I was untitled for busi-
ness. I was just able to creep around during
the greater part of this time, and there We're
times when ] could rot get up at all. Ny
brother is a doctor, but all his efforts to help
me failed to give me any relief.
/ tried a number of remedies, without
avail. Finally, having read articles regard
ing cures that had been effected by Dr.. vii.
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, | decided
to try them. That was in 1896. l BOUGHT
. box and took the pills according to in
structions. Just four days later l had the
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kLONDIkE RELIEF.
Canadian Officials in Washington to Talk
the Matter Over.

Canadian Officials in Washington to Talk
the Matter Over.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Secretary AL.
ger has received word that Hon. Clifford
Siftcn, minister of the interior, and j.
A. Mackenna Of the same department,
by invitation of Secretary Alger, have
arrived here tt confer with the secre.
tary relative to Klondike relief meas.
ures. The secretary originally intended
to go to Ottawa, but has been suffering
from an attack of grippe, which con-
fines him closely to his home. Secre.
tary Alger hopes by a personal confer.
ence with the Canadian officials to ar.
range for the issue of a permit from
the Canadian government for 80 armed
United States troops to serve as guards
for the relief expeditions to pass
through Canadian territory. Another
object of the conference is to adjust
some customs questions that are
involved in the sending of the
expeditions, such, for instance, as
the remission of duties on the food
supplies that are to be sent in. Another
object is to secure the cooperation of
the Canadian mounted police, which,
it is not doubted, will be cheerfully ex.
tended and will be of the greatest value
through the thorough familiarity of
these hardy men with the coun try
through which the expeditions must
pass.
A cablegram received by the secre.
tary from Mr.. Kjellman, the govern.
ment reindeer herder who is now in
Alien, Norway, states that he is busy
collecting reindeer needed for the trans
p%ortation of the supplies to the Klon-
d,EA
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SUICIDE OF MISS WELLS.

Prominent Washington Society Lady
Follows Miss Herbert's Example.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The recent
tragic death of Miss Leila Herbert, the
daughter of the ex.secretary of the
navy. is given as the reason for the
suicide which occurred during the day
OF Miss Annie Virginia Wells, an &C.
complished young society woman and
daughter of MI. Lewis S. Wells, a well
known attorney. The young woman
shot herself through the heart with
her brothers revolver. Miss Wells had
met Miss Herbert a number of times
and was very much attached to her.
She herself had been confined to the
house for four months by illness, and
this, combined by the shock caused by
the death of her friend, brought on
melancholia which resulted in suicide.
The deed was apparently entirely un.
premeditated, and coming Immediately
after Christmas festivities in the house,
completely Frustrated her aged mother.
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COnIOOo
A Butterfly That Enjoys Only Five Hour,
of Life.

"a A>AA0s
1t is in August that the naturalists
observe the marvellous insect which is
born, reproduces and dies in the period
OF a single night, OH the banks of the
Marine, Of the Seine, and of the Rhine.
It is the ephemere Of which Sirammer-
dam has written and which is spoken
Of in Aristotle.
The life Of this insect does not last
beyond four Or five hours. 1t dies to-
ward II O'Clock in the evening, after
taking the form Of a butterfly about six
hours after midday. 1t is true, how
ever. that before taking this form it
has lived three years in that of a worm,
which keeps always near the border of
water in the holes which it makes in
the mud.
The change of this worm in the
water to an ephemere which flies is so
sudden that one has not the time to see
1t. 1t II takes the worm i'll the water,
the hand cannot be taken away before
the change is made unless by pressing
the worm slightly i'll the region Of the
chest. By this means it can be taken
from the water before the change takes
place.
The ephemere, after leaving the
water, seeks a place where it can divest
itself of a fine membrane or veil, which
entirely covers it. This second change
takes place in the air.
The ephemere assists itself with the
point OF its little nails as firmly as it
can. 1t makes a movement similar to
that Of a shiver, then the skin on the
middle of the back breaks apart, the
wings slip out of their sheath, as we
sometimes take off our gloves by turn
ing them inside out. After this strip
ping the ephemere begins to fly. Some
times it holds itself straight up on the
surface of the water on the end of its tail,
Tapping its wings one against the
other. It takes no nourishment in the
five Of six hours which are the limit of
its life. 1t seems to have been formed
but to multiply, for it does not leave
its state Of a worn until it is ready to
deposit its eggs, and it dies as soon as
they are deposited.
In three days time one sees appear
and die all species Of %ephemeres. They
last sometimes until the fifth day, for
the reason that some malady has affect.
ed some Of them and prevents them from
changing at the same time as the
others. Exchange.
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Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters Ut Ad-
miniatratiOn.

Notice of Hearing Petition for Letters VI Ad
miniatratiOn.
State of South Dakota, County Of Lakc-ss: In
County court. In the matter of the estate Of
William A. Prince, deceased. The state of south
Dakota sends greeting, to Janet Prince, Sherman
W. Prince and Ernest A.. Prince, heirs next Of kin
of William A.. Prince, deceased and to all to
when these presents may come. Notice is here.
by given, that Janet Prince has filed with the
Judge OF this court q petition praying for letters
of administration OF the estate Of William A.
Price, deceased, and that Monday, the 18Th day
Of January A D., 1898, at one O'Clock p. m. Of aaiL
day, being a day OF a regular term Of this court to-
wit; Of the January term, 1893, at the court room
OF said court. at Madison, in the county Of Lake,
Sonth Dakota, has been appointed az the time and
place for hearing eait petiti"r, when and where
any person may app ar and show cause why said
petition >honld not be granted. Witness the
Hon. Vm. McGrath, iudre OF the county cour-
and The =. nj If raid G. ,urt, this 2lrt day Of d. Gem.
Der A. d., 1897, at his office in the city # Madison
county Of Lake, state of south Dakota.
WILLIAM MCGKATH,
Judge of the County Court.
County Court Seal,
Lake County, :. D. D. D. HnLDRlDGE & SON,
Attest: Attorneys foc Petitioner
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Comte Anatole lie MERCER, senior
member of the French chamber of de.
puties, is dead.
Letter of Chicago will go into gold
mining on a large scale in the Canadian
Northwest, it is said.
The oats market is stated to have
been cornered by Letter while attention
was conferred ON wheat.
The Minnesota society, Sons of the
American Revolution, held it's annual
meeting Monday evening.
Madison, Wis, defeated North iona.
wonda, n. Y, in a game for the ma.
tional high school football champion.
snip.
Mrs. Mary Barnette, who was con.
nected by marriage with the family of
President Mckinley, is dead at Mil.
waukee, aged 50.
Lieutenant Winston Churchill, son of
Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill,
and grandson Of the late Leonard Je.
rome, is acting as war correspondent Of
the London Telegraph in India.
Chicago LAD III fires in the four day
ending Dec. %. One life was lost, 30
people injured and over s., 1000, 600
worth of property destroyed. The ia.
tally occurred at the Coliseum fire.
Lloyds CT London have bestowed
Lloyd's medal for meritorious service
on Mrs. Reed as IN honorary acknowl.
edgment of her steering the ship T. F..
Cakes safely into Boston when her hus.
band and most Of the crew were ill.
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THE COLISEUM R
Now Stated That a Can of Gasoline, Car
lessly Handled, Caused 1t.

Now Stated That a Can of Gasoline, Care.
lessly Handled, Caused 1t.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-The Coliseum,
which burned Christmas eve, was set
on fire by a pet Dig. An explosion of
gasoline set the dog OH fire. Lolita, a
dancer in the Cuban village, says Frank
Murphy, an employee in the X.ray
booth, confessed to her that he caused
the explosion. She says he told this to
her and her mother when he called OH
them about the benefit to be given the
exhibitors. Lolita said:
murphy told me today how the fire
started. 1t was caused by an explosion
of gasoline in the X-ray exhibit. A big
lamp was used to light the booth, but it
was not considered sufficient, and the
manager of the show sent for a gaso.
line torch. Murphy said a man named
Bowen gave the gasoline torch to
the manager and about 20 minutes past
5 O'Clock Murphy carried a 5-gallon can
OF gasoline. The lamp was burning
close by, and when Murphy went to f'l
his gasoline torch he was quite neal the
burning lamp. Morley the manager of
the exhibit, was on a ladder almost over
the lamp arranging the drapery about
the booth. Murphy started to pour the
gasoline into the tank of the torch,
which had not been lighted, but the
fluid caught from the burning lamp
near by and went up in a puff.
"There was a little pet dog in the
place, connected with the exhibit, and
when the gasoline exploded the dog
was covered with the burning oil. The
poor beast rushed around in terror and
set fire to the drapery of the booth,
which hung to the floor. Quicker than
a flash the whole trimming Of the booth
was on fire, and the blaze was rising te
the balcony, where our show was locat
ed. The men about the booths near by
ran and got the extinguishers, but they
would not work. A hose was turned
Oh but they could get no water.
u. Morales, a Mexican dancer
warned ME to get out and were just
getting to the doors, when the gas tank
that supplied the calcium lights for the
tight rope walkers exploded and the
place was a mass Of flames"
Lolita's story about the origin of the
fire was corroborated by Frank Hat
field, the doorkeeper.
Murphy, when seen, denied that the
explosion was caused by a can of gas
cline. He thought the drapery caught
fire from a cigarette or cigar stump.
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m

State of South Dakota, county Of Lake-se. In
circuit court, Second judicial circuit. charles
N. Fader and Fred s.. Fader, plaintiffs, We. Eu-
gene X. Newhall, defendant. Summons, etc.
The state Of South Dakota sends greeting: To
the above named defendants: You IRE hereby
summoned and required to answer the com
plant in this action, which was filed on the 9th
day of December, A. b. 1897, in the office of the
CLERK Of the circuit court within and fer said
Lake county, at Madison South Dakota, aud to
serve a copy of your answer on the subscriber nj
his office in the city OF Madison, South Dakota,
within thirt, DAYS after the service Of this sum
mons, exclusive of the day Of service. If you
fail to answer the complaint within that time,
the plaintiffs Will apply to the court for the re.
lief demanded in the complaint, besides costs.
Dated at Madison, S. D., this 9th day ofsDe
ccmber, A. D., 1897.
j. II. WILLIAMSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
To the ab1ve named defendant: You will
please take notice that the complaint in this
action wac FLED III the office Of the clerk Of the
circuit court IN aud for the coonty Of Lake,
$ cond Judicial circuit, of the state Of South
Dakota. mt his office. on the 9Th day Of December,
a.. D. 1891. j. ii. WILLIAMSON,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
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Order for Hearing Petition.

In the matter Of the guardianship Of minor
heirs OF Chester Q. Selland,. deceased: Petit ion
mortgage real estate in the matter Of above es.
tate. 1t IL hereby ordered that all persons inter
: eted IN said eetate appear before this court on
ten (1O) O'Clock a. M, at the office Of the equity
court, in the city Of Madison, in said county.
then and there to show cause, il any there be,
why authority should not he granted to Inger Z.
Selland. az guardian. to- u ortgagc the eaid real
estate, for the purpose Of obtuining funds for the
payment of debts. charges, taxes, assessments
and liens, and for the making of necessary i'm
provements.
Dated al Madison, S. D., this 10th day of re.
cember, A. d., 1887.
Blythe court:
49,. EM: McGRATH, County Judge.
Attest: j. NJ. PRESTON, Clerk.
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TOOK CHARGE OF THE CAR.

Huge Cinnamon Bear, Shipped by Ex.
press, Escapes From Its Crate.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. "a huge Gin.
namon bear, which was shipped by ex.
press from Leavenworth, Kan, tc
Baraboo, Wis, escaped from it's crate
in the express car at Western Union
junction, on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul railroad, while en- route to
it's destination. The express messenger
was driven from the car, the bear tax,
ing complete possession, devouring
packages of apples and candy and de.
stroying way bills. When the train
arrived in Milwaukee it took 10 men tt
secure the vicious animal.
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MONTANA INSANE.

Report OF tho Commissioners Shows a
Considerable Increase.
HELENA, Mon, Dec. Is. -According
to the report Of the commissioners for
the insane, fled with the governor,
there were $40 men in the asylum at
the end of the fiscal year of 1897, and
only 81 women. During the year 81
men and IS women were admitted to
the institution. The percentage of re
coveries to the number treated was 0.S,
that of recoveries to the number admit.
ted was 49, per cent, and the percent.
age of deaths was 6.1. At the close OF
the fiscal year Of 1896 there were 37e
patients in the asylum, or "a less than
were in the institution Nov. 80. 1897.
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Starch Waste for Cattle Feeding.

DEADwu y, S. d., Dec. PA cen
tract mas been made with the Sioux
City Srarcii wo:hs for all the waste ma
terlal from the starch factory, after the
starch Gua!it IS have been extracted, to
be used b.. Mr.. Evans in the fattening
of apou. 1000 head OF cattle. The fac.
tory grind> up about 1000 bushels OF
corn 4 day aul the substance that is
cast away, Inch is the most nutricious
part Of the grain, is estimated to be
sufficient to feed 1000 head Of cattle.
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pected to arrive here within two weeks.
The Phaeton and Leander are sister
ships, as also are the S~parrowhawk and
Virgo.
With these vessels added to the
Esquimalt squadron, Great Britain
will have the strongest feet by far that
has ever assembled in the North Pacific.
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Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all inn
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
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Gold and Silver Gospels,

1.-The Gold and Silver Gospels is
the name of a very peculiar book now
preserved in the Upsala library in Swe-
den. 1t is printed with metal type, on
violet colored vellum, the letters being
silver and the initials gold. When it
was printed, by whom or what were
the methods employed, are questions
which have great interest for the Curl
0ns, but have never been answered.
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ENGLAND'S PACIFIC SQUADRON

Two New Cruisers and Two Torpedo De-
stroyers Makes 1t Formidable.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Dec. 28.-The Brit.
ish cruier Leander, accompanied by the
torpedo destroyer Virgo, have arrived
en- route to EsQuimalt. The two war
ships left Portsmouth, Eng. last
August, travelling at an average speed
Of ~ knots.
The cruiser Phaeton, with the de.
stroyer Sparrowhawk, are following
the Lsander and Virgo and are ex.
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THE wON6kKs OFsClENCE
Lung Troubles and COn.um ptiOn Can
he Cured. An Eminent New York
AH;Qr Tn lhnr

he Cured. An Eminent New York
Chemist and Scientist Makesa Free
Oner to Our Readers
The distinguished New York chemist,
l.. A. Slocum, demonstrating his dis.
covery OF a reliable and absolute cure for
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His "New Scientific Treatment" has
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to donate a trial of his infallible cure.
Science daily develops new wonders.
and this great chemist, patiently expert
menting for years, has produced results
as beneficial to humanity as can be
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by Heartfelt letters OF gratitude" fled
in his American and European labrador.
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Medical experts concede that bronchi-
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Simply write to Il. A. Slocum, M. c.,
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office and express address, AID the free
medicine will be promptly sent. Suffer
ers should take instant advantage of his
generous proposition.
Please tell the Doctor that you saw
bis offer in the Lake County Leader.
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Notice.

Notice lie hereby given, that an application
will be made to the governor and the bourI OF
pardoas Of the state Of south Dakota, for TIE
pardon of John +. Richards, who was convicted
Of grand larceny ut the February term Of the Cir
cut court in and for Lake county, South Dakota,
ard sentenced therefrom to the penitentiary at
Sioux Falls for the term of three wears.
Dated Madison, s. D., Dec, 8, 1891.
W. F. RICHARDS.
ROXY A.
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Y nsrowN, O., Dec. 28.-P. d.
Armour, the Chicago pork packer, has
notified his local representative to sub.
scribe 500, 900 to the Reuben Mcmillan
tree library fund Of this city.
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Three Opinions:

1.-THE CHICAGO RECORD is q model
newspaper in every sense of the word."-
Harrisburg (Pa.) Call.
''7here is no paper published ira America
that so nearly approaches the true Journal
istic ideal as The CHICAGO RECORD
From "NeWspaperdom" New York;.
81 have come to the firm conclusion, after
a long test M after q wide comparison
with the journals of IA cities ard cs7un-
tries, that The CHICAGO RECORD comes
as near being the ideal daily Journal as we
are for some time likely to fnd on these
mortal shores. "-Pr0f. j. T. Hatfield i'm
The Evanston QH.) Index.
Sold by newsdealers everywhere and subscriptions
received by all postmasters. Address THE CHI
CAGO RECORD, ISL Madison-st.