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Rapid Extinction of the Seal.

During the past two years, under the
efficient direction of Dr. Jordan, elab-
crate Investigations, including some
thing like an actual count, have been
made to ascertain the number of seals
frequenting the Pribylof islands. Other
studies have strengthened the conclu-
sion that the number has greatly d.
minished within the past decade and
is now greatly and rapidly diminishing.
In spite of the regulations of the Paris
tribunal pelagic sealing has increased
enormously, while legitimate killing
upon the islands has been largely dis
continued. That was a charming
thrust of Lord Salisbury's when he said
that the English interest in the fur
seal industry had for some years ex-
ceeded the American, for it is begin
ming to be apparent that while the
Americans have busted themselves ar
ranging for arbitrations, seeking in
ternational cooperation and organizing
scientific commissions to prove again
what had been proved before, their
sleepless adversaries were quietly gath
eriug N the profits, realizing that the
business must soon be closed up any
how. In the report of 1892 the Brit
ish commissioners had no intention of
indulging in humor when they sug.
gested as one of the most desirable
measures the setting apart of at least
one of the two seal islands entirely for
the purpose of breeding seals for
pelagic sealers, no land killing to be
allowed there.-Prof. I. c. Mendenhall
in Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
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HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.
Some odds and Ends of Useful Isfor-
muflaH.

nation.
Beautiful portieres are made of rich,
dark moss-green corduroy, with a lin
Ing of the old-fashioned greenland
black calico, recently revived as cotton
print. 1t is quaint in design and color
ing, and has high, satiny finish that
gives 1t much handsomer look thaa
Is really its due. The possessor of one
pair of such curtains declares herself
US unable to decide which side is pref
tier, the corduroy or the lining.
A hot bath is usually rather decried,
q. provocative of colds and other evils,
Everyone knows of cases of severe i'll
ness occurring from exposure to the
outer air soon after such ablutions,
And yet nothing is more refreshing, az
nothing is more harmless, If properly
taken. This means that one should
use the hot bath, as one does that OF
very cold water, merely as a plunge,
followed by quick and thorough rub
bings and massage.
Occasionally the art of piping" az
it is called by confectioners, is nsefu
to the cook. Any deft-handed person
can make very pretty ornaments with
icing by the aid of no other tools than
a small bag of stout paper, such as gro
GERS use. If, in addition to this, few
tubes are employed, and if the worker
has any taste whatever in that par
ticular direction, something quite elab'
crate and intricate may be evolved.
It is possible 10 have fringed doilies
LII presentable condition, but napkins
and tablecloths that are hemmed are
most satisfactory for frequent usage
and many washings. A new comb
with coarse teeth, is best to keep The
fringe in order, but no care will long
preserve anything so delicate. There
fore those who admire the pretty
fringed table linen in its first estate
should consider its perishable qualities.
1t is not at all difficult to grow ferns
enough for perpetual fresh table dec
Grafton. There is really no excuse what
ever for the artificial plants with which
iardinieres are filled and offered for
sale at good prices. In the fierce light
that beats upon dinner table the sham
is all too readily detected, ingenious
though the construction is. The great
point in the favor of these rock ferns
is that they require no care whatever.
The oil of peppermint is widely used
In the east, and is becoming we'll known
in this country, for external application
in cases of neuralgia or of rheumatism.
Internally, greatly diluted, it is of value
in gastric disorders, or for cold or
cough. The orientals likewise employ
the pungent oil as an antlseptic for
wounds or burns. For the latter acci-
dent it would seem the harshest of rem
edies, and yet it is no more SO than am
monia, which has most magical effect
II touched lightly to the scared skin.-
N. Y. Post.
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Spiced Peaches.

Spiced peaches are delicious, and the
following recipe for making them is
said to be excellent: Make sirup of
one pint of vinegar and four pounds of
sugar. When it is boiling pour it over
a peck of firm peaches, and let them
stand over night. Pour the sirup off
the next morning. and add to it an
ounce of cinnamon, an ounce of cloves,
and an ounce of unground mace (put
the latter in bag made of cheesecloth)
Let the sirup now boil, skimming il
until it is clear. Put in the peaches and
let them "scald," then remove them and
put them in jars. Boil the sirup again
until you have only enough TO cover the
peaches, then pour it, boiling, over the
fruit and let the pars remain uncovered
until the contents are cold.-N. Y.
Tribune.
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Ii Must he Always Right.

We cannot do right to-day and wrong
tomorrow. 1t must be always right to-
day, tomorrow and every day, for only
by constant care and watchfulness can
we keep our lives near the right when so
many stand ready to dim our light and
blight our hopes with temptation on all
sides. No life can be so beautiful as 10
give light TO others without having its
brightness reflected on the giver. So,
not for one reason, but for many. should
our examples be of the best. If we will
be faithful, we shall be blessed and give
joy to those about us. And thus we may
look forward hopefully to the evening
of life Detroit Free Press
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
Remarkable Coincidence.

A remarkable coincidence occurred
some time ago at Osborne. Among
those who went down TO the Isle OF
Wight TO receive from her majesty tho
honor of knighthood wore three out OF
the five mayors designated in the.jubi-
lee list for that distinction, namely the
mayors of Brighton, Norwich and SAL
ford. Upon arrival at the palace they
were invited to subscribe their names
in the queens birthday book, when 1t
was found that October Is was the
birthday of all three.-N. Y. Sun.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
FATS IN COOKERY.
1t Is Important to Know Their Prop
err Use.

The frying pan is blamed, and justly
80, for much of our national disease,
but even the fats of the frying pan
can be rendered comparatively harm
less by proper usage. Miss Parloa in
her last seasons lecture course devoted
one of her talks to the cooking Of
fats. She told her classes that the lower
the temperature at which fats can be
cooked and the flavor retained, the
more digestible they will be. If the
temperature is raised too high a disa-
greeable acid taste is developed.
When water is mixed with fat it can
not be raised to as high temperature
as when fat is clear The digestibility,
therefore, of roast basted with little
water in the pan is greater than when
bssted with fat alone.
AS in all Kitchens more or less frying
is done, it is imperative that it should
be done correctly. The common way of
putting two or three inches of fat in
a pan and frying in that is the worst
possible. To fry economically and
properly it is necessary to have fat
enough in which to immerse the article.
The purer the fat the higher the degree
to which it can be raised without burn
ing. Butter burns at the lowest temper
ature and olive oil at the highest,
The following shows the degrees at
which the various fats begin to burn:
Butter, 266 degrees F.; beef, veal and
mutton suet, 3o2 degrees F.; clarified
drippings, 336 degrees; goose grease
500 degrees; lard, 392 degrees; olive
oil, COS degrees. Medium heat is suit
able for most frying. Butter should
usually be at 239 degrees; beef, yea
and mutton suet, 226; clarified drip
pings, 302; goose grease, 446; lard
1886; olive oil, 572.
All fats should be heated gradually
Anything moist, like fish, oysters OF
croquettes, should have but few put
into the smoking fat at time, as they
reduce the temperature. The poorer
fats, like lard or drippings, are better
for croquettes than olive oil, as the
perfect croquettes should be just heated
through and creamy inside, while
brown outside. The temperature for
fish and croquettes should be much
higher than for doughnuts.- Woman.
| kind,
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
The ColIeginn,s Retort.

Members of the class in Cambridge
had been rather flippant in regard to
some pompous authority, and fellow
was eulogizing him. Said he: "You
are probably ignorant, young gentle
men, that the venerable person of whom
you have been speaking with such lev
ity is one of the profoundest scholars of
our age-indeed, it may be doubted
whether amy man OF our age mas bathed
more deeply in the sacred fountains
of antiquity" "0r come up drier sir
was the reply of the undergraduate
Recollections of Aubrey de We're.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
spanish Fruit Pudding.

Line baking dish with a light puff
paste, add a layer of shredded pineap-
pie and cover it with powdered sugar;
add a layer Of sweet oranges sliced,
sprinkle over them a thin layer Of sugar.
then add layer of sliced bananas with
sugar sprinkled over them. Repeat this
process until the dish is full. Cover with
puff paste and bake 10 a delicate
browu.-N. Y Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
speed OF Travel.

A letter written in 1880 is published.
in which a Buffalo man deplores the
prospect that the completion Of the flrst
railroad would set "the whole world
h-gadding at 20 miles an hour he
contended that the canal Afforded the
ideal travel and that three miles an
hour was fast enough for the good ot
the human race. Chicago Inter Oeeen-
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Nothing 10 Crab Him by.

Mrs. Gabbleton-Im told that Mrs.
Hennypeck has lost all hold on her hus-
band.
Old Aunt Broadhesd-Yes; I've no
,ieed that he has shaved c n hin chin
whiskers.--Puck.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
Copvenience. OF Innpunuc

The Count haf been told. madam,
your daughtaire hat re bad tempaire.
The Mamma-Ah, yes, count, but you
know she loses her temper so easily.
"Ah. how loahyi" -. Detroit Frss
Press
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
piEmies Being Exterminated.

Pigmies are represented to-day by a
small number of tribes in Africa, threat
ened with early determination, and by
2,220 Weddas of the Island of Ceylon,
whom the British government is about
to destroy under the pretext of the
benefits of civilization. These dwarfs
were the advance guard of the human
race. They were the first inhabitants
of India. They occupied all Africa from
the Cape Of Good Hope to Sahara. and
during the stone age the center of Eu-
rope, where they lived probably before
sise arrival Of the men of tall stature
who annihilated them.-N. Y. Sun.
king Alfred of England, having no
means of measuring time. noted the
hours by the burning Of candles marked
with circular lines of different colors,
which served as hour lines. To pre-
vent the wind from blowing out the
candles, he had them incased in horn
seraped SO thin as TO be transparent.
Glass was then little. il at all, known
an England Thus lanterns may be
faid To be the invention of a king.
When one knows that he doesn't
know everything it is worth more to
him than all the rest that he does
know.-N. 4 Independent.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
Annie shortcnke.

. Take two cups of sour cream, two tea
spoonfuls of saleratus and one of salt;
beat well together, then stir in -four TO
make a smooth. rather stiff batter, that
you can spread with a spoon. When
done, split with a thin, hot knife and
spread literally with hot apple sauce
we'll sweetened; put on the top crust,
powder thickly with sugar and serve
with cream. This is a favorite dessert
with us.-Detroit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1897-12-25
a Usefnl Alt.-'Of course. p said

"A Useful Art.-"Of course" said one
old farmer to the other, your boy is
lcsrnin' Latin and Greek al college, but
is be gettin' anything practical?" ''oh,
yes. In the lat lstter-he writ, he tells
me he is takin' lessons in fencin' DE.
troit Free Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

The White Goat or Rocky Mountain
Goat as it Unfortunately called, is a
species Of big game rarely hunted by
sportsmen. This is not 30 much because
OF the difficulty OF killing the
animal, nor because OF It's actual
rarity. 1t is a stupid animal, easily shot
when once found. 1t is not, however,
found in the usual hunting grounds, as
are bear, deer, elk, etc. 1t is remote from
the common localities, but where found
is in goodly numbers. 1t ranges very
high up in the mountains, above timber
line usually, among rocks and cliffs.
This requires great labor to get to it, but
ones there the hunter will get his game
nine times out Of ten.
II You care to read OF a goat hunt
made 10 the Bitter Root Range in Mon
tsna, in the fall OF 1895. send six cents tc
C'has. 8. Fee. General Passenger Agent
Nertherd Pacific Railway. ST. Paul
M,nn., for Wonderland H8, which re
counts such q hunting expedition
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04
Everyday Excu rsiOns

TO all parts OF the world can be arrans
ed for any day in the year, for one or
more PERSONS, upon application to any
p ;incipal ticket agent Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railway. timer.
aries ca refully prepared for excursions
to California, Florida, Mexico, China,
Japan, and to any part Of Europe. Esti-
mates. Tickets furnished, including all
eA penses. Tickets furnished for the
complete journey. 1t is not necessary to
wait foS any so-called Personally Con-
Quoted Excursions" In these days OF
piogressiv . enlightenment, with the
English language spoken in every land
under the sun, one does not need to de-
pend upon the services OF guides for
Sightseeing, but can 70 it alone or in
small family parties, with great comfort
and security, and at ones own convent.
ence. Apply to the nearest agent OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee 4 st. Paul railway,
or address Geo. H. Heafford, General
Passenger Agent, Ais Old Colony Build
ing, Chicago, Ill.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

Confirmed gambling is, according to
the recent decisions of the courts of ap-
peal At Paris, regarded AS sufficient
grounds for divorce in France.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

Germany is determined to lose no
opportunities of developing its trade
with China, for the imperial govern
ment has just submitted to the reichstag
a proposal to increase by 1000, 600
marks the state subvention already ac-
corded to the two lines of mail steamers
to Chinese ports, it being stipulated
hat the. service shall heneeforth be
fortnightly instead of monthly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04
Christmas and Good Literature.

Eleven months IL the yearthc English
the average book buyer, whose taste
runs to what DR.. Conan Doyle calls
"ephemeral literature In December
the classics have their inning. Their
virtues and utility are appreciated when
it comes to selecting books for Christ
mas presents. Then the old poets, the
E~lizabethan dramatists aud the standard
novelists and prose writer's live again,
and the sweet singers, the artists in TO-
ton and the dainty ~essayists Of our own
time, the authors upon whom it lie likely
~posterity will set the stamp OF approval,
obtain the need of a larger recognition.
New York Evening Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

HCdiluy CIlllu has
a happiness all her own. Hers is a 10y
that cannot be told. 1t is peculiar to
motherhood. The responsibility for the
soft little, sweet little, dependant creature
AS much a part of herself as her wi
heart - brings a pleasure that may be
equaled in Heaven, but never on earth.
The greatest thing that can be done in
this world is to bear and rear healthy,
happy children. Many women do not do
lido not reach the full measure of beau
tiful, perfect womanhood, because OF the
neglect of the health of the organs dis
tinctly feminine. X .
Every woman may be perfectly healthy
if she chooses. She need not submit to
the humiliating examinations and local
treatment of physicians. She need have
no trouble and slight expense. Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription will cure
any disease OF disorder peculiar to wonen
1t is the invention of a regularly gradu-
ted, skilled, expert, successful specialist.
1t has been sold for over 30 years, and has
q greater sale than all similar medicines
combined. 1t regulates every feminine
function-makes a woman better able to
bear c~hildren-better able to take care of
her children. 1t greatly lessons the pain
and danger of parturition. No honest
druggist will offer you a substitute-look
out for the one who does.
Unsightfy pimples. Constipation causes them.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
They cure permanently. They are tiny, sugar
tive. two a mild cathartic. Sometimes Druggists
think of their profits. rather than your health,
and offer something, said to be Just az good"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04
Wonderland 'Q6.

Is the name Of the Northern Pacifo's
new tourist book for 1896. The cover
design will prove a happy surprise to
lovers of the artistic, and it's illustrations
will be fully up to the standard Of it's
predecessors. One OF it's principal char
acters recounts a hunt after the we'll
known, yet rare, Rocky Mountain or
White Goat. made by the author in
September. 1895, in the defles of the
Bitter Root Range. One at all inclined
to big game hunting will want to read
about that hunt. An account Of a trip
through Yellowstone Park on horseback
will also prove interesting. Six cents in
stamps sent to Chas. Fee, General Pas.
senger Agent, st. Paw, Mimi, wiz
secure tie book
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped
hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds,
burns are quickly cured by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Ssive. 1t is at present the
article most used for piles, and 1t always
cures ttem. FRANK Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04
AN ENTCRPRlSING NEGRO.
he Will Build and Equip . Cotton Mill
For Negro Operatives.


". &. Coleman of Concord, n. c.,
one Of the wealthiest negroes in the
country, is snow promoting an enterprise
from which he expects profitable results
for himself and his race. He proposes to
build and equip IA mill for 1.-The double
object Of teaching and giving employ
ment to negroes as cotton mill opera.
t;ves." He has disposed of nearly all OF
the $50, 900 worth Of stock with which
tho mill will start and will begin work
On the binding in "A few weeks.
There is at present no cotton mill IL
the United States which has negro oper-
atives. Negroes are employed in IL knit
ting mill at Columbia, s. c., and there
is u plan Gu foot to build u cotton lEill
in Alabama IN winch negro conviets
will be worked, bat the experiment at
Concord Will probably get under way
first. Its protector is confident that
negroes can be used as cotton mill Oper-
atives satisfactorily to the mill owners
and greatly to the pecuniary advantage
of the negroes themselves. After having
tried in vain to get some Of the mills
already established to change their class
Of operatives, SO as to give the negroes
q chance to demonstrate their ability in
this respect, or TO obtain the consent OF
white mill men to build u mill for
that purpose, he set about the task OF
raising the necessary money to build Il
small one among the members of his
own race, and he has succeeded beyond
his expectations. Atlanta Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-01-04

According to u semioficial announce
ment issued III London. the ADglo-
Egyptian march On khHrtum will be
resumed as soon as ever the Nile begins
to rise again, when the stores which are
now being accumulated at the base
that is to say, at Dongola-will be
pushed OH to the front with the utmost
rapidity. The total strength of the cx-
petition will be over 20, 900 men This
will mean that, allowing for the guard
ing of the line of communications, co.
900 men at least will attack the dervish
stronghold at Omdurman. This force
will be by no means too. large, az the
de~rvishes, according to the latest and
best information, a place at least 60,
900 men i'll the field. They also have
over 20 knapp l2 and . c,ntimcter
guns, capt4red from Hicks Fasha at the
time Of the fall Of kharturl. The gun
boat fotilla viii be manned, it is said,
by bluejackctS and will consist OF
about ten boats.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-08
HEART FAILURE"

st. Louis, April S.-James NJ. VIII.
hanson, 10 years old, died at the
Christian Orphans home under cir.
cumstanceS most remarkable from a
medical standpoint.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Will
hanson was given an minimizing in
lection of anti-tOxine for the purpose
of preventing diphtheria. Forty min.
utes later the boy was a corpse. The
news struck like a thunderbOlt on the
physicians and surgeons of the city.
An autopsy was ordered in which halt
a dozen learned medicos took part.
After it was all over they held a
lengthy consultation, concluding with
that ancient verdict, ''died from heart
failure
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-08
MISSOURI RIVER RAGING.

Bismarck, S. D., April S.-The water
in the Missouri river has risen four
feet since last night. A telegraph
lineman came over this morning from
Mandan in a row boat and had great
difficulty in making the trip owing to
the floating ice The boat landing
erected by the Northern Pacific rail
road. for the transfer of passengers
has been swept out and telegraph
poles have been lifted out and swept
away by the torrent. The water has
broken through the dykes at Mandan
and Bismarck and at 8 o'clock this
morning was running into the railroad
round house. The ice has gone out at
Fort Yates, but is still solid at Glen
coe, twenty miles down the stream.
No trains have arrived from any di-
rection since day before yesterday.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-08
NOTHING DONE.

Austin, Texas. April Especial
The Senate spent much time this
morning in discussing resolution
looking to the drafting of insurance
measures cOnfOrmable to the most ad-
vanced legislation on the subject in
other states. which was finally adopt
ed.
After discussing the fee bill all the
morning, the House voted down the
House substitute bill for the Senate
bill. by a vote of 30 to "a. and an APP
peal was taken from the chairs ruling
on two challenged votes, and on that
appeal the House has just been locked
up at one o'clock with every pros
pect of a mean tie-up.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-08
ATTEMPTED KILLING.

Charley Weilbacher. a street car
mOtorman of the aEst Commerce
street line of cars, reports that he was
fired upon last night late while ON his
car, by a pedestrian whom he could
not discover as to his identity. while
passing just beyond Stoves lumber
yard. He had party of ladies on the
car and they screamed and begged
him not to return the fire, as he was
going to do. Since he was robbed of
his fare box some time ago, by two
men out in the cemetery district, Char
ley carries a revolver.
The bullet last night cut a hole
through his pantaloOns just back of
his right knee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-08
THE MARKETS.

New York, April S.-CottOn market
opened quiet and unchanged from /
point higher to one lower. English
advices were without influence. Ira,
ding here at the outset was fairly ac-
tive; New Orleans and Liverpool hous-
es sold for a time. After 1870 the
market became dull and at IL O'Clock
it was steady. at about last nights
prices. The sales We're 10000 bales.
st, Louis, April Seattle: Receipts
1000; market strong; Texas and In
dian Territory cattle $2.75@$4. 40; COWS
and heifers So. 256$3.75.
Sheep: Receipts $500; market
steady; Texas sheep $3@$4.35.
Chicago, April Seattle: Receipts
$500; market quiet but steady; Texas
steers $3.25dS44O
Sheep: Receipts $1,000; market
steady to firm.