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The times., 1897-06-13

IN the way of weddings 60 come, rumor
has it that for love OF the man of her
choice, Miss Alice Belknap viii soon EN-
brace Judaism, and be married accordingto
the Jewish rite.
Seldom has IA love affair in the social
circles of this city attracted more interest
than did that last year of Miss Alice Belk-
nap, daughter of the late Secretary OF War
Belknap. and Mr.. Paul May, the young
Jewish attacheof the Belgian legationhere,
who met, loved, and became enga ged, de-
spite the obvious obstacles to sther mar
riage.
Miss Belknap, young, handsome, and ac-
coInplished, has been a belle in exclusive
circles here ever since her debut several
winters ago. Mr. May was one OF the most
popular Of the younger members of the
diplomatic set, and notwithstanding the
seemingly impre enable barrier between
them they became betrothed-
The announcement created opposition on
both sides of the house. Mrs. Belkuap
would not hear of her daughter marrying
one of the Jewish faith, and Mrs May.
who is a daughter of a rabbi, was equally
decided that her future ddugnter-in-law
should be a Jewess born. 1t is said, in
cidentally, that she also strenuously OPP
posed the marriage because Miss Bel
KNAPP possessed no other fortune than her
honored name and very winsome features.
Just as the friends OF the pair were
making up their minds that the heads
of the respective houses had ended the af
fair, Miss Belknap startled Washington
society with the announcement that she
would become Jewess. Then the par
ents insisted that the young lovers should
stand the test of a Jews separation by
sea and land, and Mr. May was appointed
member of the Belgian legation in
Japan. If at the end of d year they
still loved and desired to marry each
other, all opposition would end.
The time of probation is now ended and
it is said that the young man will soon be
attached to the legation at Washington and
that his marriage to Miss Belknap will oc-
cur shortly in New York.
1t is said, also, that the bride-elect will
renounce her religion and enter the Jewish
'aith, with all the ceremony incident to such
an event in the Jewish church
The times., 1897-06-13

Miss Clarke and Miss Kathryn Clarke
have gone to their country home, valley
View" Va, to spend the summer.
The times., 1897-06-13

Mrs. IIomrighaus, wife OF Rev. Albert
Homrighans, and her little daughter, Ruth.
left yesterday for months vacation at
Atlantic City
The times., 1897-06-13

Cards have been issued for the marriage
of Miss Anna NJ Eacritt, of No. 943 n
street northwest, to Mr.. Earl j. Decker,
of the secretarys office of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The happy event
will be solemnized at Epiphany Church,
Wednesday evening, June %, at O'Clock.
The times., 1897-06-13

The Celebrated Atlantic City
SaltW ater Taffy, put up in boxes
Made to sell for 15c box. Mon
day, ..................1 90
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

A . Tribune representative was strolllng
about town the other day, looking up items
Of news, he dropped into Fezer's drug store.
This, tina: and other medicines were talked
of and their curative qualities analysed:
80 far as lay in their power. The cu-a.
tive powers of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills were
talked of, when Mr.. Falkncr. q clerk In the
store, mentioned that Mrs. joseph Moore was
a firm believer in their efficacy Pursuing
his quest. the Tribune man paid Mrs Moore
q visit the next day.
Among the many good people residing in
Greeley, Colorado. esquire Moore and his
amiab!e wife are the best known and the
most respected. The Squire Is carrying his
seventy-six years Us s.urdily as many men
who have not yet rounded their slx,lcth mile
post. ard his wife, Ann, Is q fitting compan-
Ion, one of those pleasant faced. agreeable
ladies, who make you feel perfectly at home
when in their company This happy couple
were born in the same nclgh.orhood. o, the
West Riding. OF York, England. in lS20. the
husband q few weeks his wlte's senior and
for over fifty years they have travelled the
pathway Of life together. In lSlS they emf
grated to this country and settled IN Derby.
Conn.,, where they resided for a number OF
years. While there Mr.. Moore. who was
highly respected by his %ncighbors, was elect
ed a member OF the State Legislature in 1861.
During his residence in the United States
he has been q constant reader of the New
York Tribune, and was al ardent admirer
n< Sc ro,u1op onA Upoat o1itop TTorooo
Greeley. and . firm believer in that notable
writer's opinions. Through those mediums
he was influenced to come to Greeley in the
early spring of 1871, and here he has resided
ever since. During his residence in This
beautiful section of northern Colorado, he
has held many responsible public positions,
notably that of Justice of the Peace. an Office
which he occupied uninterruptedly for eight
years; and four years ago was reelected te
another term, his name being placed ir
nomination at the convention without hi.
knowledge.
The newsgathercr was received cordially
and in response to his inquiries, Mrs. Moore
stated that her health commenced failing
several years ago but like a great many WON
en-, she scarcely knew the meaning Of the
name sickness in relation 10 herself. She
refused medical attendance or treatment o.
any kind. barring that whicl, she drew upon
from the family pharmacopria or dispensary
Using Mrs. Moore's language: "For -four
years was miserable, hardly week passed
during that time but what | suffered from
extreme lassitude. The least e~xertion ia
tigued me. At times when I would be sew
ing or reading, l would he troubled viii
| tingling sensations, like the pricl;itg OF pins
in hands, feet, arms and legs. Occasionally
I would suffer from p~rofuse p"rsnira,i"n. tm'
| water fairly running from my face 90 h'rds
| Then for days it would seem im"o> ." -
! me to enjoy q minute Of warmth. wn"'d
| sit in a rocking chair alongside y rorri = tr'
in the stove wrapped mp in hla"ir. "o'
while my face would he scorched, tie t.' =
NJ body would be chilled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
OUR SMALLER COLLEGES.

In Many Respects They Are Doing Better
Work Than the Larger Institutions.
"There are a few striking facts about
the small American college, writes
Edward W. Box III The Ladies' Home
Journal. lone striking fact is that 60
per cent of the brainiest Americans who
have risen to prominence and success
are graduates of colleges whose names
are scarcely known outside of their own
states. 1t is a fact also that during the
past ten years the majority Of the new
and best methods of learning have en-
anated from the smaller colleges and
have been adopted later by the larger
ones. Because a college happens to be
unknown 200 miles from the place of
its location does not always mean that
the college is not worthy Of wider re-
pute. The fact cannot be disputed that
the most direct teaching and neces-
sarily the teaching most productive OF
good results is being done in the small
er American colleges.
The names of these colleges may no,
be familiar to the majority Of people,
but that makes them none the less wor'
thy places of learning. The larger col.
leges are unquestionably good. bu'
there are smaller colleges just as good
and in some respects better. Some Of
the finest educators we have are attached
to the faculties of the smaller institu'
lions of learning. Young girls or young
men who are being educated at Il O.
the smaller colleges need never fee
that the fact of the college being
small Il places them at a disadvantag'
in comparison with the friend or com
panion who has been sent to a large
and better known college. 1t is not tn
college; it is the student"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
ON THE A BANKS.

How the Cod and Halibut Are Taken by
the Small Vessels.
Gustav kobbe writes an article en-
titled ION the Grand Banks and Else
where for st. Nicholas. Mr.. Kobbe
says:
The trawlers are generally found on
the Grand banks, the hand liners OH
the western bank and Quiro. These
hand lines are smaller vessels with
fewer dories, and the men fish with
hand lines, one man and two lines to a
dory. The hand liner sits in the middle
of his dory. with a compartment in its
stern and another in it's bow for his
catch. When you see the bow sticking
far up in the air, you kow the fisherman
has his stern load. Then, as fish after
fish flashes into the other compartment,
the bow settles, and when the dory is
on all even keel the hand liner pulls
back to the vessel.
The trawlers bait with fresh herring,
mackerel and squid, the hand liners
with salt clans. The catch of both is
split and sailed, and the vessel has a
full "fare," or catch, when she has
"wet her salt"-that is, used up all
her salt-and is full of fish. A trawler's
voyage lasts about s weeks, a hand
liners II.
A trawler's crew receives no wages,
but fishes Oh shares. First the captain
gets a percentage;of the remainder. one
half goes to the vessel, which ''finds''-
shat &c r,,prl;a- Tho Door ctorc, COLI
and half the bait-and the other half to
the captain and crew in equal shares,
which run from $40 to $50 and ever
to $3.50.
But among the hand liners each man
is paid according to what he catches,
the fare from each dory being weigh
ed as it is taken aboard. This stimu-
lates competition. There is Judgment
in knowing where to fish or how long
to stay over a certain spot, and even the
%Quickness with which a line is hauled
in will make a perceptible difference at
the end of a days fishing. 1t means
something to be ''high line as they
call the best fisherman, at the end of a
voyage and those who win this distinc.
ZION time ana again, as some do, be.
come known as "killers'' and ''bia
fishermen"
The main catch on the banks is cod
and halibut. There is also a fleet OF
small American vessels which pursues
the merry swordfish. Swordfishing i:
good sport-whalins Oh a small scale. \
man, dart in hand, stands in the YES
sells low, supported by a semicirculal
iron brace. When near enough to thu
fish, he lets fly the dart. Il swordfisl
may weigh $50 pounds. One can tow
dory a mile, and a piece Of the swort
has been found driven through the bot
tom of a piiotboat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
A MOTHERS RUSE.
Saved Her SONS From CONSUMPTION. but
Changed the Family Name.

Saved Her Sons From Consumption. but
Changed the Family Name.
A gentleman living in Boston told an
interesting story the other day about
how some of his blood relatives hap
| pened to have a family name different
| from his own. 1t seems that during the
! prosecutions in Scotland these particu-
lar Kirkpatricks went over to Ireland
and settled in Belfast. subsequently the
| head of the family came across the
! ocean and as soon as he was established
sent for his wife to join him, bringing
with her their four SONS, two Of whom
were old enough to make STRIPPING SOL
diers had some exigenry demanded such
a sacrifice. The journey was undertaken
in a slow going ship bound for New
York, and while she was somewhere in
| mid-Atlantic the war of 1912 between
England and the United States broke
out.
The ship when nearing u seaboard
was overtaken by a British cruiser,
which put her about and escorted her to
| Halifax, Nova Scotia. The officer in
| command of the cruiser declared his in
tention of impressing sailors and sol
diers from among the passengers. A
mother having more than two sous
would have to give up all yer that
number who might be available for
military or naval service. Mrs. Kirk
patrick, who was a quick witted wom-
an, instantly planned a ruse which she
justified in her own mind by calling it
ruse de guerre "a trick of war;. She
stood two sons in one part of the ship
and two in another and was accepted,
without detection, as the mother of both
pairs, though she called herself Kirk
patrick in one instance and Fitzpatrick
in the other.
After they d~isembarked the deception
had to be kept up, as they were con
stantly under the eyes Of British officers
The in%terception by the cruiser resulted
in the family settling in Halifax instead
of in the United states, but even after
peace was restored the two kirkpatrick
boys found it much harder to get theil
name back than it had been to exchange
it on shipboard. In fact, they never go
it back.
Those who had come to know then
as Kilpatricks refused to know them a!
Kirkpatricks, and in the course of TIM
the effort to reclaim the family nam
was abandoned as hopeless. The varia
ton in prefix made e%xpedient pro tenn
by the intermeddling cruiser seems t.
have been ordained to continue sim
die .-Harper's Round Table.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
Her Poor BOY.

The Louisville Courier-Journal tells
a story Of a good old mother who re-
ceived a dreadful shock the other day
through a telegram from her boy, who is
in New York enjoying himself. AS en-
joying ones self sometimes costs mon.
ey, it is not strange that the young man
sent the following somewhat slangy dis
patch for more funds to his father:
"Had my leg pulled. Broke. Send
me $50 by wire"
When the mother read this appeal,
she was plunged in grief.
my poor boy!' she moaned. "He
must have been in one of those cable
a things. Send him 800, father, and
tell him to get the best doctor in thu
city" d,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
REPUTATION.

Some people on their families pride,
Some love their RAM and station.
But best of all is he who loves
A splendid reputation.
Oh. blushing maid, oh, bashful youth,
If you would nav salvation,
Remember that the road to 1t
Is through your reputation.
You may be rich. you nay be great,
You may have education.
But what are these if o have not
With them a reputation:
One ma lose his dearest friend
And have no food or ration,
But, then. this loss is trit1ing to
The loss Of reputation.
Three things to me are very dear
Wealth. title and vocation,
But these are little moles beside
My mountain reputation.
like the earth, the sea. the sky.
All things of Gods creation,
But give. oh, give me first of all
A spotless reputation.
james H. Harrison i'll st. Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
THE WONDERS Of sCIENC E r

Lung Troubles aud Consum ptiOn Can
be Cured. An Eminent New York
Chemist and Scientist Makesa Free
j OFFER to Our Readers.
The distinguished New York chemist,
Il. A. Slocum, demonstrating his dis.
covery of a reliable and absolute cure for
consumption pulmonary Tuberculosis)
and all bronchial, throat, lung and chest
assesses, stubborn coughs, catarrhal
objections, general decline and weakness,
loss of flesh, and all the conditions of
wasting away, will send THREE FREE
BOTTLES (all differently of his New
Discoveries to any afflicted reader of the
Lake County Leader writing for them.
His New Scientific Treatment" has
cured thousands permanently by it's
timely use, and he considers it a simple
professional duty to suffering humanity
to donate a trial of hia 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
claimed by any modern genius. His as
sertion that lung troubles and consump-
ton are durable in any climate is proven
by Heartfelt letters of gratitude" filed
in his American and European labrador
les in thousands from those cured in all
parts eft the world.
Medical experts concede that bronchi-
al. chest aud lung troubles lead to Con-
sumption, which, uninterrupted, means
speedy M certain death.
Simply write to T. A. Slocum, NJ. c.,
50 Pine street, New York, giving post
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
his offer in the Lake County Leader.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
The Hudson River Y6l1nat.

EH" tN
The Hudson river valley and the as
pect of the river itself have passed
through many changes since the eye of
so years and over first knew them. The
old manorial estates, the many acred
"places'' derived from grants or by
purchase when land was worth but lit
tie money, were then in the full flower
Of their hospitable occupancy and, with
the exception of a few market towns,
themselves of small importance-Hud-
sou, Poughkeepsie, Newburg-over all
the region else between Albany and
New York there brooded a sleepy, pas
toral peace, not to be broken until the
demon of steam should come with ear
splitting scream and laundering tread,
asserting it's right Of eminent domain.
At the sound of that unruly voice the
white winged brood of sloops and sail
ing vessels of all kinds disappeared,
never to return-a loss i'll supplied by
the splendid steamboats, which, ablaze
with lights like SO many Aaron's breast
plates, pillow their way through the hills,
sending their magic searchlights from
shore to shore.
The generation that knew and loved
the valley in this pastoral time israpid-
~ passing away, and the newcomers
who are remaking the land are in large
measure of Il different race, or at least
it may be said there has been so strong
an infusion of new peoples that the sur
face complexion of the towns aud vii.
lagos has been strangely altered. Where.
in this still remembered time, the names
of the inhabitants betrayed, for the
most part, u remote Dutch or German
origin, with a scattering contingent Of
English ana Huguenot strain, our rural
postnlasters find the labor of having
every few years to learn the names of
even the older residents enormously in
creased by the necessity of answering
the calls for their letters of a warn of
outlandish folk-Bohemians, Hungari-
ans, Italians, Syrians. Clarence Cook
in Century.
arIcks On the Teachers.
The other day a pupil in one of the
public schools asked the teacher to do a
little example in grammar, and since
then what seemed at first to be a simple
problem has had the serious %considera-
tion Of all the pedagogues in the COM
munity, and it has been unanimously
agreed that there is no rule in grammar
to cover the point raised. The young
ster's proposition was this:
lit is two miles to Woodfords. Now,
please write under that sentence,
There are two twos in the above SEN
terce.'"
That is what the boy said. He did
not submit the problem in writing, and
when the teacher tried to follow his
Injunction she found out the reason
why. 1t dawned on her that there were
not two twos, neither were there two
tos, and how to express in writing what
was easy enough to do verbally she as.
certained to be impossible.
The boy responsible for the foregoing
must be a near relative to the youth
who asked his teacher how to spell
paris green, and when she replied.
Par par, is, paris, green, green;
paris green,' retorted:
"No; you're wrong. You can't spell
paris green, or blue, or any other color.
You can't spell it anything but paris. u
Portland Argus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

The story Of "Enoch Arden," as it
stands in the poem, is in every detail
a true one. 1t was related to Lord y
nyson by the late Mr.. Woolner, &c
we'll known sculptor, whose widow has
the manuscript of the story.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
Taken Unawares.

The Bank of France has q camera 50
arranged that the picture of any sus.
picious visitor may be secured without
the suspected individual knowing that
ne has been caught.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

Rice is the most important of all
Japanese crops. The cultivation takes
up more than half Of the country's total
surface of arabic land.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters II Admit

Notice Of Hearing Petition for Letters II Admin
istration.
STATE cr o, sou If L Dasota' IS. In cou ty Cour,.
In the matter of the estate Of Bridget Hogan,
deceased. The state Of South Dakota sends
greeting to Mary A. Donohue, Patrick Hogan.
james Hogan. the heirs at law and next of kin OF
Bridget Hogan, deceased and TO all 10 whsm
these presents may come. Notice is hereby Civ
en- that Mary 4. Dorohu", has filed with the
Judge OF this court u petition praying that letters
Of administration Of the estate Q! Bridget Hogan,
deceased, be granted to John Walden, and tina.
Wednesday, the 18th day OF Septem Der, A.. d.
1897 at one o'clock p. m. OF said day, being n day
OF a term Of said court at the office Of the Judge
Of said court in the city Of Mndison. Lake county,
South Dakota, has been set for hearing said pc,
tition, when and where any. person interested
may appear and show cause why the said petition
should not be granted.
Dated, Madison, Lake Co., $. D.. September ,
1887. VILLA MCGkATH,
Judge OF the County Court
D. d. HDLDRIDGE & son,
Attorneys for said Estate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

The first drug store was opened for
business by AL Mansur, the Arabian,
745 A. D.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

The reciprocal civility of authors is
mi of the most risible scenes in the
farce of life. johnson.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

Just try a 1Oc. box of Cascarets, the
finest liver andbowel regulator ever
made
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08

bowels. Never eicken, weaken or grip
lOc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
HAPPY co
Squire Moore and his Estimable
Wife Interest a Reporter.

Hardships, and how Sickness once Entered their
Home, and for a While it Looked as if it
Would Prove Fatai-t was Averted,
However, and they Dwell on the
Means with Much Enthusiasm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-08
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-23
DRESDEN.

Dresden will incorporate next year.
Langdon boys turn out in full force
to Dresden dances.
Another big dance at Tony's place on
Friday evening OF last week.
There is now talk Of building Catho-
lie church and school house in Dresden
in the early springtime.
Joe's place is still to the front as head
quarters for oysters, cigars and sweet
meats and most anything in that line.
Not day passes but what one or more
strangers visit our town looking up a
business location. Dresden promises to
get big move on next spring.
Mrs. John Gatschene, of Mt. Carmel,
mother Of Mrs. Speckmann and Mrs.
Welte was here several days last week
inspecting her grandchildren, the rising
generation Of Dresden.
Purchases made at Dresden stores this
week demonstrate that more than one
Of our young men will in the near future
forsake the paths Of single blessedness
to enjoy the comforts Of happy home.
One Of eur popular town boys has not
% yet quite gotten over a strange ex.
perienos that befell him the other night
- he was going to retire. When about
TO sxtinguish tho light and jsmp into bed
hs thought he heard q woman's voics
ring cut on the still night cir in tones Of