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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-31

About 300 miles from Sydney is a
place called Wingcn, and in one of the
mountains there is said to be a coal
mine which has been burning for over
100 years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-31

Princess Louise of Bavaria is regarded
by the English Jacobins as the de jure
queen of Great Britain, being the last
iineal descendant Of the Stuarts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-07-31

arms Of the chair, and the toe of a
dainty boot made a rat-a-tat-tat on the
thing. She shifted uneasily in her seat,
and pretty soon her head turned again,
very slowly this time, until she could
see the devastation the shears had
wrought.
One side Of the little chaps head was
already shorn Of its long locks, and the
unfeeling tonsorial artist held another
curl at full length. Snip went the
shears. The little woman gasped, and a
big tear rolled down her cheek. She
licked it off, but another followed it.
She didn't look away again, but the
barber's task was nearly finished before
she trusted herself to speak.
Then she swallowed hard, tried to
smile and said in q strained, wabbly
voice.
They're almost gone now, baby"
Yes, responded the y%oungster, with
an approving glance at his reflection in
the mirror. II guess Dick won't call
me a little girl any more. detroit
News.
William Wordsworth.
MaLy readers have thought Words
worth to be dull and heavy, and that
these defects are objectionable in a poet.
1t is true that his poetry is not uni
formly great and attractive, and that
much Of what he wrote is tame. No
writer could yield so much wheat and
not have some chaff with it. No poet
could write a long poem like 1.-THE Ex-
cursion'' or 1.-The Prelude and be bril-
liant in every line. Even Homer some
times mods. Shakespeare does not al
ways reach the same heights, and I
venture to say that Byron, who sneered
SO often at Wordsworth, flies very low
in more than one Of his poems. Many
Of those who do not consider Words.
worth profitable reading belong to a
class that is incapable Of a feeling Of
poetry" and without the power to ap.
preciate a poet it is not easy to derive
any pleasure or help from him.-Mrs.
A. P. Peabody in Forum.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23
THE GAY HANDLEBARRE.

IAN old poem modernized.l
Oh, young Handlebarre has come out Of tn
west.
From Gotham to Frisco his bike was the beat
And save his Xxi u gun, he weapons had mona
He rode with his oil can and air pump alone.
So faithful in love and the best scratch by far
There never was bikist like young Handle
barre.
He stopped not for puncture nor cared for
tack
But ere he alighted at Featherby's cato
The bride had consented to wed cheap skate
For snail on tho wheel and u milksop ii
Had been trying to cut out the fleet Hsudla
barre.
So slyly he sneaked into Featherby's hall.
'Mong golfers and players of tennis and all.
Then spoke the brides father. the griszied OH
clam
(For the Ratchet faced bridegroom was meei !.
Us lamb,
"oh, cone ye with glad hand or cems ,ei,
Or to dance a fandango. you duh. Handle
barre2"
Il long woocd your daughter, but you told INT
'Nit!'
And now am here, and I've no time to lose.
So start up tho fiddler and pass round thu
booze
There be maidens in plenty more lovely bI
far
That would share tho meal ticket Of youui
Handlobarre.'
The bride kissed the goblet. Tho cycl,s. did
sup.
He quaffed Of tho liquor and threw down thu
She looked down to blush and she looked ~
to sigh.
With grin on her face and watery eye.
He seized her white fingers in spite Of he
par"
"Now tread we a quckstep," said youni
Handlcbarre.
So stately his form, with its bicycle hump,
That never ballroom contained such chunp
While tho old woman grumbled and papa did
stamp t.
And the bridegroom stood fumbling his bicycle
lamp,
And the bridosmaIdens whispered, "'TwcH
better by far
To have pamed of fair Ellen on young Ham
dlebarre.'
One clutch of her hand as he squinted his eye.
When they reached the hall door and the cycll
stood nigh.
SO lieht TO the Lar the fair lady he dumped. {
So light TO the saddle behind her To jumped.
"Shc is wont We arc of with jolt and a jar.
Therc'll he srorchcrs that follow" quoth
young Handlobare.
There was wailing mong all of the Teathorby
gang.
They pursued on their cycles with whoop and
with clang!
There was scratching Of gravel, tho chickens
did fly, I
But the lost bride Of Featkerby ne'er did they,
spy. !.
So nervy in love and the best scratch by far, /
Have yo Ger heard Of cyclists like young Han. !
0l2barre2 J
Chicago Inter Oce' -'D
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23

his talk gives bar the eafachs md ~
ter 20 out. Iwas fur lettin him blow H.
he got tired, but he Gums right - ana
raps on the doah and see:
"'If that zero cantankerous ole Zeb
White don't cum out and let me git a.
him, down Gums this shanty erer his
headp N
~ couldn't stand nc mo-, said the old
man, "and .,uiIs on my trousers and
goes ont, He pitches right into me to
once, and bein lectle out of sorts from
the wakn UP bangs him around harder
then beio'. When l went back to bed, he
lay over thar by that stump with no
breath left In him, but hadn't got to
sleep ag in when he crawls up to the doah
and seq:
"'Zeb White, the Lawd made me sot
man, and III continue in my sotness till
death claims me fur his own. I've said
I'd whop yo, and I'm bound to keep on
tryin till conker. I'm goin now, but III
DO back soon arter breakfast. Good night,
Zeb White, and good night to yer wilder!
"And did he come again." asked.
"Fur suah, replied the old man; Eyes,
sab, he cum along soon arter breakfast,
anu WIFI W bs sinohAh p'PSi $500 -
cracks his heels together and sings out:
"'Whoop! Whoopee! I'm q sot man,
and my olo woman SEE it's tho will OF the
Lawd that shall whop 20 this maWnin.
Gum out ycre till make 70 boiler like
rabbit and cry like a baby.
81 went out, and he tackled me. 1
wasn't mad, and didn't mean to hurt
him bad but when !! throwed him over
that bresh he struck on stone ana DIT 20
his back, and next day he was d ~ :. L.
totcd him hum and got docto., - 20
couldn't do nuthin fur him."
"And was he sot to the lastp'
"He was. Jest half an hour befo no
died he looked up at me and seq:
"'Zeb White, l amt blamin 20, tall.
but I'm sot man, and If I'd lived on l
should hev fout 20 till I made 20 hoi-
ler.'
"That's what he SCI, and reckon he
meant it. He couldn't hev whopped me
| in 50 y 'ars, but he was critter as wouldn't
gin up. l amt ag'in leetle sotness in
man or woman-iest huff to be sot-but
when 1t Gums to SIGH sotness that 70
want to die fur it then I'm sayin that I'm
no friend to 1t. 1t amt fltten, and 70
can't mako 1t ftten." M. QUAD
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23

critter. I reckoned he'd take skip when
he seen me cumin, but he didn't. He flung
his hat down and jumped on to it and
whooped, and tie fust thing knowed he
pitched into me. He got in a kick and u
bite, and then picks him up and gin him
a twist and throwed him into bresh heap.
He crawled out artcr bit and cum artsr
me ag'in, and as Twas leetlc mad hist
ed him across the road and he was badly
shook up. When he get up, he was licked
man, but he looks at me and sez
"Zeb White, I'm a man as is sot, and
I'll never gin UP till Two made 20 hollcr
fur mercy
with that he goes off home, and goes
back to my pipe and thinks mighty lettle
mo- about him. Next mawnin was clean
. in my gun out yere on the doahstep when
I hears great whoopin up the road, and
purity soon tho little man Gums prancin
along and calls out to mo:
"'Zeb White, I'm q man of sotness, and
nuthin on tho fnce of this airth kin upset
me-
"What's yer sotncss got to do with
me?' SCI I.
"'Heaps and heaps. I've got sotness
to whop yo', and I'll never go to my
grave till do it. Cum out yerc, yo' ole
varmint, and I'll make yo' cry like q
baby
"He was SIGH a letlo man that his talk
didn't rile mo tall" said Zeb, land
/ went on cleanin my gun and payin no
! 'tenshun. He keeps up his whoopin and
BLOWN fur SIGH a long time that the ole
woman finally Gums to tho doah and SEE:
"'Zeb, he's lectle man and hain't got
no power in him, but his voice makes mo
narvous. Better go out and whop him
few and run him up the hill.
"And tho leetlc man he hears what she
SEE, and takin off his hat he bows very
low and seq:
'Widder White, I'm sot man, but a
good man, and if yo'll keep track of the
funeral expenses III divide 'cm with yo'.
"That stirs nc up, and l goes out to
him and the fout begins l didn't want
to hurt him, and so pitches him into
bresh heaps and over stumps till he was
all tired cut. 1t was jest the same as
fightin baby. could hev broke him in
two across my knee Jest like broakin
dry stick. Bimcby he gifts all ho wants
and starts fur hum, but he turns on me
and seq:
'Zeb White, was never unsot from
my sotness by any critter on airth, and
I'll he back tomorrer and try it ag in.
I'm feelin that it IS my doOty to whop 20,
and my ols woman will pray to the Lawd
to gin me strength to do it. "
But why did he want to whop you:"
asked.
Cant tell, ;" replied Zcb "Sum critters
around yere ar allus achin to whop sum,
body, AMI sum want to live in peace.
told Hit, if he bothered me any mo-
might hurt him, but that night at mid
night when l was dreGmin Of KILN a
bar, whoopin and u yeliin wakes mo
up, and hears that lcetls man a-sayin:
" 'Zob White, I'm sot man, and I've
cum to whop yo'! Git outer that bed md
cum out ycrc and be driv into tho arth'
II didn't say nuthin for long time,
hopin he'd go away but he kept right on
shootin and BLOWN, and blmcby the old
woman nudgr5 me with her elbow and SCI
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23
THET CRITTER COMAS
bg COULDN'T FIGHT. BUT WAS "soT"
i. IN HIS WAY. -s---

i,,r..s. IN HIS WAY. .--ss--.
Re Hsd Determined That He Would
Wbop Old Zeb White, the Postum Hunt
cr and He Did Not Fail For Lack Of
rrying-A Queer Adventure.
"Soon arter the wah," said Zeb White
one evening as we sat story telling, "a crit
ter of q man named Comas moved into
this nayburhood with his wife, and 1t
wasn't week befo' we was In trubble.
He was man who was sot in his ways,
and If he said anything he was ready to die
sooner than take 1t back. He was leetle
man, and he couldn jump nor wrassle nor
fight, but no made up fur all this by his
sotness. He Gums down yere one day with
his hat Oh his ear and his feet liftin high,
and standin out thar by that stump he
SEE:
"'Mebbe I ar beholdin the yarmint as
calls hisself Zeb White, the postum hunter
of Tennessee
"'Mebbe 20 ar, SEE I, wonderin what
was goin to happen.
MGDDo ne kllleu Hio ooohe anu pun
sums than any other ten men put together,
ssyin nuthin Of bars, wildcats and sar-
pints9'
"'Mebbe he has, and what Of it2'
"'It's jest this, SEE the leetle man as
he jumps up and cracks his heels together.
4 don't low no man in these we're mount
ings to go braggin round over me. I'm a
man as is sot in my ways, and I'm goin
to make 20 sing small or perish In the
tryin. Zeb White, cum out and be licked!'
"'Who's to do it?' SEE I.
"'The critter a-standin right yere, sez
he as he walks around in q circle and
crashes his teeth.
"He was SIGH leetle man." explained
Zeb, "that wasn't gwine to fool time
away on him, but he kept on BLOWN and
BLOWN till the ole woman SEE to me, seq
she:
"zeb, reckon yo'd better go out and
whop him. He's talked till my head aches.
Don't whop him to hurt very much, but
jest huff to run him off home
"Then gifts up and walks out to thu
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23

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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-12-23
Subtraction.



Farmer Hittem strodc up to the negro
cabin with q whip in his hand and scowl
on his brow.
"Wherod you git that air turkey2' he
demanded, pointing to one that lay on the
table.
II knows" volunteered little George
Washington Snowfall. Santa Claus done
brought hit"
"Huh ~ grunted the farmer, grasping
the whip more firmly. Hes just the man
! want to sec. Is yourpa in?'-Now York
Sunday Journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23
VICTIM OF 4
BETTING DIES
Thomas TOmalonis Died at the Miners
Hospital Sunday Night.
ABSCESS ON The BRAIN CAUSED.
william Snyder. the ssloonkeeper and
Undertaken, and one Of His Boarders
Charged with Being Responsible
For the Injuries Of the
Deceased

Thomas Tomalonis, Of South Jardin street,
died at the Miners hospital on Sunday night
from the effects Of beating alleged to have
been administered by William Snyder, the
saloonkeeper and undertaken Of the First
ward, and Simon Karparwitz, in the formers
saloon on the night Of December 18th, last.
The deceased was IS years Of age and
leaves a wife and three children, who live ON
South Jardin street.
Snyder and Karpa1witcz are under 81 900
bail, each, for the assault, but will no doubt
be re-arrested and held ON a charge of muir
der. Justice Lawlor, before whom the men
gave BAIL is awaiting instructions from the
District Attorney, who has been notified
Under instructions from Coroner Marshal
Of Ashland DR.. j. c. Biddle made a post
mortem examination Of the remains last
night and found that death was caused by an
abscess ON the brain, due to a fracture of the
skull. The widow claimed the remains this
morning and they were brought to town this
afternoon. Deputy Coroner Mauley will
make arrangements TO hold an inquest.
DR.. Biddle says that when Tomalons was
admitted to the hospital the patient was in
very delirious condition Examination
showed that both the inner and outer tables
Of his skull were fractured, but an operation
Of trephining relieved the pressure on the
brain and the patient seemed to steadily
improve until last Thursday, when he
commenced to sink rapidly
According to the facts CLEANED here Toma-
lonis, on the night of December 10Th last, ap-
peared before Justice Lawlor and asked for
warrant for the arrest of some one he said had
beaten him. Tomalonis acted in manner
that indicted an advanced stage Of intoxica-
ton He was boisterous and iucoherent and
the Justice told him to go home and call at
the office the following day to make com
plaint.
Tomalonis made his way to the office of
Chief Burgess Burns and was taken. home by
that official and DIR. w. n Stein The latter
attended the victim from time to time until
Dec 3lst, when Tomalonis became delirious.
The wife then called on Justice Lawlor and
upon her statement of the story told her by
her husband when he reached home Snyder
and his boarder were arrested. Tomalonis
continued to grow worse and on January 2nd,
last, he was removed to the Miners hospital,
in order that he might receive the care OF
trained nurses
According TO the statement of Mrs Toma-
lonis, her husband said that while be was in
Snyders saloon Snyder beat him on the head
with stove raker and Karparwitz, the
boarder, Joined in the assault.
Snyder and Karparwitz admitted having
had a difficulty with Tomalonis on the night
in question: but alleged that the victim got
iutoa second row that night in another place
and with other parties, and it must have
been in that difficulty that he received his in.
juries. They have failed thus far, however
to give any details as to the alleged second
assault,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23

The most important event in town yester-
day was the shooting match at the Columbia
park for Landlord Bickerts beautiful live
deer There was good attendance of sports
men throughout the day and much enthu-
siasm was manifested throughout the con-
test, on account Of the large number of CON
testants. Many persons were deprived Of an
opportunity to shoot by darkness setting in
The prize is now in the hands Of Thomas
Laferty, of Girardyille Patrick Mclaughlin,
Of Raven Run Henry Thurman, of Ring.
town, and Hiram Smoyer of town, who are
all tie for the deer The judges have de-
cided that these four sportsmen hold another
sh DOT in the near future to decide the winner
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23
THE PENSION
BILL VET0ES /
Cleveland Declines 10 Sanction cum
reasonable Legislation"
REHARRIED WIDOWS BENEFITED
BY Special Bills Though They Are No
Longer the widows Of Deceased
Soldiers The President Takes
occasion TO Sound a Note
Of Warning.

Washington, Feb 23.-The president
yesterday returned to the house With
cut his approval bills pensioning Mrs.
Mary A. Veil and Mrs. Mary A. Free
man. In the case Of Mrs Ven the
veto message says that the widow of
Mujor W. d. Sanger having remarked,
she long ago by her own deliberate
act surrendered a right to draw pen
sion as the widow of Major Sanger. A
further objection is that it is not
shown that the death of the first hus-
band was due to injuries received in
his army service. Neither he or his
widow, while she remained such, pre-
seuted any claim for pension.
Mrs. Freeman was pensioned as the
widow Of Andrew V. Pritchard, who
served in the war with Mexico and
died from disease contracted in the
service. She continued to receive this
pension until she married John Free
man. 1t is now proposed to restore
her to the pension roll as the widow of
her first husband. Il am not willing"
says the president, even by inaction,
to be charged with acquiescence in
what appears to be such an entire de-
parture from the principle as well as
sentiment connected with reasonable
pension legislation"
In vetoing the bill granting a pen
sion to Maria Somerlet the president
sums nm his general objections to the
kind of nension legislation which has
been enacted bv the present CONGRESS-
Mrs Somerlat was pensioned I'm 1867
MS a widow. In 1881 she married again
when her .pension was stopped but he
ing divorced from her second husband
it is proposed to pension her again.
The president saws:
"The rule governing the operation Of
reneral pension laws. which forfeits a
widows pension on her remarriage
seems so reasonable and lust. and It's
relaxation must necessarily lead to
such a departure from lust PRINCIPLES
and to such vexatious pension admin
istration. that 1 am convinced it ought
to be strictly maintained.
81 hope l may be permitted to call
the attention of the senate to the in
creasing latitude clearly discernabIe in
special pension legislation. 1t has
seemed to me so useless to attempt to
stem the tide of this legislation by ex-
ecutive interference that / have con-
tented myself with non-acquiescence
in numerous cases where 1 could not
approve.
"There have been already presented
to me for executive action during the
present session Of the congress COG
special pension bills of which I have
actually examined 11S. The entire
number of such bills that have become
laws during the four sessions of the
congress since March 4, 1898, is 391
Some of these at the present session
are not based upon the least pretext
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23
staryine AmId -TgentY.

Ha2leton, Pa. Feb 23.-A case of
desHtution was brought to the atten-
ton of the authorities at Audenreid
yesterday. Squire Benjamin was call
ed to the nome of Jan Jureck, a Hun
garian laborer, at Honeybroolz. Here
he found their S-year-old boy dead, the
mother sick and the father helpless,
and not a crust of bread in the house,
Food and nourishment We're furnished
to the family and an undertaken took
charge of the body
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23
An oId Fnvnrite.

Since the inception of the craze for the
realistic in stage presentation number of
plays have been woven around and about
mechanical effects some achieving extraor-
dinary success and others falling by the way
side. 1t has been claimed that The Span of
Life" was written about the human bridge"
episode in the third act. This Mr.. Sutton
Vane, the author, denies, but whether it be
true or not the fact remains that The Span
Of Life is Cne of the most successful plays,
from box Office point Of view, that has ever
been presented in this country. 1t is an es-
pecial favorte Of our theatre-goers, who will
welcome the announcement that their old
favorite, after an absence Of more than two
years, win be presented next Friday evening
at Ferguson's theatre.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23

Charles A. Letzel was before Justice Car
din yesterday afternoon charged by Charles
Subrusky with assault and battery. Charles
was minus tooth and his face was spatterod
with blood. Ho eid he was walking down
South Main street when Leitze iostled
against him. When remonstrauce was
made L,ilzc struck him in the mouth with
his fist Leitzel denied the statement and
said he did not joste the man, or strike him,
until Su1rusky tried to strike him with q
stick. Leitzel was required to fIEnish 5000
bail and Immediately prosecuted William
subrusky, a brother Of the complainant in
the other case, and bail was also fixed at
5000 ON Leitzells charge
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23
WATCHMAN SHOT.


Ashland Store.
Special to EVENING HERALD.
ASHLAND, Feb. 23.-Burglars visited Nc
Council Bros. tinsmith store early this morn
ing and in an exchange of shots that followed
the discovery of their presence by the watch
man, the latter, James Cleaver, a young man
10 years Of age, was shot, but not danger
ously injured 1t is also believed that one Of
the burglars was shot.
Cleaver attended the performance in the
opera house last night and retired at about
1880 o'clock. He sleeps in the Office Of the
Mcconnell establishment At about o'clock
this morning he was awakened by hearing
footsteps in the apartment outside the office.
burglar had slid down the elevator rope
and was walking to the Office when Cleaver
was awakened. When he jumped up from
his couch Cleaver observed a second man
sliding down the elevator rope and fred a
shot at him. At the same time the first
man thrust his arm through the office door
and fired a shot at Cleavor. The ball entered
the watchman's left thigh. The burglars
retreated, the man on the rope climbing with
all possible speed and reaching the hatchway
above. The second burglar, the one who had
fred the shot, also started up the rope.
Cleaver fired two shots at him. He believes
he hit the man, but is not positive, as the
wound in his thigh caused him to faint. He
thinks the burglar was hit because the latter
dropped his revolver Immediately after the
watchman's shot was fired.
Meanwhile William Neir and William
Stromeyer, neighbors who had heard the
shots, hurried to the front entrance of the
shop. Cleaver had recovered his senses and
crawled to and unlocked the door. No trace
of the burglars could be found 1t was
learned that they had gained entrance to the
warehouse at the rear of the main building
and crawled through second story window.
They made their exit in the same way.
Cleaver was removed to the Miners hos
pital DIR. Biddls says the injury is a serious
but not dangerous one.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-02-23

Some parties, purposely or uRintendCnally
spread the report that the Evangelical
church, corner West and Cherry streets, was
for sale. No less than half dozen parties
have called at the parsonage to see about
buying the property. This property, how
ever is not for sale The pastor II. H..
Romigi preached farewell sermons last Sun
day at different places in his field Of labor
aud leaves for conference tomorrow, which
will be held in the city Of Reading A new
pastor is expected for Shenandoah and the
other places in this field.