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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-15

bride. when, IA fact, she was as homel, as
"A mud fence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-15
freedmen Payments. Moving Along.

MUsKoGEE, l. T., March l5.--The
Freedmen payment of $500, 600 is now
moving along rapidly and satisfactorily.
Documents which have been delaying
matters arrived from Washington Tues.
day, aud Agent Dickinson can nov
conduct the payment systematically.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-15
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11
ling.

business from the time they were lit
lie girls.
They DO all the work connected with
the publication OF the paper. The cid
est, Miss Perl Grlfnn. ls not yet %
years old. Perl writes the heavy edi-
torlals. when there are any 10 be writ
ten. collects most OF the local news. so
licits advertising and collects the bills.
Her sister Zoe assists as a reporter,
keeps the books. helps set type. and
makes up the forms Miss Lulu Orlf-
in IL the editor Of the Weekly Advo-
cate, which Is also published by these
young women. and when she has time
sets type on the daily or goes out on
the street for local news. These are
the only two papers In the United
States which are managed exclusively
by girls. The three sisters do ali the
work. both inside and outside OF the
office. and keep the papers on a paying
basis In competition with four others
In the same town. They support their
mother In good style. have a comfort
able home. and enjoy the confidence
and respect OF the good people OF Mary
ville. The Daily Review Ia the only
daily newspaper IN the Fourth congress
slonal district outside Of st. Joseph
The girls have had some lively expert
ences during their journalistic career.
but have managed to hold their own
against the most violent and bitter
opposition and prejudice. Their Of
Zee hai been raided three times. the
type destroyed. their family horse has
been poisoned By enemies. and once
somebody fired into the sleeping room
Of Miss Lulu Grimm aud attempted 10
Mn her mother AZ the same time. The
girls came up smiling. however aftsr
every assault. and as Miss Lulu ex-
presses Il, we have never missed an
Issue or skipped a cog" In 1890 the
Daily Review and the Weekly Advocate
waded into the Ocal campaign and
made the fur ny. The papers support
ed the straight Democratic ticket. and
during the heat OF the campaign the
editors became involved IN a personal
nght With certain Roman Catholic
priest. who stirred up the most intense
\ bitterness against them. and according
TO the young women themselves. was ai
the bottom Of most Of their troubles
The Review and Advocate also made 0
vigorous war upon the saloons AZ this
time. and the election resulted IN a
clean and decided victory for the
young women. On re Saturday night
following the election the ONCE Of hoih
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

Thousands Of acres. She has a SPLEEN
did mansion In London.
The American Moncrelfie Is passing
away in a room scarcely ten feet
square. She will never leave the rick
ETY. bed. She IL In the clutches Of
dropsy. and the disease Is approaching
her heart.
II shows no haste II Is certain Of
its victim. II can afford to walt. The
woman's eyes are fastened on the sin
gle window. II frames n square Of
blue sky. Inquiaitlye blades OF grass
fringe the bottom Of the window And
the sufferer knows there must be sun
shine and gladness somewhere In the
world.
TIE Countess OF Dudley-s son mar
rled the daughter Of a shopkeeper. and
the Countess was Eorrowful thereat.
Her cousin IN Chicago is done with
marriage and with sorrow. She knows
only pain. She has no hope but for
death, "the sure and winding arms OF
cool EMBEDDING death"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11
kossurn As AN onAron.
Imposing In APPEARANCE aud the Finest
speaker Of nIs Time.

Imposing In APPEARANCE and the Finest
speaker OF Ms Tims.
In appearance Kossuth was taller
tian Americans had been led 10 sup
pose. Ills face had an expression OF
penetrating intellect. long. the fore
head broad. but not excessively high,
though a slight badness made Il seem
20. end the chin narrow but square Ia
liB form. His hair was thin In front
aid dark brown, as was his beard.
which was quite long. but not very
thick and arranged with neainess and
taste. His musiache was heavy and
rather long His eyes we're very large
and Of a light blue. Ills complexion
was pale. AZ a speaker his manner
vas at cree incomparably dlgnifed
and graceful His posture and appear
anoe In repose were imposing. not only
from their essential grace and dignity
but from a sense OF power they im-
pressed upon the beholder lie spoke
as II with little PREPARATION and with
that peculiar freshness which belongs
to extemporarcous speaking and
the wonderful compactness and ART Of
bis argument were not felt until re-
ieclod upon afterward. lie gestlculaicd
freely. equally well with both arms.
Nothing could be more beautiful In Ia
way than che sweep Of his right hand
as Il was raised 20 heaven when he
rpoke Of Deity; nothing swceter than
the smile which at times mantlcd his
face. Beyond a doub, he was the grea'
eat Of orators then living.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

GuEtave Dore. the famous Frclch n
illustrator. died nj hfty From the age
Of twenty TO thlrty-hvo he moved In
round OF brilliant triumph. and
thence 10 the end down the hin OF dis
appointment. lie cared no longer for
designing. and the ART critic did not
care for his biz pictures. he died too
soon 10 read the Dore gallery prospect
ua. which filled the papers some years
ago, Dore spoke English Indifferent
~. although he was always meaning TO
learn che language Tie liked Brltons
and their ways. but not their dinner
parties. II Is the dinner parties that
KIN me. he said once. "How long ami
how stupid they are Dorc was one
Of the rpce Of marvellous boys. for al
the age Of four he painted a grand bat
tle piece which. We are told. displayed
ERE and force and movement" Al nf-
teen HE father took him to Paris for
bis holidays. When Gustave saw the
say city. he a. once said. "This d the
place Tor me-" But how was q 20 be-
donof only BY taking his future into
biz own hands, he made twelve com
e drawings 81 the labors OF Hercules.
and took them TO the editor Of the
Journal pour Rlre. The editor glanced
90 them. ard az once offered the boy a
salary a. a thousand dollars per year
on the paper lie father returned
home alone Re then dld what many
other artists would DO n their ocullsts
would permit them he painted by sun.
llEht and worked for publishers by
gasligtt A proud and precious 70.
Mus. his Imagination trimming over
with good Thugs. be could not b.
bothered with academic routine. 50 ~
entered hlHs1lf at no school OF arc
but made rush Tor the goal with q
rrCer az the trouble of training. Hl.
Illustrations made a book ran through
countless editions. and saved Al ieas
ore publisher from ruin. lie palnte,
o number Of popular pictures: he be-
came the rage. and then he died.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

papers was broken into. presses were
broken. racks tipped over and forms on
which the daily papers were run on
were completely destroyed. nothing be-
Ing left Gut the chases The girls went
10 work with a grim determination not
10 be downed. and managed to pick up
enough type that had been strewn over
the foors 10 set up three OF four coll
umns Of matter and the Daily Review
was Issued on time Monday evening
The Girls kept up their warfare on their
enemies. aud a month later the ONCE
was again wrecked. Miss Lulu GRIM
worked until midnight getting out the
Weekly Advocate. she left the once
with her mother. after locking the door
behind her. leaving everything IN good
order. There were ak forms % type
on the Imposing stone. two being made
up OF ane display type. which was In
tended for a special advertising cdl-
ton. When the young women went 20
work next morning they found the Of
Zee door Wide open and everything
gone. The wreckers dld not stop 10
empty the cases this time. but carried
all the type and other materials away.
and then ran a chlsol Into the cylinder
of the press. 80 that Il was temporarily
ruined. Tho Girls moved their once
into another building. ecraped up ~.
tie type and Get up The paper. For a
progs they took a roll from a sugar cane
mill. fastened Il upon a dry goods box
put weights on each side, rolled u
slowly backward and forward over the
forms, and IN that way managed "a
print a pretty fair sort OF newspaper
They used this sugar cane press ioi
several weeks until their cylinder pres.
had been repaired. The type taken
from the once on this raid was after
ward discovered by some boys at tn,
bottom Of an old well thirty feet deep
The young women had the water
pumped Qua aud recovered most of thell
property. but much Of Il was IN such
a condition that Il could not be used
one day In the following August th'
Grimm sisters and their mother wer'
out driving IN a two seated surrey
drawn by a favorise family horse. i
vas handsome. spirited animal, ans
the family was much attached TO Il
During the course Of their drive the,
stopped TO listen 70 a street concert
when some one In the crowd threw acis
upon The horse and tried 20 make Il ruI
away The young women managed /,
control Il. however and drove hom'
and put q IN the harm. Thirty minutes
later the horse died from a dose o.
poison. In the following October ihl
once was again ralded. The younI
Fomen licked the once door NJ
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

Among the commodities which have
grcetly increased In value during the
past few yeara ls the metal platinum.
the price Ct which has more than
guadrupled. The demand has indeed
almost exceeded the supply. and has
been occaslonod BY the new uses which
have been found for the metal. the
ELECTRICIAN wanting d Tor the ncccssar,
llnks'ot connection between the lntcd.
Tor and exterior Of the ubiquitous GLOW
lamp. and the photographer IN a mi.
nor degree for his prints. The prln.
clpal source Of supply Is Russia. which
produces more than forty times a.
much as al other countries combined.
and even there the metal ls found oul,
In the southern ural mountains.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

Muir Mackenzie. and the others we'd
ded men Of family. distinction and
wealth. While the English cousins
were climbing 10 the iopmost round OF
the social ladder those IN this coun-
try were gradually sinking lover ana
lower. David Morcrelne's children
we're well educated. bat the property
which the father was supposed 10 have
left disappeared. Douglas. the elder.
child. who was IS AZ the time OF his
fathers death. entered the army and
was killed In the Seminole war IN
Florida. Mary, the youngest was
adopted by a finally living In Pough-
keepslc. n. Y. while Maria Louisa
lived with Mr.. Primrose. the executor
Of her fathers estate. untll she was
married to Col. Rober, King. In 1871.
Early In the sixties. when the Eng.
llsh cousins were beginning TO attract
wide attention. Mrs. King accompanied
her husband to chlcago. lie went In
10 business with Dr. c. ". Dyer and
Sanford n. Loring They introduced
terra-cotia decorations In the city and
made a deal Of money. Tho grcat Chi
caEo nre took everything from them.
Col. King tried to revive the business
and failed. In the days Of bis prosper
ity ne had attracted attention a. a
shakospearlan reader. and after his
failure he tried TO make a living by
glying readings. Col. King came OF a
family Of ability. Its brother. Wash
ington Klug. was at one time mayor OF
81 Louis and the lattera son. William
=, King gained some prominence IN
New York politics. lie was close
friend Of Boss Tweed.
The readings did not prove success.
full Col King decided TO go 20 Eng
land to set justice, u possible. and
ask assistance, u necessary. from hts
wiio's relatives. Tie found the house
OF Moncreiae 10 rather severe straits.
and the rich cousins had no intcrosl
In him or his wife. They had an for
gotten the American branch OF the
family. Col. King returned 20 Ameri-
ca. he was not made Of the stun that
endurcs and surmounts misfortunes
he died soon after. leaving his wife
and child In absolute want. For a
long time her husbands brothers
helped Mrs King. but the contribution
grew fewer every year and then ceased
altogether For fifteen years the
mother and daughter have supported
themselves In those mysterious and
precarious ways that BAN inquiry
They do not know how they manas'd
TO set along. Il has been a hand-to-
mouth existence. WAY the daughter
married r. H. Cummings she herself
has probably forgotten. Tie has been
content 10 live on what the women
could give him. he concocts extra
ordinary remedies and possesses legal
lore. TO his own thinking. lie 10 one
Of those specimens who devote their
time 20 explaining how he Is held down
J by the money cranks while her cou-
sins are living In the luxury aud re-.
nnement OF the highest English social
circles. this woman Il waiting for the
} end In the dlngy basement At No. e9iG
Calumc, avenue. Chicago.
Il "a a hot. dlngy. ill-smelllng base
J mcnt
Her cousin. the Countess Of Dudley,
! has a magnificent country scat win
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

An Animal Of Africa with Widespread
lag Harms.

N amman - AANAHA fHf"tf
lar Harms.
The gemsbok. a species Of antelope
abounds on The dry fertile plains OF
South Africa. whore Il feeds on the
bulbs Of Waterfront and other kinds
OF sacculent vegetation. By means OK
which the anielopes Of thee regions.
are able 10 rubslat Tor months togahcf|
without water says au exchange This
antelope Is a large and powerful anti
nal. measuring about Eve feet in
length and over three feet In height al
the shoulders. ~ horns arc situated
on the same plane with rs forehead;
they exceed two feet IN length. are al
moat straight, little dltorging anil are
obscureiy riuFed throughout iheif lows
or half. The color Of the upper part
Of the body h. a rusty gray and ID the
under par thlie. While thee ~ sep-
arated FROM each other by . well-de-'
fined black band on each alde. These
bands unite on the breast, and are
continued as a single black band unii'
reaching the lower NV. wien then
again divide aud form two uiailsgerss
bands on tbe head. A,ernlnapng N the
base Of the horns. Int head otherwise
o. white az are also the limbs. with
the exception oi the thighs, uhleh DC
black. The striking apuwrtnce pls-
scented by this antelope a In a greai
measure due TO the ahsaaoe 81 any
blending In the different colors o. ne
body. The gemshok ayoias woods llv-
Ing In the open plains In pairs or %
small groups Of four % ave. Possess
ing powerful weapons .di-afiaok In iii
long. spoar-llkc horns. and Win am
pie courage % NE them 1ho gemsbok
particularly when vonnaed. ls for
midable antagonist. hoih % moneant
the numerous beasts az prey IN that
region. Il makes Ssh good use n 10
horns AZ iomelp eFen % rsaf on
the lordly Lien
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

The Lord PTimate OF ireland writes.
was told BY a friend OF the great
orator Bflght-a name mover TO BE-
mentioned without respect that one
day he was speaking with an Old friend
OF hls school career ilo had been at
two schools. In enc Of which he had
learned a great deal that was useful
and necessary Tor his position In life.
and In he other he had been taught
20 love reading. and had been brought
IN contact with Mihon's book. and
this friend say. You seem to think
Gar more Of the second school than OF
the hrsl. aud know you learned a
great deal that was useful In the one.
and / should thlnk not nearly SO much
IN the other. "But." said bright. you
don't know anything about H. In tbs
nrst school | learned what helped md
no doubt In my business. hut IN the
other | was brought into contact with
the eternal spirit Of liberty. and that
vas the thing that made me whatever
I have been In life"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

A Moncrelfie ls lying IN a Chicago
basement, waiting for the caress Of
death. Each year OF her life has given
turn TO the wise OF misfortune and
suffering that has ever Stripped her
She Is Of the Moncrelfies OF England.
She Is cousin TO those famous sisters
whose beauty set an Europe anams
-Four Of them married peers OF the
realm. One II Countess Dudley, whose
husband. the Earl Of Dudley. has an
income Of s3.000OO0 year. Maria
Louisa Moncreiiie was once a beauty.
TOO. But for her there was no brill
liant marriage to n nobleman and a
life Of luxury. She has no fine coun-
try seat She Ia dying In a house In
Calumet avenue. a weather beaten old
house, Scared and dilapldated. which
shelters people as poor and miserable
as itself Il was another cousin who
stirred English aristOcracy TO the CEN
ter and even moved the throne. Lady
Mordaunt was once the foremost figure
IN London society. and the Prince OF
Wales was by her side. Il was she
who made possible a most famous say
INK. Il was for her that the Prince Of
Wales "periured himself like a gentle
man." Notwithstanding this Lord
Mordaunt secured his divorce. That
was more than twelve years ago.
There Is no scandal In the life OF
Maria Louisa Moncreifio She has
been the playthlng Of circumstance
and she long ago became weary OF the
game. II justice had been done her
the money which made Il possible for
her cousins 20 make the brilliant mar
riages would have been shared with
her. Then she would not be doomed
20 die In a basement. whore the chairs
are falling apart and holes yfwn In the
carpet And the tall. bent woman who
cares for her would have known a an.
ferent life. perhaps. The daughter
might not have married Cummings.
that frantic old man. whose cackilngs
about his useless medicines and bis le-
gal knowledge disturb the last hours
Of the condemned woman. This daugh-
ter % the Moncreiffes must listen 10
the rawlings OF the man who does moth
Ing but eat the food they furnish for
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

Earl or Klnnoui who was dlstln-
gulahed more ~ her cieyorness and
her position than for her beauty. Many
children were born to Sir Thomas and
Lady MoncfeiaG gnd the sly daughters
were celebratd I'm over the civilized
world. Indeed hey were regally beau
tiful and fasclnRtlng. They made the
most remarkable matches. and this re-
suited from the cleyorness and ambition
Of their mother supplemented Of course
by their own attractions. No woman
In England has ever compared with
Lady Moncrelfio as a matchmaker. The
eldest daughter, Louisa. was married
In 1868 10 the Duke OF Athoi. This
was the beginning. Helen was mar
rled the following year 10 Sir John
Charles Forbes. Georgiana became
the wife OF the Earl Of Dudley. The
Countess Dudley was called the most
beautiful woman IN the kingdom. This
marriage was wholly Of her mothers
making. The Earl OF Dudley wac
MUCH net NfNluls AA' was hNAf'Aa ~
look upon and his life had many
ahomlnable chapters. But he had an
income OF S3.O00.00O a year. The mar
rage Of Harriet Sarah to Sir Charles
Mordaunt. q baronet and member of
Parliament. took place In 1865. Lady
Mordaunt became the most famous OF
the sisters. and this was because Of the
scandal connected with her name.
The name Of Lady Mordaunt was con-
nected only with persons Of the high
est rank when her husband sued for
divorce. six years after marriage. Il
caused no surprise. but the fact that
he made the Prince Of Wales core
spondent shocked the English arlstoc-
racy as Il never had been before or
since. The trial dragged along for
years. The Prince OF Wales was a Wit
ness ne denied the accusation. Then
Il was that his name was sounded
from one end OF Europe 70 the other
a. an exponent OF chiyalry. For u
was said that he had periured himself
like a gentleman Il was said At the
time that the queen did not speak to
her son for several months because OF
this scandal. Another daughter Of the
Moncrelfies. Blanche. married Lord
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

British officers In ihe rsyp,lsn srmv
who are now on leave have besn ar
dered to feioln their regiment. n ehee
IN preparation Tor a new advance into
DE soudan. A railway fot Inc ~ of
the expedition Is being built acros- ma
desert from Wady Halfa toward Aba
Hamed, and by the middle of Iolv N /.
expected tina, Il will be Completed nd
about half that distance The advanes
VIII then be bsgun. az the oecunatlon q
Ahu hamed by the suels.Frvnil,,.
force 70 necessary before the balldlpn
OF the railway can be pushed lnirh
farther toward TIA, point. Abu IA.
med Ia the first objective point OF Inc
new advance. but a further movement
to herher Is a possibility. Th.riate.l
Information from the nervlsh camp -.
ports great concentration OF force,
at omdurman. which q about thre,
hundred miles up the Nae from Anu
Hamed.-Ex.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-11

...,.o,. a,s vent home During .ne
nlght The door was broken aO"H ',oa ~.
,vns taken from the imposing . .',,.,....
ana thrown into the street me 'o Jun,
,~o,. ,~'J Mad no trouble until the mex
spring. when. April 20 an ai,smp' No
made 10 assasslnate The ianily' 49,.
O'Clock IN the morning Of maj NM e-y
some unknown person fred into , rsrl
Grlnin's sleeping room. the sio' -. 'Sa,
ing Out the whole Of The upper nln1 ,s.
sanh and the bullets lodging 10 wy
ceiling MIrsGhmn's bed was co'eiva
with broken glass and her iaee W.. w.
IN several places. Almost ai 'no s 49,.
moment a short was fred into ano'nes
room where Sra Grlinn, the mother ..
tho young women was sleep'ns, "a a.
The aim was too low and the puil,l- . w.
no harm. Before going 10 MARVIN"
the Grimm eirls ran a little weekly pa
per Al shldmore. No. one night just
before going 10 press, the ONCE ae ,,
dentaliy caught IRE. and was io'a'S
destroyed together with all OF i'a ma
terial Miss Perl GrifIin made ran
road journey Of 30 mllea to pelsh-
boring town. 10, enough maWrial %
set up her paper returned home and
the skldmore Herald was on the stree
that evening. only a few hours laie
The people Of Maryyllle have stood pS
these courageous young women IN
substantial manner and have not ohi'
encouraged them by good words, hu
helped them financially and given then
liberal patronage.