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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-26

>np oli slyle armament ana siege guns.
for the defense of a number of exposed
localities. including some which are EN-
braced in the scheme of national de-
fense. The localities ut which temper
ary batteries were ordered are Bar Har-
bor. Me-. Stonington, Bridgeport and
New Haven, Conn.,, Port Royal and
Georgetown. S. c., Brunswick and Da-
r;en. Ga. mouth of st. Johns river, st.
Augustine, Miami and Tampa. Fla, ana
Sabine. Preparations were made against
nossible hostile attacks by oyerhauling,
cleaning and putting in serviceable con-
dition the existing armament. and by
temporarily mounting within themaddi-
t;onal guns. at the following old type
works: Fort Knox. Fort Popham, Fort
Trumbull. Fort Monroe. Fort Macon
Fort Pulaski. Fort Clinch, Fort Morgan,
Fort Jackson and forts in San Francisco
bay.
va,ue of Coast Defrnses Demonstrated.
While no hostile attacks were vaade
nnon our coasts during the war with
Snain. the operations Of the American
Acct ON the coasts of Cuba and Porto
Rico have amply demonstrated the
value of coast defenses, including shore
batteries and submarine mines in resist
ing naval attacks. It may be confidentl!
asserted that completion of the projects
mon which operations are in progress
will practically insure the safety
of our principal harbors and seacoas
cities against any attacks from the sea
One other important deduction may alst
he drawn from the results OF war, VIZ.
The rreat value and efficiency Of tn
49,
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)UR DEFENSES.
Fneral Wilson's Annual Report
Deals With One Interesting
Subject.
lur Of Coast FOrtificatiOns
Demonstrated by Those Of
the Spaniarls,
rludln~ the Use of Shore Bat.
leries and Submarine
Mines.
'ik Now Projected Would Rcn-
aeF Principal Coast Cities
Safe.

'A>'ilNGToN, Oct. 20.-The annual
y'' |, q Brigadier General John M.
I, ,,'i,'ehlef of engineers, United States
th mas been made to the secretary OF
\. N consequence Of the war with
~ mat portion Of the report relating
'oitii4cations is most interesting.
Lla LIn ms point General Wilson says:
nn na''hS the fiscal year projects OF
[na "l'''i' seacoast defenses were pre-.
I ~ ana approved by the secretary OF
4, ''r Port Royal, 8. c.; st. Johns
!. II + Ia; Tampa. Fla, and Sabine
\, ~, Lex. Iaking 80 localities in the
(naa. n o'ates for which projects Of per-
bv.a ~ aefenses have thus far been ap'
(ma, ~ under the general scheme rec
| Nd (''.d in 1888 by the Endicott
AT the close Of the fiscal year
/ ,.o''struction Of permanent defen'
"''ks was in progress at Is local.
Ii" consequence Of the war with
b. "''' the possibilities of hostile at
d.'p Upon our coasts. urgent and press
bresa' a'lds were made by senator's
\ fa fa.',a'ives and local business inter
Isl ! me immediate erection Of sea
htem"' ",'er'es at numerous points not
konaP1 P'ated in the general scheme o.
kilah, "eiense. In the absence Of any
h 30 e : modern armament, the secre
Hmct;n ~ war directed the immediate con
'a ol temporary batteries, mount
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-26
OeWitt's Witch Haze! Salye
Cures Piles. Scaic.. Burns.

The sooner q cough or cold is cured
without harm to the sufferer the better.
Ling 'rinR colds are dongerous. Hack.
ing cough is distressing. One Minute
Cough Cure quickly cures It. Why
suffer when such . cough cure 10 within
resch? It 10 pleasant to tho taste.
Cook 4 ODER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-26
P>ll.s and Talbot at Halifax.

HALIFAX, N. S., Oct. 28.-The British
warships Pallas and Talbot have arrived
from Bermuda. General Lord William
Seymour, commander of the troops in
British North America. will return
from Ottawa at once. his visit having
been cut short by the unusual activity
in military and naval circles at this sta
tiOn,
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Movin~ rrom Camp Hamilton.

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 26.-The move
ment of troops from Camp Hamilton to
camps in the South will begin next
Sunday when the division commanders
and their STATS leave. The regiments
begin leaving, Nov. 3 at the rate OF one
each day. .>
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Presidents Of ChicagO-St. Paul Lines Hold
n Meeting ut Chicago.
CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-At meeting here
of the presidents Of the several roads
operating between Chicago and st. Pau
measures were adopted for removing
the causes of disturbance at St. Paul
and also to secure stricter maintenance
of tariff rates.
Evening star., 1898-12-03

The spruce and hemlock of these parts all
point upward as straight one could set
a lance, to resist the constant fall of snow.
IL one leaned ever so little out of the per-
pendicular, II could not survive the tre-
mendous average OF fifty feet of snowfall
each winter, Their branches. too. do not
grow long, else they would snap under tho
weight. Every needle on the evergreeus
has its little burden of white, and without
intermissiDn the snow comes sitting down
from the sky through the hush of the win
ter. When we stopped, and the creak OF
the snowshoss was still, We could almost
hear the cracking OF the tobacco burning I'm
our pipes 1t had a soothing, an almost
seductive, influence. that muffie of snow.
So solemn Is it, SO little you feel yourself
that 1t is a consciousness which brings un-
consciousness, and the calm white forest Ia
almost deadening in It's beauty. The win
ter forest means death.
Evening star., 1898-12-03
NendinS a Glove.
r7om the Philadelphia Press.

Tggu the Philadelphia Press.
\ single lenEthwise break in a seam may
be carefully overcast on the wrong side, a
very fine needle being used. Such needle
prevents further tearing of the kid and en-
EbIes the need!ewOman TO take closer. short
a. stitches than could otherwise be done.
For such fine OyercastIng on the wrong
side cotton thread In color to match the
glove exactly and in a number to suit
the needle perfectly will be best chosen.
Six thread has a greater tendency TO cut
the Kid than has the cotton.
An actual hole in the gloves requires diff
feTent treatment. 1t cannot be--should
never bc-drawn together There are two
effective ways of repairing such a place.
The most admirable method is that of the
buttonhoie stitch. For this a fine needle
s. necessary, fine silk thread the same
shade as the kid. and a spirit of leisure and
painstaking care. The place is to be nicely
tutLonholed aIs around with tiny stitches
just as a buttonhOle would be excepting
that the stitches are taken q trife less
closely. perhaps; then. just II no button
hole stitching had been done. IL Is with the
same infinite pains buttonholed again, the
second row OF stitches being taken one be-
tween each stitch in the edge of the first
Evening star., 1898-12-03

Ea,k OF every smooth performance there is
iuOUHt "f preparation, study and rehearsal that
bon tells "n The health Of every actor. 1t is sig
n,I-tut low unanimous and women in profess
~i"aal Nf'. whether actors, editors. teachers
PLyscaHS, in regard to Paine's celery com
pound As a nerve tonic for tho eShaustng strain
~ Jhsig professional duties LOtling else does the
work "r E'Iiue's celery compound
testimonial taken at random from the many
JEat are constantly received from the theatrical
IrofessioD. says.
NEW YORK CITY September 25 1898.
Wells. Erhs rISon 4 Co:
tient"men-If others have been helped by Paine's
celery compound as decidedly in my case do
hot wonder at the enthusiastic testimonials this
r''me'iy is constantly receiving. II 1 had never
heard word to Its remarkable lnvigorating ca
pabIlity. could unhestatingly recommend It from
NY own experience. AS fact, many OF my pro-
1+>sional friends have been urging try Paine's
celery compound 1t proved to be the very thing
my tired system needed to overcome the ezhausting
T1erts Of clos" application 10 stage work. l am
lee'IfnenIlng 1t TO all my friends whenever they
Evening star., 1898-12-03

ed from obscurity. Manila Is built on both
sides of the Pasig river, which has a mum
Der of fine bridges spaAningt II. The old city
of Manila, the walled city spoken OF IN
Dewey's dispatchesS r. ysprrGunded by an
cient ramparts on Which are mounted anti
auated bronze cannon. A walk through the
principal business street aispe9s the Illusion IN
that the place is tho tisolated village We IN
our simplicity, formerly supposed. Every
body of any consequence mas nj, 9hosh SshfaSe age
In this eastern metropolis. thougn tne
eeedingly dimnutive.
: Gold mining and gold washing have neen
followed for centuries in their primitive
way by the natives. Every brook that
flows down from the mountains pans out
the color of gold. Not so romantic but
equally important is it that iron and coal
are found.
: There is no end to the hard woods, and
the beautiful polished floors Of Manila are a
wonder. Agriculture is carried on in the
most primitive fashion. Philippine methods
are 800 years behind the times. Sugar Is
great product; 250.00o tons are annually ex-
ported. It, with every other thing, is pro-
duced even more easily here than In Cuba" ="
Evening star., 1898-12-03

one OF The most remarkable men in
Cuba today IS Fernandez de Castro civil
governor or Havana. A Cuban by birth
ana man of great wealth, all of his
natural aflliations have been with the in
Sufsents. lie incurred their violent hatred
however. by seeking the favor of VIEWER
ihrough his influence over Weyler, he was
able TO dull the edge the captain gen.
eral herce wrath against the Cubans and
many man who Is now la Ceuta or Fer
nando Po has De Castro TO thank that his
sentence was not death. The soup kitchens
so successful during the blockade were De
tastro's idea: they have made him Inn
mensely popular. Cubans have come TO
realize that De Castro through diplomacy
did as much for them In the palace as GO
mcz in the fsld.
Evening star., 1898-12-03

complain of sleepessness. indigestion other indl
cations of nervousness common In profession.
am, yours sincerely,
KATHERINE KIDDER.
De Wolf Hopper, Americas most popular CON-
ellan, writing en- October T. 1898, from the Knick-
ert'oCker 1heater, New York says:
Il cordially recommend paine's celery compound
as being thoroughly eficacous.
When the history OF Paine's celery compound is
studied It IS easily understood why its popularity
IS enormous Puines celery compound is the
world famed discovery OF Prof Edward Elisha
Phelps, MD, LID, professor Of matcria medica
at Dartmouth College. Prof. Phelps unusual talent
quickly established his reputation and prominence
among his professional brethren.
He was fully alive TO the dangers attendant upon
the American way Of living, and he sought dill
gently for some commOu-sense remedy that would
cure the common evils, which, under one name and
another. result from unhealthy of tine
nervous system His labors crowned with
glorious success, and he gave TO the medical pro-
feSsion the celebrated remedy which las world
wide fame az Paine's celery compound.
Evening star., 1898-12-03
Canadian Wood. in Winter.

Frederic Remington in Harpers Magazine.
The country of the Little Saguenay is as
rt ugh as any part of the Rocky mountains
1t is the custom to dress lightly for travel
ing. Notwithstanding the 20 degrees below
zero. and even then one perspirss very
freely. making 1t impossible to stop long
for a rest. on account of the chill of the
open pores. Ice forms on eyebrow, hair and
mustache. while the sweat freezes In scales
on the back Of ones neck. The snow falls
from the trees on the voyager, and. melting
slightly from the heat of the body, forms
cakes of 4ce. Shades of Nansen and all the
arctic meni do not understand why they
are not all pillars OF ice. unless Il be that
Evening star., 1898-12-03

row. Thus two rows are formed. the
the first; a third row Is then done nv catnb
ing between the stitches In the edge of the
second row. This process is repeated untn
tHe eNef-narr0Wing circle ends In the center
OF thc rent When well executed the result
Is so beautiful that one would aimoSt U,fsh
ior a preak In glove In order to ornament
II with such needlework. Any one can do
9Gch ,Gc OH or inendinS, but a fine needle and
shade OF the thread must be Just the same
as that OF the kid. Patience only is necas.
pushed. " Noii'
Evening star., 1898-12-03
THE SECOND CORPS.
Gen. LawtOn Said to Be Booked for
Its COmman

Major General H. W. Lawton, United
States volunteers, now in this city on leave
of absence, is said to be booked for the
command of the I'd Army Corps. now in
southern camps preparing for garrison serv-
ice in central and western Cuba. General
p. NJ. B. Young has been In temporary COM
mand of this corps since the retirement of
Major General Graham. The corps was or
ganized at Camp Alger, and was subSe
quentiy camped at Middetown. Pa.
Evening star., 1898-12-03
Inducements Are Small.

Many of the candidates are easily per-
suaded to enlist in regiments not SO well
known as those most wish to join. and
hundreds leave themselves entirely IN the
sergeant's hands. Enlistment has received
a great impetus, as it always does after vic
torious battles. The inducements are not
great, however nor the pay large aid
kiplins has graphically told us of he lain
and grief a raw recruit has to undergo to
make a soldier. The recruit enlists for
three, seven or twelve years in the regular
in the reserve for the first two terms. Fer
the different branches of the service the
candidates ages may range from eighteen
to thirty years, their heights from five feet
four inches in the line regiments 10 five
feet eight inches and five feet eleven inches
In the heavy cavalry. The pay ranges from
1920 month for a private of infantry to
s22.S0 for drum sergeant of artillery. The
great desideratum for the cockney who
would be a soldier Is the fact that on Sun
day he Is let loose In large numbers to
capture the servant girls, who often saepd
a weeks wages on Sunday on her brayely
got up soldier boy.
Eject of Williams Visit.
While the kaisers visit to the Holy Land
has gratified his long anticipated desire, it
has nearly bankrupted an already impoyer-
ished country. An unpleasant popularity
about the German pilgrimage is that the
poor have been made to suffer on its ac.
count and will continue to suffer for some
time to come. The Syrian authorities were
Evening star., 1898-12-03
The Cause.
From Puck.

Askins-"What has caused the ehanpa n,
Mai. sti1s appearance, of late? He used
to look like one born to command"
Grimshaw-"Ho Is married now. and has
made the discovery that he wasn't born for
any such purpose Ava
Evening star., 1898-12-03
Will be Satisfied.

From Puck
'1t is said that, Spain will sign the treaty
of peace under protest"
We'll. nobody expected her to sign 1t
with enthusiasm
Evening star., 1898-12-03
The Whole Truth.

From Puck.
81 suppose Mrs. Jones made a commuut
cative witness?"
Very. She did her best to make the wit
ness box a chatter box"
Evening star., 1898-12-03

San ocean voyage Of nearly month from
San Francisco makes the seven thousand
weary miles to Manila. An American will
hesitate too much to place himself so far
from home to think very seriously of living
there. 1t is leaving Gods country when
you steam out OF San Francisco bay for the
easy-going life of the oriental Philippines
But the long voyage at length is ended and
the steamer which has brought you from
Hong Kong has entered the Bay Of Manila
which stretches tweaty-seven miles wide
and 12O miles In circumference. BY
the victory of our feet one more OF the
worlds side-tracked capitals has been pull
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29
Suicides on German Steamers.

1t appears from the results of care
full investigations lately made that the
average annual number of suicides
during the ten years which occurred
among all persons belonging to the
engine room staffs of German steam
ers was $50 per thousand, while the
average number for tiremen alone was
LOS per thousand. and for trimmers
9.24 per thousand of the respective
categories mentioned; against, it may
be added, 46 suicides per thousand
persons of the male population of Ger
many employed in various occupa'
lions on shore.
II will perhaps cause surprise to
learn that most of the suicides among
the engine room staffs are stated to
have taken place, not as might be sup
posed, during voyages to or from the
tropics, but in the North American
trade, and in the best appointed steam
ships, viz, in those belonging to the
North German Lloyd Company Of
Bremen and to the Hamburg Ameri-
can Steamship Company, where the
DeSI DOSSlDle accommodation anu Hy'
gienc conditions are provided for the
men: and it would. indeed, seem as
If there must be some connection be
tween the frequency of assertions and
of suicides.
All these facts are considered to
point toward the necessity of seeking
for the cause of these suicides, more
especially in the circumstances that
a large number of men engage Them
selves for this hard and unpleasant
service who have been unable to find
employment in any other way, or who
have come to grief, and who are
neither physically nor, more especially
in mind, fitted for bearing such severe
harships .--London Times.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29
Hornets Hold Church Spire.

Hornets have not only stoppe6
work on a new church spire for the
Wall street Methodist church at Lou
isville, KY, but are likely to cause a
lawsuit between the members of the
church and Contractor George Lynch
Lynch contracted to build the spire.
but in tearing down the old one Il
nest of hornets was found. The little
insects routed the workmen, several OF
whom had narrow escapes from death
by falling to the ground when stung.
Sulphur and fire were tried. but after
the steeple had been set on fire once
and the flames barely extinguished,
this plan was abandoned. Lynch
wants to finish the work but says he
cannot tackle the hornets. The church
people are getting very impatient aud
threaten to sue him,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29

for Pale People. He coaxed his grand
daughter to get him box of the pills.
After that box had been used he secured
another. In three weeks he began to feel u
little life In his arm; at the end OF four he
could move his fingers; at the end Of two
months he could walk, and in three months
he could shave himself with the injured
hand.
AS he told his story in the Herald office,
he looked the perfect picture OF health. He
carries box Of the pills In his pocket, and
whenever he does not feel just right ne
takes them. They cured him after doctors
had given him up, and his death was daily
expected.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained, in con-
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. They are an unfailing spe-
cinc for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis st. Vitus' dance, sciatica,
neuralgia rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after effects Of la grippe, palpitation OF
the heart, pale and sallow compilations, all
forms Of weakness either in male or female.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29
AasoRss wATER IRON sELoW'
Soil In the San Joaquin Valley Moist
eued by subterranean Streams.

eued by Subterranean Streams.
investigations made by Professor
Milton Whitney, who Is In charge OF
the division Of soils In the Department
of Agriculture, have revealed the curl
Gus phenomenon that the soils OF the
San Joaquin valley and of the great
palouse district comprising the fertile
wheat growing regions) contain con-
siderable quantity of moisture In ex'
cess of the amount received from rain
fall or surface irrigation. A similar
phenomenon has been observed In the
Yellowstone valley and in parts OF the
Red River valley, and this would seen
to explain the mystery why these re
pions. which are semiarid, rarely SUI
fer from drouth.
But this explanation solves one mys
terry only to present another when u
even more inexplicable. In the MO
fave desert, for instance, where the an
nual average rainfall is only five inch
es. the soil beneath the alkaline crust
Is always moist. In Southern Califor
MIA. where the summer rainfall Is less
than an inch, tobacco and sugar Deets
which require much water. grow iu1u
riantly without irrigation.
This phenomenon has been ascripeo
tentatively to the peculiar quality o.,
the soil to absorb moisture and retair
Il. Notwithstanding the low humidity
of the atmosphere. But whence does
tits excess of moisture conner Arte
sian wells in all the regions under con
sileration show water at depths vary
Ing between forty and 200 feet, and II
Is conjectured by the department In
yestigators that there may be a slow
and continuous upward movement oil
moisture from subterranean sources
Since water, however, never percolates
inward it must be assumed that the
soils of large part Of the arid ano
semiarid regions of the country consls'
of a vast sheet of absorbent material
which draws up moisture from below
like blotting paper, by capillary attrac
ton. The Investigations OF the dlvi
sion of soils in these arid regions VII
make one of the most remarkable chap
tiers in the history Of agriculture.-Phll
ade;phia Record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29
"a costs about a 600 to buald an eiec

n costs about $1,000 to budld an cleo
trdc cab of the kind now in use In Paris
Building still goes merrily ON in Ber
lin, although there are 10000 vacant
houses.
Manufactures are taxed much higher
fn Italy than in Germany, Belgium and
England.
England has about 80 packs of fox.
hounds, and about $4,000 horses are
kept specially for fox hunting.
Paris has an official rat-catcher. who
has, during the last thirty-five years,
caught about half million of these AMI
mails.
Two Swiss foresters killed two eagles.
In and near their nest they found rem
nants of chamois, marmot, rabbit, cat,
weasel, and even a mouse.
Germany contributes only 100000
marks a year in support of schools In
her colonies, while France and England
spend millions In that direction.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29

NOV" said the lady who gosslps,
IT am going to tell you something. But
YOU must remember that 1t was told
me in confidence and you mustn't re-
peat It," Perhaps" suggested Miss
Cayenne, at would be better for you
not to tell me-" why not? was the
query, In establishment. "If lady Of
your self-command can't keep from d.
vulging it, l shouldn't like to trust my
self with t."-Washington Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-29

From the Herald, WatertoUn. ". r.
John Young, of lie Roy, N Y. is ~ years
old and is we'll known in that and neigh
boring towns. While putting some weather
boards on barn, standing on scaffold
twenty-five feet from the ground, he felt
dizzy, lost his balance and fell to the ground.
The side of his face, arm and one entire side
OF his body, on which he struck, were badly
bruised. Picked up and carried to the
house, he was under a doctors care for sew
eral weeks. The doctor finally came to the
conclusion that his patient had received n