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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-10
GARCIA SERIOUSLY I'LL.

Ared Cuban General Now Suffering From
Pneumonia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-General Gar
cia Of the Cuban army, who has been
confined to his hotel for several days, is
announced to be quite seriously sick.
His illness has developed into pneu-
monia and two physicians are in at
tendance. Because Of his advanced
ace. os years, the outcome is viewed
with some a,rr~hellsion. II
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-10
Tho exn1osion occurred in the press

The explosion occurred in the press
room of the Haglcy or loweryard works.
A carload of powder that was being
wheeled into the room was accidentally
overturned and the car wheels running
into the loose powder caused friction
that set the powder afire. The explo-
sions quickly followed, all the powder
in the press room going Oft in five sue
ccssiye dctOnatiOnS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-10
blizzard IN Texas.

DALLAS. Tex. Dec lo.-Reports re-
ceiyed here state that severe blizzard
is ragin. all over Texas. Wire com
,nuulcatlon is more or less interrupted
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-10

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lO.-Another
body has been taken from the ruins OF
the Baldwin hotel. The corpse Is be-
l;evcd 10 be that Of u woman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
yyomen's Business Manners,

Although all the pert young busi-
ness women are not yet subdued, it
has been remarked in a discussion on
the place of women in commercial work
that the average of feminine manners
in Offices and various industrial call.
ings has of late years distinctly i'm.
proved. One reason Of this is proba.
bly, that better class of women now
think it no degradation to make their
own living. In telephone work they
have been a notable success. Their
superiority to men for telephone ex.
change operation, particularly in the
matters of patience and behavior, has
been cordially attested by telephone
subscriber in letter to New York
paper. The writer says that if he can
help it he never uses the telephone on
Sunday. 1T takes too much out of
him. While on week days, when
girls are employed at the exchange,
the service is second to none in the
country for promptness and courtesy,
on Sundays when young men are the
operators, the subscriber has to await
their pleasure, even in the slacliest
hours, and besides often wanting much
time in getting connection, submit
to the brusque and not seldom rude
manners of the employe. The tele-
phone officials say-without, however,
carrying general conviction-that the
roughness and comparative lack of
cultivation in the voices of their male
operators has possibly as much to do
with the dissatisfaction of the public
with the Sunday service as the un-
couthness of their address. They ad-
nit that the female voice lends itself
much more quickly to the influence of
the telephone, which "cleans" and re-
fines it. When to this is added the
fact that young women, as class, are
not SO "uppish" as young men, the
preference of the customers Of the ex-
change for the former as telephone
operators is understood. By way of
showing that the pert girl does not
always score, an English paper tells
of young man from London, who,
visiting northern city, wished to let
his friends know Of his safe arrival.
He went into postofice and inquired
if he could send telegram direct to
London, and now long it would take.
The young woman in attendance, who
was inclined to be snobbish, cut short
his inquiries with; 81 am not paid to
answer silly questions" Her face
took on modified expression when
she found herself compelled to wire
the following message: "Arrived safe.
Girls hare ugly and bad-tempered.-
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
Alphabet on a Pin Head.

Frank j. Mollenhauer is perhaps the
most expert engraver in New York, II
not in the world. In delicacy of touch
and skill in handling delicate instru-
ments his work is something marvel
Gus.
His latest achievement was to en-
grave the twenty-siX letters of the al
phabet on the head of pin. Under
magnifying glass the letters are clear
and distinct, and each is as perfect as
any ever engraved for visiting card
or wedding invitation. But with the
naked eye the minute letters are mere
ly scratches which have no discernible
form.
AIollenhauer's work was the result of
an attempt to beat the work of mar
who had engraved the Lords Prayer OF
a Scent piece.-New York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

DEGREES are put aside, and as hats
are SO convenient, comfortable, and
in many cases far more becoming than
bonnets, it will not be surprising if,
Notwithstanding the present trend
toward "dress" toques, capotes and
bonnets. The coming season should
find the picture hat and all the other
endless models still holding their
own,
Many of the winter round hats are
appalling in their general effect, but
the majority of the bonnets are grace
full, comfortable, and, as a rule. be-
coming. There are also some pro-
nounced French models that would
not suit the general taste. A bonnet,
for example, of golden brown velvet,
heavy of pile like silken fur, affects
the outlines of an old-fashioned
caleche just in front. 1t comes well
over the waves of hair, which are to
be worn a la Merode with this particu-
lar bonnet. At the sides the shape is
round and very short above the ears,
made of chanageable flame and
golden brown color. This bonnet is
trimmed with billowy mass of red,
brown, olive and golden colored feath-
ers, effectively grouped.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

There are few things that cannot be
found in plaids this year. A woman
may oe plaid from head to foot if she
will. She will not if she has good
taste, for a little plaid goes long
way. But she may have q hat trimmed
with plaid silk or velvet, and this may
be pretty OF ugly according to the Sc
lection that is made. Then there may
be plaid silk blouse with q plaid
skirt, if there is not whole suit with
plaid outside blouse. A plaid belt
ribbon with an enameled plaid buckle,
plaid link cuff buttons, and the feet
may be incased in plaid stockings,
which are further adorned with plaid
Shoes, high front and back, something
OF the style of the Juliette shoe of
days past. The shoes are unlovely,
but they might suit some people.
The girl with family tree rooted in
Scotland is not as happy as she might
be supposed to be with all this variety
of plaid. There are many plaids, but
few genuine tartans. The manufac-
turers look for beauty rather than
Scotch ancestors in their goods, and
while many of the Scotch plaids are
beautiful there are more which have
not much TO recommend them to the
public taste.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

In view of the forward strides the
principle of international arbitration
Is taking, brief sketch of one of its
chief promoters, Mrs. Hannah J..
Bailey of Winthrop, &e., is of special
interest at this time.
Mrs. Bailey was born in Cornwall
on-Hudson, July 8, 1889, and came by
Inheritance to the arbitration idea, for
David johnson, her father, was O.
minister in the Friends church. She
was educated in the public schools
and a Quaker boarding house, and
subsequently broadened her mind by
European travel. Returning to Amer
lea, she taught school for many years.
and in 1868 married Moses Bailey of
Winthrop. After her husbands death
in 1882 Mrs. Bailey continued his
business of oilcloth manufacturer, in
which she displayed remarkable ex-
ecutive ability. Upon her son attain
ing his majority she left the business
in his hands and dedicated herself to
works of philanthropy. In 1888 she
was elected world superintendent of
the department of peace and arbitra-
tion OF the Womans Christian Temp
erance union, and under her direction
this department has been organized in
twenty-six states of the union. She
is the author of "reminiscences of a
Christian Life" and her pen is ever
active in the various causes she has
interest in. In her beautiful lake
home of "Sunnyslope" and her sum-
mer cottage of Cobbosseecontee, on an
island nearby, Mrs. Bailey receives
many tired Christian workers and
does all she can to sweeten their lives.
She is in every respect one of Amer
ica's remarkable women.-Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

The draining of pond at the State
Hatchery, st. Joseph, No., few days
ago for the purpose of removing the
bass to another pond furnished sur
prise to Fish Commi. sioner Yenawine
and Superintendent Carson. So few
bass were found that they suspected
some thief had captured the former
inhabitants of the water, but s. short
time after the pond was drained one
Of the men stumbled onto fish in
walking over the partially dry bd-tom
of the pond, and, upon picking il up,
he found bass, and Investigation re-
vealed large number of the fishes
ensconced in the mud, some Of them
twelve inches below the surface. Com
missioner Yenawine thinks this ex-
perience should set at rest oil doubts
as to whether the black bass 'hiber-
mates in the mud in the wirter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

White-corded silk neckties.
Tie-collars of soft Liberty silk.
Ombre shaded chiffon for waists.
Leather articles Of elephants hide.
Silk petticoats lined with thin wool.
Striped glace taifeta for shirt waists.
Muflers in red, green and blue eff.
fects.
Umbrellas in purple shades to match
SUITS
Pearl umbrella handles set with tur.
quoise.
Artistic hat pins set with semi-prec
ious Gtones.
Cushion covera of silk, denim and
fancy cottons.
Narrow plated ribbon by the yard
for trimming.
Large, open medallions containing
four leaved clover.
Ring ornaments for the hair With
two wings in front.
Black satin ribbon sashes edged with
putting of black chiffon.
Girls velveteen coats in colors with
guipure lace and fur.
Fancy coiffure bows or satin ribbon,
aigrettes and tiny ostrich tips.
Large, soft muffs of chinchilla fur
with bows of white satin ribbon.
Fluted she'll plaitings in black and
white chiffon edged with lace.
Brown velvet blouses trimmed with
appliques af Russian lace and sable or
mink fur.
Evening capes of satin covered with
narrow ruffies of black. moussliene
over sthers of white lace,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
A CASE OF HEART FAILURE.

She was much frightened, but noticed
that in intervals in which her stomach did
not annoy her, her hearts action became
normal. Reasoning correctly that her di-
gestion was alone at fault, she procured
the proper medicine to treat that trouble,
and with immediate good results. Her
appetite came back, the choking spells be-
came less frequent and finally ceased. Her
weight, which had been greatly reduced,
was restored, and she now weighs more
than for Jars. Her blood soon became
pure and sr checks rosy.
The case is of general interest because
the disease is very common one. That
others may know the means of cure we
give tho name Of tho medicine used-Dr,
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People These
pills contain all the clements necessary to
give new life and richness to tho blood and
restore shattered nerves.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
Henry George's Reply.

The late Henry George, after his ad.
dresses on the land tax theory, always
invited his hearers to ask questions,
which he delighted in answering. In
1888, after lecture at Howard Uni.
Tersity in Washington, q Western Con.
5ressman, accepting the invitation,
said:
"After all, Mr.. George, you advocate
\ system of confscation of property.
II should take wild land and cult
vate and beautify it, Iwould have won
undisputed title to the land itself, and
you should recognize my proprietor
chip in it,
This sally won loud applause from
the audience, but the applause was
deafening when Mr.. George had flung
back this reply:
81 thought I had explained that all
improvements ought by right to belong
to the improyer. On that we agree.
L go farther. All that you produce
out of the land by your labor should
belong to you. If I should see you
sitting on the seashore fishing and
should see you catch large fish, or,
in other words, bring forth or produce
that fish, l should maintain your right
to it as your property, to use, to sell,
to give or bequeath; but I'll be hanged,
sir, if I'll agree that you own the
ocean from which you produce that
fish. Land stends in the same rela-
ton to man. "-Springield Republi-
can,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

To dress according to the seasons is
a simple matter and one readily
grasped by the average woman. But
to dress correctly, according to the
rules OF street etiquette, is in itself a
fine art, and demands tact, observa-
ton, good taste and Judgment, says
Form. The Parisienne, from the aris-
tocrat to the bourgeois, is mistress of
it, and has won the enviable reputation
of being the best-dressed woman in
the world. a costly and charming
gown becomes offensive if worn on an
occasion that demands simplicity.
Jewels, in themselves things of beau
ty, often border on the vulgar. Gowns
seen upon our streets in the morning
are sometimes of shades and materials
rich enough for dinner and evening
wear.
Extravagant and costly gowns are
intended for the house, to please our
friends and to give color to our homes,
leaving the quieter shades in wool for
the street. Our grandmothers were
SO strict in this regard that the saying
was an accepted fact that women who
appeared gaudily dressed on the
street did so because they had no
other place to show their clothes.-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

SEark Carries message rive Years.
While strolling along the shore of the
Delaware Bay, near Fishing Creek, N.
T., five years ago, Miss Beulah Bate and
three young women companions wrote
their names and addresses on four slips
Of paper, sealed them in as many bot.
ties, and cast them far out into the bay.
For days and weeks they watched and
waited for tidings of the bottles, but
none came. and they had almost forgot
ten the incident
A day or two ago Miss Bate received
long letter from the captain of an
English man-of-war, stating that while
coasting along the coast of England
,ne of the seamen fell overheard and
narrowly escaped being devoured by a
huge shark. After hauling the man
aboard, the sailors secured the shark,
and found in Its stomach the bottle
containing Miss Bates message. Miss
Bate Is now student at the State
Normal school in Trenton, and has be-
tome quite a heroine among the more
romantic of her classmates.-Phi
phia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31

In q block of houses recently buih
in village not far from Glasgow il
was found impossible to let houses OF
two rooms except to people who meant
to take dodgers, and this although the
rents were moderate. The proprietor
reluctantly rearranged them as single.
room houses, bat provided only one bed
In each. Still they did not let.
The proprietor at length asked a man
who had looked at the houses, hesitat.
ed, and at last refused to take one
what was the objection. The man ad.
mitted that they We're we'll built, and
convenient; that they had an advant.
age over many as high-rented in hav.
ing as out-buildings a laundry with q
good boiler, locked coal-cellars, de.
scent and sanitary closets; that the
site was healthy, the neighborhood re
spectacle. With what, then, did he
find fault? The explanation was
prompt; there was only one bed.
But said the proprietor, you are
newly-married man; you have no
children; why do you need another
bed?
IF friend came to see u.s. was the
immediate reply, I'VE might want an.
other bed for him"
When at last the landlord gave up
the attempt to improve the notions of
the working class in the matter of
propriety, and put two beds in each
room, the houses let at once.-Glasgow
Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
Put u Many Uses.

Sharks furnish number of valuable
products. The liver of the shark con-
talns an oil that possesses medicinal
qualities equal to those of cod-liver OIL
The skin after being dried takes the
polish and hardness of mother-of-pearl
The fms are always highly priced by
the Chinese, who pickle them and serve
them at dinner as most delicate DISH
The Europeans, who do not appreciate
the fins as a food, convert them into
a fish-glue. AS for the flesh of the
shark-that, despite It's oily taste. is
eaten in certain countries. The Ice
ianders, who do a large business in
sharks oil, send out annually a feet
of n hundred vessels for the capture
of the great fish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
VALUABLE DOGS IN ALASKA.
How the Faithful Animals Render Good
Service to the Klondiko Miners.

Service to the Klondilec Miners.
Robert Krook, the Swedish Klondi5e
miner, tells the San Francisco Examiner
that Esquimau dogs will draw two
hundred pounds each on a sled, so
that six dogs will draw years supply
for one man. He, however, puts in
the proviso that the sleds should not
have iron runners, because the snow
sticks to the iron and increases the
friction so much that the dogs cannot
haul more than one hundred pounds
apiece. With brass runners this
drawback is obviated. Last winter
Esquimau dogs cost from 375 to S20G
apiece, and he does not think the price
will increase materially, because when
the. demand is known the supply from
other parts of Alaska will be plentiful
at Dyea and other points along the
Yukon. Sometimes the feet of the
dogs get sore, and then the Indians
tit moccasins on them; as soon, how
ever, as the tenderness is gone from
their feet, the dogs will bite and tear
the moccasins Off In speaking of the
dogs he said that they need no lines to
guide them and are very intelligent,
learning readily to obey command
to turn in any direction or to stop.
They have to be watched closely, rs
they will attack and devour stores left
in their way, especially bacon, which
must be hung up ont OF their reach
at night, when camp is pitched, the
moment blanket is thrown upon the
ground they will run into it and curl
up, neither cuffs nor kicks sltficing to
bulge them. They lie as close up to
the men who own them as possible,
and the miner cannot wrap himself up
so close that they won't get under his
blanket with him. They are human,
too, in their disinclination to get out
in the morning.
Where sleds cannot be used, the
dogs will carry fifty pounds apiece in
saddle-bags slung across their backs,
pannier fashion. Nature has fitted
these dogs for their work, and so mas
lifts and st. Bernnrds are not so ser.
viceable. The two later breeds can.
not stand the intense cold SO well,
aud, though at first they will draw the
sleds cheerfully, their feet cannot re-
slst the strain, and begin to bleed SO
freely that the dogs are useless. The
pads under the feet of tho Esquimau
dogs are of tougher skin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
THE OPERATORS STORY.
Ono About the Yellow Fever-Hard to
Believe.

Il was at q smoker and foamer of
the telegraph operators that the dean
Of the key juggiers told this one, says
the Detroit Free Press:
What brings it to mind is the yellow
fever reports from the south. All that
you read can give you no proper con-
ception of the reign of terror prevail
Ing down there during the epidemic.
When they first ran a railroad into one
of the richest mining districts of Ala
bama l was made operator Of n little
crossroads station. 1t took long time
to convince the natives that | could
talk to all parts of the world with
that little 'click.n'' machine of mine.
| finally was able to convince them.
The wife of one of their number had
gone to Mobile to attend sick daugh-
ter who had been the beauty of the
leighborhood and had immortalized her
memory by being taken to some other
part of the world by rich husband.
Through an arrangement with the Mo-
bile operator the old couple carried on
a conversation of such n personal ma
ture that neither could doubt the iden-
tity of the other. Then the common
superstition of the people interviewed
and they concluded that the instru-
ment was an invention of the devil.
while they were In this frame of
mind there came the news of the yel.
low fever. Force was the most ma
tural way of resisting all kinds of
evils down there and for days the depot
was occupied by armed men. Never
was more efficient quarantine es-
tablished. No one could get on Or off
Of the cars at that point. Even con-
1uctors, brakemen, engineers and fire
men had to stick to their posts. One
day ! received n telegram from New
Orleans for gentleman who was held
by the quarantine. 1t announced that
his son was better and would survive.
Noolishly l read it to the grim guard
In the depot. They snatched the mes
sage from me with howl, all the more
savage because the paper was yellow.
They burned it, wrecked the instru-
ment, cut the wires and came mighty
near lynching me for exposing them
to yellow fever"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-31
Progressive Fish Propagation.

The yearly report of United States
Fish Commissioner John j. Brice
shows that $50, 900, 600 of Goldfish eggs
were collected, from which $4,000, 00(
of cod fry were liberated on the
natural spawning grounds along the
coast OF Massachusetts. This was an
excess over the previous year of about
40,000,000 OF winter founders the
output was over $4,000, 900 of fry from
about 5000, 900 OF spawn. The work
Of propagating Holsters has been
largely extended, and, although there
was poor catch OF females with eggs,
over 12S, 900, 900 Of spawn was secured
from which were produced over 49,,
900, 900 of fry, an increase of 100000.
900 over the output of the previous
year. OF shad spawn over 203, 900, OOG
were secured, some $4,000, 900 mora
than during the previous year. OF
whitetish the take of eggs was 200,.
900, 900; of lake trout, Is, 900, 900; Of
Atlantic salmon, 28,000, 900; of land
locked salmon, 100000; of quinnat
salmon, 75,000,000, and season for
these lad not ended when the report
was compiled. To test the probable
value of the quinnat salmon in Eastern
waters 100000 Of fry were liberated
last spring in the st. Lawrence, Hud-
son, and Delaware Rivers in New York,
and in tho Indian and Penobscot
Rivers in Maine, and 250,00O were
held to be liberated when yearlings in
the Penobscot.