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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
THINK TWICE
Before You Go to the Kloudike- Gosu.n
ment Sounds q Warning-Take
Plenty With You.

The sensational interest in the klon-
dixie region is prominently marked 1T
the present time by the numerous CON-
panies being formed all over the country
with a view to immediate departure tor
that frozen region and allurments Of un-
told wealth it offers. At several points
in South Dakota-Milbauk, Aberdeen.
Mitchell, Sioux Falla, Yankton-gronps
and even good.sized companies are be-
ing formed to explore that unknown and
forbidding region.
Madison has four or five, and possibly
more, eager adventures who intend to
try their fortunes in that bleak and
dreary solitude but for the present do
not care to have their names mentioned
in this connection as they will not be
ready to start until about the first Of
March. But these frequent instances,
here anu 10 South Dakota aud elsewhere
all over the United States, many Of
them already on the way, only indicate
the migration that 10 going ia
pour into that land OF d~esolation this
spring. We verilly believe that from fffty
To one hundred thousand people. il mol
more, will actually reach the Pacific
Coast on their way to Alaska. What
must be the consequences? While many
are provided with supplies for q year and
four and five hundred dollars in theil
pockets, q great manymore have not th>
means to get there.
The officials OF the interior and treas
ury departments warn people who ar
going to Klordike to look out for bogut
agents, excursion clubs and other per
sons and organizations that otter Low
; rates ADD inducements 10 the way o.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

either seeding or eating pota, oas nv.
flat-house is kept comfortably heatad n.y.,
inc shipping is done in refrigerator cars
Messrs. Morse and Munro ara m.,.;.,
purchases OF potatoes almost daily from
our farmers OF quantities varying from
LOO bushels down to 300 huoho,. -.
even " few wagon loads. They pay from
q to 80 cents according to the var;a,v
and lind that there are a great manv No.
tatoes IN the country. Farmers are j..
cl'ned to hold back for the higher pr;cas
OF spring, but when potatoes bso;r -
spront and the market is rushed with
potatoes that must be sold thew mav
"nd that the price will be no better thar
it is now.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

OF warning is sounded to such in Capt.
Rays letters to the secretary of the in
terror, just arrived at Seattle and opened
ny order Of the government before trans
mission to Washington. An excellent
abstract Of the lettors was given ia last
nights DAILY LEADER. These letters
We're written us late as November 2 and
5. They tell of attempted robbery OF
coaches, recommended that the U. S.
government take steps to effectually
check immigration into the in
terror Ut Alaska VI all persons not full
~ equipped to last two years; says il
they are not SO supplied there Is no way
TO earn u living aud that no placer dis
coverles have been made in eight months
either IN Alaska or Northwest Territory,
there Is 10 . nor likely to be- in the
next L. months sufficient means Of sup
plying h people now there, hundreds
are now scattered along the rivers desti-
tute OF food, clothing aud money. Peo-
pie coming III, he says, have not the
!~alntest conception what to DO to earn q
living aud after spending the money
they bring they become dszed and help
less. Gong to klondike is q case where
q man needs to think twice before he
jumps ut u conclusion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
FRANK SMITHS GUARANTEE.

l hereby certify that | have this day contracted with J F. Stall
to furnish him One Hundred Dozen. Or more. Solid Silver Teaspoons
standard size and weight, manufactured by the Gorham Manufac-
turing Co.. siversmiths, Broadway and Nineteenth street New
lork City. This company is n of the most reliable and extensive
manufacturers of solid silver articles in the country. and l guar
antee the Solid Silver Teaspoons to be given away as premiums to
FRANK SMITH,
Madison $ d December E 1897.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
Cln,ms lie NM~ SWindied.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-H. w. Melick. u
wealthy resident of Marshalltown. Ia.
has asked the Chicago police to look for
d. ID. Martyr. an alleged real estate
dealer. who, Me.ick claims. swindled
him out of s.. 900 on u land transaction.
According to Melick. Martin went to
Marshall,own so,ne months ago, and IN.
duced him to buy i6) acres OF Land III
Cherokee county. Kan. five miles from
Columbus. Examination. tits claimed,
shows the deed to the land to have been
forged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
Turley Elected Senator.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Feb. 8. The sen.
ate aud house met in joint convention
to elect a United States senator. Hon.
Thomas b. Turley DEM was elected,
receiving ~ votes. The Republicans
voted for Hon. J. w. Baker OF Nash.
vile.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

CEDAR FALLS Ia. Feb. 3. In n rear
end freight collision on the Great West.
ern road Engineer Grim was crushed
>nd scalded. probably fatally. Two
travelling men were also seriously in.
iured,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
LAYER Complaints and N~ryous =,
Cured.

WV complaints and NervOusuess
Cured.
NO complaints are more common than
the above. you feel dull and muooy:
your bowels move irregulsrly and you
awe y clumsy feeling about the liver,
AZ his condition develops you are ant
70 grow dependent. Try At once a bot.
tie OF "Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic" It will
or'9hten the spirits and give an excep.
t.onal v'Ror to the body. II not salts.
hed after Using n bottle, your MONEY
VIII be refunded by Frank Smith OF
Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-The Indian
ofic &c will O issue advertisements in.
viting proposals for erecting 10 miles Of
barbed wire fence along the north line
Of the Pine Ridge reservation, South
Dakota. The fence is considered neces-
sary in order to keep out cattle, which
might otherwise stray into the reserva.
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

A thrill OF terror is experienced when
u brassy cough OF Group sounds through
the house at night. But the terror soon
changes to relief after One Minute
Cough Cure has be,n administered
Safe and harmless for children.
FRANK SMITH
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
r,ue Ta1ls.

Los..se 4 81. vauin.,lvsy. which
..,o. xiwsa.,. December 8. 1851:
c~hiessFec,, sum-. aoins sAsf.
toos rHAt' departs 1l:OO .. m.
p...enseS,,, rs y, departs SD :, :. M q.
ffeS'' fs'SST q. departs A:lo y. N.
sac freight, W. vRom rHR sAsf.
va" raA'S arrives 10 p. M,
,...enseI, N IS, arrives "a, p. N.
f' "a arrives 10 $40 .. !.
s'; g. ' 20, ,,.,.. :s:s s:,; ;.'' make '''''s''''
r,s,p for OIL po o.. 4 s.ieroL LINZ.
"" pr, run Mondayf, Wednesday and
"a. ~ ana ..vinvM Madison. north, atA:'O y.
y ns'', ~ IA. as -. ' Ix, Tsf Madison rh no;,S. :;
nd sa hrdsyr,' at Madison .! io;tO .. IN.
,,s m; ":f'''SfJ HOLMES. Local Agent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
80. klOndiker,

why go to the Klondike when O car
get III! the gold you want OF A. q
Schmidt, on easy terms?
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
Free pills.

Send your address to II. +. Bucklen.&
Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box
OF Dr. Kings New Life Pills. a tr'a! VII
convince you OF their merits. ines
pills are easy 10 action and are par
ticularly effective in the sure OF con
%st,pntion and Sick Headache. For
Malaria aud Liver troubles they '
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free IRON
every d~e,eterions substance and 20 DC
purely vegetable. They do not we"ke
NV their action, but by giving tone &c
stomach and bowels greatly invigor"te
the system. Regular size % cents pei
box. Sold by G. II. Wood. druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

When bilious or coet,ve eat a CascAret
candy cathar:lc. cure guaranteed. 1Oc. 25c
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

PEORIA. Ills. Feb. Within the
past few days hundreds OF gallons o1
spirits have been shipped from Peoria
TO japan to be used in the manufacture
of smokeless gunpowder. The spirits
play nm important part in the process
aud local houses have found M excel
lent market for their goods.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
DeWitt's Little 45...iN ttsScrs'
The famous li.;ie pi':s.

We are anxious to do little good IN
this world ond can think OF no pleas"nter
or better way TO do It than by recon-
mending One Minute Cough Cure as q
reentive Of pneumonia, consumpt,on
and other serious lung troubles q a
follow neglected colds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

No.! it is not claimed that
Foley's Honey and Tar will cure
CONSUMPTION or ASTHMA in ad-
vanced stages, it holds out no such
false hopes, but DOES truthfully
claim to always give comfort and
relief in the very worst cases and in
the early stages 70 effect a cure.
For Sale bv FRANK SMITH
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03
Bucklin = Arnica Aalve.

The Best Salve in the world for outs,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt RheL:a, Fe.
yer Sores. letter, Chopped Hands, Chill.
biains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t 10 guaranteed te give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
3 cents per box. For sale By G. H
Wood,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

Whooping cough is the most distress.
ing mslsdy; but it's duIation can be cut
short BY the use OF One Minute Cough
Cure. which is also the best known
remedy for Group and oil lung troubles.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-02-03

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-ohe o ,he
features OF the demand Tor supplies
growing on, OF the klondike excitement
WAS the %arriva! here OF a special tFaln
from Chicago, made up OF II cars al
loaded with canned meats, ~aggreSatlh1
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

Has he not been SHINING in impurity
and physical immortality year in and
year out, in quiet way, perhaps, but
still SHINING, until, in reality he is no
fit mate for even the most degraded
woman, to say nothing of pure one :?
Doesn't he disguise himself beneath
q false assumption of respectability
until hu thinks he has won the woman
he wants, and succeeds in marrying
her? And, after while aren't her
eyes opened, and doesn't she woman
like, try to make the best of a bad
bargain, and 60 on miserably, tolera-
ting, even plying, trying to lift him
up, and make the world believe she
married man and gentleman, in
stead of poor, unprinclpled brute :?
Of course she does; but-has he her
heart? A man has never really won
a woman until he has proven his worth.
The way to win a woman is to de-
serve her, and then keep her love.
How2 By being always the lover,
the gallant, chivalric lover, even
though so years married!
Who can help loving man who is
manly, noble, refined, pure and true
to himself and to the woman who
puts her heart and life into his keep
ingP
And as for marriage-what else, be-
sides Gods love, has earth to offer
worth the living for-than love?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
Humorous department.
LINCOLN, GRANT AND STEPHENS.

General Horace Porter, in his Cam
paigning With Grant," tells story OF
the meeting at City Point between
Alexander H. Stephens, vice president
of the Confederate states, and other
southern commissioners, and President
Lincoln and Secretary Seward to dis
cuss preliminaries of peace. Many
officers, including General Grant and
General Porter, were in attendance on
this meeting.
Vice President Stephens was a SAL
low, under.sized man, whose skin
seemed shriveled on his bones. One
of the officers said of him, at the end
of an interview, "The Lord seems to
have robbed that mans body of all its
flesh and blood to make brains ofthem.
On his arrival, Mr.. Stephens, says
General Porter, was wrapped from his
eyes to his heels in coarse gray over
coat about three sizes too large for
him, with a collar So high that it
threatened to lift his hat of every
time he leaned his head back.
The coat, together with his complex
ion, which was as yellow as ripe ear
of corn, gave rise to characterization
by Mr.. Lincoln which was very anus
ing. The next time Mr.. Lincoln saw
General Grant at City Point, after the
conference, he said to him:
"Grant, did you notice stephens's
coat?"
"Oh, yes" answered the general.
"Well," continued Mr.. Lincoln,
"soon after we assembled on the
steamer at Hampton Roads, the cabin
began to get pretty warm, and Ste
phens stood up and pulled off his big
coat. He pulled it off just about as
you would husk an ear of corn. l
couldn't help thinking, as I looked
first at the coat and then at the man {:
Well, if that isn't the biggest
shuck and the littlest nubbin I ever
did see ,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

B6- Chief Justice Waite, who de.
lighted to tell legal stories, says the
Chicago Times. Herald, once told this
story about Evarts and Conkling:
Roscoe Conkling came into Mr..
Evarts' Office one day, when he was q
young lawyer, in quite nervous state.
"You seem to be very much excited,
Mr.. Conkling," said Mr.. Evarts, as
Roscoe walked up and down the room.
eyes, 1 am provoked am provok-
ed," said Mr.. Conkling. 81 never had a
client dissatisfied about my fee before" )"
"Well, what's the matter?" asked
Mr.. Evarts.
"Why, 1 defended Gibbons for arson,
you know. He was convicted, but l
did hard work for him. I took him to
the superior court and he was convic-
ted, then on to the supreme court and
the supreme court confirmed the judg-
ment and gave him ten years in the
penitentiary. I charged him $4,000
and now Gibbons is grumbling about
it-says it is too much. Now, Mr..
Evarts, I ask you, if really charged
too much ?"
"Well," said Mr.. Evarts, very de-
liberately, "of course you did good
deal of work, and $4,000 is not a very
big fee, but to be frank with you, Mr.
Conkling, my deliberate opinion is
that-he-might have been con-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
TO SAVE THE COLON.
Navy Department Proposes to Back Up
Constructor HobsOn.

Constructor Hobson.
Assistant Secretary Allen, who has
been directly in charge Of the arrange
ments made by the wrecking compa-
nies for raising such of the Spanish
warships sunk or stranded in the bat
tie of July 8 as can be recovered, said
on Thursday, referring to Constructor
Hobson's work on the Teresa, that the
navy department had given the young
constructor all Of the assistance which
it was possible to extend in the prose
cu,ion of his work. Moreover, it is
now proposed to give him further aid
in his effort to raise the Colon, by far
the finest ship of the Spanish squad,
ron. Whatever credit has been earned
by Constructor Hobson by reason OF
the raising Of the Teresa would, in the
opinion of Mr.. Allen, be largely ex-
ceeded if the attempt to raise the Colon
results successfully. In the case OF
this ship, the young constructor has
pledged his professional reputation
against the unanimous opinion of all
of the expert wreckers who have ex-
amined the ship. Yet the navy de-
partmert is unhesitatingly supporting
Hobson's Judgment as is indicated by
the fact that yesterday it shipped from
New York $4,000 worth of specially
manufactured rubber air bags to be
used in lifting the Colon. Aside from
this the sensational reason for sparing
no effort to save this ship, the navy
department is satisfied, from the re-
ports of the divers who have investi-
gated her condition, that she is well
worth, from a purely monetary point
of view, the expenditure of consid-
cradle percentage of her original value,
about S4,O0O,OOO, if there is reason
able prospect of raising her.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

MANUFACTURE OF ARMOR PLATE.-
In these days of cheap iron aud steel
it seems at first thought surprising
that armor plate should cost $500 per
ton. Yet an American company has
contracted to send large amount of
plate to Russia at an even higher
price.
The high price Of armor is accounted
for by the enormous cost OF the plant,
by the difficulty of handling such
heavy pieces Of metal and by the
complexity of the process. A piece
of steel weighing $4,000 pounds is no
trihing thing to handle, and it takes
from three to six weeks to make Il
piece of armor plate.
Each plate has different shape to
fit the precise place on the ships side
which it is to occupy. A huge press,
capable of a pressure of 100 tons to
the square inch, shapes the metal be-
fore it is hardened. When the plate
is to be tempered it is heated in one Of
the great furnaces-all the handling
being done by gigantic cranes-and
then plunged six or eight feet deep
into a huge oil tank filled with mix.
ture of crude petroleum, fish oil and
rosin. Here it stops until cool. 1t is
then put into the furnace and annealed:
after which it is put in pit and COW
cred with scinders for some 60 hours.
OF course there are huge borers and
planers for finishing the plates and
providing the bolts for fastening them
to the ship.
In the Harveyizing process the SUR
face of the plate is carbonized to a
depth of three or four inches by spread
ing silica sand, slack and clay mix
ture over the plate and subjecting it to
an intense heat, from which it is al
lowed to cool gradually in the furnace.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

pG~ A Washington lawyers life is
not entirely without agreeable fea-
lures, although possibly the first syla-
BILE of that word is not always spelled
fee.
Recently one had as a client very
quiet unobtrusive young marketman
who owned and conducted market
garden somewhere beyond the city
limits. 1t seems that the young
fellow had some trouble with his faith
er-in-law, meddlesome old man who
had always imposed on the husbands
of his daughters, and after it was over
he came to consult the attorney, whom
he had known for a long time.
"Um-um," said the attorney thought
fully, after hearing part of the story,
''your father-in,law charged you with
treating your wife harshly?"
"Yes, sir" was the answer.
"What did you do?
"To her %
"No, to him."
II denied the charge from start to
finish and so did She"
"What did he do then ?"
"Called me liar"
"What did you do?"
"Hit him one-just one, SIR"
"What did he do then %
"Nothing, sir. The doctors did the
rest"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
"GIJMPTION" AND A FILE.

If a boy has any "mechanical facul-
ty," if it comes handy to him to use
tools, let him be thankful. Such q
gift of nature-"gumption" it is some
times called-deserves to be cultivated.
1t will serve its possessor many good
turn, though it may never serve him
quite 80 we'll as it served a man who
tells his story in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. He opened door for himself
in really striking manner.
When I was IA years old, he says, it
became necessary for me to 60 out into
the world and earn my share of the
family expenses. looked about with
small success for a week or two, and
then I saw a card hanging in a store
window, "Boy Wanted"
I pulled down my hair, brushed the
front of my jacket and walked in.
"Do you want boy ?" asked of
the clerk.
"Back Office" he said.
walked back to the little den with
high partition around it, and pushing
open the door, which I noticed was
slightly ajar, cap in hand, stepped
in.
1t was a chilly day in November,
and before I spoke to the proprietor,
who was bending over desk, | turned
to close the door. 1t squeaked horribly
as pushed it shut, and then l found it
wouldn't latch. 1t had shrunk so that
the socket which should have caught
the latch was trife too high. / was
a boy of some mechanical genius, and
1 noted what the trouble was immedi-
ately.
"Where did you learn to close
doors ?" asked the man at the desk.
turned around quickly.
"At home, SIR"
"Well, what do you want?"
81 came to see about the boy want
ed" answered.
"Oh," said the man, with grunt.
He seemed to be rather grutf; but
somehow his crisp speech didn't dis
courage me. "Sit down." he added !;
"I'm busy"
1 looked back ut the door.
"If you don't mind" said I, "and if
a little noise won't disturb you, I'll fix
the door while I'm waiting"
"Eh," he said, quickly. GAIL right.
Go ahead"
had been sharpening my skates
that morning, and the short file | had
used was still in my pocket. In few
minutes I had filed down the brass
socket so that the latch fitted nicely.
| closed the door two or three times TO
see that it was all right. When | put
my file back in my pocket and turned
round, the man at the desk was staring
at me.
"Any parents? ?" he asked.
"Mother," I answered.
"Have her come in here with you at
2 o'clock" he said, and turned back to
his writing.
At 25 was partner in the house at
50 l had half-interest and l have al
ways attributed the foundation of my
good fortune to the only recommends
ton l then had in my possssion-the
file.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

g9 An Irishman who was out OF
work went on board vessel that was
in the harbor, and asked the captain if
he could find him work on the ship.
"Well," said the captain, at the
same time handing the Irishman a
piece of rope, eff you find three ends
to that rope you shall have some
work"
The Irishman got hold of one end OF
the rope, and, showing it to the cap
tain, said: "That's one end, your
honor" Then he took hold of the
other edd, and, showing it to the cap,
tain as before, said, "And that's two
ends, your honor" Then taking hold
of both ends of the rope, he threw il
overheard, saying "And faith, there s
an end to the rope, your honor" He
was engaged.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01

An ILLUSTRATION THAT Failed
The Rev. Mr.. Chase, of Rockland, Me-,
recently prepared an address for his
Sunday school scholars. His subject
was ga Wicked and Good Heart, "
and to make it more interesting to
the children he had drawn on black
board two figures of heart joined to-
gether. One was merely an outline
drawn with white chalk, the surface
appearing black. This is to represent a
bad heart. The other figure, filled in
with chalk, represented a clean, white
heart. Now" said Mr.. Chase, point
ing to the drawing, "can any OF you
children tell me what it is?" A lit
tie fellow shouted out, "It's termar-
ter %
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
j. I'll. RIDDLE.
GUAM
ACID,
WHEAT.

WE again wish to reiterate that we
of GUANO and ACID on hand, and
we would urge that you at once begin
the looking out and arranging for sup
ply for your WHEAT CROP. You will
remember the exhorbitant prices that
was obtained for wheat during March and
April and May. You have good milling
facilities, and you cannot afford not to
RAISE WHEAT. See us at once, make
arrangements for your GUANO AND
ACID, look to the preparation of your
lands, and sow wheat for results and
profit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-01
CONTRACTORS
AND
BUILDERS

WHO use LIME, CEMENT, SHIN
LES and LATHS, and who live
at any point on the Carolina and North
Western, or the Ohio River and Charles
ton Railroads, will at all times find us
prepared to deliver these goods at their
nearest stations at competitive prices and
in any quantity desired. We simply ask
n trial order, and you will be convinced
that other dealers don't know how to buy
and of course could not know how to sell.
J. H. RIDDLE.