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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01

Mrs. NJ. b. Ford, Ruddell's, IT., suffer
ed for eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risere, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles.
FRANK SMITH
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01
TO Pay oman. bridge Bonds.

New YORK, Dec. 3l.-The trustees Of
the Union Pacific Railroad company
announce that the Omaha bridge first
mortgage bonds heretofore drawn for
payment will be paid on and after Jan.
l at 81. 10 and accrued interest to that
date. This includes all outstanding
bonds of this issue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01

Wanted, toouy q few second hand bug.
gies and wagons. Will do all kinds of
repairing. NEIs ANDERSON.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01
Liver Complaints and Nervousness
lnrpN

Liver Complaints and Nervousness
Cured.
No complaints are more common than
the above; you feel dull and muRgy;
your bowels move irregularly and you
have n clumsy feeling about the liver.
As this condition develops you are apt
TO grow Respondent. Try at once a bot
tie OF 'Dr. Fenner's Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic 1t will
brighten the spirits and give an eycep-
tional vigor to the body. II not salts
fled after Using one bottle, your money
will be refunded by Frank Smith OF
Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01

Prosperity m quickest to the man
whose liver is IN good condition. De-
Wits Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for constipation, biliouenee,
indigestion and all stomach and liver
troubles.
EuAvC 2uYru
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-01

J. A. Perkins, of Antiquary, o., was FOX
thirty years needlesly tortured by
physicians for the cure OF eczema. He
was quickly cured by using DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Snlve the famous healing
salve for piles aud skin diseases.
FRANK SMITH.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
FUNNY THING IN SPELLING.
Learning to Manipulate Typewriter Gets a Man Into a Queer
 Habit.

4 Cleveland man has set about learning the use of the typewriter. Up to the present time he has had somebody to do his typewrit- ing for him, but now he wants to know how to run It all by himself. He admits that he isn't an apt scholar. It comes slowly. The letters are hard to find and the spacing is so easily forgotten. But there is one thing that amuses him. He Is learning to spell and learning in the same way he did when a tow headed boy in the early 60s. Of course he could spell when he tackled the typewriter, but not Tn the same way. Now he distinctly enumerates each letter, and does 1t. too, with the greatest care. It IS a funny thing. but he finds himself spelling out the words in the newspaper and his wife says he spells them in his sleep.
 The other day the minister met him and asked him how he was.
 N=e-r-y we'll" he graveiy spelled out, and when the pastor looked amazed he real. ized what he had done and hastily explained the cause of the peeuliarity. And the minis ter professed to be greatly interested and wanted to know all about 1t and the speller is now greatly worried for fear the parson will write a special paper on it for some maga- zine.
 When the minister finally left him he shook hands and said 4Good-by"
 Good" began the speller and then rec olleeted himself and hastily added by"
 He hopes in time to wear out this peculiar ity, and when he increases his speed on the typewriter he no doubt will-CIeyeland Plain Dealer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

been made to improve the shoals of the stream by a process of riprapping, which experiments were attended with favorable results. From Forseyth, Missouri, to Batesville. Arkansas. White river is outlined on maps showing it's pools, shoals and topography. Quarries of rock suitable for dams abound at every point at which locks and dams are required to deepen the channel. Timber, too, needed in constructing these works. is available from the mouth to the source of the stream. Under existing conditions White river is not nayigable for steamboats above the mouth of Black river to exceed an average of four months in a year. With a system of locks and dams this stream will become an open highway for boat ing every day in the year.
 As stated, the plan is to have the labor performed by convicts under supervision and direction of competent officials of the state. Necessary Iegis- lation is therefore called for to get the project started. The cost of construct ing dams will not exceed g per cubic yard, yatuing convict labor at S1. .25 per day, and the result of labor so expended would be a source of profit to the peo- pie and state. Thus employed. the con yiets would not be working in compe- tition with paid labor, as it is assumed that the work contemplated would not be undertaken by private enterprise In addition to the benefits to accrue from converting streams into commer- cial highways, there is also an element of importance to be counted, which will follow as natural result, namely. each dam will afford a water power which can be utilized to operate q mill, foundry or factory, and the rental of each water privilege will be a source of revenue to the state. With such water powers available to capitalists, perma- nent plants would soon be esta ablished for manpfactories, towns and cities would spring up in localities now sparsely populated causing the re- sources of those districts to be devel- oped, and railroads to be built in what are now almost desolate regions. Lock traffic or tolls would in course of time reimburse the state for all expense ot constructing the proposed improve ments.
 American manufacturing productiv- itY, together with certain influences growing out of Dewey's entrance into Manila bay, have settled the question of building the Nicaragua canal, and the building of that canal will change the commercial center of the American republic from New York to the Gulf seaports-at least, it will cause diyi- sion. of traffic, causing the Mississippi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
SWEDISH PHILOSOPHY.

Et es te old resident vat es te only competition te vedder man haf.
 Et es te man det es poorly hard to bodder det mak gute husband.
 It es fonny teng how girl can grow backward in age an taller en height.
 Aye always notice dat te faller vat talk loud can talk long tenn bot hae nayer say very notch.
 Ven te devil get hes dues des coun- try will not bane so thiclIy settle-Aye bat you sax dollar on das.
 Ef te size of te head made d faller smart somtems hae would feel poorly smart after bein out met te boys som night.
 Ven mustach an veddin suit es all young man haf to go to keepin house met hae will find hessal poorly hard cop ven honeymoon es ofer.
 Ven Aye har poor faller yumpin on rich faller Aye always tank how quick hae would change eff hae had som rich relation to die for hem.
 Et es te lover vat get te gerl an te hosband vat get te moder-law Aye tank gute many young fallers naver know vat ct es to haf two modders.- Denver Times-Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
Ne.v -1fofber-in-Law story.

4 Cleveland man who went east to spend his vacation brought home B5Jh him what be thinks Is new mother-ln-aw story. Moth er-in-aw stories are drug on the market, bat this one seems to De a little less aruggy than usual. A man and his wife went to Europe and the mans mother-in-Iaw went along. Up to this point there Is no novelty in the story. On the voyage the mother=ln- law feIl II and died. 0f course she had to be buried at sea, and so the usual canvas sack was made, but instead of an iron weight to sink the body they used big bag of coal. In commenting on the arrangements afterWard the bereaved son-in-iaw, who stuttered bad ly, said: "I-aIways knew where m-m-m- mother-in-law was g-going, but b=b-blame me if I s-s-supposed she'd have to carry her own f-f-fuel Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

river to become one of the greatest commercial highways on the map of the world. This change will ssttle the question of whether the tributaries of the Mississippi shall be improved so as to ensure cheap and ready transit of products into the Mississippi river
 Viewing the prospective future of Arkansas and contemplating it's possi- bilities, lying as it does at the very threshold of the Nicaragua canal, af- fording so much that is promising to ag- ricuIturist, horticulturist lum herman, miner, manufacturer, capitalist and homeseeker. it would seem it is not necessary to urge the people to arouse and make an effort to avail of the op- portunities in sight. The fortunes of war have increased the chances for Ar kansas to swing into line and enter upon a career of enterprise and deyel- opment Industrial expansion moved by intelligent ambition is the charac- teristic of surrounding states, but despite her environment Arkansas will remain in isolation unless determined effort is made to get place in the front rank of the triumphal procession.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
HE HATED TO LIE.
A Negro Pioneer Who Rose Superior
 to His Prejudice.

to His Prejudice.
 William Thomas is negro whose remark able aim in life Is to, under all circumstances, tell only the truth. William was indicted by the next to the last grand jury for grand larceny, and he was brought from Jail this morning to be arraigned. Thomas has what is termed tough case so he agreed with the prosecutor to plead guilty and receive the minimum sentence-two years h the peRitentiary.
 Stand up, Thomas said .Judgs Woford. Are you guilty or not guilty
 Judge, answered the man, with sigh, T do hate to tell a lie, but l guess I'll have to. I'm guilty
 t0h. you hate to tell lie. do .you2 [ won't let any man plead guilty If he thinks he is innocent. You'll stand trial.
 This was exactly what Williams attorney did not want.
 Your honor," he said, '.this man is not accustomed Q court ways. He did not mean that
 That's right, judge. I never was in court before, and l don't think l quite got you.
 'You may not understand much law, 9 re- torted the court, but you know whether you went into that store and stole those goods
 .'Oh, yes, sir, ] done that"
 Two years. .-kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

tine improvement will be permanent and prove a satisfactory solution of the problem of how to develop the resources of Arkansas and insure cheap and lasting means of moving the output. It is purposed in this scheme to render certain streams navigable by system of locking and damming, to have the work done mainly by convict labor under authority and by direction of the state The scheme is practieab ble. By constructing locks and dams at the shoals of White river the stream can be made boating highway to q point within ten miles of Fayetteville A long stretch of the north fork of White river, a part of Buffalo and James Fork can also be laid open to navigation for large steamboats. Black river. too, by the same process can be made navi- gable from Elbow Shoals up stream into Southwestern Missouri and around into Northwest Arkansas almost to Fayetteville, throwing open to com merce a region rich in minerals and one of the most fruitful districts on the continent, besides bringing under the sphere of traffic influence all territory contiguous to these streams.
 A study of the official survey of these rivers, as mapped by an engineer of the government. will convince any per son versed in engineering that the pro posed plan of locking and dammipg is feasible and the work can be accom- plished at comparatively light expense. Private capital cannot, however, be en- listed in the enterprise.
 At this time, when the government is embarking on policy of oversea ex- pansion and the nations of Europe are looking to the acquisition of pre-emption | rights in China for the development of commerce, the question of internal improvement within state lines, on the plan suggested in this article, seems a fitting one for the general assemblies of Arkansas and Missouri to take under consideration No territory can be an- nexed to the United States either by purchase or conquest which equals in resources the undeveloped area of Northern Arkansas and Southern Mis- souri. The opening of this territory to commerce calls for neither war ex- citement nor war expense. The only requisite needed is public spirit backed by prudent legislation.
 Let the exF Feriment in Arkansas be made on White river This stream is selected for test of the locking and damming scheme, partly for the reason that profile of it and adjacent terri tory, as prepared by Captain Tabor oi the United States army, is in existence, showing that the project is practicable, and partly because crude tests have
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
AN EASY ONE
Not the Way Husbands Laurb m,
 with Their Wives "ea

with Their Wives. "en A woman of fashion in a checked 5-
 and great dahlia-eolored velvet bot aies eompanied by man in modish gsrrl,. ,sas, ae. was tripping along Fifth avenue SSs,.ssats, chatting with marked animation e.ne sn5 Was was laughing hatteringly. The affapt;a. a4a ne the passers-by was attracted by the tbsii,oa b.alo o couple happy
 Behind the pair chanced to walk ias.;.
 the. one yet living at home with nanyas 19s.s- and an older woman, friend of .g.,,llla- raarall The lassie spied the mondaine in cbaoi.l a dahlia velvet on ahead and pucEers9l faa Ila brow, saying "Oh, I know that yl,a ,yo,a.a aef have seen her often at NewDort3ssib5iaaa si5iaai- dreadfully rich-now 1 remember sIs 5ss Mrs. Morris BlankII." 'ae ,
 The friend of mamma was interested q. asked: '. eae
 And is the attentive man with af
 Blankiy her husbandso 4l1s
 The ,lasse shrugged her shoulders sn3 scorned the very idea. ala
 Ridiculous, she replied. sYou dear a,i fashioned thing, don't you know tbs. 3a women's husbands never laugh iB tgs: ls: good-natured way when they are with fbas f.:s wives. -N. !. Press 'HSi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

This is an age of invention, develop ment and business expansion. War is threatened in Europe If it comes. it will not be for justice or the settlement of principle, but for marIzets-it will be commercial war Russia, Germany and France are engaged in stalking off territory in China for the purpose of closing the markets of that country against other nations and operating them in their own interests. All pro- gressive nations realize the necessity of obtaining new markets for their surplus products and making perma- nent corner on the trade thereof The growing idea in all live nations is to hold the markets they have and get possession of more.
 An important element in the reckon ing of trade assets is resources and products. One of the principle factors in the reckoning of products and man ufaetures is raw material Large sec tions of Arkansas have unapproached natural resources, splendid fields for industrial enterprises which are now valuless for lack of development. They are not developed because inaccessible. Efforts have been made and are malz- ing to get railroads into these regions and thus place their mines and forests in connection with the markets of the world. Railroads are not, however, the only reliance. The hand which planted mineral beds and expansive forests iH the remote sections of Ar kansas, threaded these resourceful re- gions with rivers and these rivers can be made the sure dependence for an outlet to the country's unbounded treasurers, but the hand of man must be called into requisition to improve the work which nature failed to finish.
 Locks and dams at the shoals and rapids where navigation is broken will render these streams navigable for stcamboats the year round. The scheme suggested will require state aid and the approval of congress, but
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
VIII Serve the Two Years.

The Second Arkansas Regiment is evidently destined for service in Cuba or Porto Rico. as Gen. Niles says not another volunteer will be discharged beyond the number already designated by orders from the war department, except for cause. Not less than 50, ,o00 troops will be sent to Cuba, and about 10000 will be kept at Porto Rico for e.-,a 2 time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
s.FaIloEYed Q Needle and Died.

A tailor in Chicago accidentally swallowed a needle and died as result of the inham- nation set up by the small needle. Little things have frequently great power, as Is seen in a few small doses of the famous Hos has an entirely different effect from the needle in this notice. The Bitters make nervous, weak and siekly persons strong and well again. They are also good for dyspepsia and constipation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
PIAN ID IMPROVE R|VERS
A Way By Which Arkansas Streams Could Be Made NaVigable at
 All Seasons.
WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO COMMERCE

Convict Labor Win Solve the Problem of How to Develop the Mineral Regions of This state-Work should Be Done Under Authority and By Direction of the State.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

Free to Mothers. a box of Dr Nofsr, TEETHISA fTeetbtng Pouders) will be seai free to any Mother writing Dr. c. J Mofeff St. Louis, Mo, giving name of Druggist m. keeping them. IEErHIN4 Aids Digestion
 Regulates the Bowels and makes teetbg3 aaaW
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
oFFlcIRL VOTE OF THE sTRTE.
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bnydn ~ can e b m e nas a asot ap h fer county ~ twd forth
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases.-Span.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

I could not get along without Piso's On. for Consumption. It always cures.-Aln. E. c. Moulton, Needham, Mass, Oct 2, a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

When a worthless man isn't staring attts clock he is gazing at the therm0mesa- Atchis6a Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
No Cnuse for -LenInnsr-

Mrs. Beuham-Don't you really care apg thing about mother?
 Benham-WeH, not enough to make ron jealous.-N. I. Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

All the honey bee gathers during its li, doesn't sWeeten it's sting-ChIeag0 .Daag News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18
no Cure a Gold tn One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
 druggists refund money if it fails te cure. g5s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-18

Halls Gatarrh Cure Is taken Internally. Price 75e.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-05

One day in 1880 Senator Hampton
was going on his crutches from the sen
ate chamber to the house Of representa-
tives Ii the middle of the big rotunda
he met very large man, also on crutch-
es- He was member of congress from
illinois, a Republican, whose name
cannot now recall. Hampton stopped
him and kindly asked his name and
how he had received his injury. After
giving his name the congressman saic.
amputation was necessary by reason Of
shot he had received IN q fight with
Hampton's cavalry. He did not dream
he was talking TO Wade Hampton him
self Il am Wade Hampton, 8" said the
senator. "n you have the leisure. please
sit down and let rs talk Hampton
had lost his leg after the war, when
thrown from a mule while deer hunt
ing. The amputation was identical with
that Of the congressman, and they fell
a-talking. Up to that time neither had
found a cork leg he could wear. and
they discussed cork legs for great
while They parted, after mutual pro-
fessions Of esteem The next morning 1
heard the congressman tell the story in
the committee room, and there never
was man who had higher regard for
Wade Hampton than he had. 1 believe
Hampton later found a leg he could
wear--Louisville Courier Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-05
BLOWN OUT TO SEA.
Helpless Birds Tha. Are Driven to Death
by Fierce Gales

Helpless Birds Tha. Are Driven to Death
by Fierce Gales.
Birds driven before the wind are toss
Ell about relentlessly. and they rarely
recover their balance after once being
caught by the gale. Shore birds are
either dashed upon the waves and made
to swim for their lives or they are hurl-
ed violently against trees or other OBJ
jects and killed. Shore birds, when fac
ing a gale, viii take every advantage of
trees, houses and hills as defenses
against the wind. They will close their
wings and sink so close to the ground
as to get the protecting shelter of a
hedge fence, and then swoOp up again
with renewed headway. They frequent
II advance before the gale by series
OF side eyolutions, flying at right angles
to the wind until they have attained con
siderable velocity, and then wheeling
about straight against the wind and
making some headway before it over
comes them. This operation is repeated
continually until the desired place is
reached.
During our fall and early winter
gales paruidges and quail are quite fire.
quently blown ont to sea by a strong
hurricane, where some Of them have
been picked up by fishermen. In nearly
all such instances they are caught by
the gale when high il the air, and he
fore they can recover themselves they
are hurried out beyond the shore and
dropped into the water. With their
plumage soaked with the spray they in
stantly become helpless and cannot
reach the shore in the face of the wind.
On our inland lakes and rivers this is a
more common sight than along the
ocean shore.
When once blown out TO sea, the
shore birds have little chance Of escape
Unable to battle against the heavy
wind, they yield themselves TO their
fate and drift about until the storm
subsidies. By that time they are likely
TO be so far from shore that they cannot
reach it again, and they either fly or
swim until they starve 10 death or die
Of exhaustion. Their dead bodies, along
with those Of the hapless gulls, terms
and herons, are finally drifted upon
some shore, where the waves leave them
high and dry. After every heavy storm
hundreds Of such luozless victims can
be found ON the beaches of our Atlantic
coast. Our Animal Friends
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-01-05
Removed the stomach.

The Medical Record on Saturday pub
lished an account of the first successful
removal of a human stomach. Il says:
"The feat itself is the most brilliant
and daring ever attempted in recent sur
gical history, but the attendant discovery
that the stomach is not vital organ Is
even more important
The operation was performed in Zurish,
Switzerland, by DIR. Carl Schlatter, on
September 6 last. The subject was Anna
Landis. % years old, and silk weaver.
This woman had complained for years of
stomach trouble. DIR. Schlatter diagnosed
the case but found that she was suffering
from aa exceptionally large oval lump
in her stomach. Laparotomy was per
formed and DIR. Schlatter found that the
woman's entire stomach presented hard
mass. And then this daring operator,
seeing that the organ was useless, went to
work and freed it from its delicate attach
ments, cutting, twisting and clamping
among the most vital organs with the
coolness and deliberation Of an expert
dentist drawing hard tooth. When Dr.
Schlatter had excised the entire stomach
he united 2 small coil Of intestine 70 the
assophagus. thus making direct conncc-
tion between the alimentary canal and
the bowels. The work ofjolning the in
testine and the osophagns was m Ist
1elifate