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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
A PAIR or BIG Feet.
They Brought Woe to France ana
Changed the Map Of Europe.

They Brought Woe to France ana
Changed the Map Of Europe.
The Princess Bismarck changed the
political history of France unwittingly,
and but for her the Franco Prussian
war might never have been waged.
Bismarck was unfriendly to France.
but the Empress Eugene hoped with
her beauty to influence him SO that the
little trouble with France and Ger
many might be smoothed over. She
therefore invited the German prince
and his wife to visit the court Of
France, and the Prince and Princess
Bismarck arrived in great state at the
Tuileries.
That evening there vas a grand re-
ception, and Eugene received the
guests in a gown which made her so
ravishingly lovely that even Prince
Bismarck, German. stolid and in love
with his wife, stood and gazed upon
her with admiration. And Eugene
was not sloH to observe the effect Of
her beauty upon him. She called him
to her side, and Bismarck came with
his wife upon his arm.
Now, the Princess Bismarck was tall
and gaunt and ugly, and her feet We're
generous. AS she walked she showed
a great deal of sole.
While Bismarck stood talking with
Eugene IN audible litter was heard
along the line Of ladies'. Bismarck.
who "a quick as a fash, followed the
glance Of their eyes and saw them rest
upon the feet Of his wife.
That settled the matter. The politi-
cal history Of France was altered from
that moment.
A year later, when Paris was be-
sieged, Bismarck himself fired a can
non over the ramparts, and those who
were neal him heard him snout:
Take that for the feet Of the Prin-
cess Bismarck"
The slight was avenged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS
A Case In Which the Condolences
We're Remarkable.


We're Remarkable.
On an occasion during the civil war
| dreamed that | was standing beside
a road when there came marching
along 1t a strong column Of prisoners,
with guards at intervals on the
TANKS. l asked one Of these guards
who the prisoners We're and where
they had been captured. He Informed
me that they had been taken in an en-
gagement with the enemy on the
day before and that there were 1900 Of
them. l then asked some bystander
what day OF the month it was and was
told that it was such a day of a certain
month. some six weeks later than the
date of the dream. The whole dream
was extremely distinct, and it made a
strong impression On me. I related it
to a number Of my comrades within
the next few days and then thought of
it no more.
Six weeks later, on the morning Of
the very day that had been mentioned
in the dream as the date when the
Column Of prisoners had passed before
me, l was on picket two miles distant
from the point where l had seemed to
be when l saw them. It was soon aft
er breakfast, and l vas standing by
the side Of the road at the fire talking
to the officer Of the picket when an
aid to the commanding general came
riding down the road. He had been a
schoolfellow Of our officers at West
Point and refined up when he recog-
nized his friend. He told us that he
had good news, that there had been a
sharp engagement with the enemy the
day before and that our people had
captured 1900 prisoners, who had
just passed the headquarters that
morning or their way to the rear.-St.
Louis GlObe-Democrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15

More Victims Of the Edmonton Tran
Reach v~anoouvsr.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Sept. 15.-After
travelling through the northern wilder
ness for over 20 months, a dozen worn.
out and unkempt looking men arrived
in Vancouver during the morning.
They came down from Wrangel by the
steamer Capilano and had arrived there
only a few days before from the north.
.rn interior Of British Columbia. The
principal party was from Ashland.
Wis, and consisted Of James Brewer,
N. G. Nelson. J. N. Dagger and E.
Calberg. There were also Evan Jessop
and w. A. Cox of Chicago and E, j.
Durand of New York. the others being
French Canadians from Quebec and
adjoining cities. They cay that al
though they have been always used toa
hardy life they had the
Most Terrible Diacultiss
in their unsuccessful attempt to reach
the Klondike by the Edmonton trail.
Dagger, the leader Of the Ashland
party, said:
1.-THE trip was the hardest I ever at
tempted. There were few days Of the
summer that we did not wade for long
distances in water around our waists.
In the heat Of the day cur heads and
shoulders would be burning, while u
feet would be chilled by the icy waters
Of the Northern rivers In tho winter
our suferings were terrible. A great
many deaths occurred Of which the
tale will never be told. We met James
Williams Of Chicago, who said that
two other men, the name Of one being
A>A-.N L.A sAxishnd"
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INFLUENCE THE REPLY.
Kruger Awaiting the Arrival Of I
Orange Free State Omcial.

Kruger Awaiting the Arrival Of an
Orange Free State Ofncial.
PRETORIA, Sept. Is. "A communica.
ton has been received from the imperial
government stating that, although anx.
ious for a prompt reply, the imperial
authorities do not desire to tie the
Transvaal authorities down to 4S hours.
The reply will possibly come before the
volksraad next session. The decision
of the executive will undoubtedly be
influenced by the action of the Orange
Free State.
1t is understood that President Kru.
ger is awaiting the arrival from Bloom.
fontein of MI. Fisher of the Orange
Free State executive council before
drafting his reply.
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Sioux City Live Stock.

SIOUX CRY, Ia, Sept. Ii.
HOGS-Market weak. Range of
prices, "a. O5@4.35.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at 81. 5O@5.5O for beeves;
g 2o@3.75 for cows, bulls and mixed;
Is 5og4 30 for stockers and feeders; So. Is
05 U for calves and %yearlings.
Receipts: Cattle. 1890: hogs. 1900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15

Jest being that it was so slow that
passengers could jump OF at the front
end Of the train and pick huckleberries
for awhile and then get on at the rear
end as it came up.
The engineer Of the Vermont train
Of this title is imaginatively declared
to have shot two partridges n day
from his cab. which the fireman "ra-
trieved" without any additional ''slow-
ing up."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
Exasperating, Truly.

Mrs. Higsley-Clara, l must insist
that you send young Mr.. Granley away
earlier. 1t vas long after II o'clock
last night when you closed the front
door after him.
Clara-I know, mamma, and I have
made up my mind a dozen different
times to make him leave early. but he
has a way, somehow, Of always giving
the impression long after the shank
Of the evening has passed that he is
just about to say something one has
been waiting for. It's awful exas-
perating.-St. Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
Slow Trains.

Slow railroad trains are probably not
peculiar to any locality. The story of
the conductor WHO waited for the hen
to complete the dozen Of eggs for the
market is a part Of the folklore Of
widely diverse regions.
There used to run over q Vermont
road-and also, 1t may he remarked,
over q Wisconsin road-what was
known 20 the .huckleberry train" the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
The Outlandors DIssatisned.

CAPE Town, Sept. ia dispatch
from Pietermaritzburg, capital of Natal,
says that the outlanders' council ex.
presses great dissatisfaction with the
British note, claiming that the imperial
authorities are willing to accept made
quate concessions in order to avoid war.
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FRANK SMITH.

There's always hope while there's One
Minute Cough Cure. IAN attack OF
pneumonia left my lungs in bad ehspe
and ! was near the first staRes OF con-
sumption. One Minute Cough Cure
completely cured me" writes Helen Nc.
Henry, Bismark, N. D. Gives instant re-
lief.
Cook & ODEE,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

Duluth Grain.
DULUTH, Sept. II.
WHEAT Cash, No. l hard, zoe; No.
! Northern, e7Kc: No. 2 Northern, $50;
No. 3, 61Xc. To Arrive No. l hard.
zoe; September, 67Kc: December, 67Ac:
May, HAc.
FLAX-To Arrive-No. hard, Sl.O7X:
September, Sl.O7, October, Sl.o5h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15

Mrs. G.. w. Palmer. Of Jones'
vile, VT, says: =
1.-Two years ago I was afflicted
with stomach and bowel trouble.
MY case puzzled the doctors. /
suosisted only on the lightest kind
OF diet. My stomach would not
retain solid food. The pain in NV
stomach and bowels was SO intense
nat l cannot describe it. I con-
tinued to grow worse. I lost ~
pounds, my nerves were com.
Pletely shattered, and l was verv
weak. DR.. G. w. Jacobs, Of Rich.
mond. advised me to take DR. WI.
ilams' Pink Pills for Pale Peonle '
began to use the pills, and the
n1ss effect was the restoration Of
my appetite, and the ouietino ~.
my shattered nervous system r.
began to regain my lost strength,
a IN one month after commenc.
ing to take the pills l was able - ,
40 my housework. I have gained.
80 pounds and to-day am in cood'
nealth.'-F,om the Free R,e..
burlington, VI.
~
~: williams Pink Pills for pale pAon,.
men. t.n IN = condensed form. iii the ga.
ness to "1 ths e give new life and rich.u
. nerves; They are an unssiiine ,peciSs ses9
n. ,a diseases g locomotor atsxia. psrt;sl
P;a.a'ys,s. st. vitus' dance. scistics, neural.
sfer-e eaec%a ~ e. nervous headache, tho
sesart, pale and sallow complexion. and y. "a! .n,
" "eaknes' either in male Of female.
eeid - " y. r'nk ellls !e' Pale esspls ase asva,
10y sss y ~ se.sa o. Ass6se1. bst alvavs n ssss.
~: = o.! aeslslsts. o. 1leset irea IL b, 49,, ~
"s.e sse'esas tsaposy, 0eSesSsAsI." = -
eese ~ boz. ebesce 0S.Co. ~ -
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Burglars at Groton.

GRoToN, S. D., Sept. 15.-Burglars
broke into the store OF the Groton Mcr.
camille company. Valuable papers and
xllO In money were secured.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

OHIVAOO, 0CpC. II.
CLOSING PRICES.
neutrality-suspicious., 1870. Decem
Der, 7oA@ONc; May. 74M@7SAc.
CORN-September. 3lAc: October
3ONc; December, 2SMc: May, 29Hc.
OATS = September, 2lNc; Decem
Der, 204c; May, 22Ac.
PORK-Septelnber. s7.97K; October,
S7.97K: December, sS.12H: January
%. 53X@a. %.
FLAX-Cash, Northwestern, S1.ll:
cash Southwestern, 81 08h; September.
u. %: October. $l.O4N; December. q. O8k
BUTTER-Creameries, Is 4yac: dairy.
l30l8c.
POULTRY-Dressed, turksys e0loo:
chickens. 0K@l0Ho: ducka 7X0So.
EG0S-Tfesh, ltN@1l)ko
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Minneapolis Wheat.

WHEAT-In store, No. l Northern.
September, 66Nc; December, 67ssc; May,
7oc. On Track-No. l hard, new, 7oLc;
No. ! Northern, new, 672sc; No. 2 North.
ern, 64ssc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15
Cyclone Strikes Bermud.

Cyclone Strikes Bermuda.
ISLAND OF BERMUDA, Sept. IA cy-
clone swept over this island during the
night. Houses were blown down and
others were unroofed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15

"They are simply p~erfect," writes
Robert Moore, OF La FayStte, Ind, OF
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fam.
Gus little pills" for constipation and all
liver ailments. Never gripe.
Cook q ODEE.
Quickens the blood, rounds the form,
lifts the brain and body from weakness
to power. That's what Rocky Mountains
Tea does.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-09-15

II am subject to cramps and collie. ant
have used many remedies, but int
Foley's Collie Cure beats them ALL" w
L. Yeats, Borfield, Ill.
FRANK smith.
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DO Not be Imposed On.

Always insist on getting Foley's Honey
and Tar, az it is positively, absolutely
nd u Equalifiedly the best cough medi.
cine. Accept no substitute.
FRANK Smith.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Sept IA.
HOGS-Market steady t. sc lower,
Range of prices, 81. 10@4 80.
CATTLE-Not enough to supple the
demand.
Sales ranged at So. 10000 for bulls;
q. 75g3.35 for heifers; ~. lO@23 fol
cows; g. 0OVa25 for stockers: x4.65@49O
foa steers: 500 for calves.
SHEEP-Market for sheep and lambs
10c lower.
Sales ranged at $3.65@I75 for sheep;
d. 1904. 80 for lambs.
Receipts: Cattle, $50: calves, 200; hogs
900; sheep. 10.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CHICAGO, Sept. II.
HOGS-Market strong to SO higher.
Sales ranged II. 3j04. 70 for mixed and
butchers: s .3504.70 for good heavy.
: .l594.25 for rough heavy: t4.30@4.75
Tor light.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at 81 5006.6 60 for besves:
q. 00@5. 40 for cows and heifers: %. 75@
l.25 for Texas steers: Is. 0O@5.Oo for stock.
ers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market stronger.
Sales ranged at g. 75@L6O for sheep;
81. 15Q6 IS for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, $4,000. cattle, 1000;
sheep, IA, OOJ.
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SUFFERING.

FRANK SMITH.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
The Oldest Patent.

The question as to the holder Of the
Oldest patent in this country has brought
out from the heirs Of Joseph Jencks
some additional facts which tend to
show that he was the first inventor in
this country. Patents granted from the
sovereign power Of England for land.
water and other privileges were not un-
common in early colonial times. Joseph
Jsncks Of Lynn. Mass, n number of
years previous to receiving patent for
an invention @ scythe had been
granted one for IAN application Of wa
ter power to mills" Biographical notes
state that Mr.. Jencks introduced to the
Massachusetts, colony the idea Of patent
ing inventions, and that he might pro-
tect and introduce his ideas seems to
have been q reason for coming to the
now country. The grass soythe patented
In 1852 was perhaps the most valuable
of his inventions. The Improvements
over the old English soythe, with its
short, THICK blade, like q bush soythe,
consisted in lengthening the blade.
making it thinner and welding square
bar at the back and strengthening 1t.
Today this scytbe, practically unchang-
cd. is used in Europe and America The
patent was withheld from Mr.. Jencks
for nine years, as it was thought to be
too valuable to be monopolized.-
ford Oourant
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

SHIPS, nowadays, are made of
steel; steel is made of iron ore and
coke and imestone: all of these
things exist in great natural abund-
ance iii this countrp; we have a
surplus of people eager to mine
and quarry the essential materials; /;
we have the finest skilled labor in
the world capable of turning it in
to ships; we have the money in
abundance with which to run the
ships, and we have great foreign
trade worth nearly two billions of
dollars annually to carry-what,
then, is there to stop us from do
ing our own carrying once we be-
gin? We shall not be able to be-
gin, however, until Congress says
the word.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
BURNE- JON ES.
Rossettfs Influence In Causing the
Artist to Hyphenat- His Name.

Rossettrs Influence In Causing the
Artist to Hyphenat- HI. Name.
1t may or may not be true that it was
Rossetti who urged Burne-Jones. when
at the outset of his career, to connect
with q hyphen "Burne" and Jones ="
says William Sharp in The Atlantic
Jones' is nobody" Rossetti would
declare ''only particle of vast mul
tiplei But Burne-J -Jones-that is unmis-
taxa ble'
1t was an amusing trait in Rossetti
that he was wont to designate the good
work of this or that friend as the work
of--and he would mention the most
distinctive name or part name Of the
person concerned. Thus he would say
Eyes, that Is Burne-Jones, but this
this here, you know, is only Jones, or
"That now is the real Holman Hunt,
but this here is only Hunt" or. You
can hear Tennyson in that. but Alfred
wrote the other lines.
recall two amusing instances where
Burne-Jones more or less unconsoiously
adopted the same method. He was asked
once il he thought William Bell Scott
uiOIe cLuiHcht as pOot VI ms III hitish
81 never thought very highly Of Bell. "
he replied. Then, seeing look of sur
prise, added, with humorous twinkle,
"I liked old Bell Scott-old Sootus, as
we always called bim-immensely. ana
think William Bell Scott wrote some
very fine verse, but always thought it
WAS pity that Bell took to paintingP'
The other instance occurred when
some one remarked to him that Par
nell was only an agitator. Charles
Stewart Parnell. he replied with en-
phasis, twas one of the greatest public
men Of our day and far and away the
Ablest Irish leader. But ParnelI. :"
etc.. resupied the obieotor, to be again
corrected by the other disputant
Charles Stewart Parnell." etc
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
By a Lover of Fair Play.

EDITOR TRIBUNE: The selfish
ness of the human heart is beyond
comprehension. 1t is true that a
few cases of smallpox have appear
ed in Florence. This is misfor-
tune to the community. But what
can be thought of aeighboring
towns or their officials, who make
stories out of their imaginations
and exaggerate the facts for per-
sonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The coal
camps had their pay day not long
ago and, in order that this money
should be kept out of Florence, a
gun quarantine WIS established
against that town. The saloon
keepers of the camps have no
doubt raked in few more dollars,
but they have done SO at the ex-
pense of truth, and in doing so it
was necessary for them to do injury
to their neighbors. More than
that, they will find that the false
reports SO started have bad way
OF coming back on themselves.
There is absolutely no danger
from smallpox, or any other dis
ease in visiting Florence. ~
The Ministerial Alliance, COM
posed of men who are in position
to know every detail of the pro-
gress of the sickness in the town,
has made statement that ought
to prove the falsity of the reports
that have been issued. Let the
people of country districts come
to Florence and they will soon find
out that they have bsen gulled.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

SOME people have an idea that
their troubles really interest the
person that is so charitable as to
stop and listen to them. There are
Others that seem to think that if
they pull face" and work them
selves into MOOD so dark blue
that the shadow falls upon every
one with whom they come in con
tact, their SORROWS will be Tighten.
ed. The ideas are both wrong.
The world in general has little time
for personal troubles, and less sym
pathy for the man who is constant.
ly in the blues.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

The extent to which patriotism
will Influence men in private life
is illustrated by the manner in
which James FL. Blount has been
dropped by his former friends and
professional contemporaries g, dr.
amount" Blount is the man whom
President Cleveland sent to Homo
lulu where he hauled down the
American flag BY that act he won
the contempt of everybody, and he
is now practically nonentity. He
represented his district in congress
and was prominent member oi
that body. Today he has law
Office in Macon, but he never ap-
pears in court. He is Stunned by
his erstwhile friends, and spends
most of his time in absolute Sc.
clusIon.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

THE United States senatorial con-
test in Pennsylvania is fierce one
and Senator Quay is confident of
his being reelected, while his OPP
ponents are equally sure of his de-
feat. With the criminal proceed
ings pending in the Supreme Court
against Matt" as lever. they ex-
pect to give him the "heave over
In the late Pennsylvania election
the anti's claimed 4 cinch, but the
candidates named by Matt" came
under the wire easy winners, and
it is likely to prove the same in the
result in the senatorial fight.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
NATURES EPITAPA.

Who knows where the graveyard -
Where tho fox and the eagle lie.
Who has soon the obsequies
OF the red deer when thsy diof
with death they steal swsy
Out of the sight ut the sun,
Out Of tho sight of the living th-J
Pay the debt and are done
No marble marks the place,
Tho common forest brown
Covers them over with Quaker graos
Just where they laid them down
But = few years. II you SIS
In rummer n deeper green
Here and there, it ts like to be
The spot where their bones have been
Thus, net more, 10 the poor dead yoar
No grave nor gho-tly stone,
But greener life and warmer cheer
Be the only sign that he's gone.
Christian Register
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

THEmerchants of Florence ire be-
ginning to smile again ms our streets
are once more taking on the ap-
pearance of city thoroughfares
For the past three weeks, owing t,
the measures taken to avoid an
epidemic, there has been depres-
sion in business circles that has
very nearly approached a panic
The streets have been deserted and
every day was as quiet as Puri.
tan sabbath. A change is now
coming over the town and it is one
that is hailed with delight. The
sales of the merchants are increas.
ing, the hotel registers show larger
lists of arrivals, and it will be but
short time before Florence is
going her usual pace.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
A RopuIar Deluafon.

Ibid you read this, dear?' said Mra
Grigsby to Orlando the other night.
tits strange case. A harmless lunatio
imagines that he's a grain Of corn and
will not go into the yard lest a chicken
eat him. Isn't it an odd delusionP"
''Oh, the worlds full Of such delu-
sions, dearT' said Grigsby II know Q
harmless lunatio who seems to imagine
that she's a piece Of cheese. and she
will fly from room when a mouse en-
ters it for fear the little creature will
sevouI her. ''-London Eit-Bits
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

The elders of the recognized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, alta meeting at Inde-
pendence, Mo-, went on record as
unqualifedly opposed to allowing
Congress nan-elect B. H. Roberts
of Utah to take his seat in the ma
tional house of representatives.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
For years the railroad compan.

For years the railroad compan-
les have been striving to have a
law enacted for prohibiting the
practice of ''scalping," and now
the lower house of congress has
passed such a bill. 1t imposes
penalties on ''scalpers," and at the
same time requires railroad and
steamboat companies to redeem
unused tickets.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

Assessor AMEs of Arapahoe
county is still waging war against
the State Board of Equalization
on the ten per cent. reduction of
railroad assessments as made by
him. In his contention he asserts
that the various railroads are as
sessed only twenty-five per cent. of
their true value, and he further
declares he will pay noattention to
the order to reduce the railroad as
sessments,
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04

An advertisement that carries
conviction is good advertisement.
1t is a sign that it carries convic-
tion when it brings order to the
establishment for the articles ad-
vertised. When an advertiser
finds such an ad he should keep it
as model and perhaps use it a
second or third time in the course
of his advertising, Agricultural
Advertising.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
New orn.u.en,.t,oa..

Some great man was taking party
Of friends over his newly built house
One Of the party would not admire it
and complained that there Were too
many anachronisms tOh, said lady
who was noted for her toadyism and
who had been unstinted in her admira-
tion. ''don't you like anaohronismsy
think they are such beautiful orna-
ment. Spectator.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-01-04
RE rrofe..or,. Cen-udrum.

Professor, they said, give us a
deep metaphysical conundrum.
well" he said after moments
thought, when is which 'what'S"
They gave it up
when it is neither. +" explained the
professor.
And when they had studied it out
they understood Tribune