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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11
TEN RECIPIENTS FULL.

White Organizations Last Authorized
Are Completed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1l.-Ten Of the
volunteer regiments last called out
have recruited their full quota of men
and will be Immediately prepared for
transportation to the Philippines.
These regiments are numbered from
the Thirty-eighth to the Forty-seventh
inclusive and embrace all the white
regiments last authorized. Recruiting
will be continued for the two colored
regiments and it is expected that thew
will be fully organized during the pres-
ent week.
Eat plenty, Kodol DYSPEPSIA Cure will
digest what you eat. 1t cures all forms
OF dyspepsia and stomach troubles. p.
n: Gamble, Vernon, Tex, says, "It re-
LEVIED me from the start and cured ma
1t is now my everlasting friend" 1.
Cook & ODEE. I.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11

An extra session Of congress is talked
OF as very probable, to define the status
Of the Philippines politically and prepare
y mode OF government for Porto Rico.
It is alleged the president will issue the
call as soon as be returns from his pres
snt western trip on the Goth inst.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11

Watertown authorities have prosecut-
ID q violator of the law which pro.
hiolts the shipping OF game birds out OF
this state. Ooe, }. II. Troeh was tried
before a jury. found guilty and fined $50
snd costs, in all $50. 1t is thought the
case will be appealed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11

1T did me more good than anything
l ever used. My dyspepsia was Of
months' standing; after eating it wac
terrible: Now l am we'll, writes s. B.
keene. HoisinRton, Has, OF Kodol Dvs.
pepsia Cure. 1t digests what you eat.
Cook h Onrp
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11

The only way to r constipation il
TO remove b cause. That can be done
by taking Rocky Mountain Tea, the only
absolute cure. 35 cents. 4
FRANK G. Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11

III you scour the world you will Fever
find a remedy equal to One Minute
Cough Cure. "says Editor Fockl r, OF the
Micynopy. Fla, "Hustler." It cured his
family OF LaGrippe and saves thousands
from pneumonia, bronchitis, Group and
and all throat and lung troubles.
Coon d. ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-11
H DAILY LEADER.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER IL, 1899.
oFFlclaL Paper OF CITY and COUNTY.
vRRNs OF sUBsCRIpTION
Union Reform Ticket,

For Supreme Judges
EDMCSD SMITH,
OF Pennington equity.
JULIAN BENNETT,
OF Codin gton County.
c. Il. KENNEDY,
OF Lincoln County.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The latest article of export from this
country to Europe is river shells
for the manufacture of pearl but,
tons. The manufacture of the
cheaper grades of pearl buttons by
factories located in Iowa and Wiscon.
sin has of late years almost entirely
done away with the importation OF
such goods. Some three years ago the
supply of shells was SO largely in
creased that the price fell from $40 te
So ton, and European manufacturers
are reported as saying that the Amer.
lean shells are superior to anything
that can be obtained on the other side
at the prices at which they can be i'm
ported. What shall we supply Europe
with next?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

These many years the writer's o
railroad stories have diligently incul
Gated the theory that the locomotiv,
engine is not thing, but creature
that it has likes and dislikes; will q,
for one man aud not for another; ant
that the tie between it and it's driver j;
a quasi-sacred thing not to be med
died with without good reason. Their,
has also been q theory among me
chanics that locomotive needs peri
ods of rest between trips, like a horse
Two Railroads.&c.. Paul and Atchiso,
have defied both of these theories
and propose to run their locomotive
on much longer trips than has beer
customary, changing enginemen a
proper intervals, and having one sue
ceed another on the same machine
They propose, too, it seems, to keel
their engines at work as steadily a
possible as long as they are fit to go
Their plans will tend to break up mucl
of the iatimacy between the drive
and his machine, but if the breakag
goes no further than that, the pla,
will doubtless keep in use.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

Washington, though he died seven
teen years ago. The celebrated bird,
OF which the accompanying picture is
a faithful likeness, is bald eagle and
was captured in Wisconsin in 1861.
He was given to Company G of the
Eighth Regiment of Wisconsin Volun-
teers. He went to the war with his
regiment and was present in every
battle in which the regiment fought
thirty-six in all. Old Abe was car
ried into battle on perch beside the
color-bearer, but would soon spread
his wings and soar above the smoke
and strife, lowering over his regiment
and screaming at the top of his voice.
When the battle was over he would re-
turn to his perch and rest tcontentedly.
He was wounded several times, and on
anumber of occasions he rendered valu-
able services to the army by announc-
ing the approach of the enemy long
before the scouts had time to reach
headquarters, it is said After the war
he was presented to the State of Wis
consin. He became the chief attrac-
tion of the national army reunion, and
became, perhaps, the most famous
bird in history. He died at the age
of twenty as the result of injuries re-
ceived in fire.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
ORIGIN OF DECORATION DAY.
Many Claimants For the Honor of In
augurating the Custom.

Many Claimants For the Honor of In
augurating the Custom.
The custom of placing flowers on
the graves of soldiers is of very great
antiquity. One ancient writer men
tions the fact that on the birthday of
Alexander the Great certain Greeks in
Alexandria were accustomed to visit
his mausoleum and place flowers on
the threshold. The custom of plant
ing flowers on graves is of an antiquity
almost as great, and has been prac-
ticed in all parts of Europe for many
centuries. The practice being once
established, local application of it
IN particular cases was easy and ma
tural. During the Civil War in this
country the women of both North and
South instituted a custom of going
regularly on a certain day, generally
about the 1st of May, to the cemeteries
with bouquets for the graves of the
soldiers who had been killed IN battle.
The intense devotion of the Southern
women to the lost cause led them to
continue this practice after the war
had been ended, and little by little it
became universal in this country. In
1869 General John A. Logan, then
commander-in- chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic, announced May 80
as the day on which the graves of
soldiers should be decorated There
is, however, controversy about the
fact of the custom originating in a
particular locality, some claiming that
it sprung up spontaneously in almost
every section of the country at once,
practice of planting flowers on graves,
and, considering the universally of
the custom, there is no reason to be-
lieve that the custom, as claimed by
some, originated in or was peculiar to
the South, even during the early days
of the war.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

1t is, perhaps, quarter of a CEN
tury since the closely woven sod has
been cut by the sections spade, ex-
cept, at rare intervals, to give room to
some belated wanderer, who, leaving
no kindred behind him, has been fain
to creep to the silent companion ship
of his ancestral graves. One may
stray at will, fearless of intruding
upon the expression of some private
grief. Those who lie there have
been so long gone that, to the young
even of their own blood, they have be-
come scarcely more than names, and
if there still survive some contempor-
aries who loved them, the point of
view of these has so shifted with
the passing years that the sad,
backward gaze of the mourner has be-
come the hopeful onlook of the watch
er for an immortal morning. Only
for the babe, dead it may be, hun
dred years, must the eye sometimes
fill with gentle moisture as one won
ders how angelic ministry can have
quite compensated for the loss of the
bitter-sweet of human love and pain!
1t was the morning of the thirtieth
of May, 1S9-. Here and there in
the old graveyard, tiny flags had been
planted, each marking the last tenting-
place of some veteran soldier whose
memory was to be publicly honored
by the ceremonials of the afternoon.
Upon one Of the mounds thus desig-
mated was standing a fair little girl
dressed i'll white. Her eyes were
large and blue, and waving masses of
yellow hair fell about her shoulders,
half yelling the delicate rose of her
rounded cheeks. Around her on the
grass was scattered profusion of cut
flowers mingled together without dis
tinction of species or color. With
the late daffodils and early roses, the
purple pansies and spotless lilies-of-
the-valley, the drifting lavender and
white snowballs, were heaped butter
cups and dandelions from the field
and dewy violets from the brookside.
The child's fingers were SO busy
with the blossoms that she did not
notice the slow approach of light foot
steps which hesitated and advanced
by turns.
Suddenly, at the rustling of an
eddy of brown last-year's leaves, she
locked up to see another child stand
ing little apart and gazing at her
with eager, wistful eyes. The face of
the newcomer was jet-black, the
clustering wool had been drawn
tightly from her low forehead and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The state department at Washing
ton is in receipt of an edict issued il
February by the Empress Dowager o
China commanding the suppression O.
outbreaks of violence against Chris
tians in many provinces of the empire
Among other things, the empress says
1--WE treat the preachers of all religion,
as good citizens, and no prejudice il
tolerated. Though each has distinc
doctrine, the common aim is to induc,
people to be good. All evil and Grim.
are not only prohibited by our laws
but are also prohibited by the Chris
tian religion" This certainly sound,
we'll, but concerning the sincerity o
the empress in denouncing crime W,
must withhold Judgment pending th,
fate of the imprisoned young emperor
whose death by slow poison is so con
fdently predicted.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The emperor of Germany has indi.
Gated in numerous ways his desire te
be viewed as leader of men. He has
shone as ruler, as military organ.
izer, as a painter, as composer o.
music, and has insisted on his right tt
be considered prelate of the church.
In going step further and inventing
q new mustache, he has the supper,
of the illustrious precedent. His roya
uncle, the Prince of Wales, proved
his vastness of intellectual resource
at one time by setting every man il
England to wearing beard the shape
of half salad spoon; and in the thire
Napoleon's day loyal Frenchmar
would have as readily gone barefoo'
to the opera as he would have failed t.
wax and elongate his mustache and
''goatee" into an isosceles triangle o.
stilettoes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

It has been suggested that one OF
'the ways of celebrating the twentieth
century in England should be by ap.
pointing women as consuls and agents
general. AS an argument in favor OF
this, it is pleaded that the imperial
and colonial institute are of no use tc
women who are visiting London from
the colonies, and that place that
would give information and guidance
that would be of help to such visitors
would become most popular
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

An interesting side issue of the in
ternational differences centring in
Samoa is the known but futile ambi-
ton of Germany to secure possession
of tie Tonga or Friendly Islands,
which are small but numerous, and
lie some $50 miles southwest of the
Samoan group. Germany's threat to
annex these islands furnishes circum-
stantial evidence of her desire to out
wit Great Britain and the United
States at Apia; but the promptness of
British action, in sending cruiser and
reaching a thorough understanding
with the king, appears to have settled
German schemes. The natives of the
Friendly Islands, being Christians
and dominated by missionary influence,
are much more readily dealt with
than are the Samoans.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The possibilities of the invention of
liquid air are to the present view linn
itless. Steamers and engines and fly
ing machines can carry their liquid air
machines with them and manufacture
their fuel from the atmosphere as they
go. Coal and other expensive fuels
,an be kept for ornamental parlor use,
and liquid air engines generating cleo
tricity will supply all the heating and
lighting of the world Instead of
drawing on the limited coal mines for
our force, we shall draw on the COM
paratively limitless heat of the sun.
1t may be that we shall in an infini-
tesimal degree accelerate the cooling
off of the world; but that is subject
none of us is quite altruistic enough
to worry about yet.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

take Fort Wagner, the cunnel he went
ahaid, calm the men, with the guns
firin' right in their faces. Gran n'ther,
he was JUS ahind the cunnel-there
was man as tole Granny about it
an JUS the minute their feet toucbe ed
the wall, there come shot as struck
'em bof down. Lots of the other men
was left daid all aroun', an they was
buried all in one big ditch togedder;
an de cunnel's folks-they was high
toned white folks, too-they amt
never took his body away, cause they
say they leave him where he want to
lie, along wild his black boys"
Marie's eyes were flashing.
go Polly! that was splendid!
can't understand why you cry. !
should think you would be so proud
and glad.
II is, Miss Marie-I is proud and
gladi 1t amt that. But, don yo
see? when Memorial Day comes roun
every year, an oil the folks is march
ing an the band a-playin', an the
chillen goin' aroun' the graveyard with
flower .baskets-den 1 ain't got nc
gravel
Marie's listening face grew strange
ly pitiful. The flowers dropped from
her hands, and she cast her eyes
thoughtfully upon the ground. Sud
denly she raised them again, the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The skill of marine architects and
the ingenuity of science have-for
first class steamers at least-con.
uuered most of the dangers Of
the sea. But the danger of COLI
sion in fog and darkness remains
a fearful hazard of the most skill
full navigator. There is hope now
that this danger also may disappear,
thanks to the labors of an ingenious
inventor. The government has search.
ingly tested a new instrument called
the eophone = meaning sounding
down"-by the use of which an opera.
tor may precisely determine the di-
rection of any sound, however faint
or distant it may be. 1t is believed
that with such instruments in use the
man on the bridge, in thickest fog or
densest darkness, need never be in
doubt as to the direction or distance
of an approaching ships whistle OF
che roar of breakers, and need never,
therefore, suffer collision or run his
ship ashore. If the device shall prove
to be all that the governments experts
think, its invention is one of the best
gifts of our time to ocean travellers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
a wreath for Grandpapa. Isn't it

a wreath for Grandpapa. Isn't it
pretty?"
cts right purity, Miss Marie.
Yo've got heap O. fowal!s, amt yo'?"
"We have SO many il, the garden,
you know, and, besides, I got up
early and gathered wild ones. I
wanted the very prettiest could find
for Grandpapa, because he was such
q good man and brave soldier. I
never saw hing of course, because he
died a great while before I was born !;
but Grandmamma always tells me
about him, and there's a picture of
him-dressed all in his soldier clothes
so splendid! He was killed in the
battle of Gettysburg syllables
followed each other with slow exact
ness-'when they were trying to keep
hill away from the enemy-'Round
Top was the name of the hill-and
Grandpapa was captain, and he was
going right up in front of his men,
and then, all at once, ball struck
him and he fell dead. The soldiers
buried him there at first, but. after
the war was over, Grandmamma and
Uncle Joseph brought him back. See,
Polly, his name on the stone!'
The two little heads. the black and
the fair, touched each other as the
children drew together tracing the
few simple lines of brave mans
epitaph. Suddenly sob broke the
stillness-the eyes of the black child
were drenched in tears.
"Why, Polly, what is the matter?"
questioned Marie, anxiously. care
you crying for my Grandpapa? I
don't cry for him even my own self;
for Grandmamma says that his soul
went right up to heaven in chariot
OF fire, just like Elijah in the Bible"
81 amt cryin' along O. him, Miss
Marie. It's somethin' else. I dom
s'pose as you ever heard tell that my
Gran'ther was soldier, too?"
"Why, no, Polly! Was he, t-uly?"
"He listed in the Fifty-fourth.
They was all cullud men, 'ceptin' the
officers; an young Marse Shaw, he
was the cunnel. He was a beyutiful
man, so gentle-like and kind-spoken,
but not afraid of anything in this
worP. And the men they loved him
so, they'd follow him anywhere. An
so, one day, when they was tryin' to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

There is wonderful difference be-
tween the Japan of today and the
Japan to which Commodore Perry made
his famous expedition fifty years
ago. The effort of Japan then was to
exclude all ideas of progress and to
have as little dealing with other ma
tions as possible. Foreigners were
regarded with great suspicion and
were often subjected to cruel treat
ment by the Japanese authorities,
Probably no other nation ever made
as much progress in the same length
of time as japan has made in the last
half century. The extent of this phe-
nomenul revelation in the character
and condition of the japanese was
not fully appreciated until the war
with China. They then exhibited a
force and prowess which won the ad-
miration of the world 1t was made
evident that japan must be ranked
among the great nations, and that she
was to play no mean part in the
worlds affairs.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
softened Memories.

Time has softened the memories Of
the war. The grief felt for those who
died generation ago has been as
suaged. Poignant grief for individu-
ais has been changed into admiration
for the heroes, and those who crowd
the cemeteries on Decoration Day, if
they do not shed tears at every grave
as they did years ago, pause and pay
tribute to the memory of all of the
brave heroes. These tributes take
the form of patriotic exercises in the
cemeteries and special services in the
churches as we'll as the decoration OF
the graves.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

features, transfguring them to some
semblance of the inner beauty. Almost
involuntarily the small, dusky arms
and the rosy, dimpled ones wreathed
themselves together, and the children
descendants respectively of the two
races whose hearts blood was mingled
in the defense of the Republic, and
children alike of Him who
"Chooses neither black nor white
To be promoted in the sky
kissed each other across the shared
grave.-New York Independent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

Persons interested in the suppress.
sion of the fashion of wearing feath.
ers and birds as ornaments in milli.
merry are rejoicing at the course taken
by the Kansas Legislature in passing
a game law which contains clause to
the effect that persons selling for mil
linery purposes birds feathers or
skins of birds shall be fined.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

A member of the French Academy
who has written and said much about
beauty has recently declared that the
woman of the future will surely be-
come ugly, because her life will tend
to eradicate the purely feminine char
acteristics. In her competition with
man she will become more masculine
as her mind becomes fitted to her
work or her amusements.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
Sorrow For the Thinning Ranks.

We honor the dead and respect the
Union and are filled with sorrow as
each year passes and reduces the mum.
bers of those who battled for liberty
and union. The services observed
generally throughout the United States
show most conspicuously that patriot
ism is not dead and that the new gen.
Grafton, born since the war, is mind
full and appreciative of the accomplish
ments of the one that is passing away.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

Our exports of manufactured goods
average 81, 900, OOo day. There were
2O4 working days during the first
eight months of the current fiscal year,
and during that time the total exports
were $2O7, 100000. This was gain
of s26, 900, 600, OF IA per cent. over
the corresponding period Of the pre-
yiOus wear
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
vious year,

DIR. Carroll reports that the people
of Porto Rico want territorial civil
government as soon as possible. They
ought to have it, and doubtless will
have it, as soon as it seems practicable
to give it to them. But that is task
for Congress. The administration has
nothing to do but to continue the mill
itary system until Congress acts.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

A London bookseller has just been
sentenced to nine months imprison-
ment for selling indecent French
books, in spite of his counsePs plea
that book in foreign tongue could
not corrupt the morals of her majes.
ty's subjects. Though this was the
first successful prosecution on record
where the book was not i'll English,
the court would not allow an appeal.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

tied in tiny braids with bits of bright
ribbon, and her bare, dark feet and
ankles showed below the skirt of her
coarse blue stuff gown.
'Polly Williams" cried the first
child. "How still you must have
coma! Do you know that you almost
fri9htened maP Seel ] am making
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
The VOiceless.

Nay, grieve not for the dead alone,
Whose song has told their hearts SAD
story;
Weep for the voiceless who have known
The cross without the crown OF glory!
Not where the Leucadian breezes sweep
Ger Sappho's memory haunted billow,
But where the glistening night dews weep
On nameless sorrows churchyard pillow.
oliver Wendell Holmes.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

It is amusing, but signifcant-this
sudden friendliness of the South
American republics, so-called, toward
the United States, considering how
free they used to feel while ago to
gibe at us and bother our citizens
when they went a-visiting.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
Youth and the Day.

There is no real waning in the re-
spect which the day commands-b
ball games and bicycle runs to the con-
trary. The youthful participants in
these recreations are not lacking in
for the fallen dead or
for the veteran survivors of the war.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

The czar's Finnish subjects will
help along his disarmament scheme
by emigrating. The only trouble they
find is in knowing which country is
most unlike Russia.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25

But the war naturally brings to them
no such sense of personal sorrow as it
brings to those who actually felt or
witnessed its sacrifices and had its suf-
fering ineffaceably burned into their
memory.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-25
An Eagle That Went to War.

Almost as famous as the President
after whom he was named, "Old Abe"
the great battle eagle of the war be-
tween the North and the South. still
perches in the National Museum at