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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13
EXPERIMENTAL BATTALlONS.

Permission to Organize Them From Ma.
tivcs Given Brooke Otis and Henry.
WASHINGTON. March l3.-Permissiou
has been sent to General Brooke. in Gu
ba: General Otis, in the Philippines.
and General Henry. in Porto Rico. to
organize an experimental battalion of
natives. 1t is believed this policy can
be carried on successfully in Cuba. thus
relieving the regular troops, and at the
same time giving the island the basis OF
q native army which will learn Ameri-
IAN discipline and form a valuable nu-
cleus of q military force in the days OF
independence.
In Porto Rico there is need for a sort
Of mounted police. and these necessarily
will be natives. with American officers
in the higher grades.
Army officers do not believe anything
can be done in the PHILIPPINES with ma
tive troops. at least for the present
| Accordingly orders to General Otis hav.
| only been to look v the ground. leav'
ing the actual use of native troops Il
| the discretion of himself aud Genera
| Lawton,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13
DOUBLE HEAD MONEY.
De " ey's ONicers Prefer Claim to . Large
Am sunt Of Extra Pay.

Am sunt Of Extra Pay.
WASHINGTON. March l3.-The officers
Of Dewey's feet have preferred a claim
for double the amount of head money
which it was at first believed they were
entitled to receive as the result Of the
victory over the Spanish forces at Ca
wife last May-day. The law provides
that 800 shall be allowed to the visitors
for each person on the captured or de-
stroyed vessel. BY that calculation
almost 5000. 900 would he divided among
Dewey's sailors. But it is also provided
that where the conquered force was
superior to the attacking force then the
allowance shall $500 per head. While
Dewey's claim is not based on any supe-
riority of the Spanish fleet it is asserted
that feet. fighting in conjunction with
the shore batteries at Cavite. did consti-
tute 4 superior force III the meaning OF
the law. The point is n new one and is
now under consideration before the
| Judge advocate general of the navy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

The rande BASIN Reported Leased 70,
1880, q

The rande Basin Reported Leased Tor
A..65O.O 600.
JUNEAU. Alaska. Feb. p. via San
Francisco. THE property Of the Pande
Basin Gold Placer company. Is reported
To have been leased 10 F. p. Voorhees,.
who is said 10 represent a New York
syndicate, for five years. The rental
is fixed at s., 1850. 600. and 10000 is al
legged to have been paid down. The
remainder is TO be paid in quarterly IN
stallments.
In Pande basin is a lake. ont Of which
last January was drained I'll feet Of
water. through "A tunnel. in order i
leave exposed goid-bearing sand on tn
beach.
a mining expert named Turner. q
New York. reported. !. is said. To In
New York syndicate represented b,
Voorhees,. that the sand would yield $.
| TO the ton. and that there was then OF
that average AT least ). 200, 900 in sight
| Many mining men here are ~incrednlou
over this deal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

City residence lote Tor sale. SIS 70 S2CO.
ELMER SHERIDAN.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13
N'NALL REMOVED.
Kansas superintendent Of Insurance
Ousted by tho Governor.

Kansa. superintendent Of Insurance
Ouated by tho Governor.
TOPEKA, Kan. March l3.-The re-
moval Of State Superintendent OF lnsur-
auce McNall was \ very formal affair.
Governor Stanley had set a time for
McNall's appearance. The commissioner
did not appear and one hour later the
governor, sitting as y court. lawyersand
governor in the matter, declared he was
fully satisfied that MoNall was guilty OF
tho charges and issued the order of re.
moval. The governor said he regarded
McNalrs letter as one Of defiance from
the powers Of the executive and that he
took McNall's statement that he was
ready to turn over his Office when his
successor was appointed and qualified a
equivalent to a resignation.
w. v. Church. Of Mason. already ap
pointed for the regular term. has bee'
appointed insurance commissioner fol
the unexpired term, and was wired t
come to Topeka, qualify for his bono
and take charge Of his office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13
THE CITY.
-oCAL BREvlTlEs.

knps. "ser departed Tor Hot
No mil, ~" Went east Ia the interests
|dcourt '"e went to Flsndrsu to at.
for sio,s G,rton was a noon passsu.
on. IN : l'ouie's laundry baske.
ed At IN. !, OF Howard Was reeis.
-'N' Madison hoa.. .o.d.y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Comment OH the In.
crease in Wages.

r. G.. Dun + Co.'s Comment ON the In.
crease In Wages.
New YORK. March 13.-R. q. Dun q
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
BY far the best assurance OF good
business in the future is found in the
general rise of wages. The general ad-
vance in earnings of cotton mill oper-
atives, in most cases 10 per cent, Of
iron and steel workers generally ID per
cent, and tin plate and sheet workers
from s to 10 per cent and of coal miners
in some large districts about RS much.
has set q pace which which most estab-
lishments will follow which have re-
duced wages in the past years OF de-
preston. Those who fail to comprehend
| what such a change may mean have
only to consider that a tenth increase in
the wages of all labor would put into
| the markets a new buying demand. III
amount about three-Quarters of h en-
| tire value of exports to all countries.
| The volume of business shows no signs
| of decrease and for the first full week
| of March has been about 5l.7 per cent
| greater than in the same week OF las
year and co., per cent greater than II
1892.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medi-
cine is unquestionably the best remedy
for the Throat and Lungs. Pleasant to
take and is guaranteed.
FRANK Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

to 60 within q week, little Robbie having
been taken sick q week ago TO day.
The agonized mother has been
laid low with nervous prostration
and two physicians we're summoned to
consider her condition this afternoon.
1t is needless to say that these suffering
parents have the universal and deepest
sympathy OF the community in this ter.
rible ordeal through which they are
passing, as human aid is powerless 10
alleviate or comfort. It is to be hoped
that rest and peace may come to hearts
aud minds now that the worst is over.
City residence lots Tor sale. SIS to $500.
ELMER SHERIDAN.
Before the discovery OF One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations. No
excuse for 1t now.
Cook & OpEE
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

Makes rich, red blood, and muscle
more rapidly than any known remedy.
It's food for brain and nerve. That
what's Rocky Mountain Tea 10.
0FnANx G. SIXTH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-13

II you have a cough, throat irritation,
weak lungs pain Ia the ohest, difficult
breathing, croupor hoarssness. lot u:sug-
oest One Minute Cough Cure. Always
Cook l. ODEE.
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For sale.

One team gray mares. weight 800
pounds. both with foal. Inquire of j..
NJ. SPIES, agent Standard Oh Co.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-16
THE TEMPLE OF FAME.

How far away is the Temple of Fame7"
Said a youth at the dawn Of day:
And he toiled and dreamed of deathless
name;
But the hours went by and the evening
came,
That left him feeble, and old, and lame,
To plod on his cheerless way.
For the path to Fame is weary climb
Up mountain steep and high.
There are many who start In their youthful
prime;
But in the battle wit,s fate and time,
For one who reaches those heights SUBJ
lime
Are thousands who fall and dde
The youth who had failed could never guess
The reason his quest was vain:
But he sought no other to help or bless
He followed the glittering prize, Success,
Up the narrow pathway of Scifshness,
And this had been his bane
How far away is the Temple OF Good?"
Said youth at the dawn, of day:
And he strove. in a spirit of brotherhood,
To help and succor, as best he could,
The poor ard unfortunate multitude
On their hard and dreary way.
He was careless alike of praise or blame:
But. after his work was done,
An angel of glory from Heaven came
And wrote on high his immortal name,
Proclaiming this truth. that the Temple
of Fame
And Temple of Good are one.
For this Is the lesson that history
Has taught since the world began:
That those whose memories never die,
Who shine like stars in our human sky,
And brighter grow as the years roll by,
Are men who have lived for Man.
Denver News.
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twice had the town been almost de-
stroyed by cyclone.
What. oh. what should she do with
the baby? The wits which Mary Emma
had been enjoined to keep about her
quite forsook her, as was no wonder.
She never could quite remember what
happened in the next two or three min
utes, only that a rushing, roaring noise
deafened her, that the earth and the
sky seemed to come together with a
great shock.
When she came to herself she was
prone on her face under pile of shingles
and hay-the lighter ruins of the barn
but she could help to extricate her.
self; she was almost unhurt.
"Where is the baby?" said Hiram's
voice, hoarse and unnatural.
Mary Emma looked toward the house;
it was still standing. The cyclone,
which had swept the great barn away
like a feather, had only brushed the
house in passing, and unroofed the little
ell.
Then Mary Emma looked toward the
well. The woodwork was gone COM
pletely; even the great sweep. that
Hiram's grandfather had made that his
wife might have something to remind
her of her New England home.
Mary Emma shuddered as she looked
toward the well.
81 put hor somewhere! can't tell
hadn't time to think! 1t came just
like a flash!" she said, trembling and
sobbing.
Hiram rushed into the house and
ransacked every corner. and came out
again. with his face more dreadful than
ever in its grayish paleness.
A throng of men and women had
gathered. All had their own troubles,
ruined homesteads and harvests-the
cyclone had devastated the Pillsbury
b settlement, leaving the rest of the town
untouched-but there had been no lives
lost; no one was missing except Hiram
Pillsbury's baby. What were all other
troubles compared to his?
They searched under great pile of
the heavy timbers of the barn. Poor
Towser's body lay there, stark and stiff,
but not the baby's.
Jonas Farley said there were timbers
of that barn over in Burnt river, and the
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-11-16

tie pug-an inoffensive little animal
that n magnanimous kitten would have
scorned to swear at-was fair game for
you. Do you realize how thick your
bootsoles are?"
Then imagination pictured the dog
writing in pain with fractured ribs
and displaced internal organs, whim-
pering more and more feebly, and yet
striving to lick the hand with which its
weeping mistress tried TO soothe its
agony. OF course it would be absurd
for woman to weep over fat, asth-
matte little beast like that, and yet
there were doubtless cases where peo-
pie became attached even to pugs.
Memory carried the man back to time
when he loved a stolid and unresponsive
guinea pig, which he kept in the back
garden. He remembered that he
howled dismally when it died of sur
felt of turnips. The man groaned.
"What's the trouble 2" asked the ship
ping clerk. Haven't got the toothache,
have you?"
"It's been bothering me more or less
for week. Guess I'll have to have it
out" replied the man, and then con-
science went for him again.
1t happened that another clerk soon
after spoke of teamster that he had
seen trying to make a wreck and
remnant of horse pull tremendous
load-how the horse had strained it's
CALLED shoulders against the collar
again and again, and then, slipping, fell
cy 1t,,rr
lashed numerically by its driver All
the others loudly condemned the inhu-
manity of the teamster, but the man
was silent.
Dare to say word" said conscience.
"The teamster had his load to deliver.
He had to get his horse up. He was
ignorant, but you-what excuse can you
| .offer?'
The man knew he had none. He felt
that he had forfeited his right TO ex-
claim against anything short of the
Spanish inquisition. He had anticipat-
ed great deal of pleasure in inveigh-
ing at the boaNling house table against
the brutality of the approaching prize
fight, but it was quite likely that by
night everybody would be informed
how he brutally kicked the pug. Per-
haps, he thought. the pug had died of
its injuries. The little round body was
perhaps stiff in death. the brown eyes
glazed and sightless, the cleaning
white teeth acknowledgements he had
happened to cross the path of a bitter
malevolent reincarnation Of Nero.
Allday long the mans conscience har-
ried him. 1t seemed that nobody In the
boarding house had heard about +rs
matter, and yet the man thought t
was distinct altera tion in the beariI !,
| of the boarders toward him. It affected
his appetite for dinner, as the memory
Of the kick had destroyed his inclina.
ton for lunch.
One Of the boarders spoke of the foot
ball game, and the man thought he de.
tected a veiled allusion to his treatment
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roof Of the ell, too; and it was proposed
to drag the river.
Mary Emma felt little thrill of hope.
Some things dropped into a river might
float.
"The cyclones has Gurus ways. 1t
might have picked the baby up, and
dropped her down somewheres kind of
easy" said Uncle Lot Pillsbury.
But the others shook their heads.
Two men went down into the we'll.
Mary Emma put her hands before her
eyes. She expected to see them bring
up little golden head.
Eunice's voice broke upon her ears,
the poor mother driven wild by her mis-
cry:
what did you do with her? Why
didn't you hold her tight? Oh, why did
I trust you?"
Mary Emma tried to answer, but the
great lump in her throat wouldn't let
her.
She was straining her eyes now to
watch the men as they came up from
the well. No little golden head. The
baby was not there.
Mary Emma drew long, sobbing
breath of relief.
perhaps could tell, now. what did,
or what thought of doing-I can't be
sure that l did, was so bewldered.
But what good would it do to tSl?
They couldn't find her. Oh, why don't
they go to the river?"
Mary Emma set out for the river
alone, running as if for dear life.- She
felt scarcely ray of hope, but she could
not stay where everyone seemed to look
reproachfully at her.
At the foot of the little hill on which
the house was set, queer little sound
stopped her fight. II was just like the
gurgling, grieved little cry Alice made
when she awake and found herself
alone.
Mary Emma's heart seemed beating
in her ears SO loudly as to drown all
other sounds; but she heard it again
the little grieved cry.
1t seemed to come from a clump of
weeds, tall burdocks and thistles, and
one small alder tree, which the cyclone
had spared.
With trembling hands, Mary Emma
parted the leaves. There was the we'll
bucket, rolled upon its side, and out
OF 1T were thrust yellow head and a
small dimpled fist!
Rosy with sleep, cooling with joy at
sight of Mary Emma, without bruise
or scratch, was the baby!
Noah said:
You might know Mary Emma would
do the very queerest thing that could
be thought Of"
But Hiram and Eunice said they
thought the well bucket was a provi-
dence; so Mary Emma wa. comforted.
Golden Days.
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\ A Victim Of Conscience.
BY KENNETH F. HARRIS.

THE man was not really bad or vi
cious; he was merely dyspeptic.
His breakfast that morning had in
cluded ham fried extremely hard, what
his landlady called German fried pota-
toes and home-baked baking powder
biscuit. After indulging in viands of
this character it was his pleasing habit
to produce from his waistcoat pocket a
little glass vial containing homeopathic
doses Of pepsin and swallow two or
three of the tiny white pellets with an
audible gulp, though he was in the
main a well-meaning man. He had
swallowed his usual dose, but it had
not alleviated his distressing symp-
toms, and what should have been the
whites of his eyes were quite yellow as
he furled his umbrella in the hall and
brushed the last speck of dust from his
hat.
The dog was not to blame, either. This
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of the pug. Another, referring to a
companions criticism of the butter, re-
marked that "some men would kick at
anything" and the man shuddered.
That night the man slept little. He
was wondering how the pug felt, and
wrestling with his conscience. When
from sheer weariuess his eyes closed in
slumber he was disturbed with visions
Of savage dogs which chased him. He
rose heavy-lidded and respondent.
There was corned beef hash for break
fast that morning, and the man was un
commonly fond of corned beef hash
which was one reason why he was dys-
peptic-but the portion that he took on
his plate was almost untouched when
he left the table.
AS he took up his umbrella in the hall
he told himself that "a hours before he
was not criminal. He sighed heavily.
He walked down the steps, and his
face was averted from the house.
Somebody, he thought, might be look
ing out of the window and see and rec
ognize him. He felt he could not sus-
tain reproachful glance. Then, as he
turned to walk down the street, he
started at the sound of a sharp bark.
The pug was standing in the shelter
of the doorway, barking at the man
with unbelievable energy and hearth
ness. His curly tail vibrated and his
black muzzle barred his white teeth as
he yelped bis defiance and anger, but
the man stood and looked a him with a
happy smile on his face.
THANK the Lord!" calculated the
man, piously.-Chicago Daily Record.
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k..w what He Wa. Aho.t.

Lawyer--I must know the whole
truth before can successfully defend
you. Have you told me everythingf
Prisouer-Except where l hid the
money. want that for myseH.--Tit-
BSts.
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Matrimonial Repartee.

"You are your own worst enemy"
she said.
why do you keep reminding me of
the fact that | deliberately asked you
to marry me?" he returned. Chicago
Post.
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Ab..t to Scale Thea,

Mamma-Has grandpa got the Ash
most ready, Willie?
Willie-All but taking OF the shia-
9les. manufactures
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
An Old Citizen Passes Away.

Died. at Crookston, Sunday morn
ing, May II, Edward Mcdonald, aged
81 years.
Deceased was born in Albany, Ny,
in 1913, and at the age of II years
moved to California with his parents.
going by way of Cape Horn. He at
tended and graduated from the col
lege at Santa Clara and joined the
United States army during the re-
bellion in 1862. After serving as a
soldier for three years he obtained an
honorable discharge, and engaged as
Interpreter for Kit Carson, on the
southern frontier. Later he was ap-
pointed government Interpreter at or
near Santa Fe. After serving in this
capacity tor several years he moved
to Colorado and established a ranch
near Fort Garland, at which post lie
was for some time post trader. A
one time he ran a store in Leadyllie,
Colorado. and in 1877 was married, ia
Denver. A short time after this ~
sold out and under orders frOlH j..
physician left the hign attitude ne
was then in and came to Omaha.
where he bought and sold live stock.
making his home at Blair. In 1851
he came to Valentine and opened Il
hardware store, and was n of the
men who helped organize Cherry
county. Democratic in politics az
was nominated and twice elected TO
the position of county treasurer,
position he filled with honor u
himself and party. At the time of
his death he owned a store in Valen-
tine and n in CrOOkstOn, besides
property in Blair, this state,
and neal Fort Garland, Colorado. He
leaves to mourn him a devoted wife,
two daughters, Ednah and Helen, and
one little boy, William, generally
as Bud"
About two weeks before his death,
MI Mcdonald embraced the Catholic
and funeral services were held
according to the rites of that church,
A. NJ. Morrissey reading the prayers.
at his home in this city. "Mack," as
he was most commonly known among
people had hosts of friends who
will do all in their power to make the
lOss to the widow and orphans seem
smaller. Mrs. Mcdonald will sell her
store here, and move to Crookston.
where she will 1un a store and hotel,
plans for the latter now being In the
hands of contractors.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
BLACKLEG.
Expert Opinion on It's Prevention
and Treatment.

The veterinary department of the
Kansas experiment station in a bulletin
just issued says that blackleg in cattle
is caused by the blackleg bacillus and
by nc other germ. On the other hand,
the blackleg bacillus causes blackleg
and no other disease. By controlling
this bacillus we would have one solu-
ton of the question of prevention.
Blackleg is a wound Infection disease
that is, it is produced by infection
through a wound, by the entrance of
the blackleg bacillus through a wound
into the body tissues. This wound may
be in the skin or in the mucous mem
brane of the digestive tract (mouth,
stomach, intestine).
Blackleg bacilli are found in two
places-in fhe bodies of dead or diseased
blackleg victims and in certain low,
Damp soils, usually bottom lands. In
both places these germs grow and null
tirly. Infected soil, or food plants
grown on such soil, serve as means to
carry the germs into the animals It's
sues. Wounds or bruises in the animals
skin or digestive membranes, be they
ever so slight, serve as ports of entrance
for the bacillus. The hOofs of animals
and their coats of hair, even their drop
pings. carelessness in attendants, serve
to carry the germs from place to place.
These statements point out two pos
sible methods of prevention;
First.-Changing animals from in
fected fields USUALLY low places with
rich soiD to noninfected grounds (high.
dry places.
We can further prevent the spread
Of the disease by burning the dead bod
les Of animals that died of blackleg.
avoiding the practice of burying such
carcasses, which amounts practically to
planting the disease germs for future
harvests.
Second.-The disease can in a meas
ure be prevented by proper feeding
feeding digestible grasses and root
crops, avoiding rough cornstalks and
other coarse, hard foods which can pro-
duce small internal or external wounds
or abrasions, and thus provide a port of
entrance for the disease germ. The
germ always enters the body through a
wound. Sucking calves do net have
these opportunities for wOunding their
delicate mucous membranes, and it is e
well known fact that they are rarely
afflicted with this disease.
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18
Reef.

The professor Of chemistry at the
Mississippi Agricultural college says:
"Despite the occasional statements in
the agricultural press that c~ottonseed
product beef is of poor quality, I have
failed to find in searching practically
all the experiments on this subject evil
dence to Justify the statement. 1t is
true that the fat of animals fed on cot
tonseed products has a melting point
of 2 to 6 degrees higher, the fat is hard
er and frmer than that of animals fat
tened on corn, but this has not, SO far
as l can see, caused any objection tc be
made against rs eating qualities Of
the beef"
Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900, 1899-05-18

a. NJ. Modisett has returned from
his western trip. He spent some time
in Oregon where he purchased about
1900 head of cattle. He expects to go
back as soon as the stock have been
gathered in and receive and ship his
Rushvile Standard.