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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-11-08
SECTION THIRTY CASE.
yndpe Lochren Necihes the Hartma
Entrv Xns Valid.

Judee Lochren Decides tho Hartman
Entry Was Valid.
ST PAUL, Nov. S.-Judge Lochren.
in the United Stases court has decided
the Section 80 case FOR the complainant
the Germania Iron company, holding
that this company's title to the Az acres
in that famous section known as the
James tract is valid.
The land has been in contest TOR II
years. Two parties were lighting ioi
the land in 1889. and the secretary OF
the interior decided that neither wa
entitled to it. The day this decision
was made Mr.. James went to the Du
luth land Office and attempted to flle
homestead claim on the land. The reg
lister and tho receiver Of the Office re-
fused to allow the filing. on the grouh(
that the land was not open. as the.
had not received official notice that the
secretary Of the interior had declared \
open. .;a
Two days later the official nof'c
came. and the entry on the land wa
cancelled on the records and plats in tn
office. The following day there was
rush for the Office to enter the land
The first one to file his claim was Emil
Hartman, who afterwards transferre'
his claim to the Germania Iron com
pany. Again there was contest, an
the secretary Of the interior decide
that Mr.. James should have been a
loved to file his claim when he hrs
presented it and that the mnd oelonse'
to him.
Appealed to tho Courts.
The Germania Iron company was nc
sot;sf;ed with this decision, and brough
anti against Mr.. James and the partle
who claimed to hold under him for III
nossession Of the land. The defendant
demurred and the circuit court su
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

dream of nothing but fighting, to de-
light in nothing half SO much. The
minute he spies another of his kind
he scrapcs his claws together in rage,
challenging him to the combat. Not
Il moment is wasted in preliminaries,
but at it they go, hammer and tongs.
1t sounds like two rocks grinding
against one another as their claws rat
tie against the hard shells. The sand
flies as the warriors push each other
hither and thither until at last one of
them stretches himself out in the sun,
tired TO death. But he does not beg
for mercy or attempt to run away,
only feebly rubbing his claws together
in defiance Of his foe. That foe comes
closer, and with his claws trembling with
JOY at his victory the conqueror catches
hold of one claw of the vanouished
crab, twists it until it comes off and
bears away the palpitating limb as
trophy of his prowess. Such is u bat
tie between warrior crabs.-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
AS FULL AS A GOAT.
The IOwa's Mascot Attends Wake
and Disgraces the Ameri-
can Navy.

The goat of the battleship Iowa sue
cumbed to the temptations of shore
leave early one morning recently, and
was locked up at the city prison on the
charge of drunk and disorderly," says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
In company with three or four jack
les from the Iowa the goat had been
attending wake at the undertaking
establishment of Carew & English, at
Van Ness avenue and Oak street. In
the course of the evening his conduct
became too boisterous even for a wake.
Officer S. Kain made the arrest, and
one of the Iowa jackies who were the
companions of the goats revelry went
part way to the station with his dis
graced friend, and then at thought of
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"Wen, I'm handing it to ye. That's
takin' back bout half the ugly things
| said Mebbe you feller8 wasn't al
together to blame"
at won't never happen agin,' re
piled the company "B" man as he
lighted his pipe and closed his Jaws
on the stem.
The "H" man rose up and continued
his wav without n word. lie had made
concessions, but he would not enter
camp in the company of the other.
The "B" man sat and smoked and pom
dered until the tobacco was exhausted.
Then he pocketed his pipe and rose
up and growled:
"How burned contemplate mean it
makes a man feel to be called cow
ard! If they'll give me another chance
! I'll fight the whole of Lees army be-
| fore III obey orders to retreat"
One morning four months later, the
| Tenth infantry marched into a Nir-
ginia hamlet with orders to hold the
position until certain other moves by
other troops had been perfected. Down
at the end of the long street was a
willow fringed creek crossed by ford.
Company i was detailed at this
ford, and other companies sneered and
| ieered as it marched down the streets.
1t was a ''soft-snap position The
post of danger was on the hill above
the town, where the four highways
crossed. Two days passed without
alarm. Then the pickets thrown out
| beyond the creek came running in to
report the advance of the enemy. As
in duty bound, the captain reported
the fact TO the colonel, and back came
| the order: Hold him in check as long
as You can and then fall back on the
regiment" The man nearest the cap
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tain saw him smile as he read and
pocketed the order, and they frightened
their belts, opened their cartridge
boxes and said to each other:
We've wanted show to wipe out
that stain, and now we've gotit. Might
as well shake hands and say good-by,
for were going to die right here"
\ lieutenant and 20 men were sent
across the creek TO take cover in the
willows and check the advance as long
as possible. AS they peered out at the
heavy skirmishing line approaching,
the bronzedfaccd old sergeant queried
of his officer:
is it on the cards that they are too
many for us?"
"Twenty to onc!" replied the lieu
| tenant.
"We'll be licked out o. this in York
mint"
"WclI?"
"Then / 'spose we fall back on the
company"
NO; when the confederate line
reaches us they will find 15 dead men.
We've wanted our chance, and here it
| is"
eyer a game man, Lute-yer a game
mani" whispered the sergeant as the
| JOY of battle danced in his eyes.
Two minutes later the 10 were fight
| ing hundred. The enemy was puz-
| Zlcd for a time, but after few min
utes the skirmishcrs were REINFORCED
and such fire concentrated upon the
covert that the willows were cut to the
very ground by the bullets. Ten men
were living before this hail of death
began and could have rctreated across
| the creek with honor. Two minutes
later there were only SEVENTEEN four
then two One of these was the SER
gcant-the other private.
"What's the use o holdin' out 2"
growled the private as he hugged the
earth after a shot.
jest to get killed." replied the SER
geant. "They've bin calm us cow
ards fur the last four months, and
damn their eyes we're goin' to prove
'em liars!"
"Fifteen men, and all dead but these
wounded two" said the skirmishers
as they reached the fringe and counted
the bodies. "Wonder why they didn't
fall back on the reserves over there
when they saw they couldn't hold us?"
On the other side of the creek, posted
behind fences, walls and trees, were
the other so men of company b. They
saw a host of confederates in front,
while the wide street at their backs
was open for retreat. They knew that
the creek could be crossed lower down
and their position taken in flank, and
here and there man looked furtively
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

A soldier in blue sat in the shade of
n roadside tree a mile in the rear OF
his camp. lie had been at Warrenton
three miles away on "A pass, and had
halted on his way back for a smoke.
His homemade briar-rcot was charged
with Virginia leaf, but he had no
matches to light it. With his thumb
holding the tobacco in the bowl he
waited for the coming of a soldier Shc
was following in his footsteps When
this man came up he flung himself
down on the grass with a sigh of salts
faction and said:
"Cussed hot day, amt ito"
"Roastin' hot" replied the other.
s'Got a match about yer clothes?"
"Of course"
The newcomer, stretched on the
broad of his back, showed his fingers
into his vest pocket and brought out a
match, but as it was extended he sud
denly sat up and withdrew his hand
and fixed his eyes on the others cap.
"What ye loollin' at?'
"At the letters on yer cap"
"Well, what of 'em?"
"Nothin', 'cept | don't want any
truck with you. ! wouldn't give ye a
match if We never had another smoke
on EARTH"
The man with the pipe grew pale
with anger, but he turned his face
away and looked across the fields and
made no answer. Both men sat hug
ging their knees and maintaining 81
lencC for four or five minutes. Then
the last conner said:
"Yer a company i man, and that
settles it with all the rest of us. I'm
belonging to company ii, same rcgi-
ment, but it's shame instead of a
thing to brag of. Company 'B'-bah!
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around and wondered why the captain.
did not order retreat. A messenger
came from the regiment on the hill for
company b to fall back in good order
The captain pocketed the brief order
and waved the messenger away. Men
were waiting for the word to fall back
when a corporal growled out:
damn yer skins, but are you goln'
to make another holy show of your
selves, There will be no retreat. We
wanted a show to prove that we could
fight and die, and it's come to us"
The waiting was not long. The in
significant strength of the federal
force could easily be seen, and regi-
ment was pushed to the front to carry
the ford. IT dashed forward with q
cheer, but was checked, broken and
thrown back, and so many men went
down in the bed of the stream that its
waters were damned back. \ minute
for breathing spell, and then the
thousand dashed forward again. This
time they carried the ford, and as they
moved forward the defending force
was taken on both flanks as well as
i'm front. The ground was gained foot
by foot, only, and when the field was
won at last there was no cheering.
The victors saw but one man on his
feet He was hobbling painfully up
the long street, and turning now and
then to see if he was followed. They
could have shot him down, but not a
musllet WAS fired.
GLOW many of you?" was asked of
one of the wounded
LESS than q hundred"
"And why the devil didn't you fall
back on the force on the hill?"
Because it was our chance"
And half n mile up the street the
wounded man reached the Tenth in
fantry as it was moving out of camp
and falling back towards the federal
lines in the face of superior numbers.
"And who are you?" demanded ar
officer IS ne dashed out at the man.
"Tcnth infantry, sir"
"What company and where have yoL
been fighting?"
Company nought, sir, ana I've beer
down there taking my chance. have
to report, sir, that there is no longer
any company j.. The rehs have got
'en. but they were all dead or wound
ed first"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
A CHANGE OF TITLE
BY M. QUAD
Copyright 1893

The last man who got out of the
stage at DcadwOod and entered the
shanty hotel to register his name for
the night wrote himself down as
John y. Bloom, President of the Unit
ed States of America"
Glad to see you, Mr.. President y
said the landlord as he extended his
hand for the shake. IL am sorry we
haven't better accommodations, but
I'll take care of you as well Las possible" "
"Oh, don't put yourself out any," w~s
the careless reply.
Mrs. Bloom and the children well?''
was the query.
"Quite well, thank you"
"Glad to hear it. If I'd only known
You were coming I'd have had things
in better shape. just wait minute,
please
He ran upstairs and into two-bed
room which a couple of travellers had
just taken possession of and exclaimed:
Here, you two critters, pick up your
traps and dig out of this! The presi-
dent of the United States is here, and
| want this room for him!"
But you gave it to us!" was loudly
protested.
Don't make any difference. That
vas before | knew he was here. Out
you 90, and one of you, at least, can
sleep on the billiard table. I'm not GO
ing to chuck President Bloom into no
cubbyholc on his first visit"
Does he give the name of Bloom
asked one of the travellers, as he gath
cred up his things.
"Of course"
"Well, the president of the United
States happens to be named Grant
Gen. Grant. You ought to know that.
This fellow Bloom is guying YOU"
Say, he can't be president, of
course" muSed the landlord
"CertainIy not. Better go down and
see about it,"
Mine host descended the stairs with
CLINT in his eye, and walking up to
Mr.. Bloom he demanded
Didn't you tell me you was presi-
dent of the United States?'
II did, SIR" was the reply.
But you are not. Gen. Grant is
president. ] voted for him and ought
to have remembered it,"
"By George!" exclaimed the guest,
with a sudden start, "but you are right
about that. Yes, of course, Grant is
president. | voted for him, too, and
how | came to forget it beats me-"
"You seem to D. ahsent-minded?"
"Yes, | am. Yes, that's what ails
me. | am not the president of the
United States, of course. Just let me
scratch that out, will you"
He ran his pen through the title, and
then wrote on the line below: Judge
of the L. S. Supreme Court"
"Thats more like it," said the land
lord, "and you can pay your bill in ad-
vance and sleep under the billiard
tablet"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
JUDGE BARTLETT TRIP.
Represcntative of the United States
on the New TrIpRrtite Samoan
Comm ssion.

The president has selected Bartlett
Tripp, of South Dakota, formerly min
lister to Austria, as the United States
representative on the Samoan joint
commission. Mr.. Trippis leading law
yer of Yankton, S. d. lie was one of the
pioneer settlers of the territory of Da-
kota, and has been intimately associ-
ated with it's progress and of the states
which succeeded it. His chief inter-
ests now, however, lie with the state
of South Dakota. During Mr.. Cleve-
lands first term he appointed Mr.. Tripp
chief justice of the supreme court of
Dakota.
Mr.. Trip was conspicuous as demo-
crat in the movement for the division of
the territory when statehood was to be
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
A ZULU BRIDE.
Elaborate Hair Dressing Is the Lend
ing Feature of Her Nnntiai
Get-Up.

The daughter of IA Zulu in comfort
able circumstances does not leave her
fathers kraal without much pomp and
leld by her people in high estimation.
It may be noted, too, that the mar
riage customs of these dusky Africans
are subject to innumerable variations,
each tribe having its own peculiarities.
Hair-dressing, by the way, is an i'm
lortant feature both to the bride and
bridegroom, and the attention paid to
the coiifure of the pair would shame
the performance of a West end hair
dresser who arranges a brides locks
and fastens the orange blossom chap
let. A cone-shapcd erection, for in
stance, is the lawful coiffure of a Zulu
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

the fun they were all having back at
the wake he said to the goat: Bill,
old man, ! hope you won't think hard
of me if | go back. You're in good
hands. Just go along, and I'll join you
after bit"
Thus it happened that the convivial
mascot of the warship, stumbling along
and bleating occasionally some very
unmusical notes, deserted by his mess
mates in time of heavy weather, was,
in the words of the mariner, towed into
port with his propeller shaft damaged.
After he woke up he was turned over
TO his friends and taken aboard.
Bills behavior at the wake is de-
scribed as having been something re-
markable. The services in memory OF
the dead had lasted through the even
ing and until two o'clock in the morn
ing. At that hour it was necessary
to summon the police to insure the
safety of both the living and the dead.
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and is also somewhat deeper. If it was
cut down to the same ground dimen-
sions as the Masonic temple and raised
corresponding in height it would tower
up 175 feet further into the air.
Nor does even this comparison do the
new structure justice, for about the
central elevator, the dimensions of
which are here given, are to be grouped
connecting 30 steel storage tanks, each
of which will be so feet in diameter and
65 feet in height. Each of them will
have a storage capacity of over 100000
bushels of wheat.
The total capacity of the elevator will
be 6,50O,0OO bushels, which is 100000
greater than that of the largest elevator
now in existence.
The central structure will be clear
ing elevator, with a capacity of 100000
bushels, and will be the first cleaning
elevator built of steel, over 100000
pounds being used in its construction.
The total cost is estimated at 50, ,OO0,-
900, the contract for the foundation,
Just let, amounting to $85,000. 1t is an
enterprise of the Great Northern rail
road and it's president, James J. Hill.
Mr.. Hill, says the Chicago Tribune,
would only have to build 65 elevators of
the same size to handle, at the same
time, the total grain crop of the United
States.
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I heard this mornin' that they was
goin' to put women's clothes on ye!'
The man with the pipe WINGED per
ceptibly, but made no reply.
"Disgraced the Tenth at home and
at the 'front.'" continued the other.
Pears to me that this is a good time
for you fellcrs to either desert to the
Johnnies or go hang yourselves. We
amt got no use for towards down
here!"
The company p man flushed hotly
and bit his lips, but had no word OF
protest.
''If I'd known you was b man |
wouldn't have sat down here. Darn
your hide, but it was a cheeky thing to
ask me for match! Dye think I'm
communin' with man whose legs run
away with him as soon as he hears the
sing of bullet? You go to hades for
your matches."
There was another painful silence,
and the last conner was getting up to
90 when the other turned on him and
said:
Il amt sayin' that company Il don
deserve some hard words, but ye are
pilin' it on too heavy. Mebbe you don t
know exactly how it was?"
"Why, you was detailed to hold a
bridge, and the Johnnies had scarcely
showed up when you all took leg-bail." >"
at was this way: Not a man of us
had ever been under fire before. There
was some mistake about orders, and
we was trying to hold ford above and
one below as well as the bridge. The
Johnnies got men over and in our rear
before we lnowcd it, and when the
fight opened we got ratified. Every
body knows there were ! 500 to our 100,
and didn't we lose two killed and seven
wounded? The colonel piled it on to
us because he blundercd in the orders
and wanted to cover his tracks"
'Mebbe there is somcthin' in that, -
said the company ii man refectively,
but all of ye came running into camp
like flock of sheep. Pears to me that
ye ought to have stuck right there and
lost at least 80 men"
''Wcll, nobody can tell how he is goin
to act when under fire for the first
time. We'll get another show some
day, and I'm bettin' there won't be any
runnin' away. It's mighty tough on
company 'B' to be called a passel oi
towards, and to be chaffed and hooted
by the rest of ye, but this war ain't
over yet. Just wait and see how the
rest of ye pan out when the Johnnies
close in on three sides and begin tc
pump bullets by the barrelful."
"You said you wanted a MATCH" OBJ
served the critic after long wait.
"Yes."
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the movement took away its partisan
character and made the consummation
of the plan possible. When Mr. Clevc-
land was elected to a second term Mr..
Trips name was prominently men
toned when the cabinet was being
made up, but later he was sent as min
lister to Austria-ILungary, position
he filled with honor.
Mr.. Tripp lately attracted the atten-
ton of the public by his open letter to
the leaders of the democratic party in
his state renouncing silver and declar-
ing himself firm believer in the gold
standard.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

with people who came TO try their
strength against him. Lord D., Il
great pugilistic amateur, went from
London on purpose TO fight the athletic
Scot. The latter was working in an en-
closure at little distance from his
house when the noble lord arrived. His
lordship tied his horse to tree and ad-
dressed the farmer. Friend, / have
heard marvellous reports of your skill,
and have come long way to see which
of us two is the better wrestler" The
Scotchman, without answering, seized
the nobleman pitched him over the
hedge and then set about working
again. When Lord D. got up:
Well" said the farmer, have you any
thing to say to me?" NO" replied his
lordship, "but perhaps you'd be good
enough to throw me my horse =.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

In Switzerland they are making
clocks which do not need hands ann
faces. The clock merely stands in the
hall and you press button in its stom-
ach, when, by means of the phono-
graphic internal arrangement, it calls
out "half-past six" or ''23 minutes to
H." as the case may be.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
PAY Of Dress Designers.

1t seems hardly credible that de-
signer of dresses should be receiving
bigger salary than one of Queen Vic
toria's judges. 1t is stated, however,
on good authority, that fashionable
dress designer in the west end of Lon
don makes on an average between $25,-
900 and $4,000 a year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

Chrysanthemums are going out of
fashion in England. One society for
raising the flowers, after having had
ten prosperous years, has been obliged
to wind up its affairs owing to the bad
business of the last two years.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
Peruvian Quicksilver Mine.

There Is quicksilver mine in Peru
10 fathoms in circumference and $50
feet deep. In this profound abyss are
streets, squares and chapel, where re-
hgious worship Is held.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

wife, and this cannot be legally worn
till the marriage rites are duly com
pleted. Save for the all-important one,
the head of a Zulu bride is closely
shaved, an assegai being used for the
purpose; whilst, as soon as a youth is
of a marriageable age, his head is shorn
to leave ring around the scalp, and
then literally besmeared with fat and
ochre. without which unguents no Zulu
would feel fittingly decorated for his
bride. When the bridegroom elect has
been shorn of all his hair save the wool
on the crown, which is trained in a
circular shape and some four inches
in diameter, a ring is sewn to this, of
gum and charcoal; in this the Zulu
thrusts long snuff spoons, needles and
small utility articles, and is very proud
of his ring, which is the badge of man
hood.-Cassell's Magazine.
wanted His Horse.
A Scotch farmer. celebrated in his
neighborhood for his immense strength
and skill in athletic exercises. very fire.
quently had the pleasure of contcnding
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
IMMENSE ELEVATOR.
Cost Estimated at Two Mill
lion Dollars. ''

A good way to get an idea of the size
of the enormous grain elevator, con-
tracts for which were let at West Su-
perior, is to compare it with the Ma
sonic temple at Chicago. The dimen-
sions of the two buildings are as fol-
lows:
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

While the temple Is Y feet higher,
the elevator is more than twice as wide
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27
A IapInnd Drink.

Smoked snow water is a favorite
drink in Lapland.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-04-27

BeIJiSerent Crabs
The most savage specimen of the crab
species is found in Japan, seeming to