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and live. Day and night were both alike to
memo sleep that did me any good and no
rest at any time. I used to have such terrible
headaches that it seemed as though my head
would burst at any moment, my appetite was
very poor and l was rundown and exhausted
in body and mind. Before l had taken one
bottle Of the Nervine l could 60 to bed and
sleep soundly all night, and in the morning l
would awake feeling so rested and refreshed.
Dr.. Miles Nervine did me- = world of good.
and l ara never tired of singing its praises"
Mrs. D. D. OWEN.
q Utica St, Ithaca, N. Y.
"Intemperate living and close confinement
in my store resulted in . collapse of my
whole nervous system and I was . total
wreck. l was 50 weak that at times l was
unable to stand on my feet and would fall to
the 6oor wherever I happened to Be. My
legs would become numb and without any
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

The case of Smythson ve. Fall River
county Was presented before the SUI
preme court of this state laet Wedues-
day. This is a case brought by the reg
listers OF deeds of the state to test wheth-
er under laws of 1897, the office is a sel-
airy one, or only entitled to fees. The
registers claim that under the law of
that session they are entitled to salaries
based on the assessed valuation of the
county. The case goes up from the
Sixth circuit where Judge Galley held
against the contention of the registers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

British Public Remains at the Mercy of
Every Wild RumOr.

British Public Remains at the Mercy of
Every Wild Rumor.
LONDON, Feb. This hoping, fear
ing, doubling nation remains at the
mercy of every wild rumor. The i'm.
preston that General Buffers forces are
fighting will not die out, in spite Of the
continuous as~severations of the war Of
fee that it has no news to confirm that
belief. From Cape Town under date of
Tuesday comes the statement that up to
that time nothing had been heard there
regarding General Buffers recrossing
the Tugela river, while Field Marshall
Lord Roberts, i'll a dispatch dated Mon
day, Feb. D, reports no change in the
situation. In view Of the ~latter's dis.
patch 1t seems hard to credit the cir.
cumstantial report Of the engagement of
General Buffers troops. The common
sense now almost inclines towards the
decision that these are due to the wish
being father to the thought. SUPPOSE
ton upon such a basis is utterly futile.
The complete silence from the front and
at home may be significant, as the wise
acres aver, but it more probably repre-
sents that period Of preparation which
precedes an important movement.
IN other parts than the Tugela the
conditions OF information are scarcely
more satisfactory. There is an incon-
elusive vagueness regarding General
French's reported intention to attack
Norvals pont with an overwhelming
force OF infantry, for while the news Of
sharp fighting in the neighborhood Of
Colesberg can be fairly expected within
a few days, it is not likely that it will
assume greater proportions that recon.
naissances and skirmishes for the pur.
poses Of holding the advanced position
OF the forthcoming main advance bv
way Of Bloemfontein. General French
IS strategically prohibited from run.
ming any serious risk.
Lord Roberts reply TO Presidents
Kruger and Steyn creates an excellent
impression here.
From Kimberley and Mafeking there
Is nothing new, SO it can be presumed
that the intermittent bombardment of
the places continues.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

sense of feeling. I had dizzy spell, =,
head would swim 30 I could scarc.,,'
had tried nearly every remedy recom,J
for nervous troubles without obta,ni,.y
and finally became 20 discouraged H.,
not care whether I lived Or died. ro,.
ago I commenced using d.. MilesS
and was greatly benefited by the first /
This gave me new hope and I %con.io,1
medicine for several months, gaining ss1
all the time. I am now as strong and .
I ever was and can work sixteen hou,l
when il is necessary without feeling al
effects. I cannot speak too highly J
Miles Nervine for I think ID was ,a.|
thing that saved my life."
". G. WHITE, McCreco,. n
DR.. Miles Nervine Is sold At all du1
on . positive guarantee. Write t,l
advice and booklet to
DA. MILES MEDICAL Co, EIkhart I
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Nothing has EVER equalled DR..
Miles Neryine in power to restore
lost energy and build up wasted
nerve strength and vitality. 1t gives
relief where other remedies fail, be-
cause it does not drive the irritated
nerves, but coaxes and feeds them,
giving them new life and power be-
fore calling on them for renewed
effort. II your nerves are getting
weak; if you are tired, WORKOUT and
cannot rest or sleep; If your strength
is failing and you feel that you are
losing ground, begin at once with DR..
Miles Nervine, and you will be sur
prised how soon you will begin to
feel better and stronger.
"When I commenced taking DR.. Miles
Neryine l was as nervous as anyone could be
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07
NOW A DIVISION
Efforts of Liberals to Withdraw
the Amendment of Lord
Fitzmaurice
To the Queens Speech Fails.
Government Expects a Sub
stantial Majority.
People of the Nation AnXiOusly
Await News From the
Front.

LONDON, Feb. 1.-There has been a
| strong effort among the rank and file of
the Liberals in the house of commons t.
secure unanimous consent Of the party
to the withdrawal OF Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice's amendment to the adj
dress in reply to the speech from the
throne, but it has failed, owing to the
refusal of a small minority, mostly
members Of the late Liberal government,
to join in the movement. The house
will, therefore, divide on the amend
ment.
The government majority is expected
to be from l2O to $50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07
DAVIS AT THE FRONT.

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Visits
the is"er Head Lager.
LoURENzO MARQUES, Feb. 7.-Weh.
ster Davis, the assistant secretary of the
interior, accompanied by a party Of
friends, is at the head lager Of the
Beers at Ladysmith and is closely in.
specting the camps and positions around
the besieged town. The German con.
sui at Pretoria, Herr Biermann, is &C.
companying Mr.. Davis on his trip to the
Boer head lager.
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Relief for ~DOnkhObors.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-Amovement
has begun in Oakland and Berkely to
send relief to the DonkhobOr colonies in
Manitoba, who are suffering for food.
The D~onkhobors are represented as
thrifty people, greatly attached to their
religious belief, which resembles that Of
the Quakers. They will not bear arms
and were driven out Of Russia by the
compulsory military service. Numer-
GUS contributions Of cash and dried
fruits have already been received by the
committee in charge Of the relief fund.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

The two Bowdle editors who we're in
trouble ten days ago have both won out.
J.. L. Owens, editor of the Pioneer, won
his case against the county commission
ers and has the Official paper for another
year. Luneman, who was arrested for
removing the plant Of his German paper
from Eureka to Bowdle, has been re-.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

The average weight of the 1907 hogs
received on the Sioux City market dur.
ing the week ending February 3, WAS 245
pounds, as compared with DAG pounds
the previous week, 255 pounds a moth
ago. and 233 pounds for the correspond
ing week a year ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

Platte, the terminus OF the new extern
sion of the Milwaukee road in Charles
Mix county, has been surveyed and the
lots will be sold in about two weeks by
Harry Hunter, agent of the company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

An aged couple named KnudsoD. living
near Wilmot, we're found dead in their
home, Sunday morning last, from as
phyxiation. Some sort OF an explosion
Dad evidently taken place in their hard
coal heater during the night as a lid of
the stove was thrown off. a door thrown
open and the damper in the pipe closed.
Gas filed the room,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

Bondsmen OF the late w. A. Peterson.
treasurer of Yankton county, have Of.
fered to settle with the county for 5000
or otherwise they will contest their liza.
bility at all, which will give rise to a suit
that will not be settled IN years. The
Leticit, as we remember. is s.. 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

The citizens OF Irene held an election
on the Both ult., and decided to ,ncorpor-
ate. Thirty votes were cast. Irene lies
IN three counties-Yankton, Turner and
Clay. The corporation will petition to
be taken entire into Turner county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

BE good to Yourself and good to your
slends. When you treat a friend to
whiskey. give him the best. Harper
Nhi.key is the beverage for your friends
and fer you. Sold by FRED KuRTH.
Madison, S. D.
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Mormon Converts From Abroad.

New YORK, Feb. 7.-Thirty- five Nor.
mon converts, many of them women,
arrived here during the day on the
steamship Anchoria from Glasgow. The
party are on their way to Utah. They
are from Holland, Belgium and Switzer-
land. There are some young girls in
the party who are pretty and refined
looking.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

Maria Hicks. the window smasher, is
under arrest at Aberdeen, but is a con.
undrum to the authorities as to what to
do with her. She ls not crazy enough to
send to the aeylum and too crazy to turn
lOoso
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ITALY'S OFFER TO ASSIST.

question brought Up in the French Cham.
her Of Deputies.
PARIS, Feb. IN. Firmin Faure. one
OF the Algerian deputies, member from
Gran, has given notice Of a question to
the French foreign minister, M. Del
casse, with reference to the reports that
Italy intends to assist Great Britain hv
replacing the British troops withdrawn
from Egypt.
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BOer Guns to the Front.

CAPE Town, Feb. THE Argus an.
nounces that 90 guns have been Dis.
patched from Pretoria to the front. and
that the Pretoria forts have been nrac.
tically denuded Of artillery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

J.l. Bevry, Logantop, Pa, writes, IL
am willing to take my oath that l was
cured OF pneumonia entirely by the use
OF One Minute Cough Cure after doo-
tors failed. 1t also cured my children
OF whooping cough" Quickly relieves
and cures coughs. colds, Group, grippe
and throat and lung troubles. Child
rem like it. Mothers indorse it.
Cook & ODEE
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Cures dizzy spells, tired feeling, stom.
kidney, and liver troubles. Keeps
you we'll all the year. Rocky Mountain
Tea taken this month. 80 cents.
FRANK SMITH.
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See, young maiden, that thou takeet
the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea, made
by the Madison Medicine Co, il though
Ilkest thy fair face. IS cents.
FRANK G.. SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-02-07

Fatal delays are caused by expert
menting with cough and cold cures.
to'ey's Honey and Tar will prevent a
cold from resulting in pneumonia.
CHRIS. SCHUTZ.
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q. Il. Appleton, justice of pence,
C%larkeburg, NJ says, "De Wits Little
Early K'sers are the best pills made for
constipation. We use no OTHERS"
Quickly cure all liver and bowel
troubles.
Cook 4 ODER.
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leased, his creditors finding that it is al.
lowable to move mortgaged property to
another point in the state without viola.
ton of law. He has now instituted a
suit for libel.
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State OF OHIO, City of Toledo, Lucas
county, So. Frank j. Cheney makes
oath that he is the senlor partner Of the
firm OF +. }. Cheney Il Co., doing bust
ness in the City OF Toledo, county and
state '5'''''t'. nd that said firm will
pay h sum OF one hundred dollars for
each and every case Of catarrh that can
not be cured by the use OF Hairs
Catarrh Cure. Frank !. Chenav
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9th day OF December.
"A. -. 1856. \. W. Gleason,
loea! Notary Public.
Halls Catarrah Cure is taken intern
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mucous surfaces Of the system. Send
for testimonials. free.
I'D. Cheney. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists. 70 cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Lewis Dennis, Salem. Ind, says.
"kodol Dyspepsia Cure did me more
good thar anything | ever took" I.
diRests what you eat and can not helm
but cure dyspepsia and stomach troubles.
Cook & ODEE
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
[To BE CONTINUED
A READER OF CHARACTER.
Stuart, the American Painter, Was n
Good Judge of Human
Nature.

81 don't want people to look at my
pictures and say how beautiful the
drapery is; the face is what | care
about" said Stuart, the great American
painter. He was once asked what he
considered the most characteristic fea-
ture of the face; ne replied by pressing
the end of his pencil against the tip
of his nose, distorting it oddly.
His faculty at reading physiognomy
| some times made curious hits. There
was a person in Newport, r. l., cele-
brated for his powers of calculation,
out in other respects almost an idiot.
? One day Stuart, being in the British
museum, came upon bust whose like
ness was apparently unmistakable.
Calling the curator, he said: Il see
you have a head of Calculating Jem-
my"
Calculating Jemmyi'" repeated
the curator in amazement. THAT is
the head of Sir Isaac Newton"
On another occasion, while dining
with the duke of Northumberland, his
host privily called his attention to a
gentleman, and asked the painter if
he knew him. Stuart had never seen
him before.
Tell me what sort of man he is"
81 may speak frankly?'
"By all means"
"Well, if the Almighty ever wrote a
legible hand, he is the greatest rascal
that ever disgraced society,"
1t appeared that the man was an az
torney who had been detected in sun
dry dishonorable acts.
Stuart's daughter tells pretty story
of her fathers garret, where many of
his unfinished pictures were stored:
THE garret was my playground, and
i beautiful sketch of Nine. Bonaparte
was the idol that l worshiped. At last
/ got possession of colors and an ole
panel, and fell to work copying the
picture. Suddenly l heard a frightful
roaring sound; the kitchen chimney
was on fire. Presently my father ap-
peared, to see if the fire was likely to
do any damage. lie saw that | looked
very foolish at being caught at such
presumptuous employment, and pre-
tended not to see me. But presently
he could not resist looking over my
shoulder.
"'Why, boy said he-so he used to
address me-'you must not mix your
colors with turpentine; you must have
some oil!'"
1t is pleasant to add that the little
girl who thus found her Inspiration
eventually became portrait-painter of
merit.-Youth's Companion.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
Woman in Finance.

A Detroit man, whose wife was coming to
San Francisco on visit, accompanied her
as far as Chicago and put her on the overland
half of five dollar bill that he had torn in
two, telling the man that his wife had the
other half and would give it to him at the
end of the journey if she were properly
looked after. When he got home he found
half of the torn bill, and few days later he
received letter from his wife reminding
him of the fact, and saying she had torn a
dollar bill in two and given half of it to the
porter. Somewhere along the line there
OF two worthless bills in his possession and
a firm conviction that he has been worked
by some sort of a new fimfam game. Mean.
while, the Detroit man is anxious to find out
what sort of reasoning his wife used when
she gave that porter half instead of the
ArpOnaut,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04

nified through the fog, l5omed up like q
blank wall the bow of the schooner.
So suddenly were we upon it that the jib
boom was well over us before | sighted the
black hull, and with all my might | checked
the boats way, grasplng the bobstay in
time to save the taut cable, and we came to
a rest. The suck of the rushing waters
against the broad, fiat end of the scow
made me fearful chat the noise would call
the guards attention forward, and, whis-
pering into the ear of Ames to hold all fast
until | returned, gently rid me of my boots,
took my sword betwixt my teeth, swarmed
up the stay to the bowsprit, and stood again
on the deck of my own schooner.
At last twas done. The exultation felt
would be but natural to any man who sees
the successful ending of a difficult under
taking. Fog and darkness were as nothing
to me here; my way aft would have been
clear had | been blind, but hardly had |
gotten abreast the foremast when | heard
the burly tones of one man addressing an
other and the noise of oars as they fell into
rowlocks came plainly to my strained ear.
Stepping softly over the bulwark, lowered
myself to the channel and listened.
An yet get astray in the fog an come not
back by dawn, I'll have We in the guard
house for bein' off post" said the voice from
the deck
"Nay," came the answer from boat;
'ye do me a good turn by giving me this
leave; fear me not I'll ne'er betray you or
fail to be back in time for you to get ashore.
IT'S a summers fog, an will melt by sun
rise Tell him | will fetch the rum"
Fetch it, then, but not in yer skin" was
the return. "If they speak o me, say We
heard was going on quest to Kingsbridge,
to be back on the morrow. Ye had better
belay yer lip for ye are off post, an l hold
ye in my hand"
"Ay, ay! Never fear! Good nightW was
the answer, and the boat moved off with
steady strokes of the oar, while the first
speaker evidently entered the cabin, as |
heard the companion door open and close.
Then all was again silent.
Here was an unexpected situation made
more mysterious from the fact that there
was something familiar in the voice of the
man who had just gone below | could not
place it, only noticing that both men spoke
with the SAVIOR of sea brine in their words,
and though one was totally strange to me,
the voice of the other hung in my ear as
misty dream hangs in the mind after wax
ing, naught but its effect remaining.
Getting to the deck again, | moved slow
ly aft, stopping as / noticed slight luminos-
ity at the side of the cabin, but on further
cautious approach found the cause. The
cabin was lighted. To prevent the light
from going beyond the vessel a tarpaulin
had been stretched over the cabin house
from rail to rail, thus leaving an open space
betwixt the rails and the headlights, where
by was served the double end of obtaining
air and guarding the outward show of light.
Here was deviltry for sure. Dropping on
to my stomach, snaked myself beneath the
tarpaulin, brought my eye to the swung
back port, and nearly betrayed myself by
the start mads
fTO BE CONTINUED
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
CHAPTER XVI.
THE CABIN OF THE PHANTOM.

With my mind lost to all else save the
calculation of the speed and distance we
were making, and my body braced forward
awaiting the proper moment to swerve the
boats course, | was suddenly startled by
quick exclamation from Ames which was
at once followed by a rasping bump and
the heeling of the scow until the water
poured in over the gunwale. At the same
moment the starboard oar received a blow
that almost tore it from my hand, and what
seemed a huge black object arose along
side and quickly vanished in the mist and
darkness astern. The suddenness and
smartness of the shock were startling; but,
quick as were the appearance and disap-
pearance OF the obstruction we had fouled
] recognized 1t to be the spar buoy which
marked the outer edge of the reef extend
ing from the Hook into the river.
One might have cruised a week under the
conditions besetting us and failed to have
picked it up. 1t was like cropping through
the proverbial haystack and finding the
proverbial needle without having looked for
il, and, though its greeting had well-nigh
been disastrous, it gave me the one point
wished with absolute accuracy. | nog
knew that we were nearly dead on the
Phantom, and not two cable lengths away;
indeed, had we missed the rude warning of
the spar, it was but fair to reckon we would
have fouled the schooner herself unless in
my miscalculatons had altered our course,
in which case we would have missed her al
together.
Quickly turning the boats head about, |
let it drift stern first, and even before ex-
pected, heard the rush of the tide against a
vessels stem, while almost instantly, mag
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
HER ASPIRATIONS.
4 Kansas Girl Who Took n Practical
View of Educational
Advantages.

There was little of the idealistic about the
essay of a Kansas girl at her recent gradua-
ton. Her teacher had given her for theme
the phrase: Beyond the Alps Lies Italy"
She astonished her preceptress and school
mates by these emphatic words:
81 do not care a cent whether Italy lies
beyond the Alps or even in Missouri. | do
not expect to set the river on fire with my
future career. | am glad | have good, very
good education, but l am not going to mis-
use it by writing poetry or essays about the
future woman. 1t will enable me to correct
the grammar of any lover may have, should
he speak of dorgs' in my presence, or say
he went somewhere. 1t will also come
handy wheE | want TO figure out how many
pounds of soap woman can get for three
dozen eggs at the grocery. So | do not be-
grudge the time | have spent in acquiring
it. But my ambitions do not fly so high. I
just want to marry man who can lick any
body of his weight in the township, who can
run an S0-acre farm and who has no fe-
male relatives to come around and try to
boss the ranch. And | will agree to cook
good dinners for him that won't send him to
an early grave and lavish upon him a whole
lot of wholesome affection and see that his
razor hasn't been used to cut broom wire
when he wants to shave. In view of all this
l don't care if | do get a little rusty on the
rule of three and kindred things as the years
20 by."-Chicago Chronicle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-04
~ CHURCH..

never marx the pastors pose.
fEts ministerial air;
I never even note the clothes
The congregation wear:
Repeat the text l could not do,
I'm deaf to every plea,
When Prudence occupies the pew
Across the aisle from me.
6he sits sweet divinity
OF goodness and of grace;
Then, is IT strange naught else l see
OF hope save in her face?
A hope earth earthly it's it's true,
Yet saving grace see
When Prudence occupies the pew
Across the aisle from me.
Perhaps the pastors fervent speech
To his flock giveth food,
The theme seems quite beyond my reach
Though well with love imbued.
That part | grasp. and take as true,
For mines the mood, you see,
When Prudence occupies the pew
Across the aisle from me-
Roy Farrell Greene, in Munseys Mag
azine.