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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
The storage battery.

Electricians are regarding with much
satisfaction the fact that after exhaust
i've tests and experiments with the most
improved systems of traction the Metro
politan Street Railway company, of
Washington, have adopted the storage
battery as the motive power on their
lines, and demonstration Of its capa-
bihties will be given in the course of a
year. In a recent speech at the New
York Electric club Mr.. G. O. Mailloux
said that it was with him q matter of
conviction that the storage battery would
soon be recognized as the ideal system
for cities of a certain size, and he wished
to place on record his confirmation of the
opinion which an eminent authority had
already expressed-that for cities below
100000 population the storage battery
win be the solution of the rapid transit
problem on surface roads. Boston Tran
script.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
street Car omcials want No NieKel..

"We have boycotted the nickel, says
Chicago street railway official. I'VE
refuse to permit street car conductors TO
turn in more than four nickels apiece at
the end of their days work. About
half of the passengers pay their fares in
nickels, and if these coins were turned
in to the company's Golfers we would be
hopelessly deluged with them, and few
days would practically retire the nickel
from local circulation. And how could
we handle the bushels and bushels OF
coin? No bank would accept the money
except as special deposit held for safe
keeping. In short, the only way we can
handle the nickel is to follow the
example of the Irishman with the hot
potato-drop it. So we refuse to accept
nickels from our employees, and it is
their duty to unload upon the passengers
all the nickels that are paid in for
fares. New York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17

There was hero in the accident on
the Boston and Albany railroad near
Westfield Monday night. Itwas known
th4t the safe in the express company's
caF contained $4,000. 1t Is common
occurrence for big sums to be carried,
but on this night the amount was larger
thm usual. Perhaps this was the motive
for the attempt to wreck the train. At
any rate Express Messenger Howard, of
Buffalo, took this view of ii. When his
car left the track he remained at his post.
he drew two revolvers and held the car
against all corners. He would not allow
even the conductor to enter.-Alhany
Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
DIR. crosbx,s Convict.

A story is told Of DR.. Crosby in The
Evangelist which that gentleman used
to relate himself. His house was once
entered by burglar, whom the doctor
himself captured, and who was sentenced
to twelve years imprisonment. But for
three years the minister kept up corre-
spondence with the convict, converted
him, secured his pardon, and later had
the satisfaction of seeing him become a
prominent and respected citizen in a
distant town and blessed with wife
and child.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Rosamond,s Conundrum.

Five-year-old Rosamond, whose father
is very clever at making charades, was
seated at dinner one day when several
guests were present. They were all Civ
ing conundrums when the little girl
quietly said, Papa. have one" "Well,
my child, what is it," "Why is the
bark of tree like a dead kitteng' The
answer: Because it can't mew," was
greeted with roars of laughter. New
York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Police Giants.

1t Is not matter of general informa-
ton, but it is fact that the police force
OF Cincinnati contains more big men
than even the famous Broadway squad"
OF the New York police department.
There are today in this city just 100 po-
lice officers each of whom is six feet and
taller. An application for place on the
force was made recently by man who
is 9 feet 81 inches in height and superbly
formed. His forearm measured 144
inches, and despite his great height he
was all muscle and Drawn, weighing but
220 pounds. He win no doubt receive an
appointment. Cincinnati Commercial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Strange Find Of Jewels.

While two young ladies of Gainesville,
Ga, were gathering wild flowers near
Cox's mill few days ago, in the loose
dirt they found a number of silver Ma
sonic jewels Of very fine workmanship,
including square, plumb, level,
keys, etc. The oldest members of the
Masonic fraternity of Gainesville do not
remember to have ever heard of the
lodge at that place losing any such arti-
cles. Judging from the extra quality OF
these jewels they may have been there a
great many years. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
The Editors share.

A fish hawk pulled large salmon out
of the Elk river one day last week. The
fish was too large for the bird to carry
of, so leaving it on the sand the bird
flew of to pile Of driftwood, and pick
ing up stick with q sharp and jagged
edge returned to whore the fish lay and
sawed il in twc, when ii fiew away with
half of the salmon. The other half was
served for our dinner Del Norte lCa1)
Recnrfl. s&8
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
EAsre the Census Is Unreiiab,..

The female age returns of the census
canpot be regarded as more than ap-
proximate. The extent of the falsifca-
tionlof ages of girls and women cannot,
OF course, be stated, but the tables for
the age period twenty to twenty-five are
probably the least to be depended upon.
It isinvariably found on examining the
tables OF successive censuses that the
young women aged from twenty to
twenty-five are considerably more nu-
merous than the girls aged ten to fifteen,
ten years earlier, Of whom they are pre-
sumably the surviving remainder! II
has been observed, too, that there Is .
tendency to exaggeration ON the part OF
old persons uncertain of their age; and
OF the 141 persons who claimed centen-
arfan honors at the last census it is
doubtful whether many of them had
completed the hundredth year of life
All the Year Round.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Her Lovely. Lettuce Dish.

II want" she said hesitatingly, as she
poised her basket in front of her pretty
chin with thoughtful air, ''to get some
lettuce.
"Yes m,' said the market man; there's
some; very nice it is too"
rs it all that color?'
"Why-er-yes'm; all lettuce is green,
you know"
"Oh, of course; but it's too bad. Igot
lovely blue dish to put lettuce in, but
I'm sure green would look horrible in it.
I never thought about there not being
any shades, you know"
And as she turned away the market
man was almost sure he saw tear of
disappointment in her eye Washington
Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Delnred NV sand.

The sand laden winds from the Lake
Michigan shore have wiped out the
town of Singapore, near Saugatuck,
Mich. Every house except one has been
completely covered up, and the family
In this lone house has now bean com
PEELED to move into the second floor, the
sand having filed the first. The same
cause win eventually drive TIN people
to The root, as these sand DIMES rsspsc1
neither man nor his abode. and this. lit
tie old town will become az thoroughly
buried as Pompeii i-Exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17

Bread must not be broken into the
soup, nor the soup plAte tipped, as the
last mouthful must not be devoured.
Soup must be taken from the side Of the
spoon, not from the end. A whole slice
of bread or biscuit or muffin should not
be buttered at once. 1t should not be
cut, but should be broken off in small
pieces, and bit of butter put on as they
are eaten. one by one.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
A Horse with Eight Feet.

There is horse on James Clouds
farm In South Dakota which has eight
feet, otherwise it is perfectly formed in
every respect. Not until the fetlock
joint Is reached In the descent from the
shoulder to the foot is there any differ
ence between this horse and any other.
At the pasteyn joint, however, the branch
begins. and two perfectly formed hoofs
are found on each Of the four legs. st.
Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17

railroad avoids mosquitoes and nalarid
regions with the same success.
Where there are no mosquitoes the
writers say SO, and where they are as
thick as peas in pod the most dignified
silence is maintained with regard to
them. But there one sees how greatly
competition has elevated this class of
literature, for only q few years ago these
books were az unreliable as the old
fashioned circus posters. They do not
Lie today. The next thing will be that
they viii tell the truth. New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
Tho small boy in spring.


There is something the matter with
the small boy just now. Perhaps that
isn't just the phrase to use. because that
seems to imply that he is in some way
guilty of blame, whereas possibly his
present condition may simply be the
natural one, which an unkindly civilixa-
ton has thwarted and kept from being q
permanent one, as nature intended. He
no longer walks ON his feet with his head
in the air; he walks ON his hands, with
his feet swinging clumsily above him.
He would walk on his head, il ne could.
In default Of that, he stands there when
he Is obliged to stand. at all. He turns
handsprings, he Jumps, he flies. He
makes another boy snbservient unto him
self and enthrones himself upon his
shoulders He rigs mp . perilous trapezs
across the fence tops in the back yard.
He plants long row of inverted bottles
in the soft earth and essays an unsteady
progress down the line.
The policeman is in despair. The genus
common boy he has understood in every
subtaety of his thought and variety of its
manifestation. But this special creation,
that is half vertebrate and half inver-
tebrate, part boy and part devil, that
cuts pigeon wings under his very nose
and flies to safe distance to jeer at him,
this is something he never knew before.
At least he thinks he never did. He
thinks 80 every year. He will go on
thinking 80 every year, probably, as
surely as the year rolls round and the
circus comes again.
The small boy never knows the whole
Of himself, never gets all there is out Of
himself until then. The days of his life
go along, and there is the school and the
play of an ordinary prosaic kind. But
when the circus comes he comes into his
full inheritance. He realizes for brief
while all that it means to be ga soaring
human boy" The circus strikes him in
the right place, as he would say. And
1t strikes him right while he is there.
He came into the building in two
legged propriety. He goes out of it
wheeling along in hand and foot circles
on the ground. New York Evening Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-06-17
A ParoS,ox.

6anso-He is not rich, and yet ne
makes great deal more money than he
spends.
3 Rodd How can th&tsbe A
Ganso-He works IN the United States
uiuk-HaEper's Bazaar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
AN INSPECTOR OF FINANCE.

The new inspector of finance, Fred
6. Field of Springfield, just appoint
ed by Gov. Page to succeed the late
L. o. Greene, is not a man generally
known throughout the state, but
will doubtless be accepted by the
people as a man qualified for the
position. The fact that Gov. Page
himself filled this office four years
naturally made him the more desir-
Gus to find "a man after his own
heart" so far as the methods of man
agement of so important a branch of
state business are concerned, and he
has spent some time in correspond
ence with bankers and other business
men of Vermont with a view % Sc
curing an Inspector who could be re-
lied upon to inspect, and do it well.
Mr.. Field has been a merchant, a
farmer and d land owner, besides
interested in milling, banking and
other business enterprises where bus
mess aO1l1tv must neeQS snow 1CSel1.
Heis said to be a believer in Vermont
securities and not in love with West
ern loans, and is none the less accept
able to Vermonters for holding such
views. Mr.. Field will be looked tic
for a faithful administration of the
duties of his office and 4 close guard
ianship owe the peoples interests
asconcerns savings institutions. To
that end he will be entitled to the
endorsement of every loyal citizen of
the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
RUSSIA'S CALAMITY.

The wide spread horrors of the
famine in Russia beggar description,
and it is hard for people in a civilized
and a%bundantly supplied country to
imagine any such condition of things
as it is claimed now exists in Russia.
Twenty millions of inhabitants are
included in the famine-stricken dis
t%ricts, and thousands of them are
dying every day from sheer starva-
ton. Some Of the details given in
the news dispatches are of a revolt
ing nature and make one shudder as
he reads. 1t is restitution unbound
ed, and the most prompt measures
of relief that can be adopted will not
prevent a frightful degree of mortal
ity among the unfortunate people of
that section.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
THE STATE PRESS INSULTED.

The CALIFORNIAN received this week
a letter from one of the republican
state committee from which the fol-
lowing is an extract:
At the last meeting of the republican
state committee it was voted to notify
the publishers OF the proposed arrange
ment for clubbing with the Boston and
New York week1ies, on the low rate basis,
during the coming year. The arrange
ment is, substantially this: Each state
paper whose subscription price is 1.5O is
to advertise the combination (either the
Journal, Advertiser. Tribune, Press or
Mail and Express) at $1.7O, sending As
fore. This virtually reduces the local
price 25 cents, but is substantially the
same arrangement az that accepted by
the republican papers of the state in 'SS.
This arrangement takes effect November
1, and after that date subscriptions are
not to be received from papers advertis-
ing alarger price, except at the usual club
rate of 90 cents.
The meaning of the above is very
plain. For every subscriber the
CALIFORNIAN receives to the above
city papers. we must deduct % cents
from our OWN price. If we refuse &c
do that, we cannot make use of the
old arrangement, but must remit 90
cents to these city publishers.
The whole scheme is an insult to
every newspaper publisher in the
state and an outrageous piece Of i'm
pert1nency.
The CALIFORNIAN is furnished to its
subscribers for $3.50 a year and for
the last three years we have dubbed
with the city papers above mention
ed for so cents additional. Most all
the papers in the state, including
some of the democratic journals,
have done this, and in 1890, a cam
paign year, 1000 weekly Boston
Journals were taken in Vermont.
In 1888 a presidential year, this
contemplate scheme was forced upon
Vermont publishers and 1000 Boston
Journals were sent into Vermont.
Why the state committee thought it
necessary to again foist this scheme
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY.

A short time ago we referred to St.
Adams as one of the localities in Yer
mont where the question of an ample
water supply must soon be met
squarely, and vigorous measures
adopted. continued drouth
of the past summe and an increased
number of takers combined to reduce
to an alarming extent the supply Of
aqua pura in that village. The
board of trade, and business men
generally, saw danger ahead, and a
special meeting was called for Satur-
day last, at which, without any ma
terial objection on the part of tax
payers present, the trustees were
authorized to build an additional
reservoiran put in a new and larger
water main, at an outlay of not to
exceed $S5, 900. five greatly
mistaken, other growing villages in
this state will find themselves com
PEELED to meet this question with like
promptness. Water is something Of
which plenty must be available for
manufacturing and household pur-
poses, and the protection of property
from destruction by fire, and no
picayune policy can safely be pursued
in regard to so important a mat
ter
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29

upon US is past our comprehension,
and we are glad to learn that the
committee meeting lasted into the
small hours of the night and that
the final vote on the question was
far from unanimous. All honor to
the minority who fought this scheme.
Every newspaper publisher in the
state should reject it, an we are pleas
ed to announce that other republican
papers will take the same stand that
the CALEDoNIANdoe We thorough
ly appreciate the value of the Boston
Journal and ha We sent in hundreds Of
subscribers for it. We are also de-
sirous of helping any legitimate
scheme of the republican state COM
mittee. But for them to dictate the
terms at which we shall sell our paper
is just as much a piece of impertin-
ence as for our Board Of Trade, for
instance, to fix the selling price of
Gov. Pages calfskins or Senator
P~roctor's marble slabs. We submit
that the cases are analogous.
The republican papers of Vermont
have done the party excellent service
in the past years, and will do the
same thing in years to come. But
we submit that this scheme OF the
committee evidences a lack of conf
dence on their part in the efficacy of
the republican papers of the state,
and this is an additional reason why
the latter should reject the PROPOSE
tiOu
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
CASH COMING BACK EAST.

The abundant crops and the con
sequent touch of prosperity at the
West this year mean considerable
for Eastern people who have held
mortgages on Western property. 1t
means, to quote from a market letter
estimate, that in the next twelve or
eighteen months the people, savings
banks and insurance companies of
New England, New York and Penn
~sylvania will receive in liquidation
of Western mortgages held by them
some 5000, OOO, OOO." The extent to
which the lack of confidence in that
sort of securities has grown is in
Dictated by the prediction that of
the 5000, 900, 900 aforementioned
not more than one-quarter will be
re~-invested at the West, and that
the remainder will find a lodging
place at home in the East. Such be-
ing the case, many an Eastern in
vestor will have occasion to be
grateful for the bountiful harvests at
the West this yeai. Apropos of this
subject the Boston Transcript says:
"Doubtless the Eastern mortgage
who gets the money he never ex-
pected to see will in the future scru-
tinize Western mortgages very close
ly before putting down his cash.
This scrutiny will be for the benefit of
the West and the East, since losses
have arisen more from injudiclous in
vestments than from any peculiar
risk inherent in Western mortgages.
Western mortgages may be CLASSIFIED
like all other mortgages, as good,
bad, and Indifferent, from the point
of view of stability. The investor
must not think that they are excep-
tons to the requirement of close
scrutiny which governs his invest
ment in railroad stocks and bank
shares, and it will be better for him
not to acquiesce too readily IN the
kindly offer of boom companies to
investigate for him. After recent ex-
perience probably there will be a
change in the near future in methods
of presenting and promoting the in
vestment of money in Western mort
cages, and a change for the better.
Another influence that may deter a
repetition of the wild rush for
RACES that we saw a few years ago
is the growing prosperity of the
West, which more and more is lay
ing up reserves that will meet re-
euirements at an early late and
lOcaliZe the ~lOauing business. But
as this state of neutrality-suspicious.
cannot be reached for a considerable
time tt come the expansion of the
West will make it a large borrower,
while it's growing wealth will add
every year to the value of its guaran-
tees"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
THE LEAGUE.

The fact that the recent annual
meeting of the Vermont Farmers
league at Montpelier was consider
able Of a failure does not discourage
thu Farmers Advocate, which said
In its last issue: There will be new
the organization of local leagues and
a general advance all along the line"
There is certainly a great deal that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29

There was a joint debate in Bos-
ton on Friday night between John
E. Russell and Henry Cabot Lodge,
in which the latter is said to have
done some telling work for the re-
publican cause. Joint debates may
draw large crowds and prove enter
tanning by way of novelty, but it is
a question whether they are of any
practical use as vote-makers. Part
isan obstinacy came to the front on
this particular OCCASION, and Mr..
Lodge was interrupted again and
again by democrats who did not en-
iOv his remarks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used by millions of mothers for their children
while teething. If disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child suffering
and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth send
at once and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for children teething: 1t
1y. Depend upon it, mothers. there is no
mistake about it. 1t cures Diarrhea, regu-
1ateS the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind
Colo, softens the Gums and reduces Infam-
nation, and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. WinS1ow's Soothing
syrup" for children teething is pleasant to
the taste and is the prescription Of one of the
oldest and best female physicians and nurses
in the United States. Price twenty-five cents
a bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout
the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29

the farmers can accomplish in their
own behalf by standing together.
But we respectfully submit that the
amount of concern thus far man
ifested in the organized league
Judged from the slim attendance at
its called meetings up to date-does
not tend to prove a deep degree of
interest on the part of the farmers
themselves.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-10-29

excursion to see them in full glow of
their autumn colors. 1t is worth
while to initiate the Japanese by TAX
ing excursions in this to
view the glory of the naples"
Here's hoping that Mckinley will
sweep Ohio as clean as a brand-new
tin plate; that Allen of Massachusetts,
will Russell around and get there in
due shape; and that the New York
democracy will have no occasion tic
rejoice over the Flower that blooms
in the fall.
Montana will reap a magnificent
income from her cattle this year.
The shipments will reach at least
145 900 head, and if better prices
prevail the number will probably be
increased to 100000. These cattle
represent a value of over So, 900, 900,
which will go into the pockets of the
stockmen.
The Woodstock Standard man has
recently had a "drawin' of tea"
directly from India, and this is how
it affected him: THE flavor is very
fine, the aroma so delicate, that it
steals over one like a rich distilled
perfume"
An exchange contributes the fol-
lowing as to the abundance of fruit:
I'VE have been strawberried, melon
ed, peached, summer-appled and
peared to repletion, and now comes
word from the Florida groves that
we are to oranged to our hearts
content. The crop is estimated at
from 1000, 900 to 4, 200, 900 baskets,
and it is expected that the prices will
be low. Iffruit juices are good for
the blood we ought to be a full
blooded people this year"