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goIlaut.
had Form.

This Oxford university expression is
by many considered slang which it is
"bad FORM to use. But is it not really
an old and somewhat classical phrasei
Thus Archbishop Laud wrote to the
vice chancellor at Oxford under date
Feb. 90, 1889: Sir am informed
that the masters, many of them, sit bare
at st. Marie's, having their hats there
and not their caps, rather choosing to
sit bare than to keep form. and then
SO soon rs they come out of the church
they are quite out of form all along the
streets" /" etc.--Notes and Queries
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FROM remote antiquity the only me-
dunn of exchange in China has been cop
per cash. This year the newly estab-
lished mint in Canton has commenced to
coin dollars and various subsidiary coins,
ranging in value from to so cents, and
the new currency. despite some opposi-
ton, is rapidly gaining in favor in the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

queen Isabella, of Spain, who has
made Paris her home ever since she was
first exiled from her former kingdom, is
said to ~have won the favor of the
Parisians by her dignitied reserve. The
queen dresses quietly, and although she
owns superb jewels never wears them
except upon state occasions when great
ceremony is demanded.
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A rough footing OF the aggregated
costs of the construction OF grounds
building approaches and installations to
the world's'fair places the expense OF the
local directory at less than 1900, 600.
The report OF the building and grounds
comnittee figures the cost OF the build
inCs alone at $40. 900. 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

AN international exposition will be
opened at Saato Paulo, Brazil, on No
vember /. 1892, where American manu-
facturers are invited to send their wares
for exhibition and sale. Santo Paulo is
situated about sixty miles northwest OF
the port of Santos, with which it is con-
nected by railroad, and has 2 population
OF IS, 900 people.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

MANY names Of materials In common
use have queer origins. Nickel was hrst
obtained as a metal from Germany over
century ago, but the ore had been pre-
viously known to the miners as kufer-
nickel, or Old Nick's copper, because,
although it looked like copper ore, they
could obtain no copper from it,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

A ROMAN doctor has discovered an
many OF the skulls found in Etruscan
tombs, as we'll as in those deposited in
various museums, interesting specimens
of ancient dentistry and artificial teeth.
Some of these skulls date as far back as
the sixth century before Christ, proving
that dentistry is not modern art.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

THE agitation for half-cent coinage
is spreading. BY and by, perhaps, we
shall not be too proud to follow the ex-
ample of several European nations.
France and Switzerland have the cent
ime, which is fifth Of cent, Belgium
has twocentime piece, Germany has
the pfennig, equal to one-fourth OF q
rapt
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THERE is being organized in Rio de
Janeiro, according to newspaper reports,
company TO build and run Ia line OF
steam and sailing ships between Brazil
and the United States, the steamers to
make two trips month, and both steam
and sail to carry the Brazilian flag. The
company is called Companhia Ameri-
cana de Navegacao.
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Young Heads and old.

Daughter should have turned
down the upper corners of your visiting
cards, ma, when you called on the bride.
That means copgratulation. But you
turned down the lower corners. That
means coincidence.
Matrpn with dignity You'd better
wait tin, you are married before you crit.
icise your ma.--New York Weekly. /,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

A WISE precaution for every one start
ing upon a journey is to write down the
number OF your trunk check. You may
never need the number in ninety-nine
journeys out of hundred, but the hum
dredth time you may want the number
badly. On the same principle of possi-
BILE future Identification one should always
write down and preserve the number
of his watch or his valuable shotgun or
rife or anything else which could be
reclaimed by the medium of a serial
number.
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p,eces. he obtained it from New Sa-
lem, Mass, woman who recently dled at
the age of OF, and who had preserved IL
for seventy-six years, 1t being present
ON her 21st birthday.
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Nearly all the government bonds
fioated during the war were at dis
count part of the time during that strug-
gle. From 1865 onward, however, all of
them have been up to or above par, ex-
cept theI5s of 1854, which dropped un-
der the 100 mark for time in the fiuct-
uations in 1866 AND 1867. The 6s ma
turing in 1881 were. for time in 1862 as
low aS S3
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The king OF italy has three magnifi-
cent studs Of horses on beautiful estate
near Piza. These studs now contain
nearly 1000 horses which belong to the
king personally and also large herd of
camels, the ancestors of which were Inn
ported into Italy from Africa I'M the
time of the Medicis.
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THE novelties of the bird show at the
Crystal Palace in London are water
rail, o white hedge sparrow, swallow,
o white thrush and talking blackbird,
All birds seldom seen in confinement.
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1T is reported that Lucy Long, little
sorrel mare ridden in many battles by
Gen. Robert E. Lee, Is still living in the
south and in good health, safe from the
infirmities common to extreme old age.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

Mrs. BETTY q. MAcKAY, OF Pike
county, Kan, is one woman in that state
who has not wrapped the American flag
around her and gone out TO regulate
things. She Is engaged in raising bronze
turkeys, and often sells as many as $50
worth i'm month.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

: CONGRESSMAN LASAHAN has ninety
seven counties in his Texas district, ana
on election nights he needs pair OF barn
doors upon which to keep count OF the
returns as they come in
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

THE wife of Senator Stanford receives
q large begging mail, among which the
other day was letter from Texan
gentleman who wanted $50 to get new
set of teeth. 1t was clear case OF gum
game
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

THE penitentiary il about The only
building that hasn't beenwashed away
by the flood at Yuma, and IL is feared
that the inmates OF even this structure
will have to be bailed out.
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In European countries before the ref
prmation it was the custom to drink TO
the health of the pope-''Au Bon Per
To the Good Father" This French ex-
pression has been corrupted into bumper.
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Col. PEvTsoFF, the Russian traveller,
sends word from Central Asia OF the DIS
covery of a large tract of land which Is
several hundred meters under the level
NJ the spa
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AN extensive emigration Of negroes
from Arkansas westward is in progress.
1t is expected that thousands will leave
before the summer opens.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

A MAINE newspaper graveiy informs
it's readers that large number OF fresh
mackerel were lately caught off Port
land Harbor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

ONE OF the visitors to the New York
dog show wore bearskin e2ercoat which
he said twenty eight dogs helped him
to get
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

MIR. BLAINE has written chapter TO
be added to the edition of Gen. Sher-
mans Memoirs. This addition will
contain personal tribute to the author
and a criticism OF the memoirs, and will
bring the record down to the generals
donfh
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GEORGE VANDERBILT' castle in North
Carolina will require ten years OF labor
and the expenditure of from SS,ooo,ooo
10 $40, boo, 900 before IL is completed.
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.'KERrrNG up appearances" is defined
oy one authority upon modern manners
10 mean IA frugal diet In order to give
an occasional dinnsS party"
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A FURNITURE mandatory at Muske-
gon, Mich, is said to have contract
for -, 900 piano stools for an eastern
company.
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OK Telling tree at Mackville, Wis, q
farmer disturbed colony Of eight flying
squirrels. He said they would run up
a tree and fly off as slick as a bird"
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A UNIQUE international exhibition OF
the year will be that OF products, ma
chimes and implements connected with
the various clay, stone, cement and as
phalt industries 1t will be held in Hun
gary, but will hardly produce world wide
enthusiasm.
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MRs. LucRETIA THAYER, Of Benning-
ton, VT, recently deceased, left nine
children. All were present at the
funeral Their aggregate age was 49s
years, an average of so years and 4
months
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-04-11

THE administrator of the cathedral at
Milan has found 1t necessary To contra
dict the statement of an English clergy
man that the bones of Judas Iscariot
were preserved as relics in the ca
lhndra1
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Happenings Here and There
Chronicled for All Classes
OF Readers.

A MAN at Anderson, Cal, won the
wager on a bet that there were seven
dogs in the town to each voter.
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Mr.. GLADSTONE does not smoke and
dislikes tobacco In every form. He has
also profound contempt for smart at
tire and deep rooted dislike for ne"
clothes
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WOMAN suffrage is symbolized in Wy
oming's new seal of state, which shows
the figure of woman from whose up
lifted arm is suspended broken chain,
while the states motto is Equal
RIGHTS -
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MEssRs. Shepley, Rutan IL Coolidge,
of Boston, Mass, are the suecesstui
architects in the competition for the new
board of trade building at Montreal,
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r. S. CHrLDs, of Brattieboro, Vt.,>has
Scent piece that Is one OF the issue Of
1884, the first coinage OF silver Scent
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that the elevator in buildings is not
so modern an invention as many suppose
would seem to be shown by a correspond
enr of Notes and Queries, who writes:
.'WhiIst reading manuscript journal OF
travels, have come upon an account OF
a lift, under date of Thursday, October
| 80, 1777'' After describing the Empress
Queen Maria Theresa's house at Luxem.
| bourg, near Vienna, he further says
Here is curious machine of Count
Thun's invention, by which the empress,
who is too unwieldy to go up and down
stairs, Is conveyed through well from
one story to another to the top of hel
house. There are three strings, which
when pulled by the empress, serve a:
signals to go up, to go down, and tc
stop"
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Ex-SPEAKER REED is said to be BIZ
cycle crank. and rides 56-inch ordi-
nary, on which htsits as gracefully IS
his immense avoirdupois will admit. But
his journeys are always made in secret
and after night. He rides miles and
miles by moonlight. He was asked why
he did not ride in the daytime. Not |, y
quoth he. SAT least not SO long as / am
in public life and the weekly comic pa
pers continue the practice of printing
cartoons OF congressman who displease
them -
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COAL AND WOOD.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
The Influx of Cheap Labor.

The agitation against cheap immi-
grafton and imported contract labor
ers does not seem to have reduced
the supply of immigrants. On the
principle, probably, that human be-
ings are bent most on going where
they are the least wanted, the influx
of foreigners into the United States
not only does not decrease, but on
the contrary appears to be on the in
crease.
The Chief Of the Bureau of Stats
tics at Washington has just given to
the public the immigration statistics
for the year just closed as compared
with the immigration in 1889. This
shows that 396, 026 immigrants arriv-
ed in the United States during 1890
as against 424,7l in 1899, gain Of
54,3li. These figures do not in
clude immigration from or by way of
British America, or Mexico, which
would in all probability increase the
total number 500, 900 more.
One of the very discouraging feat
ures of this exhibit is that the in
crease is almost totally from the
countries which furnish the objec-
tiona5le cheap laborers. There is an
actual falling off in immigration
from the countries of Germany, Ire
land, England, Denmark, Sweden
and Norway of over 1900, while
ustria-Hungary, POLAND, Russia,
and Italy sent us 20, 900 more than
in 1889, and much greater num-
her than in any former year. The
Italian immigration jumped from 30
G06 in 1889 to 62 462, or more than
double, in 1890. Hungary sent us
"a, ,49i, as against 1918 in 1889 /;
other Austria except Poland, 30,3l5
to 26,773 in 1889 Poland 10, ,797 to
to 4 $3.50 in 1889, and Russia A., ,7S6
to 80, ,473 in 1899
1t is evident that the contract la
Dor law isn't preventing the impor-
tation of cheap laborers. .- PhiIadel.
phla Times.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
Courtship in Church.

A young gentleman happened to
sit in church in pew adjoining one
in which sat young lady, for whom
he conceived sudden and violent
passion, was desirous of entering in
to conrtship on the spot, but the
place not suiting a formal declara-
tion the exigeney of the case sug-
gested the following plan: He po-
litely handed his fair neighbor BIZ
BILE (open) with pin stuck in the
following text: Second Epistle of
John, verse tifth-"And now | be-
seech thee, lady, not as though |
wrote new commandment unto thee
but that which we had from the be-
ginning, that we love one another. "
She returned it pointing to the sec
ond chapter of Ruth, verse tenth
"Then she fell on her face and bow
ed herself to the ground, and said
unto him, Why have | found grace
in thine eyes, that thou should take
knowledge of me, seeing that l am a
stranger He returned the book
pointing to the thirteenth verse OF
the Third Epistlc of john having
many things to write unto you, ]
would not write with paper and ink
but l trust to come unto you, and
speak face to face, that our JOY may
be full" From the above inter,
view a marriage took place the en-.
suing week.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
ALLIANCE AND REPUBLICAN
PARTY.

The professional politicians are
not disposed to give the Farmers
Alliance much credit for political sa-
gacity, but certainly the Alliance
leaders are showing remarkably good
sense in refusing all overtures made
in the hope of inducing them to as
sist in rallying the Republican par
ty and strengthening it for the cam
paign of 1892. They could easily
do this in indirect ways, while APP
pearing to win new successes for
themselves. In States where the
choice of Senator could have been
controlled by combination with the
Republicans in such way as to
make seeming victory for the Alli
ance, the Republicans would have
been very willing to make the trade,
whatever happens, the lines for 1892
must be drawn between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties. From
the Republican standpoint, the ALI
ance is disorganizer, whose power
is broken every time Republican
trade of any kind can be made with
it.
The Alliance leaders, too, seem to
recognize that this is one of the most
important factors of the situation.
They are hopeful that the Alliance
will become the nucleus of a new ma
tional party, and while they see no
prospect of getting the Republican
party out of their way as long as it is
in power with thousands of offices un-
der its control, they see that every
thing which helps to keep it in pow
er or to reorganize it after the great
reverse it has sustained, largely
through the power of the Alliance,
makes the success of the movement
for new popular party more diff
cult.
If they changed this policy and
traded with the Republicans, that
party would soon reform its lines,
broken in November, 1890, and in
November, 1892, would be able to
regain from the Alliance the votes
lost through Radical blunders and
crimes of legislation. And, by the
operation of the same rule, the effect
of uncompromising opposition must
be steady Alliance gains at the cx-
pense of the Republican party.
AS it is plain that the greater the
disorganization of the Republican
party the greater the possibilities of
Alliance gains from disaffected Re-
publicans, the policy of holding
aloof and refusing all trades calcula-
ted to give the Republican party
more standing room in the country
is in every sense ''good politics. -
st. Louis Republic.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

A CORNER on P's.-Mind the P's
in the following; Persons who pat
ronizc papers should not put off
paying very promptly, for the pc
cuniary prospects of the press have
peculiar power in pushing along pub
lie prosperity. If the printer is paid
promptly and his pocketbook kept
plethoric by prompt paying patrons,
he would put his pen in peace, his
paragraphs be more pointed, would
paint the pictures of passing events
in more pleasant colors, and the pc
rusal of his paper be pleasure to
the people. Please paste this piece
of proverbial philosophy in some
place where all persons can see il
plainly.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
THE SCHOOL BOOK FRAUD.

One of the very meanest frauds
that has ever been practiccd upon
the American people is that which
the school book publishers have been
perpetrating for the past few years.
We establish free schools, and say
that it costs nothing for the poor
man to educate his children. We
recognize or pretend to recognize
the fact that education is the chief
cornerstone of the Republic. But
we only make our school system half
free. We build school-houses and
employ teachers, but we permit a
lot OF publishing sharks to charge the
poor man two or three prices for
school books, and by connivance
with educational boards and superin-
tendents, to change the school books
ever now and then. The rich man
may care nothing about these things
but it becomes through series of
years a considerable tax upon the
poor man. Why every State which
has adopted the free school system
should have so long neglected to
protect parents against this outrage
is mystery, except that our legis-
lators, in such large numbers, seem
to have such soft side for the plum
derers of the people. 1t seems hard
ly creditable that with our profess
sional belief in the necessity of uni
versal education we should have
been so slow to impose upon the
State the duty of providing for a
uniform series of textbooks and fur
nishing them at cost Western Ru-
raj
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

Don't read Don't think! Don't
believe! Now, are you better? You
women who think that patent medi-
cines are humbug, and DR.. Pierce 5
Favorite Prescription the biggest
humbug of the whole (because its
best known of all)-does your lack
of-faith cure come?
1t is very easy to "don't' in this
world. Suspicion always comes
more easily than confidence. But
doubt--littlc faith--never made a
sick woman well--and the "Favorito
Prescription" has cured thousands
of delicate, weak women, which
makes us think that our "Prescrip-
ton is better than your don't be-
leve." We're both honest. Let us
come together. You try DR.. Pierce 5
Favorite Prescription. If it doesn't
do as represented, you get your
money again.
Where proofs so easy, can you af-
ford to doubt.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
Speed of Thought in Dreams.

During the Franco-Prussian war a
telegraph operator was receiving a
press dispatch concerning battle
that had just occurred. In it Prince
Bismarck S name was frequently re-
peated. Worn out from three days
and two nights continuous service,
without sleep, the poor operator took
down the Ibis" of the old warriors
name and then fell asleep. In his
sleep he dreamed that he visited the
scenes of his childhood's day: went
hunting with some Indians, had a
great deal of sport, passing through
an experience that would take days
to perform, and finally, after return
ing from the chase, and during a
dispute over dividing the game, he
woke in time to hear the instrument
click out the final syllable of Bis
marck's name and succeeded is max
ing a complete copy of the message.
At the rate of about 40 words per
minute (the average at that timc),
the operator could not have slept
more than the 4i-100th OF second ;
only during the time that the middle
letter Of the name was being record
cd by the instrument.
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12
sentimental. isn't it?n

Sentimental, isn't lt!''
at is very pretty" said Ethel,
glancing at it, then turning her head
away. She was selecting the valen-
tines she wanted to buy, and was al
SO quite aware that Halsey Barker
was watching her, and mentally
weighing her. She knew he thought
pretty well of himself, and was cs-
tcemcd quite the handsomest young
man in the town, They had already
shaken hands,
"Will You allow me TO carry these
home for youE" he asked, as hc Of
fcrcd 10 take the package.
"Oh, that will be too much troub-
lie. Mr.. Barker; besides | have call
to make on my way-he really must
approve Of me- she thought, sar-
castically.
II will wait while you make your
cali, he said.
at is upon Jennie Winne," she
answered, "you remember her. She
was such a sweet girl, hut she had a
great deal OF trouble--both her faith
or and mother are dead, and she has
to depend on herself. She sings in
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

loved me and l loved you, only for
that precious valentine. l do won
der who sent it?''
"Put it away! Burn it, Take me
instead, Jenny. What does it say|'
Nevada County picayune., 1891-02-12

UNNECESSARY TALK.- "lt's cold
this morning." remarked the visitor,
as he entered the Sanctum.
"Ycs " replied the editor; | knew
that from the fact that you left the
door open. ."-[West Shore.