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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

"rhat is my strong point" softly
hummed the mosquito, inserting it IN
the sleeping victims nose.-Pittsburg
Dispatch;
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21
Mining and Milling.

Ihave received the new spring goods
and fashions. WILLIAM WALKER. st
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

Surplus in United States. .s2,OS5, 353.67
s. b. GILLETT,
Sit. Agent at Silver City, N. Nj.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

I have received the new spring goods
and fashions. WILLIAM WALKER. sit
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

Silver City will have the biggest 4th
OF July celebration this year ever seen in
New Mexico. The Southwest Silver
Convention will be IN session here and
half the residents of Grant County Will
be here. There will not be a dozen
miners left in the camps within a hun
dred miles OF Silver City.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

Our finest hand made cream
candies 30 cts. per pound, 3 pounds
for $l.00. Aft. NoLAN's p. o. Store
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

The same old prices for bread at
sit J. M. WALLACE & Co.'S,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

w. E. Baker, of Las Cruces, is here
taking the testimony in the case Of the
Territory vs.. Thompson,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
towing Spirit In a Canary bird.

A Philadelphia gentleman hasa canary
that he calls Noah He allows Noah an
occasional free flight in tine garden. One
day when time was mp the bird declined
to come into the house or be taken, but
when approached flew of a space. HI
would then fly back, still declining to b.
taken in At last his performance in
duced his owner to go out and follow
At once he bnis+r INTO u joyful song anc
flew away. keeping u few feet ahead and
looking back coaSingly.
Il followed. and he led me to u rose
bush at the other end OF the garden. but
| could not see what brought him until
with a series Of loud staccato notes. he
few down beside u neipof yellow leaves
Then | saw laying there what | took te
be a dead canary but when ] stepped
and took it IN my hand it feebly stirred
1t had evidentiy been out all night and
was nearly frozen Noah was delighted
and would Fly from me back to the, in.
valid in his bed of coarse cotton &C
times a minute. trilling his prettiesi
songs and ehirping, as If to say. How
are you feeling o brother?r Here is
this sweet spirit of helpful love OF Others
without desire OF gain. such as would
honor any human character.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

@JUDdE lhOMfSON. cellenE ali rOunu
lawyer and is said to be admirably
equipped for the duties of the high judi.
cial position to which he has been called.
His father was a Judge of the court OF
common pleas in Venango county, Pa,
when MI. Thompson was born there in
1887 and was elected to the supreme
bench in 1853. where he served for IL
years, the last six as chief justice.
The family removed to Philadelphia
Immediately upon the election of the
father to the supreme court, and there
the son, who had already graduated at
the Erie academy and made himself pro.
ficient in several modern languages, took
a partial course ut the University OF
Pennsylvania and entered upon the study
Of the law. He was a limited 10 practice
In 1861. While the father was making
an argument before the supreme court in
1874 he was suddenly stricken down and
died before his son, who was in another
part of the building, could reach him.
The new associate justice has always
been an active Democrat and is presi.
dent Of the Young Mems Democratic as
ISOLATION Of Philadelphia. The only pub.
lie Office he has ever held is the unsala.
ried one of commissioner of Paramount
park, to which he was appointed in 1887,
He is a director of the Philadelphia and
Erie Railway company and was one Of
the visiting statesmen who went to
Florida in the interest of Mr.. Tilden in
1877.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

"At one time during the administra-
ton of President Diaz," said a Mexican
gentleman in Chicago. the smugglers
became SO numerous that the president
issued a proclamation stating that all
smugglers who would put themselves
in the hands of the revenue department
would be forgiven for past ~offenses and
be given profitable employment in the
custom house. Many ~of the smugglers
took advantage of this offer and were
given good positions under the govern
ment. This plan was successful, and
smuggling was becoming rare along the
United States border until the Mexican
government reduced the salaries of the
reformed smugglers. Then one by one
they deserted their offices and engaged
in their old customs. They are now
fully organized along the Rio Grande
and conduct their unlawful business
most n~rnftablv"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
A MELANCHOLY POET.
RICHARD REALF, WHO FOUGHT AND
SANG FOR LIBERTY.

a Gallant Soldier who Could Not Face
Domestic Trouble-His Poems and Not
. stone TO BE His Monumental Pro-
aege of Lady Byron.
Among the fugitive verses" that went
the rounds of the magazines and poets
corners" of 90 years ago were some of
sweetness and power signed
Richard Reaaf. They were the work of
= singularly unhappy man, who died by
his own hand in California In 1878, but
who might under suspicious conditions
have demonstrated himself to be a great
poet. His verses show the true poetic
instinct and unusual power of express
sion, though it is not hard to find in them
indications that their author was capable
OF better things.
The whole life of Richard Realf was a
struggle with adversely. Born in 1884, in
Sussex, England, one of a large peasant
family, and forced at an early age to la
Dor in the fields-the bare narration of
the facts is a sufficient summary of the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
philips BROOK. and the chi.aren.

ssheSHS @A0 NfsG
Nothing seemed to give DIR. Brooks
greater pleasure" said Mr.. Thomas FL.
Howard. the superintendent of st. An
drew's parish, than TO have children
near him. de liked to,get of in one cor
ner among a group OF little children and
play with and fondle them.
II remember one instance continued
Mr.. Howard, with a faint smile, .swhen
Dr.. Brooks diearranged our plans COM
pletely, and this disarrangernent almost
resulted in a small riot. He always at
tended our Christmas festivals and was
always eager to take an active part in
the distribution Of the gifts and In the
festivities in general This occasion in
particular was the year before ne was
consecrated, and the exercises were o-
ing along s~wimmingly. We had q regu.
larly arranged programme, which pro-
yided for the giving ort Of the bags OF
candy at the very last.
Well. DR.. Brooks was surrounded by
a crowd OF the smaller children, the
babies of the mission. and about the
time that the exercises were about hall
over these little ones began to clamor for
candy, and the doctor couldn't stand
their pleadings He simply got up and
commenced to- unload the tree of it's
sweets, tossing the bags OF candy TO the
little one No sooner had he begun to
do this than the older children. perhaps
a grade higher. raised IA great ruInpus.
and there WIN nothing for MS to do but
to shut Dt Brooks off. call a halt and
restore order BOSTON Globe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

The wifeo of "a well known naval officer
tells an amusing story of some of her
experiences in Washington society. On
n occasion when she was asked to re-
ceive at an army and navy german. a
congressman entered with a lady lean
ing npon each arm. One of the floor
committee at once approached him with
the polite request that he give his name.
in order that he might be presented to
Mrs. Blank. who received the guests of
the evening
mo. thank you.' WAS the f~Ionchatant
reply Il cont care to he introduced.
| have two ladies now 10 take c:re of.
and that il bout rs much NJ | can man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
Seen In Dream.

In the summer of 1855 Mrs. John Tel
yea, then living in Wisconsin, dreamed
that her niece Mary. who was attending
school at Waukesha. 10 miles distant,
had met with a serious accident. the ex.
act nature OF which she could not recall
when awake, but it so alarmed her that
she told her husband the next morning
that he must go Immediately to Wau-
kesha, as something terrible had hap
pened to Mary He tried to laugh ber
of her fears. bnt when no found that
she would go If he did not. he got into
his buggy and started. He hal gone but
a short distance when he met a messen-
ger from the school coming To tell him
that late on the evening before Mary
had fallen from II tree and broken her
arIn.-Arena.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

@A
privations of his childhood. Yet with but
year or two at a village school his in
nate ideality led him to the expression of
his thoughts in verse sufficiently remark
able to attract the attention of the poet
Rogers, Miss Martineau, Lady Byron
and others, and under their patronage
his first poems were published with the
significant title, 'Guesses at the Beauti-
full"
At the age of 90 he came to America,
devoting himself for a year or two after
his arrival to educational efforts among
the poor. In 1855 he went to Kansas
with John Brown and threw himself into
the abolition fight until he was arrested
by order Of Governor Geary. On his re-
lease he went to Canada, where a futile
movement was on foot among the abo-
~litionists for the invasion of the southern
states. He was in Texas at the time Of
the Harper's Ferry raid and was again
arrested and taken to Washington, mar
rowly escaping lynching on the way.
When the war broke ont, Realf enlist
ed rs a private, and in 1866 was mustered
out with the brevet rank of lieutenant
colonel. He received honorable mention
for gallantry at the battles Of Chicka-
manga and Missionary Ridge and the
publicly expressed thanks of General
Stanley, his corps commander, for his
conduct in subsequent engagements.
After the war Realf made an unfor-
tnnate marriage, SO distasteful that he
enlisted as a private soldier in the reg
nlar army, then engaged in suppressing
Indian depredations in the west, hoping,
as he despairingly wrote, Ito get a kind
ly bullet put through me-" He was dis
charged by order of the secretary of war
and given a position in the internal rev.
enue service in South Carolina, Where
he devoted all his leisure to the instruc-
ton of the negroes.
He secured a divorce from the woman
who had done so much to make his life
miserable and married again. His sec
end marriage was far better for him
ian his first, though illness and a series
# systematic prosecutions inaugurated
by his first wife did much to mar his
happiness. In 1878 he was appointed to
u position in the San Francisco mint,
G.sl seeing unwonted felicity dawning
.;pon him entered assidIously upon his
rew duties, devoting, as usual, his spare
hours to literature.
But the happiness he coveted was not
fer him. While he vas preparing for the
reception of his wife and child, who were
yet in the east, his Nemesis descended
Upon him. His first wife had succeeded
II obtaining a rehearing of the divorce
which had already been granted and
began to threaten him. He was to be
declared a bigamist and his wife and
caild dishonored. The blow was too
rauch for him, and he ended his own life
III Il hotel in Oakland, Cal.
Realf was buried in San Francisco,
and for Is years nothing has marked his
resting place except a simple ~gravestone
that recorded the fact that he had served
his country as a soldier and risen to tie
rgak of lieutenant colonel. Awakening
1t Last to the fact that something should
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

dENEhAI hlhb1 SMITH As n ThOF ESSSCh.
And yet, as the world knows, Kirby
Smith was a hard fighter. He comes Of
a family of fighters. He was born in st.
Augustine and graduated from West
Point in 1S45. In the Mexican war he
earned two brevets for signal ~gallantry
at Cerro Cordo and Contreras. He served
in several campaigns against the Indians
and was wounded by the Comanches in
Texas in 1863. He was tenderly nursed
by a lady whom he afterward married.
He became a major of the United States
army in January, 1861, but resigned in
April, when the state of Florida seeded.
He received his commission as lieutenant
colonel of cavalry in the Confederate
army, became brigadier general June II,
1851, major general Oct. II, 1851, lieu
tenant general Oct. 0, 1852, and general
Feb. 10, 1864. He was severely wounded
at the battle of Bull Run, a mimic ball
passing entirely through his body below
the shoulders. He served with distinc-
ton throughout the war, especially in
his Red river campaign, when he vas
opposedSto the Union general. Nathaniel
p. Banks.
When hostilities ceased, General Smith
retired to private life, from which he was
called to take the presidency of the At
lantic and Pacific Telegraph company in
1866. He gave up this position in 1868,
and in 1870 accepted the chancellorship
of the University of Nashville, from
which he retired in 1875. since which
time he has been professor Of mathemat-
les in the University Of the South at
Sewanee.
Here. II the veteran general carries
out his present plans, he viii pass the re.
mainder OF his days. General Smith was
a great admirer Of Beauregard and re-
CARDS him as n of the greatest civil en-
gineers the world has ever produced.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
LAST. CONFEDERATE GENERAL.
Edmund Kirby Smith In the Role of q Pro
lessor of Mathematics.

Edmund Kirby Smith In the Role of q Pro-
lessor Of Mathematics.
OF the seven full generals who fought
on the Confederate side during the ''late
unpleasantness," but one survives, Gen
eral Edmund Kirby Smith, and his pres
emit duties are cast in lines not even re
motely suggestive of the din of war, for
the old warhorse is now q college pre-
fessor. He ably fills the chair of mathe.
mates in the University of the South at
Sewanee, Tenn. General Smith is per-
haps the only man living, certainly the
only ex-oficer, who participated in every
battle of the Mexican war. Although 40
years of age. he is well preserved, and his
flowing white beard and long hair give
him a patriarchal appearance which is
decidedly the reverse of military.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
cRounr s

My wife IL jeal.A .cu IA maid
worship in my verse,
And every dollar ! ann paid
For theirs she deems n curse.
And though through them I buy her gowns,
Pay doctors bills and rent
At their fair nothingncss she frowns,
Displeasure dire to vent.
One little secret I'D explain
'Twould set her m.nG ut rest
But no. 'twould render her too vain
II she but dimly guessed.
~
Those maids | love for sordid peif
Should 10 unwhipped of blame,
For every one is just herself.
Called by another name.
r. L. Hendrick In Harper's Bazaar.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
Williams

Emperor William has, much to the dis
gust Of his subjects. inaugurated the
practice of having all the game killed at
the imperial shooting parties sold for the
highest possible price. Hitherto it has
been customary for such Of the game AZ
was not required for the royal household
or for presents to be given to charitable
institutions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

Centuries apo the color CT a hat or car
had it's Significance. Cardinals first be
gan to weir rcd t;.t~ in l233. In Italy
for age, - '.meaGoers OF he Hebrew rSee
were knos..lGy tlo yellow cap they wore
it being me- terry fer them TO we;lt
.hem.--PLila;ciatli. Ledger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

RICHARD REALF's GRAVE.
be done to honor his memory, a few of
his admirers, aided by the literary work
ers of the Pacific coast, recently started
o movement to obtain funds to erect q
monument.
Joaquin Miller, however, suggested in
a characteristic note that the publication
Of an edition Of Realfs poems would be
the most fitting memorial of the unhap-
~ poet. LET as moi" he wrote, "give
9 stone to Q man to whom the public re-
freed bread" Milier's suggestion has
fruit, and it has been decided to
5lish the book by subscription. II
IL profits are sufficient. q monument
ssay be erected. II. T. WHITE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
A Sure sign.

When a young man talks about the
business of ''our firm" in a pitch Of voice
that can be heard from one end OF o
street car to the other, it is a sure sign
that his wages have been raised to % q
waek.-New York Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

prem Q court
bench caused by
the resignation Of
Chief Justice
Paxson, has been
q pr m Q
member of the
Philadelphia bar
for D than 80
years. His prac-
tice has been
largely in impor-
tant corporation
cases, but he is
considered an ex-
cellent all round
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
PENNsYlvA;slA's NEW JUDGE.

Samuel q. Thorn ssta Is an Active Demo-
crat and nm Experienced Lawyer.
Samuel Cuisine Thompson, recently
appointed by Governor Pattison to fill
| the vacancy on the Pennsylvania sy-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

1t is worth while for a man to venture
his life to carry a rope 10 n sinking ship
or to ave Il great cause. but TO win a
line III ii college paper or the applause of
Il crowd Is such glory worth The prices
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
Convinced.

Judge-Prisoner. do you acknowledge
your guilt3
Prisoner--No. my lord. The speech for
the defense has convinced even me of my
innocence. - Exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13

The man who hasn't any work to do
never seems to be quite happy unless he
is bothering somebody else who has.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
Notice.

State Of South Dakota, once OF Commissions
OF school and Public Lands, Pierre, 8. D., Jan.
81, 1sg8.-Notice 10 hereby given that on the 18th
day of April, 1888, all the unsold school lands In
public auction to the hiRhes. bidder at the 'front.'
door OF the court honee IN said county. said
leasing will be- held between the hours Of ten
o'clock D. m, and 5 o'clock +. m. OF each day
until all tracts OF school lands have been offered
for lease. THOS. Truth,
COMMISSIONS Of School and Public Lands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-03-13
Australia Draws the Line.

The Australian and New Zealand col
onies are taking steps to prohibit the inn
migration of Jewish paupers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24

New York Tribune.
hro Io- Q


Farmers who grasp more land than they
can properly cultivate, use Its available
plant-food. and then leave it to posterity
SO depleted of fertility that it will not pay
cOst of cultivation. are robbers. Those
who succeed them must go to work and
restore the lost fertility at considerable
expense before they can expect to raise
remunerative crops. On the other hand,
the farmer who becomes legally possessed
of as much land as he can cultivate well.
restores in. some form the plant food car.
ried off in his crops and passes his fields
down 10 posterity with value unimpaired,
Is a benefact0r OF his kind, and, instead
of causing poverty. increases the public
wealth. A large majority of the world 9
laborers can earn their bread more easily
In other employments than agriculture:
it is for their interest that the soil be
cultivated and owned by those best quail
flied by nature and training for producin z
food. for such can produce the cheapest
food.
The main objection that can be urged
against small farms-that our most costly
machinery cannot be used with greatest
economy on them; that the annual OF
snch machinery would not equal the inter-
est on cost and deterioration-may be over
come by copying the example of other m
telligent business men-namely. com bin
their capital. organize joint stock companies
to purchase aud own such machinery;
also such seed animals OF improved stock
as cannot be owned with economy By sim
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
Gas Motors for Street. Cars.
d hxy ChvontcIa Ta1ar~s,h


MIR. Yerkes. the well.known street-car
maRnate. states that they will substitute
gas motors for horse cars on certain lines
in Chicago. The gas engine has been 90
much improved In the last four years th at
the attempt TO use II for locomotive pur-
poses would seem we'll warranted. The
wonder Is nobody ever thought of 1t be-
fore TO use natural gas to this end. The
motors are clean. light. easily managed
and noiseless. In all these factors the gas
motor stands easily comparison with cleo
trio motor power. or even the BILE system.
An installation of this system costs less
than any other form of rapid transit.
Gas motors are so simple that IL can well
be ina gined that companies could save, 81
lesst on lines of light traffic, special motor.
men. This official Is only needed where
cars travel with high speed and are heavy
weight. There half tie occupation consists
in working the clumsy brake In use on mos;
lines. a car weighing $4,000 pounds travel.
ing at eight miles speed has three or four
times the momentum of car weighing
only 5000 or 10000 pounds at six miles pei
hour. Hence 1t can easily be seen that the
mere starting and stopping of cars forms an
appreclable fraction of the running ex.
pense. which will be reduced by the lighter
vehicles possible with the gas motor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
Indianapolis "a n Seed s.arhet.

Indianapolis has grown greatly in i'm
portance as seed market In the last few
years. Five years ago. it is stated.
not over $4,000 to $4,000 worth of seeds
were sold in this market Last year the
sales exceeded S250OO with the three lead
ing houses. and this year that will be
largely exceeded, as two of the establish
ments have greatly enlarged and extended
their trade. In January and February tho
trade commences, fret supplying the
Southern States with seed, moro especially
with seed corn and oats. little later
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois begin to
draw on this market for their seed of vari-
Gus kinds. Now the greatest demand comes
from the North western States. One of the
houses has quito an extensive trade in the
Eastern and New England States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-24
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION or
J. AN ADDITION TO THE INDIANA STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL.

Sealed bids will be received by the Trustees OF the In
diana state Normal school 70 noon OF Wednesday.
May 1898 for the erection OF addition TO the Indt
State Normal School Building, according TO draw
Igs and specifications made by FlOy. Stone. archi
tects TerTe Haute In0isna. Drawings, specifications.
ETC. be at the office Of Floyd d stone. 6Slia
Wabash avenue Terre Haute. Indiana. or 1880 In
gals Block Indian poiis. Each bid must be accom-
panied by certified check for 900 as a guarantee
that the bidder viii enter into contract and furnish
bond. All bids must be made on blanks furnished
by the architects and all proposals must be addressed
To W. w. PARSONS, President Indiana state Nor.
NAL School, Terre Haute Indiana and plainly marked
Proposal for Erecting Addition 10 the Indiana state
Normal School BUILDING" The right is reserved -
reject any or all proposals.
MURRAY BRIGGS
President Board of Trustees