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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
A TRaPP.ST ~RsFscTORY.
Cola and Gloomy Surrounding and
Seanty Bill of Fare.

Cola and Gloomy Surroundings and o
Seanty Bill of Fare.
We reached the Traprist refectory. A
great cold room. With whitewashed
walls and five long. narrow tables, with
ben:hes on each side. stretching from
end to end, was the place where the
monks took their very frugal meals.
The tables were laid for the first meal.
There were no cloths, and it is almost
needless 10 add that there were no nap
kins, although these are considered so
essential in France that even in the most
wretoned aHJcrge is usually laid be-
fore tire guest. Trappists, however. have
little need of them.
AZ each place were a wooden spoon
and fork, Il plate. a jug Of water, aud
another JuG-a smaller one~-of beer. a4d
& rorrinZer for soup, which is the chief
diet of the Trappisss. Nery thin soup it
is, Inc ingredients being water, chopped
vFs %tables. bread and u little oil or Init
ter.
Until q few years ago no oily matter,
whether vegetable or animal. was AL
.cwed III Tive soup, nor was it pern7iaSi-
bic. except III cas- Ut sickness, To have
more than n meal :; day, but the ne
Cessity OF relaxing the rule d little was
realized. NOW. during tie six suinre
months OF the yea. there are two meals
a day-ntsu2sly, ut II aai e.. but in win.
ter there is still only oaa that is called a
meal, and this is asa. There is, how.
ever. a ~gouter-just something to keep
the stomach from collapsing-at 10 in
the morning. No fish. o flesh. nor ami
m%t product, except cheese and batter,
is eaten by these Iraplists a. .sss they
fall i'll. and then they. have meat or any
thing else that they may need to make
them well. There is, however. very lit
tie sickness among them.
The living of each TrappiSt probably
costs no more than sixpence IL day to the
community. Assuming that the money
brought into the omnon fund by these
who a&ve u p-lya5o forSunc-the fathers,
as 4 rule, are men Of some independent
means covers the establishment ex-
penseS, aud the taxation imposed by the
state. there must remain u considerable
PANlb bu MIC YIN VA NiSl 1lutN IAdtA,
whether he labors in the fields or in the
dairy and c~neeserooms. or concerns him
self with the sales and the accounts, or,
like the porter at the gate, tests with On
instrument the richness of the milk that
is brought in by the peasants. lest they
who have been befiiended by the monks
in sickness and perjury should steal from
hem in return.
To devote this surplus obtained by a
life Of sacrifice, compared to which the
material misery of the beggars whom
they relieve is luxury, to the lessenipa
Of human suffering, to the encourage,
r1ent of the family. offering the hand 81
charity to the worthy and the unworthy
expecting no honor from all this. and
not we gratitude. is a life that makes
that Of the theoretical philanthropists
and humanitarian philosophers look ra
ther barren. Temple Bar.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
HE PRIZES THE BANDAGE.
The Life of q Young Mar Saved by tia
Petticoat of a Fair Texan.

The Life of q Young Man Saved by the
Petticoat OF a Fair Texan.
Arthur Kaufman, a young Memphian
who was in the wreck on the Wabash
road. arrived home with his head bound
up in a bloody white bandage, which he
regards as his most precious possession.
He says gold and jewels couldn't buy
that strip of cloth. Kaufman says that
when the collision came something hit
him. and he lost consciousness. When
he regained his senses. he was lying be-
side the wreck of the car. bleeding copi-
ously from a deep cut on the head and
unable to help himself. Just as he was
about to faint again from weakness, an
awfully pretty girl came up and spied
him. She was Miss Taylor Of Jeffer.
son, Tex. who had escaped injury in
the wreck.
She realized at once that the young
man would bleed to death IL not, attend.
ed to. Without a moments hesitation
she whipped off her petticoat and tear
ing put q strip bound it tightly ON Kauff.
mans head. The bleeding was checked
and his life saved. To say that he feels
deeply grateful to the fair Texan wonlt
be drawing it very mildly, and he VOW,
he will keep the bandage as long as h,
lives.-Memphis Cor. st. Louis Republic
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

the political offspring Of that episode
have forgotten the uprising OF American
temper and the experiences OF the
fathers Of secession. The latest phase,
however, of this erratic idea that the old
constitution is not good law, is the die
~tatorial power assumed by our chief ex-
e~cutive, Autocrat Cleveland, in his deal
ings with the Sandwich islanders. He
has appointed commissioners and minis
tiers, and il reports are not entirely de-
ceiving, has made treaties, declared war
aud changed governments without SO
much as consulting the congress OF the
United States. Whether right or wrong
In his objects, he has assumed die
tatorial powers entirely foreign to
American ideas, contrary to national
traditions on this very question OF our
relation to monarchial governments on
this continent and in direct violation of
the constitution which says congress
shall have a say in the matter, either in
the senate ratifying treaties OF confirm
ing ambassadors, or the house in declar-
ing war against already existing govern
ments. 1t will not be surprising if Mr..
I leve'and, like his prototype, Andrew
Johnson. should have to answer to an
impeachment before the bench Of the
senate, in defense OF his actions in the
Hawaiian matter. The people of the
United States wi | stand a good deal Of
misrule in their Own country, but when
that misrule compromises their honor IN
foreign affairs they are very touchy and
will assert their dignity. A democratic
majority in a house prostituting itself
for presidential favors may refuse to do
its duty, but the better sentiment of the
great American people will condemn the
high-handed act of usurpation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
Did the Queen Know?

Newspapers here recently announced
with a great display of type that the
queen had oeen g~raciously pleased to
present many bottles of wine to various
London hospitals for the use of poor pa
tents. The same papers have carefully
refrained from giving c~urrencyto the re.
port published in reputable provincial
journals to the effect that most OF the
wine in question was the refuse Of the
royal cellars and unfit for use in hospir
tails. II was in very bad condition.
Many of the bottles were half empty,
and others were go badly corked that thu
contents had turned sour. tits charita
bly, suggested that her frugal majesty
was ignorant Of these defects. New
York Suns LoDdon Letter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
Since the days when Thomas Jstferso

Since the days when Thomas jefferson
1made the, copstitu,on crack" to grasp
the Louisiana Purchase, the democrats
have not been slow TO tug at the texture
OF the ti"se-honorad document with q
view TO making a rent in it, though moi
always with a. good o purpose in view.
When they declared by words and acts
in the days OF Qualification that the
old parchment should be torn, the rug
ged temper OF "Old Hickory soor
brought them to a realizing sense d
their mistake. But that il a long time
SINCE and d new generation has sprung
UP which has forgotten the experience o
their fathers, The constitution wa,
again attacked when Suppter was fires
on, but that 10 a generation since ant
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
4 BALLAD or light HOUSEKEEPING,

#L AN FNMN -
'Tisa snbtly sweet s1ygrstise phrnse,
But the simple soul who IL lured thereby
VIII make d sorrow for many days.
In secret oft win he moan and cry
And vote the thing a tremendous lie,
For 1t means. this phrase that sounds so fair.
A world of trouble and toll and care
And a wild distracting wish to go
Away from it soon and anywhere.
/ speak of the things whereof ! know.
II means oil little transparent ways
To hide away from the common eye
The fact that your bread and butter stays
In your desk; that you bake and boil and fry
In a single dish. 1t means to try
To hang your garments, the best you wear,
In a folding bed, that last despair
OF honest souls; and, bitterest blow.
It means a kitchony parlor air.
speak of the things whereof ! know.
1t means to shrink meath the stern amaze
OF the lordly butchers and bakers eye,
ApologiZing in meek dispraise
For your modest wants. To rave or sigh
Over the pangs of the boughten pie.
lis to pray a strong, heav'n reaching prayer
For the meal a mar ~pronounces square"
And TO be once more in life below
Free from that peace destroying snare.
speak of the things whereof / know.
ENVOY.
Ye who have tempted this life TO share.
Pause ere We enter the tigers lair:
Consider the truth fain would show.
For with hand on heart | firmly swear
Ispeak of the things whereof l know.
-Carlotta Perry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
wheat

A visitor in Washington at present Is
Ivan Ottlik of Buda- Pesth. councillor In
the royal Hungarian ministry Of agri-
culture. His journey TO America is for
the purpose Of investigating American
agricultural economics. He has trav.
eled largely in the west and believes
that our farmers are overproducing
wheat and that this yours Ii also ex.
hausting tho soil.-Wa Washington Dis.
patch
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

The inequal Ities of Western Union
telegraph charges are conspicnously set
forth in the following complaint from
Aberdeen: The Western Union Tele-
graph company has always enforced a so
cen rate for ten word messages be-
tween this city and st. Paul ard Minn-
eapolis, Fargo and Grand Forks have q
% cent rate and Sioux Falls a 40 cent.
Fargo and Sioux Falls are a few miles
nearer the twin cities then Aberdeen
while Grand Forks il $40 miles distant
from st. Paul, or twenty, miles further
than Aberdeen. Steps are being taker
to secur a reimbursement OF rates on {
fair and equitable basis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

The arnonut apportloned by tie gen
eral land office for the various surveyor
generals has this year been reduced from
$4,000 to$200,O00, nearly, one-half.
Minnesota, which had $1,000 last year
and was seriously cramped at that, is re-
duced To $500. North Dakota will
have to get along with $1,000 in place
OF $4,000, and South Dakota is cut from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

Returns from thirty-three counties OF
the state, twenty of them compl tie, show
a republican vote of l4,771, independent,
1919; democratic, 5,487. There was
scarcely a half vote polled in the state,
the country precincts, owing 10 the fine
farming weather, casting scarcely a one
third vote. This, OF course, told very
heavily against the independent vote
Tie .otia republican majority in South
Dakota will be about 10 600, which ID
very hattering to the party.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

President Shannon, of the state board
Of regents, has completed his tour of
visitations Of the educational s
OF the state, by inspecting the work and
condition Of the School of Mines in the
Black Hills. He has ilst returned to
the "old un" may lie expected to give the
people some Interesting rs well as en-
couraging information IN respect to their
state schools. He can DO it il anyone
tan.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

SIOUX Falls Prtss, 10: Frank G. Fry.
who has been chief clerk Of the United
States marshai's Office for IA number Of
years, will leave shortly for Arkansas
where he will engage in the m~anufact-
ure OF hard wood lumber.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

The new state superintendent of Con-
gregational Missions, Rev. W. w. Thrall,
of Huron, was thrown from his buggy
near Mitchellthe other day and had his
arm broken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
PAID FOR

and YOU have not missed the mon-
ey, the amount of each payment
being so small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for ii. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to a piece of, real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
1t will surprise you when you
look over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
it will take to secure a fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or "a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
and easy terms of payment. Ii
you only have a few dollars to
spare now, come in or write us, and
we will fit you out with a good lot,
or more than one if you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you Ii you have only a few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want a
farm, come and see us, or write,
and we feel positive we can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
airy and social advantages, has a
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF M
and Lake county with her excel
lent lands, a county in which the
majority of the farmers
OWN THEIR FARMS, 4,
and we shall do all In our power to
continue this condition, by giving
LIBERAL TERMS to oil
-HOMESEEKERS
whether in city or country.
Again we invite you to come and
see us, or write us, and we will
convince you Of. the truth of the
statement which we. made at the
beginning Of this article, that VIZ
viii offer you an investment ii
either city lots or farms, which
will be far "better than q SAVINGS
BANK" !.
], cHAS, 3. KENNEDY, Pres.
Madison, So. Oak.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
Il OF SUBSCRIPTION
TO ADVERTISERS,

THE DAILY LEADER makes q special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
aud resources of the city of Madison and of the
state ut large emitting il to the patronage of ad.
~vertisers of every class.
j. F. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
OWNING A HOME.

Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty of a lifetime viii be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy ever II lot Sup
pose you have not - and there are
many of this Glasgow a pay a
small amount down, and we will
give You all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make paw
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi.
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
The Ruling Passion.

The Ruling Passion.
St. Peter (cordiallypCome in, come in!
Spirit of Kitchen Queen-Plase, yer
riv'rance, kin Oh how livery other avenin
or.r-C.,ntinental Culver.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

want one or more city lots near the
college. Better secure them while
they can be Ind ON the
FAVORABLE TERMS
now offered. and ,oa will then have
them when .,ou need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on. as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
Ii you have been renting a
house in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent. and if you have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money intoa
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
Blu ING A LOT.
If you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you are paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy q farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm of
your own and feel the independ-
ence Of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16

THOMAS Thomson, Secretary Of State.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-16
INVESTMENT.


Every dollar deposited in a city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, anc'
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE In L
The foundation Of many a
fortune has been lain by
the purchase of a city lot. If you
have q family, then by al means
you want a home. If you wish to
live in the city, buy a lot, or more
than one if you feel able, and COM
mence at once to improve it by
planting trees on it if nothing
more, and building on it as soon
as practicable. You can make a
loan for the purpose of building il
you own your lot. Ii you are a
farmer and expect to retire soon
and rent your farm, or come to the
city for the purpose of educating
your children, then you certainly
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
Old Slaves Days.

The only way to raise money was to
sell negroes, and to sell ones servants
was ordinarily deemed disreputable. l
remember one slave auction; it was
about the time of the outbreak of the
war, and was an Administrative sale. l
recollect that the ladies of the connection
were in back room holding interviews
with one after another of the men pres
ent trying to secure good masters for the
slaves aud to prevent the separation of
husband and wife and mother and child.
remember that the young negroes were
sold for round price. AS to the old
ones, the estate had to pay some one to
take them. They were struck off to the
bidder who would take and support them
at least cost to the estate. For one
young boy I remember one of the com
petitors was negro trader, and he ran
up and finally secured him. I was
very small child and thirty years have
passed since then, but I recall sividly to.
day the CONSERVATION, the anger, the dis
tress of the family over the announce
ment that negro trader had brought
Reuben. I know some of the negro
traders family now, but | never see one
without that scens rising before me. He
sold him in the South. A few years ago
strappiog young man, considerably
over six feet, came into my office and
asked for me. 1t was Reuben returned
from the far South to hunt up bis old
people and home. I think that sale and
book got hold of in lumber room
when boy inclined me to abolition. l
have not read the book since, but know
/ have always hated Legree, loved little
Eva, felt contempt for St. Clair aud
pitied Uncle Tom and the other negroes.
1t is only since have grown older and
more Thoughtful, and have studied condi'
tions more, that I have come to know
that African slavery, while the time for
its termination had come when it was at
last abolished, and while it brought
many woes to the South, served in its
time great purpose and was an inesti-
mable blessing to the negro race. Sla-
very in America at worst was better than
the savagery of the Congo. I have no
quarrel with "Uncle Toms Cabin" 1t
is a great book and was q tremendous
engine in the history of this country. l
believe it did more to emancipate the
negro than all the speeches made by al
the abolitionists put together, but it was
pamphlet, not history. Uncle Tom
was not negro in any of his character
istics except his color. He belonged to
far higher race, the race of his creator,
who endowed him with the richest vir.
tues, feelings and sensibilities of her own
race. This is the vice of "Uncle Toms
Cabin" as picture of slavery.-TaOmas
Nelson Page in New York World.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-31
Salt and Ashes for Animals.

This subject has been frequently dis
cussed hitherto, especially the use of salt
for farm stock. That all domestic ami
mails do better where they are constantly
supplied with salt, am perfectly salts
fed, from experience and long observa-
ton. The only case where it seems to
do injury is where cattle have been with
out it, and then giving them all they are
inclined to consume. = am willing to
own that it is temporarily injurious, not
because the article itself its bad, but be-
cause of taking too much at one time.
The proper way to feed salt is to place
it where the stock can get at it as they
please, and take what they are inclined
to eat. Never mix it with their food, so
that they are compelled to eat it whether
they want it or not. More and better
butter can be made from the milk of tie
COW when she has a full supply of salt,
than one entirely deprived of it, and hav'
ing an irregular supply, and it also takes
less time to churn the cream.
Nature requires salt SIS an aid in pre-
serving health. Tt assists in digestion,
as we'll as in many other ways, which 1
need not here mention. For cattle at
pasture Jumps may be laid in any con-
venient place where board can be fixed
to shelter from rain, and still allow the
stock free access. At the barn the Jumps
can be placed under the shed or some
other convenient and dry spot.
But oftentimes stock seem to require
an alkali as we'll, and that is most con.
veniently supplied with wood ashes,
which horses, cattle, sheep and swine will
greedily devour, when they have an op'
portunity. These should also be sup
piled where the stock can have access to
them if desired. The ashes should be
from sound wood and Kept dry.
When desirable to keep cattle at pas
ture, and there is no shed to shelter the
ashes and salt, convenient troug b may
be fastened between two posts, on top of
which are fastened two planks or boards
roof to shelter from rain. The posts
should be long enough 30 that the trough b
may be eighteen or twenty inches above
the ground, and there must be room
above, between it and the roof, to allow
free access to the salt and ashes. This
answers for all stock except sheep and
swine, which can have the troughs lower.
believe that if a constant supply of salt
and ashes is provided where all kinds of
stock can have access to them, very
much less disease would be known
among farm stock. I have never known
bots, collie, or worms in horses where
ashes and salt were thus furnished.