davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
Acute Vision of Birds.

Birds have very acute vision-perhaps
the most acute of any creature-and the
sense is almost more widely diffused over
the retina than is the case with man;
consequently a bird can see objects side
ways as well as in front of it. A bird
sees-showing great uneasiness in conse-
quence-a hawk long before it is visible
to man. So, too, fowls and pigeons find
minute scraps of food, distinguishing
them from what appear to us exactly
similar pieces of earth or gravel. Young
chickens are also able to find their own
food, knowing its position and how dis
tant 1t is as soon as they are Matched,
whereas a child only very gradually
learns either to see OF to understand the
distance of an object. Several birds
apparently the young of all those that
nest ON the ground-can see quite well
directly they come out of the shell, but
the young of birds that nest in trees or
on rocks are born blind and have to be
fed.-Chambers' Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

the lake. They are all over 6 feet in
height, and they wear no clothing. Mrs.
Swami was always carried in front of
the ray by eight men in a wicker
chair. These African coolies, with the
exception of two, deserted her at the first
sight of the Nasal, who were just re-
turning from war and consequently
looked as ferocious as possible. Fortu-
nately their intentions were amicable,
and after exchanging branches of trees,
which is the signal of peace, and accept
ing some beads and cloth from 'the big
man." as they called MI. Swami, they
allowed the white lady" and her escort
to pass on.
The missionaries built a mud house and
a church at kinyamkolo. The house was
erected inside a stockade where 800 peo-
pie lived. Mrs. Swami felt greatly inter-
ested in the women and girls, and taught
them many useful things. Her servants
were children from 8 to ID years old.
After that age the girls marry and will
do no more domestic work. With coffee
from the Sheri islands and supplies from
England once a year it was not impossi-
BILE for Mrs. Swami to cater a~cceptably
for her household.
Mrs. Swami gives some amusing de-
tails of the value of certain goods among
these tribes, needles and cloth ranking
highest. She always kept a large supply
of these, for they absolutely became cur
rent coin of the realm. Three needles
would procure one fowl; one needle, two
eggs. Old tins and empty bottles were
also in much request, condensed milk
tins taking the place of drinking gourds
for the natives. A fowl could also be
had for two yards of cotton or a small
piece of cloth.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
The Poison of the Cobra.

The bite Of the terrible cobra of India
is looked upon as meaning certain death.
It is not surprising that experiments to
determine the nature of this awful
poison should attract wide attention
when they are made in a scientific man.
ner emitting their results to be accepted
with confidence. Such experiments have
recently been conducted by MIR. A. A.
Kanthack. The venom was obtained
by pressing the heads of living cobras,
by which nerve trying operation the
deadly fiSid was squeezed out of the
fangs.
The fluid dries very quickly and leaves
a yellow substance resembling gum
arabic or the dried albumen of egg, which
is easily pulverized. The activity of the
poison is destroyed by prolonged boiling
a concentrated solution of it withstand.
ing the effects of boiling for an hour or
two before entirely losing its poisonous
action. A weak solution could be rem
dered innocuous by being boiled from 90
minutes to half an hour.
But Of course this can give no comfort
to any victim of a cobra bite, since the
venom, once injected into his blood.
could by no possibility be subjected to
such a, process of boiling.
Ammonia and chlorine water also
proved capable of destroying the poison
if applied to it for a considerable time
in strong solutions, and carbolic acid con.
siderably delayed its poisonous action.
Some hope had been raised that doses
of strychnia might prove a means OF
cure, but the experiments showed that
there was no foundation for this hope,
So far, then, a cure for the bite of the
cobra remains to be discovered
Youths Companion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

In these days of speculation and of
tremendous fiuctuation in Wall street
prices it is not surprising that weak hui
man nature yields to great temptation.
The wonder is not that a cashier, a pay
ing teller, a president, a custodian Of
trust funds, yields, but hat so few
among the large number of compare
lively poor men, handling hundreds of
thousands Of dollars and in many in
stances securities valued at millions, fall
by the wayside. { 1t stands tor reason that
where one is detected half d dozen es-
cape disgrace, a lucky turn in specula-
ton enabling them TO recoup the strong
box and to replace the borrowed assets.
Ii may be doubted if any of the long list
of dafaulters intended at the outset to
defraud their employers or their custo-
mers. It's the old story. The unexpect-
ed happened. tie money vas lost, the
hypofhecated securities were sold, and
the inevitable discovery brought ruin
upon the defaulter and shame upon his
family and friends. New York Re.
corder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
The Tramp Nuisance.

The tramp fraternity has made itself
unusually obnoxious during the hard
times, and heroic measures have been
resorted to for the purpose of suppress
ing il. In San Francisco the tramps
that infested and robbed the docks were
driven out by dueking them in the sea.
In. Boston it seems that the sacred
common had literally fallen into the
hands of tramps before the police could
be aroused to a sense of their duty. Pc
destIians were accosted at all hours of
the day and night, and if they did not
give were cursed and even struck, ac-
cording to the hour and the loneliness of
the locality. Women were bullied and
insulted and children robbed of their
pennies. Finally the police decided to
raid the ommon and rid it of it's bandit
ii. twenty-five arrests were made, the
prisoners were sent Ito the island" the
Common is now safe for travellers, and
children may sail their boats in the frog
pond without fear of molestation New
York Evening Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

SUPP. Davis, Of the Pierre Indian
school, has returned from a visit to the
Crow Creek and Lower Brule reserva-
tions, where he went in quest of pupils
for his school, but his trip was unsuc
cessful. Mr.. Davis reports that there
are over 5000 Indian children of school
age in the state. but that at present but
1000 are attending the government
schools in the state. The reason for
this small proportion Of attendance is
said to be a lack of interest on the part
Of the parents and a feeling against
sending their children abroad, but is re-
garded as peculiar that it is also next to
impossible to keep any great number of
pupils ever In the schools at the various
agencies where 1t is very convenient for
the Indians, and where the parents can
visit their children or the children visit
their homes, al they desire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
She Followed His Lead.

There were seats enough for all ex ceps
I'M young man, whose party Of two
pairs sat down near the door. re was
the high spirits OF this group doubtless
that prompted the suggestion by one of
them that the star W2g young man
should sit in the lap of his young woman
for greater comfort. This he promptly
did, and not being repulsed sat there
with great content to himself.
AT Reade street a young Irish girl
boarded the ar. 1t was evident to ev-
cry one that she was recently landed.
well in%tentioned and little informed.
She stood at the door n minute and
looked bewildered upand down the filed
seats. Then her eye fell upon a young
nan sitting at ease i'll q young woman's
lap. She darted forward, and before any
one had the slightest idea of her inten.
ton she seated herself respectfully but
firmly on the lap Of the other young man.
1t was hard to tell which was the fun
niest, the agitation of the young man, the
calm of the yonng woman or the hyster-
ical laughter of the colored girl in the
corner, who explained to the passengers
between her peals:
"She thinks Gem IA comes fust sits Oh
de seats, an dem rs comes next sits CT &c
people"
Which Was evidently just what she
did think until the conductor came TO
the rescue.-New York Recorder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
A WOMAN IN AFRICA.
Experienced of a Missionary's Wife on the
shores of Lake TanEanyika.

Experiences of a M~issionary's Wife on the
shores of Lake TanEanyika.
The life of a m~issionary's wife in the
heart of the dark continent is not entire
" without its compensations. according
to the account of Mrs. A. j. Swami. who
has just returned to England after a
FIVE years residence on the shores of
Lake Tangany1ka. Yet it is scarcely
probable that there will be any great
rush of English society girls to try it, for
though Mrs. Swami says she was never
lonely and never afraid, yet she admits
that outside the stocllade the lions were
always bowling at night, and there was
constant danger of being attacked by
cannibals.
Mrs. Swami is the wife of the mission
airy who brought to England the sad
news of Emin Pasha's tragic fate. She
is the only white woman who ever made
the journey from Sedani to Ujiji, and
her presence excited great curiosity
among the natives. On the way the
small caravan encountered a company,
400 strong, of the Nasal, the strongest
and the most formidable of the tribes on
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
A Sewer Gas Destroyer.

Some of the English towns and cities
have introduced a device for ventilating
sewers-a Bunsen gas burner operating
to heat to a high temperature a series of
cast iron cones over the surfaces of
which the sewer gases have to pass on
their way out to the atmosphere, which
by such contact are entirely destroyed.
In order to obviate all danger of explo-
sion caused by leakage, this new safety
furnace consists of a series of cylindric-
al rings or segments, each mechanical
ly fitted An intermediate ring divides
the combustion chamber from the verti-
cal air passages formed between the in
ner and outer ring of the furnace. The
heat of the furnace is conveyed to the
outer ring by means of thick cast iron
webs that form tiers of air channels
through which the uprising sewer air
passes, and the burner is supplied with
air taken from the outside of the de
structor column."-New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
A Remarkable Bridge.

1t is reported from Denver that a nat
ural bridge formed by q tree of agatized
wood, spanning a canyon As feet wide,
has been found in Chalcedony park in
Arizona. 1t is supposed that the tree
had at some remote time fallen, when 1T
became inbedded in the silt of some
great inland sea or mighty water over
flow. The silt became in time sand
stone, and the wood gradually passed
through the stages CT naturalization,
until now it is a wonderful tree of solid
agate. Again, in after years, water has
washed and eaten away the sandstone
until q canyon As feet in width has been
formed, the fiintlike substances of the
agatized wood having resisted the erosion
of the waterhow.-Yankee Blade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

The sixth annual state. convention OF
the Christian Endeavor Societies which
adjourned at Sioux Falls Monday elected
Rev. G. A. Raglan, of Sioux Falls, presi-
dent. for the ensuing year, L. G. Lang
dale, of Clark, corresponding secretary
and treasurer, and Miss j. NJ. Pryne, of
Madison, recording secretary. The next
state convention will be held at Water
town as hear the middle of October,
1894, as possible. The number of soci-
cites in the state is POS. which the Con-
gregational church leads with 40, the
Presbyterian next with 36, and union
societies next numbering 80. The other
churches range from 9 to 7. The total
membership of the Endeavorers in the
state is about 1928, active, and 1,119
associate members.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
Erenchwomen In Trousers.

For the privilege of wearing trousers
the French government charges women
a tax of from $40 to $12 a year. This by
no means gives every woman who is
willing to pay the tax a right to wear
trousers. The government instead con-
fers the right as a tribute to great
merit. Trousers are, in fact, a sort of
decoration given to women as the ribbon
of the Legion of Honor is given to men.
The only women to whom has been
granted the right to veal trousers are
George Sand, Rosa Bonheur. Nine.
Dieulafoy, the Partisan archaologist;
Nine. F~oucault, the bearded woman
and two feminine s~tonecutters, Mime.
Fourreau and La Jeanette. New York
Evening Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
Enormous Life Insurance Business

Life insurance companies are becom-
ing the holders of enormous masses of
capital. Statistics made public at the
meeting on Wednesday of the National
Association OF Life Underwriters show
that the companies, taking no account
of assessment corporations and societies,
hold assets to the value of $3.50, 900 600;
that they receive from policy holders
about $l75 ,0o0, 600 a year; that their gross
income is nearly $220, 000, 900 annually
and that they pay about 800, 0O0, 900 an.
Iually to the insured in the form Of
death losses. surrenders and dividends
New York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

Salem Special, %: Remember when
making your choice for circuit judge in
the Second judicial circuit that FL. FL.
Keith, the bipartisan candidate, is the
one able lawyer on the ticket. Mr.,
Keith is recognized as n of sthe most
able lawyers in the state; is a man OF
clean moral character and Wills be a
credit to the bench. There should be
no hesitation in makings a choice, all
must recognize the necessity of having
on the bench a lawyer of ability. Mr..
Keith is the one candidate that s~fultills
these requirements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

Then the leader hands a large, soft
rubber ball to the first lady, who stands
some feet away and bowls toward the
living pins, trying of course to roll it to
her favorite partner. Whichever of the
gentlemen it reaches, however, picks the
ball up and dances with the bowler,
handing the ball to the second lady, who
repeats the movements of the first, as do
all the rest until each has secured a part
ner. The gentlemen are prohibited from
reaching for the ball. 1t must come to
them.
The Target Shoot" requires a straw
filled target, hung upon an easel three
feet or more from the floor; 10 feather
arrows and 10 bamboo tubes to blowthe
arrows through. After dancing, chang
ing partners and dancing again, at a
signal the ladies stand in a line back of
the target, about five feet from it, and
the gentlemen line up in front of it,
thus:
LADIES.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
Secondhand Plate Glass.

One of the novel business trades of
Boston is that of a dealer in secondhand
plate glass. Nearly all of this glass is
bought by the dealer from insurance
companies. The large plates of this kind
of glass are insured when put in a win
dow, and when any of them is broken
the owner of the injured glass usually
prefers that the insurance company
should replace the broken piece rather
than that he should be paid its price
The dealer in the secondhand glass ON
trives to utilize what remains of the un-
broken part of the glass.-New York
Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
BALLROOM NOVELTIES.

Two New and Pretty Figures For the Ger
man Described.
Two pretty new figures for the german
are called Living Tenpins' and 1.-THE
Target Shoot" For the first the favors
are miniature gilded tenpins for the gen
tlemen and tiny blackboards for the la
dies. Ten couples dance and at a signal
receive favors, which they present to
new partners and go on dancing. At a
second signal the gentlemen all kneel,
facing the ladies in the following form:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

When thou turn'st away from i'll
Christ Is this side of thy hill.
When thou turnest toward good.
Christ is walking in thy wood.
When thy heart says, Father. pardon!'
Then the Lord is In thy garden.
When stern duty wakes to watch.
Then his hand Is on the latch.
But when Hope thy song doth rouse.
Then the Lord is in the house.
When to love is all thy wit.
Christ doth at thy table sit.
When Gods will is thy hearts pole,
Then Is Christ thy very soul.
George Macdonald in London&pectator
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

The Santee Agency Indian band which
attracted so much attention at the
Mitchell Corn Palace has been recently
enlarged to % pieces and is completing
arrangements with the California mid
winter exposition association at San
Francisco, to play there from the middle
of January to June 80, the close of the
eypoSition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

Aberdeen News, 30; Rev. Ed. S.
Wallace preached his farewell sermon to
his church and congregation last even
ing and this morning took the &. X n.
w. for the east. He will meet Mrs.
Wallace in Chicago, make the fair a
brief visit, also relatives ana friends in
Pennsylvania, and sail for his post at
Jerusalem via Southampton on Nov.
oSth
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

A frog cannot breathe with its mouth
open. Its breathing apparatus is 81 ar
ranged that when its mouth is open its
n~ostrils are closed. To sufocate a frog.
it is necessary only to prop its jaws so
that they cannot shut.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

The inhabitants of this earth have
never seen but side of the moon.
The explanation is this: The moor makes
one revolution on her axis in the same
period of time that she takes up in re-
volving once around the earth; thus the
same geographical region Of the lunar
surface is always toward us.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

The Bombay officer of health protests
against the destruction of the crocodiles.
He says they are the best and only scav-
engers possible of the water reservoirs
in which they dwell. +
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

A business man of Canada of an enter
prising nature has established q float
ing bank on Kootenai lake, Canada.
1t is in a steamer which journeys from
place to place along the lake, thus ena-
bling its owner tosupply the inhabitants
of the lake villages with banking facil-
tiles
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

Pipestone had a livery stable fire last
Friday morning in which nine horses
were cremated, one a valuable trotting
stallion called on the turf milwaukee,"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

The greatest courage is to bear perse-
cution, not to answer when you are re-
viled, and when a wrong has been done
TO forgive.-"The Newcomes."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
K X X X X X x x

GENTLEMEN.
An arrow and bamboo are given to
each gentleman, and beginning at the
right they blow the arrows throughth
tubes at the target, the first to make a
bullseye having his choice of partners,
while those VIZ iss must blow again
until they IN. . bullseye. The figure
is full of men aent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01

An Accommodating Postal Department.
The Swiss postoffice conveys anything
from a postal card to barrels Of wine,
scythes and bundles of old from
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-01
OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TO ADVERTISERS.


OF COMMISSIONS I'd district, Lake county,
NJ. l.. CLARK.
For Judge. Second udIcial Circuit
j. ". JONES.
For Judges of.the supreme curt,
DIGItTON CORSON,
4. kELLAM,
J.. +. BENNETT.
Evening journal., 1893-06-01
TO ABOLISH THE BOARD TABLE.

Decided at a Meeting OF the Trustees Of
the Poor Of New Castle County Yes
terday.
A meeting of the Trustees Of the Poor
of New Castle county was held yesterday
in the county buildings at FarnhursU.
President Clark presided
The following standing committees
were appointed
On Superintendent's Accounts-W. J.
Husbands, Conrad Keller, DR.. Thomas A.
Enos.
Finance-w. S. Money, Dr. F. L.
Springer, c. w. Crossan.
Hospital-Dr Thomas A. Enos, w. j.
Husbands, DR. f. l. Springer.
Farm-Charles Jester, James Garman,
Allen smith
Buildings and Grounds-Allsn Smith.
John w Lawson NJ. n. Willets
On Accounts-M N. Willets, +. (
Herbert, James Garman, w. 5. Money
and Charles Jester.
Financial Secretary's Accounts-F e
Herbert, d. n. Willets, and John w
Lawson.
Wilmington Omce.-Allen smith
Charles Jester and Conrad Keller
The uperintendent's report showed
the total number Of inmates of the aims
house to be 1S3 Of these 143 are white
persons and 40 colored. There are whit,
men, SO; white women, 57 white chill
dren, 3 colored men. IS; colored women
90 colored children, 4
The pay roll amounting TO S412 90 wa
passed
II c. Conrad, attorney for the boa I'd
was instructed TO procure bids for pri Mt
ing the laws Of the state, relating to tn,
government Of trustees of the poor, and
to report the cost at the next meeting OF
| the trustees.
Allen Smith brought before the board
a question of retaining or abolishine
what is known as the boarders' table
The trustees after discussing the ques
tion decided to abolish the table.
DR.. +. J. Springer called the attention
of the trustees, to the increasing cost o
outside relief The statements Of tn
different trustees showed that this mat
ter is becoming serious. The board too
no action on the matter.
Evening journal., 1893-06-01
TIE WORLD or BASEBALL.

Results of National League Games Yes
tsrday-B -Brownson aud Camden Athletic
Association Play Here To-Day.
Both Brooklyn and Boston are holding
the Pittsburgs close 10 their work, and
another defeat will seriously affect the
position of the leader The games yes
terday, with but enc exception. were
stoutly contested, and only one run sep
arated five of the clubs at the finish.
The New Yorks made gallant attempt
to stem the tide which came with a rush
from Cleveland but failed, and
they were again lodged in their
old position Of tenth. Brooklyn
and Pittsburg put up q spanking game,
and Brooklyn scored enough runs in one
inning to decide it In her favor The
Chioagos scored creditable victory
over The Philadelphians, and Comiskey's
men proved TO be steadier than the
Washingtons and won Baltmore's sue.
cess over St. Louis took them oda OF the
second column and placed them sixth in
the list The results were: Cleveland, g;
New York, e. Brooklyn, A. Pntsburg,
3 Boston. Il; Louisville. g. Chicago,
a Philadelphia, @ Baltimore. 10: st.
Louis, O. Cincinnati, 6. Washington. s..
Evening journal., 1893-06-01
The Prodlenl,a Roturn.

John, said the old man to his son,
'1 will give you e100 to 60 away with.
Maybe as you don't like my business,
You will find a better one.
Three weeks later the young man
landed in New York. A month later,
finding but sc in his possession. he de-
termined to sail home again
It was best to let his father know be-
forehand, but hsw? letter would be
too slow. so off went John TO the tele-
graph Office
"a dollar a word to London, sir,
answered the polite clerk TO his inquiry
Il want to tell my father I've spent
all my money aud I'm sorry and ru
coming home and want him to forgive
me and lot of other things, and car
only pay for six words to tell MIN every
thing, said John
"Out it short, replied the clerk
Jchn sat down and thought An hou
after, te his immense astonlshmeut. tn
old man received the following cable
/ gram
"Squills London. Fatted calf for one.
Philadelphia Inquirer.