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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
TIE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT

cir. Preston Is q Parsonage of Great Inn
portance just Now.
The prevalent discussion of the silver
question lends additional interest to the
career of Robert E. Preston, whom
President Cleveland recently appointed
director Of the mint, an Office he, had
SLED as deputy since the resignation OF
Mr.. E. o. Leech in May last. MI. Pres
toms course as acting director has been
severely criticised by prominent prosilver
men, but his nomination at such a crit.
ical period of the debate was a sufficient
indication that his policy had the ap.
prevail of the administration.
The salary of the Office is $4,000, the
term is five years, and the position shares
with n other Office only, that of comp
troller of currency, the peculiar distinc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
LOVES DESPAIR.

Why should / waste my life in heaving sighs
For her whose love I know can ne'er be mfne7
What, though her eyes with sweetest giances
shine,
And In her face the rarest beauty lies,
Let some enc else her loveliness now prize.
For | shall sadly sigh for her no more.
Although my heart with longing pangs Is
sore,
And rent with loves sweet lingering memories,
I'll try to drive her from my fancy's eye.
And in the future I'll forget the past.
Our joys and sorrows cannot always last,
But like all things of earth must surely die;
And so I'll sadly sit and sigh no more,
But laugh through life. a breath which soon
Is DER.
John j. Mcintyre in New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

for the most exhaustive debate upon
any and all questions so as to. give the
minority opportunity to appeal to the
country, no one can blame a minority
which deeply interested and honest in
its conviction tor exercising the prerog-
alive provided for it. Nearly all of the
senators who have heretofore contended
for open sessions OF the senate for the
consideration of nominations and a clo-
ture rule have been with those silver
senator's who have commended against
permitting a direct vote upon the uncon.
ditional silver repeal bill"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
They Saw the Fair.

Been to the Worlds fair?' asked the
man who had not been shaved for six
months.
Saw it by moonlight-me and Jerry
R~aggles," replied he Of the vermilion
nose. ME and Jerry was ont in Dem
yer for our health. Jerry's left lung is
off bad. Let's git to Chicago says
Jerry one night when we was laying off
on a truck in Wazee street. All right
says j. /, TO | was anxious to be in society
once more. The next night we jumped
q freight TO as far as Omaha without
gettin turned down once. 1t got warm
then. and we changed for an empty cat
tie car on account of the ventilation. II
was on a Sunday morning when we
struck Chicago. Let's lay off and re-
cuperate after the trip, Jerry says /,
.and we'll make a sneak on to the fair
grounds at night All right says he,
but we kept a talking until it was al.
most dark about what we'd do whep we
got in the grounds.
"Well, as / was sayin, when / woke
up the car was joggin along kinder slow.
like. / looked out through the stats
We was passing the fair. Hay, Jerry,
/ says. Hay. there, here's the fair; lett
jump We both made for the door.
! got there first. Open it, says Jerry. =
can't; it's locked Let's take it il
through the Stats he says. And W,
looked for all we was worth. In 10 min
utes we was past"
How did You get out?"
"Get out? We didn't get put until W,
got to Buffalo. We would a. starved i
Jerry hadn't had q loaf Of bread in hi
hat.'-New York Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
A Chilly Duel.

A duel of an original character was
fought in front Of the Antwerp railway
station. Two gentlemen from Liege,
after a hard days sightseeing, refreshed
themselves SO effectually at a cafe that
from beer to brandy and from argu-
ments to insults they came to blows.
Blood alone could wash away the stain
Of their mutual insults, but az deadly
weapons We're not kept on the premises
for the use of customers the proprietor
Of the cafe suggested that as the street
was deserted the adversaries should an.
initiate each other with ''douches," and
he handed to each a portable water pipe
Cold water being anything but an excit
ing medium, the combatants after
thorough drenching shook hands and
hurried to change their garments.-Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Aberdeen News, II: From Hon. J.. G
McManima, of Pierre, who is in the city
to. day, il is learned that the Alliance
Aid Association life insurance organ
ization with headquarters at Huron
will shortly be removed to Topeka, Kan
sas. The step will necsssiate the removal
to Topeka of Alonzo Wardall, sometimes
called "Alonzo, the Great" and s. d.
Coley, both OF whom have been con
nected with the association since an
early day. z. d. Scott, at one time a
Populist senator from Grant county, is
also connected with the company in az
official way; but has not as yet perfected
his plans for the future. The change oil
base would seem to indicate two things
viz: That the Aid association has found
the picking very poor in South Dakots
with the prospects for the future de
cidedly dubious, and that the Alliance il
gradually abandoning the state insteat
OF relying upon it, as in the past, as on,
of it's great battle grounds and stamping
fields in the union OF states. Kansas. OF
the other hand, has been recognized 70
some time az the hot bed OF the populis
doctrine and movement, and il tn
Alliance Aid and kindred organization
cannot flourish there they are indies
marked for an early demise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
No Thief VIII Touch II.

A costly ring, unguarded by police or
other special protection, hangs suspended
to a silken cord round the neck Of a
statue of the Maid of Almadena, the
patron saint of Madrid, in one of the
most frequented parks of the Spanish
capital. It isset with valuable diamonds
and pearls, but there is not the least
danger of its being stolen. The greatest
thief in Spain would sooner steal the
plate from his w mothers coffin than
to even so much as touch the uncanny
relics. Its history is curious and inter-
esting, being equal to anything related
in medieval folklore.
1t was made in accordance with q
special order from the late Alphonso
XII, who gave it to his cousin, the beau
tiful Mercedes, IN the day of their be-
trothal. She wore it constantly during
her short married life. Upon her death
the king presented it to his grandmother.
Queen Christina. She died o after
accepting it, and the king then passed
the deadly little jeweled band OF gold to
his sister, Infanta de Pillar, who died
within u mouth after. Again the &C.
cursed circlet stared ON it's deadly
rounds, next finding a place upon the
finger of Christina, daughter Of the Duke
Montpensier. In less than 100 days she,
too, was dead. Alfonso then put the
cursed jewelin his own casket of preciou.
relics and lived less than a year after
30 doing. Is it any wonder that such q
harbinger of death can safely hang on &
statue in an unguarded sq',are.-Phila
delphia Record.
Inspectors Pay to Enter . Postoface.
Postoffice Inspector Fleming has a 81
bill which he says he will have framed
He got it from the bureau of admission
at the fair on demand for the return o
money paid at the gates. Nearly
month ago. the inspector aud Andrew
Irie of the inspectors office had a specia
call from the Office inside the grounds
Ii was o case of stay out or pay to get in
They paid under protest and got q re
ceipt. This bill is a curiosity sal
Fleming as he opened q letter fror
Horace Tucker, because 1t represent
the first case on record where a pos,
Office inspector had to pay to get into
7 postofice chicago Times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

United States district circuit court
convened at Sioux Falls yesterday, Judge
Edgerton presiding. Jack Smith, form
erly of the Black Hills, pleaded guilty to
the forgery of a postal note for $40. He
received the minimum sentence Of two
years which added to the six months he
has already spent in Jail awaiting trial
makes a costly $40 steal. The circuit
court then adjourned until November 1.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Washington dispatch, 16: at appears
to me that one thing has been clearly
and definitely determined by this con<
test over the repeal OF the silver pur-
chasing law" said Senator Pettigrew OF
South Dakota to me the other day.
'.There viii be no more strictly partisan
or sectional legislation: unless the rules
OF the senate are amended in such a way
as to close debate. The senate practic.
ally provides minority representation.
The minority representation in their
Legislature. The idea was to give the
minority . fuller hearing than was posi-.
BILE under the common majority rule
/ have always been in favor Of clotnre In
the senate, for / believe the majority
ought to rule; but 30 long as we hav,
our present rules which are designed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Pierre held a monster ratification
meeting Saturday evening in honor Of
the nominations for judges of supreme
court. The meeting was under the aus
pices of the bar of Pierre and prominent
citizens, Hon. John F. Dillon, one OF the
defeated candidates at the convention,
making a rousing speech in support of
the nominees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Alex Mckenzie, of Bismarck, who
figured SO conspicuously in removing the
capital of Dakota territory from Yankton
to Bismarck, has just been appointed one
OF the receivers OF the Northern Pacific
railway system in Minnesota and North
Dakota
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Levi MCGEE, the prominent single
taxer who was nominated by the fusion
lists as a candidate for judge in one OF
the Black Hills circuits, has withdrawn
as an Independent and will run as a
democrat. The new law requiring a n
didate to sail under only one set OF
c~olors, made the old man cling to the old
hulk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Mrs. John McNaughton, of Yankton,
was terribly burned in lighting a gaso-
line stove the other day, and has small
chance of recovery.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Huronite, Is: The road to office at Aber-
deem seems to be through the ministry.
Kyle, Shetland, Wallace and Burdick are
examples.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
Chnmp.

Little Willie-Jack, what's a chumpe
Little Jack-A chump is a boy that
doesn't know wot a chump is.-Good
News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
Ticket

or COMMISSIONS I'd district, Lake county,
M. l.. CLARK.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

Fol Judge, Second Judicial Circuit,
j. W. JONES.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

For Judges of the Supreme Court,
DIGHTON CORSOS,
A. KELLAM,
J. Z. BENNETT.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19
THEDAILY LEADER
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
TO ADVERTISERS,

THE DAILY LEADER makes a special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
and resources of the city of Madison and of the
state at large emitting it to the patronage of ad-
~vertisers of every class.
IF. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-19

J. +. BENNETT.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

President Cleveland knows more
in minute about the financial de-
mands of our country, than some OF
his traducers in the Democratic ranks
could learn, we're they to live to the
age of Methuselah-W Willis Index.
Yes, and he is honest and consist
ent, which is more than can be said
for some of these same traducers.-
Houston Post.
Yes, his honesty consists in repre-
senting a platform upon which he was
elected by declaring that free silver
is an impossibility. That Mr.
Gresham an old ''Mugwump''
Republican who never voted an
entire Democratic ticket in his bill
should be given the highest cabinet
position while true Democrats had
labored all their lives for the cause of
the party were being snubbed. Also
his appointing the negro from Kansas
as minister to represent this country
with a foreign white population while
a white man was sent to a negro
country to represent the colored race.
No, we wont say anything about the
Republican state of Massachusetts,,
getting A consulships while Texas,
the banner Democratic state of the
union. gets 4. Traducers, EN- Can
such action from a great man be re-
spected by Democrats who have spent
their lives in the service.-Corsicana
Courier Observer.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

to our currency so safe and reassur-
ing that those who have money will
spend and invest it in business and
new enterprises, instead of boarding
it." Doesn't the king know that as
long as money continues to appreciate
in value and purchasing power that
Just so long it will never be invested
or go into business. II money appre-
ciates 4 per cent in year, as it has
been doing for the last few years,
that is better than investment in
property that falls in price all the
time. The way to get men to hoard
money-to lock it up in vaults-is to
reduce the amount OF money IN circu-
lation and make it appreciate in
vSlne II it is not desirable to have
money boarded, and have it invested
and put into business, all that is nee
essary to be done is to make it plenti-
full enough so that property will rise
and money increase in value, but
rather decrease. Then everybody
will want to get rid of the money and
get hold of the property that is ris-
ing in price all the time. Every time
King Grover opens his mouth on the
money question out blows lot of
nonsense like that.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27
Many Kinds Of steps.

Quick steps are Indicative OF en-.
Azgy or agitation. Tiptoe walking
laymbolizes surprise, curiosity, discre,
Mon or mystery. Turned In toes are
Sfsen found in preoccupied and alb
ssnt-ninded persons. The miser's
walk is represented as stooping q,
noiseless, with short, nervous, anx-
ious steps. Slow steps, whether long
or short, show a gentle or reflective
state OF mind, as the case may be.
The proud step is slow and measured.
the toes are conspicuously turned out,
the legs Strengthened. Where a
yenReful purpose is hidden under a
teigned smile the steps viii be stink
Ing and noiseless. The direction OF
the steps, wavering and following
every changing impulse of the mind,
invariably betrays uncertainty, hest
tation and indecision. Obstinate peo-
pie, who In an argument, rely more
on muscularitY than on intellectual
power, rest the feet fiat and firmly on
the ground, walk heavily and slowly
and with the legs firmly planted and
far apart.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

Ether will take out water mark.
from silk.
A little parafine rubbed on screws
will make them enter wood more
easily.
Madras muslin or printed frilied
curtains are effective bedroom drap-
cries and are much sought after by
reason of their artistic coloring.
Nervous headache may be greatly
relieved by the application of hot
water to the temples and the back OF
the neck, particularly if a hot foot
bath is used at the same time
Violet and orris make the best
combination for bureau and chiffonier
sachets The orris imparts an odor
of cleanliness and the violet gives
just the delicate fragrance that is
needed.
A Boston lady keeps a button OF
every gown she wears. Her mother
had previously done the same thing
and the present collector has now
very curious and interesting stock Of
buttons. They are all ticketed and
dated
Coffee stains should not be OBJ
stinate if treated as follows: Rub the
stain before the cloth has been lsun-
dered with a mixture made by dis
solving the yolk of an egg in little
lukewarm water. Wash with clean
warm water.
Brass should be cleaned at least
once a week. Alcohol. spirits of
turpentine, benzine or kerosene will
generally remove all ordinary spots
on this metal. The final cleansing
and polishing should be done with
powdered rottonstone, oil and chamois
skin
There is only one right way to
clean wall paper, and that is with a
week-old loaf of bread cut in halves.
Begin at the top of the wall and
wipe downward with the crumb side
of the loaf, making the stroke half
yard or so in length. Never rub
crosswise or upward. but always
Generally after this OPP
Grafton the paper will look as good
as new.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27
Archons of Athens.

The chief magistrates OF Athens
were called archons. At first the
office was life long and hereditary;
afterwards for ten years, finally an
nual and elective. There were nine
annual archons. and none were elligi-
Bile but citizens who could prove three
generations of free ancestors. Every
candidate must also prove that he had
no physical defect, that he,had been
dutiful to his parents, had severed in
the army and possessed property to
support the dignity OF the office.
Bribery was punished by compelling
the one bribed to dedicate to the gods
a statute OF gold equal in weight to
his own body.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

Now that hay is sure to be scarce
this winter it will undoubtedly lead
to the feeding of all the available
cat straw, and to a good share of the
chat and the better part of the
wheat straw, says the Nebraska
Farmer. Straw can sometimes be
used in this way to good advantage.
It does not make a bad food when
helped out with the cornstalk field
and some hay and perhaps a little
bran. A dairy COW should have
something better of course. If her
butter product won't pay for the best
of feed she is no good as dairy COW
and should be reduced to the ranks
of an ordinary COW. But there is
always on the ordinary farm quite
per cent of young steers, cows out of
milk and young things that would
not pay to buy hay for. These can
be carried along on part ration OF
straw. They would make a better
growth on good hay but the increase
in weight would not be worth what
the hay cost
There is another way by which the
straw can be used as food without
being fed to the stock at all In the
winter time most Of the food that is
eaten goes to keeping the animal
warm. This is the first demand
made by the animal on its stomach.
After that demand has been satisfied
the food that is left is stored in the
animals body as fat or else it is used
to make more muscle and bone. 1t
is obvious then that the colder it is
the more food will be demanded to
keeR-up the bodily heat But if the
cold can be kept from affecting the
animal, less food will be needed and
just that much food will be saved.
By law of nature the living body
becomes cold much quicker in a
wind than in q calm atmosphere.
This law has caused the erection of
windbreaks and sheds for shelter.
Where a man cannot afford to buy
sufficient hay nor put up barns or
board sheds, he can at least provide
plenty of straw sheds. They will
last for couple of years and then
can be renewed. There can be no
possible excuse for lack of straw
covered sheds A few posts and
poles are all that is needed to start
with and it does not require skilled
mechanic to construct the shed.
More straw might profitabiy be
used for bedding than is ordinarily
used. 1t would keep the horse and
COW warmer and it makes the best of
manure when mixed with the solid
and liquid excrement This is the
true way to compost the straw stack.
The straw rots quicker and at the
same time it checks excessive fer
mentation of the manure heap. All
of these methods pay better than
burning the straw, which should be
the last resort to make use of the
surplus straw. All of the carbon
and nitrogen is lost by burning and
only the mineral ash remains
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

Charcoal and wood ashes with nu-
merous other things, sometimes
poisonous drugs, are given to grow
ing pigs to correct the acidity of the
stomach and prevent the rotting pro
cess which results from undigested
food in the stomach at a high tenn
perature. This rotting is the result
of gluttony, whether found in man OF
any other beast, and should be cor
rected by the thoughtful and ex-
perienced feeder Too much is not
only not good because calculated tc
impair the vital functions and mill
tate against their successful work
ing, but is a waste of food as well,
and it is in the economical use OF
food that we find our profit But
should such correction to the
aciditv of the stomach be really
called for there is nothing better or
more readily available than burnt
corn cobs, or few ears of burned
corn. Corn ground with cobs is prob
ably better after all. affording as il
does bulk as well rs nutriment and
permitting the gastric juice an OPP
portunity to thoroughly permeate
the mass In the stomach. -Coimant
Rural World.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-10-27

The following from Hon. Tom Vat
sons paper is just what might have
been expected:
Zeb Vance. of North Carolina. wal
Hoped tn e said John b. GORDON in the
senate recently about his Hops on
the silver question. 1t has not been
long since Gordon bitterly denied that
| he would vote for the ''unoondition re-
peal of the Sherman law
Says now he Will vote that way
votes against silver because he is
such a friend of it.
How much did they pay you this
time, Jack?
We know that Joe Brown had the
Louisville & Mas aville railroad pay
$40, 600 when you sold out before, but
we would really like to known how
much they paid you this time.
THE OLD SOLDIER RACKET.
No man ever played this game to
more purpose than the said John b.
Gordon.
Ever since the war he has been
claiming high Office on account of his
military service. He was senator and
sold out He was governor as long as
the law would allow. He was then
made senator again.
The .'old soldier dodge has been
played every time for all it was worth.
Manned and ragged ex-Confederates
have followed this corrupt leader with
a devotion which was pitiable in its
blindness and its und .served loyalty
For at no time has Gordon ever
failed to vote for the corporations and
the money power when he got the
chance.
At no time has he ever given the
old soldiers anything hut taffy, sweet
talk, oily rhetoric and gushing hand
shakes.
His votes have always been on the
side of the enemies of the common
people.
uWho does not remember how he
begged and pleaded and wept during
mis- last canvass for the senatorship?
The spectacle was humilisting in the
extreme. 1t made even his friends
ashamed to see how little pride of
manhood he had in begging for an
office which he had once sold for
money.
But he was elected. After the cleo
ton who does not remember the
speech Gordon made? In agonies of
gratitude for an honor which he
knew he did not deserve, he called on
God to bear witness to his good in
tentions-
HelPs pavements are laid in just
such material.
The man Endorsed every plank Of
the Alliance platform, except the sub
treasury, and is sworn member of
the Georgia Alliance, but he has done
il Washington just what his previous
record Ito those who knew it, prom
ised.
Few people know how bad his pre-
vious senatorial career was.
Many people will know it this term.
Why? Because we now have some
newspapers which do not hush up the
truth.
This man howled free silver all
over the state last suamer, wrote
dull letters for it, made solemn
pledges for it, and denied before high
heaven. just three weeks ago, that he
would vote for unconditional repeal
Hoke Smith and others worked on
this poor clay awhile and he changed
shape accordingly. Talk about clay
in the potter's hand. Why. this man
even fatigues the potter; he can be
changed SO easily that the last potter
who gets hold of him is the only man
who can tell what shape the weak,
insenate, unstable clay will take.