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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

There is a man in New Hampshire
named William {. Todd who holds to
the theory that he is benefiting his fell
low creatures when he puts abundant
supplies of newspapers within their
reach. He lately provided for an ex-
penditure of s., 900 a year for newspa-
pers for the Boston public library, and
it has since been discovered that he re-
Gently made a similar provision for the
public library of Newburyport. He be-
lieves in the value of newspapers. and
yet it seems that he is not a patent medi-
cine man, "a one might suppose, but a
retired schoolmaster, who has been a
great traveller and now pursues a life OF
studious retirement in q village.
In extenuation of his action he declares
that the press has become the great
agency by which information Is difused
and the people are educated. and that
free reading rooms are likely to be more
in demand in the future than free libra
ries.
1t is interesting to notice that he seems
not to have suffered from the newspaper
publicity about which there Is 90 much
complaint, and that even his neighbors
In Atkinson. where he lives, were found
to possess scarcely any reliable informa'
ton about his past career or the size oil
his fortune. They knew him to be fru'
gal in his personal habits and generou.
in his be~nefactions, but that vas all
Harper's Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

The largest mammoth skeleton in the
world is on exhibition at the Washing
ton State building at the Chicago fair.
In the spring of 1878 Mr.. Copelin, q
farmer living in the southwestern part
Of Spokane county, stated Washington,
was digging a drain through d muddy
hollow, about 30 feet square, when he
came upon some unusually large bones.
He wisely exercised great care in dig
ging out the bones, and the result was
that science secured a valuable prize.
Professor w. X. Higley has prepared q
brief record OF this work, showing that
i21 bones or their fragments had been
found, aggregating 700 pounds in weight.
The length Of the tusks 10 Q feet IL
inches; circumference Of the tusk al
base, q inches; number of laminae OF
lower teeth, 10; breadth of lower teeth,
81 inches; length of lower teeth, IL
inches; breadth of the lower jaw at the
condyles, % inches; breadth of atlas, IL
inches; height of atlas, 81 inches; height
| of pelvis, 81 inches; breadth OF pelvis, 8:
inches; height of scalpula, % inches
length of humerus at middle Of shaft, /!
| inches. These are accurate measure
ments Of the true bones in the mounted
/ skeleton. The height of this skeleton a
it stands is ID feet, while that of the ia
nous st. Petersburg specimen is only
feet 8 inches.-Toledo Blade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24
College Joke.

As good an example as q be given Of
the jokes played on new students 10 the
ancient "Pempes Of Winchester college.
On the first appearance Of q boy IN the
school q companion will ask him with a
kindly air II he has 8 book called "Penpe
Moron Proteron" Greek for s'Send the
fool farther, without which It win be
impossible to properly get through his
work. OF course he will say mo" and
then he will be sent on q wild goose
chase from one boy TO another in the
hopes of obtaining q copy. The game il
kept up with great spirit until the Older
boys are tired Of the fun, and then tht
green lad is referred TO one Of the mas
tiers, who, instead of giving him q vol
ume, as he expects, ends his trouble BY
explaining to him the joke of "Pempe.'
London Tit-Bits.
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A Contagion of Epilepsy.

A curious, well authenticated case of
contagious epilepsy occurred among the
Northamptonshire rife volunteers, who
returned home on Saturday after a
weeks camping out at Wakefield Lawn,
the Northamptonshire residence of the
Duke of Grafton. At $50 in the morn
ing, while in the act of changing
guard, q sergeant, overcome by the
heat, fell to the ground in an epileptic
fit. The bugle was at once sounded for
the ambulance, and one or two stopped
to assist the sergeant. Almost imme-
diately another volunteer fell in a simi-
lar fit, and in the course of the next two
minutes five more dropped to the ground
insensible, leaving only FIVE of the 10
men present unaffected. The ambu-
lance corps soon appeared and found
the remaining i've men m a state of in
tense excitement. Ii was q long time
before several recovered from their fits.
One man, a corporal, insisted ON return.
| ing at once to duty, bnt all the others
were invalided.-Cor. Westminster Ga.
| Zette,
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Model Salesman.

There was an etching hanging in the
window of a Broadway store, and in
front there was a young woman looking
at it admiringly. By and by she went
in and asked the clerk who seemed to be
in charge of the picture department to
show it to her.
"Do You want to buy itY' inquired
that gentleman, sharpening q pencil as
he spoke.
.I want to see it" replied the young
woman with surprise, but commendable
firmness.
"Well,. drawled the clerk, shutting
his pocketknife and favoring the Gus
toner with his undivided and somewhat
insolent attention. .H You want to buy
it, I'm willing to take it out of the win
dow. As for seeing it, you. can see il
perfectly well from the street. Ihaven'
It in stock, and it's q great deal too mucl
trouble to get it ont il you amt going II
buy it. If you are, I'm willing to takei
down. It's
The young woman was dumb witt
surprise. Then she said in soft and pc
lite ones:
"You : too kind. will not troubl
you"
And in the mind Of the witnesses Their
arose q question as to just what the prov
ince OF an attendant in q store was
New York World.
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cLANCARTY.
Some of the Interesting Events In Thi
Famous Woman's Career.

Some of the Interesting Events LIN This
Famous m Career.
The Countess of Clancarty gave birth
to a daughter a few days ago. The
countess was formerly Belle Billion, a
music hall singer. She married the pres
emit Earl of Clancarty in 1889, when he
was Lord Dunlo. He sued her for di-
vorce in 1890, but the jury decided
against him. After the verdict he be-
came reconciled to her.
The countess presented her hege lord
ON Dec. q, 1891, with twin boys, one OF
whom bears the title Of Lord Dunlo, The
English society papers shortly afterward
| reported that the same evening she tele-
graphed to a friend in Upper Hare park,
London: Nothing succeeds like success
Double bill tonight. Pantomime not II
it" (referring to the Drury Lane panto
mime in which she had taken a leading
part a year before).
In December Of the following year TIL,
countess was again heard from, but Thu
time she had come q cropper while hunt
ing with the hounds in County Galway
where the earl had estates giving hin
some Cos, 1000 a year. While taking
hedge her horse struck against that of
huntsman. the result being that she wa
thrown and sustained sewers injuries b
her arm. The countess vas said at tn
time to be very fond of followingsth
hounds, taking great pride in her hunt
ing horses.
or late the countess has become a
artist Of no mean talent. In the Cont
mental gallery there is q picture of
Tigers Head" which is said to be aver
fair example, Of her work. She 10 sal
to excel, however, as IN amateur carries
turist.-London Piccadilly.
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UNRAvELlNG THE MYSTERY.

Some New Light Has Been Thrown ON the
Blue Light Seen by Mrs. Carter. :
An Oakland, {Ills.), correspondent Of
the Chicago Herald tells the following
story:
When Zach Carriers house south OF
Martinville burned last August . year
ago, and it was alleged ne was cremated.
the fact developed that he carried $46,-
600 insurance on his life, although he
was always regarded as q poor MAJ.
How he could pay the premium on such
an m sum is explained by his
widow. About four years ago she was
visiting a friend at Harrisburg in what
was known as a haunted house.
One evening while out in the yard her
attention was attracted to a spot on the
lot by a blue light. She had a stick in
her hand, and going to the spot indicat.
ed by the light placed the end of the
stick in the ground, when it began to
push and sway and move the dirt. A
box was thus disclosed. She took it tc
her OK and found it contained $11 600
She mentioned the fact to no one, not
even her husband, for two years. After
returning home she buried q part of the
treasure and kept the rest in the house
That part, some %. 900, was burned.
Upon looking up the records it wa
found that some months previous to tn,
alleged discovery of Mrs. Carter a SAT,
in a lumber yard at Lawrenceville hat
been robbed of $11, 000, and the mai
Penn, who was arrested for the crime
said that the amount taken had beel
buried, but refused to tell the place
Detectives were of the opinion that Car
ter was an accomplice of Penn, and
warrant has been sworn out for Mrs
Carter, charging her with receiving
stolen property. She has since left tn
state
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

Copenhagen, in addition to the car,
has another visitor who is much dis
cussed. He is Baron Won Fircks, the
husband Of . beautiful Hungarian wom-
an who is . circus rider. The baron
goes about, accompanied by wolves,
monkeys, a wonderfully tame lion and q
herculean negro. The other day the
baron thought a Danish officer paid too
much attention to the baroness. There
was a quarrel. A challenge resulted,
and a sword duel was arranged. When
the officer and his seconds arrived ct the
dueling ground, they found the negro,
who reported that his master was un-
well, and he would represent him. The
negro whistled, and the wolf began snif.
Rng the officers legs. The party dis
persed.
Next day the baron took offense at
friend In his study. He lectured him
long time, and then opened the door anf
admitted tho lion, while the baron him
self walked ont. The animal growlet
| every time the man moved. The tete-a
tete lasted six hours.-European Letter
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SELF SACRIFICE.
without a Justifable Motive It Becomes y
sentimental yagary.

without q Ju%stifabie Motive IL becomes y
Sentimental vagary.
Young Lanyan, the midshipman, who
went down with Admiral Tryon on the
Victoria, was a sentimental lad. You
had better jump" cried the admiral to
the boy.
..rd rather stay with you" was the
midshipman's reply.
The boys loyalty to the admiral was
pathetic, but it was a barren display OF
affection. The admiral was right. The
lad ought to have jumped and made a
resolute effort to save his life. The adj
miral had weighty reasons for preferring
to stay at his post. The midshipman's
life was flung away from sheer excess of
sentiment.
Equally wasteful and unjustifiable was
the zeal OF a New Jersey workman, who
listened to a lady's frantic appeal for the
rescue of her dog, which was founder
ing in q pond. She fancied that her pet
was in extreme danger. The workman
plunged into the water and SWAN out TO
the dog. There he was suddenly attacked
with cramp and was drowned before the
lady's eyes. The dog SWAN ashore and
barked from the bank at the rescuer,
whose intentions had been misunder-
stood, It was more than foolish for a
man to risk his life for q hysterical lady's
pet dog.
Another workman in Brooklyn played
a better part. A cry of Horse run
away was raised while he was chatting
with a friend. A frightened horse was
tearing up the street with q wagon be.
hind him, but NO driver. Directly in
his track was a baby carriage with q
sleeping child. The nurse, who had been
wheeling the carriage across the street
had been frightened by the outcries Of
bystanders, and DESERVING her charge
had fed to the sidewalk.
The workman did not hesitate. Spring
ing forward, he caught the animal by
the bride and stopped the horse barely
in time to save the child's life. The
horse, revolving against capture, reared
and made a plunge for liberty. The bri
die broke in the workman's hands, and
he fell under the horses feet. In a mo
ment he was trampled to death.
This workman had wife and children
dependent upon him. He undertook
|, most hazardous feat in attempting +
stop the horse by the bride ends in from
, Of the baby carriage. But although b
lost his life and brought calamity upo
his household he exhibited singular UT
selfshness and fortitude. The sight Q
the sleeping child exposed to a horribl
$ death set his warm heart beating, an
generously and impulsively he did tn
only thing that could have been done fo
the child's rescue.
That was better than a useless sacrifc
Of life for a puppy. 1t was nobler tina
e voluntary suicide with the admiral, VIII
: feared a court marshal's probable bran
l of murderer more than he feared dealt
Unless self sacrifice have adequate M
tive and justification for the risks, it b
! comes q sentimental vagary involvin
t s~enseless waste of life.-Youth's Con
panion.
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NEW USE FOR cHloRoFoRM.
A Railroad Coachful al Passengers Stupe
fed to Facilitate Robbery.

fed to Facilitate Robbery.
When the first section of the east
bound passenger train No. s on the Chi
a g and Erie pulled into the station
here the other day, the brakeman told
Policeman Halter. who was at the depot,
that all of the passengers in n of the
day coaches had been chloroformed by
some unknown person. The passengers
consisted mostly of eastern people who
were on their way home from the
Worlds fair, and the train only stopped
at a few places along the line.
After leaving Huntington the passen-
gers in the day coach all settled down in
their seats to take a nap, and after the
train left Decatur the brakeman was
passing through one of the day coaches,
when he detected a peculiar odor and
noticed that the passengers were nearly
all sleeping heavily. Their sleep APP
peared so unnatural that the brakeman
grew suspicious, and going into one
of the sleepers, where there happened
to be q doctor with whom he was ac-
quainted, he asked the physician to 60
into the coach and see if he could detect
anything wrong. The doctor complied
with his request, and going into the
coach Immediately detected the odor of
chloroform. The doors and windows
were opened, and in a few minutes they
succeeded in arousing the sleeping pas
sengers, who fortunately had not
breathed enough of the drug to affect
them very much. They were surprised
to learn that they had been dragged and
were very thankful for the brakeman's
timely discovery.
1t is supposed that after leaving Hunt
tington some one entered the ar, and
finding the passengers already hal
asleep had saturated the car with
enough of the drug to make them sleel
soundly. He then went into another ca
to wait for the chloroform to take effect
Undoubtedly he would have returned t.
rob the sleeping passengers had not hi
scheme been discovered. The car being
closed tightly and unusually warm, j,
all probability the passengers in a shor
time would have been at the mercy o
the chlorofoxmer.-Lima Dispatch il
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

The recent birthday of the queen of
Denmark was the occasion Of what ap-
pears to American eyes a singular pro-
ceeding. The Danish court is in MOURN
ing for Prince William of Glucksburg.
On the royal birthday the lord chamber
lain announced that mourning was
suspended" for "a hours. For one day
accordingly all was JOY and gayety al
Fredensborg. The next morning befit
ting gloom once descended upor
the castle, and the royal inmates agar
began to mour as hard as they coult
for poor old Bill, whose spirit must hav'
been touched by this delicate attention
Foreign Letter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

Wet Leaves Convert q Railway Track In
Newark Into y Toboggan Slide.
West Kinney street hill is n of the
steepest in Newark, N. j. The Rapid
Transit company has q double track troll
ley road upon it. In the storm OF q few
nights @ there was much trouble be-
cause the wet leaves in the street made
the wheels slip ON the rails, and conf
dence begotten by continued dry weather
had induced the motormen to let their
rand boxes become empty.
The company has had several bad slips
upon this part of the road, and so put
derailing switchmen Mt the curves ut the
foot of the hill where the cars turn into
Washington Atreet. A switchman issta-
toned there to throw runaway cars
across Washington street yer the cob
blestones. He was ON duty on Friday
night when car "a got loose at the top of
the hill heal High street and come hun-
dering down the decline with the gongs
at both ends changing. The q was well
filled with men and women, who were
badly frightened, but were prevented
from jumping off by the conductor and
motorman. The switchman did his duty,
and the car rumbled of the rails over
the rough pavement and came toa stand
safely.
Among the passengers was q woman
who had started down town with. her
baby to do some shopping. She was SO
badly scared that, giving up her trip,
she concluded to go back home on the
next car, which came along quickly.
This was car II, and it al almost tc
High street, where it stopped and began
to move slowly backward. The brakes
were applied, but would not hold, and
the car was soon under full Roadway
Everybody aboard except two men and
the conductor and motorman seemed tx
be crazed with fright.
They feared that this a would collide
with the one already derailed. The wo
man covered the infants head with
shawl and crouched over it to protect i
when the crash came. 1t was o livel,
dash OF short duration and ended in
iolting over the cobblestones, when tn
car brought up alongside of the first on
derailed.
The tracks were sanded thorough,
after that, but it was not until two othe
cars had tobogganned down the grad
after the first two were removed Tn
motormen say that fallen leaves ar
worse than snow or ice on the tracks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24
wonders In Penman.hip.

The renowned DIR. Heylin in his Life
of King Charles relates tie following
extraordinary story of the artistic ability
of an old time knight Of the pen: In
the time of the reign of Queen Elizabeth
one Roger wrote the Ten Command
ments, the Greed, the Pater Noster, the
queens name and the year of our Lord
within a space that could be covered
with a penny. He gave her majesty a
pair of spectacles Of his own artificial
making, that by the help thereof she did
plainly and distinctly discern every let
ter."-St. Louis Republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24

A dispatch from Elreno, o. T., says
that one Of the curious features Of the
late unprecedented rise in the South Ca
madam river is the formation Of numer-
u lakes along the bottoms Of that
stream. The sand has blown ont of the
bed of the river in times past until o high
embankment ia formed along the shores
Of the river, and behind this bank are
left the lakes upon the subsistence of the
stream. They give every indication OF
permanency, and some of them are many
square miles in extent. The loss OF val
liable farm lands is very great, in many
cases the settlers being driven from thei,
homes and improvements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24
Bicycles No. Available For war.

The use Of the bicycle for military
purposes, after having developed with
great rapidity in France, has suddenly
received a check. General Loizillon,
the minister Of war, has, 1t appears. little
faith in it. He has issued an order that
the cyclist corps. are only to be used on
prepared ground.
In time of war, he says, their use,
ever If no account is taken Of the liabili-
ty of the machines to break, is likely to
cause serious miscalculations, and they
can only rarely be substituted for men
on horseback. The cyclists henceforth,
therefore, or until some successor to
General Loizillon more favorable 10
them is appointed, viii be reserved. by
his instructions, for garrison duty, fol
the great maneuvers and in time Of wal
for certain easy communications at tbs
rear OF the forces.-London News.
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Aerated water.

The old trouble about water looking
like milk has perplexed the citizens Of
West Knoxville, KY, according to the
local papers. The water is 81 full of mi
mute bubbles OF air that it has the same
milky appearance that the water in some
of the tanks of Pullman cars has when
compressed air is employed to lift it into
the basins, The water becomes clear in
a few minutes, and the citizens, are prob
ably to be congratulated on having q
well aerated upply.-Engineering Rec.
ard ". -.
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The Waterman stood the Test.

After several houses at Islip had been
robbed by burglars Mr.. w. B. Cutting
employed a Waterman to guard his place
at night. 1t occurred to Mr.. Cutting
last week to go out on the piazza late at
night to see it the watchman was alert.
He did SO and had only taken few steps
whenAa pistol shot rang ont and aabul-
let whizzed past his head. Then he re-
treated. fully satisfied with his watch
nan.-Broollyn Eagle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-24
German Goyernment.. Policy.

vienna, Nov. 2.-The reichrath has
resumed its sittings. Premier Windisch-
Graetz, in announcing the policy OF the
cabinet, said that the governments chief
task would be to bring about extensive
electoral reforms, according to the agree.
ment Of the three great political
parties. While maintaining the
interests Of the existing par.
ties and various provinces, Thu
franchise would he conferred upon
classes which had hitherto been deprived
of it, and especially upon workmen, and
would also assure the political rights Of
peasants and citizens and lead to an In
crease in the number Of deputies and X
q revision of the electoral districts.
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Notice of Hearing OF Petition.

State of south DAKOTA. county Of Lake In
county court. Whereas, John Huecker having
applied for q druggists permit TO sell intoxicat-
ing liquors under the provisions and restrictions
Of the laws of this state governing the sale OF In
toxicating liquors, al bis place Of business on
Egan avenue, In the city Of Madison, county OF
tice 10 hereby given, that the 18th day 81 Decem.
beg, A. ID. 1893, AZ the once Of the county judge
in the said city Of Madison, in Lake. county, =
said petition. when and where any person quail
Hed may appear and show cause why eaid petit
tion should not he granted.
Dated at Madison, s. D., November II, 1888.
j, Il. WILLIAMSON,
County judge.
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CORRESPONDENTS
P-retniunas For speed.

A tidy little sum has been paid out by
the government in premiums to the
builders OF naval vessels during the pres.
emit year. BY exceeding the speed re.
quired the Bancroft netted her contract.
ors CAS-, 900; the Detroit, $3.50, 600; the
New York, 100000, and the Machias,
s45, 200, q total of $440,0 00. This amount
il likely to be increased. The money
may be regarded as well invested it, il
does no more than call attention to thu
high standard Of excellence attain
able by American shipbuilders.-Bos
ton Transcript.
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Land O1ice Mt Mitchell, y. D., Oct. %, 1889.
Notice IL hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
dnal proof In support of his claim, and that said
proof viii be made before the clerk of the circuit
court, In end for Lakeeannty, y. d., at Madison,
B. D.. on December 1. iea3, viz: jonas II, John.
for the ct. G.. E. NO. 14237). He names the fol
lowing witnesses To prove his continuous resi-
dence upon and cultivation Of said land, Wig
Andrew Jacobson. w. A Kennedy and @. Maasa
ker, of Oldham P. o., and Allen Towle, Of Towls
p. O., 8. d..
r. N. KRATZ, Register.