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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
Matches ana Insurance.

'Man int wants some parlor matches.
Hesays these eight day sticks area con-
founded nuisance." the bellboy said TO
the clerk In one Of the hotels yesterday.
''Tell him he'll have to get along with
the old style match" answered the
clerk. 1.-THE insurance companies don't
allow parlor matches in the rooms.
"Yes, that's q fact" he continued IN
answer to a surprised questioner. I'm
surance policies Of nearly all companies
prohibit the keeping and use Of parlor
matches in any part of a hotel, but they
are generally kept in the offices because
they are in greater favor and more n
venient than the sulphur match, and the
requirements of the policy is to that ex-
tent overlooked by both its holders and
the issuing company. There isn't much
chance for an accidental ignition of a
parlor match to do much harm in a hotel
Office, but they are dangerous things in
rooms where carpets or curtains or stray
paper are liable to catch fire from them.
They are not only more easily lighted
by accident, such as stepping upon them,
but, as isnot generally known. they often
break out in fame from spontaneous
combustion. You may judge how easily
this is liable to happen by holding a
bunch of them in the dark and watching
the fame that continually arises from
them. The sulphur match is not SO dan
gerous in any of these particulars"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
Order to Show Cause.

state Of South Dakota, county 1f Lake. Sc. In
county court, November "A, 1888 In the matter
Of the estate OF Abner ID. Hadfeid. deceased. On
ne ding and filing the petition OF G. j. Button,
administration, setting forth the amount Of per
sonal e-tate that has come TO his hands, and the
disposition thereof; the amount OF debts out.
standing against said deceased, and q description
Of ell the real Estate Of which said deceased died
seized, and the condition and value OF the re-
rDectiye portions thereon; and praying that
license be to him granted TO cell all the real e.
tate belonging to said estate. And Ii appearing
by eaid petition, that there In not SUFFICIENT per
sonal estate In the hands o. eaId administrator Ia
pay said debit, and that il II necessary, in order
TO paw The same, TO cell all OF said real estate; IL
10 therefore ordered, that all persot q interested
In said estate, appear before the judge of this
court, on Saturday the 23rd day OF December, A
ID. 1888, at 2 O'Clock p. m, at the court honse in
Madison, in eaid county, then and there to show
cause (if any there bel why iicense should not be
granted to said admisintrator to sell said real co
tate according TO the prayer of said petition.
Al Ii Ii further ordered, that o copy Of this or
der shall be published for four successive weeks
prior TO said day OF hearing In the MADISON
DAILY LEADER, q daily newspaper printed and
Published nj Madison, In said county, and per.
sonally served on ali persons interert ted In said
estate, residing in said county, ut least fourteen
days before eaid day OF hearing, anG upon oil
other persons interested, according to law.
Dated At Madison, 8. D., the oath day of No
vember, A. ID. 1893.
BY the court,
Attest: j.. ii. WILLIAMSON,
j. M PRESTON, Judge OF the County Court,
Clerk oil the County Court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

An English paper describes atelephone
which will talk loud enough for o person
in any part Of a large room to hear and
understand. Nh. Graham. the inventor,
has succeeded not so much by an i'm
provemnt on the existing telephones as
by his method of arranging the circuit
and bringing its resistance as low as
possible. To this end the usual induc-
ton coil is discarded. and the two instru-
ments, transmitter and receiver, are di.
rectly connected in circuit with the line
and the battery. The transmitter at one
end Of the line is connected to the re-
ceiver at the other end, and two separate
lines are employed having a common re-
urn wire. Two correspondents can thus
talk quite freely with each other, and a.
the receivers speak out so as to be heard
in any part of q room conversation can
be carried on by each person simply
speaking to his transmitter.
The apparatus is attached to flexible
conductors and is held in the hand. To
open a conversation it is sufficient to
pick up the portable transmitter and
press a button in its casing, so as to es-
tablish the circuit. The receiver at the
other end acts as its own call bell by the
loudness of its voice. and the response
comes equally prompt and loud. The
user has therefore no need to listen care
fully with n or two receivers held up
to his head. All he has to do is to speak
into his transmitter and keep his ears
oDen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
nj Mourning Suspended.

The recent birthday of the queen OF
Denmark was the occasion of what APP
pears to American eyes q 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 at
Fredensborg. The next morning beft-
ting gloom once more descended upon
the castle, and the royal inmates again
began to mourn as hard as they could
Tor poor old Bill. whose spirit must have
been touched by this delicate attention
Foreign Letter.
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Sisteriy

The beautiful Margaret Of Navarro
was devoted to her brother, Francis l.
When he was apparently dying at Ma
drid. she found her way to him through
~priyation and danger and succeeded in
effecting his deliyerance. When he was
Ill at a distance from her, she went every
day and sat down on . stone in the mid
die Of the road to catch the first glimpse
of a messenger afar of. And she said:
"Ahi whoever shall come to announce
the recovery Of the king, my brother
though he be tired, jaded. soiled, di-
sheveled, ! will kiss him and embrace
him as though he were the finest gentle
man in the kingdom"
When he died. she seemed literally
heartbroken. and she did not long sur.
vive him. Youths Companion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
HOLIDAY ECONOlI
HOW TO MAKE ATTRACTIVE GIFTS.
SMALL CASH OUTLAY.

Dof's Head P~enwipers That Will Plea.
Most Anybody-The Possibilities or Gro
het Rings-Hanasome Tobacco Poushc.
For Your Frienas who Smoke.
1t is not Improbable that more women
than usual win thissyear Of hard times
fabricate with their own hands many of
the holiday gifts they send out, and 1t is
high time for every one of my sisters
who has Christaaswork to do to begin
IL. Some who, for the first time this
year, make instead of buy win be sur
prised at the small amount of money
they will find it necessary to expend in
the purchase Of materials from which
they can duplicate some of the daintiest
things to be found in the stores.
The dolls head penwiper, of which q
picture is herewith given, is one of the
most attractive novelties OF the present
season. It was discovered in one of the
big stores Of an interior city some time
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
j. III. WILLIAMSON,
Judge Of the County Court,
Notice-Timbsr Culture.

U. 8. Land Once, MisrAelf, 8. 7 :. NoY. 20, ie9s.
~-C0mplaint having been entered ut this ofice
by Joseph Brenckner sgasnst the heirs OF Louis
Altpetef, deceased, for failure 70 comply with
law % 70 timber culture entry No. 1870, 0atsd
April %. 1883, upon the southMesG Qu1Btef sec
ton %, township 100 north, range 81 week 9TH
p. NJ, in Lake county, y. ID, with B view 70 the
conceliatiOn Of eaid entry. contestant alleging
that the heirs and legal Representatives Of said
claimant have wholly abandoned said land: that
said tract 10 rst cultivated ase required by law :
that said heirs and claimant have failed to break,
plough or cultivate any Of said tract ~ required
by the Timber Cultare law that claimrnt has
failed to plant treee, tree seeds or cuttings on
said tract "a required by law; that there is no
cultivated land now on the tract, nor are there
any trees, tree seeds or cuttings now on the land
as required by the Timber Culture law; that
said claimant or his heirs have not In any way
com piled with the Timber Gu tnre laws; that
said default still exists: that said heirs have
failed TO break, plough or plant dnring the
wears 1886 to 1898. The said parties are hereby
summoned to appear ct this ONCE on thu I'd day
OF January, 1894. nc l O'Clock p. M, to respond
,and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
failure. r. N. KRAFT, Register.
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Frank,in.s Fate Prefgured.

The fate OF Franklin, the explorer.
was unwittingly prefigured, and on the
v of his starting on his last voyage, at
the hands OF his own devoted wife. AS
he lay doing on a sofa Lady Franklin
threw something yer his feet, on which
heawokei in CONSERVATION, saying: Why,
there's a flag thrown over mel Don't
You know that they lay the union jack
over a corpse.'-London Tit Bits
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
An Important Discovery.

1t is stated in well informed circles
that the sultan of Turkey has just pur-
chased from NJ. Barbiman, a French
gentleman, for the sum of 5000 Turkish
pounds, two ancient MSS, which are
said to be two epistles ascribed to the
prophet Mohammed. They have been
submitted to the highest authorities and
savants at Constantinople, who have
unanimously agreed as to the authen-
ITCHY and author of the writings. 1t is
further stated that this new discovery
will revolutionize the whole Mohammed-
an world.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

- EHHE n
The government of Trinidad has passed
an ordinance for the determination of
parasol ants, so far as it's power extends.
The pest has become unbearable. In
fact, from the nature of things wherever
this ant is found a growing civilization
must wage war to the death with it, for
the creature strips trees Of their leaves.
which it neatly trims to the size and shape
of a ~threepenny bit and carries to the
nest. An army Of Ecodoma cephalotes
at work is one of the strangest sights in
tropical America. The column may be
followed for a mile, 3 or 4 inches in
width, aserried mass of ants, each carry
ing aloft upright as a flag it's green disk.
They will strip a large tree of which
they fancy the leaves in "a hours.-Kew
Bulletin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

In all quarters of the Electricity build
ing r new and astonishing uses to
which the subtle fluid is put, sometimes
when only the slightest force is desired;
at others when a mighty and irresistible
power is applied. There are splendid
exhibits showing the application of cleo
tricity to mining.
Leaving this building, one watches the
electric trains glide along the intramu-
raj road, or the electric launches dart,
silent and smokeless, about the beauti-
full lagoons. Turning cityward, he sees
Chicago covered by the lowering. inn
penetrable pail of smoke belched from
myriad chimneys. and wonders when
the equivalent Of light and heat will be
generated at the big coalfelds and
waterfalls and sent broadcast through
out the land; when cleanliness and quiet
shall prevail.-New York Evening Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

The peritoneal paroxysms Of the dan
GERS at the Chicago fair from Cairo and
Constantinople, from Teheran and Tan
ger, from Ispahan and Algeria, have
met witha prompt public condemnation.
Energetic criticism has forced the police
to action and the dancers to q
tive qaiescence which saves the susccf-
tibiiieies of the occidental audience and
the risk Of the oriental dancers from an
attack of peritonitis. Accustomed as
the dancers are to their peculiar move
ment. it has been stimulated by Chicago
applause to an insane e~xaggeration of
the flexible and sinuous swaying of the
eastern dance, dangerous to the dancers
and disgusting to the audiences.
Condemned as the dance has been,
however, it has proved so popular and
awakened such masculine applause as4is
certain to cause its appearance on the
variety stage. At first it will doubtless
be suppressed, as it has been in past APP
pearances, but the American public has
4 singular habit Of accepting in the end
with applause what it earlier suppresses
with the police court.
The prospects are therefore excellent
that the danse du ventre, which hassfirst
come before the country as q part OF the
chronological section at Chicago,
which Professor f. w. Putnam OF Har-
ward university presides, will yet be seen
on every stage. This is, we believe, the
first instance in which q college profess
sor has superintended so remarkable an
addition to our amusements, but we can
assure theater managers that this east
ern dance is mild and meaningless by
the side Of some dances and displays
which a study of the fascinating study
Of ~ethnology win reveal to them and
the public.-Philadelphia Press.
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Notice Of Hearing Of PETITION

state OF south Dakota. county of Lake In
county court. Whereas, John Huecker having
irg liquors under the provisions and restrictions
0F the laws Of this state governing the sale Of III
toxicatinRl liquors., atshis place Of buainess ON
Egan avenue, In the city al MadisCn. county or
Lake and ssAte % south Dakota; therefore no.
tiee u hereby given, that The 18th day OF Decem-
bc., a. 2. 1883. ~ the once Of the county Judge,
u the said city o Madison, i'm Lake county, =.
said petition. when and where any person Quali.
ded may appear and show cause why eaid peti
ton should not no granted.
Dated at Madison. 8. D., November II, 1888.
j. u. WILLIAMSON,
County Judge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
RACING IN MODERN ROME.
RiderIess Horses Goaded to Furious Spec,
with Balls of Pricklea.

Ridarless Horses Goaded to Furious Speed
with Balls of Prickles-
Tie prizes for these races were called
pal;i. and were usually pieces of brocade
or some other rich stuff, which vas
thrown over the back of the horse that
won aud so displayed to the people. We
also near of a procession of the palii, so
no doubt they often took the form of
banner. The mobiles used TO deposit them
In their chapels. and in the last days of
the papal government the French sol
diers substituted for the procession of the
palii that Of the bue grasso.
The pope's Dragons used to gallop
through the Corso to clear it before the
race, and to- warn the people that it
had actually started. Either mortars
were fred or trumpets. blown. but acct
dents were perpetually occurring. and
when in 1885 two people were killed just
below the balcony where stood the Queen
Margherita, the Barbary races were for
hidden in the Corso for the future, though
renewed last year In q very much modi-
fed form around the Piazza del Popolo.
The horses had no riders, but carried
two balls Of lead, covered with prickles,
loosely attached by leather thongs be-
low the neck and on the back. So of
course the harder they galloped the more
these prickly balls danced up and down
and goaded them on.
Dashing furiously along the Corso,
they were past almost before people
knew that they had started, and in such
. narrow street, with such a crush of
people on either side and somebody al
ways trying to cross at the last moment
or stepping out Of the throng to see If
they were coming, it was small wonder
that it was a dangerous game. though
of course the danger was in part also
the attraction.
A sheet was stretched across the street
to catch the horses at the back Of Piazza
Venezia, in the passage still called Via
della Ripresa de Barberi, in front Of
which was q cord covered with wet red
paint. This dropped before the rush Of
the foremost horse, leaving q streak of
paint or his chest. and thus all knew at
once which was the winner.-Gentle
mans Magazine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
where Their wealth Came From.

The New York Sun has been investi-
eating the Four Hundred and prints a
number Of receipted bills of the last CEN
tury showing that a Stuyyesant sold
handkerchiefs; q DePeyster, beans; q
Rhinelander. hats; a Brevoort, pewter
spoons:a a Beekman molasses, and a Roose-
welt, lampblack. Their ~plutocratic de-
~scendants may not like it, says the Attain
ia Constitution. but If the old pioneers
were honest traders there's nothing to be
ashamed Of in their record.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
The Largest In the World.

Within sight of the station at Ather
stone, on the London and Northwestern
railway. there is TO be seen an enormous
earthenware jug, the largest i'll the
world. This ~capacious article was man
ufactured at the Potteries, Church Ores
ley. over 30 years ago. Its holding ca
pacity, when full, is $50 quarts. and it is
SO large that n man can sit inside it. II
now rests over the front door Of a china.
glass and ~earthenware warehouse. Xxx
change.
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Notice Of Hearing.

State OF South Dakota. county OF Lake. In
county court. In the matter Of the estate 0f G.
=. Bullock, deceased. The etate or South Dako
tn sends greeting. To- NJ. G. Bullock and heirs ne
law aud next OF kin OF G. A. Bullock, deceased,
and to, oil whom these presents may come. No.
tice Is hereby given, that ". C. Blu lock has fled
with tbe judge OF thie court, . petition pr .ying
for letters of administration OF the estate OF G.
A.. Bullock. deceased, and that Tuesday, the 12th
day OF December, 1891, Ut 10 O'Clock q. M. of eaid
day, being . day OF epeciai term or this conrt, at
the mice ofthe county Judge, In the city Of Mad
is0p, county Of Lake, has been set for hearing
said petition, when and where any person inter
ested may appear and show canse why the said
petition should not ne granted.
Dated at Madison, this 18th day Of November,
A.. d. 1898.
y. Ia. WILLIAMSON,
Judge Of the County Court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

PHOTOGRAPH NOTWITHSTANDING BAG.
and pointed at the bottom, were used.
From top TO point each piece was A inches
long, the top was 8 inches across, and the
sides from top to the beginning of the
bias cut, making the point, were also 8
inches. The top Of the bag ID of satin, 9
inches wide and Q deep, doubled. The
inside of the bag below the satin is lined
with channels skin. The color Of the
plush Of the bag I have in mind is deep
wine; the satin is brown. One of the
three pieces of plush is embroidered with
ID design OF a horseshoe and daisies, al
other with crossed pipes and the third
with monogram. The total cost Of ma
terial was about Is cents, and it took half
q day to make it.
Bags of all sorts are pretty good Christ
mas presents. Very pretty ones for but
tons can be made of channels skin, orn
mented and lettered in water colors and
gilt or in liquid india ink with a fine
drawing pen. Cloth, silk and satin shoe
bags. stocking bags and a multitude of
others are acceptable in many quarters,
and patterns for their making can be
bought by such tyros as have to make
presents for the first time this year be-
cause of the monetary stringency.
ELoIsE SPHANGEL.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
studvinp Our Architecture.

Tatsuzo Sowe of Toxic. a japanese ar
chitect, is in Boston studying the archi-
lecture Of notable buildings-the new
public library, Trinity church, the state
house and others. He told me: II came
to the United States rather than Europe
because the United States has the latest
and newest designs. Europe still clings
to the old styles"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
A Singular cDrnstslk.

Apeculiar growth from a stalk of corn
vas grown recently ON the farm Of Jo-
seph T. Robinson, ear Ringgold, Ga.
About the center OF the stalk, where the
shoot FIRST appeared, there matured q Pc
culiar bushy ending about Q feet long.
on which there were nearly 100 little
sars the size Of . mans fnger.-Ex-
change.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
False Eyeis.shes.

Not content with false teeth and false
hair and other falsenesses, the Partisan
ladies are now wearing false eyelashes
Long, dropping eyelashes can be OBJ
tanned at quite a reasonable cost. They
are threaded on a fine needle, which Is
drawn through the skin Of the eyelid in
loops, which are afterward cut. The
operation is said to be perfectly painless.
Paris Letter. I
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02

materials used in the shopping bag are:
Half yard black satin at rs cents a yard. size
81 crochet rings t5S doZen) at 8 cents q
Dozen. ID
. yards ribbon (shirr stringl ut 5 cents a
yard. 10
es4c
Such bags. especially If a little en-
broidery is added to their decoration, are
marked at from $3.50 to 90 apiece in the
stores. 1t would take q good half day
to make one of them, SO that they are
not 10 cheap, so far as time is concerned,
as the dolls head penwipers. The de-
tails of the making of the photograph
holders are rs follows:
Three-eighths yard 5inch satin ribbon at 10
cehts l5c
! large and 20 small crochet rings. .......... Z
&c
It ought not to take more than three
hours to make n of these at the outside.
They are priced at rs cents each at the
art exchanges and stores and sold readi-
" at that figure Mt the same fair for
which the dolls head penwipers were
made.
Some OF the other uses to which GRO
Chef rings may be put are in making
sleeveholders, table scarfs, handkerchief
bags, needle books, scissors c~hatelaines,
etc. The methods of using them will sug-
gest themselves TO most women without
my help. The sleeveholders, or Miss
Nancys," as they are sometimes called,
are, In the language of the saleswomen,
''charmingly useful articles" They are
composed of two rings and q long cord
OF crocheted silk. One of the rings is
slipped over the forefinger, another over
the thumb, while the cord Is wound
closely around the sleeve and serves to
hold the garment in place while the coat
is being drawn o
All OF the articles I have described SO
far are suitable for presents to womer
although the penwiper may also be con-
sidered acceptable by a man. But some
OF my friends may desire to make ONE
thing that q man will appreciate and
carry with him. Purses such as women
can make are not specially desirable in
these days OF paper money; slippers and
slipper bags, etc., are probably possessed
by every n Of your male friends, but
here is something that will be hailed
with joy by every man-that is, every
man who smokes. Don't be afraid that
in making it you will be offering undue
encouragement to smokers, for in these
days If a man already has the habit you
may be. sure he will continue to be a
smoker unless ordered to stop by his doc
tor, and perhaps even his peremptory
order will not stop the habit. The to-
bacco pouch / am about to describe was
made as follows, and it and its duplicates
have taken the place of bad smelling, ill
looking rubber pouches:
In appearance the pouch is somewhat
like a shopping bag, with a shirr string
(drawstring, the men call it) at the top.
Three pieces of plush, square at the top
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
what n Wa. Far.

Neighbor Boy-Maw sent me over TO
ask II you'd lend her your bottleo' cough
medicine.
Mrs. Kneed-You tell your mother-we
keep our cough medicine strictly for
home consumption. Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-02
A Submarine Bridge.

A submarine bridge is projected to
Cross the bed of the strait of Oresund,
between Denmark and Sweden. 1t is to
be half tunnel add half tube, the latter
resting upon piles. 1t will be FIVE miles
long.