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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-17
SNOW i'm Europe.

PARIS, Jan. 17-Snow fell in all parts
of France during the day.
BERLIN, Jan. 17--It has showed here
for the last forty-eight hours. Railway
traffic throughout the empire has been
interrupted.
VIENNA, Jan, 17-Snow has blocked
the country roads and interrupted rail-
way traffic. Thirty people, travelling
by sledges, were caught in drift near
the city and were half buried before
rescued. Several had their hands and
feet frozen
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-17
Buckeyes erozen 60 Death.

CLEVELAND. Jan. 17-John Toothman
and his son William Stagdale, of Buck
eye City, were frozen to death while re-
grning home from Mount Vernon.
Their bodies were found in snow drift
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-17
BIG FUEL FAMINE.
A Morning Paper Says One Is Threat
ened In Chicago.

A Morning Paper Says One Is Threat
ened In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. 17--According to a
morning paper this city is threatened
with coal famine if the present Arctic
rigor continues. In the course of long
article ON the subject it says: Not
only will much suffering ensue among
the poorer classes, but many OF the
large factories win be compelled to shut
down for want of fuel, throwing thou
sands of poor people out of employment.
Even the railroads are already seri-
ously crippled, and some of them have
been compelled to reduce the number OF
yard engines, being unable to supply
them with coal.
Railroads Confiscate Coal.
The railroads have already been COM
PEELED to confscate whole train loads OF
coal entering the city for their own use,
and as result local dealers are unable
to supply large orders,
The stock on hand at the beginning
of the month is well nigh exhausted,
and the storms and blizzards have SO
seriously affected the coal roads enter
ing the city that the daily supply has
been visibly decreasing. -..--......
Many complaints are already being
made of the inability to procure soft
coal, and some of the big buildings, 1t
is claimed, are threatened with an arc
tic climate within the next few days.
Never Heard of the Like.
The big coal dealers say they have
never before witnessed such clamor
for coal Their teams are kept busy
night and day, and, as the private
stocks are being consumed, the demand
is daily increasing. AS a consequence,
the dealers are seeing the stocks rapidly
decrease, while they are unable to get
their mine orders filed on account Of
the blockades and railroad confscation
The prospect looks very gloomy to them
as they reluctantly admit.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan 16-Mr. Morrnl
addressed the senate in an argument
against the McGarrahan bill, and al
luding to Mr. John Randolph Tucker
as having made an adverse report ON
the claim, expressed the hope that the
rumor that Mr.. Tucker would be Mr..
Cleveland's attorney general would
prove to be true. At the conclusion OF
Mr.. Morrill's argument against the Nc
Garrahan bill, the bill went over with
out action and Mr. PETER addressed the
senate in support of his joint resolution
to limit the presidential officers to one
term
The anti option bilr was taken up and
Mr.. Call, Democrat, made argument In
support of it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-17
rhe House.

WASHINGTON. Jan 1.-THE house dis
cussed a resolution calling on the va-
rious executive departments having the
matter in charge, for a statement OF the
amount of Southern war claims allowed
and disallowed by them. The resolu-
tion was agreed to
The house then considered, under
suspension of the rules, q bill to settle
the claims of Arkansas and other states
under the swamp land grants
The weekly messenger., 1893-09-23

blow from the AK, greater than all
the rest, knocked his head clean
from his body. He experienced
a singular buzzing in his ear;
there was a CLEAN of light in the
distance, and with a bound he re-
turned to consciousness.
The doctor was standing over
him, holding a double tooth in
his forceps.
''That was an old stager, and no
mistake. How he did hang! 1t
took all my strength to dislodge
him." and the doctor wiped his
dripping forehead with his hand
kerchief.
where a-a-am -" were the
first words of the tall man.
"Why, right here in my office"
responded the doctor. "YOu would
have had tough time if you had
mt taken the gas
well, il it had been rougher
than it actually was l would now
be corpse" and the tall man
paid the 81 80 and went out into
street feeling as if he had been the
walking in a treadmilI for week.
- Boston Herald.
The weekly messenger., 1893-09-23
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

a small farm. two miles from st. Mar.
tlnville, measuring about 50 arpents
Arabic land, aud II arpents of timbered
land. The prairie land is all fenced in,
and Is well improved, all buildings be-
ing new. IL is not subject TO overflow,
and is well drained. Conditions.
$500 cash, and the balance on easy
terms 20 suit the purchaser, for further
particular apply at this office.
The weekly messenger., 1893-09-23
Simple Remedies.

Whoever gives profound study
to that passage of Holy Writ that
says that the leaves of the trees
are for the healing of the nations,
must have wondered why it is
that the root-and-herb doctor, who
formerly was so much the fashion,
has come to be spoken of with
sentiments akin to contempt, and
the ''Old woman's remedies" which
were for the most part of the sim
plest of the field, have fallen into
such disrepute. It must be that
the white light of scientific re-
search has withered the herbs and
leaves, and that the old woman.
lacking the ability to give the che
mical properties of her concoc-
ton, has come to be regarded as
humbug and unworthy of even
the least bit of confidence. Ger
tain it is, however, that the SIM
plest of life are in many cases
much more effective than the
concentrated elixirs, tritu-
rations and fluid extracts of the
modern laboratory, and often give
relief when resources of the medi-
cal profession have been exhaust
ed.
The man who dipped seven
times in the Jordan may have been
healed by simple bathing, and
those who seek remedy for their
ills in the leaves of the forest have
only gone back to the first princi-
pies of medicine.
1t is a noteworthy fact that this
science has made less progress
during the last hundred years
han almost any other; indeed,
medicine and theology are the
.wo laggards in the race for i'm
Drovement. Tradition hampers
both, and bigotry is an rampant
md as cruel in the one as in the
'ther. The average physician of
he day would sHeer at the ideas
If cures performed by some of
he simple remedies known to
very household, and probably
would dispute the efficacy of such
pplicatiOns. He would be un-
Wiling to admit that the cranber-
y is an almost sovereign cure for
ertain forms of erysipelas, and
hat grated potato has cured cases
4 rheumatism that have for years
'afiled the skill of physicians.
his latter remedy, by the way, is
nuch more eificacious than those
Tho have never tried it would be
'llling to believe. It is only ne
esSary to CRATE or crush the pota-
to a pulp, or, in the absence of
thcr means, slice it very thin and
pply in the form of poulticc to
re affected part. 1t is not claim
| that it will eradicate the dis
'se from the system, but that il :
ives instant relief and is, in GER
IN families. in regular use for
rs purpose. New York Ledger.
The weekly messenger., 1893-09-23
Land Fer Sale.

We are requested 10 offer for sale, 40
acres of FIRST class land, adjoining the
limits Of this corporation.
Also. one fine property, with good bull
dlIlg, out houses, stables etc For fur
ther particulars, terms etc.
Address this ollicr.
The weekly messenger., 1893-09-23
Painless Dentistry.

Troubles:
"Does it hurt very much to
have n tooth pulled?" inquired a
tall man of fremont street den
tist.
"That depends" was the reply.
eff the affected tooth happens to
be a mojar, with the roots at right
angles with each other, or if it is
decayed SD az to leave the nerve
uncovered, or if it is worn down
even with the gums, SO that it is
necessary to dig the flesh away in
order to get good hold for the
forceps, then the chances are that
you will kick little"
Then the tall man trembled
from head to foot, and in a shak-
ing voice said: "What do YOU
think of that one?' accompanying
his words by opening his mouth
to the fullest extent and indicat-
ing with his finger the seat of the
trouble.
The doctor took up a small
glass instrument with a little
round looking glass that yawned
before him, made a careful inspec-
ton of the interior.
"That looks like a stubborn old
fellow" remarked the doctor as
he placed the instrument upon
his working table.
"What would you adviser IT,
mildly inquired the tall man.
Laughing gas replied the
doctor.
evil l he oblivious to the
pain?"
entirely So"
The tall man settled himself in |
the operating chair, and the doc
tor inserted between the patients
teeth an old champagne cork.
Then he placed funnelshaped
piece of rubber over the tall mans
mouth and nose, and told him to
breathe heavily. Gradually con-
sciOusness gave way under the in
fuence of the gas, but not until
the man to be operated upon had
suffered the sensation Of being
smothered under an old-fashioned
feather pillow.
The tall man was now in dream
land. He first imagined that he
was on his way to the Wold's Fair,
and when the train was on q down
grade and going sixty miles an
hour the wheels left the track.
The air brakes broke, and the
cars rushed along at a terrible
rate of speed. 1t was with the
greatest difficulty that the dream
er kept in his berth. Tremend-
GUS jolting was caused by the
wheels running over the ties; the
suspense was something awful;
the wreck of the train was inevi-
table. The car was filled with the
of the terrified passengers,
with the crash of glass
and the rattle of the train. Sud /,
denly there was n deafening re-
port and tremendous conclusion,
and the cars appeared to crumble
away. The tall man found him
self in total darkness, but sudden
y, to his horror, he discovered a
streak of lurid flame through the
yreckage, which told him he
would be roasted alive if imme-
late succor did not reach him.
He could hear voices directly
,ver him, but do as he would not a
sound could be utter. The
lanes were making rapid pro- J.
,ress toward the place where he 7
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
Hattie of shiloh.

Lieut.. RS Culverton Of the sixteenth
Illinois Infantry, gives it as his opinion
that the battle of Shiloh, all things
considered, was the hardest fought
of the war, and was fought with the
greatest beneficial results to the Union.
"The troops, with but few exceptions,
on both sides, said he, ''were raw VOL
unteers. The Confederate manage
ment was superb, probably unsur-
passed by green troops in any battle in
modern times. They came like undu-
lating waves on our front and TANKS
and the onslaught was irresistible. By
the timely arrival of reinforcemeuts
we won the day Had we lost, the
Confederates would have regained Ken
lucky and would probably have been
able to hold it for some time. Their
defeat, / think, was momentous vic
tory for the Union from which the Con-
federates were never able to recover"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11

Capt. J. L. Bennett, who spent the
most of his time in the Sixteenth Wis
consin Infantry, and is now residing
in Chicago told little incident which
happened during his service in another
regiment in the trenches before
Petersburg. Said he: '.One of the
Captains in the regiment had made
himself very much disliked and the
men had made several efforts to get
rid of him by promotion, resignation
or otherwise; no matter how, just so
he was put out of our company. One
night while this Captain was officer
of the day and was going
the grand rounds OF the picket
post, ne reached a station where there
was fork in the road. One of his
own company happened to be the
sentinel at the extreme adverse part.
After the guard had turned out and
had been instructed in regard to the
rounds, the Captain, starting off, in
quired of his soldier which one of the
two roads he should take to reach the
next picket station. Right over there,
Captain, said the soldier. The Captain
innocently followed directions. and in
about two minutes was snug in the
Confederate lines, where he stayed for
several long months. The soldier who
performed the questionable service for
his comrades kept the facts carefully
concealed for twenty years
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11

man may adopt it 70 his advantage.
The thoroughly busy, prosperous
dairyman has all that he can see 70 in
applying to his business facts without
fooling with fancies II is not the
man who jumps out of bed at a. m
and bangs through the day on a pure
ly physical basis, who is an cumulative
type of modern industry, but the one
who, thinking, acts on those thoughts
and turns out better work day by day.
Butter produced from cows fed on
hay in March, with the cream slightly
acid. churned at 90 deg, the butter
milk washed out with cold water from
the granulated butter and fine dairy
salt worked in in modern orthodox
way, has far superior edible quality
To fall produced butter made under
opposite conditions
No season OF the year holds out such
golden opportunities 10 the butter max.
er as does the autumn months, and IL
is too bad that all who are engaged in
this pursuit do not observe requisites
that will give them the full advantage
OF natures benefit. American Guilt.
VatOr
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11


When washing red tablcclotbs and
napkins put little borax in the water
They will clean easily and win NOT
fade
Fresh rolls may be kept on hand bv
putting in refrigerator some Of tho
fresh sponge and letting IL rise when
needed.
When ammonia is used TO remove
stains on colored fabrics, II the color
Is dulled little weak oxalic acid will
restore IL.
An old.country drink used for
hoarseness and roughness Of the throat
IS blackberry juice diluted with boil.
ing water
IL is said that gargle Of hot sailed
water repeated frequently will eure
almost any sore throat that "a not OF n
diphtheritic nature.
A plaster Of salt and molasseq nm.
pied hot on retiring Is one of the beat
remedies known for sprains. wounds
etc, particularly where such are ~.
tended by inflammation.
For piece of dried beef weighing
two pounds allow two hours stendy
boiling. Remove from the fire and al.
low the beef to stand in the water nm.
I'll cold. This beef, cut In thin slicas
will be found very nice for luncheon
or light suppers
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
The rrnntIcnI nnirr.

The dairy business is one Of the
safest adjuncts of farming, because Il
has never yet been ovcrdone The
market is never glutted with good
milk, good butter or good cheese. The
dairyman who drives up TO the manu-
factory with 200 pounds of milk In his
can could get the same rate OF pay for
400 pounds il he had 10 to offer. Money
never rolls into n dairyman's lap I'M
earned but with his herd of cows. and
a will to make them do their duty,
considerable silver grayitates his way.
No dairyman can ever become so
prosperous as To possess dne buildings,
n mortgage clear farm and have leisure
to take his wife and children out rid
ing pleasant afternoons, who does not
use his brains as actively as his hands
in all departments of the work. lie
must think practical thoughts, perform
practical acts, and so reap practical re.
suits The theorizing dairyman never
succeeds, at least on theory alone.
Theory is all right for the scientific
man TO experiment with, and If he
evolves anything valuable the practical
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
with news regarding our movements.

with news regarding our movements.
Twas ordered to report to Gen. Fry,
who was in charge of Camp Nelson.
was furnished with transporta-
ton to Cincinnati, and arrived
there on Saturday night. From
that point 1 was to 90 10
Nieholasville, Ky, the terminus OF the
Kentucky Central railroad There was
no train out on Saturday night, and as
l had no money the officers were in
doubt what to do with me until Mon
day. 1t was finally decided to send
me over the Newport to take charge OF
the mi ,itary prison till Monday morn
ing. | went over and assumed the
duties of the keeper of the prison till
Monday, when l was furnished trans
portation. | was afterward assisted
out of my trouble by Gen. w. w.
Woodward, an old friend of my father,
who was an Assistant Adjutant to
Gen Fry
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
Amid shot aud Shell.

Lieut.. Col. James b. Comstock, who
was Adjutant General of the Sixteenth
army corps under Maj Gen. A. J.
Smith, related the following story:
There was hot shot flying at Nash
vile, Tenn, while the battle between
Gen. Thomas ON the Union side and
Gen. Hood of the Confederates was in
progress. We fought constantly for
three days, with the bullets whistling
all around us, The cannonading dur
ing the night was continuous, and
such thing as sleep we hardly
knew. One thing that made deep
impression upon me was Major
Smiths confident reply to his com.
mander. We We're about getting the
worst of it. and Major Smith contem-
plated charge on the enemy's left.
We We're preparing for the charge
when Gen. Thomas rode up and, adj
dressing our commander, said: Major,
do not take your men over there; it is
dangerous, Major Smith straight
ened up in his stirrups, and, with
severity, replied: Gen. Thomas if
they do not get there win bring them
back The charge was successful,
and was instrumental in the complete
humiliation of Hoods army"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
FrIends and Enemis..

Capt. ). :. Trip OF Peoria met an
old foeman a short time since under
peculiar circumstances. Ia 1865 he was
on Gen. RANSOM staff. and was in
charge Of the cavalry which preceded
the main body, driving the enemy
back. Near Fairburn, Ca. they heard
a shot, and cannon ball whistled
over their heads. Like the echo
Of the first came the sound OF
4 return shot, and glance showed
that a horse had been killed. n
wheel taken off caisson and man
injured. The cavalry proceeded. and
but little was thought of the incident.
A couple of months ago Capt. Tripp
was in Birmingham, Ala, ana he heard
Gen. John 4. Morgan, now United
States senator from Alabama relate
the same incident to a friend. Mr..
Trip, who knew Senator Morgan. inn
mediatcly asked If it was not Il white
horse, and if the man mad not been
carried off in certain direction. SEN
ator Morgan answered in the aHirma.
tive, and finding that they had been
together so closely in those dark days.
"a whole fusilade OF "reminiscences re.
suited.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
Survivors Of GEN. Grant. STAN

An annoying mistake was made by
the Washington papers in announcing
the death of Orlando II. Ross, whom it
was stated was the last member of
Gen. Grants staff. If they had said
that he was the last of Grants original
staff they would have been much
nearer the mark, as but two of those
are yet living. As fact, however.
there are yet living eight men who
served on Gen. Grants staff during
the war, two of whom attended Capt.
Ross funeral on Sunday, Oct 10.
Those who are known to be
living are Gen. Horace Porter Of
New York; Gen. Rufus Ingalls,, New
York; Gen. Parker, the Indian Chief,
New York: Gen. Adam Badeau, New
York; Gen. Robert Macfeely, late Com
missary General, Z. S. Army, now on
tho retired list, Washington: Col
Anles Webster, now a clerk in the
Treasury department in Washington;
Major VIM. G. Carroll, Thirteenth Iii.
nois cavalry, clerk in the Pension
Office in Washington and Col VIM H.
Duff, Second Illinois Light artillery,
now living in Scotland, who was re-
Gently pensioned by our government
for wounds received during the war.
Duff and Carroll are the two officers
who still live who were on Gen, Grant
staff during the early portion Of the
war.-National Tribune
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11

There has been Of late a tendency to-
ward change Of view in regard 10 the
origin of those widespread storms
known as cyclones. NJ Faye the
French astronomer. has long argued
that they originate in the upper re-
gions Of the atmosphere, instead Of at
the surface Of the earth.
Recently Mr.. W. l.. Dallas has an
nounced, as the result of his studies OF
the cyclones of the Indian ocean, that
the probability seems TO him TO he that
those whirling storms descend from
and retreat to the superior layers q
the atmosphere.
Much more study will be required,
however, 10 settle the question but IL
is surely most interesting tothink that
storms should come 10 MS in the way
suggested. The atmosphere Is sort
of ocean, at whose bottom we dwell.
and If NJ. Faye's view is correct. the
storms that whirl over us must first
lash the air far above orr heads, lust
as whirl started in water may bore
ITS way down toward the bottom and
disturb the little fishes there.
where Mrs burnett Get, Hsr sforis-.
Mrs Hodgson Burnett has written i
chapter of autobiography. "All my
life, she says. II have made stories
and since ! was years old have writ.
ten them. This has been my way OF
looking at life as it went by me.
scenes, incidents and persons
quite naturally suggest to me the story
which may belong TO them do not
know how many such stories pass
through my mind in a day. Some of
them merely fit through, like birds
across the sky, sand are forgotten: but
there arc some that stay, or at least
leave traces"