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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
The Cat In Ancient Times.

The cat was sovery highly regarded in
England at m time, both as q rat and
Gus catcher, and as an ornament to
society. that we find the following saln-
tary law passed by n Of the princes
of Wales: : ~
~ eff any n steal or kill q Cat that
guards the Princes Creamery, he is to
forfeit a milch Eve, it's Fleece and
Lamb. Or, as much Wheat as, when
poured upon the cat suspended from its
tail, with the head touching the floor,
would form a heap high enought to cover
the tip of the former"
Though the Welsh had a high opinion
Of the cat, the ancient Egyptians had q
still higher. These intelligent and civ
ilized people treated cats with great dis
tinetion. 1t was q crime to kill them,
and when they died they received a pub
Lie burial, at which the people mourned,
having first shaved off their eyebrows as
a token of sorrow. The most prominent
cats were upon death embalmedi in drugs
| and spices. and cat mummies have been
found side by side with those of kings.
When Cambyses, the Persian. attacked
the Egyptian city of Pelusis, he cunning
ly provided his soldiers with cats in
stead of shields. When the host adj
vanced, the Egyptians retired in confu-
sion upon discovering that they would be
unable to do damage to their enemy
without seriously imperiling the lives of
vast>numbers of cats. And so the city
was taken easily and without the loss OF
blood on of q cat. 1t cannot be disputed
that the ancient Egyptian cats must have
enjoyed life very much.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
THE FAIR
THE CITY.
LOCAL nREvITIEs.

LOCAL nREvITIEs.
The seven year old daughter Of /. D.
smith is dangerously III.
J.J. Fitzgerald has treated his store
front to 9 new BOAT OF paint, giving il
an inviting appearance.
Aoward Advance, 8: Mrs. g. II. Jones
and baby OF Madison are here visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Will
liams.
A meeting Of the w. C. r. u. will be
heldto-morrow at the residence Of Mrs.
J. B. johnson. Reports Of the State w.
G. T. y. will be read.
Clerk Of Courts Preston issued q mari
age license to-day to VIM. II. Blanken-
berg and Anna Landerbach, both OF Con-
cord township, this county.
The Ladies' Guild Of the Episcopal
ohurch win give . social at the residence
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
A big lobster Pound.

There is a lobster farm, or pound, as 1t
Ii called, 12 acres in extent at Southport,
Me. This pound, lis the most successful
on the coast, whence 1000, 900 HOLSTERS
are shipped each year. The pound is
formed by building q solid dam across Q
tidewater cove. This dam does not quite
rise to high water mark. but across the
top is placed a fence of iron rods, per-
hitting a daily change of water and pre-
venting the Holsters from escaping. In
the spring and fall business is most brisk.
When the fishermen bring the Holsters
to the pound, the fish" as they are
called. are hoisted to the dam, measured,
and those which are more than 101
inches long. the legal limit, ARE thrown in.
If q lobster is clever, his life in the pound
may be long and full Of joy. IL he is
stupid. he will be fished, put with q drag
seine and packed in a barrel. with piece
of ice for a pillow. and sent to Boston.
The seine is made of stout Irvine and is
weighted at the bottom with a heavy
chain. Along the top is q row of corks,
which sustain the weight of the seine
while the chain drags on the bottom Of
the pound.
A single cast of this seine will bring
up lobsters enough to fill IL barrels. The
chain as it sweeps along the bottom stirs
mp the Holsters. which Immediately shoot
| backward into the slack Irvine. In tax
ing them out the men wear heavy init.
tens, though even then they are often
nipped. In the pound the Holsters are
Fed on salt herring, men rowing about
In skiffs and pitching the herring owe
board. This is called feeding the chick
ems" and it takes about six barrels tx
make a light luncheon for the flock
Boston Globe. 4 @
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
" 80
"Yankee Doodle"

The tune of Yankee Doodle" has had
v or eight treatises written upon it
in the last 30 years, ascribing it to vari-
ous dates and origins, even back to The
Netherlands and the days of Cromwell
and the Charleses. DR.. George Grove of
London, author of the Dictionary Of
Music and Musicians" has investigated
thoroughly the various musical libraries
and the British museum in England,
finding no traces of it whatever, thus ex-
ploding all the mystical, traditional and
apcchryphal accounts thereof.
But Yankee Doodle" had an origin
and has a history. 1t was written by
DR.. Richard Schuchburg, whose com
mission dates 1887, in the French and
Indian wal of 1865 under General JEFF
frey Amherst and was intended as a
take off" on the rag. tag and bobtail'
recruits of the colonies that came into
the army. 1t ''took" SO well. however,
that the Americans have ever adopted it
and would not part with it for anything.
The first words,
Father and | vent down to camp.
We're in the Boston Journal in 1863, and
the first record of the tune is in Arnold's
Two to One" 1850, SO that yankee
Doodle" although written by a British
surgeon, Is really American. Boston
Transcript.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
Economy In Foot Wear.

The neatest and most economical pos.
sibIe foot wear is q low cut shoe Of a
special pattern to be worn with CATERS
to match each dress. This style Of foot
clothing has many advantages. Theio low
shoe ~isseasily aired, and tho inner sole
will retain the, odors Of the feet with the
neatest of persons.i IL not properly aired,
especially when one walks much. The
gaiter breaks the apparent size of q large
foot and forms very attractive finish
when matched to costumes. e
Skirts rubbing against the front of
high kid boots viii wear the seam, while
the part remains in perfect condi-
ton. Caters, upon the other hand. can
be changed as soon as defaced and worn
with the same boot. Many pretty CATERS
are possible for different occasions and
styles Of dress.-Jenness Miller Monthly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
Erect OF MUSIC on Penn.

Walter Savage Landor introduces Pc
t~efborough in conversation with Will
liam Penn and makes him applaud Penn
.'cynicaliy, when the latter declares that
there II something In y violin IL played
directly that ~appeareth to make hot
wssther4 cool and cold weather warm
and temperate. not. however. when its
cords have young maidens tied invis-
ibdystd the end Of them, jerking chem
up1and down II q strange fashion before
ond6ssysS and unless one taketh due
cautoAiWafktngs theif hair upon oueis
face and bosom, and their very breath,
too, betw0en ones lirG q peradyenture
one canjt6eA U. nut fh6m 1bittefly and
hd1fNS6fshs1Eu&ShE0drie
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
ITEMS.

PERSONAL ITEMS.
Attorney Frizzell returned from Sioux
Falls.
Miss Kittie Wilkins took the train for
the east.
Prof. Kratz returned to Sioux City
and Hon. III. III. Keith to Sioux Falls, on
the morning train.
Mrs. ]. A. McGoyern and children
went to Pipestone this morning TO
spend a week with friends.
Miss Sybl Cummings of Galesburg,
Wis, cousin Of F. r. VanSlyke, is in the
city for the purpose OF taking a course Of
catarrh treatment with DR.. e. L. Clark.
Revs. Jordan and Hager, who attend
ed q meeting OF the Chautauqua direc-
tors, took tho 1915 train for Colman
and Egan, whence each will proceed by
team to Brookings to attend the M. e.
conference.
Get your prescriptions filed at
JOHN HUECKER's.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

The formula OF Ayers Sarsaparilla is
we'll known to the medical profession,
and universally approved. The reputa-
tion of the firm guarantees excellence
and uniformity in the medicine, and the
worlds experience for nearly half a GEN.
fury has fully demonstrated it's value.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
The Patent Once as washington.

The patent office holds model or a
drawingacf every invention known inthe
whole world and has paid something
more than -. 900 over and above it's
own expenses. q sum which represents
only q triie Of the great amount it has
added to the wealth of the nation.--Har-
per's Young People.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

The largest city in Spain is the CAPITA,
Madrid, which has q population Of 472,-
900. The next largest cities are Bar
celona, Valencia. Seville and Malaga,
after which there r 20 cities the pop
ulation Of which ranges from $4,000 to
ens-third OF that number. s I
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A Pot Of Boiling Tar Ignites in B. B.
Titsgerald's Tinshop and a Oonfagra-
ton Is Narrowly Averted.

About 3 o'clock this afternoon a fire
started in the tinshop OF r. b. Fltzger-
AIDS hardware store, from a lighted
kerosene stove, and pot Of boiling tar,
and soon communicated to the roof OF
the building, which, in the rear, is a
story addition. The dense, black smoke
which originated from such a source
was simply sitting and it was with dit
ticulty that men could force themselves
into the interior and reach the seat OF
the fire. A large force OF men were
soon al work on the fat roof and front
and rear OF the building, holes cut
through the roof and the building del
uced with water. Powder and other sx-
plosive materials were quickly removed,
and the adjoining room containing Miss
O'Connell's millinery stock quickly de-
pleted oil it's contents. Grinager Bros.
| also carried considerable of their stock
out into wagons and much preparation
| was made for a general co~ntiigration.
| Without the warning OF the fire bell, the
fire engines we're quickly on the spot
and a bucket brigade organized that in
a few minutes deluged all parts Of the
building. The fire could not be seen al
any time nor can any great damage be
seen since that was done by the fire, but
the damage from water will be consider
able. The heroic work of many willing
hands and an abundance Of ready water
prevented what might easily have beer
a very serious c~onfiagration in our city
Miss Georgia Elwell ID prepared to d.
dressmaking and all kinds of fine sewing
Corner Stella ct, and Washington ave.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

No one in ordinary health needbecome
bald or gray, il he will follow sensible
treatment. We advise cleanliness of
the scalp and the use of Halls Hair
Remover. &@*
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Two good rooms to rent, furnished o
unfurnlshed. Suitable for man and wit
or single person. A. j. BRocHER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Don't pay any fancy prices for shoes
but go to Reed 81 Sheiso's shoe store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

III you don't want any old stock of
shoes to be shown you, remember that
Reed 81 Shelso keep only tirft-class
goods.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

As an emergency medicine In Group,
bronchitis, sore throat, and kindred dis
eases, Ayers Cherry Pectorai ID unsnr-
passed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
THE ELECTION.
Water Works Garry By a Majority Of 90
Out of a Total Vote of 252.

The bond election to-day passed off
very quietly, but a good deal of earnest
hard work was done by the rustlers for
bonds and a larger vote pulled In for
this side proportionately than if the OPP
position had been equally as active. A
little over half the vote of the city was
polled with the following result:
First ward, for 48, against, %; ma
jority, %.
Second ward, for 46, against 81; ma.
iority Is.
Third ward, for 48, against Is; majority
80.
Fourth ward, for 90, against Il;
majority. IT..
Total for I'll, against, 81; majority in
city for, 80.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10
NORMALD

Miss A. NJ. Carnahan has gone to the
worlds fair.
The practice teachers met this after
noon and listened to a lesson in phonet-
les given by Miss Jane Quig.
Prof. Colts rhetorical division are
busy preparing their orations for next
Friday.
Henceforth, afternoons, the library
and the chapel are the only rsoms in the
Normal building which are to be used
for study.
The rhetorical division are hard at
work. 1880 s@F4
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Mr.. Tudor, the eye expert Of the Tudor
Optical Co., will be at the store of Geo
Cook, their agent, Wednesday, Oct. Ii.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Miss Georgia Elwell ID prepared to do
dressmaking and all kinds OF fine sewing.
Corner Stella st, and Washington ave.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Get your prescriptions filled at
JoHN HUsCKER's.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-10

Wanted-A good boy about IA years
old to learn cigar making trade.
p. KuRTH,
Madison, So. Oak.
Get your prescriptions filed at
JoHNsHuEcKER's.
Smoke Pure Cuban best Sc. cigar in
the city, at j. PFIsTER's.
Prescriptions carefully compounded at
HUECKER's DRUG STORE.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
LYncher's to be Sued.

The widow of Seay J. Miller, the RAJ
pist and murderer who was hanged by
mob at Bardwell, KY, will bring suit
in the United States Court for the
Southern district of Illinois, asking
damages from all who participated in
the capture and hanging of her hus-
band, including the Sheriff of Carlisle
county, KY, the town of Bardwell, the
City Marshal OF Sykestown, Mo-, and
the members OF the posse that caught
Miller. Miller's wife is said to have
been urged to this step by Albion w
Tourgee, President and proprietor o.
the National Citizens Rights Associa
ton and professional discoyerer o
Southern outrages.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
FADS OF THE FAIR.
Prevailing Fashions for the Summer
Months.

Dainty and most becoming dresses,
both for day and evening wear, are OF
tamboured organizes and lowered
Swiss muslins.
Some Of the handsomest French
flowers this season have mildew on
them that is so natural that the illusion
is simply perfect
1t is very much the custom for girls
and young matrons whose purses are
not overweighted to have two very
we'll cut skirts, one OF some soft serge,
or like serviceable material, the other
OF dark silk, plain or figured, and to
wear with these four or five pretty
waists, turn and turn about-cambric,
pink or blue linen, Victoria lawn, etc.,
for the morning, and silk for the after
noon, either shot, checked, plain or
lowered, of surah, CANA or bengaline
silk. With navy blue silk skirts are
wern pretty blouses of pale blue, or
one OF Liberty's oriental printed silks,
which, despite the hghtness of texture
are OF practically endless wear and al
ways in excellent taste.
I The "Serpentine" is the name given
a new style of house waist, and is
usually made of wash silk, has q
surplice effect, with turnover collar
in front, ending in two long ends which
encircle the waist and are knotted in
the back in stiff bow.
A novelty in wells is of white orivory
silk net, Another, even later anC
more pronounced, is OF black net, with
contrasting colored spots.
Always attractive and fashionable II
the white Leghorn hat, faced will
pretty white stuff and adorned Will
ribbon and white plumes.
The ring handkerchief holder i
coming into vogue.
Blue enamel and gold is employee,
extensively in decorating manicur
sets.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
now THE END WILL COME.
The Earth Will Not Die by Accident,
Bnt From Natural Causes.

L'Astronomie M. Camille Flamma-
rion says that in all probability, not
withstanding all the circumstances
which threaten it, our planet will die,
not of an accident, but natural death.
That death will be the consequence OF
the extinction OF the sum, in 10000, 900
years or more-perhaps 90,000,000-
since its condensation in a relatively
moderate rate will give it on one hand
100000 years of existence, while on
the other hand, the inevitable fall of
members into the sum may double this
number. Even if you suppose the du-
ration of the sun to be prolonged to 40.
100000 years, it is still incontestibe
that the radiation from the Gun cools it
and that the temperature of all bodies
tends to an equilibrium. Then the earth
and all the other planets ofour system
will cease to be the abode of life. They
will be erased from the great book and
will reyolve, black cemeteries around
an extinguished sun.
Will these planets continue to exist
even then? Yes, probablyin the case
of Jupiter and perhaps Saturn. No, be-
yond doubt, for the small bodies such
as the earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury
and the moon. Already the moon APP
pears to have preceded us towards the
final desert. Mars is much further ad-
vanced than the earth tow ard the same
destiny. Venus, younger than us, will
doubtless survive us. These little worlds
lose their elements OF vitality much
faster than the sun loses its heat.
From century to century, from year to
! year, from hour to hour, the surface oil
, the earth is transformed. On the ona
hand the comets are crumblIng away
and becoming covered by the sea, with
insensibly and by slow degrees tends tc
+ invade and submerge the entire globe
on the other hand, the amount of wa
ter on the surface Of the globe is di-
} minishing. A careful and reasonable
$ calculation shows that by the actor
s of erasure alone all the land on GU
: planet will DO covered by water il
100000 years.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
Postal Card Changes.

A dispatch Gays that Postmaster-Gen-
eral Bissell has decided to abandon the
three sizes OF postal cards now in use,
and to substitute one size for single and
reply cards. The specifications which
have been sent to prospective bidders
for the contract for furnishing the pos
tai service with cards for the next four
years call for single cards of the un-
form size of So by 81 inches, This
is what is known az the international
size, it being used generally by the
countries comprising the Information
al Postal Union. The double, orreply
card. now in use, will be continued,
with the size, when folded, reduced to
that of the international card. These
two cards will take the place of the
small, or "ladies' card" the medium,
aid the large card, and the large reurn
card
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
EDITOR POUNDS WILL RETRACT
An Atlanta Lawyer Demands an ApOl-
Ogy Or Satisfaction.

Aduel between Chattanooga editor
and an Atlanta lawyer came near re-
sulting from the now famous Harry
Hill case. Saturday Col. Walter Rhett
City Clerk Woodward and DIR. Dan
Howell OF Atlanta returned from Chat
tanooga, where they had gone to de-
mand satisfaction from Editor Pounds
of the Evening News 1t seems that
the News printed an article stating
that Mrs. Rhett was Hills accomplice
in the forgeries. Rhett, who is a mem
Der of q South Carolina family whose
name has figured in a number OF duels
as principal and second, at once de-
manded retraction and satisfaction
AID correspondence resulted, and
when Rhett and friends left here
quietly yesterday morning it was be-
lieved q duel was imminent. Col.
Pounds, however, agreed to make full
retraction and apology, and all is
peaceful.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
The Verdict Unanimous.

1t pleases the lawyer and his client
too, to have the verdict of a jury unani-
nous, A great jury composed of the
American public has rendered an unani-
nous verdict on DR.. Hale's Household
Cough Cure as a medicine, agreeing
that its promises Of a speedy cure for
coughs, colds and bronchial troubles
are always carried out to the letter.
This pleasant verdict has not been OBJ
tanned without great pains taken to
make it the best cough cure on the
market Try bottle when you have a
cough or cold and you will belong to
the unanimous" ever after. For sale
by Mcfarland & Co, Druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is q friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have found just such friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds.-liyou have
never used this Great Cough Medicine
one trial will convince you that it has
wonderful curative power in nj! dis.
eases Of Throat Chest ana Lungs
Each bottle is guaranteed to do all
that is claimed or money will be re
funded. Trial bottles free at McFar
land & cos. Drug Store. Large bot
ties so cents and $1.00.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20

Train No. leaves Bristol at 235 n.
m, arriving at Big Stone Gap at Sal
p. m, in Louisville, 710 a. m, Cincin-
natl 1920, indianapolis. 11:15, Chicago
5:25 and st. Louis 1926 p. M, Kansas
City S:00a. m.
Train No. leave Bristol at s O'Clock
a. m, arriving at Big Stone Gap 11:3O
making close connection with L. & N.
train for Norton and points on Clinch
Valley Division Of Norfolk e. Western
II. r.
Pullman SIeeoers.
through to Louisville and Cincinnati.
from Big Stone Gap and Cumberland
Gap, making direct connections in
UNION STATION.
For tickets, SLEEPING CAR.
SPACE and other information, call on
or address.
G. T.. RUNTING,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
bristol, Tenn
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-07-20
ROBERTS AND WARREN.
One Goes TO the Penitentiary For Ten
Years, the Other Free.

Two murder cases were disposed of
at the last term Of the circuit court at
this place. The first was that OF Irwin
Roberts for the murder OF Landon
Crosswhite, in Shady, Dec. LIST. 1892,
an account of which was published in
these columns at that time. 1t will be
remembered that Crosswhite was shot
in the back, II slugs and shot having
pierced his body. Roberts, testifying in
his own defense, swore that Crosswhite
attacked him and shot hole through
his hat with revolver whereupon he
seized gun and fired the fatal shot
which resulted in the killing of Cross
white. Evidently, from their verdict OF
ten years in the panitentiary, the jury
did not put much faith in thir story. 1t
is understood that three or four of the
jury favored hanging at first but finally
agreed to the compromise verdict Of
ten years.
In the trial OF Hiram Warren, for
the murder of Roby Thomas, near
Trade, Dec. 18th, 1892, the jury re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. The
only eye witness to the deed, young
man named Wilson, gave his testi-
mony in favor Of the defendant, and
Warren was able to set up pretty
good case OF SELF defense, notwithstand
ing the fact that Thomas swore posi-
lively before his death that Warner
shot him before he Thomas attempt
ed to use his knife. The verdict ha
not been very favorably received b.
many of the people who live in tina
section where the deed was committee
and it is understood that Warren vii
not return there to make his home
Mountain City Tomahauk.