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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-09-04


them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
well as the advantage of the present
Low PRICES.
lie you have been renting a
house in the city,, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent, and il You have
been renting long you will soon
figure out that you have paid out
enough for rent to build as good
or a better house than you are rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money intoa
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
pride, and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part viii do
it. Start at once by
Blu WING A LOT.
If you are renting a farm figure
a moment what You are paying out
annually for rent and how soon
this rental would buy a farm here.
What you pay out in rent in two
or three years in Iowa or Illinois
would buy equally as good a farm
in South Dakota. Stop renting
and come out and buy a farm of
your own and feel the independ-
ence Of
OWNING A HOME.
Don't delay this until next year, as
very much advanced prices for
South Dakota real estate, which is
sure to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty of a lifetime win be gone.
But many viii say, Il have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy even Q lot" Sup
pose you have not 49, and there are
many Of this Glasgow can pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving q little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot is
PAID FOR
and you have not missed the mon
ey the amount of each payment
being SO small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances r that
this same money would have been
in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to a piece of real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
to be your Home.
1t will surprise you when you
look over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
it will take to secure a fine resi-
dence or business lot in this city,
or a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
and easy terms of payment. Tie
you only have a few dollars to
spare now, come in or write US, and
we will fit You out with a good lot,
or more than one il you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
You. IL you have only q few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want q
farm, come and pee as, or write,
and we feel positivewe can arrange
Q deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
airy and social advantages, has q
wide reputation for being q
CITY OF M
and Lake county with her excel
lent lands, a county in which the
majority Of the farmers
OWN THEIR FARMS,
IEEE
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
70 FIND THE NORMAL CHILD.
Novel and Valuable Work Now Being Car
ried on in Washington.

Novel ana valuable w Ork NOW heiu8 OaT-
ried on in Washington.
A new kind of scientific work is be-
ing carried on in Washington, in which
the testing of twenty-five thousand
school children, mentally, morally and
PHYSICAL is the preliminary step. DR..
Arthur Mcdonald is conducting the
work, under the auspices of the United
States bureau of education, and the re-
suits when arranged and tabulated are
expected to throw valuable light upon
number of mOOted questions concern
ing the race.
For example, writes correspondent
of the Boston Transcript, it is desired
to know whether boys of the laboring
class are less bright than the sons OF
the well-to-do. Are they as well
nourished? In London not long ago in
vestigation proved that the children of
laboring people in that metropolis were
better nourished-that is to say,
weighed more at the same age-than
those belonging to higher social strata,
the latter being fed on too much candy
and cake.
The work here being unfinished, con-
illusions cannot be stated. To begin
with, the height and sittin. height of
each child were taken. Long-bodied
races, generally speaking, are inferior.
1t is desired to know if long-bodied in
dividuals are less clever or less strong
than the short-bodied of the same race.
Are long-bodied boys and girls apt to
be stupid? Long-headed children are
usually tall. Tall people are most
often long-headed. Tall races are SUI
perior. The question naturally fol-
lows: Are long-headed children super
ior mentally? When it is said that
man has long head is there not sig
nifcance in the remark?
Are tall children then, superior? No
body knows as yet. These are among
the things which DR.. Mcdonald is try
ing to find out. In the classified ton
the eight thousand negro children in
Washington schools have been kept
separate so as to compare them with
white children. How do they compare
in respect to brightness, weight, phys
zeal measurements, ETC.? The colorcd
child surpasscs the white child up to
five years of age in mental develop
ment; then the white child goes aheao.
Comparisons of girls with boys natur-
ally follow. At the age of entering
womanhOOd girls weigh more than
boys; that age with city girls arrives
year earlier than with country girls.
Some more interesting comparative
data of the sexes have been already Sc
cured. 1t was determined by success
sion of simple, but conclusive, tests.
that girls felt pain more quickly than
boys, and DR.. Mcdonald is convinced
by this and other tests that the conclu-
sion that women are more sensitive to
pain than men is the correct one. al
though the opposite idea widely OBJ
tains. 1t is worth mentioning. by the
way. that in every school there are
more bright girls than bright boys.
Girls are more faithful in studying ard
memorize more attcntively A girl will
not get impatient and throw her book
into corner as boy would
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26

For centuries it has been the belief
of the common people of Genoa that
treasures were hidden in the bed of the
Polcavera, a stream that runs by the
city. Recently carter, in digging for
sand in the bed Of the dried-up torrent,
came upon hidden treasure, OF which
SO far coin of the face value of sixty
thousand francs has been found, and
the supply is not yet exhausted. BY
the Italian law half of this goes to the
state and half to the finder. The value
OF the coins is far beyond the sum men
TONED; many of them are rare and of
great artistic value. They are chiefly
gold, and belong to the period between
AGO and 155O-that is, the reigns of
Louis XII, Charles VIII, Louis XII
ana Francis l., and are all either
french or Genoese. The Genoese
aucats are specially rare and will fetch
nlgh prices. The search for treasure
Is gong on under police supervision.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
PREHISTORIC MARKS.
Gigantic Footmarks Found In a Texas
Canyon.

Gigantic FoOtmarks Found In Texas
Canyon.
In the Palo Duro canyon lying north
or Amarillo, Tex, the hacking away OF
large piece of alluvial earth has re-
Gently revealed singular trace of pre-
historic life. This, says the Philadcl-
delphla Times, consists of the unmis-
taxable trail of some large animal go.
ing over the rocks, followed by an
other, probably of the human kind, or
at any rate of a gigantic specimen of
the ape. That it is the former is the
more likely, as the monkey tribe, ex-
cept in the smallest families, is not
found on this continent or in South
America.
The first animal, Judging from the
marks it left on the impressionable
rock. was of the reptile family, for it's
tail, soft underneath, though weighted
with scales sufficiently to make it
heavy enough to drag an inch and a
half deep, left broad, smooth trench.
while the claws by which it assisted it
self were OF the true alligator type.
webbed between. These claws were
nearly five inches long, and were evil
IDENTIFY intended to aid the creature in
climbing on land, as it's webbcd mem
brane served it for swimming in water.
But more curious are the marks of
the animal which pursued it. These
are of two hands, nearly three times
the size of the ordinary mans hand,
and those of two active feet, both
hands and feet possessing five mem
bers, though all of equal length, ex-
cept the thumb. This, while shorter.
is yet longer in proportion by half an
inch than is found in man Of to-day. II
was also of unusual strength. sinking
much deeper than the rest of the han>,
into whatever it seized upon. The 1aiI>:
are curved and very powerful. those Of
the feet being particularly SO, grasping
the rock firmly.
Another singular thing is the position
OF the 'aarlxs. They are carved in a
rock standing nearly perpendicular to
the bed of the ancient river nine hun
dred feet below, and which must once
have been as wide as the Mississippi
and of current sufficiently strong to
have cnt it's way through these granite
rocks. This position of the remains
would indicate that the reptile turning
up from the stream was pursued by the
other animal, ana rprobably killed on
land. This part of the country is pro-
nounced by biologists to be among the
most ancient formation of the con-
tinent.
The rock on which these marks are
to be found is about one hundred and
fifty feet below the surface of the
earth. and is only to be reached by one
swinging over the side of the precipicc
They were discovered by an amateur
geologist, who, noting the fall of the
soil, went down in the hopes of adding
to the rich antediluvian spoils this
singular chasm has yielded. Plaster
casts have been taken of the prints,
and will be forwarded to the state
museum at Austin. The marks are
plainly visible from ledge some fifty
feet down the side of the canyon, and
have been viewed by all in that section
interested in such matters.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
UNFORTUNATE PERSIANS.
The Unhappy Lot of the Subjects Of the
Shah.

Shah.
According to reports recently made
by British consul in that country the
condition of the peasants OF Pcrsi:.
seems to be peculiarly an unhappy
one. He says: They inhabit mere
mud novels. without windows and
with hole in the center of the roof to
let out the smoke, and the filthy state
OF the villages is indescribaDle. At
the end of the winter they gcner-
ally find their stock either cx-
hausted Or running very low. AMI III,
great festival of Nauroz at hand.
Formerly the peasant knew TT. il his
stock failed, there was no hon; uf re
plenishing it. He would have to GO
without his Nauroz festivities La
now he knows that a week CT two
before the festival tie Russia, S,,c:u-
lators will appear Oh the .,e4-.. ;..s,i
offer the proprietor advances CT lncacy-
to SOW cotton for them, the seed of
which they provide. or buy up il ad-
vance the best part of his crop of
wheat. The ignorant peasant is led to
agree to bartCSing part Of his share.
too, and when the harvest is over *,
finds that he has not enough corn to
carry him through the winter. If the
proprietors and peasants resist the
temptations till the time of the actual
harvest the result is the same. The
wheat goes at half price. the peasant
finds after few weeks that he Ia, not
enough to carry him throirn the win
ter, and, worst of all. there Is no cor,
left for towns like Meshed. with :.y-
enty thousand inhabitants. Lat y.ar
the crop was fair one, but so ,.i2c;.
wheat was exported that the pl .co Ct
bread was four times as high as after an
abundant harvest when there was no
expectation
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
Street Singers In Paris.

A curious light has. been thrown on
the profits of street singers in Paris by
wild lark in which some amateur
vocalists INDUCED lately. Disguised
in dilapidated clothes, one posing as
an Arab, they made the tour of the
Grand boulevard, singing before the
cafes, and in one day cleared one hun
dred and twenty-one francs twenty
four dollars), to which they added
another sixty-two francs twelve dol
lars)-the same night by taking in the
Latin quarter. Their stock in trade
was a Gascon song, which the public
took for native Arab air, and a senti-
mental French ballad.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
Weighs a Candies Flame.

wonderful stories have been told
concerning the extreme delicacy of the
scales used by the minis at Phi1adel-
phla and London. That at the first
named place is said to tell the exact
weight OF hair; the London wonder
SHOWS a ol1fercnce in the weight of a
caro- after name has been written
upon IL. The most accurate scale in
the world is now being discussed in
England. 1t is so finely balanced that
II SHOWS the weight of candle taper
10 be much less after the flame has
been extinguished.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26

:. 7 ;oMIrlG. OF foWania, Pa,
whose constitution was completely
broken Gown, is cured by Ayers
Sarsaparila. lie writes:
'' For eight years was. most of the
time. I. great sufferer from constipa-
ton, kidney trouble, and indiges-
ton, so that my constitution seemed
to be completely broken down. I was
induced 10 try Ayers Sarsaparilla, and
took nearly scveu bottles, with such
excellent results that my stomach,
bowels, and kidneys are in perfect con-
dition, and, iii ali their functions, as
regular as clOck-w0rk. At the time.
began taking Ayers Sarsaparilla, my
weight was only 1919 pounds; I now can
brag of 159 pounds, and was never in so,
good health. If you could zee me be-
fore and after using, You would want
me for a travelling advertisement.
believe this preparation of Sarsaparilla.
to be the best in the market to-day"
Ayers SarsapariIEa
Prepared by DIR. j. C. Aver Co.. Lowell, Mass
Cures others, w;THcure you
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-07-20
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JULY 20 1894
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
For the Fiscal Year Ending June 3oth, 1894,

HON. E. D. SH0RTRIDGE,l Governor of North Dakota: G%@##&
sir-Ina ccordncew with the requirements of law have the honor to tansmith herewith my
semiannusl reports iving aeummary ofreiptsa and nbursementf for the ml yaren end
ing June 1894 ##@ VeyR Respectfully,
h KNUDJ NOMLAND,
#& ### State Treaaner,N North Dakota
The record-union., 1894-04-03
EARTH AN ACADEMY. "
subject Treated at the Theosophical
Headquarters.

subject Treated at the Theosophical
Headquarters.
Earth an Academy" was the subject
of the paper read at the theosophical
headquarters Sunday evening. The true
principles which should govern an edu-
calional institution were briefly stated.
The two purposes of such an institution
are, it was claimed, ito gain for the pupils
knowledge from books and from oral in
struction, and to form habits Of courtesy
and right dealing through association
with others. Promotion upon merit only
and strict justice the rules for gauging
that merit
This is precisely the rule by which
our progress in the larger school of life is
uniIinchingly regulated. The principle
of such "a school and the principle of our
life are the same. a schoolboy is learn
ing facts and department.. So with u.s..
10 learn what are the facts around us,
and how we are to behave to others, is
the reason for our being in life's school.
"When the schoolboy's day is done, his
books are put away. his comrades are for
saken, and he goes to his home for rest
and sleep. Exactly so with US. The task
of an incarnation over, fulfilled or not
fulfilled, as the case may be. the kind
summoner to repose, whom we so mis-
takingly shudder at and call Death, closes
our books for us, lays his hand gently on
the pains and sorrows which have marred
our life, and calms US for the rest en-
The record-union., 1894-04-03
CHAMPIONSHIP RIFLE CONTEST.

The Great Military Shooting Competi-
ton to Come Off To-MorrOw.
On Wednesday afternoon at l o'clock
all the National Guardsmen in the State
whose average scores at the annual shoot
reached or exceeded 80 per cent, will as
semble at the Sacramento rifle range,
near the American River bridge. and
shoot for the championship medals offered
by the State.
There will be about thirty participants
in all, but it is expected that many Off
GERS will come TO Sacramento from the
several brlgades in the State to witness
the contest among the best marlsmen in
the National Guard. A number of the
brigade staff and regimental officers will
be present from San Francisco, and Col
onel Henshaw of Oroville will also be
here.
The shooting will be under the super
vision Of Colonel Laidlaw, Inspector
General of Rifle Practice.
In the evening the visiting guardsmen
will be invited to the armOry OF the Sec
ond Infantry Regiment. The three city
companies will be ordered out, and after
short drill the presentation of medals
will take place.
The visiting officers who may be here
on that day will be enterta ned at the
brigade and regimental officers head
quarters in the armory, where light re-
freshments will be served. Major w. w.
Douglas, Inspector of Rifle Practice of
the Fourth Brigade, and Lieutenant May
dwell of the regimental staff will attend
to details connected with the reception Of
the visiting officers.
1t is expected that all of the brigade
staff officers, as well as the regimental
officers, will be present.
The record-union., 1894-04-03
tax paid amounted to 81 on each sloO of

IdA paIu announced TO SE on eacn SlUU Oh
taxable property.
board that the matter might be arranged
Dy the allowing OF demand by the Trus-
tees OF the district for the 80 per cent.
PAID IN excess of the sum required.
on motion of Supervisor Jenkins, it
was so ordered.
THAT OAK PARK oUTLET
The board then called mp the matter Of
Ine proposed opening of 60-foot street
or road through the property of Mrs.
n lhendrlck, lying between Oak Park and
the Upper Stockton road.
william Sims. representing Mrs. Ken
orlck, said the latter would withdraw
her objection to the petition ,on the pay
ment of S400 damages,
supervisor Curtis said he thought $3.50
would be sufficient to pay for all the
Damage done to Mrs. Kendrick. The
ROAD could be run through other land
near by for much less than the sum asked
by Mrs. Kendrick.
Chairman Morrison favored the denial
OF the petition, so that the petitioners
could apply for a road across other and
cheaper property.
Mrs. hendrick declined to accept $3.50,
ana Mr.. Curtis then moved that the petit
tion be denied, and 1t was so ordered by
the unanimous vote of the board.
ANOTHER ROAD WANTED.
L. ,. Driver presented numerously-
signed petition from residents of Ameri-
can township, asking for the improve
nent OF the road running across from the
MarySYllle road to Arcade from the vi
cln!ty OF the Johnston and Driver ranches.
Mr.. Driver explained that the road had
never been improved, but if put in fair
condition would be a great accommoda-
tlon 10 people IN the northwestern end of
the county and to non-residents who wish
to do their trading in Sacramento.
supervisor Curtis explained that the
reason the road had never been improved
was because the owner of the Rancho del
PasO claimed that the road is not a pub
lie highway, and if men were put at work
on 1t they would be arrested.
MI. Driver said it is public road, and
has been in use for thirty years. No
man. he said, had any right to interfere
with its being improved even though it
had never been declared public nigh
way. The road now in use may not fol-
low straight line, but it could be if it
were Strengthened and improved.
j. .. Gould said his father freighted
over the road when he (the speaker) was
boy, and 1t had been regularly laid out.
1t was the only direct road to Wheatland,
Sheridan and that vicinity and at least
800 signers to the petition could be got, if
necessary.
District Attorney Ryan suggested that
the County Surveyor be instructed to
confer with Superintendent Mackey of
the Rancho del Paso and have a straight
road surveyed across the Grant in that
locality where acceptable to all parties.
After further discussion the matter was,
on motion Of Supervisor Curtis, continued
for action on Thursday, the 18th inst.
The remainder Of the days session was
spent In the examination and allowing of
demands against the county. The board
will meet again at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
The record-union., 1894-04-03
80 till the dax-dawn of ano.hor i,car-

GOOD till the day dawn of ano.hor i"car-
II y.
'-'lne schoolboy is promoted to higher
class just as he has fitted himself for it.
Even so in our case. Each incarnation
has precisely the superior quality which
the preceding one has earned. If lot in
life is demonstrably good the preceding
career must have been good; but we must
not make the goodness of lot to consist
in mere physical benefits.
schoolboy's promotion is not in any
way Getermined.by favoritism. Neither
is ours. The perfect justice we all extol.
but which so many religionists deny in
their creeds, really exists, and in the
thoroughness of our belief in it comes our
peace. Thoroughly sure that the scales
are held by hand both firm and true,
we lose the expectation, and in time the
wish, that it should ever waver or prove
false.
"A schoolboy has always his teacher
for help. How very true this is of US.
The infinite spirit, so close to-, SO much a
part OF us, could we only realize it. is ever
ready to impart instant strength and
solace and support.
'Theosophy states that the Supreme
Being has impressed His own nature
upon the world He has formed, and that
the great law called 'Karma' insures TO
every one of the human family the just
results of his own deeds. What l SOW, L
reap. If [ am poor. or ignorant. or sickly,
or degraded, l am so because such is the
consequence of my own doing. If | am
prosperous, educated, strong, high of
purpose, | am so because | earned that
status when here before. 1t is not chance
or providence; it is desert. The law is no
respecter of persons. and through the
whole range of humanity-yes, and of
spheres above humanity-sweeps with
its infiexible, resislless might. Karma
rules throughout.
I'm many sequences goes on the evo-
is it TO stop? Why should it ever stop,
since the being is immortal, and his aim
the Infinite?D
The record-union., 1894-04-03
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been $50 and 440, with fresh
to brisk northerly winds and partly
cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 5 A. NJ.
and P. NJ were 1922 and 30.2I inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 660 and 480,
and one year ago to-day go and 45o.
The record-union., 1894-04-03
The Louis Jacobs win contest.

Rebecca Jacobs, administrators Of the
estate of Louis Jacobs, deceased, has by
her attorneys, Johnson IL Johnson and
Isaac Joseph, filed a notice to Fannie
Jones, Rebecca Delaield and Aaron
Jacobs that she, Jacob Jacobs, Rosa Ze-
mansky, Julia Jacobs and Jonas Jacobs
will apply to the Superior Court on April
18th to strike out certain portions of the
second amended petition to revoke the
probate OF the will Of decedent
The notice is accompanied by demur-
rer to the petition named.
The record-union., 1894-04-03
Notaries Public.

Governor Markham has appointed and
commissioned the following Notaries
Public:
Charles a. Gardner, Pasadena: Samuel
81. Rice and j. A. Cooper, Ukiah s. p.
Mulford, Los Angeles; Charles 5. Barney,
San Rafael; ;. II. Finley, Santa Ana:
Richmond Davis, Sacramento; Albert T.
Halse. San Diego; John h. Woodward
Redding; w. A. Hutchinson, Vallejo:
William Wolf, Suisun; r. c. Rust, Jack
son; Lucien Beer, Bakersfield; Gilmore
Agner, Hollister; j. A. Hammond, La
Grange, Stanislaus County.