The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
AN AMUSING ADVENTURE.
A Stupid Corporal. an Embarrassed Colo
mel and q Tactful Woman.

A Stupid Corporal. mn Embarrassed Colo
mel and % Tactfu1 Woman.
A superior officer of the B. garri-
son was SOME time ago the hero OF q
most amusing adventure. Colonel 2
had received from Mime. W an in
vitation to dinner, but ON the day APP
pointed, and just as he was about to
start, he was seized with a violent at
tack of neuralgia and decided to forego
the pleasure in store for him. The Colo
rel wrote a letter Of apology, called his
orderly and said:
Gay, you will give this letter to
Mime. v and then go and fetch me
my dinoer."
Here the plot commences. Guy set
off after carefully secreting tho letter
iu his breast pocket along with his TO-
| bacco pouch. He arrived at Nine.
VS., delivered his message and
stood as rigid as a statue. The lady OF
| the house was surprised and inquired
| what no was waiting for. Guy replied:
1.-THE colonel told me to fetch him
his dinner"
Nine. v saw the mans mistake,
gave certain orders, and the servants
handed tho faithful linesman q set OF
dishes emitting fragrant odors. More
| over, Nine. v slipped a half bottle
of champagne into the soldiers pocket
and said:
You will serve this to the colonel ct
dessert"
Guy came back, and, upon my word,
the restaurant seemed to have provided
such q host cf g0oi things that the colo
mel got up and took his seat ct the table.
Over the so@0 lo slowly began to recover
his appetite, TO his no small surprise.
The side dishes made him quite raven
Gus. with the entrees his pain disap-
peared, he was stupefed at the roast
meat and d~umfounded at the game, and
still his wonder grew at the marvellous
dishes supplied by his chophouse keeper.
At the dessert the orderly, obeying his
Instructions, set the bottle of champagne
on the table. He was asked for III ex-
PLANTATION, when everything came out.
The colonel inalespai~ thought the mat
ter over and then gave his orderly l0
francs, telling him to buy a bunch OF
flowers and present it from him tc
Nine. ". Then colonel, salts
fed that he had lone his best under the
trying circumstances, settled down IL
an easy chair and composed himself te
sleep. An hour and a half later the door
opened, and Guy walked in and g~ravely
deposited two 5 franc pieces on the TIA
BILE. The colonel questioned him with
some anxiety.
THE lady paid for the nosegay,
said the honest warrior, apparently wei
pleased with the general turn CT affairs
Mime. v, on receiving the bou
quet, had given the soldier 8 francs b.
way of a tip, on receiving which tn
latter simply replied:
1T isn't 8 francs, please, ma'am; i
is 10 francs"
Colonel = was confined to his be-
for three days, to the great alarm of Oh
whole of the garrison. -Progres Ilustre
The Light of the Lightning Bug"
OF late the n~aturalists have been los
ing sleep and filling a great deal OF val
liable magazine space in discussing tn
causes that produce the light emitte'
by fretiies. AS is generally the cas-
where much study and investigation ]
involved, there is n wide difference 9
opinion. One school of scientists trac
/ the phenomenon to tho nervous systeI
of the insect; another to his respiration
while a third school have prepared q
article of 6, 600 words to prove that th
light is entirely dependent upon tn
poor bugs circulation. The burden {
evidence seems to be in favor OF thos
who claim that the luminous tissue
made up of fat globules, which are II
termittently acted upon by the oxyge
:, Of the air and the PHOSPHORUS OF tn
creatures b~ody.-St. Louis Republic.