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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

A Bu1les Passed Through % st. Louis Mans
nfain, and Vet He Recovered.

A Bulles Passed Through - st. Louis Mans
Drain, and Yet He Recovered.
Emil Witzky, after occupying cot
at the City hospital for over two nonths
with bullet in his brain, is now walk
ing about nearly as we'll as any one and
will be discharged cured man In the
COURSE OF q few days.
Witzky's case is one Of the most re-
1larkRble that ever came under the no
tice OF st. Louis surgeons. 1t is much
stranger than that of the man lesson,
who attempted to commit suicide in
Forest park a year ago. lesson fingered
between life and death about month,
but finally died from the effects of the
bullet, which lodged in the center OF
his head. lesson never got up from his
bed after sending the leaden pellet into
his brain, and for that matter was un-
ccunscious nearly all the time. Witzky
u % rational as any man walking the
streets. He shot himself over the left
eye after having trouble with his wife
and mother in-law.
From the paralysis 1t caused in his
right leg DR.. Marks decided that the
ball lodged in the back Of his head on
the LETT side. The jagged hole in the
forehead finally healed over, and aftel
tss szxa S11ssss sEussa'
iy q week Witzky came to. He was not
able 10 move for fully month on ac,
count Of the paralysis. No sensation
was in the right leg whatever. Needle:
could be thrust into it, or it could be
pinched or burned without his feeling
the pain. Three or four weeks ago the
paralysis began to disappear. 1t was
thought strange indeed by DR.. Marks
and the other physicians, for the bullet
had not been removed, and no reason
was apparent for the deafness to dis
appear. Yet go away it did, and since
that time his recovery has been steady
as clockwork. How that 3S caliber bul.
let plunged through six or eight inches
of his brain and remained resting among
the tissues without causing instant death
or perpetual idiocy passes the compre-
hension OF every scientific man who has
heard of his case.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
WON AND LOST MILLIONS.

Death I'm California of n Man Who Was
Once "Iiigh Roller I'm Europe.
/. s. SCENT, who had made and lost
millions almost in day, was found
dead in his cabin on Alamitos beach,
California, few days ago. He had
died from pneumonia. -
Scenti had checkered career. Seven
or eight years ago Paris was the scene
of a great gambling craze, which was
OF short duration. Scenti, who was a
native of Spain and man 60 years of
age, created more excitement in gam
bling circles at the time than did Billy
Hurt. During his short stay in Paris he
managed TO make several millions of
dollars through cards and other gam
bling devices known only in Paris and
Monte Carlo. He lost his gainings az
easily as he won them.
Becoming disgusted with the life, be
sailed for, New York with quite snug
sum. Several years passed over his head,
and he WIS without anything save the
valuable Jewels and trinkets which he
always carried with him. Misfortune
having overtaken him, as ii eventually
does every man Of his kind, Scenti came
to California. When he settled in the
little cabin by the sea, he decided to
live and die in obscurity. His life as q
hermit did not last long.
Scepti avoided meeting people when
ever possible. He lived from the sale
OF his trinkets and cold them at great
reduction. San Francisco Examiner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Torture In Spain.

A new form of torture has been de-
vised III Spain which is said to quite
transcend any of the terrible machines
formerly employed by the inquisition.
It has, however, had the result Of ex-
tracing complete confessions from all
the anarchists guilty Of bomb throwing.
As soon as arrested Codina, Cerezuelo
and their companions were put on a
diet Of salt Goldfish and bread, without
water. After several days Of this treat
ment they were led before the juge
d'instruction. On the judges desk
stood q bottle of water and q glass.
Each prisoner instinctively threw him
self against bis guards in vain at
tempt 10 reach the water. The Judge
promised two caraffes Of water III the
prisoner would confess, but threatened
him with acontinuance of the Goldfish
diet II he retnaiaed intractable. Not
one passed the ordeal. Madrid Corre-
spondent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
A WEiGHTY YOUTH.
Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen Year
Old, but Weighs S35 Pounds.

A Virginia Boy Who Is Only Fifteen Years
Old, but Weighs S35 Pounds.
Wythe county numbers within it's
population the greatest man in the COM
monwealth, if one considers his dead
weight--Melvin Grubb, whose wondrous
girth and ponderous limbs make him the
daily wonder of his neighbors. He was
born something more than 10 years ago
and has ever since that event kept his
neighbors wondering at his growth.
Each year since he was 10 has seen from
so to 100 pounds added to his weight,
until he is believed now to be the heav.
lest youth alive, and should his avoirdu.
pois appreciate at the same rapid rate he
ords since Adam. AT 13 years Of age
he weighed 410 pounds; at IA; 450, and
now at Is the scales creak at 535 pounds,
and the end is not yet. ,7 .s q
Grubb is not merely a mountain OF
flesh. but an active and intelligent boy.
He can follow plow all day without
unusual fatigue and is a bright and in
telligent pupil of the public school near
hts fathers farm at Walters Bridge,
2f miles west of Wytheville. .-Richmond
Times -1 F.- gg
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
THAT "Too, TOO SOLID FLESH"
Fat or No Tat In an Antifat Diet Profess
siOnally Discussed.

Fat or No Tat I'm an Antifat Diet Profess
sionally Discussed. ,N
Speaking in paper on the subject OF
the various diet cures for fatness, the
eminent authority, DR.. Andrew Wilson,
says:
Doubtless starches and sugars, repre-
sented in such vegetable foods as bread,
rice, tapioca and the like. are fat form
ems. The living body has thus a power
Of making fat out of that which is not
fat. And along with this point is an
other--that fat itself does not go, di-
rectly at least. to make fat in the body.
Fat is, ON the other hand, a valuable
addition to the diet of corpulent per-
son because it has aAower properly ad-
ministered of burAing off food excess.
In more than one system of body reduc-
ton fat is, therefore, administered as an
essential part and parcel of the diet
cure. 1t is said that when tat, starches
and sugars are all cut off reduction of
weight takes place much faster than
when fat is allowed i'm the dietary scale.
This may be so, but strongly question
the wisdom of the proceeding. ....
All we know about fat points to 1t as
an absolutely essential element of our
food. We cant live healthily without
1t, and If decrease in weight rapidly
follows its elimination from the diet
the very rapidity of the reduction is an
argument against it's safety, Besides,
starch and sugar largely omitted from
the food. with a moderate quantity of
fat allowed and slight increase of the
flesh foods, will accomplish all that is
needed more gradually. but also hold
more safely for the patient.
The lesson of physiology, therefore, to
us all is: Don't neglect the fats of the
food. They assist the assimilation of
other foods and are essential for the
body's nutrition. should not believe
In any system of ordinary diet or of
weight reduction which neglected fat on
the one hand or insisted that its absence
was essential for the cure of corpulence
on the other.-New York Times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
The Battle In aIassaehusstts.

The municipal woman suffrage bill
will be taken mp and acted upon by the
Massachusetts, house Of representatives
as soon 40 the decision of the supreme
court Is obtained upon the constitu-
tionality of tho three amendments which
the opponents have vainly sought to en-
graft upon the bill, that the law
shall not take effect unless ratified by
the men of the state; or, 2, by the men
Snd women of the state; or, 8, shall take
effect only in those towns or cities in
which it shall be ratified by the men. II
Is probable that If theopponents succeed
in adding any one Of these three amend.
ments to the bill they will immediately
turn round as they did last year and vote
against the bill as amended. Last years
experience shows that it is mere effort
to evade the issue. Let 1t be squarely
met. Ii municipal woman suffrage is
right. enact it: il wrong, vote it down.
Boston Woman's Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Description o. J villare choir.

F. Westminster" Bridge, at the end
Cf | musical lecture i'm London, gave
mn dccpunt of his experiences OF a village
choir In Suffolk. The local talent was
thut described: "A few boys who scared
roolsaa blacksmith whose tenor voice
iwasas metallic In sound as his anvil, q
boy alto who had in his youth, it was
reported, swallowed a whistle, which
apparently had lodged in his larynx and
helHd to produce sounds OF most un-
earthly character, and a miller who had
I'VE low notes. and only five, which had
always to fit into the chant or hymn be-
ing sang and which made a sort of
rumbling accompaniment, not unlike
the bpnd of his own millstones. The
rookl boys came and went, though the
miller sang on forever. London Tit
Bits.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
she Gets N Gold Medal.

Mrs. Alice M. Hart, who founded the
Donegal industrial fund and who had
charge Of the Industrial and technical
exhibit in the irish villagea at the Worlds
fair, has received gold medals for the
home industries shown spinning, weav-
ing, lacemaking, Kell's art linens, en-
broideries, etc. Al certificate from the
linen judges says that ssin dyeing of heavy
linens she surpassed everything that had
been previously done in that line" The
exhibit has been In Philadelphia for
some weeks and attracts much atten-
tion. It is chiefly through the efforts Of
Mrs. Hart that the Irish peasantry have
been instructed in these various home
Industries and enabled to put their work
upon the market, which has afforded
much relief in the distressed districts =
Philadelphia Call
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
The Curse Omitted.

An English paper says that on every
Christmas day since the Napoleonic in
vasion of Russia in 1919 a prayer has
been recited in all the churches of the
czar's empire, calling down the curses
Of heaven upon the French. Indeed
the anathema formed part of the Christ
mas day liturgy CT the orthodox church.
But on last Christmas day, Russia and
France having become friendly, the czar
ordered the c',rsing prayer to be omit
ted. b..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
An Angry Executioner.

Deibler, the French executioner, is said
TO be the angriest man in Paris. A
prisoner in the Roquette Jail, under sen.
tence of death, committed suicide after
M. de Paris had specially sharpened
the knife for his No. II neck. Then the
executioner is much disappointed be.
cause he has not received the ribbon OF
the Legion of Honor in common with
all others who have distinguished them.
selves in the suppression of anarchists,
He argues that he risks his life more than
the man who drives the bomb wagon
who has been decorated. Paris Letter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
PRICE FIVE CENTS

minimum of time from every one of the
carriages. The interior of the carriages
is appointed with much taste. The win
dows are different on both sides. The
side with the corridor has windows Of a
uniform size, while the windows on the
other side are made in accordance with
the requirements of the various COM
partments. The passages between the
various cars are vestibnled.
The carriage of the czar and czarina
is connected directly with the dining
room: then come the large saloon car,
the carriages of the grand dukes, etc.
The carriages will be sent on trial
trip to Copenhagen. Some of them have
already been sent to Vienna and back.
Railway Review. y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

The prevailing hard times" and the
large number of men and women out OF
work induced New England farmer to
write to free employment Office and Of
fer to care for at least one Of the unem-
ployed. He says:
81 would like to get a strong, reliable,
healthy young woman for general work
ON my farm. TO one who can cook,
make butter, husk corn, milk cows, wash
and iron. mend, scrub and who isn't
above doing little outdoors work will
give good home, with board
Great asis the army Of the unemployed
no one has yet been found who cared to
accept this munifcent offer. And vet
how many patient, faithful farmers
wives are mplainingly wearing away
strength and lifein doing just what this
man asks for?- Youths Companion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

OF all the wretchedly underpaid
American consuls we think the case OF
our representative at Santos, Brazil. is
the worst. This unfortunate individual
Ia Maine receives the munifcent
salary of 81, 500 year. His expenses
are $4,000 year. He has buried his
vice consul, has had yellow fever twice
himself, resigns periodically, but still
sticks pluckily to his post, waiting for
his successor to be appointed and, what
is more important, to accept the ap-
pointment. This consul deserves we'll
of his country. Bath Times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
BanRs.

Forehead fringes die hard. The fact
In that they covered multitude of sins
in the outline OF the forehead, and when
spmOsAa1y AwiaaaMea ai1a HaE&pen ey1as y - -.-
IA plain faces q heantyaof their own.
Now that 30 many women affect the
straight parting it is plainly seen that it
greatly increases or detracts from the
beauty of most faces. When the face is
narrow, the hair is becoming parted in
the middle and waved all the way to the
back. The fashion of wearing little curls
in front OF the ear or Of curling the hair
down over the ears is becoming to faces
with small features. When the face is
dark. 1t gives strong oriental appear
ance. AS for the extreme of the fashion,
which covers the entire ear with the
waves Of hair, little may be said in its
favor, save as a preventive Of taking
cold. Chicago News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
ALate Fa{l 81 Isoyaltv.

The latest fad among the ladies' of the
English royal family, including, it Il
said, the queen herself, is to beguile the
winter hours by plating straw for the
fabrication of hats TO be presented to
their sons and husbands at the approach
ing season. A well known halter has
just finished q handsome straw hat foz
Prince Henry of Battenberg, every inch
Of which was plated by Princess Bea,
trice's own hands. It is said to be re-
markably delicate piece Of workman
Ghip. London Letter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Professor Joanna Tsaker.

Professor Joanna Baker Of Iowa was
instructed in Greek and Latin BY her
parents from the age of A. Ats she had
finished AL the primary books IN Greek,
Latin aud French. At 10 she had read
Denosthenes, Herodotus, sallust and
Cicero At ia she had read Tdipus Ty-
rannis and made critical notes. I'm her
teens che was q Greek tutor III Simpson
college, Iowa, III which her father was
Greek professor, and published trans
lation Of Pilates Apology. Having
studied ct Cornell and De Pauw univer-
sity, Professor Joanna returned to Iowa,
where she y now filing her fathers
chair Of Greek in Simpson college
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Mount Blanc In Winter.

The Mont Blanc observatory Is nm
dergoing Its presumably worst season,
and the most interesting news OF the
kind during the coming spring will be
the account OF how its occupants passed
the winter and what observations they
were enabled to make. But It Is not
expected that much can be done In
winter, except IN connection with me-
teorology. and we must look for what
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Presented, with = Throne.

King Behanzin's throne has just ar
rfyet IN Paris, present to the city
from the victorious Geaeral Dodds, and
has been placed in the Trocadero mu-
aeuh. II is a curious block of wood.
carried with rude reliefs representing
the king and hiscourt. Paris Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
Al ROYAL TRAIN.
The Sort Of Cars which Are to BE Provided
For the Cars Convenience.

Inc 5oft % Nhrs Which Are TO De Provided
For the Cars Convenience.
A new imperial train for the car OF
Russia Is at present being built at the
a Alexandrowski wagon mandatory at
st. Petersburg. It consists Of II car
riages. of which one ID reserved for the
railway ofiicials, d kitchen carriage and
two luggage vans With the exception
of wheels and the axles, which have
been supplied by Krupp, at Essen, the
whole OF the material is Of Russian or
igin and manufacture. BY means Of .
very powerful automatic brake the
train can be brought to standstill II J
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

The German name for tram car is
"pferd strasseneiwenb nbahnwagen. = III
looks formidable, but 30 would the Eng
lish equivalent Ii written in one word
In the German style" horseroadtail-
waycarriage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
to go Bowery hunting for it.-New
York Sun.


Romeo Up-to-date-What does 1t
matter whether We are rich or poor,
darling, 30 long as we have
Two souls with but single thought
Two hearts that beat as one2
Juliet Fin-de-siecle- Only this that,
Tor all that, we've always got two
mouths that eat as two. Liverpool
Mercury.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04

The descriptions given by Strabo Of
the osier houses cf the Gauls and Brit
ons might be applied to human habita-
tions in central Africa today.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-04
FRIDAY. NAY 4. 1894.

eve1discoveries are to come through the
ady4tages of high attitudes to the
Souh American and Californian obsery-
atcrhs, English Mechanic.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-08
WOLF HUNTING m RUSSIA
Most Dangerous >por, in That Strange
Country.

Most Dangerous >por, in That strange
Country.
Count des Carrots, granddaughter
OF Lafayette, Is hunting n the ok
les. The other day he told some.
thing about his tavori.e sport OF wolf
hunting. FOR which he has become
famou. in Russ Il. Wolf hunting"
he said lis probably the most dam
Eerou> sport there is. With servant
and couple OF fast horses attached
to sleigh, ] have gone out ana
baited the ground for the brutes On
numerous ca>Ions. A fat hog tied
To a tree never failed TO collect a
pack. The trouble was that il drew
too many. The wolves would gather
to the number OF 100 or 3uu ard de-
YOUR the Fig. Then We would dash
upon the scene and the fun would
commence. They are rs fleet as "A
deer, To say that they are Is fleet
as wolves would be more like II.
The can Outrun the horses every
time. and II they are not picked OK
as last as they come up. You might
as well give up the tight and permit
yourself to be d2voIred. Imagine
Sour>e!1 making Il RUM ng fight with
a band of 90 hungry, maddened
wolves, and with the knowledge that
If one of the fleet little bru!es reaches
your horses YOU ATE Il dead man. and
YOU can possibly imagine what
nervy sport 1t is 1t requires cool
head ami good eye. Ii You miss
your mark you're gone. Your only
chance OF safety is IN keeping your
horses up 1t is generally ii long
tight You look blck ana see the
carcaS>cS OF the animals dottinr the
snow for mile or two in your wake.
anu still they pur ue you in great
numberS. Slowly the pack thinS out.
Ma have dropped bleeding to the
ground. Others stop to devour the
carcaSSeS. The more that fall the
more timid the rest become When
you finally ouldistanre the pack YOU
have been through the most irving
ordeal that the most ardent sports.
man could wish. \es. consider
wolf hunting the most dangerous
sport there is. Tige.. hunting in
India is tame beside ii. Ii YOU 40
into the jungles of India to shoot a
tiger YOU are accompanied hy il long
rctinue. You shoot your prey frOr,
the howdah of an elephant. If YOU
miss your victim there are twenty
bullets ready for HIM before he
springs A person might as we'll 20
tiger hunting in menagerie. The
only unsatisfactory part Of the sport
which wolves afford is that after Won
are all through you haven't anything
TO show for your e..urts. But it is
great sport"
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-08

win. ~,-~ smiled as if pleased that ner
desire was understood. Then. turning
her face toward the window through
whlrh the last rays Of the setting sun
were dimly Pickering. speaking in a
low voice. vet distinct and clear. SO
that with tine >iicncr that til presence
Of death iuvokoS. to make her words
audible and readily understood. she
exclaimed. slowly. a, though weighing
the meaning Of each word and syllable
''Ihr willis for ger-y- not
The eyes closed. the lips parted. not
only TO make room for a sweet smile.
Joined by Il soft. mellow light that en-
clrrl"d the brow. lingering there a
moment. then il fitted and tluttered as
il il wrrr the reflection of the soul
struggling 30 bc free. and life and light
ana sun disappeared together.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-08
The Test MiSaDplicd.

The mighty Sheik Ahdullah spake
one day to the court sage, old
Enekazi, as follows: "Iou are al
WAYS ready to give sensible advice,
Enekazi: perhaps YOU can tell me
which of my councillors are really
sin ere?'
"A very simple NATTER replied
the sage, confidently IL will tell
you at once, mighty Sheik, how that
is to be managed. TO and compose
long ballad this very day"
Stop" Interrupted the shcik,
'you forget that am no poet
''That'> just it, mighty sheik. Go
and write at once Il long ballad, aud
read It, to your assembled council.
iorS"
but. Enckazi. bear in mind that
l never wrote line OF poetry in my
life"
so much the better. When you
have read the long ballad to Your
courtiers. you will Judge Of the effect
for yourself. Tomorrow l will come
again. and learn the result OF YOUR
observations"
Next day the wise EnekaAi entered
the sheik's tent, SAYING
did you follow my advice. mighty
sheik:"
certainly"
'And what happened after you
had real your BALLAD" inquired the
Old man, smiling.
"Ih. l was .o'uI lctely taken by
surprise. One exclaimed that this
was the long snught-fOr ballad of the
great poet Ihu-Iemin: another, that
l was 4 bright luuilnary in the firina-
ment OF poetry: third craved per-
III. ssiOn to cut off Il small ricce OF nv
role in memory of the evcntful oc-
ca>iOn and the immortal ba.d-in u
word they were ali in ecstasics aud
praised my ideas and my language up
TO the skies"
"And what about old IIeri.auin:"
eagerit questioned the sage
AN. he dropped t. 5 eep while /
was reading"
lila. Ha. What did YOU conclude
from that. mighty sheik:" Sd d the
Old man. triump!antiy.
What conclusion could come
to-" replied the sheik. with some
surprise, il not the same as all the
rest, namely, that l T. s>ess very
great talent for poetry"
Eneka. salaamed. Tinted his Chi
bnI !, and--hesd his peace For he
was in >UOth wise man. --Fiiegende
Biatter