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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-20

IWO HAZEL NN y Th6 INN LIE Lam
ical, and, although the date was shifted
to that Of All Souls night when Chris
tianity usurped heathenism among the
Teutons, the Anglo-Saxons and the Celts,
there is nothing about its legends and
ceremonies that does not SAVIOR of the
pagan. Pulling the kali Tor cabbage) to
find III ones spouse to be will be stout
or lean is one, and from this no
doubt came the hilarious p~hantasies Of
the American cabbage night Hazel nuts
and chestnuts play an important part in
English Halloween o~bservances. The
poet Gray tells of this most delightful
~ In these lines:
Two hazel nuts I threw into the fame,
And to each nut I gave o sveethearts name.
This with the loudest ounce me sore amazed,
That In o fame Of brightest color blazed.
As blazes nut 80 may thy passion grow,
For twas thine WI that did 30 brightly glow.
In the old days il was believed that
witches did travel abundantly o. Hal
loween. The fairies, too, did then dis
port themselves most friskily, and spells
then worked that worked no other night.
The burning Of bonfires was general in
Wales and Scotland ON Halloween, and
lads and maybe lasses, too, then went
out masked and dressed in garments Of
quaint design.
There were also many games on Hal
loween i'm other times of which moth
ing ID preserved. save in tradition.
Some of these games were such M would
not be admissible now, for the refine
ment of those old days was much less
than that of today, no matter how they
may have excelled the present in other
directions. Those games which had for
their object the discovery Of . future
husbands or wife's identity were nat
urally most popular. Here is q recipe
for securing an answer to the question
supposed TO be most important to every
girl. It is from an ancient publication,
entitled 1.-THE True Fortune Teller"
ITO know whether q woman will
have the man she wishes get two
lemon peels. Wear them all day, one in
each pocket. At night rub the four posts
Of the bedstead with them. n she is to
succeed, the person will appear in her
sleep and present her with q couple OF
lemons. IL not. there Is no hope"
Here Ii ono from the latitude of Chi
cage. It Ii especially adapted to city OBJ
servance, but it Ii not warranted: Fill
your mouth with salt and run around
the block, when your true love will Of
o surety show himself.
Eva Lovett has put this one into
rhyme. It is an old favorite with all
Halloween devotees:
At midnight lone hempseed ID thrown
THE peeping elves can see).
~ sow nempseed, my love, indeed
Come garner after mel"
N. 1 DEXTER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-20

LIFTING N GaI OF GATES.
is the feast OF the year, when gentle
and simple meet and enjoy themselves
together, irrespective of social barrier
and caste, 90 vigorously observed ON
other occasions.
This view of Halloween win perhaps
be entirely new to o majority of those
who read this writing. Halloween is
observed I'm the United States, to be
sure, and perhaps in some parts of the
country with some of the same super
stition that marks its observance among
those who dwell ON the British isles,
but this is rarely the fact among those
of the ''old time American stock" This
is especially true of those descended
from the Puritans. Those sturdy old
iconoclasts cast ont all sorts OF belief
regarding saints days and pagan festi-
walls, including even Christmas and the
Eastertide, in their prohibition of oele-
brations that savored of either the Ro-
man church or the Druids. The observ-
ance Of Halloween is q mixture Of
both, and I have no doubt that there
are many thousands i'm the United
States, some of whom will read these
words, who were in as dense ignorance
of Halloween in their childhood as
was O business man of one of our
largest cities with whom ] conversed
the other day.
ST never heard Of Halloween at all
when / was a boy, said this man. IT
never heard of Easter either until /
was II on Is. Full knowledge Of both
did not come to me till / went away to
school with money I had earned work
ing in the bayfield, and the apple or
chard, and then / read their history in
the Book Of Days But I knew all
about Paas Il used to spell it Posi- and
cabbage night. ! used to hide eggs in
the haymow for days, waiting for the
first, and the standing cabbages and the
swinging gates of the neighbors used to
suffer ON the second, / tell you"
Cabbage night That's the title the
American boy applies to Halloween.
And o right lusty. sturdy savage the
American boy is like TO be ON that night.
Tic must be confessed that the Joys of
cabbage night, its breathless exertions
and trimmings here and there in the dark
mess, its pulling of bells and knocking
at doors, Its lifting and lugging Of gates,
it's stretching of ropes across paths TO
trip the unwary; all seem rather fat
and silly to the man whose hair Ii get
ting gray and who Is beginning 70 be
fat or rheumatic or perhaps both. But
they weren't fat and silly some 30 or
80 years ago, were they, old fellow? Do
you remember what fun you had stealth
lily tying two cabbages to Deacon FL
lis front door knob ON cabbage night
in 1867 or 1868? How You then knock
ed at the door and lodged behind the
big cherry tree in the yard where Tom
Waters was hidden before you? How
You then saw the young theological stu
dent, who was t'settin mp" with the
deacon's pretty niece, when he opened
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the door? How he was SO angry when
he saw the joke that he began to say
something that sounded very much like
d 'sbig, big Or" How Epu snickered 30
loud that he heard Won, bad darting ont
into the darkness caught you both and
dragged you into the parlor, where he
stood you. nearly helpless with NORTH
cation, before his sweetheart, preached
you d little sermon, smiling the while,
which sounded very funny TO the young
lady, but very serious TO your And how
at the windup he confessed that ne had
himself done snch things when he was
o boy. but thought them rode and sug-
gestsd that In future you spend Hallow.
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The Beginning of Knowledge.

Calloe-Women have mighty queer
ways, don't you think, Uncle 81?
Uncle Si-I KANT say tibet / know
much about ome / only been mar
ried four times. -Indianapolis Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-10-20
Arm Paralyzedl
Saved from ST. Vitus Dance.

"Our daughter, Blanche, now If
teen years OF age, had been terribly
afflicted with nervousness, and had
lost the entire use OF her right arm.
We feared st. Vitus dance, and tried
the best physicians, with no benefit.
She has taken three bottles OF DIR.
Miles Nervine and has gained 81
pounds. Her nervousness and Symp-
toms OF st. Vitus dance are entirely
gone, she attends school regularly,
and has recovered complete use Of
her arm, her appetite is Splendid
IRIS r.. r. BTJIT1CK Rrfghfon NJ v
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~ AAhP@S&A2Hp
No matter what stage DO
has reached, DR.. PieTcess
Golden Medical Dis
c0yery win subdue it.
Mrs. MARY MORT, OF
RaucH Rock, Peasants Co,
w, Va, writes: Before
using your DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery,
everything ] ate would
ferment In my stomach,
and my tongue was 90
terribly coated, / thought
nothing would remove III.
Since taking the Golden
Medical Discovery / can
eat Q good meal. and en-
joy Sc"
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Do you feel dull, languid, ~low-spirited,
fullness or bloating after eating, tongue
coated, bitter or bad taste in mouth, irregu-
lar appetite, frequent headaches, floating
Epecks" before eyes, nervous prostration
and drowsiness after mealsa
II you have any considerable number of
these symptoms, you are suffering from
Torpid Liver, associated with Dyspepsia, or
indigestion. The more complicated your
disease the greater the number Of svmnfnrna
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them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
we'll as the advantage of the present
LOW PRICES.
If you have been renting a
house in the city, stop a moment
and think how much you have
paid out in rent, and if 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 into
HOUSE OF YOUR OWN,
in which you will feel a natural
and have a permanent and
pleasant home for yourself and
family in your declining years. A
little energy on your part will do
it. Start at once by
BUYING A LOT.
If you are renting q 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
Dakota real estate, which is
to come, will soon prevent you
from buying, and your o~pportuni-
ty of a lifetime will be gone. ,
But many will say, II have not
money on hand with
which to buy even a lot" Sup
pose you have not 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 a 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 are that
this same money would have been
expended 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
sometime to be your Home.
It will surprise you when you
lsok over our list, to see how
LITTLE A 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. IL
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 if you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you. lie you have only a few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want q
farm, come and see us, or write,
and we feel positivewe can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
AIRY and social advantages, has a
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF M
and Lake county with her excel
lent lands, a county in which the
majority of the farmers
OWN THEIR FARMS,
and we shall do all in u power to
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DR.. Miles Neryine
Cures.

DR.. Niles Neryine is sold ON o positive
All druggists sell IL mt Oh. Q bottles for S6, or
10 will be sent, prepaid, on receipt OF price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17
The New Orleans Picayune 10 ono or tho

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Special Contributions Of Pearl Rivers.
Catharine Cole. Mollie Moore Davis.
Jennie june. Marie Points and others ara
unfailing sources of interest and inforu.a-
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The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17

Ripans Tabules cure the blues.
Rlpans Tabules cure indigestion.
Ripans Tabules cure hives.
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The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17
EXTRACT
From the Police Jury. meeting OF
February 5, 1894.

From the Police Jury. meeting OF
February 5, 1894.
The Police Jury now in Committee
of the whole, proceeds as is required by
Section 2745 of the Revised Statutes OF
the State Of Louisiana, to make out an
Estimate, exhibiting the various Items
Of Expenditures Of the Parish OF st.
Martin during the year 1894, based upon
the expenditures Of the year 1893, said
estimate to be published in the Official
Journal, during thirty DAYS before being
accepted and the Parish Tax. for the
present year, definitely fixed as the law
directs:
For the Criminal Expenses.
Justices and Constables $4,000
Sheriff fee in Criminal Cases 10000
Sheriff fee for attending on courts 10000
Jurors and Witnesses per diem
and mileage 100000
Expenses of Prisoners 100000
Conviction fees to District AttOr-
new 10000
Salary of the Coroner 10000
Salary of the Jury Commissioners 10000
Amount required to meet the cur
rent criminal expenses during
the year 1894 $4,000
| For the Ordinary Expenses.
Salary of the Assessor $4,000
Clerk of the P.J $4,000
Accountant PJ. 10000
Legal Adviser 10000
Police Jury per deim and
mileage 10000
Keepers of Bridges 25O,OO
Official Journal 5000
Porter 10000
Sheriff's Commission as Tax Col
lqctor 10000
Treasurer's Commission 10000
For the Paupers 10000
Extinguishment Of old debts 1000, 90
Costs of Congressional Elec-
tion 10000
Roads and Bridges 14OO 90
| Incidental Expenses $4,000
Public Schools 10000
Amount required to meet the cur
rent ordinary expenses during
the year 1894 10000
Total estimate Of expenditures of
the Parish of st. Martin for the
year 1894 $4,000
A true copy from minutes.
| AUG. MARAIST.
Clerk P. j.
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17
Not Too Much Revenue.

Again the story has been star
ted that the Wilson bill, as amen
ded by the Senate, will produce
more revenue than the govern
ment needs, and that the deficit
estimated by Secretary Carlisle is
excessive. These assertions, with
out the slightest backing of facts,
we're made an excuse in the House
for not placing a duty on sugar,
and they are now being urged in
the Senate as an argument against
both the income tax and the su-
gar duty.
One of the purposes of the tariff
bill is to raise enough revenue for
the support of the government.
The people are opposed to any
more deficits, and want bill that
will assure ample revenue. The
Wilson bill, as framed by the
House, will not do SO. Mr.. Car
Isle, who has the administration
of our revenue laws, and who
ought to know, and does know.
what will be their effect, declares
that it is insufficient and unsatis-
factory. After calling him into
consultation and getting his views
on the subject it is folly for Con-
gressmen to declare, without CIV
ing any data or statistics, or any
reason for their belief, that Mr..
Carlisle must be mistaken and
that there will be such a sudden
increase in trade the moment the
new tariff goes into effect, that
our revenues will be much larger
than we expected, and creating SO
large a surplus that some Of the
revenue sections can be stricken
out.
We cannot do without the sugar
duty-so Mr.. Carlisle declares.
The other duties-on iron, coal,
etc.-insisted on by the Senate
for protection, but that on sugar
will yield large revenue. Even
the income tax the Wilson bill, as
it passed the House, will not yield
as much money as we need and
the sugar schedule added by the
Senate cannot be sacrificed.
As for the income tax, we would
rather, although opposed to it
see it beaten on the issue of being
Objectionable than on the issue
that it will provide excessive re.
venue. There are many and seri.
Gus objections to it. 1t is unde.
mocratic; it is opposed to the
ideas and institutions of this coun.
try; it is unpopular; it has beer
tried and proved a failure, etc. A
thousand arguments can be urged
against it, but if these do not suf.
flee, and majority of Congress
still favors it, and if it produces
an excess of revenues, we can easi.
ly sweep it away. One of the
strong arguments advanced in ia.
vor of an income tax by those who
believe in it is that it can be drop
ped at any time without any one
opposing it or any interest being
injuriously affected. If, then, il
be found that the Wilson bill
with its income tax addendum
yields more revenue that we need
that tax can be dropped. Bu,
Congress need be under no appre.
hension on this score, and the ar.
gument of an excess of revenue
should carry no weight in a dis.
cussion of the matter. We see nc
reason to repudiate or refuse tc
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17
Town Council.
Regular meeting Of the Town Council
held this 9TH day Of March 1894.


held this 9TH day Of March 1894.
The Town Council met this day at the
Court House in regular session.
Mayor Fleming presiding and quo
rum present.
On motion duly seconded the reading
Of the minutes of the last meeting was
dispensed with.
On motion Of Mr.. Albert Bienvenu du-
" seconded by Mr.. Liable. Mr.. P. d.
Olivier was appointed Clerk OF Election,
to serve at the Corporation Election 70
be held on the End day Of April next
1894.
The Committee Of improvements re-
ported that Culvert Is necessary and
should be constructed on Cora Street be-
tween the lots of Mr.. NJ. L. BrOussard
and widow Carlson.
Thereupon on motion Of Mr.. Liable
duly seconded, the Chairman OF said
Committee is requested to have same
built Immediately.
The application Of the vigilant Hook
and Ladder Company No to have q
lamp post and lamp erected near their
truck house was considered, and on mo-
tion of Mr.. Bienvenu duly seconded. the
same was granted and the Police officer
Instructed to have 1t done.
The Collector and Treasurer submit
ted TO the Council his monthly report,
as follows:
Statement from Feb. 1. to March I. 1884
Corporation Tax proper. Dr. u
Balance in Treasury Feb. l.,
1894. ~ooi'iS
Amount Of Taxes Of the year
1893 collected from Feb.
l, to Mch l. "a. zli'Ss
Amount OF Licenses collect
I'd from Feb. 1, to March
1,N. SoV'V
Amount OF fines collected
from Feb. l, to Mch 1. "a. A,2t
Amount Of Market revenues
collected from Feb. I. to
Mch "a. o."
Disbursements.
Feb. 8, "a. Paid Henry Bes-
lin. Police officer for ex-
ira Police on Mardi gras
day per his account on file
No $50, 6W
Feb. 10, "a. Paid Henry Bps-
lin Police officer his sala.
yper contract for month
ending Feb. 10. "a. per his
account on Hle No $50. l26!W
Feb. 10, "a. Paid VIM. Ross
his wages for cleaning
market house, from Mch
"a, to Jan. "A "a, s month
50. per month per his ac-
count on Hle No 66l. A.W
Feb, l6. "a. Paid salary OF
Secretary for the month I
ending Feb. 26. "a. S'4S
Feb. %. "a. Paid commits
sion to collector and Ire.
asurer at 8 per cent on
e5S1, "a amount collected
by him from Feb. 1, to Mch
1,94. SS!Vo
Balance In Treasury March
IM s4O.Os
A..nn 4
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17

Opium Habit cured by DR.. Miles, Nervine.
tor Nervous Headache. DR.. Miles: Neryine.
Or. Mnee' Nervtne for Nervous prostr.t,on
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17

II rs NOT what we say but what
Hoods Sarsaparilladoes that tells the
story ofits merit. When in need of med
icine remember HOODS CURES
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17

s3s9.s7 $3s9.s7
On motion duly seconded the report Of
Treasurer was accepted and approved
and ordered to be spread on the minutes.
There being no other business to be
transacted, on motion duly seconded the
council adjourned.
Signed A. V. FLEMING. Mayor.
"Signed" VIM. B. EAsTIN. Secretary.
A true copy.
Attest Vim. B. EAsTIN, SECRETARY.
The weekly messenger., 1894-03-17

SHEA &1l32.43
Special Tax. DR.. Cr.
Balance In Treasury Feb. 1,
"a. es'o'i'
Amount OF special taxes OF
the year 1893. collected
from Feb. l, to Mch l, "a. l2A,TV
Disbursements.
Feb. 20, "a. Paid Alpine La
paruse his salary a. lamp
=, lighter for the month end
ing Feb. IL. "a per his &C.
count on file No 862. 1910
Feb. %. "a. Paid commits
sion to collector and IRE
asurer at per cent on $l27.
70 amounted collected BY
him frOm Feb. I, to Mch
1,%. 6,23
Balance In Treasury March
l, 1894. 378y64
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FRANKLIN COUNTY.
SWANTON.

IN alarm of fire Wednesday afternoon
brought out both fire companies y rub
Dish fire on Canada street had spread in the
grass until it surrounded the house of Mrs.
Theodore Dow which had caught in several
places Mr.. d. G. Furman, who lives next
door, fought the fire alone at first to great
disadvantage on account OF the high wind
He was considerably singed about the head
No particular damage was done to the
house Hose company No was the first
on the ground and had the fire out i'll very
few minutes There was an alarm Of fire
the other day from the lime kilns, but il
was Immediately eXtinguished by the men
there. Jason p. Jewett has improved so
that he can talk and move himself little
\ grass fire in a vacant lot on Liberty
street came very near burning to death a
little six year-old child of John Savage
The child was playing with the fire when its
clothes caught fire and We're nearly burned
OF before it could be eXtinguished. H. y.
Dyke has purchased the tenement house Of
Charles Fl. Reynolds on First street.
The little six year old daughter of John
Savage who was, so badly burned from 2
grass fire the 10th inst, was buried
Friday afternoon. Miss Mary HoaS, aged
- years, died the 10th inst, after an illness