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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
HOME ON THEIR A

fields, in the ofttimes biting air Of the
fall, for the husks of the corn they could
denude in that time of its outer cover
ing?
OF course these women think they are
getting good pay for their work, else
they wouldn't do it at the price, but to
the farmer and the hired man, whose
places they have usurped in the corn
field, it looks as il they were working
for nothing. But the husks, which to
the farmer are nothing but bedding and
second rate fodder, are to the Italian
women the very best material imagina-
BILE for filling bedticks. And the work,
though generally counted laborious, is
not overheard to the hardy daughters of
Italy, whose whole lives have been a
succession of what would be the direst
hardships to even the poorest OF Ameri-
Gan born women. 1t is almost infinitely
better than picking rags Oh sorting filthy
garbage barrels in the towns, and it is
outdoors besides, where the air is pure
and free.
A ~veracious correspondent of an east
ern paper says that they chatter and
sing at their work like SO many chill
dren. They do more, too, than to husk
the corn. They dump it into the wagon
box after it is husked, and then at the
close of the days work, after the sun
has cast his last yellow rays ON the New
England landscape, they hustle to the
barn, hitch up the team and haul the
cor that has been husked to the corn
crib. Then they tramp homeward to
the nearest town. Whether they carry
the husks home ON their heads or not
the correspondent does not say, but very
likely they do. 1t is stated that the hir-
ed men Of Connecticut are vastly indig-
nant because Of the present arrange
ment, but it is evident that they are
powerless, and it is possible that in q
year or two more the ''dago women
will be husking corn all over the land
that is, where corn is husked by hand,
for there are some localities. / under
stand, where machines for husking are
in use. J~&st@ ~ ~
Some Of my older readers will fe-
member that the Italian women are not
the first Of their sex TO husk corr In
America. Many Of the pioneers wives
used to do their. share in the cornfield
every fall, despite the fact that it meant
bleeding hands, turned back and broken
nails and aching frames. It's no joke
to sit on a bundle, of cornstalks all day
in the chill air of October or November
and tear the husks from ears of corn.
Even farming men do mot like it, and
there is no job about the place that even
the small farmer shirks SO willingly to
the hands of the help and the boys. /
don't blame the said small farmer a
particle. / personally found out all
about the miseries of corn husking in
my own boyhood days and date q GER
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tain stiffness Of the fingers that, when
! was 20 on thereabouts. prevented nae
from learning to write shorthand, 20
my services at that branch Of farm L.
bOr.
The husking bee of blessed memory
had passed away In the neighborhood
oa my bringing mp by the time T was
big enough to husk corn, yet ! can Gia-
tinctly remember chat more than one
year when the crop was big and help
was scarce the farmers wives and
daughters went out into the field and
husked. / don't suppose they liked it,
in fact, / know that certain ones dislik-
ed II intenseiy-but there seemed to Be
no help for II. Iremember, too, o tam.
lily OF six-father. three sons and two
daughters-who used 20 husk corn On
shares for the farmers roundabout.
They were Americans, too. and quite N
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ETHICS CT THE REGISTER.
What Hotel People Have to Say About III
ties and Degrees.

What Hotel People Have to Say About IT.
ties and Degrees.
For a man to take a lady to dine at q
hotel and register as Mr.. So-and-so and
lady" is considered the height Of igno-
rance by hotel clerks. The proper way is
to register both names, or, If the man is
sensitive, to write "Mr. So-and-so and
one" This is sometimes done, but not
very often. To use land lady" is bad
form in this generation, when it comes
to hotel registers, for obvious reasons.
But this is not the only evidence of bad
form which is seen on the register.
When a man pens Mr.. before his name
he is judged as being egotistical, and no
professional man will put DIR. or Prof.
before his name if he desires to avoid
the clerks anathemas.
Many city people exhibit their igno-
rance of good breeding by going to a To-
cal hotel and giving the number and
street of their residence. A notable in
stance of this is a well known jeweler,
who, when he puts his name on a regis
ter, which is frequent, invariably puts
his business address after it To put
Hon., Gen, Capt. or any other title be-
fore a mans name ON a hotel register is
as bad as Prof. or Dr.-in fact, it is
looked upon as worse by all good hotel
men.
The only exception to the above is in
case Of theatrical people, who put the
name of their company after their
names. All professional stage people get
reduced rates at hostelries in nearly ev-
cry instance, and for them to put the
names Of their troops ON the book is a
good thing for the hotel people. 1t goes
to show that the person thus registering
is not afraid of being questioned as te
his connection with a company and is
not trying to get lower rates in a sur
reptitious manner 1t is also in the case
Of theatrical people that there may be a
permissible violation of the rules in re-
gard to putting Mr., before the name.
Many stars do not register, but allow
some one else to do it for them, general
ly the manager. In order to show all
possible Difference to his proteges, the
manager generally puts Mr.. before the
names of the men. In the cases Of ladies
il is invariably proper for them to put
Miss % Mrs, as the case may be, in
front of their names New York Dis
patch.
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elf respecting m any, though poor I'm
this worlds goods They got one buah-
oil In i've. maybe one i'm ten, or v o q
smaller share. ann not clear about the
proportion. but 1t was q great deal bet
ter than the italian women are getting
In Connecticut this year, and IL these
share workers wanted q few husks the
farmers used to give them freely. This
family was a mighty industrious crowd
in the fall and well on into the winter
las long, in fact, rs there was corn TO
husk. They were in the habit Of begin
ming their work at break Of day and
working till they could see no longer.
One morning the eldest OF the three sons
awoke early and was deceived by the
bright light of the full moon shining in
ut his window into thinking the sun
was well up and the whole crowd had
oversight. So he reused everybody, and
when they found IL was o false alarm
the old man decided it was all right,
after all, and out they went into the
field and husked by moonlight, although
1t was barely 8 o'clock. After that the
family husked BORN every moonlight
night, and that. too, without working
any less number Of daylight hours. Just
how they managed it ] have always
been unable to understand.
It would be pleasing perhaps to those
who believe there il nothing so condu-
Give to good looks and good health as
hard work in the open air to say that
the girls of this family were models as
TO form and comedy as to face and were
never i'll, but the facts are against it.
AS ! remember it, they were always all
ing, were marvels Of stupidity in school
and painfully shy among their play
mates. The boys, however, were fine
specimens Of physical grace and took
the lead in all sports, though at their
books they were the most backward in
the neighborhood. 1t would also be
pleasing to be able to record that in lat
or years the boys braced up mentally,
and that through the hardships Of their
youth and the industry then learned in
the cornfield they turned ont to be the
most successful in the game of life of
all the boys Of the region, but again
SuO A1O0o uAO nBaAu5s A. Au0 4dbuc1 Was
. harness maker by trade, and he work
I'D thereat, when there was anything go
ing, in o shop that had once been the
schoolhouse, which he occupied free of
rent. His sons all learned the same
trade. and the last I heard Of them, four
or five years ago, all three-the father
was then dead-were mending harness
In the old sohoolhouse shop whenever
there was any mending to do. In the
old days when there was neither harness
mending nor o husking to do they
used to go fishing or else loaf about in
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
HELP ONE

BY their united action for the relief
OF the poor, the religious societies of our
city have 10 fact called the attention Of
our citizens to the Importance OF help
ing one another. The movement is in a
good direction and deserves success.
To help one another is not only good re-
ligion, it is good citizenship. Self pres.
ervation may be the "first law OF ma
ture," but it is first In that it is the low
est. It's place is at the bottom, not the
top. To preserve oneself, as a supreme
consideration in life, is a good aw-for
snakes. As living things rise In the
scale Of being, they reach a higher plane
where nobler laws hold sway and nobler
life results. Civilization is high and
lasting, In proportion as this first law
of nature" Is forgotten. Men live most
happily together, and towns and cities
prosper most, where it is held in abey-
ance. individuals and families enjoy
life and mutual blessings most fully
where each learns best how to he help
full to the rest. The supreme law in the
life Of Christ seems to have been the
sacrifice of Himself for the preservation
OF others. For men to follow such ar
example is to reverse the terms OF that
law which by nature they inherit III
company with the brutes. 1t is, as the
accusers of st. Paul declared, to "turn
the world upside down." But surely,
seeing all the troubles which g the
inhabitants Of it, we ought to be con-
WINGED by this time that the world as it
then stood, and still to a large degree
continues, is wrong side ur. 1t has turned
part way, to the great advantage of all
concerned; let it go clear over for it's
complete redemption from seltishness
and greed.
This proposition to join hands in
helping those in need, is not a PROPOSE
tion to give dole to paupers. We have
nc pauper class. 1t is a proposition to
indulge in what Goldsmith called "the
luxury of dong good" That is a luxury
which the first law OF nature" would
fatty deny to all men; and one which,
we fear, through too much slavish regard
for that law, not a few of our citizens
are accustomed to deny themselves ha-
bitually. Let the law be reversed. Let
our little world of Lake county be
turned the other side up. Never feaI:
nothing will fall of-except the reptiles.
1t was In this way St. Patrick conferred
his traditional blessing upon Erin.
To be sure, we have no great super
abundance which we can divide with
the destitute. We may have to call
upon others to help us to help them.
But there Is wide scope for i'm
improvement among us in the matter OF
trying on every hand to be helpful to,
instead of being holders back and pull
ers down of, one another. c.
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WOMEN In THE FIELD
DAUGHTERS OF ITALY HusKiNG CORN
IN CONNECTICUT THIS YEAR.

They work con Shares" Their Share BE.
ing the Husks-Old Time HuskinR ON
shares-Many Of Americas Pioneer WON
en- Used to Do Outdoor Work.
The women have taken 60 husking
corn in Connecticut. And, moreover, they
work for wages that are simply scandal
ous in the view of the hired men. The
women work ON shares, in fact, their
share being the husks. or course they
are not American born, non yet Irish,
English. Swedish or German. They are
why, of course-'Eyetalians. Who
but the daughters of sunny Italy would
consent to labor all day long in the
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to, say he only called Deputy Sheriff
Conklin and asked forgiveness for as
saulting him when he broke iall. The
minister tried to get him to confess, but
his only answer was: won't say
whether i am guilty or not" About
forty people witnessed the execution.
Nc relatives were present. The prisoner
slept well the night before and ate a
hearty breakfast. Sherifs from all the
Black Hills counties we're present.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Better Times I'm the South.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-THE Manufac-
turers' Record says: A substantial for.
ward movement all through the South
is noticeable the past week. Improved
bank clearings and improved railroad
earnings arc points rejecting the uni
form and general character of the prog
resS towards better times.
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The state board of charities, non-
partizan, has just been issued and deals
with the necessary institutions of our
state and their condition. Speaking of
the p~enitentiary it commends the disci-
pline OF Warden Phillips, recommends
the reenactment Of the 'parole law" and
finds al unexpended balance Of $500 of
the biennial appropriation. There were
eighty-two prisoners confined July /,
1882, and lit July l, 1894. One hundred
and three prisoners we're discharged
during the two years. Lawrence county
contributed twenty-one, the largest
number. Seven of the whole number
are confined for murder; seven for man.
slaughter; three for manslaughter in
the first degree; three for manslaughter
In the second degree. The largest num-
Der OF any occupation Is forty-two,
farmers. or the deaf mute school the
board speaks highly and recommends its
continuance and the good work of Supt.
james Simpson. This institution ex-
pended in the last two years S26,6S4.4s,
and the board recommends an appropri-
alton OF $4,000 for the succeeding two
years. During the year 1892 SO there
were forty eight pupils in attendance
twenty nine boys and nineteen girls; in
the year 1884 the number dropped to
forty seven, supposedly on account OF
close times, Thirty of the fifty-two
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
chicago Man Champion,

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE shoot for the
wing championship of the United
States, came off during the afternoon
at Burnside. The winner was G..
Kleinmann of Chicago, who scored 81
out of a possible 100. The other scores
were as follows: Brewer 80, DIR. Carver
So, Grim IS, Robbins so, Bingham 81,
Elliott ~, Budd AZ.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Steamer and Consort Ashore.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 1.-THE steamer
Walter H. Oades and consort, San
Diego, coal laden, for Chicago, are
ashore at st. Francis, just south of this
city. Tugs are nov engaged on the
wrecks. Their coal cargoes are being
iettisoned,
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Chief WiIIiam Bon0a Of ! f,h;n,aw.

Chief William Bonga Of the Chippewa
Indians on Leech Laxe reservation
northern Minnesota, has brought six OF
the young people or bis tribe to the
Indian school At Flandrau school system
and il satisfactory the Chippewas will
entrust = number OF their children to
the care Or that institution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

Aberdeen is infested with burglars
aud the police seem powerless to cope
with them. They continue their nefar-
ious work regardless of all precautions.
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1t will be a little disappointing to the
many unfortunate depositors Of the de-
funct Bank OF Milbank to learn that the
case against Major Diggs the cashier
and party responsible for their losses
has been dismissed in the district court
At Wasertown whittier a change Of venue
had been taken.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Part Of the Bird.

The Young Housewife-Have you a
nice chickens?
The Ponlterer-Yes, ma'am.
The Young Housewife-Well, send
me q couple i'm time for dinner, and I
want them with the croquettes leftin
do you Observation-Disclosures Record.
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New Rasebau Association.

CHICAGO, Nov. IA meeting of
baseball players and magnates was held
at the Grand Pacific for the alleged
purpose Of forming a new American
association.
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NOV. IL, 1894.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
TO AnNERTISERS.

THK DAILY LEADER makes . special feature OF
furnishing concerning the advantages
and resources Of the city OF Madison and OF che
state At large emitting 1t to the patronage OF ad'
vertisers of every class.
IF. STAHL, Proprietor.
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q. n. disnatch- III

Sturgis, o. .. dispatch, is: jaw Hicks
was hanged at 12.Ol today for the muir
der on john Meyers. lie made no strug-
gle but walked calmly up the scaffold
steps. When asked il he had anything
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"
they can be had e. the
FAVORABLE TERMS
now offered, and you will then have
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.
LII 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
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
BUYING A LOT.
Ii 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, viii soon prevent you
from buying, and your opportuni-
ty Of a lifetime will be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient 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 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. lie
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 hun
dred dollars to spare, and want a
farm, come and . us, or write,
and we feel positive we 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 o
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF HOMES;
nnI T0Eo aorrkv rrsAl L. -
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A large part OF the works Of Ben Jon
scn were destroyed in manuscript by
Gre which burned his house.
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DE-. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
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In
Every dollar deposited in q city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, and
will earn many more dollars by
e In VALUE.
The foundation of many q
fortune has been lain by
the purchase Of a city lot. Ii you
have a family, then by all means
you want a home. Il you wish to
live in the city, buy o lot, or more
than one If You feel able, and COM
mence at once to improve ii by
planting trees on il il nothing
more, and building on it as soon
rs practicable. You can make o
Dan for the purpose Of building il
you own your lot. lie you are q
farmer and expect TO retire soon
and secure . farm, or come to the
town for the purpose Of educating
your children thsn you certainly
The sun., 1894-09-24
STANTON STREETS nor BURGLAR.
Besiamin Msrteneck Caught Redhsnded
Twice In One Week.

BENJAMIN Marteneck Of 2S1 Delaney street
the incorrisible east boy OF the tyne that IA
dreaded by the police more than grown and full
fetged criminals was arraigned in the Essex
Market Police Court Yesterday morning charged
with burglary Although only IA Years old. IL
,aa a. sa,,,,,, ,i,,o ,yitbin /. ,,aak ,ha, Nt..
""' 'ho oo.o"u '' ~" o ''e'
teneck had been arragned oerore Justice Simms
30 ,,,. ,,a,har,.d. ,,os,.r,,oy ha ,,.. h.,,J 4,
ne was u'scharseu' .es'eru"y he was heiu IN
$1,000 bail for trial In the Court OF General
>,-, uu,n. L.,,non ,,ho h..,. . :, - ..,.
WIS " peI.il" ~ " ~" ""o AeeP' " urs soouS
store at lSS stanton street, appeared as COM
plainant AGAINST NIarteneck Yesterday and
l,' ,'',,,, a,,a,.,,.,,s ~ ..ani 90
cherseu I'LL" WIN a'te"ip''"k W roo her es'ao-
lishment on Saturday afternoon, when he was
caught red-handed with SlO.5O worth Of dry
-. T., 81, ,,,,a,a..,,,,, Aa,,.s T., ..I.,..,.
goods IN MS possession. actlhg III accordance
with her religious belief Mrs. Kaufman shuts
nm shop ON Friday night and does not enter II
"p s"op VI, i'' s' 81 ~ "Ve' '', 'n.'i u
ment of lss Stanton street and IA protecteJ I'm
en-, ~. 80. ,ro,, sa,. Tha ,.,,,,,o' -
io"' " "e' 80 s''' '"' "'"''"' "fo Vi
plate glass an inch thick.
She was much surprised enrly on SATURDAY.
t,,.s,,, ,,ha . ,,,ho. -, a., A.. ,.
ments over the shop crying: Mrs. Kaufman,
-. a,-.,,, a.. .,,.,,'', - ' 80 - "
your STORE! eno rusneu "o"h STAIRS rs iaSt as
her sixty years would allow her and saw GU
rious crowd lookinv into the store I'm which
po,,, ps''s ~ 'r,',~ " 49,.
roicenan nrocherhon vi the 'hioh market
station had just gone The front door OF the place
WAS omen and n shat oretl nan. OF glass borp evil
,,,a.'., ;, a.. T.. -, a, 4, -, -, ., 4,
ue"'e w, vi INC hha'he, in "n'h II h"u oeeho opeheu'
the top of the door remained shut and locked.
but n lid not nreyent The emf rance ~ tbe tiJaT
The sun., 1894-09-24
Ran.acEed by Little burglars.

Patrick Shields, who lives in the ground floor
fiat at +57 Ninth avenue, took his family into
the country about two weeks ago and locked up
the house. Last Saturday when he returned he
found that the place had been ransackeL from
top to bottom and that among other articles
violin. n banjo. and guitar had been stolen
Before notifying the police he made u little in
yestigation or his own, and while passing along
West Thirty second street near the avenue he
skilful hands. Making sure Of the place
whence the sounds came, he went To
the West Thirty-seyenth street police
station and came back with Detective Waltz
fielder, The player proved TO be James Granda,
an Italian boy years old OF AIS West Thirty
second street He said that he lived with his
mother, Anita, who Is "A widow, and that with
three other boys he had broken "A pane OF glass
In the kitchen window and taken the musical
instruments because they wanted To form an
orchestra.
In the jefferson Market Court yesterday MORN
ing the boy was turned over To the Gerry Society
pending further inquiry.