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Council Meetings.
TUESDAY, May 8, 1894.

TUESDAY, May D, 1894.
The Mayor and all the members
of the council were present.
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
Petition Of Ed Gaines & Co.,
asking an exemption from tax for
five years for their furniture fac
tory, was referred to finance com.
mittee.
Petition OF citizens of Logan street
for fire hydrant. Referred to water
committee.
Officers reports for April re-
ceived and ordered filed.
The finance committee reported
in favor of a tax levy of SI.4o,
OF which amonnt IS cents is to 60
for school tax. The poll tax was
placed at $3.50. The ordinance
was adopted by vote Of IL to o.
The sale of the lot on St. Clair
street at the end of the bridge to
Jno. R. Todd was confirmed by the
council.
The fire committee reported that
they had expended only $50 Of
the $500 appropriated to repair
the fire alarm system and asked
that they be allowed to have
foundation of engine house repair
ed. On. motion of Mr.. Miles, they
were instructed to have work
done.
The workhouse committee re.
ported in favor Of receiving Mr..
Lillis' bid for repairs to workhouse.
it being $500 and the lowest bid.
The report was adopted.
The same committee reported
in favor of clecting a workhouse
keeper. The report of the COM
mittee was adopted, and Mr.. B.
F. Morrison was reelected.
The petition Of citizens OH
Broadway, asking that the L. & N.
railroad be allowed to unload
Forepaugh's circus on said street.
was granted.
A petition for extension Of
sewer on Nero street was urged by
Mr.. Pruett.
On motion of Mr.. Haly, the
matter was referred to City Engi-
neer and health committee Of
council to be composed Of 5 men,
bers.
The ordinance committee re-
ported an ordinance allowing the
street railway company to transfer
box cars over Murray and Second
streets in South Frankfort and to
haul freight in less than Car load
lots over said streets in their
freight motor. The loading and
unloading to be done on a switch
and off Of the street. The matter
was referred to street committee.
The ordinance in relation to
additional arc lights had its
second reading and was passed.
The ordinance defining the
duties of the collector and naming
the amount of his bond had its
second reading and was adopted.
The report of the police com.
mittee, recommending that Mr..
F. P. Lewis be relieved from
The Frankfort roundabout., 1894-05-12

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
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BED SPREADS

The best you ever saw for SI.oo. Chenille
Portie,res and table covers, great variety
Of them, in fact it matters not what voc
want you can always find at No. ala St.
Clair street, next door to R. X. Mcclure
& Son.
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The great variety of goods that you can
select from. Embroideries and Laces in all
the newest things out in Black, White and
Cream. German Val Laces in all widths.
The beautiful Irish Point Embroderies in
all widths, with insertings to match.
Everything in Hosiery for the little folks
and the big folks, in Black, Tan and Red
in Cotton or l isle thread. Dress Trim
mings and Trimming Silks in every kind
and style. Chemisettes are the rage in all
the eastern cities; can show you complete
assortment in sizes and colors. Have
added another new line. Every lady wears
them.
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Dyspepsia

Isn't pleasant nor is it necessary.
DR.. Hale's Household Tea will cure
it. We have a great many testimo-
malls from people who say it has abso-
lutely cured them. It is pleasant to
take and cost only 25c and SOC q
package at P. H. CARPENTERS drug
store. b
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W WRAPPERS

In Calico, Figured Lawn and Satteen,
they are pretty and well made, and don't
cost very much. Muslin underwear for
ladies, can give you a complete outfit for
very little money. You'll be surprised at
the cost Of them. Lace curtains as low as
SO cents pair, better ones are Just as
cheap in proportion.
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Letters i've Hundred Years Old.

Ancient pecimens of letters are
shown in 81 Hof museum at Vienna
One isGlas0 1895. It consists of large
sheet of ribbed white paper folded in
three. A band of paper was passed
round the outside and through q slit in
one edge, being then fastened with soft
wax. A small piece of thin paper was
laid ON the wax and the seal pressed on
the paper, not directly on the wax. A
somewhat similar arrangement is found
in a letter of the year 1446. which was
written by the town counselor of Mu-
mich to the burgomaster Of Rastenburg
in the Tyrol, in order to obtain informa-
tion concerning man accused of big
amy. In the sixteenth century people
in the Tyrol and Bavaria used bands Of
vellum or cords, fastened with wax.
Later came separate round and oblong
waters. The use of the encircling band
continued in Austria generally to 1850.
or thereabout; and probably reached this
century among conservative people. The
first envelope Of the modern type in this
collection belongs to the year 1715.
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MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 20
A FlNk SAMPLE OF NERVE.
The Manns BY Which . Tutor Inspired Eis
Pupils with Courage. a

An instance of remarkable nerve oc-
CURED few years ago when the school
Tor firemen in this city was established
andsthe men Of the fire department were
being trained in the use,of the scaling
ladders and the fire nets. The man who
trained the flremen told the incident
without apparently thinking it an act
much out of the common.
We began to use the fro nets, " no
said, FROM the first story windows
There is q knack in jumping into them
SO as not TO get hurt led off by stand
ing ON hewindow sill, telling the men
how to hold the net, and then jumping
into 1t. Each man in turn would come
up and follow me in the jump 1t was
very simple at that height, and also
from the second and third story win.
dows we went up fight each day.
When we had all got used to jumping
into the net from the fourth story, as /
found out sfterward, the men thought
that would do. Well take the fifth TO-
morrow. had said to them when we
quit that nisilt. They thought / was a
little off, and that was guying them.
30 the next day, when we got ready to
begin, and I set eight of them holding
the net, they got nervous. saw that
when said: Hold her strong, boys.
I'm going to come down from the fifth
began 70 get afraid Of them as went
upstairs Igot to the fifth floor and peep
cd out Of the window to see if every
thing was Gll right. The men were ell
in their places. / didn't dare to get
upon the window sill, as had done on
the floors below. 1t might make them
nervous. 50 just took one more peep
to see if everything was still all right,
put one hand ON the sill and vaulted
out. came. down all right, and every
man made Tho jump after me. 49,
The NETS amt much good to the gen.
eral public,' continued the trainer,
shut you have no idea of how much
value they are to the discipline of the
force. Firemen. You know, are mostly
married men, with families, and it
takes nerve for man to plunge into q
house full of flame and smoke when he
has wife and children dependent upon
him, but the net gives him confidence
of safety. He knows now that if his re-
treat is cut off his comrades have the
net below, and that he knows how to
jump into itsafely even from the top of
a house It's great thing. New
| York Herald
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Tie Lirhswood Of Florida.

'Lightwood' is one of the most use-
full southern products, especially In
Florida. where it is used by all sorts Of
country folk, and particularly by the
hunters. A cordwood stick carried into
the wilderness will cut up into frag-
ments with which a dozen meals may
be cooked The rich, resinous pine
makes quick, hot fire, especially suit
cd to open air cooking. 1t is Florida
tradition that the chief who led the lit
tie band Of Seminoles whom the United
States army long failed to ran to earth
was on the point OF agreeing to go with
his people to Indian Territory when
he suddenly asked whether there was
any hghtwood in that new land, and,
when the answer was no, positively re-
fused to 30 further with the treaty. lie
would not live in land without light
wood. -Philadelphia Press.
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Feathers In Germany.

AS soon as she is able to run about
each daughter of a German farmers
family is presented with a linen bag
marked with her own name, into which
she puts all the feathers she can pick
up Not the slightest downy bit escapes
her, and the sooner the bag is filled the
greater the praise she gets from the
parents. The bag being full, it is emp
tied into larger one, which hangs in
the garrett or elsewhere, and when there
are feathers enough they are made into
pillows CT holsters or beds or cushions
for easy caGirs. We waste a great deal
in. this co',"trys Although we do not
keep so may Geese as Germans keep,
feathers are plentifully strewn
about n10at farms and make good beds
New York Dispatch
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sARcEY,s FAMOUS DUEL.
The Noted Pnrisian Critics Own Story Of
the Encounter.

the Encounter.
At this moment appears gentleman
whom all Paris knows and almost all
Parisians adore-namely, Francisque
Sarcey. Knowing himself to be among
friends, he talked freely. For half
century nearly our great critic has held
the pen, at first timidly, and now he
wields it with unquestioned authority.
Like most Parisian celebrities, he was
born in the provinces at Dourdan,
where his father kept school after the
fall of the first Napoleon dissolved the
army in which the elder Sarcey had in
sisted ON enlisting in spite of his excess
i've nearsightedness, transmitted to his
son. There Sarcey's parents toiled with
varying fortunes, and thence Francisque
took his fight for Paris and walked
firmly in the footprints of the late Jules
Janin, who also devoted his life to
dramatic criticism. He makes an idol Of
the drama. He lives for his work. He re-
spectfully considers dramatic criticism
an art and not trade, and perhaps for
that reason is the greatest critical au-
thority in France.
He told us of his dueI with Hector
Pessard, the musical critic and comic
opera composer, who is very charming
man, by the way. Sarcey, in 1865,
wrote a scathing attack on Girardin' q
paper, La Liberte. Emile de Girardin
objected on principle to duels, SO the
editorial staff, considering their literary
style insulted by Sarcey, drew lots as to
who would call him out and kill him If
| possible. The lot fell ON Pessard. Now,
Pessard and Sarcey were great friends,
but 10 was necessary to obey the call of
| honor, SO Pessard sent the challenge,
which Sarcey accepted with dignity.
| The adversaries took off their coats and
vests and faced each other, swords in
| hand, when, 10! the four seconds took to
squabbling over some detail. The dis
pute was long and ferocious, and the
| two adversaries fell into conversation,
| sword in hand.
Quoth Pessard-I am frozen. Would
you mind if / put ON my coat?
Sarcey-A good idea. We can kill
each other later.
Pessard-Let me tell you, my dear
Sarcey, how greatly admire your tai.
4 ent
| Sarcey-I can say the same to You,
but why are we going to kill each otheri
Pessard-I don't quite know. II
seems you grossly insulted me, and If
| do not succeed in killing you that you
must certainly slay me in expiation.
Sarcey (meditatively)-I do not re-
member having insulted you, but if yor
say so suppose it is true. 49,. ..,- ..
In the meantime the four seconds
were quarreling furiously. One gentle
man was shaking his fist in his oppo
nent's face and another was brandish'
ing his riding whip, whereupon Sarcey
suddenly burst out laughing and said:
"Come, Pessard, let us separate oul
seconds, and then, instead of cutting
each others throats, we will 60 and
have some breakfast
Which was no sooner said than done,
and tho two duelists have been fast
friends ever since.-Paris Letter in
| Philadelphia Telegraph.
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TAKEN FOR A GHOST.


An Amusing Experience OF q Young Irish
Traveller In GhenE.
Many years ago an Irish student, hav-
ing obtained travelling scholarship at
Oxford, went abroad TO see the world.
Of which he knew little. Crammed with
the classics, he had not the slightest
knowledge Of any modern language
save English.
On landing at the sleepy town of
Ghent he put up at an old many pas
@aged hotel and saiIied forth In the even
ing to see the town. Shortly after 0
O'Clock he returned TO the hotel through
streets ominously silent He found the
doors shut and saw no signs Of life
within. After making noise enough to
rouse the seven sleepers' he heard the
sound of some one moving within.
The door was stealthily unbarred,
and some one--whether man or woman
he could not tell--holding q dim oil
lamp reluctantly gave him admission.
Then, barring the door and mnttering
unintelligible sounds, the figure disap-
peared The guest yelled for the waiter
ami was answered by mocking echo.
He groped his way up the creaking
staircase and felt along the passage till
ne came to an open door. Thinking it
1.-THE door of his room. which he had left
open to guide him, he entered. A shrek
was heard, and q gruff voice called ont
in French, Who are you?'' He re-
treated and heard the door angrily shut
and bolted.
In little tinder box he had some ci-
gar fuses and wax taper he lighted
one of the fuses, but before he could ap
ply the fame to the taper IL went out
After exhausting his stock of matches
and filing the passage with a strong
sulphurous odor he was loft in the dark
ness of despair.
He regai.ed the staircase, descended
! it and found his way to subterranean
passage. There suddenly he heard o
piercing shrek and then fall like
that Of carpetbag. A rushing of many
feet was followed by light
The feet were those of walters and
chambermaids. The fall was that OF o
plump English lady 8 maid. The bearer
of the light spoke English, and from
him the stranger learned the cause OF
his rescue.
The fruitless attempts TO light his Ia
per had covered his fingers with phos-
phorus from the matches. His gestic-
ulations had rubbed the phosphorus
over his clothes, and Id the dark pas
sage he glowed with unearthly light
The lady's maids nerves were upset,
and she Went into Mysteries. Having
explained these facts, the waiter showed
the guest to his room - philadelphia
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NOVEL BURIAL cASkETS.
An AudaciOus Innovation and an Enter
prising Agents Successful Canvass.

An AudaciOus Innovation and an Enter
prising Agents Successful Canvass.
During the past few weeks Washing
ton has been canvassed by the agent OF
one Of the most peculiar pieces Of fu-
neral paraphernalia ever invented. It is
q burglar and fireproof coffin, with SO
many strange adjuncts that q person
seeing it for the first time would throw
up his hands in holy horror at the au-
dacity Of the inventor and the admira-
BILE nerve of a manufacturer that will
place such an article on the market.
Despite the many CHASTITY features in
connection with these coffins and the al
most blasphemous talk of the enterpris-
ing agent, this city has proved to be
lucrative field for him to work, and now
O number of citizens are equipped with
the strangest burial appliance Of the dec
ade.s The description Of the coffin as
given by the agent is as follows:
Primarily the coffin is fire and bur-
glar proof. The case is made out Of boil
er iron hardened with old bone, spruce
bark and leather, which forms an en-
amel that cannot be penetrated by chisel
or drill. It is put together with angle
iron and flush rivets The locks are oil
on the inside, so constructed with hooks
and staples, with spring behind them,
that when q pin is drawn out from the
outside the bolts spring down and lock
automatically, and the coffin is then
locked so that it cannot be opened from
the outside. The only person who can
unlock and open the strange coffin Is the
person inside"
There are two grades of coffins-those
| for vaults and those to be inferred in
| graves. The coffin to be placed In a
vault is equipped with torpedoes that
can be exploded from the inside. Tho
theory Of this is that in case person is
buried alive he can throw back the
bolts, explode the torpedoes and warn
the sexton and thus escape The coffin
to be placed In a grave has attached a
strong spring and arm. In case the per-
son inside finds that he wishes to get
out all he has to do is to throw back
the spring, and this arm is thereby re-
leased and cuts its way to the top, ex-
ploding torpedo and warning the keep
er Of the graveyard.
These coffins are sold at so much per
pound, and the first purchaser does not
have to pay anything down. He simply
gives written guarantee to the manu-.
facturer that he will pay for the coffin
from his estate within Is days after
death, or, failing to do this, the manu-
facturer oan claim lis body to do what
he may wiah with ii
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Limitations of Fame.


1Iwent into the office of a Texas edi.
tor one day. /" says Mr. Fred Pelham,
the Lyceum bureau man, TO see about
some corrections in the proof Of q pro.
gramme ! was having printed there.
This name, says I. lis Bret Harte, moi
Bretelwaite AL right. answered the
editor. But the name came back Bret.
harte Again | undertook TO explain.
Bret Is the first name, and Harte is the
second, said I Surely yon have read
his books and know about Bret Harte,
the poet-author?' No, said the editor,
j never heard Of him before in all my
life, but then you cant expect the edi-
ton Of live daily in d busy town Go
have time TO keep track OF every little
jimcrow poet that bobsu upf &c Chicago
Record.
4)r. Prices Cream Baking powdes
Most Perfect Made.
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business and attention to it when in
hand; industry and the appearance of
industry ana good native sense, with {
aggressive and partisan temperament.
Fluency of speech, eloquence of diction
and genuine oratoricai talent arc use
full, but not essential. This partisan
and aggressive spirit, which is akin to
what Lord Bacon calls "boldness, " MIR.
Doyle considers particularly impor-
tant element Of success. Men hire
lawyers, as the expression is among the
people, to attend to their business and
to fight their battles right or r-wrong,
and the lawyer who goes into q case
thoroughly imbued with the clients
feelings, believing CIR making believe
that he Is certainly right and the other
party an unmitigated rascal, is sure to
please.
As TO the ethical side of the lew, Mr.
Doyle admits that much may be said
pro and con. One of the demoralizing
features of the profession In that "a
lawyer cannot choose his cases. He
is sometimes ON the wrong side, the
side Of falsehood and injustice, and
when on the wrong side there is al
most irresistible temptation to express
belief in the justice Of his cause, and
lawyers too often yield to it, thus CIV
ing some ground for the popular accu-
sation that lawyers lie for theirclients, =
After all. whether ''the law liz noble
and elevating profession" depends
upon the man. There lis nothing in the
nature Of his profession which .compels q
lawyer to be rascal 1t has its temp
tations, but 50 has every other business.
Many hard things have been said of
lawyers, but the account is nearly bal
anced by the complimentary things that
they have said of themselves and of
their profession. Sir Edward Coke
speaks Of ''the gladstone light Of juris-
prudence, = and lack Of self apprecia-
tion Is not in general one of the defects
Of the disciples of the law. They have,
however, the consolation OF knowing
that in spite of all the abuse to which
they have been subjected by satirical
writers and poets they are not onlymae-
full but essential members OF society.
and that those who abuse them most are
generally the very first to rush to the
lawyers TO avenge or protect them in
their hour Of need. Baltimore Sum.
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EXCURSIONS FOR SCHOOLS.
A Form Of Instruction Scarcely Yet KnOwI
In This Country.


Among the methods of instruction
scarcely yet known in our country. but
long established in Germany, is the
school excursion. Indeed, while to the
uninitiated this measure may be regard.
ed as no less than revolutionary, it is
nevertheless true that excursions from
two to three weeks in duration were un-
dertaken by Salzmann with the pupils
of his school at Schnepfenthal, in Thur
ingia, when Washington was president
Of the United States. Since the close of
the last century the school excursion, in
one form or another, has been growing
in popularity in Germany, and today
it forms regular feature of perhaps the
majority OF the elementary schools Of
that country
The school excursion offers the most
favorable opportunity for introducing
the child into many branches of knowl-
edge, for the reason that, by means of
outings, the pupil may be brought in
direct contact with various phases Of
nature and the works Of man. And in
deed the locality is exceptionally unfa-
vorable where an abundance of material
may not bc found for instructing the
child in geography, history and the
natural sciences
In Germany this broad study of the
environment is recognized as distinct
branch OF knowledge. known AS die
heimathskunde (homeology), and as
such is included in the curriculum of
the first three years of the elementary
schools. DR. j. III. Rice in Forum.
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We can you 1-3 your Clothing which in these
hard times is better than money. It is God-send,
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Evatiing the Carsi Tax.

The treasury department recently
ruled that packs of cards known as ''old
maid, authors" ahd similar games
which are played with cards other than
the regular pasteboards used in dupli-
cate whist, euchre and occasionally
seven up and poker are not subject to the
? cent duty. Accordingly some wise
manufacturer has issued AN ''old maid''
pack. It consists of euchre deck, with
the addition of card bearing the visage
or sour looking elderly female, snp-
posed 90 be the old maid. It merely
takes the place OF the joker and can be
used IN the game or not. as the players
please. Washinnton Star.
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Theta Orionis.

In the constellation Of Orion there is
star known as Theta Orionis, which,
when viewed through powerful tele-
scope, appears as q sextuple star, thus
presenting the magnificent panorama Of
seven stars revolving about each other.
IL is to be supposed that each OF these
suns is sncircled by planets. and these
again by moons.