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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

Huron dispatch, 27: A state camp OF
the Modern Woodmen OF America was
organized here today and elected E. I.
Taubman, of Aberdeen, consul and q.
q. Lasalle, Of Clark, secretary. Inc
rext meeting will be held in Yankton.
Delegates to the national campof Wood.
men are Frank Hyde, OF Sioux Falls; Ed.
Mcdonald. OF Deadwood; ]. w. Wright,
OF Clark; and John Pussey, OF Miller.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
CAPITAL rseeded rhere.

Consular advices received ut the de
partment OF state warn Americans
against emigrating TO Mexico with a
view to permanent settlement with in.
sufficient means or without Informing
themselves in q reliable way as ID
the prospects for earning livelihoods.
While there are undoubtedly good OPP
portunities in Mexico for enterprise,
frugality and thrift, it Ii, like other
countries, a land of varying conditions.
and ii often happens that disappoint.
ment is the result OF emigration under
taken upon insufficient or misleading
information or without which
are always necessary to success in Q new
country.
Many Americans have been induced
by alluring statements as to the cheap
ness of coffee raising. etc, to emigrate
to Mexico within the past year, and
some have lost their all by so doing.
For these reasons consnls desire to eau
tion Americans against the representa-
tions Of spectators. who are always ON
the watch for the unwary .-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

MEMPHIS, Tenn, DC. 29.-The
woman's council of the Nineteenth
Century club. embracing a member.
ship Of 1000 women of this city. passed
a resolution to boycott Congressman
w. P. @. Breckenridge when he APP
pears here to lecture hex week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
REBELS DEFEATED.

Japanese and Tonghaks Baggage I'm q FOuE
Hours' Battle.
LONDON, Dec. ga dispatch to The
Times from Shanghai says that the
Japanese. after four hours fighting ON
Dec. 3D. with . force.of 5000 Tonghaks,
suppressed the rebellion at Lai-Juvin.
the province Of Haido. where the rebels
had deposed the governor and installed
one OF their number in his place. The
Japanese have also dispersed the Tong
haks who defeated the Korean Rarri-
son at Chuilado.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
Ouoe Had . stronr pu,I.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 29.-Simeon Coy,
the most picturesque. political charac-
ter in the history of Indiana, is dead.
Coy was sentenced to the penitentiary
in 1889 for being the chief figure i'm the
famous tallysheet forgeries in this city.
President Harrison RENTED q $500
fine. Coy was d years old and died
poor, but at n time could command
any sum by his strong political pull.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

I 10, U WKss5 y, "a =, FesuItlnB chanheI.
mission mean well. They ARE willing
that the river shall be made navigable
for big boats at all times Of the year
when 1t is ID frozen mp IL only the
work be done their way. But as
they do not understand the river | fear
they will never be able to brig IL to
their way OF thinking. Bnt IL they
would put the work In the hands Of
some d who does know the river,
some one who could and wonld hnmor
it and coax, IL to help In naking the
channel wider and deeper itself. I be-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

Sixty-six officers and privates stand on
the roll OF honor, as having passed writ
ten examinations, Private j. g. Morri.
son, OF Webster standing the highest,
100 points, and Corporal Ernest Lacey,
of Sioux Falls, second, 80 points.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
Insane over the Income Tax.

-AITKIN. Mimi, Dec. 20. Edward
Phillips has been committed to the in.
sane asylum al Fergus Falls. He APP
parently lost his reason over the in-
come tax, He is thought to have re-
latives at Eau Claire. WI.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
Tllls IsoycOtt IIiegal.

TRENTON. N. j.. Dec. 29.-Vice Cham
cellor Green IA decided the boycott Of
the Newark labor organizations against
the Newark Times for using plate mat
ter to be Illegal and has issued an in
junction against the organizations COM
planned of restraining them from
distributing circulars advocating q
boycott. 4
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

A young woman who left her nome at
Lennon, $. D., with q minstrel troupe
five years ago was found the other
day ~ Pana, I'LL, an outcast and victim
Of the contents OF q small vial. NE old
old story.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
five Buildings Burned.

BUFFALO. Dec. 29-Fiye 3-story
buildings ON Broadway and Fillmore
avenue were burned to the ground at o
p. N. They were occupied by 10 firms.
whose aggregate loss will reach $780,
600.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

Inspector General Jeffries OF the South
Dakota National Guard has prepared
his annual report TO be submitted ID the
adjutant general. and 1t shows q total
membership Of 750. officers and men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
RIVER NAVIGATION.
THE MISSISSIPPI Commission AND
THE GREAT WORK IT is DOING.

The Dredging Plan, the Dixie Plan and
the Barge PIan-This last h Captain
Hzasonss-His Criticisms 81 h Commis.
sion and Its Work.
1t was Captain Mason who was talk.
ing, and 10 he talked he would ocoa-
sionally look through the window OF
his office upon the almost deserted sur
face Of the Mississippi. almost as IL he
thought the stream knew he was talk
ing about Ii.
Captain Mason. lie should be under
stood, is an official Of one of the very
few river transportation companies left,
with headquarters at st. Louis. Not to
know him in st. Louis Is to be yourself
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29
THE DAILY LEADER
SATURDAY. DEC. %. 1894.
TERMs oP -suBscRrrrIoN.
To AnvRRT1sRRs.

THE DAILY LKADER makes . special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
and resources of the city of Madison and OF the
etate at large emitting IL 70 the patronage OF adj
~verttsers of every class.
J.. r. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-29

fankton has raised its .blind pig" line
from 30 TO 800 per month. The ordi.
nance passed BY one majority.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Dining on Tablets.

Wonderful things are going to be done
by the development of synthetic chem
istry between now and the year 1000, if
Prof. Bertheiot, the French savant is to
be believed. The food and drink-produc-
ing animals and vegetables will not be
encouraged to exist for human life, but
food and drink will be manufactured di-
rect and to order by man himself. and
served in highly concentrated tablets, vest
pocket size. A person may then carry
about him two or three table d'hote dim
ners complete, from Blue Point oysters
or Little Neck CLAIMS to crackers, cheese
and coffee and tobacco, and with all his
wine and cognac included. This change
will be brought about, it is said, by the
remarkable progress being made in COM
pounding food and drink from their CON
stituent elements, carbon, hydrogen and
nitrogen. 1t has advanced so far already
that the preparation of beefsteak from
its elements is assured, and nicotine, the
essential principle of tobacco, has been
produced from coal tar.
Life indeed would not be worth the liv
ing should the professor have his way.
The ready-made tablets of food and drink
would be horribly alike to the eye, the
taste and the understanding; eating and
drinking would be purely mechanical;
good fellowship and wit and imaginat ton
would depart, and existence would be
utterly material and dull.-Boston Globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Getting "a Name Right.

When Lord Randolph Churchill was
last in America he visited the city of
Philadelphia and while there set about
collecting statistics relating to the state
prisons of Pennsylvania. He was re-
ferred to the head of the state prison
board, gentleman rejoicing in the some
what singular name of CadWallader Bid
die Before calling upon Mr.. Biddle
however, Lord Randolph fell into the
hands of some wags Of the Union League
club.
You've got the name wrong" said one
of these merry testers. It's not Cad
wallader Biddle, but Bidcallader Wad
de
Don't mind what he says. Lord Ran
dolph,' exclaimed another; the real
name is Wadbillader Caddle.'
A third member took the ex-chancelloI
of the exchequer and impaired to him il
confidence that he was being gulled on al
sides.
What, then, is the actual name of the
prison board chief?' anxieusly asked the
noble lord
The actual name confided his false
friend, lis Widbollader Diddle."
And when Lord Randolph drove to the
prisons board that evening he was so up
set that he stammered. will you take
this card into Mr.. Bid-cad-wid-wad-di
dollader.-Westmins Gazette.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
lis excellence is due to its presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 10 the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; ettectually cleansing the system,
dNpclIing colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
net with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
heys. Liver and Bowels without weak
enmg them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
sl>tS IN soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
oot2ttured by the California Fig Syrup
90. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
ana being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
A Fingerless Family.

In a Lincolnshire village in England
lives a family who suffer under the curl
Gus deformity of being fngerless. This
popularity does not seem to be one of
those freaks of nature which may appear
in one individual and not be transmitted
to the next generation. From what can
be learned. the singularity has existed in
this family so far rs history or tradition
extends. and there seems at present no
signs of It's dying out. as the grandchil-
dren are as devoid of fingers as their
grandsire. The hands Of this remarkab bic
family present the appearance of having
had the fingers amputated, or chopped
off roughly and unevenly below the sec
ond joint, leaving Il short stump. There
is no nail or hard substance, and We're
it not for the absence of anything like
q cicatrice the casual observer would con
clude that the defect was due to an acct
dent: but. as though nature had attempt
ed to compensate for the absence of fin
gers. the thumbs are abnormally large
and strong The family are in other
respects fully endowed by nature, and do
not appear to suffer the disadvantages
the absence of fingers might be expected
to entail. One Of the daughters. aged
20. can write, sew, knit. and is III every
way as deXterous and accomplished as
other girls of her age and Station.-Phila-
delDnia Press
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Perfume Their Carriers.

Perfumed carriers are among the lux
urious devices by which the aesthetic girl
shows she is more daintily clad than most
folks. Possibly she has several pairs, be-
ing careful to wear yellow ones with
black hosiery and black ones with tan.
These carriers are made from watered rib
bon about an inch and a half wide and
solid silver buckles, if just the garter is
linked or both buckles and stocking clasps
if supporter is preferred The ribbon
is doubled over a layer of cotton and
sachet powder. and the wearer, if very
fastidious, may have her name engraved
on the silver buckles, SO if she should
lose it there may be some chance of its
return. Bridal carriers must be made of
white frilled elastics with silver or even
jeweled buckles and knots of real lace.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
HAD A RAT IN HER TRUNK.

Cause for the Strange Actions of Circus
Elephant.
The reason for the strange actions of
jess the circus elephant which went on
a rampage at San Francisco, and after
breaking her fastenings and nearly wreck
ing the circus, roamed through the streets
Of that city, has been discovered.
Jess has always been perfectly docile
and could be handled by any Of the cir
Gus people. While she was being pursued
through the streets by her keepers they
noticed that the animal acted as if fren-
zied by fright. Finally when she allowed
them to come near one of the keepers
noticed something protruding from the
end of her trunk. He pulled it out and
found that it was live rat.
The elephant had been lying on the
ground asleep with her trunk stretched in
front of her, and it is supposed the rat
ran up her trunk. The elephant contract
ed the muscles of her trunk and held the
rodent fast. When the rat had been re-
moved the elephant gave signs of great
satisfaction, and made no more resist
ance to being led back to the circus tent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
pole on w hist"

One of the most versatile men of the
century is William Pole. who is about to
publish Il new volume on The Eyolu-
ton of Whist" Born even before Water
loo he has been by turns Il university
professor. consulting engineer, an eX-
aminer in music, an organist and de
lightful player of whist. Just half Il cent
ury ago he published treatise on the
steam engine. which had the effect of
making him professor of civil engineering
at Bombay. On returning to London, he
settled down into a steady practice, but
the desire to impart his knowledge to
others became too strong, and for eight
wears he lectured on his favorlte theme at
Cover street. He has served either as
a private member or as the secretary of
many royal commissions. including those
on iron armor. Whtworth guns, railways,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER.

The Orgies and lamentations Practiced
by yoodoo Devotees in the South.
"A notorious character named Annie
Gould was arrested in New Orleans the
other day and fined for keeping a disor-
derby house. She was a voodoo woman
and the developments connected with
her arrest showed to what degree the
lower classes of the South are governed
by superstition. The woman was mu-
latto and had cabin on Monroe street
near Royal. The orgies conducted in this
place annoyed the respectable neighbors
and upon their complaint the place was
raided. The police found a regular abode
of voodoo worship, if it can be called
such, and seized all the horrible objects
used in the rites A human skull, COW
cred with tinfoil, was on an altar in one
corner and it was surrounded with hui
man bones, snakes, toadS and other rep
tiles and several dogs skulls. There
were numerous candles on the altar. All
these things had some particular part in
the ceremony the woman performed when
she was employed to put q curse on some
body, and hundreds of letters were found
from people who wanted their especial
enemies pursued by evil. 1t was shown
at the trial that the curse was estab-
lished by putting the name of the person
under ban on a slip of paper and placing
it under jar full of snakes and frogs.
L lie NOOuOO NOllIdll anu ueI
danced around this. mumbling incanta-
tons, and at their conclusion the person
selected for victim was believed to
be doomed to misfortune and misery.
The Gould woman was feared by num-
bers of people whose intelligence should
have made them know better, and many
of the lower classes were absolutely gov
erned by her. There are many more of
her class in New Orleans, as well as in
other cities of the South. Some Of them
profess to be able to place a charm upon
person that will preserve the individual
from detection if he should commit a
crime. This species of voodooism is re-
sponsible for a large amount of petty
thieving, as we'll as more serious crimes,
committed by the ignorant young negroes
of the South. The colored boy is a natur-
al coward, but when he thinks he is
charmed against being found out and
sent to the calaboose he becomes the
most daring and courageous criminal. II
they are caught they will believe in 80
cases out of 100 that they did something
to keep the charm from working, and
will never for an instant question the
efficacy of the voodoo, providing the in
structions are carried out."-W ashington
Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
An Ample Fund of Pleasure and
Health

May BE- derived from an ocean voyage and
foreign travel. But before one gets ones
''sea legs on, as the sailor says, the abom-
Unable qualmS, begotten Of sea sickness,
have usually to be gotten over. Delicate
people suffer- of course, more than the TO-
bust from this ailment, but few sea travel
ers escape it. Against the frghtful nausea
it produces. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
is a reliable defense. and is so esteemed by
tourists, commercial travellers, yachtsmen
and mariners. An ailment akin to sea sick
ness often affiicts land travellers with weak
stomachs. This is often brought on by the
Earring of a railroad train. Disquietude in
the gastric region from this cause is always
remedied by the Bitters. which also pre-
vents and cures chils and fever, rheuma-
tism, nervous and kidney trouble conStipa-
ton and biliOuSneSS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
New Thing in Thermometers.

Herr Wende. mandatory proprietor
at Driesen in Germany. has conceived
the ingenious idea, which is being carried
out in a Bohemian glass manufactory. of
a proof glass. inside of which is an index
column and into which quicksilver is to
be poured. By this means people will be
able TO read the temperature of the fluids
they consume The originator of this
ingenious receptacle has taken out pat
ent for his new design in glass measures.
London Daily News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
j. Potts Generous Gift.

George NJ. Pullman's great diversion
is game of poker. He loves poker.
and so deep was he in the game-so
deeply interested. of course-that Sun
day morning came before anybody knew
it and caught them in the middle of a
jack pot.
Look here" said some one at the TIA
BILE, this is setting, a mighty bad exam
pie to the servants"
IN tell you what answered Pull
man Wen play out TINS pot ana lh,n mho
When it came to show down Pull
man Won Next morning he sent the
money, some $500 or $500, to his pastor
in a note that begged the reverend gen
tleman to apply the money to the
church's needs. and was signed j. Pott.
From the pulpit that day the minister in
formed his congregation Of the generos
ity of J. Pott, whom he much regretted
to say, he did not know.-Pittsburg DIS
patch
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
SHIFTING A SCENE.

The scene was slowly parted,
And to the folks disclosed
Miss Fannie Flossie Footlights
AS Venus finely posed.
Encouraged by the stiffness
And darkness of the house.
Across the stage there scuttled
A wild, ferocious mouse
A start, a scream of terror,
And huddled on a chair
Stood Venus - wildly grabbing
For skirts which were not there,
Indianapolis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
white oaks 1900 Years old.

Maj. Jed Hotchkss of Staunton. Va.
who was one of the judges At the World $
fair. has been preparing report on the
forestry exhibit, from which the following
interesting fact is learned: In the year
1877 a patent for 10000 acres of land in
the forests of Virginia was surveyed. and
the usual mark. probably by big knife.
was blazed on the trees. Maj. Hotchkiss
has found five corner trees thus blazed.
and has cut out blocks showing the mark
made at the time of the survey, and also
showing the rings # growth from the
point of the original mark. which rings
correspond in number with the 1O1 years
which have passed since the patent was
surveyed. The average growth in white
oak is only about four one-hundredths of
an inch year. The marks are as sharply
defined as the line where two different
kinds of wood are Joined, and yet the out
side of the tree scarce shows the trace of
the mark. In that region there are trees
that range in diameter from Is inches up
to IL feet. and it is probable from these
facts, as revealed by these sections of
wood and from careful observations by
DR.. Hopkins of the West Virginia expert
ment station, that some of these trees are
over 1900 years of age.-Chicago Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
A Curious Dictionary.

julius Stroh, the Detroit brewer, is the
owner of curiosity in the shape of an
English dictionary containing correct eX-
plantations and pronunciations of 5000
words in a ''booklet" 1 inch long, Il of
an inch wide and ZIG Of an inch thick.
1t is enclosed in a gold casing, which he
wears as watch charm, the slide of
which contains magnifying glass, by
means of which the print can be read
easily. Mr. Stroh says that this cute lit
tie work was especially designed for the
use of Emperor William II. of Germany.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
DiSOrGpr-

That is the state of your stomach. Yor
know it, you feel it. you show it. The
remedy you need is Ripans Tabules Safe
sure and effective.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Low Street Car Fares.

An electric street car war in Savannah
has driven fares down to the lowest
possible figures. On short trips the fare
is l cent and on long trips ) cents, and
the president of one of the companies
threatens to make all the fares | cent.
He says that his company has actually
taken in more money during the last two
months than during the same months last
year.-Boston True Flag
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Brands Famous Stoves.

BRANDS COOK STOVES and PAR
LOR STOVES. If not kept by any
dealer in your locality send your order
to the BRAND STOVE COMPANY,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
A Great Sealing Catch.

toria. 3. c., from Behring sea with a
cargo of 5000 skins, making a total Of
1900. the result of forty days at sea.
This is the greatest catch ever made by
Dela ric SealerS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Brands Famous Stoves.

Be wise and buy Brands stoves and
help to employ our workmen at home.
Such policy, if followed by all, would
make an end to dull times in Wisconsin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
Europe in War.

In time of war France puts $40 out of
every 1000 of her population IN the field:
Germany, $40; Russia, 21o
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18
An Increasing Crop.

It is estimated that Florida's crop of
pineapples this year will aggregate $4,000
crates. or fully 2.3OO.OOO pineapples.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18

Cop meant any prominence of land,
and hence came the Cops. Copes, Copleys,
Copelands, Cobbs, Cobhams, Cobwills,
Cobdens and Cobleys
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18

SEND your full name and address to
Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co. Philada., Pa,
by return mail, and get free of all cost,
a coupon worth several dollars, if used by
you to it's full advantage Don't delay.
This is worthy attention. **
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-10-18

A SUPERB GIRL; surprisingly love-
ly: skin fair as lily; cheeks like roses,
and why? 1t is because she uses
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP.