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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15

The Southern Counties Wish to Form O
New State.

The Southern Counties Wish to Form o
New State.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Dec. 13.-Mem-
bers Of the boards Of supervisors of the
seven counties Of Southern California
are holding a congress here. Resolu-
tons have been introduced and it is
claimed will be adopted by the congress
urging a division of the state of Cali
fornia and the formation of the new
state of Southern California. The
rapid increase in population and
wealth and the diversity of climate
and productions of the soil between
Northern and Southern California
counties resulting in diversified inter
ests areurged in support of the move
ment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15
Recognized rs a Bad Man.

MANKATo, Mimi, Dec. l3.-One Of
the detectives in>the city, who doesn't
want his name divulged, recognizes the
nan now before the grand jury for
holding up five persons here some days
ago, as Dan O'Brien, a man badly
wanted in Minneapolis and st. Paul
for similar offenses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15
The Brightest Light.

The great searchlight made by the
General Electric company, and which
was exhibited at Chicago. afterward at
the Winter exposition San Francisco.
has found final home and resting place
ut Mount Lowe. California. Tt is esti-
mated the rays OF this wonderful light
AN be G at q distance OF 200 miles
when tks air 10 clear.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15
killed the Justice I'm Court,

PETERSBURG, Ind, Dec. 1a-R. M.
Capehart, Q Justice Of the peace at Vel
phon, Pike county, while trying a rail-
road man for some minor offense, was
Struck on the head by the prisoner and
killed almost instantly. Sheriff King.
man is i'm pursuit of the murderer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15
Tewna DeAeit.

81. LOUIS, Dec. IA special to The
Republic from Galveston, Tex, says:
John p. Mccall, state comptroller.
states that the amount of the states
deficit at the present time will approx
mate 800. 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15
Prlviiere Is North Dakota.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-Representar
tive Johnson introduced q bill granting
the state Of North Dakota the right TO
select D portion or school lands aban-
boned ON Fort Rice reservation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15

be destroyed by fire. 1t is a saw
ings bank which never breaks, and
t pays large interest to it's deposi-
tors. 1t has been truly said that
real estate is the basis of all
wealth, and he or she who possesses
it, be the quantity ever so small,
has something tangible on which
to rely in times of adversely, as it
elways has a fixed value, which
cannot be said of perishable prop
erty.
The owner of a piece of real es-
tate is the owner Of a
HON E,
or that out of which he or she can
make a home at pleasure, and the
time is not far distant when the
owner of a home will be independ-
emit indeed as we'll in this country
as it now is in foreign countries.
Every person expects to be the
owner Of a home sometime, but
he masses of the people let the
opportunity for securing a home
pass UNDECIDED, and soon prices and
terms of payment are beyond their
reach, and the consequence is they
live and die without a home, as
poor when they leave the world as
when they entered it, never having
acquired a portion Of the earth as
their own, when a little exercise of
good judgment at the opportune
time, and a small outlay, would
have secured to them a good home,
and the money which they spend
for rent during their lifetime
could be applied to the comforts
and enjoyment of life, or laid by
for a "rainy day"
They who arrive at the SHADY
side" of life
Il A HOME
are indeed to be pitied. Contrast
the condition of the person who
owns his own home with the one
who rents. Which will you select?
You can have either condition; it
remains for you to decide. The
Wisest and most prosperous people
in this country are purchasing all
the real estate their means will
admit of, and are advising their
friends to do likewise. A very
intelligent and wealthy old gen.
tleman who resides in Illinois, and
who has travelled extensively and
been very observing, wrote US a
few days ago, and in his letter he
said:
Real estate in your section of
country must very soc be in &C
tive demand at much advanced
prices, as all of the good, cheap
lands are gone, and your lands
must command prices equal to
those of thestates just east Of you,
and your cities, especially such
BUSINESS centers as Madison, must
grow rapidly and city lots advance
in value accordingly. L look upon
investments in real estate in your
locality as the best that can be
made at this time"
| Opinions coming from men of
this character are IF value and
should be needed.
Ii the possession Of a home were
not within your reach, how earnest
would be your wish that it wac,
and how great your anxiety to be
the happy p~ossessor of a piece of
his earth you could call your own.
While there is now a most favor
able opportunity for securing such
a home, do you know that this OPP
portunity will soon disappear, and
f you have not improved it by
purchasing, you will ever after re-
gret it. If you are a single person,
buy not Only for a future home,
but as an
INVESTMENT.
Every dollar deposited in a city
lot or a farm will be there for you
when needed for your own use, and
will earn many more dollars by
INCREASE IN VALUE.
The foundation of many a
fortune has been lain by
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15

want n ormore city lots nea the
college. Better secure them while
they can be had c. he
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.
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
pride, 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 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, will 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 r
many of this Glasgow a 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 hat
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 yom Home.
1t will surprise you when you
leok 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 q beautiful farm IN this county.
We own and control nearly all the
real estate which we handle, hence
can give exceptionally low prices
end easy terms of payment. Ii
you only have "a ew dollars to
spare now, come in or write us, and
we will fit you out with d good lot,
or more than one if you want, and
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you. IL you have only a few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want a
farm, come and see us, or write,.
and we feel positive we can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel
lent public schools, churches, CEau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
AIRY and social advantages, has a
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF HOMES;
and Lake county with her excel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-15

Housatonic is q corruption Of Wassa-
tunio. bright Stream Flowing Through
Rocks"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
a Cook Book Free.

"Table and Kitchen" is the title Of
q new cook book published by the
Price Baking Powder company, Chi
cago. Just at this time it will be sent
free If you write a postal mentioning
this paper. The book has been tried
by ourselves and is n Of the very
best Of its kind. Besides containing
over 400 receipts for all kinds OF pastry
and home cookery, there are many
hints for the table and kitchen, show
Ing how to set a table, how to enter
the dining room, ETC.; a hundred ana
one hints in every branch Of the culi-
gary art. Cookery of the very finest
snd richest as well IS Of the most
economical and home like, is provided
for. Remember Table and Kitchen
will be sent, postage prepaid, to any
lady sending her address mame, town
and state) plainly given. A copy N
German or Scandinavian will be sent
If desired. Postal card is as good as
letter. Address Price Baking PoWder
Co., Chicago, Ill.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
Telephoninga Thousand Miles,

Telephoning a Thousand Miles, -
Agreat feat in telephoning and ons
which marks very important progress
in this field was accomplished a few
days ago when the new line between
New York and Chicago was formally
opened. This is not only the longest
distance yet attempted but it is twice
as great as thatsof any other tele-
phone line in use. Some idea of the
magnitude OF the undertaking is had
from the fact that nearly a million
pounds of copper wire are used in the
line, and that the tariff is 50 for five
minutes conversation. which for say
20 hours q day represents an income
of over $4,000 day. 1t proved to
work very successfully, even a whisper
beingdistinctly audible. 1t may seem
strange to many that telephoning over
such long line is so scccessful while
that over the short city line is wretch
ed and unsatisfactory. This is due
largely to thefact that thebest known
apparatus is used and the greatest
possible care taken, while in the city
service cheap, old, antiquated appar-
atus is largely used, with q view to
making IA much money us possiblere
CARELESS of the service, a natural re-
suit of a monopoly OF a public neces-
sity.-The Electrical World.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
Liquid Gutta- Percha

This useful preparation is to be
found in the United States Pharma-
copeia, and is made thus: Gutta-
percha in thin slices, l o.; chloroform,
8 fl. o.; carbonate of lead, in fine
powder, l OF: Add the gutta-percha to
6 fl j. ;;1cf the chloroformi in astopper-
ed bottle and shake them together
frequently until the, solution hasbeen
affected. Then add the carbonate of
lead previously mixed. with the re-
mainder of the chloroform, and hav-
ing several times shaken the whole to-
gether, set the mixtule aside and let
it remain at rest until the insoluble
matter has subsidized. Lastly. decant
the clear liquid, and keep It in. we'll
fStoppered bottle.-" One part Of. this
solution in 10 by weight of chloro-
form produces an. excellent and con-
.venient preparation, for painting over
cuts or wounds. 1t readily acts as q
styHtic and protective to the wound,
and causes neither tension nor pain.
ii pure iodoform be added, about 10
percent, it further enhances the value
Of the styptic, and can be used in vet
Urinary surgery with marked success
for applying to cuts and abrasions, as
it arrests hemorrhage, forms q coat
ing over-th wound, and promotes q
healthy cicatrization.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
DASfIAW
This Little Wisconsin Town WHIP. I
Out and Lives Probably Lost,

.
Out and Lives Probably Lost.
Rice Lake, Wis, Sept. 3.-Terrible
forest fires are raging in this vicinity
and the tt VIII OF Bashaw, fifteen miles
north of here, has been entirely wiped
ut. Railroad bridges are partially
burned and telegraphic connections
are entirely cut out from the north.
The nooE passenger left here at 80
got as far us Basllaw. but had to re-
turn. picking up what people they
could find end bringing them to this
city, some of whom were nearly over
come with heat and smoke and would
have persisted had it not been for the
timely resEaRe,.
a partXtsNas sent out from here by a
special train, but only succeeded in
finding one man whom they found
halt crazed wandering around in search
Of his family, they having got separ-
ated while escaping from the flames.
1t is thought that some are burned to
death, as NJ trace can be found Of
them.
Bashaw was a town of about twenty
five people and probably a dozen build
inss. No definite reports can he OBJ
tanned as To whether any people are
burned or not. there being no telc-
graphic communications, but it is said
several are missing and are thought to
have persisted in the flames.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
Dnrbnric cus,om. Abolished.

The mel +. the German universities
arc actually dropping some Of their
Earbaric customs which they have prac-
ticed since the days Of Sir Tannianser
and his faithful Eckiardt. The clubs
Of the Leipzig university have decided
to abandon the ancient custom OF
morning beer drinking bouts. on he
ground that =. intcrferas with work.
This is certainly a most wise resolve.
A bee. bout at night is somewhat mud
ding if IL has capacious competition;
in the mornin: il must leave ones
brain feeling like Il mixture OF damp
sawlust and cold cigar ashes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
LABOR D.AY.
1t Is Generally Celebrated Through
out ~innenOt0

1t Is Generally Celebrated Through
out Minnesota.
st. Paul, Sept. 3.-This is Labor day
In Mil 1esota and it is being celebrated
IN the vorious cities throughout the
state. The programme as carried out
In st. PAM vas repeated in Minneap-
oils, Duluth and other cities.
All the railroads and most of the
wholesale. houses observed, and it is
safe to say that little work will be done
or lttl business transacted after. 1 y,
m Judging from appearances this
Labor. dag will be more extensively
observed and more deliberately cele.
DRAFTED than any in the past. Recent
labor troubles have impressed on EN-.
ploycrs I'LL over the country the neces-
sity OF dealing as considerably as DOS.
s!ble with those under them and more
especially of observing closely execu-
tive proclsm2tions and statute laws
them selves If they expect employees to
do the same or course, the federal.
state and municipal o21cers are ali
closed to-day, and thus a good e
ample. will be set. Organized labor is
going to set a good example on this oc-
casion by admitting to it's immense
parade such divisions Of u%norganized
labor as desire to participate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
The Chinese Almanac.

There are, it is claimed, more copies
of the Chinese Almanac printed annu-
ally than of any other work in the
world. The number issued is estimated
at several millions. This almanac. says
Invention is printed at Pekin, and is
the monopoly Of the emperor. Besides
forecasting the weather, it notes the
days that are reckoned lucky or un-
lucky for commencing any undertaking,
for applying remedies in diseases, for
marrying and for burying, though how
one could have faith in the almanac to
believe that the day Of burial could be
a lucky day, it is hard to understand,
unless one had money; then 1t might be
q lucky day for ones relatives!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
odd Receptacle fog Gold.

One of the most interesting curios in
the collection of valuables at the mint
is a queerly contrived bamboo tube
that once contained 4 small consign-
ment of gold from far-off Madagascar.
The gold was mined and smclted and
done up for shipment by natives" said
Registrar of Deposits ]. Robley Dun
gibson, a short time ago, and was the
brightest gold ever received at the
mint. They took a piece of bamboo
about six inches long and two inches
in diameter. and polished the outside
till it was as smooth as glass. They
then put a wooden cork in one end
and poured in the melted gold n
corked ND the other end. In this queer
receptacle the precious metal was safe
ly brough. all the way to America,
and finally found its way into the
mint."-PhiladelphiA Record.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
IL MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centerh.

latest 0uUtntAOu8 VEOH1 urst1Il uMB
Live stock Centcrx.
Chicago, Sept. 3.-Wheat-No. 2 low.
er; September, s. i-4c; December,
ST 5-Sc; May, 81 5-SaGl 3-4c. No. 2
corn lower; September, sic; October,
So 1.Sc; May. h:}c. No. 2 oats lower;
cash, 20 lie; September, 30 Lie; Octo-
ber, 80 lac; May, 81 LAC. Mess pork
higher; September, $13.3j; January.
$685.. Lard higher; September, $S.45;
October, $S.371 IL; May, $7.97 1-2c.
Short ribs steady: September, $7.72 -;
Jar uary, Sis. Rye easy; No. 2,
46 1-2c. Barley steady; No. ., STA
SO 1-Sc. Flax seed quiet; No. 1, SIPS;
prime timothy seed, $500, firm.
Minneapolis, Sept. 3.-Srptember
opening. - 7-Sc; highest, i3l-sc; low
est, 81 BIC; close, 80 CSC; December
oper.ing. 543St highest, "a; 5-Sa54 3-4c;
lowest, sic: close, 81 1-Sa54 lac; May
opening, 80 1.Sc; highest, SO 1-Sc; low
est, IS 5-Sc; close, IS 5-Sc. On track
Old, No. l hard, 81 3-4c; No. 1 North
crn, 563-4c; No. . Northern, 55c; new,
No. ! hard, 55c; No. 2 Northern, 53c.
st. Paul, Sept. 3~.-~Receipts, 400 hogs.
Hogs-5a1Oc higher, yards clear early
to packers Cattlc-Primc steers, S3.2J
to $40; good steers, 1915 to $3.25;
prime cows, $2.25 to $500; good cows.
81 to 1925: common to fair cows, 75c
to $1.75; light veal calves, So to 81;
heavy calves. $1.50 to $3.50; bulls,
$1.25 to $1.75.
Chicago, Sept. 1.-Hogs-Market &c
tive and firm, with prices 5a10c higher;
sales ranged at $5.45a5.65 for light.
$%5.3Oa5.60 for rough packing, $5.4Oa
G.15 for mixed, $5.G5aG.2O for heavy
packing and shipping lots.
enthusiastically market slow and
prices weak.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
CUNNING OF THE COYOTE.
Not Afraid to he Near II Man Whom
He Knows to be Cnnrmetl.

He KNOWS to be Vnnrned.
The barking habit Of Inc coyote is
very doglike, and his old name Of bark
ing wolf is very appropriate. When
collecting mammals in Wyoming, says
Il writer in st. Nicholas. it was a very
common thing for us to hear the coy
otes around our camp set up a great
barking in chorus at the first sign OF
daybreak, just when the ROSTERS be-
| gin to crow on the farm. 1t is a wild
and uncultivated bark, ending in a fall
| setto howl, and resembles the cry OF
the jackal of India more nearly than
any other sound I ever heard. But
Sir Coyote is cute. He knows exactly
the distance that constitutes fair rifle
range, and he knows just as well
whether the stranger is armed as does
the stranger himself. When hunting
in the Shoshone Mountains in 1889, l
wanted to kill n coyote for a special
purpose, but never once succeeded In
| getting a fair shot. even at 200 yards.
For ten days we banged away indus
triously at every n We saw, but new
er touched a hair. Finally, at Corbett's
range 1 left the expedition and started
north by stage, leaving behind me RI
fc, revolver, knife, and even
scissors. Just two hours after
I had said good-hy to my
shooting irons and taken the blackboard
STAGE" we saw a coyote ahead Of us,
close t the trail. Seeing us coming he
| selected a soft spot, sat down within
thirty rods of the trail and waited for
us. We drove up, stopped as we got
opposite him, and still he did not run:
That villain sat there coolly without
moving n muscle, but with a leer that
plainly said: Now. don't you wish you
had your old gun:" When We got
through making faces at him and wish
ing for a gun or a revolver or even a
common stone to fire at him, We drove
on, and then he got up and went hunt
ing for jack rabbit. To this day 1
have been puzzling over the question:
"How did that rascal find out so quick
ly that both the driver and I were to-
tally unarmed!" That he did know it
perfectly well I have no doubt what
ever, for no coyote cver waited like
that for a man with q gun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
A e FIELD.
An English Woman Who Tells
Ghost Stories PROFESSIONALLY.


Telling ghost stories for a living Is
what one young English is do.
ing.
Her family mt with r~cvcrses-it Is
the usual story. What could she do to
earn an honest penny?
II can not teach. | can not paint, l
can not write, nor will l dig. or beg. or
steal. What can ] do-what shall l
dog was the question she put to Il
friend whose sympathy she did not
| doubt, although she did her ability to
give her any practical reply.
After Il moment or two Of hard think
ing the friend said
There is one thing, at least, that YOU
! can do and do wcll-you can tell ghost
Stories"
Acting upon this suggestion she soon
after joined the ranks of young women
who support themselves and hccainc Il
ghost story teller. and a great success
she has made of the profession, il such
it can be called.
An American lady who formed n
of q house party ut an English country
place last winter speaks cnthusiasti:al y
Of the success Of the undertaking, and
says that a very pleasant two hours
were those which the party spent in
listening to the thrilling and blood-curd-
ling stories told by the young girl. who
was bright, pretty and well dressed.
She was treated as a guest, and sup
posed by the greater number Of the
party to be one, and to have very
obligingly consented to tell tales for the
amusement of her companions. The
check which she received from the hos
tess was for Il goodly amount-about
what a singer or musician would re-
caive.
Whether telling ghost stories for a
livelihood would meet with any sue
cess in this country is a question. Since
house parties are becoming so much the
fashion among the smart set in Amer
lea. possibly the services Of q young
lady who had a knack this way might
be turned to advantage. A rainy after
noon is the time when everything drags.
There is no tennis, no golf, no riding,
no driving, one can't read all the time,
and music and dancing are for the
evening; story telling, then, comes in
very acceptably. In England al
ways counts upon a certain number Of
rainy days every week, for a ummer
there consists of three fine days and a
thunder storm."-New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-09-08
Fire I'm ~MinneaDoli..

MINI earolis, Sept. 3.-Fire gave the
southern portion Of the city a lively
scorching about 4 o'clock yesterday
Afternoon and wrought quick havoc to
the amount of nearly $4,000, demolish-
ing four buildings at the corner of Lake
street and third avenue south, running
q fifth and destroying a barn at the
cOrner of Twcnty-nith street and
Third avenue. The. fire originated in
q barn directly In real Of w. NJ. De
wees feed store at 217.10 Lake street.