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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
WAsHINGToN's BIRTHPLACE.

The Government Improving and Making
Accessible n Historical Spot.
A contract has been awarded for the
erection of a $40, 900 wharf on the Poto-
mac river, near Wakefield, Westmore-
land county, Va, General George Wash
ington's birthplace, and the steamer Sue
will probably make it n landing place.
The house in which Washington was
born was destroyed by fire during his
boyhood, but in 1915 a stone with a suit
able inscription was placed ON the spot
by George Washington Parke Gusts. II
was while living at Wakefield that Wash
ington attended the neighboring schools,
where instruction did not go further
than reading, writing and spelling, with
the addition, which must have been
somewhat exceptional, OF bookkeeping
and surveying.
In after years, while Washington was
surveying the vast estates OF Lord Fair
fax, the birthplace was burned, and the
family moved on the Rappahannock riv-
en-, near fredericksburg. The new wharf
will be built by the government as a
means of access to the ruins Of the burned
house, and congress is to mark the place
with o monument. A steamboat land
ing will make the historical spot, now
somewhat difficult to reach. of easy ac-
ceas for tourist&-Baltimor American.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
4 DUEL IN EARNEST.
nc Took Place Recen.'y In Austria, and u
Doctor Defeated y sword Master.

nc Took Place Recci.'y In Austria, and .
Doctor Defeated y sword Master.
Duels in Austria are more interesting
than French affairs, for sometimes they
have blood in them. A particularly
dramatic encounter Is just reported
from Vienna, where a well known ply
stefan, insulted by an officer, insisted
ON satisfaction, in spite of the fact that
his antagonist was a professor in a mil
itary fencing academy. The doctor was
80 certain of victory that he made an
appointment with guests for an hour
Subsequent to the combat. The weap-
ons were sharpened sabers. There We're
three rounds, in each of which the
officer received a cut, the last Sitting
his cheek and depiiving him of two
teeth. The docto. was unhurt.
The ~regimental physician declared,
although the duel was over, that none
of the wounds was sufficiently serious.
To end the dispute the principals agreed
to meet again in the afternoon with
| pistols. Meanwhile the physician met
his friends and travelled to Vienna, in
tending to return after the dinner. He
was scarcely seated in the railroad car
| riage before the conductor, slamming
the door, crushed the thumb of his
right hand. Upon his arrival at VII
emma an operation was performed by a
professor in the university, who order
ed him to carry his hand in a sling.
Although his pistol hand was useless.
the doctor was punctually on the
ground at the hour fixed. The signal
being given, the military professor
raised his pistol and fred carefully.
The ball grazed the doctors neck, and
at first it was believed to have struck
him, but he stood in his place un-
moved.
Then, lifting his pistol in his left
hand, he fired. The officer fell heav-
lily to the ground. Rushing to his an
tagonist, the doctor asked: Are you
much hurt? What do You feel?" He
received no reply. His adversary,
struck in th4 chest, lay unconscious.
He Is not expected TO cover The
physician returned to Vienna, where
ON the same evening he had to undergo
a second painful operation London
Cable.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
A BRAVE WOMAN.
How She Rescued der Husband From the
Vengeance OF n Puma.

How She Rescued fIcr Husband From the
Vengeance OF n Puma.
Jabez English, . sheep herder OF this
neighborhood. was engaged In building
q cabin home, his former one having
been destroyed by fire a week or two
ago, and was busily at work OF its roof
when he saw an animal steal out of the
woods hard by and fling itself upon the
pail containing his dinner of cold boiled
bacon and bread. -
He recognized this animal as a puma,
or mountain lion, but thinking he might
brighten it away threw his plane Mt it.
The tool struck the animal ON the head,
cutting 1t badly and rendering the crea-
ture furious. Ii rushed at the structure
on the peak Of which the herder sat and
tried to leap up to him. But this was
not to be done. and after several at
tempts the lion abandoned it and pro-
ceeded to patrol the spot. growing furi-
ously and showing its teeth.
The man, having no weapon and being
out of reach Of any one to whom he might
call, could only sit still and wait for the
puma to become tired of the watch or
for deliverance. Night at last came on,
and still he did not dare venture to quit
his perch, though it was SO cold that he
feared that he would freeze before morn
ing. In the meantime his wife, who was
in Santa Anna, a little mountain hamlet
of the valley, grew uneasy about him,
and with a lantern started to look for
him. 1t was too dark for English to see
her, but the lion did, and made for her
with q scream of rage.
As the great beast came leaping ut her
ont of the darkness she dashed the Ian
tern full in its face. The puma, startled,
gave way, and English, guessing who the
newcomer was, shouted to her to run
back to the village. She turned to do SO.
but the puma was after her. and she was
obliged to wheel about every few feet
and shake the lantern in its face again.
The animal would recoil at this, and each
time gave her q few moments to run ON.
In this way she made her way to Santa
Anna, screaming as she neared it, "A
lion! q lion!' until some of the men OF
the village, hearing her, armed them
selves and came out in time to see the
lion break away to run back. They pur-
sued him and killed him and then went
on for the half frozen herder. His wife,
a bright eyed, chatty little Mexican WON
an, claimed the skin of the puma, saying
that it was rightly hers, as she alone had
brought the hon into the village, and il
was presented to her for the new home
in the valley.-Tombstone "a. T.)Special.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
THE BASIN or TENNESSEE.

oh. the glorious Middle Basin,
The rose In natures WREATH
With her purpling sky and her hills on high
And her blue grass underneath.
Tis here our fathers built their homes,
IT'S here their sons are free.
For the fairest land
From Gods own hand
Is the Basin of Tennessee.
Oh, the fertile Middle Basin!
Proud Egypt's t~hrashing floor
Held not in the chain of her golden grain
Such fields as lie at our door.
Our daughters grow like olive plants.
Our sons like the young oak tree,
For the richest land
From Gods own hand
Is the Basin Of Tennessee.
Oh, the joyous Middle Basin,
Land of the hooking birdi
Where the flying feet of cur horses feet
In front of the race are heard.
They get their gameness from our soil.
Their spirits win ever be,
For the merriest land
From Gods own hand
Is the Basin of Tennessee.
Oh, the loyal Middle Basin,
So quick for fife and drum!
She stood In the breach on the Crescen,
beach
When the hated foe had come.
Her Jackson made our nation safe,
Her Polk an empire free,
For the truest land
From Gods own hand
Is the Basin of Tennessee.
Oh, the glorious Middle Basin! !"
Can we be false to thee2 q
Sweet land where the earth and the SIX
CAV birth
To the spirit o. liberty!
No, not while our maids have virtue. b.
Not while our sons are free,
For the fairest and
From Gods own hand
Ii the Basin of Tennessee.
-Maury Democrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

A dispatch says a curious phenomenon
was seen in the heavens by citizens OF
Wilmington, N. c., from $50 to 7 o'clock
the other morning. 1t made a grand
sight, but no one seems able to deter.
mine just what it was. Some describe
it as a meteor and others as a comet.
One eyewitness says it had the appear.
nee of a large star with q tail, which
to the naked eye seemed about 100 yards
long. The end of it finally burst, leav
ing a trail of fire Of many beautiful.
colors.
A colered astronomer says he saw tn,
letters "W. w. W." distinctly outlined
while another AYERS that the word '.Pre
pare was there as plain as day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Sheriff Stout, of Parker has received
a telegram from Inspector Mclaughlin
of New York City, stating that he has
under arrest Nels Madsen Nielsen, the
man who was suspected Of nearly
numbering the old farmer, @. p. Aderson
southwest of Hurley for his money. The
telegram states Nelson acknowledges
the murder and S460 of money was found
on him. Sheriff Stout has started with
requ,sition papers to bring back the
criminal to South Dakota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Relief for the unemployed in Sioux
Falls has been decided upon by the city
council in a c~ommendable way. A
quarry will be opened up on one oil the
streets in the residence portion of the
Q ty and the men employed three days
in the week to get out stone and build a
$4,000 engine house, the men receiving
orders on merchants for their nay. The
merchants will present their accum-
ulated orders at the end of the month to
the city council and receive a warrant
for the full amount. The sewerage sys-
tenn of the city will probably be COM
menced under the same plan.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Prof. j. III. Shepard, chemist at the
experimental station at the agricultural
college at Brookings, will o o call a con
ference of thirty to forty OF the represen
tative men OF the state to discuss the
beet sugar question. II expect the
chairman of the United Sugar Syndi.
cate oil New York here soon" says the
professor, ITO upon the ~practicability OF
erecting beet sugar factories in this
state" and sowing to the many and far
reaching interest involved / have deter
mined to call a conference" Prof. Shep
ard has not decided upon the place OF
meeting. but he says he desires to select
some central point.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

4 very serious labor wal has been in
~aueurated against the South Dakota
Mining company, which is the successor
to the Black Hills company IN which our
Madison friends were and are now inter
ested. This Q company has conf
menced extensive operations III mining
and especially in digging an immense
ditch or water fiume. They have en-
ployed all classes Of men at fairly good
wages and large numbers OF idle men
have found employment. The wages,
however are not up to the union scale
and the union men there have made
formal demands for an increase OF the
scale. This the company refuses to do,
claiming 1T has a right TO hire men fol
what it can get them. The other day
300 union men armed with WinchesterE
marched to the scene OF operations or
Anna Creek and demanded a raise il
wages to the union scale. This denied
they undertook to drive thu l30 .scabs'
employed there from the work. Th,
officers retired to a cabin and at tn
point OF revolvers and with the sheriff
and a heavily armed posse of deputie
kept the union men all bay and pre-
vented a collision between the unio
men and the scabs. As til
tronble has been brewing and work
ing up bad feeling for some time, seriou
consequences are anticipated from it !
the Black Hills. The citizens general
and the newspapers side with the en-
ployers and the union men have inst
tuted boycotts against several firms an
threatened violence to enforce their d
mands. \
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Death Among the Dukes.

Including the Duke of Leinster, whose
death was recently announced, eleven
dukes have passed away within the last
three years-the Dukes of Buckingham,
Cleveland, Devonshire, Leinster, Man.
chester, Marlborough, Roxburghe. Som
erset, Sutherland and two Dukes Of Bed.
ford. Three years ago there were %
dukes apart from those Of the royal
blood, and it win be seen that more than
q third of the number have died. As one
result, Of this mortality the dukedoms
have been reduced to 81, the titles oi
Buckingham and Cleveland having be.
come extinct. Only "a dukes can vote,
however, as the new Dukes Of Leinster,
Manchester and Roxburghe are minors.
London News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
smokeles. Powder Ruins Guns.

There seem to be some very serious
drawbacks in the usefulness Of the
smokeless powder, ON which the mill
tary authorities of the world have ex-
pended go much money lately. One of
the latest discovered of these is that i'm
some way it Injuries the gums in which
it is used. A French newspaper says
that the powder has done great damage
to the steel guns of the Italian army
that at least 500 pieces Of artillery have
been rendered practically useless by it.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Business depression In Berlin.

The Berliner Zeitung enlarges upon
the present condition of starvation in
German industries. Workshops which
usually furnish employment to 90 men
have been obliged to reduce their forces
to two. The depression is felt most Sc
verely in the building trades. including
carpentersa and cabinetmakers, butt also
extends to others. The Christmas sales
are reported by the shopkeepers to be
small beyond parallel, only the cheapest
goods finding buyers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Pierre, Dispatch IL: The state board OF
agriculture had presented bills to the
state auditor for mileage and expenses
for the past five years, sl,lOO to $1,000
per year, a~gregating about $1,000. and a
bill for s., 600 for 1893, their allowance
under the law creating the board Their
whole claim for about $1,000 has been
rejected by the auditor on the ground
that there is ne appropriation for the
purpose, and the claim was not filed I'M
til after the LIST of January. 1t is proba-
BILE sult will be commenced by the board.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
nur,ed Under Hi. snow House.

Charles Prendergast, aged II years,
was playing recently in o snow house
near his residence, 116 st. Martin street,
Montreal, when it collapsed, and he was
buried in the snow. His companions
ran away and left him. When he was
dug out, after lying there for eight hours,
he was nearly frozen, and besides a bro
ken leg he was injured internally. He
died from his injuries. Toronto Globe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Six young ladies, each wearing . white
chrysanthemum, created much comment
by serving as pallbearers at the funeral
Of Mrs. James McGiven, manager of a
local shorthand school. The girls study
class of st. Leo's Catholic church had
charge Of the funeral services, and the
~pallbearers were members of it. On the
way to the church the young lady pail
bearers walked behind the mourners and
continued in charge of the remains until
after the interment.-Tacoma Letter in
Seattle acknowledgement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Hanged Himself 70 Live.

A Paris beggar has been living very
comfortably by hanging himself. He
would choose a tree near where young
children were playing. string himself up
and groan to attract their attention, SO
that they would run for help. He would
be cut down and restored, and a letter
in his pocket would explain his attempt
ed suicide by q statement of his destitu-
ton. He knew how to attach the noose
SO as to avoid strangulation.-Paris Cor
r~esnondent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Elk Point Courier, IL: Colonel Abe
Boyntou has already furnished bonds
for his new position, register OF the Nit
chell land office. The amount required
was $4,000. Elk Point, Vermillion and
Yankton parties are on the bond. The
c~olouel's son Albert will probably be his
chief clerk. The young man is amply
able to fill the position from the "aipha
to the omega of the requirements.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Ignatius Donnelly has been reelected
president OF the Minnesota state Far
mers' alliance with scarcely any opposi-
ton. Even Doc. Fish created no rifle
against him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Fan or whit. CITY.

Fifty carloads, q day are now being
moved from jackson park by various
lines, and at this rate three months more
will be required to remove the Worlds
fair exhibits. The railroads derive NO
revenuelf from this traffic. having agreed
that exhibits brought to Chicago at full
rates should be returnet free of charge.
Chicago Mail. M
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

DIR. Thomas Nelson OF Edgerton,
charged with practicing medicine under
a license irregularly obtained, is being
investigated at Huron by the state board
OF health.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

The bar of Aberdeen has united In a
recommendation of Frank A. Luce of
that city TO Gov. Sheldon as a suitable
appointment 10 Judge Benefits vacancy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12

Rev. DIR. j. G. Shetland, who has been
superintendent at the Sisseton agency,
has received word of his removal. The
place will be filled by a Democrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Underaakers Don't believe In spooks.

I An aged undertaken of this city was
asked il he had aver seen any spooks.
He laughed derisiyely and said: mo,
and ! doubt il you will find any M in
my line Of business who believes in the
existence of such things. We find there
10 nothing more harmless and pitiful
than dead people. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
Reason For Laughing.

why did everybody laugh 70 long
over that story Of old Boreby's? II isn't
a bit funny"
They were afraid he would tell an
other IL they kept quiet. Exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-12
an SIrpsCRTPTIoN
TO ADVERTISERS.

THs DAILY LEADER makes a special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
and RESOURCES of the city of Madison and OF the
state at large emitting II 10 the patronage OF ad-
v~ertisers of every class.
j r. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-16
MEN WAC PASS IN THE oAY-
Queer Requests They Make of a Stranger
With a Sense of the Ridiculous.

Queer town you have here" he said
10 a policeman st the Fort street entrance
If the city hall il the presence OF a report
or.
I don't know about that, replied the
officer as he looked the mar over and i'm
hgincd he scented the odor Of whisky in
the air.
Queer town, very queer town, con
tinued the stranger. L hadn't been
here half an hour when l met a man car
rying a big augcr in his hand. He stopped
me and asked as a favor that l let him
bore a hole in me. l refused him as deli
cately and as good naturedly as l could,
but he got as mad as a wolf about it. I
always do a man a favor when l can, but
III be hanged if l want an anger twisting
srOund in my vitals!'
The officer looked at him again and sniff
ed at the atmosphere some more, and the
stranger continucd;:
Me another man carrying Il big wad
Of grccnbacks in his hand and crying like
q child. Said he was going to commit sui
eide and wanted me to take the money
and buy him a tombstone. l hated to re-
fuse him, but being a stranger here l
couldn't fool arOund with tombstoncs.
The Teller got mac and hauled off and
cracked me on the jaw
Il never heard of such Il thing!' cX-
claimed the officer.
No, probably not. It's not your bust
ness to hear of such things. Queer town,
very queer town. Never struck such a
queer town before. 1t wasn't half an hOur
ago that l met a policeman who asked me
If l wouldn't take his place while he sat
down in a doorway and cried. Said he'd
lost his mother and felt it his duty to weep.
7 UaDta6 To ohIirp him b1t had some
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-16
He knew.

In a little backSwoods town in Penn
e~yIvania, said a drummer who was spin
ming yarns, AN exhibition day was being
held, and the class was going through it
sprouts. The teacher asked if any OF the
scholars could tell what state they were
in and promptly got the answer, Penn
~sylyania.' Then she asked what was the
greatest city in the state, and the answer
came correctly, Philadelphia
Then she asked if any Of the children
could tell what building there was in the
city Of Philadelphia Immediately connect
cd with tie history Of this country, and at
the iu,E;.an II the name Of which every
patriotic Americans heart would leap
with pride, meaning, Of course, Independ-
enre hall, shc got no answer. and the
class was ~tump,u until finally a little
boy over in the cgrn,r raised his hand and
said he could tell. The teacher told him
t. answer ana he said, Der mint. -
Boston Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-16
THE BATH AFTER EXERCISE.
Unless 1t Is Taken at Once 1t Should Not
BE a Cold One.


Be a Cold One.
The popular notion of the injurious eff
feet Of a cold bath taken by one who is
ovcrheated from exercise must possess, as
all such ideas have, some basis in expert
cnce, and yet it is falsiticd by the expert
eRccS Of athletes from the days OF the
Greeks and ROman even until now, who
find in this procedure II refreshing and
stimulating tonic after the CXCrtlOn they
have recently undergone. And, physlO-
logically speaking, acold plunge or douche
taken Immediately after the physical eff
fort, when the skin is acting freely and
there is a sense of heat throughout the
body, is as rational as, in the experience
Of the athlete, it is beneficial. 1t is paral-
lcICd by the tonic effect produced by the
cold plunge when the skin is actively Sc
Crcting after a Turkish bath and finds its
rationale doubtless in the stimulation Of
the nervous system, in the increase Of in
tcrnal circulation and also in the renewal
of activity to tho ~cutancous circulation
after the mOmcntary contraction of blood
vessels due to the cold.
The popular belief doubtless rests on
the injurious effects which ma be in
duced by the bath in one who does not re
sort to it Immediately, but allows time for
the effects of fatigue to show themselves
on the muscles and nerves, and for the
surface Of the body to get cool. Taken
then, the ath is more likely to dCpreSS
than to stimulate; there is less power of
reaction and greater liability to internal
inlanlnations. At such Il time a warm
oath rather than Il cold one IS more suit
bile and more SafC.-IOndOn Lancet.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-08-16

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