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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

want one or more city lots near a
college. Better secure them while
they can be had c. the
FAVORABLE TERMS
now offered, and you will then have
them when you need them
and have a better selection
also than you will have later on, as
well as the advantage OF the present
Low PRICES.
If you have been renting q
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 q better house than you r rent
ing, and still you have no home of
your own. Why not put this
money intoa
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
Blu YING A LOT.
If you are renting a farm figure
a moment what you r 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-
Ity of a lifetime will be gone.
But many will say, Il have not
sufficient money on hand with
which to buy even a lot Sup
pose you have not - and there are
many of this Glasgow can pay a
small amount down, and we will
give you all the time you need on
the balance. You can pay a fixed
amount each month, or make pay
ments any other way to suit your
convenience, saving a little for the
purpose from your other expendi-
lures, and before you know it your
lot il
PAID FOR
and you have not missed the mon
ey the amount of each payment
being SO small. Had you not saved
and expended these small amounts
in this way, the chances are that
this same money would have been
expended in some trivial way and
you would have nothing to show
for it. Surely there is no
SAVINGS BANK
equal to a piece of real estate, and
especially if that real estate is
sometime to be your Home.
It will surprise you when You
lsok over our list, to see how
LITTLE READY MONEY
1t will take to secure a fine resi-
uence or business lot in tins cit,
or a beautiful farm in this county.
We own and control nearly ali til.
real estate which we handle, hence
c.n give exceptionally low prices
-nd easy terms of payment. II
y"a only have "A lew dollars t.
ptre now, come in or write us, anG
sc will tit you out with a good lo,,
or more than one if you want, anu
arrange payments satisfactorily to
you. IL you have only a few hum
dred dollars to spare, and want q
farm, come and see us, or write,
and we feel positivewe can arrange
a deal to your satisfaction.
Madison, with her college, excel.
lent public schools, churches, Chau-
tauqua assembly, and other liter
airy and social advantages, has a
wide reputation for being a
CITY OF HOMES;
orI T,oLo oo,,rkv uu1&b har avoaI
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09

Speaking of the great power the
Brahmans in India possess in localizing
thought, Purushotam Aor Telang said
the other day: We would consider a
game of chess as played in this country
mere child's play. An ordinary Brah-
man chess player could carry on three
or four games at time without incon-
venience. The usual game played by
the Brahmans consists in checkmating
with one pawn, designated when the
play begins. l have seen a man perform
long problem in multiplication and di-
vision, at the same time noting the va
rious sounds and discussions going on
about him in the room. l have seen
man compose a triple acrostic in San
skirt in given meter, at the same time
having three well versed men trying to
overthrow him in his argument on re-
ligion. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
Valuable WASTE.

Refners of nitrate of silver for the
use of photographers, - said one of the
profession, have agents travelling con-
stantly about the country collecting the
waste clippings of sensitized paper that
accumulate in every photograph gal
lery. They buy all they can find and
pay for 1t in new nitrate, allowing the
photographer good round price for his
waste. The waste is shipped to the re-
finers, where the nitrate in the paper is
separated from it by chemical processes
and prepared for market again. This
re-reined nitrate is as good as it was
originally and is sold for just as much.
The refners, of course, make a big
profit out of the waste, and the pho
tographer is able to get good supply of
material for the scraps that would
otherwise be of no use to him.
When one thinks of the great num-
Der of photograph galleries and studios
in the country and the fact that the
waste paper Of them all is closely gath
cred by the refners at price that will
average 81 a pound, he may get some
idea of the proportions of business
that is utterly unknown outside of the
persons directly interested. Not only
the scraps of silver sensitized paper,
but those of the paper treated with
solutions of gold are eagerly sought by
the refners, and the photographer is
always very glad to exchange his ac-
cumulation Of, to him, worthless waste
for a neat stock of valuable nitrate. -
New York Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
RAISING WILLOW FOR THE MARKET.
A Crop Which Needs Harvesting but Once
Every Four Years.

A Crop Which Needs Harvesting but Once
Every Four Years.
In beautiful sweep of lowland north
of Melvale station on the Northern
Central railroad and about nine miles
from Baltimore there is peculiar farm.
1t is peculiar in that it renders to it's
owner and tiller but one crop in four
years, and that crop of willow shoots.
The farmer, Antoine Spath, came from
Frankfort, Germany, many years ago,
and after erecting himself a comforta-
BILE stone house, which still stands in
the midst of a picturesque clump Of
willows, at the end Of the little valley,
set about planting his first crop of will
low shoots. Every year since he has
gone on planting row after row until
the valley has become covered with
them. Spath had learned the art of
weaving willow ware in his boyhood
days by the shores of the Main river,
and as fast as his little plantation grew
he gathered the shoots, stripped them
Of their green covering, and after dry
ing them wove baskets Of every con-
ceivable form and size.
1T seems rather peculiar work in
this country, said the willow farmer,
speaking of his business, but in all
parts of Europe, especially in the Ger
man provinces, it is very common
thing to find willow plantations and
willow weavers, for there willow is
used in many forms and for greater
number of purposes than l find it used
in this country In Germany and
France willow is employed in making at
least 30 different kinds of bird cages,
while in America metal is used-brass
or iron wire-and different woods.
Among the best families in European
countries cradles, woven by German
workers, may be found constructed en-
tirely of willow. Then there are a
hundred and one shapes of marketing
baskets, baskets used by milliners and
laundresses, baskets and panniers to be
carried upon the backs of man and
beasts for holding fish and fowl. In
preparing the willow for the weaver
we plant the slips in long rows paral-
lei with a running stream of water and
cut them when they have attained four
years of growth. The cutting time is
early in the spring before the sap is
done running, and after tying them in
bundles they are placed in ponds Of
water to keep them in green state un-
til ready for stripping. Stripping the
willow is accomplished by drawing the
switches through and between two
heavy iron stanchions, whose edges peel
the light green bark from the white
heart, and then, after drying or curing
them upon long racks, we have got the
willow in a form for the weaver. 1t
was many years after planted this
farm with willows before any one
thought of initiating my example, but
now there are several other plantations
located upon the Washington and An
napolis roads, and though you may find
quite as busy scenes there you will
scarcely find more picturesque place
than this anywhere, and that was one
Of the reasons that led me to settle
here. Baltimore American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
when Ne STONED PAYMENT.

The bullying manner sometimes as
sumed by certain barristers in cross
examination, in order to confuse wit
ness and make his replies to important
questions hesitating and contradictory,
is notorious, and many are the tales told
Of cute" witnesses who have turned the
tables on their prosecutors. The fol-
lowing relates to case of this kind:
In civil action ON money matters
the plaintiff had stated that his fnan-
cial position was always satisfactory.
In cross examination he was asked If he
had ever been bankrupt.
mo, /" was the answer.
Next question was, Now, be care
full; did you ever stop payments"
Eyes, y was the reply.
All" exclaimed the counsel, II
thought we should get at it at last.
When did that happen?"
After paid all owed, I" was the
answer. London Tit-Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
Music the kernel Of welsh Nature.

Music is the very soul and kernel Of
the Welsh nature. A musical ear is the
national birthright. Every Welsh preach
er who migrates to an English church
finds the greatest difficulty in abstaining
from that weird, peculiar information Of
his sermon which is known as the hwyl,
and which is often strange and objection
able to English ears.
A remarkable and subtle fact which
will be interesting to English readers
and at the same time significant of the
sensitiveness of the Welsh musical ear
is that it is positive discord to many
among the Welsh congregations if the
minister, in 'sgiving out" the first verse
of the hymn, does not SO pitch his voice
that it shall be in harmony with the key
in which the tune has preliminarily been
played by the instrumentalist. West
minister Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
LIBBY PRISON HIS FATE.
Former Prisoner Visits 1t at the Fair
and Meets His Death.

A Former Prisoner Visits 1t at the Fair
and Meets His Death.
There was an incident in connection
with the Worlds fair which occurred
about week prior to the fairs official
closing that has not been so fully COM
mented upon as it might have been.
Among the visitors to the fair during the
closing weeks was Marcus Conant from
Mayport, Duval county, Fla. The OBJ
iect that had the greatest interest to him
was the regretted Libby prison. 1t is
no wonder that he was interested IN that
exhibit, for as a wounded prisoner he
had lain and suffered in the old prison
when it stood in Richmond. As boy
Of IS Conant had enlisted in the Elev-
enth Massachusetts regiment. He was
wounded in the battle of Bull Run, was
taken prisoner and was among the first
Union soldiers placed in the Confederate
prison house. He eventually made his
escape and was not recaptured.
Immediately upon his arrival at the
Chicago fair, Mr. Conant turned his steps
to the spot on which Libby prison stood.
What was his amazement on entering
the place to meet among the visitors q
companion who had been among the
number of those who escaped with him
from Libby 80 years ago. They held a
long conversation, and after his compan-
ion had left the building Mr.. Conant
threw himself upon the ground in the
identical spot upon which he had slept
as a prisoner. While lying there he was
seized with violent pain in the ear and
returned to his hotel in great agony.
The pain could not be alleviated. and q
few days later he died without having
recovered from the singular attack.
Mr.. Conant had for several years been
a government contractor, and was at one
time regarded as a man of large means.
New York Advertiser.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09

An artist had sold picture for an ex-
orbitant price, and the purchaser sued to
recover. The barrister for the purchaser
was making the artist uncomfortable by
his questions.
Now, sir" he said in that pleasant,
ingratiating manner of lawyers with q
witness, "do you think anybody could
see beauty in that picture?'
"Sone persons certainly could" re-
piled the artist.
'rYou think the initiated in technical
matters might have no difficulty in I'M
derstanding your work.
81 am sure they would not
'Do you think You could make me see
any beauty in that pictureT this most
superciliously.
Probably not now, sir, and the ar
fist was most humble, but once could
have done so easily"
"Now, sir, how is that? don't I'M
derstand you. Explain, if you please"
THAT'S quite easy, sir. / could have
done it simply by employing you as my
counsel in this case. London Tit Bits.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09

Said one of a group of turfmen in the
cafe of the Brewer House night or two
ago: 81 shut up an old chap who was
railing against the wickedness Of racing
horses yesterday, and he was shut up so
tight that he stayed shut as long as
was about. 1t was on the ferry cross
ing to go to the track, and he was hold
ing forth at great rate to three young
men who sat near him and who had been
discussing the days card. They didn't
appear to mind his lecture-in fact, they
seemed to rather enjoy it-but neverthe-
less 1 thought I'd chip in and make q
bluff at shutting off his steam.
$50 l opened the last issue of Good
wins Guide and said as solemnly as l
could, Sir, you must be in error about
the utter wickedness of the turf, because
this little book shows that many racing
men select sanity names for their horses,
as, for instance, st. Anthony, st. Au-
gustine, ST. Croix, st. Cyr, St. Elmo, st.
Hubert, st. John, st. Leona, st. Lucas,
st. Luke, st. Maxim, st. Mark, st.
Michael, st. Pancras and st. Patrick, all
of which are running this season. All
the old fellow said after staring at me in
establishment for a moment was: Well,
well, WE'LL Bless my soulp and he was
heard no more. New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
RATS IN a SILVER MINE.
Their Usefulness as scavengers and Saga
city as Danger Signals.


Their Usefulness as scavengers and Saga
city as Danger Signals.
The first rats were brought to the
Comstock from California in freight
wagons principally, most likely in the
big 'sprairie schooners,e slowed away
among boxes and crates of goods. Their
rapid increase, after their first appear
ance on the Comstock, was astonishing.
From 10 to IA young are produced at
birth, and there are several htters each
year; besides, rat is great-grand-
father before he is year old. Then, the
rats that colonized the Comstock towns
encountered no enemies. There were no
cats in the country.
The rats soon discovered the mines
and found therein congenial home,
and home free from the terrifying pres
ence of members of the feline tribe.
Never was cat seen in any of the lower
levels of the mines, though they some
times prowI about the surface of the
tunnels. In the first opening Of the
mines there was no place for the rats,
but as soon as the timbers began to be
set up and cribs of waste rock built they
were able to find safe hiding places; also
there was room for them everywhere be-
hind the tagging Of the drifts. As they
increased in numbers there was on all
sides an increase of space through the
rapid extraction of ore by the miners.
They doubtless soon discovered that,
though man was their enemy on the sur
face, he was their friend down in the un-
derground drifts and chambers. He
shared his meal with them, and they
scampered and capered about him with
perfect impunity The warmth of the
lower levels appeared to be very congo
NAL to the rats, both old and young.
Cold is thing unknown to them. 1t is
as though they had been given immense
hothouses in which to breed. Any tenn
perature they desire, from 90 degrees to
1870 degrees, is at their command. Rats
are useful as scavengers in mines They
devour all the scraps of meat and other
food thrown upon the ground by the
miners while at lunch, eating even the
hardest bones, thus preventing bad odor.
AS the decay of the smallest thing is UNI
endurable in mine, the miners never
Intentionally kill rat.
The miners have a high opinion of
their sagacity. The rats generally give
the miners the first notice of danger.
When big cave is about to occur, they
are seen to swarm out of the drifts and
scamper about the floors of level atun-
wonted times. The settling of the waste
rpck probably pinches the animals in
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
Never Despair.

"This battle is lost" said Desaix to
Bonaparte at Marengo, ''but there is yet
time to win anotherr'
With the aid of Desaix, the conquerer
of kings, never stopping to brood over
his misfortune, won that suspicious vic
tory soon after blazoned on the banners
of his guards. Repentance is a blessed
state of mind, bet in and of itself it
never saved the day. Despair over de-
feat may be perfectly natural, but it has
never won another victory. A consci-
entious but erring lady said the other
day that she spent much timein SORROW
ing over past mistakes, and thus she
committed the biggest mistake of all.
"Never despairl" said Sir Walter
Scott, sitting down, an aged cripple, to
write off debt of stupendous size, nor
resting until he had accomplished his
purpose
''Never despairl" muttered that gal
liant Frenchman, Bernard Palsy, as he
hurled his last stick of furniture into the
furnace containing the first glazed porce-
lain ever made in modern years. Hence
never despair. New York Ledger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09

A street cleaning contractor says that
the value of electric street railways as
helps in keeping streets clean and wa
tered is not yet appreciated If his ideas
were carried out early every morning,
in city like Boston large cars built
after the fashion of the gravel cars run
on steam roads would be sent over all
the lines of track, and garbage and re-
fuse, gathered along the way, shoveled
into them. Following these cars would
come large watering cars able to wet
down the streets from curb to curb. The
advantages of this system over the pres
ent one of carting off refuse and drag
cling watering carts by horses are that 1t
is cleaner and faster. There would have
to be no waiting for carts to go of and
unload, and an item of saving would be
In the reduction Of the number OF men
needed, as, under the electric system, 1t
is estimated that the work OF street
cleaning could be easily done by two
thirds Of the number now employed
EXCHANGE.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
THE ORIGIN OF ANTHRACITE.
A Possible Solution of One of the Mysteries
of Science.


A Possible Solution of One of the Mysteries
of Science.
The main difference between anthra-
cite and bituminous coal is that the for
mer is devoid of volatile matter Here
tofore the theory generally accepted to
account for this difference was that pre-
sented half century ago by Professor
Rodgers while conducting the first geo
ligical survey of Pennsylvania. Observ-
ing that the anthracite beds lay in the
eastern part of the state in close proxim-
ity to the Archean axis of elevation, he
surmised that these coal beds had, so
to speak, been cooked" upon the eleva-
ton Of the Appalachian chain-that is,
he supposed that the heat and pressure
accompanying the Appalachian eleva-
ton, acting most vigorously near the
axis. had distilled and removed the vola-
tile matter of the coal bed nearest it.
To adjust the theory Of increasing
facts, Professor Lesley added the sup
position that the heat involved in this
theory was brought up by conduction
when the superintendent layers of rock
were eXITelntly bhlChf WINCH hofp niA'SN
been mainly removed by the erosive
agencies which have been active over the
region for millions of years. The In
adequacy Of these theories has led Pro
lessor j. j. Stevenson Of the University
of New York to PROFOUND another and
simpler theory, which was ably defended
by him at the recent meeting of the Geo
logical Society of America.
He would account for the lack of vola-
tile matter in anthracite coal by the SIM
pie fact that it had been longer exposed
to that kind of decay which takes place
In vegetable matter when immersed in
water, and which consists chiefly in the
loss of the hydrocarbons which consti-
tute the volatile elements in bituminous
coal. On this supposition the anthracite
beds are those which were formed ear
best in the swamps and lagoons of the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
The Past obliterated.

George Hunter, aged 10 years, has re-
sided in this city since his birth. Today
he has no idea as to where is located the
house in which he was born. He does
not know where to find the house in
which he resided year ago, shortly be-
fore he entered Oakland hospital. The
young man has lost his memory, and the
past to him is as if he had just been
born. The loss of memory is due to an
injury sustained by being struck by a
heavy piece of iron which was thrown
by stationary engine. The skull was
fractured, and large part of it was
pressed upon the brain. Hunter survived
the operation, and although he is still in
an unfortunate condition, his physicians
seem to think he will eventually regain
his faculty of memory. Francisco
Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
Got Even with the Preacher.

A lawyer of this city tells a story of
how he got even with preacher. It
was on the occasion of his second mar
riage. After concluding the ceremony
the minister took advantage of the
privilege accorded him by custom of
kissing the bride. While so engaged
the groom suddenly imprinted a re-
sounding kiss on the cheek of the min
ister's wife, who was standing immedi-
ately behind the wedding party.
The lady was indignant, and the min
lister asked for an explanation. Coolly
enough and in few words, the groom
expressed the opinion that it was poor
rule that would not work both ways
and that he had as much right to kiss
the preachers wife as the former had
to kiss the bride.-Louisvill Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-09
A RUNAWAY TRAIN.
A Terrible Race on the Union Pacific to
Save a Trsinload of Passengers.

A Terrible Race on the Union Pacific to
Save Trainload of Passengers.
The Union Pacific fast mail had mar
row escape one night recently on the
Wyoming division from being crashed
into by a runaway freight. The fast
mail was booming along near Simpson
and following it was a heavy freight
train in charge of Engineer Sadowsky.
Striking heavy grade there the freight
gave a lurch forward Rnd Sadowsky.
who is a new engineer, lost control Of
the engine. In few minutes he saw
the lights of the rear of the mail and
fearing collision jumped from the en-
CINE, followed by the fireman.
The conductor and brakemen, real1z-
ing that something was wrong, began
applying the brakes. The operator at
small station, when the two trains dashed
by, saw that the engine was running
away and telegraphed the fact to Medi-
cine Bow. When the fast mail stopped
there to register, the operator rushed out
and told of the runaway train.
Engineer Wright, with great presence
of mind, sprang for his engine and
opened the throttle wide, and there en-
sued a mad race, which for time threat
ened to end in frightful tragedy. Con-
ductor Rapp of the freight finally man
aged to crawl over into the engine and
soon brought the runaway to stop, and
by his prompt action prevented what
would have been an awful wreck.