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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-21
THE PRIMER CLASS.

Easy Lessons On What Is Going
HAS President Debs been indicted,
fatherp"
Yes, my son, he has"
sand arrested"
YES"
"why was he arrested and in
dicted?"
"For breaking the laws of our coun-
try
"A c all men who break the laws of
,ur country arrested and indicted?"
Yes. Laws are the safeguards of
our nation and must be respected and
obeyed."
"Of what was President Debs
guilty?"
''Of the terrible crimes of conspiracy
and obstructing interstate communi-
cation"
"Are those grave offences, father"
They are, my son, and though the
Americans are sympathetic people,
they demand that Mr.. Debs receive
the severest penalty permitted by the
statutes. 1t is necessary to the
rrr servation of our free institutions.
:. public can stand only by enforc-
ins its laws. which are made by the
ople Disrespect for laws breeds
tiarchy and anarchy means death TO
peace and order"
Father, has Mr.. Havemeyer been
indicted and arrested"
mot that have heard"
"Will he be?"
81 don't think SO; indeed l know OF
no reason why he should be- Mr..
Havemeyer is one of our most re.
spected citizens"
What is his position
'He is president of the American
Sugar Refining company"
Does his company do large bust.
nrss?"
Very large; in short, itsupplies all
The sugar used by the people of the
limited States"
''Is his the only company engaged
in the sugar business
Practically"
what became of the othersP'
They were absorbed by the Ameri
can"
Ibid they want to be?"
"Yes-er-that is, Isuppose So"
"why?"
They were smaller concerns and
q OF compete with the big com
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-21

Railroads sacrifice more lives of en-
ployes than any other class Of cor
porations. During the year that
ended June 80, 1894, 2,727 men were
killed while working on our railroads,
and there were injured 31,79S. This
gives an average of one killed to every
$50 employed, and one wounded to
every twenty-eight
Through properly enforced laws
forcing corporations to employ men
only eight hours per day and to en-
ploy all possible safeguards against
accidents the number of crippled an
killed could easily be reduced to a
minimum. But what does this gov
eminent care for the people? This
plutocratic government Of for and by
Wall street shylocks is ready to spend
millions of dollars for the protection
of property, but not a cent for the
protection of the lives of workingmen;
nav, it will even deliberately and in
tentionally take the lives OF working
men when it thinks the property OF
the corporation is in danger.-lndus'
trial News.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-21
IfGrown in Texas. It's Good.

The Texas coast country vies
with California in raising pears,
grapes and Strawberries. The 1898
record of II. NJ. Stringfellow, Hitch
cock, Tex who raised nearly 5000
worth of pears from 10 acres, can
be duplicated by you. G. 7. Mich
olson, G. p. A., Topeka, Mas, will
be glad to furnish without charge
an Illustrated pamphlet telling about
Texas.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-21
KANSAS LEADS TIE PROCESSION.

prHR ADVOCATES educational influence
L has been felt In every county IN Kansas
and In every state In the Union. IL Is recog'
nized as LEADER in this grea, ponuen ksv 'S
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-09-21
The Greatest
Offer Yet Made!

Last season THE HUB delighted thou
sands of buyers all over the United States
with its" Head-to-Foot Boys Outfit ut
$500 consisting OF Coat, Cap. Shoes and
only one pair OF pants.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
1rha Man az the Moment.

From the modern girls point Of view
the man OF the moment il not OF much
account, says Sarah Grand. The instinct
of natural selection which inclined her
first OF ali TO get him aside for his fab
biness IL strengthened now by her
knowledge Oh his character. She knows
him better than her parents do, and In
proportion al she knows him she finds
less and less reason TO respect him. The
girls discuss him with each other and
with younger married women, and ont
Of their discussion ID arising a strong
distaste for him.
ssI'm not going 10 marry q man ]
can't respect II shan't marry unless
7 can find q man Of honor with no hor.
rid past" and Don't offer me the
mutilated remains of q mar" " coupled
with the names of Tom Jones and Rod.
erick Random, are the commonest ex-
pressions Of it. And Ii 10 In vain for the
man Of the moment when he marriea &c
hope TO conceal the consequences Of the
pest from his wife by assuming D high
W refined objection To allowing hes
to read any book that would open hel
eyes Manners Of the new woman an
perfect She I'm never aggressive, neve1
argumentatisa but she understands the
art OF self da1ense and reads what she
nlAaseS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
a LUDicRous DUEL
The Preacher Chose the weapons and
y quished HIS Bullying Opponent.

The Preacher Chose Wcapoas and Van
= pushed HIS Bullying Opponent.
One way Of combating an evil prac.
tioa is to make it ridiculous. It was by
this means that dueling was stopped in
aJcertain district Of Kentucky some 40
years ago At that time Q travelling
preacher named Bowman, astrong, mus
cular man, was conducting q series of
religious meetings in Kentucky. At one
Of them q well known desperate charac
ter created q disturbance, and being
publicly rebuked by Bowman sent him
a challenge to fight
The preachers FIRST thought was to
treat the matter with silent contempt.
Then he reflected that dueling was all
too common in that region, and he de-
cided to accept the challenge.
As the challenged party, Bowman
had the choice of weapons. He selected
q half bushel Of large Irish potatoes and
stipulated that his opponent must stand
Is PAGES distant, and that only one po-
tato at a time should be taken from the
measure.
The desperate was furious, but Bow
man insisted upon hisrights as the chal-
lenged party and threatened TO denounce
the fellow as a coward il he made fur.
Their objections. Seeing no way out of
the scrape. the desperate at last consent
ed.
The contest took place ON the out
skirts Of the town, and almost everybody
in the place turned out to see the fun
The seconds arranged the two men i'm
position, by the side of each being q
half bushel measure filed with good
sized potatoes.
Bowman threw the first one. It struck
his opponent in a central spot and fell
in pieces. A shout of delight went up
from the crowd which Hurried the des-
perado. and his potato few wide Of the
mark.
Bowman watched his chance, and ey-
cry time his opponent stopped for q POI
tato another one hit him in the side.
leaving o wet spot ON his clothes and
then scattering ON all sides The fellow
was hit in this way five times Then
the sixth potato struck him i'm the short
ribs, and he lay ON the grass doubled mp
with pain and groaning. Enough"
The bystanders went wild with de-
light, but MIR. Bowman looked very co.
ber. The desperate was taken home
and put TO bed. and there he staid for
more than . week, and when he again
appeared he was greeted with 30 many
Jokes that life was almost o burden to
him.
That was the end Of dueling in that
region--Family Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

4 most curious utensil of a Bahaman
dwelling La a big cement oven, like a
cone, at che back OF the house. In this
the family bread il baked Bahamans
are physiologically starved, and their
thin, attenuated forms show it An N
varying diet Of fish and fruit il not
nourishing enough, and the fact speaks
for itself In these islanders. The white
Bahamans are homely and sallow unless
burned 80 that complexion Is q thing Of
the past They rarely-some never
wear shoes; hence feet In these lati-
tudes are feet and moi merely the ends
OF legs / used to game in admiration at
the feet that daily and nightly visited
our schooner. The owners of the append
ages could walk where o shod foot
could mot bear TO trod. The skin be-
comes tougher than leather. Black Ba-
hamans are the finest specimens Of the
negro race 60 be seen outside Of Africa
-strapping fellows with magnificent
arms and chests, but they are dreadful
beggars and dreadful liars
Is ID inconcsivable how simple the
Bahamas are. saw old men in Span
ish Wells who had never sce q horse,
or . COW, or o wheeled vehicle. Nassau
II their Mecca Why, boy" said Joe
Pindar TO me Everybody down here il
either q Pindar Or d Johpsonl, Nassau
his . city. Hit 'as 5000 people, hand
the streets are 80 wide carriages kin 90
along hand leave room for persons 10
walk hon beach side. Californian IL
Illustrated Magazine. !,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
Univsrsal Suffrage.

It seemsto me that universal suffrage
In the greatest uplifting and educating
fCrce ever set at work among the masses
of men. II certainly gives form TO many
Of the problems OF modern society, but
! have yet to learn DC amy period In the
worlds history when the times were not
full Of problems. In the meantime, unit
yersal suffrage puts into the body poll
dc the element that feels as we'll as the
element that thinks A man who Is AL
intellect Ii not always wise in action,
md our American communities, 4 4
have observed. not infrequently make
decisions contrary TO tho Judgment 81
the few. which ultimately are jnstiied
by the outcoule-Seth Low In Dona-
hoes Magazine
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

Washington dispatch, 8: The senate
today passed a bill fixing the salaries oil
railway postal clerks. 1t provides that
they shall be divided into seven classes
Tue salaries for each class shall not OK.
coed the following amounts annually
First class, $500; second class. $1,000
third class, $1,000; fourth class, $1,000
fifth class, $500; sixth class, $1,000
seventh class, $500. The postmaster
general is authorized to fix salaries il
the different classes accordingly to thu
hours OF work. Provision is also made
for detailing clerks OF class seven a
chief clerks Of the division.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
or DiAsrent Types.

The drummer for d Chicago house
handling New England trade who had
not seem his good old mother for . long
time recently spent Sunday with her,
ind when BIO started away she Laid her
hand tenderly ON his head.
Goodby. my boy, she said. Put
your trust Iii Providence. and yuu will
come out all right
"Pshaw. mamma. he replied; 'you
don't know that country. Providence L
the hardest town 10 work I'm the whole
qf New England, ! and the good lady
was greatly shocked until they had
come to = mutual understanding as ID
what each one was thinking about
Detroit Free Pres
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

Chamberlain dispatch, 3: The school
OF mines at Spearfish has been engaged
upon a series OF tests and experiments
with the mineral paints OF the western
portion Of this state. The red ochres
and the siennas are abundantly found 10
the iron formations, and some OF the
ochres run az high az 60 per cent in iron.
They are soft and easily produced. This
class of paint Is worth some SI5 per ton
In the east. A sienna is found near
Rockford in Pennington county, which,
when roasted, assumes q rich chocolate
color similar to that 50 extensively used
by the car shops of the country. DIR
McGillicnddy, president Of the school d
msues. has prepared samples Of paint
and sent them to the car companies o
the east for trial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
THREE LITERARY PARALLELS.
And %E the Ending Thereof Came the Turn
ing of the Worm. %

And &c the Ending Thereof Came the Turn
ing Of the Worm.
Now, Barabbas was a-publisher."
A butcher calls at the door and offers
q fine sweet ham, neatly cased The
mistress agrees to buy it, saying, how
ever, that 1t is against her rules to pay
for any article until the whole Of IL Is
eaten. The butcher, knowing that there
are many carts ON the road laden with
hams just as finely cured az his, rue
fully accepts the terms. and when a
price is settled departs.
After keeping the ham for two years
in a dusty, musty cellar the housekeeper
returns it to the butcher soiled and
stale, saying that, after all, her family
prefers fresh meat. and she has decided
not to cook the ham,
One spring morning a farmer knocks
at the kitchen door of o city house with
basket Of freshly laid eggs for sale. The
mistress expresses delight at obtaining
them, declaring, however, that it ID her
invariable custom topay for articles aft
ex they have appeared on her table and
then only such a price as she thinks ft.
Expecting an early settlement under
those conditions and being in need Of
cash for the interest on the mortgage on
his farm, the man accepts the Iady''s
terms and departs. Week after week
and month after month 90 by, but nc
payment is made for the eggs. When
he calls at the house to inquire. the
maid informs him that her mistress bids
her say that the great variety Of season.
able articles of food has prevented the
use Of the eggs but that she hopes very
% to find o place for them ON hen
menu In the autumn the farmer is sur.
prised to have the maid hand him the
basket, saying that as the eggs have
lost their freshness and are UNBEATABLE
her mistress returns them. with thanks
for the opportunity for purchasing and
hopes that the farmer will call whenev'
er he Is town and allow an examination
| OF his stock.
The third Of these true parallels re.
lates to . green grocer and some crisI
blanched lettuce which he Is request
ed to leave for tho housekeeper's exam
nation at her leisure. After o time
messenger leaves q package at the greer
grocer's shop On opening Ii he findl
his lettuce, wilted and bruised, and
these consolatory words, Owing to n.
Lack Of merit, but because lettuce 10 NO
exactly available for my table, ! return
these heads. with thanks for the oppor
tunity for examining them
And here endeth the parallels and th'
turning Of the worm. Harriet Cush
man Wilkie in Writer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

Oscar Erickson, superintendent OF the
electric light-works at Sioux Falls, has
j ist received word from the Partisan
Inventors academy OF Paris that he has
been made a member Of honor OF that in
%stitution and awarded q frst-class
diploma and gold medal. This dis
tinction comes from the academy on
account Of the recent invention by Mr..
Erickson OF an electric meter, which he
has patented in the United States, Eng
land, Germany and France. .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

licans at Lake Preston have openly left
the party, but that signifies little. As
the times says they have been advocat-
ing their doctrine for two years, and this
is but the public announcement OF the
change. Two years ago this same crowd
bolted the republican ticket to a large
extent, and the party has had little con-
tdence in them since. They have dur
ing the past two years been working
hand in hand with the independents in
their bl.metallic league, and this court
ship with the independents has ended as
many expected it would. But please
disabuse your minds OF the idea that
this handful at Lake Preston comprises
the party. The republicans will try to
hold together a little longer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12


The government report on crops, OF
June l, makes the acreage of winter
wheat~sown 80 per cent as compared
with that harvested last year. There
was an increase of acreage as compared
with 1893 in only ten states, the princi
pal of which was in Kansas and Illinois.
The percentage Of winter wheat acreage
of the principal states is: Ohio, 90;
Michigan, s5; Indiana, 50; Illinois, 122;
Kansas, 100; and California, l03. Tie
percentage of spring wheat area for the
whole country is $500 per cent, as COM
pared with last year, The percentage of
spring wheat acreage OF the principal
states are: Minnesota, 81; Nebraska, 81;
South Dakota, S5; North Dakota, 90
The average percentage for both spring
and winter for the whole country is 1913,
making 4 total area in round numbers OF
33,OOO.0O0 acres.
The condition of winter wheat has i'm
proved since the last report a little less
than two points, being 49, per cent.
against S1.4 on May l. The percentages
of the principal states are as follows:
Ohio, SO; Michigan, 80; Indiana, SO; ILL
nois, 81; Missouri, 81; Kansas, 81; Cali
~fornia, 20. The condition of spring
wheat presents al average for the entire
country of SO per cent, and for the prin-
cipal spring wheat states as follows:
Wisconsin, So; Minnesota, 80; Iowa, 90;
Nebraska, A; South Dakota, 70; North
Dakota, 81. Washington, SO; Oregon, 96.
The preliminary report places the aver.
age OF oats at nearly one point less than
last year. The general average for the
whole country is 99.1. The returns show
the condition to be 81 per ZEN against
s5.9 last June. The preliminary returns
OF acreage make the area devotsd bar
ley 98.5 per cent Of that OF last year.
The average condition June l was 82.2,
against S8.S On the same date last year,
ard 92.l in 1890. The acreage in rye is
9i3 per cent OF that Of last year, and its
acreage condition June l 93.2.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

Stubbs-Well, sir, I gave it to that
mar straight, can tell Jon, sir. He Ii
twice as big Al | am. too. but / told
him exactly what ] thought Of his ras-
cally conduct right TO his face, and 4
called him all the names in the .diction-
airy.
Spudds-And didn't he try TO hit
yon?
Stubbs-Eo, sir. hedidn't And when
he tried TO answer back | just HING up
the telephone and walked away.-Lon-
dcn Answers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

The Inter Ocean will contribute a first
class chrome TO any congressman O
senator who will arise in his place and
remark, II arm q Democrat" and tell
which kind-whether wildcat" "Chica-
60 platform" the sugar barrel" or the
alag pulling" species. :,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
The State Farmers alliance meets at
Woonsocket yJuue 26 TO %, 1894.

The interstate commerce COMMISSION
has figured out that one person is killed
on the railroad for every 100000 who
ride twenty-four miles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
THE DAILY LEADER
TUESDAY, JUNE II. 1894.
TERMS OF
TO ADVERTISERS.

THE DAGLY LEADRR makes . specaaA Gesture OF
s,rrtshIny Information concerning the xdvantages
and resources Of the city uf Madison and OF tht
state at large emitting e 20 the patronage or ad
~yertisers of every claes.
J. F. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

DsSmat News and Leader, 8: The
Argus-Leader says the republican party
has rome to pieces IN Kangsbury county.
well 40. re is true . few former reppb-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12

Dated at Chamberlain, South Dakota, THIS ths
18th day OF May, A. ID. 1894.
By order OF the state central committee.
m. GREENE, Chairman.
]. II. SCRIvEN, Secretary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-12
Republican State Convention.

The republicans OF south DaKota Will m0et ="
delegate convention In the city of Sankion
South Dakota, In convention hall, on Wednes-
day. the END day of August, 1894, at 4:D O'CLOCK
r, M, for the purpose Of placing in nomination
candidates for the following named onices:
Two representatives in congress.
Governor.
Lieutenant governor.
Secretary Of state.
State auditor.
state treasurer.
Attorney general.
superintendent of public instruction.
Commissioners school and public lands,
Commissinncr OF labor and statistics.
One railroad commissioner for all OF >ousn
Dakota living west OF the Missouri river.
One railroad commissioner for all "f south
Dakota lying east of the Missouri river ana
south CT the second stand ard parallel,
One railroad commissioner for all OF South
Dakota living east OF the Missouri river and north
OF the second standard parallel.
Ard the transaction OF such other business as
may legally come before such convention.
The committee recommends that AL alternate
to ach delegate be elected and that NO proxies
be allow ed, aud that the delegates or their alter
mates present at the couveatlon be empoN eFed
to cast the full vote oftheir county.
The committee further recommends thSt Tue
counties OF Lyman, Sterling SSland' JACKSON
Zicbach, Pyatt, Pratt, Presho, Gregory aho.
Harding each be allowed u representation OF
one delegate on presentation of proper creden'
tials.
The basis OF representation for each county
will be one delegate for each fifty votes or major
fraction thereof, cast for Hon. Charles Ii. Shell
don for governor in 1892.
The counties will be entitled to delegates as
follows:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-05-05
The DMarfS of MaYa EnhIr

When questioned about the old ruin.
ed cities, they reply. THE dwarfs
built them" and insist that the piXan
or souls of those dwarfs. always walk
about ut night. coming into their
houses. though the doors be shut. In
tn" daytime they are supposed to dwell
among the ruins. The reputation of
the AUX lhWarfs) is not much better
than that enjoyed by the little PEG
pie of Ireland and Scotland. accused
of Stealing butter, souring milk, and
changing pretty babies for ugly little
creatures with wrinkled faces. The
AUX are said to disturb tired laborers
by shaking their hammockS. lash
those who Slumbcr too heavily. throw
stones and whistle. They trrrify all
who look At them. and steal food:
for. though not taller than Il child four
years old, they can eat more than any
man does. Their only article of an
parcl is Il very wide brimmcd straw
hat.
Belief in these dwartiSh apparluns
is perhaps induced by IL vague knowl.
edge that several centuries ago Il race
of remarkably small people did live in
those parts. EditiceS built by them
are found on the east coast of Yura-
tan ana on adjacent islands There
are several temples only nine feet
high and eighteen inches wide. In
some of those houses domestic utrnSi
have been found very small. ANY
Traveller may examine the strange
little houses: and doubtless the belief
in the phantom AUX is an outgrowth
of tradition concerning the dwartiSh
people who constructed thcm.-MrS \.
ID. l." Plongron in the Popular Science
Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1894-05-05
Holding Court in Mississippi.

I'm Mississippi there used to be II
county where it was almost impossible
TO hold court. The lawless back.
woods element would come into the
county seat and break it up said
Mel CaruthcrS, Il prominent at orncy
of that State, to n st. Louis reporter
Judge Clarke once went there to hold
courr. The first day he had bucket
of water poured over him from a chin
nry hole in The roof, and several p!s-
tot shots were fired in the court room.
Inc next day, as he opened court. he
laid two large pistols on the desk and
at the first sign of disturbance levellrl
the pistol at the man and conduc ed
him TO Jail. After that there was no
more disturbance, and the better
element of the community were anX.
iouS that he should return the next
term, but he declined with sentence
That has passed into n political pro-
verb in Mississippi: I regarded my
coming into this country as an adj
venture. | regard my leaving it rs an
escape"