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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1894-05-28

The weather is rather warm but
Very pleasant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
THREE GIRL TRAMPS

without Means They Started Out to Beat
Their Way to California.
1t appears that a number of women
have taken to the road as tramps and
are travelling toward California. They
are said to be honest women who are in
search of employment. There are three
of them who are said to be headed for
Sacramento, having travelled together
from Portland. They were without
means, and starvation stared them in
the face if they remained in the Oregon
metropolis during the winter. 1t was q
decidedly bold thing for women to do
but these three maidens determined to
get to California in regulation tramp
fashion.
Accordingly they sailed forth and
climbed to the top of the first freigh'
lowed their feet to dangle along the sid,
and waited for the locomotive to rol
away. It is said that a brakeman wht
was running over the top of the trail
was SO p~aralyzed with a~stonishmen
when he saw the petticoated tourists
that he almost fell overheard.
Where are you going, my prett.
maids?" he politely asked and gallantl.
lifted his hat.
The girls told him plainly that the,
were going to California; that they ha'
no money to pay their fare, and that the,
did not propose to be put off the train.
None of the train crew interfered wit
the women. At various stations the girl
went about and begged food. At on
place, it is reported, a tramp insulted on
of the women, when the three sailed i
together and gave him a t~rouncing tina
he will remember for many and many
day.-San Francisco Examiner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

WATERFOWL Public Opinion, 5: Pub
lie Opinion calls especial attention to an
interview with Hon. +. p. Philips to be
found in that edition. While the subject
OF the Gulf and Inter state railroad is
under discussion it is gratifying to learn
from a gentleman who has been personal
ly over the ground that the proposed
route is one of the most feasible In The
whole country, passing, as it does,
through a section Of Uncle Sans domain
which would amply sustain a railroad all
along the line. There is no barren waste,
says MIR. Phillips in effect, no stretch OF
country that is not productive for the
proposed road to cross. Watertown will
be found with its shoulder at the wheel
when the time shall arrive for action. Ii
is a question that should be kept alive
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
Daily Papers a. the North Pole.

No people in the world cling to their
newspapers like the English. In the
arctic expedition of 1875 one of the
chaplains provided a file of The Times
with the reports OF the Crimean war,
90 years old, of which he doled out two
copies every day, one to each ship.
The captains and officers had it first,
then it was handed on to the fo'c's'le.
and in a little while every one was
as keen about the Russian news as
il the war had been going on at
the moment. The chaplain in con
troll of the press used to be be-
sieged with entreaties for an evening
edition, and when Sevastopol was ON
the v of being taken excitement ran
so high that the newspaper locker was
almost stormed. However, the editor
stood firm and continued to dole out
his single edition a. day, so that the in
terest was kept mp to the end of the ex-
petition. London Million.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
Pathetic willnaking.

It it probable that two wills were new
er made under more distressing and Pc
culiar circumstances than those executed
at the City hospital of Wilmington, DEL,
by John RADIO and Dinzinzo Dinatale, the
Italians who were blown up and terribly
mangled in an explosion of dynamite at
Woodale recently. A few days ago they
were told at the hospital that they could
not survive. They are sightless and
handless, in addition to other terrible
injuries. They made their wills. Each
man was worth 81, 200. Part of Dina.
tales property being in Italy, he left II
to his young wife. When it came te
signing the wills, the poor fellows were
propped up, and each took the pen in hi
mouth and made his mark by moving
his head. Being totally blind and with
out hands, the pen had to be guided b,
the Observation-Disclosures American.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

The interest IN the Monson trial
throughout Great Britain has called
anew attention to the peculiarities That
mark the administration OF law n JUS
tice m "the land of scakes." In Scotland
the jury is made up OF fifteen instead OF
twelve, and, according to Scotch law,
they need not be unanimous In their
verdict, a bare majority sufficing. The
jurors are not limited to a choice be-
tween one or two verdicts. They may
find a prisoner guilty or not guilty. They
may likewise return a verdict OF mot
proven" This latter does not OF course
clear the character Of an accused, but II
liberates him and removes the probabilit.
OF further trial. Many a jury OF twelve
good men and true on this side OF tn
Atlantic would nave been glad il Scot
fish law bad ruled here and permitte'
them to return q verdict OF mot proven
instead of mot guilty"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
eurfew Ring. Every Night.

Like many of the old New England
towns. Newburyport, Mass, retains some
puritanical customs. Her announce
ments are made by a crier in the streets,
and to strangers this crier is indeed a
curiosity. Now the ringing OF the cur
few has been revived. This old custom
was continued here without interruption
till about 12 years ago, the city paying
the expense of ringing the 8 o'clock bell
in two or more churches, but it became
a custom of the past.
Not again until Monday evening wal
curfew sounded in this city. Then thu
people residing in the vicinity of the Old
South church were somewhat startled t.
hear the old bell ringing. On investiga
tom they ascertained that q prominen'
member Of the parish had obtained per
mission from the church to have the bel
rung every night at . p. m, he to em
ploy q man to carry out his desires.
Cor. New York World.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
EoREToLp THEIR DEATHS.
A soothsayer's Warning 20 . Suicide and .
seaman who

A soothsayer's Warning 60 . Suicide and o
seaman who Drowned.
Searasn John Pascal has received o
letter from Alitak, Alaska, giving an &C
count of the suicide of Francis James.
an able seaman who shipped on the
Merom when she left here about six
months ago for the northern canneries.
Francis James killed himself by blowing
his brains put with a revolver.
perhaps you remember, said Pascal,
.sthat a Young man named Lawrence fell
overheard from the Merom when the
bark was sailing through the Golden
Gate.
s'Lawrence's death and the suicide OF
| Francis James recalled to my mind a
very strange condolences happening
| which occurred the night before the
Merom sailed. Lawrence, this young
fellow James and myself We're taking a
drink together in the Bowhead saloon.
While we were standing at the bar an
elderly man approached rs and offered
to tell our fortunes, provided we would
furnish him with q few dimes with
which to procure a nights lodging.
we agTeeu W Ills pIokN~AeAoA, @hN
started in by saying that Lawrence would
die before the month was out. You
win meet with a very unexpected death,
he declared. You will die by drown
ing, and your body will never be recov'
cred. And al for you,' he continued
looking at James, L predict that yor
will never return to San Francisco. ior
will meet with misfortune while il
Alaska and will become very despond
) ent. | am not certain whether you viii
take your own life or will die in a figh
to death with one of your shipmates, blu
it looks to me as if you are going to re
sort to self destruction
! "You may think ! am telling you wha
g is not true" said Pascal, but all thl
occurred as sure as / am talking to you.
Lawrence fell overheard, as yo'
know, and here is a letter from Alask
u saying that James committed suicide b
Q shooting himself through the head.
have no further particulars, but surel
g it is a strange case, and I am anxious
hear what motive led to the latter takin
his life."-San Francisco Call
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Unmarried their faith in American securi~
ties, The Atchison system has over 5000
miles Of track and has had an immense
influence in the development OF the south
west. 1t fairly g%ridirons the state o
Kansas, and its r~amiications embrace
such widely separated centers as Chica-
20. st. Louis, Galveston, Guaymas on
the gulf Of California, Los Angeles, a
Francisco and Denver.
Mr. Joseph w. Reinhart, the young
president and one of the receivers OF the
road. is the author Of the famous Atchi-
son reorganization of 1889. by which the
various branches of the line were ANAL
pamated. He came to the road as an ex-
merit railroad accountant. having served
in that capacity with striking success
nnder the receiver Of tina New York,
West Shore and Buffalo railroad. Mr..
Reinhart's plan for reorganization was
not only accepted, but he was promptly
made fourth vice president and general
auditor of the Atchison. In 1891 he was
elected first vice president, and when
President Marvel died last winter he
was placed at the head of the system.
MI. Reinhart was born in Pittsburg a
wears o and has been in the railway
business since 1869, starting in the offices
of the Richmond and Allegheny road II
July of that year. After being auditor
of that road he went to the West Shor'
and afterward to the Lake Shore. MI
Reinhart introduced many economies u
the Atchison system during the pas
year, but says the road was unable =
cope with the general business depres
sion, which reduced its earnings to sue
an extent that it could not meet the Jan
nary interest on it's bonds.
Senators Plumb and Pomeroy wei
prominently identified with the earl
! history Of the Atchison line, which we
established on the old Santa Fe trail.
was originated by Colonel Cyrus 4
Holiday, one of the founders Of the cit
] of Topeka. He drew up the charter an
: procured its adoption by the territori'
legislature in 1859. The first % miles
9 the road were completed in 1859. an
e the system was opened for business
y February, 1873.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
Montana sapphires.

Garnet crystals not fine enough fol-
gems are found in North Carolina. They
are OF huge size, sometimes weighing
az much as 90 pounds, and they are cut
into dishes and cups. Tons of them are
crushed to make emery and a kind OF
sandpaper called garnet paper. At Ru.
by mountain in Colorado is a remarka-
BILE deposit of such great crystals OF
garnet, which, being included in a soft
matrix, usually come out perfect In
their beautiful geometrical shapes. They
are sold for weights and ornaments.
Emeralds, rubies and sapphires are
found only in North Carolina and Mon
tana. The Montana sapphires, dug from
the gravel bars of the Missouri river.
are mostly of poor quality, though some
OF the crystals are fine. They are plen-
tiful enough, the so called Colorado bar
yielding 2, 900 ounces of sapphires to
the acre.-Boston Transcript.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
THE pAys THAT ARE NO MORE.


Obi TO nave lived whom earth was young.
Ard everything was charming.
When bears and tigers were like lambs.
And snakes we're not alarming!
When every day the u tshone out
The whole world went a-Maying.
And lovely maids on every hand
Through forests dense were straying!
Obi to have known the peerless knights
Who went out dragon killing,
And who to succor innocence
Distressed were more than willingl
Oh! to have owned the purses which
With gold were always glist'ningl
Oil to have seen the fairies come
To every baby's christ'ning.
Oh. to have been for one hour on
A magic carpet sitting,
And in the twinkling of an eye
From land to land GO fitting!
Just to have once q giant seen.
Though at q civil distance,
And to q princess In distress
Have offered some assistance.
OIL to have had the lamps, the rings
That friendly genii granted!
Oh! to have met h fawns and swans
Which always were enchanted!
Oil to have lived when beggar men
Great Kingdoms could inherit,
When princesscs could marry churls.
And wishing was q merit!
When peasant lads and monarch's sons
Were equally u~ndaunted,
When every tree and rock and stream
Was by some fairy haunted.
Oh! to have known the time when ears
Were always turned to laughter,
And grief to joy, and people lived
Happily ever after!
New York Tribun,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

State Attorney Bailey OF Sioux Falls
reporting to the county commissioners
of Minnehaha upon the investigation OF
Clerk OF Court Thorne's accounts is said
to hold that the county has no claim up
on the land entry fees. The mount OF
these fees charged by Public Examiner
Meyers against the clerk is SOU, cover
1IuauIU0UJu uaI0S pa~ SsON-J $780,
Coe I. Crawford, does not agree with MIR.
Baily and thinks that the county is en-
titled to the fees. 1t is more than pro-
bable that this difficulty will have to be
settled in the courts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Iowa Postal card: Quite recently we
learned a new plan to ecure job print
ing and advertising, and that is to get in
debt to every merchant who will trust us
and thus compel them to p~atronize us OF
lose their pay. But we shall not adopt
the plan, having too much reguard fol
an established reputation OF being some
thing besides a dead beat or sponge. Lei
those practice it who expect to make {
snsak on the town some day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

e. G. Patterson reti.es from the man
apement of the Pierre Capital and 5. A
Travis and III. Fred Denton will control
it's destinies. The Times-Signai by the
transaction will be consolidated with the
CAPITAL and the weekly edition will be
run under the title of the Times-Sigral
and the daily will continue under the
old name. In their announcement Of
the change 1t is stated the paper Will DC
non-partisan in politics.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
stamps Instead Of Tickets.

A new plan of railroad tickets will be
adopted by Hungary in December. The
traveller win make ont his own ticket.
The government win sell railroad marks
or stamps and supply the blank cards.
The passenger will, when he desires 10
take journey write on the card hisname,
starting point and destination, and afz
as many stamps as the published List Of
fares calls for.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

wrote from Queens college, Belfast, eide
vote myself and my remaining life under
God to old Princeton and the religious
and literary interests with which it is
identified. and I fancy will leave my
bones in your graveyard beside the great
and good men who are buried there, hop
ing that my spirit may mount to COM
munion with them in heaven"
Princeton was not in those days the
institution it has since become. In fact,
it is well known that the college was
weak and fast losing place among schools
Of the first class. That it has since be-
come one of the three foremost institu-
tions Of learning in America is, Us any
old Princeton man will proudly tell, in
great measure due to- the endeavors of
Qr. McCosh, whose broad views, en-
lightened methods and spiritof thorough
ness achieved q work of rehabilitation
that many believed impossible.
The world has heard little Of DIR. Nc
Gosh since his designations When he had
shaken off responsibility, he avoided pub
licity and settled, down to enjoy a hale
old age and well earned rest. He is SO
years OF age and has just completed his
twenty-frst book, and it is not to be
wondered at that he does little writing
now and says that whatever he may do
hereafter will be merely fragmentary in
it's nature. He still walks q mile every
day, and attributes his physical preserve
ton to the fact that he has always lived
plainly and eve neglected exercise. He
is fond Of telling how he used to walk 90
miles . day when he was q young man in
Scotland, and his mind apparently dwells
. good deal in the long ago.
DR.. McCosh was born in Ayrshire in
1911. He was educated at Glasgow and
Edinburgh and ordained q minister of
the Church AZ Scotland in 1886. He took
a active part in organizing the Free
Church Of Scotland in 1643 and in 1851
was made professor of logic and meta
physics at Belfast. He was elected pres
ident Of Princeton in 1858.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Areus-Leader, 6: 1t is whispered
among the inner circle that E. b. Mere
dith, who n year ago ran for the state
senate ON the Populist ticket, is now a
full-fiedged candidate for the oniteo
States senate under Populist auspices.
He is said to be working up a scheme 10
sacure the nomination from the state
convention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
Fair souvenir.

They had reached that stage of the
engagement where she felt free to anus
herself by exploring his pockets. 1t 80
happened that he had forgotten to take
out the ticket for his watch, and when
she found that she Immediately wanted
to know what it was.
That, said he, with as much dig
nifty as he could command, lis a SOU
venir OF the Worlds fair. "-Indianap-
oils Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

The members Of the British Football
league have resolved that $70Q shall be
the msximum salary for aleague player.
No GLIB shall pay more than $50 bonus.
il . player desires to be transferred, and
his club agrees, the management of the
league shall fix the amount to be paid
for such transfer. For a violation of
these rules the guilty club is to be ined
$1,000, have six points deducted from its
ecora and ba liable tn expulsion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Flandrau Herald, s.: A move is a foot
in Flandrau to obtain another railroad,
the Burlington, the terminus OF which at
present is at Jasper, Mimi. The people
of Flandreau should spare no reasonable
efforts to obtain this road, as it IL
thought it will very materially help The
grain market Of this place as well al
give a little opt ION or coal purchases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Paris Is threatened with a deficit in
her budget, and the municipal council
proposes to provide for it by an increas-
ed tax on funerals. Undertakers are
public officers in France, and fees are
fixed by law. The lowest price Of q grave
Of two square meters is 80. An addi
tional meter costs $500. The council
proposes to make the minimum charg'
800 for two meters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

Bradley Globe, A: The tirst rumor
regarding the local ticket for the faii
elections is that Mr.. S. Ill. Elrod asplres
to a nomination from, the republican
marty for State senator for this district.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
An Interesting Decision.

An interesting case was tried before
Justice Payne of Charleston a few days
ago. The suit was brought by James
King against John Bryant for the recov-
cry Of $225 paid by King to Bryant for
worthless blank paper, King having bar.
gained for 81 900 worth of counterfeit
money. The justice gave a verdict In
favor of the plaintiff forthe full amount
Wheeling Dispatch.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

age OF the coun-
try, passed into
the hands of re-
ceivers. OF all
these failures the
downfall Of Atch-
ison, Topeka and
Santa Fe proba-
bly, created the
greatest financial
atom. The
road has been q
favorite with for
eign investors.
and it's collapse
has considerably
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
THE ATcHisoN FAILURE.

some Interesting Facts About D Road
and ITS President.
Al disastrous year for railroads, as well
sform many passengers who rode on them,
was 1893. Seventy-one roads, represent
ln9 about one-eighth of the railway mile
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
OF SUBSCRIPTION.
To ADVERTISERS

THE DAILY LEADER makes q special feature ol
md resourcea of the city Of Madison and OF the
State nj large emitting Ii 90 the patronage OF al
Vef''Ve j. r. STAHL. Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
Or. M,cosA IN RETIREMENT.

ton Passes His Declining Days.
Since he resigned from the presidency
Of Princeton college over five years ago
the venerable DIR. James McCosh has
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

continued to re-
side at the col
lege in a plain,
substantial little
house built espe-
cially for him
from his own de-
signs, calmly
awaiting that
great event
which he foresaw
3 years ago,
when, in his let
ter accepting the
presidency. he
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-08
JOHN HUECKER.

CAUTION.-If . dealer offers w. K.
Douglas shoes &C q reduced price. or save
ne mas them Without name stamped ON
bottom, put him down - d fraud.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-03-03
Naphthalcne.

According to recent chemical investi.,n-
tions, naphthalcne is not formed in coal
gas while in the pipes, but in the retorts,
and only ut high temperature. Thus,
III the process of gasmaking, the gas
which first comes off is rich in marsh gas
and poor in hydrogen, while toward the
end hydrogen prcdominates, and if benzol
Is overheated there is a slight separation
of carbon and hydrogen, and naphthalcne
IS formed-a very staple substance, pro-
duced whenever organic substances are
decomposcd by n very high temperature,
which accounts for it's unavoidable pres
ence i'll coal gas. If the temperature he
still further raised, there results still more
coalescence, anthracenc and chrysene be.
ing formed, and beyond these there is alb
solute charng, rs in the formation of
graphite on the walls of the retort. There
Is really very little naphthnlene in gas,
but the amount produced in the retort is
far greater than that required to saturate
the gas, which will only take up about o.
grain per foot, Mt Is degrees c., and
there is ten times this quantity of naphtha-
lene produced-the gas being therefore
saturated with naphthalene, while with
benzol it is not so, and if it be condensed
to 10 degrees, then sent on, and afterward
cooled down beyond that temperature, it
must deposit naphthalcne New York
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