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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
LOST AND SPOILED MONEY.
The Bank of England Makes N Big Profit
on Her Notes.


on Her Notes.
Bank notes Of tho value of thousands
of pounds are annually lost or destroyed
by accident In the 30 years between
1899 and 1889 there were outstanding
notes Of the Bank of England, presumed
60 have been either lost or destroyed,
amounting to 81, $50, 600 odd, every
shilling of which was clear profit to tho
bank
In many instances, however, it is pos
Eible to recover the amount of the noto
from the bank in full Notice has to be
given to the bank of the note supposed
to be lost or stolen, together with
small fee and full narrative as to how
the loss occurred. The note is then
''stopped" is, if the document
should be presented for payment, the
person stopping" the note is informed
when and to whom it is paid IL pre-
sented, after having been stopped, "
by any suspicious looking person, and
not through banker, one of the detect
ives always in attendance at the bank
would be called to question the person
as to how and when the note came into
his or her possession. 1t is quito mis-
taken idea that stopped payment" of a
bank note has tho effect supposed by
very many people. 1t simply means that
the Bank OF England carefully keeps
lookout for the note which has been
stopped, and, though it cannot refuse
to pay such note Immediately OH its be.
ing presented, notification would AT
once be made to the person who stopped
it, and the bank would give all the as
distance in its power to enable the loser
to recover the amount
In the case Of bGnk note having
been, say, burned by mistake, if the
number is known and notice sent to the
Bank of England it will pay the amount
after an interval of five years from the
date Of lodging notice of destruction
should no one have presented the note
for payment in the meantime. The bank
in such cases also insists on q guarantee
being given by banker or two house.
holders that it shall be repaid in the
event Of the document turning up and
being again rendered for payment. 1t is
not at all an unusual circumstance for
mntilated note to be presented for
payment, burned perhaps half through,
with marks of burning ON the fringes.
Nor is the damage always accidental
The men who indulge in the luxury Of
lighting their pipes with a bank note
are not always, as some may think,
millionaires or recognized lunatics of
society. The spoiled notes are more often
than not presented by workmen or la
borers, who confess without hesitation
that they have Intentionally lighted
their pipes with them from mere brag-
gadocio Ashton (EnglanD Reporter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
His Favorite Color.

Old Mr.. Kerr Muggeon, who agrees
with George ii in hating poetry and
painting, and who is never agreeable
except when he is smoking, was engaged
in this favorite amusement ON hisdoor-
step when Mrs. Gusscher passed.
"Oh, Mr.. Kerr Muggeon, " she said, 'sI
am glad to see you enjoying the beau
ties of naturer'
Heb? What dye mean?'s asked Mr..
Kerr Muggeon.
why. weren't you looking at the
sunset?''
"The sunseti Well, no, not just
exactly. But, now that you mention it,
IL does look fine, doesn cit? Looks good
deal like q meerschaum pipe just after.
it's begun to colori' Compan-
ion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

Probably great many people who
travel have failed to notice that the pc
riod of blooming of the goldenrod does
not begin first i'm the south and move
northward, but apparently in the other
direction-from north to south. In some
places in northern Vermont and New
Hampshire goldenrod of the common
field and railroad track variety is i'm
profuse bloom as early as the 10th of
july. On the Kennebeo river the other
day traveller noted that the goldenrod
was much more golden and less tinged
with green than it is i'm Maiden or Cam
bridge, Mass. And the place where the
plant is latest of all I'm yellowing ap-
parently is Cape Cod, where the dwarf
seaside variety, most common there,
hardly begins to do itself Justice before
September. Itispossible that the north
ern goldenrod ripens before that farther
south for the same reason that Indian
corn ripens earlier in Vermont than it
does In Virginia--it has got to ripen
earlier il it is going to ripen at all -
Lewiston Journal
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
Our Future Population.

The territorial area of Japan is about
one twenty fourth that Of the United
States, not counting Canada, which is
likely some time TO come in, and it sup
ports 40, 600. 900 people At this rate it
Ii computed that the North American
continent would sustain population OF
1000. 600, 000. How soon that limit is
to be reached may be remitted to the
prophets and the statisticians, but it
will come some time without doubt, re-
quiring an increasingly wise type Of
statesman and politician ON the way If
we are TO hold together and carry ont
the deatinies which seem appointed to
us. New York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
THE POWER OF POETRY.
SCOTS Description OF the Chase and Wha
the Ordinary Man Would Have Said.

SCOTS Description of the Chase and Wha.
the Ordinary Man Would Have Said.
Take, as single instance of the pow
CIR Of poetry, Walter Scott's OPENING
lines in the Lady of the Lake, . where
he describes the chase of the stag. The
stag escapes and evades his pursuers,
but what a picture the great poet has
put into words!
Reduced to prose the ordinary observ-
or and writer would have said, "They
chased the stag several miles, but lost
him in the Trosachs. He could not
possibly have said in prose:
The antlered monarch of the waste
Sprung from his heathery couch In haste,
But ere his fleet career he took
The dewdrops from his flanks he shook;
Like crested leader, proud and high. s
Toss'd his beamed frontlet to the sky:
A moment gazed adown the dale,
A moment snuffed the tainted gale,
A moment listened to the cry
That thicken'd as the chase drew nigh.
Then as the headmost foes appear'd,
With one brave bound the copse he clear'd,
And stretching forward free and far
Sought the wild heaths of Uam Var.
The poet began his picture with an
incident that only a poet would have
thought worthy of words, but what a
picture the few words makel
The stag at eve had drunk his fill
Where danced the moon on Monan's rill,
And deep his midnight lair had made
In lone Glenartney's hazel shade.
Forest and Stream.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

One OF the most Objectionable quail
ties OF the electric bell Ii it's uniform
noisiness and shrillness. There are many
places in which an alarm of less ag-
gressiye and peremptory nature is de-
sirable, and it is surprising that a
quiet" electric bell has not been man
ufactured for use in Offices, hotels or
private houses. The bell can be adjusted
TO make as much or as little noise as
may be needed. Its principal feature is
that it can be used either a. slow
striking bell. single stroke bell or as an
ordinary trembling bell, according TO
the way 1t il connected on. Philadel-
phia Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

An old Dutch legend says that Thorn
% Beckett cursed the Kentishmen Of
England. who spitefully cut off his
horses tail. and that tho entire genera
tion OF Kent which followed wore tails
like horses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

From q grain of sand barely visible
to the naked eye 1000 miles Of quartz
thread may be spun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
An AnectIofa of Perier.

Once during the schooldays OF the
president of the French republic his pro-
fessor in geography asked him, "Perier,
give rs the exact position and indicate
the latitude Of the Gambler group"
Casimir- Perier crossed his arms tightly
upon his chest. looking very perplexed.
One of his neighbors whispered to him
the wrong answer, whereupon the pro-
fessor gave him the exact position OF
this little group, which belongs to the
more important French establishment
of Tahiti, and after a short pause, and
with little point of irony, said: "You
ought to know that, Perier, because it
is thanks to your grandfather that
France acquired the ascendancy in these
parts Of the world. 1t was through his
efforts and entreaties that the dusky
queen of these islands was induced to
come to France, and the men Of my
generation still remember the comical
songs which celebrated the event. " Pc
rier blushed considerably, but. holding
his head still higher, answered the pro
fessor with his quick and peculiar die
tion, II will most certainly go over
this lesson again and try to be more
proficient at the next lecture; but, SO
far as the deeds OF my grandfather ge
they are SO numerous that am not oil
enough yet TO know them all. "---Sau
Francisco Argonaut
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

\ Leuenhoek says that 4. 900. 900 webs,
spun BY Young spiders when they first
begin 10 nse the spinneret, are not, IL
twisted together, as great in diameter
as q hair from human head.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

Black gold Is q natural alloy Of gold
and bismuth.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
Remarkable Vision.

An old woman who had been in the
infrmary with sore eyes told neighbnr
that the doctor took out her eyes and
scraped them with lances. Nonsense.
woman, a replied the other. Ye
shouldn't believe all ye hear. The doc
tors would only be stufing ye. = "Oh.
but ye know it's no use saying that, fer
awakened up ont Of the chlorofor1n
and saw both Of my eyes lying on the
table. Montreal Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07

Or. Prices Cream Baking Powdea
Most Perfect Made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-07
MERCHANDISE
Tie CHlnAMEn
and prices are in
keeping with
the times.

how Que trade keeps up and forgets about hard
when visiting our store just try it and see.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
10 UPHOLD THE GOVERNMENT.

This American citizen recognizes on,
duty above all others. No matter what
excltcments may prevail no matter what
grievances may sxist no matter wha,
passions may be aroused, law and order
must BE- preserved and the authority Of
the Government must be upheld
In the American Republic the Govern
ment IL tine people and In urnollrg the
Government the American people w
hold themselves. The cause Of law and
order Ia their own cause. Many labor
troublcs have occurred I'm which public
sympathy has been clearly on the side
Of labor. But whenever Law and order
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
PUSH 1T AHEAD.

The wrangling Reed led new filibus-
terinE movement In the House yesterday
with the object OF delaying action on
the Tariff bill. The obstructlonlsts sue
ceedel in preventing the bill from being
reported back to tho House 20 ns to be
put In conference last night before ad-
iournment. II this Is matter to be
proud OF, the Reed nlibusters can boast
OF having thrown the conference over
until Monday. but they will then be
taken In hand and whipped Into dccency
by the power OF a new rule.
The majority will now be TO blame II
they submit to any more clustering and
bullying from the swsshbucltlers Of the
minority. The bill Is In the House now,
not in the Senate. and not a minutes
more delay than Is unavoidable should
be allowed to take place.
It is believed that Mr.. Bourke Cochran
will be on the Conference Committee
and he will stand firmly for restora
ton OF the bill to the principles OF Dem
ocratic tariff reform.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07

the crib Is a public nuisance. and that
there Is constant and fragrant abuse
of the rules OF the Health Board on the
Island. an order was Issued yesterday
that nn opening shall be made In the
cribwork 90 that the scows may enter
aud unload in the deep water inside
the crib. Then the effective Wolff dis
lnfectant can be used on the refuse
deposited around the cribwork.
The objection OF the authorities to
sending the scows to sea to unload out
side Sandy Hook is caused by the ex-
pense to the contractor. The improved
supervision OF the harbor compels the
scows to be sent out with light loads,
so rs 10 prevent the refuse from being
washed overheard In transit.
But two considerations are vastly
more important than cost. One Is the
preservation OF the public health: the
other IS the prevention of the filling UP
OF the harbor. The subject Is OF too
serious character to be trified with.
and II there is any Job connected with
the Rlker's Island crib 1t cannot be too
speedily exposed and stopped. The
people are getting accustomed to see
the city robbed In all the departments
and at every turn. But, at least, the
public health should not be trifed with.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

The failure TO collect tho tax on per-
sunal property In anything like Its proper
amount In this city Ia notorious. Per-
haps 1t Is the fault of the law. which
makes the process OF "swearing on" far
too easy. Perhaps II 10 the political char
acter OF the heads OF the Tax Depart
ment, which lnterferes with their indie
pendent and equitable discharge OF their
duties PERHAPS. and most probably. II
is both OF these combined.
1t is outrageous that while the valua-
ton OF real estate keeps mounting higher
and higher, by the addition of many mill
ions every year, the valuation OF per-
sonal estate remains nearly stationary
or goes backward. Yet every year the
people of New York grow richer and
richer and the evidences OF wealth In
gorgeously furnished mansions, we'll
supplied art galleries, dazzling 1ewelry
and gaudy equpages are constantly be-
fore the eyes of the people.
II Is very well Known. for instance.
that princely fortunes have been made
recently by political bosses. Yet some
how not one OF them In assessed for per-
sonal property. This Ia. no doubt. due
to the political affiliations of the Com
missioner Numbers OF names are not
found on the assessment rolls whose per-
Sonal estate Is known to be large.
sudden spurge was made short
time ago by the assessment OF the Goul6s
at sl0,OJ1,DO0. The family OF the late
multi millionaire. Jay Gould. kicked and
are seel.Ing to initiate their ancestor In
lodging taxation by transferring their
resi- lence to the country. but the Tax
! Commissioners announce their determ,-
nation to fight this attempted evasion
of The law on the ground that the securi-
ties OF the estate are held here.
II is to be hoped the Commissioners
viii be successful. At all events. they
can fight a good battle for the city. The
Goulds are not now power In politics.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
MATS Made Ont af Carnefs

Those who are much at home and
have plenty of spare time will find an
interesting occupation and q capital
way to utilize old carpets by converting
the pieces into mats. First cut the
pieces OF carpet about two and u half
Inches wide, any length. just as your
pieces Will best cut. Then ravel out all
the wool from the cotton very careful
iy. 60 that II will retain the crimpy
effect. OF course, the pieces Of wool
will be the same lengths when travelled.
Then take a piece OF Jute the size OF
desired mat and a good stout thread.
Now take enough of those pieces OF
wool TO make quite bunch. perhaps
eight to fourteen, and tasten them on
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
TWO REMARKABLE CASES.

Two singular cases are attracting the
particular attention of the lawyers just
now.
Myer J. Stein, a reputable young at.
torney, testified In the McArdle- Don.
nelly shooting trial that he took PTS
tol from one OF the McArdlc party who
had fred II at Donneliy. Tho pistol
which Stein swore lie had kept In his
possession ever since the occurrence.
was produced In court.
subsequently the manufacturers OF
the pistol testified thut 1t had not been
sold out OF the factory until ten day.
after the shooting. The weapon was
Identified by It's registered number.
Mr. Stein, who H. Indicted for perjury
declares that somebody must have sub
stituted the pistol produced In court for
the one he took from the McArdle party,
In the other case Il IL charged that u
lawyer named Jacobs Obtained five han
dred dollars from a female client. who
had suit In the civil Court before
Judge Enrich, on ,he pretense that II
was needed to fix the Judge" the suit
was decided In the woman's favor.
Judge Enrich, who has borne an eN-
ceilent reputation. positively denies all
knowledge OF the transaction, ana finds
from the records OF the suit that II wa.
decided on It's merits In accordance with
the evidence. No one VINO knows Jungc
Ehrlich believes him capable OF takints
a bride.
Both these cases demand complete
and satisfactory clearing up. Every
body wishes to see the Bench and thg
Bar freed from even the suspicion al
biackmah and perjury.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
WRINKLES ON AND OFF THE STAGE

Did YOU ever hear OF an actress that
had wrinkles" Did you ever see dead
mule We think not. These are among
the things that do not exist. A mule
may die every minute. but II he does he
seeks some sequestered spot where we
cannot see him. and not only shuff1es
Off in an exclusive sort OF way. but for
ever mysterously disappears.
An actress grows old az sdereal time
goes on, but she Is ever young and beau
t!fui In her newspaper notices, and she
would no more think OF confessing to a
wrinkle or permitting one TO rufhe nor
countenance than she would Of conced-
ing that there was any other actress on
earth as good as herself In her line.
Vet there H. a story In the morning
Papers to the eject that IA woman had
beauty expert taxiderm her face so as to
take wrinkles out Of II. and when he
ut Il section Of her complexion away
md drew the rest taut and sewed II up
nc left q scar. So she Is suing him, and
she says she Is an actress. Do you be-
lIevc ~
If she were ballet-dancer whose
memory ran back to the destruction OF
Herculaneum she wouldn't have
wrinkle-for publication. This is proba-
Div another attempt to SANDER the stage.
Col. Hahn says OF the recent reduc-
tons In the FL" road train service:
They are necessitated by the decrease
In business during the hot months
This T. not strictly true. The reductions
are uecessitated only by the evident
desire OF the ~ road management to
keep the accommodations OF the line
lust 50 far below the sca.e which a
proper consideration for the public COM
tort would demand. The Manhattan
Il" corporation plays a game Of squeeze
all around. II squeeZes the nickels out
II the people and then squeezes the
people into its stifing cars. And. once
squeezed in, It's a case OF squeeze for
anybody to get out. And stiA New
York IL patient.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07

modern society In general Intelligence It Is sur
prisins that tho hearing people have so many
crude not TO bay nonsensicsl, notions respecting
tho deaf Tue deaf mute. or des, and dumb
man or woman, 1, net a fool, either idiot or i'm
bssiie; neither Is he nor phc queer crstrange;"
no does not need raised letters to read by las
somo people oddly enough SUPPOSE. Neither does
no excel In music. but generally has taste Tor
1t. He does not hc,r IT, but feels the vibrations
OF the sound, but he distinguish the tedious
notes deaf person Is neither q blockhesd
nor a genius. Employors or THE bos,es'' gen
orally haze some Of those crude ideas and. to
make matters worse. they bear 4 great prejudice
Against US deaf mutes Some day q bomb will
explode and We deaf mutes will come forth and
proclaim our rights to many thngA We may
even take deaf mute and make him tho Preti-
lent OF the United States Pu, deaf mutcs In
Congress and SEQ them Ugh, ever tariff, &c,
very angrily. set all ''noiselcssy." Signs and
spelling will takc the place OF the 'larny1' some
iay There are more than a million deaf nutes
scattered all over tho elobs TO-DAY.
Ohm L. o. BRlEN. 32o East Eighteenth street.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07

To the Editor:
wish TO correct q few bad errors that are
much TALKED Of by the hearing people. When the
hard times or money famine broke out Il vas the
deaf rcopls who lost thel. employment trrt; neSl
came the hearing people. The deaf mu'es 70
learn. feel melancholy s!ncs they lost thsir Job
&C.. They have secured the city In hopes or
hndluS something but esys weeks and even
months have piIasd by and st!ll they have no
work. Some are fortunate TO have a soo5 home
ard food all these long months others are less
fortunate, aud have IN some etIst been forced 20
beg, thing no deaf man or woman with pride
would do. ! an = dsai mute. ard lpeak out In
a bona ode manner for those Who are snlcted like
myself sly age Is no necessity. Now. II en-
p!oysrs would only get 4 litll0 more brains and
Use than In q philosophical way Snd siaploy US
deaf people they wcud not Be the party TO blame
q ne cid net do c"r vo.s right To be sneIsd
vita deafness 10 indeed . sad case bot We want
no sympathy from hsarins people We are deaf
mutes; No are men and women; We can 90 cur
work ourselves. We are able 10 earn our own
iyias. and. 70 tell the truth. Il 10 an sbsoiuts
fact that deaf mute can do more work than .
man who 10 blessed with the powers Of spessh
aud hearing conridsrinE the steady sdysaes Of
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
Relief for Iniiuned Feet.

The first thing to be done Is to tai
of aud throw away tight-itting boot
which hurt the tender feet as much a.
they were put into a press. Then tal
one pint Of wheat bran and one ounce
saleratus and put 1t into a football
and add one gallon OF hot water. Who
It has become cool enough put In IL
feet. soai. them for fifteen minutes m
the relief will be almost immediat
Repeat this every night for a week I'D
the cure will be complete. The burnin
prickly sensation IL caused by the por|
of the skin being closed up so tightly
the pressure of the boots that they ca1
not persp!re freely
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
A Walk for Women to Initiate.

A writer on the great need OF the con
servation OF the nerve forces OF thu
modern woman advises her to force her
self to move slowly even II in a HURRY
and to try In walking to initiate TIL
gait OF the city policeman, adding tha
there is no danger that she will succee
in copying 1t exactly. The appropriate
ness of the model offered is obvioua
since the dislnclination of the official ID
fender OF the peace to hasten his step
even in seasons of extreme need has bs
come proverbial. and his measured
swinging gait seldom varies. The nery
GUS woman is advised to keep still out
wardly even to her finger tips II sh
would acquire rest and quiet Of mind
and to allow herself no motion that ha
not it's definite purpose and aim.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
The Clerks Mistake Again,

To the Editor:
In reply TO the problem under the title OF 1.-THE
Clerks Mistake" rspubished by request in last
saturdays edition OF oThe Evening World" l
would beg TO state that II understand 1t correctly
the clerk should have marked the piece OF furn!-
ture 5000. The explanation Is this: The clerk
cold the furniture for 1900 less 90 per cent, or
sl63 net, and lost 20 per cent. on the selling
price, which would make the cost Of the furniture
sls:. Now. as he was instructed to sell It 20
he could give discount Of 20 per cent and
still make profit Of IS per cent. he should
have sold It for $40 net. or $500, less 20 per
cent. A. F. MARSH