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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-11
FOOTBALL I'M MALAY.
a Game That Might Give Our Own Players
a Few Pointers.

a Game That Might Give Our Own Players
Few Pointers.
Among the Malays football has been
In existence from time immemorial,
but it is with them essentially a game,
as, for instance, battledoor and shuttle
cock lis with MS, and il liz not q contest.
The football ia rather smaller than that
used at Eton and is made Of wicker
work. Those who join. in the game ar
range themselves in a wide circle and
kick the ball from one to another with
the inside, or, at times, with the fiat of
the foot. The object of the players Is
to keep the ball passing about without
its ever touching the ground or the hand
OF any one. Great dexterity is shown
in this performance, and the ball Ia
usually kicked to a very respectable
height. There seems to be no penalty
exacted from a player who may kick the
ball badly or fail to kick it at all.
W. had u own game Of football,
and the ;Dutchmen. assisted by two
members OF our team, scored two goals
10 our four. During the game the ma
tives collected in still greater numbers,
and at its termination they begged us
TO allow them TO have q game among
themselves. To this we assented. and
two of us acted as captains of the sides,
numbering about 80 players apiece,
most of whom stripped to the "sarong,'
and wrapped it round their loins, leav-
ing the rest of their bodies bare.
81 Thn hall ~ c<nvsfaI nVN6 than fol
lowed n Of the most extraordinary
games of football that has ever been
seen. The game soon ceased to be a
game at all and became a veritable bat
tie.
As when a sort Of lusty shepherds try
Their force at football, care of victory
Makes them salute SO rudely. breast TO breast,
That their encounter seemed too rough for Jest.
Hands. arms and even teeth, were
used ON all sides, blood flowed freely,
and scattered about the field were soon
to be seen the wounded, | might almost
say, the slain. As some fell exhausted
to the ground they were removed, and
their places in the fray were taken by
others. who rushed forth eagerly from
the crowd of spectators.
Shouts Of victory and groans OF de-
feat rent the air. and at length things
became so serious that the two captains
were obliged to seize upon the ball and
bolt with it to the pavilion. The game
thus came to an end. and the players
Withdrew to their homes, with the ex-
cited crowd following at their heels.
This must have been regarded as a red
letter day by the native community Of
Medan, and the visit Of the Orange
Puteh" tEnglishmen) will be remem
bered among them for some time to
come. We received q hint next morn
ing from the authorities that the natives
must not be allowed to take part in our
games.-Fortnightly Review.
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Had Fun With the Policeman.

1t is seldom that one of the finest
gets such a scare as a member of the
force received the other night on Park
row in front of the postofice. This
policeman has made himself obnoxious
to the newsboys who congregate around
the p~ostofice. He seemed to them to
take delight in moving them on. The
boys had no redress, but at last they
took mp a scheme which has afforded
pleasure to small boys more than once.
They secured an old pair of trousers.
together with a coat and q hat, which
they stuffed with straw. Waiting I'M
til the policeman was looking in their
direction, two OF them, with the dunn
my between them, boldly walked out OF
Beekman street and started across Park
row toward the postofice. The sight OF
the two boys in charge of a man who
apparently could not take care OF him
self interested the policeman, and he
started to follow them. The boys
walked on unit, they reached the mid
die OF the street, when they threw the
figure on the track before an approach
ing horse car and fed.
With a pale face and an involuntary
cry Of terror the policeman ran toward
the body. He had gone but a few feet
when he tripped and fell. The driver
of the car put OF the brake just as the
horses reached the body. just then
two boys rushed from the postofice,
seized the body by the legs, on each
side. and ran down Beekman street with
it amid the shouts of their companions,
who had been silent but much amused
witnesses of the joke. The policeman
.did not follow.--New York Sun.
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Dream warning of death.

There is a family we'll known in lit
erary circles in New York Of which one
member, an old lady. has had 10 Or 10
Irepetitions of dream that she was car
rying q child . long and weary distance
up hills and yer rough paths. When
eyer the dream occurs, some member of
the family dies shortly afterward. II
10 not connected with previous knowl-
edge Of i'll health. for In one Of these in
stances the death has been that of aper-
son supposed to be perfectly healthy, sit-
ting at his study table at work, and car
ried Off quickly by n stroke OF apoplexy.
The last instance Of this dream was just
before the death Of a well known news
paper man in this city last winter
Chicago Post.
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sHE GOT a BARGAIN.
Better Than That. she Knew How 90 Use nc
After Getting. 1t.

BETTER Than That. she Knew How Co Use nc
After Getting 1t.
A lady surrounded the bargain coun-
ter of n of the big retail stores ON
Sixth avenue the other day and cap
tured d fragment OF china silk with
which she wanted to make a screen.
To accomplish this required a degree of
strategy ani physical exertion sufficient
to equip a ccllege eleven for active serv-
ice on the gridiron. But she got there.
Il spent the whole afternoon, " said
she to a friend, and when | got home
I figured the whole thing up. could
have bought the same stuff up stairs at
the regular counter for 30 cents a yard,
and / wanted only 81 yards. Well.
that mean little clerk sold me four yards
for 30 cents-it was a remnant, you
know-so l found [ had been trodden
upon for about two hours and squeezed
black and blue and had lost just 3 cents
by the operation.
But, law. that's nothingl What do
You s'pose? Why, when l examined
that silk the next day, | found ahole In
every fold.
"Mad7 Well, | think / was madl My
husband laughed at me. He says wom-
en- were born to be fooled, don't you
know-that most of us haven't sense
enough to spread an umbrella when ii
rains.
What would You do?' l asked him.
do, says he, I'D throw that away
and never go back to that store again
mot much, says +. I'm going to
mak them take that back if | die for
it. Now there! And if you should miss
me when night comes, you IL find my re-
mains at the foot of the china silk coun-
teri
II went back. After another two
hours of shutting and crowding | got u
chance to confront the young man who
sold me that silk. l was prepared to
make him ashamed of himself. now |
tell you. But he merely looked at it and
said in a bored sort of way. .Oh, yes,
that is the same piece of silk Mrs. Blank
returned last week.
YES, / was stricken dumb. If there
had been Don enough. I'd have drop
ped. But that's nothing. Let me tell
You. While he was making out my ~
bate check another lady glanced at the
silk I had just laid down.
That's real pretty. said she. How
many yards?'
-Four, ma'am,' says he.
".How much?'
" Forty cents says he, with the
most unblushing face. It's the last piece
Of that shade in the house. says he.
'"'I'M take it. says she, pulling out
her purse just as he gave me my ticket
for the return of that identical piece.
Well, then / knew that young man de-
hberately cheated me and was going to
cheat that lady right before my face. But
l got my breath quick enough to tell her.
And / did. / said: Madam, I've just
this minute brought that back. It's
damaged. Look at these holes! He
knows it's damaged. Here's my ticket
for the rebate for it's return.
aF"Well, If You could have seen the
look she gave himi Then she turned ON
her heel and went out. Yes. ! should
say I'm about even with that house
one of the finest stores in town too.
New York Herald.
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some Timber strength Tests.

It would be difficult to convince the
average man, especially the Missouri
pioneer, that fir is stronger wood than
oak, bur such has been proved by ac-
tual tests that were made by q fair and
impartial committee appointed for the
purpose. The timbers used were each
. by 4 inches and 4 feet long, both ends
psolidly braced and the weight applied
in the middle of the span. Yellow fir
stood o strain of 8, 062 pounds, common
Oregon oak 2, 922 pounds. Fine grained
yellow fir from near the butt stood a
strain of 8, 635 pounds, and best Michi-
gan oak snapped with q strain Of only
2,428 pounds. These tests were made
by the Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany at Tacoma.--St. Louis Republic.
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Since Auditor Nipples statement ap-
peared last fall in regard to state ex-
penditures and the need of retrench-
ment, there has been considerable
criticism in newspapers hostile to higher
state education, OF the amount of money
expended on these higher schools. The
auditor himself rather suggested these
institutions as proper objects of retrench-
ment and inferred that their continued
existence was hardly necessary for the
good OF the state. Newspapers which
have a jealous eye to institutions not To-
Gated in their own town, have not been
slow to improve the auditors suggestions
in the force of their criticism. Fuel has
also been added to the flame by the in
discreet way in which local papers have
tried TO defend the existence of these in
situations. Instead Of givingt the reasons
for their existence and maintenance,
they have simply recriminated and stir
red up great animosity, which might, in
great measure, have been avoided by
eve q discreet silence. But the argu-
ment FOR the support OF our higher state
institutions OF learning is a positive and
necessary one. Their influence in draw
ing up the intelligence and social stand
ing o~fsociety and OF the state is broad
and direct. The opportunities afforded
by them appeal to the aspirations OF all
grades OF society and many a poor boy
has succeeded through them in becom-
would have been lost to the world but
for the opportunity they afford The
common school prepares the child for
citizenship; the higher school prepares
him for legislative and 'minstative
duties. We need both to attain q fully
developed citizenship and govrnment.
Both are just as necessary to the vel
fare and protection OF society al The
maintenance of our inferior and superior
courts OF law. 1t is not every nan tina,
has a law suit. but for the protection and
welfare OF society every IN n il taxed X
support courts OF law, and though not
onssia ton Thousand ever gets into thu
supreme courts, the ten thousand ar,
taxed to maintain the supreme court fol
the a who gets there. Directly Oh in
directly his case is the case OF ever,
member OF society, and every member o
society::pays tribute to these courts with
out complaint. They would less tbinl
OF knocking out the higher courts thal
they would OF abolishing the commo,
school system. And so of our highe
state institutions OF learning. Our CON
mon school system took its origin an
has it's breath in the atmosphere (
higher education, and state education .
that. Our UNCONVENTIONAL institution
OF higher learning have multiplied /
such an extent that they are weak an
have not the facilities to give til,
rounded and complete education fur,
ished by the fully equipped public ii
stitntions. They work more in speci
lines. This higher education, especial
public education. is not a luxury but
d necessity OF the conditions OF socie
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Not Obscurs Enough.

You intend this novel for the Bos-
ton public, do yonf'' said the publish
or, leaning back in his chair.
Yes, sir, : said the novelist.
We'll, Mr.. Pensling, said the pub
Usher. 1.-THE work has its merit. 1t is
pointed, interesting, and the style can
be readily read and understood, and ]
think. no continued as the novelist's
face broke into a smile OF hope, II
think therefore that you should give mp
all effort to get Boston people interest
ed In IL. Chicago Record.
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Yves. saperior,. New Normal.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Jan. u.-Word
has at last been received from Madison
that Superiar will receive the Norman
school In return for the e65,OOO certified
check sent TO Madison nearly six n1onttb
ago. At the next meeting OF the board
Of normal school regents, to be held
at Madison Feb.S. they will accept the
Catlin avenue site.
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The Latest In Advertisements.

Wanted, with a view to matrimony,
a young lady to match a bonnet trim
med with green, which ! won the other
day in a rattle for charitable purposes.
Must have means Of her own. Please adj
dress under the heading: Lebensgluck
life's happiness), the Office OF this pa
per. Lady cyclist preferred "-Pful-
slendorfer Anzeiger.
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TO DIE.

The Paris Anarchist Tried and Sentenssd
In Short Order.
PARIS, Jan. 1.-THE trial of Valiant,
the anarchist, who, on Dec. slast, threw
the bomb which exploded in the chamber
Of deputies, was very short. At is con-
clusion Valiant was sentenced to death.
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proysnr the Proposition.

When q man writes to another chal-
longing him to fight a duel because that
other has called him a fool, the chal-
lenging party betrays ~lamentable igno-
rance as to poprlar understanding in
regard to what a fool is.-Buffalo Conn
mercial.a
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Trial of Train Robber. Continusd.

PADUcAH, KY, Jan. 1.-THE case
against Jace Breckenridge, William
O'Brien and William Brown, recently
indicted by the Ballard county grand
jury of the Bardwell, Ills, train rob
berry, has been continued until the next
term of court by the defendants. Brown
has turned states evidence. The others
are in Jail.
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WORK for ere Unemployea.

DULUTH, Mimi. Jan. 1.-The coun-
Gil voted $4,000 to pay laborers for
work to be done on the Superior street
rock cut. The city begins this work TO
furnish labor to unemployed men.
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KEoKUK, Ia, Jan. 11-At q city coun-
Gil meeting an ordinance was adopted
for refunding the $17U, 600 bonded debt
falling due July | with 5 per cent bonds
running 20 years. The present bonds
bear interest at 8 per cent.
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Died From ConcussIon.

SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, Jan. If.-Dr.
r. 8. Harvey, one Of the most promi-
nent physicians here, died at . q. M.
from conclusion of the brain, the result
OF a fall on an icy sidewalk.
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WEST SUPERIOR. Wis. Jan. ILL., Mar
tin Weir, q car inspector, has mystic
riously disappeared. His wife is conf
dent he has been murdered. He had
81, 700 in his possession at the time of
his disappearance.
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Simple ynaugurAl Cer~moni.s.

Dies MONIES, Jan. 1.-THE report of
the inauguration committee was adopted
in the senate. The ceremonies will be
Of . simple character, the oath being ad-
ministered by Supreme Judge Granger.
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Carried By Republican

CHEYENNE, Wy, Jan. 1.-THE Re-
publicans carried every ward in the city
at Tuesdays municipal election and
will have a two-thirds majority in the
council.
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MENACE TO THE REPUBLIC.

Senator Villas. Opinion of the Americas
Protective Association.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. l1.-United States
Senator William r. Villas, in a letter 20
the Catholic citizens, just made public,
declars the American Protective associaL
ton a menace to the republic. He says
every citizen should be opposed to its
principles. 80
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Sentenced For Life.

TOLEDO, o., Jan. IL. = Christian
Schorling, the murderer Of Bessie Sharp,
has been sentenced TO life imprisonment,
the motion for . new trial being over
ruled.
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Admitted the ROBBERY.

BARABoo, Wis., Jan. Hilary
Phillips plead guilty to robbing Kam-
rath & Hirschingers store recently and
was sentenced to two years in the state
prison.
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THE DAILY LEADER
TERMs OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Tn AnYERTISERS.

THE DAILY LEADER makes a special feature OF
furnishing information concerningt the advantages
and resources of the city of Madison and OF the
state Mt large emitting IL TO the patronage OF adj
v~ertisers of every class.
J.F. STAHL, Proprietor.
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PosroFFIcE ROBBED.

About 5000 In Stamps and Cash Secured
at LIE Mars, In. g52
LIE MARS, Ia. Jan. lk-The postoffice
at this place was robbed during the
night. About 500 in cash and $500 in
stamps were taken.
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Mach Cotton Barasa.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. lin a fire
here 1900 bales d. cotton were destroyed.
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
HOUSED IN DULUTH.

Many of the Survivors Are Taken to the
Zenith City.
DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 3.-Early Mon
day morning relief tram returned to
Duluth, bearing 227 survivors of the
burning of Sandstone. The train came
upon the St. Paul and Duluth, the trip
having been made to Sandstone by the
relief party on foot. The surviv-
ors were secured and babes and
small children carried back over the
six-mile trail through the woods. One
hundred and fifty people were
left and a second train was
sent for them. The party had to cross
from Miller Station on the St. Paul and
Duluth to Sandstone, six miles distant.
Many bodies were found in the little
town scattered about everywhere. No
attempt has been made to bury them,
and they are rotting in the hot sun.
One building is all that remains at
Partridge On the Eastern. Minnesota.
Everything was burned, but so far az
can be learned only one life was lost.
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
BRAVE DULUTH ENGINEER
James Root Ran His Train
Through Walls of Flame,
to Save 200 People.

ST. PAUL, Sept. y.-The limited pas
senger train from Duluth, bound for
St. Paul, was caught in the fire near
Hinckley Saturday afternoon and de-
stroyed. ....u. ...
Two hundred and fifty passengers
were saved from horrible death by the
bravery Of Engineer James Root and
his fireman, John MCGOWAN, who re-
manned at their posts and sent the
doomed train flying through walls Of
fame until swamp or lake was
reached, where the passengers could
find refuge.
The il-fated train left Duluth at
o'clock Saturday afternoon. All the
way down the smoke was SO heavy
that one could not see a hundred yards
away, Daylight was shut out and the
train proceeded slowly.
People Became Weak From Fright.
Ten miles south of Carlton the train
was in darkness, The coaches were
filed with smoke, and breathing be-
came difficult. There was no relief
from it, and the men one by one grew
frightened and weak. The passengers
were gasping for breath, and the train
men, realizing how serious the situa.
ton had become passed through the
coaches imploring all to keep cool and
Offering all the encouragement they
could. II
It soon became apparent to all that
they had little show for their lives.
The children began to cry and clina
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
MEL SONS PROC cLAMATioN
IGinnesota's chief Executive Issues Cal
fnv "A IA

B II a,n..nfas. l,,,tef rer,,tives T..,,ae = N.1l
for Aid.
ss ST. PAUL, Sept. 8 8. Governor Nelson
has arrived in the City from Alexandria,
where he had gone Saturday to be with
his family over Sunday, and at once is
sued the following relief proclamation
concerning the great calamity at Hinck.
ley and other Minnesota localities:
To the People of Minnesota:
Information OF an official character
has reached me that the villages of
Hinckley, Sandstone, Mission Creek
and the neighboring towns and farms 1l
have been destroyed by forest fires; that
hundreds Of lives have been sacrificed,
and suffering and destitution are on
every hand; that the survivors OF this
terrible devastation are in immediate
need OF food, clothing, shelter and
everything that makes existence pos
slble.
This appalling disaster appeals to
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
TIL nc ORR @ B GRO OWS
Death List ct Hinckley and
Surrounding Towns on.
the Increase.
WILL REACH FOUR HUNDRED.
Nothing Accurate Known Tn
til a Thorough Search
Is Made. 5]..3

DULUTH, Sept. THE number Of
dead in the great fire is more than 300.
It is probable that the real figure is
nearer 400. OF these over 200 are at
Hinckley. Out Of all this number there
are yet but 80 who can certainly be
identified.
at Pokegama the list numbers 30 and
at Sandstone SO. Undoubtedly large
number living on farms and in out-of-
the.way places perished, and their bod
les will be found later.
Impossible to Say How Many Are Dead.
Every hour fresh news increases the
estimates of losses of life. Many Of
those who have returned say it is an
utter impossibility to give any guess as
to the total number of deaths, nor will
there be any accurate statement until
parties of searchers are sent out from
the railroads at intervals of every mile
or two and a thorough patrol Of the
burned district made. 2-e ~.
Before the fire struck the doomed set
Elements there was mighty wind,
chimneys being blown down, barns
toppled over and hay stacks leveled. It
blew at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
The fire, ~- -..~-. 1913 ~ ..,y-,, e
Famed by This Fearful Gale,
went onward with the leaps of demon.
Stumps, logs and buildings, thousands
of feet from the nearest flames or
sparks, burst into fire, as if the very air
were inflammable gas. sr.
In farming district fully 800 miles
long the fire licked up all the vegetable
matter in the soil itself, and there is
now nothing left Of prosperous farms
but burned and broken rock covered by
few inches of ashes.
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
STILL DESTROYING.

Flames Raging Over Territory Fully
Twelve Miles Square.
PINE CITY, Mimi, Sept. AT Pine
town, three miles east of Pine City,
south of the Snake river and west Of
the St. Croix, q fearful fire is blazing
and sweeping rything before it. In
the afternoon this fire was at least IL
miles square, and as the wind has gone
down considerable here, it is hoped its
course will be checked. There are fires
north of Snake river, also in heavy
timber section, which is sparsely set.
tied.
AS for the loss of property. it is i'm.
possible to make even an approxima'
tion, but it certainly runs up in the
millions, $4,000, 900 or $4,000, 900 worth
of property between Hinckley and Du.
luth being reduced to ashes and cinders
Mower County transcript., 1894-09-05
TwENTv-THReE DEAD OR MISSING
Loss of Life at Pokegama Station Not Ac-
- curately Known.

Loss of Life at Pol<egama Station Not Ac-
curately Known.
MORA, Mimi, Sept. 3.-Pokegama
Station, new town on the St. Cloud
and Hinckley branch of the Great
Northern was totally destroyed. Twenty
three persons are dead or missing and a
large number injured. The flames
burned 800, 900 feet of lumber, saw mill,
hotel, stores, postofice, schoolhouse and
sectionhouse. Twenty five families in
the immediate vicinity are homeless.
Six thousand tons Of hay, 20 head Of
horses and 80 head of cattle are gone.
The total loss Of property is estimated
at $50, 600; no insurance. r..