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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11

Judge Sulzberger spoke q truth which
il too often forgotten when he said, in
q speech at the high school. that there
is not a teacher in the land that has .
higher function than has the lowest
teacher in the lowest class Of the prima-
~ school. They have souls before them,
and the faculties Of those active, rest
less souls have all to be called forth"
In these few fitting words are embraced
the whole scope and possibilities OF ed
ucation. and they make the primary
teachers calling in point Of dignity and
responsibility the peer Of any vocation
that @ mankind. -Philadelphia
Record.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11
IN
4 Trining Mistake Has Made Things IN.
pleasant For . Noted Author.

4 Ir1ning Mistake HAS, fade Things On.
pleasant For = Noted Author.
When the president Of that exclusive
literary organization, the Twentieth
Century club. introduced DR.. A. Conan
Doyle to a Chicago audience Friday
evening, he committed an error which
is likely to give rise to serious compli-
cations and TO involve DR.. Doyle in en-
barrassment. DR.. Doyle is not a theo-
logian-at any rate, not a professional
t~heologian. He must have been startled
when the Hon. George 4. Adams an
nounced him as Canon Doyle. Presum-
ably many of the cultured men and
women who were present at the TWEEN.
tieth Century club reception take it for
granted, upon the authority Of the clubs
president, Mr.. Adams, that DR.. Doyle
ia a canon, al associate perhaps of
Canon Farrar, and high in the councils
of the august church Of England. We
hear it rumored that Mr.. Higinbotham,
president Of our late ever glorious and
ever lamented Worlds fair, has not yet
disabused his mind of the serious error
arising from Mr.. Adams blunder; that
he addresses DR.. Doyle as Father Doyle,
and that at luncheon yesterday he said
to his distinguished guest. "Will your
reverence ask the blessing?'
We don't know how true it is, but
we understand that Dr.. Doyle has been
invited to iii the pulpit" in a num-
Der of our churches, and that he is be-
sieged with letters addressed variously
"Rev. DR.. Doyle, "''Rev. Canon Doyle"
"The Very Rev. Canon Doyle" etc.
Altogether much confusion has been
precipitated by the little slip made sim
ply in carelessness by the president of
the Twentieth Century club. We think
it incumbent upon that leading literary
organization OF the west to set about
correcting the error Its executive has
innocently sprung upon the public and
upon a very distinguished visitor. -
Eugene Field in Chicago Record.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11

and connected with the third. This ex.
plorer mapped the whole Of the Itascan
basin and determined the latitude, lon.
gitude and altitude with such accuracy
that subsequent surveys have only con-.
frmed and ampliied his observations.
The whole subject of which l have
been speaking was ~befogged and thrown
into dispute recently by q certain Cap
tain Glszier. who. apparently for no
other purpose than to advertise himself,
Published his alleged discovery Of a new
and true source Of the Mississippi. By
reducing the size of Lake Itasca, ignor.
ing Nicollet's Graded Achilles, magni.
flying q small side lake which he called
Lake Glazier, and by stretching nj one
OF the feeders of the latter. he produced
. distorted map which actually imposed
On the Royal Geographical society Of
Great Britain. Many of the errors thus
originated have crept into the standard
maps Of the United States
1T may DO said that there is nothing
further TO be learned about the true
source OF the Father Of Waters. As a
matter Of essential fact, the true Upper
Mississippi il the river called the Mis-.
souri,. The stream that flows from Lake
Jtasca Is merely . tributary. ought no,
70 forget to mention that l walked along
ths bed OF the stream termed by Captain
0laxier the infant Mississippi for a con.
aAsfable distance dry shod. The little
broplwn dried up Late measurement,
havsredpced the length Of the Missis
sippi from z. 1874 miles to 2. $50 miles. :
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11
Notice,

Office Of Commissioners Of School and Public
Lands.-Notice is hereby given, that on the 18th
day of March. 1895, all the unsold and Unbiased
school lands In the county of Lake will be offered
for lease to the highest bidder, at public auction,
at the front door Of the court house, in said
county. Said leasing will be held between the
the hours Of ten O'Clock q. m. and i've O'Clock p.
M, of each day, until all the tracts of school
lands have been offered for lease.
Pierre, South Dakota, January 8, 1895.
THOS. H. RUTH,
Commissioner Of School and Public Lands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11

The FIRST patent for o sewing machine
was issued in England in 1890. This
early invention was not successful, and
other patents were issued in 1904, 1918
and scores Of times since.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11

. good man % conduct il. MI. Hawley
and Mr.. Manderson took about the name
view Of the affair. and altogether the
chief practical use of MI. Aliens re-
searches may come hereafter in Ne
braska when he tells there the story OF
the ice, the administer and the trufies
New York Sun. >
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-11

Was the little Monitor that met the NerTi-
mac at Hampton Roads. So too are DR..
Pierce's Pleasant PelletA effective in conquer
ing the enemy-disease. When you take .
Ptll dts an important point to have them
and efficacy. You find what you want in
these little liver pills Of DR.. Pierce. They're
put up In . better way, and they act In .
better way, than the huge old-fashioned pills.
What you want when you're "all out Of
gloomy view IT life, is these Pellets to clear
up your system and start your liver into
healthful action. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and al arrangements Of the liver,
stomach and bowels, are prevented, relieved,
always fresh and reliable.
JAMES WILLIAM CRAIG, ESQ, of Georgetown.
Ky, says: my wife thinks FOUR little Pei
ets' are the greatest pills out"
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Drinking IL Farm.

Bob Burdette gives this simple recipe /;
My homeless friend with chromatic
nose, while you are stirring up the sugar
in ten cent glass of gin, let me give you
fact to wash down with it. You may
say you have longed for years for the
free Independent life of the farmer, but
have never been able to get money
enough together to buy farm. But
that is just where you are mistaken.
For some years you have been drinking
a good, improved farm at the rate of a
hundred square feet gulp. If you
doubt this statement, figure it out your
self. An acre of land contains 13, $50
square feet. Estimating for convenience
the land at $l3.56 an acre, you will see
that it brings the land to just one mill
per square foot, one cert for ten square
feet Now pour down the fiery dose and
imagine you are swallowing strawberry
patch. Call in five of your friends and
have them help you gulp down that 500
foot garden. Get on IA prolonged spree
some day and see how long it requires to
swallow pasture land to feed COW.
Put down IL at glass of gin; there is dirt
in it--one hundred feet of good, ric h
dirt worth $43 so per acre"
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
A Simple Device.

We have often heard the old-fashion-
ed Injunction, dot your is aud cross
your is so often that it has grown to
have almost scriptural sound. and it
las become second nature to cOnscien-
tious people to obey it without question.
But what valid reasons Is there for our
doing it? One of the most valuable
among recent innovations in our school
system is the introduction of what is
called vertical writing and the elimi-
nation of all useless nourishes. to the
end that legibility may he improved and
increased skill attained. Even Edison,
to whom the world owes so much of
useful invention, has devised a system of
handwriting which is supposed to elim-
nate all useless lines, and by means of
which he can write tifty-four words II
minute. Yet in Mr.. Edison's brilliant
mind this very simple. though radical
change has not occurred. As matter
Of fact, there are no letters in our alpha
bet which resemble the written It and
ii, when these and the as" and "e's, =
with which only they might be con-
founded, are formed with due propriety.
OuFy those who have experimental can
realize the very great saving ot useless
labor and the gaiu in our headlong
course along the written line to dot our
Is and cross our rs.-NoB Francisco
CHrOHjcie.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
An Old Skull.

The other day c. f. Church, who is
employed by the Maine Central Railroad
Company, at this place, brought into the
journal office an old human skull which
he found on the side of the railroad
track below the Rines hill crossing near
the semaphore. The skull showed signs
of age and through curiosity reporter
carried it to a well known member of the
Kennebec Natural History and Anti
quarian Society to get his opinion of it,
After careful inspection he pro-
nounced it an Indian skull and advised
that it be taken to doctor and see what
he would say. 1t was shown to Dir. w.
II. Harris and DR.. l.. J. Croker, who
each said it was an Indian skull. The
shape is quite peculiar, showing IA great
lack of brain and large development of
the animal instinct, with indications that
it was the skull of a savage, who when
ugly was undoubtedly very desperate.
The probability is that in some way it
has been dug or washed out of the earth
in the vicinity where found or it might
have been in some persons antiquarian
collection and cast away. A reporter
was told that in several places about the
city are Indian graves and at Riverside
is a sort of Indian cemetery. heHHeJec
,JOHrHdl
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30

Here is a page from the diary of the
Rev. Mr.. Emerson, pastor of the church
at Conway. Mass, early in the present
century, showing the radical change
which has occurred in temperance stand
ards aud in prices paid for country
labor:
Jan. |, lS00-lIad much company. In
the evening married couple fee, 81 .25.
Had a cheese given me; value, 81. Dea-
con Ware, present of beef; value about
20 cents.
Jan. ATTENDED to study. Bottle
rum, 30 cents.
Jan. 23-Married three couples; fee
SG.25.
Feb. Paid woman tailor for one
dav, - cents.
July 3-Bottle rum at Bardwell's stor,
80 cents.
Aug. 12-Two quarts of rum al
Williams store, Sl.50 Paid for killing
hog, | : cents.
Oct. l0-Put in cellar for winter ust
IS barrels of cider; value, S32,
Dec 29-Lord's Day. Preached from
II Samuel | ~, allow are the mighty
fallen"
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Jack.

Jack was cross, nothing pleased him.
His mother gave the choicest morsels for
his breakfast, and the incest toys; but
he did nothing but fret and complain.
At last his mother said
Jack, want you now to go right up
to your room and put on all your clothes
wrong side out"
Jack stared. He thought that his
mother must be out of her wits.
Il mean it, Jack she repeated.
Jack had to mind he had to turn his
stockings wrong side out, and put on his
coat aud his pants and his collar wrong
side out.
When his mother came to him, there
he stood-a forlorn and funny-looking
boy, all Innings and seams and Rawlings
before the glass, wondering what his
mother meant; but he was not quite
clear in his conscience.
Then his mother, turning him around,
said; This is what YOU have been do
ing all day, making the worst of every
thing. You have been turning every
thing wrong side out. DO you really
like your things this way 80 much,
jack"
No, mamma" answered Jack, shame
faced. Cant turn them right"
YES, you may, if you will try to
speak what is pleasant and do what is
pleasant. You must do with ,our tenn
per and manners Is you prefer to do
with your clothes. wear them right side
out. DO not be so foolish any more,
little man. as to persist in turning things
wrong side out. Selected.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Children's Queer Fancies.

Sx-year-old Nellie attended Sunday
school when the gospel hymn was sung
Jesus is Calling, Calling To-day Up.
on her return home was questioned as to
whom she saw she replied "Oh, | saw
everybody except Jesus, and He was out
calling.
Little Mary of seven lay upon her
couch suffering with a cold, requiring at
tendance of a physician. He asked a
number of usual questions, which were
answered quite intelligently; tamong
others, if she raised anything when she
coughed.
"Oh, yes" she said; II always raise
my leg
Luella stood thoughtfully watching
the heavy dOwnpour of rain and inquired
of her mother as to where all the rain
went, who answered Unto the earth
"Then," said Luelia, "the hell people do
get drink sometimes
Upon entering school young Davis was
asked his name, Jim Davis" what is
your fathers Nance" ellis name is Jim
Davis, too" "Where do you live "Do
you know where that yaller dog lives?'
mo" ''Well, | can't tell you then ;
cause | live where he does "What
does your father do" "Why he don't
do nothing walks down town and back
and winds the clock sometimes. -
LOuiSrWe Courier JOHHdi.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Pronounce It Correctly.

The prevailing and constantly grow
ing bicycle fad calls attention to the
large number of cases of mispronuncia-
ton of the word "bicycle.' There is a
certain class of people, particularly New
lork's fashionable set, says an exchange
which insists upon giving the ~" long
sound, as in cycle forgetting that "A
prefix or suffix often changes the sound
of the vowel ~. Still others 90 to the
other extreme and give the ~" the
sound Of zee, but the best usage makes
the ~ short and pronounees the word
"bi-silk-l." But even among those who
give the ~ the short sound, there is a
disposition to place the accent on the
second syllable instead of on the first,
where it belongs. When word comes
into such common use as "bieycle' it is
well to learn TO pronounce il correctly.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
How to Get Rid of the Blues.

The blues make the person suffering
from their presence extremely uneom-
Portable. aud her discomfort in subtle
way acts upon others. 50 that nobody Is
quite cheerful in her neighborhood.
People who are blue" are quite often
eros. as well. and are unable to accept
pleasantly the ups and downs of every
day. Now, when YOU think of ii, YOU
must admit that it Is very humiiating
experience To be cross. for cross people
are disagrecable, aud none Of us wishes
to he That.
The best way to get rid Of the blues is
not 10 Owl that they have you. Put on
your hat and 90 for "A walk. Cali on Il
friend and take her the piece of music
YOU are To try together. or the book YOU
have just finished, which YOU would like
to lend her. DO something kind tor
somebody, aud stop thinking about
yourself. The greatest waste OF time in
this world, is to think too much about
ones self. Mrs. Browning gives the
right idea in her poem, MY Kate, :"
where she says,
Twas her thinking of Others made you
think of her"
Half the low spirits one hears Of
springs from a prosaic source. That
pound of chocolates, that rich pudding,
that piece Of frosted cake, all of them
very delicious, but all very indigestible,
are to blame, in most instances, for a
young girls depression. Try what
Emerson called "plain living and high
thinking and see how CHEEKY life will
bec0me.-From Harper's Round Tube.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Sit up Straight on Your Bicycle

There il absolutely no reason fol
STOPPING over the handles in either of the
two ways so commonly seen-and there
is no excuse for so doing-in ordinary
road riding. 1t may be necessary fol
the "scorcher," when engaged in scorch-
ing. to assume the one or the other OF
these altitudes-to sprawl with the body
straight but almost horizontal and the
head close to the handle bar, or to bend
the upper part of the back as if trying tc
break it in the middle and throw the
shoulders forward as If desiring tc
make them meet across his breast
Even so--oae who is not "scorching"
does not need to make himself a hideous
object to look at, and also to reduce the
benefits of wheeling to a minimum, sc
far as its effect on the chest capacity is
cerned.-t'rom "A Doctors View OF
Bicycling" by j. w. Roosevelt, NJ. D.,
in the June ScribRer.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
The SninSter Aunt.

In the good old DAYS 10 family ~as
complete without spinster aunt IL turn
10 in seasons OF distress and grief,
measles, whoOping- cough, visiting, alb
sence of parents, or unexpected COM
pany. More than any other woman,
possibly. the spiueter aunt has become
new. Her decliu. from her former high
estate of general utility woman in the
drama of other peoples lives To the
green valleys Of content in her own pur-
salts has come about very gradually
A. type Of auntlness she Is no longer
plentiful. ubiquitoas and tenderlv con
,iderate of nicCcly -HecZe or nephew
ISL whimper. Of a brother-iu.laW' slip
pers, OF -isterin-law' cruel or tea.
Not merely given to intellectual or
soulful or cluby ways is thi, new type
of unWedded aunt. During the transi-
tion period hen aunts we're net quite
sure whether they ought ever to stir out
of the house without i voucher in the
form Of a blood relation between them,
they went about in the higher walks of
society with somewhat tcntiye tread
which has now become assured. The
aunt Is sometimes person of social i'm
pOrtauce. imperatiVelY needed 10 shine
at dinners or To CLEAN al afternoon teas,
and ia her most fashionable estate her
uieces have been known 10 consult her
about the color of their rosebuds or the
shape of their shoes heels, instead of con-
>ultiug their mammas. In other guises
she /. the angel of all charities. the
promoter OF all form, # doing good To
others When they like il and sometimes
when theY don't. But she has ceased
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
The Old-Fashioned Mother.

Thank God some of US had an old
fashioned mother. Not woman of the
period, enameled and painted, with her
great chignon, her curls, and hustle.
whose white, jeweled hands never felt
the clasp of baby fingers; but dear,
old-fashioned, sweet-yoiced mother, with
eyes in whose clear depths the love-light
shOne, and brown hair just threaded with
silver, Wing smooth upon her faded
cheek. Those dear hands, worn with
toll, gently guided our tottering steps in
childhood, and smoothed our sickness.
ever reaching out to u in yearning
tenderness. Blessed is the memory of
all old-fashioned mother. 1t floats to US
now, like the beautiful perfume from
some wooded blossoms. The music of
other voices may be lost, but the en-
traneing memory Of hers will echo in our
souls forever. Other faces may fade
away. and be forgotten. but hers will
shine OH. When in the tltful pauses Of
busy life our feet wander back 10 the old
homestead, and crossing the well-wOrn
threshold, stand once more in the room,
so hallowed by her presence, how the
feeling of childish innocence and depend
ence comes over Us. aud we kneel down
in the molten sunshine. streaming
through the open window-iGst where
long years ago we kuelt by our mothers
knee. lisping, "Our Father How
many times when the tempter lured US
on. has the memory of those sacred
hours, that mothers words. her faith
and prayers, saved US from plnnging in
to the deep abyss of sin. ears have
filled great drifts between her and US
but they have not hidden from our sight
the glory Of her pure, unselfsh love-
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Sheridans Wit.

at Il loss to exhibit his Wit. Once while
visiting, feeling rather weary and wish
ing to rest, he was asked by fellow
guest whom he did not admire if he did
wish to accompany her for walk.
CHANGING out of the window, Sheridan
replied: cit is very cloudy. We shall
be caught in the rain
The other waited awhile. shortly the
sun came through the clouds. "Shall
we go now?' she asked. ut has cleared
up
"Why, yes; so | see" said Sheridan
sit has cleared up enough for one, but
not enough for two. You go."-Hdr
per'S Young People.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Literary Notes.

'Scribner's Magazine for June opens
with dramatic presentation of the three
epoehs in the history of Chicago Before
| the Fire, After the Fire, and To-day.
There are three very bright short stories
in this number. George A. Hubbard
writes the story of an attempted legsla.
tive bribery at Albany, which he calls
The Gentleman from Huron A new
writer, Miss Annie Steger Winston, tells
love story of an unusual kind which
she entities "A Cooperative Courtship.'
Miss Goodies girls college story, 1.-The
Genius of Bowlder Bluff" is more seri-
Gus in motive than any of the preceding
stories in the group. George Meredith 5
serial, "The Amazing Marriage" reaches
complication in its plot that is most
mystifying.
Among the Fashion features of IIar-
per's Bazaar for the first and second
weeks of June will be outdoor costumes.
bicycle and mountain and beach toilettes
in variety; also summer silks and pretty
gowns for evening. The number of the
Bazaar published June lst will be distin-
guished by the opening paper of a beau
tfully illustrated series. entitled 'Out
of Town" the sketches written by
Arthur Sherwood, and the striking pict-
ures, hitting off peculiarities familiar TO
the suburban resident, done by Rosina
Emmett Sherwood There will also be a
bright descriptive essay on "Woman's
Student Life at Oxford" by Elizabeth
Cynthia Barney. "Cold Dishes in Hot
Weather" a practical series. will soon
begin IN the Bazaar. 1t is from the pen
of a gifted Spanish-Ameriean woman,
Madame +. De Ia Tore Bueno.
Julian Ralphs first paper on China.
printed in the June Harper's Magazine,
strikingly illustrates the difference be-
tween the points of view of the usual
traveller who writes as an tar-thought
and the trained journalist who travels
for the purpose of Writing. China has
been described often as sort of Pro-
letaria to the whole earlh-a gigantic
East-side. the Whitechapel of Asia Its
people are commonly supposed IL be de-
graded and vicious, living ia filthy
poverty in an oyer-populatcd land. Nh
Ralph found the Garden Prove ices of
China as beautiful as prosperous as IIol-
land and almost "a clean. Tie cities.
he declares, are no dirtier than others G
has seen, and the people were uniformly
courteous. Mr. Ralph's assertions re-
garding the attractiveness Of China are
borne out by Mr.. WeldOn's illustrations
of picturesque landscapes and an active
water population.
a new story by Rudyard kipling, re-
latng the adventure of an American in
England; a fantastic "Tale Of Revenge"
by Robert Barr; and brave story of
adventure by Stanley J. Weyman. akin
in its time and setting to Mr. Weyman's
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-30
Wood Pulp for HOrseShoes.

practical invention by a veterinary
surgeon is now successfully applied at
Berlin. He manufactures horseshoeS of
paper, impregnated with oil or turpen-
tine To make it waterproof After being
saturated, it is glued together in thin
layers with cement which does not be-
come brittle when drying, and consists
of mixture of Venetian turpentine,
powdered chalk, lnseed oil aud laquer.
These horcshOes are made in various
thicknesses. The holes, admitting the
nails by which the shoe is fastened to
the hoof, are stamped through the paper
when moist. 1t Is, then subjected to a
very strong pressure under a hydraulic
press. and, when dry, can be filed and
planed to tit the hoot snugly. The in
yentor has also attempted to make these
horseshoes of paper pulp, adding chalk,
sand, turpentiBe and linseed oil in such
quantities that the material is imperme-
able to moisture. This composition
possesses the necessary elasticity and
toughness for the purpose. 1t can be
pressed in moulds and dried afterwards,
or cut out of blocks of the mass and
placed under strong pressure. The
shoes made by FASTING together paper
sheets are preferable, as they are strong
er than those made of the compressed
material. These shoes can be fastened
to the horses hoof either by nails, as
usual, or be cemented with glue consist
of gum of ammonia one part and gutta
percha two parts. The great advantage
claimed by the inventor for the new shoe
is the impossibility of the horse slipping
on slippery roads.