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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15

care say you'll be as glad as lam to get
away from the big city"
"Oh, but I'm afraid | cannot go with
YOU" Then Elsie told all her troubles
from beginning to end, winding up
with the exciting recital of her discov-
cry Of Willie Wilders, who was forth
with fetched downstairs and exhibited
to her wondering visitors.
Mrs. Woodgrove, Of course, fell in
love with him at once and kissed and
crooned over him, as though he had
been her own little lost darling,
course Of petting to which the young
gentleman took with intense salts
faction.
"You say he comes from Michigan"
Mrs. Woodgrove asked.
Eyes, from 0retown, in the upper
peninsula.
From Oreto'cn!" CALCULATED the old
gentleman. why, that's the very place
from which Frank Grey hailed"
Frank Greyl" Elsie cried, blushing
crimson. "Do you know him, Mr.. Wood
grove?"
"Do we know him? Hank at her,
mai Do we know Frank Grey? We'll,
guess we do. Why, my dear child. he
Is the comfort and hope Of our lives
lie lives with us and is as good as q son
to us. Isn't he, Dorothy"
Indeed he is" Mrs. Woodgrove as
sented, warmly.
Sand he once lived with u.s." Elsie
murmured
I'm large wooden house on the
top of hill near a dreadful mine?"
Mrs. Woodgrove asked, to Elsie's aston
lshment.
"Yes, indeed. Those were very happy
days"
$50 he seemed to think. Oh now |
see 1t all. If my stupid old man had
Just condescended to give us your
name, when he first began to rave
about you-for rave he did, my dear
instead of constantly abiding to you
as his little governess,' how much
mystifcation we might have been
spared"
off is big word, though it has only
two letters" Mr.. Whitford sententious-
ly remarked. However, all's well that
ends well. | have to do some business
in the city, so Ill leave you to make
preparations for the journey know
my wife does not want to come with
me, for she's done all her shopping and
nothing will please her more than fix
ing you and the little chap for the long
journey"
As he left the room his wife ran into
the hall to have word with him.
"One moment, Marcus" she cried,
laying her hand on his arm.
"What is it, little woman?'
Then with beaming eyes she impart-
ed the momcntous secret she was burn.
ing to tell him.
"0h, my dear old man, she's the very
identical girl that Frank is in love with,
Think of that now"
"No"
"I'm certain Of IT,
"Why, that's the grandest joke | ever
heard Of. Won't we have some fun
Dolly? The young dog, to think he
turned up his nose at my pretty gov
ernessl Ell, but III pay him out for II
when get home
1t seemed to Elsie like dream, as
the train bore the happy party fal
away from city, where she had seen
so much disappointment to-ayc, tc
Wharf.-The future was so full Of fate
so big with doubt.
Nevertheless the dream was colder
one,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15

In one way or another the condition
of the blind has been greatly amelio-
rated during the last few years. They
bre now, we are told, able to indulge In
bicycling. The machines on which
they ride consist Of eight full-sized BIZ
cycles joined together In a train by
nickel bars. The master Of blind
school just outside Of London Is the in
ventor. lie rides In front and does the
steering, and occasionally shouts direo.
tons; the other seven riders are blind
members Of his school, and each day he
takes out different group Of his pu-
pills
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15

rs THIS LITTLE BOY YOURS?
grasp and flung himself sobbing upon
Elsie.
"0h, don't you know NEEDN'T you
know mc-lm Willie Wllders, OF ofe-
town."
"Willie Wilders. Elsie cried, in
dazed wonder, turning to the man for
explanation, but that gentleman was
flying as fast as his numbering feet
would carry him out of the way of dis
agreeable questions.
When once Elsie Whltford put her
hand to the plow she dld not stop 10
count the burrows; So controlling her
curiosity she bore her prize away TO
her lodging where, after pacliyihg her
landlady and enlistlng the sympathetlc
services OF the domestic, she plunged IL
in bath OF hot water, whence IL came
forth pink, dimplei ana pretty as III
tie live Cupid. Thea she fed him' ana
when he had eaten to his heart con-
tent she counted her money ana went
forth 10 purchase su'paoic clo.mee io'
her poor little pensloner' MOI l'll Vich
did she begin to ply nun WIN ques- q
tons
lie could NOT tall ner lhuch lnc ID"
man he sald' seized MN wien ''e was
| IL, tt,f Ma y
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15

A scientist has recently made some
experiments which show the amount
Of force developed by some Of our
bicycle cracks during n hard race.
Some cyclists have maintained for two
minutes q speed to continue which re-
quired the expenditure Of energy repre-
senting two-thirds Of one horse power,
For six seconds they were able to exert
the astounding force Of one and one
quarter horse power, This Is cquiva-
lent to raising a weight Of one hundred
and lightweight pounds one yard high
in one second, This Is n conservative
estimate. Experiments are also being
made TO determine the force excrted
by different sports. These results will
be- of great use for training and as
hygienic data. One Of the discoveries
made during the calculation Of the
force exerted by bicyelst, Is that at
high speeds the work Of q bicycllst, in
covering Il specified distance, is as
great as that Of man running the
same distance. At a moderate speed a
runner undergoes three times the la
to,. ~ a biovoiiut lint thn ht,rL,, th n
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-08-15
A Had Risk.

Applicant want u policy Of life In
surance for ten thousand dollars.
Alphabetically, with pleasure, sir.
What's your business?
Umpire"
"Well, guess not, Good'morning.
detroit Free Press.
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!, llllu~uas urea out, ana was put TO
bed forthwith. Elsie was consigned to
coy breakfast-room at the back Of
the house, where she would be out Of
the way till the critical moment arrived
told to rest; but you may be sure
her little heart was beating too bois-
terously for any chance of her obeying
such thoughtful orders
"Now, my dear" he said to his wife,
'vou come with me, for l can't trust
YOU out of my sight. You'll go and
spoil it all by telling him. know you
will
"You dear old goose. shall enjoy
the fun as much as you will. Wouldn't
spoil your plot for farm"
1t was lucky that Grey was prompt
in his return from business, for Mr..
Woodgrove fdgeted up to the window
dozen times to see if he were coming.
"lles here, my dear. Now, Dolly,
behave yourself
The young man burst into the room
with a cry of welcome; 'Im SO glad
to see you. When did you arrive? 1t
has been so dull without you"
lie grasped the old mans hand and
shook 1t warmly, but he took the old
lady in his arms and kissed her loving
ly on both cheeks.
"Oh, Frank" she cried, all radiant.
We've such surprise for you"
Dolly" Mr. Woodgrove cried, APP
pealingly, remember your promise.
Come and sit down, Grey. I've some
thing Of consequence TO say to You
"A surprise Tor me- Frank SAID u
hope it is a pleasant one.
THAT depends on your own good
sense. I've orought my WISE NIUE gov
erness home with me- frank.
"oh, I'm so glad
And ma and l think that If you are
only amenable to duty She need never
go back again"
81 sir?"
Eyes, you, sir. Frank, it is time you
were thinking Of getting married, and
now Is a splendid chance for YOU
"You mean that should marry this
LADY,"
'lf she'll have you, yes
but, sir, cannot
"You mean you will not"
"Well, if you choose to put 1t so
strongly. will not. There is nothing
IN tbis world | would net do to show
nv gratitude and affection fr you and
vnrr noble wifc-nothny but this one
thing
"Whv?n
oBecausc with all my heart and soul
love another" I
81 don't believe it,
ooh SIR"
$50 Won distinctly and absolutely re-
fuse 10 ask nv little govcrness to marry
voueu
~ do"
Here Mrs. Woodcrove could control
ber GOOD nature no longer
"oh. Frank wait til you have seen
her
"Bobr shouted the Old man. nm
not going to have my little governcss
nut on exhibition for approval
"Nor would it be of any use, for If
She were as charming as a fairy, she
would not turn nv brain"
"Verv well. then II Is quite under
stood that Won will be out Of the race.
There won't be any chance of second
thought altering your opinion. You
won't when Won have seen her, be
changing vour mind and wanting me to
Loft vou have hero"
mot the slightest chance of it,"
aWell then, Dolly said the old man,
turning to his wife, at seems we must
give up the project"
Grey felt very miserable.
Mr. Woodgrove continued, severely;
80 we quite understand each other.
You are to treat her us distantly as
though she were old enough to be your
great-prandmother."
"Certainly, If you wish it So"
"That's bargain. Now, my dear
how ,uould von mind RUNNING into the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
crook rnE WRONG MEDICINE.
Why This Headline 40 Often Appears In
the Daily Newspapers.

Why This Headline 40 One Appears In
the Daily Newspapers.
il Is all odd trait in human nature
that q man who has been ordered by his
physician to take ~paregorio will never
take 1t If there Is any carbolio acid or
prussia acid in the house that he can
absorb in preference.
StatisticiaRs who have studied the
thing declare that an invalid will search
the whole house for a poisonous drug
snd drink it rather than the medicine
ordered by the doctor. The death 40
tioes in the newspapers in cases Of that
kind are generally headed, Took the
Wrong Medicine"
A man arrived at his home the other
evening, and glancing on the bureau
raw q bottle of liquid that he had been
ordered by tho doctor to take.
THAT looks like the stuff, said he,
"butI'm not sure. As l was locking up
the cellar / saw behind an old shelf a
blue bottle that looked as If 1t hadn't
been touched for years. 1t said OF it,
'Sulphurio Acid Now that bottle on
the table looks exactly like the one ]
drank out Of last night, but still have
an IDEA that the stuff down in the cellar
IL what the doctor means for me. !
don't know how the dickens it got down
there when it's meant for me to take,
or how this bottle that isn't meant for
me to take got on this bureau. But I'm
not going to take any chances. I'll just
20 down into the cellar and make sure,
and I'll throw this stuff out Of the win
dow"
Then he cautiously went down stairs
and took the s%ulphuric acid, and he
was buried in due form after an ambu-
lance surgeon had done his best and the
%coroner's physician had made a com.
plete investigation and autopsy.
It isn't only children who make these
plumbers. Doctors will tell you that they
have only to label a bottle Lotion, For
External Application Only" to make
sure Of its being drunk. If q patient
gets q bottle of corrosive sublimate tc
put on a felon on his great toe and
doesn't use it all, he will carefully save
it. Ten years afterward a doctor givet
some cough mixture 10 him, and then he
goes and hunts up the corrosive subli
mate bottle, plays three card monte with
1t and the cough mixture, gets them
thoroughly mixed up so that he can't tel
one from the other, and then when he
feels that tightness across the chest that
the doctor told him about he swallows
. part of the corrosive sublimate ant
leaves his widow to collect the Life
insurance. By no accident is the cough
mixture ever taken-it is always the
corrosive sublimate. New York Her
AID.
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writes Secretary Holdridge that she de-
clines to accept the position unless the
board will guarantee her an increase OF
salary for next year. This the board
will probably not consent to do. In this
connection it may be stated that q gen.
eral scaling down Of teachers salaries 10
being made throughout the state, the
principal towns reducing salaries from
Is to 80 per cent. Madison maintains
the standard Of last year, but the con-
dition of our school finances 10 such that
increase in salaries is out Of the question.
Dan McKinnon yesterday received q
letter from his brother Malcolm, q resi-
dent # johannesburg, South Africa.
The contents Of the letter pertain prip-
cipally to a description Of the mining in
terests of the locality, which is the lead.
ing industry. Among the mine over.
seers are several practical miners from
the Black Hills, also Colorado and
Montana, With whom Nj. McKinnon has
OoCOuo b~C4u6luGou' AoOOA oAo uAAuS0
is plentiful and we'll paid, wages averag.
ing 81 for ten hours work. The miners
are generally native Kaffirs with white
men as o~verseers.X Mr.. McKinnon has
been receiving The LEADER for several
months past, the paper reaching it's des'
tination about thirty days after it il
mailed here; but it is new to the Amer.
can colony, and Mr.. McKinnon pays the
paper some tiattering compliments. He
says THE LEADER is read by q large
number of American residents, and il
eagerly sought after by them, American
miners who are located twenty miles
from the city calling upon him for the
paper when they are in town. Closing
his remarks. Mr.. McKinnon says it is q
source of wonder to him, considering the
general makeup and excellence of THE
LEADER,that the publisher does not seel
a larger field Of operations. MI. McKin,
non was a resident of San Francisco &
number Of years before going to South
Africa, and visited in Madison about
two years ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
INCOME TAX BOOKS AND PAPERS.

Internal Revenue Bureau in Possession of
AL Important Documents.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-Under the
instructions issued by the commissioner
of internal revenue as soon as the de- j.
sion of the supreme court on the income
tax had been an! ounced, not only the
tax returns, but all the books and
papers in any way relating to the in
come tax we're forwarded to the inter>
nal revenue bureau from all collectors
of customs in tie country, SO that there
is now not a scrap of official informa-
ton as to the ratur $ of any tax payers
in existence outside Of the internal rev.
enue bureau. Commissioner Miller
has been almost overwhelmed with ap.
plications Tor the restoration of the
income tax returns to the prospective
taxpayers who late them out
Under Require ments of the Law
before it was overturned by the su-
preme court. They will lot be re-
turned. however. at least not until con.
gress, by SPECIAL legislation, directs it.
Commissioner NJ Her r.gards them as
government records. which he is obliged
to keep in his Office until otherwise di-
rected by congress. Great care il be-
ing exercised, however, to prevent any
information getting out in regard to
the contents of any of the returns.
When all these documents were re.
ceived at the treasury department Com.
missioner Miller had them placed under
lock and key at once, so as to make it
impossible for any information to be
obtained. A chief Of division in the
bureau is responsible for keeping the
information contained in these returns
and records abso. utely secret.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
HIGH CREDIT MARK
Is Reached BY Lake County in the sell-
ing Of Bonds = $4,000 Worth Of
s Per Gents Knocked Down
at q Premium.

The credit Of Lake county and the
value OF its dirt were we'll tested in the
Bond market today. when the Chicago
buyers entered the pit and by bid after
bid changed q discount of $50 last eve
ming to a flush premium of $35 this
morning on $4,000 worth Of five per cent
bonds. The bidding yesterday, when .
$500 discount on 5 per cents was lowered
to $3.50 was quite determined, but not
more 10 than today, when E. H. Fudge,
of Chicago, representing the First Ma.
tional bank Of Chicago and L. M.
Dougherty representing n. w. Harris &
Co., all Of the same place, entered the
arena. The bids, five dollars at Q
time, steadily lowered the discount I'M
til the 5 per cents came to par, aud pari
passu, went up to $35 premium, when
Mr.. Fudge threw up the sponge and told
his gritty little opponent to take the
bunch. 1t is a proud day for Lake
county credit as this is the best rate at
which any South Dakota county bond
has ever been sold.
The success of this bond sale is due in
some measure to Commissioner Clark
who, aver since his experience in Chica-
go with county seed grain warrants when
he discovered that good results could be
obtained in selling bonds, has steadily
pressed the matter Of saving the county
money by refunding its Indebtedness at
a much lower rate of interest. The i'm.
mediate success OF the bond sale, how.
ever, is in larger measure due to the &C
tivity and persistence in bidding Of the
First National bank Of this place which
did not enter into any arrangement to
either pool or withdraw but fought il
out to the last, to the saving of hun.
dreds of dollars to the county. When
the bank could no longer hold the fort
on It's own responsibility it very adroitly
kept the sale open until the representa-.
tive Of it's greater house in Chicago could
arrive and force the bidding to the laat
turn. 1t was a successful sale all round
for Lake county and q splendid adver
tisement of u~ntarnished credit, fertile
resources and prospective prosperity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
The Tallahassee Madstone,

~ UU100tOu0s
The most famous southern maidstone
belongs in the family Of Ex-Governor
Walker Of Tallahassee, Fla The stone
wa presented to the governor several
years ago by the person who took it from
the stomach Of o deer. The valuable lit
tie concretion is oblong in shape, about
TX inches in length and of a BLUSH gray
color. One end tapers to a blunt point
the other il fiatte1ed and has an aper-
ture through which the spengy, porous
interior may be plainly seen When in
use, the opening is applied directly over
the wound, and the pithy substance
which forms the interior Of the stone is
supposed to ''suck out" aud absorb the
poisonous venom, whether injected by a
deadly serpent or a rabid dog. Persons
who have seen the stone applied declare
that it adhered firmly to the wound as
long as there was a particle Of venom in
the system. st. Louis Republic
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
LOCAL nREylrIEA.

Messrs. Tuft and Matheney are paper
ing Odd Fellows hall anew.
For the best bread, cakes and pies in
Dwight's -four the secret lies.
Weather report: Fair and warmer to.
night and Thursday s%outherly winds.
Perhaps not many know it, but there
was a slight frost this morning. No
harm done.
Regular communication OF Evergreen
lodge No. II A. F. and A. NJ. this even
ing. Work in +. G. degree.
Hugh Murray has charge OF the clerk
OF courts office while Clerk Preston at
tends the state G. A. r. convention at
Pierre.
Marshal Davis took in charge this
afternoon Chas. Hansen and Geo. Bur
rell for being mixed up in the car beer
stealing business.
Elder N. P. Nelson of the Advent per-
suasion is in the city looking after the
arrangements for the forthcoming CT mp
meeting which begins June 18th.
Milbank Herald, :; At the meeting of
the board of education Wednesday Miss
Mary Walden of Madison, s. D., was
elected teacher for the second primary
department.
Huronite, l: A man at Madison has
been fined $25 and costs for violation of
the 10 fish law. Quite a string for a
beginner. The man may go to the legis-
lature next year and get Hon.
Karl Corner, OF the Madison Indepen-
dent, got hold OF a new suit of clothes
and q populist railroad pass and has
gone on an exploring trip south.
The county commissioners today went
down to Chester township to view the
situation in the territorial road cortro-
versy now going IN in that town and il
possible arrive at a solution of the diff
Guilty. In place Of the auditor they were
accompanied by a reporter Of THE DAILY
LEADER who will make public matter of
all their doings for the public veal.
The Hotel Madison will change hands
in q few weeks, A. J.. Stool having sold
out to MIR. Miller, proprietor of the
Lewis House, Salem. Mr.. Miller has
been here for q day or two looking the
situation over and was driven back TO
Salem this afternoon by d. T. Scott.
Whoever follows Landlord Stool in the
hotel business has q high standard of
management to maintain.
j. Leslie Thompson, receiver of the
Citizens National bank Of this city. also
receiver OF the First National bank at
Chamberlain, within a few days declared
dividend Of 10 per cent to the creditors
OF the latter bank, making q total OF 80
per cont paid in dividends. This is Ger
tainly very creditable to Mr.. Thompson,
and can be taken a. . good sized crumb
Of encouragement by the creditors of the
Citizens National.
Miss Lillian Ramsdell Of Milo, Mich,
who was elected assistant principal Of
the Madison High school at a recent
meeting at q salary Of $65 per month,
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T. ,strrn Lines Refusing Traffic.

CHICAGO, June 5.-Several Eastern
roads have so pegs.stantly refused bust
ness of late that it is possible they will
become defendants i'll court in a suit to
compel them TO perform their duties
as public carriers. In each case they
are ahead O. their percentages in the
eastbound pool, and prefer to refuse
business rather than pay into the pool
the SO pc, ton a sessed against excess
h%uSireSs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
Ills Case Continued.

ST. PAUL, June 5.-Euston Osborne,
the negro tramp who so narrowly es.
capped ~lyncuing for his attempted as
sault upon Freda Ket' hall, was taken
before Judge Orr and his case contin.
ued for a week. The mans bail was
fixed at 81, 800, in default of which he
was taken to the county Jail.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
The Thistle's Rival.

SAUK CENTER, Mimi, June 5.-By
united efforts of all concerned a hope
is entertained that the growth OF
dandelions, which are running the here.
tofore beautiful yards in the city, will
be checked. They have been spreading
all over the country, and many pas
lures have been almost wholly de.
stroyed by them. They are proving q
mild rival of the Russian thistle,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
VIII Surrender Peaceably.

PENDER, Neb., June 5.-Settlers on
the reservation are not at all alarmed
over the Associated Press report from
Washington that Indian police will be
armed to eject them. They will sur
render peaceably rather than provoke
serious trouble, but they are notified
they will not be unfairly treated and
forced o surrender their farms with
out protest.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
A Turnpike War.

Sioux FALLS, s. D., June GA re-
survey of Burke township, which
changed the roads considerably, caused
a big row there, in which ne entire
population took part, including women
and children. Several warrants were
sworn out and trials on the charge of
assault and battery are now in progress.
Several were severely injured in the
row.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-05
A Find.

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