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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
The Stage.

Illustrated articles upon the best
and newest plays and the foremost
actors, particularly the best Amer
lean productions. These are much
more than gossip of players. They
are entertaining discussions of the
dramas that are talked about. Such
treatment is not found in any
other magazine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
L WITH
WOnEN.

"a |.TE ~
Valuable hints about various
branches of industry which are
open to women, by women who
have succeeded in them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
Illustrations.

The Magazine will be we'll and
thoroughly illustrated from cover
to cover Competent artists and
improved methods of making and
printing the plates will be employ
ed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
The Covers.

The covers are different every
month. they, are designed by
popular artists, and the covers for a
year will be valuable as an art col
lection in themselves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
Music in America.

ODiscussion of musical subjects
or people. Illustrated each month
with portraits, autographs, and
one or more pages of music. This
music alone will make a valuable
collection.
This series of articles is a unique
feature among monthly magazines
The papers are interesting to all
readers, and are of positive value
to those who play or sing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
MONROE DOCTRINE.
FACTS CONCERNING ITS ORIGIN AND
WHAT IT SIGNIFIES.

First Suggested by an English Statesman.
Submitted 20 Jefferson and Madison,
Who App-"ved It-Never Received Con
Rressional Affirmation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-02
The Fashion Department

which for years has given the
latest fads and fashions, is of par
ticular interest to women.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
Old English New Years Customs.

There is one ceremony common to
England and Scotland which is some
times observed in the United States on
New Years eve-that is the ringing of
the bells to announce the death of tho
old year and the birth of the new LII
many churches an impressive service is
held at the hour Of midnight. Another
English custom is the one of sitting up
on the last night of the year till ~
o'clock, and as the hour strikes, the outer
door is opened and with great formality
they let out the old and let i'll the
new" The "mummers or "guisers"
play an important part in the celebra-
ton of New Year S in Scotland. All the
boys in the village who can sing prac-
tice songs for the occasion, and on the
important night they borrow old shirts
from their fathers and cut out brown
paper miters, from which hang masks
that conceal their faces. Each guiser is
accompanied by squire dressed as a
girl, who goes before him to open the
door when he sings. While the song is
in progress she sweeps the floor with a
broomstick or plays some curious prank.
They receive in return small pieces Of
money
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

1t is hardly pleasant omen for Eng
lands future king, the baby Prince Ed
ward of York, that the first appointment
officially made to the household of his
royal highness should be a dentist. Yet
such is the case. The little fellow is
having a good deal of trouble with his
teething, and accordingly one Of the la
test issues Of The Government Gazette
announces the appointment of a clever
young dentist as "dental surgeon in
ordinary to his royal highness, Prince
Edward of York. In course Of time he
will be provided, through the columns
of the official gazette, with a governor,
controller, equerries, lords and gentle
men in waiting, grooms of the stole, and
chaplains besides physicians and private
secretaries. But the dignitary whose ap-
pOintment will Outstrip all others in
priority, if not i'll Importance and rank,
is that of the young dentist. Teeth are
becoming more and more an important
consideration i'll the reigning families of
Europe. Thus the royal house Of Sweden
keeps dentist busy all the time, owing
to the fact of all their teeth being
bad, while the molars of the reigning
house of Spain are excruciatingly bad,
Don Carlos in particular having been a
perfect martyr with his teeth until he
had them replaced by artificial grinders.
In fact, there is not single royal house
in Europe that can boast of good teeth,
and for this reason dentists play SO i'm
portant a role in their existence that it
is difficult to realize that a century ago
even royal teeth were attended to by
BARRIERS. Chicago Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
HOTEL KEEPERS CONVENTION.
Called to See What Can be Done Abor
Prohibition.

Called to See What Can be Done About
Prohibition.
A circular letter has been sent out
to Vermont hotel men as follows -
DEAR SIR-You are respectfully re-
quested to be present at the hotel
mems convention, to be held at
Montpelier January s, 1896, at 1870
p. M, at the Montpelier house, then
and there to discuss the question of
mutual protection, and any other
question of mutual benefit that may
come before the meeting, and then
and there try and devise some means
whereby we may find relief from the
injustice and persecution that we are
now subject to through the present
administration of Vermont's pro-
hibitory laws. Our claim is that it
is an unjust law and should be modi-
fed. AS it is now, we are subject to
open blackmail at any time, and are
powerless to prevent it. If we COM
bine we certainly can get a hearing
from the people, which we cannot get
now. My circular letter calling for
pledges to attend this convention
has been very widely published in
this state and in some of the Boston
dailies, and has called forth very few
unfavOrable comments indeed, In
fact, most of them say that an as
ISOLATION of the kind would be most
beneficial to those concerned. There
fore it is for the interest of every
hotel keeper in this state to Re pres
ent at this meeting. l have nearly
100 hotel keepers pledged to be pres
ent, among whom are some of the
most influential, which is guarantee
of the success of the convention; and
l sincerely hope that one hundred
more that are not pledged will be
there. Let every man that is coming
see that his neighbOr comes also. We
can at least get together and get
acquainted and get to a better under
standing of this question. But from
the tone of nearly every letter that |
have received, infer that hotel men
mean business. Do not fail to be
there. Sincerely yours,
Ill. L.. DOYLE, and 100 others.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
Two Bold Young Nimrods.

Nicholas and Charles HilIiard of
Stamford, brothers, aged 10 and II
years, went rabbit hunting last week
near the charcoal kilns on the noun
tain. AS they were walking along
they suddenly came upon n black
bear curled up under large log and
apparently asleep. There were no
tracks to be seen and bruin had
probably crawled in there for his
winter. The boys guns were loaded
with bird shot, but the boys thought
that being at such close range they
would be able to kill the bear, which
apparently had not noticed their ap-
proach, and one of them fired. In
stead of killing the bear it put new
life in him, and bustling from under
cover he made off at rapid pace.
The boys follow him half a mile and
finally found him under large rock.
They were able to reach one of his
legs, by which they hauled him out,
and q second charge of shot killed
him. The boys procured team and
took him home. He weighed 800
pounds. They were offered $15 for
the hide, and will also get $15 boun-
ty from the state. This with what
they got for the meat will make
about $40.-Woodstock Standard
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
THE EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT

AS we turn over the pages of the
Eighth Annual Report of the Yer
mont Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, we are deeply impressed with it's
value to farmers. 1t is evidently not
a book to be glanced over like a
newspaper and tossed aside. 1t is a
book to be carefully read, and as
carefully preserved for reference. The
report of the director, which occupies
pages 10-16, is a brief summary of
the work of the station for the year.
The next 60 pages are reprints or
abstracts of bulletins. Bulletin AZ,
"Bovine tuberculosis, is reprinted
entire, with additions which bring it
down to the end of last year. The
testing thus fardone has been mainly
of suspected herds, and of these a
little more than 5 per cent have been
found tuberculous. Probably if all
the cattle in the State were tested,
no more than one in a hundred would
be found diseased. Taken altogether
this bulletin is one of the most
valuable that the Station has ever
issued, and stands at the head of
available literature on the subject,
so far as the farmers of Vermont are
concerned. We have noted but one
statement which we think may Justly
be questioned. at is not advisable
to attempt to cure bovine tuberculo-
SIS" While this seems to be a COM
monty accepted statement among
veterinarians, many dairyman and
others believe it would be far better
to experiment upon it's durability,
instead of making no effort in this
direction.
Coming to the Report proper, we
find details of an experiment on Pig
Feeding, the report of the Botanist,
which contains records of experiment
tai work in spraying potatoes, also
apple and pear trees for the proven
tion of the scab. The brief notice of
dangerous weeds on page 115 is one
of the most important parts of the
book. The Entomologist gives
several pages of interesting and in
structive reading matter on insects,
while the rest of the volume contains
records of valuable matter relating
to the dairy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
A BOY HERO.
He Kept His Promise, Though 1t Cost Hin
His Life.


The Confederate Veteran is engaged
in noble work in its effort to have
monument erected to the young hero
Sam Davis, who died the death of a spy
rather than betray a secret that would
have saved his life, but doomed another
to the same death. Sam Davis was a spe-
cial agent for General Bragg, and he
had obtained valuable information Civ
en- him in confidence and ON The prom
Use that he would never betray the
source of his information. He was not a
spy, for we believe he wore his Confed-
crate gray when captured, but the pa
pers on his person showed that he had
from some one obtained secret informal
ton. His life and a safe escort into the
Confederate lines were promised him if
he would give the name Of tho informer,
but he chose to die instead. He was but
boy, and the temptation must have
been powerful But he was hero No
marble shaft or statue in bronze towers
above the dust Of a nObler life than that
of the fair haired STRIPPING who kept his
faith and his honor and died rather
than break a promise.
If monuments are to be built, it is
better to build them i'll commemoration
Of noble character and a simple life
true to the last breath to a knightly
standard Of honor than to genius or to
brilliant achievements. There is a les
son for the humblest as we'll as the
highest in the martyrdom of Sam Davis
Every man cannot be genius. Only the
highly favored few can win renown by
great deeds. Sam Davis was not of
these His title to the admiration Of his
countrymeD rests i'll a simple, steadfast,
unwavering devotion to duty and to
principle Of honor. 1t is character to
which the common soldier in life's bat
tie may attain. The youth of the land
cannot copy the mighty genius of Lee,
but they may be taught to love truth
and honor, to be faithful even unto death
like Sam Davis.
Raise him monumental monument
to the young hero of the common people
that will hold aloft the lesson of his
glorious martyrdom-that will teach
the proud and the naughty that even
among the humble and the obscure there
are hearts of gold and souls of iron to
suffer AID endure. Memphis CONNER
cial Appeal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

In the days Of our European forbears
it was believed that unless misfortune
were courted no one should leave tho
house on New Years day till some one
had entered, and the visitor to bring a
fine brand Of good luck should bea dark
haired man.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

Pins were invented in the sixteenth
century at Gloucester, England. They
straightway became a popular New
Years present, but later money for their
purchase, called "pin money" was
given instead.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

The popularity of the date of 1896 is
its involved connection with the digit g.
AS that number is regarded by those
who hold superst2tious belief as pro-
verbally lucky one, from its association
with certain Biblical events, it is to be
hoped that the coming annual cycle may
prove this one particular theory to be
true, and that Jan. will usher in an
suspicious season Of material and fnan-
cial prosperity.
The number 1896 is equally divisible
by 3. So is the sum Of its digits, 1 plus
plus plus G (and the reverse is nee
essarily the same) equaling "a, which,
again united, 2 plus 4, equals 6. Sepa-
rating its hundreds from the tens, 18
and 90 or 81 and 50, they are still null
tiples Of 3. The sum of the first and
last digits, plus 6, equals 7. Added to
the two middle figures they produce &c.
which is the last two units of the date
being equally divisible by 3, as is its
sum, plus 6, equals 10.
The centuries IS are divisible wholly
by 8, and 8 the number reversed, 81,
by 8 and by 3, by the product of these
two numbers 60 multiplied by 81 27,
and the sum Of the digits, l plus s,
equals 8. The sum Of the first two fig
ures in the date, represented as digits,
equals the third. Eighteen plus SO
equals IA, and 90 minus IS equals rs,
over which the mystic B has full con-
troll, as it does over the sum Of the digits
in these latter numbers, 1 plus plus
4 equals 6, and Z plus s equals 15
And 10 minus equals 8, while Is plus
equals 81, the sum Of whose digits,
2 plus /, equals 3. The product of the
digits i'll the year, multiplied by s by
8 by 6, equals 432, multiple of 3, and
the sum of the unit figures, 4 plus 3
plus is 8. Eighteen minus 8 equals 8,
and 8 minus equals 3.
From this can be derived the infalli-
BILE rule that when the sum of the digits
of any number is equally divisible by
the number itself is a common multiple.
For instance the numbers 261 equals 81
and 3441 equals 12) must necessarily
be equally divisible by the mysterious
factor 3. ALBERT p. SoUTHwICK.
1
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

January is still called by the old Gel
tic name--Juis Genver, the cold month
in Cornwall, England. The Saxons
called it Wolf Monat, because the wolves
were unusually ravenous in January. By
the Saxon it was termed Aefer- Yule.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
TWO BAD CASES OF RHEU-
MATISM CURED.
Had not walked a step
for over a year, but is
now perfectly cured.
From far off California come
words of praise for the rem
edy which performs its
mission-Smith's Rheumatic
Cure.

of Chico, Cal, who had suffered untold
agOnies for ten years, until q friend told her
of Smiths Rheumatic Cure. After procuring
J supply of this valuable remedy she writes
" My joints were badly swollen and had not
walked a step for year. Physicians said
\ my case was incurabls, but after taking
Smiths Rheumatic Cure a short time / can
walk in fact, am walking advertisement,
! for | tell every friend l meet"
Another case in the same city was that of
Mrs. Il. S. Camper, who says: al was abso-
lutely helpless, for / could not uS my arms
or walk. l took four bottles of Smiths
Rheumatic Cure and can now do my own
housewOrk, and am feeling much better in
general health than for years"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

Time was when it was considered a
sure sign of death before the next New
Year to see your own shadow i'll the
moonlight On the LIST of January.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

Black cats, generally thought to be Of
extremely evil omen by tho supersti
tious, are considered lucky visitors OIL
New Years day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02
TEMPUS FUGIT.

A Few Paragraphs From the Pens of News
paper Philosophers on the Flight of Time.
In our boyhood time walks, in middle
life it ambles, and in old age it pants in
breathless haste to reach the goal and
have done with us. A day is a week to
| the child, and week is but day to the
aged. New York Herald.
The months may speed as they will
The days may come and go like light
ming flashes. Age may creep on apace
and youth hasten to middle life. No
vember blasts may chill and December
SHOWS cover the sod like a shroud. 1t
matters little There will be other years
in other chimes, and the work we leave
unfinished will be brought to completion
after the grass has grown on our graves.
Unidentified.
No time is so short as that Of the man
who has passed the three score mile
stone. The clock no longer ticks the
seconds away, but the days. The very
weeks flash by. Hardly do the flowers
of April bloom before the frosts of Oc-
tober set in, and hardly do the frosts
carve fantastic pictures ON the window
pane before the sun of another spring
makes the meadow green once more. -
Exchange.
Time was when it was considered q
sure sign of death before the next New
Year to see your own shadow in the
moonlight on the LIST of January.
January is still called by the old Gel
tic name--Juis Genver, the cold month
in Cornwall, England. The Saxons
called it Wolf Monat, because the wolves
were unusually ravenous in January. By
the Saxon it was termed Aefer- Yule.
Pins were invented in the sixteenth
century at Gloucester, England They
straightway became popular New
Year present, but later money for their
purchase, called "pin money" was
given instead.
In the days of our European forbears
it was believed that unless misfortune
were courted no one should leave tho
house on New Years day till some one
had entered, and the visitor to bring a
fine brand of good luck should bea dark
haired man.
Black cats, generally thought to be of
extremely evil omen by the supersti-
tious, are considered lucky visitors on
New Years day.
In Wales fires are frequently burned
on Jan. to purify the house for the en-
trance of the new year and the ashes Of
these fires are often kept most sacredly
from year to year, They are supposed to
possess special medicinal virtue, being
particularly officacious against failing
sickness" or fits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-02

Nelson briggs, the most famous
counterfeiter on record, died in Chi
cago recently. He is said to haye
cleared 100000 by his operations
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-18
Earning. and Risks OF Miners.

A most interesting and valuable
chapter In the The Mineral Industry:
Its statistics. technology and trade in
the United States and foreign Coun-
tries, 1896. just published by the Scien-
tItic Publishing Company. of New
York, Is that which treats especially
OF the miner. his earnings, and the
risks to which he Is exposed. To give
an idea OF Its scope and treatment Of
the subject we add a summary Of the
contents OF this chapter. which IL
headed Labor, Wages. and Acct
dents In Mining" 1mperfectIon OF Da-
ta-statistlcs OF the United Stntcs-A
proper unit of measnre-minc ins3cc-
ton and rcports-number OF active
ColllcrleS-incrcaSed output-durathn
OF work at American collicrles-tablcs
of coal mine labor-cOllicrics operated
days neutrality-suspicious. cmploycd-sta-
t!stics for foreign countries-coal pro-
ductNn per person employcd-compar-
Ison OF the anthracite and other mines
lives lost per thousand persons EN-
ploycd-dangers OF coal mining-tons
produced per life lost-causes OF col
lIery neutrality-suspicious. OF coal and
metal mincs-prcvcntion OF iirc-damp
and cOal-dust Observation-Disclosures
iniciliIleh- "uih ""ic W ''"' m"'HhH
Notwithstanding ut contract prices
powder used In coal Misunderstanding
without powdcr-tables OF labor, wages
and production-comparison of the sta
tistlcs OF different countrles-coal ON
sumption and production per head
average prices-labor and accidents in
Great Dritain-British mine inspectors
r~eport-cauaes Of accldcnts-cOmparl-
son between mine regulations of Great
Britain and other European nations.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-18
NO FAITH CURE

Ahont Stunrt's Dyspepsia Tnbiets-Thry
Care Stomach, Tronhies and Indigestion
Anyway, Whether You Have Tnlti, IN
Them or Not.
Mere faith will not digest your food
for you, VIII not give You mn appetite.
viii not Increase your flesh and
strengthen your nerves and heart, but
stnart's Dyspepsia Tablets viii do
these things. because they arc com.
posed OF tho elements OF digestion,
they contain the juices, acids und pep
tones necessary TO the digestion and
assimilation of NIL wholesome fool,
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets viii d.
gcst food II placed In n Jar or bottle in
water heated to 0S degrees, md they
VIII do It much more effectively when
taken into the stomach after meals,
whether you hive faith that they Will
or not.
They invlgoratc the stomach. make
pure blood and strong nerves, In the
only way that nature can do II, md
that In, from plenty OF wholesome food
well dlGestcd. II Is not what We cut,
but what we digest that does us good.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
by ncarly all drugglhs. at 10 cents for
full sized package. or by mail from tho
Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-18
POLITELY DECLINED.


Embassies Prefer to Depend on Hue
Jackets Rather than Turkish Guards.
CoNSTANTINoPLE. Sept. low
Ing to the Turkish governments COM
munlcntion to the embassies Of the
powers In regard to rumors OF another
Armenian outbreak here, the embassies
to-day deputcd the foreign consuls to
authorize the police TO enter foreign
houses when necessary and arrest Ar
mcnlnns throwing bombs or shooting
therefrom.
The offer OF the Turkish government
to furnish the embassies with gunrds
has been declined. the foreign officials
prefcrrlng to rely upon the guards Of
blue Jackets from the warships OF the
powers,
Since the Issuing OF the Hynchaklst
circular 5000 Armenlnns have been ar
rested and the exodus OF ArmcnIang
continued.
The Turkish officials declare that they
have discovered II quantity OF bombs
and dynamite In the ualidjisglou quar-
ter.
II IL feared in high quarters that a
Mussulman movement IL nfoot against
the sultan and military measures on ar
extensive scale have been adopted.