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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Objected to ~Rain-Making.

Most men of science treat with Scorn
the attempts to induce showers by ar
tificial means. They do not believe
that it is possible to draw rain from
heaven by exploding dynamite in the
upper air. They may be wrong. for i II
these days nothing can be declared i'm
possible; but thus far experience say
they are right. In South Africa there
is another objection to rain-lnaking.
The very strict rcligioniStS Of the South
African republic deem all such efforts
impiouS. After a full discussion by Il
committee to consider certain mcmori-
ais against rain-malling experiments,
a resolution was passed inStrIlcting the
government to draft n law forbidding
them. The chairman of the committee
declared that it was a monStrous thing,
Il defiance of the Almighty, 10 shoot in.
to the clouds, and that it should be
made Il criminal O1fenSe.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Glass of Fifty Years Ago.

The glazier Of fifty years ago." sal
a Maine man of experience in the bus
ness, worked differently from wha
we do to-day. Glass was very cost
then compared with present prices "a
much of it was so warped and crooke
it would be a curiosity in these time
Owing to the cost we had to be vel
careful in setting it and the glazier
that day had to be a good wood carve
as well as 4 man of putty. The Warpe
panes had to be laid into the sash ar
their shape 'scribed on the wood unde
meath. This was theh cut away so =;
to make the glass fit into place. Nov
adays the glass is tolerably true al
besides it is so cheap that we new
stand for a fit. 1t is sprung into pla'
and if it breaks it is thrown aside. III
old crooked glass was, some OF it,
superior quality. This was known
Boston crown glass or Berkshire cry
tai. 1t was clearer and more brillia1
than most modern glass. Only the be
ter quality of houses had this kind, b
there are still many old residenc
throughout Maine in which it may
fOund."-Lewiston Journal.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
LATEST GOLD BRICK SCHEME.
The Operator Does n Little Political
Arguing on the Side.

Arguing on the Side.
There is no end to the schemes TO
which swindlers resort. \ pair Of
them are now working in Pennsylvania.
in h vicinity of Susquchanna. who
have the very latest in gold brick tricks.
They get into an argument with each
other On the silver question until they
have attracted Il good-siZcd crowd.
They manage to work on the feelings
of their auditors until the latter are
prepared 10 take sides themselves. one
of the men-he who has been auvOca-
that he can pound a double eagle
into Il ShapplcSs mass of gold ANA that
it will be still worth $40. whereas Il
silver dollar so treated would not be
worth 100 cents. His opponent says
it is no such thing. 70 prove it the
gold man lakes Il $50 gold piece from
his pocket and pounds it out of shape
with Il stone or something. Then he
starts out 10 visit Il ~neighboring bank.
only to find that it is closed. by this
time there will be some Old fellow in the
crowd. also an advocate of the gold
standard. who is 50 anxious to 20
Il point for his side that he will offer
$50 for the lump of gold. The money
is paid and the rogues skip out, leav-
ing the old fellow to discover that the
gold he has bought is only Il bit of al
10y and nOt worth a dime.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Fourteen Despairing Brides.

At HOunsloW yesterday there was
Il remarkable scene when the Fourth
Hussars left by the 9:15 train for South
ampton en- route for India. A detach-
ment of 400 men in full marching or
der, and under the command OF Col.
Ramsey. proceeded rom Hounslow
barracks to the station. where they
We're awaited by an immense crowd
Of friends. chiefly females. Among
the latter We're fourteen brides of only
a weeks experience Of married life,
and these We're in Il most distressed
condition. the poor women %crowding to-
gether and clinging with the fondest
affection to their husbands. The sol.
diers quickly entrained, and after the
last good-bys had been spoken the
train steamed out of the station, leay'
ing the disconsolate brides weeping
, Historically in a heap on the platform.
The fourteen privates We're married
during the previous week without the
consent of the colonel. and their wives
were, therefore. not entitled to accom-
pany Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

the stall which he is permanently to
occupy at the outset. 1t is as neces-
sary for a raw horse to accustom him
human being to adapt himself to new
conditions. Under the training stable
system which obtains in some cities 4
new horse is sometimes drilled for as
much as a month before he is assigned
to an engine house. 1t very often hap
pens that when such 4 training stable
graduate is finally put on engine house
duty, he is so bewildered by the
strangeness and unfamiliarity of his
new berth that he forgets all that has
been taught him in the training stable,
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
A Plant with Ewes,

The eyes are not for seeing. exact
ly, but they serve Il no less important
purpose. They belong to Il plant called
the ''Shining moss" which inhabitS
cracks and %crannics in old tone walls
and rocky precipiccs. and appears to
take every p%recaution against expos
ing itself To full daylight. Only with
in Il few years has the fact been
learned that the property possessed by
this moss Of shining in the gloom of it's
dWelling-places is due, not to p%hosphor-
Scence, blu to the existence on the
surface of the leaves of thousands of
minute cells filled with transparent
liquid. and shaped like the lenses of an
eye. These microscopic eyes focus the
faint light that reaches them upon the
green coloring matter of the leaves,
called the chlorophyll, and thus enable
the plant to live. Shining moss appears
first to have been described in France,
but recent writer's on natural history
have shown that it abounds in some
parts of this country also. There are
other plants that exhibit a similar phc-
nomenon, and DR.. Alfred c.. Stokes in
.cludes among them the EGGPLANT and
certain varieties of begOnia.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
BICYCLE EUiL-T FOR TWENTY.
Huge Four Wheeled i fair Being Con-
str,ictcd FOR a Brooklyn Club.

Huge Four Wheeled i fair Being Con-
structcd Tor a Brooklyn Club.
An Ohio firm is building for a Brook
Ign bicycle club the biggest thing on
wheels of it's kind. This is a quadri-
cycle, intended II carry the entire
club-twenty members. The machine
differs from all the many seated wheels
of recent manufacture in some impor-
tant respects. In the first place it
will carry more persons by eight than
it's nearest rival. Again, it has four
wheels instead of three. Finally. in
the principles of it's construction it is
unique. To the unskilled eye this
viginticycle, if it may be so called,
looks like two tandems, built each for
ten. ranged side by side. Several i'm
Dortant mechanical features destroy
this comparison. The riders will, it is
true. sit in two parallel rows of ten.
but the separate frames are joined
together in a peculiar fashion, with
bail and socket joints, closed top and
bottom. but open at the sides so as to
admit of free lateral action. This is
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Why Sea-Water Is Aimpid.

Another result OF these experiments
IS an explanation of the limpidity of
Sea-Water, and OF the fact that the mud
brought down by great rivers is de-
posted close to their mouths. The salts
contained in the sea-water cause the
fine particles of clay to coagulate into
larger grains, which sink to the bot
tom. Thus the sadness of the sea is
directly Il cause of its ~blueness, since
the latter depends upon the clearness
of the water. Lime has a similar effect.
often as limpid and blue as the sea.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

at the horses head promptly leads him
out to tie pole, where he is hooked up.
On the third and fourth repetition Of
the lesson, most horses learn what this
means. The brighter animals will oft
en- get out of their OWL accord on the
signal within twenty-four hours after
their first lesson. Others, not quite
so capable, will do so within two days,
and within a week the most Of them
get out to the pole in good style. In he
course Of time the horses will learn
to spring to the pole at night, quite I'M
aided. while the men are scurrying
down the sliding poles.
Were it not for the brightness and
alertness of the horses there could be
no such thing as the getting of a fire
engine or truck into the ctreet within
the almost incredibly short time of sew
en- seconds after the first sounding Of
the gong. The average working life
of a fire horse is three years.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
A Woman Halter Indeed.

An opulent gentleman IN the north Of
England, who had for years shut him
self out from female society, died not
long since. leaving a will the terms of
which displayed in an unmistakable
n his hatred of womankind. Ig.
noring females entirely, all his male
relatives We're provided with legacies,
but on this condition, namely. that the
ance the moment they We're married,
and the married one We're not to come
into theirs while their wives We're liv-
ing.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
A Fish Aids Science.

There appears to be no limit to scien-
.tific curiosity, especially in Germany.
Recently Herr Regnard at Leipsic,
wishing to ascertain whether fish are
warmer than the water they live in.
stuck Il needle connected with Il Their
mo-electric circuit into q living fish in
an aquarium. The needle formed one
element of the circuit, while the other
element was immersed in the same
water that contained the fish. The
latter was not seriously injured by the
needle, and quickly became Indifferent
to it. Then, as the fish swan about,
carrying the needle, the ingenious saw
ant closed the circuit and kept watch
of the ~galvanometer. 1t showed no de-
Election whatever, from which he con-
cluded that the fish and the water We're
precisely equal in temperature, for had
either beer warmer than the other a
current would have been generated in
the circuit.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Nineteen Years.

Mr.. II. G. Russell, a scientific man
Of New South Wales, announces as a
result of a prolonged examination of
history from the earliest times that
seasons of drought recur with unfail-
ing regularity at intervals of nineteen
years. OF two hundred ana eight
droughts recorded since the year 800,
all but fifteen conform to his theory,
which is that there are every nineteen
years one long period of three years
during which the rainfall is somewhat
deficient, and a shorter period between
each of the long periods when the de.
ticiency is excessive. He wen finds q
confirmation of the Bible chronology
in the fact that the dates of the Egyp.
tian drought in Joseph's time, the
drought during King David's reign
that foretold by Elijah. and that pre-
dicted by Elisha, all fall into the nine
tecn-year period.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
h

Modern demands can be met only by
modern methods. The successful dairy
man must be a student Of his trade,
and the best results will come from the
practice of dairy knowledge, and not
from the traditions Of the fathers. The
producer of poor butter cannot stand
against the promoters and makers of
substitute compounds. There is Il call
for the hest skill from breeding time to
market day.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
RERSQgWAE,x
ZegDEGa@j&gs}:: q

CO.
Tie Prince Of Wales is growing
stouter.
President Faure, in his shooting IL
cense for last year. IA described as
getting gray"
Consuelo. Duchess OF Marlborough. is
loved by all the tenants on her hus-
bands estates.
Postmaster General Wilson will try
the rural free delivery at his home,
Charlestown. w. Va.
Prof. Morris, Of the University Of
Melbourne, is preparing a dictionary
Of Australian English.
The Emperor of Germany stands
twenty-first in the direct line Of success
sion to the British throne.
A granite block has been erected to
the memory of Prof. Huxley on the
southern shore Of Lake of Sis.
Rev. \. Robbins, the first chaplain
in ordinary OF Queen Victoria at Wind
sor, has just preached his 5,O0Oth SER
mon.
\ Waterloo veteran, aged 90 years,
| has been discovered among the inmates
Of the Nottingham workhouse, Eng
land.
S%ylvanus Dodge Locke. who has just
died at Hoosick Falls, n. Y. was the
inventor of the first g~rain-binding ma
chine.
William Heacock, of Marcus Hook.
Pa, has a yellow pine chest formerly,
owned by Andrew Jackson, PRESIDENT
of the United States.
William Thompson, c. E., of LondonI
received the idea of pneumatic tires
from the pneumatic springs which were
proposed for carriages in 1916.
The Gaekwar of Baroda possesses the
most costly sword in the world. The
'hilt is so set with precious stones that
the weapon is worth ut least f22O, 900.
4 number Of Georgia papers during
hecampaign have referred to oGvernol
Atkinson as a "Wife-lnade man. and
his friends have not. denied the asser|
ton.
Herr Krupp, the gun manufacturer
has dismissed all foreign workmen and
officials from his employ on the ground
of the betrayal of secrets to foreign
governments.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Georg@
Washington were two pensioners rel
Gently examined at the Baltimore subj
treasury. Their records as deserving
soldiers proved to be all right.
John Endicott, of Beverly, Mass. il
the only living eyewitness of the fam|
Gus engagement in 1918 between thu
Inflated Chesapeake and the Shannon
He is almost 100 years Old.
Judge Livingston w. Cleveland. TIL
Republican nominee for Probate Judg|
In New Haven, Conn. has given a gold
lined clamshell to each of the forty deld
gates Of the nomination convention,
When the CZarina Marie was called
to England by the sickness of the Duch|
ess Of Edinburgh she was a~ctuall1
asked to pay for the coal and provision
consumed during her stay at Buckine|
ham Palace.
Barney Barnato, the South Africa]
gold kings, new mansion in Park Land
London, is Il very stately looking edi
fec, supported OF white carved pillar
that stretch from the ground up to TIL
topmOst floor.
When William Dean Eowells, TIL
novelist, decides to write q novel on AMI
particular phase of life he orders al
the clippings Oh that subject that ca
tp found. and thp Incidents Tins Ohtairi
cd furnish the ground work Of the story
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

necessary to secure uniformity of steer
age and also to enable the machine to
run within q reasonably small circle.
The gear is seventy-two front sprock-
ct, 100 rear. The machine is about
eighteen feet long and four feet WIDE
and is to weigh about 600 pounds.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

She-That lame man with one e
over there, whom everybody calls CD
tain-was he in the army during I
war? He-Oh, no. He got his title a
injuries as captain of a college footb
team. She-Oh, how lovely! The bra
fellow!-New York Commercial Adv.
tiser.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
A Housekeeping lnhabitant.

IA A"AAeOACNs1Ss
Lived here thirty years, and
never saw the city,"
Never"
did you ever have a desire to so
town."
"Well yes, I reckon / has. But y
see, fore the railroad come hit wuz t
fur ter travel on foot, an the m,
wuz too busy plowin': an AFTER the "a
road come, they went ter chargin' p'
pie fer travelin'. an S o l jest thong
I'd stay home an not bother bout s.
in the world. But what do you reck
happened ter us 'tOther day"
Don't know"
well, sir, my son John ackchu
bought a ticket, jumped aboard O. t
railroad, went ter the city an s,
scribed fer a newspaper"-AtlaI
Constitution.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
and must be instructed all over again.

and must be instructed all over again."
The drilling of the new horses is
very Interesting and entertaining. The
engine house gong is sounded. The
man standing at the horses head pulls
down the string bolt and releases tn.
tie-strap. Standing at the ear Of the
stall is a fireman who slaps he horse
on the haunch. upaN which the man
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Training for Nurses.

In the nurse training schools of this
country there We're, in 1898, 2.71O per-
sons engaged in learning the business
of caring for the sick.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
TRAINING FIRE HORSES.
They Arc Instructed to Jump When
the Gong Is Sounded.

The training of fire horses is indeed
the larger cities training stables for
new horses are established. In these
stables the newly acquired animals are
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

If the devil will just burn him. and
find no fault. Il man won't mind hell
very much.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
pawkv Scots in Gotham.

Scotchmen have almost entire con-
troll Of the stonecutting industries Of
New York.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

What Il blessed thing II is ttat even
taose of us who are reliable. don't have
70 prove a. we Sav!
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

There's rosy Kate, without Il fear,
Her teeth are pearly white:
There's llsty viii. who's found an ear
That's red-and his delight.
It's kissing in the corner.
And hugging in the dark:
The lovers OF the rural parts
Are ready for the lark.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26
Suicide OF a Rattlesnake.

The question as to whether the rat
tlesnake's venom is poisonous to itself
has often been discussed. but if any
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

Every man feels the need OF some
agreeable person 10 grumble to.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

put through their PAGES in much the
same fashion as an "awkWard squad
in a military organization. A we'll
known authority on fire horses says:
st is better to put a new fire horse into
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-12-26

The huskinE Of the orn you know,
Is something now in line;
October's mellow haZes glow
With cOlOrs superiinc.
It's kissing in the corner,
And hugging in the dark;
The lovers of the rural parts
Are ready for the lark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
SENATOR HILL REMAINS SILENT.

NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE BUFFALO TICKDs
At WOIFERTs ROoST.
Albany ~ y Sept l7.-As soon as word was re-
ceivod i'm Albany Of the nomination OF Mayor
Thacher for Governor. Senator Hi was tele-
phoned to al Woferts Roosi. and asked for an In
raryiew on the nomination and platform He re-
piled that he had nothing 10 say An effort
made also 70 get Mayor Thacher. but he s. at hif
summer home Altamont and could not b.
reached.
National Committeeman Charles Tracey. OF III .
Sound Money Democrats. was found. He said
''If that platform is adopted Buffalo the PEG
pie there ought to come out honestly and squarey
for FREQ silver
"Will the ticket on that platform be Endorsed .,
Brooklyn asked.
Il think It would be very unlikely. ! found whel
was in Newly this week that he people
through the country. who few weeks ago IA
vored the Endorsement of the State ticket no mat
ter what the Buffalo Convention did. nave some
what changed their opinion.
This Is a year when people have got TO speai
out. Any man who ;uns tcke, and attempt
to conceal his sentiments tie issues before II
people subjects himself 10 criticism from boz.
sides ard IS sure 10 fall between.
Il regret that We cannot have but one Sta
ticket. II have TO select third ticket n
free-silver people will have forced the issue"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
GOOD ROADS.
DANFORTH SUCCEEDS HINKLEy.
COMPOSITION OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC STAT
COMMITTEE.

COMPOSITION OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC STATE
COMMITTEE.
Buffalo Sept 1.-THE new State Committee
met at the Iroquos Hotel this afternoon. and
after a short and harmonious session adjourned
subject to the call OF the chair Elliot DanfOrth.
of Chenango. placed IN nomination for the
position of chairman by the retiring head Of the
committee, Major Huxley and in opposition to
him Michael J. Coffey. Of Brooklyn. named Nor
ton Chase of Albany. Mr. Danforth was elected
by a vote OF 26 to 4-Willard =. Reid. Gottfried
Westernacher. James p. Cunningham and Mr..
Coffey in the negative. Mr. Danforths election
was aftcrward made unanimous.
John b. Judson OF Goversville was selected
secretary. and John +. Gaynor OF Onondaga,
treasurer Calvin j. Huson. OF Yates. was
chosen as clerk Of the committee. to succeed
Charles r. Freest, who declined TO serve longer.
Lemuel H. Wager. of Albany, was continued as
sergeant at arms \ resolution was adopted in
structing the chairman TO appoint an Executive
Committee which the chairman announced he
would do later.
Protests were read by some Kings County men
against the seating OF Bernard j. York COM
mitteeman from the With Senate District. Pro-
tests were also heard from the XLlIId. XLINth
and XINth Districts where contests were
The committee decided to take no action
The committee took no action upon the resg-
nation Of William +. Sheehan az member OF the
Democratic National Committee from New
York II is generally conceded that Frank
Campbell. OF Bath. will be recommended by the
state Committee 30 Senator Jones for the posi-
ton.
Chairman parforth started for Utica late this
AT IN MondAV uiil MAIL YAris
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18

Mr. SuIzer was at once recognized by the
chairman His silver partsans loudly demanded
that he should take the platform" but Mr. sui
ger exhibited remarkable moderation ana re-
fused the glittering chance of making hur-
rah speech He contented himself with saying:
Mr. Chairman. | move to make the nomination
OF John Boyd Thatcher unanimous chairman
Rockwell nut the motion and it was carried
NO OPPOSITION TO PORTER AND TITUS.
Wilbur +. Porter. Of Jefferson County, who
had received 20 votes for Governor was NOM
mated by reclamation for Lieutenant-Go
and Robert c. Titus put up without OPP
position for Associate Justice Of the Court Of
Appeals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18

We protest against the repeated violation by
Republican State officials OF the Constitution and
laws which guarantee preference in the pubic
service to honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors Of the Union Army and Navy. whereby and
by various pretences and excuses veterans have
been removed from positions without cause In
order TO make room for political favorites We
demand tie strict and honest enforcement OF the
laws in that behalf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
CLIMAX or THE sULZER BOO

The proposition 10 make Mr. Thacher the nom
inee met with little enthusiasm but when Judge
f. w. Downs. OF Binghamtor a round faced
burly descendant OF line Of Irish kings
mounted the platform and sang the praises Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
Pure soap is as necessary to health as pur'
food. Use Woodbury's Facial Soap. II make
good compilations.

where he expects TO call a meeting 81 the new
committee the latter part OF next week. The fol-
Iowins ia the new State Committee by Districts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
STATE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

CHOSEN BY THE POPOCKArlC CONVENTION AT
BUFFALO.
Buffalo Sept. 1.-THE Presidential electors chosen
by the Democratic State Convention here to-day
are follows;
ELECTORS-AT-LARGE
Rober, H. Bush of Horsehesds Benjamin Wood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18

CHICAGO TICKET AND PLATFORM INDORsED -
RATNEs LAW. STATE ADMINISTRATION
AND LEGISLATIVE ATTACKED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18

Buffalo. Sept 1.-THE following s the plat
form submitted by the Committee on Resolu
lions and adopted by the Democratic State Con-
venton here to-day: