The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-25

silver mounted, but the mule was, to
use q slang expression. strictly on the
bum" The conveyance was vanished
in red and highly polished. 1t was dec-
Grated with yellow ribbons, and. with
the exception Of the mule. the turnout
made an elegant appearance. The young
man who paid the bet sat in the front
seat and wore q yellow stovepipe hat
and q yellow chrysanthemum- The win.
ner Of the bet, also a we'll known society
young man, sat in the rea seat, wear.
ing q yellow hat and chrysanthemum,
and at intervals celebrated his victory
with loud and long blasts on a long
tallyho trumpet. The mule was a big,
rawboned, hairy specimen, with flap
ping ears. 1t looked as much out Of
place as a pig In n parlor and seemed to
realize its position, as several times II
attempted to kick over the traces and
get out of the harness. The young man
who thought Bryan would win drove
the mule out Delmar boulevard as far
as Taylor, then over to Lindell and up
and down part Of that ~thoroughfare and
Westminster place, West Pine, McPher-
son avenue and other west end streets.
William W. Doherty Of Lynn. Mass,
had confidence in Bryan's election and
Sunday wore his wife's hat to church.
It was q beautiful creation of ostrich
feathers and waving aigrets. and as
he wendell his way through the princi-
pal streets Of the city to st. Joseph's
church he was the recipient Of much
attention. On entering the church he
removed the hat and went to his accus-
| toned seat. After mass he replaced it
and went home, followed by q large
crowd. The night before he offered Tom
Kearns, with whom he had bet, $50 to
release him from his obligation. He
now offers to bet that Bryan will win
four years hence.
The Turkish colony at Paris, which
is both large and influential, has just
laid at the feet Of Emperor William u
fulsome address of gratitude for the
sympathy which he has manifested in
favor Of the sublime porte in its conflict
with Greece. That Emperor William
should have accepted it is surprising,
and even his best friends are of the opin-
ion that he has made q political mis-
take in thus demonstrating to the world
that he has more good will for Moham-
medans than for Christians. p
The most remarkable feature of the
report Just presented to the English
parliament with regard to the condition
of Egypt during the last 10 months is
the description by the British resident,
Lord Cromer, of the success that has at
tended the new experiment Of state ad-
vunces to the natives on the security of
their crops. Until now the only people
to whom the peasantry could apply for
loans of this character were the Greek,
Syrian and Hebrew money lenders, who
invariably exacted from 80 to 40 per
cent interest. The government has now
~inaugurated the practice Of making ad-
vances at 8 per cent interest and is able
to show a profit to itself, as we'll as q
vast economy of cost to the natives.
This new scheme is but one of the many
benefits conferred upon the land Of the
Nile by its British protectors. New
York Tribune.
'~.Salting' Mines.
"Prospectors ought to be taught"
J said Professor B. Sadtler, that in open
ing up "a new camp absolute honesty in
regard to values is essential. A well de-
fined lead may not have values at the
surface and yet be a good property,
while all the lying and other dishonest
actions possible will not make a mine
out of IA barren lead, and such things
being sure to be detected often have the
effect of setting back a district which is
really possessed of merit. A short time
since l went up the Platte to examine
some prospects near Pine Grove. l went
through the territory carefully and Sc
lected my samples and was packing
them when a man who has a number OF
claims in the vicinity came up and
threw a piece of rock on the pile, with
the remark that he had just picked it
up and it looked as if it might run well.
/ knew at once that the rock had not
ome from any Of the prospects that
had examined and said nothing.
When l had the assays made, l had
this piece assayed separately. 1t ran
several ounces in gold, and the rest of
the samples ran about 81 in gold. 1t
was one of the cheapest cases of an at
tempt to salt that l ever experienced.
On another occasion the same man
worked a number of Denver people in d
scheme having for its base an alleged
tin deposit. He simply soaked a piece OF
ore in chloride of tin. He didn't even
know how to salt the ore in such g
manner hat it could not be detected by
the first assayer who saw it, for every
one who was at all familiar with ore
saw at a glance that it was not tin ore. .
Denver Republican.