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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
Where Talk Is Not Cheap,

Talk over the long distance telephone
is not cheap. A Rochester man the other
day talked a little while with a business
man in this city. When he had finished,
he asked the girl in charge, How much
do / owe?'C
Are yoh aware" she said, that
you have been in the booth for sorae
time"
"Oh, yes" he said. Il suppose your
regular charge for New York is 50. 5O?"
Eyes, she said in a businesslike
way; "$3. 80 for five! inutes. Your bill
Is S25. 90"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

BrookIngs Register: Friday Of last
week y, Z. Hansen, professor of hor,i-
culture and forestry at the Agricultural
college, received a commission from TIE
dept rlmentof agriculture at Washing
ton. appointing him as special agent Of
he government to go to Siberia, extreme
eastern parts Of Russia and to the
pla'elus and highlands of central Asia to
make observations and to obtain and
bring back with him Is many grain,
grass, tree, shrub and fruit seeds as are
native IN these countries, ana that IN his
Judgment a be protitabiy grown in the
United States, and more especially here
On the pralrles Of the northwest, where
the climate is radical and severe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
CAPTAIN SMITH TALKS.
Cuban Army Officer Says Gomez Has Forty
Thousand Well Armed Men.

Thousand Well Armed Men.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Captain w.
d. Smith Of the Cuban army spent con
siderable time again during the day
with the senate committee on foreign
relations. In a brief interview he said:
The Cuban army is now in better
condition to resist the Spaniards and to
maintain the fight for independence
than it has been since the beginning Of
the war. General Gomez has a well
disciplined army of about 10000 men,
who are determined to hold out until
their efforts shall be crowned with vic
tory. Our soldiers are rapidly procur-
ing arms, and every day serve to put
them IN a better footing in this respect.
Our troops enjoy
Vast Advantage Over the Spaniards,
i'll that they are not injuriously affected
by the climate. Furthermore, we have
no difficulty i'll feeding u troops. In
the portion Of the country III which the
Cuban troops are in control the provis-
ions are protected and we draw our sup
plies from this source. Our commissary
is therefore regularly renewed and our
supplies are received in quantities quite
sufficient to meet all our wants"
In reply to a question, Captain Smith
said: "An talk about autonomy and of
Spanish reforms for Cuba is so much
breath wasted. There is not a man in
the CUBAN army who will agree to ac-
cept anything short Of absolute indie
Spndeuca
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Sioux City Journal, ): Secretary
Gage is receiving large numbers Of let
tiers OK advice from college professors IN
regard TO the bureau Of statistics A re-
publican administration will be chary
Of advice protfered by college professors
On pSactlcal matters"
lhat does not sound yer! grateful
after the heavy draft the republican
party made a ear ago upon Rockefeller's
hlre,t professor of political economy for
lis arguments to bolster up the gold
STANDARD theory. Why not apply the
test Of practical matters to that system
asD Mr.. journal: We th.rk Sioux City'5
record III the pas; fonr Years would be ii
good example.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN,
The President VIII Make the Nomominx
ton soon.

WASHINGTON, June 1T is the pre-
vailing belief at the White House that
President Mckinley will nominate the
new minister to Madrid in the course of
a week. Six names have been under
consideration, SO it is stated semi
officially. Three of them are believed
to be General B. F. Tracy of New York,
Ex-senator John S. Henderson Of Mis-
souri, and Congressman Hit Of Illinois.
The last named, it is said, has been
rendered the post, but does not desire it.
1t is understood that ex-Representativc
Aldrich is to be appointed consul gen.
eral at Havana and that his appoint
ment viii be made in the near future.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
Abandoned the Hessel ut Sen.

LONDON, June THE British ship
kinkora encountered a violent storm Oh
the North Pacific ocean and becrme so
disabled that she was abandoned May |.
Part Of her crew reached Acapulco on
the west coast of Mexico Thursday.
The remainder are safe at Clipparton
island, about 700 miles off that coa-..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

suggested appears to be to cut off two OF
the high schools altogether and c~onsoll-
pupils to tAe teacher thus letting out
about 40 teachers and shortening the
school year to nine months This would
reduce expenditures about 100000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Terrible Accidental is a terrible
accident to be burned or scalded; but
the pain and agony and the frightful dis,
tigurements can be quickly overcome
without leaving a scar by using De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
TOwne Will Attend.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-Chairman
Towne of the national Silver Repub-
lican committee has left for Chicago to
attend the first meeting of the commit
tee. He was accompanied by Senator
Pettigrew and Representative Hartman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Aberdeen's assessed valuation this
year is Sl,O46,1 7S, an increase OF >S25. 600
over a year ago. school POLLS have in
creased from 734 TO 8ll, showing that
the city is on the gain.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
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and positively cures Piles. or no pay re-
CURED. 1t Is guaranteed t." give perfect
satisfaction or one refunded. Prize
IS cents per box. For sale by G. H
Wood.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Not only piles OF the very worst kind
can be cured by De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve, but eczema, ecalds, burns, bruises,
boils. ulcers and all other skin troubles
can be instantly relieved by the same
remedy.
FRANK SMITH
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
OUR PATRONS

Appreciation is the goal we seek. We are always devsing ways and
means to attract. win and retain customers. By liberal dealings, by
the satisfying of every reasonable request, by meeting their every
want, and bv courteous attention. w e strive to make our business re-
ntionship a pleasure. This. combined with our present prices, is
doing just what e expected. reducing our stock to just where We
want it. We are still pushing the Shoe Business and have some rare
bargains for you yet, but have not forgotten our other departments.
We are pushing all along the line. Come and see us.
MORSE r MlINPO
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

"Thev are handles" said Thos. 30 .ers,
OF the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while
writing about DeWitt's Little Early
Rlsers, the famous little pills for sick
headache and disorders OF the stomach
and liver. \
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
H DAILY LEADER
MONDAY, JUNE :. 1897.
OF SUBSCRIPTION
TD-ADEERTISERS

IHB DAILY LEADER makes a special feature Of
fIcuishlr Information concerning the advantage
81 resources Of the city of Madison and of the
49," At large ~'a'Itliug ii to the patsorago oiad-
]Tertlsers of ev r! C.nse.
=. T. STAHL. roprletoI.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

finest liver %andbowel regulator ever
made.
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st. Paul is wrestling with the problem
Of how to lessen her school expenditures
about $4,000 and the most feasible plan
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07
Instantly Killed His Sister.

CHARLES CITY, Ia, June during a
quarrel between Frank Wilt and
Jerome Dow, brothers-in-law. Wilt
threw a stone at Dow, missing him and
instantly killing Mrs. Dow, his sister,
who was running away. The murderer
gave himself up.
rernaps no country III the world is
better suited for the cyclist than Hol-
land, where you may run for miles
without meeting with an incline that
even suggests a hill. In The Hague
cycling is a universal amusement, horse
exercise for ladies being the occasional
execution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La, says: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures
my cough, and it is tina best seller |
have" J. +. Campbell, merchant of
Stafford, Ariz, writes: "Dr. Kings New
Discovery is all thas is claimed for it.; it
never Calls. and is "A sure cure for Con
sumptior. Coughs and Colds. | cannot
say enough for ~ merits DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an
experiment. It has been tried for a
quarter Of "A CENTURY, and to day stands
at the head. II never disappoints. Free
trial bottles at G. II. Woods drug store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

w b Johnson, Newark, O., says, "One
Minute Cough Cure saved my only child
from dying by Group" 1t has saved
thousands OF others suffering from Group,
pneumonia. bronchitis and other serious
throat ard iurg troubles.
.p.rr Cr,rr
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-06-07

Pluster your h, use with Bakers Hard
Wall i'last r. For sac by Alliance
Ware},Ol SO company.
GEO NEnnEK. ApnLt-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
just a Little of the GRAVY.

An ex:S;onfederate soldier of South
Carolina tells this story to writer in
the Detroit Journal: II had a friend
who was a chaplain in our army-a
good man, as such men should be. Sew
eral of his own church members were in
the same regiment. He kept a sharp eye
on US, and tried to train us in the way
we should 60. And, when we were
rather short for rations, some of the
boys brought in a fine young porker
Now, boys, that's wrong said he 1T
is simply stealing. You ought not to
do it.
"'Well, our consciences don't trouble
US, and yours won't trouble you when
we get this meat cooked. You will want
some of it too.
emo, won't eat it. I'd as soon eat
stolen meat
But we divided it up among the
boys and proceeded to cook ham in the
best possible style. The smell of it fairly
made our teeth water, and when it was
cooked we were more than ready for it.
There's fine piece. Cut that off
for the chaplain, said one.
emo, I thank you, said he. I said
wouldn't eat it, and I won't, but
passing up his plate-'I'll take little
of the gravy"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
And She Wasn't Extravs9ant.

One of the exhibits in suit for d.
vorce tried in Baltimore, in which,
among other things, the wife was charg-
ed with reckless extravaganza, had these
items as a sample Of one weeks expen-
ditures by the woman in the case: Hat.
5000; notions, $50; chewing gum and
tobacco, 1914; brushes and paints, $40;
cologne, $9.75; ice cream, 81. rs; oys-
tiers, $40, and cigarettes, $1.75. The
jury decided that this sort of thing was
trife too much to ask any man to SUBJ
nit to, and helped, rather more than
anything else, to influence the jury to
give to the man the separation he asked
for. Yet the defendant calmly asserted
that there was not purchase made in
that list but was absolutely essential to
her comfort. This guileless young wom-
an positively prided herself on the fact
that extravaganza was one sin of which
she was absolutely guiltless. Detroit
News
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
Bad Meat Made Good,

The subject of tuberculous meat is
one Of the greatest Importance to the
community at large in view of the fact,
which has been scientifically demon
strated, that it is possible for that dis
ease to be propagated by the consump-
ton Of meat so tainted.
Various projects. have from time to
time been suggested for the treatment
Of meat to make it harmless to the COM
munity at large. The safest plan is, of
course, the destruction of such diseased
meat
A famous German scientist has, how
ever, proposed that tuberculous meat
should be divided into at least two
classes, and only that deeply impreg-
mated with the germs of disease should
be condemned absolutely and irrevoca-
bly, to cremation by the sanitary author
ities Now, however, proposal has
been made, based on more accurate OBJ
servation, that the diseased meat should
not be thrown away at all, but should
be potted.
This operation is to be performed at a
very high temperature and under steam
pressure, which would have the effect
Of completely killing these hardy germs
In this way much meat which would be
wasted can be rendered fit for human
food, and it may be taken with impu-
nifty. Sentiment will no doubt declare
against the use of diseased meat in spite
of the assurance Of science Pearson g
Weekly.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
Certain American Editions.

The American editions of many Eng
lish authors were of prime Importance
in the careers Of the writer's, and to ig-
more them is to ignore most potent fac
tors in their lives. The publication of
the ''Yellowplush Correspondence in
Philadelphia was followed by the
Comic Tales and Sketches and the
success Of the American book was the
influence that induced the London pub
Usher to assume the risk. In the same
way the miscellanies collected from
original sources and published in 10 vol
umes by the Appletons in New York in
1852 and 1853 induced the publication
Of the miscellanies in London in 1866 to
1857. Thackeray Carried home set Of
these Appleton volumes to aid him in
selecting the papers for the London is
sue, and yet, would the photographer
tell us that the London edition of 1867
was the first, and that the New York
edition exists not at all?-Book Buyer.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
THE SLIDING POLE.

Very Handy to Use Going Down, but the
Stairs Still Used Going Up.
Firemen use the sliding poles in the
engine houses when descending from the
dormitory floors to the street floor about
their ordinary affairs just as they do
when hustling down for a fire. It is the
quickest and easiest way to go, and nat
urally they 60 that way always. To a
man not fireman, however, and SO IN
accustomed to it, the commonplace use
of the sliding pole seems at first strange.
He has seen it usually, perhaps only,
from below, and the use of it is associ-
ated in his mind with the sound Of the
gong, the pounding Of the horses hoofs,
the swapping of harness and the general
hustle of preparation. To see the firemen
come dropping down the sliding poles
into this scene of activity seems all
right. It seems like part of the gen.
eral scheme. But if one who has been
accustomed only to seeing them come
down Tue poles in this way should hap
pen at a time of quiet in the house to be
on an upper floor, and instead of seeing
firemen shoot into view should see one
suddenly and silently disappear, that
sight probably would at first be surpris-
ing to him.
At first it seems strange to see any
man, fireman or not, slide down pole
to start for his dinner, for instance, but
that is what the fireman does, and it is
just the same if he is going below for
any duty in the house. He goes down
the pole habitually because that is the
simplest and easiest way to go. But he
doesn't 60 back that way. Easy as it is
to slide down the pole, it would be
mighty hard work to shin up it. When
the fireman goes up, then, like every
body else he climbs the stairs. New
York Sun.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
MOrtOn's Memory.

An Englishman named Morton could
repeat from memory any discourse he
had once listened to, while Schenkel,
the inventor of one of the carts of
Memory" could repeat 800 arbitrarily
connected words and over 200 SEN
fences, all in the exact order in which
he had heard them A Sussex man
named William Wolton had a marvel
Gus memory: When child, he could
remember almost any sermon he heard
and once repeated to the bishop his ser
mon word for word. He took his B. A.
at Cambridge when only II years and g.
months old. sehOld Words.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
AS Bad as This?

"Who shall persuade coming ages, -
asks writer in the Chicago Times-Her-
aid, THAT the busiest city in the world
harbors women who pursue whist as the
chief duty Of life; who screw up their
household finances to the tightest posi-
BILE point in order to pay an expert So
an hour for instruction in it's sacred
code; who meet over card tables at 9
o'clock in the morning, hurry up their
marketing and hush up their children
in order to attend whist luncheons at /,
come home again with vexed and wea-
ried brains to sit silent at dinner, absorb
ed in regrets for leads unreturned and
signals unanswered, and wind up the
unregenerate day by lingering over a
whist table until midnight?''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
AN OLD ENGLISH LETTER..
Lady Montrose Of Two Hundred Years Aso
Was Poor Speller.

Lady Montrose Of Two Hundred Years Aeo
Was Poor Speller.
There is bad spelling and there is. bad
spelling. Artemus Ward and Josh Bill
lings did some of it professionally, and
many school children and some grown
men and women do some of it even
unto this day. But neither of these dis
tinguished persons and no school child
or grown up man or woman, even in his
or her widest dream Of revenge against
Webster ct al, ever came within mile
Of the spelling Of noble Scotch lady Of
200 years ago. * r..
She was personally Christian Leslie,
daughter of the Duke of Rothes, and
wife Of the third Marquis Of Montrose,
and later of Sir John Bruce of Kinross
According to custom, having been
peerless she retained her peerage title.
Thus it came about that Sir John Bruce
lived with the Countess of Montrose
with all propriety. But this was what
she wrote: !.
K1NaRosE, July 4, 1893.
MADAM-1 render VOW thowsant thankes for
your play, which is very good, and have ret
tornead lit with the bearer, and If your lady
shipe have Gather enay NOR good playes or
novels which you heve read, and will be
pleased to loan them to me, shall be we're
fathefouell in restorenge, and teke it great
taver, for they are we're deverting In the coun-
tory. Your lord did me the honouer to dayn
hear yesterday, and was we're well hertely
wished your ladyshipe he'd come alonge, for lit
void heve bin bott a advertisement in this good
wather, and VOW void have bin we're welcome
to, dear madam, your ladyshipes most humble
servant, G.. MoNTRosD.
For the right honorable the Countess of Aran-
deall, at hir LOGGING in Netherayes, Waynd,
Edinburgh.
If readers who can't translate this
will try temporarily to forget all they
ever knew of spelling, and then will
practice Lady Montrose's letter again, it
is possible that they may learn what her
ladyship wanted to say to Lady AMMAN
dale. What the latter said and wrote
it is perhaps as well we do not know
Philadelphia Times.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-24
HATS IN PARLIAMENT.

They Are Important Factors the Brit
ish Lower House.
Of all the customs and traditions that
still cling to the house of commons,
even in this matter of fact age, the hat
plays the most important part In the
last century one Of the speakers permit
ted the introduction of oranges, and
even nuts, if they were not loudly crack
ed, on the plea that they were not "tan-
gible articles Of food. " But, some years
after, this decision was reversed by an
other speaker, who, on high medical au-
thority, declared that as it would be
possible to support life on either Of these
two vegetables they must be considered
tangible products, and their public con-
sumption would, therefore, not be per-
United. Out of this decision custom
arose, which, not being checked, slowly
deepened into tradition. The dexterity
which Bobby Lowe exhibited in trans
ferring packet Of sandwiches from one
Of the side pockets Of the remarkable
coats he used to affect to the interior of
his hat and the way in which he would
use his headgear to conceal the process
Of mastication were, it is said, sights to
behold.
The occupants of the ministerial and
front opposition benches are able to
moisten their threats during the delivery
Of speech with little liquid, but, al
though the private member is not ex-
pressly excluded from the participation
in this privilege, no provision is made
for the consumption of any lubricant he
may require. The traditions of the house
allow him to conceal a sandwich or a
biscuit in his pocket, but not bottle
Any honorable member may have a
glass Of water, but, while the leading
members Of the opposition have the great
central table on which to deposit their
glasses of water-which is not supposed
to be qualified by the introduction of
any other liquid, ahem!- 1.-The private
member is expected to hide his glass in
his hat.
It is really astonishing what an i'm
portant feature the hat plays in the de-
alterations of our Legislators. AS no pri-
vate member can claim by right any
particular seat in the house, except in a
few cases where members are tacitly al
lowed to appropriate certain points Of
vantage, a hat has to be deposited be-
forehand as an intimation that the seat
is secured. On ordinary nights seat
can be retained by card being inserted
in the slip provided at the back of each
seat for that purpose, but when a de-
bate of more than usual interest is ex-
pected the hat is the medium employed.
London Mail.