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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
ONCE WE'RE MEDIUMS.
Now They Expiate Their Sins by Tossing
Balls of Blue Fire.

Now They Expt0te Their Sins Dy Tossing
Balls Of Blue Fire.
Close by the Northwestern tracks at
Leavitt street is the home Of the jug
CLING sisters" They were twin presti-
digitators in their days Of life, so runs
the tradition, and now they toss balls
of blue fire about as the juggler does
eggs. cannon balls and the like. Their
pet amusement is to stand on their
heads and toss the balls as if they were
standing afoot. The force Of gravity
seems to be reversed for their benefit,
for they ''toss' the balls of fire down,
and the little flames fall up. All this
is set down just rs james MacCourtney,
the Oldest settler in the neighborhood,
tells it. He said the other day:
"Them broad windys over there on
the north side of the old building is the
place where the sisters comes to show
themselves. The year of the Worlds
fair | counted up their performances, an
they come every Sc days. The reason
fer that is somethin l could never guess,
but some smart young chap here So
gered out that it was always in the
dark Of the moon. I've noticed since
that there never was 10 moonlight when
they got up there in the windys.
What the cause of their hauntin
the old place: Why, sir, the story's so
out on it. There's no man in these dig.
gins longer'n l be, an l ken the story
only by hearsay, so TO speak. l heerd it
from my granddaddy, an he said he heerd
1t when he was Il young man comm
here. That mus "a ben in the thirties.
Onnyways he sed that the two sisters
was persdiditaters. 1t seems like they
give a performance in the house, which
was new then in course, an the pair of
them agreed ter be locked up in a box
tibet was to be sealed an fastened, an
then they was to get out without break.
IN the seals. Well, they Was locked up,
but they couldn't get out, an purity soon
they foun themselves so short of breath
they couldn't holler loud enough to be
heerd. In course they was in a room
away from the other people. SOS the
common folk couldn't see how the trick
was turned. When they couldn't boiler,
they tried rappin, an the others only
thought they was a-workin out of the
box an so didn't pay attention. After
an hour or so the other peoples got necv-
Gus an went in an opened the box, an
there was the two sisters. cold dead.
They buried EN- together in the box in
the yard back OF the house, an that's
why they luCCleS the fire balls INSIDE
down like. "-Chicago Chronicle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
MAKING ARTIFICIAL ICE.
low the Plants Are Constructed and OPP
Grated In Philadelphia.

Artificial cold or ice may be most
readily produced by the evaporation Of
a more or less volatile liquid. In the
first machines constructed this liquid
was water. One-tenth of the amount of
water used was converted into ice, but
as 1t was necessary to maintain a vac
uum in the apparatus its perfect work
ing vas a difficult problem. 4 more
readily volatile liquid, therefore, had
to be substituted, such as liquetied sui
phurous acid and liquefied ammonia.
Being gaseous at ordinary temperatures,
they are very suitable substances for
this purpose. The ammonia ice machine
Is the one III most general use-in fact,
it finds exclusive application in this
city. This liquetied ammonia is allowed
to expand in coils of pipes which are
placed in tanks filled with brine. The
temperature Of the brine is thus reduced
to a point below the freezing point Of
water-that is, to l4-lS degrees +.
III this refrigerated brine are placed
galvanized iron tanks having the shape
of the large cakes of ice which one is
~ sec l4 ak NdSo0S lhGt
pass through our city streets. After a
period Of 1870 hours this can Of water
is converted into solid ice. The can is
hoisted out Of the brine, warmed with
hot water, which allows the cake to
slip out upon a shoot that U n into the
storage rooms. The gaseous ammonia
in the pipes can be used over and over
again, a large compression engine being
a part Of the plant, which reduces the
expense of the process. From this de-
scription it should be plain that there
can be no faint of ammonia to give a
taste to the ice.
The plants usually employ distilled
or artesian water, so that the ice is of
the best quality. Whatever impurities
the water contains are collected in the
white streak found in the center of each
cake. The pure water separates from
the impure and freezes first. Even ten
years ago the demand for ice was sup
piled from natural sources, the har.
vests from our own Pennsylvania riv-
ers, which were stored every winter in
great houses on the shores Of the streams,
being supplemented by shipments
throughout the summer from Maine.
There are now in Philadelphia l6 ice-
making plants, some of which yield
over 100 tons per day each, and the arti.
fetal product for several years has been
a serious competitor Of the natural arti-
Gle Northumberland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

" 'itreas. pursuant To an execution issued out
OF I'll" circuit court IN and for LAX. county. stat.
OF south Dakota. on the 18th day Of lAcamber.
enson i plaintiff and Lars johnson il defendant.
Tor III" recovery OF money. on the Brh dav of
December. \. II. 1885,, at my said Lake county, |
did levy upon that property of said defendant,
Lars johnson, described as follows: Two and
ont-half shares, each of ten dollars per share, in
the stock or shares Of the Alliance Warehouse.
Co, issued To said Lars johnson under on. Ger
tiilcate numbered three, subject to no incln-
brai!c. Whatever and including any and all nm
pald dividends due or coming due thereon. the
same standing III the name Of Lars johnson on
the stock books kept 10y the secretary Of said Al.
lance W arehouse CO.. and all situate in Madison.
Lake county. south Dakota. at date Of such levy,
Now, therefore,, notice l. hereby given that on
the Nth day OF January, lsgs AT the hour Of one
o clock =. IN. of that day, at tn. south door of the
court house. III the city Of Madison, LAX. county.
south Dakota. ! shall expose for sale and sell 10
the highest bidder for cash, at public auction. IA.
foregoing described pa shares Of stock is.
sued and held under certificate numbered three of
the stock Of III" Alliance Warehouse Co. of
Madison, south Dakota, together with any and
all dividend and dividends due and coming due
thereon and also any and all the rights. priv.
leyes and powers appertaining unto III. sanc and
unto an owner Of such stock and eaid shares of
stock.
Given under my hand this sth day Of January.
1895. ID N,III IIDIy
ny DANlS, Sheriff Of Lake Co.
Deputy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
THE WONDxKH OFAClENcE
Lung Troubles amd Consum p,ton Can
he Cured. An Eminent New York
Chemist and Scientist Makesa Free
Offer to Our Readers.

he Cured. An Eminent New York
Chemist and Aci~ mist MAIZENA, Ere.
OFFER to Our Readers.
The distinguished New York chemist.
1. A. Slocum, demonstrating his dis.
covery OF q reliable and absolute cure for
consumption pulmonary Tuberculosis,
and all bronchial, throat, lung and chest
diseases, stubborn coughs, catarrhal
directions, general decline and weakness.
loss OF flesh, and all the conditions Of
wasting away, will send THREE FREE
BOTTLES (all differently of his New
discoveries to any afflicted reader OF the
Lake County Leader writing for them
dis New Scientific Treatment" has
cured thousands permanently by ito
timely use, and he considers it a simnla
professional duty to suffering human;tv
to donate 9 trial OF his infallible cure.
Science daily develops new wonders
and this great chemist, patiently exnar;.
mentinR for years, has produced results
as beneficial to humanity AZ can ha
claimed by any modern genius. H,a nc
eertion that lung troubles and conanmn.
tion are durable IN any climate is proven
- ~ 1As00S1Von nuO rOp labrador
les IN thousands from those cured IN a,
parts eft the world.
Medical experts concede that bronch;.
al, chest and lung troubles lead To Cnn-
somption, which, uninterrupted. means
speedy an0 certain death.
Simply write to T. A. Slocum. NJ. G..
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medicine will be promptly sent. suffer.
ers should take instant ADVANTAGE Of h,a
generous proposition.
!, Please toll the Doctor that you saw
bis offer in the Lake County Leader.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

fastened upon any subjec; that interested
him.
Nearly every man has it in his power to
live to green old age like the great stttes-
man Of England. It is simply a mater Of
a little daily thought and regard for health.
II, when a man feels that he is a little out
of sorts, he will resort to the right remedy.
he will never lave to submit to the more
serious ills of life. Mos men, when they
lave a headache, feel drowsy during he
day and are restless during the night. and
find their appetite falling off, pay little or
no heed to these warnings. The inevitable
result IS some dangerous and possibly fatal
1nalady. The doctor may call it consurnp-
ton, malaria or biliousness, or pe.llaps
some blood or skin disease. 1t maxi but
little difference. These troubles all rave
their inception in the same cause i'm
proper and insufficient nourishment. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery corrects
that cause. 1t makes the appetite keen
and hearty, the digestion perfect, the liver
active and the blood pure and rich. 1t is
the great blood maker and flesh builder.
It facilitates the assimilation Of the life.
giving elements of the food, filling the
blood with the nutriment that makes new
and healthy flesh and nerve tissue. Nedi.
cine dealers sell it.
Last ulnmer writes Miss Laura Piersel,
of East Bethlehem. Washington Co, Pa, was
going into consumption. Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery completely cured me-"
A man or woman who neglects constipa.
ton suffers from slow poisoning. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation.
ON little Pellet is a gentle laxative.
and two a mild cathartic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
No Negro In South Africa.

The word ~"negro' is not heard in
South Africa excepting as a term of op.
probrium. Over and over again have
Afrikander Englishmen stopped me
when speaking Of Zulus, Basutos, Mata.
belle and 80 on al negroes. "You in
America only know the blacks who
come over as slaves. Our blacks are not
to be confused with the material found
on the Guinea coast. "-"White Mans
Africa" by Poultney Bigelow.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
Notice.

Notice. .,.l
Omce q Commiesioner of School and r"S I'd
LANDS Notice r. hereby given that on ths .s.J
school lands In Lake county viii be Offered ~ y
sale At public auction, 70 the highest bidder, :
sns front door Of the court house, in said co ,uI"c
SAFE VII, Dc held between the hours Of 70 ! . , rxap
Of school lands have been ofIprsdfor sale: AT
ana on the I'D day OF March, 1888, all o. NJ
umsoId school lands will be offered for le"s,, IN
tween wee ~ o'clock =. ms,Arab o'clock p. NAV"
Pierre, =. D.. January !, isaS. ..,r.
Commissioning Of School aud .Rublic Esa'''
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
Strict Sunday Laws.

Swinemund" on the Baltic has strict
Sunday laws. Shipmasters who enter
the port are fined heavily by the town
authorities if they have their ships
washed or painted on Sunday or church
holidays. As foreigners are not &C.
Quainted with the German church cal.
sndar they are frequently caught.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
Live With the Dead.

Thousands of Egyptians live in old
tcimhs, eating, sleeping, wooing, loving,
lsughlng, dancing, singing. doing all
their deeds Of daily life and Household
COphaci.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

A Boston newspaper complains that
the famous Bunker Hill monument,
which when first erected was the tallest
creation OF man in this country, has
now become quite insignificant in
height. 1t is 220 feet high, or 1877 feet
shorter than city hall tower in Phila-
delphia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

Greater Glasgow, with . population
Of $50, 600, has only 494 medical men,
or mt doctor to /, 726 Of the population.
e must be . healthy place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

The intense itching and smarting, Incl.
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain EyD and
Skin Ointment Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching pill, and
a favorite remedy for sore n~iprles,
chapprd hands. chilblains frost bitter
lad chronic sore eyes. - cts. ler box
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21

DIR. faiy'> f'nnIitiOn pcmhm. Ar.
Just what u horse reeds when III ba
condition. Tonic, blood Juri;rl Az
verlnifIge. They are moi tn,o, ~
medicine and the hest in usr ~ ...r
lOrse in prime condition O..
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-01-21
Sum mons.

>iaten - South Dakota. county of L.akc--s. In
Circu't conrt, second judicial circuit. haric-
y. t aGer ana Fred :. Fadrr, plaintiff. ". En-.
gene b. NewhsiI, defend NJ. etc.
] H. state OF south Dakota sends greeting: To
The above lhined defendants: luu are hereby
eHmm p.ed AID required to an-wc the com
= alrt in this action. which was filed on the 9TH
GaN Of Pec.nb r., \. y. lsh.. in IN. office III the
c ERIK OF the clrcnl' court within nnd for said
l. X {: county. II Madison South Dakota. nnd 10
serve "A copy az "ur answer on the subscriber n.
is of'ce III the City OF Madison, South DAKOTA.
within TART drv- after the service uf tni- sum
mons, exc u-lve Ut the DAY ,f .etvlCc. II YOU
tail t. answer The com plant within that time,
The p'aiutitt- W Ii appl, u the court fot the re
iir' demanded iu the com pluiui. besides costs.
Dated al N@d'a'r,S ;. H., this 9TH day of De
cenb@-. J. d., 1924.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
GOVERNMENT WILL SEE
That Canadian Roads in Future Do
Not Interfere With American
Lines.

The United States government is go
ing to take a hand in the troubles
which have been going on for some
months past between the Canadian Pa
ciic and several of the transcontinental
lines.
On August 10 a meeting viii be held
in Chicago. at which it is hoped an ami
cable settlement of the difficulties can
be reached.
The interstate commerce commission
will endeaVOr to act as arbitrer and to
that end the presidents of the interest
ed roads will be summoned to the meet
ing.
The following has been given out by
the commission setting forth its reasons
for calling the meeting:
In February last the interstate COM
merce commission decided that, in
rate war then being conducted by the
Canadian Pacific against our lines, they
were buying our traffic away from our
lines and carrying it at about half what
the service was worth, and that the
means employed, if done by a United
States road would be in violation of
law, which would subject them to in
dictment; but as the Canadian Pacific
road was not subject to our law there
was no way to restrain them from con-
tinuing their illegitimate practices.
Notwithstanding that decision, the
Canadian Pacific, which derives its
chief support by the sufferance of our
laws, takes advantage of their permis-
sion to do business in this country, and
has continued and yet persists in its
practices, which are resulting so disaS-
trously to American railroads.
The Canadian Pacific railroad. by
reason of it's being situated in foreign
territory, has been held by United
States courts to be practically exempt
from the burdens and embarrassments
which our laws impose upon our own
roads. In other words, the American
roads have their hands tied by our
laws wherever they are in competition
with the Canadian Pacific railroad,
while the latter is free and unembar-
raised to wage destructive war upon
the United States lines.
In view of these facts, aside from
the general policy of protection. the
enormous taxes which our roads cOntri-
butte to the public welfare, and that
they are available at all times to our
government for military purposes, they
ought in common fairness to be relieved
from the warfare which has degenera-
ted into one of destruction"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Rail Saving Mill at
Newton
A Great Feature of the Mechan-
zeal Department.
THE u. S. COMMISSION
To Take Up Canadian American
Line Question.
, Union Pacific Depot at DelphOs
Robbed Of 5000.
THE o. S. COMMISSION

The new rail saving mill recently es-
tabished by the Santa Fe at Newton,
is one of the most important improve
ments made in the mechanical depart
ment Of the road since it has been IN
der the new management.
Rails worn at the ends are now taken
up and shipped to the mill at Newton
where the ends are cut off and matched
as perfectly as new rails. They are
then in shape to be relafd as new steel.
Before the mill was fitted up these rails
were either reserved for sidetrack and
yard purposes or if too badly worn at
the ends were consigned to the scrap
pile.
In this way the operation of the mill
is proving a large saving to the Santa
F'e every month. Rails invariably wear
first at the ends, and can be taken up,
the ends cut and matched. and relaid
several times. The life of a rail is by
this method prolonged several years.
The mill was established at Newton
because of its central location on the
line, as rails from all portions of the
Santa Fe roads proper viii be shipped
there for ''regeneratiOn.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers were recorded
yesterday in the office of the register of
deeds:
Accounting Trust company to Mary Ev-
croft Holman, s., 500, part northeast quar-
ter section SO. township IL, range 10
John to Mary Kaczynski, 81, lots 1O1 and
lob Jackson street.
John Keberlein and wife to John P.
Kisner, $3.50, lot Al Chandler street, Klein 5
addition.
Lizzie T. Felter and husband to H. A
De Camp, $50 lots 1903 and 1905 Highland
avenue S. Brentwood addition.
Lewis Stair ct al, by Cook, to J. Thomas,
trustee, $780, lots 8 and 4 Central avenue,
Jackson Street addition.
VIM. c. Hamilton ct al, by Cook, to
Robt. T. Merriam, SIG. 700, lots 40, 172 and
ia Quincy street.
A. W. Knowles. administrators, to Hiram
De Camp. S60 lot 1901 Highland avenue, s.
Brentwood subdivision.
J. z. Torrington and wife to Gus An
derson, IS, lot "a and south half lot So,
Anderson's subdivision.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
A NEW ROAD MAYBE.
Talk of a Line Connecting Eastern
and Western Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, July 2S.-In the cry
yesterday were Paul Cook of Kansas
City and o. P. Hamilton of Salina, Kas
They are railroad projectors and have
been looking over northwest Oklahoma
with a view to building a road from
southern Kansas through northwest
Oklahoma, and to some point in this
vicinity, the most favorable terminus
to their minds, being Oklahoma City
Mr.. Cook stated last night that he
and Mr.. Hamilton were in the city rep
resenting eastern railroad capital and
that it was the intention of connecting
western and eastern Oklahoma by a
railroad; the route had not been decid-
ed on but would be on the most favora BILE
route. for a paying business. They
have spent some time in western Okla
hOma and a part of the time Oklahoma
City parties have been with them. Wa
tonga, the county seat of Blaine coun-
ty, and kingfsher on the Rock Island
and this city are objective points but
the interest shown by local capital at
these places will probably be taken into
consideration. Mr.. Cook was not at
liberty at present to give any definite
information on the project, bu he and
Mr.. Hamilton leave today to again
visit western Oklahoma and will re-
turn here ia about two weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
B. & O. CUTTING GRADES.
Lengthening the Curves in the Cum
berland Mountains

Baltimore, July 2S.-The receivers of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad have turned
their attention to the improvement of the
grades on the third division from Cumber-
land to Grafton, rather that portion
which lies between Altamont, the top of
the seventeen-miIe grade, and Terra Alta,
where the Cranberry grade begins to de-
scend. The land passes through Deer
Park and Oakland, and crosses what is
known as the 'Glades" of the Allegheny
mountains. The grades are short and
choppy, some of them being eighty feet
to the mile. One of the first pieces of
work to be done is now in progress at
No. IS cut, where the grade is being re-
duced from 81 to 1919 feet per mile, with
equations for curvature. 1t is expected
that the cutting down of this grade will
enable the receivers to increase the train
load from 1000 tons to 1900 tons on east
bound rates. One mile of the roadway
will be lowered and it is expected the
work will be completed by the middle Of
October.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
FIXED FOR CARLISTS.
Their StronghoIds are Garrisoned by
Spanish Troops.

London. July 2s.-A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Biarritz, France, says:
The Basque provinces. Navarro and the
mountain districts of Aragon and Sata-
lonia, the reported strongholds of Carl
ism, are now on a war footing and a mill
itary occupation of all that country is
nearly completed. In many places the
troops are camping out because the viii
lagos do not afford sufficient accommoda-
ton.
More troops, including artillery, are be-
ing sent to complete measures for meeting
the Carlist rising if attempted. The whole
Spanish army is being strengthened by
two companies for each battalion
The government believes that the Carl
lists boast of more strength than they
really possess and that they will attempt
nothing yet Still, the situation is that
the Carlists are making ready to profit by
the first signs of popular effervescence in
an effort to foment revolution. The gov
eminent is now prepared to check them
Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28

of the company. which has 21k million
dollars in improvements. The receiver
ship is a harmonious one. Messrs.
Hagerman left tonight for Colorado to
spend some weeks.
Mr.. TanseH came from Colorado to
the Pecos valley. Since he went there a
standard gauge railroad has been con-
structed from Pecos on the Texas &
Pacific railroad to Roswell, N. NJ, 165
miles, and which is now being extended
to Amarillo, forming a connection with
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and
Fort Worth & Denver City systems at
a cost of million dollars, making a
total investment by the various COM
panies and private individuals of over
/ million a year for ten consecutive
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-28
FIvEOUT OF TWENTY-FOUR
Surgeons Pass the Required Exami-
nation at Washington.

Washington, July 2S.-The board Of
medical officers of the U. S. marine
hospital service convened in Washing
ton on July 6. for the examination Of
ant surgeon in the marine hospital
service has just submitted it's report.
Twenty-four physicians appeared for
examination and the following five were
erage and are eligible for appointment:
Mark J. White of Georgia, Lunsford D.
tricks of Georgia, Victor G. Heiser OF
Pennsylvania VIM. McAdam Of Iowa
and VIM. G. Hobby of Kentucky. There
are at present two vacancies and the
two gentlemen receiving the highest
average will be recommended to the
president for immediate appointment.