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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15
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The placing of lampposts in front OF
the houses Of the chief magistrates OF
towns 10 an ancient custom. We find in
Heywood's English Traveller that
posts were * placed in front OF sheriffs
houses. Reginald says:
What brave Carved posts. Who knows but here
In time, STR. you may keep your snrievaitie
And / be one o. tn s~erjantss
From sheriffs. the practice extended
to the houses of mayors and provosts.
1t has been suggested. with some prob
ability. that the posts were at first in
tended for the afixing Of proclamations
which it was the duty Of the sherifs tc
publish.
Makes ROB, red blood, and muscle
more rspidly than any known remedy.
It's TODD Tor brain and nerve. That
what's Rocky Mountain Tea l..
FRANK @. SAITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

The CITY.
LOCAL BRevrT1Es.

l. H1 Ok6VIT1RS.
|hom '"' lands with A. q, Schmidt,
'"' people go to buy.
b A,, n,th' Jos. Pultord and Pat
ba;r' home on the evening train.
(bis ace In the condition Of little
bay. ' Is noticed from that OF yes.
)ds uh, sau Miss Weltxsiu OF Dell
|aty. ,s.. nave been visiting friends IN
o.. '~'s'urned homo.
|pois. Tsa market, s.; fiss o.. Min
wheat opened at oSss and
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15
Cook J. ODEE

some boys in an English scnoo. WEI. ms
requested TO write a short letter % , !
mater. One youngster added a !: =.
which ran. please excuse oau ..
and spelling. as l avent been taos any
hoter."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

n strong the frame OF the mc'ns'' All All
son will give laws to the lsnd. ~
mnthars should take Rocky Mou0'a'"
Tea. Gives lite and strength.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

One team gray mares. weight $500
both with foal. Inquire OF j..
NJ. Spies. agent Standard OIL Co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

One direct result OF the sue. Gs 1uS'
has been the introduction into the w W.
i1erraneau Of sharks which previously
were unknown there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

Foley's Honey aud Tar Cough Medi-
cine is unQuestionably the best remedy
for the Throat and Lungs. Pleasant to
take and is guaranteed.
FRANK Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-03-15

p.sore ~ discovery Of Oas Mtnutl
Cough Cure. ministers were greasy
distnrbed by coughing congregations NC
excuse for II now. ~. O,r-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

Again. the fierce commercialism O..
the age, which has tended to enthrone
the dollar and enslave the man. has
lowered the standards and has COW
cred the land with corruption until
corrupt concentrations OF money, WELD
ed by INSCRIPTIONS men, have acquired
such a complete control of the gov
ernments. national, state and munich
pal, that the people are almost helpless.
Laws destructive to their interests are
passed through bribery. and laws nee
essary for their protection are kept off
the statute book by bribery. To meet
this new and unfortunate condition it
Is necessary that the people be given
the power, in certain emergencies. to
legislate direct-either by a popular
vote to put specific acts upon the stat
ute book or to declare certain specific
acts already on the statute book to be
null and void. This would destroy the
business Of bribery, because it would
render the fruits OF bribery worthless.
No corporation would buy a legislature
o: a city council if the acts of that leg
islature or council could be nullitied by
the peOple.-Altgeld.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

There Is a set of men who call them
selves "practical" who are a dead
weight in the car Of progress. They
are continually retiring like bats into
mental holes SO tight that the light
cannot strike them. They are the great
upholders Of the Existing Order. They
call themselves cOnservators Of soci-
ETY.. They are conservators Of all the
r%ottenness there is in society. They are
now always have been, and always
will be, letters on the development OF
men. They have, in all ages, when
they had opportunity and power burned
hanged or imprisoned or thrown to
wild beasts, or tortured in a hundred
ingenious ways. the apostles Of liberty
and justice.-Bayonet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

In 1867 our total interest bearing
debt was $2,249, 9OS ,O67. At that tine
1T could have been paid with 3,O0O,-
100000 bushels Of corn, at prices then
prevailing. Today the amour is cut
down to about $3.50, 900, 900, but at pres
cnt prices it would take 5000, 900 900
bushels Of corn to pay it. So that
virtually we owe 2,OOO, 600, 900 bushels
more corn than we did thirty years
ago. Therefore all the money that
has been paid (about $4,000, 900, OO0) as
principal and interest, so far as reduc-
ing the debt is concerned, might as
we'll have been cast into the bottom Of
The Atlantic ocean. This 81, 900, O0O,-
900. converted into corn at Is cents a
bushel, would fill freight cars enough
putting ten tons in each car and Civ
ing two rods to each car, to make a
train reaching twenty-five times
around the globe. There is not track
room enough on the face Of the earth
by one hundred thousand miles to hold
it. Put on YOU thinking caps and
think about it-then hurrah for the
money mongers.-Chicago Sentinel.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

Undoubtedly congress will be urged
to consider the question Of franchises
IN Porto Rico and the Philippines very
early in the session, as it is a matter
of no small Importance from a practical
point of view. The granting of fran
chises in Porto Rico will be of material
benefit to the island, and there is rea-
son to expect that in the near future
there will be a demand for franchises
In the Philippines involving a very
large mount of capital."-Republican
Organ.
The cat is coming out of the bag.
The niger is escaping from the wood
pile. The cause Of the war is
closed, says the Nonconformist. A can
did confession is good for the soul.
Franchises are Of no small Importance
from a practical point Of view" You
can bet your sweet life on that propo-
sition. "The granting of franchises in
Porto Rico will be of material benefit
to the island"-and to the American
spectators also, to the friends of Mark
Hanna and Abner Mckinley, the
wicked brother of the president. Alger
expected to be in this deal. but there
wasn't good stealing enough to go
around, and SO he was bounced. an
the ear future there will be a de-
mand for franchises in the Philippines
involving a very large amount Of cap
ltal.' Who has that large amount Of
capital? Why, the spectators who are
controlling Mckinley, while he engi-
neers his war. The war that was to
add new glory to the flag is changed
to adding new profits to the corpora
tons. The war for the spread Of the
gospel has become a war to enable
spectators to gobble up profitable
franchises. There is no hope of peace
until congress opens the flood gates Of
corruption and allows m~illionaires to
plumber the innocent. When Rockefel-
Ter, Hanna, Morgan n Brother Abncr
get hold of all the franchises of our
new possessions, the p%lundered natives
will pray for the return Of their Span
lsh oppressors. Sweet peace will only
come to the Filipinos when they have
nothing left to steal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
AItgeld for /. e. X.

In some countries of the world they
have long had a system Of this kind.
They call it initiative and referendum,
meaning that the people shall in GER
tain emergencies have the power to in
itiate legislation and shall have the
power to have legislation that already
exists referred to a vote Of the people.
This system has worked marvelously
we'll where it has been tried, and we
must have a political party in our
country with sufficient devotion to free
institutions and republican government
to establish it here. 1t is not a ques-
ton to speculate about. 1t is not a
ton of self-preservatiOn.-Altgeld.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
What Man Has Made OF Man.


| heard a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove | safe reclineh
In hat sweet mood when pleasant
thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
To her fair works did Nature link
The human SOU that through me
ran;
And much it grieved my heart to
think ,
What man has made of man.
Through primrose tufts, in that green
bower,
The Deriwinkle trailed its wreathes,
And it's my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.
The birds around me hoped and
played,
Their thoughts l cannot measure;
But the least motion which they made,
1t seemed a thrill OF pleasure.
The budding twigs spread out their
fan
To catch the breezy air:
And must think, do all l can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven was sent,
If such be Natures holy plan,
Have | not reason to lament
What man has made Of man?
William Wordsworth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
PUTS 1T VERY PLAIN.
ALTCELD'S CONDENSED PLEA
FOR FREE SILVER.
In Two Sentences the Ex-Governor Sums
Up the Whole Question at Issue
The Producer Robbed of His Prod
ucts-The Farmer and the Trusts.

In his recent Labor Gay speech ex-
Gov. Altseld said many sensible
things, but nothing more pregnant
with the truth than this:
The battle for bimetallism is the
battle Of the producers by which they
hope to get a more equitable share OF
The products Of their toll. The battle
ssalnst bimetallism is the battle of the
non%-producers to keep down the prices
Of the products of the producer"
That is the whole free-coinage ques-
lion in a nutshell. The great teacher
went on: by stealth and by fraud ono
or the money metals OF the world was
by governmental action;
not by commerce, not by the industries
Snd enterprises of the world, but by the
strong arm Of the government. welded
by chicane and the greed of the world.
AS the result Of this act the worlds vol
ume OF actual money was gradually re-
duced by nearly one-half; and, as the
worlds volume of money tends to de-
ermln the selling price of property.
1t follows that the property of the
world. and particularly farms and farm
products. fell in the selling price by
nearly one-half, while the debts and
hNed charges remained the same. And
even today, when we are told that the
FARMER is prosperous, he is selling his
products for just about one-half what
he formerly got. This determines his
purchasing power and of necessity de-
termlnes his social status. BY reducing
MS purchasing power to about one-half
what 1t formerly was. by depriving him
Of his ability to buy at the factory and
at the store as he formerly did, the
great American market has been de-
stroyed to a large extent. and w are
looking abroad in foreign lands for
markets for our goods, when we word
ind a greater market than we could
possibly supply right at home if we
would again restore the farmers pur-
chasing power to what it would be If
the worlds prices of products were
fixed by a volume of mone;- consisting
OF both metals, instead Of being fixed
by a volume OF money consisting OF
only one metal.
AT present the farmer has to pay
trust prices-that is. prices arbitrarily
made high by monopolies-for every
thing that he buys; but he has to sell
his products not only in the open mar
ket of the world, but he has to sell
them on a single gold standard value,
which is only about one-half as high
as a bimetallic standard of value would
be. This great wrong having been
done to all property-owners and to all
debtors by government, must be I'M
done by government; and. inasmuch
as the powerful moneyed classes of the
country are opposed to having the gov
eminent right this great wrong we
must have a political party with sufi-
cient moral courage m sufficient de-
votion to the cause of justice to carry
out this reform without the aid of the
mOneyed classes"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

From the Cleveland Leader: A pub
lished statement made by one of the
promoters OF the trust which is being
formed by the glove manufacturers of
the United States contains a striking
Illustration Of the fatuous notion UPON
which the men who create such big
combinations base their hopes on great
profits. 1t is another avowal OF the
purpose of the trusts to get along with
one travelling salesman, when fifty
were used under the old conditions.
Imagine one salesman, representing a
complete monopoly. visiting a town to
sell gloves, where ten or twenty sales
men go with the same line of mer-
chandise now. He would never be able
to escape the deadening effect of the
consciousness that he had 10 competi-
ton. So the e~asy-going dealers who
sold gloves at retail would let their
stocks run low because they would be
under no pressure to increase them.
They would o carry stock enough to
make them care about reducing it. All
special efforts to stimulate business
would be made in lines showing more
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

The newspapers which are denounc-
ing the workingmen's boycott at Cleve-
land as brutal, dangerous, inhuman,
etc, have no words Of condemnation
for the blacklist of the employer; nor
against a boycott when used by a cor
poration. The Standard OIL company
has used the boycott for years, forti-
fled by special legislation. Only a few
weeks ago it refused to renew its IN
tract to supply Russell Sage's gas CON-
pany with oil, because he had reduced
rates in competing with a Standard
Oil gas company, and in order to OBJ
tain the oil needed in the manufacture
of gas he was compelled to restore the
old rates. But the monopolistic pa
pers were very careful not to condemn
that boycott; it favored Il corporation.
Wilmington Justice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
TOUGH"
The New Rule In Regard to Bronzss In
Berlin University.

Until a very short time ago the
bronze statuary in some Of the Berlin
museums was most carefully labeled,
please Do Not Touch" as it Is in our
W public museums. What happened
in Berlin, however, may cause the
guardians OF some OF our museums to
leave out the word mot" 1t was OBJ
served in Berlin that those parts OF the
bronze statues which were surrepti-
tiously handled by the public retained
4 good surface. This led to the conclu-
sion that the fat exuding from the hand
had something to do with 1t. An ex-
pertinent was therefore tried for some
years with four bronzes. One was
coated every day with oil and wiped
with a cloth; another al washed ev-
cry day with water; the third was SIM
ilarly washed, but was oiled twice a
year, and the fourth was left untouch-
I'd. At the end Of that period the first
looked beautiful; the third, which had
been oiled twice a year, was passable;
the second looked dead, and the fourth
was dull and black. 1t is probably a
tact not generally known that the an
Gent Greeks polished their statues by
constant hand rubbing.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
Greenland's Solitary PaDer.

From Greenland's icy mountains
m to Chicago a stray copy of the
only newspaper published in that far
northern country, and it is a some
what unique print. The publisher is
John Moeller of Goodthab. His paper
is issued twice a month. At first its
single pictures contained nothing but
crude pictures. but when Mr.. Moeller
had taught the masses to read he
began to print news and editorial ar
ticles. He does all the work of the
office. The press used by Moeller is
one of the old-fashioned Washington
hand presses. But one page can be
printed at 4 time. and the type has to
be linked by hand after each impress
sion. This, however, does not bother
Mr.. Moeller very much, as his paper
rarely contains more than one page.
Once printed, the paper must be dis
tributed among the subscribers, and as
there are no trains in Greenland, Mr..
Moeller straps on his skates and pro-
ceeds to distribute the paper himself.
He makes great speed over the ice.
and soon has the entire circulation
out, though to reach his most distant
subscriber he must skate 100 miles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
MOCK HANGING IN 4 CHURCH.
A Gruesome Performances Entertains .
Colorcd Congregation.

Colored C-onGroketiOns
Kansas City Journal: A Q start
ling and unique entertainment, IN
which the principal feature was a
gruesomely realistic imitation OF an
execution by hanging, was given IN the
colored Baptist church in Carthage the
other night, and attracted a crowd
which packed the big building to It's
utmost. An interesting account, given
in the Press Of the tragic" ne IS
as follows: 1.-THE audience assembled
in the basement of the church, where
the gallows was erected, reaching up
ward about five or six feet. The drop
was only a short one, but every other
detail was carefully copied from q
sure enough hanging scene. About 3
o'clock Peter Gibson and Sporting
Willie Hancock came in, leading ATT
Irwin, the boy condemned to the gal
lows. A suppressed murmur ran over
the audience, which waited with bated
breath the finale of this strange scene.
The lamps about the walls cast a shud-
dering gloomy light about the room,
and a superstitious horror could be
traced on lar a face. But Negro
good humor can not long be sup
pressed, and scarcely had the first feel
ing of w passed away, when some
lusty voice broken II in a hearty
laugh. This soon spread. and the
scene lost a large share of its grue-
someness. The convicted murderer
was led up the steps of the improvised
gallows, his arms and legs were tied
and Il rope was fastened to his neck,
a black cap was adjusted, the trap
sprung and the body dropped. So far
as actual appearance went he might
have been hanged by the neck. The
body turned and twisted as the rope
dropped, seemingly limp and ~lifeless,
and was carried out on a stretcher
amid a deathly silence. The affair.
however, was moi so realistic as it
appeared, for before entering the room
another rope had been carefully har-
messed around Twins body, with a
loop coming under his collar. This
last ope was concealed by the boys
clothing, and although the rome APP
peared to encircle his neck, it was In
reality fastened to the loop under his
collar, After a few minutes in which
to remove ropes, atc, Irwin returned
to receive the congratulations OF his
lady admirers. who gathered arovsd
the little hero in grOups."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22

Influences are at work with a view
of demonstrating that the election Of
Judge Shackleford in the Eighth Mis-
cation of some n%ew-found Democratic
gospel and its sponsors. AS a matter OF
fact, the campaign was fought out on
the old lines. Here is the full text of
the official campaign letter sent to
each voter in the district-Democratic,
Republican and Populist. 1t is signed
by the chairmen Of the congressional
and state committees:
The result Of the election to be held
in this district Aug. 30 is made doubly
important by the fact that it is re-
garded by both the great parties as
the opening engagement OF the great
battle Of 1900. The contest rises above
all personal considerations. The nom
inee Of the Democratic party stands for
the restoration of silver coinage, against
the further increase of the national
debt by the substitution of national
bank currency for the present green
back circulation: against a big standing
army, which the imperialistic policy Of
the present Republican administration
makes necessary, and against the dan
gerous aggregation of trusts which
have reached such startling proper
tons under the protecting influence Of
Hannaism. The Republican nominee in
this contest is the avowed advocate Of
the single gold standard, and if elected
to congress will vote with his party
not only against restoring silver to its
coinage rights, but also to wipe out
the present greenback circulation and
substitute for it national bank cur
rency by which an interest-bearing
debt will be substituted for a popular
currency which entails no burden upon
also stands for the imperialistic policy
OF President Mckinley, which has for
it's purpose the establishment of colo
NAL dependencies similar to those of
Great Britain, a policy which entails a
constantly increasing standing army
and completely reverses the principles
upon which the American republic was
founded"
The above should settle the contro-
versy over the lines on which the bat
tie was fought and the victory won.
All the speakers followed the i~nstruc-
lions to keep the money issue to the
front. The so-called Populist candi-
date was what We cali a middle-of-the-
roader. That brand Of Populists are
against silver. They bear no relation
to the Kansas-Nebraska Populists. The
regular Populists of the Eighth district
made no nomination and supported
Shackleford. 1t was a victory for sill
yer and fusion, and nobody can make
anything else out of it.-Press Bulletin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
pInea.

Muzaffer-ed-Din Mira, the Shahin-
Ihah (king of Kings who reigns over
the Kingdom of Persia, owns the most
expensive pipe in the world. The Kali
liam, or Pipe of State. which he OWNS
and smokes on high imperial occa-
sions, is valued at $4O0, 900 and is set
with diamonds, rubies and emeralds Of
the costliest kind. Not only are the
m%outhpiece and the upper and lower
portions Of the snake-like shank Of
pure gold, enameled and set with the
finest gems, but the water bowl and
pipe bowls are equally splendid and
rich with lavish jewel work. The
Prince of Wales visited the Sultan Of
Turkey in 1862, and was invited by the
Sultan to smoke a narghile which was
inlaii with diamonds valued at
s15,n OG), and which was given to the
Prince as a souvenir of his visit. A
pipe made wholly of meerschaum and
amber for Prince Ferdinand of Bull.
garia cost $4,000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-22
MOnOpolies Ridden.

OF all the experimentation coun-
ties in California, l am persuaded that
Kern county is the worst. One COM
pany owns all the water and the major
portion of the land upon which the
people are living. The company has
400, 900 acres, and a larger portion of
all that is under cultivation. When
the people want water a conversation
something like the following ensues:
People-Whose water is this?
COmpany-This is our water.
P.-What! All the water in the
river?
C.-Yes, of course; this is all ours.
Pillow came it all to be yours?
C.-Why, we claim it!
P.-But you do not need it all, and
we do. How can we get it?
C.-By working on the land and
growing grain and raising live stock
with which to pay for it.
P.-Well, then, we will go to work:
and what will you charge us for water
on this piece OF land?
C.-Ah, but this is our land!
P.-What! All this land where the
bitches are?
C.-Yes. certainly. Why should we
run our bitches and our water off our
own land?
Pho be sure. Well, how did you
get all this land?
C.-Why, we bought it, of course.
You do not think that a respectable
company would steal it, do you?
P.-Well, no, we did not think so;
but how did you get the money?
Give sold the water which we
claimed and bought it.
P.-But you cannot use all of it; nor
do you need it all. Cannot we have
some land upon which to grow the
grain with which to buy water?
C.-Yes, indeed, you can have all
you want. We will rem it to you and
sell to you the water and take the
grain n the live stock which you
raise and buy more land to rent and
build more bitches to carry water
which we will sell to other farmers
who will go and do as these faithful
farmers are doing. Why, if it were
not for the company the farmers would
nave no water and no land and would
starve. Blessed be the name of the
company!-Class Struggle.