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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-28
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago Union Stock Yards.
CHICAGO, June "a.
HOGS-Market opened slow, closed
steady to stronger.
Sales ranged at s.. 55@3.75 for mixed
and butchers: So. 7O@3 IN good heavy:
IS. 45G3.6J for rough heavy; s.. go 8. 81
for light.
CATTLE-Market steady.
Sales ranged at -. 5OG5.65 for beeves;
&2Wg5.00 for cows and heifers; a OOG
40 for Texas steers; 3.3O@5 10 for stock.
ers INC feeders.
SHEEP-Market steady.
Sales ranged $3.50 Is. % for sheep; e4.O0
az. IS for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, 1900: cattle, $500;
o1eep. 5000.
Chicago Grain and Prov;siona.
CHICAGO, June "a.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-July. 72Xc; September, TAX:
December. 75H@76c.
CORN-June 34Nc; July, 34N@34Tc;
September, 34X@34Hc: December. $500
1916.
OATS-June, 25Xc; July. 24Xc; Sep
tember. 2lN@2lAc: May. 2sX@2sAc.
PORK-June. s.. I'm: July, |. l7k;
September, 1914.
POULTRY-Dressed turkeys, Sc: chick.
ems. 0@sXc.
BUTTER-Creameries lsK@lsc; dair.
:es, M@l5Kc.
EGGS-Eresh, 12o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
nafbarous Proceedings in Hungary.

An extraordinary story is reported from Komorns in Hungary. The off cials Of the municipality Of Mocsa. in the Komorn Goaitat, are accused of having applied trfure to persons fm- prisoned on suspicion Of theft. It seems that some time ago the safe of the municipalitywas robbed of nearly 5000 forins Numerous arrests were made, but the theyes were not d:seov- cred. It was ten that torture was applied to six ofthe prisoners. among whom are thre women. The mayor and councillors Fefe present. The pris- oners were thlaaed with red-hot iron rods, burning Spit lamps were placed under their bafe feet and the blades of pen knives fn@rted under their fin ger nails. Thes barbarous proceed ings did not ieadto the desired result, and finally tn thief, who was not among the six, confessed his guilt
 Strange to say Ehither the mayor nor the worthy nienbers of the council have yet been s0pended.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
FLYING ENGINES TAKE WATER.
Tanks Are Replenished While the Loco-
 motive Is Making Speed.

On many of the railroads centering at Chieaaoit is no longer necessary for a train to stop to enable the engineer to rep1epish his boilers with water. All travellers have now become accustomed to seeino inc narrow trough, 1,200 to 1 400 feet long, at various dead level points along the road and they know that the strip of water which 1t con tains is seooped Up by the engine as it speeds over the tracks. But people from foreign countries often ask qaes- tfons abent the water between the tracks and marvel when they hear the out drinking the engine on
 -y5at seems marvellous me
 atriyance is an extremely hing. A pipe with a scoop end is aned to the tender. It is c sha.5d. with the top end pointing into the water tank and the bottom curled under the body of the tender. By 6 series of levers this end may be dropped until it reaches the level of the ties. When the engine reaches the trough the fireman drops the scoop end, which is 84b inches high and 12 inches wide. into the trough, into which it sinks 8 distance of about six inches or within an inch of the bottom. It may wabble slightly without doing any harm. because the trough is 24 inches wide. Dropping the end is all that is done for the motion of the en- zine does the rest. The water rps1es into the pipe and thence into the tank with 8 rush and force that suggests to the uninitiated the use of powerful en- zines. erhe most remarkable thing about the water-taking scoop said a railroad official, "is tAe fact that the speed of the train must be reduced when the water is taken on. IL reaches the bend in the pipe with such force that if the train were allowed to go Ut it's regular speed the metal would be seriously strained. so we reduce the speed to about thirty miles an hour and have the best results While the engine is passing over the trough at the rate of thirty miles an hour it takes up about 1000 gallons of water about as much as would be contained in loo spirit barrels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
An Interesting niseorerp-

Ali interesting discovery has reward cd the researches of officials at HamD-
 ton Court palace, London. There has
 always mrked a suspicion that the
 walls of the famous Queen Anne.s afaRlng room, which is in the center or the east wing of Wren's famous building, contained more than the sec- onq rate portraits of the Georges. Never however was it supposed than an im=
 portant work by that once famous dee-
 ofatiEe artist. Verrio, had been con- eeaied from the public eye since 1735. owing to a stupendous act of vandal-
 lsmi which, it is presumed. was car TIea cut by Queen Caroline in t735, probably to prevent the apothesis of
 Queen Anne from meeting her eyes in
 her drawing room when she became queen. The date is known by the ex-
 tHaofdinary act of the paper hanger Of
 that time, who, in covering up Verrio's work. scratched on his name and the
 date of the paper hanging. In taking down some of the portraits of the Georges, which were intended for Ken sla&9on palace, it Was noticed by an official that the top right hand corner closed to the ceiling seemed abruptly
 cut off from the general scheme of the
 beautiful ceiling, which everyone had
 seen and admired, and which repre- sented Queen Anne in the chariot of
 Justice, dressed in purple lined with ermine Over her head is crown.
 held by Neptune and Britannia, while
 surrounding and floating in the clouds
 are various allegorieal figures repre- senffng Peace and Plenty, etc. The
 discovery now made shows that the Whole of the walls were originally
 painted by Yerrio in tha same manner, , the subject being Queen Annea apotbeosis as Queen of the Sea in the
 four great quarters of the globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
RHEUMATIsM-CATAR ARE BLOOD
 DISEAsES-.FREE.

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheum atism that B, B. B. (botanic blood balm) cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doc- tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, E :, E. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and eatarrh. B. B. E. is the only rem. edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be return of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanie blood balm or 5 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles full treatmen9 five dollars. B. B B. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails. Ne have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence. so you may test 1t, we will send trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO,
 222 Micthell St., A tlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
Two Fine Old Oak Trees.

Raleigh, N. G., has the largest pair of oak trees in the United States, when symmetry of trunk and top is ta- ken into considerations. They stand 800 yards north of the capitol in the spacious grounds of the "see house" of the Episcopal diocese. There is practically no difference in their di- mensions. The diameter of trunk at the ground level is nine feet, and six feet higher up is seven and one-half feet It is thirty feet from the ground to the first limb. The branches radi- ate in the most symmetrical manner and cover q space of ITO feet in diam- eter The height of the oaks is ninety eight feet. Their trunks are not ir- regular or roughly buttressed. They are red oaks and their age is estimated at 600 years. Their vitality is per- feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
BERLINss CLEAN STREETS.
Residents Vie with One Another ir
 Making Them Presentable.

Residents Vie with One Another in
 Making Them Presentabie.
 Bicyoiists who have ridden much on the asphalt streets of German cities say that the tendency to "side slip" is there much less marked than on sim liar pavements in this country. The explanation of this fact may possibly lie in the statement WlSieh Is made by the American consul at Breslau that the asphalt streets in that city are regularly washed, the purpose of the washing being to remove the slime which the asphalt seems to leave and 10 keep the street from being slippery The washing has the further effect of preserving and hardening the asphalt. The care taken of the asphalt by the city authorities contrasts strongly with the methods usually adopted in the United States For instance. the space in front of the consulate is di- Yided into four squares, which are in charge of one man. After cleaning the streets early in the morning he wheels out barrow load Of very fine. sharp sand and scatters it lightly over the streets to prevent slipping. On rainy days the process is repeated sev- eral times. Once 8 week the whole street is sluiced and thoroughly washed with sprinkling carts. These are followed by ample roller brushes, which sweep the water and slime into the gutter, whence it is carted away. After this the man who has charge of the street comes along with his wheel barrow and sand sprinkler. In spring or autumn when the streets are often sloppy and vet, the washing is dere several times during the week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
Comparisons Show It to Be q very
 Large Affair.

Comparisons Show It to Be q Very
 Large Affair.
 The earth .m which We stand is. no doubt a mighty globe, measuring as it does 5000 miles in diameter yet what are it's dimensions in comparison with those of the sun? If the earth be rep resented by Ea grain of mustard seed, then on the sane scale the sun should be representa- by coeoanut Per haps, hoWeveB more impressive con eeption of the dimensions of the great orb of day may be obtained in this way; Think of the moon, the queen ot the night which circles monthly around our haYens, pursuing as she does a majestic track at a distance of 240, coo milesStrom the earth. Yet the sun is so vast that if it were a hollow ball the moon could revolye in the or bit which it E1ow follows and still be entirely incl9@d within the suns in terrier. For e1ery acre on the surface of our globe tlefe are more than 10000 acres on the surface of the great lum- mary. Every portion of this illimit- able desert of flame is pouring forth torrents of heat It has, indeed, been estimated that f the heat which is in cessantly flowing through any single square foot of the suns exterior could be collected and applied beneath the boilers of an Atlantic liner, it would suffice to produce steam enough to sus- tain in eentinuoM movement those en- zines of So,0o0-hrse power which en- able superb shb to break the record between Ireland and America.-Pear- sons Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
Fire Department Chapla:ns.

The New York fire department is to be equipped with chaplains, just the same as a regiment of soldiers. The officials consider that it is as necessary to have ehaplains at fires as it is to nave them accompany troops to the firing line in time of battle. Loss of life at fires is sometimes very heavy, as was recently shown here There should always be some one present to administer spiritual consolation. Fire Commissioner Seannel has appointed TWO chaplains for the department. They will hold the rank of chief of battalion, and will perform the same duties as chaplains in the army, in all cases ac- companying their battalions into ac- tion. The only distinction between ar my ehaplains and fire chaplains is that the latter will receive no compensation for their servfces.-New York Corres- pondence Pittsburg Dispatch.
 As an extra precaution every cooking school should be run in connection with an eating school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
Death Rats .f yarlau. Lands.

From recent satistics it appears that the annual dea2 rate in the United States is eighten per one thousand; in Great Britail it is 194; Ireland, 1S.2; France, 22..S Germany, 244; Aus tria, 29.4; Hun gry, 324. In Norway and Sweden it s less than eighteen. Out of one tholsand deaths in the United States daring the year, 1O0.93 will be in Janllaiy
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27

Eros air.
 May be exhilarating. but it Is also
 freighted with certain dsadVant-
 ages. Tae means with which to
 avoid or remove these petty incon-
 Yeniences are here suggested. Princess Liaion
 For rough skin and cracked lips Not
 greasy and stickeY. and can be used at any time It is delightfully."- perfumed light green liquid, In 9 cent bottles. Witch Hazel Cream
 some people like Bohemian ware better than cut glass. There's no accounting for tastes, And some customer prefer Witch Hazel Cream te Princess Iolion, put up In bot ties at 25 cents. H u Water ksottfe For neuralgia and other aches, as well IS for cold feet. It is well to have a not water bottle in the house at this time. Two. three and four quart sizes. NDERSON-MEYER DRUG co
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-27
They VIII Get | h The Neck

on Thanksgiving day from saw edges on tteir collars, unless the men of Pine Bluff are wise enough to take their linen to a first class laundry. If you want beau ty of color and an exquisite fn= ish on your shirts, collars and cuffs, and have them sent home in perfect condition, bring them to tho American=Excelsior Laun- dry, as they guarantee satisfac- tion to patrons.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

A Bad Blunder.-Visitor lin jail, 10 pri-
sonerl-What arc you here for? Prisoner
For stealing. Visitor-What did you
steal2 Prisoner-I stole a girls affections
Visitor-Wen. that is no refraction Of the
law. prisoner-H-n, l carried 'em on
with her fathers horse cart.-Tit-BitA
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
JEsUP BUILDING UP.
ticket for Mayor and Alderman Put
in the Field.

Jesup, Ga, Dec 31.-(speciaD- The
Plant System viii begin the erection of a
new passenger depot at this place next
week to replace the one that was burned
down in January, last.
The Merchants and Farmers Bank ex-
pect TO put up a brick building for their
own use in a short time.
DIR. J. G. Tuten also expects to build a
two-story brick Office building in the ear
~ part of the coming year, and will To-
cate in it himself. He has already Sc
cured tenants for the remaining rooms in
the building,
Jesup is steadily improving, and 1t is
hard matter to find an empty house in the
town. This Improvement is directly trace
able to the excellence of the public school
under the management of Prof. McLendon
who has been untiring in his efforts 10
build the school up and has succeeded in
bringing quite a number of scholars here
from other places 1t is conceded that the
school is, at this time far superior to
what il has been at any time in the history
of the town.
The citizens Of the town held mass
meeting fast night for the purpose of
naming candidates for Mayor, three al
dermen, and q member of the school board
for the ensuing year. The following named
gentlemen were nominated: For Mayor
Hon. D. NJ. Clark; for aldermen. j. G
Dye. j. C. Knight and T. c. slower; for
member of the school board, j. c Ben
nett.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
4 CURSE WITH THIS DOLLAR.
Letters In Blood on 81 silver Ger
tificRte.

ItbtAtSs
From the Philadelphia Press.
A 81 silver certificate, which bore upon
its back a strange, mysterious legend,
written in clear characters with red ink,
reached the sub-treasury in this city yes
terday. When the attention of the assist
ant United States treasurer was called to
the bin he promptly redeemed it to keep
as a relic. The legend reads as follows:
THE last one l have. Take it. You
took all the rest, and with it my soul.
May il scorch your fingers when you
touch it; may what you buy with il, damn
you forever. Gods curse go with 1t TO
you You got the last. l hope you are
satisfied, murderess."
Besides these words on the back the
following Inscription in the same ink ap-
pears on the face:
III. X. S. to S. Il. F.
on the two edges of the face are writ
ten in small characters:
Your work is complete"
zone hour more and | will be dead
At the sub-treasury the bill was said
TO have been received from a downtown
bank. The receiving teller thereof was
said to have been taken sick immediate.
~ after receiving che bill The next point
reached in the attempt to trace the
'hoodooed" piece of government paper
to it's source was the Northwestern Ma.
tional Bank. at Ridge and Girard Ave.
nues 1t was next traced back to the
Tenth National Bank Broad street and
Columbia avenue. They knew the Hill
when they saw it there. The paying teller
of the bank lost a valuable ring while
for curiosity's sake he carried the bill in
lis pocket and thereupon promptly re-
turned it. The bill had been presented
to the bank by a stage hand of an up
town theater. He said he wanted change
if the bin was good. The teller took IT,
intending to keep it as a relic.
The stage hand was next seen. He
said the box office clerk had given il to
him TO change. Inquiry az the box Office
developed the fact that the bill was pre-
scented by two young women. They came
in late, bought their tickets and gave the
bIll. As they passed in one of the girls
turned back and said in laughing tone
THAT ticket has blood on it,"
TIE ticket seller, who noticed nothing
peculiar about it, thought it a joke lie
did not notice the peculiar character of the
bill until counting-up time. When he
went home ttat night. it is asserted. he
found the kitchen woodwork abaze The
rubber feed pipe of a gas range had burned
in two and set fire to it. When he told
the manager the next day the latter or
dered the bill changed.
Although a close watch has been kept
for the young women they have not been
seen since. Thus the search for the ORR
gin of the mysterious legend had to come
to a sudden end Perhaps new light on
the mystery may come in the future.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
CHRISTMAS BONES.
A Custom Which Is often bribery or
BIackmaiI Disguised
From The London Times.

From the London Times
The letter which We printed yesterday
from Sir Edward Fry on Christmas boxes
win strike responsive chord in many an
Englishman's breast. The name is a
pleasant one, no doubt, and racy of the
season, and the thing itself is often as
pleasant as the name and quite harmless
from a moral point of view. But a nrac-
tice which is so customary as 20 be in ef-
feet compulsory is thereby diyested of all
it pleasantness. We give Christmas
boxes for the most part not because we
Will, but because we must-because il is
customary to give them, because our
neighbors give them, because we SHAH he
thought mean If we Withhold them, or be-
cause in the same case those who expect
them will be sulky and disobliging. They
are a tax, they are demanded at time
when other taxes are due and other hur-
dens heavy, and they are peculiarly irlx-
some because they are conventionally re-
garded as the expression of spontaneous
good will inspired by the sentiment of the
season All this, however, belongs 10
the minor ethics of the question, The
baksheesh, the pourboire; the Trinkgeld
the tip is shown, by this very enumera-
ton of local names, to be deeply rooted
IN human nature. 1t is the protest of
the natural man against a too mechanical
fXity Of price for services. which bavino
a human element in them, are essentially
variable in quality. But as soon as the
Tip becomes compulsory i loses oil its
grace and all its Justification. So far as
Christmas boxes are merely conventionaI
ana compulsory tips" they are notbing
but a nuisance. Where, however. they
are the spontaneous expression of personal
regard, or the unconstrained recognition
Of willing service they embody not IN
worthily the true spirit of the season
Sir Edward Fry, however, does not
touch this particular aspect of the mes
ton. There is a certain form of Christ
mas box which is nothing but bribery or
backmail in disguise. Some two wears
ago the same writer raised in our col
umns the larger, but cognate question OF
Secret Commissions in Trade" He now
assails this insidious vice in the form of
Christmas boxes. Every one knows how
ready retail traders are to give so-called
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01

gable ENDS OF the building had been burn
al away. Nearly all of Mr.. Mashs furui-
ture was saved, although considerably
damaged by removal. Mr.. Mash was
asleep, and did not know the house was
co hre until the whistle sounded.
a house in the negro quarter was burn
80 about O'Clock yesterday morning
T1cre was not much damage.
Monday morning. Marshal McGuirt re-
clived telegram barring the sad intelli-
eence OF the death Of his father at Folkcs,
four miles above Morgan, In Calhoun
county, after an illness Of only two days.
In honor Of his coming to the Office Of
judge of the County Court Of Worth
county. the citizens of Poulan rendered
Col. Frank Park of that place, a recep-
ton and banquet at Hotel Poulan We'd
nesdny evening.
Dr and Mrs. N. Peterson left Wednes-
day for Douglas, where they VIII make
their future home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
SHOT DOWN ny 4 NEGRO.
Paul CoIIey Assaulted when He
Went 20 Collect a Bill.

Washington, Ga, Dec. S1.-(speciaD.--
Nj Paul Cooley a prominent young farm
IN. who lives near the village of Rayle, in
this county, went TO collect a bill due him
by negro NAMED jim Green; the negro
refused TO pay the money, and in a row
over the settlement Mr.. Cooley was shot
and very dangerously wounded by the ne
gro, who bears the reputation of a des-
perado In this section. After the shooting
Green escaped. and though bloOdhouuds
are on his track he is still al large. There
Is much excitement in the neighborhood
Edward Irvine the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. +. D. Irvine of Macon, who are
visiting relatives in Washington died at
the residence of Mr.. e. G. Binns, on Alex
ander avenue. last Thursday night.
Mr. II. e. Pope lost his barn and con-
tents by fire last Thursday night. MIR
Pope is one of Wilkes county's largest
farmers, and the barn contained large
quantities of corn, fodder and other pro-
duets, entailing a loss Of about $4,000
There was no insurance.
Mr. Marshall futile and Miss Ida Ar
nett were married at the residence of the
brides parents last Wednesday evening.
Mr. w, A. Mcguire has made application
under the new bankruptcy law for bank
ruDtcy proceedings for Mcguire & billiard,
who failed four years ago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
FLORIDA.

The Hart-Lucas Consolidated Ocklwaha
river liners wiz commence their winter
schedule between Palatka and Silver
Springs Oh Jan. g. t
The Southern Lumber and Supply Conn
pany is the name of a new lumber firm At
Miami. The business was formerly car
rled on under the name of L. C. oliver
q Co.
Miles Ward, indicted for the murder OF
John tIaygood, and whose counsel secured
q change Of venue to EIllIsboro county
left Arcadia Thursday for Tamna. ufs
trial IS sea for Tuesday, Jan. 3.
san Mateo Item: Mr.. Geo Leonard Of
Hastings, has seven acres OF sweet pota-
toes that viii average 40 bushels to the
acre These will net him abost 500 Der
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
YFTON RESIDENCE BURNED.
Fire Supposed to Have started by n
spark From Slab PIT.


Triton, Ga, Dec. 8l-(SpeciaD The res
idenee occupied 10y Mr.. /. Mash. and
belonging to Mr.. w. II. Tiff. on Mill
street. caught fire yesterday morning
about o'clock. The fire is supposed to
have originated with a spark from the
slab-pit or defective flue.
When discovered the entire roof was on
fire underneath, but in less than three
minutes after the alarm was given bv
an engine in the yard, a train of hose
had been coupled the distance OF 800 feel
and stream OF water was turned on. IL
looked Tor a few minutes as if nothing
could save the building, the roof OF which
was rotten ana burned like tinder.
Bot heroic work 10y Messrs John popa
Ernest Slack and julie Turner, on the
house, assisted by several negroes who
stood by them manfully, and "a willing
crowd on The ground below, the fire was
under control in less than ten minutes.
and after the roof ana portion of the