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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
HELD IN DEFAULT OF BAIL.
New York Postal Official Charged
With Robbinu Mail.

New York, Oct 17.-AleXander
Half superintendent of the foreign
mail branch of the New York post
Office. was arrested during the day by
postoffice inspectors and arraigned
before United States Commissioner
Shields on charge of embeZzling let
ters from the mails.
According to the inspectors So in
marked bills were found in Haff's pos
session. The bills. the inspectors
said, had been sent by them in test"
letters.
Haff was sent to the Ludlow street
Jail in default Of $4,000 bail. He has
been in the postal service twenty-nine
years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
Insane as Result of Illness.

Springfield, O., Oct 17-Herbert
Hall. fourteen-year-ol newsboy,
shot and seriously wounded his moth
er. Mrs Jennie Hall. Charles. w Har-
ley, his sisters sweetheart then shot
tnd killed himself The boy had re-
Gently recovered from typhoid fever
and ii is supposed his mind was az
fected by the disease.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
FOUR MINERS SMOTHERED.
Rush of Gas Overcomes Them Before
They Can Escape.

Winnipeg, Man, Oct. IA blow Of
gas occurred in No. ! mine at Nor
rissey coal mine, resulting in the
death OF four miners by asphyXiation.
Their names are Alfred HarbneauX
Tony Marcorn John Rogers and a
Slayonian. Only twenty men were in
the mine at the time and as rushes
OF gas have occurred before they took
warning by the cracking roar of the
oncoming gas and sixteen escaped.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
KENTUCKY NEGRO lYNCHED.
Victim Was Accused of Shooting a
White Boy.

Wickloffe. Ky, Oct. 17-Tom Hall,
alias Douglas, a negro, charged with
shooting Crockett Childress, white
boy, last Sunday at Kevil, was taken
from Jail here by a mob Of 100 men
and hanged to a tree in the jail yard.
Hall denied that he wounded Childress
and placed the blame on Jim Rivers,
another negro. 1t was feared that the
shooting of Childress would cause a
race riot, but all the negroes left Keyil
last Monday
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
ESCAPED ON A HAND CAR.
Robbers Secure $1,000 From the vi
borg IS. d. Bank.

Sioux Falls. S. D.. Oct. 1.-THE
Bank of Viborg was robbed during the
night of $1,000 The robbers were
seen by citizens. who did not care to
venture on the street, which was pa
trolled by armed robbers. Half of the
money stolen was in gold. The rob
bers escaped on a hand car.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-17
british Warships for China.

London, Oct l7.-Great Britain is
sending two additional warships to
china The first class cruiser Europa
has been ordered into commission at
Portsmouth for dispatch to the Chi
nese station and battleship VIII be
sent there from the Mediterranean
squadron.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
THE AMERICAN GIRL.

,n What makes the American girl a
most attractive being is her self-confi-
dence. amiability and good temper.
Now, am not fiatterer, and must
say that pretty women are as much
In the minority in the United States
as In any other country. writes Wis
count de Santo Thyrso in the Smart
Set. Beauty, like gold. is scarce every
where. You can find more gold in Call
fornia than In Europe; but even in
California you certainly find more
dross than gold. So 1t Is with women.
In some places. or in some countries,
the number of pretty women Is greater
than in others. and in this branch Of
natural production the United States
b not behind,hand. This, however. II
only Foreigners View Of the subject.
~ ~ ths truth. ! have never net an
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
A Consul's GaIlantry.

While ex-Gov. Waller, of Connecti-
cut, was consul general at London a
prominent society woman of Philadel-
phia who had married into the, Eng
lish nobility. with reasons to regret it,
called to see him about signing papers
necessary for transfer of property
in this country to raise money to pay
her husbands debts. The bloom of
youth had long been brushed from the
cheeks OF the American woman when
she married the young Britisher. She
was supersensitive about her age and
was very much distressed when told
that 1t must be affixed to the docu-
ments she wished officially recorded
by the United States government.
"Oh, Mr.. Waller, must II" she pleaded.
The gallant consul general seized a
pen and wrote on the blank: "Of the
age of accountability and upward"
There was no subsequent cores
pondence on the subject with the State
Department at Washington.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Foundation of skeletons.

It has been discovered that the great
city of London, England, rests on a
foundation of ,skeletons-hundreds of
thousands of skeletons that extend
east and west, north and south, from
boundary to boundary Of the worlds
metropolis. and beyond. There they
lie, compressed into compact mass
by the superimposed clay. gravel. sand
and surface structures. These skele-
tons wer once the framework of living
beings-beings that were tho most
simple of multicellular animals, known
as sponges. Many thousands of years
ago, when the great sea ebbed and
flowed where London now stands.
these metazone organisms, these cities
of cells. these Venices. with their
thousands Of canals. lived and did
their unconscious part in the great
plan of evolution. Now. the life has
gone, the cells are crushed. the canals
are closed, and only the frames OF
fiint, compressed into Homogeneous
mass, remain. ff, tndfr
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Gave the Game Away.

A certain regiment in India was
about to be inspected by certain Cen
eral just out from England, who was
very particular that the Captain of
each regiment should know the name
Of every man in his company, and also
where he came from. Now It happened
that the Captain of this particular regi.
ment had Just returned after twelve
months leave, and during his absence
many changes had occurred. On the
morning of the inspection the Captain
addressed his company as follows:
"Now, men, the General Is very par
ticular that should know every mans
name, and also to what county he be-
longs. Now, there are many here who
are strangers to me, so whatever l say
your names are, or where you belong
to. mind you don't contradict it,"
The General at length arrived, and as
he passed down the lines he stopped
before a man and said to the Captain:
"This is n smart looking soldier.
What is his name|
Brown, sir" replied the Captain.
"Where does he come from?"
wiltshire, SIR"
The General passed on and soon
stopped before another man.
whats this mans name"
"Jones, SIR"
"Where does he come from?"
"Devon, sir"
"Ah, I'm Devonshlre man myself.
Fine county is Devon, is it not, Private
Jones"
Private Jones looked startled for a
moment, and then, in broad, Irish
brogue, replied:
"Bedad, an there amt foiner coun-
try in the world, yer 'onner."-Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
QUAINT CUSTOMS.
Brides Once on Time Got Money
From Grooms.

A certain marriage custom has, un-
luckily for the brides of to-day, fallen
into disuse. 1t was once incumbent on
the bridegroom to place sum of
money in a purse on the wedding night
and present 1t to the bride. Afterward
this was done the following morning.
and the gift was called the Dow Purse.
Another phase of the same thing ex-
listed in Cumberland, where the bride
groom provided himself with gold and
crown pieces. At the words with all
my worldly goods thee endow" he
gave the clergyman his fee and poured
the rest of the money into handker-
chief which the bride held out. In
other places 1t was the custom on the
day following the marriage for the
bride to ask her husband for gift of
money or property. and he was bound
in honor to grant her request.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Convicts in Pantomiine.

Old convicts are, beyond all other
men, skilful in expressing their desires
by gestures and movements of the lips
and eyes. At chapel and exercise and
in the quarries and workrooms the fac
ulties of men forbidden to talk, and
with years of silence before them are
stimulated to the utmost, and, without
trive to indulge in lengthy conversd-
tions. AT chapel, particularly. men sit
ting widely apart can read each 9TH
er's lip movements with the utmost
ease and accuracy. or course, certain
signs mean certain things to all old
conyicts, but In many cases no precon.
certed signs whatever are used -pure
psntomine being INDUCED in.Ths
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Vanishing Johannesburg"

So common is the use of the term
"Joh'burg" now becoming that the
original name of the Rand capital
seems threatened with suppression al
together. Young as 1t is-for it Is
only fifteen years d-Johannesburg
has already made a great figure in his
tory, and the name has become familiar
all over the world. 1t narrowly cs-
capped being known as Rissiksdorp, for
the settlements on the new gold fields
in 1887 was bound to be called after
Mr.. Johannes Rissik, the Transvaal
Surveyor-General, who brought it into
existence. For days 1t hung between
the Christian and surnames Of the
plodding Boer Surveyor, but finally
was labelled with the former. For long
the officials and business people have
used the term "Joh burg" just as they
used E'laagtee for Elandslaagte, but the
newspapers are now adopting "Joh'.
burg" The change will probably in
terest the Colonial Secretary when he
gets to the South.-London Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Good Year for Coffee,

Statistics which have just been pub
lished by the Society of Colonial Stu
dies show that during the year ended
on June 80, 1901, the total production
of coffee amounted to 15,500,000 bags,
eacS containing 60 kilograms. Mocha
does not figure to any extent in these
statistics; indeed. we only know that
a few of the 225.000 bags, representing
the entire Arabic and African produc-
tion, were filed with it. Brazil fur
nished more coffee than any other
country, 11,500.000 bags, or nearly
three-quarters of the total production
being exported from it. The remain
ing bags were exported from the other
countries of Central and South Ameri.
ca, the Antilles, the Dutch and British
West Indies, and finally from Africa.
1t is estimated that the production for
this year will amount to 16,500,00O
bags. ,r
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Old.Tlme Gardens.

In the old time bold and forceful
men delighted to be known as coun-
trymen. The great cities had not yet
arisen. Great commercial opportuni-
ties We're few. Men lived on their es-
tates, and they built generously and
broadly. Their homes were homes in
the best and truest sense, with which
the very life and welfare of the fam
lily were interviewer, not mere summer
houses built as adjuncts TO city life.
Often these men went into the very
wilderness, took up" many acres
along water courses or on lakes, and
established places that marked the
very highest intellectual and social at
tainments of the region, and which to
this day remain as landmarks. II the
family was one OF culture and means
a home garden was more than a place
in which merely to grow vegetables
and pleasant flowers. 1t was an entity
wholly aside from the plants that 1t
grew. 1t was laid out as a permanent
feature, and usually with such a half
presence of formality as to insure re-
spect on the part of the beholder
Buildings could be moved and repair
ed, but the garden was inviolate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
HINTS FoR BUSY WOMEN.

The longer woman persists In ig-
noring the necessity Of walking, stand
ing and breathing correctly, the less
able she viii be to withstand the strain
Of her daily work and TO correct the
faults in her figure which as time goes
on become more and more difficult to
eradicate.
AS matter of fact, every woman
who goes to business daily can get
enough exercise out of the energy she
expends in the course of the days
and make her healthy and physically
perfect.
She should have her sleeves made
so that she can turn or lift her arms
high above her head with ease. She
must avoid the slump OF the shoulders
which gives the beholder the impress
sion that she is actually leaning upon
her corsets. The shoulders must not
be punched up to the ears, or drawn
back. Just let them remain relaxed
in perfectly natural and easy posi-.
tion.
She must avoid that injurious habit
of clnchlng the thumb in the palm Of
the hand. Another bad habit is that
of rolling and twisting either a glove
or handkerchief round and round, as
though trying to twist 1t in half.
Such practices ns these stop the cir
culatlon of the blood through muscles
that are of great value.
When going up or down stairs turn
the toes out instead OF in. Never for
get to sit upright, and when standing
keep the spine straight. Always
breathe through the nose and hold up
the chest. When sitting down relax as
much as possible, without slumping or
letting the head droop forward.
There We have few simple little
things which will not interfere with
your daily duties in the least. They
are all excellent exercises for busy
women. They will teach you to forget
all about fatlgue.-New York Amerl-
can.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Nv CNAT:

Miss Helen Gould employs man
named Tut to act as her bodyguard
and to keep camera fiends at a dis
tance.
Miss NJ. Il. Braddon, the writer, has
a triple fad-for books, old china and
dogs. These three hobbies take up al
her leisure time.
Miss #. L. Buttolph, who is making
collection of menu cards for the New
York Public Library, has already gath
cred together 10,250.
Miss Mary Andrews, of Hamilton,
Ohio, has been installed as pastor Of
the First Presbyterian Church at Kan.
sas City. She is the only woman
preacher in Missouri.
There are only half dozen English
women in Marrakush, Morocco, and
they are obliged to wear the garb Of
native women to avoid being insulted
by the fanatic Mohammedans.
There are now in the United States
forty-five feminine locomotive engi.
neers AMI firemsn and seven female
conductors. Add to these thirty-one
brakemen-or, to be correct, brake.
women-ten baggage women.
About five years ago Maine woman,
taking a consumptive husband to the
mountains of Arizona, was shown an
old abandoned claim by her Indian
servant. She took it, with great diff.
Guilty secured $500 to work it, and
before the year was out sold it for
soc, 1000 and life interest
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
Christmas In Hawaii.

Before the missionaries and the
American settlers went to Hawaii. the
natives knew nothing about Christ
mas, but now they all celebrate the
day, and do it, of course, in the same
way as the Americans who live there.
The main difference between Christ
mas in Honolulu and Christmas in
New York is that in Honolulu in De-
cember the weather Is like June in
New York. Birds are warbling In the
leafy trees; gardens are overflowing
with roses and carnations; fields and
mountain slopes are ablaze with color;
and sunny sky smiles dreamily upon
the glorles of summer day. In the
morning people go to church, and dur
ing the day there are sports and games
and merrymaking of all sorts. The
Christmas dinner is eaten out of doors
In the shade Of the veranda, and every
body is happy and contented.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
Nesting the Einnnations From tbeNew
Element. Bndiurn.

s,f Element, Bndiun.
1t was Noticed two or three years ago
that the same Photographic effect pro-
duccd hs x rays was also caused by
newly discovered substance called IA.
dlum. The question then arose whether
this action resembled light, in being a
series OF ether waves. or was due to
the shooting off of exceedingly fine par.
tlcles from the piece of radlum. In
one case the phenomenon would be n
form of force. In the other 1t would
be matter exhaled like the perfume
from a bit of musk. To answer that
question several different methods have
been employed. A new one was pub
licly exhibited at McGlll University,
Montreal. n few days ago.
Some hydrogen gas was put into a
tube, an electri current of a given
strength was sent through 1t, and n
delicate electrometer was used to show
the precise degree OF each with which
the hydrogen conducted It. When only
one person examines an electrometer
he can see the movement of the needle
on n scale. and read the result without
further apparatus. In this instance,
though. In order to represent the thing
to other spectators tiny mirror was
mounted on the electrometer, and n
slender beam of light from n concealed
lamp allowed to fall on 1t. When any
current passed through the instrument.
therefore. bright reflection from the
mirror crept along the wall Of the
room horizontally.
Professors Cox and Rutherford who
gave the exhibition, made three sue
cessive tests of the hydrogen. First.
they used pure gas. Then they con-
taminated 1t with the emanations from
radium. Finally they afforded the i'm
purity chance to evaporate off from
the hydrogen. In the second operation
the exhalations were led through a
tube surrounded by liquid air. The
tube containing the hydrogen was also
surrounded by liquid air, to cool It. At
the third stage of the experiment the
temperature was permitted to rise.
The ostensible object of the cooling
was to condense the gas which Profes-
sor Rutherford thinks that the radium
generates.
When pure hydrogen was tested its
conductivity was sufficiently high to
permit the beam of light from the elec.
trometer' to move vlsibly along the
wall. When the gas was supposed to
contain condensed vapor from radlum
the mirror would not move. The hy-
drogen would not conduct. After the
radium fumes had passed off, leaving
the hydrogen pure again, the electric
current flowed as before. Owing to
the difference in the behavior of the
electrometer the two professors Just
named concluded that the emanations
from radium We're matter, not force
New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
How to Drink Winter.

A beginning of kidney trouble lies In
the fact that people, especially women,
do not drink enough water. a tumbler
of water slipped In the morning imme-
diately on rising, another Mt night, are
recommended by physicians. Try to
drink as little water as possible with
meals, but take glassful half an hour
to an hour before eating. This rule
persisted in day after day, month after
month, will improve the complexion
and the general health likewise. Water
drunk with meals should be slipped, as
well as taken sparingly.
Ice water ought never to be taken
with ones meals, and as little as posi-.
BILE between meals. One never knows
what is being taken into the stomach
in water filed with Clipped ice. 1t Is
safer to fill bottles with water and al
low them to stand beside ice to chill
until required.
Tests have been made which show
that one gill Of ice water, which means
an average tumblerful, poured hastily
down the throat reduces the tempera-
ture of the stomach from 100 to sew.
enty degrees, and 1t takes more than
half an hour to recover the heat 1t has
lost. Cold water, slowly slipped, will
not be followed by such result, cool.
Ing the system pleasantly in hot wealth
er without chilling the glands OF the
stomach so that digestion cannot take
place.-Detroit Free Press.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ron A FREE PE-RU-NA ALMANAC
There has been recently complete,

There has been recently completed
at Kansas City, Mo-, a locomotive. de-
signed for use in Mexican mine, in
which gasoline Is used as fuel. The
mine where this engine is destined for
service is $50 miles from the nearest
railway. and the engine had to be de-
signed with view to transportation
to the point of delivery on mule back,
and therefore no individual part was
allowed to weigh more thanll 200
pounds. To prevent the escape of
fumes in service provision is made for
the publication of the gas escaping
from the engine, which is washed in
the same way as Illuminating gas Is
passed through scrubbers at the gas
works. ~
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28

American girl OF twenty who did not
consider herself fascinating; this is
self-confldence; and for a woman to
believe she is beautiful is halfway to
real beauty. In the first place, plain
woman. who is aware of her plain
ness, Is unhappy. Man Is selfish AMI
nal, and despite what novels say
about sad women and the power of
tears, unhappiness is as repellent to a
healthy mind, as disease to healthy
body. Then. the conscious plain
woman gives up every thought of
pleasing, and therefore she does moth
ing to make herself attractive. She
does not dress in becoming way. she
does not smile, she does not try TO be
attractive. She becomes sour or dull.
or both.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28

THE
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A NEW FEMININE CALLING.

The calling of veterinary surgeons
a not one in which women have here
tofore evinced any special disposition
to shine, but one member Of the fair
sex is preparing herself for gradua-
tion from veterinary college and ex-
poets to receive her diploma in the
spring. The aspirant for honors in
this particular field is Mrs. Mignonne
Nicholson, now resident Of Chicago.
but whose childhood days were spent
In Long Island town. Cats and
dogs are her special pets and while in
accordance with the requirements of
the veterinary institution she is OBJ
liged to learn how to doctor horses
she proposes to give her attention
after graduation to her special favor
ties and has already proved successful
In her treatment of dogs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28

The scarab Is popular design for
rings, scarf pins and sleeve buttons.
Buckles this year are larger, hand.
somer and more elaborate than ever.
Green walrus and gray ooze calf are
two Of the most fashionable feathers
for belts.
Drapery net for mourning millinery
resembles point d'esprit sprinkled with
tiny dull Jet beads.
The moonstone is In evidence as the
setting for some Of the newest sleeve
links and fancy buttons.
Tabs and tails are the correct adorn.
ment for fur muffs this year, stuffed
heads having been discarded by Dame
Fashion.
Square eyelet holes are an innovation
on some of the new leather belts to
match square harness buckle and
square tongue.
The grape ornamentation has caught
the fancy of the hosiery manufactures.
and white silk stockings show a design
of fruit and foliage over the instep.
Leather belts are cut SO as to con-
form perfectly to the slight dip in
front so much used now to give the
becoming and fashionable long-waist
effect.
The newest gold-topped vIniagretts
with jsweled centre IL distinguished
from its predecessor BY the shape.
which 4 square. instead Of the familiar
round form.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-01-28
MARRIED MOMENTS NAMES.

In several of the smaller towns In
movement has been made to get the
names Of women on the registry lists,
consideration has been caused by the
discovery that married woman is not
legally registered If the Christian name
by which she is designated on the lists
Is that of her husband. Thus, Mrs.
John Smith," whose "given" name is
'Mary," cannot vote unless she is
registered as "Mary," or, if she does
vote, 1t must be by the troublesome
process of swearing in" Socially, a
married woman always goes by her
husbands full name, prefxed by
'Mrs." until he dies, unless the pair
are severed by a divorce. Legally,
however. 1t is only his surname which
becomes hers by marriage, and her
Christian name continues to be an es-
sential part OF her formal designation,
supplemented, If she chooses, by her
patronymic. II she Is a public char
acter-a writer, a speaker, physician
--she is generally known by the name
riage. with her husbands surname ap-
pended. Thus Ella Wheeler became
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Thus Elizabeth
Cady became Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
The whole nation knew thSs great
woman suffragist by that name. but
comparatively few people knew her
by the name of Mrs. Henry Brewster
Stanton. though Henry Brewster STAN
ton, her husband, was in his day a
well-known man.-Milwaukee Wiscon-
sin.