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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-09-13

Bloomfield, md, Sept. 13.-The
mystery surrounding the death OF Ho-
lmer Casey, whose lifeless body was
found in his buggy In his barn near
here has been cleared By the finding
IN his pocket Of note In which he
said that pain he had at hts heart
WAS costing him his reason and that
she would sRther die than suffer 1t
again Casey was to have married
u ISIS snnss stene on the day of his
death
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FIFTY HURT BY BLAST.
Explosion During Fire at Toulon ILL.,
Hardware Store.

Peoria, H.. Sept. 13.--Fifty persons
were injured at Toulon by the explo-
sion OF powder or gas in the hard
ware store OF Wheeler & Co. while
fremen were trying to extinguish q
blaze in the basement
The explosion hurled pieces Of
glass, bricks and debris into a crowd
of spectators. Most of the injuries
were slight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-09-13

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KIsHINEv DISTURBANCES.
Reported Heavy Loss Of Life Not
Confirmed.

Vienna, Sept. 13.--According to the
reports received here the disturb
anccs which caused the circulation OF
alarming rumors In Roumania began
at Kishinev, Bessarabia, during the
night OF Sept 8. A band Of rowdies
which arrived there from Odessa were
joined by Kishinev mob and COM
mitted fearful outrages in the suburbs.
They set fire to a lumber yard into
which the Jews, aroused from their
sleep, we're driven.
The police during the disturbances
were entirely passive.
Bucharest. Roumania, Sept. 13.--
Numerous Jewish refugees, including
whole families from Kishinev and
Odessa, have fiesi to the frontier at
Ungeni and the villages along the
river Pruth The Roumanian authori-
ties have issued the strictest orders
to prevent their entry into Roamania
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24

''There're other reasons why we
should have Thanksgiving day along
about nOw-plenty of them. 'Tis the
harvest time of the year. The frost is
on the TOm-shOW and the currents in
the shock. The crops are all i'm, the
grain is all in and most of the gentle
men who commonly speculate in those
commodities are likewise all in.
80 everybody that is anybody will
give thanks. Charles Warren Fair
banks will give thanks because he
found out he wasn't a candidate for
president only about six months after
everybody else found it out Suppose
he'd waited until the convention met?
The surviving financiers of Wall street
if there are any surviving financiers
of Wall street-will give thanks that
only one wave of re-renewed confidence
swept over the financial district last
month. Because if there'd been two
waves you'd now be hearing of 'em
renting out all the bank buildings be-
low Fourteenth street for quick lunch
emporiums and undertakers parlOrs.
Many eminent financiers who've been
able to combine business with religion
in such a way as not to seriously in
terfere with the business will give
thanks that they are not as other men
and the other men will give thanks that
they amt either. Ladies without any
hips to speak of will give thanks that
they have the proper figure for the
new fashion and ladies with plenty of
hips will give thanks that there are
other styles on the way, hip-hip! That
is joke of my own, Larry; thank you
for laughing.
The man of family who's Just got
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ByIRVIN S. Obj

through paying the bills for last Christ
mas, as indeed many of the more fru-
gal ones have, will give thanks that
it's still nearly a month till next Christ
mas. Mr.. Bryan will give thanks that
the Republicans haven't taken any OF
his new doctrines away from him in the
last few months, mainly because ne
didn't have any new ones to take and
the Republicans will give thanks that
Mr.. Bryan's got one doctrine that he
can't induce 'em to take. | refer to
the immortal doctrine of government
ownership of railroads, which as YOU
may recall was born one night last
year at Madison Square Garden with
great eclat and the next morning could
not find anybody to nurse it.
The New York man will give thanks
that he don't live in Kansas City, No,
and the man in Kansas City, Mo-. will
give thanks that he don't live in Kan
sas City, Kan. Up on Fifth avenue Mrs.
Astorbilks, the society leader UP there.
VIII give thanks because she's got q
diamond stomacher that she can't see
over without standing on tip-toe: and
out in Indiana Mrs. ]. Henry Rockers.
the society leader out there. will give
thanks because she was the first grown
person that carried a Teddy bear in the
Wabash valley"
Coin back home fur your Thanks
givin' dinner?" asked the House Detec-
tive.
No, l reckon not said the Hotel
Clerk I'm one of several hundred
thousand parties in this town that are
always going to go home for Thanks
giving or Christmas but never do il on
account of not being able to get there
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II don't know as l got anything par
House Detective, as he glanced at the
copy which the paper printed of the
presidents proclamation touching on
the need for a proper national observ-
ance of the last Thursday in Novem-
Der.
Tut. tut. Larry. I'm ashamed of
you" said the Hotel Clerk. ION this
glorious holiday which is now ap-
preaching with such alarming rapidity
that I'm fOrcibly reminded of the bills
I've got to meet Immediately afterward.
every true American has something TO
be thankful for whether he is or not
ITS one of our characteristics as a
nation. For example now, take the Pill
grim Fathers VIXEN they landed here
on their stern and rock bound faces.
as the bard Longfellowf OF the bard ].
Whitcomb Riley or some person in the
harding business has so POLITICALLY re-
marked. You'd think they had mighty
little to be thankful for. II had been
a hard rough voyage for the $50, 900
heroic souls on the storm-tossed boat
Yes. / know some historians put the
number aboard at a smaller figure
but when / look around me and see
how many Mayfiower descendants there
are at large, l know I'm right and 1
realize how crowded the steerage of
that historic vessel must a-been.
1T shows what hereditary influences
win do Nearly every Mayhower de-
scendant you meet up with looks like
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German professor would do nothing
worth seeing.
He was d remarkable looking man,
once tall, l should say, from his long,
thin build, but now bowed and bent
with long devotion to stdly leaning
over Q cTucibe. His hair, prematureIy
hut his eye was keen and his mouth
sagaciOus. He shook hands cordially
with the men of science, whom he
seemed to know of Old, whilst he bowed
somewhat distantly to the South At
rican interest. Then he began to talk
in very German-English, helping out
the sense now and again. where his Vo-
cabulary failed him, by waving his
rather dirty hands demonstratiVely
about him. His nails were a sight. but
his fingers, / must say, had the Jeli-
cate shape of a mans accustomed to
minute manipulation. He plunged at
once into the thick of the matter, tell
ing us briefly in his equally thick &C
cent that he now broboSed by his new
process to make for us gOOt and salts
factory diamonds"
He brought out his apparatus, ind
explained-Or, as he said, "eggspiained"
his novel method.
diamonds" he said ''were nozzing
but pure crystalline carbon. He knew
how to crystalline it-Zat was all re Sc
Cret."
The men of science examined the pots
and pans carefully. Then he put in a
certain number of raw materials and
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editor every week, saying; A bets B
there are three legal holidays; B bets
A there are eight or ten; please decide.
We have no legal holidays. The legal
profession don't deserve one: and what
is more it amt got time to take one
now that the divorce business is look
ing up, the way it is.
The president of the United States
simply says we have cause to rejoice
and give thanks and that settles it
with everybody I can think of. except
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi and
the lQrn widow. of d certain Louisiana
bear, deceased, The president says you
bet your life Wen have a Thanksgiving
day. or words to that effect. And the
president is right, as always. Loeb
thinks so. Taft thinks so. Elihu Root
thinks so. or at least maintains that
outward appearance Old man Zach
Chandler up in New Hampshire thinks
so, with few mental reservations from
time to time. Everybody thinks 500
well. mebbe you'd better count me
out, said the House Detective. Il
amt feelin' overly cheerful. That sum-
mer cold of mine is still a-hangin' on
yet and here it is cold weather"
That's the wisdom of choosing this
season for Thanksgiving" said the Ho-
tel Clerk. When man has a cold in
his head and suit of fuzzy under
clothes that his skin hasn't got accli-
mated to yet, he's a busy man. He's
got no time for idle brooding. And all
day long he can be giving thanks that
when night comes he'll peel off those
flannel habiliments and just naturally
turn himself loose and scratch all the
latest tunes on himself.
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few years he was frequently called
away from the Thanksgiving dinner
table to be scalped at the front door
by tall roan-colored stranger wearing
few If any clothes. But if he recovered
he kept right on being thankful be-
cause after that he was spared from
the sinful vanity of combing his front
hair and besides he lived ever in the
glorious hope of extending the scope of
the newly-born doctrine of religious
freedom until 1t wouldn't be safe for a
Quaker or a Catholic 10 stop running
anywhere on this hemisphere.
80 we've been having a Thanksgiv-
ing day ever since. It's an institution
buffaloed with age. as the saying is
Captain Kidd used to have 1t in the
days when we had a merchant marine
of our own instead of depending for the
carrying of our cargoes on the Dutch
and English bottoms. which as implied
by the name, are broader but undoubt-
ed1y slower The Bender family In
Kansas used to have it every time
careless traveller with a gold watch
came along. Even the Democrats have
it. although it's seemed to me these last
few years they ought 70 be allowed to
have theirs before the election, the
same as they do their Publications, in
stead of afterward. Then they could
throw some gimp and soul into it,
You couldn't go shiftin' in round
that way, could you?" asked the House
Detective. seriosly. "Ain't it a legal
holiday"
Larry" said the Hotel Clerk, 81
observe with sorrow that you are one
of the eleven million persons in this
country who write to the overworked
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4 should think 1t very probable"
Sir Adolphus replied, with the callous
indifference of the mere man of ssh
ence to financial suffering.
Sir Charles was bland. but peremp-
tory.
Nov observe" he said, "a grave re-
spOnsibility rests on your shoulders.
The market depends upon you. You
must not ask i'm any number of out
siderS to witness these experiments
Have few mineralcgists and experts,
If you like; but also take care to in
Vite representatives of the menaced in
terests. I will come myself-I'm en-
gagged TO dine out, but | can contract
an indispOSitiOn; and | would advise
you to ask MOsenheimer, and say,
young PhipsOn. They would stand for
the mines as you and the mineralogists
would stand for science. Above all,
don't blab; for heavens sake let there
be no premature gossip Tell Schlaier-
macher not to be gassing and boastiEg
of his success all over London
We are keeping the matter a pro-
found secret at Schleiermachers own
request" COrdery answered more ser
iously.
Which is why" Charles said i'm his
severest tone, you bawled it out at
the very top Of your voice in. Picca-
dilly"
However, before nightfall, everything
was arranged to Charles satisfaction,
and off we went to Lancaster gate,
with profound expectation that the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24

Charles drew a long breath This
nonsense must be stopped ne said,
firmly-"it must be nipped in the bud.
1t won't do, my dear friend; we can't
have such tampering with important
interests"
How dc you mean?" Cordery asked,
astOnished.
Charles gaZed at him steadily. I
could see by the furtive gleam in my
brother-in-laws eyes he was distinctly
frightened. Where is the feIlow?' he
asked. Did he come himself, or send
ever a deputy"
Here in London" Sir AdOlphus re
piled. Hes staying at my house, and
he says hell be glad to show his ex-
periments to anybody scientifically in
terested in diamonds. We propose t.
have a demonstration of the process
tonight at Lancaster gate. Will you
drop in and see it?'
Would he drop in" and see it?
Drop in" at such a function, Could
he possibly stay away? Charles
clutched the enemy's arm with a ner-
vOus grip.
Look here, Cordery," he said, 7ui-
verinG, this is a question affecting
very important interests. Don't do
anything rash. Don't do anything
foolish. Remember that shares may rise
or fall on this.
He said shares in a tone of pro-
found respect that l can hardly even
indicate. 1t was the crucial word in
he creed of his religion.
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on a Broadway car without taking a
transfer.
Say. they used to throw lot OF
poetry into the old-fashioned Thanks
giving dinner, didn't they? l guess they
do yet, for that matter. They fed the
turkey blamed sight more carefully
than they fed the baby. and do you re-
member how for about three days be-
forehand the kitchen gave off those
bully smells that made kid water at
the mouth until he felt like a set Of
riparian rights?"
There was a little pause as the two
men stood together inside the gold
mounted clerks alcOve in the gorgeous
lobby of the Hotel st. Reckless.
Where II you be eatin' your Thanks
givin'?' said the House Detective.
'Mebbe 1 might go with you?"
over on Broadway" said the Hotel
Clerk. ''It'll be a glorious Thanksgiv-
ing day feast, Larry. Well have a few
slabs off of one Of those lovely cold
storage birds that MIR. Armour has been
saving up fcr several years and some
homemade plum pudding right out OF
the original can with white library
paste called sauce poured over It and
cranberry dressing fresh from the glu-
cose works and one Of those tasty pies
that they turn off on a printing press at
that factory on First avenue. And then
well scratch d match and light our ci-
gars, if they're the kind you can light
with a match. and we'll lean back in
our chairs and give thanks"
Give thanks for wOt?" asked tbs
House Detective, hoarsely.
Thanks for having lived through it.,
said the Hotel Clerk"
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went 10 work with OStentatiOuS OPEN
ness. There were three distinct process
ses, and he made two stones by each
simultaneously. The remarkable part
of his methods, he said, was their rap
idity and their cheapness. In three
quarters of an hour (and he smiled sar-
dOnically) he could produce diamond
worth at current prices 200 pounds ster-
ling.
As you shall now see me berform, -
he remarked, wiz zis simple appara-
dus"
The materials fixed and fumed. The
professor stirred them. An unpleasant
smell like burnt feathers pervaded the
room. The scientific men craned their
necks in, their eagerness, and looked
over one another; Vane-Vivian, in par
ticular, was all attention. After three
quarters of an hour the professor, still
smiling, began to empty the apparatus.
He removed a large quantity of dust
or powder, which he succinctly de-
scribed as "by-broducts" and then took
between finger and thumb from the
midst of each pan a small white pebble,
not water worn apparently, but slight
ly rough and wart-like on the surface.
From one pair of the pannikins he
produced two such stones and held
them up before us triumphantly.
''zese," he said, "are genuine tia
monds, manufactured at a COST of four
teen shillings and siggsbence abiece!"
Then he tried the second pair. "Zese, +"
he said. still more gleefully are bro
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he was either just getting over the
seasickness or just getting on it. This
expression of cOuntenance is one of the
priceless legacies he inherited from his
immortal ancestry along with his pre-
dispositions toward Harvard college and
the regular Republican ticket. But to
resume.
Plymouth Rock was by no means
then what it is now. The delicious yet
durable pumpkin pie was not at that
time indigenous to the soil The fra
grant Odor of the New England boiled
dinner boiling did not greet the nos
trlls of the homeward bound mariner
thirty miles off shore, as at present
The principal products of the vicinity
appeared to be large, dark-red strang-
ers ana snow on the ground nine
months a year.
But did the Pilgrim Fathers weak
en- Did you ever see a picture of one
of them that looked as if he could be
made 10 weaken by anything short of
a swift dent in the face with an AK?
Somebody discovered that in the mat
ter of commercial transactions the or
iginal Inhabitants looked very much
like the ready money. Somebody else
remarked the fact that there was plenty
of good dry wood handy in case any
one should flush witch.
And so then the Pilgrim Father fell
on his knees and began gathering I'D
kindling and gave thanks and rose M
again with both hands full of fuei. and
his eye peeled for the first old lady
that might fall into the error of own
ing eat or talking in her sleep.
The Pilgrim Father never lost the
habit of being thankful. In the first
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and were equally sure he had taken
them honestly out of the pannikins.
Il will now distribute zem," the pro-
feSsOr remarked in a casual tone, as II
diamonds were peas, looking round at
the company. And he singled out my
brother-in-law. Zone to Sir Charles!"
he said, handing it: lone to Mr.. Mosen-
heimer; one to Mr.. PhibsOn-as repre-
senting the tiamond interest. Zen, one
each to Sir AtOlphus, to DR.. Gray, to
Mr.. Fame Fiffian, as representing sci
ence. You will half zem cut and rebOrt
upon zem in due course. We meet
again at zis blaze re day alder DONOR
row."
Charles gazed at him reproachfully.
The profoundest chords of his moral
nature were stirred.
Professor" he said, in a voice of
solemn warning, "are you aware that,
if you have succeeded. you have de-
stroyed the value of thousands of
pounds worth of precious property"
The professor shrugged his shoulders.
''Fot is dat to me?" he inquired, with
curious glance of contempt. I am
not a financier! / am a man of science
I seek to know; 1 do not seek to make
a fortune"
..Shockingl" Charles exclaimed.
"Shockingi l never before in my life
beheld so strange an instance of COM
plete insensibility to the claims of 9TH
ersi'
We separated early. The men of sci
ence were coarsely jubilant. The dia-
mond interest exhibited a corresponding
depression. If this news were true,
they foresaw a slump. Every eye grew
dim. 1t was a terrible business.
Charles walked homeward with the
professor. He sounded him gently as
to the sum required, should need arise,
to purchase his secrecy. Already Sir
Adolphus had bound US all down to
temporary silence-as if that were nee
essary; but Charles wished to know
how much Schleiermacher would take
10 suppress his discovery. The German
was immovable.
NO no." he replied, with positive
petulance. you do not understand. l
do not buy and sell. lis is a chemical
fact. We must publish it for the sake
of its seoretical falue. 1 do not care
for weaIse. 1 half no time to waste in
making money"
what an awful picture of a mis-
spent life" Charles observed to me af-
terward.
And indeed, the man seemed TO care
for nothing on earth but the abstract
question-not whether he could make
good diamonds or not. but whether he
could or could not produce a crystalline
form Of pure carbon!
On the appointed night Charles went
back to Lancaster Gate, as 1 could not
fail to remark, with a strange air of
complete and painful preoccupation.
Never before in his life had 1 seen him
so anxious.
The diamonds were produced with one
surface of each slightly scored by the
cutters, so as to show the water. Then
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duced at a COST of eleffen and nine
bence!" Finally he came to the third
pair, which he positively brandished
before our astonished eyes. ''And zese, -
he cried, transported, "haff COST me no
more Fan tree and eightbence."
They were handed round for inspec-
ton. Rough and uncut as they stood,
it was, of course. impossible to judge of
their value. But one thing was certain.
The men of science had been watching
closely at first, and We're sure Herr
Schlelermacher had not put the stones
in; they were keen at the withdrawal,
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BY GRANT ALLEN:

Copyright. 1907. by W. C. chapman.)
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-12
BARNsBoRo.

n The Knights Run public school opened
last Tuesday, with Miss Annie E. Lippin-
colt, teacher.
The sample of gas light in front Of Kirk
brides store almost equals tallow candle.
Edward Taylor, mail carrier of r. F.. D.
No. 5, has moved into his new house.
I The s'hotel'' was closed on Tuesday from
a o'clock uutil o'clock p. M, on account
Bof the primary election.
The primary election held in Tomlin
Hall for Mantua Township did not come up
to the expectations Of the political wiseacres.
Out of 438 registered in the township only
166 Republican ballots were cast, of whom
at least one seventh were Democratic voters.
In the Democratic ballot box 16 ballots
were cast. With the amount OF money at
the disposal of the waring Republican
factions, for we have proof that money was
spent) for every colored in the township
voted. As general rule the colored ele-
ment don't vote unless it is made interest
ing for him. Only about one-third OF the
voters took fhe time and trouble and so
forth? to vote.
The reed bird season is now on and our
sportsmen are taking advantage Of the sport
They report birds scarce and not plump.
Mr.. II. T. Lee IS building another new
house fer rent on the Sewell road