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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23

MlScreants Wreck Swtchboaro az
Gan Francisco.

Ml5creants Wreck Switchboard at
Gan Francisco.
San Francisco, May 23.-Ali of the
United Railroads trolley lines north
OF Market street were put out OF com
mission by miscreants who managed
by means of wire or chain to con.
meet 4 high power transmission wire
with the trolley wire on Church street
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets. The instant effect OF divert
ing the 1920 volts of electrical cur.
rent to the trolley wire was frightful
explosion In the Turk and Fillmore
sub-stations.
The switchboard. which Is connect
ed with all Of the trolley lines oper-
ated by the company north OF Market
street, burned out and the attending
electrical display struck CONSERVATION
and fear to the hearts OF hundreds OF
people In the ne!ghborhood.
I. Is remarkable that the trouble
was not attended by loss OF life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23

Mitchell dispatch, %: The first an
nual May musical festival came to
close here this evening under success
full conditions. The Theodore Thomas
orchestra played its first concert Mon
day evening to a vast audience in the
corn palace building, and gave its Sec
ond performance at a matinee this
afternoon to an audience of as large
proportions. This evening "The Mes
siah'' was rendered by chorus of 100
voices. accompanied by the Thomas or
chestra, and conducted by Emory w.
Hobson. Of Dakota Wesleyan universe
ty. The soloists were Mrs. Corinne
Rider Kelsey, soprano; Miss Janet
Spancer. contralto; Edward johnson,
tenor, and Herbert Witherpsoon, bass.
The work was presented in successful
manner, and magnificent audience
listened to it's presentation. Hundreds
OF out Of town visitors attended tae
Thomas orchestra concerts, which gave
the greatest Of pleasure to all.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23
HoW's This?

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We the undersigned. have known F.
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Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
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Take Halls Family Pills for coustipa
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23

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the blood, and unless they do this good
health is isiDposible. Foley's Kidney Cure
makes sonnd kidneys and will positively
cure all forms of kidney and bladder di-
cease. 1t strengthens the whole system.
Holiday & Porter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23

A. Herren, Finch, Ark, writes: "Fo
ley's Honey and Tar is the best prepara-
tion for coughs, colds and lung trouble.
| know that it has cured consumption in
the first stages" You never heard of
any one using Foley's Honey and Tar and
not being satisfied. Holiday & Porter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-23

J. M. Dickson, a pioneer resident
and for several terms sheriff of Mime
haha county, also serving as chief of
police. died at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Chas. Rooney, in Flandreau.
The remains were taken to Sioux Falls
for burial.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-07-01
PALISADIAN

side; but the hand fell again and the
noble red man snored on.
Dubs tried on the cartridge belt and
became an Indian all but the indispens-
able knife, and he concluded to borrow
that from the sleeper, whose finger
had lost their grip on the buckhorn
handle.
ITS biggern NOMINEES butcher knife,
amt it. Gay?" the young savage asked,
as he grasped the handle of the devilish-
looking blade. Nov you 'tand over
there and I'll get hind Wis work Ven
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-07-01

you tum along an I'll jump out and
kill you
Gay demurred
"Oh, it's only make b'lieve. Ve8e
kind O Injuns don't kill nobody" and
he stuck a contemptuous finger toward
the innocent Coyote. ''It's o'ny PEACHES
at kills, an vey's none yound here,
mommie says. I'm 'Pache, SO you bet
ter look out p
1t was dubious sport for Gay, and
when it came to the killing part she
screamed Justify.
Continued on Seventh Page.)
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-07-01
For the Palisadian.

blood before Sun-up anu HIS III " Ills
cal before noon. Yet Coyote Bites
had managed to achieve both OF these
delightful ends, and of all the happy
savages on the desert he was the most
riotously, unanimously happy. With
what delight he had drawn his sharp
blade across the threats of Jose Sanchez
and his wife after he had stolen into
their wagon in the gray dawn, and what
thrills of joy shot through his breast
when he silenced the yells of their two
little children with the butt-end of their
fathers own rifle And then, when he
had taken what gold was in the Me-
cans bag and what mescal was in his
demijohn, and had strapped Jose's
rather loose fitting cartridge belt about
his sun-brown belly, with what fierce
pleasure he stole away from the scene
of his bloody work With the Mexican's
rifle on his shoulder he wandered far
down the dry arroyo, slipping from the
demijohn the supplying juice of the
agave from time TO time, until he felt
that he was growing drowsy.
Then he dragged his uncertain way
along until he came to the railroad. tie
stared stupidity at the bright steel rails
and looked up at the humming wires,
awed. He would like 10 lie there be-
hind the rocks, he thought until some
one should come along the track and
then try shot at him with his newly
acquired weapon. The demijohn was
growing light and the rifle was getting
heavy Well, it was nearly noon and
rather warm, even for an Apache, and
rocks there and rest.
The humming of the wires is a sooth
ing sound and no sooner had his
head touched the earth than sleep took
mighty hold upon him and wiped out
his realizing sense of JOY, as sleep has a
way of doing with everybody who has
anything to be joyful for. And So Ii .~,
with the rifle by his side, and his hide
Gus face turned up toward the blue that
arched the desert.
Such face Hard, uncouth, with
big sharp beak of nose, thin, cruel
lips that closed to straight crack of
mouth. and brows like brushes Sleep
softens some faces, but it seemed to
harshen his. if that was possible. Feroci-
ty sat upon every feature, and was
heightened by the fringing tangle of
coarse coal-black hair
1t was quiet there and restful-no
sound save the music of the wires Stay,
there were sounds, but they came some
time after Coyote That Bites had
thrown himself upon the sand and gone
off TO the land of Nod They came
family at first and mingled with the
murmurings of the wires. They were
the voices of children
ll-,x1 h., 1.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-07-01
"Coyote-That-Bites.'
Bv Bailey Willard.


Gay, the station agents children, trudged
down the line. They were walking in
the scoop-out along the road-bed-not
on the track, for that was forbidden.
There were other things that were
forbidden too, and one of them was
straying so far away from the station;
but Dubs was taking good care OF his
three-year- sister, and in the pride
of his six large years he was equal to
the care of half-a-dozen such as Gay.
To give Dubs all due credit, he did
not know he was a half-mile from
home, and anyway he was going to turn
back pretty soon. But the children
~ - 'o----- ~---"-;ng and beauti
tuI tnmgs TO claim their attention. First
there had been chase after a young
owl that could not fly and that made
its way along in the most haphazard
manner imaginable Then horned toad
had been captured and Dubs had drag
ged the disguised prisoner along by
string until he had tired of the sport
and had let him go again, more happy
but less horned than before.
Then, always keeping close to the
railroad, they had entered great field
of cacti, where Dubs had tried very
hard to pick toonies" without getting
insidious, needle-like spines in his fingers
He was fairly successful, but he would
not let the fruit of the cactus go into
his sisters chubby hands until it had
been stripped of its dangers by his ready
jackknife.
"'F on'y had tum matchus to build
a fire wiv,' sighed Dubs, I'D burn off
vese prickles, just like We Injuns does"
They moved a little farther from the
track.
90" came suddenly from under
Gays checkered sunbonnet "Wots
dat?'
Wy, its Jug and Dubs left the
toonies and started toward the pile of
rocks where lay the Coyotes demijohn,
20 - Novote himself
l he two trudged up the little slope,
and Dubs grasped the handle of the
demijohn. only to let it drop again and
spring back quickly with Gay in his
arms, for he had caught sight of the
Coyote, and he was smitten with sud
den desire to go home.
But he saw that the Indian did not
move and SO he became brave. The
creature was certainly sound asleep and
no more to be feared than papa when
he lay on the lounge in his midday re-
pose. Then, too, Dubs was quite sure
he was a ''worky Injun,' like the
Yaquis who shoveled and picked on the
railroad; and so his mind became
wholly at ease
The Coyotes cartridge belt, which
had been so loosely strapped, had fallen
off and lay by his side There were a
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1907-07-01
Is MIN
FROM
HOmeseekers. Investors

To
money owning
suburbs, to highly
every
on a Leonia
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
EzszalFss 2 ! F5k MISLEADING THE YOUNG IDEA,
Eloquent Lssturss Nothing Mere Than
 Nature Faker.

The eloquent lecturer was diseours- ing on ths wonders of nature. "Di- grsssing fer . moment" he said. "did It ever occur to you that there Is not . principle in mechanics, not . single ingenious device in tho application of power. that has not been anticipated In the marvellous structure of the hu. man body? Take the familiar instance Of the eogwhssl. The first cogwhsels, 70 to speak. were the knueklss of the human Rind. Double your fists, put them together in froRt of you. with the backs upward. placing each knuck- le of one Ast in the depression be- tween two knusklss on the other fst Holding them tightly together in this manner oscillats them back and forth, and you have the original gsarsd na- chinsry that suggested the eogwhssl. When you go home, boys, place the knusklss sf ysur fists tsssthsr in this sane way. put then under . heavy vsigAt. aal yea will And that hy i'm parting . ssgwhssl motion ts them you can lift aSe pounds with perfect ease" When the beys wsnt hone. they tried 1t. and found 1t wasn't true. They had listened to another natrrs faksr.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
HAND GRENADHS OF f812.
Old lime Ordnance Found at Fort Mo.
 Hsnry-How They Were Ussd.

While examining the contents of the ordnance storehouse at Fort Mo Henry Lieut.. J. l.. Holcombe, of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth coast artillery discovered several boxes of old hand grenades which are supposed to be more than hundred years old. says the Baltimore American. The missiles are of tho earliest make used by the United States government, and were probably placed at the historic old fort when 1t was first erected in 1s17. Owing to the way in which they were packed the grenades had only the slightest trace of rust upon them. The discovery of the weapons recalls . bit of the anciont history of the country. In explaining their uss Lieut.. Holcombe said that the grsnades were handled only by the grsnadiers of tho ship. who, walking out upon the yard arms of the old fashioned fighting yes sells throw them into the ranks of the enemy. An explosion followed which created havoc They woigh about four pounds and are shaped after the fashion of the bombs used by anar- chists, and are iron and loaded with gunpowder.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
How stoncwars Is Made.

The common stoneware plates bowls, etc. are made from a compost tion of clay and flint. First tho clay is beaten In water, and thus purified mixed with the flint, which has been calcined, ground and suspended in wa, ter. TEs mixture is then dried in a kiln and afterwards beaten to . proper temper Then 1t becomes fit to be formed at the wheel into dishes, cups, bowls, etc. These are baked in fur mace and glazed with common salt. The salt being thrown into the fur nacs Is volatilized by heat. becomes at tachsd to the surface of the ware, and h decomposed, the muriatic acid flying of and leaving the snda behind 1t to fora a fine. thin glaze on the ware, which re5ists ordinary acids
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
PlstY Fun to Seed.


 In the recently published memoirs Of Colhtesse de Boigne, who lived 100 years ago, appears the following: q had great speculative veneration for that youthful Louise de Condo, weep inG for the crimes of her country at the foot of sltars. l had formed . romantic idea of her. but it was nec- essary to avoid seeing the heroine. Common, vulgar and ignorant, she was middle-class in her thoughts, ip her sentiments, in her actions, words and person. One was tempted to pity God for being 80 constantly impor- tuned by her; she called on Him for help in all the most futile circum- stances of her puerile existence. have seen her offer up prayer to re- cover ball of wool which had fallen under her chair"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
HAD THE LAUGH ON LAWYER.
Whole Court Rscs Jclned h Joke oH
 Ccnesltsd Advocate.

A distin guished. but concsitsi advs- vate not long ago. after securing an unqualified statement from an octe genarian, who was bravsly sndurins cross-cxaminstion. thst he Saw the whole thing as If 1t had occurred ten feet away" suddenly challenged hiu to tell the time by the clock referred to. The lawyer did not look around himself. as he had dens 70 about hau an hour before. when he had noticed that it was half after II. The old man looked at the clock and replied, after . pause. Half past H." upon which the lawyer. knowing that it must be nearly IA, turned to the jury and burst into . dsrisive laugh. sIclaixing sar. casttcslly, That is all. and threw him. self back in his seat with an air os having finally annihilatsd ths entire value of the witness testimony. The distinguished practitiens~, however, found hinsef laughing alone. Pres ently sns of the jury chusklsd, and In tries the whole court room vas h roar at tho lawyers expense. The clock had stoppsd-at half-past H. Exchango.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Tip to Smokers.

Do you want to know how to smoke and smoke, and yet keep the room clear of all the fumes and odors ol tobacco? How to smoke in the din, ing-room, the drawing-room, your wife's bedroom, without leaving a sin gle tobacco smell in the air? Well I'll tell you
 Here the salesman took down a small ring of platinum.
 "All you have to do," he said, lis to set this ring over lamp and let it get red-hot. Red-hot, it will consume the smoke of a dozen cigars. keeping the air quite clear and sweet. With one of these rings in use, there is nc ground for forbidding man to smoke anywhere.
 Tt has long been known that plat, mum consumes tobacco smoke. wonder that no one ever thought of the wonderful platinum smoke-absorb ing rings before
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
PRISONERS IN A CAVE.
Party of Plcnlckers Has Exciting Ad.
 venture In AaauteIand.

A remarkable incident occurred in Basutoland recently, writes tho Lon. don Malls Durban correspondent A picnic party decided to make . trfp into tho Basuto country, which they entered by pass known as the Lahl Ingubo, on the Natal frontier, and ca camped for the night in . cave in the Drakensberg. Proceeding on their journey the following day they asked native to direct them to . cave in which they could take their midday meal. The Basuto appears to have given information of their presence, for toward evening the party was h. tercspted by . number of natives, the old man who appeared to be in charge carrying . gun. The Europeans were then arrested, accused of being white mems spies" and taken to . place which had the appearance of . noun tain stronghold beneath an sverhang- ing cliif. Here the visitors horses were turned astray, and the AsadmaH. telling them that they would not bs allowed to reentsr Natal. signiAed that they would have to continue with out their horses. and would have te carry their saddles. After . night spent under surveillance in cave the Basutos maintaining close watch upon their captives, the party made their escape by means of 2 strategem. in which they were assisted by the Basuto guide, who helped them to cap ture the horsres and led them back to the pass by which they entered. Af- ter furious ride in the darkness. the preciptous pature of the country lead ing to several exciting adventures, the party reached the Natal side early on the morning after their escape. thor oughly spent and unnerved.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
PENALTIES OF GREAT PLACE.
Thrice Servants Those Who Have
 Risen to High Estate.

Men in great place are thrice ser vants-servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants Of business; so as they have no free dom neither in their persons, nor In their actions. nor in their times. It Is . strange desire to seek power, and to lose liberty. or to seek power over others and to lose power over a mans self. The rising unto place Is labori- ous. and by pains men come to greater pains, and 1t is sometimes base and by indignities men come to dignities. The standing is slippery and the re- gret is either . downfall or at least an eclipse, which Is a melancholy thing. Cum non sis qui fueris, non esss cur velis vivere." (Since you are not what you were. there is no reason why you should wish to live) Nay, retirs-men cannot when they would, neither will they when 1t were reason: but are impatient of private ness even in age and sickness which requires the shadow; Ike old towns men, that will be still sitting ct their street door, though thereby they offer age to scorn.-From Lord BacsA's Essay, "Of Great Place"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07

HATFIELD UNION NO. 2so. Meets ist and 3rd Saturday at D. m. A. c. Bruce, president; R- H. Stockton. secretary Hatfield F. c.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Huuo Wrote for All.

wrote for all; with profound love for nay country, but without preoccu pying myself more for France thar for any other people. Little by little as I advanced in life. l grow simplci and become more and more the patriot of humanity. Bssidss. this is the tendency of our epoch. the law oi development of the French revolution; and, in order to correspond to the per petual extension of civilization, booki must cease to be exclusively French, Italian, German, Spanish. English, to become European. and, still more, human. Hence new logic of art and certain necessities of composition which modify everything, even the conditions-so narrow in the past-ot taste and language, which must now, like everything else, be broadened.- From Victor Hugo on Les Niser ables in the Century.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
Easy EntertaInlns.

One woman who does her own work and yet likes to entertain . rood deal has brought order oxt of sAAss and made the work lighter for herself by limiting her dinner to three hot dishes. She serves first iced cants. loups. grape fruit or oysters, accord. ing to the season: then meat. pota- toos and one vegetable. Salad and dessert are prepared beforehand, and so is the coffee. Sks serves all but the three hot dishss-which. of course must bs brought from the kitchen from . small serving table at her side, which has two shelves beneath 1t and an outstanding bracket shelf for the clean and used dishes Ike coffee, in a French coffee pot. stands on one of the brackets of the serving table and boils merrily until required.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
stsry of lrvlns.

Irving memories continue to spring up. Lionel Barrymore played on the stage with Sir Henry the night of his death and he told of the last moments of England's greatest actor as fol- lows:
 T noticed" said the actor. thai the little child who played Godfrey that night had too much red on his cheeks, and I said to myself that as soon as the curtain fell on the act I would speak to the child about it. I was crossing the stage to overtake the little one and make the correction in his makeup whom I heard Irving. who was walking h before me, say. Leo, you've got too much red on your face That was 4s minutes before he breathsd his last, and. as afterward learned from the doctors. he was liter ally dying all through tho perform. apcs."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
TRIED OUT COFFIN IN LIFE.
Christian Scientists Preparation for
 His Long Sleep.

Charles Humphrey, who has just been buried. believed in trial funeral instead of trial marriages. says New Maven correspondent of the New York Times He was Christian Scientist. aAl in So of the 7e years of his life he preached disbelief in death.
 "fhsrs is no such thing as death, net bit more than there is disease" said hs. What the profane call death is simply lsng sleep. am going to make ready for 1t by getting into practice" Humphrey. who was q car psntsr, built himself corn. The box vas of black walnut and was hand sonely polished, and bore this inscrip- tioa: T sleep, but shall awaken"
 It was trimmed. cushioned and ele- gantly upholstered. and for months he lay h it for his trials of his long sleep hs must inherit. For weeks he occu- pied 1t at the office of the local under taksr in whose rooms he built 1t. The playful undertaker's assistant one day Rslntsd him out while asleep to . prospective purchaser as a perfectly enhalned specimen. Furious at the hAatsring that followed this prank, Humphrey took his "dernitory." as he called it. and removed to his local boarding house.
 He slept in 1t till he went to the Odd Fellows Home. in New London, three months ago. His wife died three years ago. Before her death he had converted her to his views of immor- tality. and he built for her also coffin in which she slept before her death. He also built one for his mother.in law. She didn't use 1t.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-11-07
yapanese Flower pecoratlon,

Tn the Japanese method of flower decoration-to become a master in which man must study for at least IA years, seven years of hard work making him only fairly proficient only few flowers are used. One beau tiful bough Is considered ample esthetic food for day. The Japanese know that only one beautiful object at time can be appreciated. and they aim at placing that object in per feet relation to its surroundings. A vase of flowers in Japanese house is tho principal thing in the room. near which the chief guest of the evening Is seated.