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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16

tain that there is possibility of the
coming migration bringing to Ireland
such prosperity as it has never known
before. There is possibility of Its
marking turning point in it's history
among the most important it has ever
known"
"Meet me in the Emerald Isle' is
the catch word sent over the natior
by the Irish Home Going association
and it is promised that the echo will
watt back from across the water.
The movement is set to begin May
/ and to last until Oct. 81, and, ac
ccrding to pamphlets sent out, the
idea is receiving general approval
over the United States.
One of the advantages to be derived
from the organized exodus, it is point
ed out, is a reduction in the cost OF
the journey, in which it Is said great
aid has been extended by private peo
pie and firms in Ireland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
Novel Railway ENGINE.

A type of railroad locomotive de
vised years ago by Mallet, the great
French inventor, but which has beer
up to the present time beyond the
needs of the transportation companies
for power, is now being experimental
with by the experts of the New York
Central lines on the steep grades OF
their Pennsylvania division. Briefly
described, it is double head locomo
tive with one boiler and therefore un
der the control of one engine crew
1t provides almost twice as much
tractive power as the consolidation en-
gine and is more economical, because
the live steam from the boiler is sup
piled to only two cylinders and used
expansively in the other two.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
WHITE GYPSY QUEEN.
Head of Band Says She Gave Up So
ciety For Roaming Life.


Camped just beyond the river Des
Peres is gypsy queen extraordinary
She is the wife of King John Mitch
ell, head of the little Romany band
that stole silently into st. Louis the
other night.
With her white skin-for she is a
Caucasian-surmount by a beaming
red headdress, Queen Jessie, who is
twenty-foVr years old, looks strangely
out of place surrounded by the
swarthy men and women for whose
company, she says, she gave up home,
wealth and an enviable place in so
ciety in Baltimore.
Queen Jessie claims to be closely re-
lated to some of the best families In
the country. Francis Scott Key, she
says. was her maternal great-great-
grandfather, and Justice Roger B.
Taney, who wrote the Dred Scott de-
cision. was her great-uncle.
Her sister, she says, is now In so
ciety In New York, but she does not
give her name. She says A. W. Ha-
bersham, a wealthy broker of Balti-
more, is her father.
"My father sent us to Brown col
lege and then to a finishing school In
Baltimore. / was then seventeen, and
Just about the time l should have
been entering society ran away from
home. Five years ago / became ac-
quainted with King John Mitchell.
The rowing life Of the gypsy appealed
to me, and four and half years ago
we were married"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
REWARD FOR WILD PIGEONS.
ornithoiogists Offer 5000 For the
Discovery Of Their Nests.


Three thousand dollars In prizes is
offered by the American Ornitholo-
gists' union for the discovery of nests
of the passenger pigeon, or wild pigeon.
DR.. G. F. Hodge Of Clark university,
Worcester, has charge of the reward,
and all finds must be reported to him.
This species of pigeon was once thick
IN Massachusetts,. and people armed
with poles and nets often would kill
and gather in fifty and sixty at once,
SO closely did they roost. The slaugh-
ter assumed such proportions that the
pigeons are almost extinct today.
A full grown Wild pigeon Is about
fifteen inches long from its bill to the
end Of its tail. The male is blue gray
above and on the head and reddish
beneath. The female is Of duller col
or, inclining toward brown. The birds
nest during April and May.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16

United States senate. however refused
to confirm the nomination. and after
a long fight President Grant withdrew
Judge Williams name. While serving
in the capacity of attorney general
Judge Williams wsls sometimes refer
red to as 'Landaulet" Williams be-
cause of his alleged improper use Of
government carriages.
After retiring from public office
Judge Williams moved to the state of
Washington, where he practiced law
before the supreme court of that state.
After a number of years, however, he
again returned to Oregon and in 1902
was elected mayor of Portland, Ore.
He served in that capacity until the
end Of his term in 1905. His wife was
reported to have tie smallest foot In
Washington and cut figure in cabi-
net society. Recently she has been de-
scribed as the founder of a religious
sect in Portland one of whose tenets
is that the devil in the form OF q ser
pent resides in the vermiform appen-
dix. Since 1905 Judge Williams had
lived practically In retirement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
TO SNAP HALLEY'S COMET.
Special Camera Set Up to Picture II
as 1t, Crosses the Sun.

as IT, Crosse5 the sun.
A special astronomical camera has
been set up at Honolulu which is ex.
pected to catch some interesting pic
lures of Halley's comet when on May
Is it completes its 3,100OO0,OO0 mile
trip around the sun and begins sim
liar journey all over again.
DR.. John III. Brashear, who told re-
Gently at Pittsburg of providing the
camera, said that on May Is the head
of the comet would cross the solar
disk and the phenomenon would be
plainly visible in the Pacific ocean. Ii
will take the comet but fifty-eight min
utes, he said. to cross the suns face
and at that time it will be possible to
determine how much solid matter is
i'm the comets nucleus, for all solid
portions over ten miles in diameter
will be Indicated by shadowed spots
against the suns background. The
comet on that day will be only $4,000.
600 miles away from the earth and
consequently will be brighter than al
any other time. The experiments IL
Honolulu are being made by the Amer
lean Astronomical and Astrophysica
society.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16

Promoters of the Idea Have Formed a
Home Going Association to Preach
Pilgrimage For the Coming Summer.
What They Hope to Do For the Good
Of Old Erin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
JUDGE GEORGE H. WILLIAMS
Career Of Jurist Who Was Last Men,
ber Of President Grants Cabinet.

Career Of Jurist Who Was Last Men,
Der Of President Grants Cabinet.
Judge George Henry Williams, the
last member Of President Grants cab
met, who died recently at Portland.
Ore, was born In New Lebanon, n Y,
on March %, 1923. He studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1874.
Almost Immediately Mr.. Williams
moved to Iowa. After three years of
private practice he was elected Judge
Of the First judicial district Of Iowa,
in which position he remained until
1852.
Mr.. Williams In 1862 was named as
q presidential elector. In the follow
ing year, when President Pierce took
Office, he appointed Mr.. Williams chief
justice for the territory OF Oregon.
Although President Buchanan reap
pointed him to this position when he
took Office, Mr.. Williams declined to
accept the reappointment
Judge Williams was attorney general
Of President Grants cabinet during the
latter's second term. After serving In
that capacity for three years Judge Will
Hams retired. to be succeeded by Ed
wards Pierrepont Upon his retire
ment from the Office Of attorney gen.
eral Judge Williams was nominated by
President Grant to be chief Justice Of
the United States supreme court. The
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
THE BACK TO
IRELAND MOVE.
Irish Americans Urged to Re-
turn For a Visit.
GREAT MIGRATION LOOKED FOR

Promoters of the Idea Have Formed a
Home Going Association to Preach
Pilgrimage For the Coming Summer.
What They Hope to Do For the Good
Of Old Erin.
Il believe" Francis j. Kilkenny,
originator of the idea of a pilgrimage
Of Irish Americans to their native
land and president of the Irish Home
Going association, said the other day,
that the number of visitors to the old
sod the coming summer will be such
as to surprise two nations. / am In
a position to keep my finger pretty
well on the pulse of the public which
would make such pilgrimage, and
am assured that the migration is to
be q bigger thing than even the most
sanguine have believed
you see, the Irish have prospered
greatly in America. They have the
money with which to travel, and they
all have In their breasts the desire to
see their old homes and their relatives
again. They have needed little impetus
to start them galloping homeward
The organization of the Home Going
association has given them the occa-
sion. and they are off.
A Permanent Aid to ireland.
Eyes, l believe the pilgrimage will
mean more to both the visitors and to
Ireland than merely a pleasant vaca-
ton and q renewal of old. ties. The
idea of the association is to do a per-
manent good to the native land. Ire
land Is greatly in need of capitaliza-
tion and the injection of certain ele-
ments of industrial activity. There is
q world Of resource In the island, but
the people have always been without
money to develop it, There is vast
quantity Of most effective and intelli-
gent labor to be had very cheap. but
there are few factories or other forms
of industry to employ 1t.
my idea has been from the first to
induce prosperous Irish Americans to
go back, look over the field and, where
opportunity offers, to invest certain
amounts of capital There is a great
opportunity for such investments to
be made to yield good returns. If a
sufficient number of them are made
1t will mean prosperity to all Ireland.
The people will be given an opportu-
nifty to earn wages, to save up some
little money. to improve their homes.
to purchase the necessary tools with
which to work their farms to advan-
tage. 1t will mean the opening up of
q new life to them.
Means Money to the Island.
'The purpose of the Home Going
association is to encourage Irish Amer
leans to go back with just this idea
In mind. OF course the mere pres
ence Of many tourists in the island
would bring great deal Of money
there to he spent But the chance OF
establishing American industry there
Is vastly more important. 1t may
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
Bioqest y. ~, C. A. Branch.

The west side branch of the Young
Mems Christian association in New
York reached the 5000 mark In mem.
bership the other day, making it the
largest branch in the world and plac-
ing it well ahead of the next largest
cago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
Asserts He Can Visualize Oh.
jects at a Great Distance.
As FAR As 10000 MILES.
Rochester IN. W inventor Has q
"TeIevisualizer" With Which He Be-
iieves He Can Perform Marveis
Will Reproduce Color Effects, Di.
mensions and Movements.

"The invention which l have made
and the apparatus which / have sue
ceeded in putting together are suffi-
cient for me to make the assertion that
/ can visualize an object at distance
of thousands of miles. The object can
be seen with its properties of color eff
fects, dimensions and movements and
will be equal to the original with the
exception that the object itself cannot
be felt with the fingers
Such is the remarkable claim made
by William Vincent Pruscino, young
Italian living at 72 South Union street,
Rochester, N. Y.
Pruscino is not very communicative
about his invention so far as going
into details is concerned At present
he will deal only in generalities as to
just what his device really is. He
vention. He was so oppressed by the
thought of such calamity that he
even destroyed his model after he had
given a demonstration for his own
benefit Now he says that he has re-
ceived financial support, and he is en-
gagged in reconstructing the model pre-
paratory to having 1t entered and re-
corded at the patent office
Telegraph Wires Used.
"The actual demonstrations made by
me not many weeks ago. said Prus-
cino recently, shave completely salts
fed me that seeing at the distance Of
ten or twenty thousand miles is no
more an impossibility; but, on the con-
trary, it Is absolutely possible. | re-
peat that, thanks to my experiments,
/ have succeeded In demonstrating this
to my complete satisfaction"
"Televisualizer'' is the name that
Pruscino has given his device. While
he will not tell anything about its ex-
act nature, he admits that telegraph
wires have to be used and that per-
sons, objects and scenes can only be
visualized where the necessary appa-
ratus is set up at both points, which
would correspond in telegraphy to the
sending and receiving" points. The
televisualizer however, is not a sys-
tenn Of sending portraits by telegraph.
Pruscino claims much more for his in
vention, as he says he can reproduce
the color, movement and various di-
mensions Of the scene.
Some of Its Possibilities.
"Among the things that will be ren.
dered possible by this mode of seeing
says Pruscino, ''is, for instance, the
first night In European theater by a
person sitting In New York theater
auditorium, or If New Yorker should
like to attend masquerade I'm Bue,
nos Afres-well, could not guar
antee that he could join in the fun. but
he would have the whole scene repro
duced before him as vividly as If he
were actually present.
Battle scenes could no doubt be re-
produced within fraction of a second
In the same manner unless the cannon
balls happened to strike the instruc-
ments. There Is no limit to what can
be reproduced. All that is necessary
Is to have the apparatus set up at the
scene which 1t is desired to bring be-
fore the eye and the necessary appara-
tuS ut the other end to visualize it"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-04-16
Silent Pavements About Schools.

The proposition of laying silent pave
ments In the streets around school
houses is being considered by the
London authorities.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26
CHURCH PRESS AGENTS.

In the Thornwell Messenger of last
week appears the following item:
y speaker in church in Boston re-
comfy advocated the advertising de-
partment for churches, claiming that
1t Will be necessary for the church to
Keep pace with the world by using the
worlds methods a press agent and
constant advertising i'm the newspapers
is demanded, thinks the speaker Ev-
cry innovation in the church meets
with much opposition from a certain
cement. The next generation usually
adopts the proposition and in turn
goes on to something else which caus-
eS dissatisfaction am Jng some there.
ana thus the round eternally. What
ever may be said against or i'm favor
or the scheme, this much is certain.
the churches in the cities and large
towns are already using the daily press
10 carry ut-r church notices"
1hat is just the point: the CITY
churches have already adopted the
plan and in some OF the smaller towns
the scheme is meeting with favor. In
Laurens last fall, there was the first
decided effort along that line and the
results were eminently satisfactory.
AND the idea is growing, as will be
evidenced by the columns of The Ad-
vertiser for the last two weeks. The
ministers are advertising their preach
ing services.
The Advertiser some time ago urged
the churches to appoint a member of
Its board of deacons or elders to act
as press agent" The plan is good
and the people are taking hold. Lau-
rens is far ahead of many towns In
this respect.
AS for the wrong In advertising re-
ligious affairs. 1t is as DR.. Jacobs says.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26
MyPERCRTICAL LAURENS.n

Ralph Bingham, lecturer and hum
orist entertained an intelligent audi
ence up at the very progressive little
town of Fountain Inn a few eve Dinps
ago. After eXpatiating on the virtues
OF Mr. Binbham and the general excel
lence of the lecture, the Fountain Inn
News and Notions ventures this re-
mark: 1T is the consensus of opinion
throughout this community that as
wholesome funmaker. Ralph Bing
ham is winner and that he cou Id ev-
EN- make good in hypercritical Lau-
rens."
Hypercritical means more than crit
ical, excessively critical, critical be-
yond reason, cautiously censorious.
oVer-nice and so on. Just why our
contemporary considers Laurens hyp-
ercritical we do not know; possibly
1t has good and sufficient reason for
the opinion. But we scarcely believe
that the full definition of the word is
really intended. Our friend is merely
complimenting the tastes of tn @ peo-
~ ''N'Si 'iot ShiuiIEB lntIIl Inelr
unreasonable demands. Anyhow, we
take 1t as a compliment, meaning that
the people of Laurens are particular
about the class OF attractions they
have. and that they are not satisfied
with entertainments of just any char
acter
Just by way of parenthesis, we are
rather glad that our city is getting the
reputation Of being somewhat critical
In her tastes; 1t will assist I'm keeping
away some OF the things" that are
tnclined to blow in" here every once
and a while. Our thanks to The News
and Notions.
Every newspaper you see these days
has something about the boundless
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26
ASSESSORS NOTICE.

The Authors Office will be open
from the 1st day of January to the
10Th day of February, 1910, to make
returns of all property both real and
personal for taxation.
For the convenience OF the taxpay-
ors the Auditor or his deputy will at
tend the following named places to
receive returns for said year to wit
Martins Store, January 49, from 8
a. IN. to IL IN.
Princeton, January 20, from p. m.
TO 4 p. m.
Tumbling Shoals, January 81 from
10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
ID. ID. Harriss, January "a, from 10
a. m. to 2 p. m.
Abner Babbs, January 20, from 10
a. m. to 2 p. m.
V. A. Whites, January &C. from 10
Il. m. to 2 p. IN.
Cooks Store, January 81, from 10 q
IN. to 2 p. m.
Stewards Store, January 2S, from
10 a. m. to 2 p. IN.
Ioung's, January 20, from 10 a. IN.
TO 12 m.
Pleasant Mound, January 20. Up. IN.
20 p. m.
Lanford, January 81, from 0 a. m.
to IL m.
Ora, january 81, from p. m. to 4
y. III.
Watts Mill, February Q, from 2 p.
m. to 4 p. m.
All male citizens between the ages
Of 21 and 60 years on the 1st of Janu-
ary, except those who are incapable
Of earning support from being main
ed or from other causes, are deemed
polls, Confederate veterans excepted
All taxpayers are required to give
Township and No Of School District:
also state whether property Is situated
in town or country. Each lot, tract
or parcel Of land must be entered
separately.
After the Goth of February, SO per
cent penalty will be attached for fail
ure to make returns.
w. T. DoRRoH.
Dec. 4, 1909--td.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26

uoh dllOW any DOuS 10 SnOOt or
kill anything on my place" said a
farmer the other day.
You protect the internal little Eng
ish sparrow, too?" he was asked.
Yes was the reply; land every
other kind of bird. This slaughter
ing of birds is the most senscless prac-
tice in existence, and some Of these
days the people viii suffer iii full mea-
sure the results OF it. Not that am
moved particularly with sentimen tai
consideration, although it is pity to
see the destruction of such creatures;
but the enconomic loss is great the re-
by"
Continuing along this line, our
friends said: My father says that in
drive through the woodlands now or
across fields, he sees about one b ird
now to a hundred that could be seen
forty years ago. They are just being
killed out too fast And. do you know.
the people are suffering already in the
destruction of fruit trees. There are
not enough birds now to eat up the
bugs, worms and other vermin that in
feet the fruit trees, particularly the
apple rees.'
And that sounds very reasonable too.
Some years ago, one might see num-
bers of old apple trees. some doubt ess
fifty or sixty years of age and still
bearing fruit. If there is a frut-bear-
INN 7
day that is over twenty five years old,
We wish somebody would tell us about
it, This may, and very likely is in a
large measure due to the fact that b irdS
min. have been slaughtered at such a
rate, This in addition to the fact that
the people generally are ignSrant in
the art of caring for. doctoring and
protecting trees. is fast rohbins this
part of the country of a fine crop.
The apples grown here are infer ior:
and. not even as good as they use d to
be"
About the birds though: some many
parlor rifles. air guns and Sling shots
in the hands of the kids" are the in
strumentS of such Wholesale deSt rue
tion. In the years gone by. when there
was but one gun on the place, and
that an old army muskct or a muzzle-
loading shot gun. the kids" did not
do much shooting. When they did go
hunting il WAS for rabbits. coons DOS
sums and partriGges, game that was
OF use on the table. Now. birds are
being killed by the thousands by the
young hopefuls' of the family. whose
indulgcnt parents have given them
guns fer Christmas presents. Any
boy should be at least sixteen or sew
enteen years of age before he is given
or allowed to use a gun. Some sh ould
never be allowed to touch one. The
parent who allows his child to kill
birds, right and left. just for the fun
OF killing. is lacking i'm some of the
Christian virtures, and deficient i'm
some Of the qualities that parent
should possess. There are some such
in these parts. The trouble is that
the public suffer from their depreda-
tions, not they themselves, alone.
Why will not the people OF Iar.rens
county exercise little sane jud mont
on this matter Of birds and trees? We
have little hope that they will. the
boys must have amusemcn1, ana the
boys rule the parents I'm a lamen ably
large number of homes.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26

prosperity of the times; we are told
of the vast sums that are on deposit
in the banks and Of the wealth OF the
farmers. That is fine. But what OF
the poor devils that are working today
on the same salary they received two
years ago, when the necessities of
life cost them but little over half
what they cost now. Salaries the
same; cost of living almost doubled
that's the prosperity some are enjoy
ing.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26
INDIGESTION.
Relicf in Five Minutes and Permanent
Cure or Money Back,

When the I.aurens Drug Co. states
that they have a remedy that is guar
amteed to cure any man or woman who
suffers from food fermentation which
causes belching. sour stomach gas
eructations, heartburn and that lump
OF lead feeling in the abdomen or mon
ey back what are the poor stomach
sufferers in Laurens and vicinity going
to do about it?
The name of this most remarkable
stomach prescription is Mi-o-na It's
Il certain cure for Indigestion or stom-
ach disorders. Here is one opinion:
81 have been troubled with indiges-
ton for more than year. | bought
one box of Mi-o-na and ii cured me-
Now | would not be without a box in
the house for $4,000. 1t saves lot
when you can be cured for 80 cents"
Arthur Eederguest, Nichols ST.,
Wakefield, Mass. Nov Z. 1909
Mi-o-na stomach tablets cost soc
box at druggists everywhere and at
the l4aurens Drug Co.
Booths Pills will give constipation
sufferers joyful surprise. 25c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-01-26

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is Chamberlain g
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They do
the work whenever you require their
aid. These tablets change weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy.
gloominess into joyousness. Their
action is so gentle one don't realize
they have taken purgative Sold by
LaurenS Drug Co