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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
SENATOR GRADY WAS
A TAMMANY IDOL.
Silver Tongued Orator Was Famously
Witty and Picturesque.

Senator Thomas f. Grady of New
York, who died recently, was for near
ly a quarter of a century an idol of
Tammany Hall, one of its most highly
esteemed orators, famously witty and
picturesque. and for the last sixteen
years one of the leading Democrats i'm
the legislature.
Senator Grady was born on Nov. 81.
1853, His fame as an orator and the
llkeableness of his personality began
rapidly to earn him political promi-
nence, and In 1877 he first went to the
legislature as an assemblyman from
the Second district He served until
1880 in the lower house and then was
sent to the senate. He arrayed him
self against Grover Cleveland. then
governor. and succeeded in making
himGsif so great thorn In the future
presidents side that Cleveland wrote
a letter TO John Kelly. then leader
of Tammany. asking him 10 prevent
Grady's return To The senate.
Mr.. Cleveland said, among other
things, that Grady's activities in the
senate interfered with his personal
comfort"
So Grady, with his silver tongue
and stinging wit. went out in a great
huff from the ranks of the party. took
the stump against Cleveland. support
fng Butler He was out i'm the po-
lltical cold until at a special election
In 1889 he was reelected to the SEN
ate, only, however, to he defeated i'm
the same year. when he stood for re-
In 1896 he went back to the senate
and served there continuously up to
the time of his death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
RESTORING CONGRESS HALL
Building to Appear as When Washing
ton Took Oath as President.

ton tOcN 0aNH dS TTcstuSHt-
Old Congress hall, adjoining Inde-
pendence hall. Philadelphia, is under
going repairs more extensive than have
been made since 1920. At that time
many changes were made in the build
ing so that 1t might be used as a court
room.
When finished the building will have
been restored to the appearance it had
when George Washington took the oath
as president in an alcoye OF the senate
chamber on the second floor.
The work is being done under the su-
pervision Of members of the Philadel
phia chapter American Institute OF
Architects. For the next two months
the work will be confined to ripping
out and replacing structural supports
A scaffold has been erected on the
ground floor, and the wooden pillars
which have stood since 1920, are being
torn away. as they were not In tht
building as originally built.
At present there are wooden column.
all through the building. Some of thes,
were originally there, but have beer
transferred from former positions
They will be changed about and tn,
others removed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
LATEST FREAK JOURNEY.
Journalist In Tour of France TO Us.
Every Means of Transportation.


Every Means of Transportation.
The mania for record breaking trav.
el Is increasing in France.
A representative of the Paris Intran.
sigent is making a tour around France.
to be accomplished In the shortest pos.
slhle time. lie intends to use an aero.
will swim a few rivers as well. A fea-
ture Of the circuit is that he must
make use of every existing means of
transportation at least once.
He will travel night and day and
cover about 1900 miles, his route TAX
Ing in Amiens, Lille. Havre, Trouville,
Caen, RenneS, Brest, Nantes, Bor-
deaux, Toulouse, Marseilles. Nice, Gre
noble. Belfort. Nancy and Rheims and
.hen back to Paris. While the trip
would cost only $50 by train, the
hustling newspaper man will, it is ex-
pected. spend several times that
amount. but the time saved compared
with railway travel will be very great
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
DR.. w. H. FURNESS SAYS
cHIMPANzEES THINK.
Psychologists Experiments Give Him
Faith In Their Power to Reason.

DIR. William III. Furness, a psycholo-
gist of Wallingford. Pa, after several
years of work has succeeded in edu.
eating two ehimpanzees to a point
where, he declares, they have proved
they have reasoning powers.
his experiments, he says, have con-
clusively demonstrated that chimpan-
zees are capable Of discriminating be-
tween objects and that the lower ami
mails when properly trained utilize the
functions Of brain and really think.
When the chimpanzees had attained
perfection in mimicry a gradual deyia-
( ton was made to other lines In order
, to determine their reasoning powers.
At this point the animals pass from
those Of merely the animal into the
near realm of the human.
Boards were placed in the cages hav-
Ing large square opening and large
holes The animals were given a ball
and square piece of wood, both of
which exactly fitted openings In the
board. The careful scrutiny of the
instructors saw that the animals ex-
amined the block and ball and pound
I'd them against the board In high glee.
After few days one of the chimpan-
Fees looked intently at the square open
Ing in the board and endeavored to
force the ball through 1t. The open
Ing was too small TO allow its passage.
and the chimpanzee then picked up the
square block aud pushed II through.
Later both animals, DIR. Furness says,
by the slow process of pure reason
without the slightest assistance on his
part. learned that only the ball would
fit into the circle and only the block
would pass through the square.
An extension of the experiment has
been made during the past two years.
and 1t has been learned that the chin
panzees win now differentiate any size
or shape.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
LAMPOON'S HALL OF FAME.
Hsrvard's Humorous Paper Selects
List of twenty.

Hsrvard's Humorous Paper Selects
List Of Twenty.
In selecting a list OF the twenty
greatest persons the world has evei
seen," the Lampoon. Haryard's hu
morous bimonthly, includes Theodore
Roosevelt, Brigham Young and Alex
ander Dowie. The Rev Clarence v
t. Richeson also has niche In the
hall Of fame
,rr The seul6 L6amR2oB ElISs pyhilsa-pP ,deGryIns
says 1t considers its list. which is a
mixed one, n well balanced selection.
The twenty who have found favor
are in the order given: Adam and
Eve, the whale that swallowed Jonah
Alcibiades the Just, Edward the Con
fessor, Edward who didn't confess
Brigham Young. Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander Dowie. Professor Baker
John Bull, John Morse, Richeson
Christopher Columbus, Rhinehart
Lowandes, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ma
poleon, Billings and Slower.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
NEW STAMPS READY.
Postmasters Advised as to Requisi-
tions For Latest Series.

tons For Latest ScFfcs.
The supply of the new series Of post
age stamps is now available TO be
drawn on by postmasters, according
to an order in the current issue or the
United States Official Postal Guide.
Requisitions by postmasters Tor
stamps. however, will be filed in part
with the old series until the old series
is exhausted, and postmasters are In
structed in the order that they should
not draw acquisitions merely because
of the novelty of the new stamps II
they have sufficient stock Of stamps
on hand to provide for their patrons.
They are also instructed that the old
er stamps should remain on sale until
exhausted, but that new stamps may
be supplied, If in stock, when preferred
by purchasers.
In the new series the one cent green
and two cent red stamps bear the head
of Washington in profile, from Hou
don's bust. the portrait being within
a plain ellipse on end, with branches
of laurel on each side. The colors OF
the five higher denominations ol
stamps in the new series are: Eight
cent, olive; ten cent, dark yellow; fif
teen cent, gray: fifty cent, lavender
one dollar. dark brown. These bear
portrait of Franklin In profile, from
Houdon's bust, with an ellipse on end
and on either side of the lower part o
the ellipse are branches of oak leaves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
DEWEY FOR FOUR WARSHIPS.
To Take the Place Of Four That Are
Soon to Go Out as Obsolete.

Admiral Dewey has declared himself
In favor of four new battleships. These
are needed, Admiral Dewey says, to re-
place four ships which will go out OF
the line as obsolete next year. He Is
confident that the navy viii get at least
two battleships this year.
"The authorization Of two new battle
ships at this session of congress Is nee
essary to prevent a step backward y
said Admiral Dewey, but four are
needed to keep the feet up to Its pres
ent standing.
"Four battleships authorized this
year would take the place Of the four
that are soon to go out as obsolete.
These antiquated vessels are the Iowa,
the Indiana, the Massachusetts, and the
Oregon. They have neither the speed
guns nor armor of the present day re-
0uirements."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
WOULD REINSTATE HAMS.
Resolution Returning Him to Army
and Rank Now In Senate.

Resolution Returning Him to Army
and Rank Now In Senate.
Peter c. Hains, who shot and killed
William E. Annis, will be restored to
his former grade and rank of captain
in the army IL bill introduced by Sen
ator Rayner becomes law.
The bill provides that Hams be Civ
en- the position he had at the time OF
his removal from the army. An extra
number is allowed for the grade in or
der that no officer may sustain injury
through this action
After Captain Hains began serving
his prison sentence an act was passed
by congress providing that all officers
convicted of criminal offenses in state
courts should be removed from the
army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
CHURCHES GAIN SLOWLY.

6e4 200 Increase In 1911, Catholics and
Msthodists Getting Four-fiftha
The Catholic church showed the
greatest numerical gain last year, with
23O, 900 new members, while the Meth
odist church shows the greatest pro-
portionate gain with 204, 900, according
to DIR. H. K Carroll. formerly director
Of the religious census. The total gain
Of all churches was $4,000. The In
crease is less than II per cent
'It cannot be considered at all saIis-
factory" comments DIR. Carroll. THE
greater part OF this country's popula-
don are not church "ombers."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

Present Occasion Recalls the BareeIons
Disturbance of 1909.

FrescHN oCCaSton recslts the barcelona q
Disturbance of 1909.
The present disturbance In Spain
and the proclamation OF martial law
recall the last preceding declaration
Of martial law In the summer of 1909.
when the efforts of the government to
put down the revolutionary outbreak
eliminated in the execution of Pro-
fessor Ferrer. a distinguished educa-
tor of antimonarchical principles. The
trouble, which began at Barcelona.
was cansad -hFampafgn against e1c
Riffs I'm Morocco. The calling out or
reserves for the reinforcement OF the
army was a signal for general strike
and the beginning of mob violence.
Barcelona was for a time at the mer-
cy of q mob that burned churches and
monastic institutions. Much blood
was shed before the disturbers were
suppressed. This was late in July.
Early I'm August an attempt 10 create
general strike In Madrid failed
Professor Ferrer was arrested. charg-
ed with being the prime mover In the
revolutionary activity at Barcelona,
was tried by court martial and shot
on Oct. Is.
During the gravest period OF the dis
turbance, in August. there were ru-
mors Of a Carlist uprising. but Don
Jaime of Bourbon appeared not to en-
courage the movement. The govern
ment stamped out the rebellion. but
tho upnonulsr rity of the Riff campaign,
the storm caused by the execution OF
Professor Ferrer and criticism of the
action of the government In maintain
ing the suspension Of the constitution
al guarantees at Barcelona and Gero
ma for some time after the necessity
for this course appeared to have pass
ed led to the resignation Of the Maura
cabinet, which was succeeded on Oct
% by the Moret ministry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
BERESFORD ON
The ADMIRALTY
"1he Betrayal" Flags the Brit
lsh Naval Policy.
COMMERCE NOT PROTECTED.

Coal Reserves, Docks and Personnei
Said to Be Deficient--Not Ready For
German War-Evils Will Take Lors
Time to Cure.
The book of Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford (retired) on the British ma
val policy since 1902, which has been
looked forward to with eager interest,
II out.
The title of the book, "The Be-
trayal," Is the keynote of the text. IL
contains a trenchant attack on the
British naval policy of the last ten
years, the evils OF which, the author
says, have gone deep and will take a
long time to cure.
Lord Charles denounces the present
scheme for the education of officers as
utterly impracticable. 1t does not give
the navy skilled engineers, he says,
while the system of cramming exami-
nations he considers useless and IN
furious.
Where Naval Policy Failed.
Another grave failure OF the naval
policy, In the opinion of Lord Charles.
y the policy in regard to cruisers and
torpedo boat destroyers. Eighty OF
these vessels. he says. went to the
scrap heap in 1904, and they have not
been replaced. The result of this is
that these classes in 1909 had fallen
by forty Ave and thirty, though simi'
lar classes In Germany rose at the
same time by twenty and forty.
The refusal of the admiralty to con
struct docks for the biggest battle'ships
is denounced by Lord Charles as u be
travail of public trust. Germany. III
says, has built big docks concurrGntly
with her battleships, but even now thu
vessels of Great Britain are being lef
to take chances In case OF emergency.
Thedenuding of the great trade route'
of protecting cruisers and the weaken
ing Of the defenses of the Mediterra
mean through parsimony come unde
the lash Of the writer. The whip de
scends also on the admiralty's appar
ant idea that it was building Dread
nouqhts that would paralyze foreigl
powers, while as matter OF fact, Lore
Charles declares, 1t has gradually ap
peared that the American, Japanes
and German battleships are actuali.
superior to the Dreadnought In hgn'
ing power.
Germany underestimated.
Lord Charles is particularly sever
ON the admiralty's admission In i9o
that It had underestimated Germany,
and overestimated Great Britain
building capacity. He says that tn
admiralty was aware Of this fact lon
before that time, but suppressed tn
knowledge.
Lord Charles searchingly criticise
the famous admiralty memorandui
dealing with a possible invasion o
Germany and the provision again'
such an attack and alleges that tnei
were grave deficiencies In the coal e
serves, supply Of stores and conditio
az docks as well as in the personnei.
Hs concludes by making the gener
ledpction that while individual ONCE!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
WOULD HONOR THE BEAVER.
Government Is Going to Perpetuate
Him as a National Institution.

Him as National Institution.
The busy. dam building beavers OF
the Yellowstone National park have
proved so attractive to visitors there
that the government, desirous OF max
ing the national parks as much as pos
sible the Fairgrounds OF the people"
has about decided to place colonies OF
beavers In other parks.
1.-The beaver deserves a place In the
history Of the country" said an inte-
rior department official, "for he was a
potent factor in the exploration Of the
Rocky mountain region. the early trap
pers usually being In search OF beavers
when they penetrated and explored the
fastness Of the mountains The beaver
formerly abounded throughout north
ern America, but is now found only In
thinly settled regions and In parks
where they are protected"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
FLAGS FOR NEW CITIZEN.
Colorado Judge Gives Object Lesson
In Patriotism

An American dag 8 by IL feet has
been hung back of Judge wilkins desk
In the district court room at Canon
City, Colo. us an object lesson In pa
triotism to foreigners applying for nat.
uralization. Judge wilkins believes
that with the symbol of the national
sovereignty before them petitioners for
citizenship will have better under.
standing of what the flag means.
Hereafter Judge wilkins will pre-.
sent with each naturalization q small
silk flag with an explanation Of its
protection to those who obey the laws
and the constituted authorities OF the
land
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27
MRS. STEVENS
RECEIVERS
After Years of Suffering.
Tells How Her Health
Was Regained.
Waurika, Okla. had female trou-
bles for seven years, was all run down,

and so nervous i
could not do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things but did
me no good. / got
so bad that / could
not sleep day or
night. While in this
condition ! read of
Lydia Z. Pinkham's s
Vege table Com
pound, and began
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

were never more efficient the feet as
a whole, considering its vastly increas
ed responsibilities, has seldom been
less adequate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-27

Japan manufactures every yea
about S7,OOO.0O0 worth of matches.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

flecks the sWarthy breast Here muscles swell to some good account and would make the braWn of the fancy oarsmen look small. Here are breaths of ozone laden air. as if the lungs of the breather could drink in all the free winds that are hastening from the thunder heads" of silver rolling up over the tops of distant mountains
 Hasten, then, for the gray veil of the coming rain is already visible far across the valley. Was there ever ride grander than that ride scurrying up to the barns? You lie on your back and watch the grand clouds. You rest after the hot eX- ertion of the fields, as the laboring yoke swing over the knolls and out of the holoWs, the rat-a- tat-tat of a stiff weed or two drumming at the spOkes of the wheels.
 Do you think, man of the town you can endure it to heup "moW away" up under the hot roof, half buried by the eager pitchers who
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

success there are some failures due to
 two causes. First, the ditches were
 not laid out by competent engineers
 who were familiar with the subject.
 Second, the system was built by men
 whose knowledge of concrete was
 gained by laying sidewalks and foun-
 dations. Wherever a system is to be
 installed the first requirement is a
 competent man to design it. Much
 money and labor has been lost by
 building ditches too large or locating
 them in such a manner that the cost
 of leVeling the land to conform to the
 ditches was unnecessarily large. Con-
 crete ditches represent a considerable
 investment and are a permanent inn
 provement, and their design and To-
 cation is most important matter ! It should not be determined in a hap
 hazard way but by the employment of engineers familiar with the subject
 The construction of as thin d wall as is required requires painstakng care and an accurate Knowledge ot concrete. The proper proportion to 1 use and the method of mixing vary i so greatly under different conditions that no set rule can be given.
 In regard to the cost, that varies SC greatly that any figure must be only approximate. small ditch in one To. i cation might cost more than a larger one in another The location. the size and shape of the ditch, the amount ot 1 grading, all are factors in determinine ! the cost. The ditches that have beer 1 built vary in cost from 25 cents to Y J cents per lineal foot. A concrete ditcF
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
DON'T MISS HAVING TIME

It is having time, and you want to be there, The oxen are on the cart, and backing out of the big barn floor. They pull enough scattered hay along with their backward scrambling hoofs to feed a pair of city horses. The heavy cart bumps over the doorsill, and the forks jingle merrily Climb on the wagon. Have a care, too, for a haycart has little flooring and you do not want to drop through. Is everybody on board? Is everybody through with his drink of molasses water, with ginger and a little cider in it? Can you still drink from a jug. balancing it on your extended elbow, as you could so long ago?
 What fragrance is in the open field as if each cock or tumble of the wait ing hay were a perfume loaded bOu- quet. What a bending of the fork handles, as if the pitchers were veri- table giants. Here is the sweat oi the brow" for man. Here hayseed
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

no cleaning if properly designed. The and on the south side under the high line canal the seepge amounts to a great deal In these localities more over the velocity of the water is so high owing to the steep grade, that the banks are rapidly washed away and must be rebuilt after every run of water Moreover. these ditcheS in crease in size so rapidly that the cost of the land which they occupy would be sufficient to pay for concrete lining In one instance an earth ditch ten feet wide and eight feet deep was replaced by concrete ditch three feet wide and one foot deep thereby say ing a large acreage which formerly had been unavailable for cultivation. On one ranch the owner paid $1S.00 to repair the banks after one run of water.
 Besides these obvious advantages there is the cost of irrigation to be taken into consideration. With con crete lined ditch the water can be handled with an ease and rapidity which is remarkable. When two or three men had formerly all they could handle one man has no difficulty in taking care of large ranch. By the use of a light check gate which he can carry with him. one man can have absolute control over the flow of wa ter Irrigation becomes an actual pleasure instead of an onerous duty. Muddy water soon silts up dirt ditches. but water drawn from wells
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
CONCRETE DITCHES
 MANY ADVANTAGES
Sa, ing of Woter, Time and Labor
 by Their Use

Although concrete ditches Ire of comparatively recent origin ia Ari- zOna they are rapidly coming into general use. The need of some kind If a lining for dirt ditches is now recognized and only the belief that the cost of a concrete ditch would be prohibitive has deterred people from installing them With cheaper ce- ment. however. and greater facilities for trans portatiOn it is probable that many of the ranches in the valley will be equipped with what is in real iJy a need. It is no uncommon sight 10 see a puddle of water on our coun- try roads In nine cases out of ten this was due to break in a ditch caused by a gohper hole. or when ir- rigating the water is found to come slower and slower finally stopping altogether.
 Another evil in the valley is the foulness of ditches. Many of the ditches are lined with weeds and many a fine ranch is seeded rapidly The seeds are carried by the water