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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
CRITIC "WRoTE UP" WEDDING
His Regular Line Was the Drama and
Customary Style Showed In
His Work.

In the absence of the regular soci-
ETY. reporter the dramatic critic OF the
Daily Doings was detailed to cover a
wedding. "Tll do the best l can," he
said, "but feel sure shall make q
mess OF It."
This Is what he turned in--omitting
the preliminary remarks about the
size of the house and the delay In be-
ginning the performance:
"Mr. Barker, In the role of the
bridegroom, acted the part In stifY
yet listless manner. He has good
stage presence, but mars the effect by
total lack OF animation and an al
most inaudible voice. Miss Perkins,
as the bride. was much more effective.
Her costume was bewildering, yet
true to life. II one may venture to
csiticize, her effort to overcome her
obvious stage fright was trife too
evident. She was In good voice, how.
ever, and her enunciation was clear
and distinct.
1T must be pointed out that both
Miss Perkins and Mr.. Barker were
deficient In their lines, and had to be
prompted almost constantly by the
Rev. Henry Harper. who. as the ON.
ciating clergyman, was decidedly the
star Of the performance"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
Freezing Out Hay Fever.

my hay fever" he said, strikes me
on July Q every year. rain or shine.
On July go to bed well man and
the next morning / rise with watery
eyes, red and swollen nose, clogged
up tight and dry, wide-open mouth
through which / breathe with noisy
wheezes. My head feels distended. It
feels as though 1t were being stretched
on q form--like you stretch shoe or q
glove. you know"
s'But today" we said.
To-day" he exulted, I'm cured. To-
day for the first July In seventeen
years I'm my own man. Cold storage
that maligned cold storage-is what
has put me on my feet.
"The cure Is simple. Every day or
two spend an hour In cold storage
warehouse, wandering In tempera-
ture OF 30 degrees. among chickens
and hogs and beeves all white with
frost.
This treatment seems to freeze the
hay fever out OF the system. he same
as It freezes moths out OF fur. 1t has
cured me and dozens Of others. ! must
write to the Hay Fever association
about it"-Buffalo Express.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
MUCH LIKE THE HUMAN RACE
Admittedly the Fly Has No Sense,
But Is Mankind Really Far
SUPERIOR

1T Is a mighty good thing for the
people of this country" says Abe Pc
ters, that the fly hasn't any sense A
fly will walk deliberately into any sort
of a trap with its eyes wide open. Put
down a piece of sticky fly paper and
pretty soon dozen flies are fast on 1t.
That isn't SO remarkable, but every
one of them kick and struggle as long
as It lasts, telling every other fly that
1t is In trouble.
Naturally. one would suppose that
the other flies, seeing what the first
dozen had got into. would keep away,
but they don't. The more flies get
stuck on the paper, the more the 9TH
ers want to get on. 1t Is SO with any
sort of trap. You can't fix up anything
in the nature OF trap that fool fly
won't fall for. If 1t wasn't for the fact
that fly can raise family inside of
a week, and that baby fly on Monday
morning may be the great-grandmoth-
er of million Aies before Saturday
night, the tribe would have been ex-
tfnguished long ago.
"And yet, come to think II over, !
don't know but that flies show about
as much sense as a lot of humans. The
fool humans keep walking into traps
with their eyes wide open year after
year, and don't seem to learn much of
anything from either observation or
experience. Every time see young
fellow just throwing himself away and
running all his chances forever of
amounting to anything and doing 1t
with his eyes wide open, say to my
self, Well. / guess there are a good
many of us humans who haven't any
more sense than so many fool fies.' 49,
Topeka Capital.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
LAUGH WAS ON PROFESSOR
Interchange Of Wit Closed the Con-
troversy With the Honors
More Than Even.

At the banquet given by the class
In salesmanship and advertising OF
the Y. M. C. A, Department Secretary
Miller told little story of his Oberlin
college days.
1t happened in the chemistry class,
and the professor had just asked Mil
Ter to define gravity. The somewhat
hurried definition contained the word
"pull," and this irritated the instruc-
tor. He declared there was no such
energy In nature as pull. Whereupon
Miller undertook to illustrate his def
milton by lifting q chair to the level OF
his chin and then thrusting 1t straight
out.
"One is push; the other pull" he
said.
Here was the professors chance.
II have long suspected" he said.
that Miller considers his chin the
center of gravity"
and long, the professor leading. and
then Miller subsided.
But when the merriment died away
a young woman in the front row
caught the professors attention.
Il would like to ask a question ?"
she said.
"Yes. Miss Myers. what is it?"
The young woman spoke up very
clearly.
Il want to ask whether you would
push or pull radish?"
And that closed the controversy
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
CONQUEST OF THE EARTH
Achievements of Past Twelve Years
Not Equalsd In Any Similar
Period In History.

Though In days pre-eminent for
mans conquest OF Nature by science
and engineering, says Worlds Work.
Amundsen's journey to the South
Pole. like Peary's to the North Pole.
was made with only the appliances or
previous generations. The poles were
discovered by the endurance OF dogs
and men, spurred on by the old spirit
OF adventure and the lust for difficult
and dangerous tasks that stirred the
adventurers of old. In another GEN.
tury or two the era OF the pole dis
coveries will be hailed as the good
old times when men were still men
and civilization had not made the
world effete.
The twelve years ending with the
discovery OF the South Pole are as
full OF dramatic achievement as the
days of Drake and Raleigh, for not
even In those times was there more
extraordinary series OF discoveries
and conQuests packed into q dozen
years.
In 1900 only one man had been the
length OF Africa by land, and the Cape
to Cairo Railroad was but a dream.
There was not railroad across South
America. A great part of Siberia was
without rail or road except the old
caravan trails. China was practically
without railroads. Lhassa was un-
known, forbidden to the white man.
During century and half men had
tried to reach the South Pole and
failed, and the North Pole had baf-
fed the efforts of four hundred years.
Within a dozen years white men
have travelled over the great desert.
visited Lake Chad. made a protecto-
rate over Timbuctoo. The days OF the
Mahdi at Khartum are ended and any
tourist may travel there comfortably
by rail. The Cape to Cairo Railroad
Is an assured fact. The heart OF Az
rica is now no more remote from the
popular imagination than Oklahoma
City was in 1900.
In South America the Trans-Andean
Railroad is In full operation across the
continent as the Trans-Sfberinn Is
across Asia. Even China has her rail-
roads. Lhassa has been visited by a
British army and both poles are the
common property of every fireside
that boasts OF books, magazines or
newspapers.
Such a record may Justify feeling
OF pride that the spirit OF conquest
and adventure Is az alive as ever and
accompanied with all the courage and
hardihood that blessed any earlier gen.
Grafton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24

Often the hunt for rich wife ends
when the man meets woman that uses
Electric Bitter. Her strong nerves tell
In bright brain and even temper.
Her peach bloom complexion and ruby
lips result from her pure blood; her
bright eyes from restful sleep; her
elastic step from 6rm. free muscles,
AL telling OF tho health and strength
Electric Bitters give woman, and the
Freedom from indigestion, backache.
headache, fainting and dizzy spells
they promote. Everywhere they are
woman's favorite remedy. n weak or
ailing try them. Soc at all druggists
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
TURKS ENJOY HORSE RACING
First Event of the Kind at Constanti-
nopie Proved Exceedingly
Popular.

An enormous and motley crowd
gathered on the beautiful plain of Veil
Effendi, on the shores of the Mar
mora. to witness the first horse races
of the Ottoman metropolis. The day
was magnificent, the weather propi-
tious and the people at the height OF
their festive mood. The Moslems
had never seen horse races before.
To them 1t was In every way new
spectacle, and to all 1t was real
sign of advancing times.
Among the many thousands of spec
tators women predominated. Hours
before the show they came from every
quarter with baskets of provisions, In
tending to spend the whole day In gaz-
Ing at any chatting over the events of
the day. The groups of Turkish "han-
Gums" In their bright. multi-colored
tcharshafs, feredjehs and yashmaks
were picturesque In the highest de-
gree.
The ladies' of the imperial harem
watched the races from their car
riages. The SULTAN was fatigued and
did not attend and his absence was a
great disappointment to performers
and spectators alike. Many Of the
diplomatic body were present on spe-
cially constructed platforms and large
numbers OF the most elegant elements
of the European quarter also attend
ed.
There We're six races, and the high
est prize, 100 Turkish liras, was won
by Lieut.. Djelai Effendi, a smart off,
Ger who rode beautiful Arab horse,
zip-Zip. There was also a steeple-
chase, In which only two officers par
ticipated, and Rushdi-Bey proved the
winner
Several deficiencies, such as not
keeping exact time and the inexperi-
ence of the judges. will undoubtedly
be remedied on the next occasion
Constantinople Correspondence Lon.
uon Chronicle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
FARMER HIS OWN BUTCHER
That Was the Oid-F Fashioned Plan
and One Writer Considers IL
a Good One.

A contributor says that every farm
er ought to make his own meat At
present, he says, many are buying
meat at from thirty-five to fifty per
cent. above the cost. The time has
returned, he claims, when Ii will not
only pay every farmer to raise his own
meat. but to cure 1t for family use and
for sale besides. He goes on:
Five million dollars q year spent
for meat that might have been raised
on the farm, and the money kept at
home, is Kansas record. And it is a
mistake. 1t shows We are advancing
backward In some things.
"The good old butchering days of
our fathers ought to return, and with
them a full knowledge of how to cure
the meat In various ways, so when
the fresh was gone, we should have
some of the finest. most appetite sat
isfying meats on hand the year round.
Kansas has awakened, and the state
agricultural college Is leading by put
ting la a killing and curing plant,
where all students may learn this use
full art from start to finish. What the
grain growing farmers OF the west
have done, the milk making owners OF
eastern farms have followed, and to-
day there are thousands of farmers
families that never see home cured
ham or taste rasher OF bacon or a
slice Of salt pork that Is not got from
the meat dealer.
Having to spend money for meat,
many families lack a sufficiency Of
this sinew-making food. and who may
say that not a few failures to make
good on the farm are due to lack OF
the meat which stimulates" Farm
aud Fireside.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24

testify, as the bride looked back with
tense interest to man crossing
Long Acre Square 'shom the lecturer
on the wagon had pointed out In pass
ing as Sig. Perugini.
who is he, any way?" demanded
the groom.
He's Lillian Russell's oldest living
ex-husband, that's who he Isl"
snapped the bride.
And the wagon rolled on while the
groom gloomed and the other passen-
gers Uttered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
Underwear de Luxe.

Jack London. the novelist, has ho-
boed II for the fun of the thing, and
many are the yarns he tells OF that
wild. free life.
"On an evening OF early summer"
Mr.. London said at q dinner in Los
Angeles, II sat with group OF ho-
boes on q quiet Dump cooking q to-
fnato-can Of coffee. As we chewed our
punk--punk IL bread. you known
the twilight q hobo on my left side
said:
Hey, Nosey, left on your under
wear YETI
"Nosey. who was cutting up stumps
for his pipe. answered:
"'Well. shed q doormat last week,
but I'm still wearin' couple q yards
o carpet'"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24

A large photograph OF Prince Henry
Of Prussia and Count Zeppelin. the
former In the full dress Of German
admiral and the other in regulation
day Dress" hangs In room of a
Hamburg hotel. where the men posed
for the picture. Under the picture is
written: Two famous admirals." and
the record of the trip which the
friends made In Zeppelin dirigible
balloon from Hamburg to Bremen and
return. which, because of the furious
storm encountered, has become known
AZ the thunder and lightning trip"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
Beware Of for Catarrh that Contain
Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
should never bs used except on pre-
scriPtions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do II ten fold to
the good that can possibly b derived
ufactured by #. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo.
O., contains no mercury and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. III
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t ID taken internally
and made In Toledo, o., by Frank j
Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold By al Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
The Truly orsaf.

A bride and groom gave side line
Of added interest to q load Of sight
seers on "rubberneck wagon. see
ing Broadway" last Thursday after
noon, relates the New York Sun. ow-
ing to the fact thnt the flrst spat Of
their newly welded life was well un-
der way.
you seem to be interested very
mucA IL that mani" aai6 tn groom
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24

Laying OIL Gee Whit had you
tabled for one OF those 'cut-ups' that
worked right through the 365 squares
on the calendar. What about it?"
well, you see, George" said the
idle one. 1--WE been boosting my sal
airy till I've got It so high the mana
gers won't pay It."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
ha Oxernlaxed II.

Hello. Billy, old pal" was George
M. Cohan's cordial greeting. says the
New York Globe, as q well-known vau-
deville performer was ushered into
Mr.. Cohan's dressing room one night
recently. "How's every little thing!"
Tracks trife slow just now.
George. I'm laying on this week." an
sHara1 thA Yaudevtller.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
MADE HIM EARN CHERRY PIE
lRssourcssul and Independent Dsueh.
tsr Gave Old Eph just the Lesson
He Needed.

Eph Wasson did not believe In the
sweetness Of bread earned by the
sweat Of the brow-at least, not by
the sweat Of his own brow. So Mandy,
his wife. like many another industri-
Gus ooiored woman, not only took In
washing to pay for the groceries. but
lchopped her own wood. built the fires.
and waited on Eph besides.
But there was change when their
daughtar Clarissa came home. "Clar,
who was an expert cook. had gone
20 school and become q teacher. and
had acquired en- independent spirit.
iDns quickly took In the domestic sit
uation.
Nov all the spring Eph had watch,
ID the cherry tree In his back yard
with . watering mouth. II there was
one thing that Eph liked more than
another It was cherry pie; and Clar
was famous for her cherry pie. AS
good luck would have II, she had come
home just as tho cherries were ripe.
"Clar. honsy." said Eph. In wheed-
ling tone. the morning after her ar
sival. won't you cook yo' ole daddy
= cherry pief''
VERY WELL" said Clar. and Eph shuf-
Asd OF happily to his usual loafing
place.
Law, honey" said Mandy, when
lClar started to make the pie. "dar
amt enough wood. Yo' mammyll have
TO get some"
mot . stick!" ordered Clar. en-
lphatically.
Moreover, there was no sugar. and
only . half-cup OF Aour. However.
that did not disturb Clar. She pick
ID . pint Of cherries, put them In a
pan, and poured over them the pint
of Aour stirred In water. This mix
Ituss she put In the oven and lighted
fhs only two sticks OF wood In tha
house.
~ noon Eph came In with eager
nnltclpation. and sitting down at the
table. called for bic pie. Clar set It
before him. He rolled his eyes at
the mess IN astonishment. It was q
Qussr-looking pie: still Clar was al
ways learning something new. He cut
into It and took big mouthful.
why" he exclaimed. you done for
GOT to put the sugar I'M"
mo" said the daughter. "You for
rot to get It."
"'Tain't half done!" he erumbled,
with the sour, clammy mixture stick
ing 70 his testh.
1T cooked ~ long as the wood last
Cd said Clar. unconcernedly.
And amt had . cherry pie for
mors'n two years." Eph said. pushing
the plate hack and shaking his head
mournfully.
when you Get something to make
It with and something to cook 1t with.
III bake you . cherry pie." said Clar
~Huh!" grumbled Dph. in disgust.
II r. got to work for cherry pie.
I'd ruther have green's"
"All right" said Clar. "The green's
are out IN the pasture; 50 eat en-"
But the next day there were wood
and ilour and sugar In the house In
time for : cherry pie. After missing
three regular meals. Eph had conclud-
"a that victuals Of any sort were worth
working for-if he could not get them
In any other way.-Youth's Compan-
lon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
They Put An End To It.

Charles Sable, so Cook st.. Rochester,
N. T.. says he recommends Foley Kid
ney Pills 1t every opportunity because
they gave him prompt relief from !
bad case Of kidney trouble that had
long bothered him. such = recon-
mendation, coming from Mr.. Sable.
is dilect and convincing evidence Of
the great curative qualities II Foley
Kidney PilIa Fox sals By al dEuegists
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24

4 factory to produce artificial rub
bor has been established ct Yumiden.
~ port at the mouth Of the North
- alnel. 4 = said that The com
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-07-24
@zaA@zsb
Always Ready

From the moment Studebakcr
Flanders) "20"i is delivered, you have
car ready to 60 on the job. 1t will stand
up to its work day in and day out take
the hills and rough places as cheerfully as
the smooth, and the only care it asks is
fabrication.
Studebaker cars are built for honest
everyday service, and will give you seruice
not excuses. You can start on the
longest journey in full confidence that you
will finish as strong as you began.
Mechanical stability, beauty of design,
simplicity of control, low price and low
upkeep cost combine to make the Stude-
baker go" an ideal car.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06
school,.
At Enterprise Free from Scar
let Fever and Will Re-
sumo Work Monday.

The Enterprise public school did
not reopen with tie other schools of
that section owing 70 a desire Of the
board of education to have the build
ing dlsinfected and to eliminate all
probabilities Of spreading Contagious
diseases. Mrs. Wayne Coffindaffer,
one Of the teachers fnsthe school, was
taken i'll during the holidays with
what was thought to be scarlet fever,
but which was later found to be
mild form of scarlitina. This case
and another case at Enterprise led the
board to take all precautions to guard.
the health of the pupils by dislnfect-
ing the rooms. All places that were
under quarantine are now free and I'M
less other cases develop the school
will open Monday. a method Of dis
injecting approved by the state
health department, will be usedto in
sure positive results.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06
Some Political Gossip.

There is an, interesting political
gospel that the city Socialist ticket
next spring is to read something at
ter the manner of the following: !
For mayor, P. M. Long; for chief
of police, Robert A. Garrett; for city
clerk, Thomas Raymond; for col
hector and treasurer, Jasper s. Kyle;
and SO on.
Another story is that they may
not decide to run for office but that
they will act as a nominating adj
visory board. AS yet there has been
no official declaration on their part
in this respect, but II they Should
aspire to- either nomination or adj
vice-giving in this respect, doubtless
they viii make it public in time for
both. the Republican and Democratic
parties to take notice as they have
been affiliated at times with either
party.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06
Care of Little Folk.

For several years there has been
much regret that there was no
place to which little ones sent to the
reform school at Pruntytown could
be sent instead of to that reforma-
tory, but with working arrange
meDt between that institution and
the state humane society and the
State Board of Control. the question
has finally been solved.
Governor Glasscock during, the
summer expressed himself on this
question, holding that riany little
ones sent to the reform school should
be transferred to- the ,children's
home at Elkins If there were places
for them. 1t has also been arranged
that where the children's home Of
ficials find a boy should be in the
reformatory instead of in the chill
dren's home, he will be sent over
to Pruntytown. I
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06
PARTON
Are Refused by Governor to
-Four Inmates OF. the
State Prison.

CHARLESTON. Jan. 6 Four
more applications for pardon have
been refused by Governor Glasscock
following the recommendation of
Pardon Attorney Pierson. The men
are Lee Legg, aged 25, white, sent
up from Cabell county in October,
1910, for two years for forgery.
. Chester and Bud Dawson, of Har-
rison county, hut sent up stfrom
Wetzel county in January, 1871 0, for
robbing their aged grandmother,
Rebecca Ann starkey.s ~ SO
George Fleming, aged 2s, white;
sent up from Logan county for two
years for grand larceny. Flemipg
claims he was asked BY a man named
Gore to help butcher hog, and for
his services was to- have fifteen
pounds Of pork. The hog was
stolen but Fleming claims he did
not know it, and therefore could not
have been guilty Of larceny.
NJ. w. Curtis, aged SO, white,
was given ten years by, the criminal
court Of Cabell county for arson. !,
Isaac Gillespie alleged he was en-
ployed by Curtis to burn store
and dwelling in which Curtis had
some goods. Curtis claims he was
compelled to plead guilty because
he was unable to employ counsel.
and that Gillespie, who is also sery-
ing ten years for the same oftense,
has since declared he swore falsely.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06

Lunacy proceedings are possible
If that West Union editor, who is
giving Senator George W. Bland a
lot of notorious prominence, adheres
much longer to the idea that the
people should vote after men are
elected to the legislature to tell them
what they shall do. Usually, the
people require them before election
to pledge themselves on current
questions. If their declarations do
not suit the people, ordinarily they
are defeated. IN this case the West
Union editor wants them to go to
the legislature unpledged and then
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-06


ment consists Of large mounted
crusher, a truck for engine and sew.
'eral wagons similar to those used By
street contractors. Signs reading
Guy A. Hardesty Contracting CONF
pa9q;,S" we're painted SON the wagons
and Its is understood, that this COM,
pany will soon open up stone quarry
near shtnnston, qThes quarry is to BIZ
run to supply erushed limestone for
making concreteselocks Inthe shinns=
ton cement block factory. The cruslicr
will also, be used terminating crushed
stone for improvingFrbadS and drive
ways.