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The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
CHAPTER XIII.
Only TO Be Lost.

| ohy 10 nc LOst.
~ ARTLETT grinned and re-
| IL moved his hat TO wipe hi!
| brow. The general strove moi
| to show guilty surprise
Billy giggled, and Henrietta
began to live again.
The Watermelon held out his hand
My key, please Kindly remove that
piece OF artillery from the road, and
We will go on"
The man, covered with perspiration
and embarrassment. handed back the
key. When the Browns come back
shall we tell them you called?"
Certainly said the general, POM
pously. And in the exubcrance OF the
reaction he drew a half dollar from his
pocket and handed it to the fellow
Kindly give that to Dick" said he,
with the benevolence of a grandfather.
Billy waved to the crestfallen two.
and Henrietta gave them gracious,
forgiying bow.
Never again." said she, Shall I do
wrongs The possibilities of discovery
are too nerve-racking."
Father used 10 say" began the
Watermelon.
III bet your mother didn't talk
much" laughed Bartlett.
But the general had passed through
an unhappy half hour, and had no heart
Tor testing.
IF you knew the Browns. Mr.. Batch
elor," said he, 1t was your duty to
have told us So"
Yes" said Henrietta Il have aged
ten years, and at my time of life that
is tragedy"
And why" asked Billy, ''if you had
the key, didn't We go in by the front
door last night?"
The Watermelon stared from one
accusing face to the other in frank sur
prise. Even Mike, with his fat wits.
would have grasped the situation. Il
didn't know them" he protested.
When | can go in by a door, ! don't
choose the window"
But the key?" objected Billy.
Dick and Lizzie?' added Henrietta.
Their very ages:" climaxed the gen.
eral.
1T was only bluff" said the Wat
ermelon, wearily Il remembered their
names and ages from books | had seen
around the room last night and on the
dresser; sort of birthday presents and
things. you know. | never saw one of
them"
The general roared and loved the
boy. HenriettaAleaned forward and
patted him on the shoulder. cWonder-
full, wonderful Holmes y said she.
Did you take the key on purpose?"
asked Billy, all a-thrill with admira-
ton
The Watermelon flushed. He had
taken the key if by any chance he
should ever, be in that neighborhood |
again and the family away he could |
spend the night in a comfortable bed |
instead of under q hayrick. Besides,
Keys always came in handy He didn't |
ook at Billy. Like sudden fash of
ightning on dark night. he had seen
The difference between them; between
what he had become and what he had !
been. But it came and was gone, and
he old careless indifference rushed
Jack. He laughed and changed his seat
o the one between the two girls.
When locked the front door I
Tipped the key out without thinking, l
said he. Besides, keys are
landy. When you are stony broke, you
an rattle them and make the other
elbow think maybe they're the mon"
Now for breakfast" cried the gen.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

From Judge.
Hokus-I wonder how il was that old
Methuselah lived so long
Pokus-Probably some woman had
married him for his money
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~ ARTLETT nodded. He had
been watching Henrietta
through halliday, half-closed
lids, leaning against fallen
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

Six Large Superior Steamers Battle
for Hours to Gain Shelter
of Bay.

Duluth, Dec. IL. An eighty-mf1e
gale that swept Lake Superior COM
PEELED six large steamers to seek pro-
lection in Petitrice Bay. The boats
are:
North Star, loaded with merchan-
disc; Epson, Yale, Sultana, Wilbert
l.. Smith, and w. p. Snyder, coal lad
en-. A wireless message was received
from the ships stating that the entire
feet had made the harbor safely, and
will lay there until the wind abates.
Petitrice Bay was reached after bat
Ting with the waves for three hours.
The six vessels are a part of a fleet
Of IL ships which has been at White
fish Point since Saturday. The other
five are still at Whitefish.
The wind began blowing from the
Northeast during the afternoon and
gradually gained velocity until it was
estimated that it was blowing 80 miles
an hour.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Maxine of a Campaign Banner.

The services of IL men are required
to produce one of the big campaign
banners.
Two men prepare the strips on
which the lettering is done. Two more
look after the lettering of these strips,
the painting of the names of clubs or
associations ordering the banners, the
captions for the portraits and the off,
ces for which the nominees are to con-
tend.
Two men work on the c~enterpieces,
generally consisting Of an eagle and
shield. One man devotes himself to
the special portraits and the others
assemble the various parts, sew the
strips together and give the finishing
touches to the banner.
The portrait man" scorns to do any
other work than the main portrait
The rest he calls filling In" BY
working on the same faces day after
day this artist becomes SC skilful and
so rapid in execution that he car paint
the portrait of a candidate In the
dark and paint 1t as true to life as The
standard of the campaign banner In
dustry requires.-Harper's Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
TIME PROVED THEIR WISDOM
One Case Where Women Voters Have
Had a Chance for Good Laugh
on the Men.

Fourteen years ago l lived in Des
Moines. and the town started to buy
its waterworks from the private cor
poration that owned them" says a
writer I'm Farm and Fireside. 1.-The
proposition involved issuing bonds, so
the women got to vote on it. Their
ballots and those of the men were put
into separate ballot boxes. and con-
sequently could be counted separately
"The town was to get the water
works for $S50,00 which was cheap.
Well, the women gave a snug major
fly of their votes for buying, the men
gave a slightly larger majority against
buying, and the proposition was vot-
ed down.
"Now, with the water system badly
run down and intrinsically worth very
little more than then, the town Is try
ing to figure out a way to scrape up
50. SOC, 600 to buy those same works!
Occasionally 1t walks around behind
the town hall and kicks itself earnest
ly for a spell, just to remind itself
what a fool It was because the men
didn't have as much sense as the
women when that other vote was TAX
en-, Don't tell me the women haven't
sense enough to vote. I've seen EN-
try It.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
COSTUMES or SNAKE SKINS
London Dress Expert Predicts That
the Women VIII Take to tho
Idea With Avldlty.

Look out for the very latest in
dress materials-snake skins-which
q London costumer predicts for this
fall. He says: "The advantages OF
snake skins for gowns are more mani
fold than would appear at the first
glance. Marvels can be achieved by
the python's skin In the hands of a
clever designer, for the skin never
pulls or gives. It is both waterproof
and pliable, and it q by skilful
manipulation of It's wonderful scale
marking bring into prominence a pref
ty point or hide a defect. BY using
the python's skin for footgear a foot
can be made smaller, or 1t IA be Civ
en- breadth or tapered to a point.
Then why should not an entire figure
be modelled On these lines-breadth
here, a slim line there, attention call
ed to a pretty waist, or angular hips
transformed into beautifully rounded
ones by the magic aid of a python's
skin? Not only will women benefit
by this idea, but the python's skin
should make mems golf shoes imper'
vious to weather, furnish lapels and
cuffs to motor coats, and make elab
crate w~aistcoats, which will not wrin
kle and which will disguise rotundity.'
Dundee Advertiser.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
IUIlteracy DECREASING.

II is gratifying to learn from official
figures furnished by the bureau OF the
census. at washington, that In the en-
tire population of the United States
the percentage of illiteracy declined
from 1917 to III in the decade from
1900 to 1910. The decline among
children between the ages of ten and
fourteen years was especially notable,
the percentage of illiteracy being re-
duced from 7,2 to Al In ten years. The
general decline of illiteracy marks the
Improvement of educational opportu-
ties throughout the country, and this
Improvement Is most distinctly meas
ured In comparing the children who
have Just passed through the schools.
Generally speaking, each successive
generation In the United States shows
a smaller proportion OF persons unable
to read and write and this proportion
is always lesast for the children from
ten to fourteen years Of age. From
this 1t Is evident that i%lliteracy Is
considerably less for children than for
the aggregate Observation-Disclosures
ter Union.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

Marvellous Miniatures Are Those
Turned Out by Clever Aborlg-
Ines of Mexico.

II is thought that the tiniest dolls
are those made by Mexican Indians.
They are barely three-fourths of an
inch long in many cases, but are new
ertheless perfect In detail.
The method of manufacture Is as
follows: First there Is a diminutive
framework Of wire. This is then wound
with fine silk thread until the proper
figure has been secured. The COS
tunes are then cut according to the
character of the doll, and fitted to 1t.
With needles that can scarcely be
held in the fingers, needles of which
the eyes are almost invisible, various
designs are embroidered On the dolls
clothes with the finest Of silk reads
So cieverly do the Indians execute
these designs that even through a
powerful glass the details appear to
be perfect, although the work is &C
complished without the aid of any
-enlarging device.
Once properly dressed, the doll IS
given it's hair. Even to the details
of braids and ribbons this work is
carried out. Then there are formed
the eyes, nose, mouth, hands and
feet.
In Mexico these dolls are sold for
| ridiculously small sums. 1t takes about
two hours Of painstaking labor to
make one of the simplest of the man
ikins.
Some dolls are provided with tiny
baskets of flowers, fancy sombreros,
water jars and other paraphernalia.
The baskets are made of hair by the
! Indians Of Guanajuato. The bits oil
pottery are made of clay, In exact I'M
itation of the practical sites. All these
accessories are sewed to the dolls
Miniature roses are embroidered In
the costumes of the dancing girls and
ornaments are arranged In their hair
Wreaths Of flowers are hung about the
shoulders and the arms are formed IN
graceful and life-like attitudes of dane
ing. The matador is complete IL
! every particular-his costume beint
gayIy decorated in many colors, thu
hair dressed In true Spanish fashion
including the conventional queue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

At Miramar, on the island of Ma
sorca, In the Mediterranean. is a free
hotel, where accommodations may be
had for three days, upon application
to the agents of the Archduke Luis
Saltwater of Austria. 1t is a beautl-
full spot, and the entire neighborhood
is full of attractions to the traveller.
Attendants in charge look after the
welfare of guests, who must, however,
provide for their own food. Beds,
linen and table appointments they re-
ceiIve gratis, and bread and wine can
be obtained very reasonably. 1t Is
said that this provision is due to the
qualification the Austrian owners felt,
years ago., when they first came to
live at Miramar. Such peace and such
loneliness, they felt, should be shar.
ed by all lovers of nature who passed
that way.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
GAMBLING In India.

Although the natives of India do not
play the stock market. they have
adopted a form of gambling unique in
itself, and one which the cotton mar
ket reports are responsible for. Ev-
cry day five quotations are cabled
from New York, announcing the cot
ton situation. The natives quite a
long time ago conceived this to be a
direct invitation to them to establish
a simple, but none the less absorbing,
form of gambling. The gambling con-
sists simply In guessing what the five
figures would amount to, and the man
getting nearest to the right amount,
OF course, wins. So fascinating did
this game prove that the authorities
became greatly annoyed by the in.
diligence Of the poorer class OF ma
tives In 1t.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
DAMAGING CINCINNATI! FIRE
HOTEL GUESTS AND SCRUB WON.
EN- MAY HAVE Persisted.
Three Leading Establishments and
Over 100 Offices Destroyed
BY Flames.

Cincinnati, Dec. 12.-Three Of this
city's leading establishments, as well
as more than 100 offices, were de-
stroyed by fire here when the Gibson
hotel, the Rendigs-Lothman company,
a department store; w. l.. Douglas
Shoe company, and the offices of the
Missouri Pacific railway were swept
by the flames while the top 10 floors
of the Union Trust building, a II
story fireproof structure, were practi
cally destroyed.
Whether there was any loss of life
Is undetermined. The hotel manage
ment insists that all of its guests were
notified In time to get out, while the
police are of the opinion there might
have been persons left in the rooms.
This latter opinion is based on the ra-
pidity with which the flames spread.
Another report, but one which al
not be verified, is that a number of
scrub ONE working in the fifteenth
floor of the Union Trust building
when the fire broke out were over
come by smoke.
The loss, as estimated by the man
agement of the Gibson house, is $780,
900; that on Rendigs-Lothman, $780,
600; Douglas Shoe company, $25, 600;
Missouri Pacific Offices, $4,000, and
the Union Trust building, 100000.
The theory of suffocation in the
Union Trust building is upheld to a
degree by the fact that IL persons
were taken out of the building below
the fourteenth floor, all of whom were
more or less overcome by smoke.
Several fremen who effected the
rescue were taken to hospitals as the
result of being overcome by smoke.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Charles sumner's Eloquent condem-
nation Of the Horrors OF the
Battlefield.

I need not dwell now On the waste
and cruelty of war. These stare US
wildly in the face, like lurid meteor
lights, as we travel the page of his
tory. We see the desolation and
death that pursue its demoniac foot
steps. We look upon sacked towns,
upon ravaged territories, upon violat-
ed homes; we behold all the sweet
charities of life changed to wormwood
and gall. Our soul is penetrated by
the sharp moan of mothers, sisters
and daughters-of fathers, brothers
and sons, who, in bitterness of their
bereavement, refuse to be comforted.
Our Eyes rest at last upon one of
these fair fields where nature, in her
abundance, spreads her cloth of
gold, spacious and apt for the enter
tainment of mighty multitudes-or,
perhaps, from the curious subtlety of
it's position, like the carpet In the
Arabian tale, seeming to contract 80
as to be covered by a few only, or to
dilate so as to receive an innumerable
host. Here, under a bright sun, such
as shone at Austerlitz or Buena Vista
amidst the peaceful harmonies OF
nature-on the Sabbath Of peace-we
behold hands of brothers, children of
a common father, heirs to a common
happiness, struggling together In the
deadly fight, with the madness of fal.
len spirits, seeking with murderous
weapons the lives of brothers who
have never injured them or their kin,
bred. The havoc RACES. The ground
is soaked with their commingling
blood. The air is rent with theil
commingling cries. Horse and rider
are stretched together on the earth
More revolving than the mangled vic
tins. than the gashed limbs, are the
lawless passions which sweep, tenn
pest-like, through the fiendish tumult
Charles Sumner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, Dec. 12.-Lightness of Of
.terings brought abou a firm feeling
today in wheat. Pit raiders were play
ing for a rally but not much new buy
ing power developed. Low tempera-
lures northw est helped the bulls. The
Opening was a shade to NC higher.
May started at S9% @S9hc, an advance
|of a sixteenth to h@Ac, and rose to
|Sak @S9&c.
Higher closing figures at Liverpool
caused a further upturn. Wall Street
weakness, however, led to a break.
The close was steady with May Is q "A
net Owe S9kc.
Reports that farmers were not sell
ing freely except in some sections OF
iowa, strengthened corn. May opened
. shade of to &c up at 4sAc 70 4sB "a
|lShc, and mounted to 4Sh m4S&c.
Afterwaro longs unloading were re-
sponsible for a setback The close,
however, was firm at ASH 44S$c for
May, the same as last night.
Oats received an upward tilt owing
TO active buying on the part of a lead
ling house. May, which started un-
changed at save, assembled to 33c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE warning
In Sir Edward Grey's Panama note,
hat the British government will pro-
lest further in case an attempt is
made to enforce that section of the
Panama act which prohibits the use
Of the canal by railroad owned or trust
controlled ships may, 1T is thought
here, indicate a formidable European
opposition to any attempt by this gov
eminent to extend the operations of
he Sherman antitrust act beyond the
confines Of the United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

At a luncheon in New York the
topic under discussion was the arrest
of Mayor Lunn and the Rev. Algernon
s. Crapsey OF Schenectady for street
speaking during the Little Falls strike.
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr, without
praising or blaming either the two
men or the strike that they advocated.
gave utterance to an epigram that
every young business man would do
well to paste above his desk.
Success" said Mr.. Rockefeller.
Knows NO eight-hour law
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
cCarthy Bests Flynn.

Los Angeles, Dec. 12.-Luther Nc
Carthy of Springfield, Mo-, won the
heavyweight championship elimination
contest at Vernon from Jim Flynn, the
Pueblo fireman. The battle ended in
the sixteenth round, when, after Flynn
had gone down twice and appeared
helpless, Referee Eyton stopped the
fight and declared Mccarthy the win.
ner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Drives OF A Terror.

The chief executioner of death in the
winter and spring months is pneumon-
ia. Its advance agents are colds and
grip. In any attack by y of these
maladies no time should be lost in TAX
ing the best medicine obtainable to
drive it of. Countless thousands have
found this to be DR.. Kings New Dis
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Chicago livestock.

Chicago, Dec. IL. - Cattle receipts,
%, 900; market steady to loo lower;
.beeves, S. SIS @10.75; Texas steers. $3.50
|m5.80; western steers, $5.40@9.15; stock
ers and feeders, S4f0@ $50; cows and
|heifers, s2.70@7.S0; calves, $3.50 Q10.5o.
Hog receipts, AS. 1000; market dull, loo to
I5c under yesterdays general range;
heavy, 's7.iE5@7'55; rough, s7.iSGL$o;
pigs, 1907; bull of sales, s7.40@7.55
sheep receipts, $4,000; market strong to
|s4.2065; yearlings, $40 q 6.75; lambs,
native, 1925 mS.15; western, $6.30@5.15.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Twin City

Minneapolis. Dec. 12.-Wheat. Decem-
Der, 79Sc; May, s4hc; No. / northern.
rum, see: No. 8 corn, 42Hc: No. 8 white
oats, 30hc; barley, mating. 59c; No. 2
rye, SIC; No. l flax, s1.25A.
Duluth. Dec. 12.-Wheat, December,
soc; May, S4& No. l northern, Size;
1 durum, S5c.
South st. Paul, Dec. 12.-Cattle-
Cows, $4.2565.75; calves, $4.25 @9.25;
hogs, s7.1047.3O; sheep and lambs,
@7.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12

covery. "My husband believes it has
kept him from having pneumonia three
or four times" writes Mrs. George W.
Place, R~awsonville. VT, land for
coughs. colds and Group we have never
found it's equal" Guaranteed for all
bronchial affections. Price 80 cents
and 81. Trial bottle free at all drug
gists. ADV.
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Cnughinp At Night.

One bad cough can keep the whole
family awake at night. Phil. Disor-
neau, Schaffer, Mich, says: | could
not sleep on account of a bad cough.
and / was very weak. | used Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, and soon
the cough left and / slept soundly all
night" For sale by all druggists. =
Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-12
Iatest idea In Anchors.

An anchor for lifeboats has been in
vented that is hollow and filled with
oil, which will still the waves after 1t
has been thrown overheard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-02-07
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-02-07
JOHN KELLY'S SALE.

The undersigned, residing one and
one-half miles northwest of Potosi.
Wis, on the Beetown road will sell
at public auction on the premises,
commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. on
TUESDAY, FEB. goth, 1919
The following described property i:
Ten Head of Horses-One gray
mare, years old, with foal, bred to
full blood Belgian; one black mare, 8
years old, with foal, bred to full
blood Belgian; one bay mare. years
old; one bay horse, years old; one
bay horse % years old; two gray colts.
yearlings; three BAY colts. suck ings !;
one bay black horse, 10 years old.
81 CATTLE Fourteen COWS, coming
fresh in the spring, three heifers two
years old, coming fresh in the spring !;
five heifer yearlings; eight calves,
three steers, five heifers, one bull,
Durham, yearling.
II Head Hogs-Ten brood sows; /
Stock hog.
HaTness-3 sets work harness, set
driving harness.
Farm Machinery, Etc-One Deering
binder fused one year one Rock
Island hay loader; one Standard
mower; one seeder; one hay rake; one
tanning mill; one Parlin & Orendorff
corn planter; two Deere corn cult
vators. four l4-in. stubble plows, two
double shove! plows; one 12-ft. steel
harrow. two wagons, (one wide tire. }
one carriage, one 2-seat spring wagon,
two hay racks. one hog rack, one
bob sled. one $50 Id. DeLaval cream
separator, one 3-horse disc, one iron
kettle two log chains, one grind stone.
Produce: 400 bushels corn; 700
bushels oats; Is tons hay;7 bushels
seed corn; 10 bushels seed potatoes.
300 white oak posts; 400 fit. 1 in. by
12-in. x14ft pine lumber.
Lunch at 10.
Terms All sums of $40 and under
cash. On all sums over that amount
a credit of one years time will be
given on approved bankable notes,
bearing per cent interest.
JOHN KELLY
John Campbell, Auctioneer.
G. j. Ragatz, Clerk.