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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

But to their eyes transngureo, II
seemed as the Garden of Eden,
Filled with the presence of God,
whose voice was the sound of the
ocean.
Soon was their vision disturbed by
the noise and stir of departure,
Friends coming forth from the house,
and impatient of longer delaying,
Each with his plan for the dS, and
the work that was left uncom
pleted
Then from a stall near at hand, amid
ordinations OF wonder,
Alden the thoughtful, the careful, so
happy, so proud Of Priscilla,
Brought out his snow-white steer,
obeying the hand of its master,
Let by cord that was tied to an
iron ring in its nostrils,
Covered with crimson cloth, and a
cushion placed for saddle.
She should not walk. he said,
through the dust and heat Of tho
monday;
Nay, she should ride like a queen, not
plod along like peasant
Somewhat alarmed at first, but reas-
sured by the others,
Placing her hand on the cushion, her
foot in the hand of her husband,
Gaily, with joyous laugh, Priscilla,
mounted her palfrey.
Nothing is wanting now" he said
with a smile, but the distaff;
Then you would be in truth my queen,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

'hS' NhC SoPhdEl
Never so much as now was Miles,
Standish the friend of John A-
den"
Thereupon answered the bridegroom:
Let all be forgotten between
U.s.
All save the dear, old friendship, and
that shall grow older and
dearer!"
Then the Captain advanced, and, bow
ing, saluted Priscilla,
Gravely. and after the manner of old.
fashioned gentry in England,
Something Of camp and OF court. of
town and of country, com
mingled,
Wishing her Joy of her wedding, and
loudly lauding her husband.
Then he said with a smile: II should
have remembered the adage,-
II you would be well served, you
must serve yourself; and more
over,
No man can gather cherries in Kent
at the season of Christmas"
Great was the peoples amazement,
and greater yet their rejoicing.
Thus to behold once more the sun
burnt face OF their Captain,
Whom they had mourned as dead;
and they gathered and crowded
about him,
Eager to see him and hear him.
forgetful Of bride and of bride
groom,
Questioning, answering laughing, and
each interrupting the other,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

Till the good Captain declared, being
quite overpowered and bewildered,
He had rather by far break into an
Indian encampment,
Than come again TO wedding to
which he had not been invited.
Meanwhile the bridegroom went
forth and stood with the bride at
the doorway.
Breathing the perfumed air of that
warm and beautiful morning.
Touched with autumnal tints. but
lonely and sad in the sunshine,
Lay extended before them the land of
toll and privation;
There were the graves OF the dead.
and the barren waste Of the sea
shore,
There the familiar fields. the groves
Of nine and the meadows:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

my beautiful Bertha!-
Onward the bridal procession now
moved TO their new habitation,
Happy husband and wife, and friends
conversing together
Pleasantly murmured the brook. as
they crossed the ford in the for
est,
Pleased with the image that passed
like a dream OF love through its
bosom,
Tremulous, floating in air, DER the
depths of the azure abysses.
Down through the golden leaves the
sun was pouring his splendors,
Cleaning on purple grapes, that, from
branches above them suspended.
Mingled their odorous breath with the
balm OF the pine and the fir-tree,
Wild and sweet as the clusters that
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04
Over Half-Century.

Humphreys Specifics have
been used by the people with
satisfaction for more than 30
wears. Medical Book sent free.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

Hum in the house OF the farmer. and
fill its chambers with music
Then shall the mothers, reproving, re-.
late how il was in their child
hood,
Praising the good old times, and the
days of Priscilla, the spinner"
Straight uprose from her wheel the
beautiful Puritan maiden,
Pleased with the praise of her thrift
from him whose praise was the
sweetest.
Drew from the reel on the table q
snowy skein of her spinning,
Thus making answer, meanwhile, TO
the flattering phrases Of Alden:
Come, you must not be idle; II | am
pattern for housewives,
Show yourself equally worthy OF be
ing the model of husbands.
Hold this skein on your hands, while
wind IL, ready for knitting;
Then who knows but hereafter. when
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04
The Wedding Day

Forth from the curtain Of clouds,
from the tent of purple and scar
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-01-04

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8 ToOthache. Faceache Neuralgia..''''''''''2
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rs Rheumatism. or Rheumatic Pains NM. 20
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~ Piles Blind Bleeding, External, Internal o
10 Cntarrh Influenza, Cold in Head ........... 25
30 WhOOping Cough. Spasmodic Cough.......20
IL Asthma. Oppressed, Dincult Breathing ....25
IS Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness III 90
30 Urinary IncOntinence, " citing Bed. .....z5
"a Sore Throat, Quinsy 1880 NIX
IT Grip, Hay Fever and Summer Colds. rs
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HUMPHREYS HoMFo. MEDICINE CO., Corner
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7he COurtship& Of
Miles Stur1diSh
With illustrations by
Howard Chandler ChriStv

(Cepyrieht The Bobbs-Msrrm Company
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ROOMS to Rent-Sutable for of
fee use. Enquire Otto Sanderhoff.
1710t2.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
FEDERAL COURT
Judge Elliott Hands Out SEN
fences to T ose
Convicted

Sioux Falls, Nov fudge Elliott,
OF the United States court. has imposed
sentences In the cases Of the defendants
VINO during the present term OF federal
court either have been convicted by
juries or who entered pleas OF guilty
to indictments returned against them.
Mrs. Mary j. Bowersox, who previ
ously had entered a plea Of not guilty
to an indictment charging herself and
husband and two other men with con
spiracy to defraud the government out
Of public lands in the Gregory land
district, changed her plea to guilty
aud sentence was immediately pro-
nounced In the case OF herself and
other three defendants.
Arthur Shepherd, one of the de-
PENDANTS, was sentenced to a term Of
five months in the Minnehaha county
Jail and fined SO, 500 and costs. 0rville
l.. Bowersox was sentenced to six
months imprisonment In the Mime
haha county Jail and fined $2, 500 and
costs. Daniel Bowersox was fined
$b, 900 and costs and sentenced TO a
terra Of ten months in the Minnehaha
county Jail. His wife, Mary J. Bow
ersox, was also fined rs, 900 and costs
and sentenced to a term OF six months
ia the Minnehaha comfy Jail. All of
the defendants are prominent residents
of the Rosebud country. and until this
difficulty had never been In trouble
Of any kind before and were highly
respected in the community In which
they resided.
John A. Rankin, for nearly a quarter
century a railway postal clerk between
SiouA Falls and Cherokee, Ia, who
some days ago pleaded guilty to alb
stracting 50 from a letter, was sen
fenced to q term of seven months in
the M~innehaha county Jail and fined
$500 and coste.
Charles Andersen, on bis Plea of
guilty to completely 10 the robbery OF
the postofice at Yale, wal sentenced
to a term of one year and six months
in the federal prison Mt Leavensworth,
Kan, and fined 800 and costs. A
sentence and fine OF the same period
and amount was imposed on another
count la the indictment, the terms to
run concuIrently.
Harvey j. Piper was sentenced to n
term of two years in the federal peni.
Tertiary and fined 900 and costs. He
was convicted OF larceny, committed
on the Rosebud reservation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
OCEANS TO BE JOINED
IN TWELVE MONTHS,
Plan to Have Naval Vessel Go Through
Canal Oct. rs, 1918.

In just thirteen months a vessel viii
go from the Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean through the Panama canal, ac-
cordlng to revised estimates made pub
lie by the Panama canal commission.
Oct. 10, 1913, Is the tentative date set
for the passage of the first vessel
through the canal. a naval vessel will
be selected for the initial trip.
The formal opening of the canal will
occur on Jan. /, 1915, 1t Is announced.
Commercial vessels will have its I'M
restricted use In December, 1914,
That the canal will be completed far
below the estimated cost of $500, 000,-
600 il reported by Colonel Goethals.
1t may run as low as 1915, 100000.
About another 100000 will be saved
In bond interest charges.
The total amount of excavation work
as estimated was about PAP, 1874 900
yards. A recent increase OF more than
100000 yards in the estimates was
caused by big slides In the Obispo di-
vision. The amount of excavation up
to Sept. Is was 21S,000,000 cubic yards,
leaving approximately 24,000,0O0 yards
still to be dug. The average rate Of
excavation per month Is now about
100000 cubic yards, and all the dig
ging should be finished before Sept.
Is, 1913.
The big dam, locks and spillways are
In various stages of completion, from
rs to so per cent. 1t Is estimated that
the Gatun locks will require about
100000 cubic yards of concrete work.
The concrete work of the Pedro Miguel
locks is nearly 95 per cent completed
and that of the Mira Flores locks over
92 per cent. The Gatun spillway will
probably be finished within another
month. Other engineering features
show an equally advanced stage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
TABLETS FROM THE MAINE.
Government Will Give Out About 1900
When They Are Cast.

Acting Secretary of the Navy Win
throp has written to half a dozen
sculptors In New York asking them to
submit suggestions as to the design Of
memorial tablets to be cast from metal
taken from the wreck Of the battle
ship Maine,
All the material taken from the
Maine which was suitable for relics
having been disposed of. there remain
several thousand pounds of metal, in
Guiding large quantities of brass and
bronze. 1t Is intended to melt this up
together and from the mass cast the
tablets. 1t is estimated that there Is
metal enough for about 1000 such tab
let's. which will probably be about
eighteen or twenty inches long and
ten or twelve inches wide. They will
be given out to applicants In the order
In which requests are received, the re-
ceivers of the tablets paying the cost
Of making the plates. 1t Is believed
this cost will be very small. probably
less than ST.
The tablets will have Inscribed on
them the chief facts In the history Of
the Maine and the statement that they
are composed OF metal from the ship.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
EXCESS or MEN IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Census Shows 1o6 Males to 100 Fe-
msIes-Due to Extensive immigration.

The population OF the United States
Exclusive OF Alaska, Hawaii, Porto
Rico and other noncontlguous posses
sions) comprised in 1910, according to
the last federal census, AZ, 1892 77 males
and 44,639,9S9 females, or LOG male
to every 100 females. In 1900 there
were 104.4 males to every 100 females.
These figures are contained In a state
ment issued by Director Durand OF the
bureau Of the census, department Of
commerce and labor, and are based
upon a tabulation prepared under the
direction of William G. Hunt, chief
statistician for population in the cen
sus bureau. The figures are prelimi-
nary and subject to revision.
The excess OF males In the United
States is mainly due to the extensive
immigration, a much larger proportion
of the immigrants being males than
females. In the foreign born white
population there are 1922 males to 100
females. But the native white popu-
lation also has a slight excess Of males,
the ratio being 1927 to 100.
In the negro population the males
are outnumbered by females In a ratio
OF $50 to 100. Among the Chinese in
this country males outnumber females
by more than IA TO I, and among the
japanese by about 7 to /. The In
dams show a small excess OF males.
1925 to 100 females.
The preponderance of males In the
aggregate population of the United
States is most marked In the Pacific
and mountain divisions 0ar western
lively, 1895 and 1919 males to 100
females. The proportion of males is
lowest In New England, this being the
only geographic division In which
there Is a slight excess OF females over
males. There are only five states In
which females outnumber males
namely. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island,
Maryland, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
OF the fifty cities having over 100000
inhabitants there are twenty eight in
which the males outnumber the fe-
males. In thirty-nine of the cities the
proportion of males was greater In
1910 than In 1900, and In eleven 1t was
less. The number Of males per 100
females was greatest In Seattle u36.2)
and only slightly less In Portland, Ore.
Q34.5. Nashville shows the smallest
proportion of males. with a ratio OF
500 to 100 females. or the eight
cities having 100000 or more inhabit.
ants, Baltimore has the lowest number
OF males per 100 females O2.4. and
Cleveland the highest Q06.6), but the
ratio Is almost as high In Chicago,
where there are 1903 males to 100 fe-
males. New York city's population Is
almost evenly divided by sex; In Phil
adelphia the females ootnumber the
males
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
COUNTRY BANKER
He is Practically h e Whole
Thing in the Vicinity

Leslie's Weekly: The first public
con yenience a new community wants
is a bank. Oftimes it comes before
the church or newspaper, but, as a
role, it follows both. 1t Is hard to
beat the editor and the preacher.
If the influence exercised by the
bankers of u great cities constitutes
a menace to the public welfare, what
shall we say of the grip that the
little bank holds ON its community 7
The SO called country banker" to
succeed. must be emiuent for all the
qualities that make up a truly good
man. Usually he is a church member
and often a Sunday school teacher.
He is consulted by politicians regard
ing the local government, and the a
didate who has his appreciation is en-
We'd, for he is usually the winner. To
the country banker are confided the
troubles, domestic as we'll as financial.
of all who have access to him. And
every body seeks to have access.
The banker is the first to subscribe
to every good cause. He is the com
munity's adviser as to investments
and the arbitrator of it's business con.
troverseis. His word is as good as his
bond, and to his credit it must be
added that with rare exceptions, it de
serves to be. He asks few ~favors,
and these axe always granted. He is
the center of the social life of his vicin-
ity. His voice is that of authority.
He is loved, respected, admired and
feared. The banker is a man of in.
tegrity. The slightest cloud on him OF
on his bank will settle them both. In
this matter he stands with the preach
er. So, from selfish considerations,
If from no other, the banker must be
deserving of the trust reposed in him
by his fellow citizens.
Who wouldn't b a country banker
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
DESTROYES SLEEP
Many Madison People Testify
to This

You can't sleep at night
With aches and pains of a bad back
When you have to get up from mr.
mary troubles.
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Kidney Pills.
Here is proof Of their efficiency.
Mrs. George Knapp, 1909 E. Seventh
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did not get my proper rest at night and
was all run down. After | had tried
several remedies without relief, 1 saw
DoaDs Kidney Pills highly recon-
mended and began using them, pro-
curing my supply from the Jones
Drug Co. (now F. G. Smiths Drug
S%tore). They acted directly on my
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For sale by all dealers. Price 90
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New York, sole agents for the United
Sites.
Remember the name-Doans-and
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
LONDON TO INDIA AIR RACE.
Journey Of 1890 Miles Planned Across
Europe and Asia.

An aeroplane fight from England to
India Is now under consideration, and
there is every prospect of the project
taking definite shape before the end of
the year. The distance along the pro-
posed route is 1880 miles, and il is
estimated that each days stage could
be set at 400 miles, so that the great
journey could be completed in twelve
days, weather and other circum-
stances permitting.
In India the proposal Is being sup
ported by a number of native princes,
including the maharajahs of Jodhour
and Bekanir, who have intimated their
willingness to give prizes of 5000 ru-
PEGS 5000 and 400 rupees ($12S) re-
spectively. The begun of Bhopal also
has offered a prize Of 5000 rupees.
The Royal Geographical society has
rendered every possible assistance In
the selection of a suitable route, which
has been laid out as follows: London
to Calais, to Brussels, to Cologne, along
the Rhine to Frankfort, to Ratisbon.
along the north bank OF the Danube,
to Constantin0ple, to Konieh Asia
Minor, to Cilicia, to Adana, to Alex
andretta, to Meskene, along the Eu-
pirates, to Bagdad. along the Tigris to
Basra, across the Persian gulf to
Bushire, along the coast to Karachi.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
Army and Navy Men Wager $4,000
They Can Do II.

Calbert Arnold, formerly chief yeo-
man United States navy, and Sidney
Delephine, Irrigation expert graduate
University OF Nevada. have wagered
$4,000 against $1,000 put up by four
teen members OF the Army nnJ Navy
club Of Washington that they can walk
across the continent, touching Salt
Lake City and New Orleans, and step
into New York city within twelve
months from date of starting.
Among tie unique conditions OF the
feat are those prescribing that each
shall start with only IS, shall earn
their own way not by writing, but by
hard labor rot more than one week In
any n place, and must wind up with
the same money they had at the start
and have had six stories accepted by
any of a list Of nine leading magazines
70 win.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07

pains at monthly periods, bilious spells,
and was getting worse all the time. |
would hardly get over n spell when
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what l suffered from cramps, and at
times l could hardly walk. The doctors
said I might die at one of those times,
but / took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and got better right away.
Your valuable medicine is worth more
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
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laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to prove
this fact.
III you want special advice write to
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
H~EARTBEATs BY WIRE.
Harvard Physicians Test q Device For
Electrical Record Of Pulse.


A device to enable physicians to keep
in touch with a patients pulse though
he be miles away Is on trial at the
Harvard Medical school. A similar
device has been employed In the Lon
don Medical college.
After electrical connections have
been made the patients hand Is placed
In a solution of warm salt water AMI
electric currents from the hand are
carried by wires to an instrument
which records the heartbeats.
1T Is now possible" says DIR. rercy
Il. Brown. X ray expert OF Harvard
for a physician to note the heartbeat
Of a patient who may be hundreds OF
miles away. In fact, he can study the
heart action Of o man on the other side
Of the world. BY this electrical device
can be recorded every movement OF
the heart and the muscles about the
heart at any distance. through a sys-
tenn OF relays similar 70 that used In
islegraphy..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
PRINTS PARCELS POST MAPS
United States Geological Survey Gets
The Postoffice Department Contract.


The Postoffice Department Contract.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
awarded the contract for printing 1885,.
600 parcels post maps OF the United
States to the geological survey, which
submitted the lowest bid. Mr.. Hitch.
cock Is thus able to take advantage OF
the of the government to fur
nish these maps and rely thoroughly
upon their accuracy.
The parcels post system must be in
operation on Jan. 1. Mr.. Hitchcock
announced that the maps will be in
the hands of the postmasters long be.
fore that time.
On the maps the whole area of the
United States Is divided into quadran,
giles. measuring thirty minutes or each
side. These g~uadrangles are known
as units OF area. In the lower left
hand corner Of the map will appear a
table Of rates and brief instructions
for its use.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
Porto Rico's New Wonder.

From far away Porto Rico come re.
ports of a wonderful new discovery
that is believed will vastly benefit
the people. Ramon r. Marchan, of
Barceloneta, writes: "Dr. Kings
New Discovery is doing splendid WORK
here. 1t cured me about five times of
terrible coughs and colds, also my
brother of a sever cold in his chest
and more than 90 others, who used
it on my advice. We hope this great
medicine will yet be sold in every
drug store in Porto Rico For throat
and lung troubles it has no equal. A
trial will convince you of its merit.
soc and 81. Trial bottle free. QUAR-
anteed by all druggists. ADV.
Bring your good fresh butter and
eggs to James s. Slack
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07

Twinges of rheumatism, backache,
stiff joints and shooting pains all show
your kidneys are not working right.
Urinary irregularities, loss of sleep,
nervousness, weak hack and sore kid
n VS. tell the need of a good reliable
kidney medicine. Foley Kidney Pills
are tonic. strengthening and ~restora-
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regulate their action. They will give
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Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
A WOMAN CoMPTRoLLER.
Miss Bessie a. Townsend Apprentices
- ThaA n&i1n - AAl.nAs- ca

MIS- Bessie n Townsend Apposntod
20 That Office IN Atlantic City.
The appointment Of Miss Bessie III.
Townsend as city comptroller Is an
nounced by the city commission Of At
lanttc City. N. j. She has been book
keeper In the Office Tor several years
and will be the first woman. so far as
known, to hold the position of city
comptroller In this country.
Miss Townsend succeeds city Comp
troller Barrett. who. with the city So
hcitor, Wootton. was removed from
O0co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07

known to the public,
but complete restor-
alton tohealth means
so much to me that
/ cannot keep from
telling mine for the
sake of other suffer
ing women.
81 had been sick
about twelve years,
and had eleven doc
tors. / had drag
ging down pains,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-11-07
Msnnonites Eor kansaa

Steps are on foot to bring 600 Russian
Mennonite families direct from Siberia
to McPhCrECa and Reno counties. Kan,
for settlement on farms. 1t has been
demonstrated long ago that Mennonites
make not only good farmers. but most
oxcollput cifizpua