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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
A Tasty
Decorated Home

It's somewhat of a hobby with me.
like to show people all the new effects,
that come out new each year. If you
care to read, what l write, you might
get some suggestions, that you can use
10 your own home. | shall try to treat
each room in a house from now on,
s.arting today with the reception room.
Among the new styles for this room,
is a very handsome imitation leather
effect on a Tiffany blended or notified
background, with every detail of tex
ture and irridescence of color the names
imply, faithfully reproduced.
The monotony of a perfectly plain
wall is relieved by the occasional intro
duction of a suitable motif where wall
space OF personal taste might suggest,
thus lending individuality to the effect.
At the top of the wall ia a beautiful
cnt out border of Heraldic design ap-
pliqued over a plain background com
plotting the effect of IN intricate stem
Gil or freehand decoration. The lower
wall is finished with a figured pat
tern of suitable design with a mar
row band of the same material as a
divider between the upper and lower
walls. The colors are in subdued
shades of brown, tan and ecru with a
slight touch of red in the blend. This
kind of effects can be had in cheaper
paper as well, so the price need never
interfere. am here to show you and
explain any time you care to put your
time up against mine.
j. Chris Schultz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
THE FIRST STORM
the Winter Was Wide Spread
Three to Six Inches of
Snow

Tt g first winter storm of the year
came upon this section yesterday morn
ing, continuing throughout the day
and late into the night. A high wind
prevailed from the notheast with tenn
p%erature ranging at twenty degrees
above zero. The total snowfall dur
ing the storm amounted to perhaps
three or four inches which was drifted
in snowbanks by the wind. Fol- the
first time this winter people wele out
early this morning sboveling snow from
the sidewalks.
The south train arrived at $3.50 this
morning, preceded by the first snow
pillow seen in Madison this winter. The
snowfall in the vicinity of Sioux Falls
was estimated at from six to eight
inches, and it was thought advisable
TO provide the south train with a
snow pillow in order to navigate the
deep cuts should they be found filled
with snow. But the train came through
on time without encountering any
difficulties.
Trainmen from the west report a
heavier snowfall at Washington than
here, the estimate being sever or
eight inches.
Conditions along the north line are
about the same as here, but there was
a heavy snowfall east of Bristol on the
H. a. ID. division. not enough, how
ever, to delay traffic.
Press dispatches indicate that the
storm was widespread and in some To-
~Calities was a near approach to a bliZ-
card. South Dakota was the main GEN.
ter of the storm, and the entire state
is covered with snow ranging in depth
from three to six inches.
The storm in the south central west
WAS very heavy, rain, snow and sleet,
and telephone and telegraph wires were
Frustrated, cutting off communication
with the east.
In this section temperature marked
fourteen degrees above zero at z
O'Clock this morning, the sun coming
ont bright and warm with rising
temperature during the day.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
THE NEW NICKEL
Be Coined and Probably In
Circulation Within a
Week

Washington, Feb. q .-Many gum
and stamp slot machines now in use
may be rendered useless by general cir
culation of the new "nickel" that has
been ordered coined by Secretary of
the Treasury Franklin Macveagh.
Some dodpt exists as TO whether the
new coins will work satisfactorily in
the coin snatching machines used by
street railway conductors to collect
fares.
But the coins are to be issued. just
the came, Secretary acVeagh has
said. Protests of slot machine manu-
facturers over the country have been
heard and rejected. In the interests of
having a "distinctively American g.
cent piece" slot machines here and
there must fall.
Machines to receive nickels and to
vend out commodities have been per-
fected during many years 60 they will
reject anything but q genuine mick
ell" 1t was asserted in representations
to Secretary Mac veagh, and now the
new nickel will make all OF these in
tricate mecbanisms of no account.
Less care was expended on street car
"nickel grsbbers." because the con-
ductors who manipulate them are re-
lied upon to guard against receiving
slugs in place of coins. Danger of
clogging the mechanism may exist in
the new coinage. however, on account
of the redically new designs and slight.
ly increased thickness of coins.
The new nickel bears on its face the
relief head Of a C~hey enne chief, with
two feathers in his hair. The word
Liberty" is on the margin. The date,
1913. is stamped at the bottom. On
the reverse side of the coin is a bison,
with the words Omitted States of
America" above it. Underneath these
words, in tiny letters, is the motto.
sc Pluribus Unum." The words
Five Cents" appear at the bottom.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
BANK LAW
Meeting With Rebuffs in South
Dakota Legislature

Pierre. Feb. 2s.-It is quite evident
that the question of a bank guaranty
law will take the center of the stage
az soon as the saloon restriction bill
has been disposed of in both branch
es. The Hale bill was reported out in
the senate. with the majority against
the passage of the bill and the minor
ity asking for its passage, but the
fellows having bank guaranty laws
in the house committee have not been
able to get their measures out on the
floor, with or without favorable econ
mendatiors.
One Of the propositions which is re-
ceiving much favorable comment is
outlined IN senate joint resolution No.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
Beware Of for Catarrh that Contain
Mercury

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely derange the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22

For Sale. Popcorn machine, good
as new. Sugar Bowl,
New advertisements today-F. c.
Smith, J. C. Schultz.
Theron Odell will deliver wash ice
to any part of the city, promptly.
Phone 1874.
A liberal discount on all our winter
shoes and a%rctics, at Nick Bjornstad's.
Wash ice delivered to any pant of
the city.-Ray Beckner, phone 3S2 vel
low.
Some more new styles in fine Flor
sheim shoes, just arrived, fer ''the
man who cares" at Nick Bjornstad's.
A right start in life means success.
Then start in Mankato Commercial
College, Mankato, MINI. Send for
catalog
Washington's birthday was observed
in Madison today by the closing Of
banks and public offices. People gen
orally seem pleased with the snow
storm. A winter in South Dakota
without snow ,s unique, but the ma
tives apparently prefer a snow storm
occasionally.
The general appropriation bill was
introduced in both houses of the South
Dakota legislature yesterday, the two
being identical. The total amount
carried in the bill for the two years is
So, 1916, 209; 81, 1876. 542 for 1913, and
81, 1913, CAT for 1914. This is sos, 5l2
in excess of the general bill passed two
yeaIs ago. The appropriations com
mittees of the TO houses are turning
all their energies to holding the total
of all appropriations, special and gen
eral. down below the figures of two
years ago when it went to a shade over
So 900, 900. The amount named in the
bill for the Madison State Normal
school is $72. 600.
Berkeley, Cal. dispatch: All the
biographies are wrong and it is not the
friendly warmth of the Japanese cur
rent that brings color to the orange
and blush to the peach in California.
DR.. George F. McEwen, physician at
the Scripps institution for biological
research of the University of Cali
~fornia, has announced the results of
months of Investigation In a paper
on the climatology of California, made
public. He found that water along the
coast was several degrees colder than
in mid ocean, and hat If it were not
for this fact, the heat IN the valley
of California would be oppressive.
Sioux Falls Press: Madison, the old
rival Of Sioux Falls, went down to
defeat in a basketball game played at
the high school gymnasium last night,
by the score of IS to 90. In the first
half both teams showed some good fast
playing but on account of the guard
work of the locals being superior to
that OF the Madison high the score at
the end of the first twenty minutes
of play stood 20 to Is in favor of the
Sioux Falls quintet. The second half
was not as interesting as the first part
of the game and the locals were able to
make a change in its lineup by snbeti
tuting Klatt in place of Hartwell and
placing Kiner at center in the last part
of the second half. Sioux Falls and
Madison are always certain to put up
a good game in any kind of athletic
contests because of the rivalry which
has existed between these two teams
since the organization of the high
school athletic association. The Sioux
Falls FIVE made a total of 90 field
baskets andsthree four out Of FIVE fouls
against 10 field baskets and two out of
ten fouls for the Madison aggregation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
THEATRICAL
COMING
1.-THE PRICE"
THE CITY.
LOCAL NEWS.

Wanted--Girl to work in tailor shop.
Hurt the Tailor.
House and two lots for sale. Inquire
Ut Guy e. Hanson. Jeweler.
House and barn for rent. Inquire at
this Office.
Get your pictures framed and up.
holstering done ct Ireland'a
For sale at a bargain. Majestic
range. w. Unzelman.
Wash ice delivered to any part of the
city Phone 81 main. Geo. Parker.
For Sale. Second hand folding bed
in good condition. Inquire a. this
Office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
30, introduced by Senator Russell. an

80, introduced by Senator Russell, an
Aberdeen banker. This resolution pro-
poses a constitutional amendment for
a mill tax of one-tenth of | per cent, to
be levied each year on the state and
applied to the creation of q bank guar
anty fund When the money reaches
the sum of 81, 900. 600. it il provided
that the collection of the special tax
SHALL cease until such time as the fund
gets below $500, 900. Provision is
made for use of the special fund in
approved investment and for the state
to stand directly as the %guarantor of all
bank depositors. both state and nation
al. 1t is ~contended that the establish
ment of this system would automatical-
ly result in more rigid regulations on
the part of the bank examining de-
partment aud would greatly lessen
the liability of failures.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
PARCEL POST

Parcel post brings my store as close
to you as your mail box. Order your
shoes and rubbers by mail from this
store. Fit and wear guaranteed. Will
accept money order or personal check,
Aug. A. Kludt, the new, shoeman
Madison, s. ID.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22

The Roman Y aud the word "a nick
ell have been discarded.
About so, 900. 600 new nickels will
be coined in 1918. The new designs
will stand for twenty five years. They
will be in circulation within a week.
No coins of the old design have been
minted in 1918.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22
DOPE F|ENDS
Quick Witted and Dangerous
Persons Addicted to the
Drug Habit

New York, Feb % Disclosures
made before the grand juries of Kings
county recently and inquiries at police
headquarters reveal that the illicit sale
of cocine has grown SO rapidly during
the last two years hat it stands at the
head of the list of drugs which are sold
illegally throughout the city. The
police record for 1911 shows FIVE arrests
and three convictions for selling the
drug. Forty three indictments re-
turned by the grand juries in Brook
Ign in the last two months and %
cases brought into court by Manhattan
detectives show that the crusade against
the evil is bearing fruit.
To detectives who have been busy
running down illegal sellers of the
drug for the last seven or eight years
told recently of eccentricities of the
victims. 1T is a strange thing, said
one. ''that more than two-thirds of the
men who sell the drug illegally are
numbered among the victims. Negroes
are addicted to the habit to a great de.
gree. In fact, it was in the south
| that the habit of shutting the drug
first came to light. In New York city
| there are hundreds who have become
victims through a mere toothache.
I'm running down those who vio-
lated the penal code in selling the
drug / have found the cocaine vic
tim to he a quick witted and danger
GUS person. / recall one place in par
| ticular In lower Third avenue, where /
took part in a raid on a saloon, and
| found four drug users. One had silver
| buckles on his suspenders and the
buckles were in box form and contained
| grains of the stuff. Another had a seal
| ring, the top of which opened on a
hinge and tie inside was 6lled with
| cocaine. / entered a poolroom near
| Chatham square looking for cocaine
| and was sure that the ''white stuff"
was sold on the premises. l searched
for several hours, and finally came
upon several books. A hole into the
center of the leaves about an inch
| square was used as a depository for the
drug. Ii the hangers on had not
appeared so studious. / believe /
would have been completely fooled. .
The police of the large cities. from
Maine to California. are fighting the
evil. In Philadelphia. P%ittsburg. Bal
timore, Denver. Salt Lake City and
San Francisco the increased sale of CO.
caine has made the police suspicious,
and they are trying to discover the
medium through which the drug
reaches the underworld. The tempta-
ton to sell the drug illegally is due
to the enormous profit derived. The
average cost of the drug at wholesale
is about % an ounce, and it sells at the
rate OF SIG an ounce.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22

whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do il ten fold to
the good that can possibly be derived
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
ufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo,
O., contains no mercury and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, o., by Frank j
Cheney & Co. Testimonials Free.
Sold by all Druggists, 100.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Keep the little onss healthy and
happy; their tender, sensitive bodies
require gentle healing remedies. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea will make
them well and strong; regulates their
stomach; makes them eat and grow.
Try it tonigh. Ask your druggist.
For Farm Loans on easy terms see
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-22

For Farm Loans ON easy terms see
+. J. Mundt, Madison, 8. d.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
Benner & Begg

An even If she hadn't done none it's
time to do one to her"
Mrs. BEDFORD, looking at her, saw
In her the mother and the father who
had given and failed to get all their
lives. The pity Of this legacy Of what
the world calls failure came to her,
and h tried to djssuade Miss Melissa
with all the simple reasoning at her
command. But the mind Of Miss Me-
LISA was made up.
And so 1t came to pass that Grand
mother Seawell's darkest night was
followed by the dawn Of her brightest
day. Though. indeed. she scarcely
seemed to understand. She called Misc
Melissa "Heloise." which had been
her mothers name: she harped cease.
lessly on nothings with her toothlesa
mouth or sang jingler from "Mothel.
Goose" to the tunes Of oid.time
hymns.
There were many things. too, which
would have been u~nbearable to many
the peevish complaining, the fits OF
u-nreasoninE temper into which the
old, old child fell. But never for a
moment did the patience Of Miss Me-
lissa fail. She bore the burden along
with the other burdens life had rele-
gated to her.
Things did not go we'll hat winter.
The place was building up. and the
man who held the mortgage was
anxious to realize on it. In the early
spring 1t would fall due. Miss Me-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18
The Evening Story
ANGEL UNAWAREs.

Many the ginger cookie she rave me
when l was small. Mother used to
visit her, for all the difference in age.
Did YOU hear what's to be done about
it?"
nThs g POO t farm" !! promptly. ,@,e sy.c,1 Re;
las n nisht mrs an Fe too Saa. ! txs: d Fsshel
was speakin' about it. He says he
fears she'll feel it-that she was
proud in her time. Well, tits a queer
end to a queer life. Ills sad to live
beyond the lives O. your kith and
kin. I pray ] don't"
Amt there no one" said Miss
Melissa. In q. low voice, "as would take
the poor old lady in? Amt there no
one: There's many 50 we'll hxed
they'd never miss the bite an sup
they'd give her."
There's a-plenty able" answered
Mrs. BEDFORD. "but there's none'll do
it. far as I know. An when all's said
an done. you can't exactly blame 'em.
With the mind gone, there's no tellin'
what any one'l do. No. one'd want to
take her. You wouldn't want to your.
self, Melissa"
Miss Melissa. pondered the words
after her visitor was gone. No she
erudged to do it: not that she would
MT willingly. share what she had, bu,
there was SO little to share! Her
living was as precsrious as Granny
Seawell's own. She had chickens
COW and vegetables. like Granny her.
self. There was plenty Of them and
to spare. The little she made from
selling them could easily be done
without.
But there would he other things
she knew. Comforts she could do
without, which Granny's age would
demand. The money from her sew.
ing, long laboriously boarded for the
principal or paid on the interest Of
the mortgage. would have to be en-.
croached upon. The home might b(
lost: Miss Meiissa caught her breath
In a sob at the thought. It was moi
much OF a home. as homes 90. blu,
It was her little all. And she loved Il
with the love her mother had be.
queathed to her with the house.
But at night. when silence and dark.
ness fell over the earth. Miss MeiisSs
stiffness voices Of other days whis.
pered to her and, though there were
many Of them, though the tones were
different, Miss Melissa understood
them.
I'm soin' to take old Granny" she
conhded to Mrs. Redford. the nexi
morning. I'D feel bad. Ill my days 81
didn't. Mother used often to speak
TO- little thinss-kind things. a. Granny
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

bling 10 the Bog.
lissa thought Of It almost constant
y. What would Granny do IL she lost
II? What would she do herself?
There seemed no answer to the ques-
ton.
AZ Miss Melissa had f~oreseen. there
were many little Injuries required for
the newcomer. with which she could
have d!Spensed: Then Granny had :
from the dtminutive sum laid by.
But 7 sin't sorry" Miss Mslisss
said ia herself. "ef only I kin keen
her. She seems a mite more salts.
ned. I wouldn't wonder In the spring
she'd chirp up an feel real happy.
The Lord sed ! don't have to give
One night they mt together in the
!xarm we'll lighted kitchen, Granny
boistsfed up with cushions in the one
easy chair. when = knock sounded on
the door. Miss Melissa ther It open.
WHY, MI. Hayes!" she cried. cycling
her visitor in establishment. us soms
ono. no. Melissa" he answered, sit
ting down. II Jest come up to ask You
l. question. Do you know who owns
that matsh land 'longside > Ralston's
rock? ! thought maybe your father or
mother might q known. There's some
Stch bugs after i, and III, get q little
pramium II I md out. They've search
Cd evesywhsrs.. n' there's = pretty
that piscs south o Ralston's rock"
"'TIs mine! It's mine!" said Granny
esAwsli.
"Yss. yes" soothed Min Melissa.
But Granny Seawell already was
fusnbling In the black bag which never
loft her aide. She drew out 4 legal
looking paper "ahdiTpessed it-to, + Mr..
Hayes with her shaking hand. He put
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-03-18

the struggle for the unattainable, and
mankind may settle down to Il nor
common-sense way Of taking some
things as they ire"
1t is true that much is attempted
along lines where success annot be re-
garded as possible. One is reminded
in this connection of tho futile search
for perpetual motion i'll which many
eminent men wasted Il good deal of
their time years ago. That was a
seeking for the unattainable. Per-
pctual motion is now generally regard
ed as unattainable. But h search
for it was not wholly n waste of time.
for those who engaged in it were
learning. although they were not find
Ing that which they sought. And if
We were limited in our seeking to the
things that arc known TO be a%ttainable.
the world would stand still. There is
not n of the thousand useful de-
vices now in COMMON use which was
not AT time regarded as Impossible.
The operation of machinery by steam
power; the propulsion of carriages by
the same power: the iron ship; the
submarine boat; the aeroplane; tho
ordinary telegraph: the telephone: the
wireless telegraph; the cutting of grain
by horse power; the sewing machine:
the cotton gin:-all of these and Il list
so long that it would occupy pages
represent achievements of mar in the
search for what was popularity believ-
ed to be the unattainable.
1t is not a fact, as the Enquirer
seems to assume, that the span of
mans life cannot he heightened. 1t
has been heightened. The average du-
ration of life has been increased. and
is increasing. The winds will continue
TO blow where they list. Nobody eX-
poets otherwise. but the knowledge
Of man as to how and where and why
they blow, and how and where they
will blow next. has been vastly in
creased. and lives and property have
been. saved by that knowledge. The
mar who proposes to establish a per-
manent weather station in tn evicinity
of the south pole is not a hare-brain-
ed seeker after notoriety. but a man
who proposes a perfectly sane inves-
tigation. into facts concerning which
We wish our knowledge enlarged. 1t
may be that if the station is cstab-
lished the meteorological knowledge
obtained will not be of great value.
E1If tho nff0~t 20 ,c~o~$r e 49,
is n knowledge in that bleak land
that will be of value is worth while.
Mankind will not settle down into
the comfortable habit of taking things
AS they are without investigation.
That is not the habit of mankind. If
it had been the prevailing habit hu.
mainly would now he inhabiting caves.
if. indeed. it had progressed that far
in the scale of civilization.