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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14

Or. Walter Pruce, Chief of Government
Breeding Station and Experimental
Poultry Farm at Pergamino, Argen-
tina, Considers American Strains Best
In the World.
Hogs and chickens Of American
strains will be distributed among the
farms In the Argentine Republic, DR..
Walter Pruce, chief of the experiment
tai station and poultry experiment
tai farm at Pergamino, Argentina, de-
clared in recent interview. DR..
Pruce, who is now on his way to Ar
gentina, has with him cargo Of hogs
and chickens of various breeds which
he has collected from the farms of
Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois,
New York and other states and 300
tons of American built sheds, hen
houses, incubators and other farm i'm
plements incident to the breeding Of
poultry and hogs.
"For some time the Argentine gov
ernment has considered introducing
into that country certain strains of
American live stock and poultry which
are raised so successfully by American
farmers" said DR.. Pruce. After con-
sidering the matter carefully and be
ing advised that American farming
methods were In advance Of those In
any other country Of the world was
commissioned to come here and buy.
Purchased Much Stock.
81 have purchased more than 500
chickens, representing f1fty-one varie-
ties of breeds, and forty-six hogs of
six different breeds. also have
grounding and feed mills, incubators,
hog sheds and other equipment and
six experts who are graduates of lead
ing American agricultural colleges
whom j expect to send throughout Ar
gentina to explain stock breeding to
our farmers.
I'VE expect to arrive In Buenos
Aires near the end of July or early In
August The poultry and stock viii
be shipped from there to Pergamino,
where 1t is proposed to establish
breeding station.
Will Give Lectures.
I'VE will invite the farmers to call
at the breeding station, where lectures
will be given on the proper manner of
raising chickens and hogs. Later we
may introduce certain strains of Amer
lean cattle. After we have raised a
sufficiently large number chickens and
hogs will be given by the government
to the poorer farmers, and our agents
will go through the country and tell
them of the proper methods Of hous-
ing, breeding and caring for their
stock"
DR.. Pruce said he had Berkshire,
Yorkshire, Poland China, Duroc-Jer-
sey and Tamworth hogs and White
and Brown Leghorns, Wyandottes and
other well known breeds Of chickens.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
AT Daybreak

I dearly love to leave my bed
Each day at early dawn
And go out In the yard and push
: The mower DER the lawn.
1t makes me feel good all the day
When with the sun 1 rise
And oil up the machine and get
Some healthfui exercise.
like to run II up and down
And hear its cheerful whir
Across the grass. I can't see why
The neighbors should demur.
It's such a brisk and lively sound
When l get going good.
And folks can hear II all around
Throughout the neighborhood.
I'm sorry for the slothful ones
Who choose to lie In bed
And never get up till the sun
Is high up overhead.
How vastly better off they'd be
II they. like me. would rise
Each day at early dawn and get
Some healthful exercised
-Somerville Journal
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
BUILDING $4,000 CATTERY.
Woman to Have Luxurious Home For
Her Prize Winners.

Mrs Clifford B. Harmon is con
structing at Indian Harbor, near Green
wich, Conn, what Is to be the most
complete home for cats In this country.
Mrs. Harmon, a noted cat fancier, Is
bent upon having a home de luxe for
her twenty eight cats and twenty-four
kittens, many of them noted prize win
ners
Before the laborers We're set at work
on the foundation for her new $4,000
"cattery" Mrs. Harmon broke the
ground in the presence Of a large COM
pany, including Commodore Benedict
and Thomas Hastings of Carrere &
Hastings, the architects Of the build
ing. The "cattery" is to cover more
than two acres on Commodore Bene-
diets property at Indian Harbor.
There are to be eight rooms, with
nineteen cat runs. Hot and cold wa
ter, electric light, gas for cooking, two
baths, kittens nursery, steam heat
and other improvements are deemed
necessities. In addition there is to be
a seven room cottage for Mrs. II. Y.
Mathis, who has been associated with
Mrs. Harmon for three years and who
has been breeding famous cats for
about ten years.
The new "cattery" will be known as
the Greenwich cat kennels. Mrs. Har-
mon will give the cats her personal
attention, and Mrs. Mathis will be In
constant charge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
Eioht Notch Man Diss In Chair.

Eddyville, Ky.-General May, whose
ever ready pistol bore eight notches,
was put to death In the electric chair
here for the murder Of Mrs. Belle Mer-
edith of Clay county. Mrs. Meredith
was shot down after May had killed
her husband. May, whose Christian
name was General, had been deputy
sheriff, and in fight several years ago
he was shot twelve times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
CAT GOES TO FIRES.
Firemen's Pet Slides Down Pole and
Rides With Driver.


New OrJeans.--A cat that leaps from
its box on the second floor Of Engine
Company No. 25 quarters when the
alarm sounds, springs for the brass
pole and with Its fore and hind feet
embracing the rod, slides down to the
main floor and then jumps on the driv-
er's seat Of the engine, is the new mas
cot adopted by the firemen there.
willie" was found one day asleep In
soap box upstairs. The animal SEEM
ed satisfied with accommodations and
was allowed to remain. A day later,
when an alarm rang, the astounded
members saw a ball Of fur shoot for
the rod and later spring for the en-
gine.
In of days, when alarms are few,
some one taps on the bell just to see the
cat jump. Children in the neighbor-
hood gather around the door, and some
one makes noise like a signal, and
down slides willie"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
HISTORIC DOCUMENT FoUND7
May BE the Original Draft OF Lsconp.
ton Constitution Of Kansas.

May BE the Original Draft OF Lscosnp-
ton Constitution Of Kansas.
In looking over bundle OF papers
which belonged to an uncle who died
In Kansas, Justice of the Peace Joseph
A. Headley of Milltown, N. j., found
what appears to him to be the original
draft Of the famous Lecompton con-
stitution Of Kansas, a document for
which the authorities OF that state have
been looking for the past half century.
Mr.. Headley has written to the secre-
tary OF state of Kansas telling him Of
the find
The Lecompton constitution was the
first organic law of Kansas and pro-
vided for slavery. 1t was recognized
by President Buchanan, but afterward
supplanted with new instrument th.t
forbade slavery within the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
LOBBYING IS DEAD
AS A PROFESSION
President Says II VIII Soon Be
CldSSed With DOdO.
INQUIRY TO Be PUSHED.
officials Aroused by Charges Made by
Colonel Martin M. Mulhall Against
National Association of Manufactur-
ers-Lobby Out Of Business In Capt.
tol Is General Opinion.

The lobby is out of businHjs so far as
national legislation Is concerned. It
has ceased TO embarrass the admins
tration. When the present investiga-
ton ends lobbying as a profession will
be classed with the dodo and other
things extinct.
That is the view taken by President
Wilson. When he saw the newspaper
correspondents following the recent ex-
pose of the lobby in Washington fos-
tered by the National Association Of
Manufacturers, the president wore an
expression that was distinctly one Of
pleasure at the revelations. His first
remark indicated that he was greatly
pleased with the latest lobby develop
ments, although he did not care to dis
cuss them I'm detail.
Discusses the Expose.
The president made it very plain that
he Is behind the move for q full and
complete inquiry into every phase of
the question. He believes that the
charges of Judge Lovett and others that
an attempt has been made to hold up
Wall streets interests on behalf of GER
tain lawyers. that the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers crushed or made
congressman at the whim of its officials
and that subterranean methods have
been used In creating terrorism in ma
tionaI legislative halls should all be
thoroughly Investigated. And the presi-
dent himself is the authority for the
statement that the public must know
the truth, no matter who may be be-
smirched or what their political belief
may be.
President Wilson briefly discussed
the Mulhall charges made recently
against the National Association Of
Manufacturers, which have since had
wide circulation.
When Mr.. Wilson made his first dec
laration that "a numerous and insidi-
GUS lobby" was operating in Wash
ington he had no idea that such
charges as made by Colonel Martin
Mulhall would be brought out, but he
said he was In favor Of investigating
all charges and had no doubt the SEN
ate committee would have free hand.
The president told his callers the accu-
sations In the Mulhall statement had
been called to his attention just before
their publication.
A Searching investigation.
A searching investigation not only
by the senate lobby committee, but by
a select committee Of the house also,
promises to be the first result of the
charges made by Mulhall, who has
been the general field lobbyist" for
the National Association Of Manufac-
turers.
Mulhalps allegations that represent
atives, senators and high officials Of
the government had been reached"
or Influenced" and that the "lobby"
conducted its operations from room In
the capitol. paid money to employees
there, took an active hand In making
the committeea and went out actiYalx
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
ARGENTINA BUYS
U. S. LIVE STOCK
Poultry and Hogs Bought Here
For Breeding PURPOSES.
TO MAKE EXPERIMENTS.

Or. Walter Pruce, Chief of Government
Breeding Station and Experimental
Poultry Farm at Pergamino, Argen-
tina, Considers American Strains Best
In the World.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVIES.
Bible PIctures and Plays . Great At.
traction For Children.

tFaction FOR ChItor0n.
A three months successful expert
ment Of teaching the Bible by moving
pictures ended recently at the Univer-
sity Congregational church in Chicago.
In that time dozens of picture plays of
a religious nature, scenes from the
Holy Land and the city slums. were
thrown on the screen and their lesson
explained to the children.
1--WE believe that children learn bet
ter through the eye than through the
ear" said the Rev. Oscar G. Helming.
the pastor. 1--WE not only have increas-
ed the attendance, but the older chill
drsn are staying. They are interested /"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14
CHOKES ON HIS OWN TONGUE.
Il Sticks In Youths Throat, and He
Dies In EpiIeptic Fit.

Dies In Epileptic Fit.
Philadelphia.-Ch Arioro, twen-
ty years old, choked to death I'm bed
IN his own tongue.
Arioro had been suffering from epi-
Iepsy for some time and was having a
lit when his sister, Mrs. Anna Mario,
returned home. She summoned doc
Tor, but he did not arrive until after
Arioro had died His tongue had stuck
In his throat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-14

in the political campaigns to defeat
congressman who opposed legislation
the ''lobby" wanted have thrown con-
gressional circles into an uproar.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04
BROKE HORSE OF BAD HABIT
Bag of Sand, Something Like "Runch.
ing Bag" Did the Business
Quite Simply.

Noah Spears, a Bay Shore farmer,
has discovered way to break horse
of kicking, according to Milford let.
ter to the Wilmington (Del.) News.
Spears tells the following story: II
filed stout gunny sack with sand and
suspended it from the ceiling in the
rear of the stall by rope in such a
position behind the horse that Its
heels could have good play upon it.
This large pendulum, needing only a
strong power to start it, would swing
with clocklike precision as soon as
the horse began to play its acrobatic
stunts upon it. At the first kick the
bag swung away, only to return with
more force, giving the animal much
more than 1t had sent. This unexpect-
ed return on the part of the bag caused
the horse to kick harder. but each time
the bag returned harder and paid the
animal with interest Finally the
horse, realizing that further kicking
would be fruitless, stopped kicking.
The bag was allowed to hang in the
same position for an entire week, but
no more use for it was SEEM"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04
PETRIFIED FALLS IN ALGERIA
Remarkable Mineral Formation Which
Puzzles Scientists Called 1.-THE
Bath of the Damned"

With all the beauty of cataract OF
living water, there is in Algeria re-
markable petrifed waterfall which re-
Gently has been engaging the attention
of scientists.
This is the Hammam-Meskhut1n
which means "The Bath of the
Damned" and is located 81 miles from
Constantine, on the site of the ancient
town of Cirta. This solicited cascade
is the production of calcareous de-
posits from sulphurous and ferrugin-
Gus mineral springs, issuing from the
depths of the earth at temperature
of 95 degrees Centigrade.
1.-THE Bath of the Damned even from
4 near viewpoint. looks for all the
world like great wall of water dash
ing into a swirling pool at its foot, yet
it's cleaning. graceful curves and the
apparently swirling eddies at it's base
are as fixed and immovable as II
carved from the face of a granite
Cliff
Many centuries have. Of course. gone
TO the making of the deposits, and the
springs were we'll known to the an
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04

property, because was the only liv-
my getting it, I'll bet he's mad, now,
that he didn't make will! When he
said that mother-it don't matter what
he said just walked out of his door,
that time, with my head up high like
this Oh, goodness, we're here
They stood before Hamilton Greg
ory's silent house.
Good night" Fran said hastily. Its
a mistake to begin long story on a
short road My! But wasn't that a
short road, thought"
Sometime. you shall finish that
story, Fran. / know of a road much
longer than the one we've taken-we
might try it some day. if you say So"
81 do say so. What road is it?"
Abbott had spoken of a long road
without definite purpose. yet there was
glimmering perception of the reality,
as he showed by saying TREMENDOUSLY:
''This is the beginning of it
/ He bent down. as if to take her in
his arms.
But Fran drew back, perhaps with a
blush that the darkness concealed, GER
tainly with little laugh I'm afraid
I'd get lost on that road" she MUIR
INJURED, s'for. / don't believe you know
the way very well, yourself" rs
She sped lightly to the house, un-
loc'-~d the door, and vanished.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04

Fran arrives at Hamilton. Gregory's
home%ia Littieburg, but finds him absent
conducting the choir at camp meeting.
She repairs thither in search OF MIN.
laughs during the service and Is asked TO
leave. Abbott Ashton. superintendent 81
schools. escorts Fran from the tent. 4,
deeply interested in charity work, ana a
pillar of the church. Ashton becomes
greatly interested in Fran and While TAX s
ing leave of her. holds her hand ana IL IS
seen by Sapphire Clinton, sister OF Kop-
ert Clinton, chairman of the school board.
Fran tells Gregory she wants nome
secretary, takes a violent dislike to Fran
and advises her to go away at once once
Fran hints at twenty-year-o secret H.
and Gregory in agitation asks Grace to
leave the room. Fran relates the story
eof how Gregory married a young girl al
Springfield while attending college ana
that marriage. Gregory had married his
present wife three years before the deat IN
of Fran's mother. Fran takes liking 70
Mrs Gregory. Gregory expial plans fr ina
Fran is the daughter of a very dear frleho
who is dead Fran agrees to the STORY.
Mrs. Gregory insists on her making her
home with them and takes her 70 her
arms. 1t is decided that Fran must go 70
school Grace shows persistent lnIeress
in Gregory's story Of his dead friend ana
hints that Fran may be an 1mposter.
Grace begins nagging tactics in, an effort
to drive Fran from the Gregory home. put
Mrs. Gregory remains stanch IN ner
fntendent Ashton to be punished for IN
subordination in school. Chairman Gin
ton is present The affair ends in Fran
ieaving the school in company or the Two
mongers of the town. Abbott. while tax
ing walk alone a.. midnight. finds Fran
on a bridge telling her fortune by cards:
She tells Abbott that she Is the famous
Hon tanner. Fran Nonpareil. She tired OF
circus life and sought a home.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04
CHAPTER xl.-Continued.

'/As he looked into her eyes, all sense
rof the abnormal disappeared. 81 have
the imagination, Fran" he exclaimed
fmpulsively, eff it is your life"
''In spite of the lions?" she asked.
almost sternly.
"You needn't tell me a word" Alb
bott said 81 know all that one need
know; it's written in your face, story
of sweet innocence and brave pa
tience''
<'But I want you to know"
"Good!" he replied with a sudden
smile. "Tell the story, then; If you
were an Odyssey, you couldn't be too
long"
The first thing remember is wax
ing up to feel the car jerked. or
stopped, or started and seeing lights
l.. flash past the windows-lanterns of
the brakemen, or lamps Of some town,
dancing along the track. The sleeping
car was home-the only home I knew
All night long there was the grooming
of the wheels, the letting off of steam
the calls Of the men. Bounder Broth
,ers had their private train, and moth
er and lived in our Pullman car. Aft
era while l knew that folks stared at
us because we were different from 9th
ers. We were show-people. Then the
thing was to look like you didn't know,
or didn't care, how much people
stared After that, found out that
had no father; he'd deserted mother.
and her uncle had turned her out of
doors for marrying against his wishes.
and she'd have starved if it hadn't
been for the show-people."
Dear Franz" whispered Abbott ten
derby.
Mother had gone to Chicago, hoping
for a position in some respectable Of
flee, but they didn't want typewriter
who wasn't a stenographer. 1t was
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04
IN the BARRIERS Chair.

"No sooner was I seated In the
chair" began Jones, than the barber
commented on the weather, and di-
rected a current of discourse into my
ears.
".Je ne comprend pas said |, with
an inward chuckle, thinking his volu-
bility would be checked.
I'm very good French he started in
afresh. l looked at him as if bewil-
dered. and then interrupted him by
asking:
''Was Sagen Sie?"
"He began to repeat in German all
that he had been saying, when | shut
him off with:
"tOh, talk to me with your fingers.
I'm deaf and dumb!"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04
BANlSHED
Coffee Finally Had to Go.

The way some persons cling to cor
fee, even after they know 1t Is doing
them harm, is a puzzler. But 1t Is an
easy matter to give it up for good,
when Postum is properly made and
used instead. A girl writes:
Mother had been suffering with
nervous headaches for seven weary
years, but kept on drinking coffee
"One day asked her why she did
not give up coffee, as cousin of mine
had done who had taken to Postum.
But Mother was such slave to coffee
she thought it would be terrible to
give it up.
Finally, one day, she made the
change to Postum, and quickly her
headaches disappeared. One morning
while she was drinking Postum SO
freely and with such relish, | asked
for a taste.
THAT started me on Postum and !
now drink it more freely than | did
coffee, which never comes into our
house now"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, THE
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum Unjust be boiled)
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing, but is prepared instantly by STIR
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes 1t right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put IN
heaping spoonful and temper 1t with q
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount ths.. pleases your palate and
have 1t served that way In the future
There's a Reason" for Postum.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-07-04

Abbott swiftly sketched in the details;
"and your bosom is rising and falling,
and your lips are parted-like now
showing perfect teeth"
Dressed in my tights and fluffy lace
and Jewels" Fran helped, with bare
arms and stars all in my hair !.
But the end came to everything when
when mother died. Her last words
were about my father-how she hoped
some day I'd meet him, and tell him
she had forgiven. Mother sent me to
her half-uncle My! but that was
mighty unpleasant" Fran shook her
head vigorously. "He began telling
me about how mother had done wrong
in marrying secretly, and he threw 1t
up to me and l just told him
But he's dead, now. l had to go back
to the show-there wasn't any other
place. But few months ago was of
age, and came into Uncle Ephraims