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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26
WAGES Of SIN
Wisconsin Life Prisoner Allowed
to Visit His Dying Mother

Milwaukee journal: The other day
. prisoner serving "a life sentence at
Waupun was allowed to come home
because his mother vas dying. After
IA years in the state prison that is only
the beginning oil his sentence. William
Funk does not need to be reminded of
the wages of sin. It's bitterness came
home to him with all its terrible
force when the little baby, now
grown almost to young womanhood,
he would like to call his own, did
not even know him. His leaving the
straight road had taken away the
home life. the society of friends, the
satisfaction of seeing his family grow
mp around him that might have been
his. The pretty girl of is. who is
his daughter. but in whom he had no
part except the knowledge that he did
what he could to blight her life. lie a
reminder of what might have been.
What of the other men who still
do the things for which they know
their fellowmen must shut them away
from their kiEdY Do they look mt
the little girl Of 3, innocent of all
wrong. ignorant Of unhappiness. and
stop to think Of what her future
must be il her father should go to
PRISON.
Doubtless many men are deferred
from wrongdoing by the thought of
wife and children. But what Of the
men who are not, Do they think Of
this when they take the risky There
can be few privileges in life so great
as that Of being a father. Not that
risks destroying all the beauty and the
good Of such a relation can be worth
while.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26

Chicago, Nov. 26.-Because his
wife presented him with a boy when
he wanted q girl Herman Stockman
ended his life with gas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26

cepts and invest in a box today. AT
all druggists or by mail. H. E. Buck
len q Co.. Philadelphia and st. Louis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26

simulate the different organs 10 do
their work properly. No better regu-
lator for liver and bowels. Take 25
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

DEAFNESS cannot be cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of tie ear.
There is only one way to sure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an iniamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu-
stachian tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
y closed deafness is the result, and un-
less the inflammation can b, ia en- out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases oul of ten ar caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflam-
ed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Dyafness caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
T.. j. CHENEY ~ CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipa
ton,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26

Nervous and Sick Headaches.
Torpid liver, co~nstipated bowels and
disordered stomach are the causes of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26
MADISON'S EADING JE'

these headaches, Take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. you will re surprised
how quickly you will get relief. They
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-11-26
MAIL COUkiSnlF WINS.
Postal Cards Unite Couple Whose Ages
Are Seventy six and Seventy

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-After counting five
months through the mails and meeting
his bride only five weeks ago, Joseph
w. Oliver. seventy-one years old, of
Sweet Valley, PA, and Mrs. Mary Van
Ault, seventy-six years old, Of this
city, were united in marriage here by
Alderman John p. Pollock.
Frank Lewis, a truck farmer. was
the matchmaker. After the death Of
Mrs. Van Ault's husband five months
ago Lewis learned that she was heart
broken. One day he suggested that
she marry again, declaring that he
knew an aged man out in the country
who would make her a good husband.
Then Lewis saw Oliver and suggest
ed marriage to him. Oliver became in
terested at once and asked for the
woman's name and address. The next
day he mailed Il colored postal to her,
giving his name and rural address. In
a short time he received a coiored post
nj from Mrs. Van Ault, and then he
ventured TO write a letter. The cor
respondence led to a meeting and the
marriage followed.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
Christmas as San Francisco
Will Find 1t
The Evening Concert the Great Tree in Golden Gate Park
and the Little Trees All Round Town

celebrate with merry Christmas In
Golden Gate park the open IS there great
for the children of the music games and other sports
sparkling December few cities United
have that day On Christmas the Musicians union
and choir singers will perpetuate the three year old tradition
in Market Lottas fountain.
Those who have done their Christmas shopping early and
those who have done their Christmas shopping late will assemble
appointed shrine of worship
which has been smugged into the house for the delight of the
young and the cheer of the elders
There should be lack of San Francisco this
Christmas day.
The history of the Christmas confused in myth but
like of the fruits BEARS the may well have the label
made in Germany The Christmas undoubtedly
German origin Tradition the lighted treebut
sary the Christmas eeto Martin Luther Authentic though
casual mention Of the has been found locating in Stas
burg at the Christmas early 1908 For 200 the
custom maintained itself along the Rhine and them the begin
ming of the nineteenth century, spread throughout Germany and
by Asace into France With the marriage of Queen Vic
toria German prince the Christmas England
and into America quickly with the assimilation of the
German and English immigrants
Now the Christmas with its spicy piny smell of the
Seras with its nkling candles glowing electric lights with
expectant cotere of bright faced children and its bountul ha
Santa Claus of the Christmas equipment of every
home and the richest part the Christmas association of every
child.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
Fresh Fruits Bring SlS,5OO,OOO
Into California
And More Will Come With the Development of the Fruit
Eating Habit Among the People

With the of the decduous dealers
shipments California brought the
in the present year $8so0oo0 only deciduous
frcherries aprcots peaches pus pears and mis-
caneous fruits of the that shed their leaves The citrus
shipments included neither canned gods dried
other agricultural products of the state.
claimed that the year 1913 has been exceptional
year productivity the California orchards the spell of dry
years which lain the for three which
be broken has retarded swelling in
crop but 1913 compares avoraby with other
years During there shipped 1333 of fresh
fruit, less than the 1912 shipment
California the orchard of the United States fertile
other sections and splendid the fruits of Michigan Ohio
Indiana California that furnishes the earliest
fruits the latest California by has reached its
u of production in fruits hundreds of thou
of coming bearing But there will be
dntion in the demand for the fruits they marketed wisely
for the of fresh fruit is bound increase with the
increased prosperity of the nation and with the development
people the idea that fruit diet healthfu diet
That knowledge well illustrated in the of oranges
Twenty-Five years ago the average American family the
something found in the bottom of the Christ
stocking below the sticky candies and the packages of dates
buging Brazil Now the orange commonplace
of the dining than the loaf of bread
But the science of marketing the fruits perfected
although California has made $lS5O000o its fresh fruits
shipped east.
money eighteen millions more money
California money brought the payment
for what the soil of the state gives forth.
But the freight that take California fruits eastward don't
back empties They cramed with automobiles
for the California farmer.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
The Cold Storage American
Beauty Rose
The Evil Genius of Ice Plant Has Manipulated the Bios
Market Till the Price Will Be S1S Dozen

The cold storage who medates and keeps them
icy dungeon would be burnt the stake it, fortunately
Salem ideas of whcra still influenced American tough-fo
he witch who charm egg into laying
months in order that the magician profit? Yes the cold
storage egg would have got his need of justice had his birth
been premature by 250years.
AS the burning of witches and wizards has gone of fashion,
all that do initiate the lawyers pulate pro
that the egg storage has been burnt witch
But what about the who puts the American beauty
cold storage and thus raises the of love and aecton
The normal winter price of American beauty
Francisco So dozen50 apecehich high
but exoonae in the minds of those who purchase American
beaues and the whole cheap the minds of
girls receive young
bank clerks who $50 the first day of each month But
cold storage grabbed the American beauty
his dungeon where he will hold for
Christmas week-he aforesaid be $18 dozen.
The florists complain that they responsible for
high price of Christmas bouquethey blame the cold storage
Where Caornias reputation of midnter flowers
going if the is cold stored and held for ransom2
Members of United Order of Fances should
their fall of the Baste of Rose-he cold
storage plant cruelest plant of the garden.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
An Answer to Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Editor San Francisco Call and Post:
Your paper recently contained an
article by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in
which she speaks of death as a
great, good, beautiful Guide and
asks the question: Instead of re-
garding death as foe. would it not
be more sensible to think of it as a
friend?" The bible answers this
question by saying, "The last enemy
that shall be destroyed Is death" Il
Corinthians. 1920. 1t is evident that
Jesus did not regard death either as a
friend or as the gateway to eternal
life. for he said: IF man keep my
saying he shall never see death (John
SID; and also This is life eternal.
that they might know Thee, tho only
true God, and Jesus Christ. whom
thou hast sent (John 1913. showing
that spiritual understanding mot
death) is the gateway to life.
Jesus healed the sick and raised
the dead in accordance with the law
of God for He said II came
not to do mine own will, but the will
of Him that sent me-" (John, $685.
AS the Bible. states. Christ hath
abolished DEATH may 1t not be rea-
sonable to believe that in proportion
as we come into more understanding
of the Christ consciousness. which is
1.-THE law of God, we shall see death
abolished in our own experience, as
In the case Of wireless telegraphy,
which always was a scientific fact.
but is governed by laws which had
to be discerned and understood before
thev could be demonstrated In daily
experience?
In Genesis, 5.24. we read: And
Enoch walked with God and he was
not: for God took him." Also. by
faith Enoch was translated that he
should not see death; and was not
found. because God had translated
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
EUening Calls

footpad necessarily solaee for defeat Of the policemen
mcracks upon customer the
Christmas
planning worlds
There will be the 1915 fair for model
Grover Cleveland Hartley baseball player Twenty-Five
clergyman blames
the scientist has been called the attention Of society
The notice should help the sale OF his books
Mrs Ella Flagg Young that
politician than educator Oh,
Chicago would have retained her superintendent schools
the in
1915
through how about
rmahb building a. the fair?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
g. Curious Facts g

just become man and wife, have
drawn up a detailed agreement ser
their future domestic relations. Two
of the more important clauses pro-
vide that the husband shall help wash
the dishes, and the wife shall refrain.
in case Of dispute. from speaking
back
The origin Of the saying AS clean
as a whistle Is ascribed TO the
whistle tankard' OF olden times. In
which the whistle came into play
when the tankard was emptied. or
cleared out, to announce to the
waiter that more liquor was required
Among the worst foes Of the MEM
ory are too much food. to much phys
ical exercise, and. strangely enough,
too much education
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
Are Earth People Weary
inq the Gods?

What can they be talking
about so much? How does it
happen that they can not rest
content with the speaking ap-
paratus that nature, already too
liberal to such petty creatures,
has bestowed upon them? Are
they wearying the gods with adj
vice, or wearying their own
weak brains with nonscnsical
chatter? The next thing we
hear, perhaps, they will be send
ing their yawps up to us. These
pestiferous little worlds are
enough TO make a Joyian tired!
We only speak when we have
something large to say, and
among us only wise men are
born with tongues.
Such might be the hasty re-
marks of the derisive philosopher
of the planet of Jove upon learn
ing of the vast extension of the
telephone systems of the earth,
and the news that we are now
beginning to talk through the
ether, to send Our wandering
voices out into space on the tire
less wings of electricity, would,
doubtless, increase his irritation
and accentuate his scorn.
But what sad error he would
commit. How his eyes would
be opened if he could but pay us
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
Pluck i'm Defeat

Charles Edward Russell. the socia.
list candidate for the mayoralty Of
New York. said OF his defeat:
AT any rate. we put up, we socia-
lists, a brave II hopeless fight. And
now. in our defeat, we are as CHEEKY
as the traveller.
"A traveller bought ticket from
Paint Rock to Nols4 chucky. and ther
going out on the platform said:
!. How soon does the train start?
{ why. there she goes now said
a station hand. You've just missed
her.
The traveller 1eaped on to the line
and set out in pursuit of the train
with all his might. But in two OF
three minutes he came trudging back
over the ties.
"A laughing crowd had gathered
and the station hand said:
Well. did you catch herr
No. said the traveller, but, by
jingo, I made her puff =
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16

him: for before his translation he had
this testimony. that he pleased God"
(Heb., 11;5.) Elijah also was trans
lated. This proves that a full under
standing OF Gods law and implicit
obedience thereto would abolish death.
as In the case of Enoch. who walked
with God
Mary Baker Eddy never believed nor
taught that she had entered upon
life eternal in this body on earth.-
She plainly states in Science and
Health. With Key to the Scriptures"
pages 402-17: THE life OF man is
Mind" and pages 4s5-1S: mot death,
but the understanding of Life. makes
man immortal The belief that life
can be in matter or soul in body.
is the result OF the mortal
error which Christ, or Truth, destroys
by fulfilling the spiritual law OF be-
Ing. in which man is perfect. even
as the Father which is in heaven
Is perfect.
On page so3, line is. we read: "Di-
vine Science lays the axe as the root
formed by or is in the material body,
and Science viii eventually destroy
this illusion through the elf-destruc-
tion of all error and the beatified
understanding of the Science of Life;
and on page 325: He who has the
true. idea of good loses all sense Of
evil. and by reason of this is being
ushered into the undying realities of
Spirit Such one abideth in Life
life obtained not of the body incapable
of supporting life. but of Truth, un-
folding it's own immortal idea Jesus
gave the true idea of being. which re-
suits in infinite blessings to mortals.'
Yours truly,
THOMAS F. WATSON.
Christian Science Committee on Pub
1fcafinr
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
PETTY COMMERCE

Trade was bad. very bad: and Mr..
Buggins. the chief grocer of the dis
trict. found his takings becoming
smaller every day. All his old Gus
toners seemed to be leaving the
neighborhood and no new ones ar
irving. Even old Mrs. Robinson.
whom the firm of Buggins had sup
piled with the necessaries of life fer
many years, had not been near the
shop for weeks.
One morning, however. she again
entered the door; and Mr.. Buggins.
delighted, hastened to attend to her
in person.
And what may get for you to-
day7" he, inquired.
a penny's worth OF soap" came the
reply
Mr.. Buggins' face was wonderfully
expressive of outraged feelings: SO
was his answer
a pennyworth OF soap?s he replied
Certainly. / suppose you'll be wash
ing the canary this afternoon?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16

Cal Ewing plans make Lonely during
Domingo having fashions change
in the tropics.
The Girl the Taxi" according Common Law the
of Blindness on High Road ~
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
!" ny doesn't ne move the bureau and get the old ones
evolutionary responsible present fashion
women's dress they surely had better than them credit
for having
will probably
all their efforts securing
of their in the of Taft Root and Uncle
The department. Washington
suitable diet military
disbandng Soldier opera
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
The World Uses l2,3lS,O0O
Telephones
Yet the Influence of the Device Is to Restrain, Not En-
courage, Conversation Gossip and Love Messages
by Wire Are Refined, Abbreviated and Pointed
By GARRETT p. SERvISs

IF some Voltaire of the planet
Jupiter were made acquainted
= with the telephone statistics of
the planet Earth, he might find
therein material for the most
biting sarcasm, which would
greatly amuse his readers and
yet be founded upon complete
misunderstanding.
Look at that little six foot
world down there" he would
say, sneeringly; at makes up in
talk what it lacks in size. It's
diminutive inhabitants, not con-
tent with the wagging tongues
that nature has given them, have
invented speaking machine to
increase and spread the deafen-
ing babblement in which they
delight There are 1,5OO, ,O00, 900
tongues on their planet, includ-
ing those of the babies, but to
these they have added 10000 900
machines, which enormously
multiply the talking power.
They are not satisfied with
the natural reach of their ears,
as ordinary asses are, but they
must stretch them, electrically,
around the whole circumference
of their Insignificant globe, while
they cackle and clack and bray
to the very heavens!
There is one small trapczoid
on their spotty globe, which
they call the United States of
America, that seems TO be the
storm center of this cyclone of
talk. 1t has 100000 tongues
and 100000 talking machines,
two-thirds of the entire number
possessed by that whole little
bibble babble world They
have city called Los Angeles,
which contains machine for
every four inhabitants. City of
Angels do they name it? City
of Magpies, rather?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16

When a provision dealer was cut
ting cheese he found tin contain
ing three pennies. the name Of New
Zealand cheese manufacturer, and a
request that the finder would COM
municate with him ana state whether
the cheese was sold to him as New
Zealand or Canadian. AS a matter Of
fact, 1t was sold as Canadian, and the
tradesman replied to that effect.
Mr.. A. 3. Myers OF Millersville. Pa.
who has lost both his hands. shot is
squirrels during q one day hunting
trip. His gun was strapped to the
stumps Of his arms, and he pulled
the trigger with his teeth
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Maddox OF Los
Angeles, Cal. who at the mature
ages Of Is and II. respectively. have
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16

visit! If he were frank he
would confess that he had Sian
dered us. If he were really wise
he would admit that speech is
good for others besides philoso-
Pliers And then, too, he would
perceive that instead of multi
plying vain talk the telephone
restrains it. In extending the
reach of speech it restricts It's
volume locally and teaches brew
ity, succinotness and clearnesr
No doubt telephone girls do gos--
sip sometimes, but it is kind of
refined, abbreviated gossip. an
improved variety. Unquestion-
ably love messages are occasion
ally spoken over the wires. but
who could object to that? They.
too, are refined, abbreviated and
made more pointed.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
TIE CLIFF
BY Lillian LAUFERTY

WI It'll dream Of with youthful feet
w little life and thinks find
- the cliff of shame
all they to
With the OF her unframed
How shall she where the unl path should be?
Jagged of hell?
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-16
Has Worked for
ClearneSS of Speech

The telephone has done a
great deal for freedom of speech.
clearing it of obscurity, of pro-
lixity, of pretense, of false
modesty, and especially of that
element of personal shrinking
which affects the sincerity of
utterance, face to face, of all
but the most frank and fearless
spirits. Very few men express
their real thoughts as boldly and
straightforwardly in, ordinary
conversation as they do in the
quasi impersonal converse that
occurs at the telephone. OF
course, there is another side to
the picture. The man who has
something 10 conceal behind his
speech probably finds relief in
the absence of the penetrating
eyes of his interlocutor when he
talks by telephone; he is, as it
were, protected by screen.
Still, the advantage remains
with sincerity and frankness, and
one can say a painful, but neces-
sary, thing much more easily by
telephone. Perhaps if the right
of women to propose marriage
is ever put into practice, it will
FIRST be done by telephone. The
truth would be told, and the
bushes and confusion spared.
1t is unnecessary to refer to
the enormous saving of time, and
the tremendous facilitation os
business that the telephone mas
effected. AT the close of 1912 the
whole world contained 12,3lS,-
600 telephones, of which the
United States had 1857, ,625, and
all Europe only 3.153,0OO. The
city of New York alone pos
sessed 441s12S, almost exactly
double the number possessed by
London. Chicago stood third
among the great cities of the
world with 279,S33 telephones.
But Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco held the percentage record.
each having one telephone for
about every four inhabitants.
After the Jovian Voltaire had
studied these facts on the spot he
would go back and change his
tune; he would then declare that
the United States was not the
storm center of useless babblc,
but the great focus Of talk to
the purpose, of speech concen-
trated to its real essence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-15

dieIs have been beaten. , 10 @. :; 10 q.
and q Ito q IN their last three games With
Annapolis all Of the Middies' scoring hay
Ing been done on goals from the field
'rhc tip i ont THAT NIan4gNr AIc.-ray
d the NcH York Giants intends 10 maxi
a number OF changes in his team >cnc
time ago it was said that M,Glaw would
arrange 4 big trade 10 bolster ~ hiS team
81 1914 Nestc, Doyle and Burns ,src
sad to he the Giants who viii h1me y
uades this winter. Mct;raw j. afecr
Konetchy and Lee Maqce Of the t. LoH
Cardinals, 8eschcr. the Cincinnati oel-
fielder. and Rill Sweeney. tie caa;ain III
the Boston Braves.
'james Thorpe spent the last few liorr-
remaining before his marriage at Carll-l &.
Pa. yesterday IN the football tp-s hc
loved So well. on the Carlisle Indian 1Id
IRON. coaching. as an assistant To Glen
Warner the llickeIs among the robust
Indian youths Of the football squad. mos
OF whom were ushers ut his wedding
Thorpe~ coaching waS highly valued and
lie seemed to have lost none If his tie
cunning He PM several dlop kicks a.cl
at good distances.