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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
DIVORCE is A FORM OF
P0lYGAMY"-ABDUl HAMID.
Oeposed Sultan of Turkey Discusses
Women of the East and West.

An interesting selection OF chap
ters from the diary Of Abdul Hamid.
the ex-sultan Of Turkey, appears in
the March number of the Review Nord
und Sud, in Berlin. Giving his views
on women. the ex-suItan says:
'The countless divorces and scan
dals In Europe and America show that
many men In those countries incline to
polygamy.
''The west" he goes on, has an en-
tire misapprehension regarding the po-
sition of woman in Turkey. Even
though woman is fortunately debarred
from taking part In Turkish public Life
and compelled to lesYA sYsrythipg 70
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
WILL SHOOT ALIEN AvlAT0RS
British Rule Provides Summary Fate
For lntruders Over Forts.

British Rule Provides Summary Fate
For lntruders Over Forts.
The aerial navigation bill in England
has received the royal assent. and It
became operative Immediately. For
eign airships now cross England at
their peril unless their pilots declare
the objects Of their journey. Should
pilots pass over forts, royal dockyards
or arsenals they are liable to be shot
at and killed.
The terms Of the new act win be
communicated to foreign governments
as well as the regulations to be made
by the war Office. Air craft passing
prohibited places will be warned by
smoke signals before they are fred at
Rockets or flashlights will be used at
night Experiments are In progress to
nnd the best guns for use on and
against air craft
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
men. at any rate she is the autocrat at


men. at any rate she is the autocrat al
home.
AS ] observe the stern and fmperi
Gus faces OF western women" says the
former ruler, comparison with them
easily favors our women.
'Why do the people Of the west criti.
else our women? Which is the more
sacrificing or the more beautiful, the
oriental woman or the European?
I'm Turkey woman belongs to her
home. She belongs to man alone. In
Europe she has too many liberties to
remain womanly. II only half Of what
one reads in newspapers and books
about western women is true then the
lot OF men there must be truly lamen-
table"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
0R0zcO REPORTED DROWNED
"Human Tiger" Said to Have Met
Death Swimming From Pursuers.

6Satn swimming from FursuerS.
That Pascual Orozco, Jr., the human
tiger" former leader of the rebels In
northern Mexico. was drowned while
swimming the Rio Grande to escape
federals who surprised him and his
party late last September, was assert
ed recently by Manuel Mascarenas, a
former rebel commander. who arrived
In Los Angeles.
He declares Orozco. with bis father,
his secretary, Jose Cordova, and sew
eral others. was surprised at Ojlnga.
near the Rio Grande. The leaders
rushed for the river. abandoned their
horses In the water and tried to swim
to the American side. Orozco the
younger never reappeared. according
to Mascarenas' informant.
His horse. expensive saddle and gold
mounted sword were recovered by Fe-
hx Torazas. one of the rebel party, on
the American sidA
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
JOAQUIN MILLER'S LAST POEM
"At Final Parting Title of Work Writ
ten on Deathbed.


The last poem Joaquin Miller wrote
was composed by him in his last i'll
ness, after be knew that death was
near.
This is my last message TO the
world" be told his wife, to whom he
gave the piece OF paper on which he
had laboriously penciled the following
lines:
"At Final Parting"
Could / but teach man to believe,
Could but make small men to grow,
To break frail spider webs that weave
About their thews and bind them low,
Could but sing one song and lay
Grim doubt. l then could go my way
In tranquil silence, glad, serene
And satisfied from off the scene.
2gt. oh, this disbelief. this doubt,
This doubt OF God. this doubt of good.
The damned spot will not out
Wouldst learn to know one little flower.
Its perfume, perfect form and hue?
Yea, wouldst thou have one perfect hour
OF all the years that come to your
Then grow as God hath planted. grow
lordly oak or daisy low.
AS he hath set his garden: be
Just what thou art or grass or tree.
Thy treasures up in heaven laid
Await thy sure ascending soul.
Life after life-be not afraid
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
Kludt's Selz Royal Blue Store

a bulldog. sprang at him from the
bushes.
Gross sidestepped the animal and.
jerking a lighted miners lamp from
his hat thrust the blaze Into the face
OF the cat which ran away. but soon
returned and followed Gross half q
mile toward bis home at Tharptown.
Gross got rife. but the cat had dis-
appeared.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28

N0o ouUW oSaFSs0o AuukT1unos
Jan. 9 red snow fell on the Silveretta
glacier and other parts OF the voral-
berg district. in Austria, and the So
perstitious, who already believe 1913
will be an unlucky year. are much
troubled by the phenomenon. declar-
ing It means great war. However.
the omen is due to nothing more than
q microscopic aIga or uniceIlular plant
named by science Sphaerella nivalis,
which In arctic or mountain regions
occasionally produces large scarlet
patches on the snow. 20 the unoc1an-
the observer may imagine the snow -
Qslf = red
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
BEATS WILDCAT WITH LIGHT.

Catancunt Attacks Miner and 10 Re-
pulsed by Lamp Flame.
As Elmer Gross Of Shamokin, Pa,
was returning from work at colliery
recentl1 Z wildcat lsEga- and heayy es
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-28
BATTLE ZONE HAS
MANY TRADITIONS
Scenes of War In Mexico City
Are Historic.
400 YEARS OF GREAT EVENTS

Stage Manager Could Not Have Found
More Romantic Setting-Was Seat OF
Aztec Power-Taken by Conquista-
dores of cortes and Alvarado Scene
Of lnquisition.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

Lost Ticket to Heaven.-The Atchi-
son Globe tells Of pathetic sight wit
messed the other morning on main
street. An old and very poorly dressed
colored woman was in a frenzy OF
grief. She walked up and down the
street m moaning and wringing her hands
and searching for something she had
lost. When asked what her trouble
was she walled that she had lost her
ticket to Heaven" She explained that
in her church each member who paid a
certain sum of money was given such
a ticket. This old colored woman be-
lieved implicitly in the power of her
ticket, which to her represented berth
in Heaven. She had paid for 1t with
hours and days Of wearisome labor,
and now saw her chances Of eternal
salvation vanish, for possibly never
again could she secure money enough
to purchase another passport.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

His Least Need.-Oscar w. Under
wood, at an al fresco luncheon In Bir-
mingham, said to a man who opposed
all tariff changes:
"The way you'd treat the tariff, my
good sir, reminds me Of the poor duff
fer who, weak from hunger, collapsed
in Market street.
"a crowd gathered round, and then,
as is always the way, three or four
chaps began to shove back the crowd,
yelling:
"'Give him air! Give him air!
"At this the sufferer raised his head
from the side walk, smiled bitterly
and said:
"Air? Give me air? Why, gents,
I've had nothing but air for the last
three days."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

( Reason for His Ignoranee.-The
young rector Of an Episcopal church
In Alabama, an Ens:lishman, by the
way, was asked recently to officiate at
the wedding Of a negro couple on
nearby plantation. He consented, but
thought he would beforehand learn
something about the contracting par
ties, so he said to the prospective
groom: t.#'.a+ a+#sM .
Have you ever been married be-
fore?" ..........,
"Yes. sir" said the negro. %
The alaerity Of the response put a
crimp" in the rector, so to speak, and
he asked with some uneasiness:
"Your wife is dead, Is she not?"
"Now, sah," was the unexpected re-
ply, "she's In Norf Ca'lina."
why did she leave you?" then ask
ed the rector. .-
"I can't exactly tell you, sah," said
the negro. "Yuh see, I wuz erway
from home at de time, an I amt been
back dere since. ."-J. T. d.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

The Difficulty Soived.-We rode In
the "bus'' that goes once q day to the
distant railroad station, and the only
other passenger was a travelling man
who seemed to be nervous and worried
about something. And when we
stopped at the road house, half way In,
to take on q mail sack, the travelling
man jumped out and interviewed the
driver. We overheard this much of
the conversation:
Driver, how long are you going to
stop here?"
{ mot long, mister"
well, say-will there be time for
me to scout around and see If I can
get drink Of something?"
"Yes. i guess So"
* "You guess SO? But what guaran-
tee will have that you won't drive
OF without me when you get ready to
start?"
well. I'll tell you. You take me
along"
(They didn't get 1t, though. This Is
a dry county).-Cleveland Plain Deal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

A Prodisal's Return.-A young New
Haven man, returning home from
health trip to Colorado, told his father
about buying a silver mine for $4,000
"I knew they would rope you in!'
exclaimed the old man. so you were
ass enough to buy humbug mine?"
"Yes, but didn't lose anything.
formed a company, and scld half OF
the stock to a Connecticut man fol
$1,000"
"Y-you did" gasped the old man.
as he turned white. "I bet / am the
one who bought It,"
"I know you are" coolly observed
the young man, as he crossed his legs
and tried to appear very much al
home.-Providence Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29
COUNT YAMAMoTo
Japan's Prime Minister Prefers Tea to
Grape Juice. -a

Japan's Prime Minister Prefers Tea to
Grape Juice. .-a
Japan's prime minister, Count YAM
amoto, is total abstainer from the
use Of spurious liquors, but he pre-
fers his native tea to grape juice. In
his abstemiousness he is also like Sec
retary of State Bryan in the fact that
he does not smoke, believing all In
diligence in tobacco bad for his health,
says a Toxic dispatch.
Count Yamamoto is an early riser.
At s O'Clock precisely every morning
he Is seen, in plain Japanese garb, tax
ing a walk in the neighborhood Of his
residence In Toxic. Upon his return
he reads his papers with extraordinary
attention, from heavy editorials down
to minor city events. With Countess
Yamamoto he has a plain breakfast,
consisting Of milk, eggs and rice. Al
ter breakfast he begins to get ready
for his days work. while his wife pre-
pares his tea. ' 3"
AltnOuSu I'll duihidip ehS PiSSt
wears a frock coat. Punctually at
he leaves his home in an automobile,
and in fifteen minutes he arrives at
the cabinet offices, which are inside
the palace compound. There he grim
ly goes through the piles Of state doc
uments until at noon he takes his Eu-
ropean luncheon, which invariably
drives the severity from his counte-
nance, and he is then ready for amia-
able conferences with his secretaries.
The premier shuns social engage
ments and late hours. At p. m. he
leaves his office and goes straight to
his home. After a bath and q stroll
in his garden he partakes Of a hearty
Japanese dinner, for he is a healthy,
stout old sailor with real appetite.
He wears a mustache and beard, now
almost gray, but his most striking fea-
lures are his eyes. bright and pene-
trating, testifying to the power and
strength within. At the same time he
has a kind heart. His domestics char
acterize him as an amiable and SYM
pathetic master. 80
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

The Day of Hypocrites-The follow
ing extracts are taken from report In
the Anderson Mail Of w. S. Lees ad-
dress before the State Bankers associ-
alton at Toxaway: r..
Asking and answering the question,
Are we all hypocrites?" w. s. Lee OF
Charlotte, N. c.. vice president and
chief engineer of the Southern Power
company, in his address before the
South Carolina Bankers association
recently delved into his subject,
which he considered in many ways an
unpleasant one. The speaker felt that
the disagreeable, as well as the agree
able, topics must be broached; FOR
there are certain acts transpiring In
our country today that 1t would be we'll
for us to stop and consider"
Mr.. Lee spoke Of the young men who
20 out from college to the professions:
The doctor who becomes a hypocrite In
the sick room when he Is called to
minister to patient who Is hypo-
critic; the lawyer who neglects to pitch
his profession on high ground, but fol-
lows the easiest way-too often he Is
seen pursuing courses which, while
within the law, are not within the
range of good citizenship; In argu-
ments he frequently appeals not to the
highest side of mans nature, but to his
meanest passions and basest senses.
The lawyer in politics was discussed In
that these men oftimes seek to insure
the passage Of laws that will make
easy the winning of big verdicts.
rs there any greater hypocrite than
many Of our so-called politicians"
asked the speaker. A pretense that
they are aiding the people Is ever to
the front, when really selfishness con-
trolls their every action. This type or
politics has gone so far that even In
the highest legislative bodies disgrace
full Investigations are necessary today.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

winter cover on the one hand and
what would be saved on the other by
having the winter cover and having
the crimson clover stubble or sod to
turn under, and will take into con-
sideration the effect that few years
proper soil culture will have on de-
stroying the clods, he will stop turn
ing for a corn crop in the fall or win
ter and instead will grow crimson clo-
yer.
/ use fertilizer to some extent. At
first 1 did not use any for crimson clo-
ver,. but in extending my soil improve
ment to new fields have learned that
/ can use commercial fertilizers as
soil improver even to better extent
than a crop grower. When I am ready
to extend my soil improvements to an
other piece of ground, I sow something
on it, usually cowpeas, and turn them
under to prepare the land for a corn
crop and broadcast good supply OF
16 per cent phosphoric acid. This
I sow crimson clover, as above indi-
Gated, in the corn at or soon after
laying-by. Usually 1 make 1t q kind
of last working. The phosphoric acid
will cause an enormous growth Of the
crimson clover, thus enabling me to
get as much humus in the soil In one
years time as I probably would be
able to get in three years time with
out 1t. In this way I have made q
use of commercial fertilizer more to
aid in soil improvement than in crop
growth.
\ I am constrained to believe that
without deep plowing annually the
good results Of crimson clover as
soil feeder would be much limited. So
thoroughly am / convinced Of the i'm
portance of feeding the soil that 1 am
feeding the products of my farm to
cattle and in this way supplementing
the good results Of the crimson clover
crop. I broadcasted 81 spreader loads
of manure this spring, equal to about
130 wagon loads.
For this section of the state, rec
ommend the red-blooming crimson
clover in preference to the white
blooming, for the reason that 1t Is
some ten days earlier to mature, and
in event of a late spring, gives more
time for the preparation for the corn
crop.-Hon. Coleman c. Cowan Of
Webster, N. c., in Progressive Farmer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29
Queer Food Theories.

Nowadays eating has become YER
liable science, and there are those
who assert that a man can alter his
very character If he will only indulge
in the right kind Of diet. The other
day the private secretary Of the Mara
rajah of Jhalawar gave lecture on
food in London, in the course Of
which he stated that the eating Of
onions Is conducive to darkness Of
spirit" He also averred that the caste
system in India is largely regulated by
diet. Thus, those Of the highest caste
only eat vegetarian meals In order to
keep their souls pure. Members OF
another caste are allowed to eat meat
so that they may become fitted to be
warriors; while the lowest caste of all
eat stale, fiat foods" which suit their
unspiritual natures.
Two noted German professors gave
it as their opinion not long ago that II
people would eat plenty Of chalk they
would have not only more energy and
happiness, but considerably increased
brain power.
A doctor in Philadelphia recently
stated that no one who eats a pound
Of macaroni daily will ever become a
drunkard, but he also stipulated that
the would-be teetotaler should live en-
tirely on a vegetarian diet and never
touch meat in any circumstances.
In direct contradiction to the "veg-
etarianism for soulfulness" theory is
that of a New York woman. She be-
lieves that there Is nothing like fine
chops and glasses of beer to inspire
poets and writer's, and she opened
restaurant for the express purpose OF
providing those who would woo the
muse with the proper kind Of diet.
She has no patience with people who
would become soulful" on prunes
and lentils, and her 'inn for Bohe-
mians," as the establishment is called,
has certainly been we'll patronized by
budding Tennysons and future Mere
diths.
The belief is gaining grounds In
many quarters that IL you wish to
stave off old age and have the feeling
of perennial youth and gaity, no mat
ter what your actual years may be,
you cannot do better than eat plenty
Of sugar. One of the pioneers of this
theory is Professor Metchnikoff, who
has made exhaustive experiments to
prove his statements.
There are some who even assert
that not only does the frequent eating
of sugar keep one from growing DID,
but that If a man or woman Will begin
the sugar treatment even after senility
has set in, the effect will be so great
as to amount to a complete change In
his or her character.-Pittsburg Ga
zette.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29
REPTILES IN FATAL DUEL
Blaeksnake Bests Rather in Battle to
the Death.

the Deaen, lts
John Blackford was about to kill q
blacksnake here to stop its theft Of
eggs, when the thief earned its liberty
by saving the life Of his mother.
The young man had found the nest
of hen that had taken to laying its
eggs in a grove some distance away
from the. house. He also discovered
that the blacksnake had been devour-
ing the eggs as fast as the hen laid
them. He determined to ambush the
snake and kill it. y.
He and his mother watched the hen
recently and when the egg was deposit
ted in the nest they crept closer to
watch for the thief. In a few minutes
the blacksnake appeared. stealthily
creeping through the underbrush. Mrs
Blackford was so fascinated at the
sight of the blacksnake that she did not
hear soft whirring sound close by
her as she stepped back to give John
plenty of room in which to dispatch
the reptile.
Evidently the whirring sound did not
escape the blacksnake. Suddenly 1t
stopped and its whole body seemed to
stiffen. More quickly than the eye Of
Mrs. Blackford could follow 1t darted
toward her, but little to the side. AS
she screamed and jumped back her son
leaped to her rescue, but he stopped,
too, for he saw what human beings
rarely see, blacksnake fighting rat
tier. - c
The two stood aside and watched the
conflict, which was uneven from the
start. The long slim blacksnake was too
quick for the more sluggish and heavi-
er poisonous one. With It's first leap 1t
had clamped its fangless jaws back Of
the poison head Of the rattler and
wound It's body tight around the 9TH
er's. In few seconds the life had been
squeezed out Of the rattlesnake.
THAT snake can have all the eggs on
this farm for all O. me-" remarked
young Blackford when 1t was over,
"and what's more, I'll never kill anoth-
er blacksnake as long as live" G;s
That's just the way feel" said
Mrs. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. N. j.
New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29
The Potato in Europe.-The accura-

The Potato IN Europe@lhe a||""
cy of Winston Churchill's reference
recently made in parliament, to Sir
Francis Drake as the man who first
introduced the potato into Europe, Is
questioned by a writer in the London
Daily Chronicle. He quotes Chambers
as the authority for the statement that
the Spaniards had introduced the tuber
from near Quito. at the beginning of
the 18th century, and that Sir John
Hawkins also brought 1t to England
from Virginia in 1863. % years before
the importation ascribed to Drake. In
Ireland credit Is usually given to Sir
Walter Raleigh for the Introduction or
both tobacco and potatoes from Amer
lea. The cultivation Of the former has
been carried on under difficulties in
that country, but the latter took SO
quickly to the Irish soil that 1t at one
time formed the staple food of the
peasantry, and now Irish potatoes are
largely exported to America, the place
Of their origin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

An Even Trade.-A minister in a
small town, an eloquent speaker, be-
came afflicted with throat trouble and
was treated for some time by local
M. d. After a while he requested the
physician to present his bill, but as 1t
did not appear, the minister called one
day and asked the doctor for his ac-
count. Whereupon the doctor hesita-
ted, stepped around and at last said:
We'll, look here. brother; you are
minister, aren't you? and am doc
tor. Now, I'll tell you what we'll do,
You do all you can TO keep me out OF
hell, and I will do all I can to keep
you out Of heaven, and We'll call 1t
square"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-08-29

Regimsntal colors.-There Is moth
Ing in the British army around which
so much sentiment and romance linger
as the regimental colors. In the old
days they were taken into battle, and
historians have told many a thrilling
story Of hand to- hand fights when the
safety Of the colors OF the regiment
has been threatened. Today. however,
when regiment goes to war its col
ors are left behind. 1t was the death
of a couple Of young officers Of the
South Wales Borders, who were killed
while endeavoring to prevent the
colors OF which they had charge from
falling into the hands of the enemy at
the battle of Isandhlwana, which led
to this rule being enforced in 1881.
Two colors, known as the Kings"
and the "regimental.' are allowed to
every infantry battalion. They are
made of silk, with gold-fringed edges
and cords and tassels Of crimson and
gold, mounted on staff eight feet
SeNcH lhChCo ioh6. 3AC 1NAho - SOASNf
always on the same pattern, shows the
Union Jack on blue ground, while
the "regimental" has a wreath OF
roses, shamrocks, and thistle, with
the regiments motto and crest, sur
rounded by a list of the various bat
ties in which 1t has t,ken part.
All colors used in the army are in
the first instance supplied by the army
clothing factory at Pimlico. and bee
fore being issued special religious
service is held upon them. When a
regiment is presented with new colors,
which happens once in about twenty
years although the Guards regi-
ments, which use their colors more Of
ten than do other regiments, are given
fresh sets every ten years-the old
ones are usually deposited in the ca
thedral or parish church Of the terri
torial Observation-Disclosures Answers