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inch and 4.7-inch guns, as we'll as
armored coming towers. Round the
fort is a deep ditch.
These forts are so designed as to
present the least possible frontage to
the enemy and in this they are quite
successful. The cupola moves along
rails, so that the gun can be shifted
to meet any attack of the enemy The
roof of the cupola is composed of
wrought iron and the gun muzzle
scarcely projects at all from the
opening. All that is shown to the
enemy is a little mushroom top of
metal, off which the shells will glance.
Surrounding the cupola is mass of
concrete, finished with a steel lip ad-
jacent to the cupola.
Far below the surface is the am
munition room which is walled in
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

HE invention of ]. R. Boileau, Of
Minocqua. Wis, of an extensible
bow window is decided improve
ment to window facing the street. 1t
converts an ordinary window into a bow
window, enabling an occupant of a room
to see laterally as well as directly out
ward.
The device is very simple to make and
can be enclosed by a perforated covering
in the summer to prevent the dust or
insects from entering, and in the winter
time by an imperforate transparent COW
ering which will keep out the cold, but
will not obstruct the view.
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with solid concrete. When the gun
is fred the cupola is raised up just
far enough to clear the fort. Then
it Immediately disappears.
1t is an axiom of war that any
thing that is not mobile is vulnera-
BILE. Hence there is no fortifcation,
not even Gibraltar, which cannot be
taken or reduced by mobile force.
However, the main object of fortifca-
tions are to delay the enemy until
sufficient troops can be modified to
come to its assistance.
The Germans were not able to take
the Liege forts until their heavy
siege guns were brought up and put
into play. These heavy guns are
made especially for use against
heavily fortified places and are quite
powerful.
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THE gallant defense of Liege by
the Belgians has aroused the
whole world and much inter
est has been taken in the forts which
were able to withstand the German
force for so long a time. The mod.
ern fortress is a costly, complex
thing which offers the enemy but
little in the way of a target. The
old-fashioned forts which consisted
of towers and walled enclosures are
a thing of the past. The modern
fort is hole in the ground or rather
a series of holes in the ground built
of concrete and steel, each of them
containing one or more guns. No
lofty. menacing structure strikes the
eye of the observer who approaches
the works but instead there is like
ly to be a rolling greensward with
shrubbery. The real protection con-
sists of thirty feet of steel and ma
sonry and thirty feet of earth and
sand which form a plane sloping out
ward, so that any projectile striking
it is promptly buried or glances off
harmlessly.
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N0SEc7lohQL cU0OLA E0PE5 --
y 5URRoUVODvG REfE7vcES

signed by General Brialmont who de-
signed and built all the modern for
tifcations in Belgium. These forts
consist of a long sloping glacis
crowned by a redoubt with a cupola
containing heavy guns and surround
ed by an infantry parapet and deep
ditch with galleries. The cupola
itself is a disappearing and armor-
clad turret made of hardened steel
plates. 1t is raised and lowered by
hydraulic power.
The Belgian forts sometimes have
three and sometimes five sides but
are all constructed on the same prin-
ciple, with notifications in each case
due to the location and site The
birds eye view shows one of the tri-
angular forts. 1t consists of tri-
angular mass of earth, followed out
in the center. The lip of the hollow,
which is roughly heart-shaped, is de-
Tended by infantry and the points of
the triangle by machine guns in steel
cupolas. The platform on which the
rihemen stand can be traced running
half way between the parapet and
the interior floor of the hollow, in
which is a great block of concrete.
In this are vaulted barracks and
storehouses and from the top of this
emerge bigger cupolas carrying g.
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

A NOVEL combination of land and sea
~ sport is the shooting Of flying fish.
1t is a brand-new sport and as yet
has not spread beyond the Hawaiian
islands. 1t is far more interesting than
tarpon fishing or other supposedly thrill
ing sports, according to New York man,
as 1t requires a quick and accurate shot to
bag fsh, and also one has to be an acrobat
In order to maintain his equilibrium in the
boat from which he fires.
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To bag one fish from school is con-
sidered a praiseworthy feat for an accu-
rate gunner. Hunters who go in search
of flying fish go in Trustworthy launch
and are usually gone from early morning
till night.
This interesting sport will never become
common, because it is said that no one
ever caught flying fish with the intention
Of catching one. This is probably the best
combination Of land and sea sport known.
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evident.
Replantins will only have TO be done
once every ten years or more and the boil
of the hybrid is much larger than that Of
the plant. Bolls from the hybrid average
eighteen to the pound while ordinary cot
ton bolls sometimes run as high as eighty
to the pound.
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MAY Pick COTTON From TREES

EXPERIMENTS are now being made TO
cross the cotton plant of the Southern
states with the cotton tree Of Pana-
ma. AS our native cotton plant is an an
nual and has to be planted each year while
the producing life of the cotton tree is
about ten years, the great saving is SELL
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
SLEEP In Your AUTO NowI

MO longer will the automobile tourists
IN have to worry about their lodgings
over night, for the invention of ]. L.
Beeson, Of Milledgeville, Ca, enables
them to carry their bed with them. The
bed is composed of the two seats Of the
automobile. The back Of the front seat is
arranged so that it can be tilted back
ward, flush with the back seat, thus max
ing room and comfortable place IN
which to sleep.
When tAss side curtains Of the autano-
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GERnlN SIEGE GUN
GERn1N SIEGE GUN d
Description of Liege Forts
and Explanation of How
They Are Worked

A single 12-inch rife for one of the
modern forts costs $45, 900, its car
riage costs Sal, 200 and the emplace-
ment of concrete in which it stands
$4,000, so that the guns total cost
is $146,O00. Then it costs a thousand
dollars every time such a gun is fired.
Of course, not all the guns in a fort
are of Pinch caliber.
Each fort, in ordinary times, is
under command of fort commander.
Under the fort commander are five
commanders, each usually in charge
of three groups of guns. Between
the fire commanders and the guns is
a line of range finders and position
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the quartermaster's department has an
nounced that it will buy no more.
This does not prohibit officers from buy
ing white or gray steeds for their individ-
ual use, but it is likely that the general
staff will advise that all such be withdIayu
.6Eew ths sFyics IN. tbayRear fHtIse
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
WHITE Horse DOOMED in ARMY

THE white charger is doomed in army
circles. Despite the prominence such
horses have gained in the past as the
mounts of famous generals, no more will
be purchasedffor the United States army.
Experts claim that white horses furnish
too easy q target for shsElshaetsls. a9d
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20
CHAIN Tenders GUARD Canal

being made or tested by the government.
The chains are from AIS to 434 feet in
length and weigh from $3.50 to $500
pounds each. They will be used to keep
vessels from crashing into the locks
should they temporarily get out Of control
The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

As final precaudon to protect the
"A Panama canal the United States
government is installing mammoth
chain tenders. Four are now being put
IN place and twenty more are either
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bile are pulled down and the doors are
shut the machine affords 8 very good
apartment, much better than on the aver
age train or boat.
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Modern fortresses cost from So
100000 upwards, The new, high
power defense gun is a huge and
elaborate machine, the effective man.
agement of which requires great skill.
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HERE'S an AUTOMATIC Bell Bow

THE latest annunciator system. an in
vention of T. A Haugaard, of Chey-
enne, Wyo., is a great relief and
help to travellers who have lost much
time in the past through the failure Of ho-
tel clerks or bell boys to record or make
their calls With the new system the
clerk inserts plug in the annunciator and
at the specified time the clock over the
board will cause bell to ring in the room
of the person desiring the call To make
sure of being called all the guest has to
do is to see that the clerk puts the plug
in the number of his room.
Pearls can be brought to a brilliant
polish by first rubbing them in olive oil. to
remove the dullness, then by applying a
red nail polish. This Furnishes the pearl,
and with bit of fast rubbing, the jewel
will take on a brilliant glow.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
CENTRAL EUROPE IN
GRIP OF BILLIARDS.
Scores Perish and Thousands
Are Homeless.

Paris, Jan. 13.-Central Europe Is
experiencing the most severe winter
Ia a generation. The billiards of a
fortnight ago., after abating somewhat
seem to have returned with renewed
vigor.
In Eastern Russia $50 deaths from
the cold were officially reported and
stories of peasants devoured by
wolves are numerous.
st. Petersburg is in the grip of a
~three-foot snowfall, with communica-
tions almost cut off and food supplies
low.
In Bavaria and Alsace-Lorraine
heavy snow storms have blocked rail
road traffic and wrecked wires. In
Switzerland snow has been falling
continuously since Friday. The dan.
ger from ~avalanches and floods is re-
| garded as serious.
In Belgium the floods are receding,
but the snowfall continues and a sud
den drop in temperature would mean
further flood loss. The condition of
thousands of homeless peasants has
been made p~recarious by the blizzard.
In Southern England the tempera-
ture dropped suddenly this week, close
tC freezing. Along the coast the
weather is foggy and cold.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
BAD FOOD
Hauled Away by the State Food
Inspector

Vermillion, Jan. 14.-Backing a
dIay up to the door of a butcher shop
in Edgemont Wednesday. Inpector
w. M. Cox loaded onto the wagon the
following food stufs which was hauled
to the city dump and DESTROYED: "a
dressed chicken, IL packages of dried
betries, rs pounds of corn meal, 30
pounds of spices, 8 pounds of cheese
and 10 pounds of a preparation used
for embalming meats. Mice and rats
overlu IN the butchers establishment,
which was 10 a 6lthy condition, and
theV had left evidence of their depre-
dations throughout the shop. The
butcher pleaded with the inspector
that be be not prosecuted and the
Inspector. after destroying the goods,
did not leave the place until he saw
the butcher and his helper hard at
work scrubbing the shop from top to
bottom. On the same day Mr.. Cox
destroyed u kit of fish in a restaur-
ant in Edgemont and saw u drayman
employed to remove rubbish and dirt
from the rear of the place.
AT the same time in the north part
of the state Inspector Preastwick was
NOT idle but found time to destroy q
case of 272 pounds of evaporated
peaches in a grocery store at Selby.
These had become wormy The same
inspectors has destroyed large quaint.
ties of similarly unfit food in other
towns in the north part of the state
recently.
These are only examples of a part
of the large amount of work which
inspector for the state food and drug
department are doing. In spite of
the unusually heavy shipments of gaso.
line and kerosene into the state,
which require most of the time OF
the inspectors for inspection, yet they
have done q great deal of work in
hotel and public buil1ing inspection.
Conn issioner Frary follows up the
inspection with letters and as a re-
suit of the work many changes for
the better are being wrought through,
out the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
FATAL MONTH
Greatest Number Of Deaths
Occur in the Month
of March.

W~as5iugton, Jan. 14.-The grim
rearers greatest harvest is during
the month of March. according to sta.
~tistics just made public in the depart.
ment of commerce.
In a registration area, including
about S5 per cent of this country : 1
population. 1921 people il the same
departed this life during the windy
month. Exactly $685. l2 people in
the same area died during the year,
and of this number 1921 died in
March.
The time of greatest health appears
to be the merry month of June Cur
ing which period Of brides and bios
SONS only go, S27 PEOPLE succumbed.
The most frequent cause OF death. il
was reported, was tuberculosis of the
lungs. Violent deaths claimed AS. 6Ot
persons during the year. The major
ity of them occurred in the summel
months. July being the heaviest toll
One strange thing brought out by
the report is that the greatest mum
Der of suicides occurred during III,
month having the lowest death rate
June. when 500 persons took theil
own lives. 1t is thought by a grea1
many that the many marriages Of
this month bring about this unwont
ed figure. the dependent and unsuc
cessful SWANS swelling the total tt
no incopsiderable degree.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
SOUTH DAKOTA
In Membership of Chamber of
Commerce of the United
States.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA South Dako-
la has iecome represented in the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States of America during the past
three months by the election of com
r%necial organizations operating in
Yankton, Mitchell, Sioux Falls and
Aberdeen.
There are now four hundred and
lightly eight organizations constitut-
ing the membership of the national
chamber, Every state and territory
is represented with the exception of
New Mexico. Commercial ~organizs-
lions in Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Pbilippinr Islands have been elected.
The American Chamber of Commerce
in Paris, and the American Chamber
OF Commerce for thu Levant are also
members.
The second annual meeting of TIE
National Chamber will be held in
v a~shilgton from February II to ID.
Several hundred business men repre-
sentative of commercial organizations
are expected. February l2 will be
devoted to the broadcast consideration
of all that is involved in the Sherman
antitrust law and the regulation Of
corporate activity by law. The annual
banquet of the National Chant er
will be held on the anniversary OF
President Lincoln's birthday. On
FEBRUARY II Secretary Wilson of the
department of labor will address the
meeting on 1.-THE Relation of the De,
psrtment CT Labor to Industries and
Commerce.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
Stomach Troubles Disappear

Stomach, liver and gidnev troubles,
weax nerves, lame back and female
ills disappear when Electric Bitters are
used. Thousands of women would not
be without d bottle in their home.
Eliza Pool of Depew, Okla. writes:
electric Ritters raised me from a
bed of sickness and suffering and has
done me a world Of good. l wish
every suffering woman could use this
excellent remedy and find ont, as
did, Just how good it is" As it has
helped thousands of others. it surely
will do the same for you. Every
bottle guaranteed, soc and 81. At
all druggists. Fl. E. Bucklen & Co.,
Philadelphia or st. Louis. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
Group and Cough Remedy.

Group is a terrible disease. it at
tacks children so suddenly they are
very apt to chuke unless given the
proper remedy ut once. There is
nothing better in the world than DR..
Kings New Discovery. Lewis Cham
berlain, of Manchester, Ohio, writes
about his children: Sometimes in
severe attacks we were afraid they
would die. but since We proved what a
certain remedy DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery lie. we have no fear. We rely on
it for Group, coughs and colds So
can you. soc and 81. A bottle should
be in every home. At all druggists.
II. e Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia
and sc. L3uia ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
ADMITS BIG THEFT OF CASH
Express Agent Left Half of $3.50
Stolen for Wife.

ST. Louis, Jan. 14.-Anxious to
return to his wife and baby, Clayton
NJ. Saxty, Wells Fargo Express com
pany clerk at Fort Smith. Ark, is held
here while arrangements are being
made to return him to his home town
to face the charge of stealing $3.50
from the express company.
When arrested he had nearly half
the money in his pockets. He says
the rest Is in his home wrapped in a
soiled shirt so hal his wife would
find II.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. l3.-Wheat-May,
$50; July, $685. @SyAc. Cash close on
track: No. l hard, 90c; No. l North
ern, S612 GS9c; to arrive, S6R @SSc;
No. 2 Northern, S4nS6c: No. 3 North
ern. S2QS4c; No. 3 yellow corn, 59c;
No. A corn. 54657Rc; No. 3 white
oats, 35A @36c: to arrive, 35Ac; No.
3 oats. 32k 635c; barley, 65Q67c;
fax. $l.51&.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Cattle-Beeves,
$6.65m9.30; Texas steers, $6.S508.00;
Western steers, $615@7.75; stockers
and feeders, S5.OOM7.40: cows and
heifers, s3.40mS.30; calves, $500
1900. Hogs-Light, $S.05@8.30; mix
ed, sS.1OQS.40; heavy. $S.10@S.40;
rough, sS.10GS.15; pigs, $6.75@S.00.
Sheep-Natiye. s4.S566.05; yearlings,
SIS 9Om7.Or
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
ADMITS Campaign Violation.

New York, Jan. 14.-Arthur A. Nc
Lean. treasurer of the Democratic
state committee, pleaded guilty to ac-
cepting campaign contributions from
a corporation. Supreme Court JUS
tice Vernon M. Davis suspended SEN
tence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
South St. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, Jan. 13.-Cattle-
Steers, s5.50@7.75; cows and heifers,
S4.5066.60; calves, s4.50010.25; feed
ers, S4.30@700. Hogs-$7.S5@S.05.
Sheep-Lambs, s5.75m7.50; wethers,
S3.75@5.25; ewes, $2.5004.75.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-Wheat-May,
91Mc; July, s7& @S7Bc. Corn-May,
65R @66c; July, 651sc. Oats-May,
39A July 39q39hc. Pork-Jan., S21.-
20; May, $21.40. Butter-Creameries,
28@32c. Eggs-30@32c. Poultry
Springs. 121ac; hens, 13c; turkeys. Ice.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-01-14
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax

Duluth, Jan. 13.-Wheat-On track
l Northern, S69sc: No. 2 Northern,
S4Mc. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$1.51A.
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v.

Wallace was q mid-morning visitor.
He came in briskly, inquiring OF the
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RIO BE CONTINUED
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insisted, missed Mrs. Gerard's couture
by a quarter of an inch and then burst
into tears.
-Four yellow government notes were
placed In circulation In police circles
before the long and rangy touring car
reached the granite archway which In.
vited entrance ten stories underneath
the bachelor apartment in which Ran
kin waited for him. sleeping, but with
one a open for the riot which fire.
quently attended the homecoming OF
his master.
The q had scarcely come to a
~standstfll before both eyes were open.
And as the eyes appeared from their
snug hiding places behind fat lids, his
ears achieved establishment. His mas.
ter had returned at early hours on
previous occasions accompanied by
merry friends, but they had never
chosen as their happy. matin song, the
Wedding March from Lohengrin.'
What could It mean?
Going to the window he craned out
trying to see what was going on upon
the sidewalk, but the extending cor
nice underneath the window made this
quite impossible, although the touring
car beyond the curb was visible. This
lacked interest, SO he hurried to the
outer hall, where he stood near the
elevator shaft and listened earnestly,
: Presently. =. the group succeeded in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-22
WILSON CAN SAVE LEADERS
Court Takes Under Amusement Cases
Of Three Who Were Granted New
Trials at Former Sitting.

Chicago.-The "a labor leaders sen
fenced in the 'dynamiting cases who
are at liberty on bonds have but three
weeks more of liberty. The United
States court Of appeals ordered them
to surrender June 6 to the warden OF
the federal prison at L~eavenworth,
Kan. or be taken to the penitentiary
from Chicago on that day.
The order will affect only 10 of the
"a men, five Of them having returned
voluntarily to the penitentiary after
the United States circuit court of ap-
peals denied them a new trial. They
are: Murray l.. Pennell, Springfield,
ill.,; Frank c. Webb, New York; Phil
ip A. Coonley, New Orleans; John +.
Butler, Buffalo. ard Edward Slnyth,
Peoria.
Only a pardon from President VIII
on can o save the convicted men
from serving their sentences, which
range from one to six years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-22
Better Soldier Than Statesman.

One hundred years ago on the forty
fifth anniversary of his birth, Lord
Wellington was rewarded with the
title of Duke in recognition of his
successes in the Peninsula campaign
against the French. At the same time
the House of Commons voted $1,000
000 for the support of his new dignity.
Within a little more than a year the
famous soldier was destined to win the
great victory at Waterloo and to be
made the commander-in-chief Of the
British forces. Later in life the Duke
Of Wellington became British prime
minister, but the strong personal quail
tiles that had helped him TO success
as a soldier were not the qualities that
bes beftted for the premiership. and
the career of the duke as a statesman
added ntIa IT. his fame.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-22
TRAIN HITS AUTO: THREE DIE
Machine Said to Have Run Into
Wheels Of Locomotive Running
at High Speed in Illinois.

Kaufman, Ill.-John ~Stuckwisch,
his wife and her brother, Oscar
Meier, all of Marine, H., were killed
here. when Stuckwisch's automobile,
in which they were riding, callided
with the locomotive OF q westbound
Clover Leaf passenger train.
Two witnesses declared the auto
mobile ran into the locomotive. Two
others said the automobile vas upon
the track and was struck by the pilot.
All witnesses said they heard the train
whistle as it approached the crossing,
but that the motorists either did not
hear it or did heed it,.
Ehrmann and Evan Greene, IS, who
were standing 40 feet away. said the
pilot struck the automobile. while
Hermann and Fireman Lynch said the
automobile ran into the locomotive.
Conductor Hazelton declared the
train whistled once for Kaufman Sta,
ton and later whistled four times
two long and two short blasts-fol
the crossing.