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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-05-04
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THE MACHINES Z"
BY. Frank FiIson

By.Frank Filson
Lieutenant Rycroft's first expert
ence of battle was SO stupendous that
for few minutes he forgot to be
afraid. He lay upon his face behind
the little shelter which he had dug
with his sword, waiting for the COM
mand to charge. On either side of
him be could see men lying down,
also waiting, and adjusting the me-
chanism of their rifles.
He was lying amid pandemonium
of noises. The heavy shells from the
guns roared over him necessarily.
Mingled with these sounds came that
of the smaller artillery, a defying
screech that set his teeth on edge.
And with these, but blending, as it
were, was the boot of rifle bullets,
now overhead, now low beside him,
occasionally varied with a squirt of
dust as bullet struck the ground
He remembered his six months
training in England. How proud he
had been to serve his country and
how proud his people had been of
him! The girls had hung on his arm;
it had been period of hard training
in the camp, varied with short visits
home. Gradually he had begun to
find that there was more jollity in
the camp. There every one had
been kind to him, from the colonel
down; they had been comrades to-
gether At home, however, the sad
ness Of the approaching separation
had cast a shadow over everything.
1t was known that he was foredes-
tined to death. No officer could hope
to go through those separate and
multitudinous hells and escape alive. |
The best thing to anticipate was be-
ing invaded out, permanently Grip |
pied or disabled.
What every officer feared and none
expressed was this: That, when the |
time of battle came, he might turn
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06

appraised value, for the city.
By Mr.. Downward-Increas 'ng salary
of county comptroller of New Castle
county from So, 800 to So, 900 a year.
FOR ADDITIONAL CLERKS
Authorizing the Levy Court of New
Castle county to appoint additional
clerks for the county treasurer and re-
ceiver of taxes, if the commissioners
deem such clerks necessary and fixing
their salary at $500 year.
Providing for the reduction Of the
salary If the receiver of taxes and
cointy treasurer of New Castle county
from $4, 900 to So, 900 a year.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING COMMISSION
House joint resolution providing for
the Governor to name commission of
five persons representing the manufac-
turing, commercial, labor, agricultural
and educational interests of the state,
to be know as the Commission on voca-
tional Education, and after investiga-
ton report to the next General Assem-
bly,.
Amending the marriage laws to make
it necessary for non-residents to remain
in the state six hours after securing a
license before being married.
BY Mr.. Rush-A bill providing for the
Board of Police Commissioners of Will
mington to appoint a secretary. The
bill fixes no salary for the secretary.
An act increasing the salaries of the
deputies of the Clerk of the Peace,
Prothonotary and County Treasurer of
New Castle county to $125 per month,
and the Deputy County Comptroller to
S1OO per month Providing for the ap-
pointment of state athletic commits.
sion in Wilmington, by the mayor.
WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE BILL
Representative Elliott introduced q
bill authorizing the New Castle county
Levy Court to borrow $500, 900 to con.
struct new bridge to replace Washing.
ton street bridge over the Brandywine,
Wilmington. The bill creates com,
mission of three members to be ap
pointed by the governor to supervise
construction of the bridge.
CITY CHARTER BILL FOR WILMINGTON
Representative Downward introduced
the Wilmington Civic Associations pro
posed new city charter for Wilmington
4 Representative Rash introduced bill
to create a Board of Assessment, Re
vision and apreals in Wilmington t.
comprise one Republican and one Demo
crat, to serve for six years, the mayor
to name their successors. The bill is t.
name the first members of the Board
The names are to be inserted in the bill
by the House committee.
AUDITING PROPERTY PAVING BILL
A communication from the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce advocating
the abutting property paving bill was
read in the House.
TO ABOLISH PAwNBRoKERS
By Representative Elliott, prohibiting
any person er gaging in the business Of
pawnbrokers.
] By Representative Elliott-requirine
persons engaging in the plumbing busi
ness in Wilmington to secure a license
from the Board of Health and creating
Plumbers Examining Board, to be
appointed by the Board of Health, anc
to comprise one member of the BoarC
of Health, the plumbing inspector, one
master plumber and two union journey
men plumbers.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06

No. l. ALBERT E., black stallion
coming years old 9th, April, 1915,
weighs 1345 lbs, judged to be one of
the best year old colts in the county.
This is real horse his make is perfect
and will make 1900 lb. horse.
No. 2. MARY ANN, bay mare s
years old, weighs 14G0 lbs. This mare
has no equal, she is fine family horse,
good driver and will work to anything.
No. 8. LADY, black mare coming 4
years old. This is a very fiue mare,
broke to all harness. Sired by Caulk S
horse, weighs 1850 lbs. in foal to AL
bert E.
No. 4 FRIDAY, sorrel mare, com
ing years old, IN foal to Albert E.
This mare is broke to all harness and
will make fine mare, weighs 1150.
No. 5. JACK MARCH, by Prince
March, coming 2 years old, bright bay
with black points. think this is the
making of great speed horse.
No. 6. Black mare mule, coming 2
years old. This an extra fine mule.
Nos z and 8. BUPP and PUSS, pair
black mare mules. years old. have
owned this team years, and l never
worked better team than this one.
Nos. 9 and 10. BECK and TOM, bay
and brown mules, 8 years old. This is
an extra fine team on the farm or the
road. These mules road like horses.
Very quiet, but mans team.
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06
CURRENT PRICES

MIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET
coRREcTEDwREKLY BY 8. B. FoARDs
Wheat-No. 81 go Corn
No. / Yellow, shelled 79
Timothy Seed cob...,. 79
Glover Seed Oats ....s.s..,, 20
MIDDLETOWN PRODUCE MARKET
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY W. t. CoNNHhRK
Eggs, per doz......................... 26 80
Country Butter, per fb................ "a 40
Creamery Butter, per fb....-......... 45
Lard, per fb. ...................."..... l2l9l6
Live Chickens, per fb................. l2(DI6
Potatoes. .........,...... ......... ....... 30@45
MIDDLETOwN. DEL, FEB. 8, 1915
Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06

By Representative Elliott-P Providing
for the appointment by the mayor of a
board of fire protection in Wilmington,
at $500 year, to have full charge of
the fire department. They shall make
contracts with the fire companies, and
shall elect the officers for the fire de-
partment. In event of disagreement
with fire company, the board may pur-
chase the company's apparatus at its
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-07-21
catarrh Cannot BE Cured.

with Local Applications. as they cannot
reach the seat OF the disease. Catarrh
is a blood or constitutional disease. and
in order to cure 1t you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucuous surface. Hairs
Catarrh Cure ls not a quack medicine.
1t was prescribed by one of the best
physicians i'm this country for years and
ed of the best tonics known. combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The per-
feet combination of the two ingredients
is what produces such wonderful re-
suits in curing catarrh. SEM for testi-
monials, free. II. j. Cheney 4 Co,
Props. Toledo, o. Sold by Druggists.
price, 75c. Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.-Adv.
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THE CITY.

WEATHER REPORT.
Fair and warmer tonight; Thurs
day partly cloudy.
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Eat at Jacks.

Call on Geo. Simpson for all kinds
of cement work. excavations and els
tern repairing.
For Sale. $50 acre stock farm,
5 IL miles from city of Madison. Price
and terms reasonable. Inquire at
this office.
Eat at Jacks.
For Sale. My residence property
at a bargain.-H. M. Penn.
For Sale or Trade. 30-horse auto.
five passenger, cheap IL taken this
week. See MI. Brown at Smith Auto
Co.
For Rent. Four rooms over Mil
lard's Cash Store.
Eat at Jacks.
Special sale on white waists 1t Nc
this issue.
Just received, a fine assortment of
white wash skirts and dresses.-Mrs.
X. Knoeri. =
Ice cream, 81 per gallon. packed.
Sugar Bowl.
Mackay residence, Ninth street and
Lee venue for sale cheap, half down.
For further particulars address Olive
w. Mackay, 1902 Rialto Blvd,
Venice, Cal.
Fresh sweet creamery butter in
one pound bricks only rs cents per
pound at Munro's. Try it and you
will want more.
Special sale on white waists at Nc
Kinnon's. Read advertisement in
this issue.
Place your orders early for bind
ing twine with Madison Farmers
Elevator Coz. H. Sloan, Manager,
$500 in cash to any person bring
ing to my store a standard make
watch l can not repair.-Guy E.
Hanson.
Buy your stationery this week.
Writings best, any box in the win
Jewelry House.
Guy Z. Hanson has moved his jew
elry store across from 5 and 10 cen
store. Up in the air, but still doing
business.
Board and rooms. Inquire at this
office.
Lost. Bunch of keys. Return to
this office and receive reward.
See our display window of beauti
full stationery. Special one-third of
this week.-Porter Drug and Jew
elry House.
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Madison, Thursday, July %

Biggest and best ever in this section of the state. Reserved and adj
mission tickets o n sale circus day at Frank c. Smiths drug tore at the
IN prices as charged on show grounds.
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AUTO POLO PLAYERS
NOTED TALENT TO APPEAR Al
THE SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE FAIR.

Huron. July 21.-Champion Eng
lish and American auto polo players
will demonstrate this game of motor
insanity every afternoon and even
ing at the coming state fair. The
American players are Walter Sterling
and Charles Adams, while the mem
bers of the English team are Ray
Lampkin and Ray ~Claypool. The
is Ralph A. Hankinson, the
originator of the game of auto polo
On account of frequent accidents
several extra cars and substitute
PLAYERS are on hand at all times. Ac-
companying each team is its own CO.
terie of mechanics, helpers and a pro-
fessional rubber to attend to the all
ments of the players. Among the
players the only understanding be-
yond the fixed rules of the game, Ii
a gentleman's understanding to "gc
ont and win" Turnovers, spills
headlong collisions, sprained ankles
broken noses and smashed cars are
mere incidents of the game. The
game goes on uninterrupted, some
new PLAYER, some new car, both ready
on the dot to fill in a gap, thus tt
prevent a moment of lost time or ac'
ton during the period.
IT enriches the blood. strengthens thu
nerves. helps your whole system. 4
remedy you should take every month
anyway whether you are sick or not. til
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea, take !
regularly, twill make and keep YOU
well. 35 cents, tea or tablets.-Osborn'i
Pharmacy.
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NATIONAL v. c. I. i
CAUSE OF IMMORTALITY AMONG
W0MEN-AMERICA NEEDS
MOTHERS.

San Francisco, July 21.-Not alone
the mentally deficient, and not alone
the poor among women are found in
the ranks of the immoral, Miss Mary
Brown of Seattle, superintendent of
the department of the curfew of the
National Women's Christian Temper
ance union, said here today, in an
address at the International Purity
congress. There are in the country
half a MILLION openly immoral women
and probably a far greater number
pTacticing immortality clandestinely,
she said, including schoolgirls.
I'VE find in this vast army women
in mentality from those almost imbe-
cile TO those Intellectually brilliant
she said; in morals. from the coarse
and vile blasphemy to the faithful at
tendant on religious services. No
class is safe"
She blamed the street Washers for
much immortality.
Mrs. Catherine Booth-Clibborn.
daughter of the Salvation army foun-
der, the late Gen. William Booth,
who is an evangelistic worker in Lon
don, spoke on motherhood, which she
declared lis the finest of arts, but a
lost art" She said:
Society has developed, especially
within the last thirty years. a vast
army of wOmen who will not be WON
en-; married women who avoid chill
dren; incapable mothers who shirb
the obligations and responsibilities OF
motherhood. We have women who
were admirable firts, coquetes and
takers, s%plendidly efficient i'm all do
mains-business, science and art. AL
professions are now open to her. She
can act, dance, paint, sing, type, keeT
books, defend a case at the bar OF
be a police oma She can bach
horses. drink, gamble and smoke, and
now be as capable a soldier as any
man under Miss Col. Charlesworth
who is training troops of women fol
Lord Kitchener. In fact she a dc
anything and everything except fulfil
the highest of all destinies. the bring
ing forth of beautiful children ant
making of them men and women wh'
will bless humanity.
"Woman's neglect and denial o
her nlgneSl Oedtl Is bearing DiAte
fruit. We see it in the white slav.
traffic more than anywhere else. W
see the fruits i'm the hospitals. W
see il in the r-eformatories. Some o
the finest material for the making o
useful lives is to be found there. rul
to seed-all through the lack Q
mothers.
Woman is not altogether TO blam'
for her failure to fulfll her destiny
The world has made and worship
this false m
Motherhood was the first thing 4
go i'm Greece and Rome. The Emper
or Augustus saw his empire eXpir'
through the white slave traffic
France and Belgium are going thI
same way. The same canker is ais
eating at the core of the national lif0
of America. Since coming to tn
states | have been struck by tn
frightful tragedies in young lives
all for the want of a mother who ha
won the confidence and friendship o
her children"
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NOTED CIRCUS Rider
MISS JULIAN TO APPEAR HERE
WITH CARL HAGENBECk-
WALLACE SHOW.

In all the circus world there is no
bareback rider better known than
Miss Dallie Julian. She is not only
the highest paid circus rider in the
world. but she is the only woman who
has successfully performed a somer-
sault on the broad, rosined haunch of
a g~alloping horse. Single, forward
and backward somersaults are Miss
Julian's speciality. and she does these
Just to Timber up" as she expresses
it. Miss Julian is the principal bare
back rider with the Carl Hagenbeck-
Wallace circus, which comes to Mad
ison, Thursday, July 20, for perform
ances at 2 and s p. M, and a parade
at 10 o'clock.
When the big show is ove and
Dallie Julian energies from her pri-
vate dressing tent n would pick her
for a debutante or society girl. She
is slim of build and is just past her
| goth rear, and is unmarried. Her
brother, Fred Julian, travels with the
show and is a member of the execu-
tive staff.
Miss Julian is a graduate of Bryn
Mawr college. In school she was re-
markedly fond of athletics. One sum-
mer her father, who is a banker at
Fall River, Mass, spent a week with
the Carl MISUNDERSTANDING circus.
along with him being his daughter,
Dallie. The daughter had always
yearned for life under the anvas and
the father believed that a week of
roughing 1t would remove all traces
for a desire to follow the circus. The
week with the show saw the little
college girl blossom into a full fedg-
ed circus star.
Under the guidance of Dad Dock
rill. the famous circus equestrian di-
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One-fourth to one teaspoonful Of Or.
Kings New Discovery. taken as needed.
will sootbe and check coughs. colds and
the more dangerous bronchial and lung
ailments. You can't afford to take the
risk of serious illness. when so cheap
and simple a remedy as DIR. Kings New
Discovery is obtainable. Go to your
druggist today, get a bottle OF DR..
Kings New Discovery. start the treat
men at once. You will be %gratihed for
the relief and cure obtained
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And neither parents or child know 1t,
yet It explains why you child is ner-
vous. pale. feverish. backward. often
children have thousands of worms.
Think OF how dangerous this is TO your
child. Don't take any risk. Get an
original 25 cent box of Kickapoo Worm
Killer, a candy lozenge. Kickapoo Worm
Killer Will positively kill and remove
the worms. Relieves constipation, reg
ulates stomac and bowels. Your child
will grow and learn so much better.
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LOCAL NEWS.

Try the Madison Cafe lunches.
Might as well take the watch to
Osborn's first.
When you are hungry eat at the
Madison Cafe.
Three rooms for rent over the
store.-Osborn's Drug Store.
Sandwiches of all kinds at the
Madison Cafe.
See us for white hats.-Miss
Morse.
Phone 200, C. j. Simpson. for
black dirt, sand and gravel.
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ATTENTION.

Madison and Bryant teams will
play a game of baseball at baseball
park, Friday, July %, at 2:3O p. m.
Both teams are fast and a good game
may be expected. Admission 25 cents.
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rector. Miss Julian developed into a
remarkable rider. She has duplicated
every feat performed by a male rider
and has left her sister riders far in
the background.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15

dropped it here-that's the truth
about It."
Then you're going to take it back,
John?"
81 guess you'll have to, Nora. l
can't carry baby. But listen, girl!
Do you know there's a reward Of five
thousand dollars?"
I'D rather have the baby" Nora
sobbed.
You're talking nonsense, Nora" an
swered the husband. Five thousand
dollars is sight better than some
body else's kid Do you know what
we'd do with it? We'd go home to
the old country, first and foremost.
And don't | see us in neat little
cottage, with a pig and a garden,
and"
Nora at last acquiesced in the plan.
She was to take the baby back to the
Van Nest house the following morn
ing. John, indeed, had wanted her to
do so that night but she had pleaded
so hard that she had persuaded him
to let her keep it until the morrow.
And. now that its loss seemed in
evitable, they began to discuss the
future Five thousand dollars seemed
an enormous sum to John. His own
wages were twenty-five, and they had
put by comfortable sum out of that,
by frugality. Moreover, John was
slated for the foreman's position when
old Richards retired, and that would
mean ten more However, 5000
would enable them to start life as
their own masters.
Nora listened to Johns prognosti-
cations with less enthusiasm than she
pretended. She doubted Johns abil-
ity to carry out his farming scheme.
A farm was all very well in ones
old age. but in youth one needed the
impetus of work. And then, there
was the baby. That night she cried
secretly as she held the little form
against her The little girl had seemed
almost to know her, and the chubby
arms we're stretched out in recogni
ton when she went near. She fell
asleep at last and awakened with a
splitting headache.
John understood what was wrong
He did not attempt to say very much
that morning, and his kiss was un
usually tender as he wished her good
by He even stopped to take the clear
little hand in his own work-stainet
one Nora knew that John had begun
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
AN OLD RUSSIAN CHURCH
Remains of q Building and Few
Relics Still Exist at Fort
Ross, Cal.

At Fort Ross, Cal, some fifty miles
north of San Francisco, there are the
very interesting remains Of what was
once church of the holy orthodox re-
ligion-as the members OF the eastern
or Greek church call their faith, says
the Youths Companion. 1t was In
1909 that an expedition of the Rus
sian-American Fur company came
south from Sitka, and made a settle
ment at Bodega bay, which they
called Port Rumiantsof. Two years
later they chose a position for their
main post about twenty miles farther
north, a little beyond the Russian
river, which they called the Slavianka.
At this point, which they named Ros
or Rus, they built a fort with watch
towers and mounted 40 cannon.
The settlement was ostensibly only
a peaceful trading post and center
for sealing operations. There was no
reason, however, in the character OF
the Indian inhabitants of the region,
for a post of such strength to hold the
tcTT1tOTy db u ftuSsldH COiOHy anu, w
gradual settlement farther south, to
offer an effective challenge to the
claims of Spain to the coast region
north OF San Francisco.
The fort was built of heavy redwood
timbers II was about 100 yards
square and contained the quarters
Of the officers and men, work
shops warehouses. granaries a wind
mill, and. of course. bath houses. The
population varied between 200 anc
400, inclusive of some Aleuts who
were employed in the sealing and sef
otter industry The fur business grew
! to be larFe and very profitable Sill
George Simpson, the governor of thu
Hudson Pay company, who visited
Fort Ross IN 1871, reported that VI
to that time no less than 10000 sef
otter skins alone had been taken ant
marketed by the Russian-Americar
company In 1873 the Russians bull
a church, and there the gorgeous rit
ual of the Greek Catholic. church wal
conducted until the close of the Rus
sian occupation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15

A curious story is told in London
contemporary by a correspondent who
recently discovered in an old bureau
a letter sent by relative in Australia
many, many years ago. II was written
by a squatter in the bush, was much
faded. and grains of the sand which
had been used to dry the letter still
adhered to it. The missive breathed
disconsolance. Times were bad. there
was too much drought, and too much
sand; the writer saw no prospect Of
good times. Annoyed at the illegib {
passages the reader called in the ser
vices of chemist friend, who sue
ceeded in restoring them. But the
chemicals which were applied TO the
paper had curious effect on the
grains of sand II revealed many Of
them as g-'ins Cf gold.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-15
THE LOST BABY
BY MARY P.>MuNsoN.

Nora Mulcahy bent over the little
bundle in the hallway. A faint cry
issued from among the masses Of fine
linen and wool 1t was an abandoned
infant.
Nora's husband John had just left
for the factory. Nora glanced timidly
about her. Then, with resolution. she
gathered the bundle into her arms
and sped up the stairs with it to the
little four-room nat at the top OF the
tenement. A few moments later she
was grooming over the little girl n
she rocked her in her arms.
The Mulcahys had been married i've
years and had had NO children. John
was the kindest and most considerate
Of husbands, and this was the only
cloud upon their married life. But
often Nora wept secretly over the
home Of two, and In Imagination fslt
the little fingers of the unborn puIlinG
at her gown.
That day she went about her work
/ happier than she had been for months.
,, When John came home she whispered
to him mysteriously, her finger upsn
her lips.
| What" cried her husband.
shes . little darling" said Nora
"Oh, John, say that We can keep her.
Let me look at her." said the bus
band, and, entering the bedroom he
bent over the crib, which had been
improvised out of a large packing
case.
Mora, girl" he said. this child ISM
for the likes of us. It's rich WON
ans child Nora, it's''-his voice
dropped-'it's the Van Nest baby
You know, the one that was kidnapped
last week and everybody's maxim,
such hullabaloo about. Look at thu
letter."
He turned the corner of the linel
garment, and Nora saw the letter !
upon it.
They went back into the living roon
and argued the matter pro and cor
Nora in tears, pleading that the chill
could be kept.
1T isn't possible, girl" said Johr
shaking his head with conviction
The police would get wise to it, an
that would mean years in the peniteI
tiary. The kidnapers got scared an