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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-06-21

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darted on landvard.
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conf0und any revenue men that stand
between ua."
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talking ANA smoking.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

Trent was young Fritz Lucnt. air man
whose latest deed fills one Of the
brightest pages OF the annals of aeriai
battles OF the great war.
With an officer as observer he was
attacked while flying north Of Rheims
They were attacked by a French mono
plane armed with a machine gun
Lucht and his oficeg had only their pts.
tolls. Round and round they circled.
each trying to gain the advantage by
getting above the other. AT 5000 feet
the French plane gained its position
and the German was riddled. The des
perate fight was visible from the lines
Of both armies.
Lucht was shot through the liver and
lung. but he realized that his officer
had maps and observations that were
badly needed. So he planed downward
toward the German tines. landing Just
inside them. Soldiers removed the two
men. just as the French artillery. hav.
ing secured the range. demolished the
plane with well placed shots. In the
hospital General Won Emmich pinned
the decorations OF the aviator's shirt.
lie will probably recover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

the current, but TO keep nea the same
scenery" on the banks or bottom OF
the stream.
The experiments that proved this
were performed some years ago by
Professor Il. +. Lyon He put some
little fish into a bottle filled with wa
tel and corked the bottle, which he
then placed In an aquarium, whose
sides had seaweed upon them. When
he moved the bottle along by the wall
all the fish crowded to the hinder end
OF the bottle. or course there was no
current In the bottle. The fish were
trying TO keep alongside that part of
the seaweed covered wall that was OPP
posite them before the bottle was
moved.
In another experiment the professor
reversed the conditions. He made a
wooden box with wire netting at each
end. Its bottom he covered with sand
and its inner sides with seaweed. Then
he put the fish into this box and plac-
ed 1t In q stream. AS long as the box
was kept still the fish headed against
the current. but as soon as the box
was allowed to noat away In the
stream the fish inside 1t swan In any
direction. While the box was still the
fish. unless they made head against
the stream, were carried along past
their landmarks on the sides and bot
tom OF the box. But when the box
foated along with them they carried
their landmarks with them. and so
they made no opposition to being
swept along by the stream.-Youth's
Companion
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
0CTOGENARlAN CUTS TEETH.
Mr.. Morris Believes That He Should
Be Rocked and Sung To.

Greenwood. Del. James Morris,
eighty-four years old. has had trouble
enough for the last twenty years with
boils. rheumatism and dyspepsia with
Out the last blight. which. he declares,
has put him In a twin bed with Job.
Mr.. Morris is cutting teeth. a process
which usually occurs before the suf-
fering human Is capable of effectively
expressing himself In the matter.
For years Mr.. Morris has had but
two teeth. which. thanks to Provl-
dence, hit. He has been getting on
fairly well, but for the aforementioned
ailments and had no hope Of ever do
ing any heavy chewing again. Then
four teeth appeared on his lower jaw,
and this week two more started
through. accompanied by the most an
noying aches and jumps.
I'm not kicking nor. as a matter OF
fact. biting" said Mr.. Morris, but It's
bad enough to have teeth cut through
without being so old that no one cares
to rock you or sing you a trifing ditty
that might produce sleep or total
comap
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
INNOCENT MAN HANGED.
So Says Letter on Painter Case te
Chief of Chicago Police.

Cntef OF Chicago Foltce.
Chicago.-That an innocent man was
executed here in 1894. when George
Ii. Palmer was hanged for the murder
of Alice Martin. Is the statement made
in a letter received by Chief of Police
Gleason from a person signing himself
"R. w. Baxter" OF Buffalo, Sangamon
county, Ill.
The writer asked that Painters rela-
tiyes be found and promised to remove
the stigma from the family.
Painters last words on the scaffold
were a declaration that he was not
guilty.
Alice Martin. Painters sweetheart.
was beaten to death In 1891, and Paint
err was arrested nine months later.
After two years Of lighting the prison
er was convicted and executed. On
the scaffold he said:
IF / killed Alice Martin, the girl |
dearly loved, the woman l loved so
much that | would almost commit any
crime for her. | pray this minute, my
last minute on earth. that the eternal
God will put me into eternal hell"
The condemned man raised his voice
and continued:
LOOK here. gentlemen. if there is
one man among you who is an Ameri-
can | say to him on his soul-on his
soul. l say-see that the murderer of
Alice Martin is found"
The scaffold prayer was delivered by
the Rev. A. p. Moerdyke. who said:
May he whom so many believe in
nocent OF this crime join thee in ever
lasting life for the sake, o Lord, Of
thy son Jesus Christ. our Lord"
Gleason said he would take no steps
in the matter except to look for Paint
er's relatives to make known to them
Baxter's request.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
UNCLE SAM FINDS
JOBS JOBLESS
Bureau For Unemployed Open
ed by Government.
P0STMASTERS ARE AGENTS.

Carrying Out President Wilson's Idea,
the Labor, immigration and Agricul-
ture Departments Lend Aid Plan
Tested and Found to Be Practical
and Satisfactory.
Washington.-A national employment
bureau reaching into every section Of
the United States has been put in OPP
GRAFTON by the department of labor,
carrying u the suggestion of Presi-
lent Wilson in the indianapolis speech
for IA systematic method of helping
the w~orkingmen of America"
Preliminary work for the bureau was
completed by Commissioner Caminetti
of the Immigration bureau and in
structions sent to the thousands of
postmasters and rural mail carriers
throughout the country and to nearly
100000 field agents Of the department
of agriculture. who are cooperating
with the labor department to bring the
jobless man and the manless job to-
gether.
All agents of the immigration bureau
also participate in the huge task, Mr..
Caminetti said.
The general plan Of the employment
bureau was outlined by Nr. Caminettl
ms follows:
Notices are posted in all %postoffices
announcing that applications for work
or workers will be received by the post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
GIRL KILLS DEER NEAR HOME
Young New Hampshire Huntress a
Good Shot.

Concord. N. H.-To Miss Ruth Gil.
man, fifteen years old, Of %Penacook, N.
H.. probably belongs the honor of be-
ing the youngest woman In New Eng
land to kill n deer this season. Thus
far no one has disputed the honor.
The $50 pound doe the little girl shot
this week within a mile OF her own
home was the hrst deer she had ever
fired at and one of a very few she had
ever seen. although she had roamed the
fields and woods of central New Hamp-
shire since she was able to toddle and
Is an expert with the rife or shotgun.
She has killed scores Of small game.
squirrels, rabbits and partridge. but IL
had never been her good fortune to get
a shot at a real live deer until this
season, and then her first shot brought
down tha game
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
PIN IN BODY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS
Entered Throat, Extracted Through
Ear, and Deafness Is Cured.

Entered Throat, Extracted Through
Ear, and Deafness Is Cured.
G. B Truesdell. a farmer or Canton,
Mich. when a boy swallowed a small
pin. which lodged In bis throat and
nearly caused strangulation. After a
lapse Of sixty-five years a pin point
was noticed %protruding from his left
ear. 1t was removed.
Mr.. Truesdell had at times suffered
nearly total deafness and constant pain
In his head and had the services of sev-
eral physicians without relief. but now
that the cause is removed his hearing
Is normal and the pain has ceased
Russians Drop Bombs on Germans.
Petrograd, Feb. 5.--Russian aviators
successfully dropped bombs on the
modified reserves and trains OF the
Germans at Rawa. Zarzecze and 30.
guszyce, about fifty miles southwest
Of Warsaw, according to an official
announcement issued here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

master, who will be supplied with
forms to be filled out and forwarded to
the labor department agent in charge
of the zone i'm which the office Is locat-
ed. The distribution branch of the i'm
migration service handles this part of
the work, and to them also 20 the re
ports of the department of agriculture
agents as to sections where help is
needed in harvesting or other work.
Applicants are then to be informed of
the place where they can obtain work
OF the kind they seek and Mt the near
est point to them, the postal service
acting as the distributing and collec-
tion agency for applications and re-
plies throughout the transactions.
In announcing the readiness of the
system. Commissioner Caminetti said
the plan vas not a mushroom growth,
but the product of months of labor over
details. Already. he said, it had been
tried out in a small way. and the re-
suits had been most satisfactory. After
the fire at Salem. Mass. last June.
when nearly 1000 factory operatives
were thrown out of employment. the
labor department succeeded In finding
work for many of them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
BROOK FISH.
Why They Do MOI Get Carried Away
Out Into Deep Waters.

If you watch a school of minnows In
some stream that has a strong and
swift current you will see that they
always head upstream. The reason
is plain. Only by constantly swim
ming against the current can the brook
fish remain a brook fish and not final
ly be carried out to sea as the brook
empties into a river. and the river
empties into the ocean. But we can
tot suppose that the brook fish knows
that this will happen II 1t weakly al
lows the stream to carry 1t along. The
young minnow is born with the in
stinct to resist the flow of the brook.
The most natural ~supposition would
be that the instinct amounts to a ten.
dency to push against the pressure
of the water, bnt experiments have
shown that 1t is not the sense OF
touch, but the sense Of sight that
plays the important part The instinct
Qf the brook 6sh ID not to swim against
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
Engineers Forced to "Shoo' Flocks OF
Fowl OF Track.

Wild geese ~congregating along the
right OF way OF the Nevada. Califor-
MIA and Eastern railroad. running out
Of Lakeview. Ore. have interfered Sc
riously with the operation OF the
trains. So numerous are the birds that
several times II has been almost nee
essary to stop the trains that the birds
might not be run over
The engineer has nastened their
flight by frequent blasts Of the whis-
tie. When the great 6ocks OF geese
rise from the track the beating OF
their wings can be heard distinctly
several miles away.
The geese have been feeding in the
neighboring grainfelds and along the
marshes Of klamath lake. The lack
Of sand on the marshes. which the
geese require as an aid to digestion. II
reported by sportsmen to have driven
them to the railroad. where sand is
used a. ballast.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
MEND|NC HUMAN
WRECKS OF War
6erman Field Hospitals Now
Great Repair Shops.
MEN TAUGHT HOW To TALK
Tales Of Bravery Tighten Gloom Of Suf-
Over Cot Of Fritz Lueht. Air Man.
Whose Deeds Won Admiration Even
Of Enemies.

of Enemies.
Today 4 saw men being taught to
talk again. In the human repair
shops" the great German field hos
pitfalls. many men were learning anew
the use of bruins, tongue, hands and
feet. They had received their baptism
Of fire. Bullet, shrapnel. broken shell,
all had done their work. And now
medical science was doing its utmost
To restore the victims to partial nor
mality, writes Karl III. Won Wiegand, a
United Press staff correspondent from
l.aon. France.
Professor Bockenheimer. In charge.
aud DIR. Luetkenmueller, chief surgeon,
explained the work They care for
2,100 severe cases, but the slightly
wounded are given first aid treatment
and then sent back to the home bases,
as this Is too close TO the actual front
to permit keeping any wounded that
can be moved. More than a score OF
cases. French and German alike, where
trepanning operations had been neces-
sary. were shown.
1t was a singular picture. Through
the windows came the deep low notes
Of distant guns killing. smashing, tear
ing, manning the human "tenpins."
Here they were being patched up.
Nurses sat by the bedsides Of friends
and foe alike. bathing fevered brows
and teaching pale faced. bearded men
to speak the most simple words. telling
them the names OF objects and putting
words together into sentences.
Lips Form Word "Psncil."
What is this?" asked Professor
Bockenheimer. holding a pencil before
a bearded warrior from whose skull
he had cut a splinter Of steel. The
lips trembled- Then came the feeble
answer, Pencil"
held up q cigarette and asked what
IL was. The mans lips moved and q
look came on his face which seemed
to say that he knew what 1t was but
could not say. Then Professor Book
enheimer came to the rescue. "Wha
do we do with it," he asked. An ap
parent tremendous mental effort. then
the reply. Smoke"
Correct" said the professor. Nov
what is itY" This time the brain and
tongue worked and the answer was
correct.
Hours have to be spent by the
nurses teaching these men all ovei
again." explained the professor. III
requires unending patience and perse
verance."
Many cases Of plastic surgery were
shown. Men with most OF their faces
smashed away were being brough,
back to life with parts OF their bodies
grated to cover the terrible gaping
holes. Many would be much better
dead. but the doctors feel 1t is theiI
dnty to save all they can.
I'VE do not ask the wounded wheth
er they want to live or die" explained
Professor Bockenheimer
At the main French hospita! .Profes
sor Manasse of Stuttgart was In
,harge. Here. too. nurses were teach
ing men to talk again. and terrible
wrecks of humanity were being patch
"a mp
An Air Mans Exploit.
Two Iron crosses Of the first and sec
..nd class pinned to the wall Owe q
COZ attracted my %nttention. The "a.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

Berlin.-The German crown prince.
instead of being dead or badly wound
Cd. has had his portrait painted In oils
at the front.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

Hundreds Of health articles appear in
newspapers and magazines. and in prac-
tically every one of them the Importance
of keeping the bowels regular is en-
vites disease. A dependable physic that
acts without Inconvenience or gripping is
found i'm Foley Cathartic Tablets. For
sale by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06

the Innings Of the throat and lungs and
fights the germs of the disease, giving
quick relief and natural healing. Our
whole family depend on Pine-Tar-Honey
for coughs and colds" writes Mr.. l..
Williams, Hamilton. O. 1t always helps.
25c at YOU druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
THE LIVER REGULATES THE BODY
A SLUGGISH LIVER NEEDS CARE

Someone has said that people with
chronic liver complaint should be shut
up away from humanity, for they are
pessimists and see through a glass
darkly." Why? Because mental states
depend upon physical states. Bilious
ness, headaches, dizziness and constipa-
ton disappear after using DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. Csc at your druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
STOP THAT ~CouGH-Now.

When you catch cold or begin to
the first thing to do is to AXE
Or. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey. 1t p%enetrates
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-06
An AIR Mans Exploit.

TWO iron crosses Of the first and sec.
..ld class pinned to the wall over q
ept attracted my n~ttenton. The "a.
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26
How He Got His Iron Cross,

All prizes for brevity. and few more besides for modesty, go to a Baden peasant who for some time has been with the forces in Flanders. His wife has just made public the follow ing laconic letters from him.
 The first reads:
 Dear Wife: I am still alive, and have received your bundle. If the boy is bad, spank him. Greetings, Adolph.'
 Shortly after came a second:
 Dear Bertha: I am still alive which surprises me very much. If the boy still is naughty, spank him again Greetings. Adolph.'
 The third communication was in the form of a photograph of Adolph's troop, showing him decorated with the Iron Cross. No mention, however. was made of the medal. and the picture merely bore out on the reverse side this brief note:
 Dear Bertha: I was wounded but am well again, and tomorrow I go al it again. If the boy is naughty, box his ears. Greetings, Adolph."
 PerpleXed, the wife wrote her hus- band demanding to know how he had received the Iron Cross. and received the following Illuminating reply:
 Tt was very simple about the Iron Cross. The major ordered me to stand still, and the sergeant major pinned it on. Greetings. Adolph."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26

navy. The Turks have besn free to bring on new guns ard set up new batteries during the lulls ill the oper- ations. They have only been required to give their attention to o1e form of attack. Henceforth even though they may have a large number of troops In that locality in realization of the cf- feet which the isolation of the penin- sula would cause preparation for the double attack by the allies give strong CT evidence of the determination un- der which the campaign is being cons ducted.
 Unless land forces were brought into the operations in sufficient numbers to drive out or conquer the Turks fol- lowing the reduction of the forts d constant menace would exist against the operations of the fleet. The cutting off of communication by land and thereby ending the possibility of re- Inducements and ammunition supplies is not move which the allies have neglected. It's importance has been fully recognized. What they lacked was the forces to spare for such oper- ations and these they have apparently secured.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26
Stories of the War
A German Victory,

To German baroness whose father is a diplomatic representative in a South American country an English lieutenant on the Glasgow wrote:
 "H. M. S. Glasgow,
 November IA, 1914.
 You'll have seen by now of our action, which was a big victory for you. I'll describe it, but can't give you many details as, although I know you wouldn't tell anybody, still it might be a temptation. We sighted your fleet Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Dresden-about 5.30 p. m. and imme- (Our fleet was Good Hope, Monmouth, Glasgow and Otranto, a merchant cruiser.) When we met the Good Hope we formed in line ahead and steamed parallel to your ships, closing all the time. None of us for a mo- ment thought our Admiral would en- gage such a superior force. The Gneisenau alone could have sunk our fleet with her s-inch guns. We thought daylight when we'd have met a bat tleship, which would have made a more equal fight, but when he altered in toward them, we knew we were in for bad time. The sun was behind us and of course your ships couldn't see us till it set, and they altered away from us. But when 1t set, they could see them, and what was worse. we couldn't see where our shots were falling.
 Your admiral must be a very strong man, because he took the chance of being arble to sink us between sunset and dark, where a weaker man would have gone into action earlier. when
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-26
PROPER VIEW OF SITUATION.

The members from New London county in the general assembly are to be commended for the stand which they have taken in county meeting in
 opposition to the effort which has been made to secure an increase in the appropriations for the county law ] libraries. The three to one vote against such a plan gives indication of a proper regard for the existing financial condition of the county when considered in connection with the ex- isting tax rates in towns and the finances of the state. Neither has there been overlooked the feature of | the measure which would make such an increase an annual feature forever. It is an impartial judgment which has been given by the county representa- lives and there can be no question but what they voice the sentiments of their iconstituents.
 The recommendation to the judi ciary committee that there be an ad- verse report upon this proposition should carry great weight with that body and subsequently, with the gen. leral assembly. Expenses enough are . going to be faced by those who must tpay the taxes without this contribu- ton to the legal fraternity which 1t would appear is being pretty well taken care of in the provision and mainte- nance of two handsome libraries for (which the county is already paying and will continue to provide a thou sand dollars a year. It is not recalled that any other profession or class gets
 quite as much assistance from the Taxpayers of New London county. The big majority of the members from this county have taken the only justif1able position upon this question and they will have the full appreciation of the people they represent for the manner fin which they have analysed the sit
 uation and placed the interests of the county before self