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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09
Submarine Sinks Steamer.

London, Nov. 9.-The British steam.
ship Woolwich, 2.936 tons, owned by
the British Steamship company, and
sailing from London, has been sunk
by q German submarine. The crew
was saved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09

London, Nov. 9.-England's
new war council has been cho-
sen, the Evening News an
nounced.
The members are Premier
Asquith. acting temporarily
as minister of war: First Lord
of the Admiralty Balfour and
Minister of Munitions Lloyd
George.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09
MARKET QUOTATIONS..
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. S.-Wheat-On track
and TO arrive, No. l hard, s1.G3; No. l
Northern, s1.02; No. 2 Northern, csc.
Flax-On track and to arrive, s1.9OA
@1.95.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09

Photo by American Press Association.
Senator Smith. a leader of the up
as a supporter of Charles +. Hughes
of New York and justice of the United
States supreme court for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09

WHEN a man kicks the
w kinks out Of his tobacco
decisions and learns how good,
real tobacco is, he naturally feels pretty
happy all over. Naturally too, he don't
want to hog a good thing all to himself,
SO he lets his friends know the big
difference there is between the ordinary
big wad and the little satisfying Real
Tobacco Chew.
A little chew OF pure, rich, mellow tobacco-seasoned
and sweetened just enouGh-cuts out SO much of the
grinding end splitting.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-09
BADGER AUTOS KILL TWO

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The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
DIVERSITY IN CROP GROWING
Always Better to Have Somethlno Than Nothing = Consequently
 Tendency to Mixed Farming.

Specializing is nice thing to think about and talk about, but in years when your specially fails it is a sor- rowful thing to contemplate. says Twentieth Century Farming. Some farmers pin all their faith to wheat growing and corn growing. and both these crops have been known to be tstal failures practically in every az. rieultural section of this country. but very seldom, if ever, have both of these crops failed the same year. This may be said to illustrate the need of diversity in crop growing. It is always better to have something than nothing; consequently the ten dency to mixed husbandry.
 It is generally conceded that the farmer who raises some of every thing each year is on the safe side of weather influences Besides the assurance of living from the mixed husbandry, there is some enjoyment in diversity, which the one-crop. or specialty-erop farmer cannot enjoy. The farmer who keeps a variety of animals on his farm always seems to be a more cheerful, light-hearted happy person. There is enjoyment in diversity; diversity Of interest and sympathy seems to tighten the cares of busy people.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
FEW WAR PLAYS HAVE LIFE l
Writers Seldom Successful in Produc. ing Dramas That Long Hold
 Public Attention.

To write a long list of plays which have in their day figured as war plays would neither prove nor disproye any thing except this-that they were so written as to deserve recognition from posterity. or not; if they were they got it, and if they were badly done nobody remembers them certainly the fact that they exploit a passage at arms, a battle of war, never kept bad plays out of the limbo of forgetful- ness.
 Dryden's enormous product includes at least two dozen war plays. and they are the deadest in our literature, ac- eording to the Theater Magazine. He loves alarms and excursions. but while one ode devoted to them in speetaeu- lar way Is spouted by every schoolboy. the plays of this poet in which war as a spectacle figures even more grandiloquently are quite lost to all but the bibliophile.
 The first war plays that naturally recur to the Anglo-Saxon mind are Shakespeare histories These are war plays. indeed. if any exist in Eng fish. Armies march and countermarch through them, battles are joined, lost or won. cities are besieged and taken, the sight and sounds of sixteenth cen tury warfare are constantly heard and seen. they are perhaps the model war plays of our language: and Shake speare's free hand was the only hand to deal with them.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
DANGER IN CLOSE ALLIANCES
Investigation Has Shown That Cancer Is Most Probable When Cousins
 Ire Welded

Speaking of the possible hereditary tendency to cancer pr Charles E. Davenport of the eugenics laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor N |. says of the fact that the incidence of cancer is highest in Maine: T have no doubt that this is due to the presence Of one or more races in Maine which are non immune to cancer
 Doctor Davenport s studies indicate that resistance 10 cancer is positive tdominan0 trait and that nonresist- ance appears in children only when both parents belong to a nonresistant race And this result is commonest. other things being equal. where cousin marriages are eommonest. because that makes it probable that fl one parent belongs to a cancer race. the other-the cousin-will belong to the same cancer race. Now. in rural Maine cousin marriages are extremely frequent. especially in the islands off the coast, and here We have the con ditions for the result-the high incl dence of numbers of the cancer race ill an inbred community.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
CAREFUL PLANS FOR FARMER
Successful Farming Requires Modern System to Improve Property and
 Create Standard.

The successful business man makes careful plans. He spends money and time to arrange a modern system.
 Successful farming requires careful planning, like any other sort of busi- ness, for farming is a business and must be so considered by the man who is successful.
 A man who does not plan beyond a single season is inviting loss or fail ure. A system must be worked out that will cover number of years.
 He will lay plans for rotation of crops, for raising some live stock. to improve his property, to create a standard of quality for his products and numerous other things.
 With such plans he moves confident ly into the future. Alterations in some of the details may be necessary because of new conditions but if the general plan is carefully laid out few changes will have to be made.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
ORGANIZE ON ROCHDAlE PLAN
Farmers Union Cooperative Corpora ton Is Not a One-Man Affair
 New Ideas Oevelopesi

Our Mitchell Couaty Cooperative organization came about through the Farmers Educational and Coop erative union. a fraternel order, found ed by Newton Gresham. in Texas, II years ago. He had vivid idea of the necessity of organization among farmers but only a vague notion of how to cooperate on large scale. The plan presented was an awkward makeshift which had been tried out by the grangers and by the farmers al- hance and proved complete failures. Our county was organized in 1910 and the man who was elected business agent, provided in the order, was a widely read farmer who had been ln- terested in the Rochdale system for years. He made the members of the county union see that the job Of coun- ty business agent was too big for an individual and we voted to form CO., operative corporation organized on the Rochdale system, writes w. F. Ramsay of Kansas in Denver Field and Farm. We have been working on that job ever since.
 Our success has been so brilliant that the officers Of the order had to eoncede it's value and although they gave us no assistance they allowed us to work out our own salvation in fear and trembling and the result is that the grass roots are being or ganized. am stating the case frank
  ly because l believe that the order Is very valuable and has great possibili- ties of development. We find that we are developing along four lines of work: Social, business, educational and legislative We find here in Kan sas that we can appeal to openminded men Of all parties for support of such measures as We want. In stating movement of this kind organization at the county sehoolhouses, about five miles apart, is necessary.
 The movement is really an educa tfonal one educational with a big E. In beginning movement of any value, there are sure to be many points not clearly understood by everybody, but if there is q systematic plan, it will enable the public to talk things over and rapid progress can be made. The farmers as class are ready for or ganization. The only objection is it never has been done 4 cooperative corporation on the Rochdale system does do this. This Farmers, Union Cooperative corporation movement is not 0ne-man affair. It arouses thought and interest and new ideas are developed. It can be adapted to any set of conditions by any eommu- nity. 4 community can now have the benefit of our experience and in many eases can do better than we have.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
SUDAN GRASS IN THE SOUTH
Now Recognized IS Coming Hay Grass of Texas-Plant Is an Annual and
 Never Becomes Weed.

lBE + N. NINALL. United States De-
 partment of Agriculture3
 4 recent addition to our crop plants Is sure to prove of great value to the South. Sudan grass was brought 10 the United States from Egypt in 1909, and no other importation ever sprung into favor so quickly. It is noW recognized as the coming hay grass of Texas. and when better known in the southeastern states it will be almost as popular there. In the immediate Gulf coast region, how ever, it, like the other sorghums. is affected by the red-spot disease, which farmers usually call rust At the present time the price of Sudan grass seed prohibits it from being general ly used as a ha! grass. but as soon as the quantity of available seed is greater it should become recognized part of every farmers crop in the northern two-thirds of Louisiana, Mis- sissippi Alabama, and Georgia and in virtually all of the states of South Carolina. North Carolina. and Ten nessee. as well as Arkansas. Oklaho- ma and Texas
 It should be sown broadcast or drilled when the ground has become warm in the spring, at the rate of 15 to 20 pounds per acre in the eastern states and 10 to 15 pounds per acre in the mere western ones. It can be cut with mower and cured like any other hay crop. It should be cut about the time of full bloom Two or three cuttings can be secured, and yields of three to four tons per acre may be expected The hay is very pala- table and at least as high in feeding value as that of Johnson grass. It is an annual and never becomes a weed in fields where it has been grown.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
TOO FEW RECORDS ARE KEPT
Result Is Lack of Knowledge on Part Of Farmer as to Cost of Produc.
 ing Different Crops.

There can be no doubt but that too few farm records are being kept, and the result is a lack of definite knowl- edge on the part of most farmers in regard to cost of producing crops and live stock. Many things are frequent ly produced at loss. and so far as possible this should be reduced to a minimum Sometimes dozen cows are kept that barely pay market price for the feed consumed. This is usual ly the result of the herd containing a number of drones that do not produce enough to pay for their board. In such case records showing the amount of feed each CON consumes would soon point out the guilty ones, which would then be sold to the butcher.
 In other instances unprofitable grain crops are grown that tend to reduce the annual farm income. To help the farmer to get in the habit of keeping simple records, such as will enable him to find the leaks. the United States department of agriculture has published Farmers Bulletin No. 66I, entitled "A Method of Analysing the Farm Business This bulletin con- tains, in addition to descriptive mat ter, series of blank forms designed to enable the farmer to record the essential facts concerning the crops raised during the year, the transac- tions from his live stock products, such as the income from butter, eggs, wool, beef and pork. the current ex- penses, and the depreciation in his buildings and machinery. The bulle- tin may be had free of charge by ad- dressing the Division of Publications. Washington, D. C.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
GULL IN STRANGE MISHlP
Birds Life Endangered When It's seak Was Caught Between the
 Shells of Clam.

At first thought t is hard to imagine how a clam could endanger the life of bird That such strange cireum- stance is not impossible Is shown by the following incident.
 \ settler on one Of the small islands near Vancouver was returning to his home by way of a beach of hard sand. when he beHeld an unusually large flock of seagulls gathered in a compact mass and beating with theIf heaks and wiaEs upon the sand ExI- deatiy thsx were attacking some en- euF. Overhead dozens ef EuHs wheeled aId screamed in evident ex- citemeut.
 The settler WAS almost upon the fighting birds before they burst apart and flew. eaattering. toward the clouds One. however. lay Tapping upon fine Er8Hnd. and the man saw that 8 monster clam held the gull's bea6 in q viselike grip t Was too heavy for the bird t1 fy away with. and Tor aiI tHe gulls frantic strug- gles, fl could not loosen the clam tenacious grip
 With hIs hunting knIfe the man prled open the shells and freed the captive fhe gut Was exhausted from it's desperate efforts. and al first could only staseer like a drunken sailor toward the water Finally, however. if flew away. and soon returned iR tha van of fl cloud af guilS come fo inspect the enemy that had trapped one If their trtbe.-St. Andrews Bea- con.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

fever. nun U ioou ana grass. ~ III '"''
 Nothing goes very right until some. 'Aihg goes dead wrong.
 Joy riders are usually in the souD when the auto turns turtle.
 i5s long long road 10 success by the SIam-yourueighbor route.
 The truth we hate the most is the truth that hits us the hardest.
 II men had the house cleaning to do most or them would live in hotels.
 Tho faith that removes mountains nhds dynamite most helpful partner.
 what and where were last years losses2 Cannot their repetition he avoided?
 Il Is loss of time and a waste of breath and energy 10 argue politics and religion
 Il course in an agricultural school is not absolutely necessary fn sowing a crop Of wild oats.
 Smoking or chewing tobacco is a bad habit Tobacco is not a food but an expensive luxury.
 Laziness is progressive disease, and when il strikes in on farmer it Is shown in farm and home.
 Every man has enemies, latent though they be; but he can get away from all but the secret liar.
 The weight of woe may be only the toe-weight needed to normalize the pace and regulate the running gear.
 No man knows all there is to be known about farming-let us all get together and learn from each other.
 Something is wrong in our raarket- Ing system when small crop brings more money than a bountifal one.
 Cooperation between practical farmers and proficient business men will eliminate ignorance and preju- dice
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
GET POWER The Supply Comes From Food.

If we get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by selecting food that exactly fits the requirements of the body
 Not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs. l suffered griey- ously for a long time from stomach trouble" writes lady from a little Western town.
 Tt seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that l could eat would stay on my stomach Every attempt gave me heart burn and filled my stomach with gas. l got thin- ner and thinner until l literally be- came a living skeleton and in time was bcompelled to keep to my bed
 "A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food. and it had such good effect from the very beginning that kept up its use. I was surprised at the ease with which l digested it. It proved to be just what needed.
 All my unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn. the inflated feeling which gave me so much pain, disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 9S to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and am now able to do my housework and enjoy 1t. Grape-Nuts did it"
 A ten days trial will show anyone some facts about food.
 Name given by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Read, The Road to Wellville,' in pkgs. There's Reason" :"
 Ever rend the above letterf new one appears from time to time. They 1nteress
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
STOP CAL0MEL! TAKE
 DODS0N'S LIVER TONE
New Diseoey Takes Place of Dangerous Caome-I Puts Your Liver To Work Without Making You Sick-Eal Anything
 Can koi SaIWate-Dont Lose Days Work

discovered a vegetable compound that does the work of dangerous. sckening ealomel and every reader of this paper try bottle and if il doesn't straighten you up better and quicker than savatng caomel just back to the and get your money
 guarantee that one spoonful of Dodsons Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver work and clean your thirty feet of bowels of the bile and constipation poison which is cogging your system and making you feel miserable.
 liver medicine will relieve the headache biliousness. coated tongue ague malaria, stomach any other distress caused by torpid liver quickly dose of vile, nauseating caomel. besides it will not make you sick keep you from days work. want
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Tailor Got Even.

The Central Law Journal says that a Philadelphia tailor was shocked over the size of the bill rendered by law yer he engaged to sue customer and later when the lawyer bought suit of clothes the tailor retaliated by send ing him a bill in the following legal terms: ITO measuring and taking or der for one suit, $4 50; warrant and in struetions to foreman for executing the same, $335; going twice to cloth merchant. $225. fees to cloth mer- chant, $25; cutting the cloth, $8.75; materials for working, $5.50; sundries for working. $9; trying on of the suit, $2.75; alterations and amendments, $450; entering transaction in day book, $2. posting same in ledger, S2; expressing same, $350: writing to the button dealer, $125: filing his deela- ration-eight sheets, $S; fees to but ton merchant. $9.75; removing the suit by certiorari to your residence, $225; writing receipt. $t75, fling same, $1225; service of same, $1.5O; ditto, $15O; total, $10025."
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
FROM ALL THE WORLD

In 20 years the ely of Buenos Aires has almost trebled it's population.
 England's per capita consumption of codttsh is the greatest ot any coun= try.
 Small kerosene stoves are practi- eally the only heating and cooking stoves used in Paraguay.
 Since the reign Of George II no ab- hreyiations have been allowed in le- gal documents in England
 More than five marriages are not permitted one person in Russia. and eighty years is the marriageable limit.
 The earth. under thick covering of snow. is ten degrees warmer than the air immediately above the snow,
 Auction sales originated in ancient Rome. and were introduced 10 enable soldiers to dispose of spells of war.
 Chemists know about I50.000 or eanie chemical compounds, and are increasing the list from 5,000 to 5000 year
 From 1.325. .0oo tons Of tar annually produced in Great Britain from coal. about 10.066,000 gallons of benzol are obtained
 The only animals left alive in the Antwerp zoo are the elephants. which are now being used for military trae= ton purposes.
 Of about 1,4o0.oo0 pounds of cayi. are obtained each year by the Astra- khan fisheries. approximately 75 per cent is exported
 II is believed that all excellent sub stitute for silk has been produced in Panama by crossing the blooms Of certain wild fiber plants with a spe= eies of texture finer than cocoon silk. but with tensile strength about five times greater
 A steel screw. which for 70 years helped to hold together the guide board Of wallpaper trimmer, was worn completely in two merely by pa. per rubbing against it, During that times approximately 100000 rolls of paper were trimmed by the machine The screw was cut as smooth as could have been done by any instrument.
 Dr. R Armstrong-Jo chief medi- cal officer at Clayburn asylum, Wood ford. England, in a lecture on the re- lation of genius to insanity, recently said that he knew a man who could recite the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire from cover to cover, vet his mind continued to be Of the nursery type. and he did not un= derstand what lie dramatically re- cited.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
BahY's Bedroom

The room in which a baby sleeps should contain no upholstered furni- ture or heavy curtains on which dirt and germs can find lodging and breeding place. The walls. if possible. should be so finished as to allow ire quent wiping with damp cloth. Tie temperature of the baby's room should be kept not higher than 6S or 70 de grees in winter and in summer should be kept as cool as possible with avn ings and shutters. The windows should be kept open day and night in summer and in winter the room should be aired two or three times a day.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
HarmIess.

The eommuter was plainly excited. He pounded the seat cushion in front Of him as he spoke. and his voice rose high above the rattle of the wheels
 No matter what my earlier views were" he exclaimed I've changed radically I'm for the Reds now against all corners"
 A timid little man across the aisle edged quietly out of his seat and sought the conductor.
 It's an outrage" he exclaimed An ayoWed anarchist like that fellow ought not to be allowed to ride in public conveyance
 Hes no anarchist" said the con ductor with grin Hes a chicken raiser Just now he's expressing his views on the merits of the Rhode Island Reds, the best little layers in seven states"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

bottle of this wonderful liver medicine in every home in the South.
 Calomel is poison-it's mercury-it attacks the bones often causing rheumatism. Calomel dangerous It sckens-whtie my Dodson.s Liver Tone Is safe pleasant and harmless Eat anything afterwards be cause it savate Give fl to the children be- cause it doesn't upset the stomach shock the liver Take spoonful tonight and wake up feeling fine and ready for full days work
 Get bottle Try it f it doesn't do exactly wha; say, tell your dealer to hand your money back Every druggist and keeper ia the south knows and knows of my wonderful discovery of a medicine that takes the place Of dangerous catomef
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10

W. N. u.. LITTLE ROCK, NO. 24-tefs.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Quite a Difference.

Della, after a rain. begged to go out side to play.
 You may go, said her mother, if you will stay on the walk, and not make mud-pies. It was not long before Della was leaning suspieiousIy far over the walk.
 T thought you promised not to make mud-pies. . mother called.
 I'm not, mamma replied Della. I'm making doughnuts.'
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Trouble Ahead.

The person popularly known as the head of the house turned his key in the door and entered as quietly as possible.
 Where's your mother?" he whis- pered as his young son appeared
 "Shi" cautioned the boy Shes waiting upstairs in the war zone. and I think she's got your range. /"
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
The Briaster Side

The European war affords me one source of consolation, anyway said Mr Jabbins.
 I'd like to know what it is, said Mir. Snoozedorf.
 It is impossible for some of my 3ealthier neighbors to go gadding about Europe this year and then re- turn home and make ae feel as if I hadn't been anywhere because l mere. ly went to Colorado.
The Monticellonian., 1915-06-10
Ine-S ShirkeE

Mrs. Anna Steinauer. Roston.s po- lieewamaH. vas talking about her bete noire the girl who smokes.
 The good. old.fashioned girl she said turns Up her sleeves at work. while the modern eigarette-smoking girl turns up her nose.
 She laughed. and added.
 Or else she doesn't turn up al all"