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Im',SSr reached ten the following year1
mrs Judson visited the United
1a'eS ana published her History Of
Nv nu'",an MISSION and by personal
appuas largely Increased missionary I
t~ou''ohs In 1923 she returned TO
nahsoUn a war soon broke out, and
pom Mr. and Mrs. Judson were I'm.
p Ph charged with aiding the Eng
ttsn' Mrs' 'udson was soon released.
anu she became an angel of mercy 10
tne whlte men, including her husbands
oohhheu IN the terrible death prison."
nney were at length rescued BY the
l'rItish, out Mrs Judson o sue.
culnpea 10 me effects of the terrors to
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The Fighting Weapons of
Seven Warning Powers

The German Maui
ser can fire faster
than any other rifle
used in the war. Tho
magazine holds five
cartridges, packed in
chargers.
Tho Austrian rifle
is the lightest Of all,
yet its bullet, 24+
grains, is tho heavi-
est used by any Of
the powers. II is very
rapid in action.
The British rifle is
the outcome OF the
South African war.
II holds ten cart
ridges and Is sighted
from 200 to 1890
yards.
Tho French lebel
is the longest rifle.
The tube magazine
under tho barrel
holds eight cart
ridges. The bullet
used in il weighs 1873
grains.
The Belgian Maui
ser of 1889 holds five
cartridges, carried in
clips; It cannot be
used as single
loader. II weighs over
eight pounds.
The Russian rifle is
sever inches longer
than the British. II
is capable of firing
~twenty-four bullets
10 tho minute. The
bayonet 10 always
fixed.
/. The Italian Mann.
lioher. Csroano is Of
the 1891 pattern. II
is rather slow. dis
charging but fifteen
rounds of shot .
: minute.
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eek1n Vany something oVe Tor the mn that adore = ~
Something nauy, neat and novel for the IA most sdors!"
Quoth the salesgfrl "Evermore!" ~
Would you like son silk suspenders?" "Nayl" I cried. 20 Lord. a.,
fend US! -
Can I 6nd no thing that senders have not sent him DER and oerf" HaAs
How about a celarette. II chafngdish, or tabourette. Or go "a
Surely there is nothing better" Never, lever thosel" I swore. '.auj ID
"Yet whatever may get. 1t shall be something III deplore- r' ot y
Something shall much deplore!" -4 ga
ls-a
Deep into the crowd then plunging in my desperation lunging ,-ae y
Right and left. with foot and elbow. like a lunatic I tore, 80 4
Picked up this thing and then that one lodged a thin mar and a fat one
Tried 10 keep my feathered hat on. maddened to the very corel
Tried to keep from being sat on. maddened, saddened to the core
Maddened, ssddened, sick and sore!
TIL at last a clerk beguiling all my sad soul into smiling.
On the counter something piing, said. 1--WE just what you'll adore! y
See these lovely purple sox! I'll put them in a pretty box-In .au s
Wrap them up-theres really nothing that a man would treasure mors!"
"Give me those!" cried then weakly; give m those-and nothing moref
Simply those-and nothing more" :
Out again, and quickly hitting In the subway tncycr sltungD, asso13
Cutohiug wildly at a strap. those awful things homeward bore. .oa
Got them home, the box unbrokcn. But tho only word there spoken. r.
Not to WEAR, | hope" nodded. And distinctly then he swore -
Softly but distinctly SWORE'
Yet, my hcHt within me aching and my soul within M quaking. .IeR
Tell me next year I'll he breaking all my records as of yorc.
Yet know again next season shall dc 1t all once more =
Do Il over every Christmas, just as have done before So
Do It thus FOREvERMORE!
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Dollars and Sense
BY III. J. Barrett
'75 Per Cent. Of Inaccurate Scales Gre Overweight" Says This Inspcco

other words, allowing $50 for waste,
500 worth has vanished into thin air.
Where's It going? My stan is accu-
rate and honest. ia gamble on that"
And Clarkson studied the figures,
morosely, as though r~esenting their
implacable impartiality.
Three days later the mystery was
solved. The Inspector OF Weights and
Measures called and condemned every
scale in clarkson's place because they
gave overweight.
ut doesn't surprise me-" he in
formed the amazed proprietor. "Out
Of the scales I've tested this month
1913 We're condemned. For short
weight you assume On the con-
trary, only % per cent. were on
demned for this reason. 70 per cent.
Nike yours, gave overweight. Must
have been costing YOU a pretty
penny"
Yes, l know Just about how
much" replied the proprietor. but II
never occurred TO me where the leak
waS."
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he told his dream to the magt wise mem Of his court, andI
k9 they grayely agreed it was a prophecy that Cyrus would be a |
King during his grandfathcrs lifetime. I
Astyages had NJ wish to he oustcd from the throne. So he hit OF ~
very simple method for keeping tho dream from coming true.
He sent for his chief counsellor. larpagus and bado him take the baby /
to tho nearby mountains and leave him there to be dcvoured by wild beasts 4
tho idea of such a murder. obcdienty. he stole Cyrus away from thA
palace. But instead of leaving him in the mountains to perish he gave the |
child o a farmer, paying the man literally to bring up Cyrus as his own.
Cyrus grew to vigorous boyhood IN the farmers hut But his imperious~
temper and physical strength got him Ear above the peasant children who j
yer his pawnates. The other YOUNGSTERS followed him mcckly. aud Iet}
him have MS " way in everything.
5 QUICK to Call The royal blood in the boys veins made him quick
) Himself KING ! old he proclaimed himself king of his pIaymates and
s do OF beng beng n ossCa bW a - farmer p~ Ts son m' ic S gD"%s "G0, ,Gn u scented the
mandC Cyrus "a him. BY "a of enforcing discipline. Cyrus had the other
boys whip the offender almost to death. -.
The nohleman's sn having and bleeding, ran Off 10 his father with
And Cyrus ws brought before the King for punishment SO
Cyruss prctensions to monarchy. The ten-year-od boys beauty I'M regal y
bearing aroused the curiosity Of Astyages, who y sen for the farmer
to question him as to Cyruss parentagG. ~
The farme va frightened int truthfulnoss lie declared that Cyru.i
was not his son but had been turned over to him by the royal counseIiorT
iarpagus. HarPasas' under threat OF death, confessed. The chain OF evil
dence a complete. 1
and handsome and clever that the old scoundrel hesitated. BY a Of
Strengthening his esolnton h consulted the MagI again. This wise old
fulfilled the prophecy that he would be a king during his grandfathors lm.
time" and that Astyages had nothing further to fear from the dream
Pleased by this decision, the King spared Cyrus's life and sent hin A.
Persia, where the lads parents were living. BY way of furnishing IIarno +
guss kindly treachery, Astyages had the counselors only son put to depthJ
by horrible fortunes. fiarpagus himself was spared, and the counserof
secretly vowed revenge on tho King who had killed his sn
Cyrus wa tremendously popular in Persia, which at that une va. ~
Medtar province. While Cyrus was still a mere boy Harpagus melted him
to urge te 1ersians into a revolt aganst Media.
Start, Tsvo. to do This. lie raised an insurrcctio %"i in 0N Persia So s IA
gus betrayed a large force OF the Median 49,. ~
.Cyruss hands In a single great battle 1858 b c. Cyrus conque}ed N. aSmc
and made Astyages a prisoner, "e"S
Cyrus was o proclaimed King of Media and pesIa. I'll. :, "
come true lie did lot mt Astyages to death. but forced tbe crm ure IAN nd
to wait al him heneeforth as his servant. rue 0o nan
The thrill Il achievement as hot in Cyuss blood. II Media ~, -.
so easy to capture why ct the rest Of the world? The young ruSer a neen
of conquest had begun. '"fsc career
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Starts Revolt
TO Get Throne.
To-Day's Anniversary
HE first woman TO G

TINE nrst woman 10 gam fenoWn
as a missionary in foreign lands
was Ann Hasseltine Judson, who
was born in Bradford, Mass, 1877 years
ago to-day. In 1912 she became the
bride OF the Rev. Adoniram Judson, a
Baptist missionary. and a few days
later the couple embarked for Calcutta.
From there, they went to Rangoon, in
the Burmese Empire, to begin their
missionary labors among the natives.
1t vas not until 1919 that the first
native convert wa baptized. and the
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kSJ CAN'T figure It out" unused
Henry Clarkson. dealer In groc-
cries and provisions, i have
a water-tight system OF accounting.
My figures can't be wrong, And they
show that somehow. somewhere,
there's a leak in this store that's cost
ing me a good round sum every
month, Either goods go out OF here
without being charged or money
comes In that doesn't reach me.
MY last months inventory showed
$4,000 worth of goods on hand, and
here are my figures for this month:
Months purchases '''''''''. ,soo. s2VVo
lA. 80 PER cent, gres proiit....,. 800
Ne, cosi mdss. sold ,.,.."...." $40 22io
200
Nei cost mdss. now on hand .,.,,....,.. N,sG0
"Now my yesterdays inventory
SHOULD have shown $i.s60 on hand,
minus $50, at the outside, FOR waste,
And | ind that l have but 1870. In
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Unchanged neutrality, yes. but Secretary lansing draws
attention TO the fact that oven the notes of ncutrals may be
pcnncd with n point OF steel.
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fore
Seen and bought-and wished I h~adn't-many, many
times beforei
Silly trash-and nothing morel ~
What" I muttered, sadly signing, what, oh, WHAT
shall | be buying
Buying for that man for Christmas7 Tell me, tell ma.
l inplore!"
10 the clerk turned then. speaking. Must ! ever thu
go seeking -
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Somehow tho Stock Exchange these days reminds us OF
= pig swimming a stream and cutting his throat with his front
feet.
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Friday, December -, lsIs-
II h e r a / n g
ore ChriStmas-and After Poe)
BY Helen Rowland

Coousht 1919 b The rr~, rubusis %. CHE New orb B~unsw odI -
Republished by Request. as4xS
nee upon a midday dreary, while I wandered, weak and weary, -
\ Through the quaint and curious mazes Of a great department stors
- While in doubt hesitated, hopelessly I contemplated ~
The evening world., 1916-12-22
Fifty Boys and Girls
Famous in History
Rv Albert PavSon Tcrhune a67T
CopJHght. 1915. ~ The Tres IuhisNnI %. fTHs New 1ok ETtlns wort
NO. 3O-CYRUS, THE BOY-CONQUEROR.
BY Albert Payson Tcrhun

n STYAGES, King of Media, dreamed that his newborn Erandy
Cyrus, would ono day snatch from him the crown and sceptrs
he told his dream to the magt wise mem of his court,
y they grayely agreed il was a prophecy that Cyrus would b
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
MICHIGAN MAN C0NFESSES
Admits Crime for Which Servant Was
TO Die.

Ironwood. Mich. Sept. 14.-Arthur
Waltonen. alias John Lind, barber,
was arrested here for the murder of
Mrs Elizabeth Nichols, a New York
widow. who. was strangled to death in
her home and money sand 1ewelry to
the value of S2S.0o0 stolen.
Mrs. Nichols lived at East Seven
ty-ninth street. New York city On the
night of Sept Z. 1915. according to the
confession Waltenen is said to have
made to the police. he and three other
men entered the widows home
through the aid of one of her servants,
Connie Talus. strangled the woman
and made away with jewelry and
money.
The men escaped and police suspi-
cion rested ON the servant. Talus fl
nally was arrested and the strong cir
cumstantial evidence offered led to his
conviction and sentence to the cleo
trio chair.
Friends of the man interceded for
him and his sentence was commuted
last month to lie Imprisonment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
ATTEMPT TO END
STRIKE is FUTILE
Gotham Street Car COmpa-
nieS Reject Offer.
men AGREE TO ARBITRATE

Accept Recommendation of Public
Service Commission, but Refuse to
Return to Work Because of the At
tude of Their Employers.
New York, Sept 14-The INTERIOR
cugh Rapid Transit and the New York
Railways companies formally reject
ed the public service commission
recommendation for a strike settle
ment
The two companies, controlling the
subway, elevated and green car" sur
face lines, declined to hold further
conferences with representatives of
the union and announced that it is
their intention to continue 10 operate
their lines on the present basis.
Following the reply of the traction
companies the strikers informed the
commission that they could not accede
to the request of the commission to
bring the strike to an immediate con
tluSlou III view ol the sldHu ldheA ny
the traction companies. The unions,
however, accepted the recommends
tion that the questions at issue be
submitted to arbitration.
Mayor Mitchell has under considera
ton two methods OF settling the
strike. One is to request Governor
Whitman to call a special session of
the legislature to pass a law COMPEL
ing both sides to accept arbitration,
while the other proposes the immedi
ate granting of a franchise to the New
York Motor Bus company, incorporat
ed, to run machines through certain
streets. This franchise has been be-
fore the board of estimates for the
past year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
GERMANS PREPARE
GRAND DEFENSIVE

Berlin, Sept 1.-THE combined
grand offensive of the allies will be
met by a combined grand defensive Of
the central powers.
They will swing to the attack when
the proper time comes.
The great war council being held at
the kaiser's headquarters on the East
ern front is for the purpose of unity
ing the direction of military move
ments
Since early in the war the central
powers have acted completely in acs
cord with their military movements.
making ii possible to beat off vastly
superior enemy forces.
That scheme of unified offensive and
defensive will be made even more ef-
fective as a result of the present con
ference attended by war chiefs of the
four empires warning on the allies
Favorable reports were brought to
the war council from the different
fronts
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HUGHES tNDS LONG TOUR
Covers Fourteen Thousand Miles on
First Continental Trip.

New York, Sept. l4.-Charles E.
Hughes has completed his transconti-
mental trip and will rest for few
days at Bridgehampton, L. |.
The trip was one of the longest, in
time and mileage. ever taken by a
presidential nominee Mr.. Hughes
left here Aug and travelled thirty
nine days His itinerary took him
from Portland, Me, to San Diego, Cal,
from Canada to within sight of the
Mexican border.
He visited twenty-five states, spoke
at all the chief centers of population
in the country, exclusive of the South,
and including the capitals of ten
states, and Travelled 11,494 miles by
rail
In addition he averaged more than
400 miles a week by motor or about
$500 miles, making the total mileage
of his trip approximately $4,000 miles,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
MEETS
MEXICAN ENJOYS

New London, Conn, Sept l4.-Pres-
ident Wilson lent his personal touch
to aid the efforts Of the American
Mexican joint commission in seeking
a permanent foundation of sympathy
and understanding upon which may
rest the future relations of the United
States and Mexico.
Putting aside for one hour his own
cares and his vigil at the bedside Of
his sister, Mrs Annie L. Howe, who is
dying here, Mr. Wilson exchanged
calls with General Carranza's repre-
sentatives.
1t was the first time during his ad
ministration that the executive had
dealt personally with a representative
of the Mexican de facto government.
For the first time also. representa-
tives of General Carranza received di-
rectly from the man i'm whose hands
perhaps lies the fate of their country
his statement Of sympathy with the
aims of the revolution which has torn
Mexico
The regeneration of the stricken ma
tion must come from within, Mr. Will
son said. and. in answer for his col
leagues and himself, Luis Cabrera
Carranzas minister OF finance and
chairman of the Mexican delegation,
asserted that his country was strug-
Cling toward the light of free and
democratic government.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14

WILL HAVE OWN EXCHANGE
Equity Denied Membership in Live
Stock Body.

South St Paul. Sept 14.-Directors
of the South St Paul Live Stock ex-
change refused to admit the live stock
branch of the Equity Cooperative ex-
change to membership.
The reason given was that the rules
of the South st. Paul exchange pro-
hibit rebating, and according to the
ruling of the directors a division of
the profits of a commission house
among the shippers in proportion to
the amount of stock shipped is equiva.
lent to rebating.
The members of the Equity execu-
tive committee held. on the other
hand, that they could not abandon the
cooperative plan.
The result will be that the Equity
exchange will establish an independ-
ent commission house in South ST.
Paul Oct. /.
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Senator Pace Victor.

Burlington. VT Sept 1.-THE re-
turn OF Carroll s. Page to the Unit
ed States senate was indicated when
primary returns from about 40 per
cent of the states voting precincts
gave the Vermont senator vote con
siderably larger than the combined
totals of his two opponents, Governor
Charles W. Gates OF Franklin and for
mer Governor Allen NJ Fletcher of
Caveudish Nomination is equivalent
to election
Horace r. Graham of Craftsbury re
ceived the gubernatorial nomination.
The Democrats nominated candidates
without opposition
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
Take Village Of Bouchaves-
neS on SOmme Front.
COMPLIES NOW IN DANGER
Latest Advance Considered Most I'm.
portant Since Allied Forces Began
Assaut-Entente Offensive Develop
ing in Macedonia.

London, Sept 14.-Instead of rest
ing on the ground won in Tuesdays
great attack north of the Somme the
French continued their thrust, cap
turing the village of Bouchavesnes
and a wooded area near by
Bouchavesnes is east of the Ba-
paume-Peronne road and its capture
with adjacent territory apparently
clinches French possession of this
main highway to Peronne.
Combles now is cut off from the
south and in a dangerous salient,
while General FOch is in a favorable
position for a stroke from the north
at Peronne, which appears seriously
threatened by the new French ad
vance, one Of the most important made
in any single operation since the
Somme offensive began.
The British. who hold the lines
northwest OF Combles. are maintain
ing. firm grip on Ginchy, but as yet
apparently have made no attempt to
gain further ground to the east.
In Macedonia the entente offensive
is developing along the western sec
tor.
Athens announces a joint advance
by French and Serbian troops, who
have captured Sorovitz, near Florina,
while Paris reports important prog
ress, particularly a considerable gain
by the Serbians near Lake Ostrovo
According to reports from Sofia,
says an Overseas News agency an
nouncement, General Bassarabesku,
commander of the recently captured
Roumanian fortress of Turtukai. at
tempted to escape in a boat after the
fall of the last fertilization The boat
was sunk by Bulgarian artillery and
the general was drowned.
The repulse of violent Russian at
tacks on a long front in the Carpathi.
ans is announced by the German war
Office. In Pennsylvania German troops
have been brought up to fight the
Roumanians.
The Russians are holding the ground
won in the recent fighting in the Car
pathians despite heavy counter at
tacks by the Teutonic forces, accord
ing to the Russian war office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
MExiCANS TIRE OF STRIFE
Thousands Are Crossing the Border
TO United States.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 14.-More
than 100, 900 Mexican laborers, includ-
ing men. women and children, entered
the United States through Texas ports
of entry during the year ending June
80 last, according to the official report
of the federal service. On basis of
immigration from Mexico since June
80 ii is estimated the movement from
the southern republic for the present
fiscal year will be about 225,000.
The heavy immigration from Mexico
at this time is due primarily to the
deplorable conditions accruing from
the several revolutions there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
GOODS TO BE HELD LONGER
Britons Slow in Acting on Release Of
Goods for America.

New York, Sept. 14.-Importers
here were disappointed by informa-
tion that Manton w Wyvill. who was
sent to London by the state depart
ment to negotiate for the release OF
German and Austrian goods to the
value of several million dollars de-
tanned at Rotterdam. is soon to leave
England for America without having
obtained from the British authorities
more than a promise to consider the
applications in due time.
Mr. Wyvill, who is a foreign trade
advisor to the state department, went
to England late in June.
The importers are informed he was
told final decision must come through
the British embassy at Washington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
u. 8. Roads Hire Mesicans.

San Antonio, Tex. Sept. Hun
dreds of Mexicans are being recruit
ed here as section hands on Eastern
railroads The Mexicans are being
sent out in lots of fifty and one hun
dred after passing inspection by the
railroad agents With the movement
OF immigration from European coun-
tries curtailed, several of the larger
railroad systems are depending large
ly on Mexicans for their section labor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
SOUAWS ENLIST IN FIGHT
Indian Women Parade With Votes for
Women" Badges.

Pierre, S. d.. Sept. 14.-Indian wom-
EN- of this neighborhood have joined
the equal rights movement. AT fair
held in Fort Pierre they marched from
their tepees, which dotted the hill
sides. bedecked out in Votes for
Women" badges. which a recent suf.
frage campaign party had impressed
on them.
The Indian women are taking great
interest In the fight to make the state
dry in November
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14

Washington, Sept. IA. - The state
department has received from Ameri.
can Ambassador Gerard at Berlin the
kaiser's personal reply to President
Wilson's personal letter urging that a
Polish relief agreement be reached be
tween the belligerents. The letter
was forwarded to the president The
kaiser's reply was sent through Ge-
rard in order to avoid the British cen
sorship
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
British Take Gold, Give Paper.

Berlin, Sept. IA Roman Catho-
lie priest who is citizen OF the Unit
ed States says that when the British
took the Scandinavian American line
steamship Frederick VIII, on which
he was a passenger, into Kirkwall
early in August" says the Overseas
news agency, "he saw the British take
from another passenger, who is an
American citizen also. $4,000 in gold,
giving him paper money in place Of
iAM
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
Forqer May Be Auto Thief.

Chicago, Sept. 14.-Edwin l.. Thack-
er, recently trapped in mid-ocean and
brought back from the Barbados to
face charges OF having profited to the
extent of $4,000 through alleged for
geries, is one of the three men under
arrest here in connection with a SO
called syndicate of automobile thieves
unearthed by the police. Thacker's
companions are Edward Collins and
Roman Dietz.
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TRAGEDY AT SEA HINTED
Note Found in Bottle Indicates Several
Were in Danger.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-THE brief
story of what may have been a sea
tragedy was revealed here when a
bottle containing the following mes
sage was picked up on the beach:
September 10, 1914
AT sea in an open boat without
food or water Have now been adrift
eight days. Two dead. Not expecting
to live much longer We last saw the
Farallone islands. Sept. l. My strength
is fast leaving me.
Harry p. James, Niagara, N. Y"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-14
Colorado Governor Ahead.

Denver. Sept. 14-Returns received
indicate that George A. Carlson. gov
ernor of Colorado has been renomi-
mated by the Republicans.
The Democrats renominated Con
gressmen Hillard, Heating and. Taylor
and named J. G. Gunter for governor