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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-05-26
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TODAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files

Gen. Beadle returned from a trip
to Lake Preston on private business.
Mrs. Will Clough, of Egan, who
has been visiting friends in the city,
returned home.
The races Friday at the track will
be a one-half mile, best two in three,
purse, $40; first. SIS: second, IS.
Also a pony and a colt race, one-half
mile, best two in three; first, $40;
second, SIS. Five per cent to enter.
Running rules to govern.
Ringing Bros World Greatest
Show Is we'll named. Sixty or more
carloads arrived early this morning
and in their bright yellow contrasted
wildly with red of the vans and the
leaden color of the %sleepers. Method
in unloading made speedy work, the
big elephants aiding in the facility
with which everything is handled by
gently lowering on their clumsy
limbs and unloading themselves. Al
10 a.. m, the thousands of people
who had arrived earlier in the day
lined the streets to witness the greai
parade, long and sumptuous.
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House for rent after June Is. Ap-
ply to Mrs. a. ~ Smith, or phone
1926.
House for sale. Plenty Of hard
and soft water. Inquire at 1903 Lee
avenue.
Wanted. A competent girl for
general homework. Address Mrs. G.
J. Wilkinson. Box 426, Madison. S. d.
For Sale. one registered Red
Polled bull and two high grade
Polled bulls.-Frank J. Krug.
For Rent. Rooms. furnished or
unfinished Apply at this office.
Front office room in postoffice
building for rent-Wm. Huntemer.
Eat at Jacks.
For Sale. My residence property
at a bargain.-H. NJ. Penn.
Now Is the time TO get your seed
corn, $3.50 per buahel-D. McKin-
o q Co.
Eat at Jacks.
For Matching, s. c. White Leghorn
eggs. Phone 334 redo. +. Belts.
$500 in cash 10 any person bring
ing TO my store a standard make
watch | cannot repair-Guy ". Han
SON..
Eat at Jacks.
For Rent. Seven room house,
sewer, city water and furnace heat.
Mrs. A. T.. Clough.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes ex-
amined and frames fitted-Yaeger's
Optical ParlOr.
w. NJ. Beardsley writes fire, light
ming. tornado, life and auto insur-
ance. Has good bargains in farm
property. Room No. 3 i'm Garner
block.-W. N. Beardsley.
We have a concentrated colonial
fruit punch in pint bottles. Genuine
fruit flayors. Add water and ice
only. Makes a very fine fruit punch
for parties or the home.-Osborn's
Drug Store.
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and j. f.. Handlin, state auditor, both
opposed for denomination on the re-
publican ticket, apparently are vic
torious by easy majorities. Other
nominees on the republican state
ticket are: superintendent of
schools, G. III. Lugg; land commits
sioner, N. f. Knight; treasurer, Gus
Helgerson.
Frank f. Wells is showing a
strong lead as the republican nomi-
nee for railroad commissioner and
apparently has been nominated. Al
though rated as a district official,
the railroad commissioner is voted
upon by the state at large. Mr..
Wells is present county auditor OF
Trip county.
In the Third district, where -four
candidates were contesting for the
republican congressional nomination
there seems to be no question OF the
victory of Il. O. Patterson, of Greg
DRY county.
Estimates now are that Peter Nor
beck won the republican guberna
torial nomination by at least 1900
majority over both of his opponents
State Senator w. IL. McMaster, o
Yankton county, is the republican
nominee for lieutenant governor b,
an easy margin.
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ELECTION RETURNS
FIGURES SLOWLY COMPLIED
SHOW WHO Is WHO IN THE
LATE ELECTION.

Sioux Falls, May 26.-The victory
of Congressman Dillon is fully con-
firmed on more complete returns
from the First congressional district.
c.. A. Christopherson's majority of
1000 in Minnehaha county was over
come in the other counties of the
district, practically all of which went
for Congressman Dillon by majorities
ranging from SO to 800. On unof-
fetal compilations here the indica-
tions are that Congressman Dillon's
majority will reach about 400.
Although early returns from the
First district Wednesday morning in
dicated a victory for Col. Melvin
Grigsby, Independent pro-Roosevelt
candidate for the republican delega-
ton, the claim now Is that the orig
inal compromise slate is undisturbed
carrying a victory for Hans De
muth and William Hoese as the re
publican delegates from this district.
Col. Grigsby waged his fight specif-
ically against Mr.. Demuth, editor of
a German newspaper here, an avowed
anti-Roosevelt man.
The delegates elected to the re-
publican national convention, under
instructions to support the candidacy
of Senator Cummins, are as follows:
Delegates at large, Gov. Il. M. Byrne.
Senator Thomas Sterling, c. N. Her
reid, A. 0. Ringsrud. First district,
Hans Demuth and William Hoese:
Second district, S. III. Elrod and
Charles Howard; Third district, j.
G. Stanley and S. f. Wilson.
One of the feature contests of the
primary developed between Il. ID.
Morcom and Orville Rinehart. al
didates for the democratic guberna-
backed by the Johnson-Coffey organ
ization and Mr.. Rinherat was backed
by the insurgent democrats of the
state. Mr.. Rinheart this morning is
making a positive claim of victory
and this claim seems tn be supported
by the incomplete on the
democratic candidates. Minnehaha,
Lawrence and Grant counties were
carried by Morcom and nearly all of
the other counties reporting show
majorities for Rinehart. The demo
tIdLtI fOlC ONtI tue Cldlt was FCl y
light in the primary.
If Rinehart has won the guberna-
torial nomination it is considered
highly probable that the insurgent
delegates to the democratic national
convention and the insurgent nation
al committeeman also may have
been elected. There are practically
no returns on these candidates, how
ever and it is mere speculation al
this time as to the outcome.
Frank M. Rood, secretary of state,
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WAR SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, May 26.-Special: Con
tinuing their furious assault in the
Verdun region. the Germans have
succeeded in again wrestling the bat
tered ruins of Fort Douaumont from
the French. having driven hard
against the lines west of the fort.
In this new attack the crown princes
forces succeeded in gaining a foot
hold in a French trench near the
Haudremont quarry which has been
the scene recently of much hard
fighting.
The artillery is still notably active
on the west bank of the Mouse near
Hill 304 and from Dead Mans Hill
to Cumieres. the village just cap
tured by the Germans.
East of Cumieres the French re
port having made some progress in
hand grenade operations.
Latest reports from the fighting
on the Austro-Italian front indicate
that the Austrians have driven a
wedge rather deeply into Italian ter
ritory between the Astico and Areiz
valleys southeast of Trent.
Rome reports the destruction of
an Austrian gunboat and an Aus
trian aeroplane in an engagement
with an Italian gunboat in the Adri-
attic.
The tide is again with the Ger
mans in the fighting about Verdun.
Today's headquarters report from
Berlin announces a further closing in
by the crown princes troops east of
the Mouse and the failure of the
French to regain by desperate coun-
ter attacks the village of Cumieres.
Paris comedies the %reeapture of the
Haudremont quarry west of Fort
Douaumont as announced by Berlin.
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STATE NEWS.

Hudson-Arrangements are being
completed for a shooting tournament
to be held in this city on June g..
The tournament will be held under
the auspices of the Hudson Gun
club. 1t is expected that Fred Gill
man and other notables i'm the marks
man world will be present and par
%ticipate.
Vermillion-Arrangements are be-
ing completed for the annual Clay
county g~et-together picnic, which
will be held on the campus of the
state university in this city on June
8. Thousands of residents of the
county will be i'm attendance. One
of the features will be a picnic dinner
served to all visitors. Various sports
also will be provided.
Bridgewater-A program for the
observance of Memorial day has
been arranged. In the forenoon the
Firemen's band will lead a process
sion to the cemeteries where the
graves of the veterans will be strewn
with flowers by school children. In
the afternoon a program of music
and speaking will take place at the
opera house. the principal addresses
being given by III. w. King and Carl
o. Harvey.
Elk Point-Alfred Olson. a farmer
of Brule township. brought to town
eight young wolves about two weeks
old, which he dug out of a wolf den
in the hills neal his farm. Olson
was paid a bounty of So each for the
wolves by the county. A search now
will be made for the mother wolf.
Thus far this spring the pelts of
eighty-one wolves killed in Union
county have been brought TO the
county auditor for the bounty.
Armour-This part of the state
was visited by a very destructive
storm Wednesday morning. The
storm came from the southeast, ac-
companied by terrific wind. rain and
hail. Light buildings in its path
were destroyed, trees broken down
and hundreds of windows broken
with the hail; vegetation was also
ruined, alfalfa fields about ready to
cut presenting the appearance of be.
ing run over Win Il moNlne mdcHlht
The FELTON, store in this city was
nearly wrecked. Every window in
the building was broken. the building
itself being moved off its founda.
tion and given a bad list to the north
This building was the only frame
structure left in the path of the re.
cent fire. Reports from the rura'
districts announee the loss of hun.
dreds of windmills, some small build
ings and destruction of growing
crops.
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PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
NOT POSSIBLE AS YET

London, May 26.-Aroused by criti-
cism of him for giving to the Ameri-
can press before he gave the British
parliament his views on the possibili-
ty OF peace, Sir Edward Grey, British
foreign secretary. told the house of
commons peace negotiations are i'm
possible at this time.
Sir Edward further declared 1t Is
impossible for Britain to consider
terms of peace without a previous
agreement among the entente allies.
Admitting that important disclos-
ures OF policy ought first to be made
to parliament Sir Edward Grey urged
that q crisis might arise during the
wal when consideration of etiquette
should not be allowed to stand In the
way.
Sir Edward asserted that his inter.
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view contained no new declarations.
He said IL he thought the German
government or German opinion had
reached the point where the allied
governments could bring a peace
compatible with their desires nearer
by making speeches about peace, he
would make dozens of them.
But, the foreign minister added, the
time has not yet arrived and the al
lies are bound by common obligations
not to put forward any terms Of peace
except by mutual agreement.
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The readers OF this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science mas
been able TO cure in all its stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutions disease. requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls CatArrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. thereby destroying the
Foundation OF the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials. Address,: +. j. Cheney
4 Co, Toledo. o. Sold by all druggfstA
Use. AXE Hail. Family Pills for con-
Uttpatton.-A0v.
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THE ACHES OF HOUSE CLEANING.

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises, oVer-exertion and straining dur
ing house cleaning time are soothed
away by Sloan's Liniment. No need to
suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan's
Liniment to the sore spots. rub only a
little. In a short time the pain leaves,
you rest comfortably and enjoy n re-
freshing sleep. one grateful user writes
"Sloan's Liniment is worth it's weight in
gold" Keep a bottle on hand, use il
against all soreness, neuralgia and
bruises. Kills pain. 20 cents at your
druggist.
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American Aviator Killed,

Pensacola, Fla, May 26.-Lieuten.
ant James Vincent Rockwell, civil en-
gineer In the United States navy, who
was In training as an aviator here.
was killed when a navy aeroplane he
was plotting dived $50 feet into the
gulf. The machine was wrecked.
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PILLS BEST ror LIVER.

Because they contain the best liver
medicines, no matter how bitter or nau'
seating for the sweet sugar coating
hides the taste. DR.. Kings New Lift,
Pills contain ingredients that put the
liver working. move the bowels freely
No grippe. no nausea, aid digestion. Jus
try a bottle of DIR. Kings New Life Pills
and notice how much better o feel
25 cents at % druggist.
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WATCH CHILD'S CoUGH.

Colds, running of nose, continued irri-
tation OF the mucous membrane if neg
lected may mean catarrh later. Don't
take the chances-do something for your
child. Children VIII not take every
medicine. but they will take DR.. Kings
New Discovery and without bribing or
tasing. It's a sweet. pleasant tar syrup
and so effective. Just laxative enough
to eliminate the waste poisons. Almost
the first dose helps. Always prepared.
no mixing or fussing. Just ask your
druggist for DIR. Kings New Discovery.
1t will safeguard your child against Sc
rious ailments resulting from colds.
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ECZEMA CURED on MONEY RE-
FUNDED.

This guarantee goes with every box of
DIR. Hobson's Eczema Ointment. Makes
no difference whether it's a baby, child
or aged. No matter how long standing
the case the guarantee holds good. Cut
out this strip. go to your druggist, get
a box of DIR. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
use 1T as directed and If you are not
fully satisfied, the druggist or maker
will refund you money. Try Ii just
once, you will be happily surprised.
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Summer Session
West Wing

The State Normal at Madison is now open as weeks
in the year. Summer term opens June 18th and closes
August 31st-tWo terms of six weeks each.
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Credits Apply to Certificates

Credits obtained during the summer term apply or
certificates to teach same as those received by attend
ance any other term. Plan to spend your vacation IN
school and thus improve your grade of certificate.
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
Pigeons In ConstantinopIe.

In no big city in the world are there
so many tame pigeons as in CONSTANT
nople In many squares in London
there are small fiocks of pigeons, but
in the Turkish capital they are to be
seen by the thousand. These pigeons
are sacred. and. indeed. many a
wealthy Turk leaves money to be de-
voted to buying food for them. The
story of why they are sacred is rather
interesting. When MOhammed, the
Turkish prophet. was flying from his
enemies he hid in cavern. At the
mouth Of the cavern two pigeons built
their nest, so tradition runs, while
across the entrahce IL spider spun its
web. The soldiers who came along
some days later felt certain that no one
had entered the cave. seeing the birds
nesting and the spiders web, and so
never troubled to enter it and search.
Ever since then the Turks have held
pigeons and spiders TO be sacred.
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
Changed Words.

The English language presents q
large nulsber of words that have been
completely changed in their signif-
canoe since they first came into use.
In some cases their meaning has been
exactly reversed. A conspicuous ex-
ample of this is the word let" which
Shakespeare uses several times with
the meaning ito hinder" Hamlet ex-
claimed, "I'n make a ghost of him that
lets me-" of course him that stops
me-"
The word is used I'm the same sense
In the Bible, as in III Thessaionians ii.
He who now letteth will let until
ne be taken out of the way
"Ravel" and ''unraver' mean exact
y the same thing. although at one
time to unravel probably meant to
reduce confusion to order. Compare
the words valuable" and invaluable
and loose" and ''unloOse.''
AS used freq Iently in the Bible pre-
vent instead of meaning to hinder
means to .'precede" or go before"
which is, of course. its chronological
meaningless Angeles Times
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A Natural Born Spender.

When a long forgotten cousin died
and left Miss Mitfield a round hum
dred thousand the entire village, after
having recovered from the shock, fell
to wondering whether the faded little
spinster, after having for sixty-three
years pinched and scraped and plain
sewed just to keep soul and body to-
gether, would, after all, get much COM
fort from her eleventh hour opulence.
The state of little Miss Mitfeld's
mind was revealed when her next door
neighbor inquired what she should do
with her money did She mean to
save it?
"Save itp' Her eyes flashed with
new found scorn. Listen to me,
Betsy; all my life long I've wanted a
pair of side combs with yellow glass
beads onto 'em, and now I'm goin' to
hev 'em; yes, ma'am, even If 1 should
hev to go as high as so cents|-
Youths Companion.
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Holy lands of All RELIGIONS.

Christians call Palestine the Holy
Land because it was the birthplace of
the Christian religion OH earth as we'll
as that of the Saviour. whose birth.
ministry and death are inseparably as
ISOLATED with the history of Jerusalem
and vicinity. To the MOhammedans
Mecca, in Arabia. is the holy land, it
being the birthplace of Mohammed.
the saviour of the followers of that
faith.
India is the holy land of the Chinese
and other oriental Buddhists, it being
the native land of SIkya MUM, the SUI
preme Buddha. Ellis. one of the sew
eral divisions of the ancient Pelopon-
nesus, was the Mecca and the Jeru-
salem of the ancient Greeks. The
temple of Olympus Zeus was situated
at Ellis, and the sacred festivals were
held there each year. The believers in
the Shinto religion make annual pill
grimage TO Sitsa Kara, the immense
stone pillar where their supreme ruler
last stood while talking to men.
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
Stevenson's Brownies.

Stevenson maintained that much Of
his work was only partially original.
His collaborators were the brownies
who ran riot through his brain during
the hours Of sleep. He instances the
case Of 'Dr. Jekyn and Mr.. Hyde" 81
had long been trying to write story
on this subject" he writes, ''to find a
body, a vehicle for that strong sense
Of mans double being which must at
times come in upon and overwhelm
the mind of every thinking creature
For two days l went about racking
my brains for a plot Of any sort, and
on the second night l dreamed the
scene at the window and scene after
ward split in two, in which Hyde, pur
sued for some crime, took the powder
and underwent the change in the pres
ence Of his pursuers. ALI the rest was
made awake and consciously, although
I think / can trace In much of 1t the
manner Of my brownies"
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
Coffee With Milk.

For many years after coffee was first
drunk in Europe, says the Manchester
Guardian, no one thought of mixing it
with milk any more than the Turks
and Arabs do now. The use of coffee
au lait seems to date from 1857. Nine.
de Sevigne, writing to her daughter in
that year, said that a doctor much in
vogue "has taught us to mix sugar and
milk with our coffee. They make
most delightful compound, which will
help to support me through the rigors
of Lent"
In a letter written seven years ear
lier she had mentioned as an eccentric
proceeding on the part of Nine. de la
Sabliere that "she drinks milk to her
tea" Readers Of "Unbeaten Tracks
In Japan" may remember that one Of
the Anus thought it disgusting that
Mrs. Bishop should drink milk and
pollute her tea with a fluid having so
strong a smell and taste.
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
When We Feared the Indians.

At a recent gathering of life insur-
ance men one of the old timers exhib-
tied a copy of a permit which had
been attached to a policy issued in
1868. This permit read:
'"The within assured has permission
to reside In any settled part Of the
states Of California, Nevada, Oregon
or Washington territory and while so
residing to make trips (as a passenger
only on first class steamers plying be-
tween the ports Of Washington terri
tory, the states of California and Ore
gon and the Sandwich Islands and to
proceed to and return from in like
manner or by public conveyance over
land;
Provided that written notice be CIV
en- by the assured whenever any trip
to the Sandwich Islands or to the At
lantic states is undertaken to the gen.
eral agent Of the company at San
Francisco, Cal, and provided, also, that
on the overland route the said assured
to take his own risk by death from
hostile Indians. Street Journal.
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Gifts Of the Grass.

The grass is missed only By its alb
sence. When we pass by a house
which is minus green lawn or grassy
plot in front we eXclaim, What blot
on the landscape In a vague way
we realize that the grass gives tone
and color to outdoor life as nothing
else can; that no picture is complete
without it. All the beauties of the
seashore-the bold rocks, the crested
surf, the dashing waves, the lights
and shadows which play at sunrise and
sunset beside old ocean-cannot COM
pensate for the lack of the grass be-
meath our feet. Friends wintering at
southern beaches have told us that
they grew homesick for the grassy
fields and meadows of hOme.-Marga-
ret Woodward in Countryside Maya
zine.
The broad ax., 1916-05-06
Why Not Be Friendly

Less than a third of the people In
the average American neighborhood
are natives. In thousands Of cases
practically all the population was born
elsewhere. So why stand of when
some one moves in from another sec
ton? Why be niggardly with neighbor
illness? OF course one may make an
occasional mistake, but for every I'M
desirable acquaintance we find several
good people worth knowing. You,
your neighbor and the newcomer are
problems of your community, and as
each of you may be the other two the
problem ought to be simple.
If You are an older resident greet
the newcomer. There Is double
blessing in a welcome. In giving you
gek>
II you are the newcomer-well, your
duty was never better stated than in
these words OF Ruskin:
ut is a good and safe rule to so
journ in any place as If you meant to
spend your life there, never emitting
an opportunity of doing kindness or
speaking a true word or making a
friend
The way 10 Till the lonesome hours Is
to be friendly.-Country Gentleman.