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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

h representative gathering 10 .
happy ausury. II means the strength
Of reunion. II means that the party OF
Lincoln 10 restored. alert. effective.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

Adequate preparedness 10 not mill
tarism.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14

The dealings of the administration
with Mexico constitute q confused
chapter of plumbers. II is a record
which cannot be examined without .
profound sense of Humiliation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-08-14
There's a Scholl Appliance for Every Foot Ailment or Deformity

anenty the trouble from which you are suffering. Consult this, noed specialist and let him
sc you about your. tObe.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
Steppedinuomates.

Some jaw-twister, Ell? Never mind
trying to pronounce the thing, just call
1t "boo," or ''x," and save time as we'll
as patience. 1t relates to a disease
recognized by osteopaths and caused
by high street car steps. Awful name
for d thing so simple, eh? One might
be pardoned, in view of such a name
for the ailment, in thinking that il
meant the whole dingbusted works had
been scrambled like so many eggs. DR..
=, G. Cluett of Sioux City, Ia, told
the state OsteOpaths about it during
their convention the other day, ex-
planning that the disease, steppedinuo-
mates, is a general nervous disorder
and is spreading rapidly. The jar on
a(ghting from high step causes a
mispiaeepleqnpt at Of the innominate bone,
and the trouble begins.
Doctor Cluett said he had treated
several patients recently, all Living
near car lines, and all afflicted in the
same way. A car step should not be
more thap eight inches high, the
height of the average step,' said the
doctor, Anything higher causes q
jar that may have serious colSe,
Quences."
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

The agricultural department at
Washington is engaged in trying to
define a weed The old definition, a
plant out of place." is too senti,
mental and does not fit the case. Rye
growing in a wheat field is out Of place,
but it is not weed. Bluegrass grow
ing in an alfalfa field is plant, though
it is out of place. In view of these
exceptions a definition has been in.
vented as follows: "A weed e wild
plant that has the habit of intruding
where it is not wanted" This is en-
tirely too psychological and so a spe.
cialist in the department, after great
effort, has reached this conclusion:
"The old definition that weed is
plant out of place, while very catchy
one, does not clearly represent usage
The hundreds of wild plants which
inhRbit a field which is not planted tc
crops are in common usage called
weeds; yet the vast majority Of these
plants are decidedly ip place. and are
serving usesTi purpose through add
ing organic matter to an impoverished
SOIL" According to it, one may re
gard dog fenpel no more weed than
a turntp. Our definition is that q weed
Is plant with bad reputation.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
EVEN 10 BOTTOM 0f OCEAN
Divers Have to Go When MIIady
Wants Certain Decoration for
Her Headgear.

To the bottom of the Chesapeake
bay went American manufacturers Of
artificial flowers in quest of a certain
decoration for milady's headgear, when
the war cut off the German supply.
They found it, and the bureau of fish
cries. which aided the manufacturers
in the search of the product, all of
which heretofore came from Germany.
saws it is worth $3.50 a ton. And Chesa-
peake bay is just full of it, and even
better than that formerly supplied By
Germany.
The product is a species of fern,
brown in color, which grows in abun-
dance attached to the rocks and shells
in the bed of Chesapeake bay. By dye
ing various shades are produced, and,
in addition to being used on wOmen's
hats, it is used for house decorations.
Secretary Redfield said that it is
the beginning of a new industry. The
bureau of fisheries loaned the Fish
hawk, one of its vessels, to a Balti-
more artificial flower manufacturer to
engage in the explorations for the
fern. Efforts are now being made to
have fishermen bring in the product,
for all which they can obtain $3.50 a
ton,
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
Nitrates From the Air.

In the American Magazine Albert
W. Atwood tells how the DuPOnts and
the ROckefellers are developing proc
esseS for extracting the nitrogen gas
from the atmosphere.
"The DUPONT interests control and
propose to develop in this country the
process most extensively employed
abroad. One of the newest processes,
the one upon which the Rockefeller en-
terprise is based, consists of iquify-
ing air. Until 1898, when two Scien-
lists, one in England, the other in PO-
land, almost simultaneously made the
discovery, no one had ever made air
stream down like water. The process
consists of reducing the air to Il very
low temperature by means of powerful
cUmpreSs0rS. The process is already
in successful commercial operation in
France and the Societe de Pair Lii
guide of that country is one of the
large stockholders in the Air Reduction
company of New York, in which Percy
Rockefeller is the largest owner. The
American company proposes to install
a plant in every state, and believes
that each plant will be able to produce
280,OO0 cubic feet of nitrogen daily.
has gathered around him
as directors men who are not accus-
toned to entering upon purely vision
ary enterprises"
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
cosrs MONEY 70 FEED MARS
European Conflicts Have Been Extra
ordinarily Costly to the People
Who Paid for Them.

War cost Europe from the beginning
of the nineteenth century up to Au-
gust, 1914, about 65,O00,O00,0OO francs,
or not half of what the belligerent
powers have already expended during
the present conflict, according to Statis-
tics compiled by Edmond Thery, the
French economist, and published in an
article written to indicate the progress
sion of the cost of war.
The Is years of war waged by Napo-
leon increased the public debt OF
France by 588,OOO,O00 francs, while the
Crimean war alone cost the republic
1,66O,O0OOOO, according to Thery.
Great Britain spent 1 t,55O,OO0,OOO in the
Crimean, while that war cost Austria
343,000,000, and Turkey and Sardinia
together 642,OOO,OOO francs. France
spent 65OO00,OO0 francs on the Mexi-
can war, he says, and 853,OOO,O0O in
the conflict against Austria for the
liberation Of Italy.
Prussia, in her wars against Den
mark and Austria, spent about 2,000,-
100000 francs, while the German states
and France together spent about 49,
O00,000.O00 on the war of 1870, includ-
ing 5,000,000O00 francs indemnity paid
by France to Germany. The war Of
1977-78 against Turkey cost Russia
about 2,7OO,OOOOOO francs, while she
spent 6,30O,OOO,OOO in the war with
Japan as against 4,5OO,O0OOOO spent
by Japan.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
NFANTILE PARALYSIS

THIS mysterious disease called infan-
L tile paralysis because by far the
greatest numbers Of its victims are in
fants and small childreR-80 per cent of
the cases being under four years-is the
most awful visitation this country has
had since the days of the yellow fever
epidemics.
Its origin, cause and mode of spread
ing are all unknown. Several epidemics
of it have visited the United States in
the past % years, but none so severe in
type or SO fatal 1t was not till recently
thot contagious, indeed, the milder
form that for $50 years has now and
then appeared. did not seem te be so.
This epidemic. which broke out in
New York City has spread to Brooklyn,
Philadelphia and to ajaeent states until
it has almost become a national peril.
About 5000 cases in New York City
with 1900 deaths; Philadelphia reports
1926 cases and 180 deaths, tho their
Health Director says that at least 600
cases have not been reported A few
ceases have appeared in Wilmington and
1.-TWO have died with two new cases now
IN that city. 1t does not seem to have
occurred elsewhere in this state.
Infected persons, dust and flies are
believed to be the chief carriers of the
very minute germs of the disease. DR..
Dixon, Health Officer Of Philadelphia,
has inoculated monkeys thru flies caught
an the room of sick child.
The doctors advise: 1. Great cleanli-
ness in dwellings and persons; 2. keep
away from crowds, yourself and your
children; 8. don't travel: f. keep the
threat and nostrils of children carefully
cleansed twice daily, spraying both with
peroxide of hydrogen two or three times
diluted. 1t is thought that the disease
attacks through the mucous passages of
the throat and nose. thence passing
through the lymphatics to the spinal
nerves.
These states have closed all Sunday
schools, and forbidden children to attend
theatres &c. In Delaware the State
Board of Health has also forbidden any
schiId under 16, to atteRd any theater
,or moving picture show etc. It seems
Sts be abating.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
WhaTeskin Auto Tires.

Mr.. Motorist, here is a chance to get
a whale" Of an auto tire and start
a new industry in southern California.
All you have to do is to go to Long
Beach, borrow a boat, go out and catch
yourself whale, skin him and you
have material for the tire,
Capt. ]. L. Loop, snatcher of whales
from the briny deep, says so. Also he
declares that the skin of the California
gray whale is exceedingly tough and
has the elasticity of rubber. 1t is
more than half an inch thick on full
grown whales, he says. Captain Loop,
who has captured many whales in
southern California waters, declares
he has been experimenting with whale
hide and has discovered its adaptable
ity for use in tire making.-LOs An
geles Cor. New York American.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

There is a popular belief that the
ground mole is destructive animal
Like many popular beliefs this cannot
be substantiated by facts. Ground
mOles do not feed upon roots, and are
not destructive. The ground mole is
a subterFenean animal, says Country
Life ip America. 1t builds its nests,
rears its young and hunts its prey be
meath the earth. It is we'll adapted
to its sHbteFrapean life, the shape Of
it's body being cylindrical, gradually
tapering to point at the extremity OF
its nose. Ground meles visit only
those localities where the earth is in,
tested with insect life, Where they
are numerous, the ground is inter,
laced with runs" or pasSageWays
that lead from one feeding ground te
another. These little animals deserve
protection because they pre- upon all
kinds Of underground insects, among
which are the larvae Of some of the
most injurious insects which PASS
their pupa or chrysalis stage beneath
the earth.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
Rural Typhoid.

Typhoid in rural communities has
been a death-producing trouble Of
greater seriousness than typhoid in
cities, where sources of water are
more closely guarded and pollution is
prevented by public health officers. In
scattered country communities this has
been difficult. However, the federal
health authorities tackled the big prob
lem and succeeded in reducing typhoid
deaths by removing the causes of wa
ter pollution. In Berkely county,
West Virginia, typhoid cases were re-
duced from 249 in 1914 to 40 in 1915.
In Orange county, North Carolina,
cases were reduced from 80 to II.
It was found that typhoid was
caused in most cases by using water
from polluted wells and that the pollu-
tion came from sources that were cas-
lily stopped. Ignorance of the causes
of disease was the great reason for
its previous prevalence. The officers
found that when the causes Of typhoid
were pointed out, there was general in
clinatiOn to remedy them.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
Better Than Faucets.

Foot power is required to wash your
hands in one of the new washbowls
designed for use in schools, public in-
stitutiOns and offices, as well as pri-
vate homes. The faucets supplying
the water have no handles, They are
operated by pedals underneath the
stand. Pressing one pedal gives hot
water and the other supplies cold,
This permits the user to have his wa
ter at the temperature he desires.
AS soon as the pressure upon pedal is
released its waterflOw stops. Physi-
clans and dentists find this foot con-
trolled water supply a great con-
venience because it does not require
the use of hand to secure water. IT.
Is claimed that it would lessen the \
water waste in all public places where
the washstand is in almost continual
use.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
BILLY SUNDAY

DILLY SUNDAY is back again with
II that expansive smile (or is 1t a
professional grimace?) of his. In view
of the great good he is unquestionabiy
doing, one ait the more regrets the but
too visible commercialism of nis laboFs.
Sundays yearly perquisites in the few
months of his gospel campaigns
amount to several hundred thousand
doIlars-probably more than $229, ,OOO.
He is a pulpit j. P. Morgan. He always
lodges in palatial quarters; travels IN
elegant limousines, and 'fares sumptu-
ously every day." Costly garments
diamonds, silver-plate and other valuable
gifts are showered upon him, besides
from $40, 900 to $50, 900 in cold cash for
a six or ten weeks "stand". In a
word. this Twentieth Century Job plainly
does not serve God for naught" !
Now, if Sunday would give up the
greater part of these big profits to the
Gospel or to some worthy public
chatity, and like the truly great evan
qelists, ancient and modern, be content
with a good living. how much greater
would his influence be
Better still were he willing to dedi-
cate himself to poverty like another
Paul. a St. Francis D'Assisi or our own
Asbury. then like them he might hope
to stir men profoundly, and his fame
might 60 down to posterity as one OF
the great preachers of righteousness
whose labors wrought moral revolutions
and whose memories are precious
possessions of mankind.
AS it is, his plain love of money for
bids his becoming nationwide power
dor good, like another Wesley or White
field, Finney or Moody-men whose
words made the thrones of Sin trembie.
Thousands of the best sort of people take
small stock in his preaching, not merely
because of his wretched slang and at
times very irreverent handling of sacred
things, but because he is making so
much money out of his preachingI
Moreover, Sunday is open to just
criticism for HE coarse abuse of minis
ters. He furnished mild example of
this in his opening address at Ocean
Grove.
ga lot of you good Christian
people, roared Billy, ''seem to
think minister of the gospel is a
sort of ecclesiastical locomotive
swhose pufings and spoutings and
gblewings out of hct air and steam
and cinders can haul the whole
gotten bunch of you to Paradise.
Such vulgar talk as that not only
libels the christian ministry, but it dis
gusts sensible people. 1t certainly can
never lead any hearer to repentance.
But it ''draws big houses, and that
fneans lots of money at the box office.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
EveNiNa oF tles,

Rich or poor the mothers portion
necessarily contains much that en-
titles her, in our opinion, to sum
set that shall be beneficent, kindly
and soIacihg. It doesn't quite satisfy
our finite minds to reflect that when
she gets to the Fathers house there
is laid up for her the sure reward.
We want her to have a foretaste of
heaven here on earth, a little of un.
disturbed happiness in the evening of
her life. So there are many who,
whatever else their failings, make par
ticular endeavor toward that end as
to the ''old folks at home" This
evening of life, however, is not uni
yersal heritage Not infrequently man
is hurried from the bright MONDAY of
life into the night of death. The sum-
mons comes without warning, regard.
less of years, of conditions or of pros
poets. We look forward instinctively
to the evening of life, and think to
arrange and plan for it to our salts
faction; but higher Power disposes.
Still we should be worse than foolish
not to prepare for it to the extent of
our ability, for ourselves and others,
around about Us. Because, when all is
said and done, if peradventure length
of days is Vouchsafed US, we shall
have missed the next best thing of life
everlasting if we come down to the
last days unified or unable to ap
preciate and enjoy the evening OF
life.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
OBJECTED TO THE DUCTS"
colored Farmer Reasoned That He
Had Several Good Causes
for Complaint.

IN Georgia they tell this one: A
Georgian advertised a fiRe truck farm
near Augusta for sale. A retired real
estate man of Newark, n J., without
answering the advertisement, decided
Re would go down and look the place
oyer. He did SO without the owner be-
ing present. He viewed the farm and
returned to Augusta, hunted up the
owner, and said:
II thought about buying the farm
you advertised for sale, but / don't be-
lieve l want the place."
What is the matter? Any misrepre-
sentation?"
"No. But, you see, I planned to do
a little planting. I find I can't raise
crops there%
why pot?"
"Why, ducks eat the crops"
"Dueks! What do you mean, mani"
"Why, the negro tenant you nave
there tipped me Off"
wonder what is all this? Jump
into the car here with me and Let me
see what it is all about"
John" said the owner. f'What do
you mean by saying to this gentleman
that ducks destroy all your crops?"
HDey do, boss" the negro mumbled.
"YeH knows dey do. Amt no use try
ing to make no crops"
"Tellme what you mean, niger"
"Oh, you knows, boss-you knows
all about it, First, da4 dare mule you
let me hab; you ducts for dat Den de
wagon; you ducts for dat. Den de
fertilize; you ducts for dat De per-
visions; you ducts again Hits duets
for dis and ducts for dat. till when lay
ing by done come ducts eat up all de
crop"
The two gentlemen, after having
hearty laugh, closed the deal
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
AeropIane Flies 1925 Miles an Hour.

French newspapers declare that
France now possesses a wonderful new
aeroplane that has beaten the worlds
record for speed.
The famous German Fokker has
been described as hawk. The new
est French machine is a swallow, a
graceful, almost frail looking biplane.
It is called a spad.
It climbs rapidly and smoothly and
can attain a speed of more than 125
miles an hour. The Fokker's speed is
100 miles an hour. On account of its
swiftness the spad can be intrusted to
only the most expert pilots, because
although the speed can be reduced a
little, only the most skillful airmen
can alight without smashing the ma
chine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
"payIIaht.savInqD Popular.

The hands on all clocks on British
railroads, post offices, newspaper Of
fees, police stations and other places
where business is conducted through
out the night were pushed forward at
two o'clock one morning recently 70
three O'Clock, in accordance with the
daylight saving act.
The new schedule will run until Sep
tember 20, when clocks will be stopped
for an hour. Factories, banks, stores
trains, theaters and restaurants will
all conterp to the new time schedule.
The Scandinavian countries, France
and Holland also have adopted the
scheme of daylight-saying initiated
by Germany, and several Canadian
eitte!, including Halifax, have fallen
inte llpe.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

Ernest Hawkins, while engaged in
hunting for Indian arrow heads and
other curios near Ridgef1eld, state OF
Washington, picked up an object
which is said to be a petrified heart
of an infant. It is probably that OF
some Indian child, as years ago, when
the Indians roamed that part of the
country, it is said by old timers they
had a burying ground near where the
petFifed heart was found. The petri.
fed heaFt is in good shape and the
arteries and blood vessels can be
plainly outlined.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
A Gamble.

II took my girl to the ball game yes
terday."
"Yeah?"
"Uh-huh I bet her pound Of candy
against a pack of cigarettes on the
game"
"Who wonY
81 did"
'Did she pay up?'
"Say, what kind of a cheapskate d.
you think am? Why, the girl felt
so bad about losing that had to buy
her two pounds Of candy and swear off
smoking cigarettes for life before ]
could cheer her up"
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

Prince Henry of Prussia, brother Of
Ghs German emporer, has just received
a patent Tor an apparatus for cleaning
the wind shiedaG of automobiles. It
has wipers on both sides of the glass,
which by one stroke Of tne chauf-
feafiS hand may be moved over the
glass to remove dust and water.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

Nearly everything that is said about
heaHen gives one the impression that
it is an ideal place for a loafeF, but
without much fascination for the fel.
low who likes to work.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

The small boy who sees a moving
picture show three times for the price
OF one admission is determined to get
his moneys worth,
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

On the west front in the war zone
soldiers are fighting with every pos
sible weapon except hatpins.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

Even the man who can 60 out on
his front porch and study the moons
OF Jupiter with his field glasses may
like to go to the movies occasionally.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
NOTICE.!

The Assessment of United School
Districts, Nos. so, 603 and "a is now
complete, and copy of the same is
posted at. the Town Commissioners
Office in the town of MiddletoWn.
A committee of the Board of Educa-
ton will sit the Academy in SAID town
on Thursday, July 9th, 1916, at 2 P.
NJ, to hear appeals and To make addi-
tionh and corrections to said assessment.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
Hotel
Illinois and Pacific Aves.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

is situated in the heart of the most
fashionable part of Atlantic City. 1t is
centrally located and is midway be-
tween all stations and within a stones
throw of the largest concrete II story
resort hotel in the world.
Reasonable Rates. Open Surround
ings.
Hotel Channel has a Beach Front
View, with capacity of $50. Steam
heat, running water, and private baths
The hotel has undergone extensive
repairs and renovation during the past
Winter with more private baths and
running water It is one of the best
modern Price Family Hotels in the City,
noted for its excellent table and best Of
service.
Doors and windows screened in sum-
mer. Bat hing allowed from the hotel.
Why not hit the trail and come and
spend the Lenten season with US.
Write for booklet to get terms. 18th
season. Yours Respectfully,
A. c. CHANNEL,
Owner and Prop
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02

If you wish to dispose Of
your faRM 10 the best ad-
vantage Write To-day to J.
Waters Russell, Real Estate
Broker, ChestertOwn, Md.
| handle farms particularly
in Kent, Cecil, and the
upper Maryland and Della.
ware peninsula.