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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-21
STATE NEWS.

Lead-The coal shortage has be-
come so serious in this part of the
Black Hills that the Northwestern
railway has been obliged to take off
seven OF its daily trains between
Lead and Deadwood. Sufficient
trains will be kept running to take
are of the heavy passenger traffic
between the two cities.
Dallas-The Dallas branch of the
Red Cross has accepted a challenge
recently made by the Chicago chap
ter which takes Omaha as its cham
Dion and challenges any city in the
United States to equal Omaha in pro-
portionate membership in the pres
ent Red Cross drive. Members of
the Dallas executive committee ac-
cepted the challenge yesterday and
an extraordinary campaign for men,
bership will be made in this city.
Armour-The city authorities have
effected a settlement with Mrs.
Strain, who instituted an action in
the circuit court by which she sought
to Gov from the city for damages
alleged to have been sustained by To-
eating a septic tank IA her prem
ises. BY the terms of the settlement
the city paid Mrs. Strain the sum of
$500 and her costs of the action,
and in addition agrees to remove the
septic tank from its present location.
Chamberlain-In a strenuous ef-
fort to relieve the serious coal short
age in towns on the Black Hills line
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul railway, passenger trains de-
parting for that part of the state to-
day present the novelty of having
coal cars coupled behind Pullman
sleepers. Coal is extremely hard to
get, but such supplies as can be OBJ
tanned are being rushed westward
There is yet no movement OF dead
freight because of a lack of coal for
locomotives.
Pierre-Maj. Mclaughlin, of the
federal Indian service. has been out
on the Cheyenne river reservation ex
aiming Indians for citizenship pa.
pers. and has granted full citizenship
to 101 Indians on this trip. Maj
Mclaughlin says it is the policy oil
the government to grant full citizen.
ship as rapidly as Indians show in,
dications of being able to look after
their own business affairs, and tina
the work is being pushed right along
on the different reservations of tn,
country.
Sioux Falls-Relatives and friends
of the South Dakota boys in machin,
gun battery $40. which is located a
Camp Funston, have just received
word that the boys have been trans
ferred from the barracks to tents /:
miles distant and 1t is presumed tina
it is part OF the hardening process
that the soldiers go through prelim
mary to leaving for another base
Letters to this effect have come here
but the exact reason for the NOV.
was not disclosed. 1t is thought tina
It precedes an order to go to France
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dent that sobriety and proper con-
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insisted upon at all times. The lat
est case is hat of a lieutenant of the
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HIS WAS NO JOKE.

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READY NOW AT OLD PRICES.

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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-24

Vandeventer looked at him sharply.
An idea suddenly came to him. Meade
had turned away his head as he real
lied his slip, so he did not observe the
light in Vandeventer's eyes. However,
the resident engineer was q good sort.
"You are right" he said quickly. II
hate to call out the men, but we've got
little chance, now the rain has
stopped, and we can work to advantage
In spite Of all this awful mud"-he lift
ed his foot up and disclosed 1t caked
and clOgged with masses. "I'll take
charge in the center here, and Stafford
on the left, and I'm going to give you
charge of the east end of the dam, over
by the spillway. If only those drills
had been here six weeks ago"
I'VE might set the men to work on
TINT rock now," said Meade.
at would be useless. There's too
much of it. No, If we're going to save
the dam, we've got to build it up and
try to keep ahead Of the waters If
they rise any more. The higher we
can build 1t the greater will be the
head on the spillway, and the more
will be discharged. I'll turn the men
out at once"
"But what are you going to do?"
"rm going to palisade the top Of the
dam. There's plenty Of timber already
cut down, and we will cut a lot of
young pines and build palisade wall
Of timber across the top three or four
feet back from the edge. Well banked
on the downstream side, it may hold"
ut might be worth while to line that
palisade with galvanized iron sheets
from the houses" said Meade.
"A good idea," said Vandeventer
"and We'll pile what underbrush and
small stuff we have in front Of the
paliSade and heap what rocks we can
find on top of that, and We'll bank 1t
up on the other side with earth. It's u
poor dependence, but it will hold for a
while anyway, and every moment Of
time may be precious"
"HOw about sandbags, sir"
We've got few hundred cement
bags. but not enough. l wish we had
II few thousand; however, we will fill
what we have, and If the water rises
and begins to trickle over the top and
through the palisade, we'll jam those
down at the danger points. Can you
suggest anything mOre?"
Nothing"
Good. Well turn out the men,
They've had six hours sleep anyway"
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the hand of God. There was no more
room for engineering expedient. 1t
was chop and hew, break and pound,
dig and drive, carry and pile. Throw
ing off his coat, Vandeventer seized
spade and began to work like any
other laborer, and the rest Of the
higher men followed his example.
At six o'clock the blackness hanging
In the northwest began to turn their
way. 1t was coming down the noun
tain. 1t was headed for the valley.
Vandeventer saw it, every teamster,
every common laborer saw 1t. 1t was
coming. Unless heaven itself inter-
fered there would be more rain. They
had worked desperately before, but
now they applied themselves to their
tasks with kind of wild fury. A
sort of insanity took possession Of
them. They would not be beaten. They
cried, at first shrilly and then hoarsely
and raucously, encouraging words and
phrases from one to another; in words
vivid, profane, desperate. They stood
there and they heaved and dug and
piled and hammered and hurled and
drove fiercely. 1t was battle mad
ness that came into them. They saw
red like the berserker of old. Yes, 1t
was not unlike a battle in other ways,
for with the rush of the northwest
storm came roaring mighty thunder
and vivid and terrifying lightning. 1t
was as If great darts of light literally
were hurled by some gigantic hand be-
hind the black screen of sweeping
cloud down upon the granite noun
tains. They saw splinters of fire where
the thunderbOlts struck. The pealing
of thunder was appalling.
Their frail palisade backing was not
half completed. 1t must be raining
somewhere, for the water was still
slowly rising. 1t was five and a half
feet now from the crest. It was hope
less If another rain fell, and the rain
was coming. There was an added chill
in the Still air of the valley as the
storm drove down upon them. A few
of the fainter hearts flung down pick
and shovel and Ak and stood craven.
Oaths, curses, blows even, from those
of the Drawer sort shamed them into
work again. These brave hearts and
true. might be swept away with the
dam If it gave way, but they would
not give up, and no man working with
them should flee his task or shirk his
duty. BY the living God, whose sport
and plaything they seemed to be, they
swore 1t; and so weak and strong,
bold and timid labored onz-desper-
ate, resolved, godlike In their cour-
age and persistence.
The clouds were moving swiftly
now. To the east it had been clear,
but now 1t was also black, and then
with a roar greater even than
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-24
CHAPTER XVI.
The Ancient Art of Fascination.

And much of the last wild hurricane
of work took place under the observa-
tion of woman!
From the top of the big mesa there
was clear view of the new reservoir,
from the dam on one side far back into
the hills on the other. In spite Of
the tremendous downpour and the
fierce gale Helen Illingworth stood ex-
posed to both attacks, and, indeed, in
different to them-albeit protected by
slicker and boots and Sou'wester-fas-
cinated by the titanic struggle between
nature and man of which she was a
witness.
The general investigation by Rodney
and Miss nlingworth had produced
no results. A careful study of Rod
ney's notes upon the subject had only
served the more thoroughly to convince
them that Meade was blameless. But
the most assiduous effort with the
heartiest will in the world and the
promptings of devotion and affection
could not make case out Of these
suggestions and their inferences that
would hold water. They could not es-
tabIish their contention beyond perad-
venturetin the face of Meade's direct
admission and ahurtlin's corrObOra-
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in the blackness overhead. They oh
served all this carefully and Vande-
venter turned away, shaking his head.
81 don't know" he began-the three
OF them were over on the east side
the better to see up the valley-"lt
looks pretty bad, doesn't ltT"
ut does" answered Meade, while
Stafford nodded his head.
"And, by the way, Stafford, have you
notified the town and the bridge people
of the danger and bid them prepare
for it?"
II tried to telephone them a while
ago, but the connection has been bro
ken; the storm has played havoc with
the line probably" answered the as
sistant engineer.
"Well, what did you do thenY" asked
vandeventer little impatiently.
IL sent a man down on horseback In
hurry to warn them that If 1t rains
again the dam might go, and If it did
1t would so with a rush; that the water
was now only six feet below the level,
and that they had better get up on the
hills. OF course, last nights rain must
have made The road almost impossible,
but he ought to get there by nine
o'clock. told him to tell the Martlet
people to take whatever steps they
could devise to hold their viaduct and
their machinery" answered Stafford,
as he turned and walked toward his
own part Of the dam.
"Good," exclaimed Vandeventer.
"There's nothing left for us to do but
keep on"
The resident engineer looked white
and haggard. Although 1t was cold
and raw in the wet air, he wiped the
sweat from his forehead.
"The men are doing splendldly, sir"
said Meade.
"Yes," said Vandeventer, "many of
them have their wives and children
back In the town. Some of the Ital-
ians have bought land on the prairie
and are going to settle here. They're
fighting for everything they've got on
earth. What do you think Of the
chances of this palisade of Ours?"
Meade shook his head.
"It's all we can, do, sir, but if the
water rises more Than seven or eight
feet"
Say it," said Vandeventer.
"The dam would go like a house of
cards."
Exactly. And look at that cloud.
bank over there in the northwest. It's
spreading"
what wind there Is" said Meade
moistening his finger and holding ii
up to feel the direction, 'is blowing
the opposite way down here, but you
can't tell what is happening up there
Well, all we can do is to fight on"
And fight they did. 1t was almost at
first sight like the hand of man against
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(TO BE CONTINUED.)
GLOW IS MOST ANCIENT TOOL
Has Been Used by Man Since He First
Attempted to Make the Earth
His Servant.

Three very ancient implements have
been used in human industry-the
plow, the sword and the pen. OF the
three, the oldest is the plow. A his
tory Of the development Of this ag-
ricultural tool would take us back
through centuries to the time when
man began to subdue the earth and
make it his servant. Thousands OF
plow models are now to be seen in the
patent Office at Washington. These
tell US what has been done by invent
ors in recent years. but there is long
story back of these plows.
From his study of Babylon brick,
in the museum Of the University Of
Pennsylvania, Doctor Clay concluded
that he had found true picture Of
the first plOw, which was invented by
Abraham. For his proof that Abra.
ham was the inventor Of the plow,
Doctor Clay refers us to the Book of
Jubilees," which was published in the
second century B. G. This book says
that the BabylOnians were punished
because they had yielded to satan,
and that the form Of their punishment
was that the ravens came and ate up
the grain they had sowed In the fields
Abraham devised an instrument that
should SOW the seed in a furrow, in
order that it might be covered up so
that the birds of the air could not eat
cient brick Is sort of combination
plow planter and harrow. 1t required
three men to operate it. When the
people sowed according to Abraham's
commands, they feared neither the ra-
vens nor the birds. Whatever the
value Of the story in the Book of
Jubllees," the brick, at least, gives
picture of perhaps the most ancient
tool used by man.
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An Unlooked-For Present.

Among little Willie's numerous birth
day presents were toy tOmahawk, an
air gun and a lasSO-these being sent
by a sport-lOving uncle who knew the
youths prOclivities.
Shortly after breakfast Willie's
mother heard crash in the green
house at the foot of the garden, and
went to investigate. On the way she
passed few uprooted bushes and
flOwer-bed trampled out of recognition,
and in the greenhouse itself many las
sOed hOwer-pOts. Following the trail
she found Willie hiding behing q tree
stump.
what are you doing, Willie?" she
cried in Mortified tones.
Looking for Redskins" replied the
youngster.
With grim look she took Willie by
the ear and led him indoors.
Looking for red skins I" she repeat
ed ominOusly, as she took up cane.
"Well. I'll give you one"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-24
When Novels Were Really Long.

Though William De Morgan wrote
some of the longest novels of recent
times, his efforts were conciseness it,
self compared with the works of some
of the seventeenth century romances.
Mile. De Scudery's once famous story,
lie Grand Cyrus" for instance, fills
five folio volumes Of 500 pages each
In the English translation; and her
contemporary, La Calprenede, was
even more diffuse, his Cleopatra" rum
ming into .23 volumes. The leisurely
methods of the early novelists is well
illustrated in "Parthenissa," by Roger
Boyle, earl of Orrery, In which the
eight hundredth page finds the two
chief characters still engaged in tho
process of introducing themselves ts
each other, begun on page one.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Battle.

C0kktCs
1t was now three o'clock In the
morning. In about half an hour the
men, naturally grumbling and protest
ing at being deprived of any of their
sleep, were out and at work. Lanterns
were lighted everywhere. The rain
had fortunately not resumed, and the
air was soon filled with noise and con-
fusion. Men with axes were busy on
the hillside cutting the young pines.
Horses were hitched to the dump wag-
OnS. the steam shovel began tearing
away the hillside. Some of the men
were detailed to knock down some
Of the galvanized iron houses and the
battering' of the hammers on the metal
added to the din.
Under Vandeventer'S personal direc-
ton Il row of stakes was driven into
the top of the dam about three feet
from the front of it. Big sheets of
overlapping galvanized iron were
nailed roughly to the fronts of the
firmly bedded stakes and the small
branches and brushwood were thrown
down before 1t. Bowlders and big
stones were carried out on the dam in
the wagons and thrown down on the
brushwOOd; spare timberS, broken
wagon beds, old wheels, joists of dis
membered houses were driven into the
earth to serve as braces behind the
paliSade; bank of earth was piled
up behind it, on which every man who
could be spared from other tasks, even
the chiefs themselves, labored with
breathless energy. The water was still
rising, although the rain had stopped !;
the natural drainage would cause that,
but the rise was slower.
At dawn Vandeventer personally
carefully measured the depth of the
water and gagged it again. It was a
scant six and half feet below the top
Of the dam. If the water rose above
the top it was gravely questionable
whether the palisade would hold it at
all, yet there was no other way Of in
creasing the depth of the spillway
enough to discharge the flood volume.
Working as hard as they could, they
had barely succeeded in raising the
earth bank back of it foot high.
They kept at 1t unremittingly, although
it did not seem to be of much use.
Vandeventer, Stafford and Meade gath
cred together and scanned the sky,
seeking to discern the signs of the
time, the purpose Of the heavens. 1t
was clearer in the east. The clouds to
the nOrthwestward were in violent &C.
.tiOn apparently. Lightning flashed
through them and over the great range
itself; low, muttered peals Of thunder
came down from the peaks lost to sight
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-05-24

Mandy, who was a housemaid and
black, arrived late to begin her duties
one morning and her mistress inquired
as to the cause Of delay.
"Ts sorry, Miss Clara; indeed isl"
stated Mandy. "But I Jest natchellS
couldn't got here no sOoner'n whut is
got here. been at the party give By
the Sistern of the Mysterious Ten al
the Guild Odd Fellers' hall, right ny
the street. They started in danciT
and carryin' on last night and thsy's
still in full swing. You never seen 81
many folks packed in one Ettle hall ia
all yore bawn days; and right now, eS
you'll poke yore haid outen yore side
winder you kin hear them folks whoOP-
in and laughin', and hear the orches'
ira playin'."
"Wasn't it rather tumultuOus, Man.
dy?" asked the lady of the house.
"Oh, nOmew said Mandy. Hit
wuzn't bit too mulchous-jest about
mulchous enough !"-Saturday Evening
Post.
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within a foot of the top. They began
to measure its rise by inches. Although
the dam had been carefully kept level
as it was built, the trample Of horses
and men, the present digging and pali-
sading and revetting had caused little
depressions. Now the water rose to
the level. Here and there it began to
trickle over!
The rain coming down from the
mountain tops, was as, cold as Ice, yct
the men were in a fever Of excitement.
They had got their second wind. They
were too enthused, too desperate, to
feel their weariness. They had not
worked before as they did then. II
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YES! LIFT A CORN
OFF WITHOUT PAIN!
Cincinnati man tells how to dry
up a corn or caIlus so 1t lifts
off with fingers.

You corn-pestered men and women
need suffer no longer. Wear the shoes
that nearly killed you before, says this
Cincinnati authority, because few
drops Of freezOne applied directly on
tender aching corn or callus, stops
soreness at once and soon the corn or
hardened callus loosens so 1t can be
lifted off, root and all, without pain.
A small bottle of freezone costs very
little at any drug store, but will posi-
lively take off every hard or soft corn
or callus. This should be tried, as it
is inexpensive and is said not to irri-
tate the surrounding skin.
If your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him to get small bottle for you
from his wholesale drug house.-adv,
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ton. They could not establish 1t In the
public mind by any evidence at all II
Meade and Shurtllff remained silent.
II either one or the other Of the two
consplrntors could be brought to tell
the truth, Meade could be restored, at
least sufficiently so for the purpose Of
argument; the argument that Helen
Illingworth sooner or later must make
to her father. 1t was that to which she
gave the most thought, 1t was for that
she planned and longed.
Two people cannot resolve, even by
mutual consent to dismiss from their.
daily thought and conversation any
subject whatsoever without Introduc-
ing In place of it certain constraint.
1t is as futile to attempt to dismiss
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Following collapse international bridge which his ia
engineer the old sudden death
disgrace shock Beam Meade takes the blame the dis
which lives and disappears from his home in New
d of Rob-
irrigation project and makes good Meanwhile Helen
sweetheart and Rodney old friend quiet
the and learn his whereabouts
particularly hold letter written by the
responsibility
Shun had the old
disaster % lam through flood ps by coudburst