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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-27
STATE NEWS.

Mitchell-Three hundred ears of
soft corn have been moved from this
part Of the state during the past three
days. railroad men say. The corn
situation Is now said to be safe.
Mobridge-A new $4,000 public
school building has been completed
In this city and turned over to the
city by the contractors. This gives
Mobridge two school buildings. which
will furnish facilities for several
years to come.
Bridgewater-Farm laborers will
demand good wages In this locality,
al high as $40 per month being re-
ported for the period from March i
to October 1, following which corn
husking will be paid for by the bush
ell. Other instances OF $500 for the
entire year are paid.
Alcester-At a meeting held by a
number OF the young men of this city
and vicinity. preliminary steps were
taken to organize a local company of
state national guard. Another meet
ing will be held, at which the organ
ization will be perfected.
Brookings-James Henry Shepard,
pioneer professor of chemistry al
State college, died last week at st.
Petersburg. Fla. During his 80 years
of service In South Dakota he won
an international reputation as tech
nical writer, Investigator of bleached
flour, bad whisky and pure food VIC
lations and the developer of a super.
strain OF sugar beets.
Edgemont-Mystery surrounds the
identity of q young man who was cut
to pieces as the result of falling from
a Burlington railway passenger train
near here. The young man was steal.
ing a ride and lost his balance and
fell beneath the wheels. His body
was frightfully mangled. There were
evidences that he had been drinking
and to this Is attributed the RESPONSE.
bility for the accident.
Bridgewater-Miss Anna e. Nc,
Cauley. aged SIS years. sister of DR.
A. G. McCauley. pastor of the Presby.
terrain church. died at the home oil
her brother here of canoe following
an illness extending over several
years. She had made her home with
her brother for Is years, had beer
closely associated with him in church
work, In which she took a prominent
part. particularly that pertaining tt
missions. having held the office o
president OF the Ladies' Foreign Mis-
sionary society Of South Dakota, be-
sides being president of the Synod.
ical Missionary society and holding
various other positions of promi
hence. Interment will take place a
the old home in Altoona, Pa.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-27
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Sophia Thompson was born in
Norway the 7th of June, 1856. To-.
gether with her parents she came to
this country the 18th of June, 1867,
locating in Lafayette county, Wis.
On October 20, 1881, she was mar
ried to Ole Thompson. The follow
ing year they came to Lake county,
where they were living at the time of
her death. During the past 10 years
she has suffered from a weak heart,
and en- the morning of February 8
died very suddenly with only her hus-
band at the bedside. The funeral
was held on February 16 from Trim
ity Lutheran church, Rev. o. s. Reig-
stad officiating. Interment was
made in G~raceland cemetery.
Mrs. Thompson came from the
land of the midnight sun" to enjoy
the blessings and privileges of the
United States, 1.-The land of the free
and the home of the brave" In turn
for it's kind m~inistrations to her she
gave her two boys, Phillip and Oscar
as a pledge of her loyalty. Phillip is
stationed at San Antonio, Tex, and
Oscar Is on the battleship Maine.
Mabel, the only daughters is a teach
err of domestic science in the public
schools of Polk, NebL All the chill
dren except Oscar were present at
the funeral. Although special efforts
were made to reach Oscar through
Secretary Daniels and the postmaster
at New York nothing has been heard
from him yet, indicating that he
knows nothing about the death of his
mother.
The Trinity Lutheran congregation
of this city feels most keenly the loss
of one of its most loyal members.
Mrs. Thompson was indeed a pillar
of the church." She rendered her
support and devotion to every good
cause, secular and sacred alike. Her
path was not altogether one of roses.
One child died at the age of 4 years.
Another, the oldest boy, lost his life
in the Iroquois theater fire in Chi
cago on December 80, 1908. But she
met her trials with Christian forti-
tude and they gave to her a sweet
character and inspired her with an
undying devotion to the Master.
THE fairest flower grows in the
blacklist soil, and the tallest tree
springs heavenward from the rocks I"
She was blessed with a charitable
and philanthropic heart, above her
capacity to do. but she did what
she could"
IF you are too weak to journey
Up the mountain steep and high,
You can stand within the valley
| While the multitudes go by.
You can chant in happy measure
AS they slowly pass al long.
Though they may for get the singer,
They will not forget the song.
She leaves to mourn her loss be-
sides the immediate family, n sis
ter, Mrs. Sardeson, OF Argyle, Wis;
two brothers, John, a merchant in
Chicago, and Herman, a merchant in
Lincoln, Neb.
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A REAL Pig DANGER
SOUTH DAKOfA'S PIG CROP is
THREATENED BY NEGRO
BACILLOSIS.

Brookings, Feb. 27.-Special: A
contagious disease known as necro-
bacillosis affecting pigs from the
sucking stage to three months old is
becoming widely scattered over the
state. The control of this disease
will have a direct bearing upon South
Dakota's proposed 10 per cent in
crease in pork production this year.
The following practical discussion Is
offered by the animal health labora-
tory at State college:
Necrobacillosis manifests itself in
a variety of ways. In some herds of
little pigs the lips. tongue. gums and
jaws are affected. These parts show
swellings and ulcers varying from
half the size of a pea to the size of a
mans thumb nail. The edges are
quite red and inflamed, and the cen-
ter often contains a thick, dark col
ored scab. This condition soon in
terferes with their eating. and they
get thin and unthrifty and die.
Treatment consists in removing the
scabs and all dead tissue, and paint
ing the ulcers with tincture of iodine.
This early and persistently followed
will save some OF the pigs that II Left
untreated would be lost. Dipping the
pigs and thoroughly d~isinfecting the
pens Is also a part of wise treatment.
In other herds the symptoms are
entirely different. The germs lodge
in the intestinal tract and cause a
part of the intestine to become lined
with a brownish, cheesey mass as
much as one-sixteenth of an inch
thick. A diarrhea results, the pigs
become thin and unthrifty and many
of them die. The poisons produced
in the lining of the large intestine
causes an enlarged and darkened con-
dition of the lymph glands that may
be mistaken for evidence of cholera.
The germs sometimes lodge in other
internal organs, like the liver and
lungs and complicate conditions still
more.
Many times necrobacillosis is mis-
taken for cholera. When pigs are
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INVOLVEMENT.

hereby announce myself as a re-
publican candidate for nomination to
the office OF treasurer OF Lake county
at the May primary elections, subject
to the wishes of the voters.-Matt
Stauffacher.
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

We. the employees Of The Smith
Auto Co., hereby submit to the voters
of Lake county the name of our book
keeper. c. HI. Roberts, as a desirable
candidate for the office of county
treasurer. and pledge him our sup
port.-A. d. Parker. W. D.. Trip, A.
F. Budde, H. w. Edminster. E. C.
Danuser. T. ]. Bliss, G. HI. Sollitt.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

l hereby announce myself a can
didate for the nomination for the Of
flee Of treasurer of Lake county, sub
ject to the will of the republican
electors at the coming primary cleo
tion.-John III. Bast.
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NOUNCEM ENT.

I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for nomination to the office
of register of deeds for Lake county
on the republican ticket, subject to
the voters of the county at the May
primary election.-Martin Nerdahl.
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ANNOUNCEM lENT.

l hereby announce myself as q can.
didate for the nomination of s~uperin-
tendent of schools subject to the de-
cision of the republican voters In the
coming Lake county primaries
June Emry.
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e E CORN FOR SALE.

Pure bred Minnesota IS, some of
our own raising. This corn was care
fully selected, sacked and fire dried.
Same kind we have sold for four
years.-Union Grain & Seed Co.
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hereby announce myself as a
candidate for treasurer of Lake coun-
ty on the republican ticket, subject to
the will of the voters at the May pri-
mary elections.-Oscar G. Olson.
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Evening star., 1918-06-16
Translated by william L. MePherson

VALGAN raised
her eyes from the book which
she had been making a pre-
tense of reading.
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" HE KHF ~ BY FREDERIC BOUTET

alive! He is a prisoner, He has
been Ill for months from his wounds
ana couldn't write. He doesn't explain
he is prisoner, but he is alive, He will
come back, / shall see him again! You
understand; he is prisoner, but he is
alive! On this card-that is his hand
writing. 1t is he who wrote this.
1t is he!''
She burst into a convulsive laugh,
IN a delirium of happiness SO sudden
and so poignant that it absolutely
transformed her and seemed TO make
her reason totter.
You see," she cried again, hand
ing the card to Therese; you see, it
is he who wrote that 1t is he, He is
alive! He will come back"
But Therese Mayville, at first dumb
with Amusement, had suddenly re-
coiled. Her color vanished, her ewes
dilated. Her face convulsed with a
frightful anguish. she stood there mo-
tion1ess. There was heavy silence
and then in fash:
And I!' she cried. And I, Oh.
mon Dieu! mon Dieu. And 1, Pierre
VIII not come back. He is not alive,
He viii not come back. Oh, / want
10 get away from here. want to get
away"
And. leaving Charlotte, who. alb
sorbed in her joy. oblivious of ali else.
had scarcely heard what she was saw
ing, Iherese rushed back to her own
room; She trembled so that she
knocked against the pieces of furni-
ture. and while with fcyerish haste
she made her preparations for a hasty
night she kept repeating:
away!" ~ se'
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turned when I couldn't re-enter our
apartment. No, no; IT would have
been too horrible. l would have been
too much afraid. Then. since my par
ents are dead, went to live with our
old aunt-Mme. Breuil, you know. L
am living with her now. But she is
old, she is mentally disordered, she
Is an egotist. i feel that i bore her;
ard she freezes me. 1t was she who
reminded me that I had cousin of
my own age-you. But she sald that
she never saw you.
II don't see anybody" Charlotte
Ealgan explained. gently For year
and half I have lived here alone
with my memories. 1t is here that l
lived with my husband. and ] know
that no matter where else l go shall
be more unhappy. That l am sure
"oh, no. No; shall never be
able" murmured Therese with
shudder. II shall never be able
After a silence she added:
with you it is year and half?"
Yes" answered Charlotte with
trembling lips; yes. it is year and
half. And / didn't see my husband at
the last. He fell during a recon
noissance which he led. His men
tried 20 bring him back. But the ter
rain. which was mined. was blown
up. And"
Tears choked her voice. Therese
threw herself in her arms and they
wept together. each one feeling lit
tie consoled at not weeping alone.
Three days later Therese Mayviile
came to see Charlotte valgan again.
and remained several hours. The day
but one after that she made third
visit, and from then on came every
day. A grave and tender friendship
united the two young women, and
their partnership in sorrow created
bonds between them which grew In
strength.
Finally, ince Therese continued to
complain bitterly of the old lady,
atrabilious and egotisticai. with
whom she had taken refuge and who
showed SO little pity for her. Char
lotte offered her half of the apart
ment at Passy. which was very
large and several rooms of which
were unoccupied. Thereafter they
lived the same life. suffering less be-
cause suffering together and because
the circumstances of each ones be-
reayement were the same. Each be-
came profoundly grateful to the other
for the relief which their association
brought.
Thus months passed.
One winter morning, as Therese
Mayville was in her chamber finishing
her toilet, she heard the apartment
doorbell ring. Then. little later,
there came a cry--full of intense feel
ing, piercing. almost hysterical. She
recognized Charlotte's voice and ran
to her.
Charlotte, livid, choking. was lean
ing against the wan of her room A
postal card. covered with writing. was
in her clenched hands.
Therese. frightened, hurried to her
aid.
''Charlotte"
Charlotte turned toward her with
eyes ablaze.
He is alive!" she calculated hoarse-
ly. Yes, Andre, my husband. He is
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sixty-odd the army provides. They
asked him what he was taking slong.
and he replied. Everything"
But why don't you leave it here,
Abie?"
IT'S such a big army now" Able
honest"
Able never saluted stifHy enough.
Able spoke too familiarly to his Off
GERS. Able, in short was not much Of
a soldier.
On the day Of the attack Abie's
company was in the reserve. Volun-
teers were called for to take up am
munition to the trenches ana every
man in the company volunteered.
Able was one Of the men chosen.
Not all the men came back. Able
did.
I'm the luckiest Jew in the Army"
ne told his company. I'VE was three
carrying the stuff, one in front of me
and one back. when the Germans they
shoot the fellow in front and the fell
low In back, but they don't touch me.
Somebody's watching over me, amt it?"
x +
The officer called for another group
Of volunteer ammunition carriers.
Able volunteered again.
mo. you can't CO." the officer said.
NO one will go twice SO long as there
are plenty of volunteers"
But Able insisted. "I know the
way" he said. land besides. somebody
is watching over me-"
This carrying party came up into
the line just in time to see the Ger
man infantry rush our trenches. The
ammunition was dropped, and each
man. with bayonet fixed, charged the
Germans.
Able Flesher killed two. He got
one with bullet just as he started
the charge. and got the second one
with the bayonet through the
his boche, and the attack was broken.
But the German artillery attacked
when its infantry had failed. Able
Flesher was struck by a shell. One
arm was torn of. one eye blinded, and
several pieces of metal tore into his
thigh and chest. He was carried to
DR.. Dudley's post, and later taken to
a hospital When the doctor saw
him the next day he was very weak,
but he said:
I'm a lucky guy. anyway. Any
body else in my place would a-been
AS a group. the runners eoualed
the bravest. One was given a mes
sage calling for barrage. The Ger
mans were advancing and the Ameri-
can rocket signal had failed. This
runner went six hundred yards
through one barrage, delivered his
message, went three hundred yards
through second barrage and another
two hundred yards through a third
barrage before he rejoined his unit
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Very Queer.

NG EHMANY treats the Ukraine"
said DR.. WarfeId Longcope,
dean Of Columbia Medical School. "as
the Nola Chucky vestrymen treated
the offertory.
Germany guaranteeing the Ukraine's 8
Independence and then pilfering her un-
mercifully is like the vestryman who
said:
Three of our church collectors
had to resign for helping themselves
out of the collection plate; so then we
got new mana one-armed chap
but he left last week. Said he
couldn't make it pay"
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No, Indeed.
MR. WILLIAM H. MAYO of tn

MR. WILLIAM H. MAYO of the
~ Army medical board, said in
Rochester:
THE 'kaiser's battle the great Of
fensive Of st. Quentin, has failed. and
now the Germans. egged on by fam
inc and despair, are asking for peace
again.
The defeated Germans say they
will give US a good peace, a just
peace, but let us put no trust in their
Words
DIR. Mayo smiled.
Because the Germans are cor
nered." he said. 'it doesn't follow that
they're square"
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But the American barrage came and
saved that unit from annihilation.
Another runner carried message
to a high officer, whispered, They
didn't get through; they didn't get
through" and collapsed. Another ran
until he was exhausted. when he re-
layed a message which warned of a
German assault in preparation. The
second runner got the message
through and the attack was frus-
trated by artillery fire. trench
messenger crawled hundred yards
on his stomach over ground not un-
der fire but enfiladed by machine guns
and frequently torn up by minnen-
werfer blasts, which made craters six
feet deep. And 1t seems that in the
staggering uproar Of the battle no
one made note Of these silent brave
boys, their names are unknown and
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either dealt with similarly or forced
to retreat.
1t was then that Lieut.. Day sent
the following message to the COM
manding officer: "All emplacements
shot away. All guns working like
hell"
Lieut.. Ferguson, once Of Somerville,
Mass, had almost a similar expert
ence. He was in charge Of six men
Germans evidently spotted the Stokes,
for they concentrated on it and every
man Of the unit except the officer
was hit. One Of the wounded men
tried to assist in the firing, but col
lapsed.
The lieutenant, however, did not de-
sert his battery. For while he
worked the gun himself, using his
teeth on the detonator while both
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CAPT. CONNELY OF WAKEFIELD,
MASS, WHO LED TWO COUNTER
ATTACKS IN a HOURS AND
SAVED ONE OF THE FLANKs.
hands were working the gun. Pres
emily one man came to help him, and
the two stayed in the exposed posi-
tion all day making fine barrage.
Every one in the regiment is telling
the story of Able Flesher Of Boston.
Able, they say, had neither the ap-
pearance nor the habits of fighting
man. Every one told funny stories at
Abie's expense. For instance, one day
Able was seen starting out on a
march with some twenty or thirty
pounds Of packages in addition to the
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tense of reading.
Nine. Mayville% she murmured,
seeking to recall some vague associa-
tions which the name suggested. "Ah!
1t is probably for some charity. Show
attendant.
A young woman in mourning en-
tered the silent little salon, whose
windows opened on an old garden in
Passy. which the springtime had made
young again.
'Madame-'
Fl. But Charlotte got no further
Il am your cousin" the visitor in
terrupted. "Therese Mayville. You
don't remember me? 1t is true that
we have never known each other
Nevertheless. we saw each other once,
come now because I am very unhappy.
My MISUNDERSTANDING was"
She could not utter the last word.
She dropped into a chair, convulsed
with sobs. holding her head in her
hands.
Charlotte's delicate face. framed in
chestnut locks. into which some
pale. This grief revived her own
grief. her similar bereavement, her
despair, which the months which
passed could not allay. With a great
effort she collected herself, succeeded
in repressing her own sobs, and with
a gesture of consolation approached
her cousin.
The latter lifted her face, wet with
tears.
II cannot, I cannot calm myself"
she muttered. II am too unhappy.
Think what it meant to me when
heard the news. He was carried to
a hospital after he was wounded.
When l arrived he was still alive.
and he recognized me. And them
She stopped again, weeping harder
than ever. After a moment. in brok-
en- phrases. she went on:
I'VE loved each other SO much! We
were so happy! And now / am alone.
1t is frigktful II you knew"
II know" said Charlotte. softly.
Yes, yes. That's SO. 1 heard of it.
And that is what led me to come. 1
am almost out of my mind. Think of
il! There were many days after / re-
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Here is q war story with keen
pathological interest. It Is a vivid lit
tie study in the psychology Of grief.
Grief usually steadies and broadens the
character. 1t is moral stimulant.
exercising selishness and generating
compassion. But with some it is
merely a consuming and egoistical pas
sion. They treasure its sting. They
become selnshly absorbed in their own
suffering.
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RUDOLPH FOSTER, HEROIC PRI-
VATE WHO TEN DED THE
WOUNDED AND "DOPED1 THEM
FROM HIS BAG.

the war crosses which have been sent
for this regiment may not be their
reward.
have mentioned DIR. Dudley. Capt.
o. H. Dudley, surgeon, Saxonville,
Mass, and a sanitary train, France.
found himself in the most advanced
dressing station at the beginning of
this attack, and he worked three days
and nights without sleep or food and
only a little coffee to drink. He was
cut of by the barrage. His position
was SO exposed that one side of his
post was hit by shells several times
and machine gun bullets played a dull
march continually upon it. One man