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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
MAKING NEW FACE
Hospital Surgeons Working Upon .
Small Boy.

Winnipeg hospital physicians are
making a new face for nine-year-0id
Edgar Forbes of Rathwell, Man. The
boys face was reduced to pulp when
he was run over by q sleigh. Every
bone was broken.
The experiment will be success,
according to the physicians. The bones
were reset and will mold, they say.
Four dentists, after days of expert
menting in the hospital laboratory,
completed an artificial palate for his
mouth.
When the boy was brought to the
hospital his face was unrecognizable.
Every bone was sunk In. Both eyes
were sunken. The bridge bones of his
nose were smashed In many pieces,
and after an X-ray examination were
found lodged in his throat.
The boy will be able to see again,
although at present he is blind in one
eye and scarcely able to distinguish
objects with the other. The eyebalfs
were not injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
GOOSE DIGESTS GOLD
Remains Of a SIS Coin Found In

Remains OF IS Coin Found IN
Gixxard.
A few days ago the family of, G. G.
Taylor, of Bellefonte, Pa, decided to
feast upon goose that they had pur-
chased from farmer. The goose was
killed and in preparing it for the oven
Mrs. Taylor felt some very hard sub
stance in the fowls gizzard. Now this
aroused her curiosity. and when she
cleaned the gizzard she made close
examination and found piece Of yell
low metal about the size of nickel.
Curious to know what it was she
took it to the Bellefonte Trust Com
pany where II was decided that 1t
was what remained Of a So gold piece.
1t was worn entirely smooth on both
sides and all the milling was gone
from the edge. Inasmuch as the goose
was only about sixteen months old
and it could not have swallowed the
money before II was almost full grown,
it is evident that the constant grind
in goose's gizzard will reduce al
most anything In due time.
AS matter of dollars and cents, the
coin will be sent to the Philadelphia
mint for appraisal to find out just how
much of its valuation remains, and then
it will be up to mathematicians to cal
culate just how much gold that goose
used in its digestive functions daily.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
ONLY A LITTLE KEY
But 1t Made Much Trouble for
New York JeWeIer.
He Had Two Nights and One Day OF
Great Discomfort chalked Up
to the "Depravity Of lnani-
mate Things"

at is the little things in life that
cause most of the trouble"
This wise saying of the ancient
philosopher was strikingly illustrated
a few nights ago in New York city
when the proprietor of a jewelry store
In closing up for the night broke
key In the lock of the street door,
Here are some of the things that
happened then: The shopkeeper tried
in every possible way to lock the door
or get the broken key out. His ef-
forts were fruitless. All the help had
gone home and he had no one to send
for locksmith. He couldn't leave
the store alone. He was so excited
that for long time he couldn't think
of anything to do. Finally he went to
the telephone and called up his home.
His wife answered and he stammer-
ingly asked her to come down at once.
She couldn't make out what the trou-
BILE was, but caught 'key," ''lock" and
door" and suspecting burglary she
flung on her street clothes any old
way and hastened downtown, half dis
tracted.
In the meantime the husband began
to telephone for a locksmith. A sue
cession of won't answers" from the
telephone girl was all the satisfaction
he got. When his wife arrived he left
her In the store while he went out to
fr.u hfc 10 &rav 20
an hour or more, but was as unsuc-
cessful as he had been on the tele-
phone.
When he got back he telephoned TO
men were sent to the store. He in
sisted that they remain outside to
watch the place. He suggested to his
wife that they go home, but she re-
fused. She wouldn't think of leaving
the place, even with the policemen out
side. So the jeweler was forced to
remain with her. About three o'clock
In the morning he went out to an all.
night lunch room and brought back
some food. He waited eagerly for
w NOAhCs WHICH, uC WOulu NC
able TO get locksmith. But he had
forgotten that 1t was Sunday, and
when he started out again on his quest
1t was only to meet with another dis
appointment. Despite all his efforts
he couldn't connect with a locksmith.
He and his wife passed Sunday in
the store, taking turns mapping. The
policemen on guard outside were re-
lieved, but there was no relief for the
1eweler from his weary vigil. He
never welcomed a Monday morning
more than he did the one that fol-
lowed when assistants appeared and
he and his wife were able to 60 home
with the assurance that a locksmith
would soon be around.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28

1t seems that Captain Bartlett is not
going to have things entirely his own
way in his airplane expedition to the
north pole, for at the present moment
the British are also planning for a
similar undertaking. So the airplane
expedition may take on the complexion
of a sportsmanlike race, with the
Americans represented by Captain
Bartlett and the British by Salisbury
Jones Of the British Northern Explora-
ton company. Captain Bartlett con-
templates going to the far north by
way of north Greenland, while Mr..
Jones is going by way of Spitzbergen !;
which, when reduced to mathematics,
means that the Americans will have
some two thousand miles to 60 while
our British cousins will have only
nine hundred miles Of journey. Mr..
Jones believes that his expedition can
make the flight in about nine hours
Scientific American.
One Language.
Ten per cent of Americas adult pop-
ulation are unable to read the language
Of the country. Eighteen per cent
of the coming citizens" of the United
States do not attend any school. One
tenth Of the first 100000 men called
to the colors could not read their or
ders or understand them. The figures
are from Secretary Lanes recent re-
port. There is room for only one set
OF ideals in this country and, except
for newcomers, there is room for only
one language. While the teaching OF
English is but one Of many items In
the Americanization program. it is an
important one, as the figures Of Secre-
tary Lane proclaim.--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28

an old recluse, Edward Moore, who
died recently, following a stroke which
came on when he decided to count
his moEey. While> cleaning out an
old fireplace in the hermit's home Con-
stable William Hawk found tin box
which contained $S40 in S. gold pieces.
The money was turned over to the
bank, which, it is said, has $4,000
previously found in the old mans
home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28

Since the armistice brought hostIll-
ties to an end 1t has been learned
that the morale of the population Of
Lille was maintained by news given
from French, wireless station hidden
from the Germans. according to Wire
less Age. Good news spread quickly
through underground channels. The
people knew that ten thousand Ameri-
can soldiers were arriving daily. Air
planes also dropped many leaflets,
which were eagerly taken despite Ger
can efforts to prevent their distribu-
tion.--Scientific American.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
Found WEDDING Rinc.

Mrs. Edward M. Davis 20 years ago
lost her wedding ring on a farm now
occupied by Benjamin Krouse. near
Seyfert, Pa. Recently, while Misses
Laura Krouse and Esther Haltman
were In the peach orchard on the farm
they found the ring, still fairly well
preserved. The ring was forwarded 70
the owner In Reading.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
CORN THROUGH ROOF
Grew Up From a Heap Of SCOT and
pirt In Garret.


For several weeks farmers observed
a green substance on the roof Of an
abandoned house on the La Gale farm
near Gaffney Falls, N. Y. They
watched it grow until it attained a
height of five feet.
Jabez Montow invited the village
president, III. f., Shots, and two 9TH
ers to accompany him to the house for
an investigation. There they found
two stalks Of corn six feet In height.
with two large and well-formed ears Of
corn In each stalk, protruding from
the roof. The men entered the garret
of the house and found the hill of corn
In a mass of SCOT and dirt, an accumu-
lation Of years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28

tire business and cause 1t to be looked
upon for long time, perhaps. as a
gamble, just as wildcat mines and oil
wells have caused emany people with
money to invest to view all such
propositions with suspicion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-28
Kills BIG Bald Eagle.

independence, Mo.-A bald eagle.
three feet from the beak to the tip of
his tail. was killed near here.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Avlators Heart Enlaraed.

Doctors Etlenne and Lainy of Nancy.
France. have conducted a series Of
X-rny examinations Of the hearts OF
aviators and have found evidence Of
considerable enlargement. The heart
enlargement sets in early In the fly
ing mans career. being noticeable
after FIVE months of experience In
the air. The degree Of enlargement
is roughly proportioned to the height
at which the aviator is accustomed
to fiy. SO that simple examination OF
the N-ray plate suftices TO determine
a mans branch Of flying service I;
whether he Is doing chasing and
bombing work AT high attitudes, or is
engaged nj harrying infantry, ETC., at
comparatively low attitudes.
The enlargement seems to he sym
metricai and II does not appear to in
volve serious trouble. II Is due to
The hearts adapting itself to the ex'
ira work put unon Il bx changes In
ihe hlood circulation because of tho
varying conditions in the atmosphere
through which the aviator flies and
Ia the general happenings incident tc
aviation
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
sssssssssssssssssss
PROBLEMS IN WINTER FEEDS
For Economical Production Wage.
Earning Cow Should be Fed Its
Full Capacity.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrlculture)
The problems involved in winter
feeding are usually distinctly different
from those OF summer feeding. Pas
ture (or green feed), usually the basis
OF summer feeding, Is not available.
Broad, speaking, there are two fac
tors involved In this problem, first. TO
satisfy the needs OF the COW and, sec
ond. to suit the pocketbook. The COW
must have an ample supply Of feed
of a ralatable nature, and this feed
must be supplied at price which will
permit a profit on the feeding opera
tioh.
In general farm practice 1t is advis-
able, so far us II is economical, to use
the feeds produced on the farm. Oft
en- the freight rates and the middle
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
CORN GREW ON HOUSE ROOF
Strange Place, Well Authenticated,
Chosen by Nature TO Produce
the staff Of Life.

For several weeks farmers on the
Lane road observed green substance
on the roof Of IN abandoned house on
the lie Gale farm. says O Gaffney
Falls IN. ~ correspondent. They
watched II grow until II attained q
height Of 8 feet. The men reported
the phenomenon. but we're laughed at.
However. Jabez Montow, who watch
ed the green substance for four weeks.
invited the village president. II. e.
Sh0tts. and two others to accompany
him TO the house for an investigation.
The men accepted the Invitation.
A ladder was obtained from the en-
gine house, placed in an automobile
truck and the men went to the house.
There they found two stalks Of corn
feet In length, with two large and
weil-formed ears Of corn on each stalk
protrudlng from the roof. The men
entered the garret Of the house and
found the hill Of corn In a mass Of SCOT
and dirt, an accumulation OF years.
The stalks were removed and
brought 10 town. They measured 8
feet In length. feet being beneath
the roof. The men each took an ear
Of corn. which Is OF the red variety,
for seed next season.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
HERE YOU HAVE THE PoILU
Brief Definition OF Man to Whom
Many viii Claim the World
Owes Its Salvation.

An humble man who. one July after
noon In 1914. left at two hours notice
his Partisan shop or workshop. or his
ripe wheat fields or his ripening vines,
for military depot he had never lik-
ed. and had managed to tolerate only
because soldering and all things SOL
dlerly are likable TO the Frenchman
and take on halo In his Imagination,
was packed 10 the Belgian frontier; |;
made the acquaintance Of danger un.
der all its forms; fought. hungered-
hungered and thirsted-for days :
knew the trenches when they we're In
their crudest novelty and worse than
the badgers hole; got wounded and
lay for hours. sometimes days. where
he had fallen. or crawled miles to a
hurried surgeon and to the torturing
goods trucks pompously labeled san
itary trains; got well and went back
to the depot. and then back TO the
front and to fighting or being shelled
and so on during the four years. with
the ever disappointing certainty that
next winter must be the last" Of
that Imminent coming In OF this ol
that nation must bring the end.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17

mans charges, II saved, will consti-
tute good profit for the feeder. This
is especially true Of roughages. Such
feeds are bulky and In most cases must
be baled at considerable cost; the
freight rates also are much greater In
~ u, ,rortion to the nutrients contained
than ola the grains.
When land Is high In price and the
markets for dairy products are good, 1t
Is often lmprncticable to grow all the
feeds on the farm. In such eases ar
raneelpents first should be made to
grow the roughage, on account OF the
high cost of transporting these feeds.
In most cases the prime object OF the
farm under such conditions will be to
supply the greatest possible quantity
Of roughage.
1t Is q difficult problem to provide a
system of winter feeding of roughage
which will make the best use Of home-
grown youghage and at the same time
insure full production.
In addition to containing the proper
nutrients in the right proportion, part
of the ration should be Of succulent
nature. II Is extremely difficnlt, II not
Impossible, to keep cows In full produc-
tIon throughout the winter without
some succulent feed. There are two
chief sources Of succulent feed for
winter feeding-silage and roots. OF
these, silage Is in almost universal use
by commercial dairymen. While al.
most any green crop may be
used for sllage, the heavy yields
of corn, as compared with other
crops, and its comparative ease Of
handling, together with Its keeping
qualities, make 1t the leading silage
crop. Where the cost Of land and the
prices of dairy products are high, and
the system of farming Of necessity Is
intensive, It is questionable whether
the dalryman should consider any 9th
er sllage crop.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Classified Advertising
WANTED

WANTED Man TO do farm work.
Address Geo. W. Smith, Route a..
or phone G01-F-12, IT
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
.sseeseeeee..S.eeeeesssss
REGULATING NECESSARY

During the rush Of spring
work milkings In the morning
will be done on time but at night
the danger Is In leaving this
work for the women folks to do
or until after dark. No grayer
mistake can be made. A COW
permitted to lose her milk flow
cannot again be brought up
without every pound OF grain
costing two prices. Don't save
on one hand TO lose on the other
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Seek to Improve Crops.

The Institute of Agricultural Bot.
any to be established at Cambridge,
England is TO be devoted chiefly to
the hre, ding and distributing Of Inn
proved varieties OF agricultural crops
Modelled after the famous Swedish
plant. breeding station NJ Svalof rs
scientific specialists viii work to pro-
duce pure cultures OF the new vari"
ties into extensive cultivation.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Alaerlan Grain REGIONS.

Grain Is produced In Algeria chiefly
In valleys interspersed among the
mountain ranges near the Mediter
ranean coast and on the high plateaus
lying between the coastal mountain
region and the less elevated ranges
which form the northern border of the
Sahara desert.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Effective Nov. 10, 1918.
LADIES

When irregular or delayed use Tri-
umph Pills. Safe and always depend
able. Not sold at drug stores. Do
not experiment with others, save dis
appointment Write for Relief" and
particulars, It's free. Address: Ma
tional Medical Institute, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-17
Be a Joy.M alker,
''eeis.I for corns
sDrops, . Seconds Corn Il Doomed!

When you almost die with your
shoes on and corns make you almost
the pain. take a vacation for min
ute or two and apply 2 or 5 drops
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
Puts It Into Plain Language Free
From Legal and Diplomatic
Verbiage, in Response to Re-
quest.
MANY ARE CONFUSED
BY PRESENT DEBATE
Danger That People Will Lose
Sight of Basic Principles Dur
ing Discussion of Complicated
Details and TeChniCaIitieS.

tBy ex-President William H. Taf)
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
EASY TO TALK TOO MUCH
One Must Admit There Is Much Truth
in the Sage Reflections OF
Mr.. Goslngton.

1T is my opinion said Mr. GoSling-
ton, that beggarS talk too much. For
instance. this morning I met a man
who asked me for nickel with which
to buy a cup of coffee As I was
reaching for the nickel he kept right
on talking, telling me among other
things that he hadn't had anything TO
eat for three days, which l knew Of
course was false, and which deUracted
very much from my pleasure in giving.
81 am an easy mark. Perhaps as
grow older l shall grow harder, but as
I feel about it now l would rather give
to a dozen frauds than take a chance
Of missing one man who was hungry
Still l don't like the fraud to be too
obvious; and l am sure there must
oe many prospective givers who, when
the beggar keeps on with that sur
plus talk, rescind their original deter
nination to give and keep their money
n their pocket. Surely you would
think the beggar would learn wisdom
and talk less, wouldn't you?
But the beggar is not the only
man. How often do we hear it said
of some banquet speaker that he is
good talker but he talks too much
This may seem q harsh way of put
ting it, but that's what people say.
This speaker starts Cngagingly and
talks for time to the pleasure of ev-
erybody, wandering on then interim
nably 10 the complete ObliteratiOn of
the first favorable impression. Here
the only result is the tiring of the
speakers hearers; but talking too
much might have a far more serious
result in the case of, say, a man APP
plying for a job.
"Many man has talked himself
out of a prospective job. He goes TO
the employer with what he wants to
| say clearly laid out in his mind, he
says this clearly and simply, and the
employer has practically made up his
mind to take him; but then the appli-
! cant keeps on talking, to his own un-
doing. As he talks ne reveals himself
in a light less favorable; he disclOses
perhaps some peculiarity that may no.
really be a 6etriment but that strikes
the employer not agreeably; and SO
this job that at first the applicant had
felt perfectly sure Of slips away from
him entirely and without his realizing
! just how it all came about.
"The beggar is far from being alone
in overta1king There are many men
in many walks who lack the fine gift
| of knowing when to stop"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06

The council. the chief governing
body Of the League. cannot take
action without unanimous decision of
its members and since The United
States win have a representative in
the CounciI our interest viii be pro
tected there We hear ii said tLar the
League s formed for the benefit OF
Great Britain or Japan or some other
one nation This is not true. All the
nations will gain by it, not only the
great nations such as the United
States, Great Britain, France Japan
and Italy, but the, little nations which
in the past have been oppressed by
their big neighbors The international
court will give an opportunity for the
settlement Of old grievances which
have long troubled the peoples Of the
world.
1t has been said that the League
will interfere with the Monroe Doc
trine, but the League Covenant ex-
pressly protects this Doctrine In fact,
through the Covenant the Monroe Doc
trine receives recognition throughout
the world and its principles become
forever established.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
Fascination of 4 Helmet.

The Hun helmet possesses a strong
fascination for the American soldier.
Apparently he is not able 70 resist the
temptation to capture one whenever
or wherever he sees it. A news story
from the Rhine country tells us that
German policemen Of the towns Oc-
cupied by the American troops have
given up wearing helmets. Many of
the policemen gave them up because
they had none to wear. Others dis
continued their use because the Amer
ican officers made the discontinuance
a request. The American soldiers, it
is explained couldn't resist the i'm
pulse to capture them. The. German
policemen were rushed all along the
Rhine and deftly Nnbonneted. It all
shows that the primitive instinct that
urges a victor to take from the con
quered some symbol Of his submission
continues strong in the warrior breast
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
Swallow Is Enemy of MOSQUITO.

If you want to free the neighbor-
hood of mosquitoes encourage swal-
lows to make themselves at home, SAYS
the American Forestry association.
These birds feed almost entirely upon
obnoxious insects and they will do
much toward protecting orchards and
ether trees from insect pests. No bet
ter investment can be made therefore.
than some houses set out for martins
or other swallows. Of the blue swaI-
lows the purple martin is the largest,
the male being entirely blue above with
a gray breast. Swallows are highly
migratory, most of them spending the
winter "a South America,
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
Yet Another.

The number Of proposed undersea
tunnels is increasing every day. Al
ready to that under the Straits of
Dover has been added the suggestion
for one under the Irish channel. And
now comes Colonel Rubio Y Bellve.
who has obtained permission from the
Spanish government TO carry out the
preliminary sOundings with a view TO
connecting Spain with Morocco by
tunneling the Straits of Gibraltar. The
proposal is that the new tunnel should
sink west of Tarifa and come to the
surface again east Of Tangier This
would make 1t. roughly, some twenty
miles long, which IS within three
miles of the greateast breadth Of the
straits, a breadth which varies from
eight and a half TO twenty-three miles
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-09-06
Old Mexican God Unearthed.

A statue of "Xochipilli," Aztec god
Of flowers, has been discovered by Will
liam Nivan, an American archeologist
who has been in Mexico recently. The
statue, the representation of the god
known to have been discovered IN
virtually a perfect state Of preserva.
ton in modern times, was dug up
at AtzcapOtzalco, suburb of the cap
ital, and which, prior to the coming Of
COrtez, was the seat Of a powerful In
dian nation, but which, at the time of
the conquest, was the great slave mart
Of the inhabitants Of TenOxtitlan, home
of the Aztecs and the site of the mod
ern city of Mexico. In addition to its
slave trade, AtzcapotzalcO was noted
for its expert jewelers. and wonderfully
cultivated gardens. "Xochipilli'' is sup.
posed to have presided over one of
these ancient gardens.