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Coal Company's Plan to Educate i Anthracite Workers. OTHER FIRMS TAKING IT 1 UP. Idea Obtained From Diligence of On* Man Who Wanted to Rise In th» World—Foreigners Wishing to Leartt English Do So by Utilizing Thelf Leisure Time. One man's diligence has led to all the anthracite mine workers having an opportunity of being educated, of train ing themselves to become officials at the collieries and of advancing rapidly In the profession If they have the am bition and the energy to do it. There are about 18.j,000 mine workers, and as the great majority of them have lit tle or no education the ability to ob tain the instruction which is to fit tlicm for higher positions and better conditions appeals to thousands of them. The idea of doing this was aroused in the minds of two of the leading min ing officials of the region by a hoist ing engineer in a Lehigh Valley col liery. Not long ago Ueneral Manager S. D. Warriner and his assistant, Fred erick M. Chase of the Lehigh Valley Coal company, while on a tour of in spection stepped into an engine house and to their surprise saw the engineer in his idle moments working on a sheet of powdered paper, using a car penter's tool to draw mechanical sketches. It was crudely done, but there was merit in it, and the officials questioned the man. He said that he wanted to learn to be a mechanical draftsman, but had not the education to permit him to take a course at any of the correspondence schools which gave instruction that he did not have the educational basis upon which to build the structure of his ambition. When the officials left the engine house they were impressed. They talk ed about the incident with minor offi cials of the company at the various collieries and learned that many of the young and ambitious workmen had of ten expressed a desire to study in their hours of leisure and regretted that they did not have the common school education which would permit them to take up other studies. The outcome was that the Lehigh Valley company has decided to estab lish schools wherever it has collieries in which the men free of charge may be instructed in the ordinary English branches and fitted for taking up va rious courses in mining, mechanical en gineering, mining engineering or any of the various occupations about the mines requiring skilled men, says a Wilkesbarre (I'a.) correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. This idea has so im pressed the other companies that one by one they are also taking it up and are now busy perfecting their plans, so that it is predicted it will not be long before these company schools are es tablished in every place throughout the mining region where there is a coal mine or a coal mining hamlet. The companies' interest in this plan is a double one. In the first place they expect that the free instruction will be appreciated by the men and make the bonds between the workers and the mining officials closer, and in the second place they realize that the education will result in making the men more careful in their work, make them cognizant of conditions which are dangerous and make them able to appreciate the danger as well as giving them the knowledge of how best to overcome the dangerous condition. This will result, it is believed, in a decided decrease in the loss of life in the mines yearly, for the men who are bping educated in mining methods will not only know how to avoid danger themselves, but their influence and their knowledge will aid the others. As 007 men and boys were killed and 1,740 were injured last year, any sav ing In such a slaughter will be worth having. It is proposed to engage skilled pub lie school teachers for these miners schools, which are to be in session five evenings a week, and they will in struct all who care to attend In the primary branches of English and fit them for the first step toward acquir ing a greater knowledge of mining. On some evenings mining officials will be present to make addresses on va rious mining topics and in this man ner instruct the men in important fea tures of the scientific side of the min ing industry. These lectures will be on timbering, ventilation, the use of high explosives, the work of electricity in the mines, treatment of mine gases and on other practical subjects. At the same time the men as soon as they feel them selves fitted to do it may begin receiv ing instruction through a correspond ence school course and being helped in this theoretical work by the prac tical work that they can secure in the mines. The education will not be compul sory. Any employee who desires can attend, but once entered each must at tend strictly to the work and make a good showing. ILWUU* u.tifisciaMtjaa&JMiaft L* U I of teaching the humorous foreigners In the region the English language and Instructing them regarding American institutions and laws and customs. As many of these foreigners nre naturally bright and almost all are energetic, they will get along rapidly with the ild of these schools, the first of which has just been opened by the Lehigh Valley company at Lost Creek, in the Schuylkill region. Gin. u S othal i.-Jito Suitor to Add G:m Each Year tj EngaQcrrscrit Ring. The engagement of Mrs. Margaret Dulles Irwin, daughter of Mrs. An iew Cheves Dulles of Philadelphia, did Ettore Komano Fontana of Koine, liich was recently announced, is of in Interest to society in Philadel phia since it is said that Mr. Fontana is to introduce a very novel fashion in rings, both engagement and marriage. Lie is a quiet man of about thirty, nod to look upon—in fact, quite band i) me— but noue the less unassuming nd with a manner particularly pleas ing Unlike most of the Italians who mar ry American women. Mr. Fontana has no title. In common with them, he lias no fortune with which to endow his wife. In fact, while in the United States, it is said, he has been engaged in teaching his native language in New York city. Briefly, he is a jilain Italian gentleman, earning his living in approved American fashion. It is said that Mr. Fontana has shown great originality in that most important tribute, the engagement ring. He will choose no bromidic dia mond solitaire, but ailing that shall mean something." that fond desire of all lovers, and that shall grow in value from year to year, sentimentally and therwise. It is, they say, to have a mounting of such a nature that a stone may be added each year upon the an niversary of the wedding. The idea faintly suggests life insurance, but if artistically done it should be a capti vating bit of jewelry and a gift that any woman would joyfully receiv®. STORIES OP MORGAN. Instances of the New York Postmas ter's Remarkable Memory. Many stories are told of the extraor dinary memory and the grasp of de tail possessed by Edward M. Morgan, the postmaster of New York city, who was recently shot by a maniac. The fat volume of postal laws and regula tions that lies on Mr. Morgan's desk is termed the "Bible" in the federal building, and he is credited with know ing every act and amendment by heart. Names, faces and voices are equally imprinted on the postmaster's memory, and the stock anecdote told of him Is about a stranger who came to him years ago and borrowed $10 with which to go west, on the strength of a mythical acquaintance with the postmaster's brother In Denver. Many years after a man came into Assistant Postmaster Morgan's office xHth a complaint about the late delivery of some mail. "Yes, but how about that $10 you owe me?" said Mr. Morgan without looking up. He had recognized the stranger of years before by his voice. Another tale describes Ell Perkins, the humorist, as complaining about the delivery of his mail. A carrier was sent around to his house to explain the hitch, but Perkins would not lis ten to his explanation and began: "My friend, there is one above us who knows all things and to whom nothing is hidden." "Oh." said the letter cafrler, "I know who yon mean. You mean Ed Morgan!" New Marriage Doctrine. A MW doctrine of domestic economy, promulgated by Dr. W. N. Ferris of Big Rapids, Mich., has caused West Chester county (Pa.) school ma'ams to wonder what Is this world coming to Scene from the First Act of "The Devil", Madison Opera House, 1 hursday, December 3 TUFT'S CHEER. Never Frowned While Campaign ing, Says James Markham. NO SIGN OF IRRITATION. Always Bubbling Over With jfy, President Elect Was Happiest When Mrs. Taft Joined Him, Says Member of His Bodyguard—Humorous and Pathetic Incidents. Unique experiences of President Elect privile#re of sewing the buttons on the William II. Taft on his campaign tour through the United States were recent ly told by James Markham, secretary to Chief of Police Shippy, who return ed to Chicago and his duties after traveling with Mr. Taft fcr forty-one days as a member of his bodyguard. "We traveled forty-one days, during which Mr. Taft made from three to twenty speeches a day and covered 18,000 miles, yet during all that time I never saw a frown on his face and he never showed any irritation," said Mr. Markham to a Chicago correspondent of the New York Sun. "We had many experiences. Some were funny, and others had a touch of pathos in them. In Brooklyn at a Jewish voters' meeting over which Oscar Straus presided the various in fluences which affect voters were il lustrated. Mr. Taft held the audience by a splendid talk upon the various Issues of the campaign, but it was when he assured those present that he would see to it that under his adminis tration an American passport would be respected when carried by Jew or Christian in every country of Europe and that the Jewish ieople would get their just measure of protection as citizens both at home and abroad the crowd literally went wild with joy. They shouted hurrah for the pass ports first and then for Mr. Taft un til the rafters of the hall shook. There was no mistake as to the subject clos est to their hearts in the campaign. "In one Missouri town where the train stopped a tall and powerfully built negro pushed through the crowd and, with a btoad grin on his face, shouted, 'Mr. Taft, you is de man I wants!' "The crowd looked at the man when Mr. Taft, with his usual smile, turned and said, 'And you is de man I wants.' "The negro replied, 'You is got me now and on election day, too,' at which the crowd became satisfied thai the man wanted Mr. Taft as president and not for some other reason or pur pose. "In a skating rink in an Indiana town a young man perched himself on one of the beams close to the ceiling and fell asleep waiting for Mr. Taft's arrival. When Mr. Taft stepped upon the platform the man sleeping on the beam awoke with a start, swayed fr ward and only by seizing the beam in stinctively (lid he save himself from falling upon the heads of the people in the audience. 'That was a narrow escape you had!' shouted a man from the audi ence to the man on the beam. 'I couldn't tumble, for I'm with Taft,* retorted the young fellow, and the crowd cheered. "At Binghamton, N. Y., an old man with snow white hair stepped before the crowd just before Mr. Taft began his address. At the top of his voice the man shouted, "Fremont first vot ers, arise!' and about fifty veterans stood up. 'Salute your next president,' was the next command, and they did. 'Be seated,' was the next command, and silently the old men sat down. "Then, turning to Mr. Taft, the old man said, 'Now, sir, proceed,' at which there was a thunder of applause, in which Mr. Taft himself Joined heart ily. "At Wilmington, Del., the crowd was so large that It was dlfficult'to keep it anyway. The doctor Is one of the in struetors at the county teachers' in-! In check. It was an open air meeting, stltute, and he impresses on his hear- and the crowd be-an to sway to and era his opinion that no woman has fro, endangering the safety of many, right to marry until «fc»4A ut*le port a husband. til 34*. cajght^n^tbeja^m MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 190S pushed the people aside, pkked up the lad, put him over his shoulders and placed him in a safe place upon the platform. The crowd went wild with enthusiasm, for the boy clasped Mr. Taft as he would his own father when he rescued him out of the perilous place. "At Frankfort, Ky., an enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Taft showed his joy at greeting him In such a demonstrative manner that when he was through Mr. Taft's vest was minus two buttons. The man felt somewhat chagrined. When we reached Louisville we found six girls waiting for us. They were on hand to sew the buttons on the vest, and they did. Later they called on Mr. Taft to receive his thanks and to tell him that they were honored by the yest of th() nex( prpKk1ont. "On the whole, enthusiasm greeted Mr. Taft everywhere. The police of the various cities, irrespective of parties, did splendid work In caring for and protecting Mr. Taft and his party. Ev ery day Mr. Taft was in communica tion with members of his family, and, although always bubbling over with good cheer, he was happiest when Mrs. Taft joined the party In Now York state." TO TEST COLORCURE. Red Rooms For Despondent and Blue For Violent Insane. Two cottage buildings erected by the state of Illinois at the site of the Illinois Hospital For the Insane at Bartouville. ill., at a cost of $100,000 tions of the walls. The rooms are built for the purpose of testiug the theory that despondent insane patients are enlivened when placed in a red room and violent pa tients soothed In a blue room. Opal is said to aid the consumptives. S.yru ^Elixir sfSeruw imr acts gentl^yet prompt ly on the bowels, cleanses u\e system e||ectually, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently. To get its benejieial ejects buy the genuine. fiunujnetuce by the CALIFORNIA fie SyhupCo. SOLD B* LEADING DRUG&tSTS-504 fw-BOTTU. ANIMAL DENTISTS. Dentist Tells How African Menkeys and Squirrels Fill Teeth. Monkeys and the large gray squir rels that overrun the jungles of Africa are their own dentists. They till each and equipped with eight solarlums for other's teeth with consummate skill the work of phototherapy will be.dedi- and often kill an aching nerve. At cated on Thanksgiving day. Two of least this is what Dr. L. Frank Derby the solariums are equipped in ruby, Pierce of W est Itoxburj, Mass., sajs, two in violet, two in amber and two and he is going to lecture before Chi in opal The incandescent lamps are dentists on the subject. of these colors and also the decora 1 Tw Dr. Pierce, who spent several years in the jungles of Africa, says that monkeys and squirrels have discover ed a blue clay much the same in color as that which covers the diamond fields, aud in this clay is a large per 1 Rose the National Flower. The Ainerieau Beauty rose is til# na tion 1 flower of the United States. An overwhelming majority was rolled up for this flower above all others in the first national flower show which re- centage of creosote. When the anl mals have the toothache they plaster this clay Into the cavity as a remedy The creosote often kills the offend ing nerve. Need of Protecting Birds. A naturalist asserts that If the earth were birdies* man could not in habit it for more than nine years. All cently came to a close in the Coliseum the sprays und poisons in the world at Chicago. The official sanction of would the Society of American Florists will down the insects, which would eat up be given it. everything. Crist Rensch, be quite inadequate to keep Stewart HEATERS There are'many points about the construction of the Stewart Heater superior to other makes in {regard to heating—"consuming Less.Fuel we naVCJWJOT seinng stoves lor the past thirty years, always alert in buying the best brands to recom mend to our customers Tie HM,iWe M»°- If PHONE 22$ yxf J~L Kitchen Plumbing. Good plumbing in the kitchen is a matter of great importance because your health depends on the sanitary conditions existing in this room where all food is prepared. Old fashioned sinks with dosed in piping are lodging places for vermin, moisture and dirt which bring about serious illness. the plumbing of your kitchen thy, let us quote you a price on installing At 25c per pound The Best in Good Groceries ~~oTAll Kinds a is old, doctor bilk/ EXCELSIOR REPAIR CO., Madison, S. Oak. V ar unsightly and unheal a snow-white "£fariaa4" Porcelain Enameled sink with open plumbing. Our prices are rea sonable our work high class and what you pay (oc this modern kitchen equipment may aava you money in 1 REMEMBER!!! |We have exclusive sale of CADWELL'S 'ELECTRIC CUT CQEfEE At 35c per pound fAnd j"G0lD MEDAL" COFFEE '»W*. .1 42" PRESTON'S F. G. Ball and F. Stoltzman AGENCY: Insurance lands City Property We have a large list of LAKE COUNTY FARMS for SALE at Reasonable Prices* We have in CITY PROPERTIES some spleni 4 did values, in fact real SNAPS. IX CHEAP LANDS We have in SOUTH DAKOTA several THOUSANDS of acres and on easy terms, and in NORTH DAKOTA we have improved or unimproved farms at very low prices, terms to suit purchaser, can sell you a fine farm on CROP PAYMENT plan, one half the crop each year, no CROP no PAY, also we can furnish you with COWS on time and give you a chance to pay for them, and you all know that the FAMOUS GOLDEN VALLEY of NORTH DAKOTA and MONTANA is raising the GRAIN ahd STOCK. In MONTANA we have several tracts, including the great JUDITH and LAKE BASIN districts, where the conditions for GRAIN and STOCK raising are not second to any place in the whole UNITED STATES, in the LAKE BASIN district the Government LANDS was only opened for HOMESTEADS April 23rd, 1908, and you can procure just as good a FARM of 160 as you ever saw anywhere. Just talk with parties that went there with us Oct. 20th, '08, who got HOMESTEADS and purchased of us LAND. Others are going, WHY NOT YOU? DECEMBER 1st, NEXT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1st, we go again. COME, go with us. We show you the LANDS FREE, mi pay your railway ticket if you BUY OUR LAND. TTT Call at Office in I. O. Q* Block Pboo* 232£for Folders and Information. BALL and STOLTZMAN.