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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

We are to thank the backward spring
for the destruction of the ~locusts, which
were about to hatch out in accountable
numbers. The same frost that laid its
frtgid fingers on the apple blossoms and
the lilacs also gave a tweak to the locust
eggs. At least this is what rural per-
sonages who are posted on such things
say. But the locusts probably wouldn't
have Matched out, anyway. There are
two things that never happen when peo-
pie say they will one is the coming OF
the end of the world and the other is the
appearance of the locusts. We have long
given up the end of the world as practi-
Gully hopeless and nave resigned ourselves
to being deprived Of that matohless spec
tscle which some more favored genera
ton may possibly witness; and We have
been so often disappointed in the locust
representations that we now rank them
along with weather bureau indications.
We have heard stories by our grandsires
that once the "17-year'' locusts filled the
woods with roaring like the sound of
Niagara and that the bark of the trees
was split asunder by the insects, and that
the surface of the earth was mad to look
like q pepper box by the holes whence
they had issued. And we have waited
expcctantly for a repetition of this Won
der of nature but, like the end of the
world, it is always being postponed. The
locusts appear to be great pr~ocrastinators,
or else their human prophets are great
prevaricators.
1t may be, of course, that the locusts
are mixed up in their calendar and not
being able to decide whether the seven
49, .x~s., % Ilo;, .l,:ln,, t;py,i' hos nv
pired have decided to remain in seclusion
until the matter is Strengthened out, rath-
Ell tlyln appear at a time that would ruin
their arithmetical reputation. 1t is peril
ous to be premature, to arrive on the scene
before the curtain is up or the audience
seated, especially when your performance
Is so rarely given that the only thing
that ranks with it is the Oberammergau
passion play which is presented only once
in ten years. One can understand the
deep modification a seventeen-year locust
would feel in appearing at the end OF
thirteen years or ten years, or any num-
Der OF years except exactly seventeen.
A miscalculation never could be forgiven.
1t would be as humiliating as Mark
Twain's experience in Switzerland when
wrapped in a blanket he sought to wit
ness the glorious spectacle of the rising
sun md did not realize until he saw the
smiles of p~romenading ladies and gentle
men in afternoon costume that the sun
was setting. Punctuality is of the utmost
Importance. Every properly reared locust
knows this. If the time set for the great
periodical conclave is every seventeen
years, Their let it be observed to the In
slant. Hardness is not to be e~xtenuated.
If they prove false to their name and
appear any old year, they should be con-
signed to the ranks of the locusts which
appear annually and have no ancient
ancestry or traditions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

work of the Civic Federation, and for
this purpose a national committee, Of
which Secretary Taft is chairman, has
just been created. John G. w. Beck
ham. Governor of Kentucky, is first vice
chairman; George w. Guthrie, Mayor
of ~Pittsburg, second vice chairman !;
William r. Wilcox, postmaster of New
York, third vice chairman, and Miss
Beeks, secretary.
Miss Beeks, who Is a southern girl,
having gone to New York from Ten
nessee, is not at all disnayed by the
immensely of her commission, for it is
In the line Of work in which she has
been engaged for a number of years.
The entire planning of operations after
arriving on the isthmus is left with
her
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
News of Minor Note.

The Roman Catholic church of the
Sacred Heart at Ottawa. Ont, was de-
.stroyed by fire. Loss 100000, insur-
ance $4,000.
B. f. Coin, % years old, was shot and
killed at Leesville. La, for insulting
young women. His slayer was freed on
the plea of j%ustiiable homicide
At Leavenworth, Kan, the federal
court denied the motion for postponement
of the hearing of the application for
the discharge of the receiver of the Uncle
Sam Oil Company.
1t is believed that one of the men guilty
of the Northern Pacific holdup was killed
in a pitched battle with a sherif's posse
at the 20. W." ranch, sixty miles north
of Sheridan, Wyo.
Fire at Cananea, Mexico, destroyed the
assay Office, the old machine shops and
part of the supply department of the
Greene Cananea Copper Mining Com
pany. Loss S15O,0O0.
At the hearing of the contempt case
against Sheriff Ship at Chattanooga,
Tenn, none of the witnesses was able
to identify any of the men who lynched
Ed johnson in defiance Of the United
States Supreme Court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
Hygiene of the Tan Shoe.

The London Lancet, discussing the rea-
son for the popular belief that a tan shoe
is more comfortable and more durable
than black, concluded that there is some
foundation for this belief, which, it says,
is to be found not so much in the leather
itself as in the composition of the dressing
commonly applied. That generally used
on black leather possesses strong acid
properties, through the use of h~ydrochloric
or other acid, to dissolve the mineral mat
ter contained in the ivory black. The
effect of this acid is to render the leather
hard and unyielding, thereby making it
not only more uncomfortable, but lessen
ing it's wearing qualities. On the other
hand, the dressing employed on russell
shoes is composed largely of wax and oils,
which, while making the shoe soft and
comfortable to the foot, tend to preserve
the leather.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
T&E MlA2NGRS
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Chicago--Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, S4.Oo
to $6.27; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 5000; wheat, No, 2, soc to Ole;
corn, No. 2, Sic to 53c; oats, standard,
45c to 46c; rye, No. 2, SEC to SSc; hay,
timothy, S14.OO to $1,000; prairie, $500
to. $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc
to 23c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes,
new, per bushel, Soc to Doc.
IndianapoIis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
S6.1O; sheep, COMMON to prime, $500 to
S5.25; wheat, No. 2, soc to soc; corn,
No. 2 white, sc to 53c; oats, No. 2
white, 45c to 47c. .y
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S6.75;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, 500 to
1913; wheat, No: ?, Ole to 92c; corn,
No. 2, soc to SIC; oats, No. 2, 43c to
45c rye, No. ., Sic to SIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 5000;
hogs. $500 to $6.27; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 53c to SAC; oats, No. 2
mixed, Acc to 47c; rye, No. 2, Sic to Sac.
Detroit-Cattle, 500 to $500; hogs,
S4.OO to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to 1913;
wheat, No. 2, 9oc to Gle; corn, No. 3
yellow, 53c to soc; oats, No. B white,
46c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, SEC to SIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
97c to 99c: corn, No.. 3, Sic to SIC;
oats, standard, 43c to 45c; rye, No. l,
SEC to SIC; barley, standard, 75c to 76c;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $4.CO
to $685.; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.OO to 5000; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50. 9.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $6.O5:
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. 2 red, Doc to BIC;
corn, No. 2, 6Oc to &c; oats, natural
white, sic to SIC; butter, creamery ,22e
to 24c; eggs, western, 13c to 16c.
Toledo-wheat, No. Q mixed, Ole to
93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, SOC to SEC:
oats, No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; rye, No.
2, 7Sc to Soc clover seed, prime, $3.50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

81 am so glad summer is coming
again." exclaimed the pretty girl. "Once
more I can hammock out on the lawn
where the crickets chirp and the mel
low moon peeps through the dogwoods-"
"And nave you secured your ham,
mock. dear?" asked her chum.
"Oh, yes, I hav added several ex-
ira ropes. Er-George weighs twenty
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

these will be treated in their relation to
some practical line of work. On the in
dustrial side the school will be divided
into two classes. one for those seeking
to become homemakers and the other for
those who aim, at least for a time, to be
self-supporting. For the first class en-
phasis will be given to all phases of do
nestle science and arts, and for the sec
ond a foundation will be laid in some dis
tinct taste. so that the pupil may be able
to enter upon the higher forms of the
various women's industries.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
Practical Training for Girls.

The Boston schoo committee has ap-
proved the recommendation of the SUI
perintendents to establish with the next
school year a girls high school OF prac-
teal arts with a four-year course, condl-
lions for admission to which Will be
equivalent to those of the regular high
schools. The theory of this school is to
rive opportunity to those pupils whose
talents lie in the direction of doing and
expressing rather than in acquisition. On
the academic side courses will be created
in English history, art, modern IAN
guages, mathematics ard science, but
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

at Is very difficult" said the liter
airy man, "to~ accurately adjust words
to the expression of fine differentiations
of thought. In other words, 1t is hard
to say exactly what we mean
at Is, CHI" rejoined Mr.. Meekton.
"You just ought to hear Henrietta tell
what she Observation-Disclosures Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
WOMAN TO INVESTIGATE
Receives Government appointment
TO Seek Truth About Panama.


to Seek Truth About Panama.
Miss Gertrude Beeks, of New York,
secretary of the Welfare Department
of the Civic Federation, has gone to
Panama to investigate the housing, food
and amusements of lahorers in the
canal zone. This is regarded as being
one of the most important commissions
ever awarded to Il oma by the gov
eminent. Secretary Taft gave her the
appointment, and the errand has the
sanction and support of President
Roosevelt. While this is the first I'M
portaut Federal commission which Miss
Bceks has had, she has Travelled from
one end of the country to the other In
the interest of Welfare work.
welfare Work FOR Government En-
ployes' is the latest departure in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
Rule Working Both Ways.

An English judge expresses the opin-
ion that husbands should have the le-
gal right to inspect and revise their
wives visiting lists. The women prob
ably would be glad to acquiesce, pro-
vided they were granted the same privi-
lege in respect to their husbands visit
ing MISREPRESENTATION Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

One of the landmarks of New York,
the old William e. Dodge home in Madi-
son avenue, Is making way for an 1tal-
ian garden between the homes of J. Pier
pont Morgan and his son. In the rear b
win build a great gallery to house hs
wonderful art objects
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
Negatively Preferred.

"You must remember that the peo-
sple who sent you to this high place did
it because they esteemed and trusted
you"
mo. they didn't" answered Senator
Sorghum; they did it merely because
they didn't like the man who was
against me."-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

Conowingo bridge, a covered wooden
structure a mile in length, over the Sus-
auehanna river, about ten miles north Of
Port Deposit, Md, was destroyed by a
supposed incendiary fire. The loss Il
placed at between 100000 and S125,OO0
Telephone and telegraph wires were de-
stroyed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
CONFLICTING Evidence.

Notwithstanding to statistics min
listers live longer than other profession
al men.
Hojax-which is right-statistics or
the proverb?
Tomdix4-What proverbg
Hojax-The one about the good cying
young.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

1T isn't right a man said to-day,
pathetically and Indignantly. A great
many things go on hat are not right,
and Indignation will not stop them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

A fresh egg will sink when placed II
water and rest On its side: If thre'
weeks old it will incline slightly with
the small end down; if three months
old it will float with large end out of
water more or less, according to age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28
He Ii.

my boy, l like YOU, and want you
to marry my daughter, but have you
spoken to her mother about itI'
an, .irsB
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

It's nice not to be at home when
some people all
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

in recent years the defendants have de-
feated the construction of independent
railroads which would nave permitted
the output of independent coal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

.Then, to cinch it for you, I'll cp.
pose the match."-Denver Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-28

1t pays to advertise In this paper.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
JOHN M'ILHENY IS ACCUSED
Rival Alleges TabascO Sauce Maker
SwOre Falsely.
Case Relating to Use of Trademark
Involves Presidents Louisi-
ana Appointee,

Memphis. June IA special from New
iberia, La. says that John McIlheny,
Lieutenant Of the Rough Riders. and re-
Gently appointed United States Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner by President Roosevelt,
Is accused Of making a false statement
in an affidavit TO secure the trademark
for the word ''Tabasco." which sauce has
been manufactured by his family on
Ayerys Island since 1858, as was revealed
by the fling of a suit by d rival concern
for $4,000 damages this afternoon.
The concern is the New Iberia Extract
Of Tabasco Pepper Company, which has
a plant here, and alleges that the Nc
Ilhenys mad their agents send circular
letters all over the country and Canada
threatening TO prosecute any one selling
any tabascO sauce not manufactured and
sold by the McIlheny concern, despite
the fact that the patent on tabasco
sauce had expired twenty years ago
1t Is also alleged that suit had been
filed against a Galveston concern for
using the word "Tabasco," and that the
court decided that the McIlhenys did
not have the exclusive right TO Il, and
that i'm making the affidavit for the regis
tration Of the trademark "Tabasco" in
February, 1905, John McIlheny said
that the word had been, to the best Of
his knowledge and belief, exclusively used
by his concern since 1865. when it was a
well-known fact that dozens Of sauce
used the word, and that
the McIlheny Company had a collec-
ton of such bottles Of TabasCo which it
had labeled its "ROgues' gallery"
The McIlheuy concern is a corporation
STYLED Z. McIlheny a. Son.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
Held IN RIS BRIDES Home
Georgia Groom, Prisoner Six Weeks.
Makes Escape.
Tells of Revolver Duel with Mife's
Brother in Complaint for
n Divorce.

Atlanta, Ga, June PA story Of mar
riage under duress and enforced i'm
prisonment Of six weeks in the brides
home, erdlng with an exchange Of re-
volver shots between her brother and
he groom, and the latter's escape, IS told
in suit for divorce filed to-day by L. Z.
Jones, young Atlanta business man.
against his wife, who was formerly Miss
Mamie DOster.
Jones, in his petition. admits he be-
came engaged TO Miss Doster last year.
Six weeks ago, he says. the girls father.
G. NJ. Doster, came to him and told him
that he must either marry his daughter
or be shot James Doster, the girls
brother, Jones asserts, also made threats.
Jones further says that he is no coward.
but he was compelled by the circum-
stances to obey; that the senior Doster
bought the license and compelled him 10
come to his house and be married. Jones
admits that the ceremony was regular.
but says that after the wedding he was
not allowed TO leave the house. and was
kept there practically a prisoner until last
night, when he escaped after an exchange
Of shots with his brother-in-law.
During the six weeks Of his detention
Jones further AYERS he was reported iii
and his bvOther-in-law looked after his
business. Both Jones and his bride be-
long to good families.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
WESTERN ROADS RAISE RATES
Five Per Cent Increase Between Mis-.
Sissippi and the Rockies.
Change TO Be Accomplished Through
Putting Up of Minimum Weight
Of Carload Shipments.
Special to The Washington Hcnld

Special TO The Washington Hcmid
Chicago. June 27-Freight rates in the
territory between the Mississippi River
and the Rocky Mountains will be ad-
vanced > per cent by the action of the
Western railroads in raising the minimum
on carload shipments and other changes
in the classification.
II has not yet been determined TO cancel
many of the carload commodity tariffs.
though few Of those whose usefulness
has passed will be cancelled and the com
modify rated according TO classification
It is the intention 70 cancel all less than
carload commodity rates, but as they
were made TO meet special conditions. the
shippers generally have not made anv
specific complaint.
The call for the meeting Of the Western
Classification at Charlevoix. Mich. July
16, was sent out yesterday. The docket
contains over twenty-five subjects. many
Of which were rulings issued by F. o
Becker, chairman OF the committee. since
January .. 1901, and will be ratified by
the committee. The most important OF
the subjects is "to revise the minimum
weights on which special committees
have been AT work.
There will be some changes in the fur
niture minimum, and rule GA will be
generally applied throughout the new
classification. The NEST drastic advance
will be in liquid carbon!c acid, which will
be increased from 24,0O0 to 1900 pounds.
Binding twine will be increased 1000, and
pianos 20J0 pounds in carloads. The min
imum on farm wagons will be reduced
4.000
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
SPLIT ON FAIRBANKS
MethOdiStS Are Shocked Over
Cocktails at Dinner.
R0OsEvELTS VISIT IS CAUSE
Prohibitionists Agituted Over Serv-
ing Seductive Appetizer at Dinner
tn Chief ExeCutive-Yice President
said to want to he Lay Delegate
TO Big Religious Convention.

indianapolis, Ind. June Z7-The temper
anCe class at the Methodist Church here
is preparing 70 oppose the selection Of
Vice President Fairbanks as a delegate to
the quadrennIaI conference OF the church.
TO be held in May, 1908. on the ground that
he caused cocktails to be served at the
dinner given President Roosevelt when
the latter was here at the Lawton Monu-
ment dedication.
The selection Of lay delegates from the
indianapolis conference will be made in
September, and It Is said that AIr. Fair
banks is anxious to be one Of the dele
gates.
Mr. Fairbanks Is a member Of the Merl-
dian Street Methodist Church. which has
selected Charles Z. Coffin and Oliver Car
son to represent the church in the In
diana Conference at Columbus. Il Is un-
derstood that these delegates have been
Instructed TO work hard for the selection
Of Mr.. Fairbanks as a delegate to the
larger conference.
Next May would be an opportune time
for Mr.. Fairbanks to appear as a mem
Der Of a great religious body, his friends
think, and Il is believed he is very anxious
to take advantage Of the opportunity.
However, the fact that he deiuged his
guests with cocktails and wine Will have
an important bearing on his selection as
a delegate. as the Methodist Church is
ono of the strictest Of denominations IN
It's requirements Of absolute temperance.
PrOhibitiOnists Agitnted.
The wine luncheon has already caused
great agitation among the prohibitlonlsts
Of the State.
Its official State organ, the Patriot Pha-
lanx, in its issue of to-day, contains a
bitter account of the wine luncheons. The
Phalanx refers to the alleged incident
before the dinner when it was learned
that the caterer had neglected to pro
vide the cocktails, and that Mrs. John n.
Garry, who was assisting Mrs. Fairbanks
Immediately telephoned to the Columbia
Club for forty of the necessary dinner
openers.
1t was related that Mayor Bookwalter
volunteered the use of his automobile
which was sent to the club. and that
when the guests arrived a Manhattan
cocktail stood at each plate.
Some of the most influential members of
the church have been appealed TO on both
sides, and 1t is expected that the selection
of delegates to the quadrennial conference
viii bring on lively controversy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
EXPLORER CONvICTS HIMSELF.
DR. Peters Proven Guilty of African
CFuelties by His Own Book.

Berlin, June H.-There were dramatic
scenes to-day in Munich in the course Of
the trial Of the libel suit Of Dr. Carl Pc
ters against the Munich Post.
DR.. Peters is suing the Post for accusing
him Of being guilty Of cruelty to the ma
tives while he was German imperial COM
missioner in East Africa in 1891. Dr.
Bebel, the Socialist leader in the Reichs-
tag, was on the stand and succeeded in
convicting Peters Of hendish cruelty by
quoting passages from a book that Peters
himself wrote. Peters protested excltedly
that the passages quoted were written in
a spirit OF humor one Of the sentences
read:
1--WE shot them the nativesl of the
trees Ike sparrows'
Other Of the passages were Of similar i'm
port
There was a long fight between Peters.
Bebel. and the judge about getting at the
name Of the person from whom Bebel got
the Information he used IN the Reichstag
in denouncing Peters. Bebel succeeded in
maintaining his refusal TO disclose the
name.
The proceedings were constantly inter
rupted by noisy partisan demonstrations
in the courtroom
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
CULT ROW SPLITS FAMILY.
Utica Druggist Leaves Christian
Scientist Wife.

Utica. n. Y. June 27.-Alfred II. VIII
liams, wealthy and prominent wholesale
druggist Of this city. who recently gained
considerable notoriety by assaulting his
wife, following a dispute with her on the
subject of Christian Science. to-day
signed an agreement by the terms Of
which the couple will hereafter live apart,
Williams to pay his wife $50 per week.
Williams maintains that the breaking
up Of his home is due to the adoption Of
Christian Science by his wife and the ef-
forts of Mrs. Williams to have their
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Williams. a
student at Wellesley College. embrace the
Christian Science Church.
Since the occurrence. Williams has in
augurated a determined campaign against
the Christian Science cult. varying his
pursuit Of business with the distribution
Of papers and pamphlets exposing tho al
legged evil influences Of the sect
The Williams family has occupied a
prominent position in local society. and
the rupture in domestic relations has
created a mild sensation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-06-28
SENTENCE DEFERRED.
Convicted Mayor of San FrHncisco
10 Hear IL Pronounced July q.

San Francisco, June Z7-Eugeae Z.
schmitz the convicted mayor Of san
Francisco. was TO have appeared before
Judge Dunne to-day for sentence on con-
yicton for the crime Of extortion In the
French restaurant cases. but the passing
Of sentence was postponed until July
g. As punishment for the onense the
penal code p-escr.ao~ cCu- ameut iu tha
penitenuary not % exceed five years. 1t
is within the province Of Judge Dunno 90
name the length Of the sentence which
Schmitz must serve.
When sentence is imposed upon Schmitz
Judge Dunno VIII be iu position 70 clear
the way for the reorganization Of the
city government II viii rest with him
to send official word 20 the supervisors
that Schmitz has been sentenced 10 state
prison and that It Is within their power
TO iii the vacancy thus created In the
mayors Office