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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
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C'hica go-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, S4.W
to 5000: sheep, fair to choice, S3.U
to S4.4O; wheat. No. 2, Csc to $1.W
corn. No. 2, zoe to tic: oats, standard,
46c to 47c; rye, No. 2. 74c to Toe; Aay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie. $S.NI
to S11.OO; butter. choice creamery, 23c
to 26c: eggs. fresh, 23c to 25c: potatoes,
per bushel, 52c to &c.
St. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to S1.25; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to $4.2o
wheat, No. ., $1.O1 to $1.03; corn, No. 2,
64c to Coo; oats, No. 2, 4Jc to 46c; rye,
No. 2, re to 13c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, 800 to $3.50
hogs, $500 to $500: sheep, $500 to
1918: wheat. No. ., $1.O1 to S1.O3: corn,
No. 2 mixed, 7Ec to 76c; oats, No. z
mixed, 4Sc to <.,c; rye, No. 2, SOC to SIC
Detroit-Ca' tie, $500 to $3.50; hogs
$500 to So. e: sheep, $3.50 to $3.50
with No. ., $1.OO to $1!O2; corn, No.
yellow, TIC to 10c; oats, No. B white
49c to SOC: rye. No. ?, 76c to TIC.
Milwar.kee-Wheat, No. 2 northern
S1.Oa to- $1.O5; corn, No. 3, 69c to zoe
oats, standard, SOC to sic; rye, No. l
73c 70 74c; barley, No. l, sc to Gle
por!!, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers
s4.OO to $3.50; hogs. fair to choice, S4!N
to S6.2J; sheep, common to good mixed
$500 to $4.75: lambs, fair to choice
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle. $4.GO to $3.50;
hogs, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $500 te
1915: wheat, No. 2 red, $1.07 to S1.S
corn, No. 2. 7Gc to TIC; oats, natura.
| white. SOC to 52c; butter, creamery, 2oe
| to &c: eggs. western, PIC to 25c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed, Sl.OO tc
S1!O2; corn. No 2 mixei. Zoe to Ilcj
| oats, No 2 mixed, Acc to soc: rye, No
| 9. TIC to 7Sc; clover seed. October, 4.95
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping, s3.V
| to 1918; hogs, good to choice heavy
| s3.5O TO Sb.O5: sheep. common to prime
$3.50 to 1915; wheat, No. 2, $1.OO te
s1yO1 corn. No. 2 white, 76c to TIC; oats
| No. 9 white, 4Sc to 40c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
PLAGUE OF
Vast Areas in South America Am
Being Ravaged by Them.

DSA
Vast regions in South America are
being devastated by locusts, This is
the third successive season III which
they lave appeared in countess sWarms
and every vestigc of vegetation Oh
which cattle and sheep suDsist Is pelns
DESTROYED. The countries chiefly affect
ed are Argentina, Bolivia. southern
Brazil. Paraguay and Uruguay In
these countries the swarms nave been
steadily increasing for Il number OF
years. They are supposed TO originate
in the S%outhcrIy part OF the Amazon
basin and in the Chaco of BOLIVIA and
of northern Argentina. they mad come
from the north in clouds that sometimes
darken the sun and some of the Swarms
have been estimated 10 be ~ miles
long and from II to II miles wide. But
these billions of flying insects are only
the forerunners of the greater mlschlel
to come.
They make desolate the area in
which they settle. but often Junlp VIDE
areas in their flight. Before they take
10 the wing they lay billions of eggs in
Tue wal IL l "hiNh -
become hopDers. 1t is this young. vora-
,ious brood. before it Il fly, That ut
terly strips the lane of everything
green as though it had beer burned
over.
All the governments are fighting the
evil. Two years ago the Argentine gov
ernment organized Il commission for
tho laStr1rtjnn Of thp locust, Last
wear the Argentine Congress placed $4,'
SOC, 900 at the disposal of this omlnls
sion. subcommittee represent the
general commission in every depart
ment exposed to these i~nvasiouS ana
they extend from the northern limit OF
agriculture in h republic to the Neu-
uuen river. almost to Patagonia. EV-
erything possible is one to minimize
the damage.
A fine of 100 pesos is imposed upon
any settler failing to report to the sub
committee in his district the presence
of locust swarns OF hopper eggs on his
land. An organized service embracing
thousands of men is in readiness at any
moment to send a force, to any place
where danger is reported. The most
effective war is waged against the
young hoppers.
The official report is that as many as
$1,000 hopper eggs have been counted
ia q space less than three n a half
feet square. A p%rodigious number or
the young insects are destroyed soon
after Matching by means of sprinkling
carts filled with arsenic water or other
poisonous liquids. Still many of them
escape and the country they cover is
too vast to be entirely treated with the
sprinkling process. Fortunately the
young hoppers have a habit that faclil-
tltes the destruction of millions more
of them. By the time they are TWO
weeks old they hav developed an enor-
nous appetite. But they do not set
out to eat up the world in thin array
or scattered attachments. They collect
here and there in compact masses 10
move forward on the food. and h
an army of hoppers advances from one
space to another there is nothing left
to eat on the ground they have de-
serted. They cannot fly, they move
forward only from 400 to 600 feet a
day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
WOMAN A COOK, NOT A VOTER
Falconio Says She Should Get Busy
with Home and Children.

ITO be able to mind her own business
and get busy" is the panacea, some
what briefly and l~aconicalIy expressed,
for the restlessness and disIuietude OF
American women according TO his eX-
~cellency, Mgr. DiOmede FalcOno, apos-
tolic delegate to the United States. ex-
pressed at Archbishop Glennon's resi-
dence in st. Louis.
do you think the modern woman
would be happier were she to become
more of a factor, politically and pub
lic1y, in order that she may rear better
statesmen and men of affairs?"
81 think she should attend to her
husbands home and take care of her
children and see that their dinner is
well cooked. If she will see to her own
business and be busy in her house she
will be happy"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

l5l9-The Spaniards under Cortez en-
tered the strong and populous city
of Cholula.
16S3-The colonial charter of Massachu-
sets was annulled by the British
government.
1G92-The British government took
away William PENIS proprietary
rights in Pennsylvania.
l7O1-Philadelphia first chartered by
William Penn.
1774-Brig Peggy Stewart and its cargo
of tea destroyed by the patriots al
Annapolis, The first Ameri-
can Congress, having finished Its a."
alterations, adjourned 1.-The pro
vincial congress of Massachusetts dc
termined to enlist men for the de
Tense of the province. for the first
time. under the name of Minute Men.
lS05-BritiSh transport Aeneas wrecked
off Newfoundland. with a loss OF
$40 mon.
1SO7-Russia declared war against Great
Britain.
1Sl2-Russians re-entered Moscow fol
lowing the evacuation Of the city by
tia French.
tS13-Commodore Perry, accompanied
by Gen. Harrison and Gen. Gaines,
arrived in Erie and was received
with great enthusiasm. United
States frigate Congress captured ard
DESTROYED the British ship Rose.
1Sl4-British ship Bulwark captured the
American privateer Harlequin, 10
guns, 115 men.
1S25-Final completion of the Erie canal
celebrated at Albany.
1S26-First daily paper issued in Roch-
ester, n. Y.
l42-Completion of the Croton water
works celebrated in New York.
lS44-Boiler explosion on the Ohio river
steamer Lucy Walker at New AL
bany killed more than fifty persons
1S5O-The Northwest Passage discovered
by Captain Mcclure of the Invest
gator. First national! convention
of the Woman's Suffrage party met
in Worcester, Mass.
1S54-Remains of Sir John Franklin's
exploring party discovered near Great
Fish River Buck, in the Arctic
ocean.
lS55-Hrand Trunk railway opened to
Brockville, Ontario.
1S4-Petroleum discoveries made in
Monroe county, Michigan.
1S66-Twentv-fve hundred houses de-
stroyed by fire in the French quar-
ter of Quebec. . -. Dedication of the
Stoncwall Jackson cemetery at Win
chester, Va.
1S6S-Shock of earthquake felt at San
Francisco.
lS74-EpiscopaI conference in session in
New York adopted a resolution OPP
posing ritualism in the church ser
vice.
1S7S-The Hon. Simon Hugh Holmes be-
came Premier of Nova Scotia.
1SS3-The Marquis of Lansdowne as
sumed Office as governor general OF
Canada.
1SS4-Republicans carried the State and
congressional elections in Ohio.
1SS7-Queen Victoria Eugene of Spain
born.
1S91-Philips Brooks consecrated bishop
of Massachusetts.
19O1-The ship Perseverance, with four
teen men, lost in the Arctic region.
19N4-Episcopal bishops agreed upon di-
vorce canon which permits remar-
rage of innocent parties.
l9O5-President Roosevelt visited North
Carolina... President Roosevelt Wis
tied birmingham, Ala.
Observation-Disclosures Trust Company OF
New York suspended payment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

At Il wedding breakfast the bache-
iors present were urged to state their
reasons for remaining single. Among
those given were the following:
Il am like Il frog in the fable. who.
though he loved the water. would not
jump into the well because he could
not jump out again"
II an too selfish and honest enough
to admit it."
81 nrcfer, on the one hand, liberty,
refreshing sleep, the opera. midnight
runners. quiet seclusion. dreams, CT
cars. & bank account and club to. on
tile other hand, disturbed rest, cold
meat. baby linen, soothing syrup, rock
ing l,crsas. bread pudding and empty
pockets.
II have a twin brother, and we have
never had n secret from n another.
He is married"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
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The sleepy Song.
AS soon as the hre burns red and low,
And the house upstairs is still,
She sings me a queer little sleepy song,
OF sheep that go over the hill.
The good little sheep run quick and soft,
Their colors are gray and white;
They follow their leader nose to tail,
For they must be home by night.
And one slips over and one comes next,
And one runs after behind.
The gray ones nose at the white ones
tail.
The top of the hill they find.
And when they get to the top OF the NH
They quietly slip away.
But one runs over and one comes next
Their colors are white and gray.
AND over they go, ana over they go.
And over the top Of the hill. g
The good little sheep run quick and soft
And the house upstairs is still.
Ard enc slips over and one comes next,
The good little, gray little sheep.
J. watch how the fire burns red and low.
And she says that I fall asleep.
Josephine Dodge Daskam.
Home, Sweet Home.
Mid pleasures and palaces tho We may
roam,
BE it ever so humble, there's no place
like home;
A charm from the skies seems to hallow
US there,
Which, seek thro' the world. is nc'er
met with elsewhere.
Home, home. sweet, sweet home.
There's no place like home.
Oh, there's no place like home.
l gaze on the moon as ! tread the dr"ar
wild,
And feel that my mother nsw thinks Of
her child;
AS she looks on that moon from our own
cottage door,
Thro' the woodbine whose fragrance
shall cheer me no more.
An exile from home, splendor dazzles in
vain;
Oh, give me my lowly matched cottage
again;
The birds singing gaily that came at my
Give me them, and that peace OF mind
dearer than all.
John Howard Paine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
AN EASTERN MAGICIAN.
The Feat a Ceylon Fakir Is Said to
Have Performed.

The Feat a Ceylon Fakir Is Said to
Have Performed.
This curious picture of an Eastern
magician is from Caroline Corners
"Ceylon, the Paradise Of Adam" The
fakir forthwith commenced to unpacE
the burden On his back, the principal
item being a bamboo framework or
scaffolding. This he held with his right
hand, while he mounted step by step
of bamboos. At the summit, q height
perhaps Of eleven feet, he paused. with
arms extended to effect a balance.
For some reason Or other the frame
work remained perfectly steady and
perpendicular, while the faker stretch
ed himself out like a spider on its web.
At intervals on the bamboos wer"
heavy nails, rusty, but sharp at the
point. These nails distinctly penetrat-
ed the mans mahogany-colored fesh
when he stretched himself out on the
framework.
Thus he remained, a hideous woun
made by each nail, from which the
purple blood flowed, lying there for the
space Of ten minutes or so, except for
the blood a lifeless figure Of clay.
Then, muttering some strange gibber-
ISL. animation returned, and, making
movements so that the nails were ex-
tracted from the wounds, the fakir
with his toes kicked away the scat
folding and remained himself alone I'M
supported in midair.
Yes, there this weird creature re-
manned. his lean, chocolate-colored
limbs apparently stiff and ~cataleptic.
his eyes fixed upward and glazed. It's
a fact said Cynthia, in low tones of
wonder. AT home they would say we
we're hypnotizrd.'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Novel Mercantile Method.

In the big new skyscraper of the Wanna
maker department store st New York the
fall season has been inaugurated with
an elaborate exhibit called the house
pasatial.'' which is attracting thousands
of sightseers. Eight entire stories are
devoted to a display of the interior fur
nishings of modern homes Of the we'll
to-do. But the particular feature OF it 10
a complete reproduction, of the home OF
a millionaire, in which each room is ar
ranged just as would be for living. auc
each represents a different period or style
of decoration.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company it was announced that a policy
of expansion had been decided upon
which would enable the company to sup
ply most of the railroad equipment west
of the Missouri river. At the same time
it was understood that the Gould inter-
ests had withdrawn from the control OF
the company ang that John d. Rookie
Teller had been asked to name the man
ayers. This is taken to mean that the
oil trust is about to wage battle with
the steel trust.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
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An Iowa woman insists that heaven
5 filled with pianos. 1t will be noted
hat the mechanical players are not in
.iuded.-New York World.
When the wireless telephone comes
nto general use "Central' can pu'
away forever that tiresOme old chest
nut, The line is busy.'-Boston Globe,
pugilist Nelson got only $1,36S for
whipping another man. However, there
Heally are people who habitu&lly d" use
vi things and don't get SO much in a
renr.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Somebody has started Il new religion
md reduced the Ten Commandments I"
seven. Before we pass Judgment on ms
religion we want to see which OF the
zen the mau cut out.|Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Birthday celebrations in honor OF
rolstoi are discouraged by the Car.
rhe literary man in politics does not
ind anything like the encouragement in
Russia that he enjoys in this country
Washington Cd. c. Star.
\ lutN I -
story wants information us to how a
political convention is conducted. Gen
rally speaking the convention is opened
With prayer and conducted with f1Ve
aces and a razor.-Louisvillc Courier
Journal.
It has been said that there are no
oaidheaded men in the asylums for the
insane. We suspect this is true: at
east. save for rare and unimportant
receptions. This is an important thing
or the anti-baldheads to speculate up
on: it may we'll furnish them food for
serious and earnest Notwithstanding
ION Cd. c. Herald.
1t has been for many years notorious
that modern chemistry has been prosti-
tuted to the service of adulteratlon.
Nay not an appeal be made to the more
conscientious professors OF one or the
greatest modern sciences, and may they
not be asked to bring their learning ana
their proficiency int he field FOR the
assistance Of honesty and fair dealing?
London Times.
1t is unfortunate that there should be
IN election for State, county or mu-
nicipal offices in any State the day, or
aver the year, of a Presidential election
" congressional election. These offices
nave to do with the nation, and the
public mind should contemplate the Is
sues presented untrammeled by the
Hickerings, the %jealousies and the fac
ions Of local politics.-Washington Cd.
~ Post.
The influence of the temperance cam
,aign in Great Britain has been greater
han anyone could have imagined. The
nverage consumption of beer in ten
ears has fallen from t~hirty-two to
venty-seven gallons per head. while the
consumption of distilled liquors has de-
.reased to less than one-half While
he population increased 100000, con
sumption fell off 100000 gallons.-The
Independent.
One of the latest arrivals home from
Europe reports hat in all his numerous
tours abroad he has never noted such a
dearth of travellers from h United
States. Many Of the largest hotels in
France. Switzerland and Italy have re-
manned practically empty all summer.
The testimony of travellers is somewhat
conflicting on this subject, but he
weight Of the evidence indicates an of
season for tourists abroad. We've been
ccOnOmiZing.-BOSton Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

1t has just been learned that n most
exhaustive study of the effects of the use
of deadly acids in the preservation OF
canned foods has been going on in New
York City for the past four months.
Three physicians and an expert chemist
have subjected themselves to experiments
soon to be made public. The men are
Doctors Lucas, Ringer ana Harvey and
Chemist Edward O'Brien. They have
each faken go grains of the much-talked-
Of hcnzoic acid. yet show practically no
i'll effects 50 fac.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
IS FINED.
Georgia Court of Appeals Affirm
Former Conviction.

Former COnV1CC1Ou.
The Rev. Walt Holcomhe, a sou-ln-
law of the late Sam P. Jones OF Car
tersville, Ga, must pay a fine of SOU
for using improper language in the pull
pit when there were women in the con-
gregation. The Court Of Appeals this
week affirmed the verdict of the lower
court.
In affirming the conviction the Court
of Appeals said: 1T was not the ri
bcidry of some low-grade comedian in a
se%cond-class theater; it was the indie
cent Jest of a minister of the gospel.
made in Il house devoted to the services
of God. in the presence of some 3,0Oo
wo1shipers. aimed at a female member
of the congregation whose excess or
adipose happened to excite his atten-
ton"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Prohibition Cuts Arrests.

At the recent meeting of the League Of
American Municipalities. Mayor Joyner
of Atlanta gave. figures from the court
and police records of that city, showing a
falling off of more than 30 per cent in
rhe number of arrests for drunkenness
and misdemeanors attributable to drink
since the establishment of prohibition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

A group of prominent New Workers haA
organized to build a $215,00O apartment
house, with twenty-four apartments. eada
of which is to be occupied by its owner.
The occupants are to organize an associA-
ton to manage the house under ninety
nine-year lease by choosing a board OF five
lspno%o,.c asHHa ~.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

John s. K"rredv. the Scotch iron milk
ionaire of New York, who has been .
heavy contributor to public institutions
for years. has given $1.OOO,OOO to the
Presbyterian hospital there
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

Four new steamships are to be uit
for the White Star line service. Two will
be the largest ever launched. being BE-
tween 900 and 1000 feet in length.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

In a fight over an estate left by theiE
father. Joseph and Thomas Mattingly.
aged SO and 35, respectively, were killed
q Cranssville, W. Va.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

AS soon as people begin to think they
are important. they begin to talk
'ouder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

How fat a fat can geti
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

The cruiser Colorado, which went on
the rocks at Double Bluff, Puget Sound,
was more seriously damaged than at
first was supposed. An examination ut
the Bremerton navy yard showed tina
her forward plates were badly dented
in several places, and that the plates
were sprung. 1t will be necessary to
put the vessel in dry dock for perhaps
thirty days to make repairs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

The board Of immigration inspectors
held a special session at Boston and in
vestigated the causes of about 100 Nor
mon women converts who arrived on
board the steamship Republic. AS a
result of the examination forty girls
we're held for further inquiry. and two
will be sent back to Liverpool, England
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

The chief engineer of the Panama
Canal reports the total excavation for
September as 3,15S,SSG cubic yards,
making the total excavation since the
United States took hold Of the work
O .5O6,317 cubic yards. This leaves
81 1883 S3 yards to be dug to complete
he canal at the S5-foot level.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

The OctOmer issue of the Army and
Navy Life tells of a letter written to
the Navy Department by Commander
4. L. Key. of the Fore River ship
yards several months ago, which was
the moving cause in the summoning of
the war college at Newport. Speaking
of the Dakota, now building in that
yard, Key said that ships of that type
could not. stand up against the fire of
Pinch guns for thirty minutes. owing
to the position of the 5-inch armor.
He also charged that all the vessels of
the Atlantic fleet are considerably
overdraught.
-:-:-
President Roosevelt has announced
positively that he is going to Africa
for the sole purpose of hunting big
game. and does not expect to meet any
titled ~personages from the other side
Mr.. Roosevelt and his son Quentin. n
taxidermist and IA naturalist from
the national museum will constitute
the Roosevelt party. These scientists
are to preserve specimens of African
animals for the national museum
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1908-11-06

! A beautiful home wedding took place
at the residence of the brides mother,
Mrs. Ella Stanfeld, at O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. uniting Mr.. William
Bailey Herbert and Miss Bette Stan
field, Rev. Theodore Koopman, assisted
by Rev. j. w. Dorman, performing
the impressive ceremony. Only the
immediate members OF the res ective
families we're present. The ceremony
was followed by reception at the
home of the groom's parents, at the
Herbert House, to be followed by one
at the residence the brides mother
this evening. The bride is one ofLex
ington's most popular young ladies, of
charming personality, cultivated mind,
rare accomplishments and those subtitle
and attractive graces of mind and heart
so characteristic Ct the Southern girl
the very perfection of ideal woman
hood. The groom is IN o. our most
prominent and emerge ic young busi-
ness men, of sterling worth and exam.
plary character. who numbers as his
friends all who know him. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hel bert have rooms at Mr.. G. w.
Stigler's, where they will make their
home Their legions of friends join
he Advertiser in extending cordial f-li-
icltations and hearty wishes for long
and supremely happy life.
G. F. Nixon came over from Tchula
yesterday to complete moving his
household goods to that place.
J. M. Alexander, who is noted as
an expert in telling huge fish stories,
gives us this one this week, which he
asserts to be absolutely true. He went
to Patterson pond this week and
caught three front that aggregated
in weight five pounds. The largest
In the mess tipped the scales at three
pounds and measured 18 inches in
length.
Judge o. F. Hosea, Howard Fonville
and Wilson were initiated into the ar
cana of the first rank in Pythianism
Wednesday night.
w L. Smith, of Tolarville, spent
Monday and Tuesday in the city as
member of the boa d Of supervisors.
Up to Wednesday night, November
4, the compress at this place had han.
died 1895 bales of cotton, on same date
last year 1854 bales, a difference of
1348 in favor of last year.
Miss Julia Watson ON Saturday af-
ternoon entertained the Whist Club,
and in the evening gave bridge par
tv TO number of friends.