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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

green ribbon. The other hat is white
on the outside. with a turned over brim
faced with red brown straw. The roses
are placed in fiat masses at each side
and are bright pink.
The new toques are a comfortable
size, for which elderly women will be-
thankful. The majority of these hats
are ON the large urban order, and
ing to the beyond her first
youth, who likes to dress smartly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
PLEADING MAN" IN A PLAY
Term Nearly Away Ni.leadinE rs
1t Is Con, aionly Used.

1t Is Con,aionly Used.
What Is more misleading than the
general term leading man or lead
ing woman?" In nipe cases out Of ten,
to describe the leading man Is to de-
scribe the lover in the play, says the
Theater Magazine. In many cases he
is not the Neadipg man ut all in the
true sense OF the word, and there Is sell
dom n company organized in which
there is not an implied conflict of in
terests over this question: Broadly
speaking, the most important CHI &C
ters in n play are the lovers anil the
villaiu-I prefer "villain" to ~''hcuvy,"
and only regret that we M say
"villainnesS'-the character that is in
PRODUCED in every we'll regulated play
as the antAgonistic force to suspend
the interest il the foreshadoWel hap
by ending when the lovers shall fall
into each others arms. But the low
ers in the modern play are not always
the leading roles, the protagonists; and
the love story often is but a shadow
graph against a more imposing back
ground of events.
In Camille" Armand and Mdlle.
Gautier are undoubtedly the leading
characters; but in His House in Or.
DER and THE Hypocritcs"-to quote
at random-they are not. Yet the
young fellow who plays the lover COM
placently calls himself the leading man
and why? In the majority of mod
prn nlov We tho 1nynr iC p1Crnlv tho li1rht
comedian, the old -styl" walking gentle
man and his swtetlf2art Is the ingenuo
not the leading lady by any process
of sane reasoning. Yet these two
youngsters precnipt an Importance to
which implicitly you must doff your
hat In profound respect or be run
down, while the elder persons and the
better actors, who assume a much more
vital place in the events, are dismissed
with scnnt courtesy, as though they
were merely introduced to support
these simplcs.
A young fellow adopts Il professional
caree:, and because he is tall and
handsome he is, In a year or two,
showed into the part Of the lover.
uellCtlOI WhEN ue WALKS bIold"t S
with a cane and white spats and calls
himself a leading man. while the elder
actor who has learned his business
from the ground up and plays the in
t:igant in the piece is pushed into a
subordinate position by general consent.
All the world loves a lover" mayhap,
but it does Q follow hat all the
world loves a bad actor In the role.
Booth, by contrast, made IGgO stand
out in brilliant relief, though Iago was
an arch villain. AsSuredly Booth was
a star Of the first magnitude and
OtllellO cuts a tremendous figure as a
lover. But II I were to attempt q
classification, l would call that actor
the leading man and that actress the
leading woman who managed to make
their parts the most vital element of
the performance consistent with the OBJ
ject of the action or plot OF the play,
whether they were the lovers or not.
and 1 would follow the German sys-
tenn Of calling the youngsters, whose
only function Is to overcome parental
objections or other impediments to the
ultimate end Of their joint happiness
plain lovers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

One Of the seasons revivdls in street
materials is rrunella cloth, a fabric
something on the order Of a cash
mere, but heavier, and therefore more
satisfactory from the ~tailor's stand
point. This year it is brought out in
shadow stripes, that showing the chev-
ron being particularly good.
Many new suits are made with quite
plain cutaway coats i'll which Sits have
been made on both sides of the front
and through which broad sOutache
braid has beer run The same idea is
used also as a decoration for cuffs. and
the Sits are best buttonhOled, so that
the braid will not tear the material. The
end of the braid is inferred and fin
= ished in a silk tassel.
The newest of sleeves is a combina-
ton Of the mikado and the kimono.
arranged so that, although the arm
hole is fairly small on the top of the
sleeve, there is no seam. The waist
and sleeve together are gathered into
the usual fullness, used in the ordi-
nary way. This allows sufficient ma
teria1 for the sleeve to be arranged in
a puff at the top and gathered again at
elbow length. Thus the plain look of
the kimono sleeve is modified to a
great extent and the fullncss at the
shoulder is so becoming to many wom-
en- that they have found the last year
of japanese fashions very trying.
A pretty blouse, easily made at home,
might be copied after II seen on Il
shopping tour. 1t was simply bands
of cheap cluny insertion, the kind for.
merly used on curtains, sewed togeth-
err the length of tbs blouse and made
perfectly plain. The small puff sleeves
were made in the same way, and the
collar was Q band of the same. This
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
To. Much for Uncle Juniper.

The Mississippi court room was pack
ed with negroes, and it was fairly evi-.
dent, say a contributor to the Taylor
Trotwood M~agazane, that something OF
unusual interest was about to trans
pire. Within the bar, on the prisoners
seat, an old negro leaned eagerly for
ward as his attorney argued his plea.
not guilty" before the jury.
"W1o, gentlemen Of the jury, has
sworn that he saw this man commit
this theft?" demanded the attorney.
I'VE lave broken every link In thA
chain Of circumstantlal evidence with
which the State has tried to %entanglas
him. Why, his n~eighbor, Tom Jones'
swore that he sold him the meat that
was found in the defendants house,
and that he shot the hog because 1t was
wild.
ut Is true that Colonel Smith swore
that one OF his hogs disappeared about
Dec. %. and that about fifty yards
from a certain stump he found blood,
and then followed a trail Of blood from
that spot to this defendants cabin. But
what Of thatT
This defendant told you-and his.
wife and brother swore the same-that.
that was the blood Of a coon which he
had shot and carried home the day be-
| fore Smith lost his hog. Civ him JUS
| tice as you would do If he were a white
man. He cannot help being black. The
| leopard cannot change his spots nor
the Ethiopian his skim For twenty
years he has been a leader In the
church. Let him remain free to enjoy
the bread Of life with others of the
faithful"
As the lawyer sat down, the women.
| who had been weaving" back and fortha
for some minutes, commenced to shout .:
Dress de LnwdW
"Dar, now!"
eve knows yo's innocent, Brer Juni-'
perl"
The sheriff had to threaten to clear
the court room before order was re
stored. When at last there was silence
the district attorney rose.
"Gentlemen of the jury" he began.
in closing the case for the state, IT
desire only to bring a picture to your
minds"
Here the prisoner adjusted his big
brass-rimmed spectacles as II to see b
picture, and his manner showed that he
was determined to let no detail escape
him.
1.-THE t~wenty-third Of last December
continued the district attorney. found
Juniper Bradley without meat. His
son was coming to spend Christmas
with him. Blu Juniper didSnot worry,
for only half a mile away in Marse
Smiths woods were some fat hogs.
IAN hour before sunset Juniper wRs
kneeling behind a large stump in thesa
woods, with his rifle pointing toward 9
hog that, at some distance away, was
roofing among the leaves"
The district attorney paused. Taking
O cane to represent q rife, he knelt be
hind a chair. After some minutes OF
moving to right and left, now raising;
now lowering his rifle, he took careful
aim and then fired, initiating the noise
Of a report very successfully.
At the sound Juniper, who had been
smiling, apparently oblivious to every.
thing save the district attorneys move
ments, exclaimed:
"Yas, sub, OATS des de way I done
hit, boss! !"
The laugh that followed brought
Juniper to n realization Of what he had
done, and he shufiied round in the pris-
oner's seat, muttering, "Nigger got no
show, nohow!"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

Ned Hill, from the city, two miles dis
tant, who had come to the Ford farm
house for a short visit. When Ned
said, Lets go on and find out If he
needs u.s." he and Hal jumped OIL their
wheels and raced Oh to old Joe's cabin.
1t was indeed rs Ned had surmised.
Old Joe needed them. They found him
with the beloved violin grasped tightly
in one hand, clinging to the door post
with the other.
"Mah Iaigs seem to hev give out" he
replied to their questioning II cayant
seem to get In de do"
The boys helped him in and to bed.
DE good Lawd must hev sent YOU"
he calculated as he fell back on his bed
with a grateful sigh and a faint smile.
de mls'ry In nah laigs made 'em
stiff an stumblin' like, but he good
Lawd is massiful an kim; He sent
you"
He smiled upon the minister!ng boys
in such n way that it brought tears to
the eyes of the tender-hearted Ned, who
felt as IL he had received a benediction.
The old lock On a shelf In the cor
ner struck nine.
"We'd better be going home," said
Hal: "mother'Il be worrying"
"Then you'd better CO." was Ned's
answer; Pm going to stay here to-
night. Do you want me, old Joe?"
"Eh?' said the old man, his eyes
Frightening; want you? Course I does,
but you mustn't stay. You must go
go home"
Ned, however, in the goodness Of his
heart, stayed. When old Joe fell asleep
Ned laid down on an old lounge and
slept, too. He was reused by the old
man talking in his sleep. Phyllis
and "Chloe" were the names ~oftenest
on his lips. At dawn he wanted to get
up and Ned helped him dress and go to
his old arm chair.
9" wondah whar Chloe Isl" said old
Joe rather feebly.
"Tell me about her." begged Ned.
do you want herr"
so old Joe told the story Of how
Chloe wen away years ago with Cae.
sar Augustus Willing IAN had neber
come home"
Truth is stranger than felton," !;
Is said, and a strange thing happened
then. Ned jumped on his wheel and
raced to the village, where he boarded
the trolley and was whirled away tc
the city.
Mother" he said, i've come fol
Chloe. You'll spare her, won't your
and he told all he had seen and all Hal
had told him Of old 0
"But, Ned, dear, our Chloe Isn't old
Joe's daughter, you know" che expos
tuiated.
perhaps old Joe won't know
mother. He is failing, l can see that
and Chloe may comfort him."
"All right said his mother; "let
Chloe go if she will; bless your kind
hearth
Before another night closed II
Chloe, a kind hearted, sunny-faced girl
was with old Joe, who was failing
steadily, mind and body. At sight Of
her he fairly trembled WITH Joy.
Chloe" he cried out, 'mah houey
chilei"
His own Chloe had beea in The othA'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
Tie Holder to Your Waist.

The most convenient thing about the
kitchen is "a holder on a string" Make
holder of some thick washable mate
rial. To one corner fasten a white
tape. about one yard long. Tie or pin
the other end of tape to your apron
belt, and it is always there ready to
use. This will save many steps,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
Blonde ShamDOO.

Peroxide should never be used. A
shampoo that affects some blondes IA
vorably is made of two ounces each of
honey and dried rhubarb put
into six ounces Of white wine. This
should be shaken well and stand, tight
ly covered. and applied evenly owe the
head and hair. letting it dry on. Sham
then proceeds as usual, except
that no soap is used.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
Frauds in WEIGHTS.

A lump Of damp putty stuck to the
under side of the pan of a scale is one
of the many ways by which dishonest
from n to four ounces to the pound
of the goods they are purchasing, says
Popular Mechanics. The lump of wet
putty lies Oh a ledge back of the coun-
ter, and is deftly attached to the bot
tom Of the pan as it is placed on the
scale.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

Foulard is the preferred lining of
spring suits and of summer serges and
flannels, the lining edges trimmed pref
tily in different ways. Dressy after
noon cloaks are lined with loose layers
OF mousseline de sole, and enchanting
ly fresh and dainty is a loose lining Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
Possibilities OF PROFIT.

"You couldn't interest that capital.
ist in yOur flying machine?'
NO." answered the inventor. Il con-
vinced him that it was practical, but he
couldn't see It because there were no
provisions made FOR strap-hapging
Observation-Disclosures STAR
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

A lightweight suiting of a rich
brown color was chosen for this suit.
And satin was used for the collar and
bands. The coat has the pointed front
and back and is closed with fancy but
tons. The skirt is a plain circular with
shaped bands. 7
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

could be varied by inserting Il collar
and square ncckpiece of tucked net,
edged with valrncicnncs. and malong
cuffs to match, while velvet or ribbon
of the color of the suit with which
it is worn could be introduced with
good effect.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

ly strong and normal just because he
has taken a wife and she wants him to
reform.
Men are not made in this way, and
the woman who marries a man to re-
form him is spelling her own life and
sacrificing her happiness in a cause
already lost.-Jessic NJ. partition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
h ~DiRerence.

"Ah, yes" said Kwoter, death IN
impartial. It seeks out the pool man
and the rich man alike
"Not exactly alike" replied Wiseman.
"In the latter case 1t is usually ac-
co.npanied by Observation-Disclosures
Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

The larger hat is a straw in natural
color, with roses matching it on the
outside, but shading to pink round the
corner. The stems and foliage eX-
tend out over the brim and mingle
with the bows of ch%angeable rose and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29
Tha Wor.t Pnrt.

$50 your daughter Is going to marry
n title?" said the old acquaintance.
'No,' answered Mr.. Cumrox, "it,s
worse than that, She's got to take .
fellow that l don't like along with it,
-Washineton Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

and to every two gallons add n pound
of glue. The cracks must be filed solid
and even with the boards.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-29

In the onion-raisers' union there
should - strength.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-09

The Warren Engine company will
give their annual dance in this city
on June 18th. Active preparations for
the event are already under way.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-09
OFFICIAL MONEY COUNT.
STATE OF NEVADA,
County Of Ornsby. SIS.


w G. Douglass and r. c.
stoddard being duly sxorn, sew
orally say hey are members Of the
Board Of Examiners Of the State Of
Nevada; that on the 21st day Of May,
1908, they latter having ascertain
ed from the books OF the State
Controller the amount Of money whic
should be n the treasury made an
official examination and count Of the
money and vouchers for money in the
State Treasury OF Nevada, and
founl the same correct as follows:
Coin -,....---.-------.-.-.-.--- $+56,o1111
Paid Com Vouchers not
returned to CONTROLLED. lQ2.o53.87
State School Fund Securities
Erredeemabl- Nevada state
School Bond, ...... 3>0.gv0 %
Massachusetts. State
rer cent bonds . 100000
Nevada State 5onds.-,.. lSLo0ooo
massachusetts, STATE 3aa
per cent bonds - a13,00ooa
United states bonds 215.oo0Go
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
SUITS OVER DEFECTIVE HOSE.

4 prospect of better things is afforded in the
announcement that suits at law will be brought
by the city against the concerns which supplied
to If the defective hose which has caused the
Fire Department so much trouble, and also
against the bonding companies which were
their guarantorS. 1t is of course, to be as
sumed that such suits will be brought in all
cases in which conditions warrant them, with
out discrimination or favor A protest by one
concern that others also furnished poor hose
should not serve to excuse it, nor should the
fact that hose provided by any concern did not
burst on one occasion exculpate it from blame
for proved defects elsewhere. Every case IN
which it can be shown that hose failed to com
ply with the standards prescribed in the con-
tract should be made subject of unrelentng
judicial inquest and should make the offenders
liable to the heaviest penalty of the law.
There is it is true mournful irony in the
fact that these suits are for nothing more than
recovery of the money which was paid for
the defective hose. Thus a few thousand dol
lars may be exacted in some case in which
the contractors frauds were responsible for
losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars
and perhaps also of many lives 1t is exasper-
atfnc to think of a fires spreading to great
and costly extent when it might have been ex-
tinguished at the outset had the hose been
good and of the sacrifice OF brave flremen
lives through the bursting of hose supplied by
a rascalIy contractor, and then Of there being
no recourse for the city but to bring civil suits
for the recovery Of the money which was paid
for the hose Yet even such processes, made
ouate as they seem from one point of view, may
be effective for the abatement Of the evil.
There is nothing which the contractors and
their sponsors fear more than being mrlcted
in CasD for thus they lose the very thing for
the gaining of which their rascalltes were
committed.
Ii is moreover most salutary and valuable
preccdent to set that of holding contractors
strictly to the terms of their contracts and Of
holding guarantors similarly to account for the
dongs of their clients. There has too often
been feeling that public contracts were to be
preferred to those with private parties, for the
reason that exact fulfilment Of them would not
be enforced and that at worst unsatisfactory
SuDplies would merely mean the giving OF the
next contract to some other concern. or TO the
same concern after it had gone to the trouble
of changing its name. If contractors are made
to realize that for any fraud or delinquency
they will be made to pay in hard cash, they
will be more scrupulous in the fultlment of
their contracts. and If surety companies are
made to realize that they will be held to
strict accountability for the conduct of their
clients they will be more careful as TO whom
they vouch for and will exercise more vigilance
in making sure that their clients honestly dis
charge their obligations.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN CRISIS.
quantity.


There is beyond question serious crisis in
Central American affairs, which will put to Il
crucial test the validity and efficiency of the
whole series of treaties concluded among The
five states last fall Those treaties provided
that the states should remain at peace among
themselves that all disputes among them should
be submitted for settlement TO an international
court of justice. that 10 state should ald or
encourage an insurrection in another that no
state should give asylum to political consplr-
ators or refugees of another and that no revo-
lutiondry government should be recognized by
any OF the states until it was voluntarily vail
dated by the people. Admirable provisions
these We're. and it was thought that they would
surely make for enduring peace.
At the present time, however, considerable
insurrectiGn is in progress in Honduras, and
il is pretty directly charged that it was plotted
in another state and is receiving active assist
ance from the border In Nicaragua it
is openly declared that Guatemala and Sal
vadOr have officially given aid and encourage
ment TO the HOnduran rebels and to the Nicaras
guam refugees and flibusters who are operating
with them, and elsewhere if is intimated that
the government of Nicaragua is aiding that of
Honduras against the unfriendly Vaccinations
of Guatemala and Salvador. 1t seems TO be
fact, at any rate, that the government of Hon
duras believes that Guatemala and Salvador
have violated the terms of the treaties of last
fall and has consequently lodged formal com
plant against them before the international
court of Justice at Cartago. It is of course Il
gratifying circumstance that Honduras does
thus appeal TO the court instead of going TO
war, but it is depressing to have two of the
states so soon accused of violation of some
of the most important stipulations Of the
i.treaties.
1t is to be assumed that the Honduran gov
ernment will suppress the insurrection in that
state But that VIII be only part of what is
needed 1t will be Of much Importance to see
what answer Guatemala and Salvador make
I'm court to the HOnduran complaint what the
nroe,ress and outcome Of the trial may be, and
with what arace the states concerned accept
the findings of the tribunal. Really, the valid
ity and efficacy of the treaties are on trial The
result will be watched nowhere with more in
terest than in the United States and Mexico.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-15
THE FARCE OF "PLAIN Clothes"

IF Police Commissioner Bingham needed any
more arguments in favor of a secret detective
service he could find a "clincher' In the un-
promising development OF the latest blach
Hand case A few days ago five men We're ar
rested on the charge of making bombs and
conspirlng to extort money from many victims.
The Italian detectives who ran the suspects
to earth found various evidences leading them
to pronounce their captives he head OF the
New York Black Hand And some news
napers. in spite of hundred earlier disap-
pointments, heralded the arrests as a master
stroke. But within forty eight hours after the
alleged dynamiters had been locked up the
police confessed that conclusive proof of their
guilt was lacking. Nevertheless, Mr.. Petroslno,
head of the Italian detective squad, is abso-
Iutely sure that he has caught "big fish,, while
letters pour into Police Headquarters from
seIf-styled victims vowing that Severe N1rz1
and his four friends are the very men wanted
This state of things must be charged partly
against the entire Italian population, which is
VIGOROUSLY afraid to accuse extortl0ners IN
open court But there is further difficulty in
bringing Italian criminals to Justice because
of the fact that every New York detective
is more truly public character than the
Mayor is. Probably Mr.. Mcclellan could walk
a thousand miles up and down his five b0r-
oughs without being recognized by more than
a handful of citizens, chiefly politicians and
Journalists But let a. "plainclOthes man.
sally forth. and patrolmen will nod to him,
streetcar conductors will ask no fare hallboys
will pick him out janitors will make sign.
bootblacks will look eagerly about for his
quarry politicians will wink patrOnizngly bar
bers will stop in the midst of shampoo, pawn
brokers will get anxious, second-story men will
duck into the nearest saloon, and the cronies
of all these will note his passage with silent
wonder as to what's up Small wonder that un-
willing witnesses are as elusive as criminals!
Italians who are afraid to testify against e1-
tortioners on the witness stand know In whose
presence they must shrug their shoulders and
avoid condolences.
Skeptics wishing to confirm this are invited
to accompany a detective about town for
day or two. They will find themselves
maryeliing at the things which q "plainclothes
man. accomplishes in spite of publicity. And
if they are not puzzled over the Board of Al
dermens unwillingness to give General BnS-
ham secret service it will be because they
hold an opinion about many city fathers which
is suited only for private circulation. Not until
the farce of plain clothes" is abandoned will
New York judges have fair chance to emulate
Jersey Justice" which, only yesterday, sent
three Black Hand men to prison for twelve
years.