Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-07
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

Twenty-Five high school principals III
Kansas are women. They are SAID TO 90
their work so we'll that no one has ever
suggested putting men in their PAGES
There is never q part OF the year
when Pixies Peak is entirely without
snow. In the hottest July and August
weather snow is to be found even ut a
considerable distance from the top OF
the mountain.
Twenty-Five men interested IN tnS
navigation of the air, have formed ene
Aero Club of California at Los Anee-
les. The purpose of the club Is 10 OF
tain suitable grounds for experimental
ascents and maintain repair n con"
struction shops.
A residence of at least FIVE years IS
required to qualify an alien for natur-
alization. No matter how long a man
may have been in the United states'
two years must elapse between the dato
of his declaration of intention and his
admittance to full citizenship.
To meet the deficit in the budget the
French Minister Of Finance suggests
the doubling Of the licensing Fees OF
lvenders of %absinthe. This taxing OF
the green peril" will, it is thought, Do
popular; the minister anticipates that IL
will bring him in $2,00O.OOO.
Adeline Genee is a Danish girl, VINO
made her debut as a dancer at Copen-
hagen when she was II years OF age.
She then went to Berlin to dance AZ
the Grand Opera House, and after
ward to Munich. She is considered 10
be one of the most graceful and accom-
plished dancers in the world.
In the manufacture Of alcohol from
peat, a Danish company, with one e1-
detrimental plant in Denmark and
in France, has found the cost to %
about o%ne-fourth Of that made from DO
tatoes. In the process Of manufacture,
the ~cellHlose or fiber Of the peat 10 con
verted by sulphurlc acid into 2 soluble
carbohydrate and this Is ferAented ~
a special yeast.
In 1907 Philadelphia's export ana
import trade Increased S25,e00,OO0 u
value over tho figures for the previous
year. The total value Of the city ex-
terpal trade for that year was over
$15O,0OO 900. These figures account IN
part for tho opening Of the nav steam
ship service between Genoa. Italy and
the. City Of Brotherly Love. The Ital-
tans want some Of the business.
midas government has recently aur
thorizsd the employment OF women
telegraph operators. The caAlS6aoee
must be between Is and 20 wars q
age, and they must be unmarried OF
widows. They must undergo Z tsalsiA9
Of twelve months In tho telegraph ram
ing classes. during which time they VIII
receive $685. o month, the same allow
ance that is drawn by male learners.
In connection with the death Of
Grover Cleveland, 1t is interesting to
note that emily twice. before In the his.
tory Of the nation has the Unite0
States been without a living ex-Presi-
, dent. George Washington died In 1873,
!, when John Adams. the second Presi.
dent, was In olSee. Andrew Johnson,
I at the time the only surviving ex-Chief
Executive, passed away In 1871. two
wears before General Grant retired To
private life.
The Dutch government has granted Q
concession to the Amsterdam and North
Holland Electric Tranway Company T.
build and operate N electric railway
7 system in Holland. The route wM b
nearly fifty kiloos, ruAAinx fren An
sterdam north through Zaandan Il
Krsneminie, from Zaandyk to Wyk'
0 aan-Zee. and Wormervesr to Purner.
D end. The Holland Development Com.
/; nanv Of Amsterdam will build the en-
= tire system
, The ARABIAN Nights" is an extensive
y collection Of tales forming part Of thu
: Arabic literature, and the exact Htls
, of which is 'The Book Of the Thousand
n and One Nights" They were first nAda
,, known to Europe by Antoine Qailand,
). between 1TO and 1717. He was 1
o French orientalist, who succeeded,
after much effort, ia obtaining Z nanu.
script, which he supplemented By gath
J, ering tales from professional story-tell-
/; ers. whom he met during his travels In
the East.
:; AS aa instance Of the Great Eastern
Railways elaborate precautions for ths
; safety Of travellers ON its system, the
0 Railway News says that at Brsxbourne
/ for the purpose of advising the station
: si.usIman when a train has passed bis
down or up advanced starting signal, 4
. rail contact is placed about zoe yards
= ahead of the respective advanced start.
:. ing signals. and on the engine reaching
y the rail contact q bell is rung In the
signal hex, and this bell continues ring
in. until the signal is replaced to dan.
/, ger.
,; According to a report in the Neui
Freie Presse, Vienna, j. PierPont Nor
8. gan was q busy slghtseer in that cit
70 on his recent visit. With Mrs. Douglai
and her daughter be visited all tn,
e, great art collections land on Sunday
r,tled at Kreutzenstein castle, wher,
J.; he was received by the Countess Kin
to sky. He was deeply Interested in wha
:; he saw in the restored castle and liz
al tened with devotion when his hcstes
played on the chapel organ" The re
port also speaks of Mr.. Morgan's visi
to to the Lainzer Zoo. where he showet
=; the greetest interest In the bears, ga
Q. he had never before seen one"
Prague, in Bohemia, is now holding
great exposition, to last until Novem
lg Der, having put up twenty-one larg
es exposition halls and 100 smaller ed
fees, hoisting 2,3o0 exhibitors. Th