Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-27
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


tons OF gold and 100 tons or SILVER.
There are in the State OF New FORK
forty-three villages Of between 1000
and 1000 inhabitants which have free
libraries.
h Films evidently have not c>und
woman suffrage n failure. Nlneaeoa
women were elected to their first Par
liament. Now twenty-five have just
been elected to the second.
Berlin opened n rink on Sept. ! for
ice skating all the year round. h
makes the fourth permanent ice rink
in Europe, others being operated tn
London, Paris and Munich.
The ivory nut. which rs so much
used by button manufacturers, Is ~
fruit of n species Of palm which grows
IN Central and South America. 1t
forms n valuable crop, particularly N
Panama. Colombia, HCnadsr md Peru.
A German Statistician has calculated
that the steam power in present use On
this globe is equal to kO,OO0.O 900 heSso
power. The coal needed - supply 0D
steam for n year would make a freight
train extending ten times around Tho
earth.
The first recorded production Of q
play in Australia took place m juno
Of the year 1889. 1t was called The
Recruiting Officer" The proceeds of the
first pay night (some f2o) went to the
family of a man who had been drown
ed. In January, 1906, a rough and
ready playhouse was opened and tho
public had to pay one shilling a he2d
for admission. The payments were
made in kind, wheat, -four or rum TAX
ing the place of the usual currency
London Standard.
Don't mark your stationery my
longer with a monogram. That Is out
Of date. The latest symbol b the
thumb mark. 1t is engraved in gold 81
silver and has all the value Of = Der
tillon mark OF identification. Station
ers who have introduced this ny OF
marking use the prints in the center Of
n correspondence card and about hah
an inch from the top 10 make them
most effective. The thumb k some
times printed in red Or blue, although
the metal colors are mere popular
New York Sun.
Mrs. Bertha Ayrton has succeeded In
aseertaining the cause OF the refractory
behavior Of the ~search1ght in certain
respects and in devising a remedy. TAo
British admiralty called on Prof. Ayr
ton to investigate the trouble some time
ago. After making many Investigations
he turned the problem over to his wife.
who is the only woman member Of the
Institute OF Electrical Engineers and
who received the only medal ever
awarded to a woman by the Royal Sc
cicty OF London for original uh1fded
work.
The Congregational pa rsenage at Kit
terry is one Of the oldest houses n tAe
State of Maine. 1t Is thu Oldest ece1es8-
astical residence in the State, md the
oldest one in present use IN New AR9-
land. The house was buik in liza, n
the days Of Hon. WilAan PeppcHell
father Of Sir William PeppeTeIl. =
contains the library besoen<hed by SIR
william to DR.. Benjamin Stevens for
forty years minister Of the KitteJy
Point church. DR.. Stevens In hB turn
| CEueutueu IL ~ uC SOA6AV180~
tional ministers Of Kfttery and York
for all time. Many Of these books esD-
tain the Pepperel eeat->snrm.-KeD-
nebec (Me.) Journal.
In Henderson County, 0ain Cox. I'VE
miles from Athens, has not only al
hered to diversificatipn in AL NJ forms,
raising fruit, tomatoes md the cereal
a-1 hnr nrpro no 1vn11 No cnrryN Ankknn
but he has been investing so1ne money
in other experiments, some of which
are about to turn out very probably.
One Of his side experiments mas zen
almonds. he having put in qxita a Bum.
Der OF Tie young trees about Eve years
ago. The trees are row well grown
and are bearing fine almonds, though
not as large nor as fine as the import
ed variety. The trees bore q few
almonds last year and many more this
year, and by another year Me-. Coz
thinks he viii get a crop large enough
to market.-Houston Post.
The death of James w. Paul. the
Philadelphia banker, recalls this story
which he told at a PHI Philadelphia club
not long ago: 81 vas going home one
night late and saw q man who had evf
IDENTIFY looked deep into the cup max
ing frantic but unsuccessful efforts to
open a door with a ~latfhkey. After
looking at him q few minutes 7 decided
to help the man, who was not - far
gone as to have forgotten his DaGte-
ness, for before entering h house
through the doOr whicA l succeed
ed in opening he asked my naDe
and thanked me. l preceded 81 my
way. but had gone only 4 few steps,
when ! heard some ona call Mr.. Pault
Mr.. Paul. turned, aod there was
my friend of the latehkeJ ssaiDg to-
ward me with unsteady gait. When he
reached me he put one hand afecthsD-
ately on my shoulder, and. looking 10
in the face. said Say. did you ever
get an answer to that long letter ysu
wrote to the ThessaloniaRsF"
Some anonymous German writer has
published in Berlin a usrk called The
Condor in which he aoacribes q war
breaking out in 1920 between the Ilait-
ed states and Brazil, Argentina and
Chile. allied for the purpose Of defend
ing South American natisa6 gains the