Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-03
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

VI >" ''th 'hS 'NhN DONS
There are upward Of seventy species
Df edible seaweeds growing on the
coasts Of Hawaii, and about forty OF
these are in common use by the ma
tives.
There are in Europe 10000 women
and girls who carr a living as artists
models. 1t is strange to say that there
are not ten among them who possess
Il perfect face and figure.
SleepleSSneSs is often caused by the
head being exposed to the cold, while
the rest of the body is warm. In nine
eases out OF ten, Il the head is covered
with Il silk handkerchief it will induce
sleep.
Take water in which walnut hulls
have soaked overnight and pour it on
n spot of ground. In II very few hours
the fshingworns will come to the sur.
face and can easily be secured for your
expedition.
The vessel movement on the Great
Lakes last season aggregated 1879
vessel of 90, 1885, 400 net tons register,
cleared from the various lake ports
compared with 76,097 vessels of 94,094,-
316 net tons register cleared during
the preceding season.
The Express mentions a case of 4
private who for failing to recognize
and salute his officer was condemned
to march past and salute a barrack
pump for two hours zach day for a
week. The choice of the substitute
anyhow showed modesty on the part OF
the otlicer.-London Punch.
Messrs. Palermo and Cinngolani, the
inventors of "tachyol' (fiuoride Of
s%ilver), an antiseptic employed in sur
gerry, hav found that a solution Of one
part in 100000 of water Will destroy
all germs, including B. subtilis, it's
germicidal effect being much greater
than that of chlorine, bromine or ozone.
Great activity is being displayed by
the Turkish government in building
bridges along the important strategic
routes in Macedonia and eastern Rou-
mclia. In the vilayet of Salonica a
Belgian firm is building three great
bridges, and a Bavarian firm is build
ing a bridge entirely Of military con-
structiOn.
In the battle which has been waged
against he water hyacinth which
chokes UP many of the rivers In the
southern part of the United States, the
matter has been complicated to a seri-
Gus degree by the fondness which cat
tie exhibit for this plant. 1t is almost
without food value, but there is some
thing about it which attracts the ami
,,,ls nrl thn, 1,,n hon,, l-,nu,p 70 he
lured to death in the efforts to secure
the hyacinth.
The typical American is popularity
supposed to be a shrewd, hard, level
headed man Of business, and that esti-
nation is right, as far as it goes. But
beneath these salient characteristics
lies a fund of sheer sentimentality and
~emotionalism which can not be beaten
in any other country. You will find
it in American fiction, and you viii get
it in the archaic melodramas that still
draw tears and cheers, signs and
smiles from American audiences
Ladies' Field.
Minnesota is just fifty years old, and
its development during this period has
been marvellous. During the half cen
fury the population of the state has
grown from 15o,GHHo to 2 eon Gee The
wealth Of it's people was approximately
$3O,oOO,O0O fifty years ago, and the
assessed valuation of their property
now is ST, O,0UO,o 600, or $500 per
capita instead of 5000. There are now
more cultivated farms supporting
prosperous families than there were
men, women II children in the state
fifty years ago.
Owing to many swindles perpetrated
recently through forged andis stolen let
tiers of introduction, a card of photo
graphic identification invented by a
Pittsburg man has become popular in
that city. Now when the P~ittsburger's
friend k him for a letter Of intro
duction, he takes the friend to the
nearest photographer and is photo
graphed with him in an attitude Of
presentation. Then he writes his note
on the picture. And when it is pre-
sented the recipient has no doubts as
to the identity Of his caller.
The great practical utility of the
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1903
is shown by a new magnetic chart,
from which 1t appears that the charts
previously used by n~avigators in the
Pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much-traversed routes to the ex-
tent of from three to five degrees, and
the errors at times We're systematic.
Errors of this magnitude are OF inn
portance in practical navigation, where
the indications of the compass should
be as accurate as possible-Youth't
Companion.
The announcement that Senior Pedro
Alvarado, the Mexican millionaire
landowner, has given 100000 for the
purpose of aiding poor Mexicans re-
calls the facts that he started life as a
day laborer OF a ranch. Born of hum
BILE parents, Senior Alvarado in his
Younger days worked as a peon, or
common day labOrer, on a ranch, but
his honesty and industry earned steady
advancement, and he soon became his
own master and one of the w~ealthiest
men in the country. But he never for
got his class, and always set himself
to alleviate the none too happy lot Of
the peon.