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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
4Asy Child Can Do 1.-THE Result 10
AInsOst Like Ma4ic-Useful Too.

Anything In the nature OF q chemi.
al experiment is always Interesting
and usually educative. Here Is a sim
RE experiment which any child can
Derform and which Is Instructive In a
Nory practical way Get q bit Of
White Lead about the size Of 4 pea, q
101eco Of charcoal, a common candle in
4 candIestick. and q blow-pipe. Scoop
eat 4 little hollow In the charcoal to
shold the White Lead, then light the
candle. AXE the charcoal and lead In
enc hand and the blow-pipe in the
ether, with the large end of the blow
otpe between the lips; blow the flame
q the candle STEADILY against the bit
of White Lead on the charcoal and II
ehe White Lead is pure 1t will present
u resolve itself into little shining glob-
Giles OF metallic lead, under the intense
Seat OF the blow-pipe, leaving no
eesIdue.
II, however, the White Lead is adul-
teratcd In the slightest degree, it will
wholly change into lead. So, II
yin be seen, that this experiment is
not only an entertaining chemical dem
pnStration, but also of practical use in
nc home. White Lead Is the most i'm
Dortant ingredient Of paint. 1t should
6e bought pure and unadulterated and
mixed with pure llnseed oil. That Is
The best paint. The above easy expert
0ent enables any one to know whether
l4he paint IL the kind which will wear
NOT.
The National Lead Company il
antee that white lead taken from a
package bearing their dutch Boy
Painter trademark will prove abso-
lutely pure under the blow-pipe test /;
and to encourage people to make the
test and prove the putty OF paint be-
TORE using IT, they Will send free q
98ow-pIpe and q valuable booklet on
pGint to any one writing them asking
1Sr Test Equipment. Address National
Lead dnnpany, Woodbridge Building.
New York City.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
Dsss U.sa :. lSood y G.rm..y.

OOge Used ~ ls0od In Gcrmany.
r 1906 there We're slaughtered fol
0ood n the kingdom OF Saxony 12,922
horsss and 1925 dogs. This was an In.
ereass of 224 horses ana 1873 dogs oven
athe year 1905 Inkthe whole empire II
1904 there were slaughtered fos food
$4,000 horses, and It Is estimated that
about 1000 dogs so into food In the
<mpIre annually. .~IIorsefiesh Is very
sG~sneralIy advertised In the German
newspapers. especially In those Of the
t1aS5s Industrial centers," says United
tgtatss Consul I6t, sand most German
iE1t5es have at least one market which
nake1 Sit ! Speciality, claiming for It {
|41Shef percentage OF nutrlment than
st ef either beef, veal. mutton OF
k ddNsithar q 1t unusual to flnd al
-Nusements OF dog meat or for the
urchase Of dogs for slaughter. Nor
T. 4 possible to read the German news
0apers Tor any length OF time without
epning to the conclusion that a great
amy dogs are killed and eaten that
- not rive up their lives under ofhcial
mspection.~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
1uTunE OF THE PACIFIC.

areaa Cities VIII Grow UP ON Oar
Western Seaboard.
1t n generally concedad by the best
and most farsighted minds, that tie
greatest world trade of the future Is to
~ across the Pacific, says a writer In
success Magazine. For centuries trade
pentered In the Mediterranean, with the
fesult TINT the largestsan most impor-
fant cities OF that time were formed
- the shores Of southern Europe and
snOrthern Africa. The discovery OF
America, then a wilderness, centered
trade later In the Atlantic, and the
atn0st important cities OF the world then
grew up on the shores OF western Eu-
cope and eastern America. So the cities
OF the Pacific coast OF America II time
will probably be In proportion to the
trade across the Pacific, and the trade
across an ocean, other things being
equal, Il In proportion to the number
" people who live along Its borders.
To-day the Pacific coast of the Unit
States has about one-tweiftii as 4
nany people a. live along the Atlantic
roeAtoard; yet the shores Of the Pacific
: oEgzany times richer In natural re
eources than are those Of the Atlantic.
There u hardly any comparison be-
fween the sterile hills Of New England
and III garden valleys OF Washington,
Oregon and California. California
alo1e 4, broadly speaking, two-thirds
IT, - Of France. and is easily capa-
~ ~ supporting 2O,OOO,OO0 people.
Franrs supports 4O,O0O,OO0. Along the
1oW81 half of the western seacoast. for
Aun1reds of miles, there - but one
WoeA harbor-San Francisco. This
cact alone insures to the Golden Gate
~ a large az Paris, or even larg.
-. It may be San Francisco, or Oak.
lard, q any other point on the great
Aays n Z large sense It matters not
what the local point or name is, or will
- The important fact is that at the
sGoIdm Gats there Is to be an Ameri
CO. city ofsfrom two to ave million
speoplA The growth OF this city-or OF
sany o4 the other cities on the Pacific
.eoast-will not be sudden, but It viii
~ IN sxact proportion to the pressure
~ population In America, the awaken
Ing s0f Asta-as Japan has awakened
and The development Of other Pacific
chores.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
Probable Cause Of Death.

Goodness mel" exclaimed a man to
q companion as they were walking.
Did you ever see such a wretched
sight?"-and be pointed to a poor, mis-
,erable-looking horse that was toilias
up the hill in the broiiing sun with q
heavy load behind it. Suddenly the ami
NAL fell and expired. >
"Well.s said n as they ran up.
whatever made it die:s
Cant you see?' cried the other.
"Why, the poor beast is sosthin hat the
sun shone through his ribs and set the
hay on fire that it had eaten, and the
smoke choked it,"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

Canadian manufacturers have appealed
to Ottawa to prevent all American ma
terials being used in the construction Of
the Detroit tunnel. More particularly do
they take exception to American cement
and steel being used in the three quarters
IF a milo of building and foundation
inland from the Canadian entrance
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

The La Crosse school board has applied
tile lid to dancing parties given by pupils.
But few parties will be allowed and at
those the youngsters must be properly
chaperoned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
. Good Fisherman.

A ST all boy who lives near a lake
was fishing and his mother had to call
him Eve times to make him hear, says
the Philadelphia Telegraph. Finally,
she landed on him, and, shaking him
in a terrible manner, wanted to know
why he did not answer. This wal the
reply: II didn't hear you for the first
three times, and the last time I had a
hifnO
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

The medical department of Hamline
university has been merged with that OF
the University of Minnesota. After the
present college year the Hamline depart
snent will be closed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

A banquet with covers for every one
connected with Lawrence university from
trustee down to the youngest prep" Il
to be an annual event in the future.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

Secretary Coburn of the Kansas agri-
cultural department, %oup that the
growing Of castor beans and hemp has
been abandoned by the farmers of that
State because they are improbable. In
1879 the castor bean crop sold for $780,.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
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Ella Wycherly did not 60 - the house.
She wandered about in the wood, and
then took the road to the park, q found
herself at length before those immense
iron gates, with the picturesque lodge to
her right, which in summer time was
smothered in roses and h~oneysuckle. Be
tween the bars she saw the p~loughei-up
muddy road, the highway Of late Noycm-
Der. Opposite was a high, thick haw-
thorn hedge, bare as the winds could
strip 1t.
She heard the roll and rumble Of
wheels, and the tramp Of horses feet.
She grasped the iron with herismail GLOW
ed hands, and looked steadily into the
lane. A dog cart, with two gentlemen
seated in front, n d groom wish folded
arms perched behind, drove up
The driver lifted his hat 10 Ella. The
heiress flushed a little, nodded r~ieaSaa.ly,
and a tall old man came out cf the pic-
turesque lodge. and opened The enormous
AnoL The trap rolled IN. the drives lAap.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03
sampled Things.

Sampled Things.
Patience-Did you ever attend 4
cooking school?
Patrice-Oh, yes; I've had that kind
Of dyspepsia, too!-Yonkers States
man.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-03

Australian jewelers. rent engagement
riggs TO their customers.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
A Picture Romance.

1t is said that one of the most beau
tiful ladies in French society today
was first revealed to her husband on
the walls of the salon. 1t was while
visiting the salon in 1878 that the
youthful Marquis de G. was struck by
the childish beauty of a young girl,
one of the prominent figures In pic
ture of a village fete. Her tumbled
golden locks, her dancing blue eyes
and the freshness and graceful aban-
don Of her figure so fascinated him
that he sought out the artist and learn
ed from him that the "little witch"
was the daughter Of a poor peasant
near Avranches, where the picture was
painted. To seek out the peasant and
to make the acquaintance Of his fas-
cinating daughter, child of nine sum
mers, was soon accomplished, and the
marquis lost his heart even more com
pleteIy to the real than to the pictured
maid With the fathers approval he
had the girl educated at one of the
best schools in Paris, and nine years
later, on her eighteenth birthday, the
maid of the village fete blossomed
into the still more lovely Marquise
de G.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
vAGARlEs OF SOUND.
Acoustic Phenomena That Are Puz-
King to Scientists.

ziing to Scientists.
At twilight some time ago at life
saving station OF the English coast
noises were heard that sounded like
signal shots from some distance at sea.
A boat was launched and sped with
all possible energy to the place from
which the sounds seemed to have come,
but 1t returned without having heard
or seen anything further. Yet the sea-
man who had been left behind on guard
declared solemnly that In the mean
time he had heard near shore unmis-
taxable cries for help from drowning
persons The bluejackets themselves
are most inclined to regard the whole
matter as supernatural and the voices
as spectral. Scientists say that it is
possible, however, that such sounds
may be audible in remarkable distinct
ness where there is a high coast,
though they may come from a great
distance, especially when persons there
are placed accidentally so that behind
them rises a wall which receives the
sound and throws it back.
On some coasts that are often visited
by fogs a legend of so called fog
shots" has acquired vogue. These are
said to have their origin. for some rea-
, son not yet Sathomed, within the mass
es of fog. Acoustic phenomena are
found of such a strange kind that the
investigation of them may be said TO
be still very far from conclusive. The
most tnexplicable secret lies perhaps
not in the occurrence of sounds, the
origin of which may be reached only
with great difficulty, but in their dis
appearance and in absolute silence
when audible noices should be expect
ed. Many ship has been wrecked be-
cause its signals of distress. loud and
uninterrupted. have remained inaudi-
BILE, although only a very short dis
lance from the coast.
But, again. it happens that in such
an instance the very same signals be
come audible at far greater distance,
where they provoke great excitement.
A remarkable example of this was pro
duced by the firing of guns by the Eng
lish feet in the roadstead at Spithead
on Feb. l, 1901, as Il token of mourn
ing for Queen Victoria. This was not
heard at all by many persons close at
hand who were listening for 1t, while
at places much farther away 1t was
heard plainly. The direction Of the
wind failed to explain this alteration
of the waves of sound.-Chicago News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
Gave Him All the Lot.

$50 that is your final word?' said tht
rejected one. Very well, then, Ara
bella. In your presence | will end The
life you have blighted"
He drew forth small bottle la
beled Poison drank off the contents
and fell senseless at her feet. Did she
sink beside him sobbing with remorse'
No. She hastily left the room and II
two minutes had returned and was
knecling beside him. Then she forced
betT cen his lips the following: Half q
cup Of turpentlne, one pint of milk, a
cup OF warm soapsuds, tablespoonful
Of aromatic ammonia, a cup of black
coffee, a glass of mustard and water,
a gill of vinegar, the juice of a lemon,
the beaten whites Of six eggs and one
cup of flour and water.
"Algernon," she observed coldly as
he slowly opened his eyes, 'it is evil
dent you had forgotten that l am a
graduate of a correspondence course
in first aid. My one regret is that, as
l could not on the instant ascertain
whether you had taken an acid or an
alkai, was compelled to- administer
all the antidotes had learned. LON
don Scraps.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
PROVED HIS SPELLING.
An Incident In the Career of Stephen
A. Douglas.

An Incident In the Career of Stephen
A. Douglas.
An amusing incident occurred In Nc
Lean county, ILL.,, at the first court
which Stephen A. Douglas, the famous
politician, attended after his election
US prosecuting attorney. There were
many indictments to be drawn, writes
Professor Allen johnson In his life of
Douglas, and the new prosecuting at
torney in his haste wrote the name of
the county Mclean instead of Mclean.
His professional brethren were greatly
amused at this evidence of inexperi-
ence and made merry over the blunder.
Finally John T. Stuart, subsequently
Douglas political rival, moved that all
the indictments be quashed. Judge
Logan looked at the discounted youth
and asked what he had to say to sup
port the indictments.
Smarting under the gibes of Stuart.
Douglas replied obstinately that he
had nothing to say, as he supposed the
court would not quash the indictments
until the point had been proved. This
answer caused more merriment, but
the judge decided that the court could
not rule upon the matter until the pre-
else spelling in the statute creating the
county had been ascertained.
No one doubted what the result
would be, but at least Douglas had the
satisfaction of causing his critics some
delay, for the statutes had to be pro-
cured from an adjoining county.
To the establishment of court and
bar and of Douglas himself 1t appeared
that he had spelled the name correct
ly To the indescribable chagrin of
the learned Stuart the court promptly
sustained all the indictments. The
young attorney was in high feather
and made the most of his triumph
The incident taught him useful les
son-henceforth he would admit moth.
ing and require his opponents to prove
everything that bore upon the case IN
hand
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24

Just Names.
She had passed season abroad, ant
in London, she said modestly, her sue
cess had been unprecedented Tn,
earl said he could readily believe that
1.-THE dinner" she resumed, "tha
Lady Featherstonhaugh"
Excuse me. The name is pronounc
ed Freestonhay," said the earl
"Well, at the dinner Lord Dalzell''-
Though written Dalzell, 1t 1t pro
nounced Deal. But pray go on"
HE and Sir Dugald Colquhoun"-
You mean Calhoun. Yes?"
"And Lady Leveson-Gower and Mr.
Bohun"-
"Lewson-Gore and Boone are the
correct pronunciations. But I'm inter
rupting you"
Not at all All these persons and
Lord st. Maur drank
mot ST. Maur-Seymour. WellT
"Oh, forgot what was going to
say. You've quite put me out with
your corrections"
~And your story was just getting In
teresting. too" said the earl regret
fully.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24

General Nelson A. Miles always did
like to have fun with new reporters. "
said an old newspaper man. II re-
member some years ago he told an un.
fortunate Washington correspondent a
long story about new gun metal that
some genius was supposed to have just
discovered. 1t was a wonderful alloy
which was as tough as steel and as
light as aluminium. BY It's use. the
general said, 1t would be possible to
build guns which would weigh no
more than the immense projectiles
which they fred.
1.-THE correspondent was delighted
and went of and wrote a beautiful
article, which produced spasms of
laughter throughout the entire artil-
lery service. You see. it doesn't re-
quire very profound knowledge of
ballistics to know that If gun and
projectile both weigh exactly the same
amount they would fly in opposite di-
rections with exactly the same velocity
when the piece was fired"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
HUcKLEBERRY FARMING.
Agriculture With Match in the Tim
Der Regions.

Der Regions.
at may seem incredible to those
who have never lived In or Travelled
much through timber districts where
the huckleberry is Indigenous" said
native of such district, 'but 1t Is fact
that there is a tribe of shiftless persons
In all such regions who systematically
and without regard to law, property
or life set fire to woods or cut over
land adjacent to woods simply to in
crease the area of huckleberry bushes.
There Is only one way in which
huckelberries can be cultivated, and
the huckleberry farmer does not need
TO own an inch of land. II he has the
title to one simple lucifer match he
can put thousands of acres under cult
walton in very short time.
HE has only to light the match and
touch 1t to the dry leaves and branches
on the ground either in early spring
or late fall. and his cultivation is soon
under way No matter what grew on
the ground before fire swept it bare.
huckleberry bushes will never fail to
spring up luxuriantly from the ashes
and scorched soil They will be in
abundant bearing the next season.
What the result may have been in loss
of life or property does not concern
the persons who reap the benefit.
MANY of the fires that devastate our
forests every year may be traced to
this reckless and deliberate making
or improving of huckleberry patches
| | remember one instance particularly
where the setting fire to the brush on
huckleberry barren in northern Penn
| sylvania resulted in forest fire that
swept over 10000 acre timber tract.
doing incalculable damage to the stand
| ing timber and reducing to ashes so,
900 feet of logs and lumber and 3d.
GEO cords of tanbark. representing a
money value Of nearly $750.000. Tween
| ty persons we're burned to death and
thirty so badly burned that seven of
them died from their injuries. The
huckleberry crop gathered from this
cultivation of that barren waste per
haps realized 5000 to the cultivators.-
Washington Post
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24


The jelly was singularly pale. 1t al
most resembled junket.
1T is ivory jelly said the invalid
my English cousins sent me case
of it from Sheffield"
But why is it called ivory jelly?'
they inquired.
Precisely because it is made of Two
nv. A third of England's ivory goes tc
Sheffield, and in the process of grind
ing and cutting 1t for knife handles,
and so forth, lot Of ivory dust re-
mains, a fine dust, similar to the best
-four. OF this the Sheffield folk have
made jelly for many years.
1.-THE jelly for some reason is nour-
ishing, extremely so. The doctors pre-
scribe it for the anaemic. And of late
a Sheffield firm has taken to manufac-
turing it on a large scale. Sheffield
ivory jelly is now on the market
"Out of courtesy to my cousins l
tried it, To my surprise l found 1t
good My doctor, sampling It, found it
good too. He told me to take the whole
ase."-Buffalo Express.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-24
PEoeY,s ADVICE.
Why Il Suddenly Changed From Ex'
esIient. to Worthless.

celtent TO WQFtnie8S.
II was the era of the first Quincy
baby. and the attention of the entire
Quincy family. consisting solely OF
mother and father. was directed to
the proper upbringing Of the infant
Books on babyhood were bought and
digested. Suitable magazines were
subscribed for. Friends and mothers
were consulted on. every point. But
TO the wonder of the solicitous, Mrs.
Quincy declared that the advice that
did the most good was that which ap-
peared in the morning paper, signed
with the fetching name Peggy" But
the time came when even that was
discarded.
aren't you going to read me the
little lesson from the Journal. for to-
day n asked Mr.. Quincy at the break
fast table.
II shall never read that stuff to any
one any more" said the mother firmly.
"Why not? Only day before yes
terday you were saying what excellent
recommendations Peggy made about
crying children. Why do you desert
herT aA 9
'Pll tell you, Tom," she said. Il had
meant not to say a word about 1t, be-
cause it is SO humiliating, but now
you've spoken-well. ] might as well
confess. The paper yesterday said
something / didn't quite understand,
and, as ] was downtown. / thought
I'd just run into the Office and ask
| Peggy what she meant. So ] did
The office boy smiled when ! asked
for Peggy. but he took me up lot
OF dirty stairs and then pointed to a
door. l knocked, and voice answer
ed, Come inr"
"WellT queried her husband.
well, there isn't any Peggy! Not a
woman at all. but perfectly horrid,
grinning man, smoking cigar! He
writes that advice--a mani What do
you think of that, TomT
Mrs. Quincy paused IN her indigna-
ton. SIS
II thought you found the advice
good, as a rule" he objected.
"Tom Quincy. how could man in a
newspaper office write good advice to
mothers? am surprised! You men
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