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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
The Railroad Death Rate.

Returns of the interstate commerce
commission show that In the year end
ing June 80, 1904, there were 10,046
persons killed and 84,155 injured on
the railways in the United States. OF
these 7O,699 were employees, Of whom
1852 we're killed and 67,067 injured.
The greater part Of the remaining IA
ualties were suffered by t~respassers,
of whom sos were killed and 5,194
injured. 1t is presumed that for acct.
dents to persons classified as trespas-
sers the railways were in no sense re-
sponsible.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Octopus at the Font.

Octopus Al the Font.
A couple in a country village took
their baby to be christened. and on
the clergyman asking what name they
had chosen the happy father replied:
Octopus, sir!" What" calculated
the astonished divine, hut you can
not call a child by SO extraordinary q
name"
Yves, sir, II you please" was the
reply, ''you see it's our eight cniio
and we want 1t called Octopus
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21

Wondeouo Wise!
There was q man In our town
And he was wondrous wise.
He lived too high and therefore got
In debt up to his eyes:
And when he saw he was in debt
TO banks and greedy men.
| don't know how he did 1t. but
He got right out again.
Buffalo News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
A Translated" Speaker.

What a relief and comfort it is to
know that Mr.. Speaker likes the in
junction plank, and likes the Sherman.
act plank. and-mirabile visu-likes
the t~ariff-revision plank. Notwith.
standing that remark about "exces.
sive" duties In 1t. he claims the tariff.
revision plank as his own. Bless
thee, Bottom. bless thee! Thou art
translated"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Not overconRdsn1

when you have An automobile" said
Mr.. Chuggins, enthusiastically, you
depend on you own intelligence N
tirely. Now it's altogether different
when you drive a horse"
YES" answered the unassuming
q that's one reason why I think
maybe q horse IL safer."-Washington
Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
eaali1stess Chances.

A3eoaijnont man wos chaf1ng q GER
tain toWn couucoIDOr the other day
about u doings q the council. and
aa1d:
10 sooner put up - . candidate for
= lunatic asylum than put up for the
town council"
chance az 9ettingg In dryly responded
the Town courctI1nr.-TN- Bits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Backward Progress.

Lady (on the Metropolitan railway,
LonGon)-Please sir. will you help me
to get out at the e X station?
Gcntleman-Why certainly. ma'am.
Lady-You see, sir. IFS this way
Being rather stout. / nave to turn
AROUND and get out backward. and the
porters always think I am getting In.
go they push me back into the car-
rage and say Hurry up. ma'am." I've
passed four stat.cns that way already.
Success Magazine.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
inteMiaent Male Voter

EUVOSJTUUUS "UTS vOSe1s
A suefrayette lecturer brought down
the house with the following argu-
ment:
Il have no vote, but my room has
I have q great respect for that mar
in the stables, but / am sure that If
I were to 60 to him and say, John.
will you exercise the f~ranchise?' he
you'd reply, Please. mum, which
horse be that ?''-Pick-Me-Up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
aha wae n0ae.

please don't keep calling me dear
at the table," she whispered. people
will think we are on our honeymoon"
but / can't help calling you dear"
gasped the young man with the light
p~Ocketbook. The portion you ordered
amounts I over $3."-Chicago News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21

Marvellous.
We passed, in the course of an
hour, two dead cows and more than
fifty dead chickens. A strong smell
Of %gasolene pervaded the atmosphere.
and there were wheel tracks in the
dust.
Sherlock Holmes became greatly in
terested.
Watson" exclaimed he, after deep
thought, there has been an automo-
bile along here!"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21

comparatively oafs.
ssWhere DO you work. my good
many"
en- . powdor factory"
Mercy! What = hazardous occupa-
ti0n!~
20. no. mann. / seldom meets any
n~utc6SohtDeo - my .way TO or firm
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-05-21
Difficult.

oiffcult.
Burglar-Did you ever study geom-
etry. Bill?
Bill-Yes.
Burglar-Good! I wish you'd tell me
how to square a straight policeman
Elk.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Barbed wire is all right, for stock
cattle and makes a cheap fence, but
it is hard to construct such a fence to
turn hogs, and, owing to it's danger
Gus characteristics, it is out of the
question for horses, INC even for
mich COWS.
With the woven wire fence the post
expense is not so great as that of the
other kinds, as they need not be so
heavy, and may be set a good distance
apart. Heavy enc posts are IN abso-
lutte necessity, and they should be set
in the ground not less than 81 to 4
feet deep. If the line posts are 20 to
20 feet apart it is a very good idea
to have every fourth post of good size,
longer than the others, to allow extra
setting. In setting end posts dig a
big hole, put the post in, and begin to
lamp and ram from the very bottom,
not filing it too fast, so as to get the
earth about the post packed from the
bottom to the top. The dead man"
plan of bracing a post is perhaps bet
ter than any other. The dead man
is a short post or heavy stone buried
about 3 feet deep, 4 feet from the
end posts, and with a cable made Of
plain galvanized wire to- the post top
and around the dead man the post
can be held for years as firmly as
when set. Be sure to use galvanized
wire, as black wire will not last more
than six or seven years.
A 30-inch high woven wire fence,
two smooth No. 10 and one barbed
wire at the very top, makes a good
fence for any kind of stock, and can
be put up for less than 40 cents pei
rod, exclusive of posts.-Lexington
Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Door plates are going out of fash
ion,' said a mar whose business it is
to make plates of all kinds. Twenty
years ago every a of prominence
had his name craven upon a plate and
that plate affixed to his front door,
that all might know who dwelt with
in. The daily task of the negro house
man was to rub the door plate until 1t
shone. 1t took the place of the lares
and penates Of the Romans, and was
attended to just rs carefully as were
the ancient household gods.
Everything is changed now, though.
I suppose the reason is that people
don't have homes as they used to.
They simply live in houses and apart
ments and move around so much that
a door plate couldn't possibly endure
the peripatetic existence. A collection
of brass door plates screwed to the
portal of a big apartment building
would, I confess, look odd."-Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Alfalfa for Pasture.

Alfalfa has not been used to n
great extent in the Eastern States for
pasture. For cattle it is known as a
dangerous pasture, on account of its
tendency to produce bloat, and cannot
be safely used unless the animals are
kept on it continually. Fol sheep and
swine it furnishes the best of pasture.
There is, however, one drawback to
the use of alfalfa for grazing pur-
poses, on account of it's liability to be
tramped out by the stock p%asturing on
it. 1t may be that after alfalfa comes
to be more commonly grown that it
will be found valuable for p%asturing
purposes, but as yet it is grown prin-
cipally for hay.-Farm and Fireside.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Grain SmuIs

A dangerous parasite of many of the
cereal plants is the fungus that pro-
duces in the grain or head what is
known as smut. There are several
well known kinds of smut, each Of
which is caused by a distinct species
of the fungus.
The greatest loss from smuts in this
country is from the sinking smut of
wheat and the loose smut of oats. A
considerable loss is also due to the
loose smut Of barley and wheat,
which are more difficult to control and
prevent. They are widely distributed,
and though they occur usually in small
quantities the damage in the aggregate
is large. They often are entirely I'M
noticed on account of their earliness
and the absence of any conspicuous
sign OF them at harvest time.
The sinking smut of wheat trans
forms only the kernels into smut balls
which do not break until the wheat is
threshed and often remain intact in
the threshed grain. The loose SHUTS
OF barley, on the other hand, early dis
charge their spores, which are blown
off by the wind as soon as the smutted
head ome out of the leaf sheath;
they infect the plant in the towering
stage and enter the embryo inside the
ovary before the latter ripens into
seed. An infected seed deveIopes a
s.nutted plant the following year.
The most successful method thus far
found for preventing these smuts is a
hot-Water treatment of the seed. This
treatment is described in Bureau Of
Plant Industry bulletin 1872, entitled
The Loose SHUTS of Barley and
Wheat" recently issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The bulletin is a report of recent re-
searches into the life histories of these
smuts and the determination of meth.
DDS for their prevention.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

"1n their way" said an old fisher
man, fishes are good weather proph-
cts. If a storm is approaching the
fish stop biting and they won't bite
again until the storm is well over.
They appear to know when a storm is
coming and when it has really passed.
And to fishermen ana farmers living
along shore fish ~foretell the near APP
proaCh of cold weather. Hours before
it comes fishes leave the shallow wa
ters in shore and seek the deeper
water, which in its depths will stay
warm and keep an equable temper
ature after the shallower and surface
waters have turned cold. Oh, yes, fish
es know a thing or two about the
weather."-New YOrk Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Destroying Quack Grass.

l often see directions given for kill
ing out Quack grass, but l think they
are all inferior to the method that l
employ. I would never try to drag
out the roots with harrow or rake, be-
cause not all of the roots will be gath
cred and those left will soon fill the
soil again. The pest can most easily
be killed right where it is, the roots
furnishing an abundance of plant food,
by using a double action cut-away har-
row. Now, please don't think that any
kind Of a harrow will do, because it
will not. If you rely On any except
the one T have mentioned you will
be disappointed. l have used n to
destroy quack grass many times, and
am sure of what I am writing. If you
plow before using the harrow, run the
plow shallow-just deep enough to
turn over the Quack roots, bottom side
up; let lay thus for a week and then
go over the field with the double &C
ton cutaway harrow; then after a
few days repeat the narrowing and
keep at it, going owe the field at in
tervals of a few days until the pest
is all destroyed. 1t is no use to think
that if the field be gone over, perhaps
a dozen times in one day, the quack
will be killed, for the sun, as well as
the harrow, must get in it's work.
The way TO do is to go over the field
once, her wait a few days for the
roots to dry and repeat the operation.
By being thorough in this the grass
can be destroyed and a crop grown the
same year if commenced early in the
spring.-F. H. Dow in Agricultural
EnitnnaiSt
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
The Unconscious Tribute.

When his business had yielded such
profits that he began to take life more
easily and think of retiring, Mr..
Holden endeavored to throw some
good things in the way of a younger
firm. "How about letting Hobbs &
Rawson have your next consignment
of canned novelties?" he suggested to
one of the manufacturers. They are
Woodworking, gentlemanly young fell
lows
That's Just the trouble" said the
manufacturer, with a decided shake
of his head. Tn no gentleman my
self. and ! don't propose to mix up
nor have any business dealin's with
gentlemen.
"Ill consign my goods to you, same
as I've always done, and you can do
as you like with 'em."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Rest Tyne OF Mich Cows,

A COW with her second or third cali
is the most desirable of all, and this
is undoubtedly the most profitable age
to buy them. AS mixers and breed
ers, they have all their best days in
front of them, and with sufficient time
to pay handsomely. Young and old
cows are very distinct in appearance.
The former have an unmistakable ap-
pearance of fullness of flesh and coat,
while the old ones are more Or less
shrunk. The teeth give an Indication
of age, and the horns are often looked
to as a guide, the young having smooth
horns, while those of the aged are
wrinkled. If cross-breeds are bought,
get them with the greatest tendency
toward the best breed the cross has
been secured from. Cows with a male
or bull type of head are rarely good
mixers. The head should be refined,
neck thin, forequarters wide, square
and robust, with deep, broad thighs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

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The hog is an omniverous animal,
and needs "roughage' and green feed
for his best health and growth. A GER
tain amount of grain feed is needed
to grow hogs with the greatest profit,
and still more is necessary to fatten
and fit them for market. When young
animals have an abundance of range
with a good supply of heterogeneous
foods, like alfalfa, clover, vetches and
COW peas, corn makes a valuable addi-
ton to the ration, but should not be
given il excess, and will usually be
found more profitable if mixed with
shorts, bran or other feed combining
a large proportion of protein. For
young pigs bran is not SO good as
shorts and ground COW peas may be
used in the place of the latter when
the price exceeds $50 per ton.
Feeding for the finish should not
begin more than ten or twelve weeks
before the hogs are to be sold. For
the last six or eight weeks corn is I'M
doubtedly the best grain, as the feed
consumed during this time greatly in
fluences the quality Of the meat. Hogs
take on flesh rapidly during the first
weeks of heavy feeding, but longer
feeding means slower gains. Quick
work pays in fattening as well as in
growing hogs, and when the animals
are on good feed and fail to make a
gain of at least one pound daily they
should be sold or ~butchered.
Market your hogs at 6 or s months
Of age, at which time they should
weigh 200 to $50 pounds. A greater
per cent of profit is secured than if
you keep them until 10 or - months
old, because you avoid 60 to 100 days
of daily animal waste. However, a
hog which is made to weigh 800
pounds at 1 year is quite profitable.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
TOTAL LOSS OF A

Seemed Imminent-ScaIp Was Yer,
ScaIy and Hair Came Out by
Hnndfuls-ScaIp Now Clear and
New Hair Grown by C~uticura.
About two years ago / was troubled
with my head being scaly. Shortly after
thai | had an attack Of typhoid fever
and | was out Of the hospital possibly
two months when | first noticed the
loss Of hair, my scalp being still scaly
l started to use dandruff cures to nc
effect whatever. l had actually lost
hope of saving any hair at ali. | cou!c
brush it off my coat by the handful.
IA afraid to comb 1t. But after using
two cakes of Cuticura Soap and nearly
a box of Cuticura Ointment, the change
was surprising. My scalp is now clear
and healthy as could be and my hail
thicker than ever. whereas l had my
mine made up to be bald. w. F.
Steese, 5S12 Broad ST., Pittsburg. Pa
May Z and q, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole
Props. of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
cnrc of NIi1k Vessels.

The sooner the milk utensils and
separator are washed after use the
easier it is done and the less danger
there is of their becoming foul. To do
this properly you need three waters.
First, use a lukewarm water to re-
move all the milk. Second, use water
a little warmer, into which should be
thrown a handful of salsoda or a few
drops of concentrated I've. Third, use
an abundance of boiling water, which
must penetrate every nook and cor
ner and remain long enough to de-
stroy every germ that may still be
looking for a home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
ONE MAN CAN HANDLE BIG RACK

supporting poles are set in the ground
at a sufficient distance apart to admit
of driving between them with the
rack. There are a number of hooks
on the side of each, sufficient to make
it possible to lift the rack q little at
a time by means of the poles, as H.
Illustrated by the dotted lines There is
no need of a complicated block and
tackle when such a simple device is SO
effective.-Frank Monroe in Farm and
Home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Protecting Rirds.

With very few exceptions, birds are
most valuable live stock on the farm.
Even the so-called grain-eating birds
earn their right to a home and pro-
lection by reason of the vast quanti-
ties of weed seeds they devour and
the number of insects they destroy.
Quails and meadow larks eat more in
sects than vegetable food and a very
large percentage of the latter Is COM
posed Of weed seeds. A single farmer
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Fruit Tree Borers.

The Ohio Experiment Station rec
ommends as a treatment for killing
peach and plum tree borers, 3 pounds
of ~naphtha soap enulsified by boiling
in three gallons of water; while hot
add one gallon of carbolineum i've
narins, which can be obtained through
dealers in market gardeners and fruit
growers supplies. This can best be
mixed by the use of a force pump.
When the soap solution and carbolin-
cum are thoroughly mixed add four
gallons of water and apply with a
spray pump, being careful to protect
hands and face when using.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Benjamin Franklin had just succeed
ed in getting a spark of electricity from
the clouds.
II rather guess he chuckled, that's
about as near as anybody will ever come
to receiving a message from Mars
Hastily recling in his wire and pulling
the kite down, he made a quick getaway,
and was not in when the man come with
a bill from the consolidated lighting com-
panics. Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

would nave lleu, |
believe, but for
Doans Kidney Pills.
My doctor said the
case was hopeless.
My back felt as if it
were being scared
with a red hot iron.
The kidney seCra-
tons were painful,
and full OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

1t very often happens that one
wishes to remove the rack from the
wagon when there is no one to assist.
This may be very easily lone with the
device illustrated herewith. The four
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Gross $500 boxes of Rough on Rats
to send to the Panama Canal Zone, be-
cause it does the work. The old relia-
BILE, that never fails. The unbeatable
exterminator. 15c, Csc, 75c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

cannot protee: the birds on his place
against all kinds Of destructive YER
min, including the town hunter, but
he can combine with his neighbors.
post every farm and secure his rights
by helping to secure the rights of his
Brother farmers. Now is a good time
to begin.-kansas Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
AK Your prusris, For Anen,s Eoo,.Ease.

II tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply,
1t has cured my corns, and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation in my feet which
was almost unbearable, and / would not
be without it now.-Mrs. w. J. Walker,
Camden, N. J." Sold by all Druggists. 25c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
They'll want the wood.

The forest famine is not to be imue-
date, said Mr.. Pinchot at Denver. I'VE
have forests in plenty for the present
generation, and perhaps for the next,
but in the years to come there will be
famine a-plenty If we don't at this time
take the stitch in time"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regu
late and invigorate stomach, liver and
bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules
Easy to take as candy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

sediment. There were puffy spots be
meath my eyes II my head panied
terribly. | was miserable in every
way and often wished death might re-
lieve me. When | began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills my condition was so Sc.
rious that they had little effect, but
l persisted, getting gradually better,
and it was not a great while before
l was cured. The effect has been last.
ing"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

In case of pain on the lungs Hamlins
Wizard Oil acts like a mustard plaster,
except that it is more effective and is so
much nicer and cleaner TO use.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

If it's Your " Use Pettit's Eye SnIve.
for inflammation, stys, itching lids. eye
aches, defects of vision and sensitive to
strong lights. All druggists or Howard
Bros.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

The railroads of this country pay out
twenty-four million dollars a year in
freight claims.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
children teething, softens the gums, re-
duces Inflammation. aliays pain, cures
wind collie. Csc a bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

The worlds sheep-shearing record is
2,394 animals in nine hours. This was
done at Hawks Bay Station, in Austria
liza.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

British India has the swiftest river in
the world. The Sutlej has a descent of
1900 feet in $50 miles. g.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
HAVE Ynu CuILRLAINs,

The salvation Army breaches the Cos.
pei in t~hirty-one different languages.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

India's only cottonseed oil mill il in
Burmah.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

For use during military n the
kaiser has a portable house made of as
bestOs,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
His Bcncfaction~.

"In my humble way" said the oil mag
nate, Il have assisted many a young man
to gain an education and fit himself for a
successful career in life"
IT don't know of any instances in
which you have" commented the muck
raker.
You don't? Think of the many poor
boys who have had to do all their study
ing by the light OF a coal oil lamp!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
TILE snuRcE OF TRorRLE

A pile driver at New Orleans Is 1OS
feet high, the highest ever built.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

Belgium is said to produce the best
grapes, but not the most.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

His young wife rules him, SO they say,
Though ne is proud as any prince;
Papa, you know, gave her "a way
She's had her own way ever since.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
Win TnIher.

must be reached before It can be cured. Aliens Lung
Ealsam goes to the root OF your cough, and CURES 1t,
Harmless and sure. At all drug lists.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15

II so. you will welcome Perry Davis Painkiler. with
its soothing and healing effect. Equally good for rheu-
matism. lumbago. or frost bites. In 21c. 35c. zoe bottles.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-15
A. W. GLEASON.
(SEAL)

Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo-
nialS free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O..
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.