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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

fective pills are separated from the
perfect ones-that is to say pills of
irregular shape or having some slight
blemish. Each girl in the picking"
department will separate two hun
dred thousand perfect pills every
day.
In the counting OF the pills an in
genious device is made use Of The
operator holds in his hands count
ing tray in which there are just a
thousand shallow depressions. A
quantity of pills is placed in the tray
and shaken about until each depres-
sion contains pill, when the surplus
is poured back into the container.
Thus in few moments a thousand
pills are procured, which are weighed
on fine metric scales and their weight
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21

in grammes noted. The weight in
kilos of the entire lot of pills is
then obtained, and this is reduced
to grammes. Then by dividing
the latter number by the form
er and multiplying the result by a
thousand the actual number of pills
in the lot is determined.
An ingenious statistician has esti-
mated that if the annual pill har-
vest of Detroit was strung on thread
the rope of pills would reach twice
round the earth. and if this string of
pills was cut in pieces every woman
in America could have a different
necklace of pills for every day in
the year, with an extra long one for
Sunday.
The pill habit is growing at a ter
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO

Detroit In this way hundreds of
new pills are given birth. And as
we have seen, the whole world is
explored for the material to make
them: the hunt for herbs and barks
is as ceaseless and exciting as that
for gold and precious stones. Saw
age lands, wild jungle and waterless
deserts are all made subject to the
demands of the American pill maker.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-21
An Expensive Friend

The MacLauder: | hear yer freend.
Donald, has marrit third wife.
The Elder: Aye, Donald's an eN-
pensive freend: twa wreaths and three
presents in seventeen years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
The Elders
Burnt Sacrifice
Ss@SSI

Old Elder McEntee, as his friends
a~ffectionately called him, was feeling
very cheerful and at times was moved
OF the spirit to hum a bar or two of
some especially q%uickening revival
melody.
Had he not held a successful revival
at the Towne school house? Was not
the campaign rich in victories over
the hosts of sin? And now to hasten
to a new and fertile field at the call
of souls in need? Right there, over
his heart, lay some Of the new kind
of paper money hat would help the
wife, tried and true in all the dire pri-
vations of pioneer life, now at home
some fifty miles away.
Thank God for His infinite mer-
cies!" said the good old Elder. aloud.
The crisp stars sparkled down on
the snowy road. The old moor hid
behind the horizons thither verge,
clasping her dead and darkened self
in crescent arms.
1t was wal times, the great Civil
War, now little more than IN echo in
the halls of history. National danger,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Legal Information

The statute of limitations Is held,
in Turner VS.. Overton, SO Ark. 406,
III S. w. go, 20 L. R. A. On. 81 1874.
to begin to run. upon a right of action
against a railroad company which,
without authority, straightens the bed
of a stream SO as to accelerate the flow
in such manner that its future inju-
rious effect on the riparian land is
certain, from the time Of the compile
tion Of the work by gradual erosion
and the overflow Of the property in
times Of freshet.
The oontributory negligence of a
child employed in violation Of the
terms If a statute is held, in Stafford
VS.. Republic Iron and Steel Company,
1913 III 371, 81 N. E. 1858, 20 L. R. A.
IN. s. S76, to be no defense to an
action against the master for personal
injuries received by him in conse-
quence of such employment, although
he had temporarily abandoned the
work he was employed to do Inc was
attempting to perform work which he
had been forbidden to do.
The limitation period for injury to
land on the opposite shore by deflec-
tion Of the current of a river by the
construction of a permanent dixie to
protect one shore is held, in Gulf, G.
& 8. F. R. Co. VS.. Moseley. So c.. c. A.
2S6, 1e1 Fed. 72, 20 l.. r. a. IN. s.
1856, to begin to run from the compile
ton of the structure, although the in
jury occurs by the washing away of
the shore during periods of high water
in successive years thereafter, a pro-
cess as certain to continue as the an
nual rains and the flow of the water
OF a large river.
While the violation by the master
of the provisions of a statute regulat-
ing the employment OF his servants
is held to be negligence per Sc and &C.
ttonable, it is held, in Darsam VS.. Kohl
mann (La.), 4S So. ISL, 20 l.. R.
A. On. 81 8S1, that, If injuries are
sustained by the servants in conse-
quence thereof, such provisions are not
to be so construed as to abrogate the
ordinary rules relating to contributory
negligence, which is available as a
defense Notwithstanding the statute.
unless the latter is so worded as to
leave. no doubt that such defense Is to
be excluded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A FAIRLY HEALTHY PLACE.

What's the average rate of mortal
ity up in your region, Mr.. Bascomb?"
asked a spruce young dry-goods clerk
Of Uncle Cyrus Bascomb, who was
spending a few days in Nashua. Nor
tality?" repeated Uncle Cyrus, in a
tone iudiciously poised between uncer-
tainty and elaboration.
Yes, mortality-deaths, in other
words" said the clerk, glibly. Every
body, pretty healthy up where you
came FROM"
well, les see,'' said Mr.. Bascomb,
slowly, as he laid down the package
Of worsted his wife had commissioned
him to buy, and began to count on his
knotted fingers, les see. Last week
the plumber died, an the carpenter,
an n O. the selectmen, an one o.
b town fremen, an the sexton o. the
Orthodox Westinghouse, an the town
clerk, an the superintendent O the
Sundayschool, an Philander Simms.
That was our mortality last week, I
b'lieve."
Eight Deaths in one week." exclaim-
cd the clerk. In establishment. "and
you tell me there are only three hun
dred people in Creekbyi Why, your
town will be depopulated within a year
at that rate! The place must be ter
ribly unhealthy"
Not as I v e heard" replied MIR.
Basconb, placidly.
Then how do you account for N
unless there was an accident Of some
sort?" demanded the clerk.
We'll" said Mr.. Bascomb, as he took
up his package and settled It COM
for'tably in the crook OF his left arm.
I'VE were terribly sorry to lose Philan-
der, but someway or other his going
don't seem to point to depopulation in
particular, for II he hadn't been struck
by lightning. he'd be with US to-day:
and Philander wasn't overly young.
either. He'd never a seen seventy
agin ct he'd "a Lived forty years"
THAT accounts for him, but how
about the other seven?" inquired the
clerk. IS Mr.. Bascomb moved toward
the door.
There want any other seven" re-
sponded Uncle Cyrus, calmly. a. he
opened the screen door and let in q
dozen or SO Of waiting nies. 'They
were all Philanier Simms.
we called him one OF our real fac
ultied citizens, but we've got two hun
dred an ninety-nine left, 50 cheer I'm.
young mani"
Tho Greer door swung Il WIKI Q
slam - the clerk looked rep@cachfully
after hds late customer.-Youth,s Com.
ani0n.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Deer in tho arctic REGIONS.

The deer which Commander Peary
found in large numaars on his last ex-
petition were reindeer, or as they are
usually called in Canada, caribou. 1t
is the only kind of deer that inhabits
Greenland and the land Of the north,
says the Manchester Guardian. 1t was
formerly very plentiful in southern
Greenland: as many as twenty-five
thousands Of its hides were exported
annually to Denmark in the middle of
the nineteenth century. Constant hunt.
ing, however, has thinned It's numbers,
and now in the districts anywhere
near civilization, though not extermi.
mated. it is no longer common.
The reindeer is found near and
within the arctic circle. both in the
old world and new, and though more
or less well marked differences are
found in the deer inhabittng different
countries, naturalists seem to agree in
regarding all the geographical races as
varieties Of one species. There are
half a dozen of these in all, three of
which are found in British America
and a fourth in Greenland. As NAV
be expected in animals living In such
a cold climate, the pelage is extremely
dense and compact, qualities which
make the skins invaluable for keeping
out the cold. They are used not only
for clothes and bed covering, but also
as lining and carpets in the winter
houses. No real attempt seems to
have been made to domesticate any
variety Of reindeer except the Europ-
can. These latter have been intro
duced into Alaska and for some years
have been used as draft animals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
BARBER BUSINESS GOOD.
New T%onsorinl Luxuries Onset In.
PRODUCTION of Safety Razor,

New Tonsorinl Luxuries Offset In.
PRODUCTION of Safety Razor.
ITO read the advertisements in the
newspapers" said the BOSS barber, &C.
cording to the New York Sun, you'd
ing safety razors. AS a matter of fact
lots of men are using them, and this
to some extent does affect the barber
business, but not to the extent YOU
might imagine.
You want to remember that many
of the men now using safety razors
are men who before taking them up
ordinary sort, and so they are not
shaving customers lost to us, though
we do lose from them the work we
formerly had in honing their razors
and keeping them in order.
AT the same time we have lost
some regular shaving customers who
had never shaved themselves, but who
have now taken up safeties, and WITH
them, too, we have lost their honing
jobs. and we do not get as shaving
customers all of the young men who
in the ordinary course of things would
IA come to US when they began
shaving, young men who would never
have shaved themselves with the ordl-
nary razor, but who have begun shay
ing with a safety.
"On the other hand, some young
men beginning now to shave come to
us, starting in with us and continuing
with us quite in the old way; the net
result of. all these things being that
the volume of shaving business done
in barber shops now remains about
stationary,
while this branch of its business
may now not be increasing, the barber
shop is still far from declining; on
the contrary, its business is now
greater than ever, showing in all its
branches taken together an increase
equal to the normal growth that might
be expected in any business. Nobody
has yet invented a self-operated safety
h~air-cutting machine and so men still
come to us to have their hair cut and
their boards trimmed and then there
Is now more luxury in barber shops
and more wants supplied than ever
before. In fact. the modern is about
as different from the old-time barber
shop as anything you could think Of"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
For Convenience.

The depot Of Meridian, Texas, is
about. a mile from the business part
of the town. One night a sleepy,
weary travelling man said to the darby
who was driving him to the hotel:
"Old man, why in the name of heav-
en- did they put this depot so far from
town."
The darby scratched his head in
thought and replied:
"Wa-al, boss, rs fo'ced to admit dat
l hasn't give de matter s'icient cogi-
tation, but jes' jumped up ter a an
swer like dis: I s'pose dey-done dat so
as to have de depot as e as possible
to de Acknowledgements.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Central African Elephants.

Elephants in the swamp country of
Central Africa" writes a traveller, are
different in their habits from those
which inhabit the forests. In the
marshes they stand throughout the
day immersed in water up to their bel
lies and with their backs almost hid
den by the high growth Of reeds. Here
they can always be traced by the white
egrets which invariably accompany
them and which feed upon the ticks
and other insects with which their
hides are infested. A herd of ele-
plants moving through dense grass
can be kept in sight, even though they
themselves are invisible by the flutter-
ing up and down Of these white birds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
DEATH TAKES US By SURPRISE.

Death takes us by surprise,
And stays our hurrying feet;
The great design unfinished lies,
Our lives are incomplete.
But in the dark unknown
Perfect their circles seem,
Even as a bridges arch of stone
Is rounded in the stream.
Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives.
And the uninterrupted breath
Inspires n thousand lives.
We're a star quenched on high
For ages would its light
Still travelling downward from the Sky
Shine on our mortal sight.
So when a great mar dies,
For years beyond our KEN,
The light he leaves behind him lies
Upon the paths of men.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Old Favorites


n~hS ~"
(Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to
the White Mans Committee Of
Spunky Point, Illinois.)
l reckon I git your drift, gents
You low the boy sha'n't stay;
This is a white mans country;
You're Dimocrats. you say:
And Whereas, and SEEM, and where
fore,
The times bein' all out o. tint,
The niger has got to mosey
From the limits o. Spunky Pint.
Les reason the thing a minute:
I'm an old-fashloned Dimocrat too.
Though l laid my politics out O. the
For to keep till the war was through.
But l come back here. allowtn'
To vote as I used to do,
Though it gravels me like the devil to
train
Along O. sich fools as you.
Now dog my cats eff I can see,
In all the light of the day,
you've got to do with the ques-
ton
Eff Tim shall go or stay.
And furder than hat I give notice,
Eff one of you tetches the boy.
He kin check his trunks to q warmer
cline
That he'll find in Illanoy.
Why. blame our hearts. jest hear me!
You know that ungodly day
When our left struck VicksbErg
Heights, how ripped
And <nr~, a MI tattn~A1 ryo law
When the rest retreated I staid behind
Fur reasons sufficient to me-
With a rib caved in, and a leg on a
stf.ke.
I sprawled on that cursed glacee.
Lord! how the hot sun went for US.
And Drilled and blistered and burn
I'D!
How the rebel bullets whixzed round
When a cuss in his grip
turned!
Till along toward dusk I seen a thing
I couldn't believe for a spell:
That ntgger-that Tim-was q crawlin'
to me
Through that nreproof. ~gilt-edged
hell!
The rebels seen him as quick as me.
And the bullets buzzed like bees:
But he jumped for me. and shouldered
me,
Though a shot brought him once to
his knees.
But he staggered up. nd packed me
OF.
With a dozen stumbles and falls.
TIL safe in our lines Re dropped US
both,
His black hide riddled with balls.
So. my gentle gazelles. thar's my an
And here stays Banty Tim:
He trumped Deaths ace for me hat
day,
And I'm not goin' back on him!
You may rezoloot till the cows come
home,
But eff one OF you tetches the boy.
He'll wrastle his hash tonight In hell,
Or my names not Tilmon 10y!
John Hay.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

$50 you don't think l practice what
[ preach, eh?"
mo, sir"
I'm what respect have ! failed to do
so?"
You preach that we should love
our neighbours
and do l not love my n~eighbors?"
IF you do why are you permitting
your wife to take vocal lessons?'-
Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
The Plain Facts.

You appear to have every conf,
dence in your husband"
well, he is very truthful. For i'm
stance, he sent word yesterday that
he was detained downtown"
"By business, hey?"
mo, by baseball."-Louisville Cou
rier-Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
He Knew Best.

do you think l can stand an oper
alton, doctor?"
you know you financial condition
better than / d~o."-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A Decided ~DiRereneo,

Naggsby-What are some Of the
most decided differences between nrs
and Life insurance?
Waggsby-In the latter there u NO
hesttancy In jnsuring the risk for IN
amount Tar Shove IL actual value
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A Pleased Audience.

What makes you spend so much
money on that lawsuit"
Its a matter of taste. Some people
like to attend lectures. I tprefer to
pay more and hear a lawyer discourse
on affairs in which 1 am personally in
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

Nervous Lady-Don't your expert
ments brighten you terribly, professor!
I hear that your assistant met with a
horrible death by falling 1000 feet
from an a%eroplane.
greatly exaggerated.
Nervous Lady-EXaggerated! How?
Bold Aviator-It wasn't much more
thon $500 feet that he fell.-Illustrat
ed Bit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Matter Of Fermentation.

Spartacus-I notice that q McKees-
port (Pa.) man who had thought he
was heir to an estate Of $125, 900 found
that the comma in the dispatch had
been misplaced and that instead he
had fallen heir to only $3.50.
Smarficus-In other Wordn tia mis-,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A Sure ign

City Visitor-How do you know This
tree is a dogwood?
Suburbanite-I can tell by its bark.
Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
EnEaEeme nt Broke

Merchant have had hard luck
lost all my money.
Suitor-Surely you would not wish
to lose your daughter Acknowledgements
Batter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
There WINS n ReRSOu.

why did you tip that boy so hand
somely for handing you your coat?"
Did you see the coat he gave me?"
London Taller.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Large Understanding

Church-They say that man is a self
made
Gotham-Well, l should say he spent
too much time on his PETITIONERS
Statesman.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A Singer.

Blobbs-Why do you liken Hard
uppe to the busy bee? He's not par
%ticularly Industrious, is he?
Slobbs-Oh, no., 1t isn't that, but
nearly every one he touches gets stung.
Philadelphia Record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Herishnble

What ails Mrs. Miggs?"
She says she spent the whole after
noon making that cake and the famil,
gobbled it up in fifteen minutes
Brooklyn Citizen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
It's in the Air.

Getting late, old man. Better go
home and ACE your wife. You a
prove where you've been, can't you"
Il think so. I'm arranging my data"
Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
A True Philosopher

II wish 1 were eligible to join one
of these patriotic sons of something"
TOO bad you're not"
Still, If my ancestors hadn't al
Ways taken to the woods in time OF
warfare, I might not be here."-Louis.
vile Courier-Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
His Awful Crime

my husband and I have got te
part. l won't stand for it any long
orv
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
She Ia.

Where is the girl of long ago?"
sings Joaquin Miller.
We saw her the other day, 10. But
she isn't a girl any more. She had
gray hair, and a wart on her nose,
had no teeth, and wore specs.-Tt-
Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Won't stand for what?'

His habit of smoking cigars two
shades darker han my new brown
dress. He hasn't the least idea of har-
mony in color."-St. Louis Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
An Autumn In,mune,

Terrible cold you have!"
"Yes!" answered the CHEEKY citizen;
isn't it lucky? l can't smell the moth
baHs.'-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
BY Degrees.

Hubby, do you like my new hat?'
Il guess I car learn to like it, n
Bwered hubby. after viewing the latest
tall charlottesville Courier-Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

Il sure sympathize with that mani"
"Why so?'
His expenses are about double
what his income is"
"Oh, well, you cannot afford to SYM
pathize with every mar who owns an
auto."-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
The Widows View of 1t.

Briggins Ga willy one)-No, 1 shall
never marry. ! loved a girl once and
she made a fool of me.
The Widow disappointed of her
prey)-What a lasting impression she
seems to have made.-Illustrated Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

Hark! what Is hat answering cho-
rus far down on the road behind him?
Silence! Maybe it Is a belated tote"
team" hauling supplies to some lum-
Der camp. Yes, nc doubt that was the
drivers answering song; those 'Ium-
Der jacks are ever fond of
.Cheered by the prospect Of a ride
when the team caught up, the Elders
mind turned to a review of the revi-
val closed the night before. Again he
.fervently thanked God for His mer-
cies as he thought of the dozen pio-
neers who came to the anxious seat"
asked for prayers, and, under Divine
conviction. made a profession of faith.
At his return four weeks hence he
would administer baptism to the lit
tie band Of saints. his brands pluck
ed from the, fires of sin.
Then his mind turned to the urgent
call that came to him, a hopeful call
from sthe uncovered asking him to
begin a revival at the Mccall school
house the next Sunday evening.
Strong and s%elf-rellant at three
score ana I'VE, accustomed until well
past 45 to buffet the ocean storms. a
sailor before the mast, he had sturdily
refused all conveyance through the
twenty miles Of forest roads. Now. at
midnight, he was still five miles from
Brother Smiths.
But this was the last long stretch
of woods, the last turn in the road
was at hand. A mile farther and he
would come to the first clearing" Be-
yond there the cabins Of the pioneers
were frequent all the way.
Then his soul warmed as he re-
called the generous collection taken
up for him and put his hand over a
pocket where n of those new and
handsome "greenbacks" kept his heart
aglow with gratitude toward his fell
lowmen.
But, isn't 1t time the team overlook
him? He turned to listen. Night!
Darkness: Silence!
Perhaps he could rouse the driver
by power Of song. He poured forth
the flercely triumphant challenge Of
IN old-time revival melody:
"satan's mad and I am glad,
Praise the Lord
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
No Need.

Employer-Well, Jimmie. did your
grandmother die yesterday?
Office Boy-Ne, sir! The game was
called off.-Harvard Lampoon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

Shoe joke.
William king-Where'd you get
those pumps?
Charlie Princeton a shoe tree
Cornell Widow.
a Cordial Invitations.
Hello, old man, it's an age since
I last met o What are you doing
now?"
"Bossing a contractors job on a
sewer"
well, glad to have seen you-drop
In some time"
They Are Still Right.
Hardup-There was a time when
people used to say that I had more
money than brains; but they can't say
that now.
Wife-Why not?
Hardup-Because I've come down to
last shilling.
Wife-Well. you've still got a shil-
ling.-Illustrated Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

"Paradoxical state of affairs, isn't
it,"
What ISL"
Hot feeling about the north pole is
cooling off."-Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10

carnage and death wrought the souls
of men to mighty spiritual throes.
AS the old Elder strobe sturdily
along the roughly hewn out highway
through pine and hemlocks, he lifted
up his voice in one of the popular war
songs of the period:
Time with the column and charging
in the storm,
AS men SO marching on;
Glory, glory. halleluia!
Glory, glory"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
Owe Strive 10 Please,

Customer heard you tell your last
customer that this weather would last
another week. Do you think it will
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-10
RfdiculOuS.

Wife-Now, see here, Jim; II yer
don't provide for me better / shall
Quit-so I warns yer.
Husband-Provide better? Well, I