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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
NEW BURGLAR ALARM.
German Invention Utilities Window
and Doorway Curtains.

VIZ ! lA1A RuoN
and Doorway Curtains.
Deputy Consul General Ulysses J.
Bywater reports, according to Daily
Consular Reports, on a simple ap
pliance for giving warning of attempt
&c burglary or forcible entry into
premises, which is thus described by
the consular officer:
This appliance has been thoroughly
tested by the police authorities of
Dresden and Berlin, and the most ex-
perienced experts were unable to find
flaws in the apparatus, or to enter into
the protected premises without start
ing the alarm. The appliance itself
is very simple, consisting Of a curtain
or portiere, wired with fine conductors.
At certain places on the curtain are
affixed small metal knobs, which are
connected with the wire conductors.
The curtain is Their drawn across the
window or door, or around the safe,
and the slightest disturbance Of this
position breaks the circuit, as the met
al knobs are thrown out of contact
with each other.
Should the burglar notice the wires
and cut one or several thereof the
breaking Of the circuit would also
start the alarm. Any other attempt to
destroy the protecting curtain would
also be noticed. Any curtain, unless
made of fireproof material, would also
act as a fire alarm. The alarm itself
may consist of a series of bells, lights
or other electrical appliances. This in
vention a be used to protect doors,
windows, safes, etc, and naturally the
curtains, forming the most conspicu-
! Gus part of the device, can be designed
and arranged to suit individual taste.
The inventor recently gave the writer
All exhibition OF the working Of the
apparatus, and the impression was that
this invention is unique in simplicity
and reliance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
SPANS WR ON M0R0(CM0QN1
AGAINST WHICH SRkNIARDS REBEL


H~|MmEIN y rebeling against the war which Spain Ia undertaken on
ENIf II the Riff coast of Morocco, sol o the Spanish people have per
\ haps in mind the fact that little national glory or territorial
~ expansion is likely to be obtained through a long and bloody
k6GrM&N1 campaign against the wild tribesmen of that region. For tho
kSGYSeJ integrity OF Morocco is guaranteed by the powers of Europe,
the Sultan oft that picturesque and unprogressive country is
taking II o part in the proceedings, and the government offs Spain has n
that the purpose of the war is limited to the protection Of Spanish
possessions and frontiers covered by the treaty of Tetuan, being in 40 sense
directed against Morocco a a state. Few Sranards, however,, are given
to reading Or thinking abstracty about questions OF government or foreign
policy. Eighty per cent of them are unable to read or write. The antag
from their knowledge of what the wars of the past have cost them individ:
ualy. SPANS possessions in Morocco are sman-a fw towns along the
coast used Is convict stations-and their greatest value seems to be to a
few mine wner who have been and are being protected by the Spanish
government at a high cos to the nation.
One of the most picturesque chapters Of European history is the story
oft the INVASION OF Spain by the Moors, which left permanent monuments OF
the greatness of the invaders n the Alhambra and other famous structures.
Before the invention of gunpowder the Moors we're a formidable enemy in
the field. They are credited. indeed, with having used gunpowder or the
fstt time IN European Warfare q" the siege Of lgeciras, in 1912. and with
having long been familiar with its use before other nations put it to prac-
purposes. Morocco received the expelled Meors when those of them
that refused to accept Christianity were driven from Spain by the power
Of Isabella of CASTLE and Ferdinand of Aragon in the fifteenth century.
Ther etteme on the African coast "a hem the opportunity of becom-
ing pirates for many centuries, Fundamentally opposed to each other
is Christians and Mohammedans, the Spaniards and Moroccoans have an
enduring antagonsm TO each other, whether having specific aus for war
or not
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

Chicago and New York doubtless
have their uses. We must have pork
and beef, and We must have a com
mercial metropolis, but it is hard to
believe that any one would willingly
live in New York unless possessed Of
an income of a million or so a year.
In this city we live with comfort
and a due sense Of proportion. There
are a few fats in the city, and there
are enough people who don't need
homes to fill them, but the average
Philadelphia is welded to his hearth
stone. He owns his house and lives
in it with pride and comfort, without
ostentation.
Ouradvice to people in Chicago and
New York is to come to Philadelphia
to live, where babies may be born
without the fear Of the landlord, and
where they may be nurtured IN COM
Portable homes and brought up to be
respected citizens. - Philadelphia In
Quirer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

ments lined up while the bands OF
their regiments played the wedding
march.
Finally Sergt. Dempsey's regiment
was ordered to New York, and it was
while he was serving as Gen. Grants
orderly at Governors Island that he
received, on May 13. 1908, his honor
able discharge from the United States
army, in which he had served so faith
fully and well.
Mr.. Dempsey returned to civil life
as an employe Of William Morris, inc,
and Is now superintendent of the build
ing in 42d street into which Mr.. Nor
ris has recently moved his Offices.
Having created a comfortable home
in New York, Mrs. Dempsey returned
to Norway two months ago to get her
two daughters, who had been left in
the care of their late fathers parents.
New York Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
A LESSON FOR SOMEBODY.
How Mrs. Barrett Gave n Crushing
lcSSnn to IhH SnlcNluIN.

HOW Mrs. Barrett SENc a CruShtnR
Lesson to the Snlc>lmGy.
The department stores OF Franklin
Brothers and Morris 4 Baird stand
side by side on the street, as we'll as
i'll Mrs. Barrett's favor. but 1t hap
pened to be Franklins' toward which
she was hurrying when, to her surprise
and delight, she met her friend. olivia
Grant.
Come with me while I match some
lace" Mrs. Barrett proposed. and then
We'll go and have a cup of bouillon.
Isn't it tiresome shopping? The clerks
seem possessed not to let you find out
what they have on the shelves"
They were entering the large store
as she spoke. and a minute later stood
together at the lace counter.
I'VE haven't anything like that,
lady" the salesgirl announced. with a
side glance at the half-yard remnant
which Mrs. Barrett unfolded.
"Haven't, You had an entire piece
yesterday"
Beg pardon, lady. We haven't had
hat pattern"
Mrs. Barrett briStled. My dear,
you must be more careful in your
statements. had this remnant
charged and sent to me yesterday.
Then l found hat I should require
more. and decided to return this and
have mine cut from the piece. which
I
afternoon"
Did you bring back the check?"
"No. If could see the youni
woman who waited on me, she would
probably remember"
it,"
call the head Of the department."
was the majestic answer, and while
she waited Mrs. Barrett turned to her
friend. Simply lave to fight to get
anything," she murmured. Actually,
I care more to teach that girl a les
son than to get my lace. The reason
I'm so positive is because | had ar
ticles sent from two other stores, and
hat ! went. just before leaving the
house, to look at the check and box
hat came with this. Ah,"-as the
head of the department stood before
her. This young Oma tells me
you have never had any lace like this
in stock"
The manager examined the remnant.
She's right, madam" he pronounced,
respectfully. You must have got 1t
somewhere else"
"Indeed!" Mrs. Barrett spoke with
cutting sarcasm. well! Probably I
did get it somewhere else, but it was
delivered at my house in a Franklin
Brothers box, with a Franklin Broth
ers' check inside"
But. madam" came the gentle an
swer. this IS Morris & Baird's."
She had turned in one door too soon
Youths Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
CATS AND CHINA
They Do Not Fit Together In b
Same House.

They Do Not Fit Together IN h
Same House.
Aunt Eunice," said young Mrs.
pushing back the pile of sc~ribbling-pa.
per in front of her, Aunt Eunice, why
Ices a woman who loves china want
to marry a man who adores cats?"
Aunt Eunice went ON with her pla-
cid knitting, and deftly avoided a di.
rect answer.
is that a conundrum?" she asked,
II never guessed one in my life. And
IL it's the theme Of a problem novel.
Nan, you needn't tell me, because I
do7't like them"
Mrs. Billings laughed. mo, 1t isn't
a conundrum," she said. "It's a catas-
trophe-almost, and 1t looks as II it
might resolve itself into a problem
novel at any moment. I'm the woman
i love china; Ned's the mamie
adores cats; and the result Is that
three of my best so~up-plates and four
Of my cherished oatmeal-saucers have
been smashed to atoms in the last
fortnight. You know, Hilma feeds the
cats, but Ned is always sure that h
never gives them enough, and SO, as
soon as he gets back from his recita-
lions, he feeds them again. In the
shed, of course, and with my best
china, and hen Hilma comes along
on her earnest Swedish feet and does
the rest. I'm getting discouraged"
Here the library door opened and
Professor Billings stood on the
threshold, a broken plate in his hand,
his manner wavering between nom
chalance and anticipation.
Another victim, Mamie" he tried
to say, cheerfully. "Hilma walked
heavily again. Fortunately it's an
old"
But Mrs. Billings had flown to his
side and was examining the frag-
ments.
"Old! I should say 1t was! That's
just the troubled" she cried. with tras-
edy. It's my best, my only piece OF
real pink luster. o Ned, how could
you take it," There were tears In
| her voice and in her eyes. too.
Nan, I'm awfully sorry!" said her
| abiect husband. II promise III never
take anything but q tin dlpper after
this" and his air of sudbued and sim
| cere melancholy was so genuine that
| Mrs. Billings smiled in spite Of her
grievance.
Very WELL" she scolded, "but don't
ever let me hear you say again thai
The Ring and the Book is your IA
vorite poem, because 1t isn't. It's I
love little pussy!'"-Youth's Compan.
ion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

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together in peace and amity, where one shepherd may
be entrusted with the guidance of the flock, where
personal differences OF belief as to minor things may
give way to the general good. Consider what a strong
and useful place in the community the pastor OF SUCH
a church could take. Consider how, with a salary sure
to be paid and large enough to relieve him of financial
worryment. he could be one of the leaders In all good
works.
The chasm of creed between some of the denomina.
tons Is perhaps too wide to be bridged in this way.
But those OF the Protestant churches known as evan
geltcal. are near enough together to make the plan
practicable as, indeed. it has already been proved In
some communities. If the denominations want to re-
crult their ministries with young zeal and new blood,
they must do something Of this sort. The worldwide
success Of the nor. denominational Christian Endeayor
movement shows that the time is ripe for it-Minneap-
oils Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
TWO babies, who were without

two babies, who we're without means
of support.
When the next pay day arrived
Sergt. Dempsey had a short confiden-
tial talk with Maj. kilbourne. The
next mail out Of Manila carried an en-
velope addressed to the widow of
OuarterInaster Nassio. In it was a
letter which read:
e Madam-While bound for China
on a transport your husband-ike all
brave Norscmen-lcapcd from the
bridge in an effort to ave me from
drowning after | had fallen overheard
during a storm. | was saved, but in
the gallant act he lost his own life.
| learned through the Norwegian con
sui that he had yourself and two little
babies dependent upon him.. | can
now only offer you my sympathy and
life, and both are freely and fully
given. Enclosed please find 5000, which
is all | have earned since the acct
dent. Each month you will receive all
nv pay except a trifle for necessities.
This, should you live, you shall have
so long as l am able to earn it. Your
husband did not hesitate that eventful
day as he stood on the bridge of the
transport, and I, as a United States
soldier. will not hesitate to make any
restitution in my power. My prayers
shall always be for you and the chill
dren. Your husband died a man to
be admired by all humanity, and God
will watch over n take care of you.
With all my hearts sincerest sorrow,
believe me, your friend,
JACK DEMPSEY,
Co.. H, Fourteenth U. S. Cavalry, Ma
Mia, P. l.
Letters of thanks followed, and the
correspondence continued through the
years hat Sergt. Dempsey remained In
Manila fulfilling his promise to the
Norwegian widow and her little ones.
Five years after the Mayday sailing
the same transport-the Logan-which
had carried Sergt. Dempsey away from
San Francisco steamed back through
the Golden Gate with Sergt. Dempsey
on board. Letters Of such a character
had been exchanged meanwhile that
Jack was not surprised to be ap-
preached on the pier by a little Nor
wegian woman, who gazed first at a
photograph which she held in her hand
and then at the face Of the stalwart
soldier, while the tears streamed down
her cheeks. The tall. handsome SER
geant took her in his arms. but did
not speak for awhile. Then they
walked away together. Later a gen.
eral order was issued and three reGi-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
IRONLESS SHIP BUILT TO
SURVEY THE WORLD

Destined for a ffteen-year cruise to
all accessible parts of the world, the
non-magnetic yacht, Carnegie, recently
launched in Brooklyn, N. Y, is expect
ed to become a prominent figure in the
maritime hall of fame.
Built for use III a magnetic survey
Of the earth, the Carnegie is expected
to encounter experiences such as no
other vessel has been through. She
will wrestle, probably, with ice packs
in the Arctic, and may meet terrific
typhoons off the Asiatic coast. Her
crew may shorten sail before the
storm king Of Cape Horn and whistle
for breezes in the sultry Sargasso sea.
Even in her construction, the yacht
differs from other vessels. No steel
of iron has entered into her construc-
ton, except about 600 pounds neces-
sary for certain parts of her machin-
cry. She will be nearer all wood than
than any other modern craft afoat.
It is hored that the voyage of the
Carnegie will bring not only fame to
herself, but lasting benefit to all the
great multitude who go down to the
sea in ships. The scientists to sail
in her hope to discover, among other
things, the location and characteristics
OF the North magnetic pole.
The Carnegie institution OF Wash
ington, which built the vessel about
five years ago, undertook to make a
series of systematic surveys. There
was ORGANIZED a deDartment Of re-
search in terrestrial magnetism. which
was placed in charge Of DR.. L. A.
Bauer, who was formerly in charge of
the magnetic survey of the United
States under the coast and geodetic
survey. Since then valuable work has
been done in the Pacific Ocean, the
yacht Galilee making three voyages
agsregating 10000 nautical miles.
1t Is because Of the peculiar char
acter Of the work for which she Is in.
tended that the vessel was built with
OUT the use Of iron or steel. Her beams
and planks are held together with
wooden %treenails, and spikes and bolts
Of copper n bronze. Her engine and
other machinery are Of brass and
bronze. and even the propeller is OF
manganese bronze.
Those OF us who recall our early
history lessons remember. probably.
the statement that at one time on the
great voyage Of Columbus his sailors
mutinied because the compass needle
tailed to point to the North star. Such
0ocsntricities Of the compass have
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

bothered mariners ever since. Perhaps
they did before.
1t IS a w%ell-known fact that the
compass In certain parts of the earth
does not remain true to due north.
On some localities the variation may
be several degrees. Off the coast Of
Oregon and Washington the variation
Is as much as twenty to twenty-five
degrees. This variation is found on
land as well as on the ocean.
There are a number of lines along
which the compass needle always
points due north. One Of these lines
of mo variation" begins in the east
ern part Of Lake Superior, runs
through Ohio. about midway between
Cincinnati and Columbus, through
eastern Tennessee, cuts through South
Carolina and strikes out into the At
lantic near Beaufort.
On the east side of this line the
compass needle IS drawn by some
mysterious force to the Westward;
west Of the line it is drawn to the
east. On the upper coast of Maine
the needle gets as much as twenty-one
degrees west of true"
The geographic north pole is not the
magnetic pole; just where the latter is
remains as much of a mystery as the
pole Peary is seeking. And another
strange thing about it, the magnetic
pole is not stationary; it is continu-
ally moving, although very slowly. 1t
has not been discovered in what direc-
ton the magnetic pole is moving.
When the magnetic pole shall have
been located and its various phenom-
ena ascertained, many of the existing
problems Of navigation will disappear.
To solve these riddles will be one of
the tasks of the scientists aboard the
Carnegie.
In building the ship some puzzling
questions had to be solved. The BOAT
had to be virtually non-magnetic. For
hat reason iron and steel could not
enter into it's construction. It was to
be the first vessel in which such ma
| terials were not to be found. With
the exception of hin cast-iron Innings
in the engine cylinders and the steel
cams necessary for operating the
valves, magnetic materials were ex-
cluded altogether.
White sails are to be relied upon
mainly, auxiliary power Is necessary
for m~aneuvering in harbors or for use
in Gains at sea. For this power it
was decided that steam would not do,
because the boilers and engines would
be highly magnetic. 1t would not be
practicable to use gasoline or oil, be-
cause OF the danger Of carrying such
large quantities as would be needed
in exploring faraway waters. The diff
iculty vas solved by installing a spe-
cially constructed marine gas pro-
Queer. using coal. in connection with
a bronze internal combustion engine.
The Carnegie institution is not con-
filming its magnetic survey work to the
seas. It has had several and expedi-
lions at work-two in Africa, one in
Asia Minor and Persia and one In
China. 1t has also worked over part
Of South America. Central America,
British America and Greenland.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
BUILT OVER CATACOMBS.
S"ubtcrrnnenn Chambers Under Ger
tnin Districts of Paris.

SubtcrraneHn Chnmbcrs Under Ger
tain Districts of Paris.
Paris in many of it's districts Is
built over the catacombs. These vast
subterranean chambers and galleries
produce that peculiar cavernous sound
which is heard in the Luxembourg
Montparnasse, Vanguard, Montrouge,
and Montsouris quarters When heavy
carts pass rapidly along the coarsely
metalled roads. The streets are then
like monstrous drums beating funeral
marches to the raves over that vast
ommon grave of ten centuries OF
Parisians with its millions of skeleton
dead.
The quaint little Gothic house at the
corner of the recently prolonged Boule'
ward Raspail, which many al Ameri-
can artist must remember from his
student days, actually has a private
stairway leading to the catacOmbs
from beneath a Theoretically closed
slab just in front of the doorstep. From
time to time, says Harper's Weekly,
certain municipal officials visit this
grim entrance, the existence Of which
is known to only very few people.
A former occupant of the house,
surprised by n of these visits. the
reason of which was mysterious to
him, was accustomed to relate that
once in the dead of night he watched,
quaking, from the room above, con-
WINGED that he was Witnessing the final
scene in a tragedy in some B~orgialilkc
nn1itino1 tro palv - ~ rtNr nf man the
chief of whom wore half concealed
under his coat the t~ricolOr scarf of a
police commissary, had conveyed d
body through this entrance into thu
catacCmbs below.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
ONO

On! IKE i queens her happy tread.
And like q queens her golden head!
But oh, at last. when all is said,
Her woman's heart for me.
We wandered where the river cleaned,
Meath oaks that unused and pines that
dreamed,
a wild thing of the woods she seemed,
SO proud ard pure and free!
All heaven grew nigh to hear her sing,
When from her lips her soul took
wing;
The oak forgot their bordering,
The pines their reVerie,
And oh! her happy q~ueenly tread!
And oh! her q~neenly golden head!
But oh! her heart, when all is said
Her woman's heart for me!
William Watson.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

cnterIng Into the growing reluctance Of young men to
devote themselves to the pulpit work Of the churches.
One of them, we fancy, is the fact that the young
minister Is about the understanding, poorest paid
citizen in the average small town. He Is called to a
struggling church, and upon his young shoulders Is
laid the impossible burden of making that church a
success and OF Ewing, meanwhile, on almost nothing.
And vet the church MEMBERS, individually, may be do
ing the best they can. The point is, that there are not
enough of them; or, rather, that their religious energies
are divided up among too many organizations. While
they are holding fast to comparatively unimportant diff
ferences of creed, and are clinging desperately to de-
nominationalism the real work of the Master goes I'M
done.
The average small town is supporting in hand-to-
mouth fashion half a dozen struggling churches. where
there ought to be but one or two. Pride of denomina-
ton alone stands in the way Of setting up in such a
town a single sacred shrine. where all may worship
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

races has been MADE so often that it can be taken
as having at least q foundation In fact. and yet. OF the
two, the Japanese are undoubtedly the nearer to our
sympathies and comprehension. the reader to accept
what is called civilization, and the likelier both to teach
and to initiate the occidental world.
The apparent lack by the Japanese OF commercial
honesty has been well explained by the circumstance
that until recently their trading class was q low and
despised one, while the fighting man was highly hon
ored and naturally developed the virtues that are as
much the effect as the cause OF general respect. In
China the conditions were reversed. the merchant being
there the noble and the soldier the parah. Soon the
Chinese soldier will learn that it is shameful to run
away from the enemy, and the Japanese merchant that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
No Rest There.

Uncle Eben-If ye ever visit New
York and git tired walkin' aroun tn
city, don't We go into tn stock ex'
change to rest!"
Aunt Martha-Why not?
Uncle Eben-Gracious sakes! There
thew charge $500 10 for a seat!-Judge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
Hmm with Jelly.

Melt in a saucepan a large table
spoonful Of butter and half a glass OF
currant or other acid jelly. Shake in
a little pepper, and when hot lay in
four or five small thin slices Of boiled,
cold ham. Let it boil up once and
serve quickly on t~oast.-Bostan Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24
Popular Songs.

Softly! Do not wake him from hi.
slumber calm and deep,
Let the touch of dreamland round
about his visage creep,
Tread with gentle pressure as you tip
toe to his bed,
Mother. get the hammer; there's a fiji
on fathers head,
Los Angeles Express.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-24

The pace so quick
Which glided glee
Adorns with curious capers
Does not seem "chic"
When people see
The details in the papers.
-WashinEton Star.