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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

1t is a happy coincidence that the
year which witnessed the entrance OF
the White Star-Dominion Line Laur
entic should also be the centenary
yea of the Introduction of steam
navigation on the st. Lawrence. The
idea of applying steam power to The
boats which a hundred years ago car
ried on the limited transportation be"
tween Montreal and Quebec origin,
ated with the late Hon. John Nelson
whose name is pe~rpetuated to-day In
one of the banking institutions OF
Canada, which bears the family name
The Accommodation" was the name
of the Nelson steamboat, and she was
built on the bank of the st. Lawrence
at Montreal in the summer of 1909
n the event was fraught with great
importance to the trade of the coun
try, greater by far probably, than the
prime mover in it's accomplishment
even dared to imagine,
The steamboat Accommodation
which ushered in such an epoch mark
ing period in the history Of Canada
was rs feet long OF the keel and 81
feet on deck. She had berths for
twenty passengers which it was prom
ised would be considerably augment.
ed the following year. She received
her impulse from In open double
spoked, perpendicular wheel on each
side without any circular band OF
rim.
In the Old DauS
In the old days hardships innumer
able presented themselves in the land
journey, whilst dangers by day and
by night stared the hardy voyageurs
in the face when they made their
journey between Quebec and Mont
real. The heavy and swift flowing
currents of the river made the up
ward journey very difficult, and man!
laborious detours had to be made tt
accomplish the journey.
To go on with the historical sid
Of the narrative, it may be stated, thu
Montreal Star says, that with all 1t.
inconviences, the mode Of travel In
troduced by Hon. John Nelson was /:
success, for the following yea we fine
him applying to the legislature of thu
Province of Quebec for the exclu
sive right and privilege Of construct
ing and navigating a steamboat O
steamboats, within the limits of tn
province for a space of fifteen years.
In 1872 he built another and large
steamer of $50 feet keel and "a fee
beam. The lame of which vessel wa
"Swiftsure."
Following the "Swiftsure," Mr.
Nelson proceeded to carry out hi:
idea of operating a fleet Of river
steamers, mo rne@--ccn.eruccavn
each n led to improvements in nat
ter of size and accommodation.
Up to about 1918 a great many PEG
pie preferred to drive in caleches "
rough roads between Montreal ant
Quebec. but by hat time the service
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
JOBS FOR MEN WHO KNOW GRAIN

Government Seeks Assistants for h
bureau of Plant Industry.
Students with an agricultural train.
ing, who are familiar with laboratory
and field work. and with classes and
varieties of cereals, are sought by the
government at salaries ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 a year. The civil SER
vice commission has announced an TX
animation in Washington, Sept. % to
select eligibles for positions as assist
ants in grain standardization in the
bureau Of plant industry of the de-
partment of agriculture. One of the
requirements is the writing of a the
sis of not less than 1000 words on the
kinds of cereals grown in the United
States and the method of harvesting
and marketing with special reference
to CHASING and grading grain CONNER
cially.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
TURKEY GETS REVENGE
FOR TEASING 7 YEARS AGO

Does a turkey gobbler possess the
does the elephant? A turkey on the
farm of Amos HOLSTER, near Benton,
Wash, was teased into anger over
seven years ago by a little girl with
yellow curls. The other day the same
little girl, grown into woman
hood, wearing the dresses of the days
style, appeared upon the lawn of the
same farm and was attacked by a
gobbler enraged beyond all turkey
sense, and continued the fight until he
vas subdued and placed in a pen.
Over sever years G Miss Elsie Gun
Their visited the farm of her uncle and
leased the gobbler with a cane which
had ribbons tied to it. The turkey
chased her around the barnyard.
The incident was forgotten and
school work and business kept the
niece from again visiting her uncle
until seven years had passed. Miss
Gunther, free from school duties and
languishing for the free air of the
country, went to the Benton farm last
week. The first thing she did was to
trip across the barnyard toward the
COW pens as she had done years ago.
Before she was across the lawn a big
turkey gobbler, the same one which
attacked her seven years ago, flew at
her face and sturck her a blow that
almost threw her into a heap. The
turkey continued his attack until Hol
lister captured and imprisoned him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

A girl always seems more attractive
after her engagement is announced.
The men all say, When you want
the truth, come to me, and III give it
to you"
An elopement to get married IS
about as foolish as stealing a horse
for profit.
When a woman comes out Of a gro
Gerry store, she is usually chewing
something.
Think Of the millions OF people in
the world you'd think a lot Of ii you
knew them!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
SWEPT BY A WALL OF WATER.
Flood Near Rawhide, New, Destroys
$50 Buildings and Six Lives.

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$50 Buildings and Six Lives.
SQuatter Town, a settlement just
south of Rawhide, New, was swept by
a ten-foot wall of water following a
cloudburst in the hills Tuesday night
and 1870 buildings were destroyed. 1t
is reported that two women and four
children are missing. The cloud broke
on the summit of the low hills north
of the camp. In a few moments water
was pouring down the slope.
Several structures weer torn from
their foundations and carried down
the street, while the crest of the flood
was covered with furniture, animals
and debris of all kinds. Gathering
force as it poured down the channel,
the water swept into and over Squat
ter Town. 1t formed a wall ten feet
high as it crashed into the structures.
Before the wave had passed 500 per-
sons were homeless and their property
was heaped in the basin at the foot
of National hill.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
WOMAN HELD AT SNAKES MERCY

From one danger into another was
Mrs. Lydia Smiths predicament,
when, in trying to escape a snake, she
caught her hair in a wire fence and
badly lacerated her scalp before she
could be eXtricated. Mrs. Smith, who
lives in Clayton, Del, while on an out
ing at Rehobeth, went to a small hen.
house in the back yard to catch a
chicken for dinner. AS she entered
the wire inclosed yard she found a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
Actual Facts in the Leeend-
airy Career of the Scotch
man Who Was Accused
Of Piracy and for Whose
Fabulous Buried Treas
ure Adventures Are Still
Seeking.

The buried treasure of Capt. Kidd
Is n of the greatest myths of mod
ern times. Kids gold has been sought
for 200 years. The waters of bays,
rivers and lagoons have been swept
for the hulk Of his sunken ship. Quest
of the treasure of Capt. Kidd must
always be in vain, for Kidd buried
no treasure, says the Philadelphia
Ledger.
Neither of the two vessels in which
he cruised during his years of free
rowing was sunk, so there can be no
sunken hulk of Capt. Kidd's laden
with gold or otherwise.
The Adventure Galley, in which he
began his cruises, was condemned as
unseaworthy and burned at Madagas-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
ATcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Remember that all children hate to
be kissed.
We always want to look in when a
hack drives by.
Some peoples hearts are better than
their grammar.
The trouble with the men opposed
to you is they are not fair.
1t isn't as hard to keep from being
sick as it is to be sick
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

Virtue consists in action.-Latin.
vainglory blossoms but neve bears.
French.
No weather is i'll if the wind be
still.-Spanish.
When it thunders the thief becomes
honest.-Dutch.
What the y sees not the heart
rues Aot.-French.
Knotty timber requires sharp
wedges.-German.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

During a performance in a variety
theater at Copenhagen a monkey
named Morits suddenly threw himself
into the arms of a nan in the audi
ence. It was discovered that the man
had been Morits' master four years
before.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
ALABAMA TO BE VERY DRY.
Drastic Fuller Prohibition Bill 1,
Passed with Little Opposition.

Drastic Fuller Prohibition Bill IL
Passed with Little Opposition.
The drastic Fuller prohibition bill
passed by the Alabama Senate forbids
even the possession Of liquor except
in private residences, making the &C
-cused person prove his own innocence
before any evidence against him Is
introduced. 1t makes the use of the
word saloon a crime. bars the adver-
tisement of liquors from bill boards
and signs and holds hat even the
possession of a Federal liquor license
is an absolute proof of guilt in selling
intoXicants.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10
New transatlantic Mark Set

The steamer Mauritania, the record.
holde- for the transatlantic passage.
arrived at Queenstown over the short
course and made the passage in 4 days
Il hours and 81 minutes. This beats
her previous best passage by 2 hours
and SO minutes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Frogs may do some harm to fish in
a pond, but German experts have de-
cided that this is outweighed by the
good they do in destroying injurious
insects.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Shanghai machine-made ice, shipped
to Marking along the new line of rail
way, sells in the latter metropolis for
$1.50 per 100 pounds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

The temperature dropped So degrees
within forty-eight hours at Norfolk,
Neb., falling to 40. Frost in the low
lands is reported, though no damage
was done.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Native missionary teachers in the
schools of Shantung, China, are paid
at he rate of 81 a month for women
and S. for men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

large blacksnake lying at her feet.
The frightened woman Jumped back,
catching her hair in the wire netting
overhead, while the frightened snake
glided out the other way. Mrs. Smiths
head was badly torn, some CT the hair
being pulled out by the roots.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Most Mexican cheese comes from
Pennsylvania-the native variety is
dry and of an insipid flavor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

The coal bill of the United States
navy during 1908 amounted to IS,
545, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Barcelona ws attacked by the rioters at many points, the track being
destroyed and ears overturned and burnt. In the fighting and rioting
women and children took a conspicuous part, for the rioters when
confronted will troops placed the children in the front line, the women
in the second, and the lei themselves formed a third. Under cover Of
the women and children the men attacked the police OF soldiers, who
were unable to discharge their rifles against defenceless women and
children. 2&@
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Besides this treasure the commits
sioners seized on the San Antonio and
at Mrs. Kidd's lodgings about as much
more.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

Eight times as much energy is ex-
pended in walking upstairs as on the
level.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-09-10

The August meteors, according to
broad that the earth, though it travels
faster than eighteen miles a second
takes seven weeks to cross IL.
Importations Of Holsters into tn
United States in 1908 amounted to 3
1928 4 pounds. valued at $1.401.4l!
and nearly all from Canada.
The Canadian government has so1
3d. DOC. 900 Of the special posta&f
stamps issued in commemorative j.
Quebec's tercentenary.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

England and New York. Bellomont
was ambitious. and saw&in the sup
preston of piracy. at which the Col
onial Governors had been winking a
field for personal advancement and
gain. Before leaving England ne asked
that an English frlgate be sent to sup
press the pirates, and not getting it
he decided to fit out privately owned
ship. He cast about for a captain,
and Robert Livingston, founder of the
New York family of that name, who
was then in London, recommended
Capt. Kidd as the proper man. Kidd
was disinclined to take the position,
but Bellomont intimated that Kidd's
own vessel would be detained in the
Thames if he did not, and he yielded
For two years little was heard from
the Adventure Galley. either in New
York or London. but that little was
bad. Ships brought stories that Kidd
had turned pirate. One report was
that he had taken great ship, the
Quedah Merchant, and had left his
own ship to cruise as pirate In her
This was hard news for Capt. Kidd's
wife, faithful and anxious in their
New York home, waiting. with their
two children, for his return. 1t dis
turbed Kidd's noble partners also
though for a different reason. Kidd
was compromising them. He was not
careful enough. He must be dropped
So they sent warships to hunt him
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

hours after he had taken the negroes,
Kidd sent his boat ashore with two
bales of goods and a negro boy.
Next morning Kidd desired Gard
liner to come on board Immediately
and bring six sheep with him for his
voyage to Boston. which he did; then
Kidd desired him to spare barrel of
cider. which he consented to do. Gard
liner sent two of his men for it, and
while they were gone, Kidd offered
Gardiner several pieces of damaged
muslin and gengal as a present to his
wife, which Kidd put in bag and
handed to him: about quarter of an
hour after, Kidd gave Gardiner two
or three pieces of damaged muslin for
his own use. An outline of the events
that led to Kidd's being charged with
piracy is necessary to an understand
ing of the situation in which he now
found himself For some year, Kidd
had been a shipmaster sailing out of
New York, and for time had COM
manded privateer, cruising against
the French in the West Indies. He
was prosperous. and tradition places
in his house in Liberty street the first
Turkey carpet seen in New York. In
1896 fate ordained a change in tbs
life of Capt. Kidd. In that year he
was in London, commanding the brig
antine Antigoa. of New York, when
the King appointed Richard Coote,
Earl of Bellomont, Governor of New
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

car. His other ship, the Quedah Mer-
chant, was burned at Hispaniola (San
Domingo) aftel nidd's arrest in Bos-
ton The sloop San Antonio, in which
Kidd came north, was seized in Bos-
ton.
Fanciful stories have been told of
Kids visit to Gardeners Island and
his burial of treasure there. The only
authentic account of his visit there
is In the testimony OF John Gardiner.
given under oath at Boston about
three weeks after Kidds visit 1t
makes no mention of the treasure hav-
ing been buried. An official abstract
of Mr.. Gardeners testimony was as
follows:
About 20 days ago Mr.. Emott, Of
New York, came to his (Gardiner's)
house and desired boat to go to New
York; furnished him one; that even
ing he (Gardiner) saw a sloop (the
San Antonio. with six guns riding of
(Gardiner's )island; two days after
ward in the evening Gardiner went
on board the sloop to inquire what
she was.
When he came on board Capt. Kidd
till then unknown to him, asked him
how himself and family did; said he
was going to Lord Bellomont at Bos-
ton. and desired him to carry two
negro boys and one negro girl ashore
and keep them unit. he returned or
his order called for them; about ten
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
ATCHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

So many guarantees are not good!
Remember that all children hate to
be kissed.
We always want to look in when
hack drives by.
Some peoples hearts are better than
their grammar.
The trouble with the men opposed
to you is they are not fair.
II isn't as hard to keep from being
sick as it is to be sick.
The main difference between a fly,
and a ten cent cigar is five cents.
Some people think that if a girl
stays at home, she doesn't do a thing.
A shoe clerk always looks at your
feet and a haberdasher at your head.
Most people think you don't know
what trouble is, but that they can tell
you
Ambition is a funny thing. 1t
makes some people rich and others
poor.
When a boy sees something on the
sidewalk, he is always tempted to
kick It.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09

A girl always seems more attractive
after her engagement is announced.
The men all say, when you want
the truth. come to me. and I'll give it
TO you"
An elopement to get married is
about as foolish as stealing a horse
for profit.
When a woman comes out of a gro
Gerry store, she is usually chewing
something
Think of the millions of people in
the world you'd think a lot OF if you
knew theml
The order heard most frequently i
= grocery store: Give me a dollar
worth of sugar"
When parents are real old fashion
ed they attribute every illness their
children have to too much social gale
ty.
man may admire resignation in
time of grief, but he doesn't like the
thought of it in connection with his
widow.
Somehow it never has any effect on
a book agent to be Polite and insist
that to look at his wares will be vast
ing his time.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
-;de1sDRfCTD1GIF
ReTHE CENSUJS,j' IS

Edwin Durand Michigan
legislative librarian of the New York
tonan at
Iarvar
divided
collected the In the second period extending from
Interior
of of
include the information
though
with succeeding decade the
much is out date before
of
of
of eraur
the 1900 those
of
OF combinations incurred
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
PROVERBS AND PHRASES.

Virtue consists in action.-Latin.
Vainglory blossoms but never bears.
French.
No weather is i'll if the wind be
still.-Spanish
When it thunders the thief becomes
honest.-Dutch.
What the eye sees not the heart
rues not.-French.
Knotty timber requires sharp
vsdges.-German.
When you have set yourself a t.
ISL it.-Ovid.
When flatterers meet the devil goes
to dinner.-Italian.
The more talents the more they will
be deyeloped-Chinese.
1t is delightful to take out of a
great hoard.-Chinese.
Who peeps through a hole will dis
cover his dole.-Spanish.
An honest tale spreads best being
plainly old.-Shakespeare.
I see and approve the better course,
but I follow the worse.-Oyid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
TURKEY GETS REVENGE
FOR TEASING Z YEARS AGO

Does a turkey gobbler possess the
same remarkable mental faculties as
does the elephant? A turkey on the
farm of Amos HOLSTER, near Benton.
Wash, was teased into anger over
seven years ago by little girl with
yellow curls. The other day the same
little girl, now grown into woman
hood, wearing the dresses of the days
style, appeared upon the lawn of the
same farm and was attacked by a
gobbler enraged beyond all turkey
sense, and continued the fight until he
was subdued and placed in a pen
Over seven years ago Miss Elsie Gun
Their visited the farm of her uncle and
leased the gobbler with ~ cane which
had ribbons tied to it, The turkey
chased her around the barnyard
The incident was forgotten and
school work and business kept the
niece from again visiting her uncle
until seven years had passed NJ
Gunther, free from school duties and
languishing for the free air of the
country, went to the Benton farm last
week The first thing she did was to
trip across the barnyard toward the
cow pens as she had done years ago.
Before she was across the lawn a big
turkey gobbler. the same one which
attacked her seven years ago. flew at
her face and sturck her a blow that
almost threw her into a heap. The
turkey continued his attack until Hol,
lister captured and imprisoned him.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Higher Than the Highest.

The supreme court of the United
States has been criticised for maintain
ing a habit of mind which, in the
opinion of not few, more nearly fit
ted the period OF the late '40s than
the present Others have condemned
it for a high dictatorial attitude as be-
came a court of autocracy rather than
one of judiciary. Let not the critics
be unhappy. The supreme court has
not always get away with II. In in
stances, just come to public attention,
there have been members of the ad-
ministratjve branch of the govern
ment who have held themselves above
the court.
The pay of an army officer depends
on the length of time he has served.
The army people have argued that the
military academy was a part of the
service, and therefore an officer should
be given credit for the years spent
at West Point The treasury depart
ment has never thought so. But the
United States Supreme Court upheld
the army view in two different cases.
The comptroller of the treasury had
his doubts just the same This was
twenty years ago. Not single comp
troller has agreed with the Supreme
Court. Justice could rule, but the
comptrollers administered. There is
no record, either, to show that any
one of the many treasury officials who
have held Office in the twenty years
has been cited for contempt
The opponents of our highest tri-
bunal should find grain of comfort
in this business. 1t might, though.
distress those who dislike the institu-
ton of Observation-Disclosures Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
Owners of America.


One-f1fth of all the wealth of the
United States is in the soil. The
5,739,657 separate farms which exist
In this country have each an average
value Of 1854. Two-fifths of the total
wealth Is In real estate other than
farms, probably as widely distributed
as agricultural property.
These facts being so-the Census
Bureau standing sponsor for them
1t is little difficult to understand
how 1t is that groups of high finan-
ciers and sheep-visaged families have
come to own from 80 to 80 per cent
of all the wealth of America. the per-
centages varying with the imagination
Of orators and writer's. Trusts and gi-
gantic corporations have reached far.
but the farmer and the small holder of
realty have so far not been menaced.
Their wealth Is their wealth, whatever
political propaganda says to the con
trary.
The deposits of savings banks. the
holdings in the care of national banks
beyond the larger cities and the assets
of life insurance companies amounr to
one-tenth of the national wealth.
Again. the multi-millionaire appears
barred from either ownership or con-
troll.
The country in which the good
things of the earth are more widely
distributed than in this will, of course
be happier, more stable perhaps and
more nearly approaching the ideal of
economists. But the distribution is
really far more equitable than the av-
erage citizen believes, some million or
SO per cent better than politicians ard
the literary men of the fire alarm
school choose to say
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-09-09
A Figured Gown.

at is great story" a publisher II
reported to have said to a new author,
"but you have failed in one important
feature. You do not describe the way
the heroine was dressed when the
hero first met her. You'd better write
in paragraph about her clothes, but
try to avoid the conventional" A
writer in the Chicago Evening Post
tells the anecdote.
The ingenious author, knowing the
sameness of costume descriptions in
the popular novels. and also knowing
how to make an appeal to the femi-
nine heart, wrote:
'Heloise fioated toward him CARRIED
in a six-hundred-dollar dress, a two
hundred-and-fifty dollar hat, with
ninety-eight-dollar
cent mantilla over a three-hundred-
nd-seventy-five-dollar lace coat"