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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
CHILDREN MADE TORCHES.
Five Burned Perhaps Fatally by Fire
at a Commencement.

at a
Five children who took part in the
commencement exercises of Mrs. B. c.
Boyd's school in Central City, KY, on
Monday night were burned, perhaps
fatally, and the audience was changed
from an ~applauding crowd to a fight
ing mob. Men in the audience covered
the flaming children with their coats
and thus saved them. Little Dorothy
Clay was the unwilling cause of the
fire. The children had formed in a
circle and had drilled in their white
muslin dresses. Then the lights were
extinguished and a candle in the hand
of each child flashed out. The audience
applauded so enthusiastically that Dor
othy became frightened and dropped
her candle. The fame leaped to the
white muslin, and in a %twinkling five
dresses were afire. Mothers fought to
reach their children and the children
made efforts to Chamber over the foot
lights.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
NEGRO is HANGED BY MOB.
Hundred Men Lynch Black q
Pine Bluff. Ark.

Three Hundred Men Lynch Black Mt
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Lovett Davis, a negro charged with
attempting to attack a 16-year-old
white girl in Pine Bluff, Ark, last
Friday night. was taken from the Jail
at midnight by a mob of 800 men and
hanged from a telegraph pole on one
of the principal streets. Just as the
negro vas being raised above the street
the rope broke and the body fell to
the ground, but was raised again and
left hanging. Early in the night the
sheriff had secreted a number of heav-
lily armed deputies in the jail, but
they were overpowered and the Jail
was entered with sledge hammers.
Several prominent men made speeches
to dissuade the mob, but Of no avail.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
G-RANDFATHERs RUN RACE.
Fourteen of Field of Thfrty-six Com
plete Five-Mile Run.

Fourteen of Field of Thirty-six Com.
plete Ffve-Mile Run.
1t was a real grandfathers' long dis
lance race that was run in South Chi
cage when thirty-six men, all over so.
started on a tive-mile jaunt just to
SHOW the kid runners of the district
that they were just as good as ever"
The course was from SSth street and
Buffalo avenue to the state line and
return. Fourteen of the unn fin
ished the race.
I'm running to let DR.. Osler and
these young athletes around here
know that a man over 60 car still
sprint" Joseph Killduff, 81, the oldest
entrant. said before the start. At the
finish it was seen that all over 55 had
been eliminated. The winner was
Charles Bittner, So, a switchman. John
Kane, 81, a steel-worker, was second,
and Joseph Gassner, So. a switchman.
third.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
OKLAHOMA TOWNS ARE FLOODED
Heavy Rain and Hail Storm Causes
Damage Over Wild Area.

Damage Over Wild Aren.
One Of the heaviest rainfalls in
northeastern Oklahoma in recent years
has swollen Grand River and other
streams to the flood stage. causing
much damage to railroad property and
farms and partially submerging the
town of Alton, twelve miles east of
Vinita. At Catale, a portion of the
trestle work of the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railway bridge has been
carried away. Other bridges are in
danger and rain service is democrat
lied. A terrific downpour following a
continuous rain Of o days caused
the Canadian and Arkansas rivers and
their tributaries to rise rapidly. The
streets and many houses in Muskogee
were flooded by the storm. Six inches
of rain fell in three hours in a terri
tory fifteen miles in length, extending
from South Haven. Kan, into Okla
bona. The rain was accompanied by
sheets of hail that beat the grain into
the ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
STAYS WITH MARINES.

Young Man with $135,OOO Fortune
R~e-eRlists as S~ea-Soldier.
James l.. Dixon, "a years old, thinks
that the United States marine corps is
a good place for a man, even though
he is worth 1926, 900. He re-enlisted
in Chicago for foul years. Four years
ago when Dixon was about to enlist
as a private in the marine corps he re-
ceived word that he had inherited
500, 900 from an uncle in California.
A month ago he purchased his dis
charge, where he added s25 900 to his
fortune by a deal in grain elevators.
Then he became tired of civilian life
and hurried to a recruiting Office.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
RAE TRINITY'S NOVELS.
Tenements Which Yielded Church
Colder Harvest Being Torn Down.

Which Yielded Church
Golden Harvest Being Torn Down.
The moth-eaten old tenements of
Trinity Church. New York, are really
being demolished-the Anticipated how
els which for half a century brought
golden shekels into the vaults of the
great church corporation, are being
RACED by workmen, who are not com
PEELED to use half their strength to
pry floor beams loose from the shaky
walls.
Comptroller II. Fl. Camman, of the
Trinity corporation, said that the re-
placing Of these old, insanitary tene-
ments by two new lofty buildings to
cost $4,000 was in line with Trini-
tvs new policy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Annie Juice from Iowa Pump.

Cider, pumped from a big cistern,
will quench thirst at Zoar, Ohio, after
next fall. The cistern, the wall of
which is of cement, has a capacity of
100 barrels and is located in the pub
lie square. It is being cleaned out.
cistern was used for this purpose
years ago when the Zoar Communist
Society was in existence. With the
advent OF the Rose local option law
the citizens determined to restore the
custom.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
SLAYER OF MRS. GUINNESS?

American Sailor, Held in Norway,
Snys He Aided in Murders.
A young American sailor is under
arrest at Frederikstad, near Chris
tiania, Norway, as a s~elf-confessed muir
derer. He told his captain that he
helped Mrs. Belle Guinness kill four
persons on her farm neal Laporte, Ind,
and that he then killed Mrs. Guinness
herself. The mar did not impress the
captain as being insane, but as one
forced by his conscience to tell the
truth. The sailor is now under obser-
walton as to his mental condition. The
case has been reported to H. H. d.
PIERCE, the American Minister to Nor
way.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
DOG RESCUES TWO PREACHERS.
Saves John Wanamnker's Pastor and
Brother from Drovninr

Saves John Wanamnker's Pastor and
Brother from Drowning
Rev. Assay Ferry, pastor of Bethany
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia,
which John Wanamaker attends, and
his brother, Rev. Ebenezer Ferry, pas
tor of the M~orrisville. Pa. Presbyter.
ian Church. were saved from drowning
by a shepherd dog. The brothers ca,
noe upset in the Delaware River. They
could make no progress and both were
rapidly becoming exhausted when the
dog plunged in and swan out to them.
The dog seized his masters collar in
his teeth and dragged him to shallow
water. The big shepherd went back
after the Philadelphia minister and
soon pulled him to shore.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Man and Three Children Perish.

John Carter, a veteran, IS years old,
and the three children of his daughter,
Mrs. Leila Shaw, were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed the Shaw
home at Eldon, Iowa.
Mrs. Shaw is employed during the
night at a restaurant and left the chill
dren with their grandfather. The fire
wa caused by the overturning Of a
lighted lamp during a storm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

Henry H. Clayton, a meteorologist.
who recently resigned from the Blue
Hill Observatory, is planning to dem
onstrate his theory of a steady plane
tary air current from west to cas- at
tempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean
in a mammoth balloon. AS a pre-
lilninary test he proposes to try a bal
DOR trip from San Francisco to New
York. -r-..-.a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Blessed with Thirt y-Hve Kids.

The associated charities of San Fran
cisco are advertising for a baby ar
riage for the thirty-fifth child of Juan
Manuelo Grijalva, 70 years old. whose
family owned thousands of acres in
Juan has also been wealthy in his day,
but he is now rich in nothing except
children, one having come to bless
him nearly every year since his first
marriage, almost half a century ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

While transferring several hives of
bees Gideon Hahn. an aged resident
of Poland, Ohio. was SO stung that he
probably will die. Mr.. Hahn loaded
the hives on a wagon, neglecting to
close the openings. The jolting of the
e caused the bees to swarm out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
FINDS ERMLE MILK.
Government Exper Makes Notable
Discovery mt Cincinnati show.

Government Expert Makes Notable
Discovery mt Cincinnati show.
DR.. Clarence B. Lane, United States
government expert, in charge of the
contests at the National Milk Show,
in Cincinnati, that for the
second time the government has found
milk which the tests prove is abso-
lutely free from bacteria. The first
was in Chicago in 1906, but only one
sample was found germless. The Sec
ond is in the Cincinnati show, and
San Francisco, California, carried
away the honors. ..u
A remarkable feature is that the
perfect sample of milk, in two quart
bottles, was on the road eight days
from San Francisco, and stood for sew
eral hours here without being iced,
and the warm weather, before the gov
eminent test was made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Cure for LOckjayv Clnfmed.

Prof. A. S. Lovenhart of the Uni
veristy of Wisconsin,, in cooperation
with Milwaukee physicians over a
case of lockjaw, is thought to have
made a substance capable Of destroy
ing the toxin poison which produces
the lockjaw disease.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

Many prominent Hebrews through
out the country are indorsing the
stand taken by Senator ~Guggenheim of
Colorado, who, at a meeting of the
Senate Census Committee, objected to
the plan to have the Jews classified as
a race as well as to their nationality.
He insisted that a Jew is a native of
the country to which he swears allie
glance, being different from other citi-
Zens only as to religious belief.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

Chief n. W. Bunker and eleven other
members of the Cambridge, Mass fire
department suffered seriously from
burns by a gas explosion in the Bos-
ton ard Maine freight yard at East
Cambridge. Three railroad employees
also received burns.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

While rowing in the Blue River near
Manhattan. Kan, Miss Gladys Irish of
Manhattan and Walter Goddard of
Minneapolis, KAN, We're drowned.
Their coat struck a snag and capsized.
Both were students Of the Kansas
Agricultural College.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

Seven Drown When Launch Carsfzes
The gasoline boat Doris. with ten
passengers on board. capsi2ed in the
middle of the Yazoo canal near Vicks-
burg, Miss, and seven persons were
drowned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

Mrs. Chas. A. Sheets OF Granville,
Conn, has received 3,055 eggs from
thirty-five hens from Nov. l.. 1908. to
April 80, inclusive. They are stu
laying, she says.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Surplus Women ut Capital.

The police census Of Washington,
D. c., shows a total population of
34S, 900, of which 97,142 are colored.
There are $4,000 more women than
men.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Murders Wife with n Hammer,

Samuel Elyea, a retired farmer,
Killed his wife at their home In Jewell
c.. Kan, with a hammer. He had
beea bordering on insanity for several
yes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
SENATOR
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
Republican

Republicans.
Btveridge, Curtis.
Blistow, Dupont.
Brown, Camille.
Burkett, Johnson.
Burton, La Follnttp.
Clapp. McCumhcr.
Crawford, Nelson.
Cummins,
Democrats.
Clay, Ncwlands.
Culberson, Payn;o:.
Frazier, Raynnr,
Gore. Shively.
Hughes, Stone.
The surprise of the day was the at
titude of Senator Dolliver, who here
tofore has stood with the "progres,
sive 5" throughout the tariff fight. He
took positive position against the radl-
cal demand for free lumber, but ex-
pressed the opinion that the industry
would not suffer from a reduction of
the Dingley rates.
Senator Root opened the days pro.
%ceedings with an argument in aVo
of a differential on dressed lumber.
Senators Borah and Hepburn of Idaho
commended for the highest duty on
lumber, and Mr.. Borah entered upon
an argument to show that the policy
of protection is "a system and can
not be maintained if there are to be
constant exceptions to it as is desired
In the interest of free lumber.
On the other hand, Senators Clapp
and Burkett argued that lumber can
be produced as cheaply in Canada as
in the United States, and contended
that the lumber industry of this
try would not be endangered by the
free admission of the Canadian pro
duct. Incidentally Senator Clapp paid
a tribute to the Canadian government,
saying it was equal to the best.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-04
FIGHT FOR THE REMNANTS.
Standing of Clubs in the Principal
Base Ball Leagues.

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
LAUNDRY HINTS

Pieces Of damask table linen rarely re-
quire any starch. If they be carefully
washed and ironed while damp, they will
be stiff enough and will wear much long
er. Use irons as hot as possible without
scorching the linen, and iron each piece
until it is perfectly dry This gives them
crispness which can be gained in no
other way, and the linen will stay clean
much longer than if carelessly ironed and
Tut away limp and entirely dry. Keep the
edges straight and the folds even.
Handkerchiefs should also be ironed
while quite damp with hot iron.
Lace is never improved by ironing while
it is wet, but if it be wanted quickly, or
the time for working be limited, it should
be placed right side down on a pad of
flannel and covered with piece of mus
lin to keep the iron from touching the
lace. This will prevent the lace from
having a shiny appearance, and will also
keep it from sticking to the iron, which
very often causes it to Exchange.
Rainy Day Drying Room A woman who
is doing over her house and adding a new
laundry has hit upon a plan for indoor
drying that will mean less terror on rainy
wash days.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23

Writing ink, especially if keptin an open
bottle, quickly becomes thick and unfit
for use. In that case dilute the ink with
a small quantity of vinegar and shake the
bottle we'll
If SCOT should fall on the carpet, cover
it literally with salt before making an
attempt to sweep it up. 1t will then be
possible to remove the SCOT with the salt,
leaving the carpet clean.
Rugs often have tendency to curl at
the corners. To prevent them from doing
so, bind them on the undersidewith a
strip of narrow webbing of the kind that
is used to hold the springs in furniture in
place.
1t is a thing well worth knowing that a
few drops of oil of lavender, scattered
upon book shelves, back of the books,
will prevent dampness from iniuring the
bindings of books during prolonged sea-
sons of rainy weather.
Moths do not like to make their nests
in any place where salt has been and one
may often get rid of them by scrubbing the
floor with hot and strong solution of salt
before laying down the carpet and scatter
ing dry salt on the carpet when sweeping
it.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
PRUDENCE PRUDE
TWO T0ILE3S.
(From the Boston Transcript

Two men tolled side by side from sun
to sun,
And both were poor;
Both sat with children when the day
was done,
About the door.
One saw the beautiful in crimson
cloud lsHs
And shining moon;
The other, with his nead in sadness
bowed,
Made night of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and
singing bird
On mount or plain;
No music in the soul of one was
stirred
BY leaf or rain.
One saw the good in every fellow
man,
And hoped the best;
The other marvelled at his Masters
plan,
And doubt confessed.
One having heaven above and heaven
below;
Was satisfied;
The other discontinued, lived in woe,
And hopeless died.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
FISHING.
(From the Detroit Fress.)

The world has many anglers, but
Real fishermen are few;
An angler loves to sit and chat
About the sport with you.
He'll tell you how he loves the game
How he could spend all day
Casting baited hook for bass
In river, lake or bay
And yet the angler is a man
Oh, there are lots of them
Who will not quit his bed to fish
At o'clock q. m.
The fisherman will rise at dawn
And quickly slip away
To cast his line into the deep
Before it's break of day.
The angler, though, the night before
Will swear that he will rise.
But when the fisherman sets up,
1t is in vain he tries
To rouse the angler from his sleep
He sticks unto his cot;
Would he get up at a. IN.
To fish? Well, l guess not
The fisherman will row q boat
For miles and miles and miles,
And, catching but afish or two,
His face is wreathed in smiles.
The angler wants a cushioned seat
And room to stretch and yawn;
A place to sleep if they don't bite
And WEAKNESS comes on.
The morning star knows fisherman,
And, smiling, welcomes them;
The anglers, though, it never sees
They sleep TIL 8 a. IN
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
Household Notes

The best dustcloths are made Of old
sillaline
Grass stains may be removed by cream
tartar and water.
Scotch snuff put in holes where crickets
come out will destroy them.
Salt on the fingers when cleaning fowls
meat or fish, will prevent slipping
To clean aluminium wash with strong
soapsuds with little of ammonia and
soda.
Mustard water is useful to clean. the
hands after handling any odorous sub
stance.
few drops of oil Of cloves added to
paste will prevent the latter from turning
sour.
For blood stains use cold water first,
then soap and water. Never use hot water,
as it sets the stain.
Wood ashes put in wooden bag and
placed in the water is simple means for
making hard water soft for washing
Yellow soap and whiting, mixed to stiff
paste with little water will stop leak
in the pipes as quickly as solder.
Use vinegar instead of water for mixing
your stove polish this will make it stick
much better and will also give better
polish.
Half teaspoonful of sugar thrown into
the embers, will nearly always revive a
dying fire, and it is always safe to be used
for that purpose.
To prevent lamp wicks from smoking,
soak them thoroughly in vinegar and then
let them get dry before putting them into
the kerosene lamp to be used.
If the ceiling should become smoked
from an improperly regulated lamp under
meath, the blackened surface may be clean
ed by washing it with a little weak soda
water.
When packing away white summer
dresses or any white goods for the winter,
wrap each piece carefully in blue paper.
1t will prevent the white material from
turning yellow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
A Kitchen Picture

A Newark girl who has taken course in
domestic economy, and is thoroughly
imbued with the subject, is putting some
of her knowledge to good effect She is now
busy at work on a unique Christmas gift
for one of her housekeeping friends. On a
sheet of heavy paper she has printed,
plainly but artistically, the various weights
and measurements, times for cooking
foods, and the food values of many of the
dishes which find their way frequently to
the table. To relieve the monotony of all
this information, she has besprinkled the
sheet generously with pen and ink sketches
of tin cups, saucers, plates, forks and other
necessary kitchen utensils. The kitchen
picture as she calls her work, is framed
with passepartout, the whole makir G a
significant as well as a unique gift.
Rain storms have an annoying way of
coming up when one has no rubbers.
You may be caught out in an actua
storm, or you may be away from home,
rubberless, and yet desiring, through
within or necessity, to venture out in the
wet If the rain is not too very "wet, "
very simple plan is to line the bottoms
Of your shoes with paper The heels
need not be lined although the shoe is
usually more comfortable ii the whole
shoe is treated alike. Newspaper is best,
several thicknesses, or one or two thick
nesses of brown paper. OF course in a
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-09-23
NORTHFIELD.

Miss Clemmie Sawyer and Miss Mar
garet Doheny, of Barre, visited
Sunday with their parents.
w. P. Conger of Burlington, was in
town during the fair.
Miss Grace Carleton, of Burlington, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Greene
last week.
Mrs. f. S. Dyke and daughter Ruth
went to Barton this morning on a short
visit with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Whall, of Boston,
are spending a fewdays in town with friends
The Pearl Theatre under the manage
ment of F. J. Dutton will open tonight
at the new quarters on East Street A
special program has been arranged for
the evening.
Mrs, Cora Brown, of Montpelier, has
rented the house of Mrs. Agnes Line on
Central street and will come to Mortified
to make her home.
Geo. Gross left Saturday night for
Manchester on short business trip in
the interests of Cross Bros.
Miss Florence Kendall, of Granville,
is the guest of her brother, Harry Kendall
for few days
Mayo p. Blake has given up his position
in Bethel ON account of his wife's health
and returned to Mortified to live.
Miss Bertha Rice has returned from "A
three weeks visit with friends and rela-
tives in Boston.
Mrs. II. A. Pratt, of Braintree, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry Kendall.
The first of the series of dances given by
the corps of cadets at Norwich University
for the benefit of the football coach, James
Turner, took place Friday evening in
Armory Hall, the cadet orchestra furnish