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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
ADOPTED FROM THE MD1AHD.

Amy Follows Red Mems Methods
Of Signaling On Land and Sea
Just as the fighting men OF tho
United States Army. many years ago,
took lessons from the Indians and
from their methods of warfare devised
and perfected the system OF EXTENDED
order or skirmish drills which have
proved 80 effective. 10 the signal
Corps of the army has followed TO y
large extent the red mems methods OF
conveying information from point to
point where there is no time to string
telegraph o. telephone lines or where
wireless t%elegraphy Is unavailable.
As the Indians since prehistoric
times, have " columns OF smoke In
various combinations to signal the ap-
proach OF an enemy or to transmit
other messages, SO the army signal
men have found most effective what
are known as smoke bombs or smoke
rockets. The former are fred from q
small mortar, the latter in the same
way as Fourth Of July fireworks. Each
when reaching a desired height, regu.
lated by a fuse, bursts and liberates q
picric acid compound which ignites
from the explosion, burning with q
cloud of yellowish smoke which may
be seer for miles. BY changing the
chemical elements Of the compound
various different colors Of smoke can
be produced, each to denote Its "
signal or message.
Another rocket used by the Signal
Corps, designed for night work, on
bursting sets free a parachute from
which is suspended a cal 1Ige, which
ignites and burns colored fires. ore
after the other, so arranged in the
cartridge as to convey a message to
those who may be watching for it.
These cartridges are made In sections,
each containing It's own different col
ored fire, and threaded to screw to
gether in a fraction Of q minute.
These military fireworks, as they
might aptly be called, are packed In
Theoretically sealed cans, much In tho
same manner as timed meats, with
the same sort of ~thumbscrew attach.
ment TO: opening them quickly. In
this way they keep Indefinitely in any
climate and have been found particu.
larly effective in the campaigns In the
Philippines,
While the navy does not employ 30
complicated a system Of rocket and
bomb signaling as does the army, ev'
cry warship carries a supply Of pow.
er'ul rockets, which liberate on burst
ing a series of br liant white stars
for the purpose of calling attention to
other signals which are transmitted
by a system Of combinations of color.
ed electric lights, strung from a mast.
head and operated from a switchboard
much on the plan of a typewriter,
called the Ardois sys. m. But both
branches Of the service employ an odd
sort Of pistol. the invention of a ma.
val officer, which shoots from cart.
ridges stars" similar to those of q
Roman candle of any color. The com.
binations which can be made In this
manner practically are n~umberless,
says Popular Mechanics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
COLD STORAGE BUILDINGS
Are Now Made I~mpervious to Heat
by tho Aid Of ~EntraDped Air.

Are Now Made I~MperviOus to Heal
Ay the Aid Of Entrapped Air.
The modern theory of successfully
insulating buildings for cold storage
and other purposes Is based upon en-
trapped affair that is actually dead
This means that the air must be In
sealed spaces and that the spaces must
be minutely small-otherwise the es
sential idea of still air. Is over
thrown. The insulation must depend
for its entrapped air upon the inter
stices or cells of the material employ
ed rather than upon alternate layers
of solid insulation and air spaces.
This new principle of insulation,
which does away with double walls
with air spaces between, has brought
into vogue solid insulation. In this
tyne the protection consists Of layers
or blocks or various materials sete In
Portland pitch cement directly against
brick OF concrete walls and protected
on tho inside surface by plaster or
tile. The space occupied by solid In.
sulstion 10 much less than that util-
isod by tho older construction. II a
dreproof or ~slow-burning material be
used in raking the insulation the nre
risk IL greatly reduced.
The materials available for this 30
called solid" method of insulation
arc chiefly cork aud compressed min
eral wool blocks called "lith."
Cork, by virtue OF its natural state
and aims rank raa for which naturo in.
tended 1t, lends itself admirably to in.
sulating purposes. In cold storage
work, cork Is eficient as a non-con.
ductor Of heat, IL free from capillary
and has no tendency to alb.
sorb moisture freely. When used Il
cork boards It is g%ranulated, com
pressed in iron molds. and baked
while under pressure. its own natural
gum being liqueled by the heat and
uniting the granules into solid Blocks.
Thes have fair structural strength
and are quite hreproof.
Lith IL made from rock hbre min
eral wool and degummed fax fiber
In the process Of manufacturing the
p~ropensities Of the mineral
wool are removed and the product
given structural strength by the de
gummed max fiber. The finished ma
ter1al 10 q strong. light. durable board
It consists OF many minute cells which
condne air with the least possible
chance for circulation. Lith Is fairly
.nreproof. q good non-conductor OF
heat, and, when cost IL considered.
%favorably with cork board.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
ArcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.

No man is big enough to laugh at a
real worry.
One sign of an old-fashioned man is
. vest worn In hot weather.
Another thing we refuse to worry
about: What is going on on Mars.
Because a mar likes to tell jokes IL
no sign he has a happy disposition.
An apology never gives satisfaction
to but one person: The one who makes
II.
sure, and do not prolong the agony by
making excuses.
OF course you know you are the
whole thing, but don't give the secret
away to your friends.
What has become Of the old-fash-
toned man who had a tooth pulled and
took the tooth home with him?
Occasionally you find a very IN
lucky man: He has had two OF three
wives ar not one has made" Eim.
When a woman has company, don't
sympathize with her. She probably
brought it on herself by going visit
Ing.
II q man has always been good, will
he be given his choice as to which Of
his wives shall meet him at the Pearly
Gate?
. Answer to correspondent who wants
to know what a wild goose Is: It II
that which you lever chase but which
others are always chasing.
Two citizens met to-day, and one Of
them said: They say a certain man
10 losing his mind" Huh, the other
replied; II know q Dozen"
It has happened many times that
each party to an engagement wants to
back out9 but is afraid that people will
sayst the other one got tired and quit.
It must be as great a feat to have
all Of q little girls p%etticoats the same
length, as 1t Is to have everything
that goes on the stove cooked at the
same time.
It IL easy for a girl to visit a long
time In summer on a pocket full Of
clothes; owing to the hot weather. .
shirt waist may easily be washed.
dried and ironed in a night.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
o TRUE, ALAs,
Employer Complains. of Educntivs
System That Fails OF Results.

Employer Complains. of Educativs
System That Fails OF Results.
within a week." wrote IN employer
to a professor Of English In q great
American university. II have read at
least 100 letters from high school
graduates, and out Of the hundred not
more than six were free from defects
IN grammar, spelling Of other misuse
Of words. During the past two or three
years. in various cities, l have exam.
ined at least 1000 applicants for vari.
GUS positions. All these persons claim
Cd to have passed with credit through
the public schools. If I say that 10
Per cent of them appeared to have
any appreciation Of the English Ian
guage 1t is because I an Of a generous
disposition"
A great many employers who =
looking for intelligent and eflcient
service will echo these words from
their own experience. While thousands
Of people are clamoring for work, ON.
ployers on all sides complain Of their
inability to ind competent subordi-
Mates. Meanwhile, each year the pub
lie schools are sending into the world
hundreds Of thousands of graduates.
A large number are boys and girls
who have been kept at school by The
parents at a sacrifice, * that the chill
dren may get an education" When
the graduates 30 home with their d.
plomas the parents believe that the 10
suit has been delivered. Then the
scholars" go out into the world and
meet disappointment and failure.
What is the cause7 Can It lie In
the children. For mental and phys.
ical alertness American children COM
pare favorably with other children the
world over. Can the fault be with the
schools? With these questions comes
the memory of Emerson's celebrated
remark that Americans T the most
overschooled and undereducated people
In the world. How many Americans
have ever taken that criticism seri-
ously?
Tho reply Of the professor of Eng
fish to the employers comments IL
suggestive: School teachers and su
perintendents," he said, seem to look
quite c~omplacently on such facts as
you mention. So long as the curric-
ulum is laid out in accordance with
the latest theories Of pedagogic SCI
snce they do not take much notice
Of results, and they continue to turn
illiterates from high schools with
entire cheerfulness and ~self-gratular
ton"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01

George Blackstone Irving, the Chi
cago municipal specialist, adore led the
high school scholars Tuesday after
noon. He Is a good talker and knows
how to entertain a crowd.
There is a report In circulation
that the big cement works at Yank-
ton are closed. Does this mean that
the Eastern cement trust is going to
ruin the Yankton industry by closing
1T and thus enable the trust to con-
troll prices and output.
The oatmeal trust bought a fine
new mill at Parker. years ago and
shut it up. Is it any wonder that the
people are beginning to get ugly towards
a system which detroys, then robs.
The storms that ragged in Colorado
and Nebraska Tuesday and Wednes-
day failed to reach this section, al
though there was quite a change in
the atmosphere at Canton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01

A very eve snow storm and biz
zard combined is reported raging In
the northwest and southwest and the
roads are blocked.
The editor had the pleasure OF
meeting Mrs Engebret Hotter Mon
day evening 1T the opera house. Mr..
and Mrs. Hotter came In to 9 "As
You Like It" and the presence Of
Mrs. Hotter explained Mr.. Holter's
unexplained trip to Wisconsin last
winter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
H.a tn. Proper spirit, Anyway.

Had the Proper spirit, anyway.
A surgeon in a western town, en-
gagged to perform an operation OF mi
nor character upon a somewhat unso-
phisticated patient, asked him IL he
we're willing to have only a local
anaesthetic.
Sure" replied the other; Il be
iieve In ~patroaizing home industry
whenever you can
And he neaat Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
stockholdors' MeeMnr.

The annual meeting Of the stock.
holders OF the Canton Cooperative
Telephone Company will be held &C
the central ONCE on Tuesday April II,
1910, q Z p. n. for the purpose OF
olectinG . board OF directors and such
other business = may properly come
befors the meeting.
D. 8. WALDO, Secretary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01

Mr.. Elder has been prominent in
politics as a democrat and before be-
ing nominated for congress was secre-
tary Of the county central CONT ittee
Of Lawrence county and as state COM
mittee man from that county. He Is
a man Of strong convictions and his
opinions will carry great weight with
the democrats of this section.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01

A young lady recently got tired Of
the advances Of an ardent swain. and
this IL how she let him know when he
proposed to her:
NO. MI. Nicely. / cannot BE- your
wife. but l will always be q sister to
you"
rs that really the best you can dor
he asked.
We'll. l might consent to be your
widow. II you could arrange Il that
way!" she replied
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01

Get a Biniken. 1t will make you
laugh. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Dean came over
from Inwood Monday evening to see
Shakespeare's great comedy "As You
Like It."
Canton township by a vote OF % to
10 refused to purchase q new road
grader, and some other means OF keep
the roads fn shape will be tried.
The roaddrag Is . mighty good road
maker II used systematically.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-01
Fascination.

There is an ~indescribable fascination
about work. The LATEST man in town
will stand watching with evident en-.
5oyment the iaborS Of . street gans
laying pavement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, January 4.-Cotton flu
lures opened steady. January, 1910
March. 1895; May, 1918; June, 16.14a
1920: July. SO: August, 1871; Septem-
Der. 14.A; October. 1895.
The cotton market opened steady also,
but at a decline Of 11a16 points and sold
off to a net loss OF q points on the ac-
tive months owing to weak Liverpool ca
bles and rumoIs that leading spot inter
ests were heavy sellers yesterday supply
ing the demand from speculative buyers.
Liquidation was very heavy at the start,
but the market became steadier on sup
port from southern bulls. with prices re-
covering 10 or II points Of the early loss
The market was less active late in the
forenoon, but continued very nervous
and irregular. May contracts, which had
rallied from 1906 to 1870, eased off to
1915 toward midday when the general
list showed a net loss of about 17a1s
points under continued liquidation, spot
house selling and local bear pressure
Spot quiet; middling uplands, 1v1O; mid.
ding gulf, 1885.
Estimated receipts Of cotton at the
ports today. 10000 bales. against 80, 13G
last week and 45. 400 last year For the
week, $4,000 bales, against De. $50 last
week and 2S8.777 last year. Today's
receipts at New Orleans, 11.431 bales
against 10. 7s9 last year. and at Houston
1882 bales. against 1871 last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
BARGE FLEET HELD UP.
Approaches to Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal F.ozen.

The temporary closing Of the approach
es to the Chesapeake and Delaware canal
by the ice is causing a large fleet of
barges laden with lumber. ties and other
cargoes to harbor at Baltimore while
waiting an opportunity to pass through
the canal on their way to Philadelphia,
Wilmington and places on the Delaware
bay and river. In the feet Of about
twenty loaded barges are the Alexan-
dria, Gibson, Donaldson, w. A. Embrey,
Bailey, W. W. Curtin. Pocomoke Pa
tuxent, Quantico, D1ascond and Good
VIII. with cargoes from Potomac river
points AS soon as the ice will allow
the barges will be started through the
canal in order to get them on the Della
ware side of the waterway before the
coming of ice-making weather and an
other freeze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
FOR UNIFORM SCHEDULE.
Cotton Yarn Manufacturers Consid
erin9 the High Prices.

CHARLOTTE, n. c.. January 4-To
meet the situation caused by the high
price of raw cotton the greater portion
OF southern cotton yarn manufacturers
and the commission men through whom
they deal met here today.
That it will be found necessary to ar
range a more uniform schedule of prices
is the opinion expressed by many OF
those who are here for this conference.
which is regarded as the most important
meeting Of manufacturers held this year.
1t may be decided by the manufacturers
to curtail more heavily or to close down
temporarily.
The call for the meeting was issued by
Secretary Crews of the Southern Hard
Yarn Spinners' Association. but the con-
ference is being held under the auspices
sninners' association. More than 300 man
ufacturers and commission men are here
for the meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
RIVER ICE SOFTENING.
Little Obstacle Offered to Navigation
Of Steam Craft.

The warm foggy weather yesterday
softened the ice on the river to such an
extent that it now offers but little OBJ
stacle to the passing Of steam craft. ex-
cept where 1t has worked off the flats in
a solid. unbroken mass. These big ice
fields. which have been undisturbed since
the beginning Of the freeze. are from
four to six inches in thickness. and very
hard The northwest winds have been
carrying the ice to the eastern side of
the river and banking 1t, and between
this city and Alexandria the channel
was almost free Of drift ice this morning.
Unless the present cooler period de-
velops into a cold one, it is probable that
most of the drift ice in the river will
have disappeared by the end OF this week
Another freeze, however, would knit 1t
together in masses, and would make
conditions on the river worse than they
have been at any time this season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Bond buying was again today fea-
ture in the trding at the meeting OF the
Stock Exchange. When transactions Of
this character take place to any extent
1t Is said that money Is seeking invest
ment; and at this season of the year the
money generally represents what the
various corporations have paid out in
the form of dividends
There Is at present a large sum
placed in circulation that comes as the
earnings of investments not only to the
holders of local securities. but also to
those who have investments in securi-
ties listed in the general market.
Washington Railway per cent bonds
and the Potomac Electric Company con-
solidated bs were the leaders in the
bond list today. There was a large
block Of both issues apparently for sale,
and the holder was wiling to part with
them at slight reductions from the cur
rent figures. Though slight. these con-
cessions have by constant repetitions.
served to bring the. market level down
considerably. The power company bonds
sold from 1914 TO 1914. and there were
more to be had at the latter price than
there was any demand for.
The railway bonds were to be had at
S61k. while yesterday an unusually large
block was sold at about S6N.
Capital Traction stock was In fair de-
mand and at better prices than have
been quoted in recent days. A quotation
lot of twenty shares sold for 1854, while
yesterday the asking price was 1875. The
bid today rose to 1914. while the asking
price was 1851.
The Washington railway common stock
was passed over without much trading
or material change IN the figures, but the
preferred stock was for sale In apparently
liberal quantities at 3O11. The demand for
II was slight
The impression received from what was
done in gas stock was that there was
more for sale than the market was able
to absorb. The range of the trading,
which was confined to 1913 shares. was
7SA to 1874. Yesterday the top Of the
market remained at 70, with the bid at
that level at the close.
Options were freely offered at 30, and
1919 was bid, but there did not seem to
be any special call for such privileges.
One option on a hundred shares was all
that was taken, and the price was 80.
The best bid Of the day for the stock
was 1855 for a quotation lot or for 100
or for 500 shares.
Lanston on the new par basis. which is
100 instead of 20. Two quotation lots OF
twenty shares each sold for 95 and an
eighth of point less. The bid for the
stock was OAK and the asking price %,
basis of the old par value of the stock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. January 4.-WHEAT-
Firmer; spot contract l:24h; spot No. 2 rec
1.1e: receipts 4.162 bushels; southern oz
grade; lieAai.24:
airy. 671sa67N; February, 6S1ba6SA: March, 89abs
esi4 steamer mixed. esAa6sN; receipts. i47 l6(
bushels: southern white corn. 65a8S; southern
yellow corn 64a87.
OATS-Firmer: No. white. 5Ia5lla; No. +:
white. 48lsa5O,s; No. mixed. 49a40la; receipts
288d bushels.
RYE-Dull: No. 2 western domestic slass
receipts, 2,O4s bushels.
HAY-Firmer; No: / timothy. q .ooa2I so; No
GRAIN FREfGHTS-Quiet, unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
COMPANY IN GUARDHOUSE.
rs Coast Artillerymen Refused to
Practice March on New Year Day.

NEW LONDON. Conn. January =
Seventy-six of the eightyfour members
of 131st Company. Coast Artillery, L. 8.
A. stationed at Fort II. G. Wright, Fish
ers Island have been placed under arrest
for refusing to take the fifteen-mile march
around the island on New Year day.
The mutineers. 1t is alleged followed
the example of some nOn-commissioned
officers in rebelling against the long
march on the first day of the new year.
Col. John Rafferty,. in command of all
the adjacent island Notifications, has had
all the soldiers imprisoned that the linn
tied guardhouse will accommodate, while
others are under surveillance in the gar
rison under heavy guard.
One mutineer escaped from Fishers
Island yesterday morning on a govern
ment transport, but was soon rounded up
by a provost guard and hustled back to
quarters, and will later be tried for de-
sertion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-04
MORE OYSTERS ARRIVE.
Cargoes Brought From the Wicomico
River. Md.

The supply of oysters in the shell at the
18th street wharf. which was becoming
very scarce, has been augmented by the
arrival OF four vessels from Potomac
beds with bivalves for this market. The
vessels come from the Wiconrico river
Maryland, and the stocks they have
aboard are OF excellent quality. The sup
ply OF oysters at the wharf market was
nearly exhausted when the fleet was
brought into port by the tug William IL
Yerkes. jr., from the vicinity of Bush
wood wharf. The vessels completed load
ing just about the time the freeze began
and have been lying for several DAYS
past in the Wicomico awaiting a tug
To bring them to this city. The demand
is fair. and the oysters are selling at
prices ranging from 90 to g. cents per
buShel. These were the last vessels
loaded with oysters at a river point
awaiting an opportunity to come to this
city.