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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

maYhaled their forces into yelling battaions and arranged that there should
be me great demonstration Of lung power when Lincoln vas nominated and
a second, q still greater demonstration, when the nomination as seconded
The organized Lincoln cheering duly began when thu future President ws
put in nomination by n, B. Judd, chairman of the Illinois delegation. It
was a good beginning, but not quite equal to the Seward nomination shout
ing. The Seward cohorts had another chance to show heir powers az noise
makers when hi Seward nomination ws seconded.
But then Caleb l, Smith of Indiana took the foo ITO second the nomina
tor Of Lincoln and then was afforded the opportunity for which Illinois had
particularly planned. Women had been requested to wave ther handker-
chiefs during the demonstration following the seconding speech, while hun
dreds of flags wered distributed to be waved as well. Signals were agreed
upon to regulate tn cheering. mo mortal before saw uh a scene" wrote
THE idea of us boosters and suckers being ouScreamed would have been
almost as bad as the loss of our nan Five thousand people at oncel eaped
to their seats, women lot wanting in the number and the wild yHs made
soft vesper breathings of all that had preceded. No language an describe
it. A thousand steam whistles, ten acres Of hotel gongs, a tribe of Conan
ches,h headed by a choice vanguard of pandemonium, might have mingled in
the scene unnoticed" AS the roa died tut a voice cried: ABE Lincoln
las it,. by the sound now Iet us ballot"
Balotng followed without delay. There were three ballots. On the
first Seward received 173 votes, while Lincoln had but 102. Delegates to
the number Of 1873 divided their votes among Simon Cameron of Pennsyl
vania, Salmon P. Chase Of Ohio, Edward Bates of Missouri. William L. Day.
ton Of New Jersey John Mclean of Ohio and Jacob Colamar of Vermont
These delegates held the balance of power. On the second ballot the break
to Lincoln began. Pennsylvania cast Ter fftytwo votes for the Iinoisan
after going into conference. This was regarded az a certain index of what
happened O. the third ballot. Lincoln on the second ballot got ISL votes.
while Seward had 1874. On the lastb ballot the break gathered full Roadway.
AS thu ballot progressed it became plain that Lincoln was running in adj
vance of Seward. Suddenly the word went around the hall: Two hundred
and hirty-one onehalf Tor Lincoln. Two and onehaf more will give
him the nomination"
sode. The convention was graphing with the idea. Then the chairman Of
the Ohio delegation sprang upon his chat. n cred "Mr President, I rise
to change our vote from Mr. Chase to Mr.. Lincoln" Lincoln a the o
inee.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
TO BE AW,LITANT''
IN ENGLAND

tory workers. Then all unescored she hiea herself to the nearest factory
the hardest lot of British workmen you "a imagine. but she always m
mands their attention and respect II she cannot reach the outer fringe If
listeners with lei voice.. which Is often hoarse fom mucn speaking u
uss a megaphone.
If she writes a good hand you will find he. in company with half a
the pavements of London ort ONE other large English city. If some OF her
more daring sisters have recently been Jailed by the heartess authorities
BLACK Maria" or police var attended by a imitation policeman, generally
some sunragette sympathizer of the opposite sex
Up n street and down another the little group parade, the loungers
murmuring as as they pass: They're a Drav lot them sunrasettes' They'll
Or perhaps it is a holiday. and all London forgets its woe and goes a
merrymaking: Then you will find the sunragettes fitting their labors into
would see at a masquerade-the Irish colleen in her green cloth and velvet
dress, the Scotch lassie with her gay plaid, the English peasant with her
white blouse and p1eated skirt. they mingle with the holiday throng dis
trbutns sunragete literature and interpreting cries of Votes for
women!" with tn quaint folk songs If the part OF Great Britain they rep
resent.
Perhaps Madame sunragete is rich and owns lei motor ar or carriage.
Then behold her o her drag. handling the rens as if to the manner born,
anS, behind her. fellow workers spreading huge banners that read Votes
for Women" Come to the mass meeting at and teach the Govern
ment that women should have the ballot"
These are simple tasks. storming that historic building. the Houses
gates rallied to the task asst June and three thousand London hobbies
could ct hold them back. They were led by the redoubtable Mrs ank-
ostensibe object az to reach Premier Asquth with a petition for equal
suffrage. The cal ease was to show their superb organization and
strength. Flying wedges we're formed, boobies faces wered dny slapped,
stones. n one hundred an twelve valiant surragettes we're led Il. Joyous
triumph to the nearestp police station, chanting Votes for Women" as they
English sunragettes must do picket duty in al. sorts Of weather. For
he was finally obliged to leave home and face them o his steps h g ws
Immediately rushed by the pickets. shouting Petition! Petition! Will
you grant US a hearng?'
And the for women who landed in Jail fr obstructns traffic and defy
ing the police were the happiest women in all England.
Theresa Garnet "a jailed in Bristol for waylaying Winston Churchill
and emphasizing her demand for a hearing by using a dog whip on the
local authorities sent her to Jail fol disturbing the peace.
AT Homes" in the London headquarters any Monday o will find from
1000 to 1900 sympathizers and activew workers in attendance.
But do you think you'd like o take orders from this noble band of
modern suffrage workers? Do you think you'd be willing to give u p all
home, friends society, funds and individual freedom-to enlist unde the
banner Of the cause?'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

"A cavalry charge NJ an American natiOna political nven are
the two most exciting things know remarked a distinguished foreigner
from his seat in the diplomatic section at the 1908 Republican convention in
the Chicago Coliseum, during the progress of the fortynineminute Roose-
welt demonstration. The same distinguished foreigner was at the Democratic
convention the following month in tn Denver Auditorium and, again IRON
the diplomatic section, he witnessed the eighty-eightminue Bryan demon
friends after adjournment, and g on record that a Republican national
convention and d Democratic national convention are the w most exciting
things I know
Prior to 1860 the conventions had been comparatively tame. say a
writer in the Chicago RecordIIerald. They had been in the nature of semi
private assemblages, the general public not being admitted in large num-
Ibers. The convention of 1860 "a the first to have a special building erected
for it. At that convention telegraph wire and instruments were for the first
of spectators werea admitted and for the first time there was organized cheer
ing and planned demonstrations.
The convention which nominated Lincoln perhaps had a wider, deeper,
more enduring effect n the history Of the country than any other owen
Of a political party in American annals. Nominations began almost at
once after the convention vas called to order. William M. Evars presented
Stewards name. New York; Immediately got into action with that species
of carefully planned demonstration and scientific cheering which, have re-
come the most spectacular thrilling partso of a modern convention. So
startling vas the efec of the well arranged Seward cheering that members
of the Lincoln forces felt somewhat appalled," as one of the Illinois dele
gates expressed it. When the nam of Seward was presented the shouting
was absolutely frantic shril and wild. Comanches or panthers never struck
higher note o gave screams with more internal intensity.
The Illinois, Indiana and other Lincoln delegates at once proceeded to
avail themselves O New Yorks lesson in the art O. emonstration They
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

How do you think you'd like o masquerade as a pretty colleen, a
do you think you'd like to kneel on the pavements of that same historic
n write Votes or Women"-as Arsene Lupn wrote his name o n thu
walls of his victims home-in coored chalk? How do you think you'd like
to dog the footsteps of a great English statesman and interrupt his speeches
OF tn budget and tariff reform with the hackneyed phrase of What about
votes or women" How do you think you'd enjoy riding through the
streets of London town, first in a mock "Black Maria" or prison and
then lin a real one? And, finally, how do you think rea prison fare would
dear enthusiast TO equal suffrage, don't G ito England and join the noble
army of sufragettes, for all these things they do-and more!
When Mrs Enmeine Pankhurst, thu famous English suffrage leader,
appeared at the reception given in her honor at the Womens University
Club n Madison Square, New York City, he made a most significant re-
mark. She had been discussing the artificial feeding of women prisoners
We'll, I believe in suffrage, but I would lot g o on a hunger strike or tn
cause The English worker threw the New York woman a glance Of with
ering contempt and replied sternly: Then your belief in suffrage cannot
be very deep. There is n thing cannot brook in a worker-and that is
Indifference" No, o cannot merely believe in the Cause in England; you
must fight for it-and several American women who have identified them
selves with the oveme across tn Atlantic hav found this ut to heir
sorrow or thGr exatation, as their natures we're swayed by emotion.
Or in company with a large party. Perhaps she is assigned to address fac-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
SCARCITY CAUSE OF
HIGH MEAT PRICES
Government Report Shows Live
Stock Receipts of 1909 Small
est Since 1904.
GREATEST DECLINE IN HOGS
Last Years Aggregate Meat Ship.
ments from Chicago Is the Low
est in Five Years.

One contributing cause to the high
price OF meat, according to a report
of the Department Of Commerce and
Labor, is the fact that live stock re-
ceipts for the ear 1909 at seven lead,
Ing interior markets of the United
States were the lowest since 1904. The
live stock receipts for the year 1909 in
these markets aggregated 39,545,7 1875
mead. The receipts of hogs for the
last year fell off particularly. For each
OF the four years previous to 1909 the
hog receipts had been in excess of
Is, 1000, 900 head, totaling more than
$4,000, 900 in 1908, falling to IS, 1884, 641
last year.
Cattle receipts for 1909 in these mar
kets, 9,1S9,312, while comparing favor
ably with those of the previous year,
fell below the totals for the three years
before 1908. Sheep fell below those in
1905 to 1907, but compared favorably
with 1908. Receipts of hogs at the
Chicago market for 1909 show a de-
crease of 1,627,074, as compared with
the year before, or a decline of 10 per
cent, receipts at Kansas City decreased
II per cent, receipts at Omaha II per
cent, at st. Joseph % per cent, while
the decline at st. Louis was only 4
per cent.
While the total number of cattle re-
celved at these seven principal mar
kets was larger than the year before,
the 1909 cattle receipts at Chicago, q
929.S05 head, fell below the 100000
mark for the first time since 1902.
The annual aggregate shipments Of
packing house products from Chicago,
2,151, 663, 713 pounds, were below those
reported for any of the previous five
years, says the report. All the items
In the grand total with the exception
Of picked beef and pork show large
declines, as compared with the figures
for the previous years.
The report also shows that grain re-
ceipts at fifteen of the principal mar
kets during 1909, 744, 624, O6S bushels,
were lower than for any year since
1904.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
QUAINT MANx CUSTOM.
Precautions Taken in Isle of Man
Against Many Disasters.

Precautions Taken in Isle of Man
Against Many Disasters.
The hunting of the wren by boys on
tom of almost immemorable antiquity
says the Dundee Advertiser. A wren
caught before sunrise was formerly be.
lieved to insure a good herring fish
ing, and it is from the prominence of
this belief in the Isle of Man that the
Herbert in a book on the Isle Of Man
has the following interesting account
Of the ceremony:
cat every house visited a feather
would be left for luck in return, of
course, for largesse; and this feather
was considered an effective security.
Shipwreck, w~itchcraft, evil y and
the like had no terrors for the carrier
Of the wren's feather. In the dim
twilight hours it was the old custom
TO bury the piteous little plucked body
Of the tiny bird in a corner of conse,
Grated ground, amid a screen of sol.
emn lamentation, which was imme-
diately followed by an orgy of games
and general rejoicing.
For many years the whole per.
Torrance has been enacted in wren
less fashion-Hamlet,' without the
Prince of Denmark. I have only once
ever seen a wren suspended from the
gay, sad pole, and hat twenty years
ago. The play acting hunt the wren
parties still go about the villages of
the island, but in ever lessening mum.
bers. haphazard, like the May queen
nuisances in some parts of England,
and signs are not wanting that the
whole ancient practice is falling into
lesuetude."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

While a party of boys were skating
on a pond at Powder Valley, Pa, one
of the number named Merkle broke
through. A newfoundland dog be-
longing to one of the boys jumped in
and grabbed the sinking boy by the
slack of the coat and held him above
water until the rest of the boys had
succeeded in getting hold of a plank,
One of the boys then laid himself fiat
on the plank and was pushed over the
ice until he reached the edge, where
the dog was still holding up the boy,
Thus the rescuer succeeded in dragging
both lad and dog on the ice, and frem
there to the shore.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
$4,000 IN M1sER's STOCKINGS.

Woman Who Lives In Poverty Found
TO Possess $4,000 in Property.
While pretending to be poor, Mrs.
Emily A. Carmen of Bradner, O., worth
about $4,000, was found in a critical
condition in her hut. When her stock
tngs were removed at the direction of
a doctor, more than $4,000 in money
and %gild-edged securities fell u The
Inventory of the estate. which has
been filed, includes two farms worth
about $50, 900, cash S3,643, diamonds
$500 and other property $1,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

There are a good many more crazy
people than admit it or get caught.
The men who have the most theories
about ONE know the fewest women.
AS a general rule. the Model Man is
one o don't happen to know very
we'll.
Grief and election contests never
have a great effect on the general re-
suits.
How soon patience ceases to b q
virtue with the faults of some one you
dislike!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
KING REX RULES NEW ORLEANS.


Mnrdi Gras Festivities at Height
Under Carnival Monarch's Sway.
Hailing REX, King of the Carnival"
New Orleans the other day approached
the climax of Mardi Gras festivities.
h siren of river craft and the cheer
ing of thousands on shore welcomed
the approaching monarch, as he came
up the Mississippi river and landed
from his royal yacht. The Formally
of turning over the keys of the city
to him followed. Every train into the
city, including many specials, brought
hundreds of visitors. 1t is believed
that the Mardi Gras attendance is the
largest on record. The pageant and
ball of Proteus too place at night.
h next day the parade and ball of
Rex was given. followed at night by
the pageant and bail of Comus.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
ATCHIsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

People never tire Of Clamor.
A politician becomes a statesman at
ter he is elected.
No woman loves her husband when
she has sick headache.
Every mar below the average
things he Is Out of the Ordinary.
You may have observed that a cheap
automobile usually acts that way.
Every really good church member
refers to Sunday as the Sabbath"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
HIGHEST Vfaduct in World.

The. highest viaduct in the world
was opened to traffic recently by the
French Minister of Labor. 1t is sit
uated at Fades on the Orleans railway
system in the Puy-de-dome depart
ment, between the stations Of Lapey-
rouse and Volvic. The viaduct Is 144A
yards above the river Sioule. It has
taken eight years to build and has
cost about 100000 Previously the
highest bridge over which a railroad
passed was the Chokteik viaduct in
Birmania, 1891 yards high.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
sAwM1L1 EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.

to Men Waiting for Work CALL.
While a score of workmen were
warming themselves in the boiler room
Of Princing's sawmill at Crump, Mich,
waiting for the whistle to start the
days work, the boiler exploded, in
stantly killing six of the men and in
juring all the others. The mill was
wrecked, debris being scattered 100
feet in every direction. 1t is believed
that cold water was forced into the
boiler when the water was low, causing
In excess Of steam.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
BIG FOUR TO BUILD BIG SHOPS.

Railroad Now Has Investment Of
$3,OOO,OOO In One Indiana Town.
Car shops, to cost more than ST.
600, 900, are to be built by the Big
Four Railroad at Beech Grove, near
Indianapolis, according to an an
nouncement by William Garstang, su-
perintendent of motive power. Twelve
buildings are planned and they will
be ready for occupancy within a year.
The erection of the shops will bring
the amount invested by the Big Four
1t Beech Grove to about So, 0 .00e.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

A yellow dog in the pulpit created
an unexpected diversion in the Con-
gregational Church at Florence, Mass.
The mongrel yelped until the strains
of the DoXology were too faint to be
heard. When Deacons Smith and
Graves held out their hands and said
coaxingly, Mice doggie," the animal
snapped at them n the deacons beat
a p%recipitate retreat. The dog was
finally chased out of the church by a
7-year-old boy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
what Came Up.

A young man wishing to have . BIZ
of fun at a farmers expense passed
a few remarks about his cattle and
his garden, and then said he had -
some lettuce and cabbages had grown
up.
The farmer said:
"Oh, that's nothing. I set some car
rot seeds and what do you think an
up?"
Don't know" replied the yosn0
man.
Farmer-why. old Browns eonkass
ana ate the lot.-Tit-Bits
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
FAITHFUL DOG BAREs SUICIDE.
Youth Found Dead Asks That Let
ters De Buried with Him.

Aoutn fOunu De1u ASKS Ih0t Lei.
ters BE Buried with Him.
Harry Hill, aged 10 years, son of the
chairman of the County Board Of SUI
pervisors, disappeared from his home
near Hastings, Neb. Nearly a week
afterward the actions of his pet shep-
herd dog prompted the young man's
mother to follow the whining animal
to a strawstack on their farm. Part
ly under the hay and nearly covered
with snow, she found the body of her
son, who had committed suicide by in.
haling chloroform. A letter directed
that letters from his sweetheart be
buried with him, Her parents object
ed to his attentions, and this is sup
posed to have caused him to take his
life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
DIES IN BURNING A

Near Laurel, Del, William G. Raw
lens, 10 years old, persisted on a load
of burning hay. Rawlens went to z
tenant farm for the hay, which was
loaded on a rick wagon holding sew.
eraI tons. When about a mile from
home n%eighbors noticed his two horses
running wildly in front of a sheet
OF flame. The horses made for home
and before they reached RawlenS
house the young man had been burned
to death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18

Arthur Selwyn-Brown, NJ. A, Phi. d.,
in a special market letter, says that
wages have increased approximately
PAP per cen since 1896, while the
average price of common commodities
has gone up A per cent. The work
ingman may be stronger, but see how
much larger his burden has grown!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
How About

How About ItS
STANDARD Oil never sleeps!" said
the trust batter.
Then whence their dreams Of avar-
ice!' inquired the Voice in the Audi.
ence.-Kansas City Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
Anxiou. About Fir.tborn.

Il guess we'd better weigh the
youngster."
But you weighed him only twenty
minutes ago, old fellow"
well, maybe he's gained q little."-
Washington ID. c. Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-02-18
A GIRL SHOULD A

To sew.
To cook.
To mend.
To be gentle.
To value time.
To dress neatly.
To keep a secret. ,
To avoid idleness.
To be self-restraint
To darn stockings.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-10
DR.. MOORE DlScoNTINUEs
HIS TRIPS TO JOSEPH
(From Joseph Herald.)

W lOlll JooCp1l
Today will be the last regular day
for DR.. Moore, the osteopath, in his
Joseph office. Commencing Monday
he will devote the time he has Civ
en- to Joseph practice to Wallowa.
He has been spending three days a
week here the past four months and
will now go to Wallowa on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, for the next
five months. The change will enable
him TO use the train instead of driv-
ing 1t has also been encouraged by
inquiries from Wallowa people desir-
ing. treatment and in view OF the
fact that patients in the vicinity of
Joseph can go to Enterprise for
treatment by train or driving which
is hardly practical for Wallowa pa
tients, owing to the greater distance.
In July DR.. and Mrs. Moore leave for
a year of speciaI school work in this
country and abroad.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-10
PUBLIC SALE.

R. Musglave will sell at public
sale at the Red Front barn, Enter
prise, Saturday, February 10, at
o'clock sharp: 10 we'll broken work
horses, yearling colts, l fall colt,
Z good dairy cows, cream separator,
z calves, 6 shoats, dozen chickens,
500 pounds cured pork, rs pounds
lard, almost new hack, 81 inch Nit
chell half-truck wagon, 3.inch Nit
chell high wheel wagon, 3 bottom
l4-inch Oliver chilled plow, Sec
tions of steel harrow, sets har-
ness, 2 wheat racks, 1 hay rack, 10
tons of hay, some straw, household
goods, washing machine, and other
articles too numerous to mention.
All sums OF $40 and under cash.
Sums over $40, note drawing per
cent with approved security will be
accepted. per cent discount for
cash. Sam Pace, auctioneer.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-02-10
United StateS Land Notices
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

DSpdl OiHSIlL vi lhe lHbcl HOl.
United States Land Office, La
Grande, Oregon. February 2, 1910.
Notice is hereby given, That the
State of Oregon has this day filed
Ill this office its application to Sc
lect under the provisions of the Act
Is Congress of August IA, 1S4S, and
Tie Acts supplementary and amend
atory thereto, for the N. E. u N.
e, 4 See. 10, N. E. u N. w. "a, N.
w. Il N. w. u and S. E. u N.
w. u, Sec. IA, TIP. / S. r. 45 E.
w. NJ, Serial No. 075S6.
Any and all persons claiming ad-
versely the lands described or desir-
ing to object because of the miner
al character of the land, or for any
other reason to the disposal to- appli-
cant, should file their affidavits of
protest in this office at any time
prior to the approval or certifica-
tion of said selection by the Honor
able Commissioner Of the General
Land Office.
F. C. BRANIWELL,
25c6 Register