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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

various small kitchen gardens, carved and painted
by a poor man and his sister after their regular
working hours, and bought by Mr.. Muller at high
rates as his pet philanthropy. In this shop, now
100 years old, are seen all of the most novel OF
the toy-village playthings. The store was crowded
with more children over thirty than under thir-
teen, and absorbed for hours over the clever and
quaint attractions.
The dolls house of Nuremberg leaves nothing
to be desired. Not only the usual rooms Of a con-
ventional menage are found in it, but conserva-
tories with miniature orchids, fountains and wa
tering cans; school rooms with tiny desks, a
schoolmaster, very stern, with goggles and ruler,
and children in aprons and carrying states, the
latter a sixteenth of an inch big; fields of flowers
for the back yard and a swing forAthe smallest
doll.
IN all German art, Of which toy making is by
no means an insignificant department, perfection
Of detail has always been the salient feature. Ev-
cry phase of home life is reproduced in micro.
scCpic form in German toyland, even down to the
Wee pairs OF hand-knitted stockings and sweaters,
the hob-nailcd shoes and blue biouses which mako
up the wardrobe of the volks boy and girl.
The tourist season is a second Christmas for
Nuremberg people, and they sell as many play
things in the one period as the other. An inter
esting point brought to light by this fact is the
early characterization of the American and Euro
pcan individuality. which shows itself in choice Of
games and pastimes. They say in the shops that
an American child is invariably fascinated over
the mechanical and complicated, that he finds in
tense interest in mastering the technicaiities even
Of playing. while the European child likes a sim
pier but brilliantly colored toy, cherishing often a
curious sentiment for traditional objects such as
typify old world conservatism.
They are blessed with imagination, these vii
lage people, and they are not ashamed of show
ing their simplicity of spirit. Their souls are
bound mp in the heritage of centuries. The trag-
edies Of their city's history wind about the toys
they make, breathing into the wood a characters
tic vitality--the vitality that comes of centuries
Of striving. of centuries of patient achievement.
AS you sit in n swirl of red ribbon and foamy
Paper. doing up" your Christmas presents, re-
member that many of them have come from this
quaint little Village of Always Christmas. 1t
may add TO your holiday happiness to know that
no pleasure which the toys may bring can be
greater than the pleasure of those who made them,
and that no good will of yours can Guido the quiet
sincerity of purpose with which the simple people
of Nuremberg have given their part toward this
season of the universal gift.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

and snowy white caps-crumbly fountains and a
castle with a secret passage. All the elements Of the
fascinating past and the strangely progressive
present within a stones throw of each other. The
realization Of all that Nuremberg has been and
has undergone comes to one most wildly as one
stands looking down into the, Schloss well $50
feet deep, where prisoners used to come to fetch
water. Underground their passage led from the
dungeons to this unlit circular pool, for state pr1s-
oners, were never permitted to see the light, and
the hollow splash of the water which the attend
ant drops into the well seems to re-echo, after an
interminable half-minute, the hopeless pilgrim
age of those countless victims of medieval fanat-
icism. Such is the potency of the ended. While
the vitality of the occurring emphasizes itself, not
far eff, in one of the dozens of toy factories,
whose very machinery whirs modernity, men.
women and ohildren-that is. children over six
teen-are massed into this building, all intent on
the one idea, the creation of better and newer and
more wonderful toys for everycne's children, in
everyone's country.
It is seldom: the industrial planet can boast Of
a broader ambition than this CT tho craftsmen of
Nuremberg. To bring the greatest possible amount
OF pleasure. legitimate and often educative pleas
ure, to growing, active minds is surely an aim
worthy Of the finest art in tae world. 1t even
seems as though the thought back Of the toys
should surround them With a deeper meaning as
gifts this since the added gift-the
biggest giit--lies in tho patient Interested inyen-
ton and accomplishment CT whieh they are the
exponent.
AS fer the inventors. strictly speaking, their
reward emsiinFnitesin EaIa according to our stand
ards. The boss ccntrc!s idensz as well as mate
rials of OUTPUT, and it's chiahy to his profit that
new Inventions in toy1and rebound. The man or
woman who first tanks of or improves upon some
%plaything gets a very small per cent. or the in
come from it. To ourtsew word standards of
commerce it seems strange that the originator
should receive such scant recognition and that
without grt;ulbling.
Very, very few Nuremberg toya,akers have
ever grown RIGA over taeir insan:cusness, It is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
RRMkIz@::T !.
SINOTES
Look after the tools.

Feed out your corn fodder early.
Cooperate with your hired man as
much as you can.
Why not build a farm tool house II
you have not one.
Beware Of the travelling agent no
matter what he sells.
Tile draining must be done right or
It is worse than useless.
Not near enough farmers have
acquired the habit of keeping books.
Treasure every potato, turnip, beet,
head of cabbage. ETC., for the winter
feed.
A man who intends to tile drain dis
field should study the subject care
fully.
Parsnips are improved by freezing
and many prefer to leave them out all
winter.
The total crops of the United States
this yoar will probably total up 5000
millions OF dollars in value.
Look after the manure and use your
manure spreader freely while the
roads are in good condition.
Farming, to be successful. must be
conducted with ~ much method and
system - any other business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Manure Conserve. Moisture.

Barn-yard manure increases the
water-holdfng capacity of the soil;
and instead Of dumping the manure
In some convenient, out-ofthe-way
place, or leaving in the yard to de-
terforate, Or to rot the structures
against which 1t is go frequently
piled. the farmer cannot only save
money, but at the same time con-
serve the moisture of his soil. by Inn,
mediately spreading it upon his
fields. To get manure onto the fields
quickly and effectively q manure
spreader is very useful. -
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
GOOD H0T-BED MANAGEMENT
Valuable Assistant to Gardener and
Thorough knowledge Of Same
ss,3 Leads to Success.
(By U. G.


The hot-bed is a valuable assistant
to the gardener and a thorough knowl-
edge of the same leads to success.
My method after the first year is to
clean out each spring n mix thor
oughly the soil and old manure from
the beds and return it upon new, fresh
manure, adding new soil al needed.
After the beds become heated up
and the temperature drops to 30 de-
grees the seed is sown in drills four
inches apart and covered according to
the kind of seed used. Water literally
and never let the soil get real dry.
Insert a thermometer into the soil
at the beginning and hold, The eat
around 60 to 20 degrees by opening
or closing the sash as necessary.
In early spring old strips OF a r
peting laid over the sash at night
keep the frost away and help to hold
the temperature even. When the
plants begin to show the third leaf.
remove to boxes three inches deep
holding the same kind Of soil as that
in the bed.
This soil is tamped down smooth
and solid. Then use a small stick like
a lead-pencil to make the holes for
the plants, making them at least two
inches apart.
Drop the plants in, firm the soil and
then water well and return to hot-bed
box and all and proceed In the care
of them as though you had not dis
turbed them at all.
When they get to be four inches
high proceed to harden them off by
removing the sash during the day, but
return it at night until the nights be-
come warm.
This hardening process is very es-
sential before setting into open
ground. In transplanting always use
care not to injure the roots, and a
very important thing to do is to firm
the soil, about the plant. When set
ting into open ground, do so on a
showery day or at evening. and sue
cess is almost sure.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
A Mans SUGGESTION.

Potatoes will bake more quickly If
there is a fire in the stove. To keep
lettuce fresh and crisp place It in
the ice-chest and don't eat it. To tell
when a pie is done hold 1t upside
down ove the sink. If baked sufh-
GENTLY It will fall out Of the tin. To
keep the soup from boiling over re-
move the kettle from the stove. But
ter will last longer If sprayed with
kerosene before serving. To keep the
dust from flying don't disturb it with
room or cloth. Mere man says it.
Carm Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Ruildina An lcehouse.

building an icehouse- Ice is a great
luxury In summeT and as much or
even more SO than in the cities or
owns An icehouse should be so
constructed as to have a double wall
or air space surrounding hat por-
ton above ground, and the cost Of
such will be but little compared with
the protection afforded. There should
also be double doors. 1t is not diff
cult to keep ice in a building above
ground IL the double walls are used
and the ice securely packed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Tribute 10 Painters skIII.

One OF the still. life, paintings By
Jan van Huysen in the museum at
The Hague was recently injured, but
1t is believed the perpetrator was
neither vandal nor thief.
The picture represents a basket OF
fruit on which a number OF insects
have gathered. On q pale yellow APP
pie, which is the centerpiece In the
cluster OF fruit. is a large IS. painted
so true to nature, SO say the officials
Of the gallery, that the canva was
Injured by some mi who endeav0red
to shoe" it and brought his I'M or
hand too close to the canva "A
tribute to the painters genius" says
the letter recording the fact. 'tfor which
he work had to suffer"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
what world Lost?

happened to me-" sighed the pale, in
.tellectual high-browed young woman.
II had written a modern society noy-
ell, complete to the last chapter, and
a careless servant girl gathered the
sheets of the manuscript from the
floor, where the wind had blown them,
and used them to start a fire in the
yrate.'
What a burning shame that vast"
commented Miss Tartan.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
kiUjno Farm Weeds.

This does not trouble the farmer
very much In handling ordinary weeds
amenable to the thorough cultivation
which the soil should get and does
get. But there is a list of %nuisances
most difficult to handle, such % wild
mustard, dandelion, cockelbur, thistle.
etc. The experiment stations have
done good work in recent years in
showing the merits OF spraying such
weeds with a solution of sulphate of
iron or copperas.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
METCALFE END-BAR HOLDER
Handy Little Device for ~Beekeepers
in Putting Up Section Holders
and Shipping Cases.

The drawing illustrates a contriv-
ance which will hold the end-pieces of
section-holders in exact position while
the slotted o r bottom piece is being
nailed to them. writes o. B. Metcalfe
in Gleanings in Bee Culture. With
out n alteration it will also hold
the two ends Of a comb-honey ship
ping-case in exact position while the
back board is, being nailed on.
A and b are small wooden fingers
fastened to t by screws 6 and b. They
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
sweet corn Seed.

Save seed of your sweet corn as
early as possible. When the kernels
have begun to harden, the ears may
be slip-shucked, and several Of the
outer husks pulled back and tied to-
gether. Run a small pole Or wire
through the loops thus formed, and
hang up in a cool, dry place. Do not
crowd the ears. but allow plenty OF
room, SO the air may circulate freely
about them to dry them thoroughly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
The suIkv PIow.

A sulky pillow often pulls harder.
than the walking plow, because the
sulky sticks to its work without dodg-
ing the hard spots. Watch the motion
of the Notwithstanding walking pillow.
and you will notice 1t is more or less
rambling in its course, going the route
of least resistance. A careless plow-
man is ore apt to "cut and cover,
with the walking pillow. A sulky pillow
that is adjusted right will not allow
the taking of too much land.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
sense Of taste.

From 2 series of experiments re-
.ently made at the University OF Kan
sas it is evident that the average per-
can taste the bitter of qniniae
when one part is dissolved in $4,000
PARTS of water. Salt was detected in
water when one part to $40 OF the
was used. Sugar could be tast-
cd liz 22s parts Of water and common
soda in 4S. IN nearly all eases women
could detect a smaller quantity than
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

saason late il the autumn, making the
trip both wsys in sailing vessels that
arc engaged during the winter months
n the %coasting trade on the coast Of
Africa. A skillful cranberry picker
can earn from So to SIS a day, so that
the "oravas.' as these invaders are
called, can within a few save
enough to live In afiuence in their ISL
and home. Under the new conditions
not only is the picking of the cranbse-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

some Of the daintiest ladies of the
old days sat down with the humblest,
by way Of example. Five hundred
Boston girls are now securing the
country for spinning wheels, and they
will take part in the pageant of 1915.
They have made their own clothes
after the pattern OF those worn by
Felicity and Priscilla. in a contest in
1925.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Non7ads of are Cranberry logs

1t never fails to sarp-i5e t~o.ri5ss
who visit Cape Ccd for the FIRST tine
to find this large foreign popIlation-
which has no parallel aEywherc csc
In the country and most :os wroai
speak little or no English. Many o.
the Cape Verde islanders are true no
MAIDS I'm their visits to the cranberry
country. arriving In the spring when
cultivation on the bogs olers and re-
tOatping until the end OF the picking
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Farmers, Richie. GROWING Rapidly.

The total value of the farms re-
ported at the twelfth census was about
$20,50O, 900, 900; more than double the
$1,000. 900. 900 aggregate capital invest
ed in manufactures. There is every
reason to believe the thirteenth n
tabulations will show the present value
of the farms Of the United States is
approximately $780, 900, 100000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
select Earliest Laying puilet

0CIcSH EdTTSSI 1dy"'Y E0I'Ses' y
Pick the earliest laying pullets for s
choice breeding per, other points be-
ing also considered. YoU can often
establish an early laying Strain which
you a improve each year. BY fol-
this practice. year after year,
you will find the egg record growing
right along.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
ries done by the aid of machines, but
other machines separate and sort the
berries.-Christian Herald.
Hark Back to History.

In the good cid days of story, Bos-
ton women. had spinning wheels and
We're encouraged to make the material
for their own clothes in order that
the colony might not have to depend
to such a great extent upon the Inn
ports from Great Britain. Consequent
ly there were often contests ON the
Common. with prizes offered. aAl
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
@NZNO @LS or
92@JAAS

this business Of toy
making. They grow
up in the midst of it,
all their hereditary
ideas are colored by it,
the history of the city
speaks of it.
Inside of half q doz-
en- blocks you have
trains, up-to-date no
tells, electricity, motor
cars. Partisan frocks,
primitive carts drawn
by hugs mastiffs, funny
tucked-away inns near
the market place full
of peasant women in
wide black silk aDrons
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
Aakinu roo Much.

1.-The count has promised that he will
never peat or kick me If I viii marry
him." said the Beautiful heiress.
d has he promised to work for
you?" her father ASKED.
'.Oh, papa, don't be unreasonable"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16
which Is thc stsrg

we are thinking OF putting ar esec-
trio sign ever the church.
ut might be a good idea
"But there are factions. We can't
decide whether toSfeature the minister
or the soprano ofntEse cher.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

with five windows. giving ample light
and ventilation.
The bridge is water tight and af-
fords a good wagon shed for both
summer and winter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

The hairs Of q haeds are mum
befed. But then 70 arc the automo
biles and trolley cara
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

Experience Is q safer aud more uses
ful guido than any principle, however
accurate and scientific i MAJ 49,
Buckle. sSs &
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-16

turn into the quiet winding streets, the irregular
billy passages dovetailed by houses older than any
thing in the oldest parts of the United States.
House rises above house full of a history as roman
DC as the proudest mansion Of our city streets,
and yet marked by a simplicity and single-hearted
ness seldom present in things modern. It is here
that the toys are made which you buy in your home
across the sea. Here in the quietness of the un-
modern, the playthings are invented and perfected
fr your restless, buoyant children. You read
Made In Germany" with a skeptical tilt of the
eyebrow, but the fact remains that by far the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
What the Schools are for.

The Love bill to erect protective wall around
the school districts is in keeping with time
honUred tradition of Virginia. Many good people
have the notion that the schools operated tor
the benefit of the teacher and the pupils We shall
never have an efficient system in Virginia until
get rid of that absurd idea. The public schools
are not run for the sake of giving employment to
teachers or superntendents anybody, nor are
they rlln primarily for the benefit of the children
who attend, however startling that proposition may
be to some. The schools are primarily, for the
benefit OF the State and upon other hypothesis
can taxation to sustain them be justified
1t is often said that it is wrong to tax one man TO
educate another man child SO it is, and if that
were the basis of our public school system the sys
TEN would not stand The State has more right
to tax one man to educate another mans child,
per sc, than it has to tax to cothe another
mans child or give the child luxuries which its
parents are not able to supply. The public school
system exists because the education of the masses
is necessary intelligent voting, good citizenship,
to material progress and to the public welfare.
The State which does not educate its children cam
not compete an any direction with the State which
does. Public education, therefore, is public ne
cessity and the schools must be maintained at the
public expense.
But as the public are taxed to carry on the
system, it is incumbent on the State to make the
schools as efficient possible, that the benefit
may, be as great as possible. To that end there
must be the best teachers and the best superin-
tendents. Public education is no local option affair.
1t is a Statewide proposition. OF course, the
local authorities should have voice in the manage
ment of their schools, but the State must regulate
the system as whole, it bears upon the welfare
of the whole people, and must not allow any narrow,
provincial measures that will impair the efficiency
of the service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

In another column is given statement of the
reason for the passage of the Strobe bill relating to
the establishment of college for women in connec-
ton with the University Of Virginia This statement
and the communication from Prof. r. c. Stearnes
printed in our columns few days ago give strong
presentation of the facts and arguments in favor
of the adoption of such plan by the State OF
Virginia.
The Virginan believes that the General Assembly
should consider this proposition very carefully
The bill carries with it no appropriation and the
most that can be done for the next two years will
be to require the Board Of Visitors of the University
of Virginia to make definite plans to be presented
to the General Assembly of 1912, In view OF this
fact The Nirginan suggests to the friends OF the
measure that they eliminate from the Bill every
State of Virginia to the adoption of the plan and
simply require the Board of Visitors of the Uni
versity of Virginia and the State Board of Educa-
ton to give careful consideration to the question
of the establishment of a woman's college in con-
nection with the University, or elsewhere IN the
State, and report back their conclusion to the Cen
eral Assembly
II it should be thought desirable to go further
than this the two bodies might be required to pre-
sent plan for the establishment Of such college
in case this General Assembly should decide to
establish one. But inasmuch nothing can be
done toward the establishment OF such a college,
at the present time, it seems to The Nirginlan TO
be unnecessary to commit the State unreservedly
to this particular proposition now. Let the bill
provide for a full investigation and consideration
OF the subject and reserve final decisions until the
General Assembly of 1912, when the representatives
of the people will have had time to give the subject
the thought which its great importance warrants.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22
Our First Citizen.

Once upon a time the President of the United
States and distinguished member OF his Cabinet
held a serious conference The President told the
Secretary that he was "wretched in office, and
lonsed to retire, but that he had been urged by
the people Of the North to stand for another term
The Secretary who Southern man, replied
thai, as far as he knew, there was that one voice
there, which for his continuance but he was the
only in the United States who possessed the
confidence OF the whole people; that government
was founded in opinion and confidence, and that
the longer he remained, the stronger would become
the habits of the people in submitting to the gov
eminent and in thinking a thing 10 be main
tanned; that there other person who would
be thought anything more than the head of party.
hat President George Washington and that
Secretary Thomas Jefferson The conversation
shcT in what high esteem President Washington
vas held by the people at large in spite OF the abuse
tnaF was heaIed upon him BY Individuals here and
ztlseFc. He was The one President who was greater
thar party, who not identified with partisan
politics. who was regarded the father Of his country
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-22

as the shepherd of the flock the President OF all
sections OF the whole country and OF all the people
And President Washington regarded himself as such.
While he was Virginian by birth, as President he
was an American. While he Republican, IN
the first definition of the word, while he believed
in the Republic and hooted at the talk OF monarchy.
while he resented as an insult the suggestion OF
Col Lewis Nicola that he proclaim himself King,
George Washington was naturally and necessarily
Nationalist He was the ideal American, and so
the nation regards him today 1t is in that spirit
that the anniversary of his birth is celebrated
His name is associated with no section or political
faith George Washington belongs to the Nation.