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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

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Nov, six shillings ninepence at s4.8S5 to the
pound is $1.65. AS for the dishes themselves they
could not have been surpassed anywhere. For the
hors d'oeuvres I had q dozen different dishes to
select from.
did you ever find hors d'oeuvres varies on the
bill of fare of a New York restaurant? Try 1t. OF
course you may get them at a table d'hote. but
I mean on the carte du jour of a restaurant where
you pay separately for each thing you eat.
I'm Paris there is a restaurant In the Avenue
de POpera, where you can have about twenty DIFF
ferent varieties of little fish and cold salads and
appetizers for about IL or 16 cents. It took me a
long time to find this in a frst-class house, here,
and then when l did so It was In a restaurant
expensive in the city. Here hors d'oeuvres varies
masqueraded under the title of buffet russo They
charged me so cents for 1t, as. against the IS
charged in the London restaurant.
my pilaffe of sweetbreads tasted exactly like
that I had in London and cost exactly the same, 50
cents. I ordered some asparagus. On the bill OF
fare they had asparagus with Hollandaise sauce
for 40 cents, but I wanted 1t cold, with French
dressing. They did not tell me 1t would be any
more, but for it they charged me 10 cents. For
the Neufchatel cheese they charged 20 cents and
for the coffee Is. The robbery came on the beer.
'In London If you want a little pitcher of beer
they serve you an excellent brew of Pilsener or
Wurzburger in a little sealed vessel holding a
a small pitcher of beer on draught, knowing they
did not serve the beer as in London. He brought
me a pitcher and charged me 70 cents for it.
Now my bill ave to $2.65, or exactly 81 more
than the same food and drink had cost me in Lon
don. l gave the New York waiter a quarter and
he scarcely nodded. l gave the London waiter six
pence and he thanked me SO that I could hear him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
SCIENCE
( AND
CLOUDS TO PREDICT WEATHER.
Forecasts Made by Or. A. de Quervain
Of Zurich, Are Of Utmost ScIen-
tlfic Importance.

Cloud weather forecasts made by
DR.. A. de Quervain Of Zurich are of
the utmost scientific and practical i'm
portance. His deductions are based
or the familiar cumuius cloud OF warm
summer days. When reaching heights
of six or seven miles it becomes a
trundle cloud. The high floating top
assumes the shape Of a t1eecy ice
needle cloud and extends sideways in
anvil shape. The ordinary cumulus
cloud undergoes similar transforma-
tons at a level of three to o miles,
and so does not lead to the forma-
ton of thunder storms but merely to
the production of fleecy clouds.
This sort of cloud can be regarded
as a presage of good weather. The
veil shaped hooded clouds have not
been sufficiently explained. Often
they encompass the top of a quickly
rising cumulus cloud. and until re-
Gently were thought to be instrument
tai in the production OF hail. They
are always found to be intimately con-
nected with existing feecy clouds. and
on the other hand presages bad
weather, occurring previous to thun-
der storms.
Even such reliable presages of
thunder storms are the remarkably
delicate varieties Of fleesy cAsuds
which are mostly found floating about
four miles high. On a darker layer
there are s~uperposed delicate white
heads. These lofty curly heads, gen
orally in the morning, safely predict
a thunder storm within twenty-four
hours. BY balloon ascents 1t was
found that the occurrence of these
clouds comedies with a violent drop
In the temperature.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

masculine gender might as wei hold
Ito peace. It will do the world no
good to rail about wouen's hats; wo-
men will have tl.eir own way in this
matter, let public and press scold as
1t will. One clergyman was foolish
enough to state for publication that
big hats were a hindrance to the sal
walton of souls" Let him bar his
pews to the fashions of the day in wo-
mems gear and he will have very few
souls to his credit. The only sensible
remark made by a clergyman on the
subject is attributed to a New York
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
Device for sterilizina Water.

An apparatus for sterihzing water
aas recently been put on the market
In France, in which is used to
destroy the bacteria. The ozone is
generated by means of electrical dis
charges, and the gas is introduced into
the water by means of an aspirator.
The ozone is led into a mixing tube
screwed to the water faucet, and the
wRter is forced by a small pump
through several compartments, 50 that
It is divided into a number of fine
jets. In this way an intimate mixture
Of the gas and water Is obtained. The
device Is so arranged that the ozone
is generated only when the faucet is
opened.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The surface Of the earth il said to-
be 196971.984 square miles. 4
It is said by anatomists that people
hear better with their mouths open
The average hen will lay 400 eggs.
nearly one-ha1f of them In her third
year.
A watch ticks 1~57,6so.0o0 times In q
year, and the wheels travel 3,558%l
miles.
Almost any flower can be bleached
white by exposure to the fumes Of
sulphur.
1t takes 1000 tons OF coal to bring
one OF the modern liners across the
Atlantic.
Lavender and rose perfumes are
credited with the virtue of being MI
crobe killers. 1
Thirty-eight Of every 1000 English1
men marry after they are more than
so years old. Il
The earliest coinage that can bel
called American "a struck on IN
Massachusetts, In 1852.
Ten ships, each q century or more
old, are still In active service In the
| Danish mercantile marine.
There are about 5000 weddings ev-
cry twenty-four hours, taking the en-
tire world into consiG ration.
Experiments with the ul~tra-vtolent
light appear to show that 1t is more
elective for sterilizing liquids than
ozone.
Paris has t~hirty-two miles, Of under.
ground railways and he construction
- <r,or&x, thea poj1o~ hoe hoorf
authorized. sf9ftif
The amount Of carbon exhaied from
a mans lungs each day. If it could bel
soTldifed, would equal that in a lump
OF coal weighing half a on.
Up to 1889 the chief water works Of
New York City was in Chatham street.
nov Park row. The water was carted
about the city In casks and sold from
carts.
High atmospheric pressure in the
case Of persons not doing manual la
Dor has been found 60 act as a mental
stimulus. increasing the impulse to
talk.
Prof. Lowell that he has
discovered a new canal 1000 miles in
length on Mars. The canal developed
between May and September of last
rear.
1t was so cold in New York part Of
| the winter of f779 that residents in
the vicinity were compelled to cut
down the tail trees that stood at what
is now the head of Wall street to
make kidding wood.
A French scientist has invented an
apparatus for s~terfltzing water, which
passes in It in spiral tubes aroupd 3
long mercury vapor lamp, to utilize
the meteorological properties q the
violet and ultraviolet rays.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
Hats On or OFF in Church

sex not to follow style, but to follow
mans idea of what the women of the
country ought to wear. These COM
binedA efforts, however, viii have as
much effect upon womankind as Mrs.
Partington's endeavor to keep back
the ocean with a broom. Fashion rules
supreme, her votaries are legion, and
will follow her d~istates, whether 1t be
large hats or small hats, switches.
coronets, puffs. rats" or curls. The
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

operating the plunger for each piece
Of beef, the device is arranged to take
a number Of layers OF beef. which ara
separated by disks of corrugated and
perforated metal. a shown In thu.
cross sectional view. says Scientific
American. The press is provided with
a spout at n side. through which the
Juice Is drained out into a cup or
bowl. After the plunger has been
forced down the press may be hung
up on a nail, allowing the beef Juice
to drain out thoroughly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
PNEUMATIC HEEL FOR SHOES
Expression "Waiking on Air" Hither-
TO Used Metaphoricaiiy, Now
Has Real Meaning.

The expression walking on air"
hitherto used metaphoricalfX, has now
a real meaning. A New York mar
has invented a pneumatic heel for
shoes by means Of which the
of tie shoes will actually walk on air.
The leather heel Of the shoe has a
circular opening into which Ats q con-
ical metal body open at the bottom,
thus leaving an air space around the
apex Of the cone. Across the bottom
Of the cone is an elastic rubber heel
piece, and on this is a leather tread
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

traps Just as mice are caught, and
monkeys are also trapped. Such great
beasts as the rhinoceros and the like
are not captured by the animal men,
but are secured from native poten
tates, who give them away as a mark
of special esteem or barter them for
brass and other trifling but snowy
gewgaws.
1--WE take comparatively few lions
from the wilds now. 1t is cheaper to
buy them in captivity. Polar. griz-
Ely and Russian bears also are mainly
bought INC sold in captivity; but oth
err wild beasts are taken n their
lairs."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
CONDITION PRECEDENT.

"The religion of some people is too lenfent,' -
said Bishop Heslin In a recent address in Nan
ticket.
Some people suggest to me. in their view of
religion, a little gfN whose teacher said to her:
MARY, what must we do first before we can
expect forgiveness for our sins?'
I've must sin first the little girl answered.
Nashville Banner.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

divine who said may wear
hats as large as they desire in his
church, "if necessary a woman may
have a whole pew to herself" Exer-
else a little patience, friends, the
styles will shortly change, when small
hats and big sleeves will return to
bother us.-Millinery Trade Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
IMPROVED BEEF-JUIcE PRESS
French Inventor Arranqes Device for
Securing One Of Best Foods
for lnvaiids.

One OF the best foods for invalids
is the Juice Of rare beef. which ID cut
into fragments and pressed out by
means Of a small hand press. An In
ventor in France has recently devised
a very simple press for this purpose,
which allows OF expressing the Juice
OF a large amount of beef at q time.
The press is similar to the ordinary
type, being formed Of a suitable recep-
tacle with a plunger, which is forced
down by a hand ere Instead Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
ouhlie Advised to Exercise Patience
ustiI the Day of cartWheei
Headeear Is Nc More.

Press and pulpit are still harping
ON ths one string in the fruitless eff
fort to diminish the si0d Pf women's
hats, in other words, to6kegulate the
fashions in women's headgear. Male
correspondents are also having their
iuaings in the endeavor to solve the
kuotty problem of persuading the lair
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

up their prices all the time and some of my friends
have tried to convince me that you could get a
meal cheaper at the higher priced restaurants In
New York than in London.
81 determined this time to collect some real
data for comparison and as a result l have kept
the bills of many meals l had in London. 1t Is
my intention to duplicate the meals | had over
there at some of the restaurants here, item for
item. 1 did this with one Of them the other day
and demonstrated that for such a meal London is
a lot cheaper than New York.
Here is the bill for a luncheon I had at one
Of the most expensive hotels in London:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
JnfFate AutomobiIe Tires.

To initiate automobile tires with a
minimum OF effort there has been
heonght out a tank to be carried on a
cal to receive a portion of the ex-
pbnied gases from the engine, which
thus IRE compressed and may be
turned into the tire through q flexible
tube.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
FOOD IN LONDON is CHEAPER.

"For many years." said a man who
came back from a European tour the
other day, according to an exchange,
"I have been in the habit OF getting
into an argument with friends after
my return about the prices of food In
the best restaurants in New York and
London. 1 have been contending that
New York restaurants were putting
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

Isabel-Sixty cars of stock have
just been shipped from this station,
]. p. johnson of Britt, Ia, shipping
ffteen. 1t is estimated that there
will be 10000 head OF cattle shipped
from Isabel during the fall season.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

Wrten-Prompt action on the part
Of Mrs. Speckman, living with her
husband and family on a homestead
near here, saved the life of her one
year-old son after he had been struck
by the fangs Of a rattlssnake. The
mother had gone into the yard with
a pail of Stops and had sat o)bahy
down never thinking harmkb would
come to him. On hearing him cry
GU she hurried to him and found
that the reptiles fangs had pierced
the baby's hands between the fingers.
The father was summoned from the
field and made a record run on horse
back to take the child TO a physician.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

Hudson-Phiilp King found a beau
tiful pear shaped pearl, almost trans
parent and of silver tint, that weighed
IL grains, while pearl hunting In the
Rock river this week. The pearl is
valued at $500 by those who claim to
know It's worth. w. c. Judson also
found several very beautiful purple
pearR, perfectly round in shape.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
State Fairs Biggest Purse

Huron-Secretary c. N. McIlvaine OF
the state board of agriculture is act
lively engaged in the final preparations
for the state fair to be held here. be-
ginning Monday, September II. This
date will be the big day of the fair.
The South Dakota derby will be run
on that day for the biggest purse ever
hung in the state. The best entries
ever made by any association in the
state have been secured by the man
azement, including some horses OF
national repute. A noted speaker will
also be secured for that date. Railway
companies throughout the state have
granted a rate of one fare for the
round trip, and special trains soon to
be announced will be run on all lines.
The fair this year, promises to be
one of the best ever held in the no<th-
west.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
UNREASONABLE EVENT.

Among other events, we shall have a sack race
for ladies'. Professionals barred.
What do you mean by PROFESSIONALS"
Those who have been wearing tube gowns
Answers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

piece, thus leaving an air space inside
the cone. These two pneumatic cham
bers act as cushions and give q resil-
iency to the step.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
Mechanical Chair Fan.

movement is reversed. Thus a steady
current Of air is kept up as long as
the chair is moving.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19
The Test.

Doctor, my wife has lost her voice.
What can I do about IT."
Try getting home late some
night
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-19

Roosevelt and party wiz
from Africa, with the WMMM,
cargo Of animal speci- \S8GNM
mems which had been
killed during their in n
vasion Of the Jungle. Y
caused a New York
dealer in wild beasts
to talk Interestingly of the busi-
ness in which his firm is engaged.
There are nearly a dozen firms
in New York city that carry on
an immense business in the trans
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-22
TALES OF A sAFE-BLowER.
Reminiscent Jimmy Murphy Tells of
His Criminal ExDIOfts

reminiscent Jimmy Murphy Tells of
His Criminal Exploits.
How he had once tried to blow open
the safe at Mulberry street police
headquarters in the sos, as revenge
for an unjust conviction got by one
of Inspector Byrnes' men; how he
had cleverly fooled a country justice
of the peace after being caught on a
afe-breaking job, by feigning to be
drunk; and how he had later proved
his own guilt, to save another man
from the crime, was told recently at
the new Center street headquarters by
James Murphy, safe-breaker, arrested
for carrying burglar tools, the New
York Evening Post says.
1t was Murphy, known as Oliver
pool Jack" who, with Red Leary and
Johnny and Jimmy Hope, blew open
the safe of the Manhattan bank, at
Broadway and Blocker street, in the
early '70s. Murphy, now we'll past
70 years, has been implicated in many
of the big safe-blowings of two gem
erations, Released from the peniten-
tiary on Blackwells Island only the
other morning hew as seized again on
bench warrant issued by Judge Ros-
alsky, charging him with carrying bur-
glars tools, at the time of his former
arrest for carrying a revolver.
The old safe-blower, glad to get out
OF the cold, told Inspector McCafferty
of the robbery of the Manhattan bank,
and said after his release from Sing
Sing he went to Kansas City for five
years.
while 1 was away from the city,"
he went on, "a safe was blown. When
l got back to New York in 1880 one of
Byrne's men nabbed me and railroad
ed me to prison for this crime, of
which 1 knew nothing. That was the
one great act of injustice done me in
all my career, and even the grave
won't bring forgetfulness of that nasty
piece of work.
After I did that five years in Sing
Sing for another mans crime, l want
ed to get square with. Byrnes. 1 and
another set out to blow open the safe
in police headquarters. 1t was then
in little office off the big hall. We
were at work on it when we heard
footsteps, and if we hadn't been fright
ened off then we would have blown
that cheesebox to bits"
In 1885 he went to Gloversville and
robbed safe there. He was arrested
outside of the bank, while feigning
intoxication, and actually had the loot
on him. The policemen did not search
him, but took him before a justice of
the peace.
He was drunk outside the bank
Just robbed, your honor said the
policeman" continued Murphy.
Pm-hic-a ricklay-hic-er;
MISUNDERSTANDING
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-22
No Truly National Holiday.

There is no regular national hOlid4
in the United States. Congress has
various times appointed special hol
days. Only the states can proclal'
legal holidays. Thanksgiving dA
designated by the President by prOe7
nation, is a holiday in those stals
that so provide by law. The foH0.
ing are the principal days observed
most of the states as holidays:
New Years day, January l. We
ington's birthday, February %. Deg
alton day, May 80, in most states.
dependence day, July 4. General eI'
ton day, first Tuesday after first ~
day in November. Thanksgiving o.
last Thursday in November. ChrisIm
day, December 25. Labor day, u
Monday in September, made nation
legal holiday in 1894. Arbor day s
legal holiday in some states, althoul
the month and date of its observan
vary. Every Saturday after IL o'cio
noon is a legal holiday in New fol
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ma,
land. Good Friday is observed in .
bama, Florida, Louisiana, Maryial
Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Tenn
see
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-22

Some incident III her own life perhaps
made her more keenly alive to the
trouble in Mrs. Saville's; for Hope
Desmond was an exceedingly attrac-
tive girl, graceful, gentle, with flashes
Of humor and fire. suggesting delight
full possibilities. The day had been
trying, for her good friend Mr.. Raw
son had not brought too fiourishing an
account Of her affairs, and she did not
enjoy the idea of being a companion
all her life. At this stage of her re-
Elections a shadow fell across her, and,
looking up, she saw George Lumley
contemplating her with much interest.
She was always pleased to see his
bright, good-looking face, and, smiling
on him kindly, said, You have missed
Miss Dacre. She has just gone"
Are you all right, Miss Desmond?'
he asked, with much interest, and
drawing a step nearer.
Yes, of course" she returned; then,
becoming suddenly aware that her face
was wet with tears, she blushed viz.
idly and put up her handkerchief to
remove them.
"The terrible effect Of private in.
terview with ones legal adviser" she
said, with brave attempt to laugh.
"He must have brought you bad
news, fear" And Lumley sat down
beside her. "Old Rawson-" He
paused
"1s one Of the best and kindest Of
friends" put in Hope NOW I must
go away. I should have been in my
room before this. only Miss Dacre
chose to stay and talk about family
affairs If you follow you will soon
overtake her; she has taken the vicar.
age path"
"Why, you don't suppose I want to
overtake herr"
"She expects you"
well, she may do so. She has
nearly talked me to death once to.
day. I am not going to run the same
risk again"
ITO be continued.)
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-22
How much money have your
~ VI h 1ecn-h in .Inlln


"Three-hic-dollars, judge
"'Well, you're fined SO, so you can't
get drunk for few days more
But, inspector" continued Murphy,
the laugh was on me. Peggy Dono-
van was arrested for this crime l had
committed, and railroaded to prison.
When l learned of it l gave myself
up and confessed the crime. l had a
hard job. l had to subpoena the JUS
t1ce OF the peace and the policeman
from Gloversville They bore out my
story as far as they could. was con-
victed, Peggy was freed and the three
years and three months | did for that
crime were some of the happiest years
of my life"
How he got the name of Liverpool
jack was developed as follows:
you remember, inspector, what you
said to me a year ago, when l was
nabbed with the gun and the tools?
You said: Murphy you are old. Do
you want to spend the remainder of
your life in Sing Sing or in the con-
victs home kept by the Salvation
Army out on Long Island?' 1 told you
1 wasn't hypocrite, and it was either
freedom to go and do as pleased or
Sing Sing. I'm James Murphy alias
Connors, alias Liverpool Jack, and a
few other fanciful names; professional
criminal-safe-blowe
II don't smoke, and never have, and
never drank. You can't drink or smoke
and do good work" Murphys pals,
the Hopes and Red Leary, had told the
truth; he never drank or used to-
bacco.
"a successful man in his way"
commented Inspector McCafferty as
Murphy was taken to be arraigned in
General Sessions.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-22
MEN OF ACTION.
~N%NNN-~@O0~

How did you like Professor New.
man one OF the summer residents
OF Willowby asked Hiram Gale. 81
saw his name on the list of lecturers
In your last winters course"
MI. Gale stroked his chin reflective
ly.
We'll, some thought he was kind
O stiff In his speech at first, but l
tell ye what happened:
Tie got kind O. worked I'D telling
us what men Of action meant; what
the government O. these United States
was doing in Alasky, the Philippines,
an so on; an he stepped mite too
nigh the aidge O. the platform an lost
his balance; but as he begun to fall,
Sam Hobart an Pick Willis, that were
IN the front seat, stood up an ketched
him, one by each arm, an brought
him up standin'. He bulged ou- al
the krees for a minute. but nothing
to speak of.
ARD says Pick to him, The last
word you spoke was "omnivorous."
and mebbe before you mount again
you'll give us some kind of a mint
what 1t means
"Tbe Professor looked from Pick to
Sam an back to Pick again, kind O.
da2ed, and then he begun to laugh.
You let me mount he says, an
I'll see to 1t that the rest O. my talk
ia such you won't need dictionary
an he KEEP his promise.
''Yes, sir, he gave us a fine talk
after that, an he's coming again. We
had him to breakfast next morning,
and my w1fe said she wouldn't want
to hear anybody talk more sensible
nor act more common an friendly
than he did. But there was a piece
IN the Sentinel next week referlin'
to Pick an Sam as 'Willowby's Men
of Action'-an' l reckon the nameu
stick to 'em long as they live"