Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

The Chinese decline to buy phono-
graphs having black trumpets.
Taxicabs have displaced the ham
A hive which contains 10000 bees
in February has $4,000 in Mach.
10000 in April and from 10000 In
May.
Every winter more and more wom-
en- are going north to camp In the pine
woods and to hunt moose and deer
during the snowy season.
Although the first American patent
for a metal pen was granted a Halti-
morean in 1910, 1t was half a century
later that the industry began to -four
ish.
The number OF marriages in the
county Of London last year was the
lowest per thousand Of the population
on record. The number was 38.209.
and the rate 15.9 a thousand. which
compares with II a thousand in tho
previous year.
: DR.. Lyman Abbott, at u dinner in
New York. interrupted with a with.
cism a chorus Of voices rraising the
%oratorical powers of the suffragettes.
How true 1t Is" said DR.. Abbott.
that, as Keats said, a thing OF beauty
may be a jaw forever"
Leon Flint, of NorwaJ, has sold his
pet bear to people living in West Vir-
ginia. The shipping crate bore thu
words: my name is Jennie. ! have
been in captivity since I was a year
old and am quite tame. Please give
me a drink" 1t was shipped by the
Canadian Express, and needless to
say will be taken car of.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The death has Just taken place at
Lennoxtown OF Andrew Robertson.
who 1t is stated held the record for
the longest employment under tho
same Arm In Scotland. He commenced
work in 1880 an = tier boy to q calico
block printer in the Arm OF r. Dalglish
Falconer Z Co. He filled various posts
during the course Of seventy-nins
years. and latterly was a color mixer.
London Globe.
It ID estimated that the loss 10 the
State from forest fires In .~fassachu-
sets In 1909 amounts to $236.478.
There were 1881 different nres. and
the number Of acres burned over was
42.8OS. Analysing these figures. the
State forester hnds that the careless
smoker who persists in the habit when
In woodlands or passing through the
country during the dry time is the
greatest menace to future forestry in
Massachusetts.
A certain local candidate was ad.
dressing q small bunch Of farmers at .
district schoolhouse In the western
part OF Columbia County a week or 80
ago. While he was In the midst Of
telling them how bad he wanted the
ONCE. a tall, hungry-looking fellow rose
UP In the back Of the house and said:
..If you git elected I'll move" All
you'll have to do" returned the quick
witted candidate, lis to throw a gourd-
full Of water on the fire and call your
dog."-Lake City (Fla.) Index.
It Is proposed to hold an interna-
tional congress to take steps to pre-
serve all marine mammals, including
seals, sea lions. walruses. sea elephants
and whales. Some Of these animals
are almost extinct. and It is necessary
to take some immediate steps to care
for them and to protect them from the
inhumanity Of the hunters. or they
will be wiped out entirely. It is said
that the Japanese are the worst offend
err In the onslaughts upon the valua-
BILE animals. for they seem to recog-
nike no laws in their work Of destruc-
ton.
Fifty years ago an American natur.
Alist, Dana. discovered on the surface
Of the sea . little animal Of 80 singu-
lar I character that he named It mon
strilla." II 10 . small ~custacean, akin
20 the cyclops 30 common In ponds.
But. while the latter are furnished
eWithIaliNthat Ia n~eeessary@to capture
and digest their food, the monstrilla
has neither apparatus for seixing prey
nor any digestive tube. It Is richly
provided with muscles, nervous system
and organs OF sense; It lacks only what
q necessary to prolong life by alimen-
tation. The monstrilla Is doomed.
therefore. TO natural death.-Harper's
Weekly.
Uncle Sans campaign for moral
suplift" among his vast army OF In
dian wards has been chiefly significant
because Of the almost total suppression
of the sale and use OF "irewatsr"
among the braves. and the consequent
animation Of warlike outbreaks on the
reservations. Washington oficials
eyinced much Interest In the report to
Assistant Indian Commissioner Abbott
that seven hundred Navajo Indians
went recently to their white father"
superintendent and, su%rrendering an
enormous stock OF gambling parapher.
MALTA. enrolled thenr names alongside
those or the simple life" exponents.
These gambling devices OF varied sorts
ana descriptions were shipped here and
have been placed on exhibition with
the Immense collection Of relics and
trophies at the Indian bureau.-Wash
lnston star.
Gordon castle u an immense buil6
m. With = huge square tower. and !
lrontage Of nix hundred feet. The gar
s6ona are e~lahorately laid ont and b