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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15

as an illustration for lecture on the evils of
rum Onelet a diet.
For a people credited with such an extreme
sense of humor we seem to be sadly lacking in
perception. And our economies in some things
are eQualed only by the abSurdity of Our ex
travagances in Others If we loved flowers as
we should love these most beautiful of Natures
wonders we should never wear the limitations
in this land of plenty AS for the shop va
rieties at hundred dollars dozen because of
their long stems, they would lose their vogue
except at music halls, and our homes would
shine out with the glory of growing blooms.
while even the poorest of might have the
goldenrod and field daisy, which are to be had
in plenty in their seasons, short distances from
town.
But in our crowded towns we do not seem to
know flowers or to care for them. There are
certain varieties, the simplest and most beau
tiful such the iris, that we never even hear
of. We lack the great markets of London and
Paris. and children for their school occasions
and parties associate flowers with hired palms
and high priced buds that come in gaudy
boxes and gilded baskets with yards of ribbon.
metamorphosed from Earth's tenderest and
most poetic message into an expensive parody
that seems fitted only for theater lobby
under the glare of the electric lights. The
price limits their possession to the few, and
kills all sentiment with those who can afford
to possess them. Most of us who grow up in
the big towns comprehend but vaguely the
idea, the mystery, of this wonderful miracle
tnat Spr1ngt1me Dr1ngS 1nOSe OF us VINO nave
the early memory of garden know of the in
estimable value of this influence in the rear
ing of child. implanting a certain closeness
to the beauty of flower and its sentiment
which remains a cheering, refining influence
through life.
Why we fail to do more in the cultivation of
flowers. or to make war against the scarcity
with which they come to markets. is one
of the questions that of the brany
womanS clubs might take up to advantage.
No one can assert with any truth that we pos
sess the true love for flowers; for there are
thousands of glorious blooms and exquisite
vines that might be gathered free of all price
fields within easy reach. And in our homes
the growing of flowers seems to be almost a
lost and forgotten art. A few old fashioned
women still take an interest in their window
boxes, even in apartments; but it seems to
have only tenement house vogue. this Gull
ture of beautiful growth that would so admirably
replace cheap bric-a-brac and imitation lace.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Cole. Storage.

Cold storage. properly employed, fur.
nishes a means of conservation and
the prevention of waste that should
iEure to the general benefit. In prac.
tice it has been made to serve as a
means of maintaining higher prices in
the season of plenty and of intolerable
prices in the season of lesser supply.
When prices are naturally declining
they are checked, to be afterwards
punished to unnatural limits as oppor.
tunity is created by squeezing the mar.
ket through a combination of cold-stor.
spectators.
Tbs is perhaps the most fragrant
occasion of the instruSion of the mid
dleman between producer and consum.
err with the object of despoiling both.
The worst part of the matter grows
out of the difficulty encountered in de-
vising any scheme of remedy which
shall preserve the benefit of cold stor-
age while defeating its evil workings.
The most feasible suggestion is to
regulate the time of storage so as to
prevent deterioration, and to- enforce
due publicity in order that the pur-
chaser may know what he is getting
Philadelphia Record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

Hush-h-h. 1t is quite possible you
know it already, but it is a secret,
just the same, and it never would do
to have it talked about; but the fact
Is that all we girls are going back
to the fashion of our grandmothers
and-yes, wearing nightcaps. But the
%nightcap of to-day is a very different
affair from those that were worn fifty
or sixty years ago. Those were frank
ly ugly, usually made of some coarse
ald heavy material, which covered the
head completely, extending over the
ears and under the chin. They we're
worn for warmth, for there was no
steam heat at that date, and bedrooms
often were chilly. The nightcaps of
today are beautiful affairs Of laces
and silks and all kinds of dainty
weaves, the New York Press says, and,
though the man who buys n might
be inclined to doubt it, they have the
reason If their existence in the mo-
tives of strict economy. With the
elaborate styles of couture that now
are in fashion women find they can
fritter away a most unwelcome ropor
ton of their pin money on their hair
~dressers, and they have taken to
nightcaps SO that after their hair has
party in the evening they can save it
from being mussed up at night and
preserve the effect of a single visit to
the hairdresser for at least two or
three days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

fine watch over the works. of a dollar
alarm clock. One type Of wind tur.
bine, for instance, consists of n wheel
about l6 feet in diameter mounted
upon a steel tower 80 feet in height.
The entire wind wheel is of gal
vaniZed steel, and all its moving parts
run on ball bearings. Its transmission
gear works in an oil bath and, &C,
cording to Popular Mechanics, the best
methods known to engineering have
been adopted in order to eliminate fric.
ton and enable the wheel to make the
best of light winds.
The result is hat even in a wind
having a velocity of no higher than
six miles an hour the turbine gener.
ates electricity. Such an electric gen.
orator and switchboard and a fifty.
five cell storage battery as its cleo.
trical apparatus. The wheel is always
in running position, ready to make use
of every puff that comes. and it stead
lily makes and stores current except
in times of absolutely still weather.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

Most people know potatoes as
BOILED, baked and warmed over. Plain
boiled and mashed for variants on
the first; creamed and fried on the
last, and nothing you can do to a
baked potato. if properly baked, can
improve it.
Baked potatoes are more easily
digested than if cooked in any other
way, but to be at their best should
be subjected to a heat sufficient to
crisp the skins without burning them.
A potato baked in a slow oven is not
equal to one from a good hot one.
Baked potatoes are the proper
thing to serve with cold meats. Sc
lect smooth, medium sized potatoes,
and time the baking so they will be
just done, not o~ver-baked and soggy,
when the meal is served. A baked
potato should be eaten at the psy-
Geological moment.
Boiled potatoes should be cooked
slowly in a covered kettle. Most
cooks advise putting them into boil
ing sailed water. Harper's cook
book, compiled by some of the most
ldIllOuS hoilltStlC SNpci 10 III luS COuu-
try, advises putting them into Suffi-
cient cold water to cover them and
adding more as necessary. When,
done, pour off the water and let them
stand, partly covered, till dried off,
shaking the kettle occasionally. To
let them stand in the water after
they are done is to SPOIL them. If
dinner is delayed, fold a clean towel
and lay over the potatoes instead of
the lid; this will keep them hot and
III good condition for some time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
u,naf Votes

A parliamentary candidate lost quite
Q number of votes by making a gen.
erous promise to his own wife. He
promised his better half that If he
We're successful at the poll he would
buy her a new sealskin coat and hat
to match. His wife was SO pleased
with this kindly offer that she at once
went and told all her lady friend-
about it. Every lady to whom this
piece of news was impaired, of cours.,
said to the candidates wife at once.
"Oh, how very nice, dear!' but equal
ly, of course, Immediately went off
home to her husband and said: Take
care you don't vote for Mr.. A., dear.
Fancy that stuck up Mrs. A. in a new
sealskin while my old one is so shah
by!'-London Express.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
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Chicasillposters AVE gained a So
a-week .rease and improved condi-
lions.
II Chica:iron workers have a scale of
l62h Ger an hour and are asking for
F65 cent:
Childt under 16 years can not he
employein New Jersey factories ac-
cordingo a law just passed.
A Dol of arbitration may be APP
pointed settle the disputes between
the c. r. and it's mechanics.
The estion of establishing an old
age peion fund is being considered
by sevll of the big international I'M
ions. e old age pension fund of the
Internonal Typographical Union has
been rsed to s21S,00O.
Therewery workers strike al La
CrosseWis, has been settled. Ths
men N on all points. A wage i'll
creased 50 a week was granted and
the vkday, which had been nine
hours,as cut to eight. Various other
deman were granted.
Thdving of a commission or bonus
to dorstic servants or others making
punches for their employers is made
an oftse in New Jersey and Wash
ingtorthe receiving of tips by wait
ers inotels and restaurants and the
givinaf such tips being also prohibit
ed in se latter State.
Plafare rapidly nearing fruition by
whicfhe three separate organizations
of caenterS in the country will be
amalaated with the United Brother
hood.
The-nited Garment Workers of
Amert have been great sefferers as a
RESULT the prison output of shirts,
overa, trousers and the like, used
by woingmen in their trade.
T~hexecutive of the Labor Educa-
tionallssociation of Ontario, Canada,
is mang arrangements for the hold
ing onass meetings in various CEN
tiers toughout the Dominion.
In lode Island a new law provides
hat j child under 16 ear of age
shall 3rk after s p. m. Nearly 1000
childre in the State are affected.
Fouhundred and fifty thousand
wage rners in Greater New York are
receivf wages smaller than $500 a
year. I minimum of decency" fixed
by thennual report of the COMMITTEES
on conestion of population.
The sntral Federated Union Of New
York Ay has issued an appeal to
Samue Gompers and other national
labor Aders demanding the organi-
xation a national labor party in this
countrymodeled on the lines Of the
Britishsabor- party.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure Deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness IL
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. WheE
this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling
sound OF imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is
entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an in1amed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars sor
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
r. J.. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Growing LeGum cs.

There is a gas called nitrogen which
is present in the atmosphere in i'm
mense quantities, and which is neces-
sary to the growth and thrift Of vege-
tation. 1t is found in some form in
many different substances, and when
sold as a fertilizer commands a very
high price. 1t is doubtful if nitrogen
can be bought with profit in the form
of fertilizer for use in en%riching farm
lands except under special conditions.
For greenhouse purposes or for The
truck gardens, where intensive farming
is practiced, it may prove profitable,
but the ordinary farmer cal not at
ford it. He can, however, secure IN
abundance of nitrogen and add materi.
ally to humus in mis- soil by growing
some one of the leguminous plants and
occasionally blowing under a crop.
Perhaps cowpeas are the best for tbs
double purpose, though any kind of
clover is equally valuable. One hest.
tates to pillow up a good field of alfalfa
for the sake of the nitrogen and the
humus that would be added to the soil,
while he might not hesitate to pillow
up a crop of cowpeas or soy BEANS
Kansas Farmer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Lice and Setting Hens.

When hens are set they should be
carefully busted with insect powder or
otherwise treated and placed on abso-
lutely vermin free nests, preferably in
some other house or in a separate
room where other fowls cannot come
in contact with them. Placing tobacco
stems in the bottom Of the nest or
with the nesting materials will help
to keep lice away, yet it is not an in
fallible remedy.
The setting lei may be busted at in
~tervals through the incubation period,
yet she should eve be creased or
treated with any liquid preparations
chat will iniure the eggs. 4 Keeping a
box OF dry dust or ashes. with which
is mixed a small proportionl of pow
dered sulphur, where the hens can
: get al it daily, will very gr{atly aid
them in keeping clean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
THE FIRST CLOCKS.
One at Padua That Was a Wonder
of

of Mechanism
1t was, we are told, in 1909 that the
6rst clock known to the world was
placeG in the tower of San Eustargio,
sirAMilsn.
The greatest establishment and ad-
mtration were manifested by crowds
who focked to see the timepiece. In
1874 a clock was installed in the pal
ace of the mobiles at Padua. This was
a wonder of mechanism indeed, for be-
sides Indicating the hours it showed
the course of the sun, the revolutions
of the planets the various phases Of
the moon the months and the fetes
Of the year.
The period of the evolution from the
clock to the watch was se~venty-one
years-not so very long, all things con-
sidered-and the record of the first
watch is 1880. A half century later
an alarm clock made its appearance.
This, we are told, was looked upon
by the people OF that age as "un in
strument prodigieux."
The fortunate possessor Of this clock
was Andrea Alciato, a councillor OF
Milan. The chroniclers have placed
on record that this clock sounded a
bell at a stated hour, and at the same
time a little wax candle was lighted
automatically. How this was done we
are not told, but it must not be over
looked that until about seventy years
ago we had no e of obtaining a
light other than the finder box, SO
that the Milanese must have been cen.
turtles ahead of us in this respect.
Not much progress was made with
the watch until 1740, when the second
hand was added.-London Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

"But, Senator asked the reporter.
swho is to pay the cost Of placing the
country on a complete wal footing n
keeping 1t there?"
MY dear boy" said Senator Lots
mum, its a tossup between our pos
terity and the posterity of some Euro
pean or Asiatic power. and really
doesn't interest us. Try one Of these
imported perfectos."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Yet lie Meant Well.

Just as the Jackson Park train was
leaving the 5Sth street elevate1 station.
a man who had got off there hurried
along the platform and spoke to a pas
senger sitting by an open window in
the smoking car.
"Quick!" he said. please hand me
hat package. l left it on the seat
when I got out just low"
Sure" said the passenger, picking
up the bundle and tossing it out of the
window.
"Thanks!"
Hey. there! What are you doing
that for?" demanded the wrathful, red
faced man sitting next to him.
Why, he"
You d~ouble-dyed idiot. that package
belonged to me-! It was SIS worth Of
laces and ribbons l was taking home
to my wife,"
Over the scene that followed let US
draw a veil.-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

ly and for
six months was una
BILE to sit in a chair.
l lost 40 pounds and
was so lame l could
not wash my face.
The kidney secre-
lions were of a whit
ish color and often
suppressed. A t e r
doctoring and using
differnnt remedies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Estimating Wall Paper.

In estimating the amount OF wall
paper needed during the spring house
cleaning, it may be well to know that
the ordinary roll of wall paper is S
yards long and Is inches wide. A
double roll is 16 yards long. Cartridge
paper is usually Sc inches wide. Bor-
ders are usually IS yards long and
either 9 or IS inches wide.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

For supplying a large amount of
early pasture for hogs l find that oats,
peas and rape make a very excellent
combination crop. This is, more strict
~ speaking, q forage crop, n under
ordinary conditions will grow to pas
turing maturity within eight weeks
after sowing. l shall this season SOW
several acres of this combination crop
during the early part of May for sum
mer pasture. If best results are de-
sired in producing this combination
crop considerable attention should be
paid to selecting fertile soil possess
ing a ready mount OF available plant
food, as this crop, in order to pro-
duce good forage, must grow rapidly.
Agricultural Epitomist.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

Mothers should never be without a box
OF Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren. They break up colds in "a hours,
cure Feverishness, Constipation, Headache,
Teething Disorders and Stomach Trou-
bles. over 10000 testimonials. At all
Druggists, csc. Ask to-day. Sample mailed
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE
Roy. N. y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Only an in.Itator.

Like your great prototype, nov
abroad, I suppose o lead h strenu-
Gus life"
Lead it? No. I merely follow It"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
duces Inflammation. allays pain. cures
wind collie. 26c a bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Juvenile Ignorance.

Tonmy--Paw. how much are o
worth?
Mr.. Tucker-About $4,000. my son.
Why?
Tommy (after a few moments 0!
deep thought)-Paw, how much does
the assessor fine you for having oil
that?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

It's up to a man to be on his guard
when a oma begins to lower her
voice. She is preparing to ask a IA
vor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

Pigs will live and grow on rape
without a supplement OF grain. but a
small addition of the latter is profit
able. Dry sows will, however. do well
on rape alone.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
EI.ctrtcfty from wiA

The machinery Of a modem wind.
mill 10 just as far advanced pver the
rude machinery OF the windmill Of
Afty years ago - Il the works Of .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

The average man may feel like re-
.oicing when his wife has such a cold
that she is unable to speak above a
whisper.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
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By the passage Of a Joint resolution
In the house, Congress gives consent
to the states OF Michigan. Indiana,
Wisconsin and Illinois. 20 determine
the jurisdiction of crimes committed
on Lake Michigan. The purpose OF
the resolution is to permit the states
named, by proper act OF their respec'
tive legislatures, to enter into arrange
ments by which persons committing
offenses on Lake Michigan, where 1t
is now often practically impossible tc
prove the state in which the otfense is
committed, may be punished by the
authorities of that state that first Sc
cures jurisdiction OF the person, or
such other arrangements as the states
may determine among themselves
In recent years there have been occa
sions when persons owning or hiring
lake vessels deliberately engaged j.
the commission of offenses that wou
have been punishable in any of t
states mentioned, but where no p8
ishsnent was or could be inflicted
cause Of the impossibility of show
the state in which the offense -
commit d.
The rumor that the Navy Iar*
ment was planning an eXtendeloi.
eign cruise next fall was coIileo
Tuesday, when an official let was
sent from the department to Ut "a
W. Presley, the officer in cge OF
the naval recruiting office ne"
York. The sixteen new ba' SHIPS .
of lie AtlanticIFleet will Nen' ~
the Mediterranean, While laIll'
Fleet will visitESouth Amean ports
and take partEin the collation. Of
Chili's independence day. e recruit
ing office has brepared a~frcular to
be sent broadcast over country
describing tfh great polluai'IeS
open to ~younsmen who hlu see lle
world at Uncb Sans eShse-
- =
AS the resllt of in.ases in re- .
GENTS from bostoficesll over the |
country, it il announcib by the post =
master at Westinghouse the postal ,
deficit is rfpidly be; wiped out. =
During the week the ,stmaster gem
eral signedt Ian order turning to the
general fund of the easury $4,000
600 of the amount tasferred to the ,
postal service. If tIpresent rate Of
increase Isl maintain it is predicted f
that by June 80 thtostofice Depart
ment will be Sustaining for the
first time in manEears.
-:
With atriotismimmortalized in
eloquentEphrases d in a setting of
the national colo enfolding memen
toes of khe days, '76, the National
Society bf the Dshters of the Amer
lean Revolution augurated its nine {
teenth icontinen congress. Presi-
dent aft MAIDEN address of greet
ing.
A. / ThomIn, of Duluth, was in {
Washington imposition to the long !
and sort ha%u)rovision of the pend C
ing rtilroad b Mr.. Thompson takes
the ,tsition tt if this provision be- {
comd a law will have the effect of t
Increasing rs or the shipment of {
grai1 from ddle Western points. S
- {
Congress- ) been asked to author !
lie he cream of a new division in s
the lTreasuE Department to have {
chage of nding and contracting =,
matters, thhead of which will be a i
commission. whose annual salary
will be SAP per annum. =,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

We feel sorry for a man who hasn't
sense enough to make use of his good
Judgment.