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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

The new ships will probably have
the peach basket" fire-control towers,
which have now been installed on
nearly all the battleships. Just at
present there is a division Of opinion
as to the value Of these towers, and
there are two schools of thought In
the navy as to them. A special board
is at work to get all the data possible
as to the advantages and defects OF
these towers, and another board will
probably be appointed in the neal fu-
ture to consider the matter and make
recommendations as to the future policy
in regard to them.
II the corresponding bureaus of any
other country have accomplished what
the Bureau OF Construction has done
since the beginnings of the new navy.
Is years age, it has been kept from
the current history Of naval achieve
ment. No praise be too earnest or
distinct for what these oficers have
done for their country. Their work
rebounds to the credit of each pass
Ing secretary and Of the entire body of
officers in the navy. When the crucial
hour shall come and the fate Of the
nation may depend on the great naval
struggle for which countless millions
and unfiagging zeal for many years
have been given In preparation, to
them win be due the victory, IL it be
a victory. Their share in the result
will be. perhaps, less sung than that
of the men who command the ships
and man the guns. but a generous peo-
pie will none the less remember their
good work.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

fired. The cats and dogs sustained no
injury from the concussion, although
the former were somewhat shaken by
the contact with the latter one or
twice. Then a few midshipmen were
put in the turret and again the big
guns were fired, and again with no bad
results. Then, to make a final and
permanent test Of the matter, three
tough old rear admirals were put in
and fired over, and when they came
out all right the principle was held
to be established that heavy guns
could be fired in an engagement over a
~neighboring turret without n dis
tress to the inmates. That test has
been Of incalculable value to our navy,
and as a consequence the two new
ships will be SO arranged that they
can fire four of their huge guns ahead
or astern.
The 14-inch rifle weighs 63.5 tons, or
139,700 pounds. With turret and
mount each turret of the new ships,
including the two guns, will weigh
about 600 tons. About as much more
is to be credited in weight to the ar
morplate. 1t is calculated that the
2%6,00O-ton ship will carry ten 14-inch
guns without difficulty. Remember
that in the matter of ammunition the
increase of weight is as the cube Of
the calibre. Where the 12-inch gun
throws a projectile weighing 500
pounds, these monster guns will hurl
a shell Weighing 1,400 pounds. This
calls for storage capacity and weight
carrying ability in the new ships. But
tho 14-inch guns are made so that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
LEPERs OF THE HAwA11s.
Conditions on the Island of Molo
kai Have Been Misunderstood.

Conditions ON the Island of Molo-
kai Have Been MisunderstOOd.
No greater m~iscOnception Of any
public institution prevails to-day than
the general Idea Of the leper settle
Kidd say in Harper's Weekly. In.
stead Of the entire island being used
for such purpose, the settlement com
prises only eight square miles Of q
total area of 261 square miles, 1t oc.
cupies a tongue Of land on the north.
ern side Of Molokai. The north, east
and west shores of this tiny spot are
washed by the Pacific, while on the
south side rise precipitous cliffs OF
from 1900 to 1000 feet. which make
the isolation seem even more hopeless
than the beautiful deep-blue waters OF
the sea ever could. The most difficult
and dangerous trail, constantly
manned by government guards. foils
escape, If it were eve contemplated
by the land side.
Naturally the fear Of being isolated
at the settlement caused the natives
to thwart segregation. Generally |.
was done by %secreting their afflicted,
yet there are instances Of lepers us.
ing violence to resist arrest. The ne.
cessity of severing ties Of the strong.
est affection involved grief OF the deep
est description, and many are the
cases Of abnegation where the clean
have accompanied the afflicted to the
settlement to die there with them.
Then, too. by degrees there grew up
the belief among the natives that ter
rible mistakes Of diagnosis by the
physicians were consigning innocent
and helpless people to the living sepul-
cher. And as each year failed to eradi-
cate the disease as had been represent
cd. but still claimed its toll. the belief
became almost universal that a larger
proportion Of those committed were
sacrifices to the d%espotism and ig-
norance of the white mans medical
science that boosted but could not
cure.
By degrees, as the government real
lied the inability of the afflicted to
care for themselves. conditions were
improved, until finally the authorities
took entire charge Of the lepers, and
to-day the appropriations for the main
tenance and care of these wards are
most generous and exceed 1925, 900 an
nually.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

they do not of themselves or in their
carriages increase the weight in the
ratio that the projectile is increased.
The powder charge for these guns will
be from 365 to $40 pounds. The muz-
zle velocity in foot seconds will be
$500. With a trajectory sufficiently
high their range might be, as is often
claimed, 25 miles. For good, every
day fighting. however, they will do
some good hitting at eight Dr. ten
miles.
DO you want to have some idea Of
the terrible fighting efficiency of these
new Dreadnoughts-the most powerful
hal the world has yet seen? Well.
for a comparison, take the Connects
cut, which only a few years back-say
ten-was our greatest ship. She has
four 12-inch guns and can throw in
five minutes 40 shells weighing $40
pounds. That is $4,000 pounds, or over
16 tons Of death and destruction. As
suming that the service of the 14-inch
gun will be somewhat slower than that
of the Pinch, 1t is doubtless safe to
say that the ten 14-inch guns on either
the Nevada or the Oklahoma will de-
liver 50 shells in five minutes, or 49,
900 pounds of projectiles, with their
deadly load of high explosive, any
pound of which detonated in the psy-
Geological place on the enemy's ship
would sink it. You can rake the sta
tistics of the navies of the world and
you will nowhere find anything ap-
preaching the force of this fire. 1t is
nearly twice that of the best Dread
nought in the British navy to-day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
KING OF KINGS COOKS.
How British Sovereign's Meals Are
Prepared by $4,000 Chef.

how British SOveretGn'a Meals Are
Prepared by $4,000 Chef.
Mr.. Menager, the head cook at Buck
lngham palace, occupies an important
post in the royal household. His sal
airy is $10,oo0 per annum and he is
recognized as being n of the greatest
culinary artists in the world. The
royal kitchen and the whole kitchen
staff are under his complete control.
Opening off the main kitchen at one
side Of it are half a dozen smaller
kitchens, and on the other side there
are four Offices, where the clerical
work in connection with the kitchen
department are attended to. One Of
these Offices is Mr.. Managers private
room.
Mr.. Menager does not live in Buck
ingham palace, but has his private
residence close to 1t. On arriving at
the palace-usually about IL o'clock in
the morning-his first are is to in
spect the lunch menu for that day.
which has been prepared by his first
assistant, and also the menu for break
fast the following morning. He then
prepares the dinner menu for the fol-
lowing day-a task that occupies him
usually a couple of hours.
No two dinners ut the royal table
are ever the same. Certain dishes are
from time to time repeated, frequently
by special request Of the king, but
what may be termed the general
scheme Of each dinner Is always diff
ferent. One of the side kitchens is
reserved solely for Mr.. Managers use,
where he carries out experimental GU
linary operations and is constantly
celebrating and working out new ideas.
Some dishes have taken him months
Of preparation before he has decided
to put them into the menu. There Is
one particular sauce which MIR. Men
ager Invented some years ago to which
the king has a particul:f liking. Mr..
Menager was making experiments for
over three years before he served this
sauce to the royal table.
There are many dishes, by the way,
which can be tasted nowhere except at
the royal table. The secret of their
preparation 10 known only to Mr.. Mem
ager, and he guards such secrets with
great care. None OF his assistants has
the least notion OF how these special
dishes and sauces are prepared. They
simply have the handling Of the raw
materials and each assistant carries
out different directions in it, prepare
ton for the table.
The dinner mem Is submitted every
day to their majesties for approval;
but this Is a Ger matter Of form, for
aeithsr the king nor queen evs thinks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

With the policy of building two
ships a year We have adhered to the
plan Of building them by divisions.
The North Dakota, Delaware, Utah
and Florida will constitute one feet
division, and they are one in type.
The Arkansas and Wyoming, and the
two ships authorized by this Congress
Will complete another division, and
will be essentially of the same general
type. In the interval, however, since
the North Dakota and Delaware were
planned a new factor of Improvement
has been furnished by the Bureau Of
Ordnance in the demonstration that
we can make a 14-inch gun that will
lead the world for power and penetra-
ton. This was the idea of Rear Ad-
miral Mason, and on his authority
Congress a year 6 appropriated
100000 to make a 14-inch rifle and
test it. This was done in the course
of a few months, Inc the gun proved
to be successful beyond all that had
been expected of it. 1t necessarily
follows that the next ships to be built
must carry 14-inch guns.
The new ships, the Nevada and Ok
lahoma, will be 554 feet long and 95
feet beam. Their draft will be 2S.b
feet. Their displacement will be at
least $4,000 tons. and probably $1,000.
The speed will be p knots, the coal
load 5000 tons, and they will carry a
complement of Is officers and 1900
men. The armor will be 11-inch on
the belt and on the barbettes and g.
inch on the sides. There will be, in
addition to the ten 14-inch guns, sew
enteen 5-inch guns. AS a floating
fortress the ship will thus have two
guns for every sector inc with over
tapping ranges. A 5-inch gun has been
placed at the stern to protect from
torpedo attack. A similar provision
would be made at the stem but for the
difficulty Of putting a shutter there
that will keep out water in heavy
seas.
There will be no superstructure for
tnrrets. The middle turret aft and the
rear turret forward are raised above
their n%eighbors so that their guns
may fire over them. This is an Ameri-
can idea. Foreign navies are just be-
ginning to adopt 1t. Years ago the
superimposed turret was believed to
be a good thing, but 1t was doubted If
heavy guns could be used in the super
imposed turret. And there was doubt
II they could be used in turrets raised
above other turrets, although not SUI.
perimposed rel them. To determine
the matter once for all in the presence
of much debate about it, a practical
trial of the matter was made.
It was claimed that the conclusion
from the Pinch guns would kill any
living being within the lower turret.
AT first cats and dogs were placed in a
turret on the old monitor Florida, now
the Tallahassee, and the big guns were
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
DAKoTA's MIXED MARRIAGES.
Unions of white Men and Indian
Women Not FroSvned Upon.

SnlOno OF WHITE VIC anu AmoluSh
Women Not FrOvvned Upon.
In the Dakotas when a white man
weds an aboriginal woman and public
ly acknowledges her as his wife he
provides her with as good a home and
clothing as he can afford, and he
treats her as he would treat a white
woman He sees to 1t that she learns
to cook, to sew and to keep house, and
in other ways tries to educate and
uplift her.
Still mor interesting is the fact
that these mixed marriages involve
little or no social disability. The white
husbands are rarely. ii ever, barred
from associations with the whites be
cause OF their wives.
To be sure, a man known to be liv-
ing with an Indian who is
without benefit of clergy" is. IS a
rule, in the language OF one White
River plainsman, purity nigh ostrich
lied" But this would be true IL he
e known to be maintaining SINH
lar relations with a white woman.
Such loose-hitched tie-ups used "a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
me. Ktt," I demonstrated. a trile un.

me. KIT" I demonstrated. a trife un-
steadily.
who said she was?" snapped her
uncle.
"She had no business to speak to
you about It,"
You told me tot" she cried.
I raised my eyebrows.
Nothing was further from my
thoughts"
But" she began. Uncle John
stopped her with a wave of his hand.
Anyhow, Kitty has told me. OF
course, I cannot let her want. l have
written a cheque for the amount.
but"
"she shall not touch it," I vowed
ferociously.
"You are an insolent-idiot!"
roared her uncle.
idiot or not" I Numbered, II will
stand no interference between my
wife and me. II Kitty is not salts
fed with what I can do for her, she
can" Kitty gave such a violent sob
that I had to put my arm around her.
"As for the hat" I told her husk-
lily. II made up my mind this morn
ing that you should have It."
"Oh!" she walled. "As II that mat
teredl"
IF it doesn't matter, why did you
speak about 1t to your pncle?"
She looked up at me with her eyes
swimming.
o course I didn't"
stared at them both.
"Then," I inquired, whatever are
you talking about?"
At that moment there vas a bang at
the front door, and we heard Brother
Bits big voice.
Then her brother rushed In like q
breath Of fresh air. He Is q huge,
good-natured. breezynfellow.
'Hulloa, little Kit. Prettier than
ever!" He Rugged her.
why, uncle, 0 get younger every
day." Uncle John grunted a Modified
grunt.
Fred. you old bounder, why didn't
you meet me? I suppose you got my
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
OPEN THY DOOR.
Minneapolis Journal.

Open thy doors. o my soul.
To ocean and sky and plain.
To shelving shore. and breakers roar.
And the mountains that shout again
Open thy doors. o my soul,
To the scent of the climbing rose.
To the meadows sweep. and the drow-
~ sheep.
And the woodlands deep repose.
Wider. wider. my soul,
The. winds through the pine tree
blow:
'Tts the Word Of God that moveth
abroad,
And deep to deep will 60.
Open thy doors. o my soul.
And the fret and pain Of care,
And h futile stress and the pettiness.
Will vanish into air.
Sunset Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
LOWER STANDARD OF LIVING.
Way to Defeat Present System Of
High Prices, Prof. GooInoyw Says.

Way to Defeat Present System Of
High Prices, Prof. GOOdnOw Says.
There Is very little improvement in
sight toward lowering the high prices,
declares Prof. Frank j. Goodnow of
Columbia University in the Delinea-
tor. When eastern farnns were cult
waited at a profit prices OF agricultural
commodities were much higher Cal
lowances being made for the then pur-
chasing power of a dollar) than now.
And prices will have to go consider
ably higher than now before those
farms can again be p%roftably cult
waited.
1t would appear that in the mean
time the people will be obliged to adj
just themselves to the changed condi-
tons. This will probably involve q
lowering Of the standard of living, the
increase Of the rural as compared with
the urban population, the development
Of eastern agricultural lands and OF
local markets everywhere throughout
the country and the abandonment OF
u present expensive system OF dis
tribution.
It will inevitably be accompanied by
considerable distress, particularly in
the cities. The suffering due to this
process of adjustment may undoubt-
eddy be somewhat ~alleviated by ener-
getic action on the part of the govern
ment with reference to the violation
of laws prohibiting monopoly and re-
straint Of trade, and by the removal
at once Of all duties on food products.
But, until the adjustment has been
made, prices will probably continue to
increase, and, after 1t has been made,
will remain higher than they used to
be. For it is hardly conceivable that
agricultural commodities can perma-
nently be sold at the prices to which
the present generation has been ac-
custemed unless some almost revOlu-
tionary changes In agricultural meth
DDS are made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
Windmill. as Newsmonser..

In Holland births, marriages and
deaths are indicated by windmills.
When a miller is married he stops his
mill with the arms of the wheel in a
slanting position and with the sails
unfurled. His friends and guests fire.
quently do the same with their mills
in token Of the ceremony. To indicate
a birth the wheel is stopped in a
slanting position, but at a more acute
angle than that of a marriage, and
with the two upper sails unfurled
Should a miller die the sails of his
mill are an furled, and the wheel is
turned round until the arms form an
upright cross. in which position they
are left until after the funeral.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
MERE MAN ourB1D BY WOMAN.

Los An9eles Widow Wins Farm
from Wyoming Man at Auction.
Outbid by a woman. This was the
experience Of Edward 2. Miner from
the plains Of Wyoming. in the contest
for Yuma farm unit G. 33, which was
auctioned at the United States land
Office. says the Los Angeles Express.
Mrs. Mary e. Delo. widow, residing
in this city. was the woman who re-
fused to be outdone by a nero man.
The price paid was 1901.
The land for which Mrs. Delo and
Mr.. Miner were bidding was a farm
unit which went by default, the sue.
cessful applicant in the drawing hav.
ing failed to make the first payment
within the ten-day period.
When Receiver Robinson offered This
strip Of land at auction a contest for
the farm was begun.
1t did not require the perception OF
a sage to see hat the land was want.
ed by both Mr.. Miner and Mrs. Delo,
AS quickly as one bid, the price
was raised by the other contestant for
the farm. Rapidly the price was bid
up to 500, and then increased stead.
lily until it had scared to 5000. At
this figure. a friend OF Miner per.
suaded him to withdraw from the bid.
ding. and no person seemed willing to
raise the price OF 1901 bid by Mrs.
Delo.
Receiver Robinson declared tina,
Mrs. Delo had purchased the first
right to fife an entry on farm unit
G SO Of the Yuma land project TO,
$2O1. In addition to this amount. 1,
will be necessary for Mrs. Delo to nav
the regular government price OF $6s
an acre.
Defeated in this quarter, but deter
mined to have a Yuma farm, Mr.. MIL
ner studied the blue print showing the
location Of the various units. and sc
Iected a section which had been al
lowed to go by default by the original
applicant. and filed an entry ON II
without paying any money except the
regulation price Of $65 an acre.
1t was farm unit c 80, and Mrs
Delo and Mr.. Miner will be nea,
neighbors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20

wire saying I was due at 1850
o'clock?"
Yes. old man. I couldn't get of,
30 I wired Kit. I thought she'd get
her uncle to bring her; but" l
looked at her. She looked at Uncle
John. Uncle John looked at me.
Brother Bill looked at all Of Us in won
der.
After we had stared at one an
other for . few minutes Uncle John
burst into an extraordinary roar Of
laughter. I had never heard him
laugh before. Kitty always said he
did 50 biennially.
She began laughing and crying to-
gether. till Bill and l shook her to
stave on Mysteries.
Il think" l confided to him.
they've both taken leave Of their
nj this afternoon"
Uncle John gave another yell. Then
he picked up a telegram from the
octagonai table.
Read this, William" he COM
manded. This was my telegram. IS
delivered.
Cannot meet bill due to-day one
hundred and nifty. Ask Uncle John
Fred"
What" I cried. you thought l
wanted TO borrow the money!!
Uncle John took a pinch OF snun
very deliberately.
TT seems." he confessed, that l
mistudged you"
Il misjudsed ron. too. SIR" I said
slowly. Only I think you might
have asked particulars before"
Before he wrote us a check" sug-
gested Kitty. pulling 1t out Of her
pocket and squeezing my arm appeal
ingly.
TT vas very good of you. sir" I
confessed gratefully. He blew his moss
furfousiy. Then he held out his hand
and I ehook II.
we shall understand one another
better In future. my boy"
Kitty laughed in her quick way,
and patted her brothers arm.
-ThsnksEto our big Bill."-Casssll's
Saturday 1e0Enal
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
seIf-Sacrince.

81 guess I'll go back to the country .
said the gentle grandmother.
What's the trouble?' inquired her
son-in-law. Aren't we treating you
right?"
Yes. But the baseball season Is
here, and l won't be able to resist the
temptation to see the games"
mo. IT I am seen in the grand stand
looking hale and hearty I'll be almost
sure to spoil somebody's excuse for be-
ing away from the Office"
ton Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-05-20
BILL
~~~~~~

! was just finishing breakfast when
the misunderstanding began.
The fact Is. my dear" I said. "I've
. long bill to meet"
II shall never see another like It,"
she said. mournfully. TITS only two
/ suinsas."
I groaned.
two guineas! For . haiti"
sYe-es. 1t isn't dear. really. Fred:
not for what It is.
ri really can't imagine. DOM
want. to grumble. Kit. but you've had
Is over your dress allowance already
You need not throw It In my face.
Il you have. Uncle John never did"
Uncle John is a crusty old bachelor.
He brought Kitty up.
AUncls John IL rich. I am not
She turned her back on me and
shrugged her shoulders. When I had
Anishod my boots I took hold Of her
shoulders and turned her around.
'sYou shouldn't have been 90 silly a.
20 marry Q poor man." She held me
by the lapels Of my coat and smiled.
Perhaps I like you as we'll az
hats" she said. I'm dreadfully ex-
travakant!" She sighed. ut ID such
. Lowell"
Perhaps next MONTH" She
shook her head.
ut will be gone then"
There are az good hats In the shops
% sver came out Of them.
mo doubt 1t is q Joke to you. Yon
would not care II I wore a last years
hat to PaAdington to meet Bill to-
morrow"
Bill was her brother.
.If It weren't for that BILL" I said
doubtfully. Il don't know that they'd
4soss me. Perhaps ! might"
mo. mo-! I won't. Yotll lose your
train, Fred"
.Td like you to have II, Of course"
told her. She looked at me with hef
head ON one side and q finger OR her
HIP
Il could see that she was thinking Of
fresh arguments. So I kissed her
quickly and fed.
When I arrived at the ONCE I found
telegram saying that her brother
williams ship had reached Plymouth
4 day before time, and that he would
net to Peddington about 1850 p. m.
Also, I found q request from n Of
eur best customers that I would call on
him at-1:45 o'clock. So ! sent . wire
TO Kitty: Cannot meet Bill. Due to-
day 1850. Ask Uncle John-Fred."
When I had finished M urgent bust
go I rushed on home. Kitty met me
q the door. She was naturally ex-
cited.
HAS he Gomez" I inquired.
''Yes. He's In the drawing ROOM"
I entered hastily. but her brother
!. was mot there. Her uncle was. He
stood upon the heartrug with his
hack to the are and his arms under
hAs coattails.
.Peased to see you" he remarked.
and frowned 1t me ove his spec
-tac3ea
.wsat," I said, with some annoy
aDce.. II don't Quite-er-"
"A pretty mess you've made Of
shings!"
II don't know what right" I be-
nan: but Kitty pressed my arm sud
1oaiy. I noticed that she had been
erying.
.Howsver." he continued. Il expect
81 something OF the sort sooner or
later"
srm sure its mot Fred's fault" Kitty
peotsstsd- I was too b~ewildered for
0DoocA.
ga man. said he. has no business
oknArsy unless he can keep his wife
Dsopsfiy.s
Kitty has told youi
sWAat else did you expectY
Shock NY arm free from her and
nAeo1 ~ rooa sAvAeely.
4ovee th0ao6t yop'6 rou11 -