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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

ers await them All TIE journey must
be made at night, as the suns neal
would develop the insects too last.
At that time of year it is the custom
of the cities along the way 10 leaNe
their gates open all night in order tna'
the progress of the bearers may not Oe
interrupted. With the baskets sus-
pended from their shoulders, the port
ers run in their weird procession a.
their top speed from dark I'LL DAY
light. Clad almost invariably In RAIN
proof straw, they carry picturesque
lanterns which swing a sthey run,
throwing the fantastic shadows VI
their bodies all around.
Al daybreak the men find some
dense shade for their burdens, prepare
their meals and go TO sleep. At night
fall they are under way again.
At the farms where The wax Is TO De
formed the leaves containing insects
are tied to the limbs Of trees, where
the heal OF the sun develops them.
Crawling out, the males proceed 10
form cocoons and these are the sources
Of the wax. In a short time the entire
tree is covered with the shining white,
so that, but for the heat. one would
believe the tree was hidden In frost,
This white covering is sometimes a
quarter Of an inch thicu over most OF q
tree. 1t Is scraped off and refined. n
from it are made candles for the
household, objects for the temples n
many other things, and an annual
tribute Of the best quality IS sent 10
the royal family at Pekin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
A Daring Argument.

A quick witted and daring lawyer
once saved a guilty client from SUR
conviction on a charge Of poisoning.
It was proved that the poisoning had
been done by. means of certain cakes.
4 portion Of which was produced in
court. When the counsel for the pris-
oner had finished his speech he said:
And these, gentlemen Of the jury,
are some Of the alleged poisoned cakes.
We declare to you, gentlemen Of the
Jury, that they are not poisoned cakes.
They are as harmless cakes as ever
were made. and in order, gentlemen OF
the jury, to show you hat these cakeA
are not poisoned l will eat one Of them
right here In your presence" And he
did eat one. He took good care, how
ever. to leave the room at the earliest
opportunity and to make a bee line for
an adjoining room, where he had an
emetic In readiness and an antidote.
But the jury never heard about the
emetic or~the antidote until the law.
yer's client had been acquitted. F..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
BOYS INTENSIVE FARMING.
Showing How the Productiveness O1
Land May He

showing How the Productiveness Of
Land May BE Incrcased.
More than II. 900 southern boys less
than IL years old planted and cult
waited an acre of corn each last year
under the direction OF the department
OF agriculture, the Youths Companion
says. Persons interested In the expert
ment In Arkansas. Mississippi. South
Carolina and Virginia offered to pay
the expenses Of a trip to Washington
for the boy in each State who raised
b greatest amount of corn on his
acre. The winning boys will soon visit
h national capital.
The average yield of corn to the
acre In 1909 was a little more than
twenty-five bushels. The South Caro-.
lima boy, who made the best record,
produced 1927 bushels. The winning
Mississippi boy raised LAT bushels, the
Arkansas boy 135 and the boy in vir.
ginia 1872. The average raised by each
Of the 1900 was sixty bushels.
The instructions given to those boys
by the department Of agriculture are
available to every farmer in the coun-
try. II they should be followed exactly
the yield Of corr to the acre could
easily be doubled in a single year.
Intensive cultivation is worth while
on all crops. The average yield OF DO
tatoes to the acre in 1909 was 1O7
bushels, but the Maine farmers aver.
aged 225 bushels. and some of the
most progressive of them dug 400 bush
els to the acre. The yield Of ccrn and
potatoes depends more upon cultiva-
ton and fertilization than upon the
soil. and there Is practically no part
Of the United States in which these
crops cannot be raised successfully.
1t Is beyond doubt that larger crops
can be produced from ten acres thor
oughly titled than from two or even
three times ten acres cultivated as
they usually are. The fact that the
South Carolina prize winner raised
more corn on one acre than the aver.
age farmer produces from six tells a
story that should not be lost upon
those for whose benefit the experiment
was made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
A Polite Elephant.

That everything should be In its own
place Is a matter not only of conven-
fence, but of necessity for some people,
amples from John Augustus O'Shea's
Leaves from the Life Of a Special Cor
respondent go to prove. Certain or
ders of intellect run smoothly in accus-
toned grooves, but nave no ability to
meet any unusual occasion. The
author describes a visit to a travelling
menagerie.
The Snowman was repeating his les
son like a schoolboy. He was enlarg-
ing on the peculiarities OF the ostrich
of Africa, upon the uncanny form of
which the visitors were supposed to be
gazing.
But, my friend" I remarked in IN
undertone to that functionary. that
is not the ostrich Of Africa; that is
the pelican Of Australia"
They're always playing jokes on
mel" exclaimed the Snowman, plain
lively. How can a GOV tell which IS
which, If they goes OF a-changing Of
the cages when his back Is turned?"
In the other instance of the value
Of order it was the animal which was
not equal to the emergency. The show
man ROSE superior to such slight vicis-
STUDIES of fortune.
In the illness Of the regular show
man, a substitute was furnished VITA
a piece Of paper setting forth the elc-
plants tricks.
THE behemoth will now walk
around the ring on three legs!" shout
ed the Snowman.
>Behemoth did as ordered. and the
audience applauded.
The behemoth will now stand on
his hind legs!" the elephant perform.
ing his tasks faithfully.
At last q mistake was made In the
order. Throwing his whip on the
ground, the Snowman announced that
the behemoth would now lift the whip
with his trunk. Nothing Of the kind
happened. The elephant began moving
round the ring backward. A g At
tendant whispered to the Snowman:
That's his next number!"
The Snowman was equal to the oc.
casion, and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, my favorlte
Is not backing out OF his engagement
but he Is more polite than I, and
wishes to make his farewell before he
goes. So polished are his manners
that he retires al he might at court
and presently will follow with the
whip"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
DANGER IN TAKING SIDES.

Ne II Apt 10 he Sysaycd by His
Hriendships and IIia Isnmisies.
y person should always make up hti
mind more carefully upon a matter In
which an enemy Is interested than
who're the personal element Is no part
oe It. Unless he does this he will be
hpt to think his enemy Is wrong. His
Drojudice then, rather than his judS-
msnt, will rule.
And the case Is the same II a friend
~ interested. That one fact may con.
troll ones judgment. 1t Is ordinary
experience for a man TO take sides
! with his friend. and 1t Is often done
I without considering whether he rs
! right or not, in which case q man re-
cards friendship 10 stronger thar
truth.
Friendship Is the most beautiful fact
In human experience, and to say "hs
IL my friend" Is saying a great deal
But 1t Is saying a great deal more to
say "he is right" and stand by him
Tor that, than solely for friendship
oake, the Ohio State Journal says. Thii
6oeB not made friendship c~old-hearted
AZ Cassius said to Brutus, "A friend
Will bear a friends infrmitles," and
even those inflrmities out Of which
faults grow. but not the faults.
But our great concern should be In
dealing with those whom we do not
like, lest our opinion is swayed by
prejudice or malice. Truth should be
the arbiter in all cases. There is moth
Ing so fine in a mans Character as
1rankness to a friend or an enemy
Such a trait always proves Its high
merit by the sense of pleasure 1t gives
one when It is exercised. One Of the
best things to make a man think ID
10 be frank with him; II he is right
20 nay so; II he Is wrong, to say 80,
whether he Is a friend or enemy. And
this. not in any controversial spirit,
but simply as the expression OF ones
good will, which is always in order.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
Chin... wax F.rn,i.x.

One Of the best known industries of
China is wax farming. Harper's Week
ly says. A certain tiny insect is cult
waited with great skill by the Chinese
Of q certain district. because of the fine
white WAY it produces.
This little insect. which Is hardly
yet known to western science. has
many p~eculiarities. one of which IL
that for the successful production of
wax two stages Of It's life must be
passed In very different regions, The
earlier stage. in which the females de-
vslop until almost ready to deposit
their eggs, IL in the Chien-chanR val
ley, in the western part Of China.
where grows a tree at an altitude Of
5000 feet. on which the insect passes
the first part OF its existence. In NAV
1t is time to remove the colonies Of
wax workers to the lower altitude Of
ssechwan province, where IL found an
other tres, feeding upon which the in
sect makes Its wax.
This removal h~one Of the most
picturesque features OF the industry.
Thousands Of porters are employed In
It. Tho colonies Of insects removed
from the trees are wrapped In leaves
Of the woOd-0il tree. Packed carefully
In baskets they are slung from the
shoulders Of the porters. who must
bear them from 200 to 400 miles. The
way lice ovsr the rocky paths and
heights Of the Szechwan mountains,
through several cities and ends as the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
SHORT ETrR SERMONS.
~


Nothing great is ever done on
ooubts.-Rev. VIM. Quayle. Methodist.
Chicago.
Live 20 that your light will shine
out everywhere, every moment.-Rsv
". b. Hatcher, Evangelist. Boston.
Good companionship results nearly
always In better lives. morally and
apiritually.-Rev. B. Green. Baptist.
Providence.
The man who permits himself to Be
the victim Of his sense 10 the worldly
man.-Rey. p. L. Powell, Christian.
Louisville.
Live for the great convictions. Garry
With you An atmosphere Of confidence
and victory.-Rsv. N. d. Hills. Con
Rsgationalist. Brooklyn.
Passion must be arrayed against pas
oeoa; the passion for Righteousness
ooalnse that for unrighteousnsss.-
Rev. L A. Crandall, Baptist, Minneap.
OH.
The law Of nature holds good In the
Nv Of God. Man or his children are
opt TO reap according to the sowing
lev. 4 n. Zimmerman. Lutheran. Bal
tlmors.
Success In Christian work does not
always depend upon superior mental
o&tainments, but upon the power Of
adAptation.-Rax. q. Adams. Method.
IT, Brooklyn.
when I'll mon feel that they are
beothsrs then will class prejudices,
taoansoo strifes and social rancors
ooase.-Rsv. ]. b. R~smensuyder. Luth.
oga1, New York City.
Marriage 10 the bulwark OF the
homo: II makes. protects. safeguards
ond onnobles Il. Whatever intsr3eres
with home life IL m injury to society.
-Dlshop Conaty. Roman Catholic. Los
Angeles.
Reverencs for the highest IL -
soasily expressed In the daily task and
common rounds ~ in the wards men
opoak or read. and II far more use.
tal.-Rsv. I. W. sprague. Ethictst
0Aicaso.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
N no NATURE.

.... I. t... .
I have loved Coles, Il not flowers;
Their motion, ret the swallow
wings;
And wasted more than half my hours
Without the comradeship of things.
How is II now that / ear see.
With love and wonder and delight,
The children OF the hedge and tree.
The little lords of day and night?
How is 1t that / see the roads
No longer with usurping eyes.
A twilight meeting place for toads.
A midday mart Of butterflies?
I feel in every nudge that huns,
Life, fugitive n infinite,
And suddenly the world becomes
A part of me and l OF 1t.
Arthur Symons.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
Preaching witAo.t Practice

DC you see that chap over thers
With the large and vtrtuous counter
ance?"
D you mean the fellow who ri
Just advising the boys to pay their
Christmas bills promptly?"
That's the n His grocer told me
this morning that he's rot q bin
against him two years old."-Clevslana
Plain Dealer. :.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
"A Accident.

~spinster once who was antique
Daubed lots OF rouge upon her Clique
But by mistake
She made q brake
And got a little on her bique.
The people saw the crimson strioue
And laughed until they all grew wiQus
The spinster saw
What made them "Haw!"
And vanished with a fearful shriQus.
Chicago Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

The Lady-What would you expect
me to give o IL you'd split that wood
for met
The Hobo-Some new kind Of ma.
thetic. mum-and yer'd halter give II
before I started.-Cleveland Leader
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
FACT SHOULD N CULTIVATED

~ rosssslen Il wonderful Hell
20 0uccess.
Il q Generally conceded that tact u
: quality which serves us we'll at timsl
IA In al circumstances And while
I'll regard 1t - . thing to b desired
0any fall TO recognise that Il may b
oooscioumy cultivated. II w analysl
tact ~ and that It 10 made up q
eoe4Ain slements:
4 Sympathetic knowledge OF human
0a&urs. ~ fears. weaknesses. sxpscta
tlens and inclinations.
The ability to put yourself In thu
~ matter ~ II appears to him.
The magnanimity to deny expires
03oa 70 such Of your thoughts ~ might
mnecemarily offend another.
The ability to perceive quickly who
= ~ expedient thing. and the willing
- 70 make the necessary conose
The recognition that there are mil
lleas q different human opinions Of
witch your own u but one.
= spirit Of unfeignsd kindness suo1
- makes even An enemy Q debtor q
voar innate rood will.
y patience that supplants accusation
With the opportunity for sslf-discovsfy.
Ayo6ognkion Of what . custonatJ
= u circumstances and . gfA1lo0l
o~eeepeancs Of The aituakion-
ssA0ontleness, ~chserfulness ana 0inNaFl.
tV-and sucA variations . ~ Utree
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

Big men have
been mistaken
about vital things
about as soften rs
little ones.
II 1t Q r not
for the help he
gets from the loaf
er the devil would
have been ready to
quit long ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

An Ohio man claims to have saved
several thousand dollars last rear BY
not having any for his friende to Dor.
row.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

Our Idea Of q stingy woman 10 one
who declines to waste thread sevin
ssstons % her husbands elsthee
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
Liviaa

ExpenoAv0 I.ivfAR
IAN operation will cost you $780,"
And II It absolutely necessary"
you can't live without It,"
"Say. Doc, the high cost Of Twins
can't all be blamed for the tariff. car
II 9"-Philadslphia Public Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

Fears Of people up in airships ar,
g~roundless.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

4 girl likes an honest youns mao
q - isn't too honest to steal : r.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18
RAMS HORN BLASTS

warning Notes Calling the W'ckeo
I, Rcoentance
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-18

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-26

vatofre After beginning his career IN
the Odeon he served i1><kln Franco
Prusstan war ins1a72- Hs2<-1-9A MS de-
but at the Theatre Francaiss here In
two years he became leading member
of the company. Admirably gifted by
nature. he is famous for the power and
passion OF his representations. His sue
cesses include many of the roles of the
classics, as Achilles in iphigenia' and
characters in more modern works, as
| Victor Hugos. Perhaps his most notable
achievement was his performance of
Oedipus. the king, in the fetes in the old
Roman theater of Orange, a perform
ance repeated in the Theatre Francois,
Paris in 1888. Mount-Su1lys Hamlet is
also included in his most serious eff
forts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-26
'"THIS is MY GOTH Birthday
Horace Ill. LurtOn.

Horace II. Lurton, associate Justice
of the supreme court of the United
States, was born in Campbell county.
KY, Feb, &c, 1914. At the outbreak of
the civil war he left the college he was
attending in Chicago and enlisted in
a Tennessee regiment A short time
later he was discharged on account of
i'll health, but he returned to the army
in time to take part in the battle of
Fort Donelson. Twice he was captured
by the Union forces. the last time when
he was serving in Morgan's famous raid
in Ohio. After the war he studied law
at Cumberland university. From 1875
to 1878 he served chancellor of the
sixth chancery division of Tennessee, and
from 1885 to 1893 he was justice of the
supreme court of Tennessee In the lat
ter year he was appointed by President
Cleveland to the United States circuit
bench, where he continued to serve
until his appointment last December to
fill the vacancy in the supreme court
of the United States caused by the
death of Justice Peckham.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-26
"rHIs DATE IN HISTORY"

61o-PoutrincoYgt set sail from France
for Port Royal.
1775-General Gage despatched troops
to seize the military stores at SAL
EN-. Mass.
1S02-victor Hugo. French novelist
born Died May 2. 1885.
1852-British troop-ship sBirkenhead'
wrecked off Simon's bay. South
Africa, with loss of 454 lives.
1s69-Congress by joint resolution
passed the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution.
1S73-Governor McEnery of Louisiana
ordered out militia to protect the
state government.
1903-Richard J. Calling, inventor OF
the Calling gun, died in New York.
Born in Hartford county, N c.,
Sept IL, 1918
1904-Fire In business district of
Rochester destroyed $3,2o0,000
worth of property.
1907-Governor Hanley of Indiana
signed the two-cent passenger fare
bill
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WORK OF THE
DAY IN CONGRESS
~ - " ~,
HOUSE.

washington, d. c.. Feb. 25, 1900
HOUSE.
Political speeches delivered in time
allotted for debate on the postoffice
bill characterized the proceedings OF
the house today. Representative
Claude Kitchen of North Carolina
created great amusement by arraign-
ing the near Insurgents for what
he termed their hypocrisy in op-
posing Speaker Cannon merely to
please their constituents and obtain
a reelection without any expecta-
ton or desire of displacing the
speaker
The house was in session nearly
six hours. The house will be in ses-
sion tomorrow
SENATE.
The senate practically cleared all
bills from its calendar today Sena-
tor owen spoke in favor of postal
savings banks, an incidentally in
defense Of the Oklahoma savings
bank law. The senate passed a bin
for the payment of s2s7. 900 on ac-
count of claims Of letter carriers be-
cause of extra service rendered.
The senate was in session three
hours.
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"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
February 2=.

17e5-General Francis Marion. a dis
tinguished soldier of the American
revolution, died. Born In 1882
17e7-Bank of England suspended spe-
Gle payments
1So7-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
American poet, born. Died Ma rch
"a, 1882
1s36-Russell A. Alger, soldier and
twentieth governor of Michigan.
born in Medina county. Ohio. Died
in washington. D. c., Jan. 4, 1907.
1s52-First Derby ministry formed.
1S71-Joint high commission, for the
settlement of the Alabama Claims
and various differences between
Canada and the United States. met
in Washington.
fSs1-Char1es Foster of Ohio appointed
secretary of the treasury.
19o0-British Columbia government dis
missed.
1904-Fire destroyed the Wisconsin
state capitol at Madison.
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TESTIFY IN sTRkE CASE.

The taking of testimony in the Bed
ford stone strike injunction suit was
resumed in Bloomington on Thursday
after rest since last Saturday, and at
the close of the fourth day the opera
tors announce that they have at least
thirty-five more witnesses to testify.
As the strikers expect to introduce
about 100 witnesses the case likely will
occupy ten days more.
OWEN Is REAPPOINTED.
Announcement that John owen had
been recommended for postmaster at
Nob1esville ended a hard-fought contest
for the place, in which number of ap-
plicants and their friends took part.
Mr.. Owen succeeds himself. His term
expired on Feb. Z. and he has been hold
ing over awaiting the appointment of
the head of the office for the next four
years.
AGOG OVER GHOST,
The little village of Romney, fifteen
miles north of Crawfordsville, is all
agog because of a ghost that appears
nightly in the village streets or peers
through the windows of some of the
residences. The ghost is woman and
has been seen a score or more of times
during the last few nights.
TO SAVE BABIES EYES.
The Indiana Legislature will be asked
by the state board of health to pass a
bill which will provide protection for
the eyes of newly born babes at it's
1910 session. In speaking of the neg
lect on the part of many of the physi-
clans of the state to protect the eyes
of newly born babes. DR.. George T.
MacCoy, president of the state board of
health, said that twenty-f1v per cent
of the blindness in the state had been
traced to this neglect by the state
board.
ALDERMAN INSPECTS CARS.
Councilman Eli D. Miller, furniture
manufacturer of Evansville, chairman
of the council committee on railroads.
has said that he would spend three
nights at the car barns of the Evans
vile and Southern Indiana Traction
company to inspect alleged defective
cars The council Is acting to get i'm
provements in the service because of
recent criticisms that the cars are not
properly equipped for winter service
and are inadequate to handle the traf.
hc.
CONFESSES TO ROBBERY.
Charles E. Drummond of Fort Wayne
rs years old and married, was arrested
Thursday afternoon upon his own con-
fession for the robbery of the Christen
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-26
A DISCIPLE OF ICONoCLASM.

his talk before the law students of the
ry adhered abolished altogether
Is
readily
do
unable his politics his straight
to
fathom judiciary
experience with
o a Judge"
judiciary
foosh
profession splendid
II
4 Lrcoa
4 ssse RaeFsR SE2a aesege EAs
nn.5o fhines
LEI the law stsssafs - i4ee ret n nc
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Uncle Walt
The Poet PHILOSOPHER
EAD OF rHE WEEK.


Cns seek and
I'm sisana gently doeIas linking
hehtnd
pfods fsna'ne taa Pm fussy, mean
oa"~y,
when he
good frau sitting there
with I've
led; I've been wrangIns with
spoiled All small
they licked so,,s
fellow mortal that PRISONS gloomy
NOBLE clean and slick;
sooo s"". NICK.
Copyright, 1909. Adams
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ABANDONED TO THEIR FATE.

evil
Three been found guilty
hieight still to be
the defendants
Every possible
to save thesec clients
one cannot help but feel
their business
nooed knot
We all know to
ment
retrbutve reckoning come
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DIR. W. D. wEIs, SPLENDID ADDRESS.

0
w. o 0 a
to hims andthe admin
he
illogical
the of tme.
OF
it, NJ how few tnestha
the
o u ckinglyp
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-26

Edfor Times: Please announce my
candidaey for reelection to the office
OF assessor of Lake county. subject to
the wishes of the voters of the party Mt
the primaries and the nomination con-
vention at Indiana Harbor April 8.
WILLIAM e. BLACK.
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Political Announcements
JOINT SENATOR
Edifnr III

Editor Times; Please announce that
am a candidate for nomination for
joint senator of Lake and Porter coun-
ties, subject to the wishes of the re-
publican joint convention, to be held At
n date TO be later decided upon.
WILLARD b. VAN HORNE