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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
First Time She Really Sang

voices and instruments. no matter
how many
so l sought out Parepa-Rosa and
told her what my plans were-that
they called for a great dramatic SO.
prano whose voice would soar above
a chorus Of ten thousand and an or
chestra Of one thousand. She replied
that she had never yet had an oppor-
tunity to let her voice out to it's full
capacity, that she believed a chorus
Of eve ten thousand voices could not
drown her own.
But said l, I am to have twenty
cannon placed and discharged by cleo
tricity as an accompaniment to the
orchestra
oh she said. delighted, that
would be like singing on a battlefield
And she added: Mr.. Gilmore, will
sing for you as your sol6st If you
will promise me one thing-your mu-
sicians must discharge the cannon on
the beat of time. If they do that I
will make my voice heard above the
cannon. But If they come in out Of
time then all is ruined
9" was bold enough to make the
promise, and at the first days per-
Torrance ! escorted Parepa to the
center of the stage. There were thirty
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Improved Putty Knife.

and the need 1t fills could scarcely be
called a crying one, but 1t has distinct
advantages over the old-style knife.
The new knife has a slot running
across it near the end and in b slot
a scraper blade is pivoted on a hinge.
When not in use the scraper lies fiat
along the knife blade, but it can be
opened to abut the blade at right an
giles. The putty Is placed on the end
of the knife and, with the thumb
pressed against it, is laid along the
edge of a window frame, or wherever
it is to go as in the old method. In
scraping of the su%perf1uous putty,
however, 1t is not necessary to remove
that from the knife blade and use the
edge of this blade, as was formerly
the case. The scraper attachment on
the new type does this work w more
effectively and the end of the knife is
kept clean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
PUTTING ON THE TRIMMINGS
Girl of Slender Purse Need Not Go
Without a Touch That Would
make" New Frock.

The girl of slender purse who is
attracted by the graceful imported
garnitures Of beaded fringe shown on
some of the most attractive gowns Of
the present season need not feel it
obligatory on her either to be extrav-
agant or to go without the touch that
would make" her new frock.
Beads in themselves are not rela-
lively expense, and with a we'll chos-
en- assortment of these and a Few long
needlefuls of silk either to match or
contrast with hat of the ground work
a plain silken fringe may be trans
formed into one that need be no imi-
tation Of any shown on the latest i'm
portations, but may, rather, have the
far more desirable quality of original
beauty in its devising.
The best method Of attaching these
somewhat fragile and elusive dan
giles" is to knot the threading silk
firmly, first in the heading of the
fringe, then, at the proper distance,
around the bead, and again in the
heading with another knot, SO that
each bead Cor set of beads, if more
than one is desired on each loop is
entirely secure, both in itself and as
regards it's neighbors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
The Three Beers.

oscar Hammerstein," said an &C
tress on the Cunard pier in New
York, entertained me at tea last
week in his new operahouse Office In
London.
The o~perahouse is in Kingsway.
It's a wonderful place, all but the
statues on the top. They're hideous,
but, being heavily draped, they will be
sure to please the Londoners.
"Mr. Hammerstein at tea talked
about his and his failures
his eighty as an inventor of
cigar-making machinery, and his 800
successes in opera.
Then he mentioned his tremen-
dous failure with his first operahouse
fifteen years ago-how he devoted it
to opera and ballet and 1t wouldn't
go: how he then turned 1t into a the
alter. with Mrs. Bernard Beere az his
star, and it still wouldn't go; and
how at last he turned it into a music
hall and made a fortune.
Yes said Mr.. Hammerstein, with
a chuckle, that was the record OF
that place-irst, Meyerbeer; then
Bernard Beere, then lager beer"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Net BIouSeS.

After a lapse of a season or two net
blouses have been revived once more,
this time it Is Paris who calls them
back into favor once more and some Of
the recently arrived French blouses
have been of sheer nets.
In keeping with the present vogue,
these new blouses frequently show
wide, frilly, fluffy side ~ruffles, which
may be of the same net as the blouse
proper, or of colored net or chiffon.
Usually they are rather simply in
style, however, with a daring touch of
color, a band of black satin, a vivid
tie or some little touch to distinguish
them. And though many of them are
made from sheer nets, chiefly Brussels,
others are of fancy nets or beautiful
laces.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
FOR O M WHO EMBROIDERS
Book for Holding Various CoIored
Silks Is Always a Most We'll
come Gift.

An inexpensive gift for the woman
who sews or embroiders is a book
made of stiff cardboard backs, foul
by ten inches, and covered with heavy
silk or an art linen in dull colors.
Embroider across the upper face
the word silk" Run this in a dag.
onal direction and put a little spray Of
flowers around it.
On the back cover work the recip.
tents monogram or her three initials
in a corded outline.
Inside the cover are a dozen
manila envelopes, arranged with the
flap to the outer edge of the book,
that are destined to hold as many
colors of silk. The mark and number
of the silk is to be marked on the out
side of the envelopes. Three holes
are cut through the covers and also
in the envelopes; ribbon is run
through these holes and tied at the
back in small bows.
The book is fastened together with
a core or ribbon to match.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
INDUSTRIAL
MECHANICAL
GIG NOTES B,

The cotton industry of England
employs many more women than
men.
Artificial wool for matches, made
from straw, has been invented by a
Frenchman.
The Amsterdam diamond trade is
ten thousand workhmen.
A species of stiff grass which grows
abupdantly in that country is used
for match sticks in India.
The value of the Rand gold indus
try to south Africa is estimated at
half a million dollars a day.
A room will look both larger and
higher by the use of wall paper con-
tanning designs in vertical lines.
Rubber boots are now made with a
leather inner heel which greatly in
creases the boots period Of usefulness.
In Austria, where the production
of kerosene is a great industry, a large
government refinery is under contem-
plation.
The manufacture of wood pulp pa
per involves % separate operations
from cutting down the trees to sewing
the product
Nova Scotia claims to have the
largest gypsum deposits in the world.
They vary from a few feet to hundreds
Of feet in thickness.
virginia's coal production is stead
lily increasing, the states output Of g.
5O7. 997 short tons last year being far
ahead o. any previous record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
~Parepa-Rosa In Gllmore's Peace Jubi-
lee Was Heard Above the Cannon,
Organ, and Great Orchestra
Chorus Of Ten Thousand.

Recently l told in the words Of the
late Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore. the
greatest bandmaster this country has
ever produced, the story Of the ro-
mantle courtship Of a great prima
donna of the sixties and the early sew
entities. Parepa-Rosa, and Carl Rosa,
who, at the height Of Parepa's fame as
a grand opera singer, vas looked
upon as one Of E%urope's great violin
lists. Today l tell in Mr.. Gilmore's
own words the story Of the manner In
which he secured Parepa-Rosa as the
soloist for his National Peace Jubilee
Of 1869, which was held in Boston, and
which was one Of the great musical
festivals that won for Gilmore inter
national fame as a bandmaster.
II began to lay plans for the peace
jubilee a year or two after the close
Of the Civil war" said MI. Gilmore,
whose band, during the war, was the
most famous of all the musical or
ganizations On the Union side. AT
first l a just a vague idea OF a cele-
bration in song and music of the res
toration of peace in the United States.
But the more I though Of the idea, the
more 1t expanded. and at last-having
in the meantime received every en-
couragement from my Boston friends
and obtained financial guarantees
against loss from some of the mer-
chants of that city, decided to get
together an orchestra of n thousand
pieces and a chorus of ten thousand
voices. 1 soon found that all of the
musical societies of the United States,
at least Of the larger cities, were only
too glad to cooperate with me. Then,
to give the jubilee a decided novelty,
l worked out a plan for using artil-
lery as a part of the orchestral &C
compartment, the cannon to be placed
outside of the Coliseum and to be dis
charged by electricity exactly as the
organist would touch a particular note
upon the organs keyboard when he
wanted a special effect.
well, do you know that all the
while I was planning for these large
effects it lev occurred to me that I
had forgotten that I ought to have a
soloist who had a voice powerful
enough to be heard above the salvos
of the cannon, the organ, the great or
chestra and the great chorus. When
1 did think of 1t my plans were far
advanced and I was in grave anxiety
least 1 should be unable to secure a
soloist. But n evening. as l sat
listening to Parepa-Rosa singing an
aria from Meyerbeer's opera Of Rob-
ert the Devil the thought suddenly
came to me: There's your soloist.
That woman has a voice hat would
soar above n combination Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Revers.

Another charming costume in the
show rooms is of gray diagonal tweed,
with a faint red line running through
it and collar and cuffs Of the genuine
old world claret velvet, while there
are tall pyramid buttons in carved red
and black pebble in different sizes. A
beige costume, worked in a thick wool
embroidery, is fashioned with a Louis
XVI. coat, and his lapis lazuli collar
and revers and q f1ottant panel edged
with wool fringe, while a rich ottoman
costume, with a dainty chiffon corsase
to match. is carried out in a lovely
cold shade Of blush purple, and Is
heavily trimmed with silver fox.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
When e. p. Roe Produced "Barriers
Burned Away" the Admirers OF
A. S. Roe ReJolced That He
Had Resumed Writing.

The name of E. P. Roe and many OF
the novels that pear it r still re-
membered by the world at large; but
how many readers of today are there
who would have their memories
stirred by the mention of the name Of
A. s. Roe? Yet, in his day, A. s. Roe
was as popular a writer of fiction as
e. P. Roe was in his, and thereby
hangs a tale of confusion Of names
n reputation and condolences.
A. s. Roe and e. P. Roe each be-
came a writer Of fiction by chance, as
1t were Until E. P. Roe wrote for a
friend. the editor Of a religious paper,
the serial called Barriers Burned
Away" he had not the slightest idea
that he had n gift for fiction writ
ing. A. S. Roe started out In life a
marchant; he lost his fortune, gained
In trade, through his too great gen.
erosity in endorsing the notes Of his
friends. Having nothing else to do he
thought he would write a story. His
first novel, published in the early ff-
ties, bore the title, I've Been Think
Ing" and it had an enormous circula-
ton. at least for that time. 1t was,
properly speaking, in modern book
terms, a best seller"
Year after year. following this first
pronounced success, A. 8. Roe pub
lished novels, and each was widely
read; 1t was a best seller" He
stopped writing about the ear 1869,
and great was the regret among his
following. But some three years later
many Of the novelist's admirers could
be heard saying delightedly that he
had taken up writing novels again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Confusion of Names and Fame

and then they would tell how much
they enjoyed reading his latest book.
Barriers Burned Away" They were.
indeed. so glad that A. 8. Roe resumed
writing fiction, and they hoped he
would keep on; and it was freely told
about by A. 8. Roe enthusiasts how
their favorite author had been inspired
to return to the field Of fiction with
his new novel by something he had
seer while on a visit to Chicago short
ly after the great fire of 1871. Indeed.
even after E.. P. Roe-who, following
his unexpected success, produced sue
cessful novels regularly year after
year, as A. s. Roe had done before him
had written several immensely pop
ular books, the confusion of names
and regulations still persisted.
But there were other condolences in
the careers Of these two men besides
those of name and rapidity of produc-
ton. A. s. Roe cultivated a little
farm in Connecticut not far from Hart
ford, the state capital, and he turned
to it for recreation between novels. e.
P. Roe, after his first novel had re-
vealed his real genius, took up fruit
culture on a small farm at Cornell,
N. Y, near West Point, he having
been the pastor of a Presbyterian
church not far from the Point when he
took up experimental novel writing.
Moreover, the novels of A. s. Roe
were almost az popular in England as
they were in this country. So. too,
when e. P. Roe began to write, his
novels speedily gained a great hold on
the British reading public. And for
many ear the prevailing impression
in many an Englishman's mind was
that the novels of A. s. Roe and those
by e. p. Roe were the work Of one and
the same man.
Copyright, 1911, by e. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Baby Linen,

Fill the boiler half full of cold wa
ter, put in a tablespoonful of borax.
Put the little garments into the wa
ter and let the water gradually come
to a boil.
After allowing it to boil Is or 20
minutes, drain off the water, then, one
at a time, put each piece through a
warm soapsuds, sousing we'll and rub
bling gently.
If there are spots on the garments
or If the necks and wrists are badly
soiled, rub with an extra supply Of
soap, and give these pieces special at
tention.
Never use a washboard for fine cam
brics or muslins.
After taking the garments from the
suds, rinse in two waters, lukewarm.
and then in blueing water.
After wringing carefully from the
blueing, hang in the sun, where the
wind will not blow hard upon them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Echo of Old Naval Sensation

one of the two commissioners Of tho
Confederate government who were
taken from the British mail steamer
Trent by Captain Wilkes 1t the begin
ming Of the Civil war, an action which
almost brought about war between
England and the United States.
Alexander Slidell. better known a.
Alexander Mackenzie, was the cause
of one Of the most sensational incl
dents In the history of the United
States" Mr.. Clarke continued. "The
name of Mackenzie he legally as
sumed. 1t was his mothers maiden
name, and 1t is my recollection that ho
assumed 1t at the request OF one Of
her near relatives, IN uncle. 1t may
be that a promise of Inheritance
caused him to make this change In
surnames. At any rate, he was an Of
ficer in the United States navy, and In
1912 was in command Of the brig-of-
war Somers.
Upon that brig were a large mum
bef of apprentices: they practically
constituted the crew. One Of them
was a son Of John G. Spencer, who
was at that time secretary of war in
the cabinet of President Tyler.
when the Somers was In midocean.
returning from the African coast, Com
mander Mackenzie heard hat a mu-
tiny was brewing. He instantly In
vestigated and had three Of the ap-
prentces arrested as ring leaders Of
the alleged conspiracy and court-mar-
tailed on the deck. They were found
guilty and were hanged from the yard
arm. One Of them was the son Of the
secretary Of war.
Il remember well what a tremendous
created; l was then 20 years of age.
Mackenzie was himself court-martial-
ed. but 1t was found that he had act
ed strictly in accordance with the
rules, and be therefore could not be
convicted. But If he was acquitted
ty court-martial, he must have suffer-
cd agonies, In view of the fact that
he American people almost to q man
turned their faces against him. He
was told publicly and privately that
there would be awful %retribution for
him.
About our years later. during the
Mexican warm which Mackenzie
took part on land, by the way-camo
the report that the brig Somers had
sunk in midocean with the loss Of q
large part of its crew. and in public
and private 1t was said that retrf-
button for the hanging of a mere boy
was begun. Two years elapsed and
then one day-about six years after
the hanging Of young Spencer-Mac-
kenzie, who had retired to T%arrytown,
was out riding horseback along this
road; that was his only recreation.
Suddenly the horse shied-no one
could tell at what-and threw Mao
kenzie over his head. They lifted
him from the ground a few moments
later; his neck was broken. And once
again 1t was said by the superstitious:
Retribution for the hanging of young
Speneer-the final retribution.'"
Copyright, 1911, by Z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08

confides to you the story of her past
firtations and the secret hope her
heart is set upon the second day of
YOU acquaintance WILL soon bore you,
if she does not actually disgust you.
There is no subject in the world
that cannot be discussed with pro-
priety with the right persons and I'M
der the right conditions. But few
girls seem to possess the eye of dis
elimination for these two facts. On
the contrary. they frequently seem
rather to pride themselves on discus
sing the wrong subject with the
wrong person.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY
BY f. J. EDWARDS ==

thousand people there. She stood be-
fore them smiling, awaiting the in
PRODUCTION by the orchestra and then
the chorus. At the exact moment she
began. Her voice was like a melody
from the heavens. Her song rose
pure, clear and exquisite above all
that vast combination of sounds. NO
other thing did the vast audience pay
heed tot was the song OF that
woman, triumphant owe that vast
combination of instruments and voices
and cannon, that taught them what
the human voice is capable OF. And
when it was all over and Parepa had
retired to tumultuous applause b
told me that for the first time In her
entire life had she ever really sung"
Copyright, 1911. by E. j. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Sanitary PAPER Comb.

The paper comb is a novelty which
has made its appearance. It is made
Of smooth finished, hard cardboard.
The teeth are coarse and far apart,
but it is quite useful for combing the
hair. The paper comb is n to be
used once and then thrown away. 1t
Is designed for travellers and for use
in public baths, and in various other
places where now might be found
combs kept for common use; in such
places these combs might be furnished
by the establishment free. 1t Is not
costly, the paper comb, put up in a
waxed paper holder, being sold at re-
tail at one cent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Cement Industry Abroad.

In Bohemia, portland cement whole
sales at $S.93 per metric ton Of 2,2O4
pounds, while in France 1t sells at
$4.44 to 1919, according to recent con
sular adv1ces. The cement industry is
enormous in Germany and generally
speaking the cost of manufacture is
placed at about 28h cents per barrel.
exclusive of coal and packing. Con-
tractors pay $685. and 1919 per me-
trio ton. Owing to increasing on
sumption the price in England has ad-
vanced in recent years, now being
about SO per ton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
"a
k AND %f%
MAILING MACHINE IS HANDY
ObvIates Necessity Of Holding Nails In
the Mouth n Prevents
Bruised Fingers.

Inls machine, which is specially de-
signed for mailing shingles, relieves a
workman from practically all trouble
except that Of hitting the nail on the
nea and of moving the machine into
the next position. The nails are
dumped into the hopper, in the bottom
OF which are three parallel Sits. The
vibration Of the machine in use causes
the nails to drop point downwards into
the Sits and hang by their heads.
Thence they pass into a similar slit In
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Mecca Most Popular City

Turkish flag, yet most of them 10.
knowledge the sultan of Turkey az
their caliph, the OF the
prophet. AS Mohammed shrewdly fore.
saw, the Mecca pilgrimage binds to-
gether his disciples into a unity which
could be effected in nc other way.
Mecca" says DR.. Samuel M. Zwemer
of Arabia. has become the religious
capital and the center OF universal
pilgrimage for one-seventh OF the hu.
man race."-Harper's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Be a Manly Man.

Take life like a man Take 1t ~
though it was-as 1t is-an earnest, VI
essential affair. Take it Just a.
though you we're born to the task OF
performing a merry part OF it-aS
though the world had waited your
Take it as though 1t were q
great opportunityte achieve, to carry
forward great and good schemes to
hold and to cheer a suffering. weary, 1t
may be broken hearted brother
Charles H. Spurgeon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
WEIGHING SCOOP SAVES TIME
Grocer Can See at Glance tho Weight
OF Tea or Sugar Without Re-
sorting to Scales.

A weighing scoop that is scoop and
scales in one has been designed by a
Philadelphia man. At a glance the gro
Ger can see the weight OF the sugar or
tea or whatever he may have in the
scoop without resorting to the scales
and losing that much time. The handle
OF the implement has a downwardly
projecting arm running parallel to the
back Of the SCOOP, which is hinged to
the bottom of this arm and fastened
by a spring to the upper portion. A
tape with weight divisions on it CON
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
SIIenee Ia d

It is to be regretted that among the
dozen and one unnecessary things
which the modern girl is taught, some
deep-thinking person has not added
to the list that most necessary thing
for a girl to learn, the art of silence.
Silence is a tremendous power In
this day of laxative women. Besides
it is infinitely nicer to have some
depth which every passing acquaint-
ance has not sounded. The girl who
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Ace Of Fish,

Until within recent years there had
been a~scertained no trustworthy way
of finding out the age of fish. 1t has
been shown that mere size does not
indicate the age. Reibisch, Heincke
and others have discovered that many
Of the bones, scales and otoliths of
fishes have annual 6 rings. resem-
bling those in tree trunks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Washed Cordurov-

Corduroy may not be the easiest
thing in the waorld to wash because
it is so heavy, but it certainly energies
from its bath fresh and new-looking
to a degree most unexpected by those
to whom the process is a new and u IN.
tried one.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
An Improved Mailing Machine.

the incline, and slide, still hanging by
their heads, down to the catch spring.
This spring holds the nail under the
plunger which sets the nail in the ma
terial.
The machine can be used with the
hands protected by gloves or mittens,
and 1t obviates the necessity of hold
ing nails in the mouth, and prevents
bruised fingers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
The Real rhIno.

A Harvard professor rises to 70
ton has no immoral connotation."
Which, being roughly translated
into idiotic English, means: RAG
time is de pure goods."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-08
Off the List.

"After a man has invested in n
of your get-rich-quick schemes do you
keep on sending him literature for
your new enterpr1ses"
Certainly not" answered the pro
moter. whats the use of wasting
postage stamps on a man who is
broke? 2"