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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
DIFFERENT USES OF GLASS
Bridge Spanning Royal Gorge OF Colo
RADIO River Is Made Of That Ma
teriaI-Cioth for Dresses.

It would seem hat In these days
there Is no limit to the uses made OF
glass. Among the most extraordinary
may be cited the following:
The bridge spanning the Royal
Gorge of the Arkansa river In Colo
RADIO. This bridge may be said to be
half a mile high. for it reaches from
one cliff to the other of the gorge,
with a deep chasm beneath 1T. The
tioor of his wonderful bridge Is made
Of plate glass one and one-half inches
in thickness. set in steel framework.
In Lyons, France, pavements made
of glass LAY zee in use for some
time. They are constructed OF cerar
mo-crystal. ceramic stone or devitrt-
fed glass, and are laid in the form Of
blocks eight inches square each block
containing sixteen parts in the shape
of checkers. 1t Is said that these
blocks are so closely fitted together
that water cannot pass between them.
The whole pavement presents the odd
effect Of a huge checkerboard. The
special advantages claimed for this
style of pavement are that 1t has
greater resistance than stone, that 1t
Is a poor conductor Of cold-tce, &C.
cordingly, not forming readily upon 1t,
and. finally, that it Is more durable
than stone and much cheaper, besides
affording no places for the Judgment
of microbes.
In Germany they manufacture glass
telegraph poles near Frankfort. The
glass mass whereof these poles are
made strengthened by 1n%terlacing and
INTERVIEWING with strong wire threads.
1t Is asserted that the glass poles show
their superiority owe wooden ones by
reason Of their resistance to the raw
ages Of insects In tropical countries.
and against the climatic Influences OF
rain, snow and sleet in other coun-
tries.
The ingenious Germans have also
devised glass water pipes, having a
covering of asphalt to prevent frac-
ture. These are employed in many
parts of the empire, and it is claimed
that they afford thorough protection
against moisture In the ground,
against the action Of acids and alkalis
and also that they cannot be pene-
trated by gases.
Glass cloth for dresses Is no new
thing, having beer placed on the mar
ket a number Of years ago. This glass
cloth has the same simmer and bril-
lance of color as hat shown by silk
Besides glass cloth, there may be in
stanced manufactured glass curtains.
carpets. tablecloths and napkins, most
of which are results of the ingenuity
of European manufacturers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
IRON FAILS EATEN BY WORMS
markabIe Discovery by italian En-
oIneers-lnsect the Cause.

A microbe has been discovered in
Italy which feeds upon iron. Engin-
GERS employed on a railway in south
ern Italy, near Reggie, were recently
much disturbed by the accidents al
ways occurring let the same place,
and which appeared to indicate thai
some serious defect must exist in the
material or the construction Of the
rails. The government appointed a
commission of surveillance to main.
tain a constant watch at the spot
where the accidents had occurred.
Soon after 1t was noticed that the sur
face Of rails appeared to be corroded.
as If by acid. A rail vas taken up
and broken, and was found to be lit
orally followed out by a thin, gray
worm, two centimeters in length and
of about the size Of the prong Of a sill
ver fork. Upon Its head 1t carried two
little glands Allied with a corrosive
secretion, which 1t elected every few
minutes upon the iron. The liquid
renders the iron soft and spongy, and
it Is then greedily devoured by the In
sect
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

would make a lot of them look bad.
There was no ship of war in the
early days of the nineteenth century
that could catch Polly on a run to lee
ward. With her canvas spread wing
and wing she simply ran away from a
big British man-of-war which gave
chase to her of the Bermudas. The
Polly. commanded by a relative Of the
present president OF the Atlantic COM
pany Of Amesbury, had captured a
British merchantmen blown south
from Halifax, and a British frigate
gave chase. Sailing on the wind, al.
though fine for the schooner. was
much finer for the man-o-war. and
the captain of the Polly just put his
helm up and stood away to leeward.
The way the schooner ran was won.
derful to the British tars. and they all
knew there was no chance Of captur.
ing the schooner If she stood long on
hat course. The night which fol.
lowed was thick and the Polly had no
difficulty in escaping from her pur-
suer.
The privateer was put in trade aft.
er the war. and from then on has
been constantly in service between
this port and other towns along the
New England coast. The Polly has
been around the world several times,
having once been chartered as a pri-
vate yacht She has often been round
the Horn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
INDUSTRIAL
MCHANICAL
Gag NOTES So

There are 8 5000 Russians at worA
in Scottish iron and coal mines.
An India rubber gatherer of Brasil
16 pounds Of juice every day.
Nearly twice as many women az
men are engaged in the industries OF
Japan.
The raising of goldfish is an indus
try which has been conducted In China
from remote times
Matches have not yet displaced the
ti%nderbox in certain rural districts Of
Spain and Italy.
Experiments are being conducted
with the hope Of securing q rubber
substitute from bitumen.
A mufher on the exhaust Of an a.
tomobile lessons the efficiency Of The
engine from 8 to 10 per cent
In France powder-makng 10 one oe
the safest Of the industrial pursuits.
from the viewpoint Of the workman
Best results are obtained from hose
nozzles six to ten times the hose
diameter in length and with the open
ing one-third OF the diameter Of the
hose.
There are 2,20s industrial railroads
in this country, most Of which are
operated In connection with industrial
plants and do not accept outside bust
ness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
VALUABLE 1853 HALF-DOLLAR
Coin Passed In Payment for Car Faro
Worth More Than $2,5o0-On
Exhibition at Chicago.

Chicago.-An 1853 half-dollar which
was taken by a conductor on a Cot.
tage Grove venue car a few years ago
is said by numismatists at the Amer
lean Numisrhatic association exhibit
at the Art institute to be the most
valuable coin In the exhibit
The conductor turned the half-dollar
In at the barn. The barn man re-
placed It by another and sold it to
Stevens & Co. of Chicago for IS. who
sold it to Charles Wilcox Of Chicago
for 500. Wilcox in turn sold 1t to
De Witt Smith OF Lee, Mass. for $500.
Smith later refused to sell 1t for
$4,000
It IL now on exhibit In the collection
Of H. o. Granberg, a wealthy mine
owner of Oshkosh, Wis, and though
MI. Granberg will not say what he
paid for the coin. 1t is safe to say
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
Could Not Lie For Cupid

Smith told Miss Putnam she would
have to make afidavit as to Albert's
age.
albert Is an orphan" she said. ITO
the best Of my knowledge he Is TWEEN
ty-one years old. His only relative is
q brother. who ic not his guardian.
His father died several weeks ago.
On his deathbed he gave consent to
marriage"
Albert continued to twirl his hat
and study the carpet Smith prepared
the necessary afidavit blanks and was
handing them to Miss Putnam to sign
when he heard a sob. Looking around
he saw that tears we're running down
Abert's cheeks. To his even greater
surprise Albert stepped forward and
said:
Il can't tell . lie." He paused to
weep some more and added: I'm only
twenty years old. won't be a man
until .-darch 3 next year"
Miss Putnam quieteG her fiance and
they left the Office without the license,
promising 70 return whom they found
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
RAT DEFIEs THREE BIG MEN
Monster Rodent Jumps for Throat and
legs Of eelll0erent Merchant
Large 40 Common Cat.

Clifton Heights, Pat required
-four men and q dog to kill q big rat
which had attacked William Fl. Baker,
. butcher in the employ Of Council
man Bernard Doherty's store. here
Iths other morning. Baker had just
opened the store when he was sur
peissd to ind . big rat seated on the
counter.
Baker made war on tho rodent, and
IN the meantime Councilman Doherty
and his other clerks CLOSED the door
and rave chase to the rat, which was
finally captured.
Then the rat jumped at Bakers
throat, but he Knocked 1t down with
his hands. whom the rodent attacked
ihis legs. Before any great damage
Wa done Baker shook on the pest
and then the men chased It about the
store, hurting all sorts Of missiles at
itt.
Finally Jack. Councilman. Doherty's
Irish terrier. wal brought In and loon
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
Wouid-ee bridegroom, Under Age
oenSossss 70 Truth With Tears In
Gysesseks = Guardian.

81. Louis.-Leon Smith. marriage Il
cense clerk Of East st. Louis. was In
his ONCE waiting for Cupid to get
busy when . young man and q young
woman walked In.
Want = licenser" Smith aid al
fably, 70 the young man. There was
no response.
.TM do the talking" said the girl.
smiling.
smith regarded the young man with
aympathetc eyes and sighed. 1t wa
too Rad. Here wal . deaf-mute whose
aMictlon made It impossible for him
- shoar Or answer the clerk'a Ques-
1900 q questioning the man. -
~ custom. Smith turned TO the
syo1nG woman:
~MynAne u Clara Putnam and hid
A1beEt Gommerfeldt." she said. I'VE
- ~ nor ~ jacobs. NJ
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
GIVEN UP TO C0WS|
Dairy Queens SuppIant Kings Of
Turf in Kentucky.
One BY One stately Domains In Fa.
NOUS Blue Grass Region Arc Be-
Ing Converted Into ProsaIo
Places for Farming.

Louisville, Ky.-When the states Of
New York, Illinois, Missouri. Tennes
&C., louisiana, California and others
rang the knell OF racing they also
sounded the passing bell of the blue
grass stock farms Of Kentucky.
These stately domains. in that beau
tiful region which is known as Gods
Country are rapidly being converted
from stock farms into prosaic places
Tor the raising of cereals and veget-
ables and with them passes the most
pleasing product OF racing.
Instead of bringing forth Collins and
19ysonbys, Dominos and Henry OF Ma
wares, Cliffords and Afrjcanders. Kin
Icy Macks and McChesneys, winners
Of suburbans and futurities and cups
and handicaps that are no more these
beautiful stretches of pasture land will
be devoted to producing corn and to-
bacco and wheat
One by one the princely places that
have been maintained by the million
aires of the east for the purpose of
rearing the colts that carried their
colors on the ace tracks of the coun-
try are being devoted to other 49,
Clarence Mackey has shipped his
famous .s%tallions and mares abroad.
It 10 reported that James r. Keene is
soon to give up "Castleton.' where he
has developed 80 many great race
horses. And "Elmendorf." J.. B.. Hag-
gins vast estate, 1t to be given over
to the COWS. for henceforth "Elmen-
dorf' will be known as the site of the
most perfect dairy plant in the world
instead OF the home Of the greatest
horses.
"Elmendorf' represents an invest
msnt OF millions Of dollars. There are
almost 5000 acres n on them has
been expended every Improvement
that money and energy can provide.
When horse racing still thrived the
stallion stable at "Elmendorf' was the
high court Of horsedom. Built Of
stone and brick and with the finest of
woods used throughout and finished
to the limit Of horse comfort. this
structure cost at least Sc, 5000.
Within its walls dwelt Salvador, the
king Of them all until his death two
years ago: Africander. -McChesney,
Kinley Mack. Star Ruby. Imported
Water Cress. Water Boy. Imported
Ddoudonne and a dozen others that
won fame as winners or the begetters
Of winners. Now Salvador ia dead
and the others have been shipped
across thes seas. Their palace is given
10 the cows; the queens Of the dairy
have supplanted the kings of the turf.
AL through the Bluegrass it is the
Some Of the old breeders cling
to their places. hoping that there will
come . turn n that New York or
some Of the other states will let down
the bars. But most Of them have
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
ENDS LIFE IN PARK

found in Amesbury. The Polly will
be placed in the public park here
In the town her exploits in the war
with England In 1912 made famous.
The grandsires of Amesbury tell
many tales of the days when the
Polly was the smartest schooner
along the Atlantic coast Built from
a model that has endured for a hun
dred years as the best for all kinds
Of weather. the Polly has little resem-
blance to the wonderfully speedy
yachts which are turned out by the
designers of the present day.
She could not sail with the slowest
Of them In light weather. but in a
seaway and a breeze the sturdy craft
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
HER OUTING OUTFIT is FOUND
Summer Resort Woman 10 Requested
to Apply At Police Headquarters
and Claim Handbag.

Pasadena, Cal.-Chief Wood 10 In
possession of q lady's handbag picked
up at Fair Oaks and Colorado street.
The owner 10 urged to call at police
headquarters. The bag contained the
following articles:
One set Of blonde curls.
Six hair pins.
One can talcum powder.
One piece Of wire netting. identified
as a sanitary rat"
Two late novels.
Three sandwiches. n lettuce and
two olives.
One ~finger.nail file.
One bathing suit
Detective Schultz has been put on
the case. After careful study he Or
rived at the conclusion that the satchel
Is the property Of some Pasadena
woman. who was evidently bound for
the beac
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

hare shown consists of an ordinary
measuring stick with a pair OF arms
attached to 1t at right angles. n OF
tho arms is stationary on n end OF
the stick, but the other slides back
and forth. The log Ia placed between
the two arms. and the sliding arm Is
moved up till the timber is In contact
with both. The gauges on the meas
ur1ng stick the exact diameter Of the
log at that point The measure can
be moved along In either direction to
get any other thicknesses desired.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
BALE WASTE PAPER HANDiLY
Machine Invented by Michigan Man
Performs Work In Short Order,
Adding to VaIue Of Refuse.

Baled waste paper is worth from SO
to $40 a ton, but the difficulty Is In get
ting it baled properly. Many firms
have large quantities Of this waste
material, Of which they either do not
know the value or do not take tho
trouble to save. A Michigan man has
invented a press for the special pur-
pose of baling such paper and thus
keeping it in the form In which 1t can
most readily be disposed of. The press
is inside a cabinet, as shown in tho
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
SNOW Retains Heat.

SstSVV
All northern farmers know the val
ne Of a good covering of snow upon
the ground In winter, but until re-
Gently nobody appears to have meas
ured the heat-storing properties OF
the blanket furnished by nature to
protect buried seeds when the January
frosts are gripping the air. Mon
sieur Hjelstroem supplies the lacking
information as the result Of expert
ments made by him In northern
Europe. He nnds that a dense
coating Of snow only n centimeter
in thickness is 30 times as effective
as q sheet Of iron in preventing the
escape Of heat, and more than so times
as effective as a sheet Of copper Even
q covering made Of a mixture OF clay
ana sand 10 only one-seventh az ef-
fectfvs "a snow in retaining heat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
U. 8. Pays Cat 81 Monthly.

Los Angeles, Cal.-"Jim." a big sill.
ver-haired cat, has been placed on
Uncle Sans pay roll at one dollar per
month because Of his proficiency in
keeping the federal building clear Of
rodents. Assistant Postmaster Dish.
man receives "Jim's" monthly stipend
and expends It for him in buying
dainty morsels. Yin" enjoys the dis
tinction of being the only representa-.
tive of his family 1 nthe government
service.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
INDUSTRY &1
AND N NJ
rG(HAMO
USEFUL MEASURE FOR LOGS
Device Invented by a Texas Man VIII
Give the Diameter OF a Piece OF
Timber In an Instant.

1t is easy enough to the
diameter Of a log at its base, where an
ordinary fat rule can be used, but to
determine the measurement at n
point along the tree is another matter.
However, a Texas man has designed
a rule by which W. this may be
done as easily as the width OF a fiat
board can be decided. The device
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

have been smusgled vas presented. and from whom it. was later stolen while
ws a great deal of publicity given to Mrs. Jenkins and Mr. Allen. and tn
matter vas finally settled by a consd Grafton Of $72 OOO, of which Mrs. jenkins
say she received $4,000.
A bird count in the Indictment also charges that Allen was party to q
conspiracy with other personst o defraud the government of duties by intro
ducing into the country the jewelry and wearing apparel described in two
prior counts"
Collins a oal operator o. Tennessee. was a fellow passenger OF Allen. III
smuggled a necklace consisting OF We strands Of pearls with a diamond n
apparel The charge Of conspiracy is also laid at his door.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

It provides a method for combining under M management n con"o' COT
porations from n end Of he nation to the other.
concerted action among he states I'LL all tn uole II eVer9
state in the Union will purge its corporation laws Of all oD9eeoo ,nauoe ca a.
lures, hen the breeding places OF Industrial monsrost1e are estroyeo' ~
appears 10 m that 1t would require ut a smau amour u onstructN s"es-
manship o bring about a state conference n united action O Ibis sraVe
subject"
Mr. Farrar r1dicules the proposed scheme OF e. H. Gary. president OFT the
Steel Trust Tor government regulation Of prices. He says: F o. governmen
to fix tn prices OF merchandise bought and sold in commerce is utterly be-
yond the power of n legislative body in America; and or free emocratc
based O. the independence of the individual the development and
protection of individual rights, would have to b shattered to its foundation
and a new social order bull up before any such proposition Gould be main
tanned"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

wearied of the lean years. and b pas
lures where the horses that made
Kentucky famous stood deep In blue
grass know them no more.
In this extremity 1t Is the automo-
bile that has brought comfort to the
Bluegrass, for the beauty Of the re-
gion and the fine roads have made 1t
q famous resort for touring. But If
things keep on as they have the Ken
lucky stock farm will. in a few years,
be only q memory.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
LIGHTING GAS WITH PISTOL
Unique Little Device VIII Be Found
Handy for Ordinary Gas Jets, Au-
to Lights and Stoves.

A unique lighter for ordinary gas
Jets, gas stoves and auto lights Is be-
ing manufactured in the form Of a toy
pistol. Pressure on the trigger caus-
es q series of sparks to issue from
the muzzle. These sparks are like
those Of Fourth-of-July sparklers, and
do not burn, although they ignite the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
Plan. Fence $50 Foot High.

New York.-Plans for a fence $50
feet high have been filed with the
New York building department BY ].
M. Francolin. a wealthy banker. who
expects thus to maintain privacy at
his uptown residence despite the en-
croachments of apartment houses In
the neighborhood. The fence will be
Of ornamental brick.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
GETS FORTUNE FROM GATES

Henry Rockwell Baker, a twenty.
year-old youth of st. Charles, ILL.,, will
get $250,000 when he is graduated
from college. Baker Is the late John
W. Gates's only nephew. MI. Gates
was very fond of him; the millionaire
bequeathed $4,000 to be given to him
at once for his expenses al college
and $3.50. 900 when he gets his degree.
But he will not play football. Al
though his uncle placed no restric-
lions upon him. the lad remembers
that Gates was opposed to football.
and, for that reason. will not attempt
to make a team.
He has promised when he leaves
college and comes into his $3.50, 900,
that he will stay away from Wall
street. This is also out OF difference
to his late uncle's wishes. John W.
Gates once advised him, II he ever
got hold Of any money, to keep away
from that mart of speculation and the
boy regards this advice as q request.
Baker was greatly surprised by the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
Career Of Privateer Of 1912 Is
Ended.
Famous Schooner Polly, Built In
Amssbury In 1904, 10 Condemned
After One Hundred and Sew.
en- Year, Service.

Amesbury. Mass.-After lot years
o1 almost constant service. tho old
privater Polly, famous all along the
Atlantic coast, has been condemned
to leave her native element and take
her place among tho many monu-
ments to the past century to be
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

Illustration, and Is operated by means
of a multiple gear turned by a CRANK
at the side. When the baler has COM
pressed a bundle Of from 100 to 11e
pounds it is taken out and put to n
side and another bale started, the pa
per being fed into the
through top door. The whole ronto on
the machine opens when q bundle 10
to be removed. Waste paper properly
baled in this way had the added ad+
vantage of being accepted under bst-
ter shipping rates.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20

Remove the Caps From eottiss.
A Massachusetts genius has turned
ont 4 combined pick and stopper t
remove paper caps from milk bottles
and then form a substitute for them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
&E[HIM|1I@lIl
PROPOSES A TRUST REMEDY

Uniform state laws governing cor
porations rather than federal p
ton control Ia the remedy proposed
for trusts by Edgar H. Farrar' presA-
dent of the American Bar association.
The great American national ols-
grace" said Mr.. Farrar at the recent
convention OF the bar association at
Boston. lis found In the issuanc OF
fictitious or watered stock. ms ID
made possible by those corporation
laws which provide no governmental
supervision over the organization Oh
corporations which require no part OF
the capital stock to be paid IN money
and which permit the OF
stock at the pleasure OF the organizers
and directors at such valuations as
they may choose to place on them. 10
my mind, the most vicious OF all tne
provisions in the statutes above m
merated Is hat authorizing one cor
poration to own and vote stock IN an
other. This provision Is the mother
Of the holding company and the trust
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-10-20
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING

Nathan Allen, the indicted leather
trust magnate OF Kenosha, Wis.,. ao-
cused OF smuggling at New York, will.
1t Is stated. made a spirited defense.
1t Is said the Allen side of the Jenkins
imbroglio will specify an attempt to
carry out a blackma1l scheme. That
his wife believes absolutely In Aliens
innocence Is shown b. the fact that
they spent the entire summer togeth-
er on a Montana ranch.
Indictments charging Nathan Allen
Of Kenosha, Wis.,, and John r. Collins
of Memphis. Tenn, with the SNUG
CLING Of jewels valued at more than
100000 were brought to light in the
office Of United States District Attor-
ney Wise In New York. The gems arc
alleged to have been smuggled into
that port from the steamship LUST
tania on June rs, 1909.
The indictments were the outcome
of the testimony before the federal
grand jury Of Mrs. Helen Dwelle Jen-
ktns, to whom the jewelry alleged to