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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-16
The experts are predicting that tn

The experts are predicting that the
drainage canal by drawing off all of
the warm water from the southern
end of the lake will make the lake
too cold for bathing, but the city
authorities are not yet ready to aban-
don the municipal bathing beach.
They believe that few thousand men,
women and children will find use for
it along in July or August
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-16

The injuries of Dr.. G. Windesheim,
chairman of the Kenosha Board of
Health, are more serious than were at
first suspected and it viii probably be
some time before DR.. Windesheim is
able to leave the house. On account
Of the illness Of Dir. Windesheim the
organization Of the board of health
will be delayed until such time as
be is able to leave the house,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-16

Mr. and Mrs. Z. Z. Murphy Of Mi
waukee, are spending week with Ke-
nosha friends and relatives.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
NATION SAVED BY A SPIDER
Scotland Profited by the Lesson the
Insect Tauaht to Its
Monarch.

Scotland has many legends that the
sh%eepherders and highland peasants
never get tired repeating. A long tim
ago King Bruce ruled over Scotland
before that country became a part of
England, and he learned a lesson from
a spider that enabled him to succeed
when otherwise he would have failed.
King Bruce had lost many battles.
He was discouraged. He had made
his final effort against his enemies
and failed to vanquish them. Deep In
despair he went to a lonely room in
his castle. Reclining on the couch
and thinking, he happened to notice
a spider drop from the ceiling on a
single silken cord. He watched the
spider fastinatedly. 1t now began Its
ascent. 1t slipped. Time and time
again it tried to mount, but each time
it failed. The king watched intently.
forgetful of all else. An hour passed.
Finally the spider succeeded. 1t was
an inspiration for King Bruce. Why
should he get discouraged, having
tried only a few times and failed? He
made one last grand rally against his
enemies and routed them, and from
this incident came the old saying, IF
at first you don't succeed try again."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

VyASHINGTON.-1t Is hard for old.
w time politicians, who have lived
their day in Washington, to realize
that the speaker Of the house Of repre-
sentatives Is no longer an autocrat.
Any one desiring to get anything done
in the house is now advised to see the
speaker and Leader Underwood. They
are the two head men of the Demo
cratic branch of the Sixty-second con-
gress. Neither of them can do things
as completely and summarily as could
the autocratic speakers of old, but
when both of them undertake to get
something done a good start has been
made.
This status does not work as much
to a speakers disadvantage as one
might suppose. AS far as there is sat
1sfaction in the exercise of authority,
a speaker Of the house Is not as con-
tented a man as his predecessors have
been. But he also has an excuse for
not complying with a great variety Of
1nsistent demands. And when the
house carries through a policy OF a
program, the speaker has the right to
claim credit therefor, just as the pres
ident has the recognized right to ap-
propr1ate credit for the achievements
of his administration, even though the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Uncle Sam Is the Biggest Publisher

The findings of the governmental
commission that recently investigated
child labor, ETC., in the United States
are being printed in a set of 10 vol
umes, ranging from 500 to 1900 pages
each.
Twelve volumes are required to tell
the story Of the doings of the North
Atlantic coast fisheries arbitration
commission, and the disclosures of the
recent governmental investigation Of
the iron and steel industry will require
a four volume set.
Some Of these contracts, for in
stance the one for the set chronicling
the Investigations Of the immigration
commission. cannot be completed be-
fore the close Of the year 1912. The
work could not be turned out SO expe-
ditiously were it not for the recent in
vention Of machines which enable
1000 employees in the book bindery to
do work that would otherwise require
the services of 1000 employees.
Incidentally it nay be noted that in
getting out these big sets of books,
Uncle Sans book bindery Is using
10000 sheets of gold leaf per day for
titling the volumes in gold letters, etc.
In addition to the big sets work is pro-
crossing on Uncle Sans best seller
the Year Book of the Department Of
Agriculture, a volume of 800 pages, of
which an edition Of 100000 is printed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

The baby calf should have her ra-
lions changed by degrees.
Name the calves from the first and
their training will be much easier.
A calf should be fed five times
daily, about three pints at each meal.
One of the greatest mistakes in
dairy farming is having too much
land.
No farmer can afford to have a
cheap, inferior made silo On his
farm.
Regularity in feeding and milking
will go a long ways toward making
dairy work successful.
A cold rain, fall or spring rain,
will check the flow Of milk as much
as a snow storm If the cows are ex-
posed.
Look out for the gentle bull. Remem-
Der that 1t is not usually the roar
ing, believing, clustering bull that does
the killing.
Do not feed the cows corr meal If
you are feeding orn silage, for there
is as much corn in the silage as the
cows should have.
Butter from fresh and properly
ripened cream not over one day old
keeps better than does butter made
from sweet e
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Little Girl Blows Cigarette Rings

&c HE smokes cigarettes, your Hon
- or" SO spoke Miss Elizabeth Nc.
Masters, probation officer to Judge
De Lacy in the juvenile court, as she
pointed to a little flaxen-haired girl
who was busy stretching a piece of
gum to It's limit.
"Why, that can't be possible" ex.
claimed Judge De Lacy In astonish-
ment. "She doesn't appear to be more
than ten years Of age"
"She Is twelve now and has been
smoking for three years." continued
the probation officer. Gust as soon as
school is dismissed she roams the
streets of Georgetown in search OF
butts and then retires to a woodshed
In the rear of her home and consumes
what she has gathered. She never
smokes less than two cigarettes a day,
and when the picking is good no one
knows how many more"
Yes, SIR" piped the child, smiling
at the judge, 81 smoke, but I haven't
had any today. Yesterday l got two
cigarettes. The picking was poor"
"You don't mean to tell me hat you
pick up cigarette stumps from the gut
teri"
mo, I never touch the stumps, but 1
take the half-burned ones"
'How long have you been addicted
to this vile habit?"
Three years now. I started when
I was nine" and the girl pulled from
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
PREVENTION OF RoPY MILK
Caused by Certain Bacteria, One Type
of Which Is Found In Dirty, \
Stagnant Water.

A woman reader wishes help regard
ing ropy milk, asking the cause n
the cure. The milk is strained at
night and the next morning the cream
is ropy and must be thrown away. 1t
is not always easy to trace the cause
of ropy milk to it's source. Without
going into any lengthy explanation, 1t
may be said that ropy or Shiny milk
is caused by certain bacteria. One type
may be found in dirty, %stagnant water.
If the cows wade in this water their
TANKS and udders become the resting
place for this type. The bacteria are
easily transferred to the milk at milk
ing time. The stable becomes infect
ed, as it were, and also the utensils
that come in contact with the milk.
The germs lodge in the crevices of the
utensils and readily propagate in the
warm milk. The cure lies In absolute
cleanliness. All utensils should be
thoroughly scalded. Lime is an ex-
cellent destroyer Of all germ life. The
utensils may be given a coating OF the
slaked lime, then washed in boiling
water. 1t may be necessary to give
the stable a thorough cleaning with
lime used as whitewash.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
MRS. sELBY AND PRIZE BABY

81 have always used Cutlcura Soap
and no other for my baby and he has
never had a sore of any kind. He
does not even chafe as most babies
do. I feel sure that 1t Is all owing to
Cuticura Soap, for he is fine and
healthy, and when five months old,
won a prize in a baby contest. It
makes my heart ache to 60 into so
many homes and see a sweet-faced
baby with the whole top OF its head
a solid mass Of scurf, caused by poor
soap. I always recommend Cuticura.
and nine times out Of ten the next
time I see the mother she says: oh!
I am so glad you told me Of Cuticura.'
(Signed) Mrs. e. A. Selby. Redondo
Beach, California. Jan. Is. 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book. will be
mailed free on application to "Cua-
cura," Dept. l., Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
CAPITAL City Has a Museum of Styles

RS. CLEVELAND has
lvl that she will present to the No
ton her wedding gown. This Will IN
deed be historical. Mrs. Cleveland,
formerly Miss Frances Folsom, was a
ward of President Cleveland. and mar
ried him during the second year OF MS
administration. The wedding TOOK
place in the famous blue room OF the
White House, and was the nrst wed
ding to have been solemnized in that
room so far as history has made
note. Also Mrs. Cleveland was the
first woman to marry a president in
the White House.
Mrs. Taft will present the magnih-
cent gown which she wore at the IN
augural ball.
Martha washington is represented
in the collection by a satin gown, once
white. but now yellowed by time. q
wore it on occasions of state In Phlla-
delphia and New York. The satin IS
hrocade in garland design, and the
slippers which accompany the dress
are of the same pattern. These nave
bsen in the museum for many years.
Mrs. Taft's gown is of white satin,
embroidered in silver, in a graceful
design of golden rod. The gown that
belonged 60 Mrs. Andrew Jackson has
been contributed by her great.great-
grand niece, Mary Wilcox, OF Washing
ton.
Mrs. Alexander Sharp, widow OF
Captain Sharp. U. S. N, VINO was q
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Speaker Is no Longer an Autocrat

work and the responsibility were i'm
mediately s%houldered by the subordi-
mates.
AS the prerogatives of the speaker
have diminished in the present house.
those Of the chairman Of ways and
means have increased. This Is not al
together due to the fact that this has
been a tariff revision congress and
that the ways and means committee
has been busy with these revision
bills. AS chairman Of the committee
that selected the committees of the
house "a task previously falling to the
speaker), Mr.. Underwood has also
been recognized as the floor leader OF
the majority to an extent not noted
before in many years. . He has been
the floor leader also in the party eau
Gus. AS the present house is gov
erned virtually by the party caucus,
it has been MI. Underwood's duty to
prepare and perfect party policies.
make sure Of having a majority on his
side and to compose fractional diner
ences. Consequently, exceptionally
large duties have fallen to him, and
the chairman Of ways and means has
become an exceptionally important
a
While Leader Underwood a had
numerous loyal associates and has not
hesitated to take advice and counsel.
he has had to face several serious
problems alone and virtually unaided
and to work out the solution himself.
Thus there has fallen to him many OF
the worries and ~vexations. which in
the times agone have fallen to the
speaker.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
MANAGING A MATURE BULL
Animal Should Be Kept In Well
Fenced Pasture-Ration Of Wheat
and Ground Oats Is Good.

The service bull should be kept In a
we%ll-fenced grass pasture with a shed
to go under in stormy weather during
the grazing season. Give a mixed
grain ration of wheat bran and ground
oats. Give two or three quarts of
grain night and morning, If grass Is
short, an armful of cornfodder should
be fed twice a day. The COW to be
served may be turned into the lot
with the bull; after service, give a
small feed of bran and while bull Is
eating, throw the stanchion lever, thus
fastening the bull; the COW
may thea be removed without danger.
BY having the cows served so that
part of the herd will come fresh In
the fall and part in the spring, a reg
ular quantity Of milk may be had the
year round, without the necessity OF
selling off habitat cows at ruinous
prices and buying in fresh COWS at
high prices. When this method Is fol-
the dairyman: Is always n debt
to the COW dealer.
The bull should be kept In good
thrifty condition. A cross bull may
often be tanned by turning one or two
dry cows into the lot with him. Bulls
should have daily exercise n be
grain fed. If this is not done, they
may become impotent or slow IN
serving. The young bull should be
kept in a separate pasture and not al
lowed to run with the heifers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

THE government printing Office at
i Washington, the biggest printing
plant in the world, is busily engaged
upon the publication Of Uncle Sans
largest sets of books. These sets will
comprise more than one hundred vol
umes, says Popular Mechanics, all OF
large size and costly binding.
First m the report Of the immi-
grafton commission, a body which de-
voted several years to Investigating
this subject in all parts of the world.
This will comprise ffty-six volumes OF
from 600 to 1900 pages ZACH "a grand
total of upward of 10000 printed
pages.
The report Of the national monetary
commission, which is now virtually
complete, comprises "a volumes, aver
aging 300 pages to the volume. Despite
the cost Of getting out such a refer
ence work, the government is getting
out q first edition" of about 5000
sets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

her mouth a thin ribbon of gum which
she wound about her finger.
Let's look at your finger" said the
court.
"This Is the hand I hold the cigar
cites in" said the defendant as she
thrust five fingers into the air.
"You must use a holder, for your
fingers are only slightly ~discolored."
said the judge.
81 wash them every day, that's why
they aren't yellow"
How did o come to acquire such
a terrible habit?" asked the court.
II saw lots of boys smoking and
they were sending up into the air all
kinds of pretty circles and wreaths.
So I just picked up a cigarette from
the street when nobody was looking.
lit it, and after several puffs, l could
make just as nice circles"
The mother of the little girl told
Judge De Lacy that she had never
seer her daughter smoke, but had
often noticed the fragrance of cigar
cites on her breath. The child was
placed on probation for six months.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

nephew Of Mrs. Grant, has given a
gown once worn by Mrs. Grant in the
White House.
Mrs. Samuel L. Gouverneur Of New
York, whose husband was the grand
son of James Monroe, has given a suit
of the clothes worn by Mr.. Monroe at
the French court when he was Amer
lean minister there. She has also
contributed a fancy dress worn by
Mrs. Winfield Scott, wife Of General
Scott, at a costume ball in Paris in
1880. Mrs. Scott represented Pocahon-
tas. The wonderful color of the feath-
er and tinsel-trimmed costume are al
most as vivid today as they were 80
years ago.
Mrs. John Hay has placed in the
collection a court dress worn by Mrs.
John Hay at the coronation of King
Edward of England.
The purpose of the National Mu-
scum in collecting the gowns is to
preserve to future generations these
mementos of famous A per-
manent organization to perpetuate tbs
work will be formed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

tom cream line Is apt to be. Normally
this opening is plugged with a re-
movable pin, but when the cream Is
10 be run off this pin is taken out
and the cream allowed to flow through
the hole. To do this, however. air
must be admitted to the top Of the
buttle, so the plug is made with a
sharp point which cal be jabbed
through the pasteboard seal that is in
the top. 1t is important to keep each
plug with its particular bottle, for once
the plug Is lost the bottle is Of no use
until another stopper can be found
for it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
keeplna Milk Sweet.

One of our enterprising dairymen
sent a bottle of milk to Paris at the
time of the exposition. 1t made the
journey " and back, a trip of %
days, and was still sweet. There was
no p~reservatives used, and the only
.precaution was to have the dishes and
bottle perfectly sterile, cooling the
milk at once and keeping 1t all the
time at a low temperature. This seems
a good while to keep milk sweet, but
1t shows what cleanliness and a low
temperature can do with milk.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
PLAN OF SATISFACTORY BARN
Building With Cement Basement and
Holding Twenty-Efght Cows 10 De-
scribed and illustrated.

My barn has a cement basement, the
walls being eight feet In the clear, ex'
cepting where the driveway goes
through, writes w. ]. Yarnall In the
Breeders Gazette. The side walls are
16 inches al the bottom and IL inches
the top. The end walls are Ia inches
the bottom and the same at the
top. The driveway goes through on
the level of the ground or about four
inches above the ground level. 1t all
has a cement floor. The barn cost in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
oxerrun Butter.

Overrun butter is the difference In
weight in the amount of butter fat and
the finished product. 1t is in reality
the water, salt and curd that have been
Incorporated in the butter during the
process Of churning, washing and work
ing. Thus we have 100 pounds Of fat
in the cream, and, when through churn-
ing, we have 118 pounds Of finished
butter. The overrun is 1S pounds or
Is per cent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Good ICED for Calf.

Give the calves a little bran or
ground oats to chew at They will be
eating grain before you know it if
given the chance. The earlier the
calf gets to eating grain the more
rapidly he will grow. The younger
the calf makes his growth the cheaper
that growth is made. Also the young
er a calf makes his growth the earlier
he can be gotten out, of the way.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Don't FORGET the Bull.

Don't forget the dairy bull in your
plans for the breeding of a herd. He
is too often neglected because he
doesn't give milk. Good dairy bulls
are hard to find simply because they
have not been saved and cared for
with the same attention given the
heifers. There is no question about
the ability of a dairy bull to transmit
to his offspring milking tendencies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
The Lever Does It.

Then I bored holes the same size near
he bottom of the swinging side of the
stanchion. l bolted the strip to the
and at the end attached a
lever by which the stanchions could
easily be closed. The lock on the end
of the stanchion is the only one now
that need be closed. as the strip
keeps all the others closed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Cost of Keeping Pure-Bred Sire.
According to the Illinois station, tn

According to the Illinois station, the
total annual expense OF keeping a
good pure-bred sire, including feed,
care and depreciation is SIS. In a
herd Of 40 COWS 50 per cow must be
allowed annually to have each
calf sired by a pure-bred. Since this
amount is SO small, every dairyman
can afford to keep a good pure-bred
sire, even though he has but a small
number Of good cows in his herd.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Eaec. of Eeed on MIX.

Some dairymen believe that if the
feed OF their cows Is changed 1t will
have a bad effect upon the milk Cow,
but repeated scientific experiments
show that changing from one feed TO
another, and frequently additions to
the regular feed. helps tho milk flow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
HANDY DEVICE IN THE BARN
Lever Attached to End Used for Open
ing and Closing Stanchions-
How It Is Made.

1 have a handy device for opening
and closing stanchions, says a writer
in the Missouri Valley Farmer. When
making it I took first a strip of n
by four and bored one-half inch holes
in it. These holes were as far apart
as the stanchions were at he top.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

Kidney Pills and when l had used
four boxes, l felt like another woman"
"When Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S." SOC all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Satisfactory Barn.

all about $4,000. The cement base
ment cost with the wall about $1,000
of this.
The barn holds % COWS, IA cows on
a side. 1t also holds eight horses. 1t
has one box-stall, one double stall and
four single stalls, and a harness DOM.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

ed and stinened and
I felt completely
worn out. Nervous
ness and headaches
kept me In an I'M
strung condition and
frequent passages OF
the kidney secretions
added to my discom-
I was soon re-
lieved, however, after
7 hepan taking DOan'S
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
CompctjtIon,

Royalty has its difficulties" re-
marked the lord high keeper Of the
buttonhook.
EYES," replied the UNEASY monarch.
"It has gotten SO that a court function
finds 1t hard to compete with the
scenery and costumes Of a big musical
show"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

NEW STYLE OF MILK BOTTLE
Has Small Opening at About Spot
Where Bottom of Cream Line
Is Quite Apt to Be.

Various devices have been invented
to get the cream out of a milk bottle
and a Michigan man has contrived a
way thai involves a new bottle. In
this new bottle there is a small open
Ing at about the spot where the bot
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

Paxtine Antiseptic sprayed into the
nasal passages is a surprisingly sue
cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug
gists, Csc a box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Calculation.

Going to make garden?"
II Dunno" replied the man who al
ways looks discouraged. I'm busy
now iguring UP how many ton of let
tuce I'll Lave to raise to pay for the
spade and the rake and the rest Of
the outfit"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
Money In pairxino.

There is money in dairying in spite
of a prevalent notion to the contrary,
but it needs a combination of good
cows and good management to get
1t out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

Every man has some good in him,
out sometimes it takes a lot Of
ny to bring It out.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17
over That Now.

Over That Now.
us their honeymoon OVER"
I guess SO. She's stopped sitting
up for him when he's out late nights"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

COULD HARDLY MOVE.
Kidney

Kidney Trouble Caused Terrible
Misery.
Mrs. J. S. Downs, 219 N. Sixth St,
Chickasha, Okla, says: my back
across my kidneys became SO lame J
could hardly move. My limbs cramp-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

Mrs. wfnsiows Soothing Syrup for Children
teethinR, softens the gums, reduces tndamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c q bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

"That horrible weather''-how pleasant It
really is when you are Welt Garfield Tea
helps always.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

We all admire a man who says jus
what he thinks-about other people
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-05-17

Rather Disinterested.
Let me take your sister apart"
Don't. She is all broken up, as 1t