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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
Testing intelligence of Fish.

There are 10 many precise data
in regard to the intelligence of fishes.
Some observers say they can be
trained a little; others. like Edinger.
deny them even memory. 1t seems
that the brain, Of bony fishes In par
~ticular,' remains at a low grade.
M. Oxner has recently made some
interesting observations at the Ocea-
biographical museum at Monaco. with
a fish called coris julis. When he dis
guised the hook perfectly he caught
the same fish as often as he pleased.
But that only proved that the dis.
guise was perfect and that the fish
was hungry. In another set of expert
ments he used an equally well hidden
hook, but placed a piece Of red paper
on the outline a couple Of inches
above it.
For the first week the fish remained
Indifferent; or the eighth, ninth. tenth
and eleventh days 1t took the bait; on
the twelfth day 1t refused the bait till
the red paper was removed; or the
thirteenth. fourteenth and fifteenth
days 1t refused the bait with the red
paper, though it examined it careful
ly; on the sixteenth day and on the
following six days it began by snap
ping at the red paper, and then turn
ing to the hook bit off the bait in
small scraps without any hurry and
with a thousand observation-disclosures
edge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
PICKED OUT THE WRONG EYE
Physician Meant Well Enough but He
Had Left the Motorrnan ssrious-
ly Handicapped.

Frank e. Payne, q member OF the
state railroad commission, said when
investigating a trolley accident re-
Gently. he was told Of a motorman on
a work car who was running at high
speed when the trucks left the rails
because of snow and sleet. and the
car was thrown on the side OF the
right of way, bringing up against q
telephone pole.
The motorman was not
hurt, but was cut and bruised about
the head and face by flying glass. He
was carried to a physicians once
where his wounds were dressed and
b~andaged. When the physician had
placed the last pin, he asked the
wounded man II he felt like he could
walk.
"'Sure, I can walk all right re-
turned the patient. but l wish you
would fix those bandages so I can
see.'
why, man. returned the physi-
clan, l left one Of your eyes
for the purpose
But, doc, that eye you left uncov-
cred is a glass one.'"-Indianapolis
News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
ECZEMA in RED BLoTcAEs

2O5 Kanter Ave-, Detroit, Mich
Some time last summer I was taken
with eczema. 1t began in my hair
first with red blotches, then scaly.
spreading t my face. The blotches
were red on my face, dry and scaly,
not large; on my scalp they were
larger, some scabby. They came on
my hands. The inside OF my hands
we're all little Jumps as though full of
shot about o~ne-sixteenth Of an inch
under the skin. Then they went to
the outside and between and all over
my fingers. 1t also began on the bot
toms of my feet and the calves OF my
legs. and itch, oh, my! I never had
anything like it and hope I v Will
again. The itching was terrible. NY
hands gcs so l could scarcely work.
II tried different eczema ointments
but without results. I also took medi-
cine for It but 1t did no good. I saw
the advertisement for q sample OF
Cuticura Ointment and Soap and sent
for one. They did me so much good
I bought some more. using them ~
per directions, and in about three
weeks / was well again. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment entirely cured mo"
(Signed) Benz. Passage. Apr. 8. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

rest OF his life? He could do better
than that. The open way of the great
north was a better one. He would
send the money TO Huron county;
then he would go to Barnsfield's little
count with him.
l came forward then, and begged
Mason to explain what he meant by
his plan. AS the matter stood, Bal
due could not do even as he himself
suggested. He could not send the
money to Huron county, and leave
New York clear. The sum he had
lacked nine thousand dollars of pay
ing the taxes. He had surrendered
and receipted for the taxes in full,
twenty-eight thousand dollars. If he
tent back nineteen thousand, he
would be instantly charged with theft
Of the other nine. Explanations would
hardly avail him He would certainly
be extradited and imprisoned.
Randolph Mason went over to a
| bookcase, got down a volume of Re
| ports of the State OF Michigan, and
| sat down with 1t between b two CT
us as a tutor might do with puzzled
little boys. He read the case. mark
| ing with his finger in the book, very
| carefully to us. saw instantly the
| intent of his plan, but he vent on, ex-
| planning in lucid detail the effect OF 1t
on Balduc, on Barnsfield, on Huron
| county, the equities which it adjusted,
the necessity OF government which 1t
imposed. the penalties which 1t evad-
ed. and the ancient, correct. accurate
| doctrine of law Upon which this de-
| cision OF the Michigan courts is
founded
! The tension Il Jean Balduc's big
| body relaxed, the pressure In his face
ebbed. He understood the whole
scheme to the end now. | do not
know of any emasculated language
which could give the force and direct
ness of Balduc's own words He got
slowly to his feet, stretched out his
arms, filled his big lungs, BY God"
he said, you have got the fat thief
on the cross!"
Then he turned to me. "Mr. Parks"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

prints, with here and there q gross
imitation Of q ma ster. Barnsfeld EVIL
IDENTIFY took his art as prescribed by
the foreign agents. The only table in
the room was a huge piece of shining
mahogany heavy with carvings In
atrocious taste, the sort of thing which
the full pocket gets when 1t leave Its
selection to the dealer. Behind 1t was
Barnsfield. l got the impression OF
something cold and pudgy, when l
looked at him. A like impression
awaits the spectator before the glass
box at the end of the line In the Ma
tional Aquarium at Naples-a deep
sea thing in a nest Of weeds.
He was a tall man, fattened out OF
shape, fat crowding his eyes back, dis
tending his jowls, sagging his chin.
His hair was light and thin, brushed
smooth to his poll. His eyes were
dull, the eyes which Victor Hugo
warned against, the cloudy eyes v
ering mines, rttle-pits, trenches manned
with cannon shotted to the muzzle
and the fuse smoking. A fat hand,
Illuminated by a great Kafir diamond.
HOppSU ABOUT on the ulduO5duy laOAS.
He showed no apparent interest at
the arrival Of Balduc, but he vas a
bit uneasy over me. His fingers wan
dered to an electric button. the nails
scratching the rim OF 1t.
"Mr. Barnsteld," began Balduc. Il
came back about those taxes"
Barnsfield looked inQuiringly at me.
"Yes," he said. He wished to know
who l was before his became
more thai monosyllabic.
That's my lawyers secretary" said
Balduc. Il have concluded to take
our chips and whetstones. They are
better than nothing; but l want Mr..
Parks to look at them"
The explanation cleared Barnsfield's
face. If Balduc was bringing Huron
county up to be quietly sheared Of
ten thousand dollars, a lawyers sec
rotary, merely to examine the wording
of the bonds, was a detail to be
pleased over. He dtved down into the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
why There Was No Crowd.

-TS
A friend of Will Cumback once had
q story which he delighted to relate
in the presence Of Mr.. Cumback.
He Cthe story ~teller) once filled a
date at one of the churches in the
little town of Leesburg, in Kosciusko
county. That is, he went to fill 1t, but
everybody else failed to come, except
one lone man, who came to open the
church and build a fire; his charge for
this being a dollar. Even those who
had received complimentaries did not
show up-a thing unprecedented In the
experience Of the lecturer, and he
marveled what the hoodoo could be.
He questioned the janitor.
Don't this God-forsaken burg take
any more interest than this in a moral
and instructive lecturer"
They used to-" was the reply, in
the hesitating tone of one who might
say more II he chose.
"And why don't they now?"
We'll, I'll tell you" said the janitor,
thawing into confidence. "a year or so
ago we had a man give a talk-his
name. was Cumback-maybe you've
heard tell of him. Well. 1t appears
like since then they wont nobody turn
out to a Observation-Disclosures News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

ter of brandy from a s%ideboard and
set it down by Balduc. There" he
said, "thatn fix you"
NO" said Balduc, nothing Will do
me any good but to get outside in the
air.
Barnsfield started toward a door.
Come right here" he said, ION this
balcony"
! Balduc got up then. NO" he said,
Il will go out into the street with Mr..
Parks; but, before | go, 1 want to hand
you this six hundred dollars that I
W you," n he took a roll of bills
from his waistcoat pocket and laid
them on the tablecloth.
Barnsfield say instantly that some
climax had arrived. but what he did
not know. He came back and sat dow
in his chair.
What do you mean?' he said.
Il mean." replied Balduc, that I
got only nineteen tracts Of and for
you in Huron county, SO you owe me
Just nineteen thousand dollars. You
paid me today, nineteen thousand. six
hundred, which was six hundred too
much"
bdIuSLSiu . ldSS OS6dh " pdle. L
don't understand" he said. Il paid
the taxes to you / gave you twenty
eight bonds for them and got the re-
ceipt. l did not pay you; l paid the
taxes"
YES" said Balduc. you thought
you paid the taxes; but you didn't.
You paid me-. The bonds brought nine
teen thousand, six hundred dollars.
give you Jack the six hundred now,
and our account is square,"
Barnsfield got up. II paid the taxes"
he said. II got the tax receipts"
NO" said Balduc, taxes can only
be paid in money. That's the law.
You can't pay taxes with property.
Your tax receipts are not worth hell
room. They acknowledge the pay
ment in bonds"
Barns1eld turned to me. What's
all his rot?" he said.
l got up then, and walked around
the table. What Mr.. Balduc has
said" 1 answered. "fs quite true. Taxes
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

drawers of his desk, fshed out a pack
age of bonds and laid them On the
table.
Good five per cents" he said, "se-
cured by a mortgage on all the copper
properties in the county, including
plants, tram-roads and improvements
to be hereafter made. In six months
they will be worth a hundred n
twenty"
1 looked carefully at the bonds. They
were in the usual form Of such securi-
ties, printed on bank-note paper, with
a picture on the back of a huge cop
per pot, tipped over pouring out a
stream of gold pieces. They we're of
a first Issue Of the Empire Copper
company. limited to a million dollars,
and in denominations Of n thousand
I smiled at the confidence of Barns
field. There we're exactly t~wenty-eight
Of these In the pack. He had pinned
them up for Balduc.
Barnsfield patted the bundle OF &C.
curities with his fat hand. There are
the bonds" he said; now give me
the tax receipts signed by you as
treasurer"
Balduc took a big leather pocket.
book from his Goa and handed me the
tax receipts. wrote into them, Paid
this day by the delivery to the treas
urer OF Huron county of twenty-eight
bonds Of the Empire Copper company,
numbered three hundred and fifty to
three hundred and seventy-seven In
elusive" Then Balduc signed them
and handed them rel to Barnsfield.
He placed the package in a pigeon
hole OF his desk, and anne up from
behind it TRANSPORTED. The chill in
the air was gone; the hidden ice-foes
were melted; the low-lying fogs were
golden in the sun. He had not i'm
agined that the thing could be done SO
easily. He had looked for long wrang.
ling. delays, a siege. 1t was like the
answer to prayer put into ones hands
while they were still clasped. One
ought to go wreathed in smiles when
events waited at ones beck so cour-
taously.
He chortled softly in his throat
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
Not Necessary to Leave Home.

In an effort to stop the migration OF
dying consumptives TO the southwest.
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis will
ask physicians to be more careful In
orner!ng patients to go away. and Will
alyo ask railroads to discontinue their
practice of selling charity" tickets
to those who cannot afford to pay full
fair. .'No consumptive should go to
Colorado. California. or the west for
his health" says the association. "un-
less he has a good chance for recov-
cry from his disease. and unless esDs-
cially he has at least $1,000 to spend
for this purpose. over and above what
his family may need.
Tuberculosis can be cured in any
part OF the United States, and It n
not necessary for a tuberculosis pa
tient to go west. Whenever possible.
the National association urges tuber-
culosis patients who have not ample
funds to go to a sanatorium near
home. and II they cannot do this. to
take the cure In their own homes. UNI
der the direction of a physician"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
Violin MAKING.

1t is only within the last five years
that violin boxes have been manufac.
tured by machinery In the German
city OF INSTRUMENTATION. Up to that
time the work was done by hand. and
was, with few exceptions, a house in
dustry. In 1907 a stock company Of
several of the large exporters was
formed. 1t bought patents and erect
ed a large factory. The original pur-
nose was to furnish the dealers with
a violin body, called in Germany
~"schachtel," or box, that would be as
cheap as those made in Bohemia, and
with the advantage of being made OF
seasoned wood and each body being
exactly the same. Later, with I'M
proved machinery. the factory was
able to put out finished violins. 1t
costs SO little in Markneukirchen to
make violins that they could be sold
in the United States, despite the 45
per cent. duty. lower than they could
be manufactured In this country.
shaAD gut Is used for strings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

For the legal principle in
volved In this story see People
VS.. SeeIey, III Mich, 1858; rs
N. w. r., 609.
A collector Of taxes can re-
.ceive nothing but money In pay
ment Of taxes. II he receive
property in lieu thereof and ap-
propriate II to his wi use he
is not guilty of embezzlement,
and his bondsmen are not liza
bIe.-People v. Seeley, supra. A
collector of taxes al receive
nothing but money in payment
of taxes.-MiIier v. Wesener, as
w. Va, SO.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
NERVOUS
DESP0NDENT
WOMEN
Find Relief in Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Their Own Statements
So Testify.
Platea, Pa. / wrote TO you
frst / was troubled with female weak

0eS0 ana
and was 20
that l would cry 1t
the least noise, It
would startle me 70.
/ began to take Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's
remedies, and Idon't
have any more cry
ing spells. sleep
sound and my net
vousness ID better.
Ivil1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
'teething, softens the gums. reduces infammar
ton, allays puin, cures wind collie. 25c q bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06
Tho Main lmpresslo

THO WAIu I"pTeo0tOWs
What did the minister talk about
in his sermon this morning."
about an hour"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

About the only thing father gets on
his birthday is a lemon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-09-06

n. y, sioux CITY. No. ss-ts1s.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02

er. she gathered little Goldie in her
big, ample arms and started over to
q neighbours,
"Tve got TO so over TO Mrs. Hess Z"
she said. she is sick and | must
help her with her work. Come along
and see how another miners wife
lives"
Mrs. Hess is IS. She is the mother
Of four. Her husband, Sherman Hess,
Is q trimmer" He gets $2.0S day
for picking slate out OF the loaded
cars OF coal Mrs. Hess looks 40. She
has never been in a theater In her HE.
She has never even been to a moving
picture show.
/ How can II" she asked. There
are six OF US and we trade at the
company store. Each week the 1000
bill just balances the wages due Sher-
man. Last pay day, though. was an
exception. We got two cents back!
Mrs. Hess says they haven't eaten an
egg or a pound of butter all winter.
I'VE live on potatoes, bread and
chuck beef" 60 n
II go around and help all the young
mothers here when they get discour-
aged and sick and know how all OF
them sit hour after hour and cry
their eyes out because they have to
raise their children in dirty little >huts
down iH a mudhole under the dust Pt
this stipple," explained Mrs. Greepley,
as we said goodbye" at No. 8"
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II the new ydirectoire skirt, Just
invented in Paris, becomes popular
over here all the men will want cut
side Jobs. They'll be after a chance
70 be out on the street, looking
a bit.
The overskirt is slit and the un-
derskirt is mostly network, with un-
usually large meshes. Under the new
mode, the following domestic Incl
dent may be common!
What makes you late to supper,
husband 2"=the- wife remarks,
and sheds a gentle tear. The steak
is spoiled; the coffee, too, is cold, and
IL did not love you would scold
/ called the Office on the telephone
They told me you had left. Were
you alone? Where did you spend the
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ffV leMHT of666ai ="
XXX-SHE TELLS OF THE AMAZING OF THE SENSES

| is sure that she has eyes, ears OF
nose, she is able TO stun her fist In
her mouth and suck Ii hard whenever
she is hungry. This baby does in
stinctively, without having TO be
taught the way TO her mouth. Expert
ence soon teaches her that fists are
not very nourishing, but she keeps
on experimenting till she finds out
what they are for. Now your little
daughter is only throwing out her
arms in an aimless way, but pretty
soon you will find that her move
ments will become purposeful, and
their first purpose will seem to be to
bring everything to her mouth.
Soon her tiny hands will be extend
ed with open fingers Exploring all
mysteries within her reach through
the sense of touch. At least, 1t will
be the sense in which baby will place
the most confidence. This infantile
Characteristic. continues through life
with upcultivated people. They like
children, must touch everything be-
fore they are sure they know II.
have in mind baby. i am not
using any names, my dear, who al
ways insisted upon smelling OF every
thing and as she grew larger this
habit became rather obnoxious to her
mother. One day when she was given
a particularly delectable tapioca pud-
ding for dessert, she Immediately bent
down her face to the table to smell 1t
and her mother quickly pushed her
nose into the pudding. She was
most surprised baby, and do not
think, my dear. that you have ever
smelled your food since.
The sense of feeling, or touch.
have told you before, was the first one
that comes, and IL seems to unfold
with greater rapidity than any OF the
other senses.
Not until after the sense Of touch
comes the sense of sight, and often
mothers are very much worried be
cause their children do not see any
thing the first few weeks, but that Is
because this sense awakes slowly.
Hearing will come next, and taste
last Little babies Will usually take
anything that is presented TO them IL
1t be warm, and reject anything cold,
temperature seeming to be of more
consequence TO them than flavor The
reason for this Is that temperature is
distinguished =Fthe= sense OF touch
alread ydeveloped, while flavor is rec
ognized only by taste, which still lies
dormant.
There can be nothing in this world
80 interesting as this development OF
the body and soul Of child. oh, my
dear, how envy you, and | only hope
that you will see the importance OF
developing your child properly, Meth
er making II weak and irresolute by
giving II too much attention, nor let
ting 1t grow up without that feeling
of absolute sympathy and mother love,
which should be one of the great fac.
tors OF the character building OF every
child.
My dear, gave to you all sympathy
and love. As you pass II on TO yosr
daughter you honor your MOTHER.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02
China's Little Jest

Loud cheers from the ladies and
some groans from the men because
the Chinese republic has given
women the right to vote.
But walt. IL isn't universal SUI
frage. Only PROPERTY OWNERS
have been given the right to vote.
Property owners. whether they be
men or women.
So then Ii isn't men or women who
vote In China. bat PROPERTY. And
property Is sexless.
Instead OF enfranchising the
women China has disenfranchised the
men-which Is a saffron joke.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02

intervening time? In some saloon?
don't smell cloves so I'm inclined
to think that you are sober now. But
what | want to hear from you is how
you spent three hours getting home
tonight"
MY dear" he said, you've wept
till you're a sight. No fault II is Of
mine that ! am late. I'm just a vic
tim Of untoward fate started home
on time, my darling sweet Just then
a lady came along Main-st. She wore
skirt-the new direcIoire mode;
split to the knee, her silken= stocking
showed. At least | heard IL did
could not peep, there was a crowd
around her 40 deep. The street was
packed. | could not elbow through
missed my train and never got n
view"
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P.S. Telling the merchant ypu
read his advertisements always
pleases him. and I ellinNh
where you read II helps TAa
Times and the cause Of clsaH<
and honest advertising.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02

My Dear Daughter am really
glad you are feeling better and are
now able to take care of your baby.
and as you have always had good
help, | think you will get along all
right. &, ....
note what you say about your lit
tie daughters seeming consciousness
OF her hands. Baby's first conscious
possessions are her hands, and she
usually improves the first opportunity
of making herself thoroughly &C
quainted with them.
During the early days before she
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02
Ch4nese Architecture Is D1aiub, Art Of Making Roo5
IA IIARRY q. FARNER.

HY HARRY O.. FARMR.
f |ING, April Chin pc archi-
.11 ~ merely the arxm making
Ehinese buildings ar all roofs
|.|I|1. There are no w4ls, strictly
|I& There are dummy walls to
me space betweefA the posts
bold the roofs, but these walls
.Lhing toward supporting tho
81 the roof.
rywhere you go IN China you
ne architecture practically the
And IL has been[ the Nsame
. ume immemorial. The Oldest
IIngs and the newest are quilt
b ne same block. And all of them
bore ROOT than anything elsei
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-02
GrthiaGcB
Me;wAn@s~ers

Dear Miss Grey: Q) Is II proper
for a girl TO ask to wear a boys scarf
pin, or for him TO offer it to her? (2D
am 10. Am ! too young TO have boy
callers? CD II not, how late should
they stHy?-Bright Eyes.
A.-0 The exchanging of Jewelry
is a very silly custom among very
young people. and one which should
be stopped. You will see the folly OF
Il when you are older One great oh
lection which should be perfectly
clear TO YOU now is this: II one loses
an article OF iewelry belonging TO an
other. he Is in duty bound to replace
II. (2D No, not too young TO have
boy callers, but too. young TO con
slider the men sweethearts. (3) 3 or
$3.50 p. m, IL mother permits.
Dear Miss Grey: | have been keep
ing COMPANY With a girl for four
years, and every Christmas | have
given her an expensive present She
has never given me one in return
What DO you advise ME TO dozen.
tleman Reader
A-The true Christmas spirit IL
not manifest Ia YOU II you give. eH
pecting a gilt in return. There MAJ