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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

VJAsHINGTON.-The chief industry
w today Of tho town Of Bethlehem
in Palestine Is tho manufacture of ar
ticles OF religious devotion and orna-
ments from meteorological, according
to the report OF the American consul
there. The methods n tools used
are mostly quite primitive In charac-
ter. as are also the buildings in which
the workmen carry on their trade.
The principal products are carved
shells on which religious scenes are
depicted, beads and rosaries. The ma
terial known as pearl waste" from
which the two latter products are
made, is very largely imported from
the United States. and the American
market also is the largest purchaser
of these goods. The large carved
shells are sold mostly to tourists in
Jerusalem and Bethlehem. and since
the demand for them is not so good
as for beads and a higher grade of
workmanship is required to produce
them, this side OF the industry is los
ing ground to the manufacture OF
beads.
A bead workman's outfit is print
tive, consisting of files, borers and a
simple wooden device for holding the
irregularly shaped pieces of pearl
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

F there is one thing that wins the
i heart Of a layman who is accorded
the privilege Of shipping on board q
United States navy vessel, says a
writer in Leslie's, 1t is the showing
made by the enlisted man. He Is the
lad who stands by his officers in the
coming tower, below the water line in
the torpedo room, at the highest point
Of the fire control mast, or In the
depths Of the sweltering fire rooms.
The intricate modern warship sounded
the death knell OF idleness and ignor-
ance. A man to be Of use in the navy
today must be ambitious. intelligent
and trustworthy in every sense. One
who has not those qualifications soon
learns that he must buck up" If he
IL to be part Of the great machine of
which we are SO proud.
No factor has contributed more to
the marvellous evolution Of the navy
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
1--WE
e@R0fES-& 60

Good cattle require good car and
feed.
Pick out Q side with a good dis
position.
Pigs should be grown on pasture az
nearly as possible.
Never raise a colt from a naturally
vicioustempered mare.
A couple Of sheep in the front yard
are as good as a lawn mower.
Hog cholera In Kansas is under con-
troll, at least for the present.
Cough affecting young pigs very
often is due to dusty bedding.
Never save a SOW for a breeder UNI
less she has q large number of teats.
1t is absolutely necessary that the
stallion should have plenty of exer
else.
Pasture and exercise develop a
strong frame that responds quickly to
feeding.
individual, possessing all the mark
ings characteristic Of the breed.
Some n Of lane In the far
west claim they can raise Ia sheep to
the acre on alfalfa and beet pulp.
The stable that has plenty of pure
air and is well flooded with sunshine
is most comfortable and healthful.
A pure bred ram of the coarse wool
breed crossed with Merino ewes pro.
duces a good lamb for early fat.
tening.
The flesh condition Of a sheep can.
not be judged by looking at 1t. Al
ways go over a sheep with the fingers,
examining every part Of its anatomy
before sending it to market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
SNAKE KILLS HER TWO SONS
While Mother Goes to Rescue Of Chill
dren Baby Falls In Tub and
browns

Raleigh, N. C.-The attention Of
Mrs. George Adams, living in Pitt
county. was attracted by the cackling
Of a hen, and she sent her 8~-year-old
son to the barn to drive the hen from
the nest. A scream from the lad that
the hen had pecked him caused the
mother to send her younger son to az
certain the cause. and a similar out
burst from him led the mother to in
v~estigate.
She found hat both boys had been
bitten by q rattlesnake that was cofled
in the nest. Hurrying with her little
ones to the house. she found that her
babe had fallen into a tub and drown
ed.
The boys, lacking medical attei,-
ton, soon died in agony. The three
children will be buried In the same
grave.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Feed Rack for Sheep.

diameter, shaved smooth with a draw
ing-knife.
The holes in the top and bottom,
rails are made with an 1nch-auger.
The crossbars are trimmed to fit the
holes and then wedged to hold them
The bottom rail is held in place
against the side Of the barn by two
strips Of heavy sheet-iron which has
been bent to At around the pole.
The top rail is secured by a piece OF
half-inch rope which passes over a
pulley located in a hole in the wall
above the rack, a weight being at
tached to the outside end OF rope,
serving to always keep the rack
against the wall.
When the hay ia put in, the rack is
drawn down, and when filed is pushed
back against the wall, holding the hay
in place closely and kept In place by
the weight.
The grain trough placed beneath
and in front of he rack serves as q
receptacle for the chat and leaves Of
the hay-the best and most nourish-
ing part of the feed which would
otherwise be pulled under foot and
lost as food.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
IMPRESSION OF NOTED ABBEY
irving Calls sepulchers In Westmin-
ster Nothing but a Treasury Of
Humiliation.

London.-The last beams of the day
were now family streaming through
the painted windows in the high vaults
above me; the lower parts of the abb
hey were already wrapped in the OBJ
security Of twilight. The chapel and
aisles grew darker and darker. The
efigies of the kings faded into shad-
ows; the marble figures Of the monu-
ments assumed strange shapes In the
uncertain light; the evening breeze
crept through the aisles like the cold
breath OF the grave; and even the
distant football of a verger. ~traversing
the poets corner, had something
strange and dreary in IT'S sound.
l e~ndeavored to form some arrange
ment in my mind OF the objects I had
been contemplating, but found they
were already fallen into indistinct-
ness and confusion. Names, inscrip-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Live Frog in Stomach Nearly a Year

A LIVE frog that crawled and clawed
IA and croaked, lived for nearly a
year in the stomach Of Mrs. L. V.
King Of Dean Wood, a suburb OF
Washington.
After clawing away at the lining
of the woman's stomach until 1t was
raw with pain, almost strangling her
as it climbed into her throat, and
fairly reducing her to a living skeleton
it was finally extricated by physicians
of the Emergency hospital. They used
a large pump.
The frog is now preserved In alco-
hol. It Is a weak, colorless, wrinkled,
shapeless specimen which bears a
faint resemblance to the normal frog.
Its legs are long and scranny and thin
as toothpicks. 1t measures. all told,
about seven inches.
Just as 1t was breaking out of the
egg, the tadpole was swallowed by
Mrs. King in well water last August.
Weeks passed bsfore the woman real
lied there was some living animal In
her stomach. She consulted doctors,
but they laughed at her.
Last spring the frog, now reaching
to its full growth, began to climb into
her throat and nearly ~sufocated her.
It clawed away at the membrane I'M
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
REALLY POOR WITH $4,000
Couple PennlIess Because Big Fund
10 Tied Up In Trust by
Pittsburgh Bank.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Claiming they own
property worth over $3.50, 900. yet are
penniless, with no income for their
own support or to keep their son. who
is a freshman at Princeton university,
Thomas MacConnell and his wife have
fled a petition in the common pleas
court asking that the Safe Deposit
and Trust company be compelled to
furnish them with an income. The
MacConnells state they placed the
property in the hands of the trust
company to manage. and charge the
trust company so manages the prop
erty hat the Peoples Savings bank,
which is alleged to be closely connect
ed with the trust company, entered
judgment against the property and so
tied 1t up that the plaintiffs are I'M
able to borrow any money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

buyers by mail or otherwihe, never
overestimate the merits Of al animal.
Make good every statement, and make
every buyer a friend. 1t is cheaper
to retain your old customers than to
hunt new ones.
There is no better way to restore or
keep up the fertility of your soil than
by keeping a herd of beef cattle, saw
ing and applying the manure A lib
eral supply Of both grain and rough
feed should be grown and consumed
by the cattle. They should be kept
w~ell-bedded in the barns and all straw
stacks converted into manure and re-
turned to the soil. A well-bred animal
will not consume as much food as a
scrub, and will always sell at a profit,
even If sent to the butcher. The best
individuals will bring a fair profit to
the owner when sold for breeding pur-
poses.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
FLIES TOO THICK FOR MOOSE
Animals Seek Lake as Refuge From
Vicious Insects In Northern
Woods.

Duluth, Minn.-F1ies are so numer-
Gus, SO large and SO vicious in the
northern woods that the wild animals
are being driven from their haunts
and + seeking the lake shore and
the streams.
A fullgrown moose wandered into
Woodland, a fashionable residence
suburb Of Duluth. Earlier in the week
a moose was killed by a freight train
at Short Line Park, only eight or
nine miles from the city hall.
Old-time hunters say the flies prob
ably are responsible. They say the
insects have never been SO thick in
ths woods owinS to the wet spring.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

til she several times tainted with pain.
Still the doctors, when she told them
of her fears, laughed.
Two months 6 Mrs. King declares
the frog began to croak. She distinct
ly heard it many times and her rela-
tives bear her out. That determined
her to leave the physicians of Dean
Wood severely alone and consult city
doctors"
She did SO. She went to the Elmer
gency hospital and the frog was pump
ed out of It's hiding place.
The frog lived ten minutes in a tub
of water. 1t croaked and sang just
like any regular frog. Then it died.
According to the physicians this is
the first time on record that any ami
NAL of the proportions OF a frog has
ever lived in a human stomach at
least for the period of eleven months.
1t is a most remarkable case.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
PURE-BRED CATTLE ARE BEST
To Be sveesssfui Llttts Details Must
Not Be OvsrtooksdNkesp Up
ROcosdO Of Animals.

A w~ell-selected breed Of pure-bred
cattle 10 q source Of much pleasure a.
we'll Is proft, but to be successful de-
tails must not b overlooked. Many
breeders and beginners are too care
less. They keep no accurate records
Of births, neglect their cattle, fail to
keep up the records, do not take prop
er car of their cattle in winter, and
are often caught with q lot of surplus
and understandable bulls on hand and
no buyers. Let me add that the only
way to dispose of surplus stock Is by
judicious advertising in some good
farm and stock paper. says a writer
In an exchange.
Keep your herd in nice. healthy con-
dition, 30 you will not be ashamed to
show your stock to prospective buyers.
Make a yearly exhibit at a few leading
state and county fairs and present
your stock in the most attractive form
at home, as well as at the fairs. In de-
scribing your sale stock to prospective
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
MAY(|lfa 4 e
Religious Articles Made in Bethlehem

waste. This last is made OF a short.
round piece of wood sawed in half
iengthwise, fastened together at one
end and encircled by q loose iron ring.
The piece of pearl shell Is placed be-
tween the loose wooden ends and the
ring is hammered toward 1t until the
grip Is tight. The workman then files
the part of shell which extends to the
desired diameter; It is reversed In the
holder. and finally a rounded piece OF
perhaps one to three inches in length
Is secured. When a number OF these
pieces have been prepared they are
cut to bead size, a hole 10 bored In
each bead and 1t is rounded to the de-
sired shape. Then to give the beads a
smooth surface they are placed In
special crockery vessels with a little
water and are kept In motion In these
vessels, rubbing against the sides and
each other until they are smoothed.
but not polished.
To give them a gloss and sheen,
they are finally placed in boiling wa.
ter, to which a weak solution of nitric
or muriatic acid is added, and when
removed from this they are passed
through a succession Of cooling wa
tiers. There are three usual shapes
those fiat on two sides, round and
oval.
These beads are strung on cords,
silk or wire, and always on the latter
in the case Of rosaries. For these
last also crosses and hearts are made
Of mother-of-pearl, with a small metal
figure attached to the cross. Silver
crosses and hearts are used to a slight
extent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

of Gomorrah-and then you will think
of Naples. And in the end all three OF
you will retur to Naples and watch
from the embankment of via Carcciolo
the smooth, sapphire-hued waters OF
the Mediterranean; in the distance, the
vague outlines Of the lovely Isle OF
Capri-and, above all, the still smok-
ing mount OF V~esuvius, all gorgeous in
it's sunset raiment Of an indescrible
rose-purple, and below 1t the squatting
city with its hundreds OF roofs, re-
sembling for a brief space so many
patches of Respondent rose-gold.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Busy Man.

Bloomington, L1.-Jeferson Ferrand
OF Urbana has the distinction OF being
the most Industrious man in the world.
He is employed nights as fireman for
he rbana Electric Light company.
and during the day is employed as q
ditcher with sewer construction
gangs For several weeks he has been
getting along with only three hours
sloep a day, with the exception OF
Sunday, when he sleeps ten hours.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
MaanIna PIaa.

Before the pig is taken away from
its mother to be weaned, it should
have the eating habit well developed.
It should be developed 80 well that,
taking away the mother will not in
terfere in the least with the pigs
growth. OF our a pig knows well
enough when his mother is gone, and
he cannot nurse but must get his feed
in his trough. It Is a fact that when
they know how to eat, and are fed
regularly, taking the mother away
will annoy the pigs for about n day.
and the trouble is all over.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Heroic Rescue.

Evans, Colo.-A conductor on 9
freight train saved the fve-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w Maxwell from
serious injury when he leaned out
from his caboose and caught the
child from the bed OF a wagon the
team of which had III away directly
alongside the tracks. Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxwell had been thrown out and
badly injured when the team frst
started to run.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
SAVE GRAIN IN FEEDING HOGS
Two Troughs Conveniently Arranged
That When Corn 10 Devoured
Moro VIII Follow.

Make two troughs six or seven
inches wide and two and one-half feet
long. Fit these troughs together so
they will cross in the middle, writes J..
e. Spencer of Mount Pleasant, Tenn.
in the Missouri Valley Farmer. Make
a chute five feet high, large at the top
and six inches square at the bottom,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

to At into the Cross of tho troughs,
leaving 1t three inches from the bot
tom Of trough. Shell your corn and
pour into the chute. Al the hogs eat
the corn In the trough more will fall
down. The hogs feed 10 clean, and
no corn IL wasted. ca
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Raising Early Lambs.

The sole object in raising early
lambs is to produce q fine animal of
good size and flesh and get him to
market at the earliest possible mo-
ment. To do that requires good feed
ing. good care and good management
from the time he is born until he is
sent to market.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Shelter for Swine.

Swine like a little sunshine but
they ought not to blister in the sum-
mer glare for want of a she'd or some
shelter on the hottest days. Such a
shed should have a good tight roof,
too. and should not be turned into a
Shiny wallowing place.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
GOOD FEED-RACK FOR SHEEP
Grain Trough Placed Beneath Saves
Char and Leaves, Most NourIshIng
Part Of Feed.
(By j. W.

(By ]. W. GOODWIN.)
The rack Is made with a pole for
the bottom rail and a piece Of 2x6
inch scantling for the top rail. The
crossbars are pieces riven from an
old piece of timber.
These crossbars are four feet long
and about one and one-half inches in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Watch Unshod Colts.

Unshod> colts need inspection Of the
feet occasionally, as they are likely to
grow more on one side than the other,
or to develop too much toe. A very
little rasping will keep the feet lev.
eled.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

Mans Limitations Defined.
No man, however good he may be,
understands girls; neither does he
understand women.-Exchange.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02

Lace Workers of Smyrna.
Girls and women of Smyrna make
great quantities Of lace. The work is
mostly lone in their OWE homes
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
Gentle Work for Mare.

Gentle work for the mare with foal
will not harm her, but h should not
be worked for a week before foaling.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-08-02
vaIue of corn suaoa.

Value Of Corn SiIAoe.
Corn silage is no less valuable for
carrying stockers and feeders through
the winter months than for fattenins
and finishing beeves.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
TO BOX
BRITT AND
O'TOOLE
Newark Boy Signed by Abe Ufl-
man for Convention Week
Bouts in Baltimore.

Abe Ullman, retired middleweight,
and former champion Of the South at
his weight, paid a flying trip to New
ark Monday, visited local friends and
incidentally signed up Patsy Kline for
two matches. Ullman Is MATCHMAKER
amid referes at the exclusive Eureka
Club, of Baltimore.
Kline will box Tommy O'Toole, whom
he has met before. at the Monumental
City, on June "a. over a course of
fifteen rounds, and two days later he
will mix 1t up with Young Britt. Both
bouts will be staged during the Demo
cratic national convention in the Mary
land town, and local politicians who
will be present have arranged 10 at
tend both bouts.
Ullman is a perfect type Of physical
manhood and though he has been Out
of the ring for ten years his skin Is af
pink and his face as glowing as though
he were in constant training. In his
day he fought such men as Kid Mccoy
whom he came withbl an ace of knock
ing out; Mysterious Billy Smith ant
other noted ring masters OF equal cal
ibre.
The two Kline brothers. Benny Mil
Ter and Young Kurtz helped to max
Ullman's brief stay in u fair cit
a pleasant one, and he carried ava,
with him many pleasant memories
Ullman came up from Baltimore In hi
own auto and incidentally made al
rangements to accommodate the loco
delegation at the Baltimore meeting
at his own hotel.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
Irrom a staff correspondent.l

H " VA4 ~ ~N0@
Il PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. 21.-Inter-
national League magnates were slow
in arriving for the annual schedule
foonclave today. and early indications
were thai 1t would be late in the after
moon before President Ed Barrow, who
arrived this morning. would bring the
meeting to order at the Crown Hotel.
The two Newark representatives, Joe
McGinnity and George l.. Solomon,
made the journey on the Bay State
limited and arrived at 2 o'clock. Both
declare that the Newark Club expects
to receive a fair deal in the dates. 1t
has leaked out tina Newark will have
fourteen Sundays at home and six Sat-
urdays.
This is according to lie draft OF
President Barrow. Joe McGinnity
would like to corral a few more Satur-
day games for the home lot, n ex-
poets to succeed. There is also a pos
sibility that the Newark Club and the
Jersey City team will clash on Labor
Day, as well as Memorial Day, and
July A. 1t is the usual custom of the
Newark Club to play either at Baltf-
more or Providence on the September
red-letter day, but the Providence Club,
because of a counter attraction, has
asked that the Grays be scheduled for
that late at Baltimore, which will
leave Newark and Jersey City to, fight
it out on Labor Day, as well as the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21
|IGERS TO PLAY HOME ON
ALL SEASONS HOLIDAYS
Providence Request That There Be No Game Scheduled There
\ Labor Day Makes 1t Possible Bengals Will Play the Skeet-
ers on That Date-This Would Give Locals Every Holiday
at Home-After More Saturday Games.

other two big days, which have been
fixtures for the two clubs.
Undoubtedly there will be several
changes in the original draft of the
dates, but President Barrow will do
everything possible In order to expedite
the adoption of the list of dates, as
they must be put into the hands of the
printers Immediately and will be pub
lished not later than next Monday.
Tonight the Providence Clubs new
owners will be the host at a banquet
which will mark their debut into the
league circles and promises to be a de.
cidedIy brilliant affair. The Interna-
tional Leagues schedules meeting is
really more of "a social event han a
business meeting, and is intended to
promote harmony among the magnates
and owners more than anything else.
AS a matter of fact most of the date
switching could be accomplished hy
mail.
The schedule meeting is unusually
late this year, because of the change OF
ownership in two or three of the clubs,
the new stockholders requiring more
time to straighten out their business
matters than was at first expected.
Most of the International League clubs
will go into training three weeks from
Sunday, and the Jersey City Club will
go even earlier, SO It will be only a
short spell before the baseball fan will
again be reading of the diamond doings
of his fayorite stars.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-21

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21.-Joe Man
dot, of this city, was given q unani-
nous newspaper decision after a ten
round fight here with Pal Moore, OF
Philadelphia, yesterday. Mandot was
forced to extend himself in the last
round to win, Moore having slowed Up
after a squirt In the ninth. Both We're
under 1873 pounds.
1t was a fast and furious exchange
from the second round to the finish
Moore was accorded the third round
by O wide margin, jabbing stiff lefts to
the face and stomach, nppercutting
with singing rights that rocked Man
dots head. Mandot came back strong
in the fourth, clipping Moore in the
face and nose and raising a large bump
over Moore's left eye, which was al
most closed at the end Of the fight.
Moore caught Mandot on the jaw
twice in the fifth with swinging back
hand blows that were staggering. Both
missed swings and fell just before the
bell. Mandot rushed Moore in the
sixth, boring into the stomach. In the
seventh Moore came back strong with
terrific body blows and left to the jaw.
Moore iabbed Mandot eight times in