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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
HANDFUL OF NEW DAINTlES
Ideas That May Be Carried Out When
ever a Particular "Spread" is to
Be Served.

A new sandwich to serve with aft
ernoon tea is two slices OF hot, crisp
toast, dipped on one side In melted
butter and filled with iced raw oys-
tiers, sprinkled with lemon.
A variation OF this filling is to stew
the oysters until they curl slightly, re-
the eye, chop rather coarsely
with a silver knife, and mix with
ma.onnaise.
Another good toast mixture has the
toast prepared in the same way and
filled with finely scrambled egg.
sprinkled with finely chopped, crisp
bacon. Both of these sandwiches must
be eaten Immediately or they are not
good.
Instead of serving lemon with tea,
have on the tray a jar of grapefruit
narmalade-in a silver holder OF
crystal Jar If you have an eye and
pocketbook for effect. Put a tea
spoonful of the marmalade into the
tea instead of the usual slice of lemon.
Queer, but good.
Orange maramalade is used in the
same way; SO is preserved ginger and
branded fruit. The latter must be
chopped into quite small pieces If the
fruit is whole.
The Russians use preserves OF all
kinds in their tea, but the marmalades
and conserves that have a slightly
acid or pungent tang are less cloy-
ing,
A sweet toast IS made by cutting
small squares OF oblongs of toast. This
is dipped into a mixture made from
a pint Of hot milk, into which has been
stirred the grated r1nd of a lemon and
tour tablespoonfuls Of sugar. Flavor
with a dash of brandy. Dip the soak
ed toast in beaten egg and fry quick
ly In hot butter. or bake on a we'll
creased griddle. Sprinkle with pow
dered sugar and serve Immediately
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Material for Matches.

The body contains nearly two
pounds of phosphorus-enough really,
If extracted, to make about 5000
packages Of friction matches. This
phosphorus is claimed by scientists
to be essential to our health and vigor.
Our bones are much stronger and
break less easily for it's existence,
and our minds are much keener and
able to work more rapidly and clever
ly than they could without it. Besides
phosphorus our body holds a number
of ounces of sodium and nearly three
fourths of an ounce of potassium
quite enough of the latter to conduct
a good many classes in experimental
chemistry at a ~good-sized university.
We are also Carrying about with us
quite a few grains of magnesium. II
we turned it all into use we could
make a splendid silver rain" for our
family on the fourth of July evening,
or we could create a brilliant light so
strong that 1t could be seen and adj
mired for a considerable distance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

Homemade cakes Will be nicer II
the flour Is put in last.
Whole peppers are better for sea-
soning soups and sauces than ground
pepper.
A teaspoonful of vinegar put into
home made candy keeps it from being
sickly sweet.
Faded plush may be frightened by
brushing it lightly with a clean sponge
dipped in chloroform.
Chopped preserved ginger added to
the sauce served with cottage pud-
ding is a delicious accompaniment.
Corks may be kept in bottles when
travelling by sticking them in with
adhesive plaster such as surgeons use.
Gold-edged glassware should not be
washed in strong %soapsuds. The soap
will IN time make inroads upon the
gilt.
When cooking tomatoes to strain
and use for tomato jelly, the flavor
will be improved by a bay leaf and a
piece of mace added.
A small quantity of carbolic acid
added to paste, mucilage and ink will
prevent mold. An ounce OF the acid
to a gallon of whitewash will keep
cellars and dairies from the disagree
able odor which often taiRts milk and
meat kept in such places.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
PUT TO FLIGHT BY
BAND OF INDIANS
Two Americans In the JungIes of
Venezuela.
ARROW LIFTED A HAT
Attacked by Savages Armed With
Bows and Arrows, Minnesota Man
Shoots One With His Revolver
Were About Sixty Feet Away.

Brainerd, Minn.-P. w. Donovan,
uncle of William Leslie Taylor. has re-
ceived a letter referring to the expert
ence Of young Taylor and Guy Bjorge
OF Duluth in the jungles of the interior
of Venezuela while on a prospecting
tour for a New York corporation. Both
had been reported captured by the In
dams. Under date of Ell Guyabo, Feb
ruary 26, Mr.. Taylor writes:
THAT eventful Monday the guide,
one man, Bjorge and l left camp as
usual at 1880 and started on a trail
west on a two-day trip to the river
Tara. The men had been working on
a trail and had it cut about four kilos
from the camp. When they got to the
enc of it they left our packs contain
ing blankets and grub and began cut
ting ahead. Guy and l worked along
behind them, looking for outcrops.
got to the packs first, as Guy was feel.
ing i'll. I built a fire and started down
a dry canyon looking for water.
81 had gone about 200 yards when I
saw ahead Of me a large heap of mon
keys on the ground. some Of them
dead.
What first attracted my attention
was n waving an arm in the air. Nat
urally 1 began to take notice, and saw
ahead Of me five Indians at a water
hole in the canyon.
They were about sixty feet away
and Immediately began shooting at
me; but they had only bows and ar.
rows, so l had a bit Of advantage and
made good use of my heels. However,
they soon got closer than was comfort
able, and when an arrow lifted my hat
1 began using my Colt. l shot the
nearest one, about fifteen feet away,
enable me to get to the packs where
/ had left the Winchester.
II began yelling for Guy and for
Adolph and Manuel, who were cutting
the trail ahead unarmed, as l was
afraid the rest of the band might get
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
a. Shot the Nearest One"

and the others stopped long enough to
them. When the Indians saw our fire
and heard the yelling they evidently
thought there were many men in the
vicinity, and being much afraid Of
guns, especially repeaters, they stop
ped. Needless to say we did not waste
any time getting to camp, where we
grabbed our maps and notes and beat
it for town. We had to sleep in the
woods one night and arrived at Ell Guy
abo yesterday, safe and sound. | am
going to Encoutrados to send cable
grams, but no more Indian country for
either of u.s."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
CATS ON HOTEL PAY ROLL
They Are Employed to Combat Ro-
dents In 4 New Structure In
Delaware.

Wilmington. Del.-So many rats
have been scampering about the new
Du Point hotel, at Eleventh and Mar
ket streets, that the company which
is building the structure, has obtained
four cats, trained as expert rat catch
ers, to exterminate the rodents.
The rats are on the powder com
pany's pay roll, In that they are to be
given special care and attention while
looking for the rats in the new build
ing.
The first day they were ION the job"
the cats turned up with ten dead rats.
One rat has been nibbling books and
records in the courthouse, and the
janitor borrowed ~ Of the expert
cats for a night. but it failed to 10
cate the courthouse rat, Inc vas re-
turned to It's duties in the hotel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Delicious

If fruit cake should fall in baking
1t is too good to throw away. Soak
the fruit cake in cold milk, enough to
cover 1t, break it all up fine, put in
a little saleratus, more fruit If you
wish. Grease cocoa cans or dried
beef jars with overs, fill about two
thirds full, put on the owe and put
into the bottom of a double boiler,
TURF in boiling water till it comes to
about an inch of the top of the cans
and keep water boiling three hours.
Serve with any good sauce that you
would use for plum pudding.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
CONSIDER ONLY DUTY
LABRADOR PHYSICIANS NEVER
FINCH FROM DANGER.
Answering Call at Night Seems Hard
ship to Doctors In Civilized Coun-
tries, but Read These Expert
ences In the North.

An urgent call in Labrador means
not only Inconvenience and hardship
to the doctor and his sledge drivers,
but actual danger. Nevertheless, no
one ever flinches from his duty. DR..
On a bitterly cold and stormy night
the message came from the mission
cry at Hebron, II miles away: Come,
my people are dying" 1t was an ur-
gent call and there must be no delay.
Quickly the dogs were harnessed to
the sledge, the Eskimo drivers were
In place; everything was ready.
1t was pitchy black when we
started. A raw air came moaning
u sealskins and made our cheeks
and noses ache. When l tried to
warm my stiffening toe by an occa-
sional trot alongside the sledge I kept
stumbling Over Jagged points OF ice
until n Of the men shouted: "Sit
still, or We shall be losing you'll"
After that l sat still and hoped for
morning. For two solid hours the
agony went On, and then a faint glim.
AAoA VI Stay OCSdh Z ohoN AZ In
east; it changed to a dull red, sullen
and lurid in the morning haze, and we
began to see the wide stretch of
white ice beside us, and a black and
awful sea ahead Of US. The Ice in the
bay had broken with the storm!
There is no road" the men said;
the ice Is all broken there round the
headland. Let us turn homeward."
Il know a track over the headland,'
said Johannes. Let me see if we can
do It,"
He walked along the ice at the foot
of the rocks, now standing for a mo
ment, now running a few steps; he
came back presently and said: 1--WE
a do it."
l think that of all my memories OF
Labrador, the most vivid is the mem
DRY Of that race along the fringe Of
Ice at the foot of the cliffs. On the
left the wall Of rock rose steep; on
the right the black water churned and
tumbled and ground the floating ice
pans together; beneath us the thick
sea ice rocked and heaved, and here
and there the water came swirline
through.
sit tight, sit Tight" said the
drivers, and there we sat, bowling
along yer the heavy ice. Sometimes
one of the men pushed out a leg te
guide the sledge around a bend, OF
to check it's speed, At the place
where the guide led us to the head
land the ice vas broken away fron
the rock, and was rising and falling
with the swell. One moment 1t came
groaning up to the level Of the land
the next it sank away again. Thu
dogs went scrambling over, glad tt
get on to something firm; but the driv
ers held the sledge back until the ict
began to rise, and then with a vel
they started the dogs again, ant
bumped across the crack just as 1
came up level. A second too soon o.
too late would have meant smashing
the front of the sledge to splinters.
Finally, In the dark of night, W,
got to Hebron-71 miles over sea ic'
n s~now-covered hills.-"Among tn,
Eskimos of Labrador"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Japanese Eoqs.

Hard boil six eggs, remove the
shells, cut into halves lengthwise,
take out the yolks and mash. Add
one teaspoon melted butter and three
sardines rubbed in paste, a dash of
red pepper, half a teaspoonful salt;
mix, form into balls and fill the space
in each white. Have ready one cup
boiled rice, form it into a mold In
center Of platter, sink eggs into rice,
rub together two tablespoons butter
and two of flour, add half pint of
stock and half pint milk. Stir until
boiling, strain over eggs and rice.
dust with parsley and serve hot.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Electricity and Plant Life.

The theory has been advanced and
backed up by experiments which are
at least interesting, that pointed
leaves standing up at the top OF grow
ing plants attract electricity from the
atmosphere and that such electric
forces aid materially in the growth Of
plants SO equipped by nature. One In
vestigator, R. e. Dimick of Almena,
Wis. reports that vegetables which
were well cultivated have shown q
smaller growth than the normal when
they had pointed wires stuck up
among them to act like lightning rods
in drawing off the electricity which
MI. Dimick believes to be attracted
by points and needful to plant life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
German Princes, wanderiahr.

The prince Of Wales might possibly
enjoy his German trip still better IL
he could view the country in the I'M
conventional way followed by the
German crown prince and his broth
ers. Like all the Hohenzollerns, the
kaiser's sons were taught trades, and
their father also allowed them to taste
the delights of the "wanderjahr,"
which still forms part of the education
of most German artisans.
In the cas- of the young princes
the year was split up over several sue
cessive summer holidays, which they
spent tramping through Germany,
knapsack on back, and sleeping at
roadside inns. They travelled without
a servant, accompanied only by their
military governor, Col. o Falken-
heyn, and were scarcely yer recog-
| niZed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
ReYormer.

Miss Augusta De Peyster 10
charming young lady of Knicker
booker descent who does noble mis-
sionary work among New York's float
ing sailor population.
Miss de P%eyster's work is unique IL
that she believes in helping the sailor
no matter how prodigal or dissipated
or nonconforming he may be. She
also believes in a very generous, very
liberal type of charity.
Often her views are expressed III
epigram, as:
Don't scold a r%eprobate, for mel
are like eggs-left in hot water they
harden"
Or again:
"As long as virtue is it's own reward
It is apt to be ~spasmodic."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Felt Times Heavy Hand.

The Diaries of Macready, the Eng.
lish actor, have been criticised as ex
amples of tnordinate egotism; but il
one entry at least there is a sugges-
ton Of self-depreciation. Describing
a meeting with Henry Clay, he says:
He remembered meeting me (seven-
teen years before)- His manners,
though most kind. urbane, and cheer
full, have no longer the vivacity and
great animal spirits that before accom-
nanied them. In him and Webster,
two great minds, l e the pressure
o; the heavy hand OF time; to descend
10 myself. l feel it
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
1000 SETTLERS A DAY
WESTERN CANADA MAKING RE-
MARkABLE PROGRESS.

Settlers from the United Kingdom
and other countries of Europe landed
in Winnipeg last week at the rate Of
one thousand a day. The predicted
boom in the populating Of the prairie
provinces this spring has material
lied, as it did last year., and today the
busiest city in America is probably
the Manitoba metropolis.
The sturdy nations of Europe are
all contributing to the rapid growth
Of Canada West. Two OF the largest
contingents reaching Winnipeg last
week were from Germany and Scan
dinavia.
The British Isles are sending out
larger c~ontingents than ever before.
The old land newspapers are filled
with accounts Of send-offs and fare
wells being given to popular towns
folk on the eve Of departure for Can
ada.
Numerous editorials record the sem
timents, bordering on despair, of the
Britons who see their towns and vii
lagos desolated by the desertion Of
favorite sons and daughters. We can
sympathize with those left behind
while felicitating the young people
who have their own way to make in
the world, on their new opportunities
in the country Of mammoth crops.
Scotland lost 5000 OF her best
blood and Drawn in a single week this
month. No wonder the young, aspir-
ing Scots take SO quickly to Canada.
They have been reading Of the trf-
umphs and wonder working of Scot
fish pioneers in the Dominion ever
since they were BARNS" A great
part Of Canada's success was wrought
by Canadians from Caledonia, and the
young Caledonians of today are eager
to demonstrate that they can do as
well out west as their forebeaTs.
In addition to those from the old
countries, the United States still
keeps up in a strenuous manner, and
is sending its thousands into that new
country Of the north. They take up
the free homesteads Of 100 acres on
which they live for six months OF
each year for three years, inc then
get a deed or patent for a farm that
is worth anywhere from SIS to $40
per acre, or, they may purchase lands
at from SIS to $1S per acre that will
yield with proper care in cultivation,
excellent returns for the time, work
and money expended.-Advertiseme
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
cocoanut Buns.

One pint -four, one-half cup short
ening. one-half cupful sugar, one tea
spoonful baking powder, one egg, one
half cupful finely chopped cocoanut,
one-quarter ~teaspoonful salt; milk to
make a stiff batter. Ruiz the shorten
ing finely into the flour, add the bak-
ing powder, salt, sugar, cocoanut, the
egg well beaten and the milk. Place
in small pieces on a creased baking
tin, brush over with milk, sprinkle
with chopped cocoanut and bake in q
hot over fifteen minutes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
How to Acquire More Self Control.

How to Acquire More Self Control.
To acquire more self control and
confidence perhaps the best step is to
make yourself face d~isagreeable tasks
with courage.
Do not be easily routed when you
have determined on a course Of action.
Perhaps the most d~isagreeable thing
n meets in the course Of a business
day is the occasion for tactful yielding
what n desires to say, to be agree.
able to people who do no appeal to us,
to give a pleasant answer when we are
more inclined to give a curt one-in
brief, to act according to the dictates
OF conscience On any and every occa.
sion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Spider Johnny Cake.

One and two-thirds cups corImeal,
one-half cup flour, one-fourth cup su-
gar, one teaspoon salt. Sift together
and add two eggs which have been
beaten together with one cup of soul
milk and one of sweet, In which one
teaspoon of soda has been dissolved.
Stir thoroughly. Put one tablespoon
of butter into a hot spider. When
melted, pour In the batter and place
the spider on the lower shelf of the
oven. Pour over the batter another
cupful Of sweet milk without stirring.
Bake from twenty minutes to half All
hour.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
"Sudden Willy"

A late professor was wont to relate
a rather characteristic story of the
boyhood of the present German en-
peror.
The professor was conversing with
Empress Frederick concerning her son,
when her majesty remarked deprecat
ingly respecting her eldest born:
"Mein Willy list SO plotzlich." C"My
Willy is SO suddenly
Could anything have summed up the
kaiser, as a boy and man, better than
this colloquial confidence of his impe
rial mother.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Dictatinu to Women,

Women, according to an edict in the
Chinese government, are to wear Eu
ropean hats, but otherwise retain theil
customary dress, with certain modifica
lions. 1t is prophesied that there will
be revolt at the edict, because women
In China as elsewhere, have growr
weary of having men undertake to de
eide for them in matters of dress, mat
tiers of food, matters of morals ant
matters of government.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
M,caroon and Peach Cream.

gelatine in one-half cup OF water.
Make a custard Of one pint Of milk,
yolks OF two eggs, three tablespoons
sugar, q speck OF salt Add gelatin
and strain. Set in ice water and stir
until 1t thickens. Add whites Of two
eggs beaten stn, nine m~acaroons
broken into pieces, one teaspoon
vanilla. Line q mold with peaches,
turn In mixture, chill and serve with
plain or whipped cream.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Arrest Four Men With Three Legs

Chicago patrol wagon full Of
police hurried to Monroe and Des-
PLANES street early the other day on
information that our disorderly per
sons were blocking a street car. The
police found the four had a total al
lotment Of three legs. Three had one
leg each and the fourth had lost both
lower limbs. The arrests were made
without difficulty and each Of the
cripples fined ten dollars.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Hunts Hares with Auto.

Sport in a new form now appeals to
a New Zealand farmer. Driving in a
motor car with two powerful head
lights, he bags nightly between six
and a dozen hares. the animals being
SO fascinated by the glare of the lamps
that they become stationary targets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
THE --LATEST FASHION NOTE

Says: ut Ii n 80 precaution against citing
holes in dencat hosiery to powder the shoes
before putting them on" Many people sprinkle
the famous antiseptio powder, Aliens Foot Ease,
into the shoes, and find that it saves it, cost ten
times over in keeping holes from hosiery as well
Is lessening friction and consequent smartina
and aching of the feet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Train order, From tn. p,ltv

rndlay. O.-Complying with what
he declared was a command from God
revealed in q vision, Conductor ]. l..
Steele OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton railroad. made his run from
Fort Wayne, Ind, to Ffndlay. O., with
only an engine and a caboose. He is
being held pending investigation a. to
his sanity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
Naturally Indignant.

did you tell your troubles to a pc.
liceman?" EYES," said the man who
had been robbed. "And / tell you
that policeman was indignant. The
hold-up man hadn't even asked his
permission to operate on his beat"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

A pessimist is a man who thinks
that when he gets to heaven 1t will be
q waste Of time for him to look around
for his earthly neighbors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
His Idea.

Gould you call a dogs chasing OF
his tail an economic pursuit."
II don't see how"
Isn't he trying to make both ends
meet?'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

FROM MRS. d. III. BROWN.
lola, Kansas.-''During the Change
of Life I was sick for two years. Be
fore I took your medicine l could
not bear the weight of my clothes
and was bloated very badly. doc
tored with three doctors but they
did me no good. They said nature
must have it's way. My sister adj
vised me to take Lydia =. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Ipurchased
a bottle. Before it was gone the
bloating left me and l was not so
sore. / continued taking it until 1
had taken IL bottles. Now I am
stronger than I have been for years
and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth
it's weight in gold. I cannot praise
it enough. If more women would
take your medicine there would be
more healthy women. You may use
this letter for the good OF others."-
Mrs. D. 81. Brown, 800 North Walnut
Gfroot lola Kan
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethtng, softens the gums, reduces infiammn-
don, allays pain cures wind colo ,25c q bottleAdk
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

Nine tailors are needed to make a
man, but there are lots Of chaps whose
credit isn't good with one.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS
RICH IN CURATIVE QUALITIES
ron DAokACHE, NHEUAATl8As
K0oNITO AND DLA0DER

DO YOU WANT A HOME in q " I'll watered, rich
alluyisl valley; 3 r.ilroads and near 2 big city. .
OF one-tenth cash, balance 9 years7 Write Humbird
Lumber Co., Standpoint Idaho, about cut-overl lands
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23
No Wonder.

why did you order that ~well-dress.
Cd lady out of the store?"
She's a well-known kleptomaniac."
did she take anything here?
"She took umbrage."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-23

Hens a moult, but fat people have
no such sinecure.