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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

is practically Identical with people one meets in
the street every day, and this Notwithstanding the
great interval of time that must have elapsed
and the vastly different conditions of life now pre-
vailing- Indeed, he found that the brain capac-
ity (some 1900 cubic centimeters) even exceeds
the present-day average. In this respect the skull
is analogous to that of the Tilbury fossil man,
to which Professor Keith is inclined to assign
an age OF 10000 years, Judging from the position
in which it was found, beneath 81 feet Of strata.
He is also of opinion that the Tilbury man and
his Halling neighbor are members of the same
race, averaging over five feet in height, strongly
built, with wellformed skulls and a striking abb
sence of heavy ridges over the eyes, a race which
Huxley described as the "river.bed" type, from
It's apparent haunts. This type is known to have
lived in paleolithic times, since a skull was lately
discovered In company with pleistocene fossils
buried in a Derbyshire cave. The later portion
of the paleolithic period is estimated to extend
back from some 25,0W for at least $50, 600 years.
This race of men was immeasurably superior
In cranial development to the race represented
by the P1ltdown skull, supposing this to be human,
and Enthusiastically hundreds of thousands of
years interviewed between the two. In compar-
ing the great brain capacity Of the Halling man
with that of the neolithtc skull discovered near
Walton-on-the-Naze, which is estimated to be at
most not more than 1000 years old, we do not
lind the development expected, since the latter
possessed a brain capacity Of but 1850 cubic
centimeters. whereas the skull of the Galley Hill
man, regarded as the oldest British example Eek
cepting the Piltdown) yet discovered, has a brain
capacity OF between 1850 and 1,4O0 cubic cent?
meters. Professor Keith, in his work on 'oThe
Ancient Types Of Man." notes that in an average
modern man of the Galley Hill skeletons stature
"one should expect a brain of 1,45O to 1,475 cubic
ntlmeter (and) there are many men in England
today with smaller brains than the Galley Hill
man These remarks will apply with still more
force to the Ha1hng man. Regarding such primi-
tive types as the Neanderthal, Gibraltar and pitt
down skulls. their antiquity must be measured
by many hundreds of thousands Of years. IL we
are to understand that a process Of evolution has
developed such high paleolithic types directly
from these progenitors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
How to See Through Paper.

A very remarkable experiment
which any one a repeat with very
little trouble has been unearthed by a
German. Take a piece of paper of
such thickness that, when it is laid
upon a piece of printed matter, the
characters just show through, but can
not be read. Placing it over a printed
sheet, impart to it a circular motion
to and fro, and to your surprise you
will find that now you can read the
print below the paper.
1t is rather difficult to explain this
peculiar effect. The explanation Of
fered is that the paper has thin places
In it, and by rapidly moving it over
the print, every part of the printed
matter is exposed in turn underneath
one or the other of the thin places in
the paper, and thus the entire print
can be read. However that may be,
the experiment is interesting and very
simple, requiring for it's performance
only the simplest means imaginable.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
TEAMSTER WITH SHOW A GIRL
Keen Eyed Physician Treating Sprain.
ed Wrist Penetrates Young
Woman's Disguise.

Bristol, Tenn.-The examination
here of the s%prained wrist of a team
ster with a Wild West show brought
to light a a in which a ranch
girl of twenty years and her cowboy
sweetheart were the central figures.
Miss May Shaffer, a comedy girl of
North Platte ranch, lear Omaha, left
her home and journey alone to New
York city to join the Wild West show
that she might be associated with her
sweetheart, Leonard Sasseen, a cow
boy with the show.
Arriving in New York, Miss Shaffer
applied for a position as cowgirl rider
in the show. To her disappointment
she was advised that every place was
taken. After a conference with Sass
seen h appeared in mans garb and
applied to the master of teams for a
position as driver. She was placed in
charge of an eight-horse team.
Disguised as a boy, Miss ShafSer
gave eminent satisfaction as a team
ster until she sustained a sprined
wrist. The physician saw the hand
was that of a and the expose
followed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Real DipIomacv-

In the silk department a woman was
in great agitation. She had bought a
35-cent remnant, found she couldn't
use it and wanted it taken back. She
was in fear and trembling, and ready
to get much excited If they wouldn't.
But they did. you wonder why we
exchanged that?" asked the buyer.
'True, we may not be able to sell it
again, for she's had it a week, but if
we didn't she might never come in
the store again. Some are so easily
offended. Didn't you see how pleased
she was? She might give US a big
order now Yes, women are queer.
Some day I'm going to write a book
about 'em,"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

At first sight the finding Of a human skeleton
strangely like the human skeleton of the pres.
ent day-some six or seven feet below the sur
face does not appear an epoch-making event, but
when the conditions under which it was found
are carefully considered, it is just this striking
similarity to the living type that renders the
Halling man SO interesting and valuable. An
array of details has been unearthed which assures
the investigators that they have here the remains
OF an individual who long preceded the builders
OF Stonehenge, a man who dates back at least
to what is vaguely known as the early neolithic
period, but who more probably lived his strenu-
Gus life under the severe conditions obtaining
towards the end of the paleolithic age, warning
with the mammoth, the woolly rhinoceros and
other aggressive creatures of the pleistocene.
The famous skull discovered by Mr.. Charles
Dawson in the Weald of Sussex last year belongs
to the first chapter of the history of the future;
the discovery made recently at Hal1ing yields
materials for a much later chapter-the one CIV
ing an account of Englishmen towards the close
of the pleistocene period. Between the Sussex
man and the Halling man lies an immensely
long stretch Of time-the time necessary for carv-
ing out the greater part Of that wide and deep
hollow between the North and South Downs. In
that time man shed the last of his anthropoid
features and assumed his modern form-for the
Halling man is one Of ourselves, and the Sussex
individual most certainly is not. The impor-
lance of the present discovery is that, until now,
we knew very little of our British predecessors
at the close Of the pleistocene period.
The Midway has played a part In carving out
the Weald of Sussex; it has cut the "bottle-neck'
gorge in the North Downs at Rochester to reach
the valley of the Thames. On its western bank,
some four miles above Rochester, stands the
little village of Halling-where the recent discov-
cry was made. Between the village and the river
lies a stretch Of marshland nearly half a mile
in width, but as the village is approached the
land rises sharply to form a terrace Is feet above
the level of the river. The terrace extends along
both sides of the valley; it is composed Of strait
fed brick earths. In this terrace, between the
marshland by the river and the village of Halling,
the skeleton was exposed.
The discovery was due to a fortunate mis-
chance. During an excavation of some depth a
slip of the friable earth occurred, revealing the
greater part of a skeleton lying in stu as shown
in the diagram. This landslip also disclosed a
fact of great Importance, namely, that the strata
above were unbroken and level as when depos-
tied in the course of many thousands of years.
There can thus be no question as to the antiquity
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
HIGHER THAN E|FFEL
Gigantic Tower Proposed for
Dusseldorf, Germany.
German Engineers, In This Project,
VIII Guido Their French Rivals
To Be Taliest Structure World
Has Ever Known.

Dusseldorf, Germany.-A great steel
tower that will rise to a height of
1900 feet, surprising the Eiffel tower
by more than 900 feet, is proposed for
this city, If the plans are carried out,
the tower will rise above the River
Rhine. a part of the lower portion of
1t forming a bridge.
The legs of the tower at right an
giles to the bridge will rest upon two
stone piers, which will lie about $50
feet apart OF a line with the central
pier Of the bridge in the middle OF the
stream. The arches at the base Of
the tower will be 300 feet in height.
The top platform, which will be 100
feet below the extreme summit, Is to
be 80 feet square. From this a won
derful view of the surrounding coun-
try would be secured.
The tower will be used for scientific
purposes, and will have . wireless In
stallation In Its top.
This tower will be the tallest struc-
ture in the world and will mark an
engineering feat that, while not at all
unattainable in this age of lofty con
.struction made possible by modern
building in steel, has never before
been considered commercially desir-
able. With this structure scientific
measuring and weighing of air and
its currents Is expected to reach a
higher state of perfection than ever
before. From a commercial point OF
view the government will profit, un-
doubtedly, through its wireless install
lation, which is expected to have a
radius greater than any station now
In operation.
In addition. Dusseldorf, long a CEN
ter OF aviation and the scene of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
CROP CONDITIONS IN
WESTERN CANADA
ARE THE MOST PROMISING FOR
MANY YEARS.

The deepest interest is attached TO
the condition of the grain crops in
Western Canada, especially among
the thousands in the United States
who are financially interested in lands
In that country. This interest is fully
as great among those who have
friends there following farming and
the growing of grain.
The reports from Canadian govern.
ment officials convey the information
that the area under crop this year in
the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatche.
wan and Alberta will probably be no
greater than that of last year. Last
fall the weather was such that there
was not as much fall blowing as had
been hoped for. The getting ready of
land this spring made a considerable
portion of the grain late in seeding.
Notwithstanding this, wheat, oats.
barley and flax were got in in good
shape, although from a week to ten
days later than last year. On the
9th of June the reports regarding
crop conditions generally in Western
Canada were: Abundant sunshine
with timely and copious rain through
out western Canada gives every as
surance of generous harvest. Climatic
conditions in recent weeks have been
absolutely ideal. Western correspon.
dents agree in predicting every indi
cation of a bumper crop under favor.
able conditions. Wheat should be
headed out in Manitoba between July
10th and 18th, and in Saskatchewan
and Alberta from 18th to 18th. The
oat crop is looking well, although late
and rather short in straw"
This is followed by a report July
9Th: Crop conditions continue in
same satisfactory condition as last
week. Plenteous rains have fallen all
over prairie provinces, followed by
general warm and splendid growing
weather. Experts agree sufficient
moisture for many weeks, while crop
is ten to fifteen days late, prospects
are extremely favorable and condi.
tional upon reasonable weather for
next four weeks. Splendid western
.rop is assured"
There is, therefore, the best reason
to anticipate most magnificent crops
throughout Western Canada in 1913
Advertisement.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
In the MAKING of Mirrors.

A chemical action of the ultravio.
let rays, applicable to the making OF
mirrors, was recently demonstrated
at the French Academy of Sciences.
This action consists in decomposing
gaseous metallic compounds and pre-
c~ipitating the metal in finely divided
particles on glass to form a rejecting
surface. By this method it is possible
to produce mirrors backed by . re-
rejecting layers of zinc, anthony and
other nonprecious metals. 1t is said
that the result compares favorably
with the silvered mirror.-Popular
Mechanics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
1,eonFoot Tower Projected for Dus-
seldorf, Germany.

several triumphs and innumerable fail
lures of Count Zeppelin and his dirigi-
Bile balloons. will add to its prestige
as a show point. This structure will
permit Of an extraordinary view over
the countryside. With the observa-
tory at the pinnacle equipped with
powerful telescopes, 1t will be possible
to sweep the horizon for hundreds of
miles.
While Eiffel tower has little COM
mercial value. outside its wireless in
stallation, the Dusseldorf structure
bridge and observatory. Architects
engaged on the plans have not re-
vealed the cost of construction, but
1t will be enormous.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Smokes, Smiles. Then Dies.

misunderstanding a cigarette,
Ray Miller Of San Francisco smiled
and chatted to the clerks In a drug
store and calmly waited for the ar
rival Of IN ambulance after he had
swallowed G quantity of carbolic acid
which he had purchased a few minutes
before. Afterward he walked a block
to the ambulance, but died later In the
University hospital. He told the po
nceman In the ambulance just before
he dropped unconscious. when you
are in hard luck. what can you doT"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
pav Of SAILING Ship Ended.

Apparently, the foreign type sailing
ship has practically disappeared for
good from international trade in the
Pacific ocean. The Hong Kong har-
Dor statistics for 1912 return just one
sailing ship entered for that year
the sole survivor of the great clipper
ship trade of half a century and
ago. This lone ship, the large
four-master Comet of the Standard
Oil company, was the last of a con-
siderable feet employed in the oil
trade between the east coast Of the
United States and Hong Kong.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Warm Enouah2

While coaching a class of children
for a little play, the teacher told the
boys that in the third act they would
have to wear their heavy overcoats,
as hat would be the snow scene. At
ter a short silence a little fellow about
seven years old raised his hand and
said: Teacher, father can't finish
my overcoat in time because he works
late: but will it be all. right IL / wear
my heavy underwear"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
WIND TOO SWIFT TO MEASURE

than that. In the annual report of
the chief signal officer for 1876 an eff
fort was made to estimate the velocity
of the wind In a tornado Of that year,
basing 1t on some Of its effects. A
pine board was driven through a te1e-
graph pole, another was driven three
inches into the trunk OF a tree and
the chief signal officer calculated that
such effects could have been produced
only by a force little less than a an
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Fox Skin RrInos $1,000.

Twenty-Five hundred dollars for an
u~ndressed black fox skin was the rec
ord price at Seattle, Wash, a few
weeks ago.
ALI furs are advancing enormously,
and b trappers yet at the northern
woods are coming home to a rich haul.
Silver fox leads in percentage Of in
crease in the last year. being quoted
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

100 per cent. higher than last year.
Skunk and muskrat are 70 per cent.
higher than last year. Furs that 40
years ago sold at four dollars are now
scarce at $50. There is no kind OF
fur but that Ia worth money, and the
many farms TO raise fur-bearing AMI
mails are a sign that the natural SUD-
ply is being rapidly exhausted.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

The highest velocities of the wind
have only been estimated, never meas
ured, for there are no instruments that
will them. A Robinson an
emometer was blown away when reg
istering 120 miles IN hour in Jamaica
on November 18 last. The highest
velocity on record is 1856 miles an
hour, measured by an thermometer on
Mt. Washington, January II, 1878.
But real tornadoes blow far faster
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

of the remains, the I'M
disturbed condition Of the
ground precluding the
idea Of burial at a date
later than that in which
they were deposited.
The remains lay in a
stratum of what is geolog-
ically known as brick
earth, though 1t will be
Oily inferred that
bricks have nothing to do
with it. 1t is but the rain
wash of centuries, the fine
PARTICLES being inter
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
JUST TO TRY THEM OUT.

You require a serious surgical operation"
II am not surprised"
"Ah, you knew then by the way you felt tba,
there was something serious the matter with
your"
No; l expected / would require an operation
when learned that you had purchased a new
set of surgical Instruments"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Just a Suggestion.

Local man has been granted a di-
vorce because his wife complained he
didn't make her heart throb. Better
have this throb business inserted in
the wedding ceremony instead of the
obey injunction.-New York Evening
Telegram.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

These words of
our Lord Jesus
Christ suggest q
sermon on the
relation of the
Christian church
to civil govern
ment. But first,
what Is the Chris
tian church? It is
an elect body
gathered out OF
all nations. in
whom q super
natural work has
b 9 9 n redeemed
a n d sanctihed
through faith in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
REAL TROUBLE.

First Excited Railroad Oficial-Heard the
news?
Second Same Thing-Oh, not SO bad. Only
hve kiIled-two Of 'em brakemen.
Ffrst-But, my heavens, didn't you know that
along with that vaudeville baggage we were
carrying Jungleo, the 100000 trained baboon ,
The wreck drove him crazy, and the owners
getting ready to sue the road for his full value.
Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT Il CRIME

I see a Texas man has been fined a thousand
dollars and sentenced to two years in the pepi.
Tertiary for whipping an orphan"
And served him right. Now 1 hope the law
will get after these people who feed their chill.
dren parsnips and grapefruit"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
GETTING a Start.

At the Welsh marriage of contribu-
ton" each wedding guest makes a con-
tribution of some sort, all the contrib
utions enabling the poor young people
to start housekeeping.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
HE village of naming. situated on

the banks of the Midway some
four miles above Rochester, Eng
land, has sprung into fame
through the discovery Of a prehis-
toric man; henceforth the name
of Halling will be as full Of mean
ing to genealogists and anthropol-
ogists as that of Galley Hill or
Tilbury of Neanderthal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
Revised Version.

Early to bed and early TO riss-and
you'll be surprised at the people you
viii meet going home.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18

non ball or somewhere between 600
and 500 miles an hour!
A wind-proof thermometer is needed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-18
~TEA-
The Christian
Church and
Social Government
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY. q. D.
Dean Of Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago

TEXT-"Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesar's;' Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as Observation-Disclosures 22:21 and
SO.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-22

Miss Lucy Henderson, of the First
National bank left Saturday for
Clarksburg and Weston to spend a
ten days vacation.
Ray Murray, o Normal school stu
dent, spent Saturday and Sunday at
his home at Glover's Gap.
]. Alvin Cross, of the Consolidation
Coal Co, spent Sunday at his homie in
rhilippf.
Mrs. Claude o. Whitley, nee Miss
virginia Abbott, is critically ill at
her home in Pittsburgh. A message
was received here yesterday~by hel
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Y. Alb
bott, who left. this morning for her
bedside. The message announcing
her illness was brief and stated only
that she was in critical condition.
John Abbott, former Fairmont
boy, who recently underwent an ope-
ration for appendicitis in a Norfolk
Va, hospital, is recovering. His
mother, Mrs. j. H. Abbott, Of Charles
ton. is at his bedside and his father
who was there for several days, has
returned to Charleston.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-22
Bring Jeu's to
West Virginia
PLAN INAUGURATED TO HAVE
100000 COME FROM
R0UMANIA.
WOULD HAVE THEM SETTLE IN
THIS AND OTHER
STATES,

PHILADELPHIA. Pas Sept. "a
To bring here 100000 prosecuted
Roumanian Jews, enable them to set
tie in some of our richest developed
and undeveloped states, among which
West Virginia is named, and teach
them American citizenship and the
best scientific methods Of agriculture
and industrial pursuits-such is the
stupendous and unique project which
Herman Loeb director of public sup
plles, has inaugurated. Already a
million dollars has been subscribed
and a movement TO bring over the
first lot Of cOlopizers is on foot.
The idea grew out of Loeb's desire
to do something feasible and prac-
tical when the Roumanian Jews here
were recently applied to by thetE
countrymen to aid them to amelioratc
their condition at home.
Within a year Director Loeb pre-
diets 1000 Roumanian Jews viii
have settled here. and thousands more
will follow. Not only will the Rou-
manian Jewish question thus be
solved, according to Director Loeb
but its effect on this country will be
tremendous
I'm this country" he says, "rit'1
beyond description in natural re-
sources, capable of holding five nun
drcd million people there are mil
lions of untitled acres Of land, ant
industrials are asking for help. II
besides increasing the foreign Jews
natural ability, for farming, you teacl
hfm modern methods, the customs o
the country and good citizenship
from an American viewpoint, yol
will certainly benefit America a
much as you help the settlers. ant
you viii lower the cost Of living b!
increasing farm products.