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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
What Cause. Grub Worms.

Entomologists or bug hunters of
northern Ohio and Indiana have
warned farmers against grub worms,
saying that a certain species Of a bug
that flies in the air is distributing its
eggs on the ground that are trans
formed into the grub before coming
back to It's original form and during
that period as a grub worm is when
its ravages are the greatest on grow
ing crops, more especially growing
corn, which the worm eats when 1t
first starts growing. 1t Is suggested
that fall blowing Tor corn is best and
II grubs are noticeable in wheat ground
that q greater amount Of seed should
be sown SO that the worms can have
a wider range and not destroy the
whole crop. 1t lisa fixed fact, as every
farmer knows by experience, that dur
ing certain years there is an exces-
sive number OF this species Of grub
and II there is any rule laid down to
avoid their ravages on crops it will be
a great advantage to the farming COM
munity.-Goshen News!Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
PERQUISITES OF KINGS
BUSINESS NOT ALLURiNG TO THE
ORDINARY MORTAL.
Being Shot At, and Occasionally
Killed 10 Ono Of the Prices Of
High Positlon-Some Others
Worth Mentioning.

The heir apparent to the Austrian
throne and his wife were shot dead
in the street recently. Being shot at
and occasionally killed seem to be a
%perQuisite Of the king business. The
price Of place is enormous. The king
place being one OF the choicest plums.
its price Is very high. These are
some of the items:
To have no wholesome, natural boy
hood; always to be watched by lack.
eys n nurses, and v to be able
to go out and play pirate with Huck
Finn, to splash in the old swimmin'
hole, nor steal strawberries from
Jones patch at midnight.
To grow up in an atmosphere suffo-
Gated with convention, to have hun
dreds Of things you don't want, and
to be raped owe the knuckles when
ver you reach for a thing you do
want.
To be surrounded with alleged
friends who you know do not. care a
hang for you, and who would push
you off the roo in a minute If 1t was
not for you father.
Not to have one friend who will slap
our face and tell you the truth, but
to be surrounded by enemies who
smile Upon you and are only waiting
for an opportunity to slip a knife un-
der your fifth rib.
To have your wife picked out for
you by a lot Of wizened old diplomats.
To be allowed as many l~ight-o-loves
as you please, to be as drunken, cruel,
selfish, violent and mean as you will,
but to have every honest and generous
human feeling vetoed by court and
fashion.
To have your pride constantly fed,
which renders any man unhappy.
To miss all of life's true values, and
to become a past master in all that
makes life sordid and cheap.
To cease to be a normal, cheerful
human being and to become a wooden
ladder for mems ambitions.
To have people blame you for their
own mistakes, to be the political and
economic sc%apegoat of the nation,
and to be cursed and hated by a large
section of the population, no matter
what you do.
To have every man in the ma
chinery Of government, every place
holder and privilege fnheritor, turn
against you when you try really to
help the people.
To know that every hour of the
day and night the %poisoner, the bomb
thrower, and the plotter. are seeking
your life.
And in return for this all you get
is money, fine clothes, food and drink,
and incense burned before your
wretched vanity.
Few families in the world have had
more imperial places than h Haps-
burgs, and few families have had q
more tragic history.-Chicago News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Finding Of a Perfect Baby.

"A perfect baby was found at the
Hutchinson fairs baby show yester-
day" comments Jess Morley of Otta-
wa. THAT is, OF course, the physi-
clans who were judges and the baby's
mother gave this decision. The moth
ers Of most of the competing babies
probably have other views Of the mat
ter and would grade 1t a shade under
100 II they were doing 1t. And, any
way, we never believed that there
were any perfect babies. Just when
you reach the conclusion that your
baty is about as good as they make
ON, it rises up in its chair at the Ia
BILE, puts it's knee in its plate, upsets
the contents of the perfectly clean rug
and proceeds to reach over and burn
its hand on the coffee pot. Babies are
SO uncertain In their behavior that Il
you call them perfect you have to
speak quickly or else have to take
back what you say about them
Kansas City Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Electricity and Food.
DIsFIGuRED WITH ERUPTION

2406 Copeland St, Cincinnati, Ohio.
FOR one year my right wrist and
left arm from elbow to shoulder were
disigured with sore eruption. The &C.
zema broke out with a rash and looked
like raw beef steak. 1t itched and
burned continually and had to keep
my arms covered with soft linen
cloths. l could not sleep at night.
IT was told 1t was chronic case of
eczema and got medicine but 1t had
ne effect. Then I sent for a sample OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the
first application seemed to help me.
! purchased two cakes Of Cuticura
Soap and a box Of Cuticura Ointment
and in six weeks my arms and wrists
were thoroughly healed" (Signed)
Mrs. John Clark, Jan. 26. n.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with SIP. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
War and Football.

Yale's Bowl, the fell cirque" or
stadium in which the great football
battle with Harvard will be played
this fall, will De the objective of ~
trainloads from New York alone on
che day OF the game, The whole
structure will seat 81 900 people, and
1T is announced that every seat in
the Bowl is a good seat'-that is, it
has an unobstructed view of the play
ing field. Despite Cleveland H. Dodge's
protest against holding these annual
mimic battles during wartime, the
Yale Alumni Weekly says they should
go on. If the contest in Europe has
any direct reaction on American col
1ege football it would seem to lie In
the direction OF eliminating the brutal
factors of the game.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Reims, hat a regiment Of PTussian
guards threw itself desperately upon
the lines of the French cavalry.
Not once but five times did the de-
voted regiment hurl itself against the
solid French front. After the fifth
charge there were only a hundred
men left surrounding their flag. With
signs Of reluctance they gave the sig
nal Of surrender, and 1t was then
found that nearly all of the hundred
were wounded.
In the course Of this engagement
the guards lost 5000 men, it is stated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
The Fioht,no Nations,

The tables Of i~lliteracy for the ma
tons that are now fighting one another
In the old world give us the following
information: Number of people, per
thousand unable to read and write
In Germany. 3; in Austria. 42s: in
Belgium, 24S; in France, 161; In Great
Britain, 10; in Russia, 725; In Servia,
637. Thus it will be seen that the
two extremes are held by Germany
and Russia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Poet,a Eaay Time.

Mother-Do you mean to tell me
that your husband is out half the time
until after midnight?
Daughter-More than half.
And you never scold?"
Never"
81 am amazed"
"You forget that my husband is a
poet"
What of that, pray?"
when he comes home early he al
ways insists on reading his poems to
me,"-New York Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
The Correct Time.

Have you no clock in your bed
room ' inquired Mrs. Lexington.
mo" replied Mrs. Amsterdam, II
do not need one. / always know how
late it is. If my husband comes in
noisily from his club I know it is
nearly half-past 10 or II. II he is
very amiable and says Good night,
darling it is between - and /. II
he takes of his shoes downstairs and
creeps into bed without turning on
the light it is at least three o'clock"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Monsters Of the Deep.

That there are terrible monsters in
the deep there can be no doubt. One
Of these is the whale. 1t was only in
1908 that a whale devastated the fish
traps OF Port Towsend, Wash, be-
cause the fishermen had captured one
Of its young. A whaler recently put
In port in Liverpool with the arm OF
an octopus 38 feet long. The arm had
been taken from the mouth of a whale
he had killed and had stuck in the
huge animals throat. The octopus is
doubtless a more fearful animal than
the sea serpent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
5000 GERMANS DIE IN
FIVE FIERCE CHARGES

London.-Details are just available
Of the heroic attempt OF Prussian
guards to cut the railway connecting
Reims and Verdun.
This attempt failed and the Ger
mans were in danger of being caught
between the French infantry and cav
airy. 1t was at this moment, while
the greater part OF the German troops
were retiring In the direction of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Procuring many stick and boughs,
the French stuck them into the earth
OF an open field. The French placed
their caps on the sticks. From a few
feet away In the fog the capped sticks
resembled troops laundering and help
less. The French Immediately am
pushed themselves.
The Germans, vaguely seeing the
make-believe soldiers, cheered and
charged wildly. The French waited
until they were completely in the trap,
then opened fire from three sides. The
German regiment was cut to pieces.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
REGIMENT IS TRAPPED;
WIPED OUT BY FRENCH

PaTis.-There is a report here that
a French force In Alsace annfhilated
the One Hundred and Ninth Baden
regiment by means Of a remarkable
ruse successfully worked during a
heavy fog.
Between Altkirch and Waldighofen
a considerable French force discov-
cred the nearness OF the Baden regi-
mant
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
k Allowances.

"Our government" said the man Of
sntense idealism, must keep faith. 1t
must fulfill every promise to the let
ter"
"Oh, come now!" protested the pa
fient person. You can't expect the
weather bureau to make good on every
prediction"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Proved His Fitness.

Business Man tic applicant Tor SIT
uation)-Can you write shorthand?
Applicant-Yes, sir.
Business Man-How many words a
minute?
Applican:-Tvo never counted, but
the day my wife found in my pocket
some letters I'd forgotten to post for
her I took down every word she ut
tered as fast as she said them.
Business Man-You'll do.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Qxer SexentY Years Youno.

Mrs. Russell Sage started on her
eighty-seventh year a few weeks ago
and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller began
her seventy-sixth. Mrs. Sage is said
to be the more robust of the two. Mrs.
Rockefeller not having been very
strong for some time. Both women
have a long life Of w%ell-doing to look
back upon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
AGED Author Seek. Service.

Paris. - Denied q position In the
French navy because OF his age (sixty-
four years., Pierre Lott, the author,
who is q captain il the French naval
reserve, asked to be Joined to the ma
rines serving as guards in Paris.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

We are told that Eve was made
from Adams ribs, but some OF us
really have an idea Adam lost his
backbone.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
ENCOURAGING an Absentee.

so they locked you for staying
away from congress?" said Farmer
Corntossel.
YES" replied the statesman. and
it's all wrong"
That's what l think. After findin'
out what you're liable to say or do
they ought to pay you extra
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Two NEGATIVES,

why are you so happy If she said
She said it twice"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite
family laxative. Adv.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red. Weak, Watery
Just Rye Comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

In South Carolina there are $4,000
more negro than white children in
public schools.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
OF Equal Impact.

knicker-They are looking for .
war tax that will fall equally on every
one.
Bocker-Then tax the rain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16
Heard and obeyed.

They say money talks"
Yes. Mine said: Save meI"-Bos-
ton Evening Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

When a woman has no heart, don't
lead one. or she'll trump it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Fruit canning is becoming popular
in South Africa.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Germans 200 pounds o,
flour per capita yearly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

doctor said that I had organic trouble
for a long time and I did not get any relief.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-10-16

Send 81 ons-esaf seaaaps to per cost Of mailing and
Ovapoia9 fS frss eopy - The Ceanasom ysnss A4sdacaS
49,. 3 ~ 20 $50 49, s1sss. rs:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01

CIRCUIT JUDGE DAVID H. HAIR
.RIs Of Fulton is in favor OF publicity
on all matters, especially in the
securing Of divorces. The number of
divorces being applied for through
ont the state is surprising and we
agree with the Judge il the bright
light Oh publicity =@s let in on all
these cases there would not be so
many OF them. Judge Harris has di
rected the circuit clerks of his
courts to see that petitions find their
way into the hands OF newspaper re-
porters. His action followed the
efforts Of several persons to have the
facts in their petitions suppressed.
The Reno system Of divorce does not
apply to Judge Harris Court, and be
will not grant separations on flimsy
grounds. At one term OF court BIZ
had his patience tried when the prn.
cipais in three divorce cases granted
py him were again married a fsE
minutes after the divorces were graz!
ed. Judge Harris says: THE state
s a party TO every divorce suit as
wen as the parties Immediately cor
eerned. and to terminate the mar
Isage relation and sever the bonds
uniting man and wife should never
be done except for just reasons clear
y shown"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01
FARMERS week TO
WITNESS Thirteen
BIG Conventions

Columbia, Mo-. Dec. 20. Thirteen
Missouri associations will hold their
conventions at the University OF Mis-
souri, at Columbia In Farmers Week
January 1916, Lectures and demon
strations will he given by men oil
prominence,
The Missouri Women Farmers
Club, an organization open TO women
who manage farms, will meet Janu-
airy IA, rs, l6. This is oue of a few
such organizations in the country
Many women farm managers of Mis-
souri, are expected to attend.
The Missouri Farmers Exchange
will meet January &c, The purpose
Of this organization is to bring the
buyer and seller together. Anything
hat the members have for sale may
be listed with the secretary, J.R. Hall
Of Columbia, and he attempts to find
A buyer. II a sale is made the article
is shipped direct from seller to buyer
the money being handled through the
office of the secretary. The business
Of the company during the last veal
has been confined mostly TO the sale
of seed, grain and corn, pure-bret
live stock and farm grains and for
age.
The following associations vii
meet:
January 10. 1883 .. m,-Missour
Draft Horse Breeders Association.
January 10, 3 p.m.-Missouri SheeI
Breeders Association.
January 10. IA. Is, is, 3 p. MINIS
souri, state Board of Horticulture.
January IA. Is. Is, 3 y. Mis-
souri, Cattle, Swine and Sheep Feed
ers' Association.
January IA. is, 16, 1880 p. M Mis-
, souri, Women Farmers Club.
/, January Is, 1880 p. m.-MissOur
! Saddle Horse Breeders Association.
= January is, 3 p. m.~-Missouri Farr
Management Association.
January is, IL, 3 p, m.-Missour
I State Dairy Association,
& January 16, 3 p. MI Missouri Asso
citation Of County Fairs.
+. January 16. 3 p. m-Tbe Missouri
= Farmers Exchange.
Il The State Board Of Horticultur
0 will discuss the cooperative market
ing of fruit at all meetings.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01
J.. v. DRY AGAIN
SUPERINTENDENT

For the seventh consecutive time,
y. w. Dry vas elected superintend--
ent of the Christian Church Sunday
school Sunday morning. Other officer
elected r as follows: ]. w. Squiref
and T. A. Threlkeld, asst. Supt
Ovens Adams and w. A. Sharp, secre
taries; J. C. Mundy, treasurer; Miss
es Dennie Kelso and Dorothy worreD
pianists; Mines. Susie Caldwell and
t. A. Threlkeld and Miss Dennie Kel
so, song leaders,
The total attendance at this school
for the year 1913 was 24,492, with an
average for each Sunday Of All. The
total colIectlon WIS $3.50 or $16.I5 a
Sunday. With 2s teachers 26 attended
each Sunday. This is a splendid
record indeed.
The musicale given at the Christia
church, Sunday evening, under tn
auspices of the Music Guild was one
of the best ever heard in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01

You haven't read all OF to-day's
news that's important to you If 0
haven't read the advertisements
Law REGULATING Eashlnn.

III 1899 the general court Of Massa.
chusetts passed a law that "NoAgar-
ment shall be made With short sleekes;
and such as have garments with short
sleeves shall not wear them unless
they cover the arm to the wrist. And
hereafter no person whatever shall
make any garment for women with
sleeves more than half an ell wide
twenty-five 1nd a half ~inches)." If
laws regulating fashions were passed
today. how many women would be
fined for law-breaking?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01
MANY CHANGES IN
IN CH|CAGO8 ALTON
.T|ME-CARD JAN. 4TH.
PLUGS FROM MEXICO TO ROOD
HOUSE AND RETURN WILL 3
DISCONTINUED ON THAT DATE
AND BRANCH TRAIN WILL NO
RUN TO LOUISIANA
Burlington No-stop Trains will be
observation-disclosures 20 and ~
will run from ROOdhouss to Mex
leo and Return.

Many changes will be made in the
time-eard OF the Western Division OF
the Chicago and Alton. Jan. 4th. o.
W. Brown. trsinmaster, with head
quarters in this city. has given out
the following changes 20 be made on
that date.
Trains 80 and SO, the plugs from
Mexico 10 Roodhouse, due out OF
here at 7:15 a m and back at 8 p m,
will be discontinued. In place Of tn
plugs, Trains 20 and II viii run from
Roodhouse to Mexico, n leaving
there at e;15 p m, arriving here Of
1915 a m, making connections with
No. % for Kansas City. No. 70
leaves Mexico for Roodbouse at BIS
q. m. after arrival of No. a
from Kansas City.
Two new trains numbered 80 and3'
will run between Louisiana and Mex
leo No. SO leaving Louisiana at 3,S'
ID. NJ, arriving at $40 p. m. anc
turning here leaves for Louisiana a
GOO p. m.
Nos. 21S, 2t1, 80 and 212 th'
South Branch trains will run as us
ual between Mexico aand Cedar City
No. 213 and No. 212 between Mexico
and Louisiana however will b
discontinued. This does away witt
the early morning train from Louisi
ana due here at s:15 and the evenin
train due out of Louisiana az $3.50.
The fast Burlington no-sto
trains. Nos. rs and % will be dis,
continued entirely. No 96 for s.
Louis was due here a. I 10 a "a an
No. - for Kansas City at 2:52 a N
n their place will he run Nos. 2
and "a, both of them stopping o
Mexico, No % for Kansas City wi
he due at 1;25 a. m. and No. "a 70
st. Louis at 3;0S a. m.
No. IL. the train for Chicago, du
now at $40 a. M, VIII be due g
4:05 e m. No II from Chicago will b
due at S:35 a. m. instead Of S:4S.
No other changes have been ar
%nounoed as yet and these are exp-c
ed to stand. The entire card has bee
carefully gone over and changes hav
been made only TO aid the trave'in
nnhifc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01

THE Kansas City Star thinks any
community IS governed just as
wen as it want to be" and editorial
" says: Another resort was
closed yesterday by the Society fol
Preventing of Commercialized Vice.
That sort Of quiet persistent work
is going to win out in the long
run in the face Of indifference on
the part OF prosecutors and poles
officers. One advantage OF bad cit
liens in public affairs is that the,
stay on the job without iutermisslon
since they are working for theil
own pockets all the time" as Boss
Croker put it The good citizens
can get results, too. IL they arr
az persistent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01
The Weekly Ledger
nsasssS q a. p o. h kszssa. Ma.
an1 aauisAs1 - saaslAss n.ehsr.
rnr oooprrllow ooMMIrrEE

FINISHES WORK.
THE total amount e~1sscribsd 70.
the eooafsiio~ Fund this year was
st6B.5s last year il was enly
shout SIS. a large amount Of the
money was spent this year by the
COMMITTEES from the churches buying
the necessities Of life for some Of
the worthy poor The COMMITTEES look
ed after the children first but very
poperly assisted the older people who
were In need. Most e. the money
was expended for the necessities Of
life and all the money was eSpend-
ed carefully and economically and
where u would do tthe mcss good.
We want to repeat that no smount
Of money was spent anywhere for
charity with better results than the
oeodfsrow Fund In Mexico, hand
led BY the church committee We pre-
diet that the fund next year will
be even larger than ever. The com
mite has finlshd It's business n
has the thanks Of the eommun'
ny generally fer its coed work
One hundred children were re
msmbered. In addition 20 81 grew
people and az families. This com.
mittse covered the field carefully a7S
after the business was closed Up Y
was eund that s7.ss was len oNsr
which was unanimously voted &c
the charity ward at the Hospital. Dive
hund ed and sixty nine dollars n 81
ty--five cents was contributed II
amounts ranging from twenty-five
cents 10 fifteen dollars and was HAND
ed to some member of the commit
tee {, to one Of the evening pa
pers The amount contributes 4
this fund through the Evening leo
ger was $685..
II there is any eoosfellow wso ha
failed to make his contribution. r.
should do so Immediately and this m
ney will go to the charity ward Q
the ~t'rspital where the poor Of Mex
leo, either young or old, are cared
for.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-01

THE Jefferson City, Mo, Demo
GRAFT Tribune. referring to the dry
victory at Macon City. NO.. in briei
says: Having won every important
contest within the last IL months. n
naturally VIII follow that the dry
element will become aggressive. II
was not believed that this water
wagon element could carry Nevada,
but it did, and It then moved on to
another strong hold of the license adj
herents, in Mexico and Macon, and
has scored other victories. This last
was quite as important as the
victories at Nevada and Mexico.
Now this kind Of march on the part
Of the drys cannot keep up much
longer without something happen
ing. Already the receipts into the
State beer tax fund have commenced
slumping heartily. showing ~unmistaka-
bly, that the prohibition wave is
making itself felt-A noticeable feature
Of the dry movement is that It sell
dom goes backwards. Invariably, II II
gains any grosnd at ALL It holds the
There are few exceptions to-
his rule. but there are not enough Of
them 20 change the general trend.
Next the drys win move on Mober-
", Loulssana. Trenton and Casrollton.
md later % Joplin and Springfield"