DAKOTA CITY HERALD
DAKOTA CITY, NEB.
JOHN H. REAM, Publisher.
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AMERICA AND IRRIGATION.
( Ours Is the foremost country In the
Svorld In th reclamation of Its arid
land. To the untrareled easterner
extent ot the Irrigation of west
torn lands under direct government su
pervision li unknown. The work of
Individual and corporate concerns
raises the actual reclamation of arid
land In the west to an enormous to
lal acreage. Moat of this work has
been accomplished within the past
jdeoade, while each year the plans for
Istlll further pushing the conquests of
jartlBcial Irrigation are extended, says
the Pittsburg Gazette-Times. That
jibe prestige In this Important depart
ment of home building belongs to the
(United States is further demonstrated
by a request recently submitted to
the state department by the Austra
lian government Australia has sev
jeral wide extended areas of arid
Band. The reclamation of much of
jthls bas beon undertaken, but the first
jdifflcnlty that confronted the govern
ment was a lack of expert knowledge
jpf the actual work to be done and of
lie means used to secure the largest
ad surest returns on the money In-
rested. In this dilemma Australia
urned to the United States, where lr-
tgatlon on the broadest lines has
been ablr demonstrated under kov-
jernment control.
STRENGTH OF TINY INSECTS
Little Bee Is Capable of Pulling Load
Three Hundred Times as Great
a Own Weight.
In an article in tho Strand Maga
elne John J. Ward tolls of the aston
ishing strength of insects. He says:
"A powerful draw horse will draw
on the level a load of two and one
half tons, to which about another ton
has to be added for the weight of the
dray. Estimating the weight of the
horse at fourteen hundrewelght. It
would be pulling a load equivalent to
five times Its own weight. The pull-
, Workmen In demolishing an ancient
bouse situated In the Rue de Stras
bourg, opposite the old Mont de Plete
at Nantes, have made an Interesting
discovery which Is likely to attract
considerable attention, since the find
was at once dispersed by the men. It
consisted of a number of gold and sil
ver coins of different epochs. The
most Interesting bore the effigy of Al
phonso VnT., king of Gallcla and Cas
tJU, who reigned from 1126 to 1158.
They bear on the exergue an Inscrip
tion In Arablo In these terms: "The
Emir of the Catholics Is aided by;
AUah, and Allah protects them." The
find Is Interesting In more ways than
one, and It Is likely that economic
writers will not fail to make use of
these coins to show the trade rela
tions of Nantes about the period of
Lhe Hundred Tears War.
i The defendant In a case before.
Judge Bacon, who objected to being
described as a gentleman, may be
commended on his refusal, to be
labeled with a term which even Sir
james Murray Is shy of defining, saya
the London Chronicle. There Is the
old legal definition, "all above the
rank of a yeoman," and there is Sir
William Blackstone's description of a
gentleman as "one who can live Idly
land without labor." There Is also the
blatorlo definition given by a witness
at the trial of Tburtell for the mur
kier of Mr. Weare as "one who drives
W gig." And the cabman probably ex
presses the average opinion as to
what constitutes a man, a gentleman
when he says: "You re a gentleman
air," to the spendthrift who does not
ask change for half a crown on a
shilling fare.
Two of the rare dollars of 1804 have
been found. It is affirmed that only
four of these coins are In existence,
land numlsmatologlsts attach great
value to them. The last coin sold
brought $3,000. But of course if they
(continue to be found In this fashion
the discoveries are likely to "bear'
the market.
Radium has also come down among
tthe other necessaries of life, a grata
of It having recently sold for 72,000t
Still, at that rate, the time is not
clearly In sight when families can af
ford to lay In an entire winter's sup
ply with reduced prices for cash.
A veterinarian on Long Island re
fused to take an anaesthetic for an
operation because be wished to watch
It that be might get surgical points.
A man like this Is Just the kind not
likely to Inflict needless pain on
others.
The meanest man has been found in
New Jersey. In a quarrel with his
wife he took the false teeth from her
mouth and kept them, saying he had
paid for them. Naturally, In court
she made a biting charge against hi in.
"Fashion decrees that men must
propose on their knees hereafter,"
says an esteemed contemporary. Fash
la a "dame." all right or Is she a
damsel t
Prof. Garner says his female chlm
gtantee has a vague moral sense. And
that Is tne sort that some folks 1
high socletee have.
It has been a banner hunting sea-
In northern Michigan, the
turns showing 6,000 deer and 20 kant-
ers killed.
son
Them are 800 varieties of chrysan
themu'ns, but no one seems to know
aby there are so many.
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A PEEP INTO DREAMLAND.
(By Catherine Spoors.)
I'm Rnliiff to tell ym of nnmi'll,ins I saw,
I saw It my vi ry nwn Hf.
t won ultlltiif rIi-tip In my t!M!r- low tuilr
In front of tho nuriry slit-lf.
Th nnrii lnil Just romo ti brltm up it.y
tea,
Tlio Riimp ns Kim ilorn rvrry ni -lit.
And I ns qullo hnppy tln-ro nil l my
sHf.
Wt. Iilni the dim f.rellulit.
Wtiffi nil of ft omVlcn I saw tlis toy lioy
I'nfnstrn Mr lllllf ty drum,
And iHvknn to t)ir llttlo toy (rlrl
To tint (low n he r toy doll and come.
The white woolly dog that I'd l"ft on the
floor
Winwl hln mil as they ramc down his
way,
And tlw old yellow donkey 1 keep In the
box
Toked his hoftd out the slile with a bray.
Just thon I nm dure that thoy hrard Bu
an' voice,
For they utopped In the midst of a
Tame,
And they hnrrlod right bark to the man
tel shelf
In the very same way that they came.
I tried to tell nurse the way thry came
down,
And anked how It ever could be;
flut she Just shook her head, and laughed
as she said:
"Como and see what I've brought for
your tea."
Strength of Insects.
ng powers of man would probably
work out at about the same proportion.
"In Figure 2 is shown a caterpillar
of the poplar hawk-moth harnesBed to
metal horse and cart loaded with
plasticine. This particular caterpllar
weighs nineteen grains, and tho load
ed cart and horse 4GG grains, so that
In round figures Its load was twenty-
five times its own weight.
'With a piece of rough bark for a
bold It could comfortably drag Its load
along a smooth table, the wheels of
the cart, of course, revolving.
"The ten-times power standard of
man and horse appears Insignificant
beside the greater feat of this cater
pillar; but, Just as a small horse may'
pull more than a larger one, so may
Still smaller insect draw a still
larger weight.
"In Figure 3 a blowfly Is shown pull
ing a toy railway truck weighing 170
grains. The weight of the fly was ex
actly one grain, so that Its load was
170 times as heavy as Itself.
"The next candidate for pulling hon
ors was a bumble-bee. This insect
very ably manipulated both the empty
coach and truck pulled by the ground
beetle, the roof, however, being pluced
on the former (Figure 1). The true
was thnn gradually loaded with plastl
cine until an additional weight of 166
grains had been reached, the total
weight of coach, truck and load then
being 601 grains. The weight of the
bee was exactly two grains, so that it
was pulling a load slightly over three
hundred times Its own weight.
"It may, therefore, be said that the
pulling powers of a humble-bee are
proportionately thirty times as great
as those of the horse or man, even
when both the latter are estimated at
their maximum strength."
BOXING MATCH MADE UNIQUE
Ring In Darkness and Lights Appear
When Blow Is Struck Free from
All Brutality.
Though the Jeffries-Johnson fight
may be the last prize fight seen In
this country, boxing bouts for points
will likely survive for some time to,
come. To add to the Interest of such
matches a Washington man has de
signed a form of the sport that Is not
only extremely novel but has the ad
ditional merit of being free from any
suspicion of brutality. The boxers
wear shoes and fleshings that have
been treated so they will conduct elec
tricity and their gloves have the same
characteristic. They box In a ring,
HOBBY HORSE AS EXERCISER
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Mr. Wllllnm A. U.-idford will nusw-er
neetlons and give advice I'KKK Ol''
COST on all subjects pertaining to tlin
ubject of building for tho renders of
this paper. On account of Ids wide cxp
rtenoe as Editor, Author find Manufac
turer, he Is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
11 Inquiries to William A. Itndford. No.
194 Fifth Ave.. Chicago, 111., nnd only cn
okiM two-cent stamp for re pi"
The well-to-do suburban builder Is
gotting rather particular about the
kind of a bouse he puts up. It Is not
enough to simply provide comfortable
shelter for bis family and have room
enough for all; but the general style
and appearance of the house has to be
given due thought so that It will work
la well with its surroundings and con
form In size and style to what his
friends and neighbors consider neces
sary for his home. Something of
paciousness, dignity and hospitality
has to be embodied In surh a struc
ture. The exact order of architecture
to be used may not be prescribed
some of those details are left to the
home builder himself and to his archi
tect but nevertheless custom pre
scribes the quality and general char
acter of the building.
One of the features that public opin
ion la coming more and more to re
quire Is that suburban dwellings
should be as nearly fireproof or flre
reslsting as possible. Fire protection
Jn small towns and suburban locali
ties Is very seldom all that It should
be. Common business sense directs
that in such locations extra precau
tions should be taken, especially for
residences, to make them as nearly
fireproof as possible. This carries
with It the obligation to build sub
stantially and well, at the same time
sing as artistic a design as may be,
Novel Boxing Match.
the floor of which Is also a conductor,
and every time a blow Is struck a
flash of light appears ut the point of
contact between the glove and the
person hit. Of course, a bout of this
nature must take place In a dark hall
or theater, where the flashes of light
will be distinctly seen. Such a con
test, too, Is for points and not for &
knockout.
MAKE AN ELECTRIC BATTERY
Children Derive Additional Physical
Benefit from Their Play on Newly
Invented Machine.
A bobby horse which has the addi
tional advantage ot being an exercis
ing machine has been Invented by an
Illinois man. While the children think
they are only playing, they are really
deriving substantial physical benefit
from Its use. It tbey knew this, they'
would lose Interest In the toy. The
horse Is mounted on a stand in sock
Hobby Horse as Exerciser.
ets. Strong spiral springs are at
tached to the lower parts of the shafts
and stretch out toward the ends of
the stand. There is a tensioning de
vice which prevents the horse from
moving too freely In cither direction.
The child mounts the horse, which is
adjusted so that his feet Just touch
the ground, and by pressing against
the floor Is bounced up and down, the
horse presenting a lifelike motion of
galloping. Grown-ups who want to
take the kinks out of their legs will
find this toy a good exercise for them,
solves.
One Can Be Made Quickly by Rubbing
Piece of 8 tiff Paper Violently
With Clothes Brush.
A quickly made electrical machine
Is described as follows In the Ameri
can l3oy:
Cut a stiff piece of paper Into an
oval or a circle of nearly the size of
a common tea tray. Fasten to it two
upright handles, one at each end, both
made of paper, and attached by means
of sealing wax.
Now, take any common tin tea tray
that you may be able to borrow in the
bouse and lay It on top of two glasses.
These will furnish the "lnslulatlon."
Warm the paper disk thoroughly on
the atove till It Is as dry as It can pos
elbly be. Then lay it on the table and
brusn it violently with a common
clothesbrush. If you spread a piece of
silk or rubber sheet under it, so much
the better, though it Is not necessary
xne rnciion nas made the paper
electric. Lift it from the table, lay It
on the tea tray and approach a corner
of It with the knuckle of your finger
or with a sharp metal point. A spark
will leap out from it immediately.
Now you have an electric battery In
a most simple form. Hy rubbing the
paper as often as It loses Its electrici
ty, it Is possible to ge enough sparks
to load a Ixyden Jar or any other
form of small electric storage bat
tery.
A very simple I.cyden Jar can be
made by filling a tumbler half full
with shot nnd sticking nn iron or sll
ver spoon Into It. Hy lotting the
sparks from the tea tray leap contln
ually to the spoon, the tumbler-jor
finally wit' accumulate so much elec
trlclty that It will be extremely un
comfortable to get a shock from It.
Pittsburg Is 152 years old. The fact
constitutes another argument to the
effect that smoking promotes longevity.
Some of the drosses the women are
now wearing resemble the wrapper ot
a thin cigar. Tbey fit Just as tight,
loo.
Maine hunters killed very few moose
this year, but doubtless the moose cen
silder it a successful season.
To Make Blue Prints Brown.
Our boy and girl photographers may
be Interested In learning how to make
blue prints turn brown. The method
is simple. Dissolve a piece ot caustlo
soda the size of a kernel ot corn in
about five ounces of water. Immerse
the blue print in this mixture till the
print changes to oratige yellow. Then
wash the print thoroughly in a buth
composed of a heaping teaspoonful of
tannic add dissolved la eight ounces
of water. You may leave the print.
In this mixture till It bas become the
desired tint of brown, after which
thoroughly wash the print and allow
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EDITOR
hIiowh this to be an extremely econom
ical design to build.
The hip roof, while being the mnut
artistic and satisfactory type for this
kind of a building, Is also the uioBt
economical. The plan Is very nearly
square In general outline and so can
bo constructed and arranged to good
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Second Floor Plan
advantage without waste of time and
material.
The floor plans show the desirable
features of arrangement. Three fine
rooms are provided on the first floor,
besides the large porch and entrance,
hall... The living room is of the mod
ern large-sized style with home-like
fireplace. Attention Is called to the
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Sermon
Not All Drink
Merchants Black
as Painted
By SAM BURNS
so that the building which Is to last
for three or four generations will
throughout all that time be a source
of pride to the owner and an improve
ment to the neighborhood.
The design Illustrated on this page
will be found to fulfill all these con
ditions and to recommend Itself as be
ing at once dignified and attractive In
appearance, substantial in construc
tion and, using permanent materials,
Is as near fireproof as a residence can
be made with practical success.
The general type of this house is ot
the popular brick veneer-cement plas
ter combination which has proved so
satisfactory for suburban work during
the past few years. Resting on a good
foundation of squared stones cement
ed on the inside and made thdroughly
water-proof, strong timber frame-work
Is erected in the ordinary way as for
a well constructed frame house. How
ever, instead of the ordinary beveled
siding, face brlcg Is substituted, laid
up In a four-inch wall and securely
tied to the studding with galvanized
Iron wall ties every fifth course of
the brick work and to every stud.
This veneering of brick reaches
from the stone foundation course up
to the line of the second-story window
sills. From there tip to the eaves the
siding, face brick Is substituted, laid
metal lath. A slate root completes
convenient arrangement of dining
room, pantry and kitchen.
On the second floor, there are four
good-sized bedrooms, with large
closet space attached. The bath room
is conveniently located. Altogether
this design is one of the most sals
factory for suburban and city use of
any design executed this year. Home
builders can get many good Ideas
from the study of these plans.
Many Words In One.
One of the company having left tht
room, the others tlx on a word for her
to guess. The word may be "cake."
She is called in, and stops before the
first one in the row, who says "cap."
She goes to the second, who says "ap
ple"; the third says "kettle," and the
fourth says "egg"; each taking care
to mention a word whose first letter
is one that it found in the word
"cake," and to say them in regular or
der. The gueBser, having heard all
these words, pauses to think of their
Initial letters, and finds that, when
put together, they are C, A, K. E, and
compose the word "cake," which she
Immediately pronounces; and it Is
then the turn of the one at the head
of the row to go out while a word is
proposed. If most of the company
are unacquainted with the play, the
one at the head need not explain at.
first the inunner In which the word Is
guessed; but she must tell her com-,
panlons beforehand what words tbey
are to say when the guesser comes in,
nnd then they will be surprised at
her guessing, not thinking that it Is
from putting together the initial letters.
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the exterior fireproof armor. As the
majority of fires origlnute from ex
ternal hazards It will be Been that a
building completely protected in this
way on the outside may be considered
practically fireproof.
There Is no combination of mate
Irals more pleasing to the eye than
this high grade face brick and the
cement plaster In a harmonizing col
or. As fur as warmth and freedom
from dumpness are concernod this
form of construction Insures the best
possible results, aud the expeiibe Is
oot tery mut u greater than fcr an
ordinary frame house covered with
beveled siding.
The fact that this house has been
built a number of times for $4,000
and that, too, using good grude mate
rUl and all equipment including
plumbing, beating and lighting.
Necks and Legs of Animals.
With few exceptions there Is a
marked equality between the length
of the necks and of the legs of both
birds and quadrupeds, and whether
they be long or short Is determined
chiefly by the place where the animal
must go for its food.
This is especially noticeable in
beasts that feed constantly upon
grass. In which case the neck has
JUBt a slight advantage in that it can
not hang perpendicularly down.
Crocodiles, lizards and fish have
practically no necks. Fowls that feed
In the water also offer an example ol
this correspondence between the mem
bers, with the exception of swans and
geese and some Indian birds, who
gather their food from the bottom of
pools and must have long necks for
that purpose, while the short legs
make it more convenient for them to
swim. -From the Dietetic and Hygi
enic Gazette.
Cave-Dwelling Snakes.
Until recent times no reptiles wer
known to have adapted themselves to
existence In the darkness of caverns
Now, however, it is known that In the
Malay Peninsula a species of coluber
Inhabits certain caverns, feeding upon
the bats. These cave-dw oiling snakes
attain a length of between eight and
nine feet, and their coloring remark
ably resembles that of the walls of
the caverns. The rock Is a yellowish
crystalline limestone traversed with
blackish veins, and these markings
and colors are curiously reproduced
In the snakes, many of which lurk on
the ledges, In the seml-darkness, near
the entrances, watching for bats.
Selling Eggs by Weight.
The decision of the new head of th
bureau of weights ad measures not tc
Issue an order compelling merchants
to sell eggs by weight will be welcome
news to tradespeople and not disap
pointing to housewives. While In
some respects tho weighing system Is
better than sales by the dozen, the
additional trouble and the diltlculty
of making exact weight offset the ad
vantages. When this reform was pro
posed some months ago It created con
siderable interest, but It was not wel
comed as a remedy for any of the
evils which the bureau of weights and
measures la attempting to correct
Brooklyn Standard-Union.
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HE ealoonkcerer of tradition, ns pictured by the average tom-
""B"" I perancc lecturer, is a course person who semis his victims down
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the more popular mixed drinks, which, by the way, the lec
turers never mention. That saloonkeeper of storied reputation
merely sends his prey to the brink for the purpose of gloating
over Inn evil victories.
He doesn't apply strict business principles to the 6inful
work, as one drink merchant recently was nlleged to do.
At the bar of this man's place two customers leaned one
day not long ago. One was a transient. The other dropped in every other
day or so and presumed to address the proprietor by hia familiar handle
of "Bill." As they stood there a miserable looking fellow shuffles in. He
almost collapsed against the bar and pleaded faintly for a drink. A search
of his pockets disclosed no coins.' The barkeeper looked at him for a
minute, then turned about ajid poured out a finger of fiery concoction.
The dism,al specimen gulped it eagerly, murmured "thanks," and
shambled out.
"See that poor fellow that just went out," whispered the more or
less regular customer to the transient. "On his last legs, isn't he? Well,
would you believe it, that man was sent to the bad by liquor bought here.
The proprietor knew that he wasn't going to last long, bo he went and
socured an insurance policy on him. What do you think of that? The
old boy can have as many drinks as he wants and the saloonkeeper pays
tho premiums. When the poor fellow dies Bill is going to make a profit
on his death. There's a keen business sense for you!"
All this was shocking to the transient The regular customer de-.
parted, but the other remained, determined to make an investigation. He
called to the barkeeper.
"Say," he called. "What is the name of that old wreck who was in
here a few minutes ago?"
"His name?" said the man behind the apron, plainly puzzled.
should I know his name?"
"Isn't he an old customer of yours?" demanded
the visitor.
"I should say not," declared the barkeep. "It's
the first time I ever saw him in my life, and I've lived
in this neighborhood twenty-one years. I took pity on
the old scout and poured hiin out one to send him
along."
The drink mixer's air Mas convincing. The vis
itor departed brooding on the beautiful sermon that
had been knocked to splinters.
'How
Only a Temporary Advantage.
The gift of good looks is of such
primary advantage to every roan, that
it seems a wonder how ugly people
manage so frequently to excel those
who have it in the battle of life. '
Payue.
Revive
Dignity of
Domestic
Service
By CAROLINA DRESCH
The dignity of domestic service will be
revived just so soon as the housewives learn
the much-neglected lesson that the girl who
works in the home is not a menial and
should not be treated as such.
Why is it that a well-to-do wife may per
form her household duties without lowering
her dignity, while when the same work is
done by a so-called servant it is considered
menial labor? And the servant must enter
by the rear door even though it be necessary
to walk through an alley or a dark cellar.
And, if she be allowed company, she must
entertain them in the kitchen.
Now, why this distinction? Are we not all servants?' "No man
liveth to himself." We are all dependent upon some one else, from the
poor shoestring peddler to the most prosperous business man.
Why is not the same respect shown to the girl who does housework
as to the office girl ? This has always been a mystery to me and no doubt
it is to others.
There are many intelligent, capable girls who realize that the wages
for housework are good, and that the work is not so nerve-racking as in
the office and store.
They realize also that the girl who works in the home, with pleasant
surroundings, retains that womanly charm which she soon loses in the
hustling business world, where 6he must take her stand among men and
demand, her rights. But they will not submit to such treatment as is re
ceived by those less fortunate sisters who can do nothing but housework.
Girls
Excel
in Manual
Training
Tasks
By GERTRUDE ER1CKSON
In the schools of manual training in
Massachusetts the girls beat the boys aa
carpenters, the good-natured rivalry stimu
lating better work by both sexes. One of
the most novel features of the work is the
vacation schools at Cambridge. As high an
attendance as 1,400 boys and girls was re
corded in 1910 in Cambridge alone, which
are additional to the regular manual course
in the free public schools.'
One of the young women students haa
lately built a dressing table, which is de
cidedly elaborate, of white wood, and fin
ished in white enamel. It has a cheval roir
At other times she built a magazine cabinet
ror and is quite valuable.
and a bench or 6eat.
"Indeed, I enjoy the work far better than sewing or cooking," says
this young woman carpenter. "I wouldn't say that I recommend it for
all girls, yet I enjoy it. It is my intention to continue as instructor of
classes in the future."
Judging by the results in the schools the girls of the next generation
will be able to wield the saw, drive nails straight, build bookcases, chairs,
desks and various articles of furniture.
Things for
Office Girl
to Think
Ah out
As a rule, the green office girl has as
good a chance as the blue one.
The starve cure may be good for some,
but the strive cure is better for others.
Many misfits at thirty have been "Big
Its" at forty. It is never too late to do bet
ter, and there's always a chance to do best.
The early bird catches the worm, and
the night birds catch the dickens in the
long run. You can't do your part on to
much party.
It takes two for a billing match,
you can fight a whole lot with yourself.
In the office one needs a good memory;
out of it a good forgettcry may help a great deal. Don't let office follow
you homo and to bed.
Many a real highbrow wears a low cravat, and there's many a narrow
bruin under a broad coiffure. The buniness girl who must keep her rats
corralled with one hand and work her machine with the other seldom find
the office a cheerful place.
At the best it is hard to climb lhe rocks on the road to fuccccs, but
with tight shot', tight collars and a compressed waist line it i much,
harder.
By MAUDE BERNARD
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