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The advocate., 1890-01-23


grown as che outcome Of unjust laws and
mistaken lagislatiOn the remedy must
come by reforming the laws and undolng
the Legislation. When both had come TO
the same conclusion as % what must be
done, II was the natural and wise thing
for them 10 COME together and unite
their efforts. In both organizations there
have been those who have looked for
ward to and worked for the bringing to-
gether the two divisions OF the great
army Of toilers. These naturally feel
EratRed at the success which has crown
"a their efforts, and yet the result has
been 80 spontaneous that II can hardly be
said 10 be the outcome Of the work Of any.
The agreemeet arrived ut Is two-fold
ln its character. II pledges both parties
TO work for reform upon the land, money
and Transportation questions, and II
pledges both TO assist each other In n
mostimportant part Of their work Of or
ganizatlon, The. Knights, as well as the
farnera, recognize the great and all-im-
portantruth, that land lstheprime source
Of all wealth, the all important factor In
production; and 80 1t Is mutually agreed
that the monopolizatlon Of land shall be
opposed, TO the end that the few shall not
seize upon that which will enable them
TO levy tribute on productive industry.
Both recognize in money and In the
means Of transportation that which con-
trolls exchange, aud these, they declare,
must not be monopolized by the few, but
shall be controlled and operated In the
interests Of ALL Then, recognizing the
importance Of each assisting the other In
maintaining the power and influence Of
their organizations, IL is mutually agreed
that each shall recognize and support
each others labels and seals and so give
"a preference when purchasing to the
goOdswhlCh the others prodnce. IL is
notnecessary for us to dwell upon theim-
portance Of this; II will be readily rec
ognized.
In flrherance Of the first part Of the
agreement, the plan OF uniting the efforts
Of the two organizations through their
Legislative committees at Washington
will be recognized as a wise and practical
one. No one expects that much
in the way of reform will be
got from the present congress. Elected
through the manipulations ofthe money
power, It will do the bidding and carry
out the will Of its masters; and the joint
committee will do well II It succeeds in
preventing the passage Of measures for
the robbery Of the people which there is
too much reason to believe Is Contempla-
ted, and which is foreshadowed vaguely
in the presidents message and more
clearly in Secretary Windom's report.
The most important work Of the commit
tees for the next two sessions will be to
keep the people informed fully upon the
designs OF their representatives in con-
gress in order that when the time comes
their votes may be cast intelligontly, and
sosecure the election of house in har'
mOny with the people,
For all practical purposes the Knights
Of Labor and the National Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Union will be hence
forward one body; each organization, for
convenience and greater effectiveness, re-
tanning It's own autonomy, but acting joint
ly for a common aud mutually agreed up
The advocate., 1890-01-23

FI.AENoRAl oT RRINCmLEs.
pRMAMnLN.

1ho alarming development and agMeg-
ilg1pfes 0f tho power OF great caplbuliatu
wa Interpretations under Tho present indus
Nhl aptt8m Will Inevitably load 70 the pau-
ptIii1liou and hopeless degradation Of the
ioling nia8eob n 10 imperative, 1--we desire
VI 1ni0y ihe full blessings OF Life, that unlus1
AetnmulatiOn and this power for evil Of az
Rtbgn.pd wealth shall bo prevented. Ihiss
much desired object can b0 accomplished
only By tho united efforts Of those who obey
tho divine Injunction; "In tho gw0at OF Thy
faBo shalt thou cat bread" Therefore we
have formed Tho Order OF tho kn!ghts OF
Labor Cor the purpose OF organizing educat,,
ing and directing tho power OF the industrial
I nrosB
10 ianot a political party. u Is more-for
iu CryBtalligod sentiments and measures
f0f lhf benefit OF tho whole peoples but 10
Ei|o0d DO borne Ia mind, when exercising
tha light Of suffrage, that most OF the objects
h0rin set fourth can only be obtained
through logislati0n, and thnt II 10 the duty,
regardless OF party, OF all 10 assist In nOml-
natln9 aud supporting with th0ir votes such
candidates gs win support these measures.
No 0np ehall, however, DO compelled to vote
uIith tina mnforitw.
The advocate., 1890-01-23
OUR OWN LABORs.

inp N while making the foregoing demands
. 50 isshe State and National government, we
liant deRvOr io gEaoCiate our own labprB,
N i1o ostabllBhC operative institutions
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
I! +! /,
a Boar ynas s.est,, p.snr.s. J. .,an,,

4 Bear Thnt Greatly Di.turae ). t'nns, e.
The last place from which on. wo;ilu
expect to hear OF II bear inv;. my i,
church during the divine ser, Ice would
lie the city Of London. yet It vas in
the heart of that city. aud not in
hamsehat "a or British Col .ein;,i,. that
such an invasion recent, too place
A service was in progres, at a ,<nn
comformist chapel in the ( English cap.
ital ono Sun>say morning NOT long ago.
The good Pastor had just announced
his text ',Be not ,tfrai !. when a lady
in the congregation uttered Il scream
ard started toward the pulpit. looking
back toward the door as sue did so.
The movement attracted the atten
lion OF the congregation toward tn
sack OF the chur;.n, and there they saw
L large bear taking seat in an unoc-
cupied pew. as if he intended to pn-ti-
clrate in tho worship
Actw thstaiiainG the pear.a3le as
pest OF tl,, h ar, the won,an and chill
dren continued to ieavI t..iei,. pews
shHtt tftf>S i9i'tSe afOthlu the i,ui:.Jt- rs
ii they ei':@sc. cd che lninists::. to defend
tncn:, ana t'.ere was general relief,
even alncn2s tha men, whso tho pro-
prietor O ii,e be;a;, M Italian, en-
tered tie clsase!,, bowed respectfully
and aaoiagetically, ana, attaching 9.
strap 10 u rng i'll the oeas's nose, led
him owt.
It seems tnat the bear. one of the
European sort which win coppers for
their owners by dancing, had been ac-
cidentally freed for moment in front
OF the church, and had seen the half
open door, and entered. Iti possible
that he had been attracted by the
sound OF the hymn the congregation
had Just sung, for many bears are
known to be fond of music.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
a AGUSTANA COLLEGE ITEMS.

TIE Asss Society had quite . large
attend Iast II Friday night, a number
Of visitors from the city and also from
the country The literary program was
carried estt nicely and the debate &c
proved qIifse interesting, the society
seems to run very nice this year, it is also
conducted by one Of the best presidents
that ever had occupied the presidential
chair Of the A. L. Society.
Next Friday, Nov. 7th the question,
Resolved that the republican party is
preferable to the independent will be
debated.
Two of our young ladies, Misses
Whitlock and Trueblood. left last Satur-
day, with the intention Of teaching.
The students are glad to understand
that Prof. Tuve was elected president of
the teachers association, as they hope
thereby to see the fence broke down, that
has for SO long a time been between
the students Of Agustana college, and
teachers of Lincoln county We can
also say that, I'VE can assure the teachers
an interesting association this winter, as
Prof, Tuvefs a man able to conduct a
teachers meeting, he is not only an able
teacher but he is a friend and brother
to his students
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
WHERE'S HANDY HURON.
Pierre, ths.Peer|ess } City On the Mis-
souiIs Gets the Capital By
About 10000,
.Hurons :! 80 Majj0IIt il This County,
Down , State Returns
Incomplete,
THE CAPITAL CONTEST.

% n 4. y H . j a.Ht 4
The retnrps on the vote Of the location
Of the state capital is incomplete but with
the returns slready in it is safe to estimate
that Pierreghas been selected by at least
Is, 900 and probably 10000. The latest
reports received last evening stated that
Pierre had carried the day by $4,000 and
that Huron had conceded the victory by
5000. The Huron vote in nearly every
county in the state falls far below what
had been Expected Sioux Falls and
Minnehaha county, where Huron count
ed on a big aiority, has gone for Pierre
by about LOCO and in this county, where
on the evening before election the Huron
workers estimated their majority to be
600, has given the Handy city only l12
majority.
The board gof trade and citizens of
Pierre celebrated their victory by a grand
blowout. The Huron workers in this
city are very pondent and The FARM
ERs' LEADER is being handled without
gloves fot the part it played in the CAM
paign.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07

Carelessness Which Keeps
the Dead-Letter Office Eusy.

I ~ ffNts fSiioAry CArel6SSn0SS NnlCh AeepA
the Dead-Letter Office Eusy.
More than 5000, 900 pieces Of mail
matter are sent annually to the dead
letter Office by reason Of incorrect,
illegible, or deficient addresses. insult
ticient postage, insecure closing,
whereby matter mailed becomes separ-
ated from the envelope or wrapper,
or the failure to be called for or
delivered to the person addressed.
This is a daily average Of over 70 900
pieces. OF these the greater portion
are either not called for at the post
office to which they are directed or,
in case Of free-delivery offices, the ad-
dresses can not be found, notwith-
standing every known meatis is
resorted to on the part OF the postal
officials to effect delivery. a !arge
proportion OF tue packages and parcels
because OF the absence on the wrap
pers or enclosures of anything to indi-
cate ownership thereof. and the post
master general appeals to the public
to exercise not only ordinary care in
addressing letters and papers. but to
place their own addresses upon them
for use in case Of necessity. lie also
advises prOprietors OF hotels to omit
the return request from tneir en-
velopes.
During the last ycsts =5t, OuU lettsrs
were posted only partially directed
and 24U, 900 envelopes were entirely
blank. 80, OC0 were .:heid for postage Z, ;"
165, 090 were addressed 10 persons in
care OF hotels, AZ, Uvv were letters to
fictitious addresses. The sum of
$4S. o42 was found in letters, and, be-
sides, 1000 letters had postal notes
aggregat.ng in value s5,oU,,. Twenty
seven thousand letters were found to
contain drafts, checks, notes, com mer-
clal paDer etc., in the sum OF 81. Al, =
III, while ~, 600 contained paid and
cancelled obligations, receipts evi-
dencing payments OF money. deeds,
mortgages, general miscellaneous
papers. etc. AortY-two thousand con
tanned photographs, 1000 contained
articles forbidden to be transmitted
through the mails, and ll.OyO upon
being opened We're found to contain
lottery tickets, which, under the terms
OF the law, are declared unmailable;
l62, 600 contained postage stamps.
One OF the most Important sugges-
tions made BY the department is that
in seadin,s packages and parcels
books, pamphlets, and other articles
by mail the address be placed on the
article inclosed as we'll as on the
wrapper. .y.s
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
GONE TO PIERRE.
Rev. A. Jameson and Family Depart for their New
Homo at the Cauital City

Lsof' a oa4AAcSo1 aAu aiiilly Depdib iof LHclI EeW
Homo ct the Capital City
Mr.. and Mrs. a. Jameson. formerly il
charge of the Methodist congregation in
this city for three years, depart
ed last week for Pierre, where Mr.. jamie
son was recently appointed to fill the pull
pit of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Jameson s services as minister in
the Canton congregation and the citizen
ship extending througha a period Of over
three years, of the family, is one that
every citizen of Canton will regret to
loose Rev. Jameson is not only forci-
bic speaker in the pulpit but also an
earnest and conscientious christian
worker and the people Of Canton will
join TIE LEADER in commencing him
and his excellent wife and son, Amos, to
the people of the capital city as a family
who will deserve their highest esteem
and cooperation in their work. We re-
gret, deeply, to see them leave this city,
but wish them the greatest possible sue
cess and prosperity in their new home.
Rev. Jameson has filled some of the
largest pulpits in the state Y ankton,
Sioux Falls, Vermillion and others, and
takes rank among the foremost ministers
in the northwest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
InSerson and Van voorhis.

Col. lngersoll lately appeared be-
fore Rochester court in a lawsuit.
During the progress of the trial he
said to ex-Commissioner Van Voor-
his, the opposing counsel, '.Mr, Van
Voorhis, if you don't stop objecting so
much ! shall be forced to change my
opinion Of you
Van Foorhis- Mr.. Ingersoll, 1
thought you were a man who never
changed his opinion"
1ngersoll- well, I may have to
some day, and I suppose You'll be
there to twit me about it,''
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
Dt.ss 3as Y y or FORESTS
.ires ana Unnecessarx waste taus,ng

Fires ana Unnecessary Waste Causing s
Denudation Of Wooded Districts.
The wholesale extravaganza of the
people of the United States with the
timber which abounds in this country,
and the merciless way in which the
forests are being destroyed. has at.
tracted the attention OF the Geograp phi
cal Society Of Germany, writes d
Washington correspondent Of the N New
York Evening Post. Al a recent meet,
ing Chief Forest Master :Aessler called
attention to the subject, quoting from
the tenth census. He stated that in
1880 the 45, 70o saw mills in operation
in the United States converted $780,
100000 worth of raw timber stock in
to various kinds Of lumber and he
asserted that at the same rate there
would be no good-sized timber left in
forty years. He spoke of the ,enor-
nous waste OF wood through forest
fires. which are the result for the
most part, Of carelessness or q desire
to clear land for cultivation. and de-
clared that the plant,ng OF new forests,
which has of late years received some
attention In the eastern States, cannot
begin to Offset the waste. EIe said
that there is every reason to fear that
America will soon be country i'm
poverished for tree property. MI.
Kessler made the striking comparison
that while the United States had but
IL per cent OF its area covered BY
forests. the empire of Germany has
26 per cent Vi its entire area so
covered. Mr.. Kessler said that the
reckless destruction Of forest trees in
America and the indifference mani
tested by americans in the restoration
OF forests is a menace, not alone to
the wealth of the nation, but threat
ems serious deterioration both to eli
matiicr conditions and the fertility
of the soil. Ina recent report to the
State Department Consul Merritt OF
Cnemnita, calls attention TO Mr.. Kess.
ler's remarks as worthy Of the atten-
tion OF the department..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
Expensive ..Iaygoins.

Recently a Bavarian paper gave an
impressive account Of the experience
OF an English family at Cberammer-
gau. The worthy paterfamilias ap-
pears to have telegraphed from Paris
for lodgings and tickets for the play.
lie had received in reply a promise OF
both. He came and stopped for two
days and WAS then presented with a
bill amounting to 427 marks, or near
II ;ee2a2 and made up Of items like
these: sittng-room, three days. GO
marks; two bedrooms with six beds,
$50 marks; bed for courier 5 marks;
bed for maid, u marks; board for
six persons, two days, ~ marks:
twelve dinners, at marks, 4S marks;
fire and lights, II marks; board for
courier and maid 16 marks; and SO
on. On the top Of this the maid fell
i'll through sleeping in a damp bed,
and her complainnt was pronounced
to be typhus and this resulted in the
further claim FOR five hundred marks
Il p.esume as compensation for the
infection. Finally, having thus paid
nearly l,0gv marks for their two days
fun, the family never got any tickets
and left without seeing the play.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
Legal status of Ensagement Rings.

An important decision respecting
engagement rings has been rendered
in France by the Judges in Nime9
Court. Some time ago these legal
gentlomen had before them a divorce
case, at the termination of which tbs
wife claimed, through her lawyer, the
iewelry presented to her by her hus-
band before their marriage
Among the valuable articles thu3
rigidly retained was her engagement
ring. The litigation at length came
to an end. but the affair was costly,
and the judges took a long time to
make up their minds. They have a.
last given a decision in favor Of the
wife and have appended to the;r
judgment the following weighty ra-
marks.
''Ihe ring offered for the purpos.
OF recalling the engagement of two
persons constitutes the most persona!
and the most irrevocable OF all sou.
venirs given in visw Of MARRIAGE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
tha:ity and Justice.

John Rusizin: Charity Is the summit
ofjrstlce--it is the temple Of which
justice is the foundation-but you
can't have the top without the bot
tom; you cannot build upon charity.
You must build upon justice for this
El;sin reason. that you have not at
first charity to build with. It is the
last reward OF good work. Do justice
To Tous bro.her-you can do that
whether you love him or not-and
you viii cone to love him. But do
Injustice to him because you don't
lovo him and you will come to hate
him. @
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
GOING 10 .sEE MAN,
The Origin Of d Popular Sentence in the
Language of Slang III

1No OFISHl CA u IOPutar sentence III the
Language Of Slang.
One nightin the winter of 1865, saws
Washington special to the Detroit
Tribune, Artemus Ward lectured in
Lincoln hall, and when the great hui
morist was about half through his
discourse he paralyzed the audience
with the announcement that they
would have to take recess of fifteen
minutes so as to. enable him to go
across the street to ..see a man" III.
Il. Tracy, then editor of the Washing
ton Republican,, was in the audience,
and seeing AN opportunitv to improve
upon the joke penciled the following
lines and sent them to the platform:
dear Artemus: II you Will place
yourself under my guidance Ill take
you to see a man witt out crossing
the street."
Artemus accepted u. h, \ ..a::a:s.l,
and while the great ;,...,co II, -
tiently, but with much amusement,
awaited the rcappearance of the hui
morist, the latter was making the
acquaintance of Aman and luxuriating
at u well-laden refreshment board.
OF course everybody caught on to''
the phrase, and men became fond of
getting up between the acts and go
ing out to see Aman.'' The restau-
rateur's business from this time for
ward doomed. Men who would ordi-
narlly sit quietly through an enter
tainment and behave themselves
allowed themselves to be influenced nv
contagion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
You tinrrv T,.n Much.

q We would live longer if we hurried
less. When q man sits down to
breakfast, he eats as if he was afraid
he might not :.et his share When he
starts for the Office, he hurries, though
he knows tho ot.ice will wait Tor him.
At lunch he hurries; he hurries all
day, and when he goes home at night
he walks SO fast that if you ever
watched o crowd OF men going homo
at night, you We're given the i;r-
preston that their work WAS pursuing
them, and they were trying in q tired.
nervous sort Of way to get away from
it. II he could hurry his sleep so
that he could sleep two hours worth
in one hour. he would do it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07

majority. Owens, running one ahead OF
his ticket. The independent county
ticket also carries the day, with Barnum,
for sheriff coming ahead six votes. The
amendments to the constitution are all
defeated, and Pierre gets a majority Of
one over Huron for the capital
PLEASANT.
BEREsFoRD, Nov. 5. Spectral: Mel
,ette, the republican candidate for COVER
nor, carries Pleasant township by thirty
nine majority and the same vote goes to
the rest of the state ticket. Leavitt, in
dependent candidate for congress runs
ahead of his ticket five votes. Bradshaw
runs ahead one vote and Dunham runs
behind six. Owens and Hotter, on the
independent legislative ticket both run
ahead OF, the ticket, and Owens carries
the township against the republican can
didates. Owens resides in this township.
Goltry, the independent candidate tor SUI
carries the precinct against Carver, who
runs behind great deal. Goltry gets
twenty more votes than are cast for the
state ticket and Owens G6 more. All the
ballots were badly scratched Huron
gets 60 votes for capital and Pierre 49,.
Suffrage and debt amendments both de-
feated.
HIGHLAND. 81
This township gives the handsome ma
jority of % votes for Loucks over Mel
lette on the state ticket, while Leavitt for
congress runs ahead of his ticket consider
ably at CANDLES expense. AL the rest
of the independent ticket gets nearly the
full vote. Hotter, independent on the
legislative ticket runs ahead of his ticket
eleven votes. Steensland, for county
commissioner, also is ahead of the ticket
and Lund, the democrat for county SUI
perintendent carries off Garvar's palm by
a majority Of 67, running ahead of his
ticket S0votes. Pierre surprises the city
on the Jim by seventeen majority where
the latter burg had expected a large ma
jorlty. The women are defeated in their
amendment TO the constitution by fifty
three majority and the vote against the
proposition to increase the state debt was
overwhelming.
LA Valley.
WoRTHING, Nov. 5. Special: Reports
from LaValley township are that, Hon.
r. a. Leavitt, whose home is in that
township and where it was claimed he
would not receive FIVE votes, has carried
the township against Gamble, by large
majority. The vote for governor is
Loucks, 81; Mellette, 90 Leavitt has 81
votes and Gamble; H. Pickler is also
behind his ticket and SO are Dunham for
state senator, Donahue for representa-
tive, DeLong for clerk, and Carver for
Superintendent. Bradshaw, Dunham's
opponent is ahead OF his ticket, and Lund
for superintendent has 81 votes, a clear
majority over ALL The vote on capital is
a tie, 36 for. each place, and all the
amendments to the constitution are de-
feated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
BOARD MEETING,

The members of the board of directors of
the South Dakota Farmers Publishing
Company. Publishers of the FARMERS
LEADER, will meet in regular quarterly
meeting, at the LEADER Office in Canton,
on Saturday, December, 6, 1890. at l
o'clock p. m. A. J. WIIPI.E,
b. ". OWENS. President
Secretary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
experts with tho Gun,

Nellie Thrope of Santa Maria Val
ley, California. is an expert with the
rifle. She brought down large eagle
recently that was lowering over her
chicken yard, and her latest trophy
is the pelt Of a wild cat that was sneak
ing on the same plar for u chicken
salad l|# IsN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-11-07
Losing HeI oppnrtu,,i.ies.

Boston woman .'ont have to make
myself attractive Il anyb, 1y but nr
husband. My MASH i. maus
Chicago woman Il .iiaw! If you
make yourself attractive to YOU. nus
band how do you ever hope to get a
d;vorce9