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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-05-01
A Little Early Riser

now and then, at bedtime will cure con-
stipation, bilionsness and liver troubles
tDeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
famous little pills that cure by arousing
the secretions, moving the bowels
gently. yet effectually, and giving such
tone and strength to the glands of the
stomach and liver that the cause of the
trouble is removed entirely, and if
their use is continued for few days.
there will be no more return Of the
complaint. Sold by M. Helmey & Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-05-01

Canton Grain Company have just
received large invoice of -four. and
feed, and among others they will handle
the following popular brands. White
Rose High Patent" and xxx, which
is second to none and every sack guar
anteed. When in need of flour or feed
give us call, opposite city scales, tele.
phone $50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-05-01
Want Good Milling Wheat.

We are always in the market for
good milling wheat at little more
than market price.
HENDERSON & JOHNSON.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1903-05-01

company has decided offer shares Of its
stock for SALE
w. F. Carpenter writes that the plant has cost about
ST. 500 than expected Also that sickness has delayed
work needed To provide against lack of water
pumping plant will be put pump from the old NINE
This stock will be sold at Call on Tlotson agent
or H. N Cooper E. E. CARPENTER,
Vice President.
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Look For the Good.

II you would increase your happiness
and prolong u life. forget your neigh.
bor's faults. Forget the SANDER you have
heard. Forget the temptations. Forget
the fault-fnding and give a little thought
to the cause which provoked it. Forget pc
cu!iarities of your friends; and only re-
member the good points which make You
fond Of them. Forget all personal q~uarre:s
or histories you may have heard by acct.
dent. and which, il repeated. would seem .
thousand times worse than they are. Bot
out az far as possible all the disagreeablcs
Of life; they will come. but they will grow
larger when you remember them. and the
constant thought OF the acts Of meanness,
or. worse still, maliceF will only tend to
make you more familiar with them. Oblit-
crate everything disagreeable from yester-
day; start out with a clean sheet for to-
day. and write upon it for sweet memory's
sake only those things which are lovely
and lovable.-The T%rumpeter.
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Selections From Answers In Public School
Examinations.

Selections From Answers In Public School
Examinations.
The Worlds Work prints these sc.
lections from answers in public school
examinations:
"Apherbility is the state Of being an
apherbile."
"AnerDility is the state Of being in
sane on u subject only"
"Serenade. a greenness as Of grass"
"Reverberation Is when It Is made
again into a verb"
1.-The equator Is a menagerie lion run
ming around between the North and
South pole"
"They climbed Vesuvius to see the
orator smoking"
I'VE celebrate the Fourth OF July
because Jesus bid US"
vengeance. Def'n. q mean desire
to pay back. Illus'p. Vengeance is
mine: l will repay. saith the Lord"
Ingenious. a stupid person. from In.
not. and genious, a smart person."
discretion. n difference Of sex be-
tween animals"
1.-THE early Brlton wore n skin. he
tied II ut the waist. He wore legiOns
on bis legs. He had eyes Of a blue
shade which plainly showed his semi
civilization. He wore on his feet moe
ASSIGNS or scandals"
Grand Opera. The only Grand Op.
era know IS Wang"
"The TIE Deum Is a Grand opra.'
1.-THE British museum Is the prin'
| cipal building In Paris"
"Aristides was q god: he was the
| female god Of Phoenicia."
Hannibal was an early Greek ex'
| plorer who wrote a book called Herodi
tus."
"VirgIl was n vestal Virgin"
"As I roamcd In the deep woods !
saw n herd Of greyhounds hunting fol
prey"
Julius Caesar was the mother OF the
Graceful"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
CHAPTER TX.
IAN AHN KATE ELGIN.

FAN y KATE ELGfS.
While Hammond sleeps. plotting even
IN his dreams. we will visit Kate FL
gin. as she sits in her chair. with old
Fan c%rouching on the floor. her crooked
back against the door. and her distorted
yellow eyes. bloodshot and fierce. star
ing ut the unfortunate girl.
Luke Hammond vas right when he
said Kate Elgin planned. but she
planned first Of all to establish some
means Of communication with her
father!
THE heart of Mrs. Harker Is a
flint" said Kate. as she surveyed her
strange position. when that evil woman
was In the room. Il will have nothing
to say to her.
After old Fan had been installed rs
guard for the night. and after Luke
Hammond's last visit Kate resolved
to speak.
Fanny" said she.
"No-my name is Fan-old Fan" said
the old woman. When I was young
and pretty like you, they called me
Pretty Nellie"
They? Who were they" asked
Kate.
TT no continued
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A Common Cruelty.

II accused Of cruelty in daily life We
should probably resent it Indignantly. yet
every time q person inficts Al evil mood
upon his household or upon his fellow.
workers he is treating them cruelty. Most
Of US are guilty at times, and we never
stop to think that our innocent victims are
utterly defenseless. Consider how quickly
all members of the family suffer when one
brings his depression to the breakfast
table; how easily good spirits are quenched
by one persons m~oroseness; how readily
an atmosphere Of nervousness. OF Immature,
or physical pain makes itself felt when
there is no effort at se~lf.control. No one
has a right to inAict his bad feelings upon
others. and We realize this when we are
the victims. But il we have not slept well,
or If We had a headache after a wearisome
day. or il some business matter has gone
wrong, where Ii our own c~heerfulness? Our
shortcomings should help us to make ex.
cuses for other peoples tempers. but our
suferings should teach US the cruelty OF
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Greut MATT res.

Great natures are always generous: they.
are fountains, not only OF vitality. hut of
bcstowal. However great the rewards they
receive may be, these rewards are bu, a
fraction of the worth Of the service rem
whatever his position or work. unless he
can feel that he is giving tar more than
he is receiving: that a very large part Of
what he does is not returned IN money;
that. however successful he may be on the
practical side, he must still he counted one
ni the benciactors OF his kind because OF
the generosity Of his decentralization.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
A6ecfious Of Home.

II ever household affections and loves are
graceful things, they are graceful in the
poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and
the proud to home may be forged on earth,
but those which link the poor man to his
humble hearth are OF the true metal, and
high descent may love the halls and lands
of his inheritance as a part OF himself. as
trophies Of his birth and power; the poor
mans attachment to the tenement he holds
which strangers have held before, and may
tomorrow occupy again, has a worthier
root. struck deep into .purer soil; HIS
household gods are Of flesh and blood. with
no al.cv Of silver. gold or precious stones;
he has no property but in the affections OF
floors and walls. despite of toll and scanty
meals. that man has his love OF horne from
God. and his .rlde hut becomes j solemn
placc.-Char!es Dickens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Character Building.

Character is the word OF honor from
which n coat OF mail can be woven that the
swiftest arrow Of shame or the kccnest
knife OF disrepute cannot pierce. Every
thought that enters our mind. every act
we dc, and every word we utter. adds a
link to the golden chain of character. The
strength of n steam engine can DO cstI-
mated to within an ounce OF its limit. but
it Is impossible to estimate the force OF a
noble character. The hardest hearts are
suftcncd and the most rcpu.sire dispcs',,
tions ! ecome fascinating. Our failures and
our successes help to iorm 4 reputation that
nay he destroyed by an external force.
hut the destruction OF n character can only
he effected by some internal forcc.-Our
Bows Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Disbursement.

Dr.. J. e. Miller, speaking Of the impor.
lance of guarding against Encouragement,
tells US some plain, practical truths. He
says: when once we come under its infiu.
ence, it makes Us weak, robhing US Of our
hope and making towards Of Us. Many q
life is discrowned and drawn down to fail.
ure through encouragement. II Is surely
. sad p~icture-this greatest Of the old pro-
phets lying there under the little bush. in
the wilderness, longing to die. II Elijah
had died then and there what an inglorious
ending it would have made Of his life! As
It was, however, he lived to do further gio-
rious work and to see great results from
his contest with idolatry. God was kinder
to him than he knew. Il is wrong to wish
ourselves dead. Life is God's gift to US, q
sacred trust for which we shall have to
give account. While God keeps rs living
He has something for Us to do. Our pray
er should be for grace to- do u duty
bravely and well unto the end. From Eli.
jah's after experience we learn that we
should never be cast down by any discour-
aging experiences. The things We think
have failed are often only slowly ripening
into rich success. We have only to be
faithful to God and to duty, and we may
always rejoice. What seems failure 10 Of.
ten best success"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Electricity In workmen's Homes.

PcnEy-in-the.slot gas meters. and electric
meters, are much more popular abroad
than in America, where they are still IN.
common. Quite the most limited service
in this line. however. is to be obtained at
Sunderland, England, where the Town
Council supplies current for lighting work
mems dwellings on this principle. For the
small sum OF one pcnny--two cents-de-
posted in the slot current is supplied for
lighting an eight-candle-power lamp for
FIVE and one.ffth hours. The lighting, Of
course Ia be over rs extended n period
rs the user desires, just ss in the case Of
gas.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem: Teach No Thy way-It 10 . Chris.
tian's duty to Get Along Psaeeably
with All Sorts and Conditions Of Men
BE Tolerant.
Teach me Thy way, Oh, Lord!
Help me to know
The devious, hidden path
That ] must 90.
am too weak and blind,
My way alone to find,
Oh, lest I 60 astray,
Teach me Thy way!
Teach me Thy way, Oh, Lord!
Help me to see,
The clear, the shining road
That leads to Thee.
In ignorance ! stand,
And wait Thy guiding hand,
In tender love each day,
Teach me Thy way!
-Miss Emily H. Watson, in New York
Observer.
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fnk. When the holder Of my note
brought Il to me. when due, the note
had become blank paper. So II James
Greene does leave this decoy letter be-
hind, long before his absence shall
have become remarked by his friends
not q vestige Of the ink will remain.
I assure you that ink has been Of great
use to me-" he added. folding and back
ing the forged letter.
III you don't succeed" said Nancy.
with q burst Of admiration. odd Nick
gives you wit to destroy you"
Right" laughed Luke. "Ane now
30 to bed. 1t is nearly 4 o'clock. and
you must be sleepy"
"And you. Luke?" said Nancy. as she
ros to depart.
Cannot sleep; have not slept in my
bed for months. Nancy. l sleep in that
large chair. Ready for flight or fight,
a either may seem best"
"You are childish. Nothing can hin.
der me from sleeping"
Nor I will tell you something to
keep you awake"
II defy you." replied Nancy.
Listen" said Luke in a grave voice.
"John Marks has been here tonight.
What do you think he told me?"
THAT he wanted money. He always
did. the spendthrift," said Nancy.
us that the way you speak Of your
husband. Nancy"
Husband" exclaimed Nancy. "A
lie! John Marks and I separated years
ago."
TRUE. You and John Marks could
never agree. l did not tell him you
were here"
Don't. II you do you'll regret itw
said she.
Wont that bit Of news :'"ep you
awake?" asked Luke.
mot q minute" replied n. =.
"Well, then. I must make NJ prom
ise good. John Marks told me that
there Is now in New York q woman
named Harriet Foss"
Harriet Foss." muttered Nancy.
sinking into q chair and staring In ter
ror.
"Ho: Thatn keep you awake, Nan.
cy." sncered Luke.
"Can you sheer and know your dan.
&C: while Harriet Foss lives. Luke"
Bah! l have already prepared fol
her removal" said Hammond. John
Marks will take care OF her."
Speak out. Luke" cried Nancy
"Have you employed John Marks to-
to"
Now do you speak out, Nancy" said
Hammond. mo. l have no design Oh
her lie"
Goodnight" said Nancy, as weak
and pale as II just from n swOoa.
when John Marks calls here again
let me see him."
She departed. leaving Hammond
alone.
"Ha. she wants to see my friend.
John Marks" said Luke. locking the
doors about him and tasting his brandy
largely. Il know what she wants Of
him. Nancy Is q terrible woman some.
times"
Hammond then seated himself in his
sleeping chair. and soon fell soundly
asleep, with cooked pistols on the table
before him. Luke Hammond was dan
cerous game to take alive!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Faith . State OF the Soul.

It matters not how faith comes, whether
Through the intellect, rs in the case Of st:
Thomas, or in the heart, as in the case OF
St. John. or as the result of long educa.
ton. as in the case OF St. Peter. God has
many ways of bringing different characters
to faith. but that blessed thing which. the
Bib.c calls faith is q state OF soul in which
the things Of God become glorious certain.
ties.-F. w. Robertson.
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watch For tho Conscience Fund.

The Secretary OF the Treasury. n Wash
~ington. has received from an unknown per.
ION a unique conscience contribution in the
shape Of a watch with n gold or goId'hllcd
case. i, came in a package postmarkcd
Pittsfeld. Mass. The sender says in an
accompanying letter: Such as | have |
give unto you for the conscience fund.
The money | gave for the watch is more
Than , consider | owe the Government"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
Gold Prod ucfiop.

Up to the year lS4s Russia was the
largest producer OF gold in the world.
During that year the production amounted
TO twenty-five and a half tons. To-day
Australia comes first in the production OF
this precious metal. followed next by tho
United States. There are 4, present some
1850 gold mines in Siberia. giving employ.
ment to about 10000 hands.
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Existence is not given to be wasted in
the prosecution OF selfish plans or III ad.
v~ancing and executing trifins ones. Time
has been freely given. and with it q high
capacity to live worthy and q sure
strength to DO well. Let me remember
that | am responsible for the Use I make
of these cndowments.-Dorothy Dix.
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Giving Thanks.

There are two ways Of giving thanks
ono by the lips and the other by the life.
The two ought always to DO together, but
such is not always the case. Lip thanks
will surely accompany or flow from "life
thanks" but it Is not always true that
the spoken Thank you" is accompanied
expressed thunkfulness. either by word
or life. We all take things too much for
granted. We seem to assume that the
world owes US ut least q living and forget
too often that whatever comes to us
through the world is sent US from above,
from the Father of Lights"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
New zeaIand.s Rank Account.

The London Times correspondent a
Wellington. n. L., gays that Premier Sed. (
don, speaking at Canterbury, said that
New Zealand had $45 600 600 on deposit in
the banks. and if the English money lend.
ers attempted TO dictate the policy OF the
colony. they would be taught the lesson
that they had better leave New Zealand
alone.
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Tender Conscience.

A tender conscience is a precious gift
from God. We do not mean 4 s%crupulous
conscience governed by crochets, or n NOR.
bid conscience governed by fear OF its "
creation. Both o! these are most trouble.
some guests to entertain. But We mean a
tender conscience which is governed in all
things by the VOL i Of God.
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RnoltHnte.

swell, I've lost the job he gave me-"
TOO bad. Isn't there anything for
YOU to fall back on:"
mot unless somebody digs q hole
.nder me. In fat nOw."-Philadei'
uhia Press
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A Hfesaed Man.

Blessed is the man who has a quiet cham.
Der in his soul where hope and memory
can sit together and contemplate the mem
cries OF God.-United Presbyterian.
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SEQ 100 Worth Of RutteraIe. For Eranes.

President Loubet has signed n decree au-
thorizing the Museum Of Natural History
to accept NJ. Boullet's collection of butter.
flies, which is valued at S2O,0
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They all have simpiy uncertainty a. 10
which man has 4 certainty. Suppose that
some Judge who is distributing the prizes
had sufficient foresight to know exactly
which way the ball would roll. He knows
that and the corresponding number in
every mans hand. Science has chased
| chance out Of the universe. To the eyes
| of the intelligent chance has ceased to he.
There is no such thing in all this word.
There is what We call a law. but there is
no chr nee in the case; i. is all law. :.
Beside. taking your own ground. even II
chance out of n whole hundred which will
become q certainty. Well" yon say. 1T
is a good chance" Yes. that is . good
chance. AS chance is good, then
Yes. but Bis chance is poor. In other
words, one mans hance neutrl lizes an.
other; therefore. there Are no hundred
chances. II you have bought one good
chance. then ninety-nine have paid for n
poor chance. What equality is there in
that? Thus. even NJ your own ground
, there Is no such thing AZ chance. And,
from the high standard OF science and act.
uai f,ct. there is no such thing in this
world, in the entire universe. rs chance.
! Ninetv.ninr have bought nothing. and YOU
! have taken their money. and If you don't
feel mean in taking it you are mcaner than
I thought ym we're. What moral right.
then. is left to gambling: No moral right
at all No justice whatever. 1t is clear.
! clean. absolute. unequivocnl wrong. Moth
! ing il lett but the excitement and the un-
! certainty Gs who is the certainty and the
! crazy hop. Of getting rich without paying
!, for it and whoever entertains 1t Is run
ming against the everlasting laws, and you
can dig his grave.
Now. finally. ! want to remind you where
this mental j~ugglery ends. 1t ends as n
poison ends. 1t is n poison OF the mind. an
Intellectual poison. Just as poison enters
the tissues OF the body and acts upon the
system. no it acts upon the intellect: At
first it ~excites. then follows reaction. Then
more OF tn. poison is taken. with similar
reuc.i. d. and again more is taken and more
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-01
PUPILS oop IDEAS.

To be continued.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15
J. G. HOFf FAILS.
Well Known Mlaet Fprnlture Nan las Store
4 Closed to Satisfy Debts of s650
Bad Cellectleas Reason "a
al Pnllnee s@

J. G. Hoff, one Of the best
known furniture dealers in the
Northwest, has failed in business.
His store w:ls closed Saturday
morning by Sheriff Scofeld and
a levy made on the stock for
$500 to satisfy bills owed to
Draper Maynard Co., Decater,
kennith Clark Co. and John Les
lie Paper Co. 1t is thought that
Mr.. Hoff owes several thousand
more dollars. Mr.. Hoff was seen
by an Independent reporter and
said he had $4,000 standing out
but the collections are poor. He
stated if he had had o little time
he could have made the collec.
tions and paid up ALL ofhis debts.
Mr.. Hoff has a very large stock
Of furniture and other goods on
hand and it is regretted that he
had such bad luck. He came
here several years ago and by
attending strictly to business,
worked up an excellent trade.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15
.. Aamy Worms

Some alarm is felt over the
reports Of the presence of army
worms iii the northwestern part
of the state. Reports have been
sent to Professor Waldron of the
North Dakota Agricultural col
lege, that the worms are devast-
ating some of the wheat fields.
It is said there are myriads OF
them and that they take abso-
lutely all the vegetation from the
fields they infest. From the
meager description sent the pro-
lessor, he is inclined to believe
the pests are the "wheat head
army worms,'''' but he will not
know till he reaches the fields.
lie left for Rugby Wednesday
morning and will go to all infect
ed districts from that point and
take steps to destroy the pests.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15
Anent TIE Egg Throwing

Editor johnston of Flaxton,
who was eggpd by a few of the
hoodlums df Bowbells, visited
Minot Monday. Mr.. Johnston's
usage was uncalled for and the
deal has made him hundreds of
friends all.over the state. The
advertising Bowbells received by
such actions does not do the
place any good. Mr.. Johnston
expresses sympathy for the
stricken people Of Bowbells and
speaks eak highly of The business 's :
meif of tftat pfacu. TIE egg
throwing was not done by any
OF the business men," says MIR.
Johnston, "but by the saloon
keepers and the hangers on
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15
Fine Threshing Outfit.

Allen Odell, M. .Jacobson's
hustling salesman sold Hugh f.
Hunter on Saturdaylast a Reeves
threshingt outfit consisting Of Il
2O-horse powerdouble compound
engine and q 1850 double sepa-
rator. ,eA;.f5ssH- -l. a
This rig is complete witlr feed
er, weigher. double separator and
blow stacker.
With such I'M it, Mr.. Hunt
er will be able |are for the
grain in his local. qnd guaran-
tee satisfaction especially in flax
threshing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15

cotah block. They are making
O. collection Of grains, grasses
and vegetables raised in this
part of The state and desire the
farmers to bring in samples.
They have one beautiful sample.
a bunch of bronze grass, raised
on the Ed. kettles0n farm a
short distance from town. 1t is
four feet high and cuts four tons
to the acre. Cattle do extra we'll
on it and eat it up clean. 1t
seeds itself for several years but
about once in four years, it is
best to tear the ground up.
Some farmers cut it before it
heads out getting two tons to
the acre and later in the season
cut it again getting two and one
half tons more. ..-o.=...,,sr-as---r
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-15
Plague Under Control.

DR.. J. d. Windell and DR..
Henry Windell whose lives at
one time were nearly despailed
of. are recovering from typhoid
fever and are considered out OF
danger. The doctors have had
a terrible seige. DR.. Bell Of Ken
mare has also about recovered
from the disease. At Bowbells,
the plague is under control and
all the sick are recovering.