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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

i29O-England banished Jews and con-
hscated their property.
14S3-Henry Stafford, Duke of Bucking-
ham, bcheaded.
l493-Columbus discovered land he call
ed Dominica.
l5O2-Columbus entered Porto Bello.
1o10-Spaniards under Cortez entered
Mexico.
15SO-Sir Francis Drake arrived home
from his voyage around the world.
1674HJohn Milton, poet, died.
1G94-The ship "Hannibal' of London
arrived at the Barbados with a
cargo of negro slaves from At
RIGA.
1755-AIany killed in an earthquake at
Lisbon, Portugal.
17G2-Peace papers signed at Fontaine-
bleu between England and
France.
11Go-Stamp act went into operation.
1T1-First newspaper to be published
in Albany, n. y, issued.
11T3-Liberty flag raised on Harvard
Grove, Boston.
C1 ElHutS Dy tiLlcEl-
can Congress.
1T5-Gen. Montgomery captures fort
at st. Johns, Canada.
1II6-British abandon Crown Point.
17S3-Washington issued his farewell
address to the army.
11SS-Deborah Godfrey, said to have
been the mother of thirty-cight
nLtl1,-- ALL C- Nr~
land.
l193-Louis Joseph Philip, Duke of Or
leans. beheaded.
1S12-French defeat Russians at battle
near Wanna.
1S13-Neutrality Of Switzerland pro-
claimed.
1S1S-First steamboat on the lakes left
Buffalo.
1S25-Albany, n. Y, celebrated opening
of Erie canal.
1S47-Meldenssohn, the famous must
clan, died.
1S53-First Presbyterian Chinese church
organized in San Francisco.
Russians defeated Turks at Oh
%tenitza.
AVA NASb Va oLAAAA
sioners on the steamer Trent.
1SG7-Stars and Stripes raised over
Alaska. G
1SS4-Grover Cleveland elected Presi-
dent of the United States.
1S93-Anarchists threw bomb in thea
ter at Barcelona, killing thirty
.-. persons. ... voorhees, repeal bill
% passed by House of Representa-
,tives. United States Senate
- passed Chinese exclusion ACT.
Free silver men issue an appeal
from Washington. :-- - ,- o..
lS94-Alexander III. of Russia died. 49,.
Lieut.. Dreyfus of the French
army arrested on charge of trea-
son.
lS0S-Eussia modified fleet at Port Ar
thur.
19O1-Li Hung Chang died.
1902-Fireworks explosion in Madison
Square, New York.
19O3-Panama declares it's independence
of Colombia. -. Panama recognize
ed by the United States. Irish
land act went into operation.
19O4-Theodore Roosevelt elected Presi-
dent. of the United States. Rus
sian Baltic feet left Vigo, Spain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
With Emphasis.

"Give a Neapolitan a pair Of dumb
bells and ask him II he thinks 1t Is
likely to rain, and before his answer IL
finished he will have taken enough
healthful exercise to last him all day."
Once, says the London Clarion, a tray
eler sat with a friend in a cafe at Ma
pies. Near them were two Italians en-
gagged in conversation. The younger Of
the two seemed much excited.
With his hands he made reaching
and clinging motions, as II climbing.
Then he seemed to be CROPPING for cher
ries in the air, as he reached right and
left above his head Next. without
%slackening his conversation, he put
the thumb and foreinger- Of his left
hand together, and holding them be-
fore his eyes, went through the care
full movements Of one threading a
small needle, and all the time he
talked. s se
Suddenly his ann changed. He
made overland motions, as II throwing
something. Then he apparently lmi-
tated a swimmer, and Immediately
afterward described several circles
with his left hand. giving the impress
sion Of a rapidly revolving wheel.
Finally he leaned forward, and with
his right hand acted the part Of a per-
son endeavoring to put a key into q
keyhOle.
The traveller was overcome by curl
osity. He turned to his friend, who
understood Italian, and asked him
what the plot Of the story was.
"Oh, nothing" replied the other.
They're chatting about the weather."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
"a Ne Side
Tie News

Perhaps Japan will yet get that in
demnity out Of American tourists.
The broiled steak has to work over
time to pay the beef trusts $50, 600 fine.
If a battleship is out of date before
she is completed, what's the use of build
ing 'em?
They may yet. through The Hague
channels, make football a fit Sunday
evening parlor game.
What we didn't know about the big
insurance companies 4 few months ago
would fill a c~yclopaedia.
Yet the Carnegie commission left out
of the list of heroes the life insurance
president who died poor.
Maybe it is only an attempt to maks
a digest of the language that is contin-
ually upsetting the Hungarian Diet.
John W. Gates admits that an auto
mobile overtaken for speeding is no
place for holding an open-air prayer
meeting.
And it all sprang from a French din
ner given by James Hazen Hyde last
spring!
Senator Burton is still raising demur-
rers to those indictments against him;
after all it is natural to demur to an in
dictment.
The family physician of a life insur-
ance president doesn't always have to
marry the daughter to take up with a
good thing.
As another evidence that it is tryinl
to reach our high standards of civiliza-
ton, Japan reports that it has a grating
politician.
As a companion book to his "Win-
ming Of the West" Mr.. Roosevelt may
write another volume, "Pacifying the
South"
The New York clergyman who preach
ed on "The Cash Value of a Conscience"
certainly talked in a language New York
understands.
A stranger in Chicago had his pocket
picked while at prayer In church. In
Chicago, evidently, it is necessary to
watch as well as pray.
IF all the graft investigations are pub
lished in book form, tii-s Wiz Nuke the
governments collections of war records
look like a little stack Of child's prim-
ers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Get at the Cauae.

sacramento, ny. Nov. i3.-(Speciai.J
A typical Illustration of the way
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure rheumatism
Is well told by Catherine Devine, who
IS very we'll known here. She says:
"For over four years I was greatly
troubled with Rheumatism. 1t used to
take me worst in my legs and feet. Al
times I would be so bad l could not,
put my feet to the ground. As | am
over sev~enty-three years Of age I be-
gan to think l was too old to get cured
and should have to bear my Rheuma.
tism the best way I could. But l heard
about Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought
I would give them q trial. So I got 4
box and began taking them. Well, I
must say Dodd's Kidney Pills did me
a wonderful lot of good. They eased
the pain from the first, and to-day I
am In better health than l have been
for many years."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

sheriff, coroner and two county com.
missioners. The candidates of the
new City party also appeared on the
tickets of the Democratic, %lndepend-
ent, Lincoln and Prohibition parties.
The victory over the regular Republi-
a Cnachine) ticket was complete, the
majorities being about 10000 for each
of h candidates. Many arrests
were made for attempted fraud at tho
polls. and in several instances blood
shed resulted from clashes between
the reform and gang forces.
New York-GeorEe Is. Mcclellan has
been reelected Mayor of New York
by about 5000 plurality. While Nc
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

kept clean by the agent, and I began
to arrange and renrrange, to the ribbon
bows on chairs, to loop fresh muslin
curtains at the windowpanes. to fill
the old china vases with flowers, think
ing Of Jack the while, as a bride would
be apt to do, when, looking out Of the
window l. saw a quaint old figure
coming up the road-that of q man
very old in years, ana vino had not
! changed his garb with the fashions Of
the times. .. ,.4S
His hat had a bell crown and rolling
rim; his collar and coat and necher-
chief were of the sort we see in Jul
erandfathers' portraits. I had had
him pointed out to me as Bachelor
Barton" and been told that he was
rich and Of a good old family, and had
once been disappointed in love.
I hid myself behind the curtain and
watched him c%uriously as he came on,
wondering if he were once a handsome
young fellow like my Jack, and If he
had loved ONE as Jack loved me, and
how it was that youth could change to
age, and golden locks to gray, and
WHY -lSC" " DC, NACI, ~ ILL., Dull
prise, be paused at the gate Of my
garden and entered.
Perhaps his old-fashioned p%oliteness
led him to call upon the strangers"
after the good old custom so rapidly
dying out.
A moment more my little maid
brought me his card, and with a glance
NJ $ha potrro~ IrrJNI Jnr,, - ..ook
him.
Close at hand, Bachelor Barton was
older than he had seemed from my up
per window, and Trailer; but his face
had a sweet expression still.
Pardon my intrusion, madame" L.,
said. II saw the house open, for the
first time for years, and could not re-
strain myself from approaching the
door. Il knew 1t well in bygone days
when Miss Nancy Free and her moth
er lived here. l came here often then.
I was a very intimate friend. l want
ed to see the dear old rooms once
again. Miss Free was eighty when
she died; I am e~ighty-fve. But we
were very young people when we first
met-twenty-one and twenty-six. You
think me ar eccentric old creature, no
Doubt; but I want to see the house
once before I die, for old times sake"
Come in. sir" I said. Il shall be
happy to show you every corner Of 1t.
I think I understand"
"As young people understand such
things" he said. Happily, they can
not quite know how the old feel. Not
Quite-not quite"
He held his quaint old hat in his
hand as he spoke, and gave me a sad
smile that drew his face into a hum
dred tiny ~crow's-feet, and as I mo-
toned the way, he followed me into
our little parlor and sat down.
Nothing altered" he said. This
IN old Mrs. Frees furniture. that has
been her grandmother's in Revolution
ary days. They say it Is the fad Of
the time to buy 1t up or have imita-
lions OF It. The brass andirons. the
shovel and tongs, the carved chairs,
the escritoire-I remember them all.
This is a Turkey carpet-there are
hardly any OF them to be found now.
Yes, Mrs. Free sat here. and Nancy
played the guitar, and I sung-you
would not think that I sung-or. I re
member, she worked at her tar1bour-
frame while l read aloud from the
poets"
He moved his head slowly about,
noting every detail-the p~cacock-feath-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

The death Of the sculptor, Bartholdl
who IS best known in America by h1o
statue Of Liberty in New York harli
Dor. recalls an incident connected with
his work. This Liberty has been call
ed "a great girl" but it Is chiefly her
size which Is remarkable. Her artistic
merits, says the Boston Herald, wers
summed up by a distinguished for
eigner. &c.,. l-st
When he sailed into New York harA
Dor he pointed to the gigantic figure,
and asked:
SIS that Liberty?" A.!
"Yes," said a bystander. 1867 +
"Then,' he concluded, quoting Pat
rick Henry, give me DEATH"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
GROW c IN TEXAS.
Expert Says the Land IL Admirabl!
Adapted to Culture.

Expert Says the Land L. Admirably
Adapted to Culture.
The development Of the pecan indus.
try in west Texas is urged by many ia
miliar with the great returns that can
be had from the planting Of the nut.
says the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The tree will grow with very little
cultivation and will bear. for many
years, and experts say that no crop
yields a better return, especially as the
land could be utilized for other crops
during the time the pecans We're COM
ing to maturity.
H. A. Halbert. IN expert on pecan
culture, says:
"As a rough estimate we would say
that the area Of land In Texas on
which the pecan will thrive without
crowding is 2O,OOO,OOO acres. This vast
area will grow half a billion OF trees.
At a low estimate Of IS per tree as
an annual income the total annual
value would be So, 50O.OO0.OOO. This, in
pounds, would be 5O,OO0,OOO,OO0. OF
100000 carloads-enough to supply
the world and In a few years to absorb
its wealth. This estimate is made upon
q basis Of the low average rate In price
and bearing qualities Of the Texas
wild pecan. Suppose this area wal
planted in the improved soft-shell va
rleties and the ruling price obtained
for them, these figures would be great.
~ augmented.
j. "What are the actual facts, approxi.
mately, Of the area covered by the wild
pecans in Texas? We would estimate
1t at about 500 square miles, or $4,000
acres. From this area are gathered
and shipped the best bearing years, In
carload lots, about TOO cars, or 10000.
coo pounds. The quality shipped BY
express and consumed at home by man
and beast will make 100000 pounds.
This quantity at s cents q pound
should be worth to the State $1,000.
600. But prices are generally low on
these bumper crops, and perhaps II
actually brings only 100000 to the
State. In my opinion nothing could be
cultivated more profitably." a Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
words of wisdom,

1t is q pretty good indication that
you are alI right when you think 9th.
erg are.
1t requires tact to convince a man
you are right in an argument when
you w him money.
Every woman who reaches the ago
limit modestly admits that she might
have become a good singer II she only
had commenced In time.
You can't expect to cut much ice
with cold-storage sympathy.
There's no use In trying to fight the
devil on his own ground. He owns
too much Of it.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
A RIVER PASTORAL.
It was a random rhymer

It was a random rhymer
Blithe-hearted az the May.
Who plucked the Towering climber
Along the river-way;
1t was the ferryman's daughter
With gypsy ros and tan.
Who ferried DER the water
This straying minstrel man.
Her hair had purple tintings
Above her sea-shell ear:
Her eyes had starry glintirss;
Her laugh was lyric clear.
He listened and he fingered
His tryst was n with Fateo
Till eve, the fairy-tingered.
Had shut days sunset gate.
Thus oft they met thereafter.
At last no more to part,
For love (or was it laughter
Had shared the rhymer's heart.
And now upon lifc's ocean
The twain together float:
He's captain that's his notion.
But she still teers the boat.
-Lippincotr's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Looked at Daily.

Looking at II thing continually,
day after day, it is said, will hurt the
eyesight," said the clearinghouse
lady at supper
"Well, imagine there's something
the matter with my eyesight,' said the
clerk boarder. 81
"And do you have to look at .ons
thing constantly"
Eyes, ma'am" '' a.
"What?" .' ~ ""+ "~ "
"Prunes, ma'am!'-Yonkers States.
man. -..-.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

Clcllan swept the
city, James W.. Os-
borne was defeated
by Jerome for Dis
t C Attorney.
Mayor Mcclellan
carried t II G bor-
oughs of Manhat-
tan and the Bronx
by 10000. al d
Richmond by 1900.
Hearst arric d
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
ELECT|ONR RESULTS
Mcclellan and Jerome Win Bit
ter Fight in New York.
HEARST TO CONTEST.
Wholesale Fraud Is Charged and
Courts May Have to Decide.

Dig victory for the Reformers in
Philadelphia - Republicans Also
LoSe the State by a Large Ma-
jOrity-RoOsevclt's Plurality of
5O4,OOO Is Overturned by FUSION
ists-Democrattc Landslide in
Ohio.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
A Welcome Vaeabond.

"a stranger came to our house last
night without a stitch to his back"
"Gracious! Did you have him ar
restedY'
Nope; we took him in and clothed
him and now we are trying to ind Z
ma ne for him.'-Houston Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

When two preachers get together
they may doctrine, but when
preachers wives meet. their talk
Is OF their need Of money
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

Soak lamp wicks In vinegar. then dry
them thoroughly to keep the lamp from
smoking.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

Philadelphia--T;.e local fight in
Philadelphia was o.er county officers
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

and turned. it inside out, a square,
white package dropped from some Sc
cret spot beneath this lining, which
had kept 1t from destruction adown
the years. I'M. art'~.' .."s z,
Long years they must have been, for
the letter had been written before the
days when envelopes We're used. was
c%uriously folded. and sealed with a
large seal on which was marked the
letter "F." It was addressed in n deli
cate. running hand to "Alwyn Barton,
Esq, The Oaks, ETC., ETC." In fact, IT
had evidently been Intended for the old
gentleman we called. Bachelor Barton.
and to him I at ono dispatched 1t
with a note of explanation. .
His answer was a request that l
and my husband would do him the
honor OF calling, as Mr.. Barton was
unwell, and there was much to ex-
plain. And of course we went.
Bachelor Barton, bolstered up with
pillows, lay upon a lounge, pale as
yellow wax. his eyes shining under his
gray brows.
Dear friends, you have told me that
the letter you sent me was In the lin.
ing Of on old leather cap in the crows
nest" he said. II remember seeing
the cap thrown away Miss Frees lit.
tie negro servant, Cato, Q it. A
carpenter who was mending the barn
had snatched it and flung 1t in the air
Apparently it came down again
It was searched for, and I watched
the search from the window. but T,eye,
dreamed that 1t was in the nest. The
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-09-16

QUESTION, and include many valuable
historical works.
Mrs. F. A. Hancock, president of
the Students Cluo, in few wellset
words, presented to the library the
books of the Shower" The ladies
are entitled to much credit for the
interest they have taken in directing
public donations thru this mes n. .
The results of the shower were most
gratifying.
After solo by Mrs. E. j. Jones,
the principal address of the evening
was made by Judge S. A. Flaherty.
In enthusiastically witty phrases,
he spoke of the great usefulness of
libraries such as these, with helpful
remarks on reading and what to read.
George W. Beise the secretary of
the library board, followed with
brief speech presenting the library
to the city. He gave the history of
the securing of the new home, and.
as Mr.. Beise is recent member of
the board, he was in position to
compliment the board highly on their
efforts in securing the new building,
and having carried the matter thru
to completion.
Mayor John House then accepted
the library Of behalf of the public.
The mayor was unavoidably absent,
and J.-C. Morrison appeared on his
behalf. His central thought was that
the library should be accepted by use
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-09-16
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
wALDENsTROM VISITS AMERICA
Tells of His Fears of Russian En-
croachment in the Scandi-
nayian Peninsula.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

DR.. Paul Peter Waldenstrom, the
acknowledged leader of the Mission
Friends in Sweden and America and
member of the Swedish riksdag. is
again in the United States. He visited
| Chicago Il few days ago and while
there gave out the following state
ment regarding his fears for Russian
encroachment in the Scandinavian
| peninsula: Russia has not at pres
| ent a single harbor in northern waters
which is free from ice and it has long
been one Of her pet desires to gain
| possession of one of the excellent
! shipping centers on the west coast of
! Norway, but the Scandinavian union
! has held her in check. With this union
dissolved there is nothing to prevent
6er finding pretense to seize any
| point which she may select as suitable.
| Sweden, of course. would have to up
hold her position as neutral nation"
Mr.. Waldenstrom emphatically denied
the rumor that he was to leave Swe-
den and become citizen of the
United States.
There has been much building ac>
tivity in Stockholm during the past
summer and it is now believed that
Stockholm people will for a time es-
cape paying such Outrageous rents as
they have been doing in the past. The
fact of the matter is that for years
rents in Stockholm have been unrea-
sonable and it has often been claimed
that in no European capital have the
rents been so unreasonably high as in
Stockholm. This season, however
there has been a sharp competition be-
tween building contractors, resulting
in the erection of many new houses
and now there is every prosrect that
there will be general reduction in
came disgusted at paying enormous
rents and moved out into the suburbs,
thus causing many a fat to stand
vacant.
The Swedish-Norwegia commits
sioners are in session every day at
NdIlStdu, Dul IuuS Tar HlIIe or
nothing has been learned as to their
deliberations. The meeting promises
to be protracted one as there are
many technicaiities to be agreed on
and, many points on which there will
be great difficulty. to secure an agree
ment on. In the opinion of many lead
ing men in Sweden the war cloud has
not yet passed away. 1t is evident in
the event of an agreement that Nor
way will become republic ultimately.
as the result of public sentiment is
tending strongly in that direction.
According to recent dispatches from
Stockholm the semi-ofhcial newspaper,
StockhoIms Dagbald, in the strongest
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-09-16
Mr.. cARNEGIE'S MAGNIFICENT
GIFT FORMALLY
ACCEPTED.
M NY BOOKS RECEIVED
BUILDING IS A COMMODlOUS
AND BEAUTIFUL
STRUCTURE.

The Carnegie free public library
was dedicated with appropriate exer-
cises last evening.
The citizens of Morris turned out
en- masse to inspect the magnificent
new building, and to show their ap-
probation of the beautiful gilt.
Morris has had an excellent collec-
tion of books for many years, but not
until now has the library been
housed in suitable quarters. With
such a fine home, it is expected that
public interest in the library will
grow, and not only will the books be
used moro but people will be more
disposed to donate useful volumes to
the collection.
The exercises were neces sarily
brief, as it was found impracticable
to put chairs in the library. and 50
the audience remained standing
thruout. Afser selections by Watz-
ke's orchestra, and a solo by Miss
Mable Carney, Rev. F. A. Lawson
delivered tie Invocation. c. A.
Dushek, president of the school
board, then presented the books of
the Public School Library to the
Morris Free Public Library. Mr..
Dushek spoke especially of the use
of the library in education. The
books presen ted are a valuable ac-
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-09-16

terms denies that King Oscar has
changed his mind and declares that he
is still in opposition to any prince OF
the house of Bernadotte ascending the
Norwegian throne. King Oscar. the
paper states, has expressed himself q"
being deeply wounded at the reports
that he is in favor of the candidacy
of Swedish prince. despite his re-
peated statements to the contrary.
A laborer in Stockholm was the
lucky winner of $4,000 crowns in the
Dramatic theater lottery the other day.
When he came to draw his money he
refused to give any name and soon
made his disappearance without Civ
ing any one the slightest clew as to
where he resides.
The duke and duchess of Skane
were last month the guests of King
Christian and the crownprince and
crownprincess of Denmark at Char
lottenlund palace. It was only a
French visit and the royal young
couple began their return journey the
following day.
There are now four American bars
(saloon bars) in Stockholm. All man.
ner 4of mixnd drinks are here being
served in true American style. They
have been much patronized by Swed-
ish-American tourists during the sum-
mer.
The well known Norwegian singer,
Herr Alum. permanently engaged at
the Ostermalm's theater, has applied
for his Swedish citizen papers.
Carl Friberg. manager of the Swed-
ish-American Press bureau in Sweden,
has been appointed deputy general
consul for the United States.
David Bergstrom will succeed O.
Won Zweigbergf as editor-in-chief of
the Dagens Nyheter. the leading daily
newspaper of Stockholm.
There are now 153 registered auto
mobiles in the Swedish capital There
are 5000 registered bicycles.