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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

rR&4OA girl, who kidnapped a baby III the nope OF o U
V&X4NSI tanning a reward and aftcrward killed the mid
- when she found it q nuisance and herselt laDle
70 detection. The girl is of low intelligence. like most u
the frequenters of the very cheap theater. and she was
stimulated to crime by seeing a play in which the plot
hinged upon the Kidnapping OF an infant with the usual
expectation of ransom. 1t mattered little to her tina the
villains or Weaknesses. we do not happen to know when,
were subsequently foiled. and the child restored unframed
and unransomed TO the milionaires family from which IT
was Originally stolen. The beautiful moral lesson which
PLAYS of this stamp are frequently advertised TO teach does
not invariably have time to strike home. In fact the idea
that vice is always punished and virtue always triumphant
Is worked out with such painful attention to criminal de
tail that its value as a moral corrective amounts to prac-
t,acllv nothing. 1t is to be regretted that no plan can be
devised for the legal suppression of the vulgar, sensational
and cheaply vicious play. Theater- going IS a matter or
individual taste. and SO long rs a production keeps within
the limits of ordinary decency it cannot be interfered with
by the law. whether it be the story OF a nasty intrigue
imported from Paris for Broadway consumption or the
adventures OF a Western desperate as exhibited on the
Bowery. Some day we may change all this, but for the
present the only check upon the evil is the spread Of social
work by the churches and settlements, the increase Of free
lectures and other forms of entertainment by the educa-
tional authorities and the development of clubs and gym
nasiums in the neiShborhoods from which the patronage Of
the cheaper play is most largely drawn. But the play has
already a long lead in the race-Brooklyn Eagle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15


@sSS1>Sc~>@S~
says: You strange me, 10. you soft.
mashy shing!'f and moves along put OF
my reach.
My name was never 10. but l have
always been called this ON account
of my enforced manly accomplish
ments.
For a week l sing about the house
like a lark: the ext week l do not
sing SO much; the next week 1 do not
sing at all, but so about heavy-eyed
and slow, and burst into tears when
May sits down at the old, faint-heart-
er plano and begins to storm away at
n Bacio," Fred's favorite waltz, and
mine.
l might have known all the time he
would never answer that letter: 1t has
always been my luck. Let me see how
many lovers l have had.
There was Number One. waiting on
me when my father died OF heart dis
case and left me penniless at seven
teen. He came TO see ME after the flu
neral. and told me that he had a great
sympathy and respect for me, and that
he should never marry unless Ii was
some poor girl thrown on her own re-
sources. and with no one to take care
OF her, as he thought that was the true
way for a gentleman to do; and with
these sentiments ne bowed himself out
for the last time.
Most heavenly philosophy. But then
he married the same year the daughter
OF a wealthy man who had never done
anything harder in her life than to curl
her front hair over slate pencils.
Then there vas the young man who
wrote poetry, and threatened to die or
shoot himself when I refused him
this was years ago. He Is now in good
health, with q wife and two children;
but I always hated men who wrote
poetry.
Then there was Judge Featherhy. He
visited me for a year. and told me he
loved me; but something he dignifei
by the name OF pride forbade him
from saying anything more. l have
been heartily glad since that he was
| ASIA med 81 me
But the thought Of none OF these
well aisne.ed-af and settled gentlemen
makes the non-arrivai of that letter
any easier for me, I get weary and
cross; my chest Is getting weak, and /
get faint and dizzy by spells.
Sometimes when I stand at the lace
counter and some one IL pricing this
and cheapeninS that. I think l shall
fall in a dead faint from sheer ex-
haastion, Women are so much harder
to suit than men, and, ten TO one, 50
picking over things, very likely be-
cause 50 few OF them have any money
OF their own to spend
The fall Wind comes. and l walk
over beds of fallen leaves then tEat
long. awful winter I waded through
high drifts and storms that took my
breath away. TO reach Sharp s
Snipera
Sophia, the Oldest Of my young sis
tiers n .n.nx this winter. ~ I get np
and build the IRE with numb fingers
50 rs TO get to the store at seven Be
fore the spring openA that she 80 longs
10 see. poor. patient, hard-workinE So
phia dies
Anticipating the life that was before
her. / had tried TO instiil into her the
principle that work was her end and
ain, and thar -. mnsf nnf exTect
anything beyond the Ilfe Of 1 wcman
who IL both poor and uneeaufifnl
she had done All the cooking and
most az the hou@eworS for ms thrse
~hsaA I h~r> haNn ~ ShArn Srsrr~s.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

NOME CITY AS SEEN FROM SNAKE RIVER.
Word pint from Nome that the gold output If that locality for 1905
will be $10OOoIG0- This breaks all previous records for that district. Its
yield in 1904, which "a its highest up to that time, a 100000. Nome
Is only one II Alaska,s godproducing districts, but it is the most prolific
the Canadian boundary westward to Boring Strait there is a string of gold
camps-Eage. Circle, Fairbanks. Rampant. Council City. Nome. and others
All of them are increasing their contributions to the countrys annual gold
yield. For 1905 Aaskas entire gold production will be about SI5OOOOO O
And this is only the beginning. -&4-#.s-#E - -r@E-%
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

lose everything which they have paid in. Not only so,
but they would thus increase the funds which would be
At the mercy of the crooks in such companies as the crooks
dominate.
There is a strong probability that most OF the insurance
companies are MANAGED honestly and economically. More
over the big compan es which are being looted by some of
their officers are likely TO be solvent still. l. is not certain
that they are solvent, for the examination of their assets
BY the committee has yet to take place. In the absence
of A careful, impartial examination from the outside. the
public will be In doubt as TO those companies exact fnan-
cs! status. There has been so much crookednesS in the
conduct OF some Of their leading officers that the word of
those persons as to the monetary standing of their com
panies would carry no weight with the policy holders. The
death claims can undoubtedly be paid, hut the holders of
the ten. fifteen and twenty years term policies Will not. at
those policies maturity. get anywhere near the amount
which they were led to believe they would get. although
the technically guaranteed payments will probably be met
The sensible thing for the policy holders is to hang on
70 their policies and make the best terms possible with
the companies. When the committee Of inQuisition in New
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
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York finishes with the Mutual, the New York Life and the
Eorltable it will take UP some Of the other companies. 1t
if fair TO presume that the IIydes, AleXanders, McCalls and
NcCurdys will not be found difused through the whole
insurance fraternity, or through any large part of it-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

1t is very nice to be able to touch a button and know that
n small uniformed boy is running to do your bidding, but
there will come moments when you wonder why every
tbino tastes alike on the handsomely appointed table, and
YOU wish you might cook just one little meal, or know the
ioy of buying the pretty furniture you see in the shop VIM
dows. or lay in a supply of dainty linen. Furthermore, you
do not have to be married to feel these yearnings. 1t Is
the little touch of femininity and gentle womanhood that
you do not want to crush out of your life.
But YOU say, What has this to do with my succeeding
in business:' Do you expect to remain always in busl-
ness Are there not moments when you look forward to
having Il home of your own, financed by some GOOD man
and managed competently by yourself?
Then let me give you a tip. Don't lose your grip on
home life and home interests. Keep your hand, II ever so
lightly. on the domestic pillow, or you will forget how to
steer it-Woman's Home Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

is passing away, but there is still too much of it. Such an
attitude is based on the delusion that politics Is a small,
pettv. and almost unnecessary business, with which men
of ability need not concern themselves, because almost
anybody can attend to it as well as its requirements de-
mand.
The truth is, of course. that what Abraham Lincoln
truly called the great business of government Is the
greatest and most important business on earth, on whose
capable. intelligent. and upright transaction the welfare Of
every other business depends.
Furthermore, In this country every citizen Is q snare
holder In this business. Furthermore, this nation offers to
its citizens such opportunities for personal freedom pros
perity and advancement as no other offers. Hence both
gratitude and seif-interest should move every citizen 70.
take an interest in politics, that this great business, which
is his in every sense, may be efficiently and uprightly car
We'd on.
Politics IS corrupt only when and where honest eHd
able citizens neglect to attend to their business. Yet nun
dreds of thousands think themselves mere respectable be-
cause they neglect their business! The shame ana the
folly of it.
May the day soon come when the American citizen VINO
does not take an interest in politics-the American cluzen
who negIectS his conntry-will be clasIed with the
who neslects his family.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
Still q Greater Boon.

Il see that a Frenchman has invent
ed q noncollapsible auto tire
Now let him turn his attention &c
a noE-co.lspsfhie pocket book---Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

Toa would thins that men wor,d
sEree on some simple things; hzt What
are tAsg1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
BUSINESS woMAN's HOME.

HERE is something radically wrong with the
woman who never longs for a little home Of
her own. I know some brilliantly successful
business women who live the year round In
hotels because they declare they cannot Shout
der household responsibilities, but they are al
lan- rostlaSS lnnnlr and nnttiEh
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
HANG ON TO YOUR POLICIES.

New York reports say that many hold
. Iers of life insurance policies are refusing to
Ipay further premiums on them, on account of
the recent revelations Of crookedness in some
WEESIVV Of the companies. This is folly. By allowing
their policies to lapse without making any sort
- ~ orn, with the comma MES the holders wOnld
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
HE WHO NEGLEcTs HIS COUNTRY

e HE notion prevails among some Americans
SEA that there is something degrading and debasing
| in being in politics. There are many American
citizens who pass as educated, intelligent and
IEfTM1N1 respectable, who yet pride themselves on their
iA&asSSE1 ignorance of politics and their abstention from
~~ uOlitical activity. This false and foolish notion
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
THE CHEAP AND VICIOUS PLAY.

>REMARKABLE and, we are glad to think, eN-
|ceptional illustration of the evil effects or cheal
and vicious plays upon young spectators Is
found in the case of the l3-year-old Toronto
girl who kidnapped a baby in the hope of OBJ
tanning n reward and aftcrward killed the child
when she found it q nuisance and herself liable
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-15

| their steep sides. close 10 The car win
! daws great walls of rock rise. Cd, 50
| hiSA In asr- The train balances aEEzilF
! aaasg Ike = roge-wslSer over q high
! rock where IL seems As If tie beast
] lar waaAa sezaa ms darn dorm ] aare
| NOT rhsak how far,
1 ride asang In 8 sort of mist Unit,
we reach St Paul What = queer.
elevated town Ii is as II every house
IA II had climbed up md SAT ma The
; hill i get out Ia a pouring rain. great
/ " 10 the de1ranent 81 my nenae- 1
sqep NJ one os the yrandesf hotels there
s-ae Ne1rogoaran-sna say 10 myself
Eisefufv-
Il VIA enjoy myself. though / Stare
Ae resi- Of the 3
RasAsr : Gresry magnsSceare. how-
erer. su- 1 ge tired the ErS1 cay WAR
dsrznx zr and down rhe parsors sBa
ssaS halls L : rsStless The Secana
dsy and want 10 90 hszDe- As 10 Mia-
nessaha FSEa< what s taay fails 10
come 80 far 10 Hs%- l ~ - sanrs
at ne strange faces thai tT the third
asT mar srszasar1 Summer debut Is TEL
rsuS 60 he Esss1rshae- Hhsn q A~r
sxsnxx uF n card with Frea LazaxsEs
name enxrxrsd on IL I r-y ns1 IL
uxke in6ecesrz haste down into the 2z-
1er- asur somehow my feet rzE 1ake
rws stRvs nj n Uzae-
Frrd Is there VIM an ersn sezs@r
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
STRICKEN BY HEART FAILURE.
R, Il. Bruncr Died While Sitting in Ills
Porch at Knoxville.

The sad news of the sudden death
of r. L. Brnner at Knoxville was re.
ceived here by private kilograms short
ly after dark yesterday evening and
universal sorrow was expressed by his
many friends and business associates
in this city. While the manner of
death was not unexpected to his clos
est friends the announcement was none
the less shock at this time when it
was believed he was in the best Of
health as he was iu spirits. Death
came while he was sitting upon his
front porch after supper conversing
with his family. He was attacked
with hiccoughs and while his wife had
gone for a glass of water for him he
lapsed into Inconsistencies and died
in few minutes, hastily summoned
medical aid being unable to avert the
attack.
Mr.. Bruner was about 43 years Of
age. He came to job nson City about
1890 from Chattanooga and remained
here until about two years ago when
he moved to Knoxville. While here
he was one of our leading merchants,
and most progressive business men and
is still large stakeholder in the Una
ka Naiontal Bank, and other enterpris-
es. He has a wide circle of friends in
this city and section who will genuine
ly mourn his death. The home life of
the deceased was ideal. His wife was
in reality his partner in all his Joys and
sorrows few men have loved their home
wife, and children as he. This was
one of the beautiful traits of his char
acter and it seems to us that it should
be sufficient to guarantee seat upon
the right hand of the throne of mercy.
Besides the sorrowing widow he
leaves four children. Edna, Lyle, Will
liam Hagen and Vernon, the Oldest IA
years of age and the youngest not yet
two, all of whom have the deepest SYM
pathy Of many warm friends in this
city.
1t is stated that Mr.. Bruner express
ed the opinion short time ago to Mr..
Ashe, who married q sister Of Mrs,
Bruner, that he would live only little
while, his heart having warned of fail
ing health.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
A Fortune Involved.

What is perhaps the greatest discov-
cry of modern times in this section was
made few days ago when an unlimit-
ed quantity of slate was found on the
John Ford farm in the Cash Hollow
near this city. The presence of this
slate has been known to Mr.. Ford for
nearly forty years put it was only re-
Gently discovered by our townsman,
T. A. Gillepsie. AS soon as he exam
ined it he and Judge S. J. Kirkpatrick
purchased the property and will dev ell
it. There is no question about the
quantity and there can be none about
the quality. 1t forms the creek bed
and was used as wagon road in the
raccoou hollow for years, and is easily
mined as it is near the surface There
are millions of layers of the proper
sickness for roofing purposes and il
can be mined as large as desired. Mr.
Gillepsie will put men to work at once
to investigate and develop the proper
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
Notice Of Election.

Pursuant to notice given rs by the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen of john
son City, Tenn, we, &. w. Willett,
Haskell II. Dysr and J. NJ Martin,
election commissioners for Washing
ton county, Tennessee, hereby give
further notice to the voting public that
an election will be held in the town Of
Johnson City, Tennessee, In each Of
the four wards, on Wednesday, August
I'd, 1905 for the purpose of voting on 6
proposed issue Of bonds not to exceed
the sum of $35, 900, the proceeds to bt
used in the purchase of a site and tht
erection thereon Of high school build
Ing within said town, and for the pur
pose of furnishing and equipping tht
same, as authorized under Chapter 221
House Bill 491, of the Acts of Tennes
see 1905.
This June Goth, 1905.
G.. w. WILLETT, Chairman
Haskell II. DYER,
j. NJ. MARTIN,
Election Commissioners
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
Midsummer Comfort.

Those who have found the Summer
vacation problem a difficult one, from
the standpoint of economy, will find
some practical suggestions in the chap
ter on cooperative Housekeeping at
the Seashore," by Isabel Gordon Cur
It's, in the August Delineator. The
matter is gone into in detail, nd facts
and figures demonstrating the advant.
ages of the schme. Other features OIL
the magazine, which appear particular
ly during hot weather, are Gold Tit.
Bits for Hot Dayr," pictured and de-
scribed, and variety of seasonable
recipes in cookery under the titles, "a
Dozen Fresh Fruit Pies" "Tartlets, .
and "Iced Deliciousness." Summer
fashions and reading complete the mum.
Der, which is UNUSUAL undressing and
attractive.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
CHOLERA INFANTUM.

Child Mot Expected 10 Live from Que
Hour TO Another, but Cured by Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dianhoea
Remedy.
Ruth, the little daughter of Z. N,
Dewey, of Agnewville, Va, was serl-
ously i'll OF cholera infantum last sum-
mer. "We gave her up and did not
expect her to live from one nous to an.
other" he says, 81 happened to think
of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera end
Diarrhoee Remedy and got a bottle
from the store. In five hours / saw a
change for the better. We kept on Civ
ing it and beore she had the half of
one small lbottle abe was we'll" This
remedy is for sale by H. @. Miller.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13

James Arnett and Miss Greedy Sum-
mers we're married in this city last
Wednesday evening, Rev. A. M. Fer
guson officiating.
Miss Sallie Augent has returned from
Washington where she has been study.
ing elocution, is visiting Ms. j. 9.
King
Thomas Hook and family have re-
turned to their home at Mexico. Mo-.
after o pleasant visit to relatives in this
city and section.
L, Armbrust and wife left Saturday
for vacation in Canada via Buffalo,
where Mr.. Armburst will attend the
Grand Lodge of Elks.
Hon. Baxter Taylor was up from his
Chucky Valley home and spent sever
al days in the city this week with rela-
tives.
Hon. John H. Bowman held a spe-
cial term of Chancery Court at Bristol
last week to hear q case in which Chan
cellor Haynes was incompeteue.
Miss Della Lattner, one Of the most
attractive young ladies that Texas has
ever sent east, IS the delightful guest
of the Misses Painter on Maple street.
Hunter Galloway has sufficiently re-
covered from an operation recently per
formed at Philadelphia for appendicitis
to be brought home and and is recuper-
ating rapidly.
Rev. John T. Wilds, of New York.
arrived in the city Tuesday and will
spend his vacation in this section. He
is now the guest his sister, Mrs. Kate
Wilson.
Chas. D. Fine, wife and little son,
of Texas, are visiting in the city. This
is Mr.. Fines first visit to his home
town since he left here twelve years
ago and his friends are glad to see
him.
| J. E. Wade has The thanks of The
Comet for basket OF the finest trans
parent apples this country has ever
produced. Joe amt so tall but his big
heart is in the righa place, and SO are
the apples.
, If you are interested in purchasing
wearing app arel at cost it will pay yor
to read the page advertisement of The
Hub in this issue. The store will bt
closed until Saturday morning at
o'clock in order to mark down th'
stock.
Deputy United States Marshal s. j
Watts is seriously i'll at his home il
Erwin, his trouble being severe at
tack of nervous prostration. Mr.
: Watts many friends throughout Uni
col county and other sections hope fol
his speedy recovery.
Last Thursday night about midnigh
J q cottage on Ivy street belonging tt
Brading & Marshall and occupied BY
Jas. Davidson was destroyed by fire
The occupants lost all their household
: goods and wearing apparel. The hous,
, was partly insured.
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
Voc. 2bc. II G. G. G. fail. druggists refund money
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
Charlie Weaver Married.

Charlie Weaver and Miss Sarah Rog.
ers were married last Sunday at
Blountyille, Rev. N, B. Sherfey, oflici-
ating. Miss Rogers is very attract
i've young lady from Stuart, Va, who
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. e. @.
Kirkpatrick for several months. Mr..
Weaver is a son of ]. d. Weaver and
is johnson City boy with a bright
future. They will reside in johnson
City.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1905-07-13
Building New Factory.

The Harris Mig. Co. is rebuilding its
plant in this city. 1t is being enlarg.
ed and will be erected with concrete
blocks. The company has purchased
a machine for making these blocks and
the work is being done at the plant.
The new building will be two stories
high and will be one Of the best ap.
pointed and most attractive factories
in East Tennessee and the insuran ce
will be cut to a minimum. The work
is now we'll under way aud will be COM
pleted within go days.