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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
AS A BOY IN

Incident of Youthful ROosevelt's
"a in Fatherlnnd Years Ago.
When in the summer of 1878 the
Roosevelt children were introduced to
the Minkwitz family they had
spoken German and conditions in Ger
many We're altogether new to them.
Nevertheless, they soon adapted them
selves to their new environment, espe-
cially Theodore, who showed remark
able ability. A few days after his ar
rival Miss Minkwitz's brother came
home from the University Of Leipsic,
at which he was studying, according
to Louis Viereck in Success magazine,
and told the company q German stu
dents joke. Everybody knows how
deep these are. This joke must lave
been particularly good, for every ono
laughed, most of all Teddy. Fraulein
Minkwitz was greatly surprised at
this and asked him how he could I'M
derstand it at all. Thereupon Teddy
proceeded to repeat the whole story TO
her in English In a way which proved
beyond doubt that he saw the point.
HE seemed to pick up ~thtngs-one
didn't know how" she said. a.
At that time Frau Rat had in her
service a good old servant girl named
Emily, who had an admirer by u
name Of Charles, a fact which had
escaped the Minkwitz family's attcn-
ton altogether. although the girl had
stayed with them for some years.
Theodore had been in the house but
a few days when n morning he crc-
ated a sensation by saying: Emile,
ich bin Karl; ich liebe du" Gently.
I am Karl; l love thee!D
He was p~assionately fond Of books
on natural science, especially of
Brehm's "Thierleben," which he stud-
led eagerly. One day he got 1t into
his head that he must have a rat, q
mole or a hamster. When he asked
| Miss MinkwitZ where he could get one
she told him that she didn't know.
The lad then began to Investigate for
himself and finally came back from
the city swinging in triumph, like a
trophy, a dead mole and a dead German
| marmot. He had discovered a man
who had white mice for sale and from
him he procured what he wanted. He
| next went to work to strip the animals
of their skins in the kitchen n pre-
pared to boil them in n Of Frau
| Minkwitz's saucepans. But here the
good old Frau Rat interfered. He
therefore went to he back yard, built
!; himself a little oven from bricks,
| skinned the animals, and, after having
| boiled them, prepared them carefully,
| putting together skillfully all the parts
Of the skeleton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
The Atonement


~ EXTINCTION tossed his cigar
JN[ stub into the crate and lighted
~ n cigarette.
II don't know why 1 am telling you
all this" he Observed was always
one to contend against condolences"
He looked over at me in a half
~quizzical, Authoritative way, as
though unconsciously pleading for en-
enlargement.
I waited a second before l spoke.
And l am at Il loss to understand
why you haven't told me before, con-
sidertng what good friends we've al
ways been"
"There are some things that friend
ship doesn't touch at ALL he respond
ed, gravely.
TRUE enough. And on the other
hand, there are many things-most
things, 1 may say-that demand
THE solace Of friendship he inter-
rupted, a little satirically.
The necessity of it."
II fail to make any application in
my particular case"
"At any rate, now that you've told
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Trick OF the Trade.

Madam" began the pcddler as he
opened his red satcheI, "can l sell you
: something this morning."
NO." snapped the elderly matron,
raising her broom ominously, land
you better move on"
Just as you say, madam. 1 was
going to offer you the greatest wrinkle
remover on earth, but 1 see you don't
need it,"
"Ah, l."
"And also this wonderful remedy
for restoring gray hair to it's natural
color, but you have nc use for that,
either" q
why, how kind Of you to think so!
L"
"And this little volume entitled How
to Remain Beautiful Forever But it
would be superauous to offer it to you.
G~ood-day, madam"
Come back here! Come back here
this instant. l do not need them, as
you say, but l will buy them and give
them to some friend. l always en-
courage tru~thfulness."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
PERSONAL RIGHTS IN STREETS.

ca use OF Much Contention Between
Drivers and Pedestrians.
A reader Of the Chicago Chronicle
has written a letter asking a reply to
the following:
"a friend and I disagree about the
rights Of pedestrians and the drivers
of vehicles in the streets. He main
tains that the former have an exclus-
i've right of way on the sidewalks, a
superior right OF established street
crossings and no right at all on the
driveway between those crossings: I
maintain that he is right as to the side
walks and crossings, but wrong as re
CARDS between crossings, where driv-
ers Of vehicles have a superior but not
exclusive right. Which of us is righty'
In the understanding Of the Chron-
icle as to the various decisions Of the
courts a short reply to this is that each
d~isputant is both right and wrong.
Many cases touching these questions
have been decided in the several States
fo.mity among them not often found
in matters wherein there is opportunity
for differences of opinion.
tits true that on the established side
walks Of towns and cities the driversof
vehicles have no rights except perhaps
that of crossing them with due care for
the purpose of necessary entrance to
private property, and no right to OBJ
struct them in SO doing beyond the
time reasonably n cessary.
The majority of questions do not
arise about the use Of sidewalks but of
the street spaces between them, and
as to these the decisions warrant the
conclusion that there is neither exclus-
i've nor superior right in either pedes-
TRANS or the drivers of vehicles of any
description or the riders of horses
either on the established street cross
tngs or in any other part Of the street.
The established crossings at street
corners or elsewhere are purely mat
tiers of convenience. The pedestrian
has a perfect right to pass along or
over the crossings in n direction and
the riders and drivers have m equal
right with him.and both hare precise
ENF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
NO MAN IS STRONGER THAN
HIS STOMACH.

Let the greatest athlete have dyspepsia
and his muscles would soon fail. .Physi-
cal strength is derived from food. II q
pan has insufficient food he loses strength.
III he has no food he dies. Food is con-
$verted into nutrition through the stom-
ach INC bowels. 1t depends on the
sstrength OF the stomach to what extent
Hood eaten is digested and assimilated.
People can die Of starvation who have
abundant food to eat. when the stomach
and its associate organs OF digestion and
Thus the stomach IS really the vital or
gan of the body. If the stomach is "weak"
sEhe body will be Weak also, because it is
supon the stomach the body relies for its
sbtrength. And as the body, considered az
whole, is made up of it's several mem
bers and organs SO the weakness Of the
body as u consequence of weak" stom-
ach will be distributed among the or
gans which compose the body. If tho
body is weak because it is ill-nourished
that physical weakness will be found in
all the organs-heart, liver, kidneys, etc.
The liver will be torpid and inactive,
giving rise to b~iliousness, loss OF appetite,
weak nerves, feeble or irregular action OF
heart, palpitation, dizziness, headache,
backache and kindred disturbances and
weaknesses.
years after my health began to fail. my head
grew dizzy. eyes panied me. and my stomach
w vas sore r al , The tim time; While everythins I
on my stomach. The doctors claimed that
1t was sympathetic trouble due to dyspepsia.
and prescribed for me. and although L took
their powders regularly yet l felt no better.
Ny wife advised me to try d.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery-and stop taking the doc
tors medicine. She bought me a bottle and
we soon found that l began to improve. so I
kept up the treatment ! took on flesh. my
stomach became normal. the digestive organs
worked perfectly and i soon began to look
like a different person. l can never cease to
be grateful for What your medicine has done
for me and certainly give 1t highest praise"
Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbing
dealer into taking inferior substitutes for
DR.. Pierce's medicines, recommended to
be "just as good"
To gain knowledge Of your own body
in sickness and heaIth--send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book of 1908 pages. Send 81 n cent
stamps for paper-covered, or 81 stamps
for cloth-bound copy. Address DIR. r. V.
Pierce, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

for q long time, gazing with strange
eyes into the bed of pink and purple
Goals.
Have you a picture Of your-ot
herr" l asked, presently.
Not one; l burned them all-thcn."
AS he spoke, he pulled out his
watch, and started to his feet with a
little gesture of surprise.
You mustn't think of leaving with
out seeing my wife, l objected, lay
ing a protesting hand on his arm. II
want you to meet her; l want you to
see what admirable taste l have in Sc
lectlng 4 companion. We've been
married just n year, and l think l
can truthfully say that she has proven
my ideal of a perfect woman
Remington smiled and passed a re-
Elective head across his forehead.
ITS Easy enough to see how the
wind is blowing in your household he
laughed.
We smoked away in silence for sew
eral minutes, and presently the door
opened and my wife softly entered the
room.
She wore a dinner gown Of pretty
pale yellow stuff that fell about her
in graceful scallops and made n faint.
musical swish as she moved. In the
semi-dark her bare shoulders cleaned
like snow, and the pendant Of her
necklace rose and fell almost imper-
ceptibly IN her white bosom with each
gently taken breath.
AS she came further into the light
toward us, Remington stood up and ac-
kn~owledged my Introduction with n
low bow. When he lifted his face it
was the color of ashes, and the man
seemed to have aged ten years, in the
ghostly glare Of b fire.
My wife had left the room to give
some order about the dinner, and Rem
ington turned to me with an abrupt ex-
cuse for leaving.
You will make by apologies to your
wife, old man? I'm positively ill-too
i'll to keep up much longer. Fact is,
I've been feeling knocked out all day,
and wouldn't give in. When I feel bet
ter, l shall be glad to drop in on you
both some time again."
But We did not see him again. Two
days later he wrote me, stating that
his regiment had been ordered away.
Several months after leaving Lon
don, Remington wrote the following
letter:
Dear Old Tom-I've been intend
ing to drop you a line ever since my
departure, but first one thing and then
another coming up, I've kept putting
it of.
II do not need to remind you Of the
conversation we had on that last night
at your house. Do you remember all I
told you about her? You will recall
that l was more than half inclined to
condemn my W action all the way
through. Well, since then certain facts
have come to my knowledge establish
ing her complete innocence beyond the
question Of q doubt.
God! how I've suffered! But it Is
too late now for me to make any repa-
ration. She is married again-mar-
ried to one Of the finest fellows l
know.
"If you ever should chance to run
across her, I want you to remember
that she is innocent. My only atone
ment must consist in proving her stain
less before the world. Sincerely yours,
"REMINGTON."
And my wife, with her pretty Irish
brogue, says she pities my friend, Rem.
ington.-Illustrated Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05


you feel better"
Remington shook his head dubious
ly.
II couldn't swear to that" he return
ed, with a faint smile. GAS long MS
the thing was a secret, it was mine to
guard, to chedish as"
Eyes; to hug to your breast like a
vulture, eating the very vitals out Of
you" b
and do you think it is any the less
so-nowT" he asked, somewhat cynic-
ally. $685.
1--WE shall see."
I regarded him almost hopelessly. I
had never seen a fellow change so. Up
to the time of his marriage, five or six
years before, he was the %jolliest, most
open-hearted, ingenious boy I had ever
known. The wedding took place in Ire
land, and to an Irish girl. She was re-
puted to be beautiful, and us good as
she was beautiful. They lived together
just three months. After the separa-
ton Remington was never the same.
No one ever knew the real cause of
the rupture. Neither vouchsafed any
explanation, and the public was too
wise, for once, to invent one.
When he came back home everything
he said to me .
Don't ask me any questions, Tom.
I loved her-and I'm a broken-hearted
man."
To-day, for the first time, he had
given me his confidence. .
II think l can sympathize with you
better than any n else" I told him.
II appreciate YOU temperament thor
oughly, and then-I am married my
self. 1 know what it means to love a
woman as you did that one."
And it is your opinion that I was
entirely blameless in the matter?"
absolutely" .. --
"Mightn't there have been extenuat-
Ing E-. s..-
II don't admit anything Of the sort"
ut was h one transgression."
~ don't take much notice Of argu-
ments of that kind. In all probability
the action was merely q text to her
whole character"
Remington whitened at this, but said
nothing. Then, after a pause
"She was young-very young. l
didn't give her a chance-not even
half a chance. l don't believe she was
guilty, after all!' he broke out sudden
ly. "But-perhaps you are right he
added presently, in a dull tone.
l looked at him closely. The express
sion on his face showed me that he
had suffered, and would continue to
suffer as few men do.
II can almost believe that you are
still IN love with the woman" / re-
fected. after a silence.
Remington, too, was silent for a
time.
cat least he remarked finally. II
shall never care for any other"
"Yet you divorced her." / observed
curiously.
my entire course was marked out
by impulse-ierce, passionate. Had
! loved her less, things might have
been-different."
with your qnixotic notions. you
ought to have lived several centuries
ago"
Remington made no 1eply, but rat
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
An Intricate Problem.

-..-s An Intricate Problem.
Mrs. Kbrown-That conductor In
suited me.
Mr.. Kbrovn-How?
Mrs. Kbrown-Wanted me to pay
fare for Tommy.
Mr.. Kbrown-Well, Tommy is quite
a chunk of a lad. He looks
Mrs. kbrown-And you, too? Do
you mean to insinuate that I tlook old
enough to have a child old enough to
have to pay car fare?- Cleveland
Leader. al 4
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Frequent Occurrence,

Roderick-What do you think OF the
sight Of his wife's hat driving a Chi
cago man to drink? d.,
Van Albert-Very remarkable; but
If it had been the bill for the hat that
started him drinking he would have
the sympathy Of a thousand other men
who have been there before.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Diagnosis.

81 regret to say" remarked the
young physician, that you have per-
istalic neurilemma. The symptoms are
unmistakable."
Dear met" exclaimed the astonish-
ell patient. what in the world is
peristalic neurilemma, doctor?"
ut is, sir, the disease from which
you are suffering answered the young
NJ. D., haughtily.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

after day, o wor-
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured
thousands of women
in the same condi-
ton. Mrs. A. Hell
man Of Saltwater,
MINI says: But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills I would not be
living now. They
me in 1899
Two Loor -,nn oSnoo
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
The old, old story.

Papa Bass-This is the third time
this season you've made a sucker OF
yourself and got a hook in the jaw In
the breakaway. It's good to be dead
aame. my son, but far better to be
alive, 80 l trust you will now see the
folly CT irving to get something for
nothing.
Billy Bass (doggedly)--But 1 never
lit twice at the same kind Of bait
anyway.-Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Make Money First.

"But," protested the plain citizen.
''don't you consider honesty a good
thing"
Sure" replied the politician; "but it's
like all other good things-you've got to
make money before you can afford it,"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

Beware of the man who imagines be
owns the earth; he may try to unload
portion OF 1t on you.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

Opposing Captain-Why don't You fire
Smithers? He can't bat, he can't run
and he can't catch. rs ~a..r
Manager Home Team--No; but every
other member of the nine owes him
money.-Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
rich Soil in Kansas.

New Highlander Visiting in Kansas
Why don't you raise punkins out
here?
Kansan-We tried 1t, but the soil is
too rich ~ 'em. The vines grew 50
fast that the punkins got all skinned
up draggin' over the ground.-Judge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
rial Joys.

Mrs. wInslow's BooTnne srnur for oldldfsn
tssthing: softsns the gums, reduces imam nation. A.
nys pain. cures wind collie. . cents q bottle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

We are never without a bottle Of Piso's
Cure for Consumption in our house
Mrs. q. Al. Swayze, Wakita, Okla, April
II, 1901.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

If you would pose as al intellectual
person let people know early and often
that you admire them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
DON'T DESPAIR.

Read the Experience of n Minnesota
Woman and Take Heart.
If your back aches, and you feel
sick, languid, weak and miserable day
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind, Bleeding Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
days. zoe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Reassurins the Wealthy Father.

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II It fails to cure.
E. w. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
Kemp's Balsazn

VIII stop any cough that
can be stopped by any
medicine and cure coughs
that cannot be cured by any
other medicine.
It is always the best
cough cure. You cannot
afford to take chances On
my other kind.
KENIPsS BALSAM cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis.
grip, asthma and consump-
ton I'm first stages.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05


l used to have such pain in my back
that once tainted. The kidney secre-
tons We're much disordered, and was
so far gone that I a thought to be
at deaths door. Since Doan's Kidney
Pills cured me l feel as if I had been
pulled back from the tomb" ,
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
R~enssurins the Wealthy Father.
"And how do you intend to support my
daughter? asked the merchant of the
poor but proud young man who had just
asked the fair maids hand.
II intend to work, sir" he answered,
his tone as naughty and confident as he
merchants own.
eat what do You propose to work?"
sneered the angry father.
"Any graft, sir, that is good enough
to work and not bad enough to be found
OUT replied the intrepid youth. .
Touched to the heart, the merchant
impulsively held out his hand to the
young man. "She is yours, my boy" he
cried in trembling tones.-Baltimore
american, ,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05

All mems intentions are sood-for
paving material.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-01-05
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The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-16
ADVISED HORSE MEDICINE.

Prince von Bulow's fainting fit in the reichstag recently attract ed wide sympathy. One sugges- tion in particular impressed him. 1t was from an old veterinary surgeon. q have been very much grieved to read in the papers that you have had a seizure of weakness. If you are subject to them, l can give you remedy of my own discovering which is composed of quite harmless herbs. l have used it often for horses, and it never failed. You should try it." The imperial chancellor was profoundly touch cd by the thought that he need ed horse physic.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-16
A NEW VERSION.

"Give an account of the life of Hannibal?" was one of the ques. tions in an examination of eighth grade pupils recently.
 ''Hannibal," wrote one young ster, twas one of the patriots of the revolution and led an African regiment in the battle of San Juan Hill. He helped to write the constitution and bylaws and fought a 20-round draw with Aaron Burr. He afterward built the Hannibal & St. Joe railroad, but he died poor man because Pierpont Gates beat him out oi it."-Woman's Home CompaD ion.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-16
EXPECTED MUCH FROM WIT.

Antoine RivarOl, the French epigrammatist of the eighteenth century, was so brilliant that something good was expected of him every minute. Once when he had been invited to dinner, at which the hostess especially wished him to shine, he sat quite silent.
 The attitude of disappointed expectancy in the company net tied him, and at last Rivarol made a stupid remark. Every. body uttered an exclamation.
 "There," said Rivarol, q can not say stupid thing without every ones crying 'Thiefv"
 At dinner in the house of some Germans he made a joke. His hosts put their heads togeth- CT inquiringly. Rivarol said to his neighbor, a Frenchman:
 Look at the Germans pooling their wits to understand a joke"