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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

Refugees from the threatened or de
stroyed villages are pouring into Ma
ples by the thousand. arriving in every
description of conveyance and on foot.
The roads are crowded with professions
of men and women carrying crosses and
crying piteously. Special railway trains.
warships and steamers are employed i'll
conveying the homeless people from
their localities to Naples. Rome and
Castellammare, while large numbers of
people are fleeing overland in the di-
rection of Caserta. Not fewer than
$4,000 refugees have reached Castelar,
mare, where the steamer Princess Ma
falda is anchored. This vessel left the
the island of Capri with 1000 passen-
gers, including many foreigners, on
board. but she was unable to reach her
destination owing to the sitting clouds
of ashes and the fumes of gases from
the volcano, which enveloped her a
mile from the coast.
Everywhere in the vicinity OF the vol
cano pitiful scenes are witnessed
women tearing their hair in their grief
and old men crying aloud at the loss
of their beloved homesteads, while in
the distance, in striking contrast. lie
the sapphire-colored Mediterranean, the
vioIet-bued mountains of the Sorrento
neninsu,a. and the Island of Capri in
the tranquil sea.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

According to a statement by the Kew.
DR.. II. 3. Slicer as head of a committee
of the New York State conference OF re-
lisions. the New York jockey club has
agreed to make some radical reforms in
the matter of public betting on horse
races. 1t has been conceded all along
that without the necessary news of the
race results the poolrooms could not eX-
ist, and to this end the jockey club is
said to have undertaken to bar the wires
of the telegraph from the track, 1t being
held that a race track is private property.
The club will also attempt to keep early
information secret by stopping admissions
after a certain hour. The ultimate object
of the reformers is to make the conditions
so that the very poor, who cannot afford
70 lose. will be prevented from tra-S bet
ting. This REPORT was promptly denied
bv one of the jockey clubs stewards, and
Or. Slicer was criticised by many church
men for thus allying himself with the
Jockey club in opposition to a bill provid-
ing a heavy fine and imprisonment for
rambling on the races.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
A Michigan Mother Preserved to Her
Family by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

When the blood is impoverished tho
nerves starve andneuralgia or something
more serious swiftly follows. Nervous
people are generally pale people. BY
supplying through the blood those vital
elements that the nerves need, DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People have
performed those remarkable cures that
make it impossible for any v suf-
ferer to neglect them.
A recent case is that of Mrs. Peter
Morrissette, of No. 3l5 Eleventh street,
Alpena, Mich, who writes as follows:
my trouble started with childbirth.
After one of my children was born l had
g. kind of paralysis. l was very weak
and my mouth was q little crooked. /
was always tired and was so nervous
that l could not bear to hear a dog bark
or a bell ring-even the little bird in its
cage would annoy me. My heart fut-
tered a great deal and had dizzy spells.
l was not able to be left alone.
my doctor gave me different kinds OF
medicine, changing it several times.
When it wa evident that he could not
help me he said he did not understand
my case. This was three years ago and
I was very much discouraged, when my
brother, who had taken Dir. Williams
Pink Pills, recommended them to me. l
tried them and noticed q change for the
better when 1 was taking the second box.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured me and I
have been well ever since. / now do all
my own Homework, sewing and wash
ing for seven Of as"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have also
cured diseases caused by impure or inn
Doyerished blood such as rheumatism,
anemia and after-effects of he grip.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills or the remedy will be mailed, post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for $3.50, by the DR.: Viii
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. y.
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Baseball has come into its W again
and, for the next six months or more
will hold its place as the ruling American
sport. 1t is firmly entrenched in the
American heart and cannot be displaced
as our greatest national pastime. Young
and old, rich and poor alike find pleasure
IN the eXhiliration of the game and the
number of its devoteeS is legion.
The National League season officially
opened Thursday. while the initial con-
tests in the American League began Sat
urday. The fight in the National League
promises to be closer this season than
it has during the past two years. Critics
predict that the New York champions
will not have the easy time of it they
have had during 1903 and 1904. The
ChicagoS ave greatly strengthened their
team and the talent look to see the west
erners give the Giants a hard run. Speak
ing of the chances of the New Yo~ks.
Manager John j. McGraw expresses great
confidence in the ability of his men to
win out. Says he: II am sure thai the
Giants will win the pennant this year
and equal the records of Chicago. Boston.
Baltimore and P~ittsburg, who won the
pennant for three consecutive years. l
have weighed up all of our competitors
and cannot see any team thai We need
to fear particularly. All OF them are
dangerous, but at the end of the season
you will see us at the top. Our pitching
staff is the same as last season, with the
addition of Ferguson. Christy Mathew
son. McGinnity, Ames. Taylor and Wiltse
will make a strong combination for the
box. and. in fact. l believe they are a
stronger combination than is carried by
any other team. If any team beats us,
John McGraw will be the first man to
take off his hat and congratulate it,
The Giants have a pitching staff of
great ability-one of its members, Ma
thewson. being credited as the finest of
them all-good catchers. felders. bats
men, base runners. and. above all, play
ers who pulled for the team as a whole.
the combination being we'll directed by
McGraw.
The Chicago club, d~ivining the secret
of the Giants success. set about getting
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
Told In a Few Liues.

Secretary Root has been invited by thu
CHILEAN minister to visit Valparaiso while
on his South American trip next summer.
Charles f. Richards, alias Lord Ash.
BURTON an alleged notorious swindler,
was arrested on suspicion of passing bad
checks in Boston. ......
George c. Easton was hanged at Fol-
som State prison, Sacramento, Cal. for
the murder of Charles Horigan at Dixon
on Nov. IL. 1904. d
The Knoxville p~resbytery of the South
ern Presbyterian church in session at
Knoxville, Tenn, has adopted a resolution
favoring church union,
Allen W. Murphy, vice consul at Tien-
tsin. said in San Francisco that armed
protection might be needed at any time
for foreigners in China.
Board of directors of the American min
ing congress announced the ninth annual
convention of the congress- will be held
in 1senver Nov. 13 to II next.
Mrs. John Wilson, also known as Mrs.
c. g. Martin and Mrs. G. II. Hammond,
blended guilty n Syracuse. \. Y, to pess-
ing a forged money order and was sen,
fenced to two years in prison.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

a team of the same description for this
season. Whether the management has
succeeded or not, the coming games will
tell. Trades, sales, drafting and various
dickerS have been made until the presi-
dent of the Cubs is about satisfied that
the Giants will not only be given a race
for the pennant. but will be beaten out
at the finish. The biggest catch of the
season for the Chicago team was Jimmy
Shekard. the Brooklyn outielder. Shekard
Is a good batsman, an exceptionally fine
base runner and an excellent fielder. Har-
ry Stcinfeldt, who replaces Casey at
third. was a great player a few years
ago. being particularly strong at the bat.
and is expected to regain his old form
with Frank Chances aggregation.
PittSburg has high hopes of taking the
pennant. because Of new timber secured.
The main addition to the Pirate team is
Willis, the tall Boston pitcher. Willis
won only six games for Boston last sea-
son. but is rated as one of the leagues
star twirlers. With a team like the Pitts
burgs behind him Vic may come to life
and put his club in the front position.
Another newcomer among the Pirates is
Nealon, the San Francisco boy. He
pays FIRST base and if he lives up to hall
of the advance notices that preceded him
he will win many games for Fred Clarke's
aggregation. With Wagner, Leach, Clarke,
Beaumont. Clymer. Philippe, Peitz and
Ritchey in their old form the Pirates will
be high in the race at all times.
In the American League all the teams
are pretty we'll balanced and a great
struggle is anticipated. Cleveland was
crippled last season when it was sailing
along smoothly toward the pennant, but
this year all its stars are in rare form
and its friends cannot figure out how it
can be beaten. The Chicago White Sox
are the dark horses of the pennant race.
The game they nave been playing in the
South is declared by good judges to be
about as fast as any ever seen on a ball
field. If the White Sox do not win the
pennant its admirers will be sorely mis-
taken. Nothing can keep them from it
save a hard run of luck, is the opinion Of
the Windy City fans.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
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The passage of the bill to relieve labor
unions from all financial responsibility
from the acts of individual members dur
ing strikes by a large majority In the
House of Commons was regarded as a
omplete surrender of the Zimmerman
government to the new laborite faction.
The Charity Organization Society has
established a special employment bureau
at its New York headquarters for the ben
eft of those persons who, by illness, acct
dent, infrmity or previous bad record, are
unable to re-establish themselves, but who
are able and willing to do some honest
work.
The striking miners in the north of
France, numbering 0 1900, resumed
their aggressive attitude Monday. Several
houses were destroyed by dynamite and
at two points barricades were erected,
which were charged by the troops. The
companies nave notified the strikers that
they will not have any more conferences.
Owing to the success of cooperative
coal mines in the Saginaw valley, Michi-
gan, under the direction of union men,
it is now proposed, says Public Opinion,
that the business men of the same region
organize a cooperative company to sup
ply cheap coal to manufacturers. The
Saginaw board of trade says that coal
can be supplied on this plan at about 81
a ton.
Florence Woolston tells in Charities
and the Commons of a fraternity of wage
earning girls which has recently been or
ganized as a part of the neighborhood life
about the Speyer school, of New York's
upper west side. Membership Is open to
any wage-earning girl over 10 years old,
no matter what kind of work she does.
Unity and cooperation are the watch
words. Once a month open meetings are
held for addresses and discussions on live
topics.
The elections of workmen within st.
Petersburg proper for the delegates to
the municipal convention, which are to
elect six members of the lower house Of
the dumas, were no less ~farcical than the
previous elections of workmen in the out
side factories. Out of sixty-seven city
factories, Twenty-Five refused to take any
part whatsoever, and of the remainder
only a minority voted. Of those delegates
elected, about one-half were constitutional
Democrats and the other half Conserva-
tives or members of the reactionary black
hundred.
In the Meyerdale region of the Mary
) cents a ton by companies employing
5000 men was made Thursday. The man
ayers say that the policy of the coal COM
panies is TO pay the men all the market
conditions will permit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

tirely abandoned. The inhabitants of
Tore Annunziato prepared to leave
the town on a moments warning. Som
ma yesuviana is another village which
has suffered severely.
Most of the buildings in the villages
are of fimsy construction and have
dat roofs. They are thus UNFIT to a
the weight of ashes and cinderS that
have fallen upon them. It will doubt
less be found that a considerable num-
Der of people have persisted by the fall
ing of their homes.
..The scene was One of misery and
terror says n who was present.
s'Smoke and ashes made breathing diff
ficult. Slight %tremblings of the earth
were felt. and frequent flashes of light
ming cut through the smoke. Darkness
came at intervals long before night
fall. In the streets of the deserted
Towns the only sounds to be heard were
she thud of Jumps of ashes falling on
the roofs. In the towns where people
vet remain the houses are all closed,
the inhabitants roaming disconsolately
about the streets and gaining what COM
fort is possible from the c~arbineers and
soldiers. These are the heroes of the
day"
Many people camped along the roads
and in the fields outside of Tore An
nunziata and Ottajano, where they
Thought they would be safer than In the
towns, though nearly blinded by ashes,
wet to the skin by the rain and terror
ized by the gigantic flaming mass above,
resembling a fiery scinlitar.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FLOW OF LAVA AS REPORTED.

charge of lava. one stream flowing into the sea in a mass
1900 feet wide and - feet deep. Other eruptiOns fol
lowed in 1904. 1860. 1922. 1870 and 1858. In the last
mentioned year the crater sank 100 feet below its former
height. Tore del Greco was destroyed Dec. 8, 1861.
Becoming active again in 1871, Nesuvius vomited threat
ening lava and hot mud until April of 1876. when the
eruption burst suddenly and buried twenty persons who
were watching the spectacle and partially destroyed the
In 1885 signs of unrest were noticed about the mouth
of the crater and for Il number of years slight eruptions
occurred. In 1894 Il new peak was formed by the Stag
thrown from the crater and in 1890 another hill. A yo-
lent eruption occurred in 1900. since which date the
Volcano has been almost constantly active. only last
February the flow of lava destroyed the railroad that
climbs to the TOT, of the mountain. But it was repaired
and SightScrrs have continued to venture up the side of
the volcano.
Ncsuvius has always been Il puzzle. and theories hay
ing application to one eruption would not account for the
phenomena of another. The prlptions that destroyed
IIcrculaneum and pomp"ii were simply great outpourings
of ashes. AS late as 42 the dominant feature of the
eruptions was ashes. which in that year We're carried as
far as Constnntinople. and in 512 to Tripoli. After 1896
the destructive feature Of all eruptions was lava and hot
water. In the present eruption lava is to play a destruct-
i've part, but no one can tell what new terror will be
added to the list of those that have made Nesuvius the
most notable of all the 800 volcanoes of the world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

In an article for the April Century, W.
r Ervan takes the ground that there
SboIid be and need be no u~nfriendliness
between honest individualists and honest
socialists. as both seek that which they
baliaye best for society. He believes that
ot present private monopoly is putting
NON ipdividualism an undeserved odium,
and hence the individualist should adj
drnss himself to this problem in order that
he advantages of competition may be re-
stored to industry. He urges that the
words individualism and socialism define
tandpncies rather than concrete systems.
TIa links that much of the strength of So
ciaIism is due to the condemnation OF
abuses. which, while existing under indi-
1iduolism. are not necessary to it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20

HE story of Mount Vesuvius is one of disaster.
The first record Of the volcanoes eruption dates
back to 90 \. D.. when Nero ruled Rome. Her
4 culaneum and POmpcii were partially destroyed.
The following year Naples was threatened with another
eruption, but escaped with an earthquake.
1t was during the reign of Titus on Aug. 24. 70 \. D.,
that Nesuvius broke loose in all her fury and completely
buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae.
Then the mountain slept and the next eruption recorded
was in the reign of Alexander Serverus. BOB A. D..
There was another eruption in Alb \. D.. during which
ashes were carried as far as Constantinople. Between
that date and the year 1900 nine eruptions of more or
less deStructiveneSS occurred.
Dec. 1G. 1881. more than 5000 persons lost their lives
in Il severe earthquake and flow of lava that extended
as far as Tarrntum and destroyed foScotricaSc. the town
which suffered again in the present eruption, and other
towns in the vicinity. Another eruption in 1907 last for
four months and kept the people of Naples in constant
fear of death. Again in 1877. 1850 and 1867 Nesuvius
poured forth rivers of lava and showers of ashes, cover
ing Portici and reaching as far as Naples.
In 1873 there was another outbreak. White smoke or
steam like heaps of cotton rose four times as high as
the mountain, and stones. scoriae and ashes We're pro-
iected 10000 feet high. One scientific observer reported
columns of fire shot forth 1900 feet high, or three
times the height of the mountain. and large masses of
rock were thrown out In 1874 there was a great dis
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
Killed by Talk.

The suicide of a young girl student at
Hartford. Ky, and the revelations which
followed have thrown that own into a
state of great Indignation and grief. For
some time articles have been missing from
the rooms of the other students. Prudie
Ford, said persistent rumor, was the
thief. The girl denied the stories but
they persisted. Then she wrote a pa
thetic letter to her sweetheart and drown
ed herself. The next day the missing
articles were found and it was discovered
that the girl was entirely innocent. An
other person had stolen the things and
kept quiet when the charge was mads
against the girl.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See that Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief.

Was Doing the Mischief.
A lady tells Of a bad case Of coffee
poisoning and tells 1t in a way SO sim
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve 1t.
CT had neuralgia headaches for IL
years." she says, ''and have suffered
untold agony. When 1 first began to
have them I weighed 40 pounds, but
they brought me down to no. I went
to many doctors and they gave me only
temporary relief. So l suffered on, till
one day in 1904, q woman doctor told
me to drink Postum Food Coffee. She
said I looked like 1 was coffee poison.
ed.
$50 I began to drink Postum and
I gained Is pounds in the first few
weeks and am still gaining, but not SO
fast as at first. My headaches began
to leave me after / had used Postum
about two weeks-long enough I expect
to get the coffee poison out of my sys-
lem.
"Now that a few months have passed
since / began to use Postum Food Cof-
fee, I can gladly say that l know
what a neuralgia headache is like any
more, and it was nothing but Postum
that cured me. Before I used Postum
I never went out alone; / would get
bewildered and would not know which
way to turn. Now I go alone and my
head is clear as a bell. My brain and
nerves are stronger than they nave been
for years. Name given by Postum Co.
Battle Creek, Mich
There's a reason. Read the little
book, 'sThe Road to Wellville." In pkga.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
NO MORE CROP FAILURES!
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According to wilson.

According to Wilson.
There will be no more crop failures.
This prediction is confidently made by
Secretary Wilson, who knows more
about agriculture than any other man
in public life. The Secretary Is antici-
pat:ng only normal conditions, such
as the weather experienced year after
year. and does not say that some great
calamity i'll the form of floods or Il
wide area of freezing weather in July
may not descend upon the earth out of
some remote corner of the heavens.
Early aId late frosts, drouth and
prolonged rainy seasons, torrid heat
and lack OF sunshine, grasshOppers,
rust and other pests and diseases are
considered by the Secretary as condi-
tons which the farmers must guard
against to insure crops.
when l say there will be no more
crop failures, | do not mean that every
seed each farmer plants will thrive
and produce" explained the Secretary.
we may" however. safely count upon
sufficient crops to supply our w
needs and leave Il surplus for export.
\ Hood may visit some valley acres
of growing crops may be washed away.
Grasshoppcrs may. and probably will,
| again appear in Kansas. Hot winds
will blow. bu we will not hear so mucli
of the grasshoppers and the hot winds
in the future.
THE grasShoppers will find so much
to eat that they will not be noticed.
and the hot WIND will find so much
| fresh and green to blow againl that
they will be checked and cooled. Speak
ing seriously, however, the
nowadays 90 about their work with
cool elaboration and knowledge of
what they can accomplish. They select
the seeds of the crops they know Will
produce the best results upon the soil
to be cultivated.
Certain varieties Of corn and wheat,
for instance, require more heat ana
moisture than others. Where the grow
ing seasons are usually dry and hot
the farmer will not plant the corn
which the farmer where more moisture
is to be expected would use. Farming
is fast being reduced to Il science, II 1t
may not be said that it has reached
that stage already. Scientific methods
now widely prevail. Deep blowing, soil
Investigation, seed selection, improved
machinery, all combine to assure the
farmers at harvest time OF n air re-
ward for their toll and outlay. They
have %intrenched themselves to such an
extent that dispatches in the newspa-
pers of variations in normal climatic
conditions during crop seasons will not
| cause the apprehension Of crop failures
as In years gone by. There may and
probably will be poor crops in certain
counties. and l will not say that the
crops his year will be as large as last
year, but / repeat we will not have
what can be called crop failures
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-20
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The driver OF the Oaktown stage
was a person Of much amiability and
a large fund Of anecdote, but his mem
DRY was by no means Of the best. Tho
Inhabitants OF his native town made
many excuses for him, but summer
visitors found his failing q particu-
larly trying one.
THAT man should be complained of,
and should lose his position as express
agent and mail carrier!'' said one ex-
asperated man who had been obliged
to remain in Oaktown over another
night, owing to Ranny Peet's forget
ting to call for him.
"Well, now, I guess you didn't i'm
press it on Ranny that he was to take
ye," said an Oaktown man, moved to
mild remonstrance.
Impress it on him!' echoed the
summer visitor. II wrote my name
on his order book in the postofice. 1
should like to know what more I
could have done"
well, now, it's like this said the
farmer, with a h~alf-apologetic air.
sometimes there's a number Of or
ders on that book, and Ranny might
happen to forget one of 'em, SO what
folks most generally do is fust to
write their names in the book, and
then speak to Ranny about it when
he's up on the trip before the one they
want to go on. And then they ask
Lemu'l-the postmaster-to kind of
remind Ranny when he stops for the
mail. And then we always deem it
wise to be all ready to start in time
enough SOS we can walk down to the
crossroads and head Ranny off, just
for fear it might slip his mind, allow
ing time to go back for a trunk in case
there's one to be logged"