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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
WOmal'S Trials.

The bitter trail in a woman's life IS to
be childless. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been ere she learnt to
resign herself to her lonely lot? The alb
sence of this link to bind marital life
together, the absence of this one pledge
to mutual affection is a common diSap-
pOintment. Many unfortunate couples
become %cstranged thereby. EVENT. they
do not drift apart, one may read the whole
extent of their disappointment in the eyes
of such a childleSS couple when they rest
on the children Of others. To them the
largeStfamily does not seem too numerous.
In many cases of barrenneSS or child
~lessness the obstacle to collaborating Is
easily removed by the cure of weakness on
the part of the woman DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription has been the means Of
restoring health and fruitfulness to many
q barren woman. to the great JOY of the
household. In other, but rare cases, the
obstruction to the bearing of children has
been found to be OF a surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
DIR. Pierce of the rFavorite Prescription"
fame presides. In all cases where chill
dren are desired and are absent, an effort
should be made to find out the real cause,
since it is generally SO easily removed by
prope treatment.
In all the various weaknesses, displace-
ments. prolapSus. Inflammation and de-
bilitating, catarrhal drains and in all
cases OF ne~rvouSness and debility, DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the most
efficient remedy that IAN possibly be used.
1t has to its credit hundreds of thousands
of cures more in fact than any other
remedy put up for sale through druggists,
especially for woman's use. The ingredi-
ents of which the wFavorite Prescription"
is composed have received the most
positive endorsement from the leading
medical writer's on Mdterid Medicd of all
the several schools of practice. All the
Ingredients are printed In plain English
IN the wrapper enclosing the bottle. so
famous medicine may know exactly what
she is taking. DR.. Pierce takes his pa.
tients into his full confidence, which he
can afford to do as the formula after
which the "Favorite Prescription is
made will zeal the most careful exam.
ination.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
best and safest laxative for women.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
This Custom is Now General.

1t has now become a general and
also. q safe rule to demand brands of
goods that are we'll known and have
n reputation for quality and reliability.
Nowadays the manufacturers of good
goods inform of this fact,
and point out that safety lies in buy
ing the brands hat bear their names
and trade marks.
In this respect the Mayer brands of
shoes are deserving of special men,
ton. Our readers have no doubt be-
come familiar with these shoes and
know of their excellent wearing quail
ty by actual use. The Mayer factory
turns out shoes suitable for every
members of the family and for all
uses, Sunday shoes and every day
shoes. and they are known throughout
the broad eXpanse of our land as the
shoes Of style and quality.
The "Honorbilt' are very popular
fine shoes for men and Western
Lady" shoes embody the fit and style
demanded by we'll dressed ladies. Fer
extreme comfort Martha Washing
ton" shoes are highly recommended.
Please bear his in mind when next
buyinc shoes,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

How the Little Yellow Spots Ar
Formed on the Ieaf

How the Little Yellow Spots Arc
Formed on the Leaf.
Little yellow specks on the wrapper
are positive indications of n cigars ex-
cellence. Choose a speckled cigar, and
you can't go wrong"
The speaker was a skate salesman.
The tobacco salesman laughed at him.
Are you a victim Of that error, too ?"
he said. Listen and I'll tell you all
about those little yellow specks.
1--WE are in Cuba. In mile long rows
grow the tobacco plants in a binding
sunlight. Suddenly the sky is overcast,
q shadow falls. Then the clouds disap-
pear and the sun shines again upon
plants dotted here and there with I'M
mense NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. peculiar to
Cuba. as large as the largest pearls.
''These drops become burning glasses
in the sunlight. The same as real
lenses they concentrate the suns heat,
and on the leaf beneath them the little
specks that you venerate are burned.
These little yellow specks Indicate the
tobacco's quality no more than freckles
on d mans face indicate his ability.
ITO choose cigars by their specks Is
as foolish as it would be to choose
statesmen by their freckles."-Chicago
Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

Walter Mason, living in Newport,
Me, has the mysterious ability Of be-
Ing able to tell the accurate time Of
day by simply looking in the palm Of
his hand as another would look at his,
watch. No one has been able TO learn
his method and. in fact, he himself can,
not explain the source of his power.
This uncanny knowledge is not Of
recent origin, he having used it for
many years. When he first began to-
use this gift, as he considers 1t. he
purchased Il watch, then looking at his
hand to ascertain the time he would
compare his fingers with those OF the,
watch, finding his own always correct.
Many Of the people about the village
who doubted his power and who look
ed upon it as Il fairy story have by
their own observation and experiments
become convinced Of its truth. af
Walter Mason was born in the town
of Palmyra forty years ago and camG,
to Newport when he was about Is years,
Of age. He attended the district school
in Gilman, after which he found en-
plOymcnt in different mills, at one OF
which he is working at the present.
timc.-Thurston (Me.) Journal.
Appendicitis has caused the death Of y
chimpanzce at the Pasteur Institute in
Paris, says the Petit Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
POPULATION OF ERIN LESS.

Total ut the Middle of Last Year
Put at only 4,1O3,102.
Consul Gunsaulus of Cork writes that
snmo valuable and interesting figures
are given in the annual report of the
registrar general of Ireland, just is
sued, covering the fiscal year 1904. Ac-
cording to this report the estimated
population of Ireland had fallen, in
the middle of the year 1905, to 4,4O3,-
1872.
1t appears that during 1904 the mar
riages registered in Ireland numbered
22,961, the births 1O3,S11 and the deaths
79,513. The marriage rate which is
5.22 in 1000 Of the estimated pOpula-
ton, shows an increase of O.01, as COM
pared with that for the year 1908, and
is Il per cent above the average rate
for the ten years from 1894 to 1903
and the highest rate fer any of these
years. AS to the birth rate (23.5 in
10000 it shows an increase of 0.5 as
compared with that for the preceding
year, and is also 0.5 above the average
rate for the ten years-1S04-19O3. The
death rate (1S.1 in 10000 is O.6 above
the rate for the preceding year and Oh
above the average rate for the ten
years from 1894 to 1908. .
The natural increase Of population
recorded, or excess of births over deaths,
was 24,29S; the loss by emigration
amounted to $4,000; a decrease Of 12,-
GOA in the population would thus ap-
pear to have taken place during the
year, but against this decrease there
is a setoff in immigration of which no
official record has beer obtained.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

Martin Kellar, a waiter in a Seattle
cafe, a few weeks ago overheard guests
at his table discussing the chances Of
making a fortune in Tacoma tide
lands. Having saved up $4,000, Kellar
boarded the next train and secured an
option on a block of tide lands, and in
q few days afterward received an offer
from the Union Pacific of $4,000 for
the block of lands on which he held
the option at $4,000. He cleared up
100000 OF his investment of $1,000,
but has gone back to his old business
as a waiter. He finds that tips are
sometimes more valuable than those
who give them are aware.-Ncw York
Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
BILLY GETS ADVICE

~ LILY CHEPSTOW said the
lN other day it was his belief that
49, the youth of twenty or thirty
years G were not favored with the
wise advice of their seniors. Billy has
suffered from advice a great deal, per
haps because his need of it is SO strik-
ingly apparent.
1t was old Septimus Warriman who
led the young man to deliver himself Of
his sarcasm. Sep say him walking at
q brisk pace in the direction of the
Pooley front gate. He WAS about Il
mile away from it and seemed anX-
ious to get there.
Taking q little stroll?" inquired
Septimus as Billy overlook him. "SloW
up n little and Ill walk with YOU
I'm in a hurry, Mr.. Warriman,'
said Billy.
Shell probably be able to wait,'
said the old man. Girls are differ
ent."
Il don't understand YOU" said Billy.
My boy, my boy" demonstrated Sep
timus, "the package that is bullying
your o%ycrcoat pocket is tied with Il cord
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

Congressman Thomas Hedge. of
Iowa, holds that Leslie NJ. Shaw, secre.
tary of the treasury, is n of the best
political campaigncrs in the country.
Nobody ever gets away said Hedge,
IF Leslie gets a chance to address him
personally. In Il campaign he car
ried a splendid new watch. After adj
dressing an. audience he would circu-
late among the voters, saying to this
man and that: Il wish you would give
me the correct time, / am afraid of los
ing my train, OF course, each man
complied. feeling fiattered at the re
quest. Shaw used to say it was hard
on the watch, but he believed the votes
hi made in his way more than made
up,"-Indiannpolis News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
"PE-RU.NA WORKED
SIMPLY MARVELLOUS"
Suffered Severely
With Headaches
Unable to Work.

Miss Lucy V. McGivney, 452 Sd Ave,
Brooklyn, n. y, writes
"F0r many months I suffered Sc
vereiy from headaches ana pains In
the side and back, sometimes being
unable TO attend to my daily work.
81 am better, now, thanks TO Pc
runa, and am as active as ever and
have no more headaches.
1.-THE way Pernna worked in my
case was simply n,arveious."
We have in our files many grateful
letters from women who AVE suffered
with the symptoms named above. Lack
OF space prevents our giving more than
one testimonial here.
1t is impossible to even approximate
the great amount of suffering which Pc,
runa has relieved. or the number OF
women who have been restored to health
and strength by it's faithful use.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27


On a recent occasion at New Peter
hof all the members of the Cars FAM
lily were present at a ceremony, in.
Guiding his four little daughters.
These, however, drove up last, to find
that the entrance to the palace was
blocked by another carriage. The
Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest Of the
four, was visibly disconcerted, and,
reckoning to a tall CosSack, she order
ed him to bid the owners of the vol
ture to move ~, II make room for
che emperor's daughters. The soldier
saluted, but made no attempt to obey
the mandate. The irate little lady, I'M
able to tolerate the insult thus openly
offered to her imperial person, leaned
out of the carriage and called aloud in
her shrill, babyish voice, please to
move on" There was a moments ST.
lence, then the door of the carriage
opened slowly, and no less a person
age than the Car himself alighted
and shook his finger r%ebukingly Mt his
imperious little daughter.-London NJ.
A. =.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
GROWING YOUNG AGAIN.

Was GO When She Realized Its LOSS,
bat She ReEuincd Her Figure.
At 40 she had lost her trim, fine fig
ure. At 80 she was really old. At GO
she was fat, pudgy, misshapen, wriu-
Killed.. At 60 she was still more SO,
while her appetite had become inor-
dinate, yet she had always prided her
self on being ''temperate-never drank
9 Irop." But at this age she began to
look into physical culture. and, being
q woman of good mind, was not long
in discovering that for thirty years at
least she had been eating vastly too
much, exercising too little, and breath
ing in the contracted fashion common
to the average person Of either sex.
She began to gradually reduce her
diet, after a while dispensed with cof-
fee, but never quite gave up tea; was
much out of doors, learned to breathe
deeply, and became a devOtee Of physi-
cal exercise. At 70 she was once more
trim In form and figure without lacing,
for she dresses loosely, SO that her
sides may act like bellows when she
takes deep breathing, and walks with
a light, elastic step. The wrinkles are
still there, and her hair Is gray, but
thicker than before, and IS no longer
falling out. Her Y is as clear as q
girls, and her mind thoroughly alert.
She is a remarkable old lady, in her
friends estimation. but she says there
is nothing remarkable about 1t. and
now. at so. she is earning a comfort
able living by teaching women how to
acquire such control OF mind and body
as to mitigate the usual decline Of adj
~vancins years and enjoy to the utmost
old age.-Good Housekeeping.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
THOUGHT THEY WE'RE LYING.

Drummer Gets the Best of His Coma
petitors in story Telling.
Senator Foraker was contradicting a
Tribune.
Though this is a firm contradiction"
he said, Il want it to be a pleasant and
polite n 1t is not necessary when
men tell falsehoods to call them liars
and club them over the head. Their er-
ror can be pointed out in neater and
more graceful ways.
For instance:
I'm a small town in Indiana a group
Of drummers were assembled. They
sat in the reading room of the coun-
try hotel. On the f1imsy hotel paper
they had finished writing to their firms
with the lumpy ink and the rusted pens
which the hotel management provided,
and now, with newspaper reading and
desultory talk, they whiled away the
tedious evening.
"A young drummer in a red tie took
the cigarette from his mouth ana said !:
"'Weii, my days sales here reached
$4,000. Not bad for a small town, eh?'
AN elderly drummer looked up from
his newspaper and said, quietly:
".Not bad at all. 1t is wonderful
what II can sometimes do in these lit
tie places On my last trip here my
commissions came to just what you say
your sales did
1.-THE young man Redeemed
""This isn't a lying competition he
said, gruffly.
"'Oh, excuse me- said the other, 7
thought it was"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

I could not sleep and could hardly drag
around. consulted two physicians without
relief, and as a last resort, | tried Lydia h.
Pinllham's Vegetable Compound, and to my
surprise, every ache and pain left me. l
gained ten pounds and am in perfect health"
Miss Pearl Ackers, of 327 North Sum
mer Street, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 suffered with painful periods, severe
backache, bearing-down pains, pains across
the abdomen; was very nervous and irriGa-
and my trouble grew worse every month.
decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. | soon found it was doing me
good. All my pains and aches disappeared,
and no longer fear my monthly periods"
Lydia e, Pinkham's Vegetable Com
troubles. 1t strengthens the proper
muscles. and displacement with all its
horrors will no more crush you.
Backache. dizziness. fainting, bear
ing-down pains. d~isordered stomach,
moodiness, dislike of friends and society
all symptoms of the one cause-will
be quickly dispelleG, and it will make
you strong and well.
You can tell the story of your suf-
ferings to a woman, and receive help
full advice free of cost. Address Mrs.
Pinl1ham, Lynn, Mass. The present
Mrs. PinlSham is the daughter-iH-law
OF Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty
five years she has, under her direction
and since her decease. been advising
sick women free of charge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

The chief of police was walking alb
stractedly along the street, thinking Of
the carnival of crime and the necessity
of doing something to end it.
"Chief,' said a tall, powerfully built
stranger, approaching him, don't you
want a policeman for some special ser
vice? I'm an old hand at the business
Il do" answered the chief, looking
him over. "Have you any testimonials
to show that you have had experience as
a policeman
mo, sir" said the other, mechanically
swiping a banana as they passed a fruit
stand. "You will have to take my word
for it."
You're an old hand, all right observ-
ed the chief. "Ill give you a trial.
Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
LOVES

You cannot tell how good she is,
How gracious, and how fair,
By merely looking on her face
And all the beauty there.
You know not how her lips would speak
To others, or to you;
You only know that all she says
Is certain to be true.
And if she grant you through her eyes
A peep into her soul,
IT'S but a slight and partial glimpse;
You never see the whole.
No, You must win her constant heart,
And keep it in. your own,
Ere you can learn that what she is
She is for one alone.
And that, my friend. you will not do;
A Providence divine
Has found and fashion'd her for me,
And she is wholly mine.
Spectator.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

IAN women work; some in their
homes, some in church, and some in
the whirl of society. And in stores.
mills and shops tenS Of thousands are
on the never-ceasing treadmill, earning
their daily bread.
All are subject to the same physical
laws; all suffer alike from the same
physical disturbance, and the nature of
their duties, in many cases, quickly
drifts them into the horrors of all
kinds of female complaints, tumors,
liberation, falling and fsplace-
nents or perhaps ir~regularity or
suppression, causing backache, ner-
vousness, irritability and lassitude.
They especially require an invigorat-
ing, sustaining medicine which will
strengthen the female organism and
enable them to bear easily the fatigues
of the day, to sleep well at night, and
to rise refreshed and cheerful.
How distressing to see a woman
struggling to earn a livelihood or per-
form her household duties when her
back and head are aching, she is SO
tired she can hardly drag about or
stand up, and every movement causes
pain, the origin of which is due to
some arrangement of the female Or
ganism.
Miss F. Orser, Of IA Warrenton Street,
Boston, tells women how to avoid such
suffering she writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Il suffered misery for several years with
female irregularities. ny back acLcd; 7 had
h~earinp-lOyn painS. and frequent headaches.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
MONEY KINGS OF OLD ROME
Antony md CaliGuIn Appear to Have
Recn Leaders in Expenditure.


Ant""s ana ai'&"iH Npp'nr 'oii"'e
Thot tho ,rr,r,rl,tinn Of VAST for.
n,ani'I" =, anot non,
u.bjch ,,uov. nathan tho r,ilr,,d nor
S+,rd,rd on -, !, to In tho 1-,i+od
S+o+,s +o-d,v J., shawn h,. +ho ro,,ou,-
;,r +,hlo th,t h,, h,,r ,or,pi,,d fr,m
~ n, al" i."' , ~, u"'' v"'ia'''' A'''"
Will, Il r,,v Iva t.,o that tho voolb
90 .r, Cu,r 90 p,,..i, and 1,b, n
poo,.,ro1,,. NAV oxo,od uo,rlr oil or
tnG.n IA ttnn hoa,.Is tnoro 49,, ho No
o,o,ti,r of tbo f,,.t tb,+ nc snoraors
of onorn,ous fortunes Antonv and cal.
,cul, h,vo royor hoor srrn,ssod.
Crossus, md ostotc was
vo,,ol o+ & 500 go
III. no,,so = y.i,nI ~ aoo GOO
Cncilirs Isi1or,,s oftcr hay
inc lost much loft : . 500
non1o+r;,,s ~frnadman 81
po,rnov voe worth 2S-l 400
1o,trin, thn .,rnr mo- lass
+ho, ,c e Coo
CIodius who wos slain nv
Milo Doi1 for his ho,so 700 OOO
uo onca swallowed q ncnr,
worth 40 600
Anioi,,s wac worth mara
than O
re noisoncd himself after he
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
Beware Of Ointme7tS for Catarrh
. that CONTAIN Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
Smell ana completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reputa-
BILE physicians las the damage they viii do
- tenfold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney d Co., To-
!edo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
aud mucous surfaces of the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by +. j.. Cheney & Co..
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

explained TIM I didn't know 1t was
have known.
"Just then she became aware that a
stream of dirty water was trickling
from the roof on to h back of her
gown and she was indignant with me
about it.. l tried to excuse myself and
she said: oh, don't talk to me" l was
silent, hurt and grieved, and after Il
few moments she remarked that l was
a very pleasant companion, she must
say. and was it her fault that we were
foolish enough to come to a place where
it was wetter than 1t was outdoors?
| said we might move out under the
sheltering clouds and h said she was
quite wet enough. han me, and she
knew she would catch her death of cold,
but of course that was funny.
Il said presently that l was sorry
about the hat and then she declared
that the hat was Of no consequence
whatever. but it was strange l couldn't
have seen that it was Clouding over.
Probably | enjoyed being drenched and
muddy. but she didu't.
I'VE were about half an hour in that
shed and if ever Il young man was given
food for thought in half an hour l was.
The weather cleared up then, but she
didn't. She wouldn't speak to me all
the way back and we parted in anger.
Then | went home and thought it all
over. Now, that's what l var you to
do, William, think it all over"
Quit her cold. did youT" said Billy.
Septimus sighed.
What would n thoughtful, If infatu-
ated young man naturally expect after
marriage if that sort of thing occurred
before?' he asked.
Il thought it all over" he contin-
ued, and then l wrote-and begged
her to pardon me for my inconsiderate
behavior"
lie sighed again, released Billy's but
ton and started for home, which was
just around the corner from where they
had been standing.
Billy did not ask If the fair young
girl was the present Mrs. Sep, but he
has his suspicions.-Chicago Daily
News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
VIII Written on Ice.

The %strangest will on record is that
Of a Connecticut clergyman who broke
through the ice on a certain pond.
Finding that he vas unable to get out
upon the ice and realizing that he had
but a short time to live because of
the bitter cold, he took his knife and
wrote his will on the smooth surface
of the ice. 1t was found, duly sworn
to and recorded as. his last will and
testament. @
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27

1T broadens ones horizon, so to speak.
does it not" inquired the man who was
studying municipal conditions, Ito serve
the city in the capacity of alderman?'
Il don't know about that answered
the other man but l have noticed that
it generally broadens his equator"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
I.nxf Words

King INSTRUMENTATION I knock
your block off, is there anything you
wish to say?
Missionary-Yes, o may tell my
wife L have departed for the African
interior.-New York Telegram.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
Bli.sfuI Irnorance q.

This imported painting is not genu-
ine,'' said the artist.
Nov here's Il hundred If you forget
it." said the rich man who wouldn't
know n Michael Angelo from a soap
Autograph. S long as people think it
is I'm satisfied indianapolis Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
SUBSTANTIALLY Correct.

Constituent suppose you know, Sen.
ator, that you have the reputation of
being fabulously rich?
Senator Lotsmun-No, / didn't know
that. But / know that the stories you
hear about my riches are mostly fables.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-04-27
A Uard I.exson.

IIim-Do you think you could learn
to love him, Miss G~ettingalong.
Her-Well, Mr.. SioHfpke, I might
learn after u correspondence course
Indianapolis Star.