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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
Mr1 Mary Dmmick

Pinkham, Of Lynn, Mass, is fully quail
aedto give helpful advice to sick women.
Read Mrs. Dirhmick's letters.
: Her first letter: -
Dear Mrs.. Pinkham:-
II have been a sufferer for the past eight
years with a trouble which first originated
from painful periods-the pains were excruci-
ating, with Inflammation and liberation Of the
female organs. The doctor says I must have
an operation or I cannot live. I do not want
TO submit to an operation if I can possibly
avoid it. Please help me."-Mrs. Mary
Dimmick, Washington, D. c.
Her second letter:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
You will remember my condition when I
last wrote you, n that the doctor said I
must w an operation or I couldnot live.
/ received your. kin letter and followed your
advice very carefully and am now entirely
well. As my case was so serious it seems q
miracle that I am cured. II know that lowe
mot only my health but my life to Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and 10 your
advice. I can walk miles without an ache or
q pain, and wish every suffering woman
would read this letter and realize what you
can do for them. Mrs. Mary Dimmick, Seth
and East Capitol Streets, Washington, DC.
! How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick:to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and how little it cost her-a two-cent
stamp. Yet how valuable was the reply!
As Mrs. Dimmick says-itsaved her life.
Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands
of just such letters as the above, and
offers ailing women helpful advice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

were d~isagreeable; and not only to
him but to the recipient also.
Now Merritield did not Intentionally
tell an untruth when he said his
daughter considered Lacey's attentions
disagreeabh. But he did interpret
most wrongly an ambiguous remark.
In proportion as men are strong in
physical trials, SO are they weak in
the adverities Of love; wherefore 1t
was that James Lacey, after his inter
view with the father Of Alice Merri-
field, was utterly downcast and firm
" Of the opinion that the fair city of
Valegreen was the most disagreeable
habitat Of civilization.
Within a week after his interview
with Merrifield, "Jim''-as his friends
called him-had taken up his abode in
a distant city OF the State. And there
he had prospered. And not only had
he succeeded in business, but also had
earned quite a reputation as a public
speaker.
Owing to this reputation md an I'M
foreseen emergency, it was that Jim
was designated by the State chairman
to be the orator Of the evening at the
vaIegreen rally.
This fact was both surprising and
discouraging to Merrifield, for he held
u a poor opinion Of the young mans
ability,
Is it any wonder that the fireworks
music and cheers failed to ~enliven the
city chairman and his guest?
The rally was late in starting. but
the immense crowd took the delay
with unusual good nature. The chair
man as he entered the hall felt that
a golden opportunity was lost, but had
succeeded in hiding his chagrin.
Lacey, on taking his seat on the
platform, gazed owe the audience and
his eyes met those OF n In the gal
lery. Eyes Of blue that had filed the
hopeful fancy of his youth and the
sweetly, sad, retrospective thoughts of
later years. Yes, they were in the gal
lery! And, what Is more. they did not
lock cold or repelling; no. but sweet
and ~invitingly smiling, and they seem
ed to send q message Of recognition and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

academy, at that overworked psychol-
ogical moment, he became interested in
one of the most enthusiastic rooters
Of the gentler ex, who had often
,spurred the Valegreen team on to vic
tory. This fascinating young lady was
no other than Alice, the daughter of
Richard Merrifeld, though not until
after Lacey's graduation did it become
manifest to Alice's father hat the
seed Of interest had brought forth the
fruit of love.
And then the city chairman lost no
time in indicating his feelings in the
matter. for he had a deep-rooted dis
like for what he termed modern B.. A.
graduates-not bachelors of arts, but
bachelors of athletics" ;
Briefly and emphatically he Informed
Lacey that his attentions to Alice
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
THE LITTLE BOYS DRUM.

/" F' "Eh" .l&E ~. ~ .t aa -r'.-
All day long he beat the drum o.
r And marched with steady tread,
Till twilight fell, and mothers voice
4 Had called him off to bed
Then he laid it down with a tender kiss,
And a shake of his golden head
"IIl teep my drum and so to war
En- l diets big" he said. G-r
He loved to watch the shadows creep
Across the silent hill; -
He dreamed that they were soldiers brave
Who came to fight n kill;
And loud he clapped his chubby hands
When in the sun they died
II won't be 'fwaid to fight and die
En- I diets big" he cried.
Alas, for US :! we blamed the child
Because he made such noise;
We wondered why he chose his drum
From all the other toys r
So once at night, when the little boy
Had answered mothers Gomez" Z.
We searched among his treasures rare,
And hid away his drum.
When morning came, the big brown eyes
Were bright with fever's pain
Outside no shadow soldiers played,
: The day was dull with rain;
A silence lay upon the house,
Unbroken by the drum;
At night there were no marching feet
To answer mothers "Come!"
There came a day, in after years,
When the little boy was dead,
That we took the drum from its hiding
place,
And not a word was said;
But silently, and tearfully, .
We breathed a childish prayer,
Then laid it away with a tender kiss,
And a curl of golden hair.
Graham Du Bots.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

corporation rule the government or be ruled by the
government?
The doing Of this or attempting to do 1t has been the
primary work Of the Bureau Of Corporations. 1t Is
going to be a long road. 1t is going to be q ditncult
road, aud the work Of the bureau will only be well
done II we set our faces in the right direction at
the beginning. We must not expect too much from the
efforts Of the government at the present time to change
these industrial evils. Our first steps cannot be long.
We cannot run when we are attempting to solve such
problems as these. but, as l say, If we can get our
faces set in the right direction, then we may be sure
that In the years to come we will make the right kind
Of progress. This again can only be accomplished by
the heartiest cooperation of men engag ed in business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
WON BY HIS 0RATORY
l~~~N~~~~~

-
~ ali! rah!s rah! Three cheers for
ISI Merritield! Tigerw Thus the
~ cheers rang out on the calm night
air, for the strenuous citizens of Vale
green were passing through an exciting
political campaign. fractional disagree
ment In the dominant party had pre-
sented to the minority q rare opportu-
nifty for success. And opportunity new
er knocks too softly at the politicians
doors-sometimes they think 1t Is OPP
portunity when it Is only the political
embalmer.
But the face Of Merriield, the gray
haired, silk-tiled chairman OF the mi
nority party-whose barouche had the
right OF line in the parade now tri-
umphantly vending its way prepara-
tory to the beginning of a raIly-d.d
not light up with that bea1ning appre-
citation that is the wont-nay the pre-
requisite-of u political leaders.
Neither did the face OF James Lacey,
the broad-shouldered young man who
also occupied a seat in the barouche
Of honor. And thereby hangs u tale.
1t was but a decade and a-half pre-
yious to the beginning Of nara
tive that Lacey had graduated from
the Va 3gree academy. but alas! not
with valedictorian honors-as natu-
rally q hero should. but, as his broad
shoulders would Indicate. magma cum
ilaude In athletics.
During LAccy's matrdcu,ation at the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

The okra plant, or the gumbo, as it is
commonly called, somewhat resembles
that of the cotton, though having much
larger and rougher leaves and a thicker
stem. Its flowers are similar to those
of the cotton in size, shape and color,
are always single, and there is very lit
lie variation between those of different
varieties.
Okra has no great food value, and it
Is not probable that it will ever become
q very important crop commercially. but
a few plants form a desirable addition
to the vegetable garden. 1t is used prin-
cipally for fiavoring soups and prepare
tons wherein meat forms an important
part, and to these it adds a very pleas
ant taste and mucilaginous consistency.
Some persons may not enjoy the flavor
Of okra at first, but after eating u few
times Of dishes containing it a taste
for it is acquired.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
now's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo. o..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made BY his nrm.
WALDING, KINNAN h MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally,
acting directly Upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price Toe per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
Re..onabl. Assumption.

The investigating committee had
found that the life preservers were
stuffed with breakfast food instead
OF cork.
How do you explain this" the
manufacturer was asked.
Why" he said, "it's just as good
as cork until it gets soaked, and we
-er-figure that some sort Of relief
ought to arrive by that time.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
GENIUS THE HIGHEST FORM OF INSANITY.
By Cesar LOmbr0SO, AAieni

- In Hebrew as we'll as in Sanskrit the luna
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IN tic is Synonymous with the prophet. The
r. ~ unatic, again, among harbarous people, is
III feared and adored by masses, who often con-
~ fde to him supreme authority. In modern
times the same conviction has been pre-
served. Not only is fame denied to men Of
IN lgentus during their lives, but even the means
~ Of subsistence. After death they receive
monuments and rhetoric by way Of compensation. The
reason is that il we leave out certain great statesmen
men Of genius are lacking in tact, in moderation, in the
sense Of practical life, in the virtues which are alone
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
why He Wa. Happy.

He was one Of the happiest kids"
in town. He stood in front OF his
home and grinned enthusiastically as
he saw the others unwillingly vending
their way toward school.
Come on, Harold" shouted seyera!
of the boys.
Not on your life," answered the re-
joicing Harold. NO school for me
to-day. I'm going to stay home"
Whats the matter? Sick
NO"
Your ma sick"
NO"
"Well, why?'
"Oh, cause. You see my gran'ma's
come to spend the day with mamma
and gran'ma she's awful hard O. hear
in. Mammals got a cold on her chest,
and in her neck, and she can't talk
loud enough for gran'ma to hear what
she says. so I've got to stay home to
tell gran'ma what mamma says. Seer
indianapolis News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
In No Hurry.

"Of course, Tommy" said the Sun.
day school teacher, you'd like to be
an angel, wouldn't you"
"Well-er-yes'm,' replied Tommy,
'but I'd like to wait till l car be q
full-grown angel with gray whiskers."
-~Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

recognized as real by the masses and which alone are
useful in social affairs. Good sense travels on the well
worn paths; genius. never. And that is why the crowd,
not altogether without reason, is SO ready to treat great
men as lunatics.
1t has again been objected to me that my studies of
genius are deficient in utility. To this l might reply
with Taine that 1t is not always necessary that the true
should be useful. Yet numerous practical applications
arise out of these researches; they furnish us with ex-
plantations Of those strange religious insanities which
become the nucleus Of historical events.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
Tide.

"A Philadelphia girl was recently
overtaken and drowned by the incom-
ing tide on the west coast of France.
"A transplanted Breton said of this fl.
tality: e r@Ga E
Can you. who see your own tides
crawl in at the rate of ten feet or SO
an hour, imagine ~tidessracing like wild
white horses up that fat sands at the
rate of half a mile a minute rssesavo
1.-THE extraordinary fairness of our
Breton coasts gives us these phenome-
nal tides. The sea does not rise and
fall. 1t appears and disappears. You
have a vast and fat plain of sand. At
a set hour the sea PUSHES in, white.
wild, submerging this vast plain. At
q set hour an unseen hand sucks the
waters back-thirty, forty, fifty miles
and nothing is visible but the plain
of pale sand again.
"Woe is INTO such as walk on this
desolate plain when the tide begins to
rise, for they must drown! Nothing
can save Observation-Disclosures Bull.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
Did Her Best.

Mistress-Now, after this I shnn't al
low you to have company in the kitchen
every evening.
Maid-Thar's nice av yez, mum, but
sure, me beau's that bashful l can't git
him to set in the Notwithstanding
Leader.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

She Observation-Disclosures beautiful
that idea Of the poets that loving
words can medicine most ills.
He (cynicalty)-That may be; but
loving words do not appear to be q
drug in the market"
American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
SAD Lot of the Hindu wonaa.

The Hindu holy books forbid a wom-
an to e dancing. hear music, wear
jewels, blacken her eyebrows. eat
dainty food, sit at a window, or view
herself in a mirror during the absence
of her husband /; and allows him to d.
vorce her II she has 10 sons, Injuries
his property, scolds him, quarrels with
another woman, or presumes to eat BE-
fore he has finished his meal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
SUPERVISION NOT PATERNALIsM.
BY James K. #

The government should not at
tempt to exercise a paternal control
over private business. That is not
it. That is the cry that those make
who are opposed to government SUI
pervision. 1t is not paternalism in
the old sense as we understand 1t.
It is simply this: Who is to rule?
The corporation, by its power of
wealth, by the extent of territory
over which it does business, by the
political influence that 1t Of neces-
sity exercises in the States and the
Federal government-shall such a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

standard Of living, the last probably the most import
ant symptom Of all.
Among persons Of average Intelligence there is sure
" an Indifference to the claims of religion, except per-
haps on state occasions. They are willing that the
church should ofaclate at weddings and funerals in
order that due Formally and p~ropr1ety be observed.
But the daily conversation Of the average American
is untouched by religious conviction and shows his
thought on the fundamentals of life to be totally differ
ent from the church. When he wishes to quote reig-
ious thought he uses the language Of the churches as
though he were speaking a foreign tongue. How much
more glibly come the phrases Of the stock market, the
sporting world, the artistic circles! The vocabulary of
the churches is like a dead language to him, one that
he will use as sparingly as quotations from the classics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

The dead bodies of prospectors are
found day after day in Death valley,
Southern California. Always the unfor-
Inmates have discarded all their cloth
ing in the agonies of heat and thirst.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
SOLUTION OF THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.

Our country has more than one serious
problem. but immigration is not among them.
We have solved the question in the present by
the somewhat too drastic law that we have
enacted. 1t Is not a problem for us. 1t Is
the problem for the poor, unfortunate coun-
tries from which we are draining the best
blood.
Now, 1 hold that the prime test and the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

ambition to enjoy the rights of an American citizen and
has he the habits of sobriety and frugality to save the
sum necessary for him to reach this port? And Is he
skillful enough to earn that surplus? l want no better
testimony than that. If l owned America and was
running it as a business operation, l would not only
look for that man, but l would give every man Of that
kind a premium to come here and consider it the best
bargain l had ever made in my life.
Taking the value Of a man, woman or child in this
republic as low as a slave, and that was an average
Of about 81 900 fifty years ago. and we are, getting
400, 900 a year. That means $500, 900, 900 cash value.
Furthermore. every man who comes here is a con-
sumer, and 80 per cent of all the earnings of even the
most saving goes to employ other labor of some kind.
1t is not purity OF blood we want, 1t Is the mingling
of different bloods that makes the American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

, A measure has been introduced in
Canada which. it is expected. may result
in the naturalization of the Canadian
telephone system.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

It IL awfully hard to impress most
people with the importance Of your
importance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money II It fails to cure.
Il. w. Groves signature 10 on each box. 2oc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

Taste and Smell Fun size 60cts., atDmer
Ely Brothsa1A6 6 Warren strsst. New Yoskl
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09

It is with great pleasure we publish
the following letters, as they convinc-
ingly prove the claim we have so many
times made in our columns that Mrs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
FALLING AWAY OF ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH
By Rabbi Charles FIeischer.

The signs, the symptoms are on every
hand-the falling away Of attendance at pub
lie worship; the freedom OF criticism Of old
faiths; the Indifference of the working class
es; the feminizlng of congregations; the null
tiplication Of sects; the liberation of q double
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
DIRECT VOTE FOR o. S. SENATORS.

- The nearer q government can be brought to
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~ the people the purer and better that govern
~ ment will be. An important step in this di-
III rection would be the election of United States
~ Senators by the people. The demand for this
reform is growing, and It is a question of only
a little time before it will be accomplished.
IN An amendment to the Federal Constitution,
N which provides for the election of Senators
by the Legislatures. can be made on the application Of
tho Legislatures of two-thirds Of the States. Without
any special effort in that direction many States have
already made the request. The General Assembly OF
Missouri, at the last session, passed a resolution to this
effect.
favor the election Of Senators by popular vote, and
It is evident that this system will demonstrate that the
chief representatives of the people in Congress will
more clearly reflect the peoples will.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-09
TWO OPEN LETTERS
IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN

Ars. Mary Dimmick OF Washington tells
How Lydia E. P1nkham's Vegetable
Compound Made Her Well.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-28

way, and other things being equal
the fact that the representative came
firm Wenatchee which is known from
one end of the country to the other,
WOO Id IN itself Re a great benefit.
Leaving out the fact that Mr.. Gellatly
is eminentlY fitted for the Office of re.
preventative and is one of the most
popular men in the county, 1t is evil
dent that Wentachee has just claim
upon the office. This claim, com bined
with the character and standing of the
man whom we are rapport iug. should
have it's weight as it undoubtedly
will, with the cow ention.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-28
TUESDAY. AUGUST 20, 1906
4 JUST CLAIM.

Aside from the fact that John A.
GeIlatly is by far the best man in the
the county, who could be selected as
state representative and aside from
the fact that he Is the best fitted ran
to represent the county as a whole at
Olympia. there is another reason why
he should receive the nomination at
the hands of the convention Upon
the same grounds that Deed Mayer Of
the Leavenworth Echo. who has per-
sistenty pushed j. ]. Kings candidacy
argues that Leaven " tn should be
permitted to name the candids te. Wen
atchee has a just and fair claim for
the representativeship or the three
representatives. which Chelan has sent
to the legislature two have come from
the north end OF the county aud one
from the west, end of this county.
The first representative elected from
this county was Mr. Andrews who was
nominated and elected by Leaven worth
and the railroad men. He was the can.
didate sof practically the same men
who are supporting ]. j. King. MIR.
Mayors claim that Leavenworth is
entitled to the candidate is without
foundation and only a play TO the gal
lery. He il merely throwing bait
to those who are not Informed as to
the exact conditions. Leavenworth has
absolutely no claim to the office on
these grounds and as it is the principal
reason advanced for Mr.. Kings can
didacy, Leavenworth obviously is at
tempting to hoodwiDk the remainder
of the county by Misrepresentation
Mr.. king may be good man but his
candidacy falls fiat 10 the face of Facts
On the other hand Wenatchee can ad-
vance a just claim for the office on the
ground that we nav never furnished
representative. If one section of
the county is entitled to the of1ce
more than another, Wenatchee certain.
" is In the right in ASKING the office
for Mr.. Gellatly. This is the recog-
nized center of the county in every