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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Against ID. Grain.

Amos Carries wife rules him with
u rod OF iron. This his friends well
know, and one evening lately, when he
Joined the circle in Sim Hayward,s
grocery and showed no amusement at
Joe Piper's jests, they knew that In
his mind he was retracing certain pain.
full domestic Incidents Of recent occur
renee On being approached as to the
u of his silence, he explained that
he was down on his luck.
"P'r'aps yon don't know your luck. J,
suggested Joe Piper, winking behind
the back Of Amos at the company rem
orally.
There may be a thought too much
lemon in her" said MI. Hayward, driy-
ing straight to the mark. But she
has he courage OF the masculine gen
der"
SO have I, II I was let to show IT..
Amos said, with a sigh. That's the
mischief Of 1t.
If I'd been a weak man, ready to
knock under and play second fiddle
without whimpering, 1t wouldn't have
mattered. But I amt at all that sort
Of kind Of man by nature, and It hurts
feelings like time to be made to
do It."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Short Meter Sermons.
Character never is complete.

Character never is complete.
Hypocrisy is the gold of virtue used
to gid vice.
The man who does nothing does much
harm.
One thing believed Is worth a millioA
things denied.
A good home is the best sermon
about heaven.
No man is refined until he is purged
of selfishness.
You annot attain purity by any
process of polishing.
If you cannot learn humility you
cannot bear elevation.
The man who is ashamed of his re-
ligion has none to boast of.
Laughing at little trials is more than
half of winning great triumphs.
There is no virtue in doing right In
such a way as to lead others wrong.
Light hearted people are those who
Away are looking for the sunshine.
Many think they are doubling who
only are lodging the duty of thinking.
It's always a surprise to those who
nurse their woes how o they grow
up.
Renouncing our own sins Is better
preaching than ~denouncing tho ways of
others.
If you make your mind a cesspool
your life certainly will have an evident
i'll odor. a
There already are too many trying
to clean the world by sweeping it with
Il searchlight.
The world has suffered a good deal
less from thinking without saying than
from saying without thinking.
It's no use inviting a man to rest on
the gospel of peace if you hand it to
him on the end Of a pitchfork.
When once you have tasted. Of the
happiness of making others happy you
will cease to worry about heaven.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

It is the same with God. No amount
Of good or useful worn that we can do
for the welfare of others or the good
of the State or of society or the up
lifting of humanity or anything else
satisfies God unless we begin it by CIV
ing Him our hearts If we never come
near Him, never have a word or a
prayer to say to Him, have our pleas
ure and joy altogether outside of Him,
and it will count for nothing with Him.
To accomplish anything of solid or
permanent value in His sight we must
do it to please Him. n everything
which d~ispleases Him we must avoid
for His sake. Our souls must be pure
ana clean in His sight. If we want to
uplift humanity we must begin by up
lifting ourselves. Loving God will up
lift us without that nothing else will.
This oes not mean hat we are to
sit down and 10 nothing. Indeed, we
cannot fall back on that eve If we
would. Most Of US have to be more or
less strenuous If we are to live and
God wills that we should live. But
there is no danger of our being lazy
if we really do love God, for there Is a
great deal that He has for IS to do.
But we must do 1t for His sake, and
the first and most important work is OH
ourselves. ....
The one thing necessary, the will of
God for us, is that we should be in
union by love with Him. If we are
really in this union everything else
will follow. If we are not, nothing else
that we do Is of any use to Him or to
ourselves.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
PLAIN TALKS WITH WOMEN.
Life II to Many Persons a Matter oi
Sacrifices.

Life II to Many Persons q Matter Of
Sacrifices.
Is life a matter Of sacrifice, asks
phia Telegraph.
Many very worthy people, having
gone through life and endured their
share OF its trials and misfortunes, at
tune their minds to the sombre key.
and go softly the rest Of their days;
subdued and depressed, they dare not
lift their eyes above the earth level
of their sorrows; patient, it is true,
but ~undeniably mcurnful, they round
out the years of their pilgrimage.
Not that they are altogether to be
blamed for this frame Of mind. When
one has been beaten and buffeted and
used despitefuily 1t Is not to be won
dered at that one comes to be very
much afraid Of what the next day
shall bring forth.
But bounding youth knows EarStit
Of this submission, and to mako its
kiss the rod, SO to speak, when TO it
no rod Is visible, far or near, lis to
breed up a spirit Of Impotence. not
to say revolt.
We often behold an elderly aunt or
perhaps a patient and devoted father
or mother trying to make various
young hopefuls see that they are prison
ers in a vale Of tears, and that under
all chastenings they must try to be
quiet and humble; but young hopeful
finds 1t all very much Of a bora, longs
to be away to kick free heels n a very
good and joyous world Of grssn fields
and still waters, and will have none
Of It.
To preach that life is a xaatter Of
eternal sacrifice to the exuberant one
Of youth and health Is tt shake their
faith in or doctrine as well as sanity.
Religion, it is true, helps US to bear
sorrow ; but to speak only of this Side
Of 1t is to make Of it a matter Of gloom,
which is easily ar injustice to the sub
feet and a thing which will do 1t more
harm than good.
Youth should hear rather of the doc
trine Of that love which showers joy
and happiness. Let the matter of sor-
row be left always in the background
until the sad inevitable time comes
when it must needs he inevitably faced.
Too sadly often is it true that life
comes to be a matter of sacrifice sooner
or later; but when it comes it Is time
| enough to think of it or speak of it or
| preach resignation to it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
GIVING LOVE TO GOD.
By Rev. George N. Senrle

Martha, Martha, thou art careful and
art troubled about many things. But
thing is neceSsary.-Luke X. 4t42.
In these days we heal a great deal
about the strenuous life and we see a
great deal of it. 1t is supposed to be
the right kind Of life; the only kind
worth living. And this is very true in
a way. Certainly the strenuous life is
Emuch better than the lazy life that IS,
If it is strenuous for what is good and
useful. Still, it may be very strenuous
and yet not accomplish much after all.
For it may endeavor to do much. be
careful and troubled about many things
and yet neglect the one thing neces-
sary. Martha's life was strenuous and
yet Christ preferred that of Mary.
What is this one thing necessary? 1t
is, Of course, to do the will of God. He
has made US and not we ourselves. We
belong to Him entirely. Therefore,
what He wants of US we must give
Him.
And what does He want? He wants
our hearts, our love, our affections.
Nothing will satisfy Him but thar. All
these things that we are SO anxious to
do He can do Himself and do them
much better thar we can. But He
wants our love and He cannot get that
II we withhold it from Him. And why
does He want it? Because He loves
US.
A husband who really INves his wife
as not satisfied if she ms ely gets his
meals, makes the beds, sweeps the
house and mends his clothes, or even if
she does all the useful things possible,
If her heart is all taken up by the chill
dren or by her friends. BE wants his
Eight place In her heart; nothing else
viii do instsaL.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Goed-Bxe. Eucud.

Within the last few years Z revolu-
ton has beon accomplished at Oxford
which ought really to affect the mind
Of the nation more than the differences
between Lard Curzon and Lord Rose
berry. textbook has been discarded
which Wal already venerable for its an
tiquity Ut the beginning Of the Chris
tian 4 Needless to say, we are re-
ferring to Euclid's Elements For
what other textbook ever had such a
n that7 1t has been accepted ever
since Its publication, which was In the
reign Of the first Ptolemy (B. C. 3323
1851. No writer has ever become so
Identified with a science as Euclid with
geometry. The nearest approaches are
to besfound in the relation of Aristotle
to logic and of Adam Smith to politi-
cal economy.-London Spectator.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

How They Lived in the Middle of the

How They Lived in the Middle of the
Last Century. s
In the middle of the last century the
crofters in the west highlands seldom
saw money and never needed 1t. They
erected for. themselves huts mostly
built of turf, foored with clay and roof
ed with heather. They kept a few cat
tie, goats and sheep, which grazed at
will on the open hillside and provided
them with milk n wool. They lived
a truly simple life, and their needs
were few. They grew oats for their
own food and potatoes, which formed
their other chief article of diet. Tea
was an unknown luxury. 1t was by no
means uncommon to find persons who
had never tasted it. Wheaton bread
had never been seen in those parts.
Their clothes were made from the
feeces of their own sheep, spun and
woven by the good wives during the
long winter nights and dyed from the
simple dyes made from the lichens
which grew on the stems Of trees or on
the powders of rock in the neighbor-
hood. The whisky they drank came
from secret stills on the hillside and
had never paid excise. The nearest
parish church was often many miles
away. No school was there for the
children. Very few Of them, indeed,
could read or write. Still fewer had
ever heard a word of English spoken.
Their spiritual needs, however, were
not neglected, for they received con-
slant visits from the men, as. they
were called, who had constituted them
selves the spiritual guides Of their
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Naval shaI<e-up Begun.

One of the most radical shake-ups in
the history of the United States navy is
now reported to be under way in the de-
partment, with especial reference to the
personnel of the line on the battleships
which are to take part in the forthcoming
Pacific cruise. The purpose is TO adj
n the younger men to the fighting line
and send their elders to the rear, and it
is said that of the eighteen captains who
will command the ships on the long voy-
age fourteen will be men younger than
the officers now in command.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

main long enough to tesl his metal. His
one sermon vas preached to a small
audience on Kalorama Heights, near
Washington, now a beautiful part Of
the capital city, In August, 1861. The
rest OF us were rejoicing over a report
ed victory at Port Royal.
Private John NJ. Springer became
chaplain Of the Third Wisconsin. Like
DR.. Eaton, he was popular, and, like
him, was not afraid of a battle. He
watched with and prayed for the sick,
wrote hundreds of letters, looked after
the mail, and sometimes fought. His
regiment was in line for action in one
of Sherman's series Of battles from
Chattanooga to Atlanta. The chaplain
asked Captain Gardner for a musket.
1--WE do no want you in the ranks"
Gardner said I'VE have other business
for you"
81 will attend to hat other business
also, captain. Please give me a mus
ket."
''There are none, now, Springer; re-
main here for a few minutes and you
can be armed"
Just then the enemy attacked and
there was a chance for the chaplain.
Several of the company were wounded.
Springer grasped a rifle and began to
load and fire like q veteran.
Chug!
captain, the chaplain is hit"
So he was, and seriously. He was
placed by a tree in a place of safety.
But he was not safe from the veteran
with a scythe.
1t is said that the chaplain of a Con-
federate regiment vas killed in the
force against which the Third fought.
Who can affirm or deny that the shots
Of these two ~chapiains robbed q North
ern and a Southern pulpit?-J. A. Wa
trous IN Chicago Times-Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

1t is not always safe to play a prac.
teal joke unless you are thoroughly &C
quainted with your victim. 1t is some
times sadly true that "the bitter is bit
ten.'
We were gathered around a bright
fire In a cozy sitting room. The colonel,
to our great delight, had gone back
through the years to his tent at the
base Of Kenesaw Mountain, and was
again, as in those past eventful years,
following the banner of Sherman. Sud-
denly, an odd thought flashed into the
writer's mind and found expression in
a question:: =
Colonel" I said, 81 have read and
heard a great deal about army life; but
on one point 1 was never much enlight-
ened. How was the washing done?
Who did it for the soldiers?" A smile
stole around the orners Of the colo
nel's rather stern mouth, his black eyes
twinkled, said Treasure Trove, in April,
1888.
Usually the soldiers did it for them
selves, but I remember one case where
Gen. Grant did some washing for a SOL
der" Everybody looked up in sur
prise. Much as we had heard of Gen.
Grants old army blouse and democrat
ic ways among his men, this idea of his
washing for a private was very novel.
There was a chorus Of questions and
EXPLANATIONS.
"Was it really true? Did he wash
for the soldiers? How did it Happen?
Tell us about it?" yes" said the colo
in this way: 1t was during out advance
upon Corinth; several soldiers were
talking together one day. A tall, un-
calmly, raw recruit stepped up to them
with a bundle Of soiled CLOTHES in his
hand. DO you know where I can get
this washing done?' he asked.
1.-TWO of the group were practical
jokers; a bright thought flashed into
their heads, and, as the sequel shows,
unfortunately found expression. oh.
yes, we know; just go up there with
your bundle pointing to the headquar-
ters of Gen. Grant, you will see a
short, stout man describing the gen
eral), who does washing. Take your
bundle to him.
"The recruit thanked them and walk
ed off in the direction indicated. He
gained entrance to the headquarters,
and stood in the generals presence.
What can I do for you? said Gen.
Grant. 4 was directed here by a cou-
pie of soldiers. They told me that you
did washing, and I have a bundle here
"Gen. Grant probably enjoyed the
situation, out his imperturbable face
did not relax. He simply asked the
question, Gould you identify those men
again?' Yes, SIR Very well, you
shall have the chance
Turning to an orderly, he directed
him to call a guard, go with the re-
cruit to where the jokers were stand
ing ready to enjoy his discontinue, and
to let him identify them. Take the
men to the guardhouse, give them this
mans bundle of clothing and make
them wash it thoroughly. See that the
| work is well done
''The general was obeyed to the let
ter, and no more bundles of soiled
| clothes came to Gen. Grants headquar-
terS."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
should Appeal to suburbanite..

S.. r. Hood of the Department of Ag.
riculture is tI@.ng to beat the Japanese
camphor trust by raising camphor
groves in Florida, says the Buffalo En-
quirer. At a dinner in Huntington that
celebrated an unusuallySfne distilla-
ton of camphor leaves, Mr.. Hood, the
guest of honor, told a s~easonable agri-
cultural story-a story th:st should APP
peal to all suburbanites.
"One beautiful spring morning" he
began, "a ~suburbanite looked suspicious
ly over his hedge and said to his neigh
Dor:
Hey. what the deuce are you bury
ing in that hole thereP'
"The neighbor !aughed-a harsh, bit
ter laugh.
"'Oh,' he said. I'm just replanting
some of my nasturtium seeds; that's
ALL
"~'Nasturtium seeds?' shouted the
first man angrily. 1t looks more like
one of my buff Leghorn hens
"tOh, that's all right the other re-
piled. THE seeds are inside"
81 ~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
A wardrobe In n Hat.

Grandfather De Voc is an artist who
appreciates fine millinery. His young
married daughter, however, was prac-
ltising domestic economy, when a hat,
la beautiful creation in real lace, ar
rived for little Elise from her devoted
errandparent, whose eye had sur
rendered to this bit Of baby apparel
'Hl,e moment he saw it in a department
htcre.
THAT hat Is too ~extravagant for this
Mainly remarked the young mother.
''y1l take it back and see what I can
do"
= eew days later the grandfatAeR
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
A Mother. Farewell.

An old lady residing in Johnstown,
Pa, had an only son, a strapping minor,
to whom she was most warmly attach
ed. This lad, however, having some
Of the war fever in him, was induced
to join a corps from the mountains and,
hoping to deceive the old lady, he in
vented a very plausible tale, and came
away.
The love Of the mother, however, was
too great to be deceived, and after a
week had elapsed, the rue story was
revealed to her. She started upon the
railroad with a bundle and a small
sum of money, and walked to Harris
burg alone, a distance of more than
$50 miles. At Harrisburg she took the
train, and her money carried her to
Downington, where she again resumed
her tramp, and turned up, much to the
lads surprise, ct Camp Coleman, near
frankfort.
There the old lady, utterly wearied
out, fell sick, and this men hearing of
the case, made a collection and preyid-
ed her a bed and attendance in the
~neighborhood. But her strength revived
with her anxiety, and she proceeded to
the railroad with her boy, and kissed
him a good-by at the cars, with the
tears falling free and warm upon her
cheeks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
ocean rate war spreads.

The International Mercantile Marine
Company has gone into the rate war by
cutting it's east-bound charge to $3.50
ITO meet the action of competitors" This
IL virtually the winter schedule two
months ahead Of season.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Night Telephone Rates or.

The telephone companies in all the
larger cities have notified their patrons
that hereafter the lower rates for night
messages will not be in force, all mes
sages to be at the regular day rates. This
change applies to the long-distance ser.
vice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

called to see the baby In the new hat.
D let me see how she looks IN It"
he said. And how did you like it?'
Very much, father, thank you. They
gave me two hats. two dresses, a
sweater, and thirty-nine cents In
change for it,,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
A Thing.

II suppose all you boys in the coun-
try here said the city boarder, fare
fond Of bathing in the creeks and
ponds?'
"waal," replied the country boy, mot
when you call it that"
Call 1t what?'
"Bathin',' the only thing we care
for is Observation-Disclosures Press
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

Richard Mansfield, the worlds foremost actor,h has passed from IHes
stage. Mansfield, the most daring, able, n successful player of hst time, vas
porn n Helgoand, Germany, in 1851 and during the courseo Of his career a.
artist, singer, poet playwright and player. Ee brought more gory to the
Engishspeaking stage than any ten O his contemporaries and his history Is
a recor Of a succession OF remarkable n courageous attempts to achieve
great things. On the stage he was remarkably successful in an extensive and
wide range Of parts extending from Koko in the comic opera OF "The Nikado"
to Richard, Carlos, Shylock, Alceae, and Peer Gynt. Artisucaly and matcri-
ally he succeeded beyond all othersof his time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

Theodore Roosevelt Is not the first to
give Oyster Bay presidential distinc-
ton. George Washington once spent
two days there
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20
Examples.

"The country air developes an enor
nous appetite, doesn't ity' commented
one SUMMER boarder.
"Yes," answered the other; Judging
by the mosquitoes "-Washington Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

In 1880 the world contained but 30
miles OF railway; now there an ever
35O,0OO miles Of nn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-20

It's very, very ensy to b foolish.
Better watch out
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-08-09
HAVRE IS TO CELEBRATE
Next Gala Occasion VIII be the Layine
of the Cornerstone of the
New City Hall.

mittee are l.. K. Devlin, H. w. String
fellow, r. L. McCulloh, E. T. Broad
water and r. X. Lewis.
The subcommittee are as follows:
Iinance-H w. Stringfellow, Chas.
A. Rose and e. c. Carruth.
Program-L. Newman, Leonard j.
Christler and c. B. McCulloh.
Invitation-L. Newman, w. B. Py-
per and A. D. Smith.
Music-C. W. Spengler, Fred Esmay
and l.. J. Bauer.
The Great Northern Shops band do
mates its services to this celebration
of Il civic fete.
Charles A. Rose will read dccu-
ments describing the MANNER in which
the new city hall came about. Con-
signed to the corner stone viii 20
the name Of the president of the In
tied States, the governor of the state,
the city officials (both elective and
app0;nteD the architect and the ora
tor Of the day, Mayor L. Newman's
first message recommending the new
structure, a history Of the first steps
taken by the city council toward the
erection of the new structure in 1906,
the current copies of the Havre Her.
aid and HaVre Plaindealer.
The cornerstone will be of light
Montan granite from the Helena quar-.
ries, placed at the southwest corner
of the building. On the south side
the inscription will be: Laid by the
City Council;" On the west side will b.
the simple date: August IA, 1907"
The cornerstone is a beautiful block,
with two faces two feet long and one
foot, three inches in depth, which will
give an idea of the subs antiaIity
of the structure. The handsome cary
ing was done at the Havre Monument
al works by the skilled hands Of the
proprietor, W. B. Green.