Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-11-08

Standard Oil's affinity is aIiss Divi-
dend.-Chicago Tribune.
There is a prevalent notion that
Rockefeller ought to divide.-Philadel-
phia Press.
Let's haul our navy up on the land.
lest some other power should object
New York Mail.
A corner in cereals this fall ought
to result in a boom in farms next
spring.--Philadelphia Inquirer.
1t makes the average man feel rather
cheerful to discover that last years
overcoat is good for another winter
Washington Post.
When a good jockey can earn $780,
000 a year, it is strange that SO many
light-weights try to get into Congress-
Washington Post.
AS the chorus girl season Is coming
on we may begin to look for the dis
tributlon Of some swollen fortunes
Philadelphia Press.
While tho President was enjoying
deer meat in camp, the rest Of us were
growing about the dear meat at home.
Washington Post.
S%alesgirls in Pittsburg have beer for
hidden to wear pompadours. Was not
life in Pittsburg hard enough before?
Philadelphia Inquirer.
All kinds of food are getting SO
high in price that corned beef and cab
M, on x,,iI1 ~n@- ,;,~ - 1911
on tile NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inquirer.
After Miss Gladys Vanderbilt be-
comes the Countess Szechenyi she will
always remind her friends of an incur
able case of hay fever.-Washington
Post.
While a Paris doctor may, as he as
serts, cure cancer in thirty minutes, Sc
important a process ought to be worth
ut least an hours time.-Philadelphia
Ledger. ~ ~
With the price Of pie up, the cost of
indigestion is again advanced. If this
continues 1t will soon be so that no
one al afford to have it.-New York
Tribune.
In New England the price of pie has
advanced 20 per cent. The manufac-
turers must have felt that they have
been mincing mctters too long-Wash-
ington Post.
The Norwegian explorer who pur-
poses to reach the North Pole with a
team Of polar bears would draw a big
ger crowd II he drove up Broadway
New York World.
1t Is reported that 10000 pounds of
Drunas have been ordered for v;ctual-
ing the Pacific fleet. That ought to
make the men feel like fighting
Washington Post.
Pastor Aked, recently brought over
from England to New York, says the
story of Jonah is a fiction. Then the
nature faker Is no modern CREATION
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Russian opinion that war be-
tween the United States and Japan is
Inevitable arises, doubtless, from a not
unnatural desire to see Japan licked
Philadelphia Ledger.
Women's hats, the experts tell us,
"hS ~ - ooAAS as liz WClC d Aul-
dred years ago. That is doubtless the
reason why they seem to be looking
backward.-New York Tribune.
Now somebody else is going to glad
den the hearts of mankind by making
a dash for the North Pole" Can't the
North Pole be abolished by internation-
al agreement?-New York Sun.
A new opponent Of rural free deliv-
cry has arisen. The postmaster at
Mount Carmel. Conn, has become tired
of distributing mail on a daily wage
OF 10 cents.-New York Tribune.
A large steel plant has been located
in China, and that country is destined
to discover that for ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain, a large steel
plant is Observation-Disclosures Post.
Doctors who plead guilty to Prof.
Osler's charges that they smoke too
much may allege that they compound
for their own indulgence by forbidding
1t in their patients.-New York World.
Hunting the North Pole seems to
have become a popular game. Under
luG rules Vi l3UO anu 1871 II seems TO
be much safer than football, antomo-
billing or aerial navigation.-New York
Sun.
The Baltimore Sun says some vaude-
vile artists are paid $40 a minute
We have seen some that made us feel
that we were earning that much by
watching their performance.-Wash-
ington Post.
II the reduction in steamship rates
goes much further the competing com
pahies will offer not only to carry pas
sengers without charge, but even to
give them handsome bonuses.-New
York Tribune.
Uncle Sam is gathering crops worth
$1,000, 100000. That means about $50
worth Of farm produce for every in
habaant. AS a producer of real wealth
the farmer is still in a class by him
self.-Philadelphia Press.
Captain Amundsen announces that
he is having six polar zeal teams
trained for a dash to the North Pole
In 1910. Matched against the WeIlman
airship, an Arctic rae between the tor
toise and the hare seems to be prom
ised.-New York Sun.
Some Of those people who are doing
so much kicking about the Irish girls
face on the new gold coins probably
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