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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
COMMON SENSE

Leads most Intelligent people to use only
medicines of known composition. There
fore It is thaA DR.. Pierce's medicines. the
makefs%Qf which print every ingredient
entering k.so them upon the bottle wrap
pers and atteSt its correctness under oath,
are daily grSIing in favor. The COM
position Of DEl Pierce's medicines is open
to eve-ybody,vDr. Pierce being DESTROYS
Of having The selIGh-UEbt of inyestiga:
Gon turned fully upon his formula, being
conident that The Ietter Ine composIfion
d rhesee medicines IS known the more
will their great curaiiye merits be reeoog::
nized. Being wholly made OF the active
medicinal principles extracted from ma.
tive forest roots, by exact processes
original with DIR. Pierce, and without the
use of a drop of alcohol, t~riple-refined and
chemically pure glyccrine being used in
stead in extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, those medicines are entirely
free from the objection of doing harm
by creating an appetite for either al
fohollc beverages or habit = forming
drugs. Examine the formula on their
bottle wrappers-the same as sworn to by
DR.. Pierce, and you will find that his
"Golden Medical Discovery" the great.
blo~od-purifier, stomach tonic and bowe.
regulator-the medicine which, while not
recommended to cure consumption in its
advanced stages (no medicine will do that
yet does cure all those catarrhal condi-
tions of head and throat, weak stomach,
torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak
lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, if neg
lected or badly treated lead up to and
finally terminate in consumption.
Take the Golden Medical Discovery u
IN time and it is not likely to disappofnt
you if only you give it a thorough and
fair trial. Don't expect miracles. It
won't do supernatural things. You must
exercise your patience and persevere in its
use for a reasonable length of time to get
its full benefits. The ingredients of which
DIR. Pierce's medicines are composed have
the unqualified endorsement OF scores of
medical eaders-better than any amount
Of lay, or non-professional, testimonials.
They are not given away to be expert
mented with but are sold by all dealers in
medicines at reasonable prices.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
American Tobacco.

The American tobacco crop has
within the past few years assumed
greatly increased Importance. Quail
ity as we'll as the quantity has i'm
proved. The farmers In some parts of
the South, where this crop has been
taken up, are making money beyond
their fondest dreams in the cultiva-
ton of tobacco, and it is said that the
unusual sight has been witnessed there
of the agents of the large manufactur-
ing companies practically on their knees
begging for a few bales of tobacco.
In southern Georgia the value of
land suited for tobacco growing has
increased in value tenfold, and towns
which were insignificant a few years
ago are now important shipping cen
tiers. I'M place in Georgia, which it
would be difficult to find on the map,
enjoys the distinction of having ship
ped 100000 worth of leaf in the
course Of one year. The Florida crop,
it is stated, could have beer sold twice
over. The latest figures to be had show
that the value of the tobacco in this
country annually is valued at a little
more than $50, 100000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Humuh Holds Wafer.

Decayed and d~ecaying vegetable mat
ter in the soil greatly increases the
power Of the soil to hold water. This
is a fact Of such large consequence
that our agricultural scientists are pay
ing more and more attention to it
One of the professors at Cornell Uni
versity undertook 10 prove the great
value Of humus as a holder of water.
He took two samples of soil from places
about twenty feet apart. Everything
about h location suggested that the
W. samples should show the same wa
ter content. But in one Of the loca-
tons three successive crops of crimson
clover had been turned under. The
sample Of soil from the place where
no clover had been turned under an
alyzed $40 per cent moisture; 1.91 per
cent m and u nitrogen. The sam
pie from the soil where the crimson
clover had beef turned under analysed
10 per cent moisture; 2.94 per cent
huraus, and 81 nitrogen. This was
a gain Of 6.2J in moisture content; 1.o3
humus content and 90 nitrogen con-
tent. There / very few people that
stop to consider what this means on
an acre of land. Taking the soil to
a depth Of six inches it means that
this 6.25 per cent increased moisture
would equal 90, $50 pounds or 46H tons
Of water. This amount Of additional
water would mean a great deal In q.
dry season. The turning under Of an
occasional crop Of some green stuff
means much, if it does nothing else
than hold up the water content of the
soil. 1t would a a great deal of
sprinkling from a hose to put on 46
ions of water. Many of the soils that
are now unproduetive would, says
Farmers Review, be productive if they
had enough water to carry them over
the dry spell of summer. But by bad
farming methods the humus has been
exhausted and this has reduced the ca
paeity of the soil for carrying crops
through the dry season. The crops
start well in the spring and seem to
be doing nicely till the summer dry
spell begins, when they at once droop
as If some insect We're assailing them.
The trouble really is that the mois-
ture supply was so light that it was
SOC exhausted inc the soil could not
supply more. This loss of water hold
ing capacity has really been at the bot
tom of numerous crop failures il diff |
ferent localities. The humus supply !
of the soil can be kept up by growing |
deep roofing crops and by fertilizing |
them so heavily that they will develop |
great masses of roots. The blowing I'M /!
der of crops grown for the purpose. of
course adds much humus to the soil. |
but most farmers dc not like to lose
the use of the land for even a season. |
This may be avoided by growing some
leguminous crop in the cornfield late
in the season and turning under the
soil late in the fall or early in the .
Rotations OF crops help to keep
up the humus supply, If there is a grass
sod to turn under occasionally. /.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Short Meter Sermons.

Sympathy is the cement Of society.
self-sacrifiee.
The sou needs deep blowing to turn
under its weeds.
The only good things we keep are
those we pass along.
The fundamental dignity of human.
ity is in its divinity.
Folks who sing off the key always
sing above the choir. r
Thc really careful man knows what
cares he can afford to lose.
There can be no recreation in the in
diligence that leads to regret.
A man often finds himself when he
looks misfortune in the face.
Our OWE lives are robbed Of sweet
ness by bitter thoughts of others.
You never win develop good in any
so long as 0 see no good in them
The most important part of our en-.
vironment we really carry within us
You never will burn a hole in sin by
concentrating your piety on Sunday.
No man is worth much to society
until he learns to make the most of
himself.
The religion that does not work for
sanitation has little hope Of realizing
salvation.
It's no use praying to the Father In
HEAVIER when you are breaking up fam
lilies on earth.
The safety of a little religion lies in
the fact that IL 1t is real it will take
root and grow.
The best evidence Of any superiority
is a recognition Of the obligations
which it involves.
without doubt, the man whose whole
charity lies in the clothes be buys for
himself for Sundays succeeds in cloth
ing a mighty poor soul.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

suits that his views on the virtues Of
this remedy have become a fixed re-
ligion.
The chemical product is known to
have antiseptic and antimicrobic prop
critics thai are particularly energetic.
The solution NJ. Truchot now uses Is
| composed Of 125 grams of potassium
! permanganate, 3 Kilograms of lime and
100 literS of water. The mixture is
| prepared in earthen or metallic receiy-
ers. It is applied with a sprayer, and
| rather slowly. The vines are not In
| undated. When Il coating is required
| the quantity is doubled. The treatment
is also advantageous in preventing too
hasty a growth.
In proportion as the reaction occurs,
| the solution changes color, passing from
| violet to brown. After complete evap-
| grafton, brown traces are found on the
leaves and fruit. These are quite
characteristic, and are seen a long
time. Tests, according to the method
Of Nj. Truchot, have not yet been wide
ly extended, and have been made chief
ly for odiun and mildew. Its efficacy
may, therefore, not be considered as
entirely demonstrated, for all the NAL
! aides of the vine, but there are grounds
for the superstition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
H~oLLYHocK,s NEW BEAUTY.
Old-Fashioned Flower Has Lately
Come Into New Favor.

Old-FnshiOned Flower Has Lately
Come Into New Favor.
A city man who saw in front of a
place where Towering plants We're Of
fered for sale a placard reading "Holly-
hooks" was a little surprised thereat
because he had an idea that the holly
hook was a homely, old-fashioned flow
er peculiar to older times and villages,
says the New York Sun. He remem-
bered himself a time when in such To-
calities pretty nearly everybody had
hollyhocks, perhaps a row of them
along on either side of a garden path,
or such rows bordering the walk from
the street to the front door OF the
house. He recalled how the bees used
to get into hollyhocks and how he used
to close up a flower with a bee in it,
break the flower from the stalk and
hold it up to hear the imprisoned bee
buzz.
This man had always liked the tall
hollyhock with it's big, bright flowers,
but he had supposed-this, perhaps,
because he lives in the city-that the
homely old plant had sort OF passed
out of fashion until he saw that plac-
ard reading "Hollyhocks,' and then
he learned that in recent years there
had been in a way a hollyhock revival
n that now hollyhocks are in de-
mand and increasing in favor.
There would still be found, It was
said, in places such as those in which
the inquirer had once seen them. the
old-fashioned h~ollyhocks, planted and
growing now as ever, though they
might now in such places not be seen
so commonly, but there were now more
varieties of hollyhocks and these ewe
or comparatively newer varieties are
now to be seen in many places in the
suburbs, as they would also be found
on the largest and finest Of country
estates, used in the places last men
toned as adornments of perennial
flower beds or 1t might be as hedges.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
BABY TORTURED By ITCHING.

Rash Covered Face and Feet-would
Cry Until Tired Out-Speedy Cur.
by C~uticura.
my baby was about nine months old
when she had rash on her face and
feet Her feet seemed to irritate hel
most, especially nights. They would
cause her to be broken in her rest, and
sometimes she would cry until she was
tired out. l had heard of ST. many
cures by the Cuticura Remedies hal |
thought l would give them a trial. The
Improvement was noticeable in q few
hours, and before l had used one box
Of the Cuticura Ointment her feel
were well and have never troubled her
since. l also used it to remove what
Is known as cradle cap from her
head, and 1t worked like a charm, as il
,cleansed and healed the scalp at the
same time. Mrs. Hattie Currier,
Thomaston. Me-. June 8. 1906"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Cattle.

If a cows head is raised as high as
possible and her mouth kept open by
the d%renching bottle or horn, some of
the liquid is very apt to pass down the
windpipe into the lungs. sometimes
causing instant death by s%mothering
and at other times causing death to
follow in a few days from congestion
or inflammation of the lungs. Give all
cattle their medicine hypodermically or
in feed. If they refuse the feed, give
the medicine dry on the tongue. The
proper method of giving a COW medi-
cine is to stand on the right hand
side, placing the left arm around the
nose. at the same time opening the
mouth and with a spoon, place the med
ieine, which should be of a powdered
form, well back upon the tongue.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
ETERNAL HOPE.

By Rev. P. A. Halpin.
Who against hope believed in hope.
Romans w., Is.
The most wretched of his species is
the man without hope. He is more
than wretched, he Is ~inexcusably crimi-
nal because an offender against divine
law, which the apostle emphasized i n
his mastery appeal to the Romans.
To hope and to hope always is a
command so stringent that against hope
We must believe in hope. The words Of
st. Paul suggest a pic.1re in which
Hope is portrayed supine and gasping
while ministering Faith bends over it
and arouses it into life and strength
and commanding beauty. A miracle
truly this is, but within the power of
religion and attested by reason and ex-
p%erience. e.
That such marvel nay be perform
ed. nay, that it is not beyond the reach
Of any soul, is solace unspeakable. 1t
means that any one may bar forever
against himself the gates of despair.
1t is a trumpet call for highest cour-
age and achievement. 1t implies a
command which if unuttered by the
Creator would pass by UNDECIDED.
But God wills 1t, therefore, it can be
obeyed. Though it calls for a fight of
hope against itself, it is not a contra
diction o a paradox, but carried to
Its ultimate consequences it means tri-
umph.
1t is universal in Its application,
bars no mar from its sway and elimi-
mates no combination Of circumstances.
1t enjoins upon one absolute refusal to
surrender save to the inevitable doom
Of us all.
Moreover, it finds a response in
mans heart. "Never say de- Is a cry
as old as the race. All the ~mythoiogies
reflect it. Christianity consecrates it.
The old world felt its truth to the new
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

"See here !" cried the irate man. 81
purpose to sue you. Look at my head
You professed to curc-'
wait q minute,' interrupted the
maker Of Fakeley's Balsam; I'VE ad-
vertise merely that we cure partial
badness and not"
"Well, I was only partially bald when
I started using your stuff; now 1
haven't a hair!"
"Well, then you're cured Of your par
tial badness, aren't you?' ..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Aim, a New Metal.

A new metal which last week at
tracted considerable attention in Ger
many, and which gives promise of be
coming of no little Importance to many
branches of industry, has received the
name of "alzin." the name being a com
pounding of the first letters Of alumni
mum and zinc, of which it is composed
1t is claimed it equals cast iron in
strength, but that it is much more elias,
tic, and that it has a great superiority
over iron in that it does not rust easily
and takes a very high polish.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Treating Grapevines.

Since the remarkable experiments of
NJ. Charles Truchot, instituted first in
1901, the employment Of potassium
permanganate for the cryptogamous
n1aladies of the vine, has attracted
more and more attention among adj
vanced c%ultivators. At the outset the
experiments attempted in Haute-
Geronne, either with simple or COM
pound solutions, We're not attended
with the wished-for success. On their
renewal in 1905 and 1906, he obtained
on widowed othellos such favorable re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

Bulletin No. 100 Of the Illinois EX
pertinent Station discusses h location,
construction and operation Of hog
houses. 1t gives numerous drawings
and pictures to illustrate the same, and
the bulletin is summarized as follows:
/. A hoghouse should be located so
that it is well drained, well lighted and
gives access to pasture, good shade,
pure running water and clean mud wal
lows.
2. The two principal kinds Of hog
houses are the individual houses anu
the large houses with individual pens.
Each has points Of advantage.
3. For sanitation the building should
be constructed so that 1t is dry, VEN
tilated, free from dust and drafts, and
S that the direct ray of the sun fall
the winter crop of pigs is narrowed.
These rays should also be excluded in
summer.
4. The building should be made serv-
iceable by being built so that it can
be used every day in the year, and be
arranged SO that the largest amount of
work may be performed with the small
est amount of labor.
5. For large houses, gates and parti-
lions Of wire are best, because they do
not obstruct the light and heat rays
from the sun, do not hide the pigs
from view of the attendant, nor from
each other, and do not furnish lodg-
ment for disease germs.
G. The large house is operated SO
that two litters per year are farrow-
ed and grown for market, and so that
the pigs are put on the market at the
most favorable season.
This is a practical bulletin on a sub
ject that should interest every farmer
who raises hogs, as it contains many
useful hints and suggestions about
hoghouse construction.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
No Way Ont of 1t.

Rouget de Lislet was composing the
Marseillaise.
1T seems to be up to nae to do some-
thing Of the kind" he said. THE people
have grown tired of hearing 'Therell Be
a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight,
and they're hollering for something
fresh"
~Endeavoring to make it musical and
catchy, and as unlike Hail, Columbia
as he possibly could, he tousled up his
hair, sawed a few more notes on his vic,
lin, and proceeded to grind ont the
rhymes to fit them.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
OUR NEIGRBORS.
By Rev. U. F. Swenge,

ny INeV. " r.
"Text-"Love thy n%eighbor as thy
self.'-Luke X: p. Leviticus xix: IS.
Mex door neighbors. These live in
our own state or nation They are to
be reached by home missionary work.
They are the people from whose door
yards seeds Of thistles and thorns
blow into our own yards. Even from
a selfish standpoint it pays to help
them to weed ou the evil and to sup
plant it with good seed.
Ideal neighbors- God told Jeremiah
how to picture a beautiful, ideal neigh
borhood. See Jer. 81: 81. Who would
not like to live amid such surround
ings? 1t will come when all shall
know the Lord.
Love of neighbors. Read I. Cor.
Is. to learn what love is and what it
will do. Is 1T not doing evil when we
allow our neighbors to live in dark
ness while We are able to give them
light? DO unto others as you would
have them do unto you"
What shall we do for our neigh
bors?
1. Hold rousing missionary meet
ings for information and enthusiasm.
2. Hold up the light Of the Gospel
in our wv lives.
3. Pray earnestly for their evan
g%elizstion.
4. Give freely for the support of
mission ries and the development of
mission fields.
5. Defraud not thy n%eighbor. Lev.
10: 10. There are other ways of de-
frauGiing besides the matter of wages
Keeping from God what belongs to
Him is robbery, according to His own
Word. Keeping from our neighbor
the Gospel when we can send It to
him seems much along the same line.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
Hig Enyv Job.

isn't this a wearisome sort of occr-
~pation!" asked the customer. You have
to remember so much, and answer so
many questions"
Not at all, madam" answered the
book store salesman. "All l have to
remember is the titles, names of authors.
and prices
you sell a great many of the popular
novels, don't you?'
Yes, ma'am, but I don't have to read
them" .&g= NtssE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

It was given to understand it. On sea
ana land, on every battlefield SRce the
dawn of history has it been heard. Said
Il sea captain: las long as there is
one square foot of dry deck stick to thu
pumps
The soldier as we'll as the general
has exclaimed that the old guard
never surrcnderS' Yet, how many I'M
thinking or IN c~owardice, LAY lowered
the flag, They We're not men who
squared their conduct according to the
Christian spirit. God, while closing the
portals of Eden upon our despairins
progcnitors. lit the torch OF hope and
gave it to them as an Inheritance to be
kept alive and transmitted TO their pos
terity. The Redeemer intensified its
light and broadened It's flame SO that
to lose hope now Is to sin against Di-
vine Providence.
There has never been a mandate to
despair. No matter what the environ
ment. how dark the outlook, over II
above all is the inspiration of hope.
What mans voice prevails against ths
utterance of faith? When a man says
theer is no hope, where is his gunran-
tee?
The physician says: 1.-THE man will
die with the dawn" The man lives
yet. A man is in the clutches of adver-
sity he has lost his all. Lo. on the
fragments of his fortune he builds a
colossal independence.
The criminal staggers from depth to
depth he is fighting with the swine for
their husks. L.o! he is on the road to
his home. in his fathers arms, the ring
is IN his finger and the princely man
tie on his shoulders.
History has not chronicied every
hopeful deed. Ships a-many, despaired
Of, have come to port from many last
ditches' have been unfurled flags of
victory. The last chance is a mean
inSLesS word. What man has the right
to predict or determine it? No chance
is the last one while a man lives. In
Vulnerable and unseen doors are wait
ing the open sesame" of Providence
to come afar and reveal vistas UNI
dreamed, restoration, relief, redemp-
ton. Last chances have often blossom
ed into m~ultitudinous opportunities.
The hope Paul speaks Of Is not SUI
pine, but active. 1t puts heart in a
man as nothing else does. 1t is the
mother of resurrection God, the author
n finisher of hope, be praisedl For
from Him comes the confidence which
says: ''There is a way out If 1 cannot
find it 1 will make It."
This hope, heaven descended, APPROX
ed by reason and sanctioned by expert
ence, cannot be baffled. To hope against
hope is the basis of character. The tru-
est test Of a man is to hope against
hope and to pluck success out of the
very heart of failure.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

dizzy spells. For ten years | could no
do homework. and for two years di
not get out of the house. The kidne,
secretions were Irregular. and doctor.
We're not helping NE. Doan's Kidnes
Pills brought me quick relief. and final
ly cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

hfteen years / was i
great sufferer from
kidney troubles. NJ.
back panied me terri
bly,. Every turn o.
move caused sharn
shooting pains. NJ
eyesight was poo:
dark spots appearet
hofaro mo AMI
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
of Mind.

Gregory simpered Dora. toying with
her spoon, IF you say anything more like
that l shall have to refer you TO papa
MI. Hope" called out Gregory to the
elderly man at the other table. can Miss
Dora have some more ice creamT"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23
EaunlIy Wise.

Uncle Zeke dining at corner rcstau.
rant)-Waitin' for the last course. are
We? What little chunks o butter they
give you here! I don't reckon. Henry,
you ever churned in your life. did you
You wouldn't know when the butter was
comm.
City Nephew entertaining him)-
Probably not, uncle. But ! can always
tell when the cheese is coming.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

In n Pinch, Use Aliens Foot-Eaxc
A powder to shake into your shoes. It rest
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions. Swollen
Sore, Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating fee
and lngrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Eas,
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by al
Druggists and Shoe Stores. Csc. Sampl,
mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. olmsted
LIE Roy, N, Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

The most recent idea in branding
stock is to burn the telephone number
In the skin. The owners Of stray COWS
may hen be easily located.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-23

Lie down and stretch u a few min
utes every day. Shut your eyes and
let the world go. 1t will do you more
good than anything else.