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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
c,..,r Ter,,r Mean.

or evsgy hundred men who profess
anxiety for the quality of their cigars
owing to the Cuban rebellion, scarcely
one could, If put to it, interpret the
meaning Of the various words which
are stamped on the lid and sides of a
cigar box. These are not mere fancy
names, but terms actually descriptive
Of the cigar. On the lid is the name Of
the cigar. as Pedro Murias, Villa y
villa. The front of the box describes
the shape and size, as Conchas, Reina,
Regalias, which state the shape, Il
Perfecto %lnfantes, Princesses, which
signify the size. These may be COM
bined as Conchas Speciales, Conchas
Finas. to state both shape and size.
At the back of the box, where the lid
turns over, is stamped the quality of
the clgar-Superfna. Fina, Flor, Supe-
rior and Bueno, being the terms In the
descending scale. The color Of the ci-
gar is declared on the right-hand side
or end of the box. Claro signifies the
lightest colored. Colorado Claro rather
darker, Colorado dark. Colorado Ma
duro darker, Maduro very dark, Oscuro
extremely dark, Negro darkest.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
A Big Household.

The missionary was at once pale and
yellow-pale, he explained. from an
avoidance of the deadly Indian sun,
yellow from a diSordered liver.
Nevertheless" he said gayly, India
for me first, last and all the time. On
the money you and your family are
paying at this hotel do you know how
you would live in India?"
He lighted a cigarette and resumed:
You would like in a beautiful house
set in a lovely garden, with a list Of
servants that would include a khan
samah, or butler; a khitmutgar, or ia
BILE servant; a chokra, or page; a mus
salchee, or light bearer; a mug, or
cook two syces, or grooms: a bhees-
tee, or water carrier a saniah, or house
cody; o molli, or gardener; a dhobie,
or washerman; a durZee, or private
tailor; an ayah, or nurse: a sirdah, or
valet; a furrash bearer, or lamp man !;
three punkah coolies to work the fans !;
a durham, or lodge porter; q jamadar,
or footman, and several c~huprassies, or
messengers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Big Gun Gone Wrong.

The biggest gun in the world, and
which, as might be expected, was In
vented and built in Great Britain, has
definitely been declared unsafe, and
will 60 to the scrap heap. AS only one
Of these mammoths vas built, and
that as an experiment, the loss is com.
p~aratively small, ever though 1t Is
about 100000. This gun was con
structed to shoot a 16-inch projectile
q distance Of t~wenty-one miles, even
though it would be impossible ever to
hit a mark at such range. The big
gun was found to be unsafe after q
few firings, and really was as danger.
BUS to our own folks as it was expect.
ed to be to an enemy. Twelve-inch guns
are likely to be the limit for a long
time, and certainly until some gun
metal not now known is discovered
Popular Mechanics.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
MARK TWAlN's HARD FATE.

'"ih'ni Stories Eeacctinx ON u,,
er1ohaI Pulchritudc Current.
ne hfst critic that ever had COCOA
SION TO describe my personal anna,r.
ance Uttered his description with foo,-
.'N "hu l~heScusable errors whose ag-
sresate furnished the result that I was
DISTINCTLY and distressInely unhand-
some mat description floated around
Tue country in the papers and was in
constant use and wear for q ouarter Of
a century.
1t seems strange to me- that onno-.
e""S no crltic IN h country could be
lound who could look at me and have
tne courage to take up his Don and de-
s'roy that lie. That lie began its
course on the Pacific coast in 1861 and
1t llkened me in personal appearance
TO Petroleum V. Nasty. who had been
out there lecturing. For t Twenty-Five
Sears a1terWard no critic could fur
hish a description OF me without fetch
ing III Nasty to help out my portrait.
knew Nasty well, and he was a
sood fellow, but in my life have not
ielt malignant enough about any more
imam three persons to charge those per-
sons with resembling Nasty. 1t hurts
me to the heart. L was always hand
some. Anybody but a critic could have
seen it. And it had long been a dis
tress to my Notwithstanding Susy-
that the critics should go on making
this wearisome mistake year after
year when there was no foundation for
it.
Even when a critic wanted to be par
tlcularly friendly and complimentary
TO me he didn't dare to go beyond my
clothes. He never ventured beyond
that old safe frontier. When he had
finished with my clothes he had said
all the kind things, the pleasant things,
the complimentary things he could
risk. Then he dropped back on Nasty.
Mark Twain i'll North American Re
view.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Many II True Word.

When, a few years ago, someone in
an idle jest worded an advertisement
for a housemaid saying that the ad-
~yertiser would and could give 'refer-
ences' we all laughed and thought
1t too funny to be true. But it was
prophetic. Recently in the newspaper
Of a suburban city an advertisement ap-
peared for @ cook and a housemaid, and
the one in want of the servants added
In a manner Enthusiastically meant to be
persuasive first change in ten years.
But who among us feels like laughing
now? Rather it is SOLDERING in its eff
feet upon us, since it but tells in one
more way a story that is vexing and
perplexing thousands of housekeeDers
In the State.-Boston Transcript.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
HnNhful Attendants.

The man from Arizona was taking
his first view of Central Park and its
environs. One thing seemed to rouse
In him mingled interest and scorn. 1t
was the sight of four or five young
women on horseback, each followed at
a respectful distance by a groom
'"Those fellows must be a bashful
lot said the man from Arizona, con
~temptuously, as a fifth young woman
passed by, her attendant groom well
il the rear. 81 don't blame the girls
for not throwing 'em so much as a
look over the shoulder. I wouldn't in
their place."
"There goes another couple with as
much as eight rods between he add
ed, after q moments silence. 81 tell
you, they ought to see the way we do
it out in Arizona! We may be behind
in some things, but 1 never saw a fell
low out there that hadn't got spunk
enough to ride up abreast Of his girl
when he'd had grit to invite her out"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Away. to he Depended Upon.

When a person gets up in the morning
with a dull headache and a tired, stretchy
feeling, it is an almost certain indication
that the liver, or bowels, or both, are de
cidedly ont of order.
AT such times Nature, the wisest and
best of all doctors, takes this means to
give warning that she needs the help and
gentle assistance which can best be OBJ.
tanned from that old family remedy,
Brandreth's Pills, which has been in use
for over a century.
They are the sam fine laxative tonic
pill your grandparents used, when doctors
were few and far between and when peo.
pie had to have a remedy that could alb.
solutely be depended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon
and are sold in every drug and medicine
store, either plain or sugar-coated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Babel in Mexico.

After answering the telephone n
talking Spanish into it without appar-
entity getting results, the clerk at a
hotel hung up tie receiver and re-
marked:
my Spanish isn't the best in the
world, 1 know, but 1 should think a
man would know how to talk at least.
The fellow just talking to me over the
phone couldn't talk enough Spanish to
order a meal, and to save me 1 couldn't
make him understand, although know
I used correct language. While he was
talking an American rushed into the
hotel and up to the desk. Say" he
said, cant anyone here talk English.
I just tried to telephone here and the
idiot trying to talk Spanish over the
phone knows mighty little about the
language"
II was talking to you," said the
clerk.
When apologies were made the con-
y~ersation continued in English.-Mexl'
can Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Hang it ALL" exclaimed Mr.. Sububs,
arriving home from the office, "we'li
have to call on the Dubleys tonight"
why, George, you said you wanted
to stay home with me in comfort to-
night" exclaimed his wife.
Yes, but Dudley told Balklotz he and
his wife meant to call on us tonight.
We can leave their house earlier thaa
we could make them leave ourS."-
Philadelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
q. We n

The president of one Of the we'll
known colleges tells this story Of one
of his professors of chemistry.
1t seems that the professor and his
wife had not agreed Upon some domes-
tic question, the professor asserting thai
his can would not warrant the ex.
pense involved. His wife had used all
her powers of persuasion without avail
and at last resorted to the final feminine
expedient-a food Of tears. At this
the professor picked up his hat, but
paused to remark:
"You might save yourself the trouble
of that, my dear; your tears have abso-
lutely no effect upon me. Why should
they, being nothing but common water
with a very small percentage Of phos-
phorous salts and a trace of chloride Of
sodium?"-Harper's Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
THE FIRST TWINGE
OF Rheumatism Calls for Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured.


Mr.. Frank Little, a well known citi-
zen of Portland, Ionia Co., Mich, was
cured of a severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
Ing about it recently, he said: MY
body was run down and in no condi-
five years ago l began to feel rheu-
matte pains in my arms and across
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle In every joint SO that l could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. 1 was unable to
sleep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly 1 could hardly stand
1t. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
SO bad that I had Inflammation of
the stomach. l vas extremely nerv-
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
of my body became p~aralyzed.
las / said before, l had been stuff
ering about five years and seemed to
be able to get no relief from my
doctors, when a friend here in Port
land told me how DR.. Williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia in
the face, even after the pain had
drawn it to n side. decided to
try the pills and began to see some
improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
/ was entirely cured. l have never
had a return of the rheumatism or OF
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug
gists or sent, postpaid, on receipt OF
price, SO cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

for years. The constant flow of urine
kept my system depleted, causing nerv-
GUS chills and night sweats. After
trying seven different climates and
using all kinds of medicine 1 had the
good fortune to hear of Doan's Kidney
Pills. This remedy has cured me. I
am as well to-day as / was twenty
years ago, n my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
To Get Rid of Cockleburs.

A correspondent Of a farm paper
says:
Cockleburs can only be eXterminated
by pulling up the last one of them in
a field for two years running. The
necessity for the two-year treatment is
cocklebur, according to our correspond
ent, contains two seeds, one Of which
will grow the first year and the other
one the second. By planting corn for
two years running, and taking great
care not to leave a single plant in the
field, it is claimed they can be exter-
minated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Austin, Texas,
writes Il was
afflicted for years
with pains across
the loins and in
the hips and
shoulders. l had
headache a S 0
and neuralgia.
My right eye,
from pain, was
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Trouble Ahead for Johnny.

George" said Mrs. Ferguson anxious
ly as she Strengthened the bed clothes
over her sleeping boy, what make John
ny's fingers so yellow? Does iaundice
ever attack anybody that way"
mo, Laura answered Mr.. Ferguson.
SIT isn't jaundice. It's worse than that
but it will yield to proper treatment.
I'll apply the treatment tomorrow morn.
ing"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Nothing Easier.

Beginner-It doesn't take any particu-
lar skill to operate a fountain pen, does
It?
Expert-Hardly any. You get a good
inkling of the modus operandi the hrst
time you try to fill it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
LYDIA E.

No other medicine for Woman's ills in the world as received sun WIGS
spread and unqualified endorsement.
~ "a other medicine las such a record of cures of emaei illnesses Or. such
hostso # grateful friends is has Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. IL
For or than 80 years lit has been curing anforms Of Female complaints
Inflammation and liberation, and consequent Spinal Weakness
It az cured more eases of Backache and Local Weaknesses hn any pine
w remedy. It disdves n expels tumors in an carly stage of eydopment
rreguanies and periodical pains, Weakness oft IN totuae n ha1E HsG
Bloating. Nervous Prostitution, Headache, General Debility uicKiy yei I,@ Ia'
also deranged organs, causing pain, dragging. ensallons ~ otcAacns.
Under I'll circumstances it cts in harmony With .he emale system. !, ).
r. move that wearing feeling, extreme lassitude, don't care" y
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." feeling, excitabiity, irrtahity,, rvousne d1f
yinms fnntness aeeplessness hatulency, melancholy or h blues. These
are ndcation Of Female Weakness, or some derangenento OF tn organs
mhch tis medicine cures as we'll a Chronic Kidney Complaints a
Backache, of either sex. -, nu.a..a
thousand times, for they get what they want-a cure. solo by Druggaste
verywhere Refuse all substitutes. :
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
vain Regret.

"But, Bertie,' said his mother, you
lsked for two cakes and / gave them
% you. Aren't you satisfied 2"
mo, I amt" growled BERTHE. you
was SO easy I'm kickin' meself cause
{ didn't ask for four."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The advertiser of a breed not only
lays the foundation for a paying bust
ness for himself, but helps boom his
breed and his association, and thereby
Indirectly benefits his brother breeder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
The Cheerful View.

Her-But, Herbert, dear, DO you think
we can afford to go to housekeeping on
your salary?
Him-Sure. After we're married, you
know, I won't have to buy you any more
flowers, chocolate creams. or theatsr
tickets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

1t Is about time for some faker to
bob up with some new variety of alfal-
ia with wonderful qualities. A variety
that will do well anywhere and live on
anything.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.

Chas. W. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt.
4th NJ. S. Nj. Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanbam, Md, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to patent
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming a professional affidavit man. 1t
seems only a plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience to the
columns already written concerning
the curative powers of Peruna.
II have been particularly benefited
by its use for colds in the head and
Throat. l have been able to fully cure
myself of a most evere attack in
forfy-eight hours by its use accord
ing to directions. / use 1t as q pre-
ventive whenever threatened with
an attack. :.
Members of my family also use It
for like ailments. We are recommend
ing it to our friends"
-Chas. w. Bowman.
ASK Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

When snow is on the ground, rab-
bits have a hard time securing food,
and will eat anything that will pre-
vent starvation. 1t is then they girdle
trees and do damage which is not with
In the W of the farmer to repair.
Smearing the trunk with blood or wrap
ping the trees with tarred paper or
mosquito netting two feet from the
ground serves as a protection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The question of alien immigration Us
now far more serious to London than it
ever was in California.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Now come the news that food adult
Grafton Is practiced in Germany just
Us extensively as in this country. That
is awful after that country refusing our
pork products. It is presumed that
Germany wants to do its own adulter-
ating. The number of prosecutions for
adulterating food in Germany have in
creased from 400 to 5000 in 1903.
Who'd thought it?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

When a farmer sells a horse ne
must give a guarantee. When the
anne farmer buys nursery stock he has
to wait until the trees come into bear
ing to see whether he has what he
hS11pht
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18
WORN OUT.

Vitality Slapped by Years of suffer-
ing With Kidney
Capt. J. w. Hogun formerly post
master Of IndianOla, now living at
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

ASK a cattle feeder in the corn belt
how he is coming out with his steers,
and he will say that if his steers done
make him any profit his hogs will LET
him out. So often does this happen
that the hog has come to be an i'm
portant factor to reckon with in all
cattle-feeding operations. Indeed, II II
were not for the grunters, the business
Of cattle feeding might be a ]precarious
one. There is a sad lack of profits, as a
general thing, in handling hogs, just
because there is Il sorry lack Of man
agment somewhere. The essentials
are the countless little things which
no one can teach another, and these
have more to do with it than general
rules. The blood, the care, the warm
shelter, the proper food are all on the
list, but only the practical man learns
those which are not written.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money II It falls to cure
q. w. GROVES signature Is on each box. 25c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Sunshine, crude carbolic acid and
air-slaked lime will keep the hospens
sweet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

A camel can easily carry a weight
Of one thousand pounds on it's back,
about foul times as much as a horse
can carry. The camel begins work at
the age Of 4 and is useful for half a
century the horse, as a rule, is nearly
played out at the age Of is.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

An exchange remarks hat what Is
known in the market rs chamois skin
is really obtained sheep skin Innings.
The supply Of real channels is very linz
tied, and all there is in the world
would not supply the United States for
a single day." Another decided score
for the sheep!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Moving down strawberry tops just
after fruit has been gathered is prac-
ticed on many rich soils to cause the
plants to stool out more vigorously
and to retard This is some
times followed by a thin dirt covering
to further encourage s%tooling.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The grape culture id France gives
employment to over two million people.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

If possible, select your brood sows
when h pigs are 5 or 6 months Did.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

have been taken In large volume right
along at prices which We're so high that
they were expected to check consump-
ton. There are three reasons why this
condition has existed and still exists
First is the prosperity of the South, a
large of cured meats. The
southern trade was we larger than it
is to-day. Next is the growing foreign
trade, which, like u own, seems to
proceed regardless of prices; and, final
ly, the people Of this country have
learned to eat bacon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

The woman with a gasoline stove
and the farmer with a gasoline engine
nave all Of a sudden discovered that
the demand for gasoline by automobiles
has caused it to slide I'D u notch or
two in price.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Breeding at random n repenting
at leisure has run its course-at least
it should have by this time. 1t is now
in order that less time and money be
spent on this, or that or the other
breed and more attention be paid to
the individual animal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

For twenty years the Ohio Expert
ment Station produced an average Of
forty bushels of wheat in a th~ree-year
rotation consisting Of potatoes, wheat
and clover. On another farm a rota-
ton Of corn, oats, wheat, clover and
timothy was carried on with a yield Of
twenty-eight and one-half bushels Of
wheat per acre. With proper market
privileges for a series Of years a clio
yer, potatoes and wheat rotation VIII
be hard to beat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

According to the National Stockman,
the demand for pork this year has as
tnnished even the most sanguine friends
az the hog. Both fresh and cured meats
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

A thorough farmer can get more out
of the scrub than a scrub farmer can.
AS a rule that kind Of a farmer does
not keep the scrub any longer than he
can help. A scrub farmer Will soon
make a scrub out Of a pure-bred ami
NAL.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

If a garden is manfred heavily and
not kept in growing crops all through
the growing season the fertility will
leach away into the subsoil, where it
will be out of the reach of surface-feed
ing crops. If kept growing something
all through the summer it will not
leach and it will be all the better for
the soil. If allowed to leach it Will
be better to change the spot occasion
ally and put the old garden spot to
ror 70 hr;no nm tho fertility again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

Hogs shipped into the stock yards
show the result of too much ~inbreeding
by careless farmers, who reason that it
does not pay to get a new boar each
year while they have n which will
breed, and they lose enough in a litter
or two to pay for a new sire.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-18

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