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The Semi-weekly leader., 1907-09-04

Pull for the up-building of
Brookhayen.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1907-09-04

Regular meeting of City Coun
Gil last night.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1907-09-04

The. Board 9f Supervisors met
Monday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

OF chances, may make them a serious
menace anywhere in the world. In
regard TO hunger, as in regard to dark
ness. how many of my readers know
what real hunger is? do not meal
the hunger of the man who has slowly
starved to death inactive until he Is
seni-conscious and life Is but the faint
est spark. Such hunger l have never
known.
What | do mean Is the hunger
which a man feels who has for weeks
been working to his limit, in the biting
air of the Arctic regions. on half ra-
tons or less, till he is only a gaunt ma
chine of bones and sinews; the hun
ger of q man whose heart and lungs
and muscles are working overtime,
whose stomach is thin as n sheet Of
paper, luz whose blood is still red and
hot, and every drop of it calling for
meat.
THAT is the hunger which leads a
man to jump on q bear or musk OK that
he has just killed, lift the skin with his
knife, and I'll up on the delicious raw,
warm meat, without waiting for the
useless luxuries of fire or salt. The
hunger which, when Il dog dies in har-
ness, makes a man stand off the other
dogs, till he himself has eaten"
He Is just as Indifferent to the in
tense cold which seems to freeze the
very air. when tempered steel II sea
soned oak and hickory become brittle,
soft iron becomes as hard as steel, mo-
Iasses and lard are cut with a Ratchet,
petroleum turns white and grows thick
like ice cream, and ones breath turns
instantly to ice"
In spite Of the sufferings Of cold,
hunger and fatigue which beset the
seeker of the northern apex of the
earth, Peary has proved that n properly
organized expedition composed Of the
right sort of men may safely reach
high ATTITUDES. and perhaps even the
North Pole itself.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

age across the North Pole. Henry Hud-
son tried to find the passage between
Spitzbergen and Nova Zeinbla, which
would lead across the Pole, but, al
though he failed, lie was the first ex-
plorer to get into the SOS of north lati-
tude. He reached 81 deg. north in
1907, and 800 years were to pass before
Parry surpassed this record, when, in
1927, the English navigator reached 80
deg. 40 min.
The quest of the Pole is of compara-
lively recent origin, If the early at
tempts to effect a northwest passage
are not put in that category. Barentz,
Willoughby. Chancellor and Hudson
were the first to discover the difficulty
Of negotiating that point of mystery,
and it is quite possible that they be-
lieved they might reach it in Il ship.
They were without the knowledge of
Arctic geography now the property of
almost every reader, and, consequently,
had very primitive ideas about the sue
cessful method of attacking the Pole.
During the nineteenth century the Arc
tic regions were fairly well charted up
to the eighty-third par lel, and dur
ing the last two decades of the century
attempts to reach the Pole by various
more or less scientific and novel plans
We're made.
These attempts, made at great sacri-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
TIPS IN JAPAN.

There the I~nnkeeper Is Not Forgot
ten When Guest Goes way.
IF you hotelkeepers should ever be
why we would all have to take to the
woods" said a far eastern traveller, in
the New Orleans Picayune. I'm a jap
anese hotel you give the proprietor the
biggest tip Of all hen leaving and
grade the other tips accordingly.
when your bill is handed to you it
is customary to wrap up in a separate
piece of paper an amount approximate
ing about one-fifth of the whole account
and give that to the worthy innkeeper,
together with the regular amount re-
quired Of you by his account, which you
indorse in the folded bill. Then you
wrap up smaller sums in smaller pieces
Of paper and parcel these Christmas
packages out among the servants who
have waited on you.
"This tip to the boniface is called
chodal, or tea money, and the japanese
explain its usage after this manner of
reasoning:
"All hotel charges in Japan are forced
by law to be very low, so that eve the
very poor man who finds himself on
the road of nights can get food and
shelter for a nominal sum-. The rich
man has to pay no more than the beg
gar.
"Since the hotel man could not make
il living if this order of things were al
lowed to exist, without some saving
grace, some recompense must be made
to the hoteIkeeper for his enforced gen
crosby. Therefore, 1t is argued, if s
guest can we'll afford to give the host
something more than he asks he moi
only provides for those less fortunate
than himself, but he tends himself
against the evil day when he may have
to ask a beggar's board and bed. 1t Is
not charity to the innkeeper, but mere
ly wise provision against possible hard
times.
But If a man whom the worthy host
believes to be able to afford a generous
ehodal leaves the hotel without paying
the same, woe betide him should he
ever return to that hosiery again. He
WI get last chance at the communal
bathtub, will get the most drafty room
in the house. and IN a hundred ways
be made to feel that he is the NEST mis-
cradle of men,"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
nie s.it over snsail sum.

a Georgia railroad and one OF its pm.
irons have got rs fur as the Supreme
Court Of that State with a lawsuit in
which the sum Of money at issue Is is
cents, but there Is a principle Involved
which both sides are determined shall
~ settled for all time.
In Atlantn, as In most cities south
IL New England, one ca:.not enter a
train without exhibiting a ticket and
having II punched at the gates. An
Atlanta man to aid a oma with a
good deal OF hand bought II
ticket TO the nearest ssat!eiif beyond at
the price named. 1t was stamped sre-
deemsble Ii not used. The purchaser
before leaving the station presented It
Tor redemption, but this was refused.
then went to the local court. which
Decided In his favor. The railroad
company then appealed to- d higher
acourt, on tho ground that In his pur-
Sha0 az The ticket be simply pretended
So Gntor ! contract and his purpose was
- 6efraud.
AGAIN The purchaser obtained d judg-
nent and the q > Il now before the
oupeems Court OF GeorgIn. The prln.
;cipeo OF the plaintih is that the rail-
I'D bad no right to question his mo
tiveo When * presented the ticket for
N6o0p43on md that OF the railroad
6S1pAny = that the existence Of the
~ Hstpn a at issue.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

'"The North Pole" said Commander
Robert e. Peary before starting on his
latest expedition, 'is the last great
geographical prize which the world has
to offer to adventurous man the priza
for which the best men Of the strong
est, most enlightened, most adventur-
GUS nations of the earth have been
struggling unsuccessfully for nearly
four centuries; the trophy which the
grandest nation of them all would be
proud to win"
Peary's hopes Of the prize are found
ed upon his extraordinary knowledge
Of the Arctics. He spent the greater
part of ten years in his reconnaissance
of the Great Ice Cap OF Greenland.
Having conquered this immense Arctic
Sahara, he turned his thoughts toward
the attainment Of the North Pole In
1897.
Following Is the northernmost record
made by the various Arctic explorers:
Peary April, 1906 81 deg. 6 min.
Cagni. 1855. May, 1900 SO deg. 81 min.
Nansen ......April, 1895 SO deg. Is min.
Peary April, 1902 "a deg. II min.
Peary May, 1900 S3 deg. so min.
Lockwood. 49,. May, 1882 SO deg. 81 min.
Mares. ...... May, 1876 SO deg. 20 min.
Parry. $3.50. July, 1927 50 deg. 45 min.
Hudson. July, 1907 81 deg. (D
Now the farthest north falls to
Peary, who, at 81 deg. @ min, makes a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
OSTRICH FARMS % WELL.
Dry. Climate of the Southwest Fa-
yorable to the Industry.

Dry. Climate of the Southwest Fa-
vorabl to the Industry.
Some of the accounts Of ostrich farm
ing in this country have been S 0 glow
ing that the reader was left much in
doubt as to their accuracy. The os-
trich business is fairly prosperous, es-
pecially in the Salt River Valley, Ari-
IONA, where 1900 of the 1900 ostriches
in the country are now owned. This is
a new line Of animal industry for
Americans and there is much to learn.
We have not thus far produced such
fancy birds rs have some Of the more
experienced breeders in South Africa,
but the size seems to be increasing and
the health of the birls is all that could
be desired. So far serious ostrich dis
eases have moi troubled the American
raiser even the so-called barring Of the
feathers has not been observed. Os-
triches need a hot, dry climate, such
as is found in the southwest. The rainy
portion of the south is far less desira-
BILE, although this is sometimes men,
toned as suitable for ostrich raising.
Alfalfa pasture Is also essential; an
acre of alfalfa will carry four ostriches
and, which Is of far more Importance,
will keep them in good health. Our
American ostriches are now worth $S00
a pair Mt 4 years of age. No one
should imagine that ostrich farming Is
a get-rich-quick scheme, for the birds
are not ready Tor mating until they be-
come 4 years old.-Country Life In
Amcricn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

DuMaurier was 90 when he gave
.sTrilby' to the world, but DeMorgan,
whose Joseph Vance has just appear
ed and 10 receiving high praise both
here and In England, is over 20. and
he is said to still be hearty and writ
ing other novels.
The story that Martin Coe tells the
village literary society in THE Story
Of Martin Coe" Is drawn straight from
real life. When Ralph Paine, the au
thor OF the book, was reporting for
one Of the New York papers, some of
the flibustering expeditions along the
Cuban coast In 1896, he and the party
he accompanied had almost identi.ally
the same experiences that Martin Coe
retails to his wide-eyed audience. Mike
Walsh, the original Martin Coe, was
also one Of the party.
Poland is not a favorable nursery
OF Joseph Conrad, a master both OF
ships and virIle English. How he came
to employ a foreign language In his lit
erary work Is thus related Many years
ago, when he could not read a word
nf English, n missionary Mt n Chinese
port handed him d o Of the King
James version OF the Bible. Immedi-
ately he determined to learn the Eng
lish language. With the Bible as his
only textbook he began. 1t was slow
work, as the only assistance he had
was through occasional talks with Eng
lish sailors, but he kept at 1t until he
had accomplished his self-set task. and
there Is no doubt that the vigor and
picturesqueness Of his style are largely
due to his ~hard-earned familiarity with
the language OF the English t~ranslato-s
Of the Scriptures.
Miss Braddon, one OF the best known
OF the English noyelists, who has new
ertheless always kept her private life
hidden from the world, has recently
celebrated her Goth birthday. We all
know nowadays that she Is Mrs. John
Maxwell, that she dwells at Richmond,
In Lichfield House OF historic renown,
and that one OF her sons, w. b. Max
we'll, 10 q novelist of distinction. Miss
Braddon has lately consented to talk
about herself for publication. Her first
commission, when she was a mere girl,
wa to write a long story "combining
the humor Of Dickens with the plot con
struction Of g. w. NJ. Reynolds" The
book wal called .sThree Times Dead
and she received for 1t about $3.50.
She gained fortune and fame at u
bound, however, when Lady Audley's
Secret. was published In book form.
General Maxwell is the Trainer of
An interesting theory respecting George
EIiot's choice Of her p%sudonyme: MANY
years ago-some time in the 40's-a
young officer Of the Bengal Cavalry
! very fine young man, 1 belleve-call-
"a George Donnithorne Eliot, was acct
dentally drowned in the lake OF Nynee
Tai, In the lower Himalayas. Now, II
Will be admitted that D~onnithorne Is a
vary uncommon name; yet we have
Arthur D~onnithorne In adam Bede,e
and we have the rest of that young
man,s name, George Eliot us the nov
ellst's pseudonyme. l think there Is
something In this. It Is too remarka-
bic 4 coincidence to be due to mere
chance. Who knows but that the
George Donnithorne Eliot, Of Nynee
Tai. was an early friend, tame or
idsal Of Marian Evans, and hence her
adoption Of the name George Eliot:"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

new record In Arctic attainment. On
each Of his dashes over the polar pack
Peary has surpassed his own former
efforts. In 1902, he exceeded his w
best performance In northing by thirty
one miles, and now dwarfs that splen-
did work by going 1877 miles nearer the
Pole than he had ever before been, and
about thirty-seven miles further than
his closest competitor, Captain Cagni.
II Peary can equal this ratio in anoth-
er dash, the North Pole, the greatest
geographical prize. will be his, for he
has put q star on the Polar map show
Ing that he was within about 2O3 stat
ute miles of the point where the terres-
trial axis breaks the surface Of the
earth.
~ Attraction for Explorers.
The North Pole has been an attrac-
ton to explorers only In recent times
say within the last quarter century.
The early explorers did, indeed, dream
Of reaching 90 deg. north, but that
was only half Of their vision. The
other half included a descent on the
other side. In brief, they sought a
short route to the Far East, which
would exclude the long Journey around
Africa. A northeast passage was 1rst
looked for. and then n passaGc by way
Of the northwest. Although the explor.
ers encountered floating Ice they do not
appear to have started out with the
same respect for the Trojan barrier
they subsequently, admitted.
Ahnsnt tho middle of the A4xfnnpth
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
AeeolLEn&Als PLAN.


IL ZrN ZE
CRop Of RaiIroad Ties.
The best laid plans OF mice and men
20 often wrong. DR.. A. II. Sauerman.
who lives q few miles east OF Union
City. Mich, conceived a plan a few
years ago whereby he expected to make
I fortune. He planted quite a tract OF
land Of yellow locust trees. setting
them close together In rows, the tract
containing something like $4,000 thrifty
young trees. Their growth was hast
ened BY frequent cultivation. good fer
tilixlng and Irrigation and they attain
ed 1 most thrifty growth until last
autumn.
DR.. Sauerman's ldea was to rare for
these trees for a few years until they
had reached a sufficient growth to be
used for railroad ties, when they were
70 BE- marketed and the tract Of ground
replanted again to trees. An investl-
cation showed that a small worm was
creating havoc with the trees, boring
into the trunks md In some cases
weakening the trees Sc that they fell
over Ii a strong wind. And thus the
genial Doctors visions OF a fortune
have gone Observation-Disclosures
TtYnaa
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

A Motor Car EIopement


q T was not a nice thing to do, but
Mr.. Basing, of Basing's old bank,
Stannithorpe, head of he London
financial firm of Basing & Smart, doubt
less thought he was justified, and, In
decd. he had never been prescriptions.
So when his only daughter, In extricat-
ing a handkerchief from the ridiculous
little bag which served her as a pocket,
unwittingly drew forth an important
letter, which, unperceived by her, fut-
tered to the carpet, he promptly placed
his foot upon it.
..It's not a bit of use pleading for
him. he said. "You don't marry that
idle spendthrift If l can help it."
"Frank Mayhem is not that" she re
nlied. "You are always saying he can't
do anything, but he car drive a motor
car better than anybody / know; he
.nlavs football, cricket and golf splen-
Ididly, and
Mr.. Basing interrupted with a snort.
"Plays; that's just 1t. Your husband
must know how to work.
The girl left the room without an
other word.
Mr.. Basing smiled grimly and picked
,n +he letter, which he a no scruple
about reading. 1t was written in a
bold hand and ran as follows:
"My Darling Bessie have got the
license. also your travelling trunk and
dressing case-thanks to the porter
AT q o'clock sharp I'll be at the corner
OF Dean road with the new car and
the baggage. l have fixed up every.
thing. Wen reach Northleigh by 1C
and be married by half-past. Yours
ever, FRANK"
Mr.. Basing thought a moment, made
Iup his mind with his usual decision
and looked at his watch. 1t was 8 40
He could get to the corner Of Dean
road In ten minutes.
The car was there, a big twenty
horsepower, moving slowly. Mayhem
saw him instantly, hesitated a moment
then drove up to the curb and stopped
"Good-morning," he said, as cheerful.
| ly as If nothing toward had happened
.Just trying my e car. She's a beau
ty, isn't she?"
Looks all right" said Mr.. Basing
but I'm 40 judge. No time for motor
rides as a rule, but / don't mind II ]
have a spin this morning"
Mayhem took him aboard, remarkine
helplessly: Cars are like some people
ali right when You know them, but
| jolly dangerous when you 3on't."
$50 1 suppose. But my daughter
tells me that you are a fine driver
and If that's the case the risk won't be
great. It's a pity she's not going with
u.s." Mr.. Basing added. artfully.
The remark gave Mayhem an idea.
II wish she were," he said. But yor
can't go for a spin dressed like that
sir. You want a warmer overcoat
and our tall hat will be a picture be
fore we have covered ten miles," And
he moved the lever.
"This o a will do we'll, and so will
the hat Mr.. Basing rejoined.
"Steady-steady, Mayhem! " he shout
ed. "If you are going on at this rate
I'D sooner get down."
Crouched over the steering wheel
watching the road narrowly. Mayhem
had been handling. or pretending to
handle. the levers for at least fve min
utes. He took bis eyes OF the road 70,
m Instant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

flee Of life and at great expense, show
ed that man may get to the Pole, but
that the natural conditions must be
favorable. Sir John Franklin essayed
the northwest passage in 1917, and his
whole expedition was lost; yet they
were 1000 miles from the North Pole.
Thirty search expeditions, costing
about $5,CO0.OOC. were sent out by Great
Britain md the United States during
the succeeding t~hirty-five years to re-
cover the remains of the party. All
that was recovered were a few skele-
tons, ONT pieces of equipment and
Franklin's journal.
With experiences such as these ocr
curing far from the Pole it is not
remarkable that polar research was foc
years supplanted by more general Arc
tic field work. feary has been the
most successful Arctic worker who ever
sought the Pole, yet he has had terri
Bile experiences. On one OF his expedi-
lions across the Greenland ice cap IL
OF his party was lost i'll a On
another journey northward the intrepid
explorer himself had to have a toe
duputdteu. Aitcr luz operation ne
went North again and actually reach
ed, lame as he was and still suffering.
his fartherst uorthing-S4 deg. II min.
previous to mis- present splendid per-
torrance.
Ter.ors OF the Arctic.
To Peary the Far North has few ter
rors, vet even he is willing to admit
the terrors are there. Hunger and
Starvation he says, shave played an
Important part In many Arctic expedi-
tions, yet It should be remembered that
they have played an equally prominent
part In expeditions In whit are consid,
cred moro favored regions. Careless
ness or acknowledgements, or lncxper.-
sncs. o. carslesslY considered taking
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

XIV w. ADD IHtTt Is q IVUU NufF uPoH SO5V
authorities everywhere for vigorous" action upon TINS
matter. If they cannot put a stop to such enormltles let
them shut their doors and send their young barbarians
home. There Is no college in this land which might not
better be blotted out of existence than be the shelter
of such savagery.
In the first place, the governing body Of the colleges
should absolutely forbid, under penalty of expulsion, all
out of door limitations. The fraternity which engages IN
any performance of this kind should be outlaWed anu
abolished.
In the second place, let every self respecting young
man who goes to college make it perfectly plain to all
who solicit his membership in fraternities that this IS a
thing that he will not put up with that he does not pro
nose TO submit to any pranks; that he will not be sub
tected to injury or peril or humiliation; that If such Is
the price of their fellowship he can very well afford to
do without 1t.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
ord +rue to the principles Of square dealing I

faithful and true to the principles OF square ueaiihs :
do not want hir4 Cor a friend.
In orr BUSINESS lives we must observe the rights OF
those we are dealing with. A friend or mine toiuH e Ina
when a business proposition was put 10 MIN nc Always
considered first whether it was square, then whether IL
q safe. and finally if 1t would pay. Many business men
nowadays leave out the question OF squarehess aitose'net'
or If they do consider it, they put 1t last. Inc pes "ay
to treat our friends s according to the Golden huie' II
,o stitch 70 that our lives can't be far from right
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

hockEfELLEh,' h' get mixed up III IT,
Many misguided people think the true test OF friend
ship is whether the friend will lend money. Don't you
aver believe it, There was never a greater mistake. If
Won have any friendship for people don't spoil 1T by trying
to borrow money from them. It's all right to get a little
helm at times, but the practice Of borrowing money Is a
most dangerous one. 1t is the surest way to cause the
breokinp of friendship. Besides that, it Involves the Dor
rover. as a rule, in hopeless indebtedness. 1t matters
nothing to me if the friend I have is rich or poor, SO long
q 9 no 10 a man of character. If he Is not upright, honest,