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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Death Or Mrs. Amanda Bailey
Harrison.

James Lewis Of this city received a
telegram from Kalispell, Montana,
last Friday morning, announcing the
sudden death of Mrs. Amanda Bailey
Harrison at 8 O'Clock Thursday morn
ing, and that the remains would be
brought to Canton for interment.
This was sad news to the many old
friends of the Naylor family and the
Bailey family, as Mrs. Naylor was
Bailey when married to George Naylor.
Mrs. w. H. Harrison had suffered
from cancer for some time but took
a cheerful view OF the situation never
looking on the dark side of life. The
end came suddenly in the presence Of
her husband.
Her daughter Pearl was at Spokane
when she received the sad news OF
her mothers death. She returned to
Kalispell and accompanied Mr.. Harri-
son and the remains Of Ess 'lnother to
Canton. s22s.szsa;
Her sons Charles and Ralph were
at Duluth and met the funeral party
at Sioux Falls Sunday. Stewart, the
youngest son, is in Buffalo and was
unable to be present at the funeral.
The funeral party arrived at Can
ton last Sunday at 2 o'clock and I'M
dertaker Campbell was at the depot
to take charge OF the casket which
was removed to the Congregational
Church where the funeral service was
conducted by Rev. G. S. Evans In the
presence Of large ccncourse Of old
friends who came to pay their re-
spects to the memory of one who had
lived in Canton SO many years.
A choir composed of Mrs. Talcott,
Miss Anna Hanson, Messrs. Slade and
Flory with Miss Marjorie Clark at
the organ furnished the music. The
casket was covered with floral en-
blems from loving friends who follow
ed the remains to the cemetery where
the burial service of the Eastern Star
was observed under the direction of
Worthy Matron Mrs. d. H. Hawn,
assisted by Worthy Patron Henry
Cooper.
Mrs. Harrison's mother, Mrs. Bal
ley resides with her son, George, in
Charles Mix county, Frank Bailey
lives at Oacoma, Mrs. Warren Dick
at Hot Springs, and Willis Bailey and
Mrs. Anna Brooks live in North Da-
kOta.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
South Dakota Stands Alone.

Aberdeen American. Latest dis
patches announce the passage by the
Wisconsin legislature OF 2-cent rate
bill as substitute to the 2t-cent rate
voted earlier in the session. This
action has been prompted, no doubt,
by the announcement of the railroads
that they will adopt without contest
the 2-cent rate in states that have de-
manded it.
The transfer Of the Badger state
into the list of 2-cent rate states
leaves South Dakota entirely in the
Scent class by herself. Residents Of
this state and all persons who travel
into it or out of 1T must pay 3 cents
per mile. And this is because the
old machine members of the last legis-
lature, acting as agents for paid rail
road lobbyists, killed the Scent rate
bill framed by the administration
leaders. The "gang" solons took
great glory to themselves at the time
they killed the bill, and they should
be made to bear the brunt of that
glory now. People all over the state
remember that it was the machine,
headed by Kittredge, that was re-
sponsible for the continuance of the
Scent rate that will be in force for
another two years. while other states
enjoy the 2-cent rate. The rate bill
was the only measure attempted by
the Crawford administration in which
a compromise was forced. Every
other reform measure went through
but that; and the people OF the state
have the old gang to thank for high
railroad mileage.
The outcome of this rate question
is enough to show that the stalwart
faction of the party never has had
the interests of their constituents al
heart. Now that the people have
had taste of reform measures it !.
likely that they will be satisfied t.
keep the reformers at the helm. Had
the reformers been there at the tim,
the rate bill was up for discussion
South Dakotans could travel, after
July Is, for 2 cents per mile insteao
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Railroads and Politics.

Minneapolis Journal: President
Winchell of the Rock Island says his
road is going out Of politics. How
scandalous. to intimate that a rail
road ever Is in politics.
President Hughitt of the North
Western is surprised that Mr.. Win
chell should admit such thing.
Has the North Western ever been in
politics? "Don't ask me-" pleads Mr..
Hughitt. President Harris, of the
60" says: 'The Burlington has never
been in politics, never
What, never?
Well-there's Iowa. Cummins is in
the saddle, but his seat has always
been insecure, for he has a powerful
enemy. That enemy is j. w. Blythe,
who happens to be attorney for the
Burlington road. Some Of us can re-
member when Mr.. Blythe and the
late Judge Hubbard of Cedar Rapids.
who was attorney for the North
Western used to settle the political
destinies of Iowa between them.
Other Burlington attorneys held Ne
braska in the hollow Of their hand for
years.
Mr.. Harris knows nothing of all
this, Of course. Mr.. Blythe and the
rest have simply been exercising their
individual rights as American citizens
to mingle in politics. But in Iowa
the people have strangely confounded
Mr.. Blythe with the Burlington road,
because the road protited in its rela-
tions with the state whenever Mr..
Blythe's political lieutenants were in
power. The same impression has
gained headway in other states where
railroad officials have held whip hands
in politics.
In fact, that impression has grown
so strong that political revolution
has been worked in every northwest
ern state, and the people have elevat-
ed to power men who stood alOOf from
special interests, as far as possible.
They have demanded justice as be-
tween the railroads and the people,
and politicians of the new regime have
been trying to get it for them. The
spectacle of railroads or railroad men
dominating political organizations is
no longer looked on with complacence.
The revolution has gone so far that
the railroads find themselves in SER
ious danger of getting the worst of it,
and suffering actual injustice, where
they once enjoyed special favors.
1t is no wonder that railroad presi-
dents are announcing withdrawal
from politics or denying that they
were ever in the game.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Success.

Our catalogue contains the portraits
Of more than 100 Of our graduates who
are now earning from 5000 to $4,000
per year; also their letters: stating
why Toland graduates succeed where
others fail.
We can refer you to 5000 young
men and women we have assisted to
positions-probably many of whom
you know.
That which we have done for others
we now offer to do for you.
Beautiful catalogue free.
Send for 1t.
Do it now.
Address To1and's Business School
Sioux Falls, South Dakota. "
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Chiropodist,s Prescription.

From the Home Department in
the National Magazine for August.
a lotion and powder for tender and
swollen feet. One teaspoonful of bo-
racic acid to one pint of grain alcohol.
After bathing the feet in lukewarm
water, spray them with the lotion
used in an atomizer, and fan until
dry. The effect is delightful. Then
rub over the feet this powder, or put
it in the stockings, or the lotion can
be used alone.
Powdered starch 35 grains; oil of
bergamot, 10 drops: oil of lavender 6
drops: oil of wintergreen 16 drops.
Mix we'll, and pass through a sieve.
Excellent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Advertised Letters.

The following letters remained un-
called for in the Canton postotfice on
Saturday July u, 1907.
Carrel, j. M.
Hansen, Miss Marie
Haskin, 0. e.
Harrington, Mrs. John
Homandberg, Ole
Jorgenson, Mrs. Tessie
Miller, L. M.
Ridpath, Mrs. John
Stedman, NJ. A.
Wood, VIM. Il.
In calling for the above list please
say advertised.
T. T. SMITH. P. M.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Keen Your Stove Black.

From the Home Department in the
National Magazine for August:
If, after washing the stove, a few
drops of linseed oil are put on a wool
en- cloth, and then rubbed on the
stove, it will never have to be black
ed, and will always look new. This
is labor-saver The oil costs about
fifteen cents per quart, and that
amount lasts long time. Miss Ida
f. Beadle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Notice For Bids.

The City Council Of the City of Can
ton will receive bids at the next regu-
lar meeting, Monday August 5, for
the following described work: The
cleaning and painting of the city stand
pipe inside and outside and to give
said stand pipe one coat of paint, the
city to furnish the paint and the coun-
Gil reserves the right to reject any or
all bids. Water Committee.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02
Pianos: Pianos.

Mold & Benedict's Music Store is
filled with the finest assortment of
pianos ever brought across the Sioux
river. All high grade instruments
such as the .Ellington,. Hamilton,
Baldwin. Werner, Howard and Valley
Gem. Prices and terms right. Call
and examine our Instruments 40.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-02

Lost girls bracelet made out of
Mexican money in Canton on Sunday
July %. The finder will please leave
it at the LEADER office and make a
little girl happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-17

on the globe is not a straight line, but curve, and in pursuance of which sys- tenn ships going to Australia reach down to low sunshine attitudes. After round- ing the cape of Good Hope there Is an uninterrupted run for nearly 1000 miles to the westward and that distance Is generally done in fifteen or twenty days. before a succession of storms which send the waves rolling forty feet high.
 Here is where the skill of the captain and his officers is required and the steady eye and hand of the helmsman. ship racing before the wind and in a heavy sea Is like a horse ana wagon galloping down hill; she must race to keep ahead of the waves and if a wave strikes her on the quarter it may throw her Into the trough between the waves, where she would be capsized by the next wave that struck her In these low attitudes 1t Is not unusual to see icebergs. some of them quarter of mile long and fully one hundred feet over water Day and night the ship is followed by nocks of sea birds which feed upon the small fish and other substances O. ght to the surface by the ships passage through the water Squalls, accompanied with sleet are frequent, and clothes, once wetted, cannot be dried.
 The sailor is glad when he gets past Cape Luewin and across the Great Aus
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worth remarking that the northeast trades are fair winds for outward bound vessels and the southeast trades are head winds; the opposite may be said of home ward bound vessels. Sailing with a fair wind Is one thing, and sailing with a head wind another and very different thing. The waves now dash against the ships sides and bow and send showers of spray on board. The gentle rolling mo- ton is now changed to a ehopplng, pitch ing motion; the weather quickly grows colder and before long the trades are lost and the western winds are picked up.
 These western winds blow constantly around the world In low, southern lati- tude. The wind blowing strongly and continually in the same direction gets up a long, heavy sea. which has given rise to the name the rolling forties," a name with which every sailor Is familiar. The trolling forties" possess a charm which must be felt to be understood. In that wild waste of waters the ship appears no more than cocIleshell; the long, dark nights and leaden sky by day make a psharp contract with the glorious sunshine of a couple of weeks previous.
 In connection with navigation is branch of the science known as great circle sailing" a system based on spherical geometry by which it is ascertained that the shortest distance between two points
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Ninth Duchess of Marlborough.

'"rhere is a sombre flower that blos- soms in the depths of the soul that Is i'm pregnated with perfume and with poison. It is called love-"
 The royal residence of Woodstock with its park of kingly oaks. largely destroyed by the vandals of Cromwell and Fairfax, was the birthplace of many a grisly old legend that today stalks grmly among the tales of old. Henry II, of England Q16O, founder of the Plantag genet dynasty so named from the broom corn plant (planta genesta) which his father wore In his cap, resided at Woodstock; and 1t was there that fair Rosamond Clifford lived and loved, and became the adorable hero- inc of song and story-even to this day. "Fair Rosamond's Bower,' "Falr Rosa mond's Spring." Fair Rosamond's Oak" are familiar to lovers in all lands. The tale of the labryinth, and the poisoned bowl forced upon her by Queen Eleanor wife of Henry II, is not mentioned by any contemporary writer, and Is probably mere invention of romance. Fair Rosa mond was the daughter of Lord Clifford of Hertfordshire, and the mother of Will ter of the Earl of Salisbury. Fair Rosa mond, if history Is exact. retired to the convent of Godestow, near Oxford, where she died.
 But short drive from the once royal castle of Woodstock, the ducal palace of Blenheim rears It's stately towers and ex- quisite columns and carvings, erected on tn royal domain by Queen Anne-a monu-
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debted. She is now in the northeast trade" as those winds are called which blow constantly and in the same direction in tropical attitudes. Every inch of can vas is set and drawing; top-sails. top galants, royals. skysails, jibs and flying jibs, stay-sail and main-sail. all set and swelling before the steady, moderate wind It is joyful to be awake under such skies and famed by such balmy breezes, and when darkness falls. no mother ever rocked the cradle of her first born with more gentleness than does old ocean rock the watchworn sailor to his slumbers.
 Seldom do the trade winds extend ne- yond five degrees to the north or south of of the equator. The intervening space is the region of calms, of torrid heat and, occasionally, torrential rains. The shade made by the leaves of the quivering aspen is not more variable than the zephyrs that ripple the surface of the ocean in these latitudes. Sailors speak of these as the "doldrums,'' and often what would otherwise prove a quick voyage Is heightened out ten or twenty days by the time lost in passin gthrough these 'doldrums."
 South of the equator similar conditions are found which prevail in northern lat- tudes, except that the winds are here known as the southeast trades. It is
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THE OLD SAILING SHIPS LAST VOYAGE

by the outward bound, and with delight by the homeward bound sailor. Passes Dungeness, whose pharos is the polar star to sailors, and here the tug leaves and the voyage really begins.
 Cautiously and carefully the big ship picks her way down the English chan mel. At night my1iads of lights, bright lights, red light, green lights, are ap- bearing and disappearing with rapidity and irregularity of fire flies of a summers evening. These lights are the signals used by other vessels to indicate their position and must be considered with a view to safety. The English channel Is dangerous place, and when the captain feels the wind of the Atlantic blow on his face he knows his perils are well-nigh over.
 The long rolling swell of waters tells the sailor he is crossing tho Bay of Bis cay, stormy passage is that across the Bay of Biscay, but with fair winds the Azores, or Western Islands, are soon reached and then comes the sailors sea- son of repose. The placid waters of the Gulf stream are easily distinguished by the temperature, the color and the fot- sam which this stream carries with it. Bright, blue skies, across which big fleecy clouds are slowly drifting: nights when the moon is almost dazzling bright and the scintillating stars seeming to
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parents, apparently, were dead, but kin folk welcomed him home. Our vague knowledge of this period Is contained in his own narrative, written long after and dealing chiefly with his emotional ex- periences. Suddenly, one night, he dreamed that he heard the voice of Irish children calling, We pray thee, holy youth, to come and again walk amongst us, as before" He set out for France to prepare himself for missionary work among the Irish heather, and after some study at AuXerre was ordained deacon
 Now strange interval of fourteen years comes in between his ordination and his setting out for Ireland. This long period was no spent in study, evidently. It may have been devoted to seeking aid in his proposed work. The educated churchmen of Gaul thought him rustic, and ill-fitted for so important a task. At last Pope Celestine I. was moved to ap- point a bishop for the growing Christian communities in Ireland for the island was not even then entirely heathen), and friends of Patrick interested themselves on his behalf The Popes choice, how ever, fell on another, Palladus, who landed in Ireland, but departed again within year. Then Patrick was conse- crated bishop of Ireland and entered on his work, in the year
 The legends that have grown up around his coming to his charge are much more beautiful than ascertained fact surviving in the old manuscripts. Under a heather religion, Ireland's priests were the power- ful Druids, priests and magicians who had supernatural lore and innocent secu- lar learning, together with skill in poetry and knowledge of the laws and history of the island. They were naturally op- posed to a new creed that would abolish their power. Yet it is conJectured that
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their opposition to Patrick was not great, because they had little organization. And Patrick very wisely engrafted Christian ity onto old pagan beliefs The Irish be- lieved in demons. So did the Christian church on that day, and Patrick carried with him exorcists whose special function was to deal with demons. Patrick be- Heved as firmly in the evil powers the Druds fought as they themselves. So both met on common ground. His aim was to show, not that they were wrong, but that his belief and his God were more potent than theirs. The new creed, too, spread slowly, exciting little opposi- tion.
 This is the fact of the matter. But the legends tell more interesting story, and myths though they are, their beauty is compelling.
 The legends relate that Patrick re- solved to celebrate the first Easter after his landing in Ireland with a Pasehal fire on the Hill of Slane. King Loigaire, the ruler of Ireland, was holding that night a solemn festival in his palace at Tara. It was the pagan custom that no fire be lit this night until one had beea kindled in the royal house. Suddenly the King and his nobes saw a fire shin ing across the plain of Breg from the Hill of Slane In alarm the Druid ma gicians were consulted, and said, "Oh, King, unless this fire which you see be quenched this same night. it will never be quenched, and the kindler of it will overcome us all and seduce all the folk of your realm.' Lolgalre replied, "We wil. put to death those who do such sin against our kingdom" Nine chariots were yoked and the King, his Queen, two chief sorcerers and attendants drove through the night toward Patrick's fire, wheeling contrary to the
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BY F. I. MONKS.

tralian Eight. His passage Is now draw ing to closse as he sails northward along the eastern shores of New South Wales until he sees the great million candle-power electric light which stands on the south head of the entrance to Port Jackson A tug boat comes out to meet the ship and tows her into harbor Mean time the anchor has been made ready; the carpenter stands by it with his maui. ready to strike at a signal from the pilots the command is given: Let go the an- cnor;" a momentary silence follows, dur ing which Is hearp the tap, tap, of the hammer striking the trigger which holds the anchor suspended, and then Is heard a splash and a roar as the big chain cable rushes through the hawse pipe. All hands, splice the main brace, shouts the bo-sun and the steward ap- pears with bucket or grog.
 The passage Is over; seventy-eight days since leaving London and here Is a city away at the end of the world, not as big as London, but big enough to wonder at.
 The old ship shows signs of the wind and weather. Bruised and battered after her fight with the elements she lies calnl- ly at rest now, as the sailors metaphori- cally speaking, pat her on the back and say: Well done, old girl"
 (rhis story will be continued next Sum- day) :.
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CHE is passing; the sailing ship is -, passing; passing out of existence. -" In the march of progress, a march which is daily quickening its pace until it has become rush, the old sailing ship has had to yield her place to the steamer, even as the ight-mile-an-hour stage coach, drawn by four horses, has given way to the eighty-mile Pullman, drawn by the thousand horse power loco motive.
 But before the old ship passes out of sight and out of mind let us make one more voyage and then bid her farewell forever
 She is outward bound from London to SidnHy-a seventy-day voyage, perhaps eighty. The panting little tug boat Is a hundred yardS ahead straining at the hawser. Slowly and solemnly the big, black mass follows, passes down the Thames passes Gravesend with its ob- servatory through which Is drawn the degree of longitude marked o; passes Sheerness, With Is great guns, Cerberian- mouthed monsters guarding the portals to an empires heart. Passes Brighton and its shining sands on which thousands of holiday folk are disporting themselves; passes Deal, with it's mosquito fleet of fishing smacks; passes Dover, the chalky cliffs of Dover, ever viewed with regret
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pirates swept into Bannaventa from the sea and carried him off, with many of his fathers servants. His parents escaped. It is not likely that he ever saw them again. He was taken to Ireland in cap tivity, and for six years served master named Miliucc, herdng pigs near noun tain that is still identified.
 Here q profound change came over him. He was transformed by loneliness and homesickness from an ordinarily happy youth into a religious dreamer. He tried time and again to escape, with out success and then fell back upon prayer for deliverance One night in sleep, according to his own account, he heard a voice telling him he should re- turn to his native land, and later one saying, Behold, thy ship is ready" He made his way 1S0 miles to the nearest seaport, town thought to be near the present Wicklow, and after difficulties was taken away on a trading ship belong ing to heather merchants who had come to Ireland for dogs-ts famous wolf hounds.
 From Patricl's own narrative 1t Is pre- sumed that he landed in France, and from there went afoot to Italy, and from the latter country returned again to France, where he went to live and ac- uuire a training at a famous monastery on the ilsand of Lerinus, off the coast of Provence Here was gathered d learned company, among whom young Succat, the ex-slave. figured as only a rustic from the outer confines of the Roman Empire. His intention seems to have been toward a monkish life, but It is clear that in his character lay an instinct for action which cut short this plan and sent him home to England after several years. Here the plan for his work in Ireland first took definite form. His