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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
DEEP WATERWAY TO THE GULF
the Mississippi River Commission
Favors Project.

A deep waterway between Chicago
and the gulf seems to be one Of the
possibilities of the near future. The
project has been discussed for many
years., but now at length it seems to
be rlpening to a head.
The Mississippi River Commission,
In a report now in the hands Of the
Secretary Of War, proposes to go ahead
with that portion of the lakes-to-the-
its jurisdiction Oh the Mississippi
River. The members believe that it
will be both economical and in the
line Of permanency for them to adopt
Immediately a deep waterway project,
and in future work have that big en-
terprise in mind instead of temporary
bank revetment, desultory dredging
and sporadic attempts to clear certain
harbors. The report recommends that
the Secretary of War asks Congress
to give the commission a million of
dollars a year for three years, in adj
dition to the sum now at the disposal
of the commission, n with this
dIlOullC pei ultltlSlll WOlh oh ~ uCSp
waterway can go forward. The commits
sion now has at it's disposal the sum
of 100000 a year for three years,
and it holds in the report to the Sec
rotary Of War that it cannot eXpend
the $6,000,OOO already authorized by
Congress in an economical way if there
is ever any thought Of building a deep
waterway.
The real significance Of this recon-
mendation from the Mississippi River
Commission lies in the fact that three
members Of the commission are also
members of the Board of Survey, which
was authorized at the last session Of
Congress to study the whole situation.
1t is believed that the board will be
in readiness to make its report in
October or November and that it will
recommend a 22-foot channel from st.
Louis to the sea. With the Mississippi
River Commission already committed
to a deep waterway from Cairo to the
gulf and the prospect of an intelli-
gent, comprehensive and technical re
port on the project from ST. Louis to
the gulf, there Is every reason for be-
lieving that initiatory legislation for
the deep waterways will be secured at
this session of Congress. AS is gen.
orally known a survey has already
been made and a complete report is
in the possession Of the government
for that portion Of the deep waterway
from Chicago through the drainage
canal, Des PLANES and Illinois rivers
to st. Louis.
With a Board of Survey outlining
the plan for the entire distance, ap-
proprlations win be sought for the i'm
mediate starting of the work.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
DoNT,s FOR cHuRcHMEN.

Don't whine. The man who cannot
be saved by work cannot be saved by
whining.
Don't let business interfere with your
religion. Too many churchmen pat the
matter the other way.
Don't doubt Gods promises. Rather
doubt your own ability to avail your
self of them without His help.
Don't try to travel the straight and
narrow path until you make yourself
straight. A crooked nan can never go
str.aig CHIT
Don't try to justify your own short
comings by the failures of others. The
man who thus employs the sins of 9th
ers is measuring himself by false
standards.
Don't condemn others because they
do not meet with your approval. It
frequently happens that the man o
Ignorant of himself is harsheSt In his
Judgment Of others.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
SHORT METER SERMONS.


Cash cannot buy contentment.
stolen sermons sound sweet to the
enemy.
Happiness never is found by running
after pleasure
a false prophet has his eye on the
profits only.
A little care for others is worth a
lot of prayer for them.
No man happens to stub his toe on
the nugget of character.
Some sheep sigh for cactus as soon
as they get in the green pastures.
You cannot prove your grit by throw
ing sand into the worlds sores.
The religion that confines itself to
your own heart soon consumes itself.
If you have faith in prayer you will
not be content with sending heaven
form letters.
It's no use trying to drive folks to
heaven when your feet are making
tracks the other way.
1t takes more than a gracious man
ner in the meeting to make up for a
grouchy way in the home.
Many a man who is laying up treas
IRE in heaven at the rate of a nickel
a week is planning to take eternity
spending his store.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

but no loss or destruction. If, then.
matter be i~ndestructible, how much
more shall not the spirit Of which mat
ter is but the servant and slave be in
destructfble and immortal.
Nature again is a symbol of this great
hope. She. too, meets this phenomenon
of death. Her flowers fall, her beauty
fades and winter wraps her in an icy
shroud as apparently lifeless as the
mausoleunls of our dead. But wait q
few short months and what do WI see?
No sermon on earth was ever preached
more unaIswerable than that proclaini-
I'd by the fading and reviving Of field,
forest and flower.
The, being of man is another argu-
ment. Why should his thoughts go out
in this high quest for a future life?
Who planted within his heart this in
tense longing? Whether God or ma
ture. it was not meant to taunt us with
Il lie.
Another proof arises from the nature
of human love. 1t is at once the ten
derest and most powerful of our facul-
ties. And love is stronger thai death.
The last look, the last pressure of the
hand of the dying proves it undimin-
ished. Dur own bleeding hearts will
not admit that the ties are severed for
ever. They cry out against so cruel
and unnatural a fate. We follow our
departed beyond the great divide" and
our u%nbroken love forbids us to think
Ahat they. too. do not love us still.
To those of us who believe in revela-
ton. who hold that the Father would
not hear al these ages the cry of HIS
children and give no answer from His
infinite heart, there, of course, comes
| absolutely certain evidence.
This doctrine Of Immortality Is the
best explanation Of unfinished lives.
How many lives are broken off like a
| column in the midst? In the very CELL
ter of their usefulness, with a thou,
sand bonds holding them to family,
society, church and state, with wisely
| laid plans unaccomplished, they arc
| suddenly summoned and must leavs all.
Are such lives fragmentary, are THY 3
failure? No, not in the light of inn
mortality. But there in a larger sphere
| and vaster scale. The high ideals and
| plans conceived here shall be wrought
out to a glorious perfection.
Again, the life beyond is a reassur-
ance % those doomed to crosses, letters
and infil mites. How hard and unfair
the lot of man If there be no hereafter.
| Who can believe that a righteous God
has made these children of sorrow but
to suffer? Aye, no. justice as well as
| love demands a continuity of life tA.
You'd the present. There fettered minds
will be freed, broken hearts will be
healed and panied bodies made perfect.
And what IN ineXDressible comfort
this faith in a future life, as we grieve
for those who have gone before! They
are not lost but living a larger, better
life. They have moi forgotten. but love
us as of yore. But let no one, either,
forget the warnings of this great truth.
we SOW here, we reap there
Here we make up life's record, there
we are to be judged. God is moral, all
life is under law. AS life here is good
or evil such, blessed or woeful, will be
the life beyond.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

How / Cared sweeny and FistaIa.
II WANT to tell you how | saved
one OF our horses that had a fstula.
we had the horse doctor out and ne
said 1t was so bad that he did not
think he could cure 1t, and did not
rome again. Then we tried Sloan's
Eminent and it cured 1t up nicely.
zone dry last spring | was blowing
for q neighbor who had a horse with
sweeny, and / told him about Sloan's
LnIment and he had me get q bottle
for him, and 1t cured his horse all
right, and be goes off now like q colt.
we Ind a horse that had s,yeeny
awfully bad and we thought II was
never going to be any good, but we
used Sloan's Liniment and 1t cured It
ID nicely. I told another neighbor
about II and he said 1t was the best
Eminent he ever used.
1--WE are using sloan's Sure Colo
Cure and ~ think II 10 all right"
4. ID. BRUcE. Aurelia. Ia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
THE IMMORTAL LIFE.
By Rev. Junius B. Remensnyder.
II n man die. shall he live agaiu?-


Job IA
The man normal in mind and healthy
In body loves life. Only misanthropists
and maudlin s~entimentalists affect anx-
iety to shuttle off this mortal COLL
If, then. life be such a treasure in
this our brief span of it, what a joy
10 live forever, to have eternal life!
Who does not yearn for it with an mex
pressible longing? Must we. with the
stoics, steel our hearts to quitting this
banquet when II summons comes with
a final farewell? Or is there rational.
ground for hope of n future life?
Science. MS Lord Kelvin affirmed.
tends to support the fact of. immortal
ity. This it does by the laws of indie
structibility Of matter and the conser-
walton OF force. Not u paTticle of mat
ter has ever beer lost, nor has the
original force in the world ever been
Diminished. h9s been change,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
GREAT FUTURE FOR SIERRA.

1t VIII Eventually he the WorId's
Timber and Grain Country.
Siberia will eventually be the great
world" said Major Charles Beverly
Ewing, a surgeon in the United States
army, who has just returned from a
survey of conditions in the philippines
and along the Siberian railway, to a
Philadelphia Bulletin man
1.-THE boundless of Siberia
since the railway has made them Access
sible are far beyond the ken Of Russia
herself and certainly are not suspected
by western countries" he said. "Of
course, the summer in Siberia is short
and the frest, which lasts until June,
prevents any fruit growing, but their
mountains are covered with rich tim
Der, which the government allows to be
cut only in alternating sections Of, say
200 feet, and the winter crops of wheat
are becoming better each year.
.Siberia's grain crops, however, are
not so significant at present as her tim
Der yield, because, in view of Clifford
piuchot's forecast this morning that
the supply Of forests IN this country
would, If drawn upon for the next
twenty years at the present rate, be
exhausted, the vast Of Sibe-
rian forests, where pines, cedars, sill
yer birches and beeches abound furnish
c~onsoling promise Of relief.
ut is impossible for a traveller to tell
how much of this is realized by Siberia
herself and how much this is q factor
in her determination to conserve her
timber. 1t may be that because where
the trees are destroyed the droughts
and overflows make living precarious,
the measure is merely an accidental
help to the trees. But indiscriminate,
haphazard cutting is not allowed in
Siberia forests. a broad strip Of 200
feet or SO will be cut away and the
neighboring 200 feet left intact.
..The great difficulty to be faced, II
Siberia should become the grain and
timber center Of the world, would be
the exporting Of her products. There
will presumably be no difficulty in pre-
pairing the exports. since a recent gov
eminent appropriation Of S9,0O0,OoO for
immigration should provide sufficient
men for labor. But Vladivostok is fro
zen over from November till April, and
the only port open during the winter
months is Odessa. There would have
to be an open port to the Pacific for ex-
port traffic, and that, of course, will
take time.
Only about 10 per cent of Siberla's
population is educated. There are very
few universities, and those are for the
most part abused by hysterieal students
rather than put to legitimate uses, and
this retards the cause of education.
THE Siberian railway is in some re-
spects n OF the finest in the world.
There Is only one other, the Indian rail-
way, which runs from Calcutta to
Bombay, which has SO wide a gauge
six inches widep than American rail-
ways. The beds of the railway there
are not 50 styong, o are the ties, SO
that the trains cannot be as heavy, but
the roadbeds are even
Major Ewing VIII be assigned to Fort
Ozlethorpe, Georgia. after he reports
hid observation ~ Tasninxton -
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

c o IN m o II used
amoag all prayers is
the one in which we
cry, "Give us this
day our daily bread
1t is the cry OF the
child looking up to
the Father of all and
waiting for food for
the present.
None has caught
the spirit Of this
prayer who has
Thought that such Il
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
HOW 70 APPLY PAINT.

Gfeatest care should be taken when
painting buildings or implements which
are exposed to the weather, to have the
paint applied properly. No excellence
OK material a make up for careless
ness OF application, any more than care
In applying 1t can maxi poor paint
wear well,
The surface to be painted should be
dry ana scraped and sandpapered hard
md smooth. Pure white lead should
be mixed with pure linseed oil, fresh
for the Job. and should be well brushed
ont. not flowed on thick. When paint
ag is done In this with Mi
ssoaai Lead Company's pure white lead
A~stratie marked with The Dutch Boy
spaintcr') there is every chance that
the JOB will be satisfactory. White lead
ii capable OF absolute test for purity.
National Lead Company, Woodbridge
building, New York, will send a testing
outfit free to any one interested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
1aasY-
GPopJlAr
Pulpifit
-. D -.

TEE DAILY BREAD.

BY Henry E. Cope.
"Giye us this day our daily bread
Matt. g.: IL.
There is something striklnsly pa
thetic In the thought that the most
familiar petition in the prayer 0
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
TIC way the C.ar Proposed.

tlI - rNH AA- LM
1T Ii 4 pretty story which surrounds
the betrothal Of the present Gar
Nicholas and the C,znrina, for. although
the great question had been planned
and thought out for them by their re
spectfve parents, they both were de-
terrnined TO have d say In the matterl
That they were In love with each
other every one knew, and between
themselves i mutual understanding
Ind ! arrived at in the summer
house 81 York cottage but as Care
witch the future Gar had to make
the formal and old-fashioned orer or
his hand
1.-THE Emperor, my father" he said,
addressing the blushing brIde-to-be,
sshas commanded me to make you the
Nffer OF my hand and heart"
my grandmother, the Queen" re-
piled tina present Cxarina, has COM
minded me to accept thelsoffer OF your
handv-she broke intoA ripping laugh
s"and your heart ID take Of my own
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

A Hungarian student who was plucke6
It ! recent examination at Klausenburs
shot himself. but FIRST winged an exam
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10
CHAPTER vi.

~ va oA4SAyy dQLuulu
night-with the moon sailing through bill
lows Of clouds. The air was mild, vet
the south wind was boisterous, and the
half-stripped yellow trees in Wycherly
Woods rocked about and tossed their
branches wildly.
Ella Wycherly stood on a stone balcony
watching the night, listening to the wild
music OF the wind, smiling to herself,
when the gusts took the little plantation
Of larch and bent it down so helplessly,
so humbly. Ella wore a dress of gray
silk, golden bracelets on her arms, a
crimson flower in her lark hair.
Dinner was over, and coffee was over
and the dull game of whist vas over, in
Ehseh the colonel and the Doctor, Mrs,
Wycberly and Miss Worthington took
part for three hours nightly, while Ella
sat by at fancy work, or yawning over
some supremely childish or terribly dull
book which her mother permitted her to
read.
Ella had said good night, and was sup
posed, to be in bed. 1t was only in the
solitude of her own chamber tina Miss
wycherly enjoyed freedom. She had told
Sistine. the Swiss maid, to leave her
alone for a while, and now she bad come
out upon the balcony to tool her throp-
hing temples, and exult with the winds,
and with the moonlight, and with the
shadowsEexult in the anticipation Of the
ball at Beryl Court
She was to dance with anybody who
asked ner. II she chose. She Was TO talk
with other cheerful girls Of her own sse-
she, who had never hitherto been allowed
Is exchange mews Aan polite srestinUu
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-10

The, being of man is another argu-
ment. Why should his thoughts go out
this high quest for q future life?
Who planted within his heart this III
longing? Whether God or ma
ture, it was not meant to taunt us with
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mond in the face with his closed fist.
The exciting incident will not be
set down in the official records of
the 60th Congress, for the House
had been some minutes adjourned
when the first blow was struck. But
there was no lack Of witnesses.
The organization Of the House had
been completed by the announce
ment Of the Speakers assignments
of members to committees, the Re-
publican committeeman having been
selected by the Speaker and the
Democratic by Mr.. Williams.
Groups of Representatives were
scattered over the floor, discussing
the appointments, the causes, per-
haps, behind them and the effects,
maybe, to follow. In the overlooking
galleries loitered score or so OF
women and four times that many
men, viewing the Aftermath OF an
interesting session.
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goods, 20 per cent of the prices, for
instance, $1.00 Hat will 90 at soc.
A $3.50 Hat will be S1.20, and etc.
Just a word about Clothing. l
am willing to take cost for anything
left in our clothing Stock. Now !
am not trying to work off some old
stock, but you can buy anything we
have in suits or overcoats at 25 per
cent discount. This means much to
you. Don't think because | don't say
you can buy a $1,000 suit for $4.S6
that my clothing is not offered at
Bargain figures, all say is come and
see, If they suit why let us trade, if
not, no hard feelings, and you can't
at least accuse me of making false
statements. We do just as we ad-
vertise and will take back and refund
the money on any sale we make when
goods don't come up as represented.
Don't forget this January Clearance
Sale
Underwear comes in a big cut, 20
percent discount on every thing in
Mems, Ladies' and Childrens under
wear, in woll or cotton.
Mems Shirts, we offer our entire
line of Mems Shirts for Dress Wear,
80 values of CSC each. We have
about so dozen of these goods, all
new patterns and at this low price
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Eomespun, the quality that retails
now at s 1-2c, on this sale for &c.
Our entire line of white and col
ored bed spreads will be priced at
20 per cent discount. This means
great saving to you.
Blankets! We have, good line oil
them left. They will be priced very
low. We can't tell you quality in
this add, but will convince you. We
have a job in cotton blankets to dis
pose of at prices about 1-2 Of what
they usually cost. We intend to re-
duce our stock Of Fall and Winter
Goods and anyone needing these will
certainly have the best chance ever
offered.
Shoes. Now we have no old stock
in shoes to run off but will give you
a special discount on every pair, OF
course some shoes we will price at
cost and less than cost, but every
pair will receive very liberal cut
at this January Clearance Sale. Do
not think because am not making
big blow with a lot Of prices, that IS
very misleading to customers, that
NV shoes are not going to be sold
cheap. They will be sacrificed at this
January Clearance Sale, and you
cant afford to miss it.
Hats and Caps. We will cut these
goods, all new styles, this years, l9pi
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20 pieces Of Fancy Kimona Flan-
nels worth 12 IL and 15c. All
fancy bright pattens, all at 10c yd.
One case soft finish Bleaching SO
in wide, worth 10c, will go In this
sale at. -. .'oc.
1900 yds. Of Androscoggin or Hill
Bleaching will be put on sale only
10 yards to a customer who has pur-
chased goods amounting to $500 or
over at 1Oc q yard. Limit 10 yds.
25 pieces Of Outing, sold formerly
at IA a yard in light and dark
colors will go in safe at only &c yd.
One case of the best 10c Cham
brays, in short ends, solid and fancy
plaids and checks, on sale &c yd.
500 yards of the best quality Of
1914 Brown Sheeting, worth 35c yd.
We will sell yds only to custo-
mer at. :. >. csc yd.
Shecial Sale price on Cd and 1914
Bleached Sheeting, ask for prices.
We will do you good.
80 pieces of white wool Flannels
We will make prices on this line or
wool Flannels. We can't show quail
ity on paper, SO ask you too look al
goods. Great reduction on this entire
line. Red Flannels, get the same
cut. All new goods
One ball of the best grade Check
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How to Rid the House of insects.

How to Rid the House of insects.
a kind Of black beetle gets into old
houses from time to time. To get rid
of them mix up some sugar and plas-
ter of paris and place it in little, heaps
about the floor. and shelves. wherever
the insects congregste. says the Spo-
kane Spokesman In a little
while they disappear. This also is an
excellent way to get rid Of cock
reaches and other bugs. Tarred paper
is another remedy for bugs Of all
kinds, since they object to the odor.
If one does not object to sticky fly
paper, it will be found excellent for
ants and feas and other small insects
besides flies. Sprinkle little. sugar
over the paper to make it more entic-
ing and burn the sheet as soon as it is
fairly filled. a sheet Of this sticky fly
paper placed in a nest Of feas or in a
place where they seem to gather will
catch number Of them Place piece
Of raw meat in the middle Of the fly
paper, and the fleas will be attracted
by it. AS fast as the paper is full burn
it and put a fresh sheet in the same
place.
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they can't last long, so come in and
get what you need while the store is
stocked will all colors and sizes. All
Of the S1.00 qualities will be priced
at 85c. each.
We have on hand a large line of
Ladies and Misses Hose in ribbed and
plain which we will mark at &c.
These are 10c and 15c values. These
goods along with many other bar
gains will be displayed with prices
all marked plain.
We have for this January Clear
ance Sale several Tables with jobs Of
Mems Pants, some left from suits,
some regular goods, just one or two
pairs of a style left, these will be
priced ..Jout 1-2 Of the real value
Now I can not, as l said, tell you all
Of the many special jobs, that we
will put on sale, but anything we
have will be priced very low, don't
stay away, but come. Come the first
day and as many times after as pos
sible, the Sale Starts, January /,
1908, and runs to January 18th,
1908. We are running this sale, no
agent to give you the bluff that they
are closing ont of business, but just
pure bargain giving sale, where you
get the best values ever offered in
any sale held in Orangeburg.
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How to Use Potatoes.

Sunday-Peel, steam, mash; add milk,
butter and salt; then beat till they are
light.
Monday = Baked potatoes in their
jackets.
Tuesday-Peel and bake with roast
Of beef.
Wednesday-Creamed potatoes.
Thursday - Peel, steam and serve
whole.
Friday-Peel, cut in thin 5lces length
wise, sprinkle with pepper and salt
and fry in butter
Saturday-Potatoes boiled in their
Jackets.
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Abraham Brown, on Winterton, N.
Y, had very remarkable experience
he says: doctors got badly mixed
up over me; one said heart disease;
two called it kidney trouble; the 4th
blood poison, and the fifth stomach
and liver trouble; but none of them
helped me; so my wife advised try
ing Electric Bitters, which are re-
storing me to perfect health. One
bottle did me more good than all the
five doctors prescribed" Guaranteed
for blood poison, weakness and all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints
by J. G. Wannamaker Mfg Co, drug
gist, soc.