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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

months anyway, and to get rid OF Ever
ard before that suspicious occasion seems
a good thing in her eyes. She had not
failed to netie Everard's intent glance
at the girl as she came in. Everard is
always intently glancinG at some girl or
other, and then-coming back to her six
months is a short time. She had better
shunt him finally over this new girl"
so as to have him off the grounds be-
fore the Colonel puts in his next most
undesirable appearance.
"We were singing" says Dolly. "as
you came in. l hope it sounded like
that"
"But-go on, Dolly says Mr.. Nc
Grath, making signs to his sister and
frowning at her anxiously. What we
really wish to say, Miss O'Connell. is that
what you propose to say yourself, but
Go on, Dolly!
Il really shan't,' says Mrs. Clarence,
laughing. IT'S sometimes bad enough
what you want me to say is beyond me.
You must not mind my brother, Amber.
May l call you Amber? He is not re-
sponsible always for his actions"
Even as they laugh the door again
opens to admit someone. Someone who
puts an end to the laugh instanter. In
a word, Sir Lucien. 1t is 30 unlike him
to approach his guests at this hour, at
indeed any hour when he can decently
elude them, that even Mrs. Clarence, who
is equal to most things, stares as if a
irst-class. highly up-to-date spook stands
before her.
He advances up the room to where
Amber is sitting near May, careless Of
the queer little silence that has followed
his entrance. Everard and Hilary make
a pretense at conversation, making vlsor-
Gus efforts to get Mr.. McGrath to join
them in this attempt, but Owen scorns at
keeping up appearances; he even frowns
and winks: he waves them off, as it were.
He is indeed consumed with a fearful
joy-an undisguised curiosity as to what
The entrance of his host at this moment
may mean.
The tall, grim old man, lean and cruel
faced, but ~singularly handsome, has now
reached Amber's side. He had taken no
notice whatever of anyone else in the
room rs he walked up-and standing mo-
tionless, looks dow at the girl.
You are my nisce'-he pauses; the
pause is insulting-"I am told
Hilary makes n movement as if to go
to her. but Mrs. Clarence lays her hand
upon his arm. She is very clever. Am
Der rises slowly to her feet. Her face
is always SO clearly white that the lit
tie additional pallor that now grows upon
it is not sufficient to raise JOY in the
breast of the one who Is bent on embar-
RAISING her.
II really don't know" says Amber in
slow, even tones. You are my uncle
i am told !'-the pause is Identical
but how can l be sure?
Ito be continued.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

S~N

his words, l felt there was something in
them; something that you ought to
know"
Look here, Esther" he says, 1.-THE give
and take system is the honestest all round
the one | hang on to. Come III
make a proposition to you. If you will
help me to marry Amber, III take you
and Amber r I'd the jewels to Australia.
1t is a bargain ~ Esther was silent. She
turns again to her writing table and thus
conceals the terrible change that has come
over her face. He loves that girl! Am
Der. lie loves Amber. All here's
TIERS love for him all her care; all the
eager desire for his welfare that has led
her Through these jewcls) almost to the
verge of crime, is now to be cast aside.
Observation-Disclosures of that girls eyes, or
hair. or smile.
Well says he, grufly, having waited
quite a long time for her answer cant
you speak? Didn't you hear? It's an
offer that you ought to snap at"
"Well, so | do" says she at last, with
n strange laugh. Laughter is so unusual
a thing with her at any time that he
starcs at her for a moment, then lounges
out of the room.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

One is justified in putting the same
fest TO every demand of religious duty.
IF is certainly a non-religious act to
20 on doing things in the church or
in the name of religion without any
thought of their purpose or value; 1t
may be an irreiigious act. Many a
person is stunning his religious devel'
opment by doing acts of religion With
out the religious motive.
If you urge a boy to go to Sunday
school, and he answers: 80, what's de
use%' would it not be better, instead
of forcing him into involuntary COM
pliancc with your sense of religious
duty, to fairly face his question and
discover if there is any value, any use,
any sufficient service in this which
you urge him to do?
We have no moral right to so
through any mechanical round of per-
formanrcs blindly making these mo-
tions. performing these rites, mumbl1nS
these words, simply because u faith
ers in the flesh did these things, or
our fathers in the faith us
to do them. There is nothing of faith
in unthinking %routines, even in the
name of religion.
Certainly here no clear or worthy
answer can come from the test or
commercial standards. We must see
life all the way around before we may
know whether the high path pays. Is
the whole world the richer for the life
that pays the great price for living:
Is the gain to the individual in strength
and beauty of life worth the cost!
Surely we know that all this life OF
thiu.S drpcndS on the dynamic of the
world of thought. that only a life In
SDircd by mobile ideals can do even the
least piece of work in a worthy man
ncr. 1t is the pursuit of some ideal
that gives proficiency in every calling
it is the~pursuit of thc ideal life that
gives power i'll the art Of living.
1t is easy to see how it pays to dig
bitches. or to sell goods. Are we SO
blind that we cannot see both the joy
and the profit Of the life that is lived
for the supreme aims, the life that
gladly loses the shadow for the sub
stance, the things that perish for those
that endure, that picty is not seek
ing out the painful side of life, but 1t
is living for life itself rather than for
its tools or its meals, that no price
you can pay is too/great for the prize
of full living?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

above the sidewalk. 1t will be twice as
high as the Flatiron and just a few
feet shorter than the Singer building.
The New York hall will house prac-
tically all the city departments and
leave % floors to be rented by the city
as Offices. 1t is expected they will bring
in $500, OCO in rentals annually. French
renaissance is the type, with exterior
columns. Steel and stone is to be the
construction. a peculiar feature of the
building will be that all the rooms will
be outside rooms and no interior light
court will be needed.
New York's municipal skyscraper
will differ from the ordinary ones in
that it will not depend upon its tower
for it's great height. The height to the
roof of the main structure is to be 30
feet. From the roof to the head Of the
figure on the tower is q distance of 2l0
feet s inches. The figure will be TX
feet high and the diameter Of the clock
face is to be % feet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
CHAPTER X.-tContinucd.)

A# SIlil IIlt Al IUutIHutu.p
Now they belong to nobody says he,
with quite extraordinary pleading. In
his heart he knows they belong to Sir
Lucicn, but sometimes it is impossible
to be too honest. And that Old miser
can wait for these until lie gets the rest,
Come up out OF this dismal place"
Outside they part, bat when they havc
gone a step or two, he stops and comes
to her again.
1T is nothing says he, uncertainty,
only, n little while ago | said our az
quaintance was but a short one. want
to take that back. | want to tell you
that | feel as if l had known you for
ever, and''-slowly-"and only YOU"
Tears rise in her eyes. She gives him
her hand silently. Raising his hat, he
stoops aud presses his lips to it. Their
eyes meet. She is seeing him through a
misty veil-he is seeing her as he has
never seen woman before! Oh! the dear,
sad, sweet little face!
lie would have held her, but she shakes
her head. and without q word goes swift
ly from him. Her steps have turned to-
wards her home, that bleak, melancholy
old house on the top of the hill. And
without so much as one backward glance,
she disappears from his view.
"She might have looked, even once"
says he ~disappointedly, when the last turn
of the last corner has been passed by
the all too swift feet of his beloved. ut
wouldn't have been so much"
But how could he know that the tears
were running 50 fast down her cheeks
that she dare not turn, that she does not
dare even to raise her handkerchief to
stay them, lest he read the action rightly
and come back TO her.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
HOW TO RESTORE
A DROWNING MAN.

Here is a simple and effective way to
restore a drowning man:
The man should be stood on his head in
order that all the water possible be got
ten from his lungs. The old method Of
rolling him on a barrel is not a bad one
for the same purpose.
Then an effort should be made to in
duce artificial respiration. TO this end
put the person fiat on his back and let
some one catch hold of his arms just be-
low the elbow.
Then raise the arms above the head
and bring them down.
As they reach the body, press in on the
ribs to force out the air gained by lift
ing the arms.
Keep this up at the rate of IS times a
minute.
Then try to get the heart to moving by
giving a stimuIant like liquor or a hypo-
dermic injection.
Sometimes a slight huttering Of the
heart is sufficient to get back life.
Get a physician as soon as possible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
RELIC OLE OLD LoUIsBuRa.

Harvard Cross that PcppcrcIl's
Men Brought from Stronghold.
In a closet in the library at Harvard
college is stored one of the few exist
ling relics Of the campaign of Sir Will
lam Pepperell and his New Englanders
against the French stronghold of Louis
burg, In the year 1745.
This relic lis an iron cross that is be-
lieved to have adorned a church In Lou
fsburg. How 1t came into the posses
sion of Harvard is not known at this
time, as no antiquarian has ever taken
the trouble, 1t appears, to establish Its
history. since it became a college pos
session.
About sixty years ago John l.. Sib-
ley, then librarian at Harvard, found
the cross in u lot of discarded articles
stored In one of the smaller ~balldings
on the college grounds. 1t was marked
with q tag, on which was written the
statement that the cross was brought
from Louisburg by n of Peppcrells
soldiers. Mr.. Sibley attempted to trace
the history OF the relic in order to dis
cover under what circumstances, and
by whom, 1t was presented to the col
aege. but. 30 far as his successor knows.
HE made no Roadway in his quest.
In 1s4l, shortly after It's discovery by
mr.. Sib1ey. the cross was stored in a
small building that stood back Of the
Charles River National Bank, near the
college. The building was burned in
l645, and the cross was found In Its
ashes, unchanged except for slight pit
ting caused by the heat.
Taken in hand by Justin Winsor,
then librarian, the cross was given a
heavy coat OF gliding, such as 1t had
borne originally, and was fixed to the
-eAst wall OF Gore Hall. in the library
Jbuilding. Here 1t remained for many
years, until alterations made Its remoy-
~ from the wall necessary.
Il wa next stored In the cellar Of
ithe library, remaining there until the
yAarly sos when II was firmly fixed In
IT, stons peak Of the gable over tho
entrance to the library. Here 1t re-
amained m object Of interest to all who
.eaW II. and heard OF its origin until
October, 1896, when some mischievous
-perspn broke 1t on near the base and
carried L away.
No trace OF the thief was obtained,
ard hops OF securing the return OF the
esllc Wa given up, when, In the night
- Jan. !, 1897, the Cross was returned
- the roof Of the library portico and
Dlaced at the base Of the gable, prob
4ably ~ ths person who took It away
boston Globs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
zkMWj
.NfN

A delegation of French leather workers
Is making a toor of American factories.
Hebrew painters and paperhangers of
Boston, Mass, are reforming their old
union.
San Francisco (Cal.) Building Trades
Council has organized an athletic asso-
citation.
Carpenters of the City of Mexico have
organized a labor union affiliated with
the A. +. of L..
More union car men are wearing the
union button in Chicago to-day than ever
before in the history of the organization.
White and negro longshoremen at New
Orleans, La, have signed a fve-year con-
tract with the stevedores and steamship
agents.
A seeding organization from the Broth
erhood of Railroad Employees has taken
the name of Brotherhood of Railroad
Station Employees.
The railway trackmen are planning for
the establishment of a home for their
aged and INDECENT members 1t is pro-
posed to acquire a tract of 800 acres near
Fort Scott, Kan, as the location for the
institution.
st. Paul Typographical Union has de-
| cided to make a label exhibit at the Min
nesota State fair, and will ask the Mime
| apelis union to join with it. Last year
the st. Paul men made a label display
which was very creditable.
In New York State a bill which takes
from the health boards of the first-class
cities the inspection Of mercantile estab-
| lishments and places it in the hands of
the responsible labor department was
passed at the extraordinary session of
the Legislature and will go into effect on
OCT. 1.
The next convention of the Interna-
| tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders will
be held during the second week in June,
| 1910, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Cleveland (England) ironstone miners
have decided to press for a ~ o'clock
| Saturday: thae is, that operations shall
cease at the mines at II o'clock on
| Saturdays instead of / o'clock, but no
| stoppage of work is likely to result if the
masters refuse to make this alteration.
There has been no general strike of the
Cleveland ironstone miners for more than
thirty years.
Initial steps are being taken by the Ca
madam Pacific TOWARD securing the army
of harvest laborers that is called for from
the West every year. Advices from Men
treal indicate that $4,000 men will be
needed. Large crops are indicated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
rev e Keep water Cola.

sHaving tried 1t, I recommend ths
following mode Of keeping Ice waterfor
q long time a common pitcher" says
Z writer In Woman's Home Companion.
NPlace between two sheets OF thick
Drown paper q layer or cotton batting
about half al inch In thickness; fasten
tie ends OF the paper and batting to-
Gether, forming n circle. then sew or
paste a crown over one end. making Il
box the shape OF a stoveplpe hat Minus
che rim. Place this oyer an ordinary
pitcher filed with ice water, making 1t
deep enough to rest on the table SO as
to exclude the air, md you will lie as
tonished to see the length Of time that
the Ice will keep AID the water remain
cold after all tlie ice has melted"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
GOOD OLD FRISCO.
Beautiful City S~prinGinE With In
credible Svviftuess From Ruins.

Beautiful City SprinEinE With In
credible Svviftuess From Ruins.
S. L. Booth, general agent Of the
passenger department of the Union Pa.
cilic in San Francisco, in discussing the
progress of the rehabilitating of that
city, says:
1T is now twenty months since San
Francisco experienced the most de-
Structive fire Of either ancient or mod
ern times, and the vast amount of
work accomplished in that time has as
| founded not only visitors, but our own
people. Many predictions were made
as to the time necessary to make even
a she wing in the vast ruins which lay
! on every hand the most sentimental
among us guessing five years., while
conservative business men said ten,
twenty or more, but they all CAV too
little credit to the indomitable energy
which nerynded the citizens Of San
Francisco in every walk Of life with
a desire as tercely burning to rebuild
as the element which consumed our
fair city. The city is in reality as far
advanced as the most sanguine thought
it would be in five years, and at the
same rate of progress another year
will wipe off all the scars. Over $4,000
buildings were destroyed by fire. Since
then over 6,0OO have been completed
and about 5000 more are under way.
This shows about 80 per cent of restor-
alton. The value of the new buildings
oo~~orN,& o~ >,{1or 0P e10Q NM mn
while it is estimated the value Of the
$4,000 destroyed was $106, 100000,
showing our new buildings to be ap-
proximately three times as good as the
old ones.
$50 great was the volume of sup
plies for rebuilding and r~eplenishing
the temporary stores that almost i'm
mediately the railroad lines were COM
pletely swamped and utterly unable to
handle the freight. Then came strikes
of all kinds; claims from rival cities
on the coast that San Francisco had
the dreaded bubonic plague; and to cap
the climax our mayor and city "a
theirs were charged with plundering as
right and left while the ashes were yet
hot.
"The north end of the town, which
was completely wiped out by the IRE,
has been rebuilt so solidly that, NO
trace Of the fire is 10Y visible In that
section. In the Mission, or southern
end of the town, equal energy has been
displayed.
1.-THE only section which has been
slow In rebuilding is north Of Market
street, where, prior to the Are, there
was a number of fine houses. This ID
owing to the fact that these parcels Of
land are held in small holdings by
people Of moderate means, and being
within the fire limits, they are unable
to obtain the necessary capital to put
up expensive buildings, as required BY
law.
There is a movement on foot for q
Greater San Francisco taking in the
towns within a radius of fifteen miles
This would give San Francisco a pop
ulation # 100000. and it would thus
actually place her in the position SHIT
nominally occupies. of the fourth larg
est city in the United States"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
II Hudson, Wis, by a vote Of 4 tc

AT Hudson, Wis, by a vote of 4 to 4
the city council decided against issuing
$4,000 bonds to build a coal gas plant.
One member was absent, and the tie de-
feated the, proposition, the mayor having
no vote under the present charter. At
the spring election Hudson citizens decid-
ed by a vote of 467 to 1913 to erect q gas
plant, but the 6nal decision had to b.
male b the city council.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
CHAPTER XIII.

Amber, following the footman across
the great stone hall to the drawing room,
is conscious that her heart is sinking
within her. Why had she not told May
the exact hour she would drive over?
as,hhers she wenla have been met by some
one, by--at all events by May.
Mrs. Clarence has come forward and
made friends with her in a very CHAIR
ing fashion. 1t has occurred to Mrs.
Clarence that she n. useful. Col.
ClArsacs y coming home withis ok
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

peGr1-It was a fashionable June
wedding. Three columns were given
ever - Z description OF the bride.
Ruby-Gracious! And did the bride
ET00m attract much attention?
Peari-A little. He was mentioned
~AmOnx those present"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Almost -ConEcaied

Eva-And you really think he loves
you?
Edna-I know 1t. Didn't he propose
on his knees?
Eva-Oh, that's nothing! Many low
ers do the same.
Edna-Yes, but he proposed while
strapping on my skates and his knees
were OF the ice twenty minutes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Trae rest.

sae-EEas Dc Piunk's wedding q
larger affair than the ~Sweclenis'f
He-Yes. De Plunk's had fifty de-
tectives to watch the presents, whereas
SSweelenis' enlyf a sorty-fouT datoe
tvss to watch theirs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
SHORT METER SERMONS.

selfshness is the suicide of happi-
ness.
The divine is not discovered by def
milton.
Virtue is the moral fiber that comes
from soul struggle.
Thinking l~itterlv Of others strikes q
blow at my own heart.
Our naighl;ors are rct lifted up by
Locking III, their records.
lie who spreads himself In prayer is
not likely to rise In it
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
Il CITY A L
New York to Have a 34-Story Munic-
inal Bujldinp Costing 81, OOO 600

ipal Building Costing $7,ooo,oo
The New York board of estimates and
Mayor Mcclellan are now passing mai
ly on plans for the highest city hall IN
the world. This 34-story building, to
cost $1,000, 600, will stand in the TRAN
gle of Park Row, Center and Duane
streets, and tower 800 feet s inches
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-02-27
FARM NOTES.

It is very often beneficial to pull
Doth the fight and tail feathers that
Are slow in molting. 1t seems to
have a magical effect in changing the
condition of the bird.
At this time of the year the best
Of attention should be given the stock.
Noting is often the stumbling block
for the young fanc:er. due to the lack
Of proper care.
The bath must not be forgotten; II
is probably more necessary now than
At any other time.
It is good plan to add a few
drops of tincture of iron to the drink
ing water.
To stop breeding during the mott
Ing period, separate the sexes this
month.
No better time than now to give
| the loft a good coat Of whitewash.
BE kind and gentle in handling
stock.
| NIX cccnmcn sense with your meth
DDS, and you will save much trou
bic.
Keep the pigeons from worrying
Regularity in feeding will prevent it
Fresh water in filthy drinking yes
sells does not improve matters much
Take pride in keeping things tidy
and do everything in a systemati'
manner.
i The good qualities Of birds are de
monstrated by the amount Of atten
ton and care given them.
/ Have every fixture Of the loft moy
able, so that it can be readily cleane
from lice and dirt.
Study and care, not luck and larg
talk, are the elements of success i
the pigeon loft
Don't crowd fifty pairs of bird
where twenty-five pairs can scarcel
live.
We prefer a good roofing paper
shingles for the roofs Of pigeo
houses-Froln Pigeons for Profit
in the Farm .Jo,,rra1
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-02-27
DEPOSITS FROM Stoo UP TAKEN.
FULL INFORMATION

A small boy, who had recently pass
ed his fifth, birthday, was riding en
a suburban car with his mother, when
they were asked the customary cues
ton: How old Is the boy?" After
being told the correct age, which
did not require a fare, the conductor
passed on to the next passenger.
The boy sat quite still, as if pond
er;ng over some question, and then.
concluding that full information had
not been given, called loudly to the
conductor, tLen at the other end oi
the car:
'sAnd mothers thirty-one! !"-Moth
cr's Magazine.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-02-27
"A Prayer.

Grant, we beseech Thee, o Lord.
the Giver and Guide of all reason,
that we may always be mindful of the
nature, of the dignity, and of the
privileges Thou hast honored us with.
Grant us Thy favorable assistance in
the forming and directing our judg-
ment, and en1ighten us with Thy
truth, that we may discern those
things which are really good, and
having discovered them, may love
and cleave steadfastly to the same
And, finally, disperse, we pray Thee
those mists which darken the eyes OF
our mind, so that we may have per-
feet understanding, and know both
God and man, and what to each is
due. - Simplicius (translated by
George Stanhope, Dean Of Canter.
bury, 1704).
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-02-27
AN EXTRA TABLE

An extra table comes in very handy
IN small kitchen or living apart
ment. A good way to obtain this
without permanent loss cf space Is
to have broad shelf attached to tho
wall by means of hinges Two legs
may also be attached by hinges 1D
the edge of shelf. They can he fold
ed up and the shelf Let dnwn zgaInse
the> wall when not In use Such n
table would also be found EwFy use-
iul on the piazza by ztrzchIng fo
the side CT the house; III tEsat case
it should be painted the cuynE OK ths
touse.-Boston Post.