Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

WIN HIS ScIuLn lueIdpy IIOlcSooX
Chantemesse, of Paris, claims that he
has in 1000 cases of typhoid fever re-
duced the usual mortality Of II per
cent to only Al per cent.
At the meeting of the Plomesgats
board of guardians the clerk reported
the death of George Smith, who, he
stated, had been an inmate Of the
~workhouse for more than seventy
years.-London Standard.
Every foreign observer believes that
the grand struggle between the
HAYES and the "Have-nots.' which
is to mark this century, viii be
fought out first Of all upon American
soil.-London Spectator.
Mrs. Tiny La Roux, a Boston girl,
claims to be the first woman in the
world to ride and propel an airship.
which Is her own property. Her BAH
loon ascensions are well known to
New England people, who have pro-
bounced them most successful. She 70
p little woman, weighing less than
l20 pounds.
r. +. Wilson, of Baggs, Colo, viii
file on n piece of ground on which IL
now located the Baggs cemetery. The
land belongs to the government WILL
sSn will, as soon as he acquires title
10 the land, turn it over to the city.
This will be the first time on record,
It is said, where a man homesteated
4 graveyard.
Abram Schaeffer, who resides near
Ellz~abethtown, Pa, made a vow in
1856 that If James Buchanan should
be elected President he would never
part with his mustache. Mr.. Shaeffer
was at that time In Baltimore. As
Buchanan was elected, the West Don
rgal man has not had a bare upper
lip in the last fifty-two years.
l am more than confirmed in the
impression I always get when l visit
Germany-the impression that b
1rill-sergeant pursues the German clt
zen from the army to all departmen9
pf life that the nation remains Q well
watched, well drilled and very docile
army inside invisible barracks and
submitting to iron discipline all the
moments Of its life.-T. P.'s Weekly.
Robert Sewell, Of Stidham, a Creek
Indian, is one of the most widelE
travelled men In Oklahoma, having
been in England and on the continent
If Europe, besides having claimed &
residence in both South America and
Australia. He has been around some,
md was absent from his country and
people more than twenty-five years.
He returned only two years ago, Just
4 In fi,on IN n1o Tn, 1,fs ri<rb+o &c - rroa1~
.itizen.-Kansas City Times.
An old-time spelling bee was held
at the Carnegie Hall, in Bryan, Tex,
between the Ladies' Aid Society OF
The Baptist church and the Home
Mission Society of the Methodist
Church. Mrs. J. Webb Howell was
captain OF the Baptist side and Mira
Matte Hall captain Of the Methodist
side. There were about twenty-five
contestants to each side. The Meth
Ddist ladies' won the contest, having
two spoilers up when all the Baptists
went out and down.
They have a drastic way OF curing
rarelessness on the part of railway
employees in France. Last August 4
child of 8. Emile Remilly, travelling In
a train with his parents, fell from
the coach, the door of which had not
been properly hut at the last station,
st. Cyr, and lost both his legs. The
st. Cyr station master has been SEN.
fenced to two months imprisonment
and the Western railway will have
to pay $1,000 damages as well as m
annuity of $1,000 to the boy.
Taxicabs in London, as In New
York, are a marked success, and the
hanson is being crowded out, reports
say. Although scarcely a year has
passed since these swift moving AR
riages appeared, the capital already
invested in London taxicabs is SO,
100000. There are 75s taxicabs N
the streets, 1900 taxicabs on orde1
and LOO licensed drivers. There are
eight London taxicab companies, ths
average days earnings of a cab be
ing $11.2O. The average cost 4
s1,7O3.
During the recent Mississippi gube4.
%natorial campaign the Hon. Jeg Truly
was one of the unsuccessful aspiranta
for the majority suffrage Of hts faJ
low-citizens. Prohibition doctrines fig,
ured in the struggle and seemed verJ
important to a Methodist mtnistar
Brother Truly" said the minister, Il
want to ask you a question Do you
ever take n drink Of whiskyr' "Bef6
I answer that" responded the wary
Brother Truly, Il val to know
whether it is an inquiry or an fnv4
tationY"
AT the melting Of the Plomesgatl
Insomnia is the not unco9nnon fxt(
{ Of the brain-worker who, aGter yeari
: Of continuous mental strain. rsttrel
. from active life. II reason il titH
mental actisity demands a largo SUN
8 ply of blood for the brain, and tn.
: blood vessels gradually accommodate
I themselves to this large supply. Bul
r when the hard work Is over. tho brat1
does not always realize that il need
!: less n~ourishInent, and hence tha con
! dition of excessive mental actiyit
!. which is what insomnia k.-Londos
Mail.
Judge alum, of &C &c Hayana,e nn1
: regional courts, fined the manasa
ment of the Alblsu Theater $50 q fey
: days ago for violating the ordinanc