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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
He Needed Advice
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Billlter and Thornby went down In
the elevator together, as they general
" did.
They were pretty chummy In the OF
Zee, though they didn't seem to have
much in common, Thornby being a rath-
er spruce Individual whose CONVERSE
lion was mostly on the gayeties of life
and who often brought a suitcase to the
office, while Billiter was serious, pre-
maturely bald and totally without So
sial ambition. This particular evening,
Instead Of turning south as usual, Bill
liter took his friends arm and said he
believed he would walk a little way
With him.
81 wanted to ask your advice on q
little matter, Thornby," he said. .sThat
lie, lf you'll promise not to laugh at
me-
Il hope you know me better than to
think I would dream of It" said Thorn
".
.sYou know all about women" began
Billlter.
"Oh, Gomez
II mean you NSSOclate more OF less
With them and know all about barn
iances and cotillons and things, and l
,uppose you know how to %ingratiate
yourself-cr-at least, you know how
you would go about it If you wished
q cultivate the acquaintance OF any
,artfcular young woman. I wouldn't,
you know. Really"
ssYou're Joking" said Thornby.
you're just trying to lead me on and
shen you'll spring enc of those gags Of
yours on me- I know YOU,
III assure you I haven't the least In
lention OF such a thing" said Billiter.
I've never paid any particular atten-
Non to ladies, but I'm a-you see, |
don't Just know what you would call n.
polite attention and what would have
\ certain significance"
(which variety Of attention do you
xant to pay?' asked Thornby. "Do yon
want to be polite without compremis-
ing yourseiffs
Il should like to make myself agree
able,s replied Billtter, blushing slight
b. II shouldn't want to be considered
pfensive. I should ike to convey the
fact that l am interested in a certain
1efSeE
~see here" said Thornhy IF o
want me to tell you ANYTHING OK dive
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
OLD LOVE LETTERS.

a|E
Shed been up in the attic,
This little wife of mine,
A-rummaging and tumbling,
For what I can't divine.
But suddenly ! noticed
A silence weird and strange,
And wondered what had happened
To cause this pensiye change.
Tor quite an hour | listened,
And then, alarmed, l stole
Up to the lonely chamber,
My conscience to console.
And, well, would you believe it?
I found her reading low,
Love letters that / wrote her
Some fourteen years ago!
Her face was wreathed in bushes,
Her dreamy eyes half closed;
Mer heart was beating wildly
You'd thought I'd just proposed.
S.roxn round her were those tokens
That SPOKE from heart to heart;
Good saints! what founts of passion,
A. faded sheet will start.
Truth
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

James may be related here. After the
war, travelling In Tennessee. he found
the widow OF an old comrade. It hap
pened that a mortgage upon her home
was to be foreclosed that day, and she
was ~momentarily expecting the Sherif
and the money lender. The sum she
needed was $500. Jesse had this with
him, but NO more, and he was far from
home. but he gave It to her. Then he
secfeted himself by the roadside, watch
ed the officials and the lender arrive
and depart. and stepping from ambush
with ;eveled pistols. made them dis
gorge the entire amount, with which he
went on HIS way, happily having saved
the Widows home at the cost OF d tri-
hing Inconvenience not In itself dIsa-
greeable.
When fully launched upon his crlmi-
nal c0urse, Jesse had with him Bill An
derson, the Centralia butcher. and four
Of the Younger brothers, as well as
some others, including his own brother
Frank. Frank has been for many years
now a reputable, law-abiding individ-
ual. He always lacked initiative. AMI
never had a 1.-THE Of the singular abil-
'fty of Jesse. The first act known 10
have been committed BY the gang was
the robbery of A hank Mt CeryaeR, Iowa
a bold and open raid, which the per
petrat0rs announced to a gathering Of
citizens as they rode away, firing their
pistols. In July. 1873, they robbed a
train on the c.. r Il & n near Council
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
A-grlcaltnra. Hints.

II You wish to raise a good crop OF
bachelors buttons, it wfll first be neces-
sary to see that there are no widows
weeds in the vicinity.
A good hayrake has about fifteen
teeth-dependent, Of course, on the
nge OF the rake.
Do not drain of your swamp land.
Plant tadpoles and raise frogs, and
the hops to Milwaukee. Here we
may say that the hop Is somewhat
larger than the skip, though not SO
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

OF charitable institutions that builds up the feeling of
brotherhood among men, The poor man resents our con-
dcsrension. He does not want that or your gold he
wants recognition of his manhood. The shop girl wants
you to honor her womanhood; TO respect her In the task
in which she is toHing and suffering. You can do much
to make That task easier and create an atmosphere in
which she and you can move alike as members Of the
same divine society and fellow soldiers under Christ.
This brings into view the relation of the church to
these great social problems. You and. / somehow or
other must bring the man who works with his hands to
recognize his place. his right, his office, his calling, in
the church of God. The first business Of the church
is to place her houses of worship Mt the service of the
people who work with their hands and then In the life
of the church to encourage that spirit which will help
US to understand and to serve 1t. There is but one way
to do that. Instead Of turning to any ism of the hour
or theory of social reconstruction, or any new philosophy
which undertakes to re-create society upon theories
which are essentially barbaric in their nature, you and
l must go back and look into, the face of the Master and
find In Him the secret of our service and our triumph.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

you any advice, suppose you stop beat
ling about the bush and tell me the
whole story
I'VE told YOU everything" said Bill
liter. It's a lady In whom I am In
terested. | may say deeply interested.
It's rather remarkable. too, because
such a thing never happened to me be.
fore. I want to know what is usually
done In such cases"
"All sorts of fool things" said Thorn
by. 1T all depends on how much Of an
idiot a man is"
Il do wish that you would be serious.
It's a serious matter to me. What first
steps would you recommend? II you
want moro particulars II give them to
you. The lady lives in the same house
with me and eats at the same table,
fellow boarder, In fact. She is extreme
~. attractive and received a great deal
Of attention from, one or two of the
other gentlemen-that is, they talk to
her a great deal and seem to seek her
society. I don't talk much, you know.
But she has been very nice to me. In
fact, I may say that she has shown me
some preference. l hope that doesn't
sound vain?"
"Not a bit Of It," said Thornby.
"Good for you. What more do you
want, though?"
II want to show her as delicately as
possible-to imftate-the fact is. I
get nervous and l have rather avoided
her of late. Not because I want to, but
because I am naturally bashful. And
when l say that she prefers me 1 don't
mean that she has a thought Of any
thing but friendship. l am not SO pre-
sumptuous as that. But I thought |
might in time IL I were careful build
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

pressed on you in childhood and do not agree with the
life that you and the people around you are living.
Trust yourself when in your soul is heard, not the
wish to excel others, to distinguish yourself from 9th.
ers, to be more powerful, more important, or more IA
nous, or to be saviors of men, freeing them from the
evil organization Of life, but trust yourself when the
chief desire of your soul is to he better yourself; / will
not say to perfect yourself, for in self-perfecting there
is something personal, something gratifying to self-love.
but 1 will say, to make yourself such as the God desires
who gave us life, to disclose in yourself the principle.
like unto Him, which is in us, and to live 'godly," as the
peasants say.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

! know ! will die Knowing" They diis
not Kill her. A little later she was
taken to Jail In Liberty, and there, with
her daughter, subjected to hardship aud
grossest insults. She was d Southern
sympathizer and, far from denying the
fact, gloried In It. In a community
atlame with excitement and prejudice,
growing accustomed to every express
sion of violence, this was offending
enough.
Slaughter OF TrOOps.
1t was enough, too, to drive Jesse
from the perils of his threatened home
into the ranks of the Quantrell guerril-
las. There he found himself among
Incl nttingly described MS crossed be-
tween Ilghwaymen and tigers. He was
q smooti-faced boy, yet soon there was
not Que Of his comrades Il more dan
Scrous fighter. lie was as good a rider
rs ans. Il better shot than any, ami
the feroclty that had slumbered Within
hin was reused to a pitch that made
linn aa deinoniac as the rest OF the inl-
u;;!tous brotherhood Of butchery.
The exploits Of the guerrillas, In
which Jesse soon took active part,
were almost beyond belief In their
reckless daring, their frenzied brutal
itv. Ihe affair at centralia Illustrates
the n~ctuatiny spirit. One day-it was
September "a. lS8f-n train bearing
t%wenty-four Federal soldiers rolled into
the little station Upon the platform
.;yynftad Pill Audpps0n ono NJ Oman.
treli's most savag followers, and
enough Of his associates to overawe the
soldiers. The twenty-four were march
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

essary to study the atomic systems and the tremendous
energies that work within them. Science may be on the
eve of capturing these energies, whose existence was un-
suspected, and thus render unnecessary the mining Of
coal. The scion of science who finds the means of eco
nomically liberating the forces that matter contains al
most instantly wiz change the face of the world. An
illimitable source of energy being gratuitously ut the dis
posal of man, he would not have to procure 1t by severe
labor. The poor would be the equals Of the rich, and the
social questions no longer would be agitated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

disappears. Women ought to be proud Of all the trouble
they take in this matter. 1t is no easy thing to dress
well. There Is such a thing as martyrdom for coquetry.
Woman will smile and chatter, be graceful, and delight
everyone around her, while all the time she is suffering
fortunes in her tight dress and can hardly breathe. She
does not allow anyone to discover thistle strict dis
cipiine to which coquetry condemns her.
The world would be dull, sad and gloomy without CO
quetry, which, in spite of a frivolous appearance, has In,
troduced into social life one serious and most Important
thing-the pleasure and the happiness of living.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
MAD CAREER OF
BANDIT JESSE JAMES
Death Of His Stcpfather Recalls
Memories Of Americas Most
Desperate Outlaw.
Was A SLAYER AND RoBBER.
outrages Upon His Family Incited
Him to Deeds Of Maniacal
Fury.

Recently the death Of DR.. Reuben
Eamuels, Of Missouri, has been ail-
,nounced In a line. To the majority of
nifcance. Yet Doctor Snnuels was q
figure In the guerilla warfare that
made Of Missouri and Kansas settings
for the bloodlest n bitterest strife
ever waged by banded assassins- Sam
uels was, however, Il passive figure, the
accidental center or affairs In which he
took no part. Conflict waged about
him, Its fiery pillows surging up to the
threshold OF his home. For lie WINS The
husband OF the mother OF Jesse James.
4 woman with the heart of a ~lioness,
loving her W with nm intensity as
fierce al the hatred she felt for her
enemies.
The death OF Doctor Samuels recalls
the mad career OF Jesse, as Intrepid q
freebooter as ever murdered ard
robbed; a man who for years, moving
IN I community where everybody knew
there was 4 price on his head, never
dlnched In the presence OF danger.
James was q man OF curious p%aradoxes.
H was strong In friendship, terr:9..
u~nreleriing In battle, whether under
the black nag OF Quantrell or warning
on the society that had made him nn
outlaw. 10 his mother he was always
kind and affectionate; to his wife d
model husband. Els children found III
him, ~s0#farSas their tender senses could
appreciate, every Desirable element OF
1atherho0d. For q long time be as
eumed the name OF Howard. There was
no better citizen than sMr. Howard.
no more thoughtful neighbor. Shortly
before he was. killed there had been d
municipal procession In st. Joseph,
marking = local event. At the head IF
the parade was a platoon OF police.
Immediately behind the police rode
Jees0 James o n a FLOODED horse, his
little boy Jesse held before him. Such
were the schances the bandit took.
Theirs have been attempts to exalt
16GSe Jaines. That he was driven into
tho hard school OF Quantreil must be
admitted. His mother was a native of !
kontucky. and when the mutterings of
e1viiwar were Arst sympn-
tnlsg were with the South. So were
those Of Doctor 'Samuels. In these sym
Dathies # was but natural that the boy
M0nld share. Quantrell's guerrilla or
D~ani4ation Ind operated before the dec
laxat1on o& war It wa 4 sinister
Qxoun, wholly without mercy. hideous
T. II Inethods. tt members made up OF
eccial renegades stepped In crime, and
ooct upon revenge.
Qaan1rsll,s n~usrr1llas.
ouantrell had ! grievance against
Qf the maurauders Of the border.
s0ekor4 had sworn to kill all the Fed
ekalD they could In reprlsaI against
eutsages committed BY Vmpathixers
witA ~ cause q the North. ~ Guam
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
P WITHIN BOUNDS.

Young People In Virginia In Chief
Justice MaFshnll's Day,
In an old biography of Chief Justice
Marshall there Is an anecdote whlca
gives a significant hint Of the discI-
pline to which young people were sub.
ject In that earlier day.
Several Of the great jurist's nleces
were In the habit OF visiting him, and
as they We're young and attractive the
house became q rendezvous for the
leading young men Of the city during
the afternoons. Judge Marshall's black
major domo. old Uncle Joseph, held i
tight rein upon tkcse visitors. Every
day at 4 o'clock he would appear Mt
the door Of the drawing room in spot
less livery and With a profound bow
would announce:
Ladies. his honor the chief Justice
has retired to his room to prepare for
dinner.
Gentlemen, dinner will be served at
half past 4 o'clock. 1t Is now 4. Els
honor will be pleased IL you will re-
main, and covers have been laid for
you at the table. II you cannot re.
main, will you permit the young ladies
to retire to prepare for the meal?"
The gentlemen usually took their
leave, ana the ladies retired in an III
humor, but any remonstrance with Jo-
seph was only answered by 1T is the
rule Of the house. Young folks must
kept within bounds"
In Virginia houses Of the better class,
Notwithstanding their almost bound
less hospitality, the calls Of young men
In that day were etrictly held within
limit. No one was received as 1 7lsitor
to an unmarried girl unless his ante
cedents and character were well known
to her parents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
~ Bait.

Mrs. A. cover phone)-Can you send
me up a cook to-day, MI. Dwyeri Head
OF Intelligence Ofice-Sorry | can't ac-
commodate you, Mrs. A., but we have
only nj In the Office. Mrs. A--But
why mayn't I have her? Head Of In
t0llisence Ofice-Oh, we have to keep
hsr % 4 saDple!-Harper's Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
Intellectua1 Improvement.

"Elsie says she is going to improve
her mind and join a Browning class"
what on earth made her think Of
that?"
"She has to make some sacrifices, you
know, this Lent, and 1t was either join
Ing the Browning class or giving up
chocolate caramels, and she wasn't re-
ally equal to tiat"-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
what Cured His Cold.

Hicks-I see your cold is better this
morning.
Wicks-Yes, and I believe I've dis
covered a sure remedy for colds.
Hicks What is 1t?
Wicks-A collar button. / swallow
ed one last night in mistake for Z
quinine pill.-The Catholic Standard
and Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
woMAN,s coouErRY ADVANCES MANKIND.
BY PaOIO LOmbrOs0.

Feminine coquetry has one capital excuse;
its cause is entirely masculine. For the crav.
ing Of women for elegance. luxury in dress,
and their extravaganza In jewelry and other
ornamentation are merely an outcome of their
desire to please man, to attract his attention,
and conquer him. No wonder coquetry became
SO powerful an instinct with them. 1t IS the
most parSjStnnt h araotor;Stio II bordl, oyor
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
THE cHURcHs OBLIGATION TO woRK1NeMEN.
BY Bishop Henry c. Potter.

You and l, whether we are dis
posed to like the situation or not
and most Of us resent it as an in
snfferable impertinence are con-
fronted in this republic and in this
twentieth century with incomparably
the most tremendous problem in its
relation to the right construction of
human society with which the repub-
lie has yet had to deal, and that prob
lem is the problem of the unifica-
ton Of the ideas and sympathies and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
YOUNG PEOPLE TRUST YOURSELVES.
By Leo Toisfoi.

Trust yourselves, youths aud maidens who
are emerging from childhood, when first the
questions arise in your soul: What am 4?
Why do | exist? Why do all who surround
me exist? And chiefy-most agitating of ques,
tions-Am l and are all around me living as
We should do? Trust yourself then also when
the replies to these questions which suggest
themselves to YOU do not agree with those i'm
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

The citizens fought a good fight upon
jeorp'ng Tat tiic bank cashier had been
killed. Bill Chadwell, Clell Miller and
Charley Pitts We're shot to death ~
Bob and Jim Younger, with Jesse
james, were wounded. The wounded
Youngers, together with their brother
Cole, were captured and sentenced to
prison for life. Bob died In prison,
Cole n Jim were pardoned In 1901,
and a year later Cole committed sui
eide. Frank James managed to get the
injured Jesse into Dakota and away,
Killed by T~renchery.
Such a life as Jesse James led was
bound to culminate In tragedy. Gov
ernor Crlttcnden, Of Missouri, disguised
at the futile efforts of officers and de-
tectlves to take him, offered a reward
Of $4,000 for his capture. One Bob"
Ford, with his brother Charles, deter
mined to secure this sum. They had
won the confidence of the outlaw, the
solitary Instance, perhaps, In which his
Judgment OF men led him astray. These
boys had the freedom of the James
home. They were both there one warm
day in 1882. Because Of the heat Jesse
had removed coat and vest a~ndthenlaid
aside his arms, a lack Of pr~ecautlon he
had never before been known to exhib-
1t. Observing that a picture on tho
wall was askcw, he mounted a chair
to adjust 1t. This gave the Fords their
chance. They had edged between Jesse
James and the bed on which lay his
pistols. Bob then shot him In the back
of the head. There were a few gasps
and Jesse James, bandit and outlaw,
was dead. He lived Just long enough
to be gathered into the arms OF his
wife. The revolver that was used for
his undolng had been his own gift to
the man who used 1t. The Fords got
their money, a pardon from the Gov
crnor aud the detestatlon of even the
enemies Of Jesse James. Thereafter
they knew no peace. There was none
so mean as to extend a hand to them.
Charles Ford committed suicide in
Richmond. There were no mourners.
Bob Ford drifted to Colorado, became
an unwelcome habItue Of gambling
ENML E
halls and was shot In n drunken brawl.
For long there has hung in the Sam
ueIs home a framed scroll bearing this
inscription
In Loving Remembrance of my Beloved
Son
JESSE w. JAMES
Died April 8, 1882
Aged 81 years 6 months 20 days.
Murdered by a Traitor and Coward
Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear
Here.
Such Is a brief sketch OF Jesse
dauntless, desperate, brutal, q
soldier of vengeance, who warred upon
society, his hand against every man,
his legacy the memory of bitterness.
At once loving and merciless, the
strange n paradoxical product of
heredity and environment, 1t may be
said of him, "We never shall see his
like again." but in the saying there
can be no cadence of sorrow.-Henr5
James In Philadelphia Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

cause the difficulty probably would increase as dissocia-
tlon advances, yet to dissociate a small part would
suffice.
It Is In these atomic systems which were ignored for
10 long a time because Of their extreme minuteness that
we doubtless must look for the explanation Of some of
the mysteries that surround us. The Infinitely little may
contain the secrets of the Infinitely great It not only
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
nLIM1TABLE ENERGY OF THE ATOM.
By Gusfave Lebon.

Shall we some day succeed in liberating the
colossal force that lies within atoms? No one
can tell. Neither could one have told in the
time of Galvani that the energy which was
used with difficulty to witch the legs of a
frog and attract small fragments Of paper
one day would set in motion enormous railway
trains. Perhaps 1t always will be beyond our
noMcrS COMPLETELY to diSsOciate the atoms be-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

01SAAa1s
ouantrell had Z grievance against
ef the m~aurauderss Of the border.
s0ESoF9 had sworn to Kill All the Fed
eealo they could In reprisal against
seut1ASes committed BY W~mpathixers
Wtth IL cause q the North. AZ GUAM
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17

sN@See nere, saIu
WANT me to tell you ANYTHING OK givo
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-04-17
JESSE w. JAMES
Died April 3, 1882

Aged 81 years 6 months 20 days.
Murdered by a Traitor and Coward
Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear
Here.