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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

the vulgarity of giving ~pretentious din
ners, and the value OF true economy,
the" ~.
Doesn't your father agree with your
views?' l interrupted, to spare myself
a further list of headings.
Papa? My dear, he's awful a mere
bon vivant. He eats four courses for
dinner"
Moderate man! My father has
SEVEN"
"And he seemed quite vexed when !
changed it to two"
what did he say"
Il never repeat that sort of thing
said Norma sedately. II mean to
change things gradually. 1 tent cook
away yesterday and one of the house
maids, aud / am shutting up several
of the larger bedrooms, as don't mean
to entertain, excepting, of course, my
monthly debating society. l give them
tea, at least we call it tea
Mice and cheap / murmured.
Eyes, we only have wholemeal bread
and milk, and there are apples if any
II wants them-appies are both whole
some and nourishing."
"And usually soul or woolly, too
eff they are sour, they can be bak-
ed
Aren't you going to entertain al
The Towers this summerY' l presently
asked.
mo said Norma. ct is to be a
real rest for papa and for me, | shall
take my debating society down for
the day next month"
isn't Gwen comingy" I asked. II
thought she said your father had asked
her. My cousin. Gwen Randall
added in answer to a puzzled look.
NO" said Norma. Papa did say
something about 1T. but to tell the
truth. Nell, l am not going to have
her. I know l ought not to say SO
to you; but she is not at all my style
"No,"I agreed, looking at the severe
little expression and the hideously I'M
becoming dressed hair and out-of-taste
dress. Il don't think she really is your
style!'
$50 why have herr" asked Norma
simply. II told papa I did not care
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

n is exactly ordered in all its phases.
After preliminary circuits Of the ring
In single file to.the ~discordant accom-
paniment Of flute and tambourine the
robed and turbaned dervishes COM
mence their turning. With arms out
stretched, the right palmAupward to
beseech blessings, the left depressed
to signify mercy bestowed, the head is
bent upon the right shoulder. The rap
i'd revolving upon the right heel is ef-
fected by employing the left toes as
motive power. AS the c~ircling accel-
crates, b long white skirts dilate I'M
til they stand out stiff after the man
ner of the ~attenuated' garment of tho
premiere danseuse. Very little space
is allotted to each priest, and it seems
strange that there are no collisions.
The dance ceases in an hour or 40
with the men exhausted.-TraveI Mag.
aZine
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF BRAINS.
Mas intellectual superiority Ex-
planned by Or. Edward splitter.

Naa's Intellectual Superiority Ex-
planned by Or. Edward Splitter.
a work that scientists in al parts
OF the civilized world have been await
ing with eagerness has just been issued
under the imprint of the american
Philosophical Society of philadelphia.
1t is a study of brains, by DR.. Ed
ward Anthony Spitzka, professor Of
general anatomy in Jefferson Medical
College, formerly demonstration of
anatomy in Columbia University, and
an authority of worldwide recognition
upon scientific study of the brain.
Omitting the scientific Technology,
some Of the most important OF DR..
SpitZka's statements may be thus ex-
pressed:
The white matter of the callosum, or
band connecting the hemispheres of the
cerebrum, in great measure determines
he quality of human intellect The
cerebrum is that portion of the brain
which lies in front Of the skull, and is
generally accepted as the seat OF the
mind. Heretofore the quantity of the
gray matter of the brain was supposed
to determine the fineness and useful
ness of the brain.
The fibers Of the callosrm are the
telephone wires connecting and asso-
ciating the brain ceAters. Disease or
injury in these is attended by profound
observation-disclosures or downright idiocy.
Contrast of the brain of Or. Joseph
Leidy with that of Prof, e. D. Cope
shows that it is possible not only to diff
ferentiate between the learned and the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
THE OLD RANCH DAYS.

~
At a point in the Dakotas, on the
%uralist, made to Yellowstone Park with
the President, they picked up the man
who had formerly beer foreman on
Mr.. Roosevelt's ranch and another
cowboy friend of the old days; and
they rode with the President in lis
private car for several hours. lie
vas as happy with them as a school
boy ever was in meeting old chuIDs,"
Mr.. Burroughs declares in his recent
book, Camping and T'ramping with
Roosevelt" He beamed with delight
all over
"The life which those men repre-
sented," continues Mr.. Burroughs, land
of which he had himself once formed
a part, meant 50 much to him 1t had
entered into the very marrow Of his
being. and I could see the joy of 1t
all shining in his face as he sat and
lived parts Of it over again with those
men that day. He dubbed with laugh
ter continually.
The men, 1 thought, seemed a little
embarrassed by his open-handed cor
duality and good-fellowship. He him
self evidently wanted to forget the
present, and to live only in the memory
OF those wonderful ranch days-that
free, hardy, adventurous life Upon the
plains. 1t all came back to him with
a rush when he found himself alone
with these heroes of the rope and the
stirrup.
'IIow much more keen his appre-
citation was, and how much quicker his
memory than theirs! He was con-
stantly recalling to their minds Incl
dents which they had forgotten, and
the names of horses and dogs that had
escaped them. His subsequent life, in
stead Of making dim the memory of
his ranch days, seemed to have made
it more vivid by contrast.
when they had gone, ! said to the
President, I think your affection for
those men is very beautiful
"THow could l help it?' he said.
"'Still, few men in your station
could or would go back and renew such
friendships
Then I pity them he replied. He
said afterward that his ranch life had
been the making of him. 1t had built
him up and hardened him physically,
and had opened his eyes to the wealth
of manly character among the plains
men and c%attlemen."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, the
OUNCES son of the novelist, emigratei
to Australia and died in Sydney at
stituency in the parliament of New
South Wales for six years. Once when
he was addressing the house in Sydney
he was again and again snappishly in.
terrupted by a member named WILLS.
At last Mr.. Dickens stopped to remark
"Mr. Speaker, my father coined a fam
GUS phrase, 'Barkis is wllltn.' Unde-
present circumstances l am strongly
tempted to reverse it and say, Willis
is barkin'." The house laughed and
the interruptions ceased.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
A Final Argument
~~~~~~


what a pity you can't come with
mee Gwen. 1 did SO want to go to
Homburg."
dearest, I would with. pleasure, but
I really can't'-and my cousin, Gwen
Randall, looked depreciatingly across
at me. ITO tell the truth, Nell, my
plans are rather unsettled just now.''
When a widow, and, moreover, a
young and pretty widow, tells you her
plans are rather unsettled, there is only
n further question to be asked.
"Wno is it, Gwen?"
She laughed a little consciously, and
then she blushed.
"Sir Richard Norton
won't you find the daughter rather
handful?" / asked-for l knew
Norma Morton fairly well.
"Why should II" asked Gwen. isn't
she nice? How old is she, by the way 2"
"She is barely eighteen and dread
fully spoiled, and has grown up with
views on every sort of subject. Have
you never met her?" l added in much
establishment. "
UWel SLOOh ueE lcdu. NO-IOL VI
ten. I have seen her once or twice.
and she seemed a pretty little thing. I
really hardly noticed her. 1 am not
over fond Of girls Of that age, and they
are very easily put in their place, but I
hops We shall be friends if I should"
she paused.
"Settle your plans" I said, laughing.
swell, I know Norma pretty well, and
I honestly think you will have your
work cut out"
II don't think So" said Gwen. 81
should be a delightful stepmother-al-
though, Of course, I shouldn't stand any
nonsense. If there was any trouble I
should send her back to school or let
her live with her aunt. But why
shouldn't we get on?"
"Well," I said, doubtfully, az 1 rose
to go, II don't see really why you
should not but it will depend a good
deal on what you call nonsense. l
think, Gwennie, from what 1 know Of
Sir Richards daughter, he really Is in
need Of a protector, and he could not
have a better one-for you, at any
rate, will make him happy"
Papa is really a great responsible
ity," said Norma Morton, puckering up
her pretty forehead.
Great" I agreed. land o really
ought to write a book on the Reforma-
ton of Fathers"
do you think so?" said Norma ea~
gerly. Eyes, 1 believe 1 could in fact,
I am writing a book now-no, not on
fathers" she added-"just explaining
my views on the simple life and"
"What is it called?"
Il haven't thought of q title yet. I
think I shall call it"
"'Back to the Land" I suggested.
"No," she said seriously, 81 think
that has been done already-Rnd I
want to be original"
''There is nothing very original about
the simple life" 1 began; adam and
Eve were"
Don't be silly!" said Norma, severe
~. Il am going to point out in my
bssk the ~uselessness Of wasting money,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
AS TO GIRLS.

j like my freedom, 1 admit,
My pipe and chat with some old crony,
But still I'm not opposed a bit
To matrimony.
A blessed and a holy state
I know that cannot be disputed.
AS for myself, 1 merely wait
Until I'm suited.
Show me the girl who's to my mind
(They are not scattered round so
thickly.)
But show her to me and you'll find
Me acting quickly.
I do not ask for beauty rare
Or for a bearing proud and stately.
For intellect / do not care
So very greatly. .
If she's not absolutely plain
And if in her the virtues mingle
In fair proportion I'll remain
No longer single. ..
Yes, such there are-some perfect gems
Sweet girls, with dispositions sunny.
The trouble, though, l find with thcm's
They have no money.
Chicago News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

for her, nor did / think her a par
ticularly suitable friend for him."
Truly the present day parent is well
course, to drop her at once?"
"No, he was very rude indeed" said
Norma; 80 rude that / did not even
come down to dinner, but l am sure
he took what 1 said to heart, because
l put it extremely plainly"
II am sure he did," l agreed cheer
fully, "and I sincerely hope he will
become a really obedient and tractable
parent"
You can do anything with a man
if you only have the courage to put
your foot down. said Norma with
much decision, land, fond as / am of
you, Nell, l really do not care for your
cousin and SO l AVE shown papa quite
plainly l do not intend to have her
here"
1t was very nearly six weeks later
when, in answer to a pressing invita-
ton, I went to spend a few days with
Norma.
1s your father!" / asked as
we sat over tea.
He is up in town, but I'm expect
ing him home to-day. It is very
strange, but he wired to the house
keeper instead Of to me. / have sent
her away, as there were far too many
servants here, and 50 of course 1 open
ed the wire. It only said: Coming
home on Thursday-prepare east
rooms.'"
And did you"
"No; I have shut the east rooms up,
and SO I wrote and told him / had put
him in the blue room-it's sunny and
not SO ridiculously large"
"Will he mind?"
81 have really never thought about
it." said Norma /; but I don't see why
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

taken to tre&t persons OF the CA!n1%i& race lawfully en-
titled TO admission with the some courtesy and conSileIa-
ton shown to other foreigners, it is Impossible THAT per
sons who have to endure requircnj nt$ ava fofnnities
peculiar TO themselves should fail to take ofcnSe and
to resent as a humiliation the manner in which by law
they are distinguished from natives of other countries.
Laws Sc framed can only be regarded us involving a
discrimination OH account of race. and it is needless to
point out that Determinations on account Of race, color,
previous condition or religion are alike opposed to the
principles of the republic and to the spirit of its insti-
tutionS.R
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
The wbfr1tnr Derxt.hes.

Those spirits on the hunt for "sen-
sations' in Constantinople will wish
to take in" the Gervishes. The whirl-
ing clan have a convenient convent on
the Grand Rue, where their circumnav-
igations may be witnessed at 7:3O
o'clock en- Friday evening for the ad-
mission of 10 cents. This weird per-
formanse perssnifes the solar system
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
Matched.

One afternoon three small children
were popping corn, taking turns at the
pepper.
"Oh, mamma" exclaimed little Doro-
thy, clapping her hands gleefully, 'ev-
cry one Of my corns Matched out!"-
Chicago News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
StncL to His Word.

"Of course Dubley's married. Didn't
you know that?"
mo. why, he said he wouldn't mar
nv the best woman on earth"
Eyes, and he kept his word."-Phil-
adelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

search for che most beautiful women.
In Paris, and in all other cities which are under
Partisan influence, beauty as such has ceased to be val
ucd. Elegance, culture, rather than plastic beauty, count
in present day society. a beautiful woman without other
charming and elegant attributes does not count. A Gull
tured. charmin. and clever woman, even if not beautiful,
counts in accordance with her higher attributes. Tell
a Partisan woman that she is beautiful, but that she does
not know how to dress or to do up her hair, and she
will bear you a grudge all her life long.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

And, inasmuch as the ignorant will copy the more adj
vanced and the lowly the highly placed, the example
must be set by those who lead the social and intellectual
world.
The dawn of the sixth race is yet afar in the future,
and of that the keynote will be unity, not individualis1n;
brotherhood. not combat; service, not oppression; spirit.
not intellect. And the birthmark OF the spirit is the
longing to pour itself out in sacrifice, never asking what
it can take. but only what it can give. The fundamental
unity of mankind is the central truth of the coming
race, and the nation which first grasps and practices that
great conception will lead the future, humanity falling
into line behind it. Those who see it, who teach 1t,
may fail for the moment, but in their failure is the seed
of inevitable success.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
CLEVER WOMEN TO SURPAsS BEAUTY.
BY Marcel Provost.

If some antiquarian Of a century or TIVE
ahead should run through the pages OF eur
present day journals he probably would con-
clude that we are greatly concerned with
feminine beauty. In his Investigations he
would find many magazines and journals il
Illustrated with pictures of the most beauti-
full woman in the world" He would ind
that continents have been drawn into the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
Fish with Four Eyes.

Fishes have been discovered in Guat-
emala with two pairs of eyes. One pair
does duty above water and the other,
below, the fish thus being able to see
equally we'll in two elements.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
Wary.

- Wary.
"He Keeps putting OFF the widdinx
day and putting it on !"
Yes? Perhaps he has been married
before."-Houton Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
UNITY OF MANKIND IS ATTAINABLE.
By Annie BeSant.

Intellectual, artistic, spiritual wealth in
creases in the sharing, each who shares add
ing to the store. This Is the fundamental!
reason why progress towards peace and con-
tentment must be towards Intellectually,
artistic development and spiritual life, and
not towards material splendor and the vul-
garity of outer ostentation. These are for
the undeyeloned: the others for the Developed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
why He Wa. smooth.

rhat convict / was talking to-"
the visitor at the prison, seems
Pc a smooth kind of man."
Doubtless" replied the warden.
see, he was irsned when he got
n-Daltinore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

your practical interest when | present to you the solemn,
disgraceful fact of the railway death roll.
During the eight years from 1897 to 1904, inclusive,
there was a steady increase in the number of casualties.
The total number of killed during that period was 62.213
as if 4 community as large as Salt Lake City had been
WiDed out by q sudden and terrible cataStrOphe-while
451 ,262 were injued-as If every man, woman and child
in Buffalo had been MANNED OF. otherwise hurt.
If casualties continue to increase 1T the same rate for
eight succeeding years. from 1908 to 1912. there will be
115y3S9 killed and 1,431,OSi injured.
That is, at this rate there are upward of 100000 peo-
pe III the United States under sentence of death, to be
executed on the railway before the close of 1912, and a
larger number are doomed to be MANNED or otherwise
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

In celebration of the precautionary of the first settle
ment Of Canada. it is proposed t, rescue the famous
battlefield of Quebec from neglect and turn it into a
national park. 1t was on the Plains of Abraham, on
September Is, 1888, that General Wolfe defeated Mont
calm, and died in the moment of victory. At midnight
ON the 10Th, Wolfe, with 1,60o men in a notila. dropped
down the river and landed at the foot of the rocky
heights below Quebec. During the voyage Wolfe re-
peated to his officers Gray's "Elegy in a Country Church
yard" and as he finished he said: Gentlemen, I would
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
DEATH ROLL OF RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
By Railroad Commissioner VI

If I We're to tell you that an earthquake
Lad shaken down San Francisco and killed
100 persons, if l We're to read a telegram
that yellow fever had 5ecome epidemic III all
Southern cities, II I should announce that
war had been declared between Spain and
the United States and LOCO men killed in
battle. your attention would be instantly at
tracted. But | am not so sure of perSuading
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
What Dropped.

81 heard you let something drop in
the kitchen, just now, Kate. Did ysu
break anything?" asked the lady Of
the house when dinner was being
served.
"Only one leg Of the chicken,
ma'am!" replied the girl innocently.-
Charity.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
Giants Not Long Lived.

Giants are not long lived, says Dr..
Woods Hutchinson, in the American
Magazine. "Of nearly 100 names re-
corded I have beer able to find the
ages at death Of only eighteen, as fol-
lows. ~ M
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

injured than the entire population of the District or Co
lumbia, Delaware, Montana, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada,
Alaska, Idaho and the Hawaiian islands.-Leshe's
Weekly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

"a ~
I A LEGITIMATE APPLICATION. q


i Miss Estaorook's system of philoso-
\ ply is SO satisfying to her that she
likes to acQuaint others with it. Sci
Y dom. however, does she find SO ready
and sympathetic an acceptance Of her
4 point of view as she encountered the
sEother day in an adherent of q we'll
known peripatetic school of philoso-
"a phers. She was taking her regular
n four-mile-a-day exercise along a coun-
TRY road. when she met a tramp to
#whom, earlier in the day, she had
SNgiven a quarter. The benevolent lady
acalled after him: ....j
III "Just a moment, there. my man, if
you please!"
The tramp paused doubtfully.
Il merely wished to state that in
granting your request just now I am
wholly free from the COMMON delusion
that any real harm could result to
you, even surprising tlrat you are act
ually in want and unable, by your own
EcOnscious effort, to extricate yourself
From apparent deprivation of good,
Knowing. as l do know, that an abso-
Ilute Justice. insuring the individuals
lVelfare, reigns throughout the COSMOS"
43MIhe tramp stared, round-eyed, open
-nouthed.
Nor do l cherish any obsolete notion
of myself as a Lady Bountifui.' My
actual motive in giving the quarter
should properly be classed as selfish
Not having as yet quite fully overcome
ENfoolishly sympathetic temperament,
should undoubtedly-if l Il not
tRven the money-have been annoyed
EOr some time afterward by mental pic
Elres of you as suffering for food. In
hort, 1 did what I did simply to make
myself slightly more comfortable.
s"That is all. l merely wished to
explain my motive" added Miss Esta-
prOok for the tramp fingered. gazing
with ~glistening eyes at the countenance
rs his benefactress. where the lines,
with merciless accuracy, effected her
Aabitual painstakingness.
I@@Yes, ma'am, an l ketch on all right
now" he said, eagerly. i'll his eye
hossuch absent expression as Miss Esta-
brook is becoming accustomed to see
Il the eyes of relatives and friends to
vhom she conscientiously expounds her
Philosophy. An Tn interested in them
inside workin's O. your mind! But say,
k1a'am. you'd sure oushter think a
title mite more about them feelin's
%yourn. 1 bet you'd feel downright
N0~tnf'table all through, fer oncet in yer
e, eff you'd Jest make this quarter
Edollar."
Not Certain About That.
Mrs. Verdigris was enumerating her
Arious ailments. II haven't kept
rack of all of en- she said. "but one
the first things I had was the lum-
hgo in the small of my back. Then I
az the inf1uenZy awful bad. The next
ling was IA rheumatic. Since then
We had neural-y. nervous headache,
IRE throat, indigestion. a breaking
on my skin M ever SO many other
ksky little troubles that can't re.
tember."
1T would be an interesting list
Hd her sympathizing %neighbor. why
Idn't you take an inventory
I'm not certain but what 1 did"
kowered Mrs. Verdigris. II took ever
many things. I'll try it If you
nix it'd help me, but unless it's very
l just know it won't stay on my
@mmick."-Youth's Companion.
~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

HIN VN TT S.I IN1flI t, ITOJ'
rather have composed that poem than take Quebec" Re-
Inducements marched up the right bank of the river and
were terried across, making Wolfes full strength 1880
men, with two guns. The ascent of the heights is one
of the most daring feats in our military annals. The
British had almost reached the summit before they We're
challenged by a French sentry, and en- a Highland Off
Ger answering La France" the troops We're allowed to
pass. At 8 O'Clock the battle began, and ended in the
total defeat of the French and the death of General
Montcalm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14

Putting Him Next.
papa, what is a hardship"
"An armored cruiser, son."-Heuston
pnSt
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-14
An Index.

Knieker-What is their social stand
ing?
Bocker-De they call it a barn, stable
or garageaNew York Sun.