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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
INVAI,ID'S SAD PLIGHT.

After 1ntlam mntory R~heumatism
Hair Came Out, Skin Peeled, ant
Bed Sores Devcloped-Only Cuti.
cura Proved Successful.
about four years ago l had a yer!
severe attack Of infammatory rheuma
,ism. My skin peeled, and the higl
fever played havoc with my hair
which came out in lunches. l also has
three large bed sores on my back. ]
did not gain very rapidly, and my ap
petite was very poor. l tried many
sure cures tut they were Of little
help, and until l tried Cuticura Re,
solvent l had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon l fel,
better. The bed sores went very soor
after a few applications Of Cuticura
Ointment, and when 1 used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment for my hair it be.
gan to regain its former glossy appear.
ance. Mrs. Lavina J. Henderson, 13s
Broad St, Stamford, Conn, March c
and IL, 1907"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Protection Of River Banks.

The statement Is constantly met that
forests are very ctticaciouS in the pro-
lection Of river banks from undermin-
ing and steep slopes from sliding. the
exact reverse is the case, says the En-
gineer. AS every river engineer knows,
nothing is more disastrous to a river
bank OH an alluVial stream than heavy
trees. This is due partly to the great
weight, but in large part to the sway
ing effect of the wind and the enor-
nous leverage of the long trunks. which
pry up the ground and facilitate the
tendency to undermining. One of the
regular policies of river control is to
cut down these trees for a distance
back from the edge of the bank wher-
ever complications with private owner
ship do not prevent. SnagS and DRIFT
wood in the channels have always been
mons the most serious obstacles to
navigation on streams flowing between
forest-covered banks. Likewise where
railway or highway grading cuts the
skin of unstable mountain slopes, the
presence of large trees Immediately
above tends powerfully to loosen the
ground and cause it to slide; II in
such cases it is necessary to cut down
the timber.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
TROUBLE A BLESSING. .
By Rev. Duncan J. Mcmillan, D.. d.

ny ueV. DuIlCaI y. mcu111lan, -. II.
Text.-"Call upon me in the day of
trouble, and 1 will deliver thee and
thou shalt glorify me."-Psalm l.: Is.
The Bible vas not written for saints
In heaven. 1t is for the struggling sim
ners here on earth who are tempted
body, the outcast as well as the saint,
for touble is universal and this text is
for everybody. 1t takes it for granted
that everybody will sometimes have
trouble, and it tells us all what to do
and how to see deliverance in the day
when trouble comes. We need not envy
anybody else, for all have their trou.
bles. Trouble is not only universal, but
1t has a thousand forms, ready fitted to
every condition in ife. Every man has
his burden to bear, and he thinks his
burden is bigger and heavier than his
1eighbor's. Many who seem to US to
be exempt, and in perpetual sunshine of
happiness, may be in the keenest an
yuish from causes kindly hidden from
human view.
There is only one place in the uni
verse free from trouble-that is heaven
He that is born into that country shall
escape trouble forever, for Jesus has
said: "Let not your heart be troubled.
Ye believe in God, believe also in Me
In Ny Fathers house are many man
sions. II it were not So, l would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for
you. And If l go and prepare a place
N you. I will come again and receive
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
COnstnncy of the ,Bee.

With regard to the general belief
that bees, and more especially hive
bees, visit only one species of flower
interesting observation made by w.
Wesche, and recorded by him in a
paper read before the Royal Micro
scopical Society. Mr.. Wesche has been
studying insects with the microscope,
and among other things has made in
teresting observations on their food.
4 worker bee, for example, was found
to have it's abdomen full of several
species Of pollen. The inference is
that it had visited several species o.
Hover in a single journey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

Millionaire Who Helps the Poor.
Pedro AlvaradO. the young man Of
gsral, Mexico, who became fabulously
salthy about ten years ago, when the
lmillo mine developed a store Of gold,
II just distributed al fortune equiva-
at to about $500 900 in American
oney to the poor of his country. 1t
said he supplied more than 5000 pow
ty-stricken families with clothes,
,od, rent, medicines and other necessi-
en- This is only n Of a half dozen
stances in which he has distributed
,rtunes in charity. His wealth is es-
mated anywhere from $1OO,OOO,OOO to
s2Qe,ooO,O 900, and fifteen years ago he
Wis a miuer. He has built fifty church-
SIJ more than 100 schools within
hSlast eight years. u
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
#'Fu. q
The Easy Descent.

Mrs. Humphry Ward, during her
American visit. condemned, at a ladies'
luncheon in New York. the marriage
herein 4 woman weds a degraded
MAI in order to uplift him.
"A painter whom I know visited one
day the studio Of a dissipated and
ratLer worthless FRIEND she said.
e. am going to be married. said the
worthless one. Miss Blank, you know
her. She's a sweet girl, and too good
.or me- .. "'
Don't let that worry you said the
'ther, dryly. You will soon drag her
own to your level"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Errors Of History.
Nero explained.

IT was fddling, all right, while Rome
was burning" he said, but l was doing it
from a good motive. l wanted to arouse
the inmates of the palace and drive them
safely out of doors without their suspect.
ing thai anything worse than the music
was going on" But the historians Of the
day, who had it in for Nero, anyhow, r.
fused to correct the mistaken impression
that had gone abroad.AChicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Sugar a. u Disinfectant.

Prof. Thrilbert, Of the Pasteur Insti.
hte at Paris, has demonstrated recent
that burning sugar develops formlc
,cetylene-hydrogen, one of the most
lowerful antiseptic gases known. Five
grams Of sugar TT.fG grains were
burned under a glass bell holding 10
luarts. After the vapor had cooled
bacilli Of typhus, tuberculosis. cholera,
jmall-pox. etc, were placed in the bell
In open glass tubes, and within half an
hour all the microbes were dead.
If sugar is burned in a closed vessel
containing purified meat or the con-
tents of rotten eggs. the offensive odor
at once. The popular faith
In the disinfecting qualities Of burned
sugar appears, therefore, well founded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Good HOE Cot.

The A-shaped hog cot has been modi-
fed and improved to adapt it to both
summer and winter conditions. The
improved form has a permanent floor. a
door in each end. and a ventilating
system. 1t is constructed by mailing
inch boards on six joists, > in. X 4 in,
s feet long for the floor. Beneath the
pOistS aye nailed three stringers,
runners for moving the house. Next is
spiked Il piece > in. X $ in, . #. / IL.
long. at the ends of the joists, having
the bottom Of the > in. Y 8 in. even
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
The Rub,

estend-Pa, what do they mean when
leN say Money is easy" in Wall
rect? . W -.
Pa-They mean that it is easy, my
On, because they have just gotten 1t
rem easy people.
Ostend-Then' why can't we get 1t?
Pa-Because those hat have q hold
n It are not easy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Ancien, Example.

Cesar tore up the blank telegraph form
on which he had started to write some
thing.
Taking another sheet, he wrote the
words, "veni, yiii, yici,' signed it, and
handed it to the operator.
II was about to make it, We have
beaten 'em to a FRAGILE" he said, 'but
thu would set everybody to asking what
the deuce a FRAGILE is-and the other II
shorter, anyway"
C%autioning the reporters to suppress all
mention Of the incident, he turned away
and strobe haughtily into his tent.-Chi-
cago Tribune. 's "r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
DoNr,s FOR

Don't try to hide from God who sees
/ all men Just as they are.
Don't go to church expecting good if
YOU nave not spent the week preparing
for it.
Don't pretend to spirituality for there
is no pretense that will more quickly
disclose the hypocrite.
Don't expect the minister to make up
for your shortcomings which you have
not had courage enough to overcome.
Don't charge against the brethren the
GOODNESS that you feel because you have
neglected your religious duties and your
God.
Don't blame the minister If you are
not benefited by attending church, until
you have made certain it is not your
W fault.
Don't attempt to force your way into
fellowship with the spiritually minded,
for entry is gained only through your
own spirituality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Misplaced Condolences.

II beg your pardon" said the man at
the front door, but does a-does a man
of the name of Snoodle live in this build
ing?" 49,.
Eyes, sir" answered the man of the
house. MY name is Snoodle."
"Then I've lost" said the other, turn.
ing away. II bet a fellow So that nobody
who had that name would acknowledge
it."-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
To1.toy,s opinion OF Kings.

In q recent letter TOlstoy says: 1.-THE
bvereigns now living, i~nstigators Of
Violence and massacres of all kinds, r
b far below the moral standard Of the
slajority that they cannot ven inspire
disgust. They are but u~nfortunates,
Tho deserve to be pitied. We should
either allow our indignation to rise
gainst those creatures, who are void
K the most sacred feeling Of humanity,
or should we combat them"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

A. II. Norwood, Of the Leicester
(England) Museum, remarks that the
colors of birds eggs can, in a large
number of cases, be traced to the ne
cessity of protective resemblance
White eggs are usually laid by birds
nesting in holes in trees, or in dark sit
uations, like owls, woodpeckers and
some pigeons. Most birds nesting on or
near the ground lay eggs Of an olive
green or brown ground color. The eggs
Of grouse, ptarmigan, and 50 forth, re-
semble the heather among which they
are laid. Those of the ringed plover,
little tern and oyster-catcher resemble
the sand and shipgle Of the beach.
The lapwing's eggs closely simulate
bare soil or dried bents. The young
chicks show similar '~'protective' colors.
King of the Chicago Live Stock Show
Prime Lad XVI, king of Here
fords," owned by Warren r.. McCray,
of Kentland, Ind, former president of
the National Grain Dealers Associa-
ton, attracted much attention at the
international live stock show. Prime
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
The Life Plant.

Bermuda possesses a plant of the
house leek family which hass curious
p, operties. When the leaves begin tn
s.hriyel and fade they put forth new
shoots which in turn bear leaves that
continue to grow fresh ami green for
many weeks. The leaves are about
tour inches long, rich green IN color
and of waxen texture. II one of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

leaves is pinned t. Il wall indoors it
will begin to sprout within three or
four days, be it winter or summe The
limit Of existence Of the life plant seems
dependent upon Ii quantity of heat
and light which the plant obtains.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
The CrOp Mortgage System.

AS every Informed person knows, the
chief trouble, at the bottom Of almost
all the other troubles, is that many
of the raisers of cotton are in debt.
1t is a remarkable fact that many cot
ton raisers continue in debt (about a
year behind the wOrld) as long as they
live. OF course the insufficient price
Of cotton has had much to do with
this but not all. The policy of adher-
ing to cotton whether it be low or
high in price also has to do with 1t.
Whatever the cause, the fact is fully
agreed pom 1t is further conceded
that if the raisers Of cotton were as
nearly upon a cash basis as men in
other lines usually are they could then
assert some authority in fixing the
price of cotton, because they could hold
it until the terms suited them.-Gal-
weston News, 4
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

Lad XVI. is directly descended from
two grand champions, his sire being
Worlds Fair in 1908, and his dam
being the world famed Lorna Doone.
The liking" is three years old and has
made clean sweeps in competitions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Effect OF Freezing on Butter.

A series of trials were made at the
Vermont Experiment Station, wherein
milk was divided into two lots, one-half
allowed to freeze and the other ham
died in the usual manner then churn-
ed, the butter worked and scored.
Neither Swimming, ripening nor churn-
ing appeared to be impaired. Not SO,
however, with the scoring. The aver
age scores of two sets of fifteen lots
each were: Frozen butter, 93.2; nor
NAL butter, $50. Freezing tended very
slightly to lower the grade of the but
ter, yet freezing is not necessarily a
menace to good butter-making. 1t
should not be inferred, however, that
%infrequent creamery receipts, delivered
more or less f%rostbitten, will make as
good a butter as if they had been de-
liyered unfroZen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
For Poultry Insects.

A pint of crude carbolic acid. mixed
with a gallon of kerosene, makes an
excellent spray for poultry houses, and
it is the cheapest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Amend0tOry

Borus-Yes, 1 always rewrite my poems
efore 1 send them to a publisher.
Naggus-You mean, I presume, before
GU send them to the next publisher.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

An English judge expressed his horror
the other day when a witness said he had
CARA gCl' is alto car. 1t was a new
verb to his honor. and he didn't like it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
Not His Fault.

Toni thought you we're on the
water wagon.
Dick-I was. But high places always
make me dizzy, and 1 fell off.-Detroit
Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
kbuy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 1O5
Nv. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18
PILE. CURED IN 8 TO IA DAYS

PAZO OINTMENT, Is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup for child
n teething, softens the gums, reduces in
animation, allays pain, cures wind collie.
SeSa hottie.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

Only One "BRoMO QUININE"
lat is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
x the signature of Z. w. GROVE. Used the
'orld over to Cure q Cold in One Day. csc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-18

POSTAL CARDS-20 Beautiful Illus
: and SC each. all for 10c. by mail pre-
hid. Wanted, old books Of all kinds,
Magazines and music. l.. c. DEAN,
buth Omaha, Neb. gtaa lE 81, -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28
An Austrian Doqberry.

The Vienna men of law once dis
tinguished themselves in unique man
ner. A Wachau peasant had been
caught in the criminal act of throwing
stones at rabbits. He had not hit
them. and the rabbits had decamped
without so much as suspecting the at
tack, but the peasant was hauled be-
fore the high courts of justice. His de-
Tense was that the rabbits had been
close to his garden and that he had
only tried to brighten the greedy ro-
dents off his cabbages. All the same,
he was condemned to three days i'm
prisonment. The peasant appealed
against the sentence. but In vain. If a
rabbit had been killed. said the authori-
ties. the peasant would certainly have
stolen it, and stealing rabbit was an
unlawful action. And thus the man
from Wachau went TO prison for three
days, and the wise judges OF Vienna
bounded into fame for their method of
applying the 'if' and land" theory
Westminster Gazette.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28

About the time of the Yale bicenten-
NAL celebration In 1901 some wag pre-
sented the university with a perfectly
good sundial, which was deliberately
advertised in the New York papers and
with due solemnity set up in q con-
spicuous place on Berkeley oval. 1.-The
blamed thing never did take very
WELL" the Record explained apropos of
the trouble sundry undergraduates got
into In trying to run Off with the main
spring of it. and the grotesque grandeur
Of this expensive and beautiful piece
Of architecture set the Owl of into
paro1ysms of laughter in which the
campus followed with a Will rShay.
Jack, what time is itF' Il can't tell
you. old fel; this suIdiaTs stopped"
And, Hey, fresh. out there by the sun
dial Strike :; match and see If it isn't
bedtimer are typical.-E. K. Emhree
in Bohemian
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28

T. c. Livengood, st. Joseph, Mo. !;
]. D. Watkins. New Orleans; ]. S.
Terry, Kaufman; w. T, Martin, Red
Wing. Mimi; w x. James. Boston; ;
w. L. Swinney, Fort Worth; O. P.
Caldwell, Hillsboro; T. c. Horning,
Dallas; T. H. Skiles, Fort Worth;
F. NJ Wright Fort Worth: NJ. j.
Kahn, Fort Worth E. Partin, Fort
Worth; Young L. Moore, Dallas; R.
G. Mckay, Dallas; Paul n. Dale,
Milwaukee,; John r. Wharton, Dali
las; A. c. Munsen, Ennis; H. N.
Carter, Waco; J. F. Haltom, Mem
phis; w. C. Schutts, Fort Worth; c.
c. McLendon, st. Louis; w. H.
Smith, Boston; E. l.. Williamson,
Richmond, Va; r. B. Wilson, Dali
las; l.. ]. Shepard, Chicago; Eugene
Ordway, Miss Anna Day, Miss An
nette Cameron, VIM. X. Sparks,
Quillan Hayne, NJ. Dobstettler, S.
Spadaner, when Knighthood Was
in Flower T. S. Wade, Grandview;
c. w. Lope, Mansfield, o.; r. E.
Radcliffe, Kansas City; Wallace KEEL
ly, Dallas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28
RAILROAD MEN TO MEET.
Annual Convention VIII Be Held in
San Antonio.

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. IS
Railroad men from all over the
United States and Mexico will gath
er in San Antonio on Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, at the annual
convention of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men. This organization has 725
lodges scattered over this country
and Mexico, and membership of
$1,000. 1t has also Ladies Aux
Hilary Society with large member
ship, which will meet here at the
same time. Its President is Mrs.
Frank P. Sargent, wife of the United
States Commissioner of Immigra-
ton. She will not be present but
will be represented by Mrs. Anges
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28

String of Boone, Iowa. The grand
Master of the Order, John J. Han
nahan of Chicago. will preside 1t is
expected that Governor Campbell of
Texas will address the convention.
and also Mayor Bryan Callahan, and
G. B. Mullaly, President of the Bus
vations being made in the local ho-
tells and lodging houses, it is ex-
pected that between one and two
thousand will be in attendance.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28
FIGHT CANNED MUSIC" TRUST
Authors and Composers Organize
to Garry on the Fight.

New York, Jan. 2S.-With Victor
Herbert as president, John Philip
Sousa as treasurer and Reginald de
Koven as secretary, and with 5000
of the leading musical composers
and authors of the country compos
ing the rank and file, the Authors
and Composers Copyright League
of America has been formally
launched for the purpose of carry
ing on the fight in congress against
the canned music" trust. The OBJ
iect of the new league is to secure
the passage of laws requiring man
ufacturers of records, discs and per-
forated rolls for mechanical music
machines to pay royalties to the
composers. Bills containing the de-
mands of the league have already
been introduced into congress by
Senator Kittredge and Representa-
tive Barchfield, and the musical au-
thors are hopeful that they will be
speedily passed.
All over the country composers
and authors have interested them
selves in the bill and are besieging
congressman for it's support. Among
the prominent men who are work
ing for the measure are George AIDE,
Victor Herbert, Isidor Witmark,
John Philip Sousa, John Kendrick
Bangs, Reginald De Koven, Angus
tus Thomas, Gustave Luders and a
score of others equally distinguish
ed in the musical and literary
| world
The composers are very much in
earnest in their fight and declare
! that it is a case of brains against
money. 1t is alleged that the can
ned music" trust is essentially par
asitic, since it exploits the produc-
tons and the names and regulations
| of American composers without Civ
i ing any financial return. The com
posers assert that they are just as
much entitled to the product OF
| their labor as are other members OF
society engaged in useful or artistic
work, and that congress should pro
| tect them in this right against the
! exploitation" of the canned mus
i ic" trust
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28
COURTING DEATH.
The Work Of the Mounted Police Of
Canada In the Northwest.


Canada In the Northwest.
The Northwest policeman's first duty
Is to die if that should be necessary.
He is not allowed to shoot a desper-
ado, go up. sit on his carcass, roll a
cigarette and then read the warrant
He must not shoot. At all events he
must not shoot first which is often
fatal, for if there is time when delay
is dangerous it is when you are cover
ing an outlaw. writes Cy Warman in
the Sunday Magazine.
Numbers of the force have been
known to ride or walk into the very
mouth of cooked 40 Colt and never
finch. In about ninety eight cases out
Of every hundred the man behind the
gun weakened. In the other two cases
he extended his lease of life, but made
his going doubly sure, When mount
ed policeman falls, the open space he
leaves is Immediately closed, for back
of him stands the Dominion govern
ment and back of that the British en-
pire. SO the desperate who thinks he
can kill and get away has hard time.
If the police chase him out of the Do
minion back to the islands, he is likely
to fetch up at Scotland Yard. If his
native village lies south of the forty
ninth, the Pinkertons take up his trail
and when all these forces are after q
man his days are gliding swiftly by
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-28
WINTER BUTTERFLIES.
A Hardy Brood For Which Frost and
Snow Possess No Terrors.

Snow Possess No Terrors.
Coming in one day from a walk In a
heavy snowstorm, ! dropped upon the
ish bits that looked at first sight like
fakes of dried bark.
What are those-chips 2?
mo. Butterflies
Such n reply with a foot of snow on
the ground and great probability of Il
foot more before morning was accept
ed as a pleasantly and not to be taken
seriously. The idea of catching but
terhies In snowstorm seemed too
"fishy" for serious consideration.
On the approach of winter most of
the butterflies. those delicate little
creatures Of fair weather. naturally
die. But among their number there Is
a whole hardy brood for which the
rigors of winter possess no terrors.
These are the angle wings. or vanes-
sids. They are frequently called ''thaw
butterflies from the fact that during
the warm spells of winter they awake
from their torpor and may frequently
be seen summing themselves near their
place of Information or If the weather
is mild and pleasant fitting lightly
about in the open places.
These insects pass the winter botli
as chrysalis and as mature butterflies
Normally they remain in the crystals
form only about two weeks, hut it is
proba BILE that the severe cold overtakes
some before they are fully developed
which may account for some Of then
alternating as chrysalis.-St. Nicholas