Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-17
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

Chantemesse, of Paris, claims that he
has in 1000 cases of typhoid fever re-
duced the usual mortality of II per
cent to only At per cent.
AT the meeting Of the Plomesgate
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 "IS%ave-nots,' which
is to mark this century, will be
fought out first of all upon American
soiI.-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 bal
loon a~ScensionS are well known to
New England people, who have pro
nounced them most successful. She is
a little woman, weighing less than
l20 pounds.
Il. Il. Wilson, of Bags, Colo, will
file or a piece Of ground on which is
now located the Baggs cemetery. Tho
land belongs to the government. VIII
son will, as soon as he acquires title
to the land, turn it over to the city.
rhiS will be the first time on record,
it is said. where a man homcsteaaeQ
II graveyard.
tIpD S1I nffnr y, TAriinC -
E!izubethtown, Pa, made Il vow in
1856 that if James Buchanan should
V elected President he would never
part with his mustache. Mr.. Shacffer
was at that time III Baltimore. AS
buchanan was elected, the West Don
gal man has not Ind a bare upper
lip in the last tifty-two years.
l an more than confirmed in the
Impression I always get when l visit
Gcrmany-the impression hat the
lrill-sergeant pursues the German cit
zen from the army to al! departments
pf life; that the nation remains q we'll
| 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 Gre k
Indian, is one of the most widely
travelled men in Oklahoma. having
been in England and on the continenG
Of Europe, besides having claimed n
residence in both South America and
Australia. He has been around some,
c,l ,-,s ,I-o~+ euo- ~, ,,.,,+-- ,.1
people more than twenty-five years.
lie returned only two years ago, just
in time to claim his rights as a Greek
"itizen.-Kansas City Times.
An Old-time spelling bee was held
Mt 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 Mrs.
Matte Hall captain of the Methodist
side. There were about twenty-five
contestants to each side. The Meth
odist ladies won the contest, having
two spoilers up when all the Baptists
went out and down.
They have a drastic way of curing
carelessness on the part Of railway
employees in France. Last August a
child of 8, Emile Remilly, travelling i in
train with his parents, fell from
the coach, the door Of which had not
been properly shut at the last station,
ST. Cyr, and lost both his legs. The
CT Cyr citation ,oeto b,~ Io.- 49,.
fenced to two months Imprisonment,
and the Western railway will have
to pay $4,000 damages as we'll as an
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 q year has
passed since these swift moving car
riages appeared, the capital already
invested in London taXicabs is $10,.
100000. There are 75S taxicabs on
the streets, 1900 taxicabs on order
| eight London taxicab companies, the
average days earnings of a cab be.
ing SLIGO. The average cost il
S1,7O3.
During the recent Mississippi guber.
material campaign the Hon. jeff Truly
was one of the unsuccessful aspirants
for the majority suffrage Of his fell
low-citizens. Prohibition doctrines fig
ured in the struggle and seemed very
important to a Methodist minister
"Brother Truly" said the minister, a
want to ask you a question. Do you
ever take a drink of whisky?" "Befo'
| answer that responded the wary
Brother Truly. Il want to know
whether it is an inquiry or IN invt
tationY"
at the melting of the Plomesgatt
Insomnia is the not fats
of the brain-worker who, after year,
of continuous mental strain, retire.
from active life. The reason is tina
mental activity demands a large sup
ply Of blood for the brain, and til,
blood vessels gradually accommodate
themselves to this large supply. But
when the hard work is over, the brair
does not always realize that it need.
less nourishment, and hence the con
EDITION of excessive mental a~ctivitI
which is what insomnia is.-Londor
Mail.
Judge Alum, of one Of Havana's cor
ranttona1 nnurtc fno5 A.