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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
MDkNVnM WISHING D0(E
D0gNAIV AMERICAN BEAUTY NJVJE

which would bear flowers at any sea-
son of the year, whereas most roses
bloom only once a year.. Then the
gardeners eye vas pleased by the rich
red color of the blossoms.
After nursing the rosebush carefully
Brady succeeded in developing the
plant to a fairly hardy state, where
the excellent qualities of the rose could
be studied. It's large size inspired him
to call the attention of a number OF
gardeners and florists to the Madame
Ferdinande Jamin, the beautiful large
red rose, with its vigorous thorned
stem and its perennial blooming.
Among the local growers to whom
Brady showed his prize were two
brothers named Field. George Field
met Brady in the street n day, In
1881, and offered to buy some roses
for him. Field called at Brady's o
house, and finding that the gardener
was not at home, offered to buy some
of the plants from his wife. To this
offer Mrs. Brady willingly acceded,
and he purchased half a dozen OF the
rose bushes at $3.50 each. Both par
ties to the exchange were pleased, but
there was no pleasure in Brady's mind
when he returned home and was told
Of the sale. He was indignant, and I'M
mediately began the war OF the
| roses.". declaring that his wife had
| thrown away a fortune for a bagatelle.
| After nearly thirty a of fighting
the rival claimants bid fair to carry
their contention to the grave.
The verbose name Of the forgotten
French lady did not please he new
owners so the Fields changed 1t to
that which It now bears. The remain
ing of the plant was a good stroke
and the title chosen for 1t was exceed
ingl~ happy. Under the tender care
of Brady the plant had so developed
that the original owners of the Mad
anne Ferdinande Jamin could scarcely
have recognized its modern descend
ant. the American Beauty.
The money they realized was by NJ
means sufficient to make the rose vel
known and popular. Their market wa:
limited, and after several years of cul
tivating it they decided to sell tn
American Beauty to a wealthy pro
moter who offered to buy the sol
rights in it. They sold their ever!
interest in the matchless rose for al
amount estimated at $4,000.
The American Beauty, put IN tn
national market in 1886, has main
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
PROGRESS OF THE DAY.

Greece raises 10000 tsas Of cur
rants yearly.
Kaiser William is an extsasfse shop
owner in Berlin.
The threads of Japanese screws run
the opposite way from o0rss
Budapest has a school where the stu
dents are taught the art ct eating.
A human hair of average thickness
a support a weight Of eH ounces
A gas-driven street ear win o b
in operation On the streets Of New
York.
The death rate of Queeasaand. s.5e
per thousand, is almost tie l0west in
the world.
Last year the United Kingdom i'm
ported more than $275. 90, 900 worth
of cotton.
Such serious objection q made 70
the electric headlight that Z Substitute
is being sought.
In New York State there aFe 1854
points It which railroad tracks -
counter public Highways. 90 at 1.ooog
Of These points the crossia0sae grAAo
have been removed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

The admirers of the American
Beauty rose are legion; its career Of
conquest has been well-nigh as wide as
that of the American girl herself; yet
not one in a thousand of those who
have looked with admiration at this
queen among flowers realizes that the
rose had it's birth in the Capital City
of the nation, says the Washington
Post.
The life Of the American Beauty as
we know it is only twenty-eight years
long. It was not until 1881 that the
rechristened blossom was put upo
the markets as the American Beauty
rose. George Bancroft, the great
American historian and d~iplomatist,
stood sponsor for the flower. and The
real father Of the rose was the distin-
guished scholars gardener. John
Brady, who is still in Washington.
In addition to his fondness for let
ters, Mr.. Bancroft had a passion for
flowers, and during his service as
American minister to the newly
formed German empire, in the early
seventies, he was not only %lionized by
all the llterati Of the continent, but
was also much sought after by botan-
lists and florists. He visited all the
we'll known gardens of Germany,
France and Belgium. He was consult.
ed by all the florists. who presented
him with cuttings of their rarest and
most valuable flowers. OF roses he
| had an enormous variety. Most OF
| these he imported to America and
| planted in the hothouses Of his Wash
ington home.
Finding that his collection was out
growing the limits Of his gardens, de
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
SPLINTERS.
Head gear-Mental adjustment.

Head gear-Mental adjustment.
Up and doing-Painting a tin roof.
1t is better to be satisfied with a
little than to lose all.
Those who jump at conclusions usu-
ally find they have jumped too soon.
They Jay hat love will find a way,
but some old maids think it is a long
time getting busy.
1t is a whole lot easier to count your
friends when you are broke than when
you are prosperous.
The man who is always picking out
somebody else's way usually has a
hard time finding his own.
Moyer-Did you say he was the
head surgeon at the hospital? Boyer
Yes. he is a brain specialist.
When people get peevish they often
make the mistake of picking up a big
ger rock than they can throw.
The girl with a pretty ankle doesn't
complain a whole lot II she has to
yak along the street when 1t rains.
Every man will tell you how to
carry your load, but . mighty few Of
thsn VIII help you bear the burden.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
CRAFT OF PRESIDENT
TAFT IS BEH|ADAANO
Gets an Object Lesson on the
Difficulties Of Navigating
the Mississippi.
Is WELCOMED AT VICKSBURG
Other officials Take to Railroad and
Beat Chief Executive to
Mississippi City.

President Taft and his party moved
on VicksDurg, Miss, Thursday by al
and water. The executive steamed in
at night several hours behind time
and found that his escort of Cover
nors, Senators and Congressman had
beaten him in by the base ruSe OF TAX
ing to the railroad.
When the Oleander whistled for the
Yazoo Canal it was $50 o'clock at
night, but as the President %alighted
from the vessel half an hour later he
found the steep streets of Vicksburg
lined with people who had been wait
ing since early afternoon. Mr.. Taft
made a brief speech, in which he did
not touch on water ways, II then
went to the public dinner which had
been waiting for three hours. The
President left on the Oleander at
11:35. p. N. for Natchez.
When the sailing orders were chang
ed the previous night and each boat
was told to steam along as fast as 1t
could, the days of steamboat racing
on the Mississippi were suddenly re-
rived. Each captain tried to crowd as
much out of his boiler as he could.
n the sparks spouted from the
stacks as the boats flew along. The
state fish boat Illinois, commanded by
Captain Nat Cohen, showed a clean
pair of heels to the others and easily
followed close astern of the Oleander.
the Presidents craft.
When the Governors and other dig
Aitaries woke up Thursday morning
and peeked over the rail they discov-
cred that they were left hopelessly be.
hind. 1t looked as if they would reach
Vicksburg long after the President
Had left the town. There was much
roaring. Officers of the La~kes-to-the-
Gulf Deep Water Way Association and
OF the Business lens League of St.
Louis, under whose auspices the river
trip is being given, came forward with
explanations that they were not re-
sponsible for the change in sailing Or
ders.
In order that the Governors and
other honored guests might not be de-
prived of. the trip over the battlefield
and through the national cemetery,
wiz udA USSH lOOhCu " "oA w 90
one of the big features of the voyage,
President Smith of the Business Mems
League sent the steamer Alton ahead
10 Greenville t o charter a special
train. Shortly after noon the boats
that had been left at the post drew
up at the rivers edge at Greenville
and ~disgorged more celebrities than
that city had even seen before.
While the difficulties of getting to
vicksburg appeared to chase water
way talk to the woods for the time
being they have given the travellers
an excellent object lesson of the trou-
bles in navigating the Mississippi in
its present unimproved condition. 1t
took the Presidents boat, the Clean
der, one of the fastest on the river.
over twice as long to get from Green
vile by river as it did the others by
train, and at that the train did not
fuse the rails by it's speed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

spite the fact that he a constantly
giving specimens away, he transplant
ed many of his flowers in the garden
R. T., where, up to his death in 1891,
he maintained spacious and 1uxuriant
gardens, whose extent and beauty were
features of Newport in those days.
His gardener had a dollhouse of his
own that he used as a sort of overflow
meeting of the plants from the Ban
croft gardens. He pointed out to Mr..
Bancroft the excellence of a certain
rose which was fading and which he
feared would die. 1t has been ru-
mored that this plant was first given
to the noted historian by the Emperor
of Germany, but this has later been
denied. To saw the plants life, Brady
took it to. his own little dollhouse,
where both he and Mr.. Bancroft
thought it would have a better chance
of living than in the more ~pretentious
establishment of his employer.
This plant was an obscure rosebush
at first showing signs of vigor, but
rapidly failing from some unaccount,
able cause. 1t was said to have been
originally a French rose, and this
theory of it's nationality is borne out
by its name, La Madame Ferdinande
Jamin. 1t had found it's way to Ger
many, where it was gradually becom
ing extinct, and the specimen given tt
Mr.. Bancroft by a prominent Hamburg
rose grower is said to lave been the
only one in existence at the time.
Brady noticed thai 1t b}oomed al
the rear round if properly taken care
of, and this he looked pom as a re
deeming feature, for here was a ros,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

o whom the police had difficulty to restrain That m putting 70 deatn
of Ferrer was a political mistakeo n the part of the Spanish government ~
apparent, for thereby a storm has been raised which 1t VIII D dhmcus
to quel. $3.50.
Ferrer vas formerly a director of thu Modern School of Barcelona, ana
was repeatedly accused of teaching revolutionary doctrines. In lSs o va
arrested. charged will completely with Manuel Morales in The attenpt Don
the life of King Alfonso, IN the day of the royal marriage. On tra1 F@Tss
was acquitted. asat IA. @4.
On Sept. / last he was arrested,c charged with having melted y ris
ing which occurred in Barcelona last summer. This utbreak wnfn spreaa
through the Catalonian provinces, was sin the nature or profess aSain0
the sending of Spanish troops against the Moors on h Rim coas. and 1or =
time assumed alarming proportions. Ferrer was tried by courtnaxtal ana
found guilty. King Alfonso ws appealed to to exercise clemencJ = his
Barcelona. "~+t A %#IH re
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
SNAKE IN HER

Mrs. Perry Smith, Of Paris, Mo-, pre-
pared to do some sewing and went up
stairs to the room of her daughter for
the latter's workbag. The bag, with
the mouth almost drawn to by the
gathering string, hung near an open
window, and Mrs. Smith sat in a chair
and placed it in her lap. One opening
the bag she discovered a big black
snake coiled cozily in the bottom. The
snake started to crawl out, but she hit
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

'EENQSENly thing under 5 feet 5 inches in height, has a merry little fiat
HhX&86 face, with high, prominent cheekbones yes slightly up
||| turned at the outer corners, berayIng his Monaghan origin.
He rarely grows n hair or his ace, but makes u p for it by a plentiful
mop of dark black hair OF hsh head. The ladies-especiany the young ones
do theirs in a most elaborate and veys stiff topknot AS to complexion 1t
is so vey rarely tina one really sees a Eskimos complexion tina 1t Is lard
to define. AS a NATTER Of fact, his real cooring is about hat of n ordinary
bubberol lamps, combined with the accumulation of years of happy
washedness
Now that the va as been bazed, it will be an easym matter to penetrate
the frozen North. The hitherto locked door to the lnd of perpetual ice n
snow has been opened. The worlds reets the announcement with acclaim.
New space has been added to the worlds mapped areas. civilization Will
march I. All nations join in rejocing-aH except one, the most vitality In
terested. The Eskimo. native of the land of snow Lice, does 20 welcome
the white mans coming. Beside his igloo h sits INT Listens to the tribal
rumors of the coming events. He hears the weird, garbed tale of how a
"civiized man. a "kabhena" has reached tn North Pole. He hears thai
other white men will m afer him. And he sits and grhves for This
people; for the advance of the white mn means to him only what 1t has
meant % all the primitive people who thus have been "discovered'-ex-
termination. 4
Civilization of "south" Not Wanted.
"CiWizaHon of your kind W e % not want" avs thu Eskimo to the e.
plorer or missionary. ut is good, perhaps, fol you and for your countries.
It is lot good here in the North. We cannot live under it. AS w live o
among these ice cliffs, when it is lved in u W way. We are content.
So have our forfeathers lived from time immemorial And SC will we live
as long as we remain IN earth. Force us to i've as yu live, make us accept
your civilization, and W e perish. We have seer. it. We know what it does
to is. It kills he Eskimo Leave us to our ways, leave us to our country,
or the Eskimo will be wiped off the face of thu earth" Such is the Eskt-
mos reception of the great W 1t is something like a shock to our self
satisfaction and opinion that our civilization is best for all people, whether
they like lit or not
The Eskimos are essentially a coast ace, and it is rare tt find a colony
Of them even as much as sixty miles from the shore For they have one
great II continual problem to face-the question of food. Their bare x
istence depends IN keeping the storehouse fIed by trapping and hunting and
fishing. or when, the long six months Arctic night sweeps down and bz
yards which n o mn can face and remain alive rag eford ays-even weeks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
s457,ooo SHORTAGE IN BANK.
Populations Of Wisconsin Financiers
Grow Under Investigation.

Populations Of Wisconsin Financiers
Grow Under Investigation.
Every conceivable form Of irregu-
larity has been turned up" is the way
treasury officials describe the develop
ments in the investigation of the Min
eral Point, Wis, First National! Bank,
which closed it's doors Oct. II.
The reports reaching the office OF
the comptroller of the currency in
Washington continue to increase the
amount involved, and to show the re-
narkable nature of the transactions
that led up to the placing of the in
stitution in the hands of Receiver
Schofield.
The latest information is that the
loss from forged paper and embezzle-
ment reaches S457 900. There were
many deposits made that were never
entered on the books of the bank, it
is alleged.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
PROF. FRANCISCO FERRER.

The best known Socialist in Mu
rope and the leader of his party In
the French Chamber Of Deputies 10
NJ. Juares, who predicts that tie .
ecution in Spain of Prof. Francisco
Ferrer, who was convicted Of fOmelt
ing the recent revolt in Barcelona,
will lead to revolution in King Al
fonso's domains. The execution OF
Ferrer has aroused bitter feelings
among the Socialists all through
Europe, England itself not being m
exception, and demonstrations q
protest have been made n many
cities. In Paris an attempt was
made to mob the Spanish embassy
and Juares was one OF the chief lead
ers of an angry crowd of 1000 per-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

Success does not mean happiness; it
means an unusual number of indus
trious enemies.
Never permit yourself to reach
stage where your entire happiness
depends upon one person.
When the men of a town fight for
nothing except the postofice and the
county offices, it's too bad.
After a man gets aaarried, the only
way for him to win admiration and
distinction il to b devoted to his
wife.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
SIDELIGHTS.

Reading aloud is one of the most
wholesome exercises.
The railroads of the world are val
ued at $27. 775, 900, 900.
The house fly becomes full grown
in about four weeks.
Muscles to the number OF 4.061 have
been counted IN the body Of a moth
The worlds stock Of gold money
Is practically Is per cent more ehan
a decade ago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
LEAVES FORTUNE TO AID POOR

Carslin Phelp~-StosSes Gives Bulk of
x5,OOO,OOO Estate to Poor.
Caroline Phelps-Stokes, who died on
Aug. &c last at Redlands. Cal, LETT
the bulk Of her big fortune for the
Building of model tenements In New
York City. Her will, giving sums
ranging in the thousands to her reia-
tives and the residue of her $5,00O,00O
estate to the cause Of better homes for
the poor and the education OF negroes
and Indians in the United States. was
sied with the surrogate in Nav York
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
ArcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Experience doesn't do some people
any good.
In country towns the first" fami-
lies usually hate each other.
People shouldn't make remarks
about ugly people. but they do.
So many men forget to be kind and
decent In the ordinary affairs OF life.
Nature is very kind: by the time q
man is shelved socially. he is glad OF
II.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
FATAL BLAST IN BREWERY.
One Man Killed at Milwaukee Plant
When Three Boilers Explode.

When Three Boilers Explode.
A terrific explosion of three boilers
In the power plant of the Pabst Brew
ing Company in Milwaukee resulted
in the death of Fred Stern, an en-
ploye, the injury of four other employ
es, one of whom, Gottlieb Jehnert. is
in the emergency hospital, and prop
erty loss estimated at $25O,O0 The
cause of the explosion has not been as
certained. The three boilers formed
part of a battery of eight. The explo-
sion wrecked the power plant n
shook buildings within half a mile of
the brewery, many windows being bro
ken. A piece of one Of the boilers was
blown across the street to the roof Of
a three-story storeroom. An elevator
sixty feet high and forty feet wide.
just south OF the power plant, was
moved three feet.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

Why do actors 20 often yea long
hair? Perhaps this Is the reason:
There once was a statute in England
under which actors found wandering
were liable to be branded through the
right ear. The long hair concealed
the decoration, and thus the custom
was started.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

The Bug Bible Is 50 called because
Of its rendering OF Psalm xci., s:
Afraid Of bugs by night" Our pres
ent version "a. D., 1851. reads: Ter.
ror BY night"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

tanned unfailingly it's unrivaled popu-
larity. Growers and fanciers, amateur
and professional, all over the country
and Europe sent prepaid orders for as
many as they could get. To-day there
is no monopoly on the rose and 1t is
for sale by all florists.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

it on the head with her scissors, and
then she drew the gathering strings
tightly together, carrying Mr.. Snake
downstairs, and called Mr.. Smith tt
dispatch him, not becoming frightened
until all danger had passed. The
snake measured four feet in length.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

Ecuador exports about 10000 ton
of vegetable ivory annually, of which
Germany takes about one-half and the
United States one-fourth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

Waterways in Alaska navigable by
steamers approximate 1000 miles, of
which nearly 2,700 are in the water
shed Of the Yukon river.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

Motorcycles each carrying two chem
ical extinguishers. have proved a val
liable addition to the fire department
of Buffalo, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05
Barcelona.

upon The original "Hademark blown IN h botte7 and h efeha u
to substitute will find his market gone beyond REDEMPTION. And
this demand extends to the mnutest detai.
For many years quinine pills of a certain color. made by - American
firm, have been sold by the medical missionaries sin the northo Of Sian. and
O. the people in thai par Of the country cannot be induced % tahea any
substitute that differs in the slightest way from what they have been a .
customed to buy.
That Siam is developing as a field for all sorts of Americas products
is evidenced by the fact that machine plows made in the United States IRE
finding a profitable market in the kingdom.
Makers of mining machinery and tools o. every description win be In
teresed to know that there is likely to be n increasing market fr their
products. Bordering upon the north Of Siam ar the Southern Shan States.
A company has recently been organized in Burma for the purpose Of Oh.
tanning certain mineral concessions in these States These concessions In
clude a prospecting license, comforting the sole right to prospect for min
erals and mineral oils 70 a period of four years., with the option of ~
5000 square miles. Already tn English are alert to the possibilities and
British merchants and manufacturers re preparing to invade the territory
AS a commercial prospect for Americans the kingdom u Siam is AZ
tractive. The difficulty is with the climate, and only those who are physically
ftted Ito endure a hot climate and Oriental methods of living should risk res
idence in that place. There is considerable danger of exposure to epldenntoA
In fact h danger is 10 common that it is always to be pecte e. H#e
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

0 AMERICAN merchants Siam is becoming much more than .
mere name in the geography. To manufacturers and exporters
the land of the sacred elephant is developing az q radD CEN
ter and wise dealers are learning that there is good opportunity
in the Oriental kingdom to sell their products most Drodtably.
The Siamese are stcklers for goods "as advertised" They
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-11-05

- ORTIZ of the Arctic circle, north of the lands where any tree
will grow, live a race of furrytrousered little men-and, for
the matter of that, women; for there the ladies wear the
breaches in more sense than one. The Eskimo averages some
N1y thing under 5 feet 5 inches in height, has a merry little fiat
~ face, with high, prominent cheekbones, and eyes slightly up
- turned at the Cuter corners, betraying his Monaghan origin.