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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

William Keen and George Greenwich
were killed while firing a shot of dyna-
pany at Lisbon, Ohio. Gas was ignited
by the shot. The mine was wrecked.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
oklahoma Bank loses Doors,

F. w. Bryant, national bank exami-
ner, closed the doors of the Farmers
National Bank in Tulsa, Okla. The
failure of the bank is an aftermath of
the recent big failure of the Columbia
Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24

lQRD IN this New
Year Give us Faith
Faith to believe In
the Divine Dict,1m

LIlC D1CCu1n
that as the Sowing is, 50
shall the ReapinS be; faith
to know this not as the
threat ola vensefu1 God
but an affirmation radiant
with promise = inspired
p~reeentment of the Divine
Possibilities of Every Dayl
Help Us O Lord, to realize
them in the highest!
6ive US Wisdorn: Wis
dom to know values, to
separate great interests
from little, the true from
the false, the petty from
the essential.
Give us Strength:S Strength
Of will to do Strength of
heart to bear.
And in all things Lord
lend US of thy Grace, teach
Us out Of thy abundant
Ratience, help US to be kind
lanes RoDurakeher
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-24
st.piA Georxe.

Are you going to hang up any mis-
tletoe?'
No. I'm not I put some ~ slase
year. and George asked II Il venx
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

many kinds, with an occasional roy
al cedar towering above. Where
bit of the great Sahara is pointed
out, it requires a stretch of the
imagination to see more than the
oases.
Australia is extensively represents
ed. There are 60 different varieties
Of eucalyptus in this section and the
saltbushes are no longer allowed In
the main part of the garden; though
the gardeners still seem proud of
the ugly, scraggy bushes. They
grow prodigiously in this soil, and
thrive in any. The Australian variety
has a thicker, more succulent leaf
than the others.
Besides the sections mentioned.
there is one for industrial and me-
dicinal plants, the section of fruit
trees, and still another section de-
voted to the various methods of re-
production, whether by seed. graft
ing, or budding.
There are also two conservatories.
One of them is beautiful and almost
new. The older one was awarded .
premium in the Paris exposition OF
1885,; both for it's artistic construc-
tion and for the excellent arrange
ment for heating and ventilating it's
three divisions, which are kept at a
temperature of Is deg, 1S deg, and
II deg, respectively. The substan-
ital building is an Inheritance from
the department of agriculture, which
formerly occupied this plot of
ground. 1t contains the residence
of the director. various Offices, and
small museum.
Agricultural explorers who have
visited the most famous botanical
gardens of both the Old and the
New Worlds have written of this
one in words of highest praise and
appreciation.
Buenos Aires has reason to be
proud of it's botanical garden, not
only because it is one of the richest
and most varied in the world, but be.
cause of the persistent effort made
here to cultivate to the utmost the
plants and trees Indigenous to the
country. .,
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not receiving congratulations, and !
entered with sigh of thankfulness
for something unchanged, when, mock
cry Of mockeries, just as was throw.
ing myself down to wait for Barbara
| discovered great bowl of Soliel
dor roses glowing in the middle of
the table. The Forlorn Hope had Of
fered its tribute of American Beau
ties and Jacqueminots and Marechal
Neils to Barbara, but it had always
been my privilege to take her the
splendid Soliel dor. l stood for a
minute looking at these upon the
table, then l picked up the big crystal
bowl and carried it across to the
drawing room, where l set it down
not too gently.
Presently l heard Barbara's step in
the hall. 1t sounded little languid,
thought.
Il am here" l said, from the IL
brary.
What are you doing there in the
dark?"
Il like the dark and the library"
"How capricious you are! l never
knew you to wait here before"
made no reply, but l stirred the
fire in the hope that she would not
ring for lights.
Il am tired" she said, as she sank
into a chair drew for her.
''Pleasantly?" inquired with sym.
pathy.
No, doWnrightly. People have been
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
CHAPTER ~.
I went to see Barbara a few day!

I went to see Barbara few days
later.
It is queer how changed atmoe.
phere seems to affect the material az
we'll as the immaterial-even the Hem
ingray doorsteps appeared changed
40 I stood on them in the dusk of the
spring evening, waiting to be ad-
mitted.
l was shown into the south drawing
room to wait for Barbara; 1 have been
shown into the south drawing room
to wait for her hundred times, and
had always before found it pleas
ant, inviting place; but l got no fur
ther than the threshold this evening:
the change in it was amazing. The
prodigality of light struck me first,
and then its gala-air; it was as if it,
too, were receiving congratulations in
its best clothes along with its mis-
tress. There were flowers every.
where. am fond of all flowers but
those taken by another man to the
girl I love. Ankony's flowers oyerran
the south drawing room; they were
on the three-cornered piano that had
belonged to Barbara's mother, on the
quaint cabinet with ormolu mounts
and parquetry paneling that had been
her great-grandmother's, on her grand
mothers mahogany table, and on man
tells and shelves and cases.
Their fragrance met me at the
threshold and stopped me there as il
It had been funeral fragrance. With a
shiver crossed quickly to the library,
There was no light there but Z dim
lreiight. The library. evidently, vss
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
She Flashed.

coming for days to say nice things to
me. l suppose I ought to be glad"
:"'Oh, I don't know. Nice things can
become awfully tiresome."
She nodded YEARLY
II promise in the beginning to say
nothing nice whatever" I fastened to
assure her,
She smiled little.
You rarely do" she observed; but
I think shall rather like it tonight.
I've about exhausted all my replies.
You've no idea. how quickly you run
out of replies to the sort of amiable
platitudes that have been showered
on me lately"
Il dare say. You know I've never
experienced anything like it. People
make phrases, and you make phrases
back at them. Is that it? But you
wouldn't make them for me, am
sure" i,.....
mo, I think l shouldn't consider it
worth while
1T wouldn't be good for you II l
caught you at it." s-.
That's the real cleverness," she
mused, Ito make a catchword sound
pristine in its freshness. A lot of
women know can do it. I never
could. It's art, Or"
do you remember the story of the
fairy godmother who put: pearls in
stead the words in the mouth of one
of her godchildren?" l asked. IF
these were still the blessed days of
fairies, l know lot of good folks
who would ask for catchw0rds, don't
you?''
She laughed softly.
Instead of brains," she said. "They
would be so much easier managed"
Exactly"
We laughed again. For moment l
think we forgot. We were so &C.
customed to being gay.
"You are very amiable tonight" she
remarked after moment. TITS so
nice to find you that way. You are
not always so, you know. For in
stance"
"You mistake interrupted; Tim
not amiable at all tonight. l am ex.
ceedingly out of sorts. have lost
something, and l don't like losing
things; it makes me cross." /"
Careless people always lose
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

things SAID she severely: Il alwayS
told you how careless you were"
I'm afraid you were right" I ad-
mitted; "but didn't mean to be"
"Oh. one never means to be, q
course. Don't urge that as IN sI-
cuse."
"The fault is not all NINE" I q.
tenuated. !,
She laughed. !
"Whom are you trying to put Il
on?" she asked.
But did not reply, and presently
she inquired more kindly:
"Was what you lost of much value?''
"Of the greatest value"
"Pshaw! that's too bad. Have YOU
tried to recover it?'' And now .
friendly interest warmed her tones.
Its no use,," said hopelessly.
"But l should think you'd try, al
least" she urged.
looked at her speculatively.
II wish dared" I sighed.
"How queer! Why don't you dare?'
There are several reasons"
She faced me accusingly.
"Are you talking In epigram?" she
suddenly demanded. "You know how
I hate it,
mot at ALL" I protested; "but, you
see, this didn't really belong to me. I
never possessed it. I hoped that some
day it would be mine, and now have
lost the hope of it. Do you see what
I mean?'
She put her chin in her palm and
stared into the fire.
THAT is so different-so Altogether
different" she said
!! But quite as hard to bear," l in.
sisted. 1T is no easier to lose the
hope of thing than to lose the thing
ITSELF"
perhaps not" she admitted,
thoughtfully; but we have all had a
great many losses of that kind
Il never had a loss like this l re.
! piled seriously, and I arose to punch
the fire and change the subject
Barbara. however, was both sympa-
thetic and interested, and also, I
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
k0uiS .x<n G4& PEN

five minutes before in every part of the boat
for all to go ashore that were going. But q
last up the gangplank he came, a solitary dg.
ure in the plank's wide, long space, and with
all the passengers lining that side of the boat
looking down upon him with interest, while
forward, with his hand on a bell pull at tho
side of the deck, stood the captain, ready to
give the signal in the engine room the instant
that man stepped of the gangplank and the
plank was hauled ashore.
And so that last man to go ashore passed
up the gangplank not looking up but not
hurrying, walking calmly, while everybody on
the boat looked down, and while at the same
time there, stood at either side of the plank
and with their hands resting upon the top
rails six stalwart and able-bodied longshore-
men, ready to lift the plank and surge it shore.
ward about as soon as this gentleman stepped
Oft it, which they did. They let him get about
foot clear OF 1t and then they lifted it. and
with the first surge they gave it brought up
against his. heels.
Whereupon the last man ashore turned
with fire in. his eye and with an evident dc.
sire to lick somebody, and he was an able.
looking man. Undoubtedly he could have
licked somebody, perhaps two. but the brief.
est reflection told him that he could not get
away with the IL longshoremen that he now
saw smiling at him, whereupon again he
turned, now smiling himself, and started on.
while in the meantime the instant the gang.
plank was cleared the captain on the boat had
yanked that bell pull and the last lines had
been cast of, and now the boat too, though
fully 40 seconds late. was at last on her way.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

mate consumed in the country costs $4,000, 900
annually, so it is well worth while to develop
it's cultivation As, however, the Argentine
Republic becomes Anglicized, It demands tea
instead of mate, regardless of the advice of
physicians, who claim that mate is the more
wholesome beverage ,.s ..s ....,. .-,s.. !
The collection Of ferns is very large, from
the innumerable varieties Of the dainty maiden
hair to the tree fern.
The cactus in number and variety almost
equals the fern. One very rare variety from
the region of the Andes is always shown to
visitors. It is particularly ugly, with its long,
stiff stalks in spiny ridges. "a
Among the water lilies, the Victoria regia,
with its enormous pads, is great curiosity
to foreigners, though it abounds in the north
ern provinces Of the republic, and is called
irupe by the Guarani Indians. 1t is also said
to have leaf so thick and strong that it will
bear the weight of a baby several months old.
There is only one large plant growing al aire
hbre" in this garden, and It 10 the pride Of the
pond.
OF orchids there are some lovely specimens.
The representative dora of the Old World
deserves extended space, Europe almost sug-
gesting Worlds fair, with here bit of Spain
or Italy, there Of Norway, and still farther on
a glimpse of Germany. Asia is not more in
teresting, but more unusual than Europe
There is, of course, the bamboo, with its .sug-
gestion of marvellous tales, and from the north
bush covered with lovely white flowers, a
sort of spirea. Among the Japanese trees is
the ginkgo. with its small and graceful fan
shaped leaves.
Africa is chiefly conspicuous for palms of
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

ing presses, envelope sealers, letter
folding machines. addressing ma
chimes, leash registers, coin-countins
machines, adding and tabulating ma,
chimes. pencil sharpeners, fans,
erasers, envelope-opening machines
and ventilators.
For heating, current may be applied
to cigar lighters. sealing wax pots,
radiators and foot warmers for spe.
cially exposed corners Of an eflice.
water heaters and small electric
stoves for noonstime uso BY 10 ae:t
q the once force
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

Calico was "old" when he announced
his great discovery of the eath's move
ment around the sun. Milton was
"old" when he wrote Paradise Lost"
Goethe was 80 when he wrote the Sec
ond part Of Faust" And even when
only physical endurance 10 at stake
men of 20 can sometimes best men
of 30-take the case OF Edward Pay
son Weston.
This cEy Of too old" IL really sense.
less in q great many cases. The en-.
ployer who 10 seeking for good man
will prefer . capable worker Of 80
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

think, she considered this a safe and
comfortable topic and she wished to
avoid others that might not prove
so. So she said:
Il can't see why you have given up
all hope of getting this thing that you
want. You say you dare not make an
other try at it. But l don't under
stand. Is it some sort of chairman
ship, and has it been given to some
one else?"
1T is not craftsmanship" I an.
swered her; 'but, yes, it has been
given to some one else."
"Quite irrevocably?"
II am afraid so.''
I'm SO sorry for you"
THANK you. I need your sym.
pathy."
"Then it meant q great deal to
you?"
She turned in her chair quite sud.
denly and looked at me, the question
in her eyes. At the moment the fire
began to fame and crackle. falling
full on my unwilling face, and her
eyes, meeting mine, comprehended in
spite of me, wavered, and dropped.
"Oh!" she breathed very softly, "oh.
why did you-did you do it,"
HE isn't much of a man who eoes
about whfmpering, is he?" l asked.
trying to smile but making a dismal
failure of it. If the fire had only
smouldered minute longer you need
never have known. Don't remember
it, and don't let it make any difference
in your-your happiness"
"Dont!" she cried. She put her
face down on the arm Of the chair. and
left it there a minute, while stood
looking helplessly down at her. Pres
emily she lifted her head and looked
at me with eyes filed with scorn.
II hate myself when think Of what
you must think of me-" she flashed.
Can you think one kindly thingT'
s"Not ones" said I, "but a thousaad.s
Her smile wayered through tears.
and she put out her hand to me. She
ought mott was dangerous mo-
ment: there are times when the hard.
est thing in the world is to take tha
hand of the woman you love. But ~
didn't know it. and took It.
CTo BE coNT1NUEna
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

palo borracho drunken stick), with q shape
less swelled trunk, covered with thorns, and
having small, irregular branches. It is, how
ever, very useful as it furnishes species of
vegetable silk.
In the TERRA del Fuego section, or subsec-
tion there Is a most lovely araucaria, a fine
dark green, except the tips of the branches,
which are of a softer, lighter color. The leaves
really seem sort of developed thorn.
Of all the Argentine trees, the ombu is the
most remarkable. with it's thick, soft bark, its
spongy wood, its dense foliage, and long clus-
ters of white blossoms. 1t is of rapid growth
and attains an enormous size. The soil here
Is too rich for it; so, in self-defense, its i'm
mense roots, after few years, seek the sur.
face. The older trees have numerous little
tender branches that spring directly from this
surface root and grow straight up through the
thick branches, trying to reach the light. There
is one in the garden, eight years old, with a
height of so feet and diameter Of three. At
about two feet above the ground the trunk d.
vides into two smaller trunks, each sending of
long, straight branches. It's roots are just be-
ginning to appear. It is an ideal tree for
children's playground, with possibilities for
climbing about and even for keeping house
among its hospitable branches
The section of acclimatization is very inter-
esting. Here may be seen the result of assidu-
Gus efforts to cultivate various exotic as well
indigenous plants. One very notable success
has been that of the cultivation of the yerba
mate of Paraguay. After number of fruit
less efforts NJ. Thays succeeded by the follow
ing method: The seeds were placed in water
almost boiling hot; every six hours the hot wa
ter was renewed. This was kept up for four
days; then the seeds, three in number, were
pressed out of their little sheath and planted
In special soil, covered to a certain depth
and kept constantly moist. Six months time,
and even year in some instances, was need.
ed for the sprouting When the plants grew
to be 2k inches high they were placed in sep
arate pots; when IL inches, they were planted
In the garden, where some of them have now
reached height ol IL feet. What Is particular.
ly promising IS that the seed from these plants
WILL grow without any special preparation
There has been some discussion as to whether
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
FOOLISH CRY OF "TOO OLD"

rior to those under that age. While
young men have achieved wonderful
things under the direction of older
heads, the greatest and most perma-
nently useful work Of the world has
been done by men whom many of W
would now call old.
In science, in literature, and in pro.
fessional work generally, the most DIFF
hcult tasks must always be intrust-
ed to men who are long past youth.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
The Last Man Ashore.

1t was now nearly half a minute
past this big steamboats, sailing
time and she hadn't started yet.
Usually she got away on the stroke
of the minute. The cause of the
trouble was clear
Up the gangplank which had been
held that half minute for him came
a man, tolerably big and stalwart
sort of man, who had not heard or
had. not needed the warning given
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
Capable Worker Of Fifty Is Preferred
to the Shirker Of Fewer
Years.

A discussion has taken place in the
New York Times on the question Of
finding employment for men who are
no longer young. In reality, in every
position where original ability a. well
O. experience must be taken into &C.
aaant men Of O1Ge 70 are lar supe.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

is cooked and served In
many ways. The bark Is
made into casks and bar
rels. AS the tree sometimes
has q diameter of more
than a meter, one length Of
bark serves for a cask.
The paradise tree and the
ceiba are great favorites;
the former, on account of
its rich purple flowers, the
latter on account of it's bril-
liant red ones. This is said
to have been the favorite
tree of Rosas.
There is a beautiful large
tree from Misiones, the cel-
tis tala, whose delicate
leaves are very like smilax,
just a shade darker and
thicker. The really ugly
tree Of the garden iS tho
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens with a scene at q box
party. Miss Henrietta Winstanley, sis
ter of Bishop Winstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose to Barbara Hem
ingray. whose brother Dan was in his
employ. Dan was one of the towns pop
BUSINESS when Attorney Tom Twining told
him Barbara refused Ankony. Ankony
the following day, summoning Twining,
accused Dan of looting the bank. Twin
ing refused to prosecute. Barbara per-
suaded Ankony to postpone starting
prosecution
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06
Small Motor. In susine.. Offices.

Small Motors In Business Offices,
The small electric motor finds q
great variety Of work to. do in the
business Office. Among the most COM
mon applications are the following:
Driving typewriting machines. time
stamps and desk JpuBehss. !phono
graphs for correspondence, lsttecoopy.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

to a shirker and ''ne'er-do-weel' Of
f1ve and twenty. When employers act
otherwise they only show their own
lack Of common sense.-Rochester Elk.
press,
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-06

this manner OF
termination is a
modern idea or a
rediscovery of the
process used by
the Jesuits, the
secret of which
they carried away
with them when
e xpelle d from
their possessions
in PARAGUAY. The
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-02

people, but it is a principle which
the founders of the church up
held when civilization and re-
ligious liberation were less ad-
vanced than they are today. The
addition of the aggravated con-
ditions of a race problem to such
a situation does not alter the
principle involved, and the sacri-
flee of life under such circum-
stances would have exalted the
Negro church and chastened all
religion throughout America. 1t
is easy to advise others to accept
martyrdom, we know, but it is
hard to see the highest and most
sacred ideals of even a groveling
people ANONYMOUSLY disgraced.
AS an ordinary individual, Bishop
Hampton was wise to flee, but
the Negro church will have no
standing in Mississippi as long
as it is remembered that one of
it's bishops is afugitive from the
state. If the Negro church
ware other than a Christian
church, the situation would be
slightly changed, but Christian
church without dignity or re-
spect in Christian community
is living Indictment against all
religion. The Negroes of Missi.
ssippi might as well be savages,
like their white neighbors and
examplars. Colorado Statesman
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-02

Next week the same company
headed by Miss Emma Bunting,
will produce for the first time in
Seattle, David Higgins success
full comedy drama, At Piney
Ridge" The scenes of this play
are laid in the South, that is, in
Tennessee, Romance turks in
every situation and the play tells
a powerful story Of a young man
who has won fame and wealth
as we'll as position, and who dis
covers at manhood, that he is
falsely claimed by an Octeroon
woman and her child, forms the
base of the plot. The play is
painted with spirited colors,
striking and novel dramatic sit
uationS, and the interests never
Tags for a minute. The scenic
effects in the play, although new
here, has been continually before
the public in the East since 1906.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1909-07-02

last Sunday she told Manager
Russell, f am haviag the time
of my life IN this bill. " In the
first act she is New York street
wait; in the second an heiress; in
the third a detective and in the
last sweetheart to a German
nobleman. The company through
out is congenially cast. Noel
Traverse, another favorite, was
in the cast but not recognized,
she playing an old bag. MY
Tomboy Girl will satisfy any,
one seeking amusement, for the
play is good and splendidly
acted.