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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
NEW YORK.

Improvement is more in evidence
this week, but irregularities in wealth
err and crop conditions and ebb and
flow movements in trade and industry
prevent definite general characterize
ton of the situation as a whole. House
trade with jobbers and wholesalers is
not usually active at this season, and
efforts to attract business by clearance
sales and liberal advertising have not
been altogether successful.
There is a further apparent gain in
the optimism with which the outlook
for the more distant future is viewed,
contrasting rather sharply with some
of the reports indicating b~ackwardness
of demand for immediate consumption.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May II
were 2O5, against 219 last week, 1853
in the like week of 1908, 142 in 1907,
127 in 1906 and 154 in 1905.
Business failures this week in Can
ada number %, which compares with
rs last week and 81 in the same week
of ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

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CHICAGO.

A slight increase in trading defaults
reported Is unimportant in CONTRAST
with the substantial progress when
appears in the volume of solvent pay
ments through the banks. Weather
conditions being more ~seasonable,
there are now wider indications OF &C
tivity in production and distribution
Ample moisture and higher tempera-
lures advance the crops satisfactorily
Farm reports generally carry much
encouragement, there being healthy
termination in late seeding, larger
acreage of corn and spring wheat and
sustained high prices for the bread
stuffs.
Movements of commodities mainly
reach more extended bulk, although
flour and live stock nave decreased.
Retail trade now shows better, the
buying entering broadly into light
weight apparel, footwear, food prod
ucts and furniture. Sales are also i'm
proving in jewellery, art and music
wares and sporting goods.
Wholesale operations make a strong
er exhibit in dry goods, clothing, wool.
ems and mems furnishings, bookings
for summer and fall deliveries com.
pairing we'll with this time last year.
Railroad activities stand out con.
s]picuously in both freight and passen'
ger branches, and earnings of the Chi
cage steam roads contribute sustained
gains in gross. Furnace docks disclose
meager stocks of ore and an early set
Element of the lake workers strike
would stimulate the vessel interests.
Bank clearings, ~$273,601,361, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905
by 1868 per cent, and compare with
96,517,1 04 for five days in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 26, against "a last week,
23 in 1908 and II in 1907. Those with
liabilities over $4,000 number 8,
against 10 last week, s in 1908 and 3
in 19O7.-Dun's Weekly Review OF
Trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
MUSIC sooTHEs The SICK.
Hospital Patients Greatly Benefited
by n kind-H carted Player.

Hospital Patients Greatly Benefited
by n Kind-Hcnrted Plnyer.
The gifts that some Of us possess for
doing good to others was strlklnsly
shown a few days ago in an uptown
hospital. A student who was an eX-
pert mandolin player had called on a
friend who was a patient in the insti-
tuition. and at the sick man request
he had brought his instrument. The
patients room was one Of many that
opened off a reception room. Among the
patients on the same floor was Il SHf-
ferer from the morphine habit, who at
frequent intervals had to be given a
potion to quiet his nerves. AS the time
approached for him to receive this he
would become so nervous that he
would almost rave. Not far away was
q young woman suffering from a ner-
vous breakdown. She was rarely at
rest.
Suddenly the first notes Of Mendels-
sohn's Spring Song" broke the quiet
of the hospital. Mellowed by distance,
the music Of the mandolin. played by
a master hand, sounded like that Of a
violin. The effect on the patients was
noticeable at once. The morphine user,
who had been begging for his potion,
paused to listen and forgot the craving
for the drug. 1t was the same with the
Young woman. Instead Of picking at
the counterpane she lay perfectly still.
fearful of missing a note from the
sweet melody that foated in through
her open door.
Then came "Home. Sweet Home
and as some Of the patients lay with
closed eyes from under many a lid
there stole a tear as the sufferers
thought of the homes to which some OF
them might never return. Again and
again did the musician favor his eager
audience with selections. classical or
popular. Even the nurses and physi-
clans felt soothed and benefited as the
result of the efforts of the obliging stu
dent. The thanks of his score of hear
ers shone from their eyes as the young
man left the room of his friend and
took the elevator for the first floor.
"That did o. patients more good
than lots Of the medicine they take"
remarked one Of the physicians. ut is
a pity that some rich man does not
provide enough money so that the sick
and injured in our hospitals could be
soothed at frequent intervals by as
good music as that which we have just
Observation-Disclosures Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
me valley md made a soothing rustic In

ne valley and made a soothing rustic In
the trees.
Evelyn and Wheaton heard the sound
of the piano through the open windows,
and a girls voice broke gaily into song.
Its Belle. She does sing those coon
songs wonderfully. Let us wait here I'M
til she finishes this one" The s%un-porch
opened from the dining room. They
could see beyond it, into the drawing
room; the singer was in plain view, sit
ting at the piano; Raridan stood facing
her, keeping time with an imaginary
baton.
A man cam unobscrvcd to the glass
door Of the porch and stood unsteadily
pcering in. lie was very dirty and bal
anced himself in that abandon with which
intoxicated men belle Newton's discov-
cry. He had gained the top step with
difficulty; the light from the window
blinded him and for a moment he stood
within the Enclosure blinking. An ugly
grin spread over his face as he made out
the two figures by the window, and he
began a laborious journey toward them
lie tried to tiptoe, and this added FUR
Their to his ADVERTISEMENTS but the fig
ures by the window were intent on the
SONG and did not hear him. He drew
slowly nearer; one more step and he
would have concluded b journey. He
poised on his toes before taking it, but
the law of gravitation now asserted it.
self. He lunged forward heavily, casting
himself Upon Wheaton, and nearly knock
ing him from his feet.
Jimmy" he blurted in a drunken
voice. Jimmy"
Evelyn turned quickly and shrank back
with a cry. Wheaton was slowly rallying
from the shock of his surprise. He grab
bed the man by the arms and began push
ing him toward the door.
Don't be alarmed he said over his
shoulder to Evelyn, who had shrunk back
against the wall. "IIl manage him"
This, however, was not so easily done
The tramp, rs Evelyn supposed him to be
had been sobered by Wheaton's attack
He clasped his fingers about Wheaton's
throat and planted his feet firmly. Ht
clearly intended to stand his ground, anG
he dug his fingers into Wheaton's neck
with the intention of hurting.
Father" cried Evelyn once, but the
song was growing noisier toward it's enc
and the circle about the piano did not
hear. She was about to call again when
u heavy step sounded outside on the walk
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
MAKING

1t IL Often Found in Pure Food.
The improper selection of food
drives many a healthy person into the
depths of despairing illness. Indeed,
most sickness comes from wrong food
and just so surely as that is the CASE
right food will make the u shine
once more. sG1 49,. . st p
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: I'm October, I was taken
sick and went to bed, losing AZ pounds
in about so days. I had doctor after
doctor, food hurt me and l had to live
almost entirely on magnesia and SODA.
All solid food distressed me so that
water would RUIZ out Of my mouth in
little streams.
81 had terrible night sweats and my
doctor finally said l had consumption
and must die. My good wife gave up
all hope. We were at Old Orchard,
Me-, at that time and my wife saw
Grape-Nuts in a grocery there. She
bought some and persuaded me to try
it.
81 had nc faith in it but took 1t to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me as all other food had done
and before 1 had taken the fifth pack
age I was we'll on the mend. The pains
left my head, my mind became clearer
and / gained weight rapidly.
II went back to my work again and
now after six weeks use of the food 1
am better and stronger than ever be-
fore in my fife. Gsape-Nubs surely
saved my life and made me a strong
hearty man, Is po~afds heavier than
before I was tnlsen SIX.
"Both my gDd wife and ! + will
ing to make afhdaDt to the truth OF
his
Read The Road to MELVILLE" n
pkgs. There's a REASON" :
Ever read the shove letter? A
new n appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and fell -
human interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
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Chicago-Cattle. common to prime.
$500 to 1928; hogs, prime heavy, S4.oo
to $7.45; sheep, fair to choice, S4.2o
to $500; wheat, No. 2, $50 to $1.53;
corn, No. 2, 73c to 75c; oats, standard.
Sc to SOC; rye, No. 2, $50 to 9Oc; hay,
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, PC
to 25c; eggs. fresh, 1Sc to gle; potatoes,
per bushel, 75c to SAC.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $40; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, good to choice.
$3.50 to $6.15; wheat, No. 2, $1.49 to
S1.51; corn, No. 2 white, 73c to 74c;
oats, No. 2 white, 54c to soc.
St. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to 5000;
wheat, No. 2, S1.6O to $1.62; corn, No. 2,
No. 2, SIC to Soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500:
hogs, $500 to $7.6O; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. 2, $1.55 to $1.57; corn.
No. 2 mixed, 76c to TIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, Gle to &c; rye, No. 2, to 92c.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 1925; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.51 to $1.52; corn, No. 3
yellow, 74c to 75c; oats, No. 3 white,
&c to 63c; rye, No. 2, Ole to 92c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.3333 to $1.34; corn, Nc. 3, CSC to Zoe;
oats. standard, 6Oc to Gle; rye, No. I,
SIC to SOC; barley, standard, 74c to 75c +;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 800; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $4.76; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.51 to
$1.53; corn, No. 2 mixed, TIC to 76c;
oats, No. 2 mixed, Gle &c CSC; rye, No.
2, SOC to Ole; clover seed, $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.65; sheep, $500 to
5000: wheat; No. 2 red, $1.45 to $1.47;
corn, No. 2, s3c to SIC; oats, natural
white. &c to &c; butter, creamery, 22c
to 26c; eggs, western, tic to 22c.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
wFSTnN OCEAN-To-OCEAN WALKER,

Said recently: when you feel dowr
aid out, feel there is nc use living. just
take your a thoughts with you and
walk them on. Before you have walked
= mile things will look roster. Just try
IT." Have you noticed the Increase In
walking OF late in every community.
Many attribute it to the comfort which
ALIENS Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder
60 be shaken into the shoes. gives to the
millions now using It. As Weston has
said, ut has real merit" 1t cures tired,
aching feet while you walk. 10000 testi.
monials. Order a 25c. package to-day OF
nave feet. A trial package of Aliens
FO0t.Ease sent FREE. Address Allen
IS. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
TURNING NIGHT INTO DAY.

Ia Sleep Only an Inherited iinb1ts
burning Late Oil.
Old-time principles as well as pre-
iudices seem destined to give place to
the newer and broader and more truth.
full light Of these latter days, says a
writer in the philadelphia Public LedS'
err Sometimes there is a hitch IN the
newness of breadth or truth Of the
light. but that is. no cause for r1bald
scorn. Let us be thankful for the
truth when it comes and as it comes
Here now is Il college professor who
tells his students that the old adaSe
of early to bed and early to rise
is out of date and untrue, so far at
least as the last blessing it promises
us. the acquisition of wisdom, is con.
cerned.
His thesis is thai the t~ime-honored
aphorism only applied to the elder
DAYS, when the shades of night were
only to be dispelled by a fnrthlng
candle or an ill-smelling whale-oil
lamp, but in these joyous latter days
Or nights-of luminous kerosene and
the incandescent mantle or the clever
little electric bulb, the situation is al
together changed; that the night hours
are the true time for study and mental
effort; that the faculties are then more
keen and wide awake. the soul more
open to the inspiration Of genius, In
short, that the morning is no time for
brain work at all, and that all thu
greatest thinkers do their best work
in hours about midnight n later,
when the mind is freed at last from
the vapors and stupors Of its slumberl
the night before. IA.
He tells US that in the morning, and
indeed, pretty much all day, the mind
is sluggish from its effort to shake o1
sleep, and apparently it takes about
a dozen hours fully to wake up. There
fore he tells his students studying
should be done at night to be mos
effective.
1t may be so, but what would b
the result in the collegiate world i
the doctrine were given practical ct
feet? If the students are to begin theil
| serious work about midnight and stud!
for foul or five hours, an evident re
| adjustment of ordinary collegiate pro
cedure becomes necessary. Sleep, TN
| fortunately or not, is a need that can
| not be set aside; men require 1t II
variable quantity, according to the IN
| dividual temperament. Franklin's die
tum was .six hours for a man, sever
for a woman and eight for a fool
| although we may suspect him Of occa
sionally himself taking ten on the SLY
1t will be remembered that SOM
years ago Thomas A. Edison prophe
sled that with the advent OF electro
| lighting the necessity for sleep woult
gradually disappear: that it was sim
ply an inherited habit-a bad habit
at that-brought about by the fact tina
In the dark ages, without adequat
means of artificial lighting. men hal
to go to bed with the sun simply be
cause they could no longer see. TIL
theory goes much further than our col
lege professors; he still recognizes tn
need for sleep. but seems to find
far from a refreshing process. Whel
he once Is overcome by slumber I
takes him ustil the next night to b
come fully awake again
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
n. Emborrr..ing rrutn.

THE vindication of Or. Harvey w.
Wiley Is a great triumph" said q
Washington diplomat, "fcr pure food.
DIR. Wiley tells the truth, and the truth
Is painful to certain types Of food pro-
ducfrs"
The diplomat laughed.
cdr. Wiley was talking the other day
about the painfulness Of the truth he
resumed. "He said 1t reminded him
OF a morning call that he once made
on a young lady in his youth. In an
swer to his ring a tiny tot OF a girl
opened the door, and DR.. Wiley said to
her, as he walked into the hall:
"'Nhere is Your auntie, Mabel?'
"'Upstairs in her nightie,' chirped
the tot, 'a-lookir' over the balustrade.'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

Finds sFortune" Worthless; Insane.
When he learned hat S22, 900 in pa
per IL which he dug up two weeks
ago in a field while blowing, was
worthless, William Murphy, a farmer,
living three miles east of Snyder,
Okla. lost his mind. Murphy guarded
fa.:s find carefully for a week before
he learned that the bills were issued
IL the Confederate States of Ame .ica
during the Civil War.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

"Maria, I'm going to have DIR. Squil-
Dps treat me for my heart trouble
"What do you know about DR.. Squil-
dps, John?"
"All l know about him is that Mr..
Gotsum recommends him to me-
"Who is Mr.. Gotsum"
"Mr. Gotsum is one of the ~stockhold-
RS of the life insurance company that is
carrying a $4,000 risk on my life.'-
chicago Tribune .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

we're dull pain in the right side ana
back that troubled me a great deal
ard 1 had frequent headaches ana
dizzy spells. Doan's Kidney Iiiis re
lieved me at once, however, ana NAY"
made me better in every way"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a Doa'
Eoster-Mflburn Co., Buffalo, N. L.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
Standing Up for Him.

Miriam, isn't that young Fergus COM
ng to our house pretty often now?"
Il suppose he is, mamma"
do you know anything about him?
What is he worth, for instance?"
well, he's worth any dozen of the or
binary young men of my acquaintance"
Eyes. but"
And he's worth 500 a week to the
firm he works for-even if he does get.
only $25 now."-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

BIoodttirs.y Man SlaShc Mother.
I've got to murder some one to-day.
Il it might as well be you," Frank
Daniels. a negro, said to his mother
in Cleveland. Daniels quickly drew q
razor across the woman's throat, caus-
ing what will probably be a fatal
wound
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

times out OF tcn' IL
is due to sick kid
neys. The only way
to find relief Is TO
cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills
have given sound
strong backs to
thousands OF mel
and women.
Mrs. L. Spicer
3o4 8. Seventh st.
De Kalb, H., says
ttrI'hnvn WIS IL Sc
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

Don Morrison, a Chicago salesman,
was arrested in New York on the COM
plant Of a oma who q " her name
rs Mary Kenny. She said Morrison
had sent her an insulting note on a
New York Central train. Morrison de-
,aied he intended to insult the woman
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

n pretty design for . soft null or sum-
aer silk. Has q bolero, and a banded
overskirt. The sleeves are laced with rib
Don same shade 40 the sash. The hat
shown here IS q poke" with full blown
pink roses round the crown. Fringed
black velvet ribbon strings hang over ON
1he right side.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
No serinn. con.enucnce.,

yes said Mrs. Lapsling. ~"Johnny's
ali right now. When he was bitten by
that strange dog ! took him To a doctors
and had the wound ostracized right
away"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

.~sInrdcred. Boy Found Alive.
James Hines, the ~16-year-old nephew
of Mayor Hines of Abingdon, Va
whom Robert Moore. a negro, said he
had murdered, has been located In
Ohio.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
CHAPTER VII.

" ~
The following Sunday morning after
church, as Wheaton reached his room he
found an envelope lying on his table,
much soiled. and addressed, In an I'M
formed hand, to himself. 1t contained a
dirty scrap Of paper bearing these words !:
"Jim: TIL be at the Occidental Hotel
tonight at s o'clock. Don't fail to come.
BILLY"
Wheaton tore up the note with irrita-
tion and threw it into the waste paper
basket. He called the Chinese servant.
who explained that a boy had left it in
the course of the morning and had said
nothing about an answer.
The Bachelors did not usually muster
a full table at Sunday dinner. All Clark
son dined at noon on Sunday. n most
of the bachelors were fortunate enough
to be asked out. Wheaton was not fire.
quently a diner ont by reason of his more
slender acquaintance; and to-day all
pere present, including Raridan, the most
fckie Of all in his attendance. 1t had
pleased Wheaton to find that the Others
nd been setting him apart more and
more with Raridan for the daily disci-
pline tNey dealt one another. They liked
to poke fam at Raridan on the score of
what they called his mad social whirl
there was no resentment about it: they
were themselves of sterner stuff and had
no patience with Raridan's frivolities
and they were within the fact when they
assumed that, II they wished. they could
70 anywhere that he did. 1t touched
Whsatoo's vanity to End himsel4 . t.A~'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

The wheat crop In Washington
State is reported backward. The
ground is dry and in some sections
high winds have uncovered the seed.
Fruits Of all kinds promise a good
crop.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

A plan to construct a chain Of ware
houses in the grain producing terri
tory to hold wheat for high prices was
Endorsed at the mas meeting of the
grain growers and cattle drovers'
branch of the national farmers union,
at Springfield, Mo.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11
BURDENS LIFTED
FROM BENT BACKS.

A bad bacl, Is IL heavy handicap 10
those OF us who work every day. Nine
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

A statue Of King Henry vi Is being
placed outside Of Salisbury cathedral,
Ergland, q I memorial to the late Deas
webb.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-11

and Bishop Delafeld came swiftly into
the porch. He had entered the grounds
from the rear and was walking AROUND
the house to the front door.
"Quick that man there-Ill call the
others :" cried Evelyn, still shrinking
against the wall. Wheaton had been
forced to his knees and his assailant was
choking him. But there was no need of
other help. The bishop had already seized
the tramp about the body with his great
hands, tearing him from Wheaton's neck.
He strobe, with the squirming figure in
his grasp, toward an open window at the
back of the glass Enclosure, and pushed
the man out. There was a great snort
ing and threshing below. The hill dipped
abruptly away from the side of the house
and the man had fallen several feet. into
a flower bed.
Get away from here" the bishop
said. in his deep voice, land be quick
about it." The man rose and ran swiftly
down the slope toward the street.
The bishop walked back to the window.
The others had now hurried out in re-
sponse to Evelyn's pe%remptory calls. and
she was telling st the tramp's visit, while
Wheaton received their condolences, and
r%eadjusted his tie. His collar and short
'front.' showed Signs OF contact with uill
Sit was a tramp, said Evelyn, as the
| others piled her with questions, land he
attacked Mr.. Wheaton,
Where's he gomez" demanded Porter
e%xcitedly. 81
'sThere he goes" said the bishop, point
ing toward the window. II dropped hin
gently out of the window. The shock
! seems to have inspired his legs"
.'I'l nave the police began Por
ter.
.Oh, he's gone now, Mr.. Porter" sale
Wheaton, coolly, as he restored his tie
Bishop Delafield disposed of him so Wig
o~rousily that he'll hardly come back"
Eyes, let him co. said the bishop, wip
ing his hands ON his handkerchief. I'm
only afraid. Porter, that I've spoiled your
best Gamma bed