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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
SHORT METER SERMONS.

Observation-Disclosures is the watch.
word of our nj OF living:-Rev,
c. e. Perkins, Presbyterian, Salt Lake
City.
Moral Bats.-When men act as il
the body is more valuable thar the
soul they have moral bats in their bel
.ry.--Rev. C. Ross Baker, Baptist, Spo-
kane.
Purity.-You cannot come to God in
impurity because He is pure, and you
can only reach Him through purity
Rev. J. O. Hayes, True Church. San
Jose. Cal.
Righteous Path.-We may make
Gods will our own, and find the paths
of righteousness the paths Of Joy as
well.-Rev. W. @. Roselle, Baptist.
Philadelphia.
Communion with God.-Before the
ever desirable, should be placed the
subjective changes which come by com
munion with God.-Rev. F. d. Leete,
Methodist, Detroit.
Jesus NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. attained
three great victories in his world, a
victory over sin, a victory yer the
flesh. and a victory over death.-Rev.
Father Lowry. Roman Catholic, Lon.
don, Can.
Spiritual an4 Physical. Iaw.-Tne
law of light and shade, OF work and
rest, of intensity and relaxation, is a
spiritual law as we'll as a physical
Rev. N. d. Hills. Congregationalist,
Brooklyn.
One Creator.-There is one God. the
creator and sustainer of all life. His
life is in every created thing from the
most highly developed spiritual entity
to the minutest molecule in existence.
Rev. W. P. Lyon. True Life Church,
San Jose. Cal.
The Cowardly Path.--The path of
compromise is the path of the coward
in national or municipal politics. De-
cisions should never be deferred. Do
right, even though the skies fall, and
do 1t now.-Rev. J. Stuart Holden, st,
Bartholomew. New York City.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
HOW TO BE HAPPY.

By Rev. Junius B. Eemensnyder.
On. that | had wings like a dove,
for then | fou}d fly away and be at
reSt.-PS. 4:G.
This is the imprisoned cry Of a
soul wcaried with the turmoil and
struggle Of life to the point Of losing
heart.
What is the cause of these fits of de.
preston? One is the fatigue of work.
Another cause OF these depressed states
IS the crosses, anXieties and cares OF
life. 1t is not work 50 much AS worry
that SapS our vigor. As the constant
dropping wears away the granite block,
so these little vexations try our Gour.
age and patience. And another cause
is sin; cur own misdCings. We turn
aside from the right to the pleasant
path. We do wrong to ourselves; we
hurt III neighLors and then comes
t1e inevitable penalty. We are smit-
ten with remorse. We are bowed in
the dust with self-reproach and shame.
Such is life's unrest; what is its
cure? First of all, we must recognize
that these discouraged methods are
morbid, unhealthy and unnatural. 1t
is weak and unmanly fer IS to give
way to them. Life was meant to be
hopeful, buoyant, joyful. Something
is wrong with our life machinery and
II be set straight.
We must love our work. put our
hearts into it. feel that we are doing
cur Fathers will in it. Thus laboring,
We will fad Joy II beauty and poetry
and not ~drudgery in our daily task.
divine purpose.
We SHOULD look upon the bright side.
When Cur hearts drop ii is because we
weigh oar troubles, but do not put our
blessings into the balance. We mag.
nifty crosses and overlook joys that
are not to be numbered.
Home is the remover of the careworn
spirit. Everyone should have or make
q home. The power of domestic love
and confidence to cheer the faded spirit
is II of the rarest treasures of the
hearthstone. But above all, religion is
the sweet restorer of the soul. When
courage inks and spirits flag there is
no power like faith in God can Danish
our weakness. To realize. then, the
living purpose In our lives and His
presence instantly at hand for our
help, is to meet every task with cheer
and every dilemma with a stout heart.
Instead, then. of signing for the
wings Of "a dove to fly to some shelter
OF rest, let us face life's duties and
cares with manly spirit and eager ar
dor. Il we shall find in it our true
calling. our place of usefulness. our
schoo! OF growth, II present joy and
Il future hope.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
TREES IN ALL SHAPES.
They May he Made to Fit Any Space
or tn Take ANY Form.

AhS 80 LIZ As~ =" ~. H~~
OF to Take Any Form.
An expert can make a vine OF an
apple or q pear tree, a tree OF goose
berry o. currant bush. or a snake OF
either. says Country Life in America.
He will twist, pinch and fondle the de-
sCendant of some mighty apple tree,
with It's gnurled branches Il its for
ty-foot spread, measuring, planning
! and nursing until, instead OF assuming
the shape OF its parent, 1t will grow
TO fit some space on the side OF his
house. hugging the wall like a vine,
or possibly will form a screen to hide
his kitchen perch.
In the rich mans garden abroad we
see all sorts Of curious forms to which
fruit trees have been trained. Some
are beautiful, some are freakish, but
all are wonderful. In vases, Tyres,
shields. crests, monograms, soldiers,
beautiful maidens the apple or pear
tree and the currant bush lose their
identity.
Those that are trained like vines
certainly possess a distinctive decora-
tive value. In the old days every es-
] tate in England worth while had a
specimen box tcee-a superior example
Of topiary work-which was pruned to
resemble Queen Elizabeth.
In the poor mans garden abroad a
! usefulness. N garden Is too small
for a few trees. The peasant. with a
scant six inches or a foot between his
walk and his neighbours fence, still
has room to plant a tree and train IL
against a lattice. While the necessity
for maximum returns from minimum
acres IS not a part or our national
point of view, the possibility OF the
training of trees as a hobby has been
very much overlooked.
! in Germany you al buy n tree to
measure TO fiji in any space on your
garden wall or house, just as we buy
a ready-made suit of clothes. While
the trining Of fruit trees has become
popular only within ten years. the
Formobstbaumschulen, OF schools
where trees are trained, are 10Y to be
found everywhere in Germany. There
are commercial nurseries where ex
perts in espalier work are constantly
making new forms and creating new
marvels. Certain shapes have become
standard, such as pyramids, cordons
palmettos and so on.
There are practically no nurseries II
America that have taken up the propa
CATION and sale OF trained fruit trees
in a serions way, and there is almos'
no American literature or the subject;
consequently n who wishes to take
this work as a hobby will be forced tc
Germany, France or England for hi
inspiration and for his stock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

70 would b. a foolish man who
cared only for the apple lessons and
nothing for the coming fruit. We
would count him a fool who continued
in manhood TO pour out exclusive affec.
ton on c~hildhood's toys. Yet that is
Just what many of us are doing. living
for the passing and the trivial, and
so losing the eternal and truly valu.
able.
Life is Just the chance to get rich
in this way and to have a self that
C~n;iches the ages. Neither pain nor
poverty nor even death has terrors to
those who know how little any of these
can take from him. The secret OF life
is the discovery of this life which is
,;e:lal because ABOVE the ills and &C.
cidents of time.
The evil days must come. Happy are
they who can view them with equa-
ninity, because they are rich in the
things beyond their reach; though the
barns may be empty and the bank &C
count fail. they look within and find
quiet thoughts. memory stretches like
a fair land behind, and they hold com,
n.union with the great and good OF
all days. Faith, and hope. and love
are theirs.
These are the abiding things, the
~unfading riches, the perennial bios,
sons. the streams that flow forever and
follow us all through the desert. They
are so easily had that the wonder is
that any are poor. and he who has
utterly lost.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
REFORM OR GO HUNGRY.
Some Reasons for Advancing Prices
and the Only Remedy.


and the Only Remedy.
Another advance in the price OF
meat is announced, and again the eX-
plantations offered for it are vague and
unsatisfactory. The simplest, and for
many the most plausible. theory of the
successive rises is that the trust is
implacably carrying out it's favorite
policy of widening the differences be-
tween what it pays for live cattle and
what it gets for dead hes. No doubt
there is something in that, the New
York Times remarks, and few would
deny the existence OF 4 desire to make
the difference in question as large as
the traffic win bear. There is, how
Yer, a limit 10 the public's purchasing
power, and the trust" which has
occasional CLEANS of almost human in
telligence, would not have deliberately
made it necessary for thousands and
thousands OF its patrons to consider
the possibility Of enduring the horrors
OF a diet chiefly or wholly composed
of vegetables. That wouldn't be bust
ness, and hence the trust explanation
is in all probability false. or at least
inadequate.
Still worse is the charge that the
stock r~aisers, Disseminated with their
profits, have in such large numbers
sought other fields of activity that the
butchers stay their cruel hands for
lack of victims. This may be getting a
little nearer the truth, but the prob
ebilitv &c that tho rnnSnn 10 q Ia r.pnr
one-that the population of the Jul
try really has ~outgrown it's customary
sources of supply, not only as regards
| meat, but in the case of many other
things, including the not inexpensive
vegetables, to which the meat eater is
| asked to turn his reluctant eyes.
Our system of agriculture has hith-
vast tracts of unoccupied land, from
which, as need arose, greater and
| greater crops could be obtained, not by
making each acre grow more, but by
Bringing more acres under cultivation.
That process is come to its end. The
| act is that the yields of which we
aavs been so proud, while enormous in
the aggregate, were disgracefully small
when considered in detail. We are
cow in the period of transition from
the period of rude culture character
istic of q colonial era and the more
careful and productive farming of a
thickly settled land. Until a readjust-
ment of methods and markets has been
attained the prices of o are going
to rise steadily, and the eXploiters Of
the old system. middlemen not less
than producers and consumers, are
bound to suffer. Scientific agriculture
is the only and inevitable remedy, and,
as Secretary Wilson's recent report
showed, it is already in plain sight
in spots.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL.
by Charles Wesley.



ICharles Wesley (Epworth. England
Dec. is, 110S-London. March 20. 178S)
was the younger brother of John Wesley
with whom he worked and preached
Methodism. for he is the author OF ove1
5000 hymns which were written for the
use of their people. But he is more thar
his-his hymns are of such a spjrit thaI
they are sung freely by all dcnominations
Jesus, Lover of My Soul" was Originally
entitled ''TcInptation." and is said to have
been written Immediately afte" a thrilling
experience OF narrow escape from death
by shipwreck. Henry Ward Beecher said
Il would rather have written that hymn
of WeSley's than to have the fame of al
tain it is that this hymn has been SUNG
by many who have never heard OF the
great kings of earth. Its beautiful thought
has become current in many tongues. I,
was one of the favo-fte songs of the Chi
nese Christians who persisted in the boxer
uprising. many dying with it on theil
lips
Jesus. lover of my soul.
Let me to thy bosom fly
While the pillows near me roll,
While the tempest still is high;
lid me. O my Savior! hide.
Till the storm of life is past:
Safe into the haven guide;
J.. receive my soul at last!
Other refuge have l none;
Hangs my helpless soul on thee:
Leave, ah! leave me not alone.
Still support and comfort NE.
All my trust on thee Is stayed:
All my help from thee I bring:
Cover my defenselesS- head
With the shadow of thy wing.
Thou. O Christ! art all I want:
More than all in thee I find;
Raise the fallen. cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, n lea the blind.
Just and holy is thy name.
/ am all unrighteousness:
Vile and full of sin I am,
Thou art full OF truth and grace.
Plenteous grace with thee is found,
Grace to pardon all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound.
Max M keep me pure within:
Thou Of life the fountain art.
Freely let me take Of thee:
Spring thou up within. my heart,
Rise - al etesnit
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

VALUABLE HOME RECIPE
VIII Break Up SeNercSt Cold In =
Day and Cure Amy Durable Cough.

VIII Break Up SeNercSt Cold In =
Day and Cure ANY Durable Cough.
Mix one-half ounce of Concentrated
pine compound with two ounces OF
glycerine and a half pint of good whis-
key. Shake thoroughly each time and
use in doses Of 4 ~teaspoonful to a
tablespoonful every four hours.
This formula is given out by q
noted medical authority who's re
maTkable cures are we'll known to the
profession. Local druggists say this
mixture will work wonders Tor the
treatment of all throat and lung dis
eases. Any druggist has these ingre-
dents or viii get them for O from
his wholesale house.
The Concentrated pine comes only
In half ounce bottles, each enclosed in
an air-tight case. but be sure to get
only that labeled Concentrated"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
THE THINGS THAT REMAIN.

III 1t1lixGS THAN XVI N.
By Henry F. Cope.
"And now abideth faith, hope, love"
Il. Cor, II: IS.
After all. eve2 when It seems that
the worst has happened to us. we come
to know that it is not the worst; that
there are deeper depths Of misery and,
what is more important. that there re-
main to US possessions Of value great
er han all we have lost. The storms
that sweep down on US have no power
to uproot our trees of life.
Like old JOB. we may be thrown
upon the dunghill, bereft Of our kin
and friends, despoiled Of our posses
sions. and racked with pain. and still
the spirit rise victorious and memory
and imagination discover comforts and
~esource that put to rout the pessim-
isms of the prosperous and the pain
free.
Blessed be the universities that I'M
cover the real riches of life. We might
never know the real value but for the
loss Of unworthy things we have val
red too highly; we might never know
how rich we really are hut for the
harsh hands that despoil us of that
which we once counted as riches. The
piercing sorrows are the mes that
break through the crust of life and
open the worth under the surface.
When the true man IS left destitute
1t is surprising to see how much re-
mains. The man is there with his
will, memory. Imagination, his power
to create and to conquer. to make
riches of the heart, to win friends. to
enter into fellowship with the spirits
of all ages. to appreciate and possess
the universe of the things that are
eternal and imperishable.
Destitution Of things is the fate that
awaits us all: some may know 1t often
during life; in some MEASURE losses
must be in every life, while all must
some day lose the grip on things. must
bid farewell to all possessions and car
~ out of this stage Of being only their
own selves. 1t were well for US il we
learned to see in this not a d%espoiling
but a discovery Of better and greater
treasures.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
CURED ITCHING HUMoR.
Bis, Painful SwellinES Broke ans
Did Not Henl-Su Threr
Hearn-TOrtMres Yield To CNtlcMrn.

Did Not Henl-SuI rered Ihrer
Yearn-Tnrtures Yield to Cnti""r".
Little black swallings were scatter
ed over my face and neck and they
would leave little black scars that
would itch so couldn't keep from
scratching them. Larger swellings
would appear aud my clothes would
stick to the sores. l went to a doctor
but the trouble only got worse. BY
this time il was all over mr. arms and
the upper part of my body in swellings
as large as n dollar. 1t was so pain
full that | could not bear to lie on my
back. The second doctor stopped the
s~weil!ngs, but when they broke the
places would not heal. | bought n set
of the Cuticura Remedies and In less
than a week some of the places We're
nearly well. l continued until | had
used three sets, and now | am sound
and we'll. The disease lasted three
years. o. l.. Wilson, puryear. Tenn.
Feb. s. 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Solo
Props. Of Cuticura Remedies. Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
insunia Americana.

Sir said the young woman, with
what seemed to be Indignation.
The young maj looked embarrassed.
Yes, l did Kiss YOU" he admitted:
but | was impulsively insane"
That means that y, man would be a
lunatic to kiss me?'
We'll. any man of discretion would
be just crazy 10 kiss you =.
This seemed TO ease the strain, and,
no jury being present to muddle at
fairs. 4 satisfactory verdict was reach.
ed.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
HOnnru Ahout Even.

Hostess-Miss Somers. let me pre-
sent Mr.. Winter.
Mr.. Winter-Chnrmed TO meet you.
Miss Somers. You ought. however, to
regard me as ar old acquaintance. fou
have seen perhaps seventeen or eigh-
teen Of me-.
Miss Somers-Indeed, Mr.. Winter. I
am the one thai should be regarded
as the old acquaintance. You have
seen not less than forty Of me.-Chica-
go Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me a well woman and I have no moro
backache. I hope I can help others By
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham'D
Vegetable Compound has done fo1
me."-MRs. EMMAIMsE, S33 FirstSts
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands Of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by tho
Pinkham Medicine Company Of Lynn,
Mass, whichprove beyond q doubtthat
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases Of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such sui
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia e. .Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope Of recovery.
Mrs. Pinlzham, Of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and he1
advice il free.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

A lady in Clayton, N. j., was caring
for her hair when the tonic exploded,
badly burning her and furnishing more
excitement in the n~eighborhood than a
croupy baby. The pure o people
should look into this. for as long as eX-
plosive hair tonic is sold the bald man
is sitting on a confined voi~cano.-A1in-
neapolis Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
H0W'S Ibis?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. ].
Cheney for the last - years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
tranSactions and financially able to carry
put any obligations made by his firm.
WALpING. kISNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 10 cents per bottle. Sold by
I'll Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
MUNYON'S
Eminent Doctors at
Your Service Free
Not q Penny to Pay for the Fullest
Medical Examination,

y II you are in doubt as to the cause
Of your disease. mail us a postal re.
Questing a medical examination blank.
Our doctors will carefully diagnose
your case. and If o can be cured
you will be told so; if you annot be
cured o will be told so. You are
not obligated to us in any way, for
this advice is absolutely free. You are
at liberty to take our advice or not,
as you see fit.
Munyon's. 53d and Jefferson streets,
Philadelphia. Pa.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
DlstemDcF

II all it's forms. mona all ages Of
horses and dogs. cured and others in
the same stable prevented from having
the disease with Spohn's Distemper
Cure. Every bottle guaranteed. Over
500. 900 bottles sold last year. $50 and
$l.O0. Good druggists, or send to man
ufacturers. Agents wanted. Write for
free book. Spohn Med. Co, Spec. Con-
tsk4ous Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
: scotch Alarm clock.

4 tourist in rural Scotland look ref.
uge for the night in the cottage of an
old lady. He asked her to wake him
early in thu morning. warning her that
he vas quite deaf.
Upon awakening much later than the
appointed hour he found that the old
lady, with strict regard for the pro-
prieties. had slipped under his door .
Sir, it's hauf-past eicht."-Success
Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
Helpful Suggestion,

Fair Customer doing her Christmas
s~hoppins)-iu like 10 set something
for a-for a young man. but l hardly
know what he would want.
Intelligent Salesman--l think ! do.
We have an excellent Photographic
studio on the top floor. Elevator in
the next aisle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Take . hint. Do your own mixing.
Rough on Rats, being all poison. one
15c box will spread or make SO to 100
little cakes that will kill 500 or more
rats and mice. It's the unbeatable ex-
tcrminator. Don't die in the house.
Beware Of limitations. substitutes n
catch-penny ready-for-uSe devices.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
His Experience Useful.

The prodigal on, r%epentant, or, at
any rate, weary. Of the diet of husks
forced upon his 1 by q vigflant po-
lice system. had experienced a change
OF and Joined the church. The
good sisters were discussing his desir-
ability.
But" expostulated Mr.. Straightlace.
with a fine ard virtuous displcy Of
righteousness. he was q common
gambNr-what they call . bunko steer
err"
isn't II lovelyi" exclaimed Mrs. Up
todate. What = help he will be in
getting up our church fAiraL"-PhIlA-
IelphiA Record
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
On the Safe Side.

First Cat-Why, Tom, YOU are sing
.ng out of range.
Second Cat-Out OF range Of that
nan in the window yondcr-yes.-
Montgomery AGNcriIsGr.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Aliens TToot-Ease. 1t cures painful.
swollen. smartins. sweating feet. Makes
new shoes easy. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. Don't accept any sub
stitute. Sample FREE. Address A. s.
Olmstcd. LIE Roy. N. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Taking into CONSIDERATION h pro-
p~ortionate weight. the wing OF a bird
is twenty times tronger than the arm
of q man.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
.JUtSsDlu. on Isluces

Il will follow him." vowed the detec
tive, ITO the ends OF the EARTH"
Ilurriedly packing his Ealisc, he too
Che first train for Pittsburg.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
Nv Night.

Hard Featured Woman-So you had
money once. had you? May I ask you
how you made your first thousand dol
lars?
Tuffold Knutt (wiping his y with
his coat sleeve)-Ma'ain. l drempt IT.!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29
Txyn Different I.uecta.

IT you only knew low nervous l was
when l proposed TO YOU"
And if you only knew how nervous
I was until you proposed TO .ne,"--
NfeggeniOrfer Eia"ttnr.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Methodist ministers IN the United
States are to-day preaching in more
languages. it is said. than were used
after the miracle OF Pentecost.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

Ul0 d well WOIkl0n
and I would like to
tell the whole worl0
of it. I suffered
fromfemaletrou
and fearful painsiD
my back. Ihad the
best doctors, and
they all decided
that I had q tumoI
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. Lydia E.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-29

They also advertised shower baths
at the summer resort where we put II
the summer"
Didn't they nave them?"
Nav, there wasn't a shower -
summer.'-Houston Post.