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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
BROTHERS IN AFFLICTION.

In the chapters which Doctor Hume
Griffith contributes to his wife's recent
narrative of their eight years resi-
dence In Persia and Turkish Arabia,
he tells of two cases, at once touching
and amusing, among his Persian pa
tients. Mohammedans. no matter how
Imperative the necessity, are always
extremely reluctant to submit to the
amputation of a limb, believing, as
they do, that they must continue Grip
Piles, even in Paradise, should they
still be able, in such mutilated condi-
ton, to cross the fragile bridge by
which the Prophet conducts the faith
full to the realm OF the blest.
1t happened that at Doctor Hume
Grifith's hospital at Julia, within a
few days of each other, two cases were
admitted to different wards, in each
of which the amputation of a leg
proved necessary, and was, after much
persuasion, reluctantly agreed to.
The two amputations were duly
performed records the doctor, "the
amputated limbs being at once given
to the relatives for decent interment.
Both patients made good recoyeries,
although somewhat retarded by their
continual lamentations over their loss.
In due course OF time crutches were
provided, and the two men were en-
couraged to practice their use. A day
or two later | was standing in a corri.
dor into which both the mems wards
opened. Suddenly both doors opened
simultaneously, and on the threshold
stood the two men leaning on their
crutches, their faces a picture as they
beheld each other.
Remember, that neither had hap
pened to hear of the presence Of the
other in the hospital, and each firmly
believed that he was the only Moham.
medan who had ever submitted to the
tndignity of losing a limb; and 10 and
behold! here was a brother in Attic.
ton.
"Crutches were hurled aside, and the
two e hopping acros the corridor,
excitement lending them strength, fell
into each others arms, rolling over
and over on the floor, weeping, condol.
Ing, exclaiming, while we watched the
scene, amused, but also feeling in.
clined to weep in sympathy
Another interesting patient was a
little boy of -, badly disfgured by a
harelip, which is in Persia supposed
10 be a mark imprinted on the victim
by the foot Of the evil one; a tradi.
ton which led to the poo child re-
ceiving, instead of sympathy, jeers
contempt, and an insulting nickname
from the other boys he knew. An op
Grafton easily remedied the malfor
nation, and after ten days the dress.
ing was removed, and a mirror put in
his hand. Joy, incredulity and amaze
ment TRANSPORTED his face; tears roll.
ed down his cheeks, and he kissed the
doctors hand, repeating b%rokenly: !.
81 am no longer a Little devil!' ]
am no longer a Little dewitt"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
the first transcontinental railway was

the first transcontinental railway was
completed.
AS Mongolia is rich in minerals and
foreigners have beef casting longing
glances on it., the Chinese ministry of
agriculture, industry and commerce
contemplates forming a joint stock
mining company from subscriptions by
Chinese merchants In China and
abroad, so as to retain profitable en-
terprises in Chinese hands.
Epidemic c~erebro-spinal meningitis
used to be rare in France, occurring
chiefly in military centers. Now a
doctor is likely to meet with it in
general practice. II the antimeningo-
coceic serum of DR.. Gopter or Wasser-
mann is used at an early stage the dis
ease generally stops short and clears
up in two or three days without leav-
ing any traces.
That the earth must shine on the
moon even as the moon shines on the
earth u obvious. To detect dis light
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
Since She Went Home.

Since she went home
The evening shadows linger longer here.
The winter days fill so much Oh the year,
And even summer winds are chill and
drear,
Since she went home.
Since she went home-
The robins note has touched a minor
strain,
The old glad songs breathe but a sad re-
frain,
And laughter sobs with hidden, bitter
pain, a
Since she went home.
Since she went home
How still the empty room her presence
blessed
Untouched the pillow that her dear head
pressed
My lonely heart has nowhere for its rest.
Since she went home.
Since she went home
The long, long days have crept away lik.
years,
The sunlight has been dimmed with
doubts and fears,
And the dark nights have rained in lone
ly tears,
Since she went home.
Robert J. Burdette.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

boys, on the ground that many oc-
casions may arise in a mans life when
such knowledge is useful.
1t is proposed in Germany to have
an organization for providing old age
and disability pensions for bank Off
GERS and bank clerks, annuities for
their widows, and education for their
orphans.
Just forty years had elapsed on May
10 since the rails of the Union Pacific
moving westward nlet the rails Of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
ALPINE
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In the northeastern corner Of the
Tyrol is the best skeeground in Eu-
rope, writes w. A. Baillie-Grohman in
"Tyrol." The region has many lofty
peaks, which makes mountain climb
ing Of interest. The author gives one
Of his adventures on q peak neal the
village Of Kitzbuehel.
"On one Of these peaks occurred to
me many years ago a little adven-
ture which gave me an opportunity
Of admiring the grand view rather
longer than was pleasant.
II was out stalking channels, and
having some unoccupied hours In the
middle Of the day. when stalking is
practically useless, as the beasts are
resting, I thought I would ascend mi
of those pinnacles upon which at that
time few human beings. I suppose, had
yer set foot.
.The very last BIT was a smooth
faced rock not more than twelve feet
high. but absolutely unclimbable II
unaided by rope, or another man, upon
whose shouldersasone could get, and
. OuIoAN A$Anuu Sip "a lu0 AVp, anu
thus draw oneself up. AS I was alone,
] had recourse to a short length. OF
rope I had In my rucksdck. Making
q slip-noose, l threw 1t upward till 1t
sripped some projection. Then / drew
myself up
while looking about me, an unfor-
tunate movement OF my legs. which
were dangling over the brink as I
sat. caused the rope to slip and fall
down2to the small ledge on which i
had stood when fiinging It upward.
This ledge, orlband o. rock, was I'M
comfortably narrow, not wider than
thirty Inches, and the abyss below
Nas I perpendicular wall four or I'VE
church steeples In depth.
AT 1rst II did not seem such . seri-
Gus M 10 be In. BY letting myself
drop to the ledge. my extended arms
Stripping the top, the distance between
the solee Of my feet and the ledge
Was not more than four feet or So
nethins 10 speak " II that yawning
ealf ~ not been thSre and I had had;
1oolD = ny fse<. DuA haying taAea
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
THE KAISER A PLAIN DRESSER.

When William Doffs Gold Lace and
Appears RS Private Gentleman.
When the German Emperor quits his
imperial palace at Potsdam, in Berlin,
he clothes himself In democratic attire
and goes about much the same as any
gentleman in private life. Gold bull
lion, heavy, formidable uniforms and
great eagle-topped helmets belong to
the army maneuvers in Berlin and
other centers of the German empire,
but when the Emperor is released
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

the ballot. The Journal is not opposed to sunrase ~
women, It believes that WHENEVER the majority OF WON
en- desire to vote, voting privileges Will be accoroeo w., w.
o+ daIoy pnt as long as the demand for the ballot
comes FROM such a very small percentage OF the seA'
the suffranette missionary work should be done ahons
women, Instead Of interfering with pubic aHalrs' Il
lines OF work suggested by Mrs. Henrotin oner far more
opDoStunitv for immediate results than the solled ana
unsesipg game Of politics-Chicago Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
HUMANITY APPROACHING DIVINE IDEAL.

@7 Humanity is progressing towards some
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IN great end, an end higher than the perfecting
III Of separate individualities. One generation
M goes on where another leaves off, and UNI
folds the divine ideas a little more fully.
Some day, we may hope. this idea will be
realized in a human society as nearly perfect
A as the limitations of earth permit. We may
@1 reasonably hold that those generations which
have passed on have not stood still either, and are still
concerned with. the work OF evolving humanity, q
mighty Whole, one with and In the glorifed Christ.
Then cometh the end" All illusions, all sense of
separateness, will disappear; the material viii make
way for tho spiritual, the phenomenal for the real, and
the universe OF universes. visible and invisible, attain
to perfect conscious oneness In the eternal life OF God.
This is the New Testament view OF the matter seen in
the large perspective OF our present-day knowledge OF
the yastnoss OF tho universal order.
When we come to tho question OF the survival OF In
divduaa Consciousness after death we can say no more
than that the evidence which would satisfy the ordinary
religious mind might fail with the uniformed by the
religious temperament. Nevertheless the lack may be
in the latter rather than the former. The plane Of
spiritual experience is real and is felt by most to be
higher than the purely intellectual, and it is in the
plane Of spiritual experience that gertrude regarding
the Immortality Of the soul has hitherto generally been
attaiped.
There 10 the mind behind all. and the divine love
that vibrates between soul and soul in response to the
call Of human need, like the ether that carries the cleo
trio force from point to point in the visible universe,
I see from the list Of injured in connection with the
terrible mining disaster of a few days ago that there
II Q possibility that an interesting correspondent has
hesn killed. II SO, perhaps he knows more now of the
ways OF God with men than / could ever tell him.
Death Is no calamity to those whom it calls higher, but
only to those who mourn their loss. And even that
would be turned to Joy II we could but know how things
really are in the great beyond.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
wifely Pride.

There is no telling what quaint
turns wifely pride and devotion NAV
take. Sir Melvnl Beachcroft, AVS a
writer in M. A. P, while waiting in
a tenement house for the occupant of
the first floor to admit him, CHANGED
to overhear two women conversing on
the stairs.
One remarked hat her husband al
ways wore a clean shirt every Sunday
morning.
We'll, now" responded the other.
II never cares about Sundays, but I
allays do e that e as a clean shirt
Saturday afternoons. COS that's the
time e is generally drinking, n
when e does take IL o. OF to fKht
I do like to know e looks nice ana
clean"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
Make Trends.

There is nothing so healthy as plen
ty of human nature about one, young
old and middle aged. When we stay
at home too much or associate entirely
with a very limited circle we lose thu
proper sense of perspective. The few
Individuals whom We like assumi
giant proportions in our thoughts and
the rest OF the world recedes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

from attendance upon formal functions
he dresses plainly. He recently was
seen at his ease when at his home on
the Island of Corfu, to which he was
accompanied by the Empress, their
son, Prince Oscar; Miss Won Veltheim,
Countess Keller, Chief Marshal Count
gu Eulenburg and others high in royal
favor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
~ nc n.

"Shadbolt. did you aver have a touch
Of anything like the appendicitis?"
Once. Have you forgotten, Din
guss, that when you were operated on
for It you touched me for an even hun.
dred9-Chicago Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

government not to assume or contract any PUBIC deoC
to pay the interest upon which and to make reasonable
sinking fund provision for the ultimate dlscharge OF
which the ordinary revenues of the island, after detray-
ing the current expenses of the government, snail De
Inadequate" Surely in that there is implied our rishh
to restrain Cuba from rushing into bankruptcy or from
mourning embarrassing Indebtedness. whether the pro
ceeds from a lottery are properly to be reckoned among
the ordinary revenues OF the island Is also an inter-
esting question. Certainly they are a form OF revenue
which the United States cannot afford to encourage.
Indeed, 1t will be the duty of this country to seek to
limit such revenue to the lowest possible Inquire; lot
the promoters of the Cuban lottery probably look 10Y
their chief patronage in the United States, and 1t Is
certain that our government will employ all legitimate
means to prevent such patronage. On the whole, CUBAN
statesmen would do we'll to consider whether 1t would
not be best to abandon the lottery scheme, to seek such
legitimate and businessllkc increase Of revenue as may
be practicable, and then to adapt their expenditures TO
their income-New York Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
WHAT UNIVERSAL PEACE REALLY MEANS.
By Baroness Yon Suttner.

f The whole object OF the peace advocates
Nh consists in turning the people and the gov
MI ernments to kindness and mutual love. They
MI strive to show how much pleasanter, more
W comfortable and healthier it is to live in
peace than it is to quarrel and fight. The
u public inaglnes the peace advocates to be a
IAA sort Of a wishy-washy flock Of sheepish men
go upon whom our war lords look down with
contempt and whose arguments are now and then re-
futed by historians and other learned men. This con-
ception Of the peace advocate, however, Is wrong. The
peace advocate as the public thinks of him is only n
phantom. He Is only q carlcature created by those who
know nothing whatever about the movement and agi-
tation for universal peace.
present day the ruling motive and course Of human
society. Peace is an interruption and an accident. What
the advocates OF peace want is precisely to turn the
thing around. They want to make peace the ruling
course and motive of human society, and war, In SO far
as 1T ever could arise, to be only an illegal interruption.
In our present society, which rests entirely upon a war
basis, peace is maintained only through expensive war
preparations and through the constructing Of fortifca-
lions.
The movement for universal peace has In the last few
years developed into a science. Sciences never create,
plead or force phenomena-they merely observe them
and recognize them. The movement toward universal
comes organized as its separate units begin to unite
more closely. This is a process In harmony with the
avs of nature. To conclude a universal peace pact be-
tween all nations Is the next step in human develop
nent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

There are now in England and
France several establishments where
butterflies are bred.
There are at present in the medical
schools Of France 1870 French and s1S
foreign students.
In some Norwegian schools cooking
q taught, end not only to girls, but TO
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
THE KHE Art OF MANNERS.


Miss Prindls was = formal and pre-
etss- old lady who s'conducted"-so the
phrase ran--a very select sewing class
1or young girls. Besides being an ex-
Go1lsnt school for learning needle
w6fk, Miss Prindle's Thursday after
Nom gatherings were instructed in the
NAOotfes Of old-fashtoned manners. Miss
1rindls was herself q model of pro-
pristy. and had her pupils tried only
- initiate her. their time would not
hays been wasted.
one day. downtown. Miss Prindle
Nv coming toward her a girl whom
~ rscognixsd to be Marion knight,
: q her sewing class. The girl was
walking alonG rapidly, not seeming to
Aet1co her teacher. Az the two met,
Mis- Prindle caught her eye. and
6oWed and smiled In her most formal
~. She then passed ON. rejecting
1AAx Marion would doubtless benefit
~ the example Of her salute, and
oeme time b herself an example to
4o1hofs,
= lev rods farther ON. to her sur
yUlss. Ms Prindls again encountered
-so shs Decentralization knight. The
girl was coming toward her. as be-
1ors.
Mis- Prindls stopped.
.Ars yQu-" she began. ARE you not
Marion Knightr'
'Csrtalnly. Miss Prindle." said the
gfffi. sS
ard didn't I meet you only . mo-
A1nt ago. she asked.
No. Miss Prindle. I think that was
ny twin sister. Elsie"
11(0 Prindle looked her confusion.
sAtpa shsEshe isn't in my sewing
0e1aoa, u she, MarioA!~
No. Miss f,Dindle; she has been
away 9 school for . long time"
% dear! o dsar!" exclaimed the old
- .AndI don't know her. and 4
G0Wod a1A suRllsd to her! Ch-Marion.
go. WI youa tell her Just ~ o az
- - her that I shouldn'N have smil-
md bowed TO her. because i've
1920 met -. you ssey II Wa very
~ form. yon understand"
met Mis- prindle." protested the
- = think you me her last year
49, ~ snrst came % 1--we here. Don't
- rem1nbsrf Il vas ct the church
- I did!!', cried the other, after
Rensnt.eo ! did. Well. In that
- l1nxlen, you may tell your sister
- 10dlAA I bowed. but I shouldn't
Gn00 oD1lod. 0ood-by, deaf!.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

Every girl imagtnes that. had she
lived In the days when knights were
bold and bad. she would have oesn
stolen prstty frequently.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

Occasionally you may see q girl On
he street with a toothpick In her
mouth. She looks a great deal worse
han Il her hair were in curl papeea
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

the lawyer, doctor or merchant, Is a large cause of
marital misery. This waste is most prevalent in the de-
partment of p~rovender, and there is crying need for
general distribution Of knowledge concerning foods and
how to cook them. The tenement-house cooking class is
q greater step toward social progress than almost aAy
other one sign of the times. The dangers which beset
the country girl who seeks to earn her living ri the
METROPOLIS Mrs. Henrotin rightly considers an impera-
tive demand upon that section OF wolnank1nd which by
concerted effort can mitigate them.
A suffragette reader OF the Journal takes us to task
for lukewarnness on the proposition to enfranchise
women. There is not one useful accomplishment which
can honestly be claimed as the sole work of women in
the four States in which they enjoy full privileges OF
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
CuBA,s DANGER FROM LOTTERIES.

country could not regard bankruptcy Ill
Cub more favorably than lnsurrectlon.
Precisely what its lawful authority in the
case is under the Plat amendment to the
Cuban constitution remains to be consld-
cred, as it doubtless will be, with much
care. That amendment binds the Cuban
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

short of the obliteration of the Panama canal and the
transformation of the isthmus. The thunderbolts of
shipping, water, steel. masonry and other wreckage
launched from the first lock down upon tho next would
sweep it away like paper. Here the awful power would
be multiplied infinitely by the new forces released, and
hurled along with the first great battering ram. There
would be no earthly power to stop the gigantic instru-
ment Of destruction, swelling as it swept along, until
it had leaped into the oceans vast mass, after brushing
the Isthmus of Panama off the map in a destruction by
uncomfortable waters that has never been known since
the food of Noah's day.-New York Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
WHAT woMEN NEED MORE THAN VOTES.

HE address of Mrs. Ellen M. Henrotin at
the Illinois Congress OF Mothers contains
common-sense practica! advice that should
appeal to every sensible woman. Tho
waste Of money by spendthrift housewives,
and this applies with even more force to
the wageworker's wife than to the wife Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

Don't argue. That's a bigger fool
trick than drinking too much Ice
water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
SEES MENACE IN LOCKS.

He i~mmeasurable danger which SO many
engineers see impending in the scheme Of
locks in the fight at Gatun on the Panama
canal is only family illustrated in the dis
aster to one Of the locks of the 500 canal.
Such an accident at the top Of the ladder
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20

height of this tide of religious enthusiasm we are told
that thousands have been converted, but, unless one
took part, can he say that he ever met q revival con-
vert? We are Informed that revivals purge the com
munities in which they have been held-1s Boston TO-
day a purged city? Does that peculiar form OF religious
fervor have a lasting effect upon many OF those who
come under it's influence, or Is its effect but a transitory
one upon the few? AS Brooklyn Is promised in the
near future a revival upon a huge scale, these questions
are timely, and If there be statistics bearing upon the
ultimate results Of revivals We should be grateful to
anyone who can put them within our ~reach.-Brooklyn
Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
A CALL FOR STATISTICS.

L ask in all soberness, Is a revival wave
such as that which swept over Boston
some months ago a good hin for the
cause of religion? What are the ultl'
mate results of a movement which, from
its very nature, must appeal more to the
feelings than to the reason? During the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-20
AMERICAN pRoD1GAL1rY MOSTLY MYTHICAL.
BY GugIieinO Ferrero.

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- In Europe one Is fond of speaking OF the
barbarian extravaganza of the Americans.
III Naturally, there are men and women in
NJ New York. Philadelphia and Chicago, just as
NSl there are such men and women In Paris, Lon
don and Berlin, who delight in spending their
money fooliBhly. 1t IL perhaps even true that
there are more Of that class Of men and wonn-
KY en- In America than there are In Europe. But
II II equally true that this class OF people in America
- we'll Is In Europe form only an Insignificant minor
~ and their folly could not be taken for a normal phe-
nomenon Of American life In general.
n One rarely secs real palaces In America. One of the
mansions reputed to be among the largest In New York
10 that OF Mr.. Vanderbilt on Fifth avenue. Yet even
this house Is far from attaining the proportions of a
real palace a. we understand the word in Europe. The
home OF MI. Morgan is much smaller and does not sur.
pass In magnitude or luxury many OF the beautiful no.
tails which embellish the elegant quarters of Paris and