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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

/ flggsFed 1t want amy 81 her Affairs,
rightly speaking. Course rwa'n't none
OF mine. neither, but somehow I'D got
TO feet that was a sort of father TO
them two cracked New Workers.
do you think they're crazyT' she
asks. Mate Seudder says they act as
II they WIS"
You've got me-" says l. = amt
made up my mind yet"
what makes 'em go In swimming
every uprning7" she wanted 10 know.
why, to take "a bath. guess" says
I. ivan Brunt told me he always
took his plunge when he was home"
She nodded. quick as usual "um-
hum" Says she. Tive read aA1ut Il.
They din II in the manlsls' swimming
pool in the gardens Of the dsleal man
sion. And there's palm trees around
and fountains. and nightingRles sing
ing, and Enusic fioatlns on the balmy.
perfumad air. And when they've got
all scrubbed up there's velSet-foot0d
menialb TO fan 'enA ana gtve 'esn
hasheamh 20 smoke"
WAIST to knOwi" says "whst'a
hasheszhg Plug cut or cigmEAI''
s'Tnln's neither" said she. ~It's
some kind of stun that naakss you
droaA. about beautiful women and
thinRsr
"weil. they don't have that here.
says I. They smoke cigars and cig
arattsa. And i've smoked both Of EN-
ana my dreams was mainly about hov
mach work ] had 20 do NightinEaleI
ara birds. aln't theyf We're pretty
ahy ON nightlngnlea over here 4
E0rsef0ot. bui maybe the gulls nakl
that up. Cults doa.t sing no NOR
than hens. but they acreoch enough 10
nix. Whore did y0u got AL this stuI
! from. anywayfv
u She got lt out og library books an
the Home Comforter. Seems old AIS
Paine. over Ia lsle village, lent her "a
Confpf9er every week - last a. eli
} rot through With Il herself Eurok
J had never heen 70 ths city nor hns
, where's further lann Eaatwlnh and be
! Ideas about such things was a
] oaeefesi Dixsd.up taens u novel tEab
and smart bparder,r Hes ihat en-
uoe. I1af ene unel pha'a read
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

did, and be had TO roost on the edge OF
Il to keep from falling through.
''Er--er--iust a minute. mister" he
says. Il want you to understand how
I feel about this thing. II was able
TO do for myself 'twould be different,
but"
Eureka came to the door then.
wlping her arms on her apron.
why. pa." abe says. II told you !
could fix that"
She went on to tell how she'd get up
early every morning and cook the
meals afore she left. and how Editha
would be there. aud Lycurgus would
split the wood and do the chores. and
how she'd be home nights, and so on.
She had planned everything. liked
that girl. At last her dad give another
one of his groans.
"All right" says he. II give In. l
amt going to stand in the way. Hadn't
ought to expect nothing different. l
spose. Work and fret and slave your.
self into the boneyard bringing up chill
dren, and--and educating 'em and all.
and then on they go and leave you.
Well. I'm resigned. Mr.--Mr.-What's-
Your-Name, she can 60. Eureka can
for two dollars more n week."
actually gasped out loud. The
cheek Of him! Why. the price Van
had offered was enough 10 hire three
girls. And now this shark wanted
more.
Even Martin Hartley seemed to be
set back some. But he was game
For a "mercenary" chap he was the
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
The Reverend and the Irrevsrsns.

Bishop Doane OF Albany. N. y. who
wears shovel hat and leggings and
Ia accused OF signing himself William
Of Albany" was guest at dinner
where the irreverent DR.. Hcsmer was
also dining.
They sat down. II suppose" said
the bishop. that shall ask grace"
But why, my dear bishop" inter
posed Hosmer; why talk shop at the
table 7"-Saturday Evening Post.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
How's This?

We Ogcf ons Hundred Dollars Reward ios Any
~. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known Y. J. Cheney
f1r thn ast 10 yeaFa and believe him perfectly hon
orabie N AL buniaeAs uanaacAons a4o nnAneAny
nbe 70 carry cut any OBLIGATIONS made BY h11 firm
WALoiaQ, kHnaAa MAHyfN.
Wholesale Df0Egia1a Tuxedo. q.
EIAls caiarrh cuss = takea Internally. AeilaG
sglism. ffsttmantAh ssna iroe. Prcs 70 eeats %
o's saso aa 4 II Fs - Pls sor constipation
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

most liberal piece OF goods on the
shelf.
Certainly. Mr.. Sparrow" says he.
That will be satisfactory. Good
morning. oood-morning. Eureka. l
presume we shall see you tomorrow"
We got out OF the house finally.
Washy come far as the kitchen 70 see
US OF. He was smiling and sweet as
syrup now. When I'd got to the walk
Eureka called me back.
MFR Pratt" she whispered. 'yom tell
Mr.. Hartley that OF course ! shasn't
take the extra two dollars Bu be
paid too much as it's. But We wu@'t
let pm know"
Afore could answer thess waa. q
yell from the dining room. 1 looked
in and there was Washy doubled uD "
that r0eker with his knees under his
chin. He'd forgot about the busted
cane seat and had set down heavy and
gone through. Editha was trying q
haul him out. the baby was crying and
the invalid himself was turning loose
the healthiest collection Of lanesnags
I'd heard for q good whiis. EusekI
dove to the rescue, and I come aEay
Hartley and walked on a spell
without saying much. Then he naks'
Skipper. DO you suppose thaa eel
how really has consumptian?"
'Humphl" says !. disgustod; icon
sumption Of grub"
He thought a minute longer.
"PaoF girl" says he. she has
hard time Of II. We must see IL VI
can't help her In some way"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
HIs pauuhter PLAYED.

wlfe--I can't understand. John, why
you always sit on tho plano-stool
when we have company. Everybody
Knows you can't play q note.
Hnshend--I'm well aware OF II
dear. Neither can any one else whom
I'm slttlng there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
UNPLEASANT OUTLOOK.

II hape It don't rain; it'll take all
de starch out OF my dress"
~Yes, and II NAV sees you In your
best dress she'll take de starch cut
OF you'll"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

lifting. languor. dizzy spells and rheu.
matism. Before I used Doan's KID.
ney Pills." says Mr.. winney, Il
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IA
boxes I weighed 162 and was com
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents q box
FosterMilburn Co.. Buffalo. N. X.
Ne Escape.
"Ths smell Of smoke certainly does
make me III"
"Then why do you allow your
band to smoke so much In the h
II might as well. When M
band isn't smoking the chimneJ
Life In this world could never
sweet or 80 sad II we had not
children In H.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

To all who
postage he r.
ply. telling y
Doan's Kidne
cured him AZ
had doctoreds
had been In tw
ferent hospital
eighteen mo
suffering I'M
pain in the
lameness. twl
uhau aanaufu,
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

.Ai,an's FOOT Ease. a powder Cor your feet.
IL cures painful. swollen. smartlng. sweat
4ng feet. Makes new Shoes easy. Sold By
All Drugsissr and 6hos stores. Don't acr
cert any aehsntuta Sample FREE Al
dress a. q. olnsted. Leroy N.Y..
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
CHAPLIN NIl.
AlIaa eparroM,a nIaanaaIa.

Eureka was ON hand bright and
early the next day and Il didn't take
me long 70 see that she was worth her
salt. She took hold like good ono
and had breakfast and a mighty GOOD
feakfnst--ready right on tlma ]
don't know when I've enioyed meal
like done thna one. nurs AL the while
that hadn't got 20 turn % and wash
kha dishes afterwards went out %
my Rnrdenlna fseiing like q sick mnp
who ha6 turned lhe corner and waa On
he road 10 eesisng wen n8nin.
And from thsn On TIE Natural Lin
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
DOCTOR \
ADVISED \
OPERATION
CuredbyLy diaE I. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

bly, from female ills,
including inham-
nation and cohges-
ton, for several
years. My doctor
said there wasj no
hope for me but an
operation. ] began
taking Lydia ne.
Pinkham'B Vegeta-
bic Compound, ahd
/ can now say I atm
q well woman.
EMMA DRAPER,
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29

Bacon; As We grow lesa yonnE. the
AGED aEow Less ola.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-29
PROOF Foa rwo cav
n You Suffer with Your Kidd
Back, Write TO This nj

q. w. winney. Medina N.
vites kidney sufferers to write
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

she was weak he was strong. and Fay
was his daughter. 1t was his duty to pro
tect her against all the world. You know
how I loved my father you know that
I reverence his memory but he played a
towards part when he sent Fay out OF MS
house to please my mother
She was carried away by her passion
ate regret for that ill-used girl whose I'M
age had never lost its hold upon her
heart.
Not n word against your father, Mil
dred. He was a good man. He never
failed in affection or in duty. lie acted
for the best according to his lights in reia-
ton to that unhappy girl-unhappy-ill-
used-ycs, yes, yes. He did his best,
Mildred. lie must not be blamed. But 1t
is dreadful to think that she, killed her
self"
HAD you heard nothing of her fate,
aunt? Ny father must have been told,
surely. There must have been some means
of communication. He must have kept
himself informed about her fate, although
she was banished, given over to the care
Of strangers .
"When your father died you looked
through his papers and letters. no donbt!'
said Miss Fausset, presently, after a
pause in the conversation.
Eyes, aunt. | looked through my dear
fathers letters, and arranged everything
with our old family solicitor, Mr.. Cress-
WELL answered Mildred, surprised at a
question which seemed to have no hear
ing upon anything that had gone before.
"And you found no documents relating
to-that unhappy girl?'
"Not n Iine--not a word. but l. hah
not expected to find anything. The his
tory of her birth was the one dark secret
of my fathers life-he would naturally
leave 10 trace OF the story"
Miss Fausset and her niece dined to-
gether and spent the evening quietly on
each side of the hearth, with their books
and work, the kind of work which encour-
ages p~ensive b%rooding, as the needle tray
els slowly over the fabric.
Mildred resigned herself quietly to the
idea of the dull. SLOW life in Lewe Ores
cent. This duty Of s~olacins her aunt's
declining days was the only duty that re-
manned TO her. except that wider duty OF
caring for the helpless and the wretched.
And she told herself that there could be
no better school in which to learn how
TO help others than the house of Miss
Fausset. who had given so much of her
life to the poor.
Ito be continued.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
SHORT METER M

Character is caught, not taught.
True blue never leaks indigo.
The carefree are never free from
care for others.
It takes a we'll developed pride to
boast Of humility.
Toe many Of us want the glory with
out the school of grace.
It's a frail faith that fears to have
It's foundations examined.
No raptures last that do not relate
themselves to realities.
The next and nearest kindness is the
farthest reaching creed.
He who lives only in future joys will
know many present pains.
Rocks in our way are just heaven
saying, Climb up higher"
You can be happy in any work in
which you invest your heart
Highways Of happiness are never cut
through with pain and tears.
Our habits are either OUT greatest
helps or our saddest hindrances.
To save your faith from Journalism
translate every article into an act.
There is a world Of difference be-
tween willing a deed and simply being
willing to do.
When you take the rats Of business
Worry to the church it's not strange
they leave you nothing but chat.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

No doubt many persons have won
dered where and how Admiral Evans
got his name Of "Fighting Bob" 1t is
a name that Is in thorough accord with
the admiral's rugged face, every line
of which denotes the power and pur-
pose of the soul within.
"Fighting Bob Evans he is called
by the people in the same tones of af-
lection and admiration with which
Teddy ;" and it is probable that in
this aspect the layman will like best to
lingeringly consider him this sailor
chieftain with the homely, scanned
s%quarelined countenance that would
serve Rodin. the sculptor Of rugged
ness, perfectly for the model of a fight
ing face.
1t must not be thought that this pop
ular name came to Evans out of any
banquet hall Grafton, nor, in the least,
has he ever bid for the tinsel glory Of
being a newspaper-made hero. 1t was
given him before he could raise a mus
tache-in fact, before he could raise
ever the mere wisp Of a mustache.
Out Of his modestly worded book,
"A Sailors Log is best to be found
the origin Of the nickname for courage
and aggressiveness that he bears. Sew
enteen years old and IN active ensign,
he was a member Of the naval brigade
that assisted the Union army in the
land attack on Fort Fisher. Little
Evans had led his men to within 300
yards Of intrenched Confederates.
..At this moment he says Il saw
Col. Lamb, the Confederate comand-
er, CALAMITY standing out on the para
pet and calling to his men to get up
and shoot the Yankees. l considered
him within revolver range, so took a
deliberate shot Mt him. AS I fred a
bullet ripped through the front of my
coat across my breast, turning me
completely around. l felt a burning
sensation like a hot iron over my heart
and saw something red coming out of
q hole in my coat: I knew. of course,
that II 4 bullet had gone through this
portion Of my body, / was done for
but this was no place to stop, SO l went
on ahead Of my company. !
was aware that n particular sharp
shooter was shooting at me, and when,
we were a hundred yards away he hit
me in the left leg. The force Of the
blow was so great l landed on my face
On the sand. 1 got a silk handkerchief
out and soon stopped the blood and
again went to the front as fast as /
coula- Ny left leg seemed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01

asleep, but I was able to use 1t.
I managed to get through the stockade
with seven others when my sharp
shooter friend sent a bullet through
nv right knee. l tried to tand up but
# was no use, my legs would not hold
me. My sharpshoOter friend
continued shooting at me. At the Nun
shot. | think it was, he hit me again.
taking off the end Of 0nT Of ny t0v5,
tearing off the sole Of my shoe ana
w%renching my ankle dreadfully.
For some reason, | don't know why,
his shot made me unreasonably angry
and, rolling over in the sand so. as TO
face my antagonist, / addressed Il rev
brief rcmarks to him, and then, Just
AS some one handed him a freshly
loaded musket. | fired. aiming at MS
breast. " He staggered Il
finally pitched over the pArhpet alld
rolled down near me, where he lay
dead"
with four wounds in his body, prone
and helpless. young Evans was exposed
to a bitter fire for more than ny"
hours. Three men who tried to rescue
him were shot dead in his sight. But
when night came two sailors found
him and carried him ba"k to his ship
That was when and where he began f
be called "Fighting Bob
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
which we had our being and about
which all our homes are knit.

which we had our being and about
which all our homes are knit.
The sense OF this home Significance
brings us hurrying from afar to spend
his day at our own hearthsides this
moves us to pity for the homeless and
desolate on his day and gives the
deeper pain to thoughts Of vacant
places about the table and by the fire
size. This is the festival Of the home;
here stands our altar and here glow
our sacrifical fires.
The thought Of the family group and
the Interpretation OF faith In terms of
human affections dedlcates the day to
the child and sets a little one In the
midst. This is the children's festival.
and vain is the worship of any child
without growing reverence for all child
rood through all time.
Faith finds expression through the
home. We give ourselves again to our
own; we who have been so engrossed
with our daily cares once more smile
with the children or take our places
again as children in the old home, and
so fill the parents cup Of happiness
to Overlooking. A broad feeling of good
| will for the whole world is not worth
much Just here if it is leaving some
| heart Mt home aching and desolate.
And then in terms of the home n
| faith and Joy express themselves to all
mankind. We hear no angels singing,
but In our hearts Is beating the prom
Use Of the day Of peace, and all o
us are signs Of its coming II we will
but broaden the bound Of our afrec-
tons until the Bethlehem scene shall
be the picture of Il united humanity.
The love and pain. the service and
JOY, the sacrifice and affection that
make religion and the home are also
| the forces that make and bind our civ
| ilization. The altar fires that burn by
the heart must burn everywhere, and
the spirit that makes the home sacred
makes sacred all our days and all u
ways. And so shall come the promised
peace and good will to all on earth.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
Gun EOund ON battlefield.

Edward Mann. a young farmer living
near Rock Greek s~choolhouse, was in
Independence yesterday with an old
army musket, which he says he found
recently in a field near his home. The
gun. except about four inches of the
stock, was buried in the ground, says
the Kansas City Star.
The battle of Rock Creek, a skirmish
in the early days of the civil war, took
place in the immediate neighborhood.
The gun is well preserved. Even the
stock. which Is of walnut wood, shows
little of the effects of time and ex-
posure, hence it is a mystery how the
gun came to be in the place where 1t
was found. The gun is a muzzle load
er. 1t contained a charge, which has
not yet been taken out. On side of
the gun the British crown is stamped
into the metal, and also the words,
Tower, 1868"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.
Bv Rev. W. II. McMaster.

Christ is not only the Ideal of the
spiritual awakening, but He is the
great cause Of it. He is the inspira-
ton of the modern scientific research
for truth. His challenge was Come
and see" lie exalted the child mind
of inquiry, of openness to the tfuth'
as the type and by taking that att
tude toward nature man has come
into possession of her truth. by
obeying nature man has come to CON
troll her. BY getting down humbly
TO learn from her, she has exalted man
nv her treasures and her secrets. The
mind Of Christ, which Obeys, which is
open to the truth, which challenges In
yestipation, which submits the nail
prints to the most doubtful scrutiny.
is the instrument of progress In knowl-
edge. So also in the moral realm,
Christ is the great power to quicken
the conscience, produce repentance ana
win the moral nature to the hlghest
standards. He has developed the NOR
al nature to the place where no man
car hope to be religious beyond the ex-
LeIG Lila L Hc ID IN L "AN
ton represents Christian things beyond
the extent that it incorporates the eth
les Of Christian love in all it's bus1-
ness. Christ is leader in h great In
tellectual and moral awakenings of our
times.
As men follow Christ, He has re-
habilitated their faith In the spiritual,
and broken the Elusive spell cast over
them by the material; the false and
superstitious views of God lose their
hold on the minds and fade way be-
fore the sun-like doctrine OF the d.
vine Fatherhood. The s~elfshness OF
mems hearts is softened Into brotherly
good will and the old religions cast
aside their crudities and sink them
selves in the more enulgent light OF
Christianity, the basis Of the hnal and
ultimate faith Of mankind. Who shall
say what greater glories await to sur
nrise the more fully awakened powers
Of mans soul! When we are fully
awake we shall behold His glory.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
A L q OF CANTON.
Where the Many Poor of n Great
Chinese City Live.

Where the Many Poor of n Great
Chinese City Live.
Stand beside the imperial custom
down the river toward Hong Kong. AS
far as the sight car reach lie boats.
boats and again boats. These are no
ordinary craft, mere vessels Of trans
port plying hither and thither, but the
countless homes of myriad Chinese, In
which millions have been born, have
lived and died. They are the dwell
ings Of the very poor, who live In
them practically free from rent, taxes
and other burdens of the ordinary
citizen.
The taukia (Which means boat
dwellers), as the denizens Of these
floating houses are called, form a sort
Of caste apart from the rest Of the
Cantonese. The shore jewellers regard
them as belonging to a lower social
order, and indeed they have many Gus
toms peculiar to themselves which
mark them as a separate community.
How the swarming masses of them
COuJIlNS " SupIohk S<NAokSAS>, q AJe
terry. but their chief mode Of employ
ment is in carrying merchandise and
passengers from place to place. In
some cases the daughters Of the family
20 ashore to work In factories, as do
the girls Of other countries; but the
years earnings Of a Chinese factory
girl would scarce suffice to buy a sin
gle hat for her western sister. OF
course as against this low rate of pay
the standard Of living is correspond
ingly different.
The houses which make up these
vast floating slums are Of al sizes.
Some are but fifteen feet long. From
these cramped dimensions, however,
they range up to a length Of fifty or
sixty feet A boat large enough to
accommodate a family of moderate
size can be obtained for $40, and since
the anchorage Is free it is obvious that
the taukia effect many savings impos-
sible to the shore dweller.Iady's
Realm.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-01
MAN AT HIS BEST.

Most SntfsfYinE to II Woman - a
Lover, Not AS IL Husband.
If there Is ever a time when the real
man gives satisfaction to a woman 1t
is when he is 4 lover, and the women
who read the old-fashioned love stories
could work themselves up into a feel
ing hat when they were engaged 10
their little old husbands the husbands
were noble and grand, like the lover
hero, says the Atchison Globe.
But now that married men are being
fixed up into heroes by the writer's OF
magazine stories, life is harder than
ever for that poor thing. The married
mai, is always i'll n or two positions
in his family--being worked, or being
ignored. He does not even know that
he is being made Il hero of in the maya
zine stories. He never gets a chance
to read the magazines, and so, when
his wife treats him a little more scOrn-
fully han usual, he does not know it
I, hauaa,sa.
story in II new magazine, and realizes
that her husband never was, n never
can he, the least bit like the heroes in
the magazine stories.
In the current number of Harper's
Monthly the hero, Il married man has
worked up from the ranks into a cap
tain of industry. Besides having great
business sagacity, he loves grand OPP
era, poetry, the best literature, etc. His
wife, whom he married while in the
ranks, does not share his refined and
elegant tastes. She dearly loves so
ciety.' in which she does not shine,
being ignorant, vain, etc. The captain
of Industry has a chance to go from
the town where he lives to a big city,
but he knows that while he will be
benefited by living In a city, she will be
miserable there; hat the society for
which she longs will not accept her;
she is not to the manner born, and he
knows she will be constantly mortified.
So he will not accept the big fine posi-
ton offered him, and when his wife
asks him why he clasps her in his arms
(they are both past middle age), and
says, huskily: Because I love you"
Now do you think any fat, middle
aged woman in real life can expect
such tenderness from her Woodworking
little husband? Do no such stories do
harm? Should our wives be allowed to
read them?