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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
N FARNER's WIFE A sLAVD

1nquiry shS~~s That In Msst Cases
ytsx Life Il . Useisss Tragedy.
What prosperity on the average
farm means to the women of the coun-
try Is dsscribed by William Anterior
Du Pay In the Dslin Gator. Were tho
six millions Of farherS wives IN the
iUndtGd States placed in caldron,
fused into ons homogeneous maze,
c42nsh OF Il chopped out to make ons
vsnsn-the typical tam woman-and
we're shs daCdetsd a. h is, there
would b the greatest tragedy Of
American civilization. says Mr.. Du
Pay.
There u . lot to DO found out about
this woman. and IT. vital to know OF
her. II 10 she who bears the brunt
OF feeding the multitude for which the
farmer receives so much praise. 1t Is
shs who gives birth, before her vital.
tty Ia capped. to the men who make
history, It 10 she who Is martyrsd
even IN the times Of peace and plenty.
n 70 Z useless nartyrdom, for II IL
It 10 especially important that her con-
onion ana tho causes OF IL SnculV Uc
known
Ia the nrst place. you win be told
that II 10 all bosh about the unfavor-
sbie conditions ON the farm; that tho
faFmsrs last yeas raised seven billions
of dollars worth OF produce and that
they hAvs given themselves the upltft.
Conditions are not at all like they
used to be on the farm, you are told,
for these men are now riding in auto
mobiles and there Is running water
which has bean put into the house.
Thsre Is a lot Of truth In some of
your statements. for the farmers have
made 9 great deal Of money. and in
seme communities there are hundreds
of cSnventsntly arranged and ideal
homes OF the farms. But the consen-
sus OF opinion of the greatest authori-
tiss Of this country upon farm oondi-
tioas 10 70 the effect hat probably 10
per ent Of tho farmers are grasping
their opportunities for better living in
70 far Al the homo is concerned, and
that the condition of but 10 per cent
Of the woman Is improved. Strange
to say, With the vast majority there
como q worse condition with the
development Of the farm and the ad.
vent Of prosperity. The country life
conmissipn appointed by the president
has travelled the country ovar and
found this to be a fact.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
A FLOWER OF HISTORY.
Iris Very Prominent In French an,
Japanese Histsry and Literature.
Charge for the golden lilies!

Charge for the golden lilies!
Upon them with the lance!
Every schoolboy who has declaimet
the ringing lines Of The Battle Of
Ivry' has learned to associate thu
lilies of France, no less than the Whit
plume of her hero king, with history
in its most stirring aspect. Not ever!
school girl who follows with pride and
sympathy the career of Joan OF Arc
the young French peasant heroine and
saint, may know, however, that they
are associated ven more closely with
the lilly maid" of France; since, wher
the king ennobled her, the title he
conferred-needless, but aptly chosen
made her Dame du Lis-the Lady
of the Lilies.
Yet the lilies of France were not
lilies at all; for the f~leur-de-lis, OF
1ower-de-luce, is certainly an iris. Me
dieval Florence, however, also reck
oned it a lily, blazoned it on her fp
nous gonfalon, and made it conspic
uous in her splendid chronicles.
Possibly it may claim ever an old
err and a loftier fame; for some botan
lists assert that it was neither scarlet
amaryllis, nor meadow lily, mol blaz
ing wild tupil, as others claim, but thu
stately Oriental iris, in it's royal pur
pie majesty, with which Solomon in
all his glory could not compare.
OF late years Japan, the land oil
gardens, has added largely to our iris
lore. The Japanese irises, far surpass
ing all others in beauty and variety,
bear fanciful, often poetic, names
which it is a pity u prosaic nursery
men so seldom translate.
One lovely white variety is Moon.
light; another, Moonlight on Foam;
one family flushed is Dawn on the
Mountain; a striped sort, waving in
the wind, has acquired the name OF
Dancing Tiger; and there are also a
Dancing Bear, a Dancing Lion and a
Heron's Feather.
The iris gardens of Japan are won.
ders of loneliness; and in the most
famous the little maids who Serve
the visiting crowds with tea in the
pretty summer houses are carefully
arrayed in iris hues.
On one especial day, May 5. it is
customary for all houses to display
graceful arrangements of iris, hung
beneath the caves; and at all the pub
lie baths buds and petals of the iris
are cast afioat upon the water to de,
light the bathers with their scent and
color.
Especially is one homelier kind the
flower Of the Japanese women; for cen
turies-old tradition tells that once, in
time of famine, it was decreed that all
cultivabla land must be planted ia
food crops only; but the women, I'M
willing to forego their orris-powder,
made from the tuberous roots, cleverly
transferred their irises to the sods Of
the matched roofs. where they grew
and fourished. Certain it is that this
iris-ths iris tectorum-is still 50
planted in Japan, and thrives in pur
pie splendor, cresting the humblesi
farms.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
PLEA FOR ~CHURCH-GOING.
More Effective Sermons Preached in
Pulpit than from Printed Page.

Pulpit than from Printed Page.
In the good olden days the Sunday
sermon was the intellectual treat of
the week, the main topic OF converse
ton from one Sabbath to another.
That day is forever past, Leslie's
Weekly says. Books, magazines, daily
papers, entering every home, are
preaching sermons on the moral issues
of life every day Of the year. Yet the
field of the pulpit is not pre-empted-
The Christian minister may still speak
with authority on the spiritual aspects
of truth. The pulpit platform, with
all the sacred surroundings of the
sanctuary. REINFORCED, too, by the
preachers personality, can make an
appeal to the emotions, the magma
ton, the will, such as cannot come
from the printed page.
But aside from the sermon itself, be
it inspiring or otherwise, people ought
to go ito church to worship God.
Should there ever arise a generation
that forgets to worship at appointed
times and places, moral advance will
have received it's ~deathblow. 1t is in
stinctive for man to worship a power
higher than himself and it is the
Christian Church which conserves this
instinct. The church has always been
too closely identified with the moral
and intellectual progress of mankind
to allow its influence to lansulsh. Can
there be an easier or simpler way for
every man Ito lend a hand than to
have a revival of the good habit Of
chHrch-going?
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
EXOTIC BITS FOR GoURMETs.

HaIlacas Of Venezuela and Raw Fish
OF Japan In New York.
It IL true that QUE can find almost
anything he wants in New York-any-
thing he wants to eat particularly
OF course. tho rubberneck wagner
knows that there are a lot Of things
to eat in Chinatown that he doesn't
have back homo in Adrian, Mich, and
tho $2d street bon vivant knows the
lurking place Of the broiled seras and
tho spai1s; but even he lives to learn.
Here IL something %gustatory that may
be possibly new even to him, the New
York Sun says.
The hallacas of Venezuela is in
town, likewise the honorable rauash
(vernacular unpronouncsable) of Jap
an. with soy sauce. First the habitat
and Characteristics Of the hallAcas,
properly "hAyacas" IN the Spanish.
It can be found In a little Spanish
restaurant much pstronized by South
Americans down In the heart Of the
coffee and tobacco district on Pearl
street, Just north Of Wall. The dainty
comes steaming to the table wrapped
ooyly IN a green banana leaf. 1t must
nrst be stripped Of its habilaments,
then eaten with q glass of Rlocca wine
at hand
4 pork tamale is the hallacas.
Minced pork and cornmeal, steamed to-
gether, is its body. There are raisins
In the meal and a stoned olive. With
just enough chill sauce to give it a
bite and some fire the heIlacas stands
Tevea:ed-an alien tldbit praying for
naturalization.
Tho honorable raufsh may not set
forth such right to speedy acceptance.
Strangely enough. people who wan to
eat their oyster alive draw the line
instinctively at a fish dead but not
cooked. Yet tho merit that lies in
this oriental exotic, which can be
found IN a Japanese restaurant Just
east Of Broadway, is compelling when
once discovered.
The fish is served in thin crisp
strips, each OF a finger length and rest
ing on a little grating Of glass rods.
A bamboo shoot, picked, a pinch Of
and a lettuce leaf flank
the dish. IN a porcelain cup is the
soy OF bean sauce, pungent and appe-
fixing. and tasting much like Worces,
tershire. A piece Of the fish, a dash Of
horseradish dipped together in the soy
and one believe that the japanese
too know the worth Of life
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
Old FavOrites
aeeGGGGGeGeeeGEGe


me NbNhtshNaiV'
AS it fell upon a day,
In the merry month OF May,
Sitting in a pleasant shade
Which q grove of ~syrtles made,
Beasts did leap, and birds did sing,
Trees did grow and plants did spring;
Everything did Danish moan,
Save the nightingale alone:
She, poor bird. as all ~forloru,
Leland her beast uphill a thorn,
And there sung the donefull'st dirty,
That to hear it was great pity;
.'Fie, fe, fe," now would she cry;
'.Ter-u, Tereu !" by and by;
That to hear her so complain,
Scarce | could from tears refrain
For her griefs so lively shown,
Made me think upon mine own.
An, thought /, thou mourn'st in vaiul
None take pity on thy pain;
SenseleSs trees, they cannot hear thee'
Ruthless bears, they will not cheer thee
King Pandion, he is dead;
All thy friends are lapp'd in lead;
All thy fellow-birds do sing,
Careless of thy sorrowing.
Even so, o bird. like thee,
None alive will pity me.
Whilst as tickle Fortune smiled,
Thou and l were both beguiled.
Every one that fatters thee
Is no friend in misery.
Words are easy, like the wind;
Faithful friends are hard to find;
Every man will be thy friend
Whilst thou hast wherewith TO spend
But If store of crowns be scant,
No man will supply thy want.
If that ono be prodigal,
BountSful they will him call,
And with such-like 1attering,
pity but he were a king"
If he be addict to vice,
Quickly him they will %entice;
If to women he be bent,
They lave him at commandment;
But If FORUM once do frewn,
farewell his great enown;
They that fawn'd On him before,
Use his company no more.
He that is thy friend indeed,
He will help thee in thy need;
If thou sorrow, he will weep;
If thou wake, he cannot sleep;
Thus, of very grief in heart,
He with thee does bear a part.
are certain signs to know
Faithful friend from flattering foe.
From THE Passionate Pilgrim" as
cribed to Shakespeare.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16

THE deeper l drink of the cup OF
life the sweeter it grows-the Sugar
all at the bottom" is the sentiment
expressed by Julia Ward Howe on her
ninetieth birthday.
William Allen White. the Kansas
Journalist, who wrote What's the Mat
ter With Kansas?" has a new novel
ready for publication. "A Certain
Rich Man is the title Of the new
book.
A new novel by Amelia E. Barr,
called 1.-The Hands Of Compulsion," is
a story of the Isle of Arran, written
from Mrs. Bars personal knowledge
Of the Scottish people and their ways,
which was the secret Of the popular
ity Of her Jan Vedder," "A Border
Shepherdess," etc.
One Of the chief regrets of Marion
Crawford during his last illness was
that he might not be able to complete
his great historical work dealing with
italy in medieval times. The author
had spent much time in studying old
ruUcurnerrrs N preparatYOn Tor tnar
book-documents In a private library
to which ne could not gain accsss TN
I'll within the last few years.
"Pray tell Dickens from me to re
member that he is still but a man, and
dedication, he must return to his an
thropic state. and that he will find us
You and me-good friends but bad
idolators." Thus wrote Sydney Smith
in an imprinted letter which has just
come to the surface. 1t was written
after Dickens first visit t o the United
States.
The Empress Eugene, II is stated
by the London Nation, has spent much
time and pains upon her memoirs, but
It Is thought to be doubtful whether
the book will see the light during the
present generation. Now a fragile
and delicate old woman, the Empress
evokes sympathy from all who see her.
"Her face" a y one Englishman.
makes me think Of Rudyard Kipling's
story, 1.-THE Gate Of a Hundred Sor-
NJ llO ANSWr vi VI AAiSh .
book which bears that title is ideal
Ism. The author Is a London barrister
and his book was brought out anony.
mously in Geneva. 1t was republished
later in London, this time with the
authors name On the title page, and
was pronounced worthy Of the Nobel
prize. The author pays a special trib-
ute to Nobel in his introduction. mo
bel himself" he says. was branded
as a dreamer. There we're those ready
to insinuate that he had not been in
his right mind. Nobel wished to give
$4,000 a year among the writer's OF
new texts. That was his dream. His
madness lay there. Humanity is not
mad to spend n hundred millions
year on monographs. Nobel was
made to offer those few thousands for
a living voice"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
The College. of Oxford.

Each college is built round a quad
rangle with a large entrance gateway
which often rises into a quasi tower,
The rooms Immediately over the gate
way are invariably designed for the
residence Of the warden, provost OF
principal of the college, so that the
eye of the master may be over all who
enter or leave the place. The mode oil
building still exists in India, having
been introduced into Europe by the
Moors when they conquered Spain
where we find that the compound, O,
quad, is still used for the lettering OF
all kinds of animals. Around the
quad are arranged the chapel. library,
hall or refectory, presidents lodgings
buttery and kitchen. The students
rooms generally occupy the upper
floors. William of Wickham, the cele
brated architect, wisely placed his tall
er buildings+the chapel and hal-oI
the north side to keep off The cold
winds, the lower buildings on the
south more freely admitting sunshine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
BE sure You are Right.

Bill had charge of the animal tent"
aid MI. Ringing. land among his
pets was a leopard. This leopard
gave Bill more trouble than all the
rest OF the menagerie put together.
One day when / had left he show
on some advance business, a telegram
was handed to me. It was from Bill
and read: The leopard has escaped.
What shall / dor
THAT was just like Bill. He did
not want to make a mistake.
II Immediately wired back to Bill:
Shoot him on the spot Two hours
later I received another telegram from
conscientious, careful Bill: Which
spot? '"-Success Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
Legal Information


The claim of the Municipality of
Ponce in Porto Rico to a Catholic
Church edifice said to have been erect
ed with municipal funds and the con-
tention that the church had no exist
ence as a corporate entity so as to en-
able it to hold property was settled
by the United States Supreme Court
in Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic
Church, 2S Supreme Court Reporter,
1877, affirming the decision Of the Su.
preme Court Of Porto Rico in favor Of
the church, holding that wherever the
funds came from, they were ~irrevoca-
bly, donated to the church; that the
church had been recognized for cen
turtles as a legal entity, and az its
rights had been acknowledged in the
treaty Of Paris and in concordats be-
tween Spain and the papacy they
could not now be denied.
An agent employed for five years at
a salary of $4,000 per year vas dis
charged after serving six months. He
brought an action for the damages he
sustained and which he might sustain
up to the time of trial, but without
prejudice to his right to bring subse-
quent suit or suits for damages accru-
ing after the trial of this cause Dam
ages were agreed pom by counsel,
should plaintiff be allowed to recover
on the complaint. Judgment was for
plaintiff. Another action was brought
for wages which accrued after this
verdict. The United States Circuit
Court held in Flanders v. Canada, A.
& P. S. S. Co, ISL Federal Reporter,
37S, that, Notwithstanding the defend
ants contention hat there was but
n cause of action originally, this
objection not being raised upon the
first trial could not be on the second.
The Idaho Supreme Court in Ton
cray V. Bulge, 95 Pacific Reporter, 26.
construed an election contest law of
that State. Proceedings were insti-
tuted in the district court to test the
right Of defendant to hold the Office
OF district judge because of alleged
constitutional ineligibility. Defendant
demurred on the grounds of lack of
jurisdiction of the district court and
of failure to state sufficient facts to
constitute a cause of action. The Su-
preme Court has jurisdiction of such
cases under statute, but the Constitu-
ton states that district courts have
original jurisdiction in all cases both
at law and equity" The court held
that an election contest is a proceed.
ing of statutory origin and not neces-
sarily of a judicial nature. This right
being created by the Legislature, that
body could designate what tribunal
should exercise Jurisdiction. Com.
plainant also claimed hat a constitu-
tional question was involved which the
Legislature had no right to submit to
the district court; but it was held that
where as a lee to determine the
right to Office by proceeding on in
was also provided, and con-
questions might be lttisat-
ed therein, there was no objection to
allowing the question Of eligibility of
to be passed on by a tri-
bunal other than the one provided
for by the Constitution.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
HOW ROYALTY EATS.

William Of Germany Likes Plain
FoodS-Consunes Them Rapidly.
How royalty eats is a subject of in
terest, both to those who invest regal
consumption with superhuman at
tributes and to those who believe that
all men are equal when they sit down
to dinner. The Emperor Of Germany,
it appears, is neither a gourmet nor
a gourmand. He enjoys merely a ro-
bust appetite and eats with a raptdity
that is the despair of his hosts. Court
etiquette demands that the walters
should take away all plates as soon
as the monarch has finished a partic.
ular course. This established rule
once led to an amusing Incident, says
the Belgian Star Of Brussels, quoting
from the French author Of "Sovereigns
in Slippers Among the Emperor's
dinner guests was an old sea dog, Ad-
miral D., whom his majesty liked for
his bluff manners and frank speech.
During the repast there was brought
or a certain dish, which the old
mariner attacked with voraclous pleas
ure, but nc couldsnot-maka much. head
way owing to the fact that the EN-
peror, who was not particularly fond
Of that dish, piled him with questions.
Suddenly his majesty ceased eating.
The walters rushed forward to remove
all plates. One Of them was stretch
ing his hand to seize the admiral's
plate, when the latter gave him a
sharp rap on the fingers with his fork
and roared angrily:
"Gehste weg!" ("Get away!")
And the admiral finished his favor
lite dish amid a burst Of general laugh.
ter.
Emperor William prefers above com
plicated viands such homely dishes as
pot roast in Vienna style, chicken with
red paprika, Wiener schnitzel and
sauerkraut and frankfurters. He has
an odd habit Of eating at the same
meal several different kinds of bread,
while and black, indigestible English
mullins and a caraway seed roll made
especially for him.
So as not to be at the mercy Of his
servants. the Kaiser has established a
strict rule for his cooks, regulating
all the expenses of his table. Thus
the cost Of breakfast Is fixed at so
cents a plate. For luncheon $1.25 a
plate Is allowed. and dinner may not
exceed 50. Except for imperial ban
quets, which have a special price
schedule. the chefs do not dare to ex-
coed the stated allowance. for any ex-
cess is chargable to their personal &C.
The German court employs no
fouynp fhon 1 C0n 1ooLn1yo --oSA>-.
cooks. chefs and other male attendants
and 500 women who serve as maids Of
al degrees. The Empress is called the
of this regiment, while the
Kaiser is the real general, who com
pels the domestic force to march in
military fashion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16

A LESSON IN COOKING.
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That ANYBODY can cook Is a popular
masculine view of one of the most
difficult and interesting of the arts.
A writer in the Chicago News re-
ports a dialogue which took place
in a city fiat when the wife was SICK &,
and the husband a voluntary chef.
1t was the breakfast hour. The voice
from the kitchen asked, DO you be-
gin to count the three minutes from
the time you put the eggs in, or from
the time the water begins to boil?'
The voice from the bedroom replied,
"Do you what-Why, you don't put
the eggs in till the water begins to
boil, dear"
you don't? Well, I did"
as the water nearly boiling?'
NEARLY boiling? Why, 1 just put
1t M"
"And isn't it very hot?"
"Of course it isn't" came the indig-
nant reply from the kitchen.
well, then, just take the egg out,
till it starts boiling"
Silence for a few moments.
What shall I TAX EN- out with?"
There's a big iron spoon hanging
over the sink"
ooh Where shall l put them?
"Why, on the kitchen table, dear
But they keep rolling off If I don't
hold EN-
Then put them on a saucer
(Which one shall / take?"
Don't take-oh, never mind, take
any of them"
Silence for ten minutes.
Then, Charles, is the water boil
ing?"
ut isn't even lukewarm yet"
Not lukewarm! Why, you didn't.
fill it with cold water?"
"Of course. Why not?'
"Charles, dear, I'm sorry to make
you so much trouble" came from the
bedroom, but it will never boil that
way. Just pour it out and put in only
a little from the hot-water faucet
"All right" came the reply from
| the kitchen. "Now I've done it. Shall
put the eggs in?'
! mo, wait till 1t boils."
| Silence.
There, it's boiling now Shall I
put 'em in?'
Yes"
Silence for some time.
Then. from the bedroom, aren't the
three minutes up YETI"
"Gracious! I forgot to look at my
watch when I put 'em in. l guess 1t
must be time, though. What do you
axe 'em out WITH"
"The big spoon" said the voice from
the bedroom, patiently.
Silence.
Say" came the voice from the
kitchen, "how-what made 'em all
come out of the shells? There isn't
anything in the shells at all, and the
waters all p~oarned."
ooh, dear" said the voice from the
bedroom, you must have cracked
them whea you dropped them in"
"Why didn't you say so? I couldn't
nut my hands clear down into the
boiling water with 'em, could /"
"Or course not. Never mind"
Silence.
well, what do I do now?" t""l
ooh, just turn out the gas and lei
It 60"
But what are you going to eat?
Don't you want me to boil you some
more?"
The voice from the bedroom an
swered eagerly, mo, no! Please don't!
I'll Just have some crackers and milk,
please. That will do. Bring me the
bottle of milk out of the lower part
of the refrigerator, and a bowl and
a spoon and a cracker-jar from the
sideboard. No, I'll open the milk-bot-
tie. Thank you. Now go back to your
newspaper, dear. Sister Mary will
clear up when she comes"
'How long does the doctor say you'll
have to stay in bed?" came the voice
from behind the newspaper.
"He doesn't say"
st hope it won't be long"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
The Auto S,rop.

Southern station the Northern tourist
sauntered out on the platform. I'm
der a scrub.oak stood a lean animal
with scraggy bristles. The tourist was
interested.
What do you call that?" he queried
Of a lanky native.
"Razorback hawg."
well, what is he doing rubbing
against that tree?'
Hes stropping himself, mister, Jest
stropping himself."-Success Maya
zine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-16
He a Out.

Tommy ran excitedly into the room
eager to impart information.
.Oh! where did you get all that
paint on your hands and clothes?"
exclaimed his mother.
..oh, that" returned Tommy. in.
differently. Il wanted to see If the
people cross the street were tellins
the truth. They have a sign that says
Paint. / knew right along hat II
was varnish, and / found it was, too"