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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
Its History Is as Old as CiviIiza.
ton.
USED IN TOWER OF BABEL
Even the Earliest Historical Writers
Do Not Garry Us Back to the First
Period When the Slab of Burned
Clay Was First Made of Use.

Brick, when so considered as to
include burned clay in all its utiii-
tartan forms. has a history analo-
gous to that of civilization itself,
writes F. w. Grant in Construction
News. 1t even followed the general
decline Of the dark ages to the point
of becoming one of the lost arts i'll
England and other countries. Au-
thentic records of the manufacture Of
brick i've a period of Al centuries,
beginning with a passage of scripture
referring to the erection Of the Tower
of Babel in Babylon.
And they said to another, go
to (please notice also the probable
origin of that familiar term among
bricklayers, go tor, let us make brick
and burn them thoroughly, and they
had brick for stone and slime had
they for mortar"
The earliest historical writings do
not, however, carry us back anywhere
near the time when the merits and
usefulness of burned clay were first
known and applied, which must have
been in primitive times, resulting,
perhaps, from observation of the ef-
gu VI DuAIoAh6 hiCS I'LL SAoyOy oAA
1t is indeed proper to say that SO far
from history perpetuating the origin
and record of burned clay, as it has
hat Of all other manufactured build
ing materials, burneo- clay has per-
petuated history.
We owe nearly all the Information
we possess of their history to records
in clay, carefully inscribed n burned
by the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Egyp-
tians and Jews. These form, in some
cases, the only link with nations of
the most remote antiquity.
Burned clay productions have been
and are now the most enduring OF
mans handiwork. Those of the pres
ent time are Of identically the same
substance as those of antiquity, speci-
mems of which have been SO numer-
ously discovered and preserved. We
are, therefore, justified in expecting
that the clay products Of this day and
give away to nothing but progress.
Objects Of burned clay, preserved
from ancient times, include bank
notes. deeds Of property. public &C.
ords, household utensils, studs for
dresses, tickets for the amphithea-
tiers. prizes for victories in the
games, pitchers and cups, and the
earliest expressions of art. It is even
found hat the rolsters of architect
ural art in Corinth cut recesses in
their stone temples to insert burned
clay ornaments. ."
The granaries m warehouses OF
Epvpt: the vast mounds of Niuevah
and Babylon, and the ~aqueducts of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
TsaehIna Rlaht Llxinr.

This n an age when the necessity
of education 10 strongly emphasized.
The whole foundation OF preventive
medicine. Of the anti.tuberculosis
work, OF the social service depart
ments Of the hospital. Is the education
* the public In regard to the laws OF
health, There can be little doubt that
not money. nor even the lack OF
money. u the root Of all evil, but the
lack q knowledge Of right living in
khe broadest sense Of the words. Ig-
hofanco Of physical right living is the
cause Of most Of the illness and bodily
misery IN the world, while ignorance
Of moral right living 10 largely to
blame for the wickedness Of the world.
Had physical condition. however, and
HE ignorance that causes II, have
more to do with poverty and crime
Than most people realixe.- Squalid sur
eoundings, due largely to lack OF
knowledge Of proper living conditions.
and accompanied most likely by de-
creased vitality or outright i'll health.
are probably often the primary cause
of the drunkenness that brings ruin
npon q many families. The great
problem Of today is t o teach the
masses how to live a healthful life in
the circumstances In which they find
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
GOVERNMENT PLANS RELIEF OF
THE STORE CLERKS.
Statistics Show Appalling Conditions
Under Which This Glass OF
Labor Has Lived.

Here are some figures that Will
show the store clerks of America how
Britishers in their line of activity
drag out a weary life. Home Secre-
tary Winston Churchill, in introducing
a new shop hours bill, said the re-
form would affect a million shop as.
sistants whose work at present is
thralled all over the day and week
to their own deprivation and injury
and without any corresponding gain
or advantage to the general public"
BY this bill 10 assistant Is to be
worked in a store for more than SO
hours a week, not later than eight
at night and no more than three eve
nings. and proper time must be al
lowed for meals. Further, there is
provision for a compulsory half holt
day once a week, and the closing Of
shops on Sundays, subject to the ex-
ceptions Of necessary Sunday trading.
At present there. is the shop hours
act OF 1894 in operation, which linn
tied the hours Of assistants under
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
BIG FIRMS ADOPT SYSTEM OF IN
DUSTRIAL INDEMNITY.
Action Of Two Large Corporations
Welcomed as Showing the
Trend Of Advancement.

Following closely On the heels of
the announcement that the Interna-
tional Harvester Company of America
had instituted a system for indemnify
ing its employees in all it's plants, for
injuries sustained while at their work,
came the word hat another big con-
Germ had independently adopted a
plan for accomplishing similar re-
suits.
This second important item Of good
Jews, fro the United States Steel cor
poration, accentuated the interest in
the vital topic, just as one wave over
taking another makes a bigger break
err and a bigger roar on the shore.
Also, just as the bigger wave sets a
farther mark on the beach, so the
close succession of these two an
nouncements has given a greater I'M
petus tt accomplishment in this di-
rection than could have resulted from
either one alone, or from the two
coming at a considerable interval of
time
Numerous other concerns-big and
little-who had not already done any
thing in this way, are now thinking
on the subject. And many, very many,
Of them are pretty sure to undertake
the rational method of handling the
matter, especially when their consid-
Grafton of all phases brings home con-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
GOOD ONE ON DOCK WHITTLE
First Sight of Railway Train Made
Him Run Away With His
Wagon.

"Lemme tell you a good one on
Dock Whittle," said the waggish
mountaineer at the crossroads store.
Last week Dock hitched up the old
mare, piled his old woman IN the
Kids into the wagon, n took 'em over
acrost the mounting to where the new
railroads been built. jest to see the
kyars.
None OF 'em had ever seen a rail.
road train, Dock, ner the old woman
an the kids, e the old mare, either;
so Dock he feels sorto uneasy. Think.
in he'd be on the sale side, he N.
hitched the mare an tied her to a
saplin'; then he went back where the
old woman an the kids was a-settin'
In h wagon in the middle of the
road. Dock thinks he'll pull 'em
down the road a piece SO they kin see
better. so he takes hold of the shafts
an started; but Jest then 'Hoot!
Toot!' come that train Of kyars. an
jumpin' Jerushy! Dock run away
with tie wagon. the old an
the kids began to scream an boiler.
an away they went down the side Of
the mounting, an like to adjusted
ever'think to pieces.
Dock says the old mare was the
only n that wasn't skeered plumb to
death. an next time he's goin' to leave
her alone, n tie hisself to a saplin,."
-Mack's National Monthly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26

There was nothing wrong about
Silas Carter. He was a strappins
young man who worked In a sawmill
and ate three square meals a day.
When evening came he sat down to
store his mind with knowledge. He
couldn't borrow Shakespeare or
American history and, in consequence
he borrowed romances. They were
not eactly dime novels. They related
mostly to knights and chevaliers and
rescues of distressed damsels.
After reading for two or three
years Silas got the idea that he was
q chevalier, and that the distressed
damsel would sooner or later heave
into view. He didn't say anything
about 1t. 1t might be that be wasn't
a chevalier, and it might be mat the
distressed damsel would be detained
on the road.
One night when he was calling on
Miss Eunice Bebee, the daughter Of
a villager, he casually observed:
"Eunice, / love you and want you
to be my wife"
II WILL" she replied.
Eunice had known Silas for a long
time, and had come to realize that
she loved him, and why shouldn't she
have answered that way? Why blush
and stick a finger in her mouth and
reply hat she would see her father
about 1t? She did just as a plain,
sensible girl always does under the
circumstances-she waited for Silas
to say mor
He began and ended right there.
II the distressed damsel appeared he
would tell Eunice that he had
changed his mind; If she didn't then
they would get married some day.
Eunice continued to be a good, plain
girl, and Silas kept his eyes open
for what was coming.
1t came one July day. A young
lady from the city, stopping at a sum-
mer hotel in the village, came down
to the mill pond to fish. Silas was
in the mill yard. wrestling the saw
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26

not under obligations that are lam
pering. or the prey OF helplessness'
The girl who is self-reliant does not
live in constant dread Of getting out
of her Job. She makes herself so val
liable that she lessons the chance
of being let out: she also makes a
poiut of knowing where similar posi-
tons are to be had.
If she is in need of a position. does
she write letters to all her friends
asking them for help in getting a new
place? Not she. She reads adVer-
tisements. makes inquiries. visits bus
mess Offices on her own behalf.
She knows the value Of good back
ing. so is careful to make hersell
worth recommending. but she relies
on herself for employment hunting.
The s%elf-reliant girl does not depend
upon other to help her when she
starts work. The difficulties Of the
new position are quickly mastered,
with only necessary assistance.
Self-reliance helps a girl in every
sphere of life. She does not<mope be-
cause friends do not come her way
she makes them. She is never at a
loss for entertainment. for she knows
how to amuse herself. Nor is she
dependent upon outsiders for happi-
ness, as she cutivates her
until she does not count on people
to hand her out pleasures on a silver
tray.
There is no greater lack in a girl
who has her way to make than failure
to depend upon herself; otherwise no
Self-reliance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
CONFIDENCE AS A REQUISITE
To Obtain Success It Is Absolutely
Necessary That You Shall Believe
in Yourself.

There are many things needed to
make a good worker. but the greatest
is self-Teiiance.
The girl who has never learned to
depend upon herself may be showed
into the easiest Of positions, only to
fall out Of them when the helping
hand Is withdrawn.
II work must, learn to work
your own way. Dent count on pull.
willing friends and powerful influence
to get or keep you in jobs. These
friends do get so tired of these con-
tinual boosts, and when they have
grumbled until they are weary they
stop boosting.
The girl who trains herself to self
reliance is giving herself what is far
more valuable than letters of recon-
mendation of a college diploma. What
she wants she works for-therefore is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26

logs about, and after a time he heard
a scream He ran for the water and
was in time to pull a very wet and
frightened girl out by the hair.
When she could speak she called
him a hero and said he had saved her
life and won her eternal gratitude.
She was the distressed damsel and
he the hero-the chevalier. There
could be no two ways about that. He
was invited to call at the hotel and
receive further thanks, and the drip
ping damsel took her departure.
Silas Carter called. He was braced
up by the heroic deed he had done,
and he felt very important when he
found himself in the presence of a
young lady wearing diamonds and
fine clothes, and almost smiling at
the fresh grease on his boots. He
didn't know exactly what to do with
his hat, hands and feet, but he slowed
them away somewhere and modestly
said that he stood ready to rescue a
damsel every day in the week.
He was thanked and thanked, and
the damsel said she could never for
get him. She even went so far as to
give him her address in the city and
say that she would be pleased to hear
from her ENTHUSIASTICALLY. In get
ting of the hotel veranda Silas fell
over a widows poodle dog and rolled
down the steps, but he was none the
less a hero in his own Eyes for this.
He had read that they occasionally
took a tumble and were none the
verse scr It. Tha. evening when he
went over to see Eunice he said:
'sEuny, I asked you a few nights
ago to marry me, didn't II"
"Y
We'll. wen hold on awhile about
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
TO HELP BRITISH WORKERS.

eighteen years of age to "a a week.
But beyond that the storekeeper can
be absolutely maste r of the employee.
who often lives on the premises.
Take the case Of a young man II
q private drapery store in Regent
street, a swell shopping center. He
gets $3.50 a week, works from 9 in
the morning to 1920 at night on five
week days, till l on Saturday after
moons, and from 10 in the morning to
Z in the evening on Sundays. He has
no time of for meals
Another man is an assistant In a
boot store and works from 9 to 1880
the first four days Of the week; on
Fridays he stops at 5 o'clock, on
Saturdays he is at it till midnight,
and on Sundays he is taking stock"
from 8 to 5. He lives far away from
the store, gets 81 a week. and has a
wife and three children to keep. He
has not seen his children awake since
last Christmas day. All told. he
works S5 hours a week. If Winston
Churchil1's bill passes, his total hours
will be reduced to So a week, count
ing the eight odd hours as allowed for
meals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
PLAY "CATTY"
POLICE ORDER MAKES BOYS OF
BALTIMORE Wall.
Description Of the Game That is
Barred From the Streets Be-
cause Now and Then Soma
Pedestrian 10 Injured.

The Composite Kid OF Baltimore
has q kick-a real. genuine. heart
throbbing kick, says the Baltimore
Evening Sun.
Marshal Farnan has issued orders
that boys must cease playing catty on
the streets. The marshal told all the
assembled captains OF districts that
Chief Engineer Samuel Dukehart of
the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's asso-
citation had been struck In h face
by one Of the flying catties. And the
marshal said that this thing OF play
ling catty on the streets must stop.
Here is the way you play catty:
Take q two or three inch piece of
pine. round 1t Oh and whittle both
ends to a point; lay the catty on the
ground, hit mi end with a stick and
las It fiops up in the air smash it as
you would bat a ball. Then you tell
the other kid to get 1t in SO many
Jumps, and II he can't do It ne gets a
Iwhack across the pocket handkerchief
with the bat. That's the game Mar
Ishal Farnan is stopping. because. now
Iand then, an indiscreet batter lands
the catty in a pedestrin eye, or
spreads CONSERVATION fin a group OF
front step sitters in an otherwise emil
hently quiet n~eighborhOod.
The Composite Kid was standing
outside the courthouse this morning
while Marshal Farnan was issuing his
orders. He was frecltled and snub-
nosed and had q string tied around
his right great toe. In n hand he
carried . dead sparrow and in the
other . cigarette.
What do you think Of that?" he ex-
claimed In disgust. Say. mister. what
chances . boy got nowadays. anyhow?
why. frst thing you know they'll be
passing laws to keep kids from grow
lng. ! was raised In Anne Arundel
county. but my dad sold the farm and
bought some ground rents up on Lex
lnst0n street, 80 we moved to town to
board. 6O0n's I came here found
put there WASH q swimming hole
nearen'n Gwynn falls or the public
baths over In Patterson park, where
you have to yea bathing suits, and
darn bathing suits for kids. that's
what l say. I saw a lot OF kids crawl
Ing through q sewer pipe to swim In
Jones falls up by the candy factory.
but that's too dirty for me. And we
had the darndest time trying to get
= place 70 live. The agent wanted to
know how many children there was.
and asked Il the boys were rough on
wall paper
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26

Must Have Il All.

Richard Parr. the %discoverer of the
sugar trust frauds, was talking in
New York about the generous reward
granted him by the government
Some folks thought was going
to get a reward of a couple of millions
or So" said Mr.. Parr. They put me
In the lawyer class"
1.-THE lawyer class? 7" said the report
er puzzled.
YES" said Mr.. Parr, ''the lawyer
class. The junior and senior partner
of a law firm. you know. once put
their heads together to draft a clients
bill.
We've won the will contest for
him. said the Junior partner, rubbing
his hands. Suppose we charge him
two hundred thousand"
"But the senior partner frowned.
Go ont he sad. He's worth
more than that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
Where Women Work as Porters.

In Bayreuth, where the yearly festi-
walls Of Wagner opera are given, the
villagers do many things to profit by
the influx Of visitors from all parts Of
the world. The unusual a%vocation Of
porter is adopted by not a few of the
native women of the village, during
this period. It is indeed a strange
sight to a w~esterner &c see women
carrying heavy luggage from hotel to
depot for men as well as for women
tourists.
Two stalwart, strong looking men
travellers were leaving Bayreuth after
having heard the cycle Of operas. They
walked 10 the depot, as many do, fol
lowed by q frail looking little woman
carrying two suit cases In each hand
besides and umbrellas, and
when the train was reached she pre-
ceded the men into the car staggering
under her burden. After she had re-
ceived her fee she departed hurriedly
IN search Of another Job before the
train left.
Il vas . strange sight to An A1Aera-
can % . . wpman working . Z por-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
The Difference.

A witty lawyer, whose ability
brought him to the front rank in his
profession. ultimately became a mem.
Der OF the British parliament In the
course OF a debate on occasion he
considerably angered a member Of the
opposite party.
The latter jumped to his feet and
exclaimed, angrily: The honorable
member for x, as every one knows,
has rooms to let in his upper story"
The lawyer merely smiled as he re-
piled: true. / have rooms to let. but
there lies the difference between the
honorable member for g and ny.
sell. Mine are furnished"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
sNatural LIE.

Imprisonment for the rest Of your
natural life' II the form Of the PEN
atty next In dread to the death sen
ksnoe. This phrase natural. life"
pushes some people who wonder II
HE law recognizes any unnatural
ME-
Il does not. but the old common law
aid recognise an unnatural death. as
well - . natural one. When a man
~ woman takes the monastic vow
people still speak Of It as leaving the
world" IN medieval times that was
~considered : form Of death. and the
phrase natural life" came into use
10 describe an existence terminated
nv the grave. not by the convent or
HE abbey.-London Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
pramatlsts usualIx chiIdIes.

According to an observer writer's OF
plays are generally childless. He says:
lit seems that the successful dramat-
list Is al the end of q series, and never
leaves a successor. Look down he
list Of them. from Gilbert to Shaw. and
you will find never a child. Further
search brings up Thomas Hardy. Bar
rie, Maeterlinck. Pinero. Cecil Raj
eigh, Vaughan, Locke, Granville Bark
er, Frederick Fem, Louis Napoleon
Parker, and only Henry Arthur Jones
and Hall Game are dramatists witt
children.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
Good Medicine Dropper.

When one requires a certain nun.
Der of drops of a liquid. and a special
dropping bottle is not at hand, it III
often difficult to drop from a bottle,
slowly enough to keep an accurate
account. A simple dropper can be-
mace In this way: Get q piece OF
wire, bend 1t parallel, and then twist
it loosely. Next cut OF the ends neat
" and bend it into a right angle. Tho
dropper Is now ready. To use 1t, you
put the long end into the bottle, and
tilt the bottle sufficiently to allow the
liquid to trickle slowly down The.
dropper.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
Gift Of weather Prophecy.

There is a Georgia mar who can
forecast the weather" 20 accurately
that the people Of his county are said
to farm by him" It Is said that the
government has tried TO get him In
the weather bureau department, but
he says that "fgsers" confuse him.
He is reported to have said: Il gifts
my weather knowledge from the Lord
II comes free and It goes freA !
wouldn't sell It t no man!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
An Appropriate Text.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.," said a
new York banker, asked me one Sat
urday afternoon a good Biblical text
TO base an address on. I'm thinking,
he said. about that beautiful verse
from the Twenty-third Psalm-.The
Lord is my shepherd, l shall not
want Beautiful and appropriate
/ agreed. But, Mr.. Rockefeller.
there is even a better verse In the
same psalm-"Thou anointest my head
with oil; my cup runneth over"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
The palmy Day. Of Prize Fighting.

In his best days the English prize
fighter was a man who fought for the
fun Of the thing, was backed by his
friends and stood to win a few gum
cas- on the result In private life he
was the village blacksmith or the To-
cal publican-a bit Of a brute but a
good fellow. It was the crowd that
spoiled the English ring. just as the
crowd has already spoiled most Eng
fish games today. English boxing
when it became a thing of deadly
science, practised only by profession
ais, went down in bad esteem.-Sat-
urday Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
BRICK LONG WIN

Roman times were built of brick. n
the most stupendous "ortlhcat1oh
work ever attempted by human hands,
the great wall of China. was h'llt
of this, the Oldest of all manufactured
material.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
LIttis nrother Rsporss.

p you know that daughter Is be.
eoming quite fond OF young Poorly?''
Good gracious! He hasn't . cent
~ hi name.
I ~ hnOw 4. 1 wish VI could devise
6ome scheme TO set her against him. =
sssYou don't need nothin' like that,
-: 4 vent into the parlor last night
50n6Afound e settin. against him =
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26
cranlal enlargement.

II NY boy Josh asked me to stop an
- him 4 .tr.w he. = said aTmsr
ifC~6rntossei ~ be stepped into the
loAop.
you ars just In Time" replied the
kissuaah. All our straw hats have
Sust bsen reduced"
FIN kraid they won't do for Josh.
Not since he's been to the city. He'll
sant something that's been ex-
1anAod"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-08-26

ter, but the women Of Bayreuth are
glad to do all they can in this way
during the brief season of opera. Il
enables them to make extra money.
which these thrifty Germans know
how to use to the best advantage.
They got a small fee for each trim.
but as they get several calls during
the summer it amounts t o a fair sum
for the season.