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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
A FRANK MILLIONAIRE.
Says He Has No Right to Hi
n-.r- n sta

Says He Has No Right to His
Joseph Fels, the millionaire Phila-
delphia soapmaker, was in Cincinnati
recently on an inspection tour to see
how his crusade on poverty, to which
h is contributing 100000. every year,
is getting along. At a dinner In .
fashionable hotel, at which he was
the guest of honor, he said:
"a man cannot be a millionaire
without being a beneficiary of this
system of robbery. l am well protect
ed. There is a tariff that keeps for
eign soaps out of the country. / own
stocks in street railway companies
that are private property and are
under public franchise and do not pay
taxes on those franchises. l own stock
in railroads hat are private monopo-
lies and should be public property. I
own many things that I shouldn't.
But l intend to hold on to these
things in order to make more money
with which to fight the system that
has made me rich-at the expense of
others. ! believe l am spending my
money better than Rockefeller is
spending his"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
KING CUTS down PRICE.
Purveyors to England's Monarch
Are Restricted to a Profit of
10 Per Gent.
EDWARD MAKES A SCHEDULE.
His Majesty Sees Tradesmen Supply
Wholesalers Bills for Purposes
Of Comparison.

1t may be hardly credible, but it
is the fact that while the struggling
citizens of America are being forced
to pay exorbitant profits on the neces-
saries of life the King of England
permits none of his tradesmen to
charge him more han allows them a
profit of 10 per cent, the New York
World says. They car like it or leave
it, but those are his terms.
IN the days of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, who was given the reputa-
ton of being stingy, because she never
gave anything away, the royal trad
ers had an easy time. And they made
hay while their sun shone. They lit
tie dreamed, though, of the severe day
OF reckoning that was coming.
The distance from the railroad sta
tloL to the castle at Windsor is less
than half a mile. The hill to the castle
Is rather steep, SO most of the hotel
carriages have two horses. The fare
for such a vehicle is half a dollar. For
the ordinary one-horse cab the fare
Is only 25 cents. The charge tt her
majesty when she ordered a carriage
from a hotel to bring a guest from the
station to the castle was $3.50.
Edward VII. allows instead of $3.50
just 81 cents. He says that is too
much, but allows the extra few cents
because he insists on the hotel keep
ing horses such as his master of the
horse will pass as respectable-looking,
and maintaining a stable of them all
The year round, whether they are want
ed or not. There is in England a great
desire to supply the king. 1t is one
of the best possible forms of adver.
tisement. His majesty makes the
tradesmen pay for it. A royal order is
always given on large and beautiful
specially engraved paper. But pre-
viously the tradesman is granted a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
ANTI-PRoFANITY CONGRESS-.
4 Remarkable Gathering to he
Held in Rome Next Month.


Held in Rome Next Month.
A most remarkable international
congress against swearing and profane
language will be held in Rome next
month, when representatives from al
most all the anti-profanity leagues in
the world will meet Strangely enough,
Italy, which to-day is considered the
country where swearing is most preva-
lent, boasts al institution against
swearing which is seven centuries old
and still flourishes in Florence under
it's old title of the Venerable ArChcon-
fraternity of Mercy.
Toward the middle of the thirteenth
century the Florentine porters used
to congregate to drink and gamble in
a wineshop on the Via Adimari, and
they swore so much and so loudly that
one of them, an old man named Piero
di Luca Borsi, in the hope of saving
his fellow workers souls and at the
same time putting a check on their
profanity, proposed to impose a small
fine on the swearers. His proposal was
large sum of money was collected,
which it was decided should be used
in some work Of expiration.
"In order that the money might
benefit both the soul and the body
says an old ch~ronicler, six stretchers
were purchased and destined to each
of the six quarters of the city where a
squad of porters was detailed to on
~vey in them such persons as were Ill
to the hospitals or to carry the bodies
of those who fell dead or had been
murdered to the cemetery. And each
porter was entitled to take a coin from
the coin box for every trip
The institution still exists and 1t
counts among it's members not only
porters but the most prominent citi-
zens of Florence, as well as the King
of Italy and the archbishop. 1t is no
longer supported by the fines imposed
for swearing, but by voluntary contri-
buttons.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

royal warrant" which is something
to frame and preserve as an heirloom.
That enables him to put the royal coat
OF arms up over his store window and
everybody else rushes in, since what
the king buys must necessarily be the
best.
But his majesty has a schedule Of
profits. 1t was drawn up actually by
himself. In that schedule is the
amount of profit to be permitted to
every class Of tradesmen. On gro
ceries the profit allowed is only 5
per cent. On meat it is 10 per cent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

lain urged the petition of the jewelers..
And they didn't. Ten per cent is all
they get.
His majesty takes care to see that
his 10 per cent is only 10 per cent.
Whenever a bill is presented for pay
ment the tradesman has to produce
with it his W wholesale bills. The
price that goes on the royal bill has
to be only Just SO much more than
what the tradesman has paid himself
as the rate OF the profit schedule al
lows. If the butcher has paid 20 cents
a pound for his prime American, Liv-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

His majesty held that the grocer could
keep his supplies without deteriora-
ton if they were not sold, but the
butcher could not and so required the
higher profit.
Ten per cent is, however, the limit.
The jewellers waited on the lord cham
berlain and protested that they had
so few customers, compared with the
butcher and the vegetable dealer, they
were bound to have at least so per
cent.
"Not from me-" the king is reported
to have said when the lord chamber
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

e~1pocl-killed beef, he can charge the
royal household % cents a pound and
not a fraction more, although in Lon
don the price is probably % cents
a pound to other consumers.
The women of America cannot, per.
haps, do what the King of England
did SO easily. But many of them ex.
press the belief that by combination
they can do much to prevent them.
selves from being robbed by unfair
profits that go only to swell the al.
ready overloaded Golfers of the power.
full trusts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
LITTLE THINGS WORTH KNOWING

Steamship working hours are four
on and eight off to the enc of the voy-
age.
The Cundarders serve broken bits
of butter-scotch candy along with the
afternoon tea aboard ship.
In a turbine steamship the rhythmic
humping of the pistons disappears,
and instead the engines give out a
thin soprano song hat rises or falls
in key with the speed. sometimes sug-
costing a continuous sQueal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
SPLINTERS.

A minutes work cuts more ice than
an hours talk.
Even a well-read man can have the
blues sometimes.
HEAVIER must seem far of to those
who shout their prayers.
You don't have to go up in an air
ship to have a high old time.
If you monkey around a bee hive
you must expect to get stung.
II it wasn't for the little dogs bite
he would nev be heard from.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
WITH II sAGEs.

The descent to hell is easy.-virgil.
Foster the beautiful, and every hour
thou callest new flowers to birth
Schiller.
Eat not thy heart; which forbids to
af1ict our souls and waste them with
vexatious cares.-Plutarch.
He who gives better homes, better
books, better tools, a fairer outlook
and a better hope, him will we crown
with laurels.-Emerson.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Rnixtnx thc Fnllen.

"See that young fellow over there?'
inquired the talkative stranger.
YES, what about him?' inquired
Smithson fretfully.
THAT young fellow. mister, is de
voting his life to a noble The
best part of his time is spent in an
endeavcr to raise fallen humanity
to lift those who are down and set
them on their feet again."
indeed replied Smithson. "And
who is he?"
"sOh, he's the attendant at a roller
skating rink"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Fair Girl-My father made his for
tune when he was a young man.
Would you like to know how he did it?
Gallant Youth-Not particularly, but
I would like to know if he has 1t
still.-Catholic News.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
Reckle.. prixinx.

Reckless Driving.
"What is the matter? I see you've
got your hand in a siing?"
Reckless driving"
"Horse?'
mo, nafl."-Tit-Bita
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

sounded Like smoke.
Isn't it disgraceful the way women
smoke nowadays"
"Why?"
Il just saw an advertisement offer
ing to any woman six puns for a dol
lar."-Purple Cow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

When His Turn Comes

When His Turn Comes.
What? You're engaged to Mr..
Brown? Then you won't marry Mr..
Jones, after ALL"
mo, not after all. But, perhaps.
after Mr.. Brown."-Cleveland Leader.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

ed near Diamond Shoals, down the Southern Atlantic coast of The United
States. and before morning came the story OF the rescue vas told ashore,
and s. {. S." the new ambulance call CT the sea, "a made famous. The
story of that rescue has been duplicated a number of times since the wire
less became a feature of the equipment OF nearly every passengercarrying
vessel which pmst to sea-.
A decade spans the development Of applied wireless, and even now
VIE it las not reached a perfected state, it has lot only become a
mercialf factor, but it has robbed the sea of half its terror. Accidents which
in the nt so long ago we're of the gavest sorta n meant nt only sleep
less nights to tn officers and passengers, but days of heartbreakng toll to
the men, have become but exciting incidents Of an ocean voyage.
The sinking of the White Star liner Republic made the distress signal
&C. O. D." a by-word- around the world. &C. c." is the call meaning to
stand by or to give attention. In continental news services where several
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15
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By virtue of an order issued by Sec
retary of Agriculture Wilson, bona
fde squatters on unsurveyed lands,
which have been included within ma
tional forest reserves since the time
of actual occupancy by the squatter
will receive a much more liberal treat
ment from the government with re-
gard to their land rights. Under the
homestead law it is impossible for any
one to secure legal title to unsurveyed
public land, but occupancy pending
survey is recognized as giving a prior
claim to the land after survey, under
what is known as "squatters' rights"
A squatter who had, in good faith,
taken possession of a piece of forest
land before the national forest system
was created, is not dispossessed OF his
claim by the forest service, and if he
lives upon it and c%ultivates it until
the land has been surveyed, he is able
to get his homestead just as IL he had
settled on any part OF the unreserved
public domain,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

SHORT time ago W. G. Maginnis, the wireless operator, step
ped to his key on the 81 mixing kentucky, and sent cut the
signal IS. o. s." the international wireless distress call. Be
fore the water reached the dynamos his cry for help was
heard. The Mallory liner Alamo, guided by information furn-
ished by the. operator. located the Kentucky and rescued her
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

VMETlMY three times the rate of population, against W and twothirds
V3ES4J for the ten preceding years. This would mean that on ut of
every sixteen marriages was disrupted in the divorce courts
and to-day the average is yer greater, n in every twelve.S South Carolina
is the only State in the Union that makes n o provision in its statutes for
divorce and it records fewer marriages. The west and the middle west ire
the divorcing states. The State of Washington reaches the highest mark of
ALL while Montana tallies second, Texas third and Indiana outranked Illinois
between the years 1890 and 1900. The most frequent grounds are cruelty
and deserton,a and women do most of the divorcng. Back of these facts nd
figures lie the aus for this increase in the annulmen Of the marriage tie.
Who is h most to blame, the Ia or the woman? The man it would seem
at first glance, since woman does most O. thu divorcing. She instinctively
prefers the home and maternity to outside interests, despite statistics and fig.
Tres that would seem to tell another story. g..
Woman is essentially volatile and plastic from year Of necessary depend
ence. She is by instinct and training economicala and conservative; so much
depends upon her-the judicious management of tn home, the wise control
Of the children and their proper training. Was it not an all wise Providence
that made, protected and supported females, the mothers O. children? Civil
ization and society were formed for woman, by nan in his desire to shield
Inc protect Ter from Mistress. of business and the conditions thatd iferentiate
her from her ). Theretw we're three things woman used to take hard Qke
whoopng cough in old age), and they were religion, matrinony and love.
Something has transpired to change her ideas, fol the old fashioned gospel
Of life is n longer fashionable. Natrimony is considered a episode,
a thing with which to jugge. Religion is a story of the past and love has
as many names and guSes as the fertile imagination cn conjure. What
has taken thu place Of the oldtime friends that were more than anything else
responsible for the character of the nation? For every gain there is a meas
ued los,a W e ouBtrip the waiting things about US. Every desirable col
diion is attained at thu expense of something less desirable, and vice versa.
There is more of wealth, luxury pleasure and more evidence of things mate
rial in the world to-day than ever before. a
We III know what woman considers as Ter rights, absolute equality, but,
the Chicago inter- Ocean asks, what O. man? Has lie rights? Can they
be found and, if sc, could they be determined n the present unsettled col
dtions? Will he continue to meekly support a husting, voting, masculine
wife? One who does nt trust him sufficiently to let him care for her best
interests Without her interference? What has been the incentive for mans
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

The - principal crops of this coun-
try show q valuation of $1,000, 000, 900,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

President Taft is not as strenuous
in his sports and exercises as his pred
ecessor, but he is getting to be quite
an adept with the gloves and it will
probably be news to many that there
is hardly a day he Is in Washington
that he does not have a round of box
ing, wrestling and such like violent ex-
ercises.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

A beautiful bronze tablet, presented
oy the Naples section of the Italian
Naval League to the officers and en-
listed men of the United States a
ships which rendered aid in Calabria
and Sicily after the earthquake OF Dec.
2S, 1908, has arrived at b Navy De-
partment. It will Re placed In q COM
spicuous position on the battleship
Connecticut, flagship OF the Atlantic
neet. Similar tablets have been pra-
sented to the navies OF Great BritaiA.
Germany. France, Spain and RasstA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

Ex-President Roosevelt and all other
ex-Presidents of the United States or
their widows will be granted the
Thanking privilege during their life
time under the terms of a bill passed
by the House by a vote Of 120 to &c.
The measure met some opposition o1
the Democratic side. Mr.. Sisson OF
Mississippi offered an amendment ex-
GLIDING from the ranking privilege all
political correspondence. 1t was voted
down, "A to Sc.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-04-15

No estimate of the value Of the es-
tate of Justice David j. Brewer. of the
United States Supreme Court, is given
in his will. His home in Washington.
with most of his personal property. is
~bequeathed to his widow. His cottage
at Thompson's Point, with its contents.
and also 100000 life insurance, are left
to his three daughters. Each of his
grandchildren is to select some keep
sake from his personal property.
, 1910-08-04

ana ssno:
Il regret, my dear, that you should
be subjected to these family annoy
ances."
Judge Brewster came forward and
cleared his throat as II preliminary to
something important he had to say.
ly:
mt. Jeffriss, I have decided to un-
dertake Towards Defense"
His ~aristocratic. client was taken
completely by surprise. For a mo-
ment he could say nothing, but sim
ply stared at the lawyer as II I'm
able to believe his ears. With an ef-
fort, he at last exclaimed:
"Indeed!-then You will please con-
slider our business relations to have
ceased from this moment"
The lawyer bowed.
LAS you please" he said suavely.
The banker turned to his wife.
"Alicia-come." =
He offered his arm and turned to-
ward the door. Alicia, in distress,
looked back at Annie. who nodded
reassuringly to her. Judge Brewster
rose and. going to the door. opened
It. The banker bowed sif1y and said /:
Pray don't trouble. Good morning,
SIR"
AS Alicia followed her husband out,
b turned and whispered to Annie:
Come and see me at my home"
When she had disappeared the
Judge came back into the Dor and
sat down at his desk.
Well. that's done!" he exclaimed
with a sigh Of relief. Rummaging for
a moment among his papers, he
looked up and said with an encoura-
ging smile:
Now, If you please, we will go over
that evidence-bit by BIT"
, 1910-08-04
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know VINO she IS" Confidently she
went on: But Judge Brewster will
find her. We have a dozen detectives
searching for her. Capt. Clinton ac-
cused me of being the
know he doesn't like me-"
The bankers wife was far too busy
thinking of the number of detectives
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14
Terrible Group

My little boy, who is four years old,
has suffered a lot with Group. On sew
eral occasions we thought he was gone.
After trying all the old time remedies
and most of the new, | came home one
night at midnight, and my wife said,
"The boy has the Group again-suppose
you get "a bottle of Hyomei." "More
Junk" ! said, "but we will circulate
our money so they all will get some"
! FASTENED TO an all night drug store,
brought il home. In five minutes he
was breathing easier. In fifteen min
utes he was sound asleep. 1t broke the
Group SO quickly ii scared me.
Anyone wishing TO cure the Group of
child hope will give Hyomei a trial.
Wishing you the best of success,
which you surely deserve, / remain,
Jos. +. Clark, 204 9Th ST. 5. f., Wash
ington ID. &. Oct. Z, 1909
Hyomei is remarkably effective
remedy in case of Group and it should
be in every home where there is a
croupy child. Full instructions how
TO cure Group comes with each outfit.
Complete Hyomei outfit including
inhaler costs Sl.0O at druggists every
where and at w. |. Benedict's. 1t is
guaranteed to cure catarrh, coughs and
colds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14

are soon to be given to the most popular
girls in the county.
The names of the girls who have al
ready been nominated will be found
elsewhere in this issue. Others who SO
desire, can enter the race. Some among
the list will get the piano and the
second and third prizes, which are to
be named later, and all who work will
get numerous other prizes. The Piano
will soon be on exhibition. 1t is a
beauty and would grace any home.
Don't fail TO come and examine for
youself, play on it, and ask us about
any feature of the contest you do not
understand but in the meantime be
getting your friends to subscribe for
the Banner and cut votes out of our ads.
That's what it takes To win. If you go
TO sleep on the job some other young
lady is going To step in and win the
prizes you might have won.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14
Free to Subscribers

AS special inducement during our
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for the price of our paper alone, if taken
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you get lot of votes for your favorite
girl in the contest, thus helping her to
win our fine $500 piano or some of the
many other beautiful and valuable
prizes that we are now giving away.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14

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does not have TO remain on the face any
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no bismuth, lead, zinc or any other in
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If your complexion is good now, be-
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as little child's. Balm of Almond is
sold in Beding by Wortley d French
for 90 cents per jar, or send the money
to the Charles Chemical Co., Grand
Rapids, Mich, and they will send you
a jar postpaid.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-04-14
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