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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Thackeray Character in Flesh

wards published serially in this coun-
try under the title of The Virginians.'
Frequently T~hackeray would bound
into the office, exclaiming: I have
just seen Becky Sharpe" walking up
your Broadway And I remember one
day that when he was in the office a
young man, who wore a peculiar kind
Of cap on his head, came in. Thack-
cray eyed hin closely through his big
spectacles; then, when the young
man had departed, he rushed over to
me. That's my "Pendennis" to an
eyelash!' he cried.
That is n incident made up of a
series Of little happenings; the other
occurred in London, whittier l spent a
summer a short time before the Civil
war broke out.
one evening, in company with a
friend, l went to a music hall. l must
say that l thought that the entertain.
ment was somewhat dull. A great deal
of whisky and water were drunk by
the audience, and there was infinite
pipe smoking; I don't think I saw a
cigar smoked in that place. There
was a good deal Of noise, but 1t
was good-natured; and the hour was q
little before midnight.
AT last, the manager. from his plat.
form, announced that Mr.. So-and-So-
| did not catch the name-would sing
some ballads. Mr.. So-and-So appeared,
and it at once seemed to me that his
songs would have been better sung
| had hiS onrnoronca 70 LA~ r1o1 ~ onrv{o.
In the evening. He was blear-eyed,
and watery-eyed, as well, for tears,
which were not due to any sorrow
trickled down his cheeks. His voice
was rather thick, and he had a rich
brogue.
But despite the fact that he was
carrying a heavy load which wal
added to after the first song, wheI
some one In the audience passed him
up a sttf drink of whisky, which he
swallowed at a gulp, the man got uni
versal applause-he seemed to be q
tremendous %favorite. 1 was wondering
about this a little, in an idle sort Of
way. when. suddenly, the question
popped into my brain, Where have
seen the man before?'
Il tried to place him, found myself
at sea. and turned to my friend. Who
Is that man? certainly have seer
him BEFORE 1 said.
my friend asked If 1 had ever been
in the music hall before. No. 1 said
but I certainly have seen that mar
somewhere. Why 1 added, I have
seen him in the very posture that he
is 10Y in. Where could it have been ?
81 know answered my companion
laughing. You have v seen hin
In real life before. But you have see.
his Hkeess in a novel Of which yor
are very fond. That man is the orig
inal of Captain Costigan." In Thack
eray's "Pendennis."'
Instantly I realized that my FRIEND
was right. That drunken, swayini
man on that music hall STAGE, at tina,
midnight hour, was Captain Costigau
over again, even to the arrangement!
Of his frayed and ragged beard"
(CopyrIphf 1910 hv n r ra-..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
HAT PIN OF SEALING WAX
Very Little Skill Required to Turn
Out Article at Once Pretty
and Useful.

Wonderfully pretty hat pins can be
made out Of plain, ordinary sealing
wax, and they require very little skill
in the making. A plain hat pin Is
taken and a knob formed O 1t of red
sealing wax, which has been found to
make the best foundation. When the
knob has become thoroughly hard II
is covered with as thick a layer Of
wax as desired, according to the size
that Is preferred for the hat pin, this
layer being, Of course. the color q
the hat for which the pin is intended.
Round, square. fiat, oblong and. In
fact, all sizes and shapes Imaginable
are to be seen In the fashionable hat
pins of the moment, SO that the maker
Is given q wide range Of ingenuity.
To obtain the required shape the wax
must Be worked and nodded WITH H.
fingers while In = half moatsa sea1as
but ca1o must - taken n0k a. ~ -
work It too soon, for noehiAG 0ogO
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

enough. But Mr.. Dickinson expostu-
lated.
Just wait. Mr.. President he
urged, until you have heard from
Michigan. You are sure to have a
large plurality in Michigan-there
isn't any doubt about it. And as
Michigan goes, so will go many other
western states
For a moment or two the gov.
ernor, half smiling and half serious,
looked at Dickinson. Then he waved
his hand comprehensively. oh,
pshaw,' he said, I'm going to bed.
And with that he stalked out of the
room.
Dickinson. clearly puzzled. looked
at me for al explanation.
Mr.. Secretary / said, the gov
ernor knew we were licked when we
got that confidential dispatch from
New York. He only waited to hear
from other states because Q and
Mr.. Villas wanted him to-
And you never saw a more crest
fallen man in your life than Mr.. Dick
inson was at that moment" concluded
Mr.. Lamont, with a reminiscent smile
Copyright. 1910, by E. ]. Edwards.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Pretended to Be Cheered by the As
Of His Cabinet Members,
But Knew That He Had
Been Beaten.

Whenever | think of h way in
which Cleveland heard the news of his
defeat in 1883 by General Harrison,
always have to smile" said to me, one
day, the late Daniel Lamont, who was
private secretary to President Cleve-
land during his first term. and, later
on, his secretary Of war.
1.-THE night of the election" con-
tipued Mr.. Lamont, 'the governor
he always called Mr.. Cleveland gov
ern or"-"two or three members of
the cabinet, one or two close friends
from private life and myself gathered
In the White House to receive the
returns. Our telegraph instruments
we're in connection with the important
news centers, and we were in close
communication with the Democratic
national committee.
"We had been in the presidents
room about half ar hour, / should say,
when there came a dispatch from New
York city stating that one of the
city's reliable newspapers had issued
an extra claiming the election of Gen
eral Harrison.
"'That's absurd exclaimed some
one. It's too early to know even how
New York city has gone. And every
body seemed satisfied. \
But less than an hour later we re.
ceived a confidential message from
some one on the Democratic national
committee, saying that/i it looked as
though Harrison had carried New
York state by a strong plurality. The
governor looked at me rather queerly,
WI exchanged glances. and l am sure
that he knew at that moment that he
had been defeated.
But o should have seen Villas
our secretary of the interior from
Wisconsin. He wasn't a bit discon'
certed by the news from New York.
Don't let that dispatch discourage
you Mr.. President he counseled
| Wait until we hear from Wisconsin
l am sure hat my state will give you
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
BY JULIA

~
4 GROUP Of handsomely gowned
"a women, dressed for a social func-
ton requiring their best efforts.
shows the more or less beautiful eff
fects which have been brought about
in draped skirts. Fashion has turned
a smiling face to this innovation; it 10
welcomed more for its possibilities
be confessed that a built to order"
figure n natural grace of carriage
are required to redeem some of the
models from c~lumsiness, but given
slenderness and grace in the wearer,
costumers have turned out a few I'M
~fcrgetable models, with touches of
beauty not to be achieved, except by
the employment Of draped effects.
One Of these was brought out in the
gown made for a maid Of honor in q
wedding in what we are pleased to
call high life. This gown, Of mar
Qujsette. over wolfe, which in turn
was posed over messaline, showed the
m~arQuisette turned up about the bot
torn Of the drapery, providing a nest
ling place for a long band of roses
which were held by 1t as one holds
an apron full of roses. The panier
drapery, which was heralded with
much noise-mostly Of alarm-failed
to be accepted, except In a form so
modified that its identity was lost. A
trace Of It is seen in the figure at the
left Of the group.
The drapery which has met with
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Dream of the Future CITY

smoke between them and the heav-
ems" says a writer in Everybody's
Magazine.
Il spoke of cooking food. What of
the food itself? Meat we have already
covered. But what of fruits and veg
etabies? I agree you may say, to
artificial meat. The idea of tearing
hogs to pieces, after all, isn't nice.
But peaches and lettuce made by ma
chine are somewhat more than l can
bear Very good. Have 'em made
by and mud, if that process
seems more dainty. The point l want
to make is, that you can have 'em
cheap.
The science of market gardening
has only just begun. but even in these
first few years the chemists in this
line have shown US hints If astound-
ing possibilities. And in the famous
gardens that circle the city of Paris
the amount Of fruits and vegetables
green neutrality-suspicious. on a small
thfee-acfe plot outdoors straight
through the winter ~-".ha (1so.000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
How the Noted Author and Editor As
sumed 100000 Debts Of Putnam's
Magazine and Worked Years
to Pay Them.

One day in the spriDg of 1890 l was
hailed by the late Parke Goodwin, who,
in his time, was famous as an editor
and author, and son-in-law of William
Cullen Bryant
Yesterday l met George William
Curtis" he said. "He was walking
up Broadway. His step was vigorous
and elastic. His whole I'M was
suggestive of buoyant health and per-
feet inward satisfaction. He piqued
my curiosity and l stopped him. You
seem to be in such s%uperfne spirits
this morning hat l am deeply inter-
ected,' l said. laughingly.
"'Why shouldn't l be in good spir-
its? replied Mr.. Curtis. The yolAe Of
bondage is off my neck at last. After
lutely free and Independent man once
more. l am happy, Mr.. Goodwin And
as he stood there, his face shining
with his inward Joy. l recalled the
whole story Of hat yoke Of bondage.
1T was in 1857 that the old Put
nam's Magazine (of which | was an
editor), unable to weather the fnan-
cial disturbances of that period, went
under. Mr.. Curtis had shared the pub
fishing responsibility of the magazine
with a man of the name of Miller, I'M
der the firm name of Miller & Curtis.
and this firm was SO heavily involved
that after it had been discharged
from bankruptcy there still remained
about sixty thousand dollars of its
debts uncancelled.
If l live said Mr.. Curtis, when he
heard of that, an have my strength
and my earning power, | will pay
every dollar of those obligations my
SELF
His friends demonstrated, telling
him that the courts had absolved him
from any such obligation. His reply
was perfectly characteristic. But
there remains the highest possible OBJ
legation upon me- he said; 1t is an OBJ
legation Of personal honor. and l shall
never feel easy for a moment until
know that Every person to whom l am
morally indebted has received payment
In full. with interest to date Of pay
ment.
$50, on his own Initiative, Mr.. Cur
tbs gave notes for the amount owing
by his old firm. and then began lee
LREH- -+H "r E 20. t
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Yet to Do to Improve Con-
ditions on Earth.

Coal heats u homes and Offices,
drives our machines-and also covers
the city with the foulest SCOT and
CRIME. But In the future city, and
in the beautiful suburbs all around,
the rumbling, Gathering coal truck will
be replaced by a modest unobtrusive
wire running underground. Through
this wire will pass from some huge
central dynamo plant an electric cur
rent-power. This power will heat
our homes, cook II food, black our
boots, carry us upstairs. slave for US
In a hundred ways. Every machine
In the city will be run by the same
tanned giant. In this city today there
is a law that-no man may keep hogs
In his back syard or in his house. In
the years bsfore.us, the sa:ne law will
coal,eNhich IL worse than 70
hogs. And the settles OF the, future
viii hAvo not 20 much - Q wreath a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

most success falls in straight linoa
nearly to the foot of the skirt where
It is confined In various ways. Some
times a band Of embroidery gathers
it in: sometimes 1t is gathered into
several points and fastened to the
skirt with ornaments. or buckles. Most
often 1t falls free in front and 10 gath
cred to a point at the back where It u
confined by a buckle made Of the
same material as the dress.
The enter figure shows a gown
embodying the best liked OF the sea-
sons new features. This IL the In
lay OF a plain broad band of lace or
silk or the material. The top edge 10
shaped usually in slanting lines. but
many gowns are finished with plain
broad bands Of material, heavier than
that employed In the body Of the
dress.
Embroidery in rich and varied col.
ors is introduced In nearly all gowns
for state occasions. Bits of Persian
and Other Oriental designs in silk add
to the appearance of intricate design
ing in these costumes. AS q result
gowns are brilliant.
Chiffon coats in long, clinging lines
are worn over these sparkling crea-
lions. The effect is very flne and en-
phasizes ono more the liking for
Oriental splendor in the use Of colors.
We are borrowing ideas from all over
the world, making them our OWE. And
In turn we < !mpressing the rest Of
the world with ideas Of our own. e
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Sane Advice to Girls.

Marcel Boulanger, a noted French
writer, gives this sane advice to girls:
Remember, girls. that your faces real
ly matter little or nothing. To pre-
serve for a long time the illusion that
you r as fresh rs the morning and
to show off dress to the best advantage.
you must study you bodies above
everything else and become mistress
Of the art Of movement and charm.
Never allow yourself to become slack
carry yourselves well. keep in good
health and keep your minds keen.
And. above all. don't become round
shouldered and crooked by constantly
sitting in n position for hours play
ing bridge. Take plenty of fresh air
and exercise and live as life ought "a
be lived" w., i
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Original OF Captain Costigan, Blear
Eyed and Drunken, Was Singing
Ballads in a Music Hall in
London.

Whenever l think of T~hackeray,
two incidents Invariably come to my
mind" said Parke Goodwin, the vet
eran author, journalist, editor and SON.
in-law of William Bryant, a year or
SO before his death in 1901.
when T~hackeray vas in this coun-
try on his second visit in 1854 and '55
he made his headquarters while in
New York city in the Office of the old
Putnam's Magazine, which was dis
continued in 1857. Here T~hackeray
would come almost every day, draw
sketches with his pen upon any edi-
torial. manuscript or newspaper that
he found handy, and tell US about the
studies that he had made for the novel
that he was to write as a sequel of
Henry Esmond,' and which was after
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
I
lAUxf
The Dutch Collar.

At last the throat Of the woman
beautiful is to be seen. ,
Nothing so inartistic as the high col
lar has had its vogue in woman's dress
n the last decade, and It is q pleasure
TO sound its kneli.
The sensible woman will begin i'm.
medrately to give attention to her
throat and neck: even the masseuse
in the shop is apt to neglect this Inn
portant adjunct to the pulchritude Of
her patron. unless she is reminded
that this year all women's necks will
be on view. or course, every one Of
them will want to show a white, round
throat, guiltless OF wrinkles or too
much fat, for remember the Dutch col
lar has come to stay.-Illustrated Sun
day Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Yoke of Bondage Curtis Wore

turing. Up and down through the
country he went year after year, deilv-
ering his lectures, and every cent Of
money that he made in hat way went
to take up, one after another, the
notes that he had given. Every cent,
/ say, went for this purpose. for he
lived on what he made as an editor.
Finally, there came the day when
ne wanted to pay a certain note, but
he could not locate it's holder, and,
greatly worried, he hunted up his old
partner and told him the circum-
stances. Why said Mr.. Miller, I
wouldn't bother about that; let it co.
mo. | will not let it co. declared
Mr.. Curtis. I am going TO find that
note and pay it. And he did, after q
dtligent searching.
Thus, e after year, Mr.. Curtis
slowly, but gradually, lessened the
mount of the thousands he had sworn
to himself to pay off in their entirety
with interest. And then, day, he
found that just two more seasons of
l%ecturing would enable him to take I'D
the last note. 1t was hat note that
he had just cancelled when 1 met him
yesterday-33 years after the failure
OF his publishing firm-and do you
wonder that he felt as though he had
been released from PRISON."
A little over two years after MIR.
Goodwin told me this story the news
was flashed throughout the country
that George William Curtis, nationally
famous as an essayist. editor and pub.
licist, was dead. How peaceful those
closing years of his life must have
been to him-"an absolutely free and
Independent man once more"
Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

heads of lettuce, for example, on the
three-acre plot from Christmas to the
lst of july, gives you some little hint
OF what the future has In store.
Crude as yet, and the produce at
fancy prices still, because transporta.
tor is slow, the gardens must keen
close to Paris, and there the rents are
high. But by the means | have men
toned a swift and cheap m
cation between a city and the coun-
try for hundreds of miles around and
give the horticultural chemists so
years more to find what can really be
done with artificial ~earth-earth made
by machinery-and there is left not
the shadow of a doubt that the future
people of cities, whether they live in
town or in some beautiful suburb a
hundred miles away, will have fruits
and fresh green Vegetables at prices
next to nothing. winter and summer
alike.
so much for my Dreams" cor
Guided the chemist.
~ A
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Cleveland Was Calm in Defeat

a majority, and hat a good many
states west of the Mississippi will fol-
low suit
"'Well,' said the governor, in a per-
fectly easy and almost ~unconcerned
manner, we will wait until we hear
from Wisconsin,
BY and by a message came from
Chicago stating that the Republicans
had won Wisconsin. Then up spoke
Don M. Dickinson, our postmaster gen.
eral from Michigan:
Mr.. President he said, let's don't
give up yet. Our prospects are as
good as ever. You know, we have
private advices that you'll surely car
~ Indiana
We'll said the governor, in the
same easy name let's wait and
lear from Indiana
Soon the national committee in
formed us that General Harrison had
also carried his own state. The gov
ernor got up. apparently having heard
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

more cruelty than boiling wax. As
soon as the wax is near enough the
desired shape It should be plunged
into cold water to harden. When quite
hard another application of a different
colored wax may be given This last
may be put on In streaks or circles, to
give the effect OF a~gdefnites design.
Two shades of blue, for example;-use
In this way will be most effective.
while a bit Of gold orssilver sealing
wax should always be at hand for en-
belishing the more somber colors.
With a little practice nnfnberiess
different designs a be worked out
and soon. with just q liftls skills a sfrll
can provide herself with q pretty set
Of smart pins for each and every hat.
and all sthese for the small cost OF .
few long pins and = Dor OF sealing
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

the prices at which they are marked
are cheap.
The smartest OF these belts close
with small round or oval white pearl
buckles, which can be removed when
laundering.
Imagine a white duck belt so fitted,
one and one-half inches wide. 1t 10
cents. and q pretty white mercerixed
embroidered jacquard belt = little
wider at Is cents.
Twenty-Five cents will buy . white
linen all-over embroidered belt,
stitched edge and lined, and IS cents
the same design in q better quality.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

There is no smarter design for q
young girls dress than this; our mod.
Ell Is In blue striped linen with trim.
ming Of plain lining of the darker
shade Of stripes. The panel back and
front of the princess part are put on
in wrapped seams; the lower half OF
skirt is arranged in we'll folded box
plaits, headed by a fsh-wtfe trim.
ming.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
Cabbage Talk.

The would-be contributor to th,
agricultural college paper entered the
sanctum.
How'd you find my dissertation on
cabbage" he cheerfuIIy inquired.
"On the pork" snapped the editor
But l could boil it DOWN." suggest,
ed the near-journaiist.
Il fear u readers couldn't digest /,
then sardonicaliy cackled the cruel
editor.-Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
May or May Not Be True.

The pompous woman with the four
pounds of puffs attached to her back
hair walked up to the foorwalker in
Higbee's store yesterday and asked
him as follows:
"Will you kindly direct me to the
counter where a e some Of those
negligent waists ?'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

of how to make easy,c comfortable and safe riding for passengers. Then there
vas William Gray, general freight agent of h Missouri district lines. He has
up for solution the question Of the rapid. correct safetr transportation of
freight al compensatory rates.
Tom Knight is making a deep study of how to be a division superintend-
ent and Theodore Roehm is just finishing an elaborate course n promotion in
the ranks of the general passenger department
!. G. Delaplane has made large advances in the art Of guiding right the
victims Of "wanderlust" If they are headed west OF Chicago and St Louis. His
last examination showed a remarkably high average
The vicepresiderial pedagogue has tn task of teaching other people to
take his job from him-when they get good enough -
40 division superintendent o n the system ire in educational training to sue
ced Mr.. usHck n other general superintendent n q Of the ONCE boys
= In fne Of promotions ~ aa e@ res1 #v ae#s4
sAx Mr.. Btran held a session of school In Hanzhbsar Brooknsd, Kansas City
q. Joseuh and OmahG z~N o18 30 9fI 4nosts5# a1-s. AK, EaH-Asa = i2S
ss TINS happeHsN al aeast twice = tMe and pailroaAsn men wfavcouenueso ss
70 chool in their naHufer years. because hey believe thNeN aAWays
amuethins to learn about running . railroad and is business
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
~ParadoxlcaI Fame.

Il once knew a man who was sim
ply wild to be in the public eye, and
yet was tickled to death when he was
finally s~helyed."
He must have been an idiot"
NO, he wasn't. He was an author
Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29
RAIL CHIEF HAS A SCHOOL

H. E. Byram, vice-president of the Burlington
system, has been teaching school in ST. Louis.
Naturally it is a railroad school and notable from
the fact that the occasion was the first upon
which the man who recently shouldered the re-
sponsibilities. of operation of the Burlington Sys-
TEN had been in st. Louis.
From the time Mr.. Byram left the Chicago
headquarters he became q peripatetic pedagogue-
a travelling teacher as it were-for he is going
all over the Burlington System, meeting members
of the operating and traffic staff at division and
district headquarters and holding little education
al meetings. SO
He had a school composed of local celebrities
in st. Louis. One was w. A. Taloe, assistant gen
eral passenger agent. who is studying the question
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-29

And are you on good terms with
your motherin-law ?"
Excellent! We only speaks b. tsl
ophone.'-L'Amov