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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
Blind Man Tells of Baseball Game

Ing his entire attention to study, and
accordingly, he has found it to. his
liking to take in the ball games. Not
only is he familiar with every char
acteristic of the members of the 10
cal team. but he knows as we'll the
records and playing abilities of the
visiting aggregations.
Il have often been asked how, as g
blind man, I car enjoy a game. Why
there is nothing going on l don't get
l know the finer points of the game
and can map out plays which I think
Jim McAleer in his palmiest days
could not duplicate. Don't you thinl
1t is a peasure to see chaps Of the
Milan type skip around the diamond
I cannot help from yelling every time
I see him completing the circuit
Then there is Speaker of the Bos
ton team, and Cobb of the Tigers
How l love to watch them in &C
ton!
1T is my firm belief that all blind
people have a sort of intuition, an6
everything that is going on around
them makes a picture in their mind
That is the way it appears to me
anyhow. a sit in the grand stand
in the ball park and picture what
Walter Johnson and the rest of the
players look like.
When the game is over, I dom
have the least trouble getting to thu
street cars. I can feel my way alont
the grand stand and reach the street.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

HE Leavenworth Overland Spe-
cial" is a palatial Pullman car
,,hich rms every now and then from
washington to a certain rest cure
-. woat with a stone wall around 1t.
Tha tours are personally conducted
sd ara rapidly becoming famous
rvery once in awhile your Uncle
100 across certain persons who.
- helieves. are leading a too active
.once A rest cure is what they
IYrc,a sam takes charge Of them
and sends them. after certain ieeal
eormalities, such as a trial and yer
s,ct are complied with. out to Leaven-
vorth to ~recuperate.
wlth uncle samuel there y no Glass
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

TROUBLED by the inroads the dis
! ease is making in some OF the
eastern states al the present time,
the government he's ordered an tnves'
tisation into the epidemic of infan-
tile paralysis. New York. Pennsyl'
vanta. Massachusetts,, New Jersey,
and the city Of Washington, D. C.,
have felt the disease the heaviest
this ear. and the scores sof deaths
that have occurred among the little
ones of that district has caused Uncle
Sam to take some action.
DR.. Wyman Of the Public Health
and Marine hospital service. is the
leader In the investigation, and he
made the announcement this week
that he believes the disease to be both
Infectious and contagious. Although
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
CHAPTER XIX.

Zelda had carried in her heart for
weeks the fear of some such disclosure
as that which she had just heard from
her uncle. In her ignorance Of bust
ness, she had not even vaguely guess
ed what had AIKEN so strong a hold
upon her father. He had acted strange
ly during the long summer. but she
had attributed his vagaries to the Ia
nrmity Of years.
Zelda went at once to the living
room where her father usually sat
with his newspaper. but he had not
come home; and she went up to her
own room, glad of q respite. She had
acted her part so long; she had de-
Tended him in her own heart and by
her own acts; she had even sought to
clothe him in her thoughts with some
thing Of the dignity. the nobility even.
of honorable age: but this was now at
an end. 1t was clear hat a crisis
ma been reached; and while the pure
~ business aspect Of the situation did
not trouble her at all. h felt that her
raIa tions with her father could never
again lie the same. She had been
shielding him. not from the contempt
~ her kindred, but from her own dis
trn.t ~ well; n that this was
nj an end, she went slowly to her room
With a new feeling OF isolation In her
heart.
~ and coat with the studied care thai
ore give to little things in Jul perplex-
sti.s. Then she unlocked the draw.r
~ her desk In which she kept her
book. It opened at the page
that had meant SO much to her. that
had been her guide and her command,
the ~aentencoa o.o~.
uyhen she heard her father come In
.ha VENT down in her street dress, with
ne little book ia her pocket, slowly
and with no plan formed.
We atood with his back to the flame.
~. hands behind him, and regarded
zelda warily. In q way that had grown
habitual OF late.
aWhere have you been. zee?" he
asked.
II went down to Zimmer's to look at
seme pictures they are showing there:
ana on my way home I stopped at I'm
Gle Rodney's."
.Ah, yes: your Uncle Rodney.
haven't e him since he came home
He did not seek the evening paper
with his wonted eagerness when they
returned to the sitting-room after din
ner. but continued talking.
.rhere are some business matters
that l should like TO speak Of to-night,
Zee.
every well. father"
GAS to your affairs, the trusteeshiD
established by your dear mother Is
nearly at an end. It expires by the
limitations OF your mothers win on
your; twenty-nrst birthday, that u. TO
morrow"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
All the Difference.

The professor was delivering an elo>
quent address on cruelty to animals
and to illustrate how a little judicious
forethought would eliminate to a great
extent the sufferings that even small
Insects are subject to, said:
LAS I was coming through the hall
tonight 1 saw a bald-headed gentleman
very harshly treat a little innocent
house-ly which had alighted on his
head.
Nov, if there was any justification
for such bad temper, l would be quite
justified in i%ndulging in it at the pres
emit moment, for a fly has just alighted
On the back of my head. I can't see
it, out I can feel it.
Possibly some Of you can see it
now; it is on the top of my head. Now
1t is coming down my brow; now it is
coming on to my G-r-r-eat pyramids
Of Egypt, it's a-wasp!"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
How lightning Splits Trees

Lightning makes trees explode, like
overcharged boilers. The flame of the
lightning does not burn them up, nor
does the electric flash split them like
IN Ak. The bolt flows through into all
the damp interstices of the trunk and
into the hollows under it's bark. All
the moisture at once is turned into
steam, which by its immediate expio-
sion rips open the tree. For centuries
this simple theory puzzled scientists,
but they have got it right at last.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
SIMPLE LANGUAGE THE BEST.

Two Gooa Examples That Should KIM.
press Themselves Upon the Mind.
BENJAMIN Franklin once decided 20
rewrite the Bible. He got as far as
the allegory Of Job. He erased the pas-
sage, Doth Job fear God for naught!"
a question supposed to have been put
to. the Almighty by Satan. -
how Benjamin. who was bent upon
making the Bible dignifed, academic
and scholastic, transformed that pas.
sage: Does your Majesty Imagine
that Jobs good conduct is the erect
of personal attachment and affection?
Improving upon the simplicity OF
simple English always has just that ef-
feet. r..
By way Of contract between this POM
pous foolishness and the writing or q
gifted man with a n OF humor. !
note that Mark Twain in Innocence
Abroad tells how he left a room u
night when he was a boy, having FOUND
a corpse upon the floor:
II went away from there. ! do moi
say that | went away in any sort of
hurry, but | simply went-that Is suf-
nClenI. 1 went out at Lue WlluOW oAO
l carried the sash along with me-. l
did not leave the sash, but it was han
der to take it than it was to leave It,
so I took til was not scared, but I
was considerably agitated.' "a
Young men who are .meditating a lit
erary or journalistic career, as well as
young men who think Of writing for q
living. will do well to study Mark
Twain. Then they can pick up ths
thousand-legged Latin derivatives as
| they are needed from the writings OF
Burke and the speeches of college pres
idents and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
Standard.
Dnysey Mayrne.
Daysey Mayme Appleton has a heart
that responds quickly to every appeal
for charity. The prizes l won at card
parties" she explains. COME in handy
in giving to the sickly and needy
| Atchison (kan.) Globe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
Nature n = Healer.

A great, broad, consoling and funda.
mental fact remains that in a large
majority OF diseases which attack hui
manity under 80 per cent of the unfa-
vorable influences which affect us ma
ture will enect g cure Il net too much
intsrfered with. As the old proverb
has 1t, "a Cndn at 40 is either a fool
or = physician" and Nature Is a good
deal over 40 and has never been a c
cused Of lacking intelligence.-Woods
HutchiAseu. y. D.. In Dslineator.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
Detected.

Ii was at q Fourth OF July meeting
In the little city. The mayor, William
Smith. 8 and at dignihed length
read the Declaration Of Independence.
There was q pause; then from n
of the mayors old schoolmates came
the loud whisper: Bill lever writ
that. He ain.t smart enough"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

BY a~ssociating with some old people
you may realize the truth OF the say
ing. THE good die young" .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women ] am willing to make my
trouble public 30 you may publish
this letter" Mis-. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RE- d, G~raniteyille, vi.
No other medicine for woman's Ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
Icine we know of has such q record
OF cures Of female ills as has Lydia K.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fbroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period Of change Of life.
It costs but little to try Lydia =.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
rs Mrs. Barclaysays.it is worth noun
tains Of gold ITO suffering women.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favor
tie family laxative.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
'RY MURINE EYE REmEDv
Fer Red. Weak. Weary. Watery Eyes and
CIR

Murine Doesn't Smart-Sooths Eye Pain
osrpshkh - nwihs ~ Rs.sly, Lssil. 1se, 50, sl.ss
A1wiue Eye Salvs, b Assptic Tubes, 26c, $500
EYE BOOKS AND ADVICE FREE BY NAIL
AGurixsoEyoResnody Co.. Chicago
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
EnoIish as She Is Spoke.

EngIISh as she is SPOKE.
Chinatown Visitor-John, Sabee, see
screen-how much sabee want for
him?
The Chinaman-What's the matter
with you? Can't you speak English?-
Judge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

We are sent into this world to make
it better and happier, and in ropor
ton as we do so we make ourselves
both.-Dr. Gelkie.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
Not He.

The fare at this hotel is fierce"
But the scenery is sublime"
THE landlord doesn't deserve any
credit for that"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
Surprised.

l have succeeded in tracing my an,
cestry back through ten generations
without coming to a menagerie? p
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

1t takes a strong-minded spinster to
believe that the reason men don't pro-
pose to her is that she never glves
them q chance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
No h way.

No other Way.
The ostrich had stuck its head in the
sand.
II know what I'm doing" nuttereo
b bird. through It's ears; Pm ryins
to escape the stockyards smell!"-Cni-
ago TribunA
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
DRAINS

Society Drama.
II am undone,' declared the beauti-
full heroine in Act II.
well, turn around and I'll hook You
up" responded her husband with q
bored Arkansas City Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
w. L, DOUGLAS

Best men are nodded out Of faults.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

How many OF us have cravings that
never will be stilled, though we do
not talk about them.-Dr. Robertson
sNicoll.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02

o nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE .Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. I
v forget to tell
my friends what
T,vdiaE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
WORTH
M
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change Of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville. Vt. Ter was passing
through the Changeof Life and suffered
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-02
There Are
Reasons

Why so many people
have ready at : hand a
package of e.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

Experiences of Il correspondent Of
Nuremberg paper go to show that the
German adulteration laws are drastic.
He says: "a French friend sent me
four bottles of burgundy. After pay
ing the duty l was Informed that all
wine coming from abroad has to be
analysed. AS my consignment includ-
ed two kinds Of wine n double analysis
was necessary, and for this | paid
fee of 1924. AS the end OF week
received first a certificate attesting that
my wine was pure and. second, the
case in which the bottles were sent.
was also informed that two bottles
had been required to form the basis OF
each analysis and that consequently
there was no wine left. am natural.
ly grateful to the state for the precau-
tions taken to guard my health, but
cannot help thinking | am entitled to
the empty bottles. Surely these were
not also analysed"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
Three Curious Bells.

There is a curious legend connected
with the bells Of Messingham church.
1t is said that long, long time ago
traveller was passing through Messing
ham when he noticed three men sitting
on a stile in the churchyard and say
ing, "Come to church, Thompson; come
to church, Brown" and so on. Being
very much surprised, he asked what it
meant and was told that, having no
bells, they called folks to church in
this way. The traveller remarked that
1t was pity so fine a church should
be without bells and at the same time
asked the men II they could make
three for the church, promising to pay
for them himself. They undertook to
do this. They were respectively a
tinker, a carpenter and shoemaker.
When next the traveller passed that
way he found the three men ringing
three bells which said. ''Ting, tong.
pluff," being made respectively Of tin,
wood and leather!-London Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

RUSSELL FORD, GRRATEBT AMERICAN
LEAGUE FIND OF 1910 SEASON.
young man who kept Chances outfit
going when all the veterans were hav-
ing hard time of it,
Russell Ford is the sensation Of the
American league this season. Many
critics say he will be the best in the
junior organization next year.
Cleveland was lucky in procuring
good pitching talent. There are Hark.
ness, KOestner, Fanwell and Mitchell.
In Stroud and Pernoll Detroit has a
pair of very passable shooters. There
have been no pyrotechnics connected
with their performances. but Jennings
appears to be hanging on 10 them, and
Hughey has reputation OF knowing
baseball and its actors. Evans hasn't
been given much Of chance by Man
ager Lake Of the Boston Doves. but his
record shows he is pretty fair.
Larry Gardner. second baseman of
the Boston Red SoX, is one of the best
infelders to break In this year. He
is finished fielder. shows flnesse in
hit and run bases. Gardner's name
sake, Earl, with the Yankees, is an
other very fair second sacker
OF the third basemen. Bert Daniels.
another of Stallings' selections. seems
TO be the star. Pittsburg obtained a
stable youngster in McKetchnie. third
baseman with Wheeling last year. The
Central Lacquer isn't fracturing the
fences or anything Of the sort, but he
makes an occasional hit when it counts
and he can field like Wagner.
Sharpe, traded by Dreyfuss TO Bos-
ton, is the premier first sacker. Jake
Daubert, who evaded both the Maps
and Giants, finally landing with Brook
lyn, is a close second. Flynn of the
Pirates is following at Dauhert's heels
Newman, the Texas boy with the ST.
Louis Browns. gives promise.
Lewis and Campbell Are Good.
Duffy Lewis of the Red Sox and
Campbell of Pittsburg are the two
best outielders developed. These two
will probably be wonders next year
Great things are also expected Of Jack
b"''oh' 'hS 1SS NhoAheS bdiueueIi WIN
Brooklyn. Jack Graney of the Maps
has proved himself Glass A man.
Roach Of the Yankees is undoubt-
tdly a better short fielder than Rus
sell Blackburne Of the White Sox. In
fact, Blackburne has been pretty much
of a fizZle, but Comiskey has hopes
that the former Providence wonder
may yet earn his purchase price.
AS usual, catchers have been mighty
scarce this year. The only one worth
speaking about is big Ed Sweeney Of
the Highlapders. My, how this boy
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
PITCHER PFlESTER WILL
SPRING NEW CURVE ON
PHILADELPHIA.

The "secret is out" Manager
Chance of the Cubs will use
Southpaw Pnester in the worlds
series. The left handler has de-
veloped "fadeaway" ball which
deceives a right hand batsman.
The new ball breaks out to
the right hand batter as much
as does the curve ball of right
hand pitcher. To add to its de-
ceptveness, it is whirling rap
idly as it breaks. Then. too, It
is a slow ball, although started
the same as a fast one. Jack
has been working over the new
ball for two months. At first he
said he could not control it. but
kept at it until now he has It
perfect.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
HOw's Your Stomach q?

Undue enlargement of the stomach in
dicates dangerous condition. 1t is often
caused by overeating and drinking. The
muscles which propel the food to the intes.
tines become weak. The food accumulates,
is improperly digested, and the stomach is
distended to enormous size. An inactive
liver is one Of the causes, and constipation
and nerve trouble is sure to result.
Smiths Pineapple and Butternut Pills
give tone to the weak propelling muscles of
the stomach and intestines. They produce
natural movement of the bowels and avoid
the formation of gas, which, if retained,
produces symptoms of poisoning
Smiths Pineapple and Butternut Pills
cure constipation as if by magic. They
regulate the functions of the liver. II your
eyes are clouded without cause, Il YOU
have specks and floating objects before
your vision, use Smiths Pineapple and
Butternut Pills, and get the poisonous
elements out of your blood. Physicians
use and recommend. They form no habit.
You should always keep them on hand.
These little Vegetable Pills will ward off
many ills.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
WHO WILL SUCCEED DANIELS?
Hard to Find Successor to Great
Swimmer, Who Has Retired.

Swimmer, Who Has Retired.
Now that Charles NJ. Daniels, the
worlds famous swimmer, has decided
to retire the question arises, Who will
be the man to take his place In tbs
country? New York, Chicago, st. Lou
is, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Boston and
other cities all have local champions,
but none who can compare with the
Mercury foot wonder. Bud Goodwin
is being heralded by New Yorkers as
Daniels successor, but Goodwin never
has done anything wonderful as yet
Furthermore, age no doubt will play
havoc with Goodwin's aspirations, as
he now is close to thirty. Hebner. Nc
Gillivray and Huszagh Of Chicago.
Frizelle of st. Louis and Sloan of
Pittsburg are all Of championship cali
Der, but whether any one Of these can
attain Daniels high position in world
wide aQuatics remains to be seen.
Just why this swimming marvel
should abandon the water game, In
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
o. HenrY,s Readinu.

The late o. Henry, whose fippant
and slangy stories gave him a great
reputation as humorist, was, in pri,
vate life serious student.
A visitor to the library Of Mr. Por-
ter's New York residence was amazed
at the ponderous histories and biog.
raphies on every side.
But don't you read" said the Wis.
itor, ELLIS Parker Butler and writer's
Of that sortT'
well, no." said Mr.. Porter.
He laughed and added whimsically
81 make fancy cakes and sell them
but / only eat bread and meat"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

which he reigned supreme, is a puzzle
to many. but it is believed that matri-
monial cares are more or less respon-
sible. The man who carried the Amer
lean colors to victory in many hard
fought races with the worlds best wa
termen has amassed a wonderful lot
OF prizes during his career.
Daniels is the champion swimmer of
the world at 100, $50 and 800 yards,
Olympic champion OF st. Louis, Ath-
ems and London and American cham
pion at all distances from forty yards
to one mile.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
Challenqlnu Evil,

We must challenge evil and believe
that the evils OF men are, like the
sands in the upper glass, falling down,
and that one day the glass will be
clean.-Rev. George A. Gordon. Con-
gregationalist, Boston.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
Health.

Health is the result Of the nice ad-
justment Of all the bodily functions;
peace of mind results, also, not from
any one dominant conviction. but
from the smooth working together of
all the convictions.-Rev. Frank
Crane, Unitarian, Worcester.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

can hit and throw and pick up bunts'
He's not far from being the best IN
the league behind the bat.
All in all. Duffy Lewis and Russell
Ford are the stars Of the American
Youngsters. while the bright lights of
the newcomers in the National league
IRE Cole and Campbell.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
Would Change Baseball Rules.

On the Pacific coast a movement has
been started to amend the baseball
rules so as to make it more expensive
for a pitcher to hit batsman. 1t is
proposed to give the batsman two
bases instead Of one. There is another
reform in the air, and that is discard
ing the spit ball, which 1t is argued is
one of the chief reasons that hitting is
fast becoming lost art In every
league throughout the country.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
FINDS OF 1910
Baseball Year
Newcomers Who Have Hai9
Themselves Solid With Fans,
COLE And FORD GREATEST

Clever Young Pitchers of Chicago and
New York Teams Are Best Of Lot
Developed This Season-CampbeII Of
Pittsburg and Lewis of Boston.
If as many good youngsters are un-
earthed next season as there have been
this major league magnates will have
little cause to complain. In all fifty
seven candidates were brought into
the best circuits. A great many more
were hauled in, of course, but after
the wedding the net total deprecated
materially.
Last year may have been exceptional
in the number of men produced by the
minor leagues Fifty-seven tolerable
ball players, with a star here and there,
is an abnormal harvest for any one
season. Yet it was not enough to fill
the hiatus made by the departure of
veterans.
Many TwirIers Make Good.
The choicest recruits to enter in last
years influx for 1910 duty were pitch
ers. The Cubs secured Cole Of Bay
City, Southern Michigan league club, a
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28
A Real Snort.

Penstws Maiden-I won't marry any
one but an aeronaut Black is so be-
coming % me.-Simplicissimus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

Manager McGraw will give Jack
johnson a trial next spring This John
son, like the negro champion. is a
Texan, a member of the Dallas club.
He is an outfielder. Pitcher Munsell
Of the same team has also been pur-
chased by New York.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-28

Prayer is not conquering Gods re-
luctance, but taking hold Of Gods
Misunderstanding Brooks