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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
AN IMAGINATIVE MAN


P%ritchard, for ten years cashier IN
the same bank, was a model ohclal.
Late one winter afternoon he failed TO
return with the banks notes prior to
the weekly clearing.
Not for a moment did the idea or
felony on his part enter the minds or
those who knew him. The only hypo-
thesis was hat a crime OF violence
had been committed. The sum In his
possession fell little short Of $4,000.
The bank directors, like the police
themselves. were convinced that he had
been followed, robbed and his body
probably thrown into the Thames.
From certain clues 1t even appeared
that the plot had been long matured
by a certain gang Of professionals.
Only one man in London shrugged
his shoulders on reading Of these pro
ceedtngs-namely, Pritchard himself.
At the point where the acutest Of the
Scotland Yard staff had lost all trace
Of him he had simply boarded a bus in
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Actinx out Rhymes.

Fol this game half the players go
outside the door, whilst those who stay
in the room choose q word OF n syl-
liable. which should not be too dificult.
For instance. suppose the word chosen
be Flat" those who are out OF the
room r informed that a word has
bsen thought Of that rhymes with
Cat" and they then have to act,
without speaking, all the words they
can think Of that rhyme with Cat"
Suppose their first idea be Bat" they
como into the room and play an imag-
mary game Of baseball. This not be-
Ing correct, they would get Kissed for
their pains. and they must then hurry
outside again. They might next try
RAT" most Of them going into the
room on their hands and feet. whilst
the others might pretend to be fright
ened. At last the boys 80 in and fall
fat on their faces, while the girls
pretend to use flatirons upon their
backs. The loud clapping that follows
tells them that they are right at last.
They then change places with the audi
ence. who in turn become the actors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Every Bit Of Reform Counts.

The effect upon the public mind OF
reform defeats following reform vic
tories constitutes a serious hindrance
to the orderly and continuous prog
ress toward better political conditions,
says E. A. Van V%alkenburg in Sue
cess Magazine. Pendulum-like, there
always is a back swing to every re-
form movement forward. But, unlike
the pendulum, it never swings back
ward so far as it has swung forward.
In this country every period of SEEM
ing reaction is in reality merely the
marking Of a new starting point from
which progress will make a greater
gain than from any earlier one.
When any reform movement is re-
garded in its entirety, a gain always
can be counted. If the millions of
earnest citizens who every year give
their support to good causes with
seemingly scant results could be made
to understand this demonstrable fact,
the forwarding of civic betterments
would be encouraged and simplified.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
rHE ENCHANTED sHEEP-FoLD.

Tho hills far-off were blue, blue
The hills at hand were brown;
And all the herd bells called to me
AS / came by the down.
The brlars turned to roses-roses'
Ever we stayed to pull
A white little rose, and a red ll1Iie
rose,
And a lock Of silver WOOL.
Nobody heeded-none, none;
And then True Love came py'
They thought him naught but the
shepherd boy,
Nobody knew but l!
The trees were feathered Ike bros
birds!
Birds were In every tree,
Yet nobody needed, nobody heard
Nobody knew save me.
And he is fairer han all-all
How could a heart &c wrong!
For his eyes 1 knew, and his knew
mine,
Like an old, old song.
Josephine Preston Peabody.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
KNEW SLAYER OF LINCOLN.

Casual Acquaintance Only Cause O.
Suspicion Against New Senator.
Col. James Gordon, the new senator
from Mississippi, is a spare-built,
stopped man, with a %scraggly, gray
beard which covers his chin and upper
lip. He is unreconstructed and has NO
apologies to offer for the civil war or
the part he played in it. While the
Val Department was denying that a
reward of $4,000 was put on his head
as M of the Lincoln conspirators the
old gentleman was searching his mem
DRY for the facts.
Col. Gordon met John Wilkes Booth,
the slayer Of Lincoln, In a hotel in
Montreal, the Washington correspond
ent Of the New York World says. 1t
was a casual acquaintance, formed
through Col. Jacob Thompson, Secre-
tary of the Interior under President
Davis and at hat time an agent of
the C~onfederacy in Canada. Col. Cor
don was not we'll acquainted with
Booth and the fact that Booth left
Montreal and came direct to Washing
ton was the only cause of the suspt-
cion directed against Gordon and
Thompson.
The new senator went to Canada aft
er his escape from a Union prison ship.
He had been abroad negotiating for
the purchase of a warship for the Con-
federacy. In returning the party tried
to run the blockade at Wilmington.
He was made a prisoner with the com.
mon sailors on the boat.
An officer noticed that he was not
an ordinary eaman and questioned
him. Col. Gordon said that he was the
son of the Duke of Argyll and hat he
had fed from Scotland because of COM
plicity in a duel. The officer helped
him send a letter to the British am
bassador in Washington. Later he was
released and in his gratitude he gave
a dinner to the Union officers at Old
Point Comfort. After his release he
made straight for New York and
thence to Canada.
when we had crossed the bound
ary," said Col. Gordon, land were near
ing st. Johns, I was so happy at being
free from the fear of arrest that l
jumped up in the car Inc yelled: Hoo
ray for JEFF Davis and the Southern
C~onfederacy. Immediately l had a
crowd around me. all joining in the
yell, and we all got of the train to
get a drink. A detective who was fol-
lowing me came into the bar. He took
a drink, but when 1 proposed a toast
to JEFF Davis he would not drink. I
threatened to break his head with a
decanter and he changed his mind. He
kept on my track after that and after
the death of President Lincoln he
Swallowed me constantly"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
An American without Foresight.


A representative of an American
machinery house came to China, says
a writer in Success Magazine. The
Chinese Industrial development is pro-
crossing SO rapidly that China has
become already a good market for ma
chinery and structural steel, and this
demand is increasing by leaps and
bounds. The American agent was cor
daily received by the consuls in the
port cities and by the American min
lister at Picking.
The vast opportunities for the sale
of American machinery in China were
explained to him, and the fact pointed
out hat America was almost entirely
unrepresented in the import of ma
chimes into China. The minister of
Picking told this representative that
it would be absolutely essential to
leave his goods in the hands of an
American firm, or, better, to establish
an agency of his own. In spite of
that advice the agent left his samples
with a European firm. That concern
Immediately looked over his machin.
cry, made some triling changes to
avoid the patent laws, and all ma
chinery of that character now used in
China is made in Europe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
CHARM OF KISSING.
Ridiculous Custom Thrives Despite
Warming Of Scientists.

R1u1CuIOuS Suseoh'
the Warming of scientists.
Once more the warning goes out
that kissing is dangerous. This time
it is voiced by Miss Ellen M. La
Motto, the ranking officer in DIR. Bos-
ley's corps of fair and accomplished
nurses. The contact of lip and lip,
says Miss La Motto, affords an ideal
opportunity for the voyaging Of patho-
genie organisms. Most Of these germs,
when they enter the body at all, do
SO by way of the mouth. OF such sort
are the germs of d~iphtheria, tubercu.
losis, meningitis, influenza. the simple
cold and all the familiar Juvenile
plaques. Therefore, it is thoughtless
and often cruel to kiss, and sometimes
suicidal to be kissed.
Thus speaks science. and it's man.
date should be observed as to babies
and by invalids, the Baltimore Sun
says. But the great majority of folks,
no doubt, will keep on kissing. We
have often wondered at the enormous
popularity of the exercise. Why dc
people kiss? The act itself is ridicu,
lous as a spectacle and unsatisfyins
as an amusement. It's sole physical
accompaniment is a feeling of suffoca
ton, and on the psychic side it Is fire.
%quently embarrassing, particularly II
an unsupported audience reveals itself.
say, by satiric whoops and catcalls.
1t has none of the charm Of other
pleasures, such as solfeggio, eating
and a~utomobiling, for example. Kiss.
ing will neither build up the anaemie
nor soothe the n~eurasthenic.
But still 1t thrives, and nc jeremiads
on it's perils will ever work it's ab0f
ton. The man who makes a practice
of kissing the fair sex is a nan at
tracted rather than repealed by dan
ger. He knows that every kiss he
steals Is full of fearful hazards. The
girl herself may black his eye. stat
him with a hatpin,or call for the po
lice, and then again she may choose
to regard his idle favor as an Offer
of marriage, and accept him before he
can escape. Yet again, her father OF
brothers, detecting him with his arm
around her neck and his eyes gazing
into her forehead, may rush in and
hail him as a relative, touching him
for small loans, calling him by his
first name and Selling extensively upon
all the other famlliarities which rela
t1vesin-law affect. Finally, the mother
of the girl may knit him pulse-warm.
ers and send him amateur remedies
/ for his rheumatism and red nose, and
her little sisters may giggle every time
they see him.
No; 1t is impossible to scare the
seasoned kissing nan with sinister
talk of microscopic reptiles. He is
used to larger game. and he loves dan
ger. 1t is his pleasure to dart out
into space upon a gossamer strand,
blown by strong winds, and with the
~fathomless abyss of matrimony yawn-
Ing beneath him. In such grisly
perils he joys.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
rh. unbit Of Cheerfulness.

Ch%eerfulness will attract more u
toners, sell more goods, do more bust
ness with less wear and tear than al
most any other quality, says Orison
SWEET Marden in Success Magazine.
Optimism is the greatest business-get-
ter, biggest trader, the greatest
achiever in the world. Pessimism has
never done anything but tear down
and destroy what optimism has built
up.
In the business Office, as in society,
everywhere, the favorite is always the
cheerful person. Good-natured, cheerful
people do not waste their vital energy
as rapidly as the grumbler, or the too
sober, too sad people. They work
with much less friction.
Good cheer is a great lubricant; 1t
oils all of life's machinery. Shake
speare says:
"a merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires in a mile-a."
There is no other life habit which
can give such a prolific return in hap
piness and satisfaction as that of be
ing cheerful under all circumstances
If the resolution to cultivate cheerful
less is strongly made at the very out
set, it will not be difficult to form the
cheerful habit, and it will be the best
protection against suffering and dis
appointment.
Cheerfulness is also a great producer
It adds wonderfully to ones active
ability, and increases mental and phys
ical power. 1t makes hosts of friends
and helps us to be interesting and
agreeable.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

the crowd, and within IN o stood
before an empty house in one of the
less frequented parts of Chelsea.
The preceding evening he had called
on the house agent for the key, so he
let himself in unobserved. In one Of
the back rooms he found the artisans
overall trousers, the Jacket, 'kerchief
and cap, placed there by him in readi.
ness the day before. In the darkness
of the room be put these on. Then he
calmly left the house. He passed the
night peacefully in a workingman's
club.
In the morning he made the notes
into a package, which he carefully seal.
ed, and with this he called on a So
licitor.
"In this package" said he, II have
certain valuable papers which I must
leave in safekeeping. I am on the eve
Of a distant voyage, and am ignorant
OF when / may return. I wish to de.
posit them with you. There is no OBJ.
stacle, l believe, to leaving them in
your hands?"
mot the least. I will give you a re-
eeipt?"
THE fact is I am alone in the world,
without friends or relations. The jour.
ney of which I speak is certaiply-haz.
ardous. My receipt would run a hun
dred risks of being lost or destroyed.
Could you not keep the receipt in your
safe, so that on my return it would be
enough to give my name either to you
mr. tn your SnccesS0r?"
"It is unusual"
Write the conditions on the receipt.
After all, the risk is NINE"
"As you will. Kindly give me your
name"
Without hesitation he replied:
"Harvey-Andrew Harvey"
He had thought the thing out coolly.
"My Imprisonment over. l reclaim my
parcel. Four or five years in goal and
shall be rich. That. at least. is bet
ter than to cast accounts all ones life
I'll take a house in the country.
Thenceforward my name will be har
vey. Andrew Harvey. / will live as A
country gentleman, and, am confident
without any pangs of conscience
He waited another twenty-four hours
to make sure that the numbers of the
notes were unknown, treasured on
which point, he deliberately gave him
self up.
On his examination, neither the po
lice superintendent nor the judge in
court could draw from him a word oil
the 100000. He confined himself tc
saying:
81 know nothing more about 1t. ]
fell asleep on a bench in the park. ]
was robbed in my turn"
At last came the day of liberation
They gave him his pay-some ten shil
lings-and his ticket for London. ne
was free.
How often he had dreamed Of this
Aouri On his arrival he would in
stantly make for the solicitors. In his
head he saw the scene which would
0sue.
He would be shown into The laroe
solemn chamber.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Military ractic..

So far as history gives us any in.
formation on the subject. the father OF
tactics" in the military sense, was
the great Theban General Epaminon.
das, who at the famous battle OF
Leuctra, B. G. al, fought between the
Thebans and Spartans. for the first
time introduced the scientific mode OF
fighting. Prior to that time the uni
versal rule was for the opposing
armies to face each other and fight i.
out by sheer brute force and bulldog
tenacity without any particular re.
gard for scientific principles.-New
York American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

to rise again, and to her belongs the
credit for nine-tenths of the good
there is in the world to-day.
If we knew all it would be easier
to forgive all.
Babes in Christ should not be fed
on watered milk.
Some of us pray most for the things
we need the least.
Imitation virtues don't wear any
better than imitation jewelry.
Experience is a dear teacher. but
her diplomas mean something.
Talking for Christ should never be
done with a frown on the face.
1t is better to kill a snake in a
clumsy way than to let it escape.
When the name of Christ is every
thing to us, it will do everything for
US.
No work is SO small but hat faith
fulness in it will sooner or later be
seen and rewarded.
Our Lord praised two women for
their liberal giving. but no man gave
enough to attract his attention
The preacher who gets his sermons
out Of the magazines is always Won
dering why people won't go to church.
There are some people in every COM
munity who do more for the devil In
the church than they do for the Lord
outside .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Blackie,s Trick.

Gladys sat holding G~ray-Paws, one
Of her kitties, in her lap.
But presently her thoughts were re.
called by q soft rubbing against her
arm. She looked round, and there was
Blackie, G~ray-Paws' brother. evidently
trying his best to attract her atten-
ton. He rubbed against her, n put
his nose under her arm.
But anyhow Gladys seemed to think
that her lap was full enough just then,
although she was often known to hold
ave kittens at once, as Blackie was well
aware. At last Blackie seemed to con-
clude that there was no room for him
at present, and he was perhaps jealous
of G~ray-Paws. 1t really seemed as If
he must have thought the matter over
carefully and made deliberate plans.
for this is what he did.
Blackie suddenly sprang down be-
side the dish used for food and began
to eat, or pretend to, with the greatest
relish, occasionally looking at Gray
Paws, as If afraid he would come and
take q part of the feast. This, Of
course, was too much for Gray-Paws to
resist, and in a moment he had jumped
from Gladys lap and run to the side
Of the dish.
Quick as a thought Blackie turned
away. ran up the steps and jumped
into Gladys lap, where he curled down
in a ball and began to purr. There was
not one thing in the dish!
you naughty, funny little cat!" ex-
claimed Gladys, and she could not help
cuddling the little rogue nor laughing
ct his trick, while Gray-Paws wslked
vlowly away.-Youth's Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
4 barking Dog Something. Bites.

A Barking Dog Sometimes Bites.
A Western Pennsylvania tax collec-
tor, though afflicted with suffering, is
an old gentleman of uniformly good
temper, which apparently no combina-
ton of circumstance a ruf1le. One
morning he was asked into the set
tin-room" by the lady answering Ills
knock, and was Immediately beset by
a barking dog.
Don't mind, Tip" said the lady,
hes only fooling-he won't bite you v
He w~-w-wo-won't, w-w-wo-won't
he" said the old gentleman trium7
phantly, "h-h-he's b-b-bi-biting me
u-now."-Success Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Hi. spccinI.Y.

That Justice of the peace, who is
also a shoemaker. l understand is a
favorite marrying one. particularly
with widows"
Eyes, In both the shoe business and
matrimony. his speciality Is repairing
-Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Holiday visitors.

An appalling case Of deafness was
that of an old lady who lived just
across the street from the navy yard,
On Washington's birthday they fired a
salute of twenty-one guns. The old
lady vas observed to start and listen
~ the last gun was fred; then, I'd.
justing her cap and smoothing hss
drsss. she exclaimed, Come iA..-o0o
80 NaeAginA.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn sounds - Warning Motto
to the Unrcdeemed.

Whenever o /
see a boy, wait a
minute, and you
will hear him
whistle for his
dog.
w o m a n m a y
h a We b e e n t o
blame for the fall,
but she certainly
has been the first
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

The quay was deserted. The wave
Tapped the steps. The gloomy ware
house re-echoed the name in the 81
lence. The outer ripple in a series Of
widening rings touched the steps. All
was silent.-London Opinion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Jones' Hat or Jones'. Hat.

0On0o' noV OF JOmG0r0 Hat,
1t is not strange that boys and girls
are sometimes bothered over the right
way to use the sign Of the possessive
after a noun ending in 8. Good usage
Is about equally divided in the matter,
30 that either Jones' hat or Jones's
hat may be considered correct. Liter.
ally speaking. however, Jones's hat is
to be preferred, for the possessive form
is nothing but a contraction OF "his.',
the original form having been Jones,
his hat" and most grammarians say
that we should give recognition in the
sound to the contracted pronoun. Goold
Browns grammar says, ITO avoid a
concurrence of kissing sounds, the 8
IL sometimes omitted. and the apostro-
pho alone retained to mark the DOS
sessive singular, as Moses minister
but the elision should be sparingly in.
dulged. It Is In general less agreeable
than the regular FORM" and 1t Illus
trates the point by quoting "Hicks's''
a. preferable to Hicks"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11

When . young widow proposes to Z
man he II o afraid that people might
suspect it that he pretends he did n
aimself.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
"Ynrr wish. SiT!

1OuT WiSh, 90 =
~ came to claim a deposit left in
your hands some five years since
Deposit? In what name piease'
The name was
He sat up with a jerk and muttereo
to himself:
This won't do. Not remember the
name l gave!"
He lay back in his corner, and a
feeling of weakness stealing over him.
said to himself:
Come, be calm! The name was-lt
vast commenced with-what Yet
ter?"
For a whole hour as the train dash
ed along he ransacked his memory
trying to find a clue, a hint. Every
second it seemed on the point OF FORM
ing in the air before his eyes, on me
tip of his tongue. At first he was only
tantalized, then irritated, distressed.
His nerves were racked; the pain was
almost physical. Waves Of heat food
ed up from his body to his head. His
muscles contracted; he could not sit
still. His hands trembled. He bit his
dry lips. He felt on the point OF weep
ing. And the more he churned his
memory the more surely the name es-
capped him.
The train arrived at Paddington. he
sprang to the platform and started to
walk.
Il have lost it. I must think no
more about it. 1t will come of ITSELF
But it is impossible thus to banisn
an obsessfon.
Night fell, the pavements were de-
serted. Worn out with fatigue. he
went to a lodging house, and threw
himself, clothed, on his bed. He con-
exhausted, he fell asleep. When he
awoke it was broad daylight. He
stretched himself with lazy satisfac-
ton, and suddenly the obsession resum-
ed It's sway over him.
The name! What was it? What was
it?
A new sentiment broke in Upon him
fear. Fear lest the name had es-
capped him-for ever. He rose, went
out. walked for hours. proving in the
neighborhood of the solicitors For the
second time night fell. He twisted his
fingers into his hair, groaning:
This will drive me mad!"
He saw it all 50 plainly. He had
$1,000 in banknotes-&10. 900, dishon-
estly come by, it is true, but his own
yet quite beyond his reach! For these
he had served five years. and the re-
ward was escaping him! He saw the
money under his hand, and a word, ono
word which refused to come to him.
was to make him lose all.
1t was no longer a mere obsesslon, it
was a frenzy of his whole being. A
| voice in his ears seemed to mock him,
the passers to jibe. He began to run,
| straight before him. hustling the peo-
pie.
That name! What was it?
He saw at his feet the murky
Thames. He sobbed!
"Oh, this name-this name!"
He descended a few steps which led
to the waterside, and lay fiat to battle
his hands and face. How peaceful,
compared to this tumult in his head,
how peaceful! He painted. And the
water fascinated him. Its caressing ed
dies drew him, promising repose far
from this whirling din in his brain.
Feeling himself slip, he made no effort
to cling to the step. He fell. The
cold pierced him. He struggled, threw
up his arms, jerked back his head;
came to the surface again. And, sud-
denly, with a desperate effort, terror in
his eyes, his mouth contorted, he
shrieked:
Il have it! Help! Harvey! Har-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Getting Dressed.

Here's a foot and here's a shoe.
See that they agree.
II both are right or both are left
They'll fit quite easily;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
Petroxinski sinkoyitch.

Oh, just h chap to dig a ditch
Was Petrovinski S~inkovitch,
And eat his bread and onion which
He brought in lieu of pie.
And when I passed him sitting there
Upon the pavement's MONDAY glare
I'd sigh as l went by.
Now when I leave my desk for that
Five rooms and bath" we all a fla
I can't help gazing over at
A counting house that's nigh,
Upon the window panes of which
Gold letters spell out "~Sinkovitch"
CA banker now and rated rich)-
I sigh as / sc by.
u n,aalr-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-11
A devoted Husband.

wife-Dearest. if you and I wer(
thrown on q desert island, what would
you do?
Husband-Thank heaven I can swim|
Brooklyn Citizen.