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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
New Yorker Lived in One Place
for 70 Years.
Edward Jackman Used to Catch Fish
Where Skyscrapers Now Are
Kept Out of Doors Much as
He Possibly Could.

New observation-disclosures of this is
land to whom life is just one apart
ment after another may read with Won
der tingad with skepticism that one OF
their fellow-citiZens, Edward Jackman,
who was born some time ago on Third
street, has been content to live on
the same spot eve since. Not In the
same house, understand. for the old
frame dwelling, with the garden in
front. where Jackman first opened his
eyes upon the light of New York, was
bruned to the ground in a memorable
fire that wiped out the whole neigh
borhood.
That was when he was a little boy,
but he heard the story of the big fire
from his father. who promptly built
upon the same site the three-story
brick dwelling, where his son has
lived to his day. So 1t is not quite
three-ouarters Of a century that Jack
man has made his home in the one
house. Still. that is long enough to JUS
tify him in referring to 80 East
Third street s his permanent resi-
dence.
do you suppose you'll always
live here?" persons often ask the
old man
Il don't rightly know" was his
answer the other day. perhaps I'll
sell. Don't know where I'd go If | did,
though. Might move out to Westfeld
with my son. or up to Harlem, but
II | did that I don't know what I'd do
with my dogs. Guess I'll have to be
moving on. anyway. pretty soon."
He said this last with the intona-
ton that left 10 doubt as to its mean
ing. Jackman was IS ears old a few
days ago, and he does not forget it.
But he is a brisk old man, who has
kept out of doors for a good share OF
his life. That is because he loves to
fish. Time was when he didn't have
TO go very far from his fathers front
door.
There used to be a big pond between
Avenues C and D and between Sixth
and Seventh streets" he said. That
was a longtime ago. We called it
Green's pond, and the boys used to
fish there.
An around these parts there were
a lot of vacant lots. Astor owned a
=. - ~ >-e 'iSii
in value. These lots, all around here.
would be let out to Germans who ran
vegetable gardens. It's all changed
now, and the only gardens I see are
those little soap boxes with green
things trying to grow In then that
you see all along the street in the ten
ement house windows"
Yet that part Of town is not so very
modern. Very close to Jackman's
door the horse car, trundling by,
solves part of the rapid transit prob
lem Of the neighborhood. In his ear
lier days, the Drydock line Of stakes
ran up from the Battery to Twelfth
street, and Second street had a cross
town line that was very convenient.
When Jackman talks of selling
and moving, he speaks with no great
conviction. Yet he's just a little lone
ly in Third street.
do you know" he said, there isn't
a person left anywhere about here that
I used to know as a boy. They've all
died or moved away"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Government Must Take the Physically
Weak Because of Remarkable De.
crease in Birth Rate.

London.-The paris correspondent OF
the Lancet discusses the subject Of
mortality and illness in the French
Army. He says it is true that in the
last ten years mortality in the French
army has been regularly diminishing
But it's sum (4.25 a 1,000) is still
higher tina that of Prussia 1.31).
Hungary G. $50 and Italy t3.2S). With
regard to the mortality returns, cal
culating from the number of soldiers
entering the military hospital, it was
in 1902. 600 a 1000. AT the present
time it has reached 740 a 1000.
AS to the causes he writes:
"A serious reason is one to which
attention has been directed by sew
eral senator's; the diminution in the
birth rate in France by limiting the
choice of possible recruits for the
army while the same numerical
strength is to be maintained rem
lers it necessary to accept n,sn Of In
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Came to Mckinley's Aid

saat, adding. His friends must now
come to his support"
"With that, MI. Kohlsaat rose from
the table and left the room. After a
while he returned and explained that
he had Just telegraphed his sympathy
to Mckinley and told him that one
half Of all ] have In the world is
yours, yours in whatever way may best
serve you in this great emergency
Mr.. Kohlsaat was still greatly agi-
tated, and without resuming his
breakfast, shortly excused himself and
went away.
The next time l saw 'him-a few
years later-he told me of McKinley's
experie '>ce Immediately following the
publication of the news hat he had
lost his fortune. kilograms by the
hundred poured in upon the governor.
Many came from Democrats who were
his bitter political enemies; many 9TH
ers were sen by persons with whose
names Mckinley was not familiar;
and and all offered financial assist
ance, almost every n urged him not
to give up public life, and every one
of the dispatches-and the letters that
soon began to flow MEASURED him
that he stood high in the estimation
of the American people. and that his
misfortune would speedily make that
fact apparent to him.
Several men Of financial ability, as
is well known. undertook the manage
mentof McKinley's affairs and financed
him out of his embarrassment. Un-
doubtedly, many persons believe that
it was the action of these men that
persuaded Mckinley to remain in pub
lie life. But 1T was not. and l have
Mr.. Kohlsaat's word for 1t. 1t was,
rather, the many messages Of conf
dence that came from all parts OF the
country that persuaded Mckinley that
it was his duty to remain In public
life as long as the people wished him
to continue there. After these mes
sages had poured in upon him, and he
had had time to realize what they
meant, he felt hat he could not justly
resist those touching evidences OF
widespread confidence in his personal
integrity"
Copyright, 1911, by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Prof. Elias LOOMS Of Yale Made
More Than 100000 by Writ
Ing Textbooks Which Had
Great Sale.

One of the largest, If not actually
the largest, bequest made to any
American university by an officer of
the university was he estate which
by his will Prof. Elias Loomis, who
died in 1889, bequeathed to Yale Uni
versity.
Professor LOOMS was an eccentric
and yet very greatly respected mem
Dor of the Yale faculty for more than
a generation. There Is 40 alumnus
of Yale whose degree was received
between the early sixties n the late
eighties who does not recall affection
ately and yet with a slight smile OF
humorous recollection this quaint and
eccentric professor vastly learned in
natural philosophy, mathematics and
especially astronomy. Among men or
science the world e Professor
Loomis ranked with Dan. the great
g%eologist; Hadley, the Greek scholar
and father of Arthur Hadley, presi-
dent at this time Of Yale; and Sill
man, one of the worlds great author
tiles upon chemistry. The United
States government recognized Profess
sor Loomis as the foremost meteor
ologist of the United States, and
when the government established its
first weather bureau his was not
done until after consultation with
Professor Loomis.
Professor LooJnis was a man of
singular ta~citurnity. If he could ex-
press his thought In a single word,
he would do hat. Moreover, he led
almost a hermit's life. The world OF
Yale University saw nothing of him
except at chapel, at Sunday services,
and In the lecture room. After lee
lures were ended or the recitations
brought to a close. Professor LOOMS
would depart quietly, always unac-
companied, from the lecture room,
crossing New Haven green to his lodg-
ing room, which faced the green. He
always wore a conspicuous black and
white checked necktie, gathered into
a bow knot of mathematical accur-
acy his linen was immaculate.
Within the time specified by stat
ute after the death of Professor
Loomis his will vas offered for pro-
bate. 1t contained only two requests.
and one Of these was a partial one.
He bequeethed his entire estate to
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08

grocery store of Haas, and not until
his last illness was the story Of his
life revealed.
Steller was taken i'll and remained
in his room. He was ill for several
days before any n made inquiries
about him. Then Haas, who had not
seer the old nan for some days, went
to his room and found the door lock
ed. He broke in, and there found Stel-
Ter lying on the bed in a semi-con-
scious condition, from which he was
with difficulty aroused.
When Steller fully realized that the
end was near he old Has that he
wanted to talk over some matters
with aim. Then he told the grocer the
story Of his life.
He had beer married, he said, and
was happy with his wife in their home
in Louisville. After their son was
born his wife asked him to deed over
his property to her. He arranged mat
ters SO that she could take control of
half Of it. A short time afterward he
became IL With typhoid fevUr. After
strangers had minlstered to him, he
asked for his wife. He was told she
had one away
When he sent word begging her to
return to him he said she replied
hat she didn't love him any more and
he would have to get along with
out her. Later he obtained q d.
vorce and came to Evansville to work
at his trade.
Nov you know why | am a woman
hater," he said. Il hate them all.
some and treacherous as a rattle
snake and as uncertain as life IT.
self.
80" guess it's all up with me now.
Before l die l van to make one re-
quest of you. l don't want any liv-
Keep them all away. They would
only come through curiosity, any
way"
A short while later he was dead.
Haas obeyed the dying request. He
alone accompanied the undertakers to
was buried. He will erect a mon
ument over the grave and pay for it
himself.
Besides the property left to Haas,
Steller had a $1,000 life insurance pol
icy, payable to his son. The son did
will collect the life insurance, but will
not attempt to contest the will be-
queathing the Indiana farm to Haas.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
The faint of Civilization"

first attracted to this part of the 18th.
mus by rumors of unlimited game in
the country and lurid pictures of gold,
which is said virtually to pave the
beds of the streams So, though 1t
is known in all parts Of the republic
of Panama that the San Bias indiana
permit no strangers, white men par
ticularly, within their territory, we
decided to try to explore it anyway
by travelling at night in mid-stream
in cayucas resembling their own and
c%oncealing ourselves In the jungle
during the day.-From Outing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Mortality in French Army

ferior physique. who in former days
would have been rejected and who
eventually constitute a large percent
age of the hospital admissions, or an
almost identical total of men les con
sells de revision in France have only
$4,000 men &c examine, while in Ger
many there are t,2O0.0 900 to choose
from, SO that France has to enlist 10
per cent of it's contingent. Germany
only 80 per cent. which gives that
power the chances of accepting only
the robust Lastly be added the
law which fxes the period of military
service at two years instead of three
years; a soldiers instruction COM
pressed into two years instead of three
becomes much more ~fatiguing and is
more likely to produce exhaustion and
Illness"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Stamps Worth a Million

Boston tea party stamp. The Buffalo
Pan-American stamp with the plate
reversed. the error that set the ton
CUES of all America wagging when
news of Uncle Sans mistake in his
printing department leaked out, is an
other interesting exhibit. There is a
cohesion Of Queensland twopence
stamps Of rare value. The walls of
the four rooms of the institute are
papered with the stamps and guards
will be or contant watch to protect
the treasures.
The entire collection has been in
sured at practically the face value Of
81, 900, 600. The exhibit will close Sun
day afternoon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Onlv One Postmaster Then

though during that period there were
many individuals who were that post
master. The postmaster of the United
States during all hat time was always
none other han the postmaster gen
eral.
But at one time during ina Pc
riod, If 1t had lot been for John G.
Calhoun, the law which designated the
postmaster general as the postmaster
of the United States would have been
regarded as a dead letter and treated
accordingly.
"A short time after Mr.. Calhoun
had resigned the vice-presidency Of
the United States and been elected
senator from South Carolina-that was
in 1S32-he one day entered the office
of the postmaster general, Amos Ken
dali. Mr.. Calhoun's long, dark hair
was brushed straight back from his
forehead; his eyes looked like W
burning Goals Of fire. l was with Mr..
Kendall; Mr.. Calhoun spoke most
courteously to me-he was courteous
to everybody-and then turned to The
postmaster general.
"'Mr. Postmaster General he said,
7 nave Just noticed a disposition to
make out improperly commissions to
those appointed to take charge of post
Offices throughout the country. Mr..
Postmaster General, you are the only
postmaster in the United States; our
successor will be the only postmas-
ter; all men appointed to take imme-
diate charge of the various postoflces
throughout the country are, under the
law, deputy postmasters, and nothing
more The man in charge Of the
postmaster; SO is the man in charge Of
the postofice at Philadelphia. Let US
say that, probably by inadvertence, a
commission has just been made out
appointing a nan postmaster. l desire
to nave that corrected. No man un-
der the Law can qualify or tax charge
of a %postofice under the designation
OF POSTMASTER" Until now, so far
as l know, no commission has bee
made out since l have been in public
life by which any one has qualified to
take charge Of any postofice In the
country except under the title of dep
NY pCSlLldoASl Alu IL IL ii PoSSiDlO
for me to prevent 1t, no commission
shall be made out in any other way
Mr.. Kendall thanked the great Cal
houn for calling the matter to his at
tention, and assured him that all com.
missions to appointees to take
charge Of postoft1ces should be made
out In strict accordance with the law;
and that way they were made In every
case. to my personal knowledge. as
long as Calhoun lived.
Furthermore. I had OCCASION not long
ago to look over the records relating
to the appointment of men to take
charge Of postofices. found that as
late as Gen. Grants second admins
tration the postmaster general was the
sole postmaster Of the United States,
all the so-called postmasters through
out the country being set down in the
records as deputy postmasters. But
in Grants second administration the
law was changed so it became legal
to drop the word deputy and the
unique distinction that the postmaster
general had enjoyed for nearly a CEN
fury of legally being the country's only
postmaster was lost to MIN"
Copyright. 1911. by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Until Grants Second Term tho Per
sons In Charge Of Offices Were but
Deputies Of the Postmas-
ter General.

do you know that until the latter
part OF Grants second administration
there was only n postmaster In the
United States?"
The questioner was James Henry
Mari, who had entered the postoffice
department as a clerk under Amos
Kendall, Jackson's last postmaster
general, risen to first assistant post
master general under President Grant,
and at the time he put this question
was chief clerk to the first assistant
postmaster general in Clevelands first
administration.
Yes continued Mr.. Mari, from the
foundation of the federal government
until the latter part Of Grants secon
administration-nearly 100 years-the
country had but one official postmaster,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
friends Relieved His Financial Dis.
tress, but II Was Messages Of
Confidence That Kept Him
In Public Life.

One of the well-known incidents in
the career Of William Mckinley was
his financial failure during his first
term as governor of Ohio. Out OF the
difficulties Of that disaster he was
helped by his friends; and how his
friends f1ocked to his assistance, and
what was the thing that really kept
Mckinley in public life at this time,
when he was seriously thinking of re-
firing under the burden of his per-
sonal misfortune, are made plain on
the authority of r. Prentiss Bailey,
the veteran newspaper proprietor ana
editor Of Utica, N. Y, who now holds
the record for the longest consecu-
tive service in the office OF n one
daily newspaper in the United States.
For years Mr.. Bailey has enjoyed the
confidence Of leading men Of both
great political parties.
Zone day In 1893, when was dining
at my hotel in New York city" said
Mr.. Bailey, there walked Into the
-oc1i and sat down at ny taSie ny
old friend, H. H. Kohlsaat of Chicago,
then part owner of the Inter-Ocean OF
that city. We were in the midst OF
breakfast and the morning newspapers
when, suddenly, Mr.. kohlsaat threw
down the paper over which he had
been glancing, exclaiming as he did so:
"'This Is dreadful news-dreadful!'
Then, though he was so excited
that he could hardly speak, Mr.. Kohl
saat told me that he had just read a
dispatch from Columbus, Ohio. which
reported that Governor William Nc
Kinley was bankrupt-that his own
fortune was lost and that of his wife
had been greatly impaired-and thai
the governor had decided to give up
public life and to urn everything that
he possessed over to his creditors.
mo man who knows William Nc
Kinley as l do can have the slightest
.,oubt that If financial ruin has come
Upon him he has not been himself re
sponsible for it, declared MIR. Kohl
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Well Expressed.

That the little ones" in whose rare
nature we have divine authority for
be,ieving how and then give proofs of
unusual If intuitive wisdom. no true
lover or student of childhood could
doubt Sometimes. indeed. the little
thinkers" seem passing. wondrous
wise.
a tiny lad, for instance, had listen
ed, unnoticed. to the mournful conver-
sation in which two elders bewailed
the frequent falls of a beloved mem.
Der of the family.
HE doesn't seem to get a bit better,
for all our praying and hoping" said
the sinners sister, signing. and 1t
does seem as If we'd come to the end
Of u tether. ! simply don't e what
mother is going to do with him now"
She'll just have to wait" spoke up
the hitherto silent younsster. wide
eyes lifted from his forgotten toys.
That's the only thing we can do,
ssneHmes. and God waits for US ALL"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Caviar Is Antidote.

St Petersburg.-The Ottoman Bac-
THEOLOGICAL Institute has found that
caviar is an antidote for cholera
The discovery is the result of a pro-
test against the Turkish governments
exclusion of Russian caviar from Tur-
kish territory for fear of cholera in
lection. The institute after Turkeys
ban experimental with a pot of caviar
which had been infected with cholera
bacilli. In four days time 1t was
found that all the cholera germs in
the caviar had been destroyed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
DYING MANS WISH
BARS EVERY WOMAN
NONE PERMITTED TO ATTEND
FUNERAL OR LOOK UPON
HIS FACE.
DECLARED ALL TREACHEROUS
Wife's Desertion Made Harness Maker
Lifelong Enemy to Those Of Her
Sex-Tells Friend on Deathbed
Why He Cherished Hatred.

Evansville, Ind.-Soured on the fair
sex because his wife deserted him in
Louisville, Ky, years age, John Stel-
Ter, aged CT years, before he died
here made the request that no women
be permitted to ook upon his face
after he had passed away and that
they be kept away from his fu-
neral.
They are mischief makers and as
treacherOus as a rattlesnake." the old
man said on his deathbed.
Out of gratitude for the man who
had been his true friend and who as
sisted him in his last days, Steller left
a good farm in WarriCk county, near
here. to Joe Haas. a grocer and poll
tiCian.
Years ago SteIler came here from
Louisville aad got employment as a
harness maker. He tOiied steadily at
his bench, and seldom lost a day from
his work Among the large number
of employees il this establishment Stel-
Ter was regarded as eccentric. He
talked little, and to none Of his Eel
low w~Orkingmen did he make any
mention Of his past life. Most OF
the men with whom he worked
thought he was a bachelor, none
knowing that at one time he had a
happy home; that he had become a
~woman-hater because the wife he
loved tenderly ceased to love him, and
deserted him when the hand Of af-
Fiction was laid upon him.
In silence and alone Steller bore his
burden-and saved his money He
had no one to live for, and cared lit
tie about the companiOnship Of his
fellows. He lived alone above the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Has Largest Tower in the World.

Liverpool.-The new premises OF
the Royal Liver Friendly society on
the Pier Head, Liverpool. have been
formally opened. The premises form
Il Of the largest office blocks in Eu-
rope and are eleven stories high. with
a floor area of 10000 square yards.
The clock in the tower is the largest
in the world. The dials. which are
$50 feet from the ground, are 25 feet
in diameter and the minute hands are
IA feet long and 3 feet broad. The
clock will not need winding for an
ether thirty years
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
FINDS POSSUMS IN BANANAS
S~torekeeper Opens Box and Discovers
Mother and Four Young Ones
From the Tropics.

Nekoosa, VISA storekeeper OF
this city found a travelling menagerie
in a crate Of bananas. Snugly cuddled
inside the crate were five "possums,"
a mother and four little ones.
The "possum' had built it's nest In
its native country. 1t gave birth to Its
young and "a brought forth from the
tropic to this part of the world with.
out leaving the nest. The mother is
about the size of a large rat, while the
little ones are lot much bigger than
mice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
How to Do II.

Kenneth was trying to write the
word tree" says the Chicago Record.
Herald. He knew how to make the
first two letters, but could not re-
member the zee" Russell, two years
older. and who is fond of boating, es-
sayed to help his little brother thus:
Kenneth, why don't you just pull out
that line and the two knots in lit"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Auto Tire HurlS Stone,

Montclair, N. J.-Workmen are re-
placing a $3.50 plate glass window in
the front Of a store here. 1t was
broken by a stone dashed from the
roadway by the wheel of a passing
automobile. The stone was lying
loose In the roadway and when the
tire Of the auto hit it the missile was
hurled as If from a %catapult.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Caruso's Cousin Is Spanked.

New York.-Riccardo Caruso, thir-
teen years old. son of a cousin of the
famous tenor, was sentenced by Re-
corder Weller in Montclair to be
spanked by his father. and when the
sentence was executed n%eighbors say
the lad reached vocal heights never
dreamed of by the opera singer. Rio
cardo and other lads we're charged
with having stoned a farmers wagon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Sick Boy Hats Bio Canal

Atlantic City, N. J.-Because of the
illness of Harry Souders. fifteen years
old, work is delayed on the million
dollar drainage canal in Atlantic City.
Gigantic machinery. operated night
and day. so disturbed the rest OF the
sick boy hat his father made an ap-
peal to the city n the contractors
were ordered to stop work at sun.
down.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08

Goliad, TeX.-In a shooting quarrel
at Fannin, a small town near here,
two men We're injured, INC one of the
bullets struck a gasoline can which
exploded. and set fire to a restaurant.
Five buildings were destroyed with a
loss of $50 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-09-08
Dwarf Had .Lonq Life.

A female dwarf of Spanish origin
named Llanreus, who was less than
40 riches high. died recently near
Paris at the age Of LOS.