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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
DIsFIGURED WITH CRUsTs

"Some time ago I was taken with
eczema from the top of my head to
my waist. 1t began with scales on my
body. I suffered untold itching and
burning, and could not sleep. 1 was
greatly d~isfgured with scales and
crusts. My ears looked as If they had
been most cut off with a razor, and
my neck was perfectly raw. l suffered
untold agony and pain. I tried two
doctors who said I had eczema in its
fullest stage, and that it could not
be cured. I then tried other rem
edies to no avail. At last, I tried a set
Of the genuine Cuticura Remedies,
which cured me of eczema when all
else had failed, therefore I cannot
praise them too highly.
II suffered with eczema about ten
months, but am now entirely cured,
and I believe Cuticura Remedies are
the best skin cure there is" (Signed)
Miss Matte ]. Shaffer, R. F. D. 1, Box
8, Dancy, Miss, Oct. 27, 1910.
II had suffered from eczema about
four years when boils began to break
out on different parts of my body. 1t
started with a fine red rash. My
back was affected first, when it also
spread over my face. The itching was
almost ~unbearable at times. 1 tried
different soaps and salves, but nothing
seemed to help me until I began to
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
One box of them cured me entirely. l
recommended them to my sister for
her baby who was troubled with tooth
oc1o~o opd +hov comp1ate1v cured her
baby" (Signed) Mrs. F. L. Marber-
ger, Drehersville, Pa, Sept. 6, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to Gut
cura," Dept. 4 l., Boston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
SYNOPSIS.

which 3. q not guilty. resigns from tSs
s ssm friend IN d1 Is.ut, p ana f Man taec tnrns fe to
p]erfscts a dying machine. While soaring
curious1y shaped SICK hs had seen in the
sssassin's hand Mounting again, he as
sesndin : y n.ar shs stsam IN the he Dn meets ga a
girls name Is Jeanne Fielding and thar
explorer. a party from the yacht g ma
rtously-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
me z; :ur yyiiTiinx crsy Of ~. wreSk sfap Wh rnf-
man named Roscoe. had murdered Fielding
and hi, two companions. after the en,
enormouS ledEe Of pure gold. Roscoe then
tSSoott GcmtnsTa q IT the party i t Ssve ma2
Big Dad q gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw.
sky-man and shows him the stick left ~
Eayyiiey. Fahshaw declares that II is an
d.ssss ra sn1oFFs anssss ret Sssn s e sn the
f Fsrrg Hua nsT'y i. w fonn g s %RuIasTed an snd
believes him innocent. 4 relief party goes
20 nnd the searchers. Tom processes his
sSSs .9 an s %sbanaone am hut Ioa and there inds
piorer's suspicion OF Roscoe. The ruff
han returns to the hut and sees Jeanne.
He IL intent on murder. when the sky
mar swoops down and the rufaan fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
to read. The yacht disappears and Ros-
tsanne's only hope is in Cayley. The
seriousness Of their situation becomes Up
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Gay
clue to the hiding place OF the stores.
Roscoe II about to attack the girl when
he II sent fleeing in terror by the sight
Of the sky-man swooping down. Measures
are taken to fortify the hut.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

articulated themselves into a perfect
ly clear perception of Roscoe's plan.
"The other way! The other way!"
he cried, motioning Jeanne back
through the storeroom. Into the
cave. He is waiting for us outside.
That's why he fred the hut. Quick.
We must save all we can"
And so 1t happened that Roscoe
waited in vain. He saw the blaze he
had kindled reach its fiery climax,
and then in spite of the icy gale which
was tanning 1t, die down into an
angry, sullen, ~smouldering glow. But
no man appeared to furnish a mark
for his waiting rife, and no woman
was delivered d~efenseless. shelterless.
into his british hands.
The failure of his plan brought
back a moment or two Of the old sup
erstitious horror, but his mind was
braced against 1t now and did not
readily give way. Somehow, the fail
countable.
At last he solved this mystery, too,
partly solved 1t, at least, for he re-
membered the Ice cave back of the
hut His first impulse. when he
thought Of it, was to attack them
there and now, to charge in over the
red hot Goals Of the hut and settle
matters once and for all.
He was sane enough to see that the
advantage would be all against him.
In close quarters he could not do
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
He Fired Too Soon.

Philip had been enjoying, he wal,
again, the very man who, during those
long years Of exile. had dominated
crew and captain Of the Walrus and
bent them to his will.
He was returning from the ledge
along the crown Of the glacier, when.
on the day of this discovery, he found
that his accustomed path was inter
rupted by q new fissure in the ice; it
had occurred since he had come that
way in the morning. and was too
broad to leap across. So he was forced
to descend by the rougher and more
difacult track which lay along the
moraine.
Before no had gone three PAGES
along this track his eye made out
something, Just OF his patch and . lit
tie below it, which caused him at first
to utter . snarl Of anger. but led him
the next moment to give q wild bias
phemous yell Of Joy.
The great assure which had opened
In the ice had done, in IN instant,
what the party from the Aurora had
failed to do after hours Of hard labor
1T had yielded up the body Of Perry
Hunter. which, during all these
months, It had kept imprisoned.
Strapped across the dead mans
shoulders, Just where he had carried
It IN life, was q rife and around his
middle . belt full OF cartridges.
The next instant Roscoe was bend
ing over the body, Jerking savagely
1t the frozen buckles which resisted
his impatient fingers. But they were
not to be denied. II they were clum-
~, the hands were strong.
It was not i've minutes later when
Roscoe, rifle and ammunition belt In
his hands, was hurrying on toward his
cave once more. The body lay Just
where his ~desecrating hands had left
It.
The rifle was %uninjured; that he had
seen at . glance, though , Of course.
Ill the mechanism OF its breech was
frozen fast. But q half hours hard
work with cleaning rod and rags Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
IN THE UP-To-DATE FASHION
Lecturer Found 1t No Trouble at All
to Answer Question Meant to
Embarrass Him.

"Will you allow me to ask a a
a qeustion?" interrupted a man in the
audience.
Certainly, sir" said the lecturer.
"You nave given us a lot of figures
about immigration, increase Of wealth,
the growth of trusts and all that"
said the man. Lets see what you
know about figures yourself. How do
you find the greatest common d.
visor?"
Slowly and deliberately the orator
took a glass of water.
Then he pointed his finger straight
at the questioner. Lightning flashed
from his eyes, and he replied, in a
voice that made the gas jets culver:
Advertise for it, you ignoramus!"
The audience cheered and yelled
and stamped, and the wretched man
who had asked the question crawled
out of the hall a total wreck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

rage against the two who had baf1ed
him and enjoyed immunity from him
SO long, almost led him to attempt to
break into the hut then and there, ana
settle matters; but his saner common
sense told him that the settlement
would almost inevitably be against
him should he attempt it.
He was still entertaining this no
ton, however, when a luminous idea
occurred to him. Around on the far
side of the hut, the west side, which
looked toward the headlands, was a
good-sized heap of flre-wood, which
Philip had not been able to find
room for inside the hut. Roscoe had
with him a flint and steel and a
quantity Of tow. He never travelled
without them.
With infinite precaution against
noise he began laying a fire against
the windward wall of the hut. Squat
ting, with his rifle across his knees
ready to use in case of an emergency,
he m%ethodically whitfield a quantity I
dry splinters of a few of the sticks.
ignited them and carefully nursed the
blaze, until, under the rising wind, 1t
grew to the beginning Of a fair-sized
confagration. Then, catching up his
rife, he slipped around the other side
of the hut, crouching down not more
than 20 PAGES away, and waited.
Already the fire was burning finely
and the silhouetted outline OF the nut
was plain against the glow OF 1t.
His plan was a good one. h peo-
pie inside the hut would have no
choice and, probably, no thought. but
of escape. When they rushed out, as
they almost certainly would, bew1ld-
cred and confused, and plainly visible
to him against the glow Of the fire be-
hind them, 1t would be easy, from the
safe shelter of the darkness, to shoot
the man.
1t was only, indeed, by the merest
hairs breadth that Roscoe's plain
failed to work. The instinct OF es-
cape by the nearest way from a burn
ing building is almost irresistible, n
it led Philip and Jeanne to the very
edge of the destruction, which Roscoe
had planned for them.
Cayley had his hand upon the bolt
Of the great door, whittier he a
sprung when Jeanne's cry had awak-
ened him, before the saving second
thought stayed him and held him
frozen where he a For perhaps
five seconds he stood there, while the
memory If the unexplained bullet hole
he had found in the body of the great
bear, and the belated observation that
the fire, which was destroying the hut,
must have been started outside OF 1t,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER XIX.
Roscoe.

Roscoe.
Roscoe had been able to clear
up his doubt as to Jeanne's identity,
nor to solve the mystery Of Cayley's
appearance in the air. The doubt
and the mystery tormented him worse
than any final conviction could have
done. When he thought, as he some.
times did, that the cause Of all his
terror. the thing which kept him
penned up here in the ave and de.
MED him access to more than the fur.
tive edges of the beach, might be Just
a rather defenseless human couple, a
man and q woman, and the woman
beautiful. young. alluring-when he
thought of all that he would go on
into transports Of rage. which left
even his gigantic body limp and OK
hausted. II that the situation,
he might have killed the man weeks
ago and taken possession OF the
woman.
The thing that kept him sane was.
in itself. a species Of insanity, the pas
sion for gold which had led him to
murder Captain Fielding. Every day
he tramped up the glacier to tho gold
ledge and there, while the light lasted,
he worked, cutting the precious metal
out of the rock, and with infinite labor
beating 1t pure.
As the weeks and months dragged
along, this UNMARRIED routine more than
compensated for the solitude and the
terrors his superstition thrust upon
him, and gradually restored him to his
old normal, formidable. brutal self.
On the day when he made the discovery
that was to terminate the long series
of golden days which Jeanne and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

them up? He said every one liked to
see the blaze in an open wood fire and
when it got low they poked it or put
on fresh logs just to see some more
flame. II you bored an inch hole
through the middle Of q log and put II
on the IRE with the hole vertical 1t
would form a kind Of chimney. and
you would have . cheerful little jet
OF flame coming up through It until
the log was completely burned away.
Il tried 1t when ! got home that
night. But the idea Of asking for .
patent on such . thing q . holeis
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
Vegetarian Boots and Shoes.

An enterprising manufacturer has
discovered q process whereby a pass
able imitation Of leather may be man
ufactured from q vegetable product
The novelty owes its Introduction to
London vegetarians, who shuddsrsd At
he thought of the number OF animals
that were killed annually to keep hu.
mainly in boots. The imitation leath.
or II being used for the manufacture
OF boots. shoes. Bible covers and :
hundred other articles usually lounA
In the art leather department.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
CHAPTER xvIm-contInusd.

4t4Erf H 1F-WZ&E
''The sentence Is that you shall be
frightened with ! bear story. There's
: biz one coming down the beach aft
o. you this very moment, and you're
70 surrender the revolver to me and
stay under arrest In the hut until aft
o. I have killed him." w
She did not need to be told that he
Wa In earnest, In spite Of the smile
that went with his words. She turned
about quickly and looked up the
beach, sighting along Cayley's arm as
he pointed. Even in the deep twilight
she could already make OF the sham
bling figure that was coming along to-
ward them IN al tours.
why does he move In that queer
eort of wayf" she whispered.
they had shrunk back into the
shadow Of the hut, the GIRL actually
inside Of the vestibule and Cayley on
he door-steps
He's been wounded. When ! was
oyerhead I could make out the blood
stains on his side. and he was leaving
: track ON the Ice.
Wounded n ! Tight with another
boar!!'
mo. that's not likely"
she asked no further explanation,
but slipped into the hut. The next
moment she VA back with the neld-
glasses.
~vhils you're attending to the
bear.. she said In : whisper. 'IM Just
keep watch up the beach for-for any
0nA alaa."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

Gray Matter.
Il used to think 1 could hire all the
brains I wanted for $25 a week." Mr..
Pushem said.
We'll, couldn't you?"
Eyes. But it wasn't long before l
had to call in a $4,000 lawyer to
straighten out the kinks they put into
my affairs"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
ITS STRONG POINT.

De Auber-Yes, I've just finished
that painting. Do you like the per-
spective?
Orville Blunt-Yes, it's great. The
further away you stand from 1t the
better it looks!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
Disappointed.

Disappointed.
Knicker-Was Subbubs disappoint-
ed in his house?
Bocker-Yes; what he took to be
the shenhouse turned out to be the
bungalow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28
Government Regulation.

you've got poison in your sys-
tem," said the doctor to the patient
who thought he had malaria.
Maybe I have" he admitted, may
be l have. I don't eat anything but
what is guaranteed under the pure
food law."-Judge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-28

''Get up quicklyi" she said when she
saw that he was awake. Philip, the
hut's on fire!"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
FEEDING STATION FOR HERDS
Carstens Packing Company to Estab-
Iish Plant at PaSco

Indicating that the Carstens Pack
ing company INTENDS to make the old
Moore ranch a feeding station for
herds destined for their packing plant
at Tacoma, fifteen carloads of sheep
arrived in Pasco Sunday from Mon
tana and were unloaded and driven
to an UP river range in charge of II
B. Hubbard. says the Pasco Progress
Six hundred sheep We're in the flock
and according to Mr. Hubbard this is
but the commencement of greater flu
ture shipments.
Next spring practically the entire
800 acres of the carstens ranch will
be seeded with alfalfa and as four
crops can be obtained off the land the
yield will be great. 1t is the plan OF
the Carstens company to gather small
lots of sheep and other livestock from
the territory tributary to Pasco, feed
them at the Carstens ranch and then
Ship them to the coast in trains OF
% to 35 cars.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
NACIIES CITY

NACHES CITY, Dec 1s.-word
has been received from Baker, Ore
gon, of the serious illness Of Frank
n. Bunker, who formerly made his
home at this place. It will be re-
memb ered Mr.. Bunker underwent an
operation last spring at North Yald-
MI.
Miss Zada W'hitmore went to
North Yakima Wednesday to attend
the teachers examination.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Tustin delightfully."- surprised them at
their home in Upper Naches valley
last Saturday night. The evening was
spent in dancing and other social en-
joyments.
Mr.. LATE Little made a business
trip to government headquarters last
Saturday
The work of repairing the Selah
ditch is rapidly progressing, the foun-
dation of the flume being almost
completed.
The road Camp Dist. No. / Is bus
lily engaged opening the road directly
from Naches City to Teton.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
Will Study Electricity

Norris Kumler. son Of Mr.. and Mrs
r. f. Kumler, will leave North Yaki-
ma today for Lynn, Mass. to enter
the employ of the General Electric
company there as an apprentice IN
special studies with reference to cleo
tricity, the period of apprenticeship
being three years. Mrs, Kumler and
daughter will accompany him, remain
for a couple of weeks there and ther
return to Ohio to visit friends in that
state before returning to North Yak
ina. Mr., Kumler feels that he was
fortunate in obtaining an opening foi
his son with the General Electric PEG
pie. who take but a limited number
of apprentices in their work Under
their system, which made an opening
for a western man. the Yakima youth
was taken in when fasteners were re-
jected.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
SUM SIDE

SUNNYSIDE, Dec. 1S.-Mrs. ]. E..
Gilbert has left for Detroit to join
her husband, who has established
himself in business there.
John Stigers, our popular young
merchant, has left for Tacoma on a
business trip and to visit his sister,
Ida. who is attending Puget Sound
university
T. Marble left on "Wednesday Tor
Spokane to be gone week.
Mrs. Pugh has returned to her
home in Tacoma after visiting for
three weeks with her daughter Mrs.
McConihey.
Mrs. Nelson returned on Monday
from visiting Seattle.
The Baptist ladies' aid on Wednes-
day held an all day meeting at the
country home of Mrs. Slaght. They
spent the time in sewing and noon
enioved a chicken dinner.
Mrs. Geo. Emerson is confined o
her bed with a complication OF
troubles.
The odd Fellows have moved into
the new Barnes johnson building; the
Masons will still hold meetings for
the present in the old lodge room.
Mrs. Williams of Royal Clothing
Co. left on Sunday morning for Sc
attic.
Mr. and Mrs George kresse enter
tanned at Sunday dinner Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinckney and Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. At
kinson.
MIR. and Mrs A. d. Prescott are
entertaining their daughter-ln-laW'
NJ p. Prescott of Spokane.
Mr. and Mrs. Park Prescott have
returned to Sunnyside to make their
future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w Neiswander of
Relma. were week end guests of their
daughter, Miss Helen, and sons, Ar
thur and George.
The M. e. Society gave reception
on Wednesday evening in the church
parlors in honor of the new pastor,
Rev. j. ID. Lewellyn. An interesting
literary anG musical program and
light refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bridgman left
on Wednesday for a six weeks visit
with Mr.. Bridgman's family l. Ham
ilton county, Canada.
Supt. Helm, Prof Lewis Prof. Nc
Balm attended teachers meeting at
Toppenish On Saturday
Charles Williams, assistant at the
O. w. r. & n. station. spent Friday
night in North Yakima.
L. L. Turley, station agent for the
O. w. =. & N, left Friday for Ritz
Vile, and expects to be gone month.
Mrs. A. G. Fleming entertained the
bridge club on Thursday; thirteen
guests were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman of Outlook
were taking advantage of the bargain
sales on Monday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
Christmas at Christian Church

The Bible school of the First Chris
tian church will observe a giving
Christmas" and render a Christmas
program on Friday evening, December
90, at 1880 o'clock. Following is the
program:
Music by the orchestra.
Opening remarks by A. c. Vail, pas
tor
Song by the primary pupils.
Christmas Carol douglas Wiggans)
by the Intermediates.
Recitation by one of the school.
Glass song.
"Chrstmas at Grandpa's'' or Christ
mas Spirit by the Junior depart
ment.
All goods brought for the needy OF
the city should be left at the church
entrance with the relief committee.
Everybody welcome,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
Charms of Labrador.

People are not apt to think of Labra-
dor as a particularly delightful land
to dwell in. No tourist thinks Of going
there for a summer vacation. Yet If
Mr.. Fl. Fl. Prichard's impressions,
gathered while hunting big game. are
to be accepted. Labrador possesses
charms of scenery that 1t would be diff
ticult to match elsewhere in the world
The words that he quotes from Salta-
tina. a ''Yellowknife Indian" best in
dictate the nature Of these scenes:
you say the kingdom of heaven is
good. my father, but tell me, Is 1t
better than the land Of the musk OK
in summer. when the lakes are some
times misty and sometimes blue. and
the looms cry often? That Is good, my
father, and If heaven is better shall
be willing to dwell there until l am
very. very old."-Youth's Companion.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-12-20
THUNDERSTORMS.
They Kill Over 800 Persons a Year In
Madagascar.

iney NiII over ooo PERSONS u Year III
Madagascar.
Thunderstorms never occur In the
arctic regions, and even the north Of
Scotland very seldom suffers from
to the equator the more frequent and
severe are the electric manifestations.
In parts Of Central Africa the average
of thunderous days rises to the aston
ishing total of $50 per annum.
Yet there are curious exceptions. In
Java and Sumatra, both intensely hot
climates, there. are but ninety-two
storms yearly, and in Borneo only
fifty.
The Gold coast of Africa has only
sixty a year. which is less than occur
in Florida. though the latter country
is outside the tropics.
In Jamaica there is a thunderstorm
every day during the rainy season.
which lasts for five months. These
storms almost always occur between
midday and in the afternoon.
Perhaps the most astonishing fact
with regard to thunderstorms is that
the island of Mauritius, which Is only
$50 miles east of Madagascar, has, on
an average. only one thunderstorm In
eighty years Yet in Madagascar the
lightning is more destructive than any
where else in the world. the annual
death roll being over 3OO.-Pearson's
Weekly.