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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02
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= might have saved him" he muir
nured brokenly, III I had n0t hung
aloft there too long. Just out Of curl
osity: II they had been men to me
Instead Of puppets. But when l
guessed what their intsrt was. guessed
that It was something sinister. 1t was
done before / could interfere. ! saw
him going backwards over the brink
q . assure In the ice, tugging at .
NnFt that was In his throat. And
wAsn they had gons-his murder.
up-"
-TnsSr sAs erssd. was thsrs
moeo than onsf'
"Yee,' Ne said, there was . party.
5here must have been ten or twelve
8 least. When they had zone ! dew
down and picked up that stick. which
90 q them had dropped-And to
think I might have saved him!"
Her hand still rsstsd on his arm.
sTm glad you told me-" shs said. She
eost the arm DtiiRen suddenly 1t the
Uound oe Tom EAnshaw's voice.
Jeanne, take your hand away! Can
20 touch Z man like that? Can you
1oaieve the lies" but there. with =
peremptory gesture. his father si-
nCod him.
But even he exclaimed at the girls
a1t action. for she stopped. picked up
~ bloodstAined dart which lay at
tAilip CAyley's feet, and handed 1t to
Nm. Throw It AWAY, please"-she
Saad Overheard. and 10 far a. you
80
Dven before the other men cried
1T 1t his doing the thing she had
nn1Ded him to, he hesitated and looked
q her In some surprise.
DO It, please" she commanded; Il
nGk Il seriously"
Ton Ehnshaw started out OF his
6Aalr; thsn. = IN intolerable twinge
hcm HI ankle stopped him. he
Ropped bAck again. His father moved
Ggy1iokly forward. too. but checked him
-, the surprise IN his face giving
~ 70 curiosity. At Z general thing.
ooAnns Fielding knew what she was
anout
Philip Cayley took the dart and
neow Il far out Into the water.
There Wa one more surprise In
1870 for the two Fanshaws. When
ony1ey, without . glance toward eth
- u them. walked out on the upper
tnnding Ct the accommodation ladder.
~ oirl accompanied him. and, side
~ s1de With him. descended the little
u~atrwayyk whoae foot the dinghy
sWu1tsd
You ~ stiIl determined on that
roDo1ntIun q yours, arc you. to aban-
= IN Sor the second time-All
@nanh1nd. ! meant This later accu.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02
MENTAL ACCURACY
Greatly Improved by Leaving OF coffes

The manager Of an extensive cream
cry in Wis. states that while a regu-
lar coffee drinker, he found it injuri-
GUS to his health and a hindrance. to
the performance Of his business du-
ties.
ut impaired my digestion, gave me
q distressing sense of fullness in the
region of he stomach, causing a most
painful and disQuieting p%alpitation OF
the heart, and what is worse, 1t mud
died my mental faculties so as to seri-
ously injure my business efficiency.
II finally concluded hat something
would have to be done. I quit the use
of coffee, short OF, and began to drink
right at first. She didn't boil 1t long
enough, and I did not find it palatable
and quit using it and went back to cof-
fee and to the stomach trouble again.
Then my wife took the matter in
hand, and by following the directions
on the box, faithfully, she had me
drinking Postum for several days be-
for l knew 1t.
when 1 happened to remark that
I was feeling much better than I had
for a long time, she told me that I
had been drinking Postum, and that
accounted for it. Now we have no
coffee on our table.
my digestion has been restored,
and with this Improvement has come
relief from the oppressive sense of
fullness and palpitation of the heart
that used to bother me 30. 1 note such
q gain in mental strength and acute
ness that I can attend to my office
work with ease and pleasure and with
out making the mistakes that were so
annoying to me while l was using
coffee.
Postum is the greatest table drink
Of the times, in my humble estima-
ton" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little. book. 1.-THE Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time TO Time. they
nre kenuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02

Night.

Night.
Along the high-hedged lane John
Strong swung, the June cleaning
deepening into night. He loved to
shove his face into the night; he
gloried In the uncertainty OF night.
the Indebtedness OF night. and his
soul cried back a wild answer to the
cry OF the nighthawk and the owl.
Night II 10 primitive than day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02
Took Professors Word for It.

Took Professors Word for It.
Didn't vol hear all of the profess
sor's lecturer"
why, no. He began by saying that
sleep is the secret of right living
and then I came home and went to
bed"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02

That Liberal Congress.
washington has asked for one
hundred additional policemen"
what about it,"
Congress wants to give them that
many new laws, instead"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02
He Knew.

He Knew.
Backer-You got trimmed bad. I
thought you said you were confident
of the result.
Pug1list-I was. l NEW I'd get
Ilicked.-Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02
Certainly

Certainly.
Teacher-What happened when the
army fell into the ambush?
Little Willie-Why, they were al
scratched up.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-02

say to the genealogist: 60 as far as
you like!"-Clerk Of the Day In Bos
ton Transcript
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men did so jumping, sliding and tum-
bling into the hole, over the debris of
material, and dead and dying men and
huge blocks of solid clay They were
followed by Gen. Bartlett's brigade. Up
on the other side of the crater they
climbed. and while detachment
stopped to place two of the dismounted
guns Of the battery in position on the
enemy's side of the crest OF the crater, a
portion of the leading brigade passed
over the crest and attempted to reform.
In doing SO members Of these regiments
were killed by musket shots from the
rear, fired by the Confederates who were
still occupying the traverses and In
trenchments to the right and left of the
crater. These men had been awakened
by the noise and shock of the explo-
sion, and during the interval before the
attack had recovered their equanimity
and when the Union troops attempted to
reform on the enemy's side Of the era
ter they had faced about and delivered a
fire into the backs of our men. This COM
ing SO unexpectedly caused the forming
line to fall back into the crater.
Had Gen. Burnsides original plan. pro-
viding that two regiments should sweep
down inside the enemy's line to the right
and left Of the crater. been sanctioned,
the brigades of Col. Marshall and Gen
Bartlett could, and would have reformed
and moved on to Cemetery hill before
the enemy realized fully what was in
tended; but the occupation Of the
trenches to the right and left by the en-
emy prevented reformation, and there
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the enemys fort which was to be blown
up. The orders were that Ledlie's divis-
ion should advance first, pass over the
enemy's works, and charge to Cemetery
hill, four hundred yards to the right, and
approached by a slope comparatively free
from obstacles. AS soon as the first
division should leave the works the next
division tWilcox's) was to advance to the
left of Cemetery hill. so as to protect the
left flank OF the first division; and the
next division Potters) was to move In
the same way TO the right of Cemetery
hill
At $50 am. Ledlies division was in
position. the I'd Brigade, Col E. e.
Marshall. in front, and that of Gen. W.
f. Bartlett behind it. the men and ofn-
GERS in a feverish state OF expectancy. the
majority of them having been awake all
night
Daylight came slowly, and still they
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Right to the Point.
WV yEsLEY NJ. oLER. the witty p

wv ESLEY NJ. OLER, the witty presi-
w dent of the Knickerbocker Ice
Company, said of scientific manage
ment at a recent dinner in New York:
Scientific management would increase
every woman's profits by thousand
per cent provided-and this 10 the Inn
portant point-that the employe would
go in for il as zealously as his boss.
would the employe take very ar
dent interest In a system which would
cause him to do three or four times
more work than before-a system that
would quadrupfe his employers IN
come without benefiting his own?"
Mr.. Oler smiled.
"I'll tell you a story" he said: -
story very much to the point.
"a friend of mine was travelling
through New England last month I'm
his touring car with his wife and two
daughters. They stopped one day for
lunch at q very nice hotel. and after
the meal was over my friend said to
the waiter:
Bring the bill. please. We have
had four sandwiches and four pieces OF
apple pie. Wait a moment, though.
What has the chauffeur had down.
stairsT
1.-The chauffeur. SIR replied the
waiter, has had q Parmesan omeln&, q
grilied brook trout. lamb outlets and
peas, an ice, a cup OF black coffee, q
fifteen-cent cigar and pint OF cham
pagne." .--
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both during possession and afterward by
the alimony route.

both during possession and afterward by
the alimony route.
X
Is 1t any wonder. then. that We hght
each other for such a valuable posses
sion?
Such battles come properly under the
head of economic struggles or bread riots
Yet while several women out of every
hundred are thus constituted. yet there
are others who are not So but are on the
contrary inclined to doubt the existence
of such sentiments unless brought direct
ly in contact with them and to look upon
mankind in general as pleasant but not
absolutely necessary adjuncts TO ex-
istence which may be tolerable without
them.
1t will be found that in each and every
one of these cases the women are those
to whom a man-any man-has never
been presented in the light OF an eco
nomic necessity. but merely as one of
brothers friends. or a luxury pleasing
in itself but not entirely Indispensable.
Thus it appears that the way by which
we may be led into more friendly and
less rapacious relations toward the man
as earning capacity is also the path
which we needs must follow to become
rational beings, self-supporting by pref
erence and independent in economic con-
ditions as well as In the thoughts or our
hearts from these nice man folks from
any except the purely affectionai or
friendly point of view. eliminating as
inimcal to the public peace any thought
of them as being meal tickets.
Independence Is a delightful and de-
licious state OF existence. but dependence
destroys all that Is beautiful, restful and
ennobling in any relation You take
away from a man his importance as a
meal ticket and he will suddenly find out
how much nicer il is to be regarded from
a more human viewpoint.
And ii will once more become possible
for two sisters dwelling together in am
ity and using the same curling iron with
out offense to remain In this close and
sisterly attitude even though young
man-and only one-should appear on the
horizon headed in their direction.
He will then be viewed merely as
young man and not assume an additional
and nvid Gus importance as a dispenser
of destinies and hclder of the key TO the
dining room.
Copyright, 1911, by Charlotte c. RowcttD
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Tapped the crater on the left, where two
or three Of his regiments sought shelter in
the crater. Those OF, the right passed
over the trenches, but owing to the pc
culiar character of the enemy's worns.
which were not single. but complex and
involuted and filled with pits. traverses,
n dim,, ,oi lis @ iauy nh ;.satf
the brigade was broken up, and, meet
ing the severe fire of canister also fell
back into the crater. which was then full
to suffocation. Every organization me. led
away soon as it entered this hole in
the ground into mass of human beings
clinging by toes and heels to the almost
perpendicular sides. If man was shot
on the crest he fell and rolled to the bot
tom of the pit
When Gen. Wilcox came with the Sd
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their tongues to damren their parohed
lips until their tongues seemed to hang
from their mouths.
Finally, the enemy. having taken ad-
vantage Of our inactivity to mass his
troops, was seen to emerge from the
swale between the hill on which the crate,
was situated and that of the cemetery.
On account OF this depression they could
not be seen by our artillery and hence no
guns were brought 10 bea. upon them.
The only place where they could be OBJ
served was from the crater. But there
was no serviceable artillery there. and no
infantry force sufficiently organized 10
offer resistance when the enemy's column
pressed forward. All in the crater who
could possibly hang on by their elbows
and toes lay fiat against its conical wall
and delivered their fire; but not more
than a hundred men at time could get
into position, and these were only armed
with muzZle-loading guns. and in order to
reload they were compelled TO face about
and place their backs against the wall.
The enemys guns suddenly ceased
their long-continued and uninterrupted
fire on the crater. and the advancing
column charged in the face of feeble re-
sistance offered by the Union troops. At
this stage they We're perceived by our
artillery, which opened a murderous fire.
but too late. over the crest and into
hand conflict ensued. II was of short
duration, however: crowded our
troops were. and without organization.
resistance was vain. Many men were
bayoneted at that time-some probably
that would not have been except for the
excitement OF battle.
In the engagements of the 1Tth and
18th of June. in order to obtain the po-
sition held by the 9th Corps at the time
of the explosion, the three white divi-
sions lost twentynine officers and 34S
men killed: 1o6 officers and 1851 men
wounded; and l. officers and o5s men
missing-total. 2.9o3 From the 10Th or
June 10 the day before the crater fight
of July 39th these same divisions lost
in the trenches twelve officers and 2s1
men killed; fortyfour officers and S5l
men wounded; and twelve men missing
total, 1.1J0
In the engagement OF July 30 the four
divisions of the 9th Corps had fifty-two
officers and $40 men killed; los officers
and 800 men wounded: and eighty-seven
officers and 1852 men captured = total.
3,S2s.
Copyright. 1911. by the Century Company.D
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euy's main line and confronting a strong
work called by the Confederates FL
liott's Salient. and sometimes Pesram
Salient In rear of that advance posi-
ton was deep hollow.
A few days after gaining this position
Lieut.. Col Henry Peasants, who had
been a mining engineer. and who belong
ed to the 4Sth Pennsylvania Volunteers
composed for. the most part of miners
from the upper Scbuylkill coal region.
suggested to his division commander,
Gen. Robert B. Potter. the possibility OF
running a mine under one Of the enemys
forts in front of the deep hollow. This
proposition was submitted to Gen. Burn
side, who approved of the measure. and
work was commenced on the 10Th or
June.
II ever a man labored under disadvan-
tages, that man was Col. Peasants. In
his testimony before the committee on
the conduct OF the war he said
my regiment was only about 400
strong At first / employed but a few
men at a time. but the number was m
creased as the work progressed. until
at last I had to use the whole regiment
non-commissioned officers and all.
"The great difficulty l had was to dis
pose of the material got out of the mine
I found IT impossible to get any assist
ance from anybody: l had to do all the
work myself. l had to remove all the
earth in old cracker boxes; got pieces OF
hickory and nailed on the boxes in which
we received our crackers, and then iron
clad them with hoops of iron taken from
old pork and beef barrels.
"The most important thing was TO
ascertain how far j had to mine, be-
cause IL fell short of or went beyond
the proper place the explosion would
have no practical effect. Therefore l
wanted an accurate instrument with
which to make the necessary triangu-
lations I had to make them on the
fartheSt front line. where the enemy's
sharpshooters could reach me. l could
not get the Instrument / wanted. al
though there was one at army head
quarters, and Gen. Burnside had to
send to Washington and get an old
fashioned theoGolite. which was given
to me- Gen. Burnside told me
that Gen Meade and Mai Duane chief
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far more probable that happy home
founded upon the mutual love and desire
for domesticity of both man and woman
should have a chance for it's life before
WHEY suddenly got the idea in her head
that now that this James of hers is actu-
alIv in her hands she would better hurry
around lock the windows, bolt the doors
and turn loose the dog or some sister
woman with similar tastes in bric-a-brac
will be trying to break in and steal TINS
valuable meal ticket of hers and take II
away from its rightful possessor.
It may appear at first sight that | am
making a low. base and depraved inter-
probation of the motives which actuate
this clinging affection of true wife,
but, as you observe, the true wives of this
broad land not only according to their
personal appearance, which even in these
days of more or less revealment is some
what deceptive, but also as to disposition,
generosity. kindness and general endur-
ableness as household companions Tor a
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and a part Of his staff ensconced in
protected angle of the works. / gave
him Col. Marshall's message, explain
ed to him the situation, and Col Mar
shalrs reason for not being ablv to move
forward. Gen. Ledlie then directed me
to return at once and say to Col. Mar
shall and Gen. Bartlett that it was Gen.
Burnside's order that they should move
forward Immediately.
This message was delivered. But the
firing on the crater now was incesSant,
and it was as heavy a fire Of canister as
was ever poured continuously upon
single objective point. 1t was as utter
ly impracticable to reform a brigade in
that crater as it would be to marshal
bees into line after upsetting the nive.
and equally as impracticable to reform
outside of the crater, under the severe
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I have on such occasions wondered
more or less in this simple mind of mine
if said husband at present in possession
or only in prospect had ever had it
clearly brought before him just why this
dear child loved him so tenderly and
clung so softly about his manly strength.
or If he were still laboring under the
impression. delusion or theory that the
dear thing loved him for himself alone
and would continue to do so even if his
salary vanished into the everlasting
whence and hubby came home to lean on
her for a while until he should be able
to acquire a grasp upon another equally
as good
If. / repeat, we would see how much a.
good true wife really loves her husband
for himself alone. 1t would be we'll to OBJ
serve with care her general attitude to-
ward his salary and toward work as per-
formed by herself Thereby we will
learn many valuable lessons.
This having been admitted, 1t becomes
evident that a man becomes toward sew
eral women out of every hundred solid
and much to be desired meal ticket good
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they would see upon arriving there; an
feet deep. sixty feet wide and 10 feet
long. filled with dust. great blocks Of clay.
guns. broken. carriages. projecting tim
bers and men buried in various ways
some up to their necks, others to their
waists and some with only their feet and
legs protruding from the earth. One of
these near me was pulled out and proved
to be a second lieutenant of the battery
which had been blown up. The fresh
air revived him, and he was soon able to
walk and talk. He was very grateful and
said that he was asleep when the ex-
plosion took place, and only awoke to find
himself wriggling up in the air; then a
few seconds afterward he felt himself
descending, and soon lost consciousness.
The whole scene of the explosion struck
every one dumb with astonishment as
we arrived at the crest of the debris. 1t
was impossible for the troops OF the
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The Source.

I<I MET Andrew Lang in London" said
a literary agent of Chicago. "T
met him at luncheon at the Cheshire
Cheese. He was very hard on modern
authors.
II spoke to Lang OF Winston Church
ill, Marie Corelli. George Moore. Hall
Caine and other novelists. but he Just
pished and pshawed.
'At last l got SO angry that 1 gave
a sarcastic laugh and said to him:
But perhaps. Mr.. Lang. you haven't
read any OF our modern fictiong r,....
"'Oh, yes said he. L read II all, forty
years ago, in Dumas
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BATTLES and LEADERS q tic CYL WARIkI
THE BATTLE OF THE PETERSBURG CRATER

stood with every nerve strained prepared
to move forward the instant an order
should be given. Four O'Clock arrived,
officers and men began to get nervous.
having been on their feet four hours,
still the mine had not been exploded.
Gen. Ledlie then directed me to go to
Gen. Burnside and report to him that the
command had been in readiness to move
since $40 am. and to inquire the cause
of the delay Of the explosion. l found
Gen. Burnside in rear of the fourteen
gun battery, delivered my message, and
received the reply from the general that
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We Wonderland Our Love for Each Other.

eminence as a meal ticket and the most
convenient. natural. handy and richly
supplied meal ticket a woman can get
her hands on, and you thereby have re-
duced what one might call our race antip-
athies to a minimum.
Does such a thought seem to destroy
the ideal Of the happy home which we
so tenderly cherish?
Nay. 1t but gives one a touchstone by
which to separate the happy home per Sc
founded upon affection and its counterfeit
presentment founded on what the woman
gets out of 1T.
And 1t appears to me also to make it
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SinkerS.

BISHOP E. D. MoUzoN. in an address
- in behalf of the Texas prohibition
campaign, said in San Antonio:
"Once. on my vacation, / stood on a
white and wind-swept beach. talking to
a bronzed life guard. He was a robust.
brave fellow, a temperance man. of
course, and apropos of the temperance
movement he said, nodding toward the
stack of life-savhg apparatus behind
him:
L tell you. sir, corkscrews have sunk
more people than cork jackets'll ever
saver .afp =
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defenseless man. it may dawn upon you
that'there is here and there one to whom,
without too much wreching of the truth,
such a suggestion might apply.
1t may be considered breach of faith
to my sister women, but do hereby con-
fess that / have occasionally, If not Oft
ener. listened with bated breath while
some sister woman has held forth and
declaimed without a hint of bashfulness
or reserve on the undesirability of earn
ing her own living and the greater con-
venience for the purpose of getting her
living earned for her of possessing a hus-
band.
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engineer Of the Army OF the Potomac,
said the thing could not be done
that il was all clap-trap and nonsense;
that such a length of mine had never
been excavated in military operations,
and could not be.
IT could get no boards or lumber
supplied TO me for my operations.
had to get a pass and send two com
panies of my own regiment, with
wagons. outside OF our lines to Con-
federate sawmills. and get lumber In
that way after having previously got
what lumber I could by tearing down
an old bridge. I had no mining picks
furnished me. but had to take common
army picks and have them straight
ened for my mining picks.
The 23d of July Col. Peasants had
the whole mine ready for the placing
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fire in front and rear. as 1t would be to
hold a dress parade in front of charg-
ing enemy.
II was not long after l had returned to
the crater that a brigade of the I'd ri
vision Potter.s) under the command OF
Brig. Gen. S. G.. Griffin advanced its
skirmishers and followed them immediate
ly, directing it's course to the right of the
crater. Gen. Griffin's line. however, over