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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
EIevation Of Land.

The maximum difference in eleva-
ton of land in the United States 10
14,775 feet, according to the United
States geological survey. Mount Whit
ney, the highest point, is 14,501 feet
above sea level, whereas the shores OF
valley is 276 feet below sea level.
These two points. which are both In
California, are less than ninety miles
apart. This difference is small, how
ever, as compared with the figures for
Asia. Mount Everest rises 29,002 feet
above sea level, and a point in Death
the Dead sea are 1890 feet below sea
level, a total difference in land heights
of 30,292 feet. Mount Everest has
never been climbed. The greatest
ocean depth yet found is 32.0SS feet,
at a point about forty miles north of
the island of Mindanao, in the Philip
pine islands. The ocean bottom at
this point is therefore more than
eleven and a half miles below the
summit of Mount Everest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
AS A FRENcHMAN SEES US
Soldiers Of Uncle Sam In China Cause
Surprise BY Elaborate cere-
monies.

From China by way OF Paris. comes
an impression Of American soldiers
that is interesting. L. Sabattier has
sent to ILLUSTRATION a long article on
a trip to China, and concludes his let
ter with an account Of guard noun
in front of the American barracks at
Tientsin. !
II would never have thought" he
writes, that a country SO new, 80 de-
void of traditions, SO democratic and
practical, would have a ceremonial
which one would hardly find in mon
archial countries where gorgeous uni
forms would still feel the influence OF
past splendors.
But the soldiers, whose uniform al
though comfortable is hardly military,
Dthe ~soft-hatted officers. keep rigid
poses and make solemn gestures with
for nearly an hour.
Just one detail will give an idea of
the extreme correctness of these men.
The American officer arriving at the
left of his platoon after inspection
| does OF regain his post of command
by the diagonal. He retraces his
steps parallel to his line Of men;
coming to the center man he turns at
a right angle and after counting the
prescribed number of steps he makes
a half turn, facing the center
Thus the Americans abhor the hy-
pothenuse. But on the other hand
they do things that would shock us
their soldiers are provided with auto
mobile goggles, for there is much dust
at Tientsin.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

"'Well-' she said slowly, well
well-well. You must have been hav.
ing a very hard time. I'm sorry. Can't
I'll call the ambulance
"She started out of the room. I
called to her and asked her to stop.
Please l begged, don't do that.
I'll be in their hands soon enough, I
guess. But as long as l can keep 60
ing, I want to do it. Something will
turn up to help me along. You have
already helped me a lot. Just let
me rest here a~while-won't you? And
then I'll take baby and GO on again
"She paused and considered. Then
she seated herself in a chair nea me,
gazed at me stu~diously with those
hard, cold eyes Of hers and asked:
Young woman, how did you hap
pen to get into a fix like this?'
1T was the chance that l had been
waiting for. I raised myself weakly
and looked at her.
my mother sent me here l an
swered.
"'Your mother?
My mother. Or rather I smiled
family, my foster mother. was
taken to a home when I was a child.
I never knew who my real parents
were. eve was told. never knew
the touch Of a real mothers lips. l
never knew what 1t was to feel that
unbounded love which a real mother
could give. I was just a little outcast
into the world-and I was taken to a
home
Il stopped speaking a moment to
see whether or not that first shot had
had any effect on the Her
face was as hard and cold as ever.
81 don't quite understand she said
at last. 60 on
Il knew hat a hard task was before
me. If l was to touch this heart, I
would have to employ every bit of the
atrical art that was in my nature. l
summoned tears as l began again.
CAS- I told you I was just a little
founding, left on a doorstep by some
woman whose face l cannot remem-
Der, whose face l shall never see again.
/ was taken into the home Of q middle
aged couple in New York city. They
cared for me, the father seemed to
love me with a kindness that was SUI
preme. He would fondle me, he would
take me into his arms, he would walk
with me and play with me in the
afternoons, he would tell me stories by
the light of the fire at night. But
stretch out my arms as l would, plead
as l might, never was there a glance
of love, never a look of kindness from
the wife. And how a child longs for
the fondling of a good woman! How a
child misses it! How the whole being
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
like MAGIC"
New Food Makes Wonderful Changes

When a man has suffered from dys-
pepsia SO many years that he can't re-
member when he had a natural appe-
tise, and then hits on a way out Of
trouble he may be excused for saying
"it acts like magic"
When it is a simple, wholesome
food instead of any one of a large num-
bef Of SO called remedies in the form
of drugs, he is more than ever likely
to feel as though a sort Of miracle has
been performed.
A Chicago man, in the delight Of re-
stored digestion, puts it in this way:
Like magic. fittingly describes the
amer in which Grape-Nuts relieved
me of poor digestion, coated tongue
and loss of appetite, OF many years
standing.
"I tried about every medicine that
was recommended to me, without re-
lief. Then l tried Grape-Nuts on the
suggestion of a friend. By the time
/ had finished the fourth package, my
stomach was all right, and for the past
two months I have been eating. with
q relish anything set before me. That
is something I had been unable to do
previously for years.
81 am stronger than ever and I on
slider the effects of Grape-Nuts on a
weak stomach as something really
wonderful. 1t builds up the entire
body as we'll as the brain and nerves"
Name given by the Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's a reason" and 1t Is ex-
planned in the little book, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above 1etters A new
enc enpenrr from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

"A flower in the window, Tx q
child in the house, is a well-spring OF
JOY"
pots of his favorites on a south win
dowsill. The rosettes Of young prim-
rose plants had the appearance OF be-
ing eager to grow. The leaves were a
rich, Jade green, thick and velvety.
the earth in the pots was moist, and
as the sun shone upon them they
seemed to greet 1t with gladness.
A sober faced woman sitting among
the pillows of a big chair watched him
seriously.
why do you say that?" she asked.
Il am certain those primrose plants
will go the way of all plants that
folks bring me. They will wither and
die even If l do water them. Why
are they a w%ell-spring OF joy?"
Pack clouds, Danish sorrow, and
bid the world good-morrow-or some
thing of that sort, In the words OF a
poet who can say it better than can,
No one should look soberly into the
face Of q flower. Why, here is one
ITllleu pTlllTOSS 6lSdllu6 q AidiSA VI
me and in bloom. Why a well-sprine
Of joy? That is easy to explain
A flower in the window is glad II
lives. It asks for human care. like
q child it depends on you for food
and water, and 1t gives grateful.
thanks in pretty ways when you are
kind to it. It steals your thoughts
away to pleasant places. and thai
surely is a well-spring of Joy"
The sober faced woman smiled ir
spite Of herself.
Who would think that a man who
was in business could talk like that!
You are a real busy-body, goinl
around putting flowers In peoples win
dows to cheer them up when they d.
not want to be cheered. / suppose II
was you who suggested to the woman
who grows such fine hollyhocks tina
she should stick bulbs in my grass t.
surprise me in the spring. I have beer
thinking about her and spring evel
since she did It,"
Then she succeeded in her inten
ton. Are you not glad you have
something else to think about thar
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

the boomers to be forced next, and
the late ones for Easter at the back.
have half q dozen h%yacinths in my
six-inch pots, and q dozen tulips in
zach Of my shallow pots. In order to
get . succession of bloom. I have been
potting a week apart and writing hi
dates on little stakes. / shall have
flowers in bloom from the holidays
until Easter, and many Bermuda
Mlies."
What became Of those mysterious
little pots you had when you started?'
asked q curious woman across the
aisle.
They went to the school children,
of course. Have you " thought Of
the Joy a potted bulb gives to a
child"
Dear me. doing something for
somebody else again! When do you
have time to think about ~yourself?"
rejoined the same questioner.
when I make rose-hip jelly" an
swered the Hollyhock Woman. Rosa
Rugosa makes a delicious jelly as deli
cate as the guava. AS l gathered the
glowing fruit of the rose bushes, and
UOl1cu llCLi anu SLIdIuCO SlO jelly AA0S
evening while the wind blew. |
thought of the thin bread and butter
and the company who would open the
first jelly glass with me when the
snow was flying"
You call that thinking Of your
self" began the other scornfully.
Never mind what it is inter
rupted the Primrose Man; II hope
I shall take the cover from that first
jelly glass filed with amber rose-hip
Jelly. I hope l may keep count Of the
bulbs that open as they come out Of
the cellar to a sunny WI dow"
You shall. ! share what I have"
said the Hollyhock Woman gracious
ly. You know l think that shut-in
lady saw me gather her rose-hips. She
did not want them, and / did. and
as I had planted the hedge of Rosa
Rugosas along the side Of her little
yard. l felt some privilege to help my
SELF
Gardening makes neighbors and
vagabonds OF US ALL" interpolated .
strange voice. None OF you have
spoken to me; am the lawyer In
the next block. Why not form an In
door garden club this winter? They
say folks die of dullness in villages In
the winter. We get tired OF ourselves
and our affairs
I'VE do not take time to count our
selves, in our village" said the Prim-
rose Man. I'VE are too busy with
rose-hip jelly and the affairs Of U
neighbors. Come and take coffee with
me tonight and talk 1t over. Lady OF
the Hollyhocks. will you Gomez"
LENA MAY M'cAULEY.
copyright. 1912. by w. 6. ChapmAn.)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

out into IL, l must fight my way alone,
l must earn my living.
"'Well, l tried to be brave. From
place to place ! went, seeking work.
1t was denied me. | became a shop
girl. After a week l was discharged
for incompetency. And then-then-'
81 closed my eyes. l lay back on the
pillow.
What is the use of going into all
the hideous story?' l begged. There
Is nothing that will do any good to tell.
You a guess the rest. And now,
here l am, lost to the world. lost to
everything, a wreck of a woman-and
all because human kindness, human
did my best
Il lay still on the bed. My eyes
ERE still closed and ! hardly dared
to open them. l wondered what effect
my story had made on the woman, but
after all the effort, after all the pain
and suffering l had gone to that l
might tell It,. was afraid to learn the
result. I heard the chair in which the
woman was sitting begin to rock back
and forth, back and forth. At last
she spoke.
THAT is your story she asked
slowly.
Yes
"'Did you know to whom you were
telling it?'
This brought my eyes open.
"No.' l answered, but O asked
me-
81 know it.
There was another long silence.
looked at the woman. She was staring
straight ahead. l could not tell from
her face whether 1t vas hard or soft.
There seemed to be a CLINT in the eyes
hat vas dangerous, the lines Of the
mouth seemed drawn and cynical, and
yet
"'And you are sure you did not know
to whom you were telling you story?'
"'How should l know? asked.
Why should l care? l am nothing
/ have been made nothing through the
hard heartedness Of another. Is 1t
right for a girl, If she must go into
the world, to know nothing about that
world before she ventures into It?
was told nothing. l knew nothing. ]
had no weapons with which to fight
against temptation. I vas only a girl,
a poor, weak, foolish girl and
81 ceased speaking. The woman
was rocking in her chair again. ]
started. 1t seemed that something
pearly was beginning to gather in her
eyes, that her hands were clasping
nervously.
perhaps you did not know she
began at last, what a story you were
telling. Suppose should tell you that
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
Last Civil War Veterans.

I was informed by the United States
pension office that the last soldier Of
the Civil war will die in 1866. That is
the estimate made by those who
make a study of vital statistics. If
the last veteran survives until that
date he will have lived 80 years after
the surrender of Lee.
Kronk, who died a couple of years
ago in New York state, was the last
soldier of the War Of 1872, and he
lived considerably more than 90 years
after peace had been signed. Bake
man, the last soldier of the Revolu-
ton, lived for Sc years after the peace
Of 1888.
Here is hoping that some man who
wore the blue or gray may fool the
pension office and round out a full
century after Observation-Disclosures
phia Ledger.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

I had a little girl to whom l had never
shown kindness. Suppose I should tell
you that out in the city somewhere is
just such a little girl as you were, a
little girl that was taken in under the
same circumstances and turned out
in about the same n If l should
tell you. what would you say?'
what would l say?' l asked pas
%sionately. There is much to say
There is more to do came the
quick answer. Nora she called. and
the big hearted Irish girl came into
the room. 4 wish you would tele-
phone that lawyers Office and ask if
Miss Betty can come out here for a
moment. Tell the attorney that l only
want to see her.
81 raised myself hurriedly.
"tThen there is
ga little girl just like YOURSELF
answered Mrs. Edwards. 4 did with
her what your foster mother did with
you. But, in my case, it is not too late
to remedy. And that remedy is going
to De made She can stay here tho
rest Of her life if she cares to. If she
doe not, she can have half the money
her foster father left
Suddenly she bent forward. Her
hands covered her eyes.
"I never thought she sobbed, I
never saw never cared.'
But you are now I said to her,
and the tenderness in my heart was
real. You care now and you are 60
ing to make up for the past. That is
all that one can dot is the greatest
of human breadth of character and Of
mind to be able to admit a mistake
and to right It.
THE m did not seem to hear
me. Her hands still covered her eyes.
81 wonder if she will kiss me when
she comes she sobbed. 4 wonder if
real tears were in my eyes now,
tears of happiness, tears of real joy
at the knowledge that / had even
through a trick, brought s~oftness OF
heart where there was only hardness
before.
yes 1 said, and my voice was
strangely husky, she will kiss yoa,s she
will throw here arms around you and
call you mother. I'm sure she will
The orchestra across from us was
playing, by some strange coincidence,
the MELODY in f." Miss Clement
gazed below into the t%hrobbing lobby,
she looked far away down the soft
| carpeted promenade, where richly
dressed men and women sat listening
to the music. And for some strange
reason, both Of us were silent for q
long, long time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

of the little heart cries out for what 1t
Graves and cannot have! Many was
the times that l would go to that
woman with tears in my eyes and beg
to be taken up into her lap. The an
swer would usually be a sheer, a shove
away
looking at me rather queerly. l o
dered whether she had guessed the OBJ
ject of my story. l q ndeavored to read
her FACET was impossible Of inter-
probation. 1 began again.
".And SO the years went on. AS I
grew up, my foster father ave me ev-
cry luxury, he saw that | was well
schooled, that I was well dressed and
well cared for. AS far as money went,
there was nothing l could ask for and
be denied. AS far as he was con
cerned with love, there was nothing
that could be desired more. But still
the mother continued with me, hard,
cold, relentless in her evident desire
to make the world miserable for me.
What on earth she had ever consented
to taking me in for, l never could see.
| Certainly she never showed any hu
man affection
Il lowered my voice.
""There came the time / continued,
when my foster father became i'll for
the last time. He called me to him
one night, he pressed my hand in his
DOOR. tired, pale one. His lips moved.
He was trying to tell me something. l
bent closer, l placed my ear to his
very lips, and hen l let a cry escape
me. The heart was stilled forever.
The only father I ever knew was dead.
"a week passed by. All during
the time of the funeral, all during the
time of bereavement, Of acute suffer
ing. his wife had steadily refused to
speak to me. | went to her one day, l
steeled myself to be as brave as l
| could and then l asked If he had made
n provision for my future. A glare
came into the hard, cold eyes. A
steely smile parted the lips. MOI she
answered. No, he has left no provi-
sion for you, but / have made some.
You can make you home anywhere
you want to, you a do what you
please. but your time of sponging off
this family is over. Now leave!'
".And that vas my exit from the
home hat had been mine since in
fancy. | went to an attorney. He
| looked over the case, saw that l had
no evidence of ever having been legal
ly adopted and gave 1t up. The world
was before me. Tender, unused to Its
ways, innocent. unknowing OF the pit
falls that were before me, I must step
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

yourself? The farther we can see in
to the world, and the more things
we can see the richer we are. The
lady of the hollyhocks can see
flowers everywhere" said the Prim-
rose man. taking his gloves and hat,
for he had finished his work. You
know, / thought you would like a few
Of my primroses. 1t was hard to give
them up, they were going SO well in
the glass house. I'll bring you some
books on primroses and cowslips and
before o know it you will be fasci-
mated, thinking of h~ose-in-hose and
galligaskins. You willie eat burnt
toast and drink cold tea without dis
covering it."
You are a magician said the
Shut-in, cheered nightly by the ear
n%estness of a man whose life she had
thought was given to figuring per-
centages. Il wish / could see as far
as the Hollyhock Woman. | suppose
you are good friends, and hope she
remembers you are a lonely bachelor
and invites you in once in a while.
When | can walk and get out | mean
to tell her so.'
She remembers me when she is
not busy with other people, he re-
piled jestingly. 4 have nothing to
complain Of"
Il am glad of that. And since you
are friends, will you find out what
she is doing with that basket of rose
hips she gathered from my hedge?"
The Primrose Man promised that
he would. AS he hurried toward the
station he say that flower pots were
being set in every window. There
weres the geraniums, pelargoniums,
broom and sultanas in abundance. A
few had started ported bulbs. He did
not know where he could find a
chrysanthemum in the village unless
it was among those who, like himself
and the HolIyhock Woman, had used
shelters and grew their plants where
they had the sun every day.
The Hollyhock Woman reached the
railway station just in time. She
would have preferred staying in the
village, raking leaves and burning
them. There is something In the scent
of burning leaves in autumn that af-
fects the sense like incense from a
high altar in an old cathedral. It is
natures incense rising to the skies.
Il lave been busy looking after my
potted bulbs for the house, she ex.
planned. MY cellar and vegetable
store-room are filed with them. 1
have arranged them in order, those
for Christmas on the outer row, and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
Profiting by Superstition.

After having sat on many juries the
observant man is of the opinion that
the whole human race is still strongly
tarred with the brush of superstition.
II am confirmed in that belief by
the amount of damages invariably
voted to plaintiffs, whose injuries
smack of superstitious origin" he said.
IF a load of bricks should fall from
a fifth story window on to the head
of a man who happened to be walking
under a ladder he would get twice as
much damages as If the ladder were
not there. The element of bad luck
that attaches to a ladder would tnsen-
sibly influence every juror, and the
sum awarded would reflect their
prejudices and sympathies."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
penitent Woman

You say u wife threw a plate
at you?"
Yes. 1t was a fine china plate.
1t broke against my head"
Didn't she appear sorry after she
threw it,"
Yes, she appeared to be very
sorry"
"Ah, indeed. And what did she
say?"
She said she vas a fool not to CON
troll her temper"
Good. And what else did she
say?"
She said she didn't believe she
could match that plate again If she
hunted the town through."-Photo
Bits.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
No Room for Speeding.

Mr.. Atkins was driving owe his
property with his daughter and a
young man whom he was beginning
to look upon as a possible and very
desirable son-in-law.
The chauffeur, not unnaturally, was
inclined to show off the motor car,
but Mr. Atkins himself had higher
thoughts. AS John, the chauffeur.
quickened his speed, he leaned over
near him, and said, in a whisper:
Not so fast, John, not so fast.
You make my estate look too small"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30
About Hair Out.

How many times have you been
tried for his shooting ARRAY?
Twice, replied the chorus girl,
.'and the district attorney threatens
to try me again. II he does. III hive
to have some more photographs tak.
en..-Louisvilla CouriersJouEpal
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-05-30

Compliments are the small coin of
conversation; very convenient and
mostly counterfeit.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-11-27
WALL Street AGAIN
LAPSES INTO
DULLNESS
Upward Movement Of Day
Previous Seems to Have
Exhausted Spectators and
SIuggiShneSS Prevails,


New York, Nov. 2G. ~ Prices
dropped slightly today, in a dun and
narrow stock market. The upward
spurt Of yesterday appeared to have
exhausted the buying power of the
market, which fell back into a con-
dluon Of stagnation
Money market conditions tended to
deaden speculation. The heavy out
flow of money continued. with large
shipments of gold to Canada. The
amount engaged for the dominion to-
day was $4,350,000, which brought up
the total for the movement TO Sf0,-
100000. For San Francisco, $500, 900
more was reserved, making a total of
82.400, GOO Several influences com
bined to bring about the large move
ment Of gold to Canada. Heavy selling
of Canadian grain bills on this mar
ket. against shipments of grain now
coming on through American ports
fotation Of Canadian bond issues
abroad recently. payment Of the last
installment on the New Canadian Pa
clfic issue and increased gold of Cana
dian banks under the new banking law
were factors.
Call money rose 10 per cent, in re-
Spouse to the outward movement OF
funds and preparations for Interest
and dividend payments on December
/. AT the close Of November last year
call money advanced to 20 per cent