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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
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INCIDENTS OF WAR RECALLED
Rapid Rise of Judson Fitzpatrick From
Lieutenant to Major General
Wanted to Scout.

Thomas j. Taylor was a member of
Colonel Duryea's Fifth New York
regiment and is one of the few sur
vivors of the battle of Big Bethel
known to be now in Chicago. AT the
beginning of the wal he lad oppor-
tunity to see a young soldier just out
OF military school, who, as lieutenant
and soon afterward as colonel. then
began the career hat in four years
brought him the title Of major general
in both the volunteer and regular arm
les. This was Judson Fitzpatrick.
The colonel brought Captain Kill
patrick with him from New York."
said Mr.. Taylor. He was a lively
man with sharp features and reddish
hair, Inc at Camp Hampton he was
always wanting to go out on raids.
He Vas continually bothering the col
onel for permission to go scouting, as
he colonel complained. Sometimes
he would get permission and then he
would go out with a few men and
gather up some of the wild zazor
backed hogs that ran in the woods
about Camp Hampton. In the battle
Of Big Bethel he was wounded and
left the regiment, and the next we
saw Of him was farther south, just
before he became a brigadier general.
The last time saw him was at Chan
cellorsville. Our colonel halted us as
we met Colonel Fitzpatrick, and the
regiment cheered him.
Among the prisoners that we took
at charlottesville there was one that
l shall never forget. Most OF them
passed with bowed heads and eyes
downcast, but this one held his head
up. The crown was gone from his hat
and his hair stuck up through the
hole and he was in great good humor.
Anybody could see that he was. an
Irishman.
We'll, Paddy said one o1 Jul men,
we've got you this time
Yes said Paddy, and at last I'm
going where l can get something to
eat
Il remember n long march in the
my feet. 1t rained and rained and we
were drenched and hungry and
sleepy. / was orderly for Colonel War
rem then and slept in the next tent
when we did pitch camp. The colonel
went to sleep in his tent, and the rain
came down and ran down the slope
on which the tents stood. Colonel
Warren wouldn't stand the wet, and
SO he jumped up and ven out of the
tent with only a raincoat to protect
himself ION the storm. He was not
ordinarily given to profanity, but then
he did say what was in his mind. Out
side the tent was a soldier patiently
digaivei a trench to catch the water
andy it from the colonels quar-
ters: olt he was digging it below in
stead of above the tent"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Hor,e,. Instinct Save. Girl.

A horses sagacity wac instanced n
a remarkable manner at Aberdeen not
many days ago, when a child narrow
iy escaped being tTampiiedd to death.
Two horses were pulling a lorry out
of a stable, and when about to turn
into the street n OF the animals
stopped dead with its forelog poised
in the air, and despite the exhorta-
tions of the driver refused to bulge
an inch. A woman's scream attracted
the drivers attention, and, following
her pointed finger with his eye, he
clambered down off the vehicle to In
vestigate the cause Of the delay. On
reaching the ground he noticed q lit.
tie child lying prone on Its q liter
ally under the horses hoofs. But for
the amazing sagacity on the animals
part, the little one must undoubtedly
have been killed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Memorial stones In Palestine.

In every part Of Palestine, along the
roadside and In the fields, particularly
on the hilltops, may be seen piles OF
stones, usually not over three feet
high. If we should question a native
about them he would tell us that they
are memorial stones set up in rec
ognition of some special providence OF
God. If we should examine the stones
closely we would discover that they
are ~blackened with oil, which indi-
Gates their sacredness. as they had
been anointed. These stone heaps act
ually become objects of worship 30
common that Moses issued edicts
against them.-Christian Herald.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Prompt Action Saves Child.

Observation-Disclosures around tho
barn while he father was milking.
Rose Debbelt, 6-year-old daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Debbelt, was
struck by a rattlesnake. The father
discovered what had happened and to
his prompt action is due the saving OF
the girls life. Whipping out his PEN
knife he made two cuts across the
marks made by the snakes fangs and
then sucked out the poison. The child
then was brought to town at top
speed and received the services of a
physician. Owing to this, and the
fathers treatment, the child suffered
nc i'll effects beyond a slight swelling
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
WONDERS STILL TO Be BEAT
California Has Largest Trees; Sahara
tho Biggest Desert; New York
tho Longest Tunnel.

The largest trees In the world ara
undoubtedly the giant redwoods OF
California. One Of these, in Tulare
ence of 108 feet and at q point II
feet from the ground a circumfer-
snce Of 76 feet.
The largest desert in the world II
the Sahara. This barren waste has
q length Of 5000 miles and an aver
age width of 900 miles. Rain falls
there at intervals of Ave, ten and
twenty years. 1t is blistering hot In
summer and in winter the tempera-
ture frequently falls TO zero.
The largest cave is the Mammoth
cave in Kentucky. This consists OF
a succession of irregular chambers.
certain of which are traversed BIZ
the Echo river.
The highest active volcano 10 Popo-
catepetl near Pueblo, Mexico. It 10
II, 800 feet above sea level and has .
crater 1900 feet wide.
The longest railway tunnel aside
from the New York subway is that
Of st. Gothard on the line OF the
road between Lucerne and Milan. IL
ID Zo13 rect WlQo, IL Ieet IIOm Aoo1
to roof, and 9A miles long.
The Chinese wall, now reported to
be in process of demolition. is the
greatest on earth. 1t was completed
In 204 B. G. as a protection against
the Tartars. The wall %traverses
rough stretch OF country, passing
over the mountains and valleys and
across rivers. 1t Is 1900 miles
long. 20 feet high, % feet thick at
base. and 15 feet at it's top.
The greatest pyramid Is that OF
Cheops of the Gizah group. 1t con-
tains 49, 00. 900 cubic feet of masonry.
is 451 feet high, and the total weight
of its stone has been estimated at
over 5000, 900 tons.
The highest lighthouses are tho
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty in New
York harbor, which is ISL feet. be-
sides a pedestal of 155 feet: one at
Genoa, Italy. 21O feet In height, and
Cape Hatteras Light, which is 1S9
feet.
The largest bell is the great bell
at Moscow, which is SO feet In cir
conference at the bottom, W a
feet high and % inches thick ct the
top. Its weight has been computed
at 217 tons. 1t has v been hung.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
NEWS c. soUTa DAKOTA
Sioux River Fatality.

Elk Point.--Chris Nelson, aged 81,
was drowned while bathing in the
Sioux river three miles northeast of
town. He was Mading and stepped in-
to a hole fifteen feet in depth. John
Johnson, who tried to save him, was
pulled in by the drowning man and
taken to the bottom, but got away and
swan to shore. His body was recov-
cred rs feet from where. he went down,
by the use of dynamite. Deceased vas
a mechanic in a garage here, coming
to this city from Sioux City three
months ago. 1t is said he has a wife
and 4-year-old child in Sheldon, Ia
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Music Napoleon's SoIace.

A curious foot note to history is
found in G.. l.. De ST. M. Watson's
recently published book, "a Polish Elk
lie With Napoleon" to the effect that
the emperor's evenings at st. Helena
were solaced with music from a piano
which was imported from England at
a cost to Napoleon himself Of a122
($360). The musician was perhaps
Nine. Bertrand; at any rate, the piano
was b~equeathed to her and was re-
moved by her from the island after
Napoleon's death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
ROGERS CHOSEN AS HOLDER
Football Warrior Chosen to Lead
Chippewa Nation In Fight for
$4,000, 600.

St Paul, Minn.-More than a CEN
fury has elapsed since the Chippewa
tribe has been recognized as a nation.
More than seventy-ive years had
elapsed on May 6, 1918. since all the
Chippewa tribe of Minnesota met in
one general council. Indians who
were present during the general coun-
Gil which began in Cass Lake on May
s, 1913, all seemed pleased to think
that after many years they had finally
arrived at a point where the entire
Minnesota tribe would have one or
ganization through which 1t would
find what it wanted and, having found
out, speak as one man.
1t was easy for them to see that a
man Of their own who had matched
his wits politically against the white
mans best and received from the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Are Women More Trustworthy7

Are Women More TRUSTWORTHY
Several leading business ME u
London have been interviewed on tho
question as to whether women ara
safer handlers Of money than men,
Mr.. Gordon Selfridge says that, taking
the average, women we're more hon
est than men. In a cashiers position
a woman was at least equal In every
respect to a man. Another large en-
ployer declared that the average wom-
an could not be trusted. They dc not
take any interest in their work, and
are always impatiently looking at the
clock to see when they can leave. a
militant suffragette, drawing herself
up to her full height, replied, scorn-
fully: Women are mems superior In
everything-honesty, morals, n
brains" !
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Nothing In IT,"

The colonel of a western regiment,
consulting with some other officers,
shook his head in doubt or denial of
one of the majors arguments.
Gentlemen" observed the major.
after the colonel had retired, com
mon observers might imagine that
the motion of the colonePs head i'm
plies a difference of opinion, but they
would be mistaken; 1t is-merely acci-
dental. Believe me, gentlemen, when
the colonel shakes his head there's
nothing in 1t"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
The Poet and the Boy.

DR.. Carleton Simon, the well.known
New York specialist, told at a dinner
the other night a story about James
Russell Lowell. TT seems" said DR..
Simon, that a woman friend had
asked the famous poet to write In her
autograph album. So Lowell wrote:
What is SO rare as a day In Junof
Some time later the poet had 90.
casion to call at the woman's house.
While waiting he picked up the album
and glanced through 1t. Great was
his surprise when he came to his own
writing and found scrawled beneath
1t in a schoolboy hand "A Chinaman
with whiskers.'"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27

When Col. Daniel McCook's regi-
ment was lying at Camp Dennison a
brawny recruit from one Of the east
ern counties, who suffered badly, was
put on duty for the first time. A cit
izen attempted to pass the line.
The recruit. yelled out: "Hu-hu-
halt"
The citizen ~snickered and paid no
attention. The sentinel carefully laid
his bright Springfield upon the ground
and knocked the intruder down with
his fist.
Il nay s-s-stutter with my
tongue" said he, but d-d-don't
s-s-stutter with my fist
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
heIpinn a Poor soIdier.

When Parson Brownlow was lectur-
ing in Tennessee a good many >people
grumbled Nabout the high price he
charged for admission. A very rich
but stingy man. who had been all the
time very profuse with expressions OF
his patriotism. exclaimed:
Give Parson Brownlow half a dol
lar? No, street! I'd a good deal
Don give 1t to a poor soldier.
We'll, then" said a bystander, give
your h%alf-dollar to Captain Henry Gan
officer dismissed from the army for
cowardice). They say he's a mighty
poor soldier"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Police Enforce Bridge Man. Pro.e

Police Enforce Bridge Mans Protest.
Chicago squad of police were
forced to use their clubs to drive a
crowd of 200 persons of the Ninety.
second street bridge over the Calumet
river. The bridge is turned by hand.
The hand tina turns 1t belongs to Will
liam Mooney, the bridgetender.
Mooney complained that the 200 were
camping on the bridge drinking in the
cool lake breezes, and that every time
q boat oame mp the river he was COM
peiled to turn the bridge and give the
100 q radA.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Factor In tho Calculation.

Politician (~arranging for music at
political meeting)-Isn't that a big
price? You may not have to play half
q dozen times during the whole eve
ming.
Brass Band LeaderlThat's all very
well. But, my dear sir, you must al
ways remember we have to sit there
and listen to the speeches."lPuck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Bet Costa Him His Life.

A wager cost the life of a Russian
officer at Podwoloczyska, Galicia, on a
recent night. The man was bayoneted
by an Austrian sentry. The officer,
who was walking along the Russian
side of the railway bridge which
crosses the frontier, MAIDS a bet with
two comrades that he would cross the
bridge into Austrian territory, disarm
the Austrian sentry guarding the en-
trance to the bridge, and carry him
into Russian territory. h wager
was accepted. and the office crept
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27

He want no good to his family
said her husband.
That's a fact said the Dry Run
woman, but when he got home, all
the same, he knowed enough to keep
his mouth shet. If he'd been like the
twentieth century man the first thing
he'd done would "a been to find fault
cooked"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
One view .: .he Modern Man.

One View Of the Modern Man.
.'The late Emerson Taylor, our con-
sui at Port of Spain" said a Washing
ton official, hailed from Dry Run,
and he had a fund of happy Dry Run
humor.
.aTaylor once compared a dis
eruntled brother counsel to a Dry Run
housewife.
..This woman, he said, often took
l queer. disgruntled view Of things.
Thus she said one day:
ct don't think the prodigai son
W. - bad. after ak
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
$4,000 School Building.

Bonesteel.-The school board has
taken the initial step towards the cree.
ton of a 100000 school building in
Bonesteel. 1t is a needed institution
and is planned to make it the hand
soonest and best arranged school edi-
flee in the county. The grade will bd
increased to the twelfth and graduates
fitted to enter upon a university
course.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Hard to Do.

why don't you beautify your back
yard?'
II don't know how to go about it.
Ashes have nc decorative value, and
tin cans are poor material for getting
up anything in the way of an attrac-
tive design"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Sure Thinu.

"That young fellow is going to the
dogs"
HE does not look in the least like
It What makes you think So"
because I happen to know he is q
veterinary surgeon"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
ENOUGH Said.

TN making this proposal, young
man, can you come to me with clean
hands?"
Il hope SO, sir. I've just washed
EN- with the soap you are advertising
a. the best ever"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Comparative Worth.

scrfbbler-'Now, dear, I can't come
and take the baby. Don't. you see I
am very busy on this poem? Call the
s~ervant?" Mrs. Scribbler@Tu do
nothing Of the kind, Henry. Just re-
membert that the servant girls time
Is worth exactly four dollars = week.
Puck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
saueIehed.

The infantryman and the cavalry
man each thought his arm OF the
service was the Honly one" and acted
accordingly.
What would you be If you weren't
an infantryman?" asked a cavalry
'Td be ashamed of myself" was
the quick response.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27

across the bridge in the darkness.
When he attempted to seize the Aus
trian soldiers rifle. the man wrenched
it away n stabbed his assailant soy
eral times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Shooters Make Good Scores.

Aberdeen.-Walter Harrison made
a perfect score at the first shoot OF
the Aberdeen Rod and Gun club, break.
ing all of 25 birds thrown. William
Kreger ranked second, breaking 40 out
of SO birds, while c. H. Anderson Of
this city, came third with 46 out of so.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27

More than 1000, 0o0-horse power il
obtained from Japan's water courses
by $50 hydro electric plants.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
hat there dawg?' p

That there dawg?"
Yes"
why, he's jes' materially lazy"
What's that got to do with his
yowling?"
why, the train ran over his tail
and cut it off last night. He's settin'
on the sore place, and he's too dawg-
gone lazy to get Off it. That's why
he is howlin'." And the squirt Of to-
bacco juice he shot killed a fly in
the road 20 feet away.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Society E~mployment.

"Why do you call the drivers o.
the buzz wagons, shoyers?
Because they're in the big push"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Accounted For

Accounted For.
"A bribs II IN insult 70 n honese
man"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-06-27
Acme Of Laziness.

WHAT in Sam Hill is that dog
yoWling like that for?' asked a caval-
ryman OF a "htll-billy" in the Ozark
country.
.sThat thera dawp2"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29
From Another Point of VIesU

Roosevelt will Saturday night in
Detroit.
personal Nichols will Saturday night
in Detroit.
the real
Roosevelt left in the White House.
Taft been struck BY happy second thought
That Tammany also to have brought up at sua
Anyhow. Virginia a better state BY two dead Aliens
Ia This In only be played on
ocaina?
be baseball and results
twice" Most Dsosrs twice.
Incidentally nobody has blamed to Democratic administration
University Wisconsin that -four adults
supplied with we'll balanced meals at 2
the end Of . fork.
is business To
Be preferred. always. to an old shirt factory
Uncle
that have sadly missed
would he
And Annty sunrasst
Extra-Mulon dead.
I'D Exus-Number of ds.d now 400
sufferers spared the Detroit headlines
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29

blown on tn cabin.
whin land In
a On a Belfast.
Jim ud how tn wind tangled his childish locks in black
him froighned loe half tn
rr experience he'd probably good
av
a Dmmycra
thing he could reminder he had
tell tn big wind
In
tn oud wooden wather wild
q roarlo a
tould Kerry picked
tn
sky iandede on
had ould him sounded
toud him needn't skepica he
all tn puIin tn had bin
blown tn calves his legs
An so a
didn't know that they all dacnt min he'd be
that thin turible liars
tn people Oireland suffer muh?' asked Casey
tn blow they couldn't afther
Dayton"
plinty
before tn broke be turrble experiments
said
visitation should
quickly Wlum Jnnns Bryan sed handed
This wngn yer sayin isn't It awful
Ior tn Iord help yer pocket
Ingesol used would pnd
An believe me- Bob used say things he won't
princes in
foind a plank T.
he'd need 1t repair his soidewa
come his plank. an his conscience
would a visitation providence" ~
amy excuse
|rr anything he loiksd."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29

In selecting men for ambassador
ships President Wilson Is exhibiting
a high idealism. He Is looking for men
who will represent the American peo-
pie. not merely occupy the post and
attract attention Of kind.
Some people may think the presi-
dent Is leaning rather overmuch to
the side of literature and college
training; IN fact. he is aiming to in.
fuse into the diplomatic service the
intellectually Of the American nation.
That Is what Is meant by his select
ing such men as Charles w. Eliot,
Henry Burchard Fine. Thomas Nelson
Page, Seth Low and others who have
been mentioned. 1t IL evident that
party service or personal wealth plus
generous campaign fund contrtbu-
lions, Is not to be the consideration.
OF recent years most Of the higher
ambassadOrships have gone to men OF
wealth. Some of them have had moth
ing else TO recommend them. They
were able to keep up, from their pri.
vate fortunes, the degree Of expensive
state thought necessary In the ofilcial
representative OF the dollar mark ma
tfon-for SO much Of the world con-
siders America, thanks to the dollar
loud American tourist and the wealthy
ambassador habit.
There was q time In the history OF
the country when men of intellect, Of
literary attainment. were sent abroad
to represent, not the dollar but the
brains. the developed intellect OF the
nation. That was thought necessary
a. Europe had q way Of looking upon
the culture and intellect Of the nation
az being AZ young as its government
and as raw as It's prairies. Thus Il
was that Longfellow, Lowell. Bryant.
Taylor. and many other men OF letters
were sent abroad, and well they full.
filed their missions.
Several worthy Americans OF intel.
lect have declined diplomatic posts
because OF the niggardliness Of con.
gress In providing for the foreign ser.
vice. The pace set by wealth was
too much for them, the contrast too
strong. n congress would overcome
this and give such men as the presi.
dent is selecting a chance to serve in
showing the intellectual Attachments
Of the country, they would not only
honor and be honored by their ser.
vice, but they would do much to show
the world that this is not q nation of
the dollar mark, but Of worthy human
and Intellectual progress.-Milwaukee
News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29
Socialist Platform In
Omaha Charter Election

Here II the platform upon which
the Socialist candidates for the
Omaha charter board are standing:
rirst-The furnishing Of meals to
school children 1t cost, and. where
necessary. food and clothing free,
without humiliation. An adequate
number Of teachers. 80 that the
classes may not be too large. AIDE
ouate school buildings to be provided
and maintained. Properly equipped
Fairgrounds. with instructors In
charge. Free textbooks and equip
ment. Economics to be taught In the
public schools from the sixth grade
up.
eecond--Free and compulsory semi
annual medical inspection In public
schools BY. competent physicians.
1nird-Compulsory inspection OF
public and quasi public institutions.
pourth-The opening of public
schools a. neighborhood centers and
for all meetings Of = public nature.
70 decrease the death rate among
the poor and TO minimise infant NOR
tally, We advocate:
First-The establishment Of q drug
to be operated BY the city
and 10 furnish medicine at cost. and,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-29
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station. and 40 minutes ride To MS
business. The boat was designed by
Plumb. IL has double walls. and, its
owners say, is much easier to heat
and TO keep warm than the average
house or apartment. II Is hghted py
acetylene gas.
Pine pfttntbs Hive on the house boat
nine months OF the year. and hent II
in the summer. Last year II brought
In $3.50 in rental for the three months
In the nine months they occupy II tue
Plumbs save at least $45 a month,
for an apartment equal in size ana
comfort TO their boat would cost from
$50 up. The butcher. grocer and milk
man call every day. and mail Is DENY
cred at their door.
Also. they can move when they
please. and where they please. so raj
as the water frontage Of Greater New
York Is concerned.