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Tuesday; augut it, 1310. THE DAILY ABG US-LEADER StOUX FALLS SOUTn DAKOTA; AUGUST 'TWILIGHT. POLITICAL ADVERTISING. tempt to produce a facsimile of the signature ot the' President. Her "Wm.

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One Year, cash in advance other business. He ia criticised if lie becomes too commercial. He Is blamed' If he strikes forblgger pay" and roundly roasted If he does' not paj? his bills and there are plentlyto Tesent it If he gives evidence of living penur-lously. Take it all in adL there is small wonder that there ls an increasing, shortage In this glorious calling. And there is also another view.

It suggests the evils of over-churching. There is too much denominational competition. Most small communities have more churches than they can properly maintain, I'erhaps the time" will come, believe it Is fronting, when denominational rivalry 'Ivlll largely disappear, and when it doe; the salaries of pastors will go upland with it there will be a distinct increase; in for he rule holds' in elsewhere that as society gets just about. what Hfpays for. It is only the exceptional man who will starve to death In the ministry when' he' has a good chance to win a competence in the law or In medicine or In business.

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Boston Herald. VERY GOOD POLITICS. There wag aot a suggestion of poll-tics in the President's speech. New Torlc Times. He made the speech at Bar Haroor; not the summer colonists, but the townspeople on the village green.

Recalling that bis father a Jiard-work-ing lawyer, thought that two wees Vacation was all a man should need, he 1 "But the American people have found -out" that there is such a thing as exhausting '-theTcapltal health and constitution, and that two or three months', vacation -after, the hard "and nervous strain' to which one is subjected during the autumn arid spring are necessary in order to enable one to. continue his work the next year with that energy and effectiveness which it ought to have." Considering that 'he was talking to the people of a Village whose chief stock in- trade ia ana i a state that sells millions of dollars' worth of vacation to all comers every year, we think Mr. Taft should be credited with making a politic speech. The Colonel could hardly have done better? Harper's Weekly. WOMEN IN TUBERCULOSIS WAR.

What tvomen have done in the last four years in the campaign against tuberculosis, is discussed In an Interesting report issued today by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Four years ago the only active women workers in the anti-tuberculosis movement were a little group of about thirty women's clubs. Today 800,000 women under the Health Department of the General Federatlon'of Women's Clubs In every state and territory of the United States are banded together against this disease, and more than 2,000 clubs are taking a special interest in the crusade. Not less than $500,000 is raised annually by them for tuberculosis work, besides millions that are secured through their efforts In state and municipal appropriations. Mrs.

Rufus Williams is the chairman of the department that directs this work. In addition to'the work of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, The Public Health Education Committee of the Amebrican Medical "Association, composed largely of women physicians has carried on an educational campaign of lectures during the past year In itthich thousands have been reached. The Mothers' Congress, the Young Women's Christian Association, and many unattached clubs bring the number of women united In the tuberculosis war to well over a million. There is not a state in the union where some work has not been done. fi Through the activity of women, sanatoria and hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis have been erected; traveling libraries have been circulated, posters, circulars and other kinds of literature have been distributed to the number of millions of pieces; thousands of lectures have been given, large sums of money have been secured, hundreds of needy cases have been helped; tuberculosis work has been started in many communities -where no- movement had existed; and millions of women have learned tha dangers and methods of prevention of The work of the women extends from the drawing room of the rich to the- homes of the poor, and embraces all classes, including the factory girl and millionaire.

During the coming year a special campaign of lectures io women will be carried on in all parts of the United States. BISHOP HARE MEMOfflAL. Aberdeen News: The movement to raise funds for a memorial to the late Bishop Hare will meet with the cordial approval of all South Dakotans, regardless of denominational affiliations. Bishop Hare was one of the state's greatest and it is gratifying to know that steps are being taken to give assurance that future generations will be reminded. In some measure, by the proposed memorial, of the great work he performed Jn the causes of religion, education and charity.

i W. ANOTHER SIX MILLION ACRES I Omaha Bee: Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture says the government has decided to take acres of land out of the forest reserves in the mountain sections and convert them into homesteads, adding: "But we are not going to get a man a homestead upon which to start a lumber company." And that is the keynote precisely. Homesteads are not for the speculator, nor for the man looking for a chance to use the land for other than a home and the government can do no better service to the real homeseeker than by standing Bquarely on Its original purpose as thus expressed by Secretary. Wilson. Several western states with large forest reserves have for a long time urged the president to set aside such part -ot thm for homesteads as could be used for cultivation.

The demand nra tr from lpfltimate and reasonable conditions, first of which was the need for more hdmestead entries, and the government has fully satisfied itself of the justice of It Moreover, the occupation of this land, on which valuable crops may be raised, will Increase the taxable and lighten the tax burden on all the people in these states by bringing more in to produce new. wealth and greater revenue. Instead of destroying or impairing the forests in these reserves, the system of habitation will have precisely the op-fFMt for It will create land- breaks across which fire will not be so likely to travel and will place the homesteaders there as constant protectors of the forests. It has not been stated how this Ann Ann nrrp. of land is to be al- wtorf tn thn homesteaders, but if on a half section basis, it will give to 18,750 families each a tract or acres, while If It Is to go in quarters win hrinr in 37.500 new settlers.

or, rather than many households, with 160 acres apiece. In either case it renr-Anonta another tremendous stride toward the peopling and development of the west. THE BEAUTY OF OLD AUE. Omaha Bee: As a rule people mellow with age. As experience ripens Into knowledge animosities should fade into charity and love and wisdom deepen.

It is often impossible to ward off Infirmity, but neither age nor infirmity need mean decrepitude and age need not mean unhapplness. Nor should age narrow a person. It should distinctly broaden and deepen a man or a woman. What Is more delightful than the grandmother In the home who can cheer and help by her seasoned experience and her glowing affection? She has been all along the highway of life and knows Its pitfalls and temptations. Her last years should be her best for the opportunity they offer of helping others to walk where she walked better than she did.

Such a person can never become a burden in the home of a child or a grandchild any more than can one or the other of these repay her for her wisdom and love. Where old age is crowned with such virtue it Is a benediction "to be sought, and never a duty to be endured. Reminiscence Is a concomitant of age, but it is no warrant for that narrow fallacy that the "good old times" were the best and the old person who -r- Prose Poet Pipe iha'Drowey Hours I of the Dogf Day. Indianapolis News; -Softly, almost Imperceptibly the aummer to drifting into autumn," with spring, most blest. The Smooth of August is stealing from as onidnts -of sunshine yet me mgms arq no $nger oy noma, for these are the days of "twilight.

This month, of all others in the year, has the least charm in the eyes of some, It is maligned for Its heat and for Its dust' and for the frogs that chant ten in; the creek. It Is the month of days, they when city streets are furnaces, and the year, grown" heavy "with, vegetation," paipl-, tates for the- release that winter shall bring. i But "there is" satisfaction in the passing summer' that none eat deny. Now the -cannas- are breast high, the porch railings, the the ham. are and the grass Is ankle deep in a day.

Those who love the 'Open -have 'seen the violets come and go; Jack-in-the-pulpit has preach' ed his silent, sermon' on spring. The columbines," rich In red and are faded and August brings the flash of goldenrod and the modest smile of asters. And with these it brings also the twilight, that Incomparable hour that well may have come from the for tunate isles themselves. Then one may sit -in the shadow of the porch and breathe in the cooling air that seems to come, no matter how hot the day. The street and the yards and the sky itself appear to change in the magie of twilight.

The sunset clouds glow first In brighter hues, but shade Into even ing with softened tints of gray. The sound of children playing, the occa sional music and the light from corner lamps Altered by green leaves all bring a sense of quiet and a confidence ana satisfaction that no other hour of the day can bestow. Even the monotone of the frogs, the strident rasp of the crickets and the call of the katydids are only a part of the evening. Then as one nods in one's chair to the drowsy murmur of voices, the little world about one Invests itself with the night The change comes noiselessly and without the herald of color that precedes the dawn. It Is twilight; then the dark and the hosts of stars.

Truly In this hour one con find a lesson In contentment. Uncle Walt The Poet Philosopher AN AUGUST DAY. day Is hot, and people stand and gasp like fishes on dry land. And every fellowman ou-meet will talk of Tiothlng but the heat. And people swear, and swoon; and sweat and only wish they might forget.

And who've lived a hundred- years, and sought throughout this vale of tears, all kinds of wisdom, do not care a cent for superheated air. I alt and read a rigmarole- of how Matt Hansen found me pole. The dauntless jnan, of swarthy face, the hope and. glory of his race, that dauntless man pursued his quest, through snowdrifts reaching tu nls breast, and froze bis feet and ears and nose, and lived on ice and sifted snows, and chilblains caught him when he slept, his tears were froien when he wept. And when I've read a lot of dop about this frosty Ethiope, I always wish that 1 was rolled In blankets ta keep out the cold.

Copyright 190 by George Adam. Matthew PRESIDENT PRO TEM. A Washington woman, Mrs. Margaret W. Young, is President of the United States, pro tern, for something like 90,000 times a year.

She holds a position, absolutely" unique In the government service, which requires her to affix the signature of the President to important papers carrying values of hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. She runs no risk, either, of being prosecuted for forgery, for congress itself gave her authority to do what no other person may legally do. sign documents for the chief magistrate of the nation. Mrs. Young was appointed in 1907.

She is of Ohio antecedents, the great granddaughter of General Stakely. who was an officer on Washington's staff. For several years she was a clerk in the post office department, where -she admitted the New England accounts of fourth class postmasters. No other duties are required of her but to sign the presidential name to land patents. Mrs.

Young affixed the familiar "Theodore upon 90,323 land patents. Under each signature she wrote "by Margaret W. Young." so that each signature requires the writing of six words, fa the course of a year she wrote more than half a million words, or the equivalent of five big novels. The land office business Is still growing and this year, -with the signature of President Taft. Mrs.

Young may break her record. Mrs. Young makes no at- You can' spoil your best culinary efforts by using stale, flat, spicesrc You want your dishes always ta have characterthe fresh 'snappy flavor that pleases taste I J'i 2 cannon fwo The familr will note the difference. P. Besides, it's economy to buy fresh, fu)l-trrnith nutmeg, pepper, rineer.

custard, Ust lunger so further. At Your Grocer's 10c. or send tn a dime fir nil- frt pack-ate "Tone Spicy Talks." l-m BROS, DiS HOWES. U. From the newspaper point of view, the state wide primary has done well, for it has produced an entirely new source of legtimate revenue.

In the political advertisement. This has become very noticeable in the primary states, and the newspapers are the gainers thereby, Retting payment at advertising rates for advertising to the voters the claims of the various candidates for oflb-e. The Omaha Bee of Sunday contained many columns of this sort of advertising. JEllf the primary being held today, and nearly every other Nebraska paper secured its snare. This was also true in South Dakota where advertisements were run for candidates bitterly opposed in the editorial columns of the paper, as it has also become; the custom in Candida tea for office, or promoters of some promised reform, have learned that the cheapest and best way to reach the voter is through the columns of the generally circulated newspaper.

Circular letters are thrown in the waste basket, bill board literature Is glanced at carelessly, and personal letters arc expensive because of the high cost of mailing and postage, and unsatisfactory because it is next to Impossible to get a eomplete mailing list. The newspaper goes into the home and the claims of the candidates, printed as advertising, go with it. That, the advertising is read there is no doubt, and that this kind of campaigning will increase In extent from year to year, there can be no doubt In nearly every case, the editor marks the matter as "political advertising' and the reader knows just what he is reading, and governs himself accordingly. In no other way can a candidate, under the' primary, get his case before the voters of a whole state. It is Impossible for him to see all of the'voters personally.

It is expensive to travel over the state, and make a speaking campaign. Under the primary, the candidate has no party back of him, and In man' cases not even an organized faction. Unless he has a large amount of money nt his disposal with which to hire workers, or unless his personality dominates the state to a great degree, his campaign will be hopeless unless he can "get before the people" and there is no quicker or more satisfactory way to do this than through the columns of the newspaper. In the campaign on county option two years ago, both sides bought advertising space In the columns of the Argus-Lender, and presented their arguments. That the advertising was generally read, and that It Influenced the voters, la the testimony of both campaign managers.

Many voters read the county option advertising columns before they scanned the news pages. It Is likely that the same kind of a campaign will be waged this fall for In no other way can the voter be reached so quickly and so effectively. The circular le.tter has had Its day and this Is the era of the newspaper and the man who wants to talk to the public must use It, unless he has money enough to conduct a speaking campaign and then he usually reaches, In large part, only tJtose who were with him before. There is no lack of dignity In the political advertisement, and its appearance in a newspaper la no reason for apology either on the part of the proprietor of the newspaper or of the candidate who pays for the insertion of the matter. SHORTAGE OF PREACHERS The official statement of one of the prominent and aggressive religious denominations of the country Is that that church Is Just now In need of 1,000 men to man the churches already built.

A writer in a religious journal mentions this fact and wonders why It is that the seminaries are unable to supply, the demand of the 'churches for men. "Who Is responsible for this deficit of available men for the pulpits?" he asks. The Omaha Bee calls attention to the answer made to this question In the advertising columns of that same journal. The ad runs thus: "Wanted Three good men for tares promising fields; will pay about $900 each." In the opinion of the Omaha newspaper this gives a very complete answer to the question. Not long ago a bright and worthy young man who had just graduated from college said: "I have two offers; One is to do religious work at about $60 per month; the other Is to pitch baseball at a salary of $5,000 for the season; guess which offer I will accept." It Is true that the preaching of the gospel should not be, never has been, and, we hope, never will be, placed on a commercial basis.

At the same time the minister must pay for coal and groceries and clothing as must other mortals, and one of his first duties Is the proper maintenance of his family. The prospect of continued starvation Is not an attractive one to young men nor do they look -forward to an old age of penury with enthusiasm. Business concerns compete with other business concerns In getting the services of competent men and they pay salaries high enough to command the services of such men as they need. The church will continue to suffer from a pastor famine bo long as -it eontiues to pay meager" salaries, upon which a. man can not maintain the scale of living which is expected of him but for which his parishioners refuse to pay.

The pastor ia expected to keep out' ott pleases best through its perfect fla table or at all the best public places. choicest Northwestern barley, selected artesian spring water, in a brewery A. TUCKER, AGENT can get away, from this delusion can be happier with less effort than the one who lives entirely in the yesterdays of life. How delightful if i see an old person who" keeps up with the times, reads the papers and new books and converses on the questions of the day, and how much more re- spect age like this commands than that which lies down to die iust be cause the evening of life has come. What is there in death that such a life can covet? The task which old age generally imposes on youth is ma- terially lessened by a sensible recogni- tion of what advanced years have to offer in the way of personal charm nd influence.

It becomes a Joy rather than! a task to care for the old person who has continued to grow with the passing of years. BITS OF BYPLAY. Lucky, The. Black Hole of Calcutta laughed grattfledly. "Lucky for me," it chuckled, "that 1 got in among the classic horrors before the facilities for dressing in the upper berth of a sleeping car were perfected other wise I should be nowhere." Puck.

WhaTit is. "Pa, what's a Jeu d'esprit?" "Something that most people think they are saying when the exclaim 'Judas Chicago Record-Herald. On a Summer's Day. Maud Muller was raking the hay. This crop will give me another motor car," she carelessly observed.

Herewith the Judge perceived that his case was hopeless. New lorlt Sun. i. A Mean Man. "Her husband is a brute." ''How now?" "When she asked him how long she could remain at the Thousand Islands he told her to spend a week on each Island," CHILDREN AND MATCHES.

Aberdeen News: Children playing with matches caused forty-two fires in South Dakota during the past year. A match seems to have an irresistible at-traction for a child, but proper persuasion, wielded by Father at the end of the Big Stick, has been known to work wonders. It is also advisable that matches should be kept out of th'e reach of the little dears. One small boy, with one match, has been known to do more damage than he can make up for in several years of hard work after attaining man's estate. The match habit among children should be discouraged.

A Successful Quest "Well, Bill how did you come out with the trust company?" "Fine." "They accepted your offer, did they?" "Yep." "What kind of a job did they give you?" "Didn't give me any." "Then how did they accept your proposition?" "I offered them the of my services, and they accepted It refused "em right off the handle." Harper's Weekly. You all know that a family horse, well treated, will become lazier and. lazier. But you needn't laugh at the family horse; we all da the same thing. Family of 90,000,000 TO SUBSCRIBERS--The ycJow label at all times show to what tims your subscription Is paid.

In chanting (rive name of oestofnee 'rora which tb thense mode as well r.s fostoliice to which paper to be sent in the T-jture. THE ARGUS-LEADER Trad-Mark. WHEN OUT OF TOWN. Subscribers leaving ths city tstnoor-arily should have ths mailed to thsm. Addresses will ba chsnged as tften as reruestod.

STEP BY STEP. i John c. Holland. lleaven is not reached at single t. bound; I But we build the ladder by which we I rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies.

And we mount to its summit round by round. count this thins to be grandly true; That a noble deed is a step toward God, Lifting the soul from the common clod jTo a purer and broader view. i We rise lay the things that are under i our feet; By what we have mastered of good and gain; i By the pride deposed and the pas-' sion slain. And the vanquished ills that we hour ly meet. yvt hope, we resolve, we aspire, we pray.

1 And we think that we mount tha I air on wings Beyond the recall of sensual things; While our feet still cling to the heavy clay. "tVings for the angels, but feet for I 'I men! We may borrow the wings to rind the way We hope and resolve and aspire and pray; But our feet must rise, or we fall again. 1 lleaven Is not reached at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we rise I From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we mount to Its summit, round by round. I Of course we all know how you would like to be the Ice man, but what ubout the Indian lawyer? In New York city, bread must be sold by the pound, and not by the loaf which puts an end to the blow-hole graft of the bakers.

A Xew York man won a bet by eating sixty-one ears of green corn. Of till lae current titles to fame, this one of being the biggest eater would seem to bo both thesmoet elusive as well as the most dangerous. But with hogs at their present price, we can see that it Is not wholly slanderous to be known Those people who note with regret that several millions of dollars go out of. the state each wear to pay for life insurance seem to overlook the fact (that much of this money is constantly back in death losses, In matur-ied policies and in dividend payments, while some of the companies each year loan to the people of the state at low interest rates more money than they Stake out. Not everybody can afford an auto; but no head of a family ran afford to- be without an Insurance policy.

It was a generous Impulse which Jead Mayor Gaynor to request that the man who tried to kill him be not prosecuted, but society can not afford to jrrant the request. When an attempt ia made to kill a public official because is a public official, a blow Is struck fit all society, and for Its own protection such penalty must be Imposed as will discourage similar outbreaks elsewhere. In a way all criminals are abnormal and all abnormality is Insanity, but the present case seems to clear that Gallagher knew he was doing, and that it was wrong, his motive being clearly one of revenge for a fancied wrong. Sentimental treatment of such men Is likely to pro-luce a dangerously large crop of Ibera. STATE FAIR ARRANGEMENTS Those In charge of the state 'fair which will be held at Huron Sept.

12-16 have perfected with the. railroads running into Huron the most complete arrangements ever yet announced for. a state Special trains will be run at a rate of one fair for the round trip and the tickets 'are good to return on any regular or spec-' lal train during the fair week. A platform 300 feet long is being built at the fair grounds, and the passengers can step off the trains at the entrance to the fair grounds, thus saving the time and expense of making the trip to the grounds as heretofore necessary. Dining halls with a capacity of serving meals a day have been provided on the grounds, and all the visitors are assured of good dining Bervlce, no matter how many thousands may come.

Local committees at Huron have taken hold of the problem of finding sleeping accomodations for all who stay over, and the Argus Leader has assurance from the management; at Huron that there will be no just cause for complaint about the accomodations, either their number or cost. The state fair is fast becoming what it should be a state Institution. South Dakota people are fast learning tbat there is just one way to build tip a great fair in South Dakota, and ithM is by giving it their patronage. Ths; crop year now closing has been an unusually good one for the greater part of the state, and the agricultural exhibits will be an inspiration to every South Dakotan. We trust that all of our readers will plan to take a few days off at that time, and enjoy a trip to the state fair.

It will, give each visitor renewed confidence in the greatness of the state and will help to build up a state fair similar to those which have become trei mendous attractions in Iowa and Mini nesota. In her preliminary announcement, as chairman of the publicity bureau of the equal suffrage campaign In this state, Edith M. Fitch wants it understood that she 'will not urge equal suffrage on the ground of "the wrongs of women," nor because of the alleged purifying Influence of women In poll-tics, nor will she base the claim upon the fact that women who own property must pay taxes, nor yet as to whether or not women as a rule desire the right to vote. She will place the campaign upon the allegation that it ia fundamentally and intrinsically wrong to give the ballot to men and withhold It from women, and upon that proposition the campaign will be waged on the suffrage side. Stilly we suspect that when the campaign does open up, many thousands of voters will also take into consideration the probable practical effect of an enlargement of the franchise for instance on the question of state wide prohibition.

There are thousands of men In South Dakota who would vote for equal suffrage if they did! not feel that In South Dakota it would mean state-wide prohibition in the next election, and as they are opposed to state-wide prohibition, they are likely to be found In'the ranks of those opposed to equal suffrage, unless convinced that the bestowal of equal suffrage would not mean the adoption of a prohibitory law. The reason for the opposition to state prohibition lies I. the bitter experience of South Dakota with it when the experiment was tried before. The policemen in Columbus, Ohio, did not refuse to obey orders and man the cars because of fear, but because they believed that the strikers are right and that the company wrong. This was clearly proved when the eail for volunteers fell on deaf ears.

In that case, the men offered to submit the case to arbitration, and the company refused. By Its refusal It lost the support of the people of Columbus for they believe that the "company has broken faith "With Us men, and has refused to play fair. The prolonged controversy" Is grrtuly to be regretted bat the company could have prevented it by doing right. The preacher who intimated that baseball niay be played In heaven took a long step towards popularizing the church. To some people a good baseball diamond would appeal much more strongly than city with golden streets.

MY. HOW THS.) 1 1 fsnsus Officials Now Estimate Uncle Sam Has a.