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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30
Japan ANp N
Anglo saxons Must See Empire to
v;ctorv or Suffer With X.

Victory or SuffeT WIKI W.
From Frederick Palmer's with kuroki
In Manchuria." published by Scripner \:
win port Arthur and Korea In her hands
n man will have the main selfish points OF
the war. They furnish her a striking
ground for the ra!ghtier conflict that may
come ia d future generation Her army
at home Is always literally on the nahk
OF any Russian movement IN Korea. li
Japan takes Hardin she forces me NUS
sian base back To Irkutsh. pladivostok
must then fall Of it's own weight p
the war will be ended by q blow no one
at AN familiar with the situation can,
for a moment. question that Russia must
maintain an army OF 505,0 GOO men in order
TO force Janan 10 Kinchow and the bor-
ders OF Korea. L myself. such Is my con-
fidence In the Japanese. say that q million
i. nearer the mark.
IL after repeated attempts Russia fails,
then from sheer exhaustion on both sides
peace win come. III she sneceeds, tile lines
of least resistance for her by winch she
can re-establish her prestige In the east Is
10 swing in flank upon Pekin, while Ger
many at Klachou and. France IN southern
China will not say her nay England anu
America cannot run their battleshlps over
the plains of Chill. The limit OF their
power is the range of their naval guns, uf-
less they land troops. Port Arthur with
her harb0r open 10 feihioIe'iHShts AIM
supplies is an i~mpregnable fortress. Rus-
STA cannot take Port Arthur or Korea with
Japan in command of tho sea. III England
and the United States are so far negli-
gent OF their selfish interests as ever 10
permit Japan to lose command OF the sea,
England will no longer be q w IN the
far east and the United States might as
well cede her Pacific coast TO Mexico so
far as trade or influence on the eastern
shores of the Pacific are CONCERNED. RUS
sia's pride is bitten deep. She will have
no honest truce with the Aflglo-SaXons
now. our course Is clear.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

jEnss. our waishipa Will come home
every tWo ycaTs instead or three, and
the time officers win have 20 spend
abroad VIII consequently be reduced by
oneAthird. Ships VIII come home more
frequently and be always kept in good
lighting condition. no repair work be-
ing allowed to accumulate, as II some
time does at present.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

The s~o-callef retirement OF Colonel
Leutwein governor OF German South
west Africu. HAS excited nc surprise in
Germany bur he In not without plenty
Of sympathizers and supporters. There
is no doubt that his health has been
subjected 10 a yer strain In the last
len or twelve months. but &c ~ equally
certain that he MAS prepared to re-
nElin at his post until his work vas
xfpua
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

King Leopold or Belgium has apr
pointed Henry dab4iels, bishop OF the
Catholic diocese OF O~gdensbury, an Of
1icer or the royal order OF Leop0lds,
which WAS founded by the first king
Of Belgium. This honor recognizes the
labors OF Bishop Gamrfels in his writ
Ings on various subjects published In
Belgium and the services frequently
extended by him 10 enigIants from
Belgium 20 this country.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

The Nyam-Nyams. Of the upper Nile
valley, used to be ii .efy harmless,
alnlable people, Whose amusements
were to smoke and hold nightly conf
certs. But rifles and rum tchanged
them. and now d British expedition III
niarching 20 punish them for shooting
ct British PATROLS though what Brit
ish patrols We're doing In tho Nyam~
Nyam coantry is not explained.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

The greatest case OF dog eat dog
yet recorded was that of q smart young
ma who bought 1000 cigars. insured
them against fire, smoked them mp and
then claimed their full value. declaring
they had been destroyed by fire. The
company ~retaliated by having the foxy
youth arrested for in~cendiarism, and
they are still fighting u out In the
rOflrf4
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Until recently ii was almost univer-
sally believed that petroleum. Hike
coal, was derived from fossil vegeta-
ton or possibly from animals or fishes
OF some long past age. Now IL is. as
serted BY many scientific men that 1t
may not be Of any organic origin. but
may be due to s~ubteiranean chemical
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Missouri has more live stock farmers
than any other state in the union. It's
live stock Is worth $500, 600. 900. While
Il a only Az per cent. OF the live
stock OF the country. 1t has { per cent.
OF the total value Of live stock In the
United States, Il striking commentary
ON the high quality OF Missouri live
<fraM
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

CASTOR Dreyfus. the owner OF Pres
ton H.. which beat Major Eustace Lo-
der's Pretty Polly In the Prix du Com
sell Municipal. intends to challenge for
q return match for $4,000.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

European medical experts hslxe come
to the conclusion that boiled milk is
not q good FOO for infants. and that
sferilixed milk also is less nutritive
value than when Il is fresh.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Dan Lcno, The comedian, left his eS-
tale "a his widow and six children. His
property included shares in three the
alters. II Of them Drury Lane, and u
life insurance policy for Ss0. 900.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

wilkins-How many calls did you make
yesterday
DIlkins-Three. and, say, II was the best
game OF poker l ever sat In,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Greeting 10 the Nav Year.
Hail, glad New Year. We do not ash
Our woes you should dispense.
We merely urge this simple task
Pray do not make them worse.
-Chicarp Record
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

The Paris Gaulois states that Colonel
Delaney, chairman OF the French
Rhilatelic federation, has received Il
letter from General Nogi. requesting Ii
price list OF rare French stamps.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

logsle for bathing herself daily In the
milk before * was sold, because she
had read that milk baths were good for
the complexion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Three condensed milk factories are
now Ia operation IN the United states.
with an aggregate or $s25. GOO Invested
capital and Il daily capacity Of zoo. 500
pounds IL milk.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

"A British regiment recently landed In
southampton after twenty years seq
Vice III India. Only six men OF the regi-
ment that sailnd from England re-
turned with 1t.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

After the founding or the Berlin
Trade schovl I'D 1871 there followed IN
quick succession A number or terhnicAf'
on pUiytechEieal schools all over Ger
n&Any.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30
a New Years Cyclone.

Is that a cyclone ragin'?
IS the ROOT uown9
Is hat a earthquake skakin'
All the winders In town?
Is that the river roarin'
Above It's banks of green?
Has Gabriel blowed his trumpet
To make the dead serene?
They stood and heard IN terror
While loud the noise arose.
Like the warwhoops OF the Indians,
The shouts Of foreign foes,
But a voice brought better comfort
0et not the sainted scoff):
Thar amt a bit OF trouble:
That's daddy swearin' of.
ATLANTA Constitution.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30
Wrcckaac.

Break, break. break
No. not the waves OF the sea-
Only the resolutions
That the foolish made. all, mel
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

as for being engaged to her-that,s
nonsense. And now leave off talkinG
stuff, and help me with the cutter.
Will your"
only little Kate Vivian. the dress,
maker!" The hot blood rose to hel
cheeks like a boiling tide at the ac-
cents of cool contempt in which the
words were spoken.
He despises me-" she said to her.
self. He has only brought me here
to amuse his idle fancy, and all the
while foolish I-haye been imagin-
ing that he loved me. OH what Is his
frothy fancy TO the deep, noble, ems
during love OF George Grayson? Oh.
what a fool, what an idiot l have
beeni"
And during all the long homeward
ride Katie Vivian scarcely spoke TO
Major Fontaine.
She isn't as good fun as / thought"
said the discounted cavalier to him.
self. I'll be hanged III / ask her out
again! And, besides, Blanche might
hear of it, and there would be the
deuce and all to pay"
George Grayson was standing sadly
by the church door that evening, wait
Ing for his mother to come out from
the New Year service, when a little
hand fell softly on his arm, and a
tremulous voice whispered the one
word:
"George!"
"Katiet' he cried. his heart giving
an upward bound, My Katie."
YES, your Katie. George-yours for
ever!" she answered, hiding her flushed
face against his sleeve. And OIL ]
have been so silly. But / believe !
never shall be again, If only you will
forgive mel"
The subject was never again alluded
to, and Katie Vivian was married to
! honest George Grayson in the spring.
HE has a heart Of gold!" she said.
And / would rather be his wife thar
TO sit upon a throne"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30
Too Ead,

Doctor Pittsburgh don't like that
cough of yours.
Mr.. Kidlcr-Tm sorry. Doc, but it's
the best one I've got.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-30

Smart Set: How about those good res.
oluticns you made the first OF the year,
s.Ch. they are still good
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
One Way Out of the Difficulty.

A gentleman had coIored serv-
ant who could not be taught to serve
things at the left hand of guests at
the table. At length the gentleman
hit upon an ingenious expedient
Coats were then worn single breast.
ed, and he told Caesar that he must
always hand the plates and other
dishes to the guests on the button
hole side. This plan worked admi-
rably for some time, but one day
there came foreign guest who wore
double breasted coat. Poor Caesar
in dis,nay looked first at one side of
it and then at the other, and finally,
casting look of despair at his mas
ter, he exclaimed, Buttons on bofe
sides, Nasal" and handed the plate
right over the gentleman's head
London Tit-Bits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
A BIT OF HISTORY.
WifeIy Act of Devotion by Which the
Alabama Was Saved.


1t is perhaps not generally known
that the Alabama, in spite of the
omission of the English customs
authorities to seize her, might IN the
end have been detained but for an
act of wisely devotion. On the 22d
and 24t!. of July, 1862, evidence dl-
rect inculpating the vessel was com
municatpd by the American legation
in London to the British foreign Of
flee. CT. the 23d and Goth of July
the papers were referred to the law
officers Of the crown and, as tie
law officers had no permanent Office,
were sent, as usual, to the senior Of
fcer. who was then Sir John Dor
ney Harding, queens advocate, his
associates being Sir William Ather-
ton, attorney general, and Sir Roun-
dell Palmer, afterWard Lord Sci
borne, solicitor general.
Unfortunately Sir John Harding
had Just then fallen victim to an
acute mental disorder which proved
to be fatal, but which his wife, IN
the hope that it would soon pass
away, Fad kept a secret. Upon the
decision to be rendered by the law
officers there hung perchance the
issues Of peace and war and the fate
of nations. But the papers lay I'M
examined at Sir Johns residence
apparently till the 28th of July,
when the foreign Office, growing
anxious at the delay, but Ignorant
Of its cause, took steps to recover
them and placed them in the hands
Of Sir William Anterior.
On the evening Of the same day
Sir William, perceiving the gravity
of the situation which the papers
disclosed, called Sir Rounded Pal
mer into consultation apon them IL
the earl -marshaFs room in the house
of lords. They at once agreed that
the vessel must be seized. An opin-
ion to that effect was delivered to
Earl Russell on the morning Of the
goth Of July, but during the night
of the 28th the Alabama left the
docks in which she had been lying.
At 10 o'clock on the morning Of the
goth she put to sea. The ORDER to
detain her reached Liverpool in the
afternoon Bassett Moore il
Harper's Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
AnoUaI Flowers.

Annual plants are those that you
must SOW every year. From seed to
seed is only year Or less. Annua
plants probably comprise half the
towering plants of the world They
quickly take advantage of the moving
seasons, grow, blossom and Gle before
they are caught by the blight of winter
or by the parching dry season. They
are shifty plants, now growing here,
then absconding to other places. This
very uncertainty and capriciousness
make them worth the while. The
staid perennials j want for the main
and permanent effects in my garden,
but l cOlfd no more do without an
nuals than | could do without the
spices and the condiments of the ia
BILE. They are flowers of a season; l
like the flowers of\a season.-Country
Life In America.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
Uov the sculptor Cellini Was {


Benvenuto Cellini, when about to
cast his famous statue of Perseus, now
in the Lo&gia del LanZi at Florence,
was taken with Il sudden fever. liz
the midst of his suffering one of his
workmen rushed into his sick chamber
and exclaimed: "Oh, Benvenuto! Your
statue is spoiled and there is no hope
whatever of saving it!' Cellini said
that when lie heard this he gave a
howl and leaped from his bed. Dress
ing hastily, he rushed to his furnace
and found his metal 'caked." He or
dered dry oak wood and fired the fur
mace fiercely, working in a rain that
was falling, stirred the channels and
saved his metal He continues the
story thus: after all was over l turn
ed to plate of salad on d bench there
and ate with q hearty appetite and
drank together with the whole crew.
Afterward retired to my bed, healthy
and happy, for it was two hours be-
fore morning, and slept as sweetly as
if l had never felt touch of illness"
His Overpowering idea of saving his
statue not only drove the idea of i'll
ness from his mind, but also drove
away the physical condition and left
him we'll. L: was a triumph of mind
Success.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
MILKING THREE TIMEsADAy
Hesults of Careful Experimental.
This Direction.

fnfs Direction.
VIII it pay to milk three times q d.,
In ordinary dairy practice where ~
tancy or unusual prices are obtaine.
Tor the milk and where records are,1,a
sought for as having a moneyed vaIu,.
we have been carrying on some exnevi
ments, beginning Jan. II and eptlir.
May 10, the number of cows rangin
from one to twenty, says III. e. Cook ii
Stockman and Farmer.
The first COW was giving from fets
10 nfty-tWo pounds a day on twice /,
day milking and ten pounds of grain
After milking few days three time
a day and daily increase of twelve /,
fifteen pounds a day her grain ratio,
was gradually raised to fourter
pounds, and she responded by giyi.3
Tor her best single day seventy-seYi
pounds and best seven successive .daT
o2'A POT als and for seventy-e:1,
days 5,4S0 pounds, which was worth
market price and for which we RI
celYed Sl820,%or 81 per day; from Apr
l to June /, 3,649 pounds, which had !
value OF $40.GI, total of $118.87 froI
Jan. Il to June l. This COW is a hat
blood Iolstein, weighs about III
pounds - i is ten years old.
Gradually the number of cows Y.
increased until twenty were be.a
MIXED three times a day, fed TIRE
times AID watered- three times. TIE.
ate from nine to twelve pounds 4
grain. silage and hay, what they won.
eat clean in varying amounts. Dine
ent kinds Of grain were fed, alwaE
aiming TO keep the animals in goo,
milking .co1dition-that is, the ratio.
were not made too narrow. While tt
cows did not gain in flesh, neither 4.
they lose. The nutritive ratio did =
vary materially from 1 90, except du
ing the last days of April, wien IL
stlage gave out and they ate early e.
clover hay. The ration was then ma.
rover, but lacked the succulence r.
milk yield was not materially changed
but the ration was more expensive.
Another COW that had been giyin
milk since early in the fail and wa
then Gan. 1O giving twenty-dv
pounds a day on seven pounds of graz
was given an additional three pound
and MIXED three times day She r.
spOnded at once and made an averag
Of thirty-eight pounds for the subs
quent six weeks. She then drCppe.
off and has from that time made a;
average of thirty three pounds day.
Still another COW, very ordinar..
mixer thar had been brought into
dairy, was taken up and MIXED thra
times without any change OF care G
feed. She would not increase to ey
coed. three pounds a day. Then til
extra feed and extra care were put c.!
This also made but little change. SIl
would not give over thirty-two pound
a day no matter what was done 70
her Now, that is my living defnitiol
of a scrub cow She had no place il
her milking economy for any NOR
food or milk. She did show some gail
in flesh.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
What Started the FIGHT.

"Never heard what broke up their
friendship? Dear me! l thought
every one had heard that. Brown
is engaged, you know"
"Oh, yes! I've heard that. Was
White in love with the same girl ?"
"No, no. Not at all. But White
saw her portrait in Browns room
and asked whose it was. TITS a pic
ture of my fancee,' said Brown.
White examined it critically and
then put it down with the remark
that she must be very rich. I don't
know what happened after that, but
White was taken home in cab, and
neither of them was seen out of
doors for a week"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
To Succeed In the Creamery.

The majority of cellars are very III
properly ventilated, and the length q
time for keeping milk therein varia
on nearly all farms, says the Philadcl-
phia Record The success in the cream
cries is due to the observance of i
proper degree of temperature, and III
til farmers become more observing OF
that point they will continue to have
difficulties. One Of the obstacles j.
uncleanliness in the stables as we'll a,
in the milk houses. The regulation o!
the churning is as nothing compared,
with the essential requisites Of prop
erly keeping the places and utenS-
in the best condition. The water, how
ever, is the source of the greatest dan
ger. 1t has been demonstrated by ac-
tual experiment that the germs of dl>
ease existing in impure water are car
red without change into the milk
where they rapidly multiply and cause
decomposition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
FEEDING AND FAT.
Experiments Showing Effects OF Un-
balanced Rations.

In the case of short periods (ten days
to three weeks the results of the eX-
periments seem to be entirely consist
ent with the conclusion that scant feed
ing or the feeding of unbalanced m
tons exerts an entirely insignificant
influence on the fat content of milk.
The results of all these experiments
Which have come to my notice are sum
med UP in the following conclusions OF
one such test:
The animals were fed for two we"'.7
on rations which were Insufficient. Tie
COWS fost in weight, and in some cas-
there was a Slight shrinkage in yield o.
milk, but tie composition rename
practically unchanged, indicating tha
it is the flesh of the animals that frs,
declines when the alimGnt is insult
Gent.
In the case Of long continued, scant
lily and poorly balanced feeding i
seems to be clearly established that IT,
| fat content of the milk may be mat
rally reduced below the normal. Tn
| is illustrated by observation upon COW
in Norrland. During the period fire.
January TO May NOrrland COWS are :.
/ general fed only a meager allowanc
of marsh hay and are therefore in :;
very poor condition when turned @,
to pasture in June. The results ..
about 2,000 analyses for these period,
Of feeding show that on rich pastUraG.
their milk carried from 80 to 5.S Pc.
! cent, with an average of 4 per cent O.
/ butter fat, and that on scant stlbiu
! feeding the milk carried from Ito Il
| 40 per cent, with an average Of 3 =
/ per cent OF butter fat. In discuss %
I these results the author concludes thJt
! the fat content of milk cannot be IL.
/ creased at will by increasing a norma.
ration but, on the other hand. that !.
! can be greatly decreased by scant anG
! poor ratiOns If change is made froUu
! q deficient to a normal ration, the FL,
! content Of the milk will again be raised
! to the limit determined by the inhereD.
! qualities of the individual COW. This
! point is more or less generally accept
/ ed and is of practical importance III Tx
case of ordinary feeding only, as it in
! dicates that COWS may be below thei3
normal for some reasons and that I
! proper ration may apparently increas
| the percentage of fat, when in reality
it is only bringing the animals UP tc
/ their normal quality of milk.-Rep0ri
Bureau of Animal Industry, 1902.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
t4E CAUGHT TIE HOUSE.
4 Yell of Applause at Critical
Point In a Play.


Edward Harrigan once said that the
most trying moment in his theatrical
career occurred in New Orleans socn
after the civil war. He had gone
south with his company and, yielding
somewhat to popular request. put on
1.-THE Blue and the Gray" The play
had been success up north, but down
south, with the air still full of the bit
terness of the war, it was a dangerous
experiment. Tony Hart was to repre-
sent the Confederate gray, so-he hunt
ed up uniform of the Louisiana III
gers, and when he came marching on.
young, stalwart, handsome, the typical
soldier boy in the beloved uniform, the
house, men and women, cheered and
shouted and cried for all their heroes
embodied in this boy. Harrigan, stand
ing in the wings in his northern blue,
waiting to so on, had just, one thought
They'll kill me"' Then he stepped
out, the embodiment of the enemy, and
q cold, dead silence fell upon the house
Not hand moved for him. The audi
ence was tense with emotion and there
was only an instant to act if the play
was to be saved. Harrigan, big, kind
Is. good looking, came swiftly down
to the front and stepped over the foot
light gutter, leaning down to them.
''For the love Of heaven, won't you
give the Yankee a hand?' he eXclaim-
ed. At once the house was caught and
:, fI,a mont IN fonIirlu ty1rOn6 fb0 ri oh +
way. There was yell of applause.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10
WhistIinq as a Sin.

Arabia must be heaven for those
whose lives are made burden to
them by the whistler. The Arab
maintains that a whistler's mouth
cannot be purified for forty DAYS
and nights, and they assert of the
whistler that Satan has touched his
body and caused him to produce the
offensive sound. Then there are the
natives of the Tonga islands, Poly
nesla, who hold that it is a sin to
whistle, as it is an act disrespectful
to God. Even in some districts in
north Germany the villagers declare
that if one whistles in the evening
4 makes the angels wcs1.