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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

Lathe. This worthy fearing that the
recognition by his parents of the fact
that he was seventy years old would
remind them Of their own great age
used to dress himself in child's frock
and play about the room like an infant
At the end of beautiful summer, when
the evenings begin to "close in and
there are signs of approaching winter
we feel very sorry: but when winter
does actually come we find that it is
not without it's good things, and we
accept it cheerfully. In the same way
we should accept old age, and not kick
against it and then we shall find that
it has blessings and that 1t need not by
any means be a winter OF discomfort.
Old age cannot be called an evil when
it is taken as Miss Milford, the au-
thoress of Our Village" took it. She
retained her good temper, her enjoy
ment of the simple commonplace pleas
ures Of life, and her literary tastes.
with such a liveliness Of spirit and
such a tenderness of heart that it
seemed as If time could not touch her,
and that, notwithstanding her seventy
years, she could not grow old. She
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

some of the players would stand back
and help guard the goal and not try to
make a goal every time they got near
the ring. but would pass it on and let
another player in better position slide
it through or pass it on to another
But no. Every girl wants to make a
goal, and she blazes away whenever
she gets near the ring. AS a matter Of
fact, girls have not been playing team
games long enough to appreciate the
value of team work. When they get
excited it is case of every fellow for
himself and the hindmost get a stroke
if he can.
And in the excitement it sometimes
happens that two or more sticks get
into the center of the ring at the same
time. pinning it to the floor. Then the
referees whistle sounds:
HEIDI"
Everybody stops and it is up to the
referee to say which two sticks were in
the ring first, and these two players
put the ring in play again, no other
player being allowed within six feet Of
them.
And in the excitement it also some
times happens that a girls foot some
times seems a handler thing to send
the ring along with than the stick, and
here goes the whistle again:
Foul"
The penalty for a foul is a free shot
for the other side, the shot being made
from any point on the quarter line,
with the goal protected only by the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

took as keen an interest as ever In
the new poet, the new painter, the new
flower.
There are some people who are only
too ready to grow old. Instead OF this
we should try to keep young in thought
and sympathy. This is a very different
thing from trying to play the role or
youth after decay has taken hold or
us, and decrepitude set in, 1t is sad
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

it's possibilities and advantages. he
says:
Ring hockey will probably always
be more Of recreative than COM
petitive game, although the Pratt
team has already been challenged to
play a championship game with
Philadelphia team
THE game has a special value In
educational training, a thing that Is
lacking in basket ball. 1t develops
rapid reaction. skillful movement, ac-
curacy and judgment 1t takes Judg-
ment to gauge the rapidity with which
the ring travels and accuracy as well
as good control of the muscles to put
the stick into the three-inch hole to
send the ring along.
Ring hockey is equaIlyrweu adapt
ed to women and men, 1t Is now be-
ing played in girls colleges, and L ex-
pect 1t to be popular in the Young
Mems Christian Association gymnasi-
ums, where basket ball has fallen into
disfavor because professionals have
worked themselves in on the teams.
Ring hockey is essentially an amateur
game, for it lacks the sensational fea-
lures that attract professionals.
sixty feet, with clear walls that can be
used as boundaries. much is added to
the game by the possibility Of carOm
shots. The game is not as simple as it
looks"
The game was suggested to Dr. VOOr-
hees by an accidental occurrence in the
gymnasium. A class of freshmen, with
wands in hand ready to fall into drill,
caught sight OF a rubber tire that had
fallen from an iron dumbbell on
the floor. The boys began driving the
ring about the room, and as DR.. VOOr-
hees watched them he saw the possibil-
ity of new game based on the general
principles of field hockey. changed to
suit the limited space Of a gymnasium
He figured out ring OF flexible rub
Der, five inches in diameter. with a
three-inch opening through the center
with beveled sides, and stick with a
convex end that would prevent the
ring from being lifted from the floor.
He then worked out set of rules and
there you are
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-20

~ ASKET ball has a rival Its
u name is ring hockey, the one
h\ new game Of the year.
~ Ring hockey is a floor game
and came just in time 10 take the place
Of field hockey, which Eastern college
sirls had to forego as soon as the very
cold weather arrived.
The girl athlete is Unsuitable. and it
keeps the inventors of games busy
trying TO keep her going. Already this
new game has been seized upon with
enthusiasm, and already there are
challenges out for championship hon
ors.
Teams Tor match games are COM
posed Of six players, and the lineup
is similar to that FOR field hockey. The
field is divided into four equal parts
by the center line, and two quarter
lines. AS it is an indoor game girls
have gone back to bloomers, which
they have given uD for short skirts
in so many Of the outdoor games.
The ring is put into play from the
center line by two players who stand
with the ring between them, their
sticks near the outer edge Of the
ring. waiting for the referees COM
mand:
Get ready, Play
Twelve pairs Of eyes are fixed on the
rubber ring. twelve pairs of hands
tighten around the sticks they hold,
twelve pairs Of feet timber themselves,
ready to fly whittier the ring leads.
Get ready, Play"
WhiZz-Z-z-z.
The ring shoots across the floor in
the direction Of one Of the goals, with
ten girls in hot pursuit. The two goal
tenders guard their respective goals.
toward one of which five girls are bent
on driving the ring. with i've girls on
the other side trying to prevent it.
The game is on.
Back and forth. now across the floor
in every direction slides the ring, al
ways the ten girls in pursuit. Perhaps,
If they were more scientific and less
enthusiastic about 1t. there would be
less Of a scramble after the ring, and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

4 call to we, men OF the Western Earth!
+, Pallas the armed one
Athene of the Parthenon!
BY the dead that sanctify shrine and
BY the fathers who won YOU rights Of
birth,
BY the pother who made your races
BY the Hope and the Grace that akin We,
BE firm to your troth and true to your
And let not the miscreant lords of lust
Mock tn bonds Of hood that twin vel
I cau to We. men whom Christ has bought.
For thine is the need and mine is the
lBe not :uiled to sloth by tn inglorious
THAT my spirit and purpose lived for
In the souls Of the men who piously
NY Image in jewel.ed gold
To stand by the gate of the mid-world
And ward the LAM Of the fair and the
From the swords Of the Persian hordes
/ call to we. men of TIERS strain!
l. Pallas the pity.ngi
T call with the voice of my knightly
Kingi
For George the martyr, and George the
Dane,
Draw sword and set spear in rest again
And sweep the Moslem but amain
From the isles Of poets and Cites of God
Is clamored with lips all CORY
And Vengeance groans from the red
John Malone. in Harper's Weekly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
lac Russian wolfhound.

Country Life Ia America: Beyond any
question the arlstocrat Of the canine fam
lily Is. the Russian wolfhound. otherwise
tile borzol or barzoi, which is the Russian.
name for coursing deg. There Is a re-
fined elegance coupled with the Indications
OF speed and strength about the Russian.
wolfhound which no other breed possesses:
In western Europe he is merely the orr
namental companion that he Is In eastern.
America. In the coyote section Of our con-.
he can be made as useful as he Is In
Russia, and 10 assist In clearing off that.
scourge OF the cattle ranches. When the
borzoi WAS first brought TO this country
he was hailed as a n~atural-born wolf de-
stroyer, and we started business under
the impression that all one had TO do was
10 let d borzio see a coyote and the ~latter's
death warrant was as good as executed.
The result WAS a natural failure. because,
like a bird dog, the wolfhound must be
trained to the work. American purchasers
have no occasion 10 worry about that,
for as the dogs high courage IA
the result OF education and encourage
ment, without 1t they are docile and obe-
dent and az companions for the ladies' of
the house, a role which which they are
pre-eminentiy fitted TO nll by reason OF
their handsome and unique appearance.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

Myra Kellyfn "A Passport to Paradise
In November McCIuro's: well, then
began Miss Bailey, the teacher. struggling
to maintain her just resentment. "you
may tell your mother now that ! wan TO
see her. Ask her TO come 70 the school
tomorrow morning.
Teacher, sne couldn't. She amt got
time. IND she don't know where is the
school. neither
That's nonsense. You live only two
blocks away. She secs II every time she
passes tho corner.
'.She don't never pass no corner. She
don't lever come on the street. My mann
ma amt got time. She We"
But she cam sew always. She goes cut,
doesn't She, 10 do shopping and to see
her friendsg't
'she amt got friends. She ain't got
time, She should have 'ern. She sews all
times. Sooner / lays me und the babies
on the bed by night my mamma sews.
Und sooner stands up In mornings my
mamma sews. All. Al, all times, she
sews.''
And where is your fatherg Doesn't he
help21
Teacher, he's on the country. He is
peddler mans. He walk und he walk und
he walk NIT all things what Is stylish in a
box. On'y nobody wants they should
buy something's from of my papa. No
ma am, Miss Bailey, that ain't how they
makes NIT my poor par They goes und
makes dogs should bite him on the legs.
That's how he tells In a letter what he
writes on my mamma. Comes no money
In the letter und me und my mamma we
got II pretty hard. We got three babies"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
Cured Her Rheumatism.

Deep Valley. Pa, Oct. 31.-(Special)
There Is deep interest in Green coun-
~ over the cure OF the little daughter
Of /. N. Whipkey OF rheumatism. She
was a great sufferer for five or six
years and nothing seemed to do her
any good till she tried Dodd's Kidney
Pills. she began to improve almost at
once and now she is cured and can run
and play as other children do. Mr..
Whipkey says:
II am indeed thankful for what
Dodd's Kidney pills have done for
my daughter; they saved her from be-
ing a cripple perhaps for life."
Dodd's Kidney Pills have proved
that Rheumatism is one OF the results
Of diseased Kidneys. Rheumatism is
caused by Uric Acid in the blood. Ii
the Kidneys are right there can be no
Uric Acid in the blood and consequent
~ no Rheumatism. Dodd's Kidney
Pills make the Kidneys right.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
WANT TO LIVE TO BE 100 Z
lf So You Would Do Well TO Go to
Arizona or New Mexico.

HttEOfta VI INSW NfCNsk0s
New York Sun: The pitiless logic of
percentages. as supplied to vital statis-
tics, falls short of accounting for n
fact IN the census reports-the longev-
ity of residents OF the few remaining
territories of the country.
OF 100, 900 persons In the population
of the average American community,
taking the Whole country through, there
is Just one which reaches or exceeds
the age of one hundred. As the census
computers prosaically express IL, 49,
999 die before that time" One in 100,-
900 is, therefore, the percentage OF cen
tenarians in the United States, but in
Arizona it Is 10--ten times as high as
in the rest of the country; and in
New Mexico it is 9--nine times as high
as In other portions of the United
States. Some states-Arkansas. Min
lnesota, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho
have no centenarians. Some states
Florida, California, New Hampshire,
South Carolina and Vermont-have a
high rate of centenarians-three times
as large as the average In the other
states, but much below the figures of
Arizona and New Mexico.
There are few centenarians in New
England, but the number of persons
between the ages Of seventy-five and
lone hundred there, are more than in
any other section of the United States,
and the two New England states which
are most noted on account OF their
great number of old inhabitants are
Vermont and Maine. Massachusetts
has a considerable number, but the peo-
pie of Massachusetts are generally of
a more progressive character than
those Of the farming districts of YER
mont and Maine, and urban life is not
generally conducive to longevity.
The large number of centenarians in
the territories is to be ascribed probab-
ily to favorable climatic conditions, for
bothA Arizona and New Mexico enjoy
celebrity as beneficial in pulmonary
ailments. The question OF territorial
organization has probably nothing to
dc with it.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
BY PROXY.


What the Baby Needed.
I suffered from and
headache until one day about a yeSr
ago 1t suddenly occurred to me what a
great coffee drinker l was and L
thought may be this might have ONE
thing to do with my trouble, SO l shift
ed to tea for a while, but was not bet
ter, If any thing worse.
AT that time / had a baby four
months old that we had to feed ON the
bottle, until an old lady friend told
me to try Postum Food Coffee. Three
months 6 / commenced using Pos
tum. leaving off the tea and coffee.
and not only have my headaches and
nervous troubles entirely disappeared,
but since then | have been giving plen-
ty OF nurse for my baby and have u
large, healthy child now.
II have no desire to drink anything
but Postum and know it has benefited
my children, and l hope all who have
children Will try Postum and find out
for themselves what a really woider-
ful food drink it Isl Name gs--L by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Both tea and coffee contain quantf'
ties Of a poisonous drug called CAT
feline that directly affects the heart.
kidneys. stomach and + Postum
is made from cereals only. scientific
ally blended to get the coffee flavor.
Ten days trial Of Postum In place o.
tea or coffee Will show a health secret
worth mor than Z gold mine. There's
: reason.
Get the book. ''The Road 10 Well.
vilIa" n each pkg.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
To Prevent Waste Of Feed.

Much food is wasted in feeding poultry
both winter and summer. In the winter,
IL chaff Is used on the floor OF the house
In which the gram IS scattered the fowls
will probably get nearly all OF 1t, and
really this Is the best way to feed grain.
In feeding soft foods, however, the little
device here described will help In keeping
the food clean. The box may be of any
desired length, the main idea being TO have
a roof on 1t and the boards so arranged
that the fowls cannot step into the box,
yet giving them perfect freedom in eating
and with no danger, as is the case often
times, when putting their heads between
Stats. The end boards should be about
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

N9ral Free Delivery News: During tho
session Of congress last winter some thirty
bills were introduced In the house OF repre-
Scntatives calculated TO improve the pre-
vaillng condition Of rural carriers. These
bills wore quite similar in character, and
provided for an increase III pay, and many
OF them for hfteen days vacation annu-
ally. with pay.
Following the usual course In such cases,
these bills. as fast as introduced. were
referred 20 the committee on postof1ces
and po9trOads.
Jesse Overstreet was chairman OF this
committee.
Not one Of the thirty or more rural car
rier bills ever came out OF the committee.
They are still there-and very still
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

chan one you could buy. The other tool
il also q rake, but Of q different kim and
one which Will frequently nswer 81 .
hoe. Take a piece OF hard wood one and
onc~haif inchea sQuarc and eighteen aches
long. Bore holes In II "A and 0no-half
inohos apart and drive IN these holes %
panny wire nails. Bore q holS on 4 slant
through ~ center for Y handle. iussrt Il
and you have 3 tool which yoO could not
buy and one which xou wo1Id not sell
inter- you have use4 A. & whiIe- The nlag-
fro<iop clca<iy Shove The details % con-
atruesion cf these tvo handy toola
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

Philadelphia Record.
The New York Tribune is gratified
with the conservatism and modera-
ton Of the new tariff bill. This happy
conception OF the character of the bill
Is doubtless inspired by the fact that
Divi-Divi, Balm OF Gilead, st. Johns
bread and fishskins are to be left on the
list:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
Mr. Moodu,s Answer 20 : on4..;.-

Mr. Moody,s Answer 60 = Qne.t;c..-
When Mr.. Moody was In Glasgow In the
,7Os he was conducting a question meet
ing one day, about 5000 being present.
One question was: Are there any verses
in the Bible against the use of tobacco?',
Mr.. Moody pondered for a moment then
said:
mo, but l can give you one In favor
or it."
The audience was ~breathless, and he
continued:
He that is filthy. let him be dithy stiii
Grew. 22:1l)."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

eight inches high and cut a little on the
slant SO that the roof will shed water.
The box has a bottom which is made of
matched boards. SO that the may be easily
cleaned. Al each open side, at top and
bottom, a strip Is nailed across so that the
space between is large enough for the
hens TO get their heads and necks through,
but not the rest OF the body. This allows
them freedom OF movement, so that all OF
the food can be reached, but not soiled.
After they have fed what remains IS
cleaned out and the bottom OF the box
wiped dry. The Illustration shows the
simplicity of this feeding box and one
can readily see its value.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
The Idea SPREADING.

Chicago Tribune; What is the
most useful Of the condiments? asked
the teacher.
"Gingerln shouted the class in unison.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

John lines. the late lord Of the manor
Of Merton, England. has b~eaueathed a
sum OF $1. 800. 600 for the cost OF erecting
and maintaining d museum for Mer-
TIN.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
limo to heIp Glover.

How much or how little lime is required
to give the best results in growing clover
or how ofte nit must be applied are ques-
tons which must be largely worked out
on each farm. 1t is known beyond doubt,
however, that the soil must be kept sweet
or clover cannot be successfully grown
While 1t is true that most of the failures
with clover are on soils that have never
had large quantities of stable manufb, but
have been fertillzed almost entirely with
commercial fertilizers. II is admitted that
stable manured land often fails TO grow
GLOVER well, but it has also been demon
Istrated that the failures on such soils
may be turned into successes by treating
the land literally to lime. The blue litmus
paper is a cheap and correct test. For
those who may not know Of this test, buy
a strip OF blue Iitmus paper at the drug
store, take a piece eight inches long, strike
q spade into the soil and run the litrnus
paper in the crack and leave 1t there fer
twenty-four hours; IL 1t turns red the soil
IS arid and viii be benefited by lime. Try
a ton of lime per acre if you know the soil
has not been lined for years. II Il has
been lined Of late years, then perhaps q
half ton win do, but the lime Is necessary
on most soils and If this simple remedy
win enable one 10 grow Glove where he
could not before it is certainly a cheap
orc.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

The capital invested In the mineral
water industry in Great Britain ia
nearly E15.00O, 900.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

AS a rule IL is not the horses and cows
that suffer from lack of water, but the
smaller farm animals and especially the
swine and the poultry. For some unac-
~countable reason ii seems to afnuse farm
ers to talk of watering hogs n yet there
is not a herd of swine anywhere but
would consume double the quantity Of We
ter they have and add materially 10 their
growth i'm consequence. 1t Is, Of course,
understood that water aids digestion and
certainly most hogs are much In need of
all the assistance that can be given them
In this respect. 1t is safe to say that IL
fresh. clean water was given hogs daily
there wou he less stomach and bowel
trouble among them than at present. That
s>..l.-ss -@es ..-=se- & h-:=.=-sc ssssy exc
who has watched them drink VIII testify
and this water Is quite as essential IN win
ter as IN ummer. DO not follow the usual
plan Of pouring a lot OF water in a dirty
vessel In the morning and making the
birds use this all day. Give them water
in a clean vessel three times a day and
treat swine and sheep In the same manner.
Overlooking Swine.
The impression seems to be general that
swine win eat any quantity or food placed
before them and be benefited thereby.
There is no doubt about their ability to
consume the food. u the good Ii does
them is another thing. Here is what enc
of the foremost authorities in the country
says about feeding swine after claiming
that the majoriy Of swine in he country
are over fed: IAN excess of food leads to
disease of blood, liver and bowels. Only a
certain amount OF food can be utilized by
an animal and all over actual requirement
lies In the Intestinal canal to putrefy and
evolve deleterious gases which being alb
sorbed produce a serious effect upon the
blood, in addition to that caused by the
excess OF pabulum already In the tissues,
The undigested food causes diarrhoea or
other intestinal irritation and possibly 9TH
err serious conditions h Is good conn
mon sense as any one win agree. AS has
been said in this department before if
swine raisers would feed hogs with the
same intelligence that they feed other
farm stock there should be little trouble in
raising sound healthy animals and that TO
at d minimum OF cost. Think OF the eff
feet on the manure as well as on the hog
IN the plan OF feeding which simply has
for its base quantity without regard TO
quality. This may be a new way OK look
ing at II, but surely In this age one must
Inquire on the manure IN many cases as the
only profit In the growing OF hogs.
Using Stock Foods,
A unbe OF correspondents have asked
for Information Regarding the several
er has investigated mani OF these foods.
and thinks he has tried all Of them. Aft
cr d number OF years Of experimenting we
have found that most OF them are to be
relied upon and viii accomplish much
when given with Intelligence. Il must be
remembered that none Of them Is intend
ed 10 take The place Of the usual grain
foods. indeed 4 = now generally consid-
fors1 ~ * onxxIvfuc q rsl1rh ana = varfnfv
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04

The two handy tools described WIN
be found extremely useful mex summer
and some OF the spare time this fall and
winter can be used TO advantage in con-
~structing them. Sometimes the old fork
wears down SO that the teeth are too short
to do good work In the usual way. Take
the old fork to. a blacksmith and have the
teeth bent like a dung fork then fasten
q straigh handle in the old socket and
| you have d rake which IL much better