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ONCE A DAY LABORER
ROMANTIC STORY OF CARS
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS.
Worked in an American Factory for
One Dollar Day, and Ran Loco
motive on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.

st. Peterohurg.-Prince Michael Hill
koff, imperial minister Of railways
and transportation in Russia, the
genius of the Trans-Siberian railway,
has had a most romantic and inspiring
career, beginning his working life as a
day laborer in America.
When the Russian serfs were emanci-
pated by Alexander H., the grandfather
of the present car, Prince Hilkof's ia
Their was ruined, at least so far as avail
able financial resources were concerned.
Just at this juncture the father and son
began a bitter quarrel, which ended in
voluntary exile on the part of the lat
ter. In his anger, the son, the prince
of to-day, renowned all his titles and
ancestral estates. He also resigned his
Office at court-as an officer in the
guard of the Russian empress-and
forthwith sailed for the United States
az common emigrant.
He arrived in Philadelphia absolute
ly penniless. For week he walked the
streets, hungry, cold, homeless, an alien in
a strange land. One day he entered
a machine shop and blurted out: Il
want work at any wage" whats your
name?" asked the foreman. "Mi-kale,"
replied the young man, pronouncing his
name in English, with evident diHculty.
"My other names john" he added,
thinking that John was as good name
as any other. And thus Prince Hilkon
became John Mikale, an attendant of q
bolt making machine at one dollar day.
That machine shop was as a para
disc to him, after his many days Of
tramping. He lived on so cents, and
saved the remainder. until no had
enough to pay for course of instruc-
ton in mechanical engineering. After
attending the bolt-making machine for
two years, and having secured good
working knowledge of mechanical en-
,gineering, he went in search of job
where there would be better chances of
promotion.
He found his opportunity at the Of
fees Of tho Pennsylvania railway, whore
he was given situation as brakeman
on a freight train. From that day for
ward he stuck to railway work, devoting
all his spare time to the study of rail-
way engineering. Presently he became
brakeman of regular passenger train,
and later was promoted to the position
of locomotive engineer
In time he began again to look about
for an opening that would afford him 4
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TO BUILD A NEW NAVY.
American Undertakes Big Shipbu0dr
ing Contract for Rus
sian Empire.

New York.-Mr. Lewis Nixon, Of New
York, will leave for Sevastopol about
February to undertake the gigantic
task of creating for Russia q navy SO
powerful that when it takes the seas
there no doubt will be felt at St. Peters,
burg as to its ability to wrest the power
Of the sea away from the Japanese and
eventually crush the mikado.
1t will be recalled that Mr.. Nixon
made a trip to St. Petersburg last sum.
mer, returning about July, and at that
time it was reported that he was to build
four torpedo boat destroyers for Russia.
1t is said here that he has constructed
many more torpedo boats and destrOyers
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required. It is mathematically correct,
and inside this mold or frame is built
a core of brickwork with lining of loan
on the top. The core and lining is so
manipulated that space is left for the
exact thickness of the bell. The next
step is to place the mold In loan
pit. The loan, which is in the vicinity
of the furnace in which the metal is
mixed and melted, must be absolutely
dry. Wet or damp, an explosion will
occur. The mold is then buried with the
exception of the orifice to which the
metal is drawn from the furnace. When
the mold is full, a pool Of molten metal
is left on the top of the pit, SO as to obvi-
ate the mischance of making an un-
sound head to the bell. A bell in COOL
ing contracts and the greater thickness
Of the base draws the metal away from
the upper part; hence the necessity for
the pool of metal.
When the metal is cooled, the mold is
taken from the pit and the extraneous
parts cut of from the head. II neces-
sary, it is then tuned. In the case Of the
Rochester peal, the bells were cast to
act in unison with the old or tenor
bell, which has been doing duty for some
80 years. II the new bell happens to be
too sharp, it is placed on the tuning ma
chine, head downward. This machine
works in a circle and cuts metal from
the inside Of the bell. This process is
continued until the correct note has been
obtained. A bell can be sharpened only
by cutting 1t down, but this is rarely re-
sorted to.
Next comes the fitting of the tongue
or clapper. This is a delicate operation.
The staple Is first forged, then the clap
per and its stem are welded together, and
the lot fitted in with mathematical pre-
cision. In the forge the steel frames are
also made.
The bell Is then fitted with wheel and
head stock. The wheels are made in tv<
halves Of English oak, and, as in other
parts of the foundry, everything is Eng
lish, q circumstance all the more re.
markable when scarcely an Englishman
is to be found in the surrounding dis
.rict.
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AMERICAS OLDEST BUILDING
It Was Erected Shortly After tho
First Landing Of the Span
iards in Florida.

St. Augustine, Fla.-The Oldest house
in America is in this city. This build
ing, by comparison with the winter re-
sort hotels in this town, is not pre-
tentious structure, but when it was
built it was undoubtedly one of the
principal structures of the town.
It is built of coquina rock, a mixture
of sand and shell, which is the same
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He Would Disfranchise Every Desertef
from tho Army.
the act of desertion be atoned Tor by
lawful discharge subsequently earned
by service, it seems probable that the
most healthful remedy practicable
would be applied to the evil and that the
esult would be surprisingly great. The
majority of deserters would return to
the colors at their own expense and
serve out their unexpired enlistment
contracts In order to receive . lawful
discharge, which would reestablish
their civil status"
Gen. Chaffee says that inquiry Of men
in guard houses on his tour Of inspec-
ton elected no special reason for deser-
ton, the general reply being that army
life was not what had been anticipated.
He believes the adoption of his su$ges-
ton would relieve military prisons Of
two-thirds of their occupants.
while l fail to find anything n tho
administrative action of company OH
GERS" says Gen. Chaffee, Ito account
for the large number of desertions, !
believe 1t to be fact that much mex
perience, as now, In command of COM
panies affects this subject somewhat.
Character habits, aptitude. differ WIDE
ly among men upon entering the army,
and it is the skill of the experienced
officer, with his intelligent sympathy,
his counsel and admonition, rather than
mechanical enforcement of tho articles
of war, that best harmonic these vary
ing elements and secure contentment
of young soldiers in companies and the
service.
1.-THE government provides literally
In the matter of clothing and food, and
constructs splendid barracks, fitted with
all modern appliances for health and
comfort At no post is the fatigue duty
excessive-generallys speaking it is light
and, all in all. the soldier is getting
everything that under the laws could
in reason be asked.
For many years the numerous de-
sertions from the army have deeply in
terested the department, and seeming
ly every possible effort has been made
to discover an administrative cause.
No serious fault exists not inherent in
man himself; therefore it Is not sus-
ceptible Of military control and cor
rection.
'Trial, conviction and punishment by
dishonorable discharge and confine-
ment for one, two or three years Of tho
few deserters who are apprehended or
surrender themselves have, in my opin-
ion, but slight influence as a restrain
ing force on the service generally"
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A. CURE FOR DEsERTERs.
Gen. Chaffee Recommends Disfran-
ehisement for Men Who Unlaw-
fully Quit the Army.

acknowledgements disfranchisei
ment for all army deserters, unless Z
lawful discharge is earned by subse'
quent service. is the recommendation
of Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee in his annual re,
port It is the generals opinion tina,
IL the states would pass such law de-
sertions in the army would become les,
frequent. On this subject Gen. Chaf1e>
says:
IF all the states and territorie@
should by law withhold from desertera
exercise Of the right to vote at national
state and municipal elections, unle1
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HOME FOR ROYAL COUPLE.
Babelsberg Castle to Be Wedding
Gift to German Crown Prince
from His Father.

Berlin.-The crown prince will after
his marriage take up his summer resi-
dence at Babelsberg castle, the former
summer residence of Kaiser Wilhelm l.,
which has not been inhabited since his
death, and was used only for the court
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New Patent Law.

At present patents are granted in
Great Britain at the inventors risk, but
a new act provides for a search of the
patent Office for so years back to SEQ
whether the applicant for a patent has
been forestalled in his ideas. This will
make British patents worth a good deal
more than they have been.
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Russian Railways.
still greater chance for the exercise OF
his talents. One day the minister OF
railways from the South American re-
public of Venezuela was a passenger
on the train of which "John Mikale"
was engineer. There was breakdown,
and the engineer was the only man who
kept his head, and the only man who
knew how to fix up matters without
waiting for the repair train to come.
The South American visitor engaged
the engineer in conversation, learned
that the young man wanted higher
position, and thereupon offered him
place as superintendent Of new rail-
way in Venezuela John Mikale" &C.
copied, and went to South America at
the expense of his new friend.
Then came longing for his old home
in Russia. He decided to throw up his
Job and return to his native land 1T
whatever setback to his career. Sail
ing as John Mikale," and concealing
his true name and title, even when he
reached Russia, he applied for stu
alton on one Of the principal Russian
railways. As John Mikale," therefore,
he began his life over again In his own
country as a station agent in an OBJ
scure town. MY chance will come" he
said, noting that there was frequent
trouble in the movement of trains at
his station.
That psychical moment came for
John Mikale." The trains became
hopelessly blocked day after day, and
the heads of the line far away were in
despair. Mikale wired: will you
leave it to me?" we'll try you," came
back the answer. And q few hours
later John Mikale' had so arranged
switches and schedules that never again
were trains congested at that point
His technical skill shown in that emer-
gency brought him to the attention of
his superiors, and even to the car him
se1f. AS a result, he was ordered TO
come to headquarters in st. Petersburg
There he was given q position on tho
technical staff, and thenceforth was pro-
NOTED rapidly higher and higher. until
he occupies position corresponding to
that which he had abandoned In South
Americx-general manager. Not until
then did he reveal his identity as Rus
sian prince and former officer Of the
imperial guard. So pleased was the
car to ind that this man was one Of
his own subjects, and so delighted was
his majesty with the remarkable ca
oactty and skill displayed by this par
ticular general manager, that he 70
stored to Prince Hilkof all the estates
and titles he had renounced when he
euigrated to America.
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Church Of Solid Coral

A church of solid coral is curiosity
Of the Isle of Maize. This island, rising
5000 feet, is the highest Of the Sey-
chelles group in the Indian ocean, and
It's buildings are all from square blocks
hewn from massive coral and glistening
like white marble.
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balls given in hoLor of tho king and
queen of Italy when visiting the German
court. The kaiser, a few days ago, when
walking with the crown prince and his
fiancee through Babelsberg park in
formed the crown prince that the castle,
after being put in order, will be habit
able In 1906. Several engagements
have been found necessary. A new
wing with a dining hall for $50 persona
and new stalls for about so horses are
projected.
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Company REFUSED Payment.

A thrifty housekeeper in Birmingham.
England, forgot about joint of meat she
had placed In the oven, and it was burnt
to 4 cinder. She claimed compensation
of an insurance company, stating that
the loss was caused by IRE.
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Erected by the SpaH1arus IN the Sl1teeHtn
Century.
material used in the building of the
Ponce de Leon hotel and the Alcazar.
It is not known in what year this
building was put up, but it was shortly
after the landing of the Spanish, which
was on the 9Th of September, 1865.
The building is in fairly good state
of preservation. The interior is beauti-
fully finished in highly polished wood.
It was occupied by the Spanish off,
Gals during the time Florida was .
Spanish COLONY. and was later the
home Of the attorney general during
the English possession. It is not now in
habited.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
An Alpine Heroine.

Geneva Letter to London Mail.
The announcement that Mile. Della
ichenal was married the other day to
Joseph Robin. a French shepherd of
tHaate Sayoie, recalls d pretty Alpine
romance.
About this time last year the young
couple were driving their fiocks OF
goats down to the valley on the slope
OF the mountain Paray de Tardevant
when Robin noticed that some goats
still remained near the summit.
! Instead of making a detour Robin
took a short cut up a chimney of h
cleft In the rock, In spite OF the en-
treaties of his companion. He had
hardly reached a spot hall way UP the
chimney" when an avalanche OF stones
~,thundered down, sweeping him off his
legs and hurrying him downwards
towards the precipice.
Mile. Delachenal, without a mo-
,ment's hesitation, ran TO the "chim-
ney." right In the track of the falling
stones, and caught her lover In her
arms.
AT the brink Of the abyss the brave
peasant girl managed 70 stop, and
dragging the unconscious mar out OF
danger. hurried to the village for help.
Besides a severe scalp wound. Robin
had two ribs broken, and the girl had
her face and arms badly cut. The cou-
pie, who are 20 years of age, recovered
from their wounds. and the Alpine ro-
lance eliminated at the altar the 9TH
er day in the presence OF a sympathetic
crowd of villagers.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
Wyomina's Population.
From Golfers Weekly.

FROM IOllltE > " GShlY.
A traditional right has been invaded.
That square miles of fresh air in which
every inhabitant of Wyoming has been
accustomed to breathe and find elbow
room, is squeezed and clipped about the
edges. The census of 1905 shows that
101 $40 people must be crowded into
Wyoming's 1880 square miles. Wyom-
ing is filled up To the effete and cab
ined citizen of the east a square mile
of EMPTY air seems a dread immensely
of space, an abundance of superfluous
breath. For the free born denizens Of
the land of the Big Horn and the North
Platte 1T is no more than enough. In
1880 there were nearly two miles of
l~territory for ach inhabitant and in
1890 one and one-half miles. In 1900
each man could still ave more than
one square mile to himself Even the
band grows tighter. From the green
reaches of Laramie county, from the
Yellowstone and Powder rivers we
seem to hear the distant rumble of
rising discomfort. On the lonely banks
of the Sinking Water the Hon. Buffalo
his trusty side partner-next to the
last of the great scouts-joins in. Their
voices thunder in a dull antiphonal
chorus: Give us air!" There are two
rays of hope. The 1905 census of Iowa
shows a falling off of 1875, since the
federal census Ave years Ago.. And
there is always Nevada. There are over
ito, 900 square miles in Nevada and only
about $4,000 ~people-almost three
Square miles to every man.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
Phone Girl Widow of Millionaire
From the New York Letter.

FROM the New 1OfK Letter.
-Four months ago Miss Anna Bennett
was a telephone operator in the Grand
Union hotel, earning S. a week; today
she is the widow of K. r. Whitney, a
wealthy Canadian. and heir 10 a for
tune estimated at from SIS, 900, 600 to
$40, 900, 600. News of Mr.. Whitney's
death in the White Mountains, where
he had gone with his bride in the hope
of regaining his health, was received
in this city today.
Mr.. Whitney met the pretty young
telephone operator while he was a
guest at the hotel in which she was en-
ployed. Though he was thrice her age
and with grown children, he was at
tracted by the girls beauty and her
modest and obliging demeanor. He fell
in love at once n the courtship vas
brief.
The marriage, May 7 last, created a
great sensation among the m~illionaire's
friends. Upon the wedding day he de-
posted 500, 900 in a bank to his wife's
credit, and gave her SIS, 900 to pay for
her trouSseau. He also CAV her $500
for pin money" to be spent on the
honeymoon trip, and his formal we'd
ding present was a magnificent dia-
non sunburst.
They went to Atlantic City on their
wedding trip, and on their return
stopped at the Hotel Majestic, intend
ing TO stay until a magnificent new
home in Riverside drive should be COM
pieted. They were destined, however,
never to occupy that home, for Mr..
Whitney was SUDDENLY stricken with
VIA proved to be a fatal illness.
The bride severed all communication
with her former friends in the Grand
Union hotel after her marriage, and it
was only through the press that they
learned of her falling heir to a fortune.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
She's a Glass Eye Artist.

From the New York Evening Post.
How is that for a savage glare?"
asked the girl with the paint brush.
1T looks pretty ferocious," said her
visitor. What is it?p
1T is a glass eye,, said the artist. ut
is TO be stuck into the head Of q real
Indian tiger. He isn't a live tiger. He
has been dead about six months. Some
mar shot him out in the jungle, and is
having him mounted. / have the job
OF painting his eyes. The mounting Is
expected to be a very fine piece Of
work, therefore / am taking exceeding
care with mis- eyes. In all cases where
such strict attention is paid TO artistic
effects the eyes of a stuffed animal are
painted to order. Ordinary glass eyes
may be good enough for an ordinary
beast, but Bengal tigers and other ami
mails Of noble lineage require express
sive eyes.
II am acquainted with several taxi
dermists, and get most Of their orders
for optical art. Painting a glass eye
isn't such an easy stunt as most people
imagine. One Of the first things to be
considered is the attitude OF the animal.
For example, If this tiger were mounted
in q recumbent position, as IL he were
at peace with all the world, ii would
be an objectionable artistic sin to fur
nish him with eyes hat show fight. On
the other hand, since he is braced back
all ready for battle, il would be an
equally grievous mistake to clap into
HIS head a pair OF eyes expressive of
noon-time d~rowsiness.
Money? oh, yes, & little. For his
order I'll get a dollar an eye. In some
cases | get as high as 81 an eye, and
again only so cents a pair"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
OespoiIino Of Hay WAGONS.

FROM the W0SllnEtOn star.
The broad asphalt paves of Eleventh
street have long been a fayor.te thorough
fare for big wagons that come in from the
country loaded with hay, and it can hardly
be denied that one Of these majestic lords
of dried grass is always attractive to
many people.
Last Saturday morning a Star reporter
who was passing along d street was
halted along with several other pedestri-
ans, just as one Of these wagons was pass
ing along the intersection of ID and Elev-
enth streets. 1t was a stately looking
load, with It's immense weight. and drawn
by -four handsome Percherons, who were
straining their mighty sinews in hauling
1t along. An acquaintance said TO the re-
porter: lust notice, now, If two out Of
every three of the people who are waiting
for that hay 10 pass do not grab at a wisp
or two Of 1t. They can't help it," And so
they did. Almost every other man or boy
in the small crowd despoiled the load to
some extent.
TITS almost beyond human endurance"
said the Star mans acquaintance, for a
person standing beside a passing load of
hay TO refrain from gathering in a fist
full. There seems TO be a fascination
about it that is irresistible"
And in this particular case, at least, it
did seem so.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
irene Crosby

Thousands of American women, how
ever, have found relief from all monthly
suffering by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, as it is the most
thorough female regulator known to
medical science. 1t cures the condition
which causes so much discomfort and
robs menstruation of it's terrors.
Miss Irene Crosby, of 313 Charlton
Street East Savannah, Ca, writes;
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is q true friend to woman. 1t has been Of
great benefit to me, curing me of irregular
and painful menstruation when everything
else had failed, and | gladly recommend it to
other suffering women"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular menstruation, back
ache, bloating Tor ~fatulence), leucor-
rhea, falling, Inflammation or ulcera-
ton of the uterus, ovarian troubles,
that "bearing-down" feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action TO ward off the seri-
Gus consequences, and be restored to
perfect health and strength by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and then write to Mrs. Pink
ham, Lynn, Mass, for further free adj
vice. Thousands have been cured by
SO doing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-22
CUTICURA PILLS.

For Cooling and Cleansing the Blood in
Torturing, Disfiguring Humors go
Chocolate Pills 25c.
Cuticura Resolvent Pills chocolate
coated are the product Of twenty-five
years practical laboratory experience
in the preparation Of remedies for the
treatment of humors of the skin, scalp
and blood, with loss of hair, and are
confidently believed to be superior to
all other blood purifiers, however ex-
pensive. Complete external and in
ternal treatment for every humor may
now be had for $1.00, consisting of
Cuticura Soap to cleanse the skin,
Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool
and cleanse the blood. A single set is
often sufficient to cure.