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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17

home, to forget, If I can, my long
suffe1ings and be little girl again. -
There was a time when Nan Pat
terson was an innocent, pure and
happy girl, the same as are scores
who will read this article. She was
pretty. Her parents were justly
proud of her. In early girlhood she
appeared behind the footlights of the
stage. Our readers are all familiar
with what has followed. Her picture
has appeared in all our metropolitan
papers. Three times has she been
tried for murder, and still no jury can
agree as to her guilt.
Hearts of strong men have turned
back to the old home for refuge in
times like this. The fundamental in
stincts OF human nature are so strong,
unerring and universal that when we
are lead by sin into sorrow deep, WE.
turn TO the good old home.
Nan Patterson will now, in all
probability, be free to go back home.
But she can never take back to the
old home the innocent childhood she
took away from it. Neither will the
old home look natural to her, for a
heavy mortgage has cast a shadow on
the dreary rooms, a mortgage placed
there by forgiving parents to protect
their child's neck from the hangman' Is
rope. A deeper shadow has fallen
upon the unfortunate girl than upon
her home, and has fallen upon her by
her own sin.
Her father, in the sunset of life, did
not forsake his girl in her hour Of
trouble. And the invalid mother,
daily sent her messages of love and
cheer: These doting parents can
never again be as they were before
her sin bent their forms and white,,ed
their locks. Too many Of our most
promising children allured by the
bright flowers, the butterflies, the
rainbow, may forget and wander far
from home. But when sin bruises
their feet and tb cir limbs become
weary and the heart sore they will
cry for the good old home once more
Matured men and women have a
little stronger limbs and harder hearts
they can chase the butterflies and the
rainbows little further; and then
they, too, like Nan Patterson, must
see the hooking folly Of it all and
weary and heartsick long for the old
home and mother.
No penalty is so sure as that which
comes with the suicide or sin. You
may hold the beautiful flower you
have plucked back to the stem; but it
gets no life there again. Nan Pat.
terson can return to her old home but
cloud will ever hover over it. Her
innocence cannot return any more
than the plucked flower can again
grow to the stem.
Too many of our yonng people,
like Nan Patterson, who had good
homes and good parents have wan dered
SO far from them that the journey
back to innocent childhood and peace
IS too far for feet of clay. Let the
young learn an object lesson from the
sorrows that have overtaken Nan Pat
terson and that overtake all who seek
pleasure in paths Of sin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17
A CURIOSITY.

Mayor W. P. L. Muir of this, city,
has in his possession doc ament,
which is not alone valuable or the
memories it awakens in this gray
haired veteran, but also as Q, 1rio.
The document is codicil, o nd was
drawn and signed in the year 1910, al
though itt1id not come into The pos
session of Mr.. Muir until some %
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17
TIE 10Th CENTURY LIVER PILL

commanded to appear before the
chancery court of the county of Ran,
kin, in said state, on the fourth Mon
day in September, A. D. 1905, to de-
fend the suit in said court of Josie
Wells, wherein you are defendant.
This Gath day of July, 1905.
sol Dobson. Clerk,
By J. @. Bruce, d. @.
VIM. r. Ross, Sol. for Comp.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17
FOR SALE CHEAP.

1870 acres land, one and one half
miles from Pinola on Strong River,
fine growth young timber, splendid
farming land all in woods, also 60
acres near Meudenhall, must sell.
Apply this office.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17
AN OBJECT LESSON

"All ask, said Nan Patterson in
the Tombs, is to go back to my dear
old father and mother, to the dear old
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17

Bad company is like nail driven
into a post, which after the first or
second blow can be drawn out with
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-17
CITATION NOTICE.

State of Mississippi, to Moses
Wells, defendant. You are hereby
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
WAITING FOR THE G. N.

1t is stated on good authority that
the Great Northern will O the
river at this point next year, says the
Yankton Herald. 1t was also stated
on good authority that the Great
Northern would cross at this point
last year. Back as far as our mem
DRY serves US good authority" has
been worked overtime in this con
nection. 1t is said by the gray hair
ed pioneers, whose memories run
back to the historical sixth day when
man was brought forth from the
CLAW and inflated with the breath of
life, that the first thing Adam did
after leaving the garden some time
after the seventh day was to predict
the Great Northern would "cross at
Iankton next year" La honor of
Adam, and the other great forbears
who echoed his prophecies, we have
kept the memory green, but though
the Egyptians crossed the Red Sea,
Hannibal crossed the Alps, Caesar
crossed the Rubicon, Carrie Nation
crossed Kansas, and we have con
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
NOTICE OF CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE

~ ~ -
whereas. one A. H. Snedigar of Kingsbury
County, South Dakota, mOrtgagOr, did on
the 10th day of August, A. d, 1908, make
execute aud deliver his certain chattel mort
gage TO the Maplebay Wind Stacker Co.,
a corporation, mortgagee, OF same date. to
secure the payment of the following indebt-
edness, Jo-wit: Two hundred fifty dollar as
evidenced by two certain prOmmissOry notes
of even date Herewith, payable to said
mortgage, and executed by said mOrtgagOr
as follows: one for the sum of one hundred
fifty dollars, payable October LIST, 1908; one
for the sum of one hundren dollars, payable
October 1st, 1904, said notes bearing interest
at the rate of s per cent per annum from
date unit paid, which said mortgage was
duly witnessed and filed in the Office of the
register OF deeds of Kingsbury county. state
of South Dakota, on the 18th day OF August
1903;
ana. whereas. default has been made in
the conditions contained in said mortgage,
which default consists in the failure TO pay
the principal and interest secured ty said
mortgage when the same became due.
And, whereas. there is claimed to be due
at the date of this notice the sum of One
Hundred Forty-three and 2S-10O Dollars
for principal and interest due and unpaid;
And, whereas, the said mortgage has
taken possession Of OF the following describ-
ed chattels de scTibed in and m~ortgaged by
said mortgage, for the purpose OF foreclos-
ing said mortgage, said chattels SO seized
under said mortgage are described therein
as follows;
One Maplebay Wind Stacker.
Now, therefore notice is hereby given,
that by virtue OF the said mortgage and
the power of sale therein contained, and the
law In such case made and provided, and by
order Of the said Maplebay Wind Stacker
Co., a corporation n, mortgage and the pres
ent owner thereof, / will sell at public auc-
ton to the highest and best bidder for cash
at the front door Of the post office In the
city of De Smet in said county OF kingsbury,
state of South Dakota. on saturday, the
25th day of November, A. d., 1908, at 2
O'Clock and 10 minutes In the afternoon OF
said 18th daT OF November, 1908, the above
described chattels, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy the said sum OF
S143.2S with accruing interest, and costs OF
foreclosure.
Dated at De Smet, Kingsbury county,
South Dakota, this 18th day OF Move mder,
A. ID. o
WE. PETERMAN,
Sheriff of Kingsbury county, South Dakota
THE MAPLEBAY WIND STACKER co.
Mortgagee.
ID. A. CRAWFORD. Attorney for Mortgages.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
Tie Guild will meet next Tues

The Guild will meet next Tues.
day with Mrs, George Moody.
Attorney w. II. Warren started
Thursday evening for Mitchell where
he tries a law suit in circuit court
Saturday.
Roberts & Duuklee, the photog.
raphers, are now ready to do bust,
ness in their new building just east
of the INDEPENDENT office.
F. f. Dorman was down from
Erwin Thursday, accompanied by
his brother Charles, of Finchford,
Iowa. f. f. reports business as
good with his firm at Erwin
Those Of our merchants who have
new advertisements in this issue are
F, Schaub and A. S. Carpenter on
the eighth page, and the Mallery
Mercantile Co. on the first page.
The Ladies Aid of the Congre-
gational church will hold a sale Of
provisions Saturday of this week
beginning at 10 o'clock a. m., at the
old photo studio building on
Calumet avenue
A special meeting of the Eastern
Star lodge will be held Wednesday
a~fternooa of next week at which
time the worthy grand matron, Mrs
Farr, of Pierre will be present. A full
attendance is desired.
DR.. j. G. Ash, of Huron, will be
at the Syndicate Hotel in this city
Tuesday, Nov. u, prepared to do all
classes of eye, ear, nose, and throat
work, including the correct fitting of
glasses. All work guaranteed,
Mrs H. A. Poppen lost a hand
bag on the streets in this city We'd
nesday. Among other items con-
tanned in the hand bag was a check
for $7.65. Finder please leave at
this office or at the Poppen home in
Lake township.
j. E. Mallery came down from
Pierre Tuesday evening and remain
ed ever the following day. He re.
ports great activity by the G. & N.
W, at that place. There is a large
gang of men at work getting ready
the temporary bridge to be used this
winter, while every day brings in
great quantities of materials.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
pRAhOLA.

Beautiful weather to pick corn, and our
people are pushing the work as rapidly as
possible. The roads are good, and those
who are hauling off grain are happy, or
ought to be,
We regret 10 say that Harold Fowler
has decided TO live up farming and is
about tr,selI has belongings. h means
that he win probably leave this commun-
ity. larry is a quiet energetic young
man, and we don't like to have him
leave Us.
We understand that George Krecklow
is more than likely TO remain on his farm,
as the lease 10 other parties has been can
celled. George is one of the earliest set
tiers and it wouldn't seem like home
with him away.
NIessrs. Thornhill, O'Hora, and Martin
LIST week ooh a trip 10 North Dako-
ia, to inspect the real estate
Of our win sister. OF the result we are
not informed.
This writer and other two-thirds spent
Sunday at the home of w, II. Ross.
Prosperity was there, and seemed to wear
a broad grin.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. +. Newell and daughter
Ethel May were on our streets Sunday
last.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
EDWIN.

sumner Stearns stopped of ON his way
back from the Aberdeen foot bal! game
between the normais TO visit over Sunday.
pr. Bates went 10 Vienna saturday
venin on consultation
Mrs Lund aren't to Lake Preston Mon
day morning
Ncls p. Nelson spent Sunday visiting
with his brother az Hetland
Niss Nora Thompson came up from
Brookiugs 70 visit for a few days with
her folks.
Toe Kitchen had sac sui-fortuue to awe
i horse tall on his foot and d~isiocate the
ankle
a. Holister spent Sunday az Madison
attending g Business.
Mss Dora Miller spent Sunday with
friends la ErNin
Mrs Stone and xhEdlsn <pent Sunday
wsfa Mss Weah
nean.s f6rget tfe sale Of personal prop
ezv AN A. il. HoIlister iu Erwin Saturday
mr Basser came Saturday and complet-
"a and took charge of the
paBer taGs week.
NJ Goltra i here from Madison for the
uasrssase pf conducting a loom end sale
tao weeks ia tensions x Peterson's
store
PrsE n. C. whiting spent Sunday at
8aaesufs. Wonder whyF
Nrs Frank ingalls, and Miss Myra Coul-
son ARE helping Jensen q Peterson during
tine snarm end sale
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
EAsr EMO ITEMS.

Peter Larson and family, of Lake Pres
ton, spent last Sunday at the home of
August Olesou.
X. J.. Prestrude is building a new BARI.
Contractor Nclstad is doing the work.
a. A. Henry is rejoicing over the arrival
OF threshers. The past few days have
been very favorable for threshing and it
will soon be finished.
Robert Pegley went to Springfield last
Tuesday for a visit with relatives at that
place.
Elder Ross's father, of Sioux Rapids,
Iowa, was here last week looking after the
t~hreshiug of the grain on his farm south
of Arlington.
Huute Mellen and Mrs. Jelle, of Bryce,
Mimi, attended the wedding, of Mr.. John
Jcile and Miss Lena Alison which took
place at the home of the brides parents
in Lake county.
There was a social gathering at the
home of Ludwig S%orenson last Saturday
evening and if reports are true everybody
had a good time.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17

with had finished the seasons work.
acted as engineer part OF the time.
The Spirit Lake school teacher, Miss
Kate Greenfield, is teaching -four miles
east OF Erwin,
Anton Poppen will soon 80 TO Sibley,
10 stay with his grandmother, Mrs,
Adam Poppeu, for the winter.
r. III Doeden has treated the buildings
on his farm TO q coat of paint,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Burger mourn the loss
OF their infant son who died Saturday
and was buried Sunday,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
~ These are the Original Little
VSSSS% Liver Pills, first put up over
KeWeS~ 40 years ago, by old DR.. r. V.
pfapOa TbauSUa hann much

tinually crossed the democratic tick
ct, Jim Hill has most generally re-
Trained from crossing the Missouri
at Yankton. That's why we sit all
day exuding brine and lamentation.
We are waiting-waiting for Jim
Hill and eternity. Sometimes we
be bet on Jim, and sometimes we
put our money on eternity. One OF
them eternity or Jim-will come to
us some of these days when we are
plum dead and petriied.-Cavo VI
Clarion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
correspondents
BANCROFT.

W. N. Mason aud Arthur Wertz were in
Carpenter last Saturday
Mr.. AMI t.,rs. Geo. Barnes, of Ellsworth
Nfinn. arc spending a few days ia ban
croft visiting with Mr.. aud Mrs, Mason
p n. Peterson, of De Smet, was in own
Saturday.
Frank Hoover went to Carpenter last
week TO take charge of the new lumber
ward being put in there by Mr. Thompson
IL Bancroft, and Mr.. Stoncr, of lroquois.
A. Houghton, of Osceola, was in town
last Monday evening,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
Financial Statement OF the
bank Of De Smet,

Sworn to by j.. III. Carol, before d. A.
Crawford Notary pubic
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
H1ulltofL
.AGIIIAal:Iaz;w
Unique Wedding Cake.

A Philadelphia baker was recently
called on to furnish a strange wedding
cake. The bride-to-be was a journal
Isl, and the cake was required to be
In the form of a huge fountain pen.
In one portion a bulb was concealed
and when pressed, caused red wine to
squirt out of the pen so that the guests
could at once eat the wedding cake
and drink the brides health.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
spgzfr LAKE z

4. Uphoa has left Spirit Lake and gone
"a wsglou Lakes TO put up q new barn for
~. r. Meyer.
Wsn. RuSche has finished threshing
FAX for some Of our farmers. The yield
ran 40 10 Is bushels on sod. Fred John
SOD I'll. Gfotiohn, f.. J. Claassen, I. Dick
MAN and George Banmann were among
tae lacky ones to have their threshing
Enishcd.
Adam Poppcn came back from Willow
Lakes Monday The machine he was
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
Cat as a Retriever.

A farmer at Ballina, New South
Wales, trained a black cat to act as a
retriever. The animal was also fond
Of diving in the sea for fish, and re.
Gently it brought out a two-pound
mullet. It's career was ended by its
being swallowed by a shark.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
II 2 Sturgen and wife and III

H. z. Sturgeon and wife and the
latter's mother, Mrs John Callahan,
returned Wednesday evening from
Rochester where both ladies received
surgical treatment at the hospital.
Both have been greatly benefited
and are happy as a consequence, as
will be their many friends to hear of
their improvement.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
Promoted.

A family OF the Newport set, who
number among their occasional guests
an Austrian count, took Oh a new par
Tor maid. She was hardly up to the
everyday handling of titles, and was
evidently much impressed by the i'm.
p~ortance of the visitor, for she was
overheard by a member of the family
10 ask another maid, in an awestruck
tone:
lis the king coming to-day?"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-11-17
Chinese Brick Tea.

In Manchuria, Siberia and North
China much use is made of Chinese
brick tea, not as a beverage, but as a
vegetable, boiled with rice and mutton.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
OWNERSHIP OF LITTLE VALUE.
Art Dealers Purchased Treasures
Must Not Be Moved

Italy desires the keeping of its art
treasures within its own boundaries
and sometimes with rather odd re-
suits The other day a farmer, find
ing his finances low, yielded to the
solicitation of an art dealer and sold
him the removable masonry OF two
ancient windows belonging to the
fragment of an ancient abbey. now an
Clubhouse, in his grounds. The gov
ernment commissioner, hearing of the
transaction. visited the farm and Of
fically prohibited the removal of the
windows. The farmer was in de-
spa;r; he had received his 500 francs
and, like the lrishman, had squan-
dered his fortune in paying his debts.
The commissioner used comfortable
words: You have sold the windows
and he has paid you money which you
have prudentiy spent Be content"
But the buyer was not equally con-
tented. He sought out the commits.
sioner, who blandly congratulated
him on having become the owner of
the windows, which, however, he
could not remove. Shylock's pound
of flesh mildly repeats itself in ton
of masonry.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
The Cadets, Christmas.

Christmas at West Point is not a
mad. merry festival season. 1t is a
time of disguised tribulation. The
only fortunate cadets are the upper
classmen, who have pulled through
the term with only light percentage
of dement's. These receive leavn of
absence of from three to six days.
But the under classmen. and all men
that have been penalized, go through
the same routine on Christmas week
as on all the other weeks of the year.
except that the lessons are suspended.
From their friends and relatives in
the civilian world they smuggle in
boxes full of DOODLE" which is the
West Point name for smuggled sweet
stuff, and in their rooms, late at night,
they eat this Christmas cheer over
a poncho, to keep the grease spots off
the floor.
IL the floor showed marks of cake
festivity, inspection next morning
would bring penalty. At the mess
hall, cheap candy is served during
holiday week.-Country Life In ArasE.
ica's Christmas Annual.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Symbols of the Tree.

In many of the ancient faiths the
range of human existence is symbol
ized by a tree, called the tree of life"
the world tree" or the "tree Of ex-
istence." The most extended elabora-
ton of this idea is found in the old
Morse mythology. Yggdrasil, the
world tree, has three roots, one reach
ing to heaven, one to hell, one to
earth. The serpent gnaws at the foot
of Yggdrasil seeking the destruction
of the universe, and nearby sit the
three norns who spin the fates of all
mankind. The old English maypole
is the same tree bursting into beauty
in the spring. Our Anglo-Saxon fore.
fathers with the Norsemen regarded
the ash as the world tree, and there
fore kept the festival of Its restoration
and vitality. The Germans considered
Il e silver fir or the pine proper SYM
boil Of the everything tree of life. The
word "tanne" (pine) comes from a
root signifying ITO grow" ahich crops
up In all the Aryan languages. The
yulo Atg of later Britalr. was blend
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
ARID LAND TO BE RECLAIMED.
Irrigation Will Make New Mexico
Blossom Like a Garden.

A new star on the flag is the mean
ing of the national irrigation act ap-
piled to New Mexico, where the BIOS
soming gardens and populous, pros
porous communities of Pueblo Indians
which fiourished there when Coronado
sailed up the Rio Grande hundreds OF
years ago are to be revived from its
1922, AGO square miles of arid America.
The Rio Grande valley is to be re-
claimed by great dam over this ca
PRECIOUS river, which one day has lit
tie or no surface flow and the next is
raging torrent, cutting new chan
nels, carrying off dams, and sweeping
away entire farms. Some OF the rich
est mines in the world are to be de-
veloped and remarkably fertile soil
made to yield its teeming crops. Last
year one onion grower realized profit
in excess of 5000 from less than an
acre of Bermuda onions, and farmer
exhibiting at the St Louis exposition
was awarded the gold medal for sugar
cane over all competitors, including
those from Cuba and Hawaii. Marvel
GUS yields of alfalfa. cereals, veget-
ables, and fruit are produced.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
WEDDING AND FUNERAL ALIKE.
Much Resemblance in Ceremonies, Ac'
cordinq to Western Writer.

cording to Western Writer.
There is mighty little difference be-
tween wedding and funeral. At
wedding the relations walk slowly
down the aisle, followed by the bridal
couple and string of attendants. At
a funeral the relations enter the
church slowly, followed by the coffin
and the pallbearers. At wedding the
real relations Of the bride sit on one
side of the church and the in-law
relations sit on the other. The kin
of the remains take opposite sides of
the church at a funeral. The organ
rolls out the same deep music and the
odor of flowers is as heavy at we'd
ding as at funeral After the church
services are over the bridal couple
and attendants leave the church first,
followed by the relatives, and at a
funeral the coffin and pallbearers are
given precedence of the relatives in
leaving the church. The same hacks
stand at the door and the professions
in both cases pass slowly out Of sight.
After everything is over the relatives
get together and talk things over very
much the same in both instances.
There are some tears, some criticisms,
some complaints about blunders and
the incidents are closed.-Atchison
Kan, Globe.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Christmas Day in Austria.

On Christmas day the chief dish on
an Austrian table contains consecrat-
ed eggs, which the father distributes.
After eating, all eyes are closed and
all heads bowed down to the table
in the belief that Jacobs ladder is
then descending from heaven to earth,
and down the ladder angels are COM
ing to bless the worshipers and to car.
ry away their earthly troubles to
heaven. In the evening the real cele.
bration begins. All lights are the..
extlnguished in the house-no fire, no
light is visible. The children crowd
together in fear and remain perfectly
silent, as otherwise they know they
will receive none of the presents
brought by the Christ-child ana laid
at the entrance Of the house.