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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
DROWNED OUT THE WHISTLE.
Randmaster Saw But One Way to
Achieve Victory.

Sousa was once conducting a cor.
cert, and was SO ~engrossed in extract
ing from his organization the sweet,
soft notes of an oriental love song A
loud and prolonged blast came from
a steamboat on the Allegheny river.
Instantly the directors baton was di.
rected toward the disturbing whistle.
as thought he would have a more dull
Get one from the offender. Instead
he received a more deafening response
from the huge steam whistle. The
disguised conductor now turned to-
ward his musicians, and, with a yio-
lent waving Of his arms, brought
forth such a roar from the drums and
brasses that If there was any further
demonstration on the part of the
steamboat it was not heard in the
music hall.
At the conclusion Of the concert
Sausa said to one of the directors:
"The only way to overcome that
steamboats, blow is to meet 1t with a
more powerful one"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
Wanted the Job Completed.

Andrew Pinkham, a wei. known
farmer OF North Monmouth, ME-, one
of the towns solid men, and at one
time state senator, used to tell the fol-
lowing story on himself: When
was a young man, my brother Amsa
and myself were blowing one day. !
was holding the pillow. Amsa was
driving. and my father was having
general oversight of the job. 1t was
very rocky ground. was rather stout
and was getting about winded. Final
ly I could stand 1t no longer, and be-
tween gasps I called out, For thunder
rake. stop those horses. Amsa; you're
yanking the devil out Of me- Father
looked up. and, in his moderate way,
said, Drive on Amsa; drive on"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
Some Lincual Peculiarities.

Some familiar words illustrate that
confusion between article and sub.
stantive which has given the English
language "a newt" for IAN ewt." "A
nickname" represents IAN ekename,"
an additional name; and "a nugget"
or "riggot," as 1t used to be written.
was once "a ningot," a wrong version
of IAN ingot." Similarly the phrase
"for the nonce" was originally for
then once"-for that one time, then"
being the dative case of that" On
the other hand, IAN adder" and IAN
orange were "a madden" and "a
norange" r.g!nally. IAN apron" also,
has come from "a l:apron" connected
with 'narery'0, and IAN umpire Is
really "a ~rumpire'-a "non-peer," a
not equal or odd man, the odd mar
out who arhitrates.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

The late John Sherman showed his
talent for f~inanciering at an early age.
He and two Of his brothers had been
given a sum of money with which to
pay their board for a week while on a
shooting trip at the house of a farmer,
near Lancaster. Ohio, their home.
The week ended, John ordered the
wagon and prepared to pay his board.
But the farmer refused the money
saying that the sons of Judge Sher-
man would always be welcome guests.
When John found he did not have to
pay his board he sent the wagon back
to the barn and remained another
week.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
The Point of View.

An Irishman who had but recently
arrived in this country applied to a
scotchman for a job. The Scotchman
decided to give him a trial-also, a
little good advice.
1T will be your OWL fault If you
don't get ahead in this country. Pat"
said the Scotchman. Twenty years
ago I landed in New York with but
one shirt to my back, but since then
by my own e~xertions, | have managed
10 accumulated a million"
Faith, an Ord loik to be afther
KNOWN pfwat ony man wants wild a
million shirts!" exclaimed the son Of
Erin. He can't wear more than one
av Thin at a toim, begory!"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
a Cure for Colds.

kind. 1t has been teStcd repeatedly,
and has never failed, and as | useG 10
catch cold, which resulted in q bad
atta * os b. o~nchitis, can 81" q rom
experience. In cases of pneumonia II
will not fail TO cure If taken in time.
Make a ball of cotton batting about
the size of a small marble, Saturate
1t well with alcohol, then drop onto
1t six drops of chloroform; cover 1t
lightly with a thin piece of thin cotton
batting, hcl1 to the mouth. and inhale
the fumes, initiating the lungs well. IT
will open and expand every lung cell
instantly.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
CHANCE SETTLED TOWNS NAME
Toss Of Coin Resulted In Selection OF
Portland.

Toss OF Coin Resulted IN Seiectlon ot
Portland.
Frank w. Pettygrove Of Seattle has
the penny that named the city or
Portland, Ore. On the toss OF this
coin depended the question whether
the Willamette metropolis should be
known as Portland or Boston. Twice
the coin turned tails" and the town
was named after Portland, Me-, the
former home of Mr.. Pettygroye's
father.
A. L. Lovejoy of Massachusetts,, a
member of the party that laid out
Portland, desired to name 1t Boston,
after the most important city in his
state. Pettygrove wanted to name 1t
Portland, after the most important
city in Maine, his native state. They
agreed to toss a penny, heads to be
Boston, tails to mean Portland, the
best two in three to be the choice.
Pettygrove won the first toss; Love-
Joy won the second, and the third
proved to be tails. and Portland 1t was.
The younger Pettygrove still has
the identical penny and would not
Ia e any amount of money for 1t. His
father kept 1t for a pocket piece, and
1t has been handed down to the son,
who bears his fathers name. 1t Is
dated 1885, and is one OF those large
coins in vogue at that time, about tle
size of the quarter of the present day.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
A MINING CAMP
ARpY LIFE or A 5RANDJNEW
WESTERN TOWN.
4TenderfootD Who Would Look for
Luxuries, or even Comforts, Would
Be Disappointed. - Majesty OF a
Storm Of Thunder and Rain.


In Harper's Magazine Philip Verrill
Elghels gives a vivid picture OF a
western mining camp as he saw 1t on
the night of his arrival: at was twi-
Fight when we came in sight OF the
brand-new mining camp, built in a
natural amphitheater formed by the
square-cut table mountains. 1t was a
thickly studded constellation OF tents,
with struggling domiciles and dugouts
scattered about over a space OF ten
square miles. In their whiteness and
sq%uareness the tents resembled count
less dice at rest where the toss of fate
and chance had left then to grasp at
a foathold.
uarkIess closed in as we drove
into town. Our teamster swung his
animals at once into a large corral,
where hundreds Of mules, a dozen
cows, scores of men, great dusty wag.
ons, and piles and heaps Of baggage,
lumber, cases, rolls of bedding, gaunt
iron boilers and domestic necessities
were mixed in hopeless confusion.
Il paid him my fare and told him |
would willingly pay him more could
he manage to provide me with a 6x1
accommodating In his blankets for the
night. lie knew men were walking
the streets for lack Of beds in the
town and, being a large-hearted team
ster, he agreed to take nae in, provid-
ed there was space sufficient under
cover.
I sleep most anywheres in this
corral he said. There's a tent over
here that we may get in If there amt
too many beds there now
"In the semidarkness we stumbled
over 10 the tent, which he entered.
A second later he let out a horrible
whoop. He had bumped into ONE
thing alive. II was merely a COW. She
had gone inside in search either for
news from home or hay in the mat
t~resses. She came out h%urriedly,
bowling the ritter aside in her haste.
Then a match was lighted, its wayer-
ing light revealing nine rough beds in
the tent, all on the ground, in a space
so limited that many were, perforce,
rolled up in order to squeeze into the
space. But | could come here and
bunk in with the teamster If nothing
more Inviting could be foInd. He
seemed to believe there was room.
"A final storm of the day now broke
before | could make my way from
the strewn corral In Nevada the rar.
est disturbance known is a storm of
thunder and rain. But tonight above
the brow of the somber mountains
ragged a mighty war of elements, ter
rife and ominous. Out of clouds as
black as felt stabbed th~ree-pronged
lightning strokes, vicious and awful.
A sudden wind hurled dust and rain
and hail together in a tempest on the
town. The street was ablaze with
lights from a score of saloons and
gambling halls. Music arose from
these thronged abodes of carelessness.
1t swept In interrupted gushes on the
storm. laughing out its frivolity
against the stern, deep roar Of thun-
der from the hill. To me 1t was threat
and portent. fearful andsmaJestic. that
the gods were sounding"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
ExcLusIvENEss As A FAULT.
Mans Weakness In Separation from
Rest Of His Kind.

A man is but a cluster on the great
human grapevine. He begins to dry
up the moment he is cut of from his
fellows. Their is something in the
solidarity of the human race which
cannot be accounted for in the sum
total of all the individuals. Separa.
ton from the mass involves a mighty
loss Of power In the individual, just.
as there is a loss Of cohesion and adj
hesion involved In the separation Of
the molecules and atoms OF the dia-
mond. The value Of the gem is in the
close contact, the compactness, and
the concentration of the particles
which compose 1t. The moment they
are separated It's value is gone. So
a strong, effective man gets a large
part of his strength from the vital
connection with his fellows.-Success
Magazine.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Power gives peace.
Patriotism needs patience.
Opportunity wears rubber shoes.
Nothing fights age better than hap
piness.
Sins salary is inseparable from It's
service.
The s~elf,satisied are seldom of any
service.
Troubles reverse the laws of per.
~spective.
A man can be serious without be-
ing sour.
Information is no substitute for in.
spiration.
The church needs men more than
meetings.
Whetting the practices dulls the
principles.
Piety used as a pull soon gets
frayed out.
The open heart always finds the
open heart.
A short temper has the other kind
Of a tongue.
He knows little who comprehends
all he knows.
Blessings are not to be measured
by their bulk.
Los 7g the temper is a sure way
OF finding trouble.
The strong man never fears care;
but he fees from fret.
The itching palm tries to pass it.
self off for a helping hand.
You can no measure a sin by
its size than a tree by its seed
Henry f. Cope In Chicago Tribune.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
chosA the Lesser Evil.

The late William Terriss. seeing a
novel ear covering which was recon-
mended for the cold weather, bought
it and gave 1t to his old coachman,
who could thus protect himself while
waiting for Mr.. Terriss at night. The
coachman was profuse In his graft
tude; but a night or two later Mr..
Terriss noticed that he was not wear
ing his muf1er. why have you given
1t up so soon?" he asked. We'll. SIR"
was the mans reply, ut vas VERY
comfortable. but you see, sir. I found
out t'other night that when I 'ad my
ears covered a friend 'ad asked me to
ave a drink and I'd never card I'm"
London Daily News.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
The Best Is Ours.

In Gods fair world the best Is freest
given
Pure water, restful grass, the blu Of
heaven.
The highest joys are welded not to
wealth.
True love, sweet peace, and glad. abound
ing health.
Not backward needs the world it's vision
cast;
Its golden age is present, not the past.
The richest jewels mined by human
thought
Can by the poorest for a wish be bought.
Philosopher, lawgiyer, poet, sage,
The matchless minds of every CLINE and
age,
SO near our feet they come fresh touched
of God,
Like vernal life new ~springing from the
sod.
Ger browning all, most free, supremacy
best
The Book, the Christ, the souls eternal
quest.
Rev. William b. Norton. Pho.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
Praylru for e5.aa..b.nd..

A picturesque ceremony takes place
every year in HGate-vienne. All the
girls in The place on the day of St
Eutropius fIe in procession to st.
Junien les.Gombes 10 the cross which
is erected near the church to the
saint. Each girl hangs her left garter
on the cross and prays that she may
have a good husband. and then gives
way to the next girl. The cross Is 50
smotherca In garters of different col
ors that at 2 distance It looks 40
though IL we're covered with flowers
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
To 2 Little Child.

Could / go before a little way
Down the hard road your tender feet
must fare,
To put aside the bramble and the tare
That wait to wound you on a later day:
To mark each Turing path that cad
astray
With eyes made clear long since in
sterner air,
And bare the pitfall and the hidden
snare
That Turk to bring you sorrow and dis
may.
Could / but go a little way before,
Untutored child-heart! Trusting inno-
cence!
How gladly would l suffer for your
sake
Old wounds, reopened TIC the quick keen
corel
Applying God! That such soft feet
chould take
The long, rough highway of experience!
Hilton r. Greer. in D~elineator.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
perixations Little Known.

Scandal is one Of the hardest
worked words in the language. II Is
the same as SLAMS" and shonld
have the same meaning Of things
spoken injurious to a persons repu-
tation. Derived from Greek "skau-
dalon." Islander" ana scandal" are
good examples of doublets from class.
ical sources. Scandal" came, with
the new learning" direct from the
Greek; SANDER" by way of Norman
French ''~esclandre." The same pro.
cess has given palsy" and "paraly.
SIS" priest" and "presbytsr." aims
and "eleemosynary."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
FORMS OF DISEASE GERMS.
Harmless Varieties May Suddenly
Change Their Nature.

Harmless varieties way suddenly
Change Their Nature.
1t is common belief that the germs
of disease flourish only in the human
organism, and that, if we could once
eradicate an infectious malady, it
would stay eradicated. 1t now seems
very probable that this is untrue. Ac-
cording to A view held wholly or par
TALLY by many Psychologists, and
strongly upheld by Prof. Bodin, dis
ease germs are only accidentally viru.
lent, their normal existence being
what is called '~'saprophytic," hat is,
independent of any other organism.
When one of these harmless varieties
changes its natur so as to become
parasitic, we have a new disease. OBJ
servation has shown that many kinds
of bacteria are very unstable, and are
constantly forming new varieties. 1t
Is possible, therefore, that potential
germs of typhoid, lockjaw, or con
sumption may be growing harmlessly
about us, to assume, a virulent para
site life at some future time.-Lon-
don Lancet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

1t was q popularity of the late
Eeldnin MellhauseE that In nearly all
lis novels the scene is placed partly
In Germany. partly In America. He
was extremely prolific. his stories and
travel sketches making up nearly two
hundred volumes. He spent many
years In the western prairies and the
Rocky mountains before he became
librarian at Potsdam. To the last he
kept his enthusiasm for the west. He
left to q Berlin museum four albums
containing pictures OF America. .
n who will ever again see It."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
Small Coins.

The natives of the Malay peninsula
have in use the very smallest current
coin in the world. 1t is a sort OF wa
Ter, made from the resinous juice OF
4 tree. and is worth about one ten
t~housandth or q penny. The smallest
metal coin In circulation at the pres.
emit day Is the Portuguese three-reis
piece. worth twelve one-hundredths Of
q penny. The smallest coin ~circulat.
ing officially in any part Of the Brit.
ish empire Is the ive-millesima piece
Of Gibraltar. worth about half a far
thing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
SQUIRE HamiIton,s Taste.

On a certain occasion, many years
ago, il Is said hat Squire Hamilton,
n OF the ablest and best known
members OF the legal profession in
Maine, half affronted a distinguished
gentleman with whom he was dining.
The dining Dom had been newly
and splendidly furnished, whereas the
dinner was but a very meager and in
different one. While some OF the
guests were flattering their host on his
taste, magniacence, etc, Squire Ham.
ilton said: Fr my part. 4 had rather
have seen = gliding and more carv-
ing."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
Work for Landscape Gardner.

Frederick Law Olmstead of New
York has been invited by the Yale
corporation to become the landscape
architect for the extensive Hillhouse
property, which on August l will pass
to the corporation and which will be
developed as s park and botanical gar.
den In connection with the Yale for.
EFT school,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
When Slim Pete FIddies,

We've a high old time when Slim Pete
6ddles
For the country shindig down at Biddles'
Ranch, Ch the Tar Fla road. His horse
hair Low
Can saw OUT Dixie" or Jump Jim
crow"
Like sixty. Hop light, ladies, tiptoe fine.
Git yer pardn 5 now, an jump In line,
Couples to their places, sets to stalls
Pete yells. mounts a box and iddles and
calls:
"Honors all an let 'er go!
Balance all and do-se-do!
Jump lively now. an all sashay!
Gents take a turn an break away!
Ladies march around the ring!
Meet year gent and let i'm swingl
Cross over calico, bow down low!
Hitch am swing an do-se-do!
To paIdners again and all get gayL.
Lemonade round an all chaw hay!"
Oh, it's a time we have when Slim Pete
fiddles
For the country shindig down at Biddles
Ranch, on the Tar Fiat road.
Dennis II. Stovall.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
THE LAW OF SALE"
Attitude of the Consumer Toward tho
Advertiser.

Advertiser.
A specialist who has made a study
Of the mental attitude of the consumer
toward the advertiser formulates what
he call the law of sale" as fol-
lows: Attention, properly sustained,
changes 10 interest; ~intereste, proper
ly augmented, changes to desire, and
desire, properly intensified, changes
to resolve to buy" Often the reader
passes through all these mental stages
in the perusal of a single advertise.
ment; sometimes the cumulative
power of a series of lads" is neces.
sary to bring him to the final attract.
ing attention, arousing interest and
intensifying desire is the newspaper,
which covers a field no other medium
can reach.-Philadelphia Record.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
SEEN FROM THE INSIDE.

If truth is beauty, there are many
liars.
He who laughs last misses the next
Joke.
The lamp Of experience requires a
large. power house.
II money is the root OF all evil most
Of us work with a spade.
Some people suppose they can 70
turn to nsture in an automobile.
The vases Of sin are still the same;
unfortunately there has been no n
crease.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

| can imagine no more honorable
group than a royal father among his
sons, earnestly instilling into them the
high laws of the kingly Office which
he himself religiously observes
Richter.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
LORD OF THE UNIVERSE,
AS FATHER.

Happy is the man who hath his
quiyerful-perhaps.-The Catch of the
Season.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

It's a wise son that won't recognize
his own father.-Town Topics.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

The pure and warm heart fills the
father like a sweet scent in the even
ing air-like the presence of a friend
in the dark, twilight room-like a mel.
ody entertaining within and sweeten-
ing the soul.-G. Gilfllan.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

A man full of good qualities lacks
often the one quality that would make
them all valuable.-Petit-Se Sem.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
THE VIEWS OF UNCLE JOSH.

Them fast steamers are makid' the
big pond look small.
Love may be blind, but that doesn't
keep 1t from indin' the way.
| amt sure that I'd be satisfied II
| had a million, but / reckon I'd be rs
satisfied as anybody could reasonably
expect.
| dunno much about this higher
criticism except / reckon it's giyin.
lots OF folk an excuse for stayin' away
from church.
Some folk don't think the airshipIl
ever be much of a success, but I ex-
pect the time'll come when a man'ii
hardly be able to walk the street
without havin' one of them fall on
him.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

The law should never be allowed to
stand for the maximum of mans moral
obligations towards himself and his
fellowmen.--Sir Edward Fry.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

When a man is vain his vanity
passeth that of m He Loses all
control ove himself.-The World.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13
AS MAN

The light of a mans friendship is
like the light of phosphorus, seen
when all around is dark.-Crowle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

There is none too much chivalry in
the modern man. He has found that
little is expected Of him, and he has
been steadily cutting off supplies un
til it has become quite an easy mat
ter 10 establish u reputation as a
knight by merely offering the COM
monest civilities.--Lady's Pictorial.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-10-13

Love may be blind, but that doesn't
keep 1t from indin' the way.