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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
HARD ON THE "FlENDS."
How Wisconsin Cigarette Smokers Tr,
to Evade the Law.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Attempts to get the express compa-
MES to act as purchasing agents for
Milwaukee cigaret smokers form one
of the latest developments in the re-
suits OF the state anti-cigaret law,
which went into effect July 1. Refusal
on the part of the companies is an in
dication of their desire to have as lit
tie g possible to do with the bringing
of cigarets into the state, and In
general agents insist that IL there has
been any increase In their trade, ow-
ing to the law. they are ignorant of it.
While the dealers are not making
much noise about it, it is said that
smokers can buy their cigarets in
Milwaukee without any personal in
convenience, and at a lower price than
heretofore. Orders are placed with the
retailer forwarded to the : holesale
houses and tho goods sent direct to the
While no packages are
passed over the counter, the sale is yir-
tually made in this city.
Still another way to smoke in spite
of the law has been discovered by de-
voices of the prescribed weed. Whole
sale houses outside of the state have
let Il become known that for an insig-'
nificant number of stamps enough CT,
garet papers will be forwarded tor
consumers of their tobacco to last sew
eral months. The smoker writes to the
wholesale houses, received the bundle
OF papers and then goes to the tobac-
%conist, secure from all possible inter-
ference from the law, Inc buys the
packages of the mixture necessary to
complete the ''makings."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
London in the Season.


Ii is astonishing how much Of the sc
cial life Of London centers round Hyde
Park. Every morning in summer, from
DOR after 8 o'clock to l o'clock, Rotten
Row is crowded with riders. Almost
every one you see on horseback Is a well
known man or a well known
1t is the thing, and always has been
the thing, for those Englishmen who
can afford it to begin the days work
or ~pleasurings with a morning ride.
One morning a couple of weeks ago I
counted more than a dozen members of
parliament and five cabinet ministers
in the Row. Toward IL o'clock the
more purely social elements appear,
some to ride. others to walk about and
look On. OF the riding one cannot speak
very highly. The English seat is not
a graceful one, and 1t is comparatively
rare to see q woman whose habit, form
and general appearance in the saddle
entirely satisfy. The men, in the hap
py-go-lucky. rather awkward style OF
horsemanship that Englishmen prac-
tice, make a better showing, and one
occasionally sees a really superb rider.
But the average is nothing like so high
as n has a right to expect.
london In the season is what every
other capital in the world would like
to be, but canno Is is the worlds
center for opera, for concerts, for pic
lures, for every form OF art. 1t is the
capital of h kingdom and the era
pire, the home of royalty, and the scene
of the thousand and one festivities.
ceremonies and fetes that always go
with a court. This is the first real sea-
son we have a since the kings ac-
cessioH. In 1861 everything was ruined
socially by Queen Victoria's death: In
1902 there va the fiasco of the kings
illness on the V of his coronation: in
1903 it rained, rained, rained; in 1904 no
body had any money; but 1906 has en-
joyed the first essentials to success. sun
shine n cash, and both have been
turned to prodigious use. In fact, there
is so much to do and so little time to
do it that afternoon calls have dropped
from the traditional ten minutes to an
actual five, and threaten a future three,
Before long they will disappear alto
gether. People will pay their calls by
post, n never see their friends ex-
;ept at brushes"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
LONGEVITY.
Many Persons Of All Sorts CT Mays ct
LIVING Pass the Century Mark.

New York Tribune: Ever since the
days of the many-centuried patriarchs
mankind has evinced great interest in
those who have passed the usual limits
of life. The disposition TO calculate
and speculate as to centenarians Is
shown by the estimate that a man who
lives to be sixty years old has spent
seven months In buttoning his shirt
collar. Perhaps even such q specula-
ton is, on the maxims and rules laid
down by those who have passed the
century mark. Still, Notwithstanding
jocular estimates and the contradictory
maxims of the c~entenarianS them
selves, the interest of the many In
these veterans in the army of life is
undeniable and increases rather than
diminish with the years. Men like
Professors Loeb and Burke are study
ing in the laboratory the origin of life,
but there have probably never before
been so many intelligent persons who
seized with avidity upon every plausi-
ole plan or rule TO prolong life.
The prediction is frequently made
that the ordinary mortal span will
eventually be so heightened hat man
will be at his best from seventy to n
hundred, and that those who die at less
than the latter age will be deemed gull
ty Of culpable negligence. Some find
the secret in a return to what they call
the natural simple life or the patrl-
archs of Scripture, and would have us
grind between rude stones the grain
for our daily food. Some assert that in
uncooked foods lies the road leading to
the century gate, while others would
have us live as we please and take no
thought of long life as the surest
means OF reaching Il. No rules or
maxims are too absurd to have their
followers, and the one conclusion that
may safely be adduced is that the ma
iority OF people would gladly live long.
provided the usual inflrmities OF age
could be avoided.
Whether the old world, with it's set
tied ways and life ordered by centuries
Of precedent, or the new world. with
its different climatic and governmental.
agricultural and industrial conditions,
is conducive TO the great longevity
remains a mooted question. Certainly
many seem TO have found. If not the
fountain of youth. at least a fountain
OF years In the new world. Indians In
California and Mexico are credibly de-
clared 10 have reached ages from 120
to lao, and at Toluca, Mexico, a few
years Ago., lived a man whose claim TO
be 1872 did not, perhaps. require a dis
count OF more than 33 1-3 per cent.
That New York. the busiest city on the
continent. Is not unfavorable TO longe-
witty IL shown In the large list OF GEN.
tenariuns Ii has numbered among Its
citizens, while q popular saying in the
Connecticut valley Is that the lnhabit-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
MIKADO SERVED ICED
WHALE TO TAFT PARTY
They Had TO Eat 1t Without
knife or Fork and Drank
Soup from the Bowls.
SEATED ON THE FLOOR
No Chair Was Provided for American
Guests, but They Were Treated
in Truly Royal Style by
Their Hosts.

Hartford, Conn, Special: Colonel
Charles Hopkin Clark, editor of the
Hartford Courant, who with his daugh-
ter is q member of the Secretary Taft
party now touring Japan n h Phil
ippines, has just written home a de-
tailed account of the luncheon given
Secretary Taft and his official family
by the mikado and the dinner follow
ing to the entire party. They had whale
as a part of the menu.
He says the reception to Secretary
Taft in Japan surpassed, in the opinion
of many of the party, that given Gem
eral Grant. The luncheon itself, he re-
ports, was as if Morgan. Rockefeller
and a few others equally distant from
the poorhouse were given carte blanche
for the finest entertainment New York
could provide. OF the luncheon he
says:
THE luncheon was at noon, but even
at this hour the men were obliged to
wear tall hats and white ties with swal-
low-tail coats. Among the decorations
of the elegant dining hall were masses
OF beautiful flowers laid upon great
cakes of ice. which served to cool the
room.
"Th dinner this evening is said to
nave been the hrest entertainment ever
given in Japan. 1t was followed by
eight performances on the stage. The
bill Of fare was:
Suhmono (soupl
Night heron and ShimeJi "a species OF
champagne)
Kuchtori CHors d'Oeuvres). wild duck.
Auabi (Haliotis)( etc.
Iashami (uncooked fish,.
Tai, Kawatsukuri and Arai (two modes OF
preparing uncooked fish.
Sunomono (mixed salad.
Iced whale and mustard sauce.
Yakimono (entrees).
Baked Al fish ChaWaninuShi eel SOuDD
Fried chicken and string beans.
Anago and limo "a specie of eel potato)
Rice sou and quail.
Pickles, cake, fruit.
Visitors left their shoes and hats at
the front door and were escorted to
the dining hall or gallery, which has no
windows but is all open, facing the
clubs beautiful ground. The stage was
directly opposite in the grounds, thirty
feet or so away. There vas no table or
chair in the room, but cushions or pads
were laid along the floor. At each pad
was the guests name on a slip OF paper.
Pretty geisha girls brought the o
in on trays, setting a loaded tray before
each person. Then trouble began. We
had no forks at all, nothing but two
chop sticks. The soup we Iran right
out of the bowl. Some of the men got
the girls to feed them, but that meant
swallowing what they gave you. i ate
three hin slices of sliced whale. The
quail was served entire, with the head,
wings and tail feathers complete, APP
parently resting on its nest in a bowl,
and the breast, which was roasted and
served cold, lay in two slices across its
brown back.
Chairs were brought in for the dra-
matte entertainment. You could al
most hear the joints OF the visitors
groan and creak by the time they be-
gan to do their second hour OF sitting.
They crossed and re-crossed their legs,
but could not get rid of them"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
INST neve die. but dry up and blow

anst eve die, but dry up and blow
away.
On the other hand, it must be adj
mitted that many centenarians of the
new world were born in Europe. In
the obituary column of the London
Times N day a few years ago twenty
three deaths were recorded, and the
united ages Of seventeen of those long
lived individuals amounted to 1893
years, or an average of nearly seven
ty-nine. Ireland has furnished a lib
eral list of centenarians, including not
only persons who lived and lied in
the Emerald Isle, but also a goodly
number who emigrated to America and
helped to swell the records of longevity
in the new world. The chances for liv-
ing to be 100, therefore seem to be
equally divided between Europe and
America, and also between men and
women, which seems to be or~y equit-
able. That, at least, is one comfortable
reflection in regard TO centenarianism,
because it is of general application and
refers the question of years to the per-
Sonal
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
Not a Beehive.
From the New York Sun.

FROM the new YORK Sun.
They were newly married and on d
honeymoon trip. They put up at a
sityscraper hotel. The bridegroom felt
indisposed mi the bride said she
would slip out and do a little shop
ping. In due time she returned and
ripped biithely up to her room. a little
awed iy h number Of doors that
looked all alike. But she was sure of
her own and tapped gently ON the
panel.
I'm back, honey; let me in" she
whispered.
No answer.
Honey, honey, let me I'M" she called
again, rapping louder. Etill no answer.
Honey. honey. It's Mabel. Let me
In"
There was silence for several Sec
onds: then a mans voice, cold and full
OF dignity. came from the other side OF
the door:
Madam. this is not = beehive: itsa
bathroom!"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
Place for Malachi.

A tiresome pastor was once preaching
a sermon on the prophets, telling their
place in history. etc. After preaching
three hours without saying anything, he
said: I'VE now come to Malachi; what
place shall we give MalacEi?" An old
elder who was becoming very impatient
and tired arose and said: Brother, you
may give Malachi my place. l am going
home to feed my team"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08

would be hideous, 1t would be disillu-
sion-no living flesh and blood could
match the beauty OF great pictures by
great masters, of statues whose mar
BILE purity d~isembodied for immortality
the exquisite spirit of life. The lady
her soul for a shock; she passed
the screen with downcast eyes, with all
her nerves tingling to condemn her. to
regret the intrusion, to resent the ugli-
ness.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
Needless.
- -

The Good Fairy called her assistant
and showed her a golden box.
Take this box" she said. and lock
1t carefully in the safe. 1t contains
good advice"
"Myp MISTRESS replied the assistant.
why should we lock up good advice?
No one will ever take it,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
Matter for Regret.

Uncle Josh-They say you can't make
a silk purse out OF a sow's ear.
Uncle Silas-No, an it's a pity. II
you could, there'd be more money in
raisin' pigs.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
To Improvs pane;na

What can we do to improve the pres
ent method OF dancing?' Numbered the
Fourth of July parson. Dancing is mere
ly huggipg set to music" I'VE might cut
out the music" softly suggested the bad
Young man.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08

presence in the sacred place! Ard she,
herseif-she, who suffered in an instant
this onslaught of many emotions; h
also intruded, profaned-an ~eavesdrop-
per at some council of the gods.
1t was only an instant. The lady's
eyes lifted and rested and dropped, and
in "A moment she vas gone. She was
gone from he mystery; she was back
in the world, But 1t was a different
world.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
Never Been There.

Detroit Tribune: did you ever visit
a crematory?" asked Mrs. Gienmore.
mo" answered Mrs. Nuritch. II
amt interested in 'em. A lady from
the country always supplies US with
milk and butter"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-09-08
The General Impression.

Puck: Pa. what is a miser?"
"A miser. my on, 10 a man who
won't lend you his money without
good security"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-09

Township 30 North Of Range 80 West
s W v Of n " 3e,H
Sec. s. 40 acres. 100 So O8 100 SEQ
s " of n u, Sec FI
s, 50 acres 400 1N 16 100 $40
Township 81 North of Range 80 West.
und Of lot commencing rs rods East Of southwest
corner Of Lot 2 running thence East to southeast
of said lot thence North 80 rods thence West
to the shore Of keweenaw Bay THENCE South along the
land % rods, thence south along the East line Of
Wakes land 10 rods to the place q beginning Sec
commencing post between sections IS and So run
ming thence south IL rods, thence west to shore Of
Keweenaw Bay thence North along Bay shore south
west corner Of F. ] Foote'S land thence East to place
commencing at Northeast corner Of N w " Of S W Y
L'Anse and Huron Bay State Road, IS rods and 10
feet as place Of beginning running thence East SO
rods thence southwestery parallel with Huron Bay
state Road 10 rods thence West 50 rods to Huron Bay
place Of beginning Sec ss acres Il ooS
% i rods OF the North side Of W wv T. Sec
III acres 80 80 06 100 2&
.. OF RANGE SO WEST
lot II ............. 500 80 20 100 70
KEwEENAw BAY, LA FERNEIs PLAT, TOWNSHIP
OF BARAGA.
lot lots and io..... 1o@Ss 2@ e 1@ I@S
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-09
TOWNSHIP 80 NORTH, RANGE 80 WI
rowNsHIp 81 NORTH. RANGE 80 WEST

commencing at Northwest of Lot 2 on section
line between sections and running thence south , on
220 thence East at right angles with
last described line shore of Keweenaw Bay thence
North along said shore go feet to lands owned by Abe
Wasigezenes, thence west place of beginning
10 so 195 30 10 10 rs
A part of Lot described follows: commencing at
Northwest Of said lot section line between
4, thence running south section line
go feet as place of beginning thence south said
section line 200 feet thence East mt right angles with
last described line shore of Keweenaw Bay thence
North along said shore of Bay to lands owned by
Matilda Wa.Wa-sag thence West on said line Oh iahu
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-09
VILLAGE OF BARAGA.
Township 81 North of Range 80 West.

lot 2, Sec. "a SO
a100 acres ...... 300 $40 80 100 200
south 100 feet of w of " Sec. 49, acres.
400 10 is 100 $50
Of " Sec. 49, so
1000 $40 so 100 ri 90
south 100 feet of Lot except right way Of D. s.
400 1O4 Is 100 80
north 300 feet Of Lot except right Of Of ID. s. s.
and A. Ry Co., Sec 80,
$50 SO "a 1O $50
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-09

commencing AGO feet west Of Northeast corner OF
OF Y, running thence south 40 feet, thence west
SO feet thence North 40 feet thence East 80 feet to
p"'e u D So ie 0s 90 So
parcel bounded North and by Keweenaw Bay. East
by section line, South by Camp meeting grounds =;
commencing the shore of Keweenaw Bay on the North
line of Lot 2 running thence East 1915 feet thence
South feet thence west to the Bay shore thence
North to the psse Of beginning d. 81
beginning point ego feet North Of Southwest
section thence running North 800 feet thence East
1920 feet thence south $50 feet thence west 1870 feet
paw - Is 10 2I g. 10 ico lii
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-09

to salem! Why shall moi that major
litys demands be met? So far tapre
have been no open charges that the Vic.
tors did not win honestly So far non.
nave >aid that there was moi an nonest
expression Of the people at the ballot
hoN. And tnu- cyzry tning points to
iho Tact That The great majority If tas
citizens OF Salem want i civ cnarter.
/ Inry ar in position 10 know what wiN
promote the interests of the town AMI
they nave significantly spoken. Sine.
Snen IS the ease thar time. honor.l Am.
! erIcan principle that the majority shan
rule. should have great weight WITH tbe
legislature and should conyinc. that
body Of is duty 10 give the people Of
salem what they want. especially 80
wnen il is designed TO help salem alone
Inc objection that Sa' m mas not the
required number Of people i obsolete.
because Of tne fact that none will saw
and tell the truth that Salems popula.
ION ma not largely increased. The
opposition two years ago mas census
that nearly measured M to the require
ment>. since then there has been rapia
increase in population and salem has tax
en signal strides in ii development. 81
obsolete i this old obiectiqu that taosa
faSoring cnarter ceased taking cen.
~us this year after more than the RI.
qnired number had bsen enumerated.
thus leaving several hundred persons un.
counted. Also in tnis connection 4,
opposition recognizes the fact taat
there are more than enough people 10
OIL The requirement, and a. vet y far
2 the Telegram knows. that element
ha- not undertaken a census Of tn,
place, Tae opposition assigns no loo
'eai reason now Tor its opposing the
proposed city charter. The main thing
i harPs against is the license clans
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-09
SALEM HAS SPOKEN.

Salem has spoken at another election
IN the question d a city cnarter. tn
question was moi direct Is to tnc recent
election. II was moi made an open issue,
nnl yat Il vas generally understood that
that question was the very heart Of t.
campaign The progressive element
favored city cnartrr Tn alleged re-
Thus were there two tick
alignment. Thus was there two tick.
IL. Thc. progressive ami city Garter
element won overwhelmingly in .
straight. open fair aud honorable fight
light, the like 81 wnicn for lack 81 ami
mostly and Indulgence in bitter and vim
lictiyc personalities wa never known in
SlIrm. Sul,erly the people acted and
with due consideration taey voted.
There Nt- No passionate appeals on
ithcr side Tn.rc were no iucrilnina-
tinns with -inglr exception or two.
which were quickly cipcked. the pep
DE Thought ana tncn they acted. The
voters >aid b big majority that taey
favored IN ticket that believes SALEM
should nave III. charter
There were good men on butn tickets.
The result therefore. can not be a.
cribed Or accredited 10 personal po,m-
Iarity 81 canlida,.-. rnay did not vote
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-09

that undue haste mad occurred, AMI
they at once held a special meeting and
undid it. Such latter action is to be
commended and it certainly shows tina,
there is an earnest desire to do the
proper thing in looking after the in
terests of tine people. The Telegram
used these words: Another was the
closing of a contract with the South
Penn Oil Company. by which the city
agrees TO build dam across the West
Fork river. without even passing an or
der or resolution That the city will build
a dam or even deciding that it will be
built Those were practically the
words used in the motion to rescind the
action of the council on the question.
Thus the Telegram takes due credit for
helping the council out of what appear.
ed to be a serious predicament AMI
which migat nave wrought much harm
to tne city and people.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-09
ENTER NO PARTNERSHIP.

Tae city council did well in reconsid-
ering their action of Friday night,
wherein they agreed that. II the South
Penn Oil Company would contribute
$4,000 in the construction of water
supply dam across tine West Fork river
they would give that corporation an I'M
unlimited supply Of water from the city
reservoir. They rescindei the order at
a special meetin Saturday night for
the reason that they regarded it prema-
ture. considering the fact taat no ar.
engagements whatever mad yet been made
for the building of such dam.
While such an avowed reason for re-
scinding the order is a good one there
are many and more potent reasons wav
the city should not enter into any sucl
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-01-09

making it optional with the people as
TO wnetner there snall be licensed sa.
looms instead Of the annoying and dang.
gerous speakeasies, which il is almost i'm.
possible to prevent, where saloons and
the lawful regulation of the sale or
whiskey do not exist. Tae legislature
WIN be confronted by them with tais
objection, and yet that body should
recognize the fact that the state per.
miis The sale Of whiskey in many other
places in the state. 1t should further
recognize the fact that the people them
selves under city charter have the
nsht 70 say by ballot whether that
clause shall operate. 1t is purely Oh.
l''nal with the people, and the major.
ity snouId rule in tais as every thing
'lse in American government. With
nat objection overcome the opposition
has nothing left.
me legislature viii readily see, there
tor'. from the action of tine people a.
S'i r that taey want city charter
ana i certainly win not take much
thought on the part of those familiar
VITA the situation to come TO the con.
eluslon that city eaarter would be a
sSod tPing for Salem. Having come to
that conclusion legislators should then
ae' accordingly by granting the charter