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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
Reign Of the Dinosaur.
Giant Reptiles Ceased Almost Stimuli
.taneously the World I've

Century: Never III the whole histors. OF
the world as we COW know it have there
been such remarkable land scenes as were
presented when the reign of these titanic
reptiles was at its climax. 1t was also the
prevailing life picture of England. Ger
many, South America and India. We car
imagine herds OF these creatures from
fifty to eighty feet in length, with limbs
and ga.t analogous to those gigantic ele-
plants, but with bedies extending through
the long, flexible and tapering necks into
the diiniTTatfve .fcca and back
into the equally long and still more tap
ering tails. The four or FIVE varieties
which existed together we're each fitted to
some special mode of Life; ome living
more exclusively onIland, other for longer
periods in the water.
The competition for existence was not
only with the great carnivorous dinosaurs,
but with other kinds of herbivorous dino
saurs (thc iguanodonts), which had much
smaller bodies TO sustain and a muck.
superior tooth mechanism for the taking
of food.
The cutting off Of this giant dinosaur
dynasty was nearly If not quite simultan-
eous the world over. The explanation
which is deducible from similar catastro-
Plies to other large types of animals is
that a very large frame, with a limited
and 81 .a.ized set OF teeth fitted only to
certain special food. Is a dangerous COM
binat!on of characters. Such a monster
organism Is no longer adaptable. any Sc
rious change Of conditions which would
tend TO eliminate the special food would
also eliminate these great animals as a
necessary consequence.
There Is an entirely different class or ex-
plantations, however, TO be considered
which are consistent both with the con-
tinued fitness of structure OF the giant
dinosaurs themselves and with the sur
yivai OF their especial food such. for ex-
ample. as the introduction or a new en-
envy more deadly even than the great
carnivorous dinosaurs. Among such
heories f.4emost Ingenious is that OF the
hate Professor Cope, who suggested that
| sorce OF the small. inoffensive and neon
! spicuous forms Of Jurassic mammals OF
the size of the shrew and the hedgehog
contracted the hebi of seeking out the
nests of these dinosaurs. gnawing through
the shells OF their eggs and thus destroying
the young. The appearance or evolution
of an egg-destroying animal, whether rep
tiles or mammals. which could attack this
great race at such a defenseless point
would be rapidly followed By It's dIstnc-
ton.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
a HoMILY FOR NovELlsTs.
Andrew Lang on Their Responsibilities
and Limitations.

Jondon Post: Now, the responsibilities
/ Of the novelist are obvious. His business
in the scheme of things Is TO entertain ana
amuse the leisure of many women, 81
some boys. OF a few men. lie oGght 10
shun all that can lower the moral tone
some" he ought to write grammar, ne
may even avoid a style compact or Jour-
nalistic commonplace. He should not
venture on describing modes or life and
strata OF society OF which he knows SO
little as TO hin that ~coroneted guests
crowd into the 'refreshment room or a
Belgravian mansion at $3.50 p. m. lie
ought. in fact, TO have an ordinary know
edge OF letters, and not TO that
heaven spared the city of Sodom because
OF the Righteousness OF Lot. A very pop
ular novelist. a favorite with preachers.
does make these errors, but he ought to
avoid them. just as he should not write
OF undergraduate lire without being
aware that colleges have porters, and that
medicine is not one OF the chief subjects
OF study at oxford. as another novelist
appears at one time to have fondly imag-
fined. / may also think that the response
b.lities of q novelist include the duty OF
stunning such fables as the statement
that Queen Mary escaped from Loeb
Leven into Rutiandshire, on the English
border. but here ! may be %pedantic.
Men, voters, read the newspapers. and
eve listen TO political sermons In some
religious circles. They seldom read nov
els. and still more rarely do men take
their facts and ideas from novels. The
novelist does not reach the greatest au-
dience"-ncwspapers reach a much larger
audience-and few OF the novelist's con-
~gregation accept him as anything but a
more or less entertaining companion for a
vacant hour. II Is tine novelist. the third
rate novelist, who has pured himself up
with this insane conceit about his own
Importance. Dickens. or the author of
''Uncie Toms Cabin or Charles Reade
could give vogue TO the discussion OF the
poor laws, or Of slavery, or jails, but
these cases are rare, and neither author
could prove anything in n novel. The
hundred and fifty thousand readers of
novel do not believe what the author
says'-they do not expect truth from a
professed story teller. If any are so cred
ulous as 10 do so they are negligible crea-
lures, and it does not matter what they
believe. Nobody takes the duke of MARI
borough at the estimate, confessedly pref
udiced and founded on a Jesuit's gossip.
of Colonel Henry Esmond. IF l want
to know about the Ubiquitous labor sys-
TEN of the Welsh mines" (Ininers are so
contened in America) am l a coward"
(as Mr.. Norris declares) because / do
not study the problem In "a novel with
a purpose?" ! go to the documents aud
official statements OF employers and en-
ployed; l go TO the authentic sources. No
Of sense, almost no man at all, takes
his facts from "a move with a purpose"
We keep business and pleasure in sep
arate compartments, and neither ask nor
expect a rcmancer to provide us with a
treatise
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
AN POWER.
How the Beef Trust Has Altered the
Agricultural industries.
United States.

with the formation OF the American
beef trust q few years ago, the whole
vast produce trade or the country sud-
denly found itself confronted by a
condition under which an irresponsible
and Intangible power was able to as
sess whatever charges ii pleased for
a service once performed FREE says
Charles Il. Russell in the first install
ment OF .The Greatest Trust in the
World Everybody's Magazine for
February. The TRUST steadily adjust
ed the screw on the railroads and
squeezed Out all TTi0TTisSs= ea-sAheliS
fraudulent tribute. The refrigerator
car charges began to assume extra
ordinary proportions. ON a car load
OF fruit from Michigan to Chicago, for
l3~nstance, the ruSt's exactions were Of
ten as. great as the total freight bill.
Operations were extended In all direc-
tons. Ii compelled the railroads 10 do
its bidding in all particulars. II black
tiiGted dealers thai complained. Ii COM
PEELED the shipment in Its cars and
1T it's rates OF products that might
have easily rome In ordinary cars. X
compelled the railroads 10 pay mileage
rates for hauling It's cars. whether the,
cars were full or empty. IL multiplied
It's cars. its lines and its operations.
II went into poultry, liz and dressed,
that absorbed the market. 1t began
r ~ AAN t%+N ~ - 49, 49,
ducts. Wherever it's operations ex-
tended. the consumer began at once
60 feel the baleful influence of its pres
ience;. hi producer became the victim
81 an elaborate and perfected system,
by which he was alternately cncour-
aged 60 extensive production and con-
ifronted by ruin by an arbitrary and a
forced reduction OF prices.
Under his system. which OF course
took advantage of and SHAPED itself by
1.-The aid of natural conditions, agri-
cultural industries greatly changed. A
large part OF h middle west ceased
to be a corr selling. and became a corn
feeding region. Cattle fattening be-
came the principal interest. Almost
every farmer became a borrower at his
local bank to carry on these operations.
For a few years the business thrived.
the profits were good. Then he trust
Arbitrarily forced down the price OF cat
lie; thousands OF stockmen were
ruined. banks failed, farm mortgages
multiplied. and Ii blight fell upon the
whole cattle raising region.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

deed. are the birds missed through
shooting TOO far ahead. Finally. never
balk az a bird which rises close by in
thick Owe Shoot anyhow. Get the
habit Of smashing through all sorts
of stuff so long as one inch OF game
is visible. More times than not. cover
which appears 4 hopeless mass of
tangled stuff is nothing more than d lot
cf soft leaves and slim twigs through
which a shot can plow a path for many
yards. Make up YOU mind hat where
a bird can pass through. shot can read
lily follow. and even should the bird
vanish as o pull, don't despair. Many
"a choice bird. falls 10 the veteran who
shoots just ahead OF where the mark
dfSauutared.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

~ ~ - NI&i 1ANAi III ~ u kpiAGtNSHs
There win be no chances this yea for
The idler.
The leaner.
The coward.
The wobbler.
The ignorant.
The weakling.
The smatterer.
The Indifferent.
The u~nprepared.
The educated fool.
The impractical theorist.
Those who watch the clock.
The slipshod and the careless.
The young man who lacks backbone.
The person who Is afraid of obstacles.
The man who has no iron in his blood.
The person who tries to save on
foundations.
The boy who Slips rotten hours into
his schooling.
The man who is always running to
catch up with his business.
The a who can do a little OF every
thing and not much of anything.
The mai who wants TO succeed, but
who is not willing to pay the price.
The who tries to pick only the
flowers out OF his occupation, avoiding
the thorns.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

The New York World offered 4 prize
for the best latter from a native te.l-
Ing who he or she would rather be
and why.
iris won the prize:
Il would be Hetty Green. the rich
est in the. world. So | could
open doors With golden k-eys--ease
~heartaches. relieve distress. would
all th~eaferxboxes with tiredf clerks. au-
toniobiles with wornout mothers ana
give them daily rides. NIL my ummer
hsoted city, giye receptions at my city
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

home TO ladies and gentlemen who
maintain large families, and treat them
with the courtesy extended 10 a So
cIety belle. / would fill this world
with happiness, for God never mean
that a few should own 1t.
Mrs. N. M. Hawthorne.
1856 West 3Sth ST.. New York City"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
No Scandal.

Louisville Courier-Journal: Mr.,
Mcfflub-Hiroll must be making none
lately saw him down town last
night having a little wine supper with
his stenog~apher.
Mrs. McFlub-Oh. the hc~rid hussyl
How can women do such things2
MI. McFlub-Hold on now Maria;
hold on. HiroL's stenogrnpher is a
man..
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Al parts burglar. N trying Il escape
IN wlteA III sank rp to the neck.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
He Gets even.

Houston Post: .Henpeck Is being
avenged on his wife, all right"
why. ] thought she VAS dead?"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Mrs. Noowed-What did you say
when Mr.. Smithe told you he didn't
think there was n woman living who
knew less about cooking han his wife
did,
Noowed--I asked him to dine with
ust
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Famfatter-His acting as the hero
was so realistic that the audience in-
terfered when the mob tried TO hang
him In the second act
Lcadi.g Lady-Yes9
Hamfatter-Yes they said 1t was too
gned fer him.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Younx Wi<e-Before we were n1srried
you mid YIN loved tho. ground 7 talked
I4,e nit. Coarse Thine~~f didn't know
kh&r4 Xa< 4 mortgages: IN your dad'e
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Russian Admiral-We must re-
establish our fleet at Port Arthur.
Russian General-Yes. but what
have we TO begin with?
Russian AdmiraI-Well, we stir
have plenty of water.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24

Couldn't.
a gift?
Waste Basket-No; but / think the
editor does.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-24
No Chances.

O. s. Marsden in February Success.
There win be no chances his year for
The id!er.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
WE MIGHT need
It AWfULLY BAD
Roosevelt Expresses Himself to
the Texans in Regard
to the Navy.
uses AN old Smile Which
ALL TEXANS Will UNDERSTAND.
The Presidents Heart Is Stirred BY
Seeing the Men Who Wore the
Blue and the Men who Wore the
Gray Under the Flag of
a Reunited Country.

San Antonio, Tex, April 9.-The
feature of the Rough Riders reunion
here has been the speech of President
Roosevelt, who said in part:
4 know the rest Of you do not
grudge my saying a special word Of &C
acknowledgement to two sets among your
citizens; first, to the men Of the great
war, to the men h wore the blue or
who wore the gray in the days that
tried mems souls.
My fellow-sitizens, infinitely more
important than any president, infinite
ly more important even than b re-
ception to any president, is what is
symbolized by seeing the men who
fought in the Union army and the men
who fought in the Confederate army,
standing mingled together, fellow
Americans. One in devotion and hon
or and loyalty to the country, shoulder
to shoulder, as fellOw-citizens of the
mightiest republic upon which the III
has ever shown.
Indeed, the man would have a poor
heart, q pOO spirit, who would not be
thrilled by such a meeting as this, by
such a sight as o accord me to-day
you of the gray, you Of the blue, all
one under the flag Of his reunited
country. x * < * =
4 am going to use q SimiIe [ used a
couple of nights ago in Dallas. In the
old days in Texas that there used to be
a proverb that, while you would not
generally var a gun at all, if did
want it you wanted it quick and you
wanted it awfully bad That is just the
way I feel about the ANY I feel that
if we have it the chances are that we
will not need it: but that if we do
not nave it, we might need it awfully
bad"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
BIG GAMBLERS IN WHEAT
Gates Pool Victims Threaten In
junction to Prevent Squeezing.
Those w no Are Caught in the Keen
Jaws Of the Trap Are Seat
tered Over the Country.

Chicago, April 11.-Plungers who
have sold wheat to the Gates pool for
May delivery are becoming nervous,
and threats of an injunction TO prevent
squeezing are made.
The shortage is still believed to be
about $4,000, 900 bushels. The manip-
ulators are holding the price for May
steadily around $1.16. They have the
situation completely in control. and
can take in and pay for all the wheat
which the unlucky shorts can deliver.
The trapped men are scattered over
the country. There is a big foreign
short, though many of the foreign
ers covered when the price was run
up to s1.21 in February. New Workers
are supposed to have sold 5000. 900 to
Gates, and Minneapolis and St. Louis
are short several millions each.
Men Who are in the net here are be
ginning to talk court injunctions." In
an oats corner carried through by
Jim Patten, three years ago. the shorts
went to court and got a decision that
a corner was against the laws of the
state They could not be compelled
to settle at a fictitious price, and the
court fixed a price of what it said was
a legitimate value.
If the men in the Gates trap 'welch"
the business of the board of trade will
receive a jolt from which it may never
ecoVer. The action of the bears in
the Oat r killed business for a
year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
A GREAT OUTPUT
Of PRECIOUS GOLD
General Increase in Every Mining
District Where the Yellow
Stuff Is Found.
NEVADA TELLS OF RICH Veins
HERETOFORE UNDISCOVERED.
The Great Output VIII Not Decrease
the Price of Gold, Bat May Result
in the Increase in Price Of Com
modities-The Opinion of the Di-
rector of the Mint.

Washington, April i2.-AccOrding to
experts, there will be a greater pro-
duction of gold in The United States
this year than ever before in the his
tory of the country. Reports from Ne
vada tell of rich veins heretofore I'M
discovered and indicate enormous out
puts.
Nevada threatenes to Outstrip all
other states in the production Of gold,
n there is a general increase in the
amount mined in every mineral district
where the yellow metal is found.
This outlook has caused a great deal
Of comment in certain financial circles
as to the effect the increase will have
upon the value of gold, and whether
the standard will be lowered.
Experts predict a production any
where from 500, 600, 900 to $3.50, O0O, 900
worth of gold this year and next, and a
great many persons, with these figures
in mind, feel that the result will be
a depreciation in the value of gold.
This fear is not we'll grounded, &C
cording to treasury officials. There
can hardly be any direct decrease in
the value of gold, they ay, and hence
the standard cal not be lowered.
Nevertheless, it is true that any
large increase in the production of the
yellow treasure will affect the value of
gold to the extent of raising the prices
of commodities, and thereby necessi-
tating the use of more money to pur-
chase things which now come at low
prices.
Director Roberts of the mint bureau
sale this was the only way an over
production of gold could affect it's pres
ent value.
"A great increase in the output of
gold,' said Mr.. Roberts, means the
coming of a prO~pOrtiOnate number of
coins. There is no limit set by law
upon the amount of gold which may be
put in circulation.
1T being r than an unexpected
output of gold will result in the coin
age of more gold, it necessarily fol-
lows that there will be more money
in circulation. The banks will have
more money to loan and currency will
be more easily secured.
THE consequence of this would be
that prices will increase, and it will
take more gold to purchase a commod-
ity than before the money was SO
PLENTIFUL"
In 1902 the production of gold in the
United States amounted to $50, 900 900,
while in 1903 the output vas valued
at s73, sol, 700. The figures for 1904
are not yet available, but they will
show a large increase, possibly greater
than in 1902, which was a very pros
| porous year in mineral districts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
PEOPLES FRIEND" is DEAD.
Death of DIR. Herman schroeder
who Was FINISHED From His
Native Land.

Bloomington, H., April Sd. Her
mar Schroeder, known as the Peoples
Friend" was found dead in bed at his
home, having telephoned for a physi-
clan a few minutes before.
He was a native of Prussia and was
81. He was banished from his native
land for political reasons. His wife,
it is said, was a German princess.
He located in Bloomington in 1852.
and amassed a large fortune in invest
ments and horticulture. He founded
the cities Of Gilman and Ell Paso. He
also built Schroeder's opera house, a
famous theater Of Bloomington for 40
wears.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
KING EDWARD IN FRANCE.
The Occasion For Il Notable Mani
festatiOn of AnGIO-Frcnch
CordiaIity.

Paris, April S.-The arrival of King
Edward in Paris, was the occasion
for a notable manifestation of An
glo-French cordiality, which is be-
ing generally interpreted as a con-
%spicuous response to Germany's atti-
tud regarding Morocco, although the
king remained but a short time. He
was met outside the city by President
LOubet, who held a private cOnVersa-
ton with his majesty lasting nearly an
hour. The details OF the conversation
excite a wide range of speculation, but
it's actual purpOrt has not been dis
closed. However, q semi-Official COM
municatiOn reciteS hat the meeting
had far less reserve than that between
King Edward and President LOubet
the freedom Of the confidence ex-
changed.
Beyond this private conversation,
King Edward confined himself to the
usual public expressions Of good will.
He spoke at the station of the pleasure
a visit to France always gave him;
but there was not the slightest public
utterance having significance upon
pending political affairs. In this re-
spect the kings reserve is being COM
pared with the freedom of Emperor
Williams recent u~tterances.
Despite this official reserve, the pub
lie and press herald the meeting as
most significant.
King Edward left Paris at ITO p. m,
for Marseilles, where he will join
Queen Alexandra on board the royal
Yacht.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
MANY THOUSANDS KILLED
The Earthquake in Asia Proves to
Be an Awful Disaster.
Cities and Towns Demolished, and Their
Unfortunate Inhabitants Killed and
Buried in the Ruins.

Silma, India, April 11.-Late reports
show the dead in the ruins of two In
dian towns demolished by earthquakes
to reach the enormous total of IA, 500,
It is probable that even this figure
will be swelled when more informa-
ton is obtained.
Splendid stone palaces of the Euro
peans, built to withstand wind storms.
have been demolished, and the falling
Of their walls caused the greatest loss
of life. The earth is still quaking, and
natives are fleeing to lower lands.
The earthquake disaster at Dharm-
sala is dwarfed by reports of horrors
from the orchard-clad Kangra valley.
This is the remote mountain home of
tea planters.
The diggings out Of the dead is a
most difficult task, as the few remain
ing natives were SO terrOr-stricken that
they absolutely refused to work, and
nave fed int the valley.
More than 10000 persons lost their
lives in the town of Palanpur. There
is not a house left standing in the
town. Of the population Of 1851 in
the city, less than 100 are reported to
have escaped unframed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15

The people of the United States are
still land hungry. Notwithstanding
the fact that. according to Commits
sioner Of the General Land Office ".
A. Richards, there are approximately
4S3,OO acres of vacant unappropriated
land, excluding Alaska, pressure is
constantly brought to bear upon con
gress for the opening of lands hitherto
set aside for the Indians. One Indian
reservation after another is being
thrown open to public settlement, the
aboriginal occupants being given
farms in s%everalty if they desire to
live the lives of white men.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-15
LIES LOWER ORDERS.

A large turtle provides eight pou
of tortoise-shell.
Frogs and toads possess a remarks
keen sense of hearing.
The crocodile usually takes so
onGs IN which to turn completely rot
The horn of the rhinoceros is not
tached to any bone Of the head,
grows on the skin.
Silkworms fed on different leaves p
duce silks of varied colors; thus a d
of vine leaves produces a bright r
and lettuce an emerald green.
Rabbits have white tails so that
young may easily follow their mott
in "a of pursuit. The natural co
OF the rabbit SO much resembles
earth that this would otherwise be i
possible.