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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
CHARACTER IN THE TONGUE. :
Germany Has a New Way Of Sizing
People Up,

From the Karssas City Journal.
Germany has taken up the pastime or
reading character and telling fortunes by
the tongue. Somebody has been making
study of the organ OF speech and has dis
covered that it is full of Indications.
A long tongue Is said to denote openness
of character, it suggests generosity and
fr~ee-hapdedness. Its possession makes
friends and enemies easily, but doesn't
save money.
When the tongue is long and thick the
openness degenerates into a tendency to
gossip and scandal. The future of the
owner is beset with troubles of his W
making. 1t also indicates f~ightness and
Inconsistency.
Short tongues indicate secretiyeness and
discrimination. Their owners make good
detectives and attorneys. M /,
The owner may acquire some money by
economy and guile but has not largeness
Of spirit to make a great fortune. Very
thin pointed tongues are foundi in different
people who do not succeed in life.
Short and broad ones accompany craft
and falsehood; the person who has ouch
a tongue is compelled by it to deceive and
betray, whatever effort he may make to
keep straight.
The vibrant, quavering tongue denotes
the artistic temperament. Brillian car
mine hue is a sign of long life, pale pink
tongue enotes both of charac-
ter and delicacy of constitution. ,
IF it's all true" say a German news
paper, ut is lucky thatgit ig only at the
doctor and not at our friends that we
stick out our tongues 1t. e.~.i
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
LIMB WASTED WITH ECZEMA.
Untold Agonies-Doctor Said
It Was the Worst Case-Wonder- p
fnl Cure hu Cl1ticnra- 80. 8

Il used the Cuticura Remedies for
eczema. The doctor said SIT was the
worst case he ever saw. 1T was on
both limbs, from the knees to the an
kles. We tried everything the doctors
knew of, but the Cutfcura Remedies
did the most good. / was obliged to
lie with my limbs higher than my
head, for the pain was so terrible [
could not walk. l suffered untold az
onies. One limb wasted away a great
deal smaller than the other, there was
so much discharge from il. | found
the Cuticura Remedies very soothing,
and l still keep them in the house. /
am very thankful TO. say that | am
cured. | found the Cutieura Remedies
all that you say they are. l hope that
you may be spared many years to
make the Cuticura Remedies for the
benefit of persons suffering from the
torture of skin diseases, such as i had.
Mrs. Golding, Box s. Ayr, Ontario.
Canada, June 6, 1905"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Diamonds That Are Lost.

fTOm the flT4S DidIiOuus
AT what figure can we estimate the
diamonds that get lost One can only
reply approximately. Although 1t seems
enormous, ii appears that one can place
at Is per cent. the diamonds that no
longer belong to anybody.
First of ALL what do we mean by lost
diamonds? When a tone goes astray
1t generally occurs that, if the owner
does not find it again, il has fallen into
other hands. 1t is not lost TO commerce
1t is not thus, however, when a dia-
mond, badly set, for example, falls TO
the ground. At least unless IT be OF
size sufficiently important to attract
attention one must see there is little
chance of 1t being saved.
In the city it goes directly into the
gutter and thence to the sewer In the
country, on the main road, 1T becomes
covered up by the pebbles n earth
that are stirred up by vehicles and
pedestrians. One car fel sure in this
case the gems are lost to the world and
will eve return to usefulness.
But. IN will say, we are still far
from the 10 per cent. given as the
actual loss of diamonds. There are,
after all, not such a great umb that
get lost and are eve found again
That is true, but 1t is necessary to take
into account numerous other sources OF
loss, such as those occurring in fires
shipwrecks, etc. Again, there are per
sons who express in their wills the for
NAL desire to be decorated with their
Jewels when dead. This is customary
in some countries.
All these causes explain easily how
nearly a sixth of the diamonds car
completely disappear.
The Bank of France every year has
a big balance coming from bills that
are never presented for payment. II
is therefore not at all surprising that
the same should happen with precious
stones.
In this reckoning are not computed
the losses arising from recruiting. The
splintered fragments and pieces arc
serviceable still in some a or other
We do not admit bort, black diamonds
and diamonds used in the industries
but refer only to gem qualities.
One might mention the rs per cent
indicated by the loss on rose cut stones
OF all stones these roses show the
greatest loss.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
How Dolls Are Made.

h2f - toAt .
Many big things are needed to make
n small doll, writes Vance Thompson in
Where the Toys Come From" in the
Christmas Everybody's. She has her
beginning in a great trough where
lworkmen knead up into a dingy paste
old cardboard. ever old gloves. old rags
and gun ~tragacanth. They are great
brawny fellows, these men, naked to
the waist, wearing leather aprons. In
an adjoining the paste is poured
into molds for the busts, the arms. the
legs Of dolls innumerabIe. There is a
special machine for stamping put the
hands. ! should not like to confess how
long / stood in front Of 1t, fascinated
by the steady stream of queer, little
hands that fell ceaselessly from the iron
monster--it was awful. uncanny, hyp-
nothing. Indeed. the whole sight was
grim and monstrous. The low factory
rooms were misty with steam and lit by
strange, red glowing fires; always the
great steel machines pulsed and
changed; and through the mist sweaty
giants OF men went to and fro with
heaps of little greenish arms n legs
until you began to think that some new
Herod had killed all the little people
in the world.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

Leslie M. Shaw, the secretary Of the,
treasury. during a recent visit to LOUIS
VILE said of a certain financial swindle:i
.sThe thing was certainly ingenious. II
reminded ms OF q Thanksgiving happen
ing.
Two sneak thieves were admitted
through some error, to a Thanksgiving,
banquet. but they our TO their chagrin'
that everybody at table was under sur
VIGILANCE. 1t was impossible to steal g
thing.
length. though, Doe, the older thief.
managed to secrete a silver spoon I'm his
shoe. Roe. the younger, saw the trick.
and was filled with Jealous rage, for,
with all his cleverness. he had not been
able to pinch so much as a toothpick.
"All of a sudden an ingenious idea
came to the envious and unsuccessful
Roe.
Gentlemen, he said, waving a silver
spoon In the air, Il Will now try a c~onjur-
mig trick
"All eyes were fixed upon him.
".Presto, vanish!' he said, and passed
the spoon up his sleeve. Where Is the
spoon gone now? You will find 1t, gem
tlemen, in my friend Does shoe"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

Nolnr nf srhS

That veteran of the brush, Holman
Hunt, has been painting nearly sixty
years and the exhibition of his art
which is now being held, in London
shows how versatile are his talents.
But Mr.. Hunt is a slow worker; time
is no object when he has a picture In
hand. many of his more famous works
having taken him several years to COM
plete. His greatest picture is 'The
Light of the World" now at Keble col
lege, oxford, and before painting 1t he
was so cautious to be accurate in detail
that he went so far as to experiment
with moonlight by procuring an enor-
nous lens and focusing the moonlight
through a stained glass window onto IL
glass sheet. The result wassa golden
yellow light which several of the great-
est painters of the period declared to
be impossible, among them Sir Joh
Millais, until Mr.. Hunt undertook| to
rereat the experiment In his presence.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
E.sv pupos.

A lawyer said of the late Al Adams
in New York:
MIR. Adams was very honest and up
right with his friends. He treated his
friends far better a does many a ven
Grated ciaurchgoer / could name. And If
he frankly admitted that he duped the
public-why, IL all who duped the public
were sent to- prison for It, our jails would.
have TO be enlarged.
Like Barnum, Mr.. Adams claimed that
the public liked to be fooled. As an ex-i
smple or the ease with which 1t could be
fooled be. used to tell afstory about a CALI
endar vender. u
This vender, one wintry day, entered
"a cAfe and Said to q man who was reading
a newspaper and drinking hot lemonade:
"ltwon't you buy a calendar, sir? the
Esnew year is close at hand.
/, No, i don't want a end the
man answered, slipping his lemonade impa-
t.ently. 'r
But the vender persuaded him to buy
one, and he ordered Ii to be delivered to
his wife at a house on the next square.
Going to this house, the vender said TO
The wife:
a. Your husband. madam, sent me from
the cafe on Exc street with this calendar,
which he wishes you to buy for his desk
'"rhe lady paid a quarter for the twice
SOpu CdIcltidi, aho 'hN '1NaNS
turned to the cafe where her husband sat
while he was trying to make more
sales there, the husband went home, heard
of the trick that had been played on his
wife and him. and, ringing up his butler.
said furiously:
go down 60 the cafe at once and bring
Eup the calendar vender you'll find there
The butler went TO the cafe, found the
|vender busy with a customer, and defiy-
cred his message. But the yender. hand
ing out another calendar. said:
"oh. / know what, your boss wants. He
wants a calendar. sIlaye' you got a quar-
liter? 1t will save me the trip up.
Yes: here you are said the butler.
and, taking the calendar with one and
and extending a quarter with the other,
he hurried back home"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Famous Necklace Dying.

EFOM IHt IdlICT. ~
The famous Nine THEIRS Pearl
Necklace part of the legacy left to the
republic by President Theirs,
is said to be dying, and the directors
the museum wish to sell it before
it's value is seriously diminished. This
the Theirs family will not permit. 1t
is Well known that pearls will turn
black and perish If they are not worn
next TO the skin frequently. and to give
n the privilege of DOMINIC the
necklace seems to be the only way OF
saving 1t. What a chance for the gov
eminent to extend its ~patronagei The
necklet consists of 145 pearls and Is
valued at about 912,000, The three
pearls weigh respectively 36, 80
and 81 grammes. A
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
ATTRACTIONS OF WESTERN
CANADA.
Magnificent Crop Return for the
Year 1906.

Magnificent Crop Return for the
Year 1906.
The manner In which the Canadian
West has attracted settlers In recent
years has caused many OF our jour-
nails and public men to sit up and take
notice, to use a current phrase. From
every European country and from al
most every State in the Union large
numbers Of settlers have focked to the
prairie provinces of Canada, where
free homesteads and wide opportuni-
ties are open to all who desire to avail
themselves Of them.
The greatest factor in attracting set
tiers lies in the inherent richness OF
soil and suitability Of climate for pro-
ducing what is universally considered
to be the finest wheat in the world
the '.No. / hard" Of Canadian growth
and other cereals that rank in the very
first class. This year the harvest re-
turns were: Wheat, 90,00O,000 bush
els; oats, 100000 bushels barley,
II 100000 bushels and when it is con-
sidered that the entire population OF
the three provinces-as evidenced by
the q%liquennial census just completed
lis only $4,000, it is easily seen that
the lure of tie Canadian West is in Its
agricultural potentialities.
Another feature which attracts the
settler is that railway construction Is
proceeding with such rapidity that al
most every district is within easy reach
of outside markets, and that good
prices for all lines of farm products
rule practically from the commence
ment or agricultural operations. This
IS Il factor which did not prevail when
the earlier settlements in the West
were made in Canada and in the Unit
ed STATES, and has given a great inn
petus TO Canadian Western settlement
in recent years.
The free grant system of homesteads
which prevails in the prairie provinces,
by which every settler who is able and
willing TO comply with the conditions
Oh utlttti Ntttltliti1L Wy nv htfaho VII
%erous) is given 100 acres free. except
$40 for entry, is a great drawing card,
and in the last fiscal year gathered in
over $4,000 additional TO the West
ern population. OF which JT,T96 were
from the United States.
The further fact, as is strongly
brought out by the agent of the Cana
dian Government, whose address APP
pears elsewhere. that a splendid conf
nor school system. practically free, pre-
walls throughout the entire country,
and Is easy OF access In even the most
remote districts, is another great in
ducement 10 the settler who has the
future welfare OF his family in mind,
and this, coupled with the fact that
Western Canadian law and order are
proverbial. completes "A circle of good
and sufficient reasons why the tide of
immigration has set in so steadily to-
ward the country TO the north of our
boundary line.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
"The Blood Is The Life.v

Science has never gone beyond the
above simple statement of scripture. But
it has illuminated that statement and
given it q meaning ever broadening with
the increasing breadth of knowledge.
When the blood is rbad or impure it
is not alone the body which suffers
through disease. The brain is also
clouded, VIE mind and judgement are
enected, and naany an evil deed or impure
thought W5ybe Nrectly traced to the
impHrayof the 6roodS Foul, impure blood
can bemadeLpnr by the of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. { IL
cnriches and puriieS the blood thereby
curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and
other cutaneous affections, as eczema,
letter, or salt-rheum, hives and other
manifestations of impure blood.
o @ O O o o
In the cure of scrofulous swellings, en-
larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old
sores, the rGolden Medical Discovery has
performed the most marvellous cures. In
cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers,
IT is well to apply to the open sores DIR.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos
sesses wonderful healing potency when
used as an application to the sores in con-
junction with the use of uGolden Medical
Discovery " as a blood cleansing consti-
tutional treatment. If your druggist
don't happen to have the rAll-Healing
Salve" in stock, you can easily procure it
by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DR.. r. V. Pierce, 663 Main ST.,
Buffalo, N. Y, and it will come to you by
return post. Most druggists keep"it as
well as the Golden Medical Discovery. "
O o O o o o
You can't afford to accept any medicine
of anklo,Un composition as a substitute
for rGolden Medical Discovery, which is
a medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION,
having a complete list of ingredients in
plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the
same being attested as correct under oath.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Beware the Bacteria.

Boil your water at this season. AID
If you eat fruit, wash it first. For this
is the bacteria season. At no time in
the year are bacteria so plentiful as
now"
The speakers,a chemist, resumed SOL
EMMY: ~ %Nj
Call them germs, microbes, bacte-
ria, what you will, there are twice as
many Of them about in the autumn as
at any other season. Hence IL be-
hooves us to be careful till the colo
comes, freezing them off.
"Thes creatures increase very rap
idly. President Roosevelt, watching
the growth of bacteria families, would
rejoice. There Is no race suicide among
them. Indeed, in a dry autumn bac-
terra will often propagate at the rate OF
II, 000, 900 a day"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
NO M EDICiNE
Bnt Change OF Food Gave Final
Relief.

Bnt Change OF Food Gave Final
Relief.
Most diseases start in the alimentary
canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal. of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any OF
the starchy food we eat-white bread,
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc.-these things
are digested in the small intestines, and
il We eat too much, as most of us de-;
the organs that should digest this kind
of food are overcome by excess of work.
so that fermentation, indigestion, and
Il long train Of ails result.
Too much fat also is hard TO digest
and this is changed into acids, sour
stomach, beIching gas, and a bloated.
heavy feeling.
In these conditions a change from in
digestible foods TO Grape-Nuts will
work wonders in not only relieving the
distress but in building up a strong di-
gestion. clear brain and steady nerves.
A Wash. woman writes.
About five years ago | suffered with
bad stomach--dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation--caused, | know now, from
eating starchy and greasy food.
Il doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me there
was no cure for me, | could not eat
anything without suffering severe pain
in my back and sides, and I became dis
couraged.
"A friend recommended Grape-Nuts
and I began to use it. In less than two
weeks / began to feel better and inside
Of two months / was a well woman and
have been ever since.
II can eat anything ! wish with
pleasure. We eat Grapc-Nuts audi
cream for breakfast and are. very fond
Name given by Postum Co. Bat
Tie Creek. Mich. Read the little book,
t'The Road to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
There's a reason"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, az they can
not reach the seat Of the disease. Cat9rrh
10 Z blood or constitutional disease. and In
order TO cure IL you must take internal rem
edies. Halls Catarrh Cure In taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood ana mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure u not
a Quack medicine. II was prescribed ~ one
of the best physicians In this couptfy fot
composed Of the best topics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per
feet combination OF the two ingredients ID
what produces such wonderful rssultS In
curing Catarrh. Sssd for testimonials fres.
e.. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
From the New York Weekiv \

From the e York Weekly.
Guard New York elevated raflroad)-
doctor says I'm Citing dyspepsia.
Superintendent (k~indly)-I'm sorry to
hear thai. What causes 1t?
why, sir, under the rules, I've got ter
take my meals while on duty on the train,
and the doctor says eatin' so fast will Kill
me-"
II see. You have 20 swallow YOU meals
at the rate OF twenty miles an hour. Well.
I'll order the engineer 10 reduce the speed
to nineteen miles an hour at mcaltimel'
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

That Allcock's Plasters are the highest
result of medical science and skill, and in
ingredients and method have never been
equaled.,
That they are the. original and genuine
porous plasters upon whose reputation
imitatorS trade.
That they never fail to perform their
remedial work quickly and effectually.
That for Weak Back, rheumatism,
Colds, Lung Trouble, Strains and all Lo-
cal Pains they are Invaluable.
That when you buy Allcock's Plasters
you obtain the best plasters made.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
An Untried Field.

Clyde Fitch, at a dinner in Philadelphia,
praised the originality of certain French
playwrights.
Originality, . he said, lis what above all
things. the drama needs. To- many of
the writer's for the stage are like a west
ern friend Of mine.
"A young lady said TO my friend:
isn't IL awfully, awfully difficult to
find new ideas for plays?'
"I don't know he answered. 4 have
never tried it,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

mo. Mr.. Wingle, i can't give you any
hope. but / have an elder sister who might
look upon your suit favorably."
"A sister? And why do o think your
sister wenid be more kind than you ire"
We'll, you see, sister has reached an
age where she can't afford to be partic-
MAR
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Upon the Valleys Lap.
Upon the valleys lap
xr, - -a- kI,,

Upon the valleys lap
The dewy morning throws
A thousand pearly drops
TO wake a single rose.
So, often IN the course
OF life's few fieeting years,
A single pleasure costs
The soul a thousand tears.
IF. w. Bourdilion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

q Wall street man once suddenly evinc-
ed a great interest in nautical matters.
and despite his inexperience was made the
commodore Of a yacht club In Maine. One
day the newly fiedged yachtsman shouted
to an OFFICER of a certain craft: Have
you weighed anchor 2"
Yes. SIR"
Then thundered the new commodore.
why the deuce don't you announce the
weight?o
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

with my back and
kidneys. l doctored
and used many rene
dies without getting
relief. Beginning with
Doan's Kidney Pills, 1
found relief from the
first box, and two.
boxes restored me to
good, sound coGdition.
Nv wife and many OF
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

my friends have used Doan's Kidney
Pills with good results, and can ear
lestly recommend them" 7
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, y. y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

IT. is stated that the incomes of ply
sicians in England nave decreased 2
per cent. during the las three years.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
Easilu ExnIainad.

Hzrs. Wipslowrs SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Ohildrs.
teething; softens the gums, reduces discrimination s'
Ays pain. cures wind collie. Is cent = pottlst
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

After a girl has found a resemblance
between her fayorite novel hero and q
young man. the young man can have
her any time he wants her.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
DOES YOUR BACK AcHE7
Profit by the Experience OF One Who
Has Found Relief.

James X. Keller, retired farmer, or
Fenner street, Cazenoyia, y. T., says:
About fifteen ears ago | suffered
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14

Het-Hes has IAN iron constitution.
She--Yea. and there Is a great deal
IL brass about him. 90.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-12-14
The Country Has
No Superior

Coal, wood and water in abundance: churches
and schools convenient; markets easy Of access;
taxes low; climate the best in the northern tenn
perate zone. Law and order prevails everywhere.
Superintendent Of immigration, Ottawa, Canada,
or the authorized Canadian Government Agent,
w. d. Scott, Superintendent OF Immigration,
Ottawa. Canada, or K. Il. Holmes, 3I5 Jackson
Watertown, South Dakota, and w. ". Bennett.
soI New York Life Building. Omaha, Neb..
Authorized Government Agents
Please say where you Jaw this advertisemsnt.