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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
FRED W. WRIGHT. Publisher.
DE SMET, SOUTH DAKOTA

When Lord Rayleigh, the British
scientist, was a student at Cambridge
the examiners set among other prob
lens one which they based on an arti-
Gle i'm a German mathematical period
ical supposed unlikely TO have pene-
trated to Cambridge. Only two men
solved it, Mr.. Strut (Lord RayIeigh)
and another. The examiners asked the
other man about this problem. oh"
he said, II take the - mentioning
the name OF the periodicaD and / was
very glad to find that, thanks to an
article in the last number, that prob
lem came out quite easily When Mr..
Struts turn came they expected a
similar answex but he astonished them
by replying. 'The fact is, gentlemen,
that / sometimes contribute to -,
n l could not help feeling greatly
battered that you should have thought
my little problem worthy Of a place
In this examination" He got the prize.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

A wonderful fruit has been found in
the u~eighborhood of the coast of the
Gulf OF Guinea, In Africa. 1t has the
MsAggaE
flavor OF the niess acid substance into
a delicious sweetness" An official has
found it effective after a dose of quiz
nine, and adds that IF q lemon be
sucked within two or three hours of
eating one of the fruits its acid flavor
is entirely counteracted." The fruit
resembles a small plum. with the seed
invested in a thin, soft pulp, wherein
lies the peculiar sweetening property
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

GAINESVILLE, Wis.-B. M. Brown has
brought suit against w. NJ. Fleek.
charging him with alienation of his
wife's affections, for which he demands
$25. 900. The complaint contains copies
of burning owe letters alleged to have
been written by Fleek to Mrs. Brown.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

paris-The council Of ministers III.
thorized Minister OF the Interior Glenn
enccau TO issue an order for the inn
mediate release Of Frederic and Their
esa Humbert, under tho conditional
liberation law. The grounds are good
conduct on the part OF Frederic Hum
bert and i'll health Of Theresa Hum
bert, who is about to undergo an OPP
GRAFTON,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

Sheboygan, Wis-Sheboygan's much
heralded $50, 900 postoffice building an
mex, the money for which was voted
at the last session OF congress-. was
found when the plans arrived from
Washington to be a one-story build
ing, twenty-eight feet deep. 1t could
be built for $4,000.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

New York-The Delaware, Lacka-
and Western Railroad company
announced that the passenger rate on
that road will be placed on a basis of
2h cents a mile, beginning or Novem-
Der /. or as soon thereafter as the FL
ing Of tariffs under the new law will
permit.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

Columbus, DIN an address at his
church, DIR. Washington GLADDEN. in
dorsed the position of William ]. Bry-
an as to government ownership oc rail-
roads, though he did not refer &c Mr..
Bryan directly. IF public service en-
terprises can be so operated In private
or cooperative ownership we'll and
good" said DR. GLADDEN.. IF they an
not the people will take control Of
them"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

Washington, .. C.-The president
has commuted the life sentence of Liz
zie Carrich, an Indian girl Is years OF
age. TO confinement IN some reforma-
tory institution until she is II years
of age. On June 6 the girl was con-
victed in wisconsin of arson in set
ting fire to the Indian school building
on the Menominee reservation to cs-
cane going 10 school.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

Mahanoy City, Pa.-The returns
from the democratic primaries in
Schuylkill county indicate the nominal
ton of two clergymen for the legisla-
ture. They are The Rev. A. LObach, OF
Tamaqua, in the Third district, and the
Rev. Hugh McGettigan. rector of st.
Joseph's Catholic church, at Ashland.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

new medical school buildings, which
have beer erected in the Fenway at a
cost OF $4,000, 600, will be dedicated
September % by President Eliot. On
the following day, at Sanders thcater,
Cambridge. there were addresses by
President Eliot and Professor William
II. Welch, of Johns Hopkins unlver-
sity.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

Charlotte, NJ. C.-Secretary Of the
Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw addressed a
large audience at Statesville Tuesday.
Following the speaking in the opera
house, the secretary was rendered a
public reception at the Hotel Iredeile.
The people, irrespective Of party,
joined in the ovation to the distin-
guished visitor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
THE ADVENTUREs OF JAS.
~ SPARKS AND GEO.
LEIGHTON
iCEIAPTER III

FL James carried the canoe8to some bushes
near by and there he Don cealed II. Then
he and George started II down q thu RI YER
After they had gone q few rods they
heard a canoe coming up the river.
Hush; be quiet whispered James, Tho,
two y men concealed themselves N behind
some trees on the river bank and
watched the approaching canoe. ~ hen
the canoe came abreast OF the hlding5
men they perceived standing erect u,
the prov Of the canoe e, q gazing up the
river, Black Kettle, the brother Of Red
before. James shuddered as ne e looked y q
upon the stern y face 81 of Black Kettle
Black Kettle was dressed e in q buffalo \,
skin. and his head vas decorate d Win
around / his neck. When the canoe had
passed $out Of sigh and hearing. James
said IA hose red skins q re IN pursuit. oI
us They may miss our landing and keep,
aAlittle safer, but IL they find our land
ing they will#be SO Infatuated that they,
viii track Jus up and jump up on us and
RsssdSh }asdt Hsss
Course up the river , two miles ana
then took a trail tina t led up Hl bluff -,
the TOP first, and pulled out his opera
glass He looked toward the East t. and and
Tar below#in the valley he saw tho MI =, ~
dian village. resently a VI lash DIRE MS
eyes little to- the north Of the vi
LACE. A twas the sun shining on the rifles
OF Il body OF forty Indians. who 8 as
James II supposed, We're pr eparlng 10 q
hunt He gazed 3intently upon them I'M
Til they Disappeared George asked ,l hin I, q,
what he was looking James toid IL nm
that he had located the indian village 80
and that a. hunting part Y had 1ust se e
Bout Presently g eorge heard q rllef snot
+ IN the direction OF the riv er. They have
discovered our 81 landing g, said is Jnmes;;
/ said s. George. They started DO w 'l me
/ mountain. q In tho valley AZ they came a,l
across old deserted Aqt WHsrSS t nay
8 narrow W escape escape remarked James
hcs seated himself on a log which served :, g
as aychair in tho old cabin: es, sal1
George ''blt5 we fooled them nicely.
#"They haven't given up yet but thln 1:s
We Will escape safely. AS Z we, nave : g
such n long start on them. We can az 4
ford n a few hours for efreshing our.
selves, Il The hunters spent the rest est q
the night in the old cabin. III
,a CTo be continued. ., =
WILLIE CALLANVAY.s5
n Norwood, Va. g35S IN s5 s III
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( WILD TURKEYS.
prize. stor;y.)

BIRDS thai 1fk iiye III They build their nests
on the ground In some kind OF q thick
place. They lay from twelve to twenty
eggs. They are SO very suspicious about
Their nests that i one goes near
/ 70 back any more. When the little ones
hatch. Just rs soon as they get dry,
{ they can hide from you just as well asl
4 little partridFees As soon as the little
key Joins them then they 50 out Int Int,
4 will observe you will find Them on the
Of the mountain. why It Is We do not
know. n You can find them In morning
on the east or south side OF the moun-
tain ana as the sun Y, soc, over they h,
find them on the west side Tho way
tho hunters get them Is to get some good
dogs and scatter; them, and then got
some brush and build q blind. Thon the
hunters get In the blind and start to
s seopss 4 EsasrHS sseqf oTs
another way you can getGthem; and that
il by tracking them In the snow. An
old hen is much harder to track up than
an old gobbler. You can Follow an old
hen all day. and, never get in s!ght Of
foley am o7G E soSi tb aas
I hundred yards and light and start OF
three times s and the third lime he ceases
b to fly; he generally hides himself and
all the pursuer has TO 40 Is 70 ma hin!
and kill him; When You get, ~ nm you t,!
and cook him nicely and no VIII almost
make you swallow your r, t9 214ssny =,
Rnpidan. Va, r, T. D., NO.
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signed by General Beaur s, "a ! = nd
after the first battle8of Manassas. and
afterwards dopted BY the conf sdefian
Of said ..battle iiag was that in the
first battle OF Manassas the stars i ana
Bars, was In the smoke of battle sew y;
eral times mistaken for the Stars and
Stripes, 'lf and vice versa. No: remain.
ed as the battle flag until the close o.
the war. -. |. w :, 81 :. ], q
congrsss adopted this a nag as the
Flag tha aaasa was
used 'by President Davi. to i enfold the,
body body Of Of General ston ewall Jackson, who =
died May 10. 1868, For this reason Y
was frequently known as the Jackson.
r ~ 4 On March 4. 1866. the confede-
rate Congress this desgn IS the
states e 'N for the the reason that when the
as aaoRted May ,oate 1883 ike eel lm nP
Of truce. the white only showing. there,
fore bar PVT across foT me Sne
Of truce. IN "a FRANCES BRAGG.
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JOHNS T RETURN.
..,asGIlPrlze Hstory.l

s$E There was once 4 /, very poor woman,
who took In ewing to make her living.
She had three children, two boys and
stage Il on the outskirts OF "a village.
Once they were very RI ch, but when Mr..
Milton died, six years ago, he left them
extremely poor. 3s John, their older son,
world to seek his fortune His mother
got one letter from him say ing i hat $ho
had started into business In New York
and was getting on nicely Fiye years 9
nothing from him. Tommy N Is u a little
fellow OF nine, who does all he can to
help his other, pulling weeds from, peoo-
5of light work. 4 Mary 4 az little girl OF
twelve vsels stays homo and helps her moth
or. q Mrs. n Milton takes in what little
sewing she can get to n help feed .sa q 9
send them to school II but teaches them
herself all e she can In her spare mos
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rnents. Mrs Milton a ways worried about
John, as she had written to him several
times to New York, but s had never got
ton an answer. One win ter nigh tn
family was sitting around the stove,
when they heard q loud ~ kno ck at the
door. Mrs. Milton opened the door ana
ibeheld a. tall hand somoS man, whom sh ,o
cried, how glad Il am to see you. Z, :, He ie
told them that he had left New YORK PIN
ana had gone West to Cal ifornia. gone n
business and bought large farm. ana
\ he had written to her often, put haa
never received an answer. John took NJ
mother and little brother and sister .,Is
to California with him. whore they llYeo
comfortably ever afterwards. ,,,,,r
n lS MAMIE r. WI y 81 t3
III Warrenton, ~ a. III ss II N, & N III Sf3l
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DRAWN 3 Il FRANCES BRAGG,
4. az .sS5
a I rue s. Story (! J
About nv Kitten
(Prize Con- ribution,)6

155s prize ontribution.) 5iis, Gs8
8S Sister \ Sunday N school ~ teacher gave
me d little Kitten. He il spotted black
md white all over, and 50 r named him
/ spottie. When "a dress In the evening
and so out on the front porch & Spottie
goes too. Just about dusk he 60 es& out
and plays with the car. When he sees
a car coming no will run and sit on the
track i and whom the oar gets lmost to
him lie awill run up on the porch to me
and look up In my face nsi II " to say,
How dosyou like that7 An, Il not hav..
/ Ing q good time7 2" He does It over and
over a gain as long as II 4 stay out there.
@ One evening when was in the back
porch he brought q green snake home
from HOLLYWOOD and laid 1t at my feet,
then looked up in my face and purred.
L He Is very fond OF hunting. Gs
fs We have six little chickens. and when
fAuntie let's them out II In the morning
I he chases them all around tho yard. #
IS lots OF fun wa ching them i will
tell D. story about tho little chicken next
stime.a fStS iF7g& ELLA M. y III11B1G Err. e
Ell 5O1 South Cherry Street, city. q s;
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OUR ST. CONFEDERATE ALAG.

When the Union was dissolv ed a COM
mittee was formed to select q Z, nag va ZOE or
sent to them, but none were accepted =:
They were determined to build " up 4, "
new power among the tons I, Of p 7 the ne
w0Te sd as qa ao5
ted 4 however thu + there was an inc!i-!
nation among the committeeman TO
At susges ton Of sho The o ba
Simple readily made, and sS above a.. ,
fapa sheu g. 5 ss'n diter sa the
OF any other country. place Or people:
distinguished at a distance The colors
should be we'll contrasted and durable; s
and lastly, but not The least imp ortant,
Il should he ofteetiye apd hand !%Inh
they submitted combined oil these re-
quistes. It was very. easy to make. y
Is entirely different from any Their ma
1t is, comnposed.red: white ana blue
assured the Committee that the flag
could readily be distinguished at. y dis.
speak spaas for taf The report Of the
Your committee, therefore. recon-
mends that the flag the Gonfsdern.a
field with a white space extending hori,
sonally. through the center and equal
in width 10 one-thlrd the width Of the
flag: the red spaces above and bolo to
be OF the same width as the white; the
union blue extending down through the
while space and stopping at the lower
circle Of white stars corresponding IN
number with the number OF States OF
the onfederacy. = 4 y. iS 4,
The report was adopted and TINS hagE
gfederacy, y It was CALI ed he "stars and
Bars The design chosen for, battle!
flag was a red ground with q blue diago-i
one for each state In the Confederacy.
This nag was first oblong, but after,
ward was changed to square by General
Joseph D. Johnston. -, = !, !. !, 1, NJ
so7 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
THE FRAGRANT SUMMER
N TIME.

s Summer has nearly gone. and 9 how y
Buried ben , the the soil are peeping their
what this great world Of ours are doing
Everybody Is as busy as busy can pe,
ting the country to get where the nice,
fresh, air, cool waves bof wind can rest
their tired heads, And the birds are
building and singing SO sweetly.,
The butterflies and the honey bees arc
flying around Ito get the honey sweet
\ from the flowers The children are play
Ing In the cool springs that ara not far
away, while the larger children 80 path
ing ajld filming. There IL plenty Of Moe
I fruit free for ALL. Summer time 3is the
best Of all 8iis VI s. 15lsii ..
81 PERcIE KATHERINE LANDRAAd,
n Noel, Hanover county. Va, MI
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seven i've pointed glars. The colors were
the same as those Of the old flag OF the
Is OnstheS afternoon OF July. u, & ss1 !. while
Early s Brigade was marching from the
ieftT Early's flag was folded 4 so closely
about the flagstaff In the TIL air that
sBenuregard could not at first decide
iwhethersits was a Federal or q Confederate
flas. tier some time "a y slight breeze
blew the folds OF the flag away from the
stan, and then Beauregard J, recognized q
hriuada After the battle OF Manassas
johnston il and Beauregard 10 greed upon q
flag to be used by the COME derate rel 81
ments upon the field OF. SO bat tile :, 1,
ss,l- 'TT.5s.y. MARY ELDER SUMMER.sgg
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CONFEDERATE BATTLE
FLAG.

II This banner the witness and inspira ton
OF many Victories which was proudly
borne on q every Held, from Massas !, to
Appomattox. was conceived on me ned
OF battle and lived in the held easle
but simply the banner. he battle flaag s
+ 81 the Con fed crate soldier It was at he
hattleSo * Sfanassas.S about o cloek. on the
afternoon OF the 21st OF y ~, slSol wnen
the fate sof the Confeder.n.c ~ l seemed
Were The Fec erais were situat ted, sawSa
body OF troops approac He wa,ss d .ir,-
decided whether they were his soldlers,
t the Federas HE similarity Of Uniform
and of colors carried by z the " Q ppo,sslniS
|. armies and the clouds Of dust made II al
most Impossible TO decide .& The. dust was =
SO thick that It was mpossible t t. tei!
were the ste 81 "a ana ~ rSai HATE
to-, the breeze. 1 It was the Confed
flag-the Stars and Bars. = t, was aEaa Far.
with the Twenty fourth irgini Ia tn Q 9
The re 4 moment the & flag was recognized
,Beauregard turned to his stan, ight ana q
left, saying: ~ See that tho. day IS OUTS rs
and ordered an adva .,d ne
hour after the battle started there el was
not al erlemy8to be SEEM So at this VIC
torious battle they d ecided "A to select. @
flag. and 1t was here tina t the Cont ederate
as az. tie ti Southern Cross. The flag was
submitted to the War p apartment and
was approved. The q ginal 9battl g
design was presented to Nthe wa shlngtoh
ARTILLERY OF New Orleans 3lor sa1e,kteep-
''' 'E '3As : - HERBERT w. HARRIS
1877 West Grace Street, Richmond, " n s Ks
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No. 4. The n" Stars and Bars was thu
frst nag OF the Confederate States, and
was raised BY granddaugh OF Presl-
4 dent John y Tyler oyer the Capitol IN
Montgomery. "A la, March 4, 1861. ss,5 III
No" e. The Battle Fla was ~ de-
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Fine d u !. , \ I il, Z. al
Confed Ute & J. 7. ~ I I !1gs.


Yss .His4 ~ d ~. IN. Z, 8. Il.
On the Wfole t iH v ",.
4 has boon very good !, tho Con- cdefnto
drawings being particularly we'll done.
q. . M !, IL, y ~ s 4 icIaa al,
1h'll = h,
other bjccts tafl the llngs thou
asked especially N forgtthc latter, and roe
80, ,or,, A. q n An frih;,tions
- ~, \. \. u 7, y
~. puu Z vi. III. =
81 you overlooked IN p..p,I1I "a a. :
KhoW asked zig ~
q saw ~
n IL ,ix,es o. J, ~ -, e.
70 Was the In aI !,
nntional ct 2 Ihls mug
chosen by tho Daughters s. of6the Cpnlea !.
tholr bnag !, y,
pin OF tho virginia i1iylhlon ,-lu =
~ the noWevsti ~.
5tars md crossed sl ~ leo
nag thht was heyer5 4. 4, i, .
veterans a!piys CIT, - ~ 4.
nag. or q g pse = we :
recalls TO ne 8 3 -
& many weary march w en- me nag was v y!
their and ING sInoke g Y
where, with H Se,.,
they rallied rounul the flag The ORA wing
from y" hch the . . ll,he WIS t
made is now IN tno sou lilstor'cal
Society at y eW 20 an 2,
4 eSact M 10 ; h
greater In length thar, widt
You know. when me surrender came
4 IN q 1870, ing .,,
carried away manyBof our fiags, and for
years they remained In he 81 tlonal
capital md other places. Great : effor j..
nave pee INA &c nv, M - -
s@.ers ny .siam - y, 90
8ns.or5lGAl and ro heso
cure o. o.. 80
q ,,hio, IL.
me :, !, !,
Ionged % -, y,
= ny q. =, !, q ~
81, ~, ~ s''s ,ehtnal a. these have bes, re-
turned rs Virginia. ana arc no II tho
n ronfcdernte Museum the White House
az I ia r,otl fedc RI, cy 3 at Richmond. Some
! IL these ara mere fragments ana bear
\ mute testimony OF the bravery OF our
soldiers # one 4 OF tho most interesting
y OF these flags Is that OF tho Fourth 6Vl r.
nlnIn Infantry. a part of the Il famous
"stonewall Brigade .', Tho nag has sew
eral large holes where shells went through.
as well mn many smaller ones. It was
captured ut the battle OF the WHO erne 60
May la 1854 Es ss
+ III Several tmembers have Gale to 20 9 mo
lately and I have been gldd to welcome
& them. Il especially those who live out OF
& town and are In 81 fic hfnond only lor4}I ~ u
short time. 5s ~ 81
y Next week our electric page VIII pc !,
published. and ! car, promise you II -
going to be splendid
I With best wishes
y q = .DEI ~
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I stood on the strand one mornln g, rs
Y BY the glad and g1istening sea Is
And tho waves leaped up with glee.
They dashed on, the shore with q glat
wild sound. @ ". sSi Il, sSsss
And the gulls took up the cry;
The air soon rang with merry songs,
And tho hsher-boats sailed py,9}
I stood on the strand at evening.
by thesrestless, rocking sea: 4
i shaded my eyes and looked far out
At last, as the twilight deepencd.
+ And tho sunset gloWed no more, Ii {
The fsher-hoats came home again.
And moored along the shore
Selected by EIIIZABETH REID, IS:
Il N 90 East Canal Street, city.
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% Development. Of
Con ted te' D Flag

No. Tho Stars and Bars. 5J . \.
5 This was the flag first nd Opted IL 1921 ~,
by the Confederacyo OF seven sta "a ne !.
two outside bars were red and the central
bar was white. The field OF the union lfilt'
was blue, and 1t was occupied by 3'N en-
tlive-polnted stars. The colors were re 4. t ne
Ih stat n This Tia Tag was tstao:
tory In battle and aftef.t1e .pattle 81 81
Manassas 8 ohnston 5E and $88& Beaure8aru
agreed upon a battle flag. .
No. 2-The Battle Flag Or southern err
D ThIa was not the rational flag .of the .1'
ried by the soldiers into bal tie. II CON
sisted OF red field. i err ssed by Two pars
OF blue a nafr1w oos1gts
stars each star haYng \ five poin g.
1 No. 3The Flag OF the IL Con feder ial 9
On the frst Of May 1855, the confeder' g
GDngreGss, adopted " le'e enrt6 donble
the width Of the flag. with the union TO
bo square #of two-thirds the iWidt H. OF
tie f,as, the thirteen stars correspond. \
Ing to that OF con q @.
tas oIsY he txite eoIor
was vase emit looked like q flag OF truce
$Ano therE change was %thereforeaneces
No. -The New Flag OF the Cont crate as!t
On Or. March 4. 1865. the Confederate Con-
gress u adopted q a 4 new flag, as follows:
Union two-thirds tho Widt = :, q
the fiaE, being like tho union of the nag
adopted IN May, 1866. The. field OF the
flag shall BIO white, except the out ers nalt
the WAR ne &c
s1e3 g. Main Street, 3Danyllle, " s.sl{AA
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" This was the flag first adopted in 1861
by the Contederacylof seven sta me
L TWO outside bars were red aid the cen-
trail s hal . wa s white. 5 The field of the
union was blue. 5sand n was occupied NJ $by