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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

a great deal, he felt sure. With them
Norma would be able TO buy their
farm, and they could live happily
there. both Of them forever, seeing the
blossoms and the fruits come n go.
He longed to wake her, but he dared
not; one of the women a told him
never TO disturb her when she slept.
How glad she would be when she did
awake and heard that they could both
go home! There vas a carter who
lived in h house; he would take them
up into the hills, making q couch of
hay in the cart for Norma; that would
be easy to do when once they could
give him a shining gold piece for his
trouble. Once there, all the rest would
follow of itself. When once she could
see the green grass again, n see the
buds or the fruit trees, she would be-
gin to move her limbs and get back her
strength, and they would pay to have
a mas said every day in the church
up above amongst the olives, a mass OF
thanksgiving to the Madonna n
Mamma Rosa.
He had eaten only a bit Of black
bread all the day, and his brain was a
little dim, and his thoughts were not
very clear. He nae been walking about
on the stones ever since morning. His
head ached and his feet ached, and his
brow and lips were hot and dry, but
AAC aAo 81 AN $3.50
at him over the trees and seemed TO
smile; he lay down with his arms out
stretched so that they embraced the
motionless body of his only friend, and
his hands, clasping the little purse,
rested upon the rags which covered
her.
'She will be so glad when h
awakes," he thought; when she
awakes and hears we can go home.
Then he, too, fell asleep and dreamed
Of angels and fountains of gold, and
the little red -throated birds singing
amongst towering fruit trees, and
grassy paths beneath the vines, and
brown ripping rivulets, and Mamma
Rosa standing smiling with the sun
about her feet and saying: Our lady
sent me-"
Then his sleep became loo deep for
dreams, and he breathed deeply, I'M
consciously, whilst the moon passed
upward and it's light ceased to shine
upon his face and that of his n
The tramping Of feet on the brick
floor aroused him, a rude hand clutched
his shoulder and another hand seized
the gold. Here is the thief" said a
brutal voice, land here is the lady's
purse" -
1.-The little heartless wretch!" said
a voice as rude. Look! He Is safe
here he thinks, because the old wom'
an is dead"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
RENCH GIRLS LIKE HUSBANDS
WHO PROMISE NOT TO WORK

Of his charm. I asked one of our girls
who has lived long enough in France
to feel It:
What is in these Figs. to turn your
heads?"
She answered: "They are so in
earnest! They look at us with great
eyes! Their voices are intense and
low! They talk to us and we realize
they know us! And they never tell
funny stories!"
/ was struck by the last %qualihca-
ton. 1T is one of our poor little ac-'
complishments!" / said.
Yes she answered, and how all
women hate it! There never was a.
girl who liked a joke. When we laugh,
it is out OF poiiteness. AT the bottom
OF his heart the young American Is all
right-but he is sc joky!"
1t is very much the inheritance of
literature. The Partisan, from youth
up, reads in novels, poems, theatrical
pieces and even newspaper editorials,
that low is life's essential interest
and woman mans chief study!
l said to the American girl abroad:
These fellows have not the qualities
men value In America. They cant box.
They are not athletes. They are not
quick of resource. Take them out of
their protective setting, and they are
LOST
Yes, but" she said.
Yes, but Brothers, fellow Amer
icans-that but doth butt us hard.
Have we, indeed, been like the man in
Bunyan with the muck-rake, so intent
on grubbing that he did not see the
crown Of glory just above his head?
Sterling Heilig.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

It was a warm night in February,
and there was the scent of narcissus
and violets already in the air, and the
Arno was silvered by the light of a full
moon as it flowed under the arches Of
the Ponte Vecchio.
A small boy was leaning over the
parapet and gazing at the water when
he ought TO have been in bed. But
his bed was only a bit of sacking, with
some dead maize leaves underneath it;
and he like better the radiant moon
light and the movements of the fresh
clear, pungent night air.
His family name was a fine and an
cient one, but he was called only Lii
limo now. His parents were dead; he
had only an old great-grandmother,
bedridden in the n room in Oltrarno,
where he lived with her. He kept her
and himself by selling matches, n he
was as thin as a match himself, but
was a pretty boy, with his great brown
eyes and his loose auburn curls, and
such a wistful, pleading smile that
hardly n girl or woman passed him
without buying, and no dog without
a kindly dab of his tongue.
His mother had died at his birth and
his father had shot himself after los
ing all he possessed at a gambling
club; the offspring of a secret mar
1eS1N AA~ AAAA 90 49, ~ AAS Sbb~
mother, a good woman, who cultivated
q little farm on the hills above Impru-
meta.
She and her spouse maintained him
for sever years; then the husband de-
serted her and emigrated, and a year
later she was killed by the steam tram
near the Gelsomino, n there was only
her old mother left, the aged creature
whom he called his Norma"
She was turned out of their little
farm, and clinging to the child, and the
child to her, they went down into the
city to live, and she mended silken hose
and he sold matches.
1t was only in this last year, his
tenth year, hat the veins Of her legs
swelled so much that they kept her
bedridden, n her sight failed her
also, and the matches became their
only support. One by one all the little
objects that his nonna had brought into
the little town were sold, and there re-
manned nothing but the ragged clothes
which covered them both and a few
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
Our Burnt Offering.

from CClllcE y WcShiy.
The International Society of Build
ing Commissioners and Inspectors calls
attention to the fact that we have In
the United States IL, 100000 buildings,
valued at $14, 500, 900, 900, OIL more than
all the railroads in the country put to-
gether, and IL asserts that of all these
lust one is absolutely fireproof. That
one was built In Chicago by the great
insurance companies for a testing lab
oratory. There are only 1000 buildings
about / in 3,000-that are even nom
inally freproof. and these can be dam
aged in a confiagration to the extens
of from 80 to 80 per cent. of their value.
Yet the unburnable Underwriters Lab
oratory in Chicago. with it's walls Oh
vitrifed brick, floors, roof n parti-
tons of Semi-porous, hollow terra-cot-
ia, door and window openings framed
in rolled steel, window frames and
sashes of sheet metal, doors of filled
copper and steel, and stairs of hollow
terra-cotta, cost only IL per cent. more
than a building that would shrivel UP
at the first breath of an advancing fire,
In 1905, which vas a normal year"
we spent $500, 600, 900 for new buildings
and burned old ones to the value of
5000, O00, 900. We paid $500, 600, 900 for
fighting fire and $195, 000, 900 in fire in
urance premiums, of which we got
back S95, 000, 900 from the companies in
payment for losses.
1t cost us more to burn part of our
old buildings and protect the rest from
burning thar it did to put up all
new ones. This year San Francisco
has raised the fire losses OF the United
States to $500, 900. 900. even if we dc
not let another city burn down be-
tween now and next January. II wa
should burn up h whole of u bo-
nanza wheat crop, on which we are
relying to give US prosperity, we should
think the country had suffered a ca
lamity; yet 1t Is doubtful whether that
whole crop would pay for the property
we actually have burned and are burn
ing this year. Our entire years gold
supply would not pay for a sixth of It
The entire gold production Of the world
would not come anywhere near paying
for It all.
The $780, 900, 900 worth of buildings
which we put up in a year to burn
down would cost about $780, 00. 900 II
they were built not to burn down. For
the extra $50, oo0, 900 we could ave
most of the $500, 000, 900 we pay In nor
NAL years for fires and fire protection
In other words, we should have the
equivalent Of another wheat or cot
ton crop added very year to the na-
tional wealth.
The Society Of Building Commission
ers and Inspectors has proposed a uni
form law, to be introduced into the Leg
islature of every state, making ~stricter
requirements for building; 1T urges that
insurance rates upon firetraps should
be p%rohibitive, and it suggests that in
stead of filming buildings in increased
taxes when they do good work we
should make the taxes lighter on solid
buildings and heavier on those that are
most dangerous to the community and
most burdensome in their demands for
fire protection.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

Lawton, Okla, Special: The confiscat-
Ing and burning of $40, 900 worth of
gambling devices and paraphernalia in
the city of Lawton has now passed into
history. Gambling has been tolerated
so long in the new country" that
those in charge of the resorts had
come to believe that there was no law
which could make them stop. The ter
ritorial grand jury in session last week
made a report to the district court that
at many saloons in the city gambling
was being conducted in wide open style
and that there vas not a saloon within
the city in which slot machines were
not being operated.
Judge Frank T.. Gillette, of the Sew
enth judicial district of Oklahoma, was
quick to act and his orders were ex-
plicit. An extra evening session of the
court was called and the court read his
mandates to the sheriff of Comanche
county, c. c. Hammonds.
1t was then 9 o'clock in the evening.
Fifty special deputies were sworn into
service and the raid was on in
The work must be a complete radiance
of the city Of all gambling, under the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
AD LATER DESTROYED- BY rIRE , =

order of the court. The sheriff dis
patched his men to the various places
named in the order and had them re-
main on guard until the large dray
wagons could arrive and the furniture
be taken to the court house square,
where it was piled into a heap to be
held subject to the order OF the court.
The sheriff and his deputies expert
enced no difficulty in obtaining pos
session OF the outfits used In the games
of chance. The owners of the property
were summoned to appear in court Sat
urday evening n claim their property.
This they refused to do and the cases
were disposed of.
From the court house window al
which sat Judge Gillette could be plain
ly seen the heap OF gambling devices
and paraphernalia as 1t had been piled
there the night before. The owners of
the gambling outfits were to appear
at 4 o'clock. but no one came into the
court. Several witnesses were exam
ined to prove that the furniture and
fixtures gathered in by the sheriff were
the tools of gamblers. The moment
that they were proved to be such the
court ordered the sheriff at once to
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

miserable necessary things. They would
have died Of hung and of cold but
Tor the charity of t.Iose who were not
much better off than themselves, n
Tor the occasional aims which ladies,
passing in the streets, arrested by the
pathetic beauty of Iillino's face, put
into his small thin hand. This was
MOI begging, for everyone took a box
of matches, knowing that If they did
not they would cause him trouble with
the police, for in theory begging is for
hidden.
Lillino's body was in the streets, but
his soul was in the country. 1t vas
three years since he had seen it, u
he had never ceased to think of it.
Let us go back, norma. Let us go
back he said continually. But the
poor old bedridden woman could only
cry feebly n "Oh, my dearie,
who would take us there? Who would
keep us when we got there? We are
here, and here we must bic Perhaps
If the saints would kill me outright
somebody would be kinder to you and
carry o out of this cruel place-all
stones and noise and clatter, and full
or o and drink for those whose bel
lies are full already, and never a bit
or drop for those who starve in it."
DO not die, Norma said Lillino,
ciasping his arms about her. do not
die and go away into the earth. Pray,
pray do not. l have only you"
My poor little one, and what good
am II" she murmured, laying her hand
in blessing on his head. AN old log.
not even good for burning, for | have
no sap left in me. Alas! alas!"
But h was all he had to care for,
this bundle of rags under her ragged
coverlet, n he had known her all his
life; she a been always exceedingly
good to him, and in that time, though
already aged, had been a strong and
hearty woman and his earliest mem
cries had been of merrily running be-
side her, with his hand on her skirt,
drive the ducks to the rivulet, or gath
er olives, chestnuts, blackberries, wood
strawberries, or do n one of those
other lighter labors which occupy the
old people and the young children in
the fields n woods, and make every
body useful from 3 years old to 80.
Now Nonna was of use no more and
Lillino tried with all his might to do
his utmost to be of use for two. He
never doubted that he belonged to her,
or rather he never thought about 1t;
he had always seen her near him., and
he had always heard Mamma Rosa,
whom he had been taught TO believe
was her mother, call her grandmother.
No one had eve told him hat he had
patrician blood in his veins. This poor
old creature, scarcely alive, except In
the warmth OF her affections n the
pains of her limbs. was all he had on
earth. and he chung to her with the
tenacfty OF q tender and timid nature.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

in himself and her and pay for their
one room under the roof.
This night, as he leaned over the
river wall, the moon was at the full,
and the water was high; it had a
strange attraction for him as It flowed
toward the weir rejecting the long
double lines of lamps. He came away
from 1T reluctantly, not to be scolded
by the person of the house for being
out too late.
The garnet which he and the old
woman rented was a mere nook under
the of an old house. AS he drew
near it, on the moonlit flags Of the old
street he saw an object shining; his
feet touched it, he picked it up; it was
a little bag of golden chainwork with
a gold snap; he opened it; he saw il
was full of coinS-Such coins as he
had never seen in his life, except in
little bowls in money changers win
dows. The Madonna or Mamma Rosa
had bent it. Nothing else occurred to
him. 1t was a miracle! An answer TO
his prayer.
He slipped his hand, which had
closed on it, into his ragged shirt, and
took his homeward way, his ears sing
ing and his brain turning and his
heart throbbing in his persuasion that
some n in heaven, some n had
heard and answered his prayer! Sure
ly II was Mamma Rosa, SllJlnS now
beside the Madonna!
Mamma Rosa had always taught
him, indeed, that what was other peo-
pies property he must never touch or
take, but this thing was nc ones; it
was lying in his path; it was plainly
put there by some merciful hand; it
was a miraculous gift, a gift Of the
heavenly host, who were so much
kinder than these on earth.
He climbed the steep stone stairs,
ninety-three from the basement to the
attic, dark, slippery, foul smelling, full
of lust and mud and cobwebs; he
Rugged the little purse in his breast,
he smiled to himself radiantly as he
climbed up the steps n by one with
tired, aching feet. He opened the
wooden door by its latch and gently
entered the room, for Norma might be
asleep, and it would harm her to star
tie her, even to tell her such good It'd
ings.
Noiselessly he ran across the brick
foor and sat down on his w bit OF
sacking and began TO think. Now he
had all this money 1t would be easy
to move his Norma out Of the city and
carry her up, UP, along the green and
gracious ascent of the hills, n never
stop until she could be set down un-
der the peach boughs and the walnut
leaves where the little trimming brooks
were running amidst the grass.
He opened the pretty bag again and
poured the gold coins out upon the
sacking. The moon rays o also
upon them. There were twenty. What
they were worth he did not know: hat
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

proceed to extract the money from the
slot machines and then destroy the en-
tire lot by fire.
Thousands of people gathered near
the court house square to witness the
demonstration against the gamblers. Ii
was exactly 5 o'clock when Deputy
Sheriff s. A. FL Rod poured coal OIL
over the junk and set fire to 1t.
Never before In the history or the
Comanche country had such a
method been resorted to In order to
drive gambling from any city therein.
The praise of Judge Gillette and the
grand jury is on the tongue OF every
law abiding citizen In the new coun-
try for the action they have taken
to stamp out one of the worst vices
known to the southwest. In many or
the churches In Lawton last Sunday the
theme Of the sermon vas the good
work accomplished through the find
ings OF the grand jury and the action
Of Judge Gillette after they had been
reported to him. A bouquet of flowers
and vase were presented to Judge Gill
lette and the grand jury that evening
by the Women's Christian Temperance
union.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
A Mothers Clear Eye.
From the New York weekly

Miss De Pink-"Oh, mother, that re-
minds me. The other day / was riding in
the cars. when that wrinkled old lady
came In, and it's a fact that Mr.. De Smart.
who didn't know me at the time, and
didn't ever see me. jumped right UP and
offered the old lady a seat. Wasn't that
noble?'
Mrs. De Pink-serenely-"He did not
know you at that time, but ] happen to be
aware that he has long known the old
lady. She is the grandmother of one OF
the prettiest and richest girls In the city,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09
Nothina But the Truth.

Her Father-What does hat young
man do who was in the parlor last
night?
Pretty Daughter-He's a gentleman
of leisure, papa. He lost his job last
wet
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

Naples special: Adelaide Ristori
Marchesa del Grillo), an Italian tragedi-
enne, died suddenly last night In Rome.
aged g. She had been III for some time,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-09

following an attack OF pneumonia, but
there was no reason TO believe that her
end was 20 near. In 1SS5 she left the staoo
on marrying the Narchese del 0rilio.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-03
KING LEOPOLD WON

For the second time this winter horse
quoted at 100 10 in the betting yesterday
won n race at rhe Crescent City Jockey
clubs track King Leopold. a two-year-
old colt by Sempronius, easiy led field
OF youngsters IN the second race. but as
scarcely a dollar was bet on him the
bookmaker. were the gamers.
King Leopod's success was totally un-
expected. Even his owner. W. s. Price,
did not consider him seriously. Price is
one OF the shrewdest men I'm the business
OF racing horses and dearly loves long
odds, but today he backed his colt only
10 show" He had a small bet on him
TO finish I'm the first three at 15 20 |.
The handicap at six furlongs was won
by Broomhandle at TO IN the betting
Lady Vashti. the even money favorite.
failed TO show her great speed and dur
ing the early stages OF the contest vas
far back in the ruck. After the first FIVE
furongs. when Broomhandle had a CONF
manding lead. she closed strong and In
ished second, but was unable 90 force the
winner to his best effort and he won easily
by two lengths.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-03
BALDWIN TOO FAST

Matty Baldwin easily outClassed Mis-
sissippi last night in their three round
bout before the Summit A. G. in East
Thirteenth street New York Baldwin
was too fast and clever for the negro and
after the first round landed on him at
Will.
At the beginning OF the second round
Baldwin planted terrific right hook on
Nisslssppis Jaw. sending Sip clear
across the ring and up against the ropes.
After few seconds OF lighting Baldwin
again put over rlght-hander and Missis-
sippi went to the floor. He came up
smiling and was Immediately put down
again with a right and left hook TO the
jaw. He got up staggering, and the bell
saved him.
Baldwin had been cautioned by his
brother members TO take things easy
and not To hurt his opponent and I'm the
third round he contended himself with
sidestepping fierce hooks and swings. He
varied the monotony by landing an oC-
casional straight left or right hook
when things began 10 lovS slow.
Johnny Fisher and Joe Palmer started
a three-round exhibition. but Palmer was
completely outclassed, so he was taken
off and Walter Delaney was substituted
for him. Fisher was a bit too good for
Delaney. and he had the better OF the
milling
In the other bouts Frank Calvin. the
bicycle rider. was beaten by Willie Paul
ton, Charles Drio had "A shade over Harry
Phillips, and Frank Carroll bested Billy
Hill.
Tom McGarry. the South Brooklyn fay-
orlte. and Sammy Campbell Of Pittsburs
known as "Manly's Coon" boxed three
rounds I'm the star bout at the Howard A.
G. In Brooklyn.
Barny Sunshine and Young Rose put
up n nowery exhibition for three rounds
and were loudly sppauded Rose looks
20 he about 16 years old, hut he did well
to beat his more experienced opponent.
In other bouts Jack Farrell won from
Harry Sonnett. Young Shaw beat Kid
Boldt Nose Hal had shave over Matty
Collins. Frank Madden was too good for
Kid Little. and Jack Mcfarland. brother
OF Kid Mcfarland. boxed a draw with
Is{J
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-02-03

Samuel b. Capen. Ii. D., of Boston, and
president OF the American board In be-
ginning his address he likened the board
of which he was the head to business
house and said that II was business
house which had worked up a greater
amount of business than 1t had money to
carry on.
one Of the points made I'm speaking OF
the work OF the missionaries was that
Christion men were now controlling Japan
and they had been very largely response
BILE for the rapid success in climbing up
the ladder OF civilization. He then
sketched over the growth of Christianity
I'm Turkey. India and other foreign lands
and stated that the missionary was the
forermner OF civilization.
one OF the features. he said. OF the sue
cess of the American missionary I'm for
eign lands was that he treated the ma
tives fairly and was a statesman The
American missionary had also the conf
dence of the administration at Washing
ton aud no man was more Interested In
the work than was President Roosevelt
In telling of the work OF the board
he stated that the board was now paying
the expenses OF coo missionaries. 1000
teachers, IA theological seminarles. 1l2
high and boarding schools and educated
10000 scholars for $4,000 during last year
The concluding remarks OF the evening
were made by Rev Cornelius III. Patton
of Boston and Rev. T.. NJ Noyes of New
ton Centre. Mass. who also invoked the
blessing before the banquet. and Rev.
James Il. Mcconnell offered a prayer
The benediction was pronounced by Rev
l.. s. Woodworth.
At the afternoon session there were sew
eral speakers OF. interest representing the
various countries OF the orient, where the
missionaries have done good work. Among
those who spoke OF the work In their sec
tions were Rev. Irving NJ Channon from
Micronesia. Rev. w. w. Zumbro OF India
and Thomas s. Darlington of Constanti-
nople. There were also a number OF
other interesting speakers.