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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
How Much Sleep Is Needed?
From the London Mail.

Fioil the LOiuOH Mail.
women, l say without hesitation.
need less sleep than men, and l say
that after observation Of many nun
dredS of them"
DR.. Josiah Oldield, the ~well-known
specialist, cannot account for the fact
but yesterday he told a Daily Mail rep
reSentative that, whether they are Of
the working classes or of higher sta
ton in life, women need, and their ma
ture is satisfied with, less sleep than
their husbands or other male relatives
demand.
Meantime man differs as to what he
needs. The following are experiences
or advice as to the duration of SLEEP
sent to the Daily Mail by distinguished
men:
The Bishop Of Ripon: When young,
take as much sleep as you need; when
old. as much as you can get.
Sir Frederick Treves: The average
amount of sleep for myself is seven tc
eight hours.
Sir George Lewis, the well known
solicitor: l think eight hours suffi-
cient. l sleep nine hours.
Mr.. Vincent Hill, general manager OF
the Southeastern railway: Think IT
is we'll that people should sleep as long
as they can, and that is my practice.
Mr.. Beerbohm Tree: l should say
III lily case eight llouIS Sltcp Is pSllcI
than seven, and nine hours better than
eight. l take nine hours whenever /
can, and invariably sleep for that pc
riod when on a holiday, n as near to
it as possible at all times. Further, l
consider sleep before any effort, with
the power to &c TO sleep at any time,
most valuable. / have cultivated that
power, and invariably recuperate by
it's aid before the eXhausting strain OF
a first night" or before playing a new
part.
Sir Edward Ward, permanent un-
der-secretary for a | find six and
a half hours enough. l dare say l could
manage nine or ten hours with an oc-
casional wake up; hut l should call
that stacking"
DR.. Josiah Oldfeld: 1t is certain that
every man must have a certain mini
mum Of sleep per tw~enty-four hours.
Most find that minimum eight hours,
but an enormous number are satisfied
with five and a half hours. l always
sleep eight hours and regard that as,
on the whole, the proper for
a man. Certainly five and a half III
is not enough.
Sir Robert Ball: Don't expect an
astronomer to confess how many hours
of the precious night he wastes by
staying in bed.
The Earl OF Aberdeen, lord lieu
tenant of Ireland: l find that much
can be accomplished in either direc-
ton by training and habit. But as to
the saying that one cannot burn the
candle at both ends l have heard the
suggestion that it is one of the ways
Of making both ends meet.
During the six months which Charles
Frohman, the theater manager, spent
in London recently his hours of sleep
averaged not more than five. He rose
at 1880 a. m, and rarely got to bed be-
fore 2 a. M, sometimes later.
At the Bank of England a high OFF,
cial said he liked twelve hours when
ever he could get it-that is, etwee
Saturday and Sunday. Other days l
don't get enough"
The principal of a leading hrm OF
Stockholders said: Members Of Eny
profession sleep well because we have
EASY consciences. I myself find nine
to ten hours sufficient"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
The Lock Step.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The penitentiary is coming TO be re-
garded more and more as a place Cor
men to become penitent. The EFFORTS
toward prison reform begun by John
Howard and Elizabeth Fry have been
carried on by other philanthropists un-
til the idea of punishment has yielded
to the idea of preparing prisoners for
future usefulness. The comfor or the
Improvement of the prisoner was a
thing of no Importance so long as the
thought was to prevent crime by the
terrors OF jail life. When 1t was fully
realized that no terrors of the law
would keep men from the commission
of ~offenses, attention was directed to
the reclamation of offenders. Heredity,
environment and other predisposing
causes were given their fuli weight.
and the view was taken that In all
sane men was a germ OF good which
might be developed. The physical,
mental and spiritual needs Of prisoners,
were considered. Without losing sight
of the fact that the safety Of the com
munity requires the seclusion of thosel
whose criminal impulses cannot other
wise be controlled, all well ordered
prisons now aim at the reform of all
prisoners capable Of reform.
Under the old theory 1t was desir-
able that a man who had once been
in prison should be easily recognizable
when released, so that all might be on
their guard against him. The close
cropped hair and prison palior marked
q man when first released, n the lock
step, which had become second nature
to his muscles, showed It's effect In IN
stinctive movements which an expert
enced eye readily understood. The man
was branded as truly as If a brand
were on his brow.
Under the new theory a man is given
every chance to prove that he is wiser
and stronger than before. He is al
lowed TO go his way among men like
other men. The lock step has been
abolished. The released prisoner has
no mark to distinguish him from other
men. He has his chance. The need or
the lock step for the protection or the
prison guards is no longer felt. With
increased care in the custody or pris-
oners escape is so i~nfrequent that IL Is
not taken into account n stripes
are abolished, because 1t is not neces-
sary to be able to trace a fleeing con-
vict, and the possibility of an organized
rush for liberty is provided against by
other means han the lock step. Here
after q released convict need not be
haunted by the fear that his uncon-
scious movements will betray his past
TO those who know him only as an hon
est man. If it proves unworthy, the
law concerning habitual criminals Is
applied with all the severity necessary
to protect the state, but the punish
ment is for the new ~offense, not for
the old. Accounts are squared when
the prison is left behind.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

uncomfortable, n my gown wouldn't
set right somehow round about wher
/ had got my two trusty six-shooters
tucked.
i didn't feel happy. l knew that
away down the trail somewhere Jim
and Tom Warden were waiting, their
pistols on the cock. The old servant
had told Jim pretty exactly the spot
where the ambush would be laid, and
Jim and Tom had arranged so as to
be on hand when wanted Still, things
might go wrong, and if so / stood to
get a couple of leaden pellets through
my head instead of leading little Nelly
Warden to the altar. For Juan Sofa
had a way of shooting on sight when
he got mad, and then his vicinity be-
came distinctly unhealthy.
Hark. What was that? A scurrv In
the underbrush, a rush of men and
horses, and q cloak had been thrown
over my head n / was dragged back
ward off my horse to the ground Some
very unladylike explanations which |
let drop as | struggled to escape were
fortunately lost in the confusion.
Then came the thud of hoofs, and
heard Jim's voice demanding what was
amiSs. For answer came an oath i'm
Sofas voice, and a rough TO
stand out of the way.
Whats that behind your" cried lin
Great heavens. you villain, is that my
sister,"
Apparently he made one step toward
the Mexican, who threw out his arm
and fired at him, and with a groan
poor Jim dropped, Quick as lightning
Tom Warden fired on Sofa, but missed
and / began to think it was time | as
sisted in the fighting. / was lying on
the ground entangled in the horsecloak
and as ] struggled to rise Sofa sudden
ly seized me by the arm with the in
tention of pulling me to my feet. In
the darkness he a not yet discovered
the deception.
l threw off his grasp and sprang to
my feet, drawing my revolver as | did
so. A strange figure | must have
looked standing there in my blue skirt.
My big flop hat" hung round my neck
by its ribbon n my wig had fallen off.
One searching glance the Mexican
threw at me, Their he realized the truth.
Fooled" he shrieked, n let drive
a bullet at me / had ducked at the
flash, but a hot, tearing pain in my
left arm told me hat his aim was
good. / fired at him but missed him
badly, and in a second he had mounted
and turned to fly. his two servant rid
ing beside him.
mount n after them" roared Tom
who was fat and heavy. II must looB
after my brother"
/ needed no further incentive. ]
leaped on to my horse-Nelly's horse
and in a moment / vas after them. My
mare was fresher than theirs, and
gained rapidly on them. Suddenly, In
obedience from an order from Sola
one of the servants turned back and
J rode ct me. but a bullet from my Coli
took him In the shoulder, and he rode
off bowling In a direction at right an
giles to that in which we were gallop-
ing.
The second servant WA apparently
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
We're in the Same Boat.
FROM the Pittsburg Post.

FROM Tie flllSDUER GOSt.
At a recent dinner which was at
tended by a number Of clergymen
President Bucaham of the University
IF Vermont old the following of Bish-
op Hall, Of the Episcopal diocese of
Vermont, in to some good
1atured chaff about the liberal views
IF the Congregational church, and the
ease with which almost anybody could
'oin Ii.
He said he had heard of a negro whc
had many times applied for member
ship in st. Paul's church at Burling-
ION, but had not been able TO satisfy
the bishop that his state of mind n
titled HIM to admission. The negro had
been advised to pray that his spiritual
condition might improve.
After doing SO he made a new APP
plication. The bishop said to him:
well. Erastus. have you prayed a.
I told you to do?"
"Yas, indeedy. sub; I done prayed
nm / done told the Lord I wants to
jine st. Paul's church. and dc Lawd
he say to me:
"'Good luck. 'Rastus; been tryin'
to 5ine dat chu'ch TO- twenty years
mase'f'"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

in q terrible panic, and at last he
swerved off and left his master alone.
Sofa, seeing this, turned in his saddle
and fired after him, making the silent
woods ring with paths. And all the
time l was gaining on him. l knew that
If he once got behind a rock there he
could pick me off at his leisure, n so
l strove my hardest to come up with
him, paying no heed to my burning
wound. Just as he turned to the cor.
ner and stood outlined for a second
against the blue night sky, he turned
and fred on me, and u bullets
crossed. He took me Just above the
knee, but mine hit him somewhere un-
der the breastbone, and he pitched OUT
of his saddle heavily. / rode cautiously
up, but when l saw his face, l knew
that the danger was past. Juan sofa
was dead, Quite how | got back TO
the town / did not know. l must have
tainted from pain and loss of BLOOD
many times, but the good old morse
pulled me through, carried me sa1e.
ly to the Warden ranch, where Tom,
carrying his wounded brother had ar
rived long before. BY the time 1 ar
rived the whole story OF the frustrateo
elopement was public property, and
great was the rejoicing when turned
up alive, though damaged. the general
concensus of opinion having been that
when / set out to pursue the Mexican
and his two servants l had gone on my
last ride.
So poor little Nelly had her hands
full. with two great invalids to look
after. Jim got better sooner than did,
having only a bullet across his ribs, put
that was to my advantage, seeing that
when he got better she was free TO de-
vote more time to me. She made me
tell her all about my chase, n now 1
felt in her gown and hat. tod her .
good edal more. too, a good deal that
wouldn't interest you, perhaps. But
when w. told Jim the result of u con.
v~ersation of course the silly idiot must
slap me on the back n roar: Il told
you so Dick. i told you you stood 70
get something good out of the busi'
ness!"
AS often told little Nelly. / did.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
Acknowledgment
Bx WdoR PIT kEThLEX..
Copyright. 1903. by w. r. Hearst.)

Copyright, 1903, by w. r. Hearst.)
Nelly Warden was the belle of James
county; there could be nc doubt Of
that. Some said in the whole of Texas,
but that was more problematical.
No n denied, however, that she was
one of the prettiest little maids that
ever stepped-laughing blue eyes.
roguish red lips and a skin with just
the least touch of brown where the
fiery Texas sun had kissed it. And
there wasn't a boy in the section tina
wouldn't have given his right hand for
that same privilege. But she would
have hone of US, though goodness
knows we hung around the Warden
ranch in a most disgustingly obvious
fashion. Her three big brothers never
wanted for chums n her poor old ia
her positively couldn't move without
having some of Nelly's suitors buzzing
ROUND him. For, you see, we were all
so keen on geeting her hat we couldn't
afford to let the other fellows steal a
march on us b. making friends at
court. But in spite of all u efforts,
Solomon himself couldn't have told
which one of she favored-if she ia
vored any n at all.
She had a laugh and a smile for ev-
cry one of us-but as to a preferences!
Some of the married men, just to
worry us used to say that the right
mar hadn't arrived yet, and we boys
would feel for our PISTOLS and hint that
if he wasn't a born and bred James
county man, the stranger would find
things unhealthy for him.
There were, i should say, about eight
of US boys who wanted to mar Nelly
Warden, and in spite of our rivalry,
we were all pretty good friends. With
one exception. He was Juan Sofa, a
Mexican, from owe the border-a reg
ular fiery Spanish ~"greaser" Of the old
style. He was a magnificent horseman,
and to see him come laundering up to
the Warden ranch-big silver spurs,
silver worked saddle and bride, and
jaunty hat-made us fellows green with
jealousy when we thought of our sorry
steeds and string and leather equip
ment. Still, III didn't go on any bet
ter thar the rest of us. He was al
ways welcome; so were we. He stopped
to dinner or TO tea; so did we. And
he went way no forr'arder.
But as time went on we began to no.
tice hat the Mexican was not exactly
contented with the progress he was
making in his wooing. He was one Of
those impetuous natures which brook
no obstacles, and 1t CALLED him to think
hat he, Juan Solo, owner of a big
ranch, the handsomest man in the bor-
der, who could have a any dark eyed
Mexican senorita he chose for his wife,
could not make Roadway with the lit
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
The Brazilian Coffee Trade.
From the Review of Reviews.

FROM the INSNlc" VI INcNAS"S"
BraZils total exports in 1904 amount
ed to $191. 500, 900 (Americ9n gold, OF
which coffee formed slightly more than
one-half. or 500, 900, 900. This means that
the coffee crop alone brings a larger in
come to the country tina chile ana
Peru. together, realized from their total
exports, that it is three times the value
of ~Portugal's exports, and SIX times
those of Greece. 1t exceeds the entire
output Of mineral oils from the United
States, is nearly three times the value
of our tobacco exports, n quite five
sixths hat of our iron and steel. 1t Is
worth more than Canada's foreign
trade in wheat added to Australians
wool, and SURPRISES the entire tea out
put of China, India, and Ceylon. Such
is the value to Brazil of a little shrub,
called by courtesy a tree,-Whlch. IN
troduced as an experiment bu a CEN
fury and a half ago, has become the
staple crop Of a vast district, clothing
her hills and valleys with rich verdure
and ever bearing, ungrudglngly, the
precious bean so Indispensable 10 mans
comfort and enjoyment.
OF course, these are hard times Tor
the coffee planter, and careful manage
ment is needed TO make a profit at the
low prices prevailing; furthermore, the
soil i'm many localities, especially in the
Rio Janeiro district, has become ex-
hausted, causing the abandonment or
many great estates. Then there is the
eyport tax to be met, the hauling to
the coast. and the far-distant markets
to be reached, and even the unneces-
sary whims of the consumer to be hu-
mored, such as the dyetng of the bean
black to suit the South Africa trade.
But with an abundance of cheap labor
ard the limitation of production now
strictly enforced by the government,
added to the steadily increasing de-
mand, it is to be hoped that conditions
will rapidly change for the better.
Cheap coffee may be a boon to the
housewife. but it spells ruin for Brazil.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21
Gold Hoardings at Paris.

From the Review or reviews.
Although the annual gold produce
ton of the world is nearly $40O, 200, 600,
there is such tremendous trade activ-
ity in every quarter OF the universe
that capital is in demand as never be-
fore. one thinks of the usually we'll
supplied money markets as today
cleaned up, bare, in a condition or
drought. But then there is greater
reservoir of free capital in France
which is beng tapped by the other
thirsty nations, and which, in spite
of the drain on it. keeps well filled and
shows no sign of exhaustion. The
Bank Of France, the largest hoarder OF
gold next 10 the United States treas
ury, has in it's vaults today nearly
$500, 900, 900 of the precious metal; two
years & it had $464, 000, 600, and in
1909, when Paris began to slowly forge
ahead of London as the center of
largest money supply. the institution
held only 1876. 900 1000.
How has France, a nation indus
trially inferior to Germany and with
a very much below that OF
Great Britain, gained such a power in
world finance? The answer is, through
her domestic economy. However lit
tie one may admire the French char
acter, one has TO admit that for fru-
gality, thrift, intense application to
the work in hand, and the very COM
mendable ambition TO carve from life's
labors enough to make bright the in
evitable rainy day and to cheer old
age, the Frenchman has nc peer. To
save Is an inherited desire. The poor
est peasant in the least productive par
ish of the republic manages TO put
aside a little each rear for a COM
potency, and the fishermen down on
the Brittany coast would have starved
a few winters ago, when the catch was
almost nothing, had they not been able
to draw from the savings of more
fruitful years There are tens of thou
sands OF small sn~opKeepers, innkeep-
ers, scantily paid government en-
ployes, who are investors, and whose
combined savings have provided the
funds TO finance many a nation n
carry II through a lean period.
The population of France is o
40. 900, 900 people; the wealth of France
is nearly S45, 900. 600, 000. Robert p.
Skinner, United States consul at Mar
settles. in some recent statistics, shows
how evenly this wealth Is distributed.
The number of estates administered in
1904 was 394,7S7, and OF thess. n half
were for values ranging from less than
s1O,0 900 to a little under 500, 600. Only
three were over $40. 900, 900.
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

sle blueeyed Nelly Warden. And we
saw that he scowled blackly at times
as he rode home over the border.
And so the days passed away until
one night Jim Warden-that was
Nelly's eldest brother-came to my
shanty in a high state of excitement.
Dick" he exclaimed, dropping into
a chair and hopping the perspiration
from his face, I've got a most extraor-
binary bit of new for you. Juan Sofa
is going to elope with Nell"
"Elope with Nell!" 1 roared. You
mean she's going to marry him? Has
she"
STEADY, old man." said Jim, with a
smile. Perhaps / hadn't ought to have
put it that way. But now listen-Tm
serious. | was down at San Roca
about some horses today, and who
should ! meet there but Pete, one of
Sola's servants. You remember him?
The man l dragged away from that
mad bull last year?"
/ nodded.
We'll, the old chap seemed con-
fused at seeing me, and it seemed to
me somehow that he'd get something
on his mind. At first, when / asked
him what was amisS, he tried to pass
it off, but then he suddenly turned to
me and told me that he wouldn't have
it on his conscience to deceive a man
who had saved his life. OF course, |
asked him what on earth he meant
about deceiving me. Then out came
his whole budget. / promised him I'd
see he didn't suffer, and came straight
on to see o about the business. To
put it in a nutshell, what he told me
was this: His master has got tired of
hanging round Nelly without result,
and h has resolved to kidnap her. take
- H. A.1A. Ill
estancias in the mountains, and there
get a priest to marry them, while we're
hunting around for our poor girl"
Good heavens!" l cried, for, although
wild doings ook place on the border, /
never dreamt of anything quite SO
comprehensive as this. And when
does this game come off,"
Jim leant forward.
Tomorrow night, my boy" he said
impressively. Juan Sofa and two
servants are to wait for Nellie as she
rides across to Mellor's for her music
lesson. She always goes alone, as the
villain knows, and the job can be done
as easy as winking."
"She mustn't stir out, that's ALL"
said hastily. Great Scott! what can
we do to the fellow"
my dear chap" said Jim, "if we
simply content ourselves with keeping
Nelly safe under lock and key we car
do nothing to him, because we lack
proof. But I've got a scheme"
He broke off and chuckled.
'Out with it. mani" / cried, for his
merriment nettled me.
1--WE must go through with the kid
naping business. that's ALL" he said,
becoming suddenly sober.
What! Let Nelly get taken!' l cried
Eyes and no." said Jim, his eyes dane
ing with merirment at my bewilder-
ment. Juan shall kidnap somebody, II
he can-but II won't be Nelly. SeeT
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-21

/ I'm hanged if / do" l said. "Who
should h AXE if not Nelly?'
Wen provide someone" said Jimmie.
You blockhead! Don't you under
stand? Somebody must play Nelly for
this occasion only. Then when our gay
Mexican rides UP to start his girl-lifting
we chime i'm and trot out our part
added grimly. i've got some mighty
pretty line in my act"
Dawn was now breaking in upon me.
But who is going to pretend to be
Nell?" / asked. It's going to be a
mighty unpleasant part. Sola's not a
man to stand any monkey tricks, and
he's very handy With his gun"
Il know said Jim. Hes a dead
shot, and he's more han likely to get
mad when he realizes he's been fooled
and won be able to show his nose this
side of the border again. 1t can't be a
girl, Dick. It's too risky. Shed be just
as likely to stop a bullet as one of US,
if I know anything of the ~greaser."
Yes" said /. That rather beats us,
doesn't it?"
Not a bit of it, replied Jim. Then he
looked at me critically. I've got i'll"
he cried. You shall play Nelly. Dick"
Mel l said. and my voice was so
strange that Jim roared again.
~"YeS-you," he continued. "You'v
got a slight, girlish figure, my boy
don't hit me!-your face is innocent of
hair, and you'll make an Al girl when
we've lone with you. Well borrow one
Of Nell's gowns and her big flop hat,
and a wig out OF the box that we had
for the theatricals last spring, and your
own mother wouldn't know you"
Don't talk rubbish, JIM" / said,
holly. do you hin / am a fool?
What sort Of freak should / look got UP
like that?"
Were playing for a big stake!" said
Jim, becoming grave again; and II
we come out all right you ought to
stand in for something. / like you,
Dick, and I should like to see you get
our Nell. Don't you think If o n
I pull this through it'll send o up
in her estimation? You do al / tell
you. my boy, and I'll be your best man
YETI
From that moment / was as wax in
his hands.
The time had come. Miss Nelly
Warden, otherwise Dick Travers, at
tired in her pretty blue print own n
her big flop hat, which effectually con-
cealed her face, set out on her black
mare to ride to the house of old Ma'am
Morrell, who gave music lessons. Miss
Nelly rode side saddle-but between
you n me I ound ii confoundedly