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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
He Knew,

An Irishman out of work applied to
the boss of a large repair shop in
Detroit. When the Celt had stated his
sundry and divers qualifications for
a Job" the superintendent began
quizzing him a bit. Starting quite at
random, ne asked:
DO you know anything about car
pentry?"
"Shure."
DO you know how to make a Ven
ctian blind"
"ShuTe.'
How would yo dc it?"
"Shure, I'd poke me finger in his
eve"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

languor, dizzy spells and rheumatism.
Before | used Doan's Kidney Pills"
says Mr.. Winney, | weighed 143. After
taking 10 or II boxes | weighed 1872
and was completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. 30 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, y. y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

ali who enclos q
postage he will re-
ply telling how
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had dOctored and
had been in two
different hospitals
for eighteen
months, suffering
intense pain in the
back. lameness,
[ W w h @ u
STOPPING or lifting,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
From the somerviIIe Journal.

HiCks-Did you ever succeed in per-
suading your wife when she gets angry
TO count ten before she speaks?
Wicks-Ycs, but she is a very rapid
counter.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

The largest lightning conductor i'm the
world is on the Lugspite weather sta
ton, in Bavaria. 1t runs down the
mountainside for three and a half miles
to a lake.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

d you think that smoking conduces to
tranquility of mind?"
mot judging by the population of Gu
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

From the Baltimore American.
You don't hear any more Of that six
teen-to-one cry now"
Don't you? You haven't been visiting
any Of the summer resort hotels lately,
have your"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
Got What He Asked For.

Grs. WIn2iOwaG sooTzTsa sTRUp TOR ChIldroa
teothing; sUttens tho guns, reduces INFLAMMATION sh
@ys pain cures wind collie. Is cent q oOttls.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
Productive Power of Western Cam
ada Soil.
Winnipeg correspondence:

Winnipeg correspondence:
There has never peer any who have
doubted the pro~ductiveness Of the soil
of Western Canada, but there are some
times found those who question the fact
of its superiority. During the past
season it has been shown that In grain
raising qualities it possessed the very
best. The late spring prevented grain
being s0wn in many cases before the
middle Of May. Yet, a large percentage
Of that sown at that time produced ex-
cellent yields. Had it not been for the
most of the north half Of the continent,
there would have been n magnificent
yield in every district in Western Can
ada. Throughout the Southern Alberta
district. where about 100000 acres was
sown 10 winter wheat, the yield will
be enormously large. There are vast
tracts Of valuable grain-growing land
IN Western Canada that are available
for homesteads, the Canadian Govern
ment giving 100 acres free, and entry
may be made by proxy, by any near
relative. thus saving considerable cost
to the American who may have entry
made in this way. Any Canadian Gov
eminent Agent will give you the par
ticulars.
Your correspondent has just received
the following letter from Craik. Sas-
katchewan. which bears out the state
ment made In the first part OF this let
ter
"Craik. Sask., August. 1907.
MAY oath we planted n Dablia root.
(which we brought with us from Min
''neapolis. Aug. 18th, so days later. ii
"waS in bloom. The plant IS now AZ.
fleet high ana covered with blossoms.
I'VE never got half as many flowers on
1T in Minneapolis, even during Sep
"tember aud October. although we had
more time 10 attend TO it there"
| mention this only as an example
of the great productive power Of the
soil here III saskatchewan @xcs3s.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press

'rom the New York Press.
III these days they sugar-coat the
'".echlsin as Well as liver pills.
=, 'er d criminal that gets caught is
g" yai OF ne runs a corporation.
rond you see a woman having a
good time out i'm the rain it's her own
complexion.
siil bushes when you kiss her be-
LUST IL wouldn't be right not to when
heaven will be a very satisfactory
sn;. Ior women If the fashions there
sun noth the fat and the thin.
bOrneo holds the recnrd FOR mns-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES.

Seven hundred British subjects are
born at sea every year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

Lecturer--And what man is most apt to
reach that elevation whence the earth
may be viewed las one vast plain?"
Smart Student-The one that works in o
gun-powder mill.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.

II You Suffer with Your Kidneys
and Back Write to This Man.
G. W. Winney, Medina. n. Y, invites
kidney sufferers TO write to him. To
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06
Erer.

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numbeTt
am carl
lie could
ght of a,
! space
II of or-l
Wornanl
annoyi
merit Or
cheese,
\ to de-
ish. At
x OF in,
klflS OF
lturedlyI.
|fer-r tot
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led tha
ded ths
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

SIOUX CITY e'T'e CO., 1,21s-4s, 1907
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

The daily consumption of pens Is
500, 600.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

q%uitoes. i'''iu !" Hue
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06

SNAt
by all
patton.
bHION
hat the
shows
| out in
Il sock.
He and
select
ny col
green
stripes.
and
5 is to
bale or
he bril-
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effect
IA that
green
1 that
he en-
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les are
order
IS laid
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is ties
be hue
y pay
of
! cigar
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using
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-06


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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Lincoln Forgotten by Visitors to Washington

see things at will. untranmeled, evi-
IDENTIFY can't get accustomed to paying
to see any particular exhibit when
he's in this mood.
Mr.. Oldroyd long has had n plar
that would Obviate this condition. It
is that OF obtaining from Congress an
appropriation to throw the house open
20 the public. He would have the prop
erty to the north and south Of the
present site and extending to the auey
in the rear. bought up and two-story
buildings erected on the rear portion
Of each Of tho lots. In the basement
OF one OF them ne would sore the
special war exhibit OF ttc collection.
and he would have flreproOf walls built
along the entire structure and a fine
parking made, leading from one Of
the proposed new buildings to the
front
II have a fine nucleus for this war
collection said Mr.. Oldroyo. 81 have
236 varieties OF bullets fired around
Richmond. showing that in the war
the Southern soldiers used almost a-.y
kind OF gun that could be discharged.
Why. in our Spsnish-A.Ecrican war
there were only two kinds of bullets
used. NV bullet collection represents
1.S0o battles o. the 200 fought in the
civil war"
Mr.. Oldrovd says THAI Senator vii
liam Alden Smith Of Michigan end
Representative John Dalzell of Penn
sylvania are interested IN his plan Of
obtaining an appropriation from Con
Cress.
In the event OF Congress being will
ing 10 buy his collection Mr.. Oldroyd
would have an estimate placed on his
now unappraised collection.
II Is believed that should Congress
buy the collection and make some pro-
vision for preserving this Invaluable
Lincolniana from the ravages Of FIRE
much more interest In il would be
taken by the general public.
II has been a matter Of wonder
among such foreigners as have seen
it. that both Congress and the public
should seem TO take so little interest
in the collection.
Congress has signifed its desire To
90 something in commemoration OF
Lincoln on the centennial anniversary
Of his birth, February p 1909.
An opportunity is offered
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
RISING FROM BARBARISM

New Jersey keeps ahead OF Us in some
things. and one OF them in its treatment
OF river pollution Il has adopted the
principle that natural watergcourses are
not the proper reCeptacles for sewage.
In accordance with this idea. the recla-
nation OF the Passaic river. which has
long been overtaxed with the duty OF
carrying TO the sea the refuse OF Pater-
son and Newark is in prospect.
measure TO accomplish this which has
been agreed TO by the representatives
from both :. ewark and Patterson. will be
laid before the New Jersey Legislature.
Another move in this work Of purify
ing the streams Of New Jersey which Is
OF more Immediate interest to PhiIadel-
phid is the notice recently given 90 the
city Of Trenton by the New Jersey State
Sewerage Commission that il must cease
using tire Delaware river Tor the dis
pos2l or sewage on and after jam
AIRY !. 1911. This means that in tH. ,e,.t
four years Trenton mus; reconstruct lis
sewer system 50 that il shall nat dis
charge intc tae Delaware. ID viii cost
Trenton something 20 make tEiS change
AMI the treatment Of its seu.I.t. aa1ber--
ed under another system will b- mare
expensive yearly J,an the caeap and
nasty plan OF emp,N ms 80 into the Della
ware Nevei lLeleSs 70 must be done ami
after 1910 Tue Delaware wafer plnpi1.
into tHe inter basin al Torres,laIe even
before Il is filtered viii be-. mpoiilte5
by tie sewage of Trenton.
ms VIII sWeeteu the Delaware a liz
lie, but how about the PenusyIy.ini,,
SIDE The law OF this State saws -.nC
municipality shall permit the How -
sewage INTO any OF the waters of rba
STATE This IL qualified bv a oro,-is,,
mat the prohibition shall not aDDIv ~
existing sewer systems IL is SAM
lniuS That. as the bOrOushS and small
ciues grow up to the need Ct a ses-e,.
SsNtem- they viii have TO treat The sew
aSc oN modern methods and nor dfl,,,.
II INTO stream The pollution s,IDnIia4
oy EaSton and that brought into me-
DeiaWafe by the Lehigh river will cen
lnue as n vested right un:U we s5oY,f
IN TINS state a statute like that Of Nev-
Jersey that deals with the present sew
er systems The Delaware river from,
the W alter Gap up. which often is re-
irrred 10 as source of an immact,lata
water supply is lined with sIn,roe,
hotels. whose refuse FOR the most mari
cr-sics into the Delaware. The Nev
Jersey law would stop this. but m
Pennsylvania act contents itself wit
preventing an increase CT the evil
The mOdernizatiOn of longest blisbad
sewer systems so that streams shall no
longer receive pollution from them will
be an expensive work but not moro So
Tor the cities CT Pennsylvania than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

This country viii not consent TO ar
Invasion 10y a horde OF coolies sufficient
in number 20 change the conditions o
the labor market, and II has not nov
and never viii have any desire OF IN
t-ntiOn 10 submit TO conditions which
would involve in any agreeable degres
the mixing OF MOnsoI and Caucasian
What IL was willing. and even desired
TO do in response 10 the boycott. was &C
Have the official donkeys wfu have beer
sitting inside Immigration gates. open
them 10 thu gentlemen, scholars. PRO
g,SSIOnal and business men CI China as
To- those Of other countries without sub
letting them 20 me iRuIgUiues Of q
HyDlLe examination. IUmI cation and all
Do WIS understood thar Jlls was done
and that IT. was all thar. was asked for
Brooklyn Citizen.
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Continued from First Pagel

pays In a season close to 500 GEO.
the visitors portion OF the outlay be
ing SEC. sec.
How many OF these visitors who pa
tronize the hotels. the "rubber-neck''
wagons. and the theaters see the IA
nous Lincoln collection?
Well. NJ. Oldroyd charges but o
cents admission; the house is open TO
the public every day. at all hours
ard yet his income from those who
register amounts only TO about 81 900
a year.
This. however. does not mean thai
exactly 4,0C0 people come to see the
collection, FOR on Lirfcoln's birthday
anniversary Il is the custom to admit
all visitors free between the hours OF
: a. N. and 4 D. m. Last JincoIn-s
birthday there were 1.511 persons in
the house. and AR Oldroyd was
obliged TO hire attendants to show the
NiSitors about. The average number
visiting the Lincoln collection in a year
may be roughly estimated at about
5000 marvelously poor showing for
the Capital C.ty's VIGOROUSLY Tic
floating population"
A number OF Washingtonians- amop,.
them Mr. Oluroyd himself. are inclined
TO believe that IL is the price of ad-
mission. for one thing, which keeps
the public away. The fact that on
The only day In the 500 when admis-
sion is free. over a third Of the annual
number is there at once. strengthens
this belief
And it does not sigrify that the
sightseer in this city is a ''tiphtyad -
as usual thing The figures aft the
hotels and the thcaters prove that the
people who come to Washington IRE
not a "lunchboN crowd" but. on the
contrary, are good spenders. But II
appears they 90 not like TO spend
money to see memorial souvenirs in
one place, where they can see so MANY
thlngs gratis elsewhere even though
they be Of lesser historic interest and
Importance. When they're cut to spend
they dip Into their pockets willingly,
Out when they are seeing the sighfs.
they don't want to be opening their
purses.
OF course. the Lincoln memorial oil
lection Is worth very many times the
price OF admission-everycne who has
seen 1t will admit This at once. Bat
The visitor who Is stroiiiug about 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
The Stout Craft TaormIna.

Now the auxiliary boat, Taormina. is
n stout oak craft. 81 feet long. Is feet
beam, and y feet draft Before she
was fitted with a motor. she had taken
an Austrian count around the world
and later was used on a long voyage
by three Austrian students The
motor Is so constructed that II VIII
run equally we'll with kerosene, alco-
hol, or gasolenc. So there is no doubt
Of her seaworthiness.
Captain Lovelace, be il understood.
Installed the motor himself He IS a
machinist and engineer. besides being
a navigator. filibuster. wireless operat-
OF, and aerOnaUt.
The bailon also has history. It was
brought here from France by the
aerial explorer and pacemaker Count
de Ia Vaulx. and was bought by Mrs.
Brandreth 70 put Ralph where the
chorus girls couldn't catch him.
Ralph named II the Eagle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

least. Ms case III tne
Crooks believe that so 6rn,I,, +b.+
when W. hear Of a crool, VISITING, o -
III PIISo we know he's an amateur"
raven you any first-hand infor-
nation about hoodoosg" the sIeYtl,
was asked as he paused for another
light
Not exactly first hand" was the
reply, but here's a funny case I was
concerned in myself:
4 guy pinched a pocketboos i'm s,
avenue saloon. \ secOnd-storv cha,
mat had it in for him and WAS worL-
INK Tor me on the quiet. tiDped ne Off
20 him rs he was passing the poctz.1-
book 70 the bartender The CIV So
RIM and he must have knocked near
Iy PINT OF teeth down the fellows
Iiro"J Bot he was game. and teSIf-
cd against the thief at the trial
II I"'keG like sure css.. Tie
crook own lawyer said he'd sure get
ten years. and I thought he'd -.
NOR.
'W.eH all the testimony wa :, tl.-
s'.y s-es g hunchback talking tn his
lawy or and. putting his left hand a..
'he hump he saws. Hello. old man
wish IN, luck
The hunchy looks him fun I'm the
face. smiles like a May morping. ana
s1yS. You're ali right: don't o.,
afraid
Mex morning the Judge nearly
knocks al Of us off our feet by saving.
Six months.
I near believed in hoodOos myself
that day. for If it wasn't q bunchy
that saved that Teller I don't know
what il was
And the real thing sieuth. having
finished his cigar. got ND and said II
was time TO report 10 the old man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
Cunning After Gators.

He had a fine time with the captain
shooting alligators. and when he got
home was enthusiastic about life on the
tropic waters. This set his mother
to thinking. SO when she recently
heard that the captain was IN port. she
sent for him and asked him to take her
boy Off for a long cruise. In order 10
tone him down a bit. as he had beeen
casting longing eyes at some more red
altos on Eighth avenue.
Captain Lovelace wanted TO be fair
so he told Mrs. Brandreth that u
would cost q heap o money to take a
boy OF Ralph's desires on such a cruise
as she proposed.
But the miIlionaire's mother said she
didn't care II It did, and that Ralph
wouldn't come into his inheritance
until his youngest sister. who is nine,
became eighteen.
Captain Lovelace scratched his head.
figured this out. and gave In.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

I'VE aren't carrying more guns thsn
President Roosevelt when he goes
huntin' mountain cats" testify replied
Captain Lovelace.
Go ahead and search her. ye ding
spivelad landlubbersr
But tho inspectors refused to leave
the boat until the captain had signed
an affidavit that he wasn't pirate.
After the inspectors had been fully
convinced that the expedition was a
pleasure cruise. with a little science
thrown in. the Taormina got as far as
the custom house. when they were
held up by Secret Service officers.
These were even denser than the form
er sleuths and gave clearance papers
only after a long wrangle and after
they had compelled the captain to sign
an affidavit that he wasn't going to
take part in any South American revo-
lutions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

Some Queer Superstitions of Criminals

huhciatioh goes / don't know When
asked crook friend about il he
said:
Never yoL mind: it'll come To YOU
easy at the proper time And II Il
doesn't you won't be free from the
hoodoo Of the cross-eyed man OF
woman. and YOU might as well quit
for the jig is up and it'll be mighty
serious
Again" continued the detective
after relighting his cigar. Its bad
luck for a crook to leave a hat or coat
or umbrella on a bed while cleaning
out house. The crook who told me
this said he knew a man in politics
who once robbed a brewers seaside
house ana carted away $4,000 worth OF
silver plate in a plumbers truck II
vds big loot, and the job was neatly
done.
on reaching their hiding place.
mis- pal turned. panic-strIcken, AMI
sad.
MS ali up with as I've left M
coat an umDreiier ON the guy : bed
IethIst d. U.ano.'
Just then Uiack cat cany mao
tLv room. The pal caught tne CAT Ds
the tail. pulled 90, three white Gaus.
burned them over tie lame vI q
candle ne had used al wake 1ur
nishJ before. and that Killed tne hoo
doc.
Next day the crook said. though
l don't believe him, the brewer sent
around the coat and umbrella with
polite note. saying that as the two
were a power in politics and had work
ed for mis- ticket. he wouldn't give EN-
away till after election Now the
crook swearS by all that was lovely
that but for the luck o catchip that
cat and havin' the candle handy.
they'd ha' got twenty years. because
their names was on some pawntickets
i'm the coat.
Crooks call it bad luck to visit a
pal in prison awaiting action by the
grand jury. and guess that's right
enough. though not as they mean it,
They say that if you're a crook and
your partner gets arrested. il will Ger
tainiy hoodoc his case and perhaps
send him To the penitentiary. even II
YOU drop in at the TOmbs to cheer
him Eith the news that you've S6UOn
worth of queer coin i'm circulation an
will send him the best lawyer in town.
Bat YOU can stay away and send the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10

She will make her first stop at IA
liaicd' where photographs OF Kingston
ana the adjacent country VIII be taken
from the balloon. She VIII then touch
south American ports and proceed
around Cape Horn and up the western
coast to San Francisco. Thence she
VIII cross the Pacific.
me TaOrmina's alterations and
equipment with electric lights ana
rams to mitigate tropic heat. and so on
mas cost about $4,000. which is much
more than the price paid for the Yacht
me rifles viii be used also to shoot
strange beasts and birds that NAV be
seen in incursions by cycle or motor
launch for the expedition. Or. Won
Iuber declares. IS going to be scien-
uic as well as personally educational
10 young Mr. Bvandreth.
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Taken for n FiIibuster.

The formidable layout OF weapons
aboard the Taormiua aroused the sus-
picions OF inspectors for the Federal
Government just as the yacht was
about TO sail for South America from
the plant Of repair dock at the foot
OF Fifty-sixth street. South Brooklyn.
A force Of six officers boarded the
little craft-from a revenue cutter.
What have we here2" asked the
leader. "A flibustering expedition
bound for South America, Ell? What
nell are all these guns?''
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
To Snoop for Treasure.

After leaving X ngstou the Taormina
viii jog ai1ny ID. uine-knot rate IN
+er her s5-uorz-pvo- motor. unless
tine Wind y favorable and she can use
Her fine spread Of canvas. including a
balloon .a1- $40 viii then sail south
ward. photos paiug from The sky,
uar0ors. and Islands. and whatever
else may be- interesting below
Then site viii slip into the Pacific
Oy way Of the Straits OF Magellan
and take IN all the islands that she
can fnd there. incidentally Looking for
a few on which tradition and rumor
nave put hidden treasure
Toward tie end Of the four years
she viii cruise about the explored
places Of Europ-- saA by that time the
skipper thinks. Mr. Brandreth. aged
iWenty-seven. may feel strOrg enough
q. resist if.s feeling fo- red.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-10
PRAYER.

Three doors there are IN the temple
Where men go up to pray,
And they that walt at the outer rate
May enter by either way.
There are some this pray by askinR:
they lie on the Masters breast.
And stunning the strife OF the lovysr
life,
They utter their cry for rest.
mere are some that pray by seeking;
They doubt where their reason fails.
Bui their minis despair is the ancient
PRAYER
To touch the print Of the nails.
There are some that pray by knocking:
iheS nut their strength 70 the wheel;
For rnev have no. time for thoughts
sublime.
They can only act what they feel.
Father, give each his answer
Each in his kindred way.
Adapt Thy light 70 his form OF night.
And grant him his needed day.
William Watson