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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
BELGIAN POLICE DOG WON FAME
One Animal, Disobeyins Recall Signal,
Led Way to a Band of Thieves.
From patrie. Pari

fTOHl EdtTle, fdTlS.
Brussels-The Belgian police dogs,
some Of which We're recently exhibited
IN Paris. where they gave unquestion-
able proofs Of sagacity, have just
achieved a new and practical triumph,
for a pack of them has just caused
the arrest Of Ave burglars. ~Singularly
enough, ii was the insistence OF a dog
which had been considered decidedly
refractory that was the real cause OF
the triumph.
NJ. Libbrecht, the police dog trainer,
was, II appears, giving his pack a les
son in the country, the object Of the
lesson being to teach the dogs to fol-
low a strip of ground without deviat-
ng from a prescribed route and to re-
assemble on signal.
One dog, called Bull, did not seem
disposed to devote serious attention to
study. In act he was the bad boy"
Of the school. and when the Assembly
signal" was sounded instead Of obeying
he started off-and in quite defiant
fashion, too.
NJ. Libbrecht, who had had the idea
Of giving the obstinate Bull a lesson.
became curious, and following his four
footed pupil, he had the satisfaction of
seeing his five dogs ZACH at the leg of
a nan
1t was earned later that these men
ndo roopcu d Nllid anu ndu gone 10 tnls
unfrequented place to divide the booty.
The dogs DOR won their battle, and aft
er the burglars had been compelled to
put back into their sacks the stolen
goods there was a triumphal procession
which ended In the arrest Of the Gull
prits. The dogs, even when first at
lacking, had shown their training by
each choosing his man. or course dur
Ing the subsequent march each dog was
watchful over his man.
At the police dog kennels a fete fol-
lowed this exploit, and the obstinate
Bull had an extra share OF caresses.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
A Diagnosis.
From the Washington Star.

from the NdSnlnRtOn star,
Professor Koch, the famous investi-
gator Of sleeping sickness, said of an
old fashioned doctor at a musical given
by Andrew Carnegie in his honor in
New York:
Yes, DR.. Blanks methods were old
fashioned, prosy, pompous, n~onsensical.
You know, at Heidelburg they tell a
story abou him-a story in illustration
OF his way of working.
"A man, according to the story, fell
over a cliff in an automobile and a
steel bar eight feet long was run
through his body SO that three feet OF
the bar p~rotruded from his stomach
and three feet from his back.
DIR. Blank was sent for. He looked
at the spitted patient and said:
What is the complaint 2"
1T is my stomach, sir was the
reply.
How did it happen?'
THE man explained the accident in
detail.
"tHumphi' said DIR. Blank. AS 10
heredity, did any members OF your
family ever suffer a similar accident? p
NO, sir, none the patient answered.
Very good said DIR. Blank. You
see, WI acquire a knowledge of all
these details in order TO form a correct
diagnosis. So far, so good
he looked at the patent thought
fully.
You find some difficulty in lying on
| your back? he said.
81 can't lie on my back at all, sir
"'And | suppose you are no easier on
the stomach?
"'Oh, no.
In short said DR.. Blank, you are
most comfortable on your side?'
"'Yes, sir. That is the only position,
to tell h truth, that / am able to
maintain
Exactly said the doctor, In a tri-
umphant voice. We have now only to
settle upon the treatment. Here is the
case in q NUTSHELL: Either we leave
the bar where it is. in which case in
fiarnmation will set in and you will
probably die, or we extract Ii. an op-
GRAFTON that In likely TO prove fatal.
Your fate. sir, Is In your own hands.
Please decide which curse you will
adopt"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Donovan and WaddeiI.

These are the days when pennants are
won by clever pitchers, n just now
American league fans are sizing up the
relative merits OF Donovan and Waddell.
McAleer and Jennings are holding these
stars back for the rush down the home
stretch, and students Of baseball are wise
to the fact. So there has been a method
in the seeming madness OF Wild Bill
Donovan being put out Of the game SO
much this season. Bill, acting under in
structions from Jennings, has been saw
ing himself, and from now on 1t is q safe
bet to I he will not again be suspended.
McAleer has been holding Waddell in
reserve by allowing him to work along
easily all the season without risking his
arm by pitching him In regular turn.
Waddell won the pennant for the Ath-
letics in 1902. Tannehill and Bill Dinneen
did the same for Boston in 1908, while Din
neen accomplished the feat for Boston in
1904 and Waddell for the Athletics in 1905.
PHILIPPE won for Pittsburg in 1903, Ma
thewson for New York in 1904 and 1906,
Brown for the Cubs In 1906 and Walsh for
the White Sox the same year. Donovan
by his fine work for Detroit undoubtedly
brought the p~ennant to that city in 1907,
and it is up to him and Waddell to show
whether the Tigers or the Browns will
win the bunting for 1908.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Globe Siohts.
From the Atchison Globe.

NNS eiobCs
The average dog is a sample of how
faithful a nuisance can be.
A new father handles a baby as tim
idly as a girl handles a gun.
1T takes all kinds of queer people TO
make q world and you are one Of the
queer kind.
When a girl dislikes another girl, she
always says of her. She is just crazy
to get married"
There are some men who have a
run in society, as some popular songs
IA q u on the streets.
A really good dry goods mar makes
every woman who calls at his store
feel hat he finds a certain something
about her TO admire.
Every woman who hears of a baby's
death believes that IL they a sent
for her. she would nave thought of
something that would save IL.
When a man tells his sweetheart that
she is the incest girl In town, he has to
tell her. when he meets her the next
day, that she is the incest girl in the
world, or she will say his love is grow
ing cold.
When a man has respect" for a
woman he keeps his secrets from her
as much as possible. but her influence
does not cause him to reform. II he
happens to meet her suddenly on the
street, he may swallow his chewing
tobacco, If he knows she dislikes the
tobacco habit. but he does not quit to-
bacco.
The English language is funny. If
a school teacher desires to send a boy
10 h spring after a bucket of water,
and the children are thirsty, il is prop
er for her to say: Go quickly" but
If a man has taken something of yours,
and you desire to impress upon his
mind that he must return it promptly
IL is better to say: Now you get il,
and get it quick"
Every woman's magazine devotes
dozens OF columns 20 how the nursery
should be furnished. The nursery ain
all the Kansas homes we were ever
In. and we have been in q great many,
Is in the bedroom. dining room, Kitchen
or parlor. wherever the mothers work
takes her. and 1t Is oftenest the kitchen.
And Kansas babies. by the way, who
are given onions to play with. when
their mothers are peeling onions, and
clothes pins on wash day, are as pretty
as any nursery babies In the world.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness Sly you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explainto the doctor. Your
etter will be held in the strictest con-
6dence. From her vast correspond.
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyourcase. Such letters as the fol
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the powerof
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Good Money in Dry Ranchins.

FTUII IN LoS HHsU'cs IIlHcS'
j. b. Maxwell, a prominent rancher
and capitalist of San Jacinto, has just
received returns from a 640-acre tract
OF grain which prove that dry ranching
in the valley Is not In any way an un-
desirable occupation. A year ago Mr..
Maxwell purchased this section OF land,
and as soon as the fall rains began 10
had ii ploughed and seeded to barley.
Returns from this crop OF winter
sown grain have been received and Mr..
Maxwell reports that his gross receipts
are more than the cost of the land a.
year ago. He is enthusiastic over his
success and is looking for more grain
land to buy. Experience OF the grow
ers In the last few years has demon
strated hat grain land is profitable
property and that 1t pays the rancher
to own his land rather than to rent for
O share of the crop.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Encroachine on English.

From the Washington Times.
A party of foreigners who are making
a our of this country called recently
at the state department and were re-
ceived by Secretary Root They had a
very limited knowledge of English, and
the conversation was conducted mostly
in the sign language. Finally, the
spokesman of the party arose, and, with
a profound bow, said:
MFR Secutaire, we will not further
cockroach on your time"
Secretary Root is known In Wash
ington as the polite man He did not
crack a smile, but in diplomatic terms
explained to his visitor that encroach
was the proper English word to explain
his meaning.
"Ah," exclaimed the caller, with an
other bow, Il understand. Cockroach
am re male and henroach am re fe-
male"
Mr.. Root nodded his head. Further
explanation seemed to be useless.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
A Colonial Calf.

In 1881 Thomas Dudley, deputy gov
ernor of the colony of Massachusetts
bay, wrote the Countess of Lincoln a
letter of 10 pages, in which he tells her
an incident in the early history Of the
colony that would otherwise have been
forgotten. 1t goes to show that the
Puritan fo~refathers, even the staid
magistrates, had some humor. The
matter was fresh to the mind of the
writer, for he closes his letter by say
ing: Il am now this twenty-eighth Of
March, 1881, sealing my letters" Upon
the Twenty fifth of this March, one
of WATERFOWL, having lost a Calf and
about ten Of the Clock al night, hearing
the bowling of some wolves not far off
raised many of his Neighbors out Of
their Beds. that by Discharging their
Muskets near about the place where he
heard the Wolves, he might SO put the
Wolves to flight and save his calf. The
Wind serving fit to carry the Report
of the Muskets to Roxbury, three miles
off, at such a time; the Inhabitants
there took alarm, Beat up their Drum,
Armed themselves and sent Post TO us
to Boston to Raise us also. So in the
morning the Calf being found safe, the
Wolves affrighted and our danger past,
we vent merrily to Breakfast.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Don't.

A hundred times a day ] hear =
HIS mother say: Don't do that dearf'
From carly morn till dusk tbs all
Don't do that, deari" / e her call
From the back porch and front and side
AS though some evil would betlde
Unless she drumrned 1T in his ear: /.
Don't do that. dear! Don't 90 that
dear!'
II ne goes out and slams tine door:
Don't do that, dear!' and IL the floor
Is newly scrubbed and he comes near:
Don't do that, dear," is all ] hear.
If he comes romping down the stars:
Dent do that, dear!" and If he wears
No coat, but hangs il somewhere near,
If he goes shining up a tree:
"Don't do that, dear!' If he should be
Astride a roof / know III hear
Her call to him: Don't do that, dear!"
His life is all Don't this Don't that
Don't lose the dog" Don't chase th'
Don't 60" Don't stay Don't there,
Don't do that, dear! Don't do that
dear"
Sometimes he seems TO me as still
AS any mouse until q shrill
Don't do that, dear!' falls on the air
And drives him swift away from there.
SO when he finds another spot:
Don't do that, dear!' and he says
WHAT"
And she replies and cannot say
But-"Well, don do il, anyway"
j. w. Foley, in the New York Times.
Russia has a famine every 10 or II
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
AFRAID TO EAT.

Girl Starving on Unsolicited Food.
Several years ago l vas actually
starving writes a Me. girl, yet dared
not eat for fear of the consequences.
Il had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my stom-
ach became SO weak I could eat scarce
ly any food without great distress.
Many kinds Of food were tried, all
with the same discouraglng effects. |
steadily lost health and strength until
l was but a wreck Of my former self.
Having heard Of Grape-Nuts and
jig great merits, | purchased a package,
but with little hope that it would help
mel was so discouraged.
Il found 1t not only appetizing but
that l could eat 1t as | liked and that
1t satisfied the craving for food without
causing distress. and IL i may use the
expression, 1T filled the BILL
For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article of diet. I felt from
the very first that | had found the
right way to health and happiness, and
my anticipations were fully realized
with its continued use l regained
my usual health and strength. To-day
! am well and can eat anything ] like,
yet Grape-Nuts food forms a part Of
my bill OF fare" There's n Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read "rhe Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true. and full Of human
interest.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
A Doubtful Question.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Superintendent McLaren, of San
Francisco's system of public parks, was
inspecting the work of restoring Union
square to It's former beauty, now that
the little st. Francis has been removed.
Tn for heavin' this un out; it's q
bum little BUSH" remarked a gardener
with a brogue.
(Which 2" inquired McLaren.
you don't mean the beautiful little
Scotch heather? All 1t needs Is more
water and it will grow as tall as you
are
You're not SO very tall yourself, MI.
McLaren."
Not extraordinarily so"
II say, Mr.. McLaren," reflected the
gardener, thoughtfully, did you ever
try water yourself?"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
a Fiddle Church Vane.
From the London Standard.

One of the most curious vanes to be
seen on any church in Great Britain
IS at Great Gonerby, a parish adjoin-
ing Gra1ltham. 1t is in the form of a
1ddle and a bow and is unusually
arge. Its history is curious. Many
years ago a peasant resided in Great
Sonerby who eked out q modest liveli-
hood by performing on an old violin
which was almost a part Of his life.
At last he decided to emigrate, and out
N the Far West prospered and became
rich. One day he sent to the clergy
nan at Great Gonerby a sum sufficient
10 build a church, and attached to the
gift the curious condition that a metal
replica of his old fiddle and bow should
De on the summit of the edifice. The
gift was accepted and the vane may
still be seen on the church.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25

You take a good deal of risk if you
buy white lead without having abso-
lutte assurance as to its purity and
quality. You know white lead is often
adulterated, often misrepresented. But
there's no need at all to take any
chances. The Dutch Boy Painter"
trade mark of the National Lead Com
pany, the largest makers of genuine
white lead, on a package of White
Lead, is a positive guarantee of purity
and quality. It's as dependable as the
Dollar Sign. If you'll write the Ma
tional Lead Company, Woodbridge
Bldg, New York City, they will send
you a simple and certain outfit for test
ing white lead, and a valuable book on
paint, free.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA.

Could Lny SIate-Pencil I'm One
Hands in Dreadful Stste-Perma-
nent Cure I'm Cuticura.
81 had eczema on my hands for
about seven years and during that
time l had used several so-called rem
edies, together with physicians and
druggists prescriptions. The disease
was so bad on my hands that l could
lay a slate pencil in m of the cracks
and a rule placed across the hand
would not touch the pencil. I kept
using remedy after remedy, and while
some gave partial relief, none relieved
as much as did the first box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment. | made a purchase OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my
hands were perfectly cured after two
boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one
cake of Cuticura Soap were used. w.
H. Dean, Newark, Del, Mar. %, 1907"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
c FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
0am's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
iisplacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ng-down feeling, latulency, indiges-
ion, dizziness, ousprostration
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
They Loved Lever.

Charley Lever, the steady and reliable
pitcher Of the Pittsburg club, was once a
country chool teacher. He was noted
for his strict adherence to the spare the
rod, spoil the child principle, and the
bowls that sometimes issued from his
temple Of learning were frequent and
piercing.
One OF his worst pupils, when II came to
outguessing him, was a little curly-haired
chap, who lisped when he talked, and who
was always made to stand up and show
off, for the edifcation of visitors.
One day the board Of directors came
around to look things over and one Of
them selected the lisping tyke to answer
his questions.
DO you like your teacher, Willie? % he
asked.
"Yes-s-r-," said Willie.
And why do you like your teacherY'
asked the old quiZEer.
Because" lisped Willie, 1.-The bible
says that we must love our enemies"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25

of Doal's Kidney Pills and began using
them. One box made me stronger and
freer from pain. | kept on using them
and in three months was able to get
out on crutches, and the kidneys were
acting better. | improved rapidly, dis
carded the crutches and to the wonder
Of my friends was soon completely
cured"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. n. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen.
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since / was sixteen years of
age / had suffered from an organic de.
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence / had dreadful headaches
and "a extremely nervous. My physi.
clan said I must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and / took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you 1 am to.
day a well woman, and / am telling
all nv friends of nv experience"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
A Medical Bill.

From the Washington Herald.
Patient-I have a touch of ague.
Physician-Yes.
PATIENT shall keep within doors for
O week.
Physician-Yes.
PATIENT shall diet myself carefully.
Physician-Yes.
PATIENT shall take 10 grains of quiz
nine twice a day.
Physician-Yes.
Patient-How much is your bill?
Physician-Half a guinea.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Wonders OF Flowers.

The se~nsitiveness of plants and flow
ers to certain conditions of weather
and light is such that 1t is always pos
sible that they may have other proper
ties not yet discovered. There is an
American garden, for instance, in which
the flowers are so selected that one set
closes at each hour OF the day. Others
only open and shed perfume at night.
others curl up n suppress their exist
ence for months, yet wei open in a few
minutes and put forth buds in a few
hours when immersed in water.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPs CHEAP
4 buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog 1O5
N. W. Hide & Fur Co, Minneapolis, MINI.


1t Is usually the young who
wouldn't have the best man in the
world who snaps at the first offer, and
the man who is the most cynical about
matrimony is pretty sure to propose to
the first woman who gives him an OPP
portunity.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25

First Hobo-Yes, j told that lady dat
/ was once a senator. She actually be-
lieved Il.
Second Hobo-Great HOBBS! In what
way to you resemble a senator?
First Hobo-Ohi I told her two
or three after dinner stories. Dey
were so stale she said ! must be q
senator.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25


p~aralyzed me and
affected my kid
neys. My back hurt
me terribly, and the
urine was badly
d~isordered. Doc
tors said my right
kidney was prac-
tically dead. They
said | could never
walk again. | read
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Sam crawford's Story.

Big Sam Crawford of the Detroit club
is a barber by profession. He halls from
way out in Nebraska, and ch~erishes the
memory Of once having lathered and
shaved William Jennings Bryan. But be-
fore Sam went into the Barber business
he worked In a glue factory.
When the Detroit club was last in
Washington the players were sitting
around their hotel lamenting the threat
ened rain and chattering of various
things.
THE first time ] began playing ball for
money" said Sam Crawford, 81 received
only half a dollar a game, and thought /
was well paid at that, for money was
tight in my part of the country"
who gave you all that money, Sam"
l~aughingly inquired Ty Cobb, who receives
five thousand for six months work.
why, ! was working in a glue factory
at the time" replied Crawford, land the
manager Of the joint was bugs on base
ball, and gave each member Of the club
SO cents for every game we played"
WAS 1t a good team?" asked Cobb
Wei, the team wasn't much Of an out
f1t,' drawled Sam, as he warily glanced
about in the direction of the nearest exit,
but as we all worked in the glue fac
tory we stuck together pretty Well"
And then Sam ducked.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
soth out.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The cashier seems TO be out" re-
marked the visitor inquiringly
80 does the bank" grimly respond
ed he expert at work on the books.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25

Copper, Vulcan, the multimillion dollar
key mine to Lawson's Trinity, National
and ~Balaklala, Smelters. Explorations
stock 4c. Will a 1000 per cent ans
again. Brains and Bullion" ready VI
mail you. Shasta Brokerage Co, Duns-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
MUTUAL Sense Of Humor.

Mr.. De Weils.-How are you getting on
with your titled s~oninlaw?
Mr.. DE Sweiis.-Better. We are both
getting so we don't feel so much like
laughing every time we see each other.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25
Jimmy McAIeer and WsddeIL

Jimmy McAleer has succeeded in tanning
"Rube'' Waddell, something that no man
ager ever accomplished before.
When asked how he had succeeded in
pulling off this supposedly impossible play
Jimmy said:
II treat Waddell as / would wish TO be
treated myself, and I do not have the
least bit of trouble with him. ! find him
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-09-25

Gentlemen-If you will e me yous
name and address we will send you FREQ
particulars concerning a mechanical DEF
vice that will please you. International
Mfg. Co, Hagerstown, Md.