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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban
Itch-Cuticura Remedies Cured at
Cost of Seventy-Fiye Cents.

Cost of S~eventy-Five Cents.
"My little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head to
the bottom Of his feet. He would Itch
and claw himself and cry all the time.
He could not sleep day or night, and a
light dress is all he could wear |
called one of our best doctors to treat
him, but he seemed to get worse. lie
suffered SO terribly that my husband
said he believed he would have to die.
| had almost given up hope when Il
lady friend told me TO try the Cuticura
Remedies. | used the Cuticura Soap
and applied the Cuticura Ointment and
he at once fell into a sleep, and he slept
with ease for the first time since two
months. After three applications the
sores began to dry up, and in just two
weeks from the day | commenced to use
the Cuticura Remedies my baby was
entirely well. The treatment only cost
me 75u, and l would have gladly paid
500 If | could not have got 1t cheaper.
| feel safe in saying that the Cuticura
Remedies saved his life. He is now a
boy Of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller.
Union City, r. f. ID. No. l, Branch Co,
Mich, May II, 1906"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
He Obeyed Orders,

From Forest and Stream.
4 ranchman living in that locality
noticed a small bunch of teal that were
in the habit of using a pond not far
from his dwelling. He requested Lee
grand to try his luck with them the
next morning when they could be easily
found. Legrand, however, was short
of ammunition, so the ranchman gave
him a shell, which he jokingly re-
marked was enough for a good shot,
and he expected him to come back with
the whole bunch, numbering six. On
the ensuing day Legrand departed be-
fore sunrise, but returned 70 breakfast
empty handed. NO ducks, Legrand %
He shook his head mo ducks" The
next morning the result was the same.
NO ducks, L~egrand?" y ducks"
The third morning q shot was heard.
Legrand returned with three beautiful
blue winged teal hanging from each
shoulder.
"Legrand, how did you manage 10
have so much luck all of a sudden
when you were not able to get any
thing the two preceding Mornings
Today" he replied, was the first
time ! could get them lined up so that
[ could bag them all at one shot"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
Wit Won the Day,

From the Philadelphia Record.
A prosperous Saloonkeeper down
town tells with great enjoyment of his
struggle TO get naturalization papers
after his arrival in this city from Ire
land He had studied up, on the sug-
gestion from a relative who had pre-
coded him in gaining citizenship, and
when the judge asked him who would
succeed the president In the event of
the death OF the chief executive, he
promptly answered, The vice presi-
dent, sir" Then the Judge ask I'm
case of the demise ut the same time of
both president and vice president, upon
whom would fall the duties OF office 2"
This was further h the applicant
had delved, and ne shook his head.
Thinking his language had not beer
understood, the judge impatiently ask
ed, Who would get the job" With a
broad grin the Irishman promptly an
swered: "Who else but the undertaken.
sir?' Even the judge had to smile as
he said, CURLY, Application granted
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
A KINDERGARTEN Appreciation.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston transcript.
1t is greatly TO be hoped that the Cam
bridge authorities will find a way 10 keep
their k~indergartens open. Public senti-
ment generally in regard to the kinder
garten is just now undergoing the re-
action which inevitably follows the first
flood tide Of all reforms; but 1t is a re-
action which cannot last. AS President
Eliot said last year in an address, the
Kindergarten is at the present time, apart
from the university, our one thoroughly
successful form of education. 1t Is the
one kind of school in which modern edu-
cational ideals have been thoroughly and
consistently applied. 1t is In the kinder
garten alone that due regard is had to
the nature Of the creature society is deal
ing with on the one hand, and TO his
social destiny on the other; in which there
is neither an aimless following of the child
whithersoever his within may lead, nor the
forcing of a system of education regard
less of whether II reaches its aim or not,
nor vet a more or less haphazard mixture
of the two.
The kindergarten recognizes that the
child TO be educated is the child that is,
and IL recognizes further that the environ
ment In which education must enable the
child to grow is the social world In which
he finds himself. 1t strengthens his mem
bership In the family and in the state.
Il leads him to develop his natural rela-
lions toward the outer world, toward
constructive work, calling out the power
that is in him through the great vital
relations in which his life is to be found.
And in doing this the kindergarten has
not been divided between two conflicting
aims-the developing the child on the one
hand, and the suiting him TO society on
the other. Ii was an evidence of Froe-
bells genius that he earlier than others
mastered the fact that the child and his
social environment are one; that he is
a child in virtue Of the existence Of the
family; that he is a citizen because there
is a state; and that he is a worker and
creator because there is constructive and
creative work for his hands to do.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

A French scientist, NJ. Berth, in
dealing with the subject or coast ero-
sion mentions that the Island of Jer-
sew once formed part of the continent
of Europe. He has also brought tc
light the interest fact that there still
exists an ancient charter by which
certain abbey was compelled TO fur'
nish the necessary plank for commune
eating with the island from the main
land at low water. The extent Z
which the sea has |encroached on TN
land is evident from the fact thai tn
tourney from the mainland OF Franc
to the island by steamer nov taxes al
hour.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
n SLOT MACHINE.
II Doesn't Always Work the First Time
the PIunqer PIunges.

NV e''9'
did you ever notice how foolish "A
man looks after he gets stung by q slot
machine?" demanded the observer.
you know the chap who walks up,
puts a cent In the slot n then draws
nothing when he pushes the rod.
Then he puts on that he was only
testing the thing to see it is was work
ing. He pretends he didn't lose his cent
ut all.
1T seemG to me a lot of those ma
chimes don't work right. I've noticed
that lots of people put their none in
and get no return.
Anyway the machines often don't
work when the person who is trying
for chewing gum IS in a hurry to get
an incoming subway train or something
like that. Then the next person who
comes along is ape to get w o pieces of
gum for / cent.
II know folks who deliberately try
the slot machine plungers in hopes that
a dilatory cent will give a piece OF gum
free. Others look In the pan underneath
to see If there isn't a piece of gum or
candy there that the late user did not
have time to get"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
NEW DANGER IN COAL MINING
American Engineers Ran Across a
Superstition That Made Trouble.

THE soldiers out in the Philippines
nay get all the excitement they want,
but none of them ever had a time that
befell a bunch of us coal miners on the
island of Cebu," said a mining engineer.
The Filipinos in the section Of Cebu
where the coal fields are situated are
unusually superstitious and in going TO
and from the mines we mad TO pass a
good many native houses. After we
had been making the trip a few times
we noticed that the native children
would run at the sight of us and we
could gee the mothers drag them in out
of our path and try to conceal them.
The men also became very surly.
Nothing happened until late one
night when one of the engineers was
stopped by a party of FilipinoS at some
distance from camp. The natives all
had bolos and spears and the engineer
got out his revolver and prepared to
defend himself when a minor official of
the village appeared and after talking
with the men told the engineer what
the trouble was. II appears that some
mischief maker, either TO make trouble
for us or to play upon the credulity of
the natives. told them that the princi-
pal way the Americans found out where
there was q coal mine vas to kill a
Filipino child and let its blood drop on
the ground. If the blood soaked into
the ground without leaving a trace
there was coal underneath.
1T took us a long time to convince
the natives of the falsity of this story
and the situation got so serious before
they believed us that the c~onstabulary
had TO keep guard over a lot of coal
camps for a long time
Send lOc for book telling how TO get
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Mrs. Pinkham. Of the Lydia Z.
pinkham Medicine Company OF Lynn.
.Mass., together with her son. Arthur
w. Pinkham and the younger members
Of her family, sailed for Naples on
May 20 for a three months tour
throughout Europe and a much-needed
yocntion"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
PAVING the Way.
From the Philadelphia l..

From the PnIIidtIph-a ledger,
George said the pretty girl, Il
know you're awful bashful."
This was ~portentous, with leap year
so new. He blushed assent.
"And you'd have proposed to Inc ex-
cept for that?'
This, too, he was bound to acknowl-
edge.
We'll. and I would have accepted
she went on, and SO that's settled"
Discussing the matter later she ex-
pressed a natural pride that she had
not taken any advantage of the season.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

The Hartman system has COM
menced construction work on the
Snake river CUTOFF between Hunting
ton and Lewiston. This line down
Snake river canyo will give the Har-
riman system an uninterrupted stretch
OF water-level grade reaching from
tidewater at Portland to Pocatello,
Idaho, a distance OF 729 miles, prac-
tically one-third OF the distance be-
tween the Pacific coast and Chicago,
No other transcontinental line has
anything approaching such an econom-
&c advantage as this will give the Har-
riman system.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

From the Interview In New Aork.
MY attitude on the temperance question
is somewhat like that of a man whom j
once re~proached for wearing the blue rib
bon in his lapel, while he staggered from
bar TO bar, depicting the entire available
supply of Scotch whisky. I'm a temper
ance mon, says he, but I'm nae bigot.'
Though not a bigot myself, l like to en-
courage temperate habits among those in
my service, especially the sailors and en-
gineers who run my yacht, So | give A
10 per cent bonus over and above their
regular wages 10 all who promise TO alb
stain from liquor"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
EW LAW obtained
DENSunNG o.. John w. NORRIS.
Washington, ID. G.
Not a Gard Enthusiast

Miss De Hitt-Mrs. Blank wears
swell clothes. bat her hands look as If
h had worked In nor early days. Did
you notice itP
Miss De Witt-No. / didn't notice her
hands, but / Judged by her CONVERSE
ton thar sine had lone something In her
life that was more sensible than play
ing bridge whist.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

The best cure i know OF for q head
ache is TO wash your face" said q
bright looking Yes, 1 believe Go
suddenly cleanse your face with cold
water will open up the pores and prob
ably start the blood In circulation. and
/ know II will relieve you of b headache
I'm a fifty. ] q tried II myself a great
many times n have always been snc-
cessfuI."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Il was in an uptown tearoom where
the scenery is all out of proportion to
the amount served YOU" said a New
York clubman. Il was dallying with
some Ice cream when my spoon struck
a common, everyday pin In the bottom
of the frozen stuff. l gave a little
wave and a waiter slipped to my side,
See, a pin in this ice cream l said,
Why, l might have swallowed that.
He took the glass and disappeared
When he returned he reminded me OF
an undertaken, he was hat solemn.
h pin has lost a man his Job, sir,
he said. Well ! replied, I am sorry
for that, but it might have cost me my
lie, when you come to think of II.
Yes, sir said the waiter, meekly,
Then, 'You see, Sir, most OF the folks
that eats here just sips their ice cream
and don't chew it,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

One Of the great charms of Paris is
certainly its atmosphere-so clear, light
and buoyant; it is just like inhaling
champagne. Paris in May or June is
sufficient to convert the veriest by
hypochondriac into a cheerful, good
natured being. This climate has, no
doubt, a greater influence on the char-
acter of the people, n accounts for
their joyousness, their ~excitability, their
wit
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

both used Doan's Kidney Pills for what
doctors diagnosed as advanced kidney
troubles. and both of us have been COM
pletely cured
Sold by all dealers. 20 cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. y. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
Irua Courane

Natalie-Yes, he was paying attcn-
ton to her quite a long time.
Estelle-Perhaps he hadn't the cOur-
age to propose.
Natalie-Oh, / don't know. Perhaps
he had the courage not TO propose.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
a Test.

Annabel-But do you think he loves
her?
Arthur-SuTe He saw her out H.
the back yard beating carpets with her
hair tied up in a towel, and he still
wants to marry her.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

a pioneer Of Colo
RADIO, now living at
21S East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb..
says: IL had such
pains In my back for
a long time that |
could not turn In bed,
and at times there
was an almost total
stoppage OF the urine.
AZ, u,tfn apI h--a
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
Story Man.

Scribbler-Why, h a novelist makes
a habit of rewriting stories and pass
ing them off as his own. He's a lit
erary crook.
Ouibbler-A sort of second. story
man." Ell?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

In n Pinch, Use Aliens Foot-Ense.
A powder to shake into your shoes, 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns. Bunions. Swollen,
Sore, Hot. Callous, Aching. Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted,
L. Roy. y. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
Still HAVING Fun with Him.

Percy-Weally, Daisy, I dawnced so
stwenuously in that asst waltz .hat me
head feels light. Goncher know.
Daisy-Indeed! / suppose that sem
sati"n was SO common with you t:,at
you mad ceased 10 Eotice g..
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Invest s. monthly in Oklahoma farm
lands. Agents wanted. Write for particu-
lars. G. w. Deming Inv. Co, Tulsa, Okla.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
pettit,. Eye snIve for csc.

Relieves tired eyes. quickly stops eye
aches. congested. inflamed and common
sore eyes. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, y. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Wanted-Owners Iowa, Minnesota, Da-
kotas land, merchandise and rentals TO list
same for sale and exchange. Am offered
clear Minneapolis property and timber
land. Atwood Realty Co, l.. b. SIS, Min
neaDClis. MINI.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
A Veteran Texan.
From Judge.

An old Texa who was not present.
nently notorious for veracity, was tell
ing some of his neighbors what a fine
COW he possessed.
why, do you know" said he, that
COW has been giving milk ever since
she was is months old, and has never
had a calf. Something peculiar about
that stock of cattle; that cows mother
never had a calf"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
The Idea of a Roadmaker.

~Bone-Stone's girl weighs two un-
dred.
C1ne-When she sits on his knee /
should think ii would be a case Of
crushed Stone"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Farmers Look. West Texas farm lands.
on the famous Knox prairie. For descrip-
ton of country, and price Of lands, write
w. NJ. Sandifer, nox City, Texas.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

New York has set apart $500, 900 10
purchase athletic fields for its high
schools, and has just opened the first
on Staten Island for the Curtis high
school, named after George William
Curtis. New York expects to provide
every city high school with its field,
and every elementary school and new
high school building in Greater New
York now has its roof built TO furnish
exercise
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
VETERAN OF THREE WARS.

A Pioneer OF Colorado and Nebraska.
Matthias Campbell. veteran Of the
Civil War and two Indian wars, and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Figures show that school teacher.
as a class, are long-lived.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

Send 10c for book telling how to get
rich without working. Regular price sc.
A limited number only for l0c. Larch-
mont Farm, Inc, West Camp, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26

After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restOredtO health
Oy Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
~ had female troubles for seven
years-was oil rundown, and so ner.
vous I could not do anything. Tho
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this cons
dition / wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad,
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and l am now strong
and we'll"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26
FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandso OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatuleney, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
observation-disclosures andadvise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because OF her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-06-26


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I'VE
IN.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-25
object to Strong Medicines.

Maby people Object TO taking strOpg
medicines usunlly prescribed by physi-
clans for rheumatism. There is no need
of internal treatment in any case OF mrs.
cular or chronic rheumatism, and more
than nine out of ten cases of the disease
are of one or the other OF these varieties
When there is no fever and little (if any,
swelling, you may know that it is only
necessary to apply Chamberlain's Lini-
meht freely to get quick relief. Try it.
For sale by Valley drug store.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-21

birds, the rose-breasted grosbeaks
and the wood thrusbes. The tanagers
are now arriving. Along about the
first of May will come the cookoos
and the pewees and when the apple
trees are blooming comes the orioles
and the bobolinks.
The bobolink is top notch
singer and is about due here. He
used to nest on the campus at the
university and will probably stop
again. The bobolink rarely gets any
farther north and is a southern bird.
Most of the birds arriving now are
the birds of the fields. The thrushes
are found in the woods and the
Knockers hang around the edges of
both. For the past month or more
! have heard and seen birds flying
overhead. They have been here and
are migrating to all parts of the
| country. AS they fly overhead | can
hear them and many times ! have
| stood in the back yard at my resi-
| dence at night and heard them while
! they were flying, probably two miles
| high. The notes came to me in some
| instances perhaps half minute
apart and were hardly recognizable.
Not long ago from the campus
| of the university | saw the upland
! plover in the sky. This is a bird with
| long legs like a sand piper. | have
/ seen all kinds of birds from the cam
/ pus, and have seen a night hawk
| half a mile high in the sky in, the
day time. ! have seen the blue heron
| fly overhead. The blue heron stands
! almost as high as a man and has
stretch of wings about fifty inches
wide. Not long ago | saw a wood
pecker high in the sky. During the
foods of the early spring l saw sea
gulls along the Scito. They came
down from the lakes. / have seen
perhaps $50 to the ITO species that
remain in this territory.
| Il saw an old white headed eagle
at Buckeye lake two years ago"
Prof. Tayolr has made a study of
! birds for the last ten years. He does
not profess to be a scientist, but is
simply interested for a pastime. He
takes long strolls along the river
| and around in the wood to catch
sight of and hear the little creatures.
| He always carries a pair Of opera
| glasses and if he can not distinguish
the bird by its song he fixes his
| glasses on it and gets a description.
Prof Taylor can tell many interest
ling little anecdotes OF his own ex-
perience while he was making a
study of bird kingdom.
Il would not advise a person who
desires to make study of birds to
begin in the spring" he said. There
are too many classes of them and in
the general confusion of songs one
will become lost. Begin in the fall
| when there are only about nineteen
kinds of birds about the city. First
learn their description and then the
song. Many people are fooled in maxi
ing out the color of their plumage.
Light is deceiying from a distance.
1t will be hard at first, but begin
ner learning one at a time will soon
be able to make rapid progress.