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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
PRESIDENTS MAY HAVE
PERSONAL RESIDENCE

Washington, Special: Once more is the
suggestion brought forward of building
a new residence for the president of the
United States. The idea has been in many
minds for years. This year the public
buildings appropriation bill contained an
item Of $3.50 600 TO purchase a large tract
of land in a subdivision of Washington,
nominaIly for park purposes, but. as
many people believe, with the puI pose OF
ultimately making IL a site for a private
family residence for the president.
The idea is to have two residences, an
Official and a personal one. 1t is not pro-
posed TO deprive the beautiful and his
toric old White House OF the place II re-
tains in the traditions and the affections
of the nation. Rather, the object is to
preserve it as the heirloom of the nation;
an official palace in which the state func-
tions will be held, but more accessible TO
the general public than it is now, and
10 be used as the official building of the
president. The private residence would
be two miles north, on the second pia-
teau above the Potomac, in the midst
of the finest residence section of the city,
and accessible from the present White
House by way of a fine boulevard.
The proposed site would be an ideal To-
cation for the private residence OF the
president. There is an ample area OF
ground, and it is peculiarly susceptible
of landscape gardening and architectural
adornment.
The expectation is that there will be
no immediate demand for placing a new
executive residence upon IL, and for some
time It will be held as a park. How
ever. the idea Of taking the executive
family's residence away from the White
House grows more certain as the years
pass. In the first place. the section in
which the White House stands is by no
means what 1t was a generation ago.
The growth OF the city has carried the
best residence section farther and far
Their away from the historic old loca-
ton. On one side OF the White House
stands the treasury. and ait the other the
huge pile occupied BY the state, war and
navy departments.
The White House is at best q semi
public building ell the time. During GER
tain hours of the day 1t is opened TO
visitors, who may wander-provided they
are equipped with the easily obtained
cards-through a large part of the struc-
ture at will. The part of tho structure
in which the real privacy OF a home may
be maintained is restricted, and I'm many
ways unsatisfactory. Ii Is small wonder
that the mistress of the White House
should yearn. as more han one Of them
has done. for the privilege OF a home
which should be secure from intrusion
and interference.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Gsttina a Good Start.

From the Youths Companion.
Miss Sophie beloved ~benefactress OF
half the poor OF New Orleans, sat at her
desk writing when an elderly woman who
had made many previous demands upon
her was ushered IN.
% Miss Sophie she said, breathlessly.
Il want to borrow a dollar. please, right
away"
VIVA do you need the money for,
Ermagarde?"
Well, now, you see, I'm going TO get
married. and ] need 1t for the license"
But If the man you are to marry can
not pay for the license, how is he going
10 support your"
That's just what / want to explain TO
o Miss Sophie, You see tomorrow is
Thanksgiving, and we are coming to
your free dinner. Then you always give
Us something to take home, and in the
evening the Kings Daughters are going
to nave a baske distribution, and we
shall zach get one. That will keep us
a week, easily, and by that time Wen be
on our feet"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
NEW Law obtained
by JOHN w. ORR
PENSIONS Washington, d. ..
The Loom of Dreams.

I broider the world upon a loom,
broider with dreams my tapestry;
Here In a lonely room
| am master of earth and sea,
And the planets come TO me.
/ broider my life into the frame,
| broider my love, thread upon thread;
The world goes by with its glory and
shame,
Crowns are bartered and blood is shed;
/ sit and broider my dream instead.
And the only world Is the world of my
dreams,
And my weaving the only happiness;
For what is the world but what ii seems
And who knows but that God, beyond
our guess,
Sits weaving worlds out of loneliness?
Arthur Symons.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
The BewiIdered Guest.

l was not asked il | should like to come,
/ AVE not seen my host here since | came,
Or had a word OF welcome in his name.
Some say that we shall never see him,
and some
That we shall see him elsewhere, and then
know
Why we were bid. How long I am TO stay
1 have not the least notion. None, they
say,
Was ever told when he should come or go,
But every now and then there bursts upon
The song and mirth a lamentable noise.
A sound of shrieks and sobC, that strikes
our joys
Dumb in our hearts; and then some one
is gone
They say we meet him. None knows
where or when,
William Dean Howclls
HFrs. Winslow's SOOTHING erRUh nor Children
teething; sottens the gums, rsducss lnhamnaslon 81.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Worse Than Tipping.
From the LONDON Tatler

FTOTH tNt LOHuOH IdtItT.
The trend of the times makes itself
felt In the matter of presents and pres
en~t-giving. In the days of our grand
mothers these tokens of affection were
few and far between. and were marked
by a stern simplicity. But we have
changed all that, and the up to date
riot of presents means a deadly drain
on our bank balances. The tipping tax
is bad enough, but the burden of count
less presents can give 1t points and a
beating.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Why Johnnie Cried.

One cannot eat his cake and nave 1t.
too: much less can one let the other fell
low eat 1t. The Wellspring presents the
greedy boy In a new incident.
Thomas. Is the matter with your
brother, Johnnie" asked the mother OF
the boys.
He's crying" replied Thomas, be-
cause I'm eating my cake and won't give
him any"
lis his w cake finished 2"
"Yes'm: and he cried while ! was eating
that, too
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Where the DOCS Go to Church.

From The FLORENCE Times.
At the Methodist district conference
held at Huntsville last month a resolu-
tion was offered by the committee on
church property and unanimously
adopted by the conference urging the
of the several charges through
out the Florence district to forbid the
attendance Of dogs at church during
the hours of worship, such being not
only a nuisance, Sut an embarrassing
and dangerous nuisance.
The report OF a cannon has been
heard LAG miles,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
England Through Other Eyes.
From the Fortnightly Review

From the FortnIghtIy REVIEW.
We cannot complain If many French
critics find our climate depressing, nor
If they do not appreciate our notions of
Sabbath keeping, or invariably admire
the British public's method OF holiday
making. We are apt to strike even
those OF our own race who have been
born in colonies as cold and distant.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively uredthousandso of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, ~fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous p~rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

For years | was
weak and run down,
could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and
the secretions were
troublesome pains
were intense. | was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
no cure for me, and l
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

was given up to die. Being urged, l
used Doan's Kidney Pills. Soon | was
better and In a few weeks was about
the house, well and strong again"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Storm Left Hawk With Only One
Feather,

Delaware Correspondence Columbus Dis
patch.
Lightning did some queer stunts here
during a storm last night, among them
the knocking of all but a solitary feath-
err from the body of a mouse hawk,
which, strange to relate, still lives to
bear mute evidence of the occurrence.
The hawk was found under the tree
which had been struck the following
morning, when the hands on the /. ID.
Stone farm were inspecting the work of
the storm. The bird was barely alive,
and stripped Of all but the one feather
presented a sorry appearance. 1t was
taken to the house and fed and bids
fair to ecove
The Lusitania has 40 clocks aboard,
all controlled by a large lock in the
chart house.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Ask Your ea,er for Allen. Foot-Ease

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns. Bunions, Swollen,
Sore. Hot. Callous, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowlng Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Ofmsted,
Ia Row. n. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

Miss Lillian Ross, $40
East Saith Street, New
York, writes: Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound over
irregularities, pc
suffering, and
nervous headaches,
after everything else
had failed to help me,
and / feel it a duty to
let others know of it,
KatharineC Craig ,2355
Lafayette ST., Denver,
Col, writes: Thanks
to Lydia e. Pinkham's
V~egetableC Compound /
am well, aftersuffering
for months from ner-
vous prostration."
Miss Marie Stoltz-
man, of Laurel, Ia,
writes: "Iwas ina run
from suppression,
Indigestion, and poor
circulation. Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made me
well and strong"
Miss Ellen M. Olson,
of Alt N. East St., Ke-
vance, ILL.,, says: "Ly-
dia II. ege-
table Compound cured
of backache, side
and established
my periods. after the
best local doctors had
to help me-"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

The New York. New Haven q Hart
ford railway has AZ electric locomotives
In active service and they have 81 far
given perfect satisfaction.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Measured Love.

From the Chicago News.
Lola-And do o really love me bet
ter than life?
~Jack-Better than a single life. yes.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

Oregon, Willamette valley lands. Write
for descriptive matter. Olmsted Land Co,
Salem, ore.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

ElTS :, vsa., s.ss. :.Ss,s a ~ r sr Tii0, p,, c1ss,
Nerve Restorsr, Send tor Free t2 trial bottle and trsaisse
H II. KLINE. Ia. esi Arch Street. Phnadslpaia. Pa
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

The fish-hook cactus IL the compass
of the desert, for 1t always points t
the south.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
BED-BoUND FOR N

Hope Abandoned After Physicians'
ConsultatiOn.
Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash
tngton streets. Centralia. Wash. saws.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Sufficient Cause.

fIOH bOIlelIlldH.
Arnold-Wha: makes that watch Of
Taylor's stop so often?
Ashley-Have you never seen the pic
ture he has In the case?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

The average depth of English coal
mines is 400 feet.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but mi of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it ~cleanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, Al it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co, only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-24

The elephant has only eight teeth.
Any ! to 6 words tinselled on beautiful
floral ~postals; 3 for 10c. Address Postal
Co, Box $50, Pascoog, Rhode Island.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

Mr.. William f. Vahlberg, Oklahoma
City, Okla, writes:
Zone bottle of Peruna which have
taken did more toward relieving me of
an aggravated case of catarrh of the
stomach, than years of treatment with
the best physicians.
Il had given up hopes of relief, and
only tried Peruna as n last resort.
II shall continue using it, as feel
satisfied it will effect an entire and
permanent cure.
81 most cheerfully recommend Pcruna
to all who may read this"
Peruna is usually taken as last re-
sort. Doctors have been tried and
failed. Other remedies have been used.
Sanitariums have been visited. Travel
has been reSorted to.
At last Pcruna is tried. Relief is
found.
This history is repeated over and
over again, every day in the year. 1t is
such results as this that gives Peruna
its unassailablc hold upon the people
We could say nothing that would add
force to such testimonials as the above
That people who have had catarrh and
have tried every other remedy avail
able, find relief in Pcruna, constitutes
the best argument that could be made.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
ONE CALAMITY NOT FoRESEEN.
And That, of Course, Was the One
That Actually Occurred.

Mrs. Silas Bennett was a philoso-
pher. On certain dismal occasion
some of the neighboring women were
condoling with her. With commenda-
BILE cheerfulness, says writer in the
New York Times, she replied
I've raised four girls an three boys,
expectin' every time they'd be twins
and redheaded like their Grandpa
Bennett, an yet they amt.
AN I've worried constable over
smallpox breakin' out in my big fam.
lily. So far, faint
Last summer. durin' July an Au-
gust. an mebbe part of September,
was real meloncholic, fearin' I'd got
an appendix: but l guess l amt.
"An' through it all, it never occurred
to me that I'd be the one to fall
through them rotten old meetin' house
steps an break my leg in two places,
but l be."-Youth's Companion.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY.
For Six Months Baby Was Expected
to Die with Eczema-Now Well
Doctor Said to Use Cuticura.

"Six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and l had two
doctors in attendance. There was not
a particle of skin left on her body, the
blood oozed out just anywhere, and We
had to wrap her in silk and carry her
on pillow for ten weeks. She was the
most terrible sight ever saw, and for
six months l looked for her to die.
used every known remedy to allevi-
ate her suffering, for it was terrible
to witness. DR.. c. gave her up. DR..
B. recommended the Cuticura
Remedies. She will soon be three
years old and has never had a sign
Of the dread trouble since. We used
about eight cakes Of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
James ]. Smith, Durmid, Va, Oct. IA
and %, 1906"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10


He is now so years old and while in good health
at the time of this writing, his passing is but a
matter of few months years. There are two
sides to this great man. One is Leo Tolstoi, the
artist, and the other-Ieo Tostoi the man. AS
the artist he has writ N fearless works and the
person or clique which has fallen under the scath
ing attack of his pen has seldom been known to
boast of it.
Of living authors. Also he is the most generally
read and recognized. He has attained the highest
pinnacle of fame in the literary field and it can
not be said that he craved fame, either
Best of ALL Tolstoi is a friend of all Americans
THE traveller from the United States, visiting Rus
efia, is welcome at the Yasnaya Poyana estate of
Russia's great man, as if he in his own home.
America likes Tolstoi too, for the author is the
most democratic of men.
1t is told of him that he spurns all worldly luxl-
res, even going far to have two tables set
within his home at each meal-one resplendent
with fancy edibles, while the other is stocked
with simple food of the peasanry Friends of his
daughters and sons are always welcomed at the
prosperous looking board, while in the same
room, Tolsto seated alongside of his wife, par
takes of the necessities of life as ordinary pie
beian would. However, his children, having been
brought up to the luXuries of life, allowed to
crafty their every whin and he never allows his
beliefs to step between them and happiness. In
that respect he is ideal father and he has been
praised the world over for his broadminded
of treating others who do not believe as he
does.
He is also what Americans call mixer" but
in entirely different sense. He meets the poor
of Russia their level, and, except for the
fact that he often scatters money at their feet
one would never sua~ vet his wealth. There
no strings attached f5htfolsos gifts, and thousands
of benehcences to Russians in general, while the
benefactor's name is secret, are popularity laid
at the door of this great man.
To be friend of the Russian peasant up to a
few years ago meant to be enemy of the gov
ernment. Upon several occasions Tostois cutlery
ODpressiOn of the cars subjects has placed
him behind the grimy walls of Slav dungeons, but
he always returned to continue the work which he
has SO ably ACCOMPLISHED
He is a social reformer of the first water and
many of the acts of justice which the Russian gov
eminent of late years has accomplished can be
.craced back to the work of Tolstoi.
u AS literary artist the count is dead His de-
mise was literary suicide. and 1t occurred 33
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
An Error.

His father had found 1t necessary TO
rather severely punish Robert, aged
five. The little chap came running to
me with resentment in his heart.
"Auntie," he sobbed, did God mako
you?"
Yes, Robert" ! answered.
"And did He make MAJ"
yes"
And did He make me?"
Certainly, my boy"
"And did He make pa, too?"
"Of course He did"
Well" sobbed Robert sadly, that's
when He made mistake. THE De-
lineaor.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
Young America.

NARROW was three years old. Ono
day his mother said to him: Now,
NARROW, you may go outdoors to play
for a while, but if | see you crossing
the street to play with that naughty
little boy, Willie Burr, again, I'll give
you hard, hard spanking
Half an hour later the mother looked
out after her boy and saw him playing
with Willie Burr. She raised the win
dow and called, with forced gentle
ness:
MARROW, coma here to me-"
NARROW came, but as he did so, he
turned to his companion and said:
you stay wight here, Willie. I'm
dom in to Diet spanked. I'll be wight
back"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

his children were reared on the great estate and
from the first their lot that of the aristocrat
They married "well" and said to have COM
pletely renowned his views. 1t is told of Tolstol
that his wife has always managed to slip piece
of velvet under her husbands crown of thorns
Just when he wishes to press it to his head most
heavily"
That might be termed inconsistency, but
surely it is not the counts choice.
The work which some of the critics of other
nations scof at has reached from the matched
hut of the poorest peasant clear to the palace of
the emperor himself.
For the sake of peace ALSO Tolsto has accom-
plished great work. The first Hague conference,
which made history, would probably never have
been called had it not been for the persistent
gospel of this friend of the populace at large.
TostoI saw that the eventual result of his teach
ings would be some sort of a worlds peace gath
erng and he expressed qualification when Car
Nicholas called the initial session of the body
which the dove of peace destined to perch.
No church in the world, it is recorded, carried
out as petrfed ritual as that of the Slav. To-
day chronicers tell us, there exists a tendency
towards softening of the customs of religion in
the cars country Teachings of simplicity by
Tolstoi will be accorded the honor for this change
If it is eventually wrought.
Humane treatment of prisoners and philanthropy
&c moves of the immensely wealthy men of Rus
STA are also laid to the work of the count. Tolsto
tasted the bitter cup of imprisonment himself and
he was well prepared to go about that work with
zest born of actual experience
Simple moral truths have been the axoms of
Tolstoi throughout his later years and while
skeptcal persons call his ideas impracticable their
defender could, were he not all too modest, point
to the works which have followed in the wake
of his unique, quaint gospel
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
In the Christmas Century.

In his discussion of My Experiences
With, and Views Upon, the Tariff in
the Christmas Century, Mr.. Carnegie
explains that his views upon the sub
ject-"which | still hold as firmly as
ever and have never changed
formed in the early seventies by Adam
Smith, who was not the bigoted free
trader he is generally supposed to
have been, and by John Stuart Mills
the matter"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10
G&1 )

F THE peasants Of Rus
STA had their way in
the bestowing of a title
upon Count Leo Tolstoi.
he would be known as
the Most-Beloved Leo
Tolstoi. For there is
no man in the world
who has so many friends
among the plebeians.
Still Tolstoi is immense
ly wealthy, but that
does not interfere with
the great life work
which has now nearly
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-12-10

Caused by constant shifting Of the
gaze. as by moving picture shows, trav-
cling in rapidly moving conveyauces,
and the like may be greatly relieved by
external application to the eyes of DR..
Mitchell's Eye Salve. 1t strengthens
the eyes and takes away that burning
sensation Automobiles use Mitchell's
Eye Salve. For sale everywhere Csc.