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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Matching Ostrich Eggs.

From tn Tampa Times.
Ostrich eggs are being Matched In an
incubator in this city. A novel egg
Matching is being carried on at the
store of Crenshaw Bros. on upper
Franklin street. Thirteen fine ostrich
eggs from the recently established
Tampa ostrich farm have been placed
in an incubator and they will hatch off
some time early I'm May.
1t takes an average lea of 107 de-
grees and As days of constant exposure
to such neat to develop the germ in
an ostrich egg and hatch a young os-
trich. The eggs are worth $40 each,
and it is a conservative estimate to
say that the young bird will be worth
more than twice that money after it
has passed the first month OF it's ex-
istence.
Some idea of the size of the eggs
may be gathered from the fact that the
Mandy Lee" incubator, which is be-
ing used for the hatch, would hold 140
average hen eggs. Fourteen of the
ostrich eggs would fill it completely.
An empty ostrich egg holds just one
quart of liquid. This is the first at
tempt at ostrich Matching in Tampa.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
1T SEEMED

Body Raw with ACKNOWLEDGMENT
from Hospitals as HopeIess-Cuti-
cura Remedies Cured Him.
From the age OF three months until
fifteen years old, my son Owens life
was made intolerable by eczema I'm its
worst form. In spite Of treatments the
disease gradually spread until nearly
every part Of his body was quite raw.
He used to tear himself dreadfully in
his sleep and the agony he went
through is quite beyond words. The
regimental doctor pronounced the case
hopeless. We had him in hospitals
four times and he was pronounced one
OF the worst cases ever admitted. From
each he was discharged as incurable.
We kept trying remedy after remedy.
but had gotten almost past hoping for
a cure. Six months ago we purchased
a set of Cuticura Remedies. The result
was truly marvellous, and to-day he is
perfectly cured. Mrs. Lily Hedge, Cam
blewell Green. England, Jan. II, 1907"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Black Forest Customs.
From the Antiquary.

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The peasant farms Of TIE Black Forest
are handed down from father to son in a
direct line. often dating bach 400 years.
There is no division as in France; all
falls to the heir, only here it is not the
eldest. but the youngest son who inherits.
1t IS rare that a Bur tpeasant) dies as
reigning head. When he gets on In years
he abdicates, In order to end his days In
the leibgedingehaus (dower house,. which
stands beside each Hof (s~teading).
That he does so In favor Of his young
est son Is very sensible; were IL the elder
he would have no peace, for as soon as he
married he would try to induce his par
ents TO retire just at an age when power
is sweetest and best exercised. For this
reason the practical farmers OF bygone
generations decided TO hand over the sue
cession TO the youngest, since when Ben
jamin is a full grown man father Jacob
is old and glad to rest.
This law of inheritance goes by the
name OF vortel. should the heir of his
own free win desire to resign In favor OF
his elder brother the latter must buy the
property from him, In such case the
younger may be termed a kind of Esau.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Excursion to Milwaukee.

Reduced rates Of fare and one-half for
the round trip are offered to merchants
In the West and Northwest by the Mil
waukee Association of Jobbers and
Manufacturers. The dates of sale at all
stations distant 100 miles or more from
Milwaukee are August 1913 inclusive.
tickets good returning until September =
and August 29-September d inclusive,
tickets good returning until September
Ii. To obtain these rates merchants
must get from their local agent receipt
for one full paid fare to Milwaukee,
which. when countersigned by any Mill
waukee jobber or manufacturers and by
the secretary Of the Milwaukee Associa-
ton of Jobbers and Manufacturers will
entitle holder 10 return ticket for one
half fare.
Milwaukee jobbers and manufacturers
want the patronage of up-to-date busi-
ness men. They offer best goods at right
prices and believe IN and offer fair treat
ment. The absolute superiority of their
manufactures rs known throughout the
world. Combine BUSINESS with pleasure.
Milwaukee is one of the most attractive
summer resorts in the country. Visit the
Wisconsin State Fair. Sept. I'll. Bring
your family with you. Ofice Of the Mil
waukee Association of ,Jobbers and Man
ufacturers. 4J-49 University Building,
corner Mason and Broadway.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
How a Girl Defed sheridan's Army.
From the Metropolitan Magazlne.

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
1t is related that the army, headed
by Sheridan and his staff, left Win
chester by the valley pike early in the
morning, the column moving toward
Stephens city. Just as day was break
ing the staff reached the toll gate and
was much discounted 10 find the toll
pole down and guarded by a young and
beautiful girl, Charlotte Hillman,
famed locally for her girlish charms.
Even the war-hardened Sheridan seems
not TO have been proof against the per-
suasion of a pair OF black eyes and a
pretty face, and when toll was demand
ed, straightway produced the 1.-THE,
setting an example that was followed
by his staff.
But" said Sheridan as he passed
through the gate. Il cannot vouch for
my army
When the common soldiery came, the
girl again lowered the toll bar and de-
handed toll. This was met by jeers
from the soldiers. ~whereupon she wisely
raised the guard. All day the dusty
troopers passed through, and all day
Charlotte Hillman stood al her post.
For every 10 soldiers who passed the
gate she cut a notch in the toll pole.
Early fled beyond the Blue Ridge with
the remnants OF his d-isorganized army;
in the Valley of Virginia, Lee, beaten
back by Grants overwhelming num-
bers, gave up the fight: In the southeast
Joe Johnston fired the last burlesque
shots and peace came over the North
and South. Then, when relations with
Washington had been ~re-eStablished
and the administrations policy was one
of magnanimity, Charlotte Hillman
counted the notches in the toll pole
and sent her bill to Washington. And
the bill was paid.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
And Now the cooina Dove.

from the new 1Ork world.
Is nothing secure against science?
Professor Wallace Craig, Of the Uni
versity of Chicago. has summoned to
the bar the gentle dove. He has
framed an indictment of four counts.
/. Doves are not coy. There is not an
element CT coyness in their makeup.
2. AS wives their conduct leaves much
to be desired. Desertions are frequent.
8. The female dove is inclined to
shrewishness. 4. Sometimes the male
dove is a domestic tyrant.
Gone are the poets dreams. The
tender f1erceness of the dove" as By
ron puts it. has become a paradox.
Sweet is every sound" says Tenny-
son., and he includes the moan of
doves in immemorial elms.' This as
interpreted by Professor Craig prob
ably means that madam love is siren
uously objecting to her lords late
hours. Goo dove to thy married
mate" wrote Jean Ingelow. This must
refer to a few we'll chosen and sar-
castle remarks concerning the quail
ity of the latest worm. Perhaps
Shakespeare, the omniscient, looked a
trifle ahead when in a Midsummer
of one of his characters, II will oar
you as gently as any sucking dove"
Higher criticism will require here a
stage direction" to roar most petu-
lantly.
No longer will it be safe to paint
Venus with her doves. White winged
peace will refuse to recognize such a
termagant as her symbol. The voice
of the turtle" Is not to be heard in the
land of art. Another crime marks the
career of the ruthless iconoclast.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
TO BEAT COLD STORAGE MAN
This Man Says He Learned in China
a Way to Keep Eggs Fresh.

There is q way TO beat the storage
commission merchant and the old hen
herself; to have fresh eggs all the
time, in fact" said Marshall Raymond,
q lawyer of Paducah. Ky. at the Ar
lington.
This method may be as old as the
Chinese--at least, j learned 1t in China
when ] made a trip through the east
more than a year ago. l happened TO
run into the American consul general
at Shanghai while over there and when
/ left he presented me with what he
said were eggs.
although they didn't look like eggs
at all-looked, indeed. more like elon-
gated mud pies with a stone stuffed In
them--I faithfully brought them home.
and at last opened one
Sure enough, there was an egg In
side, and when It was broken II proved
10 be entirely fresh, although 1t may
have Deer I'm that mud for a year or
more. Well, with that knowledge Of
hiw the Cinnamon keep eggs fresh. /
sailed q whole barrel of them In my
place to see how they would do under
American mud.
II bought them at the time OF year
when they were cheap, not caring much
whether they kept or not, but willing
to try the experiment. / buried them
under more thai a foot and a half OF
earth, and left them In their glory for
several months.
When winter came along and eggs
went up to some enormous figure, i
just dug down into the earth and pulled
out that barrel. Opened TO the light
of day the eggs looked as IL they had
Just been laid. They tasted. too. as
If they had never been put away in
the earth for many weeks.
sGntlAt tr xknA xrrAx ~ fn. rot s.hnol ~ thA
commission man; also, it shows that
the agricultural department hasn't
found the only way in which man "a
get ahead of nature"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
THE HAPPY WARRIOR.
Three Persons Suggested Reading of
Poem at Cleveland's Funeral.

Princeton Letter in Brooklyn Eagle.
They said Grover Cleveland would be
buried without sermon, eulogy or song,
but they were wrong. The funeral was
turned into a poem that was itself q
song, a eulogy and a The
most beautiful eulogy eve written by
William Wordsworth was read over
the cofftned form of the former presf-
dent and applied to him n TO his life.
BY a remarkable coincidence, or con-
currence in the minds of the three per-
son nearest to Mr.. Cleveland. the great
poem of Wordsworth was chosen sep
arately and individually by the three
AS the one human expression most fit
ting to portray the life and character
OF the dead. No greater tribute could
be paid to the character of Mr.. Cleve-
land than this fact that his life and
deeds were such that when those who
loved him best sought independently Of
each other to find a suitable expression
of his character, they turned s%pontane-
ously TO the Wordsworth poem that
pictures a happy warrior with great
ness almost sublime.
The selection OF the Wordsworth
poem vas a remarkable incident In
the funeral arrangements. The Incl
dent was suggestive almost of the SUI
~pernatural In the coincidence and
agreement of the mental processes that
led TO the selection. Without any sug-
gestion that a poem should be read at
the funeral, the Wordsworth poem was
selected separately by Mrs. Cleveland,
the widow; by Rose Elizabeth Cleve-
land. the sister OF the dead man, and
by DIR, Henry van Dyke, who was
closer to Mr.. Cleveland than any other
friend in the last few weeks OF the
fatal illness.
After the death of Mr. Cleveland, DR..
van Dyke. who YES across Bayard
lane from the Cleveland home, was sit
ting in Westland with Mrs. Cleveland
and Rose Cleveland. After a long pause
Ia the conversation, Mrs. Cleveland
said:
I have been thinking OF a poem
about the happy warrior. The poem
appeals to me almost as a prophetic
description of my husband. 1t was
written more than a hundred years
ago, and 1t may be that 1T is not so
fitting as / think"
Nothing could be more appropriate
and no poet could have been more
prophetic said DIR. van Dyke, drawing
from his pocket a copy of Words
worth's poems. THAT is the very poem
/ have thought of as being opposite and
we'll adapted to the character of Mr..
Cleveland"
Rose Cleveland, in amazement, held
out a memorandum In writing. In
thinking Of some fitting tribute TO her
brother. she had written down the
name CT Wordsworth's poem, "Charac-
ter Of the Happy Warrior
So impressed were they by this sin
gular agreement upon the poem that
they determined to have the poem read
at the funeral. 1t was chosen to take
the place Of all eulogy and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
BATHING Don'ts.

Don't plug the ears with cotton. Cot
ton does not keep out the wet. since 1t at
once becomes saturated. Furthermore no
water can find ii way to the drum OF a.,
normal ear.
Don't go In the water cold. 1t Is best
to go in warm, even slightly perspiring-
He who begins his bath perspiring gets
the best reaction.
Don't have a set duration for the bath.
IT Is best always to come out at the
slightest premonition OF cold.
Don't, IL you are fat, neglect q daily sea-
bath. Sea swimming is the best and
quickest reducer kHown. .
Don't enter the water II you a " eaten
within an hour.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Progress.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Hafper' Weekly.
Yes" said Mrs. Malaprop, my boy
Is doing first rate at school. sent
him to one o. them ~alimentary schools,
and his teacher says he's doing fine.
He's a first class sculler. they tell
me, and is head of his class in gas
tronomy, knows his letters by sight,
and can spell like one o. these de-
formed spoilers down to Washington
What's he going to be when he
grows up?'
sHe wants to be an undertaken, and
I'm declined to humor him, SO I've told
the confessor to pay special Intention
to the dead languages" said the proud
mother.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
PARASOLS FOR MEN.
New Fashion Observed at Recent Race
MEETING in ENGLAND.
From the London Daily Graphic.

From the London Daily Graphic.
Ruino has it hat mere man is about
to a a leaf GU OF woman's book, and
at the risk of ridicule protect his head
from the ray Of the summer III with
the parasol.
The rumor is confirmed by some
West End s~hopkeepers, who profess TO
have done a good business in the last
few days In ~sunshades specially de-
signed for mans use. The shades are,
Of course. not the elaborate article used
by the lady of fashion, but the plain,
unadorned specimen often used by man
in tropical countries.
1t some OF the recent race meetings
a few well dressed men have been bold
enough to start the fashion, and at AS
cot a gentleman having borrowed a
pretty shade from a fair companion
was not ashamed to take advantage
of il.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Bark's Lone Voyage.
From the Boston Transcripi

From the Boston Transcript.
After what is believed to be h long
est voyage with cargo ever made by a
sailing ship the British steel bark
Johanna arrived In the lower harbor
this morning. 1t is nearly sever months
since she sailed from Java. Since then
she has been to St. Helena, Falmouth,
England and Delaware Breakwater.
Her $4,000 miles of sailing and knock
ing from port to port was u to the
advance in the price of sugar
Captain Doey said the Johanna
loaded at Cheribon and Tagal, leaving
the former port November 25. She
o on board $3.50 big baskets of
sugar, ZACH weighing 700 pounds. By
the time Falmouth was reached, April
%, the advanced price of sugar in this
country caused the bark to be ordered
to Delaware Breakwater, whence she
was sent to this port to discharge her
cargo.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
TO A CAREER IN
THE FIELD or SCIENCE
Excellent Opportunities for the
Young Men, but No Great
Money Reward.

The Members of the Illinois State
Academy OF Science recently discussed
the opportunities for young men TO
science. On the whole they thought
the opportunities are excellent, though
they offer nothing very great In the
way OF financial compensation.
John G. Coulter, the well known pro-
for trained botanists exceeds the sup
ply. The most extensive employer Of
young botanists In this country Is the
United States government. The bu-
reaus of the department of agricul-
ture are not yet able TO obtain all the
lnen they iced adequately trained in
the various branches of botany.
The market for teachers OF botany
is brisk and good teachers who are
doctors OF philosophy In botany COM
mand beginning salaries which average
about so per cent. more than those Of
fered eight years ago.
There is a fine field for botanists In
the Philippines. where a trained man Is
wanted in every province to take
charge of the educational side of bot
any, especially from the standpoint of
agricultural science.
Prof. w. A. Noyes, of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois, said that twenty-five
years ago very few chemists were en-
rloyed in the manufacture of iron and
steel. Today chemists are required
not only in the large establishments
where steel is produced, but also in
iron foundries and factories OF all
kinds. About 5000 chemists are now
employed in The United States. Not
long ago nearly all chemists here We're
engaged In teaching, while the major
ity of them today are working In in
dustrial lines
DR.. Balm. who is at the head of the
Illinois geological urvey said that
many railroads and mining n devel-
opment companies now employ n or
more biologists. Their employment In
private enterprises is Gripping the sur
Vey work of the government because
private companies offer higher salaries
and draw away many of the best men.
The larger number OF professional geol-
ogIsts are still connected with the Of
fetal surveys. The greatest of these
Is the United States geological survey.
which In the last season kept ninety
three geological parties in the field,
each including from n to three geol-
ogists.
According to Prof. II. v. Neal, 1t Is
much easier now for biologists TO get
good places than 1t was a decade ago.
1t is difficult to find competent men
needed for geological posts in schools,
museums and the bureaus of the gen.
eral and state governments which re-
Quire entomologists and other Zoolog-
zeal workers. Ii is believed that the
brisk demand for trained biologists viii
continue IN the mex decade.
The prospect Is good that competent
.:ien &c science will have better OPP
~poTtunities in the future than ever be-
fore 10 carr a comfortable living. Ca
pable and industrious workers make a
good living, but are rarely able TO ac-
cumulate wealth. Probably men OF
science will always nave TO be content
with relatively poor financial returns
for their work.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
From T. T. ..

THE Turkish sultan" said a tobac-
conist. has for generations moked the
finest cigarets I'm the world. Cigarets
like his bought here would cost over
enc shilling apiece.
In the royal palace there has been
from time immemorial a small cigaret
factory-a light, airy room, a bale OF
exquisite tobacco. one or two simple
hand cutting machines, half q dozen
workmen OF marvellous skill. Here the
cigarets OF the sultan are turned out.
The best cigaret tobacco comes from
Turkey and the best OF that goe to the
sultan. A hundredweight Of leaves Is
rejected before 4 pound Of sufficiently
fine and fiawless is found for royal
use"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Men and Women as Friends.

NHTtUC III lHb ftEItTtt.
Men prefer men to women for friends
because between them there Is a sense
of equality that Is absent from all
their relations with the opposite sex.
Men, moreover. disliking the way
women treat women. confide In each
ether with knowledge that their conf
dence Is more likely to be respected
than when they intrust their secrets to
a ma
The sense OF n among men. their
antipathy to fidgets and agitation about
%triies, provide a larger stock of the
raw material for friendship between
men than that with which nature has
provided the opposite SEX.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
WONDERED n

Found the Answer Was ssCOEee.o
Many pale, sickly persons wonder for
years why they have to suffer so, and
eventually discover that the drug
caffeine-in coffee is the main cause Of
the trouble.
II was always very fond Of coffee
and drank 1t every day. / never had
much flesh and often wondered why l
was always so pale, thin and weak.
"About five years ago my health COM
pletely broke down and I was confined
to my bed. Ny stomach was in such
condition that ] could hardly take suf-
fcient nourishment to sustain life.
During this time l was drinking cof-
fee, didn't think could do with
u Ii.
AFTER a while I came to the conclu-
sion that coffee was hurting me, and
decided to give 1t up and try Postum.
l didn't like the taste OF 1t at first. but
when II was made right-boiled until
dark and rich-I soon became very
fond OF ii.
I'm II week / began to feel better.
could eat more and sleep better. NV
sick headaches were less frequent, and
within FIVE months I looked and felt
like n new being, headache spells en-
tirely gone.
MY health continued to improve and
to-day / am well and strong, weigh
I4S lbs. l attribute my present health
to the life-giving qualities OF Postum
There's 4 Reason
Name given BY Postum Co. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read. ''The Road to Well
vIlle,T In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. a
new one appears from time 70 time.
They : genuine. true. and full Of
human Interest.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07
Radium,s Effect on Gems.

A Vienna dispatch gives details Of ex-
periments BY Professor Doelter, of the
University of Vienna, with a view of de-
termining the effects of radium on preci-
Gus stones.
Rubies and diamonds were affected
slightly. The emerald changed to a yell
lowlsh green, the hyacinth became a dark
brown, light topaz grew to orange and
blue sapphires turned pale, but did not
go TO yellow. as previous investigators
had asserted.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

size. Doctors did not help and / was
fast drifting into the hopeless stages.
l used Doan's Kidney Pills at the criti-
cal moment and they really saved my
life"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

disease started with
slight irregularityand
weakness and devel-
oped into dangerous
dropsy. became
weak and languid and
could do no house
work. My back ached
terribly. l had bear
ing down pains and
my limbs bloated TO
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