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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
His Plea.

Tom p. Morgan in Smart Set.
"Yassah. l 'knowledges dat I steals.
yo' honah-now and ag'in," confessed
Brother Bunkum, who had been
dragged up before the bar Of justice on
the charge of embezzling sundry fowls.
II steals. sab, but on'y dess part o. de
time-not all de time. De rest o. de
time I sawtuh projects around
amongst de diffunt 'ligious 'nomerna-
tions. eatin' dinner wild 'em and uh-
maxim out like / was mighty nigh on
de keen edge o. j'inin' DER church: and
l 'umble somely axes yo', sab, to femme
down easy of yo' please, uh-kaze I does
muh heenyusness dess some o. de time.
as / says befo'. I'M not all de time.
like desc yuh trust gentlemen dat VEAL
yeahs tell so much about now-uh-days.
And. sides all dat, yo' honah, what,d
desc yuh good folks. OATS alIus tryin'
TO 'suade me over to DER way o. think
in, do widout me? III / was to go to
jail dey wouldn't have nobody to prac-
tise on; and yo' organizes yo'se'f, sab,
dat dey KANT keep well less'n dey has
some ripperbate to be everlastinly uh-
pickin' at"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
saueIchino a Warbler.

From the washington star.
Jacob H.. Schiff, on the way to Egypt
on the Caronia, was criticising in the
smokeroom the tenor singing of a
young nan who gave, all by himself.
q little musicale every night after dim
ner.
with a voice like that" said Mr..
Schiff, lone Is apt to meet with extra
ordinary experiences.
II have a friend with q voice like
that, a young broker. For his Christ
tour of New England. visiting many
quaint old houses, many picturesque
churches.
"One Sunday he went to church In
Salem or Gloucester or some such place
and lifted up his tenor voice in the
hymns and responded with a fervor and
force that made the congregation stare.
PLEASED with the attention he at
tracted my friend threw back his head.
pulled out his chest. and, abandoning
the last vestige Of restraint, sang with
all his might and main. A high note
was approaching. He collected his
powers to meet It. They were staring
now-well, he would give them some
thing to stare for. What q glorious
thing this congregational singing was,
He must have more OF II every Sunday
on his return to New York.
"A heavy hand fell on his shoulder.
He turned with a start and saw the
sexton, an old, bent man, glowering at
him.
Here. young feller. hold your
noise.' said the sexton In a wheezy
whisper, audible all over the building
We a people to do that here!" s,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
The KNOWING MULES
OF OLD MEXICO
Apparently They Have q Labor
Union to Tell Them What
Constitutes Days Work.

Everybody knows that all mules ara
brainy. but thu mules OF old Mexico
have something on other mules for q
sort OF prasctence Of their own said
a man who has spent many years in
the ~neighboring republic. "A Mexican
mule will do just SO much work n
not a biz more.
1.-THE riding mule, for instance, is
fully aware OF the distance, down to a
rod, he is supposed and required to
traverse in the progress Of one travel
ing day, and all the sharp sticks or
goads or dynamite on earth won't get
him to do a bit more than what he
knows to be h correct distance. The
Mexicans have a peculiar saying In
connection with this characteristic OF
The Mexican mule. You ask a Mexican,
for instance, how far 1t Is by muleback
to such and such a point.
Two days journey II you are not
rushed, but three days IL you are In q
hurry the Mexican will reply.
His meaning is that If you don't
ask any more of your mule thar you
should ask of him the mule will be
able to make the trip in two days. But
IL you attempt to drive the brute he'll
soldier on you, and In consequence the
journey will tax you three days:
Now for the precedence of which !
spoke. / don't know hat else to call
it. The latest instance I saw Of 1t was
when / was riding through the state of
Sonora a month or so ago on an old
gray mule that knew every turn and
twist OF the road / was taking so
thoroughly that I let the bride reins
hang and permitted him to go 1t alone.
Along toward evening a terrific
thunder storm came up. The air was
heavy with the fumes OF sulphur
something I had heard about but had
o.,A 1-n>sa-.Al hNf1rA anA the
crashes were deafening. The road was
rocky and bad m there was only an
occasional scrub pine alongside.
1.-The old gray mule when the storm
reached it's height stopped his jog of
a sudden and stood In the middle OF the
road, peacefully enough. He wasn't
worried apparently, but he considered
that that was a pretty good place to
stand during the ~tfnua OF the
tremendous electrical storm, for 1t was
out in the OPEN.
For myself. l wanted to get under
tho shelter OF q pine tree about 100
yards ahead OF me. But the mule
couldn't and wouldn't see that. Him for
open, and there he stood.
Il prodded him with the spurs, but
he merely looked around at me In a
disgusted sort of way. Then / dis
mounted and tried to lead him. Moth
ing doing. He wouldn't bulge.
$50 at length, giving In to him that
he knew more about 1t than / did, I
wrapped my poncho about my head
and stood at his head, waiting for the
storm to pass. / hadn't stood by the
mule In that way for more than three
minutes before a saw a couple OF balls
of red fire playing around the trunk OF
the pine tree that l wanted to get un-
der the shelter of. Then there came a
deafening crash, and when I could see
again there was that pine tree
stretched across the road and a good
part of it in kindling wood.
Il suppose maybe that old gray mule
didn't know. / give it to him, anyhow
that he did,"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
METHODS TO
IMPROVE COMPLEXION
Parisiennes Eat Oranges All
Day and Wash in Juice
Rub Face With Oil.

If you cannot endure herb teas or
sulphur and molasses, try oranges for
your spring medicine. Fashionable
Parisiennes have gone crazy on or
langes. They are the first thing they
Ieat In the morning. n h last thing
they take at night. Then, in addition
to eating them ali day long, they cut
up In slices, let them tand In
water over night and use the liquid as
a face wash. Its action is very
strengthening and 1t makes the skin
white and takes off tan, to which the
Parisienne has q great objection.
Then pure castor oil is rubbed into
the skin. The high priestess who has
spent her life in acquiring the secrets
of the fountain of youth Will not tell
you that she uses castor oil. She viii
call it a wonderful beauty elixir or as
sure you that IL Is a priceless potion
known only to the favorites or the
sultan of Turkey.
But the truth is that the basis or
the treatment OF the most successful
beauty specialists in Paris today Is
nothing more or less than castor oil.
1t must be very pure, and when rubbed
into the face in very small quantities
its effects are magical.
I MoSt peduly specialists nave a. clcaiii
OF their own preparation containing
cleansing properties. and when this is
rubbed lightly onto the face and then
rubbed off again it is positively black
with the impurities of he skin.
No woman who cares for her per-
sonal appearance washes her face in
pure water. nor does she use soap. She
employs ''sachets de toilette" which,
when put into water and squeezed, give
it a milky hue. The "sachets" correct
the hurtful qualities in the water.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
NEW Law obtained
by JOHN w. MORRIS,
PENSIONS Washington, D. @
a comp.tent Witness.

Justice Maule is regarded as the lead
ing judicial wit in England. He had
doubts as to the credibility of a wit
ness on one occasion, and the man de-
clared tina he had been welded TO the
truth" from infancy, says the London
Taller.
That may be- said Judge Maule,
"but the question is. how long have you
been divorced?R
A little girl was a witness before him.
and he proceeded to ascertain whether
she knew the nature of an oath. The
child, in answer to questions, said she
would go TO heaven If she told the
truth, but would go to the other place
IL she tol lies.
"Are you sure of that, my dear?'
Justice Maule asked.
Yes, sir; quite sure"
Let her be sworn" said the court;
''she knows more thai / do"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
The Smell of Cities.

The man with a nose always recog-
nizes the smell of any place. He has
only at land at Calais to smell garlic.
London's smell-when the Londoner
~returns--is just SCOT and fried fish.
Paris always smells of chocolate and
w~ood-smoke. Florence is violets and
sewage. But so soon as you get to
Russia the smell is quite different.
Moscow, the city Of fruit. that comes
from the Crimea, has a special smell of
the cranberry (Which has various
names) in late m And you cam
not land In st. Petersburg without no.
Observation-Disclosures smell of the
place.
On the last visit to st. Petersburg a
young man vas driving with a young
Englishwoman to the hotel.
Have you noticed the smell of the
city?' he asked, having wondered long
what the mysterious perfume was.
why, yes" was the answer. its old
boots"
And ST. Petersburg follows you with
the smell of ancient leather, as Sitting
bourne and F~ayersham, England, keep
their memory in the mind of the man
who has smelt their brick fields.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
cUTICURA CURED FOUR.

Southern Woman Suffered with Itch
ing, Burning Rnsh--Thrce Little
Babies Had Skin Troubles.
MY baby had a running sore on his
neck and nothing that / did for 1t took
effect until | used Cuticura. Ny face
was nearly full of letter or some sim
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn SO that l could hardly stand 1t.
Two cakes of Cuticura Soap and a boz
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Twd
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes l would go
nearly crazy, for 1T itched SO badly. I
went back to my old standby. that
had never failed me-one set of Cutt4
cura Remedies did the work. One set
also cured my uncle's baby. whose head
was a cake of sores, and another baby
who was in the same fix. Mrs. Lille
Wilcher, ITO Eleventh St, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Feb. 16, 1907"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Another Food Fad.

From the New York SUM-.
In New York's Mexican colony they
were pralsing at a recent dinner Pedro
Alvarado of Parral, who had just given
So, 000, 900 to the DOR
He was poor himself" said a broker.
THAT is why he is now kind 10 the
poor. A splendid fellow. Whenever l
go back to Mexico / look him up.
"Alvarado likes TO tell the quaint ex-
periences of his days of poverty.
I'm Mexico City he once pointed to
a bakery and said to me:
You see that bakery? Well, as /
looked for work one morning early, /
saw a tramp on hands n knees at the
grating above the ovens.
"a policeman appeared. He tapped
with his stick the seat OF the tramp's
trousers.
"'"Here, you. move" he said, stern
ly.
That's inhuman, mister whined
the tramp. I'm just inhalin' my break
fast"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
HEALTH AND o

Both Kept UP ON Scientific Food.
Good sturdy health helps one a lot
to make money.
With the loss Of health ones income
is liable to shrink, IL not entirely dwin-
die away.
When a young lady has to make her
own living, good health Is her best as
set.
II am alone in the world" writes
a Chicago girl, dependent on my own
efforts for my living. am a clerk,
and about two years ago through close
application to work and a boarding
house diet, / became a nervous inva-
I'D, and got so bad Off it was almost
impossible for me to stay in the Office
a half day at q time.
"A friend suggested to me the idea
OF trying Grape Nuts, which 1 did,
making this food a large part Of at
least two meals a day.
To-day I am free from ~brain-tire,
dyspepsia and all the Ills or an over
worked and improperly nourished brain
and body. To Grape-Nuts / owe the
recovery OF my health, and the ability
to retain my position and income
There's a Reason"
Nsme given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? a
new n appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full Of
human interest.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31

The trees of Paris will delight You. y
said the travelled man who was seeing Off
his friend Every boulevard and ave-
nue. has It's two lines OF trees. Sheltered
from the hot sun. you walk under them
In a cool green dusk.
THAT hot and dusty city doesn't easily
keep It's trees vigorous and fresh. II
must have tree hospitals-great nurseries
where. with all sorts Of liquid parasite
killers and all sorts OF stimulating fer
~tilizcrs. the rundown urban trees are
built up again.
Continually, In Paris. you SEQ faded
trees being taken up and fresh trees being
put down. and fresh and faded trees alike
in those ambulances which we call trans
planters. drive continually up and down
the sunny streets"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31

From the New York Tribune.
Jack" Abernethy, the Rough Rider.
can catch a wolf alive by grabbing its
lower Jaw with his bare hand
Mr.. Abernethy. Oh his last visit 10
Washington. was asked by a reporter
for his opinion on a certain political
question.
Il can't give you an opinion on that
question:" the Rough Rider replied.
because it's a question / pay no atten-
ton to. | am Indifferent to it-as in
different as the backwoodsman's wife.
That lady, you know, looked on
while her husband had a fierce hand
to-hand tussle with a bear. h said
it was IN only fight she ever saw
where she didn't car who won."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Why Southern Illinois Is Called Egypt


The year 1924 was very wet. Heavy
rains fell frequently. corn on fiat lands
was a total failure. This year the
weevil destroyed the wheat after it was
harvested. The mex year, 1925. there
was a remarkable growth of thistles
on the branch bottoms. The winter OF
1830-3l was known as the winter of
deep snow. The snow was Of a depth
of from two and a half to three feet
on o level. 1t drifted much and was
very destructive to fruit trees. The
weather was intensely hot. Both In
1881 and 1882 h early frosts so injured
the corn AS to entirely render 1t worth
less for almost any purpose.
During h years between and includ-
ing 1S24-32, so nearly corresponding to
the years of famine in the days of
Pharaoh and his ruler, a. he made Jo-
seph to be, the people of Illinois, de-
pendent upon the southern part of the
state for so much grain, particularly
corn, hat people In remembrance of
the bible story began to call the part
Of the state which had been so helpful
in time Of need Egypt.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Ingenious Johnnie.
From the Delineator.

FTOm the DeIIneatOr.
Mother had a bright red apple which
she wished to give to the children, at
the same time teaching the little broth
er a lesson in generosity. Johnnie had
a peculiar fondness for apples.
Calling him to her side, she said:
Now, dear, has a nice, rosy
apple to give you and she wants you
10 be generous" That word was not in
~Johnnie's vocabulary, so he said,
Mamma, what do you mean by being
generous?'
"Oh dear. that means you are to
divide the apple into two parts, and
give sister the larger"
Johnnie was silent. Suddenly his face
frightened. as he handed the apple
again to his mother. saying, Mamma,
give il to sister and tell her to be gen.
erous."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Ready for the Dollar.

NIOIH VIC 1CI1fISdfOI.
Marjorie, aged 3, had not been hay
ing very satisfactory reports from
school. Her father finally said. Mar
jorie, for the first hundred you get I'll
give you a dollar" Time went on and
the reward could not be claimed. One
day the child was taken violently Ill
Her mother sent for the doctor. When
he had gone Marjorie said, Mamma
am / very ill?"
mo, dear; your temperature is a lit
tie over a hundred, but the doctor
thinks you will be all right in a day
or So"
Smiles broke through Marjorie's
tears.
Nov, mamma, / can have my dol
lar. Papa said he would give II ia
If | could get a hundred in any
thing"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Workers Who Want Work.

The Free Labor Bureau of the Bowery
Mission has, within the past four months,
sent over 1900 men to country districts in
response to the appeals OF farmers for
field laborers, but still has on hand many
hundreds Of common laborers, farm hands,
general handy men, and mechanics skilled
In almost every branch Of industry.
che Bowery Mission carries on his I'M
portant work absolutely free of charge
and without regard to creed or national
ity. All who are In need of workers for
the harvesting shoul at once commune
cate with John c. Earl, financial secre-
tary of the Bowery Mission. 81 Bible
House. New York city.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
The Dreamer.

The dreamer dreamed, and the busy
world
Passed by with a hooking smile,
AS it went in search of the worlds re,
wards,
But the dreamer dreamed the while.
He saw the world as the world should be
When longer years had run,
And the world but paused in Its work TO
ask:
Pray, what has the dreamer done?"
Yet ever the dreamer dreamed his dream.
Until, in some wondrous way
AS the water, springing in deeps of earth
Finds passages to upper day
The dreamer's dream found the man OF
power
Ills strange how mems lives are knit
Who knew not the dreamer, but took his
dream
And transformed the world with 1t.
The world bows down to the man of
power
Forgotten the dreamer dies.
Yet the dream he dreamed is the secret
force
That has forged mems destinies.
The Bellman.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
a Cheap Homemade Barometer.

A lathe mar described the other day
a cheap, home made barometer.
He said IL was only necessary TO taka q
piece of string about Is inches long, AID
TO soak 1t several hours IN a strong solu-
ton of salt and water.
After being dried, the string shonld nave
a light weight tied to one end, and being
hung up against a wall, a mark being
made to show where the weight reaches.
The barometer IS now complete. 1t is as
accurate as a 500 instrument. The weight
yises for wet weather and fall for fine.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
LET Something Good Be Said.

When over the fair fame OF friend or foe
The shadow OF disgrace shall fall; In
stead
Or words of blame. or proof OF thus and
so,
Let something coed be said.
Forget not tina no fellow being yet
May fall so low but owe may lift his
head;
Even the cheek OF shame with tears Is
wet
II something good be SAID.
No generous heart may vainly turn aside
In Ways Of sympathy; no soul so dead
But la awaken strong and glorifed,
IL something good be said.
And SO / charge ye, by the thorny crown
And by he cross on which the Saviour
bied,
by u W souls hope OF fair re-
nOwn,
Let something good be said.
flames Whitcomb Riley.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
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 cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
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, 1908-07-31
Handicsuped by Her Husband.

TTUHI IHF LUIUUH 0T0UCs
Lady Mary Glyn, the wife OF the
bishop Of Peterborough, was recently
sitting in Peterborough infirmary by
the bedside Of a maid servant who had
been taken from the palace suffering
from burns. At a ~neighboring bed an
evangelist was speaking to another pa
tient. Mistaking Lady Mary for the
girls mother, he approached her with
a handful Of tracts. and the words:
Are you saved. madame: are you sure
you are saved?"
AS nearly as a bishops wife can
expect to be- was Lady Mary's reply.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
READING IN BED.
Sometimes Has Beneficial Effect on
Over WakefuI Brain.
From the Family Doctor.

From the Family Doctor.
Reading in bed. like most Injuries,
can be overdone. in fact there seems 10
be only one excuse for this fascinating
way of ending the day. Certain people
find that their worries accumulate IN
their brains after bedtime; their nerves
are at high tension and their minds are
actively at work trying TO solve prob
lens that should have been left behind
In the city.
Going TO bed with the brain in such a
state means that with nothing to dis
tract the thoughts, hearing nothing and
seeing nothing in the darkness magma
ton has full sway hours of wake
fulness may be the result. Such q man,
we think, will find half an hours read
ing in bed a great help.
With careful attention paid to the
quality and position of the light so thai
without pickering ii chimes over the
shoulder and directly on 10 the page
the much maligned habit OF reading in
bed has sometimes a very beneficial ef-
feet on a tired and over wakeful brain.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
What n Poultry Man Says About 20
Mule Team Borax.

"As | am in the poultry business, I
had ten white chicks to wash and pre-
pare for a show. l used 20 Mule Team
Soap for washing the birds, and ! can
say from years of experience, washing
white birds, never before have l found
a soap or Borax that cleaned my birds
so fine and easy. l had a great deal
Of comment on my birds being so
white ]. A. Dinwiddie, New Market,
Tenn. All dealers, II, / and 5 lb. car
tons. Sample and booklet &c. Pacific
Coast Borax Co., Chicago. III.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
WHEN THE TIDE is LOW.

= Some time at eve, when the tide
= is low,
= / shall slip my mooring and
= away,
= With no response to a friendly
y hail
= OF kindred craft In a busy bay,
\ In the silent hush OF the twi-
y light pale,
\ When the night stoops down to
= embrace the day,
\ And the voices call in the wa
= ter's flow
\ Some time at eve, when the tide
= is low,
= l shall slip my mooring and sail
= away
= Through purple shadows that
= darkly trail
= Ger the ebbing tide OF the un-
= known sea.
y / shall fare me away, with a dip
= of sail,
= And a ripple of waters to tell
= the tale
= OF a lonely voyage, sailing away
To mystic isles, where at an
y Choir law
y The craft of those who have
= sailed before,
Ger the unknown sea to the un-
= known shore.
= A few who have watched me
= sail away
= Will miss my craft from the
= busy bay:
; Some friendly barks that were
= anchored near,
Some loving souls that my heart
held dear,
= In silent sorrow will drop a
p tear;
) But / shall have peacefully
= furled my sail
: In mornings sheltered from
= storm and gale,
And greeted the friends who
= have sailed before
Ger the unknown sea 10 the
, unknown shore.
A
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31

with kidney trouble
that could not
straighten mp after
STOPPING b 0 I
sharp pains shooting
through my back. /
had dizzy spells, was
nervous and my eye
sight affected. The
k d secretions
were irregular and
too frequent. / was
in a terrible cODdi-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-07-31
Real FISHING.

From the Atlantic monthly.
I've whipped miles of trout stream,
I've played many a husky bass, I've
read OF the anglers battles with tarpon
and salmon and tuna: but when l want
Just real fishing, l seek out a quiet lit
tie river i know, dig a can of worms,
get down on the small of my back I'M
der q willow, and watch my stopper
float and wait for the perch to bite.