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The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
BOMB THRO YIN
 INTO LILLEY CAMP
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nomination was forced ,n the ropub- lican party of the state by the bosses They resent the dictatlon or tho ma- chine and its arrogant assumption of tho right 10 pledge tho nomination of the party two years In advance of the holding of tho c5nv,ntion They ask, anl in tone that shows their feeling What right had the men who make up the republican state machine to promise Mir. Llley two years ago that he would he nominated this year?" That, they add, was for the con yentlon to decide
 Some give the additional reason for opposing Mir, Lirev that they do not like his record in congress, EX-Judge Harrison E Freeman, eN-Congrcss- man John R Buck, eX-Judgc Brlscoe and others who arc associated with them in opposing the election or Mir. Lllley are old political friends )f the late Senator Joseph R, iaWley, When the senator was alive their bond of union was devotion to his interests. Now reverence for hls memory keeps them together politically. They have becn called "has-beens" hy Mir Clark of the Couraut These men recall the striking sentence that appeared in an editorial written by the late Charles Dudley Warner and printed In the Courant during a campaign In which the dlctation of bosses was, resented. The sentence was as follows
 "Mo love lendors but hato hossos '
The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-21
MICHAEL ET7EL & SONS,

Saw mlll wood turning and band saving, Automatic variety wood turn Ing and polishing wheels, pulley poles, flag poles, fence, hitchng and clothes posts and sticks hard wood rolls, all sizes. All kinds native lumber, fire place and kindllng wood,
 Phone Connections. l0t Falpmnnt ave,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
A woman's Work in a Contest.

A letter written by a woman decidet
a contest fer the office Of president o.
a mems club In Tie Bronx a few day,
ago, says the New York Tribune. Their,
We're two candidates for the place; on,
a clerk in a New York financial insti.
tuition whose young wife had been 6
working girl, the other a wealthy man
ufaCturer. with a reputation among hi
neighbors for ''closeness.'
The day before the election eacl
member of the little club received :
typewriter letter signed by a woman
whom all knew, which began with thes,
words: IF what / write you is not tru
il is libel!' Then she said that the clut
should not honor its "meanest man
and related some amusing incidents Il
demonstrate that she was not s1istaker
in her estimate OF the man. In CLOSING
she wrote:
What do YOU think Of a man VIII,
has his barn painted n says to hit
wife: That's your birthday present.
If you can afford to elect that kind o.
a man for your president, go ahead"
The alleged "meanest' man was de
feated.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
Too Kind.

George v. Kelcey, a veteran journal
list of Cleveland, remembers Artemus
Ward well.
Ward called on me-" he said the
other day. the night before one of his
panorama lectures. There were some
three or fou large reaches scurrying
about my room, and they attracted his
attention.
II am very for OF reaches, he said.
Once. in my own home, / found a
roach struggling in a bowl Of water.
/ took a half walnut shell and put him
in il; il made a good boat; i gave him
a couple OF toothpicks for oars. Next
morning | saw that he had fastened q
hair to one of the toothpicks and had
evidently been fishing. Then. overcome
with exhaustion, he la fallen asleep.
The sight moved me. / took him out,
washed him. CAV him a spoonful OF
boiled egg and let him go. That roach
never forgot my kindness. and now my
home is full of reaches"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
An Exception to the Rule.


1T is an invariable fact" said the
professo" at the club, that the sense
of sight travels more rapidly than the
sense of sound. You VIII observe sir,
that when a bit of ordnance is fired
from a fortress or a man-ofzwar YOU
see the puff of smoke that comes CO.
incidently with the explosion several
moments before you hear the report
thereof. Thus II is always
mot always" said little Todgers
from the corner. II know OF a case
where hearing antedates seeing by
really considerable lapses OF time
II now Of no such thing In tho
whole broad range of science" retorted
the professor, pompously. Perhaps
you can enlighten us, sir"
We'll" said Todgers, its the case
OF an Englishman and a joke. In al
most every case the Englishman hears
a joke about a week before he sees il,
and"
But the professor had gone, and they
say that nowadays when he sees Todg-
ers he SHES off like a frisky horse In
the presence OF a motor car.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
EXPERIENCE or AN
EXPLORER IN CHINA
The Dangerous and Disagree.
able Mission Undertaken by
an Agent of Uncle Sam.
From Outing.

-
Frank ". Meyer went TO China with
a sort OF carte-blanche commission
frcm the United States government.
Here was the proposition for the ex-
plorer: The United States practically
includes every variety OF climate and
soil. barring the Arctic. Yet great sec
tons Of the United States lie fallow,
marked barren Now Korea and
China and Russia have areas with the
same climate and the same soil; out
those areas are not marked barren
They are cultivated 30 they support a
population prolific as rats. Meyer was
sent TO see what grew I'm those reg
ions, TO see how 1t grew, TO examine
gardens and farms, TO learn the fail
ures and to learn the successes OF
those foreign peoples who nave been
%cultivating arid soil more centuries
than the United States number years,
10 do all this and 10 send back speci-
mems OF plant growth and OF seeds hat
gave promise of development in the
United States.
Very simple, II sounds, doesn't It?
1t was not at all simple in reality. II
would AXE a book 10 give the explor-
er's experiences. The quest led him 10
the far interior. where Chinese sol
diers dare not go. 1t led him to reg
ions known as bandit haunts like the
Border Marches of England in the days
of the Picts and Scots. Coolies de-
serted him in panic terror. Horses
could neither be bought nor hired.
Baggage had to be carried forward
on RATS and wheelbarrows.
Night after night, weeks and months
at a stretch, the explorer had to sleep
in village inns on earthen floors where
the house scraps and filth of 10 years
skunk in a veritable cesspool. The wa
ter was not only bad, but il was sheer
poison-a vile concoction OF rain and
sewage. Vermin infested every inch of
such abodes and flies In clouds cor
rupted food as fast as 1T was exposed.
Meyers food was canned meat, bis
cults and tea. What with the smell
and the v~erInin, restful sleep vas out
OF question.
or course, the mans health went ut
terly to pieces. II wasn't a case of an
illness with a beginning and an end.
1t was a case OF never being we'll; and
the invalided scientist was surround
ed by banditti ruffians who had never
before seen a foreign devil" and
treated him TO such courtesies as one
may guess, staring in at every crevice
and crack, day II night. in mobs: ex-
aiming him from the hair OF his head
to the soles OF his feet; lying to him
and jeering at him If he asked ques-
tons through his interpreter; accus-
ing him OF the evil eye If he examined
their gardens; demanding extortionate
prices when he attempted to buy seeds
and specimens; in fact, treating him
exactly as our own criminal popula-
ton might treat a Chinese explorer II
we had no police: and the Chinese po-
lice had forewarned Meyer they could
not protect him In these regions.
Did Meyer turn back? Not much. He
wore a good revolver and protected
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
Contest in Which Reptile Had Small
Chance for His Life,

Alma Correspondence Forest and Stream,
Ed Neal and his sister, Miss Jessie Neal
Of Alma tell a strange story and vouch
for the truth Of IL. They had been spend
ing the last month with their father,
Younger Neal, at their old home in the
country near Alma, and one day last
week they were out driving when they
saw In the road in front OF them a large
snake Of the kind known as coach whip.
Stopping the horse in order TO kill the
snake they discovered that a pair of
mockingbirds were flying at and striking
the reptile with their beaks, first from
one side of the road and then from the
other. They watched the battle, as they
call it, for something like half an hour.
when the snake entirely ceased TO at
tempt 10 avoid the angry onslaught Of the
enraged ~songsters.
Ed Neal got out Of the buggy and going
TO the scene OF the conflict found that the
snakes head was almost severed from its
body. The neck Just back of the head
was cut down TO the skin on its throat,
and when he picked it up the head fell
down limp. The snake was dead 1t
measured 5l1 feet, and seemingly had
just swallowed a half grown rabbit,
which was in the stomach undigested.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
Church and State in Connecticut Town
From an Address by Gerald Stanley Lee
Printed in Mount Tom.

From an Address by Gerald Stanley Lee
Printed In Mount Tom.
This town and church commenced to-
gether. One hundred and fifty years ago
this town was the church, this church
was the town, and they were so identi-
fed that practically the church had
selectmen and the town had deacons.
There is $50 years difference Just al
this point I'm the way of doing things.
Nowadays a town is born, and Il is
some time before the church comes
and the town is born again. Sharon
was porn and born again at the same
time; almost born again before II was
born at all. Leadville. we are told
with a population Of 125, 900. finally Sc
cured one minister, and he had 50C
weddings and 300 funerals In his first
year. Towns nowadays start with a
depot; then they started with a church.
| find the following votes upon the rec
ord of the first town meeting OF
sharon:
Voted, That Nathaniel Skinner,
Jonathan Durham and John Sprague
was chosen a commit TO go after a
minister"
Further voted:
That Swim haven a Ring IN Their
Noses Shall be accounted an orderly
Cheater."
This is certainly the union of church
and state.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY.

For Six Months Baby Was Expected
10 Die with Ecxema-Now Well
Doctor Said TO Use CuticurR.
six months after birth my little girl
broke ont with eczema and / had two
doctors in attendance. There was not
q particle Of skin left on her body, the
blood oozed out just anywhere, and we
had 10 wrap her in silk and carry her
on a pillow for ten weeks. She was
the most terrible sight l ever saw, and
for six months | looked for her to die.
l 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 C%uticura Soap
and thre" ~ CuIIcura Ointment.
James j. Smith, Durmid, Va, Oct. Is
ind %. 1906"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
Too Luxurious.

August Belmont, in the smokeroom
Of the liner nat brought him back TO
American was an English liner, and
these boats have smoke" instead or
smoking" rooms-told one afternoon
many interesting things about London.
Mr.. Belmont described the street
near Tottenham Court road where sec
ondhand clothes are sold.
"A discussion ! overheard in that
street" he said, will give you some
idea of the prices that prevail
II sly said a young man, "woot
price these 'ere?'
And h held up before the dealer a
pair of plaid trousers.
81 can let you have 'eh. my son, for
sixpense.' the dealer answered.
The other threw the trousers back
into the barrow.
"'Garn!' he said; I don't want a pair
for Sundays. / want EN- for workin'
ip''
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
One by the Vice President.
From the Washington Star.

FROM the washington star.
Vice President Fairbanks, at a recen
reception, said of a certain deplorabl
condition:
We don't need new laws to correc
this condition. We simply need the oil
laws proper enforcement.
The old laws have been construed
too mildly. II is like the state o
things in the Benedictine monks new
convent in Tarragone.
An indianapolis friend Of mine, win
tering in Spain. lunched at the mon
astery of the Benedictines. After luncl
he took out his cigar case.
u don't suppose you object to smok
ing here" he said to the white Clat
monk attendant.
Yes, sir, we do the monk an
swered. There is a law against smok
ing in the r~efectory.'
Then where said my friend, 'dC
all the cigar and cigaret stubs com
from that I see about me?'
From the gentlemen who didn't ash
about the law, the monk replied mild,
w"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
4 buy Furs & Hides. Write for c~staIog lO5
n. W. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
Hardly ENCOURAGING.

John D.. Rockefeller, conversing am
iably with a reporter, drove home a re-
mari on inefficiency with a golf story.
There was q man. he said, who
had no success at golf at all. The
more he played, il seemed, the poorer
he became. One day his work was
particularly bad.
Dead dear he said 10 his caddy, as
he looked ruefully at a deep hole in the
turf that he had just made with his
iron; dear, dear, there can't be worse
players h myself
Well said the caddy, refiectively
maybe there's worse players. but they
don't play"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
He Was LOOKING for Her.

ln the course Of his remarks the lee
turer reviewed the agricultural pros
poets of the country and as an illus
tration told a story OF a Door farmer
who had died. leaving 10 his wife the
farm heavily m~ortgaged. He said tina,
the widow set to work with a will and
succeeded upon one years wheat crop
in paying off the entire mortgage.
When he had completed his lecture,
the gentleman shook hands and greet
ed the members of his audience. One
middle aged man finally approached
him thoughtfully and began; Il say,
mister, you told a story bout the wild
ow raising a mortgage on one years
crop Yes. my friend, hat was a
true story. 1t happened only two years
ago We'll, sir, could you tell me
who that widow lis. She's just the
kind Of a woman I've been looking FOR
all the time
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

The doctor stands Upon his hcaS
n pares potatoes with a fork:
He's dyed his whiskers green and red,
And as he pares he elbows a cork
The banker owns a hundred farms.
But that's not why he wears one shoe,
And goes around and flaps his arms.
And cries out: Observation-Disclosures"
The grocer does not groce today;
He's standing, battered. in a stall:
He's billed TO eat a bale OF hay
Before the evening shadows fall.
The milkman's bell today Is still.
His stock-in-trade is getting sour:
He rolls a peanut up the hill,
And turns a handspring once an hour.
The village dentist rides a goat.
And seems TO weary OF the unit,
The county judge still wears hts coat.
But has the tails around In front.
They are not hopelessly insane,
But they are men who pay their debts,
And so. In devious ways and vain,
They're sQuaring their election bets,
Golfers Weekly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

Rev. Brooks Mason, OF Platnfieid. n.
j., is 1877 years OF age. He still retains,
however, all his faculties. Thus. In a
recent interview in the washington
Star, ne said:
AN eloquent brother divine from
South Carolina nee told me that, go
ing TO prison at a strange church no
was taken aside by a deacon, Who
whispered:
Beg pardon, sir, but / must ask
you not to preach longer than 10 or ia
minutes. It's the music the people come
here for
That was wrong. But worse stih
was the case OF a supply preacher In a
church famous for it's anthems and
choruses. The stranger, not noticing
the scraping and tuning OF the adde's.
rose and began to preaca. when the
choir leader jumped up and shouted
angrily at him from the choir loft at
the other end OF the church:
sit down. man. When it's your turn
Well tell you.'"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
He Was Worn Out.
From the Cleveland Leader

There was a certain western con
gresham whose boundless affability
and habitual Observation-Disclosures have
occasionally led him into absurd mis- =
takes. One day, during his last cam
paign, as he stepped from the train at
the station OF his home town after an
arduous two weeks OF stumping and
glad handing" his little daughter
rushed up to him and kissed him. The
congressman beamed upon her with a
proud and tender parental eye.
Wei, well!' he exclaimed, "if ii
isn't my little Alberta" Then he
added, mechanically. And how is
your lear old father
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
SANS Old Way.

The beautiful woman with the
peaches-and-cream tints and satiny
skin vas looking sympathetically at
the face OF the man who nae just been
rescued from the powder house which
had exploded with great earnestness
and abandon.
Poor mani" she said. Your com
plexion is ruined!'
"Oh. / don't know said the man,
feebly. yet cheerfuliy; you see / got
my complexion the same way o got
yours-a powder puff"
And the lady went away.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

The first automobile made it's appea
Rnce in Shanghai in 1902 and wax an
American car. After six years there
are but lao cars there, and only Ave
Of them are owned by natives.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
Perfectly Frank,

"How's the soil?'' asked the pros
pective purchaser.
T be candid with you," answered
the owner, "you'n have TO do m
thing to tone it down. The potatoes 1
raise, for instance. are too large for
commerce. They only run about three
10 the peck"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

For thirty years Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been tho
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous ~prostration.
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, 1908-11-27

could not sleep. my
limbs swelled and the
secretiOns were trou-
blesome; pains were
intense. l was fast
in bed for -four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
no cure for me and I
was given up to die.
Being urged. | used
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

Doan's Kidney Pills. Soon l was bet
house, well and strong again"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
EoSter-Milburn Co, Buffalo, y. Y. p
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

FILES CURED IN q TO "a DAYS
PAZ0 OINTMENT is guaranteed 90 cure any
case OF Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protrud
ms Plies In Q TO IA days or money refunded
J0C.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

a man never appreciates the value
OF his Wife," SAYS the Atchison Globe,
until he vans 10 use her as an excuse
for not going TO war"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
BED-BcUND FOR MONTHS.

Hope ndon After Physicians'
Consultation.
Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash
ington SITS, Centralia, Wash, says:
For years / was weak and run down,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

1t In noted by an exchange that
what a man nay not know, In after
years his son can teach him."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
LenaV. Henry, of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
" suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
ton was the only chance ] had, and /
dreaded it almost as much as death.
"One day i read how other women
had been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and / decided to
try 1t. Before i had taken the first
bottle I vas better. and now / am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

II is not a good plan 10 allow too
many hogs to sleep together on cold
nights.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

The book having the largest ciTcula-
tion is the telephone directory of the
city OF New York. An edition Of 1900
600 copies is printed twice every year
TO meet the demands Of subscribers to
5000 10 telephones which are in use in
that city and its suburbs.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

HOW BIRDS KILLED A SNAKE.

"t0nic within easy reach Of every bank dspositor. 2o stamp
booklet tree. MARX T. DAVIS, 1904 Broadway Oakland, Ca
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

-frr. Winslows SOOTHING sYRut TOR CbtldTss
~seething; softens the gums, rsduces Inflammation. .,
hays pain cures VIVID crit" ~ cent a bottle
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
AEID INSIST ON HAVING
gcM Dr.. Martel'S Preparation

The STANDARD Remedy. al Drugrlsts)
sesd for beck .'Reiief for Mosses.s
FRENCh DRUG CO.. 80 W. 3ed St, n. Y. City
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
His Reputation.

oh, yes, he's an extra high roller,
His hours are unusually late.
And hal iS the way
The neighbors all say
He's a kind OF a roller skate.
New York Evening Sun.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27

Cnp cal r AT ACTION 20 farms, 200 les, win
FVn SRkE be sold 10 the highest bidder, Dec. II, 1903
Writ. for psrtlAs. Illinois Trust a Investment CO Morris okls
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-11-27
PILES

81 have suffered with piles Cor shirsy six years.
One year ago last Ap-ii l began taking Casesrets
for constipation. In the course Of awesk l nosiced
che piles began to disappear and at the oad OF six
weeks they did nos trouble ma a. all. Cssearets
have done wonders for me. 1 am entirely cured ard