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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Not a Fragrant Flower.

"a Devon woman" said man who
had Travelled through the place and
had, noted the careless habits Of some
Of the poorer people, "had little boy
Of seven or eight, whom she sent to
school day after day in very un-
kempt state.
1.-THE teacher. indiug that to scold
the lad for his untidiness had no eff
feet, wrote to the mother. Her son
was not clean, she wrote. His neg
lected condition was really disgraceful.
He had, in fact, quite unpleasant
odor, and SO on.
1.-The next morning the boy, as dirty
as ever, handed the teacher this note:
"'My son amt no rose. I send him
to school to be learnt, not smelt'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11

Artemus Ward called on friend the
night before one of his panorama lee
lures. There were some three or four
large reaches scurrying about the
room, and they attracted his attention.
''I am very fond of reaches" he said.
--Once In my own home found a
roach struggling in bowl Of water. l
took half walnut shell and put him
Ia 1t. 1t made a good boat. gave
him a couple Of toothpicks for oars.
Next morning saw that he had fas-
tened a hair to one of the toothpicks
and had evidently been fishing. Then,
overcome with exhaustion, he had fall
en- asleep. The sight moved me. I
took him out, washed him, gave him
a spoonful Of boiled egg and let him
20. That roach never forgot my kind
ness, and now my home is full OF
reaches"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
His Memory Was Weak.

An elderly ,widower was so dull and
stupid that it was very difficult to
marry him. When told to give his
right hand he gave his left. When the
minister said, Say this after me-" he
Immediately remarked, "Say this after
me-" but when the words he was to
repeat were given he was stolidly
silent.
AT last" says the minister, ''he saw
that 1 was somewhat bothered by his
extreme stupidity, so in the middle of
the service he upset my gravity by
volunteering the following apology:
You see, sir, it's so long since I was
married afore that you must excuse
my forgetting of these things.'"-
Cornhill Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
A MAN OF ACTION.
He Got Out Of His Tight Corner With
Flying CoIors.

Tying SOiSISs
He was a husband who, when he left
home for week or so on business
trip, invariably took with him photo
of his wife, and in the letters that he
wrote to her he always made a great
point of this portrait and dwelt upon
the fact that the sight Of it was the
only thing that kept his spirits up
when he was far away from her.
One day, however, he left the home
and forgot to take the portrait with
him. But he was not going to let a
little thing like that worry him.
Down he sat and penned his Gus
tomary amorous epistle, IN which the
portrait played it's usual part. 1t was
not until the letter was posted that he
remembered that the portrait had been
left at home in a conspicuous place
where his wife could not fail to dis
cover it,
The fat was indeed in the fire, but
he was man of action and deter
mined to get out of his tight corner
somehow He remembered the shop
where the photo had been taken and
promptly wired there for another
copy, which he had put into a beauti-
full frame especially adapted for trav-
cling.
On his return home his wife handed
out the freezing mixture" to begin
with and then dissolved in unquench-
able tears When under cross exam
nation she admitted that the cause of
her grief was his cruel deception, he
produced the newly acquired photo
and then asked her. in a hurt voice,
how she could possibly have suspected
him Of working OFF mere tarradiddle
on his little wife.-New York Mail.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11

There is an immense amount of
trickery in the music trade.
Take the case of the pieces
which are usually chosen by masters
and mistresses for their pupils. The
latter are charged 10 pence or more
for what the former got for about
sixpence or less.
Then again, conductors Of bands
at seaside places, and so on, per-
petually include in their programs
"catchy' pieces, which are after
ward, in the published version, tax
en- around among the auditors by
boys, who sell vast quantities in this
way, the conductor clearing about
ninepence on every copy sold. -
London Home Chat.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
An -lmpromptu Pun.

An impromptu pun-afterward to
become permanent in the PLAYS at
tributed to Charles Mathews. In the
way Of foreword it must be said that
It is closely connected with Mr.. Howe,
a much valued comedian Of the old
Haymarket days.
Mathews was alone on the stage
puzzling over the best way Of dealing
with a difficulty. He decides that he
ought to take an important step i'm
mediately. His soliloquy finishes by
saying to himself and the audience,
with a puzzled expression of counte-
nance: Eyes, that's what I ought to
do, and it is what I viii do. But
howr' At that very moment Howe
appeared at the back. In a second
Mathews, pointing with his thumb to
the character who had just entered,
said to the audience in tremendous
IL confidential whisper audible all over
the house, That's Hover
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
State Of Franklin.

In 1884 North Carolina coded her
western lands to the United States.
The inhabitants of what is now
east Tennessee, piqued at being
thus disposed of, met in conven~
ton and organized a separate state,
which they called Franklin, or
FARMLAND. North Carolina repeal
ed the act of cession, hoping that
that might mend matters. But par
ty spirit ran high. Armed collision
took place, and the estate Of Frank
land" received its death blow. -
New York American.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Wonderful System.

A German canvasser took the fifth
story elevator of wholesale house in
New York and walked into the Office,
where one of the proprietors was busy
at his desk, The canvasser was told
that the house needed nothing in his
line, but he persisted In opening his
sample bag and making himself the
cause of much distress until finally the
enraged proprietor kicked him down
the first fight of stairs. An employee,
observing the mode of descent, repeat
ed the dose with like effect, and It
was dittoed until the unfortunate Ger
man found himself on the curbstoned
highway. Shaking himself, he looked
back over the course of events and
calculated: "Vell, dot ish great es-
tablishment. I don't know DER partic-
ular line Of peesness, but. my, vat
system, vat system!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Conscientious.


in the "reminiscences Of Frederick
Weatherly, who wrote Nancy Lee"
and other popular songs, is the follow
ing anecdote:
Among others Of my early popular
songs one OF the best known is Darby
and JOAN 1t was written while was
still at Oxford and set to music by
Molloy. One evening at the usual mu-
sicale I met a young devotee Of song
and his wife. He asked me to accom-
pany her on the piano, as she was
going to sing Darby and JOAN With
pride consented and with considera-
BILE diffidence, as I am not musician.
The young lady got through the first
verse all right. Then she somewhat
excitedly turned to the third verse and
began singing it. could not interrupt
her or make amy protest. SO followed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
BY Heaven, Not by Hand.

A woman who is fairly prominent
in Philadelphia social circles is blessed
If it is a blessing-with very high
and vivid color which, when she has
been walking fast, looks almost as
though it were artificial. One day she
had walked briskly down Chestnut
street, and her cheeks were very red.
Two workmen were painting the front
Of one of the stores, and as she passed
one Of them said loudly enough for
the words to reach her ears:
painted, be hivenv'
ayes, exactly" said the lady calmly.
Painted, and by heaven"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
THREE PAINTERS.
The Story Of a Murder Committed In
the Name of Art.

The Story Of Murder Committed In
the Name of Art.
Three painters, Andrea Castagno,
Alessio Baldovinetti and Domenico
Veneziano, received commissions
from Folco Portinari, the father of
Dante's Beatrice, to decorate the
refectory and chapel of the Church
of Santa Maria Nuova. Baldovinet-
ii, seeing that the young foreigner,
Domenico, had brought to his work
a new medium, watched him closely,
and, nothing daunted, he, too, con-
cocted formula which he thought
the same as Domenico's, and, for
saking the classic tempera, with
which up to that time all Floren-
tines had painted, he covered his al
lotment with figures done so that
they were most beautiful for a
short time, but soon faded away.
This departure caused the jealous
and intollerant Andrea Castagno to
ridicule poor Baldovinetti, but in
his heart he was sore over the tri-
umph of the young boy Venetian,
and he determined to find out the
secret of his medium. To this end
he made friends with Domenico and
suggested that, since they were en-
gagged upon the same work, they
might conveniently share a lodging.
Castagno, who was known to be Of
a morose and surly disposition, as
tonished people by his change of
manner. He learned to play the
lutte, in which art Domenico was
also an expert, and, donning the
jaunty habit of Florentine dandy,
the two went about serenading and
taking part in the gay FRANKS Do
menico had learned in Venice. But
the secret of the medium remained
unknown, and Andrea was only able
to discover that Domenico ground
his colors in oils.
As Domenico's pictures neared
completion they attracted more and
more notice for their brilliant lus-
ter, which seemed to make the flesh
Of men and women throb and pull
safe. His draperies, too, were paint
ed in colors which the tempera
painters could not produce. All
Florence went mad over Domenico,
and Andrea was forced to listen to
the praise and admiration poured
out for Domenico while he worked
unnoticed upon his 'Last Supper"
on an adjoining scaffolding. Andrea
was much the greater artist. This
was conceded. His drawing was
more perfect, but for the moment
no lines could make up for the bril-
liant color which Domenico pro-
duced.
Andrea grew more gay, more at
fectionate in his treatment of Do
menico, and the latter, suspecting
nothing, opened his heart to the
older man. One evening when, as
usual, Domenico took down his lutte
and threw his long cloak across his
shoulder preparatory to stroll he
called to Andrea in vain. An ex-
cuse that commission of some mo
ment had to be completed and the
lateness of the hour finally satisfied
Domenico, who went off alone. he
had scarcely left the door when An
drea dashed out and, sinking along
a dark alley, met Domenico at q
street corner. Crashing into, him
and SCATTERING the lutte, he Drained
him with a plummet which he had
snatched from his designing table.
Helen Zimmern in Metropolitan.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
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Scrap Book
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The
No ADVANTAGE to Him.

A man who was always more or less
hard up boosted one day, with smile,
that he was to have big raise in sal
airy the following week. One OF his
friends approached him next day and
asked if it was so.
Eyes, it's so, but it don't do me any
good"
Flows that?' inquired his friend.
"'Well, you see, 1 talk in my sleep,
and my wife has found out about it"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11

Each builds his world forever, dark or
bright,
And sits within his separate universe.
The shepherd sees in this green mountain
top
Place where his sheep may wander and
grow fat.
What to the drover Is this 1ilied pool?
A hollow for his swine to wallow in.
Gold hunters find upon this rocky peak
Nothing but lodges for their ringing
picks.
But to the poet all this soaring height
Smokes with the footsteps OF the passing
God!
Edwin Markham In Nautilus
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Workers and Thinkers.

We are always in these days endeav-
oring to separate intellect and manual
labor. We want one man to be always
thinking and another to be always
working. and we call one gentleman
and the other an operative, whereas
che workman ought often to be think
ing and the thinker often to be work.
ing, and both should be gentlemen in
the best sense AS it is. we make both
ungentle, the one envying, the other
despising his brother, and the mass Of
society is made up Of morbid think
ers and miserable workers.-JOhn Rus
hin
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Dry Eating.

Moses Ezekiel, the Roman sculptor,
says: whenever I see a toothpick I
think Of a dinner that was given In
Rome In honor Of two Turkish noble
men. I sat beside the younger Of
them. He glittered with gold en-
broidery and great diamonds. But 1
pitied him sincerely, for he was
strange to our table manners, and
some of his errors were both ludicrous
and painful Toward the dinners end
q servant extended to the young man
q plate Of toothpicks. He waved the
plate away, saying in low and bitter
voice, NO, thank you, I have already
eaten two of the accused things and
I want NO more.'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
OF Guard.

How did it happen that your friends
got the best of your queried the in
Auisitive person.
"They got busy while | was watch
ing my enemies" explained the man
who had got the short end Of it.-Chi-
cago News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Their Hard Luck.

One of Phil Mays sketches portrays
a thin, hangdog man In the prisoners
dock talking to very mild and SYM
pathetic looking judge. Mr.. Mays
story of the sketch is that the prison
er had been dragged before the judge
every few months for a number OF
years.
"<Your face is familiar here" the lat
ter now said
'Tt is, your honor, worse luck" re-
turned the prisoner.
"Are you married yetT
mot yet, SIR"
'-Not yet, Ell? How long Is 1t now
that you have been engagedT
"Seven years, your honor"
ESQ long az that? Why in the world
haven't you got married In all that
timer
Because, your honor" the prisoner
explained, "Ann and I haven't man
aged to be both out Of jail at the same
time"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-02-11
Self Deception.

We are like shop windows, wherein
we are constantly arranging, hiding
or exhibiting those supposed qualities
which others attribute to us, and all
In order to deceive ourselves.-Fried-
rich NietZsche.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-13
EvoIution Of the BuncaIos

In the beginning was the barn.
Persons of small means. when they
first came to California often found
it desirable to put all their money in
to land and the young orchards
which were TO make their fortunes.
They decided to live themselves in a
small structure which should be the
barn OF the future house. These
barns Were at first constructed with
eastern solidity, with heavy posts and
completely finished on the inside as
barns, with stalls, managers and other
like fittings. The human tenant gem
orally decorated the carriage house
Java" coffee bags. held in place by
split bamboo strips; and this with a
rough fireplace, a few nice pieces of
furniture, and the shadows OF the
rafteTs overhead, made really de-
lightful living-room. The great barn
doors were generally left open. Civ
ing an outdoor effect very grateful to
the lovers Of the sun and space.
The next step was to build only
the outside stell of "a barn. dividing
it into rooms with temporary psrti-
items; and this gave the houseleeper
proper accommodations, which we're
lacking in the first FORM
Later, travellers from distant lands
noticed the resemblance between
these wiie-spreading, one-stOry
houses and the East Indian "bunga-
low" and thence-forward these dwell
J IiDgs ceased to be temporary, but.
putting on wide verandas and dig
niffed name, spraBg up in every di-
rection as intentional homes=In-
i doors and Out.
That We would do, We should do
I when we would; for this world
changes, and hath attachments as
many as there are tongues, are
( lands, are accidents; and then this
should is like a spendthrift sigh, that
hurts by easing. Shakespeare.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-13

The merit OF originality is not nov
velty. it is sincerity The believing
man is the original man; he believes
for himself, not for another=Car-
lyle.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-03-13

Let not any one say that he cannot
govern his passions. Locke
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

Six sons were born to this union,
three of whom are living; Hiram, Of
Pennsylvania, George, of Sioux City.
Iowa, and Joseph, of this city. LII
1879 Mr.. and Mrs. Yeaman moved to
Minnesota, and in 1881 to a farm two
miles from De Smet, S. ID.
During the latter part of her life
Mrs. Yeaman was a great sufferer
She came from a family of M~etbodists
and she was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church, Of De.
Smet, at the time of her death.
She died Saturday, Jan. End, at
the home of Mrs. August Stankey in
this city after an illness covering a
period of twelve months. Funeral
services were held at the NJ. e. church
in this city Monday,
The sympathy of the many friends
of the family is extended to the be
reaved
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

De Smet, Dec. 22nd.
Nels Ekman to Elizabeth Coulson,
Erwin, Dec. oath,
Claude Phelps to Glenn McCreary,
Esmond, Dec. 10th.
George E. Murphy to Vera Rachel
Baker, Carthage. Dec. 25th.
III. A. Spooner Jr. to Florence +.
Williams, De Smet, Dec. 81.
DEATHS.
Emma Schneider, Iroquois, age Is
years 3 months, Dec.
Francis Julia O'Conner, Mathews,
age 5 years, 3 months, Dec.
Archibald Spence, Lake Preston,
age SO years, Dec.
Elizabeth Melting, Osceola, age 6s
years, Dec. II.
Frederick G. Rumann. Erwin, age
81 years, Dec. Il.
BIRTHS
Thirty-two births are reported.
The year 1908 0eap year, shows a
decrease of 20 per cent in the num-
Der of marriages.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
RESOLUTIONS

Whereas an all wise Providence
has e fit to remove from our midst
our late neighbor, f. G. Rumann,
member Of this camp.
We sorrowing deeply, regret and
mourn the loss of our beloved neigh
Dor, whom we highly esteemed for
his social qualities and generous ma
ture.
Therefore, be it resolved, that we
extend to the wife and friends our
heartfelt, sympathy in this, their great
affection.
. Erwin Camp 1888 NJ. w. A.
Edw. CouIson,
A.. w. Stone,
Committee.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

years dSO. "A lew years IeSlueuCe III
the Sunshine State spoils a man for
living anywhere else.
R. w. Levitt, of Arlington, was
appointed to the position of mes
senger of the lower house at Pierre.
The Royal Neighbors will hold
installation of officers Saturday after
noon, Jan. 10Th. All members request
ed to be present at 2 o'clock sharp.
Lunch will be served.
When it's a question of wanting
particularly delicious bread or pastry
for special occasions they call in
Washburn-C rosby's Gold Medal
Flour 1t will never fail.
Tuesday night the thermometer
went down to 81 below zero at 9
o'clock, and Wednesday morning at
s o'clock registered 81 below. The
weather man predicted a cold wave,
and up to date we have heard of no
one to dispute the accuracy of the
prediction.
Frank Shattuck, who played ball
with the De Smet boys in 1907 re
ceived an injury that cost him the
sight of the left eye a few days ago.
He was working on a steel bridge
near B lvidere, H., when a splinter
from his hammer pierced the eye,
leaving him blind in the injured eye,
and for a time leaving the other eye
in doubt. The hospital physicians
are now satisfied that the right eye
will be of normal strength in a short
time.
Mrs. VIM Yeaman died Satur
day evening, January End, at the
home of Mrs. August Stankey after
an illness covering a period of about
twelve months During that time a
general breaking down of the system
took place, which was the cause of
death. The lady was &c years of age.
The funeral was held at the Methodist
church Monday afternoon and the
remains laid at rest in the De Smet
cemetery.
The usual bunch of New Years
resolutions were made in 1909 as in
years before. For a few days the
gentleman who dispenses the wet
goods missed old familiar faces, and
the young lady behind the cigar stand
had ample time to read the books she
might have received for Christmas.
But this week the same old arm is
crooked at the bar and the same old
pipe is sending forth "a volume Of
smoke like a volcano. TIL resolutions
were good, but there is nothing in the
first day of the year to add to "a mans
will power. The way to quit is to
stop, and the time to quit is now.
1t is with deep regret that we
have to oun the death of Mrs.
Horace Lemon, of Minneapolis, which
occurred at a hospital in that city on
New Years Day. The Lemon family
were residents of this city last winter
and while here made many friends
who sincerely mourn her death. Mrs,
Lemon was apparently in the best OF
health until about Thanksgiving
when she was compelled to 60 to the
hospital for an operation for adhesions
to the intestines. Two operations
were performed and her condition was
very promising, but later it was found
that a third operation was necessary
and this was more than even bel
strong constitution could stand, IL
the sorrowing husband and othel
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
The INDEPENDENT.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
LOCAL NEWS.
From an Around tire Town and
County.

Mrs. George Burd arrived from
the west Monday morning.
The board of county commission
ers met in regular session Tuesday.
George Yeaman, of Sioux City,
was in De Smet from Saturday until
Tuesday.
Miss Carrie ingalls, went to Ar
lington Monday to assist in the Sun
office a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. H. Sturgeon
were down from Blunt one day last
week for a short visit with relatives.
Ray Rounesville and John O'Hara
have gone to Brookings to take one
of the short courses offered by the
state college.
j. G. Braun went to Hitchcock
Monday to assist G. L. Brownell in
holding a special sale of a stock Of
merchandise.
Denny Burns, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Ed Burns living near Bancroft,
went to Brookings Monday to enter
the state college.
-Washburn Crosby's Gold Medal
Flour will make more bread and
better bread than any other brand
Farmers Elevator.
Miss Della Whiting arrived here
from Gettysburg, where she is teach
ing, Christmas night and was visiting
at the L. B. Brown home a few days
Esmond Herald.
Miss lessen, the mlliner, depart
ed for her home at Davenport, Iowa.,
Friday last. She will remain there a
short time and, then spend a few
weeks in the cities looking up the
new STYLES before returning for the
spring season.
DIR Claud Fuller returned to his
veterinary practice at Bellvue, Iowa.
Saturday. Claud had been absent
from De Smet just a year and his
short holiday vacation was a very
pleasant event to him, as it was to
many De Smet friends.
-
VIM. McKechnie, of Fairfax,
Iowa, was in the city Saturday. he
owns a quarter section one mile south
east of Mathews and expects to move
his family from Iowa in March and
locate permanently on the farm. Mrs
McKechnie is a neice of John
Mitchell
Thursday last we enjoyed a short
visit from our old friend G.. O.. Moe,
of Spring Lake township. 1t was
Mr.. Noes first visit to De Smet IN
five years. Says he is too busy to
give the time to running around, how
ever much he might like to do so
We hope, however, that he will &c
better during the next five years.
H. O. Fritzle came up from Iowa
Falls Monday TO look after some
matters out at the farm. He had {
quantity of grain and some stock t.
market. incidentally he looked
around to see what he could find IL
the way Of a house to into il
the spring. Henry says that he doe
not like Iowa as well as he did sever