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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01

PRESIDENT TAFT signed the rivers
and harbors appropriation bill for
$50,000,0 100000 but stated that never
again would he sign such bill for
the reason that under present condi-
tions the money mnst necessarily be
be spent in haphazard fashion. The
president is right as to the manner in
which the money will be spent. What
he should have done would have been
to refuse to sign the present bill. The
rivers and harbors appropriation has
been one of the big gratis. The peo-
pie have received very little, if any,
benefit for their money. Such an ap-
preparation should only be made after
systematic plan of work had been
outlined. Our rivers need improving
all right, but the practice OF making
big appropriations without a plan of
work in view is all wrong. We are
glad that Mr.. Taft has committed
himself against any further raid upon
the treasury under the guise of river
and harbor improvements.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01

A WASHINGTON dispatch asserts
that Cannonism is to be an issue in
the congressional campaign. Cannon
has asked that his speech before the
National Association of Manufacturers
at New York be printed as public
document. This is the speech in
which he compared the insurgents in
congress to soldier who turned
traitor in time of war, and stated that
shooting would be an honorable death
for all such, and that after the war
they should should be hanged The print,
ing of this speech as public docu-
ment means that it is to be used by
the republican congressional com
mittee and that it is to pass free
through the mails. Such work is an
insult to the intelligence of the peo
pie of this country. The same dis
patch states that the compaign by
the congressional committee is to be
along standpat lines. 1t begins to
look as if the old saying that "the
democrats can always be depended
upon to do some fool thing to help
republicans out of bad plight" is to
find counterpart in the action of the
republican congressional committee.
The result next fall will tell.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01

people, and the honest enforcement
of such legislation. Any compromise
along other lines will be of no avail,
the people are progressive and any
faction or party that will openly make
fight against progressive principles
will be defeated by the voters of this
state. 1t is only by covering up the
issue and binding the people that
reactionary principles or candidates
can win in South Dakota. What the
people want is principle, and harmony
if il can be had without sacrificing
principle. But progressive principles
they will have. A slight reverse at
this time should not cause party
leaders to regard harmony to be pre-
ferred before principle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01

reached further maturity in public
opinion, The agitation of the ques-
tion will be continued during the
summer aud fall, and it is likely that
the measure will be seriously taken
up in the next congress.
A fight has been started against
the bill, on the ground that it is pro.
NOTED by "The Medical Trust" The
cry Of "trust" is always raised by
those who want to prejudice any
cause, but there is not the slightest,
foundation for the charge. The com
mittee of one hundred on National
Health is not medical organization
1t did not originate with the American
Medical Association but with the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. Nor can the
drugless cults feel that they are being
ignored because it SO happens that it
was Christian Scientist who moved
the appointment of the committee of
One Hundred. The proposal to
establish a department of public
health is not in the interest of any
medical school, nor of any cult, but it
is in fact movement for the health
welfare OF the whole people and one
of the oldest things in the world is
that it should meet with any opposi-
ton.
1t is not proposed that the depart
ment of health shall in any way at
tempt to regulate the practice of med
icine. 1t will have enough to do out
side of that. 1t will go after the mis-
branding of foods, and drugs, and will
insist that the American people shall
know what they are taking into their
systems. 1t will fight the pollution
of streams. will demand the proper
inspection of meats, will insist upon
the enactment and enforcement of
quarantine laws. and will distribute
information in regard to the health of
human beings, as the department of |
agriculture now does in regard to the
health of cattle and hogs.
The field is a big one. Hundreds |
Of thousands of lives are now being
needlessly sacrificed Ignorance, I
and greed are expensive. |
The family which contributes boy !
or girl or mother or father, will !
realize how expensive they are. The
fight is for human lives. The pur.I
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01
THE OWEN BILL

The Owen bill which looks to the
establishment of a department of
public health, has come in foi much
discussion during the present session
of congress, ba. il has sstood no chance
for serious consideration, owing to the
prosuye Of other matters which had
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01
THrs talk of harmony between t

THIs talk of harmony between the
factions OF the republican party is all
right if the harmony can be accom-
plished along progressive lines. We
do not favor harmony at the cost Of
principle. II is not matter OF
Offices. We do not care who holds
the Offices. What we want is pro-
gresuive legislation in favor Of the
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-07-01

CONGRESS adjourned Saturday of
last week Some good legislation
was enacted, but on the whole con
3rress made a spectacle of itself and
las lost much of what little confidence
the people bad in it.
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MELISSA'S MUSINGS

VTYHEN you are blue and the
NV world seems black and the
w whole color scheme OF life is
painted in glaring mismatched colors,
give a party! If your acquaintanees
are numerous and your friends seem
few. invite everybody you can think Of.
especially the cat woman and the fox
woman, and even the woman whose
taste in dress gives you nervous prostra-
ton.
Strive to please each and every one Of
them by your cordiality and your hos
pitality. You will begin IN a scofilng
mood. You will continue because you
anticipate a sarconic pleasure in their
surprise
You viii end by wondering why you
began; how you could ever have i'm
agined the world was dark when you
had such hosts Of friends. such whole
sale interest in life, and could so easily
make sunshine for others.
II loneliness is gnawing at your heart
Ike hungry wolf while poverty sits at
your door and howls. deck your table in
its humble best. cut pictures for prizes
from newspapers or advertisement
cards, spend pennies enough from your
tiny hoard for bread and sugar, and
then. after you have worked yourself
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The Last Word

~REEP into thy narrow bed,
Creep and let no more be said,
- Vain thy onsetl All stand fast
Thou thyself must break at last.
Let the long contention cease,
Geese are swans and swans are geese
Let them have 1t how they will
Thou art tired; best be still
They outtalked thee. hiss'd thee, tore
thee?
Better men fared thus before thee;
Fired their ringing shot and passd,
Holly charged-and sank at last.
Charge once more. then, and be dumbl
Let the victors. when they come.
When the forts OF folly fall.
Find thy body by the wall.
Matthew Arnold.
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little one has so much confidence. and,
moreover. so much need of you
Recognition.
Happy moments may follow and
there may have been happy ones before.
but are there any that can equal the
joy of having a little child know you
and recognize you after an enforced
absence? 1 think not"
A Victory.
When I broke down the invisible
barrier of reserve that stood between
my growing son and me. l was the
happiest woman living. 1t was a
slow and painful process. Don't let
any mother think lightly of its mean
ing"
Paby's Development.
The proverbial first three years
of baby's life were the hsppiest to
this little mans mother. DawnlnS
intelligence 1t is a delight TO par
ents. and to the watchfuI mother in
particular"
A Quiet Joy.
You will think this a message from
one unfortunate mother. but let me
assure you my greatest happiness
each day begins when / am free TO
SlJ Win the 1nN&ilQ udQ5ntcA. Whp
can be no better while life lasts"
Happily Married.
'Tt is a long step from the babys
first breath. which most mothers con-
slider their happiest realization to
the hour when all reSponsib bility
ceases (if IL ever does), but / was
happiest, as a mother. when I felt
that my daughter was happily mar
ried, and not for any selfish reasons.
either"
Failure Confessed.
When my great big son came TO
me and confessed his own weakness
and his first failure, I went To sleep.
after a great wave OF sorrow. happy
in the belief that / had mis- conf
dence; 1 held his future in my palm.
although he was old enough to have
broken away from leading strings
forever
Very hard to sum them UP. isn't il?
And quite impossible TO strike an
average.
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important turning point I-Sl Il O0 -
the right direction. Fortunately 81 holUS
no horrors for the women of today we
have mastered the ability TO accept the
Inevitable; we no longer bewail In a de-
spairing passivity our lost years An
active making the most of what we
have is the saving grace.
BY meeting so with attractive cour-
age is the only way to pass it's sue
cessors with cOlors flying
No indeed! Thirty years may come
for all we care There are many
things worth greeting at the age that
should spell mature wisdom and sue
cess
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VYOU can't tell US that women are no
v longer interested in the family
n and the home. We asked vital
question: What is the happiest time
for mother?' We planted the seed
and we reap a harvest of replies from
sensitive women who are each and all
of them mothers.
The First Look.
Il have lived many. many years
since my first child came into the
world to bless me, and 1 can safely say
that no other joy has been equal to
that which 1 experienced when first 1
looked at my own little baby
His Smile.
After thinking some time over your
question, 1 have made up my mind that
1 was happiest when my baby smiled
back recognition
Dependence.
Mothers. l think, enjoy their chill
dren most while they are very little.
1t is that sense of possession which is
gratified, and this goes when the de-
pendent stage passes"
Their Reaching Arms.
when baby arms are held out to
mother! When is there greater joy?"
At Bedtime.
'I love the bedtime hours best OF all.
Not for selfish reasons, because adore
my children; but I am the happiest
when 1 know my little ones are safely
tucked out of harms way. 1 believe
this to be justifable and motherly
feeling
Playtime.
"I am still very young. My mother
says I'm only little thing myself, and
1 confess to being happiest when play
time comes. Daddy comes home then.
and he and the two babies and 1 have
frolics on the floor together. 1 may be
very young to judge more experienced
parents, but most of them do not play
enough with their children"
Double Happiness.
IT am one of the older generation, a
mother and a grandmother as well.
and l have been doubly blessed In see
ing the happiness OF my daughter with
her children. We are Of a family of
mothers. They are too rare these days"
When One is Necessary.
when the confiding one looks up
and says: You won't let anything hurt
me- muvver, will you? you are hap
piest of all in the knowledge that the
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aud Kisses

fought ard won. then there is no ex-
pericnce that quite equals the strength
ening and broadening of life's views.
The passing through the storm has
wonderful welding influence upon two
souls. The facts are before US. though.
that the sad minority of the adventur-
Gus ones reach the haven Of rest. The
occasional and exceptional cases are
not TO be used as argument for the
thoughtless embarkation on the matri-
monial sea.
When the pilot is standing with his
hand at the wheel and his poor face set
against the tempest, there is little time
or opportunity to shout back endear-
ing words to his mate.
Love is very curious thing. It needs
care and nourishment or it will die.
When the tired husband returns to
his nervous. overworked wife. he for
gets his love. A neglect follows
that hurts and grieves the other. From
the misunderstanding that arise the
poor little god is battered and disfigured
beyond recognition.
At first sight the picture here drawn
is a wretched, discouraging one. but,
there IS a sensible solution Of the diff
Guilty. If the man who loves you be-
yond all other women be of the right
mettle. he will work toward the goal
that spells You in a comfortable future.
1t is better to wait a few years before
sharing your happiness than to spend
many tired moments of married life
in vain regrets. More sensible by far
are they who listen to the promptngs OF
love with an ear that is not deaf to the
voice of reason. A comfortable assur-
ance that there will be the ordinary
necessities OF life is the best corner
stone TO be laid in your little home.
Upon this foundation the great struc-
ture Of love may be reared in safety.
Bread. cheese and kisses!
Even here is a suggestion of prece-
dence of material things. Be sure that
the everyday articles are forthcoming,
and I warrant that the kisses will take
care Of themselves.
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are just about unmeetable, or to live
through years OF idle dreamings and
fighting singly against conditions?
Ny answer is that the woman who is
unwilling to give up luxuries, or the
man who viii not sacrifice his extrava-
CANT tastes to marry, is not deeply in
love But stop one moment. please, I
have rot Vet considered the important
question epitomized in the three homely
words For what do they stand? In
the general, mind, they mean a foolish
disregard for the great world with its
butcher. landlord and doctor: itNmeans
that two individuals. very much IN love
with each other, decide that love Will
meet a great many insistent bills. 1t
viii not This wonderful thing. in fact.
the greatest thing in this world Of ours,
viii not supply the gas. or the medi-
cine. or the roof overhead. It wiz spur
on the husband to increased energy;
but husbands are mortal, and it is easy
10 become discouraged when one is
weak and disappointed from unsuccess-
ful combat with the great forces Of life.
Domestic happiness is at stake when
the fare OF welded life is reduced TO the
mesger physical comforts plus love.
Marriage or 4 mere nothing a year
- leads 10 happiness in novels, and not the
true to life" kind at that When peo-
pie must eat, be clothed and have doc
tors. II is the straight road TO misery.
A hand-to-hand fight with the wolf at
the door leaves its victims SCARED
wrecks Of the smiling ones who so
bravely took each other for worse.
Understand me. II the battle can be
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a superior wisdom
to recognize that 80
is not so bad as 1t
sounds. The last
half century has
very obligingly ex-
tended girlhood five
years, and that, by
the law of relative
values. embraces
the age that has
turned its back on
20 and is comforta-
bly, distant from 40.
Such strides have
been made in the
cause of the wom-
an of 80 that it is
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nOred, they should
be honestly cOnsid-
cred when selecting
a & o wn. Certain
mitigating factors
should be brought
into play. There
is nothing repre-
hensible in study
ing the strong and
weak points o I
appearance a n q
prohting thereby.
Whether married
or single. 80 is an
- - an
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Death

H EATH is a part of life. It is moth
ing more than the negation of
- life If life. therefore, be no gen.
eral good, death is no general evil. Who
shall decide it? Not women and chill
dren but wise men. Thales. the chief OF
the sages. held life and death as things
indifferent Socrates, the greatest of all
philosophers, speaks Of death as deliv-
erance: and SO does Cicero and Solo
mon. who had tasted all the sweets OF
life, condemns the whole as vanity and
yexatfon.
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to a merry mood and have dressed
yourself in your simple best, bring in
the little children of the neighborhood-
those grateful, unquestioning little
hearts-and in serving them. your one
bit of sunshine will grow and increase
in your heart like the oil in the widows
cruise, and your world will be bright
once more
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-20
The Snake Woman

V|OU remember the old story of the
Y tender-hearted man, who placed
Il frozen viper in his bosom, and was
stung by 1t when it became thawedo
If we take cold -blooded creature
into our bosom, better that il should
sting us and we should die than that
its chill should slowly steal into our
hearts: warm it we never cant I have
seen faces of women that were fair to
look upon, yet one could see that the
icicles were forming round these wom-
ems hearts.
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entable phase of the kittenish system
becomes a target for the jests Of the
very people who have seemingly en-
cOuraged her actions.
Be 90, Do not deny the fact, and suit
your actions TO the word.
One more possibility must be discussed
"a pitfan that waits for the woman on
the borderland. Dress must be made
valuable asset in the appearance of the
woman. First OF all. she must grasp
the Limitations and plan her apparel ac-
cordingly.
The artistic disarray' Of II does
not fit person thirteen years older.
CareIessness is taboo. Perfection OF
neatness is a requisite OF charming
appearance. No stray locks or over
emphasis OF the picturesque for her!
No extremes of fashion to make her
ridiculous. The tendencies to be-
come thin or stout must not be ig-
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The Sleeping Babe

TIME baby wept;
The mother took it from the
- nurses arms
And soothed its griefs and stilled its
vain alarms.
And baby slept.
Again it weeps,
And God doth take 1t from the mothers
arms,
From present pain and future unknown
harms.
And baby sleeps.
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safe to predict an easy and conquerlns
age ten years later-if the world insists
upon moving.
At this halfway age il behooves wom-
en- to stop in the mad rush for the joys
of life. look at the shining examples of
this age, and listen to the voice of wis
DOM
Generally. when the fatal birthday
looms up, with its threat to snatch the
fair one forever from the uncertain age
of the twenties. the habits of life are
fairly well ingrained. 1t is important
that little attentions to manners. mind
and dress be strictly adhered to.
At this age there must be no laxity in
the little essentials of behavior. The
gracious amenities should form just as
much a part of everyday life as ever.
Thirty is no excuse for forgetting the
prompt reply or the gracious attitude
toward others. There should be shown
a becoming Difference toward youth and
toward older age. Never is there such
a double-edged opportunity as at this
time.
To be gracefully 80. a woman must
skeep up the standard of an earlier age.
Reading must be done, culture must be
the watchword. and with maturity OF
mind and a broader view of life, l defy
any budding, giggling girlhood to COM
pete with success. Twenty-Five may
dance itself into popularity. but 1t can
not win in the quiet. conversational
game. The 30-year-old woman should
never encroach upon the province Of
bIushing. ingenious girlhood. or the lam
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THE HAND THAT ROCKS
THE CRADLE

TUE dignity of motherhood has been lightly bed as nov
by the heads of families but by the outsider
the unlocking, unsynpatheic wordand behoov the
Remember of the cradle and
the world and guard jaouy privilege that motherhood
nHuee in few brief than the devoted of fathers can
WELD a lifetime.
Hold securely this while and face brave the
idle chatter that futile breath uphod suicide and abd
womans rights
Gather each goodts discriminating and put
intelligent your household
The intellect Of the of today proportion she reads
and library update literature held within the of such
wonans pages
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Had No Opinion

A N ATTORNEY said to an irish
~ man, his client. why. don't you
L y pay me that money. Mr.. Null
rooney" why. faith. because / do not
owe II to you" Not owe 1t to me?
Yes. YOU do. It's for the opinion You
shad Of me-" That's a good un' m
deed" retofned Pat when / never
had any opinion of you in all my hre-
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ITO NJ A R R Y
and 10 live
Il on tie three
ingredients OF the
title, or not to
marry and TO be
miserable apart
that is the cues
ton. Is ii bet
ter 10 struggle
along in stolid,
wearying battle
against odds that
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4 |ppQ(Mzzzs
-

rvyHEN the chilling thoughts as
M sail the woman in her late twen-
w ties, warning her to gather roseS
buds with expedition. there is required
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:zs9 J y " Ii = 20
i MOTHER kissed With Mother in those Little Boy
+ l days the beginning and the ending Of all things
6rst swift sweet minute happy arms. Now, with all
thought the house departure without that M0terss to
sunshine day. and with Mothers your
lips the mSrng sarensss M Of White se s aaa tho
so % you Tad an e the sFo p the % smmo Sitting
samily back and fGTihbac and forth n.r
-osn 49, . your Is eye, ssus
the oek your two sturdy feet G beth M Anne You you
You aIet old de- You heard Mothers clear sGnsasd
bright reaches the shouts Allen twins and the h barking Of
the hsmmocE sbeth Anne you sang funny
an and hn had I@an aain reached be Anne when call
broke your 4DavyF it cried to you"oh Davyr
sssss s Ds, ss ss.a s
and s and Ii .. @ asss sa Of ~ ''I''
.ss; .1s s s,1 Boy sS iys s s s gs
e haa o Sopr p1o o lost @ @ M sp you
@ ss9s ts @ s esss n ssSss
nsys you M @ sns 1a goa ~ and
messy You % and @ ssg white mite
hand oatrsashn against her lips
! of her -. vo;ce pss, Nan CIR Grown T.'
smile disappeared q can't despad LIZ
I. she s With s s sHas inf little f. esas sses
she added with snans ebn % s saa asv paq s
S .as @ along M sys y @s'naa ef h She
back crowded against the gar garden wall all
house lay beyond You looked forward The gray n U
and delight You caught Barbaas han ana
At the boundary stopped Barbaas eyes
build cave she said a.,tsrins her little little
nd sbie M from the oss Ogre
arne throne for the Princess of the Gray Aane-h'f
DsNy know"
with little s,sathle.s "An % ran away
from the s ina & His s's You
% &c ID 5 t. .1 hole in the ground y
quickly Of the earth closed y0u and you ver
bed an bahtnb And cupboard that had every kind Of
s9d % IN pys4 se al put wea assD 5 5 pears ana ''''
And long time passed and then one day you va heard s. vfs M
Prineess Luz Incind Of the Gray anoek JUS
n @ ff'1 t. R. e f. ess sR as
ese big eraeE with the
pearls and ub back n and m can, do the wedding today Wen
The SUM sum climbed up the deep sky slender
nnrine gold Across the old orchard cha through
e beyond the b0ssombrish garden reaches lay the
gray The minutes marched pasamped Suddenly clear
on borend You looked flushed % ahh
face face burnt % with hot 9ses
@ white suit and spreading eoar proud
morning @ a9 S 5 sps I1sas
\sonpy vour vigorous showing aside of 'Lzbeh Anne!
IBarbaraw gasped and stared at her Win Stony ~ y
I4dAeparing heart. - ~. s ,.r yo,
said said @ Be16s; n ae n rns her Sss Te dopp
& wrung themselves tightly together and her
sbd DTS the fault of whispered Then she looked
up lashes brave small smile hat maze
hers before turned quickly an
ran away from her through slender between the gray o
trees You came to the wicket Mother waiting Tor you
Mother whose ewes with hurt that your
caught and You suddenly choked back swelling Sob
ooh Mother. YOU whispered "Oh MoherF q.
izbet Little Son. and clenched your grn
her "Shc has ana snc
fory to creeth
walked side by side through the garden and men
told Iizbeth Anne couoh
Nov r,n npsta;rs and Katie will change suit
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