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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
CURRANTS.

Eurrants are about the cheapest ana
easiest crop OF fruit to, produce, requir-
ing very little time and labor as COM
pared with many others For filters, or
what might be termed a catch crop,
tiSey are Indispensable. when grown,
between plum. peach. pear. cherry and
qlince trees. They cam be grown in an,
orchard Of any OF thega fruits without
rptarding or iniuring ane trees. When
entrants are fruited im this way il in,
merely a question of more manure or
fertilizer. Every intelligent fruit grow.
er Will understand this at once. Under.
this system of intensive gardening YOU
have a nice income ffH,n your currantsl
while your fruit trees are developing
and getting ready f0r fr%uiting.
1t depends entirely upon Yourself as,
10 how long these bashes will hsar
large, marketable frxit.
No matter how great a sacrifice it
may seem, you should remove two
thirds of the new wood each season.
railing to do this, you will soon have,
i" lot OF overgrown bushes on your
hands, anu THE fruft will soon dwindis,
In size and be, Imperfect in many, WAYS
IN The cLner hand, ii You prune judic-
lousiy, spray as often as is necessarv
manure Well. AND cultivate thoroughly
you can keep yoI9r plantation OF cur
rants IN: pGrfasct order for at least rC
years, and one year with another. xoIb
VIII be We'll r~econpcnsed for Your In.
vestment and fabor.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
True I1ospitality.

FFancis h. leupp. in the Atlantic.
Instead Of shouldering your guest with a
,rnothered groan at his weight. and
straining yourself out of shape to carry
him, bid him welcome TO what YOU have.
N IN the way you nave it. Is your
breakfast hour eight? Continue ii dur
Ing his visit. though YOU may know that
he ordinarily breakfasts at nine. re he
feels the need OF later sleep than you. keep
his portion hot SO that he can have ii
when he does appear. But don't send the
children to- school with half-satfsfed ap-
petites. and make John late at his office,
and subject the whole domestic admins.
tration to a CONFUSION on account of your
guest for, IL ne is as courteous I'm thought
as you aim to be In action, such disturb
ance will only cause him chagrin. If the
family bed time is 10 and he Is a night.
owl, put him IN an easy chair. see that
the lamp is well trimmed, freshen the fire
with am extra log, lay your books and
magazines and cigars convenient to his
hand. and tell him to loaf and invite his
soul TO as late an hour as he chooses: but
go To bed yourself as usual. In short.
show him that you home Is liberty han
In the best sense, being dedicated TO the
Liberty OF tho family as well as TO that OF
the friend.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
q BALLAD az Rutfnrnnilk.

IT'S fashionable, now, TO churn
And drink the oamin buttermllk-
A dainty little crank TO turn
Mid wayelets delicate as silk;
The beverage of creamy snow,
lis said, Will keep grim age AZ bay;
But where. ia somehow like 10 know,
Where is the churn OF grandma's day?
That churn was not Of fancy art:
The dame OF style would sCOrn ii now
And working it would quickly start
A crystal beading TO the brow:
but when, with golden specks replete,
Cp-splashed the cool, delicious spray,
what modern drink could be as sweet
Where is the churn of grandma's day
within those frothing waves were blen
"A thousand lavOrs. fresh and fine
The elder-howers floating scent.
The ClOver-meadows' airy wine,
tne perfume OF a sutnmer night,
The richness Of a sunny May,
Ehe tang Of heritage, crisp and light
Where Is the churn OF grandma's day?
Madames, who think you've found at las
A fountain of undying youth,
Where is the vigOr of the past
Ih&t kept the spirit young, in sOOth-
The simple life and wholesome fare
n held the Worry-lines at bay.
The exercise and pure, fresh air
Where - the chuTn Of ~grandma's day?
Harriet Whitney Durbin. IN Woman
Home Companion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
How a Washington Clerk Named Nome

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
| am responsible for the naming Of
Nome City, Alaska" said a ~draughting
clerk in the office of the Coast and Geo
detic survey at Washington, though it
was wholly u~nintentional and none was
more surprised than / when l saw the
name on the map. II arose i'm this way.
when the rush to Alaska took place
IN the discovery Of rich gold deposits ON
the klcndfke in the early '90s, the gov
found it necessary to make more
complete maps OF hat then little known
country. Surveying parties were rushed
TO the field. and as fast as their notes
and plats were sent back TO Washington
they were turned over TO this office to
make the official maps. There were many
parties in the field and the maps were
being continually called for by the gold
seekers. Hence our office was for some
months rushed night and day.
Now. II fell to my lot to draught g
map OF the Alaskan coast that runs south
east from Behring Strait. This map was
TO be made from the field notes and plats
sent by the surveying party In that dis
lrict. Such notes and plats always CEN
tanned the names Of prominent features
in the way of mountains, capes. inlets,
and such.
"Now. In making the tracing OF the
coast down from Behring Strait I came
across a headland for which neither notes
nor plats furnished a name. According
~ / made a pencil note at the point. put
ting the word nance with an interroga-
tion after 1t, meaning for the chief. when
he edited the map, to put in the name. IL
IL had one, or TO think up one if II hadn't
In the hurry OF the work. and due also TO
the fact. | presume, that l had written the
letter "a In the word name very much
like an %, the matter was passed by the
revisers and my map sent TO the engrav-
ers In that shape.
"A few weeks after | was astonished.
on looking over a stack OF maps Just en-
graved from my original to see this par
~ticular headland designated thereon as
Cape Nome. When shortly after gold
was discovered In the vicinity and a camp
established there the town took the name
OF the cape, and is called Nome to this
day."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
TOMATO WILT.

A disease of the tomato that is some
times confused with leaf spot ii prop
erly known as fusarium wilt and that
this Is not In the least affected by the
application of spraying materials 10 the
plants Is fully proved In the expert
ments carried on at the experiment
station at the University OF Illinois.
This wilt has caused the loss OF many
a promising crop. and the first indica-
ton that the plants are affected is by
h sudden whiting OF entire branches
or even the entire plant. Within a few
days the wilted portions become brown
and dead, examination OF the wilted
stems reveal a discolored. brownish ap-
pesrance of the wooded portion. The
plants may die before any fruit has
matured or after any part OF the cron
has been gathered. The first season.
that the Wilt appears m a field, usually
only a Few plants are affected. but IL
the field Is used for tomatoss the next
year The attack u likely 10 DC very
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
PlTIFUL SIGHT WITH ECZEMA

ga few days after birth we noticed
an inaamed spot on our baby's hip
which soon began spreading until
paby was completely covered even in
dis eyes, ears and scalp. For eight
weeks he was bandaged from head to
foot. He could not have a stitch Of
clothing on, Our regular physician
pronounced it chronic eczema He is
q very able physician and ranks with
Me best in this locality, nevertheless,
she disease began spreading until
paby was completely covered. He
gas losing flesh so rapidly that we be-
came alarmed and decided to try Cuti'
rura Soap and Ointment.
"Not until / commenced using Cuti-
rura Soap and Ointment could we tell
what he looked like, as we dared not
wash him, and / had been putting
application after another on him. On
Femoying the scale from his head the
hair came off, and left him entirely
bald, but since we have been using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment he has
as much hair as ever. Four weeks
after we began to use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment he was entirely
cured. l don't believe anyone coulo
have eczema worse than our baby.
Before we used the Cuticura Rem
edies We could hardly look at him, he
was such a pitiful sight. He woulo
fuss until / would treat him, they
seemed to relieve him so much. Cuti
r Soap and Ointment stand by
themselves and the result they quick
ly and surely bring is their own rec
ommendation." (Signed) Mrs. T. B
Rosser, Mill Hall, Pa, Feb. 20, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere, a sample of each
with 32-page book, will be mailed free
on application to "Cuticura," Dept
% X, Boston.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Gnnmes az TmiIirhr

The gnomes OF twilight built their castle
high,
They heaped the clouds in massive pile
on pile,
With domes and towers topping all the
sky;
They hung up walls and pillars all the
while:
Far to the south it's utmost limit ran.
Far 70 the north its battlements were
flung
A castle like non ever made by man,
n high above a crimson banner
swung
out OF the sunset haze the castle rose.
AS though evoked by some weird necro-
NANCY;
There were no sounds of mighty ham
mer blows.
From any part of all the vast a
fet still IL grew, and silver bars were
Across the walls, and tlnts in fold on
fold
In mystic coIors came to grow and fade
Beneath the flashing cornices Of gold.
Then came The hush, and out from no.
where came
The ciamorouS artillery Of storm.
Battallons took the charge. and sheets
Of flame
Showed where their lines raced up in
serricd form:
towers fell, and battlements were
buried
Into dim space as by the hand Of Mars
The castle vanished. leaving to the world
The still. still night. and over all the
stars.
w. d. Nesbit, in Chicago Post.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Luther Burbank Has Found
1t Pays to Take Plants
Into His Confidence.
From the New York World.

N-Ai 'fHN ~
Luther Burbank is a wiser man than
Solomon, for Solomon never talked with
anything lower than a butterfly. while
Burbank talks with tomatoes, potatoes,
plums, thornless cactuses.
The extraordinary success the famous
naturalist OF Santa Rosa, Cal, has had in
improving fruits, flowers, trees and vCge~
tables was achieved by winning their con-
Edence and talking to them.
This astonishing assertion was made
by Professor Albert Van Der NailIen. head
Of the leading polytechnic school in Cali
fornia ana = scientific man of interna-
tional reputation. when he was In New
York a few days ago. Professor Van Der
Naillen is intimately acquainted witt the
plant wizard 2rd has spent many weeks
at his experimental farm at Santa Rosa.
Professor Van Der Naillen says that Bur
bank admitted TO him that he had
achieved his wonderful results by talking
TO his plants and trees and flowers.
II would seem ridiculous to take a weep
Ing willow tree aside, pat II on the back
and say: "Cheer up, the worst is yet 10
come and expect it to stop weeping -
but by some such method as this, Profess
sOr Van Der Nailcn declares. Burbank
produced the thornleSs cactus, which is
reSarded as his greatest triumph. AL
ready ii has proved one OF the greatest
blessings modern science kas given TO
mankind. Not only is ii solving the prob
lem Of food for live stock on the south
west but it is now being adapted Us a
hygienic. food for man.
Professor Van Der Nailicn. who makes
this startling assertion that Burbank pro
ducef the thorniess cactus by talking to
II. Is no drCamer or Wis Onary He is a
civil and mechanical engineer, the author
of several notable books and a. charter
member Of the SOciete International de
Psychologist Of France, which is endowed
by the republic and is composed of the
most important scientists in the world
And what he reveals about Wizard Bur
bank Is said in all seriousness.
"While a visitor at the Santa Rosa farm
not long ago, said Professor Van Der
Naillen, Luther Burbank admitted to me.
that he believed that plants had souls, as
well as animals and human beings.
Charles Darwin. the son OF the author OF
The Origin of Species proved they had
sentence in one of his works a humble
Of years ago The fact that the higher
types Of plants accept and reject contain
food, choose their mates. and so an. -
conclusive proof that they are able to
feel and have certain REASONING powers.
Burbank Knows this and believe in This.
Accordingly he c~ultivates his plants and
flowers az a parent or teacher works with.
a child. Fte gains their confidence by
treating them with kindness and he talks
to them and gives them advice and coun-
sci. He told me he had produced the
tnornIess cactus in this way.
"When he first started cultivating the
cactus plants he gave them the best pos
sible nourishmeut. Every day re would
to them and say: I'll look after you.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Not Necessarily Bibulous.
From the New York Times

FROM the new YORK Times,
From some other source thar the pub
lished speeches Of Daniel Webster. the
Rochester Post Express has obtained an
Grafton which the statesman is supposed
20 have delivered iu lis city % years ago.
ana IL prints what it is well justified in
calling a very curious passage. AS re-
ported, MIR. Webster said:
Men OF Rochester. l am glad TO see you,
and ] am glad TO see your noble city. Gen.
tlemen. ! saw you falls. which | am told
are $50 feet high. That is a very interest.
ing fact. Gentlemen. Rome had her
Caesar. her Scipio, her Rrutus, but Rome
IN her prUudest DAYS n FER had a water.
her Pericles. her De themes, and her
Socrates, but Greco" er palmfest days
never had a waterfa feet high! Men
or Rochester. go e. - people ever lost
their liberties vino L / q waterfall $50 feet
high.
This doesn't SciE,d very Websterian,
and IN explanation &C IT'S variance from
the great mans usual zone and style, the
Post-Express declares that when he de-
tiyered this speech Webster was mot too
drunk 10 talk, but too drunk to talk with
the lofty ~eloquence and rare good sense
Of other days"
If this statement rests on nothing more
han the speech itself. it's accuracy is
dubious. To US, at least, the words quoted
seem both sensible and eloquent. At any
rate they are a refreshing change from
The punky, bow-wew stuff that usually
sNudes when distinguished orators are.
making appropriate remarks TO fellow
citizens gathered to hear themselves and
heir town 1attered. II, as probably hap,
pened, Webster found that he was ex-
pected TO give Rochester credit for the
size of its falls, it is really no wonder
that he turned humorist for once, and
nyaA 10 A.. wal 49,.
4ior had anything to do with the turn hls
fancy took.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Power From Potatoes.

From the Kansas lndustriattst.
Culled potatoes will be furnishing the
power for the gang pillow and the engine
on the farm before many more years go
by. A bushel Of culled potatoes is worth
Is cents Turned into denaturcd alcohol
they would be worth y cents. The process
II extracting the alcohol is not one that
every farmer can carry on, but the alcO-
hol is there all right.
Alcohol is produced by the fermentation
Of sugar. Potatoes contain starch tina
may be converted into sugar by the addi-
ton OF malt and then fermented. The
potatoes are steamed until the starch Is
cooked thoroughly. Then the malt is add
ed. When the starch has been converted
into sugar "a yeast mash IL added and the
sugar is fermented. What is left from
the potato mash can be fed 10 cattle. Elk
periments have proved that the mash has
a high feeding value.
D~enatured alcohol is used for heating
and lighting, in chemicals, in Yarnishes,
in explosives and as a fuel for engines
For some years the tax laws were such
that alcohol was too expensive as fuel
for engines. For this reason machinery
has not been adapted for using denatured
alcohol. But 1t IS coming into use.
The United States department OF agri-
culture has issued a bulletin recently on
this subject. Denatured alcohol Is being
extracted from potatoes in other countries
with success.
A distillery for this sort OF work might
be conducted by a farmers cooperative
association or as a private enterprise. A
plant with a daily capacity Of 5000 pounds
Of potatoes would cost approximately
$1,000. This is larger considerably than
would be practicable for a cooperative
enterprise. The plant would have TO be
I'm a potato-growing country with good
railroad facilities.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
The Patient Waiter.

From the Washington Star.
Prof. W. Lawson Tall, apropos of the
sew serum cure for hay fever, aid at a
medical banquet In Denver:
This cure is the result of patience, the
result OF much patient to.l. Indeed, when
[ think OF the patient waiting involved In
The perfecting OF this cure, / am reminded
OF DIR, Bob Sawyer's anteroom.
Or, Bob Sawyer stepped proudly into
his anteroom one day. There were quite
eight or nine persons there. And DR..
Bob, looking from one face To another
with complaisance, said;
We'll, who comes first? Who's been
waiting the longest?'
Here. Doc-that's me- aid Snip. the
tailor. rising and iourishing his unpaid
bill, I've been waiting over Is months!' %
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
a sirnpIe Heartfe!t Law.

dedicated to the Empory Gazette and
other despisers OF Whitman M Brown
.nR)
Lives Of poets Oft remind us
Not 10 walt too long for Time,
But, departing. leave behiad us
obvious facts embalmed In rhyme.
Poems that We nave TO ponder
Turn us prematurely gray;
We are infinitely fonder
OF the simple. heartfelt lay.
Nhitman's Leaves of Grass is odious,
Browning's Ring and Book a bore;
Beat, on Dards, in lines melodious-
Bieat that two and two is four
Must we hunt for hidden treasures?
Nix, We want the heartfelt straight.
Minstrel, sing I'm obvious measures
sing that four and four is eight.
Whitman leads TO easy siumber;
Browning makes us hit the hay.
Pipe, ye potes, in simplest numbers,
Anything ye I'VE 10 say.
Chicago Tribune.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
THE LOCUSTs.

one sterling merit of all the locusts
Is their Willingness to thrive in soils
good and bad.
The honey locust. gle2itschja, ,r,,
ca athos, has been used for years "a n
service hedge and is almost Der
trdble. Ii is a beautifui urnamentsl
tree as well, the green leaves retainir.
color TO The last. 1t is cery hardy
The yellow and black locust. rohipia
pseudaeacia, is a sight in spring with
us racsmes of white flowers. Well
known, too. as q lumber tree.
Inc visciq locust, ". viscoss. though
native. Is rarely een 1t bears short
facefaes OF cream c0fored flowers
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Looked on Rriahter Side.
From Answers

Itoill <AtlS W CTS
II was a beautiful barometer. II glis-
tened from it's splendid wooden case with
a acknowledgements that boosted of it's
newnes Its rich framework clearly ad-
v~ertised the large price hat had been
paid for ii. Its owner was Justly proud.
But 1t possessed one d~rawhack-it
wouldn't work. Ever since It had been
purchased Ii had remained at set Fair"
whatever the weather had happened TO
be. And the weather had happened TO be
particularly wet.
It last its owner grew weary Of it's eX-
ternal beauty, and eXasperated over it's
internal stupidity. One day, when the
rain was pouring extra hard, he tore the
weather Indicator from the wall, and took
II out into the road.
Now. then" he cried, shaking it ang-
rily, cant YOU see it's rainiug?'
For a moment the needle hesitated.
Then, as the raindrops began to dim the
glass. 1t made up its mind and moved
slowly round to Very Dry"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Hurt by War Relics.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
While in Chattanooga a few weeks ago
a local man noticed an old colored man
who carried his right arm in a sling.
What is the matter. uncle ?" he asked
us -FOUR arm broken?'
mo. sah,'' gr.nned the old man. .it's
Just gun sore
Been hunting?r
mo. sab. Ali been shootin' trees"
"Oh. / see; target practice"
mo. sah.''
Then you'n ave 10 e~lucidate."
..well. sab, it's like dis the old man
explained. "we goes out into de woods
an shoots bullets into de trees. After a
while de tsees grows around de bullets a
little bit, then We cuts dem down to sell
TO people FUN de norf as relics oh de bat
lie OBJ lookout mountain"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
LA WIN AND

severe, for the disease is carried over
in the sell and the length Of time the
disease will remain. IN Badly injected
soil is not known. II u.s., therefore, i'm
portant 10 practice citation Of crops
Sc, that the soil VIII nos become badly
injected. Care shDuId also be taken
i'm securing soil for the beds in which
thu plants are grown. Fresh soil should
be put in he bed each year and it
should be secured from a part of the
farm which has never grown tomatoes
nor received the wash from tomato
fields. 1t is also important to avoid
inoCulating a new field by means OF soil
carried from an infected field on tools
or the feet of men or farm animals.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Good Roads.

rfoin the STANTON Register.
The good roads question is far from
settled yet, and practical laws on roaa
making must be passed by the next leg
isiatare. The oae man who is the most
benefited by good roads is the lana
owner. and on him must the burden az
road building be placed: the autoisi
only gets a passing benefit from the
roau. lie doesn't have any more inter-
est In the road than the passenger doe.
on the railroad. AS the freight shjn-
ment makes up the bulk OF the railroad
so does the farm products going Ia
market make the big advantage Of good
roads. The grading of the roads right
fully ~ done by taxation. hut the
smoothing by. 2 drags should be the
work OF the land owner. A good and
reasonable law would be ONE that each
farmer should drag his own road the
same as he IL compelled to cut the
wssds thai xrow along HIS highway.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Country Boys Excel.
From the New York sun.

EIUII tIlN INV = y oUIs n"
Students from the country districts
show up better physically than those
from the cities, according TO q COM
bilation made by men In the depart
snent of history and political science at
Cornell university. From the measure
ments OF 1928 students who entered In
1905 and 1909 the statistics We're OBJ
famed. Their were 991 men from the
country and 1872 city, bred students.
For the purpose of the tables every
place with a population of 25,0 900 was
considered a city The statistics show
that the country-bred students were
half am inch taller, three and a half
pounds heavier and had slightly great
Ser chest expansion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Ansmerinu the Dean.

The man who Thackeray calls "the
greatest wit Of all time"-Dean Swift
of st. Patrick's cathedral. Dublin
was as ready to take as to make a re
tort.
why don't you doff your hat to
me?" he asked a small boy who was
coaxing along an o~bstreperous goat.
II will said the lad, 'if your honor
WIN hold the goats hornsl" an an
swer which delighted the dean.
Youths Companion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-21
Waiting for an opinion.

From Harper's Weekly.
Now, Itastus. roared the major. what
Is the use: Don't you know that / know
you are lying"
''Yassuh," repl.ed Rastus: 'but We see.
Marse Henry, l kind o. thought I'd like 10
hab yo' opinion on de subject befo' I
decided dat I was lynn 10 sho' mahself
Now dat yo' says l is. Marse Henry. J
jest regularly knows ] is. suh..