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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

be exercised into frmness and elastic
ity and resistance just as the biceps
and SineWS.
Nobody ever achieved anything ex-
traordinary except through answering
tenacity.
Idle wishes are implanted seeds. Ideas
must be buried in the soil of oppor-
tunity and cultivated with patience be-
fore they will bear results.
II Edison had merely desired the in
candescent bulb, we would still read
by gas light and lamp glow.
IL the Wrights had only aspired to
fly. transportation would still be con-
fined to the surface OF the earth and
water.
If Westinghouse had simply guessed
at the air brake, we would still ride on
trains limited in speed instead Of linn
tied trains.
II Watts had just considered the
steam engine, we would still hew and
draw with horse and mar power.
Ii Bell had relied upon Providence to
change his vision OF the telephone into
a speaking reality, we would still walk
across town to ask a question.
Every great invention demands a
great intention-it calls for undertaking
fidelity from the first attempt.
You cannot exceed set standards
o canno better YOU condition or the
condition Of your time without making
trial and meeting trials.
Laziness and cowardice are the only
insuperable obstacles.
All normal men and women are
equipped with the same outfit of po-
tential abilities.
Every human chest Is filed with a
standard set OF tools. but determination
must not be permitted to dull: ambi-
ton must not be allowed to rust; cour-
age must be put to use-you annot
gain an advantage If you do not en-
ploy your advantages.
Method and plan must underlie
achievement. Will must guide skill.
knowledge cannot become power until
It is utilized as a power.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
How a Road Made a State

featured salt. the locality was named
Boon's Lick.
Two years later a settlement of
English speaking men and women was
made near Boon's Lick and shortly
afterward the town of old Franklin,
IT, miles distant. upon the Missouri
river, was founded. Then arose the
necessity of q highway between Old
Franklin and st. Louis and st. Charles,
the large cities of the new west, each
With several thousand inhabitants.
The Boon's Lick road was the result.
1t was not much OF a road as roads
60 now. IT was not macadamized or
paved or graveled. Indeed ii was lit
tie better in its early days than a
mere trace or hint of the roads di-
r%ection. The two Boones, with sur
veying parties, ran a line that followed
the ridge or watershed between the
Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The
smaller streams We're forded. On the
large rivers were primitive ferryboats,
hollow log canoes locked together.
There were no bridges. The sign posts
Were the "bla2es or marks cut in the
forest trees along the roadway. The
road machinery consisted of a rifle. am
ak and "A %grubbing hoe. Into a wild
erness where hostile Indians were on
every hand the Boon's Lick highway
ran.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
Hasty Marriages Among Eskimos

From the Wide World Magazine.
In civilization IL is said hat a wife
does not always add TO her husbands
ease or render his life more support
able. but up on the Barren-grounds
the worst Of wives would be better
than one
There. among the heather tribes.
III q mans wife disappointed me be
not q polygamist. IN which case there
a. less need for hurry-he often mar
rie~ again within the week. r. even
The. Christian Eskimo wldowers are
with difficulty persuaded by the Mora
Wan missionaries 10 allow six weeks 70
e.apse between the death and res
nsarriage. Certain 1t is that On the
very day after The six weeks have
lapsed the hunter presents himself
with il new bride. and asks that the
marriage service may be speedily
read.
Nor il the reason for these things
far to seek. We SAY in civilization
that "a woman's work Is done !
and far more Is that true OF the help
mate OK the savage and the semi
savage. the woman Cf h Barren.
grounds or OF the ice~edge. She makes
! ard breaks camp. cooks. cuts up and
carries 10 camp her husbands kill: she
/ dresses thu skins Of deer and seal Ga
laborious process AK the skin often has
/ rs be chewied to make Ii soft for sew
inR>; She Ia, responsible f3r The fash
f2ning of foot-sear and clothes: On :
4 MM |FM MH|W W W.W. MI wv
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
SILENCE THAT WAS WASTED
Aunt Melissa Supremacy Indifferent 60
Fact That Pa Had for Days
Been In a "fiuff."

Aunt Melissa Spigott was such an
exceedingly energetic talker that the
youngsters Of the family used to sup
pose that her tongue must be copper
toed. because it never wore out.
Uncle Silas, IN the other hand, was
as economical of words as q market
man is of early strawberries.
The too free exercising of this I'M
ruly member Of Aunt Melissa's, on
one occasion, gave Uncle Silas serious
~offense, which he manifested by q
severe silence lasting for several days.
At the end of that period one Of the
older daughters approached her
mother upon the subject with the re-
mark, Ma. seems like yea ought to
make up with pa by now"
Make up with pal" exclaimed
Aunt Melissa, in great establishment.
Make up WHAT"
why" returned the daughter,
don't you know poor pas feeling
bad yet? He's still huf1ng."
Huntington the lands sake! How
longs he been a-hufing!"
Ever since you came down on him
so hard about wasting sugar by not
SURFING his coffee; that's three days
ago"
why, you don't tell me, jamie
Maud" Aunt Melissa looked amazed.
Your pore pa! Been a-hufing for
three days, and I never mistrusted O
thing Of it!"-Youth's Companion.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
How a Road Made a State.
'rnfn the Dnadwnnn pinnnnr.Tlmas


The most famous highway in the
central west was the Boon's Lick road.
Surveyed in 1916 from st. Charles, 25
miles west of st. Louis, to Old Frank
lin, Mo-, $50 miles farther west, 1t
turned immigration toward central
Missouri and six years later brought
Missouri into the union as a state. II
was the father of the Santa Fe trail
winch extending west from Old Frank
lin. brought m and immigra-
tion TO Kansas, Colorado and New
Mexico. The making of roads means
the building OF commemorative. The
Boon's Lick road is a notable, though
almost forgotten example.
In 1904. TWO sons of Daniel Boone,
the great pioneer of the west, Daniel
and Nathan Boone. made salt at salt
springs found in central Missouri. The
Boones and their companions Were the
only white men In the territory west
of st. Charles. They boiled the spring
water in huge iron kettles and the
crude salt which formed the residue
they fIoated in hollow logs down the
Missouri river to be sold az the French
village Of St. Louis. Deer had come 10
the ALT springs to lick the salt. The
place in western slang was a lick
and because the Boones there manu-
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
I BUSINESS WOMEN
A L-nnSis Frit for a King.

An active and successful young
lady tells her food experience:
Some years ago I suffered from
nervous prostration, induced by con-
slannns hs&s= =t=aia and Improper
food. added to a great grief.
II was ordered TO give up my work,
as there was great danger OF my mind
falling me altogether. My stomach
was In had condition (nervous dyspep-
STA, / think nUw9 and when Grape
Nuts food was recommended TO me, !
had no faith in It, However, I tried
tt-and soon there was a marked Inn
provement In my condition.
Il had been troubled with faint
spells. and had used a stimulant to
revive me- L found that by eating
Grape-Nuts at Snch times I was re-
Neved and Suffered no bad effects.
which was n great gain. AS To my
other treuhIe-nervous prostration.
dyspepsia, efE--0n the Grape-Nuts diet
they soon disappeared.
X wish especially to call the atten-
ton of Office girls % the great benefit
/ derived from the use Of Grape-Suts
as a noon Isanrheor~ was thoroughly
tired OF chenp restaurants and ordin-
airy lunches and so made the expert.
naent OF taking a package Of Grape
Nuts food with me, and then slipping
npt Mt naan and getting q n!ekels
worth or xw1xt cream to add TO It.
Il found t5axG This simple dish. fin.
fsfsd CO WITH ia apple. peach. orange,
or a bunch OF grapes made a lunch fit
for Il Esng. and one that agreed With
me perfectly.
II throye SO on my Grape-Nuts diet
that \ did NOT have 10 give up my work
at All, and I'm the two years have had
only four E0st days charged up agsinsl
me.
Let ne add that your suggestion,
III the fixt{es hook. Road to MELVILLE.
are. IK 1z,g 0pinion. Invaluable. espe
cially / d H1rznn.r Name given b,
Postum fxx. EafE<e Greek. Mich.
ReRa .t1bn Road 10 Wellvrle" Il
rfxs.
'Th<rs'H = Reason"
f;x~x y~sn6 tke ehoxe JStters a n<z
<,nF nrrt<nrs xsona time a. !ttpnes 2Ie
~ x~rr~as<. 1rne. and ~ - hemA
IN N
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
Dragging Their Hosiery.

Little Arlene was familiar with tho
appearance of the garden hose at
home, but when she observed a line Of
fire hose, with its great length and
bulk lying serpent-like in the street,
she Immediately inquired what 1t
Her mother replied that was lremen's
hose, and the child went on watching
the fire.
In the meantime two additional fire
companies dashed up, and these newly
arrived Are fighters were carrying
their respective lines toward the burn
ing building, when little Arlene spied
them.
"Oh, mamma" she cried, craning
her neck out Of the crowd, here
comes more firemen dragging their
hosiery behind them!"-Lippincott's.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
College Women as Mothers

What Is the effect Of a college train
Ing OH a woman considered as the flu
ture mother OF q family? The charge
is frequently made that although it
may make her filter to cope with life
as an individual, 1t units her for ma
ternity. Critics point out that mans
education is largely designed 10 in
crease his efficiency as the head Of a
family. Should not woman's training be
similarly shaped? And how may
we accomplish this? These mat
ters, according To al editorial
writer i'm The Interstate Med
zeal Journal. are destined soon to be
rigidly investigated; and physicians, he
says, must take a larger part In these
investigations, for the question of
physical and crvou fitness is the
paramount factor after all. He says;
'The marriage and birth-rates of
alumnae are Of vital Importance, for
though we must confess that some
or these women are of types
not worth perpetuating, yet as
q class they should produce
a more intellectual generation
than girls too stupid TO accept educa-
ton. IL is charged and denied that too
few alumnae marry, and too late at
that, and even these produce too few
offspring. We are soon to receive more
accurate information, but in its inter
probation we must not forget hat a
woman who raises two OF her three in
fants is doing better social work than
she who raises only two Of her eight
or 10. and this irrespective Of the pos
sibly higher intellectually OF the for
ner two, who receive better nourish-
ment and care as a rule-and the cost
Is far less for the result.
There are hosts of Women by the
way, who assert hat the divlnely inn
posed task OF replenishing the earth
has been completed, and that an aver
age family OF two surviving children is
ell that God now demands. Those who
persist in raising large families are
only prevntiug the marriage or repro
duction OF others, IL the average num-
Der Of children can not be more than
three. In this view Of the case the
alumnae may size up better than the
rabbit-like lower types.
THE physique OF college girls, there
fore, seems TO be of more Importance
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

was almost paralyzed. I hobbled
around with a cane as weak as a child.
/ was afflicted with a bladder weak
ness and was compelled to arise sew
eral times during the night. Shortly
after ! commenced to use Doan's Kid.
nelly Pills. I could do work, that was
before impossible. / am stronger and
better than In years"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists n general
storekeepcrs everywhere. Price soc.
Foster-A7iIburn CO., Buffalo, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

than that of boys, n we, as a profes
sion, are vitality interested in the re-
peated charge that too many OF the
female students are injured by poor
food and excessive indoor confinement
in rooms badly ventilated and other
wise unsanitary. Making due allow
ance for exaggerations and ever base
less assertions, there must be some
truth In the charges Or they would
have been refuted long ago. There
must be room for improvement at
least. 49,. 1t really seems that the fe-
male physique is getting frazier in
civilization, making a reduced birth
rate necessary. If the colleges turn out
women strong enough, we need not try
10 make them stronger. The point to
prove is whether they are not made
weaker.
THE character of female education
may seem foreign to our sphere of
sanitation, yet it has a close relation to
the physique. Coeducation now seems
doomed, from the Overwhelming proofs
that the rates of mental development
Of boys and girls are so different, and
the mental characters also, that the
two exc can not possibly keep pace
without one tagging and keeping back
the other, or being unduly strained TO
keep up. Girls naturally surpass the
boys and yet are dreadfully strained in
some ways in the competition. The
curriculum in the female college should,
therefore, not be patterned after that
of a schools, and we notice as a
fact that the trend is now toward do
nestle economy in the former with a
view of making the alumnae better
partners in a life team, not necessarily
wageworkers.
Nevertheless, the woman who is
BORN with more brains than necessary
for a human cow, must not be. starved
intellectually. Her higher life is of
great Importance and is entitled to con-
sideration in education-not to be made
masculine, but for sheer enjoyment Of
living. To make fine mothers may
be a big part of the aim of college life,
but IL is not all by a long shot; nor
should 1t be. for Sparta tried it. but
Spartans in time became noted for stu
pidity, and sauk into n"othingness by
the side Of more intellectual neighbors,
who did not try such absurd ~eugenics."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
Strange Children.

George Bancroft, the historian,
hsed TO relate with gusto a joke that
he caught while trotting to school
along 3 Massachusetts, country road,
1t vas about old Levi Lincoln. says
Percy III. Epler, ia Master Minds at
the Commonwealth's Heart"
The old gentleman was nearly
blind. A flock of geese was being
driven gobhIing up Lincoln street.
Leaning FAR out of the carriage, the
fine old artstocraf, thinking they were
children. threw out a handful OF pen.
uies, graciousIy exclaiming:
God bless you, my childreni"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
TO WATER PLANTS.

According to an ingenious Scotch de-
sice. house plants can he kept Well VIA
tered during q weeks absence OF the
housekeepcr. Set a bowl Of water wen
above the plant TO be watercd by
means OF a box or u pile or booss.
Twist several strands OF darning WOOL
together or braid them 70 form Il long
wick and oak them in water. III one
end OF the wick reaches TO the bottom
OF the plant b5wi and the other hangs
over the plants q steaiy drip Will g0n-
tlnue until TIE bo@l is cmptied.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

journey she often paddles the canoe,
and on portage she carries a heavy
load.
In fact. 1t is easier to write down
the duties not expected of a squaw
than those which by immemorial GUS
tom, she must perform. Indeed. the
emancipation: but such Will never
come. even in ~ thousand years. for
in the wilderness the provider OF food,
Mar the Hunter. has reigned, reigns
and. and ever viii reign. Having
slain his deer or his bear, he will take
his cas- in the best place in the lodge.
deputing all the lesser offices 10 the
and the laws of the Northland do
not change.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
Marker Hogs Much LIGHTER.

The average weight Of hogs market
ed In recent years is much lighter
than In former years; In the decade
lS10-1S79 the average weight OF hogs
killed during the winter months in
western packing centers was about
20 pounds: In the decade 1Sso-lsSs
about 2S7 pounds: In the decade 1880
1893 about 2s9 pounds. and In the
past decade 1900-1909 about ZIP
pounds. In other words. hogs mar
keted between 80 and 40 years ago
averaged one-fourth heavier than
those marketed In recent years.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
So Familiar

Yes" said Nagget, q woman usu.
ally treats her husband as the average
ervan treat brfc-a-brac."
GO ahead said the wise Mrs. Nag
get. What's the answer"
why. the o he's worth the more
she tries TO break him.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
Consolation.

Mrs. Newgold Tin the picture gal.
lery)-This, Aunt Eunice. Is a real
old master.
Aunt Eunice-Well, l shouldn't care
if it was; it's just as good as some of
the new ones.-Life.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

f~orerunners or
dangerous kid
ney Illness and
should be treat
ed without de-
lay.
Obadiah b.
Crane, 222 First
Av., WATERFOWL,
S. OAK, says: IL
was taken with
rheumatic pains
and my left limb
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
He Was innocent.

Johnny Williams had been bad"
again.
"Ah, me. Johnny" sighed his Sun
day school teacher. Il am afraid we
shall never meet In heaven"
What have you been doin'?" asked
Johnny. With a grin.-Harper's Month
ly.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

FFUHf tHe WUsHTHgIUn star.
What does your ather do when YOU
ask him Guestionsy' asked one small
boy.
III generally says. I'm busy now.
dent bother me. replied the other
Then when ! go out Of the room he
looks In the encyclopedia"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

Start afresh this Spring-cleanse and
purify the system by a course of Garfield
Tea, Herb laxative and b~lood-puriher.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

Your wife, as we'll as your sins, will
find you out.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

Real happiness is cheap enough.
YET how dearly we pay for it With
counterfeit.-Ballon.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

The AdJutant--Inform Corporal
Stripes that hss application made some
time since for a furlough has been
granted by the war department.
Sergeant-T'm sorry to say, sir, that
Corporal Stripes died some six weeks
ago. sir.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

sJohn. whatever induced you 10 buy
al house In this forsak en- region ~
sN'"e of The best men In the busl-
ness"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

Eye SaIve in AseptIc Tube
Prevents Infection-Murine Eye Salvs
Druggists for New Size 26c. VAL
liable Eye Book In Each Package.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
suAuu Mt, voUR suows

Aliens Foot Ease, the Antlseptic powder for Tired
aching, swollen, nervous feet. Gives rest and
comfort. Makes walking a delight, Sold everywhere
25c. Don't accept any substitute. For FRKH
sample, address Allen &. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16

Isn't II about time to bury the dead
languages?
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-16
DonT NEGLECT YOUR KIDNEYS.

kidney troubles are too serious to
neglect. slight ailments are often
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-17
YOUNG FARMER
Suffers Fracture of Collar Bone
And Other injuries.

Mr.. P. H. Major, Jr. of the Bever-
ly neighborhood, sustained a frac
ture of the collar bone and other
painful injuries in a runaway ACCT
dent Wednesday. He was taking a
mower from one farm to another
when the team became frightened
and ran off. The tongue of the
mower was broken. and sticking in
the ground, caused Mr.. Major to be
thrown out. He was rendered un.
conscious and was found in that con.
dition two hours afterwards by a
colored by who was driving up the
cows.
Surgical aid was given the injured
man and he will recover, though he
will probably be laid up for some
time.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-17
Will Make Merry For a Whole
Week, Beginning Monday
June 10.
THURSDAY HOPKINSVlLLEDAY
Excursion From the City Will
Pay a Visit to The
SCribeS.

The Kentucky Press Association,
100 members strong, will meet at
Cerulean Springs Monday and spend
a whole week at that delightful
place, where they will hold an annual
reunion, drink..water, eat fried chick
en- and take week of rest and re-
creation.
Plans are being made to have one
day set aparl as Hopkinsvile Day
and big crowd from this city will
go down to Cerulean and spend the
day with the editors. Many ladies
will accompany the business men
and others who will pay their re-
spects and let the visitors know that
Hopkipsville is the Metropolis of
Western Kentucky.
The Third Regiment Orchestra
will accompany the special train upon
which they will go, land a special rate
will be given.
The Association visited Hopkins
vile in body by invitation in 1908,
when it met at Cerulean before, and
this time the visit will be returned
to let the editors know they arc still
pleasantly remembered.
A. d. Miller. of the Richmond
Climax, is President; Col, w. B.
Haldeman, Vice President, and SIN.
Saufley, of Stanford, Secretary, of
the K. P. A.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-17
Fake Soap.

During the first of the spring a
man, who said his home was in Mad
isonville, sold a large quantity of
laundry soap called "Naptha Mo.
MA" The sample shown to pros.
pective purchasers was almost as
large as a piece of Pretty" soap
and had the appearance of being a
fine laundry soap. The man who
sold the soap said that he was selling
it at five cents per cake, but that
when the grocers got hold of it the
price would be ten cents.
He delivered the goods" not long
afterwards and it was fresh from
the factory" and should be laid
away to harden" This was done
and it shrunk to less than half the
size and as a soap for any purpose is
worthless. The wrapper that COW
cred each cake does not bear the
name of the manufacturer or where
it was made. The grand jury will
look into the matter before it finally
adjourns.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-06-17

After hearing several motions con.
corning the Acme Mills & Elevator
Co. Judge Hanbery finally denied
the motion for a receiver and the
mill will be sold by Master Commits
sioner Jno. B. Chiffon the first Mon
day in July. The property is very
valuable and mill men from far and
near are expected to attend the sale
and be bidders for the plant.
In the case of LOttie Jenkins VS..
S. H. Kress & Co., the jury decided
for defendant. The plaintiff sued
for $1,000 damages on the ground
that she was accused of stealing two
ten cent rings.
Another batch of indictments
were returned Thursday among
them the following more important
ones:
Chas. Ricketts,, malicious shooting.
in Jail. Chas. Thacker. malicious
shooting, house breaking and rob-
berry, in Jail. Joe Johnson, attempt
to rape child under IL