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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21
Is Man neterioratings

DR.. Robert Hutchinson In discussing
the question whether physical deterio-
ration was taking place or not said 1t
was possible that nature was produc-
ing by degrees a race Of people who
Were best fitted to live In large towns.
The individuals of that race would not
be the kind Of man of whom the re-
cruiting sergeant would approve. DR..
Hutchinson did not think that the man
best suited to stand the wear and
strain OF life in London was the man
Of large frame. big muscles and much
bone. The reason was that the condi-
lions Of town life did not admit Of a
suficiency of digestive power to enable
q man to nourlsh a large frame. The
small, wiry. tough sort Of individual
could get along In London with q CON-
p%aratively small amount Of food and
20 did not overstrain his digestive ca
paciV.-London Telegraph.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21

Pearl diving and ruby mining appeal
to the gambling instinct which is part
Of the Burmese character, says v. C. S.
O'Connor in his book 'The Silken
East" A man may be a beggar one
day and the next, through a lucky find
at diving or digging, may be rich for
the rest of his life. But pearl diving
has it's perils, some of which may be
gathered from the following passage:
"They talk of ambergris and whales
and divers risks; of two recent deaths
from the swapping of the tube. In one
case the life tender hauled hand over
hand, but not quick enough to save
his man, who came up dead and black
in the face..Al Another's helmet, being
unadjusted, let in the water. He sig
nailed, but was kept down, being sup
posed nervous, and ultimately came
up dead. Still another divers head
swelled up so that they could scarce
ly remove the helmet. The divers life
In these seas is a risky one, short, riot
Gus, lucrative"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21

The mans Apollo is generally a
comedy specimen of flesh and blood.
with a blooming cheek and bright we,
who Is a credit to his tailor. Women
admire a more rugged type. or q type
in which a tinge of asceticism is COM
bined with intense strength,
or the picturesque may take their fan
cy. Roughly, the good looking are vain
or not. In proportion as they are dow
cred with the saving salt Of humor. SO
with the women. The pretty dolls may
be vain. The nobler and more interest
Ing beauties are probably less so than
their palmer sisters, for the simple rea-
son that their physical charms are u IN
doubted and have been tacitly ac-
knowledged ever since they can re-
member. They shine without effort,
and their attention is preoccupied with
other things.-London Chronicle.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21
BIRTHDAYS IN JAPAN.
All the Girls Celebrate In February,
All the Boys In May.


The Japanese have a queer way of
celebrating birthdays. Instead Of a
party in June for little Tama aud q
party In September for little O'Tatsu
and q party In December for little
Ume there's a party In February In
honor of all the little girls and one In
May for all little boys. In February
every little girl receives from all her
grownup relatives and friends gifts Of
dolls, and besides these dolls her moth
er takes out OF the closet many of the
dolls she had when she was a child
and some even older dolls that the lit
tie girls grandmother had when she
was q little tot, and ] dare say there
are dolls that belonged TO the little
girls great-grandmother and even her
Observation-Disclosures, quaint dolls
In faced clothes OF a hundred years
and more ago., carefully handed down
from mother TO daughter ever since. |
saw one old doll, about six inches tall,
dressed as a daimlo, or great lord of
bygone times, In gorgeous brocade
robes, covered with steel m of lit
tie overlapping plates, just as beauti-
fully made as IL for a real warrior. He
wore a tiny helmet and carried two
tiny swords not as large as matches.
You could draw the swords out Of their
scabbards Just like real ones, and they
were as sharp as they could be. Well,
for about a week all Japan is II
grand dolls tea party. And then the
festival is over, and all the best dolls,
even the presents to the little girl, are
put carefully away, never to be even
looked nj for q whole year. don't see
how the little Japanese girls can bear
that part of ii.
Then at the 1st of May comes the
boys festival-the fish festival, 1t is
called. Every family that's lucky
enough TO have a boy puts up a flag
pole IN the dooryard, or perhaps sew
eral families combine to use the same
pole and have 1t a bigger, handsomer
one than one family could afford. On
the top of the pole Is a gilt ball or else
a basket with something bright and
tinselly in It. And flying from the pole
in the brisk spring winds is a whole
string of carp made of oiled paper or
| cloth, painted in bright colors and any
where from FIVE to fifteen feet long.
Each fish belongs to some particular
boy, and the carp is chosen because 1t
is a big, strong fish and not only can
swim against the most rapid currents,
but in It's eagerness to get upstream
will leap straight up waterfalls. The
gold ball means a treasure, which the
carp, leaping and struggling, buffeted
by the wind, Is forever trying to reach.
And the whole thing means that the
boy when he's a man will have to bat
tie his way as the sturdy carp strug-
giles up the river. The fishes look so
very pretty and gay, flying over his
house, and the boy gets SO many treats
at fish festival time that | don't think
he minds even If the carp is a nice lit
tie jolly lecture IN ambition.-St. Mich
oias.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21
Married His Grandmother.

There lived in the village Of Arreton,
Isle OF Wight. many years ago a young
man who was betrothed to a young
woman. Both We're poor and In humble
life. but the grandfather OF the young
man had money. and he fell In love
with the young woman and proposed
marriage to her. The girl told her
lover. He was d~ispleased. but, having
pondered over the dilemma. saw a way
to extricate himself and his sweetheart
from the same. Marry him." said he
to the girl. He is rich. He cannot live
long. When he dies you'n have his
money, and I'll have you" She tool
the advice. BY the marriage she be-
came the young mans grandmother.
Not long after the old man died, and
then she welded hcr'nrst betrothed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-21
A Narrow Escape.

'Once while sojourning in the City
Of Mexico | happened to call upon a
friend at n of the principal hotels
Mt that capital" said a congressman.
"While in his room | noticed a very
fine revolver, and, making some COM
ment upon it, he picked 1t mp and be-
gan to explain how, although it was
of single action, he could fire it as fast
as though it were double action. In
some way his hand struck the hammer,
causing the weapon to explode. In a
second my friend turned deathly pale
and became so agitated that he could
scarcely speak.
Having noticed that the bullet
struck a rug and took a downward
course, l didn't see any cause for ex-
element and, lifting up the rug, show
ed him where the lead took Judgment.
He became calm pretty soon, and then
he explained his agitation. Had that
bullet gone into the court (all the no.
tells down there open into a COURT in
stead of the floor and had it struck
any Mexican my life would not have
been worth a ten cent piece. / have
lived down here long enough to know
how swift is the punishment meted
out to foreigners, even in case of acct
dent, where a native is injured. In
deed, had ! been unfortunate enough
to have caused the death of one of
them II is quite probable that you as
well as myself would have been exc
cuted. The fact that you had nothing
to do with the shooting would have
been of nc Avail, For your presence
here would have condemned you.'"-
Washington Post.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

With impressive ceremony, accom-
panied by the highest naval hOnOrs,
the body Of John Paul Jones, on its ar
rival in this country, was inurned in
the crypt Of the magnificent new
chapel now nearing completion at the
Annapolis naval academy Special AM
basador Loomis, flanked by Admiral
Sigsbee and a brilliantly uniformed
staff, presented the remains of the
great admiral to the land for which he
did such valorous service, and they
were received with a naval salute and
specially prepared funeral service.
The new chapel, a central feature OF
the reconstructed naval academy group
Of buildings recently ordered by Con-
gress at cost Of many millions. rises
on the water front with a massive
dome for its inspiration, the architec-
ture Of the whole being not unlike the
Hotel d'Invalides of Paris, in which
rest the remains of the great Napoleon
The crypt of the chapel is intended for
last resting place of the bones of
the nations naval heroes.
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BRITAIN and JAPAN:
they MAY form LEAGUE TO
DOMINATE over ASIA.
Hold Slav Down-England Strength
ems Position Against an INVASION
Little Faith in Ameer-Alliance of
Island Empires May Be Sufficiently
Strong to Protect Asiatc Dominions

London, Sept. 4.-Great Britain and
ship of Asia. Lord LandsdOwne and
Baron Hayashi have scored again In
the opinion of officialdOm and two
great facts stand conspicuous in the
policy of Great Britain now that the
mists have rolled away from the Ports
larged alliance with Japan and the
other is new program in India. Per-
haps the two should be considered as
one, since each is distinctiyely anti
Russian in origin and tendency. BY
the alliance, in it's new form, the con-
tracing powers hold Russia is the ma
ton whose aggressiOns they have
most to fear. The japanese and Brit
ons are convinced she will take the
earliest opportunity to recOup herself
for the loss of Manchuria.
By the new Indian program it is
sought to strengthen Great Britain's
position on the northwestern frontier
against Russian invasion via Afgha-
nistan. London has little confidence
in the present ameer of Afghanistan
and the buffer state is no longer re-
garded as likely to help check the
Russians, should they try to descend
upon the fertile plains of India.
Lord Kitchener's mandate that a
complete reorganization of the Anglo
Indian army is imperative is univer-
sally approved in Great Britain be-
cause it dovetails with the extended
alliance under which the two island
empires are in agreement to prevent
Russia from interfering on any point
with the Asiatic dominiOns of each
other.
The outcome of such vast changes
of policy is almost uncomfortable, &C
cording to high authority.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

WI 1nAALEn. uc lTducu Cattle
Before Oklahoma was opened he saw
chance to lease the Ponca lands for
fattening Texas cattle, and sixteen or
, seventeen years ago got $4,000 acres,
established headquarters near the
town Of Bliss, and added to it from
time to time by purchase and lease
until at his death, three years ago, he
left his sons the control Of $1,000 acres,
with 10000 in a single tract.
The Ponca reservation, comprising
, about 225,0OO acres, is practically un-
, der their control. Joe" Miller, the
president Of the corporation which the
/ five heirs of the late George Miller
formed, is called ''the white chief" of
the Poncas, and he plays the part
The Indians go to him for advice OH
/ every subject. He looks after their
crops and stock and implements, keeps
their money for them and attends to
their shipments and collections. He Is
the adviser Of the Otoe Indians, also,
on the adjoining reservation.
There are about 600 Poncas and 400
Otoes surviving. Their lands are now
being allotted in severalty and the
tribal relations will be broken up this
year. Most Of the families are already
settled upon farms and are doing
quite well in civilization, although
, every Indian is a prey to spectators
who would rob him of all his property
If he was allowed to part with it. But
when the tribal relations are dissolved
each member of the tribe must keer
his share of land until his death. He
is not allowed to part with it without
the consent Of the Secretary Of the In.
terror, but when he dies his heirs may
sell the property and divide the pro-
ceeds-and that is why one hears PEG.
pie down there talking about the pros.
pect Of securing dead Indian land"
A considerable part of ranch 1O1 is
, dead Indian land.
The Poncas have peculiar tribal Gus.
toms, like other Indians, and one OF
them is for each warrior at the annual
sun dance to give away to his neigh
bors everything he has. The biggest
man in the tribe Is he who gives away
! the most They present each other
! their horses and cattle, their saddles
and implements, and even the gar.
ments they wear, but at the close OF
the ceremony each has received from
the others about as much as he ha.
given away, SO that they all come out
about even. The only difference Is thai
Running Water will next year have
the shirt that Swift Antelope wore last
year, and vice versa.
Miller and his brothers own about
! 1900 head Of cattle, as well as a herd
of thirty-five buffalo, which they are
crossing with Galloway cattle.
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~44~~~~

One small onion eaten at night will
often induce sleep, as onions have a
particularly soothing effect upon the
nerves, without any Of the Ill effects
that are produced by the taking of
drugs. To remove the taste, a little
parsley may be eaten, or a few drops
Of eau de Cologne on lump Of sugar.
A few drops Of eau de Cologne on SUI
gar, before going out in the evening,
Is good eye-brightener.
Homeopathists are said to have
discovered a certain remedy for sea.
sickness in apomophia, a very small
dose of which taken once an hour in
water, will remove the qualms. They
are so certain of its success that they
are going to procure gratuitous cir
culation of it among vessels that carry
passengers. 1t Is also useful for
beasts, the sufferings of which are
often severe.
A lady writes as follows: II see
from a paragraph that farmer died
from the effects Of wasp sting. II
cannot be too widely known that tur-
pentine applied to the place where a
wasp has stung will reduce the swell
Ing Immediately. If the sting be in
the mouth or throat some turpentine
should be swallowed, and the effect
produced will be almost instantan'
eous."
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late News lTLMS.
John T. Stewart, a multimillionaire
t Wellington, Kan, is dead.

John I. Stewart, a multimillionaire
of Wellington, Kan, is dead.
Ellhu Root, United States secretary
OF state, accompanied by his two sons
and Colonel Sanger of New York, pass
ed through Halifax recently on his
way home from his trip to Labrador
E. M. Johnson, president of the de
funct Fidelity Savings association OF
Denver, Col, which failed a year ago
owing over $1,000,000, was found gull
ty by jury of making and publishing
false report of the financial condi
ton of the association.
Charles fuller is under arrest al
Indianapolis, Ind, on a charge of big
amy. The police claim to have Sc
cured evidence of his marriage to five
women, four of whom are living and
none divorced.
Severe storm occurred recently
throughout the greater part of Wiscon
sin, resulting in heavy damage.
incredible as it may seem one of the
largest mercantile institutions in Lon
don has declined to introduce tele
phones into its business, upon the plea
that its interests are best served by
their absence.
Carl Arbs, a chaeuffeur, was in
stantly killed and C. S. Creelman, a
passenger, was severely hurt at Chi
cago in an automobile accident re
Gently.
On the point of capture by a sher
ifs posse, Peter Pitts, the man who
terrorized the countryside from Avon
Beach to Lorain, Ohio, for three days
is dead by his own hand. He shot
himself in the head in full view OF
the band of armed farmers.
Two women and a little girl were
burned to death recently in a fire
which destroyed house owned by
Warren Fletcher, two miles east OF
Littleton, Mass. The victims were
Mrs. Nancy Minds, so years of age;
Mrs. James Knox, SO, and a girl, Il
years of age.
Canton, Ohio.-The stables at the
Stark county racetrack were burned
to the ground. OF the 125 horses
quartered there seven persisted.
The town Of Zanzibar is declared
to be infected with plague. There
have been 10 cases among the ma
tives from which five deaths resulted
The Commercial Cable company is
advised by Hongkong that for the pres
ent the Formosa cable is closed tc
all but government traffic.
Newspapers announce that Toxic is
displaying discomfort with the result
of the peace conference and that sew
eral cables connecting Japan with
the continent have been cut
Sheffield, England A. Tor
ney and Charles M. Alexander, the
American .evangelists, Sunday nigh
started a revivalist campaign here
with service at which over 5000 per
| sons were present.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
Glasses for Sta mmerers.

An interesting addition to the course
of instruction in the public schools Of
Vienna is made by providing classes
In four districts to overcome the de
fects in speech Of children who slut
ter. The length Of the course is five
weeks and instruction is given during
two hours Of each weekday. TIL.
number of pupils to each class is linn
tied to eight. The children are tc
withdraw from other school attend
ance, as it is essential that they de
vote themselves exclusively to the
course for the cure Of suffering.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
SPOKAN e.
Wholesale Produce Prices.

New potatoes, 75c cWt; new onions,
81 cwt; cabbage, $3.50 cwt; oranges,
$3.50 case; lemons, 1907 case; pine
apples, $3.50 case; blackberries, 81
crate; peaches, Crawford, Csc to 9Oc
box; eating apples, $1.25 box; cook
ing apples, Use box; cantaloupes,
$150@2.50 crate; watermelons, $3.50
@25O doz; new beets, 81 cwt; turnips,
81 cwt; beans, 3@4kc Id; green corn,
10c doz ears; summer squash, soc doz;
tomatoes, 40c box; cucumbers, SOC
box; eggplant, 81 crate; Columbus
grapes, 81 case; Black Hamburg
grapes, $3.50 crate; peach plums, 75c
Clapp's Favorites, 81 box; Bartlett
pears, 81 box; eggs, local ranch, $3.50
case; specials, $3.50 case; Sweetwater
grapes, 81 crate.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIS ton; bran and shorts, $19;
straight shorts, 500; white shorts, $21;
corn, s14owI.5O cwt; cracked corn
$155 cwt; timothy hay, $14 ton; al
falfa hay, SIP ton; oil meal, 81 cwt;
grain hay, $13@14 ton; rolled barley
$135 cwt; whole oats, $3.50 cwt; chop
ped oats. SLIGO cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live Stock-Steers, 1902 SAC Id;
sheep, s2@2.5O cwt; hogs, $3.50 cwt;
veal, Sc cwt.
Poultry and Chickens, hens
13c lb live weight; ROSTERS, 6@7c lh
live weight; broilers, $3.75@4.5O doz;
eggs, $6.75 case.
Creamery Products, f. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat
% lie lb.
Hay and Grain-Timothy, $11@12
ton; alfalfa, $1O@11 ton; oats, $1.4s
cwt.
Potatoes, 6Oc cwt; cabbage, 10
lac Id; red raspberries, $3.50 crate;
pie cherries, 4@5c Id; cooking apples
5O@6Oc box; beets, 75c cwt; turnips
75c cwt; string beans, l 1-2@2c Id;
cucumbers, 25c box.
Northwestern Wheat.
Tacoma.-Market unchanged. Blue
stem, Tic; club, CSC; red, 64c.
Portland.-Club, Csc; bluestem, Tic;
valley, Tic.
Davenport.-Bluestem, SIC; club
SAC.
Ritzville, Wash.-Bluestem, 6Oc;
5Sc.
Walla Walla, Wash.-Bluestem, Goo;
club, SIC, net. Market weak.
ColfaX, Wash.-Bluestem, 81 lie;
club, 541ac; red, 50Rs. Sales light.
Minneapolis.-S September. S1Ac;
December, SO1ac; May, S4@S4 1-Sc;
No. hard, SEC; No. 1 northern, SAC;
No. 2 northern, soc.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
The Opportunitv of Wealth.

Wealth is like rain and sunshine on
a garden; it makes weeds grow more
luxuriously than the choicer plants.
Wealth does not necessarily multiply
or refine or change the tastes or wants
Of man; it only brings to man a
chance to choose. - Thomas K.
poaohor
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

81. eco a cres OF
lands leased from
the Ponca Indian!
by the late George
Miller. a big-heart
ed kentuckian ana
typical cowman
He migrated t
Kansas twenty five
or thirty years ago
and made his home
at Winfield, where
hn Two IoI ~aSxl
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

Port Arthur is named in honor OF
lieutenant Commander Arthur of the
British navy, who anchored his ship
IN the bay one day about so years ago.
His was the first foreign vessel that
had visited the bay.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

1t has been estimated that should
any one desire to purchase the rail
ways of the world his outlay would
amount to something like s36,6S0, 00O,.
900.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
Modern Finance.

Teacher-Now, Johnny, what is the
perfect tense Of the verb ito investT
Johnny-To mvestigate.-New YorI
Sun
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
A'imOny.

"Binks is getting a divorce on the
installment plan"
ION the installment plan?"
"Yes-he has to pay sum Of
money every month in order to keep
tt."--Cleveland Leader.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

Only one of the 467 savings banks in
Japan is foreign and of the 1899 ordi-
nary banks only four are foreign.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

Money is naturally tight with the
man who is shy Of loose change.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
WHITE CHIEF OF PONCAs.
Joe Miller. Part Owner Of a Ranch Of
$1,000 Acres.

The largest and most famous ranch
in Indian Territory is "1O1." owned
nv the Miller brothers. 1t includes
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

The income of Oxford university is
slightly under s250,OOO year.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

A decided blonde may be brunette
who has decided to be q blondA
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
Ihe Real Thing.

II understand that new business
venture Of his is quite a marked sue
cess"
Eyes, a dollar-marked success, be-
lieYe."= Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08
The Merchant

J. NJ. HAWKINS, PROPRIETOR.
Wines, liquors and cigars. Only
first class goods handled -.
Whiskies and wines for m. dical
purposes always in stock at lowest
possible prices. Kennewick, Wn.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1905-09-08

How 81 Popped the Question.
Silas-Mandy.
Mandy-What Is It, 81?
Silas-1'd like tew see your pictur In
our family album.-Brooklyn Life.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-07-28
n eksy-FlSher.

The engagement of Mr.. Harold
MscKay, of Tampa, and Miss Bessie
Fisher, of lima, Ohio, has been an
nounced, the marriage to take place
in October.
The young groom is quite well
known in Ocala and his friends all
over the state are interested in the
announcement of his engagement to
one of Ohio's charming bellies.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-07-28
Took an Auto Ride.

Harry Peter spent Wednesday in
Ocala and now says he'll "never go
there any more.'' According to his
stanement, the sheriff, the U. S. depu-
ty marshal and some other officials
put him into one of these mo pushee,
no pullee" wagons and shot him down
to the Jail. During the time of transit
Mr.. Peter says that none of those in
the thing sat in the seats but remain
ed suspended in the air about six
inches above them. After recovering
from the ride which nearly scared
him to death, Mr.. Peter found that
the object of the party was to try the
the new scaffold on him SO as to be
sure it worked all right. For several
minutes Mr.. Peter entertained grave
doubts as to his ever getting away
alive.-Dunnellon Advocate.