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same authority says If a single wasp discover
deposit of honey other food he will return to his
nest and impart the good news to his comrades
who will sally forth in great numbers to partake of
the fare
A most amusing instance of communication be-
tween insects that of scarabaus beetle. 1t
was making little pellet of soil to receive its egg,
and had laboriously rolled it up little hillock,
the beetle extrcate the pellet failed; and after
several more Intellectual trials, the insect went off,
and soon returned with three companions. All four
now Joined in the work with strategy and tactics,
and succeeded in pushing out the pellet; whereupon
after greetings the three assistants retired and left
the original insect to its own labors
That animals generally communicate with one
another and express ideas and wants admits of no
question; though precisely how it is effected is
beyond human observation. A comic that
of well bred terrier belonging to timber merchant
of St Louis He left his dog at small country inn,
and when he returned for it the landady told him it
lost 1t that the little terrier had quar-
relied with the big house dog, and been worried
and bitten that 1t thought it would never
cover. But four days later it crawled out of the
yard and disappeared for whole week. To the
amazement of tee people at the inn it returned with
of them fell forthwith and all but destroyed it. 1t
proved the little terrier had travelled eighty
miles to away the big dog in question for the
purpose of assisting him resenting the injury DONE
The naturalist Marcgrave gives curious account
OF the ouarlne monkey, whose assemblies and de-
alterations he watched in the jungle. Every day."
he says they congregate to receive instructions.
A leader sits high up on the tree and signals with
his hand to the rest to sit round. When he sees
them placed, he begins an unmlstakable discourse
signs with his hand that the rest may reply. In
stantly the babel begins, until by another signal
they are silenced. And shortly afterward the
monkey parliament breaks up
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HOW A MIN AIS AK
By GEORGE BYERS

have little to say if the day is going to
turn out wet
Special cali notes are used for keeping
families of birds together while hunting
for insects among foliage and branches;
and the long tailed tits signal to each other
all day long by the low sweet little See,
see, see!" The language of some species
is most unexpected. Thus the common
buzzard will circle high overhead while
its nest is being rif1ed, uttering cry like
the mewing of cat. The turtle doves
note is like frogs croak. and the hiss of
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manner through collision with an iceberg But he
had scrambled into a water logged boat, found one
oar, and with it managed to prope his strange craft
for several miles, landing at the risk of his life on
that desolate rock. Here he attached his tattered
shirt to the set it up signal and sat under it
so much as a nouthful of water
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the seats. They landed at St. Pierre, and a
81 Gays 6ag IN
their existence only in manner that can barely be
limited at. All seven had been SO terribly frost
bitten in their long that their extremities
men were so exhausted that they had stamina
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to withstand such operation and finally only
two persons survived to tell this terrible tale of the
Grand Banks.
Last a coaster passing a lonely rock caught
sight of distress signal. She lowered boat which
soon returned from the foam washed crag, bearing
unconscious man. His fifteen comrades, the
of the steamer Emmeline, had persisted in like
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kan" as an antidote This is well
known weed growing profusely in the
Dutch archipelago.
And it was found that when the
animals were too i'll to seek the
tremblekan themselves they in
structed friends and relatives to 60
into the woods and bring quantities
of the curative leaf This discovery
has so interested the Batavian au-
thorities in Java that the colonial
physicians have begun a series of ex-
periments on the curative qualities of
the weed, thus taking leaf from the
monkeys pharmacopeia.
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This Nightingale Could Count

TICHTENBURG mentions a nightingale which
II could count at least up to three Every day he
gave it three meal worms at a time. When
it had finished one, it returned Immediately for
another, but after the third it flew away, showing
that the feast was over
But the quaintest instance of animal language
from the Javanese province of Salatiga where
the Dutch colonists have suffered much from the
ravages of gray monkeys that destroyed their coffee
strychnne and accordingly the favorte fruits Of the
monkeys were heavily dosed with this poison and
deposited in the woods. The monkeys, of course,
ate freely, and many of them became deathly sick.
Yet, strangely enough, of them died. 1t
found that feeling the symptoms the victims dis
tinctly consulted with their ''elders" who recon-
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face. After awhile the sentinel
imagines he is mistaken and calls
out, "Gorrok, gorrok!" which evil
IDENTIFY means, ''All is well, friends.
Sorry | troubled you. Go to sleep
again" But should the intruder be
betrayed, the entire colony take
wing into the night, uttering angry
cries of Beero, hdrro, boo!"
Many have heard the astonish-
ingly plain Go back, Go back" of
the grouse; and the male birds en-
phatic Cock, cock, cock!" as a
signal to be off when danger threat
ems These birds are most laxative
on fresh October morning, but
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CCIENTISTS long ago agreed that every bird
D and fish, insect and reptile, had language,
- perfectly understood by its fellows, and capa-
BILE of conveying news of every possible condition
that might affect individual community. A
moments thought shows that such must be the
cover thousands of miles in the fall and spring
migrations, across SEAS and over mountains in
many never before traversed?
The of the bird is especially remarkable.
On dark and stormy nights observing naturalists
have heard vast f1ocks calling to another far
overhead. Perhaps at such times the wiser of the
feathered pilgrims are warning the inexperienced
to avoid the glare of lighthouse lanterns, against
which so many myrlads of birds are lured to fall
dead on the washed rocks.
Oddly enough, children almost unanimous in
their belief that birds sing with their bills. The
notes are, in fact, produced deep down the wind
pipe, at point where it branches off into bronchial
point is fixed a delicate little membrane, which
produces the note of every bird that flies. Of
course, variations in the size and skill of individual
pOSSeSSOrS account for the wondrouS differences
the sounds given forth At the time it seems
wonderful that the same instrument will produce
the ravens hoarse croak the shrill whistle of the
sandpper the boom of the bittern, the raspng call
of the partridge and the glorious liquid song of the
nightingale, celebrated by poets in all ages.
Most birds have baby language of their own
which is not used after they grown up. By it
they make known their wants. fears, and where
abouts to their busy parents; and it is amazing how
far off the seemingly feeble voice of tiny grouse
of Selborne that birds have very definite language
for the benefit and convenience of each Species and
also for communicating common danger. proved
this in amusing fashion by putting a stuffed owl
close to the nests of swallows wrens and blackbirds
all of which contained greedy little ones
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The B1ackbird's Language

THE blackbrds ringing Sphinx, sphinx, spink! is
L capable of all kinds of subtle variations 1t says
Good night" and Good morning with it, but its
neighbors pay little heed. Should cat steathily
approach favorite roost about bedtime, however
out ring its notes loud and fast fire alarm, and
every feathered colonist is instantly alert.
In the lonely island OF st. kllda In the outer
Hebrides the vast focks of gannets breeding the
rocks have a sentinel to keep watch at night while
the rest sleep. Strangely enough, precisely the
same system obtains among great herds of elephant
and antelope in Central Africa. The sleeping gan
aptured by fowlers in the night, and wary
indeed must they be to delude the sentinel bird.
The slightest move of dislodged stone on the
tnel with his loud "Beero, beerol" In such event
the fowler remains quite still, with cap drawn
his face and body tightly pressed against the cliff
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
GOVERNOR NOT AGlTATEp
OVER WARDENSHlP CONTEST

Pierre. S. d.. April 1S.-The fight for
the ~wardenship at the state peniten-
tiary. Sioux Falls. is not causing the
governor any particular worry, as he
cruises. consistently. to interfere with
the wishes of the appointing board in
this matter. The governor has no de-
mands on the board. and the members
owe him nothing in a political way.
hence the responsibility for any change
made will rest with the board.
or the aspirants for the place it seems
that George NJ. Root of Sioux Falls has
the strongest backing and is favored by
MIR. Thomas as the successor to the
present warden. H. T. Parmley. Mr..
Powers. however. wants to see Frank
Nennicott appointed. His main support
lor the place comes from outside of his
W county. Minnehaha, while Mr.. Tip
ton. secretary of the board. prefers the
present warden. but would. as a COM
promise. vote for O.. S. Swenson. who
iilled h place very satisfactorily at
me time Mr.. Parinley was appointed.
Meanwhile the friends of the applicants
an OF them friends of the state admin,
lsIration, are awaiting the final out
come of the matter With more or less
unnecessary feeling of rivalry.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
WAS WRONG IN A FEW
MINOR DETAILS: SARCASM

Sioux Falls, s. d.. April 16.-Attorney
General Clark has written as follows TO
the editor of the Argus-Leader:
In your issue of April s you have a news
item purporting to come from Redfeld.
me idea sought to be conveyed therein is,
that a political meeting was re. .ntly held
at Huron; that in pursuance of plans there
Crawford to bring an action N circiit
court against the lumber trust: that the
object of such action is to detract at.en-
ton from Senator kittredge.
me author of the article is evidently In
error as to some minor details.
firSt. Ihere was no recent political
meeting at Huron. at least not to my
knowledge. IL there was such a meeting.
L was not invited and knew nothing of IL.
second. Governor Crawford has not d.
rected me to bring an action against the
lumber trust in Bcadle county or else
where.
Third. IL j decide TO bring such an ac-
ton. 1t will be because the law and the
action OF the legislature hereinafter re-
ierred to requires 1t. and with the sole OBJ
ject OF securing IA conviction or exposing
unlawful methods.
Section 10 to ISL of the penal code makes
1t unlawful for any association or corpor-
alton to make any combination fixing
prices or limiting free competition in the
production. manufacture. transportation
or sale OF merchandise, produce or COM
modities In this state.
This law was first enacted in 1890 II
was amended and amplified at the session
of 1907. Ii has remained as the law ever
since.
The attorney general then quotes the
joint resolution passed by the 1907 leRisla-
ture instructing him to proceed against
the so-called lumber trust should evidence
OF Its unlawful operation appear.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
FAIR TO EXPAND NOTAELY

Huron. S. D.. April 1S.-At a meet
ing of the state board Of agriculture
with Commissioner of Immigration
McIlvaine. j. w. Campbell, OF Huron.
was elected president. and w. s. Hill,
or A~feNHnurta. vice president; Il treas
urer will be named at the next meet
ing. Mr.. Campbell was also made SUI
p~erintendent of grounds, and Mr.. Hill
VIII be In charge of the horse and cat
Tie department. and Mr.. Peterson. of
Hermlliion, will be superintendent of
the swine and sheep department.
superintendent for other DEPART
ments will also be named here at the
meeting to be held here April 30. at
which time contracts for the erection
or a number of new buildings will be
let. Among the buildings proposed is
Il new agricultural hall: an addition TO
the woman's building; a poultry build
ing: four hog barns: two sheep barns.
and two cattle barns. The buildings
no" on the grounds will also be i'm
proved.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
SENTENCES PASSED AT THE
FEDERAL COURT AT SIOUX FALL.

Sioux Falls. S. d.. April l7.-Judge
Garland pas q sentence as follows on
convicted fcd,i., prisoners at the term
OF court just ended here:
Dan Lax. peddling liquor in McCook
county without u government license.
thirty days in Jail and a fine of 500.
Samuel Watkins and William Morgan.
larceny on the Rosebud reservation.
three years each in the United States
penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
Jerome Cadotte and Francis New
Earth. ndian boys who made a sensa-
tiohal rad after fleeing from a govern
ment boarding school on that part OF
the Standing Rock reservation which
extends into South Dakota, four years
each in the state reform school at
Plankinton.
Ihomas Ferron. convicted on three
indictments charging him with the
wholesale theft of horses from the
Rosebud reservation, four years i'm the
FEDERAL prison at Leavenworth. Notice
of a was
Robert Medicine Horn. an Indian
VINO pleaded guilty to having intro
duced liquor into the Yankton reserva-
tion, three months i'm Jail and 500 fine.
Little Owl. an Indian. charge similar
to that against Medicine Horn. six
months in Jail. fine 500.
Benjamin +. Burns. having sold
liquor at Wagner. in the coded portion
OF the Yankton reservation. imprison-
ment in the federal penitentiary at
L~eavenworth one year and one dav.
fine 500. ~
William Thornton, introducing liouor
INTO the iankton reservation, six
months in Jail. fine 500.
CHARLES Wells. introducing liquor into
the 1ankton reservation. Imprisonment
on year and one day. fine $500.
George Rockboy. introducing liquor
into the Yankton reservation. six
months in Jail. fine 500.
Ambrose Traversie, who blended
guilty to introducing liquor into the
CHEYENNE river reservation, six months
in Jail. fine 500.
May Lyman, Introducing liquor into
me 1ankton reservation, SIX months i'm
Jail, fine 500.
Merle Dodge. whose home is in Wis
consln, entered a plea of guilty to hay-
ing. AT the postofiice at Groton, S. d..
mailed an Objectionable letter. which
was addressed to a party in Wisconsin.
Dodge is only 20 years OF age. In view
OF TINS and the fact that he already has
served about five months in Jail. and
other mitigating circumstances. he was
let OFT with a fine of 500. Judge Garland
ordering that he be committed to the
Minnehaha county Jail until the fine is
paid.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
INSURANCE MEN FILE
THEIR REPORTS

Pierre. S. b., April I9.-The insurance
have AL filed their statements of 1906
business with Insurance Commissioner
Basford.
From these statements it is seen that
the life insurance business shows the
effect of the agitation over insurance
affairs In the country. the increase be
ing slight. AS to fire insurance its
growth compares favorably with the
development of the state.
The following new fire insurance com
'pinies have within the last sixty days
peen authorized to do business in the
state: The Reliance of Philadelphia,
National Union of P~ittsburg. Delaware
of Philadelphia. the Guarantee Fund
Life association of Omaha. Neb.. an
assessment company. Capital Life of
Denver. Colo. The Northern Accident
of Aberdeen and Federal Casualty COM
pany of Detroit are now accident com
pslnies. The L.. S. Casualty mpa
of New York has filed notice of its
purpose to withdraw from the state.
The Publishers Mutual of
Huron has changed its name to the
Globe Mutual.
different counties are all in and show
that the leasing for this yea will bring
greater revenue than iii any previous
years. Day county shows the highest
lease price for any single tract at 81
per acre for one section of grazing
land. II Brown county shows the
highest averages over the lease mini
mum SET by the state board, most of
the leases from that county going at
higher figures than the limit fixed. and
practically everything in the county be-
ing taken. The lease returns from
west of the river show an increased
demand. and while d lot of land was
taken. there appears to have been an
agreement that there is yet plenty for
all i'm that section of the state and
there was no bidding higher than the
minimum.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
BOYS KILL FARMER
SHOOTING AT TARGET

Sioux Falls. S. D.. April 19.-while
Willie Thompson. 1c-year-old grandson
81 John thompson. Il well known plo-
necr. inc II companion were shooting nj
y mark with a 22-caliber target rife.
Andrew Sunde, a farmer who lived
about three miles from Thompson's
Grove. near Baltic. north OF Sioux
Fails. unknowingly got within range
and WAS almost instantly killed.
Inc bullet passed through his heavy
clothing ard body. Sunde walked -
distance of about sixty feet to the
Thompson home and said:
Tn s',ot."
Mrs. Thompson told Kim he had bet
ter cit down. Sunde replied:
y feel like lying down."
WIN these WORDS he sank to the floor
.ites after bciy 8 shot.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
CANTON SUFFERS LOSS
BY FIRE OF $4,000

Canton. S. D.. April 16.-The tiercest
and most destructive fire in the history
OF Canton occurred yesterday during
n terrific northwest gale, which car
ried burning unk of wood from the
big lumber yard several blocks toward
the river and even across into Iowa.
The double shed of the Mutual I.um-
Der company was first to burn. blazing
nifty feet high under a pressure of a
fifty mile gale. The firemen worked
like heroes and saved the Bowman
kranz lumber yard across the street.
over which the blaze rolled ut times.
burning ernbers We're carried five
blocks. setting fires several times and
finally consuming the Milwaukee pump
house on the river bank.
The platform of the Milwaukee sta
ton and other railroad property were
or fire at times. but hundreds of watch
ers were able to keep the fire from
spreading. while three engines hauled
freight cars out of danger.
The fire was without doubt of in
cendiary origin. The loss is about 800
600. with insurance of $40. 900. c.. l..
Gray. of Lake City, Ia. and Canton
Owen owned the property.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
RAILROAD BUILDING
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Arlington. S. d.. April l9.-Right
bf way for the Dakota Central railroad
through the city has been secured and
several residences will soon be removed
70 make room for depot and switch
yards. Headquarters have been estab-
.shed for the construction officers and
active work has been begun on the
grade south of town. Work will be
pushed from both ends of the line and
the road is expected to reach Airing
ton by the first of July. A new town
viii be plated about nine miles south
east of Arlington and another ten miles
northwest. There will be three towns
plated between Arlington and Water
town. II the roaa is promised to he in
readiness for the grain carrying the
coming harvest.
Yankton. S. D.. April 1.-THE citv
council has granted right of way along
Second street here and south to the
river to the Yankton and Southern
railway. which now has three surveying
crews in the field bet ween here and the
Texas line.
AT the council meeting A. d. Russell.
clerk for nearly ten years. resigned.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
RESULT OF TEACHERS
TEXANS" IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre. 5. d., April 1.-THE state
marking board has completed the work
for the March examinations and passed
AZ out of $50 applicants. Two each
applied for state and life diplomas
ana We're granted the certificates for
which they asked. There were 1874 APP
p~licants for first grade certificates and
tnlrty-hve of these were granted. while
seventy of them We're granted second
grade certificates on the papers they
presented. Out of the 521 applications
for second grade certificates 4a2 Sc
cured certificates and 229 We're re-
Jected. Only eight of the first grade
applicants made complete failures.
making the percentage passing about
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
MiNT'S $50 PIECES
CONTAIN ONLY $I9.96

Denver. April 1S.-Department heads
OF the United States mint in this city
and three government gent connected
with the mint headquarters began
checking up the coinage Of the ain
and making the annual settlements
several weeks in advance of the usual
time for the settlements. This action
following the government report thai
the gold DIN from the Denver hin
ness and gold. though up to grade in
weight. means hat the
has begun action to discover who 10
responsible for the discrepancy in fine.
ness. The government report states
that the coins are found to be under
hne to the extent of s cents on every
$50 gold piece.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25
TOM FERRoN is CONVICTED
IN A BRIEF HALF HOUR

Sioux Falls, S. d.. April 16.-Villiam
Roberts and Frank Long. who pleaded
guilty to larceny or the Rosebud res
ervation. We're sentenced to imprison-
ment for thirty days each in the coun-
ty Jail at Deadwood and fined 500
each.
A jury in the federal court was out
only abou fifteen minute when it re-
turned a verdict of guilty in the case
of Thomas Ferron. tried on three in
dictmeEts charging him with being i'm
plicated in the theft of about thirty
head of horses from the Rosebud reser-
VatiOn.