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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
A BIRD CAGE OF 100 ROOMS.
The Wonderful Work of a Young ltal-
ian With Few Tools.
san With Few FOOLS.
er~nwz 49, $780, cue. Co.

Tar With Few Tools.
From the Kansas City Star.
What would you think OF a bird cage
that stand four feet high. has more than
- hundred rooms. forty balconies. towers,
turrets, minarettes, mating rooms, a re-
sception room and a clock?
Such a cage has been built by Peter
,Capeilo, an Italian, living at 202 North
Liberty street, Independence. He has
been working on 1t for more than two
months and the cage Is not yet finished.
It Is made entirely of wood and brass and
ts modelled after a cathedral In the build
sr's native land. Every panel, every
faoor, every balcony is finished to the
ssrraliest detail. The dovetailing and join
ing is almost perfect. On the interior are
double swings. paneled feed dishes, carved
water troughs and a net work OF doors
leading from room to room.
The center OF the cage has broad steps
leading to a double door with a tiny lock.
lust inside the main doors are the mating
v~oorns, little covered places with deep
shadows. Above the door is the clock
vand above that is a balcony with brass
Vaillngs and swinging doors. The balconies
tut out all around the buildings from floor
90 tower. TIL cage is painted In red and
drab with green doors. Two smaller tow
srs are just back OF tho main overs and
these are used as the birds gymnasium.
Inc cage is the more WonuerIul When
Il is known that the builder has never
dad any instruction in Joining or carving
and that his tools consisted of an old
sknife, q scroll saw, and an awl. He had
10 work in a little back room with only
Sne small electric light. He has lone 9th
er wood carving. A small dressing case
With a mirror, Is such q mass OF compli-
fated carving that II looks almost like
lace Capello is young. He has been in
America about nineteen months and
peaks little English.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

from far-S Letter.
The students Of the Latin Quarter rave
a very mixed reputation, and the faculty
have just had to close the university for
an ind,fnite period owing 10 the ructions
raised by q noisy section which has taken
a dislike to one of the professors. For
tunately, few of the under-grads merit the
reputation OF a young Russian. named
Vladimir c.. who Is the hero OF the fol-
lowing adventure:
His family had sent him to Paris TO
study law. but bars and race courses and
the Moulin Rouge proved much more at
tractive to him than the class rooms OF
the university. HIS father. a worthy farm
er. suddenly taken with a desire TO see
his son. left his estates and came to
Paris. Vladimir took his father round the
Quarter. and showed him the Pantheon,
the Luxembourg. and other well known
sights. Walking along the Rue Souffot,
the young mans father perceived on the
right a somewhat. ~foro.ddiny looking build
ing behind some ratings.
What Is that. my SOM asked the old
man.
II don't know. father was the reply.
AT that nioment a policeman passed.
ASK him what Il is" said the rather.
That" said the guardian OF tina peace.
is the Faculty or Law
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
Bismarck and the Correspondent.

FToW the LONDON IIiles.
When Russell was with the German
army ia 1870 he reported a long interview
with the Crown Prince (Frederick), some
expressions IN which gave umbrage to
bismarck. Bismarck sent for him, lost
vlis temper and said: Suppose you
couldn't resist showing your Importance
by reporting all that that 'dunderhead'
confided TO your"
Russell replied your excellency knows
that / always respect confidence; there Is
much that you have said to me yourself
that j have not reported" Bismarck:
"Poufi Anything say to you you may
brawl from the top OF St. Paul's!"
"I thank your excellency," said Russell.
"I shall use that permission to record your
opinion OF the crown prince"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
FOOLED THE PREACHER.
n Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee.

Was Coffee.
A wise doctor found out coffee was
hurting him so he quit drinking 1t.
lie was so busy with his practice,
hcwever, that his wife had to write
Aow be fooled his brother, a clergy.
man, one day at dinner. She says:
doctor found coffee was injuring
aim and decided to give Postum a trial,
sn6 we have used it now for four years
with continued benefit. IN fact, he is
COW free from the long train Of Ills that
follow coffee drinking.
TO show how successful we are In
naking Postum properly, / will relate
an incident. At a dinner we gave,
Doctor suggested that we serve Post
am inytead OF ordinary coffee.
doctors brother. a Clergyman, sup
posad It was old fashioned coffee aiil
xrmarked, as he called for his second
scup, IT you do preach against coffee I
- you haven't forgotten how to make
x.~
This goes to show that well-made-
fully boiled-Postum has much the Ia
o and richness OF good coffee. al
though Il has al individuality all ita
,wn. A ten days trial win prove tina.
~ has none OF the poisonous effect Of
ertiuary coffee. but will correct the
troubles caused BY coffee. There's 4
season" Name furnished by Postum
o. Iva. Battle Greek. Mich.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

finally 90 weak that for six months !
could not get out of the house. | was
nervous. restless and sleepless at night.
and lame and sore In the morning.
Sometimes everything would whirl and
blur before me. l bloated so badly
could not YEA tight clothing, and had
TO put on shoes two sizes larger than
usual. The urine was disordered and
passages were dreadfully frequent. ]
got help from the first box Of Doan'a
Kidney Pills, however, and by tho tins
I had taken four boxes the pain AND
bloating was gone. l have been in good
health ever since"
Sold by all dealers 80 cewts q box
Eoster-MIlburn Co, Buffalo. N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
Globe Siuhts.
From the Atchison Globe.

From the AtchiSon Globe.
Somehow 1t looks funny TO see a
mar clerk in charge Of the ribbon
counter.
The Enterprise says the ice men at
Coolidge never get ready to u I'M
til the first of May.
The average divorced woman takes
a good deal Of pride in making a Sec
ond marriage.
A great many people may sigh for
the simple life, but none of them are
young people.
The average war cloud is like the
cloud a farmer watches during a dry
spell: All cloud and no storm.
About the most disagreeable thing
in this world Is a woman who prides
herself upon being independent"
Some good men do not make a ia
vorable impression when they meet
strangers. and are very much disliked.
Ever notice that a good many men
are prominent" at the time of their
death whom you never heard of until
their demise?
It sometimes happens that people
who are fond of writing letters filed
with high sounding sentiments, are
mighty poor spoilers.
5. The "poetical" advertisements used
to exploit a certain cure for the strong
drink habit are almost enough to drive
a man TO 1T.
The man who goes to another town
to attend a convention, expects to have
a good time, but he doesn't depend on
the convention to furnish it.
I. The young man who looks iongingly
at a military career should remember
that a captain of industry draws more
pay than a soldier of fortune.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman whose idea of the SUI
perlative In pastry was a cake decor
ated with white frosting and red can
dies?
Everything is up In the air" here
lately. We wish something would come
down: the angels have always had too
much attention, and the men no
enough.
what has become OF the old-fash-
toned household where the children ate
what was placed before them and new
Ell complained that 1t was something
they didn't like? !.
A new book a appeared which vii
attract attention among women IT Is
entitled THE Tragedy OF Maternity
and. in the guise OF q love vomance
tells the entire story.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
His Auerad de.

'~w;nter has many drawbacks" said
Henry ]. Woodhouse, the noted meteor
ologist, in Washington, land not least OF
these in the winter fog that drops down
SCOT upon mems faces. Some day we shall
dissipate this fog with electricity, but that
day is distant"
Mr.. Woodhouse smiled.
SIN a restaurant, on a recent foggyJ
sooty day. | couldn't resist leaning over
and whispering to a well dressed man at
the next table:
Excuse me, sir, but there's a speck OF
SCOT on you nose.
THE man smiled agreeably.
mo he sad. No, that isn't SCOT. Il
IS a peculiar kind of mole, and you are ths
seventh man since breakfast to ask to
wash it off. My average for foggy days ia
ten"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
Evolution of a Nation.
From the Mexican Herald

From the MeXlcan Herald.
The United States IS growing more and
more centralized; the Washington govern
ment looms larger daily: the duties OF the
presidential Office have greatly increased,
congress places great responsibilities on
the president, and the American empire.
with distant possessions, is fully IN view.
Here in Mexico we see the same forces
at work. States, once powerful provinces,
Jealous of the federal power, guarding
fiercely their local privileges, are traversed
by railways and telegraps, and find c.ti-
gems of other states, as well as foreign
ers, engaged III undertakings within their
borders. Capitalization grows here as it
does in the United States; the national
idea becomes stronger. the provincial spirit
weaker.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

AIlcock's Piasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by the
public; their virtues have never been
equaIled by the INSCRIPTIONS imitators
who have sought to trade upon the repu.
tation OF Allcock's by making ~plasters
with holes in them. and claiming them
70 be ..just as good as Allcock's."
Allcock's plasters stand to-day Endorsed
10y not only the highest medical authori-
ties. but by millions Of grateful patients
who have proved their efficacy as a house
hold remedy.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

he did not wish his name to appear in
them, and that she was going 10 un-
dertake to carry them out anony-
mously."
"Well?" asked our junior again.
We'll" said Mr.. Graham slowly, "she
asked me TO dispose at onc of such OF
her securities as / thought best, in or
der that / might place in her hands by
tomorrow night 800, 900 in cash-a cool
hundred thousand"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

worked hard In my
time and have been
o again and
again to changes OF
weather. 1t is no won.
der my kidneys gave out
and went all to pieces
at last. For five years
| was fading away and
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
a Mortifyinq Answer.

Richard, aged Z years, In company with
his parents, was visiting a friend. AN
the dinner table ne was asked to have
some cake. He hes.tated.
..Sav quickly, Richard! Will you have
some cake :" said his mother.
Imagine her chagrin when Richard rev
ped: 'If it's the kind we have at home'
1 don't want any"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

Kou Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE
Write to-day to Allen S. 0lmsted, lie RON
~. T., for a FREE sample OF Aliens Foot
Ease. a powder to shake into your shoes
IL cures tired. sweating, hot, swollen, ach.
xng feet. IL makes new or tight shoes easy
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions, All
Druggists and Shoe stores sell It. 25c.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

There Is a tacit understanding be-
tween twins that both must not be good
at one n the same time. Life would
rents.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

Garfield Tea, the mild laxative pens-
cts the entire system. Best for iiver:
kidneys and bowels; for ~constipatsn ~
sick headache.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

s6o ACRES MORTON COUNTY, NJ. D
All can be farmed; $3.50 per acre
Also improved farms. Sylvester Bros,
St Paul.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

The baby Graded In the lap of luxury
rarely grows up to be a credit to his
mother.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

Flattery catches silly people, but dis
agreeable candor never catches any.
body.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
FADED TO A SHADOW.

WORN Down by Five Years of suffer-
ing from kidney Complaint.
Mrs. Remethe Myers, OF $50 South
Tenth St, Ironton, o., says: * have
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
AGE OF MIRACLES
NOT Yet PAST
How the Deaf Are Taught to
"Aear" and the Bind
to "See."
s SIMPLY WONDERFUL
While II Is Far Easier to EducStf
Those Born Blind, Great Success
Has Attended Efforts With
Those Born Deaf.

One should not be In too much haste
10 declare that the day Of miracles Is
past. says La Vie Illustree" Of Paris
IN an article on the work Of M. Going
non of the Institution Rationale des
Sourds-Muets. Miracles are ax7ays
taking place, but it is the men o. SCI
ence today who perform them. The
words Of scripture, 'the blind shall see,
The deaf shall hear" which had only
an abstract meaning in the minds OF
heir authors, have become concrete,
and one can say today with accuracy,
the blind see, the deaf hear" Indeed,
one might almost say that the deaf
hear" better than we do. The move
ment of the lips without actual Vocali-
cation sufices them.
The work Of those educators, worthy
to be called apostles, by whom the
blind have been taught to live a more
normal life is fairly well known. Less
familiar are the labors Of those who
are teaching the deaf to understand
what Is said to them and to express
their thoughts, not by means of signs,
but through the spoken word. This is
a work Of veritable resurrection. for
there does not exist an infrmity more
fatal to the intelligence OF children
than deafness. The human voice places
the blind in direct communication with
the thought Of their educators. The
deaf, on the contrary, can understand
nothing because they hear nothing.
Their eyes are open on the life Of which
they perceive the exterior signs, but the
means OF penetrating it are closed tc
them. OF the deaf and the blind the
former are plunged in the thicker dark
ness.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

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daily duty.
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
How Blind Are Taught.

And here the sense of sight comes in.
Pronouncing o u and 90" then "T' and
sc" before a mirror, n notices hat In
the first case the lips take a poutlng
position; in the second they are separ-
ated as In smiling. The tongue also has
a particular position for each phonetic
element, and these changes Of position
are visible eXteriorly.
The Instruction of a deaf mute in the
Institution Rationale begins by the
imitation of the movements of the body
while the teacher pronounces the word
suited to the action. From this the
course leads up gradually to the al
most imperceptible movements OF the
lips, and combined with this Is con
slant exercise for the development of
the breath, which is always defective
in children thus afflicted. A visitor
who found the pupils blowing soar
bubbles, lighting and blowing out a
dies and propelling a ball along a
groove in a wooden bar, imagined that
they were playing, but was told that
this was part OF the curriculum.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22
Wonderfully Successful.

In his wonderfully successful efforts
to penetrate this darkness NJ. Collignon
has found the sense of touch almost as
important as that OF sight. THE hand
is the ear of the blind" he says, par
ticularly during the period of the ac-
QUESTION Of speech" With persons pos
sessing all their senses the aerial vibra-
tons resulting from the vocal nov
mentS strike the membrane of the
tympanum. With the deaf the and Is
brought in contact with the vibrations
Of the phonetic gan The latter is
artificial hearing. The mechanism Is
the same in both cases, but not Of
equal perfection.
The hand of the pupil placed upon
the throat perCeives the vibrations OF
the CLOTHS and distinguishes variations
of force, OF rapidity and musical pitch.
Each element OF speech has it's regions
of vibration, at the top of the head, at
the throat, at the thorax, at the lips
and is distinguishable either directly
by the hand or through the medium Of
a pencil placed upon the vibrating part
The hand distinguishes also various
qualities Of the breath, which sustains
certain characteristic notification as
it leaves the lips. 1t is warm and feeble
for "a" stronger for "ou" n stronger
still for f." "s' and oh" 1t is x
hailed simultaneously through the
mouth and nose for AN" "in" and "un,"
and only by the mouth for all other ele-
ments of speech.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-03-22

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Douglas Island news., 1907-02-13
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY

Perhaps one of the most important duties of governments is the careful marking of the boundaries of lands and the keeping of careful and accurate records of the same. The failure to do this will entail endless disputes and litigation.
 Almost ten years ago MT. W. L. Dis tin was appointed to the position of surveyor general for Alaska. He found on taking the position that there was almost nothing to take, in fact the story is often told that the furniture of this branch of governmental affairs in Alaska consisted of washstand and all the records, papers, files etc. were contained in shoe box.
 Mir. Dlstin had before him tremen- dous undertaking. 4 territory com prising more than 4OO,OOOOO0 acres of land, the business of his office to be started from almost nothing, and a very limited appropriation of funds.
 One day last week the writer visited the office of the surveyor general at Juneau, and through the kindness of Mir. Distin and his associates was al lowed to spect the workings of that institution. 4 large two story build ing together with a small annex con- tains an almost endless variety of filing cabinets and racks, filled with maps, charts, records, field notes &c., Sc. To the uninitiated it is bewildering, but a word of explanation here and there brings out the use of every part and then you begin to grasp the extent of the work that has been and is being done. For instance set of plats, drawn to perfect scale, show every mining claim in the entire district, it's location, shape and extent, besides the town sites, manufacturing sites and many holdings of other kinds.
 Mir. Distin is not only deeply inter- ested in bis work, but he is constantly planning for the welfare of Alaskans who in future generations will appre- ciate the work be is now doing, and will rise up and call him blessed.
Douglas Island news., 1907-02-13
Frame, the Trust Buster

John Frame and his Transcript have been wronged, maligned and abused. The trouble is that the mission of this mighty apostle of reform is not under stood. Many who had read his pessi- mistic paragraphs week after week, had come to the conclusion that John was a common ordinary knocker. Some had even thought him a man without q soul, intent on the business of tearing down and destroying everything and everybody that didn't come through with a stated sum. But this is all wrong. It is not true. John is noble-hearted, big footed philanthro- pist; trying to break down the trusts that are his natural enemies. If our readers still do not understand we will try to explain what seems to be an enigma
 Iu fighting the trusts, it is first nec- cessary to find one, but this was no trouble for our hero. lie knew by in stmct where to look. An evil trust is one that takes money from a poor priuter In Juneau were two or three stores that did not patronize the paper, which they knew was published by Frame the Trust Buster. He knew his first attack must be on them. They had formed combine Co starve him out.
 Buy scales, good people, your home merchants are robbing you. They have formed trust to take the money out of your pocket and niue" cried this great reformer. Send your mon ey to the mail order houses, they never cheat. They never form trusts" end so on, until some thought he was los- ing his mind. But all tbe time the "Poor Trust Buster" Was shedding tears as big as hens eggs, and sweating a bloody sweat, as he wrestled with the mighty powers of the trust.
 Just as soon as Frame gets the gro- cery trust busted, SO that the saloon men can buy their pretzels where they darn please, he is going after the jewel CTS trust on behalf of the preachers who want to buy specs, Frame has a brother who is preacher, so he will do that much for Christs sake.
 So you see "Frame Che Trust Buster" is not nearly so black as he is painted, but is really a Joshua, and not a Jonah. "Ketch the idea?"
Douglas Island news., 1907-02-13
Always the Same

Whenever the question of home rule comes up for discussion, some wild eyed fellow jumps up and makes fuss about taxes. If we have glimmer of intelligence, that is the weakest argu- ment ever presented. When the town of Douglas had the question of incor- poration under discussion, it was the same kind of men who argued that Douglas should not incorporate be- cause of the taxes, which would be so burdensome that no one could live here. But incorporation carried, and we now ask the question, have the taxes hurt you? Has anyone been forced to sell bis property because he couldn't pay his taxes.
 You answer Do, because the greatest levy during the five years of incorpor- ate life of the city has been five mills, one half of one per cent, and the pres ent year there is no levy.
 Some few towns in the district have allowed the tax bug-a, boo.ers to scare them out and have not taken upon themselves the dignity of home rule. What is the result. The most striking examples are Sitka and Rampant. Do our anti friends hold these towns up as models when they maae their argu- ment against home rule?
 Again, along the same line of argu ment is the statement that home rule and the high taxes that must surely follow will drive out capital; will keep it away. Did any one ever hear of it having any such an effect in the terri tories already organized, or in the states?
 Thousands of Alaskans are investing their surplus cash in the thriving city of Seattle. Is it because taxes are low there? Ask them.
 We are told that all the corporations, and men of money-the solid men of Alaska-are arrayed against home rule because of the taxesr but we have never heard any one say s@ except some poor devil of 8 newspaper man who was probably wearing his only shirt when he made the bTeak-
 If the rich men,-the moneysd men of Alaska are afraid of the taxes under territorial form of government, why don't they say so. and tell us why2