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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
PROLONGED Shock.

Windsor, Ont, Special. For half
an hour Frederick Menhennick, Of
st. Johns, Quebec, who is at Has
tings, Mich, visiting a brother,
served involuntarily as the medium of
q current Of electricity, not of sUffi-
cient force to kill him, but strong
enough so that he experienced all the
sensations of death in the electric
chair. To investigate what proved 10
be a bursted water pipe, Menhennick
carried an electric coil lamp into the
cellar of his brothers house. The coil
by which Menhennick held the lamp
became damp and when his feet struck
the water, which stood several inches
deep In the cellar, a circuit was formed
which sent the deathdealing current
flying through his body. Although
possessed of his ems M~enhennick
was powerless to move a muscle. Mel
Their could he cry out. For half an
hour he stood thus, unable to release
his hold of the lamp, his body throb-
bling under the effect of the current.
Then he fell unconscious, the lamp was
Jared out of his HAND the circuit
broken. The fall into the cold water
revived him. Apart from severe burns
to his hands he is suffering greatly
from the shock of his terrible expert
ence, but is expected to o
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
THE MARvELs OF MONEY TALK.
How Professor Garner Went to Work
to Learn the Monkey Language.

About a quarter OF a century ago q
man was watching some monkeys In
the Cincinnati geological gardens.
There were a great many small mon
keys and large mandril-all to-
gether In two cages connected by an
open door. The smaller monkeys were
afraid OF the mandril, who lorded 1t
over his little neighbors. The man
noticed that two of the small monkeys
were always near the door. apparently
communicating to the others what tho
mandrill was doing. Certain move
sounds from them. The other monkeys
acted accordingly.
From that time on / determined to
learn the speech of monkeys" says
Professor Richard l.. Garner. And he
has done so, too. Twice he has gone
to Africa and lived In the jungle with
them. He can talk to the monkeys In
their own language; has taught one OF
them TO say a word: and once got one
to witness a legal document, declares
Arthur B.. Reeve In a very interesting
article on men and monkeys In the
January Hampton's Magazine.
After spending several years In in
effectually attempting to learn the
monkey language" In ZOOS. DIR. Garner
had an inspiration. He went to the
Smithsonian institution In Washington
with the proposition that he use q pho
nograph In studying monkeys. The
idea appealed to one OF the authorities
DIR. Baker, and Garner. was allowed to
go ahead.
At the institution at that time were
two monkeys OF different species kept
In the same cage. The female was re-
moved and what she said was recorded
on the photograph, Then the machine
vas started In the cage with the male.
He looked up in surprise for the other
monkey. Seeing none, he walked gin
gerly around the machine n sat down
In front OF 1t. Then he put his hand
down the horn. Still he could find no
monkey. He retired, puzzled. to the
far end of the cage, and said q few
things himself which were also taken
down. When this record RAJ In turn
repeated before the female she seemed
to recognize his voice. Later Professor
Garner looks records OF a Cebus Ga lit
tie South American monkey In Chi
cago. n when they We're repeated In
New York to another Cebus they were
apparently recognized.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Pointed Paragraphs.
From the Chicago News.

fSisi ttsC SfiiCtkV VIEWS fM
The road to ruin is always kept In
good repair.
When trouble goes to sleep don't set
the alarm clock.
Better a good paying Job than a low
salaried position.
If you are not satisfied with your
lot. trade 1t for a better one.
Some people fast because there's
nothing to eat In the house.
The tax assessor thinks he has an
excuse for being q pessimist.
F1ve-cent tonsorial parlors are re-
sponsible for a lot OF bad scrapes.
1t gives us a terrific jolt every time
we hear our friends praise our enc
mics.
It will soon be the open season for
teaching the summer girl to swim all
over again.
Although people realize that they
can't live forever. dying Is the last
thing they want to do.
Most of the people who want to get
out OF the matrimonial frying pan do
SO because they want to get In 1t
again.
A woman's idea of economy In shop
ping depends on whether she is buy
ing things for herself or for her hus-
band.
About the nearest thing one woman
can say of another woman's appear
ance is that she looks as IL she had
dressed while running to a fire.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Sick Room Education.
By Ada Patterson in New York Al

BY Ada Patterson in New York American.
When some one with glowing cheeks
and brilliant eyes and a springy step
says:
Il have never beer Ill in my life" 1
think, What an education in the real
things of life you have lost! What dis
cipline you have missed!"
For, as we look at the world through
the windows Of a sickroom, we learn
the lesson of helplessness. In health
we are, or should be, nightly self-re-
liant. But illness lays our spirits low.
We who had thought we were world
conquerors conclude that we are puny
atoms. That sense, though a passing
one, is Christening.
Looking with tired. longing eyes
through the windows of q sick room
at the hurrying world outside. we have
a new sense of values. The enmities
In our lives seem trivial, the friend
ships great. Those whom we love seem
very close to us, those w hated very
far off. We know what before we had
not known-that the friendships we
have formed a been the sweet,
green places In our lives.
To our vision, as we peer day after
day through those windows upon the
kaleidoscope which is life, comes a new
clearness. We understand many things
that had puzzled us. One OF these is
the egotism of invalids. In the cruelty
of our strength we had thought them
bores. We had tired of their ailments,
been exasperated by the recital of their
symptoms. But with the clear, new
vision have come understanding and
pity, understanding that our %conversa-
ton cannot rise higher than it's source,
our w lives, the body life and the
thought life, and pity for the person
immured within the everyday, narrow
ing walls of that world of pain.
Through the sickroom windows we
see another truth, the esteem that great
skill deserves. The physician or sur
geon VIC comes every day to our bed
side to mend the battered craft for
another voyage-what reverence is due
him for work we'll done!
There flies through the sickroorn win
dow a guest We may never before have
entertained. 1t is patience. We have
expended our energies In doing. Now
we use them in bearing. 1t captures
our minds and ~pervad.s our hearts,
this new power to bear that condition
which we annot alter, TO bear il
quietly, bravely, with no outward
hinching.
We look through the sickroom win
dows again. but It is from the other
side. We are taking our place, though
ii be with feeble steps, in the march
of life. and the look through the win
lows is a backward one. The world is
Gig and joyous. The sickroom at which
we are taking the backward glance was
little and full Of pain.
But 1T taught us many lessons. I'M
forgettable lessons, and he chief of
these is that the sun has arisen. and
before Its light old cares have van
ished. We are glad, radiantly. heart
b~urstingly glad, just to be alive.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

and made me feel like a new person.
and it shall always have my p~raise.'s
Mrs. w. r. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Nj. was a great suf-
ferer from q female disease. The doc
tor said i would have to 60 to the
hospitalf for an operation, but Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me In three months. -
MRS. 8. "A. WILLIAMS, r. i. d. No. IA.
Box so, Gardiner Me.
Because your case Is q difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without.
giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compounds trial. IT surely has cured
many cases Of female ills, such as in
Illumination, liberation, displacements,
ihbroid tumors irregularities, periodic
pains, backache. that bearingdown
feeling, indigestion, dixxfnosa and ner-
yous prostrafion. It costs but 3 tribe
to try Il and the result is worth mill
lions to many suffering woman,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

Girls Head Encrusted--Feared Loss
OF All Her Hair-Daby Had MIX
Crust-Missionary's Wife Made
P~orfect Cures by O~uttcura.
For several years my husband was
a missionary In the Southwest. Every
n In that high and dry atmosphere
has more or less trouble with dandruff
and my daughters scalp became 80 en-
crusted with 1t that l was alarmed for
fear she would lose all her hair. After
trying various remedies, in desperation
l bought a cake of Cuticura Soap and
a box Of Cuticura Ointment. They left
the scalp beautifully clean and free
from dandruff and / am happy to say
that the Cuticura Remedies were a
complete success. l have also used
successfully the Cuticura Remedies for
so-called 'milk-crust' on baby's head.
Cuticura is a blessing. Mrs. J. A. OAR
ling, $40 Fifth ST., Carthage, Ohio,
Jan. 20, 1905"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole
Props. OF Cuticura Remedies, Boston.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Telescope for the People.

by GaTTGtI r.. SeTNlSS IN new 1OTk Atitcft-
can.
I ave often wished that I could per-
suade some wealthy man, DESTROYS or
doing something for the good OF his
kind, to donate enough money TO
establish a peoples observatory. BY
that l mean an observatory devoted
not to research but exclusively to the
exhibition OF the wonders Of the heav-
ems to those longing TO see them. l
know there are thousands of such per-
sons, for l receive letters from them all
the time. Their ~imaginations are fired
by what they read OF astronomical
marvels. and If their desire to see some
of these things with their WI eyes
could be gratifed the result would be
intellectual gain. not only for the In
dividuals Immediately concerned, but
for the cause OF science n general
education.
We have in this country the great
est telescopes in the whole world, but
they are devoted to the advance of
science, and only directly to It's diff
fusion. 1t Is only the professional as
tronomers, wishing to employ such In
struments in technical work, that get
the ear OF the men who possess the
necessary money. More than once a
telescope originally intended for the
use and instruction OF the public has
fallen under the practically exclusive
AStihA - &AN& az
osity of outsiders has remained unsat-
isied. This curiosity is perfectly legit-
innate, for In Its very nature II Is
highly intellectual, and 1t ought to be
recognized and provided for.
On no side is nature capable OF p
lifting the mind SO effectually as on
the side of astronomy. 1t is a correct
i've for all intellectual narrowness,
perstition, ignorance, bigotry, mental
blindness and astigmatism and pettish-
ness of view. These great worlds and
suns and systems, Of a thousand vary
ing magnitudes and in every possible
stage of evolution, make the beholder
grow In Intellectual stature as he looks
upon them. No nan can be little or
mean when he faces the universe.
The professional astronomer (and no
blame to him, for he is a busy mani Is
like a selfish spectator at a panorama
who holds possession OF the only peep
hole, and excites a burning curiosity
In the crowd behind him by OCCASION
gives another a nance to see for him
self. There cannot be too many tele-
scopes for the astronomers, but there
should be come for the people as well.
A correspondent makes a good sug-
gestion: why not" he says, have
in New York a telescope for the public,
erected In commemoration of the ter
centenary OF Galileo's discoveries 2"
A Is or 20-inch telescope of that kind
erected on Morningside Heights would
draw as many patrons and do at least
as much good as the greatest theater
or opera house, and would be q monu-
ment proclaiming to posterity the in
tellectual greatness of America.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
TO CLEAN

Do not forget that mating must new
er be washed with soapy water A
strong solution of salt water cleans
mating and makes it look like new.
thicknesses Of old newspaper under
meath 1t, for mating always lets lust
and dirt through 1t like a seive, and
when it has to be taken up the pieces
OF dust covered paper can be care
fully lifted and burned.
Widths of mating sewed together
with a loose stitch. using carpet thread,
make the floor covering look heater and
wear better than when staples are used
to fasten II down.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Passing Of the Working Elephant.

From the Southern Workman.
The laboring elephants are In their
prime when they are 25 years old. They
are expensive to feed, literally eating
their heads off. 1t is declared that an
elephant eats a quarter of his weight
in feed every day. Certain ii is a
the average amount required to keep
one of the gigantic worke in good
condition is 500 pounds a day. While
perfectly tractable and reliable when
properly tanned and trained, an ele-
plant is likely to become frightened
and stampede without warning. In spite
of his massive body and immense
strength, he Is timid in the extreme and
becomes frenzied at the sight of a rat,
a dog or an automobile. Every ele-
plant has a small hole in the side of
its head, from which, periodically, a
white fuid is discharged. Unless the
animal is chained during the entire
period of this discharge, he is liable to
turn rogue and kill everybody within
reach. At other times he is easy to
manage The time is not far distant
when the elephant will disappear from
the lumber yards of Rangoon to give
place TO modern machinery, which is
much cheaper and more reliable than
animal labor. Even now they are van
fishing, but a few old ones may still be
seen doing their work in the mills and
yards.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

From Success Magazine"
A lady who was very plain looking
called on a friend.
This friends little girl came into
the room and her mother introduced
her.
But, mamma, isn't she awfully
homely," said the young hopeful"
why, Laura, you mustn't say such
things, 1t isn't polite"
II mea it only as a joke"
But, dear, how much more of a
joke 1t would have been If you had
said how pretty she is"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
INDIAN RESERVATIONS OPEN.
Registration, July Is TO August 8
Drawing, August o., 200.

Drawing, August o, 1900.
Registration for 160-acre farms In
the Flathead Reservation (450. 600
%acres), at Missoula. Mont; Occur
d'Alene Reservation Goo, 900 acres)
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho; Spokane Res
ervation 100000 a~cres). at Spokane.
Wash.
Any qualified applicant can register
for a 160-acre farm on all three OF
these reservations. You therefore have
three chances to win a farm. 1t costs
nothing to register. The cost Of TAX
ing UP the prize 160-acre tracts is
from s1.B to 81 an acre.
Low fares by the CHICAGO. MILwAU-
4 & ST.. PAUL RAILwAY-$39 from
Chicago to Mtssoula and return. $50
to Kalispell and return. $3.50 to
Occur d'Alene and return. $3.50 to
Spokane and return. July 20. Low
fares from other points and on other
dates.-F. A. Miller, General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
French Village Ruled by Women.

From the London
In the village of Froissy, a Paris,
nearly all the important posts are filled
by women. Passengers alighting at the
railway station are met by a woman,
who Is stationmaster, while her hus-
band is only a glSSrd.
A barber shop beSSs the notice that
mile. jeanne will "henceforth shave
her customers only on Tuesday and
Friday, as she has undertaken other
work" At the p~ostoffice the local tele-
graph messenger and postman, Mime.
L~esobre," is met. She walks on an
average of 20 miles a day. The mu-
nicipal drummer is a woman. in her
goth year.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Reflections Of a Bachelor.
the New York Press

FTOIl tNt INtW lUIh TItSS.
Hardly anything would be more fool
fish than for women to dress sensibly.
The fun a man has at a ummer re-
sort is when his family are at some
other and think he is in town.
A man has to be conceited about
something IL it's only about what kind
of razor it takes to shave his beard
because it's so strong.
The more friends a man has the
more it can disgust them for him TO
expect them to do for him what they
expect him to do for them.
Before her boy is out Of his cradle
his mother gets suspicious of how
many women are plotting to marry
their daughters to him when they are
all grown up.
There's nothing a girl likes so much
when she is going to meet the man she's
engaged to as to write a letter to give
him.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
Hrs. wsnss~vss soornrxa BynUp for Chndrsn.
testhing, softsns IL guns, rsdsces fnnaHmst On.
Alays pain. cures wind colo 2soa bottle.

There is In use In some parts OF the
west coast of Africa a system OF writ
ing OF native invention which IL said
to be successfully competing with Eng
lish writing. 1t is called the Val lam
guage, and was invented by Doalu
Bukere, assisted by five of his friends.
The characters resemble Egyptian
hieroglyphics. but the tongue Is said to
be harmonious. relatively easy to pro-
nounce, and with a grammar that Is far
from difficult. 1t Is being moro and
more used in West Africa, and. it is
said, may become the dominant form OF
countries.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

sides and hips, head
aches, dizziness, uri-
nary disorders are
sure signs that the
kidneys need imme-
date attention. De-
lay is dangerous.
Mrs. John F. Riley,
$40 Walnut St.,
II a m n, Ohio,
says: "Backache,
headache and dizzy
spells were the bur-
dan 80 INV IyRa pn~
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

years. Homework was drudgery, and
| was tired and worn out all the time,
due to kidney disease. Doan's Kid
ney Pills brought prompt relief and
o ] was entirely cured"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milbur Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
SOME USES FOR LEMONS.

A te~aspoonful OF lemon Juice in a
email cup of black coffee will drive
away an attack of bilious headache.
A little lemon juice rubbed on the
Race, arms and neck at night will not
snly whiten but soften the skin.
A paste made of magnesia and lemon
iuiee applied to the face and hands
when lying down for Is minutes will
bleach the skin beautifully.
Hot lemon Juice and sugar Cor hot
iemonade) for a cough has rarely been
known to fail of giving relief.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

A white tigress eight feet eight inches
In length has been shot In Dhenkanal
state, Orissa. The ground color was
pure white and the stripes were of
q deep reddish black. The skin has,
been presented to the rajah of Diem
kanal, who has had 1t mounted and
placed In his palace. The shikaris
(hunters) OF that country say that it
is the only white tiger they have SEEN.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

Last year was a banner year for
sugar beets. but the estimate is made
by the United States department of
agriculture that the present year will
eclipse all records, as ID Is expected
that over half a million short tons OF
beet sugar will be made.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

We live two lives; the outer seeming fair,
: And only laughter on the surface lies:
Our inner life-no one may enter there,
Where thoughts and hopes are hidden
from all eyes.
The lonely days of wild revolt and pain,
Then-resignation for the dear dreams
n
The heart-hopes, half defined, then
crushed again,
Make up the silent life we live alone.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

The Apaches, who for many years
were the scourge Of Arizona and New
Mexico, probably never numbered
more than 10000. The present num-
Der is about 5000, and most OF them
live in the White Mountain reserva-
ton, Arizona.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

this valuable medi-
cine, Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. / suf-
fered from terrible
headaches, pain In
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and SO
w~eakIcould hardly
Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound re-
stored me to health
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

The students OF the University OF
Chicago have decided to put the sub
ject Of whether or not the honor sys-
tenn shall govern all examinations to
popular vote. Ali Indications point to-
ward the adoption Of the plan by a
large majority.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
MORE /
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, MI t Is with pleasure
that I add my testimonial to your
already long lii t-hoping that it may
induce others to avail themselves of
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

Since 1903 there have been no imports
of live cattle to England from Argen-
tina, on account of the foot-and-mouth
disease, but the imports of frozen beef
from that country amounted last year
500, 1923.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

In liz years we have imported u.s.
0o0. 600 bushels OF potatoes. or. all told.
about LIP Of a single years crop In
this country. The value Of the i'm
ports has been $i2, 900. 600 for the Is
years; the duties paid have been So
900. 600.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16

Paw-Paw fruit. / unhesitatingly recon-
mend these pills as being the best laxa-
tive and cathartic ever compounded. Get
a 25-cent bottle and II you are not per-
fectly satisfied / will refund your money.
-MUNYON.
SD and Jciicrson Sts.. Philadelphia. Pa.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-07-16
HOE IN VARIETY.

The number OF pairs of shoes, slip
pers and hosiery which the summer
girl nov considers essential to her
summer outfit would have been thought
madly extravagant not SO long ago.
Probably IT is extravagant now, but
the extravaganza Is looked upon as a
matter Of course. and bronze shoes.
tan shoes, white shoes, suedes. buck
skins, cravenette. canvass and evening
slippers In satin to match each evening
frock. are counted as necessities. Foot
wear which would have been thought
too fanciful for good taste some time
ago Is now accepted without question.
Among the new things are some de-
lightful IL audacious plaid shoes In the
grays and blacks as well as In the
brightest Of colors. They are for out
ing wear and are charming on a small
foot. There are low shoes in gray
suede with heels and plain leather
covered buckles in contrasting colors.
The same idea is carried out in the
white shoes. The favorite combina-
tions are gray and green, gray and
light rose color, and white and pink
or white and blue. Occasionally you
see a white shoe with black patent
leather trimming and there are strik-
ing shoes Of white with heels and lac
ings and tips in color, but there Is
little indication hat this bizarre foot
wear will be popular. The shoe ideas
that promise to be most in favor are
those carried out I'm bronze leather.
Even In the most substantial OF the
bronze models shown the leather has
a peculiar softness and lightness that
will be delightful for summer wear
Another advantage In It's favor il that
II can be worn with almost any kind
of costume. It's use for street wear
is already quite m