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The Press., 1912-05-01
Misses Suits

For the little ladies of A. 16, IS years. They are finely tailored models in navy blue black and white and novel; 5000 and $25OO. Now for &l676.
The Press., 1912-05-01
Norfolk Suits

For Women and Misses. Made of navy serge, tan, twill, mixtures and whipcords, navy, cadet, white Splendid choice for $s5.OO, $2O.OO, $16 50, $15.OO and &12.5O.
The Press., 1912-05-01
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NorICEs.

Matter under this head 10 cents per line.'
 -Buskirk's s watch sale closes Saturday night. This week is your last oppor- tunity to buy these watches at the greatly reduced prices.
 -Rebekah Pins and Emblms at Bus kirk, the jewellers. Eli Parizeau has added line of ten cent candies at his Main street store.
The Press., 1912-05-01
COVENTRY. Rnn4ln fInunnA,.rr

r-AN Mrs. Cordelia Day has sold her place to Jasper Harris, who will take pos session at once.
 MT. and Mrs. Eugene A. Tracy have arrived from Pinehurst, N. O., where they have been spending the winter. They are to room with Miss Hattie M. Albro.
 MT. and Mrs. E. |. Hutchinson, who have been spending the winter months at the Benjamin Harrington place in Westhaven, Fla, are again at their home here.
 Don't think that piles can't be cured. ThOusandssot obstinate cases have been cured by Doan's Ointment 50 cents at any drug store.
The Press., 1912-05-01

and young spent some time in pleas ant social way before separating for their homes.
The Press., 1912-05-01
. Just Received.

2. .o'e .'.'!.N.. ',. aSs1--'4@iI., A big line of Ladies' Suits, Voile Skirts, White and Colored Dresses; Waists and Silk Kimonas.
 A speciality in Embroideries.: 27 inches wide, 25c per yd. 56 inches wide, 75c per yd. Allover Embroidery,56 inches wide, 45c per yd:, and narrow widths at reasonable prices. ,- ,- ....
 Also new line of Mems Suits, Shoes and Furnishings.
 o..,. . s. KUSLANSKY.
The Press., 1912-05-01

SILK SHIRTS made of Habutai white grounds, with hair line strpes for riding, gol6ng and tray cling, $2.OS and $3.08. cotton in white and cream, also in striped per cale, are useful garments for 08c, &1 26 and &l 50 each.
 WHITE WAISTS, French lawn and shadow la quarter sleeves, in a variety of dainty designs Sig
The Press., 1912-05-01
Three-Day Sale Waists and Shirts

LINGERIE AND voILE WAISTS, imported and domestic models Hand embroidered and real lace trimmed. S6OS and S7 50 each.
 IMPORTED KIMoNAS, smart novelties in hand-embroidered lingerie style. Dainty designs and durable garments, priced $3.0S, $500 and @1O each.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-06-14
Moons Passage Across Sun
Watched in Holland.
Weather Ideal for Event-Neither Ami.
NAL Nor Plant Life Was Affected
In the Least by Midday
Gloom and Cold.

The Hague, Holland.-Whether the
Dutch astronomers have succeeded In
solving the problems set themselves
with regard TO the sun and moon will
only be known when all the photo
graphs taken In the eclipse camp In
Lmburg have been developed and
studied and the numerous observa.
lions then taken have all been worked
cut. The weather, every one admitted,
was entirely favorable. so that a
wealth OF material was gathered.
One Of the important tasks Of the
astronomers was TO try to obtain data
from which TO determine the exact
position and exact diameter Of the
noon. For that purpose they station
I'd observers at Ave different places.
At each OF the points chosen two
telescopes were erected on firm stone
Ioundations-one for direct ocular OBJ
tervations, the other for projecting
he phenomenon on a screen, on which
could be followed the whole course OF
khe sun and moon while in conjunc
lion.
The sky was ideal for observing the
eclipse.
AS for myself, had chosen the open
fields for taking observations. There 1,
would be possible TO note how birds
pnimals and plants comported them
ielves; for very conflicting stories are
told Of fear manifested by some crea
lures or OF birds going to roost and
II flowers closing their petals In sleep
Exact TO the half minute the sun be
ran to show an indenture At the lower
light hand side OF the disk. but no di
ninishing of the warmth Of its rays
iould yet be felt. Not until the moor
tad covered more than half Of the
Jun was It appreciably colder. But al
.he critical moment. when only one
twentieth part OF the suns disk re
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with the calves and looking after
them on numerous occasions. The
fact that you see a couple of calves
does not indicate that COW Is close
by. Their papa may be In charge OF
them.
II Is only q matter Of a few years
until the African elephant will be ex-
tinct. Most of the fine specimens
have been killed OF already. The
herds that are roaming the jungles
have little ivory, and are, therefore.
immune from elephant hunters. How
ever. as civilization spreads, the herds
are being destroyed, for the reason
that they are a menace 10 the safety
OF the natives, besides being the de-
stroyers OF much property.
Now that they are suspected Of car.
rying sleeping sickness, their doom Ia
sealed. For this reason am anxious
TO return to Africa as soon as possible
to complete the specimens for my
group. Unless do so no museum will
be able to group elephants as they
are in all their glory.
inspected hundreds OF elephants
without finding any really fine speci.
mems. Mrs. Ackley and shot three
bulls having tusks each weighing over
100 pounds. But what I am after par
ticularly is a bull with tusks weighing
200 pounds. full.g-own animal.
Many elephant hunters have killed
three and four hundred animals with
out finding as large tusks as We did.
but We were on the lookout only for
the finest specimens. These fine speci.
mems are very rare, for the reason
that when a bull develops tusks Of
fifty pounds, which is quite an early
age. perhaps twenty-five years, he be-
comes the target OF every hunter.
black or white. who sets eyes on him.
Thus II Is only the more crafty bull
elephants that. seeking the protection
OF large herds or clinging to the more
| inaccessible regions such as dense for
ests. managed 10 survive TO ripe old
age and develop a growth OF ivory.
There is one old bull. perhaps the
most splendid specimen in Africa, well
known in Uganda. who has been seen
| by many hunters. He Is so we'll pro
tected by n large herd Of aggressive
| COWS, who charge on the slightest in
| timation Of danger, that no one has
| been able 10 reach him.
On my return to Uganda intend
TO find him and eventually install him
in the Museum Of Natural History.
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Ghost Alarms Gotham Police

man stepped well to the windward OF
the night hawk after the first sniff
and began his interrogatories.
Nix on this ghost stuff" said the
roundsman. after he had concluded
his questions. IF the old soldier
comes around here again you guys
want to make an arrest or you go UP
on charges"
Policeman Townsend and his mate
were white and shaky. They wanted
to know on what charge they could
arrest a ghost-even supposing that
the ghost submitted peaceably to ar
rest.
WELL" said the roundsman, what
does this old soldier spook look like,
anyway? Does he wear uniform!
Has he any legsf"
After consultation, the two police
men attested that the old soldier was
in multi. Also, he had no legs. He
justa sorta slipped along, kinda wav-
ering IKE. The roundsman spoke with
decision.
"lf he amt got no legs" said he,
You can pinch him for having no
visible means OF support"
Then he went away chortling. Pc
liceman Townsend and his mate have
decided they do not like that rounds
man.
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MIN In motion the cows ran of and
left him.
These African ele- hants have many
signals which they use to communi.
cate among themselves; for instance.
when COW gets the wind OF hunter
she signals ION guard" and imme-
diately every elephant In the herd
stops grazing and listens with trunk
to the ground. They are as silent as
the grave.
Even when shot among them
causes stampede and the forest re-
sounds with the first crash of their
moving. they can disappear without
making the slightest noise. They can
move so silently that I have often
come within fifteen or twenty yards
OF big beast, mistaking his trunk
and forefeet for trees In the jungle.
On several occasions the beasts re-
coded so quickly and so quietly that
lost them altogether.
When they want to they can make
more noise than any animals In the
world. A herd OF two or three hun.
dred will trample down an entire ma.
tive village and all the farms around
II with such noises that can only be
compared to an earthquake.
Again herd will slide through the
forest so quietly than you can't hear
them ten yards away. As their senses
OF smell and hearing are acute. they
rarely fall into the elephant pits
which the natives dig to capture them
don't suppose one pit in hundred
accomplishes It's mission. When the
elephants go through the forests they
hold their trunks close to the ground
and by tapping every now and then
then can detect any pit. no matter
how skillfully concealed, before step
ping into II.
The moment they strike any ground
that is the least bit suspicious they
tan Il carefully and make wide de
tours. or course. when n herd IL
stampeded they haven't time to In
vestigate the ground and then they
sometimes fall into the pits.
The generally accepted theory thai
tho calves are only To- be found Will
cows Is also fallacy. The cows are
the leaders and the fighters OF the
herds so Il Is only natural that they
should turn over their offspring to b'
cared for by the bulls when the!
Themselves are busy. And that Is ex
actly the case.
7 have seen bull elephants playing
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Rew York officers Say Il 10 veter-
an of the Revolutionary War
Roundsman Doubts Story.

New York.-The old soldier is
ualking again on Morningside
Heights. An uneasy veteran Is he
Just because someone sneaked into
his tent In the war Of the Revolution
md thrust one Of the old fashioned
broadswords through him he has been
IN annoyance to the residents OF that
vicinity for more than a hundred
years. Nowadays the neighborhood Is
crown up In apartment houses. but
that makes no difference to him. He
oozes out Of the janitor's door Of the
house which occupies the former site
Of his tent and goes for his midnight
troll as nonchalantly as ever. Fortu.
lately he doesn't walk often.
The other night Cy Townsend, the
policeman who has the fixed post at
One Hundred and Nineteenth street
ind Morningside avenue, saw the
kazy figure of the old soldier gliding
w him. Policeman Townsend made
b perfectly horrible noise as he beat
l. in the general direction of his pa
t-olling mate. He found the officer In
. high fever. He had seen the old
soldier, too. A night hawk cab driv-
" had also been favored by a sight
Il the visitant. The night hawk was
naking strange noises in his throat.
Is they were discussing the weird
occurrence the roundsman came by.
I'VE saw the old soldier" said the
free In chorus.
The roundsman carefully smelled
BE breath OF the three. The two
b,ppers passed muster. The rounds
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Money Offers Of Last Year Repeated
Hopes Entertained That the
Bird ls Not Extinct.

Milwaukee. - Rewards aggregating
s1.100 are available for Wisconsin
bird lovers II they find an undisturbed
nest OF a pair OF the nearly extinct
passenger pigeon. In a pamphlet Is
sued recently by Prof c. F. Hodge,
Clark University. northeastern Wis
consin is designated as ''the most like
~ spot on the continent" for the find
ing OF the specimens.
The object of the rewards, which
are offered TO bird lovers in every
state OF the Union, Is TO determine
whether or not the species has be
come entirely extinct. The rewards
we're offered last year, but despite ex'
haustive investigation, not single
reward was claimed. Many nestlings
were reported. but they We're all found
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SEEING THE. ECLIPSE

NAMED, like the sickle Of a golden
new moon. the air became very cold.
At the moment Of greatest intensity
Of eclipse the light effect over the
landscape was peculiar. Il was some
what like very bright moonlight
night, only that the colors were more
vivid: the grass was much greener
and the red OF the roofs Of the distant
houses more intense.
Contrary TO everything I had ever
heard the animals in the fields took
not the slightest notice OF the gather.
ing gloom. Cows, sheep and horses
grazed calmly on or lay quietly chew
ing the cud. Neither was there a sign
Of unrest In the bird world. The sky
larks did not cease their warbling nor
the plovers circling over the meadows
uttering their plaintive cries. Star
lings and crows few about In little
fiocks as usual. No birds went to roos,
as far as could see.
The plants and flowers around me
utterly ignored the phenomenon; the
daisies did not close their starry eyes
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-06-14
HoUSEWoRK GOOD FOR BOYS
Judge Declares That Washing DisheS
and Sweeping Floors Would Win
Respect for Mothers.

Kansas City, Mo.-Fathers an1
mothers should see that their boyS
have training in washing dishes.
sweeping floors and even cooking, juss1
the same as the girls, Judge j. II
Sims OF the Wyandotte county juvs
emile court believes. He saws THU
causes the boys to know their mothers
better and care more for their homes.
Parents should mix the training with
good wholesome fun for the boys ana
not make the work bugbear but ins
sist that IL be done. When a NOT
helps his mother In those things.
Judge Sims says. he cannot be whclts
bad. II is an asset in after life. too.
not, perhaps. because a man WIN b
called upon to do such work. but a
gives him better understanding a
his home life.
Judge Sims expressed his belief q
60 boy wards OF the court who had
come to make their weekly reportxA
He had Just paroled Arthur L. Smith,
fifteen years old. with the Injunction
that he go home and assist his mothsf
with the homework Perhaps secaus1
he caught the smile which the othcs
boys greeted Smith after he had n.
ceived his parole Judge Sims favored
them with the lecture.
Smith had been taken to court hH
his father. w. L. Smith. switcnmsns
The father said he was unable to kesp
the boy home nights because he vaa
at work then and the boy did not 20
any attention TO his mother.
The lad promised to take the psaal
Of girl at home. He said he dealEu
to learn to do those things. anyway.
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$1,1OO For Pigeon Eggs

to be either doves or mourning pig.
cons.
The wild or passenger pigeon al
ways nests in trees. generally ten or
more feet from the ground. and lays
but one egg. In case any OF the spe'
cies are found the finder is requested
20 communicate at once with Prof G,
F. Hodge. giving exactly the date.
hour. number In flock and direction of
fight. AS soon as rs the report can
be confirmed the reward will be fort
warded.
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and the clovers did not fold their troe.
foils in sleep as they do at eventids,
But as looked the moon was pasDl
ing swiftly across the suns disk an!
the lower right hand horn" of III
sun was yisibly lengtheEing. Tha
colors in the landscape grew brighters
more light flooded the fields y
seemed as IL the light increased win
greater rapidity than II had dimfns
ished. The temperature rose as the
suns sickle now appeared standing
upright like a golden new moon. ThcA
In a few seconds the lower rim Of the
sun reappeared. Soon it was hall
SUM-" then threequarters sun and a
ten minutes to 2 only a small dark In
denture showed on the extreme LEFT a
the suns surface. At 1:57 the pho
nomenon was over. It had lasted
about two hours and thirty minutes
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-06-14
HUMOROUS HAPPYLAND
Provocation.

"Bingley, why does Oldboy refuse to
speak TO you? You used to be great
friends"
"Yes. when we were bachelors; but
he's married now"
And what difference does that
maker"
We'll, the fact is. I made him a
handsome wedding present OF book,
and he hasn't spoken to me since"
What was the book?"
paradise Lost "-Tit.Bits
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He Drew the Line.

a, w. Nc Dre" the Line.
you trying 10 sell me
T. l''E' 30 | ask for black" said
ira'" customer.
ooh object to you trying 10 force
| 10 buy a screwdriver because you
t'tn / The sort of garden hose !
My dear sir"
'"' can try substitution all you
IT,, 70 and II you get away with II all
"r but when you try to convince
very time l come into your store
! ought TO adopt your politics in.
aG OF my own, draw the line.
pod day"
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More SANDER.

Ever notice at woman . ga.he,,ns
how guilty the other women hook wneh
a fresh arrival comes in?' -
"That's right: whether they nave
,..r talking about her or not
Wbv must these alleged press nu-
morists always be sianderns ~
xvous0S
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-06-14
Leprosy Suspect Escapes.

Lansing. Mich.-Health officers and
police authorities throughout the state
are on the look out for Samuel Izez-
a Bay City leprosy suspect. who esA
capped from the university hospital AFT.
er physicians had completed an exam
ination and pronounced him aTecteS
with the disease.
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Berlin.-The Hungarian town Of So
bozlo has for week been withoug
municipal servants of any kind. :
Every one responsible for keeping
order has gone on strike for a raise o
wages, which the council refuses -
accede to, and soldiers are presiding
over the affairs Of the neighborhood .
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SO Thoughtful Of Him.

srn, "esroom 1.-TWO days after we'd
n, 49, haven't seen anything yet Of
D., so'ooO check from your father.
ea,S e-Well, you see. dear. papa
avon cat your father had already
no. as one. and he knew we
n,s care TO have duplicate pres
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whu He Asked Her.

She-I am sure there are many
y,rls who could make you happier than
could no..,,v. ,,.v
He-That's just the difficulty; they
/ could. but they won't.
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Hard Reality.

He pretends to be a very busy
man."
by links, there's no pretense about
II. He supports a wife and seven
children on a salary Of 500 month"
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The Paint ~ NlaM.

do the Bronsons lead an ideal mar
ried life?"
well, the answer depends on what
You consider an ideal married life
They seldom see each other"
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PRESTIGE.

"The Cllmbleys have advanced an
o,bor round on the social ladder.
How is that?"
"They lost two friends VINO we'.
first cabin passengers on the Titahic'
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Her Future.

:, ""'Iable Visitor-Has the little
= ever worked in fractions?
-, e"eftient Dweller-No, ma'am: but
Us going to work in a factory soon.
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eevond the City Limits.

Mrs, Knicker-so you had 10 us
charge the waitress?
Mrs. Stubbubs-yes; Henry 'Ns'
his breakfast on the run and she new
or could throw the roll into his mouth
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At the Zoo.

Mrs. Rhinoceros-You have been
drinking again.
Mr.. Rhino-Imposhible. m'dear:
don't you see the horn is above my
MOUTH"
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p,c,t wav 70 Proceed.

"Tf you take each job as you come
n n opportunity will be chasing aiter
you instead of you chasing after op-
portunity. "-Prcsident James ohi'ef
sity of Illinois.
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Suspect Road Employees.

New Orleans. La-That the arrest
Of some employe OF the Queen & Ores.
cent railroad may be expected soon In
connection with the robbery Of the
train near Hattiesburg, Miss, was In
dicated when railroad ofsicials declan-
ed that the robbery would have been
impossible without some sort OF inside
aid.
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~ /" me play, don't you think?"
= Tu''e nnforgettable! Where shall
nave supper afterward ?"-Rire.
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known and at the
same time the least
~ known OF all wild ami
~ mails. Paradoxical as
this may sound. II Is
nevertheless true.
~ Nearly every one has
seen an elephant and
nearly every one imag-
< ines he knows what
one looks like. But
this popular impress
,s we'll as most OF the beliefs
tho elephant are erroneous.
,be first place the elephants we
| 40, in America are Indian ele-
=, They are understood. even
largest OF them.
nrlgrown African elephant Is
three times the size OF Jumbo.
81 was the largest elephant ever
,gr, IN America. I have shot sew
srorimens which stood over thir.
fec, and which weighed ut least
re 3s much as Jumbo.
., 10 the monkey. the elephant Is
v.iscs, and most intelligent Of all
mails am not saying this OF the
pesticated Indian elephant. but OF
african elephant in his native
. And the African elephant Is
nvg a hugo. wild beast. He is
|er domcsticated.
buring the past two years that I
M in British East Africa and
bnda studying the elephant as he
lived for centuries. / learned sew
things about him that entities
10 be called the most intelligent
ali animals, the monkey alone ex-
ted
many respects he surpasses the
nkey. but the latter's intelligence
r. nearly approaches our own. and
that reason We must consider him
highest type OF intelligence.
Much 10 my surprise. l discovered
u the bull elephant Is rarely a fight
Indeed. there is little danger from
b. The generally accepted theory
y the big bulls are not found in
big herds is fallacy.
The bull elephants that are found
lining alone are almost invariably
lille gentlemen who have been cast
by a herd. While I succeeded in
hing three splendid specimens OF
elephants the finest specimen Is
at large. ] was unable to get
b. for the reason that ne lives In
center Of herd OF 700 elephants.
10 guard him night and day.
These herds of elephants have COW
ders. The leader Is usually an old
NAL with an ugly disposition. The
s protect the bulls, and the mo-
nt they scent danger they crowd
Pund them in order to prevent them
m being shot. II they can see the
hters they will charge them. leaving
push Of their number to guard the
Pls.
heir sense Of smell is very acute
ey can detect the presence OF a
thousand yards of. but unless
Is moving they can't see him, even
p Is within n hundred yards. When
y catch Whit Of wind tainted by
N The COW elephants charge In that
oc'ion and II Is n hundred TO one
they will locate the person.
II happens that n hunter can get
y enough 10 shoot bull elephant
COWS gather around the bull and
10 carry him away. I saw several
VS. vainly try to carry OF a big bull
phani that had shot.
ne had been able TO rm.ke any Of
himself they would have succeed
nHt Tho bullet from my rifle had
,n'd him. and after trying for sew
minutes TO lift him up and get
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ceneraI Exit.

"was the audience entnus,ssu' ..w
.Yes, indeed. never before saw =
people 30 anxious to get out
place" $500 .~-~-,,