Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-10-21

production.
The other day II was announced that
Al. M. Barker had arrived AZ Seattle
from siberia with two fieas from an
arctic fox. on his way TO deliver them
to Charles Rothschild, son OF Lord
R0thschild, who was willing TO give
$4,000 for them, as his collection was
incomplete without them. The London
EXPRESS telegraphed an INQUIRY to Or.
Jordan, curator Or Mr; h~otnscnllus
museum, and received this reply: "He-
port all nonsense. Al new kind Of flea
Is worth 1 shilling and eix~pence. Mo-
body pays more
Miss Anne Dyer. daughter OF a New
Orleans school principal, is believed 70
be the only American woman who has
done actual newspaper work on the
only English newspaper In Japan-~the
Daily Advertiser or Yokohama. Miss
Dyer went 10 Japan 70 visit friends,
and while there wrote some articles
for the Advertiser. These were so
successful that she was induced to ac-
cept Il position on the paper. She rap
Idly advanced until now she rs editor in
charge.
The recent census OF the natives IN,
the Transvaal was taken with beads.
Each headman was furnished with a
number OF beads Of different colors
and tmine ON which 10 string them.
Al big black bead represented III adult.
married native, q big yellow bead a
grown single man. g big blue bead a
married woman, and q white bead a.
single woman over fifteen years old.
q small yellow bead stood for o boy
n q small white bead for a girl.
Elaborate preparations are being
made FOR the celebration, In November,
at Bailarat. Australia, OF the tiftieth
anniversary Of the rebellion there IN
1864, when the miners burned their
mining licenses. declared Independence
and hoisted the Southern Cross dag
In place Of the Union Jack. The rebel
lion ended with a fight on December 2.
In which twenty-six miners and three
soldiers were killed. But the captured
miners We're acquitted on trial.
The Transvaal colony in South Ar
RIGA In rich not only In gold. but also
IN other metals which received no at
tention during the Boer regime. The
first step Ia the exploitation urse
las just been taken by erecting a fur
mace for smelling iron ore near Pre-
toria. Large deposits OF this metal and
close proximity, II Is contemplated to
start y rolling mill and other iron
works In the same region.
Most maps OF Asia are drawn to a
small scale. and. ON such maps. tho
Japanese archipelago fills little space.
But she Is larger than England and
more populous. She has 100000 more
people than France She sent six arr
niles over sea within six months, every
one OF which WAS as big as either army
that met at Waterloo. She q sent
to ManchUria twice as many soldiers
IN six months as England sent to South
Africa IN two years.
A group OF German and Dutch Gap-
~itAlists, bankers and merchants have
formed i Joint stock for the
purpuse or CONSTRUCTING and operat-
ing q new ocean telegraph lire whose
cables are to connect the island Of
Ceiebes Clutch East Indies) with the
island or Yap. whence oii@ cable is to
reach Shanghai. the other the island
Of Guam, where Il communicates with
The Pacific cable Of the COMMERCIAL
Gable company.
Paris used to be called unhealthful
Tor horses, but In recent years the COM
ditions have been considerably inn
proved. During the hot weather I'm
July the Society FOR the Prevention Of
Cruelty g Animals provided the cafes
and restaurants with free wooden
buckets on condition that they would
supply cabnlen with water for their
animals. Most or the pfoprietors Of
these places accepted the offer.
al strong movement is now going ON
An the commercial and Industrial cir
cles q Sweden. Norway end Denmark
to establish a Scandinavian customs
ufiioB n IL halfa<ed that thcrnhv fhA