Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-01-27

stronger than the other In seven per.
sons out Of ten. The right ear Is also,
Ens a rule, higher than the left. Only
lone person IN fifteen has perfect ears
lthe largest percentages of defects pre-
lvailing among ~fair-haired people. The
ismaliest intervals Of sound can be dis
fdnguished better with one ear than
with 10Th. The nails of two fingers
never grow with the same rapidity,
lttat of the middle finger growing the
fastest, while that OF the thumb grows
slowest. In fifty-four cases out Of loo
the left leg is shorter than the right.
The bones OF an average human male
skeleton weigh twenty pounds, those
OF q woman are six pounds lighter.
one OF the greatest artistic marvels
of the world Is 40 be seen IN the mu-
scum at Harvard university, This
curiosity consists of hundreds of speci-
mems Of flowers and plants formed OF
glass. but with such exquisite fidelity
to nature that they appear TO be real,
every tint and marking, every tiniest
detail. being faithfully reproduced.
They are made by a secret process, the
artists being a father and son in Ger
many. who, IL is said, may let their
secret die with them. AS an instance
of the wonderful workmanship, IL may
be mentioned that the very hairs which
dDDtdi Oh the Slttt4H Oh EtflaiA PiditN
are reproduced on the glass limitations.
Al curious custom has just been cele-
brated at Kiln, near Moscow. All the
m-arrlageable girls in the town lined up
In the principal street decked a In
their simple flnery, many OF them also
having with them the stock OF linens
household and personal. which forms
part of their dowry, The young men
aa ale tfxta arsk ri ra4kftU IIae4 wee Had
down the serried ranks OF beauty as
they moved toward the church and SCI
lected the girls OF their choice. a for
mat visit 10 the parents To arrange de-
tails WI then made in each case and "a
date fixed for the ceremony.
Numerous Wild p%heasauts have late
ly been seen In the southern part OF
the city. They are In the woods and
fields. and some have come into Gem
esee Valley park. Some years ago these
birds were introduced into this section
by persons at Geneseo. AS the male
birds are great fighters. the weaker
ones rave been driven outward from
the vicinity OF Cfenesee. These birds
are strictly protected by law. there be-
ing no open season for them, and a
fine Of $25 being provided for the
shooting OF one of them.-Rochester
On. ~ Post Express.
THE English Church Missionary So
ciety calls attention to the fearful raw
ages of pestilence in several countries
IN which its agents are at work. In
Uganda the sleeping sickness has desc
lated Busoga and the northern shores
OF Victoria lake and is fast depopu-
lating the Sese islands. The plague
In the Punjab he been claiming as
many as 0 1000 victims a month, while
cholera. which has laid thousands lo<
In Palestine. is now raging IN Persia.
President Roosevelt is 6 feet 3 inches
I'm height and weighs los pounds. He
exercises daily, III Ii be only Il series
OF movements without apparatus, ex-
eeuted in his bedroom before his morn
ing bath. He is of full-blooded habit
the I OF man who grows very stout
but through exercise he keeps his
chest measu eight inches greater
than that Of his waist, and has no SUI
p%erfiuous flesh.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Il. Bailey OF San
Francisco. while travelling in their
automobile In Santa Barbara county,
suddenly came upon a thousand wild
cattle In the road. They forced their
q through, crowding the cattle to
right and left, but for d time they and
the herders expected to see the auto
upset and wrecked by the excited ami
mails.
The best friend OF M. Pierre Lott, the
well known French novelist. Is not a
man or a woman, but a dog. NJ. Lott
lis never better pleased than when he
is making long journeys, but no mat
ter where he may wander he takes
with him his favorite spaniel.
There died recently in Trieste. Aus
tria, In her i01gt year, a woman men,
dicant named Doratti, who had OBJ
tanned hundreds OF pounds from credu-
lOus persons by promising them the
feyersion OF two houses which had no
existence.
The German town OF Bilbrich has a
all h~ouseholders who have balconies
attached TO their houses. These are
considered a luxury. The tax money
IS used for the improvement OF the
streets.
A locomotive owned and operated by
the London and Northwestern since
1882 had up to 1902 made o,o00, 900
working miles. The time out of serv-
ice for repairs averaged IL per cent.
- shN H0thhtiS tihit NittttCu lHt iOGQ-
motive.
When the German emperor travels
on home railways a detailed bill is
made out for every engine and car
used and for the distance traversed. Ii
is estimated hat he pays the Prussian
railways alone about $4,000 s. year.
AL the five planetary satellites dis
covered since 1886 have been found by
Americans. They include Hyperion, the
seventh satellite Of Saturn; Diemos and
Phoebus. the little Moons OF Mars. and
Phoebe. the ninth moon of Saturn.
Charged with ad~ulterating white
lead, a London firm testified that gen
white lead means the best. BEST,
lead is the genuine reduced"
with barytes. The court made the re-
duction cost s102.50 fine and costs.
The London Academy OF Music medal
for ~pianoforte playing counterpart ond
harmony has been Won by Max Daren-
ski, 8 years old. There were thirty-nine
other competitors. the youngest of
whom Is 2y years old.
Charles j. Glidden. OF England. who
drove a motor car across the Arctic
lis now III his way to the Anti
and will endeavor to drive to
the most southerly point vet reached
q motor. car.