Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-03-09

ne Forest CITY freSS
e. p. THORNE. Publisher.
FOREST CITY. eOUTR DAKOTA
A sailor named Kelly, while a, Porl
1l-Outs, Mauritius, r%ecently contracted
fever and fell nto "A state of coma. The
catalepsy was so prolonged that he was
pronounced dead and removed to the
,JHOrtuary. When the coolie attendants
came to prepare his body for buriaI
they handled him roughly. and his head
came In contact with the stone slab or
which he was laid. The shock broke
spell and reused him to life again.
The coolies all fled and Kelly had Ia
free himself from his grave clothes.
lie was fully conscious of all that hap
,pened when in a state OF catalepsy, but
was unable to move or To speak.
q Hindu woman in Amritsar has
Just seen her fifth generation-the son
81 her great-grandsOn. She has un-
dergone "A ceremony called Svarga So
panarchanam trising to heaven by
means OF n LADDER. After Il two hours
was put before her on which was
placed :; small ladder of gold. The
lew-born child WAS then brought In
and placed i'm the lap of the woman.
who then put her right foot on the
first rung of the ladder. and there were
cheers all around. and flowers were
Owered on her-~I.ahore civil and
Military Gazette.
h total coal production of the
United States is now at the rate OF
1000 900 tons Il day. and the consump-
ton Of coal by railroads is equal to 40
per cent. of this. or 400, 0GG tons a day.
The fuel bill of n railroad contributes
about 10 per cent. of the total expense
Of operation m 20 to 40 per cent. of
The total cost of running Me loconio-
uves. A locomotive will consume ON
an average $4,000 worth of coal per
annum, and for u road having AN
equipment of 5000 locomotives the
coal bill is approximately 5000. 900.
Hallway Age.
Gwandu, a native town in Africa.
contains between 10000 and 1900 in
habitants and Is surrounded by "A pail
SADIE of poles. the top of every pole be-
ing crowned with a human skull. There
are six gates and the approach to each
gate Is laid with Il pavement of human
skulls. the tops being he only parts
that show above ground. More than
1000 skulls ale used in the pavement
M VIZ w Cdt 6uNCs Nv DuNe.
ment is of snowy Wilderness. polished
To the s~moothness of ivory by the daily
passage OF hundreds Of naked feet.
President Charles F.. Thwing. of
Western Reserve university. writing in
he current Harper's Weekly. believes
that the tuition fees charged by col
leges are too small m that they
should be increased. At Yale. for ex-
ample, the annual tuition fee is 1855;
ut Harvard 1t Is $3.50; at Princeton
$3.50. President Thwing thinks this is
wrong. Those who receive the ad-
vantage of a utility" he says SHOULD
pay for II. 1t 1t cost a college $500 to
educate each OF n thousand boys. each
Of the thousand boys should pay $500"
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: The gar Of Russia has four sepa-
rate "serviceS' OF horses and carriages
namely. the Russian. English, French
least fifty horses. The Russian set ac-
companies the emperor wherever he
goes. and at Gatshina 1t is used to-
Kether with h English set. The gala
French horses and carriages are
housed at st. Petersburg, In the Winter
palace stables. The cars gala turn
cut consists of fifty Hanoverian horses.
which are perfectly white. with blue
eyes.
Among the recent publications of the
British royal commission are thirty let
tiers found in the archives of the duke
OF Portland, which bear the signature
of King Charles H.. and are addressed
to thirty different members of the aris-
tOcracy. Every one of them contains
a request for loans. ranging from SIS, 900
TO $4,000 and each conveys the follow
ing assurance: You are the only one
OF my friends to whom I have cared
IN adhfpQQ nrvsa1F uhnapf thu ,VNnt<or
According to DIR. Fischer. OF Berlin,
The most effective position of sleep for
obtaining intellectual rest is to keep
the head low and the feet slightly ele-
waited. Failing this the body should.
gate h brain well. The habit Of
sleepin9 with head low and feet high
In. according to the doctor, a remedy
for brain troubles and some internal,
maladies. 1t can be adopted gradually.
Several years ago a company was
formed In LOndon which offered to all
women who for a certain time bought
haif n pound OF tea at their stores a
pension of 10 shillings a week If they
lost their husbands. The list of widows
gradually reached 10000. and the COM
pany had to suspend payment.
in a liquor transaction, or any other
purchase n sale. q sale takes place
when the o is paid for an article.
30 one may pay or his drinks during
h lawful hours and legally all and
take them In the hours during which
liquor nus not be sold.
Big months behind time. hut still per-
scvering. says the London Express.
GeOrge N. Schilling Of Pittsbur1. who