Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-07-28


gINGSaUAY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
FRED w. WRIGHT. Publisher.
DE SMET, SOUTH DAKOTA
A new machine for testing lubricat-
ing oils has been brought out in Ger
many. The testing part Is a short
shaft running In a bearing, the pres
sure upon which may be regulated, The
shaft Is driven by an electric motor
or other means, the speed being ad-
Unstable, and the bearing by an ar
rangement OF electric coils, may be
heated TO any required temperature.
About half a pint Of the oil TO be test
ed IS poured into the bearing and the
shaft Is ~revolved until 1t attains a
definite speed. Power is then u OF,
and the lubricating value OF the oil Is
Judged from the time that elapses be-
tore the shaft comes to rest.
Ambassador of the first rank are
those sent 10 England, France, GER
many and Russia. They are paid each
S17,5O0 a year. Those sent 10 Austria
n italy get $4,000. Ministers are
paid from $4,000 to $4,000. The Brit
ish ambassador 10 Washington gets
G6,50O, or $32, 500. At Paris the Brit
ish ambassador Is paid $4,000, or $45,-
900; at ST. Petersburg, e7,5O0, or S37,-
500; Berlin and Vienna, $4,000, or
$40, 900 each; al Rome, $1,000, or $780,
600. In every case the British govern
ment owns its embassy buildings,
while the United States has none, but
is forced 10 rent.
IL was a popularity OF the late Bal
DUN MolIhausen that in nearly all his
novels the scene Is placed partly IN
Germany, partly in America. lie was
extremely prolific, his stories and trayel
sketches making up nearly zoo vol
unes He spent many years i'm the
western prairies and the Rocky noun
tains before he became librarian at
Potsdam. His S0th birthday was cele-
brated last January. To the last he
kept his enthusiasm for the west. He
left TO a Berlin museum four albums
containing pictures of America "as no
one viii ever again see IT,"
After serving the United States as
postmaster longer than any other man
in Illinois, Captain Fred Dig has just
turned over the Mascoutah office TO his
RA1hyNfNtA HDAhA a AoNAA0s H 11S hNNNf NNAA
IN charge since 1869. with the exception
NJ the two terms OF President Cleve-
land. Captain dig also carries off the
honors as q Memorial day orator of the
state, by reason Of having spoken at
every observance since the day was es-
t%ablished. Born in Kircheim-Bohlan
den, Germany, February 3, 1S4l, he
came to America with his parents in
1874.
The capitalization a mile Of American
railways Is about e12, 900, against e47.-
200 a nsile in the United Kingdom, but
IL should be pointed out that I'm Amer
lea there Is "a preponderance OF single
line. whereas In these islands an av-
erage nile of railway represents two
and one-quarter miles of track, so that
instead OF being four times as great a
mile as IN the United States, the capt.
.al OF our railways is really rather
more than twice as heavy a mile of
track, including rolling stock.
Mayor Mcclellan. of New York, has
leased for a term of four years the
house he now occupies I'm Washington
square. -FOUR years Is the term OF of
flee for the mayor of New York under
the new law. a day or two ago Il
citlzen of New York was expressing
wonder why the mayor did not buy a
home instead of renting. Because he
cant afford It." aid an intimate friend
Of Mr.. Mcclellan. He could have been
rich years ago but for the fact that he
happens to be an honest man"
The tea used In the immediate house
mold OF the emperor OF China rs treated
with the utmost care. 1T Is raised in a
garden surrounded by a wall, SO that
neither man nor beast can get any
where near the plants. 80 the time of
the harvest these collecting these leaves
must abstain from eating fish, that
their breath may not spoil the aroma
OF he tea; they must battle three times
q day, and, in addition, must wear
gloves while picking the tea for the
Chinese court.
The united Hungarian societies OF
Cleveland, where there are over 80, 900
H~ungarians, have decided to prepare a
memorial setting forth what the Hun
garians have contributed in good citi-
Zenship to this country. The memorial
Will be presented to the authorities at
Washington and given wide publicity,
This the Hungarians consider the best
answer they can make to the asper-
sions of those who would limit Austro-
Hungarian immigration.
The oldest architectural ruins in the
world are believed to be the rock-cut
temples - ifSsf::SGSi, or the left bank
Of the Nile i'm Nubia. The largest of
shese ancient temples contains eleven
apartments hewn out of solid stone.
The largest single stone used In this
work is one which forms a veranda-like
projection along one side OF the main
temple. II is 81 feet long, So feet broad
and 1T--one account says 9-feet thick.
On the tin roof of an eight-story
double building In New York, occupied
by a firm making a speciality of an
tique furniture, a familiar sight is fur
nished TO occupants OF neighboring
structures Dozens of unstained rock
ing chairs stand on the roof. These
rattan and wicker rockers gradually
take on the right antique complexion
by being exposed for several days.
Father Albert Negahnquet said TO be
The only full blooded Indian priest In
he United States has been transferred
from EufaIia. u tt where he has been
for two years, to Antlers. At Antlers
his p~arishioners will be mostly Italians.
Father N%egahnauet was educated In
Rome. and the fact that he speaks
italian fiuently is the cause OF the
change.
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