Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-09-14

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Rret. Rents and wages have advanced
pro~portionately. Dwelling houses tina
could be obtained for As or 80 yer
,($22.50 or $3.50 a few years ago now
cost 90 or 100 yen, and the wages o!
domestic servants are approXllnatel
double what they formerly were, Taxes
have been enormously increased-tht
income tax is $50 per cent. higher o
than ii was before the Russo-Jajanese
war-and the tobacco monopoly has
exactly doubled the cost OF even the
most ordinary cigaret.
Johnny Mine, a Kickapoo linguist
and a philosopher, thinks the white
mans wife is a person entirely above
criticism. Not much difference be-
tween the white squaw and the red
man." explained Johnny. They both
paint, white squaw with white paint
and red brave with red paint. They
both have to wear feathers when
they're dressed up; Indian, he wears
eagle feathers, white squaW wears any
kind OF feathers she can get. White
Rquaws not much different from the
Indian"
NJ. Jean de Floridec, a planter at
Martinique, disappeared at the time OF
the eruption Of Mont Pelee, and his
relatives in France, believing that he
was dead, divided his fortune among
them. He has now returned, healthy
n wealthy. He says that after the
disaster he went TO Australia, and
thence to Japan, and that during the
war he managed to run arms and
provisions into Port Arthur, for which
services he was literally rewarded by
the Russian government.
When Princess Beatrice of England
was s years old she made some cakes
and offered them TO Lady Ely and
others of the court at Windsor. They
refused. Very WE'LL" she said, much
annoyed at their refusal, ''as DR.. Stan
ley Is not here, l shall give them to
the donkey" DR.. Stanley, to whom
this doubtful compliment was paid,
was, of course, the celebrated Dean
Stanley, who was a great friend and
favorite of the young princess.
A single maple tree on the left bank
OF the Oder, In Germany, is at least q
century old, n has been twisted and
cut into a kin of circular house Of
two stories. A firm, leafy floor has
been formed by causing the branches
TO become gradually woven together.
Above this is a smaller second floor,
similarly formed, and the ends of the
have been woven into solid
walls, In which eight windows on each
story have been cut.
Politically, Brazil is divided into
twenty-one states Including the fed
eral district), but SO unequal Is the d.
vision that three Of these embrace prac-
tically her entire lowlands, as we'll as
q portion OF the western uplands, and
exceed In area the remaining eighteen
which lie within the highland region
except for their narrow margins upon
the coast. These latter. however, con.
tain more than SO per cent. OF the pop
nlation.
A Philadelphia minister told this
story OF the conversion to a religious
life OF a worldly woman: II used ia
be- she said, foolish and vain. World.
ly pleasures M fashions were my only
thoughts. / was desperately fond of
silks, Jewelry, ribbons, laces, automo.
billing, etc. But, my friends, 1 soon
found that these worldly things were
dragging me down to perdition. So /
gave them all to my dear mother-in.
law"
AT Osaka. in Japan, a library was
opened in February, 1904. In March Of
the present year II had 40,366 volumes
of which 5000 We're added in the last
year. The circulation during this year
was of-tAco- VA ellis literature anu
philology made up 20 per cent; medi-
cine and science, Is; arts, 10; nature
az. h number of visitors TO the
library during he year was SS,400, and
Of these over 5000 We're women.
Two Chinese fought a duel in Bankok
recently with their fingers. One was
killed. They fought with the forcing.
ers of each hand, stabbing each other
with these in the region OF the spleen
and at the same level on the other
side of the body. The men who go in
for this kind OF contest practice every
morning, stabbing bags of rice or
paddy with these fingers till they can
use them Ike a piece of iron.
The shell and boilers of the new Gu
harder being built at Wallsend, Eng
land. are said by Consul Metcalf to be
constructed Of tle largest steel plates
In the world. They are silicon steel,
weighing ten tons each. The boilers
alone will weigh over 1000 tons. Mas
siye ingots and slabs Weighing twelve
md fourteen tons, are continually pass
ing through the rolling mills there for
this work.
Lord Kelvin paid a visit to the Brit
ish school ship for navigating officers at
Portsmouth, on which are several me-
tiltnlCdi COIhIlNdHCtS anu dpRltdilNSS
Of his own invention. The practical
working Of these had TO be demon
strated and explained TO him. Lord
Kelvin understood the theoretical prin-
ciples of the mechanism, but had nev
er seen them applied and at work be-
fore.
People who are received by the pope
must appear in full evening dress. al
though the hour is usually at IL O'Clock
I'm the morning. The outer office looks
like that OF a good New York lawyer.
A pleasant young secretary Ia secular
garb meets the visitors. All is very
simple, not in the least awe-inspiring.
Visitors must kneel and kiss the pope's
hand.
The largest and costliest building thus
far undertaken in New York. the city
of immense structures, is the magniht-
cent $40, Geo. 0G0 Episcopal cathedral OF
St. John the Divine. now being erected
on Morningside Heights. This Will be
the greatest sacred edifice in America,
and the fourth in Importance in The
world.
The production of gold IN the mines
OF south Africa for the month of June
was the greatest ever recorded. In the
first six months of the current yea the
production was nearly $4,000. 900 greater
than In the corresponding time last year.
The Paris jehu. not noted for tbs