Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-04

cult. The stretch Il huge
curtain across the room. Behind this
the patient takes her stand, TRUSTS
out her tongue and hand through the
holes in the curtain. so that the mar
Of medicine may zee n and feel the
other. yet not look on the face of the
person to whom they may belong.
A record time for converting grain
into bread has been established by IA
Canadian farmer. Wheat which was In
the sheaf at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
was made into O before 6. When
operations began a wagon stood In the
barn with about half n load of grain
IN the sheaf. Beside 1t was Il thrasher.
connected with this was a gasoline en-
gine. The engine was started. the
sheaves were fed into the thrasher and
the grain was deposited in a bin. The
pswcr was then transferred to
e%letrer, and the work of changing the
newly thrashed wheat into flour was
quickly carried through. The rest OF
the ask a easy.
Prolonged forty winks" during the
day are severely condemned by many
Doctors on the ground that they affect
pne's regular sleep. Scientists have
!ound that in the ordinary course in
the human being there is tie greatest
vitality etween 10 n. IN. and ? p. M.
md the least between 2 o'clock end 6
o'clock in the morning. Long sleeps
during the day interfere with this or
Der of nature and sometimes affect va
fious gan causing headache. The
nap OF forty winks. ~ only forty.
proves refreshing to many because 1t
n too short to have any Injurious con-
veQuences.
Water Is sometimes very scarce and
precious on the South African veldt.
recording to n writer. who says: I'm
bur veldt cottage we had no we'll. only
Rrge tanks. and about August our con-
lition usually became desperate. If
you washed your hands you carried the
thirsty plant or vegetable. the bath
water the same, part Of 1t being first
saved to scrub floors with. Cabbage
and potato water were allowed to cool
and hen used for the garden or to
wash the dogs In first. so that these
waters did three duties"
You are young and l am old" Toll
stoi is quoted as saying to an inter-
viewer, but as you grow older you
will find, as l have found. that day fol-
OwS day, and there does not seem much
change in you. till suddenly you hear
people speaking OF you as an old man.
t Is the same with an age In history;
lay follows day. and there does not
TEEN to be much change. till suddenly
Il Is found that the age is become old.
4 is finished; 1t is out OF date. The
present movement in Russia is not u
riot. 1t is not ever a revolution-it is
The end of an age"
One of the most curious peerages.
md the only Russian n held by a
British commoner. is the barony OF
Essenden Place, Hatfield. The great
Ereat-grandfather of the present hold-
or {, the title. DIR. Thomas Dimsdale
vas specially retained to vaccinate
Catherine OF Russia. For this service
she ave him 100000. an annuity OF
$4,000. made him a councillor of state
and created him Baron Dimsdale will
me prefix of honorable. The late lore
nayor of London belonged to this fam
ly.
A street preacher in n west OF Scot
and town complained to a passing po
aceman about being annoyed by u par
II the audience. and asked him to re
move the obnoxious ones. "Weel y
see," replied the cautious officer. y
would be a. hard Job for me tae spo
hem; but I'll tell you what I'D dae !
were YOU" What would you do?
eagerly inquired the preacher. Jus
ga round wi the hiatt"
Charles Aston Bristed is the lates
man of wealth to seek an elective posi-
ZION In the government of the town q
Stockbridge. Mass. Mr.. Bristed now
making a vigorous campaign for mem
bership on the board OF sclcctlmen. Th
exclusive summer colony at Lennox al
ready is represented on his board b
Mr.. Eustacc jacques. and upon tn
board of assessors by DIR. John I
Creenleaf.
The countenance of the emperor
China, the son of heaven. Is not ofte
gazed on by Europeans. One of the fl
vored few says he has IL melanchol
frightened look. His face Is pale. an
though 1t is distinguished by refine
ment and quiet dignity. 1t has none
nothing commanding or imperial. but
altogether mild, delicate and kind.
There is n kline Of rock called gree,
stone, found in New Zealand. Of whi'
Inc natives make beautifully arv
clubs. These clubs are precious hei
poms, and very rarely indeed do TIT
have their owners family. Lord Rol
trts received one as a present from
chief and counts 1t among his INC
orized treasures.
The fles of the Britt
museum have been moved to a speci
aSpository at Hendon. seven miles frc
London. where they occupy six mil
and q half of shelving.
The farmers OF Somersetshire. En-
say that thanks to the dust raised
motor cars there is a remarkable fire
aom' from blight in their II
year.
Pliny's Natural History" may
regarded as the first ~encycloped
since 1t contained $4,000 facts col
piled from 1000 books by 100 autho
A London furniture dealer who CO
Mitted suicide the other day left a M
explaining that he had done 80 beca,
friend of his had asked him.
The Swiss are the hotel keepers
Europe. Various Swiss s~yndicates
running civilized hotels in all
places where the multitude go.
About ITO old letters have been d
covered in a post box in the coul
court house OF Belfast. Some OF tn
had lain there since 1896.
OF every 1000 miners in Great Brit
LA lose their lives by accident annu
". In Germany h rate q 1000 IL l.
In the United States. 3.36.
The London general postoffice
recently successfully delivered q lei
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