Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-11-02

There were only 400 lepers forty years
iago, is aid to have 10000 pow, n
lmauy find their way into the United
Estates. Such a medical authority as
tDr. Ashmead, who was formerly chief
medical adviser to the government Of
Japan, says the increase is alarming.
When leprosy is brought into a new.
country it takes fifty years for the.
seeds TO take root and il becomes epi-
demic after some 200 years. IL has
been shown that mosquitoes are active
I'm transferring the ieprosy baCilli.
We have been favored with an in,
tteresting photograph Of the first loco
motive run on the first railway built
Pm the southern hemisphere, the Ferri-
carril de Copiapo, in Chile. ON the
smoke box can be seen the legend,
F'Norris Bros, Philadelphia, 1850" This
locomotive was at work on the CO.
piapo line in 1851, some years before
bhe Buenos Aires Western was built.
r. L. Halstead, to whom we are in
debted for the picture, says that ne
saw the old relic under steam and in
service q year or two ago, when ne
was in Chile.
A strange chronological history Isl
chat possessed by the word "canteen'
(which has caused so much talk in
temperance and army circles-it its
origin is correctly assigned to the old
Latin "quintana," which literally means
-'of the fifth rank or fifth in order
THE quintana (via)" was a street IN
the Roman camp 50 called because ~
came between the fifth maniple, or
company, and the sixth. Here all thel
business and marketing Of the cainPi
WAS done n '~Quintana" eventually
came to mean q market.
g. A.. yVAuvs,tn f1nygnl A nTl-N1N1-A
section council erected at Battersea,
Iondon. q $3.50 granite drinking foun-l
tain 10 the memory of a brown terrier,
which, as an inscription says, DIED IN
February, 1903, after having dur
Wivisection extending over more than
two months, and having been handed
over from one vivisector TO another, un-
It'll death came TO his release" A statute
of the dog surmounts the fountain.
Medical students have threatened to.
destroy the memorial, n 1t is now
specially guarded
Piracy is no new thing in the waters
around Hong Kong. AS long ago as
the thirteenth century the island OF
Hong Kong was q piratical strong
hold. and for centuries the Chinese
government was unable to drive the sea
robbers out. All craft passing what
Us now Hong Kong harbor We're COM
PEELED to pay tribute. The higher ele-
Nations of the island served as lookout
stations and no boat that approached
WAS permitted 10 leave until 1t had paid
toll.
Getting married at Saltwater, o.. r.,
is risky business. The Gazette bushes
at the conduct of citizens at a late,
wedding, saying: "The electric lights
were cut out and the bridal party actu-
ally assaulted at the threshold of the
brides fathers home. The house was
burglariously entered and articles of
the wedding feast stolen. It is evident
that there exists In this town a good
training school for the new peniten-
tiary which Oklahoma will establish"
Sweden's government has fosteredi
the use Of the telephone for q number
of years, with the result that in some
parts of that country the instrument.
Is in more general use than anywhere
else in the world. There is being in.
troduce a form of telephone transmit
ter so sensitive that it is not necessary
to talk directly into the mouthpiece.,
The new design has n very large bell.
which is held anywhere in the vicinity,
but not directly at the mouth.
Mr.. A. w. Pinero has an unusual,
method OF writing his plays. His work
Ing day does not begin until that of
The average city man is over. Ia the
morning he goes out, preferably on his
bicycle. returning in time for early DIM
aer. Then he has a comfortable sleep,
Ind on waking up, late in the afternoon,
ne prepares for business. After a cup.
Of tea he goes to his desk, and remains
working at his play until far into
the night.
Carl Lunde, a Norwegian artist. has,
made himself famous by painting on
metal, an art even the Japanese have,
Failed in, great as they are as metal
workers. Lunde decorates ordinary tin
with characteristic designs In colors
and inuminates an ordinary tray or
plate that would otherwise be cheapIy
sapanned. The method is his secret
Ind only one OF many cle~vernesses he
employs TO render utility artistic aud
decorative.
A German firm is achieving success
In the sale of wrought iron wardrobes.
They are supplied in four different
sizes. The great advantages the ward
robe possess are extreme durability,
convenient ventilation and . cleaning,
md easy Of transportation. The door
Is made of wire netting, and as the
top slopes obliquely the contents are
Visible at all times.
one or the laJeSl 1000 products ON
ting from Holland, that land of agri-
cultural industry, is honey vinegar,
which is now manufactured there on q
commercial scale. The particular char
hcteristics of vinegar made from honey
hre its agreeable aroma and pleasant
gaste.
The railways, posts, telegraphs and
telephones owned and operated by the
Belgian government showed an In
crease OF S2.900,G0 in receipts last
year as compared with 1904. But there
WAS no increase in railway mileage,
which Is still about $500.
~
An international exposition portray
ing the life Of the laborer for the last
1000 years. showing conditions sur
rounding him from the time OF feudal
slavery 10 the present time. Is contem-
plated by the French parliament.
Fewer willows are sought in matri-
mony By Englishmen than formerly.
,accordiew TO Official statistics. In 1870
,tfc pcrcnutane was Ill a 1.o8o mar
lriages. nnw the widows led to the altar
humber emily 1915 a Loco.
Tn order TO coushat the prejudice
ncainst crewatlon ia Eelgiuw. K Inns
been decided 10 hrla q crewatlon4non-
freyI Ar Chartered. ssnier TIE direction
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