Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-20

Eret. Rents and wages have advanced
IiplpTicnateiy. Dwelling house taat
t"tll be obtained for - 81 ~ yen
Cz-op or s25) 4 few years AGO no~.
cost 20 or 100 yen, and the vsg.s o.
domestic servants are a-ppronla4t.Iy
double what they formerly u.r, Taxes
iaYc been enormously increase1-th
income TAX is go per cent. high-r now
than II vas before h Russo-J-Janess
"afIaha IN. tobacco monopoly has
exactly doubled the cost Of even tho
most ordinary cigaret.
Johnny Mine. a kickapoo liuguis,
nha a Philosopher. thinks the white
nuns we IL q person entirely above
criticism. Not much difference be
tween the white .su4w and III. red
man. explained Johnny. They Drta
pant. "alte squaw with white pant
ana red brave with red pain. They
Do'h nave TO wear feathers when
''ey re dressed up. Indian. he weats
cage feathers. white sQUaw wears any
klitd o, feathers she can get. White
sqna"s not much different from the
Indian"
". lean De Floridec, a planter at
martinique, disappeared IT the time o..
ehe eruption OF Mont Pclce. and his
relatives IN France, believing thst he
vas dead. divided his fortune among
Shetn. he has now returned. healthy
ana wealthy he says that after the
cisaster he went to Australia, and
Thence to japan, and that during the
war no managed to run arms and
provisions into Port Arthur. for which
services he WAS literally rewarded by
Tie Russian government
When Princess Beatrice of England
was ) years OLD she made some cakes
end offered them to Lady Ell, and
Others Of the court at Windsor. They
refused Very WE'LL she said. mich
annoyed at their refusal. 'as DR.. Stan
icy is not here, l shah give them to
me Or. Stanley. TO whom
was. Of Course, the celebrated Dean
STANLEY. who WAS a great friend and
iaVorite OF the young princess.
single maple tree on the LEFT bank
OF the Oder. In Germany. Is at least a
century old. and has been twisted and
cut into n kind Of circular house OF
Two stories. A firm. leafy floor has
been formed by causing the branches
20 become gradually woven together.
above this Is n smaller second floor.
si1nilhriy formed. and the ends Of the
branches have been woven into solid
walls. In which eight windows on each
story have been cut.
Politically. Brazil is divided into
twenty-one states Gnclud!ng tho fed.
eral dlstrict), but so unequal Is the d.
vision that three Of these embrace prac.
tically her entire lowlands. as wen as
a portion of the western uplands. and
exceed IN area the remaining eighteen
which lie within the highland rcyien
except for their narrow margins upor
the coast. These latter, however, con.
tam more than SO per cent. OF the pop.
ulation.
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A P~hilHdeinhin ,pipfcter fnI1 ,by.
story or the conversion to n religious.
life of a worldly woman Il used 10
Pc she said. foolish and vain. World.
~ pleasures and fashions were my only
thoughts. l was desperately fond OF
silks. jewelry. ribbons, laces. automo.
billing. etc. But. my friends, | 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 wa.
opened IN February. 1904. In March OF
the present year 1t had 1856 volumes
of which 5000 were added in the last
year. The circulation during this year
was 342.lSS. OF this literature and
philology made up % per cent; medi-
cine and science. IS; arts. 10: nature
~. The number OF visitors to the
library during the year was s8.40o. and
Of these over 5000 were women.
Two Chinese fought a duel in Bankok
recently with their fingers. One was
killed. They fought with the forehng-
ers of each hand. stabbing each other
with these In the region of the spleen
II at the same level on the other
sid of the body. The men who 20 in
Tor this kind of contest practice every
morning, stabbing bags Of rice or
paddy with these fingers till they can
use them like II piece of iron.
The shell and boilers of the new Gu
harder being quilt at Wallsend. Eng
land, are said by Consul Metcalf TO be
constructed of the largest steel plates
In the world. They are silicon steel.
weighing ten tons each. The boilers
alone will weigh over 1000 tons. Mas
sive ngots and slabs weighing twelve
and fourteen tons. are continually pass
Ing through the rolling mills there for
this work.
Lord Kelvin paid a visit to the Brit
1sh school ship Tor navigating officers at
Portsmouth. on which are several me-
chanical co~ntrivances and appliances
Of his own invention. The practical
working OF these had to be demon
etrated and explained to him. Lord
Kelvin understood the Theoretical. prhl-
ciples OF the mechanism. but had new
er seen Thorn 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
In the morning. The outer office looks
like that OF n good New York lawyer.
A pleasant young secretary in secular
garb meets the visitors. All is very
simple, not in the least awe-inspir!ng.
Visitors must kneel and kiss the pope's
hand.
The largest and ccstliest building thus
far undertaken in New York, the city
OF immense structures. is the iragnifi-
cent &c. COO. 600 Episcopal cathedral of
st. John the Divine. now being erected
or MorninSside Heights. This will be
h greatest sacred edifice in America.
n the fourth in Importance in the
world.
The production OF gold In the mines
Of South Africa for the month of June