Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-06

In China and its dependencies. with
q population Of 400. or1, 90. or % per
cent. OF the total population Of the
woric, rice Is the principle food sup
ply. The game may be said also Of
India. with its population OF 275.s9o,o19.
and Japan. with its population .. 40
100000. In addition 10 these, Il, = u
chief article Of diet with other peoples
OF Asia and Africa, whose population is
estimated at $4,000 900. The ,o.al
peaches SIS. 900. 900. or 50 per cent. OF the
total population OF the earth.
Many and curious are the legends o.
the kingfisher. One Of these Is u the
effect that the bird was originally a
plain gray in color. but upon being let
loose from the ark few toward the
sett!ng sun n had It's back stained
blue by the sky and It's lover piGfnage
Ecorched by the sun TO gorgeous hues.
The dried body Of the ~kinghsher was
once used as charm against thunder
bolts and months and It VAS hung up
so that 1t might point With rs bin 10
the winds quarter.
The British empire has hxty-hve leg
1~slative bodies. In 1903 they passed
about 800 acts and ordinances. The
State Legislatures OF the United states
81 that year enacted more than 1900
laws and resolutions. OF which more
than 5,400 were general and the re-
1nainder were local or pirate. In
America II Is not always the most pop
nlous state that needs. or seerns To
need. the most Legislation. In 1903
North Carolina led with 1.200 enact
ments.
A college professor. who last year
spent his vacation On a farm. wrote
this season to the owner. saying:
There are several little matters that I
desire changed should / decide to pass
my holidays at your house. We don't
Alike the maid Mary: moreover, We do
not think a pigpen so near the house Is
sanitary" The farmer replied: Mary
IA went inc we haven't had no hogs
since you ven away last August"
The German colonial department has
officially that emigration TO
German Southwest Africa, for settle
ment purposes, can not be encouraged
at present. The efforts OF the emigrant.
''however strenuous, would be paralyZ-
ed by the fact that the railways and
other means OF communication Will for
some time continue to be monopolized
by the military authorities"
Albert German. a London bookmaker.
IS charged with attempting TO obtain
money by n trick from Harry Cava-
nagh, another bookmaker. He hand
ed C%avanagh a paper with instructions
10 back certain horses for forthcoming
races. and by means OF ink
the original inscription vanished and
another appeared, packing horses Tor
races already won.
Old Donald Macintosh was III. Tho
minister was with him. He listened
with patience to the latter's exhorta-
tions. but at length put a question::
'Will there be whisky In h%eaven?"
'Certainly not" ii minister replied
81 am surprised that you should ask
such n question. "Weel, sir. It's no that
I care fort myself. but 1t looks weel
On the table"
1t is calculated that only a two-thou-
sand milionth part OF the heat emitted
by the sun is caught by the earth.
whose coal supply power is relatively
80 infinitesimal that IL every bit OF coal
In the world were cast into one great
bonfire and ins~tantaEeousS burnt II
would not generate as much heat as the
sun produces each tenth OF a second.
Travelling on the Argentine pampas Is
Interesting II not entirely comfortable
Men there are scarce, but horses are
plentiful. Often sixty horses are driven
in the same team. The driver IS perch
ed thirty feet from the ground. The
wagons are sometimes nifty feet long
and fifteen wide. while the back wheels
are fourteen feet or so high.
Newspapers are beginning to -four
lsh in Italy. The first in circulation
and enterprise Is the Evening Courier.
Of Milan. with $780, 900 circulation and
IN equipment OF American Hoe presses
Tho Tribuna, Of Rome, is next In cir
~culation and influence. with an output
Of 100. 900 comics daily.
Although Spain is on the gold basis
gold is never seen there. the silver
peseta, being worth pnly about 10 cents
while the gold n Is worth nearly 20
The silver and paper currency is ever
changing. varying from 126 to 1879 foi
400 gold pesetas during the last year.
Hundreds of roach and jack have
been found floating helpless or hfeless
in the River Stort. at Bishops Stort-
ford. England. and 1t Is believed that
the Ash have been poisoned by disin-
fectants used in the street gullies and
the e%xudations from motor cars.
The death is announced OF Lieuten-
ant General Ivan Georgivitch Macdon-
old. Of the Russian army, at Warsaw
''The deceased" remarks the Novoe
Vremya, belonged to a Scotch family
which may explain his ~tireless energy
enterprise and love OF work"
A single bank in Naples receives hall
q million dollars a year sent out OF
the United States by temporary Italian
residents. The same bank has received
from Italians in Argentina and Brazil
Ss2S, 900 and $425.000. respectively. ir
one year.
It was stated the other day in a Lon.
dor police court, in the case of a mar
charged with stealing an army cap
tain's gold laced shoulder straps. thai
their intrinsic value was 8 cents. al.
though they are sold for 1915.
Many of the firms which crossed Sar
Francisco bay after the fire and estab'
lished themselves In Oakland. thereby
raising metropolitan hopes in the
bosom of San Franchises Brooklyn. are
returning to their old stands.
Belgium will soon send n mission tc
Abyssinia in order to negotiate a treat,
cf commerce.. The envoy will carry a:
presents to Emperor Menelik arms and
ammunition Of Belgium make. various
scents AMI A silver toilet ret.
AZ WiNingsdale Zoe. t,s-ex. England.
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