Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-11-14

Of next month. This singular bet is
held by some members OF the Geo
graphical society in Paris.
II your dogs are troubled with fleas
n very simple way to get rid of the
pest Is to provide beds of fresh cedar
shnvings, OF better. cedar excelsior In
the kennels or wherever the dogs sleep
The scent il not at all unpleasant Ia
the dogs, but Is abhOrrent to the fleas
When a dogs coat gets thoroughly
scented not only do the fieas leave him
while asleep. hut they viii not jumr
upon him when he is out in the sand
during the day.
Messrs. Harland and Wolf. ship
builders of Belfast, Ireland, are To
launch next month a new bow portion
for the White Star liner Suevic. which
ran ashore near the Lizard. on the
Cornwall coast. a good two-thirds of
the vessel was saved and taken to
Southampton for repair. Now the new
bow which has been built for her is to
be towed round from Belfast to South
ampton. n the ship Is to be rendered
once more complete.
Covering n long abandoned well in
i5osworth street, Boston, was an old
gravestone which workmen unearthed
while excavating for a water pipe. 1t
pears the following inscription: Will
nam Irow, son of William and Eliza
beth Trow. Decd Aug. 9th. 1924. Aged
border-of acanthus leaves, and at the
top n traditional cherub's head
thanked by wings all neatly carved.
In the kreisblatt. a newspaper pub.
lished at Hoechst. near Wiesbaden.
Germany, there recently appeared the
following advertisement: Can anyone
favor me with the names of the bal
ioOnists who, when passing over the
village of Ried. last Thursday evening,
dropped a bag OF ballast down my
chimney and completely ruined a fruit
tart which l was cooking?-Julia
Schmidt, IA Britzelgrasse. Red"
The registration in the Twenty-ninth
election district of the Sixteenth as
sembiy district. Brooklyn. was COM
pleted this morning, when the official
announcement vas made that John
Leary. an employee of the park depart
n1ent n the only resident of the dis
trict. had appeared before the inspec-
tors and presented his name. The reg
istration Of Mr.. Leary's name will cost
the city about $500.
Last winter I got twelves foxes and I
haven't Kept any account of the pine
snakes 1 get SO cents a piece for them.
TWO years & I got 20 cents a foot,
but they have been so plentiful that the
price has gone down. I have never
found what people do with the snakes
tney buy from me. Snakes are very
destructive: they will eat as many as
three rabbits ut q time, says a writer in
Fur News.
What is probably the cheapest rate
for II sea voyage ever offered is tha
now made available by the govern
ment of New South Wales, Australia.
to young women who are prepared to
go out to the colony to undertake do
mestic service. The charge to these
land to Sydney. 10000 miles. Is SIS.
A priest has been arrested at Agin-
court. on the Franco-Belgian frontier.
Ior smuggling, His luggage was full OF
was found to be wearing around his
body a layer Of tobacco and cigars over
an inch In thickness. The man was
clothed In tobacco. and 1000 cigars
were from the layer.
This puppy learned Esperanto in two,
months. When Its mistress said "Diru,
("say please''). It barked.!
n the added word ''aute" ("loudly')
MADE It increase h sound. At the
hnnds"l, it ave It's paw. At the COM
mand. "Petu." 1t stood on its hind iees
and begged.
The hopes OF q half century have
failed Of realisation among the upper.
classes Of India. the Oxford and Cam
bridge mission not having . single con.
cert IN several years. while the col.
eye 81 Madras. the finest missionary
lnsutution In that country. has gath.
cred only n mere handful.
ltaly 10 eagerly awaiting the result
% the experiments being made in ito
swamps with the Aultralian maiaria
ash (peeudo-mugtt sf6f7ssr7.~eNNhlch
ehrives In shallow water and i've
cnteny on the larvae Of mosquitoes.
the 9overnment imported a few thou,
sand Of them In June.
Of the see delegates who, under
Con.lin's Iead. fought like giants for
~. eapxantion II AN the:c -are. stt,i
4ying only so~vsnty.three.