Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-01
SOUTH DAKOTA

Many different names are possessed
by the gypsies in various lands. me
Arabs call them "Harami' (villalnsl
and the Dutch call them "Heydens,
(heathen.J The Persian takes his name
for the race from its complexion n
dubs them "Karachi," or swarthy. A
Scotch charter of the twelfth century,
mentions their Scotch name OF "Tink-
Icrs," which is commonly supposed to
be a corruption Of tinker. al
though possibly the substitution Of II
for y" has produced this form Of the
Italian "Zipgaro," one OF the most
widespread Of gypsy appellations.
There passed the other day on TO
the French statute book a law which
will probably nave important results
in the history of many French lives.
IL is a law by which any man or WON
an over the age of 80 may marry with
ont first obtaining the permission of
father or motaer and without needing
even 10 go through the form Of noti-
yin the family Of tHe event. Hitherto
no ~Frenchman, of whatever age, could
marry without his parents consent.
though after the age of % he could
bring the matter into court and get
a Judgment no il,
The use Of your humble servant
IA OF your most humble ana ODE
dent servant" which have given way
10 the curt yours truly came first In
TO use in England in conversation,
and later i'm correspondence, ON the
marriage Of Queen Mary, daughter OF
Henry w, Of France, 10 King Charles
l. The usual salutation before that
time had been God keep you" God
be with you,"-this among the gentry.
With the common people IL was How
dost thou, Hodge, with q thump on
the shoulder.
In the course OF our lives, says the
statistician, although we write many
letters, we have not the remotest idea
of the distance our hand covers while
travelling over the paper. According TO
Elm, the average man or woman writes
about thirty words a minute which.
with the up and down strikes n
curves, represent something Ike five
yards, or 800 yards an hour. a per-
son, therefore, using his pen, for say.
two hours a day, can boast that his
right hand has ~journeyed a distance OF
40 miles.
A beggar, Georges Fantin. age y.
arrested in Paris and questioned as
TO the cause which drove him 10 this
mode of earning a living, replied: Il
am a phtlanthropist, and | give shelter
in my home, winter and summer to
poor wretches who nave no other home.
OF course, / never demand payment and
am therefore obliged to resort TO beg
ging i'm order TO provide for my per-
sonal wants"
While partridge shooting at Buxted
a sportsman suddenly had hundreds OF
wasps settle upon him. They crawled
upon his hands and face, but he kept
his nerve and did not interfere with
them. The wasps scared the gentle
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tance away being afraid to go near
him. After about ten minute the
wasps few off in a body without nav
ing stung him.
Final official figures for the coffee
crop from Brazil for the year ending
June 80 show that the total entries in
ali Brazil reached 20, 409. lS0 bags, rep
Tesenting an increase oyeT the previous
yea OF 9.353,S02 bags. or 84.6 per cent,
and an amount over the average for
the last -four years OF S,94S, 1871 bags,
and exceeding the previous banner crop
OF 0 l-ls02 by 49, l5 bags or 25.4 per
cent.
TEe biggest tomato patch In the
United States, IL not in the world. is I'm
Clark county, Missouri, just south Of
the Des Moines river. In this patch
there are 40 acres of tomatoes. and
II - EA1AAaN a ltAitG II BEaA6Al III aOJAtA
ne third OF q mile in width. The rows,
If stretched out in a straight line,
would extend for almost 100 miles.
A local tailor has made a hit with
a large number Of customers by in
sertlng a secret pocket In the coats OF
married men who trade with him. AS
he broadly advertises the new trick. IL
rs for the purpose of enabling married
men TO hide their change from their
curious wives. Already he is hiring
more help.
He was a Scotchman and somewhat
shy. At tea the variety Of cakes was
b~ewildering n the young lady whose
guest he was helpfully inquired: will
you have a cake or a meringue, Mr..
Johnstoney" "Hoots, no. ma ~lassie."
quotn he kindly, you're no wrang--
III haze the cakei'
After forty-five years OF Office. 4, f
Allison has his resignation
OF the post of town clerk of Louth. Lin
eoinshiIe. England. Mr.. Allison, who
Is IS years Of age is one of the most
prominent men In Louth. and was for
6fty-one years secretary TO the local
gas company.
An old cello which the owner at Mt.
Noorah. Victoria. sent to be repaired.
was found to bear the label Nicolo
Amati and the date 1924. There was
also found a record OF the instrument
having been repaired by Louis Dandeh,
Of Versailles. in 1881, for Louis XVI.
A wealthy landed proprietor named
GIIszinskis OF Buetzpw, Mecklenburg-
Schwerin. who committed suicide.
stated IN 4 letter found by his side that
he took his life because the worries of
the administration Of his money
weighed too heavily Upon his mind.
The Mikado has contributed $500, 900 !
toward the institution Of a national
Japanese theater I'm Toxic. Heretofore
playwrights have occupied a very hum
bic prosition here. Matsin. for instance.
the successful comedy writer gets .taly |