Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-09-26

In 1853. Apprenticed to q civil en-
gineer he displayed unusual aptitude
in the mastery OF details. He was only
% when the first idea of his torpedo
occurred to him and from that time un-,
I'll he was 35. when the invention was
purchased by the British war office for
$3.50. 900. he was working night and day
to bring 1t to perfection n interest
and military authorities In its
powers and personalities.
At the University OF Kansas a ply
sician has been appointed to look after
sick students away from home: to con
suit with students In all matters re-
lating to health. and to prevent. when
possible. trivial matters from becoming
serious: to provide necessary medical,
services gratuitously to those who are
sity: to work with the university health
committee In seeking out II eliminat-
ing special sources of infection, n In
preventing the spread OF infectious and
contagious diseases among the. students
of the university.
Bread is not the only product OF the
~breadfruit tree. From II cement. cloth.
finder and lumber are also obtained. A
glutinous. milky Juice oozes from the
trunk Of the tree. which makes an
excellent cement when boiled with CO.
coanut oil. From the fibrous inner
bark n kind OF coarse cloth Is made.
and the big leaves make good towels.
The lumber Is used for building ouses
and many other purposes. Besides all
this the dried blossoms are used as
finder when fires are kindled.
1t Is announced from Haxelton. Pa.
that the Lehigh Valley Coal company
has opened at Lattimer what is be-
lieved to be the largest stripping in the
world-a solid bed of anthracite L.
300 feet wide and thirty feet in thick =
ness. extending from Lattiincr to Drift
ton. a distance OF at least six miles.
1t is estimated that with an output
of 500 tons Il day 1t would reQuire
steady operation for two hundred and
fifty years to exhaust the newly dis
covered deposit.
In Melbourne. Il movement has been
started to erect a statue OF John Bat
man. the founder OF that city. Seventy
W years have passed since Batman.
after tying his boat close to n tree
where the Melbourne custom house
now stands, wrote in his diary: This
Will be the place for Il village The
village Is now a city with Il population
OF more tina SOC. 900. Batman did not
live to see more than the small be-
gtnnings OF the city he founded.
Mahogany trees do not grow in clus-
ters. but are scattered throughout the
forests and hidden In a dense growth
OF u~nderbrush. vines and creepers and
require a skiiful and experienced
woodsman to find them. He seeks the
highest ground in a forest climbs to
top of the tallest tree and surveys
h surrounding country. The mahog-
any has a peculiar foliage and Ia prac-
ticed eye o detects the trees within
sight.
LORD Kelvin. who has the distinction
of having occupied q chair in a univer-
sity longer than any professor living
and who won great fame before being
to the peerage US Sir William
conferred on him in England. France.
Germany. Belgium and the United
States. He IL now in his 83d year.
shows no signs Of diminishing ac-
tivity or lack of intellectual power. {
hospital on the seashore near La
Guaira has been completed and is now,
ready for occupancy. The old hospital
In Caracas has been abandoned and
h 40 leper patients have been trans
ferred to the new hospital. The new
building. and Is In an isolated spot on
the seashore between Cape Blanco and
MaiQuetia. !
Two German bacteriologists claim to
have discovered an effective serum
against typhus-fever. 1t Is obtained
from horses, and. al the result Of many
tests carried out Independently in Ber-,
lin. Vienna n Prague, 1t has been.
shown to assuage the fever, regularize
h pulse and arrest diarrohea. Thu
names OF the bacteriologists are Meyer
and Bergell.
The Indian government Is. it is said,
considering the desirability Of using
motor transport wagons for freight in:
moving produce Of out Of the way
districts to market. This is quite prac-
ucabie. considering the good roads OF
the plains In India, and 1t would solve
a problem that has perplexed the gov
eminent.
The noble families Of Prussian, Po-
land. nave become so numerous as al
o to swamp the common people OF
he province. The priest Of the village
of Konitz replied to a circular issued,
by the government that every one OF
the 400 families in his CONGREGATION
was Of noble birth.
Ona Danish gardener has succeeded
In growing edelweiss. the Alpine flower,
peculiar to h dizziest heights Of the
Swiss Alps. The gardener il export
ing large quantities of the flowers to
Swiss hotels. where they are sold to
tourists.
The gold production Of the world In
1905 put the total at &l05. 000, 900. an In
crease OF nearly 80. 900. 900 over 1905. In
Africa alone the increase was S2l. 900.
The United States with q total Of Sos.
100000. made an increase Of 100000.
There are tobacco lands In this
country which are bringing their own
ers . yearly profit OF 1900 an acre.