Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-09

! Secret experiments are being con-
Quoted i'm Lorient bay with a new 90
inch luminous shell which is likely
to prove "A valuabl asset in time of
war. The new shell. which is the in
vention of II French naval officer,
throws out n ray of white light when
1t strikes. During a night attack 1t
will indicate the range of the enemy
without exposing the firing warships
to view with their searchlights.
. Peter Murray. Of puena Vista. Pa,
at the age of 81. has gone to college.
He is a student at Washington and
Jefferson college ut Washington. Pa,
and the teachers say he is one of their
most diligent pupils. In his youth Mr..
Murphy had to work for Il living and
sacrificed his schooling. He has ac-
cumulated money and his large bus
mess interests, he says, demand that
he be better educated.
Technical clubs among the employees
of large engineering offices are among
h most useful means of keeping men
interested in their work and acquainted
with the problems that arise in other
departments than their own. They are
generally encouraged by the officers
of such companies on account of this
good influence.
kANGi AN AAN4N eS>AA oOhbhe
the rOunds for some years as to the
place that the Holy See would assign
to Cardinal Newman's writings, it can
be stated o. authority now that the
genuine doctrine and spirit of New
mans Catholic teachings are not hit by
the pope's recent encyclical on mod
ernism.
Charles Bond, OF Boston. who paid
for the musical education Of Geraldine
Farrar. has a new protege in Ada
Chambers, for two seasons soprano
soloist with Sousa's band. Bond will
send Miss Chambers to Europe and he
expects that she will become as ia
nous as Miss Farrar.
The chief rabbi in Turkey recently
nae a long audience with the principal
private secretary of the sultan concern
ing concessions for the Jews in Pales-
tine, many returns being promised un-
der certain conditions. but the chief
rabbi could promise nothing, as Pales-
time Is not under his jurisdiction.
John ID. Bristol, the veteran American
landscape painter. and n of the old
est members OF the National Academy
Of Design. who is poor and recently suf-
fered a stroke OF paralysis, has been
Fordham. N. Y, where he will be cared
for by the Artists Aid society.
The merchants of Chekiang and
Shanghai are endeavoring to establish
iron works ut Hankow to manufacture
railway materials only. and 1t is pro-
posed to raise 400. 200 taels ($316, 5000
from the Canton. Sxechuen and Huna
railway companies to capitalize such
works.
To keep the plague of rabbits from
destroying the pastoral industries Of
Australia, 1852 miles of public and pri
vate rabbi netted fences have beer
erected, at q cos of H.0 0O, 900. Queens
land alone spends 100000 a year II
erecting and maintaining fences to keel
out the pest.
According to Maine packers. the sar
dine season just closed has been tn
the business at Lubec. at Eastport. an,
along the coast will show a profit o
over q quarter OF Q million dollars.
The annual report Of the Canada,
depaxtment Of trades and commerc
shows the total grain crops Of the sea
SON OF 1904 to BE- more than 4l6. o00,00
bushels, Of which 136.00o,000 bushel
were wheat ana 1o2Ooo.eeo bushels cat.
There are $500 chemists In the Unite,
States and Q very large proportion G
! shses are smRloysd In Industrial wor,