Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-01-24

Although tho piatSt is I'm robust health
this yea his way Of life is as out of the
ordinary as ever. He never goes to
bed until 8 O'Clock in the morning. He
plays the piano until II or IL, then
reads and spends the rest Of the night
until bedtime In smoking cigarets and
writing letters. He usually rises III
noon. All that he gets OF exercise is 1t,
the piano or when he is playing bill
liards.
The liability of a water supply com
pany for damages for poisoning it's pat
fons by using lead pipe was recently
decided by a jury in a Norfolk county.
Massachusetts. court. A verdict for
$1,000 was awarded the plaintiff, a wom-
an. against the Milton Water company.
The papers set forth hat from July 1,
1900. the defendant furnished the plain
tie with water through lead pipes,
which water was unfit and unsafe for
domestic use, and that she was made
Ill thereby. She sued for $40, 1000. The
jury. returned an answer of yes" to
the question whether there had been
any negligence on the part of the de-
PENDANT company toward the plaintiff.
Though very few people are aware
of the fact" said an army officer the
other day, the United States owns
and maintains a national cemetery In
Mexico. II is located at a Cosme,
near the city of Mexico, and was pur-
chased and established in the year 1850
for the purpose of interring the re-
mains of soldiers OF the United States
who died or were killed in that vicin-
lily during the war with Mexico and
also for the purpose of interring the
bodies of citizens OF the United States
who have died in that vicinity since
that period
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In medical circles over the report from
the Bay View Insane asylum, at Balti-
more, of a novel and apparently sue
cessful effort to cure a certain form of
insanity, that known to the profession
as dementia praecoX, by cutting away
a portion of the thyroid gland. In the
first case operated upon the improve
ment was very marked within twenty
four hours, n Of the four other cases
treated, three SHOWED a like favorable
result, The exception was a case eX-
tremely far advanced.
Although Americans who go to Eng
land are well aware of the fact
and always make a visit to the church,
the average Englishman does not know
that President Roosevelt was married
at ST. Georges, Hanove Square, Lon
don. There the entry runs: Theodore
Roosevelt, 2S, widower, ranchman.' and
A1AAAtA NNi tfiA 1dIOW. II IL SOgilt
years ago that an American "discov-
cred" the entry, and now there is much
curiosity on the part Of his countrymen
TO see the church where their strenuous
president was married.
The Berlin branch OF the Imperial
Insurance company has set aside the
yearly sum of $25, 600 for the purpose of
providing a dental institute in the city
for w~orkingmen holding it's policies.
The institute will provide artificial
teeth for all w~orkingmen needing them.
1t has been found by the company that
men provided with good dental appar-
atus make "a better risk thar others,
and the new institute is expected to
save much money to the company in a
few years.
A good steer properly and at the same
time prohtably cut up will yield the
Following percentages OF dressed weight,
given in round numbers so as TO be
more easily memorized: Loins, Is per
cent. ribs, 10 per cent; rounds. n per
cent; chucks, 10 per cent; plates, 16
per cent. TANKS, 4 per cent, shanks, z
per cent; tallow, 3 per cent; kidneys,
e.25 per cent; sausage meat, | per cent:
shank meat, 1850 per cent; tankage, 2
per cent; loss in cutting, 6.25 per cent.
Lady Helen Grimston, the eldest
daughter of Lord and Lady Nerulam.
of the English peerage, has just Sc
cured her certificate as an expert but
termaker from the Essex county coun-
ell. She went through the three weeks
course In the work of cooling and sep
arating milk, churning, making butter,
n managing a dairy at the county
dairy school at Chelmsford, and pro-
poses to take over the superintendent
OF a large dairy at ~Gorhambury.
Henry Twele, 31s years old. of Green
lock, near McKeesport, is probably the
most youthful smoker In Allegheny
county and probably in Pennsylvania.
The boy has been using tobacco for
moro than q year. His father Is a min
er. The boy cries unless given a pipe
or q stogie once or twice a day, and
nothing else will pacify him.. Milk and
medicine are spurned, and he falls
asleep soon after smoking.
The pearl is nothing but carbonate
OF lime, and vinegar or any other acid
will eat away the polished surface in a
few moments. AS for the opal, hot wa
ter is fatal TO ii, destroying its fire,
and sometimes causing IL TO crack.
Soap Is a deadly enemy of the tur-
quoise. II q turquoise ring is kept ON
the hand while washing, in a short
time the blu stones will turn to a
dingy green.
The number of foreign tourists Wis
iting Norway during May. June, July
n August. 1906. was about 34,342,
against 20.S27 for June, July and Au-
gust. 1902. and 1916 for the same
months In 1889. During the winter sea-
son i906-T about 1900 foreign tourists
are also supposed TO nave visited Nor
way.
With the Persian one cannot discuss
his womenfolk. 70 ask a Persian about
his wife is a grave breach of etiquet.
The most you can do is to ask abou
mother of his SON." III he has only
daughters he does not mention them:
they are a misfortune TO be suffered In
silence.
The ancient crypt beneath st. Peters
church. Shaftesbury. England. is used
for a beer and wine cellar. but not with
the consent of the church which Is now
trying TO buy the lease that has been
held by the present owners since the
dissolution OF the monasteries.
Mrs. Elizabeth smith Miller ana Col
0neI Thomas wentworth Higginson are
now the only two survivors of the
sighty~nine persons who signed the ca;l
for the first national worlan's rights
convention. which was held In Worces-
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