Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-12-25

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FRED W. WRIGHT. Publisher.
DE sMET. SOUTH DAKOTA
The Anti Cruelty society, OF Chicago,
has gone to the aid OF horses that are
unable to draw heavy loads up the
inclines at the Rush street bridge. In
charge OF an employee of the society,
"A big draft horse has been stationed
at the steep end OF the bridge for use
in assisting horses with heavy loads
up the grade. The horse will be kept
In use all winter, and arrangements
may be made for permanent service
This plan Is In line with that OF the
$. p. G.. a., of New York, which tries 10
make the billy streets of that city pass
able In slippery weather by sprlnklng
them with sand.
The Cyclades, islands In the Eegean
sea, are famous for their marble quar-
ries. Among them is Tinos island
The marble quarries OF Tinos are the
freehold property of q British com
pany, and contain large deposits OF
dark green marble with white and vio-
LET ~yeining. The Tinos green marble
is extensively used I'm Europe for fur
niture tops, az well as for interior dec
orative work. In America ana Great
Britain, the marble is much sought Tor
columns, pilasters, etc. principally Tor
its beauty and solidity. The production
I'm 1907 exceeded 100000 tons, or
which 592,587 tons have been exported
At the thirty first annual meeting OF
the Iowa Association OF Unitarian and
Independent churches, recently held AT
Perry, a resolution was adopted declar-
ing the conference strongly in favor
of both men and women In the minis
try" and as believing women fully as
efficient and valuable as men in all
that pertains To religious leadership"
The Rev. Eleanor Il. Gordon was secre-
tary OF the conference. She is also
president of the Iowa woman suffraR-
lists. One OF the most successful meet
ings OF the conference was said TO be
that at which the Rev. Miss Stafford
was the leader.
To the average mine the conception OF
the atom, or electrun, as a sort OF whifl-
pool In the ether, renders IL difficult
to understand how matter a be rigid.
Rigidity is explained as due TO the en-
ormous velocity of these ETHEREAL vor-
tees. II has been shown that water
moving with sufficient velocity through
a tube can be broken into by a violent
blow from Il sabre. "A layer OF water
u few centimeters thick" SAYS M. IL
Bon, animated by a sufficient velocity,
which would be as impenetrable To
shells as the steel plates of an iron
clad"
Parliament house, Melbourne. which
has been rushed by THE unemployed"
OF the commonwealth capital, is the
costliest legislative palace in Greater
Britain. A million has been expended
on Ii, n IL Is not yet completed. II
belongs TO the parliament of Victoria,
but since federation IL has been the
meeting place of the parliament Of the
commonwealth, its owners moving 10
"A wing OF the exhibition building close
by.
An electric spark Is the luminous eff
feet produced when a sudden descriptive
electrical discharge takes place be-
tween two charged conductors at diff
ferent electric potentials. The length
of the spark depends primarily upon the
difference or potential of the two
charged bodies; IT is, hence, In general
a conspicuous phenomenon with high
potential FRACTIONAL electricity, and not
with ordinary voltaic currents.
The growing scarcity OF timber suit
able for ties, with a resultant increase
In their cost, has led IL roads TO start
forests. Ter roads in the East have al
ready planted In their respective for
est sites thousands Of cataipa, black To-
Gust, red oak, pin oak and chestnut.
One road has selected the eucalyptus
because of It's rapid growth and adpta-
bility to the climate of California, New
Mexico and Texas.
1t Is difficult to estimate the total
loss on the Scottish grain crop of this
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at the quite moderate figure of co an
acre for 80 per cent OF the lands under
crop the total is a sum considerably
over $4,000, 600, says the Glasgow Her
aid. The winter loss from using half
rotten fodder and from protracted sales
of discolored and musty grain is not so
easily calculated.
In the British army there liz a de-
maud that the excessive smoking OF
cheap and bad cigarets be discouraged
or prevented. In several battalions eff
forts are being made In this direction
80 as to lessen the practice among the
young soldiers. In one battalion COM
pany officers are enjoined 10 have an
order against the cigaret e out at
every parade. Pipe smoking is not yet
under the ban.
Mrs. Golden Sanderson Is very re-
sentful of the suggestion hat the
women OF England have a separate
legislature. II was a major general In
the army who suggested the plan. but
the ladies win nave none OF Ii and
declare that IL would be most absurd.
Lady Warwick is also opposed to the
idea, as are the other suffragettes.
A vapor blanket 80 feet thick is
found by Professor Frank H.. Bigelow
TO cover the reservoir at Reno, New.
Assuming that a like invisible shield
protects the Salton sea. II is concluded
this body may lose by evapora-
fion not more than -four or five feet
yearly. instead OF the eight feet hith-
erto expected.
There Is a noticeable increase in
gambling by boys in the streets of New
York. The police sometimes interfere,
as was the case recently. when a po-
llceman chased "A score OF urchins from
in 'front.' OF q well known gambling
house within a stones throw OF Herald
square, where a game was going on.