Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-15

wedding anniversary OF a New YORK
couple took place Friday, November
13. In order to emphasize the disbelief
Ia hard luck superstition, the guests
had to walk under a ladder to reach
their places at the table; they found
the salt cellars all overturned the
prongs OF the forks pointing the wrong
way, n many other things which
come under the read of "uniucky." At
each plate, however, there was placed,
IS an antidote. a four Ieafed clover,
and this and ~undOubted happiness OF
the celebrants seemed 10 remove any
fears as 10 the many hoodoos.
Before the Faraday society, recently,
Mons. AID. Jouve described the remark
able rcsistive property of erro-silicon,
and other alloys OF silicon. Nitric acid,
even as a vapor. does not affect these
alloys at all. Sulphuric and hydro
chloric acid also have no effect. The
same Is true Of aceti cacid. The high
price OF platinum gives Importance to
ferro-silicon as a substitute to be used
In he manufacture OF acid resisting
vessels, but the alloy possesses q disad-
vantage In its brittleness, and the
thickness N weight OF the vessels
made OF II.
Emerson was a notable sufferer from
the Vagaries OF memory. His biogra-
pher relates hat he met him one day
In Boston, apparently at q loss for
sc mething, n asked him where he
was going. ITO dine" said Emerson,
with a very old and lear friend. /
know where she lives, but / hope she
won't ask me her name" and then he
proceeded TO describe her as the
mother OF the wife OF the young man
the tall man-who speaks so WE'LL and
so on, until his interlocutor guessed To
whom he was referring.
Mrs. Mary Carr Moore and Mrs.
Alice Hartman. Of Seattle, are pre-
pairing TO give a suffrage vaudeville.
The Nbretto was written by Mrs. Har-
riman and the music by Mrs. Moore.
VINO rs described as having sung her
way through a suffrage campaign IN
California. Mrs. Moore has already
published several popular songs and
will shortly add 10 the number a
suffrage song intended to be used as
q war song by the militant braiich OF
the s~uffragists.
william, crown prince OF Germany
n Prussia, has invented and patent
ed a new style OF cuff links. They have
Deen registered in the imperial patent
ONCE. The invention is described as
double cuff links with two looped but
tens. Enterprising manufacturers are
eLdeaVoring TO purchase the patent
rights, anticipating q great sale among
the handles OF all countries. The kai-
ser recently invented a new brake for
automobiles.
Misses Ethel A.. and Florence M. COL
Ivrd, twin sisters, who are lawyers at
the national capital, were recently adj
united to practice before the United
states supreme court. The young wo-
men are both able and attractive. and
tney resemble each other so closely
that only their friends can distinguish
them apart. They are natives of Nova
Scotia, but have lived most of their
nVes--they are now In the early TWEEN
ties-in Washington.
Dr. Paul Haupt, professor Of Semitic
languages at Johns Hopkins uniyer-
sity, celebrated recently the 25th ami
yersary of his acceptance Of the chair
PROFESSOR Haupt was called TO Johns
Hopklns by the late President Daniel
e. Gilman. after serving as a member
or the faculty of Gottingen. He was
graduated from the University of Leip-
sic In 1878 with the degree OF doctor
of philosophy.
The Council OF the Royal College of
or England at q recent meet
ing resolved that steps should be taken
at once to admit women to the exam
inauons of h conjoint examining
BOARD and 10 the examination for the
lom IN public health. 1t also re-
soiVeu that women should be admitted
10 the examinations for license in dem
tai surgery on the same footing with
men applicants.
Eloquence lis accounted the greatest
or all possible gifts among the Arabs.
According to Arab tradition. the most
superlative degree OF e~loquence was at
tanned by King David, such being the
beauty of his diction, added to the
poetry OF his words, that when he de-
claimed the psalms even birds and wild
beasts were spellbound, while on some
occasions as many as 400 men died
from the excess OF delight induced by
his reading.
Booker 4. Washington was born near
Haie's Ford, Va, about 1859. His moth
er was a slave In the Burroughs fam
lily, where she was known as Jane Bur
roughs. Her husband lived on q neigh
boring plantation. Booker Washing
Ton was educated at Hampton tnsti-
tute, Virginia. where he in
1875. He taught there until he was Sc
iected head OF the Tuskegee institute,
which he organized.
The new constitution OF Michigan
"hlSh mas JUST heen fatlned, gives tax
suffrage to m A large deleyation
OF women representing all classes had
a nearing before the constitutional con-
vention asking that women have f,IlI
SUFFRAGE with men. Their plea was
packed by a petition with $4,000 indi-
viduai signatures. Michigan is the nfth
state TO give women tax suffrage.
Breaking into houses where funerals
have just taken place and p~lunderinp
them is spoken OF by the BerlineI
Tageblatt as the latest trick Of tho
thieves OF that city. While this may
pc q new form OF criminaiity in Berlin,
says the writer. IL Is really only An I'M
itation Of an incident described IN Dion
Cassius as having taken place 500
years before Christ. ~
The annual production OF raw silk IN
lndo-Chlna may be estimated at 2.A00 !.
900 pounds. There are many large re-
Eiohs beyond those o engaged In
The Industry t4hirh - -. al -. {.