Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-10-01
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no race is safe from cholera. 1t IS
deadliest to negroes.
Bees sometimes fly two miles from
the hive and find their way back with
GU. difficulty.
Dogs, horses, cattle, mice, even fish
have cancer. In Tunis and Abyssinia
cancer Is unknown.
Recent experiments seem to indi-
cate that bees have the homing In
siinct like the pigeon.
Leprosy Is the only exclusively hui
MAJ germ disease. 1t Is impossible to
give II to any other animal.
The British Museum possesses a
chair-the throne of Queen Hatasu-
which was in use some $500 years ago.
Over three thousand pounds Of rose
petals are used in the manufacture of
one pound OF altar Of roses perfume.
nj Kohinoor diamond originally
weighed 800 karats. but by successive
cuttings It has been reduced to los
karats.
Liquid gas manufacture and COM
mercial utilization in Bavaria and
Switzerland Is successful, according
to a consular report.
After a long study Of school children
In London, the Medical Record says,
DR.. Hartman finds nothing to show that
good schooling hurts children's eyes.
Doctor ants do incredible cures
II they were not youched for by Huber,
Lubbock and others. They battle and
sun the sick, put them to bed and
slow moro humanity than most folk.
Children of the public schools In
the province OF Ontario, Canada. are
to have much cheaper school books,
to be supplied by the provincial gov
eminent under a five year contract.
Baron Goto, minister Of c~ommunica-
tions. Is investigating the ACCESSIBILITY
Of transporting mail by automobiles in
the principal cities Of Japan. and also
possibly to distant points where rail-
way traffic Is not yet opened.
At the Pekin Palace Dog Association
show, held in London, Mrs. Cross's
China dog Chu-Ear look P%ierpont Nor
san's prize of 100 guineas. Mrs. Cross
refused a check for s25 900 down for
the little Chink-about 5000 an ounce.
Plenty Of dogs In China. but this was
a perfect palace pup.
Omsk, Siberia, has now an American
consulate, with Adolph f. Reinecke In
charge. Heretofore there has been no
American consular representation In
the extensive Russian region between
Nacroup ap1 U1o1{v0SfpL ovar r nm
miles apart. In this territory are
many largo cities, and the country
is showing rapid agricultural develop
ment. Last fall 5000 Russian immi-
grants passed through Omsk each
twenty-four hours.
Plenty of dogs in China. but this was
A New Jersey farmer has discov-
efed that music pays In the dairy
Business. He employed a Swiss milk
maid who yodeled. and the daily sup
ply OF milk increased. The milkmaid
left. the COWS moped and the milk sup
ply decreased. He bought a phono-
graph and installed 1t in the stables
and when he put in the kind Of music
the cows liked they gave down freely.
Some tunes made them dry up. Here
Is a hint for northern New York dairy
men.-Watertown On. W Times.
The voices Of the summer which
make sleep difficult for so many per
sons in New York do not Interfere
with the epose OF one citizen, who
Is happy In the possession Of an in
vention which deadens all sound. This
is a small metal ball which fits into
the canal of the ear and stops 1t up.
1t is kept in place by a narrow rod
no thicker than a pin which fits
against the shell Of the ear. These
deadeners of sound are rare here. but
popular enough In Europe, whence
this one came.-New York Sun.
After lying at the bottom Of the sea
undisturbed FOR a century and a half
one Of the guns of H. NJ. s. Families,
which was wrecked near Bolt Tail, On
che south coast Of Devon. has been re-
covered. One side Of the weapon has
been wOrn away with the action Of
pebbles and single washed over 1t
BY the tide to such an extent, says the
london Chronicle. that at the muzzle
the thickness of iron is very little,
and for its whole length the metal has
the appearance of being gradually filed
away. Even the trunnions which orig
inally took its weight on the gun car
vlags have been worn to spikes.
-a.EA Hn.aE.