Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-28

DE ulpiOmatlCally ana SOCIALLY per-
soma grata" and must refrain from pro-
curing Information in an underhand
manner In time OF war the privilege
of being attached 10 the headquarters
staff OF an army Is usually conceded
TO representatives Of friendly nations.
United States Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, OF Massachusetts,, found time
from his duties at Washington 10 run
mp TO h recently n preside as
moderator at the annua town meeting.
rIt Is TO be hoped says the Spring
Held Republican, that he will keep up
the custom as long as he lfyes, even
Ar he has TO make special trips from
Washington. The influence OF his ex-
ample can not fail 10 be most excel
lent, since the spectacle Of so dis
Tinguished a statesman, whose range 10
national and worldwide, displaying a
aocal patriotism OF this sort must help
20 maintain the essential dignity OF our
aocaI Institutions
A Frenchman named Baurdais. says
abe San Francisco Chronicle, has de-
vised q floating city, which will permit
persons who wish 10 cross the ocean
without running the risk of seasick-
mess to do so. II is to be about 5000
feet in length, with an appropriate
breadth, will have avenues planted
with trees, gardens, squares, kiosks
" HllElG OdAI6t "a li1CdltIs ClfCuldI
railways, shops, etc. He does not tell
how he is going TO propel it, but he
IS sure that ii will be safer and more
comfortable than other ships. AT lat
est accounts he was still at large.
The figure of Aristotle. by the emil
nent sculptor, G. Walker, has
recently been placed in the niche pre-
pared for IL outside the south wall OF
h residence. 1t is the gift OF Dean
Lincoln and Mrs. Wickham. The four
inches outside st. Deiniols are intended
Tor the figures OF those -four great men
who were regarded by Mr.. Gladstone
as his chief masters-Aristotle, st.
Augustine. Dante and Bishop Butler.
Three are now in position, all Of them
h work OF Mr.. Walker. 1t only re-
mains for that OF Bishop Butler TO
be given to complete the set.
AS the result of special efforts in the
hatchery work during the year the out
put OF fish and eggs in 1908 was greater
than ever before In the history OF the
national bureau. reaching a total of 2,
81 ,456. 2Se. OF this number 2,413, 500, 225
were young fish distributed for the
stocking and restocking of public and
private waters, and the remaining 49,
647,0 were eggs delivered to state and
Foreign hatcheries. The output of young
fish exceeds the greatest previous rec
ORR lot any ONO FHhT DIV $40. UUU, UUu. 81
Mrs. Brinton Coke was elected secre-
tary OF the Anti-Suffrage society
Formed the other day In Philadelphia.
I'm speaking OF the object of the new
society Mrs. Coxe declared that they
were not opposed to woman suffrage as
~ now exists in this country, but they
intended 20 fight earnestly against any
further extension OF the franchises to
women. They believe that the time has
come when nothing further I'm the way
OF duties n burdens should be laid
on women.
Attention is seldom called to a re-
markable and curious characteristic OF
the olive tree. After many years of
growth the different large branches of
the trees separate gradually from the
trunk until they are quite divided from
one another down TO the root. These
then slowly move apart and In some
Instances six or seven distinct trees
Btand in the area which before sur
rounded the main tree, and they will
sometimes be rs much as 20 feet apart.
The Mexican postal law does not re-
quire the postal department to deliver
mail addressed to a city on which the
name also OF the state does not appear.
in the different states the names OF
cities are duplicated. Some names are
used in each OF the states The letter
rate Is 2 cents, though American firms
frequently put on 8 cent stamps, and
also uselessly inclose American stamps
and stamped envelopes for replies.
Stock W In the vicinity OF lava
beds in klamath county, Oregon. are
much alarmed over rumblings heard In
su~bterranean passages under the lava.
These are attributed to the giving way
of the walls of some of these caverns,
but several scientists who have ex-
Amined the neighborhood declare that
under the beds IL still d molten mass
bf ava which occasionally bursts cut.
causing the curious rumblings.
Mrs. Lucy e. Peabody. OF Denver,
has just received her appointment as
deputy registrar OF the Colorado state
board OF land commissioners. Mrs.
Peabody is widely known through her
efforts to have the cliff dwellings in
southwestern Colorado preserved by
including them in Mesa Verde Nation
al park. Before her marriage she held
a government office In Washington.
Twelve hours. with two hours rest,
Is the legal laboring day at Odessa.
Russia. Workers under IL must go 10
school for tssrees hours daily. Chris
fians are not required to work on Sun
days or feast days. nor Hebrews and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OIL tHtlF religious noIl-
days. Those who nave TO work on
Sundays have the next day for rest.
Following a series OF fatalities III
New York. Judge Swami has laid down
a rule OF aw which may help 10 fix the
public regulation of automobile traf-
&c. The new Law presumes." said the
judge. that when an owner puts In his
~snachins a reckless chauffeur. he knows
the ordinary act the man is going to
commit
In a new watch FOR the blind the fig-
nres are replaced by knobs. each OF
which sinks during the hour which Ii
represents. The minute hand Is in the
usual form. but heavier. to withstand
the pressure OF fingers feeling for II.
Independence Hall, which was bought
by the city OF Philadelphia from the
state for a large sum. and on which
100000 has been spent for restoration.
is visited by a million people a year.
rp to Il certain point exposure 70
radium rays stimulates the germina-
fion Of seeds, bur II that point be
passed the growthris stopped.
Recent additions 10 the French
W COMPLEMENTARY