Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-31

aIlcSDURI COUNTY MDEPtADEHl
PRKp w. WRIGHT, Publisher.
DE sMET, souTH DAKOTA
one of the most remarkable sights in
America is the attendance OF mothers
win children in their arms Ia the Phil
ldelphia night schools. These women
are all foreign born and they are so
anxious to learn English that they go
to school after the days work, kin
their babies with them n leaving
their husbands TO care for ohter chill
dren at home. There are more than
1000 mothers in the Philadelphia night
schools, and the total is growing stead
ily.
Robert p. Skinner. the American con-
sui general at Hamburg, reports an
enormous crop OF potatoes this year In
Germany. AS the crop is valuable for
rotation purposes and the table demand
is relatively greater in Germany than
perhaps any other nation, while the IN
dustrial applications are numerous the
yield has steadily advanced to an aV-
erage exceeding 100000 tons. over
200 varities OF potato are cultivated In
Germany. Those ha ving the smallest
content OF water are best adapted for
production of alcohol.
IAN rnsolved problem in geological
history is the disappearance of the 81
gantic dinosaurs, which may be said
to have ruled the animal world in the
-cretaceous period. They are known TO
have lived in nearly all lands until the
close of that period" says Or. A. $.
Woodward, and there is no reason TO
believe that they suffered from q
struggie with any w-arm-blooded COM
petitors. They seem to w died q
aatarai death
Joseph j. Slechta, American vice
consul general at Rio J~aneiro, gives the
number OF cattle in that country at TO-
900, 900; h provinces, Rio Grande do
Sui, Matte Crosse and Minas Geraes,
reporting 5000, 900, 5000, 600 and $780,
900 head. Brazil does a great business
tn exporting hides, those of the state
of Bahia alone a~ggregating 5000 metric
tons, while the average number of hides
sent out from Rio Grande do Sui an
nually aggregate 100000.
The cigar tooaccos are grown mostly
in New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and wisconsin, though there is a con-
siderable and rapidly increasing pro-
duction Of this type in Georgia, Florida
and Texas. The tobaccos used tor
chewing. smoking. snuff and export are
produced most heavily Ia Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia
and South Carolina,
Dr. Gertrude HALEY, a gr3duate Of
the medical department of the Mel
bourne university, has been reappoint-
ed medical officer OF the public schools
In Tasmania. Or, HALEY is the first
woman to occupy such an office, and Is
reported 10 have given such satisfac-
tion that a movement has been started
TO appoint women TO all such offices
10 the exclusion OF men.
TO get rock for the Morena dam Ia
southern California, r of the biggest
blasting operations ON record has just
been successfully carried out. A tun-
mel 125 feet long was first driven into
the face OF the granite. In this cham
Der was placed 3S,950 pounds OF powder
and dynamite. This was exploded by
electric fuses and dislodged 10000 GU
bic yards OF reck.
Consumers OF electric light In Bang
kok, Siam, have been served with no
tees TO tfls effect: "Sir-For the cas-
that your electric light should fail, we
beg 10 send you Enclosed a post card,
which please send us at once when you
find your light out. The company viii
then send you another post card. Yours
truly. Manager, Siam Electricity, Linz
tied
After eighty years OF effort TO spread
the English language, the hon tongue
Of the full blooded Hawaiian is his alb
original jargon. Exclusive OF the half
whites in these islands there is but one
family that talks the English language
in It's home. All the rest are as true TO
their inherited tongue as they are to
their racial hue.
The total annual cost OF Germany's
land ana sea defense is now 977 ,400, 600
marks, without taking account or une
100000 TO 700, 900 able-bodied men who
are kept from profitable employment,
representing in productive capacity AS
much as 1900. 100000 marks a year.
A perfect feminine face should meas
ure exactly five times the width of an
eye across the cheek bones. The eye
should be exactly two-thirds the width
OF the mouth and the length of the ear
exactly twice that of the eye. The
space between the eyes should be ex-
nctly the length of one eve
Il Is stated In a consular report that
provincial Persia. is practically uncivil-
lied. and that even the greater mobiles
have no special bedrooms, while all
sleep on mattresses on the ground.
Beds are ornaments, purchased occa-
sionally and placed in the drawing
room.
TO get rid OF the iiuttering effect OF
moving pictures an .n.sSatoT mas ap-
piled the principle OF the s~tereoscope,
the pictures being thrown on the screen
BY two lenses, in front of which shut
tiers open and close alternately so rap
idly that there is no break In the Sc
ries.
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