Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-11-04

carried to an alarm in a nearby ONCE.
The purse was placed in the pocket
of a pair of trousers which were hung
in a closet where the thief had been
successfully operating. The wires were
very neatly concealed, so that their
presence could not be detected by a
casual Investigation. AS the purse was
distracted from the pocket the alarm
was given and h thief was caught.
In Italy the people are crying out
against the higher cost of living as
loudly az Americans are here. Some
prices in Milan show what conditions
are. From 1908 to 1910 -four has in
creased 20 per cent; rice, the same;
milk. nearly 40 per cent; eggs, 100 per
cent; butter, 15; vegetables, In general.
IL. and fruit, 80 per cent The price
OF meat has become practically prohibi-
tive to the masses. House rents have
advanced about 80 per cent in three
years. BY tile way, leases upon houses
In Milan can seldom be made for less
than three years. with six months rent
payable in advance.
The thoroughbred race horse, the
bay descendant OF the famous Godol-
phin barb. and his harem of five
French mares, has a greater tendency
TO fall heir to q throat trouble than the
common claybank, scrub or dray drag
AGA LA10AA AiA VI AtAlHAAAAlB lAAS AAa
many a promising youngster n his
owners pocketbook at the same time.
A horse that is a Poarer when he gets
heated begins TO make a sound that
can be heard sometimes as far as q
city block and some roarers will choke
and fall down right on the track.
Oy8ters grow only during summer.
and especially during long, warm sum-
xners at that, and are scarcely big
enough for the mouth before the third
year. II is Easy after looking over a
bunch of shells 20 tell how old an oys-
ter is. A summer hump and the winter
sink come across the shell every year.
but after the seventh or 10th year full
growth comes; then. by looking at the
sinks between the humps, IL Is hard TO
Tell anything more about Miss oysters
age. oysters live TO be 20 years old.
Uranium ores are reported TO have
been unearthed I'm Wodgina In western
Australia. Two small specimens have
been found In a regmatite vein Of tan
talite lode. a foot from. the surface. The
state %geologist who is of opinion that
pitchblende, In which radium occurs,
VIII De discovered pefow water level,
as the geological occurrences OF this
mineral in other parts OF the world are
sSSls.ss; TTssa &c conditions prevailing
at Wodgina, where crystalized granite
dykes are found.
Much Significance was attached TO
the launching a day or so & OF
the tank steamer Currier at the Fore
river ship yards in Quincy, Mass. Many
larger and more costly vessels have
been built by the concern, including a
number OF United States war vessels,
but the Currier is the first vessel built
IN the Bay state in half a century for
freight trade, and the Cuban company
which owns her is planning another
vessel for use likewise between Cuba
the United states.
AT first glance the novels title, "The
Rainbow" seemed to be lacking in
Significance, but as ii afterward de-
veloped that the hero blushed crimson
was bite with the cold. had his lips
grow : nv, was seized by a black rage
tell into Il brown study, grew green with
~ purple win Indignation, iiyid with
fear, yellow with chagrin and scarlet
with embarrassment. the title proved to
be entirely apt.
Farmers OF southwestern Missouri
are building an inteYurban electric rail-
way. 100 giles long. from Springfield to
Joplin, with the stock so arranged that
there will never be a chance for a COM
PAM or corporation to ~monopolize the
line. 1t Is called the Jersey route"
and a Jersey cow will be the symbol on
its rolling stock and stationery.
An English inventor has devised a
new metallic flament electric lamp for
which the claim is made that one of
eight candle power Will give 40 hours
brilliant light for 2 cents, when the
current is supplied at 6 cents a unit
This puts the price OF electric light far
below gas
Natural gas fuel Is reported as used
xor the locomotives OF the Texas, Ar
kansas AZ Louisiana railway. The gaa
~ carried In q tank on the tender, suf-
xicient tan capacity being provided for
six hours run. The line has two loco
motives anu 5nS car, and Is credited
with eight miles of track.
Ultimate safety in flight depends no
en- what the operator does normally. but
what he will do instinctiyely, under alb
normal conditions. such as when his
balance is upset by q sudden gust OF
wind, an "air hole or the draft from
another machine.
Sheets OF postage stamps carried In
the p0cketbook frequently stick to-
gether. When this happens do not SOAK
them apart. but lay them on q smooth
surface and pass a hot flatiron over
them. This separates them without de-
etroying the gum.
The University OF Berlin has nearly
$.oo0 students, Munich nearly 1000.
Leipzic 1900, Bonn 1900, Heidelber1
1,400. In the principal universities ~
Ia empire about $4,000 students ara
now enrolled
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