Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-22
FACTS IN TABLOID FORM.
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Fifty ton loads of coke can be dump
ed from up-to-date steel freight cars In
less than two minutes.
A st. Louis woman is advertising foI
pure buttermilk. The advertiser re
cites that no dairyman need apply.
Electricity has supplanted gas for
a lighting in nearly all the state
railways OF Italy. Switzerland and
Denmark.
Since 1878 there have beer 1921
cremations In Germany. In the United
States in the last year alone there
were 3l,5000.
Cape Cod figures that she produced
last year about a,0, 600 barrels of cram
berries out of the $4,000 produced in
the whole country.
Alaska has 1000 miles of waterways
navigable for steamers, of which about
2,700 miles are included in the Yukon
River and it's tributaries.
The amount OF carbon exhaled from
a mans lungs each day. il it could be
solidified. would equal that in a lump
OF coal weighing half a on.
Storage battery street cars weighing
but five tons. as compared with the
ten tons of the ordinary trolley cars.
are being tried out in New York.
The sticks of dynamite used in a
year in building the Panama Canal, il
placed end to end, would reach in a
Aluminium, combined with other ma
~terials. is appearing as a textile, neck
ties. shawls. hats and lacings for shoes
being among the newest productions.
For some unknown reason humming
birds are disappearing from the island
Of Trinidad. Half a century ago there
were eighteen species; now there are
but five.
Professor Abiding. director OF the
Veterinary school Of Lyons, France.
maintains he has perfected a method
Of successfully protecting cattl, against
tuberculosis.
The Bulletin OF the Geographical So
ciety of Italy announces another arctic
expedition. The leader will be Bald
win. the leader OF the arctic expedition
Of 1%901-1902.
It Is estimated that 49, 900 adult
males In New York City make a living
by their wits" without in any sense
being an economic factor aiding in
production o. distribution.
According to insurance statistics, it
requires 300, 900 new houses a year to
accommodate the increase in popula-
ton Of the United States, and $4,000
more to replace those destroyed by fire.
A Roman tomb OF the second cen
fury before Christ. containing a mar.
Bile sarcophagus of exquisite workman
ship Ave feet long and admirably pre-
served. has been discovered at eros
seto.
Imports at the port of New York are
growing rapidly, showing an increase
Of from 35 to 80 per cent over the val
ues Of a year ago. Receipts OF from
8 1000, 900 to $1,07O.O00 are not un-
usual In q day.
TIVE monopoly which Germany has
enjoyed for many years as the only
country with deposits of potassium
salts has been endangered by the dis
covery Of deposits in Hungary. Russia.
Holland. Persia and China.
The lubricating mechanism Of a
gyroscops car Is fitted with an alarm
to warn the engineer. for II the axles
Of the rapidly moving horoscopes
should get hot they would cut through
the bearings in an instant.
Heretofore regarded as ~valueless. q
certain kind Of soil Of which there are
large deposits in Denmark has been
found to make excellent bricks Of light
weight and SO tough that nails can be
driven into them without cracking.
The ancient Pueblos Of Arizona and
New Mexico have been explored and
their rich and varied contents made
known to the world through the con.
tributions Of Charles F. Lummis.
neorHe L. Cole, George Wharton James
and others.
Much human hair Is sent from
Prague to America. II is collected by
hair merchants. regularly licensed,
who make trips through the country,
going from house to house to induce
peasant women and girls to part with
their tresses.
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The water IN Lake Van, in Asiatio
Turkey, which is about sixty miles
long BY from twenty to thirty miles
wide. d 30 strongly impregnated with
apotsph that the residents along it,
suhores use tito wash clothing without
the NE OF soap.
The postmaster general Of Egypt
who has inspected the new borings In
ne Jesahot nelds. states that the dis
covsry IL Of the greatest importance to
Egypt and the Sudan. The now OF the
well In question was estimated at three
barrels : minute.
when widow IN Oklahoma needs
ne wages her son: 81 school age might
can the state pays the mother tn
ssanount ana the boy continues II
school. The women OF Oklahoma are
2now trying 10 have the same Law
paaeed for lAughterS.
The Iowa agricultural experiment
oGafiOnH hao found out that On railroada
yunnfne seast ana west It Ii necessary
TO paank adiRerent kind Of grass on
tie north side % embankments from
tie south aide. because Of the different
amount Of sunlight that each side n.
ceivess
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