Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-01-21

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The cocoa is a native OF Venezuela.
II is q pod bean the size OF the first
joint Of the finger, six or eight of these
beans TO the pod. The wet beans are
shelled from the pods and Their fer
mented in heaps for six days until
cured. During this ferment heat is de-
veloped that will cook an egg, so they
say. The cocoa bush begins bearing
at five years, grows into a tree 80 feet
high, and. like the olive. the older the
tree the better. The beans hang from
the trunk aud the under side OF the
limbs, sticking out on stems.
A railroad from the interior Of Mes
opotamia, Aslatic Turkey, TO the Syrian
coast. and a harbor at it's terminus, is
a recen and good proposal, says
Consul Rayndal, of Beirut, among the
many railroad projects set UP at Con-
stantinople for concessions. Aleppo and
Damascus would be factors in this en-
terprise. For centuries each served
as a clearing house between east and
west. Irrigation on a large scale is
an English proposition for Mesopotam-
ia II seems likely that again "the
desert viii blossom as the rose" Har-
bors at Halfa and Tripoli are proposed
the latter seems certain.
- MAUI EdIh w oOu was III VI
the speakers at a recent meeting held
in Melbourne, Australia, TO celebrate
the very large vote cast by women at
the first by-election since state suf-
frage was granted In Victoria. Mrs,
Wood is making a toar OF the world for
the purpose of studying the workings
OF woman suffrage. While in Australia
che was the guest of honor at two par
~liamentary tea parties, given her by the
U-oyprnn7ppf pYamhQrG and nv fhA Ion der
OF the opposition.
Mrs. Frederick w. Packard. one OF
the leaders in the Chicago Anti-Cruelty
society, has declared her intention OF
tagging every abused horse in the
business part of the city. For this pur-
nnsa she has printed tags reading,
please ease this collar Please fix
these binders" Please pad this sad
die" and so on. Mrs. Packard says the
tags save a lot of time and she has
found that the drivers have just as
much respect for them as for her yer.
bal admonftion.
In some parts of England one of the
best cures for a swollen neck is 20 draw
a snake nine times across the throat of
the suffering one, after which the snake
lis killed and it's skin sewed in a silken
bag II tightly sewed around the neck.
Another way, almost as good, is to put
the live snake in 9 bottle, which is
tightly corked and buried near the roots
of q rose bush, and as the helpless
snake decays the swelling in the neck
Of the patient viii disappear.
Despite his trials and responsibilities,
Mulai Hafid, sultan Of Morocco, finds
opportunity for distractions. His ma
Jesty has divorced one of the four le-
- ~. ~t,.n a l11.-o5 - ~o-.-s I.-.,
and is about TO espouse the daughter
Of a late vizier. 1t is rumored that two
other royal divorces are pending, and
that the places of these discarded wives
will be taken by the daughters OF loyal
subjects.
All hreueh the markets e avrg
Turkish city and village are little shops
where the fez can be pressed and
ironed for q few cents. At his prayers
q Mosiem could not use Il hat with a
briEn. as his head must press the prayer
rug a certain number OF times during
each prayer. AS the head must be COW
cred al all times a fez or some other
brimless covering must be used.
Philadelphia boasts Of having two of
the oldest living skaters. On the first
day that the ice was in condition the
0ldtimers. William III. Wetherill and his
brother Frank 72 and n vea.s ia
spectively, made their annual appear
ance on Hayerford college pond. They
cut the figure eight and did other stunts
that widened the eyes Of Unlocking
youngsters.
at u John Calvin wrote his en-
stitutes OF Christian Religion:" Top
lady, "Rock or Ages:v Napoleon led his
brilliant Italian campaign. and Eli
Wnitney inxenfed the cotton gin. At
IS Raphael painted his masterpiece.
The Sistine Madonna" Thomas Moore
wrote "Lalla Rookh," Pollock his
.1ourse of Time" and Lamartine his
s'Poetical Mediations.
The immense chocolate candy indus
try Is an outgrowth Of French colonists
in Venezuela and Trinidad experiment.
Ing in French bonbons and nugates
tnuggets), SO dear 10 the French palate.
From France this chocolate candy has
spread all over the world. and may
run Tor the money a race with the to-
bacco habit.
BY the opening OF the last section OF
the kyushu railway, the Grand Trunk
line or Japan has been completed from
Sapporo on the north 70 K~agoshima on
p south, a distance of 1 1900 miles. The
$3.50 F1t Va ttlAo mt w Ut luTONn open
was the Toxic Yokohama section,
which began TO carry passengers and
goods IN 1872.
Japanese horses wear sandals OF rice
straw. The Iceland peasant shoes his
p0n with Sleeps horn. In the upper
Oxus valley horseshoes made OF the
antlers of the mountain deer. fastened
with horn pins. are emplov0d HnnsAs
IN the Sudan wear socks OF camers
skin.
After about so shots the rifling of the
present twelve-inch gNe@af AsQO foot
seconds velocity becomes so badly worn
as to destroy the accuracy. In the
case OF the new 14-inch gun the erosion
is much less and the gun Will be serv.
iccable for about 800 discharges.
As all Asia Minor lights by petroleum
lamps. both houses n streets. it's i'm
port Of chimney glass through Smyrna
alone Ii worth $500. 600 q Year. No at
tempt by American manufacturers IL
exp3rt glass chimneyH to smyrna has
yet teen heard Of
Japanese mothers do not kiss fhei,
rh{{drG0 though they may PRESS fo.t,