Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-11

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Whatever offered, she was able to keer
on with her studies. and despite diff
culties has reached her goal.
Scientific research has disclosed tina,
Cleopatra was the first woman to wear
Q hobble skirt. Hieroglyphics on the
newly excavated building blocks in
Egypt show the famous queen in a
gown drawn so tightly about her ankles
that one wonders how she walked al
all. The theory that Cleopatra commit
ted suicide because Octavia sported q
Mobile skirt tighter than hers is open tc
b Anyway, Cleo created the role
OF q hobbler.
A quaint old superstition In Iceland
% that every bride must invite all her
friends to a dinner In her own home,
and every article of food must be pre-
pered by the bride herself. II she Is
successful In pleasing her guests, she
not only receives praise for her own
skill, but helps along her younge
sistera. who are then assumed to be
equally good at cooking, and conse-
Quently have a much better chance of
getting married.
The board Of health of the state of
Washington is stirred by the presence
o. the bubonic plague in Spokane, where
three deaths are attributed to it. and
SS "Ac SdAu 70 De at present sixteen
cases or the real thing. Houses in
which deaths have occurred. have been
burned. and drastic measures will be
employed to check the trouble. 1t ia
asserted that some cases early dag
nosed az grip and pneumonia really
represented the plague.
Besides the creation Of a council of
state. h draft Of q revised constitu-
Itlon. submitted to the Greek assembly
permits foreigners to enter the govern-
Iment service. uoakes primary educa-
tion compulsory. reduces the number of
deputies to ITO, gives Judges tenure Of
office for life. and curtails the right
loI the king to adjourn the assembly
without Its " consent.
The suggestion has been advanced by
iPreaedent Crooks, Of Albany college,
oregon. that there should be erected In
e Francisco, fronting the Golden
gate, q statue or some memorial to
|6a1boa. the d~iscoverer Of the Pacific.
IBalboa first sighted tho waters Of h
Ifacinc ON September Is, 1913. On Sep
ItsSnber IL, 1918. there will occur the
tooth anniversary OF the discovery.
Tho best oranges on the European
market are from the land which n
.and. yet fetches now the highest price
g orange culture. There is Z testing
Rnfaso among Jewish colonists a. to
Palestine fertility: 'If you but stick
an umbrella in the soil you viii next;
year got . crop Of them" The grange,
trees bear fruit two months before,
Q Of Italy and Spain.
Mrs. Louise c. Jones. n Of the four
wGsnen members Of the Legislature Of
Go.ossao mas introduced . bill to pre-
vent corrupt practices In elections. It
0tov1des that persons convicted Of
crimes against the ballot OF felony de-
9Ioe shall bo disfranchised for = term
g nv years In addition to the punish.
msnt prescribed by the existing laws.
The government intends to SOW
proAdcast over the mountains Of Colo
ifedo. Wyoming and South Dakota the
$50 OF native trees, ana also the iced
- xofeagn trees-the Austrian pine.
Ooeslcan pine. Scotch pine, Norway
S2Fuce. European larch and others.
don IN lots Of from 80 70 800 pounds.
eoms pink pearls seem TO change
cesoe sodnething Ike watered sirk. euch
pearls whom pef1ectly round ana OF mn
49, nzsng the rocks: Out Of tho 0ulf
49, Ss1, 1891 ase plenty g pink Or
Sood shapes ana are really red % paie
yellow. rather than pink, thoueh some
aSe somstimss - white - china.
4 certain medical specialist va IN
tne habit of using : notebook 70 assist
~ a9ed 6ather died. Tho worthy doc.
tor attended the funeral q chief mons.
0e0 with 0uo oolomnlty. AZ The cloea
he wae Observed 70 draw out 4 note-
1ook - ont ths words. s7lem.: