Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-14

of them is her fondness for Spanish
forms of dress. She wears tho mantl!la
On all possible occasions. In the cor
onation festivities in London she was
seen almost every evening with a
mantilla or lace scarf. She and the
king have many hobbies, but one OF
her %favorite diversions is looking for
mantillas. She has bought many and
has hunted for them in countries out
side of Spain. The Spaniards regard
the picturesque head dress as a char
ENTHUSIASTICALLY national bit of attire and
regard Queen Victoria's fondncss for
1t as Il tribute to their country.
Maurice j. Myers. Il bling stenog-
rapher, reported all the discussions at
the conference on the treatment of the
blind held last month at Exeter. Mr..
Myers notes, which were recorded on
n narrow strip of paper, extended to a
length of two n "A quarter miles, and
contained approximately $780, 900 dots.
This clever shorthand writer, who can
take notes at a speed OF 1853 words
II minute. helped to formulate
THE Birmingham system of embossed
shorthand" He was trained at the
Birmingham Royal I~nstituation for the
Blind.
Every dweller in tropical or semi
tropical countries knows that windows
and doors shoul be closed in the early
hours Oh lHo morning anu HOI OpcN0u
again unit sunset IL the house Is to be
kept reasonably cool throughout the
day. They are opened widely enough
to the breezes of the night, but lark
blinds n closed shutters are the Sec
ret OF keeping the temperature low.
However. one can convince an
Englishman of this fact unless he also
has seen Its demonstration abroad.
The first refinery for cotton seed oil
products in Canada is that in Toronto.
The plant is equipped to manufacture
q complete line of salad oils, cooking
oils and shortcomings, composed of COM
pounds of vegetables n animal fats
and oils. The capacity is 10000, 900
pounds per annum. The company in
tends to handle only the Oil pressed
from the choicest seeds. The company
has a line Of tank cars engaged in car
rying cotton seed oil in Its crude state
from the mills of the southern states.
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Although he Rev. DIR. Anna How
ard Shaw, American suffrag1st, could
not get permission from the authori-
ties in Christiania to give lectures In
churches, 1t develops the N~orwegians
arc planning to give greater opportu-
mites to women who must earn their
own livelihood. A bill has been intro
duced providing literally for m
The measure says they shall have &C
cess on the same conditions as men to
offices of the state with a few excep.
TONS.
The little town Of Roxbury, La. Of
probably 100 souls without doubt sets
the ace for all other towns for the
number Of automobiles in proportions
to the population. 1t is a fact that ev.
cry person in the village can be taken
on a joy ride at one time in the motor
cars owned in the town. 1t is tho
opinion of the Roxbury people that not
another town in the country has a suf.
fcient lumber of motor cars to carry
all the people Of the town at n time.
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The Italian chancellor of the exche-
quer has granted 1000. 900 lire for ex.
cavations to be made at Herculaneum
The king himself has promised to give
100000 lire. 1t is curious to note tina.
60 houses nave been built right owe
the streets of the old town. These will
able treasure. 1t is said, lies hidden be-
meath the ruins to be examined.
The railway and the telegraph are
nomic conquest of Africa. Within the
al few months two wireless telegraph
stations nave been established at Mu-
ANA and Bukoba, German a Africa,
by h government. Each Of these has
q radius Of 600 kilometers (373 miles).
MO6IlAA Ia HOW IUG IcTJJlluU6 OI IUo ldIlO
lines Of he German colony.
IN Japan and also In China the moth
er-in-law retgns supreme in her sons
household. The time-wOrn jests apply
Ing to her In other lands are fully de-
served there. Her treatment of her
sons wife 10 often unbearable in It's
cruelty. She seems to desire to wreak
vengeance for all the indignities she
herself a had to suffer.
Careful yeggmen carry their .'soup'
(nit~roglycerin) in q rubber bottle, but
many. in spite OF their knowledge OF the
danger. use only q glass bottle, In which
1t 10 likely to be exploded by a sudden
Jar. Baltimore Blue, q noted yegEman,
In alighting from q freight train, was
blown to pieces by his Soup
The greatest run of salmon in years
has now entered Columbia river. For
the Arst time In several seasons the
run q become too heavy for the cam
nerS to handle at n time, and this has
forced many Of them to put away some
OF b surplus In storage houses until
they can be taken care OF.
The destructive Philippine volcanoes
have value for one thing. at least, says
q writer in the Pacific Monthly. They
are directly responsible for the finest
hemp-prOducing area In the world,
Hemp thrives In a soil heavily impreg-
mated with volcanic ash.
The secretary Of agriculture declares
that b beautiful forest tree that bears
the English walnut would do well In
this country. Il spreads like an oak
ana has . dne feathery foliage that