Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-11

e. p. THoRNE, Publisher.
FOREST CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Woolless sheep are one Of the PEE
culiarttes Of the Congb country.
Their are now Is Episcolcl cathe-
drals In Africa and IL Roman Catholic.
New South Wales gold production
for 1911 was 215.S74 ounces. worth $2,-
10000.
The federal government owns SIS bird
observations in different parts of the
United States.
The United States produced last yes-
100000, 200. 900 worth OF manufactures, OF
which $1,000. 0O0. 900 worth were ex-
ported.
Paris - now in direct telephone com
munlcation with Madrid, 1000 miles
away.
me English author who is most read
N Russia next to Shakespeare is Jer-
ONE K. Jerome.
Dust collected from numerous
vacuum cleaners has proved to be q
valuable fertilizer. and Its sale has be-
como q regular business In Paris.
The Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern railways are racing to en-
Ter the Okanagan valley, British
Columbia.
Oranges were purchased last year by
tho United Kingdom to the value OF
I'll. GOT. 900, and lemons to the value
Of $2,320.00O.
Farm land In this country. exclusive
or buildings. more than doubled In
value between the years 1900 and 1910.
The gain was 117.4 per cent.
-
The sign Of equality Is said to have
drst been used in the year 1867 by a
sharp mathematician, who adopted 1t
2 substitute for the words equal
A London magistrate has decided
that . shop keeper who draws q crowd
By the attractiveness of his. window
display 10 guilty Of causing an obstruc-
ton.
Il 10 estimated that in Asia there arc
about 100000 telephones, mostly in ia
pan. The number In Singapore exceeds
1000. and there are about as many in
Siam and Cochin China.
The multiplication sign was OBJ
tanned By changing the plus sign into
. character resembling the letter I.
This was done simply because null
DUPLICATION 10 but q shorter form OF
addition.
Plans are again being discussed to
make Paris ap0rt and possibly the great
est In Europe. The idea Is to connect the.
French capital with the Atlantic ocean
~ means OF Q ship canal to Rouen.
Tho Shell Oh company. Of London.
England. 10 about to establish an oil
refinery at Tongue Pointe. near Mon
treal. Crude oil will be brought from
Africa N refined at Tongue Pointe.
Il is estimated that in Asia there arc
10000 telephones, mostly in
Japan. The number in Singapore ex-
ceeds 1000 n there IRE about as
many in Siam and Cochin China.
AZ the end Of 1910 there were sss
reg1stered trade unions in the United
Kingdom. with q membership of above
100000. These totals compare with
2 membership Of 211.0s1 in 1bs unions
Two new nar officers are added to
the German navy by the program Of
1912, bringing the total to 20. which Is
made up Of n grand admiral, fiye
sa1maxals. IL vic admirals md 20 rear
odmirolo,
A now conservatory of music 10 about
% oo established at Montreal by the
Columbian Conservatory Of Music,
which already a conservatories at
Toronto. Winnipeg. Vancouver, Vic
tor1a. Calgary. Edmonton and Saska-
toon.
Red hail II not unknown. In May cf
1896. there wa quite q heavy fall OF It
- Ca1tleYellan, In County. Down. Ire-
and. red and white fell together. And
the rod hue was not merely on the sur
face Of b pellets, but went through
and through.
Many BARRIERS In Egypt ara xovern-
ment servants. According to an edict
Issued by 1brahim PashA In lS4S. VIZ
1e$o barbefs wero ordered to examine
Al dead bodies and register the neces-
oary particulars.
Japaneeo army officers are TESTING :
~ bullet proof coat Just invented hy a
nAtlvo. It 10 said that bullets 6red
Q Q revolver at . distance OF % 6aef
ma1cs only Q slight dent IN the coat,
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