Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1912-07-26

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Congress. This much p os q
meeting Is, according to the latest
announcement, to be held in Rome ir
the week beginning March 81, 1913.
A Dry Month in England.-Durine
April, 1912, the total rainfall register
ed at Greenwich observatory was only
O.O2 inch. This is the driest month
recorded at that observatory, at any
period of the year, for 100 years.
DR.. S. Roma, late vice-director Of
the Meteorological and Magnetic In
stitute of Hungary 1.-THE national
weather service of the country, has
been appointed director of that insti'
tuition.
Explorations In Iceland.-A remark
able series of explorations was car
ried out in Iceland during the years
1910 and 1911 by a Swiss traveller.
Herm. Stoll, who covered a distance
of over 5000 kilometers upward OF
{, 100 miles, in the course of the two
years.
Finger Prints In Banks. German
banks, according to newspaper dis
patches, have begun to introduce the
finger print as a mark of Identified,
tion on checks. The method is already
in use In the United States.
Climatic Statistics of the British
Isles.-A joint committee comprising
two representatives of the Meteoro'
logical Office and two of the Royal
Meteorological Society is planning the
publication by these two organiza-
tions of a collection of climatic nor.
mails for the British Isles. Barometric
pressure and wind direction will be
first dealt with.
Designs for the Australian Capital
According to press dispatches the
first prize In the competition for de.
signs for the new seat OF government
of Australia, viz, L1,750 ($S, $50, has
been awarded to Walter Burley Grit
fin Of Chicago; the second to Eliel
Saarinen of Helsingfors, Finland; and
the third to Alfred Agache of Paris.
AS decided three years ago, after long
discussion, the new capital is to be
built In the Yass-C anberra district OF
| New South Wales.
Another Attempt to Scale Mt. Nc
Kinley. The Bulletin Of the Ameri-
can Geographical Society reports that
the expedition to Mt. Mckinley which
left Fairbanks, Alaska, on February
9Th, fitted out by anewspaper Of that
town to attempt the ascent OF the
mountain, returned unsuccessful on
April 10th. An elevation of 10000
feet vas reached on the north side OF
the mountain east of Peter Glacier,
where precipiJous ice cliffs prevented
further progress.
The Harbor of Colombo.-In 1875
the late King Edward VII, then
Prince Of Wales, laid the first block OF
the southwest breakwater Of the
harbor of Colomce, Ceylon. Prior to
that time the harbor had been an
open roadstead exposed to the full
violence of the monsoons. On May
lst of the present year the Governor
of Ceylon, Sir Henry McCallum, laid
the final stone In an extension of the
southwest breakwater, thus comple-
ting the construction Of one Of the
finest artificial harbors in the world,
which Is a square mile in area and
capable of accommodating 40 to SO
vessels OF over II, 200 tons. The total
cost Of construction has amounted to
about SIS, 00O, 0OO.
Banana Flour.-Banana -four spe-
cially prepared as . tonic food is max
Ing it's appearance In Paris under the
name of Bananeine. 1t Is to be mark
ed that within a recent period this
fruit was little used in France, ana
even now its consumption is limited.
However, measures are being taken
Co increase the importation, and it is
said that 10 vessels we're recently fit
ed up fOrbringing the fruit to Europe.
Banana -four has q much more ex-
tended use in England than on the
continent, but efforts are now made
to introdue 1t in France owing to its
great nutritious value. The banan-
cine is a preparation made for con-
venient use, and it contains so per
cent OF banana -four, this being put
through a s%terilizing process at the
proper heat.
A Rubber Substitute from Sea Fish.
A press statement forwarded by Con-
sui Frank w. Mahin of Amsterdam,
tells OF 2 factory established at
Ymuiden at the mouth Of the North
Sea Canal in Holland to produce al
substitute for rubber, and it is re-
ported that the company operat-
ing the factory has succeeded
In producing a substance having the
qualities OF rubber and some special
advantages over the genuine. While
the process is a secret the principal
Ingredient is said to be fresh sea fish,
which are brought to Ymuiden In
vast quantities by the Dutch fishing
fleets. According to report Is to 16
per cent of natural rubber is added to
the fish, and the result is q substance
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