Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

Vm w ~ III 10 iIduG Ill CSSIfN
has incidentally thrown some light on
railway accidents caused by rail break
ages. The liability Of b~rcakaEc.' he
says. lis much greater than In the old
stme softer rails. In many aspects the
steel is more dangcrou. and more
ffeacherous. 1t is unquestionably. in
my Judgment. an unsafe grade of steed
IN view of the severe conditions of ser
vice" This kind of rail, he states, has
been made because OF the demand for
hard rails i'm order to get greater wear.
ON n of the Canadian railways a
train agent" is the official name OF
the fare collector. The train agent is
said to be notable for his politcuess.
and to ask for a passengers ticket with
he words, Your ticket, please" 10
wait patiently till he gets it, and then
invariably say. "Thank you" The name
train agent" is harry fclicitous for this
Chesterticldian conductor. 1T sounds
too much like road agent" a name
which i'm the west has not always been
associated with agreeable I'M OF
practices.
Rome is busily laying plans for an
electric railroad running to the sea-
coast at Ostia. together With u subway
tunnel for the part which crosses
town. Work will begin as 500 as thu,
government grants the franchise. The
subway starts from the center OF town
near the Forum and runs to the city
limits mt the ST. Pauls gate. 1t win
accommodate a double track tunnel. II
is planned to finish the subway part OF
he line In three years and then ergi,
ON the Rome-Ostia line. which Will take
about tmo years to build.
Admiral Evans was nee taken
through the Vanderbilt stables in New
York. The stable manager showed
him walls and floors OF pale translucent
thing. marble drinking troughs. man
gers OF Circassian walnut, solid silver
fittings and so forth. d you find any
thing lacking, admiral?' aid the man
ager. proudly. at the end. Nothing"
the admiral replied, nothing except a
leather upholstered sofa for each
horse"
= During the year 1911. 5S small PLAN
cts We're discovered, but eight OF these
were found, on examination. to be iden-
teal with bodies previously observed.
SO that on balance there are SO aster-
oids to be added to the family that
circulate around h sun between Mars
and Jupiter. OF these, more than 50
were discovered at Heidelberg, the next
largest contribution coming from the
Transvaal observatory at Johannes
burgll.
Poets sing of the deep blue sea. but
IT is not always blue. Millions upon
millions of microscopic aigae or sea
weeds and subaquatic plants give III
Red sea its peculiar tint. and the yell
low sea OF China Is said to be colored
ny the foods OF the great rivers which
wash down vast quantities OF mud.
Generally speaking, the ocean Is blue
IN ratio to its s%altiness.
Spelling bees are the rage in the state
of Washington this spring, and for the
HMAl Hfnln1.nn pQrNf1ofnu 1Inuo hon,
cautiously warned Of the perils tina
turk In the words: Prefer, klickitat.
cautious, justle, cipher, capsize. vanilla,
recipe, tandem, insertion. lie there are
many words like Klickitat tenderfeet
will do we'll to keep out of that game.
Plans have been made by the board
Of education to give the graduating
class OF the COshoctOn high school an
excursion In lieu OF the usual COM
class. ~chaperoned by members OF the
faculty. will be taken on n weeks trip
70 Pittsburgh II return by boat on
the Muskingum and Ohio rivers.
Motor sleighs would seem at first
thought to be impracticable OH account
OF the dif1culty OF propulsion. but Eu-
ropean inventors have overcome the
dimculty In several ways. One form OF
motor sleigh Is driven by the action of
IN " wv WHICH, C1l8 lutO inc
snow, and this is said to have attained
. speed OF 80 miles an hour.
The Barnard college girls at Column
bta university have a new song, the re-
fraip of which Is Buy a Brick" This
does not signify that the girls are com
mitted to militant suffragism. but that
they are taking an active part in rails
Ing money for a new building much
needed by thec college.
The Portland. Me-, Press saws the
stage horse of Moose river, owned by
Jonas Holden. who transports mail be-
tween Moose river plantation and the
railroad station. in the last six wears
has been In harness 2.1SO consecutive
days. travelling s9,67s miles.
To give an idea of the NJ
the world petroleum industry within
the last few years the Near East men
tt0nS that Mt present "A petroleum
steamers r being Constructed IN
Great Britain, with a total carrying ca
pacity Of $4,000 tons.
Pulp remaining after the sugar has
beer extracted from hcets In beet sugar
factories has usually been thrown away
~ worthless, but now It. is used for
feeding cows. The assertion is made
that It r . good milk producer.
For ironing laces and dainty fabrics
IN iron, has been brought out In Eng.
hand Ia the form Of polished steel
roller, fitted with electric heating units.
The heating element u in the bottom
&c . new electrical frying pan 30 that
can b turned over and the bottom