Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-09-19

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has a number OF p~alatial cafes. which
are nothing else than huge club houses
without membership Formally. In any
one of these cafes are hundreds of
thousands OF patrons glancing over
domestic and foreign newspaper and
magazines.
Leonardo da Vinci made studies in
the principles Of aviation more than
400 years ago. His notes have recently
been disinterred and at the Sorbonne
in Paris. q few days ago, several
French s%avants, In formal speeches.
gave him due credit for his pioneer
work.
1t is predicted that by 1915 western
Canada will produce 600. 00O, 900 bushels
of wheat annually. The population is
increasing more repidly than the rail-
road development. and there is serious
apprehension that 1t will not be pos
sible to handle the enormous crops.
Fresh seafsh are said to be the prin-
cipal ingredient used in a factory in
Holland for the manufacture Of arti-
Gcial rubber. Genuine rubber is added
to h Ash n the resulting substance
70 said to DO as flexible and elastic as
the real article and much cheaper.
The gondoliers Of the Grand canal. at
venice. have come out On strike. This
~ prosaic enough. But we shall not
think that omance a altogether van-
iehed until we hear that the yodeliers
OF Switzerland are u for a minimum
wage.-LOndon Chronicle.
The state barge from which the king
and queen of England witnessed the
Henley regatta this year Ia 223 years
OLD. and Its oaken timbers are so round
that he London Times sees no a
WnV IL An0llIn nnf hn oavynrfAv, ~ oo,.
fury hence.
Complaining at Tower bridge of her
n..nsnsnd's conduct with " other
girls" e wife was told by the
married to a Don Juan" The appli-
cant: Indeed, sir. 1 amt nothing Of
Essex; England, proposes to intro
which the men when they have FIN
ished work at n workhouse are
passed on to the next, the "way bill"
enabling them TO obtain refreshment
ON the way.
Names of London streets are often
painted on the bricks OF the houses and
When the letters wear of a painter re-
news them-and frequently makes a
mistake in spelling. A movement is
now under way for uniform street name
plates.
The south Is now producing more
Portland cement than did the whole
country in 1850. In that year the pro-
auction In the country was S,4So, O20
barrels. and In 1911 the production was
7&,62S.637 barrels by 115 plants.
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Travelling for an English firm that
makes ready nae clothing, a drum
mel recently secured orders for sl25.-
eoo worth Of foreign" garments in
Hardin, Manchuria. The clothes will
he sold to the Chinese.
A sounding board OF concrete has
been erected Ut the Weisbaden semin-
ary. and the acoustic properties of the
proved highly satisfactory and
carrying iQualities' all that could
The Maladys make use OF a coin
which is worth one-ten-thousandth
part Of an English penny. This is
money in circulation.
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How large Is the consumption Of ma
hogany In the world may be inferred
from the fact that England alone i'm
ported last year 104.7l2 tons OF it. val
"Spinstre." az a term, owes It or
lgin to h fact that in olden days the
law did not premit q woman to marry
until she had spun a complete set IL
linen.
The Mexican maguey plant furnishes
h national drink, q valuable medi-
cine, nber for basket making and
weaving and takes the place OF thread.
or thu q. orr nersor. na..irg thro,.h