Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

The Forest City Press
e. 2: IHoRNE, Ed: and Prop'r.
FRANK McNEELY, Publisher.
FOREST CITY, 80. OAK.
Miss Dora Keen, of Philadelphia. the
mountain climber, Is a slight little
woman of much personal charm. about
he last me vol pick in a crowd as
b %conQuer0r of Mt. Blackburn. one
OF the highest peaks in Alaska. But
members n guests OF the Geographic
cal eociety OF Philadelphia We're ex-
tremely Interested auditors to her ac-
count OF h exploration. which oc-
cupted 2S days OF desperate struggling
over -treacherous glaciers, surrounded
by avalanches n part Of the time
with u furious blizzard raging.
Jules Roche, the French statistician,
warns his countrymen that a Euro
pean war would be an expensive lux
ury. He says that the Franco-German
war cost o 81. 1855, 900 n day and
mat today AZ general mobilization
would cost about 81. 900. O0O.OO for the
nrst two months. with q minimum OF
5000. 900 a day after two months. This
would the bare military expenses
Tor 10000, 900 men, but the actual cost
would be vastly greater, seeing that
commerce and agriculture would come
at once to q standstill.
Making checks or bank notes that
arc capable Of speaking Is one of the
latest precautions against forgery that
has been invented. The note is given
the power Of utterance by applying to
forations representing some prear-
ranged phrase. When the prepared
note u placed in q photograph the
phrase - reproduced in the presence OF
b person who has questioned the
genuineness Of the nots.-Popular Me-
ohanics.
Taking young geese on the island OF
Roma. In the outermost Hebrides, is a
most pcrilous business. though large
captures ara occasionally made. A
Grew recently returned with q bag of
Zoo birds. which found ready sale at
Ness. The men were lowered over the
fAce Of the cliffs. which are 400 to
600 feet sheer to the Sec. They then
lassoed h birds out OF their nests by
means Of q fishing rod with q noosed
string At the end.
DR.. johnson was annoyed to And In
= Hebr1des that tho strokes of the
sickle were timed by tho modulations
OF q song in which all the harvesters
1850 80 SAAO So "a LA AlalxO 1OOxIl0
most weavers cr0oned w their work.
Daarymalds used to sing on the milk
asng STOOL. not only to tighten their la
bors. but also because Tho cows were
held to Yield better milk when cheered
by . tuna
The Philanthropic society of Spokane
has just been organized by a number
OF club women. with the cooperation
o. seeut 1000 working girls. The OBJ
Jece OF organization is to build and
conduct . home hotel for working girls
and girl students on the plan Of the
S1anklin Square house in Boston.
Few natural products escape imita-
uon by ingenious inventors. Now we
have . metallic sponge. consisting of
loose meshed network inclosing
spaces Of larger Or smaller size" It Is
made Of an alloy Of lead and antimony.
and 10 used for absorbing resins, oils,
etc.
After studying the telephone sys-
TENS OF America and Europe. the chief
electrician OF the post and telegraph
department oc New Zealand has recon-
mended that q full automatic telephone
1ngtOn, Chrfstchurch and Dunedin.
There are several points in the Uni
tod States where the average hourly
velocity Of h wind Is greater than
Windy city," but Chicago has a max
imum record which has been exceeded
but once.
The insane asylums of all civilized
countries are now overburdened with
patients as never before. DR.. ~. r.
Hy.iop. OF London. q leading brain spe-
ciallst. predicts that in 80 years half
a worlds population will be insane.