Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-16

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life and death for The patient. The pa
tent, who gets about as freely as any
convalescent, feels the splinter much In
the way that q: nail in a. boot irritates
he foot. He can not sleep on his left
side, and finds that practically sitting
up i'm bed all night is the easiest way
of getting rest.
New York, New Jersey and several
other states" according to Rider and
Driver, have started a movement that
Is rapidly becoming general for the
provision of strips on the sides of the
motor highways suitable for horse
drawn vehicles" The idea is to have a
roadway In the center not less thar is
feet wide for automobiles. and 4 sec
ton on each side of not less than six
feet In width for horses. The motor
cars a then spin along their part of
the road and give a fair chance 20 the
slower horsedrawn vehicles on the side.
Among economic questions brought
to the fore as q result of the present
world conditions is that Of fuel. Swe-
lens fuel supply is insufficient, hence
the import of coal and oil is consid-
cradle. amounting to more than lO0.-
100000 crowns ($2G, 500, OO0) annually.
The annual consumption Of BAL
amounts to 1900. 900 tons. OF which
Sweden produces less han 10 per cent
and this ratio can not be increased
enough to have n perceptible effect
on the import as a whole.
The Victoria Falls n Transvaal
Power company. ltd. of Johannes
burg. is by far the largest power and
lighting company in South Africa, and
1t supplies from its four large stations
nearly all the gold mines and reef
towns with both power and light,
long distance, 100000 volts overhead.
Distribution is by 10000 volts un-
der ground n 10000 overhead.
Referring to the German East Afri-
can campaign the London weekly
lowing to transport difficulties rations
were at one time reduced to a cup Of
rice and a piece of sugar cane. Our
cattle have now been successfully pro-
tected, II a campaign is being waged
against girafes which have Deer de-
etroylng u telegraphs by scratching
their necks on the wire"
IT Is wrong to go into the water for
q short time and com out and rest on
the warm sand in the hot sum-" SAYS j.
II. +. Brown in Modern Swimming. III
you desire a u bath, take it either be-
fore or after your swim" The alternate
~AA OCStAbl6 PldCllCG OIL Jn0
eabeach bather is declared by this
swimming instructor tc be eneryatinp
and productive of diseases of the heart.
circulation, etc.
Tables of tidal currents for the Pa
cine coast in the vicinity of San Fran
cisco and Puget sound have been pub
in order to make Immediately
available Information relative to cur
rents derived from observations by the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey. Further information is to be
available.
Comm srcial Attache Philip B. Kon-
nedy. at Melbourne. Australia, has re-
ceived a letter from Commander j. NJ.
foyer. U. >. NJ governor OF American
samoa, stating that the highest bidder
Tor n copra crop OF the islands wa
joan. Rothschild s. Co, Of San Fran
cisco, who bid $l0S.6o. This Is the high
est price in the history Of the govern
ment.
Among the Chinese a particular spe-
cies OF dog is said to be reared for the
table. 1t Is a small dog Of a greyhound
snape, with a muzzle much more elon-
gated than In terriers. The flesh Of
black logs Is preferred to thai of ami
mas OF any other color on account Of
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black dogs are supposed to possess.
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When seals are born they are snow
white. which makes them invisible on
the ice. Their eyes and noses are. how
ever. black. and when the little one
are suddenly alarmed they close their
eyes. bury their noses and lie ouita
still. 1t IL only when they begin to
seek their " food that they become
dark and sleek.
Lighting dangerous waters in which
ABOUND reefs, rocks M shoals has
progressed from wood fires and can
dies to Oil vapor and electric lamps.
Tne early lighthouses were lighted bv
wooo or coal fires burned in open bra
xicrs n later by candles inclosed in
lanterns.
A we'll known American writer
thinks that the signing Of peace viii
9 to an emigration movement that
Will amax the world. After the Fran
cc-German wa in 1870. 100000 Ger
mans settled IN three American states
-Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa.
Under the rule Of the United States
more than S.00O.00O natives OF he
Philippines have had some. instruction
I'm the English language and more of
them speak and write 1t than anv
tongue.
The ratio Of color Sind peon,e n
tnoae II normal sight u about 66 Ia
1aAel. This does not mean that ali ~
~ are absolutely color blind. hit
n the ratio o9sthoso Who ~ mors
a45ectea