Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27

Wi'ilaih i1alllef, OF Mauch Chunk,
Ia, who is a fearless make catcher.
but is deaf, owes his safety to Il pc
culiar condition of the calves of his
leSS, winch always set up tremorS wher
snakes are about. His legs are espe-
clally valuable to him when IA rattle,
gives warning, as he can't hear.
In 1898 two important manufacturers
were begun in the United states. Eli
Terry. of Plymouth. Conn, was the first
to manufacture clocks as a business
and Samuel Slater. of North lrovi-
uence, X. L., erected The first mill fol
the manufacture of cotton yarns.
y woman's war work council has
been organized by women students at
the University of Wisconsin to sys-
telnatize and direct the work that wom.
IN students undertake to aid the ma
tioi.. The project is under the Women's
Self Government association
Mrs. Jason Dole. of Mortified. VT, is
knlttinS for the soldiers. This is the
third conflict she has been actively i'm
terested in. as her brother was in the
civil war. her son Arthur in the SPAN
ish-American war and her grandson
Eric Dole, is now in France.
The following fruits, vegetables. etc.
have been in cultivation over 1000
years: Almond, apple. apricot, banana,
bean, cabbage, cucumber. date, egg
plant. fig. grape, olive. onion, peach
pear, ounce, rape, rice, sorghum, tur.
nip, watermelon and wheat.
In the lowlands of the delta of the
river the natives build huts
suspended between trunks of Mauritia
texuosa. II palm. They also eat its
fruits. it's pith, its juice and use TIL.
fibers Of it's leaf stems for making
ropes, harnmocks, etc.
are more fragrant when the
sun is not shining on them, according
to a French scientist, because the oils
mat produce the perfume are forced
out by the water pressure in the plant
cells. and this is diminished by sun
light.
One-third of the wine crop Of Algeria
has been requisitioned for military pur-
poses. Each wine producer is required
to turn One-third Of his vintage into
table wine for army consumption. Thu
wine furnished must be Of good quality
The Bulgarian business world il pre-
pairing for III commercial boom which
Is to follow the a This preparation
IL particularly marked in the Donuu
district, where extensive use is to he
made of newly developed river power.
For the first time in the history of the
University of Colorado a woman has be-
come president of the Combined Engi-
neers. an organization composed Of en-
ginering students. Miss Elsie caves
having been awarded the honor.
In order that. all Industries in Italy
may be national hat kingdom is set
ting up a piano factory designed on the
hest American n French models. Be-
fore the war he piano rad was nearly
all in the hands of Germana
During the month of September 707
sawmills cut 1,297,4O0.0 900 feet Of lum-
ber and shipped l.247, 500, 600 feet. Due
to labor shortage and unsettled con-
ditions, the cut In September this year
decreased 10 per Ger
A squash vine in the garden Of ID. G.
True. Windsor. Me-, grew 20 feet along
the ground. when 1t caught on "a droop-
and. developed 27-pound squash IS
Feet from the ground.
The program. newspapers. lunch.
wrappers. etc. picked up by the park
employees after the first two games Of
the world's series az Chicago weighed
1900 pounds. They produced Il bales
and sold for $50.
The New York state banking depart
IOnH unclaimed accounts In that state
alone. Although most OF. the individual
are ANAL. they amount In all
e hundreds az thousands Of dollars.
Geological survey s~tatistee show
49, mined in. the United States last
~. ~ greatest amount on record.
srss.crssae of more than te.eee.eoe tons
mon tho prevlouS ycer.