Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS Matters

miscellaneous Matters,
The head OF a large manufact irin, 7.
Enlistment, which paws its men weetls
says men thus paid are better satis6aa
their credit at stores is be her, and tbs,
are able to make their money co a.
ther in supplying their families with ~
necessities of life than those are wha.s
wages are given to them only d dass'
times a year.
There were SIS, $50 patients in the IN
attic asylums of France last year I
whom about "a, 000 were men and 81 NJ
women, showing that females are Il,
most liable to insanity. That they 81.
less influenced by treatment is shown II
the fact that the average duration Il
treatment for men is 278 days, while Il,
women it is POS days.
The Oldest and largest match factor,
in the world is at Jonkoping, in Swedaa
1t was established enc hundred year
ago, and there are now to be seen snaa
linens of the matches used at m
beginning OF the present century. CON-
sisting of big faggges5 of wood iurnished
with a handle and q tip to dip in a BAH
OF sulphur.
Australia begs for more coIonis.
though it is receiving nearly 10000 !
year, and advertisements for laborer
often present such inducements az these'
"Healthful climate, good shooting, and
free schools"
A Msriweather (Ga.) farmer discoy.
cred m of his mules feeding upon BIZ
geese. The flock had been diminishin
m~ysteriously, and the loss had been &
tributed to foxes. One night recentIy
hearing a disturbance among his gees
in the horse lot, he seized his gun and
rushed to the lot to investigate the cause
| of the commotion. Getting as close 4
| caution allowed, he fired in the direc
ton OF the noise made by the strugglin.
goose. At the report of the gun his ear
were greeted with q most terrific sauaE
ling from che of the mules. A light be-
ing produced it was discovered that ts
mule had received a part of the load ii
| his nose. 1t was the mule that ND
been eating the geese.
Cinnamon in this country, and espec
tally in the west, have been quick to se.
the increased value OF their services
| caused by the enforcement OF the re-
| striction act. Soon after its passage thu
Chinese laborers in California demands
and received at least a third more ii
weekly wages, and now many OF then
are 9gitating for another increase. In
u eha G.s,du.te.k Talu.la Gr6S~ -
noted for their propensity for strikes.
If crugs we're thrown to dogs--and
dogs were fresh enough to take them
it would be greatly to the advantage d
humanity and the sheep business And
there is more occasion for this = o1a
with as than anywhere else under ~
snn--as appears from the Siglo MedGa
ew = stati sties 9fthe pareantaga
tors TO population OF different countrhs
France has 2.9I per 10.tb0 people; Ger
Hungary, 6.ls; Italy, 6.IO; Switzerland,
7.L6; United States, 1924. Happily,
however, we are o restricted for Gem
etery room, and cremationlsm is on the
increase.
The Celestial Empire has long bean !
faror;te field for missionaries OF The
Roman Church.. which has establishes
itself in considerable force throughou
the country, as we'll as at Pekin. Their
are no lever than twenty-five bishop
and apostolic Wears in China. Abou
hslf Of these are French priests. two 3
| them being Jesuits, two OF the order 9
ST. Lazare, and the rest mostly appef
tanning to the Missionary Society Of thl
Rue du Bac. The Lazarites have
large and important establishment 4
Pekin, close to the Imperial Palace. |
is a convent, originally given to ts
Jesnits by the Emperor Handy, but J
now governed by Mgr. Delaplace, Blsh
OPP OF Pekin, who has been for thlrtg
i've years a missionary iii China. IL
noticed as a peculiarly Of this conyen
that every one admitted 10 ii is require'
to swear solemnly that he will not con
nive at Chinese rites, which 1t wa ono
sought to combine with the Roma
Catholic worship, but were prescribe
Ivy a bull Of Pope BenedictsAlV.
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