The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1885-01-08
Here and There

Large fortunes are rare in Switzer-
land, and the salaries of public func-
tionaries very modest. The President
of the Confederation receives $4,000 q
year, few Judges more than 81, 250, and
there is probably no bank manager in
the country who gets more than twice
that amount. A man with an income
of 81. 500 a year is considered well off
indeed, and to have $4,000 is to be
rich.
A London scientific paper is not SAN
guine as to the success of the new Rus
sian scheme for reaching the North
Pole by means of sledges, starting from
the Siberian islands and having depots
at intervals, inasmuch as the most
northern point of the islands is 900
nautical miles from the pole; and judg-
ing by the appearance in other parts, it
would be no easy matter to haul sledg-
es over the hummocky ice.
New Orleans, semi-tropical city, in
stead of adopting style of architect
prevalent there, initiates the methods
of higher latitudes; resorts to archi-
tectual forms which, however beautiful
in themselves. are utterly unsuited in
the place. The Times-Democrat calls
this an endeavor to ''engraft upon the
stock of the equator the product of the
arctics," and wishes a reformation.
The people of Washoe county, Ne
vada, wanted the genuine Kentucky
blue grass seed with wild western
yearning that knew no let up. So they
sent to Kentucky for some blue grass
seed, and sowed it among much local
Oh, no; for they had been swindled by
a son of chivalry who had given them
the seed of wild turnips and various
other villainous weeds peculiar to Ken
lucky.
Vaccination performed once does not
act as a preventive of smallpox after
certain time has elapsed. An exami-
nation of the statistics of this disease
shows that of those who had taken it
and bad been vaccinated in infancy, 80
per cent. are over ten years OF age,
while only 10 per cent. were under ten
years of age. Revaccination at inter-
vals, say, of seven years, is the only
known effective measure for protec-
ton.
An Irish farmer has about twenty-five
acres of land and 10000 chickens. Az
ter four years. laying the hens are fat
tened for market in three weeks and
are fit for the market. The chicks are
hatched in simply constructed incuba-
tors, consisting of uest-like boxes,
placed in rows, and heated and kept at
q regular temperature by steam. The
eggs are covered from the light, and
as the chicks appear they are removed
to another room.
BY actual count there are 1882
maiden Rocks in the United States,
exclusive of Idaho and Washington
territories, which are still to be heard
from. These rocks are widely distrib-
uted, but there are no fewer than $50
in Michigan, 800 in Wisconsin, 180 in
Iowa, 1877 in Illinois, $50 in Indiana
and 567 in Vermont alone. A 'Maiden
Rock" is always connected with the
unvarying legend that beautiful and
gentle Indian maid, daughter of q
noted chief, leaped from its apex to the
yawning abyss below, rather than wed
with barbarian brave, chosen by her
stern parent, or to prove false to the
other redskin upon whom the affections
of her heart were set.
A southern senator we'll known in
Georgia had occasion to visit New York
on business. He went to the station,
bought his sleeping car ticket, boarded
the train, and went to bed. He slept
soundly and comfortably all night, and
in the morning rose to perform his alb
lutions preparatory to crossing the fer
~ at Jersey City. Peeping out of the
car window he was amazed to find that
there was no sign Of the mighty Baby
Ion, the spire Of Trinity. the dashing
waters and the big bridge. In point
of fact, the senator had slept all night
in the Washington station, the car he
was in never having turned wheel in
the direction of New York!
The Wilhelm Theater, Berlin, is built
on part Of 3 garden. At the end Of
each act the audience 90 out into the
garden until bell rings to give notice
Of the next The second act Of s.Trova-
tore'' is compressed into twelve min
utes, and recent visitor says that the
audience evidently expected more Of
Of the Act, = rose out Of the stage, and
in two minutes the exodus was COM
plete. Each time tho entire audience
went out in less than two minutes and
refilled the house in less than three
| The eating and drinking was not done
hastily at bar, but leisurely done atI
tables. The waiter IN = few seconds
would cover table with = cloth. knives