Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-09

with linseed oil. The ink has q peculiar
AMI deep shade Of black, common
black inks being tinted either with blue
or brown.
The result Of Mrs. LAngtry's suis
against q London bank which delivered
up her jewels worth $4,000, on .
forged order last summer, IL somewhat
out Of the usual order Of decisions.
She gets $4,000 from the bank and tho
continued ownership Of the jewels on
condition that when they are found
they must be sold and that any sum
over $685. 600 realized from the sale
shall 60 to the bank.
It 10 now proposed that instead oil
vaccinating persons bitten, a. In the!
Pasteur method, dogs should be inocu-
lated with the virus Of rabies. in the
hope that they may thereby be made
proof against the usual effects Of theI
bite of q mad dog-just as human sub
jects are vaccinated to make them
proof against the ravages Of small
pox. The result Of researches on this!
matter undertaken by an eminent;
Frenchman will be awaited with In.
terest.
When the Siberian Railway 10 CONF
pleted the journey round the world will
occupy not more than forty days and
the cost Of transportation will not exc
coed $500. A traveller leaving London
reaches st. Petersburg In forty-nve
hours. Thence BY rail the time will bel
eleven days to Port Arthur and seven
more by steamer to San Francisco.
The tourist might lose several days by
delay and still reach London again
within the forty days.
A New York man has received q
patent for q magnetizing box for hair.l
pins. He does not clearly state the OBJ
ject Of his invention in magnetixingi
the pins, but 1t IL presumed that theA
charged pins are less liable to come out
Of the hair and be lost, a. they are ain
attracted toward each other when I'M
position. To remove one Of them iH
must be done against the magnetic
force which tends to keep It In place byl
attracting 1t to the remaining pins.
In all the civilized countries Of the,
world thirteen is referred to as being
somebody's dozen" In America, AUS
tralia, Great Britain (present day., and
several other lands that number iSl
said to be q bakers Dozen" In Italy
it Is referred to as the "cobbler'sl
Dozen" there being a tradition that
there was formerly a law which CONF
PEELED cobblers to put twelve tacks or
nails round the edge Of = boot heel.
Finally, when nails became cheap, 81
center nail VA driven for 'luck."
About seventeen years ago an old,
man named william Davidson died I'M
Gainsboro. Tenn. A day or two ago
relatives had the body taken up, In
tending to remove It to another place.
Of interment. When the coffin was
reached 1t was found to be 80 heavy
that It required four strong men to lift
1t to the surface. Upon examination
the body was found to be petrifed. One
arm was entirely gone, but the remain
ing portion Of what was once q human
body is now a light grayish colored
stone, q perfect man In form, size and
shape.
A practical young man In Brooklyn,
by the name of Lombars, had a chance
to take q good business position, only
he could not fulfill the one requires
ment which demanded a married man
for the place. Not entirely discour-
aged by this, he thought he would ad-
vertise for q wife and see what would
come Of II. He received letters from,
women Of all sorts and conditions, until
he had a total Of $40 replies. In fact,
many OF these came In long after uel
had made his selection, and now he isI
married to a nice girl and has secured
the Job in addition.
The Yuma Indians are an ungallane
lot. When . boy IL born the papa ID
very happy. but IL the babe 10 OF the
female persuasion the papa IL sad and
congratulations are not In order. Babes
are not named until they begin to talk.
Then II the infant says something
strange or comical It 10 given that ut,
terance a. q name. The Yumas are
very cruel to their aged relatives. lei
is not uncommon for children to drive.
away their feeble and aged parents and
let the old people starve, simply be-
cause the young one do not want to
be bothered with them.
This country, TO people who have NOS
looked'into the matter, does not figure
AZ a large owner OF floating property,
outside Of war vessels and those at
tached to the revenue and lighthouse
service, but . recent careful estimate
shows that on m part Of the Missis-
sippi River the nation owns over 1000
craft Of different kinds. This Ii the
stretch between New Orlean and Cairo.
and the value Of the vessels and their.
outfit for riprap revetment and levee.
work does not fall much below $4,000.
900. When work IL rushing there arc
at times 10000 men employed on the.
vessels and In connection with the,
tasks assigned them.
A most remarkable pair Of deee,
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