Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-08-13
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times as brilliant as the present light
and its cost only one-third as much.
A government inquiry is to take place
into the system under which flax-grow-
ing Is practiced in Ulster, Ireland. It Is
believed some of the systems worked
on the continent might be introduced
with advantage.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has
appropriated 100000 for good roads.
The farmers of the State have watched
the bodybuilding operations Of the last
two or three Years and have concluded
that there Is money in going ahead with
the work.
John Frederick Bottgher, who invent
ed porcelain, was originally an alche-
mist, who, while employed at the trans
Saxony, discovered red porcelain, and
later, by a strange accident, white or
true porcelain.
Scientists say that the banana Is a
perfect food and will support life for
an indefinite time. The people Of the
United States appear to have found out
its merits. An enormous increase Is
reported in the importations, reaching
last year al aggregate Of 1912, $40
punches.
The Presbyterian Chuch has made
wonderful progress in every Christian
country in the world during the century
that's nearly gone. In the United States
100 years ago Presbyterianism held the
eighth place among the evangelical de-
nominations. To-day it Is the fourth
largest body in this country.
1t is said that in Spain electric
fishing is to be carried on on a large
scale. I A Spanish company has taken
out patents in Spain covering the 8
Of the electric light for this purpose.
The same scheme has been tried with
some success in California, where . net
was fitted with electric lights. It p:0- I'd
very attractive to the fish. which mad
previously been rather wary Of entering
the nets.
The New York Board OF Health re-
Gently adopted this resolution, which
embodies a reform long called for: RE
solved, That the Street Sprinkling As
ISOLATION and any other parties spnn-
king the public streets be requested to
leave q space Of three feet lei the
curb on all streets having asphalt pave
ments for the use Of persons riding b.
cycles, and that they also leave all rail-
road tracks unsprinkled for a space OF
six feet at each crossing"
The two Roumanian cities. Galatz
and Braila, on the Danube, have been
connected by telephone, which Is, like
the telegraph in that country, an insti-
tuition of the state. Before it's opening
the ordinance of the government for It's
use was published in the official gazette,
the principal part Of which is as fol-
lows: "A person who wants to have in
%tercourse with another by telephone Is
bound to notify that person beforehand
by letter, telegraph or otherwise"
The gulf ports are steadily advancing
into prominence as export centers for
grain. The shipments Of corn from New
Orleans during the present crop year
have been very large, and the business
Of Galveston Is increasing. Extensive
additions to the elvator capacity of
Galveston are in contemplation, and 1t
is reported that the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad Company has al
ready contracted to carry 5000 car
loads of the new wheat crop to that
port.
New Zealand has been celebrating the
fftieth anniversary of Sir George Grey's
first ~governorship, but Sir George,
who is now 81 years Of age, was un-
able to take the long journey from Eng
land. 1t is 10Y %fifty-nine years since his
memorable exploration Of the Austria
liam west coast, in which he was given
up for dead. His two administrations
of the colony, covering fifteen years,
three times the length Of service Of any
other governor, were the most import
ant in the history of New Zealand.
Dean Farrar calls upon the English
nation to contribute 100000 at least to
save Canterbury Cathedral for another
century. 1t is one of the noblest of
all the vast English c~athedrals, and the
money asked for is a mere bagatelle in
comparison with the value Of it's preser-
walton. Part of the edifce Is thirteen
centuries old, and the cathedral was
consecrated In 113O; 1t has often been
repaired, after damage by fire, the last
fire having been In 1872, when a section
of the timber roof was burned by the
upsetting Of a plumbers furnace. I'm.
portant RESERVATIONS were made shortly
before the accession of Queen Victoria.
Bookkeeping has come to be an import.
antindustry in California, and, as might
have been expected, there is a conflict
going on between the ~beekeepers and
the fruit growers, the latter asserting
that their fruits are injured by the
swarms of bees that sting the fruit II
order to secure the honey. The con
troversy has grown very interesting In
San Leandro, which Is in the midst o.
the fruit country, and the complaints
which have been lodged with the trus
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