The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-04-16
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A meteor which fell in Australia re-
gently had a large mass of pure cop
per imbedded in one side.
France is the only European country
which has to-day fewer ~able-bodied
men than it had thirty years ago.
An infant weighing seven pounds at
birth will weigh seven and a half on
the tenth day and eleven ON the thir-
teenth.
A sponge having a circumference of
five feet six inches has been taken
from the waters of Biscayne Bay,
Florida.
WOrkmen e~xcayating for a house in
Portland, Ore, unearthed a large two
handed sword, such as was used in the
early centuries.
In Germany the butchers have lately
been raising the price Of horse meat,
owing to the exhaustion of the supply
of cheap horses.
A new set of natural teeth are push
ing through the long, smooth gums
of ~S4-year-old Uncle Jake Lawrence,
of Uniontown, Ky.
Hair dye is considered so detrimental
to long life that a Paris insurance COM
pany refuses to insure the lives of per-
sons who use it.
Italy is more celebrated for it's thea
tiers than any other nation in Europe.
The theaters at Naples, Parma and
Milan are the largest in Europe.
In Hebrew marriages the woman is
placed to the right of her mate. With
every other nation in the world her
place in the ceremony is on the left.
Five generations Of one family are
living on a homestead at B~ardstown,
Ga. The head of the family, w. o.
Cherry, has 1876 living descendants.
In Russian Poland all trains must
stop at every station until the chief of
police Tor gendarmerie) of the place
gives permission for their departure.
The city of San Salvador, capital of
the Central American republic of the
same name, is called the swinging mat,
on account of it's numerous earth
quakes.
1t is stated that the copper used in
coming pennies at the Philadelphia
mint costs II cents a pound under a
contract made in 1890, while the pres
ent price is less than 10 cents a pound.
Statistics show that during the year
1895 no fewer than twenty-five period
S11I~ Ioal;nc- ,-,@l, H. -1,1-oo 1~I a"%
of medicine have been added to the al
ready ample supply produced in Paris.
One of the results of a visit of a
party Of scientists to Alaska is the
demonstrated fact that coal abOunds
in our northwesternmost territory and
may be mined in close proximity to the
best and most accessible harbors in
that region.
Bishop Butler, the author of the can
alogy," walking in his garden one
night with his chaplain, asked him
whether public bodies might not go
mad as well as Individuals" adding
that nothing else could account for
most of the transactions in history"
OuuS dSdllSJ lUOIScS were SCI IOIIu
and candidates asked how they could
win a certain amount in any event, in
a problem of a recent London univers-
ity examination paper. The religious
newspapers have protested since
against the question as improper.
The wheat-growing lands Of Texas
are in the region northwest of Fort
Worth, and the average crop about s.
000, 900 bushels. 1t is said that the fire.
quent and abundant rains that have
fallen since the growing crop was
seeded give excellent promise for the
yield of 1896.
The city of Washington, which was
barely able to keep one theater going
twenty years ago, will have hand
some theaters next season. This shows
a gratifying growth of the federal cap
ital, which was little more than a COM
fortress southern village prior to the
war period.
A young man in Hunterdon County,
New York, has succeeded in winning
the hickorynut-eating championship by
deyOur1ng a peck OF nuts at one sitting.
Fortunately the doctors saved his life,
after several hours of hard labor, so
that he stands ready now to defend
his title against all Corners.
The great profits of street car bust
ness is shown by the report of the rapid
transit company of Minneapolis and st.
Paul for the year ending Dec. 81, 1895.
The gross earnings ON the 225 miles of
line in st. Paul and Minneapolis were
S 1883, S03.44 ndthen net earnings $685.
1909, an increase of $~3S,3C9.37.
HOW MEN PROPOSE