Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-11-12

SSAsUAy B IucIc WAS uOL u ullC
CT telegraph or telephone wire in exist
ence, not a foot Of railway mol a steam
ship.
Germany has one doctor to 1900 OF
population; France n to 3,167; the
United Kingdom one to 1924; but the
United States one to GOO.
A thief stole a diamond stud from the
shirt front Of the clerk of a New York
police court while the court was in SEES
sion and the clerk at his duties.
The north Of Ireland is aroused in re-
sistance to the project Of fencing in the
approaches to the giants causeway
with a view to levy toll on ~sightseers.
Japan, within five months Of taking
possession of Formosa, has built two
lines of Decauville railroads, one thirty
Eve miles. the other fifty miles long.
The total SUI subscribed up to this
cate for the re-endowment fund Of
Guys Hospital, London, is just over
100000 toward the $2,5OO,OOO, which
was asked for.
England's first gas motor street rail-
road has been opened between Black
pool and Lytham. Compressed gas az
a means of propulsion has been in use
for some time in Germany.
A battalion Of Zouaves was drilled
at Tunis recently with the thermom-
eter at 1O7 degrees Fahrenheit In the
shade. AS a result five men are dead,
forty dangerously i'll and 200 more are
in the hospital.
In calling attention to its superior
advantage as a place Of residence, Man
haitian, Kan, dwells with especial
stress upon the fact that the assessor
was able to discover only forty-two
lianos in that city.
The city solicitor of Westminster,
British Columbia, has given an opinion
holding that the City Council has no
rover to pass the curfew ordinance
for which the w. G. T. U. asked to
keep children in at night.
A stage coach full Of Murray, Idaho,
people on the way home from Wallay
Walla tipped over going down Nine
Mile hill and slid fifty feet down the
mountain, and the only person hurt
was a surgeon, whose leg was broken.
Runaway horses are unknown in Rus
sia. No one drives there without hav-
Ing a thin cord with a running moose
ground the neck of the animal. When
an animal bolts the cord is pulled, and
the horse stops as soon as it feels the
pressure on the windpipe.
The impetuous bravery Of the JAP
anese, their patriotic eagerness to face
the greatest perils, Is to a large extent
due to their fantastic belief. 1t Is rheir
creed that each man is predestined to
die In a certain way, on an allotted day,
and that the combined efforts of man
cannot change his fate.
A diner In a Jacksonville restaurant
suddenly left the table, grabbing his
umbrella and hat, and ran into the
street. The proprietor yelled to stop
him, and a man who had been sitting
at the next table ran after the fugitive,
crying out that the runaway had stolen
his gold-headed umbrella. The pro-
prietor 10 wondering now why some
men have to be fooled twice.
A prominent dentist says that the
mouth should never be. rinsed after
using tooth powder. The chalk in the
powder Is a slow antacid: b~icarbonate
of soda IS a quick antacid. The object
Of the powder, besides that.of securing.
Is to find its way into cavities between
the teeth and, by killing the acids, pre-
vent the decomposition Of food. which
destroys the tooth tissues.
The jury In a railway case at Port
land, Ore, reached a verdict as to the
Damages indicted by each member
writing down the amount he believed
Just. after which the sums were added
and the total divided by twelve. The
jurors figures ranged from $3.50 to
100000. Neither party to the suit
was satisfied with the award, and
when they learned how 1t was made
preparations for an appeal were begun.
A strange assortment Of objects was
removed by a surgical operation in an
Odessa hospital from the stomach Of q
Yalta woman, suffering from a horrible
form Of starvation. It comprised q
fork. a piece Of iron. two teaspoons, q
needle, a piece OF lace with the crochet
needle, two 2A-inch nails, four pieces
Of glass, eight buttons, and a key. The
roma is out of danger. and the con-
tents Of her stomach attract crowds
to the hospital museum.
A trial Of the Santa Fee, the first ar
mored torpedo boat destroyer bnilt by
Narrow for the Argentine government.
Las just been made In England. The
boat is 100 feet long by 1914 feet wide;
the engine and boiler space Is covered
by half-inchv armor plate, which Is
strong enough to keep ont projectiles
from rapid-ire guns. With 4 load Of
thirty-five tons the speed obtained in
the three-hour trial was :ss8.5 knots, half
a knot more than had been guaranteed.
An Important discovery has been
made, the usefulness Of which was
eh0wn d,1rfnH fhO 4mhf1nn no1.