Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-23
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About 10000 Americans visit Eng
land yearly.
Among the English nobility 10 per
cent. are childless.
In the new Hotel Cecil, In London,
there 10 a telephone In each room.
OF the 1853 sailors in the United
States navy 4,4OO are foreign born.
New buildings under way at Cripple
Greek are estimated in value at $796,-
800.
Sunflower cake has been found, espe-
cially in Russia, Of the best auxil-
larry cattle foods.
American ebony is one Of the heaviest
woods known, weighing 1918 pounds
to the cubic foot.
A meteorite which fell In Australia
recently had q mass of pure copper i'm
bedded in N side.
Fashionable young ladies In Japan,
when they desire to look very attrac-
tive, gid their lips.
A French railway company has Or
dered clocks to be placed on the out
side of every locomotive.
The highest inhabited building in
Europe is the Alpine Club house, on
Mount Rosa-12,O 900 feet above the sea
level.
Slight repairs to the stone wall at
the Bloody Angle, Gettysburg. made
the other day, uncovered 100 bullets,
pieces Of shell, parts of guns, etc.
The North German Lloyd is soliciting
offers for the construction Of five
steamers of 5000 tons each for the
traffic between Bremen and Brazil.
African natives universally know
how to prepare intoxicating liquors
from such simple materials as the tops
of broom corn, sugar cane juice and
cOcOanut milk.
From rough calculations lately made
by contributors to the Geological Rec
ord, 1t appears that over 100000 species
of animals have been described by nat
uralists up to the present date.
The playing of golf on Sundays is
practiced to such an extent that in a
certain parish in England, it is said,
the hour of service has been changed
to suit the convenience of players.
Agood deal of real" Is made
from the skin of the ray. As for the
salmon Its skin is also tanned. The
result is a very attractive scale-marked
leather. This is used chiefly in Asia.
The Siamese, as a class, are not over
ambitious in trade, and the greater part
OF small retail establishments and vari-
Gus kinds Of shops are in the hands OF
Chinese. The latter also furnish the
labor Of the country.
A horse dealer in West Woodstock,
VT, has owned 452 horses during his
life and has never told a lie about a
horse. One mar who has dealt with
him was SO impressed with this remark
that he recently gave him a Ratchet.
A report On the State farms in North
Carolina, which are operated by con
victs. shows there are now 5000 acres
In corn and 1900 in cotton. and that
the condition Of the crops is 25 per
cent. better than last year at this date.
The ancient Greeks, to secure reson-
ance without the 8 of woodwork,
placed under the seats of their theaters
earthen pots, with the mouth turned
toward the stage, the vibrating mass
of air In these serving to REINFORCE the
sound.
The houses of parliament are partly
lighted by 10000 electric lamps, which
number Is being constantly increased.
Fifty experienced electricians are EN-
ployed to keep the system in order.
But there is still a yearly gas bill OF
over $4,000.
Western Australia's supply Of jarrah
and kArri, the hard woods used for
street pavements, Is practically mex.
haustible. The jarrah Eucalyptus
marginata) overs $4,000 square miles
Of the country and karri (E. diversi.
color 1000 square miles more.
The performance Of Rubinstein's
musical drama, Christ" which Herr
Lowe Of Breslau superintended at Bre.
men last year, has been forbidden by
the Prussian police in virtue of an old
decree prohibiting the representation
of the Savior in public entertainments
A cruel custom prevails on the death
of a prince Of the royal family Of Aus.
tria. His horse, covered with black
cloth, follows the funeral, limping
painfully. The lameness lie caused by
driving a nail through one shoe, and IL
intended to typify the animals sor.
row.
There Is a Kansas editor who takes
the right view. Recently. under the
headline 1--WE Are Thankful" he pub.
lished the following editorial note,
I'VE slipped and fell the other day and
peeled our shin and nose: we feel
grateful that we did not break our
id neck"
II the Mikado Of Japan carries out
his plan Of visiting Europe and the
United States he will be the first Jap.
anese Emperor who has ever been al.
lowed TO leave his country. The con,