Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-03

1none consignment recently asfeather
dealer in London received 1900 birds
Of paradise, 100000 birds Of various
kinds from the East Indies, and 400,-
600 humming birds. In three months
another dealer imported 356, 1893 birds
from the East Indies.
The postofflce of Great Britain now
employs over 1900 female clerks. The
largest number of these clerks are, Of
course, to be found in tie LondonspQat-
Office, where the bulk OF. them are paid
fairly remunerative salaries, while
what may be regardedsas plums fall to
the few. {.4s s.ss 81 81 81 .5s.rsss
Berne has eighteen hotea bua during
the Swiss season they axesften MI full,
and tourists have to triaayeJ from one. to
another before finding a bed To OBJ
viate this the Authorities HAYES begun
posting notices In the railway station
naming the hotels where rooms are still
to be had.
The 5-year-old son of Ell. Hagedon, OF
Kenton County, Kentucky, fell head
foremost into the sandy bottom of a
well forty feet deep, and had managed
to climb nearly to the top Of the well
when he fell back. He started to climb
again, however, and succeeded in get
ting out safely.
''Chocolat," a Paris dog, without a
master, is earning his own living by
visiting restaurants at regular inter-
walls and killing the rats. He is fas-
tidious in his tastes, frequenting only
the fashionable restaurants near the
Madeleine, the cafe concerts in the
Champs Elysees. and the establish
'"Ants in the Bots de BOulogne.
Farmers about Osceola, Mo-, raise
and the merchants of the place have to
import potatoes, onions and other small
vegetables; while over in Kansas, in
the neighborhood Of Arkansas City,
one farmer this season has raised 1000
bushels Of white onions and sold them
at so cents a ,bushel.
In Syria people never take of their
caps or turbans when entering the
house or visiting friend, but they al
ways leave their shoes ut the door.
There are no mats or scrapes outside
and the floors inside are covered. with
expensive rugs, which, in Moslem
houses, are kept very clean, and used
to kneel upon while saying prayers.
The British Government is about to
increase it's subsidies to private steam
ship companies which win build and
hold their vessels in readiness to be
turned into warships, If required. Nine
additional steamers have already been
secured on these terms, and the scheme
adds Immensely to the effective
strength of the British navy Mt COM
paratively trifling cost.
The English provincial press is TAX
ing up the cudgels against those who
throw or leave broken glass ON public
roads, 1t is not merely that the cycling
tourist constantly has to pull up to re-
pair damages Of mangled tires, but
valuable horses are often crippled to a
serious extent The worst offenders
are said to be the vans which go from
public house to public house with
aerated waters.
A new source Of revenue is to be
,opened to the farmers Of America, and
especially to those of the Eastern and
Middle States, in the European de-
mand for apples, which is growing rap
idly. Last year $751; 900 barrels were ex-
ported, while the exports this year al
ready amount to more than 100000
barrels. The fruit brings good prices,
but only the best of it can be sold in
competition with the foreign product.
Twenty years ago, when the British
formally annexed the Transvaal, they
found in the republics treasury exactly
80 cents. This year President Kruger
has asked-that Is, commanded his
boer legislature to appropriate from the
surplus Of the country ESQ, 900 for the
purchase of arms with which to sup
press any inclination the taxpaying
English residents may show toward in
terfering with local politics.
II the observers at Flagstaff are right
In their conclusions that Mercury and
Venus make but one revolution on their
axes during their journey round the
sun, so that each day II year long,
these planets cannot be Inhabited BY
people constituted like those on the
earth. It has been supposed that
Venus at least was very similar TO the
earth in its phenomena and character
istics, and might be- peopled BY much
the same kind Of beings: but a. Venus'
period Of rotation IL nearly the same n
that Of the earth, It must have six
months Of uninterrupted sunshine and
six Of continuous night.
The Paris mint has Just semitic st.
Petersburg 625 600 silver rublea,. which
have been coined for the Russian Gov
eminent. They were. packed In $50
cases, which were padlocked and sealed
at the mint and then sent to the Care
7u Nord In ten carts. Police ofacers
met them there and witnessed their
transfer to special railway; vans, In
which they were taken to Dunkerque.
unnn = Rrsnaaan rnAn.nf.vrnr Il $500 " q.