Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-07
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Until forty years ago Japanese were
vaccinated on the tip OF the nose.
Kentucky Is chuckling over the big
gest coon supply in several years.
At a "A. r. picnic ats Bearsport, Me-,
. three-eighths inch pearl was found In
q clam pie.
The common measure Of road dis
lance in France n the kilometer, or
1000 meters, little over three.quar-i
ters OF mile. @s
Southwest Missouri has already be-
gun to contract for Its crates and boxes
by the car load for the handling az next
springs berry crop.
"Get Better Acquainted with the
Cow" Is the subject Of new lecture
which Secretary Coburn of the 'State
Board Of Agriculture is delivering.
By using electric light during the day
time Prof. Bailey produced lilies fully
two weeks before the plants grown I'M
der the natural conditions lowered.
The California health board finds that
In San Jose the average duration Of life
h about 43 years, which Is longer than
that Of any other city in the United
States.
A STAFF officer in Berlin declares that
the Dongola expedition Is, on the whole,
the most faultless military work done
by British officers since the peninsular
war.
st. Moritz, Switzerland, has the cham
pion toboggan slide Of the world. It L.
three-quarters Of mile long and has
been descended in a whiz Of seventy.
one seconds.
Before the fire brigade can start for
a fire in Berlin the members must all
fall in line military fashion and salute
their captain, losing more than a min
ute by this foolery.
Arrangements for the training Of
British infantry next winter are to be
on a more elaborate scale than usual,
and especial prominence Is to be given
to long-distance marching.
The crystal palace at Sydenham k
capable Of holding a greater number Of
people than any other building In the
world. More than 100000 can be &C
commodated within it's walls.
A well-known specialist on ear dis
eases has made the announcement that
half the deafness prevalent at the pres
ent time can be traced to the practice
Of boxing the ears Of children.
The mountaineers Of Georgia catch
trout with sledgehammer. Their prac-
tice Is to thump rock, under which
trout seeks refuge, with hammer, and
the conclusion renders the fish sense
less.
There are 800 natives of India now re-
siding in Great Britain, mostly for the
purposes Of study. Cambridge seems
more attractive to them than Oxford.
but the majority are In London reading
for the bar.
The wife Of New Orleans carpenter,
who was obliged to have one Of her
hands amputated, has brought the 9TH
er one to such state of serviceability
that she has succeeded in making
dress unaided.
A feature OF the population statistics
Of Western Australia Is the large pro-
portion of males to females. The dis
parity Is maintained In the arrivals by
sea. At present there are forty-five fe-
males to every 100 males.
Perfumes, according to the latest au-
thority, should never be mixed; neither
should they be applied to the handker-
chief. To be correct, one must select
one particular odor and have all ones
belongings impregnated with 1t.
In certain towns Of Germany the tel
ephone Is introduced by tobacconists as
an additional attraction to customers.
Anyone who buys a cigar may, If he
desires, speak over the tobacconist's
instrument to a subscriber to the tele-
phone service.
In Germany the man who loses both
his hands In an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, if he
be insured, on the ground that he has
lost the means Of maintaining himself.
A loss Of the right hand reduces the
claim from 70 to 80 per cent of the
total.
The duration Of sunshine in the va
rious countries Of Europe was recently
discussed at a scientific meeting in Ber-
lin. It was shown that Spain stands
at the head Of the list, having, ON the
average, 5000 hours of sunshine per
year, while Italy has 1890 hours, Ger
many 100 hours and England 1,4O0
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Excavations made near Agya, in
Northwestern Thessaly, by the Athens
Archaeological Society, have brought
to light the foundations of ancient
towns and citadels, the very names Of
which are forgotten, with tombs OF the
Mycenian period, containing terra Gotta
vases with inscriptions, arms and
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