Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-01-14

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Stammering is almost unknown among
savage tribes.
Nearly $500, 900 was given in the form
of charitable requests in Berlin last
year.
People neverthink of whistlingin Ice
land. It is violation Of the divine
law.
Estate duty has been paid on $3.50, 600
as the value Of George Du Maurier's
personal estate.
The German imperial revenue and
expenditure In the coming year balance
at about $3.50. OOo, O0O
The asparagus served at the Elysee
banquet In honor of the Gear cost 8
francs q stalk, or 90 cents bundle, and
there were 200 guests.
A Vermont newspaper congratulates
the people of the State that there was
less drunkenness during the late ses-
sion of the Legislature than usual
Lord Roberts, commander-in-chief Of
the army in Ireland, has become an in
defatigable cyclist. He may be seen
any day careering through the Dublin
streets.
During his entire career Stradivarius
made from 5000 to 1000 violins. Few
Of these were sold for more than $25
during his life. Now some Of them
command $4,000 each.
A wealthy gentleman Of Wilma stipu-
lated in his will that an electric light
must be constantly burning in his tomb,
and another inside his coffin, for twelve
months after his death.
In certain parts Of China the young
women wear their hair in long, single
plat, with which Is intertwined a
strand of bright scarlet thread, which
denotes them to be manageable.
By an Italian law any circus which
does not perform every act promised in
the printed program, or which misleads
the public by means of pictures, is
liable to fine Of $4,000 for each
offense.
The secret marks on Bank Of Eng
land notes by which forgeries are so
rapidly detected are constantly being
changed. The microscope will reveal
many such peculiarities to an observant
eye.
It Ia said by philologists that there
are thirteen original lAnguages-the
Greek, Latin, German, Slavonic, Welsh,
Biscayan. Irish, Albanian, Tartarian,
Illyrian, Jazygian, Chaucin and Finnic.
At a public meeting Of citizens, held
under the presidency Of the lord mayor
at Belfast it was decided to erect a
statue Of the queen in commemoration
Of her majesty's reign. The cost Of the
statue will be $4,000. :
An auditor in a japanese theater is
allowed for a small fee to stand up,
and the unfortunate Individual behind
him has no right to demonstrate or to
rise and get peep at the stage. He
may hear, but he cannot see.
The first railway in Corea is to be
built by an American, ]. r. Morse. 1t
will connect the port of Chemulpo with
the capital, Seoul, which is only twenty
five miles distant. The cost is esti-
mated at $1,850,OOO.
An extraordinary suicide is reported
from Lisburn, near Belfast, where an
inmate of the Thompson Consumptive
Hospital, named COwan, was found
drowned in q shallow stream, in which,
judging from his recumbent position, he
must have held his head until he ex-
pired.
Iron made in Alabama Is steadily
pushing its way into the markets Of the
old world, the latest order being for
1000 tons for shipment to India. Liver
pool, Rotterdam and Genoa have al
ready made liberal purchases Of the
furnace product OF the South, and there
Is likely to be still further demand for
it in those other European cities.
In looking over documents in the Of
fee of the State sinking fund commits
sion at Columbus, Ohio, Secretary NAL
colin Jennings came across an old CON-
pendulum Of the Federal census Of 1910.
1t shows that there were at that time
Uurcc slaves III OuIO. OuC was In Law.
renee, one in Morgan and one in Noble
County. It has been frequently assert
ed that there never were any slaves in
the Buckeye State.
A striking, Illustration Of the influ-
ence Of fatigue upon the nervous sys-
TEN Is afforded by an Italian physician
some months ago. Twenty-four bicy-
Gle riders who had ridden thirty-two
miles in two hours and quarter were
examined with reference to their hear
ing. and it was in nearly every instance
found to be defective. After two hours
rest the hearing had become normal in
most Of them.
The London Daily Telegraph, which
claims to have the largest circulation Of
all daily newspapers In the British en-
pire, 10 about to be converted into 4
Joint stock company, with a capital OF
$15, OO0,0 600. It's present proptfetors are
Sir Edward Levi Lawson and his sis
ters, Mrs. Campbell Clark. wife Of the