The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-08-11
of the track, keeping her wheel under
perfect control all the way.

of the track, keeping ner wheel under
perfect control all the way.
In naval tactics the word fleet means
any body of warships numbering
twelve or more ships of the line, name
ly, battleships and first-class cruisers.
"A heet is divided into three squadrons,
known as the van, the center and the
rear The senior flag officer, uEler the
Meet commander, commands the CEN
ter, the next in command the van, and
the third the rear--whence the term
rear admiral
The employment of aluminium is
steadily extending in three directions.
Ihe first IS that of copper and alumni
mum alloys. which are found to be pos
sessed of extremely valuable proper
Ties; the second, its use for electrical
conductors; and the third, as q substi-
tute for existing stone photographic
plates. In this latter direction alumni
mum has already been largely utilized
IN this country.
The report of the health department
OF the State of Kansas for 1898 shows
marked excess of deaths over births
among the negroes of Kansas City.
During 1898 253 negroes were born and
311 died, while there were 1924 births
and 1,ST0 deaths among the whites.
During 1887 there were 200 births and
32S deaths among the negroes, while
among the whites there were 2O31
births and 1850 deaths.
1t is reported that a Swedish Invent
or has introduced what he terms a
radiator" which produces butter
from milk without churning. 1t COM
bines the principle of the well-known
separator, so far as removing the cream
from the milk is concerned, but the butt
ter is produced from the cream, the
whole operation of pasteurizing the
milk, separating the cream and con-
verting it into butter being done at the
same time with one machine.
There was a country wedding in
Ford County, Kansas recently, which
was attended by 300 guests, and the
following spread was placed before
them: One large beef had been shugh-
tered and cooked, three hogs had been
roasted. seventy-fve pies and fifty
cakes had been baked, fifteen gallons
OF canned peas had been prepared, ten
gallons of pickles were set before the
happy throng and thirty chickens were
cooked, and, besides, there was bread
ham and vegetables in proportion.
Handkerchiefs worth ten times their
weight in gold were under appraise-
ment at the United States public stores
in New York recently. The articles
came from st. Gall, Switzerland. They
are very delicate, and are beautifully
embroidered. Single handkerchiefs
We're appraised at 60 francs, or Sl2
apiece, to which must be added the
90 per cent. ad valorem duty, raising
the cost to $40. When me jobber's and
retnllers profits are added to this the
lpen will be worth fully ten times it's
weight in gold.
An indispensable requisite for admis-
sion to the bar in Cuba is diploma
from the University of Havana, which
( is a high-class law university. There
are two ways of obtaining this. The
applicant must either take the fve-year
course or else he must undergo an ex-
animation by the university the same
as given to graduates. This diploma,
under the old law, cost $500 in gold,
and besides this the lawyer must pay
$50 year for the right to practice. The
fee of $500 has recently been abolished
by order of General Brooke.
Forster Brown, president of the Min
ing Association Of Great Britain, in a
lecture the other day in London on the
available sources of the coal supply of
Great Britain, and its bearing upon the
future prosperity Of the country, said
the best of the coal resources at mod
crate depth of 1000 feet, and of the
best quality cheaply worked last
about fifty years, but there would still
remain unexhausted the best seams
at great depths and thin seams at shall
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