The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-08-07
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A copyright law has been promul-
gated in Siam.
Basel has the only geological garden
In Switzerland.
Lacemaking is declining as, an in
austry in Belgium.
Antwerp is about to spend 81, 100000
On the construction Of new docks.
Several cab drivers have been fined
In johannesburg for driving coolies as
fares.
In meridinal Russia people gain
remunerative living by fishing for
leeches.
o. ]. Bodley of Richmond lays claim
to the title Of champion cornhusker Of
Kansas.
The sonokoto, board, bridges and
strings, is the representative instru-,
ment of Japan.
Snowstorms and hail have ruined the
crops in many Of the agricultural dis
tricts in France
Because of disagreement with his
congregation, Denmark's chief rabbi
has resigned his charge.
Bubonic plague has appeared among
the kangaroos in the geological gar
dens at Sydney, N. S. w.
eff you can't raise 10 cents, raise
whiskers," is sign in barber shop
in certain Indiana. town.
A portion of the cone of Mount Vesu-
vius has fallen in, and precautions
are being taken against possible land
slides.
President Loubet granted pardons to
or reduced the sentences of 900 French
criminals in honor of his recent visit
to Russia.
It is estimated that more than a mill
lion pineapples are used every year in
this country by confeetioners and can
dy makers. .A ......
Automobile stage lines have been es.
tablished, or are to be established, in
many states, according to information
in the Motor Age.
The famous Angel hotel, Islington,
London, is being demolished and will
be replaced by an up to date structure
| with granite front.
Canadian boards of trade and manu-.
facturers are sending resolutions to
the Dominion government requesting
| revision of the tariff.
The steady Increase in the price of
| tie necessities of life has become a
very serious matter to the poorer eiti-
| Gems of Sydney, n. S. W.
a storm recently tore down the
brea knat ter at Cipita pueehta, the sea.
pert OF ReMe, fer lsnash Of eOoefeet
and cernNtesssy bfseked the eatf0nee
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I ns~ To i1ssrssuee teftzieyT tabfeS.
Lsasss ossasis fer eeal and paas far
the Danish state railways. which have
hitherto zone to Germany. will this
year probably be given to English
firms, says the Tendon Daily Mail.
Abraham Eisler, recently admitted
into the Budapest workhouse (alms
house,, has for fifty-four years carried
a. bullet in his head which he received
while fighting in the Austrian rebellion
Because Manchester England cottor
operatives have decreased 20 per CEN
in number within the last few years
while men engaged have trebled il
number, Manchester is no longer
known as Cottonopolis.
Some one has calculated that if 6
man made $500 every day beginnin.
with the year 1 and continuing to til,
present day, consuming none of hi
earnings, he would just about have al
much as Mr.. Rockefeller has today.
The London Chronicle says that the
word 'loafer'' came from Spanish
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