Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-28
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Bolivia, has the worlds second creates
silver mine.

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Bolivia mas the worlds second greatest
silver mine. G.
Frank Mitchell, a negro born in slavery
los years ago, is still living at Akron, o.,
and has a vivid recollection Of events that
occurred In the first part Of the last CEN
fury. He has smoked and chewed tobacco
for over 100 years.
Drs, Greer and Starr OF Charleston, Ill,
assisted by DR.. Howard r. Chislett OF Chi
cago, performed an operation on Mrs. L.
w. PARCEL of Westfeld. A tumor Weighing
100 pounds was removed from the patient.
she survived the trying ordeal and gives
Two young ~millionaires, Harry Payne
Whitney and William X. Vanderbilt, are
yieing with each other as to which shall
have the finest country place near Great
Neck, l.. l.. Mr.. Vanderbilt has chosen o
site for a private station on the Long Island
the same privilege.
At a meeting of about forty manufac-
turers and dealers; called at the suggestion
Of the FIRE commissioner Of New York City
match that would be safe to use, 1t was
stated that the safety match is in reality
gTes ssr SPp 5atn fHs f Rar an i mssSa; T ohsm Il Z
Tina man has been ~right-handod from
the earliest times Is shown by the greater
size Of the bones OF the right arm In pre-
to show that rtght-handedness is due to a
transmitted functional pre-eminence OF the
left brain, in which the soul is'row said to
reside. All manual acts requiring precision
and skill, except lingering the Violin cords,
are done with the right hand. >
William H. James has been a carrier in
the employ. OF the postoffice In Rochester
since May Z, 1866, and is the only survivor
OF the nine original carriers there. A few
years ago he was sent to England to in
yestigate methods in the leading, cities OF
that country. When he returned he ra-
ported that the United States had nothing
to learn from them ;rits own methods were
far In advance of British postal ways.
An interesting experiment in night artil-
lery work was made I'm Germany recently.
a searchlight was placed at a distance nm
battery, and after 1t was turned on the
guns were brought into action against It.
Six 47-inch guns were used. the range was
obtained very rapidly, and within Ave
minutes the light was broken to pieces. An
other searchlight. at a range Of about 200
yards, was broken after a few rounds had
There has been within two years an
enormous increase in the bonds of corpora
uons while the increase in stocks has been
slght. The New York Stock exchange
listed In 1901 s923, 010, 100 worth OF bonds, or
double the amount Of the previous year.
BONDS instesa %Sh i ! money now issue
An advantage of this plan and probably
the one which leads to its adoption, is that
ment of the business-at least as long as IL
Is solvent.
One Of the most remarkable cities In the
world Is heIburg, near Cracow, Poland, for.
besides being situated underground, IL Is
excavated entirely In rock salt. The in
habitants, TO the number of over 5000, are,
or course, workers in the famous salt
mines, and all the streets and houses are
OF the purest white imaginable. One OF the
most famous features OF the city is the
cathedral. carved in salt and lighted with
electric lights, and when the late Gear
Alexander visited II. eleven years ago, ne
was so fascinated with the magnificent effect
OF the light upon the crystal walls that he
presented the cathedral with 4 jeweled
altar cross. Such a thing as Infectious
disease Is unknown i'm KelburR, in fact.
the majority of the inhabitants die Of old
age.