The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-20
FACTS IN FEW INES

GDnkeys is to be held in Berlin.
A motor sleigh propelled by spiked
wheels is patented in Germany.
Gasoline handcars are giving salts
factory service on western railways.
For every 100 deaths in rural dis
fricts in England there are 11S in tow
districts.
The area of the Yellowstone parl
equals that of Delaware plus that q
Rhode Island.
A musical Passion play in sixteen
aableau has been written by the cure
of4a Paris church.
The French waterways bl11 comprises
improvements in the existing canals al
q cost of SIP, 100000.
England owns 1880 of the 14.O7I
steamers belonging to the twelve lead
ing nations of Europe and America.
An ancient viking cup made out of
the vertebrp of "a whale has been
foundfat Harroldswick. in Shetland.
The kaiser has. ordered the distribu
ton Of 1000 copies Of his photograph
among the sailors of the German navy
automobiles which have a fange out
side a pneumatic tire are being used
for scouting on the TransyaaI railways
An electric motor car recently dou.
bled the length of Great Britain, trav.
cling LOO miles at an expense of &
Rents a mile.
Several young members of the Bel.
gian aristocracy are now serving their
time as apprentices on board English
sailing ships.
Hull England municipal trans made
q profit Of 100000 last year. OF this
amount 100000 has been devoted to the
relief of the taxation.
A new tapeworm described by a Jap
anese physician is of gigantic size, be.
ing more than four inches broad and
shout thirty-ive feet long.
The difficulties in na vigating the Red
zen are such from reefs and shoals that
no sailing vessel has passed the Sc:aa
salal in twenty-seven years.
The record for rapid slaughtering
Mas been made by an indianapolis
packing house bv turning 3.29S hogs
into products within five hours.
The Japanese telephone service is
regulated by the department Of com
munications. All the lines. instruments
and fittings are owned by the govern
ment.
Within ten years a German publisher
has issued translations of five of the
most read English and American nov.
els. No one Of them has had a sale of
as many as a thousand copies.
King Edward has put typewriting
machines in the Office of his private
secretary. This is quite an innovation,
for the letters of royalty have always
heretofore been executed by hand.
1t has been decided to send all Boer
prisoners who are sentenced to terms
Of penal seryitude out of South Africa
TO the Seychelles islands. A new con-
vict prison is to be constructed there
for the purpose.
In the Japanese match factories the
boxes and labels are made by little
girls, who are wondrously dexterous
in the work. These little experts get
from a halfpenny to twopence half.
penny for twelve hours work.
A glass house to be used as a solari-
nm is being built at the government
SanitariIm for tuberculosis at Fort
Bayard, N. NJ. During the last two
years the government has expended
about 100000 On this institution.
In Spandau. neal Berlin, a'great mil.
Itary center. a tax has been put on au.
somatic Orcllestrions. which are becom-
ing an intolerable nuisance, as nearly
avery restaurant hns one. 1t is hoped
ahat the tax will reduce the plague.
The Jessup expedition into northwest
srn Siberia has returned with 100 cases
Of specimens. The object of the excur.
sion. which was held by Norman G.
Buston. was to determine the Asiatic
origin of the North American Indians.
In Toledo, O., the postoftice depart
ment will place on each letter box an
electrical device which will record at
the central Office when the boz is open
ed. Some such apparatus is found to
be necessary to prevent collectors from
skipping boxes.
The Wamen Of Galveston. Tex. the
city SC nearly destroyed by the terrible
storm a few years ago, have organized
to beautify the town. They give enter
sainments to raise funds and with the
proceeds buy and plant trees along the
streets and in the parks.
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A reward of f5.0OO is offered by the
department of agriculture in Queens
land for the discovery Of a means of
e%radicating the pricksy pear pest,
which is a cactus imported from Amer
sca. The remedy must not cost more
shan a certain sum per acre.
More mushrooms are grown at Ken
meth Square and Lansdale. near Phila-
delphia, than in any other section OF
She country. The department Of agri-
culture hopes to develop the industry
N this country SO as to make importa-
lions from France unnecessary.
Electricity has increased the power OF
seacoast lights to that of 100000 can
dies. The mineral oil lamp of the"Doty
aystem," which was in almost univer.
sal use previous to the Introduction OF
electricity. did not exceed $4,000 can
dies in the strength Of its illumination.
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