The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-31
FACTS IN FEW LINES

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fertilizer.
I. In the eleven states interested in tn.
industry ZGG,Gyg acres are sovn il
sugar bets.
The total capital invested in rail
ways and canals in the Dominion OF
Canada is sl.1OO.OoO,001.
There are but 10000 donkeys in the
British isles. Spain and Portugal have
between them over $4,000
In spite Of hard times the value OF
farm animals IN Germany is increasing
at her rate Of four millions a year.
The Moorish government has granted
to France a contract for the coming Of
sS,oo0.o0o worth OF Moorish money.
An annual c~yclopedia for 1901 places
the total gifts and requests in the
United States last year at 800. 3G0. 900.
1t ig seyeuty-three years since the
first omnibus started running in Lon
don. Few Of the original vehicles re-
main.
One Of the new bridges TO be thrown
orer the Seine is TO be built in two stc-
ries, with one set Of arches resting On
another.
One result of the AngIo-Japanese al
liance Will be the prevention Of prohi-
bitten Of japanese in Australia, once
suggested.
Snuff is the local name Of q mystic
rious malay which has already caused
the deaths Of many sheep il Cardigan
| shire. Wales.
Russia is founding an independent
bishOprjc in China. and the bishop
elect Of Charbin and Pel-ing will be at
the head Of it.
a silver cup, or argyl-"Robert Burns
from Mary" hall mark, 1TS4-brought
80 los. at Stevens auction rooms in
London recently.
The biggest meteOrite eyer seen has
been found at Ponte Allegro, in Brazil.
1t is an immense rock mass So feet
long and 30 feet thick.
The British Lifeboat association is
considering the establishment Of a
wireless service around the coast, in
Guiding the lighthouses.
London Is introducing water troughs
for thirsty horses, at which the water
can be run off by touching a push but
ton and fresh water run in.
The territorial board Of health Of
Hawaii is to begin a series Of expert
ments to determine the value of <
rays in the treatment of leprosy.
For giving a Sunday performance at
kalgoorlie Of a play entitled "Barab-
bas" a theatrical manager has been
fined $500 by the supreme court Of
Western Australia.
The lower class of the Japanese EN-
ploy hardly any other material than
paper for their clothing. Where wages
siblc extravaganza.
Georgia is the peach state Of the
Union, having 1860, 900 peach bearing
trees. Next is Maryland, with 4,O1J,-
900; then New Jersey, with 2,7OO, 900,
and Delaware, with 2.4O0. 900.
The Japanese eat more fish than n
other people in the world. With them
meat eating is g foreign innovation,
confined to the rich or, rather, to those
rich people who prefer it to the nation
al diet.
If all the land planted in corn in the
United States this year were massad,
the area would exceed the British
isles, Holland and Belgium combined
or four-fifths Of the area Of France or
Germany.
The old grist mill at Port Jefferson,
n. Y, which was built before the Rev
olution by Richard Mott and is said to
be the Oldest structure on the island, is
being torn down because it is unsafe.
The building was erected in It'll.
Sidney Smith described the Orni-
thorhynchus %paradoxus as a quadru-
ped as large as a cat, with the eyes,
color and. skin of a mole and the bill
and feet Of a duck, an eccentric kind
Of bird bitten with the ambition Of be-
ing a quadruped.
There were 1,O71 strikes during 1901
in Germany, involving IA, 900 persons,
as against 1,4G2 strikes Of 29S,S19 per-
sons in 1900. In 200 cases in 1901 the
strikes were successful, in 2S5 cases
they were partially successful, and in
81 cases they failed.
The numerous Islands Of the Pata-
gonia archipelago are covered with ev-
crgreen forests capable Of supplying
immense quantities of valuable tim
Der, while the mountain ranges, being
OF the same geological formation as
those OF Chile and Peru, are probably
rich in mineral u
The exporting Of American shoes is
Of comparatively recent growth. In
1895 this country exported only ST.
OOO,OOO worth Of boots and shoes, but
for the fiscal year 1901 it sent abroad
$5,5OO,O00 worth Of boots and shoes,
and England and her colonies took
5 4,4O0,OO worth Of this total.
An effort is being made in Sweden to
use electricity in agriculture. A seed
field is covered by o network Of wire,
and a strong electric current is turned
on during nights and chilly days, but
cut off during sunny and warm wealth
er. The system was invented by Pro-
fessor Lemstrom of Helsingfors, Fin
land.
Some time ago the customs authori-
fog GnjZp1 q hny Of clitt1nc that ~,