The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-06-20
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A motor sifigh propelled by spike;
wheels Is patented II Germany.
Gasoline handcars are giving salts
factory service on western railways.
For every 100 deaths in rural dis
fTicts in England there are I1S in tow
districts.
The area of the Yellowstone parl
equals that of Delaware plus that O
Rhode Island.
4 musical! Passion play in sixteer
Sab.eau has been written by the cur,
Of a Paris church.
The French waterways bIli comprise.
improvements in the existing canals a
q cost of si2. 100000.
England owns 1890 OF the i4.oTI
steamers belonging to the twelve lead
ing nations Of Europe and America.
An ancient viking cup made out OF
the rertebrp of q whale has beer
foundsat 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 fangesout
eide 4 pneumatic tire are being used
for scouting on the TransyaaI railways
An electric motor car recently dou.
bled the length of Great Britain. traY.
cling LOO miles at an expense of !
cents a mile.
Several young members of the Bel
Kian aristocracy are now serving their
time is apprentices on board English
sailing ships.
Hull England municipal trans made
4 profit of 10000 last year. OF this
amount 10000 has been devoted to the
relief of the taxation.
A new tapeworm described by a jap
znese physician is OF gigantic size. be-
ing more than four inches broad and
shout thirty-fre feet long.
The difficulties in navigating the Red
sea are such from reefs and shoals that
no sfisEng vessel has passed the Srsz
canal in twenty-seFen years.
The record for rapid sla~ughtaring
Has been made by an Indianapolis
packing house BIZ turning S.29S hogs
INTO products within five hours.
The japanese telephone service IL
regulated By The department of com
municaticns. All the lines. Instruments
and Fittings are owned by the govern
ment.
Within ten years a German publisher
mas issued TRANSACTIONS of Eve 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 pu. typewriting
machines in the office of his private
secretary. This is quite an innovation,
Tor 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
ct penal serpitude out of South Africa
10 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
eOi-uGe udi4-
penny for twelve hours work.
4 glass house to be used as a soIari-
nm is being built at the government
Eaaitarigm for tuberculosis at Fort
Bayard. n. 81. During the last two
years the government has expended
about 100000 on his institution.
In Spandau- near Berlin, a great mil.
Hary center. a tax has been put on au-
eomatic orchestrions, which are becom-
ing an intoierable nuisance. as nearly
every restaurant has one. 1t is hoped
mat TIE tax will redEce 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 C
Buston. was to determine the Asiatic
sriginof the North American Indians.
In Toledo. o., the p~ostofice DEPART
ment will place on each letter box an
electrical device which will record at
she central Office when the box is open
ed Some such apparatus is found to
De necessary TO prevent collectors from
skipping boxes.
Tie w"men of Galveston. Tex, the
city SO nearly destroyed by the terrible
storm a few years ago. have organized
to beautify the town. They give enter
tainments to raise funds and with the
proceeds buy and plant trees along the
streets and in the parks.
A reward of f5.0OO is offered by the
department of agriculture in Queens
sand for the discovery Of a means of
Graduating the prick;y pear pest.
Rhich is a cactus imported from Amer
ea. The remedy must not cost more
than a certain sum per acre.
More mushrooms are grown at Ken
meth Square and Lansdale, near Phila-
aeiphia. than in any other section OF
she country. The department of agri.
culture hopes to develop the industry
nj this country so as to make importa-
lions from France unnecessary.
Electricity has increased the power Of
aeacoast lights { that Of 100000 can
dies. The mineral Oil lamp of the "Doty
5ystem," which was in almost unirer>
sai use previous to the Introduction OF
electricity. did not exceed $4,000 can
dies in the strength of its illumination.