The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-26
FACTS IN FEW LINES

b export Of Kid gloves
Many severe cases Of burns from
ceIuloid have been reported
Every one Of the large automobile
factories is far behind its orders.
The transfer system is not used By
any street railway in Great Britain.
The German Atlantic Telegraph CON-
pany has decided tot lay a second ca
BILE.
The authorities Of Baltimore county,
Md, furnish a%ntitoxins TO the poor
without cost.
During last year 100000 pounds OF
butter arrived in Europe over the
Transsiberian railway.
The state of New Jersey is about to
build a sanitarium for INDECENT suffer
ers from consumption.
The British have lost 30.e16 men in
the Boer war exclusive of the wounded
who died after returning.
Only 5000 conscripts have joined
their regiments out of the 5000 called
up in Finland for service.
Poachers using small explosive bombs
have killed a great number Of salmon
in the river Dee, England.
There will be an international expo-
sition of the appliances of alcohol held
In Lima, Peru. from Nov. i to ga, 1902
Silk is to be made from wood pulp by
a Philadelphia, who will use electric
ally made carbon bisuIphide as a soIr-
ent
Because she refused to washa baby's
face a native nurse at Hongkong has
been fined s. for "disobedience of Law.
full orders"
Three hundred million feet of logs
were u on the Penobscot river last
season. This is the largest harvest
ever known, and nearly one-half Of it
Is for the manufacture of paper.
1t has been discovered that the build
ing In Richmond, Va, where Poe edit
ed the Southern Literary Messenger is
still in existence, and it is proposed to
place a suitable commemorative tablet
on its walls.
The semiahnual distribution of prizes
by the National Cash Registry COM
pany Of Dayton. O.. for. the best sug-
gestions for improving factory meth
DDS and shopwork. 500 in gold, with
engraved diplomas, were presented to
dfty prize winners.
John Tweed, the sculptor who is ex-
scouting the base for the memorial to
British soldiers who fell at Shanghai
IN the Matabele war, says it will be
placed in a situation e the grave Of
Mr.. Rhodes. a fresh tomb is to be ex.
cayated for the reception of soldiers
bodies.
Dairymen hate thunder. It turns
their milk sour in a few hours. The
reason is that electricity changes the
sugar in milk to Tactic acid. The case.
In, or cheesy part of the milk, being
insoluble in presence of an acid, is then
precipitated into curds, and SO the
milk sours.
Paris Avenue des Champs Elysees,
which beyond the Porte MaiIlot is
called the Avenue de la Grande Armee,
Is to be extended beyond the Monu-
ment de la Defense at Courbeyoie into
the heart of the forest of st. Germain.
1t will then be thirteen miles long and
100 feet wide the whole way.
From the records of life insurance
companies and annuity societies T. E.
Young, late president of the Institute
OF Actuaries of England, out Of 800, OO0
cases has only been able to find TWEEN.
ty-tWo centenarians. American Medi-
cine declares that if one wishes to live
long n should choose long living an
! cestors.
There are 3,745 distilleries in the
United States, annually producing 1914.
53O,599 gallons of alcoholic spirits.
The total cost of aging the 142,119,23l
gallons OF whisky annually carried in
bond in the United States, including
loss by evaporation, interest, storage,
insurance, ETC., is estimated at about
Sl4,OOO,000 a year.
A. soldier recently found in the ruins
Of a factory near Pretoria a small stat
uette Of Kruger. On the base Of this
%statuette. which was of terra Gotta
ware, We're the words in Dutch, "P.
Kruger, President Of Cape Colony"
The factory had apparently been large
ly If not entirely devoted to the manu-
facture Of these %statuettes.
Tourist traffic has more than dou-
bled in Syria during the last ten years.
At present about $50 foreign tourists,
exclusive Of pilgrims and conducted
excursions, pass through Beirut an
nually, most of them proceeding to
Baalbek and Damascus. Twice this
number go through Palestine. Galilee
is also growing in favor among tour
lists.
A Swiss lady from Chaux de Fonds
recently went to live with her son at
Morteau, across the French frontier,
where she died. When the coffin, COW
ered with artificial wreaths, was
brought into Switzerland, a customs
house official claimed duty on the
Wreaths, and after a deal Of contro-
yersy the sum Of 4S cents was demand
ed and paid.
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