The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-10-24
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In Massachusetts schools dissection
Of animals has been forbidden by law.
Over 10000 couples resident in Ber-
lin have celebrated their silver we'd
dings.
A short New York man asks for a d.
vorce because his tall wife is ashamed
to be seen with him.
In Beaumont, Tex, 1900 residences
were built in the last twelve months.
It has a population of 10000.
Raleigh introduced tobacco in Eu-
rope, and now North Carolina will erect
a monument to Sir Walter in Raleigh.
The Hebrew theaters in Chicago have
reached an agreement by which plays
are to be passed along from one to an
other.
Only 49,746 acres Of flax are being
cultivated this year in Ireland, a de-
crease of 1913 per cent on the figures
for 1901.
-Four million dollars is the sum an
nually left in Paris by visiting Ameri-
cans, according to a writer in the Petit
Partisan.
1t is one of the duties Of the Berlin
fire brigade to supply steel cylinders
containing oxygen for use in cases of
gas poisoning.
Billiards as a game is decreasing ir
popularity in France, where the mum.
Der of tables in use fell from 10000 in
1889 to $4,000 last year.
A decree recently promulgated b.
the government Of Costa RIGA estab-
fishes chemical laboratories in the Gus.
tom houses Of the republic.
Nearly 5000 motor cars are now in
use in Paris and the n~eighborhood-
$500 Of the cars having a registered
speed Of owe eighteen miles an hour.
A tomb Of lapis lazuli has been dis.
covered among several others south of
the great pyramid of Gizeh. There
were many sarcophagi and inscriptions
found likewise.
~Spitzbergen belongs to no country,
and since the cessation of whaling it is
deserted even in summer. There are
deposits Of coal and phosphates, but it
does not pay to work them.
Boats instead of wagons are used by
the rural free delivery carrier at New
Suffolk, N. Y. The route there lies
along the shores Of a protected bay,
and in ordinary weather he can sail
over his course more easily than be
can go in a wagon.
Less than 10 per cent Of Manitoba's
land has been taken up. The neighbor-
ing territory Of Assiniboia has nearly
100000 acres, mostly suitable for
wheat propagation. Alberta, zeal the
Rockies, is 500 by 800 miles in extent,
and Saskatchewan is another empire
in area.
Platinum has long been mined in the
Similkameen, about $50 miles east OF
Vancouver, B.. G. It is said that China.
men have been earning living wages
for the past fifteen years by recover
Ing platinum from the placer deposits
Of the Tulameen river and also of
Granite creek.
It Is reported that an oil spring of
good quality has been discovered in
the southeastern district Of South AUS.
tralia. The spring is near the lakes
which exist at the mouth Of the Muir
ray river, in the vicinity Of the little
town Of Beningie, on the eastern shore
of Lake Albert.
For playing heads and tails" for
stakes Of a farthing an apprentice
named Paul Riedel has. been sentenced
to Punishment from Austria. Accord.
ing to the Austrian criminal law, the
uniform punishment for all games Of
chance, including the game "heads anG
tails" is Punishment.
The Assouan dam on the Nile itself
Is one Of the greatest engineering
works in existence. It is no less thai
n and a quarter miles in length, anG
it is pierced by $50 sluice gates q fee
In height and Z feet in width, BY
means Of which the regulation Of thu
waters will be secured.
An Atlanta (Ga.) bank has opened {
department exclusively for it's wome1
clients. The paying teller Is a woman
who pays all checks presented to he
in brand new currency. Depositors IL
l the women's department are Furnished
with dainty combination check ant
pass books bound in Russian leather.
| The disciplinary council of the Mu
mich bar has just had brought before i
f a barrister charged with the higl
j, crime and misdemeanor Of taking par
in amateur theatricals. The impugnet
= lawyer pleaded that he had charged n,
! fees, but the bar council declined t.
| admit that this want Of prudenc
: purged the offense and imposed a fine
. together with a sharp reprimand.
That a powerful alarm like a 70;
t siren can be sounded without bein;
heard is shown by the Investigation
Of E. P. Edwards on the English coast
according to London Invention. At
distance Of a mile from the siren tn
sound began to die away, and betwee:
two and three miles it was entirely ii
l audible. This mysterious silent zone
constantly changed in extent and pos
ton.
Census returns give 1854 childre
under sixteen years Of age who are en-
ployed in making shirts for men in til