The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-18
GLEAN1NGs OF A c

"A stalk Of Indian corn uses up 81
pounds of water during its season.
Newfoundland exports over $1,000
'0oO q year of ish-nearly all cod.
Less than ~one-seventh of the land
! Great Britain is owned by farmers.
On Sunday a convention Of $4,000
Christian Scientists opened at Boston.
A well-equipped eye sanitarium will
soon be travelling through Egypt in a
tent.
A room in which soiled clothes or
shoes become moldy is too damp for
health.
Mexico now has 10000 American
residents and 1929, OOO, 900 American
money.
Within a year the United States has
sold 253,983 pairs of shoes to British
subjects.
In an exhibition at Vienna a billiard
table is being shown which was made
there in 1913.
Cheese at thirteen cents a pound is
more economical as food than meat at
the same price.
One playing on the piano the music
Tor three songs exerts enough force to
raise 1000 pounds.
A turbine engine for transatlantic
business will be fully tested by Sir
Christopher Furness.
Automobiles made for the German
army haul five to eight ton loads
through billy country.
During the last fiscal year one in
every 401 railway employees was killed
and n in every "a injured.
Sandals are increasingly popular in
Germany and are even worn in the
streets by ladies and children.
MI. Whitaker Wright has had q re-
lapse, and the hearing of his case has
been postponed until tomorrow.
The Marquis Townsend, who took
his seat yesterday in the House Of
Lords, has Joined the Liberal party.
Last week a whole company of SOL
diers were taken i'll with symptoms of
poisoning at Bekes- Czaba, Hungary.
Captain Blackburn has again set out
w NAOSSEE INC ASl0ul4O 14Om 11c11A1Ae
Nova Scotia, to France in an open
boat.
One out Of two working men in
England who reach the age Of 66 dies
a pauper and is buried at the poor.
house.
Vaccination is now compulsory in
France during the first yearNo of life,
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21st years.
The Kearsarge, in crossing the At
lantic en- route for Kiel. at a rate of
1862 knots an hour, beat all records
for ba%ttleships.
Two people died and three were
made seriously i'll from eating bread
into which a spider had been kneaded,
at Gainesville, Ga.
Cotton is the most valuable crop we
! grow, except corn. The II, 0 900 bales
in this years production will bring
planters about $500, 100000.
The pressure of sap arising from 9
grape vine root has been found equal
i to sustaining a column of mercury
/ three and a half feet high.
The visit Of the Burgomaster OF
Brussels to London, as the guest Of
the city. has been postponed, owing t.
the illness Of his daughter.
The emigration from our northwest
ern states to British Columbia leave.
!, us still about q million ahead Of Can
ada In the exchange Of citizens.
The area added to the British EN-
pire by the acquisition Of the Doe
republics and 100000 square miles o.
the Niger exceeds that OF France.
Col. Wallace, grand master, state
that no reconciliation has yet been ei
fected between the Grand Orange lodge
Belfast, and Mi. Thomas Sloan. M. I
There are now In operation in tn
United States sos national banks. wit
q capital aggregating 3766. 0o0, 00t
During the existence Of national bank
1872 have gone into receivership.