The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-18
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me United States lighthouse serv-
ICES cost s4,500,0 900 a year.
The United States now takes half
the worlds crop Of rubber.
IN 1902 the Berlin banks paid an
average dividend Of Z per cent.
VI M children Of school age in Rus
STA, 100000 are receiving no instruc-
ton.
The wine supplied to the pope is said
TO be ESQ years old and practically
priceless.
There are 800 Chinese students in the
colleges Of Japan, and 500 more are
to be sent.
Nearly 2 per cent. of Norway's pop
ulation has emigrated during the last
IL months,
In Southern India the schoolmasters
nave AZ different kinds of punishment
for naughty boys.
The Rhodesian gold output for July
amounted to 23,57O ounces, which On.
stitutes q record.
For ten years the average yield of
corn in Iowa has been, approximately,
50 bushels to the acre.
The 22d child was born to the fam.
lily of John Rudney, Of West MARI.
borough, N. Y, recently.
Two hundred tons weights Of bag.
gage accompanied the king and queen
on their visit to Ireland.
The Scandinavians now have an
enormous fleet of big steel tramp ships
IN serious rivalry with the British.
The French ministry of marine has
Issued an order ~suppressing in future
the christening" Of ships OF war.
Diamonds have been discovered in
Liberia, and several tested in London
were found to be stones of good color.
From a parliamentary paper 1t ap
pears that four churches in the city OF
London have been pulled down since
1884.
At the last sitting Of the Italian par.
lament 80 bills were approved in five
hours. They were voted eight at q
time.
The government mint report puts
the gold production of the world. since
the discovery of America at $751;.
100000.
One of the most prominent oil mag.
mates in Los Angeles is a woman. who
is said to control about half of the
whole product.
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During stormy weather at Berne.
Switzerland, a flash of lightning struck
a flock of sheep, killing 48. The shep
herd was badly injured.
The Gaulois announces that M. Jules
Verne, the celebrated author, has be.
come almost blind, and an operation
for cataract is necessary.
The Knights of Labor are aiding the
employers Of New York in the fight
against the unions which have not YET
signed the arbitration plan.
In Greater New York the average
number of children In Protestant fam
lilies is 1.85. in Catholic families 2.03
and in Hebrew families 2.54.
The largest and best stocked marine
aquarium in the world is Oh the old
moat Of the abandoned Fl. Jefferson
on Gordon Key, Dry Tortugas.
Persistent insomnia, unwonted irri
liability and dread of graphing with
business problems are. danger signals
of general nervous breakdown.
An attempt by Spanish anarchists t.
derail a train in Andalusia by mean.
of a telegraph post and a steel raj
placed across the line has failed.
Three German carpenters arriving a
Sydney under contract have been for
hidden to land pending an inquir,
whether they are skilled laborers.
A girl child was born recently at thu
Egyptian Village" in the fire exhibit
ton. earl's court. She is named Alex
andra Ibrahim, in honor Of the queen
Three Photographic records of thu
voice of the emperor of Austria have
been taken for preservation by tn
Imperial Academy Of Sciences o
Austria.
Forty-eight persons have been fount
frozen to death as a result of the re
cent severe snowstorm which passed
over Germany, and many are still
missing.
A communication from the Soutl
African Colonization society state
that out of all the girls sent by it t
theicape only 2 per cent. have turne'
out badly.
The Yellowstone park proper is one
third larger than Delaware, and tn
adjoining government forest reserve
make an area nearly equal to that Q
New Jersey.
The worlds record for fast type
writing is now held by Miss Pretty
of the United States patent office. VIII
wrote 2O,40O words in six hours wit
less than one error to the page.
Owing to the prevalence of rabie
among the cats of Amberg. Bavaria
the authorities gave orders for q MAJ
sacre, and not a single cat has SUI
vived.
Exports Of butter from the Unite
States for. the fiscal year ended Jun
80. 1903, amounted to only 8.1S7.95
pounds against 15,0S1.4S0 pounds tn
year previous.