The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-09-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

The United States lighthouse serv.
ices cost s%4,5oo,ooo a year.
The United States now takes half
tne worlds crop of rubber.
In 1902 the Berlin banks paid an
average dividend Of Z per cent.
VI the children of school age in Rus
STA, 100000 are receiving no instruc-
ton.
The wine supplied to the pope is said
70 DC 25O 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
have AZ different kinds of punishment
for naughty boys.
The Rhodesian gold output for July
amounted to 23,570 ounces, which con.
stitutes a record.
Fol ten years the average yield of
corn in Iowa has been, approximately,
IS 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 it 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 a
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.
During stormy weather at Berne.
Switzerland, a flash of lightning struck
a flock of sheep, killing 4S. 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.S5, 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 nervou 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 tn,
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 tn
voice of the emperor of Austria hav'
been taken for preservation by tn
Imperial Academy of Sciences Q
Austria.
Forty-eight persons have been foun,
frozen to death as a result of the re
cent severe snowstorm which passe'
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
thelcape 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 ares nearly equal to that 9
New Jersey.
The worlds record for fast type
writing is now held by Miss Prett!
of the United States patent office, VIII
wrote 2O,4OO words in six hours wit
less than one error to the page.
Owing to the prevalence of rabie
among the cats of Amberg, Bavari;
the authorities gave orders for a ma
, sacre, and not a single cat q su
, vived.
Exports of butter from the Unite
!, States for the fiscal year ended Jun
80, 1903, amounted to only S,197.95
pounds against 15,0S1,4S0 pounds I'll