Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-06-09
FACTS I'M FEW LINES

There are more than 100000 widows
In Berlin.
At Rome twins were recently born
to couple both OF whom are over sew
enty.
Bovine typhus killed 2.23s head OF
cattle In Egypt during the week ending
Dec. 20 last.
Byproducts OF oil retineries are ex-
pected to make excellent fuel for
greenhouses.
In 1881 the London birth rate aver
aged 32.2 thousand. 1t has steadily
declined to $50.
Income tax has been introduced for
the first time In Montenegro and is
causing much discomfort
A Canadian egg merchant proposes
20 ship his wares to Great Britain
packed In barrels and frozen solid.
Athens has weekly periodical, the
Bulletin dOrlent. which Is concerned
with the affairs Of the Greeks In Mace
donna.
or the 12,703 newspapers and period
icals published In Germany more than
III per cent are In other languages than
German, o per cent being In English
alone.
In 1885 there were only 10000 to
1900 Jews In Jerusalem. Last year
In the city they numbered at least
41.OO0. In all about 10000 are actual
| IN living In Palestine
An attache of the Japanese legation
i'm London says that he knows person
ally or ave women who committed sui
eide because their husbands disgraced
themselves In the army.
A movement has been started by Jap.
anese residents of New York to erect
a Buddhist temple in that city, to serve
mot only as house OF worship. but as
a central gathering place for all ma
| lives Of Japan.
Plans have been fled in Chicago for
an EPoQuois Memorial Emergency hos
pital, to be erected In that city, and to
| provide and maintain an institution in
/ memory OF the victims of the IroQuois
theater IRE on Dec. 80.
st. Paul and Minneapolis are the lar
| gest frog markets In the world. The
total receipts for the last year from
| the frog catchers OF the state exceeded
100000 dozen. requiring the slaughter
OF no less than 100000 frogs.
1 One OF the most curious facts In sc
gard to snakes Is that their eyes are
never closed. Sleeping or waking
alive or dead. they are always wide
open. This is because they have nc
eyelids. The eye Is protected only by
strong scale, which 10 cast OF every
time the reptile changes Its skin.
i The Swedish Mission society Of
America Ii trying to secure share IL
the S1.3O0,O0O Of profits that have re
suited from gold mine discovered II
| Alaska by r. III. Andson, missionary
sent there by the society. The point Il
whether mission board IL entitled Il
profits which its missionaries max.
outside Of their calling.
Az the increased trafic which new
railways will bring to Triest will ne
cessitate larger harbor facilities thar
. the present contracts call for, the gov
ernment has decided 20 change 1T
plans and to construct at once ney
harbor In the bay Of Muggia of ca
pacity at least equal to that OF the oil
one to the northwest OF the city.
While the general expenditures o
the government are steadily increas
: ing from year to year. the per capt.
expenditures In proportion to popula
tion do not depart far from constan
average. In 1870. owing to war debts
etc. the per capita taxation for tn
government was $40, In 1880 $6.07, 4
1890 $6.4O and In 1900 STAG. This yea
1t Is about ST..
It ID said that the younger elemen
Of the Mormon church in Salt LAX
. City IL rebeIling against the intolerabl
tyranny of the Mormon elders. TIE
young men, all officials of the churcl
have been expelled because they RI
fused to promise obedience In bushes
ana political affairs, and many Other
have been given seven days I'm whic
TO submit or be expelled.
Among the reasons given BY ID
James d. Wilton OF New York, q lif
long religious writer and Journals
for the decline Of the denomination
newspapers Ii that .the daily pres
now supplies b great amount Of rel
gious news end prints many sermons
thus giving to greater number
readers AL the religious news the
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