Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-04-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

In some parts Of Italy the wholesale
price of wine is little more than a cent
quart.
The mint at Paris struck last year
over 100000 francs of silver coins for
use in Tunis.
The royal mint of Vienna is coming
$1000,0OO worth of new gold and silver
money for Servia.
1t costs on an average 5000 to put
out fire in London and 500 to. extin-
guish one in New York
Galalith, or "milk stone," is being
much used for decorating and promises
to take the place of marble.
More than twice the number required
for the Australian navy in Victoria
have applied for enrolment.
The cellar in the Bank of France re
sembles a large warehouse. Silver
coin Is stored there in 800 barrels.
Mexican mints turn out more silver
money than those Of any other country
in the world. Last year Mexico shipped
several million silver dollars to China.
Study Of an ancient bridge at Leu
cade has convinced NJ. Phi. Negris that
the level Of the Mediterranean is ten
feet higher than 1t was 1900 years ago.
Fireworks on the mainland, mistaken
for signals Of distress from sea, caused
the lifeboat men Of TOtland bay, Isle
of Wight, to spend four hours at sea in
stormy weather.
The flock masters of Australia are
now beginning to take an interest in
the Angora, and mohair growing may
yet become an industry of considerable
Importance there.
Exposure of the retina to blue light
for three months is claimed by two
Swiss dentists to have given insensi-
bility so complete that tooth was ex-
tracted without pain.
An institute for cancer investigation,
to be in the immediate vicinity Of the
Academy hospital at Heidelberg, will
be begun soon, and its completion is
expected in the spring of 1906.
Treatment with leprolin, the new Sc
um prepared by Captain Rost and
tried in the Indian asylums of the mis-
sion to lepers, Is declared to have re
suited in a complete cure in three
cases.
During the siege of Port Arthur 265
per cent Of the garrison were put hors
de combat. This apparently impossible
feat was made possible by the fact that
SO many wounded men returned to
duty. from the hospitals.
Governor Sparks Of Nevada and some
other wealthy men intend to establish
an oasis in Death valley, seventy-five
miles south Of Goldfield, for the benefit
of travellers. Artesian wells will trans
form 1t, and it is to be stocked with
game.
When the electrifcation Of the rail-
ways which run underground in Lon
don is completed the traveller will be
able to traverse sixty miles under
ground by electric traction without
running twice over the same piece Of
track.
1t is stated by the Peking Times that
among the gifts presented to the en-
press of China on her birthday was
Ger. 1t was examined by the old lady's
experts and turned out the be a piece
of glass. ...
On Grand View street Bennington,
VT, living within a radius Of a few
rods, and in FIVE different families, are
six young men whose height averages
six feet each. The oldest is about
eighteen years old, the youngest four
teen years. ...
Wounded at the siege of Lucknow,
retired from the Seventeenth lancers
with a good conduct medal, having al
ways lived an exemplary life, Henry
William Smith has just passed away
at Brighton, England. A grateful coun-
try allowed him to die in the work
house.
While trimming the leaves Of an old
Bible that has been in the family for
half a century #. S.. Rand Of Worces-
ter found a United States bond for
$100 issued in 1861 Although $134,-
100000 worth of bonds were issued at
the same time, the treasury report
shows that the whole issue has been
redeemed with the exception of $9,400
1t is thought that Ireland will yet
become famous as a tobacco raising
country. Recent experiments show
that twenty acres yielded 1900