Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1905-03-09
FACTS IN FEW LINES

The Chinese still make the sest lndla
ink.
u A Wisconsin dog by stepping on the
trigger if a gun shot boy.
Thus far England has imported more
oranges than any other fruit from
Spain.
Ii ii estimated that the wear and
tear on American railroads pulverizes
427,O 900 tons Of iron annually.
Drivers Of automobiles In England
who refuse to stop when requested to
DO 30 By d person driving q horse are
fined.
Demand in China for japanese can
vas shoes, fans, china and anthony Is
increasing since the present far east
war began.
The government now has On hand
about 462, 000O 900 silver dollars, which
require about 115,500 cubic feet Of
space to store In the treasury.
The British possessions in west At
rica cover 100000 square miles, contain
ing 20,0O0,O00 negroes and easily capa.
bic Of producing yearly cotton crop
OF 100000 bales.
IA traveller In Siberia Is authority
FOR the statement that the natives
along the coast eat much wood. The
bark ID stripped from the trees and
cooked until 1t Ii pulp.
The Tasmanian parliament has In
serted d clause In new taxation bill
granting an exemption Of $50 for every
child Of all income taxpayers whose in
comes are under certain amount.
Two old portraits OF Nelson in good
condition have, 1t is announced, been
discovered In Dresden, dating from the
great admiraps visit there in 1901. The
one Is large pastel, the other minia-
ture in oil.
Opium smoking has reached immense
proportions In the French ports ON the
Mediterranean sea. Laws have been
passed In Marseilles and Tcnlon forbid
ding the rolling OF pills In public
places In those cities.
Sheep are going to the slaughter more
rapidly than they are bred in this
country. If the reduction going on pro-
ceeds much longer the country will
realize that 1t is up against short home
wool crops as well as sheep supply.
The University Of California at
Berkeley faces a magnificent view Of
bay, island and shore, but the high
hills behind 1t are bare. They are to be
covered with redwoods, frs, man
ranitas, tan and white oaks and ma
droues.
The ancient pagodas in Manchuria
OF which one hears 50 much nowadays
are built according to the custom of
centuries. a first class pagoda has eli
Their seven, nine or thirteen stories,
while a second class has either three
or five. But few are built now.
The house at 10 Downing street. Lon
don, In the official residence of the Eng
lish premier ana Is always kept ready
for his occupancy. Mr.. Balfour stayed
there while In London recently, and an
open fire Ii always kept burning in his
bedroom. whether he Is In London or
not
The 700 sh0emakers' shops in Can
ton, China, employ 5000 men and co.
600 women, who work from daylight to
dark. Since the recent introduction of
kerosene lamps their hours even have
been heightened They get from about
$500 to So a month In wages and their
meals, consisting OF rice and salt fish,
For a winter climate Canon City,
Colo, has reputation second to no
locality in the United States. During
the winter OF 10000 hundreds of
robins, blue birds and turtledoves made
their homes IN that vicinity, and there
was no weather during the whole sea
son SO severe as to harm the feathered
creatures.
Belgium, where public libraries are
almost unknown, enjoys 10000 public
houses. That means one public house
for thirty-six inhabitants, or one public
house for twelve men above seventeen
years OF age. During the last fifty years
the population has increased so per
cent, the number OF public houses 25S
per cent
The English market, which on ac-
count of its great importations Of Bra
xiiian rubber is the principal inter-
naediary between production and
French industry. Is Of much greater i'm
pprlapce than all the other markets.
The Belgian and German markets do
net furnish France half as much as do
ita own colonies.