Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-01-24

more than thousand years old
The Russian empire holds the record
of having under lis sway siN'y-hNe
separate and distinct racial groups.
The yuIture ican travel l3o miles an
hour 1t Is question whether II OF
th, English kestrel is The sWiltest oird'
Sir Humphrey Davy said it was as
reasonable to aalk of yentilating Lon
don with windmils as To light the
biz city with gas.
Coal mining in the province of Shang-
tung, China, is steadily increasing
Last year one district produced I'D
900 ions. or 100000 tons more than the
year before.
Two ostriches which escaped from 4
colonial exhibition at Paris joined in
the promenade In the Champs Elysees,
| Paris. They were captured, by the 20.
lice after chase
The reduction works at Canso, \. >,
handled 1900 tons of dogfish last year
and produced therefrom 5000 gallons
of fish oil, besides 200 tons of fish
scrap, which makes a good fertilizer.
In order best to influence the British
government. d meeting of Hindoos op
posed to the partition of Bengal de
| cided the other day to observe the an
/ niversary of partition day" by fast
ing. praying and bathing in the
| Ganges."
The activity in shipbuilding in Eng
land is now greatly reducing the NUM-
Der of unemployed in the shipbuilding
| Industries. A year ago there We're
above IL per cent unemployed Now,
by board of trade report, it is shown
| that the unemployed are brought down
I to about 5 per cent.
The Preston England free library
committee has decided to distribute
hundreds of pictures among the Gle
mentary schools Of the town. with the
| object Of teaching them history. The
pictures deal with the poetry legends
and history of the country aud the
| great events Of the world.
A group of several engineers and
capitalists. headed by William o. Web.
err of Boston. believe they have revo-
lutionized the industrial system by a
new device utilizing the power of the
tides SO as to manufacture compressed
air. A plant is about to be erected at
| South Thomaston, Me-, to demonstrate
the value of this invention.
The spotlessly pure marbles Of the
island of Paros, Greece, are mined by
an English company. Many of the
celebrated statues left by the ancient
world were scnlptured from the mar
bles of the Parian mines The green
marbles of limos and the red of Mani
are likewise controlled by foreign cap
ital.
An ingenious inventor has just pat
ented folding bed that can be carried
on a motor car The bed opens trellis
fashion and when shut holds a mat
tress and pneumatic pillows. When
open it can be used also as table,
and when shut it can be made to serve
as front seat for a motor car.
Ireland obtains credit for being the
first country to register a national
trademark. The design reproduces an
antique Irish ornament with the words
Dlanta Eirinn," meaning s.made in
ireland" 1t is applicable to anything
produced or manufactured in the coun-
try.
Memorials to animals are fairly com
mon, but there is one in England exist
Ing inside a church. This is the effigv
OF a COW displayed in Durham cathe-
dral. Tradition asserts that it was
placed there in order to keep in re-
membrance the facts relating to the
burial within the sacred edifice Of the
remains of St Cutnbert..
The smallest newspaper printed in
Maine is the North Wayne Star, pub
lished twice month for the past two
or three years by two young boys call
Ing themselves the Pine Tree Printing
company. The pages are only Az by 6
inches, but there are twelve of them
and they are always filed with inter
esting local news. articles OF general in
terest and few advertisements.
IN commemoration of the rare fore
sight and wisdom and the indomitable
courage which led William H. Seward.
then secretary Of state, to induce an
congress to purchase Alaska
Tor his country the citizens OF Seattle
Will erect monument to commemo-
rate the act which has enflrarpd fha