The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-04

- !..ra ~ ram equals eleven and
c%nethird inches OF SNOW.
Not ! child is working IN any cigar
factory in New England.
Ror4e has q water supply Of 20o.Ooo.-
Cuo gallons x day, London only leo
o0o.ooa and Paris 100000.
+ The Ceyiea pearl fishing season lasts
only three or four weeks. hnt during
that time aatsn 100 oysters are brought
to the surface.
The state OF Mississippi! has effected
an increase OF about S12,0uO,0Oo in the
amount of taxable property in the
state by Il recent readjustment in the
Assessment Of railroads.
The first issue OF a new paper under
the name of the Indian Christian
Newspaper has appeared in Calcutta.
It Is to be published monthly. but will
not be the organ OF any particular
body Of Christians.
tenement house committee Of the Char
ity Organization society, declares Tat
a close canvass shows that there are
in New York tenements 357 1000 rooms
that have no windows.
The famous sycamore tree at He'll
opolis, In the suburbs Of Cairo. be
meath whose shades the holy family is
said to have found shelter after the
flight into Egypt. has fallen. but trees
descended from 1t remain.
Shares in a japanese fishing compa-
ny have all been sold. and two fishing
boats, each of 40 tons, are being built
at Tokyo. Upon their completion cod
fishing after the American method will
be started in the Okhotsk sea-.
The strong feature OF the New South
Wales liquor law is that when a per
sol Is found on licensed premises dur
ing prohibited hours he must go before
the court and prove himself to be a
traveller or regular boarder or submit
to a fine.
A Portland CMe.) company has con-
tracted to build a standpipe in Bidde-
ford. Me. This %standpipe will be the
largest and strongest one ever built In
New England. 1t is to be made of
steel and will be sixty feet in diane
ter and fifty feet in height.
Married men are the most reliable
in the opinion of q Chicago packer, and
to back up his opinion he Is now tuck
ing a present into the pay envelope of
every employee that gets married. He
Is giving the married men the prefer
ence when new and better positions
are open.
Nine. Melba said recently. "Ameri-
cans enjoy and appreciate grand
opera quite as much as do the people
Of Europe, and it is my firm belief that
within a decade this country will have
developed singers and teachers quite
as great as those who claim Europe as
their birthplace"
In 1905 there We're 1915 power
looms working on silk goods in Swift
zerland. Swiss silk : manufacturers
had in the same year 1888 power
looms employed in foreign countries in
this industrial line. The exports of
Swiss silk goods in 1905 aggregated
$22,400.oO0 In value.
The postal service of Great Britain
serves 10000 square miles, while the
mail routes of the United States serve
an area of more than 100000 square
miles in addition to 21S,0OO Of star
route service and 10000 miles D. other
service. The mileage Of the United
States mail cars is thirty-three times
that of Great Britain.
The recent wedding of Miss Helen
Hathaway Gardner of West Bridge
water. Mass. and MIR. Erwin yelling
ton Lothrop of Easton, which Was held
at the Unitarian church at West
Bridgewater, was notable in tie fact
that 1t was the first wedding held IN
the church since May. 1862.
One of the most noted makers of hall
clocks was Samuel Mulliken of New
buryport, Mass, who died in 1756. The
best sample Of his work has been
found recently in the home Of Mrs. S
Herbert Wilkins Of Salem. The clock
has a solid mahogany case, brass
works and face that Included a calen-
dar.
There are some terrible figures in a
lCSeQk LlS4iSU Dlue DOOk III relation TO
sanitary measures In India. Under
the heading "a Plague" it ls recorded
that the number of deaths due to this
disease from the autumn Of 1886 to
the end of 1904 reached the enormous
total of 3,269,S10. of which 2,609,55l
occurred in the British provinces.
The Bar Association Of Virginia and
the American Bar association aave
started q movement for the purchase
of the old home of John Marshall OF
Virginia, the great jurist and former
chief justice of the supreme court of
the United States, in Richmond. Va. 1t
will be converted into a library, in
which viii be placed many valuable
old books, paintings and e%ngravings.
A. I. Quiller-Couch, the novelist. was
born in Cornwall, where his family
has lived for generations. His career
in various educational institutions was
marked by numerous successes. He