The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-09-18
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In Massachusetts alone there II more
neglected water power going 70 waste
than - available AZ Niagara Falls.
Nearly one-thfrd of the immigrants
who arrive In the port Of New York
never go beyond the city for q home.
There In n lot of poverty on Manhat-
tan Island. but the assessment rolls give
$2sen0 In taxable property to each In
habitant.
Courts are a great expense to New
YORK city. The Jurors alone Inst year
cost x4l5.iU The year before the cost
was SELLING
In China there are match factories nj
which only hand labor II employed One
of them. M iisieh Chang, has go work
era 400 OF whom are women.
When New York City's Catskill aque-
duct IL completed the city viii have wa
ter enough for a population Of 100000.
Without any cause for anxiety.
In Paris last year Haas horses were
killed for food. which was 5000 more
than the previous year. These animals
yielded ai.enn.oo0 pounds of meat.
Hot weather has brought a marked
lncreaNe ia the number of children who
are taken to the New York hospitals for
treatment. and the diagnosis shows that
20 per cent 81 the trouble arises from
improper feeding.
There has been a large increase In
the number of emIgrants FROM the port
~ New York during the last year. but
the net result IL that the city Is growing
at the rate os about $1,000 a month
through immigration.
An electric railway is being built on
the Zugspitxe. the highest peak In the
Alps OH Bavarian territory. Its height
is about l0.ot0 feet. The railway will
run To the summit. while a hotel will
he built at the 7,ooofcot level.
w. w. HiIditch, OF the Sheffield Sci
entidc School. has by laboratory tests
a~scertained that the bacteria found on
paper money, while running UP into
the thousands for each bin. are not
usually OF an infectious or ~virulent
type.
There are some large profits made on
goods sold In New York City. but the
greatest percentage goes to the retailers
Of jewelry that has imitation precious
stones In its composition. The profit Is
often thousand times as much as
the goods cost. To get $40 for what
cost 40 cents is quite usual.
The Swamp Angel was the name
given by the Federal soldiers to an
eight-inch Parrot II which was
mounted on a battery built on piles
driven into a swamp outside Of Charles
ton. 8. c., and used during the siege Of
that city. 1t burst Aug. 22. 1868. After
the wal 1t was bought with some con-
demned metal n sent to Trenton to
be melted, but, having been identified,
wa set up on a granite base on the
corner Of Perry and Clinton streets In
that city.
The new Chinese Board of Education
II RA6t3E&S !" sAlI~Iul
Hsueh-tang. or civil normal college, in
Picking, for training teachers for SER
vice In the various civil schools and
colleges throughout the empire. In adj
dition to Chinese classics. says Har-
per's Weekly. English, French. German,
Russian and Japanese will be taught in
the proposed college. under the instruc-
ton OF experienced teachers. THE col.
iege will be established in the Chinese
city In the course Of the present year,
and the annual expenditure is esti-
mated to be about 100000 taels (about
$7o,OO0).
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
was IS years old on Aug. 13. but he
In still an ardent hunter. Having set
tied down at 1schl for his summer hol.
iday, the Emperor lost no time In be
ginning his ~favorite sport Of deer shoot.
Ing. In the first formal court shoot the
Emperor and his party drove in car
riages as far into the mountains as pos
sibie and then took to horses. But
after riding for a quarter of an hour
his Majesty was forced to walk the res,
Of the way MP the Steinherg. 5000 feet
high. An hours climb brought the
party 10 the hunting ground. and the
Emperor shot four stays.
Good anecdotes Of Saphir, the great
German hninorist and editor, are still
in circulation. A young couple. newly
engaged. were favored with a letter o1
introduction to him. which they duly
presented. Now, the gentleman wa,
notorious for his cffeminate habits aat
ways. and his appearance at onct
struck the eyes Of the observant jour
nalisi. who had heard about him. HI
said nothing, received the pair with EN-
pressetnen;. insisted uIon their heinz
seated In his most comfortable easJ
chairs. assured them how pleased b,
was to hear of their engagement, and
wound M with -Now, pray. you must
you really must. tell me which OF yov
10 to he the bride"
When Charles Dickens was In Wash
ington he met one morning ON the steps
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