The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-11

|kENSY NOTES OF INTEREST
In an Interview with the premier
of Holland at The Hague, the Amer
lean minister, Mr.. Beaupre, gave as
surance that the United States would
interpose no objection to any punish
ment which the Dutch nation might
inflict upon Venezuela short of &C
tual occupation. They might estab-
lish blockade with the sympathy
and full approval of Washington.
Fifty years ago the first ocean
cable was laid. Now two span the
Pacific and about fifteen cross the
Atlantic. Marconi is sending wire
cry day, and De Forest believes that
from the lofty Metropolitan tower in
New York he will soon be able to
say: Hello! Is this the Eiffel
tower, Paris?" Who can predict
what wonders in telegraphy will be
developed in the coming fifty years?
Though the Australians constitute
a part of the great British empire
they are living under Il republican
form of government. They spea..
The English language. They adm.
American Institutions and imite,
| them. Like Americans, they al
hustlers. and they believe in a stan.
ard OF living which is not based or
competition with Asiatic labor. Re
membering these things, their won
derfully enthusiastic welcome to the
American fleet is easily understood.
Bob Burdette has just returned
from Ireland, where he spent the
summer gaining knowledge and
pleasure. His wit seems to have
been sharpened by his visit abroad.
To New York reporter upon his ar
rival home he said: The thing
that surprised me most in Irelan
was that there are SO many Irish
there. l thought they all were on
the New York police force. Ireland
is the most beautiful country in the
world, but is just as poor as it is
beautiful"
The largest rock crusher in the
world was recently thrown into OPP
GRAFTON In cement mill in South
Pittsburg, Tenn, and it brushes all
the rock used by 1000 barrel
plant. The capacity of the machine
hourly is 500 tons, and sixty per
cent of the product is in pieces four
inches or less. The crusher is nine
teen feet high and weighs 5000
pounds. The hopper is twenty feet in
diameter. The operation of this
machine alone requires twenty-nine
horse power.
Cuba Is taking a step which may
be OF Importance as affecting the flu
ture Of that island. Many of the
more progressive Cubans, including
gentlemen high in official position,
are convinced that what the country
needs is immigration which will sup
ply the necessary means of develop
ing the natural resources of that sec
| ton. Cuba is rich in agricultural
mining and manufacturing possibil-
tiles. An organized effort to secure
such immigration is now being made,
and on the outcome will depend i'm
| portant results Cuba with good
government and industrial expansion
should be prosperous and happy.
There are, of course, many eau
ses for the commercial progress
made by Germany Of recent years,
but surely one of the most important
and least often mentioned must be
the fact that the German popula-
ton of the world is nearly 100000
600 strong. The Society for Teuton-
ism in Foreign Countries has estab-
lished the numbers of those Ger
mans living outside of Germany as
follows: Austria, 100000; Hun
| gary, 1,lOO,UUU, 0WllZcIlduu, q >
100000; Russia, 1,171,3S7; rest OF
Europe. 9,5G4,S94; Asia, 1927;
Africa, G24,O0O; Australia, 1884,
900; America, North and South,
100000.
The death Of A. r. Spofford, chief
librarian of the Congressional Ii
| brary, removes from the public life
one who attained an honorable po-
sition in American literature. AS
the editor Of several Libraries, .
and as historian, he has instruct
Jed thousands Of his countrymen
But it is on his distinguished career
as a Librarian he will be best re-
membered. The facility with which
he acquired languages, the passion
for books and his wonderful mem
DRY showed he was natural born
librarian His genius is in the mag
nificent library building in Washing
ton, the finest in the world, and in
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