Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-06-03

mass strong enough to hold mp thc
earth and prevent cayeins.
Incredible rs II seems, Cleveland, one
Of the great cities Of the country, was
not Incorporated AS u village until 1914
aud had then n population Of not more
than 500 people, though its iocat,oa
made Il prominent In a small way.
First place among the universities
Of the world In matter Of mere mum
bers, up to last year held BY that Ot
Berlin, has now been won by the Cni
versity OF Paris, which had u student
body of l68 8Oa In last summers SCENES.
ter.
Sorcery now and then fgures Ia
twentieth century life. The Paris civil
court has Just dismissed suit brought
against Professor Raymond aud Or
Menard, TWO well known physician ns
by y coachn,an. who charged them with
sorcery.
The phonograph In suggested by a
French photographer as means of
timing when a clock cannot be watch
ed. lie has fitted his machine with y
cylinder counting from 10 240. with
intervals OF one second between the
numbers.
largest Of all guns carried by Brit.
ish warships Ii the twelve inch, but
since the Bragiliaa ships now building
In England are TO be fitted wifh I3.n
inch guns II has been decided to con
duct experiments with the large weap'
on for the British navy.
At meeting Of the London Xooiog
ical society the secretary pointed ou,
that the young giraffes have relatively
much shorter necks than their parents
the neck In the former being not long
) er than tue fore legs, which II targel,
exceeds In length IN the latter
The interurban railway OF WinoDa
Ind, Is the only electric line In the
country which II not Ia operation oil
Sunday. The officials, moreover, will
the exception OF two. serve without
pay, and the profits Of the road ars
entirely devoted to the support OF {
technical school at Indianapolis.
There Is ut Lincoln Center, Me, a
shoe factory unique IN that one man
erected the bnilding. developed th'
water power, constructed the watel
wheel and gearing and invented and
built the machinery. This same man
now serves as owner, agent. salesman
bookkeeper, foremaa and help"
Switzerland IN suffering from Z
plague of leeches, which are killing tli,
fish In the lakes and rivers by thou
sands. In the upper course OF tbe
Neufchatel and Constance, where thu
plague is most acute. thousands OF
dead fsh are seen hoa ting on the va
ter
A few years ago II WAS considered
aD extraordinary and wonderful fea
for u ship to cross the Atlantic inside
q week. Now II " done In n tribe oyel
four days. When Chicago erected thu
Masonic temple, containing twenty
two stories we thought tbs limit had
been reached. In New York now ihsr,
are structures twice that height.
Since the law was passed recent,
giving bslfpenDy head for dest
rats the scboolbOys Of Copenhagen de
vote their pIaytims 10 bunting tb'
| rodent. The bodies are taken 10 ib,
fire brigade station. where the tails ar
| cut OF 10 order that the reward ma,
not be claimed second time III.
bodies are burned the same night IN
| furnace at the gas works
w. Grant Stevenson. the Edinburzl
sculptor, bss completed statue II
bronze OF Robert Burns. which viii h
shipped to Milwaukee for erection fl
one Of the public parks. The siafns
which Ia twelve feet in height. repre-
sents the poet sits nding with n0te
book In one hand and . quill pen Il
the other. The granite bears an orig
fnsi design. orna meDted with broBz
| panels cf THE cottsrs safards
Night" and "Hurns st the P,ow"
/ Nsw sUits yeS Usys.
i The coat lhaI viii te worn ~ fssl
II IL xxr4El k.a kAxf