The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1888-09-20
CURRENT TOPICS.

loIe they are harvested. =
The Philadelphia board of bealth wants
lcrematory for gar,aaee.
MONOGRAM sto.kings arc said TO com.
mand as much as $3.50 pair. Z.
FIX hund.cd thousand Frnchmen own
shares In 'she Panama Canal.
IT Costs over $4,000, 900 a year 10 main
t9in the London police force.
TnE sand blast Is now being utilized for
SleaAing the dingy htono walls OF build
hRgu.
SPI mAH astronomer has discovered
khe existence OF rain aud snow In the
moon.
JACK FRosr Of the North ought TO tackle
Yellow Jack Of tho South, aud bo quick
about IT,
IT l. said that every woman who cares
to follow the fashion wIll carry walking
stick this fall.
Jar GouLp allows his daughter s20 n
week for pocket money, most OF which she
spends In charity.
ovKn 1000 children are reported TO have
died from measles In Santiago, Chill, In
loss than two months.
FULLY ihc, 900 Jewish immigrants have
landed In Few York since 1850 and 100, 900
fthcin Remained here.
OsE watermelon doctorod with half an
ounce os stryehnine killed 1900 rabbits on
. ranch at Tfaver, Col.
0tRLs arc beginning 20 look toward dem
flstry ~ held whore thoir wits and iu-
slrStry may win fair reward.
THE daily consumption of needles In this
country Is said 10 be 100000 most Of
which como from Redditch. Eng.
A REWARD Of $1,000 IL offered for tho dis
coyery OF process whereby canned corn
sAn be prevented from swelling.
a FaENcH electrician claims that he will
soon bo able 20 produce a thunder storm
wherever and whenever Il Ia desired.
Mrs. MILLKR, OF Salem, Ore, was rip
ping mn old drenn tho other day, when sho
discovered s25 In grecnbaeks in the lining.
LIruiuM Is this lightest metal known. and
Hp worth 500 per ounce. Galllum is tho
costlIest metal known, and Is worth 50. 30
PER ounce.
THx gray wolf IL still very live issue In
Butte County, OAK. where he occasionally
plays sad hoyoc among horses and other
farm stock.
The island OF La Costi. on tho Florida
coast, II being ~ct out with cocoanut trees
40 mpidly that IL win soon be one immense
cceoanut grove.
A niLK-wHIrE gopher snake, seventeen
feet ak inches long. having part Of his
tail cut on, nj that has Just been slain In
Glynn County, Ca.
AnERicAS cvAporated apples aro sold
largely In Germany. Attempts made 20
establish tho fruit-evaporating business
in that country have failed.
Jar GcuLD eats nothing but oatmeal
and an occasional chop. Russell Sage IL
conhpcd TO a few simple articles OF diet,
aud Cyrus Field Is dyspctlc.
a SouTHKRS gentlemen At Now York be-
ficves In a safeguard against yellow fever
consisting simply Of string OF lemons
and garlic tied around the neck.
IL tho Spanish Cabinet there are two
men 81 Irish lineage, Senor Pendereast,
Minister OF tho Interior. and Lieutenant
General o'Ilyan, Minister Of War.
THE colossal bronze statue Of Governor
seward has reached Auburn, n. ", from
tho foundry at chicopce, Mass. 1t will bc
ready for unyoiling la two months.
GovERsoR DiLLisonAM, who was elected
In Vermont the other day, ls the son Of the
venerable Paul Dillingham;, who was
Governor OF that State twenty years
ago.
A r1vE.HuNpRED-ACRE farm In Kent,
England. Is held by the present occupant
at tho nominal ront OF Ave dollars. A
fcw years ago the same tenant paid
s2,5oo.
EGYrTIAs corn Is said TO do exceedingly
well In California, or, indeed, on any land
where the natural grasses ripen and dry
out, as they do In that section OF the
country.
THR body OF Maxwell, the Sc. Louis MUIR
dcrcr, is % be buried at sea. The family
desire that therc shall be no spot on earth
ioremlnd them OF the fate OF their way
ward boy.
The Jewell Betting Company, OF Hart
ford, CT, Is making ono OF tho largest
leather belts ever made. II Is to be double
i3g feet long, fivo feet wide and onc-half
inch thick.
BENJAMIN WHITE, n linoal descendant In
tho fifth generation OF Peregrino White,
tho first white child born In tho Plymouth
Colony, Il living at Marshfeld at the age
OF nlney-three.
TmE most expert stcnographer In The
country Is said TO bc Mrs. Barrows, wife
OF the editor OF the Christian Register, She
is able TO ''takon Carl SchurE's speeches
without difficulty,
THERE Is ono Sunday school In Pitts
iurgh that IL sure to havo big attend
ancc A lady, just deceased, left three
thousand dollars 10 provide Christmas
treats for the scholars.
AN enierprising North Carolinian has
been sentenced TO five years In the peniten'
tiary for having fifteen wivos. He eexplniH'
that no was never satisfied In one plac'
long and II was cheaper to got new Wit
than movo family.
WHILE wedding party was waiting TO
Squire TO perform the ceremony at Al
pharetta, Ga, the groom excused himsel
and led. The bride proposed to TIL
groomsman on the spot, and they wer
married within an hour.
REMARKABLY attractive lobster wa
caught at Norwich, Conn. a few days ago
Tho upper parts were OF delicate tinge o
old-fashioned blue China and beneath tn
color was a beautiful plush white.
The hcus elastica, from the milk Q
which the rubber of commerce is made
grows well In Southern California, and pre-
paratons are making TO cultivate the tree.
ARreat many win be planted next winter
ENoLsn physicians condemn cigarett
smoking because Il produces throat dis
eascs. Even tho best cigarettes are dan
gerous. They cause moro consumption q
n'cof'ne than either tho cigar or the pip'