The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-10-21
CURRENT TOPICS.

TIM influenza bacillus Is the smalles
yet discovered.
Az inch Of rain means 100 tons OF wa
ter on every acre.
ONE church in Chicago 10 furnishe
with regular opera chairs
A TuLL grown elephant is capable q
carrying load Of two tons
TuE new gymnasium at Yale is sal
q he the finest Ia tho world.
THERE are more than 800 silk factor
ics In operation In this country.
PALESTINE is about one-fourth q
large as the state OF New York.
OLD gold Is To be the color Of the Chi
ergo university million dullan building
IT 10 calculated that a signal passc
through the Atlantic cable In 3i-iO0 q
. second
THr smallest church In New York 1
: che r~~ple's w @Stss<ssss.~-su.sns. osus
drug store
TuE emperor OF Germany has owe
1000 different suits Of clothes and ~
pairs Of trousers
THE brass ball on the conrt-hous,
spirc a, Independence. Mo, is the habi
tstion ola swarm Of bees.
TIM credit for the first Worlds fair i
generally awarded ~ Albert, the pri &c,
consort OF Queen Victoria.
A VERNON county (Mo.) man has
sack Of black sand mixed with col,
washed In California Ia 1919.
A Paint office man says that forty
three automatic couplers were filed IL
that Office on one day last week.
IuE marmot h u civil engineer: h,
not onlsbuilds houses, but constructs
aqucdrts and drains Ia keep them dry
TIm courts have decided that Thomai
A. Edison has the only patent ON NJ
incandesccn, electric light in this coun
try.
SINGLE women live longer than singh.
men, while married women on an aver
age live two years longer than singl,
ones
TlE shuckS. ON ile corn ihls year az,
unusually thick and heavy. which the
farmers say indicates a hard and cold
winter aa.
TEN thousand dollars has been offered
for the first coin ~ the Worlds fair
half dollar series The fair officials OK.
poet still higher bids
SIX peppermint distillcrics are run.
ming day and night Mt Dccatar, Mich
and u II estimated the yield wal lie, at
. low estimate, s.eOo pounds
Tns new Cunard steamship Campo.
mia. recently launched is Ge0 feet long.
This Is sixty fcct- rs than the length
- La. f.t..... To-.
NEw ysr~tv 81 wheat, ,he grrlns
ot which are almost twice as large rs
the culinary kcfncls. has b,,cn grow n
this season ncur Moscow. Wash.
THr total presidential vote In 1854
was lo,ois. idl. and In ISIS was u. SIS
oSs IL i estimated that this year the
vote viii go nS high as IA, 900 0O0
An cight.ycar-old Spokane Wash. ,
s~s has been cent a. the reform school
because he had become an iuvctcrat 10
tobacco chcwcr and general tough"
PionAnLi the heaviest ruddcr on
record Is that made for the torpedo
boat Vulcan I, was forged In a single
piccr and weighs twenty-five tons
II requires about double the power n
pruPcl a steamship twcny-onc miles an
hour n IL docs 90 move along tho same
vessel At the rate Of sixteen miles an
hour.
A FAMILY in wallA wana county.
Washington, consists 81 ten mcrhb eiS,
the average weigh, being ga pounds.
and the average height siS feet six
inches o
TIM contract for the new revenue
cutter William Window has boon
awarded hy Secretary Foster b. the
Iowa Iron works, Of Dubuque fcy
tas 900.
IwFNrN -NfNE acres Of glass are TO be
used in the roofs Of the exhibition
buildings at Chicago. The thickness OF
the glass is Ia hc uniform, viz SIC Of
an inch
A PORTLAND (Ore. Chinaman soaked
his queue in coal oil. A match did the
rest His conntrymeu In the neighbot.
hood attended the funeral In large
numbers
Hon WILLIAM pICKEY was sent 10
the Maine lcgilaturcin isi2,, and they
are sending bin thSre yet ne was re-
elected at the recent election. lie is 81
yearSo'd alta ? -
MARSHALL FIrLD has subscribed for
sS00ypO0 Of Workis fair bonds Tho
Chicago banks hova at,hqn 81, SOC. 600
worth, and the entire $4,000, 900 has
been MSen. 'f' 49, rfft rot'l
CmrpnkS's clothes can be made unin.
fammablo by adding tn the last rinse
of water two ounces Of pulvorized alum.
A prominent English chemist says that
NIL childrcns dresses should be thus
treated.
LoRD TnNNrsoN gave TO Sister Emma
Durham, who nursed Him through an
Illness preceding the one that proved
fatal, a-oheok for 81, 900. aud she gave
the money to the National Pension Fund
for nurses.
J. II. Crouch, Of Dawson, Ga, proba-
bly, has the largest hog in the state. II
Is three years old and tips the beam at
700 pounds Competent judges say II
will weigh | 200 pounds when fattcned
this winter.
II. A. BRowS, OF Reading, Mich, has
dug pounds OF bullets out
Of trees on his farm IL Is thought
they were relies 81 conflict with In.
dams, though there is no record Of any
battle at that place.
A srwspoY mt 81 Louis jumped from
n third story window to escape beat
Ing. When picked up his ankle was
found to be broken and his head seri- |
ously injured. ..l.... ..'
A LADY having written a letter, con-j
Guided IL as follows: "Givc evcrybody's |
love to everybody, 80 that nobody may |
be aggrieved by any body being, forgot |
ten by somebody"
The October number OF Astronomy |
and Astro-Physics has several photo
graphs of Mars taken at the Lick obscr.
vatory and elsewhere with the most APP
proved astronomical instruments dur.
ing the recent opposition of the rudy
planet
A WALNUT tree was lately hauled to
Mo, for shipment which |
was estimated To contain over 1000 feet
of sawed lnmbcr, and viii be worth
700 in New York.
A WOMAN without arms was married
70 blind man with one log two years
ago in Melbourne. They haze Just had
heir second pair of twins, healthy, per.
lectly formed children.
The expedition sent ont by the United
states government Ia ascertain the ex-
,ct geographical position Of Mt. So
Il Inns has finished its Nynrl, Tho tnnup |