The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1892-08-19
CURRENT TOPICS.

THE Lick telescope magnifies TOO
times.
ONE person in ever nine Is left
handed.
THE spectroscopc shown cir and water
ON Mars
Sin w. HsRscuEL discovered the polar
Ice caps Of Mars.
YoRK, Mont, has natural Ice mine
In . guich near there.
THERE are 800 900 commercial travel
ers In the United States.
The elm tree worms are causing much
damage In New England. ...t
A TWIN watermelon isss fruit freak
OF Ware county, Georgia
A MAINLAND widow Get . bear trap
and eau ght young man
No LEss than fifteen thousand police
men arc employed ID London.
Mans IL i've times - bright now -
he Will be when on tho far side Of TN
sun.
Tns postmaster Of Polo. NO. bsars
The Ssmsrkable naass Of U. y. sidebot-
,uuuuAu~uonrs svems1,uuuv-sua
fofsSnins and one-hslf days long. ssrth
time.
Tho istcst fad In crisdsld. Nd. Il 70
take your girl ous riding in baby car.
riaec.
cmxA has no telegraph po,es. Ths
people have . superstition against
them. ~.4
Uy 20 August the Worlds fair OH
cials had spcnt--iiscrAily paid out-s7..
ESQ, 1000.
THs length Of Q day on Mars b
twenty-four hours and thirty-scven
minutes
RoRssrxaxr BvoRssoS gets a pen.
sion Of $3.50 . year from the Norwegian
storthing. .-s b, I. .+.,rs ~r ~
Tmr total amount Of taxas " no
raised in New York city In is0ais nearly
ss4 ,oco.ooo
sASo1uExs dfty-csnt .ipcrcase In the
priss n sathraritr ca IS promised a
an early day.
A Moscow dentist has successfully
made false teeth assume . fixed place 10
toothless gums
TIM spanish government has con-
cluded loan OF sio, 900, 600 wish the
banaue de Paris
In ono OF Gladstone's own elections
bis friends ere said 10 have expended
eco, 900 In his behalf
Caor experts estimate that the two
Dakctas will produce iso, ooo. 600 bush.
els % wheat this year
TuE fastest time In which train has
been known to travel IL mile In forty
nine seconds and q fraction
A CHINESE sect believes that women
by embracing vcgetarianisn win 10
come men On tho Judgment day.
A. A. RoniSsoS, OF the Santa Fc rail.
road received an ciehty-pound water
melon from Texas the other day.
CALIFORNIA has tbc biggest soda
fountain la the world, u ias natural
lake. and has sa.ooo. 900 worth Of soda
In IL
wmrx the shah Of Persia coca on
his holiday outing In the summer time
he IL accompanied BY three hundred
wives
TnE men who bought W. X. Wander
bits yacht the AlvA, under water, en-
pcct 20 make e2oo. 900 out Of the trans-
action
On tho icy pssks Of the HimaiayaA
In India, there Ia q 'snow maggot,"
weighing nearly b pound. and excellent
10 eat
AUTHORIZATIONS made by the frat ses-
sion Of the Fifty second congress just
closed amounted 10 s:oT. 900. 600 In round
6gures F.
KATE Fixrp asks Secretary Tracy 10
name the next new cruiser, the Isa-
bella. In honor Of the friend OF
Columbus
AHrEsIAN wells were known at Thcbes
90 long ago A. the time OF Tsmerton.
1900 years before the beginning Of tho
Christian era
WALTER BrsASr. the English novel;
lat. was intended by his parents for the
church. but he turned naturally to
literary work.
TnN Greek government has voted the
sum OF 800. 900 drachms To be expended
on the reproduction OF antique works
Of art for the Worlds fair.
MONROE county. Mich, has bought
nearly ~. 900 worth Of English sparrow
scalps In three years, and reports that
there arr as many birds - ever.
DErRoIr's new city directory contains
100. $50 names, from which they figure
out present population Of 800. 900. The
last census gave the city 2oT,7$i.
A MISSISSIPPI man who brought suit
against q railroad company for the
value Of ticket which he bought, and
was unable 10 use, won his case.
A RECENT novelty In composite
metal wheel made up Of skeleton OF
wire for the spokcs, hub and rim, the
whole being Embedded In cast iron.
IT 10 likely that Wyoming may have
. woman for governor some day. MIRA
Hard, . ranch owner, came within nine
votes Of = ma ority at tho last election.
AnaAn w. Smith. the republican can
didate for governor OF Kansas, ID aaid
70 DO ono of tho biggest men In the
state lie Il almost giant In stature
Tun oldest man in Vermont and
probably In New England, h John
Francis lie Maistre. Of brighton. He
was born In the Isle Of Jersey, April Z,
LISA .@ -
In the latest summer novel the horo-
Inc saves the hero by taking on her
suspenders and lowering them over the
edge Of elf TO the ledge where he Ia
clinging.
AN enterprising Auburn, Me-. woman
was shinglinf the roof of her house n
few days ago. She was unable TO get q
carpenter TO do II, as they were too
busy, so she did ~ herself
The tallest man known TO the news
paper world Of this country In Francis
J. Kelly, OF Pittsburgh, who, when he
unfolds himself TO his full height, lifts
his bald spot seven feet above the heels
OF his boots.
A CHIMNEY piece carved from wood
over 5000 years old has recently been
erected in house In Edinburgh. The
wood, an oak tree, was found in sand
pit at Musselburgh, thirteen feet below
the surface.
TmE branch observatory which Har-
ward instituted at Arcquipa, Peru, Is
5000 feet above the sta. The glass Is u
thirteen-inch one. Natural advantages
at this place nre good for some valuable
observations Of Mars.
ALEXANDER RussSsL WEBB, the
United States consul In Maniln, Is rcs
uorted 10 have become convert TO
Il l.