The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-05-11
CURRENT TOPICS.

bicycles yearly.
TnE heart OF n Greenland whale Is n
yard In diameter
PiioroeRArns hAvo been taken 3, 900
feet under water
NEsler has no streets, horses trees
or wooden houses
NEw mineral, resembling turunois.
has been found In Utah.
ALL the world over there are ninety
eight women 10 100 men.
TnE police OF Bucnos Ayres have not
'been paid for six months.
siNaLE mastodon teeth sometimes
weigh from L TO 20 pounds
sKArrLr, Wash. has reduced her
teachers salaries IS per cent
TiIE snnken garden Is unique fea.
tnre Of Philadclphia's Fairmount park
All kinds Of insects. 80 fara. known
are afiileted with some form Of para.
site
TnE population Of the United states
doubles in period Of about thirty.four
years
Tng alligator Is becoming extinct as
Is the golden eagle and the white
whale
Tim waters Of spring near San
Diego. Cal. can restore hair To bald
scalps
Rosa BoSnEuR is the only woman
who has been an officer In the Legion
Of Honor
TnE fashion Of wearing snake skins
for necltles is said 10 be growing In
Baltimore
Nrw York has followed Phlladel-
phia's policy in keeping rcwsboys oil
street cars
IN ancient Rome copper by the
pound passed ns money. but later coins
came into use
MRs JANIS NEnsrEp a Ballston IL.
~ woman, aged 81. gave birth to twins
a few days ago
As elephant is fity To sixty years IN
attaining maturity and viii live cen
tury and half
A CmcAeo belle by the name Of Miss
Lydia smith will soon wed Claria Mar.
ishina, llindoo
"ELrcrmC sUSsrnoEg' Is q new mai
ndy which has come with lightning
and trolley wires
THE empire Of Morocco js the most
important state that is absolutely
without newspaper
WILLIAM is the Christian name that
has belonged 10 the greatest number
Of distinguished persons
cIrB la rcrlin, called the Giants
admits 10 membership only men who
are over six feet in height
TIM famous shipynrd Of John Roach
al Chester. Pa. has closed down for
the first time in is history.
Tnk house In which Garibaldi lived
on Staten island is 10 bc torn down 20
make way Tor improvements
josErn II CHoArE viii be spokesman
in the New York constitutional conyeu.
tion for the woman sutfragistS
TINS moon is not 70 small after all
lts surface Is fully as great as that of
Africa and Australia combined.
TnE Turkish laboring day is from
sunrise 20 an hour before sunset with
an hour for prayers and dinner
LAST year the United States govern.
ment collected total revenue OF $3.50,
5sS s6i from alcoholic stimulantS
CRoswEtI. Mich, occupies unique
place among the towns Of the country.
having twice as many churches as sn.
looms
WILLIAM Cox of Coshocton. o. is tals-
Ing the Pastcur treatment at Chicago
lie was bitten in the shoulder by rab.
"a COW.
TIN rice paper tree. native Of Chi
ma, now flourishes in Florida, where II
was introduced as an experiment some
years ago
Mns BEsASr. accompanied 10y Col
Olcott and an Indian attendant has
arrived in London from lecturinr
tour In India
TuH Massachusetts, board Of health
declares that each inhabitant OF thai
state loses thirteen days every ycai
through sickness
A TRKSroN. wis man, while driv
ing one horse and leading another, hat
his arm broken by sudden jerk OF th,
head OF the led horse.
LoRp llouaHroN is the youngest lort
lieutenant ireland ever had. by tn,
death Of Lord Crewe he inheri,s an in
come OF tsOo 900 a year.
kAusAs has larger proportion @
children in school than any other stat,
in the union. 40 says the report OF thu
national bureau Of education
EMILY A. BRucr, NJ D., declare
that more women die annually Ia Eng
land because OF faulty dress thnn frou
all contagious diseases combined.
FRKIuEIr. the organ OF the American
socialists edited 10y the notorious Jo
ham Most has been forced TO suspen,
publication for the want OF funds
NEw YoRK, with an assessed valua
tion OF $500, OOa, 600, is the riches
state In the union, Pennsylvania !
next, with valuation Of 90 600, 600, 900
ACCORDING TO French divorce stats
ties the most unhappy period of mar
riage is from the fifth to the tentl
year. After that the figures drop rap
idly.
RAY WELLS, siXtcen-year-old Brool,
lyn messenger hos, raced after rnna
way horse, caught up TO IL and save'
the life Of three-year-old child in tn
wagon.
Two young women in Sedalin, Mo.
ARE looking for Capt John Turner VIII
gallantly promised TO marry them
Both had trousseRus prepared, but tn
man has sought other quarters
TmE Indiana superintendent OF put
lie instruction has decided that Will
the state law requires school trustee
TO put the Bibles into the schools
leaves the use OF II to the judgmen
and conscience OF the teacher,
THE duchess Of Marlborough has er
Tered Into possession OF the Doepden,
Lord Francis Hopes estate near Dorl
Ing. Its noble owner calls II n 'beas'
~ hole" but is willing 10 accept aS OO
year from the American duchess
co,MoDoRE EDWIN d. MoRaAN, {
New York. has become the father {
his third child. and undor the will {
the late Gov Il. u. Morgan will receiy
ttbO. 900. or SabO. 900 for each child.