The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-07-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

THEnE are 10000 more women than
men In the District Of Columbia
NoRru CAROLINA has but a,T0s foreign
ers out Of q population Of t,Gl7,aso.
A rLuhnER In St Petersburg Is paid
sie month with board; a baker s0oo.
THK output Of pine lumbcrin Georgia
Is estimated at. ioO0OOOoO feet per an
mum.
Tar great nqueduct which supplied
Carthage with water was seventy miles
long
Tim historic battlefield at Braddock,
Pa, Is 10 be marked with a shaft ~
steel.
TnR largest thcatcr in the world Is
the Paris Opera house. Il covers three
acres.
oNn mile Of the hairsprinR wire used
In watches weighs less than hs:s q
pound.
TnR average tourist trip around The
world comprises about es,ooo miles of
travel
ORGANIZED charity was unknown la
the Roman empire tn after the Christ.
Ian era.
GERMAN has more miles Of railway
In operation than any other state in
Europe
Tnr preparation OF the human hair
for the market gives employment Ia
1000 PnrisilnS
A scnnNE Is on foot 20 utilize the
current of the Bosphorus 10 illuminate
Constantlnople
A SHOCK Of earthquake y transmit
ted nj the rate II 5000 fcet--or three
miles a second
BooKnlSDEus in Edinburg receive
tweniy';our shillings a week aud work
ffty-four hours
GES Boorn claims that the salvation
army converts 10 Christianity sD0,pA
people every year
ONE Of the brightest students ~
Smith college is Winnehngo lndiun
Z girl from Nebraska.
TnE Snowbird mountains Of North
Carolina arr reported ~ being literally
ovcrrun with bears
Auour sl0,OO0.OO0 hns been expended
for improving the hhrbors and water
ways Of the great lakes.
l.osrpS has water storage capacity
for II. .5t6. $4,000 gallons, which iscuu
kidercd f5a days supply
Az English paper, the other day. bad
an apprccintiyc reference 20 'faraErt
the great confederate admiral"
RnonK IsLASD. which has 1is pcopli
30 the square mile. Is the most dcnsel.
populated of the United States
TngRE Is a tree IN Nevada 80 lumiu
Gus from cNudlng phosphorcsccnt mat
Ter that one can rcad by its light
Az egg weighing three and one.hal
ounces was recently laid by hen OF
the farm of Hiram Kirohcm, at Cnha
0a
IN some lIindoo temples In South In
flia the collection " taken up by az
elephant that goes round with bas
let
TnK charitable hospitals of franc
employ a slaff 81 e.3ls doctors, SIS
nurses. aud 1854 attendants aud ser
wants
TnE sunday law In regard TO th
closing oi business honscs ~ all sort
In New Orleans Is 10 he rigidly On
forced.
LIonTSISG has not killed n siugl
person IN New York since issn Pr,
yious 10 that year nnc cases had bee
reported
A SPANISH musician Is said 10 hav
devised q system Of musical notation b
which the sharp and ilat system is don
away with.
A CLEVELAND contractor has undei
taken 20 move stone house weighin
h,sOo tons, basement and all, distanC
OF sixty feet
OSE can read the history of wet an
dry, warm and cold Seasons By stndl
ing the rings Of tree that has bee
chopped down.
An "ineh Of rain means gallon 4,
water spread over surface Of nearl
two square feet. or n fall Of about Il
tons upon an acre.
II Is about thirty miles across tow
IN London, and for thatentlrc distan,
there Is said 10 be an unbrolSen line
residences and stores
In olden times screws were made \
hand. and five minutes were spent
making one Now a machine rattll
out sixty In n minute
A sKw washing machine is run ov'
the floor like lawn mower, and do
the soaping, scrubbing and drying
one or two operations.
MRs, MoRRnI BAKER Of Montgor
cry, VI, separated from her husban
the other day. and Immediately aft
hanged her four children.
NEAR Orlando, Fla, two fsherm,
were savagely attacked By sever
large alliga.ors. The fishermen hi
fallen nsleep ON the river bank,
MusrAcnEs in women are gettiI
more common than of old. In 20
stantinople ten per cent. of the WON,
have these appendages TO the upp
lip
EXPERIMENTS in pigcon-hyiug rccor
ly made ON the Italian torpedo ho
Aquilla show that the average rate
flight was almost exactly mile mi
ute.
TnE island where Robinson Crus
was monarch OF all he surveyed IS nc
inhabited by shout sixty people, VI
attend the herds Of cattle that gra
there.
Two hundred thousand fruit tire,