The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-06-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

In Vienna for human food.
FoRRl0S tourists leave IN Switzerland
every year about $4,000 900
THERE are more muscles IN the tail OF
a cat than In a human hand
TnR assessed valuation Of the state
of New York Is $500, ,OO0,o00
zrnRAs, which were plentiful fits
years ago, are now very scarce.
ONE man at sea level can do the work
Of two At the altitude Of 1900 feet
PRornIEroRs of seashore resorts look
for an early and u prosperous season.
TuK annual cost Of the british army
Is ssS,ooo,oOo; Of the navy, s7o.OOo.o00
TnEHE arr Ia the United states
about i5,oisOOO sheep and is,eOd,SO0
hogs.
A focoMorIvE has been made COM
plese IN England In less than ten
hours.
THEng are restaurants In Berlin
whore horseiicsh Is the only meat
served
A GronoiA hnnco steercr found thas
his intended victim was his long-lost
brother
TnE Anus OF the japanese Islands
tattoo mustaches on the women's up
per lips
AMRnlcAs railway trains run At
greater speed than those Of any other
country.
Tim largest photograph cysr taken
was seven feet long aud four feet two
inches wide
TaE oldest extant b nls note is dated
inpa, and Is ON exhibit ION at the banl.
Of England.
TnnnE are a2,ueo miles of telephone
and telegraph wires underground In
New York city.
JAErD LAzfAAN u a Wisconsin shoe
maker who wants the Legislature 10
change his name.
Waco, Tex, hiss issued se0.O00 in
bonds for the i,upnesemcnt Of the
strcets Of the city
Dla6sE sf the eyes Is the curse Of
the German people. Taateountry now
has 5i,spo blind people.
A NASHVILLE paper accuses some
body Of planting upas tree ia the
bowels of the republic
DAnoaE1 supplies the finest palm oil
known 10 Che trade, aud also exporis
rubber. ivory and cattle
Is Eastern New Mexico 900. .Oo1 acres
of arid ground have been turned into
farms through irrigation,
Is the smallpox epidemic at Leipsig
In 1871 the death Faic from this cause
rose 10 is,soe per i.OJ0.0On.
LONDON authorities say that recovery
In the price Of silver Is Inevitable II the
Indian miuts are reopcned
NrARLg one-hith Of the human race
die from consumption or some other
form Of pulmonary disease
MoHocco sends out almonds. dates.
gums, olive oh. pcaa, canary seed. iccs-
wax. slippers and goat skins.
II Is estimated, announces the Coll
lcctor, that England expcnds annually
ON piciurcsat leust f2.00Ooo
IT Is now claimed that printing from
type was known 10 The Egyptians as
far back as the tcn;h century
AccoKDISo 20 the United states cen.
sus the average cost of steam power
Is $40 per horse epowcr per year.
Dn. CYRus TEEp. Of Chicago. an
nounocs that he Is about 10 found
S1co,cop,0o Heaven Ia Florida
TuE steamers between Europe aud
North America carry on am average
about 1000 passengers month.
MRs. II. r TrurLr is president and
Miss Temple vice president Of the First
national hank ot Lexington, Neb.
REroRfEp from London that side
whiskers are 10 be the correct thing IN
face foliage as the season advances.
Tm British museum now has more
than iO,O0O,OOO hooks, and additions are
being made at The rate Of $4,000 a year.
''FLurrEHEIu" Is tho new name Civ
en- In the west to the young ladies'
who serve refreshments at afternoon
teas
TnE Fun and Fs,l,,sr club "a the
alliterative and easily-comprchended
name Of a gay social club IN Philadel-
phia.
THE death rate in 81, Petersburg cx-
cceds the birth rate From 1904 TO 1853
there were l.s3aooo births and l.s7a, 600
deaths
A PROCESS by which orangc5 and lem.
ons can be kept fresh for year has
been invented By Charleston Is. CO
genius.
Tim commissioner of patents has re-
fused 20 register the palmetto tree rs n
trade mark for South Carolina state
whisky.
ACCORDING 10 the official report the
earnings Of the Canadian Pacific last
year were s2O,O62, ,Sl7. and the net profit
S7.7ii.4iG.
SOONER than 60 to school Potter Smith,
aged ten years, Of Stafford, Eng, tried
10 cut his throat with butcher knife
at the breakfast table
The Central railroad. Of New Jersey,
has put into service hospital ear, the
first Of It's kind In the world. II is sta
toned az Mnuch Chunk
TAMPA, Fla, viii hold an election
shortly 10 decide the propriety Of issu-
ing sa50,O00 in bonds for the improve.
fnent Of her streets and other public
works.
ELEPHANTS have been known TO live
one hundred and fifty years. Some
times they do not reach their full
growth until they are fifty.
PAms. In studying the subject of
sewage disposal proposes 10 buy large
tracts Of land in the valley Of the Seine
and establish filtration beds
A NEw YoRK cinr dealer recently
advertised for live Indian 70 act us a
sign, and 900 men of all colors and all
nationalities applied for the job.
REv. FArnER MULLER, Of Mangolorc,
India, is meeting with great success In
the treating Of lcprosy by means of the
electro-homeopathic system cure
A STURGEON (Nlo) man, who cut his
foot with an AK years ago. hns never
chopped wood since without standing
IN o butter iirlslu 10 protect his pedal
cxtrcmitlcs.
j. o. HAWTHORN hns machine OF his
own invention NJ work IN his Astoria
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