The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-01
INTERESTING IIEMs.

IN EnEO IN0 " Cm0.
BLACK ducks are so bold at Parker's
Head. Me-, that they fly directly in
front Of horses and brighten them
TnK notorious anti-Semite deputy
Ahlwarlt, who visited this coutry last
year has opened a small cigar shop in
Iicrlin
FIVE thousand ard seventy-eight
children have been refused admission
to the public schools Of New York City
for lack OF room.
THE cheapest jewsharps come from
Germany and Austria, the medium and
finer grades from England. and the
very finest are now made 10 this coun-
try
EX-PRRsrDENT GUzNAS BLASco, Of
Venezucia, is said to he the richest man
in the world. owning COCOON square
miles 81 land, s,6OO.O 900 virtual slaves
and enjoying an annual income Of
81. 900. 0OO
RABBIT hunting as an industry has
been stimulated in parts OF Kansas by
advertisements of firms who offer TO
pay three cents each for jack rabbit
skins lhalf price for damaged ones),
three cents pound for pieces. and five
and half cents a pound for cotton
tails The fur is wanted by hat man
ufacturcrs
SEw compound for welding iron
and steel at any heat, from low red TO
high white. is composed Of ground
marble, so per cent; sand, 50
per cent; 'borax, Il per cent
salt. per cent, and pow
dered charcoal, 9 per cent The com
pound IS said also to restore life TO
burned metais
Tue lightest substance known is said
TO be the pith of the sunhower, with a
specific gravity Of 0O2s, while elder
pith-hitherto recognized as the light
est substance-has specific gravity OF
OOg, RENDERS hair OIL and cork GA.
For saving appliances at sea. cork with
a bnoyancy Of TO 5, or RENDERS hair
with one of to 10. has been used,
while the pith of the sunhower has q
buoyancy Of TO IS.
! A TRAVELLER who recent visited India
states that he WAS astonished by the
prccocity Of Hindoo children. Many
of them are sltillful workmen at an ags
] when other children are learning III,
alphabet One Of the most expert
caryers in wood he saw was boy .
seven, and many Of the handsomes
and most costly rugs are woven b.
children not yet in their teens
PEKIx's Kin Pan is the oldest news
paper in the world, having been pub
lished continuously for nearly thou
sand years II began as a monthly
became a weekly in 1851, and since tn
beginning Of the century has been |
daily Ii now publishes three edition
day, and in order to prevent cheat
ing by the wonders prints them on pa
per of different colors, the first beinl
yellow. the second white and the las
gray.
Nor in America, not even in tn
Klondike, but in the far-off east, a
Rangoon. the capital Of Burmah.
J situated the famous golden pagoda Of
Buddhist temple, the whole Of the e1
terror Of which is one mass Of simmer
ing gold. This generous coating Of IN
metal is the result Of years aud year
Of offerings 70 Buddha, for devotee
from all parts Of the world rome I
Rangoon and bring packets Of gol
Leaf, which they plaee on the pagodi
During the last century the king {
! Burmah gave his iiteral weight /
. gold 10 the walls of the pagoda, an o
, fering worth &, 900 sterling.
Distributed over the mid-Pacific, 1
the neighborhood Of the equator. ar
quite lot Of small islands that belon
to the United States Most Of them AZ
from 1000 TO 1900 miles TO the sout
and southwest Of Hawaii. Some {
! them arc near the Gilbert Archipelago
: and there IS a considerable cluster jus
: about the lesser distance mentione
and directly south Of the Ilawaiia
group. including America, Christina
1 AMY IoN Nu1 utllNN lntulN' ~ Ia Z
: size. Christmas island is about !
mikes long. These isles 81 the pacif
, belonging to Uncle Sam number 60
all. They have all been annexed to u
, United States under an act OF Congress
Tng shrinking o. the birth rate
France, which for ~one years has bee
repeatedly brought TO public notice,
r now attracting serious attention.
society styled the Alliance Nationals
Of which DR. Jacques Rertillon Is pre-
ident, and which VAS otganlsed earl
during the present year, has taken n
question In hand. and has induced
: departmental assemblies 10 adopt res
lul|onN clnhodying The sociclys pr
hrNmme, demanding that the govern
mcnt pass law reducing taxation
proportion 70 the numhcr o. cllndrc
IN tho Taxpayers family, and flInl m
nI|n'|n|c b. applied " al nanc||