Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
A FLY's egg will hatch in 10 hours.

A FLY's egg will hatch in 10 hours.
A PET flea has been known to live six
years.
IHE car has prepared a great recep-
ton for President Faure, of France.
The fifth international congress of
Criminal Anthropology will be held in
Amsterdam in 1901.
Mrs. HANNAH ROBINSON, of New York
city, sold her husband TO: $25 the other
day, and now she regrets it.
MORE than 1000 people mysteriously
disappear from London every year,
and are never heard of again.
CONSUL GENERAL LEE has expended
about $4,000 of the money appropriated
Tor the relief of Americans in Cuba.
ST. Louis man was taken to court
and fined $50 the other day because his
attempt at suicide had been unsuccess-
full.
ONE of the highest shot towers in the
world is to be found at Villach, in
Corlnthia, where there is a fall of 243
feet.
ST. PETERsBURG's municipal author
tiles will present three immense low
ing cups to the visiting French war
ships.
THERE are in France 1, 1902, 400 unmar-
ried women between the ages of 25 and
so, and 1.376, 600 unmarried men aged
over 80 years.
In Mexico every journal day book,
ledger Or other record kept by any per-
son or firm must bear five-cent stamp
On every page.
WALNUTs and butternuts are being
successfully cultivated in Whatcome
county. Washington. They are not
native to the region.
In the French-German war $500 He
brews were in the German army, of
whom 327 earned the Iron Cross for
bravery on the field.
The Yellow river is styled the ''Sor-
row Of China" It is estimated that it's
floods in the present century have cost
China II .000 900 lives.
The natives of Alaska seldom change
their clothes unless they are worn out.
They are considered the flthiest race
of beings on the earth.
II is noted that the women of the
royal families of Europe are, on an av-
erage. much stronger mentally and
physically than the men.
MILAN thinks it has the smallest
horse in existence. It is a Shetland
| pony. six hands. or "a inches. high,
raised by the Marchese Carcano.
THERE are 256 railway stations with
in six-mile radius of st. Paul's cathe-
dral, London. while within twelve
miles radius there are nearly 400.
The British can now send a closed
letter to any part of the British isle
! for one penny, provided it does not
weigh more than one-quarter ounce.
THERE are about 1900 persons in
France who are set down as anarchists
and are under the constant watch OF
the police of the various European
countries.
THE earl of Rahfurly, the newly ap-
pointed governor of New Zealand. is on
the way to his post with GO tons OF bag
gage, including four carriages and $50
cases Of wine.
Mr.. PRESTON the director of the
mint. estimates the gold production OF
the world for 1896 at S205, 100000 and
believes the production for 1897 will
reach S24O. 900 600.
EX-CoNG FRESHMAN HENRY ST. GEORGE
| TUCKER. Of Virginia, has accepted the
| chair of equity and commercial, constl'
| tutional and international law in Wash
| ington and Lee university.
TO INCREASE the brilliancy of incan'
descent electric lights double film OF
carbon is placed inside the globe. the
wire running into the glass base at its
middle portion to support it.
FRANK B. STOCKTON, the well-knoW1
novelist. during his recent visit tc
Clarke county. Va. purchased from
the Rosemont stock farm a pair of fine
young mares for driving purposes.
KS1GurHooD was recently conferred
upon r. Guinness. the acting manager
of Guinness e. Co., of Dublin. Hi:
brewery firm has already received
two peerages and the ribbon OF St. Pat
rick.
THE British post Office authorities are
experimenting with motor cars with
the view of their use as parcel van:
and for the transport of the mail:
from the sub-stations to the railroad
4 depots.
POCKET camp stools are being made
with the legs joined and bolted to
gether, the upper ends Of the legs hav
ing projecting knobs or hooks, t.
which the corners of the canvas sea
are attached.
A CONFINED whip socket and rein
holder is formed Of a single piece o
wire bent to form round socket TO
the whip and a fiat clamp for the rel
and another by which it is attached t.
the dashboard.
GoRDoN HvNsAKER. one Of the wealth
lest pioneer ranchers Of the Salt rive
valley. is being held prisoner by tn
Mexican authorities at Ell Plomo. in tn
state of Sonora. as a witness against liz
dams in a shooting case.
VENTILATED handle bars for bicycle
have openings on the front side OF tn
bar with pair of perforated slotte
handles, the air entering the bar as tn
wheelman rides along and coming GU