Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-12-15
General News.

The Toronto assessors have finished
their work, and give the population OF
the city at 1872. Hamilton's popu.
lation is 5O,038, and Ottawa's So, 300.
1t is estimated that the French gov.
eminent will expend altogether 1O7,
900, 600 francs on the exposition OF
1900, of which Paris will contribute
100000.
A revenue of fifty thousand dollars
year is derived from the admission
fee of twelve and one-halt cents
charged a visitor to the Parliament
house at Berlin.
''Do you think there will be any
poets in the next wor1d?" asked the
assistant editor. ''Where else do you
suppose they've all gone tor exc1aim.
ed the editor.
The most disastrous fire in London's
history since that of 1866 occurred on
the 10Th inst, consuming $50 ware
houses and other property to the est
mated value of $40, ZOO, 900.
M. Henri Dumant, a Swiss doctor
and the founder of the Red Cross So
ciety, has been awarded prize of five
thousand francs as the person who has
done most to promote the cause Of
humanity.
The trolley cars in Des Moines, Ia.
are fitted with 1etter-boxes, and the,
are required to stop whenever a citi
zen halls them in order to deposit Z
letter. AS the cars pass the post Office
an official removes the mail from the
box.
1t is stated that ninety-three year.
ago, when the Bible Society wa.
formed, there were only about 4,OO(
copies of the Bible in the whole world
Since then this society has circulated
152, 142, S02 copies in 800 different Ian
guageS and dialects.
What is known in England as tn,
"engineers" strike, comprising arti
sans of every degree, is still on, will
no prospect of settlement. The finan
cial loss sustained by both employer.
and employed has reached an enormou.
sum, and much trade has been diverted
to other countries.
Prince Bernadotte, of Sweden, Sc
cond son of King Oscar, who som,
years ago renowned his right of sue
cession to the throne in order to MARI,
Miss Ebba Monk, commoner, has an
nounced his intention of himself ant
wife to go to Africa as missionarie.
for the rest of their lives.
| The habit of drinking water in mod
crate quantities between meals con
tributes to health, and indicates the
fact that those who visit health resort.
for the purpose of imbibing the water.
OF mineral springs might profit BY
staying at home and drinking more
water and less whisky.-The Family
Doctor.
| The steamer Victoria, which wa!
fitted out by the governor of Tromsoe
Norway, under instructions from Kine
Oscar, to search for Professor Andree
the missing aeronaut, and his party
has returned from Spitzbergen. Sh,
brought no news as to the where
abouts or movements of professor
Andree, although exploring partie.
landed ten times at various points OF
lDanmand's Isles.
The post Office department has re
ceived for approval the dies for tn,
new postal cards. The most remark
able thing about them is the fact tina
on one of them the head of Johr
Adams, the second president of tn,
United States, appears for the frs
time in any postal issue. The larger
of the two sizes will carry the head O.
Jefferson as before, the three-quartel
face of Mr.. Adams being reserved fo
the smaller.