The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-11-19
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Tn children of Missouri have raised
nearly $4,000 for .he Eugene Field
monument fund.
The proposal of political amnesty for
Cuba and the Philippines has been APP
proved by the Spanish cabinet council
Mar in Australia is an inexpensive
food. Mutton frequently can BE- pur-
chased there for one penny pound.
Fish is still cheaper.
TTHE summer coat of the polar fox
IS dark, almost black. In winter 1t is
so white that the animal can hardly 10
seen as it runs over the snow.
CnILI proposes spending $4,000, COO
in the construction Of port at VAL
paraiso. The work is designed TO find
employment for large number Of idle
men.
The Argentine Republic has passed
a remarkable law to encourage mar
riage. 1t inilicts fine upon any per-
son Of marriageable age who rejects a
proposal.
NEw YoRK's first Italian coroner will
enter upon the discharge Of his official
duties on January l. lie is the first
elected Italian official in New York,
where Italian voters are becoming
more numerous each year.
a TORPEDO destroyer TO be driven by
turbine engine at 46 miles an hour is
now being built on the Tyne by
Hon. Charles Parsons, whose torpedo
boat, the Turbina, was the sensation
of the jubilee review at Spithead.
To ENCOURAGE the destitute to at
tend public worship the clergy of the
Church OF the Sacre CGur, on Mont
martre, Paris, give away loaves Of
bread after each service. The daily
number Of applicants averages 1000.
By the will of Mary J. bradford, Of
South IiOston. which has been filed in
the probate court OF Suffolk county,
trust fand is created OF $4,000, the
income to bc used for the care and sup
port OF a parrot owned by the ties
tator.
THE total IL ieritance tax on the be
quests of the late George NJ. Pullman
is conservatively estimated at sI50, 600
but as the law has not as yet been de-
clared constitutional the tax will not
be paid until the supreme court shall
have decided the validity Of the law.
TIE expenditure for subscription
and entertainments are largely in ex'
cess of the salary and the official al
lowanccs OF lord mayor of London. Il
costs every lord mayor anywhere from
$4,000 s5O,OOOl to 10000 $500. OOOl tc
occupy the Office The outgoing lord
mayor, Sir George Faudcl- Philips, ha.
probably spent from R95, 900 lsle5, 600
to $50, 900 Ssh. O0O) in excess OF his sal
airy and allowances.
Mrs. LELAND STANFORD has one o
the most remarkable collection OF Jew
els in the world They arc valued a
1900. 600 and include a set Of pink, /;
set of blue, a set of yellow and u set o
white diamonds Some of these gem
: were owned by the Empress Eugani,
and Queen Isabella of Spain. This i
: the collection of jewels Mrs. Stanton,
was TO sell for the purpose of keepin;
the Stanford university going, bu
didn't.
The city Of Birmingham, Eng, nov
builds and runs itsstreet railways, ga
works, electric lighting plant, waite
supply plant and Turkish baths.
buys the food that is sold in the MAJ
kct Of birmingham and owns the maj
kei, selling the food itself 1t build
houses for artisans and rents them.
owns and operates farm, printin
establishment and wooden mill
Is In the egg business and runs pawn
shops,
Ircost s, 900 TO vote four OF the scve
registered men in Central Park, Nc'
York. These four men voted at n So,
clal booth that had to be built lo
them. Inspectors, ballot clerks an
police had TO be furnished for the qua
tette. There were no watchers an
there was no crowd around the boot
by $50 all had voted, aud the inspce
ors and ballot clerks were discussln
the majority IN the election alstrl'
and awaiting for shutdown, rs thcy Ia
70 keep open, In pccorlaEcc with d
law, until o'clock. The district wen
for the Tammanyllcs