Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-31
CURRENT TOPICS.

years.
LIE car has prepared great recep-
ton for President Faure, of France.
TIE fifth international congress Of
Criminal Anthropology will be held in
Amsterdam in 1901.
MRS. HANNAH ROBINSON, of New York
city, sold her husband for $25 the other
day, and now she regrets it.
MORE than 1900 people mysteriously
disappear from London every wear,
and are never heard of again.
CONSUL GENERAL LEE has expended
about SIC, 900 of the money appropriated
for the relief of Americans in Cuba.
"A 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
Corinthia, where there is fall of 249
feet.
ST.. PETERsBURG's municipal author
tiles will present three immense low
ing cups to the visiting French war
ships.
THERE are in France 1902, 400 unmar-
rled women between the ages of rs and
80, and ], 1916, 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 fve-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 T., 500 He
brews were in the German army, of
whom 1927 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, 600, 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.
IT 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 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 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 60 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 $2o5, 0o0, 900 and
believes the production for 1897 will
reach $24o, 100000
Ex-CoNGREssMAN HENRY ST.. GEORGE
TUCKER, of Virginia, has accepted the
chair of equity and commercial, consti-
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 it's
middle portion to support it.
FRANK B. STOCKTON, the well-known
novelist, during his recent visit to
Clarke county, Va, purchased from
the Rosemont stock farm pair of fine
young mares for driving purposes.
KN1GHrHooD was recently conferred
of Guinness & Co., of Dublin. His
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 vans
and for the transport of the mails
from the sub-stations to the railroad
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, to
which the corners of the canvas seat
are attached.
A COMBINED whip socket and rein
holder is formed of single piece of
wire bent to form round socket for
the whip and fat clamp for the reins
and another by which it is attached to
the dashboard.
GORDON HUNsAKER, one of the wealth
lest pioneer ranchers of the Salt river
valley, is being held a prisoner by the
Mexican authorities at Ell Plomo, in the
state of Sonora, as a witness against In
dams in shooting case.
VENTILATED handle bars for bicycles
have openings on the front side of the
bar with pair of perforated slotted
handles, the air entering the bar as the
wheelman rides along and coming, out
of the Sits in the handles.
His Tender Conscience.
yesterday" said Jabson, II refused a
poor woman's request for small sum of
mn ou1 in of