Willmar tribune., 1898-01-04
CURRENT TOPICS.
RUSKIN's 64 books hrino him in 81

al1WayS OF the world carry over
1orty million passengers weekly.
iHE biscuit trust has been complet-
cd. 1t has capital of $50, ,ooo, 900.
IHE Chinese are said to have used
CLOCKS 500 years before the Christian
era.
ANTHONY HOPE charges $3.50 for a
magazine story, reserving the copy
right.
"A BALLooS1sr a mile above the earth
commands a field vision SO miles in
radius.
The number of the electric lighting
stations in Great Britain has now
reached 1872
ZoLA's first IA books returned him
$222o, 600, and in 20 years he has made at
least ss75, 600.
WILLIAM w. THOMAS, JR., of Maine,
has been appointed minister to Nor
way and Sweden.
KANGAROO tails for soup are shipped
from Australia to London, where they
sell for SIS per dozen.
1HE skeleton of a man over nine feet
tai was dug up in mound near Ma
pie Creek, Wis, the other day.
IESSIsON is said to have received
5000 year from the Macmillans
during the last years of his life
SCIENTIFIC men say that the hair
from the tail of the horse is the strong
est single animal thread known.
Miss ELLEN NCssEY, who was brides
maid at Charlotte Bronte's wedding,
has just died at the age of So years.
THERr iS o1oo1- l.
mas never been wound up by human
hands. 1t is kept going by the wind.
A NEW TESTAMENT jammed in
switch made a train on the London &
Northwestern railroad jump the rails
recently.
IT is said that cold weather increases
the consumption of bread, 20 per cent.
more being eaten in frosty than in mild
weather.
IT is estimated that there are incan-
descent lamps aggregating over 400,-
O0o, 900 candle power in use il all parts
of the world.
IT is told of two men of Brewer,
Maine, that one of them ate a bushel
OF peaches and the other ten pounds of
grapes at one sitting.
The pearl fishing season in Ceylon
only lasts % days, and during that
time II 100000 oysters are brought to
the surface by the divers.
SIXTY years ago the first electric car
was run, but the first commercial line
was not built until 1881, when line
near Berlin was opened.
WHEN cotton thread was first made
$40 yards of it weighed one pound.
Hence it is No. 1. Apound containing
twice that number of yards is No. 2,
and so on.
A COLoRLEss ink for writing upon
postal cards, etc, is made by mixing
together water and sulphuric acid, the
writing becoming permanently visible
when heated.
If Chinese children do not obey their
parents, and the latter whip them to
death, the law has no punishment for
them, as obedience to parents is the
cardinal virtue.
An expert declares that he knows of
at least 600 counterfeits of the old mas
ters which are now hanging in private
galleries in the United States, all pur-
chased at high prices.
MRS. HUMPHREY WARD received S40,-
600 for Robert Elsmere," $50, 900 each
for David Grieve' and "Marcella,"
SIS, 900 for ''Sir George Tressady" and
S15, 200 for ''Bessie Costrell.'
If two tuning forks of the same pitch
are placed facing each other, the one
sounding, the other silent, in a few
seconds the silent one will be giving
out distinctly audible note.
Mr.. MOODY is believed to have beat
en- all others, as more than 81. 900
has been paid in royalties for the Cos
pei hymns and tunes issued by him in
conjunction with Mr.. Sankey.
ABOUT 4,O00,0 900 false teeth are manu-
factured annually in the United States,
while one ton of gold and three tons of
silver and platinum, to the value of
S10o, 100000, are used in stopping teeth.
GREEN rests the eye, the resting the
eye often means to rest the nerves,
and the refreshment of the eve is as
necessary to comfortable life as the re-
newal of the other bodily forces by
food
The largest congregation in America
is that of St. Stanislaus Kostka, in Chi
cago which has 10000 communicates.
The number of attendants at the sew
eral Sunday services frequently ex-
ceeds 5000.
RACINE, Wis, has passed an ordi-
nance requiring all lighting, telephone
and other companies using poles in the
streets to paint them distinctive
color, the color being decided by the
city authorities.
The Brazil nut contains from Is to "a
seeds, which all germinate at one time.
The most vigorous one gets first
through a small hole at the top to th1
open air and thereupon it strangles
and feeds upon the rest
A Pics tail is said to unerringly in.
dicate the condition of the animal. II
it hangs loose it shows that the pig is
not we'll, and that the food should be
changed. If it be coiled tightly the
pig is healthy and happy.
Ready for Him.
"fDid you tell that western customer of
ours that you would draw on him if he didn' t
pay?"