The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-04
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A pelican's pouch Is large enough
to contain seven or eight quarts o
water.
The new Pennsylvania capitol i
to be built OF white marble quar-
ried in the state.
The habit OF feignIng death wher
attacked has been found to charac
terize several varieties OF snakes.
A railway mail clerk In Illinois
has travelled sOS,7S4 miles and han
died 57,9l6,14i pieces OF mail in 3
years.
Thus far in the session 8, 900 bill
have been presented Iuring thil
congress and referred 10 commit
tees.
or the 10000 Washington gov
eminent clerks, nearly one-thirC
are women, who receive from s60t
to 81 800 yearly.
Out OF "a storms which reached
the French shores in 1896 all bu
three were toretold by the centra
meteorological office.
Engine drivers in Germany re
ceive from the government y gold
medal and fl0O for every ten years
OF service without accident.
Some sheep were frightened al
dogs at Grenoble, France, and q.
lblindly "followed their leader ovel
4 precipics 80 feet high.
The wash bowl is derived from
the ancient Saxon phrase, "Was'
hsel"-or, ITO your health" The
wa.sail bowl is practically extinct
There is a gIut Of grain at Gal
weston and not enough vessels t.
move 1t. All the elevators are fill
ed and there are LOO cars unload,
ed.
A monument has just been erect
ed over the grave OF Thomas A
Kempis In the church OF St. Mich
sci, at Zwolle, 426 years after hi
death.
There is a curious superstition IL
Venice that II a stranger dies in 1
hotel the mum Der Of his room viii
be lucky at the next lottery.
The czarina and the car of Rus
sia will receive their friends at tbs
Paris exhibition OF 1900 In a mag
nlflcent pavilion which will cos
$4,000.
Mrs. Croly Jennie June), whC
has been appointed an inspector o
the public schools at Greater New
York, will remain in Office fiv,
years.
The postmaster general has ap
proved An order that postmaster
shall make no appointments o
clerks without authority from tn
department.
Col. John Lambert, OF Joliet, Ill
has given $1,000 to tho public Ii
brary OF that city and $4,000 sacl
TO the Silver Cross and st. JOsepl
hospitals.
1t has been calculated that II
pound OF thread made from spi
derS web wsre required, II wOulC
occupy nearly 5000 spiders ful
year to furnish 1t.
! The widow OF Lieut.. Frederick
Schwatka, the noted Alaskan OK
plorer, is preparing to lead an eI
pedItion In search OF gold on tn
Copper river.
Every day the Inhabitants Of tn
United States wear away 10000
worth OF shoe leather, or enoug
leather to make 100000 pairs c
boots.
The project OF making new stat
out OF Greater New York and Lon
Island has been revived, and bi
for that purpose has been intrC
duced in the assembly.
Pitisburg nremen are now pc
mi,ted to wear service stripes o
their sleeves, different eolOrs d,
noting various terms OF service, u
to a golden stripe for Ave years.
The Chicago Teachers feder,
ton with q membership OF nearl
900 women, has made deman
npon tho city authorities for an il
. crease OF pay for the members.
tits calculated that the tot
packing OF hogs in the west for Il
season from November to Jan
ary IL has been 5,l50, 900 hogs, con
pared to 4,O25,O0O for the CORE
pondlng.tlme last year.
Theodore S. Parvin, of Ced
, Rapids, Ia, has spent his life C
lecting books on masonry and no
I has q library OF about $4,000 vC
|. umes-sald to DO the best in Il
4 world.
. Tho Sultan Of Turkey ls alwa,
0 seen attlrod In pals-brown Ga
. ments. The emperor Of Austria !
: iscts gray. Tho young Germl
I emperor has what NAV be called
d loud taste In clothes, aud IL nsv
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