The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-01-14
CURRENT TOPICS.

The number Of suicides In Eu-
rope average G0,000 a year.
Missouri has an annual output
Of tim her raised AT about 81. 100000.
n California Judge has decreed
that a wife can be compelled TO
support her husband.
The ants OF south America have
been known TO construct tunnel
three miles la length.
Ii Is said that there are more
Methodlsts Ia Philadelphia than in
any other city In the world.
The sranlards are too lazy to cut
their own corn. At harvest time
crowds Of Portuguese cross the
border and do all the harvesting.
The longest canal In the world is
In Rnssia. IL extends from st.
Petersburg 10 thu frontier OF china
and measures nearly 800 miles.
The Cuder-port pa clothes pin
factory has received an order for
lG car loads Of clothes pins. This
will take $1,000 feet Of beech logs.
A long-distance telephone cir.
cult Of l 800 miles was successfully
employed a few days ago between
Gallatin, Tenn, aud Norfolk, Va.
A special commissioner Of the
department uf agriculture has gone
TO Europe to work upa demand for
American horses for cavalry pur-
poses.
French Guiana l. said % have
the most violent thunderstOrms la
the world. The thunder Is almost
deafenlng and the peals come in
quick succession.
Alphonse Dande: had been an in
valid for 10 years before hi- death,
and the late DR.. Charcot, the Paris
specialist, predicted his death n
number Of years sgo.
The duchess OF Marlborough
buys nearly all OF her dresses in
New York. She buy. perfume in
bulk, and 1t i forwarded TO the
manor OF Woodstock in gallon Jars.
Bricks made Of plaster Of paris
and cork are now used in the con-
struction OF powder mills. In case
Of explosion they offer slight re-
sistance, and are broken 10 atoms.
II has recently been claimed that
iron ships fitted with electric plants
suffer rapid deterioration Of their
pipes having direct connection
with the sea, due to electrolytIc
action.
Paradoxical Rs 1t may sound,
there are several varieties OF fish
that can not swim. In every in
stance they are deep. sea dwellers,
and crawl about the rocks, using
their tails aud fins as legs.
The largest congregation in Amer
lea Is that ofSt. Stanislaus KoStka,
10 Chicago, which has $4,000 COM
municants. The number Of attend
ants at the several Sunday services
frequently exceed lI,OO0.
The finest complexions in the
world are said to be in the Bermu-
das. This Is accounted for by the
fact that the inhabitants live chief
ly on onions, OF which they export
over seventeen million pounds an
nually,
A scientificf armer has, after a
very great deal Of experimenting
made the discovery that pigs
squeal is keyed higher in cold
weather than when the tcmpers-
ture is mild. Wonderful what sci
ence is doing for mankind.
There Is a tree in India aud Afrl-
ca from which butter is made. The
fruit grows TO the size Of pigeons
egg. Inside the fruit are seeds,
which are pressed, and from the
oily substance a very good butter
Is manufactured.
The emperor OF Austria rises at
80 in the morning, shaves him
self aud gets to work at 3 80 o'clock.
AT midnight he eats a plain lunch
con. Dinner is the only substan.
tlal meal during the day, which
consists OF six COURSES, and when
he Is alone takes 1t at 3 O'Clock In
the afternoon.
Tho average height OF women in
Englan / Is 3 feet q Ginchcs. TheaV.
eragc height OF American women,
according To William nlalkle, the
expert on physical culture, Is ave
fSet tour Inches. The two inches
In favor OF the English women is
doubtless due to many generations
loi outdoor lilo aud sport.