The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-11
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workers In stores.
In the early English plays a
board with a name on 1t indicated
the locality Of the scene.
A horse slways gets up on it's
fore-legs first and a COW directly
the opposite.
The lion, though he stands no
higher than large mastlff, is from
six to eight feet IN length.
Diamonds are not dug out Of the
ground, but are generally found In
narrow crevices OF rocks.
The screw Of an Atlantic liner
revolves about $4,000 times be-
tween London and New York,
A statIstlcian asserts that every
square mile OF the sea Is inhabited
by l2O,OOO,OOO finny creatures.
The South Atlantic and Gulf
States quarantine convention has
been called TO meet at Mobile Feb. o.
The royal crown Of Great Britain
is composed almost entirely Of dla-
monds aud rubies and is valued at
100000.
There are s,S26 barrOoms and
other licensed liquor houses in
London, or about 1000 more than
there were ten years ago.
Potted plants have been removed
from the school rooms in Eastport,
l.. l., on the theory that they dis
seminate scarlet fever.
The first piece OF cotton cloth
made In America was presented to
the wife OF Gen. Nathaniel Green,
who had u dress made Of it.
A Maine girl earned $500 last
summer selling four-leai clovers at
ten cents each to a jcweler, to be
made iuto good luck bangles.
On the large plain called Landes,
in the southwest OF France, which
arc usually flooded, the people go
about on stills as \ matter oicourse.
Mrs. Annie HIurd Dyer is trans
lstlng into Japanese the two novels
by Jas. Lane Allen, entitled "a
Kentucky Cardinal aud after
mathr
Some scientists now hold that
above the altitude OF 1900 feet
from the sea level the temperature
decreases about l degree for every
rise Of $50 feet.
The practice OF kissing under the
mistletoe Is Of very ancient origin,
rs II dates from the days OF the
Druids, when no doubt It had re-
ligIoIs meaning.
Emperor Menelek has ordered a
throne and It is to be built In Par
Is. The frame will be Of solid oak
with gold incrusted gewgaws, and
drsped with silk.
Miss Helen Gould, Of New York,
has given an additional scholar
shipof 5000 to Mount Holyoke
college. This one is iu memory OF
her mother, Mrs. Jay Gould.
For a short distance lion or =
tiger can Outrun a man, and eau
equal the speed OF fast horse
but the animals lose their wind at
the end Of about half a mile.
Jerusalem is now nothing but u
shadow Of the magnificent city Of
ancient times. 1t is about three
miles in circumference, and is.situ-
ated on a rocky mountain.
The typographical union has en-.
tered the Iowa legislature with
proposition to have all school books
manufactured within the State
This is aimed at the book trust.
There Is q stone still existing ia
st. Swithin's church, London, which
is supposed to be the center mile
.sne from which the Romans
measured distance when In Britain
Sarah Bernhardt Is a total alb
stainer from alcoholic drinks, an'
| to this she attributes much OF he
wonderful enargy and great men
tai powers. Her favorile beverages
are simply milk and water.
Its stated that the king Of Sian
who recently visited Europe, ha
had TO have a special box made t
hold all of the insignias OF the dis
tinguished orders conferred upoI
him by his brother mOnarchs.
The United Kingdom consume
COO, 900 pounds, or about four mill
ions gallons OF tea every day, ,whicl
is as much as Is used by the res
Of Europe, North aud South Amerl
ca, Africa and Australia combined
The Oldest bank note In the worl
was printed in China In 1865
years before Gutenburg, the repu'
cd inventor OF printing was borI
1t was issued 800 years before ban
notes were circulated In Europe.
Seven Yale students passed
their vacation by serving as col
duelors on a Now Haven trolle