The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-11-25
CURRENT TOPICS.

tiOn.
TnE largest organ in the world is in
the cathedral of Seville, Spain. 1t has
o. pipes AID 10 stops
NILD turkeys are destroying corn
fields near the line of Hancock and
brochinrldgc counties, Kentucky.
AiAHANA made $4,000 tons of pip
mon iHst year Twenty live years age
the production amounted to II. 900
tons
Gro. \ WAEn, of Abingdon, IN. left
his false teeth to the Congregational
church, which accepted the legacy aud
sold 1t Tor s27.
A rritiliuNE company in the inter
Tor of Pennsylvania paid one cent re-.
gently M the revenue taN on It's busi
mess FOR one month.
a "a Mots musician says that 20 per
cent OF the GcruanA understand music,
~ pcr crpt of the French and per
cent Of the English.
u g. stated that large beds Of
lipuurico root exist in an uniuproycd
condition in the Nurthcrg caucasus
h,a.
JArANIsF Ccuuuny II cue 81 the
causes ~ japanese prosperity. Even
the charcoal ,iust h. sawed aud nodded
into balls, with rhaT ot straw, for
fuel
TuE hlya bird 81 iudia has the curl.
Gus habit 81 fastening frcllic- To IL nest
with moist clay On adark night such a
nest might bv taken for 90 electric
street lamp
LAEr NnH,T. Ia switzerland, has the
.nriuur property Of turning rcd every
ten years owing tp the presence uf Ger
tain minerals not found IN amy other
lake ~ the world
fuU refusing Ia keep it, streets in
oulrT u village ~ the district Of
SwviuNk. siberia, las been d,pupu.
lated temporarily and LOO of it, ln.
halitauts sent tu ilil
1rF Srcr,, police of Paris arc quite
Distinct iium thc regular force, The
members arc generally unknown To
each other aud one detective il often
employed Ia Match auothcr.
i a. W,IsoN, who recently died In
South Carolina. was the body guard Of
J'fT .r-uu Davis 90 the executive man.
,tuu u Richmond, aud was serving
there vhp Miss Niouic Davis wa
turu.
pNr cigar manufH,turrr in Detroit
Who employs r,rl. has estimated q saw.
iug iu risar consumption rs employees
ut S'p.uon iu ten ycar, un the basis
that male workers use thrrc cigari
daily.
Mus. ANNN MANA LrE, mother ot
Ten. FityhuEh lee. who died la Rich.
iound r,rptly.was the doughicr-in law
90 Hight llorsc ilarry" and a sister ~
l"hu Mason, who WAS caPturcd from
thc rrcni.
JuNUiurtt NoNUE, the Buthorcss L.
- years ol,l. aud there Il a movement
90 zoo, in Enrlsnd TO honor hyr hy the
establishments Of y memorial scholar
.hip tol gifts IN the high school at
Nmyhystyr.
Nrmua'urw h good sized Russian
town. which viii shortly bc sold hy
auction tu ihc highest bidder II owe,
thy government and other creditors
..olG.I 81 r,-lblcs C3 kopcc,ss which il Is
unable 10 pay
Inf iceberg ~ the two hcmisphyrcS
are entirely different in shap, The
arctic bcrrs are irregular ia form, with
iufty piHHsglss saJ rlittciing dorrs
while the antarctic bcrg> are 1at-top
I.d aud solid.iooking.
NICur blindness {, a curious ,,,Uu
81 the eve IN which the patient sees
very well during the day but becomes
blind ~ uight approaches. n is most F.,
~ met with IN warm climates. aud I
usually gives VIZ 20 mild treatment.
Thy cans are easily opened hy new |
machine, consisting Of u platform on !
which the can Is clamped. while a !
luifc bladc mounted un an eccentric |
: y furccj into the top OF the can 10y |
. r.ycr piyoicd AZ the side Of the |
CLAMP,
SNir can not stick In new shaker. |
the Invention ~ Maine woman. an /
agitntor being pivoiod in the top, with /
n projection uu the outside. which IN |
grasprd by the fingers to move pair |
OF prougs around the shaker TO dt,lodgc |
the salt.
NCyoRplNO to the official rctHrns |
there were isa distllcrics AZ work IN |
the United Kingdom last year OF |
these lt3 were IN scotland, = ia Ire, |
land and only II in England, The !
north Of Scotland had onc.thud of the
total number.
SnNt of the wooden churches of Nor |
way are fully 700 years old aud are still |
in IN excellent state OF preservation. |
Their timbcTs have successfully resist |
.d the frosty and almost Arctic winters |
because they have been repeatedly |
coated with tar.
An ohio man has patented reading |
stand composed OF telcscoping cen.
trial leg, supported by braces and car
Tying Hat top mounted on a pivot
which can bc adjusted 10y means Of
screw CLAMP To tilt IL at II convenient
angle for holding book
ONsrERs, after they have been
brought away from the sea. know by |
instinct the exact hour when the tide
Is rising and approaching their beds,
aud ~, of their own accord, open their
shells 10 receive their food from the
sea, MS IL they were still at home,
ONE Of the largest turtles ever caught
In the waters Of Long Island sound ar
rived in New York city from New Lon.
don, Ct, recently Capt. Frederick
Ostman. fisherman OF Watch lIill.
caught the turtle, which weighs over
zoo pounds, in one Of his fish traps last
month,
Tg,JAN, the Roman Emperor. built a
bridge across the Danube eighteen hun.
drcd years ago. Roumanian engineers
now come and say that the piers Of the
ancient structure are solid enough 10
support new bridge This is to he
erected and statue OF Traian will
ornament the middle of the new struc'
tuTc,
ACCORDING - high authority, cold
water is a valuable stimulant TO many
IL not all people Its action on the
heart is more stimulating than brandy.
His own. experience is that slipping
half n winc.glass Of cold water will
raise his pulse from 10 to over 100
TUX moment that young crocodile
breaks its shell II is to all intent and
nYrnnsps ne active M Ia Is AT any time |