The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-02-25
: CURRENT TOPICS.


sixth to the fourteenth century.
There are at least 10000 nerve
flbers in the human body.
Only per cent. OF Russia's enor-
nous population can read and
write.
Postage stamps we're first used
in England in 1870; in the United
States In ls47.
An ounce OF vanadium is worth
S775 and can be purchased only by
81 ounces Of gold.
There are reported to be 1880
students in the Methodist schools
In this country.
Astronomers tell us that In our
solar system there are at least III
OOC comets Of all sizes.
Locusts are regularly shipped
from Algeria to London, where
they are made up by the manufac-
turers OF guanO.
The Spanish government has
consented TO the admission Of sup
plies for destitute CubaRs at any
Cuban port free OF duty.
There have been passed by the
Legislature OF New York, and
ptinted, from 1877 to 1897, inclusive,
l0l, 600 pages Of statutes.
II Is calculated that the yearly
amount Of food, water and air
which a man receives 10 the aggre-
gate comes to about a ton and n
half.
The marquis OF Butte offers TO
give $50 to any young woman Of
the town OF Rcthsssy who are anx-
ious to marry but are too poor to
do so.
The production Of pig iron in Al
ALBANIA and Tennessee last gear was
Dbl, 56l tons, ani-c ease Of 5000
tons over the year before.
siegfried Wagner, the son OF the
great composer, is at work upon a
comic opera with a text t.kenfrom
the history Of the 80 years war.
The postal apthoritIes of Parissre
said to be about to Introduce motor
cars and omnibuses for the use OF
carriers in the delivery Of the
mails.
A bill has been introduced in
congress for an international ex-
position TO be held in st. Louis in
1908, the centennial year OF the
Louisiana purchase.
The queens body guard for Scot
land, the royal company oiarchers,
contains the pink OF Scottish no
bility, whose estates are in the
LOthIans or on the Borders.
The production OF aluminium has
Increased In the United States from
100, 900 pounds in 1880 TO 100000
pounds In 1897. IT, p.iee has fall
en- in a corresponding ratio.
The latest use for glass is instead
Of gold as a material for stopping
teeth. OF course il Is not ordinary
glass, but Il is prepared by some
new process which renders ii soft
and malleable.
II is only 20 years since Stanley
solved the mystery OF the Congo
river. To-day So steamers ply on
its waters, half OF them belonging
to the Congo state, the others to
foreign countries.
Rev. W. II. Morrison, OF Man.
chester, n. H., hiss voluntarily re-
linquished $500 OF his $1,000 annu-
al salary because OF the cut OF ten
per cent. in the wages paid at the
mills and the consequent hard
times In the parrish aud the town,
Bigamy is punished in a peculiar
manner In Hungary. Tue mau
who has been foolish enough t.
marry two wives is compelled tC
live with them both in the sam,
house. When it comes to the re
flnements OF torture the Hungari
ans are not so slow.
Frederick Wyerha0user, of st
Paul, is with the probable exeep
tlOn OF the car OF Russia, the own
er Of more timber than any mar
on the globe. 1t is estimated that
with his immediate associates, h
controls 1900 600 coo feet OF stand
Ing white pine.
. Crete has lost through polltlca
( disturbances Of recent years div
trees amounting to the value Q
. $lO,OOO,OOO. 1t will take 10 year
4 to restore the orchards to full bear
Q ing condition, and in tho meantim
100000 Mohammedans and $1,000
; Christians will have to starve.
: Jefferson CollIdge, after a tri
: through the south, says the Nol
: England cotton mill workers mus
= accept the wage reduction or fOl
ever remaIn idle, rs tho souther
mills are prosperous, possess d.
y clded advantages aud aro genera
Q ~ superior 10 construction to III
average northern mills.