The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-08
CURRENT TOPICS.

ing alike Is not In Ga O0J 100000.
IN Is estimated that one crow will
destroy 700. 900 insects every year.
IL Austria. hungary 1000, 900 women
are engaged in industrial pursuits.
THg British government is about
TO establish a department of com
merce.
Is Chicago Is made - per cent. Of the
vinegar manufactured il the United
states.
CAflFOHSIA produces about onc.third
II the almonds consumed in the United
States.
HAtP dozen American women are
earning living as stenographers In
Havana.
THE growth Of girls is greatest in
their fifteenth year. Of boys in their
seventeenth.
ESGLANp's merchant marine includes
over u, 900 vessels, Of which about 5000
are steamers.
ST Lofts trade with Cuba requires
II more ships for its transaction this
year than last.
TnK teaching 81 English is to be
nade obligatory ia the Russian com
mercia schools
EA.EMPHEss EuGESIE IS a victim of
tho tea habit She is said to drink 80
or 30 cups a day.
TrE empire Of Morocco is the most
important state that is absolutely with
out IA newspaper
TWELVE fnOCHAND microbes, strung
in a line, would make IA procession only
one inch ia length
is his young days Emperor Franz
Josef rose at a. IN IN summer. but
now he sleeps to 6 a m
GBS. lioutANGFH's black charger. on
which he hoped IL ride To a throne,
now draws Paris cab
kArE DrLouonEHrY. Of Kansas City,
is perhaps the only woman switchtend-
or IN the United states
melbourne now the seventh city of
the British empire. consisted at the
time ofQueen Nietoria's accession of -
hutA.
TVE income tax IS levied In India on
all incomes OF Ea8 aud upward and then
only one man In zoo comes within its
scope.
NATuRAL gas for fuel is being aban-
doned in northwestern OHIO. and the
pipe lines Ia Toledo and sandusSy are
being torn up
GAFFNEY CRY. y. G., has voted TO
exempt from taxation for five years
manufacturing corporations settling
within its limits,
j W. EppLEAAS. prosperous farmer
of Nevada county, Ark, killed his SON,
in-law upon learning that the latter
had Negro blood in him.
Az association of London women
conducts the congenial business of
caring for window Boxes aud growing
flowers for balconies and small gardens.
TnE first missionary entered Japan
IN 1850 Tho first Christian convert
was baptized in 1894 aud in ls5a the
first.church was organized Now there
are over 90. 900 converts and Chris
tan community of 100, 900 in that coun-
try.
A NouNa woman, whose leg was bro
ken In an accident ON the Orleans rail-
road IN France, has received s. 900 dam.
ages on the ground that her value
from the matrimonial standpoint has
| deteriorated" through the damage done
| her,
Tun watch which Gen. K +. Lee ear
| ried through the war of the rebellion
Is in the possession of Rev 7 X, Fouut
/ lie Roy. OF onclouSRs, La II has an
oid-fashioned gold dial plate, which is
| Handsomely chased. aud has in it's cen
ter tine diamond.
/ TuE Hartford, Adm, Farraguts old
| flagship, has been completely rebuilt
at cost Of $50 900. aud is now TO all
intents aud purposes new vessel, al
though the old exterior lines and tho
interior arrangement have been pre-
ciscly preserved
ELECrRlCtrN in the hands 81 Vienna
doctor has turned the Ethiop white,
The Negro went In the hospital from
an Austrian Jail aud was treated with
electricity for four moathN At the eud
of that time he was cured and also com-
ptetely bleached,
JouN NANrUNt, one % the members
llt the company OF the Etghth Mieht
an eavalr5 which captured jefferson
Davis. died ihc other day al his hom,
n Edwardshurg. Mich. lie was a
| rears old StN members of his com
pany survive him.
TuAr witch is popularity known a
the funny bone. just at the point q
the eiboW Is 10 reality not bone a
all. but nerve that ltes near the sur
face. aud which. On getting a knock o
blow. causes the we'll known ttnglini
sensation ia the arms aud fingers
TuE phenomenal grow ia Of the tex
tile industries 81 the southern states /
one Of the features Of the Development
Of American manufacturing Mage
remain low a. compared with the New
Eng aud mills due largely - the " an
of organization amoag the operatives
nAN can he married in Melboarn
cheaper than in any other part 81 tn
world Ministers advertise ia the pa
prrs against each other oRe miut~te
! offers Ia combine together lovia
couples Tor l0s Cd. another FOR = 68
aud 80 doNa 10 : 6d. la somc case
wedding brVakfs>tA and rings are soI
piled,
Ii Is announced that senator Marie
, | nat,sr. of Sortb Carolina. has ID
termincd 10 Fettre frram the Unite
sSstes senate on the expiration 81 IA
tern, ia fast
There's ho fepyns the iaet that Hostu
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