Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-06-01
CURRENT TOPICS.


In . New England factory women aes
employed as piano makers.
CONSULTING fashion expert 10 Q st.
Louis woman's occupation.
Az switchmen. women are employed |
by several western railroads.
A NEW cotton factory to cost $780, |
600 10 to be erected 1T Wilmington,
n. c.
The vast estate left by Leland STAN
ford IL managed in all details by his
widow.
liz ten years the production OF steam
engines in Germany has more than
doubled.
SENATOR HANNA. though he has NO
technical knowledge Of music. is very
fond of 1t.
GEN. B. F. TRACY was . schoolmate
of John D. Rockefeller 1t the Oswego,
n. Y, academy.
UNTIL the reign Of Henry VIII. Eng
lish sovereigns, rs we'll as their sub
jects, ate with their fingers.
MORE than 100 Mandatory poems have
been sent to Lord Kitchener since his
great victory at Omdurman.
GEN. FRED FUNSTON has declined .
dattering offer for lecture tour upon
his return from the Philippines
LADY SOMERSET is laborinr to induce
London and other English cities to en-.
ploy natrons in police stations.
The tax on coffee amounts in France
to about IA cents q pound, while in
England it is only 8 cents pound.
MORE women than men go blind in
Sweden, Norway and Iceland; more
men than women in the rest of Eu-
rope.
In the first four weeks after the open
ing of the electric railway at Cairo it is
said that no less than so persons were
killed.
As to the length Of life Of fish; it is
said that the ordinary carp, if not in
terfered with. would live about 500
years.
HALF the ships in the world are
British. The best of them can be
converted into ships of war in g
hours.
In every school in Paris there 10
restaurant where free meals are served
to the children who are too poor to
pay for them.
GEN. WESLEY MERRITT brought back
with him from the Pacific large par
rot which had been the property Of .
Spanish sailor.
THE finding of an extraordinary large
opal is reported from Winton, Queens
land. The value of the opal is between
SIS. 600 and $50, 600.
The average number of horses killed
in Spanish bull fights every year ex-
ceeds 5000, while from 1000 to 1900
bulls are sacrificed.
THE car has inherited his fathers
love Of mushrooms. He enjoys noth-
ing SO much as dish of these dainties
prepared by his consort.
PRUSSIA began absorbing railroads
in 1875 In eight years she owned 5000
miles. Now nearly 10000 miles are
under control Of the state.
Times have changed in the Fiji is
lands There are 10000 native Sun
day-scisool scholars there now contrib
uting 10 the missionary box.
TaE recent census of cyclists in
France, which has been made for the
purpose of taxation. shows that there
are sos, $40 owners of wheels.
FRANCE is far and away ahead Of all
other countries in the production Of
autocars. One factory in Paris en-
p:oyes 1000 hands, another 500.
Ar Youngstown, O.. continuing
scarcity of labor in many of the great
iron mills is noted. and particularly for
the operation of pudding furnaces.
ONE of the hottest spots on the globe
is the region around the Dead sea
The sea is said to lose at least 1000. 00o
tons of water day by evaporation.
ALAw recently passed in Norway
makes girls ineligible for matrimony
unless they can show certificates Of
skill in cooking, knitting and spinning.
RECORDS for high speed in express
train service have been made on
French railroads lately, showing an
average of 545 miles per hour, includ-
ing stops.
THE greatest pilgrimages to the
Holy Land are undertaked by the Rus
slams. 1t is estimated that between
90 600 and 10000 Russians visit Pales.
tine every year.
MARX TWAIN is greatly distressed b
the death of favorite cat. which he
has owned for many years, and which
always lay on his writing table while
the author was at work.
The Case In a Nutshell.
Alabastine is permanent coating
for walls and ceilings, designed to take
the place of kalsomines and wall pa
per. Alabastine sets with the wall. II
is practically stone cement, as hard
and smooth as paint, but much less ex-
pensive, and is applied just as easily by
anyone. 1t can be mixed with either
cold or hot water. and applied with a
kalsomine brush. It is clean, healthful,