The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-11-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

AReENrINA's president has a 81. 500
uniform.
TWELVE American cities own their
gas plants.
YALE's new president, Prof. Hadiey,
Is bicyclist.
UNITED STATES SENATOR NELSON was
born in Norway.
NAMES Legislature ordered a bust
of ex-Speaker Reed.
HUNDREDS of Americans are at work
In Russian factories.
SPAIN has had 81 years OF war during
the present century.
In the polar regions the sea contains
less salt than near the equator.
In India only one male in ten and
one female in 100 are able to read.
THE entertainment of royalty costs
English society each year fully SD
600 900.
A PoLIrE Chinaman considers it a
Sreach of etiquette to wear spectacles
An company.
IT is estimated that about 1000, 00O,-
600 bicycles have been made in Europe
and America
The Florists Hall Associa ton of the
United States carries $500, 900 insurance
or lighthouses.
ALTHOUGH her husband is worth
s25, o0o 900, Mrs. Paul Kruger does the
family cooking.
PRESIDENT HApLEY of Yale believes
In the old maxim about early rising
He is up about o'clock every morning
and generally in bed by 10 or IL.
The Mormons are preparing for =,
vigorous campaign in St Louis A
score of their missionaries are prepar-
ing to make converts in that city.
Asparagus is so plentiful on the Rus
sian steppes that the cattle eat it like
grass The seeds are some times dried
and used as a substitute for coffee.
BETWEEN 1000, 900 and 10, 900, 900 pep
pie in the United States take vaca-
ton every summer, according to a
fend for fondness of estimating.
They spend more than $40, 100000
AN expert has arisen TO explain that
stage fright really comes from disor-
dered digestion. He argues from this
that persons meditating public appear
ances should be careful of their diet,
and adhere to regular habits.
A FLORIDA man has just succeeded
in Matching an ostrich egg in an incu-
bator. This is the first successful eff
fort of this kind in this country, though
it has often been tried in California.
1t took Al days for the bird to come
through.
IT is curious to know that wood tan is
prepared just as it was in the fourth
century b. c. A bank is chosen and a
hole dug. into which the wood is placed
covered with turf. "A fire is lighted ur-
derneath, and the tar drips slowly into
the barrels placed to receive il.
STATISTICS which have been collected
in Wisconsin show the average cost of
raising wheat to be "a cents a bushel
and the cost of corn % cents. In both
cases there are included interest on the
value of the land, with the cost Of i'm
plements and horses added in.
Mock fights are common in English
service, where troops are taught how
To march, charge, retreat, form in line
of battle, and do all the things which
are likely to be required in actual war
fare, except to kill the supposed ene-
my. The soldiers take great delight
in it.
SYSTEM is 10 be Established in
Philadelphia this fall whereby teach
ers will be given permission to take
their classes for one-half day, once or
twice year, to Paramount park and TO
the geological gardens, such visits TO
be regarded as part of the regular
class duties.
In the Transvaal July and August
are the midwinter months; October,
November and December constitute
spring. and summer sets in shortly
after Christmas. January is the hot
test month and July the coolest. The
thermometer seldom goes over 30 de-
grees or under 25.
1T is a curious fact, but In many
cases it seems indisputable, that two
persons living many years together as
sumo likeness in facial expression,
features and most certainly in chars.c-
ter, but more so from the point of feat
ures No doubt it is for this self-same
TtdsOu tidL lhulcs pTo'''rS VIC oSi'''"
of pretty and lady-like nurses for tn,
bringing up of their infants. who, moi
possessing beauty by heredity. may at
tain it by the simple method of CON
slant iT pressionab bic contact.
LIEUT.. SAN DIEGO MACEo. SON of
the Cuban leader, is on his way TO fght
the Philippine rebels In an interview
at Omaha he said he hoped some day
TO be president of Cuba.
A WELL known German scientist has
discovered that the aroma of tobacco
is due To microbes, and it is said he
will patent, il he can, process for
making cheap cigars smell like expen-
sive ones.
In Germany potato bread Is used by
the natives OF Tburipgia to feed their
horses, especially when they are
worked hard in very cold weather
Jae animals thrive on IL, and their
health and strength are excellent