The Afro-American advance., 1899-11-11
CURRENT TOPICS.
PANAMA canal construction employs

matches annually.
PoUi.TBr and eggs yielded 50 900, 600
In Missouri in ls9s.
ARRow ROOT comes from the bulbs oT
South American cannas.
TIE strike of the Boston upholster-
ers IS now in its twentieth weea.
The imports OF Irish linen into Ger
many has DIM nished very much.
DENVER (Coi.1 has more bicycles in
proportion than any other city in the
country.
HAwAII's unofficial territorial dele
gate in Washington is a graduate of
Harvard.
A FEATHER of an eagle shot by
Dewey has been turned into pen by a
Cincinnati man.
BRITISH recruiting officers are said
to be engaging German under-ofieers
for service in Africa.
RAIN has never been known to fall in
that part of Egyps between the two
lower falls of the Nile.
PARIS municipality erected Frances
chief labor temple 1t cost 500, OoO
and IS used by 81 organizations.
A LAW requiring corporations to pay
wages at least monthly has been de-
clared constitutional In California
HAWAII is said to have more tele-
phones in proportion to the population
than any other locality in the world.
AN attempt on large scale is soon
to be made to stock the abandoned
farms of Maine with cattle from the
| west.
THE British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has granted Ei,-
900 toward the expenses of an Antarc-
tic expedition.
ALL the European navies are prac-
ticing shooting. Our soldiers taught
them the necessity for good shooting
in the Spanish war.
AMONG the French, formerly, to
make even the most casual reference
to handkerchief. was considered the
height of vulCarity.
EMPEROR WILLIAM wants an enormous
increase made in the German navy to
make it the equal OF any sea force ex-
cept that of England.
IL London the various underground
electric systems for rapid transit in
volve the expenditure of about $780,
900, 600 for their completion.
rHE anti-British crusade of the Ger
man press on the Transvaal war is said
to be greatly against the wishes OF the
emperor and the government.
REGINALD D'IBERvILLE is the only
holder of Canadian title. 1t was
granted by Louis XIV. in 1900 and con-
frmed by Queen Victoria in 1850.
HoRsEsHoEs in Japan are simply
slogs Of twisted straw, and during
journey many have to be carried to re-
plenish those which are worn out
ACRE once meant a field of any size.
The Germans still use the word in this
sense. Gods acre, meaning cemetery,
is an instance of the old meaning.
MRS LIE BRETON, Mrs. Langtry's
mother. lives in Jersey and is still one
Of the best looking women in the
island in spite of her advanced age.
The heart of a vegetarian beats on
an average IS to the minute; that of
the meateater IS. This represents a
difference of 90, 900 beats in "a hours.
NEARLY $4,000 claims resulting from
the spanish-American war have been
filed at the war department, and they
are still coming in at the rate of GO a
day.
In the king of Saxony's museum at
Dresden there is a cherry-stone upon
which. by the aid of a microscope,
more than 100 faces can be distin-
guished.
THERE are parts of Spain where the
hat is unknown except in pictures.
The men. when they need a covering,
tie up their heads, and the women
wear flowers.
OS the Queensland. New South
Wales boundary line. on the edge of
the Australian desert. an artesian well
has struck a yield of water of 4, 900, 600
gallons a day.
BERLIN booksellers are strictly for
hidden to sell school children books
stitched with wire, as several cases #
blood poisoning have been traced 10
scratches from rusty wire.
THE Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without
a roor-tax, Spanish communities Of
go 600 self-supporters feed a pauper
population OF 5000 or more.
PRESIDENT KRUGER is said to be able
to write as well with the left hand as
with the right, but detests pens and
ink so much that he uses indelible
lead pencils whenever possible.
GEN JoUBEgr's wife has gone with
him in ali his campaigns and is said to
have aided with her counsel the devel-
opment of his strategic plans
NEW cotton spindle is said to be
capable of running o,00O revolutions
per minute, and, If so, will indeed rev.
olutionize the spinning process.
A CONNECTICUT Yankee has received
permission from the king of Siam to
erect a $500, 600 hotel that will be /, 900
feet long and four stories high.
SENATOR HANNA is said to have paid
for his suite of apartments at Claridges
hotel, where he stopped while in Lon
don, LIS guineas week. This is about
S925
ALL the personal paragraphs and So
ciety news that appear IN the London
papers is paid for, except that which
relates to the royal family. the nobili-
ty and the diplomatic corps.
THERE is a lemon grove Of L 600 acres
In san Diego county, Cal, and it is
said TO be the largest in the world. 1t
was begun in 1890, when l70 acres
were planted. and it has been annually
added 10, until it has reached its pres
ent size.
A thoroughgoiug egotist is usually devoid
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