The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18
CURRENT TOPICS.

Forest fires are driving the grizzly
bears into Colorado towns. nj
In Italy bread, and sugar cost about
thrice what they do in England.
The worlds production of lead
amounted IN 1898 to 777,ooO tons.
A Spanish bullighter's fee for q
special performance is about $4,000.
l4Col.s Henry Peyton, on the staff Of
Gen. R. E. Lee, is dead in st. Louis.
Big crabs are found in India. Some
OF them measure two feet in length.
The skin Of elephant Charlie, killed
In Crystal palace, London, weighed o
ton.
In Spain the infants face is swept
with a pine bough to bring good
luck.
In ireland a belt Of woman's hair
is placed about the child to keep
harm away. J !,
A $5oo.ooo yarn mill is to be erected
near Talladega, Ala. It will have TO-
600 spindles. fr
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are
put into the cradle of a newborn
baby in Holland.
Most spiders are possessed of pois-
%on-fangs, but very few are dangerous
to human beings.
The total Chinese losses during the
siege of the legations in Picking are
estimated at 5000. !.
The arbitration law has been in
constant use in New Zealand for
about four years and q half.
In Nebraska there are al log
schoolhouses, SIT built of sod, one of
baled straw and one of steel.
1t is estimated that the number of
Germans and their descendants in
the United States is 15,000,oO0..
The burning mountain" of Mon
tet, in Ayeyron, France, is a coal mine
which has been burning for. several
years.
In the completed list Of 4o,s22
pieces of game killed by Emperor
William since 1872 there is only one
whale.
A New York florist says that the
lily of the valley is poisonous, and it's
stem should not be placed in the
mouth.
The total quantity Of diamonds
found in 1898 in the Transvaal was
22,S43 carats, valued at a43,730 ($212,-
$1,000.
The army death rate is lower in
Great Britain than in any other
try. In France it is nearly six times
as high.
The emperor Of Austria always
used to send the late king of Italy
annually a present of 100,O 900 picked
Virginia cigars.
Kansas has two head of cattle, one
hog, one-third of a horse, and one
fifth of a sheep for every man, woman
and child in the state.
Fort Marion, in Florida, is the old
est fort in the United States. 1t vas
built in 1865, of logs, but has since
often been remodeled.
The German emperor has been
known to change his costume ~
times in 10 hours. His wardrobe on
tains more than 1000 suits.
A nugget of zinc found recently
weighs exactly a ton. 1t is a beau
tiful object, being covered with
cubes of pink spar and galena.
Forty years ago Japan had only
coasting vessels. Now it has several
steamship companies, the largest Of
which runs thirty-three vessels.
The tube of a twelve-inch gun has
fifty spiral grooves, inside, which
| cause the shot to revolve rs times per
second as it rushes through the air.
The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets, and a small bit of mud,
stepped in hot water, prepared by
previous charms, is stuck on its fore
head.
Mobile beats Birmingham in popu-
lation by the slim margin of fifty
four. The new census gives Mobile
q population of 3s,469 and Birming-
ham 3s,415.
Three million more years is the
limit of human life on earth. Or
such, at least, is the computation
recently made by DR.. 7. J. J. See,
astronomer of the naval observatory
ut Washington.
Pope Leo NIlI. owns a pearl left
to him by his predecessor on the
throne of st. Peter which is worth
100000, and the chain of 80 pearls
owned by the Empress Frederick is
estimated at $175,0
All the Enplish RAILWAYS have now
agreed to carry $50 pounds of bag
gage for each frst-class passenger
free of charge, 100 pounds second
class and 100 pounds and 60 pounds,
respectively, as previously.
The soft hat was introduced to
America about 1850 by Louis Kos
suth. The army campaign hat and
the Rough Rider hat had their origin
in a Tyrolean hat that was brought
here by an American traveller.
The humorist gets his butter from Tho