The Worthington advance., 1900-10-12
CURRENT TOPICS.


the United States"
CURRENT TOPICS.
Forest fires are driving the grizzly
bears into Colorado towns.
In Italy bread and sugar cost about
thrice what they do in England.
The worlds production of lead
amounted in 1898 to 777,o0o tons.
A Spanish bullfghter's fee for q
special performance is about $1,000.
Col. Henry Peyton, on the staff Of
Gen. r. f. 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
ton.
|. In Spain the infants. face is swept
with pine bough to bring good
luck.
In Ireland belt of woman's hair
Is placed about the child to keep
harm away.
A $50o,oo0 yarn mill is to be erected
near Talladega, Ala. It will have TO-
600 spindles.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are
put into the cradle of q 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 Peking are
estimated at 1900.
The arbitration law has been in
! constant use in New Zealand for
about four years and q half.
In Nebraska there are III log
schoolhouses, SIT built of sod, one of
baled straw and one of steel.
It is estimated that the number of
Germans and their descendants in
the United States is 15,ooo,ooo.
The burning mountain" of Mon
tet, in Aveyron, France, is coal mine
which has been burning for several
years.
In the completed list of 40,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 E43,730 ($212,-
s12.o4).
The army death rate is lower in
Great Britain than in any other coun-
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 100000 picked
Virginia cigars.
Kansas has two head of cattle, one
hog, one-third of 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. It was
built in 1865, of logs, but has since
often been remodeled.
The German emperor has been
known to change his costume IL
times in 1s hours. His wardrobe con-
tains more than 1000 suits.
A nugget of zinc found recently
weighs exactly ton. It is 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 twelve-inch gun has
fifty spiral grooves, inside, which
cause the shot to revolve IS 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 it's fore
head.
Mobile beats birmingham in popu-
lation by the slim margin of fifty
four. The new census gives Mobile
. 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.. T. ]. j. See,
astronomer of the naval observatory
u aatsWashington.
= I.aPope Leo XIII. owns a pearl left
i to him by his predecessor On the
throne of st. Peter which is worth
100000, and the chain of 30 pearls
owned by the Empress Frederick il
estimated at $175,000.
All the English railways have now
4 agreed to carry $50 pounds of bag
q gage for each first-class passenger
4 free of charge, 12o pounds second
Eclass and 100 pounds and 60 pounds
4 ,aErespectively, as previously. -
i The soft hat was introduced *
America about 1850 by Louis Kos
suth. The army campaign hat ant
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 th
cream Of his jokes Chicago Daily News.