The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-02-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

Hungary leads in glass jewel pro-
duction.
Paris has the biggest quill tooth
pick mill.
The German empire had in lsos,
3l.630 post Offices.
The lighter all chocolate is in color
the more free Is is from impurities.
Miss Edith J. Enswood of New York
is the only woman patent attorney.
The collar bone is more frequently
broken than any other bone in the
body.
The total candy output of the Unit
ed States last year was at least $751;
100000.
The present season has been one of
particular benefit to the oyster
farmer.
The total number of paid employees
of the New York state government
Is 0.32l.
The young king OF Spain is reported
20 be n great student of history and
geography.
The salesgirls in n New Jersey town
have started crusade against the
use of slang.
One years sweepings Of the British
mint yielded over $1,000 in particles OF
gold and silver.
Pretoria, the capital of the Trans
vaal, is a small city of about 5000
white population.
Nearly so per cent. of the people of
France and Germany are engaged in
farming pursuits.
A miners lamp. using acetylene gas,
has been introduced into the Setback
mines, of Germany.
There seems TO be a veritable craze
for some sort of physical culture" in
New York this winter.
The last was the greatest year for
pears that the New Jersey farmers
have had for decade.
The largest city in the country I'm
WashingtOn's time was Philadelphia.
Ii had $4,000 inhabitants.
During last year 1,465 persons were
inoculated for hydrophobia at the
Pastcur institute in Paris, and of
these only three died.
This year the United States will ex-
port about 2O0,OOO.OOO bushels of its
wheat crop. about sO.OOOOOO of which
viii be in the form of -four.
Skating has been taken up with I'M
usual zeal this winter by that portion
of the community Of New York gener-
ally referred to as society"
Coal mining is developing rapidly in
Canada. In Nova Scotia both the
areas worked and the number of
mines show a great increase.
Frost has a variety of effects upon
different products. Under the same
influence eggs will burst, apples con-
tract and potatoes turn black.
One dollar and seventy five cents
day has been adopted by the New
South Wales government as a min
imum wage TO railway lahorers.
Up TO 1882 the 25th of March was
the beginning of the legal year.
though the LIST of January was uni
versally recognized as New Years day.
DR.. J. j. Henna, a native of Porto
Rico, now in Washington, says that
there are 2ss,OO0 beggars out Of
population of 100000 in that island.
The costliest thimble in the world
is that which the king of Siam has
presented 10 his wife. IL cost SIS 900,
is of gold set with diamonds and 9TH
er precious stones. and resembles
n half-opened lotus flower in shape.
Many Yankee farmers in Connecti-
cut were swindled recently by a
sharper that secured advance pay
ments on a cornsheler which proved
on delivery TO be the iron-shod board
made and used by farmers years ago.
Russia has still many old and curl
Gus marriage customs. One is for the
bride and bridegroom TO race madly
down the aisle as soon as the bridal
procession enters the church, because
of the belief that whoever places
root first on the cloth i'm front of the
altar will be master i'm the household. |
At Mascali, near the foot Of Mt. !
Aetna, is TO be seen the largest tree
in the world. Its trunk is 3O4 feet |
i'm circumference. The largest tree in |
the United States is said TO be the |
gigantic tree near Bear creek, on the |
north fork of the Tule river, in Cali |
fornia. IL measures 40 feet i'm circum-
ference.
Adm. Won Diedrichs. who was in |
command of the German warships at |
Manila at the time of Dewey's victory, |
has been appointed chief of the Ger
man naval general staff.
Mr.. Gielgud, the native commission
er at Sebnngwe, Africa. reports that |
the very rare white rhinoceros still |
roams the veldt in the district be- |
tween the Sanyati and Zambesi rivers.
German emigration has fallen Oft |
In 1851 there were 100000 |
emigrants from Germany; in 1887, |
there were 104, ESQ; in 1891, 10000;
in 1895, 37,49O; in 1896, 80, $50; in 1897, |
e4,e3O; and last year, 10000.