Willmar tribune., 1900-10-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

Tue Ou1leu SLdI --E'I
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,ooo tons.
A Spanish bullfghter's fee for
special performance is about $4,000.
Col. 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 q
ton.
In Spain the infants face is swept
with pine bough to bring good
luck. l..
In Ireland q belt of woman's hair
is placed about the child to keep
harm away.
A $500,00O yarn mill is to be erected
near Tailadega, Ala. It will have 20,-
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.
ho %o1 10
siege of the legations in Peking are
estimated at 5000. ';@s
The arbitration, law has been in
constant use in New Zealand for
about four years and half.
In Nebraska there are III log
schoolhouses, SIT built of sod, one of
baled straw and one of steel.
It is estimated Chat the number of
Germans and their descendants in
!. the United States is 10000
The burning ,mountain" of Mon
tet, in Aveyron, France, is coal mine
which has been: burning for several
years. - ~ 4:
In the completed list of 4O,s22
pieces of game killed by Emperor
William since 1872 there is only one
whale. :-*s.s
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,-
, s12.04). >%.s.r:
The army death rate is lower in
Great Britain than in any other coun-
try. In France it is nearly six times
as high. @5'%
The emperor Of Austria. always
used to send the late king of Italy
annually a present of 100000 picked
Virginia cigars 10y =
Kansas has two head of cattle, one
hog, one-third of q horse, and one
fifth Of 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 1868, Of logs, but has since
, often been remodered. ~
The German emperor has been
known to change: his costume -
; times in 10 hours. His wardrobe con-
tains more than 1000 SUITS 81.
A nugget Of zinc found recently
weighs exactly "a ton. It is q 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 sthirty 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 q small bit of mud,
stepped in hot water. prepared BY
previous charms, is stuck on it's fore
head.
Mobile beats Birming cham in popu--
=lation by the slim margin of fifty
tour. The new census gives Mobile
i population Of j, q, ,469 and Birming.
ham 50, AS.
Three million more years il the
limit 81 human life on earth. Or
auoh, al least. II tho computation
recently made BY Dr.. ]: !. See,
astronomer of the naval observatory
at 6Vashington.
Pope Leo 1lIlI. owns = pearl left
i % him BY his predecessor on the
throne 81 Sd. Peter which Il worth
800, 900, and the chain ct g pearls
owned by the Empress Frederick ia
estimated at $4,000.
III the Eng glish railways have now
agreed "a carr $50 pounds of bag:
lgags for each drst-class passenger
Ifrees 81 char 20 pounds second.
clasa and 100 pounds and 50 pounds
i respectively, % previously
The soft hat intro oduced g
i sAmercia shout 1850 by Louis Kos'
suth The arnn cam aoai gn hat and
ths Rough Rider Int had their sorigir
ih Tyrolean hi, that WIS brought
hare ~ a zAinelii - ttrayeler. ss
The huInorist sste his butte from G.
ok hiis hicaao Oal5 New. &