The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-11-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
There are over 40 miles Of tunnela
builtainS the SOLID rock of Gibraltar

builtsins the solid rock Of Gibraltar
In Germany clock has been made
that is warranted to go. for 5000
years. sWs N'fs
In 1898 the tobacco monopoly yield
ed France an income of 329 900, 900
francs. ..sgN wgg4tIfe48
The island of Guam is $500 miles
from Honolulu and 1000 miles from
Manila. ss.6x1 r. Il 5, +, S@
There are now 59,712 Christian En-
deavor societies in the world, with
100000 members.
In India spoon is always'usedf for
eating curry, a fashion only lately
understood here.
The advocates ofcrennation in Ger
many have their own periodical, CALI
ed Flamme (fiame).
Lymph taken from the Emphatic
glands of goats is now being tried
in cases of apoplexy.
1t has been observed in the hos
pitfalls that nails on amputated fin
gers continue to grow.
London economist calculates that
the Transvaal war will increase the
English debt $50.OO0,O0O.
The Hamburg American line. has
announced reduction in second
cabin rates of from SIS to $40.
American exports to Germany dur
ing the past ten years have increased
more than $10,000,OO0 in value.
Meat has been preserved in frozen
state for 80 years, and found perfectly
eatable at the end of that time. /
There are in the United States 80
Berlins, 81 Hambnrgs, % towns bear
ing the name of Paris and Is Lond on.
At is said that no fewer than 255, 900
books for the blind are borrowed an
nually from the free libraries. in this
country. aatkk BFs &
Each year about $4,000 IS expended
in sprinkingsthe streets of London
with sand to prevent the. horses from
slipping. hs.f9a+. e,s 4.aas I.
The state Of Colorado and the. cat
tie barons, waking. together, are Of
fering. $3.50 br every coyote scalp
presented. ~ <N4' t@
THE most magnificent tomb in the
world is deemed to- be the Palace
Temple of Karnal1, occupying an area
of nine acres. ~
ut is imprudent to keep an oil OF
gas stove burning in sleeping room.
They consume the oxygen and thus
vitiate the air. -
A child was seriously poisoned. in
Mfddletown, CT, recently by eating
sample pills left on doorsteps by a
distributing agent.
British army. officers report that
they successfully used the iMarconi
system of wireless telegraphy in the
South~African war. yssc.s
Excepting grape wine, the oldest
alcoholic beverage known to man is
sake, rice wine Itshas beengused by
the Japanese for over 1900 years.
Golden and diamond weddings were
celebrated by GA couples in Prussia
last year, and the state distributed
medals to each husband and wife. uY
The largest cotton ginning plant in
the world is now under construction
at .Corsicana, Tex, and the next
largest is being constructed at Bry-
an, Tex. The third is being put in at
Mexia, Tex. .sssaless ssls say lls aaa AS,
A French statistician has calculated
that the human eye travels over 1900
yards in reading an ordinary-sized
novel. The average human being is
calculated to get through $500 miles
of reading in a lifetime. $50
THE German schooner skate" took
four months in crossing from sOlden-
berg, Germany, to Granton, England.
She ran out of food, and for 20 days
her crew subsisted by chewing straw
used to pack bottles, which formed
The mercury of Cape Nome, Alaska,
from January Is to January Is
ranged from 1e. degrees below zero
to 80 degrees below. January 26 it
rose to.4 degrees above, and till. Feb
ruary it continued above, reaching
90 degrees. 500
In the agricultural portions of Bel
gium the work performed by women
includes. going to the fields to help
the horses pull the plow,. of aiding
the dogs in hauling carts. In the
mines they work as hard and receive
s the same wages as the men. @sA
Seeking the Details.-sHe died of heart
failure" said the doctor. "Of course, OF
course" returned the perverse man; every
body does that, but what made his heart
fail?' Thus do the thoughtless ever make
trouble for the learned Chicago Post.
Mans inhumanity to man enables the POI