The Afro-American advance., 1900-10-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

Forest hres 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 1925 to 777.0O0 tons.
A Spanish bullfghter's fee for
special performance is about $4,000.
Col. Henry Peyton, on the staff of
Gen. X. Z. 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.
In Ireland a belt of woman's hair
is placed about the child TO keep
harm away
A S5OO,00O yarn mill is TO be erected
near Talladega, Ala. 1t will have co.
600 spindles.
Garlic, salt, bread and steak are
put into the cradle of u 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 Pcking are
estimated at 1900.
The arbitration law has been in
constant use in New Zealand for
about four years and a half.
In Nebraska there are 141 log
baled straw and one of steel.
It is estimated that the number of
Germans and their descendants in
the United States is 100000.
The burning mountain" OF Mon
tet, in Aveyron, 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 its
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 & 1880 ($2l2,-
$1,000.
The army death rate Is lower In
Great Britain than in any other coun-
try. In France il is nearly six times
as high.
The emperor OF Austria always
used to send the late king OF Italy
annually n present of 100000 picked
Virginia cigars.
Kansas has two head of cattle. one
hog, one-third of a 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. IL 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 IS hours. His wardrobe con-
tains more than ZOO suits.
A nugget OF zinc found recently
weighs exactly a ton. II Is a beau
tiful object, being covered with
cubes of pink spar and galena.
Forty years ago Japan had only
vessels. Now II has several
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 revolye rs times per
second ms 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, In stuck on its fore
head.
Mobile beats Birmingham in popu-
Iation by the slim margin OF ATTY
four. The new census gives Mobile
. population of %. s.469 and Birming-
ham 3s.4is.
Three million more years is the
limit of human life on earth. Or
such, At least, Is the computation
recently made by DIR. T. J. j. See.
astronomer OF the naval observatory
at Washington.
Pope Leo XIII. owns pearl left
TO him by his predecessor on the
throne OF 81. Peter which is worth
ti00. 600, and the chain Of - pearls
owned by she Empress Frederick is
estimated at $4,000.
All the English railways bavs now
agreed TO carry 80 pounds Of bag
gage for each hrSt-elass passenger
free Of charge. 100 pounds second
class and 100 pounds and 60 pounds.
respectively. an previously.
The soft hat vas introduced t1
America about 1850 by Louis Kos
suth. The army campaign hat and
the Rough Rider hat had their origin
In a TyroIean hat that was brought
here by an American Traveller.
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