The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-04-20
CURRENT TOPICS.

monroe, Ala.
In the Rock of Gibraltar there are
20 miles of tunnels.
Stammering is practically unknown
among uncivilized people.
Mobiles summer yellow fever quar-.
antine went into effect April 1.
lXla, the flower of the African
veldt, is now fashionable in London.
In Philadelphia recently 679 saloon
licenses were granted in seven days
About 1000 servants are attached
10 the royal household ~ Great Brit
ain. w.
The occupants of balloon a mile
high commands a radius of ninety-six
miles.
The entertainment Of royalty costs
British society each year fully g.
100000.
Tobacco is now raistA in County
Mfa1Gi Ireland where it s'o " lux
The number of Languages and dia-
lcets spoken in tie world amounts
10 3,O64.
The great wealth that les in the
quarries of Sweden is at iSst being
developed.
Two years ago iha Beers had in
their pay IS German officers, 40 French
and 40 Russians.
Leather money was i'm Giro nlation
fn Russia as recently as the time OF
Peter the Great.
Teplitz. small watering place IN
Bohemia, claims tie honoc of being
Gen. Cronie's birthplace.
Dry guncotton viii barn slowly |
without explosion. Wat guneot'on
eXplodcs with terrific fore.
The Abyssinian warriors always
honor their king by baud escort Of
As trumpets wherever he g5es.
ia the process of TIE manufacture
of cordite the constituents dIe thor
Oughly kncaded for seven hours.
Indian rubber mails for use is places
mhenc ordinary mills are liable to
corrosion are German novelty.
Austria has one automobile paper,
Belgium two. Grca; Britain three and
she United States seven or eight.
Though Spain is as agricultural
country, il had TO import last year
more than Sl5,0O0.0O0 worth of gran.
II takes a span OF fifty-fsur oxen to
move LOug Tom. the 4.7-ineh gun be-
longing 20 the British naval brigade.
\ Whoever of Walton. n ". advcr.
tises for second wife who will be
able t. wear lot of mice clothes"
left ~ his first.
Russians have founded in China a
sjins siam paper (The Sew Country
The first number came out several
days ago. The paper has found in
Russia devoted and numerous sup.
port.
There are eleven millionaires in the
senate. Senator Keane. of New Jersey.
follows senator Clark in rank of
wealth. and is estimated 10 be worth
SO 100000. which Yields him daily
about $1,000.
Prof. Beal. Of the United States
department Of agriculture. calculates
that one species of sparrow-the
tree sparrow-dcstroys SIS tons OF
noNious weed seeds in seven month";
in Iowa alone.
nish people sailed from Liverpool not
long ago 10 seek homes in Canada
This makes over $500 Firms carried
TO Canada by one steamship line with.
I'm ten months.
II is reported that $4,000 people in
Frankfort-on-the-Ma are suffering
from influenza. There have been
many deaths from the disease. There
are long weeks OF foggy. drizzly
weather in Frankfort every winter.
\ meteor OF phenomenal size fell in
The valley of Georgia. in the Mari
time Alps. The light IL caused in fail
ing was so strong that the peasants
believed the village was ON fire, whilst
the noise rcsemblcd a cannon shot.
In recent lecture on the cannibals
of North Australia. given by DIR. Carl
Lumholz. i'm New York. he designated
that country as the LAND of con-
trasts. where women are without
beauty. birds without songs, flowers
without fragrance, and where dogs do
DOT bark"
"Spa1e souvenirs" at ; cents apiece
are being sold by sidewalk vendors
in New York. The little spade. which
looks like silver, although it is not,
has a little bit of ribbon. by which
II can be attached TO the button hole
The spades were made in honor Of
the beginning of New YorlS's rapid
transit tunnel.
John ". Gates, chairman of the
steel and wire trust, began life in
country store in an Illinois village
snd at the time of his marrige was
earning $50 a week as clerk. To-day
~ wealth is estimated at from $751;
100000 to S20,OO0,OOO. and the combi-
nation of which he IS at the head is
capitalized at sa0,O0O,000.
1he socialist party of Maine has
dominated candidates for governor,
presidential electors and coogro ssmcn
II two districts OF the stat.
A shell-fish, known as the pianna
N the Mediterranean. has the curious
power of spinning 'iscid silk. which
made in Italy INTO regular fabric.
There are now upwards of 400 rural
nail carriers in the unite.l States, and
Curing the year Just closed they car
ned close 10 100000 pieces of mail.
A large icicle fell from the roof OF
A mill in WinOOeki. VT. TO q .oOf an |