Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-09-26
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
The Sonora Canovas Gel Castillo has
just died in Madrid. si "a
y About 100000 bushels Of beans are
annually consumed in Boston.
Australia has spent nearly $55.00o.-
600 in promoting inning ton.
Eleven presidents of republics were
assassinated during the last century.
Duluth -four mills are preparing to
make 10000 barrels of Hour every "a
hours. l5
From 1909 to 1912 many attempts
were made to fasten metal points to
quill pens.
The 10000 Indians in Ontario, Can
ada, own S9,s4O,0O0 worth of proper
ty, or $615 head.
The Japanese earthquake of 1903
was the most destructive on record.
It Killed 100000 people.
Some naturalists say that no in-
sect except the silk worm feed upon
the leaves of the mulberry.
This years crop of oysters will
eclipse in number and flavor the har-
vest of several years past.
The 1000 or more Boer prisoners at
st. Helena have started the publica-
ton of weekly newspaper.
A thousand railway cars are need
ed to handle the peach crop in one
country in southern Missouri.
Last year there were 192,705 miles
Of telegraphic lines and 933, 1853 miles
OF wire in the United States.
Within a few weeks the Germans
Of Mexico City collected $4,000 for a
After the confiscation of monastery
property in Spain by the state, much
of the proceeds were devoted to the
making of roads.
The bloom on fruit is said to be
natures water-proofng. Where it is
rubbed off damp accumulates and de-
cay soon follows.
A new trolley line between New
York and Connecticut promises a reg
ular run of sixty miles an hour out
side of city limits.
A hornets nest usually contains
from three to four hundred perfect
males and females ard an indefinite
number of workers.
Of ffty-six glaciers observed in 1870,
thirty-nine were found to be decreas-
ing, while five were stationary, and
twelve were increasing.
The British war office is said to be
considering the training of dogs to
carry water and provisions to sick and
wounded in time of war,
of England has much increased. The
principal consumers of wool are: En-
gland 114,0oO,0Oo franc, Germany 10o,-
,sOoG, 1000, France 91.OoO,o0O, etc.
Germans are still prejudiced against
corn as an article of food, except for
cattle and swine, but efforts are be-
ing made to overcome this prejudice.
Servants in the English royal pail
aces have received fresh reminder
of the spirit of economy with which
King Edward, intends to conduct his
household.
Labor strikes are of great antique
ty, although, owing to the different
conditions of labor, anciently they
were on somewhat different lines
from those of the present day.
The game of golf is said to have
been invented in ancient times by q
lonely shepherd who had nothing bet
ter to do than to knock round stones
into a rabbit hole with his crook.
Z. John w. Bowler, general superin-
tendent and director of physical train
ing in the public gymnasium of Bos-
ton, has accepted a five-year contract
as director of physical training at
Dartmouth college.
The Oldest known weapon was the
club. The clubs Of the lake dwellers
Of Switzerland, studded with stones
in default of nails, and thus making
formidable weapons, have been recov-
cred from their habitations.
In New Jersey there are two match
factories with q capacity together Of
00,000,00 matches day. The largest
factory in the country, at Barber
ton, O., can turn out 100 ZOO, 900 match
es a day, probably one-seventh of the
entire consumption.
a strange sight was witnessed at
Bologna recently. A bellringer at q
church was struck by great bell and
thrown violently through the window
OF the tower on to the roof, some
80 feet below. He escaped with moth
ing more than a shock.
The total product of wool is 1,000,-
100000 kilos annually. Australia is
credited with 304 ,0oo, 900 kilos. Ar.
gcntina 172 900, 900, the United States
132,O0O,O0O, Russia 10000, 900, England
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