The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-07-19
CURRENT TOPICS.


Fleet street, London. is reputed to
be teh busiest in the world.
Every ancient city of note was To-
Gated on or near the sea or a river
The French are preparing to or
ganize a commercial invasion of
South America.
The French legion of honor is the
biggest order OF merit. 1t numbers
100000 members.
From birth of IL years of age. boy
changes from bundle of instincts to
a bundle of habits. al
Sweden possesses an effective navy.
The Swedes are reputed to be the best
sailors in the world.
The French census shows that the
population of France has decreased
by 12,ss3 in five years
The most expensive harbor in the
world is that of Cherbourg, finished
by Napoleon at cost of s15,O00,000.
San Francisco has named one of is
Parker, thirty years a city teacher.
The worn-out uniforms of the Brit
ish army, when sold. bring back into
the war treasury close upon $4,000
a year.
A Hobbema landscape has been sold
in London for S11,25O that brought
$3.50 in 1887, S1,42O in 1917 and s1,o25
IN 1913.
Eight teeth suffice the elephant for
munching purposes. The giant ami
NAL has two below and two above On
each side.
The chameleon, when blindfoldei,
loses the power TO change its hnes,
and the entire body remains of uni
form hue.
About 5000 horses are annually kill
ed in Spain in bull fights. At these
contests from 1000 to 1900 bulls are
annually sacrificed.
The largest sponge ever sent to
market was from the Mediterranean.
1t was zen feet in circumference and
three feet in diameter.
There viii be representatives of AZ
different tribes of Indians in the In
dian congress at the Pan-American
exposition, at Buffalo. this summer.
Distilling seems to be profitable in
Russia. A Moscow firm. Widow Pop
ova," has distributed 100000 rubles
as dividends for the year 1900 on
capital of 100000 rubles.
Judge jerks of the supreme court
of New York, told the law students
of New York university the other
day that "the man with burrows in
his brow wins against the man with
creases in his trousers every time"
Take ton of good camel coal and
distil it in a gas retort. 1t will give
10000 cubic feet of gas, 25 gallons of
aInmoniacal liquor, 80 pounds If am
monium sulphate. Is hundred weight
of coke, and Il gallons of coal tar.
In life of Pasteur recently pub
lished in Paris attention is called TO
the fact that the man who was des-
tined to revolutionize cnemistry
ty-two candidates at his high school
in Dijon, and was marked weak" in
chemistry.
A book on the ears as an index of
character having been published by
an English author, learned reviewer
mentions his own elaborate study of
the ears of more than 10000 people,
including 500 criminals and 1000 in
sane persons. besides those of 300
apes. He was forced to the conclusion
that The ears gave no clew to per-
sonal traits.
1t is not generally known that the
remains of all the Cars of Russia
since Peter the Great lie in memoir
ial chapel built on one of the islands
of the Neya. All the cenotaphs are eX-
actly alike, each being a block of
white marble without any decoration
whatever The only distinction by
which one can be told from its neigh
bor is the name of the deceased EN-
peror whose remains it contains.
The first of the anti-tuberculosis
dispensaries in Paris was inaugural
ed In the Rue Mercadet. in the Mont
ma-tre district, the other day. The
object of the work is more preven-
tive than curative. Poor people are
examined free of charge. If tubercu-
Iosis is found, the proper initial
treatment and advice are given to
them. This institution is due prin-
cipallv 20 private initiative.
A plague as horrid in its way as
auy of those from which the ancient
Egyptians suffered has assailed the
south coast of England. Countless
hordes of octopi. the devilfishes OF
Victor Hugo have invaded the En-
glish channel and have swarmed
along the shores of Devon and Corn
wall I'm tremendous numbers. Travel
ing about in niarauding armies. they
have weil-nigh destroyed the local
lobster and crab fisheries by devour-
ing these crustaceans wholesale.
OF the entire population of the
world 90 per cent live under the Brit
ish rule. per cent under Russian.
under French. and nearly under
American
On a recent municipal election day
in Wurtcmburg. only one persona
police sergeant--took the trouble to
vote. and he elected the whole muni-
cipal council.
Queen Alexandria Is about to follow
III, Quaint custom of English queens