The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-05-31
CURRENT TOPICS.

The salmon pack of Washington
in 1900 was valued at S3,240.4eO.
Three thousand marriages are per-
formed every day all over the world.
Seven thousand mills in Russia grind
annually over 100000 tons of grain.
Athletes of the larger colleges have
already begun to train for the foot
ball season.
Emperor William is said TO receive
more than six hundred letters day
on an average
There are 1000 tons of stone in the
pyramids of Cheops. 1t could be built
for $4,000 600 to-day.
The Grand Duke Michael. heir pre-
sunptive to the Russian throne, may
visit the United States.
Massachusetts uses more postage
stamps per capita of population than
any other state in the union.
Practical motors for bicycles are
now i'm use; their cost, however. pre-
vents them from being popular.
The Moniteur Ninicole estimates the
10000 production of wine for the en-
tire world at 5000 O00,O gallons.
There were in 1900 thirty-four
cheese factories in Washington. pro-
ducing l,O1e,o73 pounds of cheese.
Dunvegan, the famous seat of the
Macleods. is said to DE the oldest in
habited private house in Scotland.
japanese worlmen battle the whole
body once a day. and sorae of them
twice. Public baths are provided in
every street.
New Birmingham has one of the
richest beds of iron ore in the Uni
ted States. Ii is 11s miles north of
Beaumont, Tex.
Sir Thomas Upton, beside being an
expert yachtsman. is a fiTst-rate hand
at the foiis, lover of good horses
and fearless rider.
Out of the 304 towns in England
and Wales. one-third maintain one or
more public baths. They are crowded
by factory and shop hands.
Four new wheat warehouses at Ia
coma, Wash, the last of which is
nearing completion. have storage
capacity of 3,25o,000 bdshels.
Memphis, the largest cotton-seed
crushing center in the United States.
crushed 10000 tons of seed in 10000,
against $4,000 tons in 1s99-190O.
John d. Rockefeller has turned over
10 his son all matters pertaining to
charity and all appeals for such help
are now handled by John ID. Rockefel-
Ter, Jr.
Exports OF corn from Argentine
from January 1 to May ;, 1901. were
$4,000 bushels, against ) 900 bu-
shells for the corresponding period
last year
Lloyd Osbourne, the stepson of Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson, intends, it is re-
ported, TO give his valuable collection
of Stevenson's manuscripts To the
University of Edinburgh.
The 1900 wool clip of Oregon was
about ls,o00.00o pounds; about 1,5O0,-
600 pounds were produced in the VIII
lamette valley, and the remainder in
the eastern portion of the state.
According TO the rule sanctioned by
centuries of Chinese observance, no
document can have the authority of
the imperial throne of China unless
it bears a red spot placed there by
the sovereign.
The annual repor- of the state min.
inspector, j. Il. Hooper. of Alabama,
which has just been issued, shows
that the coke production of Alabama
last year amounted TO 2,119,917 tons
as against i.79s,6l2 tons in 1899.
Arrangements are being made In
Paris for the removal of the body of
Gambcfti from Nice TO the Parthe-
non. The relatives of the statesman
the date set is either July IA or Sep.
tember 4, next.
Charles Wyndham recently cele-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his management of the Criterion
theater in London. No actor mana
ger before him has succeeded in hold
ing theater SO long in London.
The total number of copies of news
papers printed throughout the world
in one year is estimated at 12,000,-
100000. To print these requires ISL
260 tons of paper. The oldest news
paper is said to be the Kin Pau. OF
pelSing, which has been published
continuously Tor over 1000 years.
A child's savings hank has been dug
out of the ruins of ostia, the seaport
of ancient Rome. The bank was an
earthen pot containing las silver coins
issued by Roman emperors between
the years 600 and 10 Ii. c. The little
savings bank was almost perfect wher
st was uncovered Ii is 3 inches long
and ~. inches wide. with a slit in the
top through which the money was
dropped. ~
Eormer Gov. James ). Hogg is cred
fled with having made approximately
$4,000. 900 in oil and kindred interest:
at and near Beaumont since the craze
Sc. in.
The Academy of Natural Science.
las been enriched by one of the mos
curious collections ever known-a col
lection of locks of hair from the
heads of all he presidents of the
United States, from Washington down
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