Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-13
CURRENT TOPICS.

The population Of the Philippines b
stated at 1O.000,000.
A London physician advises . quiet
sea voyage for insomnia.
South African diamond mines yield
over $40.0O0,000 annually.
One million miles is the length" Of
IN American locomotives life.
Boston, one of the richest cities In
the country. has . municipal debt o.
$50 100000.
It is quite the fad in London for wo-
men to carry q single large chrysa1r
themum In the hand.
Senator Hanna's secretary says that
since 1896, 500 children have been
named after the senator.
The Mackenzie river is $500 miles in
length. and drains an area equal to
one.half of the United States.
The most extensive cemetery in the
world is that at Rome, in which over
5000 900 human beings have been in
tered.
The German army authorities have
appropriated $4,000 for motor car
riages for use in the approaching man.
euvers.
The koreans as a people are better
developed physically than the Japan.
csc. They are taller and mentally arc
literally endowed.
Doctors in Sweden never aend bills
to their patients. They cheerfully ac-
cept whatever sums the patients
choose to give them.
A French farmer has made expert
ments which show that catetpillars
avoid black objects, but are attracted
in numbers by white.
The German empire has IT'S centen-
arians, France 213. England LAG, Scot
land As. Denmark has two only and
Switzerland none at all.
The most interesting member of the
Danish court is the Princess Waldo
mar. She is an artist, her special line
being scenes from animal life.
More railroad lines were built in
Mississippi last year than in any year
during the past decade. A number of
lines are In prospect for this year.
The state of Washington has 444
lumber mills. saving over 100000
feet per day, turning out 2O,000,OOC
shingles and employing $4,000 men.
A. Hamilton Rice. a grandson of the
late Governor Rice, of Massachusetts,.
has just been made fellow of the Roy
al Geographical society. of London.
Moscow has the largest hospital In
Europe, with 1000 beds. There are 90
physicians and 900 nurses. and about
$4,000 patients are cared for annually.
From the time of Solomon the chron-
ology Of the Jews may be connected
with that of Egypt, Assyria and Baby.
Ion, and comparative views presented.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for the benefit of widows and children
of miners killed in an explosion. This
is said to be, his first contribution to
plain charity.
Countess Annesley will entertain
King Edward and Queen Alexandra on
their approaching visit to Ireland at
Castle Wellan, a superb estate ample
in dignity to be . monarch's tempo
rary seat.
Under the will OF Mrs. Susan Cor
nelia Warren, widow OF Samuel
Downes Warren, paper manufacture
er of Boston, nearly $15O,O0O is set
aside for educational and charitable
purposes.
Sweden has 27.7O inhabitants to the
square mile; Denmark. 1880, and
Belgium, the most densely settled
country in the world, except China,
$3.50. The average for all Europe is
SO to the square mile.
The strangest golden wedding pres
ent ever given to celebrating aged
couple is the tombstone sent by an en-.
terprising marble dealer to the sexton
of the Baptist church at Danville.
Mass, on the occasion.
DR.. Henry Woodward, the keeper of
the geological department Of the Brit
fish museum of natural history, and a
writer and editor of books on natural
history. has resigned from the muse
UNI after a service Of % years.
The federal judicial officer who prob
ably has the largest territorial juris-
diction is Andrew J. Balliett. United
States court commissioner at Rampant
precinct, Alaska. He covers over $780,.
900 square miles in his district.