The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1902-05-30
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ny du earthquake III SYRIA.
Berlin dog lovers have TO pay tax
of So year on each of their pets.
The Pittsburg, Ps.. police are pre-
pairing petition asking 20 per cent.
increase.
Crop reports from Morocco and
other parts of North Africa are gen
orally favorable.
Crows have no fewer than q diff
ferent cries, each distinctly referable
TO a different action.
The army of Afghanistan is said to
be in a state OF Observation-Disclosures
owing to arrears of pay.
There are, according to the census
return just published, 25.S06 British
subjects resident in Paris.
Since the accession of President
Diaz in 1876. Mexico's trade has in
creased nearly 600 per cent.
The coffee crop of San Salvador for
1902 is estimated at 40, 600 900 pounds,
against 55.600.000 pounds in 1901.
The annual output of olive oil in
California is estimated, commercial
ly. at from 5000 to 5000 barrels.
In the poorest quarters and tene-
ments of London there is nearly al
ways flower pot in the windows.
new car coupling is being tried
on German railway. 1t lessons the
space between the cars to rs inches.
There has been a general increase
In wages in Duluth, Mimi. and all
skilled workmen are now on an eight
hour day.
An order for 100000 fairy lamps for
coronation Examinations in London
has just been received by a Birming-
ham firm.
To prevent indiscriminate manu-
facture the design of the new regula-
tion British army felt hat has been
registered at the war Office
During the month of March &c
strikes were reported in France. spread
over q departments. The number OF
men ceasing work was 9.541.
The Bulletin des Halles PARIS es.
Inmates the number OF horses in the
worle at 100000 the number OF
mules and asses at 100000.
Leopoldo Batres. conservator OF
archaeological monuments in Mexico,
has exhumed an ancient city of the
Zapotecas. in the state of Oaxaca.
The new law in New York for the
regulation of automobiles permits q
speed of eight miles in cities and VIII
hgaes and 20 miles in the country.
Paul Reveres house in Boston.
from which he started out on the
ride" on April 10. 1775. immor
talized by Longfellow. is now a Ban
ca Italiana"
In the Punjab the deaths from
plague now average nearly 10000
monthly. The squirrels at Hassan.
Mysore. caught the disease and have
been completely wiped out.
Prof. |. Garland Penn. of the Metho
dist Episcopal church. is projecting
a Negro young peoples Christian and
educational congress. which will be
held in Atlanta. Ga. August to II.
The nest of the tree wasp or hornet
Is made of true paper. wood being
ground TO pulp by the paws of the
wasp and treated with an adhesive
matter secreted In the creatures
mouth.
Rev +. Lawrence. secretary of the
Society of Kindness TO Animals. saws
the Swiss government is about to call
a conference of the great powers 10
consider the protection of animals
employed in war
During the months of January and
February there were 500 deaths from
typhoid fever in the British army.
Notwithstanding the regulations re. |
garding boiled water, the soldiers con.
finue to drink out of brooks and rivers.
DIR. Charles F. Rand. who ia &C. |
cepted as being the first volunteer for |
the civil war. is still living in Wash. |
fngton, ID. c. He was also the first |
soldier to win the congressional medal |
Tor honor for distinguished gallantry |
in action.
Considerable activity is noticeable |
In the shipbuilding and marine en-.
cheering trades at Manchester. Eng
and there is reason to believe that a /
largely increased number of men viii |
be employed in these industries II the
early future.
A curious fact about Ireland Is the
comparative scarcity of wild Greg
lures Ne less than 81 species. com.
mon to Great Britain, are unknown 10 |
ireland Among these are the mole
adder. shrew. water-vole. wildcat.
polecat and roedeer.
The silk production of Europe for
the year 1900 amounted to practically
the same figure as in 1899, but for
the last two years the culture of the
siikworm has been much extended in
Hungaria. Servia. Persia. Turkestan
and the regions of the Caucasus.
The Indian tamboura has the BODY
OF light reddish-yellow wood. wire
strings. three being OF steel and one
of brass. II Is used to accompany the
voice in singing.
II is reckoned that the United Stotes
government owns enough arid oiand
west OF the Rocky mountains. II irri
gated. to provide homes for the total
present population of the country.
Sir Edmund Elton. of Somerset