The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-24
CURRENT TOPICS

ICES cost $4,5OO,O00 a year.
The United States now takes half
the worlds crop of rubber.
In 1902. the Berlin banks paid an
average dividend Of Z per cent. I"
OF the children of school age in Rus
STA, 100000 are receiving no instruc-
ton.
The wine supplied to the pope is said
to be $50 years old and practically
priceless
There are 800 Chinese students in the
colleges Of Japan, and 500 more are
to be sent. "
Nearly 2 per cent. of Norway's pop
ulation has emigrated during the last
IL months.
In Southern india the schoolmasters
have AZ different kinds of punishment
for naughty boys.
The Rhodesian gold output for July
amounted to 23,570 ounces, which con.
stitutes a record. q. .
For ten years the average yield Of
corn in Iowa has been, approximately,
IS bushels to the acre.
The 22d child was born to the fam.
lily of John Rudney, of West Mari.
borough, N. Y, recently.
Two hundred tons weights of bag.
gage accompanied the king and queen
on their visit to Ireland.
The Scandinavians now have an
enormous fleet of big steel tramp ships
In serious rivalry with the British.
The French ministry of marine has
Issued an order suppressing in future
the christening" of ships of war.
Diamonds have been discovered in
Liberia, and several tested in London
were found to be stones of good color.
From a parliamentary paper it ap
pears that four churches in the city OF
London have been pulled down since
1894.
At the last sitting Of the italian par
lament 80 bills were approved in five
hours. They were voted eight at a
time.
The government mint report puts
the gold production of the world since
the discovery of America at $9,S11,
000, 900.
One Of the most prominent oil mag.
mates in Los Angeles is a woman, who
is said to control about half of the
whole product.
During stormy weather at Berne,
Switzerland, a flash of lightning struck
a flock Of sheep, killing 48. The shep.
herd was badly injured.
The Gaulois announces that M. Jules
Verne, the celebrated author, has be
come almost blind, and an operation
for cataract is necessary.
The Knights of Labor are aiding the
employers of New York in the fight
against the unions which have not vel
signed the arbitration plan.
In Greater New York the average
number of children in Protestant fam
lilies is 1876, in Catholic families 2.03
and in Hebrew families 2.54.
The largest and best stocked marine
aquarium in the world is on the ole
moat Of the abandoned Fit. Jefferson
on Gordon Key, Dry Tortugas. f.
Persistent insomnia, unwonted irri
liability and dread of graphing with
business problems are danger signals
of general breakdown.
An attempt by Spanish anarchists tt
derail a train in Andalusia by means
of a telegraph post and a steel raj
placed across the line has failed.
Three German carpenters arriving a
Sydney under contract have been for
hidden to land pending an inquiry
whether they are skilled laborers.
A girl child was born recently at thu
Egyptian Village" in the fire exhibi
ton, earl's court. She is named Alex
andra Ibrahim, in honor of the queen
Three photographic records Of tn.
voice Of the emperor Of Austria have
been taken for preservation by tn
Imperial Academy of Sciences O.
Austria.
Forty-eight persons have been fount
frozen to death as a result of the re
cent severe snowstorm which passed
over Germany, and many are still
missing. ..
A communication from the Soutl
African Colonization society state!
that out of all the girls sent by 1t tt
the cape only 2 per cent. have turned
out badly.
The Yellowstone park proper is one
third larger than Delaware, and thu
adjoining government forest reserves
make an area nearly equal to that Of
New Jersey.
The worlds record for fast type
writing is now held by Miss Pretty
of the United States patent Office, wht
wrote 20,400 words in six hours witt
less than one error to the page.
Owing to the prevalence of rabies
among the cats Of Amberg, Bavaria
the authorities gave orders for a mas
sacre, and not q single cat has sur
sived.
Exports Of butter from the United
States for the fiscal veal ended June
80, 1903, amounted to only S,197,954
pounds against II, 0S1 ,4s0 pounds the
year previous.
A Greenock confectioner who pur
chased 1,4OO pounds of sugar, the
%sweepings. Of a ships hold, has beer
fined a2 IS I'd for removing 1t with
out paying the duty.
Owing to the prohibition OF the
Turkish censor a performance Of 1.-THE