Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-01-19
STRAY BITS.

An Indian woman. the last Of the Hum
boldt tribe, recently died at Oakland. DIT.
There are said to be only four horses in
Alaska, three at Juneau, and one at Sitka-
An interesting sale of autographs recently
took place in Paris Lists signature brought
so, while Zola's sold for sLoo.
The first Mormon temple in Wisconsin was
dedicated at East Delevan recently. The
building is small and urpretentioua-
Berlin has technical high school, built
by the city at a cost Of 81, So, 900, and main
tanned at al annual cost Of $4,000
In Ohio 100 farmers institutes will be held
next winter as part OF the commcaacration
OF the IOOeh anniversary of the founding Of
the state.
The favorite stage of the late King Louis
of Bavaria has been purchased By travel
ing circus Even his shirts have been sold
az auction.
4 new way to make sure Of dreaming on
wedding cake has been discovered, and thus
systematically expressed BY contempt
rary: Eat 1t"
DR.. Schaeger, of Washington, asserts SOL
EMMY that walking on railroad ties is fine
exercise and conducive TO health. This will
Tighten the hearts of many theatrical people
Irwin Be.chart, who runs shifting en-
CINE ut Lebanon, Pa, claims 70 be the
youngest locomotive engineer ii the country,
if not in the world He Is only 10, and has
t.-el at the business two years
TIE proper thing in neckwear among the
syve.ls Of San Antonio. Tex. is a scarf made
OF rat'ies.-alic san. with a PIN imposed OF
the saa1e's ratl.es. The skins are prepared
By Texan, who has a snake rancho near the
city.
Burnt wood ornaments are really works of
art this SEASON, exquisite Is the shading
upon them One Of the prettiest is an owl,
who couceals TN ink well somewhere in his
portly body, and whose markings are indl-
Gated by burning, which must have been
done with fairy torch
Telegraphic communication will shortly
begin between Russia and France All dis
patches at present come through Germany,
and have recently been tempered with at
Berlin Russia, in the case OF ! war between
Germany and Austria, would be entirely cut
off from Geographic communication with the
remainder Of Europe.
There are 20 blast furnaces in and about
Pittsburg, % rolling mills, 30 steel works, ID
window glass works, 81 flint glass works and
II green glnss works. The blast furnaces
make 800 go tons OF iron per year, the roll
Ing mills 30, coo tons, steel works 5000
tons, plate glass works 3,225O 600 square feet
window glass works 900, 900.
A North Carolinian, recently returned
from Japan, says that in a few years the
japanese will be the greatest railroad build
ers ia the world He bases his judgment on
the fact that the japanese are great patrons
OF railroads Even when they have no bust
ness to transact they ride back and forth on
the cars until their money is gone, even the
beggars in the large towns spending their
money IN this curious way.
II 10 not generally known that the worlds
supply of pencil wood is drawn from the
/ Pclr coast swamps on both sides Of Cedar
Keys, and that the product Of the mills
there is shipped not only to the New York
and New Jersey factories, but also to Ger
many, and, perhaps, other countries of Eu-
rope. That nothing may be lost, the saw
dust is distilled in large retorts and the oil
extracted, every ounce of which finds ready
sale