Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-15
oDrs AND ENDS

II /, estimated that l.eoo, o0o. dozen sans0
swset corn viii Be paeksd this ysas In AsinA
n,cklace Of human knuckiabonss was
the gift received by missionary from pr.
tial CHIEF.
The Detroit Free Press tells Of woman
who caught TO- 900 flies on sticky ay paper In
nine dayS
The entire area Of the United States
amounts to 1880 600 600 acres, and OF this
more than half is yet unsold land. the larger
portion of which Is in Alaska
In Norway bucket Of water is ST down
BY horses with their allowance Of hay and
they take SIP of one and mouthful OF sns
other alternately. A broken wirded horse
is rarely ever seen in that country.
The reports OF extravaganza and show At
our watering places are not so LOUD nor 50
numerous as usual Even Newport is said 70
be not so formal or ceremonious this season
In dinner parties and other entertainments
No other nation boasts + so many grades
and varieties of sweetmeats as the Chinese
Over ninety varieties Of sugar cured fruits
are on their bill OF fare, the most valuable
Of these being their preserved ginGers and
apri0ts,
English railroads have increased their speed
this summer, until an average speed OF forty
nine miles an hour is announced by the Great
Northern and Eastern lines. As this includes
time OF stoppages tie actual running speed
must be greater.
The value Of the real and personal property
Of Cali. ornia this year, as returned 10y the
local assessors, is 81 .0ss, SsS ,s2S, which shows
al. increase of sl75,2l3.s 4s over last year.
This is exclusive of the railroads, which foot
up about s50,0oO000
A Michigan peddler, who sold goods on the
cars, first singing a comic song to attract at
tentior and please his customers, dropped
dead in a train a few days age. He is be-
heved to have left a fortune Of $500 600 &C
cumulared in this manner.
A Harvard professor, who is passing the
summer on Canobic lake, n H, has cot
tags built on a raft made Of fifty-thres
empty oil casks, and the dwelling is towed
about the lake whenever the owner wants q
change of air and scenery.
John Brooks, the champion fisherman Of
Brooks Station, Ga, went fishing and caught
turtle that weighed seventy pounds and
measured four feet from tip to tip After
sending his neighbors a mess be had enough
to do his family several days.
Ebenezer Peck, a colored man living on the
Har lson place, near Charlottesville, Va, re-
Gently dug up large number Of old silver
pieces in his cotton patch. Many Of the coins
were of Spanish mintage, dating back to the
beginning Of the last century.
A Louisville colored woman recently paid
q local doctor $40 for a dead ina MS finger
which she wished to use as a charm The
woman claimed to be voudoo doctor, and
said the finger wonld be sure mascot for
any one wishing to let on the races
The tendency Of the Brooklyn bridge po-
lcemen to fall asleep while on duty has be-
come SO pronounced that Superintendent
Martin has issued orders that in future such
an offense will be punished by suspension.
For a second nap the officer will be dismissed.
Peter Flynn, of Charlottesville, Ills, has
no appreciation Of humor. The other day
several friends hired him to carry an old
va Use filed with bricks all over town on an
aimless GRAND Peter did so, and has now
returned the compliment by bringing suit
against the jokers for $50 damages.
Pans of water placed in fruit and berry
patches will keep birds from eating the fruit.
An English naturalist claims that the reason
birds eat cherries and Strawberries is because
in the blazing heat they get dreadfuly
thirsty. If the birds can easily get at water
they soon leave OF taking the fruit.
The British agent at Cettinje, Montenegro.
reports that there is only one road fit for a
wagon in the whole country, and that there
is practically no industry, the Montenesrins
scornng any pursuit but that of arms All
artisans are foreigners, and all goods except
agricultural productions are imported