Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-07

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welah mining Industry
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the death rate in London . lSx pr l.0oo .
against i75< in other English citisA
Tbers are 1850 Russian woman writars q
the present day vhoss biographies are given
In Prince GaIignis biograDhical Dictionary
In CLEARWATER harbor, Florida, there b
spring Of delicious drinking waser buooiin9
throeRh the ma. Of salt water which snvsl
opes it.
A young farmer a. Aoreiand, Pa, hAs
named his cowsAfter his various swesthsarH
Although he has . large herd be found Names
enough to 60 round
The gallery Of Madrid, ons Of the very
greatest in existence, has received new
windfall in the gift Of the pictures belonging
to the Do~ager Dnchsss OF PastraRo. rs in
all
A Cleveland chemist nys that people who
uss kerosene Lamps for . number Of years
become NO permeAred with the oil that their
bodies after death scarcely need any embalm-
ing fluid 10 preserve them
A magnificent English tres known Is the
'sWinfarthing oak" which measured So feet
inches in l744, has again been measured
and found to have grown exactly seventeen
inches in the interval Of las yearA
The soil Of northern Siberia At the clos Of
the summer is found still frozen for nifty ak
inches beneath the surface. and the dead that
have lam in their collins for $50 years have
been taken up unchanged in ths least
Tbs German naval authorities have besu
making experiments lately with . torpedo
boat built Of compressed paper The vessel
is II feet long and was found tOshow great
strength and more elasticity when rammed
by another boat
The bed which the German emperor and
empress occupied during their visit TO the
Sultan Edmund Yates tells The New York
Tribune, was Of solid silver, with Oriental
curtains Of surprising richness. heavily em-
broidered with gold"
Baron Hirsh has purchased Houghton Hall,
the ancient seat Of the Wapoles, from the
Marquis Of Cholmondeley for the sum Of 81
100000 Houghton Hall Is not far from Sand
bingham, the country house Of the Prince Of
Wales. One hundred and fifty years ago it
was one Of the most popular places in Eng
land
The southermost house in England Is occu-
pied by the distinguished Cornish water color
artist, Mr. Thomas Hart HIS studio, to
which connoisseurs and picture fanciers are
won't to make pilgrimages, is situated under
the shadow Of the Lizard lighthouse, and the
southermost fixture Of the work Of human
hands on the coast line Of Old England is Mr..
Harris boathouse, at the foot Of his delightful
garden and groundA
Presbyterian church in Melbourne has
introduced some innovations into its services.
which. although happily blending patriotism
and piety, would startle the sober minded
Scotchman at home The choir, composed Of
gentlemen wearing the Highland kilt and
girls attired in the costume Of the Lady OF
the Lake. sing their hymns OF praise to the
music Of the bagppes The ingenious person
who contrived these effects has his reward IN
greatly enlarged congregations