Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-06
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| tteeu Sbu Ifibp, nom MANY oOurC0o
| A third Of the deaths in the French arm,
are due to typhoid fever.
| The new Chinese consul At New York City
rejoice. Ia the name of Shame Fun.
Eighty FIVE thousand tulip bulbs will b,
plsnt.d in the New York parks this fall
| Prince Bismarck Is troubled with insomnia
lie has tried An orris root pillow. but is stil
~skefu
Secretary Rack has developed = grea
fondness for chr, ssnthemums He AWAY
wears one now in hi. huitonhoIe
Charles Dieken. hons. at Gai's Hi Lon
Ion, is for sale The cherished home of tn,
great novelist can be pur ,hased for sj3 900
The proceeds of the tax on beet sugar
maaufac ur.d 10 GERMANY for the coming
year will reach the sun of o 900 900 marks
The Imperial party which was staying Al
Fredeusborg. last week comprised an en-
prror, 2 smpress.s, 3 kings, 2 queens, 4
heirs-sppsrent to thrones and - princes and
Irinresses
The New berry law. which prohibits games
of billiards, cards and dice or The playing
of music IN drinking saloons, went into eff
feet IN Missouri. and some OF The bot. men
talk of combining to fight the law.
In Naples there exists race of eats which
live in chu ches They are kept ami ted h,
the authorities on purpose to eat nice ~hich
inf, a. all old buildings th-r.. The sninals
may often be seen walking about among tn.
congregation. or sitting gravel, before the
altar during the time of mass.
Brooklyn specialists for diseases Of the
eve, car and nose are much interested in I'll +.
result Of an unusual operation on woman
that was p rforu@d In the Long Island Col
lege Hospital on Monday Mrs Eva Hoa-
man submitted To the experiment of having a
portion of The breast bone of = chicken
sewei To that part of her face where nose
should have been.
The Century Publishing Company con-
sumt- nearly two hundred tons Of paper a
north. and their paper bill amounts to about
$500 900. Harper Bros. for their illustrate
ii papers AID magazines use annually about
1000 resins, besides vast quantities Of book
paper for o'her publications. The Arkells
use $4,000 resms annually for Judge and
Frank Leslie. Puck requires about 1900
resms per year.
Many English actresses have made sristo-
cratic marriages since 1900 Harriet Mellon
married the ninth duke of st. Adams; Kitty
Stevens. the fifth Earl of Essex; Eliza Far
rem, the twelfth Earl of Derby; Louisa
Brunton. the first Earl of Craven, and Maria
Foots, the third earl of Harrington. Besides
these the beautiful Miss o. Neiil became
Lady Becher, Mrs Sssbitt. Lady Boothby
and Helen FAUCET. Lady Martin.
The latest development of the advertising
art comes from Paris, VII r an .n'erprisina
publisher has employed a large force OF
sandwich men to advertise book by wax
Ing down the boule varis and reading it with
rspt attention An il quisi,ivs gentleman,
anxious to know how far this would have sn
educational effect upon the readers, crep, up
behind one who seemed more rapt than all
the others and found that he vas reading
the book upside down.
A skunk got into the ladies' waiting room
at West Nedford station on the Boston 4
Lowell railroad, a few DAYS ago, and for 4
long time no one could be got to attempt hi.
election. A bottle of chloroform was emp
tied yer him from window in the room,
but this only made him mo risky. An
awful odor began to permeste the whole sta
ton building, and. in despair, the ufficial.
began TO throw stones At the little intruder,
bu; he got under chair and would no, de-
camp At last . forlorn hope vas formed.
and Ave oficials precipitsted themselve. up
on the skunk and pierced him With a pitch
fork The Board of Health and the Disip-
fectilg Corps vas III n telesrsphed for.