Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-22
STRAY BITS.

There ara N 600 Mormons in Utah.
Missouri ha~ set apart g., 900 for wolf scalps
Tor 1889 and 1890
The Bible society has Issued, up to date. .
total Of nearly 5000, 900 Bibles
The Boston directory for 1880 contains 1884,
$50 names, as against l0l, 753 names last year,
showing an increase of only | 100 names.
About five thousand people have received
railroad passes 10 leave Johnstown. Some Of
them have been sent as far as New Mexico.
Nearly every country Is to hold a national
exhibition to celebrate the semi-centennial Of
the discovery of photography. Italy is the
latest to he heard from.
A century ago only 800 species of orchids
were known, and those very imperfectly.
Now the latest authority gives the extreme
number Of known species as 10000
The Association OF Centenary Firms Of
Philadelphia has been organized The asso-
citation consists of firms that have carried on
business in that city for l00 years or more.
The Arab believes In fate, and fate is what
ever happens II he finds traveller whom
he can rob, that is fate; II the traveller puts
bullet into him that's more fate. and he must
be satisfied with it
Oft teacup belonging to a neiehbor. and the
trihe has not only made enemies OF . dozen
people, but led to several assault and battery
cases and three lawsuits
The duck is to China what the Goldfish is to
the rest Of the world. They eat duck raw,
ro,x-i, boiie,i, fried baked and every other
way. and they worry over the duck crop the
same as we do over wheat
skeleton, the skull of plaster, the rest Of white
covered wire. 1t does not sell quickly, al
though the seller cheerfully sings out Here's
what you We got to come to-"
Col Hahn, manager of the elevated rail
roads Of New York, says that 5000 New
Workers are out OF town from June until the
middle of September He bases his opinion
from the daily traffic on the elevated roads
Machinery has been patented for the pur-
pose of making ship boats from a single sheet
of steel. They will I've of various dimensions
1t Is obvious that there must be great econ
omy In this mode Of making boats in assorted
sizes
A Philadelphia restaurant man says: LAS
long as we keep frogs in a dark place their
color is dark brown. But when we bring
them into the sunlight the color soon begins
to change until it finally becomes a light
green
The congress of Chill offers a prize Of -,
900 for the best milling apparatus, for which
a competitive exhibition will be held in No
vember next. Those who desire particulars
had better address the Chilian legation, at
Washington.
Hitherto Alaska mines produced gold only
to a considerable extent. Quite recently sill
yer has been discovered at Holkham bay, the
rock producing 60 ounces TO the ton with II
to 25 per cent copper There is quite rush
to this spot.
A man in Australia has discovered a pro
cess by which he can season freshly cut Aus
trnlian lumber in less than seven days This
SEEMS hardly credible, IA, heretofore it has
required several years. Steam is one Of the
agencies employed.
We read about a million bushels of wheat,
but few people realize what a vast amount it
is But II a million bushels OF wheat were
loaded on freight cars, 800 bushels 10 the car.
it would ill train fifteen miles long. II
transported by wagons. the line Of teams
would be i4a miles long
An opinion is growing that bovine tuber-
culosis is frequently transmitted to the hu-
man subject by eating the 6esh and drinking
the milk of tubercuious cowA II 10 to Be-
hoped that thorough boiling Of the meat de-
stroys the vitality of the bacilli. which 40
assumed to produce this disaase
1t is stated that Mr.. Dorenaburg. German
In Puebia, Mex, has acquired q Zapotee
cotex. very ancient. The hieroSlyphs are
painted on the skin Of . wild animal, and BE-
meath each herogiyph is written in Roman
characters its meaning in the Zapotec Ian
guage. The writing must h9Ss been the
work Of some priest about the yer 1850
Put penny in and you will have . sur
prise" says the legend on the latest form Of
automatic machine When one has been un-
wise enough to comply With this Invitation
one receives a card on which Is printed;
You give me penny and I give you moth
ing in return. You are surprised voilal"
Before the war the high water mark in cot
ton was5 .aoOo 90 bales The crop OF las. year
Is not yet entirely out Of the hands Of the
planters but those whose business attention
is absorbed by the staple place it at :. 100 900
bales, an increase Of $4,000 over the year
preceding. This season, with average weather,
it will be S,oOo, 900 bales, worth nearly t400,-
00O, CO., or Eve times the value Of all the gold
and silver produced in the United States in
one year.