Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-20
CRISP CONVERSATIONS.

For the first time in the history Of the
Great Eastern she has cleared = profit
for her ownerA
Three bullets were extracted from the
tail Of shark captured near Cuba From
appearances the fish had been carrying
them around for some time.
One-,hirtieth Of the whole population
Of Iceland emigrased last year. moved. it
is said. by the unpspalArityo Of the Danish
government and the Establishments Of
Canadian emigration agents
A new psrachutiss. W. s. Young.
hopes To- outstrip his rivals by dropping
with his parachute tied up in a sack. He
says he will 90 10 high that he will have
time to release the parachute and come
down "a usual
John Powell says that there is wal
nut tree on his place at Gibson. Ga. that
has b-,en stone dead for seven years, but
that it has come To life again and is bear
ing sweet. delicious walnuts as II did pre-
yious to Its d.ath
A Kentucky woman has been twenty
two wears al ing up So for her burial in
old age. when. a day or two ago. thief
walked of with the cash and left her
son. who Is worth S;iD0.oDo. to put up for
her funeral EXPENSE
minister married couple ore night
recently. and when signatures we're
asked to the certificate it WAS found that
neither tine bride, groom. best man nor
bridesmaid could write their names.
They ali -i5ned by making marks
Moths Of some kind are said To change
color To match the f,.-i that the, happen
TO eat y goat moth inclu~ed III box
lined with pink tissue paper turned from
gray green To PINK, and when white
lining WAS put in the box the moth be-
came hltc.
Pat Feeney. popular Irish comedian,
Who not long ago gave $4,000 to the
Duchess of Narihoroighs fund for the
relief Of misery in Ireland is now 80 re-
duced in circumstances owing 70 illness
that he Is depending upon the proceeds
Of benefit at Dublin To keep him from
starvation.
Observations upon the sway Of tall
cllmneys during high winds show that
one OF lilo faet in height and feet in
total diamster at the top waved 20 inches
during 9heavy gale. ami another l6i feet
high but with 81 feet diameter of hue,
m9fed through an arc of only 81 inches.
A company has just h'een formed in
London To run small one horse omni-
buses on short routes at haltpenny fares.
Every second omnibus will IN. Il smoking
car and will be- fitted with automatic de-
livery boxes for the supply of cigars and
cigarettes. These smoking omnibuses
Will also have racks of newspapers for
the accommodation Of the riders
\ child in Crewc. England, met her
death in peculiar manner. Her mother
baI taken a pudding cut of the oven and
placed ii "a the iloor Ia cool. when the
little birl came running along. tripped
and fv!i with her face across the dish,
the Lu.Iims contents gong over the
child. body She WAS frig htfully
scaldr,l. and died after suffering in great
agony
That more or less popular phrase, In
the soup. it may not he generally known.
has long been in tis.. in different forms
among the Germans. For nstanre. Der
sitzt IN der hr,ihe' He, sits in the so,p'l
''Er hat SIGH cine s,.hun. >uple einge-
brockt Gle has made a nice soup for
himself meaning he hase,u himself in
had fix. and "Er muss die einge-
broc!ttc supl~ sclb,-t essen Gle must
eat the soup he has cooked himself.
\ Eoston drummer says: One of the
nlcanest men it Was ever my misfortune
10 have any dealings with was retail
grocer. who at the time was selling
poor woman three pounds Of common
crackers for twenty live cents, for which
he paid at the rate of six cents per pound.
but TO make his scales exactly balance he
found it necessary to break "A cracker in
two. As this man finally met his death
by falling down STAIRS and breaking his
neck. | thought he received only his just
dues