Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-26
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In l1l9 u canibric pocket handkerchief coa
$50
There is emily one woman's paper in Aus
tralia
One London railroad station handles 1000
trains daily.
Germany pays annually about 10000
marks for foreign cut flowers
A dog that has been taught to walk back
ward is owned by II Bellaire pa man
A Juniata county, Pa. woman publicly
6ogs her husband every time he comes home
drunk.
A plain gold ring was found by Wash
ngton, n. c., man imbedded In = large
block Of ice.
An Edmore, Mich, lady, S. years Of age,
was six weeks making quilt containing
1880 pieces.
Nine ears of corn grew in q bunch on Q
single stalk on the farm of John Wambaugh.
near York, Pa.
The mayor Of York, Pa, has been pre-
sented with a cane made Of wood from the
Waterloo battlefield
Three hundred and eighty-five crows were
counted on two trees in q COZ nield near
DarHes'iiie ", recently
1t is estimated that the amount Of gold
and silver coin on the bottom Of the Atlantic
ocean is about $50,O00,OO0.
Only one Of the United States vessels now
in commission was christened by . married
woman, namely, the Baltimore.
1t is said that mosquitoes, flies and gnats
may be kept away by sponging the face and
hands with elder flower water
A pure white tarantula was caught In Los
Vegas, A. T., recently. Its venom is said to
be equal to that of a rattlesnake.
Chinese journal contains the intelligence
that ''in Americn, if II man does not smoke or
drink, he is universally respected"
A number ct diamonds are said to have
been found i'll meteorc stone which has re-
Gently fallen near Novoe Urei, in Russia
The hanson cab, "the London gondola," Is
compara,ivel, modern creation The first
patent was taken out by Mr. Hanson In 1884.
There are said TO bo 5000 people in the
United States who study the prescribed course
Of instruction Of the Chautauqua association
Out of 2l6 men passing along Main street
in Cincinnati recent afternoon, 2l0 had
lost one or more of the hind buttons OF their
coats
1t is stated that over 10000 horses are
slaughtered for food every year in Paris, and
Of this quantity two-thirds are used for sau-
sages
There are altogether about II, 600 Arabs in
the United States, and not 10 per cent. Of
them have a settled home or any other means
of support than peddling.
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lgned memorial pettioning for the release
If Henry vi1etelly, the London bookseller
imprisoned tor selling Zolas works
Mieajah Owens, 100 years old, living near
Rochelle, Ga walked To town recently, a
Instance Of five miles. Only three years ago
lie walked twenty-eight miles in one day
The school teachers of Montgomery county,
Ind, assembled in convention recently and
solemnly resolved that the gum chewing habit
was unbeconng to members Of the profes
sion
An interesting discovery Is said to have
been mad. in India This is nothing less than
the lost books of Euclid, Of which a Sanskrit
translation is said to have been found at icy
pore.
At a marriage ceremony in Japan neither
the bride nor the groom wears any clothing
of a purple color lest their marriage should
be soon dissolved, purple being a color most
liable to fade
Backing for ladies' shoes: Mix filtered
solution Of eighty parts Of shellac in sufficient
alcohol, with three of wax, two of castor oil,
and sufficient quantity Of pigment, such as
best lamp black or drop block. Keep corked
In one ueighborhood in Dakota recently
Al
around among twelve families, and persons
were detailed to build fires aud keep them
alive night and day until a supply could be
had
The following method OF filling up nail
holes in wood is not only simple, but said to
he e;Iectual: Take fine sawdust and mix into
q thick paste with glue, pound it into the
hole ami when dry, it will make the wood as
good new.
The first lot of ivory that was imported
into Belgium direct from the Congo has been
sold at Antwerp and realized very high prices,
ranging from ~ Cd TO lis. ID per pound
There were l39 elephant tusks, weighing
g, 200 pounds
Most of the station masters on the Roth
bury Loop line of the North British rail way,
Northumberland. are women. They are
called collectors" and are not compelled to
wear any uniform. It Is said that they do
their work well and are quite reliable
The little son Of Michael Fennell, brick.
layer Of Troy n Y. lost his power Of speech
two weeks ago The physicians were mysti-
fed While making faces the other night one
Of his playmates seized his tongue and gave it
4 sudden jerk. and the boy is now talking to
make up for lost time
Mr. J. L. Hamilton, NJ r. c. s., Of Folke-
stone. England, says, in reference to some
statements about poisonous mackerel, that
fishermen have a saying that white mackerel
Is the best, then green, but that the red
variety is the poisonous In Guadaloupe
there is a red boned mackerel used A. a rat
poison
A fox hunting club was recently organized
in Milwaukee. and at their first meet the
officers Of the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals seized the fox, a dishonest
stablernan stole the bounds AMI an irate
farmer had the members Of the club arrested
for trespassin- on his property. The club is
now dishanGel
Lewis Purdy. postmaster at Shrub Oak,
Westchcster county, y. Twas appointed by
Pres.osnt William Henry Harrison in March,
ls4i, and has served continuously from that
time. Though now i'll his s5th year, he is
vigorous, his memory and vision are clear,
and be still resolves and distributes the mail
twice IA day, as he has for long years
William johnson, Westchester. n Y,
painter Of considerable corpulency. has been
engaged in renovating the Willistown school
nogse, aud recently be sat down At one Of the
desks to eat his MONDAY meal When he
Finished he found himself 80 tightly wedgei
that he could not get up. and be would have
been he'll, prisoner but that be bad his scTew
driver within reach, and with the aid Of this
be took the chair and desk apart
A signal service officer thus describes the
view seen through . telescope on Pixies
Peak. Colo Il can see the houses Of Colorado
Springs twenty miles away, the men sitting
IN Their shirt sleeves. slipping iced drinks to
keep cool, the ladies' walking about In whits
summer robes. lower the glass The sum
mer scene is gone. Green trees, animal life,
men and women fade away like creatures Of .
dream. aid ! am the only living thing IN .
wsr-l x eternal snow and ice and slence-
A Great Rat Catcher.
Mr.. s. A johnson has the ccrnpb,test rat
trap we have ever seen- He has caught -