Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-09
STRAY BITS.
A copy Of Audubon's Birds of America"

A copy of Auduton's Birds of America"
sold in London recently for E3l5
The month of May, in England, in 1850, will
probably take rank as The wettest on record.
Persia has granted to Russia the exclusive
right to build railroad from the Caspian sea
10 the Indian ocean
The Indians in the United States who can
read Indian languages number l0.027, and
23,49s can read English
The Vatican has decided that the astronom-
teal observatory is to be begun at once, at
an estimated cost OF 100000 francs
Human beings are still being sold in the
famine stricken districts Of China. A child
under 10 brings from a dollar to dollar and
a half
Artesian wells have proved Of immense ad-
vantage in thu dry districts OF California,
and have been worth millions there to fruit
growers and others
The people Of Bonn have purchased the
house IN which Beethoven was born, with the
intention " converting 1t into a museum of
objects, illustrating his life and works.
To harden small tools, rub snnp upon the
surface and in the threads Of taps and dies
then heat to a cherr, red and immerse in salt
WATER handful of salt to half "A pail Of water
The proceedings OF the japanese parliament
are reported verbatim by means of "A steno-
graphic system riginal in Japan The char
Rcters are written in perpendicular rows from
right to left
In spite Of the report that the prestige Of
the Derby y waning, the crowd there this
year was the greatest ever known. and the
proportion Of Americans therein WIS also
greater than ever before
Jerusalem se-rns now to be a rapidly grow
ing city. This is due to the great number of
Jews who focking there yearly They
now number 5000. more than the Mosem
and Christian population combined
Theodore Urban, antiquarian and stu
dent Of Columbia, Pa. says he has evidence
that this continent was settled about $50 years
after the deluge, that the inhabitants were
highly civilized and used tools of metal
The three vineyards of Clos d'Estournel,
Chateau Montrose and De Pomys, France,
have just been purchased by the proprietnrs
Of the St Estephe vineyards Tor f1s0,oo0-
The Clos Vougeot vineyard is likewise for
sale
The penny in the slot machine must have
reached its elimination in that invented by
Mr.. Engietert, which. after the prescribed
rule has been complied with, will take your
photograph, finish it. and drop it out already
framed.
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visitors to the Paris exposition from $ a. IN.
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