Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-10
STRAY BITS.

III Germany the public schools are al
Taught by men.
The girls Of Alaska are ready for society -
soon as they reach their teens
It is estimated that there are no fewer than
$500 sightless bcggars in France
There is mule in Cambridge, O., that u
~ years old and is still good worker
The newest i,.lis hangIs bracelets Of silver
are ornamented with small fliSree men
Bibles canno, lie printed in Maurid fast
enough to NEE, the demand Tor them In
Spain.
The London police are now ordered TO
wear India rubber or noiselesx boots at night
always
London the financial adviser" Of Mrs
IAngtry
Over 2O,OOS copies Of Lorna Doone" were
sold within one week Of It's publication In
cheap form.
Oyster color is a tint intended for brocades
in which women will be presented to the
Queen ut the next season.
A handkerchief In the possession Of the EN-
peror Of Russia is said to have cost e2.jU1 1t
took seven years to make It.
More books and magazines In English are
now read in Paris than at any previous time
in the history Of the country.
A recluse near London has for years kept
his coffin under his bed He also has his
tombstone. duly inscribed. on hand
Mr.. Duthie, botanical director for northern
India, advocates the use Of the flowers Of the
Calligonum for food in northwestern India
An English Protestant has discovered that
the recent strike in London WIS 1.-THE work Of
Jesuits, plotting. As ever. the ruin Of Eng
land"
A bicycle which can be made into quadri-
cycle and can be used by either man or
woman, has been invented by Lancaster
genius.
Experiments by Partisan scientist have
proved that daylight entirely ceases in the
waters Of the Mediterranean at depth Of
Isis feet.
Boon lit, a Siamese student who wan gradu-
ated at Williams college last June, will enter
the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Au-
burn, N. Y, this fall
A little girl I Year, old, living nine miles
southeast of Smith Centre. KAN, has plowed
twelve acres Of ground for fall wheat with .
three horse riding pillow.
A young housekeeper Of York, Pa, bought
. chicken recently, but returned II to the
dealer and got another because 1t had a can
GER 1t was the first gizzard she ever saw
Cudleigh Mason, Of Martin, Tex. . special
from there asserts, has discovered on his
place, while boring well, . spring Of water
that makes those who drink II dance involun
tarily.
The largest sailing ship In the world, the
Palgrave, left Sandy Hook recently for Java
with a cargo Of l32 600 cases Of refnesl Pc
troIeum, or about I, go 600 gallona 1t is the
largest cargo ever exported In any one vessel
The officers Of the United States ship En-
terprise have been Hospitality entertained by
the Duke Of Argyle at his castle, at lnverary.
Scotland. The Enterprise is the first foreign
war ship that ever sailed up the waters Of
Loeb Tyne
Two large teeth, in an excellent state Of
preservation. have been picked up on the
beach at Withernsea, Yorkshire. They arc
Of ivory, weigh about two pounds each. and
are supposed to have bciof sstI to thu mann
moth elephant
By series Of strange condolences eight
young people living ia Hatfield township
near LAnslale. Pa, iscanrc en-. ed 70 each
other at the same ,i.io. fixed upon the same
date for their infringe. and were married by
the same minister Mt the ssiii,e place and hour.
The rroudcst boast anrty, Cuban women
b the dainty -.a;liiness Of t.5eir feet They
require nothing lar ger in the way Of footgear
than the No. size for american women.
This peculiar endowment il perfectly natural.
no pinchins or pressure nj any kind " used
A wicked practical joker ut South Ba,. l.
l., has been amusing himself lat..y by throw
ing . large rubber doll from a wharf into tie
water in the hope ot getting psopis u 60 To
the rescue Of the supposed drowning infant.
A number OF volunteer life Avers have been
slready caught by the trick, and swear to ges
even with the originator Of IL
The petrifed body Of . woman wa. I'M
earthed in the cellar Of the old African Meth
odist church, Sixth ard Lombard streets,
Philadelphia, by workmcn who are tearing
down the building. The body was in u coffin,
which vas inclosed in . led linsd box It 10
in a perfect state Of preserv alton, and Is sup
posed to have been buried over 100 yenra
Two ancient aqueducts have just bssn dis
covered at Athens, one large and nt for Use,
in the part called Govdi, toward Hymsttux,
the other, made Of brick, In the city itself,
beneath the royal stabiex Near tho latter
have bsen found several tomhs in marble,
and in both places fragments Of inscriptions,
one Of them bearing the name Of PhiAgru.,
sou of Aieris Of the demos Of xeliss.