Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-09

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verein. which ceisorassd IN Novsmbr. isee.
| IT, tvenfieth birthday
| sar artillery can e9ecsnaily stay edvaacins
infantry 81 4.0D ysrsis dizsanca
The Frsueh republic nov hes ven equip
| psd army Of l. 80, GO Man, i've simes - larEs
- Sspossoa bod for his smpirs in is70
Goliath ous Of the famous trees In Cab
fornia. b twenty -shree fsss In dian,eier 81 th<
| oass and estimated 70 weigh IoD.do sooA
| Mexico II 70 have . magnificent cougrss
sioual palaces, the archissct 70 b Piacentini.
| who buiit the Paiacs Of ths Fiss Arts In
| Eome.
| estimates that solomon At che tine possessed
| q. SO. 00WD IN gold and ts.i+5-oD.ooo Ia
| silver
| OF late yeafs The numtsef Of women enter
| ing the professions Of painting and sculpturs
| hAs enormously increased in France. Germany
| and RassiA-
The deepest bore hole in the World u in
| -chladenbaeh-5.1 IA feet IL took . dia-
| usond drili three years and half 10 reach
| the bottom
The average watch d composed Of ITS diff
ferent pieces, comprising upward Of 2,s00
| separate and distinct operations in its manu-
| tat whs-ni EhfPia 4 rsA
| miles in one year.
| The pipe smoked by the Sand wich islander
| il made Of virgin cork lined with meer
.chauin, and Is curious by reason OF the pat
| tern on the cork male by the insects which
| fees! upon the tres
| Fortress Monroe Is the largest single FORTH
| cation in the world IL has already cost the
| American government over s3.GO.0O The
sater battery is considered one Of the finest
| military works in the world
| James H. Carson Of Charlotte, y. c., has
| in his possession the granite step On which
| Jefferson Davis stood on the 18th dAv ID
| April 1875, when in that city he received
| and read the telegram announcing the death
| Of Presiisn; Lincoln
| Four hundred plans have already been re
i Ds Tie NoflifbttfN "oo oAct0A ~ i<rz
| for the best aud second best plans for the
| proposed Watkin tower-the English Eiffel
| II will b. ", high that all that need he done
when fog CONES on will b- To enter the lift
and in few minutes be up in the clear blue.
Ielers are still numerous in Norway. The
number Is upward Of one thousand, most OF
| whom are found in the s<acoast districtA
| There are four leper hospitals Leprcsy
once common in Europe, has maintained iii
| mold IN Norway longer than in other coun-
| tries. but is gradually being exterIninated
| there
During the recent noois in Japan "a 10 per.
| S,u, we're killed and lis were wounded; 70
| 0OO we're deprived Of the nes,essstries Of life
| 900 houses were swept away or rendered
| uninhabitable. $50, 90 acres OF agricultural
land with their crops were laid waste; 500
| bridges were carried away, and hundreds OF
miles Of roads were destroyed.
The diamond and pearl necklace worn on
| state occasions by Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
has -xcitei the greatest wonder and admira-
ton. The striking feature of this necklace i.
| hat the diamonds are pierced through the
enter and are strung alternately with the
pearls 1t is said that it required many
"eekS "i pa'ieiit hhopi 10 PieTcc EACH suIit.
| The numbers of cloisters and monks III
| spain have increased with astounding ra
pidity Of late years. Spain now has -, II
monks and u, 600 nuns. in $50 cloisters and
| l79 orders In Barcelona alone there are lG
clost-rs for women. In the last fourteen
yenrs the number Of monks in Spain has beer
,extupled. and the numi,sr Of nuns has been
| doubled
The continued trials OF the British TORPEDO
boats Of the Rattlesnake class point to fail
| ure-too much power for the bulls to stand
They are OF s35 tons displacement and thei,
| engines are contracted to Indicate 4 go borse
power. The last to be tested, the Seaguli
nearly shook herself 10 pieces with develop
ment Of 1898 horse power, and mad to b.
sent TO the dock for repairs