Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-05
STRAY srrs.
If an oyster has black veil on its sur

If an oyster has black veil on its sur
face it is a male.
There is an old school house at Penwall,
Vt.. in which Presidents Garfield and
Arthur acted rs teachers.
In China less than $4,000 officials suffice
| to rule. in "a most perfect manner, one
third Of the worlds inhabitants.
The Imperial court of Leipsic, which is
now the sapremc tribunal in Germany,
has Just given Judgment in Il case which
| has beaa proceeding for nearly go years.
The initiation fee OF sarosis, the noted
woman club OF New York, is s:1a5-annual
dues 81 admission is By ballot, and it
takes five black balls to keep out an nppli
cant.
On Nov. G, 1853. the First Presbyterian
Chinese church was organized in San Fran
cisco. The Church still stands, although
very few a!.aoad eyed Celestials have ever
! discovered it,
Some German newspapers are venerable
with age. T'he Frankfort Journal is 26l
years cid the Magdeburg Zeitung is 2la
years old, and ninety eight others are over
100 years old.
In Handl,ow. China, which, with the
surrounding districts, has population of
| probably a,0o0d90 inhabitants, there is, on
the average, only one case of murder in
| thirty-four years.
There are growing on farm in San An
| tonic, Cal, two large fig trees that are as
old as the state. They are thirty feet in
height, have very large spread, and are
| marvels of productiveness.
| In, A ho, Itaa,
| refused free admission to theatrical per
Torrance, the chief of police summoned his
entire force and took them all into the
opera house, regardless of doorkeepers.
| The most expensive legislature in the
| world is that of France, 1t costs annually
about $4,000 The Spanish parliament
costs $250,000; the Italian, s430,0o0; the
| Belgian, 500, COG; the Portuguese, $780, 900.
| The favorite food of the Sandwich Isl
| anders is the flesh of the Mexican hairless
dog. 1t is said to taste like spring chicken
and is considered great dainty. These
dogs are raised in large numbers and fat
tened for the market.
| There are nearly fifty thousand colored
people in New York city. Some of them
have built up fortunes In real estate specu-
lation. One of them accumulated an es-
late worth 100000 in the catering business.
A number are worth 100000 each.
| The Pima indians, who live in matched
huts on the banks Of the River ella, in the
South Arizona mountains, autedate the
white man in America by many years.
They were Il hourishing race 300 years ago,
when the ;paniards came among them.
S1rieSly speaking, the only precious
stones are the diamond, ruby, sapphire and
emerald, though the term is often extended
to the opal, Notwithstanding its lack of
hardness, and to the pearl, which is not
a mineral, bat a strictly animal product.
The alligator is one OF those animals
which, like the parrot and tortoise, live for
an indefinite term. 1t is never full grown
at less than twenty years, and may grow
after that. 1t is not known how long it
may live, but it commonly attains the age
of 100 years.
A corl, rope is one of the latest inven-
tions. 1t is made of small corks placed end
to end. and the whole covered with Il braid
ing of cotton Irvine; over this is a coarser
braidinS in heavy strands. According to
the inventor, Il one-inch thick rope will
stand strain of 600 pounds.