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Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

To arrive at any conclusion aa to the
weight of the SET would be difficult in the
absence of sufficiently accurate aud exact
figures as to area Mr. Schooling, writer
in Longmans MagGzine, has confronted
and dealt with the problem. He has been
measuring and weighing the sea, and ac-
cording TO his calculations 1.-The number OF
gallons in the whole sea Is $4,000, 600, 900, :
OOO. 900. .0OO, which. il il could lie poured
away at the rate of l,0O0 gallons 4 second,
would take nearly i2,oOO, GOO years to get
rid OF. Ii we could sell it even at so low a
price as a shilling for 10000 gallons, the bill
would come to 81, SEQ, 600 00o 100000.
Surprising the sea to be formed into a
round column reaching to the sun, the di-
ameter of the column would be nearly 2l9
miles. The Pacific would form 53,0Oo,U 600
miles Of its total length of g3,0o0,O00, and
the Atlantic IS, 100000 Ii it were "a column
OF ice, and the entire heat of the sun could
be concentrated upon it, it would all be
melted in one second and converted into
gas in eight seconds. which illustrates th9
heat of the sun rather than the size of the
sea- The weight of the sea is .G65, 900 600,
600 000, ,000tons. and if n contractor took the
lob to move it at even so moderate II price
as thousand tons for n penny he would
require To be paid the amount of the ma
tional debt 10000 times over in reward fol
his labors
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Friend-It is costing you more to make
over that old dress than it would cost to
buy new one.
Mrs. Managem "a smart woman)-l
am not trying to save money. am try
ing to make it.
"Whatt"
"You are not married yet, You know.
When my husband sees me in this dress,
he'll think it's new one. and he'll have
regular fit about woman extravaganza,
and declare that I'm driving him to wreck
and ruin and ought to be ashamed of
myself"
81 shouldn't WONDER
"Yes. Then / will tell him that this is
an old dress made over and all these trim
mings and furbelows are to cover up
stains and tears and threadbare places in
the miserable old rag"
"Oh. that's it.
ayes. And then he'll feel SO mean and
cheap and disgusting that he'll give me $50
for new bonnet. New York Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
THE KITCHEN OF THE FUTURE.
When Cook VIII Touch the Button Ans
Electricity Do the Rest.

When Cook VIII Touch the Button and
Electricity DO the Rest.
When cooking is done by electricity, as
Herr Sheen of Austria says will be the
case in a few years, the kitchen of today
will have taken its place along with other
old fashioned affairs. Does madam want
a cup of teas She attaches tiny rope of
cotton to a vessel Of water, and in three
minutes the water il boiling. This cot
ton rope has an insulated wire in its CEN
ter that is connected y tth the nearest cleo
tric light plant, and Il little lever smaller
than the smallest glove buttoner turns
on or shuts off the power. Is it desired
to prepare soups Then two or three, or
may be four, Of these little levers turn on
an increased degree of heat. Does the
family want a substantial dinnera The
small cotton rope is attached, and another
one like it ia fastened on each side OF an
oven and the levers turned on.
A current of electricity of 30 amperes
can heat this oven in 10 minutes, and the
cost will DO Is cents an hour, according
to the rates charged in Chicago. With
three amperes of power breakfast for six
can be prepared Mt n cost of cents. A
dinner for six people requiring six am
peres of power would cost 3 cents, and
there would be heat enough for this mon
ey to cook u soup, roast, vegetables, heat
water enough for tea or coffee and for the
usual culinary purposes besides. The
same wire that transmits the heat for
cooking by a simple device can also be
made to furnish light for Illuminating
purposes at a diminished cost. And this
is the kitchen of the future, to be lighted
and heated without fire at cost less than
the price of candles would be in the good
old times-New York World.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
A Valuable Mauuscriut.

The "Alexandrian Codex," often re-
ferred to in Scripturai studies, is one Of
the most valuable and important manu-
scripts Of sacred writ known TO be in ex-
istence. 1t is written in Greek on parch-
ment in finely formed uncial letters and
is without accents. marks of aspiration or
spaces between the words. Its probable
date is the latter part Of the sixth century.
As early as 10gs it is known to have been
in the library Of the patriarch Of Alexan-
dria. 1t was sent to England as present
to Charles 1 By Cyriilus Lycaris in 1928
and is now In the British museum
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

A tourist might travel by rail from New
York to London il certain stretches in the
following imaginary route We're covered by
railroads, such stretches amounting to a
total of some thousands of miles: New
York to San Francisco, by any one of the
Pacific" routes; to Seattle, Wash. and
beyond, by railroads in operation; 10 Sitka,
by contemplated lines; to Cape Prince OF
Wales, by roads remaining TO he even con
templated in this century; across Behrine
strait, by railway transportation, to lr,
koutsk, Siberia, partly by roads that must
wait some decades for building, and partly
by eastern projections from Irkoutsk, al
ready built; by the Siberian system to
Nizhnee Novgorod: to Moscow, Warsaw and
Berlin; to Strasburg Paris and Calais
across the strait of Dover to Dover; to Lon
don This route is variousiy estiInnted at
from 1880 miles TO 2l,0O0.-New York
Ledger
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
,Dewelry.

Edmund Russell has recently said some
very clever things concerning the vulgar
ity and refinement of jewels. He main.
tains that when they fit the particular
woman who wears them they are beauti-
full. but otherwise they are a vulgar adver-
tisement OF the husbands business. True
refinement. he says, will not come until the
secret of making gems by chemical forma-
ton has been discovered. Then they will
be combined and worn according to theil
beauty and art. not according to their size
and dazzling qualities. People will say:
"Oh, I no longer wear my necklace since
they have had diamond doorknobs on the
fathouse opposite. now wear this won-
derful piece of filigree had in my drawer
so long and thought nothing Of" or
''Since they have been using diamonds rs
headlights on the cable cars I have
brought out those Jeypore enamels from
India that they wanted me to lend to the
art museum"
The five stones for mems wear, he says,
are the chrysoberyl catseye, Alexan-
drite, cinnamon diamond, star ruby and
star sapphire. 4 woman should decide on
a colored stone suiting her type and then
wear it with colorless gems as a back
ground. Colored stones, he maintains,
should never be mixed
Plain women. according to this author
ity, should wear interesting things, an
tiques, curios and what he calls sgro-
tesques." For street wear nothing better
than japanese gold and bronze ornaments
are to be found.-New York Evening
World
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
The Moon Made of Butter.

All English speaking people refer to the
moon as "she" aud the sun AS che" In
Hindoo mythology, however, the goddess
of night" is a male deity. supposed to be
the son Of the patriarch Atri a young
man who was transferred to the realms Of
space because he was too good to associate
with other human beings. The Malays,
Siamese and several classes and castles of
the Chinese speak of the moon AS the great
milk cur,i or butter bail which arose from
the prinleyal sea of milk when it was
churned by the gods TO procure the much
priced beverage of immortality"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
rhe SOCIAL JAPANESE


Ehair Theaters, Dpn0nffe PerfUrDn0eeo
"a stage aaA se<sie EReeta
The japanese are an ESSENTIALLY social and
active minded rsce. much resemb bling the
PeIoponne.ian Greeks Of old times. When
mot ernployed in study. commerce q agri-
culture, they seldom appear content -
lounge away their leisure, but want to
enjoy Themselves definitely and In society.
Eyerywhere the Traveller comes across pic
mic parties, water parties, dinner and tea
parties: gardens, tea houses, temples, all
offer facilities for merrymaking. and the
comrany cannot be accused on such occa-
sious of taking its pleasAe sadly, for every
member thereof is ehaAering, laughing,
singing and doing his or her best 70 make
matters go of eheerily-
Among the fayurite entertainments Of
the 1xspalace, dramatic performances have
aIways held a high place, and great ac-
tor is fully as much appreciated among
the japanese as among ourselves We had
an opportunity of seeing Danjoio, com
moniy called the Irving OF Japan in
one of his principal characters The
building in which the performance took
place. though built OF wood and slightly
decorated, is, in many respects, not unlike
a good sized London theater. The floor OF
the house is divided into little square
boxes, in which kneel the audience, men,
women and children. From the main en-
trance TO the stage runs a gangway, some
what elevated above the door. This is
called the fiowery path and serves not
only as a means of access 70 the boxes on
either side, but also as an approach by
which some Of the principal actors makea
sensational entrance on the scene.
A large gallery, divided like the par
terre. runs around three sides OF the house
and is reached from an outside balcony.
European spectators taking seats III the
gallery are accommodated with chairs.
The main difference between an English
and a Japanese stage lies in the fact that
the whole OF the center psrt of the latter,
which is of considerable size, Is round and
turns on pivot,
The scenery runs across the diameter of
the reversible part; SO while enc scene is
before the audience another is being set
behind. and when wanted is simply wheel
ed around TO the front. This certainly
saves a great deal of time and scene shift
ing, but might be difficult TO manage with
the very elaborate adornments demanded
by modern European public Japanese
scenery is sufficient and historically cor
rect, and for indoor scenes, at least, far
less furniture is required than with US to
truthfully represent native interior.
To remove the impediInenta at the sides,
or ANYTHING which has to be taken away
during the progress of a scene, little black
figures, with black wells over their faces,
like familiars Of the Inquisition, come in
and are supposed TO be invisible. Japan
ese politeness is never inconveniently
clearsighted. Nineteenth Century.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Can anyone rictnre anything p'rssinins
to the duties of citizenship more contempt
ible and eowsrdly than the comp titior
which exist. among certain of the wealth,
to avoid paying Just taxes? The heirs OF
that great man, jsy Gould. whom no one
outside his immediate family mournrd
threaten to move their estate out of New
York claiming they are taxed more in pro-
ror,ion than the vsuderbihs and certain
other rich people. As a ms,ter of fact, the
Gould property rays far less tax than is just,
The poor man pays bis full share and gets
small protection when compared with that
thrown around the wealthy man and hi.
&C umula,ion. As such men rs jay nld
have been able to secumaiste their I'M
msnse fortunes regardless of jus.aee, the
h. irs seem to think they can hold the pos
,sio regardless of tax laws. The iei's
~ Isy Gould should be inquired TO pay
every dollar of tn, ir taxes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Though it is while soaring in the upper
air that the lark sings oftenest and best
Eat heavens 8 gate" as Shakespeare says
he will occasionally sing on the ground, OF
on tree top, or even when perched upon
telegraph pole
1t is perhaps unfair to translate his
sweet song into words, but. according to
Mr. W. J. Gordon, it has been expressed
in syllables thus-'c cherry do. cherry do,
pretty joey, pretty joey. pretty joey, white
hat, white hat, pretty joey" He declares
that an authority on birds--a Scotsman,
of course-likened it to the music Of the
bagpipe-heard at n distance. s~
Another Scotsman rendered the song in
these words: Cup in the lift (sky) go we,
hee. te-hee. te-hee. te-heei There's no
a cobbler on the earth can max shoe to
me. to mel Why so? Why SOP Why sos
Because my heel is as long as my toel''
New York Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

"onr State and Its elaine upon Our
Yvusg Men was the theme on which Hon
s. W. Matthews addressed the meeting Al
the Augusta Y. NJ. c. A. rooms Tuesday
evening". The entire address 10 pabEshed
in this issue OF the JouRsAL and we com
mend 1t to the careful attention of oui
readers. The subject 10 one Of pertinent
interest and 10 admirably treated
Il ia we'll calculated TO impress the truth
that Maine 10 q good State '.so live. laboI
and die in. a. well 40 to be born in Some
valuable statistics are presented in this nd.
dress. Among these We notice those which
show the effect of Democratic hard times
on Maine and which with the passage OF
the Wilson bill in its present form
viii be greatly augmented. The amount
expended in The erection and completion
OF new factories, mills and shops for manu-
featuring purposes has dropped from
eS.sS0. $50 in 1891 and from q, I2s 900
In lss1 10 eSsl,7ss in 1898. These natis-
tics sze ffom the returns made to the CON.
missionefs Of laboe and industrial So
tistics b Tie asselsces Of town and cities.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Senator Shermsn in a recent letter to the
T., ,ed by the Democratic majority of the
" ,ys and means committee is long step
,o vArd free trade. The people did no, be-
leve the Democratic purpose TO be sincere
I It year, but the disasters of the present
y ,nic have taught them to know ard fear
lie worst. The future of the parties will
4 pend more largely upon the manner in
y 1ich this condition of things is met by the
PRESENT Congress than upon all other causes
c,mb ned" Whatever this Congress may
10. however, will never convince the public
that the Democratic party has been sincere
ON any prominent question.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

The American p,opI' have night to
knov what the Pre- sda ni's ins'ru1,ions IT,
Minister Willis were. BE they ever 30
raikl there is M reason why b. should de-
vote more attention to the su' ject Of SEED
distribution than TO the HaTsiao AFFAIR and
then give mons Of the desired Information
eyHi srning the latter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

when get this Hawaiian matter set
tied will inform Congress of the tac." is
the attitude of Grover Cleveland Ga that
subject. iiis arrogance is equal TO the con
oociing and executing % shls scheme of
national infsmy" He ptescribes hat
Congress shall knoS ani act upon. lie
would say to that body ''yau get right down
10 tariff reform and | will arrange this
t-ifing matter OF restoring monarchy in iIa-
Ill" He evidently thinks he can 10 with
! puni,y, what dill it sppertsiu to more
+ serfui government than the iasaiisn
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

An unusual remedy to tighten the pest Of
reaches or water beetles which annoys many
housekeepers is suggested by an English
woman. 1t is to place slices Of raw cucum-
bers around their haunts at night. They
will freely eat of this vegetable, " hich has
a fascination for them, while at the same
time it is poison to them. and. as the Lon
don woman puts il, Sin the morning there
will be plenty Of work for the cook s
BROOM
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Don't" counsels woman, who speaks
from a recent sad experience, buy shades
without trying them at window to get
their exact tint with the light shining
through, and it is well, too. to consider
their environment-the fact that they are
tv be set in a brownstone or red or gray
stone house having it's influence.
THE hanging. the 4 AIDES and curtains of
a house are often t,..en test Of the
taste Of the occupants-many times right
fully. but almost As many times their dis
cord is the result of thoughtless and mex
perienced buying, and is more of q trial to
the inmate than to the passerby. Xxx
chanrp
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Mr. j j. Van Alien in declining 10 be-
come embas.ador To itaiy does credit to his
c mmon sense. which it mus, now be CON
cannot, however, by this action relieve the
President of the odium of having appointed
to that important position man who never
Ii m had il not been for his large contribu-
ton to the Cleveland csmptgn fnnl. The
bargain AMI sale stigma will ueyer be re-
IN wed frum tn. pre-. ent admnisir4lion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

The crew of a man of war once saw a
comet and were somewhat surprised and
alarmed at its appearance. The hands
met and appointed committee to wait
on the commander to ask his opinion Of
it. They approached him and said:
"We want to ask your opinion. your
honor
''Well, my boys. what is it about,"
"We want to inquire about that thing
up there"
"Now. before I answer you, first let me
know what you think it is"
"Well, your honor, we have talked it
over. and we think it is star sprung q
leak Rams Horn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

A collection of skulls found in Peru and
now at Washington illustrates prehistoric
trephining. The skulls prove that the
trephining was done by skilled surgeons to
relieve fractures and disorders from such
injuries. The success which must have
attended most OF the operations is consid-
cred remarkable, in view Of the fact that
even at the present day trephining is re-
gartled as one Of the most difficult of sur
gical operations. New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Anyone wishing the Wilson tariff a
nutshell should memcrize these two SEN
ten ,es from Thomas Il. Reeds facile, Wig lr-
ons pen Chairman Wilson, in pursuit
of that interesting dream of foreign trade
without limit, has cut down the American
market one-half by enforced low wages
aud consequent diminution Of the nations
purchasing power, AMI then to this dimin-
ished market he has let in the foreigner,
aud all this to hunt for the market. of the
wosld. lie has let good bird 20 because
he thinks he sees some ind of a one ia a
bush" T"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

The same stubborn d,sfegari for an
cgyusticsi Indifference of pnblic sentiment
IL SHOWN nv Grover Clsv.i-nd IN the Ha
psh shsir that he exhibited in his APP
poiniment of Van Alen and then urgins
him not 10 dccline. A far more d. cent re.
spect for TIE eternal fitness of things ia
seen in Mr. Van Aliens deelina'ion tn IN
.an be found In these acts Of Mr.. Clese'
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Boston has sp Exhibition The wonderful
silver statue Of Ada Rzhan that created So
much comment a. the Worh'- Fair. Bat
gaIlaat Boston in the same rspturous breath
that she sirga praises TO ,h- wonderful
statue declare, its charms areat on par
ity With the delightful Adas.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
ParfiaIffy,

Foeg declares that women are ruled alto
gether by their impulses, and that it is
quite impossible for them to he fair and i'm
partial A hundred times Mrs. F. has eau
toned him TO be quiet and not wake up
baby. but he is willing to bet something
that she never told the baby not to wake up
his papa Boston Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Judge - Well. prisoner. have you any
thing to say in your defense,
Prisoner-Your honor. would only ask
you to remember that if it wasn't for just
such fellows as me you wouldn't have any
work TO do and consequently you wouldn't
be drawing your fine salary.-Schalk-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Dr. Carl Human. the arch6ologist. and
who discovered Peiganon, has completed
the excavations undertaken three years
ago at Ma2ueier in Asia Minor. The coilec-
tion, which includes much fine sculpture
and inscriptions, has been presented to the
Berlin museum.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
son tariff.

Some ideH Of TIE predominant sectional
ism in the Wilson bill may be had from the
fact that 1t would admit hoop iron for bal
ing cotton free And make il dutiable for all
other uuYposes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Isaac Bennett has sold his reeeses
north Of Bridge street to =. II. Gssm
has purchased the building formerly ~
and occupied by the Augusta saving -
and opened . first-elass ressaufsn.,
elegant dining rooms for ladies' upssas
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

"Were you ever shot in the war ,colonel''
asked the young woman of the warrior,
after listening to some of his blood cur
ding "reminiscences of the late unpleasant
ness
"Once only. A bullet struck me right
here" putting his hand directly over his
heart.
"Dear mer' she cried. 'Why didn't 1t
kill you? That is where your heart Is.
s'True,' returned the colonel, sit il
where my heart is now, but Mt the time
was shot, fortunately enough. my heart
was in my mouth. ."--Harper's Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06


Thanksgiving passed off very qiistiy in
this vicinity -G-orge Howard is t'sehina
the school at Kn Corner Leon Wigain
ut his foot quite badly few days ag
vi H. choppinp wood Bell Vose closed
her school in the G. F. Ridge Distrie. | 81
week Mrs w. II. Beal by a mi'sttp a
few days since fell down cellar She
received some quite bad bruises but
no broken bones Eliza Hall left
for Lowell Mass. last S.turla}
= here she ioten's TO sp, nj the win
ter.-It is reported tn re is to be a
Chrstmss tree 1T the ehur h Chi 'tna-
night.-Mr. G.. W. Poland of Bristol vas
in town last week with 10 I'd of fish vi ich
he exchanged for apples and beans.
MORRILL,.
Trafton l.. Hatch took an unpremeditated
bath on day last week bv breaking through
some thin ice Meetings are still beld IN.
der the direction of Mrs. Mcintire OF Bel
fast every Saturday rvening Fred Jack
son is the proud psss ssor Of girl. She ar
rived in town Dee 2.-Rob IT Dsgg.tt has
been quite sick but is gaining at present
writing A regular old fashioned snow
storm visited us Sunday "a. M. Dagget'
is putting IN the fnunda'ion for an extension
t. his mill fIe has fine rotary saw m l.
chine that he wil .et up. X. Dickey
has purchased the rake mill of J. X. Means
and has already commenced to make i'm
provemvnts.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Hon. Fred Atwood, of the Governors
Council, who arrived in the city yestsrdy
forenoon saw in the station Of the NJ. C. r.
X. at Bangor the caroasses of two moose
and three deer awaiting shipments. Reports
all agree that this has been great season
for spGrtsmen.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Jnst now the American iaborsr il won
derina where be IA TO get the money to
bay the cheap nsesssafies of life shieh
Mr.. Cleveland says I'll come iih the viii
snn tzfin
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Two expreszmen In Spokane had dis
pute over dime, which resulted in q
fight Two hours later each paid in the
police court fine and costs amounting to
s17, and the question Of who owned the
dime wasn't settled either.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

ArousrA, Me-, Dec.
BseinDisg today and CONTINUING
including Decenfer Q, this once
open evenines from 70 . &C..
tssssalssf. every Saturday sve.i.1
v O'Clock for ~ ssnainder q a Nj
~ ~ payUent 81 waeef bills.
r. Wn&xAAss esDs1,,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., t,,e much tnrl.ei

Four Hundred limitation Of society per
sons in this city. says the New York Times
the average fashionable visiting iiss counts
close upon 5000. aud the exceptional
which is also a frequent one. rolls up a
total of nearer 5 goo.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Mrs. j. NJ. Murch Of West Sumner vu
in the city Tuesday to visit her son. Ernest
C. Murch of the JOURNAL establishment
She was returning home from Greenvills
where her husband is temporarily at work
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Arithmetic Teacher-Now, Tommja.
you have finished the tahln-20 qutro
make whatf
Robhse-I know; thsy would main -
swfnl I'm q thV ~ N Hin tha0axk
~ p IL
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06
Keep 1t Up All the Year.

Many man who appreciates the good a
little outdoor exercise does him in the
summer neglects it in the winter. Thus
he quickly exhausts the extra physical
force he acquired during warm weather,
and yet wonders why on earth he takes
cold so quickly when exposed to q
draft.-New York Herald
Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-12-06

Last evenings blizzsrdl was vigorous
one. The streets were almost deserted
quite early in the evening and the few
struggling pedestsisns found II difficult 10
made hesdway against the ~ind and SNOW