Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-12
Odds and Ends.

rich discovery of gold has been made
near Grahamstown, Cape Colony.
The Austrians are great smokers. The
daliy consumption of matches in that
/ country is 20 for each inhabitant
| Within the last decade the popula ton
OF Europe has increased by about 30 OOO :
| ouo. OF whom Russia contributed 12 5lOOlO
| and France only $1,000
| A Lincolnshire rector. writing in the
| London Times says he has an income NJ
exactly $1,000 year. and this year he has
paid 500 out of it in rates and taxes.
me London Spectator says a thousand
OF the Irish constabulary with rifles
would restore the worst mob of Constan-
tinople to comparative sanity in ten min
utes.
The Emperor William is just now taxi
ing great interest in the construction of
new gun at Krupp's works which will
nave range of not less than 10 miles
effective.
A summary of the fishing disasters at
Gloucester. Mass. for the year lust ended
shows that "A lives have been lost. against
an average of 80 for the % years previous
The number of vessels lost was 49,
Calcutta. India. is a great educational
center. one OF the greatest in the world
~ ~ mas 20 colleges with 5000 students. and
~ nigh schools with 200o students. In the
CITY there are altogether about 81. 600 Eng
disappearing and non-Christian natives.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company
mas new steamer the India. which is
lection in the science of shipbuilding. r.
IS of lo,OOo horsepower and will carry 3i:,
hrst-ciass passengers and 152 second
class.
English horticulturists have come to
the conclusion that it is a mistake to
wait till November to plant the bulbs of
tulips and hyacinths and crocuses and
that when the summer display is over
tSeptember) the sooner bulbs are got in
the better
In China the Rules for War which
even now are used for governing the
troops in the field are some 5000 years old.
one of these rules enjoinS the Celestial
soldier to Spread in the camp of the
enemy voluptuous musical airs, SO as to
soften his heart"
Great Britain and Australia are the
only islands which exceed Cuba in nat
ural resources. When not wasted by war
Cuba produces. with a large share Of her
soil untouched. 20.000.o00 pounds worth OF
sugar and tobacco annually. besides the
products of orchards and forests rivers
and mountain mines
The Mexicans have queer way of
burying the dead The corpse is tightly
wrapped in century plant mating. and
placed in a coffin hired for about a shilI-
ing. One or two natives as the case may
be. place the coffin on their heads and go
at a trot to the grove. where the body is
inferred, and the coffin is then returned.
CHILEAN money Is of very little intrinsic
value just now. The currency consists OF
small tags of pasteboard The maker of
each tag writes on it the sum for which
he is willing to redeem 1t. and uses 1t as
cash. 1t passes from hand to hand aa
money. and in time comes back to the,
original producer. whose duty 1t is to
promptly honor it,
The statistician has been at It again.
The average man. he has discovered has
90 square inches Of beard on his face
Ergo-If a man with 20 square inches of
face shaves every morning he will scraps
over 1900 square inches in year Ac-
coriingly If he shaves from the time he
is 90 until he is 70 years old. he will have
shaved 365. 900 square inches of beard.