Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-04

The number of volumes circulated by
the free libraries of New York city dur
| ing the year IS estimated at 100000.
Force of habit strong in life is illus
trated in the trappings of a dray mule in
| New Orleans which used to haul bob
| tail car. and now refused to draw the
| wagon an inch unless the old car bell
| bangles from its collar.
| In the heart of San Francisco is the
| city's principal cemetery. where are buried
| the bodies of her famous dead. and where
loom up in the sky the grand mausoleums
OF her millionaire mining and railroad
| Kings. ~ movement to bisect this ceme-
terry with new street has aroused much
opposition.
On an ordinary dirt road a horse can
draw three times as much weight as he
can carry on his back. On good mac
adamized road the animal can pull three
| times as much as on dirt road. while
on an asphalt pavement the power of the
horse is multiplied to such a degree that
| he can draw II times as much as on "a
| dirt road, or So times as much as he can
carry on his back
a smart young man in Kansas employed
his father to work for him during the
cent the first day, two cents the second.
four the third and SO on, doubling the
amount every succeeding day. He was
at the end of 80 days he owed the "old
man just $40, 1923
After a canvass of the leading nations
of the world it is figured that the total
number OF copies Of newspapers printed
OF what this enormous figure means may
be. had if one bears in mind that to
print the worlds newspapers year re-
quires 240 tons of paper, or 1862. 4So. 900
pounds, while it would take the fastest
press in America 333 years to print a
single years edition. which would pro-
duce q stack of papers nearly 80 miles
high.
c: c.. Shockey, who resides near Cum
berland. Md. has a coat 1O4 years old. of
which he is very proud. 1t was the we'd
9 q. coat of his grandfather, Christopher
Shockey. who was born in 1868 and died
in 1867 In 1892 he was married to Cath
crime Sechrist. and wore the coat now in
possession of Mr.. Shockey.. 1t is a swal-
low-tailed coat made of blue cloth. with
very high and wide collar. The coat
passed to his son and then to the grand
son: The coat is in a good condition and
could not be bought for any amount of
money.
So many Christmas toys sold in the
United States have their origin in Nurem-
berg or other German cities that it is a
on sale in the big Paris shops. Patriotism
forbids exhibition of the label made in
Germany" which has caused such a fuss
IN England, and as a result only toys of
French manufacture are to be found in
the world-celebrated bazaars. The dis
play was never finer than this year and
the chef doeuvre was an Arab on his
Steed, each life size and in all the panOply
of war.
A popularity of high buildings is at
tracing interest in New York since the
building inspectors have honored the
structures with belated attention. 1t has
been learned that many of them swerved
fully a foot from the upright during the
recent hurricane, though this, by experts
well known photographer near Fifth
avenue who is next to the roof of sky
scraper. found that the tremulous mo-
ton injured his negatives. and hit upon
a queer expedient of overcoming this
He has constructed a gigantic tank with
pontoons to float his machinery, and no
amount of listing now interferes with his
business.