Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-13
Newsy GIeanings.


is that of man in Berlin, who gets a
living by breeding rats for vivisectior
purposes.
The city of Railway will soon posses,
the largest dome in the east 1t is t.
be erected over the New Jersey state
reformatory.
Terra Gotta sleepers are in use OF
Japanese railways. The increased cos
is compensated for by the greater re-
Sistance of decay.
\ health evangelist who is talking
in the West says that in his opinion il
many cases of alleged total depravity
are only cases of total indigestion.
The London Stock Exchange has an
orchestra composed of the members of
the Exchange, accounted one of the
finest amateur musical organizations in
the city. ."
The proportion of killed to the num-
Der of railway travellers is in Franco
one in 19,090.000. England has one IN
Is. 900. 00O and in the United States one
in 100000
A mill employing so men is now en-
bagasse, or sugar cane refuse. which
was once the greatest nuisance to the
sugar grower. 49,.
A woman of 81, now living in the
South, recently had a proposal of mar
riage. She is Western by birth, is said
to be wonderfully attractive and looks
80 years younger than she is.
Fat
found $40 gold piece tucked into the
lining of a baby carriage he bought
there, and in "a hours there wasn't a
baby carriage left on sale in the place.
A noted woman phrenoogist, after an
examination of female heads in various
cities. says that the Boston girl is apt
to think most men are fools, and nearly
drives them frantic with her knowledge
born of schools"
The broom factory in Colchester is to
start up very soon with a full force Of
blind people. This institution is run
by the Connecticut Institute and In
dustrial Home for the Blind, and will
made all kinds of brooms.
Prizes amounting to $4,000 and $16,-
600 Mexican money have been offered
by the Mexican ministry of education
and public works for the best design
for a capitol building. The building is
to cost 1900. 0O0 and to be 100 meters.
square.
1t is claimed that the X-rays are rem
dcred harmless to the human flesh by
a process discovered by Elliott Woods.
superintendent of the capitol at Wash
ington. which involves passing the rays
through gold foil specially prepared for
the purpose.
One of General Gordon's empty uni
form cases, marked with his name, was
found in one of the dervish boats re-
Gently captured by General Hunter at
Ell Dameth, near Berber Africa. The
case is being sent home to General
Gordon's family.
One saloon in Dawson has a bell
swung over the door outside for the
of those liberal individuals
who may want to ''gin up the whole
town" Any person so disposed has
but to pull the rope and the whole
population responds.
The British museum has books writ
ten on bricks. tiles, oyster shells, bones
and fiat stones, together with manu-
scripts on bark, ivory. leather, parch-
ment. papyrus, lead, iron, copper and
wood. 1t has also three copies of the
Bible written on the leaves of the fan
palm.
A hundred years ago excavations in
Pompeii were made solely with a view
to the discovery of art and archaeology
ical treasures, no effort being made to
preserve the houses. The present meth
cd is very different, and one of the lat
est excavations is house in which all
the interior arrangements, furniture,
wall decorations, ETC., have been pre-
served or restored.
Professor Gushing has just made an
examination of the Pine Island keys, in
Florida and discovered the remains of
villages and numerous relics of ancient
lake dwellers whose racial affinities are
still unknown. Judging from their steel
and copper implements or weapons,
their pottery. masks and modes of Sc
pulture, they appear to be akin to the
ancient Mexican people.
Flagstaff has just been placed in
position at one of Boston's new gram
mar schools which reaches up 100 feet
into the air. 1t was brought around
Cape Horn from Puget sound 1t is
what is known to commerce as "Ore-
gon pine but is really the giant red