Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-20

and three years labor the unparalleled
| feat of cutting. ring out ora tf9eS4 ,dia-
mond has been accomplished by the pa
thence and skill of Mr.. Antoine. one OF
the best known lapidairies of Antwerp.
The ring is about three-quarteES At an
inch In diameter. ~ &A
| "A plan for connecting south and west
Australia by railroad is under considera-
| ton. The distance between the ends OF
| their railroad systems Is only $50 miles.
but the country to be traversed Is an arid
desert, and reservoirs must be built, at
twenty-five mile intervals along the whole
line. The cost will be about $4,000, 0oa
An oak tree was cut down at Baraboo.
Wis, recently, the trunk of which had
nearly 400 rings. which, according to! the
generally accepted rule that new ring
is formed each year, would indicate that
the tree started on its earthly career at
ter Columbus first sighted the new world.
The tree was six feet in diameter atethe
base.
In Asia and Africa. besides. America.
the pipe dates from prehistoric times, and
In Europe generally 1t has been In Use
since and during the Roman period, II not
rians-Dr. Petrie-says that smoking
pipes of bronze are frequently found IN
Irish tumuli, or sepulchral mounds, Of the
most remote antiquity. .<s.sA-'t
A widower on Long Island has fitted up
like living room the vault where the re-
NldutS VI Ills WIG ICDOS6. II Ii xU4Z3480oQ
with tables and chairs, bric-a-bracs -,
given a place, a clock ticks on a shelf. q
canary sings in its cage and g. squirrel
spins around on it's wheel. An empty cOf-
fin is ready for its occupant in the. course
of time. The widower spends several
hours there daily.
When the little town Of Barkhamsted,
In Connecticut. decided to raise the monu-
ment to the memory of its dead soldiers
the strange fact developed that the town
furnished five more soldiers to the CONT
mental armies in the War Of the Rev0lu-
ton than it did to the federal army In
the War ofthe Rebellion. The number Of
the latter was 125 which Is ten per cent
of its present total population.
According to foreign papers the success
Of the proposed university for women I'M
Toxic, Japan, is now assured. The prin<
ctpal officials and mobiles of the empire
are greatly interested in the project and
the emperor and empress have not only
used their influence In its favor. but 40
contributed a considerable sum of meeey
toward it's endowment. About 3OQGo IN Z
0ll6OO will be needed to start thu
tuition. N$s3
The following announcelss1 ia
IN the Boston street cars: (A
health hereby adjudgcs that II
OF 'sputum' In street cars p q puk
sance. source of Nth and causo 9 S|ek-
ness. and hereby orders that sp1ttlnl o.
the floor OF any street car be. and hege-
by Is, prohibited. The following sign ~.
pears,in the street cars Of New York teey; ]
Splitting on the door Of this car = poea7
lively. prohibited \,
A Georgia court y called upon to decide..
whether a women whoee prpperty wee
destroyed by flre which iii ~ herself
while In a. state Of hypaoele Il etltled 70
damages from the owner Of IL bulldlng:
At sociable in hotel the woman wes
placed under hypnotic influences apd play
fully told to set the house "a 0fe. 9he
did as she was bid and all her clething
was destroyed. Now comes thG HE point
Of deciding who Is responsihle fee th1Al9p
OF the clothing. a. sszl
A grewsome publicatiop II s.IhS plSy
of q Resurrectionist." genuine d6c!5-
ment now printed for the first time II
London. The diary was kept BY Joseph.
Naples, a member Of the principal sang
that. supplied the London hospital With
subjects from November. 1871, to Decem-
Der, 1872. 1t tells what they did night BY
night. where they went. what luck they
had, to whom they sold the bodies and
what profits they made. The original y
In the Royal College Of Surgeons. I'll