Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-10-14
Newsy Gleanings.

Great Britain is Strengthening Gibral,
tar by constructing a huge protected
harbor and dock yard.
In Germany, to prevent poison being OBJ
tained for evil purposes, none is allowed
30 be sold without written order OF
certificate from a physician.
Oregon Indians complain that they are
scntenced to thirty days in Jail for IN
toxication. while white man guilty OF
The same offense, only gets five days.
The city of Copenhagen has probably
The largest proportion of cyclists to the
population of any large city in Europe
in a total population of 100000 there are
$4,000 riders.
Among the numerous superstitions OF
he Cossacks there is none stronger than
he belief that they will enter heaven In
Il better state if they are personally clean
at the time they are killed.
Especially good sugar is being manu-
ftctllred this season from beets at Grand
island Neb.. the beets testing as high as
lS per cent sugar according to reports
sent out at the close of the first week OF
manufacturing
The school board of Columbia. Mo-, has
unanimously passed resolution declar-
ing that the teachers employed by the
district should hereafter teach as the
proper pronunciation Of the name of this
state "Mzzoury."
The extraordinary precocity of the chill
,ren of India has called forth the aston
ishment of a recent traveller. who says
mat many of them are skilled Workmen
at an age when children are usually
learning the alphabet.
Another tribute to American manufac-
nouncement that Japan is about to aban-
ion the English steel rail on her imperial
railway and substitute for It heavier
American rail- known as the Pennsylva-
mia standard.
The Lombardy poplar tree. it is said,
forms splendid natural lightning con-
,lctor. it's great height and lack OF
spreading branches enabling 1t to conduct
= lightning stroke straight downWard:
has been reared as yet has been known to
suffer from the severest storm.
The trustees of the British museum
have Just presented to Glasgow corpora
lion, for the museums of the city. cases
eontaining a series Of -electretypes of the
principal medals illustrative of British
history from the days Of Henry. VIII.
down to the close Of the peninsula war
and the career of Napoleon BOnaparte.
The Rhind manuscript, deciphered some
thirty years ago. a hieratic papyrus now
in The British museum. written by an
lIsyptian priest. Ahmes. about 100 b. G..
is the oldest intelligible mathematical
work extant. Another and older roll on a
mathematical subject exists, but has not
yet been deciphered.
Paris has. apart from two places
where pampers sc can m. spend the night i four ~ r,
year lodged 144.0S persons. of whom Is.
ha7 were women and 2G06 children. Among
the dodgers were A6 professors and teach
ers. IS students, authors. journalists,
l2n actors and singers, 30 musicians. 16
music teachers, etc.
Some years ago an English lady who
was in Egypt bought a terra Gotta cat
which she with her own eyes saw ex-
cavated from a pile of ruins. She was
very proud Of her possession, and took
the best possible care of it. A little
while ago it was knocked down and
broken, and she found the head stuffed
with English papers of comparatively
recent date.
One of the rare visitors to Spring
field. Mass, last summer was mock
ing bird. It has been some time since
mocking bird has been seen in that
vicinity. though few years ago ther,,
was pair in latham, and in 1860
there were three pairs seen in this vi
cinity. 1t is said that the mockfng bird
goes farther north in the Connecticut
valley than any other place on the cor
tinent. @