Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-06-16
Curious C0ndensations.

A PruSSian has invented Ventilat-
ed shoe.
Persian lilac bush in Kansas City.
Mo, is 20 feet in diameter
Agriculturists in Peru and Chile are
paying especial attention to the grow
ing of cotton.
A t9nnery to tan the hides of dogs
and wolves has been established IN
Cheyenne county, Kan.
AS early as the year AZ 3. c. the
great Alexandrian library contained
over 10000 valuable books.
In Kansas last year the average sal
airy of male teachers was $500 per
month and of females $500.
A women of Belfast Me, last week
pawned her best bonnet in order to
obtain money to pay the license tax on
her pet dog.
1t is a noteworthy fact that sheep
thrive best in a pasture infested with
moles. This is because of the better
drainage of the land
A man who was run into and
knocked down by bicycist in Bruins
'i' n -'iN'. i''tiiiiS S'l up anu tAt tiSti
himself for being in the Wheeman's
way
There are annually killed in Africa a
minimum of $1,000 elephants, yielding
the production of a quantity of raw
ivory, the selling price of which is
81 200 900
The deepest lake in the world is
7 al
it is 5,26l feet deep its length is 397
miles, with an area of $4,000 square
miles. 1t is the largest lake i'll Asia.
and the sixth largest in the world.
United States Consul Smith, at Mos
cow, reports from information gained
alta meeting of the engineers in charge
ofIthe construction of the great Trans
siberian railway that $lSS.ol4. .93S has
thus far been expended on that enter
prise.
| A prize of $1,000 lire has been offered
| by the projectors of the International
Exhibition to be held in Turin. Italy
for the best invention, apparatus. sys-
| tenn on machine devised for the appl-
cation of electricity to industrial pur-
| poses.
The Russian Minister of Education
has issued a decree forbidding the wear
! ing of corsets by young women attend
ing high schools. universities and
music and art schools. They are to
be encouraged to wear the national
costume.
The policemen of Milwaukee, Wis.
take great pride in their brass band
Whio n they claim to be the only one of
the kind in the country. The hardest
| task was to get good drummer. All
the men had strong lungs. but deft
fingers were found TO be scarce
They tell a story to the effect that
when the Society for the Prevention
of cruelty to animals proposed to es
! tablish a branch in a leading city of
| Spain. the municipal body courteously
accepted the proposal and offered to
hold a grand bull-tight at once 10 fur
nlSh the funds.
The Castle Nuovo. in Naples, is to
become visible to the people by the re-
moval of the inclosing walls and the
shops built against them. Under the
geon for political prisoners. many of
| whom We're shot without trial in the
ditch that surrounds the structure.
! A Mrs. Barnesley of Lamar, Mo,
possesses a highly valued heirloom in
the shape of volume entitled "A Die
tionary of All Religious, Christian.
Jewish or Pagan which was printed
in 1104. 1t is PACED by hand and
bound in WeIl-preserved leather. The
book was brought over from Ireland b;-
Mrs. Barnesley's grandfather
The largest stockyards in the world
are in Chicago. The combined plants
represent an investment of over s1o.-
| 100000. The yards contain 90 miles of
| streets. 90 miles of water troughs, 30
miles of feeding troughs and 70 miles
| of water and drainage troughs. The
yards are capable of receiving and ac-
commodating daily 10000 cattle, 10000
sheep and 120 900 hogs
French physician has, apparently
proved to a certainly that the contag-
ious period in whooping cough ..9mes
previous to the appearance OF the
'whoop." Now the question arises:
How are children to be guarded
against the contagion. and of what use
is it to quarantine them against going
to school after the 'whoop" has made
it evident that they have the disease?
The women of Coffeyvile, Kan.
made up a package of useful articles
for each member of the local company
of volunteers, and sent the whole 20
the camp at San Francisco A copy of
the New Testament went with each
package, and one of the recipients oD-
Jected to the gift. He said he wanted
the Old Testament, because there was
so much more war in it.
The grave diggers who were en-
ployed to dig Mr.. Gladstone's grave in
Westminster Abbey came upon a
leaden coffin of some unknown person.
Ihey also found remains of other per-
sons, of whose burial there is no
record. And at greater depth skulls
were found. which, like the others.
were only kept free from disappear
ahce into mould by the dryness of the
soil.