Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-12
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An art expert declares flat hc kunuJs.
| ~ ~ least 800 counterfeits of the old
masters which are now hanging in pri-
/ v'tr galleries in the United States. all
| purchased at high prices.
one Of the novel ideas of decorative
/ effect in Japan is 10 catch frcffics. keen
| them IN cage or box of wire until Won
| nave company. and then release them IN
ne garden for the guests to admire and
talk about.
New Zealand is going into the beet
sugar industry Her prime minister IL
enthusiastic on the subject. and promises
q la" granting a bounty Of 81, 900 Il year
/" each person or corporation producing
llsJ tons year.
y man persisted in answering NH
the other day in Buffalo police court.
to the question concerning his name II
ilnallY appeared that the prisoners name
Was Herman Nit. and the magistrate
cooled down again.
Furniture can be safely carried in a new
railroad car. which has padded sides and
ais" removable sets of padding sliding
upon the rods in the top Of the car which
can be hung between the piles of furni-
ture as they are packed
About 20.e00 bales OF cotton are booked
for shipment TO Japan this winter from
the single port of Seattle. This is said
to be 30 per cent more in value than the
value OF all American exports to Japan
during the season of 1Ssi-95. e.
The Russian censorship has adopted "A
particularly cruel method of diseiplninE
outspok"n newspapers by forbddine
them to print any advertisements for Il
fixed period, longer or shorter. as the
caprice Of the censor may suggest
Erginias gold belt 20 miles wide ex-
tends across the whole state. from the
Potomac river on the northeast to. the
southwest border. While the ore is. low
grade. the new processes are nearing a
point where it can be profitably worked.
The dust of charcoal is gathered up and
mixed with the, chaff from wheat barley
and other grains. and with chopped straw
in Japan. 1t is then moistened into "A
paste. rolled into balls about as big as a
billiard bail, and makes excellent fuel.
The Avondale cotton mills mills. in
birmingham. Ala, are rapidly nearing
completion and will be in operation with
in a couple of months. The mills will
cost about 500. coo. and when finished will
be the fourth largest plant of its kind in
the South.
The price of game in France is alleged
to depend principally upon the state Of
the moon. When the moon is dark and d,
at night, game is scarce. When the moon
Is full there is plenty of light and the
poachers get lots of game
In the village of Bridgeville. Dele the
Superstitious natives will not buy a I
thing on New Years day. thus. as they :
believe avertiug the danger of spending
money every day in the year. The local
dealers make a virtue of a necessity by
closing their doors on that day.
The Hal Jung. one of the three new
cruisers now on order for the Chinese na-
Wy. just launched at Stettin. is 81 feet
long, Il feet beam, 81 feet in depth. has
twin screw engines OF 1909 horse power
~. 4, will ,al
- inch. eight 4.13 iIrupp quick-iirinS
guns and six MaXims. .
out in Missouri marriage ceremony /,
has lust been performed by telephone. e.
FIJI" bride stood at one end OF the wire
in one town and the groom at the other &
end in another town. clergyman and
witnesses surrounded each of the con +
tracing parties and central attended i
to il that no time was wasted.
\ shocking scene occurred in a travel !.
ing mcnagerie near Calais. A lion tanner
named Fort was putting the lions i
through their performance when one "t
them Spr1nG at him and thrc" nun Z.
down. Tn" other lions then rushed upon
him ANA almost tore him to pieces before )
the attendants could reach him re !
died as they were taking him out OF the
cage. e
When nowadays the army in front Of Il 3
fortified city is beaten. the city itself IL
almost sure to fan. As rule fortitica-
tons built over twenty years ago are use
less, the range and penetrating power oil
guns being much greater than they were:
Parts. accordingly, is to abolish part OF
Its works. built in 1910, and sell the
ground they are on for $0.eot@, lht
line inclosing Paris is twenty-one miles :
long. -
One Of the growing customs IN New
York. especially among those who inhamt
flats. is that of sending meats out to De
cooked. Turkeys, chickens. geese. duck :,
game, veniSon and ordinary joints are
cooked at food shops for reasonaot :.
prices. The charge for stufiinG anu :
roasting Il turkey is 20 cents ana, II ue
sired. the shopkeepers supply the meats :
They also make specially OF game
pies. salads and baked beans. >
Massive ornamental iron gates. which :
were never closed. and the posts support
ing them and bearing tall lanterns, an OF r
which have stood for years at one OF Tue
entrances to Boston common. ana nov :
have given way because of the SUBWAY
excavations are to be regretted al th'
entrance to the site of the contedei1lS
military prison at AnderSonVliie ua'
When originally placed. the gates ~ere
dedicated by Governor John a M
drew of MassaC husetts.