Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-01-20

ward and crossed by Cape Of Good Hope
ana the Pacific ocean. She had been
| given up as lost and her rc-ipsura nc,.
| Whllc IN doubt cost 70 per cent.
| 1t is generally assumed that Califor-
| MIA Is the greatest fruit state in the
mon. but the official figures show that
| Inc Missouri fruit crop exceeds that
Of California in value by 900 900. Tn.
apple crop Of Missouri is alone valued
at $4,000, 900. The value of the states
| total fruit crop is $l9, 800 600.
1t is said that a flower has been
round in South America which is visi
bic only when the wind is blowing.
The shrub belongs to the cactus family
and is about three feet high. with Il
crook at the top When the wind
blows a number Of beautiful flowers
protrude from little Jumps on the
stalk
The Italian government has resolved to
found at Florence at public expense a H.
brdry of all the books which have incurred
the cenSuTe of the sacred congregation
Of the indeX. The Vatican has protested
against the measure. on the ground that
the majority of the books in question are
improper TO the last degree and that the
establishment OF "A collection of such a
nature If an affront rather against public
morality than against the discipline Of
the church.
Among the novelties in the way Of mems
clothing that will he exhibited at the con
vention of tho National Tailors' exchange.
10 ne neld in Richmond. Va. next month
viii be z dress suit for summer wear de-
signed particularly for seaside balls
The coat will be of black alpaca with
MORE silk facing. The vest will he white
cashmere and the trousers of light
weighted lavender colored French cash
mere. Patent leather pumps and plain
black silk stockings will complete the
attire.
Brooklyn can boast of female BARRIERS.
female railroad agents, a woman embalm-
vr three female dry goods merchants. a
dozen skirtcd restaurant keepers, bevv
OF pretty football players. a feminine gold
curSt and several feminine real estate
plunGers. To these have just been added
a dozen hlacksmiths in petticoats. These
fair disciples of Vulcan can make the
sparks fly III the high school for manual
training. They work in boomers and a
some dainty forgiugs
Manchester has a strange subject of
interest at present. The spike-studded
ball which surmounts the town hall is
said to bc the third or fourth highest
architectural point in England and
kCcn-Sjghtcd person recently noticed that
u large bird was hanging from it, pierced
through the body by one of the northern
spikes. The bird. which some say is Il
heron. others an eagle. must have been
dying southwark over the city at a tire
mendnuS rate 81 speed. and. not seeing
the ball. owing perhaps to misty weather.
have come into terrific collision with it.
The old sewer commission of London,
was abolished with the beginning of l&@.
after an independent existence of 30
years. This body really had control of "a
large part Of the municipal work. Organ
lzcd in 1864. after the great fire to deSig
nate where sewers. drains. ctc.. should
be- placed in the section to be rebuilt. the
commissions powers were from time to
time extended until il had charge of fix
ing the tax rates. caring for the streets
and experimenting the water supply. All
these great powers now revert directly
to the municipal corporation of London.
According to a recent London estimate
only about p 0U1 American tourists visit
ii the English capital in the course of the
past season and this is regarded as very
poor catch. The average tourist from
the states p" We are told, scatterS about
81 $50 while making A three months trip
in Europe. This multiplied by 29,W"
makes 81 90 900. and of that amount. IL
Is believed. London receives at least TWO
ifths. Paris gets more American money
han London does. not because more
Americans go there, but because the
French capital wins the trade OF all the
women. and this is both larger and more
profitable than that of the men. to whose
needs and tastes the London shops more
specially cater. -