Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-26
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four miles by an organized system o.
whistling.
II one takes the precautiona Of never
sleeping on the ground nor In the rain o.
shelter the rainy season in Cuba is no
to be dreaded as disease-prq1ucer, say.
ical countries. Flannel undeEwear and
daily dose of quinine and AN instan
change of wet clothing when lone march
ing are also rules to be folltwed.
It has been found in GGmany tina
lightning rods 90 not protect high fur
pass to earth by the column of heated
smoke, which, of course, B rich in car
| bon. conductor of electricity. 1t i.
partly for this reason nat. SO man,
ming, and that to sit ncf fireplace is
dangerous. 4
A six months cruise fiji decrease the
speed of ship Is pefcent. This is
owing to the barnacld that form on q
ships hull.
At Herman, Persid meat and bread
are under 2 cents {pound, eggs five
for a cent, chicksn34 cents, a small
| lamb cents.
The custom of Heping birthdays is
many thousands Vars old. Pharaoh's
| birthday festivitb are mentioned in
the Pentateuch.
Spurious coin3are legally made in
China. They AT used to put in the
collins of the did. and the superstition
prevails that they make the dead
happy.
German carries excel all other cana
ries as singef. A canary of Germany
has been kn@n to continue single
trill for nhute and a quarter, with 20
changes aflote in it.
| The laTfrn-f1y Of Surinam, South
America. rs two sets of eyes. SO as to
catch the eht from all directions. It's
light is lin that of the ordinary FREELY.
but it is r3ch more brilliant.
A prizeIor an essay on The Dutv
of Kindnfs to Animals" offered by
the S. P.f A. to he competed for by
London Ibiic school children, brought
the soci9 ,465 essays this year.
One hvlred miles Of the railroad to
| Uganda Re now open to traffic. The
| iirst-clad fare for that distance is
IS rupef (about $50 second-elass, 10
rupees, pa third-class. 3 RUPEES 3annas.
| 1t wal once customary in France.
| when quest had remained too long, |
| for thdost to serve a cold shoulder of |
muttotinstead If a hot roast. This
was II origin q, the phrase ito give |
the cd shouldeI,"
| Ev4 public school in Paris has a
cant9 on tie premises, where the |
childh are prtrided with warm meals.
| free | those Who are too poor to pay.
The psf of ihe food which is thus
| furrhed is ABOUT penny head.
| JAS Conwe. a convict of the Kansas
pen)ntiary ms been pardoned and sci
at Serty fef his heroism in climbing
| doYthe shat of coal mine for 800 feet
andboseninSan elevator which had be-
cod caught in such way that 20 con-
vid were Imprisoned beneath it,
pr the illage of Cathcart. England.
isl little tonument which marks the
oFcots wfched the battle of Lang
81 Elev9 days before she had escaped
On the 4stle of Lochleven, and upon
contest depended her chances of fu.
}e royal.
fhe htJp on the back of the drome-
fry is14 accumulation of a pecuIiari
lkecies ~ fat. which is a store of nour- 4
lhment beneficiently provided against the
ny of rant, to which the animal is often
Nposet The dromedary or camel can
rithot any other food
In Hvana there is device for nroteot
1g passengers from the extortion of cab .
men. len lamp posts are painted yari-
JUS tlors, red for the central district
l,e or the second circle, green for the Z
MIRO ETC. ana thus the fare knows
when he has passed n legal
ouTary. and pays accordingly.
Aeentrifugal gun. discharginc soO0O
uHS a minute. has been invented by an
;ntsh engineer The bullets are poured
nta case from hopper and guided
MT DISK. three feet in diameter. re- Il
'olng in the case at the rate of Il, 900 1
'evutions minute. They are dis
hSed from the edge of the disk C
4 the Whitehead sale of medals in
.sion the Petition" crown piece OIL
,ries l.. by Simon. brought $40: the
,lidite crown; by the same. s5a5; -
Is &a; the Blake medal of the com, s
nwealth. S2l5O; Charles l.. gold 1870 -
Y General Monk, gold. $685.
ne tongue Is divided into three regions LII
paste. each Of which has its own spec
l. junction: The tip of the tongue is
cny sensible TO pungent and acid
ters. while the back is confined entire
10 the fiavors Of roast meats, butter
and rich and fatty substances.
ir William Crookes has tested Dr
phen Emmens' method of DERIVING
q from silver. under the doctors own =.
actions. and declares that it is an ut-
failure. He assayed a great many ID
kican dollars before he could find two oc
/ We're free from gold. These were
jected to the process for 100 hours and :
FOLD appeared.
! $50 at the University of Oxford. If
tn linn ~ ~,
in the afternoon. The dinner hour
Oh was once as early as 10 o'clock.
gradually got later and later, until
1t would be thought very eccentricl
he fashionable world to sit down toll
1t to 8 or TO-
an; mani ihai Want ln&a naAll. &c.,.