Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-12
Curious Condensations.

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the starch output
Uruguay has determined to deepen
the harbor at Montevideo.
The forests of Belgium comprise 1861
per cent. of the total area Of that coun-
try
The people of the United States con-
sumo 20O,00O,000 bottles of pickles an
nually.
The Pacific Ocean covers $4,000, 600
square miles, the Atlantic 25,O0O,000 and
the Mediterranean sea 100000.
With only half as strong a fleet as
the English the French have 1871 lieu
tenants and sub-lieutenants, while
England has only 1916.
The fellah prefers the ancient plow
| and also the morag or hay cutter, but
he does like the modern steam pump
for lifting water.
Il am one of those who think the
loss of a faithful servant the loss of a
friend,' is a recently-reported saying
OF Queen Victoria.
Probably the oldest operative treaty
in the Concordat of Horns, which has
governed the relations of the Catholic
church in Germany since 1922
The House of Capet has the longest
unbroken succession in the male line
from Hugh Capet. King of France in
$751; to Louis Philippe's abdication in
| 1S4S.
| German university students have in
creased in number from about 10000 %
years ago to 32,241 last year. The in
crease is out of proportion to the popu-
lation.
Frederick the Great composed the
Marche Real, the national anthem of
Spain, and Pedro L., of Brazil, the
Hymno Constitutional, the national air
of Portugal.
The richest gold mine in the world is
located under the thriving town of
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 1t has
yielded more than $3.50, 100000 since 1t
was opened 80 years ago.
The Shah of Persia is styled the Red
King" because he wears a red turban.
There have been three European rulers
upon whom that title has been be-
slowed, namely, Armadeus VII. of
Savoy, Otto ii. of Germany, and Will
liam ii. (Rufus) of England.
A question involving the distribution
of the profits of the play Little Lord
Fauntleroy" is now being argued be-
fore the New York Court of Appeals
and it is rather interesting fact that
these profits are shown to have
amounted to no less than $4,000 in
this country alone.
The universally popular cult of the
cycle has received a check in one part
of the world. The Emperor of Morocco
who only short time ago purchased 4
luxurious cycle wheeled cab from one
of the largest manufacturers, has now
| forbidden the use of the cycle in his
| domains.
The experiment of raising sugar
cane in Delaware has been tried by
| DR.. Arthur L. Neale of the Delaware
College Experimental Station. 1t is
| said that the sugar from cane grown
| in Delaware will yield 5000 pounds IF
| the refined product to the acre, COM
pared with $500 pounds. the best results
from beets in California.
| American coffee buyers. who have
just investigated the condition of the
coffee crop in the state of Oaxaca. esti-
mate that the total yield in that state
! this year will not be less than 5000
metric tons. The coffee industry IN
| that part of Mexico has had Il very
rapid growth during the past ten years.
AS shown by the certificates of in
spectlon issued the past year TO foreign
| steam vessels in American ports Great
Britain commands over one-half of the
! total gross tonnage of such shipping
and no less than 1873 of the 316 vessels
| inspected. Germany was second, wi.
81 vessels, and Holland third, with only
16.
The life insurance companies of
| Canada take q noteworthy step in
agreeing hereafter to accept no risks
on the lives of married women unless
they happen to be the breadwinners of
the family. Several cases of murder of
| wives for their insurance have hap
pened recently and led to the present
action of the companies.
All code books carried on warships
nave leaden backs. to make them sink
| II lost overheard. The letters in the
| DOCK. moreover, are printed with pecu-
mar INK, which fades away when it
/ comes in contact with the water To
make things still more safe the letters
are changed every few months by the
navy department. Even on the war
ships few officers knew their vessels
official signal code.
The Japanese now publish three
times as many books as the Italians
whose literary powers seem to have
faded almost entirely away since the
days OF the Romans. Out of q, 900 vol
umes published last year in the Land
of Flowers no less than 5000 were law
books, and 1900 treated of religion
which shows that the romantic little
nation has not yet taken kindly to any
written form of romance.
1t has been shown that, while Nam
sens observations prove that the North
| Polar region is a great ocean cavity
| nearly two miles deep, the South Polar
region, on the contrary, is, apparently.
a vast solid mass of land, surrounded
by belt of water about two miles in
depth The area of the South Polar
continent is estimated to be about
100000 square miles, 100000 more
| than that of the United States, exclud-