Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-19
Curious Con den saiions.

The Empire of Morocco is the mos,
important state that is absolutely with
out a newspaper.
The production of coal in the Trans
vaal in 1898 was 1,907,S0 tons, against
1,600,212 tons in 1897.
In the British navy there are $50 yes
sells that have been in service at least
a quarter of a century.
Algeria and Argentine are the only
countries in the world where the horses
outnumber the human beings.
The Lutheran church in Iceland num-
bers about $4,000 baptized members
which is about the total population.
Automobiles for hire will be running
in Chicago by July l. The fare will be
% cents for each two minutes Travelled.
India imported 2,S35,29S gallons of
beer in 1878. and the product of the
breweries in that country amounted to
1886, 594 gallons.
Glasgow numbers among it's popula-
ton man who is making a manu-
script copy of the Bible. He expects to
finish it in two years.
The new Venezuela tariff law, by
which the President is empowered TO
add % per cent. additional TO all duties,
will probably take effect about July /.
The Afro-American Review advo-
Gates an alliance of all African Metho-
dists. They number 6,500,000, and rep
resent four large bodies and numerous
smaller ones.
A Newfoundland dog, guarding a
warehouse in Buffalo, had to be
dubbed into submission by the firemen
before they could enter the building to
eXtinguish the fire.
At the imperial court of Austria the
chef of Emperor Francis Joseph esti-
mates that of $3.50 900 expended on the
tables every year the unused" repre-
sents about $l00.00J.
DR.. John c. Patton's reports for the
last year tell OF 1l02 South Sea Island
ers won from cannibalism to Christian
ity, one missionary alone receiving 200
adults into church membership.
The winter of 1s9S-99 has been the
most destructive OF evergreens and
strawberries in the history OF Iowa. 1t
is estimated that one-half of all the
evergreens in the state were killed.
BY the will Of Henry Shaw. Of ST
Louis, the flower gardens which he
owned in that city are open To the pub
lie on the first Sunday in June and the
first Sunday in September each year.
The largest dairy in the world is To-
Gated II miles from Newark. y. j.. the
s,,,,, ~.
1000. The proprietor runs ranch in
Iowa for the special purpose of sup
plying his dairy with cows.
one Of the largest shipments Of agri-
cultural machinery To South America
ever made from the United States has
been arranged for. 1t will consist Of II
carloads of Peoria harvestcrs, and its
| destination is the Argentine Republic
In the estimation of coin collectors
the most valuable Of all the American
coins today is the perfect silver dollar
Of 1904. The highest auction price is
$1,000. and there is a record OF $1,000
having been paid for one at a private
sale.
Probably for the first time in history.
| it is said has a street in German
town been named after a rabbi. This
| has occurred at Ostrowo, where it was
! decided to call a street Freimann
! Strasse, in memory of the late R2b-
bincr Dr. Freimann.
! The Church Missionary Society of
England has been celebrating its cen
| tonary. This society dominates mis-
sionary thought and action in England.
and has the largest income Of any mis-
sionary society in the world. 1t has
sent out over 1000 missionaries, the first
| going in 1903.
| The result of some Investigations on
| the feeding of milch cows. recently
| carried out in Germany, was to show
| that the production of milk is depend
/ ent in certain respects upon the nature
of the food supplied to the cows. but
not, as is commonly supposed. solely
on the albuminoid ratio.
Bishop Hendrix. in a recent lecture.
| is reported to have said: "Methodism
today breaches the gospel in more
| tongues than were spoken in the whole
Roman Empire in her proudest DAYS;
and her children taken together in all
! lands outnumber the entire hosts OF
| Christianity at the end of the first two
| centuries
The smallest watch in the world was
undoubtedly that exhibited in Berlin at
the watch exhibition. 1t was of fine
gold, the size Of pea, viz. 6h milli-
meters in diameter, or not quite a
! quarter Of an inch, and its weight, in
Guiding the case, was only 95 cent?
grams. or not quite the one-two hun
| dred and fiftieth part of pound. The
price of this curiosity is $4,000
Water is very good transmitter of
sound. A scientist by the name of
caladon made some experiments on
Lake Geneva, Switzerland, to demon
strate the power of sound to travel a
long way in water a clock was made
| to strike under the water. and was
| heard to distance of II miles. In a
second experiment the striking of a
clock was heard to a distance of q
mihs.