The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-10-19
NEWS NOTES.

Berlin expended So, 600, 600 on its pub
lie schools last year.
Germany sold Japan more than 81. OOO,-
wv worth of sugar last year.
The enrolment of the Chicago public
schools includes twenty five Chinese pu-
pills.
A new steamship line will soon be es-
tablished between Portland, Ore, and
Manila.
At Santa Clara, CAL, there is garden
OF 500 acres devoted entirely to the cult
walton of celery.
Corn brought from Porto Rico and
planted in Wisconsin in June has reached
the height of IA feet.
Range cattle in the Southwest are sell
ing for $40 head more than they
brought two years ago.
The War Department has chartered the
Flntshire at San Francisco to carry ami
mails to the Philippines.
A syndicate has been formed in Ger
many for the exploration of the Braun
system of wireless biography.
The bell in Independence Hall, Phila-
delphia, was rung seventeen times upon
receipt of the news of Dewey's arrival.
In order to avoid litigation, millionaire
Sylvester j. Curtis of New York City, di-
vided his estate among his family on his
death bed.
Three lion cubs, recently born in the
menagerie at Central Park, New York
City, have been named Dewey, Olympia
and Manila
The savings of the enlisted men in the
British army amount to 1000, 900 annu-
ally, all of which is on deposit with the
government.
Since the foundation of the Legal Aid
Association of New York 10000 people
victimized by their fellows have secured
justice through its efforts.
Wisconsin boasts of State Board OF
Immigration, engaged in the laudable
work of inducing people to move from one
part of the State to the other.
In Japan vaccination is compulsory, ano
the government makes its own lymph anC
issues it free of charge. Revaccinaton a
| sldltQ pellOuS is dlSO SulOICtu IlStUiN
Only calf lymph is used.
One of the masterpieces of muSica
clocks has just been completed for thu
Emperor OF China, in whose palace
| besides pointing out the current time, i
will play selections with fully equip pee
automatic orchestra.
The most singular vessel in the world i
- no DD1xy ,ft ~ pri+;
is simply long steel tube, deeply burie,
above the sea. 1t carries neither mast
nor sails, and is used as ram and a TORPEDO
boat.
An attempt to hold in Trafalgar square
London, demonstration in opposition t
war with the Beers, resulted in failur
and confusion. The speakers were petite
with decayed apples and eggs and tn
police We're finally compelled 10 clear tn
square.
DR.. Lehwess, of the Automobile Club
of London, proposes to make trip fror
that city to Picking in Especially construc
ted automobile in the early part of mex
year. The distance is about s. 600 miles
and the time required is estimated at abou
three months.
The German Navy Gazette heralds tn
strange fact that Vice Admiral Won Died
richs, the former commander of the Asiati
squadron, the man who caused Dewey S
much trouble in Manila Bay, has been OF
dered to report to the general staff of tn
army for study.
The first cotton mill in Kansas will 500
commence operations in Independence
The mill building is 200 by 80 feet, an
was donated by the citizens of Indeper
dence. Cloth factories are expected t
follow. The erection of this mill mean
an impetus to cotton raising in Kansas
and the cotton acreage next year will
increased several times.
A well-preserved Roman camp has bee
discovered on the right bank of the Naren
ia, in Herzegovina. A section $50 fee
long by 270 feet wide has been traced
Part of the walls, gates and towers al
still standing, and many utensils, an
weapons have been dug up. 1t is believe
that the camp was erected in the time
Nero.
The Saginaw River, in Michigan,
eighteen miles long, and on it's bank
have been produced Is, 900, 600, 600 feet {
pine boards. The Titabawasse River an
its tributaries empty into the Saginaw an
tn Sc streams alone have yielded -, 600
600, 900 feet of pine logs to satisfy the az
petite of the saw mills on this river. Tn
production of lumber reached it's higl
water mark in 1882, when the output VIZ
1,O11, 600, 900 feet 1t is now little owe
800, 900, 600 feet annually.