Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-21
Curious COMBINATIONS.

new ring for clerks will cut Irvine
| or erase pencil marks.
A leaf is only metamorphosed
branch and the covering of seeds only
metamorphosed leaf.
Frenchman named Dufour claims
to have found way of melting anC
molding quartz like glass.
Miniature Indian corn grows in Bra.
gil. The ears are about the size OF q
little finger, and the grains are as
small as mustard seed
Great events happen in Georgia. A
lady in Waycross recently raised q
tomato in her kitchen garden thai
weighed one pound and two ounces.
New Zealand's flax industry has re.
to the war in the Philippines having
shortened the output of Manila fiber.
In India mounted officers travelling
by rail on temporary duty may if they
prefer it. take bicycle with them a
Government expense in lieu of
charger.
The Scandinavian element in thi.
country numbers nearly a million souls
| They are located principally in fou,
states-Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin anC
Minnesota.
After testing wireless telegraphy fol
a distance Of 60 miles, the French Gov
eminent has ordered its Mediterranean
squadron to be equipped with the wire
less appliance.
A Missouri gentleman recently had
his name changed from Pigg to Peak
He obtained consent of the Circui,
Court in the district where he reside.
to adopt the new cognomen.
A pet Maltese cat belonging to al
English woman has been successfully
provided with spectacles to counterac,
failing eyesight. A picture of a mouse
was used by the oculist to test the cats
eyes.
Kansas man has struck a new way
of getting a living. He has a flock OF
600 turkeys. which, in consideration OF
board for himself. he moves from one
farm to another. where they clean W
the grasshoppers with which the farms
of that section are infested
The Hofburg theatre in Vienna has
ever since 1890 paid per cent. of the
receipts on Goethe nights to the Goethe
Society. the sum amounting in ten
years to 5000 forms. On account OF
the unsatisfactory state of the thea
tres finances, this practice will not be
continued.
Lord Strathcona's cavalrymen took
with them from Canada four red In
dams, nommally as servants. IN reality
to test their qualities as scouts ir
South Africa. The Kaffir reads the
veldt like an open book. and the
Canadians hold that the sight anG
hearing Of their Indians are eve,
keener.
People engaged in the fishing an6
kindred industries in AMMAN have beer
estimated at 10000, of whom 5000 are
in Thanh-Hoa and 5000 in Quang- Nam
In adding the women and children this
number may be carried to CO. 900. repre-.
senting the total number of native.
who make their living from the fishing
industry.
London has recently been agitated by
! the number and extent Of financia
| failures in the legal profession b,
scandals revealing clients losses from
| the disposal of securities deposited
with their lawyer. In London alien,
during the last three years 80 solicitor!
have been before the bankruptcy court
including ten absconders, six of whom
We're imprisoned.
Since the inter-city trolley line ha
become a fact promoters of countr,
fairs are beginning to look for bette
attendance. The Hancock county fai
in Indiana will be held directly on tn
line between Indianapolis and Green
field. and it is believed that RESIDENT
of the state and capital can be induced
to visit the exhibition and see what
country fair is like.
Marking was originally the seat o
government of the Ming dynasty il
China. The Emperor Yungloh. how
ever made Pekin the capital in 1411
and it has retained that position eve
since. The population Is estimated a
100000 persons. The northeast gat.
! OF Pekin commands the city. and i
/ was by this gate that the allied from.