Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-02-27
Odd Items Of Interest.

| OGu Items OF interest,"
Monoclrs are now prohibited in til"
German army.
The first two srcdlcss apples received
| from Colorado We're sold i'll London at
covrnt Garden for 81 shillings each.
The bishop Of Rhode Island is taking
Il prominent part in the present aglta-
ton Tor a strictcr child labor law, now
pending in the State Legislature.
Mexican mints turn out more silver
money than those Of any other country
| i'm the world Last year Mexico shipped
several million silver dollars to China.
| The Paris Municipal Council has I'M
Ianimously called Oh the French LeSis-
| lature to make it a penal offense to
cause employees Of either sex to work
more than six days week.
The official Presbyterian agent among
the work1nGcInn. the Rev. Charles Stcl-
;.le. has undertaken to establish i'll 800
cities Of the country better relations
between the ministry and organized
labor.
Prof. benjamin Bacon. who holds tho
chair Of New Testament criticism and
Interpretation in Yale Theological
Seminary has been made director OF
the American school of Oriental re-
search i'll Palestine.
Railways of the United States en-
ploy an army of 100000 men. The in
come Of the railway companies last
year totaled $4,000 900 900. and their to-
tai assets for this year are valued at
four times that sum.
The city of Salem. Mass. offered
prizes last year to boys for killing
hroWntail moths. In competing for
these prizes the boys destroyed $4,000
nests. which We're estimated TO repre-
sent 112,000,U 0C cdterpiIlars.
An anti-clerical campaign is being
prosecuted in several countries in Cen
trail and South America. designed es-
l'ccially to guard those countries from
invasion by the religious orders which
have been eXiled from France.
The marksmen of the British Ma
tional Rifle Association object to the
new short rifle with which the govern
ment is preparing to supply the army.
They say it is not nearly so good as the
old one and IAN imposition on a high
ly-taxed public"
The Chinese are turning To small for
ciSn novelties and notions, such as
small hand mirrors. belt buckles.
combs. hair brushes. beads of many va
rietics. and glass novelties generally.
The goods of this sort they buy arc
cheap, and generally Gaudy and poor
TO promote thrift the town council
Of Gutenberg. SaXony. has decided to
present every child at its birth with Il
savings bank book and Il small deposit.
No Withdrawals will be allowed until
the young deposition reaches the age of
fourteen, except in case of death.
About IA year ago Il native Of Tai
Chau. China, i'll the customs district of
Wenchau. Chekiang province, estab-
llshcd towel factory at Taichau, and
lt seems to have been Il great success.
\ soap factory WIS established at Wen
chau also last year, and this, too, has
been success. The Chinese demand
is for a very cheap towel
1t was discovered recently that Of
100000 contributed three years ago for
the relief of the sufferers by the Mar
Unique eruptions. only $4,000 was dis
tributed by the French officers who
visited the islands, while the expenses
were 10000. This was due to red
tape. The tape has now been emf ana
the money distributed. Gifts Of food,
etc. from America alone saved the in
habitants from starvation.
The Chesapeake. famous for her on
counter with the British ship Shannon
III the war of 1872. is still in existence.
When she was captured by the British
she was taken to England by her cam
tor Sir Philip Broke, and some wears
later her timbers were sold. The pur-
chaser was a miller in Wickham. and
When he pulled down his old mill be |
pulit new one from the timbers OF
the Chesapeake. Many of these tim
bers still have the marks Of the Shan
mons grape shot. and in some places
the shots are still to be seen deeplv i'm
bedded in the pitch pine.
st. GATHERINGS lighthouse, on the |
south coast of the Isle of Wight has
Just been provided with new light of
l5.OOO.OOO candlepower. as against |
a'ooO'ooO obtained with the old appara-
tus. Seen from the land there are
'hree distinct beams of light revolving
In view, one just on the point of disap-
rearing behind the blank" or shield |
while the others pass rapidly over the
waters of the English channel. The
new lens is made by Birmingham
llrm, and the whole of the revolving
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