Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-17

ana for these high prices have 10 h.
paid.
A Hungarian blacksmith recen,,,,
sent as q present To the emperor i,
Austria a horseshoe, A pair Of pincnrs
n file and knife, all ingeniously naiIaI
to goosc's egg without the egg being
broken. The empcrorsscnt in retnrn
his photograph, gold medal and IN
ducatS
A lumber mill fitted with Swedish
machinery was erected last year .,
Douglasstown. on the Miramichi and
now H. is announced that a planing rnitI
to cost 800. 900 is to be erected ther.
with Swedish capital 10 produce tba
kind of lumber for which Sweden Gndy
O profitable market in England.
A report from Yokohama Is to the ef-
feet that there is q growing demand IN
Japan for pianos. which are chjeay,
supplied by the United States. Great
Britain and Germany. American
pianos are now to be found i'm the
homes Of many wealthy japanese in all
the larger cities Of the mikados en-
pire.
An interesting war curio recently Ar
rived at khartnum in the shape Of the
late sultan Lambio's great war drum
IT Is cut from a solid block Of wood
and Is intended to represent d buffalo
The whole thing is more than 10 feet
long. AZ feet high and four feet wide
and requires 8 or 10 men 10 carry II.
;r.
for its success in breeding and keeping
lions, an Interesting innovation is the
plan Of keeping number Of creatures
about the grounds in state Of liberty.
The latest liberated specimens which
visitors now meet in ashady path are
the emu and the American ostrich. or
rhea.
Tourist (visiting an ancient castle)-
Are there any legends connected with
this old castle? Guide-Oh, yes. II
is said that in ancient times stranger
once visited this castle and gave no
tip to the guide. ThereupOn the latter
threw the visitor over into the moat.
But don't be frightened. Of course.
it's only an idle legend.-London Tit
Bits.
In Holland births, marriages and
deaths. instead of being recorded in
newspapers, are indicated by wind
mills. When a miller gets marred he
stops his mill with the arms of the
wheel in a slanting position and with
the sails unfurlcd. To indicate a birth
the wheel is stopped with the arms in a
slanting position, but at a more acute
angle than for a marriage, and with
the two upper sails unfurled.
Bakers in France are subjected to
certain unusual rules and regulations.
In large fortified towns. for instance.
they must always have q certain stock
on hand in case Of war. Not only this
but everywhere they have to deposit
a sum of money in the hands of the
municipal authorities as surety Of
good conduct; and the law. not content
with merely looking after their
weights and mea sures. actually decides
the price at which bread is sold.
A lawsuit which began i'll 1913 and
which arose out of a dispute over
wood-cutting rights in the forests Of
Dabo, on the borders Of Alsace and
Lorraine, has Just been decided. Tho
French government took part in it and
after the war Of 1870 Germany ap-
pointed a jurist to study the matter.
1t took him 80 years to get up the case.
which is described as filing several
hundred volumes. A verdict given in
1904 by the court of Saverne. has after
appeal, at last been confirmed by the
Supreme court of Leipsic. The state
will have to bear the enormous costs