Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-24

II feet thick, is taken up into the
clouds. the winds bear their burden into
the land and the water comes down ir
rain upon the fields, to flow back
through rivers.
Orders hace been issued to kill all the
wild horses in Nevada. 1t sounds q
bit cruel, but it is said that they moi
oriy do much damage, but get othel
horses to leave their homes and &c
wild. Also it may be a bit hard to
find wild horses in Nevada.
In a close-woven rug, like Kirman,
measuring mere five feet by eight
feet, there are 400 knots to the square
inch. AS the weaver's speed is about
three knots a minute, four years OF
continuous labor would be required on
such a rug. Within that time some
fingers would stop weaving forever:
others could go on with it, Was it any
wonder the rug hunter asked me, that
no two rugs, even from the same viii
laye and the same household, were ever
Just alike? -Everybody's.
The market in China for WORKOUT
horseshoes seems to be almost without
limit. Chinese iron dealers buy the
rorseshoes and sell them to knife and
tool manufactures all over the pro-
vince. 1t is claimed by the Chinese
that the temper of this class of iron
makes it the best obtainable for knives
and cutlery. and also good for other
tools. The reason ascribed for this is
that the constant beating the shoes
have received under the feet of the
horses has given them a peculiar tenn
per absolutely unobtainable in any
other way. and that tools made from
them are superior to all others.-Con-
sular Reports.
The Menhirs and Dolmens (ancient
Druidical nionunlents), are scattered all
about the section south of Array, but
hown near Carnac there are three
groups set upon lines as straight as a
modern engineer could draw them and
forming 9 or 10 avenues There are 814
in one of the rows, 1855 in another and
2G2 in n third; it is said there were
$1,000 originally. The stones, which are
equal distances apart, vary in height
from 5 TO 20 feet, the largest having an
estimated weight of 40 to 80 tons. There
is no stone of the same geological for
maticn found nearer than 300 miles.
and the mystery of their being placed
here will probably never be solved
Outing
A feature of the roads of France is
the every-present guideposts. These
guideposts consist of an iron plaque.
about Two feet long and a foot high.
securely mounted on sturdy posts or
fastened to some substantial wall.
They are painted in white and blue,
and show, without any possibility of
mistake. not only the commune or
township in which they stand, but the
next important place in either direc-
ton. as we'll as the distances between
ali the chief points upon that route.
Thus you will find, if you travel on a
road which leads to Paris, that the
name Of the metropolis will appear on
the signboard, although it may be
several hundred kilometers distant
Outing.
The barrel cactus, or bisnaga, Echi-
nocaotus), contains a fair substitute
for good water. To get at this juice,
one must be armed with a stout
knife. or an axe to decapitate the
plant. Next Il green stake is obtaioned
from some shrub that is free, from bit
ter substances. and with this or with
the AK, the white pith of the interior
is pounded to pulp and cavity that
woull hold two gallons is formed.
the pulp between the hands
into this cavity will give from three to
six pints of a drinkable liquid that is
for from unpleasant. and is generally
few degrees cooler than the air. Scout
ing Indians have long used the bisna-
ga u save carrying heavy supply of
water. and a drink may be obtained in
this manner by a skilled operator in )
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