Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-09-09
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1897.
Ne~sy Gleaninas.

who are set down as anarchists, and are
under the constant watch Of the police. OF
the various European countries
Library students in Paris now frequent
books in the national library. to prevent
the inhalation of the book microbes into
| their lungs.
A first sergeant who has just retired
from the army at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. after thirty-one years service, Is
named Enemey His comrades never
wearied of punning on his name.
Klondyke reports were not believed in
England at first, and the newspapers for
week spoke of the alleged discoveries in
Alaska They changed at once to the
gold finds in Canada" when they became
convinced of the truth.
The only daily paper edited by negroes
in the world has just made it's appearance
in Wilmington, N. e. 1t is an afternoon
six -column folio sheet. The population of
Wilmington is 10000, a little more than
half of whom are whites.
On the front gate of an uptown church
in New York hangs the notice: Services
all summer" The words convey cyni-
cal reference to the system which pre-
walls in many cases of long clerical hOli-
days, and closed places of worship.
A paper in western Ontario is being
sued for libel because 1t asserted that a
member of the local baseball team could
not play baseball. All the rest of the pa
pers in the province are awaiting the out
come with interest and some apprehen-
sion.
The Penny-in- the-S Slot Electric Supply
Company. with capital Of $2oo.VO, or
which 500. 600 Is reserved for working cap
ital, has been Incorporated in England
Its object is Ito develop a slot electric
meter and to work on the free wiring
lines.-'
The injection of morphine is a habit
that is on the increase in France. eSpec-
tally among the middle classes. On sta
tistics furnished by the pharmacists 1t is
estimated that there are in Paris at least
$1,000 victims of the morphine habit, the
majority of whom are women.
Professor f. c. Lndemann. after whom
the great lake in Alaska was named in
talking of his recent trip there. said the
other day: I'm dress | wore silk under
wear and red 1lannels, which stepped
in lard oil. Outside my wooden clothing
l wore Hamburger overalls of corduroy.
never suffered from cold in that dress.
Victoria, dowager empress of Germany.
is the holder of s3l 100 in Central park )
per cent bonds. and $433. II interest was re-
mitted to her n few days ago by the city
chamberlain. She has been drawing in
terest on these bonds for sixteen years.
1t is said that the princess was presented
with the bonds by wealthy school friend
when she was young
Some time ago it was discovered that
the crimson-hued Holsters and cray-fish
in the great central markets of Paris
owed their brilliant coloring to Il liberal
application of red paint, which gave the
stalest fish ain appearance of pristine
freshness. Several prosecutions took
place and the offenders were convicted of
adulteration and fraud.
A safety brake invented by John Schu- |
man, poor machinist of Pittsburg Pa. |
was tested recently on the line of the |
Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction
Company. BY small lever the motor /
man may lift the car off the rails. The |
shoe is in the form of a wheel. and when |
applied forms a sort of sled on the track |
bearing the weight of the car. A car |
running at full speed was stopped within |
a space of twenty-five feet by this device. |
The difference between ancient and
modern slang was amusingly illustrated |
in u recent incident at the Chautauqua |
assembly. when the teacher of English |
literature asked. What is the meaning |
of the Shakespearian phrase Go to?
and a member of the class replied. oh |
preston of the modern Come Off! " The |
two phrases. while apparently opposite, |
do. in fact, substantially mean the same
thing.
Thomas E. Dixon of Henderson. KY. is
credited with the invention of a sextuplex
system of biography which has been |
tested and found to work successfully |
This enables the sending of six messages
over single wire at the same time. The |
quaaruplex system is said to have re-
suited in . saving of so, COZ, 600 to one of |
the great Telegraph companies alone that |
had previously used the duplex system |
The sextuplex is therefore an important |
discovery.
The greatest and strongest chain ever
made has but recently left the Upton |
Green Iron Works. in England. 1t is in |
tended for crane work at Chatham wharf |
and consists of oval links forged several |
ly of three and one-half inch rods, each |
link being 20 inches long and 10 wide. |
Since there was no machinery available |
for testing a chain of such dimensions |
the test was made by actual suspension |
of a weight of 400 tons, or $4,000 pounds, |
from each link.
In London a few days ago baker |
named Charles Engleman, employed in |
Harrow road, met his death in an extra |
ordinary manner. His master found him |
head downward in the kneading trough, |
surrounded by the fermenting dough he
had evidently been working, and which |
had risen up all around his head. How |
the deceased came to be In the position |
in which he was found is a mystery but |
it Is surmsed that the unfortunate fellow |
had fit, and. falling headforemOst into |
the dough. was thus suffocated while un- |
conscious.
A Pennsylvania man owns horse, |
which he says is worth $1,000 to him. He !
Ilbu oueItu T'W W dhychS WIN Wouiu
cure him of the habit of baking. and all |
to no purpose. He then procured a three |
volt storage battery. with which he con-
nected each side of the bit and crupper |
by means of three wires The horse, when
hitched to road cart, hraeed his fore feet |
and at first refused to move but at the |
first push of the bottom he jumped, |
snorted and moved off. Each day for a |
week he was given the same lesson and |
is now the owners pride, as he never !
barks, bites or kicks. 49,
DR.. c. +. Watson of Turner Center. and |
Miss Lillian Curtis Of Auburn, were mar |
ried at the hride'S home Monday