Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-31
Odd items Of Interest.

There are in England 1900 postotse,
savings banks.
Suicides among school children am
| largely increasing In Germany, especial,s
just before and after examinations.
Rare specimens of a silver groat and
| silver penny, both of Richard III. nav.
been dug up at High Wycombe, Bucks
A record cargo Of bananas was land,a
at Manchester recently. consisting of 81
| 900 punches. They were from Costa Rics
German insurance companies refuse h
take any risks in the case of Alpn-
climbers unless an expert guide Is one a
the party.
A suburban building boom in Londoa
| has collapsed and thousands Of 'villas'
stand empty in the outer circle of Ia.
metropolis. Builders overestimated n.
effect of new street car lines.
As the convention of Royal Burghs n.
Scotland has objected to the use OF n
word English" for British in govern
ment documents. Lord Linlithgow, Secxs.
tary for Scotland. has promised to inauin|
into the matter.
At an inquest on the body of man WIN
had died after an operation In s.
Georges Hospital London, 1t was STATED
that the only way by which OPERATOR
could absolutely avoid infection from "a.
tents was by boiling the hands.
A remarkable decrease in the number Of
deaths from tuberculosis in the larger
cities of Prussia within the last two De-
cades is recorded. In 1886 the death rata
i'll cities 'of over 10000 inhabitants was
10000
The Shah of Persia has his own ideas d
fun. At Ostend, the other day, he cut thu
string that held 100 toy balloons a woman
was Offering for sale. Having laughed
heartily at her distress as the balloons
rose into the air. the Shah paid her for
them.
Walter Howard once a famous end msu
OF the Moore & Burgess-Christie min
strels, died i'll London recently. He had
been in poverty long time having only
S1O week provided or him by daugh-
ter. In May last s1.055 was raised for him
by theatrical benefit.
Frau Julie Ascher. of Lobositz Bohemis
who, as girl of eight, witnessed the en-
try of the French into Dresden in ISL
and has a clear recollection of seeing tbs
Emperor Napoleon. has celebrated Der
hundredth birthday In the possession d
all her faculties.
Japan at the end of May was, says thu
Japan Chronicle. 60.419. Including ten adj
mirals and generals, sixty-eight colonies
$40 petty officers. By June 10 the abovs
total had been increased by the addition
of I,282 officers and men taken in the bat
tie of the Sea of Japan.
In her bankruptcy examination in Lon
don. the other day. Mrs. Brown Pottg
stage for several years had been from
$4,000 to $4,000 year. In Australia she
made $4,000 in 1897, her most successful
season. Since the closing of the Savoy
Theatre she had been playing temper.
airy engagement at $3.50 a week.
What st. Georges day is to Britain.
what Dominion day is to Canada, and
what Independence day Is to the Amer
can republic. is August 16 to the Yukon.
1t was on that day nine years ago that
on Rabbit creek. whose result was the
bringing of thousands of people to the
country and the enriching the world By
s12o.01000 in gold.-Yukon World
w; P. James writes: Book borrowers
are incorrigible and book collectors must
understand that for themselves churlish-
ness is an essential virtue. l recall
good story told by Ashly Sterry Of a
book collector who solemnly warned him
against ever lending a book. and who
stocked bookshelf in his own house, say
ing: Look at those shelves. Every
book on them was lent to me-"
At the sidewalk of one Of the ferry.
houses In New York stood a police vehicle
load Walking leisureiy in the center Of
the pushing. racing mob from Landing
ferry. boat was 4 tramp. all rags but
placid of manner. At his side walked
bluecoat. who led him to the waiting
patrol wagon. AS the tramp was about
to enter he bethought himself and
on the wagon steps he leaned far
out to one side. and TO the driver he called
in the drawing voice Of bored boule-
varder: Home, james,"
a recent report shows that in the year
1904 only six passengers were killed by
accidents on railways In the United King
dom, and that 534 were injured. From
statistics kept for the past thirty years
ending with 1903, it seems that an average
OF one passenger was killed In every D.
053,0 S4 journeys and one injured In every
]. 100,5N journeys. Out of a total of a..
COZ railway employees seven were Killed
and ia injured during 1904. The average
for the preceding thirty years was four
teen and 1877. respectively. This comparl-
son shows an extraordinary improvement
for the number of railway employees was
much greater in 1904 than the average
number in the preceding thirty years.