Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-28
Gleanings and Gossip.

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GIeaninss and Gossip.
Tie English bishop Of Carlisle said in
the course of a recent addic &: Any fool
can preach above his own head or over
TIE beads of his congregation, but 1t
takes an exceedingly able man to preach
u great sermon which ordinary people
can understand
Secretary Root has accepted the invi
tatipn of the congregation of kencScth
Israel SynaSOg. Philadelphia. to be pres
ent 1T the informal r,s,ntation of the
john Hay memorial windrw in the new
Jewish cdihce. which is to occur on De
c"mber ?. Kcneseth-Israel is the largest
Hebrew congregation in the United
sIn!Sog decided to place in it a memorial
window IN honor of the late Secretary OF
Stat" John Hay because of his we'll
known friendship for the race.
At strasburg Ger, Il dental clinic has
been opened 1T the university for tn,
treatment of school children. Iiith.r ali
the school children are sent in nrd'r. by
thr;r teachers zach child s quickly "x-
dealt with in an hnnr. and nearly 80 i
day. by singh. doctor Teaching goes
haHd N hand with treatment. Tn" doc
tor tells til" children how t" us'. :, tooth
brush, secs that he uses one and sends
him hon" to practice with il. tn" move
n,nt is spreading. In WIcsbadcn and
MulheuScn school dental clI.ics dire to hc
erected.
The whale fishing conducted by the
Dundee fleet has been singularly unpro-
drctiv" this season. and tn" enterprise,
will result in a int,nciaI loss. In all
seven vessels sailed north, and a Telegram.
which has reached Dundec announces
that four vessels are clean. The total
catch amounts to seven whales, sore Of
them small Two were captured in Davis
straits. two ut West Greenland and ono
y,,
ing was principally due to bad weather,
the ships being unable to pierce their WAY
through Melville bay on account Of the
ice conditions.
one of the oldest little animals in ex-
istcncc is the California wood rat. better
known as the trade rat 1t owes tn.
latter name to the fact that though ii is
Il great thief it never steals anything
without putting something else in its
place. 1t is said that a paste pot which
had been left over night in tn" ASSAY
oihcc Of silver min" in that state. was
found in the morning filled with the odd
est collection of rubbish. This was the
work of trade rats. They had stolen tn.
paste and left in exchange Il piece IF
stick, u length of rop". some odds and
cnlS of wire and an unbroken glass fun
mel.
An interesting proof Of the vitality of
certain trees is offered by a poplar in tn
village Of 'iuntcn, on the Lake of Thun.
About 20 years ago a fountain was placed
before the pOst-ofiicc building of that
place and the builders used for shank
ana glrdcr OF the water conduit young
poplar trunk which they drove into tn.
ground, and in which the pipe was in
serted. After short time the trunk be
gan to throw out shoots. and today it is 4
tall tree with heavy foliage. The water
pipe IS now completely ovcrgroWn ard il
is strange sight to SO" a jet of water
stream forth from the interior of the I'M
in jurcd tree.
Known all over HooSicrdom as THE mid
get constable of the nitcd States has
been reelected by his township. His OPP
nnncrt was jonathan Folsom. who tips
the scales at 2W net Vincent We iChs 90
pounds with all his clothes and ovcrcoat.
and can train down when necessary. TIL.
little man was the David Of tn" demo
Gratis, while Folsom was the Goliath OF
beginning his seventh term, Won by -
votes: Folsom worked hard not so much
that he wanted the office but because IL,
he expressed it, he did not want Ito be
beaten by a spider
There is not much encouragcmcnt for
tea drinkers in Il report recently made by
a large tea exporting house ir Yokohama
to its American customers. incidentally
it Indicates that the United States is not
a lone in facing increased cost of living
The report saws: owing to the rapidly
cost ot living in Japan labor
costs more, and in consequence clltiva-
ton OF the tea gardens is less generous
and extensive than formerly. and less
care and skill are expended in picking and
curing the leaf. Hence the average quail ,
ity Of the teas now offered for sale lis be
low that of seasons prior to the war and
for the same reasons we are not likely in |
the future to see any reversiOn to the
excellence Of former years"
Egynt now has a hospital service the
like Of which is probably not to be found
in the whole world. Some time ago Sir
Ernest Casscl gave s3OO,cCo t. the Egyp-
tian government tn establish ambI-
liant eye hospitals. DIR. Max Calan of
London was irtruSted with the organiza-
ton of the service. and he has accom-
DlShed his task. The anbulart hospital
has the appearance of military camp. 4
number of tents accommodate the pa
tients and their attendants. the largest
serving as an OperatinG-room. Camp was
pitched for the first time rear Manufch |
in the Nile delta. and DIR. Calan. with
his native assistants. treated there the
diseases that arc caused by the terrible
Dust raised by tho hot desert wind at tho
equinox. At present the hospital. under
DR.. Callans personal supervision. is in
tho oasis Medina ell Fayun. where already
over 1Sp" Egyptians have received midi
cal treatment.