Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-06
Gleanines aand Gossip.

hold consisting Of 800 persons, includ- :
ing 30 bearers of state umbrellas, an
equal number of fanbearers, 30 physi- :
cams ana surgeons. 10 astrologers. 10
cooks and 90 priests
Six sailors in the San Francisco
marine hospital refused to go to bed
The other night because they deemed
the hour too early, but the nurse in
charge pulled q pistol and the sailors
Went to bed al The muzzle of A.
William c. Clark. Il patrolman ON
the Washington D. 60 police force,
has received notice from Mexico that
Il gold mine in which he is Interested
has turned ont 10 hr Il fine property,
ana that the stock That lie owns is
worth $500,oO0.
Conspicuous among the adnlmmentS
of the bridal feast in Brittany is an
artistic and elaborate butter structure.
as faiciful and elegant as the most
beautiful bridal cake amd into this
structure the guests stick split sticks
bearing coins of gold on silver.
NJ. Coqurlm, The actor. refused The
red ribbon of the Legion of Honor
when il Was offered him Il few weeks
ago. You have waited TOO long" was
his answer to Duiardin Be;i,ImetZ. NJ.
CConIclin, cadet Of the Cumedit Fran
caiSc. was decorated several years ago,
not as an actor. bui as Il public fuuc-
tiGnIry.
II was at the Port Arthur siege dur
ing the assault on the celebrated 1893
meter hill which cost the Japanese so
many men. Before sending forth to
certain death II regiment held until
then III reserve GEN Nu4i, addressing:
tn" colonel, said: "Yuur regiment is
the first in all this world" "Gcntral,
replied the officer gravtly, 1T will be
The first in the other"
Word comes from Mexico City,
Mex, that the pearls from the fisheries
along the coast of lower California
are now in popular favor in Paris ard
other European cities. The Mexican
fisheries, the report says, are doing an
excellent business, and there is a con-
stant increase in the output. The
pearls which are found along the coast
OF lower California are of variety of
c0lorS.-JewelerS' Circular Weekly.
Sir John Brunner has followed up
the scheme of the mayor of Hudders-
field, Eng, and has arranged for the
township of Wilmington. Norwich
what is called II bonus scheme for
healthy babies" Every birth will he
|reportcd upon and at the end of l.
months Sir John Brunner will make Il
grant of 20 shllings To the mother or
h1 pIlJrIi1n nf sDrb child bp 6
made satisfactory progress. The OBJ
ject Of the scheme is Ia reduce the in
FAINT mortality.
Egg gatherers of st. kilda, Il Scot
tiSh island in the Atlantic, consider
themselves rich if their prospective
brides can give them rope of human
hair. The ropes vary in length, a
really good one Of 40 or so feet being
especially priced. To manufacture
such Il rope is the work of years, but
the st. kildan girl saves her hair
combings religiously. \ curiosity col
lector VINO visited the island a short
time ago wished 10 buy fine speci-
men Of hair rope, but the 800 offered
Was refused.
There are two sorts Of tattooing in
use among the women of the Congo.
One is common to all members of the
sam" tribe, and indicates The origin
and birthplace of the subject. 1t is an
infIllible and perpetual certificate of
birth ANA nationality The other sort
of tattoOing is simply fantasy and
ctGuetry. The women mark upon
their bodies the epochS of their rXiS-
tcncr. a horizontal line marks mar
riaS". ohliquc lines the birth of chill
dren, vertical line weaniuS, another
line change of residence.
This is the time of year when the
Zodiacal light. the broad. slowly taper
ing cone of softly luminous sky
stretching NJ from the horizon 10 the
milky way. III the western heavens,
after II grows dark, on clear, moonleSS
evenings, can be best distinguished.
IL The tropics it is visible III all sea-
sons when the Sky is clear and there
is no moon. The morning ZnIiacal
light is best Seen in the autumn. in
this part of In" world. 1t is supposed
that the light is reflected from great
SWarlnS of mctroriteS IN the apparent
path of iii" sun around the earth.
Recently the Italian government
issued an order that there was to be-
no smoking in business hours by Off
cialS whose duties brought them into
contact with the public For those
whose duties do not il is left to the
discretion of heads of departments TO
allow or To forbid smoking But their
discretion is limited to the cigar ana
the cigaret. No pipes are to be al.
lowed
Coal mining has been followed in
oregon for the last haIf-cpntury. 1t
was one OF the Very first sections OF
the great mineral West to open up n
productive coal mine. These mines
located near Marshfield. on Coos bay.
are still producing. AS early as 1855
the mines of Coos bay shipped their
coal by schooner to San Francisco
Ihese mines are still beyond reach of
the railroads and are still shipping nv
water however. the output, which was
then $4,000 tons yearly. has increased
To more than five times that amount.
Andrew j. Harlan of Savannah. Mis-
sour. Is the last survivor of the
Ihir'v-frst Congress, having repre-