Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-02

ment of the natural resources of Haytl.
A company Is now constructing rail-
road from GOnaives into the interior,
where copper mines have been dlscoV-
cred, and the railroad promises to de-
velOp into 81 system which will contrib
ute greatly to the development of the
country and the increase of foreign
commerce.
A Jonah has appeared in the streets
| of Paris summoning the people to diet
| airy repentance. He is a picturesque
| figure, with flowing locks and is dress
| ed in simple robes. He is an educated
man and was formerly consul in Bel
GUM and a merchant in Java. He be-
lieves that physical well-being is not
| the means of happiness, and says that
| now he is happy and satisfied on the
money he formerly spent on cigars. He
is vegetarian. Apparently he is 60
ing Charles Wagner one better on THE
Simple Life
| Joseph c. Graveur has been school,
master for the Tombs prison in New
York for seven years. His pupils are
| the young men and boys awaiting trial
| for various offenses. Mr.. Graveur has
exerted an influence for the good of
thousands of boys. There is not sucn
another school in the world. TIE
| schoolmaster let's the boys ask him
whatever they wish. There is no set
form Of study. One question leads to
another, and the Tombs school takes
more the form of a general informa-
ton bureau than anything else.
| The railing words, Gentle shepherd,
tell me where" which are sometimes
derisively used in debates in Congress,
are from an old English ditty. Their
most famous use and probably their
| first in parliamentary debate was by
| the elder Pitt in the British House of
| Commons when in the early days of
King George III he opposed a famous
| tax upon cider which had been brought
forward by Grenville. In the course of
his speech defending the tax Grenville
kept asking where else a tax could be
laid. Mimicking Grenville's querulous
tones, Pitt queried. Gentle shepherd.
| tell me where"
| The pronunciation Of Iowa" is caus-
| ing considerable discussion. At the
| FIRST annual banquet of the Iowa So
| ciety Of New York, an official pro-
nunciamento was issued in favor of
| .Io-way" The matter has been COM
| plicated, however, by the various and
| picturesque methods employed by
senators who have had frequent occa-
sion to use the word. The stellar
parts played by Senators Allison and
| Doliver in the proceedings on the rail-
| road-rate bill made reference to the
! "senator from Iowa" frequent and a
score of different recommendations were
heard.
In the royal palace at Ma
drid there is a strange collect
lion consisting Of mementoes or
all the occasions on which young King
Alfonsos life has been attempted or
been in danger. Some years ago when
still! a boy Alfonso was threatened by
a ruffian with a knife Alfonso struck
the man on the hand with MS Walking
stick and made him drop the knife
which the king then picked up for ms
collection. The collection also contains
the skin of the horse which was killed
by the bomb thrown at Alfosso in Paris
and some mementoes of the recent out
rage in Madrid.
| Mt. Everest in the Himalayas, sup
| posed but not definitely known to be
| the highest mountain in the world, Is
| nut down in the Indian survey as being
| % 600 feet high. The highest climb on
record was made by an Englishman
w. w. Graham. i'm 1888. when with two
| Swiss guides he climbed to within 81
| feet of the peak of the neighboring
| mountain of kabru. or distance OIL
%. 965 feet above sea level On that
memorable climb Mr.. Graham saw Mt.
| Everest. and also other mountains
which he thought still higher. The en-
thusiastic mountain climbers think that
eventually even the highest peak will
be scaled.
The United States consul in Baden
in the famous Black forest. reports IN
teresting details of mountaineering
clubs in Germany. He says there are
"a of them with total membership OF
l42 SOB, each paying annual dues OF
ls125. Not all members by any means
are actual mountain climbers. Large
numbers among them are business men,
lhotel-keepers and many kinds OF
ltradesmen. A large part of the fund
they contribute by dues is applied to
cut.inc maths and roads, erecting sign
boards and publishing maps. so that
|
he helped to appreciation of the natural
beauties of the country.
| In Germany conductors directing pas
sengeIs to seats on their trains some
times have a habit of sizing up the
passenger by his appearance. and IN
stead of asking what class" say "thfd
classY' first class" or what seems
10 them the probable destination of
person of the dress and appearance De
fore them-often TO the disgust OF the
passenger. A gentleman with a pack
luee under his arm recently came IN
view of the conductor on the
platform and was hailed "third
class" No." says the passenger
Fourth class them" says IN"
conductor. mo fifth But there ism
lany." well, first class then"
The Indus in India is crossed in some
of its remote reaches by rope bridges
1.-THE ingenuity Of the natives in making
these bridges with no material but
Twisted twigs. yet strong enough u
hold the weight of any num-
Der of coolies with their loads
land ,onp enough To be swung