Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-01
GLEANlNGS AND GOSSIP.

shipment of four ful-lcngth trains of
cars Of tobacco will be- made on October
! ! To- Norway by w. q. DunnnSton OF
Farmvillc. Va.
An industry in Marking which IS said to
employ n.Do or 1000 of the Inhabitants
Is mat OF paper fan making. The paper
Tor the lans is imported, and Is cut past
| cd and folded in Marking, the result APP
pcarinS III the export tables as fan pa
pCrS.'
1t was Roscoe ConkIing who in the
New ! ork republican state convention III
lN'' delivered this MASTERPIECE" Of classical
Scur!Illty: when DR.. Johnson defined
m'trlntism as the last refuge of q scoun-
dfci h" wis unconscious of the then I'M
developed capabilities and uses of the
word REFORM
a hcarsc horse broke up a school and
nearly caused Il riot in thr slumS of New
waiting to he hitchcd to the h"arse he
Spicd some whiSpS of hay in :: barrel. The
result WIS that he got his head in thu
barrel and couldn't get it out, and stag
gcrcd blindlv through the door of til"
nearest school.
1t is reported in the native papers OF
China that a limited liability company
with Il caIital of $lNWO has been formed
hy til" Chinese for The manufacture Of
ciSarct% in NaniimG. Low prices rather
thlr good quality seem t. be the essential
FIR sIc' rss in this branch Of Industry.
Coolies III" constantly Il II" seen smoking
ciGar"tS, which ar" gradually replacing
thu long ana cumb"rs"m" tobacco" pipe.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. his friends say,
has always hank"rrd L. 8" t" Congress.
He - Il republican. Bun | crnldnt be
elected" remarked Mr. Vanderbilt TIL"
other day when the matter cam" up in
dtSult"ry conversation. "Why?' I'm too
clever Young fellow. independent in
thought, democratic Of manner and rs
hard = worker as any man of his years in
New York city.
Consul Louis Kaiser Of Mazatan. .M""x
writes: HAY" lr1rncd from reliable
sources thlt til" southern Pacific railroad
company is prospecting; 81. q lar@" seal"
for oil and coal along their PROJECTED line
IN tn" states of Sinaloa Hnd Sonora. II
is the general pplnIon that large oil and
coal fields will be Developed. as it is as
serted that good qualities of cod lands
have been located Lnd the prospects 70:
oil fields are said to Ir' encouraging.
TIL" Italian chamber of commerce ut
NrW York wants provision mad" for the
d"naturati"n of Olive oil mt nd"d for in
dIstrial purlra"s on condition that it
should h. admitted frtc of duty. But as
u c"miarltiv"ly small Fart Of til" ""liv"
OIL now imported is pure, there is not
much probability of any action III the mat
ter hv '"nGr, ~ The rlumn tt"" that
Was appointed in New York To lorR alter
tn" matter s. t"$ That Germany admits
drnaturcd olive oil frre, Of duty, but re-
uu;ros that it shall be made unfit for food.
Marriage is Il real lottery at Smoensil.
Russia, according to the New York Trib-
unc. -Four times a year (: lottery is held.
the capital prize being a young country
girl, sometimes with Il good dDW"ry in
sheep. The price of a ticket rs about ~
cents. At a single drawing 500 tickets
ar, sold. He who is fortunate enough tn
draw the lucky tirlet has his alternative
he may marry the girl if she plcases
him, also gaining thereby $i'n" in addi-
ton to whatever the Fiji brings With h in
DOES not please him he can turn the ticket
oVrr to a friend.
Tie production Of coal in the United
States is increasing at very rapid rate.
The production in 1905 shows an inc rcaS"
of over II per cont. in quality and I per
cont. in Nalu" over that of tn" previous
year. The total production amounted to
:.2.3l43il short tons. having IL value at
the mines of $i,f 1l6. 9f: and surprising
all previous records. Mr. Parker OF the
United States geological survey. i'll his an
nual report. says that Il portion of the in
crease in production was du" to tn" Of
forts of operating companies to provid"
It supply Of fuel in anticipation Of a suS-
pension Of mining in April, 1906. when tn"
waCe-Scalo agreements came up for re-
adjustment.
1T is fashionable" said 4 rich English
man, TO spend the summer in Norway.
The Norwegian clmat" is superb, the
Il dollar a day at the hotels and carriages
at half a dollar a day. One fin" firing
about Norway is that in IN" SUNNI
tn" night only lasts Il couple If hours,
and If you go as far as tn" North cap"
there is no night AT all, hut tn" sun rises
round AMI round tn" horizon. and never
sinks below and one is fire" IT, angle for
trout in them. The salmon rivers though.
arc strictly preserved. Some of tho sal
mon rivers are very fine and rent for as
much as 5000 a year. I know man who
has river only two miles long that h"
pays SlSfn for. II" often gets fish of GU or
20 pounds. The day called or INN last
wear his wifi" camc in with n i0poundnr.
a - pol;ndcr and a u FOUNDER that she
had caught herself within three hours