Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-23
GIeanings and Gossip.

| owner OF an SD0-acrc app" orchard ut
| WalluIa, Kan. where 10000 trees are
expected TO bear fruit this fail.
Til" Topeka Capital says that the
| man who has women in his family Who
| want to earn the fine points Of base
| bail cannot know peace until the snow
| flies again.
Business seems IL be looking up in
| Gre2nlcaf. Kan. The Sentinel Inns
| list announced that it will hereafter
accept no subscriptions paid i'll cord
wood unless the wood is cut.
| Il. H. Mitchell. Il ranchman who lives
| near BcIdrn, Ncb., says that he has
found a mountain Of soap near his
home The soap is really very fine
white sand which acts like 4 soap.
| They are now talking Of getting mp
some sort of a celebration in ohScrv-
| ancc Of tn" tri-centcnnial Of the discov-
cry Of the Hudson river. A worlds
| fair at Wcchawkcn would help some.
! 1t is announced that a st. Louis man
his succeeded in engraving all the let
| tcrS of the alphabet on the head of a
pin. He certainly has done much t.
| add to the good of the world.
| As yet no one has had much to say
maker. where the natives killed 40
| English soldiers recently. And there
| is such a good chance for Il joke in it,
| too.
The Chicago Tribune says that wire
| less tclcgraphy, horscless carriages
| ami such things are to be followed by
speeches. political campaigns this fall.
| This is the best news from the West
yet.
"Mothcr" Eddy did not write to the
| suffering Christian Scientists in San
| francisco and tell them that their suf-
| fering WAS imaginary. but she sent
| them $1,000 from her hard-earned saw
ings.
| Johnny Milne. kickapOo Indian
| has recently been in Washington in
the interests of Il Mexican branch Of
his tribe. He can speak 10 Of the In
| dian languages, and is said to be the
| most expert Indian linguist in the
| world.
| The sad word comes from Michigan
! that frost has killed the peach crop
| there for the second time this season
| Still. it is safe to assume that when
| the proper time comes there will be
| plenty Of Michigan peaches in the
| market.
| The LONDON Globe recently said that
| the full horror of tho san Francisco
| earthquake was not brought home to
| the English working people until tn"
| announcement WAS mad" that every
.,I,I hp,J
| In Atyssinia if son thinks his faith
| or is getting 4 little old ne t'llS him Z"
climb Il tree ana then jump down. If
| the father stumblcs or trcmhlcS when
h hits the ground he is promptly
killed, as it is thought his usefulness is
| over.
| One of the teachers of David Living
| stone, the African missionary. il stu
a,iv. and active at So. He is Roy. +.
| z. rolo;,vcll of Chelsea. Eng. When 4
| Young man h" taught school ut Elnn-
| tyre. ana there Livingstone was ono OF
Iii; ulils.
The first automobile boat to hit In
dian territory is now blowing up the
| peaceful waters of tn" WaChita river
| IT can max" the almost unheard-"f
/
| natcIy. il X not known whether this
| trial was made with or against the
| current.
A Kansas man was blowing about
| Sahctha the other day. saying that he
was about the only entirely indcpcn-
| dent man he knee of. He claimed that
he owned his own place, raised his own
| chewing tobacco. and could spit where
he pleased. All Of which is typical, il
not refined, according to the accepted
standards If the East.
pa, what are halcy"n days"
| ''S-h-h" replied H. Peck, 81, AZ ne
| looked around to assure himself that
he and his son We're alone; They're the
| glorious Summer days when your dear
mamma is far. far away from the
| wicked, noisy city enjoying freedom
| from household cares and getting the
| sweet. pure air she needs 80 much -
| Chicago Hccord-i1erald.
| Little Tanet's devoted uncle. wanting
| to know his niece'S mind upon a highly
| interesting subject. and prcfcrring t"
| get at il indirectly, asked her: IT
were going to buy doll FOR little
/ girl what kind Of one do you think Sfc
would like" The answer was prompt
and decided "Oh. Uncle George" she
| said there is nothing like twins =
Harpcr's Weekly.
The Grand Duke Alexis has shaken
| the dust of Russia off his feet, and
says that his native country is not for
him. He has bought magnificent
house near the Notifications in Paris,
and will live there in future. 1t is re-
ported that he is thoroughly disguised
with his nephew. the car, for getting
a bit liberal with his subjects. Alexis
may also wish to get to a city where
bombs are less likely to drop on him
than if he were in ST. Petersburg
Colorado will possess within a few
months the highest bridge in the world
over the deepest chasm in, the Rocky
mountains. The bridge is being con-
structed over the far-famed Royal
| gorge of the Arkansas river at point