Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-20
Wordy Warfare.


Wordy Warfare.
"Do you know what the longest word
| in the language is?" asked the literary
| editor.
You're thinking of Smiles said
| the Loet. because il has Il mile be-
tween the llrst and last letters. That's
old. l know one that has three miles
| between the first aud last letters
Eyes" retorted the other. you're
thinking of 'beleaguer.' But know of
one that has a whole lake between the
first and
'Of course. Stakes That's SIM
pie. But how about one that takes in
the whole earth. hey?"
Dead easy. 'Rcrtha' And there is
a still longer one that has the sun for
its second syllable"
Everybody knows that. Lawson
Then there's
Hold on! That WON'T
(Which includes the whole sky. Ger
tainly. Risky Put that's nothing.
can tel you of one
Here providcntially. somebody came
in to inG dire where the subscription de-
partment was. and the trouble ceased.
Chicago Tribune.
How to Boil Water.
To boil water would seem to be
very simple thing. and yet the late
Charles DelmonicO used to, say that
very few people knew now to do it.
THE secret is he said. Gin putting
10
already quite warm. and setting the
water to boiling quickly. and then TAX
ing it right off for use i'm tea, coffee or
other drinks before it is spoiled. TO
let it steam and simmer and evaporate
until the good water is in the atmos-
phere and the lime and iron and dregs
only left in the kettle is what makes
a great many people sick. and it is
worse than no water at all For
water boiled like this and favored with
a few drops OF lemon juice Mr.. Del
monico used to charge as much as for
his best liquors, and he often recon-
mended it to his customers and friends
who complained of loss of appetite. 1t
is worth trying.-Good Living.
Their Marriage.
according to Town Topics.)
The wedding of Miss DOttic Dough,
the famous socialsieader and daughter
of John Dough, Ihulti-mllionaire, coal
king, and financier. and of Mrs. John
Dough Wee Annie Sullivan), who owns
the famous pearl .neck,ace and the
Dough tiara, to- William Beacon, OF
Boston and Harvard, was one of the
events Of the week. Mr.. Beacon IS to
be congratulated 6n getting the dough.
(Accordjng to the Boston Transcript
William Beacon. Harvard, 1901. who
played SO brilliantly Oh his varsity
team while at college. and who comes
Of one of Boston'S most distinguished
families, was married this week to IL
Miss Dough of New York. Mr.. Beacon
is the 'grcat-Great- granddaughter of the
third Pilgrim Father to set foot on
Plymouth Rock. His mother is one Of
the Parks. and this gives him blue
blood on both sides. Miss Dough is
open to cOEgratllg tiOnS.-Iarvard
Lalnpoon.
Way to Settle It.
81 think" said Representative Lands
Of Indiana, that the best bit of dra-
matte criticism l ever saw was printed
in this weekly paper published at Ris-
ing Sun, in my state.
"Rising Sun is several miles from a
railroad and the advent Of Walker
Whitesidcs to play Hamlet was an
event. The paper held open to make a
report on il. The performance was
for one night. All the townspcoplc at
tended the show, which was in the
town hall.
Next day the editor said: Mr..
Walker Whitesides and his company
played Hamlet in the town hall last
night. 1t was great social event, and
all the elite of our fair village attend
ed. There has been a long discussion
as to whether Bacon and Shakespeare
wr';" tie plays commonly attributed
to Shakespeare. IT can be easily set
tied now. Let the graves of the two
writ crs be opened. The one who