Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-04

member of Il British ministry. Tic "aS
under secretary of the home depart
ment in the liberal government OF loo".
French officials are considering
scheme for providing a standing army
of longSeryice men, one feature Oh
which is to be the compulsory eiiii9'
ment of all French schoolb"ys IN nat
ional rifle colpS SO that from their ear
lest years they may be accustomed 10
habits Of discipline and knowledge oi
arms.
Mr.. Gladstone knew how to admit
that he was in the wrong. ON one oS-
casion he did SO Candidly ana hahd-
somely. as became a gentleman. i'ul
he preferred To- keep clear Of the her"''-
sity for Apologies and had %ah' hel''i
in their efficacy. You can't uiipu'
mans nose" he once said 10 ms private
secretary.
Sarasate. the world-r"nn"hcd Nl"lh-
list. has taken his instrument All over
the world. 1t has been the companion
of the 40 years of his mahll"oi. 'tf-
asate. my son. wed thy violin, but nrN-
er woman" is said 10 havc been the
advice which was given him with his
first prize ut the Paris 'un%rrNtl0ir'..
and Sarasate has been true t" it.
An aged scotch minister. about -
marry for the fourth time. was oN-
planning his reason to an tldcr You
see, ! am an Old man now. ana Gamma
expert to lee here vera lang. WAch
the md comes | Wad like to nave some
one to close my eyes. tn" elder nod
ded ana said: 'AWecl, meenist"r, have
had iva wives, and both of them open
ed nine"
Some of the national legislators in
Washington are becoming alarmed
over the fact that the present is by far
the talkiest Of which there is amy his
tory. The 51St Congress was some on
language, but the 5Jth. which is the
present aggregation, has 1t dashed L"
the mast ana screaming for mercy
On May 10 in the 51St Congress the
statesmen had put forth some 4"26
pages of talk as registered in the Con-
gressiOnal Record. On Saturday,
which was May 10 for the 59th Con-
gress. the Record bulked 1900 pages of
speech. and the end is some distance
off yet.
The Vienna fancy dog club has eS-
tablished Il novel dog market. Per-
sons with dogs for sale are invited to
send the animals to the club rooms
every Wednesday, where they will be
exhibited. Each animal will be
examined by veterinary surgeon ana
also appraised by experts. Purchas-
erS can therefore be assured that the
dogs are quite free fAOm disease, and
also worth the price demanded. And
all this service will be performed en-
tirely free of charge; neither buyer
nor seller will be asked to contribute
penny. The club will bear all the
expenses. as its only object in in@titut-
ing the market is to promote the
breeding and traffic of dogs Of good
race.
Troy, N. Y. expects to begin using
its new water supply very soon. That
city has very nearly completed all the
adjuncts To a new reservoir in the
Tomhannock valley A great body of
water, longer than Saratoga lake. and
about onehalf mile average width is
now in the valley, where only Il short
time ago We're fields. dwellings, and
highways. The great reservoir dam
extends between two hills. admirably
placed by nature for such n use The
new Tomhannock lake is fed by three
creeks and by a number of smaller
streams. 1t is, proposed TO supply the
city daily with 100000 gallons The
work Of constructing the Tonhannock
watrrworks system was begun in 1902,
and the total cost involved up to JAM
uary l was $l.425,S55.