Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-14
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.

one OF the western railroads is consid-
cring the ;:dvisability of establishing a
ilne OF motor busses which will carry
passengers between Kansas City and To
peka. Kan. The road hopes to keep out
all tfolly competition in this way.
Jalan's mortuary list in the late wal
numbers OTIS. made up of HE killed in
action. Az died from wounds and u 80.
rom sickneSs The total included 2lG
officers. sG,.0S noncGmmssioned officers
ANA men. ana 1851 noncombatants.
ALUMINIUM has suddenly come into use
iof so many purposes where copper and
brass were formerly employed that the
supply Is everywhere far short of the de-
mand. The automobile manufacture is
largely responsible for the shortage
Often the roots of fruit trees. more ex-
hausted than the parts in the air, refus.,
to supply the branches with their proper
nourfshmen; TO cure or prolong life of
trees possessing still certain vigor a
French investigator has injected solutions
OF sulphate OF iron and other chemicals
into the trunks. The liquid penetrates into
the cells of the tree. but not into the old
wood 1t follows the Young LAYERS. de
Scending INTO the roots to the depth of
"a feet and rising To the top of the tree
with uniform distribution Good re
suits are said To have been attained.
The flake stand ut "A distillery at Frank
fort. KY. broke down Sunday, and more
than lt@ gallons of whisky was lost
Ii made its way to Benson creek ONLY a
few ieet away. Farmers living along the
banks of the stream later noticed hun
dreds of fish either floating laZily on the
surface or else leaping playfully on the
surface and altogether uiIafraid OF the
presence of the men. The farmers caught
them by the bushel. and it was not until
the news of the break at the distllery be
came known that the mystery was solved
The fish had become intoxicated The
loss to the distillery will reach about
$1,000.
The late Senator ingalls, was unable to
restrain the propensity to indulge in sar
caSm. This habit eventually lost him his
place and his popularity. On one coca
sion an intimate friend wrote to him urg-
ing the appointment OF another friend to
n position under the government. To this
letter the senator returned very sarcas-
tic answer, and received the following re-
ply: MY Dear Senator; l think it
would he well for you to reserve your
sarcasm for the RAPIDLY increasing num-
Der IF your enemies instead of offering it
to the decreasing number OF YOUR friends,
of whom | am one" 1t is said Mr., In
gals never forgot the rebuke. but it WAS
too late.
That policy" which man gets from
an insurance company is no relative OF
that other word policy" which the presi
dent for instance may use IN nd. dealing with
instance of the ability of two entirely dis
tinct English words to look like one The
latter is lineal descendant along with
policy and police" of the Greek
polls city. But the former is the late
Latin '..politcum. 'poleticum'' or ''polca
tiCun," a register werein dues Were en-
rolled, which is believed to be really tn"
Greek "polyptychum." document folded
into many leaves. If so thu develo2ment
of the word may be parallcled by that OF
diploma" the parent OF "diplomatist,
which mean simply a document folded
double.
When Edouard do Reszke comes to this
country next fall to sing he Will begin
again to make his fortune. Most of the
money that he earned here has been lost:
SO the bassO finds himself near the enl
of his career compelled To start all over
again. His savings were invested II
Warsaw. which was very prosperous untli
the recent troubles in Russia Real es-
tate had been for several years an es,
recially profitable form of investment NJ
de RI sZke had put his money INFO tills
kind of rror erty and it has nearly an been
swept away in the recent decii me. OF
values 1t is to his brother Jean ina, ne
Sc indebted for the new costumes when
he will bring over next FL His mf1,
came during the war Win
Japan. when mast of his livestock was
seized by the Russian government.