Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-26
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Germany has considerable more
than one-half Of the coal stili storeu
in Europe.
The average number of residents 10
the acre in Paris is no less than l2e.
There are nearly 100000 apartments
or lodgings in the French metropoii"
which rent for less than 500 year.
About 1900 bring $500 or more.
S. r. Dodson of Oklahoma has nam
ed his 10 children after many states
lin the Union. The daughters are F1r-
GINA, Carolina, Georgia, Florida. lda-
ho and Jersey. while the boys are MIS-
lscuri Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.
| London women have Il new walk
The chin is held high and the head is
turned over the left or right shoulder,
one hand graspinE the skirt. The EN-
lprcss remarks: 1T is advisable to give
the new walk wide berth, AS the
walker moves sideways"
The Underground electric railway"
lcCmpany of London is constructing III
lnew lines something over - miles oi
lime, nearly all underground. The cap
litaI required aggrcgating 6 G16,O0Oooo'
has been furnished by private individ-
uals. If to the new tubular railways
lis added the mileage of the District
land the London united electric tram
ways both of which form part of the
system. the total length of line under
control of the Underground electric
will be over 100 milcs.-LOndon En-
gineer.
Senator DOlliver of Iowa tells of
time when he WAS IL school-tcachcr in
Ohio and knew two young fellows who
between them looked after q small
railroad station. One was Billy Van
Horne. and the other was Charley
Hayes The former became Il telegraph
Operator. and before 10 years was su-
lperintcndent of the ST. Paul road. Now
he is Sir William Van Horne, made a
barOnct because of the wonderful abil-
ity he displayed in rescuing the Cana
dian Pacific from it's mOribund con-
dition. Hayes is now head of the
Southern Pacific at a very large sal
AIRY.
1t is not often that a missionary
bishop celebrates his silver, much less
bis diamond. jubilee OF episcopal conse-
lcratiOn. Such an event was celebrated
on the 18th of last October by Arch
bishop Daniel Murphy. born on Jan.
Is. 1915. He is. therefore. the Oldest
bishop in the world, and has ruled
| three generations Of men. He has
been the faithful son Of 10 fewer than
seven supreme pontiffS. and has been
laboring for % years in India. and for
nearly 40 years in Tasmania. Pope
Plus y sent him an autograph letter
of congratulation, which. by singu-
lar coincidence. reached Hobart on the
day of the jubilee celebrations.
| This country's unparalleled prosper
ity in the 10 years has greatly added
to our low" of display. We cannot lay
all the frivolities t" the new crop of
mllionaircs from Pittsburg or Chi
caSo. 1t hardly is possible to conceive
of that group buying the $4,000. 900
worth of diamonds and precious stones
imported into tho United States in
| the year 1905. This importation Of
gems to bedcck the women of the land
is a new yearly record. 1t is $4,000
900 more than recorded i'm 1903. which
held the record over 1904 by a million
dollars. 1t might be mentioned that
the value of gems imported in 1884,
the worst year of our commercial de-
prcssion-w;ts 1880, ,00O.-L esIie's
Weekly.
Some wonderful things are said to
have been performed recently by the
tashi lama of Shigatsc. the most holy
of the holy men of Thibet. The pro-
ccedings connected with his visit to
the tower at Bcnarcs. where BlIddha
is supposed to have first preached to
his five Brahman disciples is thus de-
lScribcd in the Statesman of Calcutta:
A hi,
burnt three maunds U3O pounds) of
clarified butter. lighted nearly 800
lamps. scattered flowers and cakes IN
abundance and uttered prayers in ador-
latlon of Buddha for more than an
hour. After circumambulating the
tower several times, the tashi lama
himself assumed the form Of Euddha,
Willie other lamaS and laymen wor-
Ishippcd him instead of the tower
The surgeons of Harlem hospital at
N"y York are examining what they be-
IIevc To be a remarkable instance Of
Ithc rcsistanc" of the human skull to
the impact of bullets. The patient is
William Murphy. Ii horseshoer. He fir
led two bullets from Il revolver at his
forehead with the muZZIe of the Weap-
on within six inches of its mark. He
INST fired one shot and fell to the floor
OF a saloon in which he was standing
at the time. When Il barkceper ran
TO him and exclaimed. What are YOU
doing. trying to kill YOURSELF" the
horseShoer sat up and replied Eyes
but | don't seem to have succeeded, 50
here goes for another shot" He then
frcd again. and when an ambulance
had been summoned waved assistance
aside and walked unaided to the vehicle
declaring that the bullets had not hurt
him. AT the hospital the first bullet
WAS found in the flesh of Murphy's
forehead and it was somewhat flatten-
cd Apparently il had not injured the
bono. Tho other bullet had been de-
iiectcd after making Il long cut in the
scalp.