Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-02
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

NJ. north Missouri poet sings of the
LiiSlty mas Deems" thus.-
Full many Il sport of f.,me in other DAYS
IN, verdant meadows ana thu, corniieItis,
hide; ana INV
fSll many baseball hero gathers in
ri1 nv mel when you take Il street car
When the pretty widow told her little
10y noy oi her approaching second marriage.
81. III i,,u Every reason to expect criticism.
irS ot to mo Tne sad sad, nervousIy II am go,
IKE so much" Bobby yrirned BULLY
ior ani. mamma? But does Mr.. Brown
Know was his r"ply.-Exchange.
., ne ne champion absent-m minded man lives
at hiiham ON one occasion he called
After a chat of a couple of hours, the.
doctor saw him to the door and blde him
i 10 a., n'aht t; saving: Come again. Fam
exclaimed the absent minded brgear,
that reminds me of nv rrrand. NV wife.
Is in ft:'-P;ck Me Up
AS a mark of the entente cordialc now
GtN,s s,,i,s, between Franc" AMI England,
t'rmeht OF the Qualifications Of the Sicily
Isles. which le off Lands End. In the
last :" wears England has spent Sl.-.L. go
on these Notifications and the heavy
coast artillery, which was placed in 30
Sltion only a year ago. is being removed
I" ';ih:'itar.
The authorities at the Washington by
dfpkftilllc bureau have endsavored To as
t'Fta!l tllt SlZ'' OF thu waves OF thu. At
lahtic ocean. From careful observations
they learn that in hight the waves usually
aN'rtSe about a feet. but in rough
weather they attain frcm 10 to Is feet
In storms they arr. often from 500 to Coz
lrct Icing. and continue to move about 10
or II seconds while the lonrc-t yet known
measured half mile and d ii not eX n illSt
Itself for ~ seconds.
This -
Is dug out ot the German: .'Tob tccp
smoking. stdd the Traveller, lis so com
mon in Holland that it is impossible, to
distinguish ON" person from another in IL
room full of Smokers" But sunposing
yen want 10 speak to some one present.
how are you To find it OUT All in such
cases a waiter is sent around with a pair
of pillows. with which he blows away the
Sm"k" from the face of every person I'M
Ill the right one is found
Commenting on the German kaiser's de-
ere" OF amnesty I" all persons. convicted
Of lcSe ma j"str recently issu.G in honor of
tn" birth of tie CROWN prnce'S first son.
III" Rerliner Tas"hlatt points out that
modern thought loGarlS lrSt ma. ste as
notice of a great ruler. Instead of this,
the amnesty emphasizes the cXiSt.nc" of
what should be consigned to oblivion.
Frederick the Great held that the term
lcSe majestic was in itself an abSurdity.
inasmuch as a true kings dignity could
not suffer oftenSa.
Florence, a new town on a new railroad
branch in South Dakota. is beginning its
career with rush. A baby has actually
Zens ie engaged in formulating Il letter to
President Roosevelt which shall appraise
him that the town is with him on at least
one Of his doctrines. Florence first
sprung into prominence by having Il
woman postmaster who carried mail in
an automobile and delivered ii out of her
apron Then the restaurant woman, the
an in ti.4r f..,l f.lI in,
l.'v" and took a permanent partner into
I n" business. and surprised her customers
10y adjoining the table with orange bios
SomS-and now the baby.
Queen Alexandra of England, the dow
aGcr empress of Russia and the duchess
of Cambridge I'LL met in Copenhagen, Den
mark. recently, and it has now leaked out
that they gathered to get the money left
them by their father. the late King Chris
ti:tn. which. it is said. they will devote to
charities in their native land. King Chris
tian was not one of the rich monarchs.
and the bulk of his estate he bequeathed
to his youngest child. Prince WLldemar,
who gets all the landed property and $500
O00 in cash or securities. The oldest child
now King Frederick, needed nothing for
his wife brought him millions. The other
son. the king Of Greece. shares with his
three sisters about $4D.M
When James Mcneil Whistler went to
Venice to make thos, II famous ctchinSS
of his. he became so intoxicated with its
beauty that h. made 20 rastcls first, leav-
ing his etchings till the last few DAYS.
These pastcls made a tremendous scrS:t-
ton All the art world of Venice, was
carried away with enthusiasm. excepting
4 Russian painter. who declared them
tricks, betting a basket Of champagne he
could paint six not to be distinguished
from them Mr. Whistler amiably gavr
some of his paper and six pastels, which,
wrr, finally mixed up with those by the
Russian ana submitted to a jury who had
seen none of them. Mr.. " histler's past"ls
were unmiStakable and the Russian lost
the wine. A few days later the two met
on the Rialto, and Mr.. Whistler laughed Il
little about the wine and the bet The
was furious You forget. s,r."
he said. that I'm Russian. and If YOU
scratch one you find n Tartar under
meath" oh no. YOU hive 1t wrong,
said Mr.. Whistler: you have it wrong: I
scratched an artist and found an anna
tour"