Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-13

| liam government to inquire into the
mail services and shipping facilities of
| the commonwealth have recommended
the establishment Of national line Of
steamers under direct control Of the
government.
| 1t is estimated that at least 2,0oo 900
bales Of cotton are lost throughout the
| South every year because of the frost
and scattered cotton left in the field by
the pickers. According to a correspond
ent of the Manufacturers Record of
Baltimore, a machine has been invented
which will save nearly all this loss.
Miss Margaret Eager, who for six
years was soverness to the Car Of
Russia's children, tells the following
story of the good nature of the Gar
| ina: "While l was there 1 heard of a
servant girl earning Is rubles month
who had exhausted her means in pro-
viffng for an afflicted brother. I men,
toned the case to the Empress, and that
VERY day a 100-ruble note was sent to
] the girl for her immediate necessities,
and the Empress herself paid for the
support Of the young man in a state
institution. Such instances as these
could be multiplied indefinitely"
| The tortoise is a great sleeper. One
was domestic pet in an English house,
and when his time for alternating came
| he selected a corner of the dim coal
| cellar for his winter quarters. A new
| cook was engaged soon after who knew
nothing of tortoises. In a few months
the tortoise woke up and sailed forth.
| Screams soon broke the kitchens calm.
| IN ha RI a 1sd
of the house found the cook gazing in
awestruck wonder and exclaiming, as
with unsteady hand she pointed to the
tortoise: my conscience' Look at the
stone which I've broken the coal wi a.
winter"
| Novelties for the theatergoer are on
| view already. Lady Tweeddale, the
| handsome wife of an OctOgenarian peer.
has been cutting a big swath in Lon
don society, and her latest way of
drawing attention is the use of fan
especially designed to carry to the play.
1t has a tiny electric bulb in the ham
die and thus enables her to read her
program when the house is in dark
ness. But Lady Tweeddale has a much
! stronger claim to public notice. She is
| one of the few women locomotive engi-
| neers the world has known. 1t is not
told whether she carries her jeWeled
fan in the oily, grimy cab.
! Miles Finlen, the rich Montana cop
| FER miner. visited some relatives in Bay
| City. Mich. recently. He attended SER
vices in an old wooden church, and
while there rainstorm came up. The
| roof leaked and some water fell OH Fin
| lens neck. After the services had end
ed he asked one of the church officials:
"Why in hlaZes don't you give people
a decent place to worship in?'' 81 sus-
| pcct it's because we haven't the
money" was the suggestive reply. Next
afternoon material for new roof be-
gan to arrive in front of the church,
and Finlen walked into the pastors
study with a check for $3.50. Fix up
your old roof" is all he said.
| The Koreans are greatly exercised
| over the appearance of bamboo tree
| through the cracks of the floor of the
room last occupied by the late Gen. Min
| Yong Whan. Since the suicide of the
| general in November last the room has
been kept closed. and when the room
was opened two days ago the bamboo
had already attained the height of more
than four feet. The Koreans find par
allel in this phenomenon in an event
that occurred in Songdo 500 years ago.
when patriot defending the Emperor
| was done to death on a stone bridge
| just outside the city. Several months
after his death bamboo sprouted up
| between the stones on the very spot
| where the patriot had breathed his last.
| The cOuntenance Of the Emperor of
China, the son of heaven, is not often
gazed upon by foreigners. One of the
favored few says he has a melancholy
frightened look. His face is pale, and
though it is distinguished by refinement
and quiet dignity it has none Of the
force of his martial ancestors, nothing
commanding or imperial, but is alto
gether mild, delicate and kind. Essen
TALLY MaEchu in features, his skin is
strangely pallid. His face is oval
shaped. with very long. narrow chin
and sensitive mouth with thin, nerv-
GUS lips. His nose is well shaped and
straight, his eyebrows regular and very
| arched. while the eyes are unusually
large and sorrowful in expression The
forehead is broad, the head large be-
yond the average. Altogether it is the
| lace Oh a decadent.
Marine men all over the country are
marvelling at the rare feat of wrecking
performed on the steamer Lafayette at
| Duluth. This steamer was one Of the
six large freighters which were wrecked
IN the terrific. storm of last November
She was blown on the north shore of
Lake Superior near Two Harbors, and
was obliged to remain there all winter
when the wreckers began work at res.
cuing the steamer it was found that
she had broken in two. and that il
would be impossible to save both parts
OF the Inflated boat. The forward Sec
tlon was a total wreck All that was
, left of value on the wreck was the ma
chlnery. Instead Of taking this ont
piecemeal a bulkhead was constructed
across the after part, where she had
broken in two. This section was Their
pumped out and floated. The machin.
cry is still in excellent condition. and
Will be placed on the steel barge Ma.
Mia, which will be converted into 9
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