Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-26
GLsaninas and Gossip.

The good word comes from Waynes-
ville, y. e.. that Uncle Fed Messrr is
| Siin alive. .'Cnclc f,d'' is now III. ac-
cording to his own reckoning, and lives
| alone out on the bank ,f the Pigeon river.
| lie says he has taken Il drink OF whisky
| before breakfast every day Tor =, years.
| Ills friends think that this bad custom
may shorten his lile unless he stops il
before il becomes a habit.
| Observations made i'll certain schools
and dwellings show that girls have morr
endurance In work than boys until the age
nf II. From II the working power OF A
girl does not increase till the age OF %
whereas that of 4 boy continues To grow.
The energy displayed by girls OF C is
| about half that OF boys of the same age
Other observations tend To prove that in
| tellcctual and physical superiority i'll gen
cral go together.
The department store salesman had
| taken ~ rolls OF dresi goods from the
shelf and was irltie inpatient.
| anything here which suits YOU" No. ="
reulicd the fair shopper. Il guess ! wont
| select the goods now; You see. I'm Just
| roll on the shelf" stid the salesman. ''l.H
| take it down. if you think Your friend is
| likely to he in it.''-Puck
IT seems that the countess Of Warwick
sold her jewels to help the socialist rIllSr
| in the recent British elections. In 4 letter.
| which was meart 10 hr private. yhr says:
"Why should all this fuss be made atnut
q few patry diamonds, i dra wrrful ur
Jewels? 1t is foolish when one considers
the greater sacrifices made every day by
| men and women who are giving up real
things for the faith that is in thrm.-time,
health. and perhaps. life.
Some curious examples of tn" egg-laY
ing habits Of certain frogs are here given.
The female of ON" sI'cics--:I species
which was recently exhibited ut Il meet
ing Of the geological society-carrics the
eggs about in her mouth until they are
hatch"d. When the young emerge they
are not tadpoles, but fully formed. though
n i'm i'm iNp An, n,i,.
tree frog. again has = pouch along tha
whole extent Of its back in which the
eggs are carried. until Matched. London
Globe
Fucnterrabia, or Fontarahia. the old
Spanish frontier town. which King Ed
ward. by strat"S"m. was recently IN
ablrd to reach unmolcStcd by curious
public, should be an object of interest to
an English king. For from the balcony
of the church the scene can be surveyed
| of one Of the last heroic performances OF
the British during the Peninsular war
the passage of the B'dasSoa. Unlike most
OF its companions on the northern fron
tier. Fuenterrahia is typically Spanish.
encircled by great walls. and with streets
of frownine granite houses. The castle
built by 4 king of Navarro, has rcigned
over the town for thousand years.
Italian peasants are becoming dec .dcdly
hostile to the drivers OF automobiles. Only
few days ago a rich Roman woman an
tomObiliSt was shot at by n farmer. he
cause she had almost run over his dog.
the woman escaped unhurt Tho occu-
PANTS Of two motor cars returning from
Genoa to Alessnndia found the road oh
Structed by telegraph wires stretched
tightly across it. In tho resulting smash
four fingers were cut from the hands of
one of the travellers, n young Italian law
yer. and in addition his face was badly
slashcd and the nsc of one eye lost. His
chauffeur was badly bruised and the occu-
pants of the second car were also more or
I less hurt.
The statue of Josiah Wedeewood tho
famous potter of Staffordshirc. which
stands in front of the railway station ri
Stoke on Trent was found bedeckcd with
blue ribbons Uhe liberal election colors)
yesterday morning. The eXnlanation
which was obtained during the Gay is in
tertstine. Josiah c. Wcdgcwood the
great great grandson of tho old inventor.
was elected member Of Parliament for tho
noishbnrirr town Of Ncwca etlc- under
LYME. and being afterward in Stroke con
ceived the .dea Of decorating his notable
ancestors monument in celebration of the