Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-19
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

In 1916 Ohio was by no means u new
and sparsely populated state. 1t had bee n
ulation was over 100000. In proportion
to its area, the state WAS then much more
populOus than Texas OF Callfornia Is 70
day Iowa has only about as many 1T
hdbitantS, i'll proportion To It's area, us
Ohio had 66 years ago.
Refusal to admit several Filipino stu
dents to Louisiana state university ut
Baton Rouge is announced by the uniVer-
sity authorities. No reason for tins dc-
tiCn was given. but 1t is understood that
the ground taken is personal preJudlcc
against Filipinos. The application for
their admission was made by a represent
The Ft!ipinos desired to study agricul-
ture.
Apropos of the duel between Gen. An
DIRE and Gen Negrier P;risians are re-
calling the effective manner in which a
statesman of long ago replied to the chal-
icnse of an iliterate bully. The states
man responded with the following letter.
Dear Sir: You have called me out with
ont any good reason. L have. therefore.
the choice of weapons. ! choose tbs;
spelling book. and You are dead man.
The duel was never fought.
The fire in Anchor colliery of the Read
started 81 years ago. is Still burning "a, as
tiercely as ever. When the fire got be
yord control of the iire.iiGhters The mine
was closed and filled with water. 1t has
been filled since that time. Recently. it
was decided to pump out the water in the
hope that the fire had been extnSulShed.
but when much of the water had beel
taken out it was found that it was still
burning.
German residents of Cleveland have
provided for the erection OF a Schiller
Goethe monument to be placed IN nd ans
to have the memorial ready for dedica-
ton October Z. and il is likely that Con-
Ercssmen Burton will make the address
tt.
erected in 1871 in the clay of Weimar.
Ger. where both Schiller and Goethe
lived. died and are buried. The sculptor
was Ernst Rictschcl.
person. is new word. The very first
written instance of crank in the mod
ern sense that could he found for DR.:
Murray's dictionary was in the reports of
the trial of Guiteau. President Garfield s
murderer. Guiteau's reference to sOrne-
body as a "crank" gave the word a vogue
iectivc cranky" was known in. 1897 as
meaning sickly the German krank').
and to Dickens in the senses of cross and
croehcty 1 In all ld its n ean,nG Il sprngs
does "crank" in it's 16th-century sense OF
deceitful trick. as in "quips and
crankS."
A considerable industry has recently
been developed in Sweden. on the basis
of an invention made hv Joseph Phister.
an austrian. whereby colOtIing matter is
forced into trGSn cut WOOD. 1t taxes lnt,
place of the sap and gives to the wood
a brilliant color. which does not fade
after the wood has become seasoned
Birch beech. alder. maple. elm and bass
wood are the varieties most successfully
treated The dye can be forced through
lengths of wood as great as 13 feet Whe:,
seasoned and polished the colored wood
presents beautiful appearance, and is
used for making furniture. and also for
the fittings of ships and street cars.
The labor aGitatiors in recent years in
France are said to have had an important
effect in leading to a concentration OF
industries" In 1896 there We're 2.34i.4a1 in
dependent establishments in France: i'll
1901 the total number of such establish
ments was e.ef,.356. a dimnution, in five
years of nearly 100000 establishments.
The number now is said to be very mucn
smaller. The small establishments are
rcportcd to have been the ones which have
largely gone out of business. During the
period of 1896 to 1901 no less than lG2 2.s'l
small firms disappeared. while establish
mcnts employing from II to 100 workmen
Increased by 2535; and the number of large
firms, employing more than lON workmel
EACH increased from 39lS in 1895 to 46'.
in 1901. The present agitation with dc,
mand for shorter hours and increased
wages. is said to have added greatly to
this concentration of business in certain
lines to the large firms.