Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-29
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP,

Baron Speck Won Sternburg. the Ger
man ambassador ut Washington, will adj
dress the New York chamber Of com
merce at its annual dinner on November
90
1t was on n suburban train. says Har-
pers Weekly. The young man in the
rnar car was suddenly addressed by the
me. sir" she said: but would Won mini
assisting me off at the next station? You
see. am very large, and when | get off
! nave to go backward, 50 the conductor
thnks | am trying to get aboard and
helps me on again. He has done this at
three stations
The county campaign of Butte county
South Dakota, is enlivened by two Young
women. who without affliating with any
particular political party, are running for
the Office of county superintendent OF
public instruction. Miss Elsie Malcon
mas been county superintendent for two
terms. Miss Susie Iaird was county su-
perintendent of Meade county for nearly
three terms before she became a resident
of Butte county. Both women are under
ticianS.
A doctor in the north of Scotland finds
| carrier pigeons of much use to him. He
has scattered practice, ana when on
long rounds he takes several pigeons
with him. If one of his patients needs
medicine Immediately he writes out a
prescription. and by means of the birds
forwards it to his surgery. Here an as
SiStli-t SttS tite message. prepares the
prescription. and dispatches the medicine.
If. after visiting n patient the doctor
| thinks he will be required later on in the
DAY. ne simply leaves a pigeon, with
which ne can be called if necessary.
The Musee Carnavalet Of Paris mas re-
| Gently been enriched by a precious doc,l-
| ment Of the art of Eugene Delacroix. It
rs the sketch. signed by Dclacroix. of tn.
famous painting for the ceiling of one of
| the rooms of the old Hotel de Ville of
n1lntinp ,inI
Sidcred one of the artists masterpieces,
| was destroyed in 1871. when the building
which held it was burned by the com
| munc, Previous to the discovery of this
| sketch, which has now been classified
| among the historic collections of the CITY
the only record of the Painting consisted
| of some engravings.
The most remote mission station in the
world is on Hcrschel island in the far
northwest corner of the Dominion of
Canada. The nearest poet-office is 2Oot
| are few and far between. seldom more
| than two in the year. The island is a
most uninviting place for a residence. No
sun for more than two months in the
| where. Under the teaching of the mis-
| sionaries many of the Eskimos are bc-
coming more civilized. and are greatly
| and there is growing desire for instruc.
ton.
The origin of the use Of mahogany is
said to have been as follows: 4 West
| Indian trader brought home several logs
of mahogany as ballast for his ship The
| traders brother. a London physician
| happened to be building n house. and his
| brother suggested that the logs would
serve the ceiling beams. Acting on the
proposal. the doctor gave orders to hi.
workmcn accordingly. but their tools
| were not able to make an impression or
| file hard wood. The doctor ordered fresI
| tools to be made and at length succeeded
| in finding implements which would chi
the timber. Delighted with his discovery
| he ordered bureau to be made ana 6,
beautiful was it that it attracted genera
| attention.
| The Practitioner sounds a note Of warn
! ing against the dangers Of the strenuous
| life. 1t is good to be. strenuous but if Is
also good. as the post tells us, to plav In,
| fool. or at any rate to be idle at the RICH
| time and in the right way This is ms
l what the strenuous man forgetS and TN.
consequence is too often premature breal,
| down-a common event in the storm ont
stress of modern life. The strenuous lif.
is helping to overcrowd our aSvlums
This. i'm the Practitioners view. consist
not in change of excitement or in h,r,
work disguised as game. but in tina
| genuine repoSe of which Charles lame
FOX: strenuous as he was in politics an,
III RAY. was thinking when he said thcr
vas nothing so pleasant as to lie under
snady tree with book except to do s
without a book"