Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-15
GIeanings and Gossip.


mense yield from orchard, field and
vineyard III California this year.
The wife of Alderman John Wcihcr
OF Milwaukee declares she will apply
1or a divorce if her husband runs for
reelection. She says. in view of what
is said about Doodlers, it's a disgrace
To nave an alderman in the family.
The Chinese imperial commissioners.
in the Boston public library the other
DAY, expressed great astonishment that
no one could tell them which book in
the library was the oldest. From the
Chinese point OF view the Oldest book
is the best. There are no six best
seflers' in China. A hook under 1000
years old is read by no selfrespecting
ln&n.
Soon after Chief Justice Perley OF
the court of appeals Of New Hampshire
had retired from the bench and re-
sumed the practice of his profession,
Il man called on MIN. t. get his opinion
i'll certain matter. After stating his
case clearly he said: We'll. judge.
what do you think of my case:" The
Judge promptly replied: II think you
are scoundrel." How much do / owe
>ou for that opinion?" inquired the
Client. Ten dollars" demanded the
JuGge. The fee was promptly paid.
Fnis j. Garrett, the new congress-
man from the 9th Tennt ssee district,
seemed to have but forlorn hope
when he entered the race against Rice
A. Pierce, who had been in Congress
II years. But he took the stump ar
"ayed in decidedly rusty suit Of
c.cthes, on the single issue that Mr..
Fierce mad had enough and tLat the
good things of life should be passed
around. The voters of the district
agreed with this, their sympatilies be-
irg with the seedy looking, but evident
ly brainy youth anG Garrett won out.
Here is an artists pretty description
of n tinsel-maker in Delhi, India: "'rhe
silken thread from q ball under the
workers feet as he squats on the
81 found runs over the hook and is at
tached to the spindle. one rapid sweep
of the latter along the workers thigh
sets it going, and both the slender, sup
pie hands are free. one for the thread.
cne for the reel of tinsel, which in
a flash shoots upward to arms length
thf cad; the sunlight and the gold tin
sci together flash up the yellow silken
thread. seeming to set it on fire"
Jesse Jones of Pulaski, Tenn, is near
ly ITO years old, having been born Of
a Portuguese father and Choctau
Indian mother in Raleigh. n. c.. June
10, 1896 lie fought In four wars, hay
ing honorable discharge at the close
Of each-the war of 1912. the Florida
lnGian and the French troubles. the
with Mexico and the Civil war
Erect and keen eyed. be ioes not look
much over so and expects to live to
see 123. He has been married six
times. 32 children having been born
to MIN. His present wife is As years
I'ld and HIS youngest child, q daugh-
ter. is just turned Il.
King Leopold is said TO be greatly
pleased at the birth of his "morsau-
attic" son and there IS sucn Speculation
in Brussels as to the truth of the rumor
that he intends [, acknowledge him as
his legitimate heii. Mime. Vaughan,
the child's mother, is said to be a very
Beautiful woman. Originally bar
r;tid at Bordeaux. she met tie king
accidentally in Brussels and was pri-
F"tely married in the palace at Laeker
hot long after. 1t vas for her that he
built the beautiful villa ut Viiicfranch.
:'Eere he spends so much of his time.
Nominaliy owned by Baroness
Faushan's brother, it is kent I'D i'm
regal splendor; there are several mot
trs in the garage, and King Lcorold's
ma ynliit ent y1r1t H.,
oy an English crew, is always at the
disposal of its occupants.
ChCvalier de MARITIME marine nairtor
10 the king of England. who has iusr
completed a series of 10 important pic
lures depicting the battles of Trafalgar.
Nile and Cape st. Vincent, has lately
reSortcd to a novel expedient for keen
ing callers away when he is hard AZ
work. In front of his studio at st
johns Wood he has erected a fulIy-
rugged mast. which enables him tO
issue signals after the manner of a
captain on hoard shin A black bali
Ranging below the yard is q polite
lhtinhtion that the artist is painting at
full speed. and that he does, not wish
10 be interrupted: when the ball is
ground. the Specification is that he is
painting at half-speed: thirdly, the hall
close to the ground denotes
tna' ne has come to a full stop.
Senator Hemenway of Indiana is new
10 the ways of the Senate. but yery fa-
niliar with the ways of the House
where he served for many years hefore
re went into the Senate. One dav in
depate on the pure food bill he referred
many times to Senator Hepburn. who
was IN charge of the bill, as the gem
'ieman from 1dahO." which is custom
OF the House. In the Senate they s,v
the senator from Idaho" After Hem
enway had called Hepburn the gentle
man from Idaho several times be
realized that he had made a mistake
Il nope" ne said, apologetically. that
.he senator from Idaho will pardon me
LOT calling him gentleman" little
later Hemenway had occasion to refer
TO Senator Gallinger He said: "Tbe
senator from New Hampshire. the most
eminent physician in the Senate"
Thank you for nothing" snapped Gal
ilnger. "inasmuch as am the ONLY
physician in the Senate"
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