Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-04
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

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| j. ]. Hill has offered $7SI5 in prizes
| for the best managed ana pest 'ilic"
faIms in the Dakotas and Minnesota.
| Sarah Bernhardt has Il gown SAID To
BE- worth $500. 1t is Of ivory sallli
and trimmed with diamonds,
| tGTuuoiScS and ermine.
| England is slowly advancing along
the lines of civilization. She is I"
furnish her soldiers in the future with
three shirts insteads of with two.
| Gold is one of the most difficult
metals to vaporize, but some way or
ether it goes into air without much
trouble under certain circumstances.
| Mrs. w. +. Morgan is running one
q: the richest zinc mines in Missouri.
She is popular with the miners and is
Known as the "sunbonnct boss"
| Two kcntuckians recently fought Il
duel with knives and the usual ''ilIno-
cent pEStanders" are hoping that the
same Will succeed the pistol exercise.
| The New York World has discovered
that all the mint in Kentucky is under
ice. Well it has been there Il great
many times before. A good julip is
always cold.
| Miss Scrcpta Pratt of East Brook,
n. V, is NOW So years old. but is Il sue
eos ssful salrsWoman nevertheless. She
sells shears and is said to have
handsome income.
a scientist now says that Il pair of
| common flies, if given half Il chance,
will have Il family of 0,000,0 900 in six
months If this were July the csti-
| mate would seem const rvativc.
| Electric locomotives are to he used
in the Simplon tunnel in the Alps but
the grade is 50 stiff that two engines
| will have I" be used to pull Il train ut
the rate Of rs miles an hour.
| a LOndoncr gave Il dinner the other
night at which there were 80 guests
and the little affair cost him $500.
| Everything Was very simple and the
decorations were i'll JAPANESE style.
1t is said that many of the 1900 Rus
| SIan students in Paris are starving be
cause ;hcy II" longer receive money
| from home because Of The rcvoulion-
AIRY troubles which have made every
body hard up.
Emperor Mcnclik of Aybssina is the
| fifth husband of his wife. The first
disappeared, the second got It divorce,
| the third disappeared and the fourth
vanished soon after the emperor took
4 fancy to the lady.
| There are few lawyers in Great
Britain who make more than $4,000 Il
| year, but Mr.. Moulton. who has sue
| ccded Lord Justice Mathews, is be-
licvcd to have given up an income of
| twice that amount in order to accept
| the honor.
| The first big athletic meeting in
| China was held not long ago and 5000
| students from IL schools took part. y
| corps of doctors WAS on the ground
and We're kept busy during the meet,
50 strenuous We're some of the con-
| tests.
The latest thing in the way of sport
il Norway is for 4 man 10 put on his
| skis ana then hitch himself to a motor
| cycle and have it yank him around the
| country. 1t is said that some remark
able time has been maze in this way.
Robert l.. Mccormick has just ac-
copied the republican nomination for
| mayor of Tacoma. Wash. He is the
| richest man i'll that city, and ii is un-
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be short step from the mayors chair
to Il desk i'll the United States Senate.
Prof William OStwald of the uni
| " rSity Of Lcpsic, who has been lee
| turing in this country. gives his i'm
| preston Of American student life as
follows: The personal interest of the
| tud"ntS, next to their studies. is con-
| c' ntratcd alone on sport, which draws
| their attention altogether from intel
| lcCtual or csthctic pursuits"
Each Scrvian village has its swine
herd, VINO takes car" Of all tn" pigs III
| the place. Each morning h" goes
| through the streets n'uWinE Il horn,
aud the pigs run out, fan in b"hiud
hlnI and are l"d to pasture At night
hc brings them home again ana as
each pig PASSES its home it drops out
"f the herd of it's own accord ANA goes
lit" it's pea.
Mrs. 4. H. Mctralf is the first Wo-
| man tn be appointed to tn" position of
| c"innlan'lIht of Il United States navy
| yard. She is now in command Of the
Cll ana deserted plac" at Sackctt'S
| liarbnr ana receives S "A day for keep
ing an eye on the few hundred dollars
| N'I - - '7'hIl III i'i'l'titIIliE Ill ilf'
'lh station iirr husband icld the
position until he died
Lieut.. &. K. Woodroirc of the Eng
lish hors" artillery has been sent tn
Japan for two years. He is the first
| English officer to be sent there, but
hereafter England is {" send two "fi-
GERS from her army ANA three from the
Indian army to Japan each spring
They will stay i'll tn" East Two years.
learning JAPANESE and studying the
tactics and improvements of the Won
|d'Iiul Japanese LruV