Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-08
Gleanjnas and Gossip.

revoked recently He said that society
within the prison WAS so much better
back All of which speaks well FOR the
people still ut large in Illinois.
| Herr pcrnburg the Berlin business man
whom Emper"r William ms apl",lA'ti =,
place of Prince Ernst llohcnlohc- LANCER
| berg, started his career as a clerk ana
rose to be a bank O1utiili Win Il salary ol
| ST., 800 a year.
Burglars who broke into house at
| Clard, Eng, achieved the magnificent
| haul of a box of pills and seven pence.
They recall the burglars who. engaged ON
| Il similar mission, discovered nttr III
| kittens and German sausage, Wnlch en-
ragged them 50 much that they drowned
| the lot
| A sailor named Taylor was wrecked on 2
,whalcr-the sea WAS about to prevail.
When lucky for Taylor the iotEdtNnS
whplrr caught up with Il slumbrrina
whale.
IN order to sail hcr to halh"r,, SAID
ravlor. myself Ill avail . ms
So Taylor. the sIilor, the sail o the
halcr, did nail Ger tn" tan :" IT., th.'
whale. lille
Cos. cummins of Iowa and snmt friends
W.r, stranded at Il hamlet in the northern
part of the state Il few days ago. Rather
than wait several hours for a tram they
mounted two hand ears and pumped t'I"lf
WIy To a station som" miles AWAY. where
tbCv caught an express. The governor
r"mmamdcd on. crew and State senator
GarSt the other. both working the lever
| as hard as their fellow -traN"ltrS.
Since VI. Clcmenc.a hcram" minister of
tn, interior for France thu employees al
his department HAY" been shaken up Il
good deal. II" - cut of ~ absence.
without leave and requires Subnfd!tittS
to sign time sheets when they com"
and 20. Illness was given 70 "tt' n as an
excuse for dhSrncr that tn" MINISTER 'l;i$
decided to semi 4 doctor to report on tn"
| ..l,4, II
duty.
Al freshman once. defined the human
head as "A dubious "Ncrrsc'llc'', col SPECIAL
u.s. t" mny as BIZ P for f h!"s smFport hs
wigs-as target for shooting ut when
| rendered conspicuous by a shining h"l-
mct--aS a Snuii-box or 4 chatttrhnN-;iS i
| machine for fitting int" haltrr or
guillGtine-as a receptacle for freaks.
| fancies follcs. passions. prcJudIres, pre-
dileCt ions-for anything III short, but
| brains
man hopel.sslv lost in the bush in
| South Australia after wandering about
for four DAYS came across the telegraph
| line. between adelaide and Port Darwin
| hut managed to climb a pol" and cut the
wire He then made himself rs C";hl"fta-
BE as possible and waited. tn" toicGrtpn
r-pairtrs were s'nt a long TN. me ana
they came to the wandcr"r Just i'll tim" to
save his Iifc.-kansas City independent.
According to the Japan Chronicle. tn,
number Of girls now receiving, g schu"i
education in Japan IS nor" thtn eight
times the female school attendance OF ~
years ago. Figures given ont ny the
Toxic educational society show tnat -
wears ago the perccntag" OF females al
mitted to the training school for teachers
WIS loss than 20 a. compared with tn"
men hut today the rate has been com
plrteIv reversed. tn" number OF male" APP
nlicantS being now about II Per cont. OF
the total
..e,.,;,, j. ,ro Of th, many foreign
words that have aCClImatcd themselves III
the English Language. 1t Is recent I'M
port from Italy. unknown to Johnson 5
dictionary and apparently rot occurring
| before the 18th century; but it mas sup,
nlind a want STUDY" which is til" real
English for studio. suggests Z rom r"r
lacks distinctiveness The French G &c,
along with 'atelicr. which ht"raiiF
means a place in which small blanks are
prcpared-in other words, carpenter ;
workshop.
Senator Dick of Ohio not long ago Sc,
cured for the young son Of an old friend
n position in a Cincinnati business mouse;
a short while alter the youth had 'nt"Ird
| head of the irm: I'll w is the boy gt' l.
| ting along" he asked lie was dis
charged three days after nc came. was
the answer The senator was surprised.
| ..\Nhy" de Jared he. I've always under
stood that Tom was most N"iS!t!t.
yorng man" Hes versatile all right.
rpSpOndrt the ntii hf Iltt III H. tu'i
isn't any kind Of work he won SMrk.
Although a welded life Of 60 years with
ont a single quarrel may seem to the
average man and woman somewhat mo
| no:onous, still this is tn" continuous love
story of Mr. and Mrs. John f. RlakcSl"y
| of Chicago, who celebrated tn" Wth ami
v.rSary Of their marriage recently. OF
course there was crowd OF p"opl" AT
| the partv Everybody wanted to know
| how they managed il. And after supper
| Mrs ElakeSlcy gave her opinion IN the
| subject "N"v"r quarrel and Nou Will he
| happy Just feed your husband well. ana
| hIl,nor him. and make him think hr j.
| having his own way Max" your husband
| STAY in at night Adapt yourself L" your
| husbands fortune AMI make tn" Test of
! it
| In 4 recent communication to Wash
| ineton Consul IialStcad Of 'rmingharn
| said he had never seen in England any fly
| screens. This moves an EngliShman u
| v rite. saying: The fact is We don't want
| YOUR fly screens We English people
| haven't SO much as a fly apiece. What
We have are quiet Woll-behavcd and
charmingly considerable and we have no
| wish to depriv" them Of the enjoyment
| they derive from occasional visits To on
| homes We English need fly screens
| about as much as F.skimos need artificial
ice machines. straw hats and rr"kahoo
/ ShirtWalStS.'