Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-27
Gteanjpos and Gossip.

Ucoplc are allowed to attend.
| The worlds diamond production
summed up shows that India has pro-
Guccd 10000, 900 carcts; Brazil, 12,O0O,-
900; Africa, 57O0O,00O. All the dia
lnonds i'm the world uncut would have
a value of S540,O00,000.
| Emperor William has appointed Prof
Ernst Won Bergman a member of the
mpcr house of Parliament for life.
This is the first time that such an
honor has been conferred on Il 1nem-
he, of the medical profession.
| Re,I ,Iestitution is rarely seen in
Jan,u. though some of its inhabitants
arc very poor. yet all seem to be fair
Nv well fed. clothed and housed, and
are invariably cheerful. Nearly all
.Japauese are of cleaniy habits and
rarely untidy.
| The national railroad of Tchuantc-
pcc will soon have a double, track, Il
| rare thing in Mexico. The terminal
| points of this road are growing in
commercial importance, and ii is said
| that traffic will largely increase during
| the coming year.
| A British explOrcr recently returned
|from Abyssinia says that he was for fou:
months i'm a region hitherto unknown
to white men. Along the tributaries Of
| the Blue Nile he found a mining pop
ulatiou engaged in washing gold. He
reports that there is an enormous
quantity of gold in this region. in which
| thousands Of natives work.
According to Il recent report coal
| mining has been commenced on the
west coast of SpitZbergen. The dis
| Covcry of coal is one Of the results
Iachcvcd by the Swedish expedition
sent out to study the geology of SpitZ-
bt rgeu About 200 tons of coal were
mined this summer, of which 80 tons
were taken by IL Spitzbcrscn whaling
company.
The emperor Of Japan is always at
tended by physicians, despite the fact
| that he is in excellent health. -Four
eminent medical gentlemen are attach
ed to the imperial household and one
is within call at all hours Of the day
and night. The pulse and temperature
of his ma jcsty arc taken four times
| each day, and the results are carefully
| recorded.
| Mrs Charles GCldzicr of BayOnne, n.
j.. Gravcly suggests to Mayor Garven
of that city that women be employed
| on the police force. With equal grav-
ity his honor promises to give the mat
ter his careful attention. Mrs. Cold
zicrs enthusiasm on behalf of her sex
is wcll-known. She is n member of
half a dozen clubs i'm New York, be-
licvcs in the single tax idea and is
prominent in equal suffrage circles.
NJ. G. Conway, Il trolley car COnduc-
tor i'll Denver. is making quite name
| for himself as Il tracer Of dCScrterS
| from the UiIittd d States army. All toll!
he has captured about 80 men who had
taken French leave of army life. At
ono time Conway WAS a soldier in the
| 11th United States cavalry. He has
made arrests all over the West. getting
$50 for each capture he makes. He
served in Cuba, China and the Philip
pines.
| Fly exploding corditc in closed steel
cylinders Sir William Crookcs has sue
ceeded in producing certain cight-sided
| miscroscopic crystals which, SO far as
| examined, resemble diamonds. If fur
ther experiments confirm this, Il new
method of diamond formation will have
been discovered. Prof. CrOokeS eSti-
mates that the temperature and pres
sure attained inside the cylinders at
| the time OF explosion were respectively
.l0O degrees absolute and about 120,-
| 900 pounds per square inch.
The rcmantic career of the MAJ 1uis of
| Graham reached y climax when his en-
eIgcment vas announced to Lady Mary
Hamilton, the richest hcircss in Eng
land. He is -. has been before tho
| mast. has served on BraSscy'S yacht,
| has worked with the naval brigade in
South Africa. and has been press cen
s"r at Cap" Town. lie is good looking,
| while his future bride can bc best de-
| Scribed as comely. She has s2.225, 900
as well as an annuity of s35,000, while
| hsr estates are worth St25.000 Il year
! more. From d Scotch point Of view a
uliion Of the heir of Montrosc to the
only child of a duke of Hamilton is
positively inspiring and ideal.
Not long ago Prof. n. r. Leonard.
who was recently called to the pres
iGtncy Of the Mining college or Butte.
Mont, feeling iniisrosed, consulted his
physician. a German, very scientific
and acknowledged as ono of the leading
| men i'll his profession il Montana. The
| doctor advised Mr.. Leonard to work
| less at tho desk exercise more out
doors and take y as Il tonic. some
thing the professor had never cared
for. The doctor met his patient a few
days later as he was leaving the COL
,eEc and stopped to inquire how he was
feeling. About the same" replied the
professor. Did YOU take beer as
directed" inquired tho physician. YES"
responded tho professor; Il took it a
few times, but it became so nauseous
| that | had to discontinue it, How
much did you takc?" "Why. I bought
u whole bottle and took Il spoonful be-
fore each meal" answered the profess
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