Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-25
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

A German company has begun BALD
in:. i. new stone pier at 1ahSlcr. winch
will greatly increase the harbor iacliltles
of that port, and French company
Fl will shortly begin pier al ASA blamed ;
and one at Safti on the Atlantic coast.
During the last four months or l306 the
Moorish government called Tor hlds loi
the contract for supplying TanSltr Win
water
| .rhc dossnlith will soon be busy in
| Alaska" said Il miner oi the YUKON.
Hell have his work cut out Tor INN,
| too. Tie winter promises 10 De very Sc
we're The dossinith, The miner went on
shoes of course, dogs or he wouldn't
| have such !; name. the sledge dogs OF
Alaska have, day by day, to run over
miles of rough ice that Is as nara on tnc
| feet as broken glass, and hence Wer:
| they not shod they would soon grow 50
: incurably lame that they'd have to b:
killed, Lowell tWash.) Courier-Citizen.
The dust collected from the smoke of
! some Liegc furnaces burning coal, raised
| from the rcighbolirS mines, produces,
| when dissolved in hydrochlOric acid q So
luton from which considerable quantities
of arsenic and Scve. al other metallic salts
may be Erecipitated. Commenting ON tllis
! fnci. Herr Mauer asks whe'hei TINS
; brea thing of arsenic aud other materials
: in d finely divided state may not account
| for the singular immunity IRON tpidenics
| enjoyed by certain Industrial districts.
and hopes that some in!he ncctof VIII
throw additional light on the SUBJECT.
Penny-in-thc- milk delivery ma
cilines ar" a feature at me stores , OF a
large dairy company in London From
| he door OF each of these establishments
protrudes a brass spout ana handle.
There is also tie customary slot and a
! notice stating that only pennies can be
| used. All that purchasers have to do
is to put in tfeir pennies. turn the
handle. and hold their Jugs 10 let eve
| the half pint of milk which IS thus re-
Il.. sft~sttJ
need j pint of milk the performance must
/ be gone through a second time
! 1t is curious, says Il writer III the By
Stander. t. watch the comnotion that AL
, fOnsO's appearance in his moto" car gen
| cra!,v creates As he comes tearing
along at his usual breakncck speed. two
aenderIncs stand ready for his arrival
| ut every 200 yarGs TO keep the way clear
there is WhlZZ, cloud OF dust. and
| that is all that is seen of the king. At
| Eayonne II shur. time ago he was stopped
| like All ordinary mortal and answered
! the usual questions as to name. residence
| and profession before the poor police
man discovered to whom lie was talking
; Twice the royal chluf1curs have given
| up their posts. The father Of d family,
said one, Il cannot uselcssly risk MY
! life.
| The civic opening Of the Colchester
oyster fishery is described by the Lon
don Daily Mail. The mayor and corpo-
Il
| the limits Of the fishery off Biightling-
| sea. where they consumed sin and gin
| gerIread. according t. custom. while the
! town clerk read in quaint, archaic phrase
| olo.y the proclamation which declared
that the fishery had been the property
| of the corporation from time beyond
which the memory OF man rum eth not
| then shouted. God save the king and
cheers were given, after which the mayor
| hoisled Up the first Gredge of oysters
An oyster supper was served. 1T which
| the chairman of the fishery company an
| noiInced that they had in the river nearly
| G0,00G,000 oysters.
| An American manufactures Of laundfy
! machinery tiled to Introduce it into
| Sn1vrna. Fun key. but Consul Ernest L.
| Harris has reported that so long as the
| price Of labor in that Turkish city re-
mains so low the practice will continue
of doing the washing at home, and there
will be no opportunity for the sale of
! laundry machinery. OF late years i'll
| Smyrna il has become the practice, he.
! says. to Il certain extent, to send the
! washed liner to public laundries for
| ironing and starcling. but even this is
| ceasinS. Specifications wer" drawn up
for the establishment of Il laundry after
the American plan, and careful consid-
Grafton was given to the price of coal
| and labor. IT was found that the margin
was SO small that the undertaking was
bound to be failure
| In an office in the Wal-Street district
! the following notice was hung i'll con-
| spicuous place for several weeks. It is
! written in English. German and French.
| under the headlines Warning" ''IIabet
| Acht" and advertisements: .'Do YOU
| contemplate renting an apartment-t fiat?
| # so. be warned. and look at the place
| ut night after you have determined to
| rent it. Do rot look-you did that in the
| daytime-but listen. Listen for the sound
| of the pump. If you hear it don't take the
| Hat. because you will regret it. The pump
| will destroy your peace. II will get on
YOUR nerves. it will rob your home of all
| attractions and life will be a burden If
| Your prospective landlord has told YOU
| of the pump. If YOU hear it don't take the
| r,arnine music. Take heed, Be warned,
| LiSten',
| British army has been awarded the ROYAL
Victorian medal for the longest contin-
| nous service III the military ranks Of
+! Great i'ritian. Sergeant Flliotts ser
VIC" extends as far back as January 1872
| Tht medal was given by Kind Edward
| through Lord .A'lcndale. the captain of
| the kings bodyEuard. Sergeant Ma ior
| Elliott is now in his S1St year. He was
only Il wears old when he Joined the
| I'd battalion of the kings rifles Much
| Of his service has been i'm South Africa
| and in the West Indies AT a recent in
| sn"ction of the guards. King Edward
| had lengthy chat with the old soldier
| The prince of Wales accompa MED the
king. ard asked tho veteran. when did
YOU ioin the armv?" When Your rntha,
| was two months and two DAYS old" re-
Spundcu the soldier