Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-27
GIeanings and Gossip.

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has ordered all policemen to shoot at
automobilists who refuse to stop when
ordered to.
There are only three people in Eng
land who can engravc shorthand. They
are thinking of getting up a union az
IA joke. But ii may not prove funny.
The reports from the seal islands in
the North is that the catch this year
is smaller than ever. Iiut there will
he plenty of near-seal on the streets.
Just the same.
| The Illinois Senate is q quiet body.
4 couple Of senators pulled off a fist
fight on the floor the other day. One
had called the other 4 porch climber
Land an inspired degenerate.
The British navy is Gcing to have
the magazines on AL its great ships
cooled with refrgcratinS machinery.
1t might be a good rlan To cool off
some IF the British admirals bit, too.
The Mauser people claim to have in
veEted gun which loads itself auto
matically now. Soon armies will hav"
guns which do all the fighting without
men being anywhere near them.
A man in Ohio sued his wife for di-
vorce the other day on the grounds
that she would not get up in the mcrn-
ing and wash the dishes. The Judge
refused to grant the decree. He was
probably a bachelor. anyway.
In the Paris subway the ties were
preserved with creosote, and for that
reason the faStidious Frcnchmen con-
| ~ lfl hn n i
tary condition. and that the authcri-
ties had been obliged to use disin-
fectants.
| The water wagon is gradually being
fitted up with all the modern luXuries.
In Bellcv uc hospital they now give de-
lirurl trcmens patients warm baths
instead of plunging them into cold
water, as has long been the custom.
Some of the Chinese farmers are hard
put tn get water i'll time of drouth.
One way. which is popular. is t. dig
holes in the bed of q river, and then
carry the little water found in them to
suffering fields in pals When the
river rises the little wells are of course
| lost.
Attorney General Edward T. Young
Of Minnesota. who was fined 500 for
contempt by Judge Lochran of the
| United States district court in the
| railroad rate cases which he is fighting
| for the state, was born in Minnesota
30 years ago. He was graduated from
the state university and was admitted
to the bar in 1881. He served two
years as member of each branch of
the legislature. 1t is said he may be
q candidate for United States Senator
to succeed Moses L. Clapp, whose term
will expire in 1909.
\ section of steel pavement has re-
Gently beer laid in the Rue st. Martin,
| Paris, to test its usefulness. The
steel blocks are nearly seven inches
! long and an inch and third thick. and
are ridgnd on both sides. They are
laid in cement 50 that the tops OF the
ridges just reach the surface. The
ridges are SO close together that u
horses shoe covers at least three
ranges of them. 1t is believed that
such pavement will prove superior
to asphalt in being less slippery. ana
more durable than 4 pavement of
wooden blocks Youths Companion.
King Edward of England is &c. the
! king of Sweden is IS. the emperor of
Austria is -, and the king of Rou-
mania is IS. President Faliiere5 is o.
The prince of Montenegro is the same
| age as King Edward. the sultan Of
! Turkey and the king OF Denmark
| Queen Alexa ndra'S brother-are both
Ga. and the king of Greece. another of
our queens brothers, is 81. The en-
peror of japan is "a. oddly enough.
| the German emperor and President
Roosevelt are both 4S. an evidently
strenuous age. Prince Ferdinand Of
| Bulgaria is 46. The emperor Of RUS
STA is 80, the king of Italy is 81. and
the King 0: Norway and the emperor
Of China are both s.. Tie king Of
Spain. the youngest rcgIins sovereign.
| is 21.-London Opinion.
! When Capt. Mahan went to japan
| in %. as an incident to Il visit by The
United States steamship Iroquois, he
was much impressed by the garb Of
the members Of the Samurai class
| These Japanese We're called two
swordad" men for the reason that they
were privileged 10 wear two weapons
one for the purpose of incCnveriencing
the enemy, the other for the purpose
of terminating their own careers
when the Ir'nuuis reached Japan"
says Capt Nathan. "and throughout
her stay two-3w orded mtn we're az
! thick almost as blackberricS. To
| European prepOsseSsiOns it was il
| Eliminating to see half dozen riding
down a street. hatles5. crown Of the
! head shaved. with "A short pigtail at
the back tied near the skull. and then
brought stiffiy forward close to the
scalp; their figures gowned. the
| handles Of the two swords projecting
closely from the left side of their gar
ments. and the feet resting in stirrups
of slipper form. which my memory
says were of straw work; but of that
] am less sure. This equipm nnt was
completed by a painted fan stuck ir
the belt and at times an opened paper
| umbrella"
| The approximate number of acres de-
voted to olives in italy is $4,000. The
| oldest orchards have existed for centuries.
| Only "A very small Droportion of tbc ayer