Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-18
GIeanings and Gossip.

Richard Croker says that the only
thing on earth that he is afraid of is
whisky. He never drinks.
One American editor now saws that
he is not going to wear a collar any
more, as a collar is the emblem of
servitude.
The picture post card craze is on the
wane in England, according to reports
There are a few things to be thankful
for.
There are many peddlers Of crabs
claws now roaming about the Spanish
cities. 1t is quite the fad there now to
be seen nibbling one>Of these claws.
Things are looking bad for the mule
out in Missouri. The state now has a
poultry board and the Missouri night
ingale may no longer be the state bird
Experiments are now being made in
an effort to increase the adhesion of
mortar. Brown sugar, in very small
quantities, is mixed with it with fine
results.
A man who has just celebrated his
50th wedding anniversary says that he
owes his domestic happiness to the
Wife's cooking
Chewing gum cannot be sold at
Ocean Grove. N. j., any more. A while
ago the sale of tobacco was prohibited
and now the men have come back al
the women.
Newburg, N. ", experienced the
most severe hailstorm in its history
last Sunday. The hailstones are said
to have been as big as butternuts, and
the ground was white with them.
Paris is now experimenting with
street paving. This Is really concrete
reinforced with steel framework 1t
is very durable. gives good footing for
horses. but is quite expensive.
That Prof. Blink fooled me bad"
How He told me ethnology was the
science of the races, and when / went
to the library and asked for a book on
ethnology there wasn't a word from
cover to cover on how to pick
winners. "-Baltimore Sun.
There is n column i'm Roskilde castle
at Copenhagen on which the nights of
many of the rulers Of the world are
registered. When the king of Siam
to the post and his mark proved to he
me same as that of the car Of Russia
The cocktail habit is now said to
nave a firm grasp on Rome, and every
one there is drinking them. This will
De good news to some Americans. any,
way. a few years ago a cocktail made
in Rome tasted like a dose of crude oil
with dash of pennyroyal floating on
it.
An effort is being made in some
parts of India to encourage the natives
To Kill the crocOdiles which infest the
big rivers. 1t is said that big prices
can be gained by selling the skins to
American hide dealers and, at the same
time, one of the dangers Of Indian river
life will be removed.
Denatured alcohol does not seem to
be cutting half the figure that peopIe
supposed it would. 1t is not used at
an by Automobiles and the alcohol
trust Is making very little. It's bip
dlstillery at Terre Haute was eouinped
TO make the denatured pro,luct IN !,
large scale, but it has never even heen
Ihey have fish called the buffalo IN
some of the western rivers and #
grows to be pretty large. Recently ,
man landed an S2-pound specimen
near Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and did
II with trout tackle. He must have
mad a merry time of it or else thew
dont know what trout tackle Is in
Kansas.
Mrs. Eva Younkins of Butler does
not put much faith in the old adape
that lightning never strikes twice IN
me same spot. A week ago she was
sitting in her library when a bolt
the room, smashed things nm
and stunned her. A wear apo
practically the same thing happened
the lightning then entering the house
at the same spot.