Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-05-14
GIeanines and Gossip.

Cheyenne. Wy. now has IS autOmo-
bilcs. This looks like the beginning Of
the end, for Cheyenne is in the very
heart Of tho horse and cattle country.
Oxford University last week con-
ferred the honorary degree Of doctor of
science on Prof. Alexander Graham
Bell, regent Of the Smithsonian insti-
tute at Washington, D. c.
Guadalajara, Mexico, has public
baths for horses, where animals can
enjoy swim and get rid of the dust
in the heat of the day. After the bath
the horses are given a thorough scrub
bling in a shallow part of the pools
CalnphOr trees grow we'll in Florida.
as shown by the report of a man who
has one at Isichland. 1t was planted
II years ago and is now 40 feet high
and its branches cover 40 feet Of
ground. The trees produce gum a
few years after they are planted.
There is a big farm in Minnesota now
which is worked entirely by machinery.
no horses being used for anything.
Automobile plows harrOws and har-
vesters are busy all the time, and it is
said that they can work prairie land
better than horse-drawn machines.
There is little bird in India which is
known as the tiger bird and. while no
larger than a sparrow. it will give
real tiger all the fight it wants. The
bird will not attack the beast if it is
alone, but when flock of the little
feathered things get together they will
make a tiger take to the brush in short
order.
English judges are much better paid
than those in this country. The lord
high chancellor gets $4,000 year. the
encouragement $3.50 and fees which
are worth about $4,000 more. the solic-
itor-gencral $4,000. justices of the court
Of appeals and justices of the high
court OF Justice $4,000. and common
police judges about $4,000.
The women of the island of YeZzo
from which the original inhabitants of
Japan are supposed to have come, have
peculiar custom of making up their
faces to look as if they have mus
tacheS. These are the Anus women
and on the upper lip Of each is tat
tooed a long flowing mustache. To have
a particularly fine piece of tattooing
marks a woman as belle and greatly
increases her chances of making 4
good marriage.
Gen. John NJ. Wilson. who was
formerly chief nf the engineer corps Of
the army and who is now president of
the Washington board of trade. has
been personally acquainted with A
presidents. He was born and
brought UP in Washington ana Zach
ary Taylor was the first occupant of
4 ~, Wi, IL
Wilson is now 20. active ana Interested
in everything. lie was 4 page in the
Senate in the days Of Webster, Clay.
Calhoun and Benton.
The Wakamatsu iron and steel
works. under japanese imperial con-
troll. are nearing completion, at Il total
cost Of 100000 900. As an evidence Of
Japanese economy the official salaries
are noticeable. The president gets
$1,000 a year, the chief expert $500.
the two managers $1,000 each. eight ex-
perts averaging 5000 each. and 30
clerks and 40 assistants have an aver
age monthly wage of SIS. All the
principal machinery appears to be
English and German makes. except the
electric cranes, which are American
made. as also is fair share Of the
minor machinery. The works and the
workers houses cover $50 acres.
d. b. Rumble Of Rockport, Mo, says
that before the Kansas City railroad
was built part Of the Missouri river
ran by their place and that his brother.
James, now residing in Kansas, set his
trout lire one night, using minnows for
bait On examining the line next
morning they found the catch included
a 140-pound catfish, which had
swallowed the hook. When the hook
was pulled from its mouth it brought
with it white perch, weighing five or
six pounds. which had previously
swallowed the hook. and in removing
the hook from the perch it was found
club weighing one or two pounds
had swallowed the minnow. That's
going some.