Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-01
GIeaninus and Gossip,

One Of Londons West End dealers pre-
diets that walking sticks AZ inches long
will soon he in fashion.
lord Curzon was not slow in discover
ing what was expected Of the head OF
an up-tO-datc university. His first act
as chancellor Of oxford was to make IN
appeal for million or so for the urgent
needs of the institution.
Eve had Just been created, AMI as Ad-
am opened his eyes. after the operation.
she stood before him. ''Wn"t do | Seo?'
he cried, eCstaticaly. His finish. but he
wouldn't believe nc if I toii him So"
chucllcd> the willy old serpent. lurking
near.-PuCk.
Paderewsll. the great pianist. is Keen
poultry fancier. his wife being equally en-
thusiaStic over the fad. Nine Padcre-
WSki has a big poultry Tarin at MorGCS.
on Lake Geneva, and keeps no fewer
than IA distinct varieties OF the very best.
She is the president of the Poultry club
Of Switzerland.
Magazine editor-So Won want The job
OF conducting the humorous dcpartm, mt?
Have YOu had any experience III that line
Of work? Arplirant- fWcntv Ycai $.
Magazine Editor-Then | guess you'Il hc
the right man for tn" luh. InH sec, UNI
sCrupulOuS contributors try CORA GionalIY
to work of some new jokes on rs. and
we want Il man who can spot them every
time.--pu"E.
Queen Eliz; beth Of R.:rnania Is famous
rs Il drama;iSt. 4 Ioct. paint a ard nlTsi-
clan, as an architect. u worker in tapes
try and embroidery ANA a scientist. she
is devoted to philanthropy in a practical
and most roctiC way. She gives ali no.
CCedS Of he" whiting to the poor Of hcr
country ana her greatest care is the dc
velormcnt IF it's resources and the on
couraEcmcnt Of lis induStrI IS.
Stories IF Ernst von Baf:;mann. TITO
great surgeon, continue to appear i'll IT,"
German press. The Berlin Tagchlatt tells
of the way ir which lie announced to =
group Of the relatives Of young student
hv tn" nam" Of Jerusalem. the result Of
his examination. Weep, @ Israeli said
Won Rcrgnann, as he came upon the cX-
pcCtant group in a corridor Of tn" uni
NerSlty, Jerusalem has fallen DOWN.
There is now pul'';Shc-: in A:,rau 4 n2-,-
aZn" with the Japnnc.c translitClatcd
nhlC Roman characters. II is meeting
with hearty support. and il IS said to be
only question Of time WhcE the old
alphabet will have entirely disappeared.
Not only will Japanese children learn to
read in half the time nov required. nut
il is expected that foreigners will lie en-
couraEe1 TO take up Systematically the
study of the Jananese language.
A tradition still survives in LuZcrI,c
county PENNSYLVANIA, that when Cen.
John Sullivan marched through that -
Gion in 11.a on his expedition against the
Indian cohfederacy of central New York
nc buried some superfluCus brass canon
along the WlkeSparre mountain. 10
search for these Revolutionary relics Il
number Of the hest-knoWn citizens Of
Ashley have formed themselves into
historical society. One recent Sunday
the members secured the moIint1in in the
vicinity Of Laurel Run. bur could find no
relics except q few Indian arrow heads
Concerning the RECOMMENDATION OF girl"
1t is to he feared that only very careful
ENGLISH People fail to rhyme it with
pearl nowadays The song of rrv
years h@ck-"My dear little grille. rirIir.
with hair 50 rice and curly. and every
e1rly"-ShOWs the custom Of tn
great public in our time. though in thu
Wilkins and lis Dinah'' period girl"
was rhvmed With dwell Cell vas,
no doubt, the. nearest the average man
could get to the sound imperfeCtIy repre-
sented BY ''gairl." and at any rate was
better than tie vulgar gal" But in these
days few authors would go to the trouble
of writing "Gurl'' to show that char
acter was peculiar in Nus pronouncing
the word. as Tfackeray did in the case
of Mrs. Brnsay. So says a London paper.