Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-05
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP

A thief recently stole 80 chickens from
the hencoops of the New Jersey peniten-
tiary. The state ought to be thankful that
he did not steal the jail.
The great-granddausht of Romney,
one of whose pictures was sold recently
in London for Ss0,tDo. is lying pennilcss
and parllyZed at Maiden, Eng.
Tie Albany journal says that what the
Mo,ren all over the world need most is Il
waist which buttons urthe back and can
he buttoned before it is put on.
The Indiana woman who has sued her
husband for a divorce because he bought
Il talking machine may get into trouble
fy having her plea turned into one of
jealousy.
The Union Jack, which flew from Mel
sor's flagship, the Victory, and later COW
cred the coffin when his body was taken
to England, was sold for $500 in London
the other ,iay.
The Mexican railroad company has COM
Tletrd plans for a bridge across the Bar
rarca de Metlac, which will be 435 feet
high This will be the highest rail1 Dad
bridge in North America.
A new YORK woman has had her hus-
band arrested for assault, charging that
lie jumped on Ter face and broke her
nose He car at least ne accused of rude
ness if he did such Il thing.
The long drouth on Long Isl md has
started a new industry. People are now
selling water there to farmers whose els
terms and wells have become dry and are
SttttnS ~ Genus Il
The Texas attorney general has render
ed 1, decision which makes it necessary
for the state railroad commissioners To
pay their own railroad fares even when
they are travelling on public business
The flower farmers along tie Riviera
are now making much money by shipping
blossoms to England. They are so care
fully packed that they make the trip iron,
Nice to London in perfect condition
Prof Starr of the University of Chica-
go, who has advanced no foolish theories
fnr at least II DAYS, is now out with the
statement that children should wear no
clothing until they are 10 years old
II is said that one of the most remark
able transforms in modern times oc-
cured ut Suva. in the FIJI Islands. on
August s. -9OG. 1t rained from one even
ing until I the next morning and the to-
tai rainfall was Al inches.
Many cities have chronic troubles. To-
kio's is earthquakes: Londons fog; Cal
cutta's c'.olcra Madrid the hot south
wind, and Marseiles the east wind.
which, wien it blows steadily, increases
the death rate % per cent.
Othello had just snothered pesdemon:t
with q pillow Ana yet?,' he testified.
"she used to swathe herself in three auto
wells and declar.. that the air was fine
Herewith all agreed the episode was aC-
cidental.-Harper's Bazaar.
A Kansas man claims to have found a
new way to get rid of mosquitoes. He
smear your face and hands with alum.
When a mosquito takes a bite it Fuckers
up his mouth so he can't sting rhen he
sits down in damp place to get the
quicker out. takes cold and dies.
There are now several cuttefiSh farms
on the British coast, where the fish are
kert and "'nlikcd'' for their ink. The
ponds in which they are kept are connect
ed with the sea by pipes and are guarded
by screens. A fish yields about $45 worth
of ink a year. The fish are caught with
much care put i'll Il small tank and then
frightened until they squirt out their
ink.
rs ehicory irjurious?" is now being
asked in England in consequence of the
assertion bv q witness in a trial that the
selling Of 80 per cent. chicory aud coffee
mixture was likely to cause a great deal
of disease in q poor neighbOrhOod. and the
further assertion by medical man that
from his experience in poor districts cof-
fee mixed with chicory often set cup irri-
tant poisoning.
Tie London Statist says that the total
value of the exports of Australasia in the
period from 1906 to 1910. inclusive. apart
from any further expansion after the end
OF 1901, will amount to about S1,Sl5,ON,-
co. es oo or roo II f no drouth probably more than
100000 in the five years from 1856 to 1890.
growth in only 20 years OF from $50 to
1G per cent.
Acting Mayor vreeland of Summit. N
j.. in AN appeal to users of motor cars.
saws: ITO the careful drivers I want to
express. on behalf of our citizens and my
self, our appreciation for their obser-
xanc" Of the law and rights Of Others 1T 1t
accidents experienced. To the reckless
drivers. I would warn them that it must
cease at once; The warning siver by the
police. that they drive carcleSSly- haVinf,
been ignored. no further appeal or warn
ing will he given. but effective measures
taken to punish Them"