Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-25
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

than 1t did year ago. There are some
things to be thankful for.
Myxoedema is the disease you may
get if you handle too much paper
money. good many of us do not
dread it much.
Foreigners in Spain say that the poor
on earth are sold there and at fancy
prices.
Now that King Edward owns the
Cullinan diamond he is eligible TO be-
come a hotel clerk and wear il in his
shirt front.
The longest bridge IN the world is
that over an arm of the Yellow sea ct
SangOng, China 1t is s Ia miles long
and is supported by 800 huge stone
arches.
An Italian scientist claims that some
large sun spots are about ready to go
to work. He claims that There WIFI be
storms. earthquakes and sall sorts OF
other fits thrown by the elements.
A man IS and woman 50 were mar
ried ait Lowell last week. !. They had
known each other only two weeks, but
it is said to have been a case.of love at
first sight. Looks more like one CT
second childhood.
The city of Freiburg in Germany runs
municipal pawn shops, theatres. insur-
arce offices. restaurants and a news
paper Seats can be- bought for the
opera for nine cents, anda supper after
ward for six cents.
A New Yorker has just paid $50, 900
for pair Of opera glasses for his wife.
the lenses are as fine as can be-alade,
ard the rest Of the glasses are of Fold,
with a Tyre of diamonds set on top of
them.
A Christian scientist lecturer is
ont with the statement that Christian
scientists do not dispute the right to a
mans having physician attend him.
This is a fine thing on the part of
Christian science, and really an unsolic-
tied concession.
A woman in Germany has just paid
$4,000 for hat. This is about the
record price, but she did not think she
was paying so much. She bought it
with a lottery ticket, and the ticket
won the prize. The milliner refused to
refund any Of the money, claiming that
it was fair gamble.
King Leopold of Belgium may get in
to trouble if he lays any more of his
escapades at the door of
his double, Mr.. Fcuret OF Paris Every
time Leopold gets caught he says he is
FOuret, and FOuret, who is respectable,
is heartily sick of it. He says that if
the king does it again he will sue him
for libel.
All the railroads of Great Britain is
sue gold passes over their lines and
good for all trains. These passes are
about the size OF a half dollar and bear
the seal of the railroad and the name
of the person to whom they are given.
No one can buy one and they are worn
as watch charms. The directors give
them to people who have done some-
thing unusual for the road.
The German government is trying to
officials and employees of the
government roads to invent appliances
which will improve travel. Rewards
are offered to all who can invent prac-
teal things and $3.50 was paid out in
this way last year. All of which goes to
show that either the German govern
merit is q Bit close or else that the Ger
man railroad men are not very inven-
tive.
Sue Moon. Chinese, was brought be-
fore the Melbourne magistrate the other
day charged with having worked after
z o'clock on Saturday afternoon, con-
trary TO the provisions of the local
factories act. He pleaded that he had
washed only one collar after the statu-
tory closing time. What! Only one
collar from 2 to o'clock?" exclaimed
the chairman" Him welly dirty collar"
rejoined Sue Moon. This defense was
deemed too thin and Sue was fined 50. so.
After paying he remarked: 'Fackly
act make Chinaman welly lazy fellow"
West Virginia is to make an expert
nent in a Jim Crow city. This city has
been laid out near Charleston, the cap
ital of the state, and it is expected that
within year it will contain q ropula-
ton Of several thousand. No white per-
son will be permitted to live within it's
limits or to own property therein. In
the midst of this little Africa is situat-
ed the state colorcd high school. Edu-
cational facilities will be ample and
there will be electric lights, sewers and
park. The city will he governed of
by the negro inhabitants, and
the whole state will watch with inter-
est the progress OF the experiment as
testing the capacity Of the negro for
sol Cur