Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-11
Gleanines and Gossip.

lishment for dogs.
There are "a centcnarians living in
county Tipperlry in Ireland.
Francesca Lana wrote a pamphlet in
1879 expoundins the theory Of airsnps.
The Mexican labOrinS nlen think
they are entitled 10 19I holidays each
year.
The compass Of the desert is the fish
hook cactus. 1t always tits its head
to the southwark.
During 60 years the number OF chill
dren attending school in India has in
creased from 10000 to 4,c00,000.
A Kansas editor remarks that he
doesn't mind waiting until delinquent
subscriber sells his hogs or his crops
to pay mp. but he docs object to wait
ing until his century plant blooms
Gar Nicholas and his intimatcs used
1,2o0 packs Of cards on the whist tables
last year. The cards were of the FIN
est linen, Mathematical with the i'm
pcrill eagle and crown. The Russian
pc"rl" Sr"nd annually never less than
$1,000 900 On playing cards
The oldest enlisted mar in the United
States army is Sergeant David Robert
son of the hospital corps at Governors
island. He enlisted Nav -. 1854, and
has never lost a day since. He is a
years of age. He knew Gen. phil
Sheridan as Il lieutenant and also Gen.
w. S. Hancock.
In New South Wales recently So
members Of the crew If the ssnnoma
sent ont ~ 4 strike because Of the
captains refusal To dismiss four non
uniUni5ts Wlo were engaged at Homo
lulu. The strikers were arrested, tax
en- to polio" court, and sentenced to a
months Imprisonment at hard labor.
Americans have given more than
double the sum given by the English
for the purchase of the house in Rome
at the foot of the Spanish steps where
Keats died. The Enthusiastically me-
mortal" will save the house from being
torn down, and will provide perpetual
care Of the graves Of the two poets.
In proof Of the assertion made by
the German authorities that all is we'll
in Morocco an officer of the recent Ger
man expedition to Fee tells how in the
heart of Morocco he had met an Eng
li5h woman touring alone. This fcGr-
less woman is Mrs. Frances V. Camp
bell She is reported TO have Travelled
all the way across Morocco on horse
back with no other escort than a few
servants.
Recently there was exhibited in
Liverpool an enormous egg, that of
tall lighticss bird. the Epyornis maxi
mus, Which formerly made its home on
| the island of Madagascar. Only 20 OF
these mammoth eggs are known to he
in existence. and they bring prices
ranging from S173 to $500. Each egg is
about 4 foot long and nearly yard in
| circumference, and the shells will hold
about two gallons of water.
'JuSt now the glory Of the guinea pig
as a family pet is in the ascendant"
said Il teacher in the primary depart
mcrt Of the public schools. 1.-The 9TH
or day. just to keep the chiidren's i'll
tcrcyt from tagging, l asked them to
write down the names of the pct ami
| mails in their own homes that they
we're fondcst Of [ expected nine-tenths
of the youngsters to say cat. but there
were only six cats in the lot. They
were outdonc by the guinea pigs, which
numbered 10. Four children expressed
d preference for dogs. four for canarIcs,
two for rabbits, while one old-fasl-
iOncd girl aged nine declared that the
incest pet animal they had in their
home WAS the baby.-New York Sun.
Widow Rofny of Ncwdigate, Eng,
who celebrated her 92d birthday recent
IT, has kept a diary all her life, and in
it she has recorded her every action.
Tho cost Of maintenance from her birth
a. her cd birthday is Sa56S, an aver
age expenditure Of about 81 q week.
During her life She had had Al dresses,
50 pairs Of shoes and ga pairs Of stock
ings-only three pairs q. year. In bon
nets and hats she has kept to the mod
ct number of 16h. or loss than tw" IA
year She has had ,5 aprons; wraps,
81; 80 pairs of gloves and mlttcnS, IL
hair nets and just 900 hairpinS. Sn"
mas eaten Also fishes, and but littl"
lncat. Her daily bread amounted to
II $50 IoaYcS. and she has eaten 5o.I3G
pntatncs ana 1916 cabhaGos. She has
drank .34 so cups Of tea. 81 leo glasses
Of milk and only $3.50 glasses Of water.
She has walked 221,426 miles in ner life,
and was married only once. Her face
she has washed G7 .0G0 times: her hands
12342t times and her feet 2,20S times.
she has slept 300 100 hours of her life
away. drawn 33,5Si buckets of water
from the we'll in her garden, cut her
finger nails 1856 times. Dressing, I'M
dressing and arranging her simple
toilet accounted for e116o hours Of her
% years. She has done up and taken
down nrr hair $3.50 times. She has
v-rung the neclls of 400 chickens. fat
tened 1873 pigs and written 1,104 letters
Her cottage floor she has scrubbed } 99S
times. has dug up her garden 40 times,
and trimmed the hedge surrounding ii
13S times.
In Bloomsbury. London. recently. a