Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-03
GLEANiNGs AND GOSSIP.

tic grazing.
Live cattle were frs. landed in Eng
land from America IN May, 1861, but the
regular traffic did not begin unit! 1915.
Sapphire mining in kashmir is being
revived by 4 now cr,.,.,any. :onnn-a
IL Europeans ii ii;ll standing a"l
wealthy natives.
; Iurmal is one of the worlds single
cr";, countries, basing her prosperity on
rice, as Hawaii does on sugar and til"
I. Thili,Iincs do on hemp.
Mr. BloodGood Il thought her c,''ta
ton was az roaos, didn': YOU? Ms
N"UritCh Dear me: ] always suppose
her iar,c M.,s Edgar Allan iiarpcrs
IaZar.
! Some Of The cab drivers in Milan.
The most Important Industrial center i /
! itlI-. remain on duty day and nigh,
: eating and sleeping in their cabs, win
| ter ana Summer alike.
In india tn" patient native weavcrs,
| working for APPLIANCE with hand
| looms, make enough cotton cloth to
furnish every man. woman. and child in
! the world Il yard every year
| In British South Africa the mirc
| owners and miners pay about Si,000,00
every year for candles to be used in I'M
der ground work a large part of the
supply comes from America.
After having worn male attire for 80
years in an attempt to get other wo-
| men to do likewise, Mrs. Thomas Rijon
of Jersey City, publicly admits that
her campaign is Il lamentablc failure,
and now in her Goth year, she resumes
the conventional garb Of her sex.
Some medical societies nrt. hcW ing
the line pretty close in their endeavOr
to uph.l Id ethics. says a western mcdi-
cal journal The society at Peoria, ILL.,.
hauled one of its members over the
Goals recently for driving a piebaId
horse, on the ground that it was a bid
for public attention.
The SMYRNA district of Turkey (ASia
Minor) is expected to produce about
2G.50o tons of figs this season. 1t is in
that part of the Levant that the best
figs in the world are grown. The crop
is about 40 tons greater than it was
last year. which must mean a gain Of
not less than 11,00o,o00 figs.
The French love of land-OWning is 50
intense and so general that even in
large cities it is often difficult 10 ascer-
tain any market price for real estate. |
few. In the country it is often said !
that real estate never changes hands !
except by the death of the owner.
Many physicians in British India |
have a curious habit, when called upon
to treat persons bitten by dogs suspec-
ted of rabies. of sending the brains OF
the dogs to the institute of kaSauli, |
where victims Of HI drophobia are cared |
4 ,I
latter sometimes arrive too late.
In southern Brazil, where the Ger
mans were said to be founding strong
colonies Il few wears ago, the Ism 800
Italians completely overshadow all 9TH
er foreign natona,itieS. The immigra-
ton at Rio Janciro last year was al
most wholly from Portugal. italy and
Spain. The Turks Outnmnhered the
Germans moro than four to one.
"PampoOties" are tie peculiar foot
gear worn in the Aran islands. off the
coast OF Ireland. They consist simply
of q piece of raw cowskin. with the
hair outside, laced over the toe and
around the heel with two ends of fish
ing line that work around and are tied
above the instep. In the evening. when
they are taken off. they are placed in Il
the foot and the stocking if it is allowed
to harden. For the same reason the
people often step into the surf during Il
the day, so that their feet are contin-
ually moist.
Lady Paget. who is better known as
Mrs. Arthur naget. and was formerly /
Mary Paran Stevens Of New York. has
SURPRISED her many friends by becoEl- i
ing a convert to vegetarianism She
has joined small but influential band
of society people who esci'ew flesh
food and stIbSiSt on vegetable fare.
Since her terrible accident in the ele-
vatrr at her London house. Lady PaSct
has been Il partial cripple, and she DC
ii,.vcs thar. n)w she is compelled - be
css, active. Il lighter .lict is neccssHr g
But until she adopted the vegetarian
cult she was know.i to he a lover Of
table luXurics. Two very prominent
drlchcSses are Lady PaScts chief sup
porter@ in vr:,et ,riani>n The duchess
of Portland who * Co.'S III, red the
foremost English sportswoman is fond
OF entertaining her friends At vege-
tartan meals. sometimes at the Food
Reform restaurant in the West end Of
London The duchess of Bedford. an
other sporting pcnrcSS. lives al.EoSt en-
tirely upon vegetable food. Lady Henry
Somerset the noter sociological work
titled women who are veS"tarianS.