Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-24
GIeanings and Gossip.

American tourists spent Sl,110.rG in tho
Swiss city of Luccrne last year.
A tombstone is to be erected in a Bath
G;ngD cemetery to the memory of an
engine dIiveI-who was an ardent geol-
oGist-coirposed Of the fossils ne collector
III his rambiCS.
Paper pals are the latest sanitary de-
vice for the delivery of pure milk in Lon
don and other large English towns. They
are used only once. They are made or
pulp and are sterilized by heat of 500
degrees Fahrenheit
Ex-President Morales of San Domingo.
who was virtually forced out of power
last wear by Caceres, Is now homeless
wanderer. and in leaving New York fer
Porto Rico was interested to learn the
SncOnd-claSS passage rates,
Col William G. Gorgas. the United
States commissioner in the canal zone,
told the Cornell medical graduates that
within the reXt two or three centuries
the centers of wealth. civilization and
popula ton Will be in the tropics. as they
were in the dawn of mans history.
Andrew Carnesies hero fund.- was es-
tnh!ished i'll 1904 with &.o0OoV at its dis
posal. The commission had awarded 60
medals up to January /. 1907. and dis
b,Wscd about $4,000 aside from about
s6' ~" given San Francisco and other
sufferers from disasters.
The Bible Society has for many years
enjoyed the privilege of free passage for
its agents and books over the lines of the
Russian empire. the same favors being
cxterded to it over the railroads in Man
chuiia This fact recently became known
to the Japanese authorities. who at once
granted the same PRIVILEGES that tile
society should not suffer through the
change of control.
The valuable collections relating to
gypsy life and manners formed by the
late Charles Godfrey Leland Rave been
given by Mrs. Pcnnell, his niece. to the
| British museum. But n note in the index
L" the manuscripts states that they are
| reserved Tor - years from the public
use. They contain among others. :,
Romany vocabulary: and Il book. .'RO-
never published.
| Eugene Wolf of Munich has devised
| what he believes tn he 4 prescription
| which will prevent SeaSicKncss. He says
that a bandage made by folding "A towel
| a large handkerchief or anything similar
| dipped into Tot salt or sweet water and
wrapped tightly around the head a few
times. restores the proper circulation OF
| pressure and checks tie cerebral ancrRia
| The patient should lie fiat on his back.
III China wages of women lucrative.
are nearly at the vanishing point. 1t |.
| said that in the silk mills at Shanghai
| there are 26ON workers. among WHOM
are children that work at three cents (
dav and women at five cents. The high
est paid get 26 certs for q l3-hour day
In the Shanghai cotton mills the bes
women workers get ia cents day, the
| poorest five cents. the hours benig frorr
6 to G, with 90 minutes at noon for din
ner.
A remarkable wager on horsemanshiy
| was recently made and won by n youni
| German military officer. The officer il
| question. Lieut.. Krausc. Of the artillery
laid n bet that he would ride on horse
| back from bucharest to Rome. keepin.
not only himself. but his horse in goo.
condition TIN Dug bout the Journey. TIL.
| lieutenant has arrived in Florence on hi
| ride from the Rumanian capital. He il
tn reach Rome within Il days from tn,
start.
A few rifles from Stella, Mo-. is a move
| livestock establishment. Browsing abOu
in perfect contentment in a deer park /.
| q herd of beautiful deer. This deer part
| consists Of Il acres and at present Their,
are seven deer on the place, II havins
| already been sold this season. The youn.
| deer ar" sold each year and bring $50 :
pair. They are shipped in August o,
! September Mr.. Roseberry has beer
i raising and sailing deer for IA years, hay.
ing as many as Is on hand at one time