Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-28
GIeaninqs and Gossip.

| AS d Iulc, luU acres Ol OllcI SuS-
tenmnce for 200 sheep or 80 horned
cattle.
| Among persons of social standing
generally the world throughout, the
| average age Of marriage is at present,
men u and women rs.
quite recently" says an English
journal, "the heat of the sun has been
reproduced in an electric furnace. and
! Sir James Dewar has obtained the coal
Of intcrstellar space"
Trials to test the ammunitiOn-car
ing capabilities of motor cars in war
| time have recently been going on be-
| tween Berlin and Kiel. According to
| report. three cars transported alto
gether 81 tons of ammunition, and this
| is considered to be satisfactory.
An electric generator in a smelling
| plant at West Jordan, Utah. is said to
have been i'll constant operation "a
hours day for nearly Az years with
a single interruption, which was due
| to a broken pulley. for which the gen.
orator was in no way responsible.
| Four deaths are known to be directly
attributable to exposure to the X-rays.
| There is a mystery about these cases,
the disease being unknown to medical
|
some great principle of life. Or. Vie
gel, the president of the Rochester
| Academy of Medicine and the Ameri-
can Orthopedic Society. was the last
victim.
The creScent-shaped sand dunes
! which move in thousands across the
desert of Aslay, near La Joya, Peru,
have been investigated by Astronomer
6
q crescent to be 100 feet apart, while
the convex side measured Al feet. and
the greatest width was more tlfan 100
feet. The estimated weight was 5000
tons. vet it was carried 125 feet year
by the prevailing south winds.
The volume of trade between the
United States and Canada last year
rea chod a total of about $225000.n0 200.
Canada imported from the United
states goods of the value of nearly
sl51, 0G0 600, and sent into the United
States Canadian products valued at
about SOS, 900, 600. The two governments
Gid not interfere with this trade, from
which each draws very material addl-
tions to its revenues. In the last five
years the United States exported t"
Canada a total Of $660,000000 worth of
goods, etc, receiving in the same
reriod products of the Dominion worth
$3.50. 900 0OO.-Boston Transcript.
A convincing proof that Manchester,
VT, has charms for the motor tourist
second to none in New England Is
found in the large number of automO-
hiles there. Although Manchester seems
to he surrounded by mountains, the
tourist need not worry about impassa-
Bile hills. for in every direction excel
lent roads lead out through maSnifl-
cent valleys and along beautiful water
courses. Journeying north. one soon
peaches Lake St Catherine. while Lake
George and Lake Champlain are but
short distance beyond. Saratoga is
within easy motoring distance to the
west. Going south. the Green nouns;
tains gradually merge with the Berk-
shres ard their beautiful resorts.
Already the carnival spirit is in the
, cir at Arverne. l.. J.. though the annual
floral fete will not take place until Sat
urday, the 31st, and September 2. With
present examinations, the program is to
devote Saturday evening to the crown
ing of the queen of the fete, with Mar
di Gras festivities and a dance to fol-
low. The baby parade has been aban-
doned. Labor day will be given to the
floral parade. Following the parade
prizes will he awarded, and an elabo-
rate ball will bring the festivities to a
close. The voting contest for the queen
of the carnival began the 18th. and is
in vigorous progress. Every hotel has
ballot box. and the admirers of the
fair contestants are working hard to
al lD+n %
throne of flowers.
The principal event of the coming
week, and indeed of the entire season.
at Bar Harbor is the horse show. More
spirited competition than ever is looked
| for this year, especially in the larger
classes. The four-in-hand class. that
chiet event which is coveted by all So
ciatv leaders. will be the field Of some
| sharn struggles this year. Among
those who will contend for honors are
Warner NJ Leeds. ]. L. KetterilnuS,
| Philip Livingston, ]. T. Bowen. Edward
browning. William F. Cochran n. nan
| Mccormick and S. Megargee Wright
and POSSIBLY Gen. Edward Mol!.i
| Now York will be arrayed against
| Philadelphia for honors. ana 'nr,c Z
| charm rivalry. Then there VIII D"
| chDrn cOtnpttltf'ii i'i
borors Last year Edgar Scott OF
| Phila delphia, with his horses hanoi"d
Inv Dorothy Forbes. carried on the
bonors. but he will have no walkaway
| this year.
Hoston has hardly one-tenth of the
area of New York city. only about enc
9TH of Chicago. one-third of Philadel-
mia. and about two-thirds of st.
Louis. Yet that small area Of Boston.
comprising 27.300 acres. contains
censor population even than New York.
The average acre of BOStonS municipal
territory at last accounts, contained
2O57 inhabitants. as compared with
16 AZ in New York. Is 80 in Philadelphia.
1854 in st. Louis and 1910 in Chicago.
Within 50-mile circle of the state
| house at Boston are three cities con-
tanning over 100 600 inhabitants each.
10 cities with more than so. 900 each. %
| Of more than $4,000 each 46 cities and
towns of more than 10000 each and 81
containing more than 5000 each Over
| 3.OO0.c coo ncoplc dwell within this 50-mile
area, which SurpaSSeS Philadelphia'S