Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-25
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.


toilet when finished has passed through
| the hands of 45 workmen.
| For II years there has been no legal
| restriction whatever upon the working
hours of girls over 1G in Illinois.
Hair cut, French or English style, G
cents. Franco-B British style, Il great
success, same price" says a notice ey-
hibitcd by a Shepherds Bush tLondon)
barber
The first use of the word strike In
it's present accepted sense occurred in
the London Chronicle in 1865. In Sep
| TENDER of that year are many refer
ences to Il great suspension of labor in
the northern coal fields, and the col
liers are stated to have "struck out"
for higher wages.
The deposit of kerosene shale, about
120 miles west of Sydney, is said to be
the largest III the world. There is a
stream called the Wolgan river in the
valley Of which. and adjoining which,
most of these deposits are found. They
are estimated to cover Al square miles,
depth Of seam from few inches to six
! feet.
Malta'S celebrated goats are likely
! soon to be only q memory on the his
| tOric island for it has been found that
banisiing goats milk means an end to
| the raVages of Malta fever. The COM
| mission appointed in 1907 to trace the
| origin Of the fever in the garrisonS and
| crews of warships made the dis
covcry that the germ Of the fever
was present in the milk Of the goat
NhnrpV.I q of hn ~
! prohibited the fever has disappeared.
| In the Hlst verse of the seventh chap
| ter of Ezra can be found every letter
| of the English alphabet. 1t runs thus:
And /, even l, ArtaXerXes. the King,
do make a decree to all the treasures
which are beyond the river, that what
| SoeVer Ezra the priest, the scribe Of
| the law Of the God of heaven, shall re-
quire of you. it be done speedily" But
| still more wonderful, in the eighth
| verse of the third chapter of 2ephan-
| iah is contained every letter including
finals, of the Hebrew languagc.-Lon-
| don Globe.
| China'S first school of forestry will
| soon be opened at Mukden. The Chin
csc empire is usually pointed out as
| the worst example, among modern ma
| tons, of forest destruction. The floods
| which are periodically poured down
| from the denuded mountains are de-
| structive beyond comparison with any
| other country, and the want of forests
| is assigned as the chief cause Wood
is scarcar in China than in almost any
other region in the world, although the
country is well adapted to the growing
| Of trees.
{ Twenty five years ago, on June I, 1888
| the Sabbath school of the United Pres
| bvterian church near Tilden, Ill, gave
| z picnic. The attendance was not
| large, only about 200, but those in
charge We're 50 well pleased with the
| results that they decided to give an
other the next year Each year the
| crowds increased and the management
| passed from the hands of the church
| officers 70 committee composed of
| representative citizens of Tiden and
| vicinity, but the policy remained the
| same, to insure a clean, wholesome day
| Of amusement and recreation. That
| this policy is Il success is atteSted by
| the enormous crowds, increasing in
number each year until last year con-
| sentative estimate placed the atten-
dance at Go00-C oulterville Un) Re-
publican.
| lauShable scene was enacted on the
| stage OF the principal theatre III Han
| over on the evening of the first pro-
| duction there of Wedekind'S "The
! Awakening of Spring The play had
run Of more that 200 nights in Ber-
| lin and the house at Hanover was sold
| out because there had been much dis
| cussion as to whether the censors
would allow the production. While the
scene in the first act between Frau
| bergman and her daughter was on a
| police officer strobe upon the stage and
demanded in a declamatory manner to
see the license allowing "the child
| there" to act. The man of the law was
not little surprised to learn that 1.-THE
child was an adult and an actress of
high stan ling. whose admirable make
up was an additional proof of her ar
| tiStic talent.
In raising million of trees for plant
| ing on the mountains of southern Cali
fornia the government experts have
been confronted by some peculiar prob
lens. Among these is the opening of
| the cones of certain species of pine to
obtain the seeds. One in particular,
the knob cone" will not open for 100