Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-10
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

When the electrical project of the
Southern Pacific road is carried out Il
will cover 13G miles over n mountain
division. accommodating all the freight
and passenger traffic OF the Cniol Pacific
between central California and the East.
In Sc miles IL rises 1000 feet and is full OF
sharp curves.
New England has furnished nearly as
mary of our present naval officers Of nag
combined The highest Officer Of the
navy. Admire al Dewey. is = native of
Vermont, 4 state without 6 seaport. Oh
the - reaf-admiralS on the list eight are
New Enslanders.
Tine American electric street railway at
Seoul. kore;,. carried 1874 passengers
daily in 1896: the car mileoee was 3ys.-
IS freight ears, with l. miles Of track
with overhead trolley. One injury m-
CURED in 1896. Net earnings We're 81 ga
~ Yer cent. over 1908.
The Paris museum of decorative arts
has Just received. as present from an
official of tie Chamber of Deputies. the
throne which was made for Napoleon ;
use at the opening of the chambers. and
which was afterward charged little ir
the time Of the Restoration and su',se-
Charles y On similar occasions.
Maurice Damour. n former French con-
sui in New Orleans, is in Chicago to OK
tend the campaign OF education the
French government and leading literary
men have nauSnrated In the United
States in connection with French litera-
tire He is q representative of the gov
ernment and the Cercle de la Librairle.
an organization of prominent French
writer's and journalists.
Much money is made out of the British
pnliccn,an's cast-of. uniforms. Quantities
are bought by African traders and eS-
Inrted To various psrt.; of the. dark
continent" where thev are exchanged
for palm oil. ivory. skins ard other mer-
chandise. 1t is by no means an unco,.-
mon sight to see /, Swarthy savage dress
I'd in the uniform of Il London policeman
am. wearing the regulation helmet OF
tie force.
Few people know that Dauphin county
10 the owner OF a collection of jugs which
would ne worth while reproducing If one
could only ascertain their history. This
collection is scattered through the jury
in reserve for use in case of need. The
Jugs are old-fasiIioEed fellows, some
stoGt; some slim, and when Il jury is
taken to a room to deliberate, a Jug filled
with it'e-Water is taken along by the tip
staff. because the jury rooms do not con-
tain running water. These jugs nave been
accommodating for Years, and are a pic
tures'ue lot -Philadephia Record
II. Seatt!e.s fight against the spread of
the plague by rats an interesting expert
ment was tried recently. A rodent was
dyed blue and turned loose, to find out
just how lorg 1t could retain its liberty
ing into one of the myriad of public and
private traps set for the plague disturb
utors. The particular rat selected for the
test was caught. a week after being turn
ed out mile from the point where 1t
vas liberated. In one week lately ay2,,
rats were received by the health depart
| ment. of which 1893 we're paid for at the
rate of 10 cents each. The total number
OF rats brought in since the plague cam
pa!gn started Is 15.S3i.
when Prof. Walter Siman of Konigs-
berg took up the cause of the left hand. >.
gays DR.. FTiediander, in a Berlin paper,