Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-06-10
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

According to statistics quoted by Con-
gresham Coorer, the fatality in Penn.
SyIvania's lines rose from GIL in 1898
to 15l4 in 1903.
The campaign against rats at the Lon
don and Indian docks, Tilhuiy. has al
ready resulted, dock officials estimate, in
the destruction Of nearly 10000 rodents.
When a man looks back on the time he
has wasted in life. lie regards as the
greatest waste the time he has spent in
waiting for Il wifi to dress.-Atchison
GlubH.
AS a maker of cotton goods Germany is
now outranked only by the United King
dom and the United States; rs an export
er of cotton goods she is Outlanked by
the United Kingdom alone.
The smoke from the bowl of ones pipe
is blue because. coming direct from the
reG-hOt toDHcco, 1t is very highly oXl-
died. but the smoke from ones lips is
gray. because it is highly watered and
hydro-cal boniZed.
Ire i;rooklvn bridge was opened for
sage to more than the worlds population
in y wears ana expert engineers have
Just declared it as Servceable as on its
first day of uscfulHesS.-NeW York World.
A movement has been started i'm the
scientific world favoring the adoption of
the word Kelvin to designate the COM
me-cial unit of electrical energy ut pres
ent known rs the ki!owatt-hour. as a
recognition of the services of the late
Lord Kelvin to electrical science.
The gy!sies arc nearer to the animals
than any race known to us in Europe.
They have the laWleSsnesS. the abandon
memt. the natural physical grace in form
and gesture of animals: only 4 Steathy
and wary something ir their eyes makes
them hunan.-Arthur SymonS.
The cost of reservoir system adequate"
to regulate the streams in the Ohio basin
is estimated at Sl2:.0ooon This estimate
is based on a supposed necessity for The
building of 100 reservoirs at an average
cost of 81 25o,0W each. TO regulate the
whole mississippi valley in this manner
would cost. it is estimated, SjG 900 Goo
Boston Globe.
New York has set apart s5OO,oO1 to pur-
chase athletic fields for its high schools,
and has Just opened the first on Staten is
Ianl for the Curtis high school. named
after George William Curtis. New York
expects to provide every city high school
with its field and every elementary school
and new high school building in Greater
New York now has its roof built to fur
niSh exercise.
'1 he best cure I know of for n head
ache is 20 wash yonr face SAID a bright
looiins, man. Yes, 7 beli"v" to suddenly
cleanse your face with cold water Will
open up the pores and probably start the
blood in circulation. and | know 1t will
relieve you of Il headache in Il jiffy. |
have tired it myself a great MANY times
and nave always been successful. "--Plil
adephiI Record.
Onr nf the ::r"; charm; of Paris is Ger
tainv its ail1osphere-so clear l;Iht and
huoVi;rt: II is ike inh1lng "hanllagne.
Paris in May or June is sufficient to CON
vert the variest hypochondraic into a
cheerful. good-natured being. This eli
mate las. no doubt, 4 great influence on
the character of people. and accounts
for their jcvousness their eXcitability,
their wt.-Donahoe's Magazine.
More than half of our drugs are COM
pounded from coal tar: nearly everything
we Wear in the way of dress goods is
dyed by coal tar. artificial perfumes,
saccharine. which is 5W tines swceter
than sugar; explosives. medicines. food
prcservatons and Photographic develop
ers are all provided by coal tar. Chemists
have evolved from coal tar no less than
seven hitherto unknown acids, II alkaline
substances and ID neutral bodies.--On
City Derrick
While the Republican and it's prcdeces-
sor the Whig party. never named a citi
zen of New York for the presidency until
Theodore Roosevelt was named. and the
democracy named only three-Martn Van
Ruren Samuel j. Tilden and Grover
Clcveland-yet New York in the entire
administration had been represented in
the Vice Presidents chair by George Clin-
ton. t,ldridge Gerry. Daniel D: Tonpllins.
Martin Van Buren,. Millarh Fillmore.
tt eodore Roosevelt
The finest songster among our Scottish
warhlers is undoubtedly the blackcap. I
am afraid 1 cannot describe it's song It
has to be heard to be truly appreciated
Once heard. it is never forgotten--the
rare sweetness. the pure quality of the
song. I cannot compare the hiackcap's
song with that of the nightingale for I'M
fortunately. 1 have never heard the song
of that bird. I could never be in Engl-
and at the proper time: But I have often
heard our lark. and its song is bolder.
louder. more overwhelming in its grand
out ;ouring of melody. But for sweetness
nothing has ever thrilled me like the
song of the blackcap.-The Scotsman
new wire of special advantage to
electrical industries is obtained by a Par
isian mctallurgist through perfected
process of welding copper to steel wire
Great conductivity is combined with ten
sile strength and elasticity. giving a
wire stronger than copper and smaller
and less exposed to winl action than iron