Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-18
lumber camps; now they come out any
time after the middle of February"
cLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

II l.; safe to assume that the next
things Mr. Edison invents will be In
| the lire of surgical instruments.
woman in Paris has just had a
pair of diamond earrings made for her
lapIog. Well, it had to come to this
| sooner or later.
A nan i'm Kansas City defended his
own "asc the other day in court and
Was fined $3.50. But even at this he
thinks he saved some money.
Bullarians live chiefly on sour milk
which is made into mess called zog-
hurt. It's better to live on such stuff
than sour grapes. anyway.
A Pennsylvania man looked into a
mirror the other day and was scared to
death. It's mystery how q lot Of men
have escaped such fate.
Swirburne say; that he is going to
publish IA new poem next month. We'll,
Iot., of peop.e will read it but mighty
few will know what it means.
Philadelphia is getting very chesty
over the fact that she imports more
balloons than any city in the country
What has become Of Harry Lehr. any
way?
Some banks are mighty fuSSy. One
down in Pennsylvania refused to accept
a pail full of pennies the other day un-
til they mad been done up in packages
of Is.
German scientists are giving up much
time to the study of the decay of paper.
They have found that bacteria destroy
many old books and wish to put a stop
to it ii possible.
There is queer troop Of calvary IN
thu eastern coast Of Africa. The men
are mounted on oxen. The beasts are
lean ara rangy and il is said that they
get about with surprising speed.
It Is said that the Car permitted the
members Of the Duma to kiss the mel"
apparent when they visited him recent
w. This was the greatest honor posi-
BILE but it must have been mighty tough
on the kid
A widow in Dallas. Texas. says tina.
her next husband must be food fad
dist. that is that he must either cook
his own food or eat it raw. A good
many women feel that way but don't
like to say 50 outright.
\ man was asked in the New York
naturalization court the other day how
many wives 4 man should have. lie
So id. None" He should he exported
Hes en- undesirable citizen, according
to TIE administration.
y man who opens oysters in Phih-
dclphia restaurant threw up his job the
other day AMI said he guessed he
wouldn't work any more. When asked
why, he said some one had just left his
wife /; few odd million OF dollars.
\ man in Winona. Mimi, celebrated
his 18th birthday last week. and told Il
reporter that during his life he had
eaten pic enough to make a strip Is in
-ches wide and - miles long. Now all
tho western papers will say lie came
from New England.
n German has invented paper
horseshoe, which is said to wear well
and DC jmpenetrabIc by moisture. 1t
is made by saturating the paper with
oil turpentinc and other ingredients.
Thin layers are pasted tG the hoot Till
the required thickness is reached.
J. Pierpont Morgan belongs to 30
clubs. and his membership dues figure
over $1,000 annually. August Belmont
is a member of 81 clubs, and Chaun-
ccy N. Depew belongs to 81. Perry
Belmont has membership in ~ clubs,
George Gould in -. John Jacob Astor
IN Il. and Willie *. Vanderbilt, Jr. in
1s.-Broadway Magazine.