Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-15
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

\ Georgia man has discovered a
new cure for snake bite. Georgia Is
prohibition Necessity is the mother
Of inv ention.
Germany is to spend many millions
in terrifying HeligOland. The island
is now one of the most fashionable OF
GernE n watering places, and was once
in pawn to the city of Hamburg as Sc
curity for a loan to the duke of Hol-
stein.
Uruguay is doing all she can to over
come the illiteracy of her people. one
hundred and fifty night schools have
been opened there during the past year
and they are intended for people who
did not go to school when they were
children.
A notice has been served on the en-
ploycs of the Arkansas division of the
Rock Island railroad that cirgarette
smoking will not be tolerated among
them any longer and that if any EN-
ployc smokes cigarette he can hand
in his resignation and save trouble.
The people of Datum make by hand
the beautiful silver things known as
Georgian work. 1t is ar inlay of al
most black silver, in fancy designs,
on Il white silver background. The
makers of the ware keep the process
of making the black silver inlay a
trade secret.
The Japanese We're acquainted with
iron from very early times. \ sword
that was used by one of the ancestors
of the present emperor, about 800 Il.
c., according to the Engineering Maya
zine is still in existence. Later,
when the great civil war broke out In
the sixth century, SWordSmiths and
armorsmths came to occupy promi-
nent place. From this time on down
to about 300 years ago no noticeable
progress has been made. Al the be-
ginning of the 18th century all branch
IS Of industry began 10 prosper The
demand for iron Instruments decreased
ana the scarcity for iron supply be
gan to be felt.
A good many million men, women
and children the world over have
watched with admiration and respect
Buffalo Bill galloping around ON a
magnificent white charger, shooting
with rifle loaded with shot-cartridges
the very souls out of balls thrown Into
was ever struck by misdrected shot.
No windows We're broken, no holes
We're blown through the tent. The
gallant Col. Cody did not miss more
than one ban in 5O-truly a marvellous
record, unsurpassed since firearms
were invented. Singularly enough, this
record never varies to any great eN
tent, Notwithstanding the increasing
Of D,,f '.,ln
over $50 100000 We're given by women
to philanthropy in the last year Mrs
Russell Sage gave more than any
other one person with the single ex
ception of John d. Rockefeller. While |
some of her gifts are not large, they
mean much to some young people. She |
recently gave $1,000 to pay the rent Of
the school building of the Pascal in
stitute in New York city and to cover |
the expenses of free vacation classes |
for young children. To Sag Harbor, |
T.. l., she gave the Playground to be |
turned into park especially for the |
children. When the citizens proposed |
changing the name Of the village to
Sage Harbor she declared that the old |
place should cling to its original name.
New York Sun.
The discussion of observations on |
rainfall made first by Sir John Murray |
and later by Brucker and Fritsche
permits an estimate to be made of the |
mean rainfall on continents, which is |
found to be about 30 inches a year.
The rainfall on the ocean is more ditfi- |
cult to measure, but it has been esti
mated by Supau: and Fritsche, taking |
account of all the known facts, esti |
mates the mean annual rainfall for the |
entire surface of the earth at about &c |
inches. Making use of this number, it |
is easy to calculate that the total
rainfall amounts to AGA million millions
of metric tons a year, 1872 thousand |
of tons a day, $4,000 millions of
tons an hour, SS3 millions of tons a
minute. or - millions of tons a sec
ond.-Scientific American.