Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-02
GLEANlNGS AND GOSSIP.

New York city consumes ilS,uoo
pounds of butter each day.
Russia and Japan are approaching an
agreement for the protection of the
seal and other fisheries in Pacific
waters.
Over 1000 rubber trees have been
planted on the Hawaiian islands, the
experiment proving so successful as to
make a thriving industry certain.
Every year the annual of the Swiss
Alpine club tells of the fatal Alpine ac
cidcnts for the preceding II months
In 1907 there We're IS deaths, but no
guide or porter met with a fatal acct
dent, and of the 80 tourists killed on
the higher mountains. % We're without
guides. and II persons We're killed while
gathering edelWeiss.
japan is buying more American iron
and steel pipe each year. Her pur-
chases thereof rose from $40S,732 in 1906
to $663,774 in 1907 or more than one
third of her total import of that COM
modify. Toxic has ITS miles of iron
piping and needs $50 miles more for her
water supply extensions agreed upon.
Yokohama also is to add to its water
supply. Japan's extensive ard de-
velopng use of water-power will need
large quantities.
Miss Sarah c. MURRAY of Newton,
Mass. carried off high honors this year
at Munich. She obtained the Phi. Il.
degree and her name was placed on the
honor roll of the university. Miss
Murray is a Radcliffe college gradu-
ate. For the last four years she has
beer studying at Munich, making
speciality of classical rhilology anG
archaeology. She has just passed her
23d birthday. She intends to become
n teacher.
Old-time hotel rates in England were
low. For instance, in the days Of
Queen Elizabeth the charge Mt the
George inn" for a feather bed. a night,
was one penny. Dinner cost six
pence az cents), and offered choice Of
beef. mutton or pigge or fish" In
Stuart times each room owned a name.
instead of number, chiefly those of
in signs. such as the Cross eye room,
!; the Bell chamber. the Adam and Eve
room, and so forth.
The Congo Free state in md-Africa
has 100000 square miles of territory At
present its import amount to only
about $1,000. O0C year, consisting main
lv of cotton-piece goods. liquors and
beer, canned meats, vegetables and
other food products steamers and
boats, machinery, clothing. arms and
ammunition, hardware and metals. The
chief products of the country are rub
Der, ivory, gum copal. palm kernels and
palm oil.
When the British association paid its
visit to South Africa, three or four
Prof John Milne. and the celebrated
Cambridge pathologist Prof Sims
WOodhead, took clubs and balls to the
Victoria falls on the Zambesi river,
and there the man Of earthquakes es-
tabiiShcd noble record by being the
first to drive a bah across the falls,
representing a very excellent carry of
100 yards.-London Standard
After being conducted through an old
church by the verger. visitor was SO
pleased with the officials courtesy and
information that the insisted on giving
him liberal tip. The man shook his
head sadly. THANK you. sir" he
said, "but it's quite against the rules"
TN sorry for that" said the visitor.
about to return the coin to his pocket
But" added the verger. ''if were to
find a bit lying on the floor it would
not he against the rules for me to pick
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