Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-19
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

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1 divorce from his wife because sh
eft home to join female baseball
club
Now that Mr. Bryan says that III
rayoritc hymn is I'll go where yol
want me to go he might as we'll be on
lis way.
One of the Chicago dramatic critic
says that the average actor has NOR
endurance than a plowman. The,
ave to please Chicago.
The Milwaukee Sentinel proudly an
,ounces that Milwaukee IS now o.
he map of the skies" Has anothc
Upper been discovered?
The Calcutta CONSTRUCTOR para
Nallah," as he is callrd-has an ap-
,aratus attached to his shoulders t
;upport an umbrella over his head.
After 20 years of experimenting al
edinburgh firm has brought out 81
ssence of tea which is said L
preserve the aroma and cheering
ualities of the prepared leaf.
North Carolina has just acquired it:
irst woman dentist. Mrs. ID. Il. Nc
:uirc of Ashcville having obtained
license to practice from the Norti
'ar0,ina dental association
Last year was a record breaker II
he country's coke industry. 4o.719.56-
hort tons being produced. nearl.
1ouble the output OF 1900, and NOR,
han three times that of 1897
America has now triumph"d owe.
egypt and India in holding what vii
soon be the largest irrigated tract
lesert land in the world This is VIVA
s known as the Twin Falls COUNT"
n Idaho. The ultimate area undel
irrigation, when the entire Twin Fall.
project shall have been completed vii
,e $4,000 acres-Harper's Weekly.
The bank check has taken small
lold as vet upon the citizens O
Mexico, especially when amounts
ess than $1,000 are concerned. The!
consider it much easier to pay spot
ash than to give a check for amount;
If $50 and 500, ard maintain, will
some amount of reason, that buSl-
ness deal can be put through Will
)etter advantage when the cash is :.
sight.
one very great advantage Which
nuts possess over most foods is thel'
lbsolute freedom from adulteration
When you bug nuts you always know
What you are getting. OF course
hose bought in the shell are aist
absolutely clean. And what beautl'
'u source they come from. Hoo
beautiful to picture the trees upo'
which they grow, on the outcrmosl
branches dancing in the sunbcams.-
London Good Health.
.Cbnst" ctprN- Nac among thOSI
omitted from Mr. Stcads famous
collection: There was an ordinary
cupboard door that always mysteri-
,usly crcaked open at five minutes b.,
fore midnight unless it was kept
.ocked-and when it was locked Il
yroaned and ratified instead, precisel!
It the same hour. Then came along
'spook" expert. who discovered thai
It five minutes before midnight the
asst express train passed along the
high road a mile away from the house
md set in motion some Migratory
wave that acted upon the cupboard
and scared a whole household.
Consul Norton of ChemnitZ. Ger
says that public recognition OF
Esperanto is steadily advancing il
Germany; general attention is
awakened to it's trade value: grca,
weight is being laid on its use by the
blind, so that the number of publica-
tionS available for their use can be no.
ably increased and that 1,000.o00 OF
more people are using the language.
The postmaster general Of the United
Kingdom has admitted Esperanto on
he same footing as modern European
languages for use in tclegra phing, and
he Japanese minister of foreign
Affairs has advised his countrymen
% master the language.
one rule of the original Olympic
Games could not be followed nowadays
without provoking serious troubles.
Women were not allowed to be
present or even to be anywhere in the
district when the games We're being
celebrated. on pain of being hurled
from prcciptous rock This rule
is believed to have been defied only
once. when the offender was pardoned
in consideration of the fact that her
Gather. brothers and son had been
victorS in the games. One particular
prestesS, however, was not only cx-
ampt from this law but was accom-
modated with 4 special front seat on
an altar Of white marble. and women
were allowed to enter chariots for the
races, though they might not be pres
mt to see them win.