Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-29

she should have grand opera AZ
steady musical diet. The papers in tho
Monumental City are pointing WITH
pride to the fact that for two perfor.
mances by Mr.. Hammerstein's cam.
pany the sales of seats amounted 10
$lS.10e. THE two performances by the
Manhattan Opera Company We're on.
tirely tentative" says the American
the cacktail before the banquet, 40
Harry Hammerstein, the son, phrased
1t. Aud while it was not stated IN so
many words, 1t can be authoritatiyelv
said that Mr.. Hammerstein will return
to Baltimore with his company at sams
future time"
Seven miles of little known country
in North Anglesey were opened up re-.
Gently by the London & Northwestern
| railway, the first train travelling from
Holland Arms station to Red Wharf
bay. The stations on the new line are
at CENT, Rhyd-y-Saint Pembraath
and Llanbedr-Goch. The country ira
versed is undulating, and the coast has
| a succession of beautiful sandy BAYS
The Mcnai straits and a background
OF the purple Grampian hills are fea-
| lures of the scenery.
There is in use in some parts of the
west coast of Africa system of writ
ing of native invention which is said
to he successfully competing with Eng
| lish writing. 1t is called the Val Ian
guase. and was invented by Doalu
| Bukerc, assisted by five of his friends,
The characters resemble Egyptian
| hicroglyphics, but the tongue is said
| to be harmonious. relatively easy to
| pronounce, and with a grammar that
is far from difficult. 1t is being more
and more used in West Africa. and,
it is said, may become the dominant
form of native speech in Liberia and
| adjacent countries.
| According to Electrical Engineering,
rules have been issued to the effect
| that no apparatus for wireless tele-
| grarhy on board merchant ships,
| whether British or foreign. shall be
used while in any of the harbors of
| Gibraltar, except with the written
permission of the governor. The max
| ing or answering of signals of distress
| are excepted. The bill requiring ali
| steamers to be equipped with wireless
apparatus. which was introduced IN
| the Canadian parliament, has been
| shelved for the present. for the reason,
| it is said, of seeing what steps the
British government is taking in this
| direction.
4, Some idea of the quantity of ma
| terial used by the postal service may
be gained when it is stated that dur
| ing last year the division furnished
| 925. OOO, 600 yards of Irvine. 9.26oOM
| pens. 2S2,00O penholders, $4,000 pencils
| and 100000 blank cards. To wrap
| the bundles 5,40O, 900 sheets of wrapping
paper were used. Blank forms are
furnished by the millions. OF the form.
"Arplication for Domestic Money Or
der" which is seen in the lobby OF
every postoffice there We're 16l, Iio.oOO
used last year, and during the same
period 69,034 rubber stamps were man.
ucactured and supplied to postofiices.
National Magazine.
The first annual report of Miss kate
BARNARD state commissioner OF char'
| tiles and correction of Oklahoma, Gre
ated sensation in her state and leu
to the investigation of the Lansing
| (Kas) penitentiary. The investigating
committee sustained every charge
made by Miss Barnard against the III.
stitution. Governor Haskell appointed
her to attend the southern conference
on uniform child labor laws. Whlch
was recently held in New Orleans. she
has been invited to speak at the III
| ternational conference of charlties "
he held in Copenhagen, Denmark III
1911, and also to address the lnterna-
tional congress on tuberculosis. winch
is to be held in Rome, Italy. a le"
weeks later.