Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-31
Odd Items of Interest

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Sicily lost sixty thousand inhabitaa1
! by earthquake in 1888
The Chinese pupil reciting hise lesssl
turns his back to the teacher.
The average weight of the heart is fro
nine to eleven ounces
1t is estimated that England annual
consumes the milk of 100000 caWs
The worlds postal business 1l1
ing at the rate of Z per. CERT
A potentate who glorfes M
grandiloquent titles is the Sh3j
STA He is not only The Sh
God" but also ''The Footpath 81 81
In addition he is described as.Thes ca
ter of the Universe, Exalted Lake d
Planet Saturn, Well of Science &lbGn|
Sovereign Whose Standard IssSnn
and Monarch of Armies Numerouss6S
Stars
1t is believed at least by one writer ia
| it is because badness in women has neaI
ly always been studiously concealed thi
nc gentle way of evading the blunt WOO
bald has been evolved. in contrast wild
the many ways of lodging ''fatI
Stout (Which really means sturdy
'portly,'' comfortable and "embou|
point are instances of this ovation BID
bald" always remains bald"
| Lord Kinnaird, speaking at the annuI
meeting of the British Royal Normal CoI
lege for the Blind drew attention to It'd
interesting fact that 80 or 80 per cent d
| the college students became self-supportI
| ing One of the subjects which had besl
found particularly suitable for blind ped
pie, he said, was typewriting. For tn
| last three years the conferences held hal
all been reported by blind stenographed
| and transcribed by blnd typewriterd
| while, in addition, the reports had bed
prepared for the printers and the adj
counts attended to by blind people.
HCgge's Horse, at Buxted, Sussex, End
land, states contemporary in the oeu|
ter of the9 old iron district was rofnnt
the residence of Ralph Hogge, an df(
master. He is celebrated as haNiN5f n
the first to cast a cannon inEx0fie pij
This occurred in 1913. Originally
guns We're hoped and dangeroustp m
age. The worthy merchants discotj
revolutioniZed the trade. $and brougi>
him wealth and fame. His ancient homl
EMPOWERED in trees is still in good conda
ton. we'll worth seeing and quite close
the church. On it's facade is hog in bal
relief #E
At the office of one of the trans A tlan
tic steamship companies a well-dress
nan applied a few days ago for a, pas
to the other side and told the clerk I
whom he made the modest request thu l
he had no money. but could work b
way in the first cabin. He said that y
played the piano well, had a good bar
tone voice and could entertain the pa
seEgers at times when there was no ship
music. He was also yentriloquist an
a sleight-of-hand performer and couI
make the entertainments additionally u
teiesting. He was asked to leave his I'D
dress and told that when the conlpan
took up the vaudeville business he wou
probobly hear from it.-New York III
bune.
The ancient whitethorn at Howth cHI
tie, which, according to tradition, va
inseparably bound up with the fortuna
of the ST. Lawrences and would die yal
the last of the line, had it's counterpe
in this country at Husbands Boswor
hall. the old seat of the Turviles, nei
Rugby In front of the hall was VILE
cred walnut tree, and the superstnio
was that when the tree died so also woui
the race of the Turvilles come to an end
The year previous to the death of Nls
Mary Fortescue Turville, sister Of ~
cy..- 1ocf
the family in the direct line, the walna
tree was dead at the top, though II ny
LEAVES on it's lateral branches The yea
she died it had not single leaf np0
lit. and on examination was found to
ldead.-Court Journal.
1t is interesting to note the conspfcuos
position taken by American singers
the various German premieres
"Elektra!" The list is headed by wi
dame Schumann- Heink, the ardent Amel
lean citizen by right of naturalizatohj
The American singer of the Berlin
lsemble was Francis Rose of DenVn1
Edyth Walker created the title role Wn'J
the Strauss work was heard In Hsp|
burg, and in Elberfeld, one of the Rnes|
ish cities, the "Elektra' performane]
| was given under the batonOf Hern'I
Hans Wetzler, who. If not an Amer'c.
| by birth 60 was at least conspicuous}
associated with New York musical in'e|
ests for long time. American singh
have also been the chief Great ors OF
role of Madame Butterfly" IN the 6s
man stages. Following Geraldine Farlj
in the Berlin production came MarguenJ
Lemon in Mainz, Jennie Osb Ham,
in Leipsiz and Marcella Craft in KEEL j
of whom have won their chief laureis
their Interpretation of the P'1ccini ne''
line.-Musical Era.
Tea" says the London Chronei
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