Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-24
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.


| men in England last year.
Brazil is offering an alluring field to
American patent medicines, for Bra
lillian doctors have no prejudice against
the standard proprietary medicines.
Asbestos, which is said to be of ex-
cellent quality, has been found in large
quantities in Afghanistan and a native
company has been found to work the
deposits. Il
Alfred Austin is said to be at Work
on d poem to celebrate Roosevelt's visit
to Africa. This is the most dangerous
bit of news yet given out in connection
with the great hunting trip.
The census bureau statistics of cleo
trio lighting, electric traction and tele-
phone companies show a gross income
for the three industries in the United
States of $3.50, 0o0,OOO in 1907.
| Now that aeraplanes are slowly COM
| ing into vogue some people are worry
| ing us to who owns the air. 1t will
probably be settled before long between
Rockefeller, Morgan and Hartman.
An American has offered to recover
the money which Abdul the Damned
hid in American banks, if the present
| Turkish government will give him 10
per cent. of what he is able to secure.
Not long ago scroolboy in the West,
| in d history examination, wrote: ''The
| American war of independence took
place because the colonies refused to
submit to taxation without tempta-
| ton"
| The Westinghouse company is now
at work on what will be the largest
| switchboard in the world. 1t is for the
New York terminal of the Pennsylya-
mia road. and will cost 100000. By it
all the switches, in the terminal will be
| controlled.
| \ woman at Mount Carmel, ILL.,, ap-
pears to be bird liver. She began life
| as a Bird, her first husband was
named Martin, her second Crow, and
her third Robin Now she has married
a fourth and taken to BuZzard's nest a
| little Crow, two Martins and Robin.
| The king and queen of England near
| ly always take luncheon with Princess
Vivtoria, after which the two women
go for a drive, but return in time for
tea. The queen likes to have her init
mate friends with her for this, and in
| vitations to afternoon tea are the most
priced of all royal favors, for only
membership can procure them.
| The British soldier was given the
nickname Tommy Atkins in this
| manner: The British war office sent out
blank forms to be used with them were
| forms filed out as samples. The latter
| in the first place where the soldiers
name was to appear contained the
| name of imaginary atkins, Thomas,
private" simply because the list was to
| be alphabetical. An English comic pa
per took it up and made it famous and
the private soldier Tommy Atkins"
The following is the order of success
sion to the British throne of the de-
I scendants of Edward VII, with their
| relation to the present king: Prince oil
Wales. son: Prince Edward of wales,
| grandson; Prince Albert of wales,
| grandson; Prince Henry of wales
grandson; Prince George Edward OF
Wales. grandson: Prince John of Wales,
grandson: Princess Victoria OF wales,
granddaughter; the princess royal
duchess of Fife, daughter; Princess AL
exandra Duff, granddaughter; Princess
|
Victoria of the United Kingdom,
daughter: queen of Norway, daughter;
crown prince of Norway, grandson.
While baseball undoubtedly deserves
| its title as the national sport of Amer
lea, it is far from being the most popu-
lar of our national amusements. That
position, if figures of attendance are
accepted as the determining standard
belongs to the moving picture show,
which as a result of the craze that has
carried it over the country, daily en-
tertains more persons than any other
form of public diversion ever devised.
While 100000 persons paid admission
to baseball games in the record-break-
| ing season of 1908, the moving picture
show draws an audience of 100000
dailyy total attendance of more than
a billion year, or an average of one
visit month to this form Of amuse-
ment for every man, woman and child
in the whole country.