Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-13

bacilli of decay multiply. 1t is they which
cause the class of symptoms known as
tbilliousness.
| Only 10 per cent of the flowers Of Europe
have perfume.
France sends great quantities of cheap
jewelry all over the world.
| A galvanic cell has been invented which
generates an alternating current.
| The electric lighting industry is repre-
scented in the United States by 5,264 COM
panies and municipal plants. =
| In his first years in America Caruso
| would not eat chickens and ducks from
the butcher shop, but stall-fed and fat
ered Italian fowls in the basement of his
| residence.
An unusual means has been devised for
cooling the rooms of the Railroad Club
on the roof of a down town Office building
| A glass covering has been built above the
roof proper and over this q stream of
water is kept constantly running. The
water is drawn off in copper leaders. The
scheme has proved effective, for the
| water not only prevents the roof from be-
coming hot, but it sounds cool as it trick
les down the leaders.-New York Sun.
| Back in the archiepiscopal residence in
! Baltimore, after a long trip through the
| west the venerable Cardinal Gibbons
speaks in glowing terms of that section OF
| the country. 1.-The west is a nation of
progress in ITSELF" says the cardinal, land
the advancement in business and culture
seems to be rapid indeed The trip in the
Yellowstone region is magnificent, and
many who have not seen it can not ap-
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According to the opinion o: Mr. Thorn
| ton, who presided at a recent conference
| of the foreman tailors of London, mems
| dress will soon undergo a great change
| and the present styles will give way to
| more classic" garments. Knee breeches
and fancy waistcoats will be introduced
and the superiority of these garments
over today's long trousers and waistcoats
will insure their popularity. A Russian
nobleman who visited London a few
weeks ago said that he cared little wheth-
er the style was introduced or not, he
would adopt it. Two things We're neces-
sary, he said, "shapely calves and cour-
age" He took with him forty-eight
wastcoats made of various patterns of
embroidered silk.
In consequence of the increase of the
price of meat in Germany, the Berlin
| restaurant keepers have Unidentified
| themselves by serving smaller quanti-
| tS of flesh to each diner. This aroused
the phlegmatic German patrons to action,
and they made joint protest and band
| &c themselves together to prosecute if
| necessary. The restauranteurs have for
the time satisfied their clients by getting
| the carver recognized officially. and he
now discharges the double functions of
carver and sworn wegher. According to
a Paris contemporary, these ''trancheurs
jLres" are to be seen in the kitchens with
| carving knife in one hand and scales in
| the other, weighing out with mathemati-
cal precision the portions of meat.-Lon-
don Globe.
What's the matter with the Amerf-
can farmers that they are neglecting
| the cultivation of apples, one of the
most profitable crops that can be
| raised. While our population is rapid
ly increasing and while we are export
ing more and more of the fruit, the
production of apples in the United
States has been falling for nearly fiji
| teen years. In 1895 we raised 60,00G.00C
barrels and in 1896 69,0O0,O00. For the
| last four years the average yield has
been less than 2S,0OO.0OO In 1908 the
| crop was orly 2300O,000. In 1902 we ex-
ported only 100000 bushels; in 1907,
$780, 900 The apple is the fruit of the
gods.-New York Press.
"The men who make a living by
making styles for men usually pay lit
tie attention to summer garments, but
| devote their time to winter wear" says
a letter from Ostend. This year, how
| ever, is an exception in that respect.
| Yachting, bathing, lounging, golfing.
| tennis and automobile styles laid down
| years ago have not been disturbed, bur
| mems evening clothes have received
attention. Those who glory in being
| properly dressed and who rejoice in
the knowledge that others copy their
styles have appeared at evening par
ties in the conventional dress, save
that waistcoat socks and tie were the
same colcr as the gowns worn by the
women whom they escorted. This may
be looked upon as new idea, but it is
simply an imitation of the old calico
ball fashion, where woman makes a
| HOShlV liolii d piece VI leI uIeSS ioI
her escort"
| In a letter from Rome a German
writes: Probably the most interesting
persons in the asylum for criminal in
sane at Morlupo, Italy, are the two
men who at various times, before
Brescfs day, attempted to assassinate
the unfortunate King Humbert. Pas
sanante, the Neapolitan cook who fell
uron the king with a dirk while the
Italian monarch was driving with Ca
troll, is now about sixty years old and
totally blind, but physically strong
Until his sight failed he wrote social
istlc essays. some of which were inco-
herent, hut now he seems to have for
gotten everything and his mind is as
blank of ideas as his eyes are of sight
Acciarito. who made murderous at
) tack when the king was returning ipne
day from the races to the Quirnal, is
also physically strong and his haif and
beard retain their raven blackness. But
his mind is wreck and he never has .