Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-19
Odd Items of Interest

A violin contains sixty-nne pieces,
made up in the following way: Back,
six sides, five; side linines, twelve; bar,
one; purfiings, twenty -four; neck, one;
nngerboard, one; nut, one; bridge. one;
string for tailboard, one guard for string,
one; sound post. one; strings, four; pegs,
four.
A young woman, a public school teacher
In New York suburb, has formed
| lunch club for the mothers of her pupils,
to assist them in putting up suitable
school Lunches for their children. She no.
and with the money bought their lunch
at shop nearby, As a rule(they bought
the very things they should not have.
| Maryland is the most advanced State
IN the Union in the fight against the
white plague according to a bulletin
issued by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
Inc state reviewed credit for being the
flrst to adopt practical registration law
regarding tuberculosis and is commended
Tor its anticipating laws, and the great
sanatorium which has been established in
the Blue Ridge mountains.
a law of the Kitchen has been set
forth in England in an opinion by
county judge. He holds that where the
mistress of a house goes to the kitchen
to aid the maid of all work the two are
| would not be tolerated in larger estab-
lshments. The case was that of cook
and general maid who sought to recover
months wages from her former mis-
serted that the servant always AN
swered her back" but the judge held
that under the circumstances this was
not sufficient to justify dismissal.
| When the Dowager Empress of Russia
travels-and she goes yearly to Biarritz
and to London to visit her sister-she is
picturesque uniform and when she walks
abroad they accompany her. Her jour
ney across Europe is accomplished in her
| own special train, and during her stay
at Biarritz this is housed in neighboring
Bayonne, where it is guarded night and
day by Cossacks: This luxury costs
the train is inactive. and when it is on
| its journey the outlay is. of course, very
largely characterization Herald.
Apropos of the recent visit of the Duke
| of Connaught to Italy specially to con-
| vey condonlences to the government on
| account of the disaster at Messina. a
correspondent in Black and White writs:
When, with the duchess, the duke was
visiting Papan some years ago he re-
marked to his host at table, when the
program for his visit was put before him:
thing connected with this country there
lis to see, but he added laughing, there
is one thing you can not put on your
program, and that is an earthquake
Hardly had he spoken. however when the
house began to tremble violently, and the
servants standing at the door bowed to-
Y
| the honorable earthquake" "
Sneezng has an extensive folklore in
| many countries. Sometimes the act is
| considered ominous of good and some
! times of evil. Among the Jews it has al
ways been regarded, at an appropriate
moment. such as the conclusion of
bargain. as propltious, and belief still
| fingers in many parts of the country
| that the regular habit of sneeZng, parti-
cularly after meals, is conducive to lon
gevity and precaution against fevers:
| The old English custom of saying God
bless YOU when person sneezed, so as
| to avoid evil consequences. has its coun-
terpart in many far-distant parts of the
globe The early settlers in Brazil found
| the Sneezer saluted with God preserve
YOU, while in Fiji it was customary to
retort, May you live In superstitious
SUFFOLK there is a sneezing tariff-once a
wish twice a kiss, thrice a letter and
tour times disappointment
King Alfonso is. perhaps, the young
est monarch who was ever selected to
ierce between England and Germany with
regard to the Walfisch bay territory:
The late king of Sweden-by reason of
his age, his philosophic mind and his
| aloofness from the wranSle of interna-
| tional politics-was repeatedly called upon
jesty's jurists who did the judicial work
| for him. No one expects King Alfonso
himself to study the questioMfnow sub
| mitted to him with pot ofNstrong tea
head
| "On a recent Sunday morning I con-
Quoted service in an asylum. On wy way
| to the institution I wondered whether my
fluffy, fearless chorister of last winter,
| robin. would attend / had missed him
hitherto, and feared some mischance had
| befallen. To my delight there he was
| on the upper bar of the window SASH
| Just little down from the top; and as we
began to sing down he darted to the floor
| in front of the reading desk and poured
| forth his silver treble with throbbing joy.
| On the giving out of the text he re-
turned to his perch and remained silent
| till the parting paraphrase brought him
back once more to render with full heart
his gladstone song. The Scotsman,
| One of the most curious instances of
! longevity is found in Miss Louisa Coutte-
| nays Notes of an Octogenarian." A
witness in a will case in which Bellenden-
engaged, was asked if he had any broth
ers or sisters. He replied that he had
had one brother who died $50 years ago.
The court expressed increduity, and doc
umentary evidence was produced in sup
port of the statement. This showed that
the witnesses father. who married first at
the age of seventy-five, and had a son
in infancy. The father married again at
theage of seventy-ive, and had a son
who, lived to appear in the witness box
at the age of ninety-four, and made the
above startling statement.
Some, citizens of Buffalo have proposed
new branch of the municipal govern
ment, sort of boom bureau" to do in
an official way work which the Cham
Der of Commerce now does A bill Of
:: fered in the Legislature by Senator Hill
suggestion would establish municipal
department of commerce and industry
one Of the schemes to boost the city. if
the bill becomes a law is to expend $780,
advertising the special advantages Of
Buffalo