Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-22
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

The prima nObilis. q shcllfish found
in the Mediterranean, spins a fine silk.
About IS per cent. of the world S
coal is derived from north of the equa-
tor.
India's rice crop is failure. Bur-
ma rice is going there weekly in ship
ments of 5000 tons.
\ court at Sioux City. S. D., has
ruled that it is not a punishable Of
Tense to swear at a baggage man.
The sugar consumption of the United
States is increasing at the rate of so
per cent. every 10 years.
Consul Wallace G. Bond gravely in
forms the government that warm furs
and heavy underwear "have no at
traction" for the people of India.
Tie University of California is about
to try the experiment of raising grape
fruit from trees imported from Annoy,
China. said to produce the best fruit
of the kind in the world.
The Army and Navy Journal thinks
that the department Of public defense.
or department of public security would
be not only a better sounding but a
much more descriptive name than war
department
Matanzas, Cuba. is to have a statue
of liberty. which will stand in a pub
lie park facing the harbor. 1t will be
II feet high and stand at the base OF a
bronze image representing Jose Marti.
1t will rest on granite pedestal.
The chancellor of the English eX-
chequer, Mr. Lloyd George, has made
another odd phrase. He's quoted as
telling the House of Commons that he
would as soon rely upon protective
tariff for permanent revenue as upon
tax on the British millionaire.
After four years fight. legislation
has been procured as result of which
it is expected that the trees of Buffalo
will be greatly improved by systematic
trimming and general care. Portions
of the city now without shade will be
supplied by the planting of trees.
The trip can now be made by rail,
with the exception of a small gap over
the summit of the Andes, from BuenoS
AyrcS to Valparaiso. Chile. in As hours,
and one can travel in a Pullman car
from the borders of Bolivia, on the
north. to the borders of Patagonia, on
the south.
a statement issued by the immigra-
ton bureau shows that 410.319 immi-
grant aliens arrived in this country
during the year of 1908. and that 331.-
600 emigrant aliens left the country.
BY February of the present year the
effect of the recovery from the financial
panic was clearly apparent The i'm
migrants numbered 67154 against 23.-
2s1 in February 1908 The rate of in
flux is now increasing rapidly.
John w. Thomas of Shelby county,
Ky. was an ugly citizen. He threat
ened and frightened the neighbors;
his farmhouse was his arsenal as well
as his castle; he defied the officers of
the law. and they were afraid to ven
ture upon the premises to arrest him.
He's gone now. A kinsman offered
to pay him $50 month for living some-
where else than in Kentucky. and
Thomas promptly closed with the offer.
ChiozZa Money, who sits in the House
of Commons for North Paddington, is
a great believer in the graduated in
come tax and has conviction that at
present $3.50, 600. 900 to $500. 600. 900 of as
sessable income in the United Kingdom
is escaping taxation. In a recent
speech in the House he argued that
bachelors ought to be compelled to pay
a higher income than fathers of young
| and growing families.
| Iceland is to have an art museum.
| The sculptor. Char Jensen. has long
| desired that his native country should