Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-15
Odd Items Of Intered

) guages.
1t Is said there are one NTH.
Egyptians who can neither read
write.
=! An investigation of the 10y wo,.
OF London shows that the news,,l
are the Eealthiest and the bakers n
so.
i New York state has 5000 unfo,~
and cquiIped citizen soldiers
Governor Hughes manages "a
!, along with staff of eighteen om.l =
4 "A government fuel testing plan,s'
been established in Canada. wits
) idea of developing the use Of pea,
fucl There are great quantitex
this material in Canada.
; About 100000 of the natives os q.
are kept busy cultivating rice. =
. eral varieties are cultivated. soma
; quiring only two months, while 9TH.
require up to six months to ripen
) NJ. Marcel Provost has been e.sc..
to the Academic Franchise in sne.sN
sion to Victorien ssardou. There ~
> four ballots, at each of which NJ. D..
Vost secured the largest numbe,
. votes.
Out of 1858 begging letters receiy.
IN London by a charitable associate.
81 per cent. were found to have Coz
> from swindlers, and Of the remainh
IL per cent. only per cent. were fou]
. to be really destitute.
farms are now to be found in mas
states which have been systematicah
cleared of cattle tuberculosis by pe,I
; sistent testing and retesting, accom-
panied by thorough isolation, remoyal
or destruction of reacting animals.
i. Consul Samuel H. Shank send fros
Mannheim a description of a ne,
German invention for driving automaI
biles. IT is so-called Hydraulic dris
ing gear" by which, it is said, the cos
of constructing car is lowered am
the weight reduced about 400 pounds
An electric heater for thawing e,
plosives is used at the Roosevelt drain
age tunnel in Cripple Creek, Colo. n
is in successful operation The cost n
this method of heating is about
cents for twentyfour hours, and n
sand to be far more economical thai |
coal
; That valuable energy which Shout
be conserved for thinking and doing n
. used by vegetarians in digestion n
> the meat eater the steer does tin
drudgery of vegetable digestion for the |
man, While q vegetarian makes N
himself and his faculties kind of an.
Mathew York Press.
| ,,-bn ,,eod =, ht,,I
the organ in the Brick church in Fair.
haven, Conn, was once asked how
much salary he received. Twelve
hundred dollars" he replied. 'TwelB|
hundred ~ exclaimed the QUESTIONED
surprise YES" replied Nat, "taI
that's for 100 years"
On its thorough trains one of TIL
eastern railroads has installed a sam
tary system OF supplying water to pad
sengers. In every car a slot machinl
is installed, which supplies paraa3
drinking cups for 1. cent apiece. III
passenger uses this paraffin vessel a
throws it away after use.
1t has been decided to remove u
notice on the pier at Yarmouth, Isle
Wight, which runs as follows: al
person going on the pier without frl
producing his railway ticket or payins|
the authorized toll or insulting or AMI
noying the pier master or any oths|
official is liable to a fine Of f5s-
London Evening Standard.
California is to try acclimating M
Kirean wild fig. The fig, growing oni|
hardy vine, on trees, trellses and|
, hedgerows to a hight of thirty feel
bears delicious fruit. Some of thI
seed has been sent to the department
, of agriculture, California state uni
versity. The fig grows wild in Kdal
and has proved of great value there
) The sofa on which Dickens died
Gadshill has just been presented
the Dickens museum at Portsmouth,
He was at work on Edwin brood ~
the evening before his death, when n
came in fatigued and after fs
words to his sister in-law, MI
Hogarth, fell to the floor. never
speak again. The couch is of rossI
wood and covered with green plush
A Bohemian tailor at Prague has III
vented a bullet proof shield for use y
the skirmisher while lying on
! ground. This shield, which wesl|
only five pounds, is made of coe,I
. position of wax and felt in which "
| striking bullets are said to STICK VINE
. out piercing. In the center OF W
shield is an opening just large enouA
to pass the rifle muzzle through.
, In the village of Polstead. SuhoA
stands a famous oak, which the recu
:, has proved by researches to De w
. thousand years old. 1t has srth
i thirty six feet, and has always yea
known as the Gospel oak, as unoel
| the first Christian missloha'@
, preached to the heather Saxons w.
! teen centuries ago Each year TINS :
4 commemorated by special sef'A
g under the tree.--London Standard
Bishop Samuel Fallows, OF the
+, | formed Episcopal church, preachihs
. st. Paul's church, Chicago, receh,',
on "The Race for Life" took occa'..
to warn his congregation against au'V
= mobile speeding LET your mou''s
ton be known to all men shouu -.
inscribed on every car, saiu u
bishop 1.-THE commercial, military a
=, other uses of the automobile are en
, less. We therefore hail its au"
, with joy. not untempered' hoNs'
; with a wholesome fear .,s
Il A decision of the court OF appeas
!, New York. in a case which gre" !,
, of a dispute over the right 10
! seat, holds that placing a ple% M,
= | nm