Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-10
GLEANiNGs AND GOSSIP.


A man in Pittsburg appears to have
laid himself open to sentence or 24o
years in Jail. He will probably not
serve the term.
A Chicago jury commissioners says
that a man who is accustomed to take
tips is not the right sort OF man to
serve on jury.
A young girl in New York married
a man a few months ago who won her
by tossing a penny for her with his
rival. Now she is suing him for nom
support.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says that
if all the damns Speaker Cannon scat
tered down the Mississippi could be
supplied with locks the problem would
be settled.
The astronomers seem much worried
over the yellow veil about Mars.
They seem to forget that it is election
time and that the Martians may have
political trouble of their own.
The prisoners in the Arkansas peni-
tertiary do not seem to be having
very hard time of it this fall. The
warder has ordered that they DC given
pumpkin pie four times a week.
Someone has written to the New
York Mail that it is impossible to get
a good apple, ice cream that it fit to
eat or real maple syrup in the city
SO the country has some advantages
after all
Cleveland appears to be much Wor-
ried because the lioE cages IN her park
have been condemned as unsafe But
it is hard to understand her nervous
ness. She has nc lions to put in the
cages.
A man in ST. Louis broke his collar
bone last week while trying to get up
in a street car SO that woman could
take his seat. These Westerners are
always taking chances by trying new
things.
All people who are on the streets OF
Chicago after midnight now are eX-
pected to be able to answer questions
put them by the police. But wheth-
cr or not they can answer them IN
telligibly is another question.
The report that Hans Wagner wont
play ball next season isn't creating
half the amount of talk it would have
if it had been started 4 couple Of
forgotten who this Wagner man is.
The Swiss railroad officials have
started a campaign against big hats
because they take up too much room
in the cars. In future all mats over 70
inches in diameter will be classed as
"wheels,' and women who wear them
will have TO pay extra for taking them
in a car.
A man in Nebraska recently brought
suit for divorce on the ground that ms
wife went through his pockets every
night and only left him IL cents to
spend on himself The court held that
a woman has a perfect right to do this
unless She first intimidates her Vie
tim.
A New York man started out the
other day to see if he could get LIN
coin penny He walked down Broad
way and bought 20 newspapers from
the paper boys, paying a nickel for
each one and getting, four pennies N
change When he came to count up
he found one Lincoln cent among the
50 he had Then he went over to inc
subtreasury and asked where all tile
Lincoln pennies We're. The otflclalS
asked him the same question, and sad
that 100000 of them were around
somewhere.
During the campaign the question oil
woman suffrage was much discussed
among women pro and con- and at an
afternoon tea the conversation turned
that way between the women guests
"Are you a woman suffragist?' asked
the one who was most Interested. IN
deed. | am not replied the other
most cmphatically. ooh, that's too
bad, but just supposing you We're.
whom would YOU support in the pres
ent campaign" ''rhe same man I've
always supported, of course was The
apt reply,-"my husband"
Olive trees live 1900 years. Some trees
on Mount Olivet are 5000 years old. The
largest olive ranch in the world is in Los
Angeles. Cal, ten times bigger than any
in Spain. Olive groves in California were
planted by Spanish fathers several hun
bred years ago.
zone regularity of melancholia,' said
the specialist sis that the victim of it
actually enjoys the dependency and often
doesn't want to be cured. I once told a
young woman who had this disease that
she must be careful of her digestion and
eat nothing fried. After that she tried to
eat only fried food. Not only did she in
sist on having her potatoes and meat
fried, but didn't want to eat bread unless
it had been fried in a lot of grease"
The east is the east. Here is an 'im-
rerial decree" from the capital of China:
I'm view of the Importance of the offices
and appointments of Grand Secretary Ma
Tung who is in mourning for his parent,
his incumbency of such is ordered to be
changed to an acting capacity He is COM
manded to attend to his duties as usual.
after the expiration of a hundred days
mourning and is earnestly desired to at
tune his feeling of flial piety with his
faithfulness to the state, so as to satisfy
the thrones reliance upon him"
The Burschenschaft Blatt, in an arti-
Gle devoted to the forthcoming Leipsic
University celebration, publishes the
students Debt Restrictions which were
in vogue in 1922. According to this a stu
dents debts were limited as follows: For
books, $12; music and musical instru-
ments, 81; writing material, 81; wearing
ia1 oil ;.