Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
Odd Items Of Interest

of consumption.
There are 262, 600 Sunday schools in the
world, with 26,OOO,OOO pupils.
Persian newspapers are reproduced
from handwriting by TYPOGRAPHY, no
types being used.
ST. townsville, N. Y, is offering hair
cut, new necktie and a dinner to the
first man who is married in the town.
Rev. Timothy Demseys first annual re-
port of the Dempsey hotel for poor men
in ST. Louis shows that there were 1858
paying guests and S056 who received free
lodging. Over 2OOO meals were served.
The republic of Brazil is good bit lar
ger than most suppose. Minas Geraes,
one of it's states, is much larger than
Germany, but only has 100000 inhabi-
tants. Great inducements are being held
out to settlers to go there.
A small theater in Kansas has lodged
in choice way the trouble of asking wo-
men to remove their hats during per-
Torrance. Its program says that any
old women in the audience who are afraid
of catching cold need not remove their
hats.
A large wine firm once sent Lord Derby
dozen of sherry telling him he would
find it excellent for his govt. They, of
course, hoped to sell him more. He wrote
them at once to the effect that he had
tasted the sherry but preferred to have
the govt.
leopard strolled into Port Richmond,
S. l., the other day and although many
of the people who saw it realized it was
a tame one which had escaped from
-,
dog stood his ground and growled at it,
and now it's owner is trying to buy an
other dog.
M. Lepine, project of the Paris police,
has issued an order prohibiting the use of
revolving doors at all cafes, restaurants.
hotels and other places capable of con-
tanning more than 100 persons at one time.
Thousands of these doors will have to be
removed at once. The project maintains
that they are dangerous in case of fire or
panic, and that is the reason he gives for
his order
Photography is a strange profession
muses. the young man. Because it de-
velops negatives?" asks the young wo-
man with knowing look. Not that ex-
actly. But, as an example, the other day
not on a horse. you know, but just
standing in my riding outfit with my crop
held in my hand And today the photo-
grapher writes me that the pictures are
ready for me and that they are mounted"
Herald and Presbyter.
The great practical utility of the mag
netic survey made in the Pacific ocean
by the yacht Galilee since 1905 is shown
by new magnetic chart. from which it
appears that the charts previously used
by navigators in the Pacific ocean were
erroneous along some much-traversed
routes to the extent of from three to five
degrees and the errors at times were sys-
tematic Errors of this magnitude are
of Importance in practical navigation
where the indications of the compass
should be as accurate as possible.
Memphis, on the Nile, one of the great
est capitals of the ancient world is buried
beneath the ground which is now under
cultivation by the villagers of Mitrahineh,
who will have to be transferred to other
plots and compensated before the con-
templated work of excavation can proceed
very far. 1t is estimated that an eXpendi-
ture of about $4,000 annually for IS years
will be required to excavate the temple
sites apart from the city, The unearth-
ing of Memphis. which contained the fin
est school of Egyptian art, will be by far
the greatest archaeological work of recent
times, and must result in q vast addition
to the worlds knowledge of ancient
Egyptian history and civilization The
work will soon be begun by Prof. Petrie,
head of the British school Of archaeology
in Egypt.
Although the subject of mountain sick
ness has been carefully studied at differ
ent times, and reported upon by skilled
observers. the effects of prolonged resi-
dence in high localities have not received
the same attention from scientists. 1t is
taken for granted by most writer's that
after a certain length of time healthy
man can adapt himself perfectly to any
degre of altitude. Medical practitioners
resident in elevated parts of South Africa
have. however, lately cast doubts on the
ideas which are usually held on this SUBJ
ject. Observations on persons apparently
well acclimatized to an elevation of 5000
feet above the coast level frequently re-
veal a constant increase in the pulse rate,
while the examination of a number of
johannesburg school children showed
large proportion of cases of cardiac hy-
pertrophy.-London Hospital.
America and China enjoy mon
opoly of alligators.
The piano was invented early in the
eighteenth century.
There are more than 10000 vessels
In the world of one hundred tons or
more
Last year more than $4,000 children
were taught to swim at the London
public schools. s.
For the Congo smelling plant to
treat one thousand tons of copper ore
daily has been ordered from the United
States.
Japan in 1908 made 100000 pounds
of paper and imported 4S.OOO,OO pounds,
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