Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-02

speech appeared, by Gerald Richie, who
wrote: Il have no doubt whatever that
Lord Curzon was absolutely innocent of
any intention to cause offense But all
speakers on Indian subjects should real.
ize that educated Indians take the strong
est possible exception to the phrase.
Such being the case, it does seem desira-
BILE that this small concession should be
made by all who have at heart our good
relations with India and the use of the
expression natives be abandoned by
them in speaking and writing as far as
possible.
If mere man were to venture an opin-
ion in a matter wherein his Judgment Is
VIGOROUSLY unreliable, namely, the mat
ter of woman's admirableness and charm
it being, of course, your .strong-minded,
self-possessed woman of so who is the re-
liable judge of these things-he might as
sert that nowhere in life. do more attrac-
tive women exist than in the pages Of
Leonard Merrick's mastery and beauti-
full little novels. Merrick is fond of the
phrase, 1.-The nice woman and no reader
of Merrick would permit the description
to be applied to any but the type that
Merrick so magically creates. Her TEN.
permanent and her emotions are exquisite
ly feminine. Mrthful, she is and a good
deal of a Bohemian, able to enjoy the
moment for the moments sake. Then,
too, there is about her a certain esthetc
charm of manner and pose. And with
all her delectableness she has ideals and
conscience, though she never talks
about either. And these, rather than con-
ventional and worldly interests, shape
her life, leading her into heroism, which
she, being intensely natural, is not con-
scious if as such.
If we Lived in India we should eat ghee
whersstMe now eat butter Ghee is a
kind dKbutter. and it has this advantage
over the American variety: Its period of
keeping fresh is practically indefinite. 1t
is said. that ghee kept for 200 years has
beer eatable, and in good condition at the
end of that time.
Forty members of the Cleveland dental
society examined the teeth of 5000 pupils
in the public schools. and found that 80
per cent of the pupils have decayed or
decaying teeth. After hearing the result
of the investigation the society petitioned
the school board for permission to estab-
lish dental clinics in the schools. The
health officer OF the city thinks that the
of such clincs is imperative.
The women's Pennsylvania society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals has
opened % water stations for horses in
Philadelphia. The central station is
equipped for taking care of overheated
animals, and an attendant will be on du-
II there constantly. This station was
erected as a memorial to Senator George
A. Ware, and the fund that will be used
for it's maintenance has been contributed
by his political friends.
One of the most prosperous cities of
Germany is Nlremburg. and it is also
one of those which the greatest guam
tity of fresnx heat is consumed In 1903
IS. 900 pounds of fresh meat was eaten
in Nuremberg, or about 121 pounds per
capita. This is, of course. an average
of about one-third of a pound day for
every person in the city. Nuremberg is
mainly inhabited by wage-earners, and it
has been noted that they eat much more
meat &an people in the manufacturing
towns of England. 1t is said that in these
towns there are many families who do
not eat beef once a week.
Judge Strout of Bucks county (Pa)
court, in charging the jury at trial
few weeks ago. said: while many APP
overlook the fact, under the
laws ofrthis state, every game played for
a stake is Rambling, whether it is pro-
gressive euchre, bridge whist, dominoes,
checkers or dice. and is a violation OF
law. and the participants are liable to be
INDICTED and compelled to face the jury
one of the lawyers drew from
his pocket a newspaper containing an ac-
count of whist party at which the
Judges wife had won a prize. The Judge
laughed with the rest, but it is reported
he was embarrassed.
The Illinois Legislature has passed
bill which removes from the sheriff OF
Cook county, Ill (the county which IN
cludes Chicago,) the duty of providns
food for prisoners in the jails of the coun-
ty. That there was need of such meas
ure is evident from the following extract
from report of the citizens assacia-
ton: "In 1908 the inmates of the county
institutions at Dunning were fed lo'
about Is cents per capita day; Whho
the sheriff was allowed 2012 cents Gay
for feeding each prisoner in the county
jail If Cook county could have fed Inc
GAO prisoners in the county jail as cheap
ly as it fed it's wards at Dunning,
would have saved $17.50o in that year,
and if the county could have fed the Jan
prisoners as cheaply as the city OF Chi.
cago fed it's prisoners at the house Vi
correction, where the cost was 11.6 GEMS
per capita per day, it would have saVeu
nearly $4,000"
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