Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-23
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

The Topeka Capital staff, when mas
recently moved into fine new building
in Topeka, Kan, has it's third annual
BANQUET recently along with the STATS
of the other publications issued by Ar
thur Camper. One of the features of
the gathering was the third issue o.
the capital Junior, a little eight-page
raper full OF interesting jokes and car
ICONS of the various men on the papers
1t must have Teen merry gathering
for. even to an outsider, the paper Is
full of laughter.
An Aldershot correspondent writes:
Az important change is now beA'S
made in the infantryman's equipment.
The old outnt is being superseded by
rtne new web equipment" which Is
sure to he heartily welcomed by the
men. A great Improvement has been
effected in the distribution OF weight.
In marching order neither the bandoller
nor the haverstck strap is worn, so
the chest is left quite free and breath
ing is made easier. When in fighting
kit nothing that is not essential to
action will be carried, but the bando-
lier will have to be added.-LOndoh
Graphic.
The Siberian Jews have lately been
subjected to severe repression. The
authorities suddenly discovered, says
the Jewish Chronicle, that the Jews
had no right to travel from one town
to another. but were bound to remain
in their present places of residence. For
this reason, too. they expelled from
the larger educational centerS all pro-
vincial Jewish children, thus depriving
them of all possibility of educating
themselves The Jewish political en-
lies, too, have been prohibited from re-
siding in the towns, and have been OBJ
liged to return to the villages, where
conditions of life arc very severe.
OF Andrew Carnegie, the London
Chronicle remarks: Mr. Carnegie is
not only q millionaire of milliOnaires;
he is also Scot of Scots, who, In spite
of all temptations to belong to other
nations, remains Il Scotchnal. Ever
since the fifth century, he says, Scots
men had led the world but he might
have gone five centuries further back
still and asseverated that the body
guard Of Pontius PLATE was composed
of Caledonians, the Du9ald Dalgetty5
Of their time. Such at leaSt> IS the
claim put forward by the Royal Scots
now thu premier regiment of the Brit
ish line, who are alternatively known
as 'Pont;us Pilates bodyguard.'
The number Of words in the English
language has never been accurately
estimated. 1t would be almost impos-
sible to do So, for the language is be-
ing constantly enriched by the addition
OF new words. The Standard Diction-
airy is said to contain 100000 words. and
the Century 225,O00. In his various
plays Shakespeare used about 15,0oO
words. Milton used only about half as
many in his writings. A person of cul
ture ana education has a speaking vo-
cabulary of about 5000 words; an ordi
nary person uses from 1000 to 5000
words 1t is said that every person
has three vacabularies. The largest is
the reading vocabulary, which is the
words of which he knows the meaning
and which convey ideas TO his mind
when seen in print. The second largest
is the writing vocabulary, or the words
he uses i'll written thoughts. The small
lest is the speaking vocabulary, or the
words he uses in conversation.