Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-21
ODD ITEMS OF INTEREsr


are to be built at various points benaath
the Champs Elysees. If the Chamns
Elyseos tunnels prove a success. othe,a
VIII be built in the center Of Paris ara
foot passengers will in future cros,
not over the streets, but under them
Tie scheme Of inclined planes for
peranbuators. has been abandoned
on the ground of cost. and only stair.
cases will be provided.
1t has been stated that the Vatic.r
had been approached with the view
of selecting patron saint for ayia.
tors. and that it had been Suggested
that Elijah would be an approprfat,
person The originator, remarks tba
London Globe. of the story Seems 10
have not taken into account that Ell.
jah was an Old Testament chafacter
and as such would be ineligible NJ
doubt. going to- heaven in chariot NJ
fire would have made Elijah an an.
prOpriate patron. A Paris contem.
porary suggests that st. Colombo
SHOULD be chosen. Her name alone has
much to recommend her She suffered
martyrdom under Marcus Aureius
Captain Won Ermnerik, Of the ROYAL
Dutch mail packet Van Spilberyer
recently made q clever capture after
murderOus assault on a wealthy "a.
Ion passenger while bound for Sydney
from Batavia. After the alarm had
been given he had the full crew Of
Malays lined up on deck and as be
passed along the ranks he placed hk
hand on the barred breast of each man
to feel the action of his heart. T4
blood cOursed normally through the
veins of all but one and his heart was
throbbing violently. Another mans
hands were abnormally cold, but this
fact was not considered sufficiently
strong to justify arrest. However the
first man subsequently confessed TO
the crime and indicated the seaman
with the cold hands as his accomplice
Some So-called useful hints are
amusing, and here is one from a
French newspaper. 1t is a method Of
finding the weight of a pig without
weighing it, and this is how you pro-
coed: Take tape or piece of string.
and take the chest measurement, then
the length of the animal from shout
der to tail. Multiply the chest meas.
urement by itself, then by the length
of the body and finally by So. The
result will give approximately the
weight of the animal in Kilograms
For example. if the animal is 100
meters around the chest and lis me-
tiers in length. this would give So;
multiply 1.69 by liz and We get 1913.
Finally, multiply this number by SIS
and we get 40 kilos. This will afford
a pleasant pastime FOR country folk.
especially if they try to weigh the pig
alive 1t will be observed that the au-
thor of this plan discards some of his
decimalS.
At the conclusion of 2 childrens per-
Torrance at Old Medium an elephant
proceeded along a narrow road WIN
a pail in its trunk for the purpose OF
procuring water from pump. A III
tie girl CHANGED to get in the animafs
way, and, the road being only wide
enough to accommodate his substan-
tial Lody, tie elephant laid down the
pail. picked un the child with his
trunk and gertly lifted her to a place
of safety. afterward resuming his
journey to the pump for the water
Westminster Gazette.
A recent traveller in that land of
dikes ard windmills has been at pains
to make notes of the names bestowed
bv the Dutch merchants upon their
country houses. Here are few eX-
amples translated: "Our Content
ment." Joy and Peace" Leisure and
Happiness, My Desire is Satisfied"
"Friends and Quiet" ny Wife and
l." Not So Bad" To say the least,
any one of these would seem to indi-
cate more of the genuine sentiment or
the householder than can possibly be
by the Belle Vues' and
"Cedars" of Suburbia.-Westmlnis
Gazette.
One of the latest Photographic IN
ventions is a lens by means of winch
a complete view all around the 3D.
server can be taken at once. 1t Is
known as periscope lens, and enapies
the observer to see all around the
horizon without moving. Such lens
should prove useful on board ship, IN
and in all cases where
view all around is essential. Ile re-
suit is attained by means OF clrular
ring of glass curved on the outer sur
face, and fiat inside. BY this the hght
from all sides is reflected down the
tube which carries the lens. The perl
scope lens enables the photographer
TO take a circular picture of the view
all around him. The new lens IS
British invention.
Professor Somerville's paper before
the British association on the timber
supplv shows that the worlc is stead
ily approaching a timber famine Al
ready Britain pays each year f2hooo,-
900 for wood; Germany, with nearly
twelve times the area Of forest pos
sessed by Britain, annually pays tE,-
OOO, 900 for imported timber; and al
though the United States of America
exports wood and wood products u
the value of G20,000,000 per anfum, sne
has to pay as much for imports. III
Europe, Sweden and Russia are, vi
course. the chief timber exporting
but in both cases the Vasl
inroads on supplies is seriously felt'
and exports are being appreclably re-
duced. There are, of course, Canada
and Siberia, but in Canada, at all
events wood is being used UP at
rapid rate.
Candidates in the recent Republican