Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-28

thropolOgic studies, the influences u
city life tend toward a decrease of NIL
man stature. It is away from the larsI
cities that the beneficent effects of u
general amelioration of social cosE
ditions and Improvements in hygie
of modern times most clearly manife
g, themselves by distinct increase of 81
ture. The increase has been mark
among several of the tEurnpeaH r.
during the last half-cfntuf4
the people are subjected
fiuences the gain is less
| On the many million dnllaf&
| buildings owned by thGy4{414tef
no insurance is carried. The kH1g4 -
| has spent $40. 600 in buf1d&tgss "a 4
zone, which amount takes no account d
the value of the buildings purchased tn
| the French, both in the canal Zone
| the republic of Panama. nor value "a
property in all the buildings. inciu
| the large amount of stores. How
the canal fire department has beee
| veloped to a high state of emcfe0f
| The temperance wave which b.
| spreading slowly through the South.
| now looks as if it were encroaching d
Northern territory, has quietly captws
| an important department of Yale. as
| shown in the vote for the favorite drn&
/ by the members of the senior class of III
Sheffield Scientific School. Water is
easy winner with rs votes: and the oltg
| other drink which received any votes 6
| all is milk, which was the first choice q
| forty-two members of the class. accord
| ing to the Journal-Courier of New Hs3
1 ven.
| the South comes from Lula, Miss III
| log is seven feet in diameter and twelr@
| feet long. and will cut 800 feet OF lum}
| ber The log is so big that it will haY
1 ry,,tf To M mil
| Memphis has the capacity to cut
| Cottonwood trees are said to grow nor&
rapidly than any other kind of trees
| the country. Their average growth
fore the tree from which the log VI
cut is believed to be 1886 years ODD
| Memphis Commercial Appeal,
The English suffragettes held q socl1
which IT was forbidden to talk politid
Anti-suffrage wax works by Miss Ham
| ilton are described as the event Of N
entertainment. The ideal wife Wa 3spni
bands supper with one hasd
dafned a sock with the ottaF&
rocking the cradle of triplets E4kn5
foot, reading Mrs. Humphrey MAJ
est novel, and besides hav1n& Hef
most elaborately arranged was Eee
| a huge merry widow hat. sA,
There is more than one way To- ~
cat Also there are severaf htpsa1
| q
around an obnoxious law. Chitsss
| aldermen have voted themselves an q. y
| crease in pay of $500 yea. piacing "
| figure after April 1 at 5000 This WI
| affect only the new aldermen 70 pc e ere
who are barred by law from any M
| crease during their terms of once. S aIJ
not left out in the cold. A pro '!Sio On 'naI
they shall have $500 year for pflvat1
secretaries" has been adopted.-New Yorl
Tribune ,
The New York Chapter of the Dangh1
ters of Indiana recently adopted hanI
whose home is in the lower East oiueX
The cbapter has pledged itself to see thai
the child is supplied with certined mii4
and other necessaries OF Ire curing
infancy, and when it gets old enough 81
industrial training. Miss Mary G. HAY
the president of the Daughters OF lnolahd
which has heretofore been My sciaI
organization. Now the members decias5
they will enjoy their social Eau gaaher rnrt
more if they have some practical wIrs|
to which they can devote their surpiu'|
time and energies. - has
It is said that Limedale, Ind, has|
had a democratic postmaster TOT II
years for the simple reason that the,,|
is not a republican in the town.
can't be true. Some republican "ouM|
have moved there years ago TOT a'|
job. ,.,a|
"What this town ought to have, Saiu|
the man lust back from London, is
watercress market. Greatest cure 1or 81
kinds of stomach troubles you ever 90.
Over there they have regular p'as.
where they sell watercress early IN '..|
morning. I've seen all kinds OF peopa
buv portions of watercress and eat
with a bit of bread right on the spot
| They saw 1t Is an infallible cure Tor aH'
stomach ailment." New York sun.
Rr. Doche, French army. says 'ns'|
spawning is really the cause OF sun.
oyster poisoning in summer Spawh'As||
oysters are sometimes called miiAy
Their juice looks something ike INN
Doche says this milky juice holds poison'|
which the oyster throws off in spawn
ing. He tell of the violent poisoning III
a number of soldiers from ea'A'
milky" oysters Dread of summe. =. ..u
tiers is practically universal. and Inc
months" is a safe saying. !.
Twelve years ago Prince BueloWz
peor man. He retires from the once y.
German chancellor w..n large piisa
fortune and the rank of count ana pm.
On the day the kaiser gave him the 10 a..
! ter title Buelow was notified tnal -.
share of the estate of 4lerr Godfrey, u,'
wealthy sugar merchant of Hamou = !
amounted to s1.s75Ooo. Herr Godfrey no.
never met Prince Buelow, but had pecohs !
interested in his public career ana i'''
him this fortune. :,
Nothing more impressive couio :
written upon habit than Is fouhu -, .
William James's discussion OF It's e, -.
cal and pedagogical Importance IN ~,
.I sociology" We are spinnins ~ :,
own fates, good or evil, and never ~ :,
undone," he says on the last pas ,,.s,
the brilliant chapter. every sniai's -.
stroke of virtue Or of vice ieas Dir
never so little scar. The drunn. c,,ses
Van Wirkle in Jefferson's play ,his
himself by saying, I won't coun' .. =
time. Well! he may not coun. :. !.
kind heaven may not count III Du, owa
being counted none the less. ~,
among his nerve cells and npels .;a :
molecules are counting it, regis'e,,n
and storing it up to be used asam a.
him when the next temptation CON-,
Nothing we ever do is. in strict s.'e''
] tific literalness, wiped out.