Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-22

| gardener whose employer was verv
sick, and the flowers on my window
sill dropped and / said to myself thew
were dead. But toward morning they
| picked up and l was sure enough tina
master was better. And the same
F., thing had happened to the flowers
had sent to his bedroom They was
dying and they came to life again.
And I know'd when those flower,
picked up that the master was better
England's airship invasion scare has
recalled to writer in the London
Chronicle an aerial specter which an
pcared long before the flying machine
had shown any signs of flying. At
Christmas time, 1912, the people of
KenitOn, in Northamptonshre were
| alarmed by the apparition and noise OF
a battle in midair, a repetition of the
| real combat which had recently taken
| place at Edgehill. This ghostly fight
was said to have been fought several
nights and witnessed not only bv the
yokels, but even by special representa-
| tives of the king, who recognized
among the fighters many of their
| friends who had persisted
A steel water tank, erected in 1863
is still in service at the Rock Island
| railway shops in Chicago, according to
the report of the committee on water
service of the American Railway
Engineering and Maintenance of Wav
Association. 1t is built of * Inch and
a -inch plates. The pitting inside is
shallow, and since the outside is now
kept we'll painted. though it was
formerly neglected. the tank is ex-
pected to last double its present life
1t is most corroded where it rests on
the timber joints One manufacturer
estimates the life of steel tanks az
five times that of wood. which he
estimates at ten to fifteen years.
The pine reaches maximum age
Of seven hundred years; the silver fir,
1926; the larch, 275; the red beech, 245:
the aspen. 210; the birch. 200: the ash,
170: the elder. AS; and the elm. 49,
Alieluia or Hallelujah Victory was
victory by the SaXons under st. Germ
anus over the Picts and Britons. The
Christians all shouted "Alleluia," and
so terrified the heather that they took
to fight.
Normandy is the apple country Of
Europe Germany is its best customer
The apples which could not be sold
We're turned into 73OOO,OOO gallons of
cider. which is the favorite beverage
Of the inhabitants of northern France.
1t was musical man who gave his
four daughters the following names:
Do-re, Mi-fa. SOFIA. lido The first
escaped with the nickname Dora, the
second answered Nifty. the third owned
up to Solly. while the youngest gen.
orally got Tiddy.
The girls of Wells college voted re-
Gently on the suffrage question. There
are 40 girls in the college: of these
only so voted, and of the so. 50 voted
against votes for women. s voted for
them with certain property and edu-
catioral qualifications. and only Is
voted for them without qualifications.
Miss Efie n. Chambers is the head
of the girls high school at Kassab.
Turkey, which is said to have been de-
stroyed by Moslems. According to
Miss Chamberss last report the school
year ended in 1907 was remarkably
successful. Fifty girls attended the
school, of whom fifteen were graduated.
These graduates either took charge of
lower schools in the Kassab district
or continued their studies at Aintab
seminary.
Goblets made of ice for use in hot
weather originated in Holland, where
they are widely used. This novelty
has been introduced in the United
States and is used at number of soda
70 In tho In nj in, the
eastern states. After removal from the
molds the goblet is placed in a sheath
Of parchment paper and kept in cold
storage. OF course. it can be used but
once and is then thrown away.--Soda
Fountain Magazine.
The famous song "John Browns
Body Lies Wondering in the Grave"
was composed and first sung at Fort
Warren. Boston, by the glee club OF
the Second Battalion of Light Infantry
in the year 1862. 1t was adapted to an
old Methodist camp-meeting tune
somewhat altered in form, and the bril-
gade band at the fort was the first that
played it. 1t soon spread from regi-
meht to regiment like wildfire.
Lord Esher, who. when president Of
the Court of Appeal. used to keep up
running fire of "chaff' on learned coun-
sci, sometimes got Roland for his
Olivcr-as when q young barrister, In
the course of argument, stated that no
reasonable person could doubt one par
ticular proposition. but I doubt 1t
very .nuch," said the Judge. The youth
full advocate, not one whit abashed, re-
piled, 81 said no reasonable person, my
lord" The master of the rolls could
only gasp, Proceed, sir, proceed.
Kinglake, the author of "Eothen,"
was afflicted with govt, and once had
fancy to try a woman doctor, and wrote
to one to ask If govt was beyond her
scope. She replied: Dear sir. govt IS
not beyond my scope, but men are.
KiEglake had little fondness for the
London Times. The paper was to him
a sort Of juggcrnaut, irresistible ana
fateful. On seeing the announcement
Of the new editors marriage, he ex-
claimed: "EIeavens! That brings the
Times into relations with humanity.