Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-01
eLEANlNes AND GOSSIP.

yorite notices One is. Don't hurry
patience wins the day. and the other'
"A smile and stick will carry a man
through almost any difficulty
There were more p"upers III England
than ,ve, at the end of January, de-
spite old pensions, the proportion
in London being the highest since MOL
according to the government return
just published. The total number oi
pauperS in England and Nales was
$50, 469. OF whom 2SS,S3l were moor
The proport ion thousand OF popu.a-
ton was "a /. an increase OF . from
last wear and oil 3 in indoor paupers.
The total in London was 133.226 pro '
portion OF rs.
There is great excitement among the
farmers anG property owners at Sack
1T lake. near here. over discovery Oh
clay that burns as we'll as coal an"
ahounds in great quantities. This clay,
when dug up and allowed T. dry our III
the sun becomes porous and hdrd a.
flint. | lighted match VIII ignite INC
clay and it burns until consumed. \
specimen of the clay has been sent To
Cornell university to he analyZed-
Monticello ~. " dispatch to New
York World.
In Gorna1y. for the first time. an
election has been set aside as illegal be-
cause a woman was not allowed I"
vote \ baroness i'll Westphalia was
entitled r. cast a proxy vote at mu-
nicipal election Finding that her
name had been left on the register. sh"
protested. Her protest was not needed,
and the election was held without her.
She appealed to the courts. They
nuashed the elect IN and decided that il
mast be held over again. This West
phalia baroness can shake hands with
tile women Of Des MoneS.
In 49,. cuba had 4 population OF ;.
A4S. $50 an increase Of 30 per cent. from
1899 Havana. the most thiclilv popula
ted province. has 53S.0l0 people. over
"neha! of the islands population lives
in the rural districts, the 1874 towns
and cities containing 5000 inhabi-
tanta, or 49, per cent of the total pop
ulation. Havana, the largest city, has
291 ,159 people. There are i,o14.S22 males
and 91409S females: the average nGm-
Der to a family is slightly less than five
and an area OF 1l.l64 square miles al
lows of an average of i6.4 per square
mile.
There is being constructed for the
structural materials testing laborato-
rics of the United States geological
survey, 4 vertical compression testing
machine Of 10000. 600 pounds capacity.
This machine. having Il gross weight of
over POO tons AMI an extreme height
above foundation of about so feet. is
III" largest ever constructed. The ma
chine vas primarily acquired for the
purpose ri testing large blocks of stone
made necessary hy the study of the
building stones Of the country. as re-
uueStcd by the supervising architect
Cement Age
The new chimney of the Great Falls
(N[Ont.) smrltc, ct the Boston < Mon
tana consolidated copper and silver
mining company was recently topped
out. This chimney is 3n5 feet in height
above the Foundation and is the largest
beth in size and capacity. in the world.
The Foundation Of the chimney consists
Of an annular mass III" circular inner
edge Of which is A feet in diameter al
thr bottom ana the octaoonal outer
boundary 10? feet across fats at the
footing level tape ring to 81 and 81 feet
diar1"ters at the TOP Of the concrete
Cement Age.
Mrs. Kate Douglass Wiegin Riggs
addressed the meeting OF kindergarten
entnu .SaStS who met tho other da. in
the New York home of Mrs j. Green
ough for the purpose of establishing
hndcrcarte;ls in small towns and vii
lagos. The SCOPE of this new kinder
cartel society will be national though
its members declare that nowhere in
the country Is there Suci, Il demand Tor
the schools as within Il radius OF l01
miles ol New York city. Richard Wat
son Glider. Nine. Maria <raus- Hoeltr
ana Rev. Dr.. David G. Wylie also made
speeches in favor of the movement
American sChoClboys arc ''siSSies"
ard ought t. he spanked If a boy is
bad don't hand him a sernonet t.
make Linn good Beat him This is
tie opinion of DR.. Nj. V. O'Shea of the
university uf Wisconsin, offered at a
dinner given ~ the Illinois congress
Of mothers. There is at present too
much refinement in the public schools
Of the CouhtrN.' said Dr. O'SnCa ."rhr
boys suffer tor the lack Of something
rough. The American boy should have
c"e"cioE and not 50 much persuasion
Sentiment shouldn't dominate ilde-
ment. \ boy ought to be made to do
things bccaus" n" knows there is force
behind the command The boy needs
20 be made to bow before the strength
that comes from sheer muscularity."