Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-04

| hence. 1t is announced that the desIsn
| for the window, measuring twenty feat
| by six feet. has ALREADY heen solac.sI
1t viii contain scenes from IT'D m
| grimfs Progress" ana ..s es..,,,..'-.
cost will be 91,400. of which 1t is an.
nounced that ESQ has either been
promised or received.-New Yort
| Times.
Bishop James A. McFaul. of IN.
! Roman Catholic diocese of Trenton, /,
| another prelate who does not think
very highly of woman SUFFRAGE. In
discussing this interesting topic n.
Gently the bishop said: Most women
touay are opposed to departing from
their own domestic sphere and usurp.
ing the place occupied by men, and
men, as a rule, have so much regard
and affection for their mothers sisters
and wives that they detest anything
tending to bring women into the rough
struggle with men. After all has been
said in favor of woman suffrage and
against it, every true man and woman
realizes that the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world
Brltain's cigarette industry is of com.
paratively recent growth The pioneer
of ready-made cigarettes in that coun-
try was the late John Theodoridi, a.
Greek, who at one time served as an
officer in the Russian army He impor-
ted staff Of cigarette makers from
Odessa, and set up an establishment in
Leicester square, London, in 1851. All I
the early cigarettes introduced by
Theodorid had card mouthpleces fully
an inch long, following an old fashion,
still prevailing in Russia. He after
wards produced a cigarette with one
end turned in, but without mouth. |
piece, and this was the first approach
to the present form CT cigarette, which
however, was not evolved until lSsa
when another Greek started shop IN |
Regent street and sold cigarettes as
thew are now known.
Castro is receiving much attention at
the hands of the Paris press In the
form Of anecdotes, all of which aim TO
make him ridiculous. Many of the
stories are palpably imaginary. Among
these published in Figaro the following
under the mead. "EX Libris Castro
has been widely circulated: 1.-The Ven
ezuelan wanted library for his WIZ i
and bought one. To house 1t ne mad a.l
great room on the ground floor htted /
with shelves and gave orders ffat the
big books be placed in rows on the low
er shelves, the merium sized books over
these and the small ones high up. Inc
cabinet work was finished ana Inv
books were unpacked. Then it was as
covered that the big books were 'oo
tall for the shelves. Did Castro can III
his carpenters to rearrange the Woou-
worko No--not he. He simply cut tho
books off to fit and there they are.
When the Sultan came to the luik'
ish throne in 1876. succeeding his INSANE
brother. the Turkish empire ex'enueu
to the Danube, and its suzeraihty Wa
a political factor of consequence
Roumania, far across the nortne'n
bank of that great river. Bosnia aN
Herzegovina, now part OF the na .".
trian empire. We're under the eheeu,s
sovereignty of Turkey. There was ~
independence of Servia. there was Nv
prlncipality of Bulgaria and even NV
untamab,e mountaineers OF Mofte''
gro acknowledged the Turkish iuN
The frontier between Turkey o..
Greece extended substantial distaN.
farther south. while the oau.o.
range of mountains was the hol"',
boundary of Turkey in Asia Aaoeu
this, Cyprus and Crete were u'lu'spu ,..,
Turkish possessions, and the oa"aa
was the acknowledged oVerioiu
Egypt and the Soudan. 100
The following story is told OF NV
Ger. Andrew Jackson got his 1it'e :
"Old Hickory" Capt William AiH.
who was a near neighbcr of the GEM.
messed with him during the Greek -
During the campaign the soldiers ~
moving rapidly to surprise the in" ,s.ch
and We're without tents. A coiu We a,,h
rain came on, mingled with sleet, WIZ" VIZ.
lasted for several days. Genera -.
son got a severe cold, but did HUI .sar
plain, as he tried to sleep IN u liz ,,,sr
bottom among his half-frozen soio'e,s
Captain Allen and his brother Jon.
down stout hickory tree, peeiou ~
The bark and made a covering lo'
general, who was with difhculS Ia
susded to crawl under 1t. Inc ~
morning a drunken citizen entefeu
camp, and. seeing the tent kun ~
over. AS Jackson crowled iIr" oMf
ruins, the topper cried; "Heho' sM
Hickory! come out of your Darn
jine us in a drink" !, *
Custom DEGREES that gold w" at
at the very least, silver. snaii ~ ship
under the mainmast of each new =.
launched. The coin bears the "% ,.,,d.
the wear when the vessel Is conp'. .sho-
fact well known to collectors
keep an eye on ships that are hkeI ~,
be the depository of numisma'io ~
Thus at Liverpool, some years $500
derelict Yankee schooner was u'vs m
for a song, yielded an 1904 do,'a sit4|
rarest and most eagerly soush. .oadaJ
of all American coins. 1t sou s,ortb
for e1,5O0 (s6,OOO), and would pe "ort.
to-day at least double that sum- w
was in perfect preservation, .ar1,t
rested in its cotton wool. wad ~
the hollow stepping of the mas ".,t,ds
the day it was first placed III p..ie1l
It's recovery was the result OF io
and business enterprise comDlns W
course, with special knowledge r.
passinr the worthless hulk on ~. ~. z
of the sale noticed the date, - "a
her stern and rightly guessed tN sollSr|
might likely be the bearer OF $500
of that year.--Lewiston lMe'l 49,