Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-24
Odd Items of Interest

Williams, crown prince of German
and Prussia, has invented and patented
a new style of cuff links. They haw
been registered in the imperial patent Of.
flee. The invention is described as doubs
cuff links with two looped buttons En-
terprising manufacturers are endearorn1
to purchase the patent right AMI ipef
ing great sale among the handles "a r
countries The Kaiser recently invente8
new brake for automobiIes
Englands House Of Commons wants
ventilation. Plenty of air is pumped
| into the chamber. and it comes through
the gratings on the f1oorss but lit CONF
| from a spot just over the bank oesf1
| Thames river, with I its III fav01
barges And the other evening amer
Der met a colleague with his handk(
| chief to his nose. You never II
what will pass inside,'' he spIutteTd
| "but you always know what's passing
outside"
Canton, China, at present is full Of
robbers. 1t is said that in some parts
the people are really afraid to go to
rest at night, inasmuch as it is certain
| that thieves will enter and rob the
| place. Accordingly some one sits up,
| while others sleep. The following 4
queer criticism of China's police by 4
| correspondent: I'VE have a policd
| force, whose work consists mostly M
sleeping at post or helping the nearby
! shopkeeper to chop wood or neigh
| boring blacksmith to bow his file
The crown prince of Germany
| fame as an inventor has been shoEl
| lived. Some time after the PARTICULAR
| We're made known in October last q
| his invention, described as double cul4
links with two Topped buttons" a hrI3
| in Saxony declared that it had mad
similar links for years without think
| ing it worth while to take a patent ou,
on them. Today it is. announced th
the prince has. withdfawh shiA
on hearing that it was CONTESTED
several other manufacturers 81
Mrs George Fs.Lowell received M
| applause than any of the other spear
ers at the recent meeting of th,
Massachusetts Press Association. Het
| address was on woman suffrage and
| in reply to a statement made by .
| speaker preceding her that the women
| OF America could get the ballot OF
| anything else they wanted. Mrs. Low
ell said they could, provided they watt
ed long enough. She reminded them
that it took Massachusetts women
fifty-five years to obtain the equal
guardianship of children, and almost
as long to get that of equal inheritancd
=
Chicago may soon have forester d
look after the planting and care d
trees in the city streets. A citizens
committee has taken the matter u1
ard is planning to ask the Legislature
to authorize such an official At 4
meeting of the committee it was urged
that special assessments to defray the
expenses of tree planting would moi
work hardship on any property hold
err. The system in vogue in New Jer1
sey and other states was reviewed
and it was shown that the cost q
planting trees forty feet apart n
every city street would be approxi]
mateIy $3.50 a year for each lot q
twenty-five feet front.
II have been ranching on an islam
for more than quarter of century
writes a correspondent of the Fu1
News. ''There are no carnivorous WIZ
animals on my island but the coyotd
wolf, and could get rid of him In
very short time and at very little et1
pense. but if / did the rabbit would
soon put me out of business. l hav1
experimental along these lines any
know what I'm talking about, and
declare here and now that, In ~
opinion, the carnivorous wild anlma
of Texas save the farmers and stoc
raisers hundreds of millions of dollar
by keeping the rabbits in check
The objection shown by the co'il
at Pekin to accept the aid of Europea
surgeons during the illness of China
late rulers does not seem to be snafe1
by the people of Hanoi in 1ndo-Ch,nA,
Here 1t seems that the French nav
established with considerable succes
a school of medicine. There are ainls
students enrolled, some studying
science from the human stanopciu
some qualifying as veterinary sm
geons, while a number of young wo"'..
have entered as obstetric stude"s
One lady who has qualified has oee
signally successful in charge OF nv
pital for the poor at Phu!y. Eight
of ten of the students come from =
chin, China-London Globe.
According to the best general ~
| mate there has been cut and utipA
in a very wasteful manner aoou.
per cent of our coniferous or pine y
| ests About Is per cent more has
wasted, leaving about SO per GEM,
the total original supply for future
! and waste OF our hardwood foies
1t may be estimated that about ~
cent. has been utilized more OF
wastefully, about IS per cent. wan s,a
without being utilized. and IN ~ III
numbers something like 20 per n
remains for future use. Durins ~
| nineteenth century, mainly, We
sumed or wasted about fout-hl'A M
our hardwood timber and aDou .,.,rssE
half of our pine timber.-'E =. 49, -
in the February National MasAss