Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-06

Asbestos has only been in use CONNER
cially for about SO years.
In some houses abroad glass bricks are
being built into walls to take the place
Of windows.
With comet making 100000 miles a
day automobiling racing begins to look
like rather a tame sport.
A man in Missouri has asked the gov
eminent to give him new s. bill to re-
place one that his bulldog ate.
If Mr. Cannon keeps it up some papers
who quote him in full will have to come
out with asbestos supplements.
Some enthusiast has traced the histary
of the life preserver back to early Roman
times, when cork jackets were used.
Boomerangs are now made of cell
luloid and hard rubber. Celluloid is
better than cardboard because it is
waterproof, light, very hard to break
and can be worked into the peculiar
curve and twist SO necessary to give
the boomerang its singular properties.
The street railway company at Keli,
Ger, has issued a lot of cards on which
are printed instructions to people tell
ing them how to cross streets safely so
that they won't be run over by trolley
cars. 1t would seem simpler if the
company had merely instructed its
motormen to be little more careful
For train dispatching the Canadian
Pacific railroad has found the tele-
phone so servlceable that the present
system of about 500 miles of telephone
lines will be extended to 1000 miles
within a year. The company states
| that about SO per cent. more traffic can
be handled now than was possible un-
der the old telegraph system of dis
patching.
In Halmstad, Sweden, Pontas Holm
strom is about to start a spinning mill
I for making yarn out of paper. Such
mills already exist in Germany and
| France. SO far the manufacture of
rugs and carpets seems to be the best
practical use of this new paper yarn.
| 1t is said that people in Sweden, espec-
tally IN the provinces of Ostergotland.
are already making carpets with pa
per weft. Narrow rolls of PAPER tape
are used, but this, of course, is not
| spun.-London Globe.
| During the fatal illness Of King
Charles II of England there We're IA
doctors in attendance, and they dosed
/
following drugs and powders. Orange
infusion Of the metals, white vitrol
dissolved in compound peony water,
powder of sacred bitter, sirup of buck
| thorn, common detection for oysters,
rock salt, emetic wine, two-blend pills,
| byrony compound power of white hel :
| lebOre roots. powder of cowSliD flow
ers. best mama, cream of tartar. bar
| ley and liOuorice, sweet almond ker-
nelS sal anlmonac, antidotal milk Wa
| ter. mallow root, melon seeds, chicken
broth, mark of elm, julep of black
cherry water. flowers of lime. lilies OF
the valley, spirit Of lavender prepared
| pearls and white sugar candy, SIENNA
leaves, ale, strap Of cloves, Goa stone,
Rhine wine, oriental BeZoar stone and
a number of other medicines
In his first week of it he averaged less
| than Is minutes for each mile; in the
| last week more than II, and his weight
had gone down from 1876 pounds to l54.
| But on July II he joined the
Walcheren expedition in perfect health.
Capt Barclay in 1901 walked 10 miles
in 10 hours in a muddy park. In 1908
he rose one morning at 5, walked 30
miles grouse shooting dined at f. M,
walked 60 miles to his house in Ury i'll
III hours; did some business ana
walked 16 miles to dance at ball;
walked home at Z A. NJ, and spent the
day partridge shooting-in all, 100
miles. without sleep for two nights and
three days. At 20 he could lift half a
] ton