Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-17
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.

There is about one COW " wa -
nersons in the United states.
Speaking of the announcements Wy
I scientists that people may pecoilie e
ergetic by eating raisins, the clilcas"
Record Herald puts in the coIiiliiei''
| that the trouble is that most OF t'e
energy produced by eating falslns I'D"
| tn he expended in removing the seeuS.
rhare is a concerted movement OH
| the mart of the press of New Bruins
wick to attract settlers to the VACANT
| lands of the province, where the pfoo-
| lem If the abandoned farm is proving
difficult of solution. 1t is salo that
th,re are more than 1000 vacant farms
| in tho proyince available for settle
mcnt and the land is fertile and cheap
freed by a COW moose, Massachu-
setts man started to play phoncsraph
and the moose thing was just SIN sec
onds humping over Two barns ana ioui
havstacks and losing itself IN tne
woods. We know exactly no" the
moose felt about it. and nothing put
| the speed laws prevented us from taN-
| ing a similar hike on no less than 2ooo
different nS.-Philadelphla Ieie-
graph.
The passage of large log RATS IN the
Pacific and the rivers emptylng INTO IL
| is rendered SLOW and difficult by the
dead water which follows these great
floating lumber piles. This subject mas
! been given some investigation WIN
the view of eliminating the drag ana
facilitating the passage of the rats. III
| is no uncommon sight, to see small :
boats moving along in the wake OF one
| of these RATS without any tow what
ever. being carried along by the dead
water with the nose of the boat up 10
| the rear log of the raft.
II is remarkable" said a treasury
employe recently. chow many counter
felt copper cents come In, especially
when one calls to mind how little pro-
fit there is in making them. OF course
as they are of such small dencmin"-
tons. they can be passed without
much chance of suspicion being arous-
ed as few people trouble themselves to
examine a penny. 1t has been found
that most of the counterfeit pennies
are made by Italians in New York city.
and they put them into circulation to
great extent through peddlcrs and
small storekeepers. '-Cbristlan Herald.
The use of smoke helmets and similar
the common thing in the large cities
and there are many styles OF apparatus
for the purpose. Generally speaking.
they are built on the same principle.
that Of purifying the air before it is
hroathed by the firemen either by sup
plying the missing elements from
tanks under pressure or by filtration.
new idea based or supplying fresh
air from a distance has been recently
patented 1t consists of a pair of bel
lows mounted on the coupling which
connects the hose to the hydrant. the
bellows being operated by water
wheel at the same point Fresh air is
thus pumped through an auxiliary pipe
following the hose to the mask which
is worn bv the fireman
Hong Kong with it's luxurious hO
tells it's prncely clubs, it's rich and in
f11ental banks housed in splendidiy
CONSTRUCTED buildings. it's shipyards
and craving docks able to care for the
largest vessels. it's miles of warehouses
bursting with wealth, it's pellow-saileG
fleets laden with silks, tea, sugar and
precious pcrcelains: it's commerce al
most as great as that Of New York: its
botanic gardens hung amid delightful
villas overlooking a harbor that is Il
city in itself and that floats 10000 sail:
Hong Kong with it's wonderful temples
of ornate teak roofs. lis idols of hun
dred sects. it's French cathedral. its
forts, garrison and naval life; its Hap
py valley race course-all at the end of
white man civilization. Supreme
from the peak on which it rests in
wellbred aloofncss, it looks askance at
sordid Asia. whence it sprung.-Har
pers magazine.
OF all the orders bestowed on women
of nobility. none + more coveted than
the order of Louise. The only women
in England who are privileged to wear
this distinctive emblenn are Queen Ma
ry and the duchess of Argyll. Three
years ago the honor was conferred on
them by Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany.