Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-19
oLEANiNes AND GOSSIP.

terests will soon be in control of the
railways of Guatemala.
Nearly all of the finest automobile
machines are driven by direct con-
necte6 electric motors.
About "a out of every 100 tons or
coal mined in the United Kingdom is
exported.
The full equipment Of the japanese
soldier in winter weighs So pounds,
and in summer &C pounds.
In Dumfermline, Scot. the co-opera-
tive society does a yearly cash business
of 81. SOC. 900 and its membership num-
bers 1858.
Russia ranks third among European
countries in the number of cotton spin
dies. More than S,O0O,0OO are now be-
ing operated.
For use in manual training schools
n Wisconsin man has patented tool
chest which may be converted INTO
work bench by clamping it to the top
of two desks.
Public ownership gets bigger and
bigger grip on Australia. Last year
there were 637 miles of railway owned
bv private companies. but operated
for general traffic. There were 1851
miles of government railways open
for traffic.
Scottish mariner claims to have
invented an automatic steering DEVICE
' operated by electricity from compass
IN hold a vessel in determined course,
but nermitting the helm to be moved
in the ordinary way when necessary.
The egg cups imported into INDIA
at one time all came from Great BRIT
ain. The Indian eggs are. however.
very small. and the egg cups old iiot
fit A German traveller noticed TINS
small item and got his firm to make
smaller egg cups and export tnem
+here. All the trade is now IN Ger
man hands.
Pell street reports that among the
Chinese the most popular translatlons
of European and American books are
"Camille." Treasure Island Robin
son Crusoe," "Sketch Book Uncle
Toms Cabin" "Ivanhoe.'' Dawn,
.0The Talisman," "Manon,' "I.cscaut
"Arabian Nights" sherlock Holmes
and several Of Dickens's.-New York
Press. 4-I
prof. Ignacio Quesadas has organized
an original fiesta for the centennial.
The workmen in different parts OF thls
city will sing the national hymns OF
nations friendly to Mexico. Ihe ia
| horers are to sing these hymns in the
language of the country to winch 'ho
hymns belong, notwithstanding the
difficulties that they will have to en-
counter in trying to learn those 1or-
egn tongues.-Mexican Herald.
Lambeth "Old" church has numerous
historic monuments. and in one OF the
windows is the full-length figure of a
neddler with his pack. staff and dog.
This is supposed to represent the un-
known person who presented "pedd'ers
acre" to the parish upon condition that
his portrait and that Of ms beloved
canine companion should be preserved
in the church and that his dog should
ne buried in consecrated ground.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Coleridge must be added to the list
of authors who have found inspiration
in dreams. for he himself has told US
that he composed over 200 lines OF
"Kubla Khan during sleep "f three
hours. On awaking he wrote down the
fragment now existing, but the inter
rrptiOn of q visitor baniShed the rest
from his mind. The first idea Of Iht
Ancient Mariner" too. was suggested
to the poet by a dream of his FRIEND
Cruikshank And Kipling's "Greatest
story in the World" was but the half
remembered dream of a commonplace
younp man.-I.ondon Chronicle.
Among curious remedies for seasick-
ness is that which is popular among
the mariners in the Levant-the daily
Of
tained by the simple process OF scrap
inc If off the anchor or anchor chain
But this is only part of the treatment.
for small pouch containing roasted
salt and flowers of thyme must be tied
upon the abdomen as firmly as can
be borne. this being considered to
countaract the effect of the internal
disturbance caused by the rolling of
the vessel. Known to the ancient
Greeks as ''thymian salt the prerar-
alton has at least the authority of old
age. while its efficacy is not without
modern testimony. And the belt is
better than the salt, and the faith bet
ter than the belt.-T.ondon Chronicle.
Baseball follows the flag. In the
Philippines. it seems that baseball Is
not an insignificant factor in our ed1-
cational scheme for it gets into the
government reports among Nature
studies and manual training. We
first got hold of the .LOlo boys through
baseball" writes one teacher of TIL"
young untamed MorOs. "I have al
ways found baseball good way to in
terest the children in the schools"
writes another. division superintcn-
dent informs the Philippine commits
sion that "baseball is doing more than
anything else to enlist The sympathieS
of the inhabitants. Among the boys
it engenders a spirit of perseverance.
determination. Of struggling against
difficulty and opposition on.''-Scribner's