Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-30
GLEANINcs AND GOSSIP.

abou. the best landing places all oysr
England
Nashville. Tenr.. now has an ordin.
ance against organ grinders Gradu-
ally the spirit of real music is passing
from the South.
Halley's comet is making sensation
in China. where il is soaring the ma
tiyes half TO death. So China is still,
ahead of us in some things.
rhe minister who has given IN the
pulpit to become a baseball nmn;ra
could get it over with sooner by lust
taking pound or so of poison
A new orchid has been found in New
Guinea which is shaped like a candle
1t has a white edge with chocolate col.
ored markings and yellow lip.
One good thing about having the ex-
president on the upper Nile is that he
will probably settle soon. and for all
time, the way to spell Khartum.
There is a duck in South America
waters that is known as the steamer
1t loses its power of flight as it ma
lures. as its wings do no. grow as rap.
idly as the rest of the body.
If the Japs are really joining hands
with the Russians it would not do the
Russian statesmen any vast amount OF
harm to read up in the classics a bit.
The old quotation about the Greeks
bearing gifts is still applicable.
When Il clerk is hired by a London
stOrckeeper he has to sign an agree
mcnt that lie will not go into business
for himself or enter the employ of an.
other within a certain radium of the
shop he wants to work in within spe-
Cited period
ore of the Austrian fire departments
is experimenting with an engine that
drawn to the fire by horses, is operat.
ed by cleo tricity after arriving. The
electricity is taken from any wire
which happens to be handy, connec.
tons being made by means Of a Gable
carried On the engine. .-~
A man named Oyster has appeared in
a Washington court as a witness In a
suit against a cold storage plant It's
no place for an oyster.
The Dallas CTex) News wants TO know
why the people in the United States
don't do as the Irish people have done
for years and every family raise its own
pig and SO defy the meat trust. Can Il
be that there are no apartment houses
in Texas?
Cardinal Rampolla, in answer to a let
ter of inquiry as to the Charlemagne
manuscript which was recently discoy.
cred by him in the Vatican, says:
There can be no doubt as to its gen.
uineness. 1t is well known also that he
had often expressed himself in poetry
and a good example of his composition
and style is the epitaph on Pope Stephen
The discovered document is an elegy on
the death of his son. written in Latin.
and when found was in two pieces, the
joining of which was a laborious task"
Rubber is first known to history as
plaything. 1t was during Columbus
second voyage that Herrera observed
that the inhabitants of Haiti played
game with balls made of the gum Of
tree" Even as early as the beginning
of the 18th century, however the Span
iardS used rubber to waterproof their
cloaks, but the fact attracted no atten-
ton in the old world, and it was not un-
til the 18th century that the rubber in
dustry began. Early writer's mention an
vi thifdCltu lioHi lubDc1, "ii'h was
taken incidentally with cocoa.
One of the New Jersey representatives
in Congress. very much addicted to APP
parel of the variety known as loud.
was on his way to the capitol one day
when he encountered Senator Depew IF
you're going to the capitol" said the
senator. we might as well walk to-
oatb pnnp thprp inst vet
said the representative. Il must first
stop to see my tailor about new over
coat" THE tailor!' exclaimed Mr. De-
pew. in mock establishment why, Jim,
it has always been my understanding
that you were clothed by a costumer.-
Cleveland Leader.
The question of a canal from the At.
lantic ocean to the Mediterranean sea is
up again, or was recently, in the French
Chamber of Deputies. The naval as well
as commercial value of such a canal TO-
France is obvious. One of the deputies,
NJ. Senac, declared that ii would be
worth at least full squadron of battle
ships to the navy It's estimated cost IS
$lJOOO0.O00, with a width of l60 feet and
a depth of 81. These dimensions would
make the canal a rather close fit for the
''compromiseless'' naval vessel Coward
which the world seems steadily moving,
of 10000 tons or Whereabouts.
In a description of the use Of the NOV
ing picture as an aid to the study or
surgery the Berlin Tageblatt says: I'VE
looked with emotion upon the late never
to-be- forgotten Prof. Berkmann In fhe
act of amputating limb. and later there
was thrown upon the screen every detah
Of an abdominal operation. Other opera
tOns were shown, and then the specta'
tor saw in magnified pictures the pulsa'
tons of frogs heart and the movement
Of the stomach and the digestive organs.
Among the most interesting of the PIC
lures was the series which showed the
effect of various poisons on the heart ac'
ton
Are the senses ever vicarious? The
question is discussed in Nature by Prof.
McKendrick and by several blind men,
According to one correspondent the pop
ular notion that when a person loses ms
sight he is compensated by the gift Oh
ability in one, if not all. Of his other rae
ulties is absurd. He point out thar tno
imputation of striking ability does not