Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-30
oDoirEMs OF INTEREST.

DIner evening t1eTe WAS DOL seat
left. A woman entered and not a man
noticed her standing apparently. Fin
ally one man rose from his seat and
offered it to the woman. She thanked
him, adding: 'You are the only gen.
tleman in the car" She was startled
by the answer, Yer betcher life ]
am, kiddo."
Or lesson reports the astounding
fact that out of total of 600 school
from I'll" different German
states, from 81 to 80 per cent. were
found to have diseased teeth and that
practically only ] per cent. had norm.
al healthy mouths. The examinations
of the teeth of the school children of
the city of Berlin showed. according
to DR. Ritter that 90 per cent. had
defective denturcs.
The annua! report Of the state wa
ter supply commission estimates that
no less than q million and a half horse
lower can be developed on the in
terror streams of New York, and that
this stored up energy is equal 70 near
ly third of all the water power now
utilized in the United States. The i'm
portant bearings of such a situation
of the state can not be ovcrcstimated.
New York Evening Post.
The new railroad which is proving
to be the greatest factor in the dc
velopment of Colorado, has required
seven years 10 build 124 miles of track,
and it has cost 81, 600, 900. which makes
it tho most extensively constructed
railway in the country. This marvel
Gus engineering feat is called the Mof-
fat road because it was built by Da-
vid II. Mofat. who came to Colorado
poor book r"ddlcr but who now
counts his money by the millions.-The
BoOkkeeper.
The new White Star line ships will
have 2 displacement Of $4,000 tons. as
compared with the $4,000 tons of the
Cunarders. They will be $40 feet long,
as against the 162 feet of the Maure-
tania and her sister ship. Although
the great White Star liners will not
have such machinery as the feet OF
Cunarders possess, they will be in all
other respects as luxurious passenger
carriers as any ships afloat. They will
have accommodations for 5000 persons
and carry crews of 600 men each.
1 GtTlldDS tIlt SiCpl'oe Nui'''''S
| Bank of England possesses is note
Of el00O, the sum Lord Cochrane pad
| rs a fine for his connection with u
fraud on the public with when ne
! really had nothing to do. He indorsed
| ne note thus: My health having
suffered by long and close conllnt-
rnent and my oppressors having re-
solved TO deprive me Of property or
| fife submit TO robbery to protect
mysclf from murder. in the hope that
| 7 shall live TO bring the delinquents
"a Observation-Disclosures" He wrote from
Tho grated chamber of Kings Bench
prison.
Tho state income OF Prussia from
public properties amounted, IN l'"S, l"
somewhat more than the total income
from taxation and from borrowings
The RAILWAYS were the largest source"
If income and netted Sl49, 155.UDo, or
about g per cent on the total lnVeSted
nv Prussia in its railway system since
the state began to buy and build ran
WAYS in 1S4S-49 Prussia derived
from other sources, from IT'S crown
forests, the leased farms, the IRON
coal notasn, salt and other mines inc
porcelain factories, banking anu 4"
variety of less important INDUSTRIES
s26 900, 600 -SCribner'S
At the Bank of England prlViles"u
visitors are sometimes shown the "io :
est known bank note for A3a" "i'ii
mo date "I9th Xber 1893. Inc Hei"
oranda written across the note SNOW
that navment was made by three III
c+o,mcnts. The bank notes OF INA,
| ner;od were printed from eilSraVeu
| mates. blank spaces being lett LOT ''le
date. the signature. the NUMBER anu
| tho amount. The watcr-mark can pc
| clearly seen and in texture anu gen
| oral anpearance the notes were wei
| similar TO those of today. IT vas ~.
nt;, 1,o7 that bank notes were issued
under s. in value. bo
Tho first recorded forgery on 'h'
| Ronl nj England was in 1888, wheh d
ivan araper named Vaughan employees
| ,o,,e men TO engrave go note. Inc
cananry was discovered and ne was
honpod. During the last part OF tnt
n;.i,taonth and the beginning OF INC
nineteenth century there were ~"
o,nitol convictions for forgery.
oohoo,master Of a country TOWN.
coreed an entire note with pen anu
ink Int he paid for his ingenuity WIN
his life The bank suffered mere or
loco through these forgeries, but t'ie
profit accruing from lost or uhpte
sentahle notes served TO baiahct Wy
losses