Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-03-26
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

| The deserts of the earth cover ABOUT
| 4,1S0.000 square miles.
A complete set of British birds eggs
| is worth about $1,000.
The horizon is a little more than lo
miles away if one stands 10 feet above
| a level plain or a lake. tqr f.rs
Success says that it is very easy TO
save money. Maybe. It's hard enough
| TO get il to save to satisfy most OF us.
The coal dealers in New York say
that the coal consumers in that city
during this winter will total about A.
900 900 tons, or a ton to the person.
Roosevelt got out OF the Sudan
without being mentioned as a possible
candidate for the srdarship anyway.
| The Egyptians have been slow for
many centuries.
King Albert of the BelgIans has the
distinction of being the only royalty
| who has served an apprenticeship as
newspaper reporter. For four years he
was the regularly accredited marine
reporter of d Belgian weekly, and III
| the pursuit of his duties Travelled
through most of the countries of Eu-
rope. visiting the shipyards. The
| incentive behind it all is q deep inter
| est in the maritime future of Belgium.
| London Opinion
Many amazing sounds have been
heard in various Parliaments, and it is
not so very long ago that the barking
| of dogs. the meWing of cats and the
uuacking Of ducks were upon occasion
heard in our own House of Commons.
| 1t is rather curious therefore. that
yesterday is said to have been the
| first time that the shout of "Pfui.'
was raised in the PrusSian Chamber.
| II is a sort of combination of the Eng
| lish boo" and the French "Conspuez''
| and is singularly pressive.-London
Globe.
Have YOU ever heard your blood?
Have you ever put one of those large
sea shells to your ear and heard what
| the children say is the sound of the
sea. the music OF the waves? Well.
| that is really the sound of your blood
| as it circulates-echoed i'll the empty
shell You can hear it sometimes
when your head is on pillow. but it
| does not sound SO musical then, Try
the shell at any time and you will find
| that your blood is always flowing.
Stick your thumb in your ear and lis
| ten. That is natures way of constant
| ly carrying the nourishment from well
digested food to every part of your
body.--New York Press.
Experimenting with the boil weevil.
a Texas farmer caught a lively one
| and placed it in water where it would
| freeze to death during the night Next
morning he found the water had froz-
eli solid and the weevil was in the
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| lated himself on the discovery that
cold would kill the weevil. But when
| the ice melted the bug walked around
as lively as before freezing, and that
farmer is convinced that freezing is
not the proper means to eXterminate
the insect. He threw the weevl into
a hot fire. and at last accounts was
| watching to see if it would come out
lalive.-Centervillc (Tex.) Jeffersonian.
Anyone with the price can do as
| Gaylord Wiltshire did-go to Inyo
county. California, and stand on a
| mountain of gold and silver ORE" said
a mining man. Every one of my age
| in the business" he continued, knows
about that mountain of gold and silver
are. The late Senator Stewart and
ex-senator Jones. both of Nevada.
spent millions trying to get gold and
silver out of that ore at profit. That
was the famous Panamint mine opera
| ton. Jones and Stewart and others
| lost every cent they put into the deal
The gold and silver are there. sure
enough. but the rock is 'rebellious' to
a degree that the science of mill men
and furnace men has never been able
to overcome" New York Sun