Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-11
eLEANINes AND GOSSIP.

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Policeman Ito push-cart peddler,
who has been run down by motor carr:
'Wots d. name?" "Markocynski."
"IIow d. We spell it?" IVY you esk
me? Didn't you ever vent to- school?"
Judge.
Bessie-I gave Charlie on Christmas
beautiful necktie of my own make.
Tessie-Was he pleased? Bessie-Im-
menscly. He said it's beauty shall be
for no other eyes but his own. Wasn't
that lovely of him?-Broollyn Life.
Among the sights of the city of Or
leans the house in the Rue de Tour
where Jeanne dare lived has been
conspicuous. In order to facilitate a
street widening, Figaro says, this house
has been demolished and the material
of which it was constructed has been
scattered. The facade escaped the
vandals' hands and has been removed
to another part of the street, where
it will be erected and preserved.
The statement that gas engines are
80 per cent. less liable to breakdowns
than steam engines has aroused dis
cussion, from which it appears that
many insurance engineers regard the
small gas engine as more reliable than
the small steam engine, but consider
the reverse to be true with large en-
gines. In the small machines, the gas
engine receives the best efforts of
manufacturers, while it is given much
more attention in running than is be-
slowed upon the steam engine.
They tell of an Atchison family that
will shortly move to another town that
the Old Daughter is having Il hard
time teaching them an important les
son. 81 am 49," she said, but in my
new home l want you all to under
stand l am only 49, AS the children
in the family run like stairsteps, with
no landing, this move disarranges all
the family arithmetic. and is causing
confusion.-Atchison Globe.
Some of the Chicago papers seem to
think that a few of the features of
reform in that city come pretty high
For instance, the News reports that
the cost of condemning and selling a
superannuated fire horse is $3.50,
while such animals never bring more
than 500, and frequently much less.
By way of contrast, the News says:
"Under the old system, which was in
vogue before the city officials became
stickiers in observance of all legal
formalities, the preliminaries to the
sale of q horse did not total more
than ST.
1--WE all know the value of fresh air
in cases of lung trouble says a let
ter from Davos, "but the believers in
it's efficacy have gone step further
here than in most places. On any
sunny day one may see a dozen chill
dren on cots in the open air. whore
they can look upon the snow-covered
mountains. They are not wrapped in
heavy blankets and then stuffed into
sleeping bags, as we have seen people
at winter sanatoriums. They are not
even covered with q thin blanket or
sheet There they lie. three quarters
l.aked, with not rag in the way of
d covering. And they seem to enjoy
it,
How the duke of Cumberland grew
incenscd and consequently lost his
sword has never yet been perfectly ac-
counted for A silly hoax was per
pntrated at the Haymarket in London.
January 1G. 1749 That is, it was ad-
vertised that q variety Of Impossible
feats would he performed by a con-
1GfOT-Sucn DIS SttliiIS llltp ~ huoi
bottle, etc.-and the duke of Cumber-
land Che that was the slaughterer CT
Culloden) was so angry at the cheat
(fcr nothing happened) that he drew
his sword to kill somebody, and 1t
vas dragged out of his hand by
sensible person who never returned II
to him Notwithstanding the rewards
offered for its return. which continue
to this day.
A 4S-foot express car equipped with
tanks for carrying live fish from Alton
to philadelphia arrived in Alton re-
Gently, and will be loaded with 5000
pounds of German carp and "doSfsh
for sale in Philadelphia. The car IS
the first of its kind ever built ana VIII
make it's maiden trip. The water IN
the tank will be aerated from the alr
line of the train and will be uttered
1t will be kept in motion constantly ny
air pressure and will be cooled win
ice It is said that fish thus shipFeo
will he worth Is cents pound, WINE
fish Skinned dead are worth about SIX
cents less. st. Louis Globe-Democra''