Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-10
GLEANlNGS AND GOSSIP.

The great Dumas never set foot on the
island of Monte Christie, THAT dot in the
Mediterranean where he placed his hero
Edmond Dantes, as a prisoner. He never
saw the islet, except when he was rowed
around it by hired sailors. But its very
isolation led him to make the unapproach-
able rock the prison of his Able Faria
and his Dantes.
Prince Rudolf Liechtenstein, first lord
chamberlain to the imperial court, who
died several months ago, left mysteri-
Gus legacy to the Vienna academy OF SCI
ence in the form of a sealed case or 90
cuments. They were understood TO De
of great historic interest, but the seals
are not to be broken for so vars. For
many years the prince was intimately
connected with the court and the family
of the Hapsburgs.
Admiral Evans takes pessinistic view
of the future of the Panama canal He
sees very little revenue in prospect, ana
apparently he holds the view that unless
the canal be declared free to all naVl-
CATION, it will succeed in attracting only
a limited amount of shipping. He seems
to he of the opinion that it cannot posi-
blv charge sufficient toll at least during
the early years of its operation, to pay
the heavy fixed and operating charges.
A modern highway. 275 miles long.
through the short grass country" in
| western Kansas would not only prove an
Illuminating object lesson for the entire
state, but for all the country as well.
| The people of western Kansas have
started a movement to afford the world
| i,, I,,,,1
From Newton to the Colorado line it is
proposed to construct continuous boule-
ward along the Arkansas river and call it
the new Santa Fe trail."-kansas City
Times.
"A part of the Nobel prize, which was
awarded to Selma Lagerlof will be ap-
Piled says the Times of Stockholm, ito
| the purchase of a house on the Marbacka
| estate, where she was born. This is sit
| uated beautifully near the banks af the
| river Mellaufrykan, its main building be-
ing the old homestead, which is severely
plain in architecture, but large and COM
Portable. 1t came into the hands of the
family through her grandfather, who
! was a regimental clerk. At his death it
was inherited by Eric, whose children
|
estate passed into the hands of strangers
from whom the Nobel prize winner will
rescue it, and her joy at being able to do
so is shared by her countrymen.''
| William Watson's alleged vagaries recall
stories of William Blake, the contempor-
! airy of Charles Lamb Blake dined with
prophets and held converse with archan-
gels. a friend of Blake called on the
poet-painter land found him sitting, pen
Gil in hand, and drawing a portrait with
| all the seeming anxiety of man who is
| conscious of having fastidious sitter.
| He looked and drew, and drew and
looked. yet no living soul was visible.
| Disturb me not said Blake, in a whis-
| per, L have some one sitting to me-
| Sitting to you. exclaimed the astonished
| visitor Where is he? / no one
But 1 see him. answered Blake, haughti-
ly. There he is; his name is Lot; you
may read of him in the scriptures. He is
sitting for his portrait -
Although the use of telephones in mines
is not of recent origin the advantages
are, perhaps. hardly really appreciated
until they have once been tried. Proba-
, bly, at no time in the history of mining
. has there been a greater demonstration
of the great need of telephones in mines
than at the Cherry coal mine disaster.
How many more lives could have been
saved had the mine been fully equipped
: with telephones is entirely problematical.
, but it is certain that the number would
have been greater had opportunity been
afforded for communication between the
reseuers and the entomhed men.-Phila-
delphia Record