Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-12
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

OF the 100000 insane persons III l'us'ia'
10000 are at liberty
A horse eats nine times its weight III
food in a YEAR "a sheep six times
In England nearly $1O,0oo.0oo is invested
at present in roller skating Kinks.
The Romans in the time of the Caesars
experienced much trouble Win ilisi
bindings. A law was passed restricting
the height to ~ feet.
No municipality in the country IS
growing faster as manufacturing Guy
than is New York. The increase OF the
OUTPUT averages $l2o.U0o0o each year.
BROOKLYN is now planning to have an
old home week Probably all the rubber
plants in the country will be gathered
there as u part of the celebration.
Some people are wondering whether or
not Walter Wellman wishes he had his
| balloon with him on his trip. 1t wouio
| be so easy to keep it inflated
In 1908 the foreign born population OF
1876 per cent furnished 156 per cent of
the criminals, POS per cent. of the pau
pers and 295 per cent. of the insane.
| The immigration restriction league IS
| d non-political and non-scctarian orSanl-
| cation, with members from all parts OF
| the United States. Since 1894 it has led
| the agitation for the better enforcement
| of existing immigration laws, and the
| enactment of needed legislation. 1t IS
opposed only to such immigration as
lowers the mental, moral and physical
| average of our people
| Miss Amy r. Ching Of China has just
| entered Wellesley college and is going
| through a course that will equip her to
| become "A teacher in her native land.
| Her friends point to her as sclf-madc
girl She supported herself while taking
| a course in the normal school of Homo
| lulu. for which She prepared herself
| while earning her own living i'll her ma
tive land. and from two years work as
a teacher she saved enough to take her
| through Oahu college. from which she
| was graduated last summer.
| There is an immense quantity of coal
| IN the mountainous portions of Colorado
| ana New Mexico. There are vast guam
titles of oil taken from the different sec
| tons of California. In New Mexico little
or no oil is used fuel for power pur-
| poses: in California little or no coal is
! used At an intermediate point between
! these two a division will be found where
| the cost of producing power. all factors
| being taken into consideration, will be
the same whether coal OF oil is used as
fuel.-Cassier's Magazine.
| Early settlers in Australia learned
| from the blacks the legend of the bun
| yip." a fearsome creature supposed to
| dwell in the swamps and to terrify be-
| holders from time to time. Many ap
pearances of this mysterious animal
| have been reported. but in no case was
the evidence satisfactory or conclusive
| The latest story of the 'bunyip" comes
| from the Black swamp near Stawell, 20
| miles from Melbourne. The director of
| the Melbourne zoo went up and succeed
| ed in viewing the animal through a
| powerful field glass. He pronounced it
| to be an unusually large seal. The zoo
authorities have offered $50 for it's cap
| ture.
| Inc drysalter-that mysterious trades
| man-Was at the time of the great fire
| dealer IN sailed or dry meats, pickles,
sauces etc. but he no longer drysalts,
but sells instead drugs. dyestuffs. colors
| and chemicals. and even buttons. His
| changed business is due to the fact that
the grocer and the italian warehouse
man. have captured his original trade,
although they have mercifully left him
the name. There are many other bust
nesses that are equally puZzling. Proba-
| bly, most of us know what cordwainer
IS but what is an upholder and what
does he uphold? One remembers the i'm
posing "Societe Anonyme des Ramoneurs
de Paris" Which so impressed and mys-
tilted the inhabitants of Clare market
until they saw the familiar brlshes and
| Sticks which proclaim the chimney
sweeps husiness.-London Chronick,