Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-11
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reason or other this does not sound
like mountain climbing.
Coal is Found in many parts OF New
Zealand. but the chief mines are IN
the Westport district. The coal pro-
duced there is about the best in the
world.
Zelaya says that he is going to stay
i'm Mexico as long as the climate suits
him. This is the first tip the puDlc
has had that Diaz ran the weather
bureau.
A German inventor has made boat
which will run along the roads. IT has
small bicycle wheels and queer SAIL
and is said to develop a good deal OF
speed.
The new chief of police in Chicago
has Just transferred 81 sergeants. he
SAYS that this is not a shake-up. The
cops are rather trembling for fear of
what may happen when the real
Shake-up comes.
There were 1851 volumes added to
the library of Congress last year, and
the total number of books now in the
library is 1,702,635. Among the most
valuable additions last year was set
of the great Chinese encyclopedia pre-
sented by the Chinese government.
The Queens Own, the crack Cana
dian militia regiment of Canada, of
which Earl Roberts is honorary col
onel is planning to so to the
maaeuvers at Aldershot, Eng, during
the Corlng summer to commemorate
it,. centennial. 1t has it's headquar-
te:s at Toronto.
There is a piece of pottery in the
museum at Innsbruck, Austria, which
is in the form of basin, but which
experts cannot place in regard to its
age. 1t is thought to be of the 18th
century period and shows Alexander
the Great riding in an airship pro-
PEELED by griffins.
Brazil has ordered a great floating
dry dock in England which will be
large enough to handle the two
Dreadnoughts she is building. The
dock will be the largest thing of it's
kind in the world and will have a lift
ing capacity of $4,000 tons, costing
$913,000, and taking II months to
build.
One of the features Of the winter at
Quebec is the competition for the best
snow statute made on Dufferin ter
race. Three prizes are offered one of
$50 and two Of $25 and some of the
statues are of much beauty. This
year the committee in charge hope to
set Paul Cheove, who is visiting in
quebec, to be one of the judges.
Germar scientists have produced a
product which should minimize the
casualties caused by the explosion of
spirit lamps. 1t is denatured alcohol
in the form of solid cubes which can
ne burned in special lamp by simply
lighting them with a match. The
cubes are about the size of lump of
sugar and burn with ahot blue flame
Ihey do not explode and are cheaper
than liquid alcohol
Prince bismarck once told a story of
The battlefield of KoeniggratZ. The
ola emperor, then king OF Prussia, had
exposed himself and his staff to the
enelny's fire in a very reckless fashion.
and would not hear of retreating to a
safe distance. AT last Prince Bis
lnarck rode up to him, saying: AS d
responsible minister, l must insist
upon your majesty's retreat to safe
distance. If your majesty were to be
'''''N' eiiN NiCl'iN Nouid ne OF no use
to us The king saw the force of this
and slowly retreated, but in his zeal
returned again and again to the front.
When | noticed it, Prince Bismarck
went on. Il only rose in my saddle AMI
looked at him. He understood it per-
fectly, and called out, rather angrily:
Yes | am coming But he did not
get on fast enough, and at last I rode
close up to the king, took nv foot ont
OF the right stirrup and secretly gave
his horse an energetic kick. Such q
thlhg had never before happened to the
TAT mare. but the move was success
lui, for she shot off in a fine canter"
with the object of affording parish
toner's profitable recreation the vicar
of Sturministcr Marshall CThc Rev. J.
Cross offered prizes for the best
striker at competition at a local
smithy. Competitors were required to
put IN at least four practices at the
smithy beforehand, and the competition
was divided into two classes. one for
seniors, who had to make a pair Of
horseshoes, and the other for juniors
Six seniors and eight juniors entered
and the novelty Of the competition OK
cited considerable interest among the
agerS-London Standard.
1t is estimated that the production
of blister and lake copper in 1868 from
ores mined in the United States will
be greater by about 50.000O0O pounds. or
between and 6 per cent. than that in
1907. which was SOS. 996. 49t pounds. Pro
duction of total refined new copper by
works in this country cannot yet be
given. but probably it will hardly
equal the output of 1907. which was
.032 SIG, 247 pounds.
"An example of curious Christian
name may be found" says a correspon-
dent, nearer your offices than most of
the cases you have printed. The facts are
these: The father of boy baby wished
him to be christened Thomas. The moth
er favored the name of Robert. When
they arrived at the church the matter
was still undecided. The father Informed
the curate that the child's name was
Thomas. oh, no. gasped the mother dis
tressfuly. The curate regarding the wo-
man as the ruling spirit, promptly bap-
tized the infant Ono. The grave of Ono