Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-08
eLeANINes AND GOSSIP.

Now that Typhoid Mary" is safe
the health authorities should lock up
Bronchitis Bessie and La Grippe
Gertie"
Russia is going to have an industrial
exhibition in London. this summer in
the hope Of increasing her trade with
England
They are rather reckless in TIE way
they do things in Spain. They mix
shoe backing with wine instead of
with water.
The viii of the Chicago millionaire
income Of So cents a week has been
set asiGe after five trials.
Some way or other the Chicago pa
pers have not referred to philadelphia
as the City of Brotherly Love or the
Sleeping city during the past few days.
Quite the novel thing to do in Paris
now is to have a big christening party
for your daughters newest doll.
Strange that New York never thought
of this.
\ Cleveland minister says that
wOrkingman should not get less than
$500 n year, and that no man working
on salary has a right to marry on
less than $500 a year.
A Harvard professor has made the
statement THAI Il man can live on ~
cents day, bet the Chicago Tribune.
thinks that he must nave been MIS-
quoted and what he really said was
that a man could live a day on ~
cents.
| One of the English papers says that
Il school teacher carefully explained
the meaning of the word ability to her
pupils and then asked them what word
would express it's opposite. One bright
child Immediately said nobility.
Once in a while some strange fruit
is brought into this country. A Gus
TOMS Inspector at New York the other
day found an orange in mans pocket
ana in the orange was a pair OF dia-
mond erriugs two jeweled lockets and
n watch chain.
Mavbe Chicago will make Boston
give Ut it's proud title of the modern
Athens" before many years. One OF
the womcn's Cube in the Windy City
hos decided that there is no longer
such q thing as working girl.
She is "a young lady employed.
Abyssnia may in time be developed
into a good deal of an agricultural
country. Sugar cane, cotton ana rup-
Der can be grown in the valleys, whlie
excellent pastures and fine corn ianos'
such as are found in England, are
common in the hills.
One of the Paris papers says that an
American girl living over there can
sing a soprano and tenor duet, ana the
Cleveland Plain Dealer THINKS that she
should he given a part in ''Chantecler
because she can probably crow ana
cackle at the Same time.
Jeffries. the prize-fighter, has zone
his best to elevate the tone OF the
American stage during the winter, anu
| II is another case of virtue securing
Iits lust reward. He made $So,ooo on
his theatrical tour. Most any one
| woul6 be willing to let johnson hex
them for that sum.
| proaa made of cottonseed -four has
been exhibited in Chicago recently and
is said to look much like Boston brown
broad The -four was made in Texas
and costs $50 a ton. The people down
there appear enthusiastic over II anu
want it doomed as SUBSTITUTE ~.
wheat flour.
Melbourne, AuSlIdlid, has i'>'>A
any real fighting, but used to think
that the Russians had designs on ne,
harbor because a Russian fleet had
been there taking soundings and max
ing observations. Those were III 'iie
old days, however, and Aus'ra'ia
hasn't many fears now.
During the first so years of the oio
American navy the mortality OF naVal
officers resulting from duels was two
thirds that resulting from naval en-
ga gements This was probably due 70
the short distance between the duel-
lists. the naval code calling for DIS
lance of 80 feet when pistols were
used.
Gen. Stoessel, who was dlsgraced III
Russia because of his surrender OF
Port Arthur, appears to be getting
along very well without the aid of the
army. He is now a member of a big
importing house at Moscow whlch ooes
large business in tea, and II IS said
,,,nt ba pi6lI- getting ricn.