Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-07
cLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

A great part. or HOLLAND 10 SiSHl ASSS-
below the. level Of the; sea. eFef
japanese dead are buried in a squattins
posture, chin upon knees.
There is record of wheat growing In
China as far back as 5000 B. c.
Texas alone last year produced .. 400 OOO
more barrels of oil than the entire coun-
try did in 1875.
Reports from Louisiana are to the erect
that the banks down there are crowded
with money Wonder how it feels!
The Washington Post thinks that the
hen which won't lay under present mar
ket conditions has very poor business
sense
A French scientist is very proud be-
cause he has invented thing which Will
make dead dogs howl. Don't live ones
make noise enough to satisfy him?
Herbert NJ. Wilson, the chief engineer
of the United States geological survey,
says that the damage and waste by
smoke in the large cities of the country
alone amounts to $500, 900 year.
Three doctors now claim that they have
discovered cases of hookworm IN Ne"
York, but the board of health SCOTS at
the idea. Some Tammany men may get
it later when their shoes have worn out.
The president of the Cincinnati street
car company has been indicted for alleged
failure to keep the street cars there
warm If this becomes custom every
court in the country will have one big
case on it's docket.
The near East is changing rapidly.
Within comparatively few years there
was not even a pane of glass in Beirut
but now it has modern palaces street
lights. telephones and all sorts of things.
Twenty-Five years ago there was not
carriage in the city, and now there are
many motor cars.
Prospectors claim to have found some
unusually large gold nuggets in the for-
cupine lake region of northern ontario
They say that there is a good deal OF ore
in sight, and a rush may head that way
as soon as spring comes
In some parts of England the belief
still exists that the only thing to do when
a person is bitten by snake is to XIII
the snake and rub the wound with it's fat.
Over here whisky is still considered the
best remedy and at this time of year
there are some men who won't dodge any
snakes.
In Venice some of the people don't
much care how they get money. One
guidebooll says: when visiting this pa
lace strangers should show themselves
especially generous in their tips, as the
prince who occupies this palace has no
other means of support than to share in
the money given to his domestics.'
If an aeroplane flies faster than the pre-
vailing wind it can make landings or
Roadway as necessary, but if it is slower
than the wind it is very hard thing to
handle. 1t is thought that as soon as mo-
tors can be made which can be relied up
on to make % miles an hour that the pro-
blem of flying will be almost solved.
Australia is thinking of building a
rans-continental railroad to connect Port
Augusta with Kalgoorle, all of which is
a nice little problem in geography. The
length of the road would be 1868 miles
and it would cost about 100000 00 if built
cheaply. The water supply would be
the chief problem, as much of the route
is through the bush.
ColoniZers of all races seem to be care
full savers of their earnings in countries
to which they emigrate In recent years
many East Indians have been going to
Trinidad, 1898 having landed there last
year. There was return to Calcutta of
as a good deal of jewelry, in which they
had invested their savings.
A st. Louis policeman was hit on the
head with club by a negro 20 years ago
and since then he has been in an insane
asylum and watched as a dangerous pa
tient. He was one of the honor men on
the force before his fight, but after it
other day the surgeons decided to operate
on his, and found piece of bone which
pressed on the brain. 1t was removed
and now the man is again normal.
Hart o. Berg, who is in this country to
see what can be done with the gyroscope
car owned by August Scherl of
Berlin, says that nothing serious would
happen to car if the apparatus got out
of order. 1.-THE car would retain its equi-
librium,' he explains, 'for the horoscopes
would not stop. Although very little
power. in comparison with the driving
motor, is necessary to start them, the gy-
rosropes have an extraordinary high
speed making as much as 5000 revolutions
in a minute. Even if the current was
shut off they would keep revolving for
hours. possessing sufficient power to keep
the car balanced for at least half an hour.
Besides the car has stays that can be
dropned from the SidpS'