Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-01
eLEANINes AND GOSSIP.

So far no odds are quoted on the result
of that proposed golf match between
President Taft and Earl Grey.
When the San Francisco police officers
are moved to pity enough to stop
Marathon race one rather wonders how
SO many gentle prize-fights are held IN
that city.
AS diver the loon excels. and natnr-
ally, for it is his sole means of liveli-
Not only is he marveously quick. but
he can remain under water for SEEM
ingly endless time. In swimming under
water he uses both wings and feet, and
can go for several hundred yards in that
! fashion. The loon, like many other wa
ter fowl sleeps on the water with his
| head tucked under his wing.-St. Nicho-
las.
The railway commission of Canada,
after a hearing, has decided not to re-
commend the running of freight trains
without brakemen on the tops of the DoX
| cars. There was a demand that such
| recomme ndation be made in order to
make practicable the building of overhead
| bridges at a lower elevation, and thus
| in some cases reduce the cost of putting
| in such bridges where needed for the
| of level crossings.
| The rapid elimination of the sailing
vessel is shown by statistics recently
given by a German paper In the 20
years between 1888 and 1908 the percen-
| tage of sailing vessels has declined in
the merchant marine of Great Britain
| from AL to 1876; of Germany from 62.1 to
1871; of the United States from 80.7 to
| 800. In the merchant marine or France,
| however, little change has occurred, the
| respective percentages being 47.9 and 47,2,
| The clearest and most succinct de-
| claration of the dramatic unitles was
| made by Boileau when he laid down the
| law that a tragedy must show zone ac-
| ton in one day and in one place. 1t
| must deal with only a single story; and
| this obligation is the Inity of action. 1t
must never change the scene, maSsing
/ all its episodes in a single spot; and this
| is is the unity of place. And it must
| compact it's successive situations into
| the space of "a hours, into a single day.
and this is the unity of time.--March
| Atlantic.
During the siege of Paris rat pies We're
| largely eaten The Paris Journal, In the
month of December, 1870, gravely pub
| lished directions for catching the rats,
which swarmed in the sewers of the city.
| Take" said the Journal "a long line
and large hook; bait with tallow and
| gently agitate the rod. In a few minutes
a rat will come and smell the savory
morsel 1t will be some time before he
decides to swallow it, for his nature is
| cunning When he does. leave him five
minutes to mediate over it, but be calm,
| 1, A,t i'm
| draw him up-behOld your dinner!
The Chinese are generally regarded
pretty slow people, but if reports are
correct they have solved the problem of
| the preservation of eggs in a manner
that puts old cold storage system way
| back in the shade. The secretary of the
| national poultry organization of England
! says: Il have eggs from China which
! are excellent. The Chinese wrap them
in clay, put them away for three years
and then bake them. The clay pulls off
| the shell and the interior resembles
pover's egg in appearance. They are
| much nicer than stale English egg, be-
| cause the chemical process of change is
| complete The abomination is the month
old egg, which the cooperative depots
we are esta blishing are designed to
| abolish.
Many fashions among French dandies
was set by the late duke de Sagan, father
of Anna Goud's present husband.
| Among other fashions was that of wear
l. ing single eyeglass with a very wide
| black ribbon-a practice followed for
| many years by Parisians who wish to
! look smart" In one respect, however,
| his most faithful admirers refused to
follow the duke. This was when he took
| to carrying an umbrella on horseback. He
first INDUCED in this eccentricity at a
race meeting. When a shower came
down and the leader of fashion was seen
to be holding an umbrella over himself
| and his horse the sensation was immense.
| No one ventured to initiate him, how
| ever, and ultimately he abandoned the
practice.