Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-06
oLEANlNes AND GOSSIP.

ture to appropriate money for TWO
lrnatic asylums.
Canadian statistics show that o.
out of every 100 farmers in the Doni'h-
ion own the land they till.
Education is free and compulsory
in Switzerland, and such fine facliIties
are offered that there are very re"
cases of illiteracy in the country.
Sydney n. S. W., is further away
from London than any OF the other ms
portant cities of the world. The d's-
| lance, in an air line, is 10,12e miles.
With all the claimants for the au-
thorship of "Chantecler" VINO nave
| appeared, it does seem strange tnat
no one has given Bacon credit Tor
it,
A French writer predicts that in 100
years very few people will live in the
cities, and states that they will be
then used only as business centers.
Nicaragua appears to be fading
gracefully out of the limelight just
now. But then, most of the light Is
pointed at the other side of the world
just now.
Since 1882 the sea has washed away
4l9 acres of the British Isles. but 3O-
1872 acres have been reclaimed. In
their present condition, however, they
are valueless.
| 1t is estimated that there are 250,-
900 colonies of bees in Switzerland,
each of which produces 40 pounds OF
honey year. The average price per
pound last year was 25 cents. You
| can figure out the value OF the crop
for yourself if you want mental exer-
| else.
Recent studies indicate that hither-
to unrecogniZed associations may eX-
list among certain sets of stars, m
volving not only common motions IN
a particular direction, but similarity
| of physical condition. DR.. Ludend0rlf
/ says that most of the principal stars
| in Ursa Major, the Great Bear, IN
| ending five of those forming the we'll
| known ..dipper," constitute q definite
| system traveing along parallel lines
in space. Ejnar HertZsprung corro-
| hOrates this, and adds a number OF
other conspicuous stars, including
Sirius, Beta Aurigae and Alpha Cor
onae, to the system. 1t is remarkable
that of the Is stars included in the
supposed system. no fewer than nine
| are double.
Queensland lies in an artesian
basin, 'the largest known IN the
world" for it covers over half a MIL
lion square miles, and its discovery
and the drilling of wells have worked
wonders in the vast areas or thlS
western Australian country. MOS
uuitoes are so bad that sleepers have
to build fires to keep them Off; IL
seems that some of the bored wells fill
large Iagoons and run into shallow
trenches over miles of the country.
Some of these wells squirt out water
| at a temperature as high as 200 de-
| grees Fahrenheit, and some only ~
| degrees Some are good for watering
stock, some for irrigation and some
have so much alkali and mineral as
| To he useless but are said to cure all
manner of diseases.
Scotchman, John LOwden, has m
vented a 'smoke tintometer' whlch,
it is thought, says the Youths COM
panion, may be of use in prosecuting
cases Of smoke nuisance. 1T consists
of a tube with single eyepiece ana
two object openings. one OF these Is
clear. but the other contains q reFoi-
wing diaphram in which are set lVe
circles. one of clear glass ana the
other four of tinted glasses cores
ponding with the standard tnts OF
scientific "smoke chart" In eXamln-
ing sfnoke- defiled air the dlaphram Is
turned until the tinted glass com
ci5es in darkness with the air seen
through the clear aperture. The Varl-
ons classes are systematically num-
bered. so that glance sufiices to snow
show the degree of defilement OF tue
air.
"Ruyine meat with the help of pic
tpras is the latest fad" said butcher.
ord give a dollar to know who started
IL Pd. like to send him TO JAIL
Every cook book prints pictures sho"
ing inst how the different cuts or meat
ought to look. and the housekeepers
who are green at buying bring them
along to go by. Such people arr
enough to drive you crazy. They look
fret at the pictures, then at the meat.
,rhe,y saw 7 must be trying TO cheat
tbe,n hecausei the piece of beef l can
s;r,o;r looks more like the picture Oh
| , rrrn steak. Just as if | could cut
IN n,aat every time according to COOK
hook photographs. My only consola-'
ton is that the women seem to nave
nc much trouble over it as / do, so
am hoping that they will soon get
ltired."-New York Sun.
Ever since last year, when some
Turkish women OF high standing bold-
llv discarded the veil on few occa-
sions, women of the Turkish aristoc-
racy have been permitted at court
functions. Turkish women keep their
Town names when they marry, ana also
hold their own fortunes. managing
their money affairs as they please
Thev have all legal rights that the
men enjoy, and the husbands sane.
ton, signature or approval IS no'
needed. For twelve centuries Turk
ish women have been able to get d.
yorce whenever serious trouble with
l,ord and master arose.
In view of the fact that some physl-
clans have declared that it Is I'M
possible to disinfect hair and that
cases of skin disease have been dag
nosed as coming from fales hair I'M
ported from China and other coun-
tries, number of women have
formed a society for the purposes OK