Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-13
cLEAnlNes AND GOSSIP.

Ex-Empress Eugene is now 81 years
old, and divides her time between Iiei
home in England and her villa at cape
Martin in southern France.
When women get to betting on Ihe
elections there is usually trouble. ohe
New York woman has got 10 40 81
others washing for year for no'hihs
because she lost her bet.
What gay old time some OF tliese
gold-laden liners would have hao in
the days of Capt. Kidd and the o'iel
pirates. Some one ought 10 MAKE
book about it, even as it is.
Next year Washington's plrtnua!'
Memorial day and the Fourth OF 'uis
all come on Saturday. so that eVery
one but the kiddies in the schcols VIII
get a double holiday.
Chicago is not saying much apou'
her police these days. 1T has gust pee'
discovered that a lottery has been run
there for the past 20 years without any
of the officials botherinS II.
The lnavor of Boston says that 30
per cent OF office-holders come out OF
office poorer than they went in. rms
may be the home view. but it does not
go with the rest OF the state
A girl near Spokane. Wash, stole
two Eorses recently. rode one ana leu
the ether 100 miles. and sold both be-
fore the people who owned them real
tied mat the animals were missing.
Wesley Markwood entered the war
department in 1888 and he has been IN
the employ OF the government nearly
all the tir,e since then. He is now
messenger in the department of agri-
culture.
The New York papers at last have
real news story they can go crazy over.
The duchess OF Marlborough ate il
piece OF pie al Ellis Island the othef
dav. Even the Monson paper would
no, consider that worth getting hyster-
zeal about.
1t is said that Princess Marie Bona
parte dressed very simply before She
was engaged to Prince George o'
Greece. ana seldom spent more than
SIC, 900 4 year on her clothes rms l.
really the acme of simplicity. Few "o-
men spend as little.
London is now considering scheme
for the better drainage of its streets ttat
was first propounded by Benjamin
Franklin $50 years ago-thc idea OF i
single gutter in the middle OF the thor-
oughfare. Here let me remark, wrote
Internationally amid the interesting de-
tails of his project, the convenience Oh
having but one gutter, running DOWN
the middle of the street. instead OF TWO
one on each side. near the footway, LOT
where all the rain that falls on a street
runs from the sides and meets IN the
middle it forms there current strong
enough to wash away all the mud 1t
meets with. but when divided into two
channels it it often too weak to cleanse
either. and only makes the mud it finds
more fluid, so that the carriages ana
horses dash it upon the foot pavement
and sometimes plash it upon those who
are walking
Cold timed meat for troops in war
fare will soon disappear from the list of
the hardships of active service. The use
of the motor vehicle and the invention
of means of cooking timed or fresh
meat while moving rapidly have received
the approval of the authorities. An
Irish quartermaster has invented tray
cling Kitchen fixed in an ordinary wa
gon, which can cook for 300 men as it
moves. with them. and at the first halt
in a forced march hot meal can be
served at once. BY the application of
motor power, the radius of these trav
cling stoves can be increased enormously
i'm dealing with scattered troops, and it
should be possible for men in the NEST
lonely outpost situations to be served
with hot food instead of eating the cold
rations which they carry with them.
These kitchens are so balanced that they
keep upright when passing over the
toughest ground without splitting or risk
of turning over. The field kitchen is an
oil fuel one, without spark smoke
London Standard.