Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-14
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP.


prevail of the mayor, to re-establish the
stores of san Francisco and to restore
the recently suspended privilege of
smoking in street cars.
The total length of the new Manhat-
tan bridge connecting the boroughs of
Manhattan and Brooklyn is 6S55 feet.
The total cost of the bridge, including
real estate, is $l5,S33,6OO. The weight
of the cables &c $500 tons.
A French glass factory claims to
have discovered a method by which
uhhreakable glass can be made. The
glass is ,irst heated to the boiling point
and then plunged into icy water. 1t
Will be used for safety lamp tubes.
The oil palm is perhaps the greatest
commercial asset in West Africa. On
the pain, tire African has long depen-
ed for food, clothing, shelter, furniture,
utensils, tools, weapons, ornaments,
medicines and intoxicating beverages
Here is q fish story of the 1910 crop
published by the ST James Budget:
while Mr.. NcROrie, an angler visit
ing Loeb Tay, was fishing in the KILN
waters with two rods, two salmon took
the bats Simultaneously and both We're
secured The salmon weighed II lbs
each
Mrs. Maria G. Taller has given $4,000
to the New York University to endow
free clinic in connection with Belle
Vue Hospital Medical College. This is
the first gift received to the endow-
ment of the free clinic, and it is hoped
to increase the endowment to at least
$4,000. 7 he money given by Mrs. Taller
is to establish a memorial to the late
William II. Taller
Who invented the postage stamp?
writer in Chambers Journal points out
that the inventor of the adhesive pos
tage stamp" was undoubtedly Rowland
Hill. In 1897 he proposed the use of
"a bit of paper just large enough to
bear the stamp and covered a the
back with a glutinous wash. which the
buyer might, by the application of a
little moisture, attach to the back OF
the letter.
At Hot Springs, 5. d., is a sanitarium
which is part of the national system of
homes for disabled volunteer soldiers.
The temperature Of the tuberculosis
ward, in which there is no heat, some
times falls to 40 degrees below zero,
and the patients often sleep under Is
blankets According to the report of
inspecting officer. lhis extreme cold is
of no particular advantage.
Miss Mary Agnes Cunningham is the
first woman to he appointed member
of the school board of st. Paul, MINI.
Lo of
Paul for % years and is the president
of the Teachers Federation. During
a fight She conducted for teachers pen
sions she saw great deal of the may
or. who was 50 impressed by her char
acter and ability, he appointed her a
member of the school board.
To the question, How old are the
Niagara Falls" biologists have re-
turned replies varying by tens of thou
sands of years. At first 1t was estl-
mated that the Niagara river came in
10 Existence through changes in the
level of the land around the Great
lakes, about $4,000 years ago. Later
this was reduced to only 1000 years.
Lvell increased the estimate again to
5000 wears and still later other scien-
fists lowered il to about 5000 years.
AT one period many thousands of years
ago. the height of the falls was APO
foet.-Harrcr Weekly.
In the language of the Emerald Isle,
the proudest day of a Romans life
was when he had his funeral. The
Russians also have elaborate and cost
Nv funerals. AT modest one the
hearse is drawn by six caparisoned
horses. caEdlesticks and juniper
branches are carried by foot attend
ants. at the church. in the parade, and
at the cemetery there is choir of Is
voices, mounted policemen are furnish
ed as an escort, there is special
funeral uniform for servants who take
part in the procession. There are no
private burial grounds and all the
burials are under the control of the
police and the church.
The library at Hamilton College has
recently received a valuable addition
in the form of a. rare collection of
volumes on mathematics and science.
The gift was made by Senator Elihu
Root of the class Of 1864, who had pre-
viously by liberal gifts enriched the
the college and increased it's facilities.
The collection is one of the most COM
plete of it's kind and was the property
of the late Oren Root, who was for
many years at the head of the de-
partment of mathematics at Hamil-
ton. Included in this new accession IS
one of the most complete astronomical
libraries ever collected, together with
many extensive series of scientific and
historical matters
One of the worst features Of the arms
traffic on the Arabian seacoast of Balu-
chistan and in the Persian gulf is that
the ammunition from Europe consists
of expanding bullets. The British gov
,arnment has forbidden the use of dunn
d7lms, but no prohibition exists in the
tribal country British troops will thus
ne handicapped in future frontier oper-
ations. Tens of thousands of maya
zine rifles have reached Afghanistan
and the tribal hinterland. but the dan
ger will be aggravated if dum-dums
become common, Traders undertake to
give at least 100 cartridges with each
rifle.