Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-20
GLEANiNGS AND GOSSIP

BRUSH military commanders are he
ginning TO prohibit excessive cigaret
smoking by young soldiers.
some men are born lucky" IT
hh'" IT, nave a friend whose house
burned 10 the ground on the very night
before his wife expected to begin the
annual cleaning. "--Chicago Record Her.
aid.
The water in Lake Van in Asiatic
Turkey is so strongly impregnated with
potash that the residents along the
shores wash their clothes in it without
the use Of soap The lake is about 60
miles long and nearly 80 wide
Announcement that airship commu-
nlcatlon will be started in May between
Munich and Oberammergau in Germany
recalls the fact that proposals for an
aerial service from Paris to Lyons were
made in 1884, within Il year of the first
balloon ascent.
Electric power is furnished to Hell
Singer, Denmark, from Sweden by means
or a cable which runs under the narrow
sea between the two countries The
power is generated at a 3)6-foot fall of
the Laga river in Sweden and carried
down to the shore by a cable
One OF the QueereSt houses i'm the
world is that of DR.. Van der Heyden, the
bacteriologist, at Yokohama, Japan 1t
is dust proof. air proof and supposed to
be microbe proof. 1t is built entirely
of glass and stands in an open lot with
out any shade ever touching it,
Edmond Blanc is looked upon as the
real ruler of Monaco He pays $780,
900 Il year for the gambling concession
he holds and thus provides the greater
part of the revenue of the princpality
In one respect NJ. Blanc is a disappoint.
ed man. He cannot gain admission to
the French jocky club
A chance to compare the relative
strength of English and American rail-
road cars came to light in England
when n train left the track recently and
crashed into Il suburban station. An
American car was in the train and was
but little damaged while the lighter
English cars were smashed to splinterS.
As Il result it is said, of the increased
spirit duties under the British budget
the police have noticed in remote dis
tricts of Ireland indications of "A revival
of Illicit distillation Of liquor. There
has also been considerable increase, it
| is reported, in the consumption of spir-
| llS Oh tltilel as IL beverage since the
price of whiskey was raised.
| The Pekin Gazette of recent date gives
| two reScriptS in connection with Grim
inals who ''on account of Madness"
have killed their father and grandfather,
| respectively The words are always
| aided in such cases, for the crime of
parriCde is hcinouS that strictly
speaking the whole population of the
| city is responsible; the city walls have
| to he RACED and new site must be
| found elsewhere. In SZechuan province
| there is II deserted city. visible To
travellers from the river. where this law
was once strictly carried out.
| Those almost perfect doubles.
| George du Mauricr ard Sir Lawrence
| Alma -Tadema, were nearly indistin-
| suishable. The story goes that a wo-
man goes that a woman sitting beside
du Maurer at dinner started conversa-
| ton by pooh-poohing al! idea of re-
semblcnce. You know, Mr.. maTa-
dema, I think it's absurd to say that
| yor and Mr.. 6u Maurer are so awfuily
| alike. There's really no resemblance al
ALL Don't you agree with me?" Quite
was the polite answer. but, You see. ]
lhappen to be Mr.. du Maurier.
The horse has smaller stomach ir
proportion to its size than any other
iquadruped.
4 Another victory for women and an
other argument to strengthen the asser.
ton that she can gain distinction in any
field of mental activity, says a writer of
! the Theater Zeitung, is the success OF
, the opera Die Dorf Komtesse" at the
Berlin Thalia theater. The composer is
Frau Danziger, a young. talented must
clan. who will assuredly contribute
more to the musical wealth of the
/ lworld."