Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-28
cLeAn,nes AND GOSSIP.

Now laddoctora says that work kills as
many men as whiskey does I
A Pittsburg man says that he has not
washed his face in FIVE years.
Japan now has more than 200 tele-
phone exchanges, an increase of 80 per
cent. in two years.
Seattle claims that it will be bigger
than New York in 20 years. So does
Chicago. So does Cleveland.
Zylidzyski Zsiakawaddskt fell 30 feet
from a building in st. Paul last week
and never even bruised his name.
South Africa now has a national an
them which was composed by a civil en-
gineer. One would have thought the
work would have been turned over to
mining engineer.
The first cigars discovered by Column
bus had corn-husk wrappers. All OF
which goes to show that some people
nave not progressed much in 400 years.
The Buffalo Express mourns because
the price of pork is rising as the price
of eggs comes down. The editor thinks
this means he will have to pay the same
old price for his ham and eggs.
Everyone had an idea that Vesuvius
would begin to get busy about this time.
The Italians are a polite people, and will
have things in tourist shape by the time
the great hunter hits Naples.
Railway engineers in Bohemia get
salary of $l82 a year when they first go
Ito work and then get a raise of $40
every second year until they attain the
maximum yearly wage Of 1928.
Hundreds of Hindus are going to the
san joaquin valley in California in the
hope of getting work and to help they
have discarded their turbans for hats.
This is against their religious belief.
The recently published German cen
sus figures for 1907 show that then the
population of the empire was 6l,72O,539
of whom 35,S37.445 were living in towns
and cities. In 1897 the population of the
same area was 3l,5S9,547.
Sir Hiram Maxim recently confessed
that when he was a youth he thought
seriously of becoming prize fighter.
Instead, however, he gave up his life to
m akng real fighting extremely danger
GUS He got the idea for his rapid fire
gun from the kick of a shot gun he used
in hunting as boy.
Alderman Smiths baby was being
chrstened. and everybody present was
complimenting the happy parents II
believe" said the proud mother, that
he is going to be a great politician some
day" Why" asked the ruddy-faced
father. "Well, because he crawls out
of everything so easily" said the wife,
smiling up into her husbands face.
Commend us to the pleasing satire of
the dramatic critic of the Louisville
Courier-Journal. In bis notice of Viola
Aliens latest play he has this to say of
Louisville playgoers: Cries of speech
came Justify from that portion of the
audience which always desires little
intimate conversation with star, and
would be glad 10 hear white-rObed
nun recite Casey at the Bat
The ex-queen of Naples, sister-in-
law of the emperor of Austria. is the
only woman who has received the Rus
sian cross of st. George which is like
our medal of honor and the English Vic
toria cross. Queen Sophia conducted
the entire defense of Gaeta against Gar
ibald often sighting the guns herSelf.
She and her garrison We're allowed to
march out of the city with the nonors
of war after it had fallen.
An Englishman and an 1rishman were
having an argument on the SUBJECT OF
Shakespeare. Il defy you, said the Tor
mer. ito find a single Irish character IN
tire whole of his works" We'll, l can
give YOU two at all events" replied the
Irishnlan-"Miss O'Phelia and CORY
n, Lanus." He forgot Hamlets lntl-
mate friend who stood beside him while
he was contemplating his uncle in de-
yotion, and observed, Now could 90
if. Pat, while he is praying.
Once in while a Frenchman shows
thet he is 'sot in his ways as
YANKEE. Recently a rich Partisan re-
fused TO pay the post-office department
2 charge which he thought excessive; the
matter was taken to the courts, and he
lost his suit But he did not lose his
shirt of revenge. He bought a hut IN
the Hautes AIDS 20 miles from anywhere
and put a shepherd in it. Then he SUD-
scrioed to a French paper in the shep-
herds name According to the terms OF
the postal monopoly in France the de-
nartment is bound to provide daily
service wherever required, and 1t would
have been necessary to engage post
ma solely for the delivery of this news
naner. as no other house is to be round
within A radius of about eight miles.
The nost-o1fice sooner than embark on
., expenditure of about $240 year
consented to forego the 10 centimeS
1.-TWO cents) in dispute. pay the defend-
ant.s costs, and compensate the shepherd
for the loss of his daily paper