Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-07
Little Notes Of Great Doings.

At the presentation of the Steuben
statue to Germany Representative Rich
ara Bartholdt, In his address to the en-
pefor quoted the poet. who said hat IL
loyalty were not as old as the world 1t
might have been German invention
Inc Berliner Tagehlatt says: 1.-THE poet
referred to was Heinrich IIeine whose
statue was recently unceremoniously re-
moved from the emperors park at Achil-
leion-Heine, who up to the present time
has given the Prussian monument unyeil-
ers no work. ~.
Every dog has his day. and now il ia
proposed that every cat shall have one
too. The Animals Friend Society. of
England suggests that one day in the
year be set aside for cats, and that
friends of the tabbies observe 1t by send
ing gift to the nearest cats home
The Animals Friend Society argues thai
the need for some organized effort is
shown by the fact that TN one institution
alone last year upward of 10000 cats
were received off the streets, almost all
of which We're deserted and homeless
There are now more than 40 institutions
and shelters for cats in London and the
provinces, supported entirely by volun-
tary contributions
Inc trustees OF Burns Cottage and
Monument have purchased and placed In
the museum at Burns Monument at Allo-
way the catrngorm brooch presented by
the Duinfrfes Volunteers to Burns and
an old wooden snuff box, which IL is be-
lieved belonged to the poet These arti-
cles We're given by Mrs Burns to Miss
Grace Haugh. who. with her parents,
for many years resided in a house adj
joining that occupied by Burns at his
death. Miss Haugh gave these relics to
her nephew. William Pearce, and they
have now been acquired by the trustees
from his daughter. Mrs. S. r. Hunter,
Winnipeg. Canada. -London Globe
The Mundus. weekly published In
Rome in five languages states that one
of the methods adopted by the Japanese
to produce those curious dwarf trees
which have become SO much the rage In
Europe lately Is as follows: The pulp
of an orange is removed through a
small hole and the skin filed with mix
ture of wool. charcoal and rich earth,
with one seed toward the opening in the
skin. The orange IS put in a glass and
Watered by the hole. and every now and
then little wood ash is added. Elephant
shoots through the opening and the roots
pierce the skin, as soon as tlley 10 50
they are cut off. After two or three
years of this treatment the plant will be
only few inches high, but will have
the aspect of an old forest tree.-Lon-
| don Globe
a comedy of economy is reported from
| St Moritz. stout couple accompanied
| by a son and daughter who were also
thick" as the Germans translate stout,
entered d crowded hotel at the busy time
| of lunch and ordered one lunch at table
| d'hote. The father sat down and finished
two helpings Of soup and all the bread
near him and left the table, his place be-
ing taken for the entrees by his wife
who had been waiting with her children
! in the hotel corridor until her husband
! appeared The young man took MS
/ mothers place TO attack the joint, and he
was followed by his sister for the sweets.
all doing justice to the menu. In the
crowd the tourists did not notice the I'M
usual lunch, but the head waiter did, and
when asked for the bill presented one
for four lunches The paterfarniiias
grumbled a good deai-and paid.-Paii
Mall Gazette.