Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS.

| varied only By the enormous ant hills,
| which in some cases rise to a height
| of sixty feet. In tearing down one of
| these ant hills the greatest care must
| he exercised or the ants will attack
| the despoilcrs of their home and make
| it very uncomfoi table for a time. In
| SEINE Instances these hills have been
made use of as observatories by the
surveyors who are conducting the
! work. A very comfortable hut was
| built on the top of the hill, with steps
| cut in the sides to afford an easy ac-
cess to the top When the interior OF
| the hill had been cleaned out it was
made use of as a dark room by the
| photographer of the expedition for
developing his plates and making
prints
Wasps appear to be well-nigh,as in
| dustrious as ants or bees. One au-
| thority has declared that the cardinal
| doctrine of the wasps is: IF any wasp
will not work. neither shall lie eat
| Division of labor is clearly seen in the
wasp's nest Some of the workers
seem to be especially employed as
| foragers and soldiers, others appear to
| be told eff as nurses and guardians,
| While yet others are engaged as paper
makers and masons Wasps are at all
times particularly fond of honey. To-
Ward the end of summer, as all bee
keepers know. they will force their
way into beehives and carry off by
force rs much as they can gorge OF
their winged neighbors' honey. The
drones of the wasp world, instead of
being idle and luxurious, are sober
Industrious and we'll behaved members
CT the community. They clean the
streets of their town with exemplary
diligence, acting as public scavensers
or sanitary officers. And they have
their reward, for. unlike the bee
dronos, they live their allotted life in
peace and quietness until winter I'M
wolves them and their maiden sisters
into one common cataclysm of death
and destruction --Harpers Weekly.
The Whole trend in the British auto
mobile line is toward the development
of cheap. efficient machincs with good
wearing qualities.
German cities especially connected
with Luther are raising n fund for the
establishment of the German Pretes-
tant church in Rome.
The two newspapers having the
largest circulation in Smyrna are both
Greek. The largest sale eight thous-
and copies) is enjoyed by the Copanos
a satirical paper.
The new Lexington avenue subway
in New York city is to be ten miles
long. Eight of the ten miles are now
under active constructions; the total
cost of the work on these eight miles
alone will be s35,00o,00o.
From the time of Eden, says Keir
Hardie. men have been hiding behind
women's skirts. But the man who is
able to hide himself behind them these
days, SAYS the Cleveland leader, per-
forms a feat emitting him to admira-
ton.
Leda ndo Alesandro, of Syracuse, N
Y, thinks that he is the champion
spaghetti eater of the world Wheth-
er or not he is entitled to that honor,
he ate two pounds of spaghetti in two
minutes the other day without taking
Il drink of water After this achieve
ment it is no wonder that he won only
second place in the pie-eating contest
which he then entered.
When the Olympian games We're
held in Athens in 1869 it is said that
no pickpockets operated in the crowds
When it became evident that the
games would draw large number of
foreigners to Athens the pickpockets
held n meeting and pledged them
selves, one and all, to suspend bust
ness as long as the games lasted in
order to protect the reputa ton of their
country. And they kept their word.
Football has always had its enemies
In The Anatomie of Abuses" pub
lished in 1888, the game is roundly
abused. Its author describes football
as "a bloodie and numbering prac-
tice." For doth not every one lye in
waite for his adversaurie," he argues,
seeking to overthrowe him or to
pickle him on the nose, though it be
upon hard stones? in ditch or dale. in
valley or hill, or what place souever
it be. he careth not. SO he have him
down."
In trying to collect a small claim re-
Gently in a distant state. the Green
Bag. a well known legal publication,
received the following report from it's
| local correspondent: This man is
| county judge here but is absolutely
worthless for his debts. The saloon
| element keeps him in Office to sertc
their interests. He owes everybody
who viii credit him. l therefore re-
turn claim" The Green Bag adds this
p S: County Judges reading this
will please not think we mean any
thing personal
Except in the case of a serious ac-
cident it is usually the very trivial
things that upset railway schedule.
An instance OF this occurred at Har-
lem station Of the Third avenue Gle
waited road. A woman and a little girl
We're leaving the train. the new pas
sengcrs coming on before the depart
ing ones had quite reached the plat
form. The hanging tresScs of the girl
caught on button Of coat worn by
man who was boarding the train.
She yelled as her mother tried to pull
her along. Then the woman began
disentangling the hair from the but
ton. 1t happened on the car platform
and the guard fumed as he stool
waiting to start the train. After
much pulling the girl and most of her
hair were freed. The train lost three
ninutes on It's schedule.-NeW York