Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22

During a recent year ~,
states OF America produced a.s
tons of petroleum oil; Russia s " n
tons; Mexico. $500, 900 tons. s -
and Borneo. 2.o0o.0o0 tons; pm- ne.
1000, 900 tons, and Galicia ana n1
India each slightly over looN en- y 1.
Knitting is a Scotch inventin, ~
fifteenth century. Soon after -
vention a guild Of stocking
was formed, with ST. F,aer.
patron saint. Hand knitting Wa
plemented by machinery as .s-s'
1889, when William Lee inverness
knitting frame.
A valuable set Of original au,o,,.
ic writings Of the signers of the ~
ration Of Independence has baor
tanned by the museum Of the sta.
to-ical library at the Universe,
Wisconsin. The collection eo,,s
fifty autograph letters written nv
signers Of the declaration, man,
them to intimate friends. Twr
SoAl4fJSCG " tiDyf N
Hewes. were written in l-7s. vhf.
others were written during the ~.
Of the revolution. The major,,
these letters are in the stiff ano fo--
script in use IN tie eighteenth ce,,r.
and the signatures are embelh
with many fourshes.
Should parsons fight: To this IN.
ton an answer was supplied by ~
Ferguson, afterward professor Of
tors at Edinburgh, when be WIS cl,.
lain to the lately raised Black Nsel
ut Fontenoy. When the regimen VI
advancing into action It's coluns
Robert Munro. noticed the chaplsa
the head Of the column, with a dar
sword in hand, and ordered hin ID /,
rear with the surgeons. Ferguss
himself a true Eighlander-re.uss
and when the colonel threatened
have his commission Cancelled the hs
man bluntly retorted. oh. hang
commission. and charged al ths nd
of his flock.
Gallant Dublin is telling this Eu
story about the departure Of the M,
outs and marchioness Of Aber1ss
Just before they left they paid al Il
formal farewell visit TO a teulals VI
tiona! school in one Of tbs stun d.
rricts Of the city. In the infants rOuI
while his excellency was talking
the teachers, Lady Aberdeen had sa.i
cred all the little ones around he !
give them some motherly advice sba
their folk dances which she hoped tha
wouldn't neglect when she had god
AWAY. Then a tiny little mite Of i0l
began TO finger her bib uneasily, sas|
siding I'D TO Lady Aberdeen, pipe.I
Please. ma am, why can't you stay 4
Dublin and let your father 60 alone
NJ. Paul Deschanel. president Of u
chamber Of deputies in France, ~
a strang hobby, the collecting OF oes1
cling letters While others treasu',
trouser buttons. old pictures. pos
cards, stamps, BUTTERFLIES snuh boXs
the talented speaker" OF the Frene'
lower house finds q quiet Joy IN tn
epistolary effort Of his teiioV-Inen Z
extract money from his pocket. Some
times these contributions are real
original. The last missive Of the Sol
began: Monsieur le Depute; LNla
as / do, in the Rue Emile Deschsas
/ feel myself entitled 10 solicit !Y
help. . :" In answer TO this ceiici1
epistle NJ. Deschanea sena fouAs'
he is afraid that the other inhahta7
If the stree. (named after lis fA.hd
may hear OF II.
One of the evils Of war is the ~
ering Of the national physique In
generation after the Franco-Geru1
war there was an appreciate decFel
in the stature Of Frenchmen thru
the large number Of young man
good physioue who were killed.
The streets Of Milan are vaae
from the electric tram cars. % q
watering cars reservoirs have
adapted to the platforms. ana
reservoirs are emptied, as the car
by means Of perforated tubs a.
fan-shape at the front and -
the car.
There is no pauperism in ST.
the sense in which il is UNDER ~.
the west. The poorest peopls
sort Of freehold property.
a few poor people in Belgrade.
Their their poverty nor the "
has required an institution nSs
worktouse.
By the accepted Baltic and Black
canal scheme it is proposed to 0Ai'I
ize the Dnieper and the DWlha :,
former flowing into the Black SIC
Kherson and the latter into the ~
Of I.axonia and the Baltic sea a. =,
The sources of the two rivers d.
divide would be connected os az,
cial waterways. The length OF
canal would be 154o miles. -
The new Egyptian flag consisk
three white crescents with tnei =. =.
to the staff, each with a nVe-'0'1.
white star between the horns o'i ],
field. This flag was the 20,
standard Of the khedive, and now
the place of the former natiohA
which was distinguished from
Turkish by having a star o. n'e
stead Of six points. !.
4 new field Of usefulness has
found for the much ridIcuieo ''. :,
in the fact that il is a vigorous !.
nv of the full grown range cAls.s
lars. Birds are Of no service "ns a.
in destroying these large caip !,
but skunks devour quantities O -
and this is another reason way -
little creatures should recei's
consideration than they now W. II
"By the side of a young tren' !,
airy officer who had been III
- ,h1 Aicra ne found Llc ~