Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-13

coast - known as the "garua" II 90.
ours In a region where rain in nm. .
known. and supplies SUFFICIENT mois. !
ture to support vegetation.
Tho city OF London has ntnsteen king
streets. without those in the suburha. J
There are thirty -four streets and squares
named Queen.
Deafness and blindness are abuu4
equal in proportion throughout Englsn6
and Wales One in every l,s1s males and
one In every L424 females L. blind
1t Is estimated that during the last 100
years the wealth Of the United .statas
has increased $500 per cent, while the
population has been gaining l2s0 per,
cent.
Although the number Of livus lost IN
the mine disasters Of 1918 was larrer
than that OF the previous year, the num-
Der Of mine disasters was reduced BY
80 per cent.
A man in Ohio lived for sixty-tvo
wears alone in a house which he built.
for his bride-to-be, who died just be-
fore the wedding day. He never allowed
a woman in the house
From the bottom of the deepest hole
in the sea to the top Of the highest
OF $1,000 feet. which on a globe nix feet
In diameter would be represented BY
one-tenth of an inch.
William E. Linglebach, professor Of
modern European history at the Uni
Nersity of Pennsylvania since 1908, be-
lieves that the election Of the Turk
from Europe will not settle the near
eastern question. and that it may be
only the beginning of greater troubles
IN the Balkans. His opinion has at.
tracted considerable editorial attention
of late. He is native Of Ontario,
Canada. After graduating from the
University Of Toronto. he went %
Europe, devoting year to study at the
University of Leipsic. For the last
seventeen years he has been a mem
Der Of the University of PENNSYLVANIA
faculty.
One Of the strangest creatures
known to science is the pholas. or
boring clam. When still very minute
the animal bores into the sandston,
Lodges at extreme low water, by means
of its sharp shell. which is replaced
by secretions as il is worn away. 1t
penetrateS the rock to depth Of six
or eight inches, and hollows out its
rurrow as it increases in size. Shaped
roughly like a top, il could not leave
its rock dwelling even if it wished to
do so. For food. 1t depends on the
animalcules that float in sea water,
which it seizes by its long siphon, or
tongue. The pholas is in great de-
mand at the seaside resorts along the
Pacific coast, for its meat is very ten
der and makes excellent SOUP
Youths Companion.
The Journal of Agricultural Re-
search, published by the United States
department Of agriculture, recently
entered on its third volume. and at the
same time opened its columns to con.
tributions from the agricultural ex-
pertinent stations. This important
publication was founded for the pur-
pose Of bringing together the more
technical research papers prepared In
the department. Such papers were
previously issued in the bulletin"
series Of the bureaus and offices Of the
department, alorg with papers Of =
most practical character. The mum.
Der Of these series caused tho more
advanced scientific memoirs to be
scattered through an immense litera-
ture and tended to make them difficult
of access. An analogous situation has
heretofore existed in connection with
the voluminous publications Of ths
agricultural experiment stations.
though in some states the more tech
nical publications have recently been
segregated in separate series Of IRE
search bulletins' Hence it has been
which the product OF the two princi.
pal agencies for agricultural research
in this country-namely. the depart
ment Of agriculture and the expert
ment stations-can be presented
promptly to the world in form suit
able for preservation.
Toothache was not an incident Of cam
paigning with which ancient armies had
to reckon. The silence Of the classics
certainly seems to indicate that the
Greeks and Romans suffered very little
from their teeth. Words for toothache
and for teeth extracting instruments.
can, indeed, be found in the Greek and
Latin dictionaries. but the authors quot
ed for them are generally late and al
ways uninteresting. We can hardly be-
lieve that, if toothache had been COM
mon in Athens Aristophenes would have
made no jokes about it But a classical
scholar may pretty safely be dehed to
cite a single Greek or Latin passage
about it. Even sLucretius. when he gets
on to the subject of teeth in a passage
where a reference TO toothache might
be expected, merely refers TO the jar
given to the teeth by very cold water or
by biting stone in ones bread.-Lcn-
don Chronicle. 80
London is one Of the greatest fur mar
ke:s of the world and it is eaaisnsd that
years auction sales in 6at capital
often amount to mete than 90 600 900
Many curious incidents are caprices Of
| the Lcnaon markets are recorded For
instance. ever since the middle ages
ermine has been the fur Of royalty. and
it is still used in the trimming Of the
state garments of kings and queens. In
time, however. it fell into disfavor with
women of fashion. White ermine a1kins
became so cheap that the Canadian, ST.
berian and Chinese hunters no longer
sent them to market About twenty
years ago, however. the word went
around from some mysterious fashion