Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-08
Curious COndensations

thereafter fresh and cool drinking water
would be delivered at the cells at
O. clock in the morning and at o'clock
in the evening. People can understand
what the early morning drink of fresh
water means if they will think Of them
selves drinking every morning only
water that has stood in their bedrooms
overnight. Little improvements like
this are coming all of the time In ac-
acknowledgement of the order for fresh
water. one of the men said: This place
is certainly getting civilized
According to the Engineer. il is pro-
posed to construct a belt line Of railway
connecting the lines entering the city OF
st. Petersburg. The line will serve for
the transfer OF merchandise and pas
sengers from one railroad system TO an
other, and the total length will be about
63 miles.
Former Fire Chief Croker, of New
York, as prelude to a dinner at his
home, soaked a bed with gasoline
threw lighted match on it, and closed
the door. Then he and his guests sat
down to dine in the adjoining room. He
| wanted to prove that he had fireproof
home. and he did.
Motorcycles have been bought by the
forest service for use in the Black hills
of South Dakota. in connection with
fighting forest fires. Powerful machines,
able to carry two persons and equipped
| with firefghting tools. are kept in readi-
| ness for immediate use, at Custer and
Deadwood.
The Hamburg Germany court OF ap-
pe9is has confirmed the findings OF
lower court in the case Of the French
sardine manufacturers versus the Nor
Weglans, who sell sprats under the sar-
dine label The judgment of the higher
court definitely upholds the rights Of the
French manufacturers
In the great library OF the British mu-
scum is to be seen the largest book in
the world. This is an atlas Of beautiful
~ engraved ancient Dutch mans. bound
in leather and fastened with clasps o.
solid silver. 1t is nearly seven feet high.
weighs eight hundred pounds and was
pfesente! to King Charles l before Ieav-
ing Holland in the year 1860
! Drunk as blazes was originally
drunk as Blaizers.'' Blazers being a6
| mlTers of Bishop Blaize, patron saint Of
! tae "oolcombers, who. at Leicester and
! otHer English towns, celebrated his
h7Hie-uay with marchings and drinking
oou's' Sir Thomas Wyse. in impress
SONS or Greece" mentions this custom
ana says; Those who took part in the
procession were called Blazers and
the phrase drunk as Blazers orjei.
mated in the convivialit!es common ~,
those occasions
Inc Gftlcionar Of
greatly increased by the recent inven-
ton of a Frenchman. The teeth of the
! ne" saw are arranged in alternate
/ sroups-four pointing forward and
theh TOUR pointing back For cutting
-iie'al NE new saws are almost twice
as el1'clent os saws of the usual mar.
.efn' 1hey last six times as long. The
olades Go not break easily. They cut
ei'her WOOD or metal and are made in
Sreat variety of shapes and STYLES.
| nlchaei ldVorsky Pupin, writer in
! McClures says, arrived al Castle Gar
ueil penhlless boy; got employment
as rubber IN Turkish bath: went
70 the pubic schools; graduated from
| Columbia. and is now one of the great
est Cd american scientists and inven-
| 'ors a single Pupln invention made
| possible our modern long distance tel
/ ephone service Incidentally, Mr. Pup
| III mas become that rare combina tion-a
| professor in university and a million
/ aire
The voters Of Rock Island. Ill. by a
| considerable majority, have Endorsed
the project to buy ball park and es-
| tablSh a league team. Five hundred
women. voting for the first time under
the new Illinois suffrage Law, were
| nearly unanimous in favor of the pro-
Ject and helped to swell the majority.
The fact that the $4,000 bond issue
| approved provides for the purchase Of
six acres outside the park for a mum
| icipal field made the proposition spe-
| cially attractive to the women voters.
| The baseball club to be put in the field
next spring will be permitted to use
| the park for games at home. While the
team is away the grounds will lie used
| by amateur clubs and teams Of young
| Sters.
! With the recent developments in
| lenses for signal purposes, according
! to Thomas S. Stevens. signal engineer
| for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
! railroad, 1t is now practicable to illu-
! inmate signal targets sufficiently for
| the different colors to be readily dis
| tinguished in daylight at a distance Of
| two thousand feet. All the complicated
| mechanisms necessary for the me-
chanical operation of signal arms are
eliminated and replaced by simple
| electrical circuits. which are far more
| efficient and economical to maintain.
In the majority of cases two % watt
| lamps are used behind an eight-inch
| lens. Indeed. it appears that the pro-
blem with this type of signaling is TO
provide light signal sufficiently
visible in bright sunlight which will
not make the signal too prominent at
| night.
| The proposal that a statue should be
erected as a memorial to Mrs Woodrow
Wilson has prompted search with the OBJ
! iect of discovering to what American
women statues have previously been
erected The first of such memorials is
! said to have been that in memory of
Hannah Dustin, erected 50 years ago on
the island in the Merrimac river from
| which she made her escape when cap
tured by the Indians 217 years ago.
| London has elaborated the trade school
! idea to include the work of QUILTING
women with an equipment to face life's
struggle. In the six trade schools OF