Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-09-07
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

| If a potenate or a famous man were
in your skin, how would you face the
| probable assassin? We are old that
the kaiser has his special doubtless
made no in mis- image and likeness. and
! dressed in under studies of his uni
forms, so that the enemy may try his
powder on the dog. They have adopt
ed the mcthcd in England, as when
there were two Pichmonds'' in the
field But somehow We all like best
the splendid vanity Of Nelson, who
insisted on going into the fight in full
! uniform and with his orders on his
i breast. 1t was-for that reason-his
! last fight Most OF us in practice,
perhaps would give away a few old
suits for the assassins to plot at
London Chronicle.
n German paper has been asking
! Scandinavian men of science and ac-
t ton to state for what they are in
eehted to German science-rather as
though in the face of British de-
nunciation, Germany was a little
anxious to rcaSsure herself on the sub
ject The answers may give a mOdi-
fed satisfaction to the German mind,
though there are conditions stated and
| implied Thus Professor Lovenz, of
Heyde, not satisfied to answer the
question, adds that the debt of science
to France and Great Britain is equally
| great. And he states what, in his
opinion, are the three leading charac-
teristics of the three nations in their
attitude to science. Would any one
/ Grct Tor Mt a
praises France for clearness, Germany
| for thoroughness and profundity, and
England for originality
| Guardian.
| The mysterious loss of gasoline,
which embarra ssed the polar eXpedi-
tons of Scott and Amundsen, and
which was the principal cause of the
| disaster that befell the former, has
been made the subject Of investiga-
ton by several persons. and a very
plausible explanation is made by B. 7.
! Brooks. of the Mellon Institute of In
dustrial Research. in an article in
Science. He has observed that at low
temperatures ordinary tin is liable to
be converted into the allotropic form,
gray tin powder. This change takes
place at a maximum rate at As de-
grees Centigrade (54.4 degrees Fahren-
| heit), and may occur more slowly at
other temperatures below IS degrees
Centigrade 1854 degrees Fahrenheit.
Hard solder which may contain 60 per
cent tin. is subject to the same
process of disntegration. Hence the
danger of leakage along the solder
seams of the container-a fact that
should be duly considered by future
/ polar expeditions.
Recent sales by the United States
government totaling 126000.000 feet of
saw timber in the Olympic national
! forest in western Washington, mark
the opening of this hitherto inaccessi-
BILE storehouse of timber, estimated to
contain a stand of 100000 board
! feet.
All fishes have air bladders in their
| bodies, which enable them to rise and
| fall in the water at will. Near the
bottom the weight of the water COM
presses these bladders, and as a con-
sequence the body OF the fish shrinks
until its bulk is of equal weight with
| the water it displaces.
| When a Siamese girl attains the
age of thirty-five without marrying
she is placed in privileged class I'M
der the special care of the king. who
binds himself to find a husband for
her. His method is extremely SIM
Die. A prisoner in any of the Siamese
| tails may gain his pardon and release
bv marrying one of the mature maid
ems.
| The ways Of the law are sometimes like
i those Of a heather Chinee. A New York
/ policeman. on whom three bulldogs were
.'sicked," had the "sicker' arrested for
violating the sanitary code. 1t provides
that CANNES must be muzzled.
| The tuna, which until within few
| wears was known only as one Of the
| greatest of game fish. is now the basis
| of an extensive canning industry. 1t is
! predicted that 100000 cans of it will be
garnered this year on the Pacific coast.
| The sound of the military rifle bullet.
| travelling at 1900 feet a second. is like
| that Of long blacksnake whip. violent
~ cracked However, the bullet beats
the sound. and If man struck by one
hears a cracking it is from some other
missile.
Two thousand persons appeared in silk
at Paterson, n. j., recently at a parade
to boom Paterson looms. hosiery. gowns,
suits and in some cases among the men.
even hats were Of that material. Thus
is progress made toward fixing the high
cost of living.
The trouble which a wealthy resident
of British Columbia encountered at Ellis
island because he limped. the result of
rheumatism, suggests the problem this
country will have when the war Is over.
What will be done with non-citizens who
have previously been in the United States
| if they try to return as cripples?
Invisible ink appears to have been
| known since the early days of writing
for both Ovid and Pliny give receipts
! for the preparation of such fluid, the
one from milk. the other from various
vegetable juices. In the Middle Ages
| many writer's mention magnetic and
| magic inks, the action Of which some OF
then. averrsd TO be miraculous. Today
! such fluids are technically known as
sympathetic inks. and there are numer-
Gus patents for their manufacture
London Chronicle.
| The projectors of the Cape Cod cana
figure that it will carry in its frst veal