Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-10
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS

CURIOUS COMBINATIONS
A button famine is said to be threat
ening this country on account Of the
war. but the buttons the supply Of
which il threatened are mostly Of the
ornamental kind. II the worst should
happen. people could again use wooden
buttons. covering them with cloth for
the sake Of appearances.
It has been calculated by q govern
ment botanist that one seed OF cotton.
given the application Of all possible
care and skill, would produce S0.0o0,-
100000 seeds in six years. and he gives
an actual case Of the production Of H.
900 bushels Of seed of q pure strain Of
wheat from a single grain in five years.
without the exercise Of any special care.
Probably the smallest money order
ever sent from Eatonton. Ca. was sent
recently. A man walked into the post
Office. asking for a money order for 3
he said he would have to send a money
order. as it didn't take stamps. The
money order cost him cents. and 1t
took 2-cent stamp to send the order.
Four little girls in Salem. Mass. had
rehearsed for Sunday school concert
in which each was to recite piece and
then turn letter to the audience. the
combined letters spelling IS T A r."
signifying the Star OF Bethlehem. I'm
fortunately at the concert the girls
went on to the stage from the wrong
side. SO that when the turning pro-
cess was completed the letters spelled
"R A T S."
A society has been formed in Cairo
for preserving the pure-bred Arab horse
1t is said that recent changes in the
lives and habits of the Bedouins have
resulted in the deterioration Of these
horses. A practical horseman Of wide
experience says that. as q rule, the
Arab horse is now no betetr treated
than our own horses. whatever may
have been true Of the old days when
such poems as. THE Arab to His Steed"
were written.
That DR.. Johnson was no initiate Of
the Order Of Bath is evident from a
story told by Wickins. a Lichfield ORA
per, with whom. according to Boswell
1.-The doctor was on some terms of in
timacy." Wilkins once showed John
son over his house, and expatiated at
some length upon the salubrity of the
cold bath. sir" remarked his visitor,
"how do you do?' Every we'll. I thank
you. DOCTOR" replied the astonished dra-
per. Then. sir. let we'll alone, and be
content. / hate Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle.
The year 1915 comprises the latter
part Of the 13sth and the beginning of
the l40th year Of American independ-
ence. and it corresponds to the year
6S2s Of the Julian period; tho year
5675-5676 of the Jewish era; the year
1858 since the foundation of Rome; the
year 2575 OF tho Japanese era, and the
year 1884 Of the Mohammedan era. In
the year 1915 there will be two eclipses,
both of the sun. The first will be the
annu1ar eclipse on February ~. visible
to Australia and large parts of the In
dian and Pacific oceans, and the second
will be on August 10. visible in eastern
Asia.
The statement made to a special cor
respondent in northern France by a
high dignitary from Peshawar that
we see more snow in our parts than
you ever see in England" will help to
remove a popular misconception. When
England's Indian troops landed at Mar
settles German newspapers expressed
the belief-no doubt the wish fathered
the thought-that England's mahogany
warriors would never survive a winter
| campaign in western Europe 1t is often
forgotten that in India you can find any
kind OF climate. In the northern zone,
where curiously enough extremes of
heat are greatest. the night tempera-
nf al tal lot,
often falls to within ~ degrees Of zero.
Troops accustomed to a weather glass
that may rise or drop so degrees or SO
in twenty-four hours are not likely to
succumb to the rigors of a French-or
n-winter.-London Chronicle.
During the last year 1,228,316,0o0
passengers travelled by the railways Of
the United Kingdom.
million and a half horseshoes are
| being prepared in Coatbridge iron works
for France and Russia
Applewood is the favorite material
for ordinary saw handles. and some
goes into so-called brier pipes.
The shark holds the record for long
distance swimming. One has been
known to cover 500 miles in three days.
According to figures published by the
Monetary Times. Of Toronto, the sum
total of American investments in Cam
ada was s636.sO4,oo0 in 1913, as COM
pared with s417,14s.ooo in 1911. and
s279,075.000 in 1909.
Dispatches tell of the Spartan con-
duct Of Colonel Lopoukhine, of the
Russian army. who went to the body
of his son. killed in Galicia, kissed his
forehead and lips. remounted his horse
| and continued giving orders.
A rocky eminence on the outskirts of
Granada. Spain. is known as eel ulti-
mo sospiro del Moro" (the last sigh of
the Moor. becav Sc. according to the
legend. Boabdil. the last Moorish mon
arch. took leave there Of the land Of his
birth.
NJ. CASTOR Darboux. the secretary of
the French Institute Of Science. draws
the attention OF doctors to the value of
paper under gcyments as a protection
against the winter weather. The French
army in 1870 kept themselves warm by
means Of newspapers worn beneath
their uniforms. and the Japanese sol.
diers on active service are even now
wearing paper shirts.
London's proposed postal tube is to