Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-08-24

that persons found guilty OF overfeed-
Ing should be made liable to imprison-
ment. Such law was actually promul-
gated In France during the reign Of
Charles TX. when the cost OF living
reached an unoonscionable hight. 1t was
| then ordained that no person should eat
more than three courses at a meal, the
amount to be served at each course be-
ing also prescribed. Heavy fines were
| imposed for any breach OF this law
Pan Mall Gazette.
Thomas Gatacre. rector Of Rotherhithe
from 1911 to 1854, seems to have been the
earliest pioneer Of spelling reform. which
| William Archer has been advocating in
| an eloquent speech at the University Of
! London This divine, who was a pronli-
nent rgure In Puritan circles. started his
career as a reformer by changing to
Gataker ito prevent miscalling." Ga
tacre published theological treatises
abounding in repulsive looking words
| like ''qestion" (for he regarded the 'u'
after "a as superiluous). and other ''nu
spelns' such as ''believ," "exces." "ded"
and "tru."-London Chronicle.
| The world renowned orange gardens Of
4 Jaffa-the Joupa Of the Bible-present In
! the fruiting season an enchanting sight.
Surrounded by an impenetrable hedge o.
thorny cactus, which during their bios
soning time must be a gorgeous display
Of intense and vivid scarlet and green
as far as the eye can reach. the great
trees. as large as oaks. extend in long
shady avenues, each loaded with wild
| rrofusion OF rich ovoid fruit, almost as
! large as small footballs, reminding one
Of the tabled forest whose trees bore a
\ harvest Of solid gold. while the few llow-
| ers still left perfume the air with their
| fragrant aroma.
| When Knglake was writing his history
I Of the Crimean war he received letters
from all sorts of people concerned in the
4 war. One day letter with deep black
border came from two people in the col
onies, husband and wife, describing their
grief Thei: only child had been killed
/ in the Crimea- They wanted to have
him mentioned in the History of the
| Crimean War kinglake was touched,
/ and replied by post that he would do his
best if they would send him the neces-
black bordered. full Of thanks, but with
! the following conclusion: I'VE have no
particulars whatever to give YOU. He
was killed on the spot. like many others,
but anything you may kindly invent
will be welcome. We leave 1t entirely
f.! to your imagination. London Oponion.
| CAPTAIN Lukens. Of the coast and
geodetic survey has discovered prac-
! ticable channel from Boring sea into the
mouth Of the Kuskokwim river. This
river which is next TO the largest stream
! in Alaska, is nine miles wide at its
mouth, and is navigable for more than
I COO miles, according to the Youths Com
panion. Its delta extends its great sub
merged fats 100 miles out to sea. 1t was
through that dangerous delta that the
surveying steamer Yukon found chan
mel hitherto unchared. The newly dis
| covered channel will enable steamship
companies to send vessels up into the
| Kuskowir. and thus to begin the ex-
| ploitat!on of the mining, fishing and
agricultural riches of the region. Cap
| tain Iukens reports that in making the
survey he took i4.2B soundings, over
! an area OF more than 1876 square miles.
! and that in some instances he deter
mined the position Of his soundings by
making observations On mountain peaks
more than sixty miles away. Shipping
corpanics at Seattle plan to build two
/ light draf, steamships especially for
| river traffic on the Kuskokvim. The
vessels will be ready as soon as naviga-
ton opens in the spring.
Besides utilizing. sheep as source
of food and clothing, the careful
cd
| Health Service have demonstrated
their value as sanitary agents. Ticks
which carry Rocky Mountain spotted
fever become entangled in their long
greasy wool and die. This prevents
| the spread OF the disease. No ticks
no fever.
! We have in the United States .
truly American disease. SO Tar as y
/ is known this is the only disease
which is peculiar to the United
! States. 1t is called Rocky Mountain
spotted fever, and is found in practl-
cally all Of the Rocky Mountain
States. 1t is conveyed to man by the
bite of a wood tick which buries its
head beneath the skin Of its victim
and thus introduces the virus which
/ causes tick fever. In many OF the
! States. such as Colorado and Utah.
! the disease is not very fatal, only
about per cent of the persons
stricken with the disease losing their
lives.
/, On the west side OF the Bitter Roo:
Valley in Montana the disease is I'M
usually severe and the United States
Government acting through the Pub
I, lie Health Service. has been endeavor-
ing TO discover a way to eradicate It.
7, Passed Assistant Surgeon T. B. Nc
| Clintic visited the Bitter Root Valley
in the summer Of 1911 for the purpose
of studying the disease and determin-
ing If possible a way in which t.
stamp it out. It was found that on
the west side Of the valley in the
lands which had not been cleared o.
underbrush that ticks existed in large
numbers. The immature or bah!
ticks we're found attached to small
| animals. such as ground squirrels
weasles and chipmunks. while the
I adult ticks were to be found on cat
tie and horses.
DR.. McCuntic laid out an area about
three miles wide and I'VE miles long
and built a dipping vat in which NJ
gave all the cattle and horses In the