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

Wolcott explains the phenomenon oS
saying that the duck was fat and tnat
the water. aikau and hot sun simply
made soap of that portion OF the DUCK
that was susceptible of being so trans
formed.
4 weli-dressed couple. evidently from
the country, the man 90 and the woman
70. appeared before Municipal Judge
Hart. at Battle Creek. Mich, and asked
II he would marry them for g bushels
Of potatoes. as they had more spacs
than cash. When the court refused. they
went away, the woman in tears Iney
also tried TO obtain a marriage license
from City Clerk Thorne on the same
basis
A Belgian moving van, direct from
Antwerp. and containing the FURNITURE
OF two refugees who decided 10 make
their home here. was unioaded IL EAST
Orange. y. j. The var, WITH It's con-
tents, left Antwerp when that city feii
into the hands Of the Germans. boarded
a ship in Holland, and recently reached
Hohoken. The van is Of novel design and
4 New York museum mas offered sooc
price for the strange vehicle, but il IS rot
FOR sale.
The Dutch have chosen Pleasant places
for the jnterrne1t OF the English who
have been forced TO c-oss into their neti-
tral territory. Groningen is a town OF
fine houses and wide, clean streets, in
which enough 18th century houses re-
main to give il an old-worid air. Gar
dens and progaenadcs abound on the
north side OF TIE town. ard in the center
lies group Of open spaces, caiet among
, then! the large market square. III which
the French Republicans planted their
tree of liberty in I1eS
Monaco, whose prince appealed 20 TIE
neutral powers to prevent the destruc-
ton Of his pa'aJiai chateau, near Rheims.
wIich the Germans are holding - ran
som. is an IDEAL republic. Il hen, four
years ago. the prince granted his people
q constitution and an annual income OF
sef".eo4 for the expenses OF the, govern
r.ent. the creates, difficulty which faced
the executive was how 70 spend this sum.
Under the rule Of Prince Albert the in
( habitarts paid no taxes. for no taxes
were needed. Every possible eXpendi-
ture Of the miniature state vas provided
for ct least twice over BY the profits
from the Casino at Monte Carlo.
The usual size q some game fish
caught in irrigation bitches il Washing
ton led 20 the belief that they had fat
. tered themselves by eating alfalfa and
an investigation proved the theory cor
rect.
Railways in Great Britain Kill in acci-
dents for which the passenger is in no
way responsible one passenger for every
1.u:,Qp carried, while those OF the
United States kill one for every 400 go
passengers carried.
Some Co 90 gypsies wander about Hun
gary and are regarded as a dangerous
community. So notorious are their thiev-
ing propensites that they are not al
lowed inside the towns. while the viii
lagos tolerate them for only two days.
Despite the number OF suggestions
which have been made for the control
OF the flood waters OF the Mississippi
river. it is generally agreed that the ievee
system is the most practical The levees
must be made higher and stronger.
Leo Cgardi. a Naples hairdresser, mar
ried his sweetheart subject to an under
taking on the part Of her father TO spend
80 for tonsorial attentions within two
years Of the wedding in place of a dowry;
otherwise the wife IS TO be returned 10
her parents.
Sabuiite is the name of a new high
power explosive, tests of which have
] lately been made in British Columbia.
It can be handled without danger, and IS
cheaper than dynamite. which has Only
about one-third its destructive effect. II
IS used for blasting purposes only.
The Brandywine river was first named
the Fishkiil. Brunce says that the
stream was renamed by the Dutch to
commemorate the loss at its mouth Of
vessel loaded with brandy. Another au-
thority says the name was given on ac-
count OF a famous distiIlery on its banks.
In a patent taken out recently by Car
ence II Pluume-, Of Black River Falls,
Wis, is presented process OF tempo
rarily preserving green vegetables, such
as peas and beans, in which the vegeta-
( bles are subjected to an upwardly flow
ing stream Of cold water for a sufficient
( preiod TO reduce their temperature ap-
proximate.y to that Of the water.
| Motor wagons used by the allied
/ armies on the continent have their
| hoods painted in gigantic check de-
| sign Of the most violently contrasted
! coIors. This makes the vehicles less
| easy TO see from areopianes.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
William A. McKeever. professor OF
| child welfare at the University OF
| Kansas, says the indiscriminate ad-
vocacy of eugeEics has been product
! i've of bad results, the excitable
| preachers Of the theory having given
the impression that moral unfitness
and faint are more prevalent than
the facts bear out.
| The unassai,able supremacy Of the
Smiths in London can be estima ted
! from che telephone directory. The
honorable family Of Jones, for ex-
! ample, occupies not quite four pages.
| The Robinsons, who have a place
with the greatest, do not require two
| pages. But the Smiths begin on Page
| 162 and end on Page 40.
| Guido Linnekogel, German aviator,
| has broken the worlds areoplane hight
| record by flying over 2i,0e0 feet, about
| four miles above the Johnannisthal
aerodrome in German military mon
| oplane. The previous record Of 10000
! feet was made by the French airman