Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-06
ODD ITEMS OF INTEREST

SO firmly do some scientists maintain
the theory that changes in metals are
due to conditions resembling diseases
in organic matter, that German navy
yard maintains an expert to study the
question
Fer ventilating in places where blast
ing is being done there has been IN
vented a vanished canvas pipe, which
has the advantage Of being practically
proof against damage from blasts, as it
collapSes if struck.
Sacramento valley recently turned
out in force to two Of the most sue
cessful rabbit drives in its history.
District 1902, near Franklin. Sacra-
meto county. offered as an attraction
free shotgun shells to all who would
attend, and as a result about 1000 rab-
| bits were slain.
A baptismal font zoo years old was
used at the home Of Or. and Mrs R. D.
Boynton at the Wisconsin Veterans
| home in Milwaukee when the Rev. Z.
3. Erie baptized Ray Gustave Boynton
The font was an heirloom of Judge
Barlow, era ndfather of Dr. Boynton.
1t Is reported that German manufac-
turers have discovered a substitute for
jute and hemp, which have become
| scarce in Germany, III various species
of epilobium- willow herb-the best fib-
err being yielded by f. hrsutum, while
E. angustifolium comes second in mer-
It. Both plants grow wild in Germany.
Blowing cotton from one department
to another through suitable tubes is the
! latest employment Of compressed air in
manufacturing plants. In one instance
a California felt manufacturer makes
use Of comr1 essed air for conveying
damp wool from the securing plant
squeezers TO another building across
the street, in which are located the
sun exposed drying rooms The meth
cd is said to be clean and rapid
BY the use Of "cold" light, obtained
by automatically separating heat rays
from luminous rays, by means Of a
process recently discovered by French
engineer, the use Of celluloid for films
in moving picture machines is made
unnecessary, paper being used instead.
it is reported This light, the quest of
which has long puzzled physicists, Is
said to he strong enough to throw
pictures from ordinary illustrations to
a screen with remarkable directness
even when the room is we'll lighted.
Camphor groves may some day be as
familiar tc us as peach orchards and
orange groves. Agents of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture have found that
when planted in hedges fifteen feet
APART camphor trees will WELD each
year about eight tons of trimmings to
the acre, from which about two hun
dred pounds of gum camphor can be
/ distilled At present prices that means
profit Of about one hundred and sixty
dollars an acre. The camphor trees are
harder than many Of our fruit trees.
but are suited only to the southern half
of our country.
Able Lemire. mayor OF Hazebrouck.
France. and deputy from the depart
ment Of the North, has learned from
reliable source that the Germans are
stripping the interesting Lille Museum
OF such objects Of art as previously
had not been sent to Germany. The
Germans. 1t is learned from the same
| source posted placards about the CITY
exhorting the inhabitants to subscribe
| to the latest German war loan. No
French people subscribed so far as
known.
Speaking OF dreamy police forces.
there is that of Montgomery Citv. No.
where the Warren county Jail has had
no inmates for two years, although
there are twelve saloons in the county
and where for more than one year
there has been no call for a petit iury
in the circuit court.
Perhaps there is somthing to that
story by the Richmond Times-Dlspatch
in which some one asks: DO pou think
Miss Oldgirl will ever change her mind
and marry" The answer is: NO" If
she marries it will be because some
man of her acquaintance has changed
his mind"
The death rate from cancer in Penn
sylvania is said to be increasing at a
rate out of all proportion to- the
growth in population. II is predicted
, that there will be 5000 death from the
disease in that state this year. -i .