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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
The Afternoon Session.

~ = = atfA.
Tie aasna \ session was opened, in
two parts, III sartment of primary
schools meetinE the Hall of Repre-
sentatives and Afhe department of
s,Ipcrintendenee in the Judiciary room.
Mr.. McLoc4lin Of Bath.s WAS the
first on the prdsraffsof the latter, ana
he discussed alridgetment of the COM
,non school cotRxfs Within 10 years
tie number of subjects taught in COM
mon schools has eeTnearly doubled.
Ten years ago the number was 10, now
it is II. ~
There are three causes for this: in
creased requirements for admission to
colleges: the demand that young men
be fitted for life at an early age; the
belief that education should train the
hand rs we'll rs the brain. 4 young
man in educating himself for pro
fession must spend at least u years in
school. We are brought face to face
with three propositions. First, the city
high schools must fit for college; see
ord, the college division must rccite
together with the others. hence all
must keep to the college standard !:
third. college requires more work than
tIlc aNcTGSt Slutctll tdIi iO Ill lOut
wears: fourth, the equivalent must be
done in the, grammar school work. Mr..
NcLochlfn would not advocate abridgn-
ment Of the grammar school work TO
cytcnt of eliminating algebra, nor an
extension beyond elementary princi-
pies The truth is that many things
belonging to the grammar school have
beer crowded out and things not be-
longing to it have been crowded in. He
would defend the Introduction of book
keeping and manual training to gram
mar school, rs both are valuable and
supplementary. Whether English his
tory should be introduced depends
upon the length of the course. The in
PRODUCTION of natural science, il not
overdone. is TO be commended. Geomc-
try as a distinct subject. should not be
Introduced earlier than the third year
iof high school work. Finally, the
common school course should be
abridged so as to exclude Latin. algebra
and geometry and extended SO as to in
Glade bookkeeping, English history
manual training and elementary
science.
n. NJ. Coombs OF Ninalhaven. was the
i'S'-s' ''s''''N'~i' AVA - 'SfSt 1Stis, fnScit
He reported for the district. The aim
of the common schools is to educate The
pupils in the common school studies
The main difference in authorities is il,
regard to the time of beginning and
ending these studies In his opinion
too much of the pupils in the nine
years of common school work. He
then outlined the work of the separate
years. showing the advantage of add
ing tenth year of finishing and re.
view, especially for those who are un.
able to continue beyond the common
school. There seemed to be little tina
could he omitted on abridged among
1.-The essentials taught in the common
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24

understand him, yet ne cannot be other
than he is. Nature is training him in
various lines, and sometimes the only
training of will that he gets comes from
athletics.
Nature is putting the boy in the way
Of wisdom by giving him craving for
! the meaning of life. Natures training
is fitting the adolescent for life and do
ing it thoroughly. 1t is necessary for
the teacher 10 show the boy that what
he is being taught is of practical value
for life. He must be taught patience,
| earnestness and application.
| The business of the university is to
| prepare = man for q profession The
| business OF the college or high school is
to teach him TO grasp opportunity and
| fight the battles of life successfully.
Our nation is infested with Philis-
| tinism, ard men of incorruptible char
after are needed. Are our colleges
furnishing them? We need men Of en-
.iurance vitality and purpose. Are our
colleges furnishing them? An Amherst
football captain once said that more
pounds were needed on the rush-line
Can our colleges not put more pounds
into the rusnliHe in the great game Of
lie?
We mead something more than learn
ing in onr modern life. The controlling
motives DO not arise from intellect, but
from Will, emotion. character The
scribe argues. The great teachers
speak With authority.
The High school also has to do with
aIoiescent life and has much the same
problems. Greater liberty accord
.el High schools by the colleges in
regard to studies for admission: this
seems well. But il is not well for the
to follow too closely the college require
ments. They should keep in mind the
requirements of Individual students in
preparation for life. The Importance
Of Individual work by the teacher can
not be overc@timated. The great ques-
ton for teachers to ask themselves is.
Are we teaching at our best, today?
The High school must be the only col
leSe most students ever know. The su-
perintendent in any city has more stu
dents than most colleges This gives
an idea of the Importance of it. 1t
might be Il thing to be desired that the
HiGh school offer terms of entrance and
The college accept them. The changes
being made in requirements by colleges,
today, indicate Il movement in this di
rection, and DIR. 'Pyler believed that
school and college.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
Words Of Truth.

The Rev. Silas C. Fox, pastor Of
the Wesleyan Methodist Church, at
Warrensburgh, N. Y, was afflicted
with serious kidney and liver troubles,
and SO broken in health that he feared
he must retire from the ministry.
At this juncture he began to take
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors

In the District Court of the United
States for the District of Maine
In the matter of
Bertrand G. Taylor In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt.
10 the creditors Of BERTRAND G.. TAY-
LoR, OF Augusta, in the County of
. bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
gay OF October. a. ID. 1909, the said
berirand g. Taylor was duly adjudicated
ms creditors will be held at the Office OF
.ne Referee. 1870 Water Street, in Augusta.
Name and District aforesaid on the 9th
gay a. OF November. A. ID. 1903 at l O'Clock
III 1ne forenoon. at which time the said
creditors may attend. prove their claims.
appoint trustee, examine the bankrupt.
a,ri transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
! FREMONT. j. c.. LITTLE. :
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Augusta, Maine, Oct ., 1908.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
First and Foremost

In the field of medicine is Hoods Sar-
saparilla. 1t possesses actual and I'M
equalled merit by which it cures all
diseases caused or promoted by impure
or impoverished blood. If you have
rheumatism. dyspepsia. scrofula or ca
tarrh you may take Hoods Sarsaparilla
and be cured. If you are run down and
feel weak and tired. you may be sure
ii will do you good
Pills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
DIR. Greene
NeysVglra

the worlds greatest blood and nerve
tonic. He was entirely and per-
manently cured. Rev. Mr.. Fox says:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24

The following is the program for this
morning. and will conclude the eXer-
ciSes Of the convention:
9Uh-BusinesS meeting. Report OF
the secretary and treasurer: report q
the executive committee and election
of new members; report of the nomi-
mating committee and election OF
officers.
9.45-Report of the committee OF
legislation presented by the chairman
President Charles Lincoln White, D. d..
of Colby College; discussion of the re
port.
1015-Discussion of the topic. "Oul
Present College Entrance Require
ments in English This discussion
will he opened by Professor II. VI
Estabrooke. University of Maine, who
will speak upon The Best Way d
Teaching The Books Prescribed for En-
trance Examinations The discussion
continued by Professor w. II. Harris.
horn. Bates College, Principal Fl. X
White. Bangor High school, Miss Adele
Fitzpatrick, Coburn Classical Institute
and Principal Drew 7. Harthorn, Will
ton Academy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24

The executive committee of the
Maine Teachers Association met ut llo-
tel North Immediately after the eXer-
Uses ut the Congregational church and
The committee on nominations reported
the following nominations OF officers for
the ensuing year: President, w. l..
Powers, Gardiner; vice president
Charles T.. Tilson, Bangor; secretary, j.
.. Newton, Kent's Hill; membership
committee, w. |. Hamilton. Calais; eX-
ecutIve committee, J. $. Stevens, Oro-
20: nominating committee, w. G. NAL
lett. Pennington; Myron Bennett, San
ford; W. Il. Russell. Gorham.
The luncheon Of the Schoolmaster' s
Club was held in the dining-room of
Hotel North, about rs sitting down to
the tables. After an excellent lunch,
post prandial exercises We're opened by
T. Il. Wyman of WaterVille, who acted
rs toastmaster. Responses We're made
by Mayor Robertson of Augusta; w. G.
Mal!ett OF Pennington; ]. f. Ryan OF
Calais, and Henry Turner Bailey of
Massachusetts. The responses We're all
in Il happy vein and were heartily en-
ioyed. Owing to the lateness of the
hour no impromptus We're called for.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
fremont Temple Baptists Call a Pastor

Boston. Oct 23.-The fremont Tenn
,1le Baptist church, tonight, voted
unanimously to extend call to Rev.
Poindexter Henson of the Henson
place Baptist church Of Brooklyn, N.
Y. TO occupy the pulpit left vacant by
the resignation Of Rev. George G. Lori
mer. two years ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
Henry Watterson on "society."

Pittsburg, Pa. Oct. 23.-Henry Wat
terson delivered his lecture on "Soci-
ETY." this evening, in Carnegie Music
hall. Allegheny, before a small but en-
thusiastic. crowd. The unusually cold
weather that prevailed during the
evening was responsible for the light
attendance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24
Loving Cup for Capt. Barr.

Philadelphia. Oct. 2s.-Captain Charles
Rarr who sailed the Reliance against
Shamrock III. came to this city: today,
fro,3, New York as the guest of Mayor
Wtaayar Captain Barr was presented
With n, = loving cup by a number Of local
tareipesS men. g53
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-24


manently cured. Rev. Mr.. Fox says
az have been afflicted with kidney
and liver troubles. which We're very bad.
| had contemplated retiring from the
ministry. feeling my usefulness was
over. My kidneys were i'll that con-
d,ion that they acted twenty times a
day. My digestion was impaired and
had sour stomach, but since taking
DR.. Greene's Nervura | have not had
sour stomach once.
my kidneys are entirely natural and
my nerves are as steady as in youth.
My mind is clear and steady. l can
start and run now. | had steady,
sharp pain low in my bladder, but now
all that is gone. My health is restored,
and instead Of abandoning my work
I am going to open up a new ield,
feeling quite able 10 do so.
"Now, all this change has come to
me through the use of DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy,
which feel was providentially sent to
me, and the Nervura was an instrument
under God for my restoration.
"You may think this pretty strong,
but it is perfectly true, every word. 1
praise the Nervura as general renova-
tor to all parts of the body and it
apparently strikes every diseased part,
bringing it back to its original healthy
condition, for which I am more than
grateful"
All druggists recommend and sell
DR.. Grecne's Nervura. DR.. Greene's
advice is free. Consult him in person
or by letter, "a Temple Place, Bos-
ton. Mass.
ESsEEyE; sgssgIssssssssssEEss2
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15
NAY LEAD DEMOCRACY.
Indiana Man stands Good Show efDe.
coming Head Of Democratic M.
tlonal Committee.

Az . result of number Of confer
ences between leading members Of the
democratic national committee, 1t is now
believed that Thomas Taggart, commit
teeman for Indiana, will be the new
chairman of the national committee, and
the manager of the next national cam
paign, succeeding Senator Jones.
d.. Campau, of Michigan; T. E. Ryan,
of Wisconsin; Urey Woodson, of Ken
lucky; Norman e. Mack, of New York;
Thomas Taggart, of Indiana, and repre-
sentatives of Iowa. Missouri and other
states in the west have met in Chicago
recently.
Il have not entered the field as can
didate for national chairman" said Mr..
Taggart. IF the committee decides that
I am the man its members want for
chairman, probably should not de-
cline the honor, which in national cam
paign is next to being named for presi-
dent or vice president"
/. One of the representatives Of q far
western state said to a New York Her
aid reporter:
Il believe the selection of Mr.. Taggart
would be equivalent to the contribution
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15
SIX workers in France.

Six WOrKeFs In FRo1ee.
Within year more than 1000 skilled
yorl men have left the French silk fac
TOTES Cor the United States
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15

ers, nearly 5000 cyclemakers, and Ill.,
$40 tailors.
It appears that there are female bail
IFS. boatsmen, boiler makers. bricklay-
ers, iron founders, plumbers, plasterers,
slaughterers, and veterinary surgeons
One woman in the kingdom is set down
as q dock laborer, and another as road
laborer, while 279 are undertakers.
One bright, pretty Irish girl. who man
aged to escape the census altogether has
lately branched out for herself as a com
mercial traveller in whisky, and is sup
posed to be the only woman whisky
drummer" In England, IL not in the
world. She is Miss Victoria Short, daugh-
ter Of q Tipperary property owner, whose
reduced circumstances on account Of
land agitation made 1t necessary for the
girl to earn her own living.
An Irish member Of parliament got
her q place in the thirst appeasing de-
partment Of the house Of commons, and
her fame In that sphere Of national activ-
ity brought her the surprising offer to
10 out on the road. She hesitated 1T first,
but finally accepted the offer, and abe
has become IN object Of much criticism
and curiosity. She has succeeded. how
ever. In minding her own business 90 well
that she IL making great success Of It
Oddly enough, Miss Shorts, employer 4
9 man named Tau. 'Ss1's
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15

pleased the powers that Mexico should b
IN empire. So. like tie tempter Of old,
they took Macmillan up on IN exceed,
insly high mountain, showed him that
kingdom and Ill the glories thereof. and
promised 'tall these will I give unto thee. !"
Fate's last most exquisite touch Of
irony in the situation was, that had they
continued the idyllic, nnpretentious life
at Miramar, the crown Of al the Aus
TRANS would have come to them through
the suicide In 1889 Of Maximilian's
nephew, Crown Prince Rudolph, which
would have made Ferdinand the next
heir had he then been living.
G6rlotta, as empress Of . country
which wished to be q republic, played her
losing game bravely, and even brilliant
~. In magnificence Of her court, In per-
sonal extravaganza, she was almost q
second Eugene. She was sincerely In
terested in her people. gave Maximilian
sage counsel in state matters, restored
the semi-ruined Chapultepec, palace Of
the Aztec kings, and rebuilt the cele-
brated 'sMontezuma bath
When the climax of the Inflated Mex
lean empire came, Macmillan was Ill
with fever, and his presence at the seat
Of trouble was imperative. The empress
undertook to return to Europe to invoke
aid of Napoleon III, and of the pope. But
Napoleon, who had gotten them into this
predicament. was not going to help them
out. Then 1t was that the first mad
symptoms manifested themselves. She
left Napoleon In despair, and arriving At
the Grand hotel in Paris, she had IN at
tack of insanity.
In many quarters in Mexico to-day q
more sinister cause for her mental break
down is implicitly believed In. 1t is as
serted that decoction Of the "loco
root" which produces insanity, was se-
cretly introduced into her food by some
disaffected subject. But whatever the
cause Of her madness, it has never left
her. Reports Of her death were sent to
her husband shortly before his own exc
cution, thus sparing him one torment.
The ex-empress has been confined for
many years in the Chateau de Bonchat,
near Brussels. For years she has made
pathetic pretense Of holding court, order
ing the pictures taken down from the
walls, that she might give them to her
attendants-who would quietly replace
them-and excited by all visitors save
her sister-in-law, the late Queen Henri
eta Of Belgium. Between her brother,
King Leopold, and herself. q coldness ex-
listed, as even her disordered brain had
received the Impressions. current in Bel
GUM, that he had gambled away q large
portion Of her once splendid fortune,
which he held for her in trust.
In 81 years she had just one moment
Of happiness. That was when she was
told of the death of Napoleon III.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15

superior chief and commander-in-chief
of the Russian troops in Kwan-Tung,
and Of the Russian naval forces in the
far east, and he is now vested with su.
preme authority over all branches Of the
civil administration. A special com.
mittee, under the presidency Of the en-
peror, will see that his policy is in keep
ing with that of. the ministries. Ad-
miral Alexeief has already done much
valuable work for his country, and has
seen service on land az well &c on sea.
His most ardent partisans are said ia
believe that he captured the Taku forts
unaided, relieved Tientsin. and rescued
Admiral Seymour. His passion for Rus
sian bridge is extraordinary, and de-
feat at his favorite game makes him q
dangerous master until the 1T has passed.
It is, perhaps, fortunate that he dearly
loves a fight. for his qualities both a.
warrior and diplomatic are likely to ba
Of value to him IN the near futura
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS



Lieutenant Governor Bartlett of tho
North Dakota Worlds Fair commission
wants to make an exhibit Of the babies
OF the state at st. Louis, to show what
manner Of citizens are being born and
bred on the fertile prairies and in the
pure air of North Dakota. As it will
be impossible to take the babies to the
exposition propria persona, he will do
the next best thing, and will make IN
exhibit of their photographs.
1t Is believed an exhibit of the pho-
tographs Of North Dakota babies will
show the healthiest and best nurtured
aggregation of infants of any state in
the union. To obtain this collection
Mr.. Bartlett requests parents who
have babies between the ages of and
3 years to send him unmounted photo.
graphs at his home in Cooperstown.
The photographs will then be collected
and arranged for the exhibit.
The Worlds Fair commission met
and discussed matters of detail with
reference to the state exhibit. Gov.
Bartlett reports the work Of of obtain
ing display we'll under way in the
state. The allotment of space has not
yet been made, and this leaves the
manager somewhat in the dark as to
just how extensive display he will be
able to make.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15
EX-EMPRESS Carl OTTA OF MEXICO.
MAD FOR MANY YEARS, IS NOW DYING
Hyer Since 1867 She Has Kept Mock Court in Chateau
near Brussels, Belgium. Believing That the Murdered
Macmillan, Her Iover-Husband, Still Lives

q
n GAIN comes word that arlotta, ex-
* empress. but to-day little more
than q crazed and pitiful remind
e Of IN almost forgotten International
trAgedy. Is dying at her chateau in the
enNlrons Of Brussels. Belgium. Death to
her would be mercy. a.
4 bride at II. an empress at "a. q mad
woman 1T rs, Carlotta represents in
her own person not only the tragedy Of
2. chtnerical empire, but the traditional
mtsfortunes of the luckless house Of the
HApsburgs, and the vanity Of earthly ann
billions. A
Thirty-seven years ago the beautiful
young empress Of Mexico parted with
~ lover husband, to whom she had been
married only ten years, to sail across
neas and invoke for him the aid Of princes,
temporal and spiritual. They never met
again, and neither ever knew why. Max
tmiliAn, led out with bandaged eyes to
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15

of ministers about, who are always glad
to marry suitable persons. I think that
the business should, in all propriety
be left to them" he says. Il know that
I never took any stock in this feature
OF Justices work. Many applied t.
me, and some I married, but there hal
been no time would not have preferred
to have some one else do 1t.
Il try to practice what preach. In
my lifetime have been twice married
asd in both instances I was married by
q minister, and this is the kind of ad.
vice always give to the young people
who are about to commence life OF
welded bliss.
1T is my opinion that there are many
people who want to get married who
should not be married at all. and both
license and ceremony should be with.
held. This class Of people are unsuited
to each other. fact that is plainly EVIL
dent, II not to them. to those who are
acquainted with them. The law should
throw = safeguard around the holy insti.
tuition of marriage for the benefit Of
posterity and future generations in this
grand country of ours"
Justice Leafs married life has been
full Of happiness He was first married
to Mary Ann Post on October Is, 1929
and later to Aldura Flower on March %,
1848. He Is the father of seven children
and the grandfather of Is children. He
Is remarkably active for man nearly
100 years old. He tried two cases on the
day he was IS, and recently disposed OF
an assault and battery case, writing up
his own docket.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15
PRlMATE OF LONDON.
Right Rev. Francis Bourne Pro
metsd By the Propaganda.


Right Rev. Francis Bourne. the 1o-
man Catholic bishop OF Southwark.
London. has been chosen to succeed
the late Cardinal Vaughan % arch
bishop Of Westminster.
Like the pope, Bishop Bourne was
born Of poor and obscure parents. Be-
fore his elevation to be q bishop he
had only done parish work in the
Southwark diocese and was promoted
by right of succession in 1896.
Francis Bourne was born ut Clap
ham, in London. in 1861, and many
still remember him as barefootoed
boy on Chaplain common. He got his
early education at the ecclesiastical
colleges Of st. Cuthbert, UshaM and
st. Edmund's, Ware. and the College
of st. Sulspice in Paris. He spent q
year or two at tho University of LOU
vain, and returned home to be or
dained q priest in 1884.
He was assigned to several obscure
parishes, among which were Grin
stead. in Surrey. where he remained
until 1889, when he was appointed
rector Of the diocesan seminary near
Guilford. Surrey.
In q few years he succeeded in build
ing new college and magnificent
chapel. At the instance OF the then
bishop Of Southwark Leo XIII. made
him domestic prelate in 1896, and a
year later coadjutor bishop Of South
wark, with the right Of succession.
He continued to live at the seminary
and personally supervise the education
Of its inmates, seldom mixing with the
clergy of the archdiocese.
London is divided into two Roman
Catholic dioceses. the one OF South
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-15

the ...IIill of the Bells" on June 10, 1867,
to die by the pistol shots Of revolution
lists. never knew that the splendid mem
tai powers of his devoted wife had given
way under their strain. and that she was
by that time babbling maniac holding
mock court behind barred doors and
asking: 'Why does not the emperor
conner"
Cariotta had for 81 years continued
to ask: "Why does he not comet" never
having been told what happened to Max
1co's first emperor.
Shakespeare would have done justice
TO story like Macmillan and Car
1otta's. His pen could have drawn their
happiness In paradise, Of their early mar
ried life, and then the insidious entrance
Of heSserpent of ambition. introduced
by scheming statesmen with the cold
hearted Third Napoleon at their head. It