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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

A purity crusade was started and Aked
and his supporters, in spite Of the powerful
interests they antagonized. eventually won
out. Liverpool became the cockpit of IL
censing reform and when the battle had
been won there actually became the ex-
ample followed by municipalities through
out the kingdom. The 800 houses of i'll
fame lost their protection and one whole
street was renamed, the associations Of the
old name being too bad for its reformed
condition.
municipal energy Anyone who under
stands the nature of fight of this partic-
ular sort will readily see the courage and
determination needed to grapple with it in
a thoroughly aggressive and noncompro-
missing spirit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Rockefeller Capture. Him.

1t is impossible not to recognize that there
is a certain amount of soreness even among
his friends at his leaving them for a wealthy
church in New York. The fact that John
ID. Rockefeller is a member of that church
is a potent factor, in the criticism OF friend
and foe alike
In the eyes OF most people here the name
of John ID. Rockefeller stands for pretty
well everything that Mr.. Aked has been
fighting against for the last sixteen years.
his hostile critics do not shrink from
charging him with pocketing his principles
for gold.
But to a fair-minded man the charge is
absurd. Mr.. Aked has. never shown him
self lover Of money. His own explsna-
ton sufhces. He is convinced that his
health will not allow him TO continue work
ing in this country.
You are evidently a fighting parson. -
said the writer to him this morning.
Mr.. Aked laughed without denial and
said: My fighting days are over. can
no longer carry on the strenuous night
did once. My passion has always been for
liberty and TO work for those who are
struggling for liberty, no matter where
Now that cannot hght for them as used
to / am glad to go where liberty has been
achieved"
You are the last man one would imagine
TO be in danger from tuberculosis OF the
lungs" remarked the writer.
The last man one would think likely e
be selected for the Fifth Avenue church. -
reJoined the minister
His strenuous fighting days may indeed
be over. sim Mr.. Aked Is only a. II al
danger from the lungs should pass away
and this militant minister should start IL
New York what he performed In Liverpool
Fifth avenue may yet be the center Of
lively things to come.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

lence-he was in the way, and Mr., Aked
knocked him down like a log.
When the minister and his wife were safe
inside the mob amused themselves by
wrecking the house from without, not leav-
ing a pane of glass unbroken-
For FIVE weeks the scene was repeated
every Sunday. For five weeks Mr.. Aked
denounced his own country under police
protection. Three hundred police guarded
the house and chapel and all the way be-
tween the two, back and forth, Mr.. Aked
was handed from plain clothes man to
plain clothes man.
After five weeks of1t the head constable
grew weary. He pointed out to Mr.. Aked
that he had stuck to his guns long enough
to show that he was not going TO give in
through fear, and that now he might we'll
go away for a Sunday and see II by thus
breaking the continuity of things the
trouble might be put a stop to. Mr.. Aked
consented and went away for one Sunday.
AS the head constable had surmised, the
mob had formed a habit of Aked batting.
Finding him missing for one Sunday they
gave it up, the habit was broken, and Mr..
Aked returned to preach pro-Boerism in
peace.
My passion" said Mr.. Aked this morn
ing, sis for freedom"
Thus 1t is that he has always been anx-
ious to fight, always to fight, one notices,
not to diplomatize, for people who have
not liberty or are being deprived of it
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
A Pair of Weddings Out of the Ordinary

turesque as described by a writer for a
Partisan woman's magazine. The cere-
monies begin with the proposal. which
must be managed according to immemorial
forms.
When the young man selects the girl
he desire TO marry he writes her a letter
in which he describes his devotion and
asks for a rendezvous In order that he may
stin further explain himself. The letter
is intrusted to an old woman for delivery.
The girl. if she is willing, invites the youth
to come and speak with her under her
window at night.
He goes around with his guitar. and
while he strums on 1t the traditional airs
Of the people he sings Of his love and asks
the girl TO favor his suit II she is coy
he may have to sing two or three ballads,
but usually he has not to wait long for
her TO open her window and invite him
to climb up on the wooden balcony. which
is feature OF nearly every Basque cot
tage. Before he goes away the couple
have usually become engaged.
On the morning Of the wedding the chill
dren wake up the village by setting of fire.
crackers. The religious ceremony is held
at O'Clock in the parish church, so that
the whole day may be given up to INSTALL
ing the couple In their new home.
The wedding breakfast, served at the
brides house, Is the second feature OF the
day. All the adults OF the village take
part in It. while the children are RECALLED
with cakes and fruit outside.
In the meantime all the farm wagons
IN the place have been mustered 70 trans
port the possessions OF the couple In pro-
eession. They are drawn by oxen COW
cred with white sheets and having their
horns decorated with flowers The hrst
wagon is htted with a canopy draped with
red curtains. On this the nupual bed Is
displayed, decorated with ribbons and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

strewn with flowers. The village seams-
tress holding a mirror, rides on the front
of this wagon.
The other wagons follow containing the
remaining furniture, the brides trousseau,
linen, farm tools and all the other ap-
purtenances Of the new household. Behind
each walks a group of girls the leader
carrying a decorated ham on her head
while all the others have baskets OF bis
cults and almond cakes, covered with
flowers. Sheep are also led in the pro-
cession with strings of bells about their
necks.
Arrived at the new house the seamstress
exhorts the bridegroom TO be kind to his
wife She presents him with the ham and
then she and the village carpenter enter
the house and get busy putting the furni-
ture in place and fitting it for habitation.
While this Is going on a circle of chairs
is arranged In the courtyard. and the sis
ter and sister-in-law of the bride exhibit
her trousseau to the women, displaying
first pail Of milk and distaff as I'M
memorial symbols Of plenty and industry.
This ceremony concludes with the counting
out Of the marriage portion.
All that evening and the next day are
given up TO Teasing. There are meals as
often as they can be eaten. Singing and
dancing the fandango to the music Of the
accordion MI the intervals.
The following week the young men of
the village invade the house Of the young
couple in all sorts OF grotesque DISCUSSES
and armed with drums and lanterns to
conduct charivari. The village cut-up-
he exists everywhere-reads a funny poem
on matrimony. They ali eat and drink
and the proceedings end with a traditional
farce in which the woman beats the hus-
band with a broomstick.
Then the couple settle down to the reali-
ties OF life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

iew ~~ys ago.
Craven met the family when he went to
Montana thirty years ago The girls had
always lived there. and never caught 4
glimpse OF civilization. Craven established
q trading post and married Nora Lam
precht.
They lived happily until a Jealous half
breed Indian. who had WISHED TO marry
Nora. shot the woman through a window
Of the cabin -Four years later he married
Marie Lamprecht, who was also killed by
the same Indian. Then he married Efie, a
third daughter. and she also was killed by
the Indian.
Craven. somewhat discouraged. returned
TO Ohio. but found he could not be con-
tented He returned and married Helen,
aged q After the wedding he heard the
Indian was still in the nsighbOrhood. He
lay in wait and shot the redskin. Then
MS wife was taken Ill and died Bertha
tame to his home 70 care for his little
boy. and he married her. She was thrown
from a horse and killed. Craven went home
70 Ohio. only to find he could not get
along without LAmpreeht for wife. He
prevailed upon Lena. the remaining sister.
to come here 10 marry him
There was some attraction, l can't tell
what about that family OF Lamprecht girls
that / could never see In any other" said
Craven. after the ceremony.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Fight for Social Parity.

One Of his first battles in Liverpool was
fought in the cause of social purity and
also against the liquor trade. The acts
OF Parliament regulating both these things
were tacitly allowed to remain in allegiance
so far as a considerable portion of Liver
pool was concerned.
In two districts there were no less than
800 houses OF i'll fame. In spite of the laws
they were not interfered with so long as
they kept to their own territory. The
liquor interest supported them.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

year he made It deeper. and in doing so
made himself friends, admirers and
enemies in plenty
His success in the church was immediate
The Sunday before he arrived Pembroke
chapel, which had ample accommodation
for 1,15O people. only Held fifty at the morn
ing service and a few more in the evening.
AS soon as Aked started preaching the
place began to fill
1t soon had to be renovated and made
more comfortable for the crowds he at
tracted. Sunday after Sunday the church
was filled literally to overlooking, hundreds
having to be turned away for want Of
room. And so 1t has continued up to the
present day.
And what manner OF man is II who so
soon made himself a leader in a great city
such as Liverpool, and has remained a
leader with ever increasing power for six
teen years?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20

Charies n. Akeds acceptance OF
Ilifnul the pastorate OF the Fifth Ave
- nue. Baptist church OF New York
has aroused an amount Of interest. com
ment and criticism which is in itself sum
Client to show that he is a man considerably
removed from the ordinary.
That the congregation OF Pembroke
chapel Liverpool, should be deeply moved
at his decision is only natural, for that con-
gregauon as church body is entirely Of
his making. For sixteen years he has been
It's minister, and now, as a Liverpool man
said to the writer today Pembroke chapel
Is Aked and Aked is Pembroke chapel"
HIS departure from Liverpool also means
the loss TO that city of one of it's most ac-
tive citizens He has been a force and a
very potent force. in municipal politics al
most from the day on which he first set
loot In the city. His departure from Eng
land also means to British noncomformity
as whole the loss OF one of its recognized
leaders and sturdiest fighters.
But this. much as It is, is insufficient TO
account for the general interest taken in
even a very prominent nonconfornist
preacher exchanging his pulpit In LIVER
pool for one In New York Some account
OF the man himself and a rapid survey Of
Z his career may help to explain this interest,
which is certainly extraordinarily deep,
even where II might most naturally be ex-
pected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
His Personal Appearance.

In appearance the pastor of Pembroke
chapel is what he is in reality-a fighting
man. When the writer saw him in his
house in New Brighton, across the Mersey
from Liverpool. it, was hard to think that
he was in the presence of a clergyman.
y There is neither the manner nor the man.
nerism, neither the speech nor the costume
of the conventional minister about the
Rev. c. f. Aked When man has been
minister (no matter what his denomina-
tion9 for twenty years the mark of his
calling is generally plainly to be seen upon
him, and the same holds good of other
callings. But Mr.. Aked carries no trade
mark.
Well above the middle height. a couple
Of inches below the six feet Of the tall
man. with no superfuous flesh and a
square pair of shoulders, his is a useful
looking frame, In a square head, we'll
covered with reddish brown hair, now get
ting gray. are a rather deeply set pair of
eyes which suggest the determination fur
Their indicated by the square jaw lower
down. A fair mustache covers a gener-
ously proportoned mouth whose smile re-
veals a somewhat Rooseveltian set of
lower teeth.
But II is almost impossible to convey In
words what a mans face looks like Mr..
Aked has a strong, determined nien and a
pleasant smile. His strength and deter
mination show more plainly than his in
tellect or scholarship.
Take him all around, from the waist up,
he had what an old English foot ball
player might describe as the build and
look OF a Rugby International His cos
tune Is distinctly unconventional. A dark
patterned Jacket suit. such as any layman
might wear II he had no clerical leanings
a low turned down collar and an ordinary
sailors knot tie, with light pattern on a
darker background, formed the very I'M
conventional garb of the pastor of Penn
broke chapel this morning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Lively Basq1e weddings.

The Basque marriage customs which stIll
prevail In the little villages nesting among
the Pyrenees and ON the shores of the
Bay Of Biseay are both Lively and pic
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
modern In rheoIoEicAI OpInion.

He is a daring. energetic and persuasive
ieonoclast His strength lies chiefly In the
common cause he makes with the masses,
from whose ranks a very large proportion
OF his congregation is drawn, but he has
made many friends in more intellectual and
fastidious circles.
I'm theology he belongs to the advanced
schools of thought, having drunk deeply OF
what has been styled the new spirit
Though cherishing culture and courtesy,
he viii act whenever \ choice Is necessary
rather as Gods servant than as a eonven-
tional gentleman; and though always liv-
ms. 40 Tar as a mortal may. with asplra-
lions for a future existence, he Is intensely
determined to get rid OF whatever brutal
izes and embitters our present one.
Much could be written OF his civic work
II. has thrown himself heart and soul into
various questions that AFFECT the moral and
social wen being OF Liverpool He is a
prominent figure on temperance. social and
political platforms. and already recog-
nIzed power In municipal affairs"
II must be remembered that this was
written OF a young man Of a who had
been only two years In the city, and that
Il was written In a book entitled Liver
POOLS Legion OF Honor"
Mr.. Aked. ia fact. made his mark at
Onsa and he made It deep Year after
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
All In the Family.

All IN INC FumIIys
BTER marrying ave sisters, all OF
whom died or were killed, James
Craven of Mount Gilead, o.. we'd
ded the sixth and remaining sis
ter Of the Lamprecht family, a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
History of Pembroke Chapel.

Properly TO understand and appreciate the
value of that work and the character OF
the worker, It is necessary to make brief
survey of the history of Pembroke chapel
II was built in 1889 for Rev. Mr. Birrell.
the father of the present minister of edu-
cation. For long 1t was a fashionable
church, with a large congregation.
But even before the death of the first
pastor the congregation began to fall away.
Liverpool was growing with great rapid
ity, and every year the church which
when Il was built, was in a fashionable
residential district. became more and more
down town After the death Of Mr.. Biz
rell it's decay was rapid.
Two or three ministers in succession met
with no success, and in 1890 the congrega-
ton had dwindled TO a sorry handful It
was a question whether the chapel should
be turned into mission hall or sold TO the
Salvation Army.
Some one had heard OF the work OF the
young Baptist minister at st. Helen's and
as a last attempt II was decided to ask
him to come and try 10 revive the fortunes
OF the now moribund church. At the age
of o Mr. Aked started on his work In
Liverpool How soon he made his mark
can fairly be estimated from the follow
ing passage, taken from a biographical die
tionary Of IAverpoors leading men. which
was written IN 1892, only two years after
Mr. Aked's arrival in Liverpool
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Once Doomed by Tuberculosis.

Once Doomed by Tuberculosis.
1t was certainly hard to realize that this
was the man who some three years ago
was at deaths door with tuberculosis OF
the lung. Eighteent months OF Davos
Platz, to his own surprise and his congre-
cations delight, has completely healed the
lung, 1t Is true, but there Is stin danger
OF the wounds reopening, and this is his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-20
Rev. Aked a Fighting Parson

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 4-(special Cor
respondence OF The Bee.)-Rev.
Charles f. Aked's acceptance Of
the pastorate OF the Fifth Ave
nue. Baptist church OF Now yorl,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-04
WISE WORDS.

A pious expression is a poor ex-
preston Of piety.
Revivals born in racket do not end
In righteousness.
Pleasant looks constitute a large
part of life-lubricant.
Only a simpleton stops to wonder
whether he looks wise
There is perdition in the pleasure
that causes another pain.
Many a preacher loses his grip on
souls while he is counting noses.
The odor Of true sanctity rises only
where the flowers of purity bloom.
1t will be hard for those who have
played on nothing but purse strings
to get used to a harp.
If you want to have more happi-
ness than you can hold, try giving
away what you have.
There's always a tendency in the
human race to get it's opinions of the
prize before the plugs.
Some of the men who are boasting
OF their sand do not realize that it is
all in their foundations.
tomorrow you will not be what
you are planning to be then, but what
you are trying to be now.
Many of our crosses are like chill
dren's piano Dractice-hard on us
and harder on our neighbors.
The biggest hereto of all is the
man who excuses himself from duty
by talking about the hypocrltes. -
Home Herald
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-04
Hogs Strange Behavior.

Hogs over near the good church of
Providence are acting queeFIy here
recently anyway One Of my grave.
digniiied stewards was telling me
about 1t the other day.
Brother W." said he, "a strange
thing is happening over in our com
munity." What in the world is It?"
said !. We'll" replied my steward.
its the hogs. They are acting as I
never saw them before. They are
actually rubbing their tails on"
You don't tell me-rubbing their
tails orr"
Steward: yes, sir, it's a fact. 1t
seems it is some sort of a disease that
peculiarly affects that part OF the
hogs anatomy, and he goes to a pine
tree and rubs until the tail is excom-
municated We have more bobtan
hogs I'm my section than you can
shake a stick ats Southern Chris
tan Advocate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-04
WHOLE NO. 1928.
Speaking StatisticalIy.
BY TOM p. MORGAN.

was reading last night table OF
statistics about the average baby
boys chances in life," began the Old
Codger, during n recent session of
the Sit and Argue Club THE odd,
discovered are about 100000 to
that he Will not become President
OF the United States, or VIce-Presi-
dent, or Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court. The chances are 100000 to
L that he will not be a United States
Senator; 103,330 TO that he will NOT
be member of the House OF Repre.
sentatives; and $4,000 to 1 that he
Will never be governor OF a state
So should judge that the chances
are about even that he may, IL luck
Is with him and he Is properly and
proportionately licked until he gets
too big to stand for 1t, become an
honest and self respecting. though
humble and unknown, citizen. It Is
further figured that the chances are
5SS to 1 that he will not go insane:
1850 to 1 that he will not become
blind; 9117 to 1 that he will never
be president of a national bank: and
1900 to that he will not be a police
man.
THE foregoing are statistics that
l didn't make and am therefore not
responsible for; but the chances are
several to one that like most stats.
tics they are nowhere being correct.
But here are a few figures that ]
have concocted on my own hook, and
l believe they are really reliable:
The chances, 1 think, are 100 to
that that baby boy when he gets to
be about nineteen years old will be
firmly convinced that he is a great
deal smarter than his father, 200 to
that If he is a nephew Of mine and
graduates from the village academy
he won't be worth half the cost OF
the powder that would be required
to blow him up at the Fourth of July
celebration, and 800 to / that IL he
marries he will wonder and ponder
forever after how it happened, not
to mention wishin' 1t hadn't. And.
lastly, as the parson remarks about
three-quarters of an hour from his
finish, the chances are 600 to 1 that
the gable we nightly get off around
the stove, here I'm Hi Prices grocery
in winter, and on the same gentle
mans shady porch in summer. don't
amount to a hill of beans, ia spite
or all the force and solemnity and
pessimisticality that we put into it,
700 to 1 that Hi thinks 1t is good for
trade to have us gather here night
after night. and 100000 to 1 that It
amt. G'd-night, all!"-Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-04
COLONIES GA PET ANTs

Americans who go to England
these days are bringing back with
them queer little wooden frames
about twelve inches square, filled
with dark earth, covered with glass
and suggesting at first glance a
couple of ordinary school states fast
ened together
Look bit closer, however, and I'M
der the glass you Will find myrlads
OF tiny yellow creatures busting
about, hurrying hither and yon ON
their inhniteslmal duties and quite
too busy 20 stop TO notice you
The insects are ants The frame is
an artificial ant nest II is really a
toy--a nature study toy-and I'm Eng
land. when you 90 20 buy one, you
ask for Lubbock formicarium. No
boy or girl who has studied Latin
needs % be told that "formica" "a
the Latin word for ant, and that
'formicarium' is an ants nest, while
the researches conducted by Sir John
Lubbock (now Lord Avebury) into
the habits Of ants have long associat-
cd his name in the mind of every one
with these wonderful creatures.
The amber-colored meadow ant
which is the species chosen for the
formicarium, IS harmless to man. al
though st secretes a bitter fluid
which strikes terror into the heart
Of its ant enemies. It Is widely scat
tered through Europe. and Is said te
be tho most intelligent of all the
European ants. ia captivity Il re-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-06-04
NOT IN VAIN.

Carl Hastings stood waiting at
the station. His train had been de-.
layed party OF trainmen we're
on the platform. One brakeman,
vexed over the delay. gave vent to
oaths Carl stood near him, so that
he could say quietly, as the others
moved away: you wouldn't use
your mothers name in that way,
would yOu?"
The young man looked up sur
prlsed mo, 1 wouldn't" he admit
ted Wen, how much more careful
we should be about the name Of
God"
The man made no reply Carl
Hastings felt a little fearful lest ne
might be offended The brakeman
belonged to the crew going out on
the train. He might yet show his dis
pleasure. Still Il was not necessary
to worry over what had been sud
den impulse OF duty.
Some time after Carl was again
travelling over the road A brake
man came and sat down beside him,
saying:
81 don't believe you remember me,
but 1 have never forgotten what you
said that day on the platform
thought you might like to know that
I have not since been guilty OF swear
ing"
Carts word had not been in vain.
S. y. Slower, fin Christian Intelli-
gencer