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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

lowa's New Senator.

For Is years Governor Cummins of
Iowa has been trying to win his way
to the United States Senate. AS long
as Senator Allison lived, however. he
made little headway toward realizing
his ambition. The death of Senator
Allison after 36 years of service in the
Senate left the field open to the ambi-
tious governor and now the Iowa legis-
lature has given him the honor so long
desired. He has promptly resigned the
governship and will enter at once upon
the discharge of his duties at Washing
ton.
Albert Baird Cummins, who has been
governor of Iowa for the past six
years, has won something of reputa-
tion as a radical, though he is hardly
of Wisconsin. AS chief executive of
Iowa he has been a capable and mas
tcrful official, possessing d large share
Of political sense and making his in
fluence felt far beyond the borders of
his state He is nearly SO years of age, is
a native of Pennsylvania, was a sur
veyor in early life before he studied
law and practiced law in Chicago four
years before removing to Dcs Moines
in 1875 For 80 years Iowa has been
his home and since he entered the Iowa
legislature in 1883 he has been promi-
nent in political affairs of that state
ard a recognized leader among Iowa
Republicans. He is a strong and able
man and will without question make
a place for himself at Washington. but
it is altogether too much to expect that
he will soon fill Nllison's place in our
highest legislative body.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Deronda. The attorney generals "orin-
ION. printed IN italics in one of the later
chapters Of Felix Holt" was written en-
tirelv lay Mr.. Harrison
Other famous novelists have been not
less prudent thar George Eliot in obtain
ing expert advidh as 10 legal difficulties
in their stories. Dickens enioyed the az
sistance Of Talfourd himself an author
Of t'ennte as well as a lawyer Bulwer
l-ytten is said to have paid substantial
fee for legal opinion on the details Of
the lawsuit in might and Morning" but
the novelist who pays for expert assist
ance would appear to be less fortunate
in might and Morning an unauthorized
copy of a lost register. which 10 court
would ever have admitted ir evidence Is
treated as conclusive proof Of a marriage.
London Globe. s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Professor George A. Bartlett,

Professor George A. Bartlett, for
many years connected with the German
department of Harvard College, who
died suddenly at his home in Cam
bridge. Mass, Nov. 25th. aged 65 years
was born in Litchfeld the son OF the
late AlonZo Bartlett. Joseph w. Bart
lett well known in Maine politics was
Prof. Bartlctt's brother. Prof. Bartlett
had a Civil War record, and had beer
confined i'm Libby prison. He was con-
nected with the German teaching Stail
at Harvard for more than 30 years but
gave up active service a few years ago
He was unmarried. The circumstance.
of his death We're peculiarly sad, hi:
body being found OH the floor of the
bath room of his home. death being due
to natural causes, according to th'
medical examiner. The burial was a
Litchfield.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
The Football Course.

lin he tCck the Football Course
Come home stronger ncr horse:
But the muscle of an OK.
Sort of like 4 great big mule
That has been to Boardin'-school-
That's my boy, my old boy jim
Tell ye, | am proud o nm.
Ought to see Jim with the stock
Mind him reg'lar as clock.
Bnl! got sassy. tried to chase
All the farm-h hands off the place.
Chased EN-, too. all ceptin' jim
Jim lust waited round for him.
Bent half forward. with a smile
Showed his dimpleS all the while.
Mr.. Bull come rushin' long.
Jim a-h,lnmin' some old song
Down the Ficld,' or some such bit,
l amt sure the name of it
Then thev met! l never see
such a scrimmage. Jimmie. he
Tackled low,-fust thing knew
Bull was an hour comm to!
Havin' "fun" along the way.
Seven on 'em-baG oncs-Gee!
NOth him WuSS / never see.
Fooled around till Jim come out
Just to see what twas about
Waal. I wish ye'd been out there
jim he walloped 'em for fair.
Tramps lined up down near the hedge
IN sort O. human wedge:
Jim he erinned when he see that
He'd that play down pretty pat
Started for 'em or the run.
Head down. back on. full o fun
Rutted through the hull derned bunch
Just where each one KEEP his lunch!
Sort of feel. with Jim around.
I.eetle surcr of my ground:
Kind O. feel if things gifts hot
Jimnl be there on the spot.
Tacklin' 'em. and nullin' through;
Me and Marthy with him too
Kind O. think there's lots q force
In that College Football Course.
John Kendrick Bangs. in Harper
Weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The Lincoln centenary cannot ran
to arouse renewed interest in all phases
OF the life of that wonderful man, and
the suggestion that the Gettysburg
address be read in connection with all
the exercises i'm honor of the occasion
means that general attention will ne
called to Lncon's great literary
genius A writer in the New York
World declares that this country has
produced no man of letters whose
style is more worthy of study than his
Lincoln looms So large in the political
history of the United States that edu-
Gators seem to forget that he was also
one of the greatest masters of English
prose of the nineteenth century. Fol
their literary quality alone the Get
tysburg address, the first and SECOND
inaugurals, the letter to the Spring
field convention and 'even the CoOpe,
Union speech are as richly deserving
Of study as anything that American
literature has produced Indeed
nothing that relates to Lincoln's mar
velous career is more inexplicable thai
this mastery of the English languag,
acquired by a son of the frontier VIII,
was the product of a most illiterat
environment and who never had thre
months schooling in all his life.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The general average OF sobriety
throughout the country ought to be
raised by recent events in Kentucky
the prohibition wave in that section by
destroying 10000 barrels of whislley
In detail this means that the visible
supply of whiSkey has decreased $500,
600 gallons. or more definitely speak
ing, 2SS, 900 900 drinks. The loss to the
distillers is about 81 100000. The taS
being at least twice the value of the
whskey, the loss to the government
amounts to between $3.OOO,000 and $4,-
600 900
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
He Won,

The officers mess was discussing rifle
shooting.
TN bet anyone here" said one young
lieutenant, that / can fire twenty
shots at two hundred yards and call
each shot correctly without waiting
fer the marker. I'll stake a box OF
cigars that ] can"
Done cried a major.
The whole mess was on hand early
next morning to see the experiment
tried
The lieutenant fired.
Miss" he calmly announced.
a second shot.
Miss" he repeated.
A third shot.
"Miss"
Here, there. Hold on" protested
the major. What are you trying to
do? You're not shooting for the tar
get at ALL
"Of course not" admitted the lieu
tenant. I'm firing for those cigars
And he got them.-Everybody's Maga-
zine.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Maine Gossip
The Good Old Hymns.

There's lots of music in 'em, the hymns
of long ago;
An when some gray-haired brother sings
the ones | used to know
| Sorter wan: to take a hand-I think Q
days gone by
''On Jordans stormy banks I stand and
cast Il wistful eye"
There's lots of music in 'em-those dear
sweet hymns of old,
With visions bright of lands of light and
shining streets of gold;
And | hear 'cm ringinS-Singing, where
memory dreaming stands,
From G:eelandS icy mountains to In
dia $ colal strands.
We hardly needed singin' books in them
old days: we knew
The words. the tunes, of every one the
dear old hymn book through!
We had no blarng trumphets then, no
organs built for show:
We only sarg to praise the Lord. from
whom all blessings flow"
An so | love the dear old hymns, and
when my time shall come
Before the light has lett me and my
singing lips are dumb
II T can only hear 'cm then I'll pass,
without Il Sigh,
To Caraan's fair and happy Land. where
my possessions lie!
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Celluloid is plastic material composed
of guncotton and camphor. The guncot-
ton, or nitro-cellulose, is made by treat
ing tissue paper with a mixture Of nitric
and sulphuric acids. The product is mix
ed with camphor and various pigments
to produce the desired color, and the ma
terials are thoroughly incorporated by
means of heated rolls. 1t is subsequently
submitted to great pressure. It II after-
ward nodded into form by means of heats
ed dies. under pressure 1t is very hard
and elastic and takes high finish. ss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Ten Things.

For which no one has ever yet beer
sorry. These are:
l. For doing good to all.
2. For being patient toward every
body !&Sa'
;. For hearing before judging.
a. For thinking before speaking.
s. For holding an angry tongue.
6. For being kind to the DIS
trcSsed
L For asking pardon for all wrong
S. For speaking evil of none.
D. For stopping the ears to tale
bearer.
10. For disbelieving most of the i'll
reports.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Princeton alumni are boasting of
their prominence in the diploma lie
service. There are in all 104 members
of that service representing the United
States at foreign courts, including ten
ambassadors. "a ministers and 60
secretaries. OF this total membership
about ten per cent are Princeton
alumni. some day Princeton may
reach the presidency Adver-
tiSer.
Some day. James Madison, oul
fourth President. was a graduate OF
Princeton in the class OF I'LL.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
unimportani.

The captain of a certain yacht mad
evinced an anxiety touching a mlshap
to the craft that at once attracted the
attention OF a fair passenger on board.
"What's the trouble, Captain
asked she.
"The fact is, ma'am,' was the re-
sponsc, "our rudder's broken
"Oh. l shouldn't worry about that
said The lady. Being under the water
nearly ali the time, no one will notice
that it's gone.''-Harpers Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The final counting of the votes in
Nebraska shows that Bryan's great
victory in his home state which he
declared < was ample cOmpenSa-
tion for the loss of the presidency con-
sisted in a margin Of only 4173
votes over Taft, while the
votes for other parties are so many
that Mr.. Bryan did not get a majority
of the voters
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Little Of Everything.
Etymological.

When one sits lonely on log,
And. talks, It's called a monologue.
If there were two folks by q log
They'd call their talk a dialogue;
Yet no ones known
TO call "A phone,
AS it should be, a wirelogue.
Nor is Il feline spatologue
Referred to as a catalogue.
The sailors when they check q log
Ne'er call the thing a dcckalogue,
Wherefore be it my ipilogue
TO finish UP this dippylogue,
And say our ctymOlogy
is no more certain than flea.
--Harper's weekly.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

This years large catch OF all kinds
of fish, both on the Grand banks and
along the Nova Scotia coast. has
tended to make the price of all fish
products much lower than in former
years, according to a report made by
Concul- General David F. Wilbur, of
Halifax On account of the difficulty in
getting men, the number of vessels
sailing from ports along the south
shore Of Nova Scotia has decreased in
the last few years.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

We expect to take Il hand in the
Cleveland maynrilty campaign next
fall with a carload of BraZoria
poSSunls. and these may be relied upon
to swing the colored votc-Houst IN
Post
Possibly. Stiu the Post must NOT
overlook the fact that the hank2rlns
for pOssum diminishes very rapidly n
one approaches the land of the back
wheat cakes
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Entirely Too Far.

''Dennis." inquired Mr. Hogan, glanc-
ing up over the door of the postofiice
building. "what is the meanin of thin
letters 'MDCCCXCVIIT?
'"They mean eighteen hundred an
ninetyeight."
Dennis, don't it sthrike you thot
they're carryin' this shpellin' reform
entoirely too far?"-Everybody's Maga-
zine
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

a. T. Griffin. in communication to
the Lincoln Chronicle, says: zone thing
that l wish to say right here, that
while old Maine is about the sixth
leading state in raising potatoes in the
United States she is going to be the
leading state inside of five years. and
in ten years, don't forget the date 1917
old Maine will lead the world in potato
growing, because she grows the best
and always has and can grow the most
potatoes to the acre of any state, and
in ten years all the old and abandoned
farms in Maine will flourish like q
green tree"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

"BrainstOrms" and "dementia Ameri-
cana are now back numbers. In the
trial of a Chicago girl for murder the
defense is moral anaeSthesa,' or
deadening OF the moral instinct This
sort Of a defense ought to be good for
anX class of crime
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
In the Revue de Mecanique, NJ

In the Revue de Mecanique, NJ.
Haouy points out that while one inch
equals 2,5399541 centimeters. the ratio
16O-63 equals 2,5396S) can be used for
all practical calculation, it being less
than the hundredth part of one cent
below the true value, Conversions can
be readily made on the slide rule, by
using the proportion: Inches: centime-
ters: :160; 63.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

"A Word with The Mikado" is the
caption of an editorial in the Omaha
Bee. Sounds trihe bumptious,
doesn't it? Still a newspaper as far
removed from the Mkado as Omaha,
Nebraska, takes no serious risk in put
ting on few frills.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Doubts are cast upon the annolin o.
ment that President Castro OF
Venezuela has gone to Europe for his
health. II is thought more likely that
of those nf0narchs who have been
making faces at him but failing to
come to close ullarterS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

DR.. William Bayard Hale, who s.
cured the 'Suppressed' interview, as
serts that the alleged reproductions of
it in certain sensational newspapers
are fakes pure and simple: but it not
to be supposed that such an assertion
from an authoritative source will carr
the slightest weight with the Yellow
JDllru.lls
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
The Eagle is again the national bird

The Italian olive crop is reported to
be failure this year This fact, how
ever, need not arouse any fear of u
shortage i'm the supply The best
Italian" olives in the American mar
kct were raised in California.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The Houston Post says thai i'resi-
dent Roosevelt contributed $1,000 to
the Taft campaign. This. however,
was the least Of the service he
rendered it,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

K. Toldt. Of Vienna, has produced
what he and others regard as virtually
conclusive evidence that foxes are
descended from ancestors whose
bodies were clothed with horny scales.
like those of the pangolins, or sealy
ant eaters. This evidence is based
upon the examination of the skins of
young foxes, and depends not only up
on the arrangement of the hairs, but
upon the fact that the skin itself ex-
hibits n structure such as would be
shown by that OF pangolin after the
removal of the scales.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The editor of the Houston Post de-
clares that the Texas turkey is the
best in the land" 1t would be unkind
however, to laugh at him. He
probably has never enjoyed the
privilege of eating Maine turkey.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
Monday, November 80, 1908.

The Kaiser is now in fair way of
securing some of that universal esteem
that comes to a good listener.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Now that football is over, the basket
ball schedules are being arranged
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Bath milkncn are doing a lot OF
guessing about mysterious stranger
who has been getting samples of milk
in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

be made to have one of the Douglas:
shoe Factories located i'm Brunswick
SacO is making a strong bid for the
factory, but it is thought that Bruins
wick could offer better advantages.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Situated north if the Bangor & Aroos-
took railroad between the stations of
Sherman and Crystal, is very large
bog known to the people in that section
as the Thousand Acre bog. 1t is con-
sidered a worthless tract of land, but
this bog is really one of the largest
peat deposits in that section of Maine
In Michigan wrapping paper is being
successfully made from peat. AS a fue
three pounds Of peat is said to furnish
one horse power for one hour. Why
couldn't it be utilized in that section tc
some advantage?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

The two leading industries in South
Paris are doing a rushing business.
During the mDnth of October 13 loaded
cars We're sent away from the shipping
sheds of the Parl Manufacturing CO.,
and during the same month the Manson
Manufacturing CO., whose goods are
less bulky, loaded and shipped 49 cars.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

Governor cobb has been palmed off
for John ID. Rockefeller. A Halifax
newspaper is responsible for the mis-
take. 1t mad a good story on John ID. S
testimony concerning the formation of
the oil trust and so thought Il picture
Of Mr.. Rockefeller wouldn't come
amiSs. \ mistake was made. however,
ana Names respected chief executive
was printed over q label bearing Mr..
ROckefellar'S name
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30

All the forts in Portland harbor have
had wireless telegraph apparatus in
stalled recently and wireless station
has been established on the sea side OF
Peaks Island. This is to serve as an
auxiliary service to the cables connect
ing the forts. The steamer Col. Ram
sey which is to be used as a signal boat
for the forts is also being equipped
with wireless apparatus. The artillery
district is the first in the country to be
fitted out with wireless stations, four ir
all having been established.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
Catches Husband in Seattle

TACOMA, Jan. 18.-Again Mrs.
Lillian Booth has captured her re-
creant husband. Last night Edwin
F. Booth and Miss Jessie Stewart
were arrested by the Seattle police
on a warrant issued in Tacoma, and
the elopers were brought to Tacoma
this afternoon and placed in the city
Jail.
After Miss Stewart and Mr. Booth
left Tacoma, Miss Stewart could not
refrain from writing her old school
day chum, the neglected wife, lit
tie note. This note was concluded
by a postscript giving the address
as General Delivery, Seattle" Mrs.
Booth did not wait to notify the po-
lice, but answered the note and then
stationed herself in the Seattle post
office and watched for Miss Stewart,
WHO received the letter yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Booth trailed the
woman to her room and then called
in the police. The couple eloped
from Lewiston some time ago and
this is their second arrest.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
AWARD CONTRACT
TO TRUST CO.
COMMISSIONERS OPEN BIDS ON
FURNISHING present OWN
ERsHIP BOOKS" AND CONNER
CIAL TRUST LOWEST BIDDER

The Commercial Trust company
was today awarded the contract by
the county commissioners for fur
nishing the Present Ownership"
books and the map of the city of
Lewiston, the other contestant for
the contract being York Herren.
Two bids for this work were sub
mitted, the one from the Commercial
Trust company being for s. " cents
per transfer and SIS additional for
showing the names of the present
owners on the plat. The bid OF
York Herren was for SA cents for
the completion to date of the pres
ent ownership book" and the Lewis
ton city plat.
The commissioners this morning
received and accepted the resigna-
tion of Charles ]. Lester as Justice
of the peace of the oroflno precinct.
A large number Of road overseera
who were recently elected filed their
bonds with the commissioners today
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
Jury Was Too Slow

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-The Walsh
Jury not having arrived at verdict
as to the guilt or innocence of the
former bank president charged with
having misused the funds of the
Chicago National bank, word was
sent by Judge Anderson to those
whiting in the court room at S
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon that he
was about to go to his home in In
diana and that the finding of the
jury. should they agree, would not
be announced until after his return
this morning. i~&r Tfs
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
TEST ORIGINAL
PACKAGE Law
CASE FROM LATAH COUNTY BE-
FORE JUDGE STEELE rs BEING
ARGUED T0DAY-CONCERNs
NEz PIERCE APPLICANTS

County Attorney w. e. Stillinger
of Latah county and Attorney s. s..
Denning were arrivals in the city
this afternoon to argue the case be-
fore the district court in which Mr..
Denning is endeavoring to secure an
order from the court to compel the
commissioners of Latah county to is
sue license to sell liquor in the
original packages to parties who are
desirous of opening such an estab-
lishment adjoining the town of Pot
latch.
The applicants first appeared be-
fore the county commissioners of
Latah county and asked that such a
license be granted. The commits
sioners rejected the application be-
cause of the location selected and
the belief that such institutions are
more harmful than the open saloon.
The commissioners hold that they
possess the authority to deny any
and all petitions for liquor licenses.
The case was brought in the dis
trict court to compel the commits
sioners to grant the license petition
ed for and the interests of the COM
missioners will be represented by
County Attorney Stillinger.
The case is one of particular in
terest to Nez Perce county, as two
applications for package licenses are
now pending before the commission
ers and will not be acted upon until
the decision of Judge Steele has
been handed down.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
STILL
SWEET ON Marie
SECOND ELOPEMENT IN BOOTH
CASE AND WIFE HAS WAR
RANT ISSUED ON CHARGE OF
DESERTION

TACOMA, Wash, Jan. 17.-De-
serted by her husband for the Sec
ond time, Mrs. Lillian Booth, with
her 7-year-old daughter, is hot on
the trail. Marie Thomas is again
the woman in the case, having elop-
ed with Edwin Booth after after
Mrs. Booth had once caught them in
Tacoma, following several weeks of
detective work.
Several months ago Mrs. Lillian
Booth trailed her husband to Ta-
coma. He had eloped with Miss Ma
rie Thomas from their home in Lew
iston, Idaho, taking the little girl
with them. The next morning she
called upon Miss Thomas and secur-
ed her child. Then mother, daugh-
ter and Marie went to see Mr..
Booth, with the result that the hus-
band returned to his wife They liv-
ed on Tacoma avenue until the first
of the week, when Booth and Marie
again eloped A warrant was is
sued for Booths arrest on a charge
of desertion.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18
BUSTER Mine
NOW PRODUCING
UNDER THE STIMULUS OF RE
SUITS OBTAINED ALL MINING
DISTRICTS IN INTERIOR EX-
PECT ACTIVE SEASON

''The coming season will witness
the greatest activity at Elk City.
orogrande. Newsome and Dixie dis
tricts,p said o. c. Lapp, merchant
at Sites, who is visitor in the city.
"The camp now has producing
mine." continued Mr.. Lapp. "and
every preparation is being made to
employ large force of men in all
sections of the district next season.
"The Buster mill has been In OPP
Grafton for the past six weeks. and
the bullion and concentrates are be-
ing brought out regularly to Sites.
Reports from the mine show the re-
suits to be most satisfactory, and
with this property on paying ba-
sis it is only a matter of very short
time until other companies viii be
operating in a similar manner"