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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Object to Pastor Who Is a Dandy.

Notwithstanding the protest made
by conference members and board of
the Wyoming Methodist Episcopal
Church of the Cincinnati suburb of
Wyoming against the appointment of
the Rev. DR. Davis w. Clark as their
pastor, Bishop David ii. Moore, pre-
siding bishop of the Cincinnati con-
ference. has decided that he shall re-
main there another year at least.
The objection of the congregation
and elders of the Wyoming church to
DR.. Clark is that he pays too great at
tention to his dress and his advanced
ideas. He is a fastiduouS dresser,
always wearing a frock coat, tall hat,
light trousers, patentleather shoes.
high collar, gloves, and carrying a
cane. About Il year ago he said at a
Methodist minister's meeting that
many of the dogmas of the church are
curioS and ought to be shelved.-
Cincinnati Disptach to the New York
World.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Little Of Everything.
Before the Rain.

Clouds are dusky, gray and still.
Natures waiting ion the rain
Birds have ceased their song until
They can feel the sun again
Trees ai.' waiting. patient tnp,
flushed and silent as they stand.
Till the breeze comes sailing through
Fresh mig all the weary land.
Waters riprline like a song
v here the willows bend above,
Gently ccaXine it along
With a tender mother love
The long grasses lilt and sway
To the nusic'S n.ystic flow
In a dance Of elfi"h play
Mhrore.i in the stream below
Sentinel Jorl;Irs straight ana tall
Upward turn their Shiring leaves
And the tree toads scrape AMI CAN
And the tr,nt that oddly glievts.
There's Il hrondine tenderness
That's 50 sweet it starts 4 pain
Iei.rEin. through and through your
brfaSi.
Then-l.ere comes the driving rain.
September Every Dudy's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Health and Morals.

The close relation of body and mind
in the matter of physical health, of
which 50 much is said by various
religious and semireligiou5 organiZa-
tions and by a class Of professional
"healers." is considered from a fresh
point of view by an English clergy
man. His argument is that no person
who is healthy can be wholly bad The
clergyman further expressed the con-
Viction that there is close connection
between health and morals, and that
the man who has reached middle age
in a sound bodily condition thereby
proves that he has led decent life.
In support of his position he advanced
the assertion that large proportion
Of the conVicts in English prisons are
physical degenerateS. From this ii
would seem that he does not confine
his designation of badness to the
vices involved in intemperance and
other forms of sensual dissipation,
but, since convicts are guilty of many
things apart from these, as theft,
burglary forgery and the like holds
that they are led to the preparation
of even this class of crimes by a
defective bodily state-Indianapolis
News
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
The Matter of Records.

One of the numerous mistakes which
Mr.. Bryan has made in this campaign
was when in an unguarded moment
he invited public attention to the
record of himself and mis- party and
invited also a comparison of this rec
ord with the record of Judge Taft and
the Republican party. The Nebraska
statesman has various vulnerable
points and these are frequently ex-
posed to the weapons of his enemies,
but none of them are so tempting as
this one of his record. Mr.. Dryan's
personal record is hanging about his
neck in this campaign like a milestone
time during his present grand tour OF
the country in explaining and apologize
ing for his earlier mistakes and follies
Mr.. Taft stunned him when he re-
Reputation. of negation and Of run
ming away from national responsible
ties But worse even than the dis
dSlItuS eSi)oStIe VI MS Own RECORD
was he opportunity Mr.. Bryan gave
the Republicans for exhibiting theirs.
Here is President Rocsevelts summary
Of the seven years of Republican
achievement since he was elected:
1.-THE law establishing a national
system of irrigation, the amended in
terstate commerce law, the pure food
law, the creation Of the department of
commerce and labor. together with the
creation of bureau OF corporations,
which marks the beginning of federal
control over the huge corporations do
ing an Interstate business; the employ
ers' liability law, the safety appliance
law, the law limiting the working
hours of railway employees, the meat
inspection law, the dcnatured alcohol
law, the anti-rehate law, the law max
ing the government liable for injuries
to its employees, the laws under which
the Panama canal was acquired and is
being built, the Philippines admin
istered, and the navy developed; the
laws creating Il permanent census
bureau and reforming the consular
service and the system of naturaliZa-
tion the law forbidding child labor in
the District of Columbia, the law pro-
viding a commission under which our
currency system can be put on a thor
oughly satisfactory basis. the laws for
service, the laws for the administra-
ton of oklahoma and the development
of Alaska, the great appropriations for
the development of agriculture, the
legal prohibition of campaign contri-
buttons from corporations"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
The Evening Lamp.

1t is the custom of reading around the
eNerinG lamp Obsolete OF obsolescenl
Among the Eiultifold distractions OF mod
ern life is there any longer room OF tinln
for such Quiet lnte-bedlina occupation. !
Letter writing is he'll to be al. art FOR
gotten and secret lost. Is it so with
evening reading: Ii is pleasant TO believe
that. although the world is - flu. of a
nan Der q: thn..S -: balls AMI OPERAS.
clubs and aS;r 'i-,tiuns dinl x and Mlnni@
and sophisticated, expensive amusement
there are Il few rich '.,ll h'r" ana the e
who believe tH"rs is no better Way II
spend the evening tian by TIC fire and
beneath thr ov":.inS lamp with pN:.i
book. 1t is a9 "'"t,'.' I, IT,. nIi,rls eye tn
cor;'rc up iho picture If I',i'ntS an
chill 1rcn thus pas ing an evening '@ethrr
Visiting in their own families. and find
inc mutuil agreeable orcUI';;tion.
Many n grown man would ..Ve the gar
iSh lights of the great WHIT W:iv- CHEST
nut street OF Brnllvav = Cor the "''nin;,
larp "f home and long ago Philadtl-
phia Ledger
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Plans are already being made for a
welcome to the big battleship fleet
when it gets back from its long voy-
age rext winter. Virginia puts in a
plea that the fleet return to Hampton
Roads whence it started on its long
voyage, rather than to New York.
Certainly the return of the Feet on
schedule time to the very place from
which it departed would properly
round out and make more memorable
this great feat of encircling the globe.
According to present plans the 1leet
will return February % and be re
viewed by the President. The Wash
ington papers are suggesting that the
crews be taken to that city to partici-
pate in the inaugural parade on
March 4.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Loves Laws.

Ee Slme you're right then lose Your head
A ring on the hard is worth two AT the
door.
A fool and his money are soon married.
A little dehutante is n dangerous thing.
Proposals make towards Of us all.
Tner'S no, fool like "A hold fool
he Longest way round is the sweet
est way home.
One good kiss deserves another.
IT'S love that makes the man come
round.
Kisses speak louder thar words.
He loves best whose love lasts.
People who live in glass houses Should
MT hold hardS.
The woman who delihorates is won.
Where there's a will there's q wedding
Broadway Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Signs of Old English Inns.

There was one thing about the old
fashioned inn to which much attention
was paid, and that was the signboard.
AT time when few people could READ
or write, house signs were indispensa-
BILE in every day life, especially in the
towns, and as inns and taverns were
always common. their distinctions gave
the name to many a street. for not IN
frequently they were the first buildings
to be erected Many OF the combina-
tons read whimsically. and writer J"
the British Apollo of 1907 says:
I'm amused at the signs
AS | pass through the town,
To see the odd mixture
A Maggie and Crown.
The Whale and the Crow,
The Razor and Hen,
The Leg and Seven Stars.
The Scissors and Pen,
The Axe and the Bottle.
The Tun and the Lutte,
The Eagle and Child,
The Shovel and Boot.-Queen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Among the seven presidential candi-
dates now in the field there are several
whom the public no doubt regards as
wholly untitled for the office they seek,
but it is a little surprising to find one
of the seven himself admitting his own
rnfitness. This one is no less a
prominent candidate than Eugene
Debs. II am not fitted" he is quoted
as saying, "either by temperament or
by taste, for the presidential Office,
and if there We're any chance of my
election l wouldn't run. When social
ism is on the verge of success the
party will nominate an able executive
and a clear-headed administrator. not
Debs." Those who know Debs best
will admit that his own analysis of the
situation is correct.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Campaign
Comment.
Taft Suits Kansas.

tkansas City Times)
Mr.. Taft will be whrled through
Kansas at high speed when he visits
that state oct. 3, but he will catch liz
spiration as he flies. Taft is a
Kansas kind of man, and Kansas is a
Taft state. Taft is a hustler; so is
Kansas: Taft gets things done; so
does Kansas. Taft talks turkey
about prevailing abuses and the men
responsible for them; 50 does Kansas.
Taft is an optimist; 50 is Kansas. Taft
is good fighter and a fair fighter; 50
is Kansas Taft supports the Roose-
welt administration: so does Kansas
by plurality of 10000, the biggest
plurality ever given presidential
candidate in the Suntower State.
And Kansas is as happy as Mr. Taft,
and as prosperous as Mr.. Taft looks.
1t will beam on him as he will beam
on it. Talk about "congenial atmos-
phere.' II Mr.. Taft does not find it in
Kansas. where will he get his
sympathetic oZone?'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
ALEXANDRA AT HOME,
Simple Everyday Life Of the Queen of
England.

Few people can realize the cOmpara-
tive simplicity of the everyday life o,
Queen Alexandra. especially when in
Scotland or at Sandringham. While in
Norfolk the Queen spends much of her
time in the open air. walking, driving
and doing short expeditions in her
motor car
After breakfast she and one or more
of the several ladies who may be
staying in the house make an eype.
dition to kennels. stables and poultry
yard to feed and interview the favor
its dogs. horses and poultry of the es-
Enlistment In the afternoon drive
is arranged and the evenings are
passed cheeriy with music, cards and
conversation. Dinner at Sandringham
is always at 845
1t may be mentioned that the royal
servants liveries have quaint, old
world appearance and are different in
cut TO those seen elsewhere. The
coats are scarlet. made in the swallow
tail style, with blue Waistcoats edged
by narrow gold braid. The men wear
no collars but have gold stocks and
white satin breeches and white silk
stockings complete their stately
costumes All the royal men
servants are over six feet in height
The Queen is an interchangeable letter
writer. She has been known to writ.
as many as 40 letters in one dav with
her own hand and Miss knollys, her
lady in waiting, often would get
through hundred, all written under
the Queens personal supervision
Queen AleXandra's note paper is
cream colored and rather rough, with
the royal crown. and address in dark
blue and of the simplest design.
During the shooting season the
Queen sends a great deal of game tc
her own particular friends, and the
hampers are labeled, with the
Queens compliments. At Christmas
time she often presents her intimates
with a signed photograph of herself
in silver frame. Queen Alexander is
q keen photographer, and has trans
ferred some of her photographs onto
china.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
The PASSING of Haskell.

If Mr.. Hearst's statements are untrue
Mr. Haskell needs no special committee
To hear the evidence. 1t ought not to
be difficult for him to prove that the
Haskell charged with trying to influ-
ence improperly the attorney general
of Ohio in a Standard Oil suit was not
and could not have been the present
governor of Oklahoma. 1t ought not
to be difficult for him to prove that the
Prairie oil and Gas company, which
he recently restrained the attorney
general Of Oklahoma from proceeding
against under the laws Of the State, is
not subsidiary corporation of the
Standard Oil company.
Thus far Mr.. Haskell's defense of
himself is by no means conclusive. He
has ignored entirely the Prairie Oil and
Gas company charge and has attempt
cd to shift the possibility in the
Monnett case upon another Haskell,
who Indignantly denies that he ever
knew anything about the affair.
Mr.. Ilearst's charges may be an in
famous SANDER as Gov. Haskell says;
for the sake of the Democratic party
the World trusts that they are-Ncw
York " orld.
The fact that Governor Haskell has
been willing to content himself with a
general denial Of the charges made
against hiin--and a resignation, is al
about all the comment upon them that
would seem necessary. If Mr.. Haskell
had really desired 'vindication" he
would very properly have sought it
through the courts. Instead he filings
out general denial. resigns his ona-
rOus position as Treasurer of the Dem
ocratic National Committee and be-
takes himself to the tall timber New
t"theleSs his shadow still rests upon the
Democratic campaign, and Mr.. Bryan
continue to run for the presidency
upon the platform he wrote.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Confession and Humiliation.
Baltimore American.)


The position in which Mr.. Bryan has
been placed i'm being compelled to throw
over Haskell is, of course, an extreme
Iy humiliating one. In doing 50 he has
in effect openly declared that tie man
with whom he was in intimate consul
tatiOn prior to the assembling of the
national convention of his party. who
dominated that convention as his
spokesman, who was head of the COM
mttee that drafted his platform and
who was later made treasurer IF his
campaign cOmmittee-thiS man who has
been tn" chief promoter of his political
ambitions he now acknowledges 70 he a
de1eitful, double-dealing humbug: for
III permitting Haskell to be dism iSsed
Mr.. Bryan makes complete confession
that nc has been convinced that the
charges against his promoter are suS-
one who has been so closely affiliated
with him to resign under dana sing
charges if he bad believed the charges
could DC disproved: and. having thus
admitted that his foremost and most
confidential ally is unfit for any position
of confidence or trust, it is absurd al
most to imbecility for Mr. Bryan to at
tempt to better matters by hurting
counter charges that are meaning less
and, therefore, harmless.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Whatever wild thoughts the Demo-
Gratis had of capturing Wisconsin were
rudely dissipated when Senator I-aFol-
lette stood upon the same platform
with Judge Taft and gave his most
cor lial and unqualified endorsement.
Then down in West Virginia where the
Democrats have also been dreaming
dreams as a result of factions within
the Republican ranks. the Republicans
have settled their troubles and united
rpon one ticket. putting West Virginia
as completely ont Of the doubtful list
as Vermont and Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

That Oklahoma scheme of guarantee
ing the bank deposits now gets IL bad
JOLT right in the home country.
the state banking board of Oklahoma
has discovered and announced that the
expense Of administering the bank
deposit fund is actually greater than
the income of the fund. The Okliho-
for some way of guaranteeing the
guarantee,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Nobody Guessed the Name.

Tie eiSht-v ear-old son Of n Wrll-knnwn
ca!toonist attends a Sunday school in
which the I"Ns have formed what they
cad s cret societies, the only secret
being thu name The initials of the socie-
~ arc always made public and if any
boy of rival society suesses their :;.ni-
fication the name ie at once changed 1t
was two weeks before anyone guessed
for instance. that T. meant Temper
aiIre Soldiers. Int necentlv George came
to his father and aid
We've got ore now they'll never
gre IS =
"Tell@" queritd the father.
'!rnni>e yor'H never tell" asked
Goorsie
The premise was given
M F. said George. They all think
It mems Methodist Episcopal but it
don tit stands for 'Merican Eagles"
AVID thus far nobody has Guessed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Sentence Sermons.

The man to whom you owe money ncrer
rests.
There is no ona @ hard to discourage as
the poor sinner
E%"iN widow De'ie|"s that every man is
trNing to ch NJ h"r.
Press notices are rs easy to obtain as
letters of r"coitil,i l,lAtlon.
Tie less Il man knows. the more he saws
about the necessity of lifting up tho
ma "Sc%,
Tie marrow minded man never admits
that others have right to opinions that
differ from his -Atchson, KanS.. Globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Although Gov Haskell was thrown
overheard his political baggage was not
he left behind On the Democratic craft
his Oklahoma. scheme of insuring the
deposits of badly managed banks at
the expense of well managed banks
and MIR Bryan clings to the idea that
this is great and statesmanllke
scheme
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

During the past two weeks the MUM
Ler of iLl, freight cars i'm the country
has been reduced by over $4,000, con-
dition of things which gives positive
evidence of improving conditions OF
traffic and trade. Last April there We're
reported to he $4,000 idle cars IN the
country. Now there are about 11o,noO,
with the prospect that all of these Will
shortly be in use.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

And now the poor people of Chicago
have just aWoke to the fact that
certain vendors of pure spring
water" in that city have been obtain
ing their supply from lake Michigan.
The city Board of Health is after
them hot foot. and promises some
horrible examples in the near future.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Vice Presidential Candidate Sherman
is making speeches in New York. New
Jersey. Illinois Ohio Maryland and
Virginia, but somehow John w. Kern.
who was h,ralled as a great campaign
er, is thus far being kept very much
in the background.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

1T is necessary to remember that
Chicago covers nearly 200 square
miles of territory" remarks the
Chicago News. Recent Developments
in police circles in that city make it
sad to think that there Is so much
of it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Colonel Clowry. president of the
Western Union Telegraph Co. entered
the companys office at Joliet. ILL.,. So
wears ago and offered to Work six
months as a messenger without pay
if he were allowed to learn telegra ply
At the end of that time he was an ex-
merit operator and was given an office
ia Lockport. He won his military title
in the Civil War.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Dailv kennebec Journal
ESTABLISHED 1925

No notice whatever will be taken Of
unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot be held responsible
for the preservation or return Of re.
jected communications.
Address all communications relating
to subscriptions and advertisements
to BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Pub
fishers. Augusta. Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
Confusion and Stagnation.
(Philadelphia Inquirer.)

philadelphia Inquirer.)
How is it possible for any person,
who gives serious thought to the SUD-
jcct, to figure out anything but con-
fusion and stagnation az the result of
the election of Mr.. Bryan?
1t is conceded that there must be a
revision Of the tariff. that the water
ing of stocks must be forbidden and
that more legislation is desirable i'm
the way Of government supervision
over corporations. There is but one
way possible for progressive legisla :
ton to be had, and that is through a
Republican President and a Republic
can Congress.
Suppose Mr. Bryan to be elected
What would be the result? He would
lombard Congress with his theories
II the House should be Democratic
and it is likely to be if Bryan is
victorious-it could be counted upon
to give heed to the Bryan doctrines
But not so the Senate, which will be
Republican under any conditions. 1t
would be the Bryan policy to play at
desperate politics. He would press
his theories and continue to press
them. thus keeping the country in a
continual state of unrest but in actual
legislation he could accomplish moth
ing,
Can business stand that sort of
thing-the continuous play of Presi
Dental politics?
How any Workingman can find in
the success of Bryan anything but de-
preston and closed mills, in spite of
the efforts of Mr. GomperS to deliver
the labor vote to Democracy's Prophet
OF Unrest, is beyond our compre-
hension. Does labor forget its ex-
perience with a Democratic admins
tration in 1S93-4-5?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

The man with the Ratchet is I'M
usually active in the present cam
paign; but it remains to be seem how
he will pan out as vote getter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

In the. erection of a railroad bridge
over the Susquehanna river at Havre
de Grace. the American Bridge Com
pany will make use of what is prob
ably the largest wood block ever made.
1t has been made especially for the
work and weighs 1850 pounds, meas
ures 80 inches across the shell and is
rated at 60 tons capacity. The shackle
is solid forging three and a half
inches thick.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30
PotentiaIities Of the Airship.

In the near future. at any rate the uses
OF airshifs will he mainly protective, and
mHV he ''i"""" IN as follows:
In land warfare:
Reconnaissance. for the purnoso IF t,oip
in" :nfor,"ntiOn.
Transmission of information and secret
drSratches
Protective Reconnaissance inol, 7;p,.
watching sea coast against invasion or
raids. -
Checking ar eneniy's attempts to obtain
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Treasurer Riders task Of showing
that he has not been hostile to union
labor is an easy one compared with his
task of looking pleasant while he tr'cS
to help elect candidate whom he has
continuously and loudly proclaimed
was doomed to certain defeat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

affinity" Earle is reported to nave
kissed and made up with his abused
wife. 1t is too much to expect, how
ever. that they will live happily ever
after" That Is seldom the way with
affinities
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Chanler should poll the tonsorial
vote at any rate declares the New
York Evening Mail Perhaps, but ne
will have to begin by giving away his
Gillette razor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-30

Chicago has formed a $1O,00O,O0O
CORPORATION to engage in the oyster
business 1t is to be hoped that 1t VIII
not undertake the utilize the big
drainage canal for that purpose.