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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29

Lewiston, Me-, oct 2S.-Educators
from al sections of Maine began to
gather today for the annual conVen-
tons Of the Maine Teachers Assacia-
ton and the Maine Association Of Col
leges and Preparatory Schools. The
meetings Of the former association be-
gan this afternoon and will continue
through tomorrow afternoon, While
those of the latter association Will be
held tomorrow and Saturday morn
ing. Normal school reunions and the
annual meeting of the Maine School
masters Club also will be held ton.or-
row. Several prominent educators
from other states will be present and
address the meetings.
Pre- sident Arthur J. Roberts of colby
College, acting president Of the 1"dch-
crs Association, called the convention
to order and introduced Mayor FRANK
A. Morey of Lewiston, who welcomed
the teachers in part as follows:
Il can say truthfully that | consider
this gathering Of teachers one Of the
most Important events in the stat OF
Maine. There is no other work that
will compare with it. With these teach
erS to a large extent lies the future
welfare of our state. The pupils OF the
schools will soon he the citiHtns OF
Maine.
'Thc conclusion is that YOU ar no;
engaged in this work mcrClY Tor money
making ends but are actuate1 by =
higher sense of dutV-a duty to de
vclop the child along educational lines
which shall be Of tn" best interest tn
the state. Much depends upon You
The state appreciates y"". How un-
dcrpaid are the teachers of Maine
II trust Tier" will he II general uprlS-
ing for increased wages. Applausc)
THE city Of Lewiston is proud to en-
terrain this convention We want YOU
10 come again and again. IT is an hon
or to have such Il gathering here.
"'rhe city extends Il cordial welcome
MAY your stay he pleasant. My the
methods which you study prov" OF
great and lasting benefit and ray you
go forth with courage ard. continue
this grand good work with success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29

entitled at once. There can be no rea-
Sondhl" demand for luXuriously APP
pointed school buildings or for those
that are architecturally magnificent
but there is d reasonable demand that
childhood should not be forced to spend
its days in conditions that retarI rath-
er than promote the conservation of
their physical power The obligation
does not END, however, with the pro-
vision of properly constructed school
buildings: it extends to the provision
of all means of protection and to all
means of growth in physical power
that hay" proven their efficiency. A
Fart of this work is to be done through
wise medical inspection which shall
advise as to the condition of school
buildings in the respects that have
been named, and the peculiar needs of
individual children. A part is to be
done also through the development OF
public play grounds and properly su-
pcrvis@d sports 1t has been said that
the interests of childhood and youth
are the interests Of mankind. In no
sense does this truth have closer or
more important application than in the
ttN'' VI .'ioptI liilS al VI
the child.
The Status of the Teacher.
If the proportion reported for last
year holds for the present school year
more than one thousand persons are
entering for the first time upon the
work of teaching. If that proportion
holds in all respects more than t%'o
hundred of these persons have not SO
lnuch as completed a secondary school
course. OF the entire number about
two hundred have received professional
training in state normal or city train
ing schools. Wherever one Of the first
class of unframed persons has found
cmpl"Ymcnt she has entered upon the
discharge of her duties with precisely
the sam" rights privileges and prero-
aativeS rs apply in the case of any Of
the second class. The employment of
any of The first class in any community
at tho low salaries which we assume
must hay" been paid for such service
Continued on Page Twelve.)
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
THE VACANT JUDeEsHIP.
Horace n. Lurton Of Nashville, Tenr.'
Promising Candidate.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-The vacancy on
the bench of the supreme court of the
United States caused by the death OF AS
sociate Justice Rufus w. Peckham OF
New York is the subject Of most OF the
gossip in Washington just now. It Is. pop
ularly speaking, the most important mat
ter which will confront President Taft
upon his return to the national capital.
Well-informed prophets here tonight
name Horace II. Lurton of Nashville.
judge of the United States circuit court
in the sixth district, as most likely to be
Justice Peckham's successor, with So
licitor General Lloyd Bowers of the de-
partment of justice as the probability
for the vacancy in the court. Mr.. Bow
ers, it is thought by many, stands q very
good chance Of getting this one,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The two-masted British schooner va
letta. lumber laden, from st. John, N. B..
for Boston with a cargo Of deals, struck
on Danseibury lodges. just off Wood is
land. near Biddeford, Thursday night. She
is leaking badly, but it is possible that
she may be pulled off at high tide. Capt
McOlney and the three members OF the
crew escaped with their effects to Wood
island and were later cared for by the
crew of the Fletcher's Neck life saving
station on the main land.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
State Suot. Of Schools Smith,

state superintendent of Schools
Pavson Smith was introduced and hel |
the audepcc with IN address ON TN"
subject Notes of Progress" lie sad
in part
Tho teachers who have assembled in
this great annual convention represent
one of the most important business
concerns of the state. The great bust
ness. if we may call it such. in which
we arc engaged. stands as the funda-
mental undertaking of a democracy to
insure its existence. More than that 1t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
7.2O-4
1G. CIGAR.

output upwards of 100000 weekly At
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
TOOAYS JOURNAL CONTENTS
Page One.

Page One.
TELEGRAPH-Maiu Teachers in Con-
v.ntion at observation-disclosures Gives
S,0o0,ooo to Fight Hook Worm Disease
Thrilling Story Told by Survivors OF
Steamer Hestia-Amcrican Ice Co Case.
Page Two.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH
Page Three.
LOCAL-Gardner and Iiallowell Local
News.
Page Four.
SPORTING AND Water
VILE High and Coburn Play Tie Game at
Watervile-Other Football Naws-BoXinS.
Baseball and other SportS-The Markets.
Page Five.
STATE Randolph Couple Celebrate 55th
Wedding anniversary.
Page Six.
EplTORIAI.-A Lesson Learned-The
Railroads Reply -Briefs-Mane Gossip
Press Comments
Page Seven.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
Pace Eiaht.
LOCAL AND TELEGRAPH-s.--~
Page Nine.
loCAL-State House News-Supreme
Court Report-Local Briefs.
Page Ten.
LOCAL-Firemen's Ball AT CITY Hall
Success-Aususta u feats Hallowell in
Bowling Leasue-Local Briefs
Page Eleven.
W. AlT-Amusements at Orera House
and Theatre Comique-Local Items.
Page Twelve
TELEGRAPl-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29

Harry Hale, Il young business man
OF Dexter and Miss Susie f. Hayes
Of Portland. wore married at the home
of the brides mother in Portland
"Wednesday evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Hale
will reside in Dexter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
THE. WEATHER
FAIR AND cool.

Washington, oct. 2S.-Forccast for
New Ensland Fair and continued
cool Friday and Saturday; moderate
to brisk northwest winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-10-29
Boston Forecast,

Boston, oct. 2&.-Forccaat for Bos-
ton and vicinity: Friday fair and
cold: Saturday fair with slowly rising
temperature; northerly to Wcsterl;,
winds.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25
a Savings of Great Men

"Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue. ."-SIR WALTER SCOTT.
 "The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never for him. self. ."-EARL OF BEACONsFIELD.
 "A joke is very good thing, but when the joke Is made at the expense of feelings, I set my face against it.''- CHAs. DICKENS.
 Life is not so short but there is al ways time enough for courtesy. ''- RALPH WALDE EMERSON.
 "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ."-BhNJAMIN FRANKLIN.
 "Neither borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend and borrowing dulls the edge of hus- bandry. "-SHAKEsPEARE (HAMLET). "A wrong-doer is often 0 man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something. ."-MARCUs AURELIUS.
 Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ."-LORD CHESTER FIELD.
 "A m Il without some sort of a reli. zion is at best a poor reprobate. ''- DONALD c. MITCHELL q. K. MARvEL).
 "Society is now one polished horde, formed of two night tribes, the bcres and bored. LORD BYRON.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25

South Norfolk, Conn. Dear Sir:- -
 Thinking you might like to know how the Robinson Mfg Co. Unique Attri- tion Is" diameter Grist Mill that you put in last fall is running. we take pleasure in recommending the Mill, and the manner in which you did the job. We think the Mill as near perfect as Mill can be. Anyone in want of a Mill can come here and see our Mill work. We have ground It tons Cob feed per hour. and 9 tons of shell grain per hour. Yours truly,
 BARNUN-R RI GRANDSON co.
 By Sam'1 ". Bradley, Cashier
 By Phi1o E. Lyon Miller
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25

MAKE YOUR HENS LAY EGGS by feeding them Williams Poultry Food. Ask your grocer for it.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25

"A Gentleman From Mississippi is one of the best serial stories ever written. It is running in THE NEWS. Subscribe.
Connecticut western news., 1909-02-25


 Tne minstrel show last Friday night was great success with the exception of the wcalhor, which could not have beon worse. Nevertheless, large crowd turned out, who appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The show ran very smoothly considering that it was given by amateurs, and the prompter had very little to do. Before speaking of the show, though, a word should be said about the decorations and stage settings. They were very pretty and artistic, and the decoratOr-we wish we knew his name, so we could give him credit-is to bs congratulated on showing the people the prettiest stage that Sharon has had in long time. The proceedings were opened by selection rendered by the Sharon orchestra, who, on the whole,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Picking. 1909.

Picking, 1909. T NDER the shadow of the Pink For
 bidden City, so near it's yellow & palaces that I can almost hear the hnlmond-eyed nurses singing their lul- labies, I write of little Pu Vi, the baby ruler of China. Of all the children on earth he ranks first in importance. He has under him a country larger than Europe. and his subjects are one-fourth Of mankind. They worship him as heavens own son, and from now on the oldest and highest officials will re- main on their knees in his presehce. He Is so holy that the house in which he was born has been given up by his parents and according to custom it can be used only as temple hereafter
 Little Pu Vi is too sacred for his own mother to have charge of him. He has been taken away from her, and given over to the care of the new empress dowager, that Is, to the wife of Kwang Su who died last November. His real mother cannot enter the palace except by permission. and the only way she can see her own baby is by calling upon Ailt uoWdSeT ana dSkluS 10 nave nm Brought Into her presence. If the dowager consents the eunuch will carry the message to the imperial nurses and they will trot in Pu Vi.
 I am told that his majesty cried much upon his accession. He was then three years old, as the Chinese reckon such things. He was only two years by our accounting and like most Manchu chll- hdren of that age was still being nursed lhy his mother. When they tore him away he howled like young satyr and the eunuchs and other palace officials were in despair. They published a mo- lfice asking for twenty-five Manchu wet nurses These were straightway brought 10 the palace. They were examined as to their age, beauty and health by the Imperial physicians and as a result the lemperors cries were soon drowned in lsnilk
 How Pu VI Gets His Job.
 But let me tell you how little Pu VI comes to be ruler of this great Chinese empire. I call him Pu Yi, although since iahis accession his name has been changed to the more dignified imperial title, Hsuan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

grew up under the Empress Dowager He was in charge of her toilet and per sonal wants, and later on became her business manager He invested her money in pawnshops and in loans at high rates of interest, and organized a system by which millions of dollars came into the palace. Toward the last he was placed in charge of all of the servants, and at the great dowager's death was the head of her imperial household. I understand that he holds the same position today, and that the new Empress Dowager has made him the chief of the eunuchs.
 The New Empress DoWager.
 But before I go farther let me tell you something about the new Empress Dowager, the woman whom Pu M from now on must regard as his moth CT, and to whom. during his childhood, he must be subservient. She Is the late Empress of China, the wife of Kwang Su, who died last November. She Is the niece of the old Empress Dowager, and was first cousin of the late Emperor, whom she married little more than 20 years ago. Her father was Duke Chow, a noble Manchu, and her mother a Manchu lady. I was in Pekin at the time of her marriage, and saw the carts containing the girls from whom she was chosen on their way to the palace. According to law, the Elm peror of China can marry none but full-blood Manchu. 1t is also provided that when he reaches marriageable age all the daughters of the Manchu nobil- ity between 12 and IS are to go to the palace in order that they may be looked over by the Empress Dowager, and the best ones selected for the imperial consort. This is what will occur l4 years for now, when little Pu M Is 16. and it is just what took place in 1888. when the Empress Dowaser was picked out as the wife of Kwanx su-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
MEREDITH STORY BASELESs.
Gossip as to Writers Questionable
 Parentage Proved Untrue.

Beau Broadway in the New York Tele-
 graph.
 It would appear that the percentage of the late George Meredith would not down. The English people have been loath to discuss the matter in print, and for tho yer ygood reason that Meredith's mem ory is held in the highest veneration. But 1t is hard to understand what good Is to be accomplished in letting this foolish twaddle that he was the son of either Owen Meredith or Lord Lytton go un- questioned As I pointed out lately, George Meredith could not be the son Of Owen Meredith, and for the very reason that he would then have been born before his own father-rather unlikely.
 Curiously. in a letter from a literary friend residing in England, just at hand, he says George Meredith's death has set the tongues of gossip a-going. Wheth- CT he was Bulwers son l know not, but there Is this that is certain: Lord Bulwer Lytton, Owen Meredith and George Mere dith bore a striking resemblance to each other. Personally. I do not think that there Is any doubt that George Meredith was Lord Buiwer Lytton's son."
 But there Is very big doubt. In . late number of the Fortnightly Review there is an article by Edward Cod, an old per sonal friend of Meredith. He says that Meredith told him his father was tailor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

 structon of verandas, hothouses, kiosks. bathrooms. hospitals, ice factories. butch CT shops, railway stations, breweres. sta bles, and in other places where cleanl- ness, light, and uniform temperatures are especially desired.
 The bricks are also made with a wire coating for fireproof walls. Tn some of the recently erected buildings in Milan, Italy. bricks made of glass have been adopted for grounds and upper floors on account of the light obtained. They are also coming into use for partition work in some of the hospitals on account of hygienic principles
 In one of the leading banking institu- tions in the city of Turin. the lobby of- flee floor which is about 36 by 5s feet, is entirely paved with glass bricks laid in iron frames for the purpose of admit ting light Into the basement, where are located numerous private boxes or vaults. In the Netherlands, hollow green trans parent glass bricks are used principally for lght-givnng purposes in machine shops and conservatories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

though in the reformation which China is now undertaking this may be changed.
 There is one thing sure, and that Is they will never whip little Pu VI. Wehn hwang Su was little he mad his whipping boys. who studied with him and recited the same lessons as he. If his majesty d!d wrong the teacher was allowed to whip one of these boys, and this was supposed to answer tue purpose. If not, the great dowager took the matter in hand and ordered an eunuch to punish Kwang Su. The same will probably be the rule as to Pu VI.
 The Baby Emperor's PIaythings.
 This imperial infant will have all sorts of toys. The Chinese are famous for making such things. They have animals of wood, iron, paper and cloth. They have mechanical toys and toys which teach certain things. The last Emperor had many foreign toys and the imperial baby will first learn of the new civiliza- ton by playthings brought from abroad. He will have railroad trains. photographs and electrical car lines, and he may perhaps have Teddy bears and Billy pos- sums. He will have watches and clocks of all kinds. Indeed, there is already a large collection of such in the imperial palaces, and when the last Emperor was a boy he amused himself by taking them to pieces and trying to put them together again. He did not always succeed, and the old Empress Dowager was in constant fear that Kwang Su would ruin the clocks she loved most
 As his baby majesty grows older he should have all sorts of tutors, and it may be that he will be allowed to travel over the country and see something of his empire as 1t really is Such thing has not been possible with the Emperors of the past, but his infant majesty Is no more secluded now than the MilSado was when he was a baby, and the present crown prince of Japan goes everywhere. China is so rapidly changing that 1t 10 impossible to tell what the people may al- low their Emperor to do before he grows up and takes the actual rule in his hands. If he lives he will surely be the master of 400,00O,0O0 and of what may then probably be the richest and great est manufacturing nation on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
USE OF GLASS BRICKS.
Admit Light to Dark Railways and
 Easements.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Germany uses glass bricks for building purposes with measureable success. In Berlin is constructed a small villa, the walls of which are built of glass bricks of several shades of dark green and blue. The glass bricks are especially adapted to construction where light, cleanliness, and neatness are particularly in demand. In Hamburg they are utilized in place of windows. They admit light in walls which police regulations require to be freproof and windowless.
 In addition to admitting light to dark railways, rooms, ets they are said to possess the same strength as ordinary clay bricks. They are also utilized Tn walls in yards and partitions in the in terior of houses, salesrooms. offices, workshops etc, as well as for tn con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Ckina'S Baby Emperor
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

imperial archives. There were soldiers to guard the procession, and men with whips went in advance to drive the common people out of the way. Incense was car ried in front of the chair bearing the proclamation, and men with great um- brellas of imperial yellow followed be- hind. The officials who went with it were gorgeously dressed, and the whole was really imposing. The procession marched right down to the gate above which I was standing, and photographed it as it passed on below me.
 Pu YPs First Edicts.
 The baby monarch began to work im- mediately after he came to the throne. According to law, all the imperial edicts are put forth in his name. and many have been issued which seem ridiculous as coming from the mouth of a 2-year-old child. l understand that they were writ ten by the great statesman and scholar, Chang Chi Tung, but that the people sup pose that they come from the mouth of the emperor Here is the way in which Pu Vi describes his feelings as to the deaths of the emperor and the old en- press dowager:
 "All who have blood and breath can- not but mourn. We weep tears Of blood and beat upon our hearts. How can We bear to express our feelings. The late 
 guest on high, and we have received the commands of the empress dowager to en- ter upon the succession. We have la- mented to earth and heaven, and We stretch out our hands, wailing our inee- ficiency. We had hoped that her majesty would be vigorous and live to be a hun dred years old, that we might receive her instructions. But her toll day and night weakened her and on the Fist day of the moon, when the late emperor ascend ed the dragon to be a guest on high, her grief was SO excessive that the end sud- denly came On the following day she took the fairy ride and ascended to the far country. We shall strive to be tem perate so as to comfort the spirit of the late empress dowager in heaven"
 It was at this same time that the baby emperor sent his first telegram to the United States. It was addressed to the President and read:
 Again the imperial family is unfor- tunate. Again we have met great ca lamity. The 22d day of the present moon our holy grandmother, the great em- press dowager. was taken up by the fairies to the far-off land. Our mourning and lamentations have no liimt. Pros
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

who spent most of his life at Portsmouth; that he lived to be 72 years of age and was ''an old muddled." Now this in no way fits the description of Bulwer, the elder. Furthermore, 1t Is we'll known that Meredith was a child when his father died; but when Bulwer died Meredith was past 40 It is about time that this absurd story of George Meredith and the Bulwers was laid low
 Finally, to put the finishing touches to this Bulwer- Meredith nonsense, a late number of the London Spectator, just at hand, gives definite information as to Merediths paternal parent. George Mere diths father was named Augustus Urm- ston Meredith. He migrated to Cape Town in the middle of the 18th century, where he kept tailor shop.