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of Know Nottingham which swept like wild fire over the country in the ffties.> was a convert myself, and still believe as strongly as 1 did then-even more strongly-that no alien should be al- lowed to vote till he has been 21 years in this country.
 Know Nottingham was chiefly directed against the political power of the Cath olics And one of the chief charges against them, which was reiterated in ev- cry speech, was that the Catholic church controlled the voters, dictating to them how they should vote on questions to be decided at the polls. And now shall Bap tist churches do the same thing? Render unto Caesar the things that be Caesars.
 Tt won't do to say this is a moral question. That was the plea of the few Catholic priests who would admit they controlled the voters. In fact, they went further and claimed it was a religious question with the things which they op- posed or favored. All political questions at bottom are moral"
 Now I do not know who my brother "Senex'' is, and my curiosity on the point Is not consuming. but whoever he may be, he holds fast to his "Know Nothing" principles still. What is meant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

XVyILLIAM H. TAFT Is a jurist,
 A/ born and bred, the son of O
 W great lawyer, and in the form ative period of his public career he was at the bar and on the bench. He was an honest lawyer. and as a judge he held the balance right adjusted" A great big boy of a. man, his fund of good humor and his store of broad catholic charity are ever flowing and ever mex haustible. He is republican all right no doubt of that-and the best of the lot. from my standpoint, who has held the office of president. Not SO great a man as Lincoln, not so iHustrious a man as Grant, perhaps not so able man as Ben Harrison, he is yet what never was be- fore-a republican who is president of the south as well as of the north. And that is a great and a grand thing.
 MT. Taft has said that he intends to carry out the Roosevelt policies" but they who have correctly observed the man know that when the Roosevelt pol icies and the law conflict. and that is not infrequent, if know anything about it. this administration will uphold the law and let the Roosevelt policies slide. For example, President Taft is not going to suspend the law and grant indulgence to monopoly like the Steel Trust to ab
 sorb it's chiefest and practically only riv- al, like the Tennessee Coal 6 Iron com pany. Mir. Taft will not hurl the lie in the face of a man like Alton B. Parker, when the ink is not dry on letter be- ginning, My dear Hartman" In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
ABOUT THIRD TERMS-By Sauoyard

first place, our new president is not given to epithet In the second place. he could not write the Hartman letter at all.
 And it is the difference in the training and the characters of William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt that Is the oc- casion of this talk, or suggestion, that if Taft stands by Ballinger and ignores Pinchot, they will deny Taft a renom- nation in 1912 and set up Roosevelt again Now these fellows can go on with their conspiracy, for this admin istration is going to be bound by the law, something that the last administration held in positive contempt when It con- f1icted with the vanity or interests of Theodore Roosevelt, which 1t constantly did.
 It is remarked that during the winter of 1911-12, the political scenes of 1S7s-S0 will be measurably repeated in this town, when U. B. Grant was on the last lap of his swing around the circle and both parties in congress were busy hunting a man to be president It was my first winter in Washington, and there was more president-making here than I have seen during all the winters I have spent here since-more In both parties.
 But the situation then was far different from what it will be in 1912. R. B. Hayes was installed as President Of the United States; but there was not a single voter of the republican party-not even he himself-who hoped or desired that he be nominated, for such a thing would have made an electoral college in 1880 unani-
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THE Reverend Charles E. Aked, D.
 D., is a Baptist preacher, so called, A and Is the pastor of great church In the city of New York. We do not just now recall the name of his church, but it is the one in which MT. John D. Rocke- Teller holds, or did hold, his membership. The Rev. Charles F. Aked is an imported article; he came to us from England, and seems to have taken up the task of en- Tightening us Americans on a variety of subjects more or less "transcendental"
 'The Watchman" of Boston Is under stood to be the organ of the Baptists of New England. It usually has column on What Leading People Say" and the Rev. Charles F. Aked now and then fg- ures somewhat conspieuously in this co1- umn From a late number of The Watch man we take the following paragraph:
 PRAYER MEETINGS
 By Rev. Charles B. Aked, D. D.
 Let us define prayer as a devout and earnest effort to become conscious of the greater, fuller life within us of which through all our years we remain so large ly unconscious and to appropriate more life from outside drawing from the inex- haustfble God In whom we live and move
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was vicar Apostolic in that city, with the title of bishop" He Is a man of ex- traordinary ability, high-toned. polished gentleman, a fine scholar and an admir- able writer It would require strong ev- idence to make me believe that he ever attempted to '.control the vote" of any human being, in any political contest, and of such evidence there Is "a plentiful lack" Please understand that I am not arguing "the Catholic question" Most of my readers probably know that am a Baptist preacher. Not few of them have hear- me preach, and know that, at the proper time and place, l am not slack in defending Baptist doctrines. But my sense of propriety teaches me that secular daily paper is no proper medium for the ventilation of my denominational, or, if you please, my "sectarian" views But If I were arguing "the Catholic question:" and had before me an audience of thousand Baptists, as I had at the semi-centennial of the Southern Baptist convention in Washington, I would say now, as I said then: Brethren, don't damage your cause by overstatng your arguments, nor by bringing against your opponents charges which you cannot sus tain"
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Homo," to discredit the divinity of Christ, Renan, however, did not write "Ecce Homo" and no Frenchman could have written it. for it is one of the finest pieces Of English that has appeared in our day It is understood to be the work of Professor Seely of Oxford. It Is not an attack upon the divinity of Christ; indeed, 1t does not deal with that ques- ton.
 The Recorders criticism recalls a squir- rel hunt We once had in the southwest mountains of Virginia, with dog that was so anxious to find game that he parked up tree after tree where there was not a sign of a squirrel We never hunted with that dog again, and, upon the whole, we prefer a still hunt. When you go heresy hunting, don't run a cold trail.
 But the Western Recorder frequently has column of "Questions Answered by Senex." Here is a paragraph from re- cent number of the paper:
 "A brother wishes to know what action the church should take toward a mem Der who votes for keeping open saloons, also if I think such a man can have the love of God in his heart? The church should take no action whatever Those of us who are old enough remember the tide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
HAILsToNEs IN MISSISSIPPI.
Zig as Eggs" vaviety Outclassed py
 Big as Baseball Sort.

Greenshaw Cor. Memphis Commercial
 Appeal
 A shower of chunks of ice from thA size of an egg to that of baseballs falling slowly at first and then incre-.sing until It was coming down In sheets. so to speak, fell with a roar and din upon this peaceful and compactly built town and smashed window lights by the score re- gently. Folks got a little excited and be- gan singing and praying and laughing and crying at the same time, and prom ising to lead better lives in the future.
 The cloud, a green one, came from the west. There was no rain, and just slight breeze blowing, which tilted the downpour just enough to smash glass ex- posed on the west side of buildings. All the stores face west but the costly plate- glass fronts were protected by good stout awnings Even these awnings of heavy tin and corrugated iron were smashed and dented and cut through in places. The roof of Wilbourn's store and that of the big lumber sheds were turned into sieves. The slate roof on the depot is al most ruined on the west side. Heavy plate-glass upper story windows of the stores and residence windows by tho score were smashed; holes were knocked through some shingle roofs and they were all more or less damaged.
 Live stock caught out simply went wild, and the writer saw a bunch of horses so through a barbed-wire fence without hardly checking their gait.
 One chunk of ice that fell in front of the drug store measured six inches from tip to tip, four and one-half inches in di- ameter and weighed six ounces Most of the hail was cone shaped resembling pineapples somewhat, and much of 1t was as largs as small pineapples, running In weight from three to six ounces.
 The community was visited at ' o'clock by severe wind and rain storm, which did but little damage. No rain fell be fore, during and until three hours aftes the hall storm.
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turesquely beautiful poem that some elf of dreamland sang into his soul as he slept.
 The strange story of ''Dr Jekyle and MT. Hyde was composed by Stevenson while he slept, at least. the essential parts were.
 Architects have often carried drafts of buildings into the land of dreams where they have seen them grow into rare structures which they reduced to paper and then builded on solid rock.
 Musicians have heard from choirs in visible in dreamland elaborate melody and intricate harmony which they have incorporated into their compositions. Tar tinfs Devil Sonata" is a case in point.
 But everyone has some personal expe- rience disclosing the fact that the thought body of the day suggests the dream of the night, and for the time being we all know no matter how wild the con condemnation of things or how harmonious. they are no more real in our waking hours than they appear to be when we sleep. In dreamland we hear, we see. We weep. we laugh, we mourn and we sing Everything we do here. we do there. Therefore of the two worlds which is which? Are we asleep here and awake there? Who shall tell us? Here souls pray for sleep and dreams; and from those dreams of love and lingering peace they'd come back no morei for
 !" by sleep to say we end The heart-ache, and the thousand natural
 shocks
 That flesh is heir to,-'tis consumma-
 ton
 Devoutly to be wished"
 (Next week pr. Evans will discuss the subject Dreams, and Their Fulfill
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down the old ticket; but that is precisely what the democratic convention did, and It is the only aggregation in the world that could then, before. or since, have dnne that i,nncsaitiitA.
 Just to the north of the House of Rep resentatives In those days was a news stand, presided over by very handsome Englishman. I had gone there to buy magazine that day, and by my side were Page of California and Hazleton of Wis consin, who subsequently, elected Keller speaker of the House over Frank His cock and Tom Reed. This dialogue oc- cured between themi
 By George, Page, who Is going to put up the campaign fund for Garfleld?''
 "DeGollin, by God!" was the blunt and somewhat profane reply of Page, who had bet 5000 an hour or two before that Grant would be nominated. DeGollin was the paving man; but let's not reopen that,
 Things are different now. Taft Is not Hayes and Roosevelt Is not Grant. Taft will have his party, or a big majority, behind him for renomination, and even if Roosevelt should contest 1t with him, Taft will beat him.
 Nor is that all. Even if Roosevelt were nominated, not even the democratio parry cculi do enough fool things to elect niIn, for when this country once allows a third term, thereafter all terms will be life terms.
 If somebody that was fit for 1t should tell the true story and all of 1t about tfe Grant third term movement of 1880 1t would be an interesting chapter.
 Washington, December 29, 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16
Man of Ills Word.

From Judge.
 T thought you told me these lots would double in value in two ysars, and here's man offering me exactly what gave for them."
 ''Yes; but you forget you gave twice as sapeh e tha1 Hegs WoFth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-16

Romeo Peace, peace. Mercutio. peace. Thou talk'st of nothing. Mercutio: True. talk of dreams Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy"
 Romeo and Juliet.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

signed, but, whether or not this be So
after the meeting of the privy council to-
morrow. This probably will include the
official proclamation of the conclusion OF
the convention of annexation, according
to the prosnosticationS of well-infromed
persons.
The vi dynasty in Corea has lasted SIS
years. Seven branches of the family re-
main and the heads of these all will be
given rank as princes. A number of 9th
er .Corean officials will be elevated to the
Japanese nobility.
Throughout the negotiations the mass
of the Coreans have been kept in entire
ignorance of what has been transpring
The newspaper censorship is complete
not been permitted in Corea.
1t is not believed, however, that annex
alton of Japanese will involve disturb
ances in any section of Corea, which is
thoroughly policed Certainly the court
and cabinet officials in the peninsula are
quite complaisant. The vast majority of
the people of Corea realize that condi-
tions in their country will be improved
and it viii be impossible for the malcon-
tents to arouse sufficient feeling to create
uprisings. The general belief is that
Viscount Terauchi is prepared No give a
demonstration of Japan's desire to help
the Coreans
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

A vested cEoir has bren formed in
the Methodist church, the only one oi
the klnd in This county. Ii has a mem
ber&hir of % Miss Bessie Allen, who
is we'll known for her superior ability
IN music, is organist. Mrs William F1m
cry, VINO mas been recognized as one Of
the most able choir leaders in this part
OF t1e state, i3 the leader OF this vest
ed choir and has done much to make il
great success. TIL, members of the
choir are: Rev. F. l.. Hayward Mr.
and Mrs. r. f. Dunbar, Ralph Cleve-
lana Charles Turner. Emmons Head,
Mrs Blaine Emerson, Miss Lena Ian
dry. Miss Ethel Mitchell. Miss Lena
Malhon, Mrs. Frank Gould, Miss Celia
Packard, Miss Iva Briggs. Miss Ethel
Rrainard, MISS Florence Smith, Miss
Bessie Allen and Mrs. William Emery.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

bling him 20 this city to answer ;
charge of embeZzlentent
Lewis, who is 33. is now locked IN in
the Tombs prison. arriving here Satur
daV. On Monday he wilI be arraipnec
before Judge C'Sullican in the court o
general sessions to plead to an indict
ment charging him with obtaining $40,
from Mrs. Mary Outlout of 2OS West
Soth street in April of 1908
Lewis was tie manager of a TurkisI
bath establishment here. He adver.
tls"d for clerk. A son of AJrs
Outthour answered the advertisement,
and was told he would have to put ur
$500 cash security to insure his honesty
Mrs. ou:hont put up the money and
Lewis decamped.
The New York police sent out descrip.
tions of him broadcast. He was an.
rested as the man in Butte, Mont. but
vhen he offered to bet the local police
that they lad the wrong man and
flashed a roll Of several thousand dol.
lars, they hcsitated
He answered the description in every
particular except that he had no mole
on his right shoulder. This was one
OF the marks of identification that was
described in the description Of Lewis
sent out by the New York police.
The detectives say Lewis had the
mole removed by electrical treatment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
TRANSFORMATION,
COrea to Be Absorbed This
Week by Japanese,
The Vi Dynasty in Corea Has
Lasted Full 518 Years,
Japan Now to Become Ruler Of the
Hermit Kingdom"

Toxic, Aug. 2l-Within the week .thS
Hermit Kingdom and the empire of
COrca viii become historical terms.
12,00OGo0 OF people will be added to the
population Of Japan and territory, as
large as England VIII become part >of
The Japanese EmperorS dominion. The
treaty of Portsmouth,, which settled
the war between Japan and Russia,
reads that Japan shall have the 'guid-
ance, protection and control of Corea
ana the last stage of this agreement 81
now becoming an actuality after three
years of experimenting to discover a
practical method of conserving the ma
tionality OF The Coreah peninsula.
Today the privy council Of Japan
vas summoned TO meet at 030 tomor-
row morning. which is regarded by
Weli-informed persons as practically
the signal to complete the negotiations
between Lieut.. General Teruchia. the
Japanese acknowledgement in Corea,
and the Emperor of Corea, and his
cabinet, which haN continued for
fun week. While the entire proceed
ings of tile negotiations are shrouded
IN absolute official silence. there no
longer can be any doubt that the Co
rean Emperor has agreed to sign a
convention by which, in view of the
untenable conditions pertaining, he and
his government and people consent to
the absolute control of Corea bv the
Emperor and government nf Japan
Tonight extra editions of the newspa-
pers say the convention has already been
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
Somerset Real Estate Transfers.

Following are. the recent real estate
registry of leeds:
Palmyra-Henry l.. Williams IL
Thomas Randlett; Frank Strout to
Wallace Martin.
Fairfield-A Alvin p. Sawtelle to An
drew ii. Nichols: Andrew II. Nichols IL
p. Leroy Badger; Mary l.. Gibson to
Fairfield Savings Bank. $1130: Fairfield
Savings Bank 20 Mary +. Gibson: Al
vsh II. Bragg ct ais 10 Fred Marcia
Madison-John F. Chandler to
Charles f. Brown. $3.50; Frank Burns
to George F. Newell; Parker NJ. San
born to Arthur a. Painter; George
Reynolds to Loren NJ. Sanbor1: George
Reynolds to Albert J. Libby.
Acknowledgment j. Armstrong to
Ida NJ. Johnson.
Bingham-Sarah j, Andrews to lcr-
nest l.. Andrews; Gtorge c. Miller to
Fred l.. Moore: Cyrus *. York to
Charles York.
Hartland-Bertha NJ Chipman to
Jennie f. Dillingham;.
Norrdgewock-Ira B. Taylor to Cyrus
Albee./
Anson- Erwin T. Heald to Royal Bos-
ton; john Muller to Royal Boston.
Cornville-Artlfur T. Merrill to Henry
Fall
S SSowheean-John Robinson to Alfred
II. Knights.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
A Shower Party.

Shower party was given Miss
Frances Powers Friday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w n. Wildes on
Madison avenue 1t was in the form
of surprise to Miss Mildred keene
About so young people We're present
Games We're played on the lawn and
refreshments were served. The party
then repaired to the house and the
young people engaged in game call
ed the Musical Hunt" A few were
sent into another room to find some
thing and then Miss Powers was sent
into the room and she found basket
bringing it in she opened it. There
were revealed to her many beautiful
gifts from the different ones present.
Each present was wrapped separately
the giver The presents consisted Of
linen. cut glass. china and many other
beautiful and useful gifts.
This event was in anticipation of
Miss Powers coming marriage to Will
liam Simpson which will take place in
the near future. She is now employed
as bookkeeper and stenographer in the
Office of the Steward & Blunt Hard
ware Co. She is a graduate of the
Skowhegan High school in the Glass
of 1906. Miss Powers is a most amiable
Mr. Simpson is popular young man,
being the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Adam
Simpson. He is now assistant pay
master in the American WOODEN mill
here.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
Co. e Leaves for Pine Camp.

Company T., I'd Reg, n. G.. S. NJ. lef
here at 3.25 p. NJ. Saturday for Pine
Camp, N. Y. to take part in the
maneuvres They camped in Portland
Saturday night The company is ir
charge of Capt. Bertie |. Rice, his two
lieutenants being First Lieut. Charles
f. Bagley, Second Lieut.. Earl +. Tni-
beault. Inspector General l.. .. Alori
arty of Lewiston said a few DAYS ago
that Company f. was one of the best
drilled in the State.
Following is a list of the other Of
ficers and privates who went on this
trip: First Sergeant. Earl Barnes;
Quartermaster Sergeant Waiter q
Lessard: sergeants, Clarence f. Green
Harry Albee, Horace Stitham, William
II. Demo; corporals, Carlton l.. Barnes
Charles r. Ashley, George Lambert t
Clifford +. Green; cooks, Michael Bou
lette. Andrew d. Cody; musician, Bert
B. Russell; privates, Frank T. Adams
Guy d. Booker, Lewis Booker, Fra nj,
c. Bryant. Morrill, Nj Briggs, Charles
A. Blanchard, Odias Buteau, Elmer &
Bushey, George W. Booth, Morris Cur
rier Edward A. Kerry. Freeman V
Donahue, George n. Estes, Mailard II
Ellis, Garfield Green, Albert Getcheli,
James Gilbert, George Gilbert Howard
c. Herrin, j. H. Taylor, BAIL a Hodg
don. Thomas Hodgdon. c. +. Hight
Henry LeC'lair, Chester Perkins. Wal
ter Perkins Charles T.. Palmer. Her
bert Pomlow, Ivory Soult, Lewis Trial
and Frank p Turcotte
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
WEST GARDINER.

Mrs. II. Walter Pinham has closed
her country home in West Gardner
for the season. and with her little
daughter Anabelle returned TO Bos-
ton by train Saturday.
Guy X. Snowe, son of Hon. A. L.
Snowe of West Gardiner, took sat
urday's boat for Boston, where he VIII
be the guest of Mrs. II. w. Pinkham
during his stay in that city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
Moose River -Joseph Pelotte to Pete

Moose River Joseph Pelotte to Peter
Pelot.
Starks s-George \. Ward TO Alice NJ
Clark; Alice NJ. Phinnoy TO Howard w
Fitch.
/ Pittsiied-E Edwin Norton to Emma T.
Raymond: Arthur S. BARLEY to $. NJ
Raymoni; S. NJ. Raymond TO c. j.
Bither
etroit-i1erbert Whitten to Alfred
w Morse
Cambridge Frank @. Thompson to
T.. T.. Libby.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

arrived Saturday night from South
port, where she and her father have
been passing seveal days at a cot
tage.
Court street in front of the depot
Which has been in the process of ma
cadamizing for some time, is now com
nleted. The sidewalk which for several
years has run through the middle of
TINS space has been removed and the
entire square is now macadamized.
rms work has been done by the Main ,
Central
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22
EMBEZZLER'S ADVICE.
Tells Detectives Who Capture Him No
to Play the Ponies.

New York, Aug. 21.-.I ran that 70?
of $3.50 up to s1o0.0Oo but I lost it al
as I had won ton the ponies. Neve'
play the ponies. old boy They'll gel
you if you stick long enough at it. And
when you're separated from your rol
your friends drop you like hot potato
Believe me. I know the game"
This was the little advice Harry Lew
is gave his captors, Detectives FitZ-
simmons and L'Heuretx, when they ar
rested him srecently in Salem. Or, tr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

The new foundry of the J. F. Newell
Co. is now completed with the excep-
ton of clapboarding. The furnace Is
in place and connected with the cleo
trio blower and the fire brick are here
and will be in place within few days.
The sand for the moulding has not ar
rived, but is expected everyday and
then operations will begin. The new
foundry while not so large as some
will give employment to a few more
hands and will be able to supply the
machine shop with all the many cast
ings that they use in the construc-
ton of bearings for electric cars, the
speciality.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-08-22

"A large crew of men is now in this
city preparing to change over the
telephone office from it's present loca-
ton to the rooms in the Maine Trust
and Banking building which they have
recently leased. This will take sew
aral months to accomplish as the task
is very delicate one. The new Office
will be equipped with all the very lat
est improvements that are known to
telephoning and it guarantees to the
subscribers a far better service.