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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21

animation of each animal shall first
be made. When other Than normal
conditions are noted about an animal,
record should be made of the same
Tuberculin should then be used ac-
cerding TO directions given on test
sheets furnished by the State Of
Maine, department of agriculture.
Rule without the approval of tn,
owner, no COW should be tested with
.tnberculin within 60 days Of calving.
or until 80 days after calving
Rnls 5-The expense of all tubercu-
lin tests must be paid by the owners
of cattle
Rule 1.-THE live stock sanitary com :
missioner does not deem il adVisahie
for tho State of pay for the vacclna
tion Cf cattle against tuberculosis, a.
1t is yet in its experimental stages.
Rule THE state viii not pay for
cattle that die without being tested
with ;uberculin, unless, on phySlea
examination by some reliable Veter-
marian. they are condemned before
they die.
RpIe Seattle killed for beef anf
found 10 be diseased with tubercuIe
sic will he paid for only when re-
ported TO the department Of agricul
ture on blanks furnished by said de.
partment, filled out in fun and sworr
To before a justice of the peace.
Rule 9.-Veterinarians making test
on animals, with mallein or tubercu
lin, must report to the live stoe.
sanitary commissioner, within "a hour
after tests are completed on prope
sheets furnished by the department Q
agriculture, giving result of test. AM
shall tag all cattle tested. with ea
tags. record numbers on test sheet
and tag all reacting cattle with Ell
tags marked condemned"
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| II was in the summer of 1853 that
| according to the decree of the Shotgun
or Tycoon, the hairy barbarian" was
| TO be expelled from Japan and the Mo-
ri, the powerful daimio of Cho-shin at
| tempted to bar the passage of foreign
vessels through the Straits of Shimono-
seki by firing en- them. June Is was
| the date set for the earring out of that
| decree, and on that day Mort was pro-
vided with exactly what he wanted to
BILE him to carry out his part of the
program, for during the afternoon. the
American merchant vessel Pembroke
| entered the straits on her way TO Ma
gaski and China, having on board
pilot that had been supplied by the
Yeddo Government; she was fired on
by the land batteries, also by the guns
of the armed brig Kosei, but escaped
unhurt.
Thus the peace of two centuries and
a halt was broken. In April of that
same year Commander McDougal, of
the United States Navy, in command
of the Wyoming. was in Hongkong
looking for trouble. in the shape of
Confederate privateer: lie received ord
ers from Mr.. Pruyn, the United States
Minister in Yokohama, To bring his
ship 10 that port, and TO have her guns
ready Cor service as the Japanese We're
beginning to give trouble to foreigners.
lnCeudiariSm and ASA sstnation on the
part of the ''ronn" We're on the in
crease, and. as a matter of fact, the
United States Legation was burned
very shortly after the arrival in port of
the Wyoming, but whether by accident
or design could never be found out. on
July II Commander McDougal heard
from his Minister the news of the firing
on the Pembroke on the 25th of the
previous month, the news having come
up from Shanghai, and he was glad
enough that Mort had provided an inn
mediate substitute for an Alabama.
Nothing daunted by the fact that he
was not acquainted with the passage OF
tbs Straits, and could not obtain any
chart OF the place, he ordered coal on
board and procured two pilots from the
Government; then he lost no time IN
sailing out to Shimonoseki. |
The Wyoming was n sloop OF war OF
700 tons equipped with four thlrty-tWo-
FOUNDER side guns and two eleVen-lnch |
DAhlsren yiVot guns. she carried |
crew of 1850 officers and men, all OF
whor. seemed "ft" and they composed |
a really good crew The writer was the
very FIRST to board the Wyoming on her
arrival in Yokohama carrying mes
sage from Admiral Kuper, and he had
many opportunities of revisiting the
shin during her stay in port. becoming |
very intimate with most of the officers
and forming a great liking for and
mutual friendship with that kindly old
gentleman and thorough sailor, Com
mander McDougal.
1t was this friendship and the intim-
acy with the other officers that enabledI
him to get true account of the 'ep-
isode" at first hand and ungarnisheG,
and from having visited the scene OF
the action, he felt almost that he had /
seen the whole thing. The Straits of
shimonosek form the western gateway
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
New Corporations.

Tho following corporations have filed
certificates for corporation under the
general law al the office of the secretary
|of State:
Rex. Manufacturing Co. organized a.
Portland for the purpose of carrying or
a general manufacturing business, witt
$40. 900 capital stock. of which 500 is paid
in. Officers: President, Edward J.. Pay
son of Boston; treasurer, William NJ
Payson of Boston Certificate filed aug
ll8 1911.
W L. Whipple Co, organized at Port
land for the purpose of manufacture an'
sale of household furnishings, dry goods
clothing and merchandise. with 5000
capital stock, of which $40 is paid in
officers: President, Presbury l.. Denni
son of Portland; treasurer, Walter II
Lysett of Portland Certificate flee
Aug IS. 1911
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chemistry csrhe Periodic r.aw"l must

chemistry C"rhe Periodic Law') must
suffice as examples.
In law, mathematics and philosophy
the Jew is peculiarly at home, especisl-
ly as an expounder In chess he literal
~ sweeps the board. There is never
a contest for the championship of the
word in which both rivals are not
Jews. Even the first man TO fly (and
diel was the Jew Lilienthal.
But TO gage the contribution of the
Jew to the worlds activity is impos
sible here. To mention only living
Jews, one thinks at random of Roths-
childs with their ubiquitous financial
and philanthropic activity, Sir Ernest
Cassel financing the irrigation of
Egypt, Mr. Jacob Schiff financing the
Japanese war against Russia and build
ing up the American Jewry, Herr Balm
creating the Hambur" American line,
Macmillan Hardens bold political
Journalism, the Dutch jurist Asser at
The Hague conference, or the Ameri-
can statesman and peace lover Oscar
Straus, the French plays of Bernstein.
or the German plays of Ludwig Fulda,
| or the Dutch plays of Heyermanns, or
| the Austrian plays of Schnitzler, the
trenchant writings of Max Nordau, the
paintings of solomon and Rothenstein,
| Of Jules Adler and Max Liebermann,
| the archaeologic excavations of Wald
stein Hammerstein building the Eng
| lish opera house, Imre kiralfy organ
| izing our exhibitions, Sidney Lee edit
| ing the Dictionary Of English Bogra-
| ply, Sir Matthew Nathan managing the
| postoffice, Meldola investigating coal
| tar dyes, the operas of Goldmark the
music plays of Herr Oscar Strauss and
| Humperdinck (Ierr Max Bernstein).
the learned synopses of Solomon.
| Reinach, the sculpture of Antokolsky,
Mischa Elman and his violin, Sir Rufus
| Isaacs pleading on behalf of the crown,
Signor Nathan polemizing with the
pope, DR.. Frederick Cowen conducting
one of his own symphonies. Nicholson
measuring the velocity Of light, Lipp-
| mann developing color photography,
tlenri Bergson giving pause TO mate
rl4Iism with his new philosophy Of
| creative evolution, Breal expounding
the science of semantics, or Hermann
Cohen and his neo Kantism.
One wonders what the tale would be
| both for yesterday and today if every
| lew wore yellow badge and every
| crypto-Jew came out into the open, and
| every half-Jew Were as discoverable as
Montague or the composer of THE
| Mikado.''
The church could not even write its
| own history; that was left for the Jew
| Neander.
To the Gentle the true Jewish prob
| lem should rather be how to keep the
| lew in his midst, this rare one per cent.
| of mankind. The elimination of all this
| genius and geniality would surely moi
enhance the gayety of nations. With
out Disraeli would not England lose
| her only saints day2-Israel Zangwll
| in the Independent
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a broadside from her four brass twen-
ty-four-pounders The Koshin was not
able TO do much damage. her guns be-
ing pointed to the channel; but the brig
was so close that the faces of her crew
were plainly discernible. and the guns
of the two ships We're nearly touching
each other So rapidly did the Japan
csc work her guns that no less than
three broadsides were fired before the
Wyoming passed her. AS the American
vessel went between the two Japanese
ships she fired both broadsides, and
every shot found its billet. Now the
inevitable happened; the Wyoming
cleared the steamer and steered over
toward the southern shore, and all the
shore batteries getting the range again.
together with the guns on the bark.
concentrated their fire on her. and
she grOunded-but, despite that fact
and the holes torn in her side by shells,
she still vigorously continued firing.
The Koshin had slipped her cable and
made toward the shore under the bat
teries, either for the purpose of escap-
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a DISTINGUISHED Visitor.

Judge Arthur S. Tompkins, who for
merly represented the nth New York as
trict in the national House of Represent
atives, was a visitor a. the State House
Saturday He visited all parts of the
remodeled state House and also took a
trip to the dome. He found much to ad-
mire in the construction of the building
and in the magnificent view afforded
from the dome. Judge Tompkins is MAX
ing an automobile trip through Maine
and his party included three other New
York gentlemen of prominence Judge
Tompklns is well acquainted with For
mer Congressman Littleheld of Maine. as
he was in the National House at the
time of Mr. Littlefield's advent into pc
litcal life
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
RULES PROMULGATED
BY Agricultural Department REGARD
ing Testing of Cattle.

Commissioner of Agriculture John
F. Buckley is sending out to all veter-
mary surgeons and county attorneys
of the State copies of rules Which
have been adopted by Commissioner
Buckley and Livestock Sanitary In
spector Carl and approved by Gov
ernor Plaisted in regard to the in
vestigation of tuberculosis. THESE rules
are made IN accordance with the pro-
visions of Section II of Chapter 1875 of
the Public Laws of 1911, which saws
that the livestock sanitary commits
sioner shall make all needful rules
and regulations as to the manner in
which application shall be made TO
him for the investigation of tubercu-
losis in the herds of the State pro-
Vided, however, that they employ
skilled veterinarians. who shall reg
ulate the way and manner in which
the test shall be applied and shall not
be held responsible for any private
test made. Section Is OF the same
chapter provides that il shall be the
duty Of the several county attorneys
10 prosecute all violations of this
act, which shall be brought TO their
notice or knowledge by any person
making complaint under oath; and the
same shall be heard in any supreme
judicial court having jurisdiction in
the county in which the violations of
the act have been committed. The
rules adopted are as follows;
Rule 3-When animals are TO be
tested for tuberculosis a physical ex-
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When Japs Broke Treaty.
FIRING ON AMERICAN 1868 LED TO SHARP eNcouN-
TER WHICH WAS DISASTROUS TO oRlENTALs.

1 of the Inland Sea, the actual straits
| being about three miles long and from
| one and one half TO two miles wide, but
! the navigable channel is only from
| 900 TO 700 feet wide. The town consists
principally of one long street running
| along the foot of some bold bluffs, and
there is a ravine in which the houses
cluster pretty thickly; the population
was, at that period, about $1,000 or TO-
900 persons. The batteries. or. more
correctly speaking, the redoubts or plat
forms where the "A guns were mounted,
extended from Il point at the extreme
east of the straits right up to the town
itself; the village of Chofu, where the
heaviest guns We're mounted. being
nearly in the middle of that line. There
was also a ten-gun fort, named Buzen,
on the opposite shore, but in such po-
sition that il could not come into ac-
ton against any ship that was attack
ing the town Of Shimonoseki. Among
other guns on shore there were several
eight-inch Dahlgrens. which had been
given to the Government at Yeddo, but
in some way had got into Morris hands
In addition TO the shore batteries the
Japanese had three armed vessels
i he wyoming tHttlth tn
straits at 6 o'clock on the morning oil |
July 16. Signal guns were hred from
the first redoubt and the warning was
passed along as far as the town De
fore the ship was within sight OF the
town the first shot struck her a"oEe
the engine room. No reply was made, |
however. I'LL the Wyoming rounded the
Monshi nrnmontorv IN the southern
whole town burst into view. Stakes |
had been driven into the mud on the |
odoe Of the navigabe channel and it |
was evident-even from the first shot |
ired-that the Japanese knew the ex-
act distance and expected to blow the |
shin to smithereens. The steamer |
Koshin was lying close in under the |
forts. and McDougal ordered the man
at the wheel to steer direct for her, as
he intended TO rake her. The pilot got |
frightened and told him he would run
his ship on shore as there was not |
enough water and they were doing all
they could to keep the vessel on the
southern shore; it was evident they |
We're not accustomed TO fighting.
AS soon as the wyoming was seen TO
be steering for the northern shore the
steamer and another battery, up the
side of the HILL began to fire; this was
one of the batteries that had an eight
inch Dahlgren. About then another
battery also opened and then was shown
wisdom in steaming out of
the stake,i channel, as the shot began TO
pass above the hull and up in the rig
ging. The three Japanese men of war
carried 10 guns between them. Even
by this time the Wyoming had several
and three killed. AS she
neared the Japanese vessels her flag
was run UP with cheers by the crew
and it was at once saluted by the fresh
shore battery of four guns. BY 1880
&. NJ the American vessel was in front
IF the town, She dashed in between /
the steamer ana the two brigs and was
soon abreast Of the Ko-sei. which fired
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
IMPORTANT MEETINGS
OF Hostein Fresian Associations Viii
Be Held This Week.

Meetings will be held this week OF
the three Holstein- Fresian Assotia-
tons of the State and State Dairy
Instructor Hedley c. Black of Angus
Ia will represent the department al
agriculture At these meetings. Pro-
grams of much interest have been pre-
pared.
The Androscoggin County Holstein
Fresian Association will meet Tues
day, Aug. y. at the farm of Fred II
Chandler New Gloucester. Lower
Corner. \ Picnic dinner will be serV-
ed and carriages will meet those who
come by train TO attend the meeting
at the New Gloucester station. Col
r. c. Goodell of Antrim, y. H.. will
be the principal speaker of the DAY.
Henry G. Boyer, Jr., of Portland. who
was a member of the 74th Legislature,
and who is the owner of l21 pure bred
registered Holstein cows, has been
Invited 10 be present and address the
meeting. The program FOR the day in
cludes the following questions: rs II
Proper for Breeders of Pure Bred
Stock to Join Cow Test Associations -
Ia the Selection of Cattle Should We
Look at the Breeding or the Conform
alton o. is 1t To the Advantage OF
Breeders of Pure Bred Cattle TO FIX
hibit at the Fairs" shall We Have
Community BHlls?"
The meeting of the oxford County
Helstein-F resian Association will be
held August %, at the home of Chas.
/. Case, Paris Hill. State Dairy In
struetor Black will give q demonstra-
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FOR FIRE PROTECTION.
Residents of kennebunkport Summer
Resort Form Organization.

The Beachwood Village Improvement
Society of Kennebunkport Saturday filed
articles OF corporation under the pro-
pisions of Chapter 81 of the Revised Stat
sutes, at the Office of the secretary of
State. The purposes of the corporation,
as set forth in the articles of incorpora-
ton. are the civil and physical improve
ment and welfare of the summer resort
known as Beachwood In Kennebpnkport,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-21
Permanent Muscular Strength.

There is this TO be borne in mind in
these days when SO many young men
are giving so much attention to physi-
cal development, in gymnastic and
athletic exercises, that there cannot be
permanent muscular strength where
there is not blood strength.
Hoods Sarsaparlla gives blood
strength, promotes digestion and as
smilation, and builds up the whole
system
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among which is the, organization of a
fire company the building of suitable
quarters for the same and the purchasing
of fire apparatus
The following officers are named in the
articles of incorporation: President Ben
iamin +. Cleaves; clerk Charles A. An
mis-; treasurer Israel A. Burke; trustees,
George A. Scribner. John d. Nichols.
Albert II. Jeffrey.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30
Copyright 1908 by Bobbs-Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Capt Nathaniel Plum of the sloop Ty-
stronghold of the Mormons Obadiah
Price, Mormon councillor. confronts him
tells him he is expected. and bargains for
the ammunition aboard the sloop Ho
binds Nat by solemn oath to deliver a
the United States. Near Prices cabin
Nat sees tho frightened face of young
woman who disappears In the darkness,
Mats visit to the island is to demand set set
tlement OF the king. Strang. for the loot
Ing OF his sloop by Mormons. Price shows
1,a Nat the kings palace, and through a
VINO Price says is the kings seventh wife.
Calling at the kings. office Nat is warned
by young woman that his life Is in dan
ger: Strang processes Indignation when
he hears Mats grievance and promises to
punish the guilty. Nat rescues Nell. who
Is being publicly whipped. and the king
sue and Kill the two men. Plum learns
that Marion, the girl of the lilacs, is
Meirs S..s sister: 81, The two men plan to escape
and sweetheart Of Neil. Nat discovers
that that IN. tne sloop is gone Marion tells hin.
mons. She begs him to leave the island.
telling him that nothing can save her
from Strang, whom she is doomed to mar
ertng, he tells Nat that strang is doomed,
mat armed men are descending on the
island. Nat learns that Marion has been
summoned to the castle by strang. Nat
kills Arbor Croche. and after desperate
The avenging host from the mainland de-
scends on 81. James. Neil and Nat take
a part In the battle and the latter is
wounded Strang.. whom Nat thought he
had killed, orders him thrown into a dun
geon. He finds Neil a fellow prisoner
They overhear the Mormon jury deciding
prisoners word OF Winnsome and Marion.
Bound and gagged the two men are taken
out to sea In a boat. They are left to
section OF the coast. Just as thew had
given up hope the men are rescued BY
Marion and Winnsome. Nat faints and
when he RECEIVERS Marion is gone
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30
WHEN 1T REALLY WAS WARM
Incident Related by MIR. Rngs Put
an End to the Hot Weather
Stories.

''Iot in Brazil' said the young
man who had just returned from a
trip to South America. according to
the Chicago Daily News. well, l
should say so. Do you know. for days
at time we couldn't take our after
dinner siesta on account Of the pc
culiar noises" What noises?" asked
the blonde stenographer, innocently.
why, the coffee popping on the
trees. You see, the sun was SO hot
the grains just roasted before they
were picked" The old traveller yawn-
ed. Rather warm down there. bub,"
he rejoined, laconically, "but when
/ was down there you couldn't sleep
at night. Every once in while
there would sound the most extraor-
dinary cracking noise that ever fell
upon the human ear" What were
the sounds. Mr. Bings?" And Mr..
Bings yawned again and replied:
THE rubber trees stretching them.
selves"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

upon some fragile flower, he drew the
girl to him took her beautiful face
between his two strong hands and
gazed steadily and silently for mo
ment into her eyes.
God bless you, little Winnsome,
you will--forsve me
The girl understood him
If | have anything to forgiye-you
are forgiven"
The pistol dropped upon the sand,
her hands stole TO his shoulders.
Il want you to take something to
Marion for me, she whispered SOFTLY.
This"
And she kissed him.
Her eyes shone upon him like q
benediction.
You have given me new life, you
have given me-Neii' My prayers
are with you"
And kissing him again, she slipped
away from under his hands before he
could speak.
And Nathaniel. following her with
his eyes until ne could no longer see
her, picked up the pistol and set off
again toward the forest, the touch Of
her lips and the prayers of this girl
whose father he had slain filling him
with something that was more than
strength. more than hope
He examined the pistol that Winn-
some had given him. There We're five
shots in it and he smiled joyously as
he saw that 1t had been loaded by an
experienced hand 1t would be easy
enough for him to find Strang
For hours he trod steadily through
the sand. The sun rose above him,
hot and blistering, and the dunes still
stretched out ahead of him, like win
nows and hills and mountains of gilt
tering glass. Gradually the desert be-
came narrower. Far ahead he could
see where the forest came down to
the shore and his heart grew
lighter. Halt an hour later he en-
tered the margin of trees Almost i'm
mediately he found signs of life A
tree had been felled and cut into
wood. A short distance beyond he
came suddenly upon narrow path,
beaten hard by the passing OF feet,
and leading toward the lake He had
meant to rest under the shade Of
these trees. but now he forgot his
fatigue. For moment he hesitated.
Far back in the forest he heard the
barking OF dog-but he turned in
he opposite direction. If there was a