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NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, FRIDAY JANUARY ltf 1907
&fce Journal av,& Couvtct
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, . "
Issued Thursday, One Dollar a Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Situations, Wants, Rents and other
( mall advertisements, One Cent a Word,
each Insertion. Five Cents a Word forj
ft full week.
Display advertisements, per Inch, M
Insertion, $1.20; each subsequent inser
Mon, 40 cents; one week, 13.20; M
aaonth, 110; one year, M0.
Tliere are many causes. Cadet Sloan,
of the South Carolina Military Insti
tute, having been dismissed by the fac
ulty for drunkenness -Alien on parade,
has been reinstated by the board of
governors on his solemn statement that
he hadn't tasted a drop, but had been
overcome by eating four big bananas.
Denmark cares well for its poor.
Should a person over sixty years be
come destitute, he can if he has a
Kood record, get old age relief. He is
cared for in a home as a sort of state
pensioner, free from any suggestion
of pauperism. Tha government re
gards these men as veterans of indus
try. A flgurer estimates that twenty-one
acres of land are necessary to sustain
one man on fresh meat. The same
land. If devoted to wheat culture,
would feed forty-two persons; if to
oats, eighty-eight; potatoes, Indian
corn and rice, 176, and If to the plan
tain or bananas, more than six thou
sand persons.
The bacteria of Irritability and im
patience seem to be afflicting us as a
people. President Melancthon Stryker
said at a Hamilton Colleze dinner in
New York dtv:' "I think that one
great province of the college of to-day
is to calm men's minds to the realiza
tion that "things are not all going to
pot and that God reigns."
Speaking of the action of the Boston
aldermen in granting ,a blanket fran
chise to the Metropolitan Home Tele
phone company under pretense of pro
moting competition, the Chicago News
points out that "incidentally this trans
action Illustrates the advantage of an
optional referendum, such as Chicago's
proposed new charter provides, in case
of public-utility grants."
Tive millions a year is the cost of
London's education. Government
grants meet two of those millions, the
rates three. The average roll of the
elemerftary schools is 750,000 children.
The staff of teachers in the service of
tho council numbers 20,000. Of these
about 17,000 are engaged in public r'.e
inentary schools, and receive salaries
amounting to over 2,000,000 a year.
The village inn at Addington, Eng
land, has been tenanted by the mem
bers of one family since the reign of
Henry VII. On the death of the moth
er of the present hostess she left no
eon, but only three daughters survived
her. The three sisters in turn took
possession, and the present hostess is
the last of them. The Jolly Millers' inn
t Newnham, Cambridgeshire, has been
kept by a family of the name of Musk
for the last four hundred years. It is
recorded In Cambridge annals that
Queen Elizabeth once stopped here and
drank a quart of "ye olde English
ayle" without getting down from her
horse. ,
A report on Japanese cotton mills by
a special agent of the Department of
Commerce and Labor throws some In
teresting light on labor conditions in
Japan. The report says that the mills
are well built, four-fifths of the em
ployes are women, the wages are small,
ten or fifteen cents a day; the hotirs of
labor are long, and there is no Sunday
rest, thoush certain days are allowed
each month for rest, as suits the em
ployer. There is no child-labor law
and some very young children are
worked. The report says that at pres
ent Japanese mills are making profits,
not because of any special skill of their
operatives, but simply cn account of the
difference in price between the raw ma
terial and the simplest forms of manu
factures therefrom.
"But," said the man who considered
himself smart, "when your wife starts
talking on an embarrassing subject why
don't you change the subject?"
"You don't know my wife," replied
Peckham. "She'd simply exhaust the
new subject, and then take up the old
one where she left off." Philadelphia
Press.
THE CHRISTIAN PARTY.
William Rudolph Benkert, who lives
in Davenport, Iowa, has issued a call
for a convention to organize the Chris
tian party. He has constructed a plat
form which has in it the ten com
mandments, prohibition, government
ownership, woman suffrage, uniform
divorce and other things.
The convention is to be held Mav 1,
1907, but it wont bother the politicians
any. They wont hesitate to put the
ten commandments into their plat
forms if they think such putting will
be popular, and some of them would
be glad to have a platform composed
only of the ten commandments. Euch
a platform could be safely stood on
ar.d would need no defense. We dmi't
suppose the new Christian party will
make any large impression on the sit
uation, but If it should be the mean?
of getting the ten commandments into
all the platforms it might not be in
vain. '
BUSINESS BEFORE POLITENESS.
It had to be sadly admitted that "the
lobby," "the interests," etc., etc., didn't
treat the Governor of Connecticut with
any great respect or consideration In
some of their performances last week.
Now some who are not lobbyists and
who do not represent what are called
the interests are treating him with
'scant or no courtesy. In his message
he said: There is no doubt that a ma
jority of the voters of the State, irre
spective of political affiliations, demand
that the law concerning the selection
of county commissioners, judges of city
and borough courts be changed. I
share In the general opinion that the
law should be amended so that county
commissioners shall be appointed by
the governor, and not be nominated by
a legislative county caucus. The pres
ent system has for many years provok
ed severe criticism even from members
of the General Assembly, who, by vir
tue of their positions, are compelled to
participate in the selection of these offi
cers. If the General Assembly will give
the governor authority to nominate
county commissioners and judges of the
city and borough courts those respon
sible positions will be largely removed
from politics, and their usefulness will
be enhanced.
All right enough, isn't it? But what
do we see? Do we see those who want
to be county commissioners and judges
politely waiting for the legislature to
give the governor power to appoint
them? Well, not to any great extent.
They have already got themselves in
the legislative works In the usual way.
They are not going to take any chances
that they don't have to. They feel that
they can appoint themselves and per
haps In some cases also Increase their
salaries, and while - they admire and
love their governor they also think
pretty well of themselves. So they are
as busy as bees, and not half as polite
to the governor as the people of New
Haven are to each other in the conta
gious hospital matter.
MORE GOOD 10BACCO.
Far-off India Is waking up and look
ing up in a way that the United States
can afford to take notice of. She is
growing a good deal of cotton, and is
goins to grow more. She is also dis
covering that she can grow good to
bacco. The explanation made by those
engaged in the ibusiness is that Ameri
can seed has so improved the quality
and quantity of the output that plant
ers have found it profitable to grow
tobacco. The crop has increased from
69,128 acres in 1902-3 to 94,962 in 1905-6,
with a prospect of further rapid in
crease. Habana seed has done well,
and the cultivation of that plant has
extended very considerably in the last
three years, the present area to Haba
na tobacco being 2,000 acres. Where
the iHalbana and Virginia tobacco have
been extensively and successfully cul
tivated, the leaves produced possess a
far superior flavor, and are of a finer
texture than the local variety, besides
bringing a correspondingly higher
price. Where failure in growing the
foreign product has been the result,
the cause is mainly attributable to the
haphazard way 'n which the selection
of soil for planting is made. Besides,
the pristine Burmese method of curing
the leaves by sun drying is not ef
fective. Perhaps by and by Indian tobacco
may even compete with the Connecti
cut kind. The world is large, and
soma parts of it can be made much
more productive than they have been.
JUI.IS CAM II ON.
Commenting on the reported appoint
ment of M. Jules Cambon to be French
ambassador at Berlin, the Paris cor
respondent of ithe London Times de
scribes it as an act of marked defer
ence to Germany, and an earnest of
the dignified spirit which Is to inspire
French policy. Like; his brother, the
present French ambassador in London,
M. Jules 'Cambon has been identified
tfith the policy of Ml Delcasse, whih
helped to restore France to her right
ful place in the councils of Europe.
The Mediterranean aspects of that
prllcy, says the correspondent, were
not the least imnortant. and it fell to
the lot of M. Jules Cambon to serve his
country and his chief at the psycho
logical moment in a task of great dif
ficulty on a diplomatic battlefield
namely, Spain which Germany had
herself chosen as the most favorable
erour.d on which to thwart the aims
of the Qua! d'Orsay. M. Jules Cambon
had been transferred to Madrid from
Washington as the man best fitted to
do special work. He had been'zover-nor-general
of Algeria, and was thor
oughly acquainted with the Moroccan
problem. In Washington he had the
eood fortune to arrange for Spain the
preliminaries of peace in a way hon
orabla both for that country and for
the United States. Fully eaulpped,
therefore, on the Moroccan side Of
French Mediterranean policy, and be
in:: a favorite at Madrid, he was ap
pointed minister at a moment when
Spain had become the arena where the
fate of Germany's comprehensive poli
cy was to be decided. How ably ha
played his part of the diplomatic game
was promptly recognized in Germany,
and his resent selection for the post
of French minister at Berlin Is not
only a tribute to his capacity, but a
proof of the importance which the
French Government attaches to the
post.
The Freak Legislator.
Now comes the gladsome time of year
When legislatures meet,
And men with freakish measures seok
The public ear to greet;
We hear of some assembly chap
Who never, never lacks
The nerve to rise and introduce
A batch-and-spinster tax.
Then there's the man who doth insist
That none who love shall wed
Until both have been Judged quite free
From buzz-wheels in the head;
And there's another who doth rise
And say that, in all climes,
The kissing habit shuuld be placed
In each state's book of crimes.
They'd legislate against this thing
And send to jail for that;
They'd have it proved, by some state
law,
That our old world is flat;
They'd legislate the style of clothes
And fix on each man's worth;
And , then, perchance, they'd legislate
Themselves quite off the earth!
Denver Republican.
The New Thought.
To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
Altruistic thought cut a deep gash in
ethereal brows at the meeting of. the
Religious Educational Federation of
New Haven on Monday evening, and
laid in waste the sordid people who go
to hear preaching Sunday mornings In
the mighty torrents that poured out.
We scoop up a little of this wash-me-whiter-than-snow
liquid. "Sunday
morning preaching service in our
churches will soon be a thing of the
past. Such services will be replaced
by classes In Bible study." If the peo
ple will but open the shutters of their
darkened souls, east out the Sunday
morning, and admit this light of logic
and reason, wo won't need any more
meetings in Woolsey Hall, not even for
the barkeepers, and members of the
Yale corporation can go hang.
Again the air was pinched and this
was let loose: "Supporting members
are allowed to contribute as much as
they wish $10 or over."
i
"Can such things be
And overcome us like a summer's cloud
Without our. special wonder?"
QUIDNUNC.
Some Reflections on Current Events.
To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
It is written somewhere that "the
Poor ye have always with you," etc.,
but we ought to be thankful that there
Is to be no more .ndiscrlmtnate aid
for the poor. It makes me tremble to
think what would happen If some poor
widow with "nine small children and
one at the breast" should be so greedy
and successfully greedy too as to ob
tain three several half tons of cn-M
from different sources for her winter's
supply. And If some poor rich man
with forty, fifty or evert eighty tons
of coal in his cellar should' come to
know of Indiscriminate aid to this poor
widow to this extent, would it not
strike such a chill through his Door
frame that like Harrv Gill who drove
Goody Blake out of his l'orest where
she had gathered an armful of sticks
to keep from freezing In her hovel and
on whom her bitter curse fell as "he
Prayed that he might never more be
warm and of whom the poet said
"His teeth they chatter, chatter still?"
Oh, there is a whole lot of chattering
albout charity, but the charity that
"suffereth long and is kind" does not
chatter with Its tongue, no much.
But the coal question Is a closnd in
cident, and let us talk about "wlttles
ar.d drln!:." which. It is said, was the
principal diet of one old woman. (And
here poetry comes to our aid with an
earnest inquiry as follows:
"Said one old crow unto his mate,
What shajl we have for grub to ate."
A little while since when we learned
that a medical expert had "corralled''
25,000,000 "backsllly" In a cubic some
thing of milk it was hoped that there
were not many left running around
loose. But along comes another ex
pert who says there are lots more in
everything we eat and drink only he
sars nothing about beer of rum! Are
they Immune? (But there Is a devil In
them bigger than a ground hog. But
we ai.tteipate.
Now comes expert No. 3 and aavs
there are piles of germs or things In
all our food and that they are not half
ibad to eat only that If eaten too free
ly they tend to make one obese. Here's
a caution for some over stout people
strain out the germs even if you swal
low tho adversary.
The drink problem bobs lip serenely
no matter how deeply buried, and of
late some or all of the clergymen of
New Haven are tackling it with heads
;t not with hands and feet. They
propose to the excise board to rreatly
restrict the number of licenses, which
is a serious attack on the revenue.
And in this way are laying their hands
on the ark of the covenant, so to speak.
One of our evening dailies said edito
rially some months since that the pres
ent license law "was enacted to reg
ulate the liquor traffic." But that edi
toi' was young when, this law was
passed and has since learned gome
things that aren't so. - The law was
passed far revenue purely and to help
the rich property owners to shift a
part of the taxation from their own
shoulders to the poor fellows who
drink the licensed liquors and thereby
pay the license.
If the county commissioners should
make anv radlnal reduction of
Iby refusing a large number of licenses j
their places would be filled as fast as
vacancies occurred by men who would
worship the golden calf six days in the
week, no matter at what altar (if any)
they bowed on Sunday.
No! gentlemen of the cloth, you must
not take yourselves' too seriously in
this age when as our friend John says
"you can run a church without relig
ion, but you can't run it without
money," which statement has no poet
ry in it, but a trace of truth.
LAYMAN.
OPPORTUNITIES.
Parke If i move out to the suburbs
what do I need?
Lane A silk hat, a frock coat, a baby
carriage and a mowing machine.
Life. ,
Elderly spinster Ah, I ought to have
married; that's where I made the mis
take. Friend And I married, and that's
where I made the mistake. Meggen
dorfer Blatter.
Well-meaning humanitarian. Why
are you beating the poor donkey In that
way? . . ' t
Coster (with withering scorn) And a
bloomin' lot 0' good It 'ud do beatln' the
car eh? Punch.
Chapleigh I was aw out late lawst
night, and the aw wesult was I had
a head on me this mawning, doncher
know.
Miss Caustlque Well, if I were vou
I'd stay out late every night. Chicago
Daily News.
"I suppose you write for posterity?"
observed the visitor to the scribe with t
bulging brow.
"Me? Not on your life," frankiy re
sponded the person addressed. "Ever
notice any checks being signed by pos
terity ?" Philadelphia Public Ledger.
"Governor Hughes Is a great joker,
isn't he?"
"What maKes you think so?" ' ",
"Why, you remember his campaign
promises?"
"Yes."
"Well, he meant 'em." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"You are in favor of giving new mem
bers of congress more opportunities to
make speeches?"
"Certainly," answered Senator Sor
ghum; "the sooner a young man in pol
itics gets over this idea of telling all he
knows the better It will be for every
body." Washington Star.
One of the band Why so despondent,
daptaln? We have reached the Pole
beyond a doubt.
Famous explorer Ah, that's Just it.
Think of the countless polehunters, as
yet unborn, that I have this day de
prived of a livelihood In the book and
lecture field !-Puck.
Cassldy Well, now, iv this paper
ain't got these names mixed up I'll ate
my hat!.
Casey What's wrong wid thlm?
Cassldy Shure, here it sez: "Last
night Policeman Caesar Jackson arrlst
ed Dlnnls O'Hoolahan in th' act av
stealin' soml ;chtckens." Philadelphia
PreSS. ''' !' ' : :
COMPENSATION OF HEALTH. '
IMlss Harriet Curtis, the golf cham
pion, at a dinner in Boston praised
golf's effect on the health.
"Many persons," she said, "especial
ly many women, have ill health be
cause they never take any exercise,
and their nerves weaken, and half
their complaints are nervous, Imagin
ary ones, that hard work would cure.
"I know a doctor who has a patient of 1
this type a big, robust woman, who Is
never without a list of ailments as
long as her arm.
"The last time she sent for the doc
tor he lost patience with her. As Bhe
was telling him how she was suffering
from rheumatism, sore throat, nervous
Indigestion, heartburn, pains in , the
back of the head and what not, he In
terrupted her.
"Ah," he said, in an admiring tone,
"what splendid health you must have
In order to be able to stand all these
complaints.' "Washington Star.
;' ; High-Class ;
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AUCTION SALE
DAILY
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AFTERNOONS, 2:30
SEATS RESERVED
The opportunity of obtain
ing rare, rich and valuable arti
cles at these sales, will be
appreciated by critical buyers.
It Jfarit
Unlovely fig
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The effect Is
not obtained,
moreover, by
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Each nair is
made to fit the
wearer, yet tha
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Elastic stock
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282-284 York Street
40 Years Experience la pleasing
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If you get in the right, place, yen
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at the right price.
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LOOMIS TEMPLE OF MUSIC.
833 Chapel Street
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Fever
If you are careful about the water
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Weston's Water Filter
Will give you the best of water to
drink. Most SCIENTIFIC, SIMPLE
and DURABLE.
We are now having a special sale on
these filters. Try one for yourself.
Price $1.09.
J, C.Cronan & Co,
Heating and Plumbing Contractors.
6 Church Strest.
Open Monday and Saturday Evenings.
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TWO beginners on the violin can re
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half hours a week at a moderate
cost. S. R. MacLane, 33 Howe St.
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M " ...
What a lovely frame!" Is fre
auently a spontaneous expres
sion of approval concerning your
newly acquired picture, which is
usually an unconscious and un
intended admission that the pic
ture Is "overframed."
The harmonious framing of
pictures Is an art, and one not
easily acquired. More than thir
ty years of practice and study,
together with the latest and best
materials the market affords,
comprises our equipment.
Now that the holiday rush is
over, we are prepared to give
this work our most carful at'
tentlon.
Visitor Always Welcome.
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827 CHAPEL STREET.
BUFFETS AND SIDEBOARDS
Prices ranging from $18.50 to $95.00.
Fifty different deslgns-t-dMTerent sizes,
different woods, different designs to
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. 30-38 CHURCH ST.
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Exquisite Perfumes
Choice Candies
OCR STOCK OP OPTICAL, LEATHER nnd TOILET SUNDRIES
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T ?urJFer'ume Department is said to bo the finest in the city.
We handle the most choice odors of the best perfumers both f or-
ffan?n,i T'h'P' f5e nUr.ore ls Headquarters for all high-,
class Toilet Articles and Toilet Preparations. s
We are exclusive, agents in this city for the celebrated
FENWAY CANDIES
CHOCOLATES and BON BONS than which there are no more
choice candles made. Also Legpets SATURDAY CANDY which is
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GENUINE REPRODUCTION
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' -., . . To levers of things Antique this Clock '. '
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those well versed In ye old time heir
loom lore exclaim, , "What a fine old
clock.'"' , "
We could writte volumes telling of
, .. its . exquisite elegance what a good
time' keeper It is how realistic the "
picture is painted on the pendulum
case door and so on but just come and i
see for yourself that's by far tho bet
ter waj. '
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to receive next week a great
company of the" best of all
the country. We are ready
to meet the needs of those
who act as hosts on this oc
casion. Chase&Co.
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