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V 4 NFW HAVEN MORNING JOUENAL AKD COURIER, WEDNESDAY MAY 1 5 1C07 gtftmral and Courier ran carrington publishing co. OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET. NEW HAVES, CONN. HB OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB LISIIED IN CONNECTICUT. Founded 1700. IEUVERED BT CARRIERS IN THE CITY, li CENTS A WEEK, 60 CENTS A. MONTH, S3 FOR SIX MONTHS, 6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAII SINGLE COPIES. 2 CENTS. THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. tHued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year, THE SOOT LECTURES. The disappointment felt In tho lec tures delivered by Secretary of State Root In the Dodge course of lectures at Tale University can be accounted for oh two grounds. Iq, the first place Mr. Root was the victim of his own great reputation and more was expect ed of him than could possibly have ibeen given by any man under the cir cumstances. In the second place all (thoughtful men who have considered' the questions which enter Into a gen eral consideration of the main question of good citizenship have long ago ar rived at the same conclusion and advo cated the game reforms In the political methods used. Tils can be said, however, of Secre tary Hoot's lectures, they covered high minded ground and were elegantly ex pressed. Though his temperament Is Hot exactly what one would call a jwarm one, and though he lacks In that quality of personal magnetism which eaves so many ordinary talkers from embarrassment, he possesses; on the whole, convictions regarding the du ties of American citizenship and the attitude of the government which make for a higher standard In our po litical life. It Is evident that he owes his convictions, too, to his own experi ence. HV did not get them from .books, and -we should Judge from what he said of the doubtful usefulness Bf , a higher education as a prep aration for the cares of public life he has little respect for text-books. He said Monday evening, for example: "On the other hand, it Is (very doubtful whether the higher aca demic education contributes much to capacity for political usefulness. As a rule, political wisdom, In the best sense, comes In life and not in study, and the tendency of highly educated men to neglect all political duties is unfortunately too general." We are far from wishing to take Issue with Secretary Boot in this connection, though we are led to Inquire if after all men who neglect their political du ties can fairly be called "highly edu cated Wen." The whole theory of ed ucational processes Is that they shall stimulate the best thought of man and Increase his ambition to serve his fel Jowman more generously and Intelli gently than the man who has, through no fault of his. been deprived of a similar preparation. "Without quoting him at length in an other connection, -we can say that he was extremely felicitous in illustrating the difference in the outlook of the old order of things political and the new as established in this country. He said, for example, speaking of our po litical experiment, for experiment it is: "It Is the longing in the heart of man for better things up .through education to broader knowledge and higher life; It is the Vast elemental forces of hu manity moving great masses of men In violent protest against the ills of life, to the destruction of social order; It f the instinct of self-preservation which rallies other multitudes in de fense of vested interests and tradition al rights; it is the dreams of Utopia (to be realized by changing everything, and the reverence for the past that is horrified by changing anything." That is a description which is full of Imag ination colored by a fine poetic sense, and almost suggests the swirling chap ter devoted by Victor Hugo to the im mortal Shakespeare in his work on the writings of that bard. One is almost tempted to conclude that Mr. Root un consciously had the sweep of Hugo's Ben in mind when he so brilliantly set forth the conflicting forces which go to make up a national life bent upon the redemption of all of the pledges given In the declaration of independence and in the federal constitution. Secretary Root's defense of the use of money in the conduct of a campaign to rather clever than profound. Jfo one questions the usefulness of the . con tribution which go to make up a party treasury, and no one can doubt the helpful effect upon the man making the contribution and thereby stirring his patriotism. Mr. Root estimates that in the last presidential election the campaign fund "amounted to only ithree and a half cents per capita foi the people of the United States, on one aide, and probably somewhat less on the other; the great bulk of it is ap plied to the political education of the .voter." Granted, but the fact still re mains that the money is not collected from the people of the country in any each modest sun-.s. It comes from those who have not In the past hesitat ed to ask for governmental favors In recognition of their generosity in deal ing with campaign fund collectors. It would be much better, if any serious ness is to be attached at all to Secre tary Root's statistics, to advocate that the government pay. all of the political expenses and then we should be sure that the fund was pure at its source and susceptible of investigation should anybody desire to know and learn the story of the ledger and cash book. Nor does anyone know the exact fact in connection with these matters, which therefore become mere assertion. It is a pleasure, however, to have men of such distinction and experience enlisted in the Dodge course of lectures at Yale. As in ,Mr. (Root's case, as In the case of Secretary Taft a year ago, they stimulate interest in good citizen ship and make for a better order of things generally. OXEJ When the Count of Monte Cristo makes his first inroad on those who have been plaguing him he shouts One! So it may be appropriate to shout One when the first real May day comes conquering the cold and gloom and giv ing promise of more victories. Yester day was One sure enough. It has long been waited for, even as the patient Count above-mentioned waited long for his first victory. There will be more, and we verily believe that there will be more than three in all. But If we only get three we shall get as many victories as the magnificent Count did, and we can afford to be sat isfied in -view of what the first half of the merry month has been. PXETIY X EARLY AIL Attn SOME. The "dementia leglslaturiana," or whatever it is, is spreading. Yester day, according to the published report, Representative Grlswold. of Guilford, got up on his hind legs before the Farmers' association and said that the public press of the State is pretty near ly all owned by corporations and schemers. But this statement is mod erate compared with some of the state ments that have been made by afflicted and afflictive legislators. "Pretty near ly all" can be regarded as a gracious and graceful concession which could hardly have been expected from the. mind or tongue of a legislator stricken with the prevalent brainstorm. It will enable any newspaper that wants to escape the odium chucked by Brother Grlswold to escape it. If he had said "all" there would Indeed have been a mess. We hasten to match Brother Griswold's fine and discriminating com pliment by saying that some legisla tors are foolish. GOVESXMEXT ST IRRITATION. The ruling of the postoffice depart ment forbidding newspapers and pe riodicals to print their titles in the corner of the envelopes printed on government machines while permlttlivg other business undertakings to do so, can only be explained as government by irritation. Had the gentleman In charge undertaken to do a more origi nal thing, which was at the same time a more unjust and ridiculous thing, he would have failed. This latest order deserves such credit marks as the fed eral administration reserves for deeds of mighty merit, though we are glad to see that as yet President Roosevelt has not included his approval of It in the flowing literature of his pen. Our attention has been drawn to this remarkable order by our desire to in crease our stock of office stamped en velopes, which have preserved the same exterior for generations. We find that we are in the future includ ed among those who seek in undesira ble and suspicious ways to advertise false wares. In a sense we are proud of the society In which we are thus forced, but we are wondering how long after that respectable class learns that the words "Drawer Number Blank," In the place of its corporate title must be used, if the government is to do the printing on stamped envelopes, It will maintain "a dignified silence," and what the explanation will be of the postoffice department that, while it is ready to print the titles of business concerns, it Is not ready or willing to print those of periodicals and newspa pers. Not to become overheated In our comments, we shall confine our analy zatlon of this order damphoolish ness, a word which has come down to us uncorrupted from ' the reign of Rameses I. There is no more likelihood of a periodical, even a vicious one in purpose, abusing the mails of Uncle Sam than there is of a business under taking doing so, including those in spired letters which daily reach us from get-rich mining concerns. But if there was a likelihood of anybody abusing the mails in the way inti mated by the department order, the direction should be given, not that newspapers and periodicals should live under one rule and business houses un der another, but that no one should advertise their existence on the en velope, whether printed privately or by the government. It is just such or ders as this that bring phases of the government into contempt. It is some one's whim, but it may be remarked in passing that whims have no piace in a great institution like this the Ameri can people are paying the bills to maintain. Equality before the law is the only doctrine to which we can subscribe. ONE MORE VXTORTV&ATI-. More testimony that riches don't bring complete happiness. Millionaire . Schwab got money enough to buy ' anything he thought he wanted. He thought he wanted a palace. So the palace was built. It cost $3,500,000. It has been one of the show places of New York, but happiness was not there. Mr. Schwab and his wife both found that the ownership of a palace entailed onerous and burdensome, du ties, and now the talk is that the pal ace is for sale at much less than It cost. Perhaps if poor-rich Mr. Schwab could get a Job at four dollars a week and forget his burdensome wealth he would be much hflppier. trie certainly would be if what great, good and rich men are telling us Is true. He might, by searching, find some poor worker who would be willing to swap lots with him. JlOW A TOWN WAS "BOOSTED." All over, the land cities and towns are earnestly, and in some cases skill fully, advertising themselves. Even conservative bid Boston is willing it should be known that it considers it self a good place to live In. In the West they call it "town boosting," and the way one western town was boosted Is well worth notice. It was ia. pretty dead place, with a Board of Trade that had occasional banquets with distin guished speakers. A young man was elected to be president of the organiza tion, largely because nobody else wanted the honor. He turned out to be Just the man for the place. Every new fam ily that moved to town he spotted. Employment was provided for the bread winners where necessary and the new people were made to feel at home. When this personal attention had got in its work a representative of the Board of Trade interviewed the head of the new family. This interview was incorporated into a letter, mimeograph copies were made, put Into stamped en velopes and made ready to mall. Then the letters were taken to the newcomer and he was asked to address them to his friends "back East." The scheme worked , llko magic and population boomed. Of that Idea many new ones were born. The young man has been several times re-elected president of the Board of Trade, and he is about as popular as It is safe to bo.' This indicates what one man can do for his town and himself by unselfish and skillful work. AXD STILL IIIIY COME. New Orleans doesn't mean to be the only city not In the Exposition busi ness. Undeterred by what has hap poned to other expositions, and to cities In which expositions were, and by what is now happening, it is announced that there will be "a great fair" at New Oileans to celebrate the completion of tha Panama Canal. On the assumD tlon that the "bridal of the two oceans" will occur in 1015, the latest exposition has been proposed for that date. May or Behrman of New Orleans writes to tho newspapers that,' if they approve tho sugestion, he will take great pleas ure in naming a committee, to be com posed of, say, twenty-five prominent and representative citizens, to take hold of the preliminary work necessary to set the wheels of so great a project going in the right direction. It is expected that New Orleans, the government and everybody else will take kindly to this notion. Perhaps they will. If they do we hope that "the committee" will seek to Win last ing fame for itself and the show by having it ready to open on time. If it begins operations now it ought to be able to have the show ready to open in eight years. LOT AIM OB A MM ED A XS. t The British in India have much rea son to be encouraged by the attitude of the Mohammedans toward the disturb ances ana the disturbers. ' The Mo hammedans ft Lahore lost no time in holding a mass meeting to express their condemnation of the recent dis turbances in Lahore. The following resolution was adopted: "This publio meeting of the Mohammedans of La hore strongly condemns the phase of the present agitation which manifests itself in assaults on Europeans, uncalled-for criticism of their social in stitutions, and abusive language to wards the government, and emphatic ally declares that Mohammedans as a community have no sympathy whatso ever with such disreputable proceed ings." The principal speaker said it was for them a matter of pride that India formed part of the greatest em pire the world had ever seen, and they were grateful for the manifold advan tages they enjoyed under British pro tection. Several other public meet ings of influential natives of Lahore, Fhlefly Mohammedans, but also Hin dus and Sikhs, have strongly con demned the recent assaults on Euro peans in Lahore by natlvos educated on English lines, and have passed res olutions in accordance with speeches regretting that better results are not exhibited by Indian, youths of that class. The educational authorities were requested to use their influence to suppress disreputable political excesses. A conference of principals of colleges, professors, headmasters, school teach ers, and others Interested In education has been convened to consider the whole matter. As there are over 50,000,000 Moham medans in India, and as they form an important and influential part of the population, their loyalty no the British is worth much. QFEX A IS MUSIC. The announcement is made that the city of New York will spend during the summer months a hundred thou sand dollars for free out door concerts at different points. There is but one other city in the world which takes the pleasure of its residents so much into consideration as a source of mu nicipal content and social rest, London. The willingness of large centers of population to appropriate a stated sum of money for the entertainment of the people, at hours suited to their enjoy ment and at places where the masses can easily gather, does not owe its origin, as too many light thinking per sons conclude, to the political shrewd ness of ambitious office-seekers. It is a far more Intelligent willingness than that. Life is more complex, more crowded and more unnelghborly than ever before; the stimulant of living is losing its edge; the noises are breaking nerves; the social forces are becoming weaker; the problem of life appeals with greater force than ever to thoughtful men. Something must bo done to relieve the strain, and if the expenditure of a few thousand dollars in a city like New Haven, or a few hundred thousand in a city like New York, will Introduce into the life of the masses of people a more joyous strain, the money is well spent. It may be said with truth that the New York problem is not the New Ha ven problem; and yet New Haven has a problem of a similar char acter which the town of Woodbrldge does not have. We should view with the greatest confidence a series of band concerts In New Haven during the summer, not on the central green, to which those in whoss behalf they are conceived must travel laboriously, but in those parks which lie where the people live in crowds. Let the music go to the masses, of the people, not the masses of the people to where the mu sic is arbitrarily sent by the authori ties. The city of Hartford Is much nearer an understanding of the wis dom of this farsightedness than New Haven. A PROBVEEIXQ TLAN. The very Interesting and important plan to have any of the one hundred and eighty-nine.' savings banks of the fitate of Massachusetts undertake In dustrial insurance under certain salu tary restrictions' seems to be prosper ing. A canvass of the House is said to show a majority In favor of the bill. It has passed tr)e committee on Insur ance with only' two dissenting votes and it had previously been approved by the recess insurance committee and recommended by Governor Guild. It now goes before the ways and means committee, and if It is approved it will come up very shortly before the two branches of the legislature. The Mas sachusetts Savings Insurance league, which is striving to create public sen timent for the bill, now has a member ship of 80,000 and so energetic haB been Us campaign of publicity that the bill has attracted the attention of the en tire country. Among the members of the league are such men as the Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, Bishop of Massachusetts; President Eliot, of Harvard university; Thomas B. Fitz patrick, president of the Union Institu tion for Savings; 'Robert Treat Paine, (Robert Luce, Judge Francis C, Lowell, Hon. Joseph Walker, Professor F. W. Taussig, of the department of econo mics, Harvard university; Hon. Fred erick odge, of the United States courts, Boston; William L. Wlnslow, trustee of the Five-Cent Savings bank, Fall River;. James J. Storrow, chair man of the Boston school board, and very many more. Numerous labor or ganizations have approved the plan. If the State of Massachusetts tries this experiment its working will be watched with great interest all over the country. It can probably be made a success in steady and sound old Massachusetts if it can be in any State. A Seasonable Lyric. Hit the rug another whack Finest sort of exercise, Great for strengthening your back See tho clouds of dust arise! Getting In your mouth and eyes, Face and hands and linen black? Nonsense! Stop those weary sighs, Hit the rug another whack. Hit the rug another whack Better than your doctor's drugs Put more vim in your attack; Dispossess the moths and bugs, while the busy housemaid lugs More adown the garden track, Aren't you glad you've lots of rugs? Hit the tub another whack. Hit the rug another whack Surely you don't need to rest? Seems to me you're getting slack. Now go at It with a zest! That's developing your chest Pretty soon you'll get the knack. Really you don't -seem distressed Hit the rug another whack. r Chicago News, SAYIXGS AXD LOIXGS. The Ansonla Sentinel thinks that be tween Governor Woodruff and Presi dent 'Mellen the lobby is destined to be pretty near its proper level. Asbestos in paying quantity has been discovered in the Transvaal. Experts state that It of abnormal width and equal to the finest In Canada or Italy. Germany offers 10 a ton for the best quality. An Ohio woman is justifiably mad because out of six hundred eggs her hens show a total of only five chlcken3 hatched. That isn't enough, as every farmer's boy or girl knows. ' The philosopher of the Holden (Kan sas) Progress makes a shrewd remark when he says that It requires a com paratively sharp knock from the out side to break the shell of an egg, b;ut that the tiny chick on the inside suc ceeds with little difficulty In breaking out. The same Is true of a town. The knocks from the outside amount to but little. It is the residents of the' place with their little hammers that "do the dirt." The moral Is, "Boost; don't knock." , , Of the congressmen who have served since the foundation of this govern ment, more than 12,000 individuals, only thirty-four have served twenty years or more. The longest service was that of John H. Ketcham, of New York, who served thirty-three years and was a member when, he died. Mr. Caonon, of Illinois, who comes next, has served thirty-two years. Since he is elected to the next congress, he will, if he lives to the end of his term, take the first place in the list of veterans. Writing from Christian), Norway, Michael Alger, the United States vice consul, says that forest planting has attracted' much attention in. recent years. There were 8,800,000 trees plant ed and 748 pounds of seed sown in 1905. School children planted 1.487,400 trees and sowed 176 pounds of seed. Forest planting Is gradually being introduced as a subject In the public schools. Es pecially on the west coast the school children have taken much interest in the matter. In a single parish 100,000 trees have been planted by the pupils In the last three or four years. It is going the rounds that Charles C. 'Reber, an employe in a shirt fac tory at Strausstown, Eerks county, Pa., is an expert at sewing on buttons. He sewed on 4,200 buttons in 6 hours, which means six hundred shirts, seven buttons to a shirt, or about fourteen buttons in twenty-five seconds. Mr. not being aware of the fact that he was being timed, he sewed on seven buttons in tewenty-five seconds. Mr. Tteber claims he' can fasten, on a wager, twenty-one buttons In a minute, seven buttons to a shirt. Those whose shirt buttons don't stay on can blame Mr. Reber. The longest distance the human voice has been transmitted Is believed to be from Montreal to Winnipeg, 1,430 miles, over a special copper wire along the line of the Canadian Pacific railroad. This wire, which has intermediate con nections only at North Bay and Fort William, was installed by the railroad company for its tolcgraphfone system, by means of which two messages, one by telephone and. the other by tele graph, can be transmitted simultane ously over the wire. A number of tests have been made of the new outfit, it being found quite easy to converse from end to end of the line, while at the same moment operators at an In termediate station (Fort William) were sending a telegraphic message to Mon treal. EXERCISE. "I see that Oruet has taken a wife." "Well, it won't be the first thins he has taken which doesn't agree with him." Boston Record, The Magnate "Why should you envy me? I have as many troubles as you have." The Hobo "That's all right, boss mebbe yer have. But I ain't got nothln' else." Cleveland Leader. "Remember," said the political ad vertiser, "that consistency is a Jewel." "Yes," answered Senator-Sorghum, "but these days a lavish display of Jewelrv is not considered polite." Washington Star. Cook "Now we've 'ad words, you'll belookin' for another cook to keep com pany with." Policeman "Not me. I'll starve first." Punch. "We've only got a knife or two pack ed in the basket with the pie. what shall we do?" "That's all right. Up yonder I think you will find a fork in the road." Bal timore lAmerlcan. Conductor Madam, how old is your little Cirl? Little Girl Don't answer him, mam ma. It's horribly rude and impolite of him to ask a young lady's agebefore all these people. Chicago Tribune. The Doctor What your wife needs is more physical exercise. Homer-But, doctor, I can't Induce her to go outside the house. The Doctor Oh, yea you can. Mark .1 .iWKTS-OFCOLOMOUS BUILtHMC CbMSl"2t,botwsen C T"HU felnd tKs Old NevyHdvtn CVecn Mi mviU t mil U out AttiOic show-rooms end andexaminoiion ofosr mAnif.cnk stoefcaf Pkfxioos Stones amd ArtWarls TVr. v"""1" Founded is- : -Ji all the bargain advertisements In the paper and give her $50. Chicago News. "Bragley claims to have built the first passenger elevator ever used in this country." , . "Nonsense! The Mississippi Bteam boats were running and blowing up regularly long before he was born." Philadelphia Press. "Mr. Sprigglns is the most diplomatic man I ever knew." "I have never noticed it." . "Why, he can give an order (or a meal and arrange it so that the waiter will have to pronounce the French name of every dish on the bill of fare." Chicago Record-Herald. Bringing an unlighted cigar butt Into a car a man created about himself an area of discomfort. "I do this," he explained to an inquir ing soul, "lest some lady mistake me for a gentleman and be disappointed at my refusal , to surrender , my seat." Philadelphia Ledger. The Todd. Corset pos sesses the latest and best Ideas In corset fashion combined' with maximum of . comfort. and are absolutely hy gienic. Endorsed by physicians and dress makers everywhere. Strictly custom-made. Elastic Stockings, etc. Henry H. Todd S82-2S4 YORK ST. I 40 YearCjExperience tn pleasing Musicians If you get In the right place, you wm get tne rigut piano CHARLES II. L005IIS, LOOMIS TEMPLE OF MUSIC,. 833 Chapel Street. iVERY HIGH GRADE Lawn Mowers. i- , THERE'S an ever Increasing number of p e o p 1 e n i c e (sensible people too who think the best is good enough for them. To such we wish to introduce (these Lawn Mowers. :: :: :: , , i The Imperials Highest possible grade we've been selling them for ten years now and they're, in use ri our parks, golfs, finks, cemeteresi and large private grounds. , I . Prices from $9.00 up. - iThe Victories The finest ball-bearing' l mowers that have yet besn made and you donJt have to graduate from a machine shop , in order to take care of them. Prices from $9.50 tip. ' 320 &TAJE t. MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, A Oertnln Cnn for Feverish nesg Cnnittparjnn, . Headache, Crnimtoli Trnuhlps. TeCtlllnt 'eetlitng Disorders, nd .Destroy Hother Gray. NonwinOhild- nra't Home, H.irforkOIW. we orms. Thuy KreaK np uoin In 34 nourf. At mi vmgpaxs, aocw. 8mpl mailed FREE. AddnMs, A. S. OLMSTED. U Roy. N Y. SB! The Bowclitch ' 100-102-104-106 ORANGE ST. ' Established 1824 by' 1847 to 1866 1886 10 1867 1867 to 1879 1879 to 1884 From 1894 to present time The Bowditch Furniture Co. GEO. W. CRANE, Gen'l Manager. A continuous and successful business at the same location for over eighty years, which must be attributed to fair dealing and dependable goods. ..We have no branch stores. ttlttnUonhlht rcmewoJ from Chtsbtl corner "P""""" w new ajflurrertfe'K proftgg 'g&natttsxs. MR. FREDERICK WELD will engage the services of a limited number ot . good singers for a corns choir. Voloca tried at 139 Orange St. "What can we do to improve . tha present method of dancing?" thundered the parson; "dancing is mere hugging set to music." "We might cut out the music," soft ly suggested the bad young man in the rear of nhe auditorium. Philadelphia Inquirer. , Stumped. If the most resourceful weath er paragrapher in New Eng land shows some sign of wearing in these latter strange days of May furn aces and Spring sore throats, it is not strange that the shirt market breaks. . But the drop may interest the investor in wearing apparel. We received our spring sup ply of ready-to-wear shirts three months late. Then Spring lost herself. Then our regular $2.50 and $2.00 came down most uncere- moniously to $1.50. Mighty good shins, too. Chase d Co. 1018, 1620 Chapel St. SHEFFIELD PLATE We' wish to announce to our patrons that we have just added to our stock a line of Superior Sheffield Silver Plate ware made by the gen uine old Sheffield pro cess. This stock Includes table ware, vases, pho tograph frames, toilet table articles, etc.. In a large variety of hand some patterns. We respectfully solicit your Inspection of these goods. VUltora Always Welcome. F. W. T1ERNAN & CO. "V '. 827 Chapel Street : mercantile; safe deposit company FURNISHES A CONVENIENT t AND SECURE- PLACE FOR THE DEPOSIT OP TOUR SE-' CURITIES AND VALUABLES, 2 CHURCH STREET FtmittJi?e Co. J. B. Bdwd itch Bowel itch & Son . Bowditch & Co. Bowdltch & Prudden Tho Bowditch & Prudden Co. if State Street. matte y oar he un owr paiodef Remove J I j