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i KEW HAVN A10KN1NQ .JOUBiUL AND COURIER,- WEDNESDAY JULY 17 19OT SHE CAIUUNGTON PUBLISHING CO. , ' OI'FICE, 400 STATE 8TIIEBT. SEW HAVEIT, CONN. InB OLDEST DAILY PAPER POB. LIS HE D Ul CONNECTICUT. Founded 1700. DBUVERED BY CARRIERS IW THE C1TT. 13 CENTS A WEEK. BO CENTS . A MONTH. S3 FOR SIX MONTHS, A TEAR. THE 6AM E TERMS Bt MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 1 CENTS. TELEPHONES I EDITORIAL ROOM. 664. BUSINESS OFFICE. 3981. THE WEEKLT JOCTUVAL. tuned Thursday, One Dollnv Tear. COITXECTICVT'S G O YEMNHf A X. It Is a pity that partisan differences of, opinion as to the usefulness of the referendum in enacting legislation should close the eyes of any clear-sighted man to the issue involved In the controversy. It may be a good thing, or It may be a poor thing. -Whether It is a good thjng or a poor thing, It can not be fitly considered In the State of Connecticut until a representative gov ernment has been long enough estab lished here to offer an opportunity to decide upon the need and the merit of the referendum. The criticism we have to offer upon the recent more or less Impatient dis cussion of the proposed referendum is that it was not provoked by a serious understanding of Its usefulness or use lessnees. It was provoked by a rivalry over proposed bond Issues, three of them In number, which should have been considered separately and without reference to each other. Had It not oc curred to somebody to hitch them up together and then let the popular good roads movement lug all three through at one time, we should have been spar ed the lectures we have received upon the sublimity of this new political dis covery in the realms of politics. The reference of the new corrupt practices act to .the people would at least have possessed the merit of not attempting to fool the electorate with the Idea that U had suddenly come Into its own. The people of the State of Connecti cut need waste no time considering new (angled notions of government. Their task is to consider the government they hayewW'beKThat has been resettled up- n the basis originally built for it, the experimentalist may be given a fling. (Before an appeal is made to public sen timent there should be a way for pub lic sentiment to record Itself. At pres ent that is Impossible in this State. Let the horse be placed wher he belongs, ahead of the cart. , "No land open to settlers," says the seoretary of the New Hampshire board ' of agriculture, but plenty of room for eummer, boarders. Don't the summer boarders have to settle? i , a BATE A CARE. The Board of Finance at a recent tneetlng approved the petition of the citizens of the Ninth ward for an as sembly hall in the new Ivy street school. Not only do the citizens of .that voting district realize fully the important bearing these school . house . assembly halls have upi?n the problem which confronts the city of New Ha ven in undertaking to make more per Jeot the processes 'of assimilation, but the Board of Finance shows a grasp of the same problem by readily agreeing to the petition. . The one is to be con gratulated upon looking into the future and the other for providing the cure for the apprehension felt. It is to be profoundly hoped that the Board of Finance will not be led Into believing that this action with regard to the Ninth ward petition ends its im mediate responsibility in this connec tion. There are even greater needs In ether sections of the city which should not be lost sight of. It would be most unfortunate should the Board of Edu cation find Itself unable, by reason of delay on the part of the Board of Fin ance and the Board of Aldermen, to proceed at once with the proposed new school building for the down town sec tion of the city. If the conditions there are as bad as they are reported to be, it will be little less than crim inal to allow another September to come around without adequate pro Vision having been made for the needs of the school population of those dis tricts. When the schools open in Sep tember there will be, we are reliably Informed, something like 600 children In the Wooster district alone who will have to be placed on half time. These are largely of the class of children who need most of all full time and Satur days, in order to have an equal chance iwith their English speaking competi tors. Nor is this all of the story. We are told that the excess of children ifrom the overcrowded class rooms of Eaton and Hamilton buildings would, it thrown together with the overflow 4rom the Wooster schools, fill a sixteen room building, forty children to a teacher, were such a building ready for occupancy at the opening of the fall i term. This simple statement of fact, to the accuracy of which we can testify upon j the investigation of men who know the districts alluded to, should be enough to move the Board of Finance to instant action. Leaving entirely out of consideration the compulsory feature of the State educational law which Involves the duty of the school districts to provide school facilities, the city of New Haven can. not afford to neglect this scientific method of guarding against the dan gers of the future as they are created In ths great crucible of Ignorance. It would be better to close a school or two,v or de lay opening up new schools in sections of the city where the pressure for edu cation is not so serious than to longer postpone the appropriation of the mon ey require to protect the city against the "Wooster district. This calm Judg ment is based, not upon a theory but upon a condition which grows con stantly worse with neglect. The Board of Finance should have a care. A German scientist has discovered a way of taking red out of noses. This will do something to offset the Ger man way of putting it in. oyAHD axi ire w Ann, Awhile ago It seemed that Woman would be contented if she could get equality with Man.' But her divine discontent will not allow her to linger long on the low plane which Man Is contented to occupy. Mrs. Mary K.' O'Sullivan, In a meeting under the auspices of the national woman's trade union league at Boston Sunday, de clared the old equality stand a dead issue, and pleaded for a scale that will place Woman above Man. She main tained that most working women have more responsibilities than the men do ing similar work, and argued that a mother supporting a family should have two-thirds more wages than the father on the ground that sho has to get some one to loofc out for her chil dren. She can't be headed off, arid why should she be? The race belongs to the swift, and that is where it usually goes. THEY FOVQHX BBAYEZY. The negro soldiers fought bravely In the War of the Rebellion, in the wars with the Indians, and In the war with Spain. But they are more honored by the Indians, the Cubans and the Fili pinos than by those whose fighting they have helped to do. We read that the announcement that the 24th Infan try, composed of negro soldiers, would return from the Philippines in the fall of 1908 and succeed the 23d Infantry at its regular station at Madison bar racks, New York, has aroused consid ered feeling In the neighborhood of that garrison. The military authorities in Washington have received a number of protests against the designation of Madison barracks as the station of the regiment. This is an unexpected situa tion. The returning regiment of negro soldiers, which will have completed its tour of duty in the tropics in about a year, was not sent to a southern sta tion because It was felt that the senti ment against it would possibly lead to a repetition of the Brownsville af f raj'.' What may be done with the ne gro troops is admittedly a grave prob lem. The regiment cannot be disband ed, and -there is need of enlisted men. It was felt that there would be no ob- pectlon to these troops from a northern community.. .Now . that this objection prevails,- the War department is at a loss to know what to do, and will prob ably be obliged to ignore the protests of this kind, unless the appeal should be so tirgerit' a'S'Cdrhpel the authorities to seek legislation which will operate to disband these .regiments. Not a very satisfying situation. Ne groes that do their duty as United States soldiers In the deadly Philippines ought to be able to rely on proper treat ment in the United States. Some people know what is due them. A particularly fiendish murderer com plains that the newspapers spell his name a different way every time they use it. A TlSJl STORY. Fish stories are now In season, and the one which is told by the Newark (New Jersey) Star Is particularly sea sonable. There have, It appears, been some big catches of fish on the New Jersey coast lately. Boats come in to shore- from the pound nets loaded to the gunwales with the finny tribe, and large catches are made with seine nets. Enough of this fish is sent to the New York market to meet the demand at the high prices fixed by the Fish Trust, and the large balance is put in cold storage to supply the market next fall and winter. Be the run of fish large or small the consumer gets no benefit. When the supply from the ocean is abundant the excess is stored away, and if kept too long it is sold to the oil factories or to the farmers for fer tilizer. Last winter tons of fish, part ly decayed, were carted from cold stor- age at Sea Bright and thrown on the fields. If the prices paid by the Fish Trust are too low for the pound net men, and If the cold storage houses do not require any additions, the fish are left to die in the nets or are sold to the menhaden steamer owners. Business continues to be business. A Kansas Judge holds that it is a breach of the peace for women to quar rel over a back yard fence. What, then, a cat quarrel on a back yard fence? XHE SERIOUS AJXD BVMOROVS. A trial that has a meaning for or ganized labor is drawing to a close In Boise City, Idaho. In all the circum stances leading to it there Js much that is net as yet brought to light that the public would like to know. There is some testimony that might be given that is excluded on the ground that it is irrelevant to this particular case of Haywood. For one instance, it is re potted that McPartland, the Plnkerton detective who has worked up the case, it is alleged, will probably not 1)6 per mitted to take the stand. Possibly bor.iothmg of additional interest might become known by his testimony. On both sides of tliia case is able legal talent that will try to thresh out all that can bo got under the ruling of the court. Thlas trial has its serious and humor- mis situations. It must be admitted that In the various movements under- taken by organized labor in its own In- terescs there are sure to be some in dividuals who become reckless ana lawless, casting reproach on the whole body, but they are not more lawless than ether bodies wh may employ more refined and subtile methods to violate law. In Colorado the whole situation, now history, was deplorable and serious, from the beginning of the labor war, including the blowing up of mines, the separation of miners from their families and their deporta tlm because they had membership In a labor organization, the railroading of Meyer and Haywood to Idaho, and the suspension of Habeas Corpus by the governor, with the conflicts be tween the courts and the military. ThU is serious enough. Much of this has not been made as clear as it might be. But the most serious feature of all was the disregard, for law on the part of lawmakers themselves. If any of the officials of the iederation have conn seled violence it must be learned from the results of the trial now going on. The miner.'! sought In legally appointed wavs ti secure an eight-hour day in the smelters. Ihe Colorado; leglsia ture passed an act to his effect but the' Supreme court of the State set it aside as unconstitutional.- Then ap peal was taken to the people for a constitutional frr.tndment which was adopted by a large majority, requiring the legislature to enact the-' measure, but for some reason not announced the legislature failed to heed the vote of the people end Governor Peabody deliberately refuted in special legisla tive session to make It an object of consideration. A situation of this sort is or r-hould be of absorbing interest to the public If f,elf-government is to continue under constitutional guar antee. The humorous element is brought into connection with the trial by the psychological study of Orchard by Professor Muenst. rberg of Harvard. He put in a working toy of light hours in the delightful company of Harry Orchard. He has measured Harry's oars and put down in black and white the dimensions of his crani um. He has rtered into his honest eyes and with delicate laboratory in struments "has tested the rapidity of Harry's mental processes. This Is all reduced to plain figures. While all the machinery of a fully organized court Is trying to get tt the truth of the matter, and the defense is laboring tj show that Harry is quite a Mar, Prof. Muensierberg finds by a study of his figures that Orchard has told the whole truth. All the evidence to the contrary ou the tart of the defame cannot withstand the conclusion of demonstrated science. The value of this method is apparent at once. If any has doubt about the veracity of another, measure his ears and a few other prominent marks and behold the soul of the man Is laid bare. One can see the truth hc'br.lnn about In chunks. Thi3 man Orchard confesses to the murder of numerous citizens of the West ami on his testimony solely, by the way, is the case of Haywood resting, and conducted by Senator Borah as prosecutor, himself under in dictment for land frauds. Yet Orchard Is a lover cf truth! riow comes it that such a truth telling character can do the things he ernfesfes to? If Prof. Mueii;'terb3ig were to measure some one of those who declare that Harry Is far from the facts In certain events would the professor find such a witness a liar as easily as he found Orchard the soul of veracity? The mis sion of the professor was to learn for himself whether the deductions from laboratory metnuds of testing mental operations can be put to practical use. In Orchard's case he thinks that the demonstration by hard eight hours of labor may show the value of his method to court inquiry. He admits that Orchard's retreating forehead, peculiar shape of ear lobes, glittering eyes, indicate a degenerate type. If so, is a degenerate type more likely to tell the truth? Prof. Muensterberg may be able by the lectures he will give Harvard students next winter to impress upon them the value of his experiments with Orchard nay, he may secure Orchard himself to pose as part of his laboratory equipment, but it will be a good while before the average man will have confidence In his callipers and measuring rods, as means for searching the soul. It will require men aa bright as Harvard students and Orchard himself. The Sons of Temperance will have their convention in Saratoga next year. And some of them will doubtless dis cover there that there can be Intemper ate drinking of water. CANADA'S SVSDAY QVESXIOS. Mlddletown In this State had one "closed Sunday" and she didn't like it. Canada is now squirming under the new Lord's Day act, which was the outcome of strenuous agitation by the Lord's Day Alliance, many of whose members are of Scottish descent, and so rather strict in their Sunday notions. But all the people In Canada don't be long to the Lord's Day Alliance. Some of them have Joined the Rational Sun day League, which stands for the right ts buy and sell refreshments and non- intoxlcatlng drinks, popular lectures and music in halls and parks, the open ing of museums and art galleries and a limited measure of Sunday trade. The league, although only recently founded already has a numerous, representative and constantly growing membership. It. is highly probable that if the Ra tlonal Sunday League of Canada keeps Itself rational it will be able to modify the work of the Lord's Day Alliance There ' are probably many people In Canada who are In favor of a Sunday which shall neither be closed nor wide open. snzz punsvitro. The gypsy moth continues to be in terestlng and important, and It may already be much more important to Connecticut than it Is Interesting. Our neighbor Massachusetts is paying a million dollars a year in futile efforts to beat It, and Some say there isn't money enough in Massachusetts to do it. About the only hope there seems to be ia in the discovery and appli cation of the proper parasite, it being very evident that' those who are para sites on the State's treasury' are not succeeding in annihilating the moths. The hunt for proper parasites Is olng actively and scientifically on. Twenty scientific men in Europe and two paid agents are lending their assistance to send parasites to, Massachusetts to feed on the moths. At Kiev a garden Is leased, wherein to watch the growth of parasites, and at the right season to ship them to Boston. At KlshtnefC the services of a scientific man have been secured to send parasites. Simi lar arrangements have been made in the Crimea, at Vienna amd in other places. Of the twenty kinds of para-r sites already imported six have taken hold In Massachusetts, and are doing good work. Their work Is yet on a small scale, for they must spread and multiply before they will be adequate to cope with the situation. Success to the Massachusetts folks in their warfare. If the gypsy moth is exterminated in Massachusetts per haps it can be. in Connecticut, and that, too, without a referendum on a bond-Issue to provide funds for such extermination. This Mother Tongue. They say that the Gaelic is tough And the Russian Is better than enough; But I'm putting my dough On the tongue that I knough Is the prize orthographical stough. A branch of a tree is a bough, But a boesy calf's mama, nough, Of course she can cough Her blooming head ough, But that wouldn't make her a cough. If you're down in Despondency's slough The pony was never one-tough Of course it is tough; But make a big blough; Don't let the world see you are blough. Turn the spelling around, and it's worse; A naughty man surely would corse. There's no head to the stuff, And the tail ig enuft To make a man order the horse. Of course when you leave you kow tow; ,, But In all sincerity, now. When the winter doth grieve Because the trees lleve. Do the trees give the winter a bow? And when you don't finish one-two, In the race that I spoka of to ywo, You could pay all you owe If you Just had the dowe, And then you would never be blwo. Maurice Smiley. SAYINGS AND D01NQS. A curious barometer used In Ger many and Switzerland consists of a Jar of water with a frog and a' little stepladder in it. When the frog comes out of the water and sits on the steps It is said lnfallflbly to foretell rain. Gulls are recommended in place of carrier pigeons in consequence of ex periments made In France which showed them to have superior lntelli- gence and to be able to brave stormy weather much better than pigeons. .Manufacturing is increasing In New South Wales. Figures for 1906 show increases of 128 factories and 5,583 workers. The increase is most mark ed in the building trades, in metal works and in establishments using raw materials. The young Grand Duke of Saxe Welmar, who is heir-presumptive to the thronejof Holland and possesses equa rank with all the reigning houses in Europe, is . an Immensely wealthy man, and carries on innumerable busi nesses In different parts of the Father land. Besides having a million invest ed in the Imperial Bank he owns slaughter houses and sells his meat. This country has long been civilized, but Pharaoh, the chief of the Indians at Montauk,ls suing to recover the control of Montauk Point, their old fishing and feasting ground, whllch Is now coveted by a group of New York capitalists. The Indians declare that their title to the Montauk peninsula was acknowledged as far back as 1703, and that nothing has since occurred to shake their right to it. The lace trade of Nottingham - Is so active at the present time that it seems to be impossible to ret pirls enough for the work. There is work for 5,000 more girls. The demand Is in every department, and the labor is chiefly unskilled, but the girls make from $2.50- to $7.50 a week. Because of this scarcity of labor one Arm has been compelled to open a branch fac tory in a neighboring city. The British consul general in Poland says that, thanks to the good harvest tin 1906 In that country, the import of agricultural machinery, especially of steam threshers, which are chiefly of British origin, increased considerably, although makers put up their prices for all descriptions of machinery. Sev eral of the principal British makers were so busy, he reports, that they were unable to accept order's for pt-ompt delivery, which were, therefore, secured by German "firms who were better prepared to meet the demand. OtR CONTEMPORARIES. A ,Chnatencd Celebration. (From the Boston Transcript.) Bath will celebrate in a rather chastened spirit next month the three hundredth anniversary of American shipbuilding. There will be a festival honored by the presence of several governors and a - fleet of war vessels. There will be bonfires, fireworks, ath letlc sports and speeches. , But the elo quence must be chiefly reminiscent, for not only Buth, but the whole Kennebec Valley has virtually ceased to build ocean ships, and wellnlgh ceased to own them. There Is not now on the stocks in the whole State of Maine one vessel designed for the bold overseas trade which gave Bath her splendid! reputation, une small cruiser ror the navy is being finished on the Kennebec, and a few steamboats and coal schopn ers; that Is all. One of Bath's two modern steel shipyards Is and has been closed nnd grass-grown; and that Is the condition of nina-tenths of the old wooden shipyards of the State, all the way from Kenncbunk to Calais. In the race or such a prospect, the tercenten ary of the launching of the first Malne bullt craft at FOrt Popham ' In 1607 would seem to be more pro-ocatlve of mourning than of rejoicing among ob servant men. But the celebration will please the summer visltbrs. xxx ens az. "You say the young man who Is call ing on you Is a young man of lofty as pirations?" "Very; he aspires to become your son-in-law."-Houston Post. "What Is an epigram?" "As a rule," answered Miss Cayenne, "an epigram Is something that would sound foolish if said by anybody ex cept a professed humorist." Washing ton Star. The Doctor You understand, don't you, that this Is only to be used ex ternally? , The Patient's Wife Sure, sir. I alius makes him get out o' bed to drink it. Harper's Weekly. , Mr. Jogtrot I don't want this horse. He hasn't any sense at all. Every Ume he sees an automobile he wants to climb a tree. Dealer Well, that's good horse sense, it seems to me. Chicago News. ' Old Foggs In this natural history, Thomas, it states that a thrush feeds its young no fewer than two hundred and six times a day. What have you to say to that? Thomas Wish I was a young thrush. Illustrated Bits. Mrs. Watklns Which would you say, Mr. "wylkins, that your son graduated at Harvard this year or that he was graduated? Mr. Wylkins I can't say either, Mrs. Watklns. He flunkod on his final exam inations. Somervllle Journal. "Love," said the fair maid, "Is the greatest thing In the world."' "Don't you believe it," rejoined the young man In the parlor scene. "I am greater than love." "How do you figure that out?" quer led the fair party of the prelude. "A manufacturer," replied the y. m., "Is greater than the thing he manu facturesand I make love. See?" Chi cago News. Orderly Officer Any complaints? Itaw Recruit Yes, sir; I can't stand this 'ere, Irish stew. Orderly Officer Not stand Irish stew! Ridiculous! Lord Wolseley made many a hearty meal of it in the Crimea. Raw Recruit I dessay, sir; but tha moat would be fresh and good then. It's a long time since the Crimean job. You can't expect the meat to keep all thorn years. Tlt-BIts. Several ladies sat in their club a few evenings ago discussing the virtues of their husbands. "Mr. Blngleton," said ono of them, referring to her life part ner, "never drinks and never swears indeed, he. has no bad habits." "Does he ever smoke?" someone asked. "Yes he likes a cigar just after he has eeten a good meal. But, I suppose, on an av erage, he doesn't smoke more than once a month." Toronto Saturday Night. i e3!V r ml CROQUET DURING thei last few! years there has! been a revival oil lCroquet as a! 'Summer pastime.' T. 1 a! . . uousness of ten-: rats and doeo't require a ten acre lot1 like g-olf, but it does require some skill and that makes it interistinp;. Wa oarry both the regular and professional styles of Cromiet Seta the best on the market at tha price. $1.60 $2.23 $3.00 ' TEOFESSIOHAI,"- 3.60 $5.00 754GHv-t,- 320 Stte St. The Todd corsets com bine dainty materials With the most careful construction. The high' bust, small waist, and flat abdomen effects aro the latest figure require ments. Elastio stockings, etc., to measure. Henry . H. Todd 383-3S4 YORK ST. closed Drama august. Booklovers Take Notice A Clearance Sale of Fine Editions of Standard Authors at Greatly red uced prices List on Application EDWIN C HILL COMPANY Publisher and Importers 497 Fifth Avenue, New York. Summer Sale For Cash. Negligee shirts, straw hats, pajamas and 2Bo. scarfs are about al gone; on the following we have still a fair as sortment. .80 and 10.86 English Collars..! .12V4 .85 and J0.B0 Half Hose..... .17 .76, $1.00 and $1.60 Half Hose. .35 1.00 and $2.50 Underwear. ., .Half Price 1.65, $2.00 and $2.50 Scarfs. .60 8.60 English Scarfs 1.00 1 Odd lot of Waistcoats. 1.00 5.00 and $6.00 leghorn Hats 2.60 12.00 and $16.00 Panamas Half Priea! 20.00 and $86.00 Ralntoats. . .Half Price 2.60 English Bilk Caps 60 6.00 and $10.00 Bath Robes. .Half Price Also some fine umbrellas and canes at half price. Store Closes Dally t Saturdays at 1 p. Bp. m. Chase & Co. SHIRTMAKERS, 1018 and 1020 Chapel St. 09E Pofch Fttmttute That is Riglit 7 To be "right" it must be comfortable, strong and easily kept dean, and last but not ieast, as beautiful to look upon as its nature will permit. Ornamental furniture is out of place on the porch. Fxceedingly inexpensive arc the maple frame chairs and rockers, with seat3 and backs of woven reed. The little rockers and chairs without arms may be had for goc, and all sizes are, in stock up to the large rockers with broad arms at $3.00 The Bowditch Fumittste Co. 100-102-104-108 ORANGE ST. flij mM& H it&Vfe-smfrtni'l in ww-y BfL Jv CbABcl WlfRT? HfH t' Vis bf j j If fA J Vf?jJ. . . -&vMt On your vacation will re mind you of many pleas ant memories. ' Price, $1.00 up. 5 EOERYTmHG'OPTtCAt v Opticians v $61 Chapel St HetaHaaen. , 665 Main, St. Uari ford. 360 Main St. Springfield. Mass. It is Framing' Tima. NOW IS ALWAYS the best time to attend to your unframed pic-, tures, but at this season we can give more time to the study of your require ments. We always' as sure entire satisfaction. A suggestion Leave your order now and we'll have the pictures framed ready to hand on your return from your Sum mer outing. f. w. tiernanYco. 827 Chapel Slrii! Visitors Always Welcome. 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