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g MEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1907. THE CAItRIJfGTOJf PUBLISHING CO, OFFICE. 400 STATE STREET. NEW HA VEX. CONN. THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB LISnED IX CONNECTICUT. Founded 1708. DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE , CITY, 12 CENTS A, WEEK, 50 CENT3 A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, J6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIE& 2 CENTS. TELEPHONES I EDITORIAL ROOM, 96. BUSINESS OFFICE. 3981. THE WEEKLY JOTTRNAL. Jwned Thursday. One Dollar a Year. AN UX FORTUNATE DISCUSSION. , , The city of Middletown has just passed through an unfortunate con troversy over the school question from the point of view of school adminis tration. Involving as It did religious preferences and religious distinctions, the outcome of the trial of strength or Its accompanying Interpretation by popular -will of the understanding of democratic institutions cannot be re ceived with satisfaction by either par ty to the contest. Every controversy in a free country like this which brings Into conflict religious differences of opinion must be counted a public loss, whichever way decided. The result floes not wipe out the bad feelings provoked nor does it make its contri bution to the principle of universal brotherhood. The city of Middletown is nearly equally divided in its school children as regards their religious beliefs. There are nearly as many Roman Catholics as there are Protestants. The former have for years provided excel lent Instruction for their children at the expense of the faithfulThey have a fine school building ana an excel lent corps of teachers. Some time ago the suggestion was made by Father JJonovan of St. John's church that its parochial school would be given rent free to the school district provided the Tight to select the teachers and man agement of the school should remain In the hands of the reverend father. That Is to say, the city of Middletown should take over the financing of the parochial school but otherwise leave the administration of it In the hands of the church authorities. This sug gestion, as we understand It, was made by Father Donovan to the board of school commissioners, which dodg ed it and put It squarely up to the vot ers. At a town meeting held last week a substitute resolution was Introduced and referred to the people which de clared for the taking pver of the pa rochial school by the school board subject to its rules, the laws of the State governing the administration of public schools and to such additional rules and regulations as the contract- . lng parties might make. It was this proposition, which in no material way modified the proposal of Father Dono van, that was voted upon by the resi dents of Middletown on Friday and defeated. While It was inconceivable that the Citizens of Middletown should ever agree to thus introduce a religious controversy into the management of the schools of that city it is a pity nevertheless that the proposal was permitted to get as far as it did. There Is no gratification to be taken in a re ligious quarrel, however it comes out, and there is a great deal to deplore in a controversy involving religious dif ferences which comes Into touch with political methods of settlement. Theo retically the Catholics of Middletown have a grievance against the school policy of that city because they are obliged to submit to taxation for the eupport of the public schools in spite of the fact that they maintain an excel lently administered school of their own. Similarly those have a grievance who, having no children or having children whom they are educating at private institutions, are obliged to sub mit to the school tax. The Catholics may with truth declare -that as good Instruction is given in their school as Is given in the public schools, but they cannot on that account say with truth they are therefore entitled to the use of the public treasury. If that should be permitted then the various Protest ant church schols, of which there are many in the State of Connecticut, could step to the office of their school board and demand their share of the publio treasure. It is to avoid such conflicts of Judgment and conflicts of benefit that Connecticut has establish ed the rule and the practice that while the public schools of the State shall be supported out of the common fund they shall exercise no discrimination in welcoming pupils either on account of their color or their race or their re ligion. "All are to be cared for as they anncar. though this concession is made, that if parents prefer to edu cate their children In private schools they may do so provided they obey the compulsory school attendance law. The flaw In the judgment and logic of the Catholics of the city of Middle town consists in their understanding of the unwritten law of numbers. Be cause their excellently administered parochial school contains nearly as many pupils as the public schools and because they have to aid in the sup port of schools which they do not patronize are not convincing reasons why their exclusive enterprise should be supported out of the common fund. The State could not enforce any oth er policy but that now in use, for if the private schools of one church are to be supported out of the common treasure the private schools of every church must be supported In the same way. That would mean such an utter lack of system In the care of the schools, such an extravagant school policy end such a diversion of the orig inal public school Intent that the with drawal of all State aid would become Inevitable, In other words, the worst blow that could be struck the public school system of Connecticut for all concerned would be for the authori ties to recognize religious differences In its administration. If ever a princi ple was demonstrated it Is that. A NEW FER1L. The history of the past summer de monstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt that unless pedestrians exercise unusual care in crossing streets or alighting from trolley . cars the ubiquitous automobile is there to run them down. Scarcely a day or week passes but what the newspapers print accounts of such fatal collisions. In other words a new peril has come into the lives of absent-minded and reck less people as a consequence of the introduction of the auto. The question arises whether the au tomobile threatens to offer Itself as a menace to our political institutions as well. Heretofore It has been possi ble to keep an eye on professional politicians and candidates for office, to say little of those in office. Their goings and comings have been easily watched. Witnesses to their wander ings have been supplied in large num bers, from the watchful station agent to the railroad car conductor and the traveling public. The art of newspa per illustration has come In to famili arize the people with the features of the publio men of the hour. A per fect stranger picks up a newspaper, has his attention attracted by the smiling face in print of a local cele brity and beeomes at once the source to others of the needed Information which exposes the owner of the phiz If he happens to be' aboard the train. Then 'follows in rapid succession the speculation which In ntneiy-nlne times out of a hundred uncovers the destin ation of the distinguished traveler and permits the political mathematician to add two and two together with all that that implies. The telephone does the rest and the missionary among the faithful Is from then on under con stant surveillance. It begins to look now as If the au tomobile has found for the silent po litical fortune hunter his escape from the eyes of a prying publio in spite of the art of newspaper Illustration. The Hartford Times declares that Con gressman Lllley is "kiting" all over the State In his auto, deliberating with this local political magnate and fixing that weakened fence. In its Bridge port correspondence we find this sug gestive statement of Mr. Lilley's visit to New London: "While In New Lon don the other day Lllley had a long talk with the three county commis sioners of that county and he was In conference with some of the other Republican leaders in that town." Be- goggled and otherwise disguised he slipped Into town, did his business un noticed and slipped out again with horn a-tootlng but no one the wiser for the noise. Bridgeport has Just heard of this visit and hastens to tell our esteemed contemporay about it but that does not help very much af ter all. To know that he visited New London where he saw the big-wigs of the Republican party there is to know very little. Far more to the point Is It to ascer tain what other towns of the State he has visited in his fast running auto mobile, unknown, unheralded and un sung except by those he went there for to see? Will his chauffeur tell a curi ous public? Of course not. Mr. Lil ley's car driver and machinist Is' said to be dumb and to have invented a muffler which will let the auto slide right into the executive chambers of the State capitol building without the superintendent knowing it. The Hart ford Courant asked a few issues ago for information about "the machine." It said that it had been hearing a great deal about "the machine" and would now like to hear something de finite about it. We modestly suggest that it drop a line to Congressman Lilley's chauffeur. He knows. TOO MUCH IN A NAME. There Is sometimes more In a name than Its owner wishes there was. The other day Charles Johnson of Chicago aranged to sell some property and call ed upon an abstract company to fur nish the purchaser a clear title. Soon it developed that Charles Johnson, ac cording to the records, had been di vorced four .times and had outstanding against him two judgments which would act as a Hen upon the property being sold. The would-be purchaser re fused to go on with the sale. Then Charles Johnson was obliged to sign an affidavit affirming that he had never been divorced and was under no obli gation to the said Hattle or Clemen tine or Jennie, and also setting forth that he had never been haled into court by a brewery. The expense of clearing up his identity and making sure of the unincumbered title was bo large that he declared, when the sals was over, that he would have been better off could he have paid the purchaser a bonus to drop the transaction entirely. This was a clear case of too much Johnson. And whan you come to think of it the human family hasn't shown a great deal of ingenuity and shrewd variation In naming Itself, It Is feared that the acquittal of a Buffalo murderer on the ground of confuslonal Insanity" will add some to the confusion. ROBERT A. BROWX. The death of Robert A. Brown re moves a man who quietly but efficient ly did an important work In the busi ness affairs of New Haven. Exception ally careful and prudent, his Judgment and counsel were much prized by his associates In the enterprises with which he was connected. As treasurer of the New Haven Savings Bank he made a thoroughly good record, and no safer guardian and administrator of such a trust as that could have been chosen. He was devoid of ostentation, and was steady, reliable, shrewd and eound. Though never seeking prominence in public matters, he kept himself well Informed concerning them, and was a citizen who sought to do his duty as a good citizen should do It. He was pleasant, courteous and juet In his dealings with his fellow men. He was a useful and valuable member of the community, which can ill afford to loss such a man. STAKDINO 'BEFORE KINGS. We have been taught that If a man was diligent in business he would be able to stand before kings. Of course the desire to stand before kings Is strong and has led to much diligence In business. But there to a creeping and creepy doubt about its being necessary to be diligent In business In order ito stand before kings. Our rich men can stand before klngsi and some of them have eo stood. But have they been dill gent In business? Several of them have been standing before Judges during the last year or two, and the most notice able thing about their testimony is the lack of knowledge of thetr own .busi ness it has revealed.' Of course times have changed since the Bible was writ ten, but those who have been brought up on it are wondering If there has been such a change that a man can stand before kings without being dili gent in business. If he can many who dont care about working and worrying will ba inspired by new hope. Some men are naturally pretty gay. It Is solemnly announced that the loss of J40.000.0OO cannot seriously af fect Mr. H. H. Rogers. THE CONNECTICUT JUDICIARY, The elevation of Judge Noyes of the New London Court of Common Pleas opens up an Interesting question as to his successor who will be named by Governor Woodruff. The vacancy on that bench offers to the governor an opportunity to further demonstrate his official realization of the need of the Connecticut judiciary, which received such commendable expression in the appointment of Judge Curtlss of Strat ford to the Superior court. The good fortune which has come to. Judge Noyes may be directly trac ed to his service on the bench which has been made possible not only on ac count of his judicial temperament but on account of the length of it. Had he been an older man when first ap pointed he probably would have miss ed the appointment which has now come to him. Being a young man with a career ahead of him ie has been able to so Impress his personality upon the community which he has served with such fidelity as to arrest the attention of the President of the United States and justify hopes of even a larger promotion. If we may be pardoned for saying so, the nomination oi a young ana tried man to the vacancy caused by the elevation of Judge Noyes would be strengthening the Connecticut bench by introducing to it one whose subsequent experience would in all likelihood fit him for heavier Judicial tasks. The principle at the bottom of the appointing power in the case of Judges stands for preparation for higher responsibilities. SOME INTER ESTIXQ ORDERS School teachers are always Interest ing and important, and they are more interesting than usual Just now, owing to some efforts which are being made to make them act as school boards want to have them. Thus the school authorities of Cleveland have forbid denteachers to wear "puffs" in dressing their hair, during school hours or while on duty. In construing the order an of ficer of the board said: " 'Puffs' may be all right at a bail. We have noth ing to say about it there. Ball dross Is all right at a ball, but It is out of place in the schools." This order does not go so far as that of an Indiana school board, which recently prohibit ed card playing and dancing by public school teachers. Of course all teachers should teach by example as well as by precept. This may be the argument which has moved thn wfltom ohnni hoards to irlvn the , . . .. . , oruers iney nave E'vu. jiiiumiji vi course there will be a difference of opinion about the wisdom of these or ders. Meanwhile the teachers of New Haven can feel glad that no such or ders are given them. They haven't even been really ordered not to ask for the salaries which they think they earn. Riches do not always take wings when they vanish, says the Chicago Tribune. No. They are sometimes taken swiftly away In an automobile'. B ETTER. What is euphoniously called "the financial situation" appears to be a good bit better. lis betterment is par ticularly shown in the way the $40,000,- 000 Issue of New York city 4 1-2's has been faring. Sold September 10 to the original subscribers at about 102 there has been a good market for the bonds ever since, and Saturday they sold as high as 107 1-2. The market for other securities also looks better and acts better. There are hints of other big bond is sues coming, and many who want to borrow seem to have eager eyes on what money for investment there is in sight, or likely to ba in eight. There hasn't been for some itime money enough to go around. If there Isn't now the new attempts to borrow will show it, and then there may be another sit uation. It seems to be a pretty good time for thosa who can afford to stop borrowing .to do so. If the earnings of the world are not given a chance to catch up with the demand of those who want to borrow them money will grow tighter and tighter, and more and more wary. The sufferings of some of the big cities because they didn't win "the pennant" are painful to behold, but New Haven Is all right. Without hope there can be no disappointment. A CRUMB OF COMFORT. Those who have been saddened by, the accounts of the ravages of the plague and famine in India can get a crumb of comfort out of the reason ing and the figuring of Mr. J. D. Rees, a very distinguished member of the British Indian Civil Service, who con siders the mournful figures in com parison with the numbers of the In dian population. He points out that, according to official statistics, five millions have died In eight years, which works out at a little over two per thousand per annum. The mortali ty during June last and for the bIx months ended June last, respectively, works out to .2349 and 3.6 per thous and of the population of India. In 1905, the last year for which complete figures are available, the mortality rate for fevers for British India was 19.74 per thousand, and at all times the constant mortality from malaria Is probably infinitely greater than the loss from plague at Its height. Not only should all the figures, he argues, be compared with the population of 294 millions, but comparisons shduld be made with other Asiatic countries of more or less similar climatic condi tions. He complains that most writers about the plague entirely Ignore cos mic, climatic, and economic factors. Similar misconception exists, he de clares, in the case of famine figures, the public confounding tl)e numbers of persons saved from famine with those of the actual sufferers. "At the height of the widest-spread agricultural dis tress of which we have accurate rec ord," he writes, "the proportion of men, women and children in receipt of relief from the State, two per cent., was smaller than tho corresponding figure in England, 2.2 per cent, In a hormal year." So the situation Isn't as bad as it has seemed, though it is bad enough. The Detroit News thinks the coun try is tired of millionaires, but it might be nearer the truth to say that most of the people of the country are tired of not being millionaires. BAYISG8 AM) DOINGS. Rear Admiral Chadwlck, In an ad dress at Newport, Virginia, on municipal government said he had studied the European systems, and he considered that those in Germany are the best. The mayoralty there is a profession, where a highly trained and experienced city administrator may be called from city to city. The last of the six willow trees that grew from slips taken from tho wil low that shaded the grave of Napo leon, at St. Helena, which were plant ed just opposite the Sands-street gate of the Brooklyn navy-yard, has been cut down. Admiral Breese brought the slips to America fifty years ago. The trees began to decay some years ago, with the result that all of them are now down. Justin McCarthy tells a story of the late Henry Ward Beecher. Mr. Beecher entered Plymouth church one Sunday and found several letters awaiting him. He opened one and found it contained the single word "Fool." Quietly and with becoming seriousness he announced to the con gregation the fact in these words: "I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter ana forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only Instance I have ever known of a man sien'ng his name and forgetting to w i iic uie letter. The opening of a forestry school In South Africa marked another advance in the spread of the forestry idea. The school was established by the govern- j ment of the Cape of Good Hope at Tokai, Cape Colony, to train men for the government forestry service in the several South African provinces. The course covers two years, the first year at the South African College and the second year at the Forestry School at Tokai, on a long established estate. where there are extensive forest land and a great variety of trees in all stages of development It Is related that a young lady or ganist in a certain city was anxious to make a good Impression on a visiting clergyman one Sunday. Her organ was pumped by a self-willed old sex ton, who. had his own ideas as to how long an organ voluntary should last, and so "shut off the wind" when he thought fit. On this particular. Sun day the organist thought she would forestall any such accident by writing an appeal in the early part of the ser vice and giving It to the sexton. The old man received the note, and sup posed It was for the minister. In spite of her frantic beckonlngs he went straight to the pulpit with the note, and the astonished preacher read this message: "Oblige me this morning by blowing away till I give you the signal to stop." Athens has recently lost her twen tleth century Diogenes. He was a beggar named Sacoules and displayed a good deal of the spirit of the and ent cynic. He could not exactly place his tub on the streets, tmt he found outa sort of grotto in the side of the acropolis, the identical one which the ancients fabled to be haunted by the Furies, and here he lived for years. He was a beggar Who had his price, and he fixed It at one penny, less than which sum he disdained to ask. If it was refused, he only shrugged his shoulders with contempt. He would penetrate the cafes and if the com pany ignored his presence he would exclaim: "What! 160,000 to work, and a wretch like me can't be assisted." Then would follow a sound rating. He had become an Institution, and his death Is commented on with regret ' Ships lit Sea. I have ships that went to sea, More than fifty years ago; Nono have yet come. home to me. But keep sailing to and fro. I have seen them In my sleep, Plunelnsc through the shoreless deep, With tattered sails and battered hulls, While around tnera screamed the gulls, Flying low, flying low. I have wondered why they stayed From me, sailing round me woria; And I've said. "I'm half afraid That their sails will ne er be ruriea. Great the treasures that they hold Silks and plumes, and bars of gold; While the spices which they bear Fill with fragrance all the air, As tney sail, as tney sau. Every sailor In the port, Knows that l have snips at sea, Of the waves and winds the sport, And the sailors nlty me. Oft they come with me to walk, Cheering me with hopeful talk, Till I put my fears aside. And contented watoh the tide Rise and ran, rise ana tan. v I have waited on the piers, GnzinK for them down the bay. Dftys and nights, for many years, Till 1 turned neart-sicK away; But the pilots, when they land, Stop and take me by the hand, Saying: "You will live to see , your proud vessels come irom sea, One and all, one and all." So I never quite despair, Nor let nope or courage ran; And some day, when skies are fair, up tho bay my snips win sail. I can buy then all 1 need Prints to look at, books to read. Horses, wines, and works jf art, Everything except a heart: N ThaP is lost i.it Is lost. Once, when I was pure and young. Poorer, too. than I am inw. Ere u cloud was o'er mo flung, Or 11 wrinkle creased trw l.i-iw. There was one whos? beni't was mine, But he's something now divine, And though come my ships from sea, They can orlnu no heart to ma, Evermore, evermore. Iioburt Barry Coffin. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Tha Color Line. (The Churchman.) May not the church ask by what; right any bishop declares that a whlta bishop cannot shepherd negroes .be cause he cannot eat at their tables and sleep in their homes? Does he eat and sleep in the homes of the masses of the white people in his diocese? The his tory of civilization offers no excuse for pnteintr such a rilea for an avoidance of riutv. Blslions have administered the episcopal office over the helpless masses In every clime. Bishops have done it, and done it nooiy, in tne aoutn, with no fear of compromising their of fice or their reputation, aj;d without laving themselves open to the charge nf" noD.ior.ttno- thptr colored brethren. It is necessary that Christians should do what St. Paul did in adapting them selves to the conditions under which thev must work. It Is never neces sary that they should be forced into an abnormal social life m oraer 10 snuw their concern for the souls of men dif- ferentlv situated from themselves. All these things are said In a spirit of hopeful and constructive criticism. Wo stmnlv ask. whv should not the church at Richmond consecrate Its time, its thought, its prayers and Its hopes to liiauirurntinsr some method by which the church shall beein to be on this continent what our Lord founded It to he the home of humanity and tne means of saving those for whom Ho died? Marriages Under the New Decree. (The Tablet.) The chief point to be borne in mind Fire Dogs :and: Spark Guards. THE "in-between season" is here when no fire leaves tho house too chilly and a fur nace fire is much too warm. Tor tunate for those who have fire-1 places for a wood fire is just the1 thing for these cool nights and imornings. We have a large stock and a fine assortment of Fireplace Furniture Iwhich we would like you to inspect. Andirons, $2.25 upwards.1 Fire Sets, 3.00 " Spark Guards, 2.00 " assett 754GHapeit,-320 State. Tj Utamntti0 CAREFULLY SELECTED , STONES. MOUNTINGS EXCLUSIVE IN DESIGN. WIDEST RANGE IN PRICE. M .M & ftRI VH At - . . J' ManufActureis Imps Is that after Easter next any marriage between Catholics is abiolutely null and void, no real marriage at all, un less it Is celebrated in the pressnoe of a duly qualified priest and two witness es. The same is true of any marriage In wlilch either of the parties is or has been a Catholic. Up to this time when a Catholic in these Countries, in defi ance of the law of the Church, has so far forgotten himself as to be married euner in a rroiestant cnuron or in a registry office, tho Church held the marriage to be sinful and sacrilegious and the parties guilty of grievous sin, but at the Same time recognized tho marriage so far fo be valid and bind ing and the parties to be trmy man and wife. After Easter next such mnri'lnrps In Protestant churches or registry of fices will bo for Catholics not only sin ful, but Invalid, and the persons who contract them win have merely gone through an empty ceremony and will ba no more man and wife after it than they were before. Catholics therefore Who tor any reason or pressure of cir- oumstances might be tempted Into such an iniquitous course must be duly fore warned of their danger. Be It observ ed that this law binds all Catholics, even apostate or ex-communlcated Catholics. But on the other hand it does not affect those who are not and never have been Catholics. Conse quently Protestants and non-Catholics generally are outside Its soope and the marriages of such In their churches or conventicles or registry offices are re cognised by the catholic Church, all things else permitting, as real and true marriages. FRAGMENTS. 'Money ls the root of all evil." "Yes, and it grows best by the grafting pro cess." Baltimore lAmerlcan. "He'e a very prominent member of our yacht club." "Indeed! What Is his official capacity?" "Four gallon's." Life. "1 saw Blinks this morning and he looks all gone to pieces." "What' the matter with him?" "He's broke." Baltimore American. "So you have a garden. Suburbs? What do you grow?" "Tired." "I mean wttat do you raise?" "Blisters." illustrated Bits. "I see that a New York judge has decided that betting is not a crime." 'Then I'll bet that he has never bet on the wrong horss." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "My wife is a lecturer, and I am an entertainer." "I never knew you ap peared In public." "I don't. I stop at home and entertain tha kids." Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday. "You herga me two dollars for that little dish of 'pjossumT said the guest at the cross-roads hotel. "It's an out rage!" "No. It alnt, stranger," replied the landlord. "I wus six nlffhts ketchin' that 'possum, an' when I kotched him I fcotched the rheumatism with him, an' I need the money fer my doctor's bill!" Atlanta Constitution. X Sideboards and Buffets, We furnish the Dining Room complete in suites to match in both design and finish. We are showing an unusually large line of Weathered, Golden and Fumed Oak, and exceptionally fine mahogany pieces in Colonial designs. The material used is of the highest grade, and the construction is as perfeot as the designs are attractive. Our Dining Eoom Furni ture is of as perfect character as it is possible to procure. The Bowditch 100-102-104-106 ORANGE ST. LORGNETTES Have you seen our line of Lorgnettes? We are snowing some very unique and exclusive styles. The new Marie Antoinette Lorgnons are the popular ones. Complete line. Prices $4.00 up. '3 EVERYTHING OPTICAS m?Haruey&Le wis- u Opticians s 661 ChaptlStHewRaven 865 Main. St. Hartford 369 Main StJSpringfiete. Mass. Visitors Always Welcome. Superior Sheffield Plate There are ynrlous kinds ef Shef field Plate. The kind we sell is mode by the old English process, the very best quality. We have recently received am Important addition to oar stock, and have now a beautiful as sortment of flnt and hollow ware. We are ready for the all pic ture framing trade with all the latest patterns of frames and newest Ideas in picture framing;. Ask to see some of our new hand carved frames.. If yon are In terested, you will And them worth looking; at F. W. TIERNAN & CO. 827 Chapel Sta! . Visitors Always Welcome. Hat Standard One is the Henry Heath. That! current, at par, on.premiu in the best markets of t world. A better hat ca be made. Ours are he , now. : And OUR OWN HATS are her1 People are saying even nic; things about the CHA& HAT than ever before. It as hitherto, four dollars. 1 But if you want to pay six do! lars for one of our hat3 yl can. It's of SPECIAL ml terial and very ohoicl Come in. i Chased Co ,1018 and 1020 Chape! St. Piano like t 9150.00 Everything that makes in sic, and all nf slo that played. ;) Ciias. H. Loof 9 -- 837 Chapel "The Secret of Slendernes A feature so essenJ In the present sty 'lies in wearing the d ebrated "Todd Corsei the oorrect foundat: for modish gowns. Elastic stockings, ef to measure. Henry H. To XM-2S4 YORK STJ tsmitum Cos r . - . i