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THE MORNING JOURNAL-COURIER, M0NDAY SEPTEMBER 28, 1908. 4! JOURNAL-COURIER NEW II AVF.N, CONN. Founded 1T)I8. thb rnnixcTO rvnusiuxo to. Delivered or Carriers la Ihe City, annts a week, BO cents a month, 3 lor Ha month, tQ year, The nme term T mall. single copies, 9 crnts. Telenltonesi BDITOniAL ROOM, 604. PUSIXESS OITK'Ei 8081. . THE WUKKI.T jornAi feeoed ThnnAny. On Dullnr a Tear. t. , B. rarrtngtna iiilllher P). A. ftrt IHmlnrna Mnnnaer V. F. Korraaa Advertising Manager ft, O. Oihnra., Rrtltor-la-Chlef A. J, Slonne.,,, Managing Editor Panl Hr.rnelt..." Cltf Editor Bubscrttirra wn fan fu recetre their Journal-Courier rsanlnrty and time rill oontar a furor on the mnnaaenlent Immediately reporting to h Clr. enlntlon Manager. Telephone 8081. Tn Joornnl-rnnmr la for aala dally I New York C'Kr at Ilotnllna'a Nana Mnnda. Corner 3X1 h afreet and llrond vray. at SOth street nnd llmadway. at I Vlt Place, and Grand Central station. Monday, September 2, 100S. COVGHKSSttAX 1I1I.L TESTIFIES. The Hon. Ebenezer J. Hill, whj rep-r'-ius tlir :hurth, dlstrlo; In ;ho na tional house of rcpres-MUtlves, owes his distinction to two qualities, first his j The news from Washington Is to efficiency and second his accuracy of , the effect that President Roosevelt Is statement. His efficiency has been J sharpening his quilt pen In order to shown by his persistent search for j answer Mr. Bryan nnd to thus con facts to uphold a given attitude. His ! tlnue the controversy between them. accuracy of statement has come from ascertained knowledge of what he U talking about. It Is sttanpe that in his talk tol the audience at the Young Men's Republican club Saturday even . i , , i . . . . . . imk ne rnoiuu nave Deen conieni iq ne- Ubcrately throw aside the , virtues j which have made him 'conspicuous, i ' Wo question even now if Mr, Hill realizes to what an. extent he modi-I fled the esteem In which he has been held In this community. In speaking 'of Mr. Llllcy'8 candidacy for governor, he- congratulated former Governor Waller for having the evening befora Ignored Mr. Lllley's record at Wash ington, when the fact Is that the speaker referred to It in scathing terms though briefly, In giving his audi ence tho Impression that a former democratic governor had Ignored Lil ley 'ln the secret belief that he was Innocent and a wronged man, Mr. H'il materially weakened himself In the es timation of those who know the fact's. - In taking upon his shoulders the ! :fense of Mr. Lllley for charging con gross with dishonesty, Mr. Hill madq It at ence Impossible for a conscien tious republican to vote for Mr. Lll ley and the national republican ticket. Said Mr. Hill: "Just as sure as I am here, gentlemen, there .was a skunk in the road. I saw It but I did not have j my gun. Mr. Lllley saw It. He had j hla gun and flred,",etc. Here Is tna congress Is rotten as alleged by LI!- ley, and that in shooting at "the skunk." Mr. Lllley was Inspired by the hlghJ'tt motives to rid congress of an evil and lift up the standards of na tional politics. Let uh examine the evidence. Upon the twenty-eighth day of April last James Schoolcraft Sherman, a mem ber of congress and to-day tho repub- Ucan candidate for vice-president, was j put upon tho witness stand by the 'n- j ,ng nPW(,paper for u )s i the columns vestltfatlon committee. After he had I of that new(,pa.ppr that it can alone bo beon ewom, ho said under oath: "A , found ,n ftU of ltfl frpehness and en few days before Mr. Lllley Introduced ergy The Rfternoon newspaper his .resolution ho called mo Into the j neceg(,arily bolls it down for inside ; republican cloak room and show:d i pubiCntlon In order to care for the me a resolution which he said he pro- j happpningg of the half day. It Is this posod to Introduce. Whether it ; difference in the buslners of the af ldentlenl with tho one he did Introduce . ternoon an(1 the morning newspaper of eoutso I cannot now say. I real ! whlcn )g more and more making 0f It and I can only give the substance , the ?ormer a bulletin publication and of tho conversation. He said In sub-1 stance that such a resolution would , stir up a muss, and 1 Intimated that I thought so too, and he said in sub Btance that if the action of the com- mlttee could be moved so that tho competition for submarine boats could be open to otb.er competitors that he would not introduce the resolution, and he asked mo to see some member of the r.ava'. commUtee, with the hope that seeing such member might posai- bly 'induce the committee to change its mind." When asked by another mem- ber of the committee, Mr. Olmsted, If Lllley said anything about giving any other company a chance, Mr. Sherman replied: "That Is what he said, H mentioned no other company, but ne said that if the action of the commit tee should be so changed as to make it possible for other companies o enter into competition and build boats that then he would not offer the reso lution." Mr. ( Sherman peremptorily refused to undertake any such quej tionable task. This statement of Mr, Sherman makes it perfectly clear, If Mr. Sher man is to be trusted, that it was not Mr. Lllley's Intention to purify tho unclean atmosphere of congress at all, but that it was his object (o secure business for another boat building concern, which had loRt its hold after an open test with the successful boat concern. If he could get business for his client, for that Is what it amount ed to, he would let congress go on with Its corrupt practices and dishon tst dealings. "The skunk," to which Mr. Hill flippantly refers, vn a illrert j bid for business, tha offer of a trido ' with the naval committee, with which ( Mr. Sherman, the republican camll- j date for vlee-presldent would huva : nothing to do. It wan not until after". wardi that Mr, Lllley becumu a purl- ; fler, nor was It until Will lu'i-r tlut ha whs complntt'ly exposed an a re-1 former who had no knowledge of j wronit doing in his possc'sulon, ' Evm the officrra of hit own boat bulUlnif ! clients testified on thu stand that tliny had no reason to believe that their successful competitor had ever used money of Influence Improperly. It was on .these accounts that Mr. Sher man voted for a report of! the commit tee which charged Lllley with being a liar and a man unfit. to associate wl'.h gentlemen. . Not only can neither Mr. Lllley nor Mr. Hill conscientiously vote for the republican Rational ticket but no re publican can who comes to tho defence of Llllry. A vote for Lllley la necei sadly a reflection upon tho honor and fair dealing of the man who may be come president of the United States, The fact that a man of Mr. Hill's dis tinction and courage should voluntar ily swallow Lllley In the face of th searching investigation of the con gressional committee shows to what an extent desperation has overtaken the Lllley canvass for a mlsdlreofJ vindication. Powerful Indeed Is tho republican machine In Connecticut. THE THESinENT. The friends and admirers of the president must deplore deeply this in terference on his part with the politi cal campaign. They understand his Impetuous nature and his love of a fight, but they shrink from seeing him Ignore the great dignity of the office he occupies In order to take a hand In an eventful scrimmage, The president's conduct is neither Just to himself, to the office he holds, to the country nor to Judge Taft He needs as ho never needed before the counsel of a cool head, the restraining Influence of a strong hand. Even he has limitations set to his right to do as he pleases. Even his extraordinary popularity cannot bo overcapitalized. THE MOHMXG NEWSPAPER. For several months now It has been dally demonstrated how essential to a working knowledge of current events a publication like The Journal-Courier Is, and what is true of this morning newspaper In this community Is true of every morning newspaper In' Its community. The false notion that has been encouraged that the evening Is the time o acquaint oneself with the news of the day is slowly but surely i ir 1 1 ik uirtvumvi Th. Mm. tn raa, fh(l nptt., n, 4hn dav ',g when the record of the Jav hM b(en wrlttpn flnd thftt ta the mornlng after AVe do not say that ! the afternoon newspaper Is without a place In a community. It obviously hM )mprtant place ftn(1 lt mu tnQt plkce tcwptablyi but as recorder of the news lt cannot be compsred with Its morning contemporary, Take for one single example the present lively campaign, which Is being csr rled on In the country by a number of political organizations. To learn of the news of it the Interested citizen must etrch the coIumn of the morn of the latter the complete newspaper giving the full record of tho day. It Is this difference In outlook, too, which has brought the admirable penny afternoon bulletins into service I on(1 j,pt them practically out of the morning field. The well Informed men must start the day with a knowledge , 0f wj,at the day before brought forth, ; for t is upon his knowledge of world ; wide conditions that business success : or failure depends. To deny the auperlor usefulness of the morning j newspaper over the afternoon, both , for news and advertising purposes, Is j to put the cart before the horse and to misdirect the energy of a day's work. Tho citizen must look to tho morning newspaper for the character of local government for the reason that the "large part of its business is done in the evening and is alone treated exhaustively by the morning newspaper. In whatever direction, In fact, one turns, one Is confronted with the Impressive fact that the morning Is the time to learn of the world's record for a day, and that while even ing reading has its peculiar fascina tion It cannot deal with a record which at the moment is in the mak Inh". v Finally such a newspaper as The Journal-Courier, with the full asso ciated press news, its special news service and its corps of reporters, is a better newspaper for local service than a morning newspaper printed elsewhere and compelled by its dis tance from the local field to go to press earlier. For a single lllustra- tlon: The Journal-Courier printed the news of Haskell's resignation from the domocratlo national committee and DuPont's resignation from the republican national committee In Its ih'ws columns Kuturduy morning, whllo thero wiry only predictions as to whut would happen In the New York morning newspuptM'a when they arrived. Tho penplu of New Haven uliuuld reullzu tho Importance and power of such a morning newspaper uh thin nnd use It, an It should be used, us an aid to their progress commer cially and enlightenment Intellec tually. THOSIC IIHAHNT I.ETTEItS. lt cannot bo denied that the now famous letters which Mr. Hearst has been giving to tho public, In driblets from various cities, have created a pro found sensation. In a short week they have deposed General Apathy, us the striking figure at the head of the pres ent national campaign, and placed Gen era! Wide-spread Interest in command. Undoubtedly Mr. Hearst's intentions were to advance the cause of the In dependence party, the creature of his own conception nnd execution, at the expense of the Democrats and Repub licans, whom ho has hoped to show to be black sheep, Rut he has succee led Indifferently well, In his purpose. It cannot be said that the Hearst-born party has won to Itself any great number of votes because of the ex posures. Most certainly the Incident has not Injured the cause of Tsftlsm. Quite aside from the charges as they effect Messrs, Foraker, Haskell, Arch bold or others, there Is, another side to tho question that is of serious pro portions, It centers around the ques tion: Where did Mr. Hearst get tho letters? The disclosures reek of the yellow-lournallstlc methods Mr. Hearst might employ In his newspapers, and, as with the latter, It Is not to be sup posed that the editor-politician did not pay nnd pay dearly for his material, It ,ls not at all difficult to imagine a sec ond "Lion and the Mouse" plot In real life, with the Importnnt difference that our young evidence-gatherer In the prejent life drama Is not actuated by an all-compelling love for a Shirley Rossmore, but rather by a love for the almighty dollar. Our good neighbor, the Hartford Courant, carries this belief to Interest ing conclusions. It points out that the person who obtained the letter, wheth er by surreptitious means or otherwise, undoubtedly must have tried to obtain the highest, possible price for them, else he woajld have been Inconsistent! a knave. Furthermore, the highest bidder was naturally Mr. Hearst. Even the Standard Oil, were the proposition of purchase broached to it, could not easily have been Induced to buy the letters, for that corporation's eager ness to buy would only have advanced the sale-value of duplicates of the let ters, made before the sale, with other possible purchaser.' . "ho Independent says of the letters: "They are, of course, such private let ters as neither Mr. Archbold, who wrote them, nor Mr. Foraker, who re ceived them, would ever wish to see the light, and It follows that they were surreptitiously procuied, and whatever criminality attaches to the purveyor must attach also to the receiver of the goods. But all that Is none of our business nor that of the public. That Is a-matter for the detective police and a public prosecutor. The public Is in Iterested in the contents of the letters and the political results." But should lt be wholly? As the Boston Tran script has pointed out, with the great er, perfection of the telephone and oth er non-recording means of communica tion of late years, the probability of such Incriminating evidence as that now at hand coming to light is stead ily lessening. In a corresponding de gree, then, Is the probability of bring ing: the many political scape-goats that we very apparently still have and will i "onr It Is due to the American con have to the chalk-mark of Justice and ' to investigate. Then Mr, Letcher, Into the spot-light of public exposure who had said that nobody represent Is continually lessening, too. ' Therefore, in view of these facts, U lt best for our ."detective police and our Ipublic prosecutors" to proceed with too I great enthusiasm against those who by dnrlng moves now or In the future, ob tain the required evidence to expose some of our highest public servants? A i code of the "unwritten law" has sprung up In criminal murder procedure of lata i years with more or less Justification. I Might lt not very easily be shown to be for the public's best Interests to so ex jtend the activities of the "unwritten I law" as to include such of the llght ; fingered gentry as we have been con sidering? The severe injury of a Waterbury high school boy playing football Is the first of Its kind, we believe, In the state this year. Wilfred Martin lies now between life and death with the certainty that If he lives he will be paralyzed. The Incident only empha sized the Importance of serious par ental consideration whenever boys are not physically strong enough for the strain. The announcement of a new hotel to be built at Briar Cliff Manor, N. Y., which will have a garage for airships and a landing stage for sky-pilots on the roof, toward which the aerial course will be lighted by night by a new form of lighthouse, suggests this change in the old saying: "Don't count on your airships before they can fly." Substantial evidence has been un earthed In France of an anarchistic plot to asNnsHlnnte President Roosevelt In the Jungle of Africa when he goes there for his hunting expedition next year, We had not been aware before this that tho activities of the imar. chists extended to'ex-presldents hs well as presidents In office. , Dr. Jack Frost seems to be ubla to accomplish more In the great work of downing the cholera plague In Russia than nil tho governmental officials In tha employ of the czar of all the Rus sias. New York has gone baseball mad. The fast approach of the end of the season, combined with tho decision of President PullUun, of tho National league, have been too much for It. Tho dearth of office boys in the big city on the afternoons of the games these days must be enormous, MITTEHS KllOM THE PEOPLE. A Cnse of Justice. To the Kdltor of The Journal-Courier. Friends of Mr. Lllley, If not Mr. Lll ley himself, have urged It as an Injus tice towards Mr. Lllley that In the sub marine Investigation he was not ap pointed on the special conimlttee. "As prime mover of the Inquiry," It is urged, "he was entitled to the chalrmsrlshlp of the committee." It will be remem bered that when Mr. Lllley appeared before the committee on rules on Feb ruary 25 his- position was not simply that of a member asking for an Inves tigation; It was complicated by charges Implicating fellow members, mart by him In the Washington Post. To these charges tin added others be fore the committee on rules. Surely to be at the Bame time accuser and Judge Is, In the language of the house manunl, "a case pontrary not only to the laws of decency, but to the funda mental principle of the social compact which denies to any man to be a Judge in his own' cause." How In equity could Mr. Lllley have had uny such expectation? Hardly from precedents. In the historic ease cited In the "Parliamentary Precedents of the House" on questions "as to proper procedure when the course of an Investigation before a committee Implicates a member," the Hon. John Fairfield, who moved for the , special Investigating committee, was not him seff appointed on that committee, This omission was in accordance with Mr. Fairfield's own request as proper be cause of his own strong feeling in the case ' The propriety of such omission was attested by the house In a case which presents too remarkable a parallel to the Lllley caie to lie overlooked. The Congressional Globe of July 8. 1 S54 gives the discussion on a bill to extend Coifs paten's. In the tvoursa of this discussion, Mr, Cllna;man of North Car olina states that he has no doubts large sums of money are being offered, not neresssrlly to members, but to dear friends of members, to Indure them either to vote or abstain from voting on the bill. When asked for his rea sons he states that, if the house shall at sny lime rale a committee to In vestigate and call on him, he shall be ready to answer. When asked for names, Mr. CUngman answers, "Let the gentlemen move for a cqynmltt?e to Investigate, and I shall very readily give him all the Information I possess on. the subject." Later he adds, "I had too favorable an opinion of mem bers of the house to believe that they had been operated upon by these ap proaches," and he never meant such Intimation, ' But this thing of lobby ing was so boldly done that I deemed It my duty to call the atteptlon of the house to it." Another stated that there was not a member whose repu tation was not Involved In the Impu tation. It Is humiliating to have such insinuations In newspapers, "but now that lm?y have been made from tho ing, HI. I".!. AH 111. AtllA. M A Ilia AH. Va v n,w uiiiv, n,ui3 liau anything to say to him In the matter, moved for a special Investigating com- , mlttee. The resnlutlon passed, and at the next meeting the speaker announc ed the names of the seven members, with Mr. Letcher as chairman and Mr, Cllngman as third 'member, Mr. ding man then rose and said: "I rise to call the attention of the house to what has usually been treated as a Question of privilege. As the clerk read over the Journal, I observed that my name was placed upon the investigating com mittee raised on Saturday last, It will be remembered by the house that I expressed a very decided opinion that certain facts and allegations were true. Although my opinion ought not, of course, to Influence me, and I suppose it would not, yet I think It would bo more satisfactory to others that some other gentleman should be appointed in my place, Inasmuch ns I mlffht be looked upon as standing In tho light of a prosecutor, or one who hai made tho charge." Mr. Cllngman was excused by vote of the house, It seems hardly necessary to add that at the opening of the investigation he was a "willing" witness, performing his promise to the house without excuse. My own conclusion Is that Mr, Cltng mnn pursued the one honorable course. If I may make the application to the Lllley investigation, the speaker did the only fair thing In not making Mr. Lllley a Jude where ho w;is an na cuser, In expecting to be made a member of the Investigating commit- tee after his Intimation in ths Wash ington Post betrayed a Jamentahle lack of the sense of common Justice, and an unworthy attitude toward his fellow members, At the very start, then, I find no sign of unfairness toward Mr. Lllley, but r. very large question mark oppo site the mime of tho republican candi date for governor. A REPUBLICAN. Slmsbury, Sept, 26, '08, Olll CO.VrEMPOllAIUES. I'renilrd Virtue, (Hartford Times.) Mr. Bryan has been the Imitator of Mr. Roosevelt in many things, Is ha now trying to outdo the republican leader In an exhibition of ''frenzied virtue?" Reviving nil Oeensliinnl Habit, , (Atlanta, Ga., Constitution.) With Congressman Lllley, of submar ine boat Ben ml al fume, leading the re publican ticket In Connecticut, tho Nutmeg state ought easily to fall back into Its occasional hublt or going demo cratic, Connecticut and Mile;-. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) Never has the republican party faced such conditions as meet It whichever way It turns. All tjiniightfitl onlookers t'uin'i'uB nun new tnrK Is Irrevocably loct to It. The nomination of Lllley makes Connecticut a doubtful state Rhode Island and New Jersey hang In the balance. The (nmel nnd Hie Prohibitionists. tBoston Herald.) See that hump? 1 It Is that of the camel, which the prohibitionists have adopted as their symbol In those states where each party Ib required to dis tinguish Its ballot with the representa tion of some visible object. The claim of the teetotal party that the camel was the original water wagon will do for a Jocose explanation as to why the nnlmnl was chosen, lt can. further more, be fairly claimed that It Is as re spectable a choice as the elephant or the donkey. Has It occurred to the prohibitionists that the camel Is also the blbllcul symbol of the kind of an nnlmnl thot cannot pass through ths needle's eve, or, by Inference enter Into i ne Kingdom? Mr. Fornker'a Statement. (Hartford Courant.) We dd not see that lt does him any good except to jet him openly attack the rresldent and Mr. Taft, There la no getting around the checks which have been exposed or the letters which read as rational v as anv or tha others, and which he has no copies of. As for setting up at this day that he was not on tne noor or t ne senate tna ieaa ing "corporation man," it Indicates that he was not aware of his own reou tatlon and standing. The cold fact Is Indisputable that while a senator he was receiving big fees from a great monocoiy wn cn tvinenny was meu dllng with legislation wherever lt thought advisable. It could hardly ex pect a man to be a friend in Ohio and a critic In Washington, and as a rule senators know what each of their ha I in nds is dolna. If he cannot see any propriety In what he has done, that is 'itself a pitiable confession and suN in (Ices, Notlfled. (Hartford Times.) At a large meeting In New Haven Friday evening A. Heaton Robertson was formally notified of his nomina tion as the democratlo candidate for governor of Connecticut. Mr. Robert son Indorsed unqualifiedly the platform adopted at the state convention. He spoke at smiie length snd with consid erable speclflrntlnn. The speech Is that of a patriotic cltlsen who has definite Ideas of government by the people and a rlenr conception of the wey In whlcn that government has been perverted. And on this pnlnt he said In summing upt "Connecticut ... Is drifting to wards those same principles of oligar chy, or a government by 4 few, which have destroyed the vital principles of free government In every conntey in the world." More Important even than the extended discussion of principles end practices was the closing passage In which he ssld: , "I have lived In Connecticut for more thsn fifty years, as my fathers did be fore tne. It Is s small stue, and you all know my strength snd my weak ness. If by their suffrages the people of Connecticut deem me worthy to hold the highest office within the gift of my native state, an office held by so nianv distinguished sons of Connecticut, with all humllltv, knowing whose servant I am, I shall accept the office, and In the administration of the laws of ths stale of Connecticut 1 shall know neither rich nor poor, hut shall do my dulv without fear of sny man, and my highest amhltlorh will he that when I lay the duties of my office down, I may leave It with the respect snd best wishes of my fellow cltlsens as a herl tags to my children and my children's children." M , Those are the words of a capable, honorable man. who feels his respon sibility and means to live up to It to the beat In tils power. They are worth much protestation, snd all who know him are assured that they are seriously spoken, and mean absolutely what they say. SAVINGS A.VD DOINGS. Pepper Is the only spice grown Borneo aufllclent for expert. in Horse bets In the United Kingdom are said to amount to over H2,000,000 annually, 1 New York city savings banks are now receiving about $1.4) for each dollar out, Stamps up to the denomination of $1)00 have been issued by the govern ment of Victoria, Australia. An animal with a strength of a lion and tha Jumping capacity of a flea would hop one-third of a mile. The charitable reople of London have formed ft union to see that the money given by them is properly spent. A Hungarian has Invented a washing machine which, with electrified water, will cleanse 300 garments In less than fifteen minutes without the aid of soap. ; v - An electric railroad to about 10,0)0 feet is being built on the Zugspitze, Bavaria, the highest peak of the Alps. It, will run to the summit, and at the 7,000 fetit level a hotel will be built. LAl't.lIS FOR THIS LAUGHERS. ' "Oh, Sir Jumps, I hear you have an acetylene plant, and I simply adol's tropical flowers!" 1'iinch. He If I kissed you would you give lt away to yOur mother? Hhe oil, no, I don't think mamma would want it. "Belle lost her head when Jack pro posed," "Hut she found It again?" "Yes; It whs on Jack's shoulder." BoHtou Transcript. llellf Here's an odd thing I purchas ed wlille nhroad, a girdle made of gold colnn. hat do jou think of it? Tom Ijooks to m like a waist of money. Boston Transcript, "Do you really think he has matri monial Intentions?" "I'm sure of It. Why, ho said I look ed better In a thirty-shilling hat than In a three-guinea one." Comic Cuts., 'My friends," sfild a temperance lee- turer, lowering hl voice to an Impress e to an impress- ive whisper, u ail tn- e public houses what would be the result? 7', And tiie answer camn: pie would got drowned," "Lots of peo--Tld-Blta. "I have often found it hard to live within my Income." "Indeed!" i . "Yes, but still lt Is easy compared to the other thing," "What other thing?" "Living without It," Nashville Amur lean. ' FIRE and ASHES SUES usually come after a nre, out wnen you put live oshosin a w;odon box you may una to your sorrow that thoy come boforo tha flro. And if your houso burns down the insurance veonle mar not vav you a cent when thoy find out about it, xor it s a direct violation or tne law to put ashos In any wooden re- ceptaole. Better have on ash can, don't you think P Itja cheaper. Galvanized Iron Mh Can, $2.00 up Galvanized Iron Garbage Cans- ,90 up. Coal Hods and Coal b hovels. 754Gpei&v320Stve?t. FINE CHINA CUP$,SAUCERS AN 0 PUTES,RICH DECO RATION SUITABLE F OR WEDDING GIFTS THE FRDCFM?M ft CHANCE FOR PIANO BARGAIN. WE HAVES three pianos brought to ua rrom xaie university to ne sold for !' Vlnn 'ai.o w have rY)k.r?n? L'.iL'Vv -A'"?!'.. ?-m? I Si ?''"Sf' 1":ir u.?lLthts 5r"i In with our renting stock. chance If you want a piano. CHARLES H. 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EVERYTHING OPTICAL VzHarvey&Lewisz Opticians 36J Chapel St. New Haven, Starts at Hartford A Springfield, were at the bottom of the sea, FINE FURNITURE "ur display is so large, " so good and so rea sonably priced you can not but be able to make your selections with ease. Just try and be convince d. I THE BOWDITCH 100-102-104.106 The Yale ' National ' Bank. Comer Chapel, and State Streets. ' WE SELL MONEY ORDERS i And drafts, payable in any part of the world. The cost is less than postoffice or express money orders. Security to Denoiitors, ?1, 200,000. 00, Safe Deposit Boxes, $5.00 Per Annum Upwards. VIE NET These Soft Huts of very i-liolco Frcnctil manufacture hoiiio In Gnzcllivi Holly Nutria nnd Pearl. They ard. not listed In our regular catalogue.! Have you, by the way, this Mua! truted statement of tho possIbuW ties of becoming hendwear? W4 should be glad to send you onOri CHASE 6 CO. Outfitters For Man. 1018 and 1020 Chapel Street. ' Opposite VtindcrbUt Hull. - Eminaitly Satisfactory. Depositors and clients will find that dealing with tha Merchants National Dank Is eminently sntlsractory, be cause the long experience of Its officers In the competent management of banking af fairs enables them to render that prompt and efficient ser vice, which is so desirable. Vour account ami banking ' bvslness vary cordially Invlt- d. The Merchants National Bank (, 276 STATli KTOECT. , State and City Depositary. ESTABLISHED 180). ' 'The New ' Model Todd Corset Solves tlio question of the Ions, slender, graceful lines demand ed by tlie present fuab Ion. , ' Elastic stockings, eta. Kenr H. Todd l 382-Stt YORK IT. Visitors Always Welcome. PICTURE FRAMING BARGAINS. : (Continued.) OUR reduction of prices 5 s for picture framing of JO per cent, was an onusnnl s event, and woi token' ad-' vantage of to aa extent that surprised us. Mnny of ' our patrons who nre Just retnmln:; to tho city bnve hnd no opportunity of availing theniselvea of onr offer Hint all may have the same cbnnre, wa have decided , . to contlnuo tha framing; cf pictures at 20 per cent, be. low our regular price for short time longer. F.W.Tiernaa&Co V .... v -i . 82 Chapel S:reet X t FURNITURE CO., ORANGE STREET. V