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| detriment to, department. In fact. VIC
| need n college, because it would compel the
| recognition of fire extiDguishment as a
| science, and because it would exert an ac.
| tive influence in removing the service from
the field of politics.
1t must not be supposed that this college
| is only for men who have had experience
In fire departments. The principle OF the
institution will he to educate boys into the
proper methods OF fiIe fighting. There Is
no reason why, it is held, that boy or his
parents for him, should not decide that he
fsto become fireman, Just as they do that
he is to be lawyer or a doctor, or any
other calling in life they may take fancy
to. Boys are sent to law schools and to
medical colleges. Any sort of profession
generally requires preparatory course on
the part OF the student. The more neces-
sary skill and intelligence become, the
greater is the need for the preparatory in
structiOn. 1t is exactly these views that
the men who will found this college for
fireinen entertain. It is the necessity 50
plain to all for mere intelligent, more skill
ful prot ection against fire that has brought
into existence the plan which is likely to
soon be Initiated wherever fine depart
ment has been organized.
Besides fighting fire, there is another
particular in which the enemies or the
flames are 20 be instructed, although not
in this particular college under the pres
ent plan. This is caring for a brother
fireman WHO has received severe cut,
broken a leg, or been overcome by smoke,
their most common enemy. The public viii
be greatly benefited in many instances .itis
believed, because it often happens that
bystander is injured at a fire, and IL the
firemen were taught what TO do in such
cases, Immediate aid could often be rem
dered where it is a great essential.
This is the emergency kit which il is Sug-
gested fremen should carry on every truck
or hose wagon, for the purpose OF giving
the aid which the are 20 be taught to rem
der: Six cotton bandages, 2 inches wide, 3
yards long; the same in corrosive sub
Innate gauZe; six cotton bandages, one
inch n width, for fingers; two large boxes
of medicatcd absorbent cotton; one roll
Of surgeon's strapping plaster; small bottle
of antiseptic tablets, using one to quart
of water, making IL one to 1000 per cent,
with which injured parts are tobe washed;
one dozen suIphate morphine pills, one
eighth of grain each, two TO be given In
case of severe pain. one can containing two
pounds ofbi-carbonate of soda, TO be sprink-
led over surface Of burns. The soda coun-
teracts the acidity OF the serum, or, as it
is commonly known, water from the bis
ters Tuurni1uets OF soft rubber hose
should be carried also. These should vary
in size, four pieces OF half-inch hose three
feet long for the arm, four pieces of three
quarter inch, four feet long, for the leg.
with the thorough grasp OF hisduties that
a college course such as proposed would
give the fireman, and the medical knOwl-
edge and equipment just referred TO, the
man who fights fire $ profession will be
able to accomplish much. His calling viii
at last have been placed onits proper level
The times., 1897-04-25


Lucullus ate them In savory stew Under
his own vine and ffs pse
Speaking Of stewS, the man OF woman
whose mind is bent 6n dellar bed OF rnush-
rooms should never forget the clavarerei.
The name has something of a Formidable
appearance, but then what's in Il Lame,
anyway? Certainly il does not affect the
taste. Thisi an odd variety of mushroom
in appearance, forBit branches out like
deer horns. The individuality is very
clear, for nothing else that grows could
looks likeit. And as for suews, they have
no superior.
Thus 1t is that for once at least TO he in
fashion means to possess one of the. most
pleasant adjuncts OF d very inviting meal.
No one has yet discovered whether the new
fad Is to be given the Vanderbltian ap-
proyal or the sanction of the AstoIs IN
fact, tits OF so lecent popularity in Eastern
social circles that it is rather difficult as
yet to name the principals in the company
of players on 1ife's stage who VIII give II
their unqualified Endorsement. Chauncey
NJ. Depew isnotably in favor oft, and what
Mr.. Dcpew doesn't know about good things
to eat 1t s not worth an yones w hiie to
consider.
The mushroom fad viii not down. 1t
has come to stay. Dame Fashion says so,
and inasmuch rs the king can do no wrong,
surely the queen is equally infallible.
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A USEFUL CATECHIsM.
Senator Mason on Dignity in Our
House of Lords.

What is Senatorial dignity"
Dignity is the air man puts on when
he cant answer questions. Senatorial, it
belongs to a Senator"
What is 1T good for"
ITO prevent the use of bad language.
calling each other names and settling
disputed questions by the Marquis OF
QueensberTy rules
What is il bad for?'
public business. Prevents its trans
action and allows the two minorities to
run the majority, and makes a brakeman a
bigger man than the general superintend-
ent in the Senate"
Where is it found?f'
Every where, except in the cloakrooins -
tOrial dignity?'
You must ask somebody who has been
a Senator longer than l have"
Haven't you observed any symptoms Of
success in your case yet?''
"Oh, yes. I'm hopeful since l found
have got so l can wear swaIIow-tafl
without 1inching. But. better still, I've
got so lar that ] can read a name on
visitors card without touching it. l let
the page hold il. You know, really dig
nified senator throws his head hack when
a card is brought to him. The page holds
ft just before his spectacles auG the Sen
ator says, Can t see EN- can do the
first part already"
Have you succeeded IN changing your
Chicago two-step gait for the famous Sen
atoral shuttle and slider
my step is Just the same as ever al
ways did slide, for fear Id fall. 1 don't
mind the fall, butI hate to get up
"Have you any motto Us yet?'
"Yes; to see everybody as fast as can
and refuse nobody. 1t pleases them and
it doesn't hurt me-"
What phase of Senatorial dignity do
you find hardest TO aCquire?''
LAS l 20 into Senate elevator I find
it difficult to keep from blushing under the
fire of the eyes of the older people as the
conductor cries out, This way, SenatOrI''
and asks older people and ladies to wait
while 1 get in. This, however, is Senate
rule, they say.
How may Senatorial dignity be ac-
quired?''
We have no special dignity trainer in
the Senate, but quite a number of we'll
meaning friends have given me earnest
suggestions on how might acquire it
"HOw does it work.
1T gives old Senators the best commit
tee-rooms, pays for most clerks for them,
gives them the best committees and the
cream of everything, and leaves the new
Senators the skim-milk'
DO you advocate its abolition?''
II think it would benefit legislation, and
the sooner the better for lawmaking
"Who is the greatest sufferer frOmit?''
"The man without it,
"Who is most blessed by it,
az must not mention names. That
would not be polite; but it certainly never
will be to me. never expect to acquire
the most intense kind of Senatorial dig
nifty. 1t is q real talent. But it is safe
to say that the man who gets the most
good out of tits the mar who has the most
of it, Hes supreme. He rules and reii;ns
in the Senate and lives in the clouds New
York World
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MIR. DINGLEY.
He Loves His Newspaper and Has
No Use for Politics.

He Loves His Newspaper and Has
No Use for Politics.
For the ordinary manipulations of poll
tics Mr.. Dingley has no use whatever.
He never pays any attention to primaries
OF delegates. Every two years his peo-
pie rcnominate him by acclamation in a
solid Republican district. where nolni-
nation is equivalent to election, and Mr..
Dingley dovntes his time to acquiring eX-
perience and knowledge, which makes
him more and more valuable. His dis
trict runs from the ocean to the Canada line,
and the upper half OF it is a wilderness.
The population is compactly located in the
lower half, is almost entirely native born
American, and is literally shoulder to
shoulder with the Congressman. There
are no diverse sections or elements to be
catered to- In this Mr. Dingley i s es-
pecially fortunate.
While Mr Dingley spends the day in
dealing with the tariff aud finance and
shipping legislation, he uses the evening for
his recreation. He is a home body, and
would rather read or see his friends than
go out of the house Although his reading
is largely OF serious character, he has n
sense of humor and likes to laugh at the
jokes OF Mark Twain. THERE'S tradition
that once on a stumpiug tour he quoted
a saying OF Josh Billings, Speaker Reed,
who always likes to see the funn y side OF
things, once said that when Mr. Dingley
was counting he would sooner read Gov
crnment report than hold pretty girl on
his knee. A short time afterward, when
Speaker Reed and Chairman Dingley were
together with some friends, Mr.. Dinslcr
lauglingly asserted that the remark wa
not true. ff
Il will leave IL 10 Mrs. Dingley,H he ex
claimed, but MI Reed very Gallantly re
fused t. ask the lady togo upon the wit
ness stand H.
Mr. DiugIey has always been a probibi-
tionist He was fer many years president
OF the Congressional Temperance Society,
an organization of Cold-water legislators.
He is also n Churchsoer, belonging to the
Congregationaiists. His family consists OF
his wife, a daughter, Edith, who is the
possessor OF a fine soprano voice, and four
sons, who are all doing well. One of them
is a manufacturer In Lewiston, tw O of
them are associated on a newspaper in
Kalamazoo, Mich. and the fourth is in
Colorado for his hedlth.
The daughter does nuteare for Washing
ton life, and does not even enjoy sharing
in the receptions which her mother is com
PEELED tn hold This year she is studying
music in New York. As soon as Mr.. Ding
ley gets through with the extra session OF
Congress he will go to his summer resort
on the shores Of Maine, and there, sur
rounded by his family, he will enjoy that
home life which is much more agreeable
to him even than the bright light of pub
licity which his position as chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee and the
father of the tariff bill now gives him,
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Japanese Farming.

Japan is one vast garden, and as you
look over the fields you can imagine
that they are covered with toy farms
where the children are playing with the
laws of nature and raising samples Of
different kinds of vegetables and grains
EVERYTHING is on a diIninutive scale, and
the work is as fine and accurate as
that applied 10 Cloisonne vase. What
would an Illinois or an Iowa farmer
think of planting his corn, wheat, oats
and barley in lunches, and then, when
1t is three or four inches high, trans
planting every spear Of it in rows about
as far apart as you can stretch your
fingers? A Japanese farmer weeds his
wheatfiel elds just a Connecticut farmer
weeds his onion bed, and cultivates his
potatoes and barley with as much care as
a Long Island farmer bcstows upon his
asparagus and mushrooms or his flower -
Boston Traveller
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He Found 1t In q Hole.

A man climbed a steep hill.
.. 'Tis hard" he said, but looked towar
the top. Fame beckoned and he pressed on.
But just then he stumbled and fell II ;
600 feet down deep hole.
And Fame was there.
"I was fool,'' said the man bitterly.
And Fame smiled.
Had you not climbed, you had not fal-
len"
And the man marveled, yet wot not, and
stroked his whiskers with sturdy gesture.
He looked again toward the top.-Chicago
News.
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A Literary Refusal.

Robert-So you were not acceptedby Miss
Vellum? What did she say? Did she tell
you how sudden it was?
Richard-oh, dear, no. She's literary,
you know. She merely replied that she was
very sorry, but L was not available -Bos-
ton Transcript
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Scarce Beauty.

..Well, dear, was the count as delightfully."-
polite as you expected to find him.
he tried to be, but didn't quite succeed"
How was that?''
''He said my beauty was very scarce, in
deed."-New York Evening World.
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AS MANUFACTURING CITIES.
New York and Philadelphia Care
fully Compared.

The Democrat and Chronicle of RoChes-
ter prints the statement that Philadelphia
is today the greatest manufacturing city
in the United States, although only third
In population. Our esteemed contemporary
seemed to have derived this information
from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is
sadly misinfcrmed on the subject, ii it
entertains any such idea.
II may have been tue twenty or twenty
five years ago that Philadelphia led the
country In the size and importance of her
manufacturing interests, but IT ceased 10
be true long before the tenth census was
taken; while the eleventh census, that Of
1890, exhibited New York d S far ahead.
The enormous superiority Of New York
in this respect appears In the subjoined
comparison, aud it is manifest in every par
ticular by which stausticians measure
towns manufacturing industries:
New York. Philadelphia
Number estab-
lishmentS =. 2o,4O3 Is, 1856
Number EN-
plOyes ...... 364i2Sl 2bu,cb4
Capital di-
reCtly in
vested .s426,11s.2 .272 s375,24e,7I5
Value hired
property :. 214,s27 ,so4 64,144,O77
Miscellaneous
expenses :. 59,991,710 39,615,476
Total wages
paid -. 23o,1o2, ,167 135,s1T,O21
Cost materials
used ...... 366, ,422, ,722 311,645,so4
Value ofprod-
ucts -. 777,222,721 577,234,44
That tells the whole story. The New
York figures are those of the present city
of New York If we measure the manu-
featuring interests of the Greater New
York, including New York, Brooklyn. and
Long Island City, but not the remaining
territory of the new metropolis, we find
that the Greater New York, as compared
with Philadelphia, has more than double
the number of manufacturing establish
ments, nearly double the capital invested,
nearly double the employees, pays more
than double the wages, and turns out
manufactured product of ST ,062, ,667 ,094,
against philadelphia's $577 ,234, ,446.
Because New Yorkis primarily the finan-
cial and commercial metropolis of this
country and this hemisphere, it is easy to
lose sight of the fact that New York is
likewise the foremost manufacturing town
of this side of the world, New York Sun.
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Exactly as Mixed.

In commenting upon the action of the
powers in the Cretan matter, an Eastern
exchange has the following terse comment
''R1sS"x-ojsp Xag9Rqupj-oosSju
This sums up the situation exactly.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
BUILDING NOTES.

Contractor John Lowe is framing
two-family house on Farren avenue for
himself. 1t will have twelve rooms
with all improvements.
w. A. T. Smith has taken the con-
tract to heat the large residence of
Mrs. Hoadley B. Ives on York street,
using the well known Kelsey furnace.
f. r. Levin is to erect an eight
room house 23x33 feet in West Haven.
It will be heated by furnace and have
all the conveniences.
Ground has been broken on Green
wood street for a two-family house to
he erected for Eliza M. Countryman.
Ground las been broken on Cedar
Hill avenue for a twe-family house to
be built by ]. HI. Gilbert. There will
be five rooms on each floor, which will
be finished in hard woods and prob
ably heated by furnaces.
A fine residence is to be built on st.
Roman street FOR Frederick G. Cooper,
1t will be heated by furnace and be
provided with every convenience. The
Hubbell & Merwin Co. will do the car
penter work.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
cL1NToN's IMPROVEMENTS.
Handsome New Station and Fine Road
wayS

Handsome New Station and Fine Road
ways
For some time past the town of Clin-
ton has been the scene of much more
activity than for years, This has been
attendant upon the changes which
have been wrought in the appearance
Of things about and in the neghbor-
hood of the railroad station. In this
vicinity large gang of workmen, es-
pecially Italians. who were employed
by the Consolidated railroad, have been
hard at work, and there has been a
general up-turning in the lay of the
old streets, and other streets have
been cut through and made. The Ital-
ians and the numerous dump carts
have become of late almost a fixture of
the town. The old end dilapidated
station that has served for many years
is discarded in the spirit Of improve
ment, and a new, commodious and up
to-date building has taken its place.
The former station is to be moved
farther up the track and will be used as
freight house, and the new station,
which was opened for the first time
Friday, stands on the opposite side of
the track from the site occupied by
the old building. There are unusually
long platforms on botn sides of the
track, and altogether the station with
it's surroundings is said to be by far
the finest between New London and
New Haven EXCEPT the one at Bran
ford.
In the neighborhood Of the station
the broad streets, which have been fine
ly made, form a new square in the
center of the town, and add greatly to
the looks of the place, On either side
of these new streets concrete pave
ments are laid, and the entire change
gives to the entrance OF Clinton fresh,
modern look and an air of prosperity.
The subway, which has been construct
ed on Commerce street, not for beauty
but for safety, avoids possibility of &C
cident in the future.
The long road of the main street is
being macadamized, the state and the
town sharing the expense and when
! this is completed it will be greatly ap-
preciated by the bicyclists and by
| those who drive through the town in
the summer from neighboring places
as well as by the inhabitants of Clin-
| ton.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
uonaition of the Treasury.

Washington, Nov. 22.-To-day's state
ment of the treasury shows: Available
cash balances, $2O2, SCI, 1916; gold reserve,
$156, 412,246; net silver. $15,S15,S5S; Unit
ed States notes in treasury, $35, 1885, 1870;
treasury notes of 1890, $3,4S3,41S; total
receipts, this day, $1,5s1, 1927; total re.
ceipts this month, $1S,525,5o7; total re-
ceipts this year, $12S,275,775; total ex-
penditures this month. $50, SS6, 900; tota
expenditures this day, $1,279,o00; tota
expenditures this year, $16S, 145,2SO; de-
posts in national banks, $17,324,249.
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The contracts for f. E. Bolischweil-
er's two family house on Orchard street,
planned by Brown & Van Beren, have
been let to c. A. Knoll, carpenter work,
and D. G. Carmichael, mason work,
but owing to the sudden death of Mrs.
Bolischweiler, Id will probably not be
built this fall.
Ground has been broken on Dixwell
avenue, at. the corner OF Admiral street,
for a $4,000 brick block Tor A. Stone,
planned by Architects Brown & Ber-
ger. 1t will be 34x62 feet, containing a
store and four tenements, with all
improvements.
Plans have been made by Architect
w. H. Allen for a first class house to
be built on Willow street by r. e..
| Manross. 1t is 35x45 feet and contains
II rooms which are to be finished in
ash, with oak floors, mantels, fireplaces,
etc. The roof will be of slate and the
heating will probably be by furnace.
There will be art and plate glass win
dows. Richie & Johnson have the
carpenter work and ]. D. Malcolm the
mason work
Architects Charles w. Hem has
made plans for three story brick
building to be erected on Chestnut
street by III. Frank and Nathan Gallup.
The building will be 24x60. feet, and will
have front of buff and gray brick,
trimmed with Ohio stone. There are
six five-room tenements supplied with
electric bells, speaking tubes and other
conveniences. The building will have
tin roof and skylights. The compost
ton work, of which there is consider
able on the front Of the building, was
patterned from stock designs of the
Sanford Co., Hartford. The cost will
be in the neighborhood of 100000
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23
WARRANT FOR MCLAUGHLIN.
Accused of Murder in Causing the
Death of His Wife

Death of His Wife.
Boston, Nov. Pa warrant has been
issued for the arrest of Francis Nc
Laughlin, an inmate of the city hospi-
tai, on the charge of murder. Nc
Laughlin is the man who, with his wife.
was found in their tenement Monday
morning, unconscious from bullet
wounds. 1t was at first thought that
the woman, crazed with grief at the
recent death of her infant, and the
prospect that her husband, who had
been pronounced incurably ill with con-
sumption, would have 10 leave her to
go to hospital, had tried to end both
lives.
Further developments prove, however.
that the woman could not have fired
the shots and it appeared that Nc
Laughlin had done the deed for similar
motives as those attributed to the wife.
Mrs Mclaughlin died last Tuesday
morning.
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City court--crimina, slde-Judge Bishop.

City Court Criminal Side-Judge Bishop.
Thomas j. White was in the city
court yesterday morning charged with
drunkenness and abusive language by
Policeman John A. Caulfield. Lawyer
Charles S. Hamilton defended him.
Policeman Caulfeld testified that he
was in the saloon of Henry T. Burns
at 291 James street Saturday, He was
not on duty at the time and he and
White had an argument. Policeman
Caulfield testified that he afterwards
accosted White on the street and ask
ed him to apologize. White refused
he said, and abused him more. He was
also intoxicated, he said, and he ar
rested him. White admitted that he
had abused the policeman but claimed
that he was not intoxicated. Lawyer
Hamilton said that the policeman had
no business to ask White to apologize
Judge Bishop discharged White on the
charge of drunkenness, put reserved
his decision on the other charge until
Saturday.
Charles T. Murphy, who was caught
by Policeman Thomas Powers after a
chase Saturday and charged with theft
of money from the store of Frank A..
Haag on Meadow street, was tried in
the city court yesterday morning.
Murphy stole a roll of bills contain
ing $50 from Mr.. Haag's store. He was
yesterday sentenced to three months in
Jail and fined $50.
Thomas Horan, aged sixteen, was
charged yesterday with taking horse
without permission. Richard Donegan,
driver for Campbell Bros, left his team
in Oak street Saturday afternoon for a
moment, and Horan drove it around for
an hour Attorney DAVID e. Fitzgerald
defended Horan, who said Donegan
gave him leave to drive the team for
awhile. This Donegan denied The case
was continued for a week for further
investigation.
William Foley, driver for Contrac-
tor John N. Leonard for feeding his
unfastened horse in Court street, was
before the court. The case was con-
tinued until Friday, Mr.. Leonard furn-
ishing $500 bail.
The case of Isaac Bromberg of Dag
gett street was continued until to-
morrow. He is charged with breach of
the peace against his mother.
Antonio di Pinto was fined IS and
1881 costs for assauiting John e. Cos
tie, and S635 for drunkenness.
Lizzie Briggs, colored, was fined So
and $9.SS costs for striking Ida Hopper,
coIored.
Harry Cohn of Grand avenue was
fined So and 1924 costs for breach of
the peace against Patrick Reynolds.
Andrew J. O'Meara, the waiter, charg-
ed with theft of two coats from another
waiter in a central cafe Saturday night,
was in the city court yesterday morn
ing. His case was continued until to-
day
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A COMMERCIAL WAR.

New York, Nov. 22.-The Evening
Posts London correspondent cables to
that paper that Count Goluchowski' rs
appeal to Europe 'is interpreted into
a battle cry of a commercial war OF
Pan-Europe vs. Pan-America. England
clearly was not included in Europe In
Count Goluchowsld mind nor can he
have had the Dingley tariff chiefly in
mind, for it hardly affects Austria
More probably this is the latest phase
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-11-23

Of the approachment between Austria
and Russia"
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Standard, according to this ca
blegram, asserts that Count Goluchow-
ski referred to the competition with
imported corn and beef with which, af-
ter the completion of the Siberian rail-
road, Russia means to supply Europe,
supplanting American, Argentine and
Indian competition.