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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
K. OF ?. GRAND LODGE MEETING.
Arrangements for Holding 1t in Hart
ford in October.

Arrangements for Holding 1t in Hart
ford in October.
Hartford knights of Pythias are
preparing to give the grand lodge
very pleasant entertainment when t
meets there in annual convention on
October II and lis. Alderman George
NJ Demins, past grand chancellor CT
the domain Of Connecticu. ls CHAIR
man of he general committee AMI here
are subcommittee on haL amusement.
The comins session will he the ijrst
one held at Hartford for a decade, end
the knights of the capital city plop' Sc
to make the occasion one to be remem-
tered. The anniversary Of Lincoln
lodge Of Hartford will he celSblatcd
during the week in which the grand
lodge convention is held and this cele-
bration will be one of the features that
will interest the delegates from the
lodges all over the state.
Besides the celebration there are 9TH
er events being prepared and the sss-
sion of the grand lodge of 1899 promises
to be one of the most enjoyable in its
history.
olcpS are HOW DGlllS luh5Il W lIlip-
duce the Dramatic Order of Knights Of
Khorassen into this state. The Knights
of Khorassen bears similar relation
to Pythianism as the Shrlners do to
Masonry The organization was start
ed about five years ago in the west and
has proved a very valuable feature
there. The ritual provides a very
elaborate ceremonial for the initiation
of candidates. and the intention OF tho
order is TO promote sociability. The
members of st. Elmo lodge Of New
Britain are interested in The promotion
of the order and the places in that vi
entity will furnish their quota of mem
bers. A charter has already been APP
piled for and seventy-five names have
been secured. The institution of a tenn
temple at New Britain will no doubt be
followed by others in other sections of
the state.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
A CLAMBAKE.
Will be Held at Mansfield's Grove on
September T.

Will be Held at Mansfield's Grove on
September Z,
The Young Mems Republican club
Will hold a clam bake at Mansfield's
Grove September L. The conclusion
was reached at a meeting of the ar
rangement committee in the club house
Saturday night. Charles Bartlett will
cater and probably 500 persons will at
tend.
There will be prominent people on
hand from all over the state and many
fine speeches will doubtless be heard.
President John F. Gaffey will be toast
master. The party will leave the green
at 2 o'clock on special cars for the
grove. -
Ex-Police Commissioner Marcus z.
Smith is chairman of the sub-commit-
tee on arrangements, and the other
members of the committee are William
Gay, William Merrills, j. B. Ullman and
I. n. Wadsworth.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28

THE SMITH GENESIS.

Of all the families on this ball
That e'er existed since Adams fail
The tribe of Smith, it must be allowed
In numbers it affords the biggest crowd;
And no Smith family under the sun.
Would seem quite perfect without john
The Bible their record fails to show;
For. Judged by their numbers. it Is plain
They reached far back to the days of CAIN;
And without doubt they made tileir''mark
In hewing the tinbers of Noah'S ark.
They dwelt with the Saracen and the Gaul,
And they helped to build the Chinese wall
Though in China, it is a singular thing
To note, they are known by the name of
Sing
Not much resemblance Wen confess
Though both begin with the letter s;
And their relationship thus we see
Is proved by their great fecundity.
Although the proof is lacking, methinks
They helped to chsel the face of the
SphynX;
And hewed the stone, in a manner able
That formed the wonderful Tower of Babel,
And I'm inclined to think their kids
Played hide and seek around the pyramids
Among the English speaking nations
Smith, Smyth and Smythe are the variations
BY which the name is spelled. while it
In France is Smeet. in Holland. Schmitt,
Among the Russians, Smithowck,
Or else Smitowski, all of which,
Affords good proof as all can see,
Ihat they We common pedigree.
Once on time so goes the tale
family. travelling by rail
Passed through a busy town in which,
From manufacturers, men grew rich,
Upon a shop, in letters wide
And long this legend they espied:
"Smith Manufacturing Co." it read,
When quick as thought, the small boy
said,
PA. now | know. for It's trade.
w
Go where you fancy. North or South,
Or East or West in every mouth
The Smith name is a household word''-
name that every ear hath heard,
And If the pole is ever found
Smith will get there, III be bound
BATTERY No. 1
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
WORK AT PUTNAM WOLF DEN
A Call Issued BY the d. A. R. for To
day

A Call Issued by the II. "A. X. 1Or 10
day.
The committee of the Elizabeth Por-
ter Putnam chapter. D. A. r., which
has the wolf den matter in charge, has
issued the following call: Many hav-
ing expressed a desire to help in MAX
ing the new entrance to the wolf den
the Daughters have decided to issue a
call for labor to all having teams in
Pomfret and surrounding towns OF Who
will assist in any way to assemble on
Monday, the seth inst, or any day
that week. and help construct the road,
as in we olden time-each farmer work
ing out his own tax. The route has
been surveyed by Engineer Card of
Putnam, and a suitable superintendent
will have charge of the work 1t is
hoped that all in any way interested
in this grand project will be sure and
be on hand upon the above dates, re-
membering that many hands make
light work Bring shovels and axes
and other suitable tools. Putnam men,
with their wives, are invited to join the
party.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
NORRIS COVE STIRRED UP
Another Attempt to Abduct the Young
Patterson Boy

| announcer Attempt to Abduct the Young
Patterson Boy
Another attempt was made last week
to abduct the thirteen-year- son of
james G. Patterson, jr, of New York.
manager of the New York branch of the
travellers Insurance company of Hart
ford About ten years ago Mr.. Batter
son obtained a divorce from his first
Vile ana since then former Mrs. Batter
son has been trying to get possession of
the boy
MI Batterson's family, inclut in1 WI
Ter, nave been stopping at a Morris
cove cottage during the summer. A
feW days ago the mother of the boy ar
rived at Morris Cove and asked per
mission to see Walter. The request was
at first refused, but her entreaties were
SO urgent that it was finally decided to
allow the interview. After mother and
son had talked for awhile on the veran-
da of the Pequot house, it was suggest
ed by the former that they take a walk
Thelr stroll led them up to where the
road curves just before it reaches Nor
ris Cove.
Here the present Mrs Patterson ap-
peared and the two had some words
A car came along and the first Mrs.
Patterson jumped aboard with her son,
When she reached New Haven she was
advised to get out of the state as soon
as possible whereupon she took a train
for Watch Hill, r. l., where Mrs. Beach,
the boys aunt, has a cottage.
Mrs. Beach became alarmed over the
fact that they might be arrested and
sent the boy back to his legal guardians
at the Cove.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28

the physical laws which have been dis
covered by tracing the connection be-
| tween cause and effect are true as far
| as they go, that is given cause will
| always produce the same effect. But
| when you study living, human beings
! in a moral world / believe that the
bearing of these on righteousness or
| happiness is greatly overestimated,
You can be following physical laws
| if you know them and their applica-
| ton to person well enough to pro-
duce healthy physical structure, and
health tends toward happiness, but this
after all is only the negative side of
the case i'll health and pain may pre-
vent happiness for the time, though
even this is not always true, but grant
ing this it is not true that good health
can produce happiness an unhealthy
mind and a bad conscience can quick
ly destroy both health and happiness,
And more than all this human life is
so complex and has so many emotions
and contains so many unknown guam
titles that to attempt to plan for this
life, one on the basis of known laws
is little better than a game of chance,
while you are working to gain that
which you want most for your happi-
ness, you very likely will outgrow your
desire for the very thing you are striv-
ing. and when it becomes yours it has
ceased to be of value in your eyes.
If you will turn to the practical side
of life you will, if you think at all care
fully see that it is impossible to de
eide to do or not to do anything fDe-
cause it is in your Judgment right
eous or an unrighteous act with
out at all discussing the re-
suits that will come to you from this
course of action; without believing in
your heart that right is better ard
stronger and more enduring than evil,
and when you believe this you are not
very far from believing in GOD who is
the author of righteousness. What /
mean is that we are all so constituted
that if in the struggle of life we
are to resist real and powerful tempta-
lions, we must have some reason for
so doing, some reason that appeals to
us and makes us strong in the hour IL
need. And that reason must lie in the
fear of results or belief that the au-
thor of this world is a God of righteous
ness, and we are attempting to please
Him In this parable which we ere
considering the to appeal fear of conse-
uuences is ruled
And it is certain that no one is ben
Gifted by ignorant and selfish criticism
of divine mysteries of this life, Which
the wisest of men, no not even angels
can understand.
This ia especially true of the common
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
THE HARTFORD RACES.

The rand Circuit races are to COM
mence at the Charter Oak track this af-
ternoon when the principle event will
be the famous $4,000 race Tor trotters
A big field of horses will take the word
of this contest that for several years
has been one of the most attractive
races of the entire circuit Other fast
races are on the programme.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
A BROKEN TROLLEY WIRE,

A trolley wire broke yesterday noon
on the Fair Haven & Westville street
railway line in front of the Westville
postoffice. The repair wagon was sent
out Whalley avenue al rapid rate and
the break was adjusted in about forty
minutes. AS there is only a single
track at this spot the break caused
some delay in the car service for brief
period.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28

pairs We're made by the Russell machine
company of New York.
Mrs. F. e. Sims and two daughters,
Mabel and Edna of Lloyd street, have
returned from Morris, where they have
been summering since June
Frank Lowe and Ralph Keech have
returned from a weeks outing at Mel
rose Glen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
CATBOAT'S MAST BROKE.
1t Did Not Interfere With the Party's
Sailing However

Sailing However.
Just as he was about to lift the an
Choir preparatory to starting off on a
sail Yesterday afternoon the mast on
the catboat owned by Frank H. Sim
mons secretary of the City Point Yacht
club, snapped in two near the deck
and with loud crash went over side
ways into the water carrying the sail
with it. A party of Mr.. Simmons
friends We're on board at the time and
received quite a drenching from the fly
ing water
All were happy, though, to think that
they had gotten off so easily for had
the mast fallen on board some of them
would surely have been injured. The
accident did not interfere with their
sail, however as Mr. Simmons is the
possessor of two yachts and imme-
diately hoisted sail on his sloop.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
VOLUNTEER BOATS DEFEATED.
City Points Yachts Victors in a Match

Race
In one of the most exciting contests
of the kind this season the City Point
Yacht club displayed its supremacy
over the Volunteer club in the small
boat class Saturday afternoon. The
contest was the result of a wager be-
tween the owners of the boats the Vol
unteer yachtsmen being the aggressors.
Three members Of each club We're the
interested parties as all have boats very
nearly alike, being of the jib and main
sail class.
The race was sailed over a nine mile
course from Long wharf down the har-
Dor and return. The City Point boats
sailed over the course from one to three
minutes quicker than their adversaries.
The winners are the following: Ty-
phoon, Fred Catlin; Madeleine, John
Mason; Egeria, Frank Barnes. The
volunteer boats entered were the Mist
Forget-M Not and Madge.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28

Mrs Laura j. Van Deusen of this
city, who has been a guest at her
brothers, Robert S. Hurlbert, fer the
past two weeks, has returned home.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28
s1267, 1857 $3.50, S65. 50 s., 391 900. 46
Decrease week of 1899, $124,129.79.
Balances week of 1899. $42S, S1.05.
Decrease balance week of 1898, ST.


Clearings week of 1897, $1,094 01S.91.
Clearings week of 1896, S1,137, 766.29.
Clearings week of 1895, 81 LA 9SO.O9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18
GERMAN PAPERS MUzzLED.
WATCH THEIR WORDS WHEN
SPEAKING TO EMPEROR.
Even With the Aid of Expert Attor-
neys They Are Sometimes Tn
able to Avoid Charge Of
Lese 1Iaieste.

Although compelled BY necessity 70
watch their words very closely when
referring to The emperor and his do
ings-some Of the leading German pa
pers and periodicals submit all such
manuscript before printing to an ex-
pert lawyer-it yet happens very often
that even papers of good standing get
into the tolls on the charge Of lese ma
jeste, and the ease Of Maximilian Har-
den, publisher and editor of Die Zu-
l1unft which is being decided by Ber-
lin court just now. While more sensa-
tional than others, is typical of press
conditions in the Germany Of to-day.
Harden. 1t is true, was d bit more out
spoken than others in comments on
some of the emperor's queer perform
ances. but then he is a political adher-
ent Of the conservative party. a loyal
monarchist. and it was no less per
sonage than the late Prof. ven Treit-
schke, the historian, who said that
nowadays even the extremist loyalist
is guilty of lese majestic at least once
every month"
But anothea feature of this lese ma
jeste business, pointed out by the Ber-
lin correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, IS even more despicable
than the increasing prosecutions of the
papers and periodicals-viz., the espi-
onage encouraged by the practice Of
the reactionary courts in Germany
which are in the habit Of convicting
persons charge with lese majestic on the
unsupported evidence of a single wit
ness, even when such witness bears
VIGOROUSLY bad reputation, and where
the motive is shown to be revenge for
real or imagined grievances. This
practice is tantamount to an invasion
of the family. and spiteful relatives.
former friends, or divorced husbands
and wives can not find a surer and
easier way Of venting spite than by
sending in anonymous denunciations
for lese majestic. for on them every
states attorney in Germany today is
bound to proceed against the person in
formed upon. In the reichstag. where
this horrible state of things was dis
cussed last winter very thoroughly. the
spokesman of the government admit
ted that there was something morally
rotten about it all, but the minister of
justice, Schoenstedt, added that no
body felt sorrier for it than the en-
peror himself. To which Bebel. the So
cialist leader, made the cutting reply
that it was very strange that the EN-
peror had never pardoned single Of
fender against the lese majestic para
graph, not by so much as an hour.whlle
he had VIGOROUSLY pardoned such men
as Bruesewitz, and police officials who
had atroeiouSly maltreated their pris.
oners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18
1T WAS so EASY.
He Was Sorry He Did Not Ride the
Entire Distance.

Though elevators are not new, they
are new TO a whole lot of persons. An
old fellow from somewhere is the eli
ent Of a lawyer who recently removed
his office from the first floor of an old
building on Grant street to the thir-
teenth floor of 4 modern office build
ing. The old fellow came in to see
him. and after much trouble found the
building. His legs were stiff and his
wind was short, but he started up the
stairs. BY the time he reached the
fourth floor he declared that he would
take his business out of the hands Of
the man who was SO unreasonable as
to live SO high. He took long rest
at the fifth lo0r and would have turn
cd back If it wasn't that he wanted to
pay off his lawyer that very day and
retain one with an Office on the ground
floor. At the seventh floor he gave ii
up. He couldn't 20 any higher. He
sat on the steps and watched the eie-
vators going up and down and noticed
that they were well filled. He rea-
soned that since scarcely any person
used the stairway. the fare on the ele-
yator could not be high, and he could
hardly be accused Of extravaganza ii
he rode the rest Of the way. since there
would be no necessity for him TO come
to the building again. SO he hailed
one of them.
How much'll you charge to take me
to the thirteenth foorY' he asked the
young man who seemed TO be in
charge
Get in herer ordered the young fell
low, as he seized him by the coat,
pulled him into the ear, and started
up. II can't stand there answerin'
fool questions all day. Thirteen. Out
you go Move lively. nowr'
"HmuchG" asked the old chap, UNI
tying the shoe string that held his wal
let
But the door was slammed in his
face and the car disappeared
"Thunderationr' exclaimed the old
fellow; IF I'd known that | might
stole a ride all the way up"
His lawyer explained the matter 10
him, and while the old man thought 1t
was mighty handy, he said it looked
good deal like imposing on people 70
be riding up and down tree all the
time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18

A new submarine are lamp prom
ises to be Of great value in diving and
wrecking operations II is said that
the idea of such "A lamp was suggest
ed by the necessity for exact informa-
ton which could not be supplied when
the blowing up Of the Maine III Ia
vana harbor was being investigated
Up to that time no sufficient light was
available even for the efficient work
ing Of the divers. much less for the
taking of Photographs and photo
graphs Of the ship a 4 She lay at the
bottom Of the harhor would have been
invaluable 10 tile Investigating board.
Even the divers declared they could
distinguish very little On account If
the foulues- of the water ana general
confusion Of the debris. and the haz-
ardOusneSs If baslng any part 81 de-
cisiouupou the sense of touch alone was
recognized. Tie new lamp Is of very
high candle power, lighting MP q large
area and enabling divers and other
marine investigators TO carry on their
work with facility. 1t win burn for
80 hours on one set Of carhous It
weighs when submerged. q trlfie more
than its own bulk Of water, and can
remain suspended at any fixed point
or carried about at VIII by the diver.
by moving handle the diver can
spread tile light equally on all sides Or
concentrate it ia any particular direc-
tion. Among the uses - which the
lamp Is intended to 30 applied are the
examining and cleaning Of the bottoms
IF merchant and battleships attaching
hosting chains 20 guns and other NOV
able parts on sunken vessels. placing
and recovering submarine mines con
structing bridge piers and cofferdams
and il submarine photography
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18
ENGLISH FOLK LOaE.

If turkeys g0hbie II means the approach
of storm and unlucky visitors are apt
to be detained by credulous hosts, who
insist a storm is coming up rapidly
The peasant girl when she sees n
spark in the candle knows she is 10 get
a letter from her love and runs to the
candle to see if it is posted She finds
this out by lifting the candIestick in the
air and bringing it down on the table with
a little bang. If the spark falls the let
ter is already posted.
Among the country people Of England
signs and superstiti0ns receive much
credit Forecasts Of coming visitors ap-
pear in the morning teacup and in the
way the candle burns. The floating stick
in the tea tells the approach of visitor.
and is carefully pinched to sec il its soft
ness indicates woman, its hardness q
man Ii red spcck is seen in the flame
Of the candle il is taken as so sure a
sign of q visitor that the housewife inn
mediately sets her home in order
One curious practice still largely III
vogue III out-of-t he-way districts of leafy
Warwickshre is that known as the tree
cure" in the efficacy of which the natives
hold an uuslayable faith Any weak
child (but more especially those suffering
from the ricketts, is proper subject for
the tree cure. The child is brought to
the foot of twin-ash, or, better still. to
tree witha cleft in it, and is then passed
through the cleft by those in charge of
il, in the full and firm conviction that his
contact with the tree will strengthen him
and cause his bones TO go together and
set hard
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18
PENSIONS FOR EVERYBODY.
New Zealand Takes Care of All over 65
Years Old.

After eleven days discussion in COM
mittee at Wellington the old age pen
sion bill has been passed on third read
ing in the house of representatives by
a majority of ten. The bill provides
that every person Of the age of Is and
upward, Of good moral character,
whose yearly income does not exceed
f34 and who has resided for twenty
five years in the colony viii be enti-
tied to pension Of lis per annum.
In New Zealand the poor have
hitherto been relieved almost entirely
by the state charitable institutions for
thar purpose doing hut a small part
Of the work. In 1896 bin very sim
liar Ia its provisions 10 the one in
question was introduced into the
house Of representatives. There it
met with a determined opposition. one
amendment providing that everybody
OF and over the age of 63 years should
be entitled to the pension whether he
was il need Of assistance or not That
was a socialistic suggestion that. if
adopted, would have turned the whole
colony into one huge friendly society
Eventually the bill was thrown out
In the following year a fresh bin con-
fining the pension TO the poor was
brought in, and after a hard wrangle it
went through its third reading by q
majority of fifteen. only to be thrown
out by the upper house.
Still undaunted by failure, the sup
porters of the principle of old-age PEN
sions on a discriminating basis
brought in a third bill this year. and
row, after a desperate struggle for
eleven days (Which in New Zealand.
where speeches of only ten minutes
We're allowed in committee, is a de-
bate of exceptional severity. the bill
has passed its third reading by the
smaller majority of ten
1t is expected that $500 persons will
during the first year drew the SIS
or part Of it. and that about 100000
will be SO expended. SO far there is
no mention of additional taxation in
connection with the scheme.