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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES.
Coroner's Decision on the Death of Ae
mes Shaw.

Coroner's Decision on the Death of Ag.
mes Shaw.
Coroner Mix said last night that af-
ter investigating the facts about the
death of Agnes Shaw al the Human
house at Savin Rock Sunday night, he
had concluded that her death was due
to natural causes Because of evident
attempts on the part of the woman's
acquaintance to prevent the fact of
her death becoming public, suspicious
were aroused in the minds of the cor
oner that there was cause of investi-
cation of the death.
The woman is said to have been the
wife of j. M. Shaw, a Middletown sa-
loonkeeper, who has been staying with
her at the hotel mentioned. The death
certificate stated fatty degeneration of
the heart as the cause of death. The
remains have been taken to Middle
town for interment.
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OBITUARY NOTES.
Sudden Death of Meriden Police OIL
GER RelOmged to the 27th g. ".

Sudden Death of n Meridcn Police OIL
Ger Belonged to the 27th G. v.
Patrolman James T. Carter of Meri-
den, aged fifty-hve, who died ut his
home Sunday afternoon of apoplexy,
was in good health the day before and
was on duty until 4 o'clock Sunday
morning The deceased was born in
Birmingham Conn. He leaves besides
a widow, three sons, Walter H. and
Irving Carter of Meriden, and Robert
F. Carter of New Haven, and brother,
Edwin T. Carter, proprietor of the Sill
yer City butter store, and two sisters,
Mrs. Walter Cook and Mrs Benjamin
Church. both of Walingford. With the
exception of few years in Wallng-
ford Mr.. Carter has lived nearly all
his life in Meriden. He was an engrav-
err by trade, and previous to his ap-
pointment to the police force he was
employed by the Wilcox Silver Plate
company, and was an excellent work
man He was appointed regular 20
liceman February 1889 Mr. Carter
served in the civil war in the navy I'M
der the famous Admiral Faragus when |
the latter took New Orleans.
At the expiration of his enlistment he |
was honorably discharged, and shortly !
after returning 10 Connecticut ne en-
listed in the army, joining Co. @. Twen- |
ty-seventh Connecticut infantry. He |
was a member of Pacific lodge, l. 0. Q. |
F.. Silver City lodge, A. Q. u. W., and |
Meriden Copclave Heptasophs, insured
in the two latter organizations.
Mr. Carter was one Of the most pop
ular members of the police department
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
HOSTLER'S SUDDEN DEATH AT
SAVIN ROCK

Thomas Ryan, forty years old, who
has been employed as hostler and por-
ter at Bernard Seerys hotel, 10 Grove
street Savin Rock, died suddenly yes
terday morning. He had been ailing
several days and Sunday night had a
bad turn. He was without medical at
tendance and died upon a cot in lodg-
ings in barn upon the premises. Ryan
came here from Winsted and is said to
have a sister residing in this city, al
though nothing Is known of her where
abouts. Acting Medical Examiner Eliot
of this city viewed the body in the alb
sence of DR.. Barnett of Orange, Dr.
Eliot says that the mans death result
ed from hemorrhage of the stomach.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
TWO BUILDING PERMITS

Fire Marshal Gladwin yesterday is
sued three building permits. One to
l.. Dorman for a one-family frame
dwelling on Dorman street, estima ted
cost $1,S0O Another permit was grant
ed to Mrs. S. Dippold for an addition
to the tenement house at so Greenwood
street, the addition to cost about 5000.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-18
ABOUT NEW HAVEN PEOPLE
MANY SUMMER o UTINGs HERE Il ND
THERE.

At the Seashore, the Mountains, Across
the Sea and Elsewhere Other Personal
lettings.
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WEST HAVEN SCHOOL BOARD
Edward Gagel and Harry A. L. He

Re-eIected Members
At the West Haven school election
held yesterday afternoon from to 5
o'clock Edward GageI and Harry A. L..
Hall We're reelected members of the
school board for the ensuing year, they
being the only candidates
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-29

agreeable to Mr.. Gates. hope you can
do some mission work during the even
ing"
Two weeks later Mrs. Keen's home
was the scene of the most charming So
cial gathering which the little town of
N had seen in some months, and
among those who filed her parlors
were no brighter faces than those of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gates.
True to her promise Mrs. Sloan tact
fully did her best to entertain Mr..
Gates. 1t was an easy task, for she
found him, like most easily bent ma
lures, ready to catch whatever CONVEX
sational cue she might throw out
When she made some reference to his
baby boy sudden seriousness covered
his face. He looked at her earnestly
and then said in the tone of one who is
sure of a sympathetic hearing: 81
want to tell you something, Mrs. Sloan.
l am out of the detestable business in
which | have been engaged for the past
few months. / can't tell you how hap
Ply am over it, though in throwing it
up have practically lost all had. But
l found that l must do it for the sake
of my wife and my boy. have intend
ed all along to get out of it as soon as
an opening came-it was shame to me
that I ever went into it-but yester-
day decided that l dare not wait for
an opening, and it is strange that this
very social affair should have FASTENED
the matter. You see, Mary said she
wouldn't come without me, and knew
very well that was invited only for her
sake, and that only on her account
would my presence be tolerated. That
thought cut me to the quick. 1t was
the first social test coming in way to
make me feel it very keenly, and /
couldn't stand it. / found that 1 must
either rise to her level or drag her down
to mine. That thought, together with
Mary's desire to help me through any
financial sacrifice, decided me, and only
to-day l closed out"
When he ceased, Mrs. Sloan in a
voice tremulous with emotion, an
swered: 81 am so glad for you, and for
Maryland for our village! You may
be sure that your action of to-day has
laid the foundation of the best possible
inheritance you could give your boy"
Later, she told the good news to Mrs.
Keen; that lady, after thoughtful 81
lence, said: And to think that 1 was
inclined to leave them out! I'm so glad
l followed your advice. Surely you
were inspired when you gave it,
Adelia Cobb, in Union Signal.
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THE BRIDES PICTURE.
A Charming Custom Inaugurated by
a Young Woman of Truly Ar
tistic Turn of Mind.

1t is not unusual for the bride who is
going away for an extended trip, or
who expects to make her home in a
distant city, to give photographs to
the most intimate of her friends before
leaving them.
One such bride, who is given to doing
things unique and original, determined
10 frame the pictures thus given, and
to do so in an appropriate manner.
They were to be mounted under glass
in the manner familiar to all, and
known as passepartout, but instead of
the usual mat of linen or cardboard,
she used a material which was espe-
cially appropriate and one which made
frame as well as picture worthy of be-
ing preserved among the family heir
looms.
The picture which she gave her moth
er had mat of the white satin which
had been used for her wedding dress,
and across one corner was bit of lace
with which the dress was trimmed.
To sister she gave a picture also
mounted in the white satin, but with a
design of orange blossoms embroidered
upon it; while the mount for the one
given her maid of honor was of the
white satin embroidered with a grace
full spray of bride roses.
Friends less near received pictures
mounted with the goods which had
gone to make up the different gowns of
her trousseau. The mount made from
the material of her "going-away
gown" had forget-me-nots embroidered
in small scattered sprays, while some
of the silks and figured goods were
made up plain, being sufficiently deco
rative in themselves.
In each case the mounted picture was
bound to the glass with a narrow strip
of soft leather in shade to correspond
with the color of the mount. Upon the
back of each was plainly written the
name and date of the wedding.
1t is needless to state that the gifts
were priced as the pictures alone never
could have been, and it is safe to pre-
dict that other brides will follow the
graceful fashion. - St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Dusen, of Evansville, Ind, nine years
ago; soon after their marriage. Prob
ably no other person in the federal
building at Dallas is so well informed
in the documentary department of the
institution as is Mrs. Van Dusen. She
has been in charge of an enormous
number of papers, many of them form
ing parts of the records of some of the
most noted criminal and civil cases in
the history of the United States
courts. Mrs. Van Dusen was born in
Hillsboro, N. C. Her father was Rob
ert O'Daniel, of the County Cork, Ire
land; her mother was Miss Jackson,
of Virginia, cousin of the immortal
''Stonewall' jackson. of confederate
military fa11e. 1t will thus be seen
that the new deputy marshal comes of
good fighting stock" Marshal Green
says he will arm Mrs. Van Dusen with
the regulation weapons, aud insist
that she carry a gum" the same as a
man. If she does, there is no doubt
she will know how to use it, in case of
x<cessity.
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3e'55(IzIfIibI}).}:I|l!!H|!lE(
INVITED THE SALOON KEEPER,
How the Ladies' of a Village Aid So
ciety Helped a Weak Man
to Reform.

'Tm so glad to see you, Mrs. Sloan.
I'm in trouble and you are just the one
to help me out with your advice
"Why," responded Mrs. Sloan, as she
settled herself in an easy chair, 81 sup
posed now that you were in your new
house you would be free from trouble.
Certainly we who are Still studying
how to make two pieces of furniture
occupy the same space, think you ought
to be wholly contented in such a roomy
and beautiful home"
81 do enjoy my home" answered
Mrs. Keen. 81 enjoy it immensely and
yet [ find that with the new pleasures
come also new perpleXities in the way
of entertaining. l had quite set my
heart upon christening my new home
in the way of inviting the members of
our Aid society, with their husbands,
to spend the evening with me, but 1
find it isn't so easy a matter as 1
thought. There are difficulties"
Mrs. Sloan looked her surprise, and
Mrs. Keen, after a moments pause,
added: There is certain husband
whom do not feel that l can invite to
my house"
"Ah, Sec" said Mrs. Sloan, musing-
ly Mr.. Gates is the stumbling block ?"
Yes. Think of entertaining a sa-
loon keeper! Yet his wife has always
been one of my good friends. How she
can live with man in such business
puzzles me. Yet she gives no sign of
disapproval, either. 1 see her driving
and walking with him apparently as
devoted as when he was in the store.
am out of patience with her. There is
nothing whatever in her conduct to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-29
THE FILIPINO BABY.
AS a Rule He Is a Lusty YOungstesD
Although He Does Not Re-
ceive Much COddIinE.

Babies are babies all the world round.
The little dark fellow in Egypt cries
for the moon just as does the white
baby in Boston. But the mammas may
differ.
This story is about the little Filipino
baby and how it is carried about by
it's mother; for, after all, that is the
main point of difference. Of course,
the Filipino babies do not wear nearly
as many clothes as babies do in this
country, and do not have pins stick
into them and make them cry. They
lie around on the bamboo floors, with
maybe one garment on, and sleep; and
when they grow old enough their NAM
mas take them out to market. 1t is
very seldom that they wear anything
on their heads, though most of the
older ones have nice little silk bonnets.
They got them when they went to the
big stone church and were christened.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-29
CIGARETTE WRECKS.
Railroad Superintendent Tells How
Serious Accident Was Caused
by "a Slave to Habit.

Superintendent w. A. Vaughn, of the
Georgia Contra! galway, states that
cigarettes caused the wreck of train
on their road. In an interview regard
ing the wreck and the order issued
that no cigarette smokers would be
employed on the road, he said:
Il was impressed with the i'm
portance of a rule of this kind some
time ago, when collision occurred on
our road. The fagman who was to
blame was one of the most careful men
on the line. The accident was not a
very serious one, as no one was hurt,
but he took the blame on himself, and
reported that he was asleep at the
time when he should hare been at the
rear end of his train. 1 thought it very
queer that young man who had been
so reliable as this fellow should go to
sleep while on duty, but taking his
word for it l discharged him without
further explanation. A few days after
ward this young fellow happened in my
office. 1 questioned him about the
wreck, and asked how he could have
gone to sleep. He rather evaded my
question, but as l asked it noticed his
cigarette-stained fingers on the table.
[ then said to him. I'll tell you what
was the matter; you're a cigarette
tiend.' At this he jerled his hand I'M
der the table and looked confused. oh,
you needn't hide your hand. Your face
tells the story
"Ihen he admitted that he was n
confirmed cigarette smoker, and,
while he had reported that he was
asleep at the time of the wreck, still
that was not the real cause. While on
the way back to flag the approaching
train, he said, he felt sick and stepped
into the caboose to get a drink of
water. He suddenly became uncon-
scious and sank to the floor. The roar
of the approaching train brought him
to his senses, but it was too late to
avoid the accident. THE Boy.
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is A LAW OFFICER.
Mrs. Van Dusen, a Charming Texas
Widow, Appointed n Deputy
United States Marshal.

Mrs. Emn- Van Dusen, the first
woman in Texas to be sworn in as a
deputy United States marshal, has Just
assumed that position in the head
quarters of the northern district of
Texas, at the federal building in Dal-
las, under United States Marshal
George III. Green. Mrs. Van Dusen, a
young and accomplished widow, has
been connected with the office of the
clerk of the federal court at Dallas
since short time after the death of
her husband, Charles Palmer Van
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NOTES OF REFORM.

"The liquor devil is the same old
devil. Horace Greeley.
Temperance advocates will be pleased
to learn that one man in six i'll the
British navy is teetotaler.
The new legal code in Germany Or
dams that habitual drunkards are put
in the same categoW as minors.
OF ZOO men who entered one of the
state prisons in a given time 5000 adj
mitted that they were drunkards.
Switzerland has three institutions
for the cure of drunkards, which re-
cord permanent cures in one-half the
cases treated.
Under government control of the
sale of Intoxicating liquors in Russia
there has been a noticeable diminution
in drunkenness and in those crimes
and misdemeanors which are caused
by intoXication.
In 1886 Nebraska drank $4,000 bar
rels of beer; Missouri, 1,117,OOO; Wis
consin, 1,451, 900; Kansas, 1880. In
1896 Nebraska drank 10000 bar
rels of beer; Missouri, $3.50, 900; Wis
consin, 2,S46,000, or each about double,
while Kansas drank 6,O39, or only one
third as much.
A prominent Rhode Island lawyer
said short time ago that there could
be no wholesale conviction of those
rumsellers who are breaking the state
liquor laws, because the state institu-
tons are so crowded with criminals,
insane, and paupers whom the rumsel-
lers have sent there that there is no
room for them to follow.
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Indicate that she doesn't expect the
same social recognition she has always
had, yet she must know that as sa-
loon keepers wife she is not welcome in
all circles. Really, it woald be as rea-
sonable to invite Mrs. Jack Brady, and
even Mrs. Gates would resent that"
81 think there is a decided difference
between the two" suggested Mrs.
Sloan, ''for though they are both sa-
loon keepers wives, they are not both
voluntarily so. Jack Brady was in the
saloon business when he married, and
his wife knew all about it. Mr.. Gates
was a respectable clerk at the time of
his marriage, and though there is now
rumor that he was once connected
with the saloon business in the east,
have no idea that his wife suspected
anything wrong with his past career.
We all liked Mr.. Gates. He was well
come to our social circle both before
and after marriage, and we were
pleased when his wife joined our aid
society.
81 can't think that she was in any
way to blame for the change IN his
course. You know she was visiting in
the east when he bought the saloon.
1t is said that the deal was deliberately
planned by that schemer, John Raw
son, who was anxious to turn all of his
property into cash before leaving. /
don't know how true it is, but / have
been told that knowing Gates had some
money, he induced him to drink until
his judgment was beclouded, and then
tricked him into signing the papers.
1.-THE news nearly killed his wife, and
1 know she bitterly regrets having
taken the trip east. She feels that if
she had remained at home it could not
have happened. 1 think Mr.. Gates is
weak rather than wicked, and under
stand that he is not very much addict
ed to drink himself. She is decidedly
the stronger of the two, and know she
hopes to get him out of this business
into something else soon.
Mrs. Keen was visibly impressed.
ut does seem, as you put it," she said,
that we ought to exercise some char
ity for his wife's sake, if not for his
own. But fear that all of our men,
bers will not look at the matter as you
do, and if he comes 1 want him well
treated. May l depend upon you to
give him special attention? And may
place him next to you during refresh
ments? You see / am inclined to put
your theory to very practical test"
"Well, l certainly want to make my
practice correspond to my teaching"
answered Mrs. Sloan. 81 shall not be
hurt by the contact, and he may be
helped. at all events it will please his
wife, and thet alone will be worth the
effort. But, there! I didn't mean to
preach, and / am going at once lest /
say more than ought. probably have
done that already; however, 1 have
given you my honest conviction"
mo, you haven't said too much and
you have certainly given me something
to think about" said Mrs. Keen, as she
followed her friend to the door, ''and
shall act upon your advice, so you may
hold yourself in readiness to play the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-03-29

But they seldom wear them, and many
daughter is christened in the cap
that her grandmamma was christened
in. Sometimes the mother shades her
infant daughters head from the sun
with an umbrella, but the boy babies
receive no such attention.
But the way the Filipino mother car
ries her baby is the queerest, and prob
ably the easiest for the mother, that is
practiced in any country. The child
rides astride on the mothers hip-one
chocolate foot in front and the other
behind. The mother places her hand
against the back of the little one, and
the "nino" Gnfant) holds on by grasp
ing its mothers arm. And that is all
there is to it. In Japan the women
carry the babies in blanket on their
backs, much as an Indian squaw car
ries pappoose. In Egypt the little
ones are carried on the shoulders of
their parents, while in this country the
small child is carried in the arms.
The Filipino babies are not always
carried on the hips, however. In some
of the richer homes there are peram-
bulators, or baby carriages. There is
nothing artistic about them. They look
for all the world like clothes baskets
mounted on four very small wheels.
Sometimes the perambulator does for
a cradle as well, and is so arranged that
the basket sets in frame and can be
swung. Another kind is simply box
on two wheels. Often the baby is put
into this box and an older sister pulls
it back and forth along the street in
front of the house. The photograph
which goes with this sketch was taken
at Las Penas, south of Manila. This
carriage" was the only one in all the
village, and whoever made it had a
view to comfort, as you may surmise
from noticing the little wooden awning
over it. Filipino babies learn to talk
quite young. 1t is amusing to hear the
little ones lisping over the Tagalo Ian
guage and struggling with words that
sound much like lung" and "ong."
When they are six years old the chill
dren are started off to school, and
spend the days swinging their feet I'M
der the benches, learning the Spanish
alphabet in the forenoon and the Tag
alog in the afternoon. Now there is
an hour day given to the English
language, or, as they call it there, the
"Americano."
The Filipino little ones have few
things to play with, and do not know
what doll is. They never see picture
book, and know only the tales that are
told them after they are large enough
to understand. 1t is not till childhood
passes that they learn the meaning of
the songs that are crooned to them
when they are put to sleep-songs of
the sea and of the battles of their IA
thers.-Harry A. Armstrong, in Chicago
Record.
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HOW OLD AM |.

I think when tiny things go by
How old am l!
Five times the hedges in the lane
Have walked and gone to sleep again,
And this, think, must make it plain
How old am l!
When love is strong and hope is high
How old am II
I am a man to do and dare,
A man to strike and to forbear,
kSeelng one loved face everywhere).
How old am 1!
Yet. as the stealthy seasons fly
How young am L!
The mountain STOPPING to the sea,
Whose somber shades envelop me
Look backward on Eternity!
How young am l!
Men call me old, and 1 comply,
Yes, old am L:
And yet how young when every sense
Yields to its first experience,
Waiting in faith and confidence
A by and by!
Alice Chandler. in Pail Mall Magazine
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Joshua Bakers Downfall
BY Charles J. Adams.

~~~~~I
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Excellent Cough Mixture,

Take two ounces Of honey, four
ounces of treacle, seven ounces of best
vinegar, mix them in an enameled
saucepan and simmer over the fire for
quarter of an hour. When cool add
two drachms of ipecacuanha wine.
Take one tablespoonful every four
hours. This mixture is particularly
good for children.
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Baked Almond Pudding,

Beat fine in mortar four ounces OF
almonds with a few bitter ones, and a
little unfermented grape juice. Beat
up separately the yolks of six eggs,
CRATE the peel of two lemons, four
ounces of butter, three half-pints Of
cream and the juice of one lemon
Mix all these ingredients well togeth
err; make a rich paste, put it in ii
bottom of dish, pour the above UT
it and bake half an hour. Serve ri
or with liquid sauce.