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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
STRONG PROGRAMME FOR SYM
 PHONY CONCERT,
Sale of Seats Yesterday Was Satisfac-
 tory in the Extreme.

Sale of Seats Yesterday Was Satisfac-
 tory in the Extreme.
 tomorrow afternoon al the Hyperion the New Haven Symphony orchestra will give the third concert in it's series of this seasons concerts. The pro- gramme is one of the strongest that has ever been had from this orchestra, and it ought to prove an irresistible magnet to all musical New Haven. No end of interest attaches to Professor Isador Troostwyk's performance of the Gade Concerto for Violin in D minor as well because of the beauty of the work as of the fact that this is it's first hearing in concert in America.
 The sale of seats yesterday was satis- factory-in fact, 1t was little larger than usual. It is to be hoped that this means larger audience even than that in attendance last month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
NORTHFOR F D.

Jan. 14.-The Ladies' guild of St. An drew's church will meet at the rectory Wednesday afternoon.
 The Whist club met with Selectman S. D. Maltby Tuesday evening.
 Mrs, J. A. Smith is suffering from neuralgia near the heart.
 Mrs. l.. Morele Cooke is another vic- tim of the prevailing neuralgia affec- tions.
 Whitney Blakeslee has so far recover ed as to be able to attend to his busi- ness. But it is reported that Mrs ness.
 It is probable that a soiree will be given in Association hall on the night of the 22d.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
NEW SHAMROCK ORDERED
fl CUP CHALLENGER TO BE BUILT
 BY FIFE.
Watson to Aid tn the Design--The New Yacht to be Ready Early Next Year.

1 watson to Ala tn the DesiSM-Ihe NeW
 Yacht to be Ready Early Next Year. l London, Jan. 14.-William Fife, of Fairlie- on- the Clyde, is to build Sir
 Thomas Lipton's next challenger for the Americas cup. At a conference just held between Sir Thomas and his advisers definite arrangements were made for the construction of the Sham rock III, and an order for the new yacht was given to and accepted by MT. Fife.
 In view of the probability of big re- vival of British yachting, and the fact that designing and experimenting a cup challenger necessitates constant work for at least year, MT. Fife was somewhat disinclined to accept the con tract. But Sir Thomas found means of overcoming his objections. George l.. Watson has promised to assist MT Fife in every way by handing over to him the details of the construction of the Shamrock II. and all the calcula- tions and details of the tank exper ments made at the Dennys' yard. With these and the experience gained with the Shamrock l., MT. Fife starts with a distinct advantage over his first ef- forts.
 In recent converse ton with a friend MT Watson indicated that he still be- lieved the Columbia's victory over the Shamrock II. was largely due to luck, and that he believed the Shamrock II. was quite the Columbia's equal.
 MT Fife Is already collecting material and will begin work upon the plans for the Shamrock III. as soon as the boats now on hand for the next British yachting season are fairly started which probably will be at the end of this month. The Shamrock III. is to be ready early in the spring of 1903.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
A SUNSET FANCY

A = SCNoGI fANC4.
 Come sit by me while the sunset
 Floods all the shining west,
 And let me tell you the fancy l That ever in my breast. When I see the sunset drifting
 All over the western sky Like a shadow of the glory That shines in Gods home on high The gold and the amber glory,
 That over the west is rolled l call in my pleasant fancy
 The mystic gates of gold
 l see them swinging backward
 From the glory of Gods hand,
 Through which we mayreach the portals Far over the silver strand.
 Sometimes I can hear the anthems
 That Gods children love to sing
 And the chords of my heart give echo
 To their silver murmuring.
 l see the spires of the city
 Beyond the golden gates.
 And I long for little of the quiet That each weary heart awaits. Look out on the solemn glory Of the strangely brilliant west. Perhaps through the shining portals Some soul has passed to rest. Gone home to the peace and quiet Beyond the gates of gold. Gone home through the sunset portals To be no longer old. Is it not a pleasant fancy This mystical one of mine, To think that Gods gates are open. Swung wide at the days decline. Some time in the sunsets stiffness. When the gates are open wide. We will cross through the golden portals To the land on the other side a We will sing in the sunset city As never we sang before The songs that the blest are singing To night on the other shore. And will walk in the kindly sunshine Of Gods eternal day, Like we gain the rest and the quiet Which shall never pass away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
BROTHERHOOD SUPPER

And Reception at the Y. M. c. A. To
 Night.
 One of the most enjoyable and helpful social functions which are held from time to time in the Young Mems Chris ton association rooms is the bi-monthly reception and supper given to the Brotherhood of the association. This is an organization of young men who have become interested in the Christian life through the instrumentality of the as sooistion. This evening they will sit down to supper at 6:15. after which they will have a social time, including infor- maj discussions of practical subjects of 
 The hour has been planned so as to allow the men to attend the Warner hall entertainment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
SOCIAL WHIST AND DANCE.

Young Mems Republican Club to En-
 tertain-Annual Meeting To-Morrow Night
 Another Of the very popular sociall whists and dances by the members of the Young Mems Republican club will according to the present arrangements be given in its hall on Thursday even ing, January 23. All of the whist clubs in the city have been invited to be the guests of the clubs whist party that night, and it is expected that there will In the neighborhood of hundred tables. There will be a number of prizes, probably eight, four for the la dies and like number for the gentle men. A number of the whist clubs in vited have signified their intention of accepting and it is hoped that all of the clubs in the city will do so inme- diately.
 This evening there will he ? meeting of the clubs whist club to complete the arrangements for the start of another tournament. There will also be meet ing of the whist committee of the club on Thursday evening, just previous to the annual meeting of the club.
 The annual meeting for the election of officers and the transaction of other important and regular business will be on Thursday night at s o'clock. A full attendance of the members is desired
 The Messenger-Can't I ride on my badge?
 The Conductor-I don't know: but you can get off the car and try it.-In- dianapolis News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
The chatf1eld Paper %: s.s:. ss'-SsSs s5Ss.t
 Host Complete Line of Paper and Irvine n the satc

ing feature of the programme, and there is plenty of snap and novelty in the acts by the Clipper quartette, Clark and Candy the Three Graces and the Rice brothers in bar performance.
 Prices: Matinee 10 and 20 cents; eve- ming 10, 20 and 30 cents; ladies at mati- nee iG cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15

q never pretend" said Colonel Still well, that I take alcoholic beverages for medicinal purposes"
 "The subterfuge is sometimes indulg- ed in. 7"
 Tt would not do for me It would create the impression that l am a chronic invalid. d."-Washington Star
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
MIR. NICHOLS BoUND OVER

New Canaan, Jan. A.-After a. hear ing to-day, G. Duff Nichols and his son George R., were bound over in s5,o0o and s2,500 respectively to the superior coutr for assault with intent 10 kill Frapl, Clark
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
YALE coNcLAvE, l. o. H.

Yale conclave. l, O. H., have complet- ed their arrangement for their public installation to be held on January 24 at which the grand officers win attend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
NEW ORLEANS, MEXICO AND CALL
 IFORNIA

The Southern Railway operates in connection with the Sunset Limited annex car. Leaves New York Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. New York offices, 271 and 11S5 Boardway.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-15
WORK OF Y. M. (. A. IN 1901
ANNU1L REPORT or SECRETARY
 LOIZE SUBMITTED

At the Annual Meeting of the Associa- tion Held Monday Night-An Answer to Criticism of the Work of the Or ganizatton-Splend Help Of the WOmen's Auxiliary.
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
FRAEEgEzE| EzE| s B sIg}

The concrete essence of fraternal in surance is summed up in the simple statement that up to Jan. 1, 1901, the 115 societies from which statistics were compiled had a membership of 2,SS1, 434. insurance in force of $5,058, ,289, 1S2. paid in death losses during 190t the sum of $47 ,256. .4SJ and in the time of their existence had paid to their benefciaries the enormous sum of $465, ,251 ,410.
 In 1856 the Ancient Order of Hiber. nians was founded originally for the purpose of affording protection to the hunted and outlawed Sogarth Aroon.
 Fraternalism points to the past as aI earnest of its future Pounded as it is on the needs of humanity, its possibili ties are limited only to the demands of humanity on the ever widening sweep of true cooperation.
 A single smile will make the lodge room brighter than a whole evening Ot frowns.
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
A HUMAN FOREST.
How Indian Tribesmen Succeed In
 Escaping the Police.

How Indian Tribesmen Succeed In
 Escaping the Police.
 Some of the Indian tribes over which we rule give us a great deal of trouble, notably the Mahsuds. The Mahsuds, however. are not by any means the worst of the Indian robber tribes, the unenviable distinction probably falling to the Bhils, who are the cleverest scoundrels ip the world, both in their methods of acquiring other peoples property and in evnding pursuit.
 They are very proud of their skill in pilfering and openly boast Of it. One of them once told British officer that he could steal the blanket from under him and was promptly challenged to show his ability. That night when the officer was fast asleep the Bhil robber cut hole in his tent, crept noiselcssly in and gently tickled the hands and feet of the sleeping man. The officer stirred uneasily and turned over. In this way the Bhil was able to pull the blanket out little way. By repeating his performance he finally succeeded in ''coaxing" the blanket completely from under the sleeper.
 When engaged in his nefarious little games, the Bhil wears hardly any clothing, and his 1.-the body is rubbed with oil to facilitate escape from any would be captors. When hotly pursued by the British troops, the robbers make use of refy clever device. They con- ceal their scant clothing under their small round shields and scatter them about to resemble stones or powders; then, picking up a few twigs-if there are any to be had-they assume all sorts of grotesque attitudes, their al- most f1eshless limbs silhouetted against the dark night sky closely resembling the charred limbs of a tree. Absolute ly motionless, they hold their positions till the enemy has passed them.
 In this way a British subaltern in charge of party sent to capture some Bhils was considerably startled one evening. The pursuit had completely lost sight of the robbers, and finally the party drew rein by clump of gnarled and bent tree trunks, tired and hot from their hard exertions. The of ficer In charge took of his hat and placed it on the end of a broken limb, when instantly there was a wild scream of laughter. and the tree trunks sud- denly came to life and vanished in the darkness.-London Express.
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
HARD TO GET STARTED.
Things Which Overcome a Writer
 When Beginning an Article.

Things Which Overcome Writer
 When Beginning an Article.
 There Is feeling of timidity that oftentimes overcomes a writer when beginning an article. AS in writing d letter, it is getting started that puzzles. It is the custom to begin with slow moving piston and work gradually into full speed until the flow of words Is free, and then the difficulty with some of us Is to find the brake valve. Again, a writer sometimes discovers that his beginning is more fitting ending, and vice versa. The newspaper style is to throw general conclusions up strong under the headlines, while the sermon tzer reserves them until his final cli- max.
 Thackeray remarked once that he could never tell exactly what he was going to say until his pen was in hand and under motion and then did not fully realize just what he was saying until 1t was written. There is a subconscious- ness that shapes writing as it does speaking. This, know, distm bs some well known theories of spea king and writing-as to weighing everything and then measuring 1t out as a druggist compounds a prescription-but my ob- servations are that the preparation is more in getting full of a subject and then letting the mind work free under the impulse of the dominating idea.
 There are as many ways and meth ods in writing and speaking as there arc individuals. and yet the fundamen- tai law in the transmission of thought and speech runs largely in the same groove, whether 1t be the jargon of the HOttentot or the polished periods of the scholar. Human nature has its own primitive impulses that defy all rules of rhetoric and the power of ex- pression-that is. the power, mind yon is deeper seated than any artificial formula of stylists. - National Maga- zine
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Salaries Paid to Lodge Officer
 

saIarie. Paid to Lodge Omcer..
 Plume Tips.
 Frequent inquiry is made as to the salaries paid to supreme lodge officers. The following are the only ones re ceiying them: Supreme chancellor, $3,. 900 a year; supreme keeper of records and seal, $3,600 a year; supreme mas ter of e1chequer, $750 year; presi- dent board of control of the endow- ment rank, $3,oo0 a year, paid from endowment rank funds; major gen eral of the uniform rank, $4,000 a year, paid from uniform rank funds. In the endowment rank office the sec retary gets S2,400 a year, the general counsel $3.0O0 a year and the medical examiner in chief g.. 400, all paid from the funds of the endowment rank Pythian Knight.
 Miss Calanthe. the mascot goat of the Knights of Pythias, was given a reception recently by Livingston lodge of Philadelphia. There was an attend ance of fully 1000 members of the or der from all sections of the city. Miss Calanthe is now on her way to Califor- nia, where she is to be presented to Supreme Chancellor O. H. Fethers. The mascot has travelled over six states and visited nearly fifty lodges.
 Havana lodge. Cuba. Is doing good work. and the membership Is increas- ing.
 The shortest name of Khorassan Is Notary H. F. Ow of No. 34. The short est member Is Major John Mertz of No. 73. forty-one inches high.
 Supreme Chancellor Fethers recently appointed Past Supreme Representa- tive John F. Hilscher of St. Paul, Minn.. to one of the two vacancies on the supreme tribunal and the latter has accepted the appointment.
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24

sermon on Tears by Iny uuEy $ ,.,s->. and l have found Christ ''i read yoJi sermon upon 'Rtco%ui,iOn Cf Fr.snG> In Heaven to my mother when she was dying" "I read this or that when l was in a certain trouble, and the ser mon brought light to my soul" Let no nearer or reader of this sermon think for one instant that my fathers work was a man made work. My fathers work was a divinely inspired work. He was called as certainly to do his work as Paul and Peter and John were called to do theirs, He was inspired by prayer and communion with God.
 Would you go with me into the death chamber? His passing away was as he himself would have had it if his own wish had been consulted. He prac tically died in the harness. One Sun day he was preaching in Mexico, the next on his deathbed. For five long weeks he fingered, but God mercifully benumbed the wornout and tired brain. He suffered not at all. He awoke long enough to recognize and at times call for his wife and children. But con- versation was an impossibility between him and the members of his family during the weary days and nights he was sick. We were all there, all ex- cept those of the family who had preceded him to the other side and who were waiting to give him wei come. We repeated the old verse so often spoken by his own lips:
 When round my dying bed assemble those
 love.
 X dear old family friend uttered a sweet prayer. That was all. We watch cd and waited until his mortal life was lifted into the heavenly life. There were a few tears. a few callings of yoodby. He slipped away so quietly we could not tell when he was gone He was asleep. The tired heart ceased 10 beat. The old sweet restful look came back to the loving face. We laid him away for little while in the fam fly plot in beautiful Greenwood. As lifted my hand over the open grave to pronounce the benediction. l said to myself. 50 may we all live and labor, that when our work Is done we may 20 to our rest in the full conviction that when we awake it will be like this glorified tpirit in the likeness of his Lord"
 TCopyrtPAt 1902 Louis Klopsch V. VI
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
A DULL PARAGRAPH,
Yet not Without the solid Meat of Instruc
 ton Wrapped Within If.

ton Wrapped Within If.
 will write dull but instructive para graph. It begins with n list of bad things, to wlt: rheumatism, gout, bronchitis, liver complaint, kidney complaint, affections of the skin, asthma, all forms of nervous ail- ments, pneumonia, epilepsy, insanity we'll, that will do. The question Is, what is the real cause of these ailmentsY As the children say, what "Radkes'' them9 The answer is, Poisons manufactured in the di- gestive system. Cure the indigestion and you cure the fruits of it. That Is the truth, and it Is common sense also. Fail to cure the cause and you may doctor any of its consequences through a pain cursed lifetime, always in vain, All con- tagious or infectious diseases select their victims from people weakened by bad digestion, or by insufficient nutrition. If you don't believe me ask the plague and cholera experts. At present the lead ing medicine for indigestion, chronic dys- pepsia, sluggish liver, incompetent kid neys and slow cell transportation is Calcura Solvent, discovery from the medical workshop of Dr. David Kennedy, of Kings ton, N. Y. 1t is tremendous fighter of disease, and usually conquers. It is one of the neD things that make men wonder. The sick praise it with open mouth and thankful hearts. Tell tho druggist to give you bottle of Calcura Solvent, Dr. Ken nedy's new medicine-nothing else
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
CURIOSlTlES OF MICA.
Its Appearance Before It Is Split
 Into Sheets.

tnto sheets.
 The mica as 1t comes from the mines Is in blocks which are theoretically short rhombic prisms, but practically are scarcely recognizable as such, hay ing very rough and uneven contour They have d very perfect cleavage parallel to the base and may be split into lamiuH thinner than the thinnest tissue paper and these lamina form the familiar transparent stove panes end lamp Chimneys. The exterior DOT tions of these blocks are opaque, brittle and worthless, presumably from the penetration of water, for mica soon uecoluposes when exposed to any con sidera blc weathering. A thick layer or plates has therefore to le removed from either face of the blocks before any mica of commercial size or value is reached, and the sheets split from the remainder are surrounded by wide margin of worthless material
 But the difficulties and losses of mica mining are far from being ail enumerated. Even when occurring in blocks Cf commercial size it is ren. dered valueless, or comparatively SO, by one or more of q series of defects, winch may be classed as color. specks, ruling ribbing and wedge forma ton. It sometimes occurs literally pied with black dots. consisting in general of black oxide of iron or garnet and when even few of these are present its commercial value IS destroyed, be cause such mica when used as an insu- lator Is peculiarly liable 10 puncturc, the specks forming practically short circuits for the electric current. The same ,s true of streaks. which are sonnet mes turned 10 red rust.
 Soute otherwise excel llent mica is found to be ruled or cut, as it were. with n series of perfectly straight lines parallel to one side of the crys tai. so that on being split the mica falls immediately into strips; or, again, Instead of being striped or ruled tn, mica is often deeply ribbed or coTu gated parallel to. the adjacent edges of the crystal. so as to give the appear ance of the letter A, or, rather. V. whence 1t Is termed "A mlca." As the ribbed portion has to be cut away in the sheet. such mica is improbable unless the blocks be large. Wedge mica is that in which the block is thicker at ore end than the other, the lamin;e partaking in the unevenness Such blocks are wholly worthless OK. cept as scrap.-Eugineering Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1902-04-24
ODD FELLOWS.
How to Retain ;rembers-TriPIe LinE
 Notes.

Notes.
 How can we retain our members? you ask. Be their friends, trade with them if they are in business, speak to theuI when you see them, greet them with . warm shake of the hand, re ioice with them in their prosperity. sympathize with them in their adver- slty and show a brotherly feeling to- ward them. Make the lodgeroom a pleasant place to meet and try to make them feel you are their friends, and few will want to drop out of the lodge for nonpayment of fdues.-Independent Odd Fellow.
 The order is not benefited by those who join for the purpose of getting out of 1t what they can. Giving gen erously, cheerfully, lovingly, is what makes the true Odd Fellow valuable to himself and to the order.
 From the last statement received from the representatives to the sover- eign grand lodge our order has II ,969 subordinate lodges, 2,G60 subencamp- mcnts and 5,347 Rebekah lodges.
 First class initiatory or degree work cannot be done unless the parts are thoroughly committed to memory. To use books in the ceremonies takes one back in memory to past and obsolete age. An up to date officer does work from memory and not from books. The merging or consolidation of weak lodges or encampments is subject which, among Odd Fellows, is receiv- ing considerable attention and is being encouraged by many of the leading | members as a method of economiZing | operating expenses and stimulating in | terest.
 The Rebekah degree is the crowning glory of Odd Fellowship. It makes Its | friendship stronger, its love purer and | it's truth more enduring.
 The eighty-third anniversary of i American Odd Fellowship will mark a mighty increase and onward progress 1 in the cause of fraternity. says The | New Age. Let 1t be celebrated wher ever the banners Of friendship, love and truth are displayed. Gather in public and In lodgerooms. Let those about you know of the largest fraternal organization In the world. the great leader of the hosts of practical benevo- i lence and good will to mankind. James Davidson, who died recently at Santa Barbara. Cal, joined the order of Odd Fellows In 1889.