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To the Editor of The Times:
Sir. Wonders, we are told, will never
cease. and surely there is good reason
to subscribe to the trite old axiom when
we find a gentleman who earns his liv-
ing in this world. and no doubt hopes TO
secure his salvation in the world to come,
Inv preaching the gospel, or what he con
ceives to be the gospel of Christ, rushing
into nrint to advocate the taxation OF
church property. Surely the long-herald-
cd millennium must be approaching at a
stupendous pace when such things can be
and not excite our special wonder
CandidIy speaking. it looks very much
as if the Rev. Madison c. Peters, Of the
Baptist Tabernacle, Baltimore, has an
exceedingly warm spot in his heart for
the vast multitude Of mortaIs who never.
by either word or deed. manifest their
belief in the existence of sod. who sell
dom if ever enter church of any demon
iuation, and who would about as soon
think OF investing their money in a gold
brick with their eyes open as of yolun
tarily contributing the palrTy sum Of one
dollar to the support Of religious worship
of any kind.
At least we feel safe in drawing such
q conclusion, since it is quite evident
that non-attendants at church would
really be the only gamers if church
property was made subject to taxation.
True il is that all classes who are taxed
IA
an enactment. but it is equally true that
so far as church members are concerned
IL would simply be ''robhing Peter to pay
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Archducal Practical Jokes.

Leopold Ferdinand the ex-archduke of
Austria who now has assumed the
name of Herr Wolhing. has left the Au-
strian army with the reputation of hav-
ing been placed under arrest more fire.
quently than any other prince of the
blood in the Old World. OF his vices it
is unnecessary to speak here But I may
add that he was an inveterate practical
joker. and a wonderful mimic. and that
his talents in both these directions were
invariably exercised at the expense of
his superioTs.
Some of his jokes were quite the re-
verse of dignifed; as, for instance, when
he rode around the town Of Yglau. where
he was stationed. dressed in a woman S
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the consul generalcy of Zanzibar in 1881.
Sir John Kirk vas not, however. allow
ed to rest. IN 1889 he was appointed a
British plenipotentiaTy to the slave
trade conference at Brussels; IN 1890
he was delegated to represent Eng
land at the conference which re-
suited in the Congo tariff agreement Of
1880, and in 1897 he was special com
missioner to the Niger coast He is now
a member OF the government committee
for the construction Of the Uganda rail-
way.
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Unreasonable Woman.

This thermometer, complained the
customer, is no good. I can never tell
by it how cold it is"
Consider. my dear woman" replied
The Boston shopkecpeT. the word Ihsr-
none ter' is aerived from two Greek
words meaning measure o. heat The
instI ument is designed to measure heat.
madam. not cold. "-Philadelphia Press.
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Sir John Kirk, foreign secretary to
the Royal Geographical Society, was
born in 1892 He was assistant physician
to the British hospital at Renkioi during
the Russian war. and medical officer aud
naturalist to DR.. Bivingston's eKpedi-
ton to the ZamDesi in 1858. In 1856 he
was appointed acting surgeon to the
political agency and vice consul at
Zanzibar, where he remained many years
and filed many Offices, and on the visI;
of the Sultan Of Zanzibar TO this country
Sir John accompanied him in an official
capacity He retired on a pension from
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An Appeal in Vain.

a naval medical examining board hay
ing refused his application, Hohson ap-
pealed to Congress, but in vain The Hon
John H Bankhead, Of whose district Mr.
dobson is a resident, is accredited with
having been instrumental in "bottling
up" the political ambition of this valiant
young naval officer. In this respect he
was more successful than was Hobson
in his effort TO keep the Spanish ad-
miral in Santiago barbor by that act
Of folly and imbecility. the sinking
Of the MerriInac Mr. Bankhead. who
has served in the House for sixteen
years, has no intention 5f retiring, and
does not view with approval the Con
gressional aspirations Of his famous
constituent. Hence his friends on the
Naval Committee. not being moved by
sentiment, have declined to further Mr.
Hobson's embiticn,
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Would Change Attire.

Fain would he strip himself Of epau-
lets, gold braid and lace. and the gilt
tering blade to don the broad brimmed
hat, the low-cut waistcoat. the evpan-
siTc shirt front and cambria tie. SO
typical of the Southern Congressman.
But the joy Of seeing him thus attired
and listening to him crate in the HOUSE.
OF Representatives is to be denied him
for a time at least. Hobson has suf-
fercd from an impaired sight, and while
ne contends that this interferes with
his service in the navy he believes
that it would be no obstacle to prevent
him from representing an Eletama con-
stitueney IN Congress. where it may be
assumed that perfect eyesight is not es
sent!al. particularly as there are others
in that body of which he seeks to be
come q member who likewise have been
known TO have Optical illusions.
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PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF COAL.
Edward Everett Hale Defends Before the Boston Peoples Forum

that the city should own 100. 900 tons.
more or less. Of coal
Here Is the United States with $500.
GOO, 900 In the Treasury now waiting to
be spent.
Does It not seem absurd. certainly
It is pathetic. that there should be found
sensible men who say that in a country
which can pack up its treasures in such
form the government of this city may
not pack away $500, eco If it wants TO in
100, coo tons Of coal?
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The very. circumstance which founded
the independent state OF Massachusetts
pointed 10 municipal ownership. John
Cotton. the first minister Of Boston, left
in his VIII 500 pounds sterling to the
town for The erection OF n granary.
and 1t seems absurd for the official
or the property owner who lives in q
city which makes s. 600 year on its in
yestmeut by the renting Of its towels
used by summer bathers to be whining
aud Shedding tears at the possibility
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The sixth Duke of Portland. who Is
forty-hve. owns over a hundred and
eighty three thousand acres. and the
country seats OF Welbeek Abbey, Full
IaTton House and Castle Cessnock
From 1881 TO 1888 he was lieutenant
colonel OF the Honorable Artillery Com
many.
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Poor Parson Whiterfbbon tripped
over q demijohn in a dark alley"
Yes. and it was terrible the way
those reporters described t."
What did they say?"
said his downfall was due 10 liquor. .
Philadelphia Record.
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Must Have Been Fiction.

THE imagination is more fully deveI-
oped in the tropics than elsewhere. re-
marked Mr. suburba.
4 should think so, A" retorted Mrs. Sub
urba, with sigh. Il was just read a
dispatch that says there is a family in
Jamaica which has had one servant
cooking Cor them for seventy-four
years. ''-Cinciunat Commercial Tribune
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Worked Like 2 Charm

Jorkins-''There's Perkirs-you know
Perkins 2-entered into al agreement
with his wife soon after their marriage
twenty years ago that whenever either
lost temper or stormed the other was 70
keep silence.
Bob-"And the scheme wcTbed?'
Jorkins-"A Admirably. Perkins has kept
silence for twenty years. Tit Bits.
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carnarvOn's American Connections


The robbery Of Lady Carnarvon.s
jewels. somewhere on the line between
calais and Paris-a line which is the
happy hunting ground of the most
famous and skulfuI of international
thieves, serves to call attention TO the
connection of the Carnarvon branch OF
the Herberts with this country.
1t dates from the third or fourth dec
ade Of the last century, when Henry VII
liam Herbert established himself al tho
Cedars. in Newark. n. J., and married in
1888 Miss Sarah Barker. Of Bangor. Ne.
He was the eldest son of the Dean of
Manchester, younger brother of the
second Earl Of Carnarvon. and died in
New York at about the time OF the out
Freak OF the civil war, leaving d son on
the name of William George Herbert
who was for many years connected with
the war department in London. and now
makes his home at FoIkeston Kent with
his wife, daughter Of Sir Samuel FaIki-
ner. OF Annemount.
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UnCOnSideTed TTifleS
Tommy Knew.

Kentucky Teacher (of infant geography
class Tommy Blood may tell US what
a strait is"
Tommy Blood-It's jis' tn plain stuff
'thout notin' in it"-Detroit Free Press
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riding garb. sitting the side saddle with
a skill and assurance as Ff he had never
ridden any other way. and escorted by q
couple of his feIlow-offcers on horseback.
They happened &c pass the colonel Of The
regiment and tbs general commanding
the division, who were on a tour of in
spection, neither Of whom recognized
at the time that the equestrienne who
so graciously acknowledged their salute
was man, and an archduke at that.
instead Of woman. For this he was
subjected by his colonel to an arrest
OF six weeks.
Of course all these jokes, as well as
his mimicry Of his superior officers.
were detrimental to the discipline Of the
corps, and his abandonment Of the ARM
IS not regarded by the military auth9rf-
ties Of Austria as loss to the crown.
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Nothing gives Pope Leo XIII more
pleasure than a visit from some one
living in his native village. Carpineto.
He knows everybody there, personally,
and has done much for the place. provid-
Ing it with waterworks. hospital, etc.
He has now commissioned Mgr. Adaml
to convert the house in which he was
born into . Pope Leo Museum.
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.cWaqes" Not Enough.

Judge Merris-he was Judge on the
municipal bench before he came to
Congress-is said to have declined re-
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In the Public Eue.

During his recent visit in Paris Charlie
magne Tower, the retiring ambassador to
Russia, was asked by Ambassador Nc
CoTmick about the climate OF st. Peters
burg. Mr.. Tower answered that the
climate there was no worse than that Of
Chicago, Mr.. McCOrmick's home city
Mr.. Mccormick says that ever since he
has been trying to make out whether
that was a compliment to St. Petersburg
or a reflection on Chicago.
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ounR Prospects Growing Les
Hast
Journey Q Lord Carnaro
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has been usually assigned to some post
where neither the influence nor the in
discretion Of his wife could do any harm.
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1t Cures Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Group, Infiu-
enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma.
A certain cure for Consumption in first stages,
You will see the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. : Sold by dealers everywhere. Large
bottles 25 cents and 80 cents.
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HAMnEN DEMOCRATS.

Hamden democrats have nominated
the following town ticket: Selectmen
Burton D. Potter and George w. Ma
lone; town clerk, Ellsworth B. Cooper
treasurer, Walter Hayes; auditor
Thomas Dunn; assessor, Patrick Ma.
her; tax collector, Frank N. Spencer;
registrar Of voters, Andrew McKeoni
grand jurors, John P. Phelps ane
Thomas Rockford, Jr.; board of relief
Herbert e. Warner and Homer futile;
constables, Charles Male, Thomas r
O'Connell and James Whelahan; yschoo
committee, Frederick S. Brockett and
William M. Mix. The meeting endorsed
the republican nominee for town clerk
f. B. Cooper, and that for treasurer
Walter Hayles. '*".
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not succeeded in getting out, and that
We were between her and safety. We
captured her and brought her up to the
city and anchared her opposite the
Third District ferry landing on the Al
gieFs side.
Il was not on the Manassas on her
succeeding trips, but would like to say
a word as to what became of her.
During the Spanish-American war
northern paper stated that Admiral
Dewey, then a captain, had sunk her
during the fight at the forts, but this
was an error. was in this fight, sta
toned on board the flagship Louisiana.
Commodore Mitchell and Captain Nc
Intyre commanding. This vessel was
manned by a company of the Crescent
/ Artillery and part of a, company OF
Grivot's Artillery, of which was first
! lieutenant. The Louisiana was an
chored in the stream about three hun
bred wards above Fort ST. Philip and
the Manassas was tied to the bank
breast of us, on the Fort Jackson side,
and this was the position we occupied
the night of the battle Two days be-
! fore the battle Lieutenant Johnson
came aboard in boat with dispatches
for Commodore Mitchell. Lieutenant
johnson told us that from the informa-
ton he had gathered, the Federals were
going to attack us within two days.
Captain Mcintyre wanted to anticipate
them, and remarked to Commodore
| Mitchell: Commodore, let us go down
/ and fight the Yankees The commo-
| dore's answer was short No
Captain Mcintyre had both arms
shot off and one leg broken in the fight,
and was taken off the ship into Fort
Philip the morning after the battle.
The engagement began at two o'clock at
night, and lasted until daylight, but the
enemy's ships had passed through our
line. We had the two best ships left,
the Louisiana, sixteen guns, and the
McCray, ten guns, and ! suggested to
Commodore Mitchell that we run
them to Mobile. 1 said would pilot
them, as I knew the route, either by
day or night, in case We had to run
through the blockal.ns fleet. got the
same answer that C1rtata McIntyre dill
two days before, a hort Ne 49,
'If this brave captain ha! boen in
charge of the fleet ! think we would
have succeeded in preventing the Yam
kee fleet from getting through our
lines. - A
zone Federal ship, the Winona, com
manded by Captain SchleY, now admi-
raj. was sunk by the Confederate gun
boat Stonewall Jackson. but our ships
were but little damaged. They We're
al sunk or set fire to by their crews
during and after the fight some never
having left their moorings This was
! the case with the Manassas.
Orders were given to abandon and
/ blow up our vessel, the Louisiana.
which we did. and along with the off,
GERS and crews of the other vessels, we
started on long march Of eighty-five
miles to the city on the right bank of
the river. met Captain Warley, of the
! Manassas. on the way, and marching
I together, asked him what execution
he had done during the fight. He re-
piled that he had done nothing. but had
the water supply pipe cut and let her
sink at her mooring. Thus ingloriors-
] " ended the famous ram Manassas"
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Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 1851 a. m. H.
John Merrick of Bridgeport addressed
socialistic meeting on the corner OF
Center and Church streets Saturday
night.
The school for the study of the Gael
ic language will begin the winter term
tonight, meeting as formerly in the
Boardman building.
Fred Clarke, of Kimberly avenue, and
engineer on the Shore Line division OF
the Consolidated road, is spending a
few weeks at the home Of his mother in
Maine.
The California club Of the knights
Templars held a session Saturday night
to further complete its preparations for
the tour to be made next year. There
are now about 100 who expect to go to
the trienniaI in California next August.
Eight members of the Hackmen's
union have been expelled for non-pay-
ment of dues, and other reasons. The
Runion has also elected Thomas Bunee a
delegate ro-rfre annual convention of the
State Federation of Labor soon to be
held.
AT Admiral Foote post, No. II, g. "a,
A.. Saturday night, two recruits were
mustered in here are John Korn. a
veteran of the Second g. VI, who served
in Co. F. and George w. Ward. Of the
seth u S. colored infantry. who was a
member Of GO. B.
At Davenport church Rev. Mr.. Prem
tiss. the pastor, preached a very inter-
Loayes and Fishes. The singing of the
offertory was unusually fine. It was
by the quartet and chorus choir. The
quartet parts were most effective.
The domestic employed by F. l..
leighton and who died at the general
hospital Friday night has been identi-
fed not as Mrs. Jennie Wheeler but as
Mrs. Jennie w. Carlson, wife of a sa-
loonkeeper at 81 Greene street. Autopsy
releaved the fact that she died from
i chronic nephritis.
The Foresters of New Haven will give
banquet next Friday evening in Court
Elm City's room In the Odd Fellows
hall IN Grown street, to which all For
esters are cordially invited. The COM
mittee having the affair in charge is
William B1auvelt, Bruce Adams, w.
Tannenbaum and r. Daucy.
The second of the series of lectures on
Insurance will be given at Osborn hall,
Yale. this afternoon. John K. Gore,
actuary OF the Prudential Insurance
company Of Newark, win open a course
of four lectures dealing with the theo-
ry Of life insurance and annuities; the
calculations Of rates; varieties of con-
tracts, and the different branches of life
Insurance. : !.
A Fashionable wedding this week will
be that of e. Leroy Bartholomew Of the
electrical department of the N. Y, N. H.
and Fl. r. r. Co., to Miss Vera Parme-
lee Of Guilford, which will take part at
the brides home. Miss Parmelee is a
talented pianist and Mr.. Bartholomew
Is a baritone of recognized ability, and
has charge of the music at the Congre-
gational church, Gui1ford.
Announcements of four vacancies to
be filled by competitive examinations
have just been issued by the United
States civil service commission. The
0ositions to be filled are inspector of
rubber. examination, November H.;
assistant farmer and dairyman in the
Indian service, examination October 81 !;
enginee craftsman. examination Octo-
Der 81. and teacher in the Philippines,
examination October 49, # y.
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WEATHER RECORD.

washington, D. c., Oct 4, 1903, s p. m.
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday
For New England: Fair in south, showers
In northern portion Monday; Tuesday fair,
light to fresh south winds. ~.,
For Eastern New York: Showers In early
morning, followed by fair Mondays; TUESDAY
fair, fresh southwest to west winds.
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THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Continued from Eleventh Page.)
ton in the mind of young clergyman
between devotion to a missionary life
among the lepers and the attractveness
of the social world into which he Is
plunged upon coming from his western
home to New York.
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Local weather report.

New Haven. Oct. 4.
+ss H. "a y,
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Monday, October 5. 1908.
AEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY

s.. Pag
Amusements-Poli's Theatef.
Auction Sale-R. b. Mallory.
Carpets and Rugs Chamberlain Co.
Dining Room Furniture-Bowditch Co.
Estate Robert WilsOn-Probate Notice.
Estate Ira Wilson-Probate Notice.
Estate David Wilson-Probate Notice.
Estate Edw. r. Hayes-PrObate Notice.
Early Birds-E. Z. Hall & Son.
Food Choppers-The ]. E. Bassett & Co.
Horses-G. III. Dudley, Mt. Carmel.
Home Heating-BroWn & Durham.
Introductory Week-Chas. Monson Co.
Krakauef Pianos-A. b. Clinton. L
Mogul Egyptian Cigarettes
Mice and Men-Hyperion.
Mathushek Pianos-Treat & Shepard Co.
New Coats-Hamilton & Co.
Notion Sale-Gamble- Desmond Co.
Postum-At Grccers.
Sale of Trimmed Hats-Muhlfelder.
Sale of Silks-The Edw. Malley Co.
-Toolmakers-Col. +. Fl. Phipps.
Observation-Disclosures Court Street.
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Mildred Champagne, whose book is all
luringly entitled Love Stories From
Real Life"
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Continued from Eleventh Page.)
ton in the mind of young clergyman
between devotion to a missionary life
among the lepers and the attractveness
of the social world into which he is
plunged upon coming from his western
home to New York.
Three new books for little folks are
on the Century Company's list for au-
tumn publication: Baby Days." a
new edition of an old-time favorite,
containing some illustrations from the
early editions and much new material
all garnered by Mary Mapes Dodge
from the Little Folks department of st.
Nicholas; "Thistledown," a new book
by Mrs. c. ". Jamison, the author of
Lady Jane"-like that popular girls
book. the scene laid in New Orleans;
and a new edition Of J. G. Francis
Cheerful Cats and Other Animated
Animals"-one of the funniest little
books that have ever, appeared.
W. M. Thackerays friendship with
the Baxter family of New York was
one of the most interesting of the great
novelist's friendships. His letters to
the Baxters are to see the light in the
pages of the Century during the coming
year. They cover both visits Of Thack-
cray to America, and they reflect his
opinions upon all sorts and kinds of
American topics, with all the authors
frankness, vivacity and charm.
John Luther Longs new volume of
short stories, Sixty Jane" will be
ready in October, There are nine sto-
ries In all--some humorous, several pa
thetic, some. thrilling, all tenderly hu-
man. Another book of short stories
which the Century Company is about to
issue is Chester Bailey Fernald's Gun
der the Jack-staff," the first volume
which Mr.. Fernald has published since
1.-THE Cat and the Cherub," some years
ago.
For the first time in the history of
her remarkable career, the only woman
publisher in the country, Miss Caro-
M. Clark, known in business circles as
the G. M. Clark Publishing Company,
is about to issue books written by wo-
men. 1t was simply a matter of cir
cumstance, Miss Clark says, that hith-
erto all the books that she has pub
lished have been written by men.
Quincy Adams Sawyer her first
great success which induced her to en-
ter permanently into the publishing
business, was written by Charles Fell
ton Pidgin, from whom Miss Clark af-
terward took two more works, "Blen-
nerhassett" and 1.-THE Climax" The
success of Chester Blair" decided her to
accept another book, '"Tito," from the
pen of the same author, William Henry
Carson. Likewise was Miss Petit
coats" by Dwight Triton, the forerun-
ner of another masculine triumph, ION
Satan's Mount
But this fall will see two books issued
from this house, the products of wo-
mems brains. AS usual, Miss Clark
has chosen to introduce new authors to
the reading public. Miss Frances Par
ker, the author of Marie of the Low
er Ranch" is a western girl brought up
among the ranches she has written
about; the other author known to New
Englanders by her newspaper contri-
buttons Is the young journalist, Miss