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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-08
TEACHERS ANNUITY GUILD.

A Worthy Organization That Seems to
 Have Been Overlooked.
 Adah J. Todd. of Bethel, writes as follows to the Danbury News:
 Some days ago I saw in county paper the statement that legacy has been left to the Connecticut Teachers Guild, with the added remark that this is the first it has received. This makes me wonder if people in general know what this association is and what it is doing.
 Tn 1896, to perform a long unfulfilled duty of the state, it was organized by some of the active and philanthropic teachers. Most of the states about us provide pensions for those teachers who have spent their lives in the public well fare. Connecticut even with her boun- tiful school fund, does not do this, and when one of her noble army of teachers become too old or too ill to go on with her work she is turned out without fur ther help
 Some teachers in 1886, recognizing the pathos and injustice of this, sought to remedy it by the guild, which provides for it's members help in sickness and a pension after thirty years of service supported by yearly fee from mem bers and such gratuities as it may re- ceive. They have accomplished great deal, many teahers are more omforta- ble both menatlly and physially, but is it not strange that no legacy has been received until after eight years, and not a cent from the state even yet?
 "Will not some member of the next general assembly bring this matter be- fore it? Any person may become an honorary member on payment of ten dollars"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-08
I'lG Union Trust COn1aly
NEW HAVEN,


 NHARTERED by the state of Connecticut \ with authority to act as Executor, Ad- mfnistrator Guardian, Receiver or Trustee, under will or deed.
 Is a legal depository of money paid into Court and all public Trust Funds. Acts as Trustee for Municipalities Corporations, and individuals, and administers trusts of all kinds. Empowered to act as registrar of stocks bonds or other evidence of indebted ness manage sinking funds, and do all bus mess such as usually done by trust compa- nies.
 It also does q general banking business, collecting checks, notes, coupons, and re- ceives deposits. The principal of each trust is invested by itself and kept separate and apart from the general assets of the Com pany.
 This Company is by law regularly exnm- ined by the bank examiner of the state of wv HENRY L. HoTCHKIss, President.
 EUGENE s. BRISTOL, Treasurer. m26-tf
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14

Is, virtue ~ an order aud DECREE at tho Die.
trie, court sitting In and for the Count, ~ Hio
Grandc. state OF Colorado. on Friday. I'll.
18th day of April iio,. IN eau-. Wherein Jo..pl,
Fleming Was plaintn aud 'nrlo- Is MARITIME.
was defendant I, August !. w-i--, wa ori-r-.i
and directed by aid court to --ll alt of Tia.
partnership Notes aud accounts belonging Ia
the said Martinez 4 Fleming.
Nov, therefore, I, August J. woi--. sheriff of
said County Of Rio Grnud., viii. "u THURSDAY.
tho 9Th da, 81 MAY. 1904. NJ O'Clock y, M. al,
Ia. from, door ~ the United states po-,"iii-- ia
Monte Vista. said county, oiicr for al. aud .all
Mt public sendne to the hisi~-, and i-e-t bladder
for cash tho note. and accounts. amounting To
tho -um higlit hundred sud .isis-..s-. dollar
and siEiy.--srn cents s-i'.s,i i..ionsins io the
late firm OF aid Martinez A Fleming
Dated At ll-l Noric Col"radn. thi. 18Th ola,
VI MAY, 4 u. iaal.
Aror-f j. Mki--
sheriff of RI" srsbd- Comfy
u, WILLIAM :. fAHn"s. rndrf sierif.
fir-' publication MAY u
Last publication May a
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14
The Denver city election will he
held next Tuesday.

The Wornen's Club Of Denver has
electected nine delegates and nine alter
mates - the Bienninl Convention Gen
era Federation Of Womea'- Clubs to be
held at st. LOUIS commencing May Eth.
These ladies have all reserved berths in
the Official tram which will leave Denver
about l:,0 p. u. on Sunday. MAY 18Th,
via the Burlington route. arriving IN ST.
Louis the .ollowin. afternoon. We hops
to see large delegation represent Colo
RADIO on the official train and suggest
early application for reservation n
berths. Tn. price Of tickets for the
occasion from Pueblo, Colorado Springs.
Denver, Fort Collins and intermediate
stations 10 St Louis and return IL IN
follows;
s29.30 for tickets good fifteen days.
10 for tickets good sixty days
1920 for tickets good to Dec. II. 1891.
Proportionaie rates will be IN effect
from other points
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14
Worries Pair Rates.

There ARE 10 be three classes of
special rates to the Worlds Far:
On sale April 18th to Nov-m her
18th, final limi, Dec. 18th. From
Monte Vista aud return, frs, class
fare. 1920
Round trip, iirs, class. good ia,
go days. IN sale April Is to Nov.
20. si3. 50.
Round trip, iirs, class. good foI
10 days, on sale April "a Ia Nov.
10. x32. ~.
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14

A meeting OF the stockholders Of the
Monte Vista Driving Park and Agricul
inral Association will bc held at the
Town Hall on saturday. June II. 1901,
for the election OF officers and such
other business ms may legally come he
for" ia. meeting.
W. A. BRoSAroH. President
w. q. SNNronp. Acting SNcretnrN
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14

A three-year old bay mare,
white strip in face. plan + o
brand on left shoulder. heavy in
fosl when she disappeared some
two weeks ago. Liberal reward
for information leading to her re-
covery.
L. Il. SYLVESTER.
Monte Vista, Colo.
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14

ID. j. Elliott has n practical
plumber and gas-ftter, and is pre-
pared to do all kinds of work in
that line, also repairing and ma
chinist work done promptly.
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14
Shorthand TauQht.

Cali at the JOURNAL Office for
particulars.
LAURA MANSON.
The Monte Vista journal., 1904-05-14
n. 4. PrOunfeIler

City Plumber. Work all guar
anteed to be frs, class. Phone.
White l22.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
FLATS TO LET.

A-HOUSES and fats TO let; an immense list;
service absolutely free; take advantage OF
this department: II will you time and
trouble. Cordes Furniture Co, 245-259 Geary
St, en- the square.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
EMPLOYMENT wANrED-MALE.

A GOOD varnisher on pianos. antique and ma
hogaay furniture wants work, reasonable
Box 2229. Call office.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
EMPLOYMENT wAxTED-MALE.

THOROUGHLY up-to-date salesman wants
articles sell TO the trade
Box 2SG2 Call office
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28

CARPENTER wants work; will accept second
hand furniture pay. W. w. HAAS 1625
Sutter ST.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-28
EMPLOY ,IENT wANTED-FEMALE.

SITUATION as housekeeper IN family Of
adults b. q woman with = small children.
Address box 1851 Cali ONCE. Oakland.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31

represent all denominations, and the
boundaries of the beliefs Of those VINO
teach and those who attend are by no
means fixed.
AS a matter of fact the modern
worlds tolerant attitude toward be-
liefs old and new makes strict denoml-
nationalism in institutions of. learning
almost impossible. The men at the
head are more apt to be educators than
propagandists of creed, and they seek
for their college or their university the
best and see no harm in seizing upon
it even when it is found outside OF their
own denomination. The zeal 1or
knowledge seems to have supplanted
the zeal for creed. And that is why,
though Baptist. Methodist, Congrega-
tionaI and other denominational insti-
tutions dot the land; all creeds may be
found availing themselves of the oppor-
tunity that is offered. Education may
or may not be irreligious-it depends
upon the point of view-but it is unde-
nominational.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31

considering. There is really no doubt
that the germs of diseases of the re-
spiratory organs are put into motion by
the duster. They live in the atmos-
phere, but they are like to settle down
with the dust and lose their activity.
IT Is better to have a colony of the
nieroccocus pneumoniensis on top OF
the bookcase than in the right lobe of
ones lungs. There be women who Will
doubt this, but most men will sub
scribe to it.
1t Is not necessary to allow the col
ony to dwell in peace on the top of the
bookcase or on the parlor table. They
may be gently but firmly removed with
a damp cloth.
This Is offered as a mere suggestion.
The woman with the feather duster
is not going to be deprived of her
weapon because of the chance afforded
to suppress pernicious germs. But per-
haps the man of the house will see the
point and get busy with the damp rag
before the girl has a chance to wake
the bugs up.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
A BAD MANAGER.

Those who hold for municipal own
ership in general and those who ad-
mire in particular the management Of
its affairs by the United States govern
ment should study some correspond
ence that has recently been published
between Secretary Root, Senator Frye,
Of the committee on commerce, and
the quartermaster's department of the
United States army. These letters re-
fer to the proposition to give prefer
ence to American vessels in the Phil
ippine trade, and convey information
concerning the transport Of govern
ment business between the United
States and Manila. They show that
the government is about the worst
business manager in the world.
In the first place, the government in
sists upon the cumbrous and enor-
mously expensive system of doing its
own ocean business by its own trans
ports operated between San Francisco
and Manila. This is simply and solely
a concession to San Francisco's politi-
cal pull. The federal transports are
vessels enormously expensive to op-
crate. They are run at an expense out
of all proportion to that of private
lines. They were bought at outrageous
prices during the war, they are con-
stantly being repulsed at prices that
double their cost every few years, and
they are then operated at rate which
would cause any private owner to send
them to the bottom or junk heap and
buy new ones. In order to continue
the use Of these, the government ships
it's freight by the costly San Fran
cisco rail route and then sends 1t by
that costly water system to Manila
No wonder that the reports show a
strong advantage in favor of the Suez
water route.
According to the figures given by
Quartermaster General Humphrey, OF
the army, the average rate paid during
the calendar year 1903 for freight ship
ments from New York city to Manila
via the Suez canal was s11.s1 per ton.
According to the same report, the cost
Of shipping supplies from New York
to San Francisco varies from s45.34 to
s12.s4 per ton, with an average rate
between these points for the past cal
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
SPRING IN SHOP WINDOWS.

While the mercury has been falling
with monotonous persistency and bit
ter winds have been whistling round
the corners, the beautiful and a1rlly
attired ladies Of the shop windows
have reveled in a spring atmosphere
and in spring surroundings. A square
of plate glass has represented a diff
ference of at least one hundred and
twelve degrees in temperature. Were
a Marian to pay us a visit at this
season of the year, he would surely
consider our shop windows the most
irrelevant things in the world; for
outside he would see the Winter G1rl
hustling by, and inside he would see
the Spring Girl enthroned. Were his
stay as brief as that of the earth man
who goes to a foreign country to write
his impressions, he2would inform the
Martians upon his return to Mars that
the earth merchants were quite mad.
But the earth men know that their
merchants are not mad, and that the
best proof of their sanity is this an
ticipation Of a seemingly far distant
season. 1t is the purchasing public.
not the merchants, who have decided
that spring shall come first to the shop
windows. The first blade Of grass may
be found in the park in early March,
but the duck skirt is found in the shop
windows in January; and who can say
that the one is a truer harbinger Of
spring than the other? The poet, to
be sure, is only thrilled with the joy
Of spring when he sees the grass blade;
but in this country where the majority
rules It is only fair to note that the
duck skirt stirs the emotions of many
whom the blade of grass could not
reach. A bitter bit of irony, indeed,
would be that blade Of grass were
there ne duck skirt to look the winter
by contrast with it.
1t has become the fashion for, the
world to live in the future; and those
great refleetors OF the fashion, the
shop windows, must, perforce, display
airy trifles when the world outside
shivers; must swelter in furs when
the world revels in shirt waists and
straw hats; and must suggest torrid
zone when the weather forces the
pedestrian into wondering if his zone
has become permanently frigid.
Whether this forehandedness is an ad-
vantage or disadvantage is another
question. Doubtless it depends largely
upon the individual. At any rate, few
nowadays Withstand the temptations Of
spring in the shop windows.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
CURIOSITY THE coNouERoR.

The civilized world Is demanding that
the Dalai Lama be brought into the lime
light. Sven Hedin failed to accomplish
this, but then the world has Hedin's
own word for 1t that he never cher
ished the ambition; that in his trip
across the snowy wastes Of Central
Asia and of Tibet 1t was not the Dalai
Lama that he sought to conquer, but
destiny. The general public cannot as
sumo this explorers lofty attitude to-
ward the material things of life. Mr..
Hedin undoubtedly enjoyed his tussle
with fate, but what the public wants
to know Is whether the Dalai Lama
has blue eyes, what he thinks Of the
American girl, and, If he doesn't like
Kipling, why he doesn't. And it is this
curiosity that will in the end drag from
his seclusion the mysterious being
whom the Buddhist priests delight to
honor In Lhasa.
For it Is in the interests of those
who love not knowledge but to know
that sacred things have heretofore been
profaned. Not explorers like Sven He
din, but curiosity seekers who have no
respect for the deity s'wot they call the
great gawd, Budd," or any other deity
fashioned Of stone threaten the Tibe.
tans' eXclusiveness. 1t is safe, there
fore, to prophesy that before many
years have passed over his head
provided he isn't poisoned, a. fate that
his predecessors were unable to guard
against-the Dalai Lama will be con-
tributing to the Sunday supplements and
writing patent medicine testimonials.
And the general public, following close
on the heels Of the man from Cooks,
will enjoy the supreme delight of be-
ing personally conducted through sa-
cred Lhasa and the palace of the Dalai
Lama.
But the world Is not altogether made
up Of Philistines, and those who have
not succumbed to the vice of curiosity
will. doubtless, indulge In the hope
that the day of the Dalai Lama's pro-
fanation is far distant. For it cannot
be charged against the Tibetans that
they fail to mind their own affairs or
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31

Our morning contemporary remarks,
apropos Of the decision of the court in
the Ames case, "it is at least gratify-
ing that the supreme court did not set
ex-Mayor Ames free on a mere tech
nicality." This view of it has caused
no little amusement among members
of the bench and bar. For the point
on which Ames goes free Is distinctly
a technicalfty. That is to say, the evi-
dence was held not to sustain the In
dictment as made. But the evidence
was undoubtedly sufficient to sustain
half a dozen other indictments had
they been drawn with reference TO 1t.
The rather ludicrous situation is pre-
sented of proof so voluminous that it
ran beyond the bounds of the technical
accusation and led to the liberation Of
the accused This is the most violent
form Of legal technicality. and to 1t
Ames owes his freedom.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
TREATING PNEUMONIA.

The statement by Chicago physi-
is useless Is worthy Of serious consid-
Grafton. And it is probably true. The
specific features of the disease are very
generally recognized. Doctors have no
trouble in diagnosing it, but they are
entirely at sea in prescribing for 1t in
the matter Of physic. They can keep
up the heart action as long as that or
gan will respond to stimuIants and they
can indicate what is needful in nursing
beyond that their science is Of no
avail.
Pneumonia is the bane of the North
ern climes. 1t Is probable that it is
due to a specific germ, though this is
by no means certain, and it is the duty
Of the scientists to attempt to isolate
this germ. Attempts have been made
to do It, but without success. Now
comes the statement Of a physician
that treatment of the disease by drugs
is purely empirical and the doctors
should bestir themselves to find the
cause and cure of the disease
The exceeding frankness of the Chi
cago doctor makes for nothing in the
treatment Of the disease. 1t might be
better for humanity If he had not been
quite so frank, for the mere presence
Of the physician and the hope he in
spires has its influence in the sick
room. But science owes 1t to humanity
to obtain some definite knowledge Of
pneumonia. 1t is now one specific
disease in which Christian Science
may be safely trusted, but it is not fair
to the wayfaring man who lacks faith
to ask him to believe that he will be
cured and let him take his chances on
the event.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
Contemporary Comment
Our Aristocracy.

The fact is. the army and navy off,
GERS Of the United States constitute
a sort of American aristocracy. They
are brought up in an atmosphere Of
imperialism; they live much to them
selves and apart from the great Ameri-
can public. They have their own So
cial circle, and their sons and daugh-
ters usually intermarry within the cir
Gle, and SO perpetuate the regime. They
are cultivated people; they enjoy each
others society, and the badge Of office
is always a sufficient card of introduce
ton and credential in the charming
circle Indeed, it is necessary in the
social functions Of army and navy life
to receive without question the officers
who happen to be within the sphere
of social influence, and that is why the
ladies especially object to having in
the service officers who have not been
brought in through the military and
naval academies and through the regu-
lar order of promotion. = Richmond
T1meS-Democrat.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
UNDENoMINATIoNAL.

President Harper's declaration that
the University of Chicago is no longer
Baptist institution Is rather super
fiuous since the size and the scope Of
the institution are sufficient indication
of it's non-sectarian character. Were
the president, every member of the
board of trustees and every professor
of the Baptist persuasion 1t would still
be absurd to term the university Bap-
tist one, for the heterogeneous charac-
ter of the attendance would forbid the
expounding of Baptist doctrine and
would render absolutely null the influ-
ence Of such Baptist traditions as the
very young university may possess. 1t
is too late day to force church alle-
glance in large universities and even
institutions that are avowedly secta-
rian have seen fit to waive the uues-
ton.
The small sectarian colleges stiIl
meet a demand in a country like Amer
ica-though this demand is growing
less each year-and for these to disa-
vow church allegiance would be sui
cidal, since on such allegiance their SAL
walton, temporal, not spiritual, de-
pends. President Harper has declared
that sectarianism narrows large col
lege, but none of the very large uni
versities or colleges is so narrowed to-
day because none Is forced to draw
upon one denomination only for its
professors, and in this way alone could
its work be narrowed. Even In the
smaller colleges, the faculty is apt to
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
THE EDEADLYDusTER

The New York board of health, con-
sisting of mere men, has intimated
to the housewives OF the metropolis
the desirability of restricting their ac-
tivfty with the feather duster. The
wise men of the board declare fatty thar
the duster is responsible in some meas
ure for the spread of tie epidemic of
pneumonia under which Gotham is
struggling just now.
1t is probable that the health COM
missioners are right. 1t is also prob
able-even certain-that their sugges-
tion that the duster be laid away will
produce nothing much beyond an in
dignant sniff from the mothers of the
country.
Nevertheless the matter is worth
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
SUNDAY, JAN. 81, 1904.
PAYING The PRICE.

Terribly impressive is the moral
the renowned Whitaker Wright. Moth
ing seen upon the stage is more dra-
matte than the career of this man from
its opening to it's close. AS a, promoter
and a financial wizard he accomplished
apparent miracles. He secured the
confidence of millions of investors, as
well as of shrewd business men and OF
royalty itself; he was the repository
of many and dangerous secrets; he
handled moneys greater than the reve-
nue. of an empire; he lived in almost
Oriental splendor, and when the final
crash came he believed himself to be
personally secure. Against the advice
of his attorneys he went back from the
United States to Great Britain to stand
his trial. and against the opinion Of
parliament itself he was convicted and
sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude. Within a few hours afterward
he was dead.
1t almost seems, when we read the
account of this mans demeanor during
the period of his downfall, as if he had
persuaded himself that he was not a
criminal; that his mind was stunned.
his moral perceptions deadened by tht
magnitude of the transactions in which
he was engaged. 1t had actually come
to seem to him that man who mis-
appropriates millions may be merely
unfortunate, where a man who steals
dollars is a thief; that he, like Ma
poleon, was set above the rules of con-
duct which bind ordinary men and
could not understand the apparent
malignity of those who prosecuted him.
His death by his own hand at a mo-
ment when actual punishment began
to fall upon him is in harmony with
this idea
Whitaker Wright, Barney Barnato
and Cecil Rhodes were names to con.
JuIS WITH lOI lOIlS ago. OQe OI lIl6IIi
in his last moments was honored like
a founder of an empire and made
great bequest to mankind. One of
them died as a convict. All of them
were men of gigantic ideas, great ex-
ecutive ability and magnificent COM
mercial success at one time or another
Yet we would that the true story of
these three lives might be written in
book, without gliding or relieving the
hard outlines, and put into the hands
of every boy to read. Was it worth
while? Look past the momentary
glory, the illusions Of wealth and the
temptation of power, and glance into
the real heart and lives of these men
as attested by their last acts and their
closing moments, and answer that
question. There is no moralist so
stern, no critic of life SO unbending as
life itself. Ten thousand times in COM
mon experience has the lesson been
taught which is only reiterated in the
tragic story of Whitaker Wright. When
will the world come to heed it?
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-01-31
CHEERING Optimism.

None of the candidates thus far
prominently mentioned are Of the SEN
sationally eloquent or personally mag
netic type calculated to charm the rank
and file of the party into precfpitate
action. The indications are that the
Democratic party will proceed with a
cool head and calm judgment to the
selection Of the best man-one who can
count upon polling the full strength Of
the party, and who by reason of his
safe leadership and conservative record
will appeal not only to the large inde-
pendent vote Of the country, but to that
conservative and patriotic element in
the Republican party that is discon-
tented with Roosevelt, and afraid to
continue under his unsafe and sensa-
tional leadership. = Augusta (Ga)
Chronicle.