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Local Weather Report.
New Haven. November 16.
Brief Mention.

High water to-day, 6;54 a. m.
 Judge A. Heaton Robertson filed an itemized account of his expenses in the office of the town clerk yesterday. MT. Robertson expended $s, 74IO7.
 The latest report regarding the con dition of pr. Lewis Barnes of Oxford, who is very i'll, is that he is somewhat better, though he is not out of danger.
 James D. McGann. Democratic candi- date for senator in the Tenth district, spent $2s7 in the election, according to his report filed in the town clerks of- fee.
 Francis Atwater, president of the S1feriden board of trade, announces that he will resign as president of the board He states that on account of business he cannot devote his time to the work.
 One of Hugh Plunkett's horses pulled itself to death yesterday afternoon, bursting blood vessel. while trying to draw a wagon out of the cellar of the new Knights of Columbus building on Chapel street.
 The local civil service board was in session all day yesterday at Winches- ter hall, holding an examination for be- tween sixty and seventy people who are fitting for possible candidates for let ter carriers and postoffice clerks.
 Invitations are out for the celebration of the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Alling of Christian street, Oxford, at the Oxford house on Thanksgiving night. MT. and Mrs. All- ing. are among Oxford's most respected people,
 Frank E. Hunn, who was at one time connected with the BoWditch Furniture company, and who now resides in At Ianta, Ga. was a visitor in this city Wednesday night. He was entertained by some of his friends at the Union League. MT. Hum is the furniture buyer for large department store in Atlanta.
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between academic principles Of right and wrong and present prosperity the people made choice. They cast their ballots for a successful Governmental business enterprise, not for the ad- ministration of justice to themselves and to others They looked at the inn mediate ends being achieved, and put away from them too intimate con- sideration Of the means employed to accomplish them. The Government was a stupendous present success. from a purely commercial view point. They were receiving the dividends which they looked for from their national in yestment; and they did not desire change in the management of the "cor- poration' in which citizenship con- stitutes stockholding.
 To us it. seems that this is the most important fact that this election has brought home to us. The industrial idea, so long and so assiduously culti- vated among us, is at last supreme We have capitalized the Republic and we demand that henceforth it shall be
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TEXAS As A FRUIT RAISER,

sEverybody knows Texas is a great State, said Frederick c. Lane of San Antonio. You all have heard of it's cotton and it's cattle, it's rich prairies and vast mineral resources, but did you know that within the next five years Texas is destined to be the great est fruit-producing State in the Union? It's true Our orchardists have just harvested crop that is stupendous, and more trees are coming on to bear each year. In the northwest counties of the eastern arm of Texas there are single orchards as large as the District of Columbia. They are just now be- ginning to bear, and their product doesn't get much further East than New Orleans and St. St Louis. But wait until the trees have had three or more years to grow. You'll see apples that will make Washington and Phila- delphia and New York sit up and take notice Irrigation is doing it: irriga- ton and our happy freedom from. the San Jose scale. Conditions are ideal, and if we can keep the scale away we'll send you apples as biz as pumpkins. You think that's an exaggeration, don't you? Well, you don't know Texas, that's all. Everything is on so big scale down there that we would be ashamed of apples unless they were at least as large as cantaloupes. ''- Washington Post.
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Thur.day, November r.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY,

Anusement--Hyperio Theater. Bargain Day-Chas. Monsin Go. Bargain Day-S. s. Adams. CoatS-Aeigs & Go.
 Chew Chiclets-DeaIers. Cheese-Johnson & Brother Dissolution Sale-Window Shade Go. Dinner Ware--Gamble-De Go. Est. Nelson Jacobs-Pr0bate Notice. Est. G. F. Peckham-Probate Notice Entertainments-New Haven Theater FootbalI-E. E. Hall & Son. FOund-Chiclets
 Jaeger Chase Monson. t-Robe-Roberts House Mission Clock--C Chamberlain Co. Pyramid Pile Cure-Druggists Rights-H. c. Warren s Co. Report--National N. H. Bank Report-Second National Bank. Report-National Tradesmens Bank. Steamers-White Star Line. Suits and Overcoats-Davis & Co Sale of Linens-Edw Malley Co. Silver Ware-The Ford Go. The Oculist-E. L. Washburn & Co. Tours-So. Pacific R. R.
 NiolinS-A. B. Clinton.
 Women's Suits-Howe & Stetson Co. Warm Clothing-Brooks & Co. Wanted--Roonl-G. B., This Office. Wanted-Chauffers to Chew Chiclets. Wanted-Girls to Try Chiclets.
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it, and razors have been stropped by hand under the shadows of the pyra- niids and in the barber shops of imperi- al Rome, but to-day fingers of steel are taking the place Of human hands. One devise cuts the blades from a long strip of tlie metal: another cuts hoies in them: still another smooths away
 rough eiFes. 4 yoIfg woman tendlu;
 ihrse sIrall machines VIII grind eight
 hundred razor blades in a daf. or il
 W"ula be better to put lt that tila ma chimes dn thewor k, fer ! ,e young wn- mans part consists merely in supp ylng the material and taking away the fin- ished product. The man who has pa- tiently or impatiently stropped his own razor finds much for admiration in the machines which hone and strop one hundred and'forty-four razor blades at a time. These devices, which grind, hone and strop razor blades by the hundred, were invented by Mir. Nickerson, graduate of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, and are only an ex- ample of the several appliances whose invention had to preeede the entrance of the razor into the field of machine made products. New processes were necessary, for example to make piece ' of steel of the thickness of a sheet of paper that would never theless do the
 work of shaving. Steel of that thick ness tempered in the ordinary way
 would curl up at the edges exactly like | ,.5 fRf temperiug had to be worked out to make easier the early morning task of ] the man who slaves himself. The or- 1 dinary razor blade is concaye in shape. t These paper blades-they might not in appropriately be called such--are made
 concaye when in use because they are i held in curved pieces of brass, turned with mathematical exactness so
 great that the variation of the thou
 sandth part of an inch is taken into consideration. This work is done by a i contrivance hardly larger than an ald-
 fashioned letter press. yet it exerts
 upon the brass a pressure of thirteen
 tons, picking up the pieces, giving them
 the proper shape and throwing them
 aside when finished.
 How rapidly razors may be made by
 machinery is curiously shown by the
 capacity of the machine which Is used 1 in cleaning and securing them. It looks like collection of ten-gallon gas
 oline tanks swaying and bobbing about l by machinery. Securely bottled up in- I side are the razor blades, as yet un-
 sharpened, mixed in with the various
 substances used for renovating them,
 each tank containing about twenty-five
 thousand little razor blades. Before
 these razor blades go to the people I whose boards they win remove they
 must be all finally tested. The man l who plucks hair from his head in or
 der to use it in testing the blade is fol- I lowing time-honored practice, and | this is one that has been continued in the making of the razor of to-day, all though in this case the testing is done
 by the young woman and the hair Is \ bought for the purpose. Razor testing,
 moreover, is a wonderful eye educator I and the person who is skilled at this
 occupation will detect blemishes which l to the ordinary individual would be in
 visible except through a magnifying
 glass Springfield Republican.
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l SOUTHERN INTERpRFrA ArtoN

4 SOUTHERN INTERPRETATION.
 To put the idea more concisely, the election would seem to establish be- yond a peradventure the conclusion, that the American Government is no longer a matter of principle, but that it is a commercial enterprise pure and simple. Some years ago we were told with vehemence and bitterness that it was folly to attempt to legislate a people rich; but Mir. Roosevelt and his friends contend that they have suc- ceeded in doing this very thing; and they put forward the claim that good business men should not complain or rebel if the means they have employed have not always squared exactly with our former professions of national pur- pose. The returns of the election are sufficient warrant for the assumption that a large preponderance of their fellow citizens agree with them. As
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conducted profitably. not in compliance with any code of principles. If the election means anything it means that while our Government may for the moment be one that is of the people, by the people and for the people, it is yet more essentially a Government of profit by profit and for profit. We are fairly committed to the policy that the best Government for 2 people is that Government that is apparently most profitable to the people. whatever may be the principles upon which it is con- News and Courier.
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HORSESHOE LUCK.

Superstitions Concerning the crescents of Iron Are All but Universal.
 The origin of belief in horseshoe luek' is so ancient that its origin never has been determined with certainty, and no superstition is more universal. Ever since horses began to. wear shoes, those creseents of iron have been ac- counted lucky emblems of all peoples, races and nations that have been ac- quainted with their use.
 The Chinese, for instance. say they nail them up over their doors as charm against evil spirits. because of ] the close resemblance in shape between i them and the arehed body of the sacred snake, Nagandra, one of their principal deities.
 Ask a Turkish Mahometan for infor- nation on the subject and he will tell } you that it is because they are in form i like a crescent the sacred emblem of i Islam.
 A Polish Jew will explain that at the Passover the blood sprinkled upon the lintel and doorposts, in the manner di- rected by their ritual, forms the chief points of an arch; hence. obviously. the value of arch-shaped tailmans such as horseshoes are.
 The stolid and unimaginatiye Rus sian peasant, on the other hand, main tains that luck associated with the horseshoe is chiefly due to the metal; irrespective of it's shape, iron being additionally a charm where with to nullify the malevolent designs Of evil spirits and goblins.
 Very different is the story by which Irishman seeks to account for his lik- 1 ing for the same talismanic symbol, The name "Ironclad or Ireland, he will tell you, originated as follows:
 The whole island was once submerg- ed in the sea. out of which it rose only once in seven years, and then only for a short time. Many attempts had been made to break the spell and induce the country to remain permanently above waters, but all were vein until one day a daring adventurer threw a horseshoe 3 from boat on the topmost peak of \ Wicklow Mountains, just as they were I disappearing beneath the waves, Then, at last, was the ban removed. The En- erald Isle began forthwith to rise a. 8 gain from the ocean depths. into which d it had sunk And it has been dry land more or less-ever since.
 In England, up to comparatively re- cent times. horseshoes were extensive ly used almost everywhere as anti witch charms, and the custom is not even yet an extinct one. No witch, it used to be said, could enter a building over the door of which horseshoe For better still, three horseshoes-ha been, affixed, prongs downward.
 The origin of this particular belief is referable to the old legend of st Dunstan. This versatile English ec- clesiatic was skilled farrier, and one day while at work in his forge the Evil One entered in disguise and re- quested Dunstan to shoe his single \ hoof. The saint, although he at once recognized his malign customer, acced- I ed, but caused him So much pain dur 4 ing the operation that Satan begged \ him to desist, This Dunstan did, but only after he had made the Evil One promise that neither he nor any of the lesser spirits, his servants, would ever molest the inmates of a house where a horseshoe was displayed. Chicago Chronicle.
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CASHIER BURROUGHS.

At meeting of the City National bank, of Bridgeport, held Wednesday, the resignation of Cashier F. c. Bur- roughs was accepted with regret. As previously announced. MT. Burroughs has accepted an election as cashier of the National Tradesmens bank, of this city. MT Hough, who has been elected to fill the Bridgeport vacancy, is q. well known business man of that city.
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--A snLn1ERts FIIRI.o1rGII

Frank B. Kling, who was in the em- ploy of E. B. Treat in Oxford last sum- mer, now in the United States coast artillery stationed at Fort Hancock, is spending a twenty-day furlough with friends in Oxford and relatives in Nau- gatuck.
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WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. C., Nov. Is, s D. m. Forecast for Thursday and Friday For Eastern New York: Fair and slightly cooler Thursday; Friday fair; north winds.
 For New England: Fair Thursday and Friday; diminishing west winds.
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There are a great many risks in poll ities, are there not ?''
 Yes answered Senator Sorghum. The science of the game is to let the other fellow take them. Washington Star.
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We find A. B. Clinton at his ware rooms, S7 Church street, as usual. sup plying the people with pianos. We ad- wise our readers to call and see him.
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Man wants but little here below, And though he fumes and frets, Man wants but little here below, And that is all he gets.
 Philadelphia Record
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 STUDIO 55. INSURANCE BUILDING.

DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN. ss. PRO- bate Court, November 14th, 1904. Estate of FREDERICK KEY. late rof Woodbridge, in said district, deeeas- ed.
 The court of probate for the district Of New Haven. hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred.
 All persons indebted to said estate ara requested 10 make immediate payment to
 ERROLL M. AUGuR, nl5-3t Administrators
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Pro. bate Court, November 14th, 1904 Estate of EMILY KEY. late of Wood- Dltosss m satu olStrlct, deceased. of New Haven hath limited and ap- pointed six months from the date here- of, for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said es- tate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time, will be debarred.
 All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make mediate pay ment to
 ERROLL M. AUGUR. nl5-3t Administrator
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN. ss. Pro- bate Court November 18th, 1904 Estate of CHARLES H. SIEBKE, late
 of New Haven. in said district. de- ceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and ap- pointed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate. Those who neglect to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred.
 All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate pay- ment to @
 HENRIETTE A. L. BOYD, n16-3t Executrix.
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ghe guntruaI and Courier

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Hearst And WatterSOn.

Hearst offered Henry Waterson, the
brilliant editor of The Louisville Cou-
rierJournal, $4,000 to spend this
winter in Washington and write occ2-
sional letters TO Hearst's papers. Mr.
Watterson declined as politely as he
could. Mistaking the politeness for
wavering. Hearst came back with re-
newal of the offer.
This time Mr.. Watterson declined.
still politely. but with little more pos
itiveness of expression. He said he
could see no more reason why he
should write for Hearst's papers thar.
why Mr.. Bennett. or Mr.. Laffan. Or
Whitelaw Reid. or any editor, should do
the same thing. and advised Mr. Hears.
tC try some of these gentlemen. Still
unable to understand Hearst for the
third time renewed his offer. And this
time Colonel WatterSon'S reply was To
this effect:
Dear Sir: You haven't enough money
in your family. and never will have, to
induce me to write one line for you
Walter Wellman in Philadelphia Press.
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SWEETHEARTS POKER.
And 1t Played a Part in ID. j. SuIIy's
Pools.

< Men who are believed to have made
millions out Of the bull pools in cotton
conducted in the part by Daniel j.
Sully. the bankrupt king, will be
dragged into court and made TO tell all
about their business relations with
Sully if the present pdans of a large
number of the creditors are carried
into execution. The consequent reye-
lations. should such a step be taken.
would. il is said. exhibit a phase of
speculative high finance that would
astonish not only the public but a con-
siderable portion OF the financial dis
trict.
IT was declared yesterday by one of
the largest creditors of Sully, and one
OF the most substaI tiaI men in the
cotton trade, that books CT the firm
Will show that. in addition to the re-
gular brokerage business, Sully was
the manager OF certain pools for bull
ing cotton, and that the members of
some OF these pools included Edward
II. Hartman. president of the Union
Pacific road: Edwin Hawley, president
of the Iowa Central. Colorado South
ern and other roads. and Frank H
Ray. who is an officer OF all of the
constituent companies Of the Consoli-
dated Tobacco Company. and one of
the powers Of the tobacco trust.
: The way these pools were planted
duQ the QSldliS worked out haC a tlnge
of romance. The members of the pool
talked them over while playing sweet
hearts poker" in room on one of the
upper floors OF the Hoffman House.
I Sweethearts poker" was the regl-
lar American game, simply, with a con-
dition attached to the winnings This
condition was that the winners should
hand over all Of their winnings to thei
wives. The unmarried ones were pledg-
ed TO give the winnings to their sweet
hearts.
The creditors argue the matter in
this way:
The cause of the collapse of Sully
was one of these pools. He had pre-
viously managed several other pools
in which the profits had run into the
millions. These profits were distribut-
ed to the members. If the members
were entitled to the winnings the res
possibility of paying the losses also
devolves upon them, the creditors con-
tend, even if they were not members
Of Sully's firm. Sully by Offering to
pay forty cents on the dollar. they say,
is putting up his full share of the loss,
and the other members of the pool
should be made to make UP the re-
naming sixty per cent.-New York
World
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A Congress Snake Story.

One of the Georgia delegation in the
House, according to The Washington
Post, has received this letter from d
loyal constituent in a rural section of
his district:
Dear Mister Kongresman: Sum
time ago l writ yu, asking if there
were anything the government cud do
to make a fiten wife behave herself.
aint herd frum yu and things is 10
better.
'Will WI please let me no if you kin
git me one of them poison snakes from
Afrika at the Cultural Department. l
hev alters voted fur you and this is
mitey little to. ask, specially wen a
mans wife is alters peckin him.
The Georgia statesman is certain he
cannot comply with the request. but
he is still celebrating about what kind
OF reply he shall return to his un-
fortunate constituent.
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In speaking of Mr.. Cleveland as
a possible democratic candidate for
the presidency, the Washington Post
asks, Where is the democrat who
could equal him in winning support
from the republican side?" And we
ask where is there a man who could
equal him in losing support from the
democratic side?-Durham Sun.
The proof of a mans vote getting
power is to be tested by giving him
an opportunity to get the votes. Mr..
Cleveland is the only man since 1856
whom the democrats have been able
to elect. Therefore, the gibes about
his vote losing qualities seem some
what out of place.
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sure. the defendants had nothing to
their patrons will only be a little more
circumspect in the future There is no
reason TO believe that the vice will be
broken up by the compromise, but on
the other hand will be encouraged
The arrests exposed a few OF the guilty
parties-the prosecution should have
finished the job. s. JEWETT.