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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-06-29
Oh EERrNe.

We have pleasure in recording that it
has probably taken less of what is gem
erically known as rum to float this Com
mencement than has been required in
some Commencements. We say prob
ably. for of course we have no way of
knowing just how much rum has been
used. But tho surface indications are
that the quantity has been less than
has been indicated by surface indica-
tions at some other Commandments.
If the use of rum at Yale Commence
ments has really begun to decrease our
hearty hope is that 1t will continue to
decrease even as fast as the annual
death-rate OF Chicago does. For while
rum is provocative of noise and GER
tain kind Of uncertain gaiety, it is not
an absolutely necessary part of learn
ed celebration. The unlearned may have
some reason for thinking it is, but it
isn't. They should be taught that the
famous Yale spirit isn't rum.
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ity. The two billion cubic meters sti1l
required for the irrigation Of all the
irrigable land that remains win be sup
piled by the Wady Rayan reservoir.
So successful has the AsSouan dam
been in increasing the annual agricul-
tural product of the country that Egyp-
tan public opinion is unanimously fa-
vorabIe to 1.-THE new irrigation enter
prise To add 100000 acres to the
present irrigable area of 100000 acres
lis a business proposition that appeals
to all. Not only will the cultivable
area at the completion Of the new en-
terprises have been nearly doubled
since the British occupation began. but
the certain supply of water will have
given certainty to agriculture which
the business lacks in other countries.
Taxes have been reduced already in
consequence of various reforms and the
increased productivity of the soil. With
the new development the tax per acre
will be reduced still further owing to
increased acreage.
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RICTORIOUS.

Here. my boy!'' said the old gentle
man. Il wouldn't cry like that" "G'on
den, retorted the boy: let's see how
you'd do it. Philadelphia Press.
Baker, There is an old saying that
to labor is to pray" Butler That's
just it. You wouldn't have a fellow
pray eight hours a day" Boston
Transcript.
Fiction VS.. F'ictioi.--''Tell me, Mr.. De
Witt, how would you define work of
fiction? "Oh, any Of those books that
says, They were married and lived
happy ever after Brooklyn Life.
Customer 'I'd like to get something
in the shape of a panama hat" Sales
man" Well, panama hats haven't any
shape, you know--but we've got the
hats all right. Chicago Tribune.
Where the Work Came 1n-Inquisi-
tive Citizen-"I suppose your occupa-
ton is very hard on the hands?" Iron
worker-''Its harder on the feet. Our
union is parading most of the time,
when it amt out on strike. Judge.
A Sure Sign.-"You say he has Wis
ionary and impractical nature?" YES"
answered the girl who is employed In
the postoffice. He is one Of those peo-
pie who write Rush ON an envelope in
stead of putting on a special delivery
stamp. Washington Star.
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IRRIGATION IN EGYPT.

While this new country is about to
undertake extensive irrigation work old
Egypt is going to do the same thing.
The new Egyptian irrigation scheme
has for its object to irrigate perenni-
ally 100000 acres Of land which at
present is comparatively worthless for
want of a sure supply of water. The
productive area Of Egypt will thus be
increased by one-half and some $780,
100000 will be added to it's wealth at an
ESTIMATED cost of under $10,000,0o0 for
new works. The new works will en-
brace two features raising the height
of the recently finished Assouan dam
by twenty feet and constructing a new
reservoir at Wady Rayan, q depression
in the desert south of Fayum and
southwest of Cairo. At present the
Assouan dam holds billion cubic me-
tiers of water and gives perennial irri-
cation of 100000 acres. Raising its
height twenty feet--its design provided
for this additionawill double=its capac-
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JAPANESE SAKE.

| Perhaps Japanese sake is not des-
tined to become a popular drink in
this country. but 1t is perhaps well
enough to know what it is. Not long
since some of this liquor was brought
to the port OF New York as an i'm
portation by a Japanese resident of
that city. The customs authorities
held that under the similitude clause
!, it should bear the rate Of duty Of still
wines, which it somewhat resembled,
this duty being fifty cents per gallon,
and the collector was upheld by the
board OF appraisers in his decision. The
case was then appealed to the circuit
court, the importer protesting on the
ground that the beverage was either
| taxable as ale or beer, which it resem-
bled more nearly than wine, or should
come In under the duty of non-enumer-
atsd manufactured articles. The court
finds that this beverage (sake) is neil
Their like ale nor beer nor wine, and is
similar to beer In that the material
from which it is made is rice, and in
the fact that 1t is like beer or ale, fer
mented with yeast. 1t is more like
wine than beer in its quality. as the
percentage of alcohol contained in it is
about II per cent, while the percentage
OF alcohol in beer ranges from 8 1-2 to
9 per cent, and in wine between Z IL
and is per cent. The court asserts that
the tests made Of the sample by taste.
smell and examination indicate that it
| is only remotely similar in quality to
either wine or beer. In quality 1t is
more like wine in the sense that it is
still, as distinguished from the ordin-
airy effervescent ale or beer. In its use
lit is like either liquid, being drunk for
flavor and exhilaration, but is unlike
| them both in the fact that it Is ordin-
arily drunk hot. Under these circum~
stances the court was of the opinion
that the protest Of the importer should
prevail, and that sake when imported
into this country should be classified
for duty as a non-enumerated manu-
featured article.
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A Strange Graduate.

Sylvester William Pennelhick," that's
how he spells it now
He use to be YES Pennelhick, old
Bills boy, anyhow
He's home from college with his pipes
an new diplomy. too,
An kind o. lookin' round to see what
he can find to do.
I've heard that such folks knows it all
Il want to say, b jingi
sylvester William Pennelhick he doesn't
know thing.
His pants amt rolled up SOS to show
that he wears iowcut shoes,
Nor they don't look as if they's meant
for elephants to use:
asst him where he thought the Japs
was tryin' for to go;
He blinked time or two an said: I'm
sure that don't know"
i hate to think that old BilPs boy is
turnin' out a Ounce,
But young Sylvester Pennelhick he
hasn't .'rah-rahed" once.
He's been down to the store a time or
two to get some stuff,
An so we've sized him up a bit, an
we've had chanst enough,
We've asst him what he thought would
be the platforms made this fall.
An If he thought the trusts could be
abolished, after all;
An who the Democrats would run, an
IL he d have q SHOW
Sylvester William Penneihick he an
swered: T don't know.
An every argument we've had unsettled
at the store
Besides the two or three I've named
there is a thousand more
We've asst Sylvester Pennelhick to try
an set us right;
He's said: Il r'ly do not know an
faded out o. sight.
/ say he isn't smart; HI Jones he sets
an argues, though,
The boy is smart enough to know how
much he doesn't know.
Chicago Tribune.
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According to DR.. r. O. Marcour, who
has bean in Panama recently. mos
auitoes are conveying yellow fever.
malaria and eiephantiasis, and the fiys
are conveying typhoid fever. He thinks
The danger from mosquitoes can be
made slight by proper care, and that
Drainage Will meet the typhoid prob
lem. He adds that drainage is not
dificuit. and that 1t will have to be
provided after the canal is built, if not
now.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,
Issued Thursdays. One Dollar Year.
ADvERT1srNG RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents, and other
small advertisements, One Cent Word
each Insertion. Five Cents a Word for
full week.
Display advertisements, per inch, one
Insertion, s1.20; each subsequent inser-
tion. 40 cents; one week, $500; one
month"; $40; one year, $40.
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In the principal paper of Altreich, in
Alsace, appears the following advertise
ment; "The commune Of Hirsinger re-
quires capable man to wind and look
after the village clock No salary to
begin with. but this will soon be doub-
led If services are satisfactory"
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NEW HAVEN TAXES AND WEST
WILLIE SCHOOL DISTRICT
TAKEa

The subscriber gives notice to all per-
sons liable for taxes in New Haven on
list of 1908 and payable July l, 1904, for
the City and Westville School District,
that he will commence to receive taxes
on said lists on July /, 1904, at his Of
fee, No. s, City Hall, Church Street.
Regular Office hours, a. m. to p. m.
FRANCIS G. ANTHONY,
Collector of Above Named Taxes
s New IIaYens=C Conn., Il1-21tr
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Wallingford. Conn.,, until four o'clock
p. M, Thursday, July 18th, 1904, for the
grading OF one section and the macad-
amizing of another section Of road in
the Town of WallingfOrd, in accordance
with the plans and specifications ap-
proved by the State Highway Commits
sioner.
Bids shall state the price in a lump
sum for graded section and per linear
foot for macadam section, the town
through it's selectnen and the State
Highway Commissioner reserve the
Der of feet to be improved after the
contract is let.
The Surety Company bond or certified
check in the sum of not less than one
third of the cost of the work which
must accompany each proposal, shall
indemnify the Town upon the bidders
refusal TO sign the contract at the
prices he submitted, and furnish a like
bond for the performance of the work.
In case the bidder shall refuse to sign
the contract, he shall forfeit from his
bond or check sum equal to the diff
ference IN price between his bid and
the next lowest bidder, or If he is the
only bidder, the lowest bidder on q re-
advertisement
Plans and specifications may be ex-
amined at the office of the first Select
man, Town Hall, or at the office of the
State Highway Commissioner at Hart
ford. The Selectmen and the State
Highway Commissioner reserAe the
right to reject any and all bids.
Dated at Wallingford, Conn, June
eth, 1904.
MARCUS e. COOKE,
JOHN r. BURGHOFF,
JOHN P. BOWIE,
Selectmen, Town of WaIlingford.
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THE NEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK.

The Semi-AnnuaI Meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the New Haven
Savings Bank will be held at the Bank
ing House in New Haven on Thursday,
the Both day of June, 1904, at half-past
seven o'clock pm, for the purpose Of
declaring a semf-annual dividend, APP
pointing auditors and for doing any
other business proper to be done at said
meeting.
HENRY D. WHITE, Clerk.
New Haven, juno 26th, 1904 j27-St
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A prominent physician says that one
hundred mon stammer to every one
woman thus afflicted This statement
looks reasonable. Women seem to talk
easily.
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Mrs. d. r.. Francis. wife Of the presi-
dent OF the louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
Hon, has announced that she will not
wear decoliete gowns at Worlds Fair
functions. Mrs. Francis said: "It was
reported that 7 wished to set the eek
ample to other st. Louis women and I
want every one to know that such is
not the case. 1t is none Of my affair
what other women wear. but as for my
self consider a low-neck gown very
poor taste on the exposition grounds"
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The contract for tunnelling the Andes
has been awarded to Clark & Company
and 8. Pearson & Son, of London, and
wv. r. Grace & Co., of New York, Lon
don and South America. The tunnel
will be a wonderful work Of engineer
Ing being in a spiral for min part Of
IT'S course. This is necessary owing to
the great difference of level at its two
ends The tunnel will join the railway
systems of the Argentine and Chill. On
the Argentine side the mountain slope
is for most of the way fairly gradual
until near the peak of the Andes, but
on the Chilian side the descent is some
what precipitate. On the side of the
Argentine, the railway is already con-
structed almost to the frontier; on
that OF Chill it is made to near the
foot Of the Andes. From these points,
as measured on the map, the distance
Is about fifty miles, but the length of
the tunnel will be something like dou-
bio this y
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The st. Louis Globe-Democrat notes
that out of the nineteen boodling SEN
fences secured by Folk, Imprisonment
has at last been approved in the case
Of two by the Missouri Supreme court,
The two being Republicans and the
court being Democratic. The Globe
Democrat comments: Something will
be gained for the cause Of Justice in
Missouri even If all convicted Repub-
aioans are sent to the penitentiary and
MI convicted Democrats discharged on
technicalities. This result would, at
least. be better than to treat bribery
as a merely conventional offense.''
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The Quincy Qllinois) Journal, which
issevidentIy Jealous of q certain Missou-
n town, tells the following story: "A
Hannibal man was telling what a fine
place his home city was. No matter
where he went Hannibal was q better
place. One day he died, and when he
reached the other shore a fellow was
showing him around when the ex-Han-
nibalite said, why pshaw! Heaven is
Mt much nicer than Hannibal To
which the other man replied: MY dear
eir, you aren't in heaven"
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James Whitcomb Riley tells story
pf an old fellow who asked for work
at the Riley farm in the poets boy
hood He was set at hoeing potatoes,
but did not prove to be especially in
dustrious. When taken to task for his
lack OF application, he only replied,
rWall, the Good Book says do all
things in moderation "Well, it came
on dinner time at last says the hui
anorist. land the old codger did his
share nobly. In fact, he ate enough to
Kill two or three ordinary men. Some
one gently limited that the text didn't
seem to apply. He opened a worn little
Bible and imperturbably pointed to a
passage. It read: Whatsoever thy
hand fndeth to do, do it with all thy
might!'''
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SEALED BIDS

VIII be received at the Free Public
Library of New Haven not later than 8
o'clock, am, July 7th. for furnishing rs
gross tons Of Lehigh Egg Coal, Hazle-
ton or Honeybrook, we screened, and
% gross IONS of best bituminous coal,
same to be delivered in the cellar of the
Free Public Library as wanted by the
Library. Bids must be accompanied by
certified check for five per cent Of the
amount of bid, payable to
JONATHAN N. ROWE,
j27-1t City Controller.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
OBJECT TO BEING LEFT OUT.
ColOred Citizens Protest Against Ac-
ton of the Lilly White" Conven-
iOH.

New Orleans. February 20.-A largely
attended mass meeting of colored citi-
zens vas held here tonight Resolu-
tons were adopted protesting against
the action of the Lily White" conven-
ton recently held in this city, in ex-
cludizg colored men from participation
in that convention.
A committee was appointed to organ
iZe colored men throughout the state
to hold an equal rights convention in
the near future. to consider the queS-
ton of the political rights and the
condition of the colored man in the Re-
publican party.
The meeting also adopted a resolution
petitioning the state central committees
to arrange for a state convention to
select four delegates at large and four
alternates to the Republican national
convention TO be held in Chicago.
A resolution was also adopted appeal
ing to the colored voters Throughout
the country to hold mass meetings pro-
testing against the action of the Lily
Whites" in reference to the exclusion
of the colored Republicans OF this state
from the party councils.
The mass meeting endorsed the prin-
ciples of the Republican party and the
administration of President Roosevelt.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
FIVE FIRES.
TwentyFour Hours The Total
Loss VIII Amount to Over $50. 900.

From 7:20 o'clock Tuesday evening
until Z o'clock yesterday evening Will
mington had five fires. two OF them
being quite serious. Yesterdays pa
per contained an account OF the first
two fires.
The third fire occurred YESTERDAY
morning about $50 O'clock and was
at the residence occupied by J. w.
Davis. No 5f3 Castle street. The fire.
men had just returned To their head
quarters from the From: street fire
when this fire occurred. The dam
age done will amount to about s25.
Yesterday afternoon at Ass o'clock
an alarm was turned in from rox No.
43. The fire proved to be ware
house in the rear OF Bagget. Bros.
street. 1t started from SCOT falling
down the chimney. The warehouse
was used as n storage room by Bag
gett Bros. The loss was estimated
at between $500 and s225.
At $50 o'clock yesterday evening
another alarm was turned in and the
fire this time proved TO be the resi-
dence of Mr.. F. Z. Hashagen. at No.
517 Orange street. The fire was i'm
one of the rooms on the first floor and
caught from the fire place. The
damage was very slight.
1t was learned yesterday that the
damage to the jewelry store Of Victor
f. Zoeller will amount 10 between
$4,000 and $4,000. with $500 of in
surance. The stock and fixtures wero
badly damaged by water. Mrs. Bar
bara Bear owned the building and
the damage TO this was about 81. 900,
fully covered by insurance.
The stock of !. Shrier -~as also fully
covered by insurance. Several young
men who occupied rooms on the third
floor OF the building occupied by l.
Shrier had their personal effects bad
~ damaged by water. they carried no,
insurance.
The dental offices or Or. J. III.
Dreher which were the second floor
OF the Shrier building were flooded
with water and the fixtures were bad
ly damaged. Dr.. Dreher carried in
surance.
The total damage by the five
fires Will amount TO between $4,000
and ss5O00
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
IA PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH.
A Fire ia a CeIluloid Comb Factory
Cause by Explosion OF Gas.

Paris. February 20.-Fourteen en-
ployes of a celluloid comb factory. at
the corner of the Boulevard Sebasto-
pol and the Rue Eienne Marcel lost
their Ewes today in a fire which was
started by an explosion OF gas. About
twenty other employees were injured.
The explosion, which occurred in a
room on the fourth story. drove
bricks and pieces of glass against a
house on the other side Of the street
and Immediately afterwards, enor-
nous jets Of fame burst out OF the
windows Soon the entire STRUCTURE
was On fire. Three men attempted to
drop from a. window to a balcony.
but missed il. fell to the pavement
and were killed
1t was not long before the flames
were under control, and then a search
was made for the dead. In q corri-
dor leading to the street. fve OF the
victims were found against the wall.
They had been axphyiated and then in
cinerated. And all OF fourteen bodies
were conveyed to the morgue.
Five persons were taken from the
building badly burned, two OF whom.
1t - feared. viii die.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
IN THE WHEAT PIT.
Day Of Intense Excitement-Volum
OF Trading Enormous.

Chicago, February 20.-Wheat for
May delivery today sold at 107 a
bushel a gain of four cents over last
nights close. The market was ex-
tremely active and the volume of
trading was of enormous proportions.
The sensational advance was due
largely to the anxiety Of shorts. who
were afraid to maintain open trades
over a two days recess OF the board.
The pit was the center of uproar
and clamor which never ceased or
abated from the opening CT the session
uatil the gong announced its close.
In one respect today was unlike any
previous day since the excitement
over the Russo-Japanese war began
there were no varying degrees of in-
tensity in the excitement which
reigned and the nerves of every trad
er were at the highest tension every
minute of the session.
The advance was irresistible. Ar
mour, who for months has been the
almost undisputed monarch of the
wheat pit, sold millions of bushels OF
the grain. but for every bushel offered
there were two demanded by the pro-
fesSionals or outside traders imbued
with a desire to buy that was little IL
anything less than frantic.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-02-23
Tendency of the Times.

The tendency of medical science is
toward preventive measures. The best
thought of the world is being given
to the subject. 1t is easier and bet
ter to prevent than to cure. 1t has
been fully demonstrated that pneu-
monia, one of the most dangerous
diseases that medical men have to
contend with, can be prevented by
the use of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Pneumonia always results
from a cold or from an attack Of in
fluenza (grip), and it has been OBJ
served that this remedy counteracts
any tendency of these diseases to-
ward pneumonia. This has been fully
proven in m ny thousands of cases
Ia which this remedy has been used
during the great prevalence of colds
and grip in recent years, and can be
relied upon with implicit confidence.
Pneumonia often results from a
slight cold when no danger is ap-
pretended until it is suddenly discov-
cred that there is fever and difficulty
in breathing and pains in the chest,
then it is announced that the patient
has pneumonia. Be on the safe side
and take Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy as soon as the cold is contracted.
1t always cures. For sale by all
drugg5sfE