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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-03-27
Progress. .

In the golden maze of the dear old days The world was new and love was true, Men brave and maidens fair, A rose grown cot was the happy lot
 Of the bridegroom and his bride, With a garden gay for a primrose way And a moss grown well beside. But we've passed all that. and a five-
 room fat ei. -s1 sg .-.y,
 Is the home of our modern pair; B. No driftwood's light on the hearth at But a gas logs glittering glare. P No longer he waits at the garden gates While she comes through the gloam- He watches her drift down the hallway
 lift sts3S Y -g.-.- 70 To list to the old, old tale. He brings no flowers wet with fragrant That he's gathered in the dell, But violets coy by a messenger boy
 He sends, his love to tell.
 He proposes by wire in words or nre, Ten little words alone, @ y.s k, And she whispers yes-as you may
 guess,
 Over the telephone! Then the wedding day, and the word
 obey ~ -,.< t" &&F +~ Is stricken from the vow ,s.~z For thus they mate in the up to date, In the great Step Lively Now And 'LolIengrin', is the Joyous am
 Of the pianola' S tune, ,.s AS off they skim to the purple rim,
 Ahoat m a Dis pati , Puck.
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Iy paid already. Although they enjoy the very great advantages of security of tenure and comfortable superannua- ton allowances on retirement, their actual salaries-speaking of the heads and chief members of departments range much higher than those of men in private employ. They are a privileg- ed class altogether. and it may be doubted whether there is single posi- tion under the Birmingham city council which could not be very adequately filled for thousand year. If the rate payers in Birmingham really wish to see any check applied to the upward tendency in this and other directions, they will need to take the matter into their own hands, and return men to the council bound by certain specific pledges as to retrenchment. At present they grumble and do nothing, and it is time they realized thatt the remedy lies with them.
 As Birmingham has been one of the show places for advocates of municipal ownership of public utilities. these re- marks by the Post will hurt their feel ings. But there is undoubtedly more truth than poetry in the Posts descrip- tion of the situation.
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OF COURSE,

Of course everything that has been or may be said against woman will have to be taken back, and the sooner it is done the better. There has been foolish talk that college girls were not as subject to marriage as other girls, Miss M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr, has found that college girls have the same chance of matri- mony and motherhood that other wo- men of their class have in this coun- try. Her researches prove that 50 per cent. of college women marry, the same proportion that obtains among other women of moderate income. And word comes from the university of Michi- gan that the college woman outlives the others. Miss Helen Million, a Mich igan graduate of the class of 1887, has been collecting statistics of the 2000 women who have been graduated from the university since 1870, matching them with statistics of women taken from thestwelfth census figures: Out of the first 1,1S4 girls who left the uni versity all but sixty-five are still liv- ing. The census death rate for women in general in thirty years is 22S in ev- cry thousand. Miss Millions research es also revealed exactly what Miss Thomas did, as far as marriage of collge women is concerned. Fifty per cent. marry.
 Good. And nothing can be too good for the best. By and by 1O1 per cent. of them will be marrying and 1o5 per cent. will be living forever if they want to. - L--
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a mustache. while his brother shaved smooth. There was no hitch in the whole affair until I learned that the supposed European trip was a myth and that We alone were under the im- pression that he had left the city.
 Some time later met him in a cafe. Our ganees met, but he gared blankly at SC, offering no recognition whatever. was considerably perturbed when lat CT in the afternoon his understudy paid me a visit and talked about the great success his brother was having abroad.
 In brief, the new-found brother came in one day and advised me that his brother had died abroad, and handed me a newspaper clipping to confirm the statement. It was not many minutes later that the account with us was withdrawn and redeposited in another institution while the erstwhile dead man came back to life and his brother vanished into oblivion. As his account was at all times correct we had no right to interfere. : ez:.--... L f
 As I supposed the fictitious brother was our client disguised, yet when I preached the subject to him he positive iy refused to talk of the matter. Had others than myself been deceived the result might have been different, The reason for his strange behavior I have never been able to learn, and it has re- mained mystery. ,.5z.5l ,gst
 We often receive popular requests for overdrafts. A client whose standing account had never exceeded s1.0O0 re- quested us to grant him an oyerdraft of s4,00O, stating that he was not able to offer any explanation at present, but assuring us that at no time would the bank be in any danger of losing, as the overdaft would not be real.
 After some hesitancy we consented, but stipulated certain conditions and reserved the privilege of refusing if these conditions were not followed.
 Shortly after. his departure a we'll dressed gentleman came in and handed to our paying teller a check for $5,0O0, bearing the signature of our client, and with it letter requesting us to honor his check with cash. This letter was one Of the conditions we imposed for our safety. Still feeling that we were taking chance, the teller asked what
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denominations he desired. He replied, and the money was passed out to him. After holding the currency a momentin his hans he returned 1t, with a request for the check, which he destroyed be- fore us.
 On the following day our client thanked us for our courtesy and waived the oyerdraft privilege, saying that he had no further use for it. He had with him a check for S5.0Oe. which he depos- tied. This he had won from his friend on bet. He had bet that he could ne gotiate an oYerdraft for that amount without first explaining that it was a bet and the nature of it, and his friend wagered that no bank would trust him for that amount. No bank is without its crank clients. who are entirely reliable, but exceed ingly aggravating. One, remember closed his account thirteen times in one year, redepositing always n the follow ing day. Upon being questioned he said that he did so because he was afraid each time that the banb was about to suspend payments. As there was absolutely no ground for any such belief he was requested to do his busi- ness somewhere else.
 There is another class of people hav- ing dealings with banks-the faddists. With an income that was under $3,0O0 annually one man opened accounts with as many as six different banks, draw ing on one for rent. another for food, and so on.
 Another kept an account in the name of his race horse sol that he could keep check on the animals earnings.
 Some. show a desire for freakish and elaborate check books, one client actu- ally going so far as to have the Ten Commandments printed on his. checks. while that of another bears the axiom, Money is the root of all evil.' A third has his checks elaborately decor
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN. ss.. Pro-

! ' ey DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss., Pro-
 bate Court March 23d 1905 ESTATE of JULIA G. Il; ANGELL, of New York, N. Y., owning property in # said district, a minor
 George w. J. Angel having filed a duly exemplified and authenticated copy of the proceedings in the Surrogate Court for New York County, New York, showing his qualification as guardian of said minor, in said Court, and having made written application to this court praying that he may qualify as guar dian of said minor in this District, as by the statute in such cases made and provided, and that Geo. D. Watrous, administrator c. t. a., of the estate of Maud M. s. Angel, deceased, and Colin M. Ingersoll, administrator eta. of the estate of Colin M. Ingersoll, deceased, be authorized to turn over to said ap-@ plicant those certain funds, as by said application on file in this Court more fully appears. it is
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined at Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said District, on the .3rd day of April, 1905, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that public notice of tho pendency of said application, and of the time and place for the hearing thereon, be given by publishing this ordersthre times in some newspaper having circulation in said District.
 By order of Court,
 GEORGE w. cRAWFoRD,
 mas St Clerk.
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I.LAIN TALK OF 4 RUssIAM.

All the Russians are not blind, and Prince Meschtschereski is able to see very clearly and straight. The Prince declares that 1t is not the Japanese who have vanquished the Russian army, but i've ourselves have done it, in the per- son of the officers, the General Staff of the army and navy. in the administra- tion of our corrupt officials and by the intelligence which misleads the people, It is this which has ruined Russia; and, as We have recognized our true victors, we can conclude peace with the Japan csc. The continuation of the war is ex- clusiYely to the advantage of the worst sons of the country. Know thou. o Russia, that the war is punishment by God, which thou didst merit. God has to be thanked for not granting vic tory to us. But, against foreign foe and enemies at home, nobody can strug- gle at one and the same time.'
 Perhaps the Japanese wouldn't agree entirely with the Prince, but they and everybody else would have to admit that they have been much helped by of- ficial Russia. And though they are call- ed heather by the Russians perhaps they would modestly have no open ob- jection to the theory that God has used them to punish the Russians.
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s,ffarinr Passenger--aoh! Captain, Pm afraid it's all up with mel" { :. captain-"well, you've been at"ft iehs enough.''-Llfe. $'r" %t.t ..
 Ngaude-"oh. dear! I dread the thought of my thirtieth birthday.
 Clara-"Why I supposed you had TOT gotten it long ago.'--Chicago DaliS News. r@ -..l -..e
 Denhanl-"A man can't serve two r1lasters..' Nagger-' No. The only thing for him to do is to secure di- vorce or get rid of his mother-irl-law,." Brooklyn Life. ts@e r Taa5
 violet" called the old gentleman fro mupstairs, "what time is it?.
 .I don't know, pa,", replied Violet The clock isn't going. s,'
 well, how about the young rlan| Brooklyn Life.
 why, yes," said Miss Pertie Good win to her intimate friend, Harry and are going to have a secret wedding; Not soul is going to know of 1t un- til after it's over. Hadn't you heard!' Chicago Tribune. >'.-f .~'3. ~
 Ragson (to friend in hotel bedroom)- Let me in. Jim; can't find the key hole" I4.3'g5. \. fes
 Tagson-"Call a hall boy. I just got in myself and don't know where 1t is either" ."--Detroit Free Press. sass : ..1
 Helm going to bring Kadley home to dinner on Thursday" ! ,.a F
 She-"Why, I thought you hated him so; besides, I'll have to cook the dinner on Thursday" "A ,s'@.3a5 =. He-"I know w.''-Philadelphia Ledger.
 No Argument Necessary Prisoner q don't think there will be any need for you to address the jury" Coun- sel-"Why not?' Prisoner-"My in sanity will be immediately plain to them when they see that I have retain ed you to appear for llae." e."--Pick- Up. S '.''' '-5 [,
 The Joke Was Transferred-Mar -"Such a joke on MT. Gayboy! We were out on the balcony between the dances, and he got. the sleeve of his dresscoat all over red paint from one of the posts that were just painted.' Papa-"And did you go near the post 2' "No. Why?" Because you have red paint all over the back of your waist, New York Weekly. .,.e .-,....
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MYSTERIES OF A. BANK.

Puzzling Transactions That Come Uu
 in the Course of Business.
 There is bardly banker of any ex- perience who has not a fund of inter- esting stories he could tell of his clents if it were possible to do so without breaking the secrecy which is under stood ill all banking business.
 Occasionally bankers are confronted with mysteries too deep to fathonm, says a writer in the Chicago Tribune recall one such affair which happen ed while I fas managing a bank in an- other city, which was acting as cor respondent to the bank. The head of a cencern whose account showed bal ance in the thousands every month called upon me and stated that im- portant business matters necssitated his presence in Europe immediately and requested us to honor his brother's s signature on all checks and other paper
 He regretted that he was not able to present his brother to me personally, but stated that he would equip him with satisfactory credentials and hand ed me copy of the latter's signature. It was a reasonable story and did not arouse my suspicion, although I won- dered at the time that had never be- fore heard of a brother.
 Two or three days after his departure the brother put in an appearance handed me his letter and cashed g check to cover the weekly payroll. He resembled his absent brother closely l the only difference being that he wore
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a No LONG AH POUL1RY.

Are frogs legs poultry? We'll, not nov in the United States. About a year ago Secretary Shay came to the conclusion that frogs legs were poul-
 try. The case came up in an appeal of an importer against duty levied. Mir. Shaw took the matter under considera- tion and went to a good deal of trouble to get expert information on the sup- ject. He had. Assistant Secretaries Keep, Armstrong and Taylor buy a
 humber of punches of frogs legs and try them at, home In oller to advise
 him as to how they should be class,fissd
 After tile assistant secretaries had feasted for several days on these high
 priced luxuries a council was held at which it was voted that the legs tasted more like chicken than anything else,
 Thereupon Secretary Shaw decided that a frog was a bird for tariff purposes
 at least. The decision enraged Demo- crats in congress, and John Sharp Will
 Hams referred to it in a public speech
 as an instance of executive usurpation of the functions of congress. He de- clared that 1t was typical of the disre- gard for law entertained by officers of the Roosevelt administration. Under the Shaw decision frogs legs we're as-
 sessed at the rate of five cents a pound. A few weeks ago a New York dealer in game imported lot of frogs, legs. He consulted a tariff expert and decid- ed to make fight on paying duty of five cents a pound. So the claim was put up that the goods should be classi- fled as "non-enumerated unmanufact- ured articles and as such should pay
 a duty of only 10 per cent. ad valorem.
 The case was carried to the board of general appraisers and the protest was
 sustained. So all is quiet in New York, and there is no disturbance concerning this matter on the Potomac.
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4 c0ND!TiON, NOT 4 THEoRY.

The municipal ownership of public utilities sounds just as well as it used to, but it doesn't seem to be as popular in some places as it was. One of the defects of such ownership is pointed out by the Birmingham (England) Post. which says in an article on "Mu- nicipal Prodigality:" One feature of the increasing cost is the exercising scale of payment of municipal servants. Two large increases of salary were voted last Tuesday, and though there were some protests, the votes were carried by an overwhelming majority. In the opinion of most people outside the council our public officials are too high
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NOTICE.
. whom 1t may concern

10 Whom It may cOncern.
 The Greenwich Tramway Companv. a corporation specially chartered by the General Assembly of the State Of Con- necticut, formerly located in the Town or Greenwich County of Fairfield. if, said state, and now located in the Town and County of New Haven, of said state intends to apply to the Superior Court in the City of New Haven. for New Ha ven County, in sessions at New Haven. on the seventh day of April, 1905. at ter, o'clock a. m., to have it's corporate name changed to ''The Stamford Rail way Company
 Dated at New Haven, this goth day of March. 1905.s
 .s THE GREENWICH TRAMWAY
 COMPANY.
 JOHN c. PARKER, m2l-l2t ---z.. ..-l..--.. Secret i.rr
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ated with horseshoes and four-leaf cIoVers.
 There are still others with queer ideas of banking; but these cases have cited are sufficient to prove that business is not without it's romance or mystery.
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Tae whim of fashion makes changes in every line of merchandise necessary each soason--Lines of mercnanaise that would seem to the casual to be always the same. undergo the most changes.
 For instance, the Bag and Trunk IiI e. Every season brings some new idea, some rcw leather, always something ito enhance the value of the season $ production. We have received our new Spring line.
 CLUB BAGS-Made of new finish leather, with dull brass mountings, linen lined-$2-50 to 5000. STRAW Made of first quality split bamboo cane or willow reeds, very bright and stylish $2.OO to $5.0O. DRESS SUIT CASE-Light and heavy upright cases--fn all feathers re-enforced corners, linen lined, brass mountings -$3.5O to $1O.O0. ess@iise
 TRUNKS Our stock is the largest in the city-every kind of trunk from the small flat steamer to the larger family trunk, all finely made, all new, right up to date-$250 to s20Oo.
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ADVERTISING 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. s1.2o; each subsequent inser- tion. 40 cents; one week. ss.2o; one month, siO; one year. $40.
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New York is big city. New York coroners investigated eleven thousand six hundred and sixty deaths in 1904 Tn other words, there were that many suspicious deaths in the metropolis last year. Of this number fifty-three hun dred and ninety were buried in the Potters field, three hundred and seventeen going into nameless graves as unidentified. B.
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Pros
 bate Court, March 23, 1905. Estate of ELIZABETH FRESENIUS,
 late of New Haven in, said district,
 deceased.
 The Executors having exhibited their administration account with said estate to this court for allowance. 1t is
 Ordered, That the 3d day of April 1905,. at ten o'clock in tho forenoon, a Court of Probate to be. held at New is appointed fos a hearing on the allowance of said account and this court directs that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by. publishing this order three times in some newspaper having a circulation in said district.
 LIVINGSTON w. CLEAvELAND, m24-3t Judge. <
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DISTRICT OF. NEW HAVEN sss.. Pro- bate Court, March 24th, 1905. ESTATE of GRACE HUGHES WIGHT. late of Dover Township. GoocEland County, Virginia, owning property in said district, deceased.
 The administrator eta. having exhib- tied his administration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it is
 ORDERED, That the sd day of April, 1905, at ten o'clock in the fore-l noon, at a Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said district, be and the same is approved for hearing on the allowance of said account, and this Court directs that notice of the time and place of said hearing be given by some newspaper having D circulation in said district.
 By order of Court.
 GEORGE ". CRAWFORD,
 1n25 St Clerk. x
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War isn't the only kill -'em-quick. Mr. Brodrick, the British Secretary of State for India, says that from January first to March eleventh of the present year the number of deaths from the plague in that country, was S46,Sss, a total comparable to the deaths in the Russo Japanese war, if not in excess of them
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THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. ss "a YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. CENTS.
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moment there was silence and then an old miner drawled out: Say, young fellow, which of you-all is Ed?'
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN. ss. Pro,

DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Pro-
 bate Court. March 23. 1905. Estate of HENRY BALDWIN, late of.
 New Haven, in said district, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District 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 immediate pay- ment to
 CoRNELIA E. H BALDWIN, m24-3t Executrix.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Court, March 23 1905 Estate of CHARLES w WILCOX, late of New Haven, in said district. ab- sent and unheard of for more than: 8 seven years.
 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 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 immediate pay- ment to
 CYNTTIIAsJ BEERS, m24-St Administratrix
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MACHINERY FOR SALE.

The following property of The Ready auction atthe factory, 30 Lenox avenue, on Wednesday, April 5. 1905, unless pre- viously disposed of: each No. S6 and 3S dust collectors; 1 hot water heater: printing machine; 1 cookie machine; grain scourer; filling machines; 1 hop per scale for weighing grain in bulk; pulleys; hangers: shafting; belting, leather, rubber and cotton; one 500 light Westinghouse generator and switchboard. Sale will take place at Il o'clock a. m. By order of the Su- perior Court.
 m6 2St Receiver.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, rssued Thursdays, One Dollar a Year.
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Anecdotes of Maxim Gorki are on the wing. Here is one they tell in Paris: He went to the theater at Moscow one evening to see a play by a popular writer. Instead of paying attention to the stage the entire audience rose and greeted Gorki with prodigious acciama- ton. Then he delivered this address: What on earth are you staring at me { for? am not dancing girl, nor the Venus of Milo, nor a drunkard just picked out of the river. I write stories; they have the luck to please you, and I am glad of it. But that is no reason why you should keep on staring. We have come here to see a charming play. Be good enough to attend to that, and leave me alone" More delighted than ever, the audience shouted with joy. Perhaps they thought they would get another speech, but Gorki jumped out of his seat and left the theater in dis gust.