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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07
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zone can't be too polite. ,

"One can't be too polite
 "Yes. they can. Ever have some one try to hold your overcoat when the lining was ripppd in the sleeve?'-In- dianapolis Star
 Citiman-"Do they keep a servant girl?'
 Suburbs-"Oh! certainly not But as soon as one leaves they engage anoth- CT Philadelphia Press,
 Mrs. Crawford-"Why doesn't poor MT, Henpeck pluck up courage once in a wtlile?' Mrs Crabshaw-" Perhaps he remembers the time when he plucked up courage and proposed. Puck.
 "A pretty girl, even if she is poor, can have all the attention she wants, cant she?" Yes. There's only one that can beat her, Who's that?" "A homely girl with the coin, Detroit Free Press.
 Bill-"He asked me to lend him $5"
 Jill-"Yes; he's a chronic borrower" :"
 But I've only known him three days!'
 That's the reason he asked you.'-- Yonkers Statesman.
 Her ladyship (who is giving a ser- wants ball to butler)-"We shall begin with a square dance, and I shall want you, Wilkins, to be my partner
 Wilkins Certain, mlady and after wards I presume we may dance with 'oorn we like?'--Punch.
 He-"Don't you find this going out so much rather fatiguing?"
 She-"Yes. and so confusing By the way. is the Plunketts' dance tomorrow night, or is this 1t that we're at now?'' -Woman's Home Companion.
 Gunner-"So that distinguished gen tleman in the tall hat is your leading citizen. eh? Has he received many de- grees from the different coleges?"
 Guyer-"Has he? Why, he has re- eeived so many degrees we call him the Human Thermometer "-Chicago News.
 Advice from Her Lawyer.-Tlmothy Coffin, who was prominent at the Bris- tol County bar half century ago, once secured the acquittal Of an old Irish woman accused of stealing a piece of pork. As she was leaving the court room she put her hand to her mouth and, in an audible whisper said:
 Mir CarHn, whall I do with the DOT ruk?"
 Quickly came the retort: Eat 1t, you fool; that judge says you didn't steal it, "-Boston Herald.
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A Lament for the Snow.

Old-fashioned folk, wheeler you be, Who love to dream the happy past Again. by grace of memory DO these light flakes which do not
 last, But fall and melt in dying blast, Recall your childhood's joyous play UT does your memory stand aghast? Where are the snows of yesterday? An, well can we recall the kind Ot snoWstorms that our hearts raised
 high
 With visions filling all our mind pr snowfall battles to a tie or coasting revels by-and-by Down snowy hills with naught to
 stay Our fleet sleds swift as birds to ny! Where are the snows of yesterday? Gone are the days when skaters art Drew huoyant youth to shining ice; When frosty airs did thrills impart, Like sparkling wines of costly price To make life glorious in a trlce, As last we speed our winged way, Now sports not worth a throw of dice Where are the snows of yesterday? Where once the happy girls and boys, With cheeks of red and brtghtened
 eye, Ran laughing with their healthy noise, Through snowdrifts piled in path
 ways high, Now pale faced beings wander by, In moist and lfstless airs of gray, While fluttering, feeble flakes scarce
 lie
 Where are the snows of yesterday?
 Baltimore American.
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SOME PRECIOUS RINGS.

Famous Circlets in History-signets
 and Seals Used in Egypt and Pales-
 tine.
 Most precious and ancient of all the relics of the Pharaohs is the signet ring or seal of the great Suphis, better known as Cheops, the Pharaoh who erected the great pyramid at Gizeh for his tomb centuries before Abraham was born or Joseph was sold by his breth- ren to become the prime minister of one of Cheops' successors. It Is g. heavy, solid mass of gold, with a flat top, engraved in hieroglyphics-lotu blossoms, a crocodile. figures of Iris, Osiris and other gods of Egyptian my thology The seal is oval in shape, about one inch across the widest part and five-eighths of an inch across the center.
 This ring was used to sign or attest all the decrees of the great Suphis, King of Memphis, and every order and contract connected with the erection of the great pyramid was supposed to have been seated with this signet. Cheops was buried in a chamber in the center of that, the largest of human structures, but his burial chamber was footed by the Persians under Cambys- es, fatrer of Cyrus the Great. about five hundred years before Christ The Sarcophagus was torn open, the body was thrown out and stripped of the jewels and other ornaments with which it was adorned This ring, however seems to have dropped from his finger unnoticed, for early in the last century 1t was found in the debris of the burial ] chamber by Colonel Vyse, from whom it was bought by Dr. Abbott.
 The next most interesting and valua- ble ring in the world-if 1t is genuine is in the collection of the Earl of Ash
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tunately, the director made use of some
 words Of censure in his address to the mutineers who promptly sent a deputa- tion requesting him to apologize. He refused, whereupon threats of personal violence were made, and the director had to be rescued by the instructors in the gymnasium, Sometimes, it would seem, Japanese school boys have cause for dissatisfaction. In the good old times, when education consisted in memorizing the contents of certain classical books, there was no dearth of teachers, The new education makes greater demands, and the supply of qualified teachers does not always meet them; wherefore it happens that in many cases the pupils know more than their instructors, The salaries paid to teachers-$1G to $25 8 month-do not usually tempt men of the best grade.
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WISDOM.E

Truly there is wisdom in the steps taken by Secretary Taft to secure bet ter cookery for the soldier, Secretary Taft has asked Congress to authorize him to spend $9O0 for prizes to be awarded to the men who graduate from army cooking schools. Up to date there is but one of these schools, and 1t is at Fort Riley, Kansas Here the enlisted men are taught how to bake and stew under the supervision of q staff of ex- perienced and scientific tutors It is proposed to establish similar schools at other military posts. The usefulness and importance of these schools can- not be questioned. Old soldiers of the Civil war realized the value of good cookery, and that good cooks are an inestimable blessing; also that good cocks in the army were comparatively few. If anybody deserves we'll cooked, wellprepared, nutritious and wholesome food it Is the soldiers, and especially so in time of war, Secretary Taft urges the appropriation in letter to Speak CT Cannon. in which he says;
 Tt is believedthat no greater good can be accomplished, as far as the effi- eiencyof the army is concerned, than by having the important knowledge of cooking and baking tmparted to a num- ber of men, and that no greater good can be done to the community at large than by producing men scientifically trained as cooks and bakers"
 Surely MT Tafts request cannot be denied, and the money will no doubt be wisely and discriminatory expend- ed. No appropriation by Congress is needed. Money that can be used for the purpose is already to the credit of the war department.
 Secretary Taft will be applauded for this wise move wherever a United States soldier is on duty. And how eminently fitting it is that this move should emanate from so weighty an au- thority, from one whose girth and av- oirdupois give evidence-supreme testi- mony, to what good feeding accom- plishes. In the generosity and good feeling that springs from good dinners and good digestion that is fostered, no doubt, by the true Yale spirit Secre- tary Taft is thus encouraging a move ment that will increase the comfort and add to the fighting capacity of the sol diers oe our republic.
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STILL FORGING AHEAD.

The Japanese are still acquiring more of the methods and devices of Western civilization and are as ever apt schol- arts. Take, for instance, strikes in schools in Tokio, which are getting to be quite popular and even more fre- quent that in Chicago, Quite recently a
 strike occurred in an intermediate school in Tokio in the Tosa district, wherever that may be. The fifth year students handed in a petition request ing the removal of the teacher in natur- al history; in case of refusal they threatened to withhold their aid in talk ing care of the younger pupils. An at tempt was made to appease them by a redistribution of teachers, but, unfor-
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REMRET,.

Widespread regret will be felt that Dr. William S. Rainsford has resigned from the rectorship of St. Georges Episcopal church, New York. AS was well said by the sorrowful vestry of the church, This name is written large in the annals of our religious and civic life." His retirement from the minis try well approaches to a national loss This eloquent divine came twenty-three years ago to a failing church, whose condition was due to the uptown movement" in the metropolis. The church was offered for sale, with no buyers. MT. Rainsford came upon the scene, buoyant, aggressive, full of hope and enthusiasm, and possessed of rare gifts and scholarship. His zeal for the upbuilding of the church became infec- tious, and such was his brilliant work and brilliant success that the church he now leaves easily sustains the burden of caring for seven thousand souls and in it's institutional departments has an army of zealous, enthusiastic, highly intelligent and able workers. His suc- cess, and in the field as he found it, is, indeed, a triumphant refutation of the theory that the modern church has only work of a perfunctory character to per- form. In institutional work MT. Rains- ford was one of the pioneers and a great moving force. He made mistakes-and who does not?-but these weigh as nothing compared to his great useful ness. The many in New Haven who have listened to his inspiring words in addresses delivered in our city will join in the testimony to his power and vide reaching influence for good. He has well earned the rest which he now is forced to take, and his name will long be honored for what he has done for the church and for humanity.
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one worth three hundred thousand dol

one worth three hundred thousand dol lars.
 An iron ring worn by Charlemagne is preserved with other relics of the Holy Roman empire in Vienna Its intrin- sic value cannot be more than a penny, but it's historical association makes 1t one of the most valuable in all the world.
 Trere is a large collection of historic rings in South Kenslngton museum. The most interesting, perhaps is dia- mond ring sent by Queen Elizabeth to her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, as a pledge of friendship and protection, and it introduced the beautiful Mary to intrust herself to English hands. It is a double ring, but cannot be separa- ted, one part being linked to the other, and each part has a diamond. When pressed together it looks like solid ring with two settings.
 Lying beside this relic of treachery is the wedding ring of Mary, Queen of Scots, placed upon her finger by Lord Darnley. It is of gold and beautifully enameled, and bears monogram: 1 M. and A."-"Mary and Albany flor Darnley was Duke of Albany. It also bears the arms of England Scotland and Ireland After the death of Mary the ring descended to her grandson, Charles I, who, on the scaffold, took it from his finger and requested Arch bishop Juxon to give it to his son. | Charles II, who pawned it in Holland for fifteen hundred dollars. It after
 ward came into the possession of the Earl of Islay, who presented it to the
 British Museum.
 One of the most extraordinary relics of tn Catholic church is a plain gold ring, witr a, cameo setting, which for hundreds of years was believed to be
 the wedding ring of the Virgin Mary
 and St. Joseph, and in 14S6 Pope Inno- cent VIII officially recognized its au-
 thenticity. It is now in the Imperial Museum in St. Petersburg, to, which it was presented by General Ggdrow, He obtained it from some unknown source
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07

A remarkable scheme for the encour- agement of suburban residence has been devised by the Ballast and North ern Counties railway, an Irish line practically owned by the Midland rail- way of England. It offers free tickets for ten years to proprietors or tenants of new residences erected in the line between Belfast and Larne Harbor
 which runs for twenty-four miles along the shores of Belfast Lough and Lough Larne, beautiful residential district.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Eituations, Wants. Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each ingertion. Five Gents a Word for full week.
 Display advertisements. per inch. one insertion. sl.2O each subsequent inser- ton. 90 cents; one week. sS.2O; one nonth. s1o; one year. S4O.
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The Zurich papers are discussing a great scheme proposed by a Swiss en- gineer to unite Switzerland with the North sea and the Mediterranean by two great canal systems. The first sys- tenn would connect Lake Constance with Rotterdam by means of the Rhine, and the second would join Lake Como and the Mediterranean by means of the River Pc.
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after the abbey of St. Germaine des Pres, in which it was kept was de- stroyed by fire. This ring is said to have wrought many miracles, cured the diseases of thousands of people, reconciled thousands of married cou- pies who had quarreled. and for centu- ries was one of the most revered ob- jects on the earth.--New York Sun.
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The United States government has commissioned Dr. David Starr Jordan and Professor Charles H. Gilbert, head of the department of zoology of the Stanford university, to conduct an in- vestigation of the fish and fisheries of Japan and the island of Sakhalln dur, ing the coming summer.
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There were 1OS4,7S7 deaths from plague in India during 1904 The figure for 1905 also probably comes near l. 100000
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Owing to an error in calculation ma le in 1920, the height of every Alpine summit, says the Alpine Post will have to be written down by about ten feet.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 12 CENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH, ss FOR SIX MONTHS. se A YEAR. THE sAHGE TERMS BY MAIL. sINGLE COPIES. ? GENES
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A bill has been introduced in con- gress that directs the duty on compos- ing or linotype machines be repealed, and that a duty of 10 per centum ad valorem be submitted therefor
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The Chinese empress has commanded the viceroys to submit reports of the numbers and nationality of the mis- sionaries in their jurisdiction, and also ito send in descriptions of their church. es and other property.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07

Former Mayor James D. Phelan of \ San Francisco has offered a prize of $500 for the best oil painting portray ing the first hoisting of the American flag at San Francisco, July g, 1S46. This competition is to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the notable event in California history. Additional prizes of S100 and $50 are offered for the second and third best pictures.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07

Senator Cullom of Illinois is in very feeble condition, and not likely to be able to do much more work in the sen- ate. Should he retire next year. at the end of t3is present term MT. Lodge of Massachusetts, will naturally succeed him as chairman of the committee on foreign relations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-07

William s. Cook, the oldest initiated Odd Fellow in California, died recently, apparently in great poverty, and his lodge buried him. He was even in arrears for several months rent for a shabby room where he had lodged for thirty years. The public administra- tors search of safe deposit vaults, how
 ever, revealed that Cook was a miser,
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Queen Margherita, of Italy, has writ
 ten a play which is to be produced shortly with Mime. Duse in the leading part. It is understood that the work ( viii deal with phases in the life of King Humbert, Margherita's late husband.
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who left more than $1OO,OoO in bonds and other securities. His only rela- tive is brother in Virginia.
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At a meeting of the sectional budget committee this week at Tokio, a dele gate representing the government, said that Japan expected to increase the ton- mage of her navy to 100000 tons by the end of the fiscal year of 19O7-OS.
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AtNthe morning service Sunday S43 new members were received into Caval- York city. These accessions put this church at the head of American Meth odism in point of membership. For many years the Hanson Place church in Brooklyn has been at the head. Call vary has now 2.450 members, or about one hundred more than the Brooklyn church.
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Mother GraY's Appea! to Women.

If you will send your name and address we will mail you FREE a package of Mother Gray's AUSTRALfAE-LEAF, certain, pleasant herb cure for Women's ills. It is safe monthly regulator and never-failing. If you have pains in the back, Urinary, Bladder or Kidney trouble, use this pleasant union of Australian herbs, roots a Id leaves. All Druggists sell it, 50 cents, or address The Mother Gray Co.,, Le Roy, N. Y.
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The provisional French commercial returns, just published, show a total of 9,4S5,O 100000 francs, against S,95S, ,OOO,- 900 francs in 1904. Imports increased 2.9 per. cent. to 4,67S,OOOOOO francs and exports increased S.2 per cent, to 4,S61,- 000,000 francs.
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NOTICE.

A special meeting of the stockhold- CTS or the New Haven County National Bank will be held on the 18th day of February, 1906, at ten o'clock in the forenoon at inc banking house of said corporation for the purpose of chang ing Article 8 of the Articles of Asso- citation of said corporation so as to read: "The board of directors shall consist of not less than nine nor more than fifteen stockholders" instead of as at present, The board of directors shall consist of nine stockholders" and to ratify and confirm the election of eleven directors had at the annual meeting of the stockholders held on January 9. 1906.
 A. HEATON ROBERTSON.
 F. S. PORTER
 HENRY w. REDFIELD, Stockholders of the above named bank. January 13, 1906.
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TKH WEEKLY JOURNAL. ssaued Thursdays, Che Dollar a Year.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN.

TEsB OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB~
 LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
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BEST IN THE KITCHEN

i
Be sure to have an easy lounge or chair
in the kitchen, where you may spend the
few waiting moments between acts, as il
were, in rest.
If you cannot afford to buy lounge
especially for that purpose, make one.
This is easily done.
Get two long boxes from the dry goods
store place them end to end and nail to,
gether. Make a mattress and fill il
with any desired materials. Shredded
shucks are clean and excellent. Over
this drape any kind Of cover to suit the
fancy.
Be sure TO get something that can be
washed and ironed. Red and white bed
ticking is pretty and desirable, and never
fades, and when laundered looks as good
as new. Make pillow to match.
Now while you are watching the cakes,
bread, pies and the like, remember there
is your lounge Rest. Do not say you
have no time. You have to wait for
your baking to brown. Why not rest
while you wait.
You will be surprised how much re-
freshment yos will gain even for one
minutes Relation upon this improsised
lounging quarter
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LOCATED mourH OF R1YER 1,

Members of the Delaware and New
Jersey commissions appointed By the
governors OF the respective states to de-
termine among other things the exact To-
cation OF the mouth of the Delaware river,
reached an opinion Friday which will
settle, in the future that heretofore dis.
puted point.
On the tug Tarus, the Delaware Com
missioners, Alexander B. Cooper, Walter
H. Hayes and w. P. HiIles and the New
Jersey Commissioners, Senators Bradley
and Avis and J. H. StrimpIe left Delaware
City and proceeded down the river to a
point about five miles to the Southward
of Reedy Island and there fixed an imag-
mary boundary line dividing the head OF
the bay from the mouth OF tie river.
The imaginary line agreed upon, ex-
tends from point at or near Liston's
Point, which is about one mile south Of
the mouth OF Blackbird Creek on the
Delaware shoreto to a point at or near the
mouth of Hope Creek of the New Jersey
shore.
After fixing this line the commissions
ers visited both the shores of Delaware
and New Jersey in order to determine the
condition of the shores at the points on
which it is desired to erect stone monu-
ments or markers.
In speaking of the trip one of the Della
ware commissioners said "The Delaware
and New Jersey commissioners had no
trouble in reaching an argument regard
ing the locality of the line marking the
mouth Of the river nor do We anticipate
any trouble in reaching an agreement re-
latiye to uniform fishing laws for both
states. The Delaware commissioners
have asked for nothing but that which is
just and fair and the New Jersey com,
missioners realize it,
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REGISTRATION OFFICERS KICKING

/ Since the appointment few days ago
| OF the registration officers for rural New
Castle County, Kent and Sussex Counties
| by Governor Lee, there has been war de-
clared by many Of the men appointed to,
these positions, because OF the action Of
Secretary of State Cahall in demanding
~ from each appointee before ,forwarding
bis commission.
They say it is an unusual procedure on
the part of the Secretary Of State, who
commands an income from that position
ranging from $4,000 to $40, 900 year, to.
demand the fee of So, which under the
law he can collect if he SO desires.
In Wilmington the conditions are dif-
ferent. There the registration officers are
appointed by the Board of Election Com
missioners and it is pointed out that they
do not have to pay 81 before receiving
their credentials. Consequently the Off
GERS in the country object to paying this
amount, and many don't hesitate to say
that they will not send the fee as re-
quested by Mr.. CahaIl.
The registration officers are appointed
for five registration days and for this
work they receive S25. They are put to-
some expense, and further, if 81 in addi-
ton is deducted the pay will be consid-
cred small for the services given.
-Four years ago Caleb R. Layton, then
Secretary of State, sent out the commits
sions to registration officers, with bills for
the 81 fee inclosed. big kick was made
at the time, and Mr. Layton announced
that those who wanted to pay could do
SO, and those who did not, need not.
Two years later he sent out the commits
slons without asking any compensation.
There are thirty districts in rural New
Castle County, seventeen in Kent and
nineteen in Sussex County. In each dis
trict registration officer, two assistants
and an alternate are appointed. The
latter very often does not occupy a seat
at all. Still he is asked to pay 50 for his
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Tie appropriation bills are nearing
completion, but the House persistentiy
struck to it's resolution not 70 sanction
i lie new $40. O0O. 900 battleship till it had
more definite information on which to
proceed. And the matter has been al
lowed to 20 over till next year when the
Secretary Of the Navy viii present de-
tailed plans for the great fighting ma
chine,