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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
niion rhenter.

The stock company at the Biou theater have been quite a success this week in their presentation of The Climbers" The house is crowded with its friends and patrons at each per- formance, who voice their sentiments in liberal rounds of applause. The pretty costumes of the eight ladies of the cast call forth much pleasing com- ment, and together wit hthe beautiful scenic effects make a strong contract. Matinees are given daily. Friday mat inee souvenir photos of one of the pop ular members will be given to each patron.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
SCHOOL INCREASE $50.

High School Has Attendance of 17O7.
 The statement of the attendance in New Haven schools at the beginning of the school year was given out yester- day at the offices of the board of edu- cation. In the New Haven high school the attendance is 1,707, an increase of 222 over the attendance last year; of these 997 are attending the Hillhouse school and 710 attend Boardman
 The increase in attendance in all the schools, including high school, is given as 600.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27

the momentolis question, shall she make the sacrifice or not. On her an- swer depends the fate of the man of her choice. What this sacrifice is and whether or not she was justified in making it you will find out by going to the New Haven theater tonight Friday and Saturday nights, and see- ing the best play you ever saw, ''The Man of Her Choice written and pro- duced by Eaw. M. simmonds. Matinee Saturday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
MRS. F. 4. REEVES GRANTED 4
 DIVORCE

She Also Gets Custody of Children--Suit
 Against Rallroad--NOrtOn Awarded
 s1O Damages-steinert Will Contest
 COsgrove Wants $25,OOO Damages-
 Action for DivOrce-McLane Bound
 over.
 Judge Thayer. of the superior court, yesterday granted divorce to Char lotte Reeves from her husband, Edward A. Reeves, who is a member of the Reeves Manufacturing company, for merly of Park street, this city, but now of Milford. The divorce was granted on the ground of adultery, and Mrs. Reeves was given the custody of two minor children.
 No alimony was claimed, but it is understood that Reeves agreed to give Mrs. Reeves $500 a year for the support of the children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
WANT RusINnss co11RsE.

South Manchester. Sept. 2s.-rhe Ninth district school committee, which has charge of the local high school, Is contemplating instituting business department in connection with the high school. Over 16O pupils are attending the school at the present time, and is said to be the largest school in the state without a business department connected with it. The studies which would be taught are stenography, type writing. bookkeeping. penmanship and English.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
NORTON GETS $1O DAMAGES.

" V I'VE O4N v VT P VAV 7-A47A1A z 1~'V'
 Judge Thayer, in the superior court, yesterday awarded Thomas E. Norton, of 255 Sherman avenue, nominal dam ages of $10 in his suit against the Con solidated Railway company. Norton brought suit for damages, claiming that he had been assaulted by one of the roads employees and had suffered false Imprisonment on the charge of evading payment of trolley fare on Wipches- ter avenue car. He secured a verdict of $2O0 in the court of common pleas from Judge Ullman, but this verdict for substantial damages was reversed by the supreme court The present suit was brought for damages in de- fault.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
|COsGROvE SUES RAILROAD FOR $25000.

Michael E. Cosgrove, of 494 Winthrop avenue, formerly a shoe dealer in this city and later commercial traveller, has brought suit against the Consoli- dated railroad for $25,O0O damages for injuries inflicted on a car of the trolley system one year ago last August.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
WEATHER RECORD.

Washington, D. C.. Sept. 26. D, m.
 Forecast for Thursday and Friday
 For New England: Showers Thursday and probably Friday; fresh southwest winds becoming east Friday.
 For Eastern New York: Rain Thurs day and probably Friday, fresh south- west winds becoming east and increas- ing Friday
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
SUITS AGAINST RAILROAD.

Attorney Nehemiah Candee has re- turned to the superior court writs in three suits against the Consolidated Railway company. One is that of George c. Davis, of Salisbury, for $S,OOO. The suit is also pending in Massachusetts. The other suits are those of Harry Cook for $500 and of Harry Cook ct ux. for $2,000. MT and Mrs. Cook live in BridgepOrt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
NEW HAvENER APPOINTED.

James CahilI to be Physical Director of
 sharon Club.
 James CahiIl, prominent in local so- cial circles and in the Y. M c. A., has received appointment to the position of physical director in the athletic club and gynnastic association at sharon, Pa.
 MT. Cahill has been resident of this city for several years, living at 53 Put nam street, and was a leader of classes at the local Y. M. e. A. gymnasium, where he was known as one of the clev- crest all-round athletes of the state. He left the city few days ago to take up his new duties.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
BRINGS ACTION FOR DIVORCE.

Mary Vandesan wife of Frederick Vandeasan, has brought suit against her husband claiming divorce and the right to resume her maiden name, Min kin. The grounds are desertion by the husband.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
YAwL PICKED UP.
Boat Belonging to Schooner Dewell
 Was Empty.

Was Empty.
 Captain Mangus Manson of the Bene- dlct7Manson Marine company, part owners of the three-masted schooner James D. Dawell. has received word that the yawl boat belonging to the Dewell had been found off Wilmington, N. C., but with no tiding of the crew. Captain Manson thinks that the crew either perished In the storm or were picked up by some steamer. and gre being carried to foreign port.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27

Mrs. Robertson Dewhurst and two children of this city are guests of MT. and Mns. Charles Ebberts of Oak street. Norwich.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27
STATES NOMINATED.

James N. States has been nominated by the Tenth district democratic con- vention as a candidate for senator.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-27

JUDGE CLEAvELAND CHOSEN.
 Judge Cleaveland of the probate court has received notification that he was elected a member of the American Bar association at the recent annual meet ing.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Avoid Headaches,

1t is generally thought that people
suffer from headaches owing to indi-
gestion or some similar cause, but they
often proceed from a totally different
source-fatigue of the muscles Of the
neck People rarely exercise these mus
cles unless compelled to; hence they
are weak and easily fatigued, but If
given a little work regularly many a
headache might be avoided. The best
way to exercise them is to stand with
the shoulders against wall, keeping
the body motionless Then move the
head backward and forward, then first
to one side, then to the other, simply
by the action of the muscles of the
neck. The muscles will feel stiff at
first, but exercise two or three minutes
a day and that feeling will pass of.
The end gained is well worth the trou-
bic, and the exercise also gives the
head a better poise and beauties the
neck.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Bits of wedding Tradition.

Knives formerly formed part of the
accouterments of bride This is easi-
ly accounted for by the fact that an
ciently it formed part of the dress for
women to wear a knife sheathed and
suspended from their girdes. A bride
says to her jealous husband In Dek-
ker's Match Me In London" 1881:
See. at my girdle hang my wedding
knives.
with those dispatch me.
The use of bridesmaids at weddings
is of remote antiquity. Among the
Anglo SaXons the bride was led to the
church by matron, who was called
the brides woman, and followed by
company of young girls, who were
called bridesmaids. 1t was at one time
the custom for the bridesmaids to lead
the bridegroom to church and for the
bridegroOm's men to conduct the
bride. This is clearly alluded to in the
"Collier's Wedding"
Two lusty lads. well drest an3 strong.
step'd out to lead the bride along,
And two young maids of equal size
AS soon the bridegroom's hands surprise.
The brldegrooms men were ancient
ly called bride knights, which was an
appropriate name at the period when
they actually fulfilled that office.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
powoERiNe THE HAIR.
The Way This Custom Il said to Have
Originated.

Originated.
The custom of powdering the hair
dates back as far as the sixteenth
century and was first introduced by
the nuns in French converts. Those
who had occasion to leave the cloisters
for any reason were wont to powder
their hair so as to make it appear gray
and give them a venerable look. The
fashionable danes were so struck with
the novel effect of white powder on
dark hair that they soon appropriated
the device as one of the arts of the
worldly toilet. Out of this grew the
use of tints in the hair The Roman
women often used blue powder, and
later, in 1860, Empress Eugene set
the fashion of using gold powder.
Rome under the empire and Greece
during the time of Pericles were seized
with a mania for golden hair. The
bellies and fops of the day devised sew
eral methods whereby black locks
might be changed to golden yellow, but
bleaching did not always succeed. Con-
sequently quite a trade was establish
ed with the fair haired tribes beyond
the Alps, who sold their locks to Latin
merchants. to be worn on the heads of
Roman dandies.
Many a dame dampened her raven
tresses in the strongest of muriatic
acid and sat In the sun to bleach her
hair to the coveted yellow Others
used lye and afterward anOinted their
heads with oil made from goat fat,
ashes Of the beech tree and certain
yellow flowers.
The itinerant barber, who passed
down and out when people ceased to
use powder in their hair. was quite a
parsonage in his day. He went from
house to house, armed with a soap
bowl to fit the chin powder boxes, po-
matum and puffs, was always a news
monger and also a gratuitous scandal
bearer
When wigs were ln vogue the Ro-
man danes had In their wardrobes as
many wigs as costumes, and when the
choice of a wig was made il was nee
essary to arrange the eyebrows, lashes
and complexion in harmony. 1t was
lueu lDdl lue SldNeS were Spetlullg
charged with the makeup of the face,
delicate operation called by Cicero
"Medicaments candoris ct ruboris."
There were some cunning devices in
vogue among the bellies of the old
world for giving expression to the eye.
The most reckless of them were wont
to place single drop of that deadly
poison. prussic acid in the bottom of
a wine glass and hold it against the
eyes for two or three seconds, or, more
rashly still, they would take a small
quantity-a piece not larger than a
grain of rice-of an ointment contain
ing that mortal drug, atropia, and rub
II on the brow. Each of these was sup
posed to give clearness and brilliancy,
expand the pupil and impart fascl-
mating fullness and mellowness to the
eye. Certain slightly pungent and vol
atile perfumes, such as oil of thyme,
were occasionally worn on the hand
kerchief, causing the eyes to glitter
and sparkle The eye was made to APP
pear large, full and almond shaped by
the use of "A fine pencil dipped in anti
monial sulphur or Egyptian black,
rubbed upon the lids along the angle.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
SEED POTATO CUTTER.

two or three compartments. these be
ing open in the front, which CORE
spends to the side boxed In. To each
of these compartments is attached a
sack on hooks, and along one side Of
the bench in the middle of each com
partment and right over the opening
of the sack is fixed, in an upright posi-
ton, a shoemaker's or common steel
table knife.
Potatoes to be cut for planting are
shoveled into the compartments of the
box. and in front of each compartment
a man takes his position, being seated
on a box or stool for comforts sake.
He seizes the tubers In rapid success
sion and by pulling them against the
blade quickly cuts one into as many
pieces as desired. The pieces are then
dropped into the open sack. 1t Is
claimed that by this indirect method OF
using the knife two fairly good cutters
can cut each day all the potatoes or
dinarily required for the use of one
planter.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02

SPLIT CLOVER ROOT. yer root split i'm
lShowing work Of bor- o. exposing
er. slightly enlarged.l +ho ovcora+ions
In cases Of extreme abundance, howev-
er, almost the entire main root except
the bark is eaten out the substance be-
ing displaced by eXcreta. and the dead
top either becomes detached of itself
or is easily broken off if one attempts
to pull up the plant.
over the territory where red clover
is grown in this country the seed is
sown either during late winter or
spring and during the first year the
roots of the plants have not yet attain
ed sufficient size to accommodate the
insects; hence it is not till the sum
mer of the second year that the roots
are destroyed
The only preventive measure yet
tried that gives any promise of success
is summer following as soon as the hay
crop is removed At this time the
young are in an immature state and, If
deprived of food. must perish. But If
the following be delayed even for a
few weeks the larvae will then have
for the most part passed into the pupal
stage, during which no food is required,
and plowing can have little or no effect
upon them.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Grass seed AduIteration.

Circular No II, office of the secre-
tary Of agriculture. states that in car
rying out the provisions of an act Of
congress pol samples of seed of Ken
lucky blue grass and 26j samples Of
orchard grass were obtained in the
open market and examined. OF these
forty-one samples of seed of Kentucky
blue grass We're found to be adulter-
ated with seed of Canada blue grass
while 1913 samples of orchard grass
seed were found to be adulterated, the
seeds most commonly used as adulter-
ants being English rye grass and
meadow fescue, the value of neither
being more than One-third to one-half
that Of orchard grass seed. That the
OF orchard grass is very
general is evidenced by the fact that
samples containing adulterants were
obtained from twenty-four states. The
names and addresses of the seedsmen
who sold the lots found to be adulter-
ated. together with the percentages OF
In each lot, are also pub
lshed in the circular.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
NE W S NOT Z S

The next meeting Of the farmers ma
tiOnal congress will be held at Rock
Island. H., oct 8. John NJ. Stahi is
president; George NJ. Whitaker, Box
1882, Boston secretary.
That foreign rice Is losing Its hold
upon the American market Is evident
from the fact that the Imports Of 1905
are exceeded by those OF 1904 by 20
per cent and by those Of 1908 by 60
per cent.
1t is a striking fact that the United
States supplies n larger share Of the
imports Of packing house products i'm
ported into Germany than into any
other European country.
Farmers and the farm press show
keen interest In the project to remove
the heavy revenue tax from "denatur-
lied alcohol as measure much to the
advantage Of agricultural interests.
The Mississippi valley apple growers
convention will be held March % at
Quincy, Ill.
In all the reports received from the
greater part OF the winter wheat sec
tions there are cattered complaints Of
slight injury, but this Is not general,
and the drainage Is not extensive, says
Country Gentleman.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02

grdled portion, as shown by the dot
ted lines in Fig. A. Then cut some
healthy twigs from the top of the tree
0arge twigs of the preceding years
growth are more desirablel and cut
them little longer than the distance
between the opposite cut i'm the tree, as
shown. Sharpen both ends and bend
the twig until both ends can be insert
ed in the cuts; then press them in un-
I'll the twig is as nearly straight as
possible. taking care that there is a
perfect union between the inner bark
of the twig and tree. -Four or more
should be placed around the tree, ac-
cording to its size, as shown in II.
After all the arches are in place the
whole should be covered with grating
wax. If the work has been skillfully
done the tree will continue to grow
and in a few years will be completely
cured except for a slight enlargement.
The wound should be closely watched
at first. for it makes an excellent har-
Dor for insects.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
APlARY WORK.
The Rearing OF Queens-FoOd In the
Spring Months.

The rearing of queen bees is, the sub
ject of a timely bulletin by (Dr. e. F..
Phillips, an expert aplculturst OF the
department of agriculture The OBJ
Sect of the bulletin is that successful
methods may be more widely known.
The author disclaims credit for origi-
nality in the methods described. but
states that all of them have been sue
cessfulIy tried by him. None of the
appliances mentioned and illustrated
are patented, and any beekeeper is at
liberty to make them or any modifica-
tlons of them that may seem good to
him. The question arises In the mind
Of every beekeeper "Will it pay me TO
rear my own queens2" II is true that
very good uEtested queens can now be
bought for 81 or even less, but where a
large apiary is to be requeened this
amount. though small for one colony.
becomes considerable when multiplied
by a few score. DIR. Phillips very in
forming bulletin (No. %, bureau Of en-
tomologyl outlines plan for rearing
queens in the home apiary with the
mirimum of labor and expense.
bees Nov Need Plenty of Food.
LET il ba borne in mind that no sort
of neglect u regard to supplying bees
with an abundance cf food during Feb
ruary, March and April is admissible,
for If the colony is to be profitable
when the honey season proper arrives
It must be strong in numbers. Last
year was one of the poorest for hon
ey yield ever known in the history Of
the country TO such an extent was
this the case that most bees went into
winter quarters with an insufficient
amount Of stores to carry them through
the winter, to say nothing about the
spring months.-Kansas Farmer
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Opinions and Their Truth.

There is the greatest difference be-
tween presuming an opinion to be true,
because with every opportunity for
contesting 1t it has not been refuted,
and assuming its truth for the purpose
Of not permitting its refutation. Com
plete liberty of contradicting and dis
proving our opinion is the very condi-
ton which justifies us In assuming Its
truth for purposes Of action, and on no
other terms can a being with human
faculties have any rational assurance
Of being right. s. Mill.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
HERE AND THE r z

In regard to Italian laborers replac-
ing the negro in the south 1t Is claimed
that their staying quality is better
and their efficiency greater. One advo-
cate Of Italians says: THE employment
OF negroes by the small farmer has al
most entirely ceased. In Texas three
fourths of the cotton is already pro-
duced by white labor, and white agri-
cultural labor Is becoming more and
more In demand In other sections Of
the south"
An exchange tells that a very sue.
cessful trucker near Atlanta, Ca,
keeps his hill land in perfect order by
setting the terraces with blue grass,
Texas blue grass being the easiest with
which to get a stand.
Southern Cultivator notes complaints
Of an unusual amount of smut In corn
and says soaking the seed in bluestone
the same as with wheat, will do good.
Peppers are growing Of more impor.
lance each year as their value and i'm
portance become known, particularly
the sweet varieties. The large Bell, or
Bull Nose, has been a,popular variety
for a long time. Among newer sorts
Ruby King Is a favorite, being Just
about the right size, mild and very pro-
llAc. Sow seed early in hotbeds and
push the plants along as fast as possi-
bic.
1t pays better to use fertilizers on
truck crops and on fruit than on gen.
ersl farm crops. This is well under
stood by leading truck growers, and
they do not hesitate to spend enormous
sums for fertilizers alone, says Texas
Farm and Ranch
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
LAY DOWN THE HOE.
Making Ffae Crops with Harrow s.S
CuItivafor.

Iuring the year 1906 that southern
farmer is certainly sleeping over his
rights who does not endeavor to avail
himself of the benefit to be derived by
a saving OF labor in substituting the
weeder and harrow for the hoe. We
have already called our readers atten-
ton to the fact that Colonel w. L.
Peek and w. H. Morton, two of our
most intelligent and progressive farm
ers of Georgia, both have succeeded
In growing fine corn and cotton with
little If any use of the hoe. Colonel
Peek only chopped out his cotton, while
Mr.. Morton did no hoeing. Our special
motive for calling your attention to
this matter at this early time is TO
impress upon you the fact that If you
wish to reap the full benefit from this
new method you must give the proper
preparation to your land before plant
ing.
Plant on the Level.
You can succeed best by planting OH
a level. If you must bed, have low.
fiat beds, or after bedding your land
run a harrow over them once or twice
before planting and knock them of,
so as to have them smooth and even
as possible. The next most important
point is to begin with weeder or har-
row early-before the grass comes up
and gets a start. The easiest time to
kill grass is just in the sprout. If the
crust of earth that 1t is coming through
is broken or disturbed, the grass dies.
Here, indeed, "a stitch in time saves
nine"
The Method.
Do not condemn this method be
cause you are not familiar with 1t.
The method is all right and will ac
complish all that is claimed for 1t II
you execute it properly. First, you
want your land well broken and pre-
pared; secondly, do not plant except
on fresh. smooth surface; thirdly, get
you a weeder and some broad, light
running smoothing harrow. and, fourth
ly start in time and keep going over
your crop so fast that the grass cannot
grow. Run across your corn and cot
ton until you get them about as thin
as you wish them and then cultivate
with the rows. Try 1t. One hand go
ing over from ten to fifteen acres in
a day can be done twelve times cheap
er than hoeing one acre of grassy cot
ton.-SOuthern CultivatOr
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
GIRDLED TREES.

Sometimes Best to Dig Them out.
Saving Them by Bridge Drafting.
Usually when tree is girdled it is
economy to dig It up and plant anoth-
er in It's place, but occasionally If a
tree is valuable It may pay to try to
save it. The following method is rec
ommended in Rural New Yorker as
one that may be used with more or
less success"
In the spring, when the tree is found
girdled, take a small chisel and drive
II into the bark above and below the
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Deaths from Appendicitis

decrease in the same ratio that the usd
of DIR. Kings New Life Pill increases
They save you from danger and BRING
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Strength and vlgor always follow them
use. Guaranteed by Shcrt Il HaynesI
Druggists 25c. Try them.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-05-02
Increased Holding of Dairy stock

In the case of milk cows there Is
again a very satisfactory increase in
numbers so distributed that practically
every section in the country in which
the dairy interest is important is repre-
sented by an increased holding Of dairy
stock, says Orange Judd Farmer in sub
mitting satisfies for the past year. The
percentage of Increase for this class Of
animals is larger than for any other
with the exception of hogs, and 1t is so
evenly distributed that there are only
two states I'm the Union that show few
er milk cows than were owned on farms
a year ago.