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The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEAGUE.
will Hold Annual Session Here Next
 Month.

The annual meeting of the Civil Ser vice Reform league, which will be the twenty-sixth session of the association, will be held in this city November 19 and 20. The opening session of the league will be in the building of the New Haven Colony Historical society. At this convention officers will be elect ed and other business transacted. All sessions of the league will be open to the public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25

Eleanor Gates new romance of the prairies, "The Plow-Woman' (Mc- Clure, Phillips and Company is a highly interesting story full of drama tic scenes. It comes from the west, in dorsed by the west as an authentic and real historical novel" in the best sense of the word, although it is history of only thirty yeans ago. But it is re- freshing to get a picture of real 1ndi- ans, real plainsmen (not necessarily 'cowboys'0 and settlers, and to expe- rience a thrill of excitement over situ- ations that are the result of real con- ditions, vouched for by those who have gone through them rather than melo- dramatic clap-trap evolved in the wilds of a great city.
 The heroine of "The Plow-Woman" is a southern girl and the first scenes of the story are laid in western Texas. Later the scene shifts to the Dakotas. Miss Gates who is used to handling characters close to the ground has giv- en a study of a splendid girl who rises above the shiftless conditions that re- suit from a cross grained father and
 
 an accident, and who proves her right to her lovers designation, "The Rose of the South" Though it may be said that in this working girl, one finds rather the hardy fresh wild rose of the fields than the hot-house variety. The family live in a one-room log -and-mud shack, but the tale is by no means a sordid one. It breathes hope self-reli- ance and cheer, and in the exciting turns of the plot holds the readers in- terest to a happy end. Price Sl5O.
 -Four Boys in the Yellowstone; How They Went and What They Did is the first volume of Our Own Land Se- ries" by that highly popular writer for boys, Everett T. Tomlinsoh, author of War of 1872 Series" 'St. Lawrence Series" etc.
 The excellence of Mir. Tomlinson's books for boys needs no mention. He has fairly outdone all previous work in value, however, in planning a series which shall acquaint our young people with the beauties and wonders of their own country, and he knows well how to do this by giving his characters an uniquely good time while acquiring the knowledge which comes from inteln, gent travel. Four boy friends, who chance to represent respectively the northern, southern, eastern and west ern sections of our country, become fast friends at a preparatory school in New England, and are known among their mates as the cardinals" ths term of course being jokingly taken from their connection with the four points of the compass. The father of one is a prominent railroad man and ! through him the vacation following the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25

The autumn list of the trade depart ment of Ginn and Company, Boston, has some attractive titles. Mir, Will liam J. Long. whose Northern Trails was the popular outdoor book of last autumn, has written in "Brier- Patch Philosophy from what may seem a new viewpoint In regard to the moral and intellectual development of the an- imal world. He has chosen a very happy way of proving his contentious for in his new volume Peter Rabbit of the Brier-Patch expounds to MT. Long his philosophy of men and their man. ners and by concrete examples makes out strong case against his scientific investigators and detraetors. To those who have found their own world to be something of a Brier-Patch the Rabbit dedicates his little book of cheerful philosophy and the spirit of the invi- tation to the tangled underbrush whence to view the world is admirably caught by MT. Charles Copeland, whose illustrations are singularly successful His colored frontispiece of Peter Rab- bit himself is exceptionally clever, Three hundred pages. Price $l.5O net.
 Of MT. Long's book the New York Tribune remarks: The philosophy of Brother Peter Rabbit, as here interpre- ted, ifs calculated to abate the self-es- teem of mankind and to rouse a new respect for the rules of conduct di- vinely implanted in the animal nature, mind or character, whatever one chooses to call it, Brother Rabbits lessons are most ingeniously conveyed with illustrative anecdotes that are full of interest"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25
THE NEW PUBLICATIONS SOME OF THE LATEST BOOKS
 OF THE SEASON

Eleanor Gates' New Romance "The
 PIOw Womann-"The Slave of Si-
 Ience," by Fred M. White--"NOrthern
 TraiIs," by William J. LOng--"Eour
 BOys in tbe YeIIoUstOne," by Everett
 T. TomIinsOn-''Pease aseblOssOm and
 Mustard Seed" by Grace Squire-oth-
 CT Books.
 ''The Slave of Silence" is another re- markedly interesting novel of mystery and exciting situations by Fred M White, author of "The Crimson Blind, ' etc. MT. White is a most ingenious weaver of mystery stories. He piles plot upon plot and incident upon incl dent with such effect that his stories are of intense interest.
 In this, his latest novel, the mysteri- ous events which took place at the Royal Palace Hoted, London, and at the strange house in Audley Place, are vividly unfolded. The sign of the bull let-shaped piece of salt, the strange disappearance of the body of Sir Charles Darryll, the electric mysteries of the house at Audley Place, and many other surprising things, puzzle the reader beyond description and arouse the keenest interest from the first to the last page of the book The London Academy says:
 "The interest of the reader is gripped and held with surprising adroitness He is hurried along in the atmosphere of excitement from one mystery to an other. From the very first chapter the plots thicken, the mystery deepens; the sensation becomes more and more acute until the climax is reached
 The book Is finely illustrated and it is published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston; price $1.50.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
 ACROSS THE RIVER.

'County Fair'' to be Given at Polar Star Hall in Deeember-MasOn-Sim Sims We'd ding--Smoker for Live Oak Council Other Notes of Interest.
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UMBRELLA SAVES HIS LIFE.
Old Style Rain Chute Acts rs Para
chute for Man in Fall from
Palisades.

New York Had he carried a slender
silk umbrella with steel rod and cob
web spokes, Salvador Blanco doubtless
would have been killed when he Tell
OF the Palisades at Cliirslde, the other
day.
As 1t was, having adhered all his life
to the common or garden "umbrell"
of his daddies, with a stout wooden
stick and substantial radli, he had the
satisfaction OF seeing It operate as an
emergency parachute, and 1t was light.
ly as thistledown that he floated to-
ward the ground hundred feet below
the brow % the Cliif,
The sturdy frame supported him
and Blancos no banlam-until he was
five or six yards from the bottom,
When It struck for new wage scale
and Blanco bumped the bumps.
But the home stretch OF his descen,
wasn't long enough for dangerous in,
jury, and when at last he became sta.
tlonary once more he suffered from
nothing worse than cuts and bruises.
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UNCLE SANS WASTE BASKET
Paper Refuse Of the Government De.
partments Is an Item OF
Importance.

Economy Is said to consist In the
care OF triiies, and Of this the waste
paper department Of the United States
government stationery Office affords
an excelleh example.
An ofilciai Ji this department while
In New York recently give an inter
esting account of the system.
No less than 100000 Is saved an.
nually BY the government waste paper
basket he said. 81, was not so very
long ago that the vast papor Of the
government Offices was an unreCog
nized perquisite of the heads Of d.
partments and many Of the minor OIL
clals, with the result that no small
quantity Of good stationery was thrown
away and in some cases large amOunrs
OF government property were system.
atically Incorporated. Not only
was this the case, but papers Of an i'm
portant and confidential character
found their way into the hands OF out
sideTs, sometimes with very unp!eas-
ant consequences.
"A visit to the waste paper depart
ment would forcibly illusua.e to you
the enormous amount ui correspond
ence and clerical work with which the
various goyernemnt Offices have to
deal.
TO the Department. Is really n
large warehOusc--tOme OlU IONS OF
waste paper every year, the average
days receipts varying from 10 to 20
tons. How vast is this amount will be
better red i2el from the tact tina. II
a single We ks waste raper from the
government Offices was thrown INTO
Washington square il would come
pretty near bur ing the Washington
II onumont. Vast rs the presen, guam
tity Is, it is steadily Increasing at the
rate o! about 20 tons every year
"The paper rec lived is Of the most
misce ane MS character consisting OF
old letter, sta'c dOCumon ,. rinted
matter, cd nc cunt book ana the
like. On receipt h is q, once handed
over to the sorters, who classify II IN
der ~ heads ana pack 1t separately in
large sacks The sacks are then
shipped to pulp mill Con dental
documents receive careful and eIec-
tual treatment They are thoroug lly
sliced up by cutting machine. When
papers Of an especially secret chlrac-
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precated by every member OF the
family.
A bathroom Is OF very little use in
winter without some means OF heating
1t, and n furnace flue Is the best heat.
er In small house or course a coal
oil stove may be used for this purpose,
but nothing gives the satisfaction of
good hot pipe from the furnace.
would like to see furnace, bathroom
and CRATE In every house. Certain.
ly these modern Improvements arc
necessities according to our present
ideas. Ten years ago they were all
Injuries, but they have since become
so common that houses in cities will
not rent without them. They are Just
as desirable in towns and villages and
on the farms. But for some reason
they have not been adopted to the
same extent Many of the newer
farmhouses are equipped with just as
many convenienCes as city homes, but
the farming communities generally
have not adopted these innovations
and the inhabitants are losing by II.
The best Of everything is good enough
for royal American citizens until they
can find something better.
The cellarway in this plan Is very
convenient to the kitchen. In the
course Of day in getting the differ.
ent meals woman runs up and down
the cellar stairs a good many times.
There are shelves in the cellar for
holding canned fruit and many other
things that the housewife requires,
and the kitchen or upper rooms are
too warm to keep such things. For
this reason convenient celarway
with good easy steps Is not only
convenience but necessity.
Every cellar should be divided into
compartments, The end farthest from
the heating apparatus should be shut
of and kept at cold even tempera.
ture for apples But potatoes freeze
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HAzED FOR POVERTY; ILL.
Nervous System of Young officer Of
Guards in England Wrecked by
Comrades Treatment.

London,-A young officer OF the
guards at Aldershot is under Il physi-
clans care in London, his nervous
system completely broken down as a
result Of hazing. He is not rich and
he declared he could not meet tho
usual rcgimenial subscriptions. Con-
ScqHcntly he frequently abscntcd HIM
self from the company OF the other Of
iicers ana kept to his own rooms
His fellow officers resented this. and
to show their disapproyal they strip
ped him, smelred him with motor OIL,
covered him with feathers. and plas.
tered his hair with jam. He escare /
to his room, in which he barrlcadel
himself His turmenters smashed
down the door, whcreupon the victim
leaped from window and sought
refuge in hotel
The other officers could not find
him, though they sought him and he
was reported to his snperlors as being
absent without leave. His physician
telegraphed to the colonel of the regl-
mcnt that the young officers Is serl-
Ously i'll.
The secretary Of state for war. Mr..
Madame, has been informed Of the af-
fair and has ordered IN inquiry.
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easier than apples, and II Is hardly
safe to keep them in the same room.
Then the good wife likes a compart.
ment for bottles Of fruit, Jars OF lam.
jellles, pickles and such things where
she can keep them clean. She likes
10 have this room pastered and to
have a good smooth hard cement floor.
and good door with a lock to Il. so
she can shut It up and turn the KEY.
There are things to be kept in such
a room that have cost her a good deal
OF work to prepare, and she likes TO
know that the nelghbors' bays are not
likely to help themselves. She means
to be liberal enough with the kids. but
she would rather deal out doses Of ex.
pensive jams and jelies in quantities
that would be good for them. These
different compartments in the cellar
cost but little extra at the time OF
building and they are there for use
for long time to come.
or course, there are sometimes rea.
sons for not putting everything into
a house at the time of building and
most OF these conveniences NAV be
added later II arrangements are made
when the plans are prepared. A great
deal OF pleasure Is derived from fol.
lowing up these arrangements. adding
a convenience here and there as time
and money will allow Getting a
home in this way impresses its i'm.
portance especially upon young per.
sons as nothing else can. II often is
a great misfortune for young folks to
be given home complete. They
never appreciate its value the same
as when they get 1t together by their
own efforts through economy. waiting
and hard work.
1t is difficult to know Just when TO
start in and how elaborate 10 prepare for
the future, but II Is a very good plan
to go slowly. There Is great deal
more comfort In a little house that is
paid for than there Is In big snowy
house with big debt on il. do not
mean to- discourage people from build
ing because they cannot at once nay
for their home. II everyone waited
until they had money enough to pay
the entire cost Of a home few homes
would be attempted, Probably in 80
cases out Of 100 young folks give a
mortgage for half or lwothlrds Of the
cost then pay this of little by little
as they prosper. Persons who man.
age this way have a home at middle
life when If they waited to pay cash
down for home they probably would
die in a rented house.
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Changeable.

This story was told in the senate
cloakrooms apropos of the speech Of
Senator Patterson, supposed to be a
Democrat, in which he eulogi2ed all OF
President Rooscyelts policies: A 10.
cal census enumerator visited the sen
ator's home in Denver and was re
ceived by the negro butler After the
usual questions, he asked: What Is
the senator's poitlcs?" "Fo' goodness
sake, mister, dunno; de senator
ART done been home since breakfast
time"
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Lovely Cigar.

At the university club banquet in
Washington few nights ago. they
gave Uncle Joe Cannon a cigar three
feet long that may or may not have
been made Of tobacco Congressman
Longworth, returning to his duties in
the house after his honeymoon.
brought for Uncle Joe a cigar made of
the best Havana tobacco and about is
inches long Uncle Joe took 1t. smeled
Of 1t, turned It over and over, ca.
ressed 1t lovingly. and then said:
by gum, Nick, It looks good enough
to put cream on and eat"
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ing this style OF house with a fur.
mace, In fact It can be done very east
ly and with very little expense II pipes
are put in when the building is con.
structed. Generally speaking. fur.
naces are not used in the smaller
houses as much as they should be,
but this is no reason why new houses
should be built without furnace aues.
The furnace is economical when the
amount of heat IS considered. Stoves
burn less coal, but you have less com.
fort A furnace properly set makes
a house warm all over, which is ap.
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and finally began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills for my kidneys. First the
kidney secrctions came more fr ely.
IDen the pain left my back mt
and got 0no her box, and that % j.
pleled a cure have been wei. 70.
Two years"
sod by all dealers, 80 cents box
Foster Miburn Co., Buffalo, ~ Y.
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Mutnnl Aid.

AT banquet given to the delegates
Of mutual aid societies in Paris last
week $4,000 bottles of red wine. $4,000
bottles Of white wine, $4,000 bottles
OF beer and 10000 bottles Of cham.
payne were provided, yet every dele.
gate reached his home In safety.
That shows what mutual aid can do
San Francisco News Letter.
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srotted Without.

There are no noblemen In this
country, are there?" observed the
titled foreigner.
"oh, yes, there are, plenty OF them"
replied the American, good.naturedly,
"only we don't have to tag them over
here"-Detroit Free Press.
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Lpn says: "A kiCN
from a horse Nst
weakened my back
and affected my kid
neys. | became very
bad. and had 20 g
al out on crutches.
he doctors told ne
! had a case Of
G h ron lie Iheumi
tism, but | could
not lelieye them.
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OF building for the readers OF this paper.
IN account OF his wide experience as
Editor. Author and Manufactures, he Is,
without doubt, the highest authority on
AL these subjects, Address all Inquiries to
William A. Radford. No. l94 Fifth Ave.
Chlcago, ILL.,, and only enclose two-Cent
stamp for reply
Gambrel roofs in house construc.
tlon are comparatively new. The old
style was to make the top part Of the
roof steep. II any change in pitch
was required the lower part was built
In the form Of lean-to. This man.
ner OF construction gave very little
head room. and II was faulty in other
respects. Gambrel roofs were first
used In barns, The idea was to make
oil the overhead NOW room possible,
but later architects discovered that
very good rooms could be laid out in
such ample space. It really makes the
roof answer two purposes--that Of sid.
Ing and roof as well. The gambrel
roof supersedes the old mansard style
"a manner OF construction that is
now very seldom seen.
In designing houses OF the smaller
sizes the question OF chmneys always
requires careful consideration. 1t is
not safe to run a stoyepIpe very far
to reach the chimney. When fires oc-
cur because Of long stoveplpes It Is
always difficult to collect insurance.
the suppOsition being that such pipes
are unsafe. and that the person using
them Is to certain extent responsible
for the damage. Insurance does not
always insure and this is a case in
point.
This is not a little house The size
IS 23 feet inches by "a feet. and It
may be built for from $1,000 to 81, 500
when conditions are favorable, with.
out gas. mantel or plumbing. But
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important 70 Mothera.

"Why is it," Quclrd the American
globe trottcr that our American girls
are so much more attractive to foreign.
ors with titles than You English girls"
- don; know" snapped the English
beauty, unless it's because they have
more money and less SENSE"
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EnITOR

chimney is calculated for a stove in
the diningroom and crate In the
parlor. Because OF the open doors
into the hall and parlor a good heat
Ing stove in the dinlng.room makes
the whole house comfortable. OF
course there is no objection to heat
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and doors open into the parlor dining.
room and kitchen. which is one OF the
best possible arrangements to have.
This plan gives us large dining.
room with a pleasant bay window.
Just the place for couple Of com.
Portable chairs near the stove. as the
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CAN'T STRAlCHTEN UP.
Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Backs
and q Multitude of Pains
and Aches.

Col. X. S, Harrison, Deputy Mar
shal, ZIG Common S =, Lake Charles
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Ernest Scammon and wife, of Stoning-
ton, are visiting relatives here.
Carroll and Lloyd Blaisdell are at home
from school at Waterville for the holidays.
Friday, Dec. IA, ten-pound girl was
welcomed in the home OF Wilfred Gordon
and wife.
Fred Hooper and wife, of Stonington,
are visiting Mr.. Hooper's mother, Mrs.
Sarah Hooper.
Miss Harriet Maud Blaisdell is at home
from Presque Isle, where she is teaching,
for short vacation.
Eva, daughter of Mason Springer and
wife, graduate of NJ. G. l., Pittsfield, will
leave this week for Foxcroft, to teach.
Della, daughter of Lorin Bragdon and
wife, has gone to Portland to visit. Miss
Edith Bragdon will return with her for &
vacation of two weeks from Gray's bust
ness college.
Dec "a r
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STONINGTON.

c. Fred Eaton has returned form East
port.
Harry French and family are visiting in
Thomaston.
Mrs. Harry Mason has returned from a
visit in Ellsworth.
In the opera house Saturday evening a
fine cantata was given with over thirty in
the cast.
J. p. Heath, civil engineer for the Ben
venue Granite Co., left Dec. 20 to take a
position in New York city.
Frank S. Warren has gone to Cambridge,
Mass, for the winter. r. T. Stinson is
clerking during his absence.
A three master is at Eaton & Knowl-
toms wharf discharging coal, which has
been scarce article the past two weeks.
Miss Ashworth Cottle, who has been en-
ployed in the Misses Grindle's millinery
store, has returned to her home in Ellis
worth Falls.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
of Miss Charlotte Thurlow and Samuel T.
Sawyer ON Dec. 4. They will hold re-
ception in their new house Dec. 26.
The business men of Stonington held a
banquet at the Sunset hotel Dec. n. About
fifty were present. Among the subjects
talked of were sour Schools" by Supt.
Coombs; "What constitutes a good citi-
zen," by Rev. c. W. Robinson; ''Water
works and Sanitation" by Rev. Joseph
no
ton and the Granite Companies by Mr..
Moon; .s0ur Street System" e. F. SiInp-
son; "Anything and Everything" Hon.
S. P. Mills. Rev. Horace Haskell was
POSTMASTER. Music by Italian orchestra.
Dec. "A. Mill.
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its Christmas tree at the church Tuesday
evening.
Rev. Myles Hemenway left Tuesday
morning for Boston, to visit his son Court
ney, student at Harvard.
The Christmas service at St. Mary's was
held at midnight Christmas eve. The
choir girls marched to the chancel carry
ing lighted tapers. Holy communion vas
celebrated.
The bowling tournament which mas
been exciting general interest during the
past few weeks came to finish on Satui-
day evening. The side captained by We
tor r. Smith won by score of fourteen
pins. The winning side will enjoy an
oyster supper Wednesday night at the e1-
pense of the losers.
At special meeting of st. Mary chsp'f
o. e. S., Saturday evening, the following
officers were elected: Mrs. Emma spur
ling, w. NJ; Edward A. Hodgdon, VIZ
Mrs. Rose B. Pedder, A. NJ; Mrs. Mary a.
Holmes, secretary; Miss Ina NJ. Spurlng'
treasurer; Mrs. Sarah Foster, conductre's'
Mrs. Annie Hodgdon, associate eonduc''
ress.
Dec. "a. M'