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PROPER FOR NLW HAVEN.

The Rochester Bar Association has just resolved that it records it's en- phatic disapproval of the active par ticipation of judges in the mana cement of political parties and the selection of candidates for public offices. It believes that the dignity, independence and good name of the judiciary require that judges refrain from holding member ship in political committees, from par tieipating as delegates or otherwise in the management of political conven- tions, and from making partisan speeches in political campaigns.
 This resolution was offered as long ago as February 1S, by ex-Deputy At torney-General Slocum, and 1t was not adopted until after he had carefully ex- plained that it didn't mean anybody in the past or present, but was intend- ed to prevent evil in the future. This was being careful enough, and we do not see why other Bar associations, in- cluding the New Haven association, might not take similar careful action.
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On the anniversary of Norway's in- dependence, May r, 2,5OO sons and daughters of Norway met at Minne- apolis and pledged themselves to raise $1,Qoo,c0O to be given to the home codn- try on the centennial anniversary in 1914. A committee was appointed to collect one dollar from each of the H. 000,000 NorWegians living in America. One of the speakers stated that each of the million was earning on an aver age $500 year and producing 00,000,- GOO annually for America.
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one may think of the humiliating phases of legislation of this character, one cannot deny the logic of 1t. It is the economic revelation of the scrip tural injunction that "the wages of sin is death.''
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On the coasts of Pomerania there are large tracts of sand, heaped up blythe wind, hundreds of yards in breadth and from sixty to l2O feet high, and these hills propelled by the wind, move steadily in an easterly direction. The speed at which these great hills travel is from thirty-nine to fifty-six feet year. Pine woods, which some- times come in their line of march, cam not stop them and are completely de- stroyed. The branches are rotted off by the sand and nothing Is left of the trees but the bare stems, which after a few years wither and die.
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Professor Nichols, the astronomer, has delicate instrument which meas ures very faint heat waves. Possibly it could have measured the heat waves of this May.
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Every radical provision of our Con stitution," say the Oklahoma Demo- crats, lis supported by the public ut- terances of the President And the Republicans of Oklahoma think the Constitution is pretty good one. So the President is all right, as usual.
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GOOD YORK IN THE rASr

Young man, if you would prosper don't go west. Go east until you get to Bowdoin college, and stop there, There you can, it appears, get an ed ucation and money too, both good things to have. The Bowdoin man. agers have put out statement which includes reports from 192 students res- ident at the college, of whom 167 have earned part or all of their college ex- penses. The amounts reported include scholarships, prizes and the income of the vacations. These 167 men earned in the year 1906-07 a total of $37, 7,709.76, an average of $225. In the senior class twenty men earned in the year $5,07O.26, the average being $2sS,5i. These same men earned in their college course $1S,04599. Thus there are at least twenty men in single class who, in their four years at Bowdoin, earned an average of. $9O2.34. One senior reports his earnings for each year as follows: $1S7, s264 s32O, $549. Another, who re- ceived no scholarships or prizes, re- ports his earnings as s139, $a5s, $8SS, SASS. Still another earned from S40O to $52O each year, working for a daily newspaper,
 This is pretty good advertisement for Bowdoin, We suppose it could be matched by Yale, with much more in the way of advertisement that Bowdoin can't produce.
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Yale received Root with respect, but Kuroki with enthusiasm, says the Brooklyn Eagle. Kuroli was receiv- ed with both respect and enthusiasm, as Root would probably be in Japan.
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In Indiana a woman has been sent to the insane asylum because she tried to buy out several shopkeepers. If she had only shopped she would have escaped.
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Point Barrow, Alaska, is Uncle Sans farthest point north. A letter from Indianapolis to Point Barrow goes first by train to Seattle, 2,5OO miles; then by ocean steamer to Yal- deg, 1,600 miles farther north and west; then by dog sleds, over ice and snow, 2,70O miles more to the north and west The letter travels in one direction S. 800 miles, all the distance in American territory.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN.

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB- LISHED IN CONNECTICUT.
 Founded 1706.
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There are some: conslderate robbers in Korea, according to the Korea Daily News, which says: A letter from the south says that ndmber of rob- Der bands have posted notices beside the road saying that as the people are trying to pay off the public debt it will be a shameful thing if any more rob bery is committed and they affirm that they will stop.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

Issued Thursdays. one Dollar Year.
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Iks Sn1rual and Gn1trter

THE CARRTNGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
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SAYINGS AND D0INGS.

Perhaps Boston wont stoop to resent the declaration of Rev. Dr. Goodspeed of Springfield, who says that Boston is the home of all religious fads, where drawing room butterflies, playing at Eastern mysticism, gather around some turbaned Swami who is laughing in his sleeve at his easy dupes.
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thru the common schools he entered
Oberlin College in 1868. Shortly after
he attained his 18th year he, with other
members of his class, went to Cleve-
land. and enlisted in Co. e, 6Oth Ohio.
end of the war, and then learned the
trade of machinist. From 1881 to 1883
he was engaged in supplying timber
and rock for the Government in the
improvement of the Mississippi River,
having from 1000 to 5000 men in his
employ. He was elected to the Illinois
Legislature, and was one of the 103
who stood for four months by Gen.
John A. Logan for reelection as Sena-
tor, and finally succeeded. He returned
to Cleveland in 1891 to enter the SER
vice of the great Brush Electric Com
pany, where he was given a highly re-
sponsible position, and retained it until
the company closed out, when he re-
sumed business for himself as a con-
sultinS and electrical engineer. He has
kept in cloes touch with his comrades
all the time, and in 1906 was elected
Commander of Memorial Post at Cleve-
land, one of the largest in the United
Such is his standing and popularity in
Cleveland that there is very strong
movement to have him accept the Re-
publican nomination for Mayor, and
the Rogers Association has been form
ed to bring about this nomination and
his election. 1t is confidently believed
that he is one of the few men in the
city who can beat Tom johnson.
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WfdOyys' Pension.

Jerry NJ. Dixon, seth ILL.,, Winnsboro
La. says that the letters from the SOL
diers' widows brought tears to his eyes
Something should be done; we should
all unite in an appeal to Congress for
justice.
n. L. Cassidy. Calais, Me, says that
no fair-minded man who has given any
thought to the question will dispute the
justice of the pensions to the widows.
The pretext that unprincipled young
women marry old soldiers for their PEN
sions applies only to a few. In Calais
there are nearly 200 old soldiers, ages
ranging from 5S to Sc years. About all
of them have wives. and but four of
them have wives much younger than
themselves. Probably these figures will
be found the same in every community.
Mrs. F. NJ. Coffee. Providence, r. L.,
is one of those unfortunate widows who
was married Subsequent to 1890. She
had intended to marry her husband
long before, but troubles interviewed,
and they were not united until 1895. He
fell dead IN 1901, leaving daughter 16
years old. who was obliged to leave
school and work with her stepmother to
make a living. Mrs. Coffee applied for
a pension, but could not prove her hus-
bands death was due to his service, tho
there was no doubt of 1t, consequently
she is denied all relief.
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The Flag Of the sth Kan.

Editor National Tribune: There is one
question / would like to have The Ma
tional Tribune ask of our late foes, and
that is this: Who has the State flag
that was captured at Chickamauga by
the Confederates. that was put into cur
ambulance because the staff was broken
too close up to the flag. and the amLu-
lance was captured on Sunday when the
hospital at Crawfish Springs was sur
rendered by CorpI Cody, of Co. H, Sth
Kan, who had been left in charge
Capt. Love. of Co. X, 8th Kan, was left
on the field for dead, and was taken
prisoner after coming to, and he saw
the rebels carrying the flag in their pro-
cession while passing thru Atlanta. AS
long as we are in the business of re-
turning flags l think it is no more than
right to have some Johnny return us
our State flag that was SO gloriously
captured. Now. speak up. reb, If you
have 1t. and let us know where it is
John NJ. Holt, Co. H, Sth Kan, 1914
Fifth Ave. Moline, Ill
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Youngest Soldier.

calvin w. Edwards, general agent of
the American Express Co, thinks that
ne is the youngest living man who saw
active service. He enlisted July IS.
1864, at the age of Is, in Battery c..
lst n. y l.. A, and was sent at once
to the front at Petersburg, where he
saw some of the hottest fighting of the
war.
Charles F. Moody. Thief River Falls.
Mimi, enters for the youngest soldier.
He was born Feb. 9. 1S4S, and tried to
go as drummer boy with several resf-
ments, and finally in October, 1851,
went with the 5th Me-, in which regi-
ment he was finally mustered as a
drummer. He served until July 2, 1866,
the last one and half years carrying
a musket. He weighed only SO pounds
when he Joined the regiment, and was
in the army over a year before he got
up to the 100-mark. Since then he has
doubled it. He gets sS a month pen
sion, which keeps him in tobacco nice
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possible. The office used for headquar-
ters was rented at $3.50 per month
and very simply furnished. Even q
telephone was dispensed with.
The next of the Adjutant-General's
recommendation is that permanent
headquarters should be established
somewhere and a permanent Adjutant-
General appointed. and he earnestly
recommends that the Encampment take
action on this matter, either by the
establishment of permanent headquar-
ters or the appointment of commit
tee to consider the matter.
The Acknowledgement gives an ex-
tended history of the negotiations with
the railroad companies as to rates. The
Trunk Line Association acted promptly
by granting One-way fare for the
round trip with stop-over privileges.
The New England Passenger Associa-
ton did the same, and then came trou-
bic with the associations West and
Southwest. After a personal visit the
Central Passenger Association agreed
TO do the same. and after long corre-
spondence some of the trans-continen-
tai lines made rates, while others re-
fused. The Southwestern Passenger
Association made certain specific rates
from certain States. The worst trouble
was with the Western Passenger Asso-
citation. with which there has been diff
Guilty in previous years. After many
opportunities some pretended conces-
sions were made, but they were not
real, and the comrades west of the
Mississippi River will be subjected to
high rates and lack of many proper
privileges.
Next comes an extended history of
tie discussions and negotiations over
settllng upon Saratoga as place for
hoiding the National Encampment. and
The Acknowledgement says that TT was
therefore. with no disparagement to
Atlantic City, but with some regret
that your committee reported In favor
of Saratoga"
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are talking housekeeping 1t open al
Winter. The aexpediency of such 8
move is doubted. and il remains to be
seen whether the Government at Wash
,ngton viii sanction it.
When the Exposition closes it is
quite likely that the buildings and
grounds viii be taken by the Govern
ment In payment of that portion OF
its claim which has not been liquidat-
ed. 1t has BEEN suggested that the
plant could be utilized well as school
Tor the training of officers for the Reve-
nue. Cutter Service. The approval of
| Congress will be necessary. but this
should not be difficult to obtain.
There Is Rowea small school at Arup-
del. Nd. for the training of revenue
cutter officers. A class is graduated
there annually.t The teaching has done
much for the Revenue Cutter Service.
But the buildingsnare old and dilapi-
dated, and the entire plant could be
abandoned without much loss to the
Government. On the other hand
jamestown would be an ideal place for
revenue cutt;T school. 1t is close to
the track of big ships passing between
Atlantic Coast points. and is easily ac-
cessible from Washington.
The idea of revenue cutter school
at Jamestown is favored by Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou, who is deeply
interested in the Revenue Cutter Ser
vice. He believes it capable of splen-
did development. SO that it will be a
strong adjunct to the Navy. A few
years ago officers of the Revenue Cut
ter Service We're placed on practically
the same footing as officers of the Navy,
Congress having voted to retire them
on the same conditions that Navy Off
GERS are retired and to give them prac-
tically the same pay.
To provide a well-equipped school
for the training of these officers would
be further step toward making them
the equal of the Navy in fighting quail
tiles. There is good esprit du corps
among the Revenue Cutter officers who
are very proud of the part their prede- |
cessors have taken in every war since
the Revenue Cutter Service was estab-
lished Navy officers generally have
looked down upon the Revenue Cutter
Service. but the latter service seems TO
have thrived on the disregard of the |
Navy, for it has been improving con-
The same was true of the Ma
rine Corps. for Marine Corps officers !
had to fight for their rights to prevent
obliteration by the Navy. Nevertheless
the Marine Corps has grown to be rs
well drilled and as capable as any mill
tary arm of the Government.
The historical fitness of a Revenue
Cutter Service school on the site of the
first settlement of Englishmen in Amer
lea is recognized. Exposition grounds
generally have been abandoned after
the nOtables departed and the exhibits
had been removed. The buildings at
are of a permanent charac-
Ter, and therefore are fitted for per-
nanent occupation.
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Visit to Gettysburx.

Comrade Warren II. Boles, of New.
ark, n. j., was recently the promote,
OF an excursion of veterans to Gettys.
burg to see monuments. He got up a
solid train filled with several hundred
veterans and their wives and friends
he was particularly desirous of seeing
The monument which had recently been
erected on the field in the memory OF
his company of Oneida cavalry. which
was for four years attached to the
headquarters of the Army of the Pc.
tomac as scouts, orderlies, etc. Com.
rade Boles, who is a successful busi-
ness man. is the proprietor of the Boles's
rug and carpet fastener, an ingenious
device. which is undoubtedly the besi
on the market for holding down heavy
carpets and rugs.
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The Youngest officer.

T. D. Groves Smith, 1412 Ritner St.
Philadelphia, puts in his claim for the
belt for his family for the youngest
officer. His brother. Wm F. Smith,
was born in April 1910, enlisted in the
1st Del. and died of wounds Nov s,
1864. He became a Captain in 1862
and Major in November. 1863. and 4
Lieutenant-Colonel Act. 4, 1864. T. D.
Groves Smith was born March 5, 1916,
enlisted in May. 1861, and was mus
tered out July II, 1865, from the same
regiment, as a First Lieutenant. L. c..
Smith was born Aug. 6. 1S49, enlisted
in the 1st Del. in February, 1864, in
time to get some terribly hard knocks
in the Wilderness.
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A Challenge to Musicians.

Editor National Tribune: was drum
mer boy of the Department of Ohio;
was Acting Drum Major Of the 65th ILL.,,
Second Brigade, Third Division. 23d
Corps, Department of Ohio am a
member of the National Association of
Civil War Musicians: was at Minneapo-
lis. Minn.. at the National Encampment.
have a veteran drum corps of six
members. all oad veterans of the civil
war. We challenge like number of
musicians of the civil war on all calls
used during theYcivil war;. ]. Jones,
Douglas, Kan.
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Pension Agencies.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please publish at your earliest conven-
ience list of the 1S Pension Agencies
and state respective dates of payment?
C L. Hickok Auburn, n. Y.
The Pension Agencies at Augusta,
Me-; Boston, Mass; Columbus, o.; De-
troit. Mich; San Francisco, Cal. and
Washington, D. c., pay on the fourth
days of March. June. September and
December. Those at Buffalo, n. Y;
Chicago, ILL.,; Concord. N. H.; Des
Moines, Iowa; Milwaukee. Wis, and
Pittsburg. Pa, pay on the fourth days
of January, April, July and October.
The agencies at Indianapolis, Ind.
Knoxville, Tenn; Louisville, KY; Phil
adelphia. Pa. and Topeka, Kan, pay
on the fourth days of February, May,
August and Observation-Disclosures Nation
al Tribune
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"Old Glory.

Editor National Tribune: Havinp
read great deal in your very valuable
paper, as well as other papers, about
Oid Glory" as applied to the Star
spangled Banner. I. with others, have
o1ten talked and wondered by whom.
ana a on what occasion. the name was
hrst given. l think The National Trib-
une would be as good authority as any
can get. Can you give us any light
on the subject. and oblige Carlton FeIch.
Co. c. Sd VT, st. Johnsbury, w.
We have so repeatedly explained
through The National Tribune that we
hardly thought that anybody could
successfully claim the honor of being
the first to call our flag "Old Glory"
ouch an obvious appellation must have
occurred to thousands of men at tbe
same time, and therefore the name must
nave come almost spontaneously.-Ed-
itor National Tribune
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Mothers sf Veterans.

]. E. Walton,,Co. I. 3Oth Ohio, Ko-
leen, Ind. contributes to the subject by
sending us the Drec0rd of his mother
in-law, Mrs. Maryf A. Nesbit, of Zulu,
Ind, who. tho probably not the Oldest
Giving mother,'s is worthy of mention
Mrs. Nesbit celebrated her seth BIRTH
day on May hast. and sent SIX sons
to the army inf the civil war, one of
whom was killedi in battle while a
member of the s0th Ind, the other five
being alive to.day Comrade Walton
was himself onef of. five brothers, all of
whom served in 1.-THE war, but their
enlist
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Arc both Dead4

Editor National Tribune: have tried
hard to locate John and James Ellis
and have failed. lawyer by the name
OF Henry Howard. of Clinton, Iowa,
wrote me to write Hon. Chas E. Little
field, and see what he could do for me
thru the Pension Bureau, and 1 did so.
He tells me one of them is dead and the
other is not on the pension rolls. There
fore. he will give up the hunt, and l
must say you have been very kind to
me IN helping all you have, and 1 thank
you with all my heart.-Edwin G.
Bangs, Rumford Falls, Me.
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Recommendations

The Adjutaut-General makes some
highly important recommendations and
states some equally important facts.
The first relates to Aids TO the Com
mander-in-Chief The most rigid econ
omy is necessary in administering the
finances of the order, and the expense
of furnishing them with commissions
has become a large item. II was de-
cided by the National Council of Ad-
ministration to make charge of 81
for each commission issued and to
send with each commission badge
and a copy of the Rules and Regula-
tions. Only the names of such Aids
were to be printed u general orders as
had signified their acceptance. This
plan was found to work well. and it is
recommended that il be continued.
The Acknowledgement discusses the
question of finances at great length,
setting forth that even with the aid of
the Biackmar legacy of $4,000 there
was found in the general fund at the
beginning of Commanders in Chief
Browns administration but SS122S
with which TO pay $3.50 for the pubii-
cation of the Journal, To buy supplies.
pay salaries, rent, etc. The severest
economy has, therefore, been necessary
to carry out the decision of the 10th
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A Suggestion.

George b. kenniston, Boothbay Har.
Dor. Me, writes to say that he and his
wife enjoy so much the war articles ot
John McElroy, published in The Ma.
uonal Tribune. that he suggests tina,
they be made into book form, as 1t i.
not convenient to preserve the papers
Comrade Remission served in the 5tf
Me-, and his wife is as keenIy interest.
ed in the accounts of those strenuou.
days as himself. He therefore hope.
that his suggestion may be considered
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Nine Holidays.

Comrade ]. Gregory writes an inter-
esting article for the Keokuk, Iowa,
Gate City on Nine Holidays of Sol
der" covering his experience at the
battle of Stone River He begins with
a description of his Christmas dinner,
in which he eked out his army rations
of pork, coffee and hardtack with some
turnips which he was lucky enough to
discover in a neighboring field
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Want. to Hear From Th.m.

Joseph r. Tucker, Sawtelie, Cal.
wants to hear from any members of Co
b, 1st Ore. Cav.
John l.. Phelps, Hardy, Neb., would
like to hear from any in his old regi.
mert. the S5th H., of which Gen. Dill
worth was Lieutenant-Co Colonel.
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THE ADJUTANT GENERALS REPORT.
Membership in Good Standing 2299-mporant Recommends
.-e4- tiOns.

| National Encampment that the Order
must live within its income. The re-
duction of the investments is not to be
thought of, and the Adjutant-General
is opposed to any increase of the per
capita tax. Every expense except that
of postage has been rigidly cut down,
but every letter received at Headquar-
ters has been answered as promptly as
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The report of Adjt.-Gen. Joseph w.
O'Neall is unusually full of meat The
first item and one of immense impor-
tance is the table of membership show
ing the condition of the Order Dec 81,
1905, and on the same date year later.
II is as follows:
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toric town. The monument is to be
set up in the National Cemetery, and is
fine bronze figure of a private soldier
in light marching order, with his mus
ket on his shoulder. 1t stands upon a
granite base, upon which is the word
Massachusetts" and two bronze tab
lets, one having the following inscrip-
iron, To the valor of the sons of Mas
sachusetts who gave their lives for the
Union IN the Shenandoah Valley. 1861
1885," and on the other are the names
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A MASSACHUSETTS MONUMENT
To BE Dedicated mt Winchester, Va
Sept. 10, 1907.

The Governor of the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts and an official dele
CATION from the Legislature. accompa-
MED by number of Massachusetts, vet
Grams. will, on Sept. 16. dedicate at
Winchester, Va, a monument to the
Massachusetts regiments which took
part in the fighting around that his