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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
TIE REAL THING IN NICHE.

While financial matters are engag-
 Ing the attention of New York and some other big places, school matters are the main thing in Neche, North
 Dakota. It appears that somebody de- scribed by the president of the Neche School Board as "a putrient and pusil- luminous puppet" attempted Ito point out the exact and true duties incum-
 bent upon the Neche School Board in general and the president thereof in particular" This didn't suit the presi- dent thereof, and so he said: If this mushroom thinker of strange thoughts l-this moonshine distiller of public du- ties perfectly performed without fear of criticism-if he will come out in the open and show his personality eff not in fear of indictment in some crim- inal court or apprehension by some de- tective agency); if he will come out and be a MAN eff it is possible to transform egotism, vanity, hot air and ignorance into so glorious a material ized state); if he will but disclose his identity so that we can get at him, and if after such disclosure he is compe- tent to be classified with the genus homo, he will be treated with due re- spect in a plus or minus degree, &C., cording as he takes precedence in the family of man. And then an attempt will be made to deal with his argu- ments and deductions in so far as the duties of the president of the Neche public school is concerned. Otherwise his statesments will meet with the just and silent contempt his position merits.
 It is evident that the mushroom thinker of strange thoughts" the ''moonshine distiller of public duties perfectly performed without fear of criticism" hasn't yet been treated with silent contempt. When he is he may wish that he hadn't said anything. The silent contempt of the president of the Neche School Board, following his To-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
Rr11EH1Ne 4 STRING ENcY.

In this time of tight money some corporations with money to use are paying some of their obligations in ad- vance Owing to the stringency in sec ond lieutenants in the United States army the War department has decid- ed to let the class of 1908 at West Point graduate in February, Young officers Ere needed in the army, par Sticularly second lieutenants, and it has been determined that the method chosen is the best way to fill the de- pleted ranks. Another reason is that the members of the class may have the advantage of commissions as sec- ond lieutenants of cavalry, infantry and artillery in advance of a. second examination, which will be held early in the new year for civilians and army candidates There are 11O members of the class of 1908, and more than that number of vacancies, so that every man can be immediately commis- stoned.
 This will relieve the stringency in second lieutenants, and will probably be especially pleasing to the new sec ond lieutenants, who doubtless think they know enough to be graduated in February.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

Superintendent Beede and Dr. Dia- mond.
 It is said that each community gets the kind of government service it de- serves. That is trhe and if logically applied to the schools would read that the community gets he kind of educa- tional processes it deserves, but it does read that 1t would not fail to get better organization than it has if it's citizens gave more of their time to consider ing the mature judgments experts are ready to submit to them. The Chamber of Commerce cannot serve the city better at this time than by making an extra effort to get out full member ship to hear what the needs of the schools are from the lips of the man who by intimate personal contact knows.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
PERMITTED.

Nodd-Did your wife call you up over the phone? Todd-No, down. Smart Set.
 Insurance official-Of what com plaint did your father die?
 Applicant-The jury found him guilty Weekly Telegraph. Considering how many times the ten commandments have been broken, 1t is almost a wonder that there are any of them left.--Somerville- Journal.
 '9The politician may now take his ear from the ground" So may the football player, if he cares to keep 1t as a relic. " Washing ton CD. CD Herald. Obadiah--Looks as though this here man Hughes wuz the dark horse in the preserdential campaignu. Hezekiah Dark hoss nothin! He's the red autty1nobile, b'gosh!--Pucl.
 The Wife-Fancy John, they're get ting out woman's dictionary. won der if it's any different from the oth- CTS? The Husband-Probably has more words in it.--London Opinion. The falling leaves begin to whirl.
 To earth the wind has brought 'em: I hate to see the summer girl
 Become the girl of autumn.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Our new maid put wine glasses on the breakfast table,
 Did your wife reprimand her?".
 NO, we don't want to hurt her feelings so we have wine every morn- ing for breakfast. ."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
 T know something you don't know" saidNthe facetious youth to the fair debutante.
 What's that?" inquired the maiden.
 "Your waist Is unbuttoned down the back" replied the youth. Detroit Free Press.
 Enployer--Are you addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors?
 Applicant--No, sir. I drink glass of beer occasionally.
 Employer--How often is occasion ally?
 Alphabetically when am alone or with some one, sir.--TIarper's Weekly.
 A small boy returning from school one day, inquired of his father what people meant when they spoke of the law of compensation" The father, in the course of his explanation, cited the fact that if one of the senses is lost some one of the others receives a corresponding development; ss, for example, if mans sight became irn- paired his sense of touch or of hear ing would become more acute, and so on.
 "oh, now see why it is," inter- rupted the little fellow, "that when one leg is shorter than it ought to be the other Is always longer" ."--Harper's | Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

The fact that an insufficient number attended the regular meeting of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce Monday evening to justify the officers of that organization requesting School Supervisor Diamond to read the paper he had prepared upon some of the needs of the public school as he knows them is unfortunate. The absence of room full does not necessarily imply that the business men of the city are without interest in the public schools sphere of usefulness It rather sug- gests that owing to one thing and an- other they do not realize the new de- mands which have overtaken them and which in the mature judgment of such an expert student of them as Mir Diamond require immediate attention,
 As we have had occasion to say be- fore in these columns the real trou- ble affecting the public schools of New Haven is that they are too far removed from the solicitous concern of the tax payers, There is no use contemplating why this is so whether it is to be att tributed to the unfortunate silence of the local press, the possibly too self centered policy of the Board of Edu- cation or the sweeping demands made of individual citizens by the grim ne- cessities of life; possibly little of each would best explain the whole. The fact remains that the public school lin city the size of New Haven has come to be more than a source of class room instruction and has broad ened into an agency of assimilation. It is this phase of the public school that MT. Diamond has proven him self to be a master of It is this phase, too, of the public school which recent ly led to misunderstanding on the Ipart of the Board of Education of the Importance of making the new Woos- ter district school a larger factor in the social life of that section of the city.
 The business men of the city are es- pecially concerned in the conduct of the public schools, though too often like credulous parents they take it for granted that what they fail to do themselves will be done by the em- iployes of the school district This is in a sense true and 1t is the splendid Iconsecration to duty on the part of the teachers that has made The Jour- nal and Courier advocate their salary claims with such enthusiasm, but it is nevertheless equally true that the teachers and the Board of Education need quite as much to be supported by the public in such intelligent ef- forts as they make for the improve ment of the intellectual conditions of the city. If the city of New Haven is to get all it deserves from its environ Iment and from it's immense business investments, 1t must safeguard the public schools in every conceivable iway and it's business men must in par ticular learn what the needs of the schools are from just such men as
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
In Grover cIeveland's Days.
Waterbury American.) )


 Honest, frank and searching critic ism of all political policies and every administration" says the Outlook in an impassioned defense of the President, lis prime element of safety in Ameri- can affairs. But the criticism that belittles, misrepresents, initiates, re- viles, is, and always has been, not only contemptible but unpatriotic." Good. But this sort of bellttling, misrepre- senting, irritating and reviling critic ism was just as contemptible and unpa- triotic in the days when Grover Cleye- land saved the country from far worse financial crisis than the present, when, aS a result of Republican poll cies, he found the treasury practically bankrupt and the money of the coun- try demoralized by silver imitation. His bravery in risking everything to secure the repeal of the silver purchase act drev unon him the kind of criticism which the Outlook so justly cQndemns In the case of Roosevelt. At that time,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Industrial Demoorncy's Demands.
(The congregationalist.)

(The CongfeSatlonalSt'l
 We cannot ignore, either, the in
 creasing, evidence of desire on the part of the people for a more satisfac- tory industrial order. The great vote in Massachusetts for Mir. Hisgen, can didate of the Independence League, who has himself fought a personal bat
 tie against Standard oil, and the suc- cess of Mayor Johnson in Cleveland against a candidate of exceptional mer-
 it, backed by President Roosevelt, are
 due in large part to the growing pop
 ular conviction that corporations must conform to law and the advantages Of civilization be more widely dist7ibuted. Not always are these desires of the peo- pie put at the polls in the best concrete form to attain their ends; but that the current of industrial democracy Is run ming stronger than ever in this coun- try and that those who claim to repre- sent it are beginning to hold the bal ance of power, can hardly be gainsaid. Mir. Hearst would not still be a formid- able element from the point of view of the next presidential campaign had he not succeeded in attaching to him self the hopes of many misguided but honest people.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
ANorHER THAT DOESN'T FORK

The prohibition wave hasn't yet sub-
 merged the great State of New York, and the new law concerning liquor-
 selling which went into effect there on the first of September doesn't seem to have done much submerging Tn fact, it has hardly been noticed. This law, which attracted little attention at the time it was enacted, is that per sons who have been five times convict ed of either misdemeanors or felonies shall be put under the liquor ban. Chiefs of police are required to make up lists of such persons and send them to the saloon-keepers. The latter are required to post the lists, together with photographs, if so ordered, and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
A surplus" doesn't look as danger ous as it did.
WHY NOT BLUE?

The day Harvard met Yale on the football field and speedily and thor oughly became Yale's the Boston Globe felt moved to remark that al- though in the event of Crimson vic- tory over the Blue Harvard men will doubtless feel like painting the town red, noted London oculist declares that buildings in cities should be painted green, because of this color's beneficial effect upon health and spir- its. It should be, he says, a fresh fol- iage green, which is one of natures cures for worry and fatigue.
 We haven't noticed any movement toward painting Boston green, and perhaps the Globes thoughtful and kindly suggestion isn't appreciated as 1t ought to be. Possibly there would be more approval if the Globe should set forth the fact that certain shade of blue is very beneficial to look at.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
WARRANTED CONFIDENCE.

If all the people who have lived long in this country and know its re- sources and riches had as much con- fidence in it as some of the new peo- pie have "the situation" would be bet ter Immigrants are required to show the money they have with them to the immigration inspectors before they are permitted to proceed on their way, and the examination is pretty rigid. The figures of immigration at the port of Boston for the month of Sep tember last show that the average amount per capita possessed by immi- grants was but $1S.10 The wealthiest were comparatively small number of Hollanders and Flemings who aver aged rather more than seventy three dollars apiece. The poorest were the Portuguese whose money stores were about six dollars per capita. The order of the several races or nations on the basis of money shown was: Dutch and Flemings first, Germans second. Eng fish third, Scotch fourth. Thence on the diminution of resources was rapid.
 And it is a cheering fact that the confidence which brings the immi- grants here Is usually justified. This is a good country. It Is so good that 1t can even have such a breakdown as it is now going through and come out all the better for 1t.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.

An international committee, of which Dr. Ascher of Konigsburg is chairman, has been Investigating the smoke nuisance in cities. The commit tee finds that tuberculosis fiourishes in its work of death in cities where stacks are unlimited in the amount of the volume of the smoke and soot and cinders emitted; that experiments on animals in smoky towns demon- strate that pneumonia rapidly devel- ops and that pulmonary tuberculosis is contracted when the subject lis exposed to contagion; that the death rate of children is vast ly greater in communities where there is no interference with the smoke stack than 1t is in cities where the emission of smoke Is stopped by the in- stallation of appliances in the boiler room, or where the firemen exercise care and caution in shoveling coal in- to the furnaces.
 These and the unpleasant and dam aging quality of city smoke are good reasons for the efforts which are be- Ing made and those which are going to be made for it's diminution or sup presslon. They are after the smoke nuisance in Greater Pittsburg, and if It can be conquered there it can be anywhere.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
When We Are Lndred

When we are judged at last when all Our little faults are set aside, When kindly Charity lets fall
 Her mantle OCT us, what We tried With honest eagerness to do
 And ne'er accomplished will be placed among the triumphs that we knew And that our useful efforts graced. When we, are judged the boasts we
 made
 Of strength we had, but always hid. UT Worthiness we ne'er displayed,
 ol things we might do but ne'er did Beeause we never bravely tried
 For fear that failure might ensue-- Ihese things will have no place beside The honest triumphs that we knew. -S. P; Riser in Chicago Record Her
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

Siberian butter goes to Hamburg, is repacked and sent to the far east as German production. Russian sugar goes to Japan in an Austrian disguise. and Russian calico is sold there un- der German wrapper Those are some of the reasons why the Russo Japanese Commercial Co. has been formed in Russia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

however, as friends of Roosevelt recall. the Outlook was far from expressing such vehement repudiation of this kind of attack. It did not then admire Cleveland as 1t now admires Roosevelt The personal attitude makes a differ ence in ones feelings regarding beiit- ting, misrepresenting, irritating and reviling criticism.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27
SAYINGS AND DoINGS

Japan is thought to be the only country in the world where the fash ions in women's dress have not chang ed materially In 2,5OO years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

Henry Clews, the banker and au- thor, was talking at the Union club in New York about certain f1nancier NO wonder the man is so success ful," said MT. Clews. "He Is the most suspicious fellow I ever heard of In fact, he reminds me of a Staff fordshire farmer my father used to tell of This farmer, whenever he bought a flock of sheep, examined each sheep closely to make sure that it had no cotton in it."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

Eggs are being brought to this country from England, and the ques- tion is how, if we pay for the eggs,. are we going to hang on to the gold?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

Hungary has a promising movement against duelling. General Turr has come to the front and declared him. self against 1t. This old warrior of the GAS" rebellion, who also fought under Garibaldi for Italian liberty, snssuhzssE-
 can scarcely be taunted with lacking courage. He has thrown himself into the work of forming an anti duelling association with eXtraordin- ary energy, and its success is in no small way due to his championship. General Turr is aided in his enterprise by M. Aristide Dessewffy an import ant member of the Hungarian House of Magnates, and altogether they have succeeded in launching the Hungarian Anti-Duelling Association. Crowds ask for membership every day, men of distinction and rank. The women of the Hungarian nobility are also aiding the movement. An international anti duellng congress is to be held next May.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

According to Chicago's city chem ist, that queer city has the purest wa ter in the world And according to Chicago's police courts, the fewest on the water wagon.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

quacious contempt, would be pretty hard to bear.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

There are no bod carriers in Japan. The native builders have method of transporting mortar which makes 1t seem more like play than work-to the onlooker. The mortar is mixed in a pile in the street. One man ra this up into balls of about six pounds each, which he losses to>a man wno stands on a ladder midway between the roof and the ground This man catches the ball and losses 1t up to a man who stands on the roof.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

c. Bernard Shaw says we are a nation of villagers. Even If that is so isn't 1t better than being nation of Bernard -Shawers?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-27

F. c. Simion, a cocoanut planter of Samoa, who is In Seattle, declares that the German government is saving the world from possible cocoanut fam inc by having the old and dead trees In the domain under It's Jurisdiction replaced by young and healthy trees each year. According to simion, there is no immediate danger of the coeoanut supply becoming exhausted, but the market tor the commodity is growing better each year. The recent large foreign experiments in the cul- tivation of copra, the dried kernel Of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil Is made, is said by Simion also to be an important reason why new trees should be planted. The planter de- clares that the United States is neg lecting its holdings in Samoa, while the various foreign powers are taking advantage of every opportunity to make money on the island.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-19
The AGE OF NATIONS.
Turkey, Born In 1855 the Oldest Of tho
Present Generation.

Present GeneraNon.
The ages Of most countries are re-
corded as exactly as That Of any In.
dlyldual. ana many Of the nations usu-
ally considered old. even ancient. were
really born long after those we call the
younger ones Of the new world The
father OF nations, as we know them,
IS Turkey, with the sultan seated at
Constautiuople since 1863
Then comes Denmark, born in 1923,
followed by Russia, born oct. p, 1921,
when Peter the Great became the FIRST
emperor The United States OF Amer
lea, that most readers probably
thought very young. was born July 4.
1776. and France, possibly imagined
to be much older. counts from July
IA, 1889.
Younger than either is the United
Kingdom, born Jan. ], 1901. Chile
was born Sept. is, 1910; Colombia on
July 5. 1911, Holland, Dec 6, 1873,
and Swedcn starts from Feb. 8 1918.
Brazil dates from Sept Z. 1872: Mex
leo was born Oct. 4. 1893. and Bolivia
was born Aug. q. 1924 Belgium Is
younger, being born July no. 1881, the
same year as Ecuador and Venezuela.
1t may be surprise to find Italy so
youthful, her birth occurring Feb. %.
lS8i.--London Answers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-19
I GIVE THEM WORK.

The tramp nuisance all over the
country seems I'd be increasing instead
cf abating and that, too, IN spite Of the
advancing prosperity Of the industries.
This growth Of plague i attributed
not SO much to any fault in the indus
trial system Of the United States Al to
laxity Of the enforcement of laws COW
ering this class of individuals. Inas-
much as Barre and vicinity has more
than ever been visited by this plague
during the present season it may be
well to call attention to the remedies
advanced by Orlando I. Lewis, a SUI
perintendent in one of New Works
charity organizations. Speaking before
the annual convention Of the national
conference of charities and corrections
recently Mr. Lewis recommended that
fall able bodied tramps should be COM
PEELED to work or be imprisoned at
hard labor, and he would have conu-
Iatiye sentences Each state should,
be thinks, establish at least one com
pulsory labor colony for habitual vag.
rants under indeterminate sentence,
and one hospital for inebriates Nat.
urally, he would also have all vagran-
az laws enforced where adequate, and
new ones where the legislatures have
failed to provide adequate power to
punish. TO aid the railroads he would
have all yagrant trespassers arrested
and imprisoned at hard labor, and make
the costs OF prosecution state charge.
In cities there should be provided at
least one special nendieancy officer and
municipal lodging house. Against the
sheltering Of Migrants in police stations
Mr.. Lewis rightly protests. Finally, he
would have special state vsgrancy Off.
GERS with close cooperation between
state boards of charities, between rail
roads and towns, and between all local
authorities"
In this county, Sheriff Traey's wood
pile gang and ditch-diggers furnish elo-
quent tribute to the efforts that are
being made to rid the section Of the
tramp nuisance. Work Is the greatest
enemy of the common every day tramp
and the local police are not allowing
many to slip through their fingers.