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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
AETOMATIC.

Waiter Gin New York restaurant-- eve do not serve half portions to two persons. sir" Patron-"Yes, you do only you charge for full one. Life.
 Her never talk about things that don't understand" She-"I should think you would be afraid you might lose the use of your vocal chords. - Chicago Record Herald.
 At Our Church Bazar-vlcar (effus- iyely to conductor, at close of bril- liant program)-" music sounded very delightful in the distance, and I can assure you 1t did not in any way interfere with the sales!"-Punch.
 "How did her father treat your"
 "Quite warmly, He invited me out
 "Indeedl"
 "Yes. He said Come outside, where therell be no danger of smashing the fI,,,i4,,,,c '-"-~-Tudro
 "John." "Yes, sir" Be sure to tell me when 1t is four o'clock" Yes, sir.' ''Don't forget 1t. promised to meet my wife at 2:30 in the drug store across the street, and she'll be provoked if I'm not there when she comes. '- JLG-9.
 Tess-iaeally, 1t was love match.
 Jess-Nonsense! he's old enough to b, her grandfather. She simply mar ried his money.
 Tess-Of course, but you don't doubt that she loves money, dc you?-Phila- delphia Press.
 The Friend (to cratic driver, who has lost his way)-We'd better go straight on, l think We must have been Up that road before.
 The Erratlc Ddger-What makes you think that?
 The Frieud-Those men there. They lCok as if they're burylng something.- The Sketch.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
GROOMING CANADA.

Now that so many people are emil grating to Canada from the United States that country is even more in- teresting than it has been. Perhaps it will surprise some to read that Cana da Is bigger country than the United States. Canada has, excluding the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson Bay and all tidal waters, 9,729,665 square miles, while the United States, including Alaska, has 3616,4S4 square miles, But its population is only about 6,50O,- 900, and is chiefly found in the Atlan- tic and lake provinces. New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edwards Island and Quebec. These, which em~ brace less than one-sixth of the total area, have two-thirds of the total pop ulation; nine-t tenths of the remainder are embraced in British Columbia, the Yukon territory and the newly organ ized provinces of Central Canada, AL berta, Manitoba and several others newly opened to settlement.
 It isn't long ago since Canada's future didn't look very bright, but a great change has taken place. With two transcontlnental railroads and several others which diverge from them, bearing immigrants to the wide and fertile plains, agriculture has ceased to be an experiment and the soil and climate are found to be pro- ductive for wheat and various other crops, rivaling our more southern States from which, as well as from Europe, they are attracting immi- grants The rolling prairies far to the 'northward are being converted into thrifty farms aud the same process of settlement which we have experienced in the West and Northwest is going on there.
 Perhaps the time will come when the United States and Canada will be as thickly settled as India and China are now. Then they will be tremend- ously great countries, or a tremendous ly great country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Xssued TImrsday, One Dollar Year
HI E BTGG EST FINE.

The fine of $29,24o,OOO which Judge Landis of the United States district court of Chicago has imposed on the Standard Oil c6mpany of Indiana for acepting railroad rebates is the max imum penalty that could be exacted, and it Is quite a sizable fine. The conn pany could pay 1t if it wanted to and had to, but so far 1t does not want toS2nd is not sure that 1t must. Therefore the fine cannot be looked on yet as a bird in the hand. It is still in the legal bush, and will not emerge thence soon, if at all. The process of appeal to law upon points of law and upon principles of law will proceed in due course, and will require quite probably at least two years for conn pletion.
 So 1t will be well enough not to get excited over the situation, especially as it Is not yet quite certain what the sit uation is. If the Standard Oil com pany finally has to pay the $29,oOo,Ooo and the ten or a dozen millions more that some are talking about, it will be a big contribution to government. If 1t doesn't there will still be the satisfae- ton that there is law in the land, and that 1t can be brought to bear on the biggest. However the matter finally turns out it will help make the great corporations careful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
THE TRUER PROPHET.

5oseph H. Choate, our ambassador to England, and Captain Mahan, our ex- pert navaiN authority, are not in the fullest agreement concerning war and the possibility of the substitution of ar- bitration as a method of settling in- ternational difficulties. Captain Mahan has lately been expressing his views of the subject and declares with great deal of confidence that war will always be It is Inevitable and no number of peace conferences or courts of arbitra- ton can displace it. The captain has not made known who has disclosed the future to him so fully that he can pre- dict that war will continue forever. If he is a true prophet then is human destiny in serious plight.
 Now, Captain Mahan Is a military man by profession and speaks as such. It can not be presumed that he will cherish any idea that his profession may at some time be without occupa- ton. It is fortunate that everybody does not agree with Captain Mahan. Most thoughtful people are taking more hopeful view of the future life of man. Joseph H. Choate is one of these. He Is lawyer by profession and is statesman having especially the qualities of diseernment and lead ership called for in this time when human life Is passing on into a new age of greater promise. While the professional soldiers efforts are de- structive the work of the statesman Is constructive and conserving. There are times when the soldier is regretfully needed to maintain national life against dangers that may threaten. But as rapidly as the statesman's work shall secure a larger fraternal feeling among the nations and a ra- tional adherence to definite principles of international relations and actions, so surely will the soldiers profession cease to hold the Important position 1t now has. There is nothing about it that indicates any eternal quality. It is temporary. When men shall learn to do things from enlightened reason and conscience, the physical plane of the soldier will give way to the better that is sure to come. Peace confer ences and the Hague court are simply the efforts of men to get together for the purpose of learning how to do things rationally and morally, for there is nothing so immoral as war.
 This constructive sort of work Jos- eph H. Choate and others are doing, The initiative has been taken by the : American delegates at the Hague in what is believed to be the most im- portant effort toward the paclfcation of the world. Because of their determ- nation to carry the efforts of previous conferences to a logical conclusion in
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
Our Wonderful Language.

Eight rowers stood up in a row. The boat was all ready to go. The rowers broke up in a row. The captain said: Come, let IS row" And silenced the ones that said No" And then from the stern to the bow The rowers went on with their row. A man tried to speak, and he spoke: I'd treasure to seek, and soke;
 The bold robbers erept
 And robbed as l slept I'd vengeance 10 wreak and I wroke. They wanted to steal, and they stole; One thought he should squeal, sso he
 squole.
 He told me the facts
 Concerning their acts What he could reveal he revoIe. T dared them to fight, and they fought; My dog tried to bite, and it bought;
 1t ran them away
 This tale of the fray wanted to write, so I wrought. Hence, thus you may see, as saw, That what I would be I have baW;
 The robbers cried: Peace!
 Our robbing shall cease If you will agree. agraw. 'Tve wanted to sing, so I've sung A tribute to our mother tongue
 Which runs in such ways
 The tribute of praise wanted to bring have brung" A stranger sat under a bough And thought it was pleasant enough Until with cough came a cough Whose hide was beautiful bough. The stranger leaped up on the bough, And cried for the COW to go through TO where there was hay in mough-- The cow ambled on, with a ''Mough.' w. D. Nesbit, in Chicago Evening
 Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
TIME TO CALL 4 H8LT

Many of the people in this prosper ous and blessed country are finding it hard to live on account of the high prices attached to things which go with living. But even if they could take wings and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth they might not be any better off, In China, for instance, the price of living has gone up enorm- ously. The staple products have doubled In price. Rice sells at from 800 to 900 cash per Chinese bushel; flour at from forty to fifty cash per catty, And this in spite of the fact that the crop just harvested was an exceptional one.
 It is time to call a halt when flour is forty or fifty cash a catty. Probably in Russia a pood of flour is correspond ingly high.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
NO DANGER.

NO DANGER.
 It is rumorea that Mrs. Roosevelt is fearful lest the President should be nurniEateG against his will. There Is no danger of shts according to pres ent indications in the Presidents own party. Then, too, there is the Pres ifclt's own wo~d that he does not care for another term immediately. It is we'll known that MT. Roosevelt is very positive in his statements. There are powerful interests in the country which the President has offended, and these interests are more or less infiu- ential in shaping the political situa- tion, if not directly controlling it. While in some sections of the country Secretary Taft is recognized as the logical successor of MT. Roosevelt there are other portions where certain interests are determined to have a mere conservative administration than the present one and are therefore looking about for an available candi- date.
 Just at present the American pro- tective tariff league Is dfsputing the right of the President to make and en- force a tariff agreement with Germany by which, 1t is claimed, considerable reduction of duties on imports from Germany is effected. It is the conten- tion of the tariff league that the ex- etrtive has no power to put such a construction on a tariff statute and alcne enforce 1t to the end that modi- f1catlons and reductions are secured. The tariff league rightly maintains that this Is the bushes of Congress rather than the executive.
 These various interests that have for some time been grinding their axes have their ideas about the next President and are not hesltatlng to give expression to them. Only recent ly Senator Foraker advised the Ohio Republican central committee, which endorsed Secretary Taft for the pres ldency, that 1t is premature to endorse anyone, and pointed out that MT. Taft Is in favor of a revision of the tariff and is likely to revise downward, and even intimates that as the tariff Is the important question for the next campaign a care should be had about endorsing anyone who may lead an attack on the Dingley tariff law and so destroy our unexampled prosperity.
 Tn the view of some like Senator Foraker 1t is clear that the next Pres ident must stand "pat" on this old party question. MT. Roosevelt has so many things to answer for 1t is not likely that he will be called to leader- ship for another term. MT. Taft has been endorsed by leading Republican State but is suspected by some Repub- lican leaders. Nevertheless, it looks at present as though things were going his way.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
TIE HIGHER IDEAL.

The man who is ever boasting of tho prosperity of his country in such terms as to lead one to believe that ia his thought there is nothing to be desired beyond material things, is man who is to be pitied It is often the fact that some who boast of pros- perity the loudest have very little share of 1t. A citizen of this kind re- gently declared emphatically that the one thing that counts and that men live for is the dough- not an elegant term for prosperity, to be sure. But think of man spending his time in this life wallowing in dough trough. What conception of the world!
 However, 1t is the salvation of human life that some men have conception considerably higher than the dough trough. There are men of little means who obtain truer enjoyment of the finer things of life than do many who share most largely in what Is called prosperity. It certainly is true that the blessings of prosperity arc quite un- equally distributed, and in so far as this continues 1t does not indicate the nest healthful national condition. When a people enjoy an average de- gree of comfort throughout and the ex- tremes of dire poverty and excessive riches are not found in the social scale, then that people Is maintaining a healthfrl normal national life. A little more of an equitably distributed national wealth would be greatly well comed by many, but at the same time 1 1t Is possible for man with clean conscience, a healthful body, and a mind trained to noble thinking, to | live in a world to which many who have the greatest abundance of pros- perity piled about them are entire strangers.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson once said in substance that the world is not made of iron and stone, cotton or wood, but of ideas and ideals and that moral quality and force Nare the life of them all. The worship of the material Is strangely inconsistent when a man once reflects that he was made to be Imasterful and not servile. This ma. teriaiistic devotion is narrowing many mans vision and in fact making him totally blind to the existence of world of finer things, more enduring ttan brass.
 It cannot be assumed that the men who have struggled along in life, often amid poverty in search of some great Ideal, for which they have sacrificed much 1t may be, have lived In vain, That for which they lived could not be expressed in coin of the realm; it could not be bought by dollars; 1t was toe precious and had a satisfying pow CT that dough" has not. But what u ese have left to the world of their rterpretation of life and human des- tiny is a heritage that makes all who appreciate it the richer for their liv- ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
For Limited Annual Sessions.
 Irrnrtfnrd fgnnrnnt

(Hartford Courant.)
 Tn his graceful closing speech Gov ernor Woodruff referred to a topic that has been under general discussion for some time: that is the need of ex- perienced men in the Legislature. That spicy and intermittent irritant, known as Publicity" made a strong plea in the same line, Everybody admits it's force
 Now why not provide that legisla- tive session, beginning early in Jan uary, shall terminate by virtue of the lapse of time with the end of March, and then provide further that there shall be another session of the same Legislature year later, also limited to three months? That will give us less actual legislative time than has been used up this year. It will let Legislature come here, get the hang of things learn the lessons of experi-- ence, and then return experienced and capable, ready for whatever needs do- ing and knowing how to do It
 Limited annual sessions would pc far better than unlimited sessions held bl- ennially and protracted utnil they eov- CT more than quarter of the time be- tween elections, finally rushing the most important things through uncon- sidered in the haste to have done with 1t all.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

the establishment of a permanent tribunal the American delegates are being praised. The spirit of peace and goodwill as desirable for the world is telling, In speaking in support of the proposal to establish a permanent court of arbitration Mr Choate said: Nobody can doubt the supreme im- portance of the step in advance we ask the conference to take In develop ing and building up out of the pernan- ent court created in 1899, a tribunal which will satisfy the worldwide de- mand. The cause of general arbitra- tion as a substitute for war In the set clement of international differences has advanced with leaps and bounds since 1.-the close of the first conference. No- thing more strongly demonstrates the utility of the great work of that con- ference than the general resort of na- | tions to arbitration agreements among 1 themselves, as a sure means of seeur- ling justice and peace, thus avoiding the resort to the terrible test of war" Words of this sort indicate the trend of events. As Joseph H. Choate sees the direction in which human affairs are moving there comes into his line of vision quite a different picture from that on which Captain Mahan gazes. The one contemplates the nations, with swords beaten into plowshares, engaged in peaceful industrial pur-
 suits and learning war no more. The
 other sees only the same old struggle
 with it's destruction of life and prop
 erty, and holds out no hope for any, 1 thing better If human life has
 higher destiny than the present plane
 then Joseph H, Choate is the truer
 prophet.
 It is inconceivable that all the pro- cesses of general education, fostered
 by the State to produce a better citi-
 zenship and by the church to make
 men fit for the kingdom of heaven;
 that all the special efforts to educate
 men in ways of rational procedure in
 settling international questions and the
 impetus already given to the establish
 ment of a permanent court, that all
 this is for nothing, or can be regarded as merely a pastime. On the contrary
 back of every peace conference, every
 speech, every enactment, is a power
 that can not be withstood, the power that makes for righteousness, the power of inevitable progress. that Is Isetting in steadily and strongly away from war. Already the conference at l the Hague has been sitting for some
 weeks, but only now 1t Is held has the
 conference really begun with the ini-
 tiative of the American delegates in Insisting on a permanent court The
 spirit with which our delegates have Ientered the discussion is shown by
 these other words of Mir. Choate: Tt lis six weeks since this conference first
 assembled, and there is certainly no
 time to lose. We have done much to Iregulate war, and very little to pre- lvent 1t. Let us unite on this great pa- Icifc measure and satisfy the world
 that the second peace conference real Ily desires that in the future peace
 and not war be the normal condition
 of civilized nations"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
Another Story.
(Kansas City JournalO

IINd!IsdS OIIY oUuI IIttI'J
 Kansas City has paid dearly for put ting its trust in MT. Folks professions when he was running for governor. However, the lesson will be worth all if costs if it leads to an insistent de- mand upon all parties Tor genuine home rule and the abolition of the sys- tem which permits a governor to, de- hauch the police departments of the large cities to serve his own ends
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

al, inland sea. will gradually dry up. Inasmuch as there are practically no outlets for this vast body of water. the sink must naturally evaporate to dryness. According to one opinion the salton sea will dry up in about eight years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

Caleb Hatch of Riverside, New Jer- sey, was out late with his bicycle the other night with no lamp. Not caring to risk riding through town without a. light on his wheel, he picked up half pint whiskey bottle he found by the Wayside and put a dozen or more flre- nies in 1t. This he placed in front of his machine. The flashing of the light ming bugs as they moved about an- swered his pur3ose and saved him from arrest, the local policemen appearing tr be satisfied when he rode by with hi1 wheel "a!l lit up."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

Summer boarders must pay in New Hampshire. The savings banks of that State have almost ninety-two million dollars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

A New York girl was nearly killed by having three silver quarters in her mouth. In other words, about three quarters killed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

The chief of police of Chicago says there Is no policy gambling there. Does he mean that those who play the game haven't even a gambling chance?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

From stavanger. Norway. comes the news that motorboats are rapidly dis placing other vessels in the fishing in- dustry along the Norwegian coast. United States Consul Rasmussen writes: Tt was demonstrated during the Norwegian herring fishing this spring that for all practical purposes and for all kinds of weather the motor was far superior and the results so much better that it will replace the sail and rowboats as fast as fishermen find means to buy"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

The Milsado of Japan writes poetry, but 1t will stand to his credit that in his settlement with the Russians he didn't insist that they should read it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

It is possible to build house, and such houses have already been con- structed, entirely of reinforced concrete, except for such minor items as doors ara window frames. This, says the Cement Age, makes a house which is entirely unburnable from within and practically unburnable from without
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

First class in arithmetic, stand up. In 1512 eggs were twelve cents a hundred in Barcelona. What will they be in New Haven in 1912?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
SAYINGS AND DoTGGS'

The Norwegians are making leather ou of whales hides and they say it is much mora durable than ordinary leather.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

Mayor Busse of Chicago was asked to put stop to Salvation Army meet ings-singing especially-in a certain neighborhood. I believe" he answered, If the inhabitants of the neighbor- hood can stand the noise made by the electric pianos in the saloons they can easily put up with the religious work CTS. Religious songs won't disturb anybody"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

With the final closure of the Cobra do river, the great salton sink, which was inundated as the result of poor ly constructed headgate of an irriga- ton canal and rapidly converted into
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05
E1e 9ca1r11al aud Gomrter

THE CARRINGToN PUBLISHING co.
 OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-05

Eight rowers stood up in a row, The boat was all ready to go, The rowers broke up in row.