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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
TARMAC.

New Haven is always interested in the pavement question, and she has had her eye on many kinds of paving material, from her own trap rock to pins, Now she is invited to consider one more. The surveyor of Noting ham county, England, has been ex- perimenting for years with road ma terial and has now hit upon prepara- ton, called tarmac, which it is claimed has proved very satisfactory. It con- sists largely of hot slag of the kind found in an iron foundry, mixed with toughening adjunct which furnishes a waterproof material. The road re- quires no digging or grading beyond mere levelllng. Two layers are used, the lower, two and quarter, the upper one and a quarter inches thick Steam rolling congresses them to three inches. This has been tried on five miles of notoriously bad road in Nottingham, and is reported as smooth as asphalt, without mud in wet weather, and dustless in dry with ord- mary traffic and nearly so when auto mobiles pass over 1t,
 This looks good, and might be good in any place where slag was plenty and cheap enough. By the way, is the name of the new pavement, tar mac" intended as subtle compli- ment to our Highway Commissioner"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

longer boarded free by the citizens during their term of service, farmers no longer in the large centers of popu- lation contribute potatoes, and hay and eggs to the parson to help out in his fight for maintenance, and lawyers no longer walk about with fine in-
 difference to where the next meal Is coming from. This is now work-a- day world, when more than ever be- fore men and women are worthy of their hire. The teachers are both right and modest in their demands. and while the educational commission CTS are giving their petition the atten- ton it deserves, we trust that the fire commissioners will insist that their men shall be estimated as of the same value as the policemen. New Haven can afford to be a fair employer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
PAY OF THE TEACHERS.

The Journal and Courier is heartily in favor of the movement intelligently begun by the teachers in the public schools of the city to have their sal aries raised to a point which will not only permit them to live decently, but which will enable the taxpayers of the city to do simple justice to as pains- taking and conscientious a class of public servants as exists anywhere. Substantial justice has been done the members of the police department, though there may be reasons yet why their pay should be increased, but both the valiant fire-fighters of the city and the school teachers have been scan- dalously neglected.
 1 In the case of the school teachers one has but to remember what the service is which they give, to feel the justice of their appeal Take them out of the organization of our local government and we should be deprived of an essen tial of social and political progress, and we should have to begin to multiply the i policemen and the courts of correc- ton. The shortest road, that we know anything about, to anarchy is to de- stroy the school system and let each youngster find his own royal road to self-restraint and respect for law and order. That being so the teacher be- comes a missionary for good, as we'll as an instructor in the clements which go to make up human intelligence and to establish a standard of human in- tegrity. And to separate the teacher from the compensation he or she must receive, in order to live as other people live, is to introduce into the adminis- tration of the school system princi- pie of control, which if enforced in a business house would wreck It within a year. It is all well enough to talk about the dignity of teaching and the social station which comes with 1t. The more impressive fact is that the neces- sitles of life have a louder voice than theoretical dignity, while persons of education, such as teachers are have never to worry about their social sta- tion. Small pay will do more to de- prive a teacher of that than a bushel of dignity will aid in securing it.
 1 We strongly advise the teachers tc base their petition on the justice ot 1 their cause, and eliminate what is paid in other cities. It is highly discredita. ble that the city of New Haven, among twenty cities of like size, stands next to the last in compensation offered but far more to the point is it that New Haven should pay it's teachers what their service is worth, and according | to the standards of life exacted oi them. The city can well afford to dc | this and ought to want to. We have travelled generations from the senti. Imental principle that certain positions in a community give such satisfaction to their occupants that they are con tent with their lot. Teachers are nt
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
INTER ESTING.

It is more than hinted that the Presi- dents speech In Indianapolis on Me morial Day will mark the beginning of a general revival of interest in the campaign for more railroad legislation by congress. The President Is tend ing towards a campaign in favor of such legislation as will place in the possession of the Interstate Commerce Commission all the facts necessary to determination of the business of freight rates. The leading question before him at this time is said to be: Is a physical valuation of a railroad necessary in order to arrive at just freight rates? He is receiving light on both sides of the question. Until recently the Inter state Commerce Commission has never taken the view that the knowledge of the actual or true value of railroad property would enable 1t to make any particular rate or revise any given rate with greater degree of justice. Since the hearing In the Spokane case, all the members of the Commission, with the exception of Commissioner Lane, have changed their views on this sub ject, The controlling view in the Con- mission now is that if the railroads are to use valuation figures in support of a certain schedule of rates, the government must be prepared along the same line.
 This is the present talk, and 1t may be as accurate as any other. If the President lets us know on Memorial Day what he thinks about the railroat question, his speech will be as widely and perhaps wildly read.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
AboNjnayls "7he Queen of Table Waters"

T have always contended." said the man who whittles, that every one has a perfect right to his own opinions
 True" replied Senator Badyer, he has. But in the majority of cases the man who thinks that way doesn't know enough to keep them to himself. Mil waukee Sentinel.
 Yes, indeed" said the pretty college girl, "our literary club held a meeting last night and I tell you we just went wild over Omar Khayyam."
 "Gracious!" exclaimed the rural aunt in mortified indignation. It is just a sin and shame the way gals these days are falling in love with furriners. D Chicago Daily News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
TO THE SUPPORT OF WOODRUFF

At meeting, Saturday, in New York of the republican state committee of that state a measly and back -pedaling endorsement of Governor Hughes was chuclked out upon motion of former Governor Odell, and substitute passed, which specifically supported the reforms which lie closest to the heart of Governor Hughes. MT. Odell explained that he was moved by two considerations in urging such action. The first was that it had become evil dent to him that hereafter the people were determined to do their own boss ing, and the second was that he had concluded that 1t was time he mounted to a seat on the band wagon.
 This incident in the life of the state of New York suggests that it might be a good thing for the republican state committee of Connecticut to meet and, with like insight into the present mood of the people, vote to specifically sup port the measures which Governor Woodruff is supporting with such intel ligent appreciation of the public mind, Assuming that the republican state committee in Connecticut is as power ful as that in the state of New York, and that seat on the band wagon is equally comfortable. what stimulat- ing thing 1t would be to rally to his support? It would be pretty fine poll tics, too.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays, One Dollar Year
WHo,S WHo9

There is a published record which aims to tell us who's who in this coun- try. It is, on the whole, 8 very com prehensive and accurate record but no search of it's pages would reveal who's who in Connecticut just now.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

What can we do to improve the present method of dancing?" thundered the parson; dancing is mere hugging set to music"
 We might cut out the music" soft ly suggested the bad young man in the rear of the auditorium Philadelphia Inquired.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
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yet, but there are sites enough for it. Universities never have any trouble in getting sites.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
Stun1ped.

If the most resourceful wealth CT paragrapher in New Eng. land shows some sign of we caring in these latter strange days of May furn- acesand Spring sore throats, it is not strange that the shirt market breaks. But the drop may interest the investor in wearing apparel. We received our spring SUD- ply of ready-to- wear shirts three months late. Then Spring lost herself. Then our regular $2. 50 and S2.oo came down most uncere- moniously to $I.5o.
 Mighty good shirts, too. Chase &CO.
 1918, 1920 Chapel St.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

A bright-faced little boy in a sailor suit saluted the occupants of passing motor car so quaintly on an English road that they stopped to give him six pence You're very polite little fel- low" the lady motorist said. Do you salute all the strangers who pass in the same way?" No, no, maam-- only motorists, the boy stammered, finger Ing his sixpence nervously. Father says I've always to be polite to them, because motor cars bring him trade. 7 The lady seemed disappointed. What is your fathers trade, my little man? Does he repair motor ears?" NO, ma'am; he's an undertaken" was the significant response
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

Printers are entitled to feel good over the suspension of the Columbus Penitentiary News. The prison popu- lation includes bankers, brokers, law years. etc, but there isn't inside the walls single printer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

French engineers are directing sub marine boats by wireless messages sent to the navigating officers,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

Dr. James M. Green. principal of the New Jersey normal school, has refused to allow the girls to wear caps and gowns which he says are wholly wrong in schools below the college rank. Nat urally, the girls held an indignation meeting.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
E6Meat3nm

MIR. FREDERICK WELD will engage the services of a limited number of good singers for corus choir. Voices tried at lS9 Orange St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
The gGmrl1al aud go11rter

THE cARRINGToN PUBLISHING co,
 OFFICE, 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

It is now said that ships are to cross the ocean with scarcely any machinery or crew, being propelled by electric power furnished by wireless currents from Niagara. And it isn't safe to laugh at this prediction either.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

Hotel accommodations at The Hague during the Peace Conference are quot ed at exorbitant figures. The American delegation will reside at the Hotel Des Indes, where their rooms, without ser vice or food, will cost $26O daily The correct and appropriate pronunciation of the name of the thrifty Dutch city is said to be Hog"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

It is now possible for balloon to threw out more ballast than it carried up from the surface of the earth. In a balloon ascent made from Berlin by Captain von Krogh, the pilot of the Perseval balloon, there was carried d quantity of chemicals which have the property of absorbing moisture and thus increasing their weight in a damp atmosphere, The experiment was sue cessful.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13

Telephone girls are increasingly busy and useful. It is related that a woman who was going out shopping for few hours put her baby to sleep in It's carriage, and taking down the tele- phone receiver, placed it beside the sleeping child, Then she notified Cen tral of the arrangement and asked her to sing to the baby if 1t woke up and cried.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20
By f. p. Dunno

givin' it to tn plain rich.
II don't know what his qualifications
FIR tn job ar-re. He looks pretty old
to me FIR a gymnast. He's a book man
an that's bad. 1 niver knew amy wan
but Teddy that cud thrain f'r a foot
race on lithrachoor. What did this la-ad
write, says ye? He wrote a book .wanst
that Hogan read called TIL Ameri-
can Common Wealth He'll find a gr-
reat deal more wealth whin he comes
over an if he goes TO New York an
stays at a fash'nable hotel he'll see
that's it's just as common as liver it
was. I don't know whether tbs good
book or a bad. niver read it. Hogan
says It's full Nv information about that
there docymint that railroad Prisidints
an great fi-nanceers have become so
much interested i'm iv late. tn what
d'ye-call-it?-th' constitution. There
amt railroad Prisidint in this coun-
thry that hasn't declared: Now that We
call me attintion to it. wud lay down
me life FIR tn dear old constitution.
line especially III PoAdeAoRh
says: Hands off our stout railroad
Prisidints. a nations prider' Me frind
Hartman is in tears over tn outrages
on tn constitution, an is thinkin' Nv
leavin' tn country an givin' away all
his hard. even tOugh-earned, money.
Jim Stillman rather thin see tn con-
stitution maltreated be subpoeny sarv-
ers is goin' abroad without amy -four
ism iv thrumpets. but undher an as
sumed name. But if I was tn new
British Ambassadure it's tn constitu-
ito niv Teddy Rosenfelt I'd keep me
eye on. That's tn on'y wan that don't
need protection firm tn JUDICIARY.
But anyhow what difference does
it make at alp Sure. who cares who's
Ambassadure? Nanny years ago twas
divvle iv job. Tn Arnbassadure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

idint was in an especially jolly mood
at tn diplomatic RECEPTION, where he
showed tn British Ambassadure a new
thrip. 1t wint off very we'll. TIL Am
bassadure on'y said: My word as he
sat on an andiron. TIL Eyetalian Am
bassadure is loolxin' very gloomy afther
an unsuccessful attimpt to teach tn
Prisidint a new game iv cats cradle
TIL Prisidint said it wud be all right
if We used wire cable an whoiver lost
a hand lost tn game, too. He is de-
tarmined to establish closer relations
with tn South American republics an
he has challenged tn dark-hued diplo-
mats to a grand rasslin' match, whin
he will take thin all on at wanst. TIL
Ministers iv Chile, Peru. Argentine,
Brazil, Uruguay an Icwadoor have
hurrielly left town. tn Turkish Min
lister has asked to be relieved an have
his head cut off. He says he prefers TO
die at home. Tn Prisidint is very
much pleased at tn appintmint of Os-
car tn Rooshyan Joynt as Ambassa-
dure firm Rooshya. He thinks he can
make wan hundherd an eighty pounds
be tn time tn representative iv tn Gar
prisints his CREDENTIALS.
$50 we see, Hinnissy. tbs no aisy
thing FIR tn spilled darlin iv Europeen
coorts to do business around Wash'n-
ten. Who's this new Ambassadure firm
tn home iv that part iv our Anglo
Saxon race that hasn't got its vote
counted yet? He's fine English gin
tIeman iv tn old school. firm tn north
Nv ireland. A good man. He's what
they call a Liberal i'm England. A Lib
eral i'm England is a man who believes
in tn same things that radical men in
this country believe Unlike j. Pier
pont Morgan or Andrew Carnaygie.
He's in favor iv takin' tn poor mans
money away firm tn arrystocracy an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20
MAGAZINE SECTION.

o,ce there was Traveller who hap
- into a small town just about the
- that Gentleman who had grown
.trong TO work was opening a place
ylo me sale Of Wines, Liquors and CT
sa.l.s.hodv ever saw the Wines. but he
verv fine stock of old Sour Mash
ga ont OF Wood Alcohol. Prune Juice
|S CAYENNE Pepper.
~ are told i'm the popular Standard
~ nv r. s. Arthur that the Travel
anne back TO the town about a year
80, and then a year after that and
az an until he had kept tab on the
s-,,sst Parlor for about ten years. He
good many of the Best People
,be village go 10 the bad one after
i,..ber as the Rum Fiend managed TO
~, side hold on them.
bporbaps YOU have seen the Drama,
tt.b has been done in every Town
vi m North America. You viii re-
Iu'a-,ber how Simon Slade. who was a
s.n5some leading man in the first act,
'~i,b his hair neatly cOmbed and a
..gor-uade Suit, kept going against
.se pink stuff until in the last act he
tsd an awful case of the Willies and
ras throwing Furniture at the Sou
brette.
hard banning. IL points out the fact
,hot any one who dallies with the Es-
so,ce for any length Of time will end
MN with a Sheriff's Sale or the ID. It's.
This same Traveller who tells about
tho old-time Groggery and the former
generation Of Lushes. who drank Med
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

heaithful exercise. They ARE an
anemic lot An thin we began 10
read in tn pa'apers: 'Th arrival "
Baron Speck Won Sternburg as German
Ambassadure at Wash'nton has int a
thrill through diplomatic circles. FIR
a long time tn infloonce iv Germany
has been wanin' TIL former Amoas-
exercise he liver took was polishing his
eyeglasses. TIL German Impror was
in despair fr tn Fr-rinch Ambassa-
cure MoosoO Jusserand was at tn
White House ivry day conductin' i'm
portant negotiations with a tennis bat
in tn back yard. TIL Fr-rinchman is
a fine tenniser. but sthrange TO say tn
Prisidint can just beat him ivry Tina
It suddenly occurred to tn Kaiser TO
sind over Speck. who is wan ~ tn best
scordsmen in tn German army. Tn
change was instantaneous. Yesterday
tn Fr-rinch Ambsssadure was seen
weepin' an beatin' on tn White House
dure with a tennis bat while tn Ger
indu AiIpdSSdQuIe llldue AdCcS at HlI0
through tn window. Baron Speck has
last wan ear FIR tn fatherland. but ne
has negotiated threaty f'r tn free
export iv dachshunds into the coun-
thry.
Former fay'rite Ambassadors ARE
secretly delighted with tn change. but
there ar-re fears that important divol-
opminfs tnay follow. TIL Jap'nese
Minister has not been himsilf since he
taught tn Prisidint jiu-jitsoo an was
severely cut be tn glass iv a skylight
through which he was thrown. TIL
Fr-rinch Ambassdure may go home an
his Governmint is negoyatin' with. a
prom'nen handball player. TIL Swed-
ish Governmint VIII make an attimpt
to have Hackenschmitt riprisint Swe-
den at Wash nton. Last night tn Pris-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

must know tn name iv Shakespeare be
heart an have an eye r-ready to leak
at mintion Nv that great pote TIL
damp climate iv tn British Isles Is due
to a succession iv American Ambassa-
dures weepin' at cornerstone layins an
tn openin' Nv libraries. Whin tn time
come to rayturn tn complimint ye'd
r-read in tn pa-aDer: Sir ALI Orkins,
Consul at COontown on tn East Coast,
in a disgrace with tn Governmint fr
his attentions TO a lady that IS cOnsid-
cred a sthrikin' brunette even in sunny
Africa. TIL Cabinet is detarnined TO
punish him severely an he has been
appinted Ambassadure to III United
States He come over here an stayed
a few years. His first act on Iancia
was to file a gin'ral demurrer TO tn
country an its inhabitants, which he
filled out i'm detail later on. lie wrote
home to Cuhipping Norton firm time 10
time regretting that he nad nowthin'
to eat but canvasback ducks an terry
pin. an that We cudden't find amy
VEGETABLE marrow, let alone wrinkles.
in this degraded country. Afthcr
awhile he set down an stint a letter "
advice on American pollyticks 10 an
mnocint searcher afther tn truth IN
tn employ iv a campaign comfy an
thin he was allowed to go home be tn
first boat
"well, Sir. twas cam an beautiful
life they led. Nawthin' 10 worry thin
butth' question iv dhress an Joe Can
non always beatin' thin to tn vitties.
They niver were able to get in first.
They thried TO thrip him I'd, but ne
jumped over tn British Ambassadure's
foot. They grabbed his coatails. but
his hunger an dimmycratIc thraditions
~ what Hagen calls precedence Was
too sthrong f'r thin. Whin they got
into tn dining room there he was in q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-20

seat where he cud grab tn first
waiter that come along. Some Nv
thin asked FIR a man-iv-war to en-
foorce their demands FIR tn first help
in to tn corner beef, but Joe Cannon
defied Thin He said no furriner cud
get i'm ahead iv him. He'd had tn
right kind iv thrainin' in Vermillion
Ell. He said twas merely a matther
iv tn start He was off quicker than
tn imported gourmand, an his quick
start give him ten yards advantage
over tn fastest an hungriest man in
tn Diplomatic Corps. He thought If it
wasn't FIR tn rayspict FIR tn Chief TX
icootive. an if he wasn't bumped an
made to swelve in tn stretch he cud
1un tn Prisidint himsilf TO a head.
Nv coorse. Hinnissy, that was a
sorrow iv tn diplomats an they. had
other griefs. 1t was hard to dance tn
two-step an escape cuttin' OF their
legs with their soords. their gloves
busted at times. an now an thin "A
southern OOnEltSStilth NdDpc0 WGu
iv thin on tn shoulder an says:
SNOWFALL. dash back to tn pantry an
fetch me another slice iv this here pie.
an be quick. about it or I'll blow ye-er
black head off, That was unpleasant,
but tn like gin'rally was a cheerful
wan, an if they cud read tn pa-apers
they often knew what they were
dom
But tits all changed now. TIL Ann
bassadure has no snap. He's got TO
keep thrained to tn minnyit, an whn
he goes up to tn White House ne
wears fightin' TRUNKS undher his uny-
form, carries tennis bats, fencin'
masks. wrestlin togs. an boxin' gloves
in his bag. Whin tn Prisidint come
into Office he looked III Diplomatic
Corps over an says lie: They neec