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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
THE MCDONNELL SUITE.

Certainly the execution of the Ed ward Alexander Mcdowell suite for the orchestra, Op, 42, by the New Ha- ven symphony Tuesday afternoon is worthy of more than passing com ment in the news columns. Perhaps one music-lover expressed the situa- tion best the other afternoon, after listening to it, when she said: Tt seems a terrible thing that composer who could write such music as that should have had to die, when we have to suffer in these days at the hands of the hosts of eycruciating people who call themselves composers" The local orchestra did splendid piece of work in the playing of the suite When one compared their playing with that of the New York Symphony of the night before at the Hyperion, when Nordica was here. it seemed Todorous," as ifr i1tllt UON Sdlu, TUT lIlt ldt'PT, Non- sidering the fact that the work was new to the orchestra and that fl had been in state of preparation for but a short time the results were really wonderful Tn the first rubric which was Tn a Haunted Forest" those with any of the imagination of their chil- hood remaining had little difficulty In picturing every sort of weird creature from a gnome to a pug-a-boo crowd ing his way through the trees as the shivery music progressed. The next, "A Summer Idyl." was remotely different. melody saturated with vivid beauty and fiowery freshness and simplicity. The other rubrics were of equally commendable order They were "In October "The Shepherds Song" and Wood Sprites." The loCal orchestra has reason to feel proud of its ac- complshment; and every music lover has reason to lament the composers death as a personal loss.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
A NEIGHBOR's GOOD ROADS.

Though New York Is a neigkbor of Connecticut she is far behind Connecti- cut ml the good roads procession. Bu. sht is now going to do something tp. war6 assuming her proper place. She has S9O, ,000,00 !; spend for good rcacs. and the big sum is going to be spent with system. The Joint Commit fec nf the Senate ani Assembly, which has just reported on tl,e subject of highways, recommends a plan for through routes connecting the large centers of population which c1nten- plates the building of 2.7T2 miles of State road, which, with 560 miles al- ready built. will form main arteries of communication between the largo cen ters of population Of the Stats and in addition to this will enable the farmer to bring his produce to the cities and villages, if he wishes to do so. These. State roads are to he built and main tained by the State and wil cost the local community nothing. These 2,77a miles at sS.O00 a mile will cost ir the of S22, ,Oo0, ,OeO. tc be
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
SOME OF THE GOOD.

One of the interesting incidents of the i'll wind that struck this country last fall was the promptness with which it began to blow many who were more or less foreign here back to their native shores. This blowing has con- tinued. Since the first of January over 96,000 emigrants have left this coun- try. Of course they have taken some money with them that would have had to be spent here if tdey had stayed here. But on the whole the eiflux is to be considered beneficial. It has relieved the labor market some It has also relieved charitable people and ehari- table organizations some. It has done something to lessen the popularity of this country abroad, which threatened to almost depopulate some places there and over-populate some places here. The talk is that many of those who have gone and are going have no mo- ton of coming back. which may be neither a bad thing for them nor for us. The indications now are that they can comfortably be upared.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
NEEDLESS AND HAzARDous,

The remonstrance signed by 152 ministers of Boston and vicinity against any further needless and haz- ardous enlargement of the navy" is a noteworthy affair. It may not have a powerful effect on congress, but it will have it's effect on those in congress who do not seem disposed to blndly follow the lead of those who are all the time saving that the way to pre- vent war is to have such an army and navy that the other folks will he afraid to fight us This notion seems to he looked on by the Massachusetts min isters as needless and hazardous They seem to think that the having of big navy is likely to stir up a disposition to use 1t or a disposition to attack it.
 The naval programme isn't being carried out fast enough to please those who have made it, and it is being car ried out too fast to please those who think it should not have been made The country has paid, and will con- tinue to pay, we suppose, for warehips that go out of date almost before they are ready for use We haven't "a first class navy" but we have as costly a one for it's size as anybody can show
 Ii evidently ought to be better or worse, and the dispute as to which 1t ought to he is going to be lively and persistent
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
WHIPPING IN THE SCHOOLS.

Ii is to be regretted, it would seem, that a special committee of the board of education in New York should make a report in favor of the use of the rod and whip again in the public schools of that city. It would seem most unfortunate if as this report would indicate. the committee believes that the children in attendance in the schools of New York cannot he govern cd without the use of the rod or the fear of it.
 The whole question is very anala- gous to the old problem of the whip ping-post as a punishment for those who have committed offences against the law The advocates of both meth ods must of necessity be of the belief that moral suasion'- has not nearly the good influence that the method that employs the cuff and the kick. iit titittt LII tlt ItSultS pI lne two methods is shown in many home. where children who have to en- dure the ''knock-you-down" methods of bringing up, hold their parents in no such sincere regard as those who are shown the evil of their ways in a quiet, kindly way, which in the end is the more forceful of the two methods. Criminologists tell us that offenders against the law are never persuaded that the doctrine of right for-right's- sake is a sound and a practical one as long as they are treated by the ser wants of the law in the prisons in much the same rough way that they who are violators of the law are wont to treat each other.
 Ii cannot but be hoped that the special committee of the New York board of education has determined unwisely A rehearsal of the condi- tions, as it's report describes them. would seem to make that point certain. Those who were questioned on the sub Ject were not the parents who might be thought to be most intimately con cerned with the treatment of their children, but school principals and superintendents, who naturally would
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

primary is as simple as the doctrine of the Declaration of Independence. The only difficulty it presents lies in the practical application of it to an excessive number of offices to he filled by popular vote. The State of Con necticut will be asked to consider again a reformatory for the incar- ceration and cure of the young of- fender That proposal calls for the aid and consideration of men who have studied the criminal instinct and who have reached definite conclusions as to the inevitable results of reforma- tory treatment on the vicious minded in the community,
 The number of important matters to be considered by the next general assembly is by no means exhausted, but for obvious reasons they cannot all be treated here. It is sufficient that the three mentioned are important enough to more than ordinarily in- spire the towns and districts of the State to make their nominations with the greatest care and circumspection. Nor is it a moment too early to take the responsibility under consideration. The test of Connecticut citizenship should be begun now before the battle field is obscured by the dust of the big
 conflict
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look with approval on any plan that would tighten their labors with the children, And of the latter, out of SS9 questioned, fully 1S1 were against the use of the whip in the schools. Out of 173 women there were 109 who looked on it with disfayor The com mittee, to be sure. only recommended that punishment he resorted to when the written consent of the parents was obtained. Such would seem a com mendable provision, were it not rec commended almost in the same breath that. when this consent was not giv- en by the parents at the request of the teachers. and when the parents re- fused to punish the children in the presence of the teachers, then should follow the suspension of the children and their immediate transfer to a truants' school or school for incor- rigibles.
 Such school rules. if adopted, would place the parents between the devil and the deep sea" Their wisdom in whipping their children, when they were asked to do so, would show their competency to be parents; their re- | fusal, as the committee would have it,
 would show such incompetency that
 they would be relieved, for time at
 least, of the charge of the offspring We can imagine what a stir such a
 proposal for the schools in New Haven
 would bring in its wake.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
SOUTH DAKoTA,s DIVORCE NULL.

The divorce mill of South Dakota grinds steadily on, and the people of South Dakota even figure that it is grinding profitably for their beloved State A careful computation for the year 1907 is given as follows; Total divorces 552, of which 320 were to non-residents. Each nonresident must claim a residence for six months. EX- penses of living, setting up and main taining residence, s200 per month. Ad- ditonal allowance for attorneys fees and court costs and incidentals for the entire term is $500, Total expense per person, s1,500. Total for the lot, $780, 000. At this rate it is figured that tho State has made during the last ten years about s5,Oo0,OO0 out of the di- vorce business.
 We don't know just how much State pride" there is in South Dakota over this showing If there is much it indicates that South Dakota is just about what her divorce mill indicates she is. There was a time when Con- nectiout was somewhat celebrated as a State of easy divorce, but she never had such popularity and profit in the business as South Dakota And if she had she never would have pointed to them with pride. She isn't at all proud of the way her own residents arc using the divorce courts now
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paid for in bonds. This will leave sZe,- OOO, ,0OO for radiating roads from mar ket towns, ss,OOO, 900 of which have already been spent in building these radiating roads.
 The plan also provides for the crea- ton of a State Highway department consisting of three commissioners to he appointed by the governor, ana lol county or district superintendents nav ing charge of small areas. This LOOKS promising and in time it will be possi- ble to go from Connecticut into New York without getting off good roau'
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
Little Timber to Be Left.
lrhe Rnfaln Exnress. l

ne Bultalo EXnreSSl
 In view of the constantly increasing drain upon the forests. the question bf how long they can stand 1t becomes pressingly pertinent. No exact answer can he given, but ii can he approxi- mated. To begin with. the estimates of the forest area of the United States run from 500, ,00o, oO0 10 790, o0o. .oo0 acres The annual growth may be es- tmared at from 30000, ,600,0l0 feet to i2. .0G0, ,000.00) feet. Considering all drains upon our forests. the annual consumption of wood is put down as probably three times the annua growth. How long before we will have no more timber to cut if we proceed as we have in the last Few years is problematical I. The government experts estimate that anywhere from fourteen to twenty three years will see us with little tim Der left
 These figures emphasize the assertion that. even should policy of strict pro- teetion and intelligent reforestration he followed we shall soon have to look to other sources of supply than our own.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
A PEACEFUL PLAN.

Tall oaks from little acorns grow, and Dr Wilson L. Gill of Stamford Tn this State has got big oak growing from a little acorn. Dr. Gill IS presl- dent of the Universal Peace league, and he has plan to help establish universal peace through international correspondence He would have corre- spondence carried on between children of the public schools of the United States and children of the schools In other countries, with the object of pro- ducing a better acquaintance among the people of the earth. Such acquaint- ance. it is believed, would in the fu- ture be of value in preventing interna- tional disputes It is proposed to begin with correspondence between school children of Stamford and pupils of the normal college of Tokio, Japan.
 How really useful in keeping people peaceful such correspondence will be may be questioned, but it will be inter- esting and may lead to some good re- suits It certainly wont do children of Stamford and Tokio any harm to get acquainted by writing, and it Is pretty certain that the Stamford children
 wont be able to beat the Tokio chil- dren in courtesy.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
Admiral ParcEorfc.

o I'm the Medico- Admirella I And | rule the big Navee. Whenever the ocean gins to swell, Or kick up a nervous sea. l give if a dose of castor oil Done up in big fat pill; And all of the beastly mad turmoil Is calm as a mountain Till When out in the briny wet I go. And meet with an arctic blast That covers with ice and sleety snow The main and the mizzen mast l give the vessel a gingerade To keep her quite free from chllis, And soak her keel in a mixture made Of caraway seeds and squills. Whenever my good ship springs a leak By giving her nose a bump. 1 pipe the crew with my siren squeak To handle the stomachpump; And when the water is baled away. As dry as a big bass drum, I stop the hole with tourniquet And plaster of capiscum- Ia case of a war with old Japan I'll wallop the foe on sight For l have strictly novel plan For winning a naval fight. I'll load all my guns with capsules
 filled
 With gallons of opiates Nnlcn nred by markSmeh brave anu
 skilled
 The focman asphyxiates. And when he's thoroughly etherized. And lying around in heaps. I'll board the vessels I've thus sur
 prised.
 And while the enemy sleeps With my trusty knife I'll operate In fashion both skilled and neat; And both of his legs I'll amputate, Thus cutting off his retreat. So heres to the good ship lpecac And heres t6 her Admirell; The finest bottle-ship in the pack fwixt York and Los Angell With her druggist mate and her clinic
 crew.
 What batter bid craft than she To lead the cruise through the damp
 and ooze
 or the dep and surgeon sea?
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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
GER MS.

man gives his grandfather the blame for his failings and himself the credit for his grandchildren good looks.-New York Press.
 Here, Fritz, go get me pint of beer"
 I'm going too. papa" All right. Lizzie If you are both go- ing bring quart "--Fliegende Blatter
 Professional Faster-I should like to undertake 2 fast of four weeks in this show of yours. How much will you pay me?
 showman-I cant give you any sal ary. but will pay for your keep Fliegende Blatter (Munich).
 Now, John" said the billionaires s sister
 "Well?"
 When the rector asks if you take thls woman to be your welded wife, please don { say there's no truth in the runior Washington Herald.
 '1 would like to engage an optimistic cook. began Mrs. Maitron.
 "i don't quite understand said the employment agent.
 "ili be more explicit" replied Mrs Maitron I want q cook who makes the best of things. -Harper's Weekly.
 Dusty Dan-Sometimes wish could stop riding fast freights and ride in a first-ciass passenger coach
 Wintry Walter-Well vou don't know when you are well off, par,l Why. in each passenger coach der is an ax and saw to remind you of q woodpile.-Chicag News.
 They say that laziness is caused by a germ What a fine thing it would be if we could find something to kill the thing"
 .,n5, mn lrnou- So,,,ot l,5,,r f-. than that. Think how much nicer if would be if we could all find some way to gratify it.'-The Hebrew Standard
 Here you," growled the cranky man in the reading room, you've been snoring horribly.
 Ugh, hey2" gurgled the drowsy one "If you only kept your mouth shut,Y
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
SHARPNESS.

Mir. Kiplngs counsel to the young mon of Maglll university not to b. smart will be generally noticed, as any thing that MT. Kipling says or writes is apt to be. It Is good counsel for young men who are studying any where. Life is serious business and should be seriously carried on. It is often easier and more pleasant to be smart than sound and serious, and voung men are often tempted to walk in the easier and more pleasant paths But they should be taught better and as far as possible, given the right idea We have noticed that the Japanese young men who come to this country to study are not given to smartness They seem to know what they are here for and what 1t means to them and their country to be here. Awhile ago one of them studying at Yale was ask ed by the instructor who noticed his thoroughness how much time he had spent on certain point and his reply was sixteen hours" That young man will probably justify his education Not all the native young men take a just and wise view of their privileges. op- portunities and missions Some of them arc even smart But it is probable that during the last few years in this coun- try there has been an increasing ap- prehension of the real meaning of ed ucation
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Protect the Investors.
(rhe Wall street Journal.D

(The Wall Street JournaD
 There are numerous societies for the protection of this or that interest. Even animals have powerful associations to look after their welfare. Is it not time for an American Society for the Pro lection of Investors?' Such a society, We take 1t, would undertake to defend investors alike against the manipula- tive schemes of dishonest promoters and spectators and against the con- fiscatory policies of political dema- gogues.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
Within Bounds,
Ispringhcld Republican,

t''fi'h " 'NN R"''ii~''''t
 IL is within the bounds of reason. therefore to affirm that Bryan is like ly to poll as large vote in November as any Democrat who could he nomin- ated. Personally, he has now certain factors in his favor which were much less potent in 1896 and 1900. His per sonalitv is more salient and impress sive and commanding than in those years. II fig an extraordinary tribute to hls personal power that he has sur vived his past defeats and to-day has a larger personal influence. party lines aside, than any Democrat now active in our public affairs.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

The number of children's playgrounds is increasing rapidly in many cllles. Recent figures covering twenty-tour cities of between 25,Oo0 and Soo,Ooo pop ulation show there has been ln two years an increase of ninety-four per cent. in school playgrounds and total increase of all kinds of playgrounas of fifty-f four per cent. in that period
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

According to NIT. Abraham. the best telephone does not transmit to part of the energy which it receives from the line. Isn't the ear lucky?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Governor Hughes is man wno talks straight. He assured some woman suffragists who called on nm that anything that is right must pee vail
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

While it is estimated that there are in British Columbia approximately l5Q.OO0 GOO acres of timber lands re maining unsold and unleased, 1t IS also true that so far 6.50),00o acres, com prising the most valuable and accessi- ble portions of the whole, have all ready been staked and generally are in possession of non-residents, mostly Americans. or syndicates backed by American capital.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

The distinguished singer who has declared that Boston is the most pleasant city in the world has proba- bly never seen New Haven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Coffee was first produced in Arabia early in the fifteenth century. It is now produced in some restaurants when ordered.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24
SAYINGS AND DOINGs.

The Atchison Glote has discovered that nothing makes business man any madder than to see a man who owe him drunk
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

Farming is usually called a pretty peaceful and peaceable occupation, but dozen farmers in the neighborhood or Versailles, Kentucky have received written orders not to grow any tobacco this year. Each envelope contained cartridge and match. Ono of the let ters ended thus: We warn you now to sign the pledge and quit talking about us or take the consequences as sure as Hell by order of acting com mittee."
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

went on the cranky one, you wouldn't make so much noise"
 Neither would you" replied the oth- Philadelphia Inquirer
 Yes" said Miss Jiltham, he was an old flame of mine, And when you told him l was to be married next week, did he seem sorry?"
 Yes. he admitted that he felt very sorry" replied Miss Gabbie.
 bid he, really?"
 Yves. although he said he didn't know your fiance personally. The Catholic Standard and Times.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

The movement in Germany towards the re-establishment of the whipping post was the subject of an address re- gently delivered in the House of Depu- ties by Representative Strosser, who spoke in favor of the lash for male factors" His remarks says the Berliner Tageblatt were loudly ap- plauded by the members of his party, and we doubt not that these Prussian Tories if they had the power would give us new punishment law in which whipping would play promin- ent part. Corporal punishment the pllory and branding, all these remind- CTS of the fifteenth and sixteenth cen- turies. would be resurrected and the knout would again occupy a place If honor in our correction institutions"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

France has an organization of one legged men. It also has organizations of one-idea men.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

One of the curious farms" in the country is conducted by Miss Abby Lathrop of Granby, Mass. She has q little place up among the hills where she raises mice, weasels, ferrets rabbits, guinea pigs and water rats. She has in her charge. all told, about 2,500 ami mals. and her enterprise has been a success She has a good market for rabbits and guinea pigs at medical col : leges, where they arc wanted for V1vi- section purposes. In one week she sold as many as 525 rats.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

"Aler?" said Senator Hopkins of a colleague the other day Why, he is as alert and clever as the Aurora bridegroom You know how bride grooms setting off on the honeymoon have a way of forgetting their brides and buying tickets only for them selves? Well, that is what this bride groom did in Aurora. And when his wife said to him. Why, you only bought one ticket. dear he answered readily: By love, I never thought of myself"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-24

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar a Year.