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The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Miss Anna Non Hacht of West Main street was a recent visitor in New Ha- ven. where her sister is a nurse in pr. B. Austin Cheney's private hospital on Whitney avenue
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Walter Hill entertained the mem bers of the Home club pool team at his home at Short Beach on Monday evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

A very pleasant party was held at the home of little Edith Van Sickles at Morris Cove, she having entertained about forty of her young friends. Games were played during the after noon and supper was served.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Mfr, and Mrs George Fields Of gun nipisc avenue are entertainment MT. and Mrs Edward Thompson Of Tren- ton.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Mrs. Rebecca Chambers, who has been visiting in Newark, will return to-day to visit with her sister. Mrs. Julia Gamsby of Elm street, before returning to her home in Springfield.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Miss Lauretta Babcock spent Sun day with relatives in Cheshire.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The Milford friends of Mrs. Anna Downes of Bridgeport will regret to learn that she is seriously i'll at her home.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Fannie l. Shute has bought of Helen B. Langdon. a lot with frontage of 100 feet at Morris Cove
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Rev. Earl Kenyon of St. Paul's church in Bridgeport will preach in St Peters church on Thursday even ing. The Lenten tea was held in the parish house this afternoon, after the regular weekly meeting of the ladies guild.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

At the meeting of the Congregational club held at Pilgrim church Monday evening it was announced that with the two applications for membership, the membership would reach 199, which is within one of the limit.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The store of Benjamin Zemelsky at Stony Creek was totally destroyed by fire carly this morning. The building and business were those formerly owned and conducted by Frederick l.. Jackson.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The Sunshine society will meet in the parish house on Friday afternoon directly after school The Junior league in the chapel of the Methodist church on Friday afternoon
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Adele c. Baldwin has purchased of Charles +. Rogers, lot fronting y feet in Atwater street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
CRAWFORD.

Special Journnl-Ccurier News Seryice)
 Branford. March 1S.-James H. Barker, administrator of the estate of the late Fidelia Pond, has made application for authority to sell cer- tain real estate belonging to said es- tate. The hearing on the same will he held Saturday. March 2S.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

At the home of Miss Marion Hughes of Forbes avenue Tuesday evening the members of the Ahweenoe club gave a St Patrick's day party to the neigh boring boys. The young hostesses were all dressed in white trimmed with green The favors to the boys were twigs of shamrock and small pipes, with green bows.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
News of Nei&hborin& Places

Christ church. Guilford, tomorrow evening
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Mfr. and Mrs. Charles Sherwood Miss Harriste Curtiss of Milford) are living in Bridgeport at Courtland Terrace
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Harold Wheeler of West End Is confined to his home by a severe cold.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

per in the parish rooms at the church this evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The Ladies' auxiliary A. o. H.. will meet tomorrow evening at the Tenn perance hall.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Some of the belated St. Patrick's day cards came through the mails yester- day and were delivered by the local carriers These souvenirs were in much larger volume this year than ever be- fore.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

4 daughter was born this morning to MT. and Mrs. John s. Mansheld Of 707 Center street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The basketball game between Bat terv A and the Light Guards at the New Haven armory last evening re- suited in a tie-11 to IT.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Wallingford camp. NJ. W. of A. meets tomorrow evening at 256 Center street.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

pr. Benjamin Hall. of Seymour, 3 former resident of Branford, Was the guest of James R. Quinn yesterday
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The officers of B r Hosley com pany No 13. |. R., K. of P, were in- stalled by Colonel Osborn, of Bridge port. at Pythian hall this evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Former Selectman James H. Bar ker is in Vermont to purchase a cargo of seed potatoes,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Rev. George ". Barhydt, rector of Trinity church, will deliver the ser mon at a Lenten service to be held in
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The supreme court has handed down a decision in the suit of s. A. Criswold vs the town of Branford, reaffirming the judgment of the low CT court, which was for the defend- l ant
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19
Jndependcuts Won.

The score at the end of the first half in the second game between the Independents and Co. K at the armory tonight was to in favor of Co. K. This Is the first time the league team has had a lead over the Inde- pendents.
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 Left guard, Referee Mottram. Umpire, Wal lace. Timer, Gilbert.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

The Parish Aid society of the St. James P E. church will serve a SUD-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Clarence Lane has returned rom a trip through New York State.
 Rev. Joseph Beach of Chentu, China, delivered an interesting address at the Methodist Episcopal church this even ing on the missionary work in China. He was a roommate and classmate of Rev. A. G. Boynton. at Wesleyan, both graduating in the class of 1899.
 Box No. t4 corner Main and Center streets was rung in this evening at 7:45 as a test alarm by the fire chief and fire committee.
 Regular weekly drill of Company K at the armory Thursday evening.
 Rev. F. D. Buckley of Waterbury, preached at Saint Pauls Episcopal church this evening.
 Court Robert Wallace will hold a semi-monthly meeting at the Foresters' Lall tomorrow evening.
 4 mistake was made in the F. B. L, Carpet Bowling league report last night. The score should have been: Winchester council of New Haven 21 Wallingford council l5.
 Ivy lodge, K of P. meets tomorrow evening.
 Guild supper tomorrow evening al | St. Paurs church.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Clarence Lane has returned from a trip through New York State.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Mir. Cookc's Funeral. Rev. Henry Stone, pastor of the Ad-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Ivy lodge, K. of P, meets tomorrow evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Guild supper tomorrow evening al St Pauls church.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Court Robert Wallace will hold a semi-monthly meeting at the Foresters' Lall tomorrow evening.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-19

Rev. F. D. Buckley of Waterbury, preached at Saint Paul's Episcopal church this evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
POOLING A RATHER.

Some queer things happen in this
world when people are not looking
for them. Here. now. comes a story
of a mix-up between two Philadelphia
girls, a rattlesnake and a wad of
chewing gum. 1t shows how pres
ence of mind is sometimes as good as
absence of body. 1t seems that these
two girls were out at a rural resort
and while strolling in the woods came
Unexpectedly on a dangerous looking
rattler. Did they scream, faint or
take to their heels? Not bit of it,
though one or the other is what the
average girl would have done under
the circumstances.
But these two girls were not aver
age girls, so they acted differently.
One of them got hold of a long stick.
attached her liberal quid of gum to it
and held the tempting bait in front of
the RATHER. Just what kind Of psychic
influence governed the snakes actions
1t is impossible to say. Whether 1t
thought the gum was an enemy.
whether 1t thought a chew from the
mouth of a pretty girl must be a
dainty morsel. or whether 1t acted
through the inherent cussedness of
snakes, 1t is not possible to state. but
at any rate 1t made a vicious forward
lunge and took the wad in its mouth.
That's where 1t made mistake;
dropped-no, 1t didn't drop its gum;
that was just what 1t found itself an
able to do. When II took the lump
in its mouth the jaws closed on 1t and
the perfectly natural result was that
it's fangs and other teeth were soon
hopelessly embedded in the soft, sticky
stuff and it's throat choked with 1t.
While 1t was going through all sorts
of contortions and cutting all sorts of
didoes the girls very deliberately
walked off and left 1t. probably think
ing 1t was being punished enough.
Now, who but a feminine gum
chewer-and from Philadelphia at
that-would ever have thought of such
plan for scotching a deadly RATHER
Some women might have been brave
enough to tackle the reptile with a
club, but there's reason to doubt If
any but these two would ever have
thought of filling it's mouth with
sticky gum and leaving 1t to get rid
of 1t as best 1t could. If 1t succeeded
and recovered, the chances are that
the next time it sees a girl 1t will
either hike for the brush or keep its
mouth closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

art" and form" In all such pessi-
mfstio and sweeping talk. It has been
repeatedly said that modern music Is
not art" and 1t Ia not strange to hear
that political. social. psychological and
analytical novels are not art" But
is not the conception of fiction. OF
art" in fiction. undergoing a change?
Was not Shakespeare called a barbar-
ian by the strict artists of his day !?
Was not Ibsen told that his poetry was
not really poetry? II novelists claim
greater freedom. are they not justified
by the worlds interest in their treat
ment of the questions that earlier
novelists considered alien to ''art?"
AS to the alleged dulIness of modern
fiction, what will the admirers OF Mrs
Ward. Mrs. Wharton. of James, Of
Howells, of Conrad. Of Hewlett. of
Sinclair, of a score Of others, say
to the charse7 The general reader
finds plenty Of charm, of interest, Of
stimulation in tho higher branches Of
contemporary fiction an dis not he the
court of last resort? It is n safe guess
that a generation hence fiction will be
as vital and popular as 1t now is
which is saying good deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
AYHlWKER JOTS

We have met the enemy and we
are his H." announces George E. Tuck
er In the Eureka Herald
Kansas won't have to import school
teachers this year. The normal schools
are graduating 'em faster than Cupid
can shoot, suggests the Wichita Bea-
con.
An offer Of 81 a word, Bert Miller
thinks. might induce William Allen
White to contribute to literature a
chapter on Big Game I Have Taken
a Shot At"
Avis McPike, Of Atchison, says he
has never attended a wedding nor q
funeral Some day or other he will be
compelled to be present at one of the
latter through force of circumstances.
Every man." says Clark Conkling
of Lyons, "who voted the Republican
ticket at the primary is morally bound
to vote that ticket in November"
This. anyhow, is one theory. remarks
Charlie Blakesley.
Kansas has produced some great ad-
vertisers-Mrs. Lease, Carrie Nation.
Jerry Simpson, John J. Ingalls,, Will
Allen White. not to mention old man
Brown. whose soul goes marching on
and here 1 am, too advertising Kan
sas. It Is a wonderful state, well past
the pioneer stage, with a soil and cli-
mate, which produces a people that
makes the world sit up and take no
tice.'-Elbert Hubbard.
An Intoxicated man who was arrest
ed in Solomon recently refused to pay
his fine on the plea that If the officers
had been enforcing the law he could
not have bought any whisky to get
drunk on. Whereupon he was remov-
ed to the holdover and the officers OF
the law go on in the same old way
regardless Of the fact that the bibulous
man was right. says Charles Blakes-
ley.
A farmers wife," writing to the
Concordia Press. hurts few home
truths at the heads Of mere men. She
says: Most men seem to think hunt
ing eggs, after a hard days work. is
holy picnic, but I think by the time
they had crawled up two or three
loft ladders, tumbled head first into
half a dozen managers and spilled an
apron full Of eggs on the kitchen step
in their haste to extricate a tow-head-
ed 3-year-old from the sorgum barrel
they'd change their minds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
LONGING.

LONGING.
I am quite fond OF olives. dote on an
love charlotte russo. I adore mayon-
A toasted marshmallow my appetite
TN lunch upon an of them one Of these
Such q feast I've IMAGINED. some day
I'll be wealthy
And realize then what is now but .
And I mean to wind up. Just to show that
with a lovely 6is dish of delicious se.
I have Just read a novel-it's simply de-
! wish ]. could be in the hsroine's place;
Though the way that she suffered was
perfectly frightfal.
7" save her Door father from shame
l should like a nice hero mysslf-an
He'd take me to .lunch-and how sweet
I would have stuffed tomatoes: nut salad
And then he could buy me some lovely
ice cream.
That don't get enough Is the worst Of
In summertime. too. It is harder to
bear:
But YOU only tsst wait TIL they let down
A tuck or two moro. and put up my
hair.
I shall have my adorers as soon as am
And on one ana all I'll imparially beam
If they'll ask me to sit at a marble
topped table
And beg and implore me to have some
-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
QUAKER MEDTrATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many q chaperons II matchmaker
in disguise.
Many a girl would rather be q rich
mans widow than his wife.
The pull that keeps a man out Of
Jail isn't going to get him into heaven.
IT sometimes seems as though the
fool killer had given up his Job in dis
gust.
If a man doesn't want to be forgot
ten all he has to do Is not to pay his
debts.
The bad boy who goes fishing on
Sunday deserves to be caught. So do
the fish.
The man who takes a postgraduate
course In love must pay his tuition fee
In alimony.
Some people are SO tender-hearted
that they wouldn't even hit q pill
low when II is down.
The foreign nobleman has his air
castles and is generally looking for an
heiress to go with them.
Nell-'In her selfishness she Is apt
to cut on her nose to spite her face"
Belle-"Yes. she's 30 selfish she even
wants . whole hammock to hsrsslf."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
is FICTION DECIdNINCp

According to New York literary
journal. leading American publish
err who has always had a fair number
of first-rate and successful novels on
his lists of new books has decided
this year to exclude fiction altogether
from his plans for the coming season.
He holds that as an art fiction Is near
ing exhaustion and death, and that
not only the discriminating public but
the novelists themselves are conscious
of this remarkable fact.
The publisher is quoted as saying
that the trouble is not, as some have
thought. with the material available.
Life is rich and full of possible plots,
and, as a matter of fact, novelists new
er had as much to say as they have
just now. Only, they have never said
it so DULY and inartistically," and,
therefore, readers will weary of So
Geological treatises In the form of nov
els, of psychological analysis, of elm
ical realism and minute description,
and give up the modern novel entire
ly.
In other words, fiction as an "art
form is in a decadent state and
doomed to extinction. This agrees
with the equally gloomy and semi
philosophical. "evolutional' view
which French critic put forward
some time ago. No art form. he said,
was permanent. The essay Is prac-
| tically dead. although futile attempts
are occasionally made to revive it; the
sonnet is dead: the poetic drama is
| dead. What reason is there. then, for
his own part. he did not hesitate to
predict its early disappearance He
contends that method, restraint, form
beauty, respect for tradition and a
variety of other things have been dis
carded by the novelists. an9 that their
work, with few exceptions is chaotic
and nondescript, containing a little OF
everything but hardly anything thai
can be called art
! Much depends on the definition OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
A SATURDAY SERMON.
Why is thy spirit so sad, Kings. xx1:


1t was an observant and wise old
philosopher who said that II we begin
life with the discovery that all good
things are dull we are apt to end it in
believing that all dull things are good
There is no merit in melancholy.
On the contrary a grave man Is
merely endured, a sorrowful man is
only pitied and a morose character is
detested. No one thinks 1t necessary
to look upon a melancholy disposition
as meritorious. 1t is regarded as a
nuisance.
Why, then, should we think that we
are promoting our interests in this
world or commencing ourselves for
the next by an exhibit of solemnity?
And yet intense solemnity is about the
only morality or religion in a large
part of mankind.
over in Paris there is being estab-
lished a school for the teaching of
humor. There may be a question as
to the quality of the humor which
will be developed in this way. But any
good nature or attempt at 1t, however
far short of the real article, is better
than melancholy.
Cheer up! Nature has made a
sense of humor a distinctive mark of
humanity. Man is the only animal
that laughs. The dog that smiles by
wagging his tail and would laugh if
he could, has a better nature than the
man so melancholy that he could not
laugh If he would.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison GIobe.1

The enthusiasm woman has for
flowers. a man has for plug tobacco.
When a man walks along the street
between two women, he has every ap-
pearance of being under arrest.
If baby will miss her" when she
goes out of the room, a woman is con-
tent to give up all her time to taking
care of 1t.
You may think you have a great
many friends; how many would stick
to you, and care for you, II you had
smallpox? One?
Married women always look pity
fngly at old maids, and the old maids
look as though they could cry over the
troubles Of the married women.
A girl takes a satisfaction in dec
Grating a church for a wedding that
when she is 80 years older. she finds
in arranging the chairs for funeral.
You will observe that the man who
talks a good deal about the rights of
free speech doesn't take advantage
of it in passing out compliments.
When a girl has visiting girl. she
may neglect her company scandalous-
ly. She may not provide any amuse-
neglect to take the visiting girl down
town on parade. but there Is one thing
she never fails to do: Try to coax the
visiting girl to overstay the time set
to go home.
1t happened Once upon a time that
A man who Felt that he Was of No
use in the World, decided to commit
Suicide. "I will HE home" he Said,
land There kill myself. 1 am of No
Use to anybody, and 1t will Be best
So he HE'D home, and found bis Wife
gone. II will Cut my throat" he said.
and hunted up The butcher-knife.
But he slashed and hacked And
Slashed his throat. and the knife was
So dull, he couldn't penetrate His
skin. Then he tried The bread knife.
and 1t was Duller than the butcher
Knife. ct will hit myself on The head
with the axe" he said, but he Look
ed and Looked, and couldn't find the
axe. Finally He found the handle,
but the head was Lost. II will try
the Scissors" he said. but after He
found the Scissors couldn't Cut thread,
he had to give 1t up. Then Bright
Thought struck him: He would be-
come of some use to the family by
Sharpening the knives and scissorsi
He did SO. and is Now loved More than
Most men. And his wife. with knives
that will Cut, and scissors Sharp
enough to cut Thread, II the happiest
woman In Her neighborhcod,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the easiest ways to catch a
mans eye is to use an umbrella.
X
The man who owns an automobile
soon becomes accustomed to taking
long walks.
Many a man spurns q bride because
he thinks the services demanded are
worth double what he is offered.
y 4
A man who admits to having been
in Jail on several occasions certainly
has the courage of his convictions.
\ y y
It's generally possible to tell when
a man Is trying to do an odd job
about the house from the language he
uses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
How to Subdue q Rooster.

Rubber tires for trolley cars, muz-
zles for Growing ROSTERS. and mufi1ers
for automobile horns were discussed at
the meeting of the Montclair town
council last night. when a long petition
asking that the noisy ROSTERS. ducks.
and geese of the town be suppressed
was presented.
Chief Of Police Harry Gallagher re-
ceived a communication today from a
man at Beverly, Mass, who wishes to
aid the antinoiSe crusade. He told the
chief that sure way to stop the
roosters from Growing Is to place them
on roosts that will not allow them to
stand upright in their coops. He says
that ROSTERS cannot crow when COM
pelled to stand in a crouching position.
-Mountclair IN. j. Dispatch to New
York Timea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers ~ the State journal
away during the summer may bav.
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address ut the rate OF ten cents
q week or thirty cents a month tby
mail only, Address changed as often
as desired. While ont OF town the
State Journal win be to you like q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-15

to held me oop. Right now I am skimp-
ly yelping for a boss, getting him iss a
vorserest chob 1 efer vendt
opagensd."
From which you see, Looie, dot a
chob is nod always a chob, und vot
is nod, ISIS yer very frequency i'd.
Hoping I make dis plain. Looie, will
close. Els efer, but a week older.
HANS.
Der attention uf Perfesser Cram
bine. poor feed inspector. iss respect
lessly called to recendt item uf
noos, headed: Esperanto ISIS Gaming"
Der perfesser is requested to add to
uf poor lakwich. (Oferlooking, uf
course. dis colum, vich iss egzempt.)
To Misder Bryan: Veil, now dot
you know i'd. vot iss you going to did
aboudt it?
Der richus indignation UT some
Southern noos papers ofer der per-
secution of Misder Stamey, ut To-
peka, iss der resuldt uf misapprehen-
sion. Misder Stamey vos NOD ar
rested fer shooting niggeros Id vas
fer missing dem.
Misder Green thinks he will raise der
taxes. but der public should be calm,
und not break into violence. An UNI
crease in taxes will nod amoundt to
much between now and negst spring.
Turkey will adopt der Russian form
of selfuf guffermendt-vich means
dot INSTEAD or using q axe, der
Sulting will use knout.