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The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-20
THE MORNING COURIER THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2o 1908

iday at the University. Fence fights there have been on that day to be sure, many of them, but the low brows behind their desks in the reel tation rooms have piled their ques- tions none the less, strenuously than on other days What will be the result this year may be best foretold or sug- gested by witticism in the current is sue of the Yale Record, in which two collegians are made to converse very much as follows: Well, are you going to get in the rush Saturday morning, Bill ?' Bill-"Whieh rush? The one at the fence or the one to the trains. v The weekly rush of the Yale men to get out of town is indeed reaching alarming proportions when the his- toric fence rush itself is in danger of extinction simply because Washing tons Birthday happens to fall this year upon Saturday.
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Editors md Housewives.
CThe Baltimore sun.)

(The Baltimore Sun.)
 A contemporary notes the fact that in forty eight years no editor has been a patient at the Cincinnati Longview Hospital, and draws the inference that editors are a hardy and robust race. exempt from the Ills that befall the average man. Whether such an infer- ence IS justltiablc or whether the fact is open to explanation on some other basis we do not undertake to say.
 One thing that the. statistics of Long view do show clearly enough, however, is the hard lot of the housewives. of whom 2.i59 were treated in the forty eight years under notice This number is nearly double the number of any other class Of patients, and nearly four times the number of domestic servants and seven times the number of farmers The hard conditions of lie for the housekt eper merit the attention of lawgivers and discrlminative wielders of the big stick. Her hardshlps far exceed those of railway passengers and shippers, and they arc not frightened by the volcanic phrases of Presidential messages. The surgical operations and mortuary lists of our innumerable hos pitals tell of the many vanquished in the domestic battle in the worrying daily round of housekeeping work car ing for children, etc. The ''fliad of the matrons woes lacks it's Homer.
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STREET CAR ADAGES,

There is more truth than poetry in
 some of the latter-day adages which
 are being sandwiched in between
 the soap, paint, dry goods and other ads in the trolley cars of New Haven
 just at present Their ultimate purpose is a little shrouded in mystery since their advertising value cannot even be guessed at. Could it be foreseen. then if would be out of place ta draw attention to them in any such method as this. At any rate, there they are. staring us in the face every day with simple words of winged wisdom upon their face It may be that the firm that handles the advertising simply wants to draw attention to it's custom CTS ads generally; il may be that we will learn in the course of a week or two that Mothers Beans Beat Bos- tons. sold only in sealed cans. Ali present they have considerable publi, attention simply because their a,lages are so homely and. what is more. ars so full of truth Some of t.em read. ''The man who cannot take time fol
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ONE OF BosToN's GOOD THINGS.

Boston has a lot ot good things, though it's heavy debt can hardly be called good thing. except by those ingenious minded ones who call a defi- cit better than surplus, One of the good things 1t has is Work Horse Parade Association, which has been very useful, and is planning to increase was first organized it's main object was to benefit the work horse. The parades proved successful, and last year the association decided to extend it's work by adding stable competi- tion, arguing that it was of as much importance that the work horse he made comfortable in his hours of rest as it was that he should when at work about the streets. This proved a success, and this season the number of entries in the stable competition is much larger than last year. Another new feature is a series of ire. lec- lures on subjects related to the care of horses, including stable manage ment, care of the feet, shoeing. driving and treatment of diseases These lec- turt are especially intended for driv- CTS, grooms, stable foremen and own CTS of work horses In order ;o im- prove the condition of tho poorer class of horses the association has appoint cd permanent agent. whose duties will be to advise poor or ignorant own ers in matters pertaining to the care of their horses. In deserving cases aid will he extended by the association.
 Perhaps just now suffering human beings in Boston need as much atten- tion as suffering work-horscs, bui there can be no doubt that the work horses need much, and that the work of the Boston Work-Horse Parade As. sociation is a beneficent ore.
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He struggled down the slippery street. He had hard work to keep his feet He struck a very icy spot. He looked for help. He found it not His heels went up, and he went down The shock it simply jared the town
 And everybody laughed! She started to take up the fish That she had fried; reached for the
 dish
 We were all standing idly round Watching the fish, so deftly brown
 ed)-
 II fell and smashed upon the spot
 And everybody laughed! He started down the subway stairs When something caught him unawares. He stubbed his toe. or caught his heel, Or slipped up on an orange peel He turned somersault, and thumpl He landed with an awful bump
 And everybody laughed! The bald man suffered with nyl The umpire got bined in the eye; The lady left the open car The wrong way to--Ta-ra-r -RAH! The judge went by, with stately tread A snow-slide squashed upon his head
 And everybody laughed! Now, please. will some one tell me why We laugh at times as if we'd die, When people suffer pain and grief? Why. should laugh give us relief? Tn short, when evsrything's awry VIII some one kindly tell me why
 Should everybody laugh?
 The Somercille Journal.
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spoiIs and the Census.

(The Springfield Republican,
 But the demoralization and loss to the government and the people from the Judgment of the spells system in the Census office do not stop there. Persons admitted to census work under a farcical examination or none at all arc likely afterward to secure transfer to other and reformed branches of the Federal service. and so ii is that once in ten years the Congressional spoils men are able 10 rush large drove of their political proteges within the folds of the classified service through the gap in the fences of the merit system left by the Census Bureau. Let us see to 1t that they are al last compelled to close un that opening also. Fortunate ly, we now have President who is alive to the spells evil and strong and courageous in his fight against it. He should. and probably will veto any census bill not providing for com petitive selection of persons to take the next decennial enumeration.
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Bright Prospects.

tThe Charleston News and Courier.l
 In the West, the crops have been large and the actual wealth has been abundant. The South has been and Is in the same strong position. The cot ton growers have been forced to be more economical than usual in their expenditures during the winter with the consequence that there is more cotton and more money in sight now than at corresponding period in any previous year. Sales of cotton by the farmers will he distributed throughout the months until the new crop Is ready for harvest and the prosperity of our section of the country will be on an uncommonly firm basis. We look for an unusually active spring in trade cir cles. Better markets for cotton goods must result. and the artificial depres- sion from which we have all suffered for four months will rapidly vanish
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AN UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANT.

The Maryland legislature has hoti- fled the German carp that lnhapi'' ol infest, the waters of Maryland that they must die. The carp is charged m Maryland, as he has been elsewhere with feeding on the spawn of the black bass and the spawn of other good 1lsh.
 There was time when the German carp was thought to be a most deslr- able immigrant When the United States Fish Commission brought 1t to this country it was said to have about all the good qualities that good flsh could carry without caving in It was declared to be hardy, perfectly at home in any climate or water, and given to rapid reproduction. Farmers were ad- vised to provide themselves with small ponds for its propagation In this way an admirable and very cheap food supply was to be always on hand
 flor the carp was said to bite in Win ter just as greedily as in summer. Last, but not least, the fish was pro- claimed delight to sportsmen. But distance and scientific enthusiasm lent enchantment to the view When the carp got to living and thriving here it was soon found that he was most undesirable immigrant There is no fun in catching him, none in eating him. and none in seeing him eXterminate his betters. So he has been doomed in States where he is known and despised, and now Maryland has joined his enc
 mics If he could make complaint he would have just one against the United States Fish commission. which
 took him from his native land only to introduce him to hostility and death
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EXODUS EXPECTED SATURDAY.

There will be thousands of weary clerks in the department stores who will appreciate the decision just reach- ed by their employers, after a union conference, to close their doors all day Saturday, which will be Washington's birthday. Even the fact that they will have to remain until 10 o'clock on Fri day night will in no way make their joy the less It amounts to the same as holiday of equal length with an or dinary days length, for the clerks would have had to work Saturday evening if it had not happened that the historic boy who is said to have chopped down the cherry tree, was born on the twenty-second of this month. They will now get two days away from the humdrum of the counters, Saturday and Sunday. for all of which they will be very thankful. I It does seem as if Washington Birthday, next to the Fourth of July, l is the one day of all the purely patri- otic holidays when there should be as l general cessation of work as condi- tious will permif
 Washingtcnr Birthday has never
 occn, at least not of late years. d hol.
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CONTINUOUS.

Ethel-IIave you heard of Jacks en- gagement to Eleanor?
 harold-Dear me, No. Then Jack has finally succeeded?
 EtheiINo; succumbed.-London Tat Ter.
 George is very brave. He went right into papa's office. and said, I want to marry your daughter
 And what did your father say?"
 He said, Good Which oneg''- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Madge-''When you got proposal from rich man why didn't you ac- cept him at once?'
 Dolly-'I thought it would be more prudent to wait till | saw how he weathered the panic. Brooklyn Life.
 My daughter" said Mrs Nexdore. "is positively delighted with her new pi- ano. Shes quite familiar. you know. with all the classical composers"
 Familiar, exclaimed Mrs. Pepprev why. she's positively flippant. ."-Phill adelphia Press.
 Miss Elder-Tm having just the love- Hest gown made. It's tan cloth with old rose trimming Don't you think that will be becoming?
 Miss Chellus-Yes, the old rose will be especially appropriate for you.- Philadelphia Press.
 Mrs Cialloupe-"Be sure and come, Mr. Gibble I promise you you shall meet, oh. quite a number of pretty women
 Gibble-'How can l refuse you. my dear madam? It will not he for the pretty women, however but for you that I shall come. Town and Country.
 You must not think that the mere possession of great wealth makes you man of consequence.
 You needn't have said that" an- swered MT. Cumrox. Mother and the girls let me understand it every time we give party y"-Washington Star.
 NIT. Morse was approaching these shores This is my own. my native land he murmured
 That's what 1 want to see you about. remarked the deputy sheriff in the tugboat. We've discovered a flaw ] in your title Philadelphia Public i Ledger.
 Your child undoubtedly has chick ] en pox says the attending physician.
 And why does she have continual chills with it? Is not that unusual? asks the parent ''We1l--ah-no doubt il is q new ' manifestation of our changing condi-
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THE SAFEST WAY.

Governor Folk of Missouri has made the discovery that everybody who is earnest and honest in doing public duty is bound to make. Experience has taught him that the reforming ex- ecutive may count on "a friendly look here and there" There come times, however, when he finds himself fair ly surrounded by wall of hostile in- fluences." What can he do then? He should prefer to have the approval of his own conscience" says Governor Folk, and having that he can hold on.
 Of course a mans conscience doesn't always notify him when his judgment is unsound. but it is as safe guide as there is. Ii can often be safely fol- lowed when the judgment is perplexed. The knowledge of right and wrong is pretty general and pretty easily attain able And an honest executive officer can usually be pretty sure that his knowledge of right and wrong is as likely to be accurate as that of those who are busily and insistently telling him about their knowledge of right and wrong.
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It is again going % be proved that the world is round and goes around This will help restore confidence.
NURSING THE NURSES.

The very suggestion of trained nurses brings to the mind of the aver age person, who has experienced criti- cal sicknesses in the home, the one thought of exorbitant salaries. It is quite possibly true that the public gen orally does not realize that these young women who come into its homes any means, and that the cheerfulness and hopefulness which they have to assume at all times during their work come only by pure physical exertion. When they know their patient has no hope for life and when all about them in the family circle are Respondent because they cannot but see the inevi- table end that is surely coming for their dear one, then the nurse has to call on her reserve force and cheer them all To say that the nurses see .kO Ol SiChlltSS lidt tIltN get hardened to its attendant scenes is not so, for it can easily be seen that the nurse who cannot sympathize with her patient and her patients dear ones does not have the first requisites for her chosen profession.
 There is another element in the nurses life. the matter of personal danger. Too seldom does the public realize that the nurse who takes charge of a contagious case does so only al the peril of her own life Aside from pay ing her for her knowledge and train ing, and for her expenditure of nerve force. aside from remunerating her for the weeks during the year when she i. unable or unfitted for her activities a nurse, it would seem that her utter disregard for self in contagious eases were worthy of any rasonable re- muneration. At present in New Haver
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Thursdny, February 20, 1908.
PEOPLES CHORAL UNION.

If the city of New Haven is not al- ready qualified to submit its right to, be ranked among the major centers of the country from the musical point of view it has but short distance to travel. Within a week the music lov- CTS of the city and the surrounding country have had the treat of listen ing to the New York symphony or- chestra under the leadership of Wal ter Damrosch, to the singing of Nor dica and to the best of the concerts given by the New Haven Symphony or chestra under the conductorship of Professor Barker of Yale University It may be doubted if there is another city in the country of the size of this city that could be brought with the same enthusiasm to the support of so many ambitious musical undertakings within the same time.
 We are soon to have Italian opera given by local talent under local di- rection, which will add another feath- CT to the already well supplied cap. This evening the Peoples Choral Un- ion will render Haydn's Creation at Woolsey Hall under the capable direc- tion of William F. Haesche. The solo, tsts will be Miss Rabold, Miss Walker, Ericsson Bushnell and Wellman Rejger, four singers whose claims to recognition are accepted here at their face value. The Union consists of 250 picked voices from among the musical people of the city. and 1t will do it's work to the accompaniment of New Haven orchestra of SO The great Yale organ will be used, with Harry Jepson at the keys, while capable perform CT will preside at the piano, details which of themselves tell the story of the organized determination of the Union to lead in concerts of this high character
 The Union deserves the hearty sup port of the people of New Haven. In some respects it gets nearer to the hearts of the people than any of the local musical organizations because it's ranks are recruited from the people of the city, using that expression in it's most significant sense. For that reason 1t represents more nearly the musical standard of the city as a whole. This is quite enough in itself to justify New Haven holding it's head high where the conversation turns, not boastfully but convincingly, upon musi- cal culture. We anticipate the success ] of the evening by congratulating the society up, what cannot fail to meet the expectations of its officers and members
The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-20
THE GOOD TIME COMING,

Those who are looking for cheering signs of the times find one in our in- creasing exports. The figures show for the seven months of the fiscal year. from July l, 1907, to January 31. 1908, an excess of exports of s431.- 500,0O0, or s11,500.000 more than in the same period of last year and the largest trade balance for the period since 1901, and it is within s12,000, 900 of that record year in our exports ex- cess If this should continue we should have by the end of the fiscal year a trade balance of from s7O0, 900, ooO to $500, 900, ,OOO
 Big figures, big country Of course nothing that has happened, or seems likely to happen, can keep such a country down long. When our S7, ,000,- 900, 000 crop begins to show itself that will add greatly to the feeling of en- couragement which is prevalent and we shall soon be well on the road to more prosperity and perhaps another notification that we need better eur. rency system.
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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Public Conscience snd Party Lines.

cfhe Washington CD. O 'Herald)
 As the public conscience knows no party lines, nor do crime and corrup- ton, the demand for reform has not taken on partisan aspect. It comes up from the masses of the people, and not from the ignorant masses. but from an intelligent electorate. It represents poses, not the glamor of the hour. This explains the great and undiminished popularity of both Roosevelt and Bry- an-two reformers who though widely differing in temperament and in many of their political ideals, have strangely 7 reached a common ground of opposi- tion to the forces of predatory wealth and corrupt politics, with the bulk ot the American people back of them.
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out-of-door recreation generally has to take time to be sick; Don't eAplaih your friends don't require it anu your enemies won't believe you any way; If you want work well done' select a busy man--the other hiilu has no time; and 'The man Who ID constantly looking for sympathy Ire quently needs kick Well-piaceu'
 That is all there is to read on them
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IMPORTANT TEST IN BRoCkTON.

Massachusetts isn't much more afraid of experiments which promise benefit for the people than New Iea- land is. So it was not surprisir g inat last year the Mass3chusetts legislature made a law authorizing sayinIS-banl, insurance. This insurance is now go- ing to be tried in Brockton, one of the great 'shoe towns" of Massachu- setts, and by the Peoples bank. of which ex-Governor William l.. Doug las is president The law provides for the establishment of insurance depart ments by savings banks which shall ls- sue insurance policies for small amounts. not over $500 (exclusive of dividends and proits), and make an- nuity contracts, for amounts not eX- ceeding s200 a year, subject to the same exception The premium pay ments are to be made at the office of the bank or other prescribed place monthly. Agents and house-to-house collectors, with their salaries and commissions, are thus eliminated, All profits of the insurance department of a bank after a certain surplus shall have been accumulated, are to be dis tributed equitably among the policy holders and annuitants No policy can he forfeited after six months premi- ums have been paid, each having a paid-up insurance or cash surrender value, at the option of the bank Fur thermore, no policy or contract car be issued except upon the life and fol the benefit of a resident of Massachu. setts.
 This looks sound and feasible enough
 and we shall soon know how 1t vii
 actually work. If 1t works well there will soon he a lot of it in Massachu. setts, and other States will be gettinf ready to initiate and improve on it.
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tions I might diagnose the case as cold-storage chicken pox x-Success Magazine.
 After having been seriously i'll for several weeks MT. Phist was de- clared to be out of danger.
 What's the use of getting well?" he groancd when the attending physician broke the news to him 'Tll have to pay your bill, and I know it'll be a mighty steep oneV'
 What of that. my friend?' sooth- ingly spoke the doctor. Think what 1t costs to die in this town"
 Mir. Tyte-Phist reflected a moment.
 That's so," he said, his voice grow ing stronger. "I hadn't thought Of that t"--Chicagoa Tribune.
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The government of India has decided to employ unmarried or widowed wom- en between the ages of eighteen and thirty as telegraph operators. If they grow old in the service, they will be pensioned. Resignation will be com pulsory in the event of marriage"
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The Washington Hsra,d. not being yet satisfied, asks Why Is 1t that men arise In congress 1ad say. Sir know very little about she merits If this question" and thea proceal tc talk eleven pages In the necorl concerning 1t? That is the reason.
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The Iowa bridegroom who hit T bridesmaid in the face because she threw rice at him wasn't exactly pc lite, but he hit a senseless custom in the face as we'll as i preg.y brides- maid.
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There are more than 2,000,oUv negro Baptists in this country. with fifty in stitutions of learning and forty-five de- nominational papers. They have a national organization. with boards for missions. home and foreign, education. publication ard the young peoples so- Cietics.
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In. scotland a company is now grow ing mushrooms in a tunnel three thous- and feet long. It was originally built by the North British railroad. and is sixty. feet below the streets of Edin- burgh.
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da now reaches the enormous total of o'ozS'419 acres. The total acreage of tha state Including water surface. is some thlng over 71,O0000O Therefore the forest reserve comprises more than one acre in every ten. The last reserve formed was the Las Vegas National torest, locally sknown as Sheep Moun- lalns. It covers an area of 195SiO acres and Is the eighth to be formed III the State. In addition to this the secretary of the Interior has announc-
 ca the withdrawal of 6i6,45 acres in White Pine and Nye counties to be add Cd to the national forest reserve, mak
 Ing total of over 9,000,)0O acres that VIII have been withdrawn in a short
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Perhaps the Omah1 man wha swal- lowed three electric bulbs in an effort to commit suicide rel'ized that he was about to take leap in the dark.