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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-12
LETTERS rpoM THE PEOPLE.
\ TuberculosIs Exhibit Here.

luberruIhSis ENhiblt Here. Tu thp Editor Of the Klck Column.
 Your editorial this morning upon tuberculosis exhibits Interests me as a matter of course You may not re- member that one of the carly exhibits of that character was made in New Haven in the Associated Charities Building lt was very well attended for that time. The exhibit In New York now attracting so much attention. is the international exhibit first shown in Washington last September II K truly remarkable But so large taat it cannot bc moved again, our national association has two fine exhibits cnn- siantlN on Inc road and much of tha international material win be added 10 our collections. lf tho city of New Iia- ven is ready for another exhibition. and some good citizens win assist in the cost Of maintaining il ! would be glad 10 bring the matter 10 the atten- ton of the executive committee of the national association. which win hold its next meeting in New York December la l believe Chat an exhibition just now In New Haven. and Hartford anl Bridgeport could do much to arouse public Interest ma hoip the eommis- sion in Its work before the next lepis latmc
 Very truly vours,
 JOHN P C. FOSTER. loa college st. New Haven, Conn. pe-
 ccmbcr II, 1908
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long run to persist In that policy ralh- CT than attack it. An Illustration might be drawn from the sensational nsur- ance disclosures, every ono of which might have been escaped had the .or- TOTS, which had cropt into the conduct of the insurance business been search cd for and found in time, President elect Taft is profoundly Impressed by the fact that injustice is done inno- cent people under the present tariff schedules and that luckicr people are favored at the common expense, He properly demands that this condition Of things be corrected and has let he speaker and the republican members of the ways and means committee know that he Is in earnest, and that he will plant himself squarely in the way of inslncere legislation and go at it again.
 It is this attitude of his which makes the outlook agreeable
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THE HE'D CROSS.

For too long a time has there been a tendrncy to consider the Red Cross as an emblem born oC the noblest sort of numantaranlsm but brought into actual usefulness only in times of war Cross workers in our late war with Spain and in other lattcr-day con ficts. can be and Is accorded the high est praise by all. But in times of peace the impression has prevailed that the Red Cross emblem Is of lit- tie meaning, save possibly when att tached to the front of hospital ann buiance to allow 1t to speed through our streets at rate which would oth erwlse be judged illegal.
 Because of this false impression, lt is certain that the Christmas Red Cross stamps, which have been issued, will be of inestImable value quite aside from the funds which will be realized, because of the unusual pub liclty which will be given to the Red Cross as a noble philanthropy of peace-times as well as of war-tlmes The Christmas stamps have been met with almost instant favor in New Ha- ven. Those who have been behind the movement have been delighted with the way in which Individuals and firms have enthused over the stamps and are now using them in every con ceivable way as true messengers of the Christmas season, And what is true of New Haven is true the country wide. from ocean to ocean From Maine to California the Red Cross Christmas stamp will he quite as uni- versally a part of the holiday season this year as Santa Claus. Literally millions and millions of them are be- ing bought and used Every one will bring the Red Cross movement more vitally than ever, not only before it's buyer and scuder but before its re- ceiyer and It's many conyeyors as we'll
 There exist to-day not only com munity Red Cross societies, but simi- lar state organizations and even the American National Red Cross Of the latter PresIdent-clect Taft has just been reelected the head, recip- rocal honor both to the man and to the organization. In addition there is the International Red Cross, which includes the national organizations of nearly every civilized country Thus I those who are using these little stamps now in New Haven should realize that they are taking their part in a world wide philanthropy of the noblest sort
 The Red Cross to-day is emblematla of the highest altruism. It's object Is the relief of suffering among man kind everywhere, and, in bringing that about 1t is one of the most pot ert factors in existence making for the establishment and continuance oi universal peace and good will towar,l men, IT there Is movement which may be more appropriately coupled with the spirit of Christmas, we have yet to hear of lt
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CHRISTMAS RuBAnAT.

We are not Other than a Moving Row Of Christmas Shoppers, as we Come
 and Go, Trying to find that Fairy story Shop Where Quality Is High and Price IS
 Low! But Helpless Pieces Of the game Kriss
 Plays Upon the Checker Board of Christmas
 Days;
 Hther and Thither, Hustle, Rush and
 Push, Then one by one drag home with one
 Small Vase! 4 Book of Verse, say, for Mary Anne; A Smoking Set or Mandolin for Dan Perhaps Chafing Dish for Geraldine, Some little Silver Thing will do for
 Nan, Waste not your Hour nor in the Fool
 ish Chase Of Something that will he Just Right
 for Grace, Better give her Handkerchief or
 Book. Than spend 3 Day. racing from Place
 to Place. Strange, is it not that of the Myriads Do Christmas Shopping every year, like Not one begins Betmes, but waits The Shops are crowded, so they can't
 get Through? Carolyn Wells In Brownings Maga- zine.
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Tho lfprpaex,
CNcw York Tribune


 Nothing could have been more time ly than the presidents detailed and earnest reference in his message to the question of forest preservation. For weeks past some of the most important regions of tho United States have been suffering enormous losses as a result of the stupid and ruin6us policy which the president iS cndeavorIng to check
 Vast industries have been paralyzed
 thousands of mon have been made idle, and pccunialN losses amounting to many millions of dollars have been ln- cured because of g'arcity of water in places and in circumstances which in- dicate beyond reasonable doubt that tho scarcity has been directly caused by the reckless destruction of the stor- age reservoirs for water which nature provided in the mountain forests The bitter distress which New England and pennsylyania have been suffering Is q scathnF indictment of the folly which has hitherto prevailed in the mountain regions of those states and of the per versty with which certain influences in the national house of representatives, have resisted the enactment of laws that the administration and the sen ate have unanimously and repeatedly
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lirynI, Ann.

tbOSlon lfHnSCflpIl
 If she had been born in a New Eng land town Tai An would have been chrIstened Tirzah Ann, and she would have been the leading spirit of the com munity. Her sayings and her dolngs would have set the standard in matters important as well az trinlnE The views she held .r family training and on the conduct 6, church fairs and "sh- ciabies' wou'" nave been considered worthy pf quotation on every occasion when t1na elbiocts arc under discus sion. .u 3.r club Nlc would have been president slcct liry herself term afi- T taIH at l.uG 9s she cared to holi oGiea. I r.o uad cl oYen to take up lno Sri' T ..'H 4|t joy "us tti,ga of life snr NIl'i 'tN C"iiruCd fin authority Her din .j ',1i IhLCoa thnatrl parties arj Hh. u .ul N8 Nu'lu have teen the lual "ri uH., ,gjle word in such met dcut7 ana yCl.a G.Ncn 'orone she was 1rlt, a.u9l D n aintHnng all tho traditions laso'ta .cl with it ana uf in- venting oth ra lo sllt her time II nee cssdrN Shr was born cumman Ter and fate could no. nuvc pla 'eo her where gho would not have uycroised her blrthreht to the rgllnst extent.
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To the MdI-or Of Inc Klck coInmne

 To the Editor of inc Kick Columnv
 Let me sound ir you will worthy protest against the mca for att- tudo which many of your state con temporarics have adopted in reference to the charges brought by Mr. George L., Fox of thls city against Mr, IjlIcy and others, Along with great many other citizens of this city. l must con fcss 10 little definite information as to tEe specific foundations for the charges Along with a great many others, ! have strong suspicion how ever. that he has the evidence to back up what he says Although do not know the gentleman personally. I feel certain that he is not such a rogue as would stir mp such a rumpus without just reason Indeed he would seriously endanger his own well-beug by so doing.
 Why should many Connecticut papers now speak 9lppanOy of MT Fox and his charges? Mr.. Fox has brought d case tO court much inc same as any other case is brought Thcrc are two judges to hear it and pass upon 1t. 1t is not for the papers of the state to prcjudge fine whole matter. They should remember that, if they persist in so doing, they are directly bringing into condemnation the decision Of one of the states most able judges he be. fore whom Mr. Fox went to ask for an election court and he who has seen at on the basis of Mir. Fox's charges, to grant that court
 It does not boht true American citf- 2euship to proiudEe any case at court. No more does fl bcnt the best there is in American journalism. If the time comes when In court Mr. Fox shows his inability to prove tho very serious charges he has brought. and the court decides against him. then and not till then sIloud he be criticised AIS he would deserve, But moi even then should Mr. Fox be treated nippant1v. Certainly he has not acted nlppantly hlmself as regards these charges at any turn,
 Let me register a kick for q suIare deal against the press of Connecticut. II has a fair pane; lt should preserve it ELECTION COURT. New Haven, Conn., Dee ii, 1908.
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lsnrlncfelh RenllhllcanA

The merits of George l.. Fox's ease against MT Llley governor-elect of Connecticut on account of alleged ylo- iatious Of the Connecticut corrupt prac- tlces act at the state election In No- vember, arc for the court Co decide; and it ls mnnlfestly Improper to assume that tho outcome will De one way or Inc other. Mir. lllley Is abundantly en- titled Co the presumption of innocence until Mr Fox proves the charges. IL may be said however, that Mir Fox Is fnl from being presidential person fin occupying himoolf with such busi- nesa Few persons Can be found who win pursue such dlsaRrecable calling, whatever the public veal may require thcm to do, and The state is fortunate that contains man so concerned for political purity and so fearless in butt Ing in
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lIIarlford conrnntl

Mr Pos of New Haven jealous citizen has belief that Governor Elect Lnley and Colonel limon the govern or-clcctS registered political agent, Mn. FoXs townsmau violated the corrupt practices act In the recent campaign. specnrnlly hat the filed statements of their campaign expenditures are incomplete. and that they expended money in ways not sanctioned by the statute Mr. Fox knows we do mol
 the quantity and quality nf tho eyi- dence He has, lIoyine now lmparted his belief to one of COnnectlcut's hon ored judges in formal petition for 2 judicial Inquiry he will presently have the opportunity to produce his evidence
 Whatcvof it may he and whatever If may amount to--in open court.
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NNnlorhilrr RonnhllcanA ]

Ncithcr has any statement been filed showing who paid for tho thousands Of copies oc the Journal-Courlcr which Were circulated letter from the business manager to resident of Wa terbury explained that the paper Is being sent to yon at the expense of a citizen of New Haven" and the Journal Courier stated cditnrially that certain New Haven business men were buying its issues in large quantities and mall- ing them to voters These gentlemen are stlll unknown They tlled no state ment of their expenses and in not do- ing so they broke the corrupt prac- tices law It Is tho duty of Mir, Fox to ferret them out
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Lftle Cipic Sermons, No. 28
The Difference Between Worry and
 Enthusiasm.

NN R. ROOSEVELT has recently remarked that he has 1YR had more enjoyment in the White House than any of his predecessors Lncolns administration could hardly be termed lark and yet he often re-
 eved the tension of his duties i that crucial time by reading the humorous writings of Petroleum V. Nasby,' We need to distinguish between the stren- and the stressul in cutvating healthy attitude and avoid that intensity which undermnes the nervous system and weakens self control We need to Der that the fullest and largest responsibility is incom patibe with spirit of worry It is one thing to be i'm pressed with the seriousness of problem and another thing to be oppressed by the same idea Habtual en- thusasm in his work will carry man over many rough places,-Sprngfeld Union,
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Suppose tho presidents latest mes sage had to Dc paid for out of tho United States treasury at the rate of dollar word, Just as the coming stories of the Jungle arc going to he paid for. Then we guess Mir Cortelyou would hc more anxious than eyer to find new ways to raise federal funds by taXatiOn
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tBridgenort post.l

Il is the fact that this movement Is limited to an attack upon Mir Lllley and hts agents, when lt is an open secret that his opponent and others are known Co have been guilty lf t IS 'guilt' of the same practices, that will tend to cast suspicion upon the move at least until some tangible ovi- dencc IS brought forth of violation of the law The fact, too that the attack cmanates from the same sources that opposed Mir Llley in the campaign, will also add to the dlscredlt until positli. evidence ls produced. Even then Mir lilley will have a arge sym pathy because he is singled ont among sn many others
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Now Ilnrnn lnInnA

Mr., ldilcy In the last week of the recent campaign, complained to Mr. Fox that his political foes were using cor rupt means to defeat him. Mir. Fox's answer is not a petition against MT. LEIey'g opponents but bgainst MT. bllley and his supporters, rather pc culiar turn of affairs and one that will raise the question whether MT. Fox is moi actuuted by personal malice against MT, Lillcy.
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Bostonian used humorously to de- plore the modern youths preference of braWn to brain.
 He used to tell of football game he once witnessed Princeton had a splendid player in Poe-you will re- member little Poe?-and Prof Norton, thinking of The Raven and Annabei Lee said to the lad at his side:
 " He plays we'll, that Poe
 "'Doesn't he? the youth cried.
 Is he, said Professor Norton, any relation Go the great Poe?'
 '"Any relation? said the youth. frowning, Why, he is the great Poe, !" --Boston Herald
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CIIartrord Post,

This Is most significant proceedings and the outcome will be watched with the most intense interest But f con- sistency ls one of the virtues of the political purifiers t is difficult to see where this crusade Is likely to stop and what practcal politician Is immune from the same Kind of Investigation,
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matter to place a value of dollars and cents upon this life as compared with that life. Yet such things must be done and are done not infrequently Has there not been, however serious miscalculations of values in many ln- stances?
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one of the steam shovels engaged in ire work on the Panama canal in the operation of which more than 300 em- ployes were engaged, recently lifted out quantity of dynamite which Is de- suribcd in the official report as being 'morethan bushel" What would have happened if the shovel had struck the dynamite instead Of the earth around 1t Is easy to imagine,
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lNnw RrIlnln nernld.l

MT, Fox was credited with being an antl-Lilley republican during the re- cent campaign and when 1t Is consid- cred how strenuous those gentlemen conducted their fight it would look bet ter If person other than Mir, Fox appeared now as the petitioner in the present case. According to newspaper reports that were some fragrant viola tions of the election law in Connecticut last month, and so far as Is generally known they have not attracted tho attention of Mr. Fox who drafted the corrupt practices act. though he may now bring them before the election court
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May Come Agnln.

lSnrlnglieId RopubIicanl
 No one can recall the time when an American president had q brother serv- Ing at the same time in the United states senate so that Charles P Taft's election as Senator Forakor's successor would bring about an interesting ex- pertinent in the personal relations be tween the executive and the upper branch of congress- There have been times when being inc brother of the president would have been emharrass- ing ,o member of the senate. and such tlmos may come again, fl not dur Ing tine term of Brother Charles.
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It certainly looks more and more as if Castro was forced 10 leave Ven e2ucla because of internal dissensious, There are not few who would be not at all surprised if hc never again went back Co thc little country where he has go long ruled with dictators hand.
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SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

The Cleveland Memorial association has been formed, with headquarters In Newark, N, l., It's object being to erect the late ex-President Cleveland. By contributions throughout the state q fund of S10o,00O Is to be collected for thls purpose. A general committee of fifty prominent citizens will be In charge of the project
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-12

Before the Royal Photographic so- clety of England a lecturer i'd recent ly: one of the reasons why Ameri- cans excel In certain branches of ath- letics is that athletic clubs in the United States use the local plane pho- tograph and the Cinematograph to rec ord every incident of their practices. Afterward faults are corrected by care full study of what the camera shows.
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The annual production of raw silk in 1ndo-Chlna may be estimated at 2,400, 0D0 pounds. There are many large re- Elons beyond those now engaged In the Industry which are adapted for it's adoption, and the administration Is making commcndable efforts to en- courage it. Iand planted with mulber- " trees has been exempted from tax for five years
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"kICK COLUMN. !"

q nder thc above heading the Jour nai-Courier win bc pleased to publish such letters As lts readers may desire The Editor Of the Kick Cnmmn, Jour. Courier New Haven, Conn Write briefly and to tho point, and always send Sour right name and address, without which no letter can be pub E HsbpdD
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THE FOX CHARGES,
LMaLerhnrn Rennhllcanl

T7TTTTT
 II can now hc confidently stated that Governor Elect Llley Is not consider ing the n8mc of George l., FOX of New Haven as n possible member of tho governors stafr
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Active road building In Turkey an

Active road building In Turkey and the opening of new field for the sale of American automobiles are expecte l 10 result from the imperial tirade that permitted motoring In the Ottoman em- pire. American automobllists and mo- torcyclists are already showing a de- sire to tour by automobile through European and Asiatic Turkey On the Aslatic side of the Bosporus are long stretches of good roads.
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Does Agnes ever have words with her tance?'
 Not word. They never speak from the time he comes in till the time he goes out."--rown and Country.
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Caller-sir, am collecting for the Poets hospital. will you contribute anything?
 Editor-With pleasure. Call tonight with the ambulance and I will have some poets ready,-Tudge.
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One piece of advice, at least. is worth quoting from the telephone company's 
 Treat the girl operator q s if she were both q girl and an operator, and as if she were present
 Good advice tersely put--New York American.
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4 LITTLE FUN.

Solemn Man-Do you hear the clock slowly ticking? Do you know what day it Is ever bringing nearer?
 Cheerful Man-Yes; pay day.-Mel- bourne Table Talk.
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approved and for which there have been a popular demand seldom eualled In unanlmlty and earnestness
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She Cto persistent swain)--I have akcn step which will prevent your asking me again 10 marry you.
 He (aghasD on earth have you done?
 She tsweetly)-Marrled someone eise,-Comic Cuts.
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"Thc late Charles Eliot Norton" said
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THE TAFT METHOD.

saturday, December IF, 1908.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Neqro Eloquence,

Some years ago one of Texas widely
known statesmen who is now dead
was passing along n street In Dallas
when an old colored man who had
once belonged to him approached, took
off his hat and passed hand over his
white wool as he asked:
"Marster, gin de old man 90 cents"
Dan, you are robber."
"HowY asked the astonished darky
opening his eyes, around which rough
shod age had walked.
Didn't you see me put my hand in
my pocket"
yes. sah.''
"Well, you old rascal, you rob me OF
the pleasure Of giving you money with
out being asked"
The old man received a dollar Bow
ing almsst to the ground, while tears
came out ana coursed through the aged
prints around his eyes, he replied
"Marster, wid-wid such heart as
you hab and wild Abraham and Isaac
and de Lord on your side | don't see
what can keep you out of heaven"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03
Fife Wheat.

Years ago. about century, David
Fife. n Scotchman of Otonabee, Ont.
sent to a friend In Glasgow for n
small bag of seed wheat to try in a
cleared patch Of the backwoods The
friend obtained some seed from n
vessel just in from Danzig Unfortu-
nately it was fall wheat and reached
David Fife in the spring. Nevcrthe-
less David Fife sowcd it In spring.
One can guess how fcvcrishly the
bacllwoodS farmer watched for the
growth of hi experiment. Only three
wheat heads uryived till the fall. but
those three wheat heads were entirely
free of the rust that had ruined his
neighbor's crops, and those three heads
really represented n new variety of
wheat, fall wheat turned into a
spring wheat. David Fife treasured
the three heads and planted them in
spring. Such was the beginning of
Fife wheat in America.-Agnes c. Laut
In Outing Magazine.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-03

Salt Lakes.

The Great Salt lake is gradually dry.
ing up, and the inhabitants of Salt
Lake City seem quite surprised. They
ought not to be- All salt lakes owe
their salinity to the fact of their hav.
:ng no Quiet, and a lake without an
outlet is dying lake.
Nor is death usually long delayed
speaking geologically. Lakes Koko
Nor and Lob Nor were undoubtedly
extensive inland seas not so very many
decades ago, yet Sven Hedin found
them reduced to mere acrid puddles
set In the midst of we'll nigh limitless
salt deserts that once were their beds
The terrible Taklamakan desert, too
in which Hedln nearly died of thirst
was once the bed of just such lake
So also were the salt deserts of Persia
Northern Tibet is studded with salt
lakes in process of desiccation. The
Aral and the Caspian seas were at one
time far more extensive than is now
the case, proving that they, too, are un,
dergoing the inevitable process of des.
location to which all such bodies OF
water are sooner or later invariably
subjected.-St Paul Pioneer Press.