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TH1BTEBXTH YEAR. NO. 10. WATERTOWN, CONN., FRIDAY. APRIL 1«. TWO DOLLAB8 •

Problems Discussed ByCounty School Heads

Thursday night at CMS the infor-mal business social or the Utchfieldcounty school principals and athleticcoachet began with a supper servedat the MacFingal Inn. Afterwardsthe gathering adjourned to the Bung-alow to hear an address by Prof.Horace D. Taft who led the discus-sion of school problems by a highlyinteresting series of reminisclencetidesigned to show the ups and downrof school teaching since forty yearsago. The headmaster of Taft Schoolwas received with close attentionmany a hearty laugh at his amusinganecdotes of school character-building. and •with much interest as evi-denced by the numerous question?asked at the close of bis address.

The purpose of these meetings !<-to combine a social good fellowsliliamong the leaders of education lrthe county, with the opportunity ntexchanging opinions and experience.'connected with the problems of pubHe school work.

Q-tte a little discussion center?;around the theory (or belief born 01much practice) that real labor outside of school had much to do wit!best results with studies and rharacter-buildtng inside of school. Severa! instancs in various school.-: amcolleges were cited to prove hovgreat a change came over the Htmlent who flunked, was put to -wor!;and\came back with greater determination to study and with hlglieiIdeals.

Some opinions'. were to the effectthat "chores" which kept the schnochildren busy and virile In characieiforty years ago were lost today i»Vo congestion of more population:

«hnt It Is a mistake to hire too minihe'p around school properly whet"d wherever the pupils themselves

Could take part for their own ROUI• ni lelf-government; and that tnor-

••'-tion was often needed with r>•»• •'' to .things inside the sehoo

M'ng rather than in building bit' inl-ces" such as one niaii spoke ofHo said there were school structure•n the West which, made Westmii.ster look like thirty cents—and. l>-way of speaking a great truth liumoiously, "that's about «hat tin- foil.'•side were paid!"

What benefit. It was asked, rouleb derived from a "high" school whciIts height could best be termed iifeet and inches rather than hi»:lipaid brains and high standards <•

, board management. In other wordstowns are plentiful which, take pridi"n bluldings but "whoever-heard <>'"town proud of its school salaries?'

Those present were: Messrs. Swiiand Cook, of Watertowii; Clark amCreelman, of Seymour;-llro.wn. Sic-or. Mapes and Drum, of Thomasio-.;Fisher, of Terryville; Johnson amPhetan. of'Neiilown: Huruap. »Woodbury; White and lleij.-l. ..:Bethlehem; and 'Merry, of Mcthel.

Another" meeting will be held 01May 5 at Woodbury wilh a prominent speaker from the-slate board <•'education at Hartford.

I SHOWER GIVEN MISS O8BORNBY WATERTOWN GIRLS' CLUB

The Waiertown jjirls' flub I'-ndertd one of their lueuibern, Mi.s*UUIan Osborn, miscellaneous shower at their regular weekly meetingheld In ihHr club rooms on Tu»-nlayevening. Miss Osborn. who is to mar-ry Warrn Hunt, of Bethlehem, in 111-nar Tuture. was presented with nu-merous gifts of pottery, aluminum.pyrex1 and linen by fellow membersof the club.

Previous to the shower, supperwas served by a coinmlttce com-pc. ed of Alice Sullivan, Justinr MeGcwan and Mary llanagan. .

The followiUB club members werein attendance: Mrs. A. A. Hieliards.Mrs. II. II. McCrone. Mrs. J. D. Uas-sett. Mrs. Waller Osborn. and theMisses Harbara Aslienden, MarionBarlow, Krona llronson. Mary Managan, Ada Hunt. Dorothy Jo";nson.!<eona Ktllty, durtine McCowanMaude Mitchell. Lillian Osborn, AIiee Sullivan. Olive Walton ami DorisWeiderniliT. Gifts were also sent in"iy some unable to be present.: theMisses Louise Fenton, IH>Ily Kvane.Ellse Hoot and Kdna Rydln.

First Baseball GameThis Saturday, 3 p. m.The baseball season will be ush

ered In for Watertown on Saturday.'afternoon when the local high sclmonine will meet the Taft School teamon the. Taft diamond at 3 o'clock.

The high school expects to 'have "very good team in the fleld Uiis .««•:•on nnd they will do their utmost h>

'o"ow in the footsteps of the ba!',• •> which have represented Wai

•own fo rthe past two sea's-oiw.Gimes have been arranged wilh tin'i rdhig high school teams of ihi-••nd also Massachusetts, and localbaseball fans will certainly have tin-opportunity of seeing some good bal!tramefe this year.

The Taft game will be I lie fir 'contest of 1926 for both teams. >•••'nevertheless it should prove to bi- :•very close one as botli an- stron>:and the rivalry Is keen due to Jiiifact that Watertowii itich has ln-> ivictorious for two years pavt. Th>>now want to make it three in a r»*'while Tart Is more dt:termiiied I liarever to break the spell and conn- outon top. For this reason they are putting their best men in tin* Held ll.i*week.

Kellty who -was one or Hie mamstays of the high school pilchiiircrop last season will occupy ,H»mound for the W.I1.S. In thik imp"1'tant game. iJuritiK the P»K| Wl" K

Coar.li Deland has put his menthrough some strenuous work in .nrder to have I hem In condition ror tin-Taft game.

THE EXPOSURE OF A"SMARTY"

. Mencken..the Baltimore nswpav-i- reporter who.has come to sonieiluni!

like fame through,his clever billiiiK*gate and jibes at people and tliins:*.is Just now utagini; one of his P'lh

Miss Lucy DentarestWeds Waterbury ManMiss Lucy Demurest, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. (ieorge l>eniarest ofCutler street -was married oil Mon-day morning, lo firville Kroiu, jr..son of Mr. ami Mrs. Orvllle Kriimof .Waiei-liiiry. 'I'lie ceremony wa.--performed by Uev; Williaui Judpat Si. John's Keetory.

The bride wore a gown of blu<flat cn-pi- with hat to match aimcarried white carnal Ions. ll«-r a:tendant, Miss Jusline McCouan.wore a Mown of Ian Hal crepe willi-ial lo match and carried pinU ear-nations. Mr. Kronr wa- iitii-mU-d'by his undo. Sianlcy Krom.

Iinmeiliaiiy following tin- i'!'1

•nony a weddlMK . breakfast wasserved at the hridi-'s lionif lo tin-members'of -tin1 .liiiniediiilc family.

After a •uwidiiiK trip to New JIT•ify Mr. and Mrs. Krom will n-sid'1

on

Thrilling Ride For 4On Runaway ('oalCayt

Tlii'odore Iloffuuin ami i l n v ramoanions expiTit'iic«-d a HirilliiiK" riih'-lown Wooilniff avenue «n Mondayifternooii, in :m liuu - ISrof. io:ilviiKon when part or Ilir horse's liar;e;s broke, ullowiim llii- In-avy "arIi in roil on lo tin' lii-els of Hie.

So.ve. Thi- flightened aniin.-il gave ailldden jump ahead only lo have 111'-

•\yagon xlrike his hei Is al every step.llofrman MiKgeil ai Hi- n-ins which

•V'I liM'il us'les: as Hie animal cniildnot lie slopped. '{Uicl.ly sen.iin;; tinianis'T of-a runaway. I lie driver mani g e d l o >-i"iul mil on MM- shaft.-- lo

he lior.-ir'.i hack where lie -again d1-•ected i In- horse on his wild da.'litown Hie lull, on neariim Hie bottomHoffman sucr ded in .heading 'hi:--.tei-d Up )lillcre;:| avenue where le-•wa;; finally broiishi "> a slop, onhe way down om- of the passengersleivled it was "heller to jump 'hano remain and lake any i lianc.es. AT.ei- considerable difficulty h". manIged- lo escape.

The haiiiess was iiuiikly repain-dand all were alile io-'eontinue onheir way none the worse for their•Xperienee.

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Mr. and Mrs.HeminwayArrive at Honolulu

Creeled by half a hundred naliviliving' boys who .vtfhni |ia: I -the en-trance of the harbor to go througl)diving and swimming stitiit's for I liepasi>eiigrrs, the S. S. Malsonia ar-••Iyed here today from San Francis--o. carryiug a capacity load olHawaii visjiors..

Among the 'pa.-M-iwrs were Mr.nnd 'Mr*. II. II. llemiiiway of Water-

own. Conn.As ilie Mal.'onia-docli'-d. Hie na-

My.- Hawaiian Wind plaxeil ihr m-l-M i l e , o l H i e i . i l . l l l l l . : . u l l i l e l i a t i w

«irls wi-re j»n hand wilh Moral "lei:;"•ml wreaths to eM'-nd a typical•Aloha" grei'-ling.

WHO'S WHO THIS WEEK

licily stunts in llostoii strei'is. Itmay be the outcome will be the unfr'ockitig in puhlii- appfM-iaiion ofihis literary inolliilebanK wlio hasUK) long* abused I hi- palieiici- ofAmerica which is irankly feelinground lor a modern lili-iatiire andis pressed by I his animated brassmonkey in accept its leadership.

Whom the gods „ would destroy.hev- ||iv,i made mad. Mi-ncfcen wasissigm-ii to th'- iio'siiin ('ommoii. ' It::. asioeiali-d wilh Hie 'IMiiilaiis.

whom he never tir»',s of denouncing.It fwins lhaV a rc'c-nl issin1 of hismagazine had an article miile "im-possible" in character. Mencken i S |

(iuerlu Carmody. son of Attorneyand Ma. Terrence F. Carmody, whohas been spending the Euter re-cess with bis parents has returnedto Canterbury School in New Mil-ford.

George Fox, who has been ill forseveral weeks, has recovered, andh able to resume his duties at theWatertown Dry Goods company.

Little Anne Perry, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Sherman H. Perry, cele-brated her fourth birthday by en-tertaining twenty-five or her littlefriends at a party Wednesday af-ternoon, at McFlngall Inn.

Charles Ludwlg of Depot streetis ill at his home.

Little Jean Whay, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. William Whay of Bel-den street is ill at her borne.

Mrs. William Twits has resignedher position at {he H. K. H. Bl|kcompany and taken a position atHie Mattatuck company In Water-bury. ^

Mr .and Mrs. Barlow L. Hemin-way who have been spending sev-eral days at Atlantic City, N. J..have returned to their home onCutler street. '

The Misses Mabelie and Jeanettelirnnson have returned from a shortvisit In New York city.

Harold Ash-worth la building anew house on Cutler street.

Mi>s Helen Richards has returnedto Miss Wheelock's KindergartenTraining school in Boston, afterspending the Easter vacation attier home on Woolson street.

Tin- Misses Shirley and EvelynQuick. Kdward Hickcox, CarletonSeymour and Joseph Osborn havereturned to Middlebury college, afterspending two weekt in town.

Mr. and Mrs. Joel Atwood havureturned home after spnding the1

winter in Florida. ',Miss Martha nenham has recov-

ered from a severe case of the jgrippe. I

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sectman of'Hart ford were recent visitors Int o w n . •• •

Miss Mary McGcuvan- of Oakvillewas a recent visitor at the homeof her grandfather. John D. Me-(iowati of Main i-treet.

Miss Lois Doollttle who has been.spending her vacation with her par-ents; has returned to Bridgeport to'resume her studies at The Froebi-rKindergarten Scfliool.

Mrs. Irving F. Campbell and In-;

fant daughter, Margaret, have re-turned from the Waterbury liospi-ital. to their home on Main street.

Miss Clarence Lake and infant;daughter, Hetty Louifce, have re-.•turiierl from Crace Hospital, NewHaven lo I heir home on Woodburyroad. •

Miss Abbie Foote has returnedI'roni a few days visit with friends'In I 1Hit lord. * -'

Mrs. Frank Norway is ill withgrippe and unable to teach in theBaldwin school.: Mr. ami Mrs. Eugene I<aiupliierand family who have been spend-ing the Winter in Deland. Florida.,have returned to their home onMain street.

A sou was recently born to Mr.and Mi>.. Harold Seymour of- Cherry,avenue.

* '• • •Put the "News" to work—for YOU: .

Miss Sut.an Whltcome ' has re-turned to I'oughkeepsle after visit-ing at the home of Rev Francis It.Whltcome.

Rev. C. K. Wells is driving a newDodge Coupe.

Avrill Crane of Waterbury ha;moved into the Heminway house onMain street.

Uoyd Seavcr is conlined lo hihome on Scott avenue with anInjured knee.

T. F. Magee of IJprU-r street listrsigncd his position with tin- Helding-Hemlmvay Silk cotupany.

Mr. and Mr». Joel Atwood whohave been spending the winter a<iN'Land, Florida, have returned totheir home on Prosper! street.

Mr. and Mrs. .Stephen Canty, Mir.Edward Keiliy and Mrs. Mar:flynn were recent visitor.- withfriends in N>w Haven.

Russell Edwards has moved in*'Mrs. F. L; Bassctt's lenemeiii onhighland avenue.

Miss Harriet Shellon has recuvered from her recent illncKp and lia •-resumed her duties at' the localPost Office.

S. V. Kilbride ol Slamfonl pa.s.-.e.ltlie week-end with relatives in-town

Fernando l.etnay has purcluiiied anew Star sedan.

Vincent Port in linn opened Up ameat market and grocery store onElico Lake road.

Ralph I'aslio has returned to townafier attending a six weeks coursein Playground work at Hear Mounitain Camp, at Bear Mountain, N. V

Mr.-. t.Jeorge Harper has pur.chased a liew Ford coach through,the Bronson & olason agency.

Mrs. (Seorge riiartrand of Waterbury was a reei'iit visitor withfriends in town.

"Ted" English has purchased anew Packard touring car.

Watertown Chapter o . K. S., heldtheir regular meeting til the Masonic Hall on .Wednesday evening.

The Ariston League met Wednes-day evening at the IIOIIM1 of DorothyWheeler on Mldil.lebury roarl.

Mr. ami Mrs. Stephen Canty, andchildren attended the w-erlding ofMr. Canly's cousin in New HavenWednesday. • . . ' . . . -

Lloyd Scaver is confined to hinhome with a sever*1, injury to hi:;knee.

Mr. and Mrs. Uoberl McKnighiand family, have moved to Northstreet.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael llannmi amifamily have moved into tin- Atwoodhouse'on Highland avenue.

Miss Mary llolleran retnrneil toBridgeport Sunday after spendingthe Easter' vacation wilh her'par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. John llolleranon Woodruff avnue.

DeWitt II. Taylor -'jinn; returnedto liii- home on Main si reel afterspending the winter al \\inl«r Ha-ven, Florirla.

Mr. and Mrs. lluel lleminway Jr.left, on Wednesday.- for a llireemonth's tour of Burpriv.. Mr. anilMrs. Heininway will be the guestsof Mr. and Mrs. !->l.<e| Ford of Me-trolt on : the trip.

A. W. Barton Is nni'e ill al hishome nn Main street;

A. N. Uotsfor'd «»i* I lie Woodburyroad is visiting in Han ford.' Mr. and Mi's. Irwiti Creigholn of

Waterbury visited friends in, townon Wednesday evening.

essentially a juggler with words anilill else, and his articles are not. sogenuinely smutty as the small billspromise—his college boy readers amineurotic women constituency reallyJo not get what they pay for; butthe article which calls down on hishead the present storm is genuinelyreprehensible, not because It is al-luringly immoral but because as I hoHerald-Tribune records: "The por-trayal of vice operating in a ceme-tery is calculated to shock the feel-ings; of anyone with a decent regardfor the.dead. This part of the arti-cle is' simply revolting."

A court, trial to suppress anythingin this era of self expression .bringsto th«r defense all the black swansand white black-birds of talent, prej-udice andmental lesion in the coun-try; yet it ought to be- possible in<anc and sensible Massachusetts tocloy and annoy this : pestlferoita;hark of bettor men's fair repute andgadfly or the dignities and integritiesof life to a point where lie will hence-forth sing in .a lower key and Mywitli somewhat impaired pinions.'Tin1 judge released Mencken butpublic opinion on this long standingtbiis'e is becoming articulate.

Kvery resident of a college com-munity, familiar with the enthusiasmnf large, groups of younglings un-wisely encouraged to the creativelevels of literature for which, they .have not the requisite talent—«t tha.

same time sacrificing interest in eco-nomics, social relations.-history andenrldhlng enthusiasm for tho hu-manities of life—knows how potentare-the Menckens In their influence.The scholars who have aggrandized<tuch arc not free from responsibility.The crudest freshman,.the latest ar-rival from the village, is fed yearafter year on this school of self-conscious, egotistic, flippant, cynical,godless style and content, uutil lifebecomes an artificial, show-case, saw-dust affair with nothing wholesomeor kindling about it. These youngpeople are taught that the body <<fclassic English literature in feebleand obsolete, ihat.-.(ienrge Eliot; pic-kens and the whole- range rif New-England great souls whose bookslargely explain Hie strength andbeauty of America are 'pasteboardheroes mid amateurs in the signiftcance of life. '.Character, virtue, thegraces are no longer in vogue. Wherethere is ecreniricily anil Irregularity,there the emphasis is laid. As al-ways where Ihe lri«il and true andthe pure and simple are discarded,dark and sinister t-hailows soon showthemselves. • -And so it is in theliterature or wliich the Menckens arepriests and with Hie ideals and,coalsto which ihoy ^nint. Tlm'-rortjrrlngnole JH of inil>'licary. 'There iscoarseness and vulgar abuse and rid-icule, and from time t.o time badness.Some of the columnists have been

MRS MARY QAMM.E

Mrs. Mary (Jamhle, wife of JiGamble died Saturday at heron porter street after severalmonths Illness. Mrs. Gamble wasan earnest worker In St. John'schurch and leavn,. many friends who•will mourn her loss. She was bornIn Ireland but has been a residentof Watertown for more than fortyyears. She is survived by her hus-band and one sister, Mrs. Nieson.

Funeral services were held atSt. Johns'.-, church Tuesday morningwhere a Requiem High Mass wascelebrated. The Watertown Councilof Catholic Women, of which Mrs.Gamble was a member, attendedin a group.

MARY IRENE HART

Mary Irene Hart; daughter ofMr. and Mr.s. .lusan Hart of EchoUik« road died at the Waterburyhospital on Monday after a veryshort illness. The funeral was heldon Wednesday afternoon al 3o'clock from the late home to theSunday School room of the Metho'list church. Burial was In Ever-ureen Cemetery.

Town Schools FormBaseball League

A. baseball league among th<-u ram mar schools of town includingSouth, Baldwin and St. John's hasbeen formed. There will be, onelearn from each school, each lo playihe oilier three times. The openinsdate has been set for Tue>.day. Maylib and from then on the tearanwill be two days a week, Tuesdaysand Thursdays, until the schedulel.s completed.

It 1:; probable that the. umpired*ill be taken from the WatertownHigh School team who will umpireunder the supervision of a teacher<ir oilier person in authority. A cupfor I lie Kurk-t will be given by theCivic Inion. The games will beginat I o'clock ami will end at the end(if Hie Inning next after 5 o'clock.A teacher rroni one of the three•schools will be present at eachframe.

Recital Given ByMrs Weld's Pupils

A recital wns given Monday ar-,ternuon in Community Hall by thepupils of Mrs. Garncld Weld. Thework o| Hie pupils was especiallygood.

Follow int; the recital tea wa:iservj-d, Mrs, Havens Hcminway andMrs. A. 11. Cowperthwalt presidingat the lea table.

The proRriim was as follows:"Pansy Paces" and "Barbara'd

Waltz." Kuth Wheeler; "Drifting Inthe old Boat." Nancy Weld; minuetby Haydn and "Old Dlack Joe,"Molly Yard; "Rondino1" and "Birds,"Until • Evans; "Binglan-" and "Hunt-.ing Song," '.Irving Peck; "RainbowDance." Kdna Wheeler; "Lark Song,"by Tehaikowsky and "Humorcsque."Anne Cowperthwalt; "Study inChords wilh the Pedal" and "ValseBallet" Mayme Booth; "The Owl"and "lilelio" by Lack, Henry Cope-land; "Prelude".by Chopin and "Mo-ment I >e Caprice" by Lack, Marjorie,Reynolds. "The Secret" and "The AlpMaid's Dream," Eleanor Richards;"Waltz Arabesque" by Lack, and"Ronde d'Aniour" by Westerhout.Abble Seaver.

appraised as decadents. The youthsand maidens cannot be besmirchedwith the stuff without losing In manyinstances their fineness.

Everyone knows gifted fault Had-era. Every country store and everycity group has some irritable, dys-peptic, mau or. woman who has lostthe vision and enjoys local reputefor a sharp tongue and keen-kuttercapacity. Mencken is the high priestof this r-ort of thing. He does itbetter than others. He makes chugphrases and they are clever. Theyare not lust, they are not adequateor useful -hut they are often strik-ing ami grotesque and even pictur-esque, ju-'t as the unhallowed, oox-Ings of a sewer stream take strangeforms, lie is a specialist in bjjarrewords and phrases and he drapesfhoRP over concepts of national lifethat sirikc'hiin as good material forhis unlovely art. He gets his livingIn this «ay. In his magazines hecollects unhappy things—especiallyIh» cruilitios and insincerities ofsmall community rbutlne. He is nev-«>r done with Rotary and like move-men Is. The church, the literary so-clnty nnd the efforts of Main street,those w|m would makii tint worldbetter ami .sweeter are his target—not their efforts, their sacrifices,.their ^iccesses—but their blunders,their ah-MiMINe*. Ridicule mightwell -haw Its piny | 0 this field butit should tie gcnuliM and kind.sadhealing. -Sucu.wer* Thaekenv mi

Civic Union ReportShows 425 SubscribersAt the monthly meeting of the

executive hoard or the WatertownCivic Union the following financialreport was given.

Received DisbursedAccount of pledges,

for! 1924-25 $329.00Account of Pledges.

for 1926 3,990.41Account athletic

division 252.82 $154.0*Visiting Nurse 101.95 381.00Miscellaneous: 200.75 530.SSRent 670.00Services 1,047.05Baok intercut 10.52Repairs 403.78Village ImprovementHouse supplies 40.98Relief work 125.00 56.53EquipmentFuel. gas. light, water 133.64Insurance 32.33

15.680.95Rtcslvsd—

Jan 1.1928—BalJan. 1. 1926—Pledges 1326Jan. 1. 1326—Equipment

FnudJan. 1. 1926—Trust fundMarch 1. 1926—Receipts

this yearMarch 31. 1926-^lcdeiptB

this month

Disbursed—bast reportedThis month

Hank balanceEquipment fundTrust fund

$2,716.59

$68.57500.00

1.000.002«5.93

17.510.44

11,990.50725.09

$2,715.59$3,533.93

1,000.0V265.92

$7,515.44$7,415.923.990.41

Total pledgesTotal receiveddumber of BUbscrlb«T3 *53

Ralph 1'asho who tad Just r«-urncd from school at Dear Moon-am gave a report on tho course and

also.on the. bowling leagues which,closed last week.

A church bowling league startedon Wednesday evening to runbrough the month. The local alters

will close, at the end of the month.1'lans for beautifying Jthe play-

ground are under way and Mr. Ham-mond-KnnwIton hat again signifiedhis intentions of making a substan-tial donation for that purpose.

Plans for the annual tree plantingwere announced. Thirty trees havubeen ordered and the Boy Scoutawilt assist ihe committee in settinghem out on the 24th.

The Fish and Game Club are toare a meeting place in the Com-

munity building.Plans for forestry week, 18th to

21 Hi were announced.The American Legion was glwn

flie utv of the club for Sundays.:

One Car in Eleven inAccidents Last Year

One car in every eleven register-ed in Connecticut last year was In-volved in an accident, whereas theratio for the year 1918 was one carin an accident for every forty-tworegistered, according to the retultsof an analytical study of 1925 acci-dent reports as compared with thoseoT other years, which has been com-pleted at the state motor, vehicledepartment.

In an effort to keep abreast of theincrease in motor vehicles and the.corresponding increase In the num-ber of hazards which confront alloperators on the public highways,the department is keeping a clonecheck on the Connecticut statistics.In Uiis way. the responsible author-ities are enabled to a degree toput their collectivo finger on th<9most pronounced cautes.

It has been determined that thoproportion of cars to population inConnecticut In 1925 was 161-3 au.great as In 1910 and that, whilethere was one car registered in thisstate for every ninety-nine peopleIn 1910, the ratio had changed Infifteen years to a point where, therewas hut year one car to cxery s(xpeople In the ttato.

Automobiles arc , increasing InConnecticut at a faBter rate thanfor the country at large. Thcfeewens 14 percent more cars register-ed here last year than in the pre-vious year and the Increase for thecountry, was only 11 per cent. In

ittt of that fact, accidents In thestate Increased lafct year jit therate, of only 7.9 percent, as! againstan increase of 20.5 per cent thoprevious year.

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HAT doesu brigade commander thinkiilmut? 1'iirtlcuhirly If that brigadei-iiniiiiiindi>r finds himself responsiblefor the success of u maneuver In ont*of the'campaigns In the World wnr?

Let MnJ. iien. James 0. Hiirbord.O who commanded the marine brigade

iirmind IW-lleiiu Wood, tell you. Heknows." You can rend his reactionsnow for the first time in that livingrei-ord written in the heiit of wurdays with m> thoucht of publication,but only "for the eyes of one woman.

f .me soldier and the duuphte;' ofThis Is the explanation with which

the general dedicates to his wife the newly nub-irshed -Leases From a War IMary" (Dudd. Meadand Coinptiny). which', in the 'lays bef.jre he couldwrite -Ketire.1 List" after his name, were forhome consumption only.

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ML FBEPCUCK K. CSEEMf "HaULTir

f'-i ward.•r:i • • - -.f tn- t ' -I" Vou

'.u could.i-.» whati ;i!. run-'-ii.-ht andin- drops

,r---r-, ii'- il :'•>•.- ' H e rn <.- linderat- ». and

tl. »t An.-ri ' .m- art- in-. (.rfc. « roa'l" or "Ameri-

Tori y ' \V.,un<3-.-l mi.ndr---.i.ir-stiiinii."- In th-*1.-i!.i!.i • • ..nd >-om'tlm«-«fp-n. t!.«-m Kv-nt.u.il!y

a signal (ro-" up, "' ibj-<-ti\- .i'iair.-d." <.r il maybe "Kalling buck" or " W- u.int to i..i-..im-. length-en th<- flre" u h l i 1<>t th- iir.i'1-ryi. -r *(>ur artil-lery Is tiring on u-s ' !'.y ar.d by. when you arefranti-- f u r ' n e w s ri m'-.-<fi«« arriv-* by runner,but is almost lllegl'bl- and riuite *• n-mlly veryvague, being writt-n "n !• ime officer -, knee withH soft p«r.r!l .md carried thn.uith bru-h and Hhell-tiri-. and pp.'i.ilily writn-n under fir-.

You wifh iiinr- than a iy th inn elsr in th» worldto know th- i-XrtCt posit!- r. <>i >our troops, nnd -x-•ictlv wher* the er.-niy is with reffTern.e tu them.where you 'can n«k il - art!II>-ry to plai - ihs.rfurther fire; wh' ;th-r r n't the rnsual'les hav-heen h'-av/ anionir our p.'-pi-, and nmonic the• •.errnaif: and the number of prisoners. Thi> In-fi.rmatiori somet im-- tak-s a day ,nnd i.:uht tofilK-r In. iind it Is diffl. bl: t" *"• patient The t- le-lihnn" pets cut at i.-ri'.'il tin-.—-.and you "ar.nMu s - it exi'-pt In rod-, f'-r 'he moil-'rn l isteninc s e nenable- th- enemy t-. h«ar. :.r.d tli- operators- ha-.-continually tu be cau-.i"n»-d K, b- car. ful Ub'.utrevealing cnf id -n t la l m.i't. r ov*r th- trlcphu: -.Offlc-rs under fir.- ar- olilivi«,u.« to the passage oftime anil ford- : the importance of reports. You.-ant help them unl—i you know where th»y ar-,how they an-, and when Reports come in with-out the hour on them, und ar« worthless, for ynudo not know when the conditions reported existed.Certainly It t« no exaggeration to say that theliaison'Is of th«> very highest Importance. Liaison,generally spvakinK. consists In keeping everybodyInformed of everything he pught to know.

Meanwhile you wuit. nnd walk the floor, orsmoke (some play solitaire), or you worry overwhether you have left anything undone or nut,says the general, and adds:

A favorite, or rath-r an Inevitable topic, whenone is waillnc. Is our relations with our allies, par-ticularly the French They a'» the most delightful,exasperating, unreliable, trustworthy, aenaitlve,unsanitar>. cleanly. dlrt>. artistic, clever and stupidtienpli- that the writer ha* e*er known. Intenaelyacademic and theoretical y»t splendidly practicalat times. Il will be a wonder If we do not feelas much like righting- them as we do th* Germans

WELL WORTH IT

After mornins »ervice' the familydined, and churches and their proce-dure came in for criticism. Fathercriticised the sermon. Mother dis-liked the blunders of the orsaninL Theeldest daughter thought the choir**singing was atrocious. But the subjecthad to be dropped when the small boyof the family, with the schoolboy'slove of fair play, chipped to with th»

remark:Dad, I think It was a Jolly goodDad, I

show for a penny."'—Epworth Herald.

MISUSE OF ROPE

Itthough often he does. He editssigns* even the most trivial things. It Is a «precaution, but one which can easily be carriedto a point where It will waste time that « £ "better be employed on bigger things, but Is prob-ably Justmed In the preliminary stages In which

WHerthlnks very clearly and directly; goes to hi.conclusions directly when matters call for decision.He can talk utralghter to people when ca ling themdown than any one 1 have seen. I ha>e not_yeiexperienced It. though. He has naturally a gooddisposition and a keen sense of humor. He Wfeshis temper occasionally, and stupidity and vague-riess Irritate him more than anything else. Hecan stand plain talk, but the staff officer who goesIn with only vagueness where he ought to have

k what he wants ana

Brown—Give a man enough ropsand he'll—

Jones (chucking a stump)—Put oat• new brand of 5-cent cigars.

Doggy PoemNine little doKKKs

Slssllng- on a plate.In came the boarders,

And then they were ate.

before the wur is over, for our alliance tries hu-man patience—American patience—ulmost to tnelimit. One of their orators said In my P r e 8 c n£ e

•yom- lime n»jo that all the world weeps for thesame r.asons. but only those who see alike laughat th- .-am* things, and he reasoned that meFrench and Americans art- alike because they laugnat the same things. We do, but we are surely very

-Reproduction of maps from airplane photographsIs in the French system assigned to the topo-graphic section of the army. With us our organi-zation has only gone as far as the corps as yet.our division, general staff section 2 (intelligence)has been furnishing us some maps from airplanephotographs. Fremh staff officers spend a goldenhour telling you that It la not the business of theI)euxlem- bureau to make such maps, but of theSection Topographliiui- dArmeu. The war may beli.it. the maps would never be made, men die forwant of the Information the maps would haveKlv. n, hut what matters If the battle be lost orwon if the Deuxi-me bureau Is not prostitutedinto tl.e making of map", hut unmolested does Itsregularly assigned work bomewhere back In a safeplac- In the rear.

This N wur as seen innl felt by n mnn who wasin the thick of it. <;«'ncrnl Hiirbord is humanthrniiL'li nnd thrnii-rh. From his observations ofiIn. l-'n-Mi-h you n-iili/.'.' the variations of his man-ly ••iiilni»i:i<m.s nnd niiinly resentments. But mosti'iii|M.i-t:i!it. from tin- viewpoint of the hi«tnrlun,tt.i- p-ncriil is n ;.'"<'il ubierver with a penetrnt-u,._r M-II f vului"! a>* t«i whiit is interesting. Hewrite-* frankly with a candid tongue, using Inn-ausiu'" to convey nicuniiigs and u«i to disguisetlicm.

Time mid again he expresses a whole-souledndinli-:iti»n for John J. l'ershlng. and when hewrite-. "My Chief." we cannot but believe the truewarmth "f feeling carried by this phrase. Thisloyalt\ ..ml an Increasing friendship with Charles<;.' Usiwes (later of the Pawes plan and of Cool-Idsr" and Dawes). <-<iiul)lned with the fullest en-tliu-iiiMii for the marines, constitute the throbbing.hiitimn cidence of his book. Head what he saysin .Mint'. 11)19. afler getting Into action, with themarine brigade:

( What shall I say of the gallantry with whichthese marines have fought::! Of the slopes of. Hill14'J. '<( thf Mares farm; of the Bola de Belleauand the village of Eouresehes stained with theirblood .ind not only taken away from the Ger-mans In the full tide of their advance against theFrench but held by my boys against counter-attacks rtay after day and night after night. Iranr.ot write of their splendid gallantry withoutt.-,iri coming to my eyes. There has never peenanvthln-- better In the world. What can one sayof*m-i. who die for others, who freely give up lifefor country and comrades? What can be Haid thatis ade'iuat-T Literally scores of these men haver-fu«.d to leave the field when wounded. Officersh ,'••.-- individually captured' machine-guns andkii—1 their crews. Privates have led platoons« h- n th- ir officers hav.j fallen. Many companiesh.v.- !•••• all their officers and been commandedt'.'v noi"-oinmlpsloned officers. One of my young--t-r- 1.,-utenant Moore, with the veteran Ser-«-a:.: ^ili-k. a m<-d.il-of-hnnur man, volunteeredto run -n ammunition truck down" a shell-sweptr-nd ir»o the town of Houresches the night wecitpfur-1 it, and did It. Instances of men rushing..u* fi'i.'l 'arrylng In wounded comrades, which Inother 'diys called for the award of a Medal ofHonor have been so frequent as to be almost• omn. m in this brigade.

Her- is his picture of General Pershing:Ger.'Val Pershing Is a very strong character. He

has a good many peculiarities, such 1 suppose aa•very strong man accustomed to command Is aptto develop. He Is very patient and philosophicalunder trying delays from the War. department.He is playing for high stakes and does not Intendto Jeopardize hla winning by wasting his standingwith the War department over small things—rela-tively unimportant, though very annoying aa theyoccur He is extremely' cautious, does nothinghastily or carelessly. He spends much time re-writing the cables and other papers I prepare forhim putting his own Individuality Into them. HeIn-the first officer for whom I have prepared paperswho did not generally accept what I wrote forhim It is very seldom I get anything past himwithout some alteration. X am obliged It u r Ido not alware consider that he Improvaa tfcem.

certainty, who does not know what he wants, andfumbles around, has lost time and generally gainedsome airtight talk. He develops great fo™™'*for people whom he likes and is indulgent towardtheir faults, but at. the same time is relentlesswhen convinced of Inefficiency. J*'"0"/1 ' ° y a "»to friends Is strong with htm. I. should say. butdoes not blind htm to the truth.

Writing of the early days in 101T. when the A.K. V. was in its Infancy. Oenerul Harbnrd foundan excellent character study In contrasting thetypes presented by Pershing und the French com-mander, Petaln, between whom at this time thereexisted not too cordial relations. Harbord-nay»:

He Is said to be known as Petain the Brl*f.among his own countrymen. He was a "e»"«nan*colonel of Infantry before the war, and «««•*" Inthe Ecole de Guerre, an Institution for the highertraining of French officers similar to that reveredInstitution on the banks of the Potomac where 1spent so many long hours last winter. H« Is aman about fifty-seven. 1 should Judge, fclue-eyul.blond-mustached. bald to the ears, erect In hcarriage, and gives the impression of »>ert"«"and energy. He is extremely direct in hla con-versation, frank to the point of bruskness.

Though known to his own people as The Brier,he did not seem to me to find the sound of hisown voice at all disagreeable, or to be particularlybrief In getting through what he had to say. f*r-haps -brief" would be better translated as "»ru»k.He launched forth a stream of terse concise talkthat practically held the center of the stage dur-ing the entire dinner, pausing occasionally for thentcrpreter, our Major Frank Parker, who Is on

duty at French general hendquarters and apeaksFrench, to render him in English.

Parki-r would get about half of it. and wouldsometimes forget his subordinate role as Inter-preter for General Pershing and reply on hisown" to Ueneral Petain. The latters French wasso distinct that 1 was abl« to follow his conver-""i'eial^'seems'vcry frank and direct in his deal-ing with General Pershlng, but I have not fulfilth that hu regards these exchanges on officialmatters at social events <iulle fo seriously as we

to do. Letters that come from his staffor that are written by them for IIIM BIB-

nuim--. are not always in accord with his i-x-presslims at the table. This whole question of ourrelations with the French high command is goingto be maneuvered by them to rush our generaloff his feet if he Is not extremely careful.

Later he speaks of Persians visiting the Frenchfront with Petaln: -

General Penning is evidently study ng Petalnvery closely. The question of the employment of" r ) 'l"!"=/ . .._ prance has over a mll-

Encouraging Talent"Josh." said Farmer Corntossel to

his son, "why don't you go ahead andwrite a play?"

"Who? Me?""Yes. I've been to theaters quiteYe

some lately. The way I hea/d youtalkin* to that team o' mules showsme you've got some pretty good Ideasfur dramatic dialogue."—WashingtonStar. .

High SocietyMrs. Waldo (of Boston)—I have a

letter from your Uncle James, Pene-

«SL USS. Wcatora Hfmfmyr Oalaa*

WHERE IS THE WEAK' SPOT?

IF YOU had an automobile with al*nt axle or a trucked spring. youM

naturally watch ihat particular ap«tpretty carefully. Y«u«l drive so as l»avoid any unnecessary strain on theweak spot You know that every ma-chine has some part that is not u«strong as the reft, und that it is Impos-sible to construct any machine inwhich every part te ot equal strength,and has equal ability to stand strainsand shocks). The only machine ofexactly equal strength that wua ewrbuilt was the One 1I<M* Shuy the oldYankee deacon mude.

"Fur," says the deacon. "It's mightyplain •

That the weakest spot must stand thestrain

And the way to fix that, as I mam-tain,

la only Jest, to make' that plae« a«strong as the rest."Oliver Wendell Holmes, who wrot*

the whimsical p«>em. wim a doctor fln«tand a literary man necond. He knewthat that most wonderful machine ofall. the human body, has a weakwrspot which must stand the strain andthat if a human body could be mad*like his deacon's shay, thatK would b»*equally strong in every part. It wouMrun until every organ was equally ex-hausted and then, aa he describes the-old carriage. It would go to pieces "allat once."

But this U Impcmslble. so all w*can do la to try and nnd ont what theweak parts of the human machine arc.and which organ will give way first.This Is exceedingly difficult In eachIndividual case and may be Impossible.But we can tell In a large number ofcases what we cun't tell about the In-dividuals.

Professor Raymond Pearl of JohtuHopkins university hu» mude exten-sive study and analysis of the cause*of death by age groups. The weakspots In the body. Individual peculiari-ties excepted. vary with the age.

He found that the danger spot inthe first year of life Is the digestivetract. Naturally, the new body need"food for growth, 70 per cent of raal-lnf«.uts and 40 per cent of foinaleInfants dying In Ihe first year of llf«\due to some disease of the digestive

lope, who wunts us to spend the sum-mer on his farm.

Penelope (dubiously)—Is there anysociety in the neighborhood'?

Mrs. Waldo—I Jiave heard himspeak of the Holsteins and Guernseys.I presume they are pleasant people.—Christian Endeavor. .

Crandma Saoe$ the Surface"Willie. I thought I told ynu you'd

have to.stay in the house nil day.""Yessum, you did, but grandma sent

roe down to the drug store to get herlipstick refilled."

NEW BARBER SHOP

tract. "From one year to fifty-five your*,

the lungs are the weak point. Deathfrom this cause runs from .TO r>er centIn infancy to 'J3 per cent at tifty-five.

From fifty-live on. the heart Is Hieweak spot, so •the practical lesson in

i I hildl d t h the "fiRf—life is: In childl •«d watch the "tion, In middle life the lung*, in ohlage, the heart.

TRICHINAE FROM UNDER-DONE PORK

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waning and oursand the

our army Is to come up.lion men In the field: trore romlnK Should nothing go wrongwar continue we Bhall have more than they a year?rom now For the present the French attitudeis at times very distinctly patronizing. We aredoubtless looked upon somewhat as amateurathough I believe the average professional levelS our commissioned ranks Is higher-than their*

Our numbers now are, of course, trifling; but weare coming. Petaln has sent In several sugges-tions that ha ve been distinctly patronizing, andIn which he has played all around the word ••order-without quite using It. He will do well to omitthat word from his repertoire. Our general la

"Going to have-It trimmed??1

"No. Just a shave on the back otmy neck. Won't be long. Here's thelatest number of 'My. Lady's Gazette,'That barber on the end does the beatbobs."

cautious; thinks very deeply; takes no falseknows his ground, and he knows who holds

the whip hand. If one may use that word In speak-J ! o , relations with an ally. France depends

on America, and ahe ahall not depend In vain. Wecan afford to be generous, and it shall never be•aid rtat we were not. But our relations. It willbe explained to General Petaln. ure those of co-oneratlon The general Is going to suggest towm that their dealings had better generally be5 » c and personal Instead of by" correspondence:that they are treating exactly as equals on thesame level- that General Petalns interests as well«VM« own and those of their respective countries,will be best served so. I think they will be greatwill ne ue« probably be a hero In his

ry- and together with Halg they will„ , , . , t h p war to a victorious conclusion; but It

m i e nit a strictly co-operative basis: no orders,no natronage General Pershing and Generalw™S « • the only two American generals withwhom I have dose dealings, that struck me ast. vinir the head for the part.

rii r lnmna have won the war so far by beatingthllr enemies In detail. When the French have

VI forward the British have not: when theB°rU%h hTv« b«en ready, the French have Men «•-Britlsn n»v" b e e n a 8ee-saw; two badly trained

nulling separately Instead of together. Great™ ?• engaged in too many subsidiary opera-

such operations are only JuatlHed In warwhen thSy have a direct bearing on the objectof the war. ^ ^ ^ G e r n , a n 8 lB where the

, and that la on the western front,Mesopotamlar-Egypt, or Salonfca.

Practical ApplicationA facile brush the artist wields,

With purpose grave or comlo.It Is the whitewash brush that yields

Results most economic.

Exactly"Women spend half their time say-

Ing that they have nothing to put on.their backs.'

"And the other half proving i f

Doubtful Discipline"How's the new Jail?""Mighty handsome an' commodious,"

answered Cactus Joe. "The fact to.It's so comfortabK. we're thlnkin' olofferin' a week's board In It as a pre-mium for good behavior."

Not at AllMistress—I hear you're rather

friendly with the milkman, Emma. Uhe serious?

Emma—Serious? Oh, no, ma'am I•E's one. of the Joky sort I

layed.

The placeThe P'»="Ge.r"IS ?IS ?»Atod Mesopotamla.JSgypt. or S

a r t d u In those regions Is purely In the-iri-wrs? of Br?taln's political and commercial -uprem-

" l t a £ "

?£ . a r t d u In those region p ywres? of Br?taln's political and commercial -uprem

It tieswhichrei

mustwla * • war.

wemepdou. amount of shippingI t th war all sides

a wemepdou. amount of shippingd to bring us Into the war. all sides» i npjrland nearlnc

Not RelativesTo speeding motorist who Just

splashed mud on him:"Hey. who the Sam Hill do you

think you are?""Oliver Twist, why?""Well, I'm Oliver Mud."—Hogan'i

Alley.

* On Her Hand*Gladys—May's fiance Is supposed to

he a dreadfully bad egg..wondered why aba

VEKYBOPY known that trichino-sis is u disease which cnim-*

from eatinc raw or underdone pork «-rsome kind, .lust Imw the disease gHsInto the pork Is imi-generally-, known. •'

Trichina are-, little worms or pani-sftes that are found in rats, dogs an«lpigs. As dogs ure not eaten by civ-ilized mun. they may he disregardedas a cause of the disease. The rat<become 'Infected by entinc each otheror.by eating.scraps of infected pork.The hogs become-Infected h>-entlneInfected nits. When an animal be-comes Infected, the little sacks inwhich the parasites live in.the miivcles ure dissolved in the.stomach. Theworm comes out of the snok and breedsIn the stomach. The little worms areborn and pass into the small intes-tines, where they start boring throughthe body.: They finally lodge In tht»muscles of the animal which haseaten them and grow a sack like theirparents. So the rats eut the pork andthe pigs eat the rats and so the cyclegoes on.

In many European countries, varioiwkinds of pork sausages, smoked meat*and other kinds of food from pte*have been In common u»e_for cen-turies. In' this country, meat has al-ways been sufficiently ritaitlful so thnrthe muscle parts are generally eaten,and these are usually cooked. So th»rtrichinosis, while common in Europe,

-has beep comparatively rare in thiscountry.

After eating Infected |>ork there Isa period of about a week which theworm is developing In the Intestine.The patient suffers from Ions of appe-tite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea amipain in the ulidmw>n. At the end often or fifteen day*, the young worm*are born and start boring through themuscles. The piitient now complainsof pain and tenderness In the mus-cles, especially In the up|ier forearmsand calves. Chewing may be painfulor even moving the/eyes. Then th«*little worms begin'to grow sacks inthe muscles and f»r from two t« siweeks the .patient lias fever, swellingof the eyelids and face. This gradu-ally subsides as the worms all becomeencysted.

Not a pleasant thing to have, ia It?go the way to avoid trichinosis is

never to eat any kind of pork that hasnot been thoroughly cooked. Freshpork, smoked pork, sausages, smokedu d dried pork should all be cookedthrough. The heat kills the worms,

so Hildas even Infected pork

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WASTE IS BUGBEARIN ROAD BUILDING

motortstn aa they roll smooth-ly over the magnificent pavementsuuw found In many parts of the coon-iry reallie the detailed and palnafafc-lug research which, preceded* the lay-iiiK of the pavement. To many, a roadIs a road, and no matter what thetype of surface «r the local condi-tions, road building to them Is large-ly a matter of smoothing: the aroundmid providing some kind of a, hardsurface.

But had such a policy been fol-lowed, million* or dollars would havebeen wasted, and the country wouldtoday be mired In a bog of replace-ment, repair and reconstruction. Be-cause of the farsightedness of en-gineers in charge of road building this|M«sir e. waste has been prevented,xnd the pavements being laid todaynre the best possible.

Itoad construct Urn. as practiced to-Ouy, is a highly specialized business,flood, permanent cinistraction Insuresyears of earning power and the sav-ing of millions of dollars In transpor-tation coxU. Poor construction meanswaste that mounts into almost count-lens figures.

Forenioxt among the possible sourcesof waste Is the construction of roads••f lower type than justified hy traffic.Tests conducted in many parts of thecountry have proved -thnt a 'roadshould he built iierordinj; to its maxl-mum requirements rather than to itsminimum. A dirt rood currying atraffic of 110 tons .per day. in cen-tral, will pay for gravel in. ten years».y the Having in operating costs.Traffic on a dirt road exceeding 610tons. per. day or traffic on a (Travelroad exceeding 1.4.T0 tons per day will,in general, pay for a concrete, brickf>r asphalt road In fifteen years by the

Vuving. These figure*, established byttie Iowa highway commission, nre to-day being taken as standard for de-termining the type of surface justified.

Scientific research has establishedsome remarkiilije facts about sub-grades. Formerly It was held that allMills could be drained, no matter how\\.-t and unstable in their natural con-dition. On tin; Hates road in Spring-Held, HI., two years were spent In In-vestigating drainage. Tests firmly es-tablished the fact that In clay soils,little can be done to reduce the mois-ture content hydrnlnage. The wastesin highway funds saved through thisresearch returned taxpayers millionsof dollars.

Again referrlne to the Rates test,which is perhaiw the most compre-hensive yet conducted, tests have madeil possible to Imild a road which is(•ermanent ami ul>le to stand up under any given volume of traflic Ifproperly maintained. Through research the public Is now protectedsmulnst building mail pavements toolight for the volume of 'truffle whichwill use the mad and which break<|own nnder tratlir.

Similarly, after ha vine determinedtlie volume of traffic, road buildersneed not build a pavement too heavyfor the truffle the road will carry.

v This saves overinvestment in roadpavements.

to ths fact

recawtly at the Jafl| Shortly

pot te the cafl aat

When he flalshed he Uor-l got his tools and it was with ths

aid of theae that the utlsusuraforced the bara to their call wnvi dowind

REAL HEROES I*MEW YORK FIRE

<*»•Now Gawd Toabof Unknown

WWHII «• •« • •» • • •«

DOG SAVES FARMERFROM BULL'S ATTACK

m FlCoilim andBattle.

Baltimore.—Shep. an old collie dog.saved Walter C. Kelley, forty-five, aprominent dairy farmer at Glenmoont,Md., from being gored to death by aninfuriated bull.

Kelley was Inspecting his cattlewhen a large bull, resisting his effortsto pen him. became angered. Bushingat Kelley. the bull knocked him to theground, pinning him there with one ofhis horns and piercing his left wrist,which was broken.

The Infuriated animal shook him-self loose, trampled on Kelley andagain rushed. Kelley grabbed a pitch-fork and. with his uninjured hand,thrust the fork at the bull, which,wounded, became more enraged. Lung-Ing at Kelley. the animal caught him,piercing his left side and Inflicting aserious wound near the lung:

Sbep rawhed across the field In onegreat hound and sank his teeth deepInto the bull's throat Animal foughtanimal while Kelley lay groaning onthe ground. The bull finally shook thedog off and scurried across the field.

Friends came to Kelley'* assistanceand t<xjk him to a hospital.

to Oortlsndt street hy nro-BMB who fought *«"*— that caasadthe deaths of 6400 canaries, 130 par-rots, 40 monkeys and several cats and

8everal boa constrictorsabout, terror stricken. In theirmonkeys chattered aad parrotsshrieked, creating a bedlam of noisessuch as a jangle explorer aright hearin a nightmare. The Jungle law ofthe survival of the fittest prevailed,and the weaker of the Imprisonedcreatures perished. 80 frightenedwere the boa constrictors and twowildcats that they were rescuedwithout attempting to attack the flra-

Skippmr, Arm Broken,Guide* Tug to Safety

New York.—The Cornish, a Soundfreighter, crashed Into the -stern ofa tug owned hy McKeever Bros. In theEast river off Jackson street.

Capt. John Billings, at the wheelof the tug, wan thrown against thewull of the pilot house and his rightarm and right shoulder were broken.Nevertheless, he waved aside offers ofhelp made hy Capt. L. J. Birchnridgcof the Corninh.

Staggering Jo his: feet he rang forfull speed ahead and. managing thewheel with his left hand and rlclitknee, lie swung the tug on Its keelanil headed fur shore.

He held to his course. The crewstuck. Captain Killings fixed his gaze.on the shore lights and gritted histeeth. .

Oiiiy the pilot house and funnel ofthe tug were above water whra Pa-trolmen Prelim and McCullough ofthe Chiton street police station came,to tin*, rescue. They got lilies aboardand extricated Captain Billings andtook him ashore. He was taken to(iouverneur hospital.

Outstanding Hero.The outstanding hero of the fire, aa

reported by firemen, was a baboonwhich took bis Inseparable compan-ion, .a kitten In bis arms, broke openthe door of his cage and escaped tosafety with his charge. In anothercage firemen said they found a mon-key crouched In her cage, choked by

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Ileporu reaching the War-department that disrespect was being shown by visitors to the tomb of the UnknownSoldier In Arlington National cemetery, caused a military guard to be placed around this uacred ahrlne. The guardIs changed every two hours.

Learn Fine Points of Baking

Good Roads Challenge• :• Hard-surfaced roads eliminate i*>-

• Intion. which signifies pj-ogressive civ-ilization. All the country is rapidlyforging ahead to that much desired

. jioul when millions of cars and trucks<:in negotiate the highways withoutwrecking their high-priced machineryand burning vast quantities of vnlti-sihle fuel; to force their way fromplace to-place by plowing furrowsduring rainy' periods*, on all our dirtroads. The hard-surfaced road willpresent to each' town or city throughwhich it passes with remorseless per-sistence, this ultimatum: "Do or die;function or perish from the earth." Ifsuch there be, the builders of each<ity will decide its destiny and theI.uslness men its fate.

Good Roads Hints

-Good roads Is a matter of vastlymore than convenience or politicalconcern.

• • •The best is the cheapest applies to

road construction us well as to any-thing else.

• a •Good roads are making our farm

lands worth more, therefore they ar«a good investment.

• • •A central system of highways h

l»«en established—the federal 7 perrent system of approximately 200,000miles.

• • •'tilghty-eight tnotorhus companies

are operating 800 busses and coveringmore than £000 miles on hard roadsin Illinois.

Good. roads can only he secure-1through scientific methods of construc-tion, reliable, contractors and time-tested types «tf pavement.

„• • •Some 80,000 miles on the-federal aid

system have lieen selected In eo-operlit Ion, with the stall's for Uniform dunger and direction sign posting.

Fire Laddies Refuseto Rescue Menagerie

New .York.—.New York nreinen donot mind, rescuing cats and canaries,but they draw the line at lions nndtleers. It took machine guns trainedon Luna Park's circus, winter head-quarters in Uichniond Hill recentlyto convince the animal keeper that hispet lion and tiger could not he re-leased despite their terror at u near-bytire. .

The flre^ was in the Hurral Soupcompany' factory, within 'Jo feet of themenagerie's quarters.

When firemen arrived the keeperpleaded to remain in the menagerie,hut «>n their Insistence that he leavehe declared he would not go withouthis particular pets, Jetlim, June andNicodemua. :

The firemen were willing until theydiscovered that the Biblical nameswere borne hy a lion, a tiger und agiraffe, respectively, firemen sum-moned, polk-e, who trained machineguns 'on the structure in case any ofthis animals got free.

Took His Inseparable Companion, aKitten, In Hia Arms and Escaped.

the smoke and her hair singed hy theflames. When they removed tier theyfound she was lying on four of heryoung, protecting them with her ownbody. The mother later was revived.

A loss of more than $l"..00ii wascaused by the. fire. Most of this wascaused by deaths of the animals undbirds. v The animal store, known asBarrel's pet store. Is patronized bycircus men. Three anteaters. u SouthAmerican vulture nnd ninny chicksand rabbits, intended for the Eastersenswn, were among the casualties.

Representatives of the Society forthe Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsrendered first alii to the animals Iwhich It was thought would recover, jThose more seriously injured were |killed.

A kitchen with the last word In baking equipment bus been Installed at the U'usliburn Extension schoul in Chi-cago. The students furnish the money with which to buy the lufredleuts und are given the fuod after they havabei-u taught bow to prepare and cook It. •

GEN. B. H. FULLER

Hasn't Missed Church'Service in 43 Years

Pittsfleld, Mass.—Former Represent-ative William A. Pahey of this city, ulocal shoe merchant,' is believed tohave u record for church attendance.

He has not missed attendance at. theSacred Heart church in 4tt years, andno considerations of weutlier or per-sonal convenience have'ever deterredhim. In addition to regular serviceshe has attended hundreds of religiousmeetihgs.

Quick WorkMoscow. V. S. S. R.—It takes.only

twelve minutes to get a divorce now.twenty minutes having been savedby un American curd-index system inpluce of \»s registry Imiiks. • '

Keeps RingI.nndon.—If n man refuses to ninrry

a girl lie cannot get liis engagementrir.g hni-k. This decree -comes from abachelor judge, after arguments by aPortia.

John Bull DeadT.omloii.—John Bull is dead. That

was the baptismal- name of a man whowas a waiter for yearr In .the OldCheshire Cheese.'

Dog Saves Boys FromDeath by Exposure

Petoskey. Mich.—The faithfulnessnf a pet dog Is believed to have saveilthe lives of Clinton Shearer, six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. liordon Shear-er of kegoiuic. and Lynn Kdward Hop-kins., seven-yeur-old son of Mr. undMrs. Harry Hopkins of Kdgewuter.

The two lads became lost and spentthe zero night in a swiimp (tear R11-moua park, where they were founfl ina serious frozen condition' by theirfathers. By some instinct of naturethe dog seemed to realize the chil-dren's predicament and crawled overthe two weary bodies in an effort tokeep them warm through the night.

The dog showed no ill effects fromthe cold except that he was readyfor breakfast and a real breakfastnaturally was his reward.

Must Wear Hat*Philadelphia.—Women must keep

their hats on at the trial of I>avidI.. Marshall, chiropractor, for mur-dering Anna May Deitrlch. When onespectator uncovered to relieve a head-ache she was informed: .This Isn'ta movie; It's a murder trial."

10 Years for 5 CentsKansas City, Mo.—For n five-cent

robbery. Robert Clurk and John Jack-son were ̂ sentenced to ten years inthe |ien!teiitinry here. Tin- nickelwas taken In u holdup.

Same SerpentPrince Rupert. B. C—There's a bia

sen ser|>ent loose in the Pacific Itraised its head thirty feet out of the"water, take it from Capt. C. J. Houseof the government fishery bout.

Cat Comes BackEast Templet on. Mass.—Billy Sun-

day, a cntj is back at his old homeafter traveling. 200 .miles from. SouthJefferson, Maine, in u jiur.

Dogs CollideColumbus, Knn. *— Tw.o valnuble

hnunds were killed, wneh they col-lided while chasing'a rabbit. -

Give Coolidge Baltimore Flag

Brig. Gen. B. H. Fuller. UnitedStates marine corps, will be the senior jofficer on the court-murtial which will,try Col. Alexander Williams oncharges of intoxication preferred byGeneral Butler.

MAY DAY QUEEN

Molly C. Parker of Lancaster,llass* Is president of her' dass^atBryn Mawr this year awl will bequeen of the May.

Miss Lula Powell and a delegation of the Woman's Republican club ofBaltimore recently presented President CouUdge with the city flag ofBaltimore.

Railway Bridge Built of Logs

A huge log- bridge bus just been^completed In Oregon by a lumber com-pany to span a canyon between the mill and the togging camp. The bridgeIs 400 feet long and 110 feet high. After the available Umber baa been sawedoff, which will be in about three years, the railroad will be useles* and theyIntend to tear It' down and saw the logs Into.lumber. The bridga contains375 logs, 30 to 110-feet long, . - : , .

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Subscription-** yearly, in atfranesJ

Entered as Sad class matter at theWatertown postofflce under act of

March 8. 187*.

Progress—In country JournalismOrder—and neatness in businessliberty—In service to the publicImpartiality—In every attitudeCourage—to stand on these termsYours—tor the good of everybody

NEW YORK CITY

Last Monday round the Editor"down Broadway" on his motorcyclevisiting several business places of

Juries willing toconvie* 4or a capital crime are ex-,„ • .y hard to And. does it not•e*M otrangH that Chapman's Juryi/a* sure of h „ _

If the counsel for defense were,o sun? of hla Innocence why didtU«*y spend so much time arguing-rights?'* In a case or life or death.It would seem that "nwr evidence^would be more important for argu-uent and sooner arrived a t In allthe various alibi claims put forth,

1 It Is hard to remember one that ac-I counted for Chapman at thevery! Lour of the crime aUegd. He might1 be in Sew York city on the day In

nueatlonand yet in New Britain aj f*w hours later. Neighbors mightI have seen him elsewhere every dsy

,.f a certain week and yet not missI Im the f*v *"»un that would benecessary to » ^ to New Brltatn amreturn. Nearl, * year elapsed and

stridV toward stas•gure.

day. April 14,teals* the aaatvetaair •*Home Makers'

Corner byAlfe»L.Webb

must IM* awful in New YorU. Butthe tact is that once you get Intothe swing of it and learn Its systemof travel, the goto* is safer becauseIt is orderly and dependable.

Going down Main street at homethe motorWt is more or less subjectto: "Take what comes and saynothing." He knows not what thenext corner may bring forth. Aspeeder may go two miles beforemeeting an officer. The fellow onthe left who acts as though he wouldBldeswtpe your car In passing hasthe whole road In front of you athis disposal. !

Down Broadway it 1>. different.;The only signal and the wholetraffic to watch is straight aheadof you.

would soonerw His lastwa»"to die a» he had lived

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Guide PostBy Henry and Tertlus VanDyk*

Woe to them that go down toEgypt for help, and rely onhorses, and trust In chariots be-cause they are many, and tohorsemen because they are verystrong, but they look not untothe Holy One of Israel, neitherseek Jehovah!—Isaiah 81:1.

All th«\ ml• set aside for

cross-town trawl; all the e.ven-numbered strcts take oattboundvehicles. There are exceptions,such as 42nd street, for two-waytravel.

During all the tour of the city andtwo trips to Brooklyn the writersaw no wrecks, collisions or reck-less driving—going a* la- did. fromWhite Plains through Bronx Parl«-way. Central Avenue, and Broadwayto Brooklyn Bridge and return to10th Avenue and 42nd street; fromthence back to Flushing avenue inBrooklyn, once wore uptown inManhattan, and cross town on 92ndstreet, through Central Park, toFir.1'!, avenue and out to the countryagain via the Grand Concourse. Awoman or child Jay-walking In themiddle of a block caused the Editorhis most worry-^o^d all «>?. *aidIn an undertone scarcely audiblemore than four feet, was: "O dearmel"

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'•DISGUSTED'1

A friend of the writer (not so;very old) says: "I am surprised anddisgiiHi txl that th« state that I watt •born iu would luiinlt r a. man fora. crime tliui I jind many knew-very well In- ilicl not commit.

neglect the dynamic, withouteven the best schei

Of what use is a plan for co-opera-tion unless we have men of good willto work In H? ' .

Where will a business organisa-tion get you without honest andfaithful workers to fill the positions?

How ran government proceed un-less the men who administer theoffices are honorable aa well aa ca-pable?

Can the church make disciples ofall nations by setting up a programand apportioning various duties toher members if they lack the dy-namic of personal conviction?

I Of course the real object behind• organization is to increase the free-, dow, power and happiness of indi-I viduals.! But it can not accomplish this if' wo attend so closely to the plans{ that we forget th*' nature of the indi-

vidual ami t*he ?ource of his real/greatness.

Organisation is imtiortant. But isnot 'vin tlo! b«-sf organization is*-iwrtant unless it is permi-alcd bytin- .-spirit of <Jod, wlio alone givesstrength* and .prate'to men?

TABLE WISDOM

King Solomon atoWhat was put on his plate.

And never wa» knownTo Inquire

It the vitamin countWas the proper amount,

Or calorie* met11U desire.

Yet he »a« accountedi wise in his day.

loo touch knowledgeTakes KUbto away!

—A. L.. W..bb. j"f . • » •

•EAT AND OET WELL"

11 is n-ally quIii- simple, this mat-l,.r of Ri'tting M o f t h B t e r t r *wviRhi and bulk that spoils the irtjrteof the most i>xp»-iislvi' clothes, andaccompanies'Bo many allmeutK. Al-ihough, as «. K. Scotson-Clark as-sures us. "Uoml foo-i. well cooked. Inthe most important thing iu thislife" (a vrry mundane view, to bt-4urt«!•) pprsmis of low vitality, affect.tl with aiM-mla or prone to auto-latoxIcaUon, n-ally have to watcU theirtable performance more than any-thing .IM•; especially If Hay arvstout.

Dr. BUBt'He ChrlBUau, by somrlulled as the greatest food expcrlin the country, Is strong for freshfruit Just after rising, and vigorousexercise accompanied by deep breath-ing. Then a breakfast of corn, hom-iny or rice which was cooked over-night, served with cream; maltedmilk inutead of coffw; and somedteamed flgs with cream cheese. Forluncheon, bran gems with nut ordairy butter, and two or throe glass-es of buttermilk. Dinner would in-clude a fruit salad containing bana-nas, raisins and grated nuts, withwhipped cream for dressing; two.tablespoons of choice nut meats,corn muffins for bread, and again.the cream cheese and flgs. Onemight supplement with freah corn ;when it can be bad, spinach, two \eggs poached or whipped, a potato, ja lettuce salad, and wheat bran.1

These menus, Dr. Christian says, Ishould cure autointoxication, which ••nearly always has constipation as aprimary cause. A few spoonfuls ot.clean wheat bran with each mealprevents decomposition In the colonand late bowel action.

fEn*iMAns. "good -tor what alia Saw." Inone. mix and sift a cap of flow aada teaspoon each of aalt and aoda.and add 2 cups of bran. 1 | enpa adlk.| cup molasses, and a well beatenegg. Bake half an boor to a mod-erate oven. This makeela doaen.

for date bran mofflna sift togeth-er the same amount of flow and aaltwith S teaspoons of baking powderinstead of the aoda, and a tablespoonof sugar. Then stir the beaten egginto the bran and mix all together,add a cup and a half of milk, and

| beat thoroughly. Finally mix In half! a cup of finely cut up dates, and bakei 25 minutes in a moderate oven. This

also makes a dosen.• • • •

CORN MUFFINS

Sift together a cop each of yellowmeal and wheat flour, a teaspoon ofsalt and six of baking powder. Add2 tablespoons, of corn syrup, 1 ofmelted shortening and a cup of milk.If sugar Is used instead of syrup,put in 2 more tablespoons of milkor water. Bake half an hour to ahot oven. This will make 8.

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poet'genius. Tboataa Otvay. chokedbar a mouthful of bread ravenously«aten when he-waa starving. An-jother celebrated writer. Matthew jArnold, died April 16. ISSt, The!•rat BngUtawoman to make her;living by writing, l b s . Apbra Behn, jdied to London April If. ltW. OurBenjamin Franklin died to PhUadel-.phla April 17. 17M. Another dateto which the children'a attentionahould be called by mother or father;la that of Paul Aovere'a ride, April'

A. C. Bekhart. Mil M. CWr WUOivejlsnil. O. M » "AIM- taateg U W -ated Bueha tablets e*w wee*, the * * » -Ins and enarUns left me. a*** win «•>M i to s*t up alstoU. Tear"-*----*the credit as I Had tried —I win b« *to* to write my Lanr mw. Uthlated Bvebubladder as epsom aalU '

causes setting up sights. The taMecsS e t ! MOU each at all dru* stores.Keller laboratory. Ueebaaieaswj. O.Locally at D. 9. •ulllvsiTs Drug ator*.

BABY CHICKSBred-To-Lay Popular Breeds; Fro-

paid guaranteed live delivery; Freecatalogue of Chicks, Brooders sadSupplies. Clark's Hatchery. DeptSt. Kagt Hartford. Conn. Itt

prtosd frww * » «• ¥0, ooasisttof atRemlnotona, I - C a m i * * Was*stoeks and Royals. All nuaraatMstfull Line of Supplies and Addta*

Machines. Also Check-WritersPEBRLI8S TYPtWRITIR CXCH.

Next week we will have some lists!of things that may be-served at card ,parties to fat folks who are dieting,!without making them "lose their,

Home Isn't Just a house; thtre aremany elements to be considered, In-cluding the neighbors! People formthemselves Into little cliques, ac-cording to common tastes and inter-ests, like means and occupations, oests, like means and occupations, ornationality. So In choosing a lot onwhich to bulM a home It is import-ant to find one where the surround-ings will be congenial. Alao seewhether the street is a thoroughfarecared for by the city, or a aide roadto be kept up by property owners;if the paving assessments are likelyto be heavy; if sidewalks are to. onpermanent-grade; If water, gas. elec-tricity and newer is up to the lot,and flre protection available.

One also wants to know about theproximity of churches, schools, thedistance to shopping facilities orclubs and business. Another veryImportant matter is the exposure:whether the lot face* south, weaketc., and why; and whether theroom most occupied would be likelyto be exposed to prevailing winds.Tile view is a real asset, as well asthe opportunities for landscaping thelot, the soil condition. One might. Inmany places, be pmt to much expensetor fertiliser or drainage. Shadetrees grow slowly, so a big tree ortwo is or are worth real money.

Next week we discuss seleotion ofthe type of bouse to bn built.

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NOTABLE DATES

Abraham Lincoln died 81 yearsago gn April IS at Washington, D. C.

Cross * Word PuzzleSOLUTION APPEARS ELSEWHERE IN THIS ISSUE

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I)id you know that pork and beefwere often resolvable for taxes dur-ing early Hett|)-nionl of America.

PROBABLE WEATHERBv A. I). KLMER

'LcwniHe BUT Gstfuuty BsBumw

A.NORMAL SPRING WEEK .

Above is a Krapbic illustration or'•weiither in-olmbilities for the com-'inn we«-k. Three <lays of warm •- ....„• sunshine is the promise for.- - week'.* beginning although the.coolnesh of the nights will likel, Icause reraimlprs that winter 1H re-'lurtant- in nMeasing its grip. Per-,haps, however, a more emphatic re-minder that winter is yet not far ,behind n.s will come' with the storm "1 hat in promised for mid-week, for.in- eraiic downward acdun of Hietemperaturp line whirh, by the «way.is customary for the sunspot periodwhich bugint the.-22nd, may one*more yield snow ' in the northern[>ai t of the district. Yet. either side.11 the storm there will be muchMelting of the snow -sfhicU stilly

li-il<Ji. forth in Hi<- woods, prrparins.' run iff 1 Inn will, i" a<)illtioii lo theI.IITI 1 ..it falls, sii 1 Miniate flooil |«) •::ibillli<->. If 1 h>- I'ri'snit dots notcarry oft the surplus of *now water,llu- striiiin* "111 lilvi'ly continue highI • *b« 1.. 1 of Hi.- month. Taken, J I » n«i»-. ho* evi-r. the week offerslittle that iu not customary for thisseason of the yitir. 4

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Radio Conditions. Static, whirhIIHH bt-cn interestiiiBly described a»tin- "KMUIIII of tin- hobtH of Wf-HthermnrrhiiiK nwr the laml." willavt-r-jugc towards normal fur (he seasonmore and more. Quito weak and dlH-,tant west-southwest before it in-creases and nears vith the oncjpm-Ing utorm, during which It will mani-fest usual conditions, again workingback to nonnal-witb the clearing up.

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HEN two outHjfctowm-w—.----caledatlliefunikureilonofilieHMBdUrdCoJn New Haven,looking for a gray enamd Glen-wood range, the (floor Mnpb

, wu marked, "aoU". andI kojhlatfies wanted (he sane Hove immediately. W A theopportunity to make two sales confronting him « becould meet the requirement*, the laleanan turned totoUleJephooesenffcelo solve his probfem.

CaBawewinaa^toaevefalollkGIenwoodaieneiea• ndihbocBg ckin, and finaDjf to the hctoiy at Tautfm,Maia. Within fifteen minutes he was able to asnn bothcoNonenofinnwdiatedeGveiy. Two sties woe madethat had at fint appeared impossible, and two emtonenwent awayjatiified wkh Aeir purchases and pleated wtfiAe eerviee which had been swen them.

"Th»M. aaya Mr. H M. BuDaid. ftwident of theCompany, "ia but one of the many intances which haveproved toll telephone lervice an able factor • thecontinued success of our store."

How many wtaileis.—and jobbers and whpfcaalas,for that matter—have had to paaa up pcofaable taletbecause die demed ton was not in stock? Thecostofa toll cal im't much when k it compared wrth die Biofitit may help lo make and the good^wSit may cam or hold.

Like Mr. Bulard. hundreds of keen buMWH menright here in Connecticut look upon toll telephone serviceas mdiipentable to the efficient administration of theiraffairs. Many time* a dsy, m innumerable ways, it promits value beyond question.

h toll telephone ser»fc« doing for you aBAat Utan? OutCommercialScnke Department vMha gladha$tt$ty>u in obtaining Increased efficiency from yourequipment, mllhout charge, uponrtqtmt

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UTCHFIBLO COUNTY

'NEWS'Abopt the Coonty

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New York.• • •

Mr. A. B. Wilkinson, vegetable gar-dam . specialist, awt tbe UtebSeMCoast? TafetaUo Orowara Club atHarry DMabnry's la Thomaaton April

ao inocalaUon and may. especiallyalslke clover, grow oa wetter andpoorer soils than alfalfa. Cloverseed eosts a little less. With thetreatment likely to be given cloverand alfalfa by the BUB who baanever raised either well, chances are

! In favor of success with clover. TheFour towns were represented at a! applications of lime aad fertiliser

montlnr hold In the Farm Bureau I needed for clover will make alfalfa

», sad talked toMoney With Karly Vagetablea."

oA HEALTH PROJECT

aad a half treat onethree too*-one4tfth aaoae •rortinc aa alfti**"

Clavar HaaThe Beads of etorer a nIllar to most tamers than those ofalfalfa. Clover respires line.

Offices last Thursday, to plan a aer-ies of meetings In each of thesetowns.' Mrs. M. E. Dakln. the nutrt-

more certain.Most farmers who raise neither

clover nor alfalfa would do well toUon specialist. e*p>**ned to them the, start with clover and graduallytype of work on feeding children. change to alfalfa. Farmers who havewhich la being carried out In other, been growing good clover ought, Inparts of Connecticut and in the other practically every Instance, to changenortheastern states. The work on • rapidly, to alfalfa,this-health project for children willbe started In LltchneM and Morrisduring the first week in May. and inNew Preston and1 Harwinton In June.

The work will consist of a seriesof meetings for mothers who wantthe healthiest children lt'a possible;to have. The first meeting in most PROPERLYcases will Include a child Judging

CLOVER AND ALFALFA ARETHE 'BEST HAY CROPS FORCONNECTICUT BUT OF THESEALFALFA IS MUCH THE BETTER.—J. S. Owens, Specialist In Soils andCrops.

r—OPREPARED WOOL

WORTH MORE MONEYdemonstration to emphasise thegood points to watch for in the phys-ical development of children. Thechildren Judged will be one, two or

Although the wool trade has longcomplained bitterly against the useof binder twine In tying fleeces on

three years old. one five or six and j the farm, the practice still continuesone of school age. This will be fol! to a large extent In many states,lowed by several other meetings.Two or more will be held in eachtown this spring and the work'willbe completed In the fall. ,

The representatives from eachtown will make every effort to notifyeveryone who may be Interested andto arrange for transportation when-ever it Is necessary.,

TOWN STANDINGS

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At the end of last week the mem-berships totaled 425, or Just 50% or.the entire number required. Thecounty Increased its score by 14points last week in order to do It.

The town of Lltchneld broke looseagain and added five to KB total,which places the town in first placewith a percentage of 81.4. Gouhenand Plymouth' are still hanging ontotheir 80% score, but have been oust-ed out of first place, and are nowtied for second honors. Washing-ton will probably give them a runfor their money this week.

It has taken 14 weeks to do halfof the Job. How long will It taketo complete it? That is the questionwhich confronts the organisation atthe present time. The roads will beclearing up rapidly in most placessoon. If every member will go outand get a member the work will bedone quickly.

CLOVER OR ALFALFA

Alfalfa Growers Are Enthusiastic'The greatest hdpo is In sight forConnecticut dairymen," remarked C.N. Bacon of MMdletown to a numberof Middlesex County fanners whowere Inspecting his splendid alfalfafields a little over a year ago. Mr,Bacon started raising aXaKa a dosenyears ago and now raises nearlyenough allaKa for his dairy herd. .

Mr. Anderson, manager of Wood-ford Farm in Hartford County, re-cently stated to the farmers of hiscounty, that only alfalfa la to begrown as a hay crop on that farm.With an Increase from eighteen toseventy acres In a half dosen years,Mr. Anderson Is satisfied that alfalfaIs the right hay to crop.

Five Tons to One. Grass haysyielded 1.4 tons per acre hi Connecti-cut in 192S4 mixed clover and tim-othy l.« tons; clover. 2 tons;"alfalfa3.1 tons per acre. Alfalfa containsa third more protein than clover.Alfalfa lives five years aad shook!produce In that, time fifteen and one-half tons; clover produces a crop and

says the United States Departmentof Agriculture. The use of suchtwines is objectionable because smallshreds cling to the wool and appearin the finished cloth, from whichthey can be removed only by ex-pensive hand labor. The use of pa-per-wool twine manufactureddally for tying fleeces Is advocatedinstead of Bisal (binder twine),hemp., Jute, or twines of similarfibers. One large wool producer re-ports a more ready sale and a sav-ing of 2 cents a pound on wool prop-erly prepared for the market

Chaff and straw, allowed to get In-to the fleeces through carelessnessin feeding, from unawept floors atstearins time, or during storage, al-so make fleeces less valuable aadunattractive to the buyer, and some-times results In a loss to the grower—«n avoidable loss—of as much as10 cents a pound. The appearanceof a fleece Is also improved if rolledup and tied with the flesh side out.Twine of moderate site la bast fortying, and not more than two strandseach way Is advisable. To withstandthe strains of handling and shippinguse bags in good condition.

The practice of branding with leadpaint or tar is a great detriment be-cause these materials will not scourout in the manufacturing process.Where branding or marking Is nec-essary, as small a brand as possibleshould be put on and care taken notto slap it on carelessly. If the un-desirable paint or tar brands havebeen used they should be clippedfrom the wool at shearing, tlmo andpacked separately or thrown away.

A soluble marking fluid manufact-ured especially for branding purposes is most desirable and shouldbe used In preference to commonpaint or tar. >

More attention to the details ofshearing, handling, storage and prep-paratfon of the fleeces for marketwould mean a general improvementIn the wool of this country, andmake it compare more favorablywith most of the foreign wools Im-ported for manufacturing purposesr-U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.

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DOE8 YOUR CHILD FU8S ABOUTHIS FOOD?

I. Maybe It Is Your FaultI. Do you fret about what he

eats and whether he is gettingenough? If so, very likely at everymealtime you make him the staractor in a little drama, and everychild likes to be the center of at-tantlon.

'2. Do you talk about his eatinghabits to other people In bis pres-ence? If so, any child would feelImportant and want to keep up be-ing different

3. Do you Insist on feeding himafter he la old enough to feed him-self, Just because It to easier thanto teach him?

Better let him spill a tittle .'tilhe learns than to become dependent,and, hence, often fretful.

4. Is someone else In the familyvery particular about eating? Ofcourse, a child likes to imitate whatolder people da

II. Maybe Yon Have Not FedHim Wisely

1. Do you choose plain, nourish-ing, easily digested foods and cookthem well?

2. Have you let your childtaste everything that grown peoplehave? A child used to having t«>a,coffee, and highly seasoned foodsor too many sweets has lost a heal-thy appetite.

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net only his eatfag bat bis babtta ofIlle are probably dtoarraaged.

IV. Maybe Ton Have Not BeatIrod What Effect Emotion Baa oathe Taking or Food.

1. Do yon know that a child who1s angry or fearful or worried can-not digest food properlyT

If,-then, be refuses food at suchtimes, do not try to make him eat.but overcome the emotion flrst bya mots healthy attitude of mind.Good cheer la a splendid appetiser.

S. Do you everereats an unpleas-ant scene in an effort to machild oatT In this way you mayarouse emotions that make eatingImpossible at the time and arousedistaste for the food ever after.

8. Do you create Jealousy by de-nying to one child what anotherhas? If It Is not wise to give all thechildren the same foods, the childwho is refused ought to know why,and'not be allowed to feel that heIs treated unfairly.

4. Do you try to show your au-thority by making a child eat athing Just" because you say so?

This only creates anger and obsti-nacy, iwhich means Inability to di-gest food, and what have you gained?

Is It not better to show him thstyou are reasonable and expect himto be; that you consult his prefer-ences when you can, but If a foodIs needed for health, he must try tolearn to like It?

5. Do you suggest to the childyour own doubt whether he Is goingto eat or not?

A child is quick to refuse if hesenses that you expect him to re-fuse, and is quick to eat what Isoffered without question.

Are you afraid of your child'smissing a meal that when he re-fuses what you give him you providesomething else?

The child knows by your attitudethat you are afraid, and that he canget what ho wants if he persists.Missing a meal will not hurt him.Leave the food twenty or thirtyminutes, and then take It away andgive nothing else 'tit tho next meal.In this way the child soon learnsto eat what is offered at regulartimes.—Dr. Douglas A. Thorn, Di-rector, Habit Clinics Boston Com-munity Health Association.

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Praeueattr all of asat a prosU wheat easts ofare abnormally tow, or whan triceswe receive for oar products are ab-normally high; bat it takes ifarmers to make a prostt when con-ditions are advene. Tbe law of tbesurvival of the attest works oat Justas fully in farming aa everywhereelse.

Today Is tbe day to begin to liftourselves above tbe average. Thismeans adopting tbe approved (wemight go so far as to call them standard) practices along dairy and poul-try lines, keeping some simple sys-t?m of accounts, and using that sys-tem to discover where to cut costs.The dairy and poultry calendars putout by the Extension Service willhelp materially la this way and theproduction reports also furnished bytbe Extension Department will tellyou whether you are above or below(he average. If you want more tact*k«M>p the Extension dairy and poultrybooks, and figure your costs for feedas well as production. Better yet,If you are a dairyman, become inter•>Ht«d In starting a cow test associaIon and get enough of your nolgh

born interested so that such an assolatlon can be formed in your sec

tlon of the County. The records willnot only give you your productionand cost per quart but also the buttfrfat record of each cow In yourherd. Buttorfat plays an Importantpart In our system or selling milkand will continue to do so to an in-creasing extent as time goes on.Tho above methods should make ItpoHslble to attain high production

a low cost and thus Insure ourfuture as farmera as far as Jt ispossible to do so. The only expensewill be that of the time necessaryto carry out whatever method youadopt. If each of us would make arial effort In this direction we couldnot only help ourselves as Individ-uals but at the same time make ourcounty and our several communitiesmore prosperous.—S. McLean Buck-ingham, President.

UBERCULO8I8 IN HERD CAUS-ES DECREA8EO INCOME

Showing that milk production inherd began to decline almost si-

multaneously with tbe developmentof tuberculosis among the cows, areport received by tho UnitedStates Department of Agriculturetecusses a topic of unusual interest

in practical dairying. The Insidiousnature of tuberculosis makes the

' time of flrst infection difficult toRECORDS WILL HELP FARMERS! establish and other variable factors

LIFT THEMSELVES ABOVE {make the study of this question veryTHE AVERAGE j complex. But In the case reported

! the ovidence indicates that In twoIn bis address at Chicago before, years the spread of bovine tuber-

the annual meeting of the American = culosla caused a reduction in theFarm Bureau Federation, Senator milk of the herd, which avetagedCapper said that he firmly believed about 10 cows, from an annual pro-that what Congress would do to lm- duction of 111,178 pounds to 82,173prove tho condition of agriculture pounds. The decrease In incomeamounted to but little when com- {from the sale of milk amounted topared to that which the farmers approximately $870.could do far themselves if they.' officials of the Bureau of AnimalwoaM. Senator Capper should and. Industry, United States Department Jloes know what he is talking about, of Agriculture, point out that in-specially when the subject is tbe dcmnlty paid for tuberculosis cattle

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crab is an off-shoot of this riass, be saM. but as a

major class which has not left mod-ern successors. IUnking Just belowthe fishes In the biological scale, It*Importance to him lies in tbe fact thatIt Is the connecting link between ver-tebrate and invertebrate animals.Twenty-five years ago only fragmentsof this class bad been found.

Found In Norway.Doctor Patten located Us convincing

specimens in the region of Bed bay.in tbe north of Norway.

"The fossils I found are the finestever discovered In that the softer tis-sues have been almost miraculouslypreserved. The brain, muscles andnerves can all be traced clearly Inthese fossils. In these specimens themiddle eye is finely preserved, andthat eye can be traced down throughall the succeeding classes until it. Isfound In the form of the pineal glandIn the middle of the brain of man."

A striking resemblance to the features of President CooUdge to, seen inthe outline of • rock diff recently officially discovered near Lostlne^Ore^ bymembers of a United States geological survey party, and accordingly tbe cliffwill appear on future maps of Oregon aa "Coolldge rock." The face of tbediff to neariy 100 feet hlgb and tbe likeness to tbe President to well defined,large and dear cut

Crabs in Rock

Discovery of Petrified Crea-tures Explained by Prof.

Patten, Biologist.Hanover, N. H.—In.the biology lab-

oratory and museum ut Dartmouthcollege are slabs of rock In whichare imbedded petrified creatures - thutlook rather like • the horseshoe crub,which so often has b<*en the innocentcause of fright among «oa bathers.

To the layman they are remarkablefor tbe fine preservation In every de-tail when he Is told Abut they swamabout some 5,000,000 years ngo. ToDr. 'William Patten, professor of biol-ogy and director of the compulsorycourse In evolution for freshmen, theyhave a far higher significance.

"They are the real 'miming link',"he declared. "They are of fur morevalue than the object of seurch for

connection between' mah and ope.These fossils give the lust chapter ofan unbroken history of evolution fromthe protozoa to modern man."

Before he launched into an expla-nation of what he meant by this. Doc-tor Patten went back to explain hiswhole philosophy of evolution and theseardi he had conducted for fortyyears for proof'of his theories.

"Man," he said, "is nature's master-piece. As an Individual he Is incapa-ble . of being Improved. - His • furtherevolution must be social. The wormwith Its many segments, each provid-ed with legs and scattered sense or-gans, was nature's subject for elimi-nation and concentration. In man allof these necessary parts have beenconsolidated. • One can conclude thutman's sentiments are nature's meth-ods." •"'

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Albania Has Air Lines,but Lacks Railroads

Tirana, Albania.—Albania is a landof charming contradictions. It has norailroads, but an excellent airplaneservice. It has few roads, but an effi-cient telegraph (system. It has, Inmany Instances, an astounding lack ofpolitical morality, bqt one of the mostcomplex and rigid codes of personalhonor In the world.

Another of the contradictions Is thata land with a fertile soil and a rela-tively small population accustomed toa low standard of living has to importlarge amounts of foodstuffs. But this,one of the fundamental weaknesses ofthe nation, appears to be In process ofcorrection as a result of tbe organi-zation work done by Doctor Welsbeck-er, Hungarian adviser to the Depart-ment of Agriculture. Statistics sug-gest that Albania " has made greatstrides toward self-support In thematter of food.

Doctor Welsbeeker has applied ahighly elaborate system of direct, aidand education to the farmer.

2,000 Vet* Outside U. S.Receive Compensation

Washington.—Two thousand nativeveterans of Uncle Sam's dependenciesor their ' beneficiaries are receivingfrom the veterans' bureau compensa-tion due them for services in theWorld war. . - . . ' .

There are In the possessions 2.0R0persons receiving either death or dis-ability compensations and 6.11 eitherdeath or disability Insurance.

The Philippines leads the list of de-pendencies with 157 disability und 387death ruses for which the Injured ortheir dependents are now receivingcompensation. The Canal Zone Is hintwith pnly four disability cases.

Porto Rico has 330 disability and323 death cases being cared for; Ha-waii 73 disability and. 35 death cases,and Virgin Islands 2 disability und 4death cases.' Porto Rico, with 205, tins the high

est number receiving insurance money.The Philippines are second with 185,Hawaii lias 84 and fiuum and 1'unamaeach have 8. • • ' . - .

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Glacier Park Camp Will Give Way to a Hotel

Because tourists want to get to the remotest parts of Glacier National park, new trails and automobileroads are being opened up. The picture shows the latest tourist camp In the park, at Crossley lake dose to theCanadian boundary. Before long It will be supplanted by a large hotel.

of deaths wore approximately the sameIn 1925 as in 1000. The year 1000 hndan abnormally high birth rate, and Istherefore 'not u typical year, but since1016 there appears to huve been notendency toward an Increase In thenumber of children horn In the UnitedStates,' while 'the number of. deathstends to run lower now than sixteenyears iigo."' The study was made by. Dr: Will-

ford I.* King of the bureau's staff.

POPULATION MAKES BIGGAIN DURING LAST YEAR

Ten Million Persons Added In the'United 8tates Since 1920 Cen-

sus, Report Shows.

New York.—An estimated gain of 1.-620,000 In population In the UnitedStates last year was announced bythe national bureau of economic re-search. The Indicated gain for 102!}was almost Identical with that for1924.

The estimated population of con-tinental United States was placed at115,940,000 on January 1, 1026, or a

| gain of more than ten millions since! the last federal census In 1020.

Tbe estimates were reached prln-| cipally by'a process of figures cover-i Ing the registration area,' upon arriv-als and departures from the UnitedStates and upon a recapitulation ofthe -work done by the bureau In for-

I pier years.There was a moderate decrease In

the amount of net migration Into theUnited States, the bureau said, but Itwas offset by a larger number of birthsand a smaller number of deaths.

"The total population gain in 1025was slightly larger than the averagefor the last seventeen years," saidthe report, "but materially less thanthat of. 1023, when the large amountof Immigration contributed to a pop-ulation . Increase, of 1,000,000, or of1000. when, for 'the same cause, thepopulation growth-ran up to 2,173,000.

"During the last year, Immigrationplayed but a minor, role In the popu-lation growth of the country, account-.Ing for less than one-sixth of the t«italincrease, the excess of births overdeaths adding 1367,000 persons, whileImmigration accounted, for but 202,000new Inhabitants.

"It Is a noteworthy, fact that, de-spite the growth in population, bothtbe number of blrtb* and the number

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Medal as RewardMadrid.—The Plus Ultra medal,

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Plan Big CornCrop for 1926

Farmers Reduce Acreagebut Slightly —Drop in

Spring WheatWashington.—Despite the corn sur-

plus produced last year' the farmersof the country apparently are prepar-ing to plant almost as large an acre-age to corn In 1026 as they harvestedIn 1020.

Department of Agriculture figures,based on a census recently conducted,disclose a decrease of only one-tenthof 1 per cent In the Intended plantingthis spring as compared to the har-vested acreage, of last fall. Springwheat acreage shows a decline of 1.8per cent and outs and barley Increasesbf 4.0 per. cent and 5.7 per cent, re-spectively.

As a result of the findings of Itsexperts, the Agriculture departmentdeclares that with average yieldsthere seems "little chance for changeIn tlic corn situation," but at the sametimi> it warns farmers not to Increasetheir. live stock without' consideringthe probable effect on the market.

Department'Gives Warning.A Jump of 10.6 per cent In intended

plantings of sweet potatoes leads thedepartment to warn against a crop ofthat commodity too large to market atsatisfactory prices. . • ;

The Intended acreage of white po-tatoes shows un increase, of 4.3 per-cent over the acreage harvested in3025; flax, an increase of four-tenthsof 1 per cent; grain sorghum, a de-crease of 1.7 per cent; tobacco, a de-crease of 8 per cent; rice, an increaseof 1.4 per cent, and tame hay. an in-

crease of seven-tenths of 1 per cent."The Intended acreage of corn, with

average yields, would allow littlechance for change In the corn situa-tion," says the . department's state-ment. "Increases In live stock shouldnot lbe made without considering theprobable effect on tbe market.

Sees Wheat Most Profitable."With average yields, hard spring

wheat would probably be a more prof-itable cash crop to grow than anyother small grain in the principalhard spring wheat region, even witha slight increase In acreage.

"An oat crop equal to that of lastyear would probably result in con-tinued unsatisfactory conditions Inthe market. A. barley crop as largeas intended-would probably allow.noImprovement in the market unless ashort European crop should increaseexport demand.

"While the outlook for flax Is notquite so favorable as for wheat, farm-ers operating where flax ordinarilysupplements wheat on low-priced bindwill probably find no alternative moredesirable than flax.

"The slight Increase in potato acre-age for the country us u whole seemsreasonably safe, hufthere are markeddifferences In plans in different sec-tions and overproduction should beguarded against In some localities,particularly in the West. It IK high-ly improbable thut an Increased cropof sweet potatoes as large as Inten-tions indicate could be marketed atsatisfactory prices.

Tobacco Production Reduced."Increases In acreage of certain

types of tobacco such as hurley andMaryland export types, with average

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A crew of electrical experts In Revere, Mass., have devised a schemewhereby underground cable trouble can be located with the use of a radiooutfit Men are shown here attempting to find a severed cable that feeds lightson the Revere Beach boulevard. By carrying a loop antenna arrangementover tbe ground the trouble is found through a set built in the coupe.

elds may result in excessive sup-plies. iM-rreH.ses arc indicated bygrowers of cigar types and dark type*which would bring the total produc-tion of all tobacco slightly below 1JKSV

•TIIH outlook for 1920 indicates thatthe slight chances contemplated byfarmers in acreage are In accord withthe prospect that there Is little like-lihood of a material Increase In de-mand fur farm products in either thedomestic or foreign markets."

Commenting on the feed crops situ-ation in the North Central states, thedepartment says live stock number*In those states have decreased eachyear since 1923, but no correspondingdecrease in crop acreage has takenplace or Is Indicated for this year,which makes the adjustment betweengrain and live stock production a seri-ous problem In this region. .

Hogs to Slightly Increase."Present Indications are. that the

supply of live stock In this regionwill be no larger next year than It inthis." the department continues, "andthut the demand for feed grains tofeed will be no greater. Hog num-bers may be expected to increasesomewhat this year' because of thepresent favorable feeding situation,hut in view of the reduction In horsesund cattle it is doubtful If the Increasein the former will more than offsetthe decrease In the latter. The seri-ous situation facing the farmers ofthis region Is that the potential pro-duction of feeds and of live stock toconsume them under the present con-ditions of production Is too largo for.all the production to find a remunera-tive market. • .

"The principal problem confrontingeach farmer In this region Is to strivefor a Rood balance between his liv»stock und feed crops, bearing In mindthat any large increase In live stocknumbers for the country as a wholewould probably result In- lower prices.

Use of Hay, Pasture Urged."A general movement toward a

greater dependence on pasture andliny as feed for live stock would tendto lower the expense of the farmersand at the same time bring about a .better balance between feed produc-tion and feed requirements.

"Tlio carry-over of the 1925 corncrop, next fall undoubtedly will beabove the five-year average, especiallyIn the corn-holt states. While com-mercial uses for corn may be slightlylarger than last year, the large Ar-gentine crop being harvested this yearwill tend to reduce foreign demand forAmerican corn. • Since Informationavailable does not indicate that feed-iiiK requirements'will be much, if any.greater next season than this, if theintended acreage is planted and theaverage yield obtained, no greatchange from the present corn situa-tion is expected. The position of-thefarmer who depends on the sale: ofcorn for any considerable part of hiscash income would probably.not begreatly improved during the 1020 cropyear unless yields, generally weremuch less than usual.- If corn andhogs are to be on a satisfactory basisIn the North Central states the pro-duction of corn must be adjusted tothat supply of hogs which will main,tain a satisfactory market."

X-Ray DiggersCapetown. South Africa. — Native

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ANCIENT VIKING KINGSWERE CREMATED IN KILNS

Recent Excavations In SwedishMounds Shed Light on Unique

Funeral Services.

Upsala, Sweden.—Proof that, theViking kings of Sweden were cre-mated 'inside of firmly constructedkilns and not on top of ordinary pyreshas been unearthed here" by Prof. Sune-Llndqulst during his excavations inone of the famous funeral mounds lo-cated near this university city knownas tbe Swedish "Cradle of Culture."Long before Stockholm became thecapital, Upsala was the seat of theSwedish kings and when they diedtheir bodies were solemnly burned asa special homage.

Through observation of the mate-rials uncovered inside a hitherto un-opened mound,' the archeologi<it hascome to the conclusion that for a-klnfa funeral some 1.500 years agoan elaborate and solid structure of

wood was erected on the traditionalsite and inside this building the royalremnants and certain- weapons andornaments were' placed to accompanyhim on the Journey to Valhalla.

The... successive layers of gravel,burnt clay and ashes prove that thefuneral kiln was constructed on a pileof loose stones which admitted air.from below, and then logs were fittedtogether to form a small dome withan opening at the top. Then after theking's .body had' been placed inside,the walls were coated with a thicklayer of clay, making them air-tight.When therefore a torch was appliedat the base, a .strong draft helped tostart the conflagration that consumedboth logs and contents.

After the combustion,, of the Innerframe the clay coating also collapsed-and the entire remains were then cov-ered up with sand and gravel. In rfflsway the mounds grew in belght with

each royal funeral and today soii|i; ofthem are as high as 30 feet

This interpretation of the cremationmethod which has Its counterpart incertain Roman customs, is strikinglyconfirmed both by passages in the Ice-landic sagas and Anglo-Saxon . epicabout Beowulf. One of the Incidentsin the Icelandic: literature for Instancetells-of a Swedish king named Prey,who hud ruled his people in peace formany years and when he died..he wansecretly put Inside of a pyre, built witha door and three openings and fearingfailure of crops and war, as soon an.,his spirit departed for Valhalla, hUsubjects kept him there for three yearsbefore they applied the torch.

Keno s. RecordReno. — Latest divorce statistics:

Four hundred ninety-one wives andthree hundred and fifteen husbands ob-tained decrees here last year.

Whaddye Mean "Learn?"New York.—Coeds at New York uni-

versity will learn to fight. Thirtyhave organised a boxing class.

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THE TTATEBTOiTH KBW8. TOflUT. AWUL I t M t t

WOODBURYThe Rev. L. E. Todd. rector of St.

Paul's church, has been spending thepast week with his sister. Mrs. PaulO.atfield, at Ocean Grove, N. J.

Miss Ruth Saxton of Pleasantsiren has been spending the pastw-.-k with relatives and friends ini;uubury.

Xorman Turner of New Haven hasb> in visiting at the home of hisj;randparentss, Mr. and Mrs. FrankThompson of West Main street.

S.imu.l Pond is working for S. J.iA,ad. Thtyare painting Mrs. JohnMar.in's residence.

•Mr. and Mrs. Harmon S. Boydhave been entertaining the former'smother, Mrs. Edward S. Boyd of.Mtritlen.

Miss Clara Crownshaw spent herEasier vacation with relatives Irtt'insH-d.

.Mr*. J. H. Galpin, who has been.••In tiding the winter with her daugh->. :• and other relatives, has returned:i :HT iioms on Main street and

u,. mil it for the season.:.!i-=* Jennet io Hitchcock spent th<

•v-k-.T.(l with friends at Rye, N. Y..Mr and Mrs. Frank B. O'Neill and

family, who have been living' In Ja-- a Parker's house for the winter,:iavi returned to their summer homeat V.aA Side. Jason Parker and

ntlly. who spent the winter month?in Waterbury. will return to their..oine here this week.

Mrs. Harriet Terrlll of Schoolsine;, who has been very ill wltr

. b.-onehiul pneumonia, has recovered.-uilidently to be able to go to thehome of her daughter and husband.Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kimball, to stayI i" a time.

Karl Cooper has been ill at hi?' urn.- In Pomperaug with erysipelas.

': b-rt Sullivan has been a visitorfriends in Danbury.

: t- Rev. E. J. Curtiss, pastor otMethodist church, has been at

l!:ig the annual conference. InMyn. N. Y. Last Sunday Mrs:ss ^ave a missionary talk a:

. lu> morning and evening serv. • at the Methodist church Ir

'•'lie. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis?residents of Yalesville fryears, where Mr. Curtiss had

a-iorate. .:* and Mrs. Wilkshlre and fam-if Vermont have arrived in town

r' living on Roger S. Baldwin's

_-• Woodbury for the summer.R. S. Burnap and F. H. Johnsou

of the Mitchell school will attend ameet ing of BCtaool supervisors an-iprincipals at the McFinnal Inn, W.itertown. on Thursday evening.

Vivian Jackson has returned froma two weeks' visit with relatives amifriends at New Rochelle, N. V.

The Stiles' House has its quota oi

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ward, persistent endeavors. As the.!Herald-Tribune says. "Nothing- is |

humor. He has nothing to offer inplace of the familiar. loyalties savea crude faith in the blood and Ironof Teutoninm. He is completelyalien to America."—New HavenJournal-CouiifT.

A MUCH OISCU88EO QUESTION

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which' he recently purchasedi he T. B. Terrill estate.

s Mary Crane has been a recentir with relatives In Danbury.s-< Ruth Rowell of Newlngton!)»f>n spending a few days with:4er. Mrs. James Clements.

-'•'•> Hazel Beardsley, for somen:,iht operator at the local t el-

•nc exchange, has resigned and• :::]td to her home at Zo3> BrWge.

'•!:•.-;. r.eo Halstead and daughter'Millc-bury have been spemilni; a

. \\i-k at the home of Mr. and Mrs." H. Muuson.

.MI dogs must bo register^ beforeMay 1. last year's fee of one ilolla:

male dogs has gone up ti> Iwr'!ars this yrar, all other rates as

•i.-ual. :

James Powers and family of NrwVork have been spending some Him-at' their sununrr homo in Hotchkiss-ville.

Edward Walker of Merlden spen•'• week-end with friends at Ea'~

Side.Willard Isbell, the local express

man about town and to and .from thSmithbury station, lias had the to'tiart. of his truck placed on 3 Cadil1 '• body, making a good looking mpchine and one that will stand foidurability and service.

Mr*. Alfred Leach of Middle Quartfr. who has been confined to hei"some by illness, is Improving. •

Howard Leavenworth has taken fposition with the C. L. Adams Co.wliili- Sanford Smith has resigned'il- position there.

Howard J). Beardsley has sold thef• MfAvIni? cars: to Harry Bausch aC'.i'-vrolft coach: to Harry Cassldya ("n«;vrblK roadster, and to RogerMinor a Ford coach.

M!.-s Llla \V. Field will leave thisw.-.-k for Birmingham, Alabama,when1 sh«- will visit her brother and.his wife. Mr. and Mrs. CouxtlandFi«;ld.':She will be.gone a month.

• Mrs. Kverard C. Graham has 'beena n-cent visitor with friends in Wa-twbury.

Mr. and Mrs. G.'.R. Woodward ofPatterson, N. J., are staying at theCurtiss House.

Mrs. N. B. Blackmar has been avisitor at the home of her brother-

grip patients, those ill in bed with itbeing Miss Fannie Green, Miss Bald-win, Mrs. Angevlne and Mr. Emer-son. There are two nurses in at-tendance. Miss Lucy Thompson and.Irs. Spencer Hull.

Mr. and Mrs. Croft Curtis went toihelton yesterday (Wednesday) toee the former's sister, who is a pa-

•n.t at the Shelton sanatorium.Mr. and Mrs. Howard I>. Beard

ley and daughter have boen spend-as a few days with relatives ani!riends in Madison.

J. D. Kimball has been to Newlaven on business.

Henry U. Russell of Southbury wa?visitor in Woodbury on business

it- first of the week.Robert BellanRi-r of Waterbury.

/ho recently took a position as meai• iter at C. R Martin'* more, ha?•een ill w4'h grip at his home in th«'Ay for the past .few days.Fred Curtiss has purchased a nc-v

air of draft horses 'from John Amiler.

Sumo boys about the village havmen shooting with bowstand arrowsVhile the sport of archery is an oldnd a good one. they should be carejl at what they aim. A pour robinvas seen recently which had beer,it In the back by an arrow, Afteiuttering for a day or so it fle*gainst a house, breaking its necknd dying a horrible death, all be•ause someone was thoughtless andhot without counting the costs.The road from the town hall ur

>ver the plains to the Hotchkissvill'oad has been scraped and put i;hape, and also some of the sideoads. thanks to the selectmen.George Cahill has been clerking a'

.. C. Dawson'S store.Mrs. H. W. Dains has been a vis

or with friends in Oakvllle ancVaterbury.

Mrs. Lois Bailey has been with>er father. Edward S. Hawley o'luntington, who has been 'very il•vtlh pleuro-pneumonia.

Miss Lucetta Danlell, who Is a•nember of the faculty of Teachers'college, Columbia university, .ha*

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been spending a few days at herhome in town.

E. T. Bradley, lay preacher, conlucted the service at Grace Metholist church In Watervllle on Sun-lay, while the pastor, the Rov. F. Hlawyer, was away, at tb<> annua"1

•onfprence in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrind Mrs. Bradley were guests ofMrs. Sawyer at the parsonage. .MrSawyer was formerly pastor of tht_.Voodbury Methodist cliure-h and hatmany frioirts in town who an- alvaya slad to fr him and h"ar fn>m

h i m . . , • • - . .

Clifford Tcrrili lias juslbuilding a hcautiriil lilll«>ror Miss-Kdiih Allin of Iho W<»-keepeeniei- dlstriei. It is luiill in ;i

No—Don't Let Them 8ee It!No. Whatever we do. we must

rot permit ihe public school gen-eration to see the Bible. We mustnot permit th.-m to see or hear any-thing conc-rnins the practice ofprayer. •

W«» mmr .-till permit the Presi-dmt la iak> l.is oath of office onhe Un!y H'cl.-.

Wi! may Mill permit the United.Jiatcs Senan> 10 open every sessionwith iiKiy- r by a chaplain paid bythe Kover;-.ne!;t.

W« may stiM perult the Hous<of Representatives to open ever}'session with prayer by a chaplainpaid by the Government.

We may still permit our ships a'sea the sorvics of naval chaplain:who read th* Bible to the sallonand marines, and pray in their hearing. and are paid by the Govern-ment.

Wo may si ill permit the Govern-ment to appoint anJ pay chaplains•or our army posts at home andabroad, nid maintain an army chap-lain"^ ?diool for the pieparatloiand trail in« of men who read the.Uble and pray for and. with tint'nited States Soldier.

The National. Republican Convenion may still open its daily ses

slons with prayer.The Deinoeralic National Conven-

tion may Mill op?n its daily sessionsAith prayer, yea. though the Conven-tion run for three stormy weeks.

Our separate States may provide-.•hapla'ns for the prisons and peni-entlaries, whose business It is to

read the Bible and pray with and'or the unfortunate.

nut the ten or fifteen future Pres-dents who are now In our public

schools—The future Senators, Represer-

:atives, party leaders, officials whoire now by the thousands in ourpublic schools— • •

We must keep the Bible fronthem!

We must keep the knowledge oprayer .from them!

Wo are permitted a Chrlsthv.form of government, but we ar-forced to maintain a pagan publlschool! . „ ,

Every President of the LnitecStates to date has been reared ina school that was opened by Biblereading and Prayer.

Why not our future Presidentralso? ,

It Is a question hammering foran answer from fho conscience olthe American people.—The Dear-born Independent.

Utobfield. Conn.. Apr. 15—Alterfour months In office the boys' pres-ident resigned this week. Some. ort of unexplained collapse In theyoung man's make-up caused him toIOM> Interest in things generally andwith his careless attitude has comestveral disturbances in court thatfinally resulted in a fine tor con-it mpt last night. For this and othertad examples hi speech and con-duct, a petition for his impeachmentwas being circulated sad signedby fifteen or more cltlxens whenJudge Davlduk asked for his resig-nation to forestall the disgrace offorced removal from office. To thisthe chief executive willingly com-

NOW, A GUARAMESO RELIEFFROM INDIGESTION •

Every bottle of ABSO-DIGESTcarries our guarantee to give abso-lute relief from Indigestion, dyspep-sia, gas and other stomach disor-ders.

ABSO-DIGEST is the formula oia noted pbyalcjan and one ot thecountry's best known chemists. Inorder that every sufferer from in-digestion may try, at a small ex-pense, this appetising remedy andhealth-building tonic, we have ar-ranged with all druggists to sell Itby the dose a* well as by the 8 ox.bottle. .AB80 LABORATOmEa,INC N. V.

' plied and thus ended another short, term career in office to be con-| touted with the remarkable recordof the previous administration, whenall four of the elective . officerscompleted six months apiece. TheComptroller was the first to spoilthe good record by quitting his po-sition several weeks ago.

There is a' possibility >which 1?not unlikely, that some small bit ofdiscouraging attitude on the part ofothers may have brought about thfechange in an otherwise fairly strongcharacter.' The new song which thtboys are singing almost daily at thesupper table ought to be the moralto such a problem—"Make a good;Republic, this Is our Republic! Life'Is what we make it—not what others do; we can leave a story thatwilt bring us glory; here's a chanceto help ourselves and our Countrytoo." In fact It ought to make thefellow stepping out of his opportun-ity feel pretty blue for a while.

[utty. oAWIowwasbattery » kicking another boy lor

' failure to go on an errand connect-ed with "official business." (As a

• natter of fact, the kicker was tn«•mar •Tm̂ MMlgaioiliBd tfl BMI> fattt fcft IP*•dated on pushing the- Job onto twoothers, white he stayed.? The ta-porlant Issue was confused in thewrangle over official business andth accused was acquitted. However,the decision V a s deliberated fairly.

In the other trial, the main Item otproof was likewise forgotten, yetan honest effort was made to secureJustice. (The trouble is that the cit-izens have no laws in print and norules iof logic or procedure in blackand white before them. Thfc will beremedied as soon as the new lawbook comes off tbe press.)

The charge was that a boy left aborrowed library book to a shed andrainy weather spoiled Its binding. Itwas claimed by the defense that hereturned the book but that anotherboy took It out again without notice;and that a third person actually putthe book In an unprotected place.

Judge Davlduk, after presiding atthe entire trial, remembered that hehad some prejudice in the ca*e byreason of previous knowledge; so hequit the bench temporarily and hadNicholas Kaschak (Watertown boy)appointed to make the decision andpass sentence, wfthout new trial, be-cause he had heard all the trial pro-ceedings. The decision was "guilty"of Injuring property and sentencewas a choice of $7 fine or ten daysIn jail.cass. two of which were

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tightly amigy Ileal.of. atteniinii.

A rlass of lM"ii".s inel at lln- Coinmunity house yi-sfonlay; (\V>-:|IH'Klay) where Miss Mll'dfcd Annan, Hmillinery HpVtiali;;!. was pivsmt l(rive th< m instructions In I lie art orhat making. Tin? ladies broughtheir lunch and coliee was made andserved at the Community house.

Miss ErmaJudsnii of Hctlilelnmhas been visiting with • relatives inown.

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SaturdayIS OUT-OF-TOWN DAY

ALL ROADS LEAD TOHOWT,A"NfD - HUGHES

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Mr. and Mrs; Joseph Hanson ofTorrlngion spent Sunday at thehome of the latter's parents, Mr. andMrs. Frank Robinson.

Miss Clara M. Nichols has returnee'from Canaan, where she has beetspending the past two months withrelatives, and friends*.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bvitts hadn- thn!r guests last Sunday Mr. andMr-. Charles Evitts of Bridgeportand Fred Evitts of Huntington.

Mrs. George Welton, who hasbeen spending some' time in townhas gone to Walllngford to staywiiti hi r daughter and her htiBband,Mr. ind Mrs. Arthur Mitchell. Mm.Wtlton will return to h>r Jwtae in

RUPTURE SHIELDEXPERT HERE

E. J. Melnhardi. the well knownExpert from Chicago, will personallybe at the Elton Hotel, Waterbury.Conn., on Friday and Saturday, April23rd and 24th, from 9:00 A. M. to6:00~P. M.

Mr. Meinhardi says "The 'Vacuum-.Rupture Shield" will not only boldthe Rupture perfectly, but will con-tract the opening in thirty days, onthe average case—usually giving in-stantaneous relief withstanding allstrain regardless of the size and lo-cation of the Rupture. '

WARNING! DO not expose your-self to the danger of wearing old-1style trusses with unrterutraps. Thesetrusses usually place the pad on the.lump and not on the rupture opening, jThis* often causes strangulation jwhich usually m-cessilatos an imme- jdlate surgical operation or results in jsudden death. "The Vacuum Rup tturn Shield" has no understraps, noBtraps around HIP body or leg.s. Itis also perfectly sanitary and practi-cally indeslrurtlble, and shout'! beworn while bathing, only genil-niiman* invited tn call at this time as aspecial visit will In- madi* hen- laterfor. women and children.

Notice: "The Vacuum RuptureShfeld" can not be fitted by mail.Every case must be seen personally.Please note the above dates andhours carefully. 8trictly no chargefor d»r»o««t>-ation Address all corre-spondence to E. J. Meinhardi Co., iWhitehall, Michigan.

NEWSPAPER FINANCES

Thi-ru are many citizens who ex-port, to pay their butcher and theirgrocer every month, but they thinkthat a newspaper subscription' billcan be paid any old time. Some ofthem will lei ii run for years, if thepublisher. :is required by the postalregulations, does not cut it off. Andif ii is <ut off, they get huffy, anddeclare ihey will never take tho pa-per again.." They feel indignant because doubthas been thrown upon their credit.They should reflect that. Ihe publish-er gets no good out of their credit..What he needs, to pay his help andset 11« his paper bills, etc., is cash,iml nothing will, lake the place ofthe same.

This irregularity of income Is thecurso of many newspapers thatwould be in a thriving position, ifthey could depend on the same pay-ments that the dry goods man andthe shoe store can look to.

It takes a lot of time and effort tocollect all these little bills. It usu-ally costs more than the bill is worthto collect an overdue subscription,account. If those accounts could bepromptly paid, the newspaper peoplewould use the more regular incomein creating new features for their pa-per, adding to its usefulness and In-terest, and making it constantly agreater credit to the city of which itIs the exponent.

The individual citizen often saysthat he would like to do somethingfor his home town, but he has noparticular gift for any form of publicwork, so does not know when andwhere to begin. Here is one way inwhich he can begin right now. LetFilm look at his subscription bill fromhis local paper and see if his sub-scription ifi overdue. .If it is. let himwalk up to the captain's office andsettle, and take pride in doing so.realizing that when he performs thatsimple little act of justice and goodbusiness, he is helping an agencythat works every day for his hometown, to avoid needless burdens and~expense.—Conn. Westenr News.

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