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Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10

Mr.and Mrs. Patrick Ryan, of Cats kill Mrs. James Murnane and son, of Waterbury Mrs. George Garland, of Millerton. and Miss Margaret Garland of Albany, N. Y., were guests of Mrs. Mary Oorcoran over the Fourth.
 MT. and Mrs. Robert Hunter of Pleas antville, N. Y., spent the Glorious Fourth and the weekend with Dr. and Mrs. John G. Adam. Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Adam were schoolmates in Canada.
 Miss Mae Belcher has returned from her vacation which was spent in Tor rington and Poughkeepsie. 2
 MT. and Mrs. W. J. Trieschmann of Torrington spent Sunday at Geo. H. Trieschmann's
 MT. Jerome Hoag of Pittsfield spent Sunday with friends in town. ....
 Mason Humphrey spent the Fourth with relatives in New Haven.
 Miss Frances Baptist returned to her home in Bridgeport Sunday after several weeks visit with Miss Lena Blair.
 Mrs. Geo. H. Trieschmann spent Sat urday with friends in West Cornwall.
 Miss Irene Green. of New York, is a months vacation with her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Green in Canaan.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson will leave town tomorrow for a two weeks vacation from her postoffice duties, going to Carolina. R. l., whence she will drive to the shore, and be domiciled with the family of her sister, Mrs. Frank Partridge, at shore cottage. Her many friends here will wish her a pleasant and refreshing out. ing.
 Housatonic Lodge, F. and A. M. will confer the third degree tonight. Visit ing brothers are expected from Sharon.
 Henry Wellner and daughter, Bertha, are enjoying the sights and ocean air at Atlantic City.
 Miss Mary 0. Hill, of Norwich, is visiting Miss L. H. Bragg.
 The members of the Connecticut Botanical Society will visit Canaan this month. and climb Canaan Mountain.
 Mss Lulu O'Brien, of New Britain, who has been visiting Miss Kegler, was called home by the sudden death of her grandmother.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
TROPICAL FERTILITY.
Food Supply of Future Not Likely 10
 Come From Torrid Zone.

There is widespread belief that the tropical lands are extraordinarily fer tile, and it is often assumed as mat ter of course that the bulk of the food of the future will be raised not far from the equator Obviously the rank luxuriance of tropical vegetation in well watered regions is responsible for this belief. Of late years several ge- ographers and agriculturists have thrown doubt upon these conclusions and declared that despite the appear ance of phenomenal fertility the tro- pics are not likely ever to rival the temperate zone as the principal grow ing ground for mans most important domesticated vegetables.
 In a recent discussion of this ques- tion the Scottish Geographical Journal quotes at some length. and apparently with approval of his conclusions, from Professor Karl Sapper's articles in the Geographische Zeitschrift. Professor Sapper, who pretends to considerable practical experience of tropical agri- culture-in Central America, the An tiles, Java, Ceylon and lndia-says lhdI 1OI Luc pldhlSI LnEIc are Dul lWo regions of interest, the tropical rain forest'' and the more open lands, in- cluding the savannas. It is the luxu- riance of vegetation in the former that has created the belief in the exhaust less fertility of the tropics. For the agriculturtst this very luxuriance is a serious evil. It renders clearing the land almost prohibitively expensive, causes rapid encroachment of neigh boring forest growth upon the cleared ground, produces crops of weeds be- yond anything ever experienced in tenn perate regions for rankness and per sistence, and the continuous moisture that alone makes possible the rain for est is serious, sometimes a fatal, ob- stacle for the harvester. Added to these difficulties are the presence of tnnumerable insects and mammals that prey upon the crops. Further more, climatic conditions are distinctly unfayorable to health.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
ART OF PRIMITIVE MAN.
Our Prehistoric Ancestors Had Rudl-
 nentary Ideas of Sculpture.

Our Prehistoric Ancestors Had Rudl-
 unentary Ideas of Sculpture.
 Our far or ancestors of the stone age. the rude and primitive men of the qua ternary epoch to whom the use of fire was unknown and whose arms consist ed of few roughly hewn pieces of flint, nevertheless appear to have had some rudimentary artistic ideas. In fact. sculptures dating from 100000 years were shown at the last congress of prehistoric archaeology and anthro- biology. which recently held its four teenth meeting at Geneva.
 This subject was treated by a French scientist, Nj. Dharvent of Bethune, and he showed specimens of sculptured silex representing animal figures which were found in the alluvial strata of the quaternary epoch among arms and instruments of the same period. M. Dharvent made an interesting commu- nication to the congress about these first trials at sculpture which have yet been discovered. Natural stones were used which had some resemblance to animal figures. and these were after ward retouched so as to finish the work. One of the striking specimens is the head of a monkey. in which the features are very clearly seen, espe- cially when viewed in profile, says Scientific American. Heads of other animals and birds are also among the most remarkable specimens. Authori. ties on prehistoric questions consider that the strata bearing these finds date from about 220.0O0 years.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
Necks and Lens.

Naturalists assure LIS that, with a few exceptions. there is a marked equality between the lengths of the necks and of the legs of both birds and quadrupeds. Whether they be long or whether they be short is determined, 1t seems, chiefly by the manner in which the animal feeds.
 Crocodiles, lizards and fish have practically no necks. Fowls that feed in the water also offer an example of this correspondence between the mem bers, with the exception of swans and geese and some Indian birds, which gather their food from the bottom of pools and must for that purpose have long necks, while the short legs make 1t easier for them to swim.-Harper's.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10

Search high and low-look everywhere-and you'll never find choicer, more delicious pastry than that which we sell.
 We use the best of fresh and preserved fruits, pure sugars, pure spices, pure fiavoring extracts, etc.-exercise painstaking care and expert skill to produce uniformly good results-so you are positively certain of the best, delicious pastry when you come here to purchase it.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
Risky.

Doctor, my wife says she is getting deaf"
 'Tell her it's because she is getting old"
 Do you believe she is deaf enough for that to be safe eT'-Houston Post
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
A CARD

We wish to sincerely thank the friends neig6bors and Canaan Hose Go. for their assistance in saving our home during the recent fire in our vicinity.
 MIR. AND MRS. JOHN FOLEY. East Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
Al CARp

We heartily thank our friends. neigh bors and Canaan Hose Go. for their help given us during the recent fire at our home. MR. AND MRS. HENRY MILLER. East Canaan
Connecticut western news., 1913-07-10
STATE EXAMINATIONS

An examination for state teachers certificates will be held at Kent, July 16 and 16.
 For information apply to State Board of Education, Room 42, Capitol, Hartford.
 The Examiner will be glad to confer with persons desiring to enter Normal Schools.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
DIES UNDER ENGINE WHEELS
William House Of Joliet Makes Four
Attempts In Day Before End
ing His Life.

Joliet, H., Oct. 22.-William House,
twenty-one years old, attempted to kill
himself by drinking carbolic acid. He
was revived by physician and, while
recovering, left his home, walked to
the bridge of the Illinois & Michigan
canal and plunged into the water be-
low. He was forcibly rescued by fish,
ermen
He was taken to his home and then
slashed his throat with razor. His
father Knocked him to the floor before
he could kill himself. House slipped
away, ran to the Chicago & Alton rail-
way tracks and hurled himself under
the engine of the Alton Limited.
His body was pitched 100 feet in the
air. but he was still living when picked
up. He died two hours later. He was
to have been married Friday to Miss
Alice Roadway, an eighteen-year-old
girl of Lockport
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Increased Cost Of Livina.

It will be important for the Demo
cratic leaders to make a careful analy-
sis of the situation and enlighten the
country upon true conditions, other
wise the relief to be had through tar
iff reduction will be very disappoint-
ing to the country. The cost Of living
is rising throughout the world. This
is especially true of foodstuffs. 1t is
also true that the tendency Of wages
through the world is upward With
the cost Of production gradually ris-
ing, the cost of living can not be very
much reduced until there Is a better
adjustment of industry.
In the United States the flow OF
population from the farms to the cities
is having profound effect In an econ
omic sense. There are too many peo-
pie buying food and wholly made
Quate number producing it.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
COUNT ON SUBSIDIES
Demoralizing Effectsof Protection
on Senators.
Men High In Government counsels
Seem to Think They Have Right
to Fatten on the Rest Of the
Country.

Tariff debate In the senate proved
that there are still many senators
who think it right and proper to vote
themselves subsidies out of the peck
cts Of American consumers.
Senator Warren Of Wyoming counts
his sheep by the hundred thousand, il
not. by the million. He has been call
ed the greatest shepherd since Abra-
ham" Senator Lippitt of Rhode Isl
and is one Of the biggest cotton manu-
facturers of New England. A tariff on
wool is a direct subsidy to Warren, a
duty on cotton goods is grant in aid
to Lippitt. One would think that the
most elementary sense of delicacy
would make these men decline to vote
on a matter touching their own inter
est so closely.
But even an elementary sense OF
delicacy is not common In official
champions of the Aldrich tariff. Sena-
tor Warren worked and voted for the
duty on wool Senator Lippitt put up
q strenuous fight against reducing the
tariff on cotton goods. These two
men, both millionaires, did not hest
tate to vote themselves tax on the
clothing of every human being tn the
United States! Nor did they stand
alone. Probably half the senators
who rallied to the support Of the Aid
rich tariff derive direct financial bene-
fit from that piece Of trust legislation.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Who Did III

Who slyly, surreptitiously and malig-
nantly blotted the fair page wherein
Prof. Charles Mccarthy of the Uni
versity Of Chicago wrote the antitrust
plank of the Bull Moose platform?
Prof. Mccarthy says it was a good
plank, which resulted from a night
long conference between himself, Her
bert Knox Smith and George Record.
It had teeth in it. 1t was the La Fol-
lette-Brandeis proposition done over
into the best English that the Uni
versity Of Chicago and the bureau of
corporations had on hand, but, after
it had been placed in the platform and
sent to the telegraph office, somebody
crossed It out
Who did it? Who was the dentist
that pulled the fangs and molars and
made the antitrust plank Of the Bull
Moose party as edentate as the nine
banded armadfllo or a newborn baby?
According to the story as told in
Chicago, one O. X. Davis was the man
who told the telegraph company to
suppress It, But Mr.. Davis was sec
rotary of the Bull Moose convention
and as such must have carried out
the orders of the convention. This
raises a query as to who was the con-
vention. There are those who main
tain that TIE convention was George
w. Perkins. Others think Col. Roose-
welt was the convention and still 9TH
ers take a. middle course and think 1t
was both of them. Since one is chair.
man of the board of the Harvester
company and the other a man who has
a constitutional objection to following
any rules not of his own making, there
is ground for suspicion that If Prof.
Mccarthy wants to know what be-
came of his pet plank he had better
ask them about it.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Means to DO His DUTY.

Evidently the president has no no
ton of drifting through his terms Of
office with the minimum of exertion.
leaving on congress all the RESPONSE
bility for inaction. Before the tariff
bill had got through one branch Of
congress his plans for banking and
currency bill were well advanced
While the currency bill was sticking
in the senate he began planning a
campaign against the trusts. He takes
his election seriously. not as tribute
to his individual merit, nor as mere
piece of personal good luck, but as q
call from the country to accomplish
certain things. They will be accom-
plished before March 4. 1917.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Safe In Democratic Hands.

Senator La Toilette did all one man
could to write his own views into the
pew tariff law. He failed. as 1t was
foreordained he should. The country
had committed the work OF tariff re-
form to the Democratic party, and 1t
was Just and proper that Democratic
ideas should control the first honest
revision attempted In half a century.
When the bill came up for final pas
sage. La Toilette voted for it. saying
truthfully that it was better than the
Aldrich abomination which 1t super.
eeded.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

A telephone girl In Berlin has won
her case against the hardhearted
company that dismissed her because
she persisted In wearing her hair over
her ears. The courts decided that q
girl has the right to wear her hair as
she pleases,s the courts being COM
posed of men experienced In the ways
- human nature, and knowing full
N Sal no court decision on earth
could make a woman give up style
of dressing which she prefers.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

A Chicago policewoman arrested a
young man for trying to fiirt with her.
The magistrate took one look at her
and discharged him. You are vel
come to either Of the two possible
reasons.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

City jails are unfit even for AMI
mails" says headline. Pursuing that
line Of thought. what offenses do ami
mails comrait that call for q Jail SEN
tence as q punishment!
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

vesuvius has had its temperature
taken, and as 1t amounted to over
six hundred degrees, it may be easily
seen that the Investigators did some
hot work.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

That Oregon alderman who said
Let the women dress as they choose,
but make them let the men alone"
should go down in history with the
author of Give me liberty or give me
DEATH"
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

A couple dived under water with
a minister in Virginia and came up
married. This is all right providing
the groom doesn't find out he has
gone in over his head permanently.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Men In Ohio, in contest Of Skill.
are defeating women in embroidery.
This invasion of feminine fields by
masculine holiness is enough to rouse
determined protest.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

It doesn't take bride long to dis
cover that no woman can live In abso-
lutte content and vine-clad cottage
with q tightwad husband.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

All is lost! Throwing the javelin
is the newest sport for women. The
bachelors who have escaped Cupid's
bow will now be brought down. !
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

A Michigan doctor says we must
cultivate health instead of disease.
No one will deny 1t Is much better
crop.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

The octopus is going to manufac-
ture automobiles. About the only
field Of industry at present over
looked is for it to Intricate slumber
by composing lullabies.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Through all these years 1t has been
customary to speak OF Philadelphia as
''slow"-7and now It develops that
the old city is built on bed of quick
sand.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

The American sewing machine has
invaded southeastern Arabia. East.
ward the march of feminine indie
pendence takes its way.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

In view of the shortage Of corn, may
we not be driven to watch the sup
ply OF glucose lest It be adulterated
with sugar?
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

In the days Of ancient Rome the
populacei was contented with bread
and circuses. Now 1t demands pea
nuts and moving picture shows.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Gold production has fallen OF more
than 100000 In the United States.
but most Of us prefer paper money.
anyway:
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

According to the, latest definition.
the man who induces somebody else
to turn in a false fire alarm is
'gooph." Don't be a gooph. i
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

It Is almost time for somebody to
cent pearl in a free lunch oyster.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

A Baltimore man has been operated
upon two hundred times. But the
last time an undertaken did 1t.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

The Russian government Is 30 de-
'termined to get rid of unrest that IT.
IFS creating a vast amount of Il.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Still. telephone operators probably
have more than a fifth-grade child's
knowledge of the vocabulary of irri-
tation.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Another comet has been discovered.
heading this way. But. having sur
ivived Halley's comet, who cares?
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Employing Printers Gather.

New Orleans. Oct. AZ. Employing
printers, members of the United Ty-
pothetae of America, met here in their
twenty-seventh annual convention
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

It's surprising how much news peo-
pie can give a reporter that is not in
tended for publication.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

Count among the benefactors Of the
race the man who has invented the
painless cucumber.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Subscription Rates.

So far the airship's chief distinc-
lfion Is az spectacular engine Of
manslaughter.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-12-11
REV. w. S. SLACK

The rmo has gained perhaps good deal Of truth that
seriously accepting call TO Columbia
Miss spread and especially among the mem
hundreds of personal friends IN our
possibility of Mr. leaving
all good thinking people IN our town. "e we
character positive asset TO any community
much regretted should Mr. SLACK sever MS
with Olvet Episcopal Church
in church the Mississippi
brought consideration 1t is
church. considering the number OF COM
this the principal reason why
anticipated estimated that there about APO pscopaanS
would be than sufficient to
p the who has
his life to tn of Christianity
all the before Mr.
his mind to leave Agers that concerted
and thereby give
announcement to Slack
Rev w Orleans public char
Jewish what not He
Agiers sick regardless OF their religious
hospitals visiting clergyman he stands at the
could credit
afflicted
public general District viii feel very
hope
sufficient him to change his mind
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-12-11
ALGIERS LADIES WIN PRIZE AND
RECOGNITION.

On last Saturday at the Woodmen's
Hall in the City, where the Federation
Women's Clubs held their first annual
fair, two of our Algiers ladies, mem.
bers of the Fifth District Civic League,
won recognition. Mrs. VIM. Short was
given one of the prizes for the produc-
ton of what was known as Rose Leaf
Beads. These Beads were produced
from actual rose leaves. 1t is said that
they were very handsome and that she
won one of the best prizes of the show.
Mrs. c. w. Abbot was also given spe-
cial recognition for the production of
a most beautiful hat, the sale price of
which was the best there.
The Club was represented by Mrs.
J. E. Huckins, the President of the
League, and by Mrs. Short and Mrs.
Abbot.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-12-11
THE PROSPEROUS WEST SIDE

in West Side
side the River working full
From Iarveys Canal to Nc
spells
Harvey
lumber yards
oil building the
pIoyiug up theirl i'm o unskiled workmen
reached District the dispatch
chronicles details the immediate opening
surprising the Southern Pacific Company
hundred the belief OF
will District
thankful
United
in the West Side
finally substantial
Iusbrneu emeanp ermanency prosperity
should should also
Thanks for ourp
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-12-11
INTERSTATE TRUST AND BANKING COMPANY
One of Our Strongest Financial
institutions.

Mrs. Lee G. Howe, the efficient as.
sistant cashier, is always affable to
her customers and she understands the
business conditions of the country to-
day as we'll as any of our business men
here. In the value of real estate and
stocks and bonds she is thoroughly
posted and in making the many loans,
the insignificant losses that have been
sustained are indeed a credit to the
local institution.
Besides the regular banking business
the savings department also comes in
for its share of attention. Owing to
the fact that the Interstate Bank be-
ing one of the few banks that pay 4
per cent, it has built up a considerable
trade in the savings department. The
bank is opened every Monday evening
especially for the purpose of receiving
the savings of people and also for re-
ceiving the regular deposits of the mer.
chants who are not able to bank during
the daytime. This is a special accom-.
mediation that is always appreciated.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1913-12-11
Have It the Huckins Way

a subscriber to almost every nassau
IN this line of wora where all the ne"
;d.as ara brou1ht out and where the
,,-to.data MERCHANT is always in a posi-
.io,, 20 saov a discriminating customer
tho Ltest thing in this line OF work.
Besides carrying an enormous stock
OF goods, Mr.. Huckins carries large
display Of the samples OF the finest
products that are made. Wall paper
at three and four dollars a roll is not
an uncommon thing to-day, in fact
there are grades made now that far
exceed this price and Of a class that
after it has been put onto the walls
il resembles more the work Of an eX-
pert joiner, than that OF paper deco
ratious.
Mr.. Huckins has also decorated some
beautiful rooms in our district. one
of his latest contracts was that Of the
Alhambra Gymnastic Club, the three
parlOTs of which are decorated in red
and green with cut-out border. This
work is not only admired by the mem
bers OF the Club, but by the many
passers-by who may see these decOra,
tions at night through the windows.
At the Contractors and Dealers EX,
change, where many of the bids for
this kind Of work are given out, Mr..
Huckins is always one of the mos,
prominent 10 be sought, either in con.
ferences or for suggestions, along Ger.
tain lines in this business.