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New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
Danny's Back1varylncss.
(Newark News. ]

Sure, it is a happy woman I am this day. said Mrs. F1nnigan, as she rested her ruddy arms on the washtuh and beamed across the studs at Mrs Schmalz
 I'm glad somebody can be happy in this block,'' replied her neighbor What with the cars pounding around the curve every half-minute, and the kids crying and always making trou- ble, and the heat like a cookstove, it would take much happiness to get a smile out of me. Whats happened to you? Rich uncle die, or anything pleasant like that?"
 "No, it's better than that It's about my boy Danny. You know what a time we've had with him at the school, being backward in his les sons, and all that. We'll, it turns out that he's as bright as any other boy. bless his heart, and all the lickings and jawings the poor lad has got wasn't needed at all''
 "He ain't been promoted in two years, has he?"
 "No, but he will be after this, and if he don't catch up with your Au- gustus by next June and go ahead of
 
 Brown, his teacher, that found out what was the matter with him. He aint a dull boy, nor yet a bad boy she says to me. I'm certain it's his hearing that's wrong. He's just as smart as any of em, but I don't be- lieve he hears
 ''So she had the school doctor test his ears with watch. First they held tho fch tn anH drew it away, slow-like, and he could hear the tick about a yard. Then they tried the other ear and he couldn't hear the tick more'n a foot. You'd better take him to an ear specialist, the doctor said, and yesterday we got enough money saved up so we could.
 The specialist, he put Danny in a chair and looked at his ears with a looking glass, and then he took and pulled a lump of wax out of each ear as big as a sparrow's egg, and when he spoke to him Danny jumped as Ii somebody had fired a pistol, because he hadn't been used to hearing voices so plain.
 'The queer part was that each lump of wax had little wad of cot ton inside it, that I put in Dannys ears three, four years ago, when he was a little lad, the night mby sister Nora had her wedding party at our house, so he could go to sleep, and forgot to take out again in the morn ing. What do you know about that ?'' ..-'."Kids is a care." sighed Mrs. Schmalz. c.
 "Yes," answered Mrs. Finnigan, bending over the washboard again But Danny won't be a care long now he has got his hearing back. He's going to get up with his class that he started out with, and grow to be a fine, smart man, and make a grand living some day, and take care of his old mother that loves him. I guess kids won't be 8 burden always, Mrs. Schmalz, if their fool parents give 'em a chance"
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERN
 MENT.

It seemed as if the great interest that had been previously manifested in the commission form of govern ment had been on the decline in this state until it was learned that Tor rington is preparing to become a city and that perhaps it's charter might be fashioned after this new system Since then the talk on the question has been revived in general, but to those who have been really interested in the plan the system has never ap- peared to have had all the curative properties for various municipal ills that has been claimed for it.
 It is stated that this system has proven a failure in Denver, that at the end of six months 1t has been found to be very expensive and the city is confronted with deficit It Is always desirable to have good sys- tenn of government, but unless :. the right men. afe elected to office the, system will be of little value. z The commission form narrows responsibil ii D smaller number of officials than the usual method of running city and that in itself is a good fea- ture, but there must be vigilance or even that will not work out favor ably. - {.
 Torrington has ample time to think out its own business plan before the legislature meets and it will fare much. better in the end if it does this than it will if it adopts a. system which some one else may be pleased with but which may be faulty if ap- piled in another place. The plan which may work out we'll in city like New Haven for instance is hardly the one from which the same results could be reasonably expected in a community like Torrington. It has been stated that in the days of "Bill'' Tweed, New York had practically commission form of government and yet it was the most rotten government any city ever had and while the system in ef- feet there today is along that line it is considered a success.f No mat-. ter how this matter is twisted it will be found in the end that the secret of the success of any system will de- pend on the men.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
Store Closes Wednesdays at noon during July and Au. gust.
SALE OF DRAPERY REMNANTS AT
 9c Yard
Values up to 39c.

Values up to 39c. on Sale "Wednesday morning
 at S::3O o'clock.
 This is the sale you have been waiting for.
 See these Drapery goods on display in south window until "Wednesday morning. Hundreds of other rem nants to be sold at cost. Rem- nants of Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Linens, Cottons, Lin ings, Laces, Trimmings, En- broideries and Ribbons, that have accumulated during our July sale. All marked for quick clearance "Wednesday morning.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
Which Is the Sentimental Sd I?
(Chicago Tribune.)

Which is the sentimental sex in politics? When Belva Lockwood, our earliest stateswoman, found the hard ships of poverty Joined to the disabil- ities of old age, an effort was made to raise enough money to save her home for her. The effort failed. Mrs. Lockwood, trying to remove her ef- fects, fell downstairs and broke her arm. Now that her tribulations have increased, another effort will be made to give her comforts for her remain ing days.
 If the influence of Joseph Cannon, for instance, should disappear the sentimental males of his political faith not only in this state but throughout the country would pass the hat and get him enough money to keep him in his celebrated twenty five-cent stogies the rest of his life. We have no fear of Joseph. He's a canny person, but his name occurs in this connection. We don't believe he'll lose any considerable part of his now possessed share of this worlds goods
 Male politicians are kind and sym pathetic in dealing with the crippled brethren, They will put a pillow un- der almost any statesman who is seen to he slipping and about to fall. Pos sibly a reasonable caution guides them and suggests the sdvisa bility of do- ing as they would be done by. Any statesman may slip. Whatever the reason, one never sees an unfortunate politician selling shoe laces on the street corner.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
The Yellow Streak. (Detrolt Free Press. )

Cowardice, whether moral or physi- cal, is one of the meanest attributes of human character. We may feel some sympathy for the individual who hesitates to imperil his own life in an attempt to save that of strong CT; he may not be of the stuff of Which heroes are made and, after all self-preservation is the first law of nature. But we feel contempt for those who refuse to face the conse- .Quences of their own acts, particular ly those involving neglect or careless ness. Down in Brooklyn the. other day the driver of an automobile ran into a group of children playing in the street, killing one and injuring three others. The chauffeur and His pas sengers-a well-dressed man and woman-quickly r>moved the license and the manufacturers numbers, and vanished. Occasionally, in our own city, in the report of an automobile accident. it is mentioned that the driver did not pause to ascertain re- sults Having run down some un- fortunate pedestrian, he endeavors to evade personal consequences by leav- ing the victim to the mercies of by islanders. or as has sometimes hap pened, to suffer or even die unassist- ed. This IS certainly showing the yellow streak.
 Very often prompt aid means the difference between life and death. Common humanity decrees that in such cases the least the driver whether of automob obile, motorcycle or other vehicle-can do is to ascertain the condition of the injured and sum- mon ambulance or physician. Indif- ference may mean death to the vic tim. A double measure of punish ment ought to be inflicted upon one who disregards the obligation to atone on the spot in so far as is pos sfble, for his carelessness or to &C., cept his share of the unavoidable.
 The long list of children killed in Detroit streets every summer is wit ness to the need of an increased number of playgrounds, especially in the congested sections, where young sters may play in safety
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
AMMAN WILL TAKE ANY
 NOMINATION.

Harvey D. Hinman has made clear
 is position as to his candidacy for
 he nomination for governor of New
 ork and it is that if he is nominated
 n any ticket other than the republi- an ticket, he will consent to run on hat ticket. The purpose of this ex-
 lanation is evidently to show that if he progressives nominate him he will Iccept. He announces that he is a (andidate for the nomination as a re- publican but if any other party nomi- hates him he will be it's candidate. District Attorney Whitman Is also a $andidate for the nomination and as he is also republican, and as he lays that he will not seek the nomi- hation of any other party it is going To be a bit embarrassing if he should tbtain the regular party nomination
 ind MT Hinman should be selected by he progressives. According to the atter's statement he will run and will be an opponent of MT. Whitman.
 
 Eystem so called, and specifics both Barnes and Hurphy as the men to be- Imposed. This opposition to bosses is supposed to be popular. although there ! s rio reason to believe that any party Ian hope to be successful without leaders, and if the New York republi- hans are not going to have Barnes hhey must have some one else or they twiII not have any organization at all. There is of course a difference be- tween bosses. There is the man who politics, who knows that b1nless certain rules are followed out land certain conditions are recognized, 1. nartv cannot win. and with this view ; ,wavs in his mind he insists so far as |ha can that certain things be done ir the interest of the organization. rbat is one kind of a boss, and then tbere is another who does certain tbings for pay, and who uses his rosition to further his own personal interests. such as Richard Croker. u ho. though recognized as sagacious uolitical leader, once confessed that he was working for his own pocket all Inc time. If Barnes is busted in New work if does not mean that some one vill rise in his place and say "let Us pray
 MT. Hinman and MT. Whitman are two strong men and each has a good pclitical record On a straight fight the latter would win. but with the prosressives practically pledged to MT. Hinman the latter may be the stronger of the two men. Republi- eans are apt to set the notion that
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
WHAT PROF. FISHER SAYS.

rof. Willard c. Fisher is an inter-
 ng character and an intelligent
 too, more so than the average
 heard on the stump talking poli-
 He was here yesterday and ted to number of factory men
 ut the workmen's compensation
 and about his own candidacy for
 ernor. He says that he is being
 osed by the organization but that
 is going to win. and as evidence
 his belief he suggested that his
 Hence paste up the prediction some ce where they could see it.
 There is no organization, opposing
 if. Fisher, but there are people who
 not think that he can be nominat-
 and even if he were he could not
 elected. This Is not reflection his intelligence or his integrity. t rather that he is not regarded as han about whom the voters are apt |rally. He says that he is not an i'm pendent democrat, but that on the htrary that there is no democrat bre regular than he Is, yet if his |mpaign Is to amount to anything lis that he Is not a believer in the d method of doing things, that he Is broken away from the conven- bnaI method and that because of this |e organization is opposed to him. Professor Fishers candidacy had origin at the Compounce confer ice, at which there were not many ho inspire confidence as democrats, i'd were it not for ex-Senator NSpel- cy of Hartford, who spoke a word IT the Fisher boom, it would have it the lake without the backing of nv recognized democratic authority all. The professor is entertaining number of people around the state ith his talks, but if they have awak- led any enthusiasm for him as lndidate for the nomination for gov- nor it has been carefully concealed
 far.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
HUCKLEBERRY SEASON.

Business may be good one year. and poor another, but it seems as if Dame Nature was able to provide plenty of huckleberries hereabouts every year for those who have the ambition to go after them.-Waterbury Republican.
 What has become of the boy who used to go berrying early in the morn ing with a six quart pail, have 1t filled by noon and return in time to sell his produce and obtain his dollar or so before the day was over? He does not seem to be in evidence these days and perhaps he may be talking hard times when in reality the cause may be only the fact that he has ceased working. There was a time when a boy who wanted a new base- ball, or when his team needed to have some repairs made to the ball ground which was not encircled by a high board fence. he went out and picked berries, and sold them and the de- sired capital was raised. There has always been market for huckleber- ries just as there is demand for turkeys at Christmas.
 Here in New England mince pie and pumpkin pie have their seasons and so has the huckleberry. The one who patronizes the former may con- ceal the fact except for the beam that follows a meal of good pie but not so with those who eat huckleberry pie in season. There are some who can dispose of slab of this delicacy with out leaving any surface indications as to what was the main dish at the table, while others will carry black and blue stains around the mouth and there have been people who have managed to have their nose smeared with the same colors. In the case of the youth, he carries those marks as proudly as does his sire his wounds received at Gettysburg.
 There have been good and bad huckleberry years but this is one of the good ones. When there is talk of cost of moving the crops somehow the staple berry of New England is not considered This is because the average boy will move it without any haps catches him at it. :.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
Donovan of Connecticut.
Washington Letter to Boston
 yertiSer)

Washington Letter to Boston Ad-
 vertiser)
 The greatness in congress of Jere- miahs Donovan of Connecticut grows, and indeed has gone so far that mem- bers of the house of representatives consult him more than they do Speaker Clark or Oscar Underwood, leader of the majority, the democrats. or James R. Mann, leader of the mil nority, the republicans. He is in fact the czar- of the house. Before they attempt to do anything the members consult him about their coming and their going, and especially the lat ter, and as he gives permission they do. They also consult him about bills up for unanimous consent or near there. Indeed, so important has Donovan become that he is treated after the manner of a Greek god, who has to be propitiated before any thing is done.
 Donovan has attained to all this in the first term in congress, which is something extraordinary. Ordinarily member spends his first term be- coming as much acquainted as he can, and he does not succeed far along that line, but Donovan has managed to make himself known to every mem Der of congress- Not that he has sought their acquaintance; rather they have sought his. Indeed Speaker Clark is not better known to them than the Napoleonic figure from Con- necticut. And. of course he is known to the press gallery. Donovan has to be watched for thrills; he pro- vides them.
 
 Donovan succeeded a great repub- lican figure, Ebenezer J. Hill and it was never for a moment dreamed that Donovan would be able to become more conspicuous than Hill had been. The democrats even put him on such dead committees as those on the cen- sus, coinage weights and measures and the expenditures of public build ings. Perhaps if they had put him on some active committee, Donovan would not have found time to make himself pre-eminent in the house by specializing there on roll-calls, the censoring of speeches and odd incon- sistencies in the house.
 Donovan is the terror of all ab- sentees from the house, and there isa nothing he likes better than to call some one to order for violating the rules of the house. He has even made James R. Mann, the minority leader, see the error of his ways sev- eral times to the great astonishment of that leader.
 Donovan has liked nothing better than to survey the house and note the absentees and to announce that he sees no one present, for instance, from the great state of Illinois. Coaster
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office.
In Natures Orchestra.
Indianapolis News.)

From the naples in front of the house you have heard through the long hours of the afternoon the stri- dent song of the cicada, which con- tinues until the sun goes down and through the mellow twilight. His last notes are invaded by the cheerful
 chant of the cricket, sundown chorister whose melody continues through the night to cease only when "the sun in russet mantle clad walks oer the dew of yon high eastern hill" To these has been added new musi- clan, whose monotonous repertory will be with us each night until the first frost. The performer is the
 tree toad. or tree frog. He deserves
 an annual notice quite as much as the
 robin. Though he never molts a
 feather, he sings, as does no bird in
 this latitude, all night long and may
 be called the Hoosiier nightingale.
 Step out into the backyard and try to locate him. When you stand be- meath the plum tree you are certain that he is in the apple tree a dozen steps away. You stand under the apple tree and his music comes from the cherry tree. One more remove and you cannot tell where is he seems to be everywhere. He is indeed a ven triIoquist. If you chance to deter mine the tree in which he may be and place your hand upon its trunk his music ceases. -'.r. <.
 None of these performers: neither cicada,, cricket or tree toad, is vocalist They are all instrumental ists. The cricket and the cicada are fiddlers. The cicada carries his musi- cal apparatus at the base of the ab- domen the cricket makes his music by rubbing the border of one front wing against horny ridge or file on the under surface of the other. Other fiddlers need to rosin their bows. but the cricket among fiddlers seems to be in class by himself and is not dis turbed by any fluctuations in the rosin market
 The name cicada means tree cricket" The insect, in its perfect state, lives but a few weeks. Its eggs are laid by the female in slits cut in the bark of live twigs and 1t is, say naturalists who have studied the in- sects, by cutting these slits and not by feeding on the foliage that the cicadas cause injury to trees. The young. which are matched in about six weeks, do not feed on the green leaves but OrOp CO the ground ana DuTTOW uOWH to the roots of the tree, where they live by sucking the juices of the roots for nearly seventeen years. The ci- cada then crawls up out of the ground, molts for the last time, and then we hear him in the tree tops. It is thus the longest lived of insects, requiring seventeen years for de- velopment. The eggs are eaten by ants and other insects and the larvae are devoured by birds especially W oodpeckers,> and by toads, frogs and other reptiles. There are some broods of cicadas that mature in thirteen years. -..x ~'sa't
 The tree toad or tree frog attains a length of two inches and is green, gray or brown above, with irregular dark blotches and yellow below. His croaks or trills are not sounds of revelry, he belongs to no musicians union and frequently works for hours and hours overtime.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

Barnes says his lawsuit against
 Roosevelt comes down to the simple proposition: Does Roosevelt tell the truth?'' Some way or other that Is the usual simple proposition in volved in most of R.'s. controver- sies with other men.-Waterbury American. 3a
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
FACTS AND RANCHES,

Business is to start with a jump according to. the best of authorities. Of course to start off on rapid pace during the vacation period would not be in conformity to business ethics. -Middletown. Penny Press.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

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 Month $7.00 year.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

If Commissioner Davis really suc- ceeds in making Blackwell's Island place for the sane sure and humane cure of the drug habit, she will not lack for patients. There are more poor victims than the fortunate inn mune realize who would gladly sub init themselves to such treatment, in addition to those for whom it will be prescribed without thetr consent.- New Haven Register.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

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 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

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 De city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

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New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
! t' lOMMl)NI(,ATED.

Inquiry Made Concerning Son of
 President Grant. Editor Herald:-To decide a bet will you kindly state through the col umns of your paper if General Grant, son of the late President Grant, is dead or living. If dead kindly give date of death.
 SHAREHOLDER He is dead. His death occurred April 12, 1912.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

Herald wUl be found on sale at Hota- g's News Stand. 42nd St. and Broad way, New York City; Board Walk.
 Atlantic City. and Hartford depot.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28

init themselves to such a treatment, in addition to those for whom it will be
 prescribed without thecr consent.- New Haven Register.
 We do not wonder that MT. Elliott, head of the New Haven railroad sys- tenn, has taken to the solitudes of the Maine woods for rest and recu- peration. The burden that has de- volved upon him, beginning in the very first week of his service here, with the terrible smash-up at North Haven, and: continuing ever since. has been enough to tax heavily the strongest constitution, and the report that he is, .or has been; near g. com plete nervous break down is not sur prising.-New Haven Journal-Cour- fer.
 The line between professional box ing and prizefighting is indistinct. The two arts merge into one, another all most inevitably and American senti- ment dislikes both. ." In. England and France the prizefghter, thinly dis guised as 8 boxer, has become proud hero whom everybody adores. Wo- men pay him reverence and show their jewels and feathers at the ring side. France has produced a cham pion fighter and glories in his prow- ess. We produce many champions and scorn them. In the light of our worship of football heroes this is curious-Norwich Record
 Science offers help to the consul mer who views with alarm the up- ward march of the prices of meat. Eat less meat and more fish," is the scientific advice which should appeal with special force to people living on the seaboard and within easy reach of sea-food at all seasons of the year There has always been, and is likely. still to be, a difference between the price of meat and the price of fish that is i, in favor of the latter, and by a judicious balancing of the two: in the household accounts the average may be kept from any serious increase.-Bridgep Stand- ard.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
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