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New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Pot and Kettle.
.(New York World.)

.(New York Worldly
 MT. Mellen revealed the generation of railroad men to which he belongs when, after speaking of varioas pay- ments which he had made at state capitals for protection" he said: If the legislatures would meet only once in five or six years, thes Railroads could make some money"
 Like some other remarks by the former president of the New Haven company, this was intended to be humorous or satirical. Tn point of fact, it was a confession which ex- plains many. of the difficulties in which railrSad property in this coun. try has become involved.
 The legislatures are largely what railroad men have made them. If they are corrupt, it is to some extent because eminent railroad men have shared in their corruption. It was not until the people themselves intervened that the vicious old practice of issuins passes to public officers was abolished and railroads forbidden to contribute to campaign funds. It was not until the people themselves asserted their power that rebates were outlawed. It was not until the people themselves condemned the custom that lobbyists disappeared and railroad lawyers and agents ceased to stand regularly as party candidates for the legislature In sure districts.
 Who ever heard of the exposure ot corrupt legislator by railroad man? What railroad company in America ever spent a dollar to de- nounce and punish political graft What is the name of > the railroad president who asked for bribe money, refused and prosecuted the legislator who approached him?
 If the railroad men would keep away from the legislatures for five or six years, the people might be able to regain control oyer their represen- tatives.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
The Colonel a Little Older.
(New York Times.)

To explain why he undertook a journey. as difficult and dangerous as that through, the Amazon valley. Col Roosevelt says he realized that if he were to do anything real and bis in the line of exploration it was time for him to be about 1t. Then he added characteristically: Perhaps I had passed the age a little-but I put it through"
 Of course, we all know that the colonel has been engaged in assorted activities for not a few years, during which he hasn't been growing young CT, any more than have we who have watched him with mingled emotions, but unwearying interest. It is as hard now as ever, nevertheless, to think of him as an old, or even an elderly, man. Like that other grandfather with whom he has so often been compared, the kaiser, he has carried the impression of youth we'll along in- to middle life. But for both the memorable piling up of summers and winters is going on. and it is a little late for either of them to attempt tasks that demand all the vigor and recuperative power of the third de- cade.
 But the colonel did put it through" In spite of fever and wounds and semi-starvation. He has his great river safely bagged and further fun in prospect when he comes to answering those who have been rash enough to question the reality of his latest achievement. Also his own confidence in his complete restoration to health will be shared by the rest of us. Still, 1t is time Tor him to begin to be careful. Not too careful. of course. but careful enough.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
,. MCMILLAN lss-2Ol-20s MAIN STREET.
If Hair Is Turning Gray, Use
 Sage Tea.
Here's Grandmother's Recipe to Darkcn and Beautify
 Faded Hair.

[. That beautiful, even shade of dark, glossy hair can only be had by brew ing mixture of Sage Tea and Sul- phur. Your hair is your charm. 1t makes or mars the face. When it fades, turns gray, streaked and looks dry, wispy and scraggly, just an ap- plication or two of Sage and Sui- phur enhances its appearance hundredfold.
 Don't bother to prepare the tonic; you can get from any drug store a 30 cent bottle of "wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" ready to use. This can always be depended upon to bring back the natuns color. thickness and lustre of ron nsfr and remove dandruff, stop scalp itching and falling hair.
 Everybody uses sswss{less Sage and Sulphur because 1afkens 50 naturally and evenly fhats nobody can tell it has heen applied. You simply dampen sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through the hair, taking one Auiall strand at .. time; by nbrning theAg hair has disappeared and aftef another Ap- plication fl becomas beautifully dark and appears glcSsy, lustrous and Abundant
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
The Last of Spring.
O I&oe OA DP (Cleveland Plain Dealer.

It is a mistake to hold that the beautysof spring has passed with the passing of the early wild flowers. There is, perhaps, not quite so strong an incentive to go to the woods now as there was when the first hepaticas were to, be sought or when the tril- liums sSxSre, at their height of bloom. But th%laHest spring woods are none the lesgdelightful, and amply repay the effort of an afternoon's stroll.
 sf The trees, themselves are enough to make the forests a paradise. All ex- eept the dogwood have passed the Towering season. but their foliage is more EaautifIl now than it will be at any laterstifne The leaves have a fresh, clean. green, not shriveled by summer heat or soiled by dust accumu- slations. ! The shade is as dense as 1t is in midsummer, and the spring air is far more agreeable than the torrid heavy atmosphere of the later months. The brooks are shrunk to modest size, but they have not yet become mere dry beds with occasional stagnant scummy pools. There is still life and activity Everywhere. The growing season is not past but 1t is nearing its end.
 Of wild flowers there are plenty to compensate for the lack of the earlier blossoms. The maianthemum is as dainty and pretty as any. lilly of the valley, and 1t ist plentiful. With a little diligence lkA shQwy orchids can be found in ma pf the deeper woods and this alone rgpays an afternoons search. Cranesbill and wild phlox spread great masses of color in the more open forests, while many sunny banks are thickly strewn with bluets White, waxy mandrake blossoms are everywhere; NJack-in the pulpit is as abundant and saucy as ever; there are miniature groves of the whimsical wild ginger. The foam flower covers the slopes of the ravines with little drifts of fluffy snow. The commoner violets are becoming less common, but there are plenty of the long-spurred violets and Canada violets. more attractive because more unusual.
 All the Summer birds are singing their best songs. There are bobolinks in nearly every open field. In the
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
The Small Colleges.
Providence Journal.)


 Professor Arlo Bates of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, who was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1876, is of the opinion that the Maine institution should deliberately restrict its numbers, carefully sitting candidates for admission and teaching them in small groups instead of by the lecture system. He says: The tu- tility of lectures in education except for occasional use and with students we'll advanced technically is coming to be felt everywhere" And again; The fashi6n of the superficial is to treat educataen. .as If it were purely man ufacturinE business; and heart-break- ing foolishness about increase in num- bers, the poor economy of duplicating the plant, and the rest of the com mercial slang which has taken the place of intelligent consideration Of educational issues, Is the stock-in- trade of the modern progressive in education.i
 There is certainly something to be said for the small college and against the mad rivalry for numbers that exists in some quarters. On the other hand the promoters of large colleges and un- iversities can argue that 1t Is their bus inesss to. extend to as large propor- ton of the community as possible the benefits of the higher learning. They rnights5say, also, that there Is sort of intellectual exclusiveness, to put no worse name upon 1t. in the proposal to sift students carefully and take only the best
 ProfessoElBates. of course, would not deny the dssfrability of extending the advantagesnf college education to as many yonng men and women as are prepared for it; but as for Bowdoin he believes that its proper future lies along the lines laid down at Williams and to some extent at Amherst-that 1t should be kept one of the smaller institutions of college rank in New England, as opposedzro those others whose destiny appears to be to ex- psnd far beyond their old numerical limits.
 May it not be said that there Is room for institutions of both these kinds, and that, indeed, we could not afford to dispense with either?
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

woods there is a great variety of lit- tie brothers whom one need not iden- tify to enjoy. The lucky wanderer may by chance encounter a scarlet tanager. most beautiful of all northern birds. Or he may be rewarded by the fine musical performance of some ruminative cat-bird.
 It would be we'll for the city man who is not a habitual. woods wanderer to go out just now and discover what he has been missing. Life, work and the world will seem better to him.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
ROOSEVELT TO ATTACK WILSON

Colonel Roosevelt is himself again: he has told a Washington audience where the River of Doubt is located and has warned the public against rais- ing any questions. as to his work as g. discoverer. Under the caption: Here We Are Again" the New York World prints cartoon of the colonel beating bass drum and making announce ments through a megaphone at the same time. He is apparently standing outside, circus tent upon which are placards bearing such inscriptions as "See the Only 1000 Mile River Ever Discovered by An Ex-President:" The. Great Man-eating Fish, the Only One in Captivity" "No Democrats Ad- mitted; Republicans Half Price," and Preserved Seats for the Great MopZ gan Interests'
 The World says that nothing shou1d be permitted to interfere with the, coloneps attack on President. Wilson next Saturday, and it adds with a fine
  from home for several months with out access to newspapers or ðer sources of information, the colonel is man provfdentially ordained to de- liver final Judgment upon a president who during that period has had to grapple with nroblems more serious than those that have confronted any of his predecessors since Abraharrr Lincoln. fhe colonel, however, is g' great politician and he..issvergs amx-e ious to begin his campaig cnEss There need no doubt ofSashat his sttitudawill be in 1918; he is pS6par@ ing now. It is fortunate that an on portunity will be offered this year fU gauge his strength. If he does not run for governor of New York he will try to defeat the republican nominee for United States senator in Pennsyl- vania and there are some astute poli- ticians who think he will fail in his purpose, but we will all know more about that later. At present. however, the colonel's health is coming along nicely and friend and foe are glad to hear that news. They are also inn patient for his return to the writing desk and the stump.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Old Houses in New York.
(New York Sun.)


 sH4ow many people living in New York know that within Its present limits there are atsIeast thirty dwell ing-houses, churchesS inns and ftav- erns that were bui1t4before 1900? The most celebrated of these inter- esting relics everybody is supppsed to be familiar with but we, ifiRasthat the bank of the Manhattan company has 2putsal who are mot antiquaries under an obligation by assem bling in a, tastefullyasnkinted and handsomely illustrated pa2hphlet the thirty build ings that were standing at the date of its own incorpoS8tion in 17ses%
 These precious iics;s are widely scattered over the How great area of New York, but in addition to St Paul's chapel and Fraunces's tavern there are three buildings in the old Dutch district within hail from the Battery that date back to the eigh- teenth century,, and that are not gen. erally known to be He1rNivals. They are No. z State strsS built in the last years of the ceht5 and snow the home of the missi66 pf Our Lady of the Rosary; the E sTn hotel, at the "eornertof WhitehaJ nd South streets, built before 1790, Where Robert Full
 
 ton and Daniel Webster, Commodore eNanderbilt, P. T. Barnum and Jenny
 fnd used to stop; and No. Al Cherry Hfeet.. the old brick John Latham ehaNse, which has stood since 17S6. fx K5nse has to travel several miles north of the Latham house before finding the next old building on Man hattanss island that appears on the Hist It is not one of the famous relics. like thes>Jumel mansion, and now it has the background of a gas tank. The Jeremiah Towle house was built before 1795 and may be found near the end of the Queens boro bridge at Sixty first street If 1t was originally the stable of Peter Van Sant's manor house it afterward became a popular tavern, and in 1S30 the residence of Jeremiah Towle. Only three blocks away is the .Scher- merhorn farmhouse G747) at the foot of East Sixty-fourth street and near JonesIs woods. A little further cn, at East liver park and Eighty eighth street, one comes upon the fine old mansion overlooking the waters of Hell Gate, where Archibald Oracle entertained Louis Philippe, the exile.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Song to a Girl. Baltimore Sun)

I'm sending my heart to a little girl In song of the sweet of May And many shall come and many shall
 go,
 But life is the merest day! A flash of sun on the morning hill, . A flower in the tangled wood, And May is wading the silver Till, And the breath of the world is
 good.
 Daisies are decking her throat of
 snow;
 And lilies are at her feet, And down in the dreams of the heart ,E of May xS-n The life of a girl Is sweeteH Many have shadows. but more have
 ' sun, ~~.. .-..s-s.f And you, my child, shall sing, For life and love are the same as one In. the heaf of chifd in spring. Fragrant locust is on the breeze,
 And the honey has turned to wine, And May is month of melodies, And loves in this song of mine! Love, my lady, that life may Kleam! And laugh that life may glow; And one by one to the heart of dream The songs of the May shall 20.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Poorly Located.
Youngstown Telegram.

Waverly had just returned from an extended eastern trip. %
 Were you in many of the old New England towns?" asked MarceIia. Nearly all of them of any size.'
 And did you see Plymouth Rock 2" . Had my picture taken standing on it."
 What did you think of the rock"
 "Oh, it's all very we'll in its way, but why on earth do they have it in such a dinkey little town?"
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
\ BIT OF HOT WEATHER.

There is always a lot of weath--- ar61nd these parts; the changes bfne unexpectedly and we suffer in pnsequence. It was only the other BY that old man Johnson down at addan said that it was going to be
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

A Medford woman, who recently died at the age of 102, was under a doctors care until her twentieth year and now we have absolute proof that anyone who can live under a doctors care for twenty years is good for a hundred.-Brockton Times.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Only ten of the seniors at Welles-, ley college admit they are engaged to be married immediately after gradua- tion. Can it be that the advantages of a college education. for girls are not what they used to be?-Bridge- port Standard.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

: The continuance as chairman of the republican state central committee of MT. Roraback will result in a justi- fable lack of confidence in the party organization and certain rebuke from the people. His retirement is inevit able, and it is to be hoped, will be immediate.-New Haven Register.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Suits and Separate Vests ~ and Pants for Women and
 Children

wosfEN's VESTS IN AID STYLES. 1Oc, 12 1-2c, 16c, 25c to soc each. Women's Lace Trimmed and Gun Knee Pants, 25c pair. Women's Tights at 25c, soc Rnd 62 1-2c pair.
 EXTRA, EXTRA SIZE VESTS for stout women at 2ec each, value 3sc- Sizes 4s and 50, good long vests that you can only find here.
 woMEN's UNION SUITS, ssc grade. Special at 25c each. Exta sizes, zecr Made lace and cufi knee. sleeveless sstyies.
 lwoMf UNION SUITS In ali styisa .soc .o sI.5O each.
 oHILDREN's UNDERWEAR. Vests at 1oc. 1s ts2c, 1Sc, 2Sc each. Pants at i2uc2o, f5c, 25c each. Childrcn's Union Suits at 25c and 4so each.
 Boys vorous Knit and BaIbrigxar Shirts ana Dvawers at 2sc each. Boys Porous Knit Union Suits as 49c each.
 MotnerF Snould see our BOYS w&fBt+ Union Suits, price 49c each. A union suit and waist combined e. garment that requires your attpn. tion.
 INFANTS, VESTS, BANDS AND
 BINDERS, 25c to S1.O0. The famous Wants Garments to iit. tie tost you will find only at this store in New Britain. e.
 FREE TO MOTHERS. vanta Pinless Baby Diaper Pattern at our underwear department, maln floor.
 UNDERWEAR FOR EARTHQUAKE
 MEN. -. Mems Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. 25c each. Roxford Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, 49c each. Porous Knit Shirts and Drawers, 4sc each. ,s Carter's Union Suits for men at sse each. .. - NAINsooK UNION SUITS FOR MEN B. V. D. Union Suits, S1.O0 each. Roxford Union Suits. s5c each, else. where $1.oo.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

Here in this state we know that the Connecticut Yankee is so ingenious that he is devising new and effective ways of doing things to secure the best results. A form of scarecrow originated last year by a Connecticut gardener is in striking contrast to the old variety that with every breeze waves a maudlin greeting to the passer-b by. To save his strawberries from the devastation of ravenous birds this gardener cut into three foot lengths a garden hose and scat tered the pieces through his bed of berry plantsssssAs a result, the birds left. his berries~ severely alone, and he%has a theory that itpwas because stheA birds thought the<shose to be snakes.-Meriden Journal. --. Everybody who uses the state high essWays complains of the dust nuisance AAHdr danger which is worse this year FHhen Ever before in the history of Connecticu&s That the delay in oiling the roads hasSxesulted in serious dam. age to the. e.fsurface of the highways, needlessly endangered public health sand caused great inconvenience and discomfort iss common knowledge. The reason for. such wasteful and an- moving neglect lis not appanent- All over th9&Rt s con1p1aints are heard of thisnk 5aE hpublic comfort and disregaf6 Of EAnd& &bustness nnana Sk ment isHs care Of Highways buft saf. great expense and for the proper careg of which every auto owner pays as special tax:-New Haven Timss-Eeadg Ser t~..,s-' A, ..i.....s ,.assss The city of sprinEaeld, h con. csrasdSsat thss1 presef time with an ' x Esfnxefssting propositto{ Which cannot Efail'sfos be closely f6 wed by other 8ities which are eriga4sd Hnsthe com m sndable underta king Of Aifenioving
 unnecessary' and unsightlyk obstruc- tions from the business thorough fares, and particularly Where the old time layout esta blished crooked and arrow streets. The movement un- der way there is for the elimination of the trolley poles and the restoration to the business houses and the pub lie of valuable sidewalk space. It means that the trolley company must be able to reach an agreement with the property owners where by the supporting wires can be att tached to buildings instead of to the poles.-Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

Every pleasant Sunday emphasizes the necessity of bringing home the safety first idea to automobilists and pedestrians alike as we'll as to the drivers of other vehicles. Caution gen orally implanted in the minds of men, women and children, will bear splen-, did fruit before the season is over. And the homicide list will be con- siderably reduced.-Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

AkAsUed daily (gunday excsptedl &s A:iB D. m at Herald Building. 67 Church St
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

The good effect of a saner obser- vance of the automobile laws was clearly observable in this vicinity on Sunday. Perhaps the numerous ac- cidents here in the past, together with the very evident determination of the authorities to probe rigidly every killing and to punish every violation of the law, have impressed even the irresponsible and reckless, At any rate, the day of heaviest traffic was notably free from accidents; a very moderate gait was the rule of the road, and violators of the law were quickly suppressed.-Bridgeport Tele- gram. ..
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

Entered nt the Post once ar New Britain as Second Olass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

The only proncabte Adverusing medium ID
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New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

One of the curious features of the growth of the motor vehicle and the gradual elimination of the horse and of the changing of the stable into the garage is it's effect upon the fly. Filth and stable litter help breed flies, the passing of the horse as a factor in pleasure and business is driving the fly from his accustomed haunts. This is undoubted, but there is no excuse now that summer is at hand that the great war against the fly of last year should not be revived. Medical science has demonstrated that the fly distrf- butes disease and right now Is the time to kill him.-Waterbury Repub- lican.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27
Store Open Friday Evening Until 10 O'Clock. Open Saturday, Memorial Day, Until Noon. i
. It's Time to Change Your
 Underwear

When you do make a change. tn- vest your money in the McMiliRn kinds, only reliable makes of first quality garments are featured in our Underwear Department.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

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New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

In view of the possible increase in the grand list of the city by the state board of equalization it is for tunate for Hartford that there will be no county tax levied this year. An increase of $2O, 100000 in the grand list will mean a large ad- dition to the expenses of the city by the state tax. The increase would be quite burdensome if, in addition to the state tax, there was a county tax to be paid this year. The state tax and the county tax are levied on the grand list as determined by the state board of equalization Hartford Times. -...
New Britain herald., 1914-05-27

Connecticut suffragists, at the time of Mrs. Pankhurst's last visit here, proclaimed vigorously that they did not endorse her militant method, al- though they sponsored her visits to Hartford and other places for the pur- pose of speaking and collecting money for use in prosecuting the campaign in England. Connecticut suffragists. therefore, have the satisfaction of knowing that while they do not be- lieve in violent .militantism, the dol lars they contributed in measure at least. made. possible some of the outrages which have been perpetrated in the last few days.-Hartford Post.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-08-15
SAID She
WOULD FAINT
Mrs. Della Long Unable to Stand
On Her Feet More Than a Few
Minutes at a Time.

Pendergrass. Ga.-Mrs. Della Long.
OF this place. in a recent letter, says:
For five or six years, | suffered agon'
les with womanly troubles.
Often, | couldn't sit up more than a
few minutes at a time, and If | stood
on my feet long, | would faint,
took Cardui, and it helped me i'm.
mediately. Now, / can do my work all
the time, and don't suffer like | did"
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