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Evening star., 1914-07-26
THE EAR OF GREEN CORN

dispute or deny their virtues. But as
slow as our English cousins are at learn
ing anything they will ultimately learn
that green corn in its juicy Kernels holds
great treasure. II there had been patch
of green sugar corn in Eden, Eve would
have scorned apples
There was an Englishman, William
Cobbett, who in 1927 was experimenting
with the raising of green maize, and he
wrote a learned and enthusiastic treatise
in its favor. He produced a variety
which was called ''Cobbett's corn" In
his treatise he denounced the use Of the
potato. saying that il was degrading to
the souls of men and that soon it would
be supplanted in England by green maize.
That was ninety years ago. and so far
as the writer knows the ashes OF Cobbett
do not Yet rest in Westminster, nor does
a monument in his memory rise to the
English skies. However, there are signs
that green maize has a foothoid. or an
earhold. ON the British public. and this
means that its conquest Of England has
begun. And when green corn gets to
work conquering England it will make
Williams conquest seem trihing
incident.
About 1890 an Englishman in Essex
with greater wisdom than the rest OF
the people Of England began raising
green maize for the London market and
some growers in the Isle OF Jersey fol-
lowed. SO that today green corn may be
bought from few firms in Covent Gar
den and in the BriXton neiShborhood.
where reside many theatrical people who
acquired the green corn habit while tour
ing this country, green maize Is sold
and understood.
Maize has long been grown in England
as a forage crop for cattle and horses
but this is not sugar corn-and the
average Britisher has not yet overcome
his prejudice against eating horse feed
Yet English cattle and English horses
have an enviable reputation in parts OF
the world outside Of England. and it
NAV be that the Englishman will take
a leaf out of his horse book.
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times the brightness OF the first magni-
tude star.
Mercury is at its greatest western
elonga on August >, and may then be
seen low in the northeast for about all
hour before sunrise. This planet again
enters the evening sky August 80 but
does not reach its greatest distance east
of the sun until October 10.
Saturn and Neptune are also morning
stars and are too near the sun TO he
satisfa ctorily observed during the present
month.
Uranus is near the center of the con-
stellation Capricornus, coming into op-
position with the sun August =. but this
faint planet cannot be satisfactorily oh
served without the aid of moderately
large telescope.
Several letters have been received from
correspondents who state that during
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this country and travelled far and wide.
inspecting the foremost printing houses
of the nation. An expert himself, he
did not reach a quick conclusion. Even
tually his travels brought him to this
city, where he was invited to go
through the Washington bureau. There
he found the perfection he sought. Call
ing the director aside he asked him to
name some man in this model of eff
cheney who could copy it on a smaller
scale in Cuba.
Il am satisfied that if this can be
DONE said Jose Lopez Rodriguez, my
troubles will be at an end.
Foster was then among the ten high
est engravers. and was Furthermore
known as an efficient organizer. And
here it is interesting to follow his i'fe
to the point where he became the head
of the new bureau. He had come to
Washington to be page boy in the
Capitol. Born in Sandusky, Ohio. he had
served as u page in the state legisla-
ture before the opportunity to come toi
Washington was offered by his repre-
sentative. d. E. Hare of the thirteenth
district.
In 1894 Foster voluntarily left the
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six would prove incompetent and would
be dismissed The same approximate
average held regarding the men.
Director Fosters comments on the
relative merits of Cuban and Spanish
girls. in this new work. are interesting.
NJ found" he says, that the Cuban
girls were the more intelligent. They
would grasp an idea more readily. They
understanding what the purpose Of all
this work was. But they never at
tanned the ultimate efficiency of the
Spanish girls. They were more ane-
mic than their Spanish sisters. The
individual output of work would not be
as high. In other words. they could
do more work at the beginning and less
as they proceeded. while the Spanish
girls reversed this rule.
How do you think" Foster was ask
ed. "the Cuban girls would compare
with American girls?"
american girls he replied. could
do more work in the end than either
the Cubans or Spaniards. But I doubt
whether they would learn as quickly
as the Cuban girls did
One year was given Foster before he
was expected TO turn out a supply of
stamps. The first batch were turned
out within three months-nine months
before the time required. The issue
comprised 100000 revenue stamps.
The government passed upon them and
found them entirely equal to what
they had been led to expect.
Since that time the plant has turned
out 40O.000,0O0 revenue stamps for
matches, cigars, cigarettes and other
taxible articles and has additionally
acquired the right to issue the postage
stamps and what are known as the
guaranty stamps-the latter proving
that cigars and cigarettes are made
Of pure Cuban tobacco.
OF the former they have issued ~
100000, of the latter 61:ooo,o00; But
this was done at a price. Director
weeks. He was required. of necessity,
to be on the jump all day long. and
then at night. when his Cuban en-
ployes were sleeping, he was in the
problems Of chemistry. management or
other things 1t took him six weeks
to find a gum which could be used in
the Cuban climate. 1t was solved when
he discovered the proper proportion L., OF
dextrin, substance something like
tapioca which should go into the
concoction.
The hardest lesson to instil into the
minds Of the Cuban girls was the les
all occasions. The girls. and many of
the men, were of the indolent, easy
going type. To them a sheet of post
age stamps was about the same as
sheet Of paper. If it was lost. an
other could easily be made to replace it.
1t was only after many hard lessons
that the girls were made to under
stand that every single stamp in the
millions turned out daily must be ac-
counted for before they went home.
The director or "jefe." as the Cubans
called him, had personally to count
and recount the sheets of stamps every
day. This in itself was a good, man
sized job. Foster tells one story of an
occasion when he found, at the end
of the day, that his list tailed one
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can be seen. but from the greater part
of our country it VIII. unfortunately, be
wholly invisible.
The motions of the very bright planets
which are visible during the present
month are also of unusual interest. Low
III the southeast. Jupiter now shines with
its steady golden radiance this greatest
of all the planets having entered the
evening sky to remain with us through
out the remainder Of the year. AS the
months go by the observer will notice
how the sun. in the course of its east
ward journey along the path B V M. ing
ure l, will draw over nearer Jupiter, so
that each evening the planet will be seen
a little higher in the sky at sunset. BY
December 81 the two bodies will be found
SO near together that the planet Will be
seen in the western heavens: it will then
follow the sun by only two hours, III
stead of by nearly thirteen hours. as II
the present time.
But the most interesting part o. the SKY
for planetary observations is now Tn
doubtedly found in the west. Here the
observer will see the very brilliant venus
and the far fainter Mars both in the eN-
trene western borders OF the long con-
stellaton of the Virgin. and both we'll up
from the ground a short time after sun
set
August / Venus is considerable dis
tauce to the west and north OF Mais ;
both planets are moving rapidly eas.
ward but as the motion of Venus IS nea. ,, ,
Iy twice as rapid as that of Mars. Ii "li'
soor pass the more distant planet oh
the evening of August , the Two piah-
cts will be nearer together and Will tneh
make a remarkably close approach. ne
observer should not fail to examine ineili
at this time He will see the priliiaht
Venus due north Of the red planet anu
separated from it by distance equal 10
but one-third of the apparent diameter Oh
the moon.
Even to the naked eye the two Objects
will thus form a striking sky figure, but
in a small telescope the view WILL be
much more interesting. Both planets VIII
he seen in the field at once, and both OF
them will appear but little more than half
full. the half disk of the silvery Venus
having a diameter about four times as
great of that of the reddish Mars.
Throughout the remainder of the month
both worlds will remain in Virgo: by
August 81 Mars will have traversed about
oue-third, and Venus two-thirds of this
constellation. August 30 Venus will
mass due north of the bright. blush star
Spica cat A, Figure u, being separated
from the star by distance about equal
to the apparent diameter of the moon.
The planet then shines with seventy-five
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accessible that an immense number of
observations will be made during the
continuance of this eclipse. This fact
alone would make it a most important
one, but it also happens. because the
moon is so unusually near the earth at
this time and the sun so far away. that
the shadow cast Is an unusually large
one. In other words. the disk Of the
moon will appear considerably larger
than the disk of the sun: consequently
the latter body will be seen to be COM
pletely hidden for about two minutes
from nearly all parts of the shadow path.
and from certain points its light will be
completely blotted out for two minutes
and a quarter.
From the northeastern. part OF the
United states d rery little of this eclipse
Evening star., 1914-07-26
Poetry Doesn't Pay.

KHASSIE HARMSWORTH of New
IvA York laughed at the Plapers' Club
at the absurd idea that poetry in these
days ever pays.
II know whereof I speak" said Mr..
Harmsworth, land 1 tell you, gentlemen.
the difference between the lay Of the
poet and the lay of the hen is this-tha
hens lay can be converted into cash"
Evening star., 1914-07-26

United States from which a small part
of the eclipse may be seen. Observers
north of the boundary L NJ y will see a
very small portion of the suns upper
edge darkened as the sun rises on the
morning Of August p. From all other
parts Of our country the eclipse will be
wholly invisible.
Evening star., 1914-07-26

moon. Those south of the path br
within the area D REX Il vii. see th
moons disk but partially eevefias I'll
sun. To those south of the line c i tii
upper edge Of the sun will Ie hide:
while those north OF this line will see th
moon pass over the lower pert OF II,
sun. Figure 3 shows the regions Of III
Evening star., 1914-07-26

FIGURE THE TOTAL SOLAR
ECLIPSE OF AUGUST 2l. THE PATH
OF THE SHADOW IS A H NJ B.
ELSEWHERE. WITHIN THE AREA
DC r X n. THE ECLIPSE WILL
BE SEEN AS A PARTIAL ECLIPSE
ONLY.
Evening star., 1914-07-26

designing Of the postage stamps was
keen. The design accepted for postage
stamps was a map showing. by the
various steamship lines. that Cuba is the
shortest route from the United States
to Panama. There was a method in this.
The stamps. going to all parts of the
world. would be mute invitations to visit
Havana. No ore can tell how many tour
lists will be attracted to the island be-
cause of this stamp design. 1t would be
Interesting to know.
The Cuban special delivery stamp, also
designed by Foster. shows an aeroplane
sailing over Havana harbor. Moro Cas-
tie is shown. The background Is the
sea- beyond the harbor mouth. In Cuba
the telegraph lines are government owned
and the sender of message must buy
and aff1x a stamp. The design for this
stamp was the figure of Ajax defying
the lightning.
Evening star., 1914-07-26

AS soon as things were running smooth
ly Foster employed two Cuban boys as
apprentices. They are now going through
all of the stages that result in the expert
plate printer, and when they have con-
cluded their courses they will be the first
Cuban engravers to learn the art of plate
printing on the island.
AS remedy for the thin oil, Director
Evening star., 1914-07-26

Of the moon at this time will first fail on
the turning earth at a point little Forth
of the arctic shores OF British North
America, but instead of being confined to
inaccessible or polar regions. as is so
often the case. IL will sweep across al
most the center of Europe. and then
enter Asia. and finally leave the earth at
the northwest corner OF India.
The path Of the shadow is this 50 easily
Evening star., 1914-07-26
By Prof. Doolittle of the University
of Pennsylvania.

7 far the most important astro-
nomical event of the present
month is the eclipse of August
81, which is a remarkable total
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
DEATH OF CUSTER
 TOLD IN CONCER'
Polish-American Band Renders Goo Mid-Weelx Music at Wal
 nut Hill Park.

Threatening weather frightened many people away from the band con cert at Walnut Hill park last nign1 but nevertheless there was a fair size and appreciative crowd present hear the Polish American band i their first appearance of the season The hillside was damp from the heav rain and because of this most of tn crowd kept on the move.
 The program. as arranged by Di rector F.. J. Barrett, was a pleasir one and contained a number of pop ular airs which made a hit with tn audience. The piece that was tn most enthusiastically received. how ever, was The Death of Custer" was a typical Indian war selectio and in musical rythm told of the bat tie of the Little Big Horn. The Tn dian war dance. the rattle of the mus ketry, the bugle calls and the fina wall at the conclusion of the ''bst tle'' all tended to make this selectiol an impressive one. The popular med leys as usual were also we'll received
 At the close of the concert tn musicians all stood up and with bare heads played the Star Spangled Ban ner, while the crowd applauded loud ly.
 Next Wednesday evening the con cert will be rendered by the Ne' Britain City band.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
VALUE OF AIR BRAKE
 IS WELL RECOGNIZED
Will Stop Train Going Sixty Miles
 aa Hour in S6O Feet.
(Scientific American )

Forty-five years elapsed between the first trial of the air brake and the death of George Westinghouse, an event which has taken. untimely, a discoverer of momentous things and bereft his associates of an in spring leader. Most people know that the celebrated inventor was throughout that half century so greedy for work that somebody said "he has put a brake on every train but he cannot put a brake on him. self" but the air brake does not f1g- ure in the common thought as the basis of any of these later triumphs, it is looked upon rather as having sprung from his brain, perfect and complete.
 To those of us who had the rare fortune in any part of that perlod to be his colleagues or contemporaries in the manufacture and use or rall- way appliances this seems a gro tesoue and romantic notion; for the introduction of the air brake was only in it's birth. It has had strenuous infancy, an eVentful youth and a recent past of wonderful de- velopment Maturity it cannot reach until transportation by rail ceases to | progress. .E
 The quick action triple valve, brought out by Westinghouse in 1887, l and the high speed feature of the pas- senger train brake, added in 1894, have rendered a continuous service, which in length of time universality of application and degree of excellence is unapproa ched by any other me- chanical device in common use at the present time upon railways. The mast ten years have seen further nota- ble advances.
 train in 1890, weighing 2s0 tons and going sixty miles an hour, had ar energy of 33,000 foot tons. The best | air brake of that day, working to the top of its strength, could not stop that train in less than 1000 feet.
 A train in 1914, weighing 920 tons and going sixty miles an hour, had ar energy of III, 900 foot tons, almost four times as much as what had tf
 be dissipated in stopping the train 1T l1s9O With the 1890 brake the 191'
 train could have stopped in .perhap
 1,760 feet. As it passed the 1,oeo-foo
 mark it would still have a collision
 energy of 4s,000 foot tons Gone am
 one-half times what the 1890 trai
 had before the brake was applied
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
HAS ANCIENT CRUDCE
 AGAINST DR. MARTIN
So Michael Grady Hur|s Stone
 Through Automobile Windshield.

Laboring under the delusion that Dr. J. E. Martin had wronged him several years ago and for that fam cied wrong he was going to get even" Michael Grady early last eve ming tried to set fire to the rear of the physicians automobile as it was standing in front of Booths block. Failing in this Grady drew a fair sized stone from his pocket and with out hesitation hurled it through the windshield of the automobile Con- stable George A. Stark happened to be the johnny-on-the-sp and ax- rested the man.
 Is Fined $1O.OO and Costs.
 Charged with the crime in court this morning Grady said: That's cor rect, but I wish to explain to the judge" He then started on long ! harangue about the doctor having wronged him many years ago. He 1 then said that a month ago the doc tor spoke to him and he didn't want him to talk to him so last night he l threw the stone at the windshield. ] Grady said he didn't intend to break | the windshield but merely wished to crack it so Dr. Martin wouldn't l been drinking Grady said, "I have 1 one or two drinks a day and some days none' Judge Meskill imposed a fine of $1O and costs for injury to personal property.
 Stark Makes Arrest.
 Tn telling of the action Constable Stark said he was passing the machine just when Grady pulled a stone from his pocket and threw it through the l windshield. T went after him. said the constable, and although he of- 1 fered little resistance I brought him i in. He admitted doing the deed but said he had a grudge against the doc | tor and wanted to get square"
 Thought Gar a Fire Cracker? 1 Harry Appell, another witness, told i of seeing Grady break the windshield but said that previous to that he had been sneaking around the back of the machine with a rag which he was trying to light. This gives rise to the supposition that the deluded man thought the auto was a giant fire cracker and wanted to set it off.
 Dr. Martin said he valued the Windshield at about $5.
 Is Mentally Unbalanced.
 It is thought that Grady is mental ly unbalanced After court pr. Mar tin said that ten years ago he signed
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
HARTFORD MEN MUST
 CERTAINLY BE EASY
Now Albert Bradley Claims to Have Been Robbed of $50 While
 Sleeping.

Either New Britain is terribly cor rupt or else Hartford men are awfully easy. The correct solution is prob ably the latter At any rate Albert Bradley, of Hartford, came rushing into police headquarters at 5:45 o'clock this morning and announced that he had been robbed.
 Bradley stated that he came to town yesterday and last night hired a room in a local hotel. When he retired he took inventory of his cash and found that it totalled exactly $50. After "a refreshing sleep he awoke this morning and was shocked to ma that his wad of greenbacks was miss ing. Hence he hied his way to the police station to tell his tale of woe
 His is the second case in two days where a Hartford man has come to town and claimed that while asleep he was relieved of his roll. fester- dav Arthur l.. Cushman complained that s10 and a good watch was lifted from his person while he was not conscious of what was going on.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13

papers committing him to the insane asylum and the supposition is that now he is free again Grady Is nurs- ing the old grudge.
 Was Evidently ParaIyzed.
 Andrew Smithe, who was arrested at 10:30 o'clock last night by Officer Hanford Dart was evidently paralyzed drunk for the policeman says that when he found him sleeping near the bandstand he rubbed his ears, but the drowsey man made no response. He then pulled him to his feet but his legs would not hold him up and he slept on, said the officer. The ac- cused admitted being drunk.
 AS this was Smithe's first offense
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13

Judge Meskill gave him another chance and after advising him to take the pledge and behave himself he ordered his discharge.
 Placed on Probation.
 Joseph Murtha, who was arrested yesterday by Officer King at the cor ner of Church and Main streets, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined $3 and placed on probation.
 Andrews Case Tomorrow.
 The case against Starr Andrews will come up in court tomorrow morn ing. He is charged with violating his probation. Attorney Noble B. Pierce, of Bristol will defend him.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
MANY CONNECTICUT
 PEOPLE ARE SOUGHT
But One N;W Britain Resident on
 State Department List.
lsnecial to the Herald. )


 Washington, Aug. 13.-Requests have been filed with the state depart ment for information as to the where abouts of the following Connecticut citizens supposed to be in the war zone of Europe:
 Miss Carrie L. Stanley, of New Britain, last heard from at Salzberg, Germany; Harold l.. Banchart, mas ter of German at the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville who is accom- panied by Frances McMaster Knight, master of French; Frank J. Peck, master of English, and Willard R. Dunsnore. athletic instructor at the Hotchkiss school of Lakeville. These are supposed to be in Germany. Fred D Carpenter of Yale Scientific school, in Germany: pr. and Mrs. Alton, Of Hartford, last heard from in France; MT and Mrs. Michael Suinman, of Hartford, last heard from at Karls- bad; Mrs Louis Whaley, of Hartford, in Englana; Carl Philip Morda, of Hartford, last heard from in Ger many; Donald S. Greene, of Hart ford, least heard from in Holland; Miss Emma G. Allen, of Hartford, Tn Warsaw; Miss Emma D. Nelson and mother, of Hartford, last heard from at Rome; Alexander Wolcott Harbison, of Hartford, with a party of Yale men in Switzerland; Archi- bald A. Welch of Hartford, in France: Miss Frances H. Gates and Miss Rose Johnson, both of Hartford travelling together, last heard from at Venice; Miss Helen l.. watkinson, of Hartford, at Venice Miss Jennie MacMartin, of Hartford, in Germany; Mrs. Michael Koler, of Hartford, in Austria; Miss Ruth Linden. of Cromwell, and her aunt Matilda Berg gren last heard from at Copenha gen: :: Mrs. Ellen Robinson, of Col1insvil1e. last heard from Draudoch, Germany. Mrs Robinson is said to be ninety years of age. Rev. and Mrs. Spencer E. Evans, of Terryville, were last heard from in Switzerland; the Misses Frances H. Muriel and Clemin- tine Bacheller, of Talcottville, last heard from in Germany; Miss Edna L. Kibbe. of Ellington, last heard from in Farnce; Miss G. A. Downs of Forestville, in Germany; Mrs Jennie Bankwitz, of Bridgeport, ir Germany, and William J. Johle, o Waterbury, last heard of was 1T Freiburg, Germany.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
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 That 1914 train with 1914 brake can be stopped in S60 feet. At that brake would still be running forty three miles an hour. with collision energy of 57,000 foot tons, or about twice that contained in the 1890 train at the beginning of the stop. It is not so much that the 1914 brake is bigger, as that it is different; and the laboratory has toiled through forty five years to produce this doubling of the air brakes efficiency.
New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
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