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New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
The Village Gossip.
Providence Journal. )


 Certain cynics, of whom there are more than few, are likely to re- gard as a triumphant confirmation of their views a recent decision of the Heading citizens of a small rural town in Missouri. A proposition for the establishment of local neWs- paper was preached, but after calm reelection it was decided that news naper would be of no vital importance in the community because of com petition by the gossips, at the village store and the sewing society.
 This decision will tend to confirm a suspicion long cherished in many minds that a newspaper is. in a very real degree, a modern substitute for the old-time village gossip. The fact may as well be admitted, inglorious as it may seem. But; the fact is not so inglorious as it may seem at first thought. Gossips of various de- grees there have been and always will be, and no doubt some of their activities have been reprehensible, but in general the village gossip has been subjected to more reproach than she deserved. In point of primary merit there was at least a keen jour- nalistic instinct talent for getting news that happened to be interest ing and perhaps important. That hearsay news was often repeated without verihcation of the facts was
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald
 office. ..
Against "Third Degree" GndianapOliS NewS.)

The upper house of the Georgia legislature has set a splendid example in the passage of a bill making the third degree" unlawful. It always was and is unlawful, for the matter of that, but it has become a part of the systematic lawlessness which the police of the country indulge in. Stated simply it is a self-constituted inquisition which, in secret, endeavors to extort from the prisoner-before trial-an admission of guilt. Every kind of mental torture and anguish is used to wear the victim down or confuse him into any kind of comics sion. Sometimes physical torture is used. In a case that happened here the prisoner remained obdurate be fore his inquisitor, when, as prear- ranged, the latter said, looking be- yond the prisoner: Don't hit him!" meaning to convey the impression that a policeman stood behind him and was ready to hit him on the head with club. It was all true except that there was no intention of hitting him. It was meant simply to frighten him. It succeeded.
 That is the kind of thing that goes on at police headquarters in secret all over this country. And we call this land where a man has right to free, impartial and unintimidated trial in court, withJ an attorney as- signed for his defense in case he is too poor to hire an attorney. Such is the meaning of the third degree v It is just as unlawful as the proceed ings of Mexican bandits, and quite as bad, for policemen are supposed not to be bandits, but officers of the law. The French law provides for an in- quisition. But 1t is conducted by a judge before whom the prisoner is arraigned duly in the presence of wit nesses. The judge interrogates him to see if the prisoner can be entrapped into any kind of admission of guilt. After this he placed regularly on trial. But with us policemen assume the right to do a similar thing and reinforce it by secrecy, and by the use of torture and long hours of bad gering to wear the victim out. It is a black stain on the American name. Every state in the Union ought to forbid it under severe penalties and meanwhile public opinion should make it impossible. .x
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
Some Windy Prophecy. (DetrOit Free PreSS.)

Speaking in prophetic vein in Duluth the other day at the gather ing of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers, G. A. Patterson, secretary of the or ganization, said that the city sky scraper of the future will contain many novel and valuable features, including elevator systems on which fares will be charged, and added.
 Pure air will be p1ped from the country into the big city building just as we pipe pure water and bungalows built on the top of tall buildings will house the owners in summer
 With these suggestions as a starter any second-rate prophet can predict a municipal ownership of skyscraper elevators issue in the politics of that dim and misty thing labeled "the future," and the application of the common carrier laws to the airpipe lines, compelling them to serve all the homes along the lines within city limits every morning with enough pure, fresh country air to last until the next delivery-air laden with the songs of birds, the drone of bees, the
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
Antidote For Snake Bite in India.


 (Consul General James A. Smith,
 Calcutta)
 In the twenty-five years from 1887 to 1911 the number of human beings killed by snakes in India was 543,- 991, or an average of 21.76O annually. according to official reports. During the same time snakes caused the death of 1874 cattle. The mortal ity among human beings is so appal- ling that any steps taken to decrease the figure must be welcome.
 In central India the poisonous snakes usually found are comprised in four varieties, the Cobra de Capella, Russel1s Viper, Karait, and the Small Viper The King Cobra, huge rep tile, is probably the most formida ble and aggressive snake in the world, as 1t is always ready. not only to attack, but to pursue. It attains over fifteen feet in length, and will attack hu- man being unprovoked. The Karait is a dark snake, whose bite is the cause of many deaths. The Russell's Viper is an aggressive snake, strik- ing with lightning-like rapidity, and its fangs are larger than those of any other Indian viper. The Small FlpOT IS IoH LO lWCHty 4iiNAASo AoAA6 1AAN is peppery little reptile when irri- tated, throwing it's body into folds and making a loud purring noise.
 The mortality from snake bite among the poorer inhabitants of India is due in part to their habits and mode of life. Many sleep on the ground in their houses, the walls and 1 floors of which often give cover to SnnafimRS bitten 1 by serpents which crawl over their l bodies in the dark and are perhaps ir- l ritated by some unconscious move ment of the limbs during sleep. In such cases the reptile Is seldom seen and there is a dreadful doubt as to whether rat, a mongoose or a l deadly snake has caused the wound. 1 During the great heat of the plains in | summer scanty clothing is worn and many people go barefooted, while | those who do wear shoes seldom wear 1 hose thus leaving the ankle and in- 1 step exposed. Many fatal cases of | snake bite occur among natives en- l gagged in cutting grass when the vege- tation is dense and capable of con- l cealing even a panther. The native 1 squats down on his heels, grasps a l handful of grass and cuts it off near l the roots with a curved hand scythe, and often touches and irritates hidden reptiles. ----.--------
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
D. MCMILLAN lss.2Ol-203 MAIN STREET.

scent of new-mown hay and any other farmyard scents and sounds custom CTS may desire.
 Of course, wholesale importation of country air in this way will create new problems. There will result a great displacement of city airs, which of course will be forced into the holes left by the quarrymen who extract the country air for shipment to the city. This may produce protests from country persons opposed to city airs on the farm. There are quite a number of this class of objeetors now in existence-enough to create a menace to air exporters of "the fu- ture' If way is found to check their complaints and otherwise dis pose of the city airs, the over-expor- tation of country airs will leave rural regions facing a scarcity of att mosphere This will call for the ser vices of trained wind-raisers and wind hammers. There are many per- sons now in existence who could very easily adopt this means of livelihood as regular thing thanks to peculiar ly adapted natural qualifications.
 All of which goes to show that modern prophets not infrequently vent predictions which are far more ridiculous than sublime.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
A Protest Against Snobbery. (MilMaukee Wiscnnsin l

Congressman Britten of Chicago has fallen foul. of the rule of the United States naval academy at Annapolis which imposes a penalty of twenty five demerits on any midshipman seen carrying baggage in the streets of that city. He has unburdened himself on the subject to this effect:
 ''The sight of a husky midshipman walking along an Annapolis sidewalk by the side of a pretty girl hugging an enormous suit case would make me i'll. I suppose some .commandant thought a midshipman with gallantry enough to tote piece of baggage would lower the naval standards to the plane of a railroad station porter. But that's going to be all done away with. I'm going to stop that sort of thing if I never do another lick of work in congress-"
 From time to time, much to the chagrin of patriotic Americans, who want to be able to feel proud of their naval academy there come from An napolis indications that the institution inculcates snobbery. Indignation was aroused a few years ago by the out rageous incident of the snubbing of a young lady who had been invited to 8 dance at the academy, but was ruled az eainst by. members of the faculty as socially unfit to tread the ballroom floor with future officers of the navy because 1t had been discovered that she had been engaged in the ca- pacity of salaried companion by a wealthy woman of Annapolis. The victim of this outrage was the daugh- ter of Yale professor and a person or culture and. refinement as well as grace and beauty, and the treatment to which she was subjected by the naval academy snobs rightly provoked storm of criticism throughout the country.
 This is a republics democratic re- public. Its foundations were laid by men who believed in the dignity of la Dor and who abhorred artificial dis functions based on the accident of in- herited wealth and implying contempt for honest toll. Among Americans thoroughly imhued with the spirit which inspired the Declaration of In- dependence and the constitution there is no more disposition to tolerate the bigotry of aristocrats than that of the demagogs who appeal to envy of the rich and the well-to-do as an incen- tive to working people to enter into political conspiracies against the rights of those who happen to have money. r.
 Congressman Britten's stand is in harmony with the spirit of American institutions, and his effort to rebuke and abolish snobbery at Annapolis will command hearty sympathy and support.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
Old Men as Jurors. (New London Day.)

The Wakefield murder trial has been halted by the circumstance of a juryman collapsing from the heat. It is interesting to note that the juror is seventy-two years old.
 There are many men of seventy who are hale and hearty and as alert and strong mentally as ever in their lives But at seventy, the, best of men have reached a point where they should not be called on for any un- necessary expenditure of physical or nervous force. It is a period of life when conservation of energy is de- manded and there should be no out lay of it which can as well be made by younger men.
 The state has no moral right to ask citizen of seventy-two to serve as a juror in long, nerve. racking murder trial in the heat of midsum- mer. The strain of such service is far from slight. Many man of middle life would approach the duty with apprehension. It is wearing, hard job to sit on the jury of a mur- der trial under any circumstances; doublv SD at this time of the year. It certainly is no sort of duty to impose on a. man who has passed the tradl- tiona1 three score and ten.
 At sixty-four we retire our military and naval officers. We ought to fix an age limit on jurors certainly not much beyond the military retirement age. A juror of sixty-five is plenty old enough.
 It is not as if there were any cry ing necessity for the services of old men on juries, nor as if only among the patriarchs were there to be found the calm, deliberate judgment sup- posed to be essential in juror. As a matter of fact, most men have passed their fullest mental develop ment by the time they reach seventy and have developed notions and crotchets that cannot fail to influence their judgment On an average, men of such an age are not as good Jury material as younger ones.
 There is no reason for seventy-tWo year old jurors. There are obvious arguments on the other side It would be merely horse sense to have m more of them.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
A Derelict of Paris.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Louisville Courier-Journal)
 Alice Norton, an American who was known ten or fifteen years ago, as the belle of the boulevards and cafes of Paris, died of starvation in a gar ret. News of her death serves to recall to the habitues of the cafes rather striking, and altogether tragical, figure which disappeared from the boulevards recently. Where the derelict went-to what degree of want and wretchedness-thos who had been familiar with the spectacle of her thinly disguise mendicancy did not know or care. Her death sends momentary shock through the nerves of the boulevardiers and, per haps, through those of younger wom- en of the cafes, and the incident in the history of Montmartre closes.
 Ten years is not long to those whose paths traverse the quieter scenes of humdrum life. A decade in the cafes is more than the average allotment of years between the novitiate and the catastrophe. The two Russian boar hounds which used to sit at either side of Alice Norton's chair and make an arresting picture in a famous restaurant near the Madeleine where she always lunched, died of old age, perhaps a year or two before their mistress succumbed to poverty The public lost sight of them before it missed the slender figure of the distinguished-lookin American wom- an with gray hair at her temples who went about seeking the charity of fellow-Americans she had known in her more prosperous days. A cor respondent says that an effort was made to send her to her relatives in America, but when the funds had been subscribed and the steamer ticket bought she declined to let those at home know the hard lines into which she had fallen.
 The Seine is the shorter cut from the hardships and humiliations of poverty for those whose youth has passed in the cafes. But it requires physical courage, and courage is not boasted by all to whom the Seine would prove a relief
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
IN NEW YORK.

The New York. World, which has no affection for Colonel Roosevelt, is urging him to run for governor of the Empire state, not because 1t
 thinks that he might win, but because of a we'll founded belief that he would
 be beaten and it would like to have
 an opportunity to help to bring about
 that result. There are some who
 that if he does he thinks he will have
 the support of Mayor Mitchell and
 that he would stand good chance
 of being elected. He knows that if
 this could be done he would be a
 powerful factor in the next republi- can national convention and it is be- cause of this that the people are di- vided in sentiment as to what he should do. Should he run the World will give him great lambasting, such a one as no other candidate ever re- ceived in that state.
 The World evidently would like to see Whitman run on the republican ticket, but he has been flirting with the colonel, then denied it and the colonel came back at him with the evidence. The colonel was pretty stiff in his answer, too, and there are some who think that his sole aim is to have a weak man nominated by the republicans so that they would be given . hard beating, thereby am-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
MME. cAIrLAUx's TRIAD.

The striking difference between the manner of trying capital cases in |this country and Europe is now being manifested in the trial of Mime. Call |1aux in Paris for the murder of Cas- ton CaImette, late editor of the FL garo who had bitterly assailed her |husband in his paper. There is much
 political prejudice back of the whole affair, and there is also much curios- |lty all over the world as to what dis
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

For years Berlin has been famed as the only city in the world where nobody goes to bed at night. Imagine the consternation that is spreading over that gay city at the announce ment that the Prussian ministry of the interior is considering an edict which would close every restaurant, cafe and place of amusement at the puritanical hour of 11:OO p. m.- Bridgeport Standard.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

an individual trusteeship. This is more than in the way of redressing private wrongs. It IS in the way of achieving a public service by help ing to strip corporations of the legal fictions which have made them so helpful an instrument of indivlduals in irresponsible wrong-doing.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

Lynn's effort to help Salem by giv- ing the proceeds of Sunday baseball game to the relief fund, will not go through. Ten of the leading min isters of Lynn protested against all lowing the game and there has been a strong support of the protest in the community. The mayor himself is said to be opposed. The Lynn lodge of Elks was sponsor for the relief game, which promised to yield a good sum for the cause.-Waterbury Amer ican.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The power of the press was never more strikingly demonstrated than in the campaign for clean, quiet cele- bration of the nations birthday. If the gospel be preached as religiously by the press another year we believe that there will be no single. casualty to record.-Norwich Record
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

Terms of This Sale are no telephone orders accepted, none sent on approval, none charged. No matter what the price was, the price Wed nesday morning is $, Cash at Time of Purchase.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

It is impossible to deny the pro- gressives credit for doing sometf ing. A few years ago the democratic party had trouble getting a candidate for governor to make any sort of d fight Now there are candidates enough to credit one to nearly every county i'm the state.-Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
ENGINEER SAYS, "GO SLOW

ENGINEER SAYS, "GO SLOW"
 Engineer Hall is being quoted as
 hying that New Britain needs to go
 low in the matter of sewage dis
 osal, because the whole matter is in
 $ infancy and furthermore that the
 osed,investigation is one in which
 he government should pay at least a
 ortfon of the cost, as what interests
 he city in, this case interests the en-
 Ire state. The latter suggestion is
 otinew. It has appeared in the Her.
 ast first mentioned by ex-President
 ohm Moore of the board of public forks.
 As matter off fact, no one has
 cen, heard to takesseriously the state hentithat 1t would be necessary to ex-
 end, s4oo,o on ,the plant in Berlin hat has been pooh-poohed every There and the general sentiment throughout the; city is that no jach sum will ever be appropri- Ited. It is also the feeling that he investigation of this impor- hnt question, should be made by he board of public works. which Hone has the power to do 1t. In fact he law imposes on the department he obligation to do such work. The kea of am advisory@committee is com enough, but it ought to be committee to act,with the board of lublic works, the latter department b be the, working force and not to be |liminaHed as is beingt done under the Iresent arrangement.
 The investigation will result in ac- |uiring a ,great,deal of information, |hich the tboard of public works Iught to thave,i because it is that de- |srtment that twill have the manage hent of the plant after the changes Ire made. It is tdesirable in the i'm |erest of the citytthat the board have his infornaation. It may be said hat it willthave' the report. That of (curse will be better than nothing, but 1t ptake the place of the ketai1ed inquiry and hearing the imparted first hand, vhsch usdebe~he'result if the inves- |isatton weretmade by the board itself. This is no Sdie matter but one in khich New Britain Is deeply inter- |sted, not! only in ascertaining what
 the besttmethod ofssewase disposal but learning .how to, manage it after ! has beeni installed. It is not ad- lisabie andNneather is 1t sensible for committeetto make the investigation Ind then ldrop out leaving the work caring flor the system upon q board thatthas not been given the op- bortunity to acquire the information |hat is so essential to expert and care- Sni management There is some talk bf going to thetlegislature for an act that will commit the state to policy [r which it will tbear a portion of the Axpense. It is a,good idea, but 1t will = he the part of wisdom to go be- kcra the legislature with proposition In which there are so many weak .nots as there are in the present n,etf,od of going about this. sewage [natter. This matter has not been right and there is so much |at stake that New Britain cannot hfrcrd to make any mistakes. The Administration cannot expect to handle this problem any old way an6 khep expect the people of the city te sIpply the money to meet the ex- h,ense.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

We close Wednesdays at noon and we expect to sell Every Suit and Coat in the store in the three and a half hours that we are open on that day.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

Sunday continues to be the day of serious autom obile accidents, and It becomes more and more apparent that stricter rules must be devised to govern the exceptionally heavy traffic of the day. Autom obile laws that work fairly well for the rest of the week do not seem to be sufficient to take care of the situa- tion, on Sunday, and regardless of the convenience of a few motorists, 1t is infinitely more important to stop the needless waste of human life.- Bridgeport Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
$5 Each 

Suits that were SIS, $20 and $25 in This Sale for $. F Coats that were $10, SIP and SIS are in This Sale for $ each.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

Col. Roosevelt is acting very much in the New York gubernatorial situa- tion as if he has about decided to make the run for governor. He throws vitriol on Whitman, knocks Glynn, and drags Hennessey from re- tirement as a convenient figurehead for the progressives. It has a strange look, if he is sincere in his deter imitation not to enter the race. If he is going to shy his hat In the ring, however, such proceedings would be quite natural-Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

The vacation season. is already nearly month old. By this time, those who are not in the midst of their vacations, recovering from their vacations or planning for their vaca- tions are few and rare. The vacation excitement is good for about three months. Vacation has come to be a most conspicuous event of the year, and as it's magnitude has grown, it's efficiency. for the original purpose has been not a little impaired.-New Ha- ven Register.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

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New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

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New Britain herald., 1914-07-21
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New Britain herald., 1914-07-21

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