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New Britain herald., 1914-07-03
Sage Tea Darkens Hair to
 Any Shade.
bon't stay Gray! Here's an Old. Time Recipe That Anybody can Apply.


 cain Apply.
 The use of Sage and Sulphur for krostoring faded, gray hair to it's nat ,1yal color dates back to grandmother t;r,e. She used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and abun- dant. Whenever her hair fell out or look on that dull, faded or streaked anpsarance, this simple mixture was anplied with wonderful effect.
 But brewing at home is mussy and |out-of-date Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for 50 cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair .Remedy," you will get this famous old recipe which can be depended unon to restore natural color and Ibeauty to the hair and is splendid for dandruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp land falling hair.
 A well-known downtown druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell it . has been applied. You simply damp en a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one strand at time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after an other application or two. it becomes beautifully dark. glossy. soft and Abundant.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03
WILL URGE REPEAL
 OF PERSONNEL ACT
Sec. Daniels Opposed to Law Which Allows Navy "Plucking Board"
 to Retire Naval Officers.

CO INStHC I>NSol oAANSISs
 Washington. July 3.-Naval officers were discussing with qualification to- day Secretary Daniels announced de- termination to urge congress at it's next session to repeal the law of 1899, known as the personnel act, under which the "plucking board picked fifteen officers for compulsory retire. ment this year. Included in the list of those whose active careers were ended Wednesday by the recommen- dation of the board were several cap- tains with distinguished records. While the health of some of the off, cers "plucked" had been regarded as somewhat unsatisfactory, the records , of all of them disclosed, according to Secretary Daniels, that they were not unfitted for any naval service from the standpoint of habit, temperance ent and professional ability.
 Secretary Daniels hopes to have congress pass legislation to readjust the navy's personnel so as to eliminate | certain features of the present law which he considers objectionable. With all the "palpably disqualified officers already eliminated, the secre- tary hopes to so arrange the personnel that it will not be necessary to retire any of the thoroughly competent of ficers now in the service.
 The meetings of the 'plucking board," which are annual affairs, are looked forward to with considerable apprehension by naval officers.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03

of shame and decency because they found among them photographs of a very undesirable character on the mantelpiece of her bedroom. There can be no doubt that her degradation was complete"
 Amid the veronal bottles from which Miss Grey drank the releasing poison was found a remarkable let ter, a sad farewell message from an erring daughter to her pure, simple minded mother. The letter said:
 Admits She Lied.
 Please do not imagine for a mo- ment that what I have done was sug- gested by our last conversation. have been taking veronal for the last six months, practically every night. l only lied to you about it because 1 knew you would worry if I told you the truth. Of course the kindly coroner will call it temporary in- sanity, but as matter of fact I think this is about the sanest thine I have yet done. ls.-a.#. ~.
 II am simply very, very tired of things in general and cannot see tha, the world will progress any the worse for me being out of it. It seems cowardly, F know, but I should only go on causing you more unhappiness, dear soul for there are certain ways of life which it is absolutely imposs1- ble to give up. In fact, one does not want to-
 Hard to Write
 "You are so pure and good that it is hard to write this to you, but feel it to be the absolute truth. I+ feel that you, being SO pure, had a more or less rotten life and that gives me a belief that there must be a further sphere for people like you, where unhappiness and dis appointment are smoothed away. No one in this world could have had a better or more sympathetic mother than J. l.. G."
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03
RUNNING BOARD BROKEN.

An automobile truck belonging to the Connecticut Crushed Stone com pany broke about foot of the rum ming board off from North End troll ley car last night about o'clock on North Main street. The street was crowded, and the truck tried to pass the car on the wrong side.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS PROTEST.
 Washington, July 3.-Protest against the treatment of members of their organization at Monterey, Mexico, was made yesterday by a del- egation of Christian Brothers to President Wilson. MT. Wilson
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03
UNIVERSALISM

UNIVERSALISM teaches Gods purpose to save all souls. God is all powerful, all wise, all lov- ing. He can do His will. Nothing can defeat God. For information, books, tracts, ad- dress REV. F. A. DILLINGHAM;. Supt.
 Bridgeport, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03
.M|L|TANTS SCORED
 OVER GIRLS DEATH
SuffIaQtttes Blamed for Downfall Of
 Girl Who Killed Herself.

London, July 3.-Public opinion in London is still at white heat over the suicide of Laura Grey c. Lavender Guthrie), the young sufrragette, who was led into bad habits and a life of shame. There is great indigna- ton against the militant suffragettes, who, it is claimed, were responsible for her downfall. For the past few weeks letters have been pouring into the office of the Times denouncing the militants and demanding that something be done to stamp out their movement. i.
 At the inquest the mother of the girl told how her daughter had been drawn into the suffragette movement at the age of nineteen because she was inclined toward socialism and wished to earn her own living. At first she was not militant. but was
 finally drawn into that class and be- tween 1910 and 1912 was arrested several times. Once her mother paid her fine and once she went to jail, where she went on a hunger strike and was released. After her release
 she went on the stage as pantomime girl and then drifted quickly to the depths of degradation. She lost all affection for home life and her mother was unable to keep in communica- tion with her. When the coroner l asked the mother if she knew her l daughter had taken to drink she re- 1 piled innocently:
 1T had heard of absinthe; I do not l know if that is drink
 Coroner Denounces Militants. The coroner denounced the mili- 1 tants in no uncertain terms, holding l the Woman's Social and Political Union responsible for leading the girl away from her home to a. life. of shame. After reading a letter of praise from the militant organization commenting the girl for *"brav- f cry" in her wind ow smashing and en- I closing a medal flor valor" because 1 of her hunger striking, the coroner said:
 "Can anything be more calculated l to upset the mind of a young girl 1 this travesty of a medal? At any 1 rate, the letter had that effect upon i her. Till that moment she had been,
 it is true, militant suffragette, but l she was living at home and was ap- parentlv a decent member of society l with the exception that she broke the law in accordance with the tenets of { the militant suffragettes. The effect 1 on this young girl is quite clear. Ar l ter that she began to exaggerate her 1 importance. She leaves home, her
 sister and her mother for a garret in order to earn her own living and proba bly devote herself to this cause.
 ''Life of Open Vice.
 When a young girl, brought up as 1 she was, starts to live the free
 and independent existence we hear SC
 much about in England, men of the , world know the danger she runs a ] danger from which unfortunately 1 this girl did not escape. Next we
 find her in the company of men, fre- | quenting night clubs and takins
 money from them. The girl seems to have been absolutely degraded and
 from this point on her whole history 1 is one of drink, drugs, imm orality and i death from her own hand. Tn eigh.
 teen months she appears to have led 1 a life of open vice. Papers found ] show that she was lost to all sense
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03

Mrs. c. P. Blair and son of New York city are visiting Mrs. c. A Blair of Maple Hill.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03

promised to do everything in his power to relieve them.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-03

To get the genuine. call for full name.
 LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE Look for signature of E. w. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. 25c.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Merritt
spent Thanksgiving with their
daughter, Mrs. Otis BOlinger, and
family, near MinneOla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller
were down from Larned Sunday
and spent the day visiting with
relatives and friends here.
Editor McKechnie, of the Paw
nee Rock Herald, and his son,
were visiting with friends and af-
tending to business matters in the
city Saturday.
Mrs. Charles Allison and daugh-
ter, Grace, have gone to Jackson
vile, Fla, to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Baker
and baby returned the first of
the week from a visit with rela-
lives and friends at Webster
Grove, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Tournear
we're down from Spearville to
spend Thanksgiving with Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. o. Hunt and other rela-
tives and friends. Mr.. TOurnear
is managing the Hunt store at
Spearville.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

If you need a new glass for
syOur wind shield, Mr.. Auto Man,
let us put them in for you. We
cut and fit them perfectly. L. P.
KERN AUTO co.
Vim. Shadwell was down from
Kinsley to spend Thanksgiving
with his daughter, Mrs. Charles
Herman and family.
G. H. ErnSting was up from El-
linwOOd last Friday and spent the
day. looking after business mat
ters and visiting with friends.
Big public sale at the old VIM.
Schmick farm, 4 miles east of
Seward and 5 miles north and 3
miles west of Hudson, on Thurs
day, December 10th. A large
amount of good farm machinery;
household goods as good as new;
three good horses; 4 dozen chick
ems. and many miscellaneous ar
'ticleS will be offered.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

Mrs. ]. f. Denote returned
home Sunday evening after visit
ing for the past two months with
her sons, Lloyd and Roy DeMotte
and their families in Kansas City.
Roy has been located in Kansas
City for several years, being Su-
perintendent of a large wholesale
drug concern, and Lloyd has been
there for the past year and a half
and is foreman with a big paint
ing and decorating firm, and both
are getting along in fine shape.
Wheat brought S1.02 on the
Larned market the first of last
week, and the farmers of that
community showed their appre-
ciatiOn of the price by keeping the
grain men busy until the market
took a downward slump.
H. A. Fruit, local agent for the
Farmers Hail Insurance Co., was
in Sterling this week attending a
meeting Of the representatives of
that company.
Mrs I NJ Chase q former resi-
dent of this city, has been here
from Wichita the past week for
a visit with old Great Bend friends
The Misses Bertha, Lucy and
Fara Scott, all of whom areteach-
ing school in the north part of the
county, were here to spend
Thanksgiving with their father,
L. L. Scott, and brother, Linden,
who, in order to make their visit
a more pleasant one, invited in a
number of their friends and gave
the young ladies most pleasant
surprise party which was thor
oughly enjoyed by all in attend
ance. The Misses Scott and Miss
Maud Murphy, who was also here
to spend Thanksgiving, returned
to their schools Sunday afternoon
by auto.
Frank WOeStman, of nOrthweS
of town, was in Peabody the las
: of the week to see about purchas
ing a couple of cars of corn. Mr.
| WOeStman has quite a bunch OI
hogs which he expects TO feed fOl
the market and as corn is a scarce
article in these parts he had tC
look for it elsewhere. Feeding 7(
cent corn to 81 hogs does not looE
like big paying proposition, bui
Mr.. WOeStman is of the opinion
that hogs will be up around The
$40 mark again in a few months
Miss Maud Murphy, who is
teaching school in the north par
of the county, spent Thanksgiving
with home folks in this city.
Alvah Lynn was here from
NickerSon to spend Thanksgiving
with his brother, J. H. Lynn anC
family.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

Mrs. AloiS Schwager was visit
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Ed
Dethemple and family, of north Of
EllinwoOd, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cook were
down from the Olmitz neighbOr-
hood Wednesday on a shopping
trip and for a visit with friends.
S. NJ. Smith suffered a partial
stroke of paralysis Tuesday and
for a time was in quite a serious
condition, but is reported TO be
getting along nicely at the pres
ent time.
Jacob Popp, of the Galatia
neighborhood, is another Barton
county man who this week made
application for his final naturali-
cation papers. He was accom-
/ panied by Phillip and j. p. Ochs'
as witnesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Kern
were in from the west side yes.
terday morning on a buSines:
l "trip and visit. Mr.. Kern has re-
Gently purchased a new Ford cal
and finds it not only a source oI
! pleasure but Of profit as well fol
he does not lose so much time OF
the road as formerly.
Mrs. w. w. WinStead went t.
Hutchinson last week for a visi
with her son. George, and famil!
and from there went to Kansas
City for a visit Of a few week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Winslea'
and family.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04


Ferd Selle, the motorcycle man
is this week tearing down his old
place of business on Kansas ave-
nue.. His new brick building, just
east of the old Daley livery barn,
is about completed and ready for
occupancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Duda Wis
tied with friends in Newton Sun
{ ay.
Gus Schaefer went to Kingman
Saturday evening to install some
new machinery in the laundry at
that place which is owned by his
sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Martin were
here from HoiSington to spend
thanksgiving with DR.. and Mrs
A. H. Connect and other relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Harvey left
the first of the week for Vinita
Okla. where they expect to re
main during the winter.
John Shaffer, of Shaffer, Kas.
was here the last of the week OF
a business trip and went to Wich
ita to close up'a large real estat'
deal.
Conklin's, Shafer and Water
mans SeIf-fiIling Fountain PEN
make valuable Xmas presents
Shop early and get just the kim
you're looking for, from Hooper
Pen Case.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

4 Mrs. Henry Steimel was here
from Ellinwood the last Of the
week for a visit with her son. En-
nest Steimel and wife.
George Winstead was in hecity
last Friday morning on his way
to his home at Hutchinson after a
business trip west.
Pure Denatured AlchohOl, the
only safe solution for your ra-
diators TO prevent them from
freezing. Let us supply your
wants. L. p. KERN AUTO co.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J.-DeGarmo and
family were here from Dartmouth
Sunday to attend church services
and for a visit with relatives and
friends.
Charles Meaumel, of EllinwoOd,
was in The city Sunday morning,
on his way to Albert 10 spend The
day with friends.
Jacob Hooper was in Wichita
last week to spend Thanksgiving
and visit a few days with his sis
ter, Mrs. John Healey and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Z. Turck and
family were here from Ellinwood
to spend Thanksgiving with Mr..
and Mrs. o. w. Dawson and fam
lily.
Miss Alma Troilett returned
home last week after being in Chi
cagO the past few months study
ing music.
P. NJ. Mccullough, of Route 2,
and w. A. Koch, of Route 6, were
among those who were visiting
and attending to business matters
in the city Saturday and both gen.
tle)nen called al the Democrat Of
flee to have their subscription to
the paper extended for another
year.
Jake StoSkopf was over from
HoiSingtOn one day the last of the
week on business trip and for a
visit with friends.
Mrs. w. H. Kerr went to Nc
Cracker last Friday evening for
a visit of a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. Clarence Markell,
and family.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04

Don't forget the Administra-
tors Sale at the old VIM. Schmick
farm, 4 miles east of Hudson and
5 miles north and 3 miles west of
Hudson on Thursday, Dec. 10th.
A big lot of good stuff will be Of
fered and everything put up must
90.
Barton County democrat., 1914-12-04
BUILDING SITE.

A choice quarter block in The
west end between Forest and
Broadway. One of the few left.
Better buy it. TAYLOR.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09
been made in the calendar. If this
is true, what was the day of the

been made in the calendar. If this
is true, what was the day of the
month, old style? J. B. DAVIS.
Romulus divided the year into ten
months comprising 904 days, so that
the year 73s years before Christ was
fifty days shorter than the lunar year
and sixty-one shorter than the solaz
year, and it began without any at
tempt to correspond with any fixed
season. Numa Pompilius, 713 B. c.
added two months and julius Caesar
46 B. c., to make it more correct,
fixed the solar year at 365 days, 6
hours, with every fourth year bissex-
tile, or leap year. That calendar was
defective, as the solar year has only
1865 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes.
In order to correct errors that had
accumulated Pope Gregory in 1882
ordered ten days omitted. October .
became October Is. To prevent fur
ther irregularity it was determined
that year ending century should
not be bissextile, with the exception
of that ending each fourth century
thus 100, 1900 and 1900 have NOT
been bissextile, but the year 200 viii
be leap year. In that manner three
days are retrenched in 400 years ant
the year of the calendar thus made
as nearly as possible to correspond
with the true solar year.
The new style, or Gregorian calen.
dar, was adopted in France, Spain
Italy, Denmark, Holland, Flanders
and Portugal in 1852, in Germany ii
1884, in Switzerland in 1883 and 1884
in Hungary in 1887, in Scotland ir
1900 and in England in 1751. In 1857
eleven days were left out of the ole
calendar, and that easily accounts fol-
the old style and the new so far as
the birthday of George Washington
was concerned.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09
SHORTENING THE BALLOT IN
NEW YORK.

There are states where the ballots,
like the codes of procedure and prac-
tice, need reform with an ak. New
York is one of them and Illinois is
another.
The New York Legislature has be-
fore it resolution which provides
for the submission to the people of a
constitutional amendment making the
governor and lieutenant governor the
only elective state officers. This
means that the governor would ap-
point the treasurer, the attorney gen
eral, and the comptroller, secretary of
state, surveyor, state engineer, etc.
This very excellent and radical con-
|servative resolution passed the as
sembly by vote of 9S to Sc. The lib
eral press rightly halls the action as
a signal victory for common sense
and method in government. Whether
the state senate will pass the resolu-
tion in an equally impressive man
ner, or will pass it at all, seems to
be rather uncertain. If, however
pledges and principles count with the
majority, the resolution will pass that
chamber as well.
We have the short ballot in the fed
eral system. Who complains of the
appointment of cabinet officers by
the President Tho short bollot ;c
just as good for state and city and
county. 1t is to be hoped that New
York will give a splendid impetus
That may arouse some apathetic Hi.
nois politicians or doubling Thomases
and lead to similar reform here via
the shortest and simplest way-the
amendment of the amending clause OF
our constitution.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09
POLICE REFORM PROBLEMS
IN NEW YORK CITY

Senator Root has written strong
and significant letter to Mayor Mitch
lei in approval of the latter's police
reform bills, which the machine men
in the legislature are apparently un-
willing to push. Mitchell may or may
not realize his wish to get Col. Goe-
thals for the police ommissionership,
but he declares that he will remove
the legal obstacles that prevent a
man of the Goethals type from ac-
cepting the task of reforming the
New York police and keeping them
reformed.
In effect, the bills do away with
the present well-nigh absolute secur-
ity Of the policeman's tenure and
enlarge the disciplinary power of the
head of the force. There are pre-
ventatives and safeguards in the bills,
but they are only intended to estab-
lish innocence and merit.
In commencing the bills, Senator
Root says that "the policy of per-
manency has not succeeded" Even the
honest politician has shielded his dis
honest colleagues and grating super
ions; the department has failed to
purge itself; hence the force has no
right to complain if the community
now seeks to return to policy of
tenure ultimately dependent upon the
judgement and will of the head. The
commissioner, adds the senator, acts
for the whole community, and the
latter has the right to make its con-
tracts of employment terminable at
will.
The senator's argument has made a
deep impression on New York for it
hits the nail on the head. Yet there
is much opposition to the bills
Record Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09
THE SCOPE OF THE PURE FOOL
DECISION.

The assertion of DR.. Wiley that the
Supreme Court of the United States
has by its recent decision in the
bleached flour case destroyed the
and puzzled good many citizens.
But the assertion is too sweeping.
The administration of the act has un-
doubtedly been made much more diff
ficult than it was under the construc-
tion of the former chief chemist and
his successor, DR.. Alsberg, but the
act has not been emasculated or null
lifted.
1t is interesting to note that the
court fully agrees with the govern
ment and the public that the pure
food act is essentially "a health
measure" The court, however, says
that the language of the act, reason
ably and fairly construed, does not
authorize the prosecution of those
who in adulterating or coloring OF
preserving" food stop short of max
ing it deleterious to health. That is
if the injurious substance is so slight
in quantity that it cannot possibly af-
feet the health of any consumer, there
is no violation of the law. To prove
the bare presence of an injurious in
gredient or admixture is much easier
of course, than to prove injury to
health; but this obviously affects on
ly the administration of the act
Whether it affects administration suf-
ficiently to demand an amendment OF
its phraseology or the flat prohibi-
tion of any poisonous addition is a
question to be thrashed out by con-
gress under expert guidance, says
the Record-Herald.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-09

A new line in the campaign for in
creased economy in railroad manage
ment has been started. 1t is against
waste in the use of office supplies,
and the Baltimore & Ohio is the first
to lead off in the movement. Its
first step was to prepare statement
showing the amount of different kinds
of office supplies used by the railroad
last year. They are interesting as
showing what big railroad company
will get away with in this line in a
year. The circular shows as used in
1918, 100000 lead pencils, 100000
pens, 23,000,000 pins, 1S,000,000 en-
velopes, 14,000,00O sheets of carbon
paper, 23,000,000 second sheets, H.
100000 rubber bands, $4,000 blot
ters, 2,50O,000 letter fasteners, 2,000,-
900 file backs, 10000 sponges and
$500 ules. They cost 100000. The
company believes half this amount
could be saved, and recommends such
economies as using metal pencil
holders and envelopes of the proper
size to inclose correspondence, saw
ing pins and paper fasteners instead
of discarding them and using cheap
paper instead of expensive linen
sheets for memoranda.