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Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
A suhstitute For sneetaelea.

At n meeting of the Academy of Medicine in Paris Dr. Lesage recom- mcndcd novel method for reading print for the use of those who happen to have forgotten their spectarles. The ricthud k to take a piece of paper and perfornte if with pin, making nu- nercus small holes. This paper must he h"ld close to the eye and the rend- ing matter at a distance from the eyes. A test of this method shows that lt slightly cnlargcs the print to be reUd and that book or newspaper can he held further away from the eyes than would ordinarily be possible to hear sighted man who had mislaid his glaas- es. However. the method Is useless for prolonged reading. being valuable only when one must read few para graphs.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Baodad,s Mysterious soouroe.

An uncanny. pcrnicious pest called the date boil" scars the face of every human born in Bagdad. Children in- variably have this dreadful sore on their faces. Throughout the middle east this mysterious scourge Is known by various names-"Buton dAlep." Nile sorc," Delhi button," etc. Its cause and its cure are unknown. First n faint red spot appears, growing larg- CT and running course often eighteen months long.
 White men from foreign lands have lived years in Arabia, only to have this boil appear upon their return to civilization, where its presence is em- barrassng and hard to explain. May be 1t was "dntc boils" that Job hadl Once n British consul at Aleppo lost almost his whole nose from one of these boils. Nearly every Bagdad na- tive you meet has this date mark" on his face.-National Geographic Maga- Vinp
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
THAW IS OPTIMISTIC.
Slayer Hopeful as He Goes on Trial In New York For Fleeing From
 Matteawan.

Harry K. Thaw, looking robust and hopeful. was put on trial in New York city with five other men, who, it is all legged, conspired with him to aid his escape from Matteawan Asylum For the Criminal Insane. The TOmbs has agreed with him, and he is fat. Rich ard Butler, a former assemblyman; Richard Thompson, Thomas Flood. Mi. chael O'Keefe and Eugene Duffy are the codefendantS of Thaw.
 The mental condition of Thaw, his attorneys hold, is the real issue in the trial. They argue that if Thaw was insane he could not have conspired to escape from Matteawan, and they are endeavoring to force the state to prove that Thaw was sane in order to have participated in the alleged conspiracy. The prosecution maintains that it does not matter whether Thaw was men tally sOunG or not. If he used illegal means to get out of the asylum he was guilty of conspiring with others to con- summate the scheme.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
AUSTRIANS RETREAT
 AFTER CRUSHING BLOW
Russians Resume Of'ensiVa In
 Poland Against Germans.

Offensive operations in Poland against the Austro- German center have been resumed. it is reported at Petro- grad, now that the flanlling operations of the enemy in northern Poland and eastern Galicia have been successfully counte"ed
 The Austrians in eastern Galicia have suffered a heavy defeat and are retiring toward the Carrathians. This force was expected to force the Rus sians to raise the siege of PrZemysl
 Forty thousand German troops mar rowly escaped capture or annihiatiOn by the Russians in the recent fighting around PrZasnysZ, it was admitted at the war office in Berlin. Only by the most desperate fighting and by forced marches did the Germans eXtricate themselves.
 Operations northwest of GrOdno are proceeding according to our plan. says the Berlin war office. A Russian night attack on Mocarce, northwest of LOm- ga. was repulsed. as were strong Rus sian attacks west of Przasnysz. Our attacks southeast of the Rawa river were successful. We took prisoners 3,4OO Russians. and sixteen machine guns were captured"
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
CONGRESS ENDS AFTER SESSION 0F 637 DAYS
Much LegisiatiOnACCOmpliShed,
 Wilson Signs Bills.

fhr Sixty third congress, first under complete domination of the Democratic party since 1895, has come to an end ht noon It had been in almost cOntinu, ous session since President Wilson inauguration two years ago.
 Beginning with an extra session call, ed by the president April |. 1913, the congress had worked actually 63I days. Much important legislation was accom- pli$hed.
 President Wilson went to the capitol and promptly began signing the ac cumulation of bills and resolutions. All hope of passing the ship bill. the Philippine or the conservation meas, ureS had been abandoned before busi- ness was ended.
 The president said his two years in office had been unique experience He added that he mad missed most of his usual summer vacation and rX- pressed the hope that foreign and do mestic affairs would soon adjust them selves
 With the expiration of congress nine senators retire from official life. Of rhe nine. three only were candidates for re election-CrawfOrd of South Dakota. Bristow of Kansas and Thornton nf Louisiana. All sought renominatiOn and failed in the primaries of their parties The other six-Root of New York. Burton of Ohio. Camden of Ken ~F Trls son of Wisconsin and White of West Virginia-were not candidates for re election.
 About ninety members of the house retire Representative BarthoIdt of Missouri. Republican. and Represent ative Bartlett of Georgia. each winds up a career of twenty years in con greSs. Representatives Bird Mcclure of Oklahoma. Frederick c. Stevens of Minnesota and James H. Burke of Pennsylvania are other old timers who return to the repose of private life. Representatives Oscar w. Under, wood of Alabama and Robert F, BrouSsard of Louisiana will go to the senate. closing long careers in the low CT branch Representative William M Calder retires with a record that dis tinguiShes him among New Workers Representative A. Mitchell Palmer. who tried to heat Boise PenrOSe for the senate. also retireS. Representative Edward w. Townsend of New Jersey. who made quite a reputation for him self during his two terms. and Repre- sentative Jerry Donovan of Connecti. cut are among the others who will be missing.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Japan,s hokey Pokey Men.

Japanese children arc amused by tho rice jelly mo.drr or amczuikuya. as American children arc by the hukry pokey ice cream itincrInt. Beating drum, he goes up and down city strcrts with n small boa on his bamboo pole or on small cart. paper flags of va. IIous colors decorating his outfit. Anne Is a kind of jelly made from rice, Of which all Japanese children are cX- tremely fond. The anne seller stops when the children gather round him. and he amuscS them by m0ldng all kinds of shapes. from a fish to n bird. which lie sticks on piece of bumbno and sells to his audience for n mere nothing, He can blow up the ame like Il glass blower. making Il globe "or a large sized" animal or fish, as he wills. and each child chooses the object he most fancies. Each object created is painted with vegetable coloring In lifelike colors, and with each purchase he gives away a paper flag. He is n picturesque feature at all temple fes- tivals.-Bulletin of Japan Society.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
FRENCH STEADILY WIN.
Gaining In Alsace and Champagne ighting-Progress by Germans
 Reported by Berlin.

Tn the hills about Notre Dame de Lorette, near Beausejour, in the Cham pagne. and in AlSace the French opera tionS continue 10 meet with success according to a London dispatch. Heavy artillery exchanges are in progress near the Belgian coast.
 The fighting in Alsace appears to have been the most important of the operations covered by the latest com munication of the French war office The battle which hIs ragged for weeks about HartmlnnS- Weilerkopf has been marked by the occupation of more German trenches by the French.
 In the Champagne the fighting has been chiefly along a ravine to the northwest of Beausejour. where the French are progressing steadily in the face of heavy counter attacks.
 The following statement on the progress of the war was issued by the German war office:
 Our troops made progress in Cham pagne. We took a few trenches and about sixty prisoners. A French at tack in force against our positions northeast of Le Mesnil broke down under our infantry and artillery fire. with very heavy losses to the French.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Rurnnn Levsrs.

All man maI2 ml> a."e.y runs with wheels. Yet there is n1t a clngic wheel in the human h,dy. AEl the human body Is the mrSt pCr.c"t piece of mechanism in iac Wh..i. 1, ScclsS strange that man has deycluled me- chanics along aH lines b,t tIose with which his own body works. rGlCti ally every motion We make k performed by the direct operation of levers. anal living creatures are the only machines 50 built. Almost all these human levers are of one kind. that commonly called the third. There are three kinds of levers: Ol that in which the ful- cIum is between the power and the weight. or resistance. as in q pair of scissors; (2l that in which the weight or resistance k letwccn the fulCrum and the power as in an oar: C3) that in which the power is between the ful- crum and the weight. as in pair of grass clippers. IL is true that each of these forms of levers k used in me chanics. but nu great machine has ever becu built on the purely lever prin- ciple.-Ncw York World.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
WILSON EMPOWERED ID
 ENFORCE NEUTRALITY
GOngraSs Allows President to
 Use Force if Necessary.

Power to enforce The Hague conven lion. which provides that the United States Shali not be used as naval base by heHigerents. was given to President Wilson after less than twen ty minutes discussion in the house The authority takes the form of joint resolution. which was prepared hy the department of justice ard transmitted through Counselor Robert Lansing.
 Congressman k. r. IIobson of Ala hama. whose vote was the only one dissenting ballot cast. characterized the resolution. after it's passage. as "hav ing put congress on record unneces Sariiy hy insisting upon the most drastic enforcement of neutrality af fecting few wandering German crus CTS without in any way influencing the wholesale manufacture of arms and equipment. including great guns. with which Great Britain iS now fitting out her ships"
 The resolution in brief. empowers the president to make use of all gov ernment machinery. including the army and the navy. to prevent the clearance of any vessels of American register which may be carrying fuel. arms. ammunition. men or supplies to any warship or tender or supply ship of belligerent nation. or to commit any other similar act In aid, of the prosecu- ton of hoStilities in vIHfation ''of the o5ligations of the United States as a neutral nation"
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
General Markets.

RTTTTER-The market closed with a trife better tone prevailing on the top grades. although buying was limited. Fine butter in light supply. Prices: Creamery extras. 92 score, BOG; higher scoring. 3lc.: firsts. Ss to gl score. 2sIaa29Ikc.; held ex- tras. @ score. 26a27c.: firsts. 2iha25lhc. {: state dairy tubs. finest. 2Sc.: good to prime, 25a27c.: common to fair. 20a24c. {: Renovated, extras, 231ka241sc.; firsts 22lsa 23c.: lower grades, 20a22c.; imitation creamery. hrsts. 2254c.; ladies. current make firsts, 20a2lc.: seconds. lSlRal9c. 1: lower grades. l7a1Sc.: packing stock. No. 2 17a17ikc.; lower grades. l4al6c.
 CHEESE-The market closed steady. but with little trading. The market de- cline is because of the limited foreign movement on account of lack of steamer room. All lines are firm. but local trad ing is light State skins steady Prices: Held specials l7al7hc.; average, fancy. I6Lal6s4c.: undergrades. 14a16c.: Wiscon- sin whole milk. double daisies, l6al6iRc. {; twins l6ha16Ac.; state skins, held. spe- cial. 1ia14&c.: poor to good. 9al1c.
 EGGS-Remarkably heavy receipts for so early in the season are coming. The low market has increased consumption Dirties and checks scarce. Refrigerators are practically out of the road. Nearby whites steady Receipts of browns light. Duck eggs somewhat easier Prices: Fresh gathered extras. 2llka22c. extras. irsts. mlha2c.; nrsts, EOa3OAc.; seconds, lg1sa lga4c.: No 1. dirties. lSc.: hennery whites. fine to fancy. 23a24c.; hennery browns. 22c.: mixed colors. 20a2lc.; Baltimore ducks 26a2Sc.
 LIVE POULTRY-Everythin Is clean ed up pretty well. although a somewhat easier tone prevailed. Chickens are main ly poor and neglected on this account Old roosters slow. Turkeys in moderate supply and also slow. Ducks firm Geese not wanted. Guineas and live pigeons higher Prices: Chickens. 15a16c.: fowls, l7lba1Sc.: old roosters. l0c.; young roost- CTS l215a13c.: ducks. western. l3isal4c. guineas. a pair. 50a6oc.: pigeons. 30a4Oc
 DRESSED POULTRY-Moderat arriv- als of fresh killed turkeys are coming in. but most birds are poor and this weakens the market. Prices: Turkeys, dry picked. western. fancy. 21a21hc.; average best. 19 H20c. Tennessee and Kentucky. iSal9c {; Texas. lSa19c.: chickens. milk fed mixed weights lGalSc,; brolers. Philadelphia fancy, 23a2ic. Michigan. scaded. 1 lbs lSc.: capons, Philadelphia. lbs. and over. 24a25c.: 6 to lbs. each. 22a23c.: slips lSc. {: western. to Gla lbs. l9a2Oc.. fowls. l2 to box western. 60 lbs. and over to dozen. dry picked. l1iLc.: lbs. and over l7c {: old rooStcrs. 13iaa1ic.: squahs. prime white. 10 lbs to dozen Sl: 9 ihs. g ,5: < lbs. $3.-': d IrN. &t"tlt5: guucis. spring. 3 lbs and over pair. G0a65c.: turNeys. frozen, dry picked. selected. @.c.: western. 2lc.; Texas. l9c.: brolers, milk fed. lS to 2i lbs, 21c.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Neiahborhood Melody.

Please, ma'am," said the little girl from next door mother wants to know if you will lend her your new mechanical tune player this after n0on."
 What an extraordinary idea! Is she going to give n dancey'
 No, ma'am. We're tired of dancing to 1t. She wants to keep it quiet for n couple of hours so that the baby can sIeep."-Washingt Star.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
CONVINCING TESTIMONY

Given By Many Canaan People.
 Experience told by Canaan people.
 Those who have had weak kidneys
 Who used Doan's Kidney Pills
 Who found the remedy effective Such statements prove merit.
 You might doubt an utter stranger.
 You must believe Canaan people.
 Here's Canaan proof Verify it.
 Read. Investieate. Be convinced.
 You'll find why Canaan folks believe in Doan's.
 Mrs. John Mansfield, Reed St., Can aan, says: My kidneys were dis ordered and I suffered from backache and pains in my head. Upon getting up in the morning, I felt all tired out. Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at k. T. Farnum & Go. s Drug Store relieved me and now feel better in every way. All said praising Doan's Kidney Pills when I recommended them before, holds good"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Mansfield had. Foster Milburn Co.,, Props. Buffalo, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
WILSON UPHOLDS WAR LAWS
President Denies Right of Any Nation
 to Break Rules,

No nation has the right to change the international rules of war. Condi- tions of war and under which nations shall wage warfare have radically changed, but the rules as laid down and subscribed to by all powers still exist and must be lived up to-"
 Stripped of legal verbiage and dip lomatic assurances of good will. this will be the answer of the United States to the latest announcement of Great Britain and France. It is the position of the Wilson administration and will Ne adhered 10 at all times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Lonqest Sentence.

Ut says here that the longest sen teEce in the English language contains 14O words" observed the old fogey.
 That's wrong" replied the grouch. The longest sentence contains only one word
 What is that?" asked the old fogcy. Life" replied the grouch.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Suaar Water.

Eau sucree k said to dlspel thirst more eficaciously than any other drink. and 1t k simplicity itself. Put three large Jumps of sugar in tum- blcr with n tablespoonful of water anal allow the sugar to dissolve. then fill up with more cold water. The French say that the perfection of this drink con. sists in letting the sugar first melt slowly in small quantity of water.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Tannenbaum Fine Remitted.

Frank Tannenbaum, the young I. w.. W. church raider, was freed in general sessions in New York city. Judge Wad hams remitted the $500 fine he i'm posed on Tannenbnum year ago in addition to his pcnitcntiary sentence. Tannenbaum was arrested after he had entered St. -AlphOnSus' Roman Catholic church at the head of his army of the unemployed.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Charles F.. Bricklcy. Harvard's foot ball captain for 1914. will coach the Johns Hopkins football team next fall. The great Crimson drop kick star has siGnified his intention to accept the Hopkins offer. but will sign no con. tract or enter any other agreement which will affect his amateur status until he receives his degree Tn June.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
PORTE READY TO MOVE.
Tur,ish Government Will Go to Asra
 Minor Sofia Hears.

The Turkish government will be r" moved to ASiu Minor. according to a message brought to Sofia from Con stlntinOp!e by courier.
 It states that rN-Suitan Abdul Ha mid has been removed by the Young Turks to Konia to prevent a revolution aiming to restore him to tue throne.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

The economic situation in Spain Is becoming steadily more serious not withstunding the efforts of the govern ment to find a solution for the difficult ties which confront the country. It is feared in some quarters that conditio"S soon will become so bad that they may lead to conflict fraught with grave cOnSeQnenceS.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
MRS. ANGLE NOW ON TRIAL
Alleged BaIIou Fractured Skull by Fall
 After She Punched Him,

ATIeT one TunCnco T1im.
 The jury before which Mrs. Helen M Angle of Stamford is to be tried at Bridgeport. Conn.,. for the murder of Waldo R. Ballou in Stamford on the night of June g. 1914. was com. pleted. All twelve jurors are married and most of them are middle aged or elderly. The youngest is thirty-nine years old.
 Immediately after the jury was sworn in the clerk of the court read the indictment. the jurors remaining standing. The indictment charged that Ballou was killed as the result of being knocked down the stairs of the Rip. pOwan building in Stamford by blows from Mrs. Angles fist. striking his head as he fell so that the skull was fractured.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

The union of two great English no. litical families Is announced in the en- gagement of the Hon. Neil Primrose. youngest son of the Earl of Rosebery. and Lady Victoria Stanley, the only daughter of the Earl of Derby.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Official announcement was made by the Cunard line in London that seconl class passage across the Atlantic has heen reduced to S5o on all vessels Of that line. including the Lusitania.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Robert Laytield. the Johns Hopkins football player whose neck was broken at Lchigh on Oct. 29. died at the home of his parents. Mir. and Mrs. Walter A.. Laytield. in Wilmington. Del. He Is Il son of Walter A. Laytield, vice presi- dent of the Atlas Powder company.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Miss Maud Emerson Lincoln of Mar blehead, whose sight recently came to her in sudden manner after she hal been almost totally blind from her birth. saw Boston for the first time.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Early Artillery.

The earliest artillery guns were made from wrought iron bars, bound togeth- shrinking over them "f iron hoops. London rit-Bits.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
What Folks Are Doing on the Other
 Side ot the Globe.

The condition of Mme Sarah Bern hardt continues to be very sntisfnc- tory. according to a bulletin issued by her physicians at Bordeaux
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Back to Earth.

Rankin-IIave you never boon to Ni- agara falls? phyle-Yes. but want to go again some day and sec the seen sry. The first time went l was on my honeymoon.-
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
FROM T,.f SPORTING WORLD.
Thus and That In Amateur and Protes-
 sionaI Athletics

Mike Gibbons. the st. Paul Ph"n- tonl." earned clear title 10 the mid tllewcight championship hy defeating Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh in ten rounds at Hudson (NNis.l club.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Hugh Gibson. an actor, ffty-eight years old. relative of Charles Dana Gibson. the artist. and brother of r. T. H. Gibson. former treasurer of the Illinois Central Railroad company .sdied in New York city.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Jack Curley. manager of Jess Will ard. and Richard Klegin. manneer of Jack Johnson. signed m agreement for the two fighters to meet in Havana during the first week in April. The fight will go forty-five rounds.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Harvey B. Ferguson of Albuquerque N. M.. who retired as a member of tn, house. has become private secretary f.; Secretary of State Bryan.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
GENERAL NEWS EVENTS.
Happsninos of interest ln variouH
 Parts of Our Country.

Colonel George w. Goethals was ap pointed major general in recognition of his services in building the Panama canal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

Mrs Nichols, who married Curate Nichols after he death of his first wife. Charlotte Bronte. the novelist. died in Banaghar. Ireland, according to information received in London.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

The love of pelf increases with the pelf-Juvenal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

The Rev. pr. Edward Traill Horn. one of the most eminent men in the Lutheran church of this country, died of heart disease at his home. Mount Airy, Pa.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11

The lives of more than a hundred school children of Beacon. N. Y.. were endangered when sparks from New York Central locomotive set fire to q shed containing several tons of dyna. mite.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.
Men and Women Who Have Died tr
 the Last Week.

George Honey Boy Evans, the best known minstrel of his time. died in the Union Protestant hospital in Baltimore.