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New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
233 BALLOTS.

,t
 nat IS there about county com
 H1lss1 HISS onership that causes such fight as Is now on in New Haven county?
 The salary is said to be $1,S00, that
 being the figure in some other coun-
 ties, but that can hardly be consid-
 cred sufficient compensation to cause
 a number of statesmen to meet sev-
 eral times and take 233 ballots, of
 which sixteen have not been officially counted, in vain endeavor to make a selection. At the meeting yester- day thirty ballots were taken and ad- Journment was taken until next Tues dates, received within two of the quired number for the nomination at yesterdays meeting, but immediately fell back to eight
 It does not look as if the caucus can agree on any candidate, no one seems inclined to withdraw and no one seems able to tell how many meetings more will be held before a selection can be made. The office does not, as has been said, pay enough to cause all this labor and anxiety. It can, of course, be used as a side issue, and. by the way, that is about the only way the average man can afford to meddle in politics. If a man has a business which he can e1Eord to leave for say. a few hours every day he may play fhe game and enjoy some of its emoluments, but even under those conditions he is apt to impair his in- fuence and efficiency as a business man. There is something fascinating about politics that once man obtains a taste of office holding he cares noth~ ing for anything else. It is an easy | life for those who look on it in that light and they do not care for any other. The salary of a county com missionership, however, is not enough to cause a man to make such a fight | for it as is now being made for it in New Haven county. There must be something back of it.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
,. MCMILLAN 1s9-2O1-2O3 Main Street

zine appears sketch of Lod Calo-
 han, a wonderful cattle inspector in the Kansas City stock yards. He ex-
 amines 2,000,000 cattle year and has
 a marvellous memory for brands, carry- ing 15,000 of them in his head. Fol- l lowing is an extract from the article: Remembering faces is a big job.
 but how would you like the job of re-
 membering cattle brands and how would you like to have established the
 reputation of knowing more than nf- 1,
 teen thousand brands and being so
 familiar with them that you could
 watch over two million cattle every year and save cattle men thousands
 of dollars by knowing a few mark
 ings'?.
 Tod Calohan, inspector int the stock yards of Kansas Clty, bears this reputation and he lives up to it. 1t is said that Calohan never forgets a COW brand. He knows the principa. brands of Montana, Wyoming, Ne- braska, Kansas, Colorado, New Mex leo, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas When the association sends him a list of new brands. he looks it over, folds up the list and forgets all about it. but not the brands; he tucks them away alongside Of those other thou sands of brands, for future use.
 More than two million cattle 3ass by Calohan annually for inspection at Kansas City, and from three hJndred to six hundred of this number he picks out and returns to their rightful oHn- CTS. Generally the cattle become Gs- suciated with shipments by mistake but sometimes the steers have been as- sisted in straying When it develops that the cattle have been stolen the inspector looks it up and brings charges against the 'rustlers.'
 Not only does Calohan recognize the brand, but he can pick out a stray steer from a bunch of cattle without seeing the brand. The actions of the stray steer give him the clue. and he then looks for the brand.
 "Calohan has to remember not only the brands of the twenty seven hun dred members of the Cattle Raisers' association of Texas-he must keep posted up to the minute on the sales that have been reported to the asso- citation. These are sent to him each day, and each day he treats them as he does the records of new brands looks at them, wads them up and throws them away. But he remem- bers them.
 "A Tom Green county cattle Hian sold all his holdings in 1911 to a Pan- 1. handle cattle raiser. The Panhan- lle man shipped for a long time to he Oklahoma City market, and until 1913 Calohan did not see the brand 1t all Then there came a shipment with the mixed brands.
 "Calohan never batted an eyolash as he cattle went past him. An inspector or another organization noticed the mixture and looked at Calohan inquii- ngly.
 |" Whats that brand, Lod ?' ho sked. Looks like they're tangled
 Bob Robertson's old brand re- died Calohan. He sold out in june, 911.'
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24

Unless the legislature decides soon upon some definite plan for curtailing the expenditures of the state for the next two years and at the same time Increasing it's revenue We shall have much the same situation this year as has confronted the legislatures of the last two sessions. Then we had loud talk about economy and efficient prun- ing of measures calling for state aid early in the days of the session. Then came the rush of the last days and members fell over themselves and each other in their desire to get through the measures in which they have person. al interest. Logrolling followed and deals between the factions back of one bill and those supporting another. And the money poured out of the treasury as if dam had broken and when the experts footed up the sad results at the end of the session it was found that the state was in the hole again and that only state tax could save the treasury from bankruptcy present and ospective.-Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
There is a food show in the big

There Is a food show in the big Centre Market here, and one of the most interesting features of it is the display Of the wonderful variety of rsh food bought from the neighbor- Ing waters One fish market displays the sign, "1f it swins, we have it." Representative Reilly of Connecticut and his wife were visiting the show and this sign got Reilly s eye, and he said to the market man, t'Is that really so?"
 Yes, sir,' the market man replied confidently, If it swims we have it."
 "Good york; commented Reilly Give me one Annette Kellermann.''- New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Like many other good things it is not an especially promising year for the bill before the state legislature seeking pensions for teachers. That however does not effect the worthiness cf the movement the arguments for which may prove so convincing that way may be found for putting it into peration.-Norwich Bulletin.
 Capt. Dow of the Lusitania, who made an international issue by dis rlaying the American flag in the Irish Sea on her voyage over, explains that he raised the American flag because the majority of the passengers were Americans and he wanted to apprise German submarine of the fact 'I suppose, he sarcastically added, "our American passengers would sooner dle under the Stars and Stripes than under the British flag" g"-Waterbury American.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
ILL PASSED.

veral days ago re finished with nat it would be anted it. The
 passed both hat the people Always possible all it demands ow goes to the b be the result Il, however, is ure, in fact it hn be am mended w it works and Is made more
 provides that issions can be ssified service Id offices pro- e, but all the overnor are in revision is also
 of two mem te commission. eessary can be mt of the com nee is the bill siderable aglt- bf civil service anne up in the Bident Taft has
 so have some Hicans and the nen has served of those more It see any mer-
 is republican It was claimed aw as the leg lot in harmony act in some articulars and een eliminated ust passed the teeth have also
 can now be aimed in the
 be perfectly suits are con-
 would not be ketoed it.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
.APONS.

re the legisla-
 ch there will
 nich provides
 shall sell re-
 kind he shall
 ef of police or
 the object be-
 kties in imme- purchaser so De ascertained.
 II right, but it
 what the au-
 learn that the n proposes to rhaps could be Fas some doubt lion the police e the weapon L the man at r on the top as if a better D the prospec- he chief of .po- and obtain a make the pur- better than to awards that a }, for he might t Is had a chance why a man rev yolver in his blice should be eaS son than the
 it. A man ntry, he might ne Of the sev- fer from his his desire is a 4e, but if he is er, ugly and a likely to use a eation, then the
 a man should ca use he might bring a moment did not go tC son for a long happy the re addition to the b others. The eht to bring out l the matter ot ea pons and the would be wha1
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
Man With Marvellous Memory for Cat
 tie Brands

Tn the Interesting People depart ment of the March American Nigga
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
FEED THE BIRDS.

The birds about our windows and doorsteps are considered dumb be- cause we do not understand their language. Could we but comprehend the meaning of their chirping and twittering we should doubtless hear tales of suffering.
 Birds suffer far more from lack of food in winter than from the cold which we imagine is their chief enemy. Nature has clothed their tiny bodies with warm garments of fea- thers, which protect them from the cold as well as from the wet. but na- ture has not endowed them with thrift. Unlike the bees, which toll during the summer to lay up a store of honey for the months when flowers no lon- ger bloom, or the squirrels, which fill their homes in hollow trees with nuts, the birds fit about with little care or thought for the days of winter. And therefore they need our help and sym r1thV
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
Suffer From Thirst,

Birds suffer from thirst as well as from hunger during the winter for during the cold weather most of their sources of water supply are frozen up. A small and very shallow Dan filled with water sufficiently warm to remain unfrozen for an hour or two will quench the thirst of the throng of It. tie feathered creatures who appear at the window sill to be fed
 Many friends of the birds who might provide houses for them are apt to defer their benefactions until the com ing of the mating season, in the early spring, but bird house will be quickly tenanted at any time during the year. One need not wait for the passing of the winter to offer the shelter which the birds would so value Often. where a real bird house cannot be had the merest roof beneath which the birds may take refuge from the driv- ing storms. may easily be arranged.
 A small wooden box may be fixed to an outside wall-perhaps just outside a Window-to serve the dual capacity of a shelter and a feeding place Such a box should be so placed that the open side is toward the south. for in that case it would usually be protected from the wind and the rain.
 Such small lIindnesses, which even the children can bestow upon the birds about our homes, will save many little es. Birds have d purpose very fixed and definite in the economy of nature and we have an obligation to them which can he paid in no way so ac- ceptable to the birds as our remena- hering their needs in winter.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
S1.OO House Dresses, at 79c
 each.
each.

All sizes, in neat striped an checked ginghams.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24

Every woman should know the merits of this practical two fin one, double service House Dress. The new spring line is now ready. All sizes in stock, 36 to 46, in pretty neat color. ings.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
RaincOats and Umbrellas.

Remarkable values that should not be overlooked with the approaching rainy season coming upon us soon. It would be good Judgment to invest in d raincoat and umbrella now.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24

their homes in hollow trees with nuts, the birds fit about with little care or thought for the days of winter. And therefore they need our help and sym pathy.
 Food Supplies Ceases in Winter.
 Food for the birds is easily obtained during the greater part of the year. Worms are easily had from the ground and insects from the air, and from open windows and doorways there are thrown many fragranta which are val ued by the birds. But with the approach of winter there come freezing ot the ground and the total disappearance of insects, and windows and doors are kept tightly closed, so ther comes an al- most total cessation of the food supply at just the time when the cold of win ter renders the need for abundant food even more insstent, than ever. ..
 In the country there are sources of food supply which are not often avail able for birds in the city Barnyards and stable afford much of their suste- nance, and even wind swept corn fields are apt to offer some small amount of food but these resources are denied to the birds which fit about the city's streets, building their nests and raising their young in hooks and crannies among city roofs and in the crevices between buildings.
 Befriending the birds costs barely nothing and involves only the slightest eNertion The scattering of a few bread crumbs or a little barley, rice, oatmeal or almost any kind of grain or cereal upon a window sill will attract the birds in throngs; and if they find that the dole is to be given each day they will appear at the proper time and wait until the window is opened and the food laid out for them.
 At any meat market one may obtain q bit of suot which the birds value as a rare delicacy. The animal fat sup plies to their tiny bodies an added warmth, which is a protection against the cold. If the Suct be. tied or nailed ir some place where it will be easy of access there will be constant success i sion of birds in attendance at what to | them is q holiday treat.
New Britain herald., 1915-02-24
COlOred Silk Umbrellas, S2.50
 S3.4S and S3.95.

Plain and changeable silks, some with 1 # inch wide satin phyle bor- ders fitted with the newest style handles.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24

of kidney or bladder trouble to
abstain from the use Of alcohol
even in moderate Quantities.
Some manufacturers Of kidney
medicines which contain consid-
cradle quantities of alcohol, also
advise their customers to alb
stain from all alcoholic drinks,
showing in this way that they
know the harmfulness Of alcohol
in kidney diseases, even though
they use it in their own prepare
tons. 1t is the opinion of the
medical experts of the Depart
ment that such so-called "kid-
ney remedies" as those recently
seized are not only worthless
but actually harmful, because Of
he amount of alcohol which
they contain.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24

like manner DR.. Karl Buenz and
his unfortunate accomplices Of
the Hamburg-American Line,
and in the same way the late
Ambassador from Austria, for
got in their zeal for the interests
of other countries that this is an
entirely Independent and sover-
eign nation, that its soil is not
with impunity to be used in aid
of a foreign belligerent cause,
that its laws were made to be
obeyed not only by our citizens
but by those who enjoy the priv
ilege of sojourning here. w
have, some think too, complac
emily, put up with long continu
ing abuse of our hospitality. w,
have at length taken measure
to enforce our laws, to protec
our honor, our dignity and self
respect. That was all, and o
THAT no nation desiring to re
/, main on friendly terms with u
| will complain.
The tone which the Germa
language newspapers have CHI
sen to adopt in their comment
upon the incident is most III
t wise. These newspapers seem
e be solicitous, not at all for the i
terests, the self-respect, and Il
d dignity of our own country, b
s chiefly about the German int
s. est and the German feeling.
2 one of these newspapers it is S
a forth that if these attaches
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24
KIDNEY CURES" SEIZED
Preparations Containing High
Percentage Of Alcohol Regard
ed AS Not Only Worthless
but Harmful.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 21.-
Action against several so-called
kidney cures" has recently
been taken under the Food and
Drugs Act by the United States
Department of Agriculture. In
one case the shippers of a prep
aration labeled as "a Sure Cure
For Bladder and Kidney Trou-
BILE" we're prosecuted on the
charge of falsely and fraudent-
w misbranding the product.
They pleaded guilty and were
fined S25 and costs by the court.
This particular kidney "cure"
was found to contain over Al per
cent of alcohol. 1t was labeled
"Old jim Fields Phosphate Dill
and Gin Mankind's Greatest
J Friend A Sure Cure for Bladder
and Kidney Trouble. It is also a
Great Aid in Case of Urinary
Trouble. Allenberg & Meister,
Sole Agents, Memphis, Tenn
An analysis Of the product show
: ed that it contained no material
, amount of either dill or phos-
t plate.
f Il. another case AZ bottles Of
J, "Staurt's Buchu and Juniper
Y Compound" prepared by thu
n Stuart Manufacturing Com
o pany, Atlanta, Georgia, werI
/ seized. The court issued a de
f cree of condemnation, forfeiture
i and destruction on the grounI
Ie that the claims upon the labe
ie were misleading, false, and frau
n dulent. On this label the MANI
4 facturers recommended thei
n product as a remedy for a grea
e. variety of kidney and bladde
he diseases and stated that til
medicine contained 16 per cent
alcohol.
lg According to the medical e.
Up perts of the Department, ale.
TO hol is a kidney irritant and
r. dangerous in many cases of XII,
ney disease. For this reasC
many physicians advise their p
Fly tents who suffer from any XII
he
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24

German Government no occas-
ion to take offense. information
al practice in such matters re-
quires that the request should
be complied with without delay
or protest. Persons here or
abroad who attempt to construe
this act as an evidence of I'M
friendliness toward Germany are
mischief-makers pure and SIM
pie. There is no such implica-
ton. 1t is, indeed, as a neces-
sary means of preserving friend
ly relations with Germany that
we ask her to withdraw official
representatives whose ill-judged
behavior, if tolerated, would
tend to misunderstanding. We
do not know in what colors this
incident will be presented to the
, view of the German people, but
if the picture is truthful they
will understand that the actor
taken by the President and The
!, Secretary of State was prompted
: by no feeling of unfriendliness
was quite uninfluenced by an.
feeling that may exist in thi
J country in respect to the ques
lions about which Europe is a
= war. What we have done in tn
case of the Naval and Militar
Attaches of Germany we shoul
have done had the offender
been of English, French, or Ru.
If sian nationality. Captain Bo,
he Ed, Captain Won Papen, and in
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24
The Limit of Eorbearance.
the New YOrk Times.

From the New York Times.
In asking the German Govern
ment to recall its Naval and
Military Attaches because OF
their Objectionable activities"
in this country, Secretary Lans-
ing has translated into action
the thought and the wish long
entertained by the American
people. That Captain Boy-Ed
and Captain Franz Won Papen,
in executing the orders or seek
ing to serve the interests OF
their Government, have permit
ted themselves a degree Of IL
cense incompatible with our dig
nifty and in contravention of oul
laws has for months been noto.
rious. While the Government Il
not called upon to present spec
ifc reasons for declining to ex
tend its welcome to representa-
tives of foreign Governments O.
to attaches of embassies an,
legations whose behavior ha
been Objectionable, there is i
this case no doubt about tn
ground of the complaint. Proof
of pernicious activity have
part been made public and oil
ers are in the hands of the Stat
Department, ample in volun
and in character to justify Il
action now taken.
The request for the recall
Boy-Ed and Won Papen gives Il
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24
THE SANITARY BAKE SHOP.

If you want a nice cake for your
Sunday dinner or any other spec
ial occasion call phone 399. l
have the following cakes: Angel
Food at SOc, Fruit Cake at zoe a
pound, Cream Puffs, DOughnuts,
and all kinds of cookies. l also
have the SnOw-F Flake Wrapped
Bread, Vienna Bread, Rye Bread,
Whole Wheat Bread and the
Twin LOaves. The wagon makes
trips to town each day.
A. C. MEIERER.
Phone 800.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24
"Build A Home"

Let me furnish a nice level
so foot lot, in a good location,
and have a house built to suit
you and save you almost the
price of your lot.
JOHN ]. PRICE.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24

Members startin g
with one cent and in
creasing one cent each
week for fifty weeks,
get $12.75.
Members startin 6
with so cents and de-
creasing one cent each
week for fifty weeks.
get $12.75.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-12-24

the German Embassy shave been !
guilty of the acts with which
they have been charged they
should have been set away long
ago. Of their guilt it is no long
er possible for any candid man to
entertain a doubt, and there is a
very general feeling among the
American people that indeed
they should have been sent away
long ago. Among Americans
loyal to their Government and
its institutions there is no dis
position to question the good
faith of the authorities at Wash
ington or of the suficiency Of
the proofs upon which they have
acted. Why should Americans
of Germans descent raise the
question? That involves the
whole broad issue of the Ger
man-American attitude. Dr.
Muensterberg said in an address
the other day that the German
Americans have a great work be-
fore them in this country in pro-
noting the acceptance of Ger
man ideals, in spreading the
light Of German "Kultur." The
words are ambiguous. For many
German ideals we have respect
and admiration. They have
found acceptance in many lands,
our own included. But, if, as
there is too much reason to fear,
the ideals DIR. Muensterberg has
in mind are those of Prussian
Imperialism, Of Prussian militar-
ism, of the Prussian Junker, his
exhortation is wasted. Those
ideals we condemn, repudiate,
and detest. No soil on earth
could be more sterile for such
seed than our own, no people
more inhospitable to the ideas
and the ideals that in the sober
Judgment of the American peo'
pie have brought upon Europt
the appalling catastrophe of the
greatest war in all the worlds
history. We have seen thu
Prussian ideal of unouestionini
obedience to imperial authority
of reckless disregard of all othe.
authority, carried to its natura
projection in the doings of Boy
Ed and Won Papen, in the decor
tons practiced upon the officer
of the American Government b
nd men of the Hamburg-America
of Line.
ne. Why any German-A American g
te any German-Amerioan news
Dr. paper should seek to defend c
sts extenuate the offenses of thes
an men, ofenses committed again'
err our laws, our sovereignty, and
not tolerated endangering our peac
aid is incomprehensible. Certain.
$50 no American citizen of Germs
he birth or descent who intends
ms. make this country his perm
-iv- nent home can delude himse
We with the belief that our SEN
lac ments will change, that in tin
nu- we shall come to accept the
We German ideals. That can nev
Tres be. And it would seem reasC
tect able to suppose that Germs
elf Americans who do intend to
Of main here would have it Dor
re- in upon them that they are I
, us promoting their own comic
that they are not maintain
mon the traditions of good citizensl
and we have been accustomed
on+s extol the good citizenship of G
~ man-Americans, by declamatI
20 persistence in extolling Pruss
~ ideals which we have defnit
a. and for all time declared to
b,,t unacceptable. The sympatl
that ties of blood engender
!, T. can well understand, but we h
!. go not and cannot put out of
view the loyalty that she
% u spring from birth or the oatl
- naturalization. If our Germ
- Auor;oan friande uonld IN