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New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
Cure for Eypochondriacs.
(Washing gton Post.)

Were it not for he Tapleyian con- c]usions of pr. Howard King, of New Orleans, certain appeals to sympathy for our 1ncarceratcd friends and brothers would be more deep and lasting than they are, if possible. Just as the general public had arrived at the opinion that the poor prisoner, all the way from the ten-day or $10 var iety up to the desperate lifer, needed something special done for him, along cCmes this student of hypochondri- asis with the theory that close con f1nement is a blessing in disguise-thn best possible antidote, in fact, for tl-a melancholic soul.
 Dr. King cites as an extreme in . stance the life history of John Bun van. John, he finds, was a sad dog in his youth. When turned from the downward path to ways less devious the gloomy outlook on life still per- sisted. The proofs are found in the dismal characters portrayed in "Pilgrim's Progress" as we'll as in the dire misfortunes that overcame them on every hand-Giant Despair, the Man in the Iron Cage, the Slough of Despond and Doubling Castle being the cheeriest of the individuals and events mentioned. Even. the man with the muckrake, made momen- tarily famous by our leading exemplar of strenuosity, would hardly rank as a boon companion, while the misad- ventures of Christian himself have often led the youthful readers of Bun vans classic to question whether goodness really paid.
 The compensation discovered by Dr. King lies in enforced seclusion. The Bunyan that went into Bedford jail wasn't the same Bunyan that came out. Twelve years of rest had not only intervened, but had done a power of good Comparatively speak ing, the Bunyan of the subsequent period was a jollier as well as a wiser fellow
 Apparently this theory contains something of value to the man in the street, if he can only find it. Mark Twain once said: Be good and you'll be lonesome" By happy con- version of terms it may now also be affirmed: Be lonesome and you'll be good" While the theory hasn't been thoroughly tested, it may be equally applicable to others than the melan- cholically inclined. Even in the case of confirmed hypochondriacs there may be exceptions to the rule. It can hardly be doubted, however, that if all the hippoed and grouchrtdden
 were safely slowed away for an in- definite period the rest of the world would be content to wait long and patiently for an ultimate cure.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
What Teuton May Do For Slav.
(Wall Street Journal.)

conquest of Russia is almost an aX1- omatlc lmpossibility. No war machine Ill any reasonable space of time, how ever highly organized and equipped can oo more than extend it's military front and it's vulnera ble line of com munlcat1on. The German armies of the East have achieved wonders. Ihey cannot achieve the impossible.
 But they can do something which the German people would least desire, II it's rulers allowed it to look beyond superficial successes. They can take an inchoate reasonless mob of one hundred and seventy million people and bleed them strong. A peasant who remains sober and saves money soon learns to do his own thinking. Suppose the German victories open the eyes of the Russian people to the rottenness at the top.
 What that rottnness was count less instances attest. When the Czar- ina and the ladies of the court fitted out a special train with hospital SUD- plies for the war against Japan it pro- ceeded no further than Moscow be- fore it was discovered that the con- tents of the packages of supposed sur gical supplies were waste paper. This is not a characteristic story of the Russian people, but of the bureau cratic class which autocracy tends to create
 Assume a Russian peasant not steeped in rum, or vodka, or whatever the national water of Lethe may be, taking himself and his Duna seri- ously Multiply him by many mil lions Waste few of those millions on the battlefield. Give him a sav- ings bank account.
 What of the ''Slav peril''? Is not Germany by her very success, con- verting it from convenient political pretext into a force so serious, so self-organized, so spiritual, so single minded as to release the most tre- menGous undeveloped reservoir of en- ergy in Europe?
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
WRIST WATCHES FOR MEN.

Has it come to this, or are they per- petrating a rude joke on the manhood of America? Did those jewellers who assembled in national convention in New York really mean it when they decreed that the men of the nation they only fooling? We trust they are not to be taken seriously. Neverthe- less they are making strenuous ef- forts to implant the wrist watch upon the arms of men. One valiant sales man after the idea was advanced ran out on Broadway and attached one of the dainty little things to the strong right wrist of a traffic policeman. Soon may we expect to see truck k-drivers, stevedores, and others doing yeo- manry work going about their daily duties with golden bands around their wrists attached to which will be the pesky little watches with their busy little ticks.
 And when the historians get hold of this valuable bit of information they will write of it as follows:-"And it came to pass that the men of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, discard ing the lum bersome watches fastened to their waistcoats by still more lurn- bersome gold chains of oh! ever so many links, took to wearing wrist watches" Verify, that is the manner in which historians will jot on the book of time the innovation which is about to take place in the fashions of men. They could easily make an ad ditional paragraph setting forth few sarcastic remarks about the men who took up the idea; but we being on the ground floor will refrain from any such thing. Instead we pay our respects to the heroes who go forth with wrist watches shining beneath their cuffs.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
For the Girl You Love.
(Life.)

A great many promising young men have been disappointed in love. How can you always be sure of win ming the girl The following rules will be found of inestimable value:
 Rem ember that persistence wins. Call upon her every night, and always be near.
 Never bore her. It is better for why you have.
 Don't be misled by her apparent timidity. The chances are that is as- stunned. No matter how much she may seemingly resent 1t, throw your arms around her every time the inn pulse moves you and kiss her. Be bold.
 Above all things, secure her re- spect. To achieve this, always show her that you are the soul of courtesy. Let her show unmistakably first that your advance will not be resented. Then and only then, must you per- init yourself to hold her hand. In the long run, this is the best method.
 Lavish money upon her. If she is a true woman she will voluntarily curb you.
 Don't get her into the habit Of thinking you are Coal Oil Johnny, or afterwards, when you are married, you will discover-but there are some forms of human slavery too pathetic to dwell upon.
 Always consult her parents. Thus you avoid future trouble.
 Don't be bulldozed by her father and mother They weren't when they were young, however much they may now wish others to think 50.
 To secure her best love, remember that you must show her unmistak- ably that you care for her alone.
 Above all things, don't give her the impression that she is the only girl in all the world, This theory has long been exploded. To keep her interested you must keep her sur prised.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06

ture who was slipping 'stinger' in his friend Cranbournes studio. She sWayed nightly in the chorus, he learned, and was quite willing 70 sup With him after the show. His poetic heart skipped a few unimpor- tant beats as he met Miss Valdarez at the stage door This was what IS known as the Life.' The gas how ever, leaked rapidly out of the bai- loon of romance as she sat there n Rector's eating hie expensive supper With her pretty mouth open. He soon discovered to his dismay that her brain her outlook on life, her sensi- bilities and her breeding would have hardly entitled her to claim relation ship with the first colored families of Mompasa. He soon wearied of the only alternative for recreation in her company which was kidding her and, disgusted and crestfallen, he gladly tucked her into a taxi and bade her farewell"
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
Warmed Over.
(Waterbury American.)

Many a man sometime in his life comes upon some product of his youthful pen, corresponding or rhyme, religious, amatory or simply foolish, which makes him blush and congratulate himself that it has faI- len under his own eyes before any, one else has seen it. It is rare for a man to be so satisfied with one of those amateur emotional productions that he wants to lay it before the eyes of his fellowmen. Not so the venerable Boston correspondent of the Springfield Republican, Frank B. Sanborn Tn recent letter he des- cribed the reunion of his class at liar ward on it's siXtieth anniversary last June, Then, he said he went over beside the illimitable ocean "here the Piscataqua River pours US waters ln- to the sea, where, 63 years oerore when he had just entered Harvard, he wrote this sonnet at Hampton Beach: Oh, Mournful Sea! yet to our eyes he
 wore
 The placid look of some great god at
 rest;
 With azure arms he clasped the en-
 bracing shore,
 And gently heaved the pillows of his
 breast;
 We scarce his voice could hear, and
 then it seemed
 The happy n1urmur of lover true Who in the frances of his clumber
 dreamed
 Of kisses falling on his lips like
 dew.
 Far off the blue and gleaming hills The sun looked through the veil of
 thinnest haze; So GOV Diana, blushing at her love, Half hid with her own light her earnest gaze,
 While on the shadowy Latmian slope
 she found
 Fairheaded Endyrion slumbering on
 the ground.
 He must think it is pretty good to reprint it now and it is as relic and a memorial. There must be some thing of the conceit of youth still left in his aged soul to enable him to feel the sensation again. For he actually does or he makes a fine stimulation of it. This Is what he says about 1t: The scene this day was the same as that, but alas! how all else vas changed. The crops in the good farming towns are held back by the cool, dry weather, but the rich green of the foliage and the stateHness of the e1l, trees and the softness of the willows made fine impression. The roses, too, both wild and of the gar den of York and of Lancaster, and the scented sweetbriar, the buttercup, and tho field daisy were in land scape. Such are the beauties of midsummer.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06

under the three thousand dollar mark was a blunder. according to this theory. Every man who casts vote should be made to contribute. In this way the voters would be more careful how they gave sanction to 'he expenditure of funds from the ha-
 tional exchequer. There Is solile
 truth to those contentious But' II
 the advocates of an income tax that
 would touch the masses as well as the
 classes are looking forward to tiAe
 next congress for such radical
 change they will be sadly disap-
 pointed. The democratic party would
 be foolish to propose any such change
 on the eve of presidential election.
 The leaders of the party are too wise to risk disaster by imposing this di-
 rect tax upon those who are now free from the yoke of this so-called bur- den. No matter what is done at the next congress it will be hard to meet the present deficit of $10O,0O0,O0O. Even the suspension of the free sugar clause will not aid materially. Added to this the fact that a demand for a greater army and navy may mean the expenditure of some $500,OO0,o00, there seems to be only one course to pursue and that is to make pro- vision of liberal bond issue. If this is done the people of the nation will rally to the support of the demo- cratic party and not away from it. In the long run it may mean the increase of power for the democrats and a cer- tain victory at the polls in 1916. Just at the present moment the nation, realizing the value of national pre- is ready to sacrifice for this end.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
''OLD HEN" KICKS LIKE A MULE.
 (West Virginia ExchangeD

Back in the hills of Greenbrier county, where the gloom owl never goes, they have a little brand of spirits all their own, which, if used in a gas engine, would drive a car up a per cent. grade.
 The name "Old Hen'' was given to it, because, like an egg, takes about three weeks of "settin' '' before it matches, and then it has a kick that makes one want to vote the Repub- Hcan ticket. It has another like ness to the product of a hen, an egg, because after setting three weeks it has an odor very much unlike the fra grant tube rose, but very similar to an egg that was laid by a hen which violated all the laws of eugen,cs. :
 Since Catlettsburgk is very far away and wet goods are difficult to import, the natives had to invoke the old adage of necessity being the law of invention. One of the essentials to liquor is alcohol, another essential to grattfy the eye is the color, and to make it palatab1e it must have pleas ing taste. So the natives concocted this mixture:
 One peck of cornmeal, six pounds of brown sugar, four ounces of cay- enne pepper and ten gallons of rain water. This mixture Is put in a washtub and left to the tender mer- cies of the hot sun. After this "set- tin " for three weeks the ncanufac- turer has what is called "Old Hen" 1 When asked whether this wag a good drink the natives say:
 T gay it ts.''
 This mixture looks like liquor, 1t srn ells like what Sherman said was was, it has 8 color that never will look like a Corot brown, and as for its effect those who have drunk it said that hitting the pipe' is a mild sensation com pared with the day after following night of flirting with "Old Hen."
 It is said of "O1d Hen" that by us- ing an eye dropper and dropping four drops into a gallon Of water and then using thiE mixture as 0 hypodermie injection. 8 guinea pig so treated l kicked a bulldog in the face.
 When the natives were asked whether it leaves a headache they replied:
 T say 1t de-
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
D. MCMILLAN
Iss-2o1-2oa MAIN sTREET

prison life. When he entered Sing Sing he was of the type of ignorant foreigner" uncouth in appearance and unable to speak English He leaves with mastery of the language gained by hard study, neatly dressed, with no bad habits.
 Soko is a prison graduate of the kind Warden Osborne has in mind. His confinement, so far from brutal izing him. has improved him, and he comes out useful citizen in the making. No doubt his case is excep- tional, and he may be said to have been reclaimed to society mainly through his efforts. But if one prisoner can thus work out his own salvation, why cannot other prisoners be encouraged and aided to that end by means of penal discipline adapted to the purpose. That is the true ideal of prison reform.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
T1e New England Meeting House.
 Providence Journal,

Throughout the Eastern States the "o1d-fas shioned New England meeting house. is being given the preference by congregations fortunate enough to be able to build nsw church edifiees, The plans recently approved by the Second Unitarian Society Of Brock line show 8 very attractive building in daris red brick with whita trifn- fnings, 8, front porch with an Ionic colennade, and 8 tower with a Celan= ial lantern and 6 gilGed dome and finial, The design is notable for sina= plicity and good taste, asd is in stri1E= ing contrast to some of the pFedue= tions of the past 25 years. The se= ,ciety doubtless never will regret giv- ing preference to 6 typa af aFehItee= turs preculiarly character eristie of New England.
 In Concord, Mass, a:ad Lyme, Gem, where. some years ago, old parish churches were destroyed by fire the congregations wisely decided to retain the old-time style of architecture. The pointed spire again was made a dis tinctive feature in one of these places, rather than the square tower and
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
Search For Tin In America.

In view of the interest in an ade- quate tin supply for the United States and the discussion of the smelling of Bolivian ore on the At lantic seaboard, and possibly on Pu- get Sound, the publication by the United States Geological Survey of special bulletin on tin mining in Alaska is opportune. It is notewor- thy, too, that specimens of stream tin were collected by Survey geologists in Alaska in 1900, before this metal was known to occur in the Terri tory. Soon after that time prospect ing for stream tin became active and two years later a commercial produc- tion of tin ore was made.
 The Survey was also closely identi- fled with the finding of lode deposits of tin. In 1903 two prospectors brought to Survey geologists in Alaska some specimens of float from Lost River which they thought might be tin ore. All the specimens but ore were worthless. From this one the geologists obtained tin by smelting it in a teacup in their cookstove, after which both the geo1ogists and the prospectors went to Lost River and discovered a vein of lode tin. This lode on Lost River has since been extensively mined. Some of the Alaska tin ore has been reduced at Seattle, Wash, within the last two years.
 The report just issued presents re- view of other work by the Geological Survey and the reexamination of the m ore important tin deposits by Geolo- gist Henry M. Eakin.
 The total tin production for the period 19o2-1914 amounted to 526 tons of metallic tin, valued at $780, 900. The Alaskan tin ores have here tofore been shipped for reduction to Swansea (Wales) and Singapore. copy of the report (Bulletin 622-B) may be obtained on application to the Director United States Geological Survey, Washin .ton. D. c.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
Jane Addams Again.
(Meriden ,JOurnal.)

Jane Addams, who went to Europe Tn an endeavor to end the war in CO., operation with the other women of the world, has made lot of fool re- marks about the warning nations since she returned and the more We near from her the more we realize that She should spend her time at nome with her knitting. Her latest comment about the soldiers of all ar mics being sent into battle under the innuence of drugs compares favorably With the other things she has said ana about as much credence can be given it.
 Ihls charge about intoxicants will not be believed because we know what has been done to prevent just the Influence that she declares was desired.
 warfare these days does not re- quire so much the bravery of the dash across an open field, the charge of brave heroes over a bullet swept field, put rather the cool determined cour- age of the man who has all his facul- ties alert Intoxicants would not make such conditions possible and there fore there is no faith put in the fool ish charges
 France has banished absinthe; Eng land has banished liquor of all kinds Germany has pursued the same pol icy; Russia has exiled the deadly voG- ka and Italy has followed in the wake of the other nations. The devout Mo- hammedans are proverbially abste1n- lous. If Miss Addams cannot req son. ably be censured for giving vide spread publicity to her charges, they must at least be refused credence r. in the absence of any trustworthy evidence supporting them. The thought of tens and hundreds of thou sands of soldiers giving up their lives for cause they believe to be right is appalling enough. The thought that they are slaughtered while under the influence of drugs or liquors deliber- ately administered in order to make them face the murderous bayonets and bullets of the battlefield staggers belief.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
What You Do When Your Wife is
 Away.

Tn the September American Mag azine James Montgomery Flags, the famous wit and artist, does an anus ing piece in words and pictures en- titled, "A Marriage Vacation" Fol- lowing is a brief extract from his &C., count of what a husband did when his Wife went away:
 What does one do7 Take an &C., tress out to dinner! That was the ticket! He sat down and thought over the actresses he knew, Both of them. No go! They were both of them mar ried, and, of course, were dining with their managers What would 0, Hen- ry have done? Invited a tramp out of Madison Square Park to dine with him. That did not sound entrancing to Paul,
 "He couldn't stay home-it wss tee gloomy. His imagination turned bis dwelling place into a chamber of horrors He wondered, in walking through the deserted apartment, in which room he would stumble upon the eopse! The chairs with their white summer patamaa on them loened up like mis-shapen ghosts, He wouldn't have been astonisfed by now if one of the oreuefing ia the dusk sud- denly leaped over the biz table at him He jammed his hat on, snatcfer his coat and bo1ted.
 "Af seven-forty-fiv he mad dinner.
 "On his disoonselate way uptown afterwards he went into movie show and sat there moediiy as the crowd around him f1owled with de- light st the comedy film that was in progress, in which Charlie Chaplin, the National Hero, fumereusly kick ed a young lady in the stomach and knocked her fifteen feet over a fence!
 Realizing that if he couldn't see anything funny in that he was sad- ly out of touch with the world, ts went out and met a beautiful erea-
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
A Sample Prison Cru duate.
(New York world.)

After serving prison term of sew en years. half of the time in Sing Sing, for an offense of which he is now believed not to have been guilty, Joseph soko has been released on pa- reie with the promise of a pardon at the end of a year, soko was convict ed of tanpering with a switch on the New York Central. Not until he. had been behind the bars for five &enIv did a presumption of his innocence arise, and he is released only after virtually serving the minimum term of his sentence
 But Soko's case is less interesting as an example of the laws possible injustice than by reason of the trans formation wrought in the prisoner by
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
floaning the Old Flags.
fFrofn the Boston Post,

For the first tirae in the nations history Uncle Sam has consented to temporarily re1inquished control of one of his greatest treasures-the Washington collection of historic flags Of the republic: Many attempts have been made to borrow Chs army and navy fiag collection for exhibition at patriotic gath erings: bus it remained for the veterans in charge of the 49th annual encalnp1ncrl' and 50th anni- versary of the grand review of the Grand Army of the Republic, which will be held in Washington, Septe1n- Der 27-October g.: to be the first to receive this priviledge.
 The "boys in blue" certainly should be the priviledged ones in. this case, for it was they Wfs saved those hass,
New Britain herald., 1915-09-06
IA BOND ISSUE?

lend of the present fiscal
 is sure to be 8 deficit in the
 treasury of approximately 100. This is inevitable, affirm. ~ Even the cohorts Ie president admit the truth
 atement and are looking b the next congress for re- bn that august Moody con-
 is admitted that strong
 must be adopted, probably 4pe Of added war taxes, and
 of certain clauses of the
 That the free sugar clause .derwood law will be the first Ire is little doubt. This will
 the greatest bones of con- Ind its already whispered |gf1 support has been rallied Feat. The present war taxes, bFe emergency measures to la, will be fe-eHacted if the lean whip his leaders in line. apt to be little opposition 5 line. ...3... M huit has been found with the |Reeae tax law, it's critics
 te be against all business
 and contrary to the modes
 in that it exempts those RiarleS are below three
 dOiiarS a year. These bazfd have every man in the |contrihute' spEeportionately |earnings f6r the upkeep of |nraent, To exempt incomes