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The broad ax., 1915-04-17
PAaE TWO
H.itF, Old citadoI.


On the summit of a Haitian noun
tain over 1000 feet high stand the won
derful ruins OF the great citadel La
Ferriere, built by the black king Chris
tophe. Some Of the walls are eighty
feet high and sixteen feet thick, and
heavy batteries Of old hfty-six and
thirty-two pound guns are SIN In posi-
non. They were laid to guard every
approach Of what was intended to be
the last asylum Of Haitian independ-
ence. Springs Of water SIN exist In
the interior, and there were secret sub
terraDean passages and secret cham
bers for holding his boarded wealth,
much Of which Is supposed to be stin
buried there. Although partly destroy
ed by the earthquake IN 1872, which
demolished nearly all Of the important
buildings In the country the colossal
ruins Of the citadel still attest the Cd
gantic work Of Christophe, and the
world stiH wonders how the work was
done and how the material for the con-
struction and armament was ever got
TO the top Of the mountain Little au-
tnentic information has ever been OBJ
tained on the subject, and the whole
enterprise Is clouded in romance and
anecdote.
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oIiv.r eoId,mith and poud.r..

April 4, 17T4. died Oliver Goldsmith,
In his fortyseventh year, at the height
Of his fame, as also Of his embarrass-
ments. Goldsmith's death was hasten
ed. as some thought, by his taking
against his apothecary's wish the IA
nous specific, DR.. James fever pow
ders. One should be Just to the pow
derS. Goldsmith himself thought he
had been given spurious and not the
genuine powders. while Mr.. Hawkes.,
his apothecary. declared the sick man
had taken the right remedy in a wrong
fashion and after Goldsmlth's death
published, in collaboration with the
poets other two physicians, IAN Ac-
count Of the Late DR.. Goldsmith's III
ness So Far as Relates TO the Exhibi-
ton OF Dr.. James Powders" Death
pays ell debts. In no other way posi-
bly, could Goldsmith have cleared him
self.-London Spectator.
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Barrels


A barrel Is not always a barrel, for,
according TO a Massachusetts, Judge,
the matter OF state lines has consider
able 10 do with It Some time since a
Boston man purchased 200 barrels Of
sweet potatoes in the state Of Mary
land. When the sweet potatoes arrfv-
ed In Boston the purchaser sold one
barrel Just as It had come from Mary
land, but It appears that the barrel
weighed only 10 pounds instead Of $50
pounds, the legal weight In Massachu-
sets In that state when a person
buys a barrel Of potatoes the weight
must be not less than $50 pounds. The
Massachusetts, courts ruled that the
purchaser OF the Maryland sweet D.
tatoes violated the law when he sold
the barrel that was underweight, al
though the barrel was a legal one In
Maryland. Therefore a barrel is not
a barrel In Massachusetts, when It
weighs less than $50 pounds.-Utica
Press
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Wild Zahrna

The zebra when Wild Is a ferocious
animal, and an unwary hunter Is Ike
" to suffer from its teeth and boots.
The author Of "Kloof and Karroo''
says that a Boer IN Cape Colony had
once forced a zebra TO the brink OF a
precipice, when the desperate creature
turned upon him, attacked him with
its teeth and actually tore one Of his
feet from the leg Another author
writes Of a soldier who mounted a
half domestieated zebra. The creature,
after making the most furious attempts
to get rid Of its rider. plunged over a
steep bank into the river and threw
the soldier as II emerged. While. the
man lay half stunned upon the ground
the zebra quietly walked up to him and
bit or one Of his ears.
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strenoth Osa Shark.

Given special advantages. such a.
that Of holding the end Of a stout rope
at the other extremity Of which Is q
hook fixed in a sharks mouth, man
may, with the assistance Of a number
OF his fellows, have the best OF the
shark. But alone and IN the water the
advantage Is wholly and absolutely the
other way, and the strongest swimmer
and the bravest heart fail when the
tyrsnt Of the sea seeks to make bis &C
Quaint2nee- The shark Is gifted with
great strength, q savage temper, dog
ged perseverance, and exceptional pow
er q jaw. The lion and tiger may
mangle. the crocodile may lacerate, the
bulldog may hold fast-the shark alone
OF living creatures possesses the poveR
Of ntpping OF human limb at q bite.
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An Old Tin. .Advsrtj,.nent.

In old newspapers the advertise
ments make interesting reading. Here
Is one from the London Chronicle Of
1765: run Away.-Whereas Thomas
Williams. Apprentice to John Clark OF
oueensborOugh, N the County Of Kent.
dredgerman. has run away from his
said masters service and not been
heard OF these three years II the said
Thomas Williams win return 20 his
masters service within three months
after TIE date OF this advertisement he
win Be kindly received, and whoever
harbous him after this n0ties win Be
prosecuted as the law directs.p
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IrVinq's Intensity.

The piercing eyes and intense ex-
preston Of Henry Irving once had the
effect Of making a fellow actor alto
gether forget that he was on the stage
at all II occurred In Manchester dur
ing a performance Of Macbeth" and
In the scene where Macbeth says to
one Of the murderers, There's blood
upon thy facet" Irving put 30 much
earnestness into his words that the
murderer forgot his proper answer
e It's Banquo's, them and replied In
a startled voice: as there? Great
scotF he fancied. as be afterward
said. that he'd broken blood vessel
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PRINTING = Coin on Linen.

The print Of a silver coin or medal
may be made on silk or linen by dip
ping the fabric in a solution Of nitrate
Of silver and stretching il over the
face OF the coin until the image is i'm
printed. The linen is senSitized by dip
ping 1t into a solution Of nitrate OF
silver, made by dissOlving sixty or
eighty grains Of nitrate Of silver in
one ounce Of water. Wet the portion
OF the cloth which Is 10 receive the
impression in the solution, and when
nearly dry draw it over the face OF the
coin and tie 1t at the back Expose 70
q weak light, and in a few minutes the
raised design Of the coin viii appear
on the linen. As soon as the print Is
dark enough remove and wash in clear
water. When nearly dry iron 1t smoon
with a warm iron, placing a piece OF
tissue paper over the print In PRINT
ing from the coin or medal 1t Is avs
able to paste a piece Of paper on tne
reverse side 50 that the silver viii MOI
come In contact with the sensitzed
fabric.
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Psnstratiop of Iioht.

Experiments show that light can be
seen through a clean cut opening Of
not more than one forty-thousandth Of
an inch.
This fact was determined by taking
two thoroughly clean straight edges
and placing a piece Of paper between
the surfaces at one end, the opposite
end being allowed to come together.
The straight edges being placed be-
tween the eye and strong light In a
dark room, a wedge Of light was per-
ceived from the ends between which
the paper was placed and the opposite.
which were brought together. The
thickness OF the paper being known.
the distance apart Of the two edges OF
the small end Of the wedge Of light
was easily calculated.
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A Costly Quarrel.

Rowley, the English violinist, was
hard to beat in his perseverance
against one who had incurred his III
will Rowley had a quarrel with q
horse dealer named Brant It was q
trivial matter, but Rowley took the
next house to Brant, set up a piano,
bought a cornet and proceeded to make
insomnia for Brant- After one or two
assault cases in court Brant moved
ROwiey bought out the next door
neighbor and followed with piano and
cornet Brant went to law, but found
he could do nothing. Failing. he took
a detached house. Then Rowley hired
brass bands and organs and assailed
him This was actionable, and Row
ley paid 5000 for his revenge-Lon-
don Taller.
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Profitable chanoa

A well-known conjurer one day Wis
tied Scotch village After perform
ing many astonishing tricks he asked
for a halfpenny, which a collier lent
him The cOnjurer then said he would
turn It into a sovereign he did 80, as
the people thought and handed It
around for them to see When It
reached the collier be cooIly pocketed
It and said to the astonIshed conjurer,
~Wm ye chenge me anitherY-London
Man.
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Throwing Ria.

Throwing rice at a wedding SYM
bolizes not the expression Of good luck,
but It Is q metaphoricaI fight Of ar
rows shot at the Bridegroom In IN
civilized ages most nations were &C
customsd TO the forcible capture Of a
bride by her lover, and the attempts
On the part Of her male relatives to
prevent her husband from carrying her
away ID typl6ed BY a voIley Of rice In
stsad Of more fatal missiles.
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A.An..dots Of Greeley.

A can was once made by q co. =
noted artists Of the Academy ar
sign In 1870 on Horace Greeley ~. AZ
Clarence Cook, then the art cri .SiDes
the Tribune, had been saying hit. -bicb
about the academy exhibition .sst
caused the venerable chiefs Of . L.'
sssahli.h me 70 boil with indignation.
One day a committee went c..eley,
the Tribune to complain M; H., o. tbsss
having listened In silence 20 VIZ - fron
gentlemen had to say, looked " and
his desk, a twinkle In his e Ss'l.attO:
said, with his peculiar nasai . - re-
HGentIemen, 1 Judge from - are
marks that Mr.. Cooks artl saso CON
widely read. They win therel 1s.;suus.
tinue 10 be printed in the
Good morning"
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The cospsI Oak.

In the village OF Polstead. Suffolk.
England, stands famous oak which
the rector has proved to be 1000 years
old The tree has a girth Of thirty
six feet and has been known always
a. the gospel oak, since under It the
first Christian missionaries preached
to the heather Saxons thirteen cen
turies ago. This event Is eommemorat.
ed each year by special service held
under the tree
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SYNTHETIC Dyos.

The raw materials from which al
most all the synthetic dyes are made
are only nine or ten direct products Of
coal tar. These are transformed chem
icaIly into from $50 to 300 intermedi-
ate products. which in their turn yield
about 100 chemically distinct dye
stuffs Among the processes employed
are high temperatures. great pressures
and low refrigeration.
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Its Own Reward.

d. Jones leaped into the cdr, drop
ping the evening paper he was reading
as the telephone bell split the peaceful
atmosphens.
WHO IL it7 What is 1T WHARF n
atT be shouted as be took the receiver
down
Please come at once, doctor" piped
. small voice. IFS Tommy Brown
speaking"
who's N at your hOuser asked the
doctor.
Everybody, cepttn' me. / was
naughty, % mother wouldn't let me-
have any Of the lovely mushrooms IA
ther picked yesterday. "-Exchange.
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pia.r.ntLovs

An cd typographical error once ap-
peared n q criticism Of Ellen Terry.
The reviewer wrota ~Her love Of Por.
"a made acting easy but the sentence
appeared In the paper a. Her love Of
porter made acting easy.s Detroit
Frs Press
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You've been sentenced to twenty
yearS hard labor. With good time you
can cut that down. Of cOurse.s said the
lawyer.
Good timer exclaimed the prisoner.
-How's guy going to have any good
time in prtsonT-Detrolt Free Press.
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Retreatlna n pinordar.

who was that tough looking chap
saw you with today, Hicksr
BE careful. Parker. That was my
twin brother"
"By joye. old chap. forgive mel
really ought TO have knOwn."-Kansas
City Times
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early soOori6ea.

Hoatho, a Chinese physician who
lived In the third century, gave his pa
dents preparation Of hemp, whereby
they were rendered insensible during
surgical operations. The sopodhe ef-
fects Of mandrake are mentioned by
Shakespeare.
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women are dreamsF' murmured the
sentimentalist gazing on a group Of
them In silk attire.
@You can bet they are" the practical
ist snapped back at the murmurous one,
"and dreams 60 by eontraries, an
rightr'-Judge.
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~Your doom Is sealedF- cried the w
lain
-Ha.r laughed the heroine denanfly,
Il guess can steam It openr'- Chica-
50 Herald
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The calouIua.

The bottom meaning Of the word
calculus" is pebble-calculare calculus
pebble. Thus we are taken back to
the very early time when calculating
was carried on by the help Of the peb-
bles that preceded the regular numer-
als.-New York American.
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WRONG Either WAY.

Isabel-Fn never have another pho
tograph taken. Dorothy Why not,
dear7 Isabel-oh. II It looks Ike NE
don't IKE #, and II It fiatters me my
friends don't Ike itl-Exchange.
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The island Of CeyIon has about CO.
100000 trees. yielding 200, O00,o 900 CO
coanuts. many OF which are used local
y Tor food and drink.
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On, 81. l,Iit.

No man can be both dreamer and q
man OF action. and We are called upon
to determine what role We shall play
In life when We are too young to know
what we do.-Richard Middleton.
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Leading 1lady-Did he run on the
slags when the eegs hit him1 Leading
Man = M but he showed yellow
trsak.- Exchanss.
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Docs your father object because I'm
paying attention 10 your"
mo. Paw says he's glad to see you
paying something. Il fits only atten-
tion-"-BufaIo Express.
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@xour cook Is Just IKE one Of the
family. isn't shei-
-Dear me. mol She never void eat
warmed over dishes.s = Bastimors
American.
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True thrift. according to Robart
Louis Stevenson. Is to earn little and
spend a little less
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DIFFICULTIES are things which show
what men are.-EpIctetus
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Subjects for Debate-Ciub 10 Argue
 in Middictown-Other Items,

At the weekly meeting of the High school Debating club held today the resolution that Latin is d Necessary Element in the High School Curri- culum" was debated and adopted. Paul Pihl and Donald Gaffney upheld the affirmative and Saul Adelman and sam Zinman were the negative dis putants. Secretary Roche announced "Woman's Suffrage" as next weeks subject for debate.
 At assembly this morning the team which will debate in Middletown this evening presented their arguments to the school and made a very favor able impression Iver Axelson, Ed ward Ginsberg and Edward Mag were the speakers.
 The Aloha club meeting scheduled for today has been postponed.
 The Current Events club announces the following program for it's next meeting: "Significance of Railroad Rate Revision" by Daisy koplowitz: What Shall We Do With the Rail- roads?" by Jennie Hall, and Herbert Sauter will talk on Pan American Opportunity and Expansion of Latin American Trade; "A Hundred Years of Peace" will be discussed by Ethel Prior and "War and End in Itself will be talked upon by Ralph ID Esposito: Everett Schantz will com pIete the program with a recitation.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08
THIRD ENTERTAINMENT.
r. E. Kendall of Boston Will Furnish M. E. Brotherhood Entertainment.

On next Friday evening, January IS, Fred F.. Kendall of Boston, bari tone, humorist, and impersonator, will give the third enterta inment of the Methodist Brotherhood course in the auditorium of Trinity Methodist church. Harry Burdick of this city will be his accomranist on the piano.
 MT. Kendall is advertised as the funniest man in Boston, and is d well-known monologist, pantomimist, and reconteur. MT. Kendall uses neither costumes nor wigs. He de- bends upon a mobile and expressive face a good head of hair, and voice of great range and fleXibility to diff ferentiate his characters. His pro- gram consists of stories, poems, songs and domestic scenes in pantomime, With humOr in abundance.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

ported ths morning to be much im- proved. Dr. Bull of this place, and Dr. Brennan of Bristol, were in con- sultation on this case before noon. \ Several local members of the Grange are planning to attend the meeting of the state organization to be held in Waterbury on January 12, 12 and 14.
 Rev. Charles R. Atwood, who has tcen a missionary in Africa for a number of years, will lecture in c. A. K. hall, Forestville, tonight under the auspices of Manross Post. Several from here plan to attend
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08
MODEL OF MONUMENT.
Accurate Design Of Burritt Memorial
 on Exhibition in Portcr's Window.

Displayed in B. C. Porter Sons win dow on Main street is miniature model of the Elihut Burritt Memorial which will grace the park at Frank lin Square sometime in the future.
 The model on exhibition is of white plaster of paris and stands on a sub stantial base, about three feet square. The monumental design is almost two feet high and on the front shows the figure of a woman with the Latin word Pax" On the reverse side is a likeness of the great peace advo- cate and the description.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

Total sa#s4+t
 state of Conncctid sss [. r. s Chambd above-nanpd bank. the above statement my knowledge and
 F.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

Subscribed and s1 7th day of JauuarJ
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

Hartford branch. The Young Peo- ple's society of Christian Endeavor has balance of SLY, according to it's report. The receipts during the year were $4269, expenses of $4152 having been brought about by various contributions. Through offerings the Mission Study class received $4.70. The same amount represents the sum of s2.35 which was given to the Con- necticut w. H. M. U. and $235 which was contributed to the Woman's board, Hartford branch. The Home department of the Sunday school re- ceived $1.50 and has that amount still on hand.
 Sunday School Treasury.
 A balance of fifty-five cents was shown in the report of the Sunday school treasurer. There was bal ance from 1918 of $13.11, which, add cd to the collections for the past year, made sum of $122.47, s121.92 of which was expended as follows: Sun day school expenses s31O5, Wethers- field and Berlin Sunday School Union $1.00, Congregational Sunday School and Publishing society s15.65, Boston City Mission $500, American Board of Foreign Missions $14.22, Tougaloo university, $S5.00, Connectl- cut Bible society $10.O0, Congrega- tional Home Missionary society 5000.
 The receipts for the library fund were s147.27. There were no dis bursements.
 Anniversary Book.
 The report on the anniversary F~h- ~I,>A. l. s2O2.41, loans seO43 Expense of printing 4SS books s234.93, mailing and advertising $11.91, total of date Is $16
 The Membership.
 It was reported that, on January l. 1915, there were 172 members sixty four being males and 108 females. Of these, seventy-four are non-res,- dent members During the year there were two additions by letter and one by reinstatement By death there were two losses and by letter one. There are 107 families in the parish. This report showed further that the Sun day school has 124 mem bers the home department fifteen, cradle roll twenty-six, average Sunday school at tendance siXty-nine. The WOmans Home Missionary society has eighteen members and had an average attend of nine: the Young Peoples Chris , tian Endeavor has tWenty-six mem- i bers and had an average attendance 1 of nine; the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary auxiliary has tWenty-nine | mem bers and has had an average at ] tendance of eleven, and the Ladies Benevolent society has tnirty-six 
 Construction Company Wins.
 The Berlin Construction company 1 team took the first game of bowl 1 ing series from a team representing | the American Paper Goods last night. The scores:
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

At a meeting of the house commit tee of New Britain lodge, No. 957, B. P. o. E., last evening arrangem ents were made for entertaining the Past Exalted Rulers association on Jan uary 26. A banquet will be provided for over 100 guests. F. J. Murray of this city is president of the associa tion.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

lief corps, will be assisted by the fol- 1 lowing:
 Senior Vice President-Mrs. Agnes | Potter.
 Junior Vice President-Mrs. Mary l Ashton.
 Treasurer-Mrs. Chloe A. Warren. Chaplain--Mrs. Mary Fox. Guard-Mrs Charles Soule.
 Conductor-Mrs. Nellie Alderman. Postmaster in Pennington. Local people, democrats in particu far, are interested in reports of the Iroba ble appointment of ex-Represen- tative Thomas Collins of Pennington as postmaster in that town.
 Strange as it may seem, MT. Col lins is the only candidate for the position although a salary of between 1,S0O and $1.9O0 is attached to it.
 MT. Collins has the endorsement of the democratic town committee in Pennington and it is said that no other candidate has been recommend cd to Congressman Lonergan for the appointment.
 Ice Cutting Resumed.
 The harvesting of ice at White Oak pond. which was temporarily sus- pended on account of the storm We'd nesday night. was resumed this morn- ing. While the rain broke up the ice in some sections of the pond, it held up in others and that cut today was of good quality and averaged ten inches in thickness.
 The company hopes to fill it's reposi- tory by tomorrow night and any ice that may be harvested during the l.,I pf m tor he chinnp1 out of town.
 Firemcn's Meeting Tonight.
 The postponed January meeting of the Hose company will be held this evening in the 1iremen's room in the Town hall. This is the first session of the company since the fire Commis- sioners drew up new regulations for the fire department and the changes will probably be discussed by the members.
 There will be report of progress from the committee which is arrang- ing for the entertainment and dance tu be given in connection with the celebration of the company's anniver- ! sary on next Tuesday evening. There l has been d good demand for tickets ! and the committee expects large 1 attCndanCe.
 Plan for Social.
 Arrangements are being made for a social hour to be held in connection with the annual meeting of the Con- srcgational church next Monday even ing Ii has been planned to have an entertainment, serving refreshments at the close
 The business meeting will start at 7:3O There will be interesting re- ports from the officers and Sunday school departments and the election for the coming year will also take ! place.
 X large attendance of members is looked for on that evening.
 Brief Items
 The condition of Arthur O'Harc. l who is seriously i'll with pneumonia at his home on Pine street, was re-
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

The suit of Louise Ladd against Dr. C. P Wacken was withdrawn to- day. It was announced by both sides that the action was the result of a misunderstanding of the facts in the case.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08
Berlin News ANNUAL MEETING AT WASHINGTON CHURCH Interesting Reports Presented and
 Officers E(C.cd. WASHINGTON N.LAD WILL RE-ENLIST 
"Joo''" Kamensl<i Will Soon Begin Third Term in United States Navy bles Paper Goods at Bowling.

The KenSington Congregat iOnal church held a very successful annual meeting yesterday. Beginning at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the de- vottonal service was led by the pastor. The reports of the various organiza- tions of the church were presented in printed form, altogether making a
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

Regular s2.o0 Model for this sl
 Regular s200 Model "Americj made of fine Coutil, embroidery long hip, six hose supporters, for|
New Britain herald., 1915-01-08

COiroct Altcsi.
 VIM IT nd JOHN B Mj A. j. SLOT