New Britain herald., 1915-07-13

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Bryan has tried repeatedly to ride
into the White House on a donkey and
failed Now it looks as though he was
going to try a camel.-Ansonia Senti-
mel.
Wouldn't be surprised if Hollis dyn-
amite had exploded on our ship. 1t
hasn't come in yet.-New London
Telegraph.
Another Overwhelming advantage
Of the Russian army is that 1t has
such magnificent big country to
retreat into.-Brooklyn Standard
Union
The reason that the presidents
summer retreat is surrounded by
time clocks and detectives is that
America is the land of liberty.-Ro-
chester Herald.
Lawyers have thus far obtained
s2.00e.000 out of the estate of the
late James G.. Fair, once silver bull
lion Senator Of the United States,
As. the estate was valued at $4,000
600 there Is still something left-for
the lawyers and 9th ers-Boston Jour-
nal
The amount of joy in ones life is
not at all dependent upon the amount
of money one spends. A man can
get just as much fun, for instance,
out of ying about the height OF his
tomato plants as he can out OF pur-
suing the same course With respect 70
his mileage per gallon of gasoline
Ohio State Journal.
With Sur American shipping scuttl
ing out from under the American nag
and seeking safety in foreign regis
try as the logically inevitable result
Of the La, Toilette act, we are now
entering another zone OF the LADY
rinth of stupidities in which that
particular DIT of legislative sagacity
has involved us.-New York Sun.
Where do the forged American
passports come from? The easy good
nature which we have hitherto dis
played toward intrigues against our
national honor is decidedly out of
place here. The abuse is one that
must be stopped, whatever the ui-
pleasant consequences for official or
unofficial representatives. hiladel-
phia Ledger.
Austria, whose armies have been
expelled three times from Servia in
the past year, processes to be fully
satisfied with the revenge she has
obtained
If Austria is satisfied on that basis.
why should any other nation object
to a cessation Of hostilities? It should
be remem bered that this entire con-
fagration is based upon the satisfac-
ton Of Austria with regard to Ser
via For that we have the unanimous
word of the white book, the blue
book, the orange book. the yellow
book and the green book.--Des
Moines Register and Leader.
A dyed-in 1.-The wool pacifist arguing
for her hobby says animals of any
kind will not hurt us if we do not
hurt them And this proves to her
that no nation will attack us if we
mind our own business like the Bel
gians Whether some animals, such
as tigers and wolves. will attack us
or. not depends upon how hungry they
,happen-t to be. Had man submitted TO
the beasts, he never would have ruled
the earth.-Norwich Record.
Senator La Follette's shipping law
is not yet in operation and will not
be until November; but the presi-
dent of The Dollar Steamship COM
pany on the Pacific coast has not
waited for this legislation to go into
effect and send his transpa cif1c ves-
sells to the scrap heap. He got
chance this week to sell two of his
steamers out of the country, and
he sold them. His company still has
one other vessel in the transpacific
trade and is now negotiating to sell
that one. The La Toilette
goodby shipping bill has mercifully
spared our canal boats in our inland
bitches. but not much of anything
else.-New York Press.
Just one thing seems TO be neces-
sary to get all the dynamite, fuses.
detonators, revolvers and cartridges
anybody wants and that is-money.
Within the state of New York, sup
posed to be governed by the Sulli-
van law, man may practice with
q revolver all day and not be in
terfered with. He may transport
his purchases of high explosives any
where he pleases by any one of
great number of methods, if he is
provided with funds. We have some
regulations that are quite Strict; ira
fnc rules that will land man in
Jail If he turns around the other
corner; but traffic in the means of
wholesale death appears to be the
one thing not subject to any regula-
ton whatever-Brooklyn Standard
Union.
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To the American mind it seems
equally Il matter of false pretense
that Germany militarsm is only the
nation IN arms for its own do