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New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
BETTER THAN CALOMEL
Thousands HaveDiscoveredDr. Edwards Olive Tablets are
 a Harmless Substitute

Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-the substi- tute for calomel-are a mild but sure laxa- tive, and their effect on the liver is almost instantaneous. They are the result of Dr. Edwards determination not to treat liver and bowel complaints with calomel. His efforts to banish it brought out these little olive-colored tablets.
 These pleasant little tablets do the good that calomel does, but have no bad after M effects. They don't injure the teeth ike strong liquids or calomel. They take hold of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why cure the liver at the expense of the teeth gums. So do strong liquids
 It is best not to take calorrel, but to let Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets take its place.
 Most hcsGache3, ''dullness' and that lazy feeling come from constipation and disordered liver. Take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, Tablets, W1on eI you feel "loggy, and ana brain and how they ssperk ,p'' the spirits. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
 The Olive Tablet Company, Columbus, O.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
City Mems

We have more toilet, military and l manicure sets then any three jewelrS | stores in the city and our prices are 1 the lowest, every set guaranteed Henry Morans, Jeweler, 321 Main St -advt
 Get our toys at Gladding's-advt.
 We will cash your Chrisymas Checks whether you purchase or not. Besse-Leland Co.-advt.
 Miss Mabel Johnson, stenographer at the Y. M. C. A. has returned to her home from the local hospital where she underwent an operation. We will cash your Christmas Checks whether you purchase or not. Besse-Leland Co.-advt
 Toys, Toys, Toys at Gladdings.
 -advt. MT. and Mrs. Walter Terhune, who have been living in Nova Scotia, have come to this city to make their home. The Charity society of the Swedish Lutheran church will meet tonight at the home of Charles Kallberg on Dwight street.
 : We will cash your Christmas Checks whether you purchase or not. Besse-Leland Co.-advt.
 MT. and Mrs. Julius Rosia are re- ceiving congratulations on the birth of son, Joseph.
 Furs cleaned at the Union Laundry, 266 Arch street. Tel. 994.-advt. New Britain Nest, Order of Owis,
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15

will hold its regular meeting i'd R. hall tomorrow evening at s q Election of officers for the q year will take place and otherI portant business transacted. All bers are requested to be present
 The Luther league of the SJ Lutheran church will meet ad church tomorrow night.
 Toys for the boys at Gladdind
 7 A daughter has been born to| and Mrs. Rudolph Linn of East d The snowfall at Whigville isl ported by the water departmen have been twenty-two inches.
 Christmas neckwear sale. Bow Co.,-advt.
 Practical gifts at the Kavar shop, 40 Pratt St., Hartford, in , and silk petticoats, new stylish an cellent values.-advt.
 Go to Gladding's for your To, It will pay you to have Bess land Co. cash your Christmas Oh advt.
 Miss Helen Williams of ' Cl street delightfully."- entertained a Der of her friends last evenif honor of her birthday. Piano s tions by Miss Gladys Williams vocal selections by Miss Olive Sl and Wesley Garfield were much joyed. Light luncheon was serv, Our Toy Dept. is full of Gladding' 's.-avt
 Edison Talking Machines. c Pierce & Co.-advt.
 Kennedy's dancing class. Frida H. Beginners. 7:3O D. m. Lesson, .advt.
 Christmas trimmed hat sale. R, & Co.-advt.
 Masquerade ball Foresters, Berlin, Fri. night. Judas Orch. Toys for girls and boys at Gladdi
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
Berlin News CHAOTIC CONDITION
 CAUSED AUs'El:Dl BY STORM Irolleys and Automobiles Stalled
 and People Walk
 APPROPRIATION INSUFFICIENT Eonnecticut Company Comes in for }. Criticism-Town Team Progresses Entertainments Postponed r'a--"Old Guard" Banquet Saturday.
APPROPRIATION INSUFFICIENT

1 Once more the Connecticut com pany is coming in for criticism from the townspeople, especially from those who live on worthington Ridge and work in neighboring cities. Of course tHe company is not to blame for the recent storm, but the inhabitants feel something in the line of transporta- ton ought to have been furnished this morning. The universal suggestion today was the trolley concern should have supplied a sleigh so the citizens could reach the depot Those who :, went to the scenes of their daily tasks either hitched up their own sleighs or "hooked' a ride from their neighbors. The snow on Pennington Road is rapidly becoming packed cown and according to those who passed over that thoroughfare this morning it will be four or five days lbefore the trolleys will be running again. There is one car in front of the fair grounds and that has been there since Monday night. The con ductor went to New Britain yesterday and so great was the need of men there he was ordered to confine his ] activities to the Hardware City. As . result of his leaving, the motorman was left alone this morning.
 Selectman Gibney wore worried look this morning and he said he was trying to figure out how he could put the roads in passable condition and sttll keep within the appropriation of $50 for snow removal which was rec ornmended by the finance board and adopted at the recent town meeting. He has received calls from all parts of the town asking that this road and that one be broken. Three gangs of men were busy in different parts. but so heavy was the snow that they were making very little headway At first the work was concentrated on the Beckley road and the mon succeeded In making a suitable ra-'' ''-~~o. Tn the afternoon the town tco.-> bus,cd Itself in forming a passwav on Main Street Kensington. The firat job on kthat thoroughfare was the removal of Rn automobile belonging to New
 Britain man. After considerable shovel
 work and much heaving by the horses
 hhe machine was moved to the shed
 of the Kilby House. where it rests now. A motor truck was stalled near the stone bridge but up to this noon nothing had been done to cause it's
 removal The work of making paths Is very tedious and necessarily is very slow.
 The telephones at the Berlin and
 xensington ~st offices are ringing
 sonstantly and people are inquiring if
 hey have any mail, but up to Il
 'cIock this morning there had been
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
LACK OF FREIGHT CARS.

Paris, Dec. IA, 5:45 D. m.-Discus- sing the scarcity of freight cars, the Temps asserts that the disposition of rolling stock is managed poorly and that cars frequently are lying idle in one part of the country while. the most urgent need for them exists in another. One train, it says, stood idle for a full year at Cognac. Vari- ous other instances are given of the inability of the railway administration to handle traffic.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15

 G DECEASED
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15

for Tuesday evening by local colored people who will present the play, Going North"
 Sequassen lodge will have nomina- tion of officers at its meeting in Odd Fellows hall tomorrow evening.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
TO REAPPOINT McCHORD.

Washington, Dec. 15.-C. c. Mo- Chord, whose term as a member of the interstate commerce expires this week, will be reappointed by Presi- dent Wilson. MT. McChord at pres ent is chairman of the commission.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
HEBDEN NEW MASTER
 0F LOCAL MASONS
Frederick Lodge Elects Officers at
 Annual Meeting
DEFER ACTION TIL JAN. fl

New Leaders To Be Installed at Jan
 uary Session-Town and T1DJle,
 Companies Work to Break Storm.
 Grip-Churches to Cooperate.
 George R. Hebden was elected wor- shipful master of Frederick lodge. A. F. and A. M., succeeding Norris E. Clark at the annual meeting of that Organization held last evening in Ma sonic temple. MT. Hebden has been an enthusiastic member of the lodge for number of years and his election to the leading office is fitting recognition of his services.
 Other officers chosen were.
 senior Warden-Edwin H. Hills
 Junior Warden-A. A: Mcleod
 Treasurer-Stanley S. Gwillim.
 Secretary-George A. Case.
 Senior Deacon-Charles R. Sher- man.
 Junior Deacon-Donald Beniamin.
 Senior Steward-Charles F. Sna1d. ing.
 Junior Steward-Joseph N. McKer- nan.
 Chaplain-Rev. R. H. Burton.
 Marshal-Norris E. Clark.
 Tyler-E. l.. Stow.
 The installation will take place on January II. The installing officer has not as yet been selected by the lodge.
 Frederick lodge has had a most successful year under the leadership of MT. Clark, and the members speak appreciatively of his work
 Defer Action Until January ii.
 Action on the question of renew ing the contract for street lighting with the United Electric Light and Water company has been deferred un- til the adjourned annual town meet ing on January II, the handful of voters who assembled at the special session Monday night having decided to postpone decision until that time.
 At the same meeting the matter of installing additional street lights, the increasing of the appropriation for the observance of Memorial day and the laying of a town tax will be con- sidered.
 The contract with the lighting peo- pie now in force does not expire un- 'lI o1hudIy 1O, dIu dS It IS IkGly that it will be renewed for either five or ten yeaEs, the company having the exclusive franchise for Plainville.
 Breaking Storms Grip.
 King Storms grip on Plainville be- gan to show signs of relaxing today and while conditions were far from normal, there was a vast improvement over yesterday, and the town gave evidences of having resumed its usual aspect.
 Although it was the first time since the line was opened that the Bristol and Plainville Tramway company gave up in despair and allowed the aban- donment of it's cars, the officials tackled the task of opening up the different divisions and by o'clock last night they succeeded in getting car to Plainville The service ! between this town and Bristol was 1 given today, although the cars were | late. Inability to get men for shovellers hampered the Connecticut company
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
SHRINERS MEET TONIGHT,

Sphinx temple, Masonic order of Shriners, will meet at PheniX temple in Hartford tonight at 8 o'clock to elect officers. All New Britain mem- bers should attend as an effort will be made to elect Eugene J. Porter, of this city, delegate.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
Stearns of Worthington Ridge are planning to attend
 Briefs. --
Briefs.

The Modern Woodmen of America of East Berlin will hold it's annual meeting tomorrow evening. There will be an election of officers A turkey supper will be enjoyed after the meeting.
 John Harrington of Kensington is visiting friends in New York.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
CHAPTER vi.
Hemmed In by Enemies.

The night, however. passed without
event, and morning came bathing the
empty edge Of the forest in crystal
freshness. The scene I still had to
myself. My morning journey down
to the waters edge for food and bath
ing was made with the most painful
caution, and ate without relish.
My world had altered overnight.
was no longer merely shipwrecked,
but shipwrecked among savages who
might adhere to the perverted epicu-
reanism which esteems human meat
for its flesh-pots. Stories of canni-
balism had been plentiful at the cap
tain's table on the Wastrel. Even the
value of white heads for decorating
native huts had been touched upon.
The fact that they had attempted
no night attack seemed to indicate
that their valor was tempered with
discretion. But whether this initial
timidity would hold or shortly sue
cumb to curiosity and appetite re-
mained for the future to tell me.
My defense was limited to the six
cartridges In the chambers Of my re-
volver and the newly discovered slung
shot.
Meantime was lonely. I turned
the chest on end near the opening Of
my cavern and spread the newspaper
upon 1t like theatrical poster on a
fence at home. The two upper cor
ners / fastened with the curved and
jeweled daggers from Jerusalem.
The days which Immediately fol
lowed marched slowly and were much
alike. It was only in my own state
of mind that there was any element
OF change or DEVELOPMENT.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15

Gods must carry themselves when
they walk among men, with godlike
scorn of terrestrial dangers.
turned to the one man who was
above the others, exposing my back
to the two spears as though safe In
my consciousness of immunity. 1 ex-
tended one arm with gesture in
tended to epitomize great majesty. Il
was pose borrowed from somo old
sculptor's conception of the olympian
Zeus-albeit shamefully exaggerated.
It was an anxious moment. Should
he, to whom made my commanding
plea, lift his finger in signal. the
spears from behind, poisoned spears,
perhaps, would strike me down. But
as I strode forward, with one hand
still pointing heavenward, COM
stand aside.
He, on his part, eyed me dubiously,
| never shifting his attitude or raising
his club from the earth; but he per
mitted me to pass from the amphi-
theater unmolested. went, deliber
ately, holding my gaze rigidly to the
front and using every ounce of self
control to curb the impulse of my feet
to run, and the impulse of my neck to
crane.
A vestige Of misgiving, note of hu.
man anxiety would have destroyed
me.
My peril was superlative, and yet,
as look back on the occasion, l can
see that it overdid comedy and be-
came pure farce. My assumption of
gods dignity expressed itself in a
strut as ludicrously overfreighted
with pompousness as a cake-walk.
Consumed with longing to stand
not upon the order of my running, but
run at once, l measured my steps with
the portentous hauteur of thiId-rate
tragedian in a funeral scene. was
defending my life with burlesQue. Ny
audience would not be impressed by
flnesse and impressing it was not
matter of life and death, consequently
the art of my acting was not concern
ing me.
In the words of the East Side bruis.
er, l was maxim it strong"
When 1 had reached the upper rim
of the basin-and then only-I turned
and, with both hands above my head,
l shouted down upon them. What I
said do not know. 1t did not matter.
/ could reach them only by tone and
elocutionary effect. and so declaim-
ed. Perhaps they heard from my lips
Mark Anthonys Grafton. Possibly /
told them how Horatius held the
bridge.
At all events, my Offering found suf-
ficient favor to cover my retreat, and
went down to the sea unfollowed. I
had, none the less, seen enough to
set me thinking, and thought brought
little solace.
Continued on Another. Page
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
SYNOPSIS

CHAPTER I-Deprayne, a youns
bachelor OF Independent means,
has been ordered on a trip around
the world as last chance to recover
his shattered health. On his lazy tour
through Europe, he crosses the trail
several times of beautiful girl who
exerts an odd fascination over him,
but whose face he has never quite
seen. He loses her trail in Cairo,
where, in the hope Of adventure, he
joins a young scientist bound for Il
remote corner OF the South Seas. The
young scientist, while at hotel In
Cairo, has found diary lost by some
girl-a document which reveals an al.
Turing personality, but gives no hint
of the writer's narae.
CHAPTER IT-Oddly enough, in De,
prayne's mind, the girl Of the diary
and the other girl-the one who has
fascinated him, but whose face he has
never seen, begin to haunt his dreams
as single person.
CHAPTER Ill Just as the heat OF
monotony of the long sea voyage IL
driving Deprayne to the verge of mad.
ness, the ship is wrecked.
CHAPTER IV-When he RECEIVERS
consciousness, he finds that he is the
sole survivor cast up on a tronic
shore.
CHAPTER V-From sea-chest,
the only thing he has rescued from
the wreck, Deprayne finds full-page
newspaper portrait of an exceedingly
beautiful girl-"EIiss Frances"-but
the paper is torn. The chest also con
tains gorgeous kimono ana couple
of oriental daggers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15
CHAPTER VII.
One Man Killed.

Internally was quaking, and think.
ing very fast. The first shock of their
astonishment was dissipating, and
two of the three faces were ciouding
into glowering scrutiny which ar
gued darkly for my escape. The gaze
of the third held grave perpiexity,
touched with awe, and in the interval
of overcharged silence the other eyes
dwelt on his.
1t was clearly from him that they
awaited the word of final authority.
/ knew from their spellbound eyes
that I was the first white man they
had seen. I was an apparition mea.
sured by their pygmy standards;
was gigantic being of new type
and order. Possibly I was an immor-
tai.
It was. seemingly. this possibility
which gave tim pause, and which
their chief was debating. Also 1t
was my cue for conduct.
AS a man they had no fear of ms.
The revolver which ! had slipped
from its holster and cooked had not
impressed them. They knew nothing
of its death dealing quality. That
was point in my favor. It would
afford, II need be, six miracles of NOR.
tality; but the jungle that had dis
gorged them could disgorge hundreds
of others like them-perhaps thou
sands. o .ocR .. n't4 rec $50
-tsL-, rs' ~ goaTi.t slIf aH
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15

er, and IL possible sweeter, than her
eyes. Her chin and throat were exQui-
sitely modelled Her hair was abun-
dantly massed and heavy.
could guess from the Photographic
tones that its coils and escaping ten
drills of curl varied in shifting lights
between the red warmth of gold and
the amber of clear honey.
But what most made this a remarle-
able photograph was its living quail
ty.
So vital war the effect as one look
ed that 1t seemed palpitant person
ality Of breath and soul. The lips
might be trembling on the verge Of
speech, and in the quiet smile lowered
a delightful hint of whimsical humor.
The whole bearing was queenly with
that gracious pride which we charac-
terize as royal when we speak of roy
atty as something inherently noble.
For smile from those lips man
might undertake all manner of folly.
The young woman was in evening
dress, and at her throat hung rope
of pearls.
Suddenly, transport of rage and a
bitterness of contrast possessed me.
My hair was matted. my arms and
hands raw and bIackened with blood.
1 was the picture of abandoned mis-
cry. The satirical gods now set Tan
talus.wise before my eyes picture Of
beauty, and ease, AMI shelter-a pret-
ty woman in the charming fripperies
of evening dress.
But while / scowled, her eyes
smiled back into my own, challenging
in me the vagabond spirit of the
whimsical, until l, too, smiled.
/ bowed to the picture.
"You are quite right" said aloud;
"since it is impossible TO alter the si:-
uation, the only sane course is to rec
ognize it's humor. While we are to-
gether here l shall regard you as a
living person. 1t shall be our effort to
turn this poor jest on the high gods
who are its authors"
IT almost seemed to me that the lips
parted and the eyes danced approx.
ingly.
Frances" I said, 81 may call you
Frances, may not, in view of the ill.,
formality OF our circumstances you
are gorgeous. 1t was good of you to
come. to keep me company. l needed
YOU"
The air held twilight stiffness up
on which my words fell clamorously.
I realized that l had not before spols-
en- aloud for more than day. Into
the ensuing silence came a new and
alarming sound.
1t was half human and incoherent
like a number of voices at a dis
tance. l felt my muscles grow rigid
and choled off a half-animal growl
that rose involuntarily in my throat.
Instinctively l was whipping the re-
volver from its holster and slipping
forward, crouched in the protection
of rock, my eyes turned toward the
jungle.
Vaguely lurking in the gathering
fog of shadow, where the palms be-
gan, were some eight or ten figures.
1t was impossible in the waning light
TO make out what sort of creatures
they were, but they moved with soft
prowling tread that was disquieting.
After while they melted out of
sight, but until past midnight I sat
there, my eyes alertly fixed on the
tangled dark, while the low-hung
stars paraded across the sky.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-07-15

In the same package, however, I
found my first useful articles-a small
block of those miniature matches that
one may buy in the Chinatown sec
tion of San Francisco or New York.
which burn with an odious reek of
sulphur 1t was doubtless because
they rartook of the quality of curl
osity that he had preserved them.
There was also one of those slung.
shots such SIS may be bought along
water fronts where seamen foregatb-
era small leather sack, loaded with
shot and suspended from wris'
strap. 1t would have made service
able weapon in closes encounter,
where blow, seemingly from bare
hand, might crumble section oe
skull.
From the momeit OF its discovery
] wore it as n bracelet above my right
hand, and once it saved my life.
At the extreme bottom of the pack.
age, carefully preserI ed between two
sheets of thick card oard, lay page
torn from newspaper. 1t was on that
heavy, CLOSED paper which soIlc
journals use for their pictorial sec
tions and was covered with miscel.
laneous illustrations,
1t was on the point of throwing 1e
thing away when some impulse led
me to turn it over. What I saw al
tered and re,polded all my life from
that moment forward.
A curtain of dusk was beginning to
fall upon the hinterland at the edge of
the forest. The fringe of cane and
the peak of the volcc-o was brcoding
against sky of FURNISHED copper.
When / turned the sheet it was
as though l had come face to face
with an actual personality where
moment ago there had been nothing
animate. OF course it was only be-
cause the art of photographer and
engraver had ably aided each other,
but the portrait which worthily filled
the seven columns of glazed paper
was a marvel of lifelike presentment
and of indescrbable loveliness.
plenty, of men who have loved a face
seen only in a picture. The Mona
Lisa" of Da Vinci has laid over many
beholders the hypnotic spell of the
long-dead woman immortalized upon
its canvass. Pygmalion loved his Gal
atea.
/ fancy that, If the truth were told,
! loved in the first flash of view the
lady who smiled out at me from the
lifelessness of ink and paper. The
margins of the sheet had been so
close trimmed at the top that no date
scissors had left two words: miss
Frances -" and with these two
words must content myself.
But for the picture itself.
! have already confessed my rever.
ence for beauty. Here before me WAS
beauty of the purest type I have ever
been privileged to see. It was not
the brush-magic of gifted painter
who has caught from lovely model
the charm of line and color and add
ed to them the final touch of idealiza-
tion. It lacked all the fire with which
color might have kindled. It re-
corded nothing more than the lens
had seen. Yet its fawlcssness requir-
ed no aid of art and asked no odds of
color.
Her clear young eyes smiled out at
me with a miracle of graciousness.
Her perfectly curving lips were grav.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-11-24
HILLsTROM SHOT TO DEATH.

Salt Lake City, Nov. 19.-Joseph
Hillstrom, poet and philosopher, was
shot to death by firing squad at 7.41
this morning. The efforts Of President
Wilson and thousands of organizations
and individuals to save him were un-
available. He paid the penalty for
the murder of J. G. Morrison, a grocer
and his son on January 10th last year
Just before the execution Gov. Spry
received telegram signed "Dusky,"
from Seattle, stating that the writer
was with Hillstrom on the night of the
murder and the condemned man was
innocent. A hastily called meeting OF
the pardon board decided that the
telegram was only an effort to delay
the execution. Hillstrom ate a hearty
breakfast and requested not to be
blindfolded. This request was denied
and he was almost in a state Of COL
lapse when he took his seat in the
execution chair. At the word Of COM
mand four rifles cracked out, and
Hillstrom pitched forward dead. The
executioners received forty dollars
each.
Five rifles, one Of which contained
a blank cartridge were fired. Defend
ing himself with a broomstick Hill
strom fought desperately to prevent
being taken from his cell. He was
finally overpOwered, and died MAIN
tanning his innocence.