New Britain herald., 1915-08-04


 The difference between militarism and preparedness is the difference be- tween raising your boy to be soiuiei and raising him in such a way 'ha' he knows how to be one if he mas to'- l Philadelphia Evening Ledger. Heaven be praised that no suonna- rine has been. or is. able to oipeuo the Ship of State-Manila Times.
 sirn writer has discovered that pro and con are aboreV1a.lohs oa pI sducers and -Wheeins ln- telligencer.
 When an ordinary citizen disappears I inc no1ice are notified, but when an l International league baliplayer Is I y,issine the pay rolls of the Federal sIearue are scanned.--Rocheste Post Express.
 Tn his summer pictures, Carranza looks like Peace in pajamas. Atlanta 1 Constitution.
 The United State commission on in- l dustriaI relations is going to investi- I rate the telephone exchange girls. ] will it please ascertain why operators 1 persist in saying "thr-r-ree'' Pitts. burgh Sun.
 Judging by current neckwear,a \ American dyers have discovered some Of those valuable German secrets Minneapolis Journal.
 The great war is year old-a year too old.-Albany Journal.
 Neighbor is the pleasantest word in any language.-Boston Globe.
 1t costs less to produce cloth-top shoes than all-leather ones, but you can't prove it by retail prices.-Syra- cuse Post-Standard.
 The vibrations of an explosion at sea can upset the mechanism of a stock ticker thousands of miles away. 1 Washington Star.
 4s No one. has stopped to think what smight happen to this country with William Jennings Bryan as president, backed by German-American votes. but in less than a year we may be thinking about it pretty seriously Brooklyn Eagle.
 Some men are born rich, some cut franchise melons, and some head l Mexican revolutions.-Ka City Star.
 When dollar is once broken it is a waste of time looking around for the pieces. Philadelphia Telegraph. 5 While it is eminently desirable that 1 more officers should be provided for the United States army, and in the interest of that end the attendance at 1 West Point ought to be largely in- creased, it is to be questioned if the establishing of. additional military academies is called for or would be | desirable. The accommodations at i West Point can be extended, and the attendance at least doubled. without any special diff1culty.-Springfiel Union.
 The women who are carrying on suffrage campaign by telephone will place, less reliance upon long distance political methods after they have had more experience. Telephones are ex- ceedingly useful for some purposes, especially for the circulation of prom ises which those who make them do | not intend to keep.-New York World.
 The German argument in thirty-five words: What is the use of spending years in gathering the arms and the men to whip any two nations if neu- trals are to be allowed to sell to these | nations the means of defending them selves ?-Chicago Tribune.
 Inventors having patent self-starters for Mexican government of the 1916 model should send the same to Cor nish N. H., with return postage en- closed for the device, if not wanted f No Villa favored individual need ap- ply.-Burlington Free Press.
 The war has already cost France more than the indemnity exacted by ! Germany in 1871, to say nothing of the destruction of life and property And the worst is yet to come.--Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The fellows who followed the colonel out of the republican party have evidently received a tip from him to lead him back.--Buffalo En- quirer.
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