New Britain herald., 1915-10-05
FACTS AND RANCHES.

FACTS AND FANCIEs.
 It is useless to tell us that Georgia people and other people are the same. We have seen Ty Cobb play baseball St. Louis Post-Despatch
 A Kansas City paper has this head ing over story regarding a formerly of Kansas newspaper man, Henry Schott to Chicago. Certainly a new developm ent in rapid transit.-Topeka Capital.
 Being an old man and having now become accustomed to a state of war, Carranza naturally objects to any thing which might compel him to change his settled habits.-Chicago Herald.
 Canada's hens are not doing their duty in this hour of trial, so Uncle Sam is shipping eggs by the million across the border Here is something to crow about.-Pniladelph Inquirer
 We are glad to learn officially that the heated spell was a great thing for growing crops. If it had kept up much longer we would have been unable to eat anything at all.-Philadelphia ln- quirer.
 With a permanent hereditary presi- dent, as proposed, the republic of China would be self-governing in about the same degree as man whose wife refuses to let him carry a ch-key.-Clevcland Plain Dealer.
 So far as the Tammanyized, Trac- tonized and Whitmanized public-ser- vice commission for this district is concerned, it aved in long ago, and the collapse was due not to rotten rock but to rotten politics.-New York W orld.
 They say that the devil never takes a vacation, But he does. Every time he sees a bunch of hypocrites assem- bled he lays off and takes a good rest He knows that business will be good while ne is away.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
 If the wireless continues to spread itself, will it not be possible for a good conversations list to talk to him self all the way around the world, and thus hear the sound of his own voice to his hearts content?-New Haven Register.
 One of the sporting statisticians an- nounces that there are 2,50O,000 golf CTS in the United States, but probably he neglected one important distinc- tion in making his. count. About 2,457, ,0O0 of them arc merely trying to be golfers.-Providen Journal.
 Dr. Heiser, ..'the man who cleaned up Manila,' may become Dr. Goldwa- ter's successor as health commission CT of New York city. The fact is re- ceiving more anC more recognition that federal training is an excellent qualification for municipal service.- New York World.
 Champagne is playing an important part in the new Eur ,pean war devel- opments, but not as beverage. The gains that the news dispatches state the French are making in Champagne are gains of ground, not vintage Springfield Union.
 The suffragists claim 206 votes in the new congress. Perhaps, however, that strength will not mean so much as they hope; there were no social ists in the German reichstag year xrh thew accomplishe !--Roston Globe.
 German writers have protested dis tress at the appearance in the allies ranks of soldiers of Asiatic and Afri- can races. The same Humanitarian concern might be turned to good &C., count in an effort to restrain the fan aticism of the Turks toward their Armenian subjects.-Springfield Re- publican.
 Tn a story of family life among the African ssavages a writer says that plural marriages are universal and the presence of sometimes as high as sixty wives under the roof of one man creates disturbing influence He certainly will not be accused of over drawing the possible domestic friction under such conditions.-Milwauk e News.
 s5ss Resign, Mr. Whiton.
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 The Hartford Post has every re- spect for LuciuS E.. Whiton, senior IT ember of the state board of arbitra- +io,, xubo stated poipf blank tO this