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New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
BIG PRESENT FOR REILLY.

The letter carriers and postal clerks are a very appreciative class of men. It is announced today that they are to hold mass meeting at the Seventy first Regiment armory in New York on Sunday, April IA, when former Congressman Reilly will be the guest of honor, and it is said that he is to he made the recipient of present which will amount to $25,OO0. Mir. Reilly took an interest in the carriers and clerks when he took his seat in cong gress four years ago, and he never allowed it to diminish while he re- mained a member of that body, his service finally ending on the fourth of the present month. There have been but few men who made their way into the front rank of states men in such a short time as Thomas L. Reilly. He Is a good speaker and what is better still, he knows what to say and how to say 1t. He re- ceived an excellent training in the newspaper business, in which he was also a leader, and the information thus obtained gave him fund to draw upon when he entered on congress sional career. New Britain has always been proud of him because it was here he was born, here where he obtained his education, and when
 he visits New Britain the people arc
 glad to see and hear him.
 The letter carriers and postal clerks
 have been interested in legislative
 matters; Mr. Reilly saw the justice
 of their claims and espoused their
 cause from the first because he
 thought that they should be encour- aged, and he gave the best that was il him for them. They apparently rsalize this and propose to show their appreciation of the services of a mem- l hsr of congress who was close to the 1 p.ople and those issues which are cal l cllated to benefit so many It is ex- l ptcted that there will be at least 10,- 1 nlO carriers and clerks at the New 1 Y,rIl meeting. Tom is, therefore, as- sred of most enthusiastic greet | ing
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29

lfe is no division Of opinion in .g9 associated communities as to the ueslrability of promptly passing the DlH, which will confer upon munich paI1tles the right to change their charters as they see fit, without first securing formal authorization from the legislative body. Two years ago permission was given by. the legisla- ture under restrictions for cities to vote bond issues without appeal to the general assembly and the latest bill is another step toward home rule for the municipality, which has been so long hampered by the careless super vision 9f state legislators. The old plan did not work well and the fact has been made clear in numberless instances, when legislative tinkering with city charters made the remedy secured after long delay worse than the disease it was intended to cure.- Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
MCMILLAN'S Dainty New NeCkWear and
 LaCeS
You'll Need to Complete Your Easter
 GOWn

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 EASTER NECKWEAR Dainty Lace and Embroidered Or gandie Collars in the new haire and roll effects, at 25C, 40c, 75c, 9Sc each. ENIB. ORGANDIE VESTEES
 Special at 25c each.
 ORIENTAL LACE VIGSTEES at 49c each, white and ecru, values to $1.0O.
 NEW WINDSOR TIES
 AT 25c and soc each.
 Plain colors, plaids and Crepe de Chimes.
 BEAUTY WAIST CORDS AND TIES.
 1Oc, 15c, 25c each.
 All colors in Silk Cords, Chenille and Crepe de Chine ties.
 STIFF LAUNDERED COLLARS Are being worn. We are showing them ill plain and satin stripes to be worn with windsor ties. Priced 12Ac and 25c each.
 1INII3. VOILES AND CREPE DII
 CHIMES 40 inches wide, at 59c and 75c yard (At Lace Dept.) "'" ALLOVERS AND FIGURED NETS.
 18c to $2.25 yard
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 ORIENTAL LAC7E EDGINGS. Extra wide. Special 15c yard. value 25c. .s -. BEAD AND CRYSTAL TRIMMINGS White and colors for evening 19c to $2.0S yard. including Bandings, Festoons and motifs. . ENIB. CREPE DE CHINE HAND
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New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
). MCMILLAN
 1O9-2Ol-2O3 Main Street

legions of first reserves, and are try ing to stampede this nation into that very militarism which has been the curses of Europe and is largely re- sponsiblc for this war.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
' STREAMS

New York Sum-
 y had an lter-
 he pollution of
 purses, as h saw
 ,ewage. raisd the
 upply of thestate
 incid entail, said
 ness of New Ha-
 tically ruinId as
 taminarlon d the
 ut. The first suit
 } to recover dam
 n of a stream was
 years ago, the
 7 Kellogg of New
 endant was New
 right at the time
 to empty it's sew blk. and was then
 0 for polluting g it. hade py the plain- B that before the
 into that famous
 a leading trout wage killed the feshet time when ed on the, land it getation. Those
 counted because e case, the plain arded damages of D loss of water
 in the claim for Ills" claim that the hg injured, has a Ethical point being lsiness has been hbly that the fresh hlso been injured, ion being that the bad has lost it's old Eainst the oyster ew years ago when Fphoid fever was tion of oyster beds b accusation was |O by the oyster There can hardly Eeyer, but that the |ticut are becoming e and that as the tn has decided tha { e is nothing to do ying sewage into 5. No one has sug- T the form of q ring for the sewage, 1t to solve It's own s can. Some have
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29

Lhe WaterS,A sO
 has been filled with
 Large expenses. The
 more than once that
 make the investiga-
 Whole problem can
 also foot the bills
 ing sewage re-
 eins 1t will be
 iity, how it can be
 tays.
 IN be carried into
 Of water and even- sthe ocean, where the eater is so great that tho III contamination ceases to sthat point. No doubt this 1 feeling of the legislature Wears ago but the population sincreased to such a figure and Manufacturing plants have grown kssize and the volume of business has Increased to such an extent with onding increase in the use of acids. that the question is now viewed from an entirely different standpoint and the health authorities are of the opinion that the public health is en- dangered and the courts have said on more than one occasion that the pollution of streams operates to the financial disadvantage of adjoining property owners These conditions make it necessary to stop 1t.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
FACTS AND RANCHES.

At Methodist conference in To- p@a, automobile riding on Sunday has been taken up for consideration altng with other offenses, like theater gong and Sunday baseball The res oluion did not provide for the ex- trene penalty, but suggested that au- tonobile riding on Sunday was vio- laton of the commandment and that disciplinary measures might follow Waterbury American.
 liter contest extending over two sessions of the legislature, the pres entsenate put an end to the teachers persion bill. There is but little doubt but what every teacher has her own ophion in regard to members of tho serAte, but the fact that the senate changes, while teachers are supposed tc remain on their job during life. mates Middletown Perny Press.
 The minister who does not know hispeople in their home and in their particular personal environment and meet, can not be other than speaker treaing academically of religious matters, rather than a preacher of the gospel as applied to the practical problems that real persons ure actu : allyHstruggling with. So apart from anylother consideration, the minister who would effectively point the way of life has got to know h1s people personally Norwich Record.
 1t is now over a year since a little township in Wisconsin originated a bright ideae which seems to have talk cn root in a very large section of the state. When the town in question -nEounced it's purpose of observing d "pay-up week. in much all debtors would make settlement. everybody smiled. But the thing was done, and several thousand unsettled bills were cleared in the process. Now the place has had its most prosperous year, and mary other Western towns and not a
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29

ssseaa s.'saas' st. ;.
 the fifth Frd.
 ndoned ir yor
 pe whlcnva Ers ago. ew
 ilt the extion
 agreed tolthls
 the connSicut
 1t to realizfha
 work thAan- bw conpantwill plication aa the E the corpokion prnainder athe
 1asnted bythis
 l, all probality
 buildings, and khei,n more day k11e in it's hiory. les, which lave Int on such hat h urging thpro- h the hopdhat bwding of tene Eed and thscity } care of itbeo- reap anotheDen- D increased and necessary f it's lity. New Btain 4 houses to aDn- n and It neel the the new buihngs 'ension will rob fling boom, hich in this conhun- nean an inease Id.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-29
COVERT COATS FOR WO' MEN, AT S10.9S.

These Coats in this much wanted material were made to sell for $13.9S and are made Of high grade covert. Stain is used to line these coats to the waist and they arc trimmed with a contrasting and Tommy Atkins belt. Specially priced for this week, ...,...., *lo.So
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
THE SUN HIS OWN TIMEkEEPFR
by Garrett r. ScrvIss.

Kindly tell US all about a sundial.
how 1T is built, tho principle under
lying the idea. Can 4 set sundal give
the correct time summer and winter
alike?-W. y. ". Richmond Hill"
Horas non numero n!si serenas or
count only tho sunny hours"). Such
was the favorito motto inscribed on tho
OLD sundials. and II reveals at once the
true application OF the instrument as
a mcasurer OF time, and the poetic
beauty OF the conception on which 1t
is based.
The sundial has given to literature
one OF its finest allcgorical phrases
The shadow on tho dial" What meta
phor, or rhetorical figure. exccls that
In contemplativc power?
The slow on-creeping OF the dark
gray. delicate cdg ed shade Of the gno-
mon, gradually reaching and covering
the successive figures OF the hours Is a
curiously fascinating sight II is like
the march Of doom. With n magnify
ing glass YOU can see the movement OF
times shadowy finger. To the .magina-
ton II - an uncnnny sight Il is mere
motion made visible. FOR what seems
10 move Is nothing, because shadow
had no substance. There IS no lnvcn-
ton that man has ever made which
puts under his eyes go startling nm
image of the i!cct!nCncss OF life as is
furnished by the suudal. The move
mcnt Of clock hands has no such effect.
for that Is maniicstly purely me-
chanic1l phenomenon. Here. perhaps.
lies the occult reason why these in
strumcnts have never been popular,
why they were often attached TO
churches and cemeteries why moral
maNims appeared in the notices that
they bore, and why in these days.
whenever you ind 4 man VINO has
taken pains TO furnish his garden with
sundial, you are sure 20 discover that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
War Stories

They have n novel method in Canada
Of inducing cnlistrnents. Whether or
not 1t Is an imported novelty can not
be told until the British censorship
Is lifted concerning recruiting
An American recently in Montreal
for a day or two on business watched
a company drilling, and felt himself
battered when Il lady OF fine appear
a3ce seemed TO be giving him inspcc-
ton with critical eye. AS he moved
on. she handed him a dainty envelope.
wrcn around the corner, he opened
the presumably tender missive. II con-
tanned only IL small white feather
Tho only compliment he could take
to himself was that he was deemed
1T for Canadian enlistment.
The colonel of n German regiment
summoned his bravcst young ober.
Lieutenant. Herr Lieutenant. l shall
recognize the bravery OF your com
Dany by placing 1t in the van
: Tho boy smiled joyously, then
sobered But, Herr Colonel. thirty
men We shall need more than
one vafi."-Wall Street Journal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
Working for Real Preparedness

D EAL public service will be performed ut
the meeting to be held Saturday even
ing, under the auspices of the National
Security League if it places Richmond senti-
mcnt sQuarely behind n sane and conservative
scheme Of national preparedness. The ship
Of state steers pcrilously nowadays between
the Scylla of miltarsm and the Charybdis of
the pacifsts uIWttcrable idioces. and tho
helping hands of thinking men should be
stretched out TO the pilot at the helm.
There is no question. we believe, that Rich
mond does indorse prcparedness-a prepared
ness, however that understands for what It
prepares, that is prediCatcd on our situation.
on our physical rcmotencss from the origin
of any probable attack economic
status and on the genius and tradition of the
American people.
There is no respectable advocacy here OF
the wild plans to increase the standing army
to a million or half million men, or TO build
a navy that will rival Great Britain's Senti-
ment. far it has crystalized. approves
a regular army OF 1875, 600 or 100. 900. with
large additions to the officer corps; navy
abreast of the times and fitted to repel in
vasion. and a National Guard doubled or
trebed in numbers, and brought by Federal
financial assistance and the training of regu-
lar officers to such efficiency that it may TAX
its place in the first line of defense
1t may be, the call for Saturday nights
meeting says, that militarism does not menace
this nation-"that there is no danger from
such a spirit to the people Of the United
States" If that be true, 1t is because the
hard sense OF America will prevail against
such false guides and prophets as Colonel
Roosevelt and his satellites. That hard
sense must prevail also, however, against a
considerable and influential element among
the advocates Of high protection. who are
anxious to see military expenditures enor-
mously increased. because such expenditures
and the resulting need of new national rev.
enues would fortify their demand for in
creased tariff schedules.
Perhaps the larger danger is that the
shrieking for unnecessary and tremendously
expensive ornaments may so disgust conserva-
tive minds that real preparedness will be
neglected, and that the country will slip back
into its old Indifference. That would be a
terrible and GROWING misfortune. In aiding
to avert Il by informing the public as to the
real situations real needs, such meetings as
that 10 be held here valuable agencies
Ignorance and misconCeption OF large public
questions, especially as they affect foreign
relations, are among democracy's most seri-
Gus handicaps.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
From tho Dallas Morning News.

with the variations Of tho earth's roal
motion around It. Four times In 4
year. about April Is. Juno "a. Septem-
Der l and December a.. tho clock and
the sun agree.
There you have the whole philosophx
OF tho sund!al: 1t holds up It's motion
lers Anger Uho gnomon). exactly in
the meridian on sunny days. and tho
sun. travelling from east TO west
through the sky. throws the shadow
or the snomon onto a graduated dial
and causes that shadow to move cast
ward across the dial. keeping perfect
step with its own progress in tho oppo-
site direction, II shows the true local
sun time at all seasons.
The simplest OF all forms Of sundial
and the easiest to make. Is n Nat plano
OF metal or stone placed horizontally
and having the line of the true meri-
uian OF the place, or tho true north
and-south line drawn through it's CEN
ter. Another limo. at right angles TO
this. Is the o'clock. or east and west
line.
Upon the meridian line 81 set UP the
gno'non. thin triangular piece OF
metal one Of whose angles is 4 rirh,
angle, while one OF its two other angles
is equal to tho latitude OF The place
whore tho instrument is to be used
The gnomon is fixed upright on the
dial in such a way that its ripht-anglcd
corner is at the northern end Of tho
base. or side on which II stands. while
tho side opposite 10 the right anCl.
POINTS directly toward the polo OF the
heavens. whose elevation above ;hc
horizon always equals tho latitude %:
the plac" where the observer stands
The shadow @, the gnomon VIII move
across tho plate on tho side opposite 20.
that on which tn. sun shines and will
reach, In Succession. n series at hour
lines which mus; nc drpvu ~, = ~.
distances apars - To correspond v'i
the relative positions OF the pr'ac:
mcTidiaUS OF Tho globe
The edge OF tho shadow aopr0ao
the guomou before noon ANA rrr
from il after noon. ~ noon ~ .-
VIII shine directly. down upon -. o.
% tn" upright triangle. or cxa~,!t .n
its plane and there Viii be no 80. .',t,.
The moon line on tic dial correspond fl..,.
rs We have already seen. with tn ai-
rcriiCn Of The @noIuou itself STANDING
on the south side OF the dial, the fD-r-
noon hours Will be on the left, ana IN.
afternoon hours on the right;
The propcr positions ior the hour
lines on the dial can be asccrtaincd h,
simple scom"iricai method. which is
too lon. 10 bc described here, but which
viii be found, for instance. In the l:n-
cyclopcdia Americana II is very i'm
portant to have the meridian on the
dial placed IN exact accordance with
the real meridian. and the ascertain.
'nent OF the latter is n problem in ele-
mcntary practical astronomy MANY
complicated and extremely beautiful
forms OF sundtal We're made In the
days before clocks and watches bcca NE
common. They are precious curlos tor
those who can appreciate them.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
Horse with wooden Leg.

Arthur +, DELPHI, stock raiser ana
tobacco grower living six miles soutn
OF I,awrenccburg, Ind, has a flve-year-
old blooded mare that wears wooden
leg and travels nearly as we'll with
tho assistance OF her artificial limb
as other animals with four good legs.
When the animal was colt It's left
hind leg was crushed so badly that
it was amputatcd just below tho mock
joint The wound soon healed. TWO
years ago when DELPHI decided to work
the mare, he had a wooden leg con-
structed for her, and after few
months she was able to use 1t to n
great advantage. The animal now has
a fine blooded colt by her side, and
has been worked with the other horses
on the farm during the season, plant
Ing and harvesting the crops.--ln-
dianapolis News.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
Nails and the Eidolon

The system adopted in Berlin OF
driving nails into the wooden statu.
OF Won Hindenburg is reminiscent OF
another old belief. In this case the
practice Is revived for the cause Of
charity, but in less enlightened days
IL was looked on as a way OF punish
Ing an enemy, and was meant to DO
the reverse of charitable. The method
was TO procure an eidolon. or image.
of the Objectionable person, and to
halter 1t. or drive nail into It. as
the occasion OF revenge demanded
This was supposed to be followed by
some proportionate suffering on the
par: OF the original OF the eidolon The
Berliners, however. seem to have out
grown such belief. Otherwise II
might be supposed to so hard with the
present god OF their idolatry.-Pall Mall
Gazette
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
The Voice of the People


To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
on Suffrage Condemned" and printed in this
column October 9. the writer denounces the
Jersey election and states that r'aw Jersey long
since abandoned woman suffrage because OF
The Presidents atti.ude and his pubic an
nouncement Of it need no defense. Suffragists
upon this vital question because of his own
utterances; man with his exalted conception
of government and individual responsibility
duties. And certainly as an individual he has
right to say In advance which way his vote
Is to be cast In q state election.
Tho facts concerning the experiment in equal
suffrage in New Jersey such that they can
not DO used to-day as an argument against it,
New Jersey in 1906. Both white and colorcd
wGmsn We're admitted as voters though the
domi mated by their owners Tho frauds prac-
ticed at these elections were numerous and
teen were made to change their costumes and
sent back to vote three or four times. Men
names. It is apparent that no fair election
could be held under such circumstances and
votes. 4 statute was therefore passed limiting
the right Of suffrage to free, white males
twenty-one years of age"
1t is evident that any ono who would use
the above facts MS an argument against woman
suffrage to-day has that type OF mind which
recognize tho facts at hand. To-day women
vote in twelve States in the. Union--thcre is
their votes. Not long ago n huge election
fraud unearthed in Colorado and invcsti-
meen 900 s%d h@t M o sd ho1 1o
only two women were found guilty of that
of New Jersey be denied the rights of citizen
ship in 1915 because bad men were able 10
eoerce the votes of women In that state in 1906?
Richmond, Va. Octobsr 10. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
News of Fifty Years Ago
from Newspaper Files october IA, 1861

IN the election yesterday B. Johnson Barbour,
le 10 eC.oheress' received in this city majority
bined. ~
, me men elected to represent Richmond in
me forthcoming session of the Legislature are
Ine house L. Tazewell. n. NJ. Lee and Peachy
~ ~ Niat'f,n. John II. Gilmer elected to the
S ' me election In this city and in Hen
rico passed off quietly
dispatch from Fortress Monroe says Mr.
DaNs Is greatly pleased with his change of
quarters TO carroll Hall. BY temporary steps
erected for the purpose he goes direct from
carroll Hall to the parapet when no starts out
for exercise.
Judge Underwood, Of the United State Dis
smith. OF Alexandria, to qualify to practice law
IN MS and other courts. thus totally ignoring,
President Johnsons pardon
mere are new rumors about the trial OF Mr.
laws Inc latest to gain currency, and which
Is declared TO be based the very best of
authority Is that tn. trial will certainly be
commenced before the end OF this month and
that 1t will take place either in Virginia or
Washington.
General Hooker, OF the United States Army
Interested himself very much in the case OF Con-
Ieoerate Nice-President Stephens. and Ii is al
legged that 1t was mainly through the generals
Influence that Mr. Stephens was released from
Fort Warren on parole.
The North Carolina election for members OF
Congress and the State Legislature and for Gov
ernor has been definitely set for the second
Thursday in November.
Confederate General ]. b. Magruder is in Eng
land. not as an exile but n visitor to his
sister Lady Abinger. He is having n royal good
time.
tain Henry Wrz Will, by the time 1t Is finished
cost the United States government something
over 100000.
Immense frauds against the Internal Reeve
nue. Department have been unearthed in Nash
Vile. One liquor house alone has managed 10
beat the government: out of $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-14
No Politics In the Army

7 NDER an order of the War Department,
- army officers hereafter Will refrain from
active participation in politics. This is as
it should he. If there is one branch Of the
public service in which partisan activity is
Especially Objectionable, it is the military
branch.
Secretary Garrsons order was inspired by
the eloqucnce Of Captain Charles H. Morrow
OF the Eighteenth Infantry, in behalf of his
brother, l.. p. Morrow, who is the Republican
candidate for Governor of Kentucky or
course il makes no difference that the Of
fender is Republican and his speeches Re
publican speeches; II would be equally OBJ
1ectionable had he discoursed the soundest
Sort OF Democratic doctrine
Acceptance of commission in the army or
navE involves some surrender of the privileges
OF the ordinary American citizen One of
these is the right to make political speeches
ana to take active part in political agitation
fortunately, few officers require to be re-
minded OF this, and the reminder to Captain
Morrow probably will serve for all of these
exceptions 10 the general rule