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Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
NORTH CANAAN HAS

A population Jf 2,171, (census of 1910) Two railroaGS.
 National and Savings Banks. Trolley railroad extending through the Berkshires to Pittsfield and beyond. Up-to-date High School and frst-class school system.
 Five churches
 First-class hotel.
 Fire department including chemical en- zine.
 Ten miles of State Roads. Electric light and power plant, Complete Sewer System. Never-failing water supply and the best water in. the state. I Wde-awake Business Mems Association. Extensive lime and iron industries Fraternal and benefit societies. Brass baud.
 Up-to-date department stores. Pure air and wholesome climate.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

and lively sense of gratitude unblunt- ed, we can do no less, even though we can do no more, at this time, than come out flat. footed and uncompromis- ingly Ill support of the Osburn boom for mayor of New Haven. Anl there we take our stand.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

Tie late lamented George Fitch was no less philosopher than a humorist and he studied and knew human nature. Here is one of his nubbins:
 After a good journeyman hGter has spent few years on the job he gets so much acid into his thoughts that it eats large holes in his dis position, and people begin to climb hastily tor the other side of the street when they see him coming. Many man has hated himself out of a job, out of his optimism, and out of his friends, while the object of his hate has gone on gaining weight and happiness each year"
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
TRUE BELIEF.
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WAIT.

Sometimes when the heart is sore troubled,
 Lfe's sky is all molten and gray; When hopes star has slipped from its zenith, And you are too weary to pray. There's One understands your great heartache, Recorded each time that you wert, He knows that your faith is all steadfast.
 And unbroken your tryst you have kept. He knows and His mercy so bouudless
 Has power to assuage every grief; And peace, like sweet benedictiun
 Of love, brings the heart true relief
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
MAILS CLOSE GOING

MAILS CLOSE GOING- North East South West 9:48 a. m. S:13 a. m. 7:44 q. m. 10:2O a. m. 7:03 p. m. 3:55 D. m. 2:32 D. m 6.3S D. m. s.. MAILS OPEN FROM
 North East South West 8:25 a. m $50 a. m 10:3n D. m goo a. m 3:10 p. m. 11:00 a. m. TAO D. i'm. 4:25 D. m. 7:15 D. m.
 Mail closes on Route No. 1, R. F. D at 10:3O a. m For Southfledand Mill River at l. D. m
 - E. L ROBERTS, P. M
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
THE EWS' AGENTS

Extra copies of The News are on sale at the eaice of publication and at
 Dempsey's Drug Store, Canaan, Post Office, East Canaan. Post Office, Falls Village, George T. Johnson's Store, Norfolk H. L. Rood, Ashley Falls. A. l.. Dickinson, Salisbury. J. W. Morgan, Great Harrington, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

"Why does a baby cry so much when there's nothing really the matter with it ?"
 "I don't know" replied the woman who was pushing baby carriage. "Why does 9 man become so grief. stricken when the home team loses a ball game ?'-Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

Subscribers are requested to notify the pub fsher promptly of any failure to receive papers reg ularly, changes of residence etc.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

First Artist-''The umbrella you lent me? have lent it to friend. "
 Second Artist-"That is very awk. ward. The man who lent it to my friend tells him that the owner wants it."-LeRiTe.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM

The News should appeal with special force to the sagacious business man.
 tt has an extensive circulation in Western Connecticut, and especially throughout Litch- Held County and Southern Be-&shire
 It has competent staff of wide-awake respondents in tue various towns to report the ocal dnngs each week. anl goes into the homes aud is perused by the entire families of the thrifty, intelligent, reading class of people whom She long gheaded advertiser most desires to reach.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
WRITE LETTER ABOUT

Communications on subjects of general inte -- est to The News readers are invited. but no attention will be paid to anonymous Ie,ters.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

"'Tatch your tail-lIghts and keep to the right" is an injunction to automobilists delivered hy the Connecticut Western News. Whats good advice for Canaan is sound advice for every other community. If you don't watch out the motor cycle state police will get you.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

The wives and sweethearts of the Milford Business Men are en- toying themseves today in the con- pany of the business men at a clambake at Morningside.-M ford Citizen.
 Turn about is fair play. The presi- dent of the State Editorial Association should have put it up to the scribes' organization to engineer that picnic as mark of gratitude and reciprocity.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1915.

Not as we take, but as we give: Not as we pray, but as we livess These are the things that make for
 peace,
 Both now and after Time shall cease. Clarence Vrmy.
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02

The Rockville Journal recognizes a sentiment when he sees it. Wi
Connecticut western news., 1915-09-02
FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS

To RENT-Cottage at Twin Lakes for month of Sept. or Oct, Inquire of T.. l., Roberts F, M., Ca.aau, NouL,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
WHY SNOW HEATS THE HANDS

The Brain Calls 20 the Blood TO Help
the Chilled Skin.
1t b very wonderful that our bands
should become warm after playing
With snow. for 1t must be perfectly
certain that the cold snow takes heat
away very quickly from our warm
hands.
The warmth OF our hands IL derived
entirely from the blood. except at times
when something hot is actually shining
upon them. Therefore, for some rea.
30 or other. very much larger amount
OF blood than usual must be flowing
through our banda The blood is no
warmer In itself. or the whole OF the
body would at once notice 1t, but what
really happens Is that the hands are
getting richer and quicker supply Of It.
The effect Is just the same, really, 40
the delightful glow that we feel after
q COLD bath. The brain has the duty
of taking care of the skin. as Of every
other part OF the body. Now, when
the skin has been chilled its life has
been heavily taxed. and 1t will suffer
unless 1t is compensated. So the brain
orders the small blood vessels In the
skin. wherever 1t has been chilled. to
relax and widen SO that the warm
blood Is able to circulate quickly
through them-'"The Child's Book Of
Knowiedge."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
A Mystery Of Nature.

The worldwide fame and distinction
Of the sweetbrier rose are due to its
fragrant foliage. The leaves have rus.
set glands on their understood, which
secrete aromatic oil; hence the deli,
cious perfume Of the foliage No other
rose in the world has sweet scented
foliage. The perfume Of all other roses
10 In the petals in the leaves. There
are many types Of brier roses with
small pink blossoms and other charac-
teristics exactly like the true sweet
brier, but not one with aromatic foil.
age. This is one Of the unexplained
mysteries of natura-Suburban Life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
HOW SPEECH CHANGES.

gasiish Words Are Now Very Differ.
snt From What They Used to es.
A striking characteristic Of the Eng.
6sh language Is the ability its words
possess Of passing from one part Of
speech into another. In the course of
ID history English has been largely
stripped Of the endings which once
characterized different parts of speech.
Our infinitives no longer end In en-.
tho representative of an early an. We
10 not say tellen. still less tellan. but
simply tell Our nouns have discarded
the or or in which many Of them
terminated originally. Dropa has be-
come drop" ende has become "end."
wudu haSbe9eme wood"
In cont Auencg Of the disappearance
Of the ordinations. words have been
reduced to their root form. Hence they
pass with little difficulty from one part
OF speech into another. This was not
90 once
Let Us take our old, familiar gram.
NAUTICAL friend love as an Illustration.
In Latin 1t Is amare as verb: as
noun 1t is amor. One in consequence
cannot be used for the other. Such
transition difference Of termination
completely prevents. So in our earliest
English speech the noun love was lufu,
the verb was lufan. Here again one
could not be used for the other.
But when the substantive ending was
dropped from lufu and the verbal end.
ing from lufian the root luf alone re-
NAMED. That has given the word love.
This can be used indifferently either as
a noun or a verb. In both cases the ex.
listing final e Is Of no importance. It Is
q mere nfeless survival which has
weight only in the conventional spell
ing and nowhere else.-Professor Thorn.
az R. Lounsbury in Harper's Magazine
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
4 MILITARY DANDY.
Ruzskys oaintinsss Under Fire dc
Start Of His Rise 70 Fame,

RuxsIsy's Daintinsss Under Fire Dc
Start Of His Rise 70 Fame.
General Ruxsky. who commanded
the Russian army that overran Gall.
ciA and became in consequence the
hero Of the day In Russia. was con.
spicuous 40 q young lieutenant for the
daintiness and elegance Of his dress.
In the Turko- Russian war Of 1877
Ruzsky, then young lieutenant, serv.
ed as aid-de-camp on the star Of ono
OF the Russian generals. In the heat
Of the battle Of Plevna be was order.
ed to take dispatch to the command.
er In chief, the famous Skobelev. He
found Skobelev standing In rather
exposed position. surrounded BY his
stan. 4 ~
As young Ruzsky delivered his dis.
patch a shell from a Turkish battery
struck the ground near BY and, ex-
ploding. flung a shower Of dust and
dirt over the party. Most of the OH.
GERS invoIuntarily ducked their heads,
but young Ruzsky stood 6rm and
erect Then. as calmly as II he were
In ballroom, he drew from his peck.
ct spotless linen handkerchief and
6ecked the dust from bis Immaculate
uniform.
A smile of derision passed over the
faces of the star officers. but Skobelev
looked at the young lieutenant with
sudden interest and asked his name
"You will remain with me as a mem.
Der Of my STAFF" he said to the as
tonished young officer. II am in need
Of such men as you"
Years after. when Ruzsky's service
had proved the correctness Of General
Skobelev's estimate of his abilities, the
general told the incident Of the burst.
ing shell to the car.
when a soldier has such a keen re-
gard for his appearance before bis
fellow man that no danger can make
him unconcerned about the figure he
cuts" explained Skobelev. ''he makes
dependable leader of men. He will
suffer death rather than permit any
regard for his personal safety to i'm.
pair the impression Of inferiority that
he is SO anxious to make upon his fel.
low man. Even though he be COW
ard at heart he will always play the
part Of a brave man in his desire to
have men consider him possessed Of
superior qualities.
I'm Ruzsky l am doubly fortunate. -
concluded the veteran general. "for
RuZSkv ia both a 6andv md q hro vo
man."-Youth's Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
HER IDEALS CHANGED.
Che Saw Very Large Light After She
Was Happily Married.

Che Saw Very Large Light After She
Was Happily Married.
There was girl who was quite sure
that when it came her turn to marry
she could not live in house any
smaller than her fathers. Love In a
cottage" was not her idea Cupid. she
thought, needed plenty of room to flap
his wings and to practice his archery;
he could not pine in birdcage. So
she must have an immense library
with fireplace that would take a six
foot log; there must be drawing room
with parQuetry flooring and thick rugs
sliding about on it; the dining room
must be able to hold large table with
an imposing bowl of flowers. She Wis.
ualized herself ruling a salon, hostess
to brilliant coterie Of people who
would help her social ambition and her
husbands business.
A school friend Of hers came to see
her year and a half after she had
married and found her In little frame
house on a side street, ridiculously
happy with her husband and her baby.
The back yard was Just about big
enough to hold whirling clothes
frame and narrow flower bed against
the fence; the piazza was as snug as a
sailors hammock; the largest room
was about the size of the vestibule Of
the brides girlhood home.
II know what you're thinking"
laughed the proud little housekeeper to
her guest you're wondering how I
could make up my mind to live In this
tiny piano box. But I've made dis
covery. I've found that It isn't the size
of the house that matters; it's the size
Of the heart and the biggest hearts can
live in the littlest houses. "-Philadel.
phia Ledger.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
His "Junior Partner, Entered.

His "Junior Partner Entered.
Littleman was telling the young bach
elors at a recent affair uptown just
how to manage a wife.
when you young fellows are mar
ried. you must take the upper hand at
once" he said. mo weakness. no SEN
timent! Make your wife understand
that. though you love her and so forth.
she Is the junior partner. If necessary,
resort to the effective methods of our
cavemen ancestors-use the heavy
hand! Put her nose to the domestic
grindstone. Why, when I speak to my
wife
Littleman never finished. Why? See
headline.-New York Times.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
Pension.


Pension" is among the numerous
cases OF words OF Latin origin spe-
cialized to mean something which the
original did not mean to the Romans.
pension" signifies simply payment
in the broadest sense, and We are at
liberty to draw the sound moral that q
pension Is not really something thrown
in as a gratuity, but deferred pay.
The word for soldiers pay was
''supendium." and here we have an
other curious shift Of meaning. No
body speaks Of q soldiers ''stipend"
now. 1t u a magistrate or q clergy
man whose pay receives that name.
The ''supendium" was paid in Jumps
three or four times year. and the
word came to be used to mean years
term Of servtce.-L0nd0n Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
Neither European or Asiatio.

- /, Neither European or Asiatie.
What is it that has made Russia the
great enigma, the stranger both to Eu-
rope and Asia? Beyond doubt. the fact
that she is herself neither one. To the
Asiatic she is something Of q Euro
pean; to the European she is something
of an Asiatic; yet to both she is not
wholly either the one or the other. She
is like great tree with her ancient
trunk rising up out Of the Caucasus.
the early home of the Slavic people
and towering up into the Ices Of the
north and with her branches extending
east and west into the sunrise and the
sunset-Century.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
The Women Of 1000 q. c.

That woman painted and powdered
1000 years ago is shown by com.
plete vanity box, used in 1000 B. c., in
the University Of Pennsylvania mu.
scum. 1t is u gift of the British School
OF Archaeology in Egypt
The box. which is of delicately carv.
ed ivory. contains receptacles for
paints and powders. There is also a
glass container. probably used for per.
fumes. The box is opened by pressing
a concealed spring. Under the lid is a
piece Of highly polished stone. which
served as mirror. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
Explaining eravitation's Law.

Explaining Gravitation's Law.
II you ask scientific man why a
stone falls to the ground he will tell
you that he doesn't know. Not long
ago he would have replied that it fell
to. the ground because the earth and
stone attract one another. This is very
much the same as saying that an IN
supported stone falls to the ground
because. as has been ascertained by
frequent experiments, an unsupported
stone falls to the ground.-Scientific
American.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
WORDS THAT ARE ACCUSED.


To Uss rhsm osfsrsS chs Yssidsss d
-. 10 Invite Osath. I, i. I,
The YeEdeeA peculiar Turkish
sect. are perhaps tue only people In
the world who consider certain letters.
words and phrases aIbeins cured and
the person who pronounces them .
worthy subjsct for immediate destruc-
don.
They attach no value to human HE.
and u these ordinary dangers are add.
ed those arising from the embarrass-
ing etiquette Of conversational tnber.
course With them, fof II any one mad.
ventently speaks the word devil"
satan" Of anything With. the same
meaning be commits a mortal ofiense.
and to cut ID his head 70 q God pleas.
ing act sacred duty Of the Yezidee.
the fuldllment OF which will, insure
him place in paradise.
In IKE manner several letters are
wholly banished from their language.
chiefly those which contain the sound
Of ''shun." The Arabian word '.nailet,"
Thou art damned" 10 also expunged
because It 10 believed By the Yexidees
to have been the word uttered BY God
when the fallen angels were thrown
into hell.
These and similar words and phrases
are Get aside and combinations which
do not belong to any language used
Spectator.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
A Stubborn Husband.

A Stubborn Husband.
my husband Is one OF the most stub
born men III the WORLD z
ts""He can't be any more stubborn than
mine"
''Oh. yes; I'm sure he must be: Yes.
terday ! had an engagement to meet
him at O'Clock"
"Yes?"
"Weii. 1t was nearly $50 when got
there. and be won't admit yet that the
rest be got while he was waiting did
him good." -kansas City Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
MYSTERY OF MATTER
Endless Routine Of the Material This
FERNS Our Bodies. . r

Endless Routine Of the Material That
Forms Our Bodies.
Mr.. Geodrey Martin has, written q
treatise on chemistry from which Il
taken this paragraph from the chapter
on Natter a
'sThe endless circulation Of matter
In the universe IL perhaps one Of the
most wonderful facts with which
chemistry has to deal. 1t Ii this end
less change that causes the history Of
the most common and insignificant OBJ
jects about us to be more astonishing
than any fairy tale.
what wonderful story, for exam
pie. could be written of the material
that forms our bodies! It came into
existence In the immense depth of
space millions upon millions OF years
ago and wandered for ages through
darkness and void until 1t reached our
earth. Perhaps 1t fell upon the earth
In fiery meteorite, or perhaps it mere
~ Joined the huge fire mist from which
our solid world condensed. Since then
It has run round age after age in an
endless circle of change.
First 1t formed part Of that vast
primeval atmosphere that surrounded
the globe and blew in mighty winds
round our planet; then 1t was absorb
ed into the body of some humble living
being, and when this being died and
its body decayed the matter passed
into the rich mother earth. Thence it
passed into some plant by means Of
its roots, and from the plant 1t passed
by the process of being devoured into
the body Of some animal. and from the
animal again it passed to earth and
thence to plants and animals again,
and so on through an endless cycle Of
change. coursing through the bodies Of
innumerable multitudes of living
forms, which stretch far back in q
dim. unending vista into the depths Of
time.
"Finally 1t reached man. Yes; the
very atoms that thrill and flash in our
brains and muscles once formed part
of a living plant or animal millions of
years ago and will again form part Of
living plant or animal millions Of
years hence. In some form or other
the matter that now forms our bodies
will exist long after the whole present
order Of creation has passed away. In
deed. it may we'll yet blow in the
winds of worlds as vet unborn and
thrill in forms of life not yet evolved"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
How The Trouble Began.

He had been reading the paper and
occasionally repeating to her some
item that seemed particularly interest
ing. Thus it happened ne ran across
an item about the invention Of ma
chine for washing horses.
babies next" be suggested.
'Huh" she exclaimed Indignantly.
I'D just like to see my baby washed
BY machine!'
$50 would l." he returned.
He afterward explained TO some one
at the club that It, was an exhibition Of
the tnsincerity Of woman. for. while he
had done absolutely nothing but agree
With her. she was 20 displea1ed that
he found 1t impossible to read his pa.
per in comfort - 4
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
YsIlowston, Park.

Yellowstone park has an area of
2,142.720 acres. The park is in Mon
tana, Wyoming and Idaho and was
established in 1872. The only park on
earth that can compare with the Yel.
lowstone in size IL the one in New
British Columbia. Jasper park. taken.
over by the authorities of the new
Northwestern territory. has an area a.
100000 acres-about the size OF the
state Of Connecticut-New York Amer.
tcan. J ii't
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
Alaska,s White Death.

A fearful type of storm is the 40
called white DEATH of Alaska. This
is a fog in which the whole air be.
comes full of minute particles Of ice.
1t is thick beyond relief. and exposure
to 1t for any length Of time in the open
means certain death to human beings.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-02-18
HoIIand,s Abode Of Peace.

Zeist. in Holland is best known as
the abode of peace. The religious com.
mun1ty Of Moravians has been settled
there for over n century and half,
Its gray. sober looking buildings stand
In their own we'll cultivated grounds.
within which the members lead life
OF Quaker-like simplicity. There is lit
tie display even Of the goods they
make. particularly their tinwares.
which are sold In small rooms that
have no likeness to shops except for
the plain counter that runs across
them.-London Chronicle.