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Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
The Chins of Burma.

The Chins of Burma are divided into large number of clans, and man may not marry a woman of his own clan, but after the marriage ceremonies are over the wife is initiated into her husbands clan and has her wrists wrapped round with cotton yarn as Il witness to all evil spirits that she iS under the guardianship of the kun. or ancestry, of her husband. The Chins are afraid of witches: but, as has been the case with other peoples, they find great difficulty in learning for certain whether q given woman is q witch oI not. If they knew it they would cer- tainly drive the woman out of the viii laGc and perhaps resort to further vio- Ience. Like the Burmese. they believe that witches have the power by their incantations to introduce foreign mat ters into the bodies of those whom they hate and so to cause them to die.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
FRENCH SEIZE DAClA.

Cotton Laden Steamship From Amer
 ica Taken Into Harbor of Brest.
 The steamship Dacia, which was transferred from German to American registry, has been seized in the Eng fish channel by French cruiser and is under arrest in the harbor at Brest The details of the seizure of the Dacia are not as yet known in Washington.
 That the Dacia would be seized by the allies was known, and the seizure caused no surprise when it was learn ed in Washington. The warning that the Dacia would not be permitted to steam to Rotterdam with her cargo of 11,OOO bales of cotton, to be tranship ped to Bremen, came from Great Brit ain. but it was generally understood at Washington that the Dacia would be stopped by a French war vessel and taken before French prize court.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
A Stonehenae Legend.

Friar's Heel is the name given to large stone at Stonehenge, England. An interesting tale surrounds the plac- ing of this stone in its present up right position. It Is related that Geof- frey of Monmouth said that the devil bought some stones of an old woman in Ireland, wrapped them up in withics and took them to Salisbury plain. Be fore he got to Mount Ambre the withies broke and one of the stones fell into the Avon: the rest were carried to the plain. After the fiend had fixed them in the ground he cried out, No man will ever find out how these stones came here" X friar replied, That's more than thee can tell" whereupon the fiend threw one of the stones at him and struck him on the heel. The stone stuck in the ground and is said to remain there to the present hour.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
A Knicht of the Garter.

A knight of the Garter dressed in the regalia is an imposing sight. He wears q blue velvet mantle with star em- brOidered on the left breast. His trunk hose. stockings and shoes are white, his hood and SurcUat crimson. The garter, of dark blue velvet edged with gold and bearing the motto "HOni soft qui mal y pense" C'Evil to him who evil thinks'), also in gold is buckled about the left leg below the knee. The heavy golden collar consists of tWenty-SiX pieces, each in the form of garter, bearing the motto, and from it hangs the "St. George" q badge which represents St. George on horseback encOuntering the dragon. The lesser George" is q smaller badge attached to a blue ribbon worn over the left shoulder. The star of the order consists of eight points, within which Is the cross of St. George, encircled by the garter.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
MINES SINK MANY SHIPS.
Thirteen Disasters Recorded Since Sub marine Blockade Begun-A Second
 American Ship Destroyed.

The British steamer Western Coast was mined or torpedoed off Beachy head. Her crew and passengers were landed at Portsmouth. The British steamship Deptford has been mined or torpedoed off Scarborough. One of the crew was drowned Thirteen dis asters have been recorded since the submarine blockade was begun on Feb. 1S
 Two neutral ships. one the American vessel Carib and the other the Norwe- gian steamer Regin, were sunk. A lacOnic dispatch from Berlin reports the Carib, a cotton carrier bound from Charleston for Bremen. went down somewhere off the German coast as the result of an explosion of some sort. probably from striking a mine. The Carib was considerably off the safe route prescribed by the German admi- ralty," according to the advices. The Regin was sent to the bottom off Dover. Her crew of twenty-two men escaped in a small boat and landed at Dover.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Luxurious M;Iit2ry AeropIanss.

The Gc.iuan ar.o" .Ic Uf nyinS ma chine CJu com. are lth nothing SU much as all aU,>I3 = . Ge Ike. says an Eng. .ish journal. h. the St:ength the Eer.ecti,n. tie r,l.":,...t!, tne ste tv of SUI crb mO,otCIr. And it has the luXury. On u'e dashboard before the pilot, i'll addition to his cOntrO gears. there iS Il Lr-t Oi drawers con taining, among other things, vac uum flask. chocolate cubes wrapped against the damp i'll tin foil, small bottle of brandy in Case the aviator should be! one faint, q EetrOl sponge for wipinG the goggles, a revolver hold CT. dispatch case with Sharreucd i,cn- cils of different cOiOrS. so that the dis positions of the enemy'S trOo.I can be more adequately marked, a map board anal maps. Moreover. the exhaust pipe Uf the engine pasSes under the floor boards. so that the pilot. who must con stantly keep his feet at an angle on the pedals, may have them warmed throughout the flight. The fiier. too. sits in comfortably upholstered club chair
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
WOMAN ARRESTED
 IN PASSPORT CASE
Charges of Assault Against
 Mrs. StegIer Fail.

At about the same time Mrs. Annette Pope Stegler, the young wife of Rich ard P. Stegler, the German who said he was induced to get fraudulent pass. ports, was being discharged in the west side police court in New York city on charge of assault, a federal grand jury was indicting her husband and two other men for crimina! con spiracy.
 Two German newspaper reporters had Mrs. Stegler arrested at a hotel where, she declares, she was lured so that she might be forced to repudiate her story of the passport plot. One of the reporters accused Ter of assaultine him with a siphon bottle.
 The prisoners in the alleged cOnspir- acy are Richard P. Stegler. a German who told some interesting details of the plot: Gustav Cook and Richard Madden. They are being held in S15. OOO bail each. Madden and Cook are American citizens.
 Stegler was married recently to a southern girl. who persuaded him to tell all he knew of the alleged con- spiracy. Federal agents, however. de nied that her pleadings had induced Stegler to give away the entire plot.
 Chief interest in the case centered around Captain Boy-Ed. naval attache of the German embassy in Washing ton. who has been active in America since the opening of the war endeavor- ing to arouse sympathy here for Ger many.
 Madden is accused of taking out passport and then turning 1t over to the alleged conspirators for the use of Stegler. The passport found on Steg Ter was under Madden's name. but bore Stegler's photograph. According to Stegier's story. he was to use Mad den's passport in order to get into England as a spy for the German gov ernment Stegler's task. it was said. was to find out the rendezvous of the British fleet of dreadnaughts so that Germany could make a sudden attack on them.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
How Warships Communicate.

Every battleship at sea has its wire less installation adjusted so that it can send and receive signals and messages to other SquadrOnS at sea ur in harbor and to stations ashore. For the pur- pose of obtaining information aS to the whereabOut of the enemy and guarding against surprises wireless teleg'aphy k. of course. invaluable. says the Wire less World. \ great number of crui CTS nre sent out ahead and spread a mum Der of miles across. The duty of these ships k tO keep a thorough lookout and report tO the ship in the battle fleet looking out on their particular wave length. This ship in turn reports hy semaphorp or Morse lamp to the ad- miral of the battle fleet. The cruisers are sometimes aSS.stcl by torpedo boat destroyers. Now. if thirty Of these ships are used it will be readily seen that the area of their vision k cnor- nous, and it would be almost impos- sible for fleet to pass unobSelvcd. Immediately any of the ships sight the enemy's squadron they would report at once by wireless. stating the number of ships sighted, with their speed. lati- tude and longitude. etc. The admiral would then give his orders. also by wirelesS.-PearSon's weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
The First London Directory.

The great family of Smith, Brown. Jones and Robinson had not spread SC far over London when the first direc- tory was published as it has now. Only eighteen Smiths, ten Browns, nine Joneses and four RobinsOns figure in it, the Cooks, Halls, Hills and Kings being almost as numerous. There were then but five London bankers, or gold smiths that keep running cash" as the directory describes them - Richard Blanchard X Child. at the Marygold. in Fleet street: Mir. Coggs- in the strand. at the Kings Head; Benjamin Hinton, at the Flower de Luce. in Lombard street; James Herriott, at the Naked Boy, in Fleet street, and James John, son, at the Three Flower de Luces, in Lombard street.-Lentlon Graphic.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Poor Gas.

Some men were riding in the smoker end of a Pullman car recently when one of them referred in a rather un- complimentary way to the gas supply that was diShed up i'll his home town.
 "YOurs may be bad enough" rehec- lively commented a party named Jones, but I want to say right here that we have the worst gas of any town in the United Statcs.''
 That is saying q whole lot" return. ed the first speaker. Do you really mean it?"
 You just bet hundred that mean it" was the vigorous rejoinder or Jones. Every morning when We go to cook breakfast we have to pour kerosene on the gas to start the fire in the gas stove" - Philadelphia Telr graph.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
oueerest Dolls In the World.

The dollies played with by little Mo hammcdan children are sadly unique. They are not allowed any features and are. in fact, little more than mere bun dies of rags rolled up. Mrs. Penny in Southern India" recalls the reason for this deficiency. The MoSlems believe that any human figure that is made by man will receive life at the last day and will reproach its maker for having brought it into existence without hay ing the power to endow it with human and spiritual privileges. One feels that the prophet might have compromised little when 1t came to d"lls. especially in view of what was later to happen.
 When British rupees were first cir culated in India the figure of the sov ereign in relief was regarded with dis trust. Fortunately for the peace of the merchant the eye was SO small as to be almost invisible. Through this loop hole the followers of the prophet found n way of escape from the difficulty. de- ciding that no harm would come in the use of the money.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
A Remarkable Prediction.

Manasseh Cutler of Massachusetts, in circular in 1TS7 booming" the set clement which the New Englanders were about to plant on the Ohio at the mouth of the Muskingum, declared that ''the current down the Ohio and the Mississippi for produce and merchan- disc of all sorts would one day be more crowded than any other streams on earth" which was remarkable prediction considering that it was r1ade twenty years before Fulton's Clermont was launched in the Hudson. which was the first steamboat in the world ever put in successful operation.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
SIEGE OF TURKISH
 CAPITAL AT HAND
Reported Sultan Intends to Surrender CORSian,iOOpIa.
FORWARDING DkRDANELLES

London Believes Forts Cannot Hold Out
 Under Fire From Allies Big Ships.
 Fifteen Inch Guns of the Super
 Dreadnaught Queen Elizabeth Used
 For First Time Against Impreenable
 0efenses-Panic at Consta ntnople.
 Turkish losses in the bombardment of the Dardanelies thus far total 5000 dead and wounded, according to a cablegram from Saloniki to London.
 Troop trains from Constantinople are clogging the railways on the European side and the Turkish wounded lie be hind the forts without medical atten- tion
 Advices from Sofia by way of Rome report the arrival there of German of ficers from Constantinople on their way to Berlin. They tell of Constan tinople being panic stricken on the ar rival of the wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles forts.
 The great combined fleets of Great Britain and France continued their b0mbardment of the forts lining the shores of the Dardanelles on the ap. breaches to Kun Kalessi, where the channel narrOws to only one mile. They are now sixteen miles inside the Dardanelles.
 Demonstration of the destructive power of the fifteen inch guns of the Queen Elizabeth. the fire from which destroyed fort A." at the entrance to the Dardanelles. in one hour and a half. is accepted in London as proof that the barriers at Rum Kalessi. all though more modern and better equip ped than the lower forts. cannot hold cut more than a day or two longer
 It is reported from Athens that the sultan has decided to surrender Con stantinople rather than permit the city to be destroyed by bombardment The sovereign and his entOurage are under stood to be ready for flight to Scutari
 The British admiralty announces that during the attack the Agamemnon was strucka that three men were killed and there is every reason to believe this is the limit of the allies casualties
 Although the return fire of the Fur kish forts has proved ineffective. it is not understood that Vice Admiral Car den will have a clear way to Stamboul. The Turks have assembled fleet of about twenty-five warships in the Ma gara roads, which must be accounted with.
 Against these the British will send such fighting machines as the Queen Elizabeth. the battle cruiser Infiexible. carrying twelve inch guns. and the battleships Cornwallis. Vengeance. Fri umph and Agnmemnon. Supporting these will be the French battleShips Suffcrn. GaulOiS and Bonvet Alto. gether Garden is prepared to throw into actual action twenty-eight ships on his fighting line.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
To the Citizens of Canaan
 and Vicinity.

For fully thirty-tive (35) years the l.. S5 M. Semi.Mixed Real Paints have been extensively used throughout the United States and also in South Amer ica. They have therefore been sub- jected to the tests of every sort of climatic conditions-most successfully -thereby proving their extreme dura- bility and superior value.
 See our advertisement oil otlIer page, telling property owners how to make their own paint, and thereby save sixty cents a gallon on every gallon used.
 Longman X Martinez,
 Paint Makers, New York,
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
First BsIIoon Ascension In America.

First BsIIoon Ascension In America.
 The first balloon ascension ill Amer ica took place ill Philadelphia on Jan. O. 1103. The aerOnaut was a French man named Blanchard. He secured the yard of the Walnut street prison as the place from which to make the ascent. Among the many distinguished persons present was George Washing ton, then president of the United States. The start was made 10:05 o'clock, and as the balloon began to ascend the aeronaut waved the United States flag and the tricolor of France. The voyage lasted forty-siX minutes, during which the balloon travelled fifteen miles, descending little to the eastward of Cooper's Ferry, N. J. Blanchard returned to the city about G:30 in the evening, and immediately paid his respects to President Wash ington. Following this ascension. dur the year he made a number of others. but owing to lack of public support and insufficient funds of his own. he returned to France sadly disappOiDt- ed at his success in America.-Philadel phia Press.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
A Tonque Twister.

Do you read by sight or sound? Do you skim the sense or pronounce the words as you go? InaudibTy, but con sciously? There are many readers who read by the ear, and when this writer had written the sentence about Wick ithere was an election therel-"Wick is rich in Pictish roIics"-he leaned back and tried to whisper it, thinking of the next. Wick is rich in Pictish relIis. '' Say it three times quickly.-London Mail.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
BOMBS DROPPED ON CALAIS.
Cottage Destroyed, and Family, Except Baby, Meet Death.

7 Warning of the approach of the Zep- nelin which bombarded Calais was giy. on to the sentries by the throbbing of the engine as it approached rapidly from the sea at height of about 1000 feet. The airship flew straight across xbe city toward the Fontinette station. dropping bombs on the way.
 Bombs fell in the g, rden and on the roof of a little house in the Rue bognien. An old man and little gir, asleep in the Sarret and the family which occupied the cottage on the ground floor. consisting of the father, mother and two children, were buried in the ruins. All were killed except yne child. a baby five months old.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Dresses and Flowers.

If you have. had waist or light dress stained ky wearing bunch of flowers you wil3 appreciate how much trouble might be saved by owning a chamois case to- cover the stem. Make this by stitching into shape Il piece of chamois the desired size. Into this case may be slipped the stems of any short stemmed flowers, and then they may be carried or worn without stain
 ing waist. glove, CD gownl-EXchange.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Truth or Fiction?

"Ah, what a difference there is,'" re- marked the cynic wearily. "between courtship and marriage! Courtship is made up of soft nothings-marriag of Lard facts
 And he broke the worlds record for a Sigh.-New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Old NeWspapeES.

Old newspapers form the basis of most of the boxes in which goods. are kept in the furnishings stores. When ground into pulp and treated with cer- tain chemicals they furnish an ideal material for the pasteboard used in the cheapest as well as the more ex- pensive grades of bOXeS.-ArgOaaut
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
1t Would Help-

X facetious bishop went to preach a charity sermon short time ago in n church. The rector said:
 Il am grieved that you should have to come on such q windy day"
 The bishop replied: Tut, tut. my friend. Didn't come to raise the State Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Greatest Railroad Terminal.

Chicago is q greater railroad center than New York or any other place on earth. As raiIro. q terminal tEc Windy City scars the palm over all the world and will probably continue to do so for lcng time to come New York American.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Best For the Inner Man.

We are very fond of music. litera- tlre and art, but when all is said and done nothing makes a stronger appeal to us than something in the nature of n fritter-OhiG State JOr nal.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04

Mexican Gunboat Blown Up; 30 Die.
 The Carranzlsta counsel at Calves rou. Tex, received word that the Mex, fcan gunboat Progreso had been blown up by a bomb in PrOgreso harbor. Thirty persons, inyluding four women, are reported 10 have been killed.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Family Fun.

They had been having quarrel, and after Mrs. Gilson had spoken the last word, as usual, she felt that perhaps she had overdonc the matter and. pick ing up the evening paper, began to read little items from it.
 ''Oh, Henry" she laughed, isn't this funny? Here is q man advertising for a silent partner with $1 ,000."
 Funny" growled GfIson. Yes: it's terribly funny. If he'd married you he'd have been darned glad to get silent partner even if she didn't have a cent. t."-Philadefphia Record.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
MislL,,.5 :. nS.

The il .-:''; I'. ,:Ij Il as the days pf .-rli:i$ ,'ac%lr. nf ri erius st.u lnarIri ali wr 'o we"r the cap CIi ?, " ',>.n:'it" ".",N je and frnDr''@"lE. Gnt.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Explaining 1t.

Robert" said his mother, what mischief have you been up to now? can tell by the look in your eyes that you have been naughty"
 oh" replied Robert, that's part of the lool. left over from the last time 2 was nan -hty."-Chicago News.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
"A Modern Trend.

"'Then ~ue tioesn't think that two can live as cheapIy 'u. ?''
 No: h.r ilca is that two ought to live as extensively as five or six Louis vile Courier-j "i rHai.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Beth

Beth in "a ramrs of places !n"ution p1 in tho r:hlc Is the Hebrew word fo" ...n7..." 7'u.. "'tl1oh"m k the house of bread; Beth-saida, house of uercy,
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
comprehensive Advice.

1t is probable that seldom has better advice been, given than in the follow ing condensed rules: Drink less. breathe more; eat less, chew more; ride less. walk more; clothe less, bathe more; worry less, work more; waste less, give more; write less, read more; talk less, think mores preach less. practice more. To follow these is to strive for better health, further popularity and greater success.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
Love's Victim.

"W'h,re did you get that awful indi. rc+i r?"
 = wife tried to win my love r." h my stomach. "-Philadelphi let. "r.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
The Anemct.

The anemone, accrr!' to mythd' Ogy, sprang from the b.'.'i of Adonls,, mingled with the tears vhich Ven. shed over his body,
 The sa,,1o't thing unl'r 'he sky Y soul incapable of sadness. Countess d, Gasparin.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-04
TL, Shear of Sarcasm.

''r'.c v''""' v industry is dead"
 "Y,*." r,' ic'l Miss Cayenne Throw. ing inc hl'"Hon Is now classed as an Indoor sport. Washington Star.
 po"f ', your enemy what you thnk of him; it will worry him lots more to have to guess.-Sr'"rt Set.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-21
THE WEATHER REPORT
Records and Forecasts for the Last
Twenty-four Hours.

Washington. Dec GA disturbance n moderate
intensity. which has passed east over the Gulf o.
Mexico 70 the East Florida coast. has been attended
by rains aud SHOWS on the South Atlantic coast
ard rains On the Gulf coast. Rains continue IN tie
North Pacific states. and there have been widely
scattered snow aurrfes in tho region Of the Great
IAkes. Temperatures have fallen decidedly 90 the
southeastern states. and they haze changed little
elsewhere The indications are that there VIII be
rain and snow Tuesday on the south Atlantic coast
and posslhly saow en- the Middle Atlantic coast. FOL
lowed BY fair weather in these districts wednesday
Elsewhere east Of the Mississippi River the weather
.iu b. generally fair Tuesday and "wednesday. The
,smper.ture viii rse wednesday IN the South Al
lantic and east Gull states
Storm warnings are displayed on the Atlantic
coast from Cap Henn. Va. TO Wilmington. y. G.
winds Tor Tuesday and wednesday-Norh Allan
a, ,,od,r.te west and northwest: Middle Atlantic.
,rs,h north: south Atlantic strung north and north
wet. east Gulf frch northwest. west Gun nght 20
r'o.isr,is variable: upp-r lakes moderate variable
mostly southwest and west. lover lakes. moderate
"' Forecast for Special tOeslltlss.- New
york unsettled on coast. pIopatS tAli il H''ii''
pist5ict Of Columbis threatening. with possibly
s,r,E to.day: 90 morrow, fair.
S y,.L,,is and North Carolina cloudy. west winds
,--tsf .uOw TO-DAY. 60 IounN, iair-
soatierr New Eugland. Eastern PcnnClyania
pelaRans Mar .and and SCUM 'ai'-lNA' 'l'Il1 ''
dav. fo-norrOg. probably TAR
S.V Jer.cy. unsettled to-day. to-mo-fow fair
Nor,heru New England. Oklahoma. Georgia. llon
A, N.bana Mississippi. Louisiana Eastern and
", ylrnn,a. Indiana Ohio. Western PennDlyania
and Western New loEk, FAIR to-day and pfobaoY To-
morUN.