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New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
MICHAEL J. CLAUHSEY.

For fOrty-two years Michael J.
 New Britain Fire Department. Dur
 ing all that time he was never remiss In his duty never had a black mark against his name. He was the oldest
 member of the department in point
 of service. His untimely death today in what has proven the most deplor- able accident New Britain has suffered in a generation is a source of deep regret to all those who knew him and to those who were familiar with his gallant record with the fire depart lent his service to the protection of life and property, always those of other people. That such self sacri- flee should be rewarded by a tragic end is not in keeping with the wishes of those who would have it otherwise.
 Michael Claughsey's death will not have been in vain if it points out the way for remedy of prevalent condi- tions on the three principal railroad crossings of the city. The tracks at the Main street, the Elm street and the Washington street crossings have ever been & source of real danger to the people of this city. The wonder of it is that no such accident has taken place before this It is doubtful if there is another city in the country that would tolerate the same condi- tions as those which are manifest here in the heart of the community. In the very center of the business sec ton trains are rushed across the main arteries of travel at the rate of twenty and thirty miles an hour. Big freight trains are shifted back and forth in the confines of the city night and day when such operations should be limited to freight yards provided for the purpose. Some day New Britain will shake off its lethargy and clear up the traffic situation here When that is done there need be no such sorrow as that which comes with the death of Mr. Claughsey.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
Och Rida on Serbian From
 4 Capital M 10Th Century

coveted Vladimir's city of Dulcigno. on the Adriatic coast. In the war which ensued Vladimir was defeated and driven to the mountains where, upon witnessing the hardships suf- fered by his soldiers, he decided to purchase their safety with his own person. The Good Sheperd giveth his life for the sheep said the king as he surrendered himself and was led captive to Prespa, a village near Och- ! ride, where Samuel had a strong cas-1 tie in which he kept not only his ma-. terial treasures but his hearts delight, the fair Kosara, his daughter.
 Both Vladimir and Kosara were extremely pious, and while the cap tive was praying in his dungeon the vision of an angel came to him; in the same hour Kosara was bidden bN an angel to go and wash the feet of the captives in her fathers castle. Thus the two met and the familiar but never-old miracle of love at first sight happened. Kosara went to her father and declared that she would marry none other than Vladimir, and the Czar, knowing that the captive | was of royal blood, consented, had the fortunate Vladimir arrayed in purple 4 and fine linen, and after the marriags1 | ceremony restored to him his city with the addition of Durazzo and ifs surrounding territory. And so far as | history knows, there is no reason to deny the assertion of the legend that they lived happily ever after.
 For nearly 900 years Cup to 176D l Ochrida was the ecclesiastical head 1 quarters of the Bulgarians in the | west of the Balkan peninsula, and at the time of the outbreak of the pres ent war it was the seat of a Bulgarias
 and a Greek bishop.
 "The lake of Ochrida. which the l town overlooks, is Q picturesque eX- panse of water having an elevation of about half mile above sealevel, with l a maximum length of eighteen miles and a width of eight miles The chief l outlet of the lake is the, River Drin 1 which flows north and whose rathe1 l fiat banks, lined with willows, though l whose branches many children are to
 be seen, suggest a Dutch scene.
 "In the shallow places along the l river the traveller sees many groups
 of women busily engaged in laundry
 work, their skirts tucked up above their knees This fact occasions nc embarrassment to the supposedly fair
 washerwomen, but upon, the approach
 of a stranger all clutch wildly for
 wisps of veil with which they hastily
 cover their mouths and chins.
 1.-TWO important occupations of the
 Ochridans are the manufacture of sill
 yer filigree work in which they are
 highly skilled, and the dressing and
 making-up of furs into pelisses, ex-
 tensively worn throughout the regions
 formerly under the suzerainty of the ] European Turks" &
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
COMMUNICATED.
A lover of the Ancient Approves of An Historical Society and Suggests Among Them the Depot.
New Britain. Dec. ',

New Britain, Dec. ', 1917. To the Editor of the Hera1d:- l make haste to voice my approval of your editorial in Thursdays paper anent the propriety of forming an Historical Society in New Britain for the purpose of preserving for posterity such ancient land marks as the old Lee mansion on Main street and the Elihu Burritt house. But why stop at the mere mention of these two edi- fees? Are there not other and just as valua ble historical objects that could win a word of praise from your kindly pen? Have you not the time and the inclination to go further and awaken the citizens of our fair com munity to a sense of the fitness of things? If you have not, then I should like to assist you in calling at tention to what an Historical Society in New Britain could do in the way of compiling and gathering together data, relics souvenirs, and what-not for the benefit of those who must tread the bricks here after you and I have transcended or ascended to more roomy quarters.
 You sing the glories of the old Lee house. once used as a prison in Revo-
 
 old mansion; but there are some things even older. For instance, there is a cab horse in Jim Whites livery stable that has seen service Aince Hannibal crossed the Alps. The rec ord is not entirely straight but it is hinted that this same animal went out with the advance guard of the first Crusaders. Later, it is said, he was with Washington at Valley Forge, and after a trip across the Atlantic was ridden by Butcher on the field at Waterloo when Napoleon went down and out. He was brought back to this country in time to do gallant service in the war between the states. After a short but active career in the Spanish war, this noble steed was sold to Jim White by the manager of one-ring circus. Had 1t not been for that episode in the amman lire, it is probable he would be taking part in some of the action today around Bucharest. He is the noblest war horse in the world, and as he is in New Britain at the present time, and liable to die at any moment, 1 think that any Historical Society formed in this city should make arrangements to get his carcass for it's museum. Such op- portunities should not be neglected. At least an option should be secured on his remains. He is the same stallion that inspired Henry III. to shout, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
 Then there is another relic that should not be neglected by the His torical Society,-Mike Sullivan's jit- ney bus, that is doing such 'rattling' business at the depOt The first automobile invented is credited to Haynes. In all justice, it must be admitted that Sullivan's jitney saw service before Haynes or any of his family came to America This jitney dates back 2,000 B. c. It has all the earmarks of antiquity. If any one
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

doubts that 1t served as a royal con- veyance for an Egyptian prince all the doubter needs do is telephone Mike at the station. A ride through Walnut Hill Park will settle the ques- tion. Tn those days, of course, the vehicle was propelled by power other than gasoline. It is now running on nerve.
 Casual mention of the depot has been made in the previous paragraph. The waiting room of that ancient structure is the most valuable part of the building from an historical standpoint. It served as boudoir for ladies-in- waiting during the reign of Nero. It was the only woodwork saved after the burning of Rome. h. cidentally, the apparatus that worked futively but gallantly to put out the flames Nero started and watched while he fiddled on his violin is at present in Engine House No. 1. With the motorization of the fire depart ment this relic should be easily ob- tainable for the museum you sug- gest.
 Oh, there are lots of old things around New Britain that will serve as estimable examples of a by-gone era. For instance, there is the Keeney theater and it's companion piece of architecture,-the Bronson Hotel Both of these structures are made from brick brought over from Eng land in, the Mayflower, r,-the first brick that ever saw the green fields of the New World Some of the seats in Keeney's Opera House were bought from a secondhand dealer who got them direct from the con- tractor who unearthed the oldest theater in the world at Athens. The proscenium arch, too, is an old one, the first under which a Shakespertan. play was ever produced It came originally from a playhouse near the home of the bard at Avon, where William was wont to practice hls shows before turning them loose on the public.
 These are only a few of the things occ11r to me off-hand. Perhaps some of vour readers will suggest other relics and things that have been around New Britain from the time since "the mind of man runneth to the contrary notwithstanding" If so, I for one should be glad to learn of them. and to assist in any way toward the formation of an Historical Society that will make plans for their preser- yation. It is a noble inspiration, such a society, and worthy of all the supN port that the press of New Britain can give.
 Yours truly, 8
 YOUNGER PLINY.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
GOOd-By.

(By Ralph Waldo Emerson). Good-by, proud world! I'm going Thou are not my friend, and I'm not Long through thy weary crowds I
 roam; A river-ark on the ocean brine, Long I've ben toss'd like the driven
 foam, But now, proud world, I'm going home. Good-by to hattery's fawning face, To grandeur, with his wise grimace, To upstart wealth's averted eye, To supple office, low and high, To crowded halls, to court and street, To frozen hearts and hasting feet, To those who go and those who
 come,- Good by, proud world. I'm going
 home. I am going to my own hearthstone, Bosom'd in yon green hills alone secret nook in a pleasant land, Whose groves the frolic fairies
 plann'd, Where arches green, the livelong day, Echo the black birds roundelay, And vulgar feet have never trod,- A spot that is sacred to thought and
 God. Oh, when I am safe in my sylvan
 home, I tread on the pride of Greece and
 Rome, And when I am stretch'd beneath the
 pines, Where the evening star so holy shines, laugh at the yore and pride of man, At the sophist schools, and the learn
 ed clan; For what are they all, in their high
 conceit, When man in the bush with God may
 meet?
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
RETROSPECTION.

There are some salient features
 which suggest themselves after the de- lp1orable accident this morning at the Washington street railroad crossing. lOno is the absolute need of an emer- [gency ambulance in this city and the bother, better and more rigid protection
 lat the various crossings The wonder aof it is that there are not more such
 Icalamities. Trains coming through Ithe city at a fast rate of speed, |cause so many of them are running Eate and must make up time, cannot Ialways be seen by the man at the
 |gate. In lowering the gates fraction Eof a second in time might mean the ] loss of many lives. Tn the past there has been apparent carelessness on the
 bart. of the pedestrian public. People have rushed across the tracks even lNhen the gates were down. In the kase of those on foot the danger is not
 ko pronounced because a nimbleness dCIlOn HllSnC dNOlu all aCClucAL, UuS With automobiles and carriages there Is no chance in the world of getting Zoff the path of an onrushing train.
 These are the thoughts that should becur to the railroad officials, the men In charge of the city government, and {he people whose lives are in danger. First, there should be an emergency
 km bulance to assist the police patrol
 l n all accidents where two or more
 persons are seriously injured. Second
 3here should be heavy fine imposed bn those reckless souls who, for the lake of saving a few moments of time,
 lush pell men across railroad tracks
 when the gates are down. And third There should be a system of electric Warnings attached to all gate houses l kt railroad crossings so that the com
 Ing of trains may be signaled to the 1
 ender and that human eyesight be l Believed of some part of responsibility. |
 1on a foggy day pr night a. man tend &ng the gates may not be able to see
 rain approaching, or hear the c1ang- 1
 Ing bell of it's engine until too late to prevent a terrible accident.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

We are the richest nation in the world and the most prosperous one,' says Secretary of Commerce Redfeld in his annual report issued yesterday. The statistics advanced by the secre- tary in his report show that the bal ance of trade in our favor for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, is far in excess Of $2,O00, 100000. The total than 100000 and of import trade more than $2,O0O,OOO,O0O. Be- cause we are the only one of the great industrial peoples now at peace, says the secretary, nations turn to us for goods and for means with which to pay us for the goods. None of us in our widest financial fancies would five years ago have dreamed that things could be as now they are. To protect our reserve of gold, which is the ultimate base on which our do
 mestic credits rest, We must maintain our export trade and must continue and increase loans and investments abroad. The work of the Rureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is devoted to these important duties
 The report of the chief of that service shows it's extraordinary expansion and effectiveness. In thousands of bnsi- ness offices it's aid is acknovledsad
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
WHY WORRY?

l Man by his very nature is prone to worry. Advice avails little on such
 occasions. When the stock market is ! &umbling, when the baby is cutting teeth, when the prices of foodstuffs &re going up and the scales of wages non should worry. Yet, it must be granted that the average man on this Rside of the pond has little to worry 4aim in comparison to what the man Ii ~the trenches must suffer. Those #re the boys who really have some lining to keep them in a state of l hat can jostle their minds and their l *maginations. Even when there are #lo cannon balls whistling over their heads there are other thoughts pre- svailing. They can worry about the loved ones back at home, the mothers, Sisters, sweethearts and wives the } zcan worry for their own welfare in ! the field But they are not doing zRll this worrying. Instead they have Rresorted to philosophy. Some 1ogician 2bmongst them has found out the req : son why they should not worry &Henry Raveau, a member of the en-
 bineer corp at the front in France sends to the United States a copy of 4the worry chaser in vogue in the trenches:
 You have two alternatives: Either
 you are mobilized or you are not. If not, you have nothing to worry about
 If mobilized you have two a1terna-
 tives: Either you are in camp or al
 the front. If you are in camp you
 have nothing to worry about
 If you are at the front you have
 1.-two alternatives: Either you are ir
 reserve or you are on the fighting
 line If in reserve you have nothing
 to worry about.
 If you are on the fighting line yol S have two alternatives: Either yor
 scrap or you don't. If you don't yol
 have nothing to worry about. If you scrap you have two alterna tives: Either you get hurt or yo, don't. If you don't you have nothins : to worry about.
 If you get hurt you have two alter natives: Either you get slightly hur or you get badly hurt. If slightl. hurt you have nothing to worry about If you get badly hurt you hav' : two alternatives: Either you recove or you don't. If you recover yol have nothing to worry about. If you don't you have done witt worry forever.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Marse Henry Watterson sums up the high cost of living in this fashion: was white as snow. It's chops are worth ten cents apiece, it's quarters $5 or SOL It will be noted that Mary was not possessed of an over boHhteous supply of lamb. The re- port says she had just "a little lamb Poor Mary!
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
Try It On George.

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
 The national grange, representing the American farmers, says if embar. goes are to be placed to reduce the high cost of living, let them be pu' on manufactured goods.
 The American federation of labor unanimously demands an embargo or wheat and other food.
 A familiar situation. Take it out on the other fellow.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
Missouri Bank and One Depositor
 Fails.
(ClintOn DemOcrat)

Only one depositor lost money in a recent bank failure in Clark county. William Kompa, farm hand, thought his money would be safe if placed in a tin can which he hid in a hay mow. When he went to add to his account the other day the tin can and the $33 were both gone.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

and welcomed. Never has our Govern ment put at the disposal of our busi- ness and industry the helpful facilities that are now provided" All of which augurs well for a prolongation of prosperity.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

You never can tell. Some people are afraid of the dark and others don't want too much light thrown on them.-P Record.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

The chiropodists of Vermont nave organized and, presumably, the corn raisers wills have to foot the blll.- Rutland News
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Oliver Osborne having been found, we may confidently expect that the Bremen and the man higher up Will be promptly located.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Some war baby is also the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, of Connecticut It's divi- dends amounted to 99 per cent. this year. That's where the stockholders can eat their cake and still have it, Indianapolis News
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
FACTS AND RANCHES.

If we could only stop wearing ex- pensive shoes we might be able to get on our feet.-Paterson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Arizona parts with it's local color as a frontier state when the voters roll up a majority Of 12,OO0 for pro- hibition.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

One of the most amusing of all war products that has come to attention hereabouts is the headline that ap- peared in certain evening paper a short time ago, as follows: Lloyd G'o'ge Quits." Some ciphering.- Waterbury Republican
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

The Asquith government has been no worse than the others. What Lloyd George has been doing Is to lend his great powers and repute as liberal to the partisan purposes of tory cabal which will next turn upon him if he does not change his coat ogether.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Every man feels that there is lot of greatness concealed about his per- son waiting for the world to diss cover 1t.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

1ssued daily Sunday excepted) at 4i15 D. m
 at Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-12-09
Britain Herald.

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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-11
OF WORK ON
PROJECT FOR DECEMBER
Distribution System is Still SO Per
Cent Completed.

The Reclamation Record. for Feb
ruary is at hand. The report of the
work for December on the Boise pro-
ject is given as follows:
No deliveries of water were made
during December for irrigation pur-
poses. From the LIST to the 18th wa
ter was run in the Main and Mora
canals for construction purposes, and
during the early part of the month
diversions of stock water were made
wherever the requirements seemed
sufficiently urgent to justify the same.
Considerable work was accomplish
ed in cleaning and repairing the dis
tributing system. and this character
of work was largely completed by the
end of the month and the system put
in readiness for next season.
Storage of water in Arrowrock res
ervoir was continuous throughout the
month, while no storage took place in
Deer Flat.
The weather conditions for the
month were quite unsettled. While
the precipitation was slightly below
normal for December. it was we'll dis
tributed throughout the month. On
the whole the weather was favorable
to the farmer, the general mildness
OF it and the accompanying precipita-
ton being conducive to fall blowing
Construction Work.
The distribution unit on the project
is ~ per cent completed The con-
struction accomplished during Deem
Der is as follows:
Small concrete and masonary struc-
lures installed. 80. Concrete placed,
canal lining, 48O cubic yards;
masonary placed, 81 cubic yards. On
lining of the Deer Flat low line can
al, 100 lienar feet, of 14-foot width
and an 8.4-foot slope depth. were COM
pleted during the month. On lining
of Conroy lateral, 800 linear feet, 4
feet wide and 2 feet deep, were com,
pleted. On lining of Norris lateral,
800 linear feet. 4 feet wide and 2 feet
deep, were completed. The concrete
fluming of the Mora canal over Indian
creek was completed during the
month. Widening Golden Gate canal
$4,000 cubic yards excavated; work
fully completed. Widening of the first
7 miles of the Deer Flat low-line ca
nal by contract; work 90 per cent
c completed. Paving on main canal,
z2,435 square yards; work 90 per cent
completed.
Pioneer drainage: Dragline excava-
tor No. completed Madden spur
drain excavating 32,482 cubic yards In
length of 1857 feet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-11

Menominee, Mich.-Elmer Gelstein
fell from the top of the four-story
sugar factory here, distance of 70
feet from the ground and escaped with
a fractured wrist.
Norton, Kan.-Ed Tucker. Norton's
hot potato" who has never worn an
overcoat and usually scorns an or
binary jacket, passed through the
recent zero spell admirably. He went
about his ordinary work in his shirt
sleeves.
Camp Cook, S. D.-A goose which
Ed Cordell was about to kill for his
Sunday dinner, snapped at the man
with its beak and Cordell now is
minus the end of his nose.
New York, N. Y.-Raymond Beck,
we'll known as "the choir boy with the
angel face" has just been sentenced
to Sing Sing for ten years on SIX
charges of burglary.
Appleton, Wis.-H erman Erb, presi-
dent of the First National bank is an
~. T. c." fiend He has not missed
performance of Uncle Toms Cabin
since he was boy. He has seen the
show 50 times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-02-11
NO REASON FOR 1T.
When Caldwell Citizens Show a Way.

There can be no reason why any
reader of this who suffers the tor
lures of an aching back. the annoy
ance of urinary disorders, the pains
and dangers of kidney ills will fail to
heed the words of neighbor who
has found relief. Read what a Cald-
we'll citizen says:
Mrs. Charles Allen, 1902 Blaine ST.,
Caldwell, says: Zone of my family
had very lame back and was so lame
and sore that STOPPING or strengthen
ing was almost impossible. The kid
neys also acted badly and no relief
seemed to be had until Doan's Kid
rey Pills were used. They were just
what was needed and in a short time
removed the trouble. We think Doan's
Kidney Pills are the best of house
hold medicines"
Price Soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Allen recommends. Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y. 2ll