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cessful operations. It was from one of the Turkish cannon captured at Plevna that the iron crown of Rou- mania's kings was cast, as a symbol that, like Germany, her place among the congress Of nations had been won not by the decrees of majority, but by blood and iron.
 "A short distance to the east of Rustchul1 is the Roumanian town of Oltenitza connected with Bucharest by railroad. It was near this point that the historic migration of the Goths to the south side of the Dan ube. occurred during the fourth cen tury when the unknown and mon strous race of savages', the Huns, be- gan to threaten them from the north and east. Of the conditions upon which the Emperor Talens permitted historian Gibbon has said:
 "'The prayer of the Goths were granted and their service was ac- cepted by the imperial court. The liberaIity of the emperor was ac companied, however, with two harsh and vigorous conditions, which pru- dence might justify on the side Of the Romans but which distress alone could extort from the indignant Goths. Before they passed the Danube they wera required to deliver their arms; and it was insisted that their children should be taken from them, ana dlS- persed through the provinces of Asia, where they might be civilized by the arts of education and serve as host ages to secure the fidelity of tha!r parents A large fleet of vessels, of boats and of canoes was provided; many days and nights they passed and repassed with indefatigable toll, and the most strenuous efforts were exe.rted by the officers of Valens that not single barbarian, of those who were reserved to subvert the founda- tions of Rome, should be left on the opposite shore
 "It was from Rustchuk that Alex ander, the first prince of modern Bull garia, sent his famous message to the Czar of Russia, Russia gave me my crown; I am ready to return it into the hands of her sovereign This was when Alexander was on his way back to Sofia to resume his throne after having been forced at the point of pistol in the hands of Russian agents, to abdicate a few weeks pre- viously, but had been recalled by pop ular clamor. Uahappily for Alexan- der, the Czar put a literal construc-
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POLITICAL
Southern Guardsmen.

Although no official statement has been issued as to the exact number of men sent to the Mexican border and the States from which they hail, it is easy to discern that more than half of them have come from the Eastern district and most of the remainder from the West. These account for nearly all the GuardSnlen reported to be at the border. Careful perr~~e of the local newspapers of Fl Paso indi- cates that outside of tho border States themselves very few troops have ar rived from the Southern States, South Carolina alone seeming to have enough to form a provisional brigade.
 ' In the Kentucky neWspaper we read that about One-half of the en- listed Guardsmen have been rejected on physical grounds, and reports from Virginia are even worse. These may not be absolutely correct, but they show that the South, which used to be considered a highly military section, has heen derelict in maintaining Ma Iional Guardsmen for an emergency. l. will. be remembered that some of the Southern States were found to have wasted their Federal allowance and Texas officers sold some of their supplies to Mexico, for which one of them is now in jail
 Now there is a very decided inn pression in this part of the country that ordering the National Guard to the border was a piece of politics played by the President to aid him in reelection. This may not be true, but it is quite commonly believed to be true. Weeks have passed since the order was issued, and at first men were hastened to the border without equipment and were skamef>lIy short Of accommodations on trains. Many cases of illness have resulted. But we call attention to the fact that practically all of the troops at the border come from normally Republi- can states, while the Democratic states have sent very few, Proud Virginia has no troops there or Zen route so far as we can discover. Ken tUclIians are training in camp and husting for recruits When we re- call the fact that troops from Ken lucky and Tennessee during the Civil War had the finest physique of any in the army, overlapping the average by sonHhing like an inch in height, the falling off is remarkable.
 The trouble probably lies in the fact that there has been little effort in the South in the past to maintain a state of efficiency in the Guard, most of whose members come from the towns, where physical strength is least. At the same time we hope that the Democratic states will hustle a bit and send some troops to the border They 50 all of the legislating now and ought to take some of the dis comforts, especially as the Republi- can states are going to pay practically the whole bill.--Philadelphi Inquirer.
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THEIR SWIMMING INSTRUCTORS

Its terribly peculiar" said the girl who likes to talk. T mean the diff culty a married man has teaching his wife to swim while an unmarried one instructdng his best girl doesn't at all! Speaking, of course, from the mans standpoint! I nearly drowned the other day taking notes on this phe- nomenoni
 'T had just swum around to the shallow side of the raft when l ran strangling and clutching him and he was featuring her. If you'd only use a little sense.' said he. and do as l say instead of trying to introduce your own ideas into the affair you'd get along better If you wouldn't try to run things.
 "fOh, vest gasped the married lady, who was really very pretty in green jersey suit. T suppose it's all right to do as you say when I get drowned in consequence! I was hours, simply hours, under water, and gou let me stay there without even attempting to rescue mel I presume you were star ing at that creature with the arrange lacings on her suit who seemed to at tract you so when we came in! She cant swim a bit more than can and she's exactly as awkward!'
 "Huhi' said the married man; her friend doesn't seem to be having much trouble with her, however! When he tells her to strike out she strikes out instead of trying to dig up the hidden pearls on the bottom of the lake! If you'd move steadily instead of acting like a tarantula gone mad we might set some results' It's perfectly ri diculous that you've never learned to swim before this! What if you should spill out of boat or fall off pier!'
 '"'Oh, but never dol protested the green jersey woman still cough ing and strangling. I'm always very careful! You're 8 complicated with your directions, Charlie! That man teaching the orange woman is so pa- tient and
 Patient! reared the married man, lifting his eyes to the brassy heavens. If they were giving medals for pa tience to day they'd bestow the entire output upon mel When I tell you to inoffensive man three feet in front of youi Kick to the rear!'
 Yes, but Charlie protested his wife, I can't see back of me at all and I'm just as liable to kick some one right in the face!'
 husband. Now you do as I say and try again. One, two, three-'
 "T padded over to the vicinity of the orarge-laeed lady and her man then went on the sir, who likes to talk. She, too, was strangling and clutching him and he seemed to like 1t. Oh, I'm so-o-o stupid'' she vail ed. No, you're notr said he stoutly. The ideal You're doing wonderfully well! It might be better to move more slowly, but honest. Carrie, you're a regular shark at it."
 "'Oh, Harry, do you really tn tn think so?' she splIttered coming up with great gulp from three feet be- low. Oh, I'm so scared. T thought I was dr-dr- -droWnirg,'
 With me right here?' asked Harry tenderly. I had hold of your arm every minute''
 The orange lady Topped like a fish, threw up her hands and gurg1ed downward again. l know she sWal-
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! lowed quart of lake water. When he dragged her up she hurled herself upon his shoulder and screamed wild ly. Now. Car-ie,' he soothed, you're all right, precious! You musn't try too hard at first!'
 "The married couple had arrived within hailing distance. She had given 8 strangled sCrt of peep once when she went under and husband was again addressing her. My land, Hor- tense.' he parked, where do you think have every life saver along twenty eight miles of lake frontage rushing to the rescue! Why do you act so when I'm right at hand? If you'd do as I say and rot try to run things
 Well, then why don't you tell me right in the first placer demanded the wife in the green jersey indignantly. First you say one thing and then you contradict it! How can I keep my eyes open when the water gets in them? I'd like to know? And it was all that mans fault for being so near! Anyhow, he was 9 stranger, sod how was I to know he had false teeth? They can find 'em easy as not if they diving is perfectly easy!'
 "'Aw, let's go home!' said the mar ried man. I'm all tired out anyway, teaching you!'
 just splashed out, that may be he, doesn't dare be anything else! But I'll bet he's swearing inside!'>
 And" concluded the girl who likes to talk, q suppose, men being men, that he was!"-F,xchange
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SAFE RATHER THAN SORRY.

Tho question of again postponing the date for the opening Of schools is again occupying the attention of a number of communities. There are many parents who are protesting against what they consider the dan ger of being required to send their children to school, to mingre with all the other children, at a time when new cases of infantile paralysis are appearing almost daily. Under such conditions it is impossible tor them to reach the conclusion that it would be safer to have them in school than at home.
 When the date for the opening of school was postponed, one, Swo or three weeks it was for t13e purpose of preventing the children from being unnecessarily exposed to the disease and to prevent as far as possible by such action it's spread throughout a city at 0 time when so many were re- turning from vacations. Wherever it is found that there are no cases there can be little or no opposition to the opening of the fall term of school but in those communities where cases exist, and where new ones are being reported almost daily there can be no sui PiI29 "Ilen the parents opJect Co the opening of school at this time.
 Prevention is the object Of post ponenent and it is most commenda- ble action. If it was advisable when no eases existed it certainly is when there are a number Of children i'll with the disease. which leads 10 only one conclusion in regard to the school opening and that is that it is better to delay and be safe than to hasten and be sorry.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Loyal Patriotic Citizens.

MT. Editor: In reply to Mrs. Loefers statement that no self respecting American would have 9 hyphen tacked to his name, will say that if Mrs Loefler or anyone else would make a canvass of the troops now doing duty at the Mexican border and inquire as to tbeir nationality, she would find the hyphen very conspicuous.
 Also, I mentioned the Hebrews and Germans in my last &tter to show that was not so narrow minded as to con- fine my remarks to the -Ameri- cans (theres the hyphen again), for every country in Europe has sent inn migrants to the shores Of this country, and they and their children have proved beyond a doubt that they are loyal and patriotic citizens.
 I repeat, Mrs. Loefier, those are the people who are helping to place the American nation where it should be- in the lead of all others.
 ED. c. CURTIN.
 Montville, Ct.. Sept. 13. 1916
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tion on the princes words, and the latter was forced to sign second ab- dication on September 7th, 1S86 Thus the hero of Slivnitza, a great battle in which the Servians were complete ly routed, lost a throne. He retired to Hungary, where, as Count Hart enau, he lived for the remaining years of an eventful life. He died in 1893 but his memory is still reyered in Bulgaria.
 ''Rusteluk is an important railroad Junction point Sor a three-prong sys- tenn, one branch running to Buch- arrest, another to Sofia and the third to Varna, the leading seaport of Bul- garia, 139 miles to the southeast.
 Famous for it's pottery, Rustchuk also has soap works, breweries saw mills brick and tile works and cigar cite factories, Its trade in grain is brisk. The city is situated at the juncture of the Lom River with the Danube. Sofia lies to the southwest a istance of 160 miles in an air line and journey of ten and a half hours by rail.'
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HIGH MEAT PRICES,

There doesn't appear to be any great mystery as to why the prices of meat in this country are higher and steadily going higher. Such an advance had begun before the out break of the war in Europe and every time there was a jump in the price of meat it was explained on the ground that there was a failing off in the number of cattle sheep and hogs raised in this country, and that while the population was increasing all the time and the demand therefore con- stantly growing greater the supply was dwindling. The result was that prices were affected and those who think they must have meat must pay the price.
 During this time there was con- siderable amount of beef exported, bat since the war has been in progress the amount sent abroad has been on the increase. In the matter of such supplies as well as munitions of war the belligerents that have been able to get supplies from this country have been willing to pay what has been asked and as the result there were a billion and @ third pounds of meat sent out of the country last year where in the previous year the total had been less than a third of that, Great Britain, France and Italy taking alone last year almost half as much as the whole amount exported the year previous
 With the supply unequal to the de- mands in this country under normal times and the packers feeding The ar mics of Europe, it can be expected that the prices will be high for meat and that they will remain high for some time to come. The remedy for this situation, and it is one which many are applying, is to go without so much meat as was thought to be necessary when it was cheap.
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ONE STEP NEARER.

Each day brings new developments tending towards the entry Of Greece into the war. Whether the king is about to abdicate in favor of his son, as reports have persistentiy claimed, there is nothing in the way of defi- nite information but the acceptance of the resignation of Premier sfaimis and the fact that the king has asked M. Demitracopulos to form a new cabinet indicates the trend of affairs in that country. Being a prominent attorney and former minister of jus tice under Venizelos mach confidence will be placed in him.
 That he realizes that the future of Greece lies in the departure from it's neutrality and the endorsement of the cause of the entente allies is indi- cated by his delay in the acceptance of the premiership until he has had chance to set forth his views to the entente ministers. That Greece cannot secure what had been previ- 0usly promised for it's participation must be realized by the people of Greece. The action of their king in disregarding the Serbian treaty and In displaying a strong feeling for Germany, when it was known that Greece must rely upon the entente powers for tho advancement of it's Interests, in the future as it has in the past. has caused the sacrificing of such a possibility, but if it is go- lng to regain any part of the stand Ing which it previously had the time 'or action is at hand, and the entry Df Greece into the war is indicated by the almost daily changes which are taking place in that country. Graece's entrance may not be as sudden as Rurania's but it is nevertheless on he way and the quicker it takes place he better it will be for that country.
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preparedness in our military and naval acairs. Every week strength =
 ems this feeling and it makes itself known unmistakably. The men who constructed and passed the Under wood tariff are weakening in spots" they surrender the principle with re- lation to matters that specially con-
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cern themselves and so surrender it entirely, for 1t is only to protect the interests of all alike, and to grant to all industries the same advantage, that commercial preparedness through a modification of the existing law is desired. And it has got to come!- Bridgeport Standard.
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Under the democratic administra.- tion the. price of sugar. has gone from five to eight cents pound and at the same time the government is re- ceiving 's3e. .000,0o0 less year in rev. enue from it.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

No, Connecticut Democrats will not yield to this altruistic impulse and place the name of Marcus H. Hol- comb at the head of their ticket, how ever much they honor and esteem the present executive. Instead, they will follow the regular order of things and name their own candidate, It may be Colonel Osborn who is so re- luctant to give up newspaper work it may be George M. Landers of New Britain who will some day have to forsake his avowed intention of re- maining away from the honor; it may be Homer $. Cummings of Stamford who has every qualification foc the position; it may be,-but why go on ? There are any number of formidable men who might be placed in nomina- tion at New Haven and who would be a credit to the state Of Connecticut if elected to the governorship, -Naw Britain Herald.
 From all over the South and South west come calls for protection and for the preparedness in business that cor responds with and supplements the
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Porouptnes are said to be :, giving motorists # a lot aof tire -tro,foie, but it cannotPbe' a scircunastance to what would happen should they actually run across some of the sharp .gfances swhich are thrown at them iby pedes-. k&y.jo.r .--.----
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From the way in which the Ger
 man army in the Somme region con tinues to fall back. it must be hav- ing a. hard time trying to straighten the line. x - .sS hs i..z .,t ss.5sss
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< There are great many who gave ;expressiona to- the e.sphrase This seems familiar" as they greeted old friends at the special session of the e8iegisla- ture, who will have a chance to re- peat it before the snow gets very deep.
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The Esquimaux are feeling the ef- fects of civilization. j Dr. Anderson on his return from the Arctic regions declares that he found them less hon. est than on his earlier visits.
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. With the size, of slice of bread de- and the price Of Sham 'ad- vancing. the fellow who depends upon sandwiches wifi soon begin to yearn for the days which have gone.
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It is with straw hat as 1t IS with a clay pipe, the older it gets the greater the sorrow at parting with it.
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There is nothing at the presen time which would indicate that tn night school opening would have t be delayed.
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From the wrestling match which Greece is having with itself, it will be possible to tell ere long what hap pens when Greek meets Creek.
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The Maine political wind has cov- cred the democratic hopes shoulder deep with republican straws
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: The boastful man usually stops a little short of his debts.
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AGAINST BLEASElSM,

The state of South Carolina is open ,o congratulations. Such will be ap- preciated by a large part of the peo- ple of that state but it is far from unanimous else there would have been much larger majority in favor of Richard l. Manning for the democra- lie nomination for governor over Cole [. Blease in the state primary. It is 10 be congratulated nevertheless that t turned out in sufficient numbers to prevent the selection of a former thief executive, whose record in of- Zee was such that any thought of his beturning to it should have been suf- -bcient to have so showed him under tnat he would never again have the outrage to seek political office.
 Bleaseisn reigned in South Caro- ina for four years. During that time Ehe state received a lot of advertis- ng but it was not the kind which lid it any good. Blease was the gov- ernor who. snapped his finger at law md order. He was the one who smptied the prisons of the state& and lllowed the convicts their liberty for he purpose of strengthening his po- itical machine. Blease was the man who lent encoura cement to disorder ind who had the temerity to believe hat he could continue to run the tate under one man power regardless if public opinion
 South Carolina. was. a long time in waking up to his tactics, and it, can lot be deniedtthat he came! very. close 10 getting the nomination which of .o,lrse means election in that state Sut it is to be congratulated on its lecognition of the danger which threatened 1t and taking the proper lction at the primary to prevent it.
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STATE. OF CONNECTICUT.

All Residents of Connecticut owning taxable securities are liable to tax at local rates unless the State Tax of four mills on the dollar has been paid to the State Treasurer ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 3OtE. The estates of those who neglect to pay this tax must pay
 A HEAVY PENALTY.
 Balances in Banks (not in Savings Banks) are liable to this tax Instructions and blank lists sent on appl- cation to State Treasurer at Hartford.
 F. S. CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer.
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MAKING PEACE MORE SECURE.

This country has trade interestss in Ehinas which it cannot overlook 96 It vas therefores to be expected that 1t you'd make inquiry following the 9an- louncament Of new,s public. and. secret demands upon itEhy Jap pan. $, sTheF Hand if the mikado has been showing an Increased interest einf -laanas since the 6uropean war andf the. icaptaire .of ssthe Eeruian port in tfiat country. It has previously made demands upon the Chinese and they shaye to a tlarge ex- ent been granted, 50 4niich so 4ttat at5ne.s- hands aEaz to { ax certain dssz.
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Norwich, Friday Sept. IS, 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-08
FL|ERS ESCAPE DEATH CARRIES NO PEACE PLEA
Land and Water Machine, Tested for
Government, Wrecked at
Newport News.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, October T.
The Curtiss combination twin motor
land and water machine, being tested
here for the United States government,
was totally wrecked this AFTERNOON
when Pilot Victor Vernon sent 1t
crashing nose first into the water while
attempting a landing.
Vernon and Percy Kinkham. mechan-
ician. were precipitated thirty Ieet
through the air. but escaped without
injury. They were rescued by announcer
flierboat, which was short distance
away at the time of the accident ihe
machine sank and probably VIII De
total loss. Vernon states that an con
trolls We're working perfectly Wheh ne
attempted to land, and that the acci
dent was simply due to the fact t1at
he misjudged the distance ana the oe-
gree to which he tilted the planes.
The machine recently was successfully
tested out here before the naval aero
board. but later was slightly remodeiea
to conform with ideas of members OF
the board The naval board was VIII
Messing the test from the shore