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New Britain herald., 1916-10-21

sues are readily absorbed. Gold 1m- ports have been resumed, the total arrived since January 1 being $40O,- 000,000, with the prospect of still more to come. Presumably these re- cent arrivals are to pave the way for the rumored $250,000,000 British is- sue Argentina, France and Russia are also understood to be financing part of their requirements in this market. The stock market conditions favor continued activity and the trend of values seem for the present upward. Frequent reactions must be expected in case of unfavorable news or over- buying.
 HENRY CLEWS.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
INSANITY SAVES SLAYER.
Hotel Keeper Found Not Guilty
 Murdering Wife.

Rutland, Vt, Oct. 21.-George WI Duncan. a hotel keeper of this city, who shot and killed his wife, Mrs'j Melinda Duncan, on August 5, was| found not guilty of murder on tne| ground of insanity today.
 At the trial, which began two weeks ago, it developed that Duncan re sented his wife's relations with an other man. and shot her at the homel of friends where she had been livihg.l He attempted to kill himself, but wasI prevented.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
HONESTY OF UNCLE SAM
Package Containing $5yOOO An Ne
 gotiable Bonds Easily Seen Passes Safely From Texas to Washington.

Washington, Oct. 21.-Five thous- and dollars in bonds, good as cash and readily negotiable, poorly con- Cealed in a much-torn envelope which revealed their true value to scores of employees, traveled safely in the ordinary letter mail from Rusk, Texas, to the post office department where they were delivered today to the postal savings director.
 Officials thought it a fine testimo- nial to the honesty of postal employees. The bonds came as security for post al dep 0sits from a national bank, which was requested, however, to reg ister such valuable mall in the fu- ture.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
BRITAIN FINANCIALLY WEAK
Cologne Gazette Compares English
 and German Strength In Raising Funds for Continuation of War.

Amsterdam, Oct. 21, via London,
 Oct. 21. 10:46 a. m.-The Coloshe
 Gazette commenting on the recent speech of Reginald McKenna, British chancellor of the exchequer on thel rate of interest on British treasury bonds, remarked: Nothing can III lustrate the failure of the British hn-I ancing of the war more clearly thanI the continual promise of a higher rateI Of interest for new money, and the | contrast between this British practice and German stability which now for the fifth time has achieved complete success"
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
NEW DEMOCRATIC BANNERS.

Two democratic banners, which have been delayed in arrival several weeks were flung to the breezes this afternoon, one across Hartford avenue and the other across Broad street There are now three banners in New Britain announcing the democratic candidates, the third having been strung over Main street just north of the railroad crossing about two weeks ago.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Charles IL. Willard.

The funeral of Charles l.. Willard, for nineteen years janitor at the New Britain High school was held this afternoon at 1:3O o'clock from his late home at BOA Park street. Nu- merous and beautiful floral tributes bore mute testimony to the esteem in which MT. Willard was held by his many friends in this city. Rev. Dr. G. w. c. Hill conducted the services and interment was in the West Mer- iden cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
CONFERENCE OF MINISTER'S

Berlin, Oct. 21. via London, 11:05 a. m.-A conference in which all the leading ministers of the German federal states will participate will be held in Berlin today. Invitations for the meeting were issued by the i'm erial chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann IIollweg. The conference will deal with food problems, mainly the oues- ton of providing the employees with potatoes for the winter.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21

New York, Oct. 21.-Sir William Benjamin Bowring Bart, was one of the best known shipping men of Eng land and was identified with marine interests in Newfoundland and New York. Born in St. Johns, N. F., Sir William visited this city about 1865 and organized the shipping company of BoWring & Archibald, which was succeeded by the present New York firm of Bowring and company, of which Sir William was director.
 Sir William was chairman of T. C. Rowing &, Co.,, Ltd. of London, Liver pool and Cardiff, and a director of Bowring Bros., of St. Johns. A few years ago he gave an estate to the city of Liverpool as a public park
 The annual meeting of the London firm will be held in England in Janu- ary, when Sir Williams successor will be chosen, it was announced here to- day.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
MRs BENNETT TO SPEAK HERE.

Mrs. M Toscon Bennett of Hart ford will speak at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock on "Women's Patriotism and the Vote." The public is invited to attend.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
ENGLISH SKIPPER DEAD
Sir William Benjamin Bowring Or ganized New York Concern About 1s65-Raphael Collins, Artist, Dies.

London, Oct. 21. 11:15 a. m.-Sir William Benjamin Bowring of Liver pool, a ship owner, Is dead He was born in 1S37
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21

Paris, Oct 21, 5:30 a. m.-Raphael Collin, artist, is dead. He was 66 years old, an officer of the Legion of Honor and a member of the Academic Des Beaux Arts.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21
roo LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

TO RENT-Five room tenement aft 392 Stanley street in a new house. ,
 Apply to A. N. Rutherford 62VY Stanley street. 1O-2l-5d
New Britain herald., 1916-10-21

TO RENT-Tenement. rooms, all
 modern Improvements, 626 Stanles'i street. 10-21-Sdx4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

been coaxed into profusion week by
week and blade by blade through the
season. OF course there are draw
backs: there may be no head on the
water or the hose may leak. But
even so there is far more recreation
to be had thus than can come to the
bored city man who has paved streets
about his dwelling. He can wet down
the sidewalk in the early morning.
but some cities have ordinances pro-
hibiting the sprinkling of sidewalks
after a certain hour. For, one who
will rise soon after the sun-and there
is no better hour for living when the
days are longs the acute joy of
washing the dust from the steps and
pavement and giving them a thorough
cleansing. A householder thus gets
some of the same satisfaction which
comes from shoveling away his snow.
All in all. the spouting hose is a bene-
fit to more than the mere spot at
which it is aimed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

messenger boys, yet the telephone is
in almost every business house and in
many households, doing work for
which there was little demand few
years ago. The farm tractors will
simply fit into the greater needs of
the country and will do the heavier
chores and drudgery which horses are
little fit for. They will not replace
the horses, but will simply assist them
and make life easier for them. They
will also enable farmers to breed bet
ter horses because their mothers will
be kept for that purpose instead of
spending half or more of their time
in doing heavy work. Let us not
dream too long upon the practicable
ity of the horseless farm. 1t is long
way off, as yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
Jayhawker Jots

"Chips From the Blockhead," from
the Downs News: Put not your trust
in princes, fountain pens, politicians,
non-skid tires, the home team or
blondes. A farmer says that he
made a great mistake in raising his
son. He. found that the latter had
filled three aces to a four-card draw.
There are two ways of torpedo
ing ship-with regrets and without.
Some of the alleged trains of
thought must have non-conductors
and no brakemen. . A pessimist
would rather be right than be happy.
Life's mysteries-the smile of
fat women dancing in tight shoes.
Any city can take a census of
population but few OF them can get
other cities to accept the count.
Related by the Haddam Clipper:
Some time ago three painters were
painting the inside of a house in the
country. Duri- g the day these paint
ers began wishing for something to
drink. Accordingly they put their
heads together and the result of the
conference was that the leader went
TO the mistress of the house and said:
The frames of your oil paintings are
very dingy, ma'am. Well clean them
for you if you've got any whisky"
How much whisky will be needed ?"
asked the guileless old lady. About
a quart" said the painter So the old
whisky and they drank it and cleaned
the picture frames with water. On
toward sunset the old lady coming to
inspect the frames expressed herself
as delighted with them. "Oh," she
said, they look beautiful. And who'd
have thought a quart of whisky would
have cleaned so many. It was lucky 1
saved it. It was what 1 washed Fido
in last Sunday"
A pastoral in the Lyndon Peoples,
under the heading Girls Yates
Fouled:" Advantage in reach, ability
to strike with superior force, coupled
with a plain unsolicited old Willard
punch by - Jack easily put Girls on
the blink for the count in an open
arena at his farm one day last week.
Tho audience was small. Mr.. Yates
corn row, with the Jacks close at
hand. Girls was determined not tc
allow the belt to go back to the black
race for as soon as he gained suffi-
cient strength, he secured a piece OF
wagon timber and gave Mr.. Jack 4
thorough goin' over. Girls says lie
beat that Jack with what little
strength he had felt, and after a
short intermission, beat him some
more Mr.. Yates "ducked" for ar
advantage, and as he did SO, that mule
caught him about midway" below
the belt, with blow that was en-
tire1y uncalled for. He had been
fouled as the gong sounded. The
| bounds of reason were simply for
gotten and he picked himself up at g
distance of some hundred yards, more
or less. With cup in hand. here's tC
you Girls, for defence of the belt which
the white race still holds. Moral
| Never let a mule back up to you and
push.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

nut, solid silver fittings and so forth.
"'Do you find anything lacking,
admiral?' the manager said, proudly,
at the end
Nothing the admiral replied
nothing except a leather upholstered
sofa for each horse"
Handicapped but undaunted, the ac-
tors in the touring "drammer" were
doing their best; but their efforts were
spoiled by the rude comments of
small boy at the back of the hall.
At last after some Of his best
scenes had been spoiled, the hero
Kissed me1odramatically:
Ladies and gentlemen, five years
ago I lost a monkey. Tonight it has
turned up again at the rear of the
hall"
The applause and laughter which
greeted this brilliant sally had hardly
died away when the voice of the in
suffer was heard to ask blaudly.
What did you do with the organ ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record
He laughs best who has the laugh
on the other fellow.
You can't always match a sample
IN buying experience.
Many a mans lofty ideals get no
higher than castles in the air, and
highballs.
Where shoes are concerned, the av-
erage woman thinks it's a great feat
to wear small ones.
You never can tell Many a mans
wisdom consists largely of knowing
what other people ought to do.
Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do today; but on the other
hand don't cry over spilled milk until
it is spilled.
Some people are such sticklers for
social etiquette that they even expect
the wolf to come to the door with a
letter of introduction.
Wigwag - That fellow Bjones
thinks he knows it ALL" Youngpop-
"Geei It's very evident he hasn't a
kid old enough to ask questions
Cynicus-.I always feel sorry for
fellow who is getting married. Silli-
cus-'I don't know why you should"
Cynicus-"I suppose it's because he
hasn't sense enough to feel sorry for
himself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
HoRsELEss FARMS FAR AWAY

Some prophets and sons of prophets
who predict that horses on the farms
will soon be only a memory will have
passed away. and pleasing epitaphs
will be carved into the stones which
mark their resting places, long before
their prophecies become fact. The
not. as some believe, remove the
horses from the fields and from their
pastures. Farm Machinery asserts.
The advent of street cars did not have
that effect upon horses, neither did
the bicycle nor. automobile. Today
there are more horses in this country
than there were ten years ago, and
prices are considerably higher. The
one thing that the farm tractor will
do is to supply the need of power on
the farms which horses cannot give.
Take away the farm tractors which
are in use today and several hundred
thousand horses would be required to
replace them, or if horses could not
be had the lands would have to go
unplowed and untitled. The number
of tractors now in use will be multi
piled many times within the next ten
years, but there will be as many
horses in this country as there are to
day, and prices will be even higher
than now. Farm tractors are becom-
ing a necessity, just as electric street
cars have become-the same as tele-
phones have supplanted the telegraph
in a way and have taken The place Of
messenger boys and quick delivery OF
are not more miles of telegraph wire
in use today than ten years ago, mol
can it be said that there are fewel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

Rear Admiral Peary. whose major
naval activities for great part of the
time that he has been connected with
the United States navy have been con-
fined to the operation and manage
ment of dog-sleds in the Arctic re-
gfons, has worked out a naval con-
struction plan for these United States
of elaborate proportions, and which
he is championing in letters and arti-
eles in some of the big eastern pub
licaticns. Maybe Doc Cook has one,
too. And the mystery is how Doc
Cook happened to let Admiral Peary
score such a victory on him in this
field, by announcing his naval plans
first. However. the possibilities are
that Doc Cook published book or a
brochure on this subject so long ago
that it has been forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

One day in the late fall gardener
started away from the barn with a
wheelbarrow- load of tulip bulbs.
Here's a good days work for me,
said he to himself, as he began set
ting them out in neat rows in the
front-yard flower beds. I'll be lucky
if 1 finish this job by night"
He worked diligently, but when the
early autumn twilight fell over the
earth there were still some bulbs yet
implanted.
81 don't want to have to do this to-
morrow" said he; ct guess it will be
all right if 1 stick these in the ground
Just in front of these bushes. instead
of in the regular flower beds" So,
without much careful planning, he set
the dozen or more tulip bulbs in the
ground just in front of the bare
bushes.
And all through the winter the tulip
bulbs slept in their cozy bed and cared
not a whit where they were; for they
were warm and comfortable and that
was all that mattered.
But when the sun stopped his win
ter journey and started on his trip
high in the sky, when Jack Frost
went to bed in his northern home and
the gentle south winds blew through
the trees, then the tulip bulbs walked
up from their long sleep and began
to grow up toward the sunshine. But
dearie mel By the time they reached
the top of the soil, what do you sup
pose had happened?
The bushes had dressed themselves
in beautiful dresses of green leaves
and flowers and the tulip leaves
couldn't look through the bush leaves
at all, The leaves grew so denselyi
What in the world will we do
now?" cried the tulip plants to each
other. Some careless gardener has
planted US too far back under the
bushes and we never in the world can
see enough sunshine to make our bios
sOmsi All, me, What shall we do"
Now few sunbeams shone upon the
bushes and a few south breezes, who
were passing by, heard every word
the tulip plants said. Don't you
worry" cried the sunbeams and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

After a while, wearying of the de-
liberateness of the men with the glass,
one of the young men said to the
other:
Come, Bill, we might as well go
along. They are not going to let it
fall
Shortly after Sir Edward Carson
had relinquished the post of solicitor
general he was speaking of the meth
DDS of examining candidates for the
service and told the following story:
II had a son who went through that
ordeal and when it was over asked
him what had been said to him. "A
lot of rot!' he replied. They asked
me If my father was the solicitor
general and when 1 said that he was,
they asked me why 1 didn't follow
in his footsteps. 1 told them that 1
might take that up after I had failed
at this job"
1.-THE late Admiral Evans had a
uick, bluff wit said Surgeon Gen
eral William c. Braisted, U. S. N
THE admiral once was taken
through the Vanderbilt stables in
New York The stable manager
showed him walls and floors of pale,
translucent thing, marble drinking
troughs. managers of Circas sian wal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

How thoughtful and kind of one
T. ]. Keegan, commissioner of the
federal department of labor, to make
it unnecessary for the president of
the United States, his cabinet and the
nations congress to do any worrying
ever a possible strike on the part of
the four great railroad brotherhoods.
Willy-nilly! In such an event, the
government of the United States will
seize the railroads and they would
never again be returned to their for
mer private ownership" Mr.. Keegan
says so himself This settles the
whole big and vexed problem, of
course. 1t may be, though, that Mr..
Keegan hasn't the authority to speak
for the government of these United
States. He may merely be laboring
under the delusion that his opinions
Of what ought to be done under a GER
tain contingency are the plans that
the government has adopted with
which to meet it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
Euening Chat
Those Selfish, Unselfish Men.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

T0OSe SelI1Sn, OnSSlllSl1 Men.
Sometimes think men are the most
exasperating. selfish creatures in the
world.
They make such a fuss about their
meals, they scold so when the morning
paper doesn't come or the laundryman
is late or at any of the small mishaps
that are an inevitable part OF the warp
and wool of daily life, and that
wouldn't matter much if people only
wouldn't fuss about them.
And then again am touched by the
infinite patience and the nselfishness
Of this strange race of creatures.
Once upon a time when 1 was in
New York I called upon a friend who
lived in Brooklyn.
I was myself staying at the other
end OF the city and the trip took me
one hour and three-quarters, much of
which was spent in a hot, ELEVENTH
ated, crowded subway.
1t was a terrible trip, and couldn't
help commenting upon it to my host
esS
How would you like to take it
every day?" she asked. Zone of my
neighbors does that. His business was
moved out to the Bronx just after they
took the apartment. His wife isn't
strong and they had Just gotten &C
quainted and she didn't want to move
again right away, so he has TO go back
and forth every day, and in the rush
hour, too, when he has to stand most
of the way
Think of It'll An hour and three
quarters twice day-three hours and
a half spent in uncomfortable and un-
healthy surroundings.
All so that mis- wife shouldn't have
to novel.
That's what I call a heroic sacrifice
the kind of heroism that endures
the torture of million pin pricks OF
daily discomfort.
| No woman should accept such a
sacrifice.
Accessibility to her husbands bus
mess ought to be the first factor con-
sidered in choosing a home. No wom-
an would deliberately lop off two OF
three years of hers Husbands life sc
that she might be more accessible to
| her friends. Yet that is just what
many women do in forcing their hus-
bands to BEND an extra hour a day in
transit.
There are not many cases so bad
as the one 1 have quoted Though
know of another where the father fol
years travelled two hours and a hall
each way. but there are many cases
in which the convenience of the work.
er has not been made prime factor
in the choice of a home.-(Copyrigh'
by George Matthew Adams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19


Briton of Teuton, it matters not,
Once we've been through 1.-THE melting pot;
Changed forever each heart and mind,
Old-worid fea1ty left behind
Henceforth. Yankee in blood and bone,
We have one country and one alone:
America.
Land of the larger, nobler view,
Land of the Immigrants dreams come
true;
Country where tyranny, caste, and clan
Yield to the sacred rights of man;
Nation whose glorious history
Brightens the hope of humanity.
StoBehouse of treasure, rich and vast,
Gift of a providential past
Spared by fortune of time and place
To nurture new and favored race.
Land of our opportunity,
Land of our chfldren's destiny:
America.
Heroes of history's reddest page,
Writ in an awe-struck modern age,
Kinsman our comrades of yesterday,
Stand embattled in deadly fray.
Dim though the conflict be understood,
Yet, mid the world-engulfing wars,
Menacing dark our adopted shores.
Stronger than ties of blood or birth,
Stronger than all the ties of earth,
First and last shall our passion be,
Thy honor, peace, and integrity
America.
C w Park, Associate Professor OF Eng
lish, University of Cincinnati.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
FRESHENING UP.

That garden hose is also emblem
attic of refreshment to the manipula-
tor, for there is real rest to be found
in sprinkling ones lawn, says Col
hers. The weary ccmmuter. free at
last of his office, comes home in the
cool of the day and. with a sweet pipe
between his teeth and his youngsters
frolicking about him. gets out OF doors
and vets down the lawn. That Is
Iseace. Moreover, he feels a sense
OF proprietorship when the grass has
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Journal Entries

Love and reason seldom walk to-
gether.
+ /. +
Nor does money always talk in a
sensible manner
+ J. +
Many coat of tan costs more than
a whole suit of ordinary clothes.
= +
Most men who consider themselves
worthy of women are seriously af-
flicted with an exaggerated ego.
+ + +
Almost every individual is some
thing of an inventive genius when
cuSe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19

Thus encouraged, the tnIip plants
went to work. They grew fine green
leaves and long stems Such long
stems and such strong stems you never
IN tiI your me saw-so long that they
reached up through the bushes and
out toward the sunshine. And by the
time the scarlet tulip blossoms were
ready to bloom the stems were long
enough to stick the blossoms clear
of course that took time All the oft,e,-
tulips were done with their bloornint,
when. at the end of June, these bra, ye
scarlet tulips thrust out their buds
and opened bright red blossoms into
lne sunshine Weren't they good
Judson.) @i.i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-19
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE

Real grief seldom throws many hys-
terical fits.
A college education is about all
some men ever get.
Almost any woman can talk faster
than she can write.
Most of the inside information
eventually gets outside.
When a woman makes peace, it is a
sign she dictates terms.
Some go crazy with the heat, while
other don't need the heat
Every town has a man who has a
faculty of getting Jobs and losing
them.
One has to be young or drunk to
have good time on a crowded ex-
curSion.
Very likely your rich kin don't think
any more of you than you do of them.