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New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

The empire counts more than 50,0OO,- 900 citizens. Nor are the resources Of the land nearly so fully developed as in the cast of it's northern nelghbor' Germany. Though ancient, there Is still much 10 be done for the upbulld- ing of the country, and many more people can find a living there. Austria has a population-density of 26O to the square mile, Hungary, 160; and Bosnia Herzegovina, less than 100.
 Austria Hungary is largely an agrl- cultural country, and more than ha1 of the people were engaged on the farms and ranches. Less than six per cent of the area of Austria is unpro- ductive. The country is rich in raw materials and has important iron, steel, machinery, textile, glass ana beet sugar industries. Vast cattle and sheep ranges are found In Hun gary; and the foreign market to which Austria-Hungary has looked as pe- culiarly her own for the consumption of her surplus products was that or the Balkan states.
 "In Hungary, seventy per cent. or the population was engaged in agricul- ture, and less than fifteen per cent. in industry. Six land magnates are said to own one-tWelfth of the country, though there is q large number of small holdings, more than 5000, 900. Favorab ble harvests were enjoyed by Hungary in the last few years before the war, while industrial conditions in Austria were bad. The dual monarchy receives millions every year from its citizens who come to this country.
 "The foreign trade of the empire increased steadily during the ten years preceding the war, the imports faster than the exports. Germany led all other countries by large margin in goods purchased from and sold to Austria Hungary with England second and the United States third. RuSSla was a good customer. The total Of the Austro- Hungarian foreign trade is con- siderablv in excess of a billion dollars. One-third of this passed through the ports of Trieste and Plume, winch ports the empire holds of tremendous importance. Low wages, a compara- lively low cost of living, abundant fuel and iron, sufficient timber and rich agricultural lands all contribute | to assure the dual monarchy of an in | dependent economic life for many gen eratiOnS to come
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
pROFITTNG BY MISFORTUNE.

While the Milford wreck is fresh N the minds of travellers and others it &light be we'll for the Connecticut Company to set at work making some &f the repairs that seem so necessary &Iong portions of it's roadway in this &ity The people of New Britain have Been complaining for some time be- kause of what they consider poor Equipment. It is a recognized fact in Eailroading that a dollar withheld to- Bay in the repairing of rolling stock &e spent later on. It is economy, Therefore, to keep the equipment up to Bhe highest level of efficiency. There &re some cases where policy of re- 4renchment is permissible to some ex- lent. as in the case of the New Ha- Ecn; but where a company is a rccog- Eial condition is healthy, there is no HBseming need in withholding proper Accommodations from a public that
 Efyes all and gets but little in return. It has been but a few days since the Herald called attention to the poor condition of the roadbeds on Arch and DubiIee streets. Since then there have
 been many communications to this of flee calling attention to other defects in the system, notably among which Is the uncleanliness that sometimes exists in the cars plying between Hart ford and New Britain. This is, o1 course a matter for the Health De- partment to supervise. But if the
 Connecticut Company is wise it will
 not wait until it is called to order
 by outside forces. It will spend g
 little time and energy and money ir
 renovating it's property and putting its house in order. It is nothins
 more nor less than the old. old story |of an ounce of prevention,-al
 better than ton of cure.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
The Abuse of Language.
(BostOn Herald.)

Whether our speech is to serve us as a mitten or as a glove depends on the pains we are willing to take With distinctions like those in Shoulc
 and "Would," "vho" and that, 'the boy's' and "of the boy. For our thought, both in seeing thlne5 and Tn mulling them over, IS lar subtler and more finely shaded that the corresponding string ot WoruS that we address to our friendS' 1' such expression as we can reach, we depend on the trim distinctions ol our grammar as directly as the typl't on the distinction of her keypoard
 or the wood carver on the differences
 of his Sougcs. To lose from good usage even one Well-based gram1fla- tical distinction is to lessen by Just that amount our means of matchlhS our thoughts with our words.
 Unhappily our careless use of the mother tongue is confusing forms and dropping distinctions that even collo- quial wording can ill spare. Our en- ormous vocabulary grows faster than the dictionary makers can issue ap- pendiX and new edition; but our grammar like an aging tree, IS dc~ caying at the tips. Take for ln- stance "would' and ''should.' Here in New England, the distinction lin gers. In the middle west and be- yond. "WOuld" has hopeleSSly merScu with it's own service that of 'should The smoother phrases II would like
 and T would he grateful already ap- pear in formal writing, and only the Nerbalist is veXed. The distinction Of "who' from 'that' for all the good examples in the talk of street and shop and in the common version of the Bible, is as good as gone from our modern books. In "a running g fight, "by running a raCe,' T saw John running,'' II saw Johns run ning,' how many of us can tell apart, as adjective, infinite, partjciple ans verbal noun, those four run Is it any wonder that we arc letting slip the good distinction between He didn't like Tom inter- rupting" and. He didn't like Toms A graver loss has come of our laziness with subjunctive forms. Our school children think us quaint when we say. If he werc' or "Whcrevcr it be-" Shades of De- m mosthenes and Cicero. What could cen the orators have done had Rome and Athens dulled their StilettO- like subiunctives into blunt indicatiVes?
 Language is the worlds oldest Won- der. No one really knows how it be- gan or how it attained it's struGtural The Greek grammar was finer than the Roman; the Sanskrit finer than the Greek. Language is the one taking argument for a pre- historic Golden Age. It's laws have been studied and named and marvel cd at by men like Grimm and Mueller ana our own Whitney as if human speech had some mysterious life of it's own. The least the rest of us can Go is to pass it 10 the next genera ton with the least possible damage from Our own using.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
The National Bird.
(Meriden Journal. )

Some of the Pacifists have recently been expressing their dislike of the Ea gle, used as a national American sym bol. To their minds, the eagle is a bird of prey, a robber and d thief arrogant and bearing. They re- gard him as unsuited to represent peace loving, industrious America.
 The eagle is of course militaristic bird His great power and dauntlcss coura ge make him q typical fighter. His picture displayed on the banners of Ancient Rome gave the battling legions confidence and courage.
 This aspect of the eagles nature seems inappropriate to our national habits But the eagle also stands for a marvelously clear vision. He rises to vast heights, and his clear seeing eve overlOokS the whole landscape That is certainly sym boliStiC of our American freedom of thought Our prosperity and social advances are due to the clearncss With which our people have discerned certain truths which the Old World has been slow to recognize.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
WAIT FOR THE FACTS.

Up until the terrible disaster a Mill @rd yesterday there had been no Mrious wreck on the New Haven sys- @m involving the lives of passengers #ace the fatal day in September three Ears ago when the White Mountain &press crashed into the Bar Harbor #press at North Haven. That was on 8e very day that Howard Elliott #cended to the presidency of the syS- m which had been suffering so many &lshaps. Because of this record. be- &use there has been great improve Sent in conditions on the road since Err. Elliott assumed the leadership, Aere will be no nasty action on the Hart of the public in condemning any sle or anybody for what happened Ssterday, Rather will the sympa- 5 5etic natures of those who have ssttched the struggles of the road bid em wait until the two Investigations S9w under way disclose facts. There Bay be blame enough to go around Ster everything is known.
 Because the engineer of the train 2hich caused all the damage died at De throttle of his engine, one of the
 lest sources of information has been fmoved. It may be that this man las to blame. It may be the signal |stem was out of order. The brave hgman who sacrificed his life in htiIe attempt to prevent the disaster Fould have been an invaluable wit
 less before the Public Utilities com hission had he lived. The fireman is Eso lost. Thus it will be difficult to 1 et first hand information from the ! ailroad men. Experts, however, may i etermine whether the block system 1 +as at fault, whether it was poor rail- oading or just bad luck that caused l his horrible. accident, whether the 1
 uman equation or rundown me- hanical equipment was to blame for 1 rear-end collision in broad daylight. Tntil all the evidence is in there , hou1d be no voice raised in denuncia- .
 on
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Henry Morgenthau, ambassador of the United States to Turkey has just arrived home on a leave of absence Since the war began he has been much in the limelight and has proven that he is one of the most brilliant and ca pablo men in the diplomatic service. It was Morgenthau who prevented the Turkish government from seizing the French British and Russian am- bassadors as hostages and thus pre- vented a grave error. Shirt sleeve diplomacy which has been held up by one of our own great Americans as the laughing stock of Europe" needs no apology after the work of Morgenthau is considered. And there are many, many others like him.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
LONG LIFE TO THE BARRIERS.

While nearly every business known to the world has been in one way or another affected by the war, the barbers are still walking around in their shops, shaving, shampooing, stropping their razors and pouring tales old and new into the cars of their customers. For this, the barber ing business is the only one not d- rectly affected by the war. Reports recently compiled by the various state license bureaus go to show that the same number of barbers working last
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
Wonders of tho Telephone.
{ From the Telephone Review. )

(FrOm the TcTcNhOnc ReNieW.)
 A guest on the thirteenth floor of a hotel was handling money near an open window when a gust of wind appropriated one of the bills and hastened out the window with it. The man immediately turned to the telc- phone and told the private branch exchange operator what had happen ed. With the usual quick thinking of her profession, the operator knew at once what to do. She called the baggage man, who was situated just inside the entrance to the hotel, and he hurried d porter into the street. Looking up the man saw the bank note just passing the fifth floor, The telephone saves money in more ways than one,
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
KEEPING THE GREENBACK"
 GREEN.

It was our own Congressman Hill who first warned the nation that un- less something were done pretty soon in the dyeStuf situation the Stars and appear not as the Red, White and Blue but probably as the Pink, White laughter at the time of the remarks
 But soon after some one who kept an eye always peeled toward the tint of a dollar bill discovered that unless the Bureau of Engraving and Printing were given the necessary amount of dye the American 'srecnback' would also change it's color and might even dissolve into a sky blueback'. Hor- TOTS! Forthwith, the governments of Germany and Great Britain were called upon and through their kindly graces enough dNestuff has been al lowed to come into this country to prevent our dollar bill from losing it's wonderful tint. Granted that rose by any other name would smell as sweet. or a dollar bill under any other color would have the same purchasing power, there are those of us who could not but regret any change in the color scheme of the "greenback''
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
Child Labor in the South.

(Springfield Republican,
 The l2th annual conference on child labor, at AsheVille, N. C., which has just ended, disclosed an unexpected interest among the people of the vicin- ity in the cause for which the con- ference was held. Labor organiza-
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

our people have become familiar
 Nothing today can surprise us. 1t may be that the daily flying mail to Nantucket will prove epochal in it's way.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
Make Him I'rantS.

(FrOm Jack-O'-l .antCrnD This freshman wore corduroy pants; "Aha!" cried the bold sophS. "Oul'
 chantS!"
 And the garments fresh wore, When the contest was OCT Would never look we'll at a dants.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
Serious Reading.
CVatorhul'N DemO"ratD

([NHf oINuIW IIoWONFut.)
 A New York observer "f literary affairs notes that since the war be" gan there has been a larger pubic demand for serious books. This may be true-et us hope that it is, but it is doubtful if war inspired desire
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
FACTS AND RANCHES

A successful man is one who can make other lseoplc think aS much of him as he thinks of himself - Paterson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Corditi ,ns haven't changed much in Palestine since 2.000 years ago. A cert2in man going down from JeTu- yalem to Jericho would bC pretty sure to fall among Turkish troops.--Pater- sen Call.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

AnalyzinG the opening question of the afOregOing letter, "What has created the dissatisfaction with the pastor of the Peoples church?" and then reading the very next sentence, There has been no statement made in the press that did justice to either pastor or people, the casual reader would suppose that the neWSpap per must be blamed for any injustice that might have been done either to the people or the pastor in question. To clear up any misunderstanding that might exist it should be remembered that whenever a newspaper expresses it's opinion on any subject the cdltOrlal columns arc pressed into serVlce. In tho reEular news columns only Such statements and facts that pertain to men and events arc used, and when opinions are there expressed the m dividuals in question are quoted. It may be well to remember that there has been no editorial comment in this paper unfavOra blc to the pastor or the people of any church in the city, not, at least, within the past tWelVc- mOnth.-t IGd.)
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Henry Ford has begun a campaien against national defense, Millions for advertising but not one cent for pre- paredneSS.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

The General Federation of Women's clubs has undertaken a crusade for modcsty in WOmen's dress. The feder- atjon's first step should be to define il Worcester Post
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

tered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23
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s HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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 at Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Claude Kitchin, who is supposed to be the majority leader in the House of Representatives now announces his opposition to the Tariff Commission Bill. Up to date the gentleman from North Carolina has been out of line with his party on all issues. It is a good thing he was not appointed President Wilson's "Kitchen Cabinot'.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

It is said that the new Canadian coins will bear the rH C of an Amer jean girl. That ought to hold them at par-IIOuStOn Post
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

MOTTLED HARVESTER RUGS
 Size 36x63
 Special at $25O Each TAPESTRY RUSSELLS RUGS
 At Old Prices Size S.3X106, at $11.5O. Size 9X12 it., at $13.5O.
 COCOA DOOR MATS
 75c, S9c, to $1.5O Each
 WINDOW SHADES Window Shades in stock, 25c up- ward.
 Any size shades made to order. Call or phone No. 21 and have your shades looked after. Satisfactory work guar anteed Make arrangements now and our shade man will call upon you. SPECIAL SALE OF TRUNKS
 $5.OO to $11.5O Each
 EIBRE-FIFTY TRUNKS
 $7.5O to $15.OO FIBRE-ETETY WARD ROBE
 TRUNKS , Specials at $15.OO and $22.5O Each STEAMER TRUNKS $4.25, $5.OO, $5.98 to $9.5O
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Now that we arc assured ice prices are to be high next summer, vii someone kindly tell us who though they wouldn't e?-CleValand Leader
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

make other Ieoplc thlnk aS much Of him as he thinks of himself-Patcraon Press Guardian
 The General Federation of Women's clubs has undertaken a crusade for modcsty in Wome en's dress. The feder- ation's first step should be to define Worcester Post,
 Corditi DIS haven't changed much il, Palestine since 2.OOn years ago. A certain man going down from Jeru- salem to Jericho would bc pretty sure to fall among Turkish troops.-Pater- sen Call.
 It is said that the new Canadian coins will bear the rH c of an Amer jean girl. That ought to hold them at par-IIouston Post
 Now that we arc assured ice prices are to be high next summer, will someone kindly tell us who thought they wouldn't be?-('levaland Leader
 The groundhogs performance will he brief, but it gets plenty of ad- vance notices and will receive plenty of criticism. .--Des Moines Register and Leader.
 II. 1I. Brown of TAbler met the writ CT on the street S&turday and forced us to take arothor dcl;,r to keep The star coming (Okla.) star.
 The National Guard can be success fully used for defence in case of war, merely by asking permission of forty eight Governors and State Legislatures every time an order is issued to them. Pits sficld News.
 The London Chronicle chideS Punch for satrizing President Wilson's pa tience. Ifs inc patience of the Ameri- can people that invites cOnSidera ion. But il scclns to b. reaching it's ends New York Sun.
 No city ever lost its liberties that had 1154.9O5 telephones in working order Paul Revere was useful in his time, but noisy and mclOdramatic, Warning by telephone would be pre- ferrcd now, even in the nCighborhood of Boston.-ProokINn Eagle. Topeka found fiftN-tWo persons ranging from fifteen to fortY-four years of age, dancing the dog walk in Topcka's only ca baret, colored place. They Were all arrest ed crimson O<an.) News.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

The London Chronicle chideS Punch for satirizing President Wilson's pa tience Ifs thc patience of the Amerl- can people that invites cOnSlderat ion. But ii scclra to b. reaching its ends New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

ferently. The pastor has withdrawn his influence from it's support and our missionary work is suffering and will continue to suffer from the want Of d united WhOlehearted support AL though it seems to have been lost sight of just now, that was the first cause of dissatisfa cton
 In regard to the continuation of the present trouble, it goes without saying that there is blame on both sides. There is dissa tisfa ctiun, and it has been growing in the past months. Some of it is in regard to church policy and some is, undoubtedly, per sonal. It all culminated in desire for an expression of opinion at the an4 nual meeting as to the desirablllty of a change. By our constitution the of ficerS of the church from pastor down are elected or reelected at each an nual meeting. At the opening of this meeting if the pastor had given them his resignation to have been acted upon and himself have retired the result would undoubtedly have been the same, but the personal element might have been eliminated and the door left open for reconciliation AS it was, the pastor himself acted as chairman of the meeting that was to decide his own reelection. Ills ful- ing against the voting by the young people may have been perfectly legal but il was reversing the ruling anu the custom of the church from It's first Or-a nizatiOn, and will hardly pc accepted by even the conservative members of the church. Then his putting off members of the board ol trustees Who have been connected with the official board for twenty years and more. for simply personal reasons. will hardly be endorsed by even his warmest partisans. Thc whole annual meeting deGcncratcd into an election WranGic. The pastor accomplished his reelection but the Peoples church remains mouse d. vided against itsclf.' There seems to be no door left open for recOnCllla- ton. But let us hope that better counsels will prevail. We know that each side has the real good of our little church at heart Let us try to realize that anything that dishonors the church aims and SulleS the life and traditions of the Great Founder of the real church which have come down to us through the centuries of the past two thousand years.
 C.. r. SHELDON.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

The groundhOg's performance will he brief. but it gets plenty of ad- vance notices and will receive plenty of criticism.-Des Moines Register and .ca der.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

Topeka found fifty-tWo persons ranging from fifteen to forty-four years of age, dancing the dog walk in Topckas only ca baret, colored place. They were all arrest ed.--H!utchins (i<anD News.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

The National Guard can be success fully used for defence in case of war, merely by asking permission of forty eight Governors and state Legislatures every time an order is issued to them. -PittSficld NcWS
New Britain herald., 1916-02-23

R. F. Brown of TAbler met the writ or on the street S&turday and forced us tO take arot1ler drllar to keep The star coming. (Okla) Star.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-20
SEWARD METH0DlSTS
DEDICATE PIPE ORGAN

SEWARD. Neb., Feb. 19.-(Special) j.
Five days. Monday, Wednesday Thurs
day Friday and Saturday of next week
will be given by the members OF the
Methodist Episcopal church here to dedi-
eating their new $500 pipe organ. on
Friday night Mrs. Frederick Pitts OF
Omaha will give an organ recital Rev
Mr.. Schelkengast, vice chancellor of
Wesleyan university. will speak on Sun
day and Julian Williams OF Lincoln will
play the pipe organ. The Methodists
here fifty years ago listened to the first
sermon preached in Seward comfy. IT
was delivered by DR.. McKesson in Va
lovely grove a mile north of Seward
which was then but hamlet. Rev. Bert
Story. the present pastor who conducts
the dedication services. completed his
work in the Boston School of Theology
In 1915. The church has a membership
of 2s6.
Harrison Greiner Of Champion. this
state. and Miss Katherine Ahrens OF
Etaplehurst. were given a marriage license
yesterday by County Judge Harry Norval.
Miss Nina Parks of Dorchester and
Herman A. Schultz of Milford were mar
RED at Seward by Rev. A Woth yester-
day.
The boy scouts gave out forty-five
bouquets to "shut-ins" Tuesday.
Mrs. Joseph Brown fell on her front
porch and broke one of the bones in
her arm Friday.