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Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
"STOPi LOOK! LISTENl"

The Nation Wide Preaching Mission, in which Christ Church, of Canaan, will take it's part, next week, with special services each day and evening, is attracting no little attention, and promises to awaken 8 wholesome in- terest, locally and throughout the country. It is to be hoped it will. In these hurrying, scurrying times, when the chief end and aim of life seems to be too much in the direction of personal pleasure, the pursuit of the almighty dollar, the qualification of sordid am- bitions in business, society, politics, and competition in one line or another that crowd out the loftier thoughts and aspirations which should influence the daily lives of men, it is we'll to pause and take at least feeting thought for the welfare of the soul. Men will spend their active lives / working, struggling, fighting, hating, worrying and scheming for the present pleasures and future comforts of their physical existence, but find no time to ponder or reflect upon the necessity of giving their immortal souls chance. The weeks preaching mission serves as a needed reminder for such as are wholly absorbed in the pursuit of worldly pleasure and profit, to Stop Look l! Listen!
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
A Snowy Rhyme.
With apologies to everybody.

With apologies to everybody Snow. snow, beautiful snow; Keep on a Coming, oh, don't ever go; Robing the earth in a pure white gown, Solid as gum and ninety feet down. Snow on the mountain and snow on
 the plain, So deep, shall we ever see bare ground
 again? But keep on a'coming, oh, don't ever
 go, Beautiful, bountiful, bee yu-tiful snow Snow, snow, beautiful snow. Were getting too much of your white
 beauty show, When snow on the level is thirty feet
 deep, When drifts are so high that the old
 earth can't sleep Because of the terrible weight on her
 chest. Say. beautiful snow, can't you give us
 a rest? You're pure and you're white and a
 most lovely sight, But spot of black mud we would hail
 with delight, For then we could feel that our earth
 was still there, Though hidden miles deep in snow
 raiment so fair. Ten tons to the inch, oh, beautiful
 snow, It seems mighty certain you never will
 go. Blitherin'. slitherin', witherin' snow, Siftin' and driftin' till snow blind we
 go: But don't stop for that, our loss never
 mind: We can feel your white presence cen
 though we are blind. Tho never again we see anything The emerald grass or the tender string
 bean Silently down, gracefully down, Over the meadow and over the town, Filing it on bit thick, don't ye know, Beautiful, bewtiful, bee- u-tiful snow
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Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
TOO MUCH CONSCIENCE.

Editor George Crosby, of the sprightly Windsor Town Crier, is afflicted witt that troublesome appendix, a conscience Listen already once:
 "With an earnest desire to give credit where credit is due, having the Golden Rule in mind, we have nevertheless, between the copy and the press lost the few words in several cases, which indicated that items we had printed were taken from other papers. Our old friend John Rodemeyer of The Connecti- cut Western News has been the chief victim of our unintentional duplicity-but he is such a good natured, long suffering litterateur that everybody steals from him. If they did not half the papers in Connecticut would hardly be worth reading. Hereafter we are going to be more careful about giving credits.''
 Clearly a case of too much conscience, The Town Crier will get over it, ir time, and steal the good things of its without twinge. We 1O
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
The After-Dinner Telephone.

The after-dinner speakers life seems to be growing harder with aid of science- instead of easier. It is the trans.continental telephone that has become his particular burden this sum. mer. No longer can he use the same old story half a dozen times in the course Of his speech. making career Cities all along the line from coast to coast are in on the first laugh and it is mp to him to furnish something quite new in wit when he speaks again.
 Then, too, his speech has to be in state of perfection at its first presenta. tion, for there is to be no second chance, no prohting by experience. If it falls flat in one city he can't redeem it in the next, for 1t has already been heard at all those other tables where bored diners patiently wait at their re- ceivers for the point.
 He has at least one consolation, how. ever, in this trans-continental speech He can see the faces of only one audience at 8 time, and can always hope that the others be more apprecia. tive. .-ExchanRe.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
What the Other Fellows Say

According to some people Great Bar rington was saved from disaster by go- ing wet once more.-Pittsfield Eagle.
 Somebody is always saying, marking back to the past, that there was once a year known as "the year without a summer'' Perhaps this is to be an- other one Waterbury American.
 More power to the arms of the Bridgeport authorities who are en- deavoring to run down the dealers in forbidden drugs. The best place for such creatures is behind the bars.- Ansonia Sentinel.
 And some one makes the startling discovery that ammunition is being smuggled across the border. Imposs1- ble! Such a thing could not bel Bridgeport Post.
 The arrest of one of Billy Sundays ushers on charge of "lifting" money from the collection pans should prove an awful blow to trail hitters but then who can blame the usher? He wanted little of the "soft' coin himself.- Hartford Post.
 There is widespread feeling among the motorists that it is wicked for the war to continue and keep the price of gasoline so high.-New Haven Union.
 Henry Ford's social workers are re- porting all cases in which workmen of the Ford factories quarrel with their wives on the theory that family jars impair efficiency in the factory. Is Henry going to take away a mans natural right to scrap with bis wife ?- Waterbury Republican.
 Since the war began there have been organized 331 oil companies with an aggregate capital of $294, ,759, ,000, and we are told that oil is giving out and that's why prices have been showed up so high. The organization of so many companies to work on a fading and shrinking supply is really remarkable. And still up goes gasolene. Hartford Courant.
 Speaking of leap year, we are of the opinion that it is usually the woman who proposes in any year, but she does it so slick that the man is fooled into thinking that he did it himself Windham County Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
"A DresscessionaI."

Girl of the Future, feared of all,
 Chasing the far, flung Fashion line. What awful things may yet appal,
 Hung on your human form divine! Girl of Today, stay with us yet, Lest we regret! Lest we regret! The tunic and the peplum dies,
 The plating and the flare depart; Oh, what must we next sacrifice
 To future of fearful art Girl of Today, stay with us all, Lest worst befall Lest worse befall! The blouse and bodice melt away,
 For ever fades the silhouette; To! all the mode of yesterday
 Is one with puff and pantalette, Girl of Today, stay with us, do! Lest worse ensue! Lest worse ensue If drunk with mad designs we loose
 Wild styles that hold no art in awe Such clothing as the Fiiis use,
 Or lesser breeds without the law Girl of Today, stay with us, dol Lest worse may be! Lest worse maybe For foolish maid who puts her trust
 In French tailleur or smart modiste, In valiant men of mien august, Without discernment ill the least For frantic fads of Fashions whirl, Have mercy on us, Future Girl! Carolyn Wells, in Harper's.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT.

The enormous expenditures being made by the New Haven railroad, for Dew equipment, is indicated in an article furnished by Executive Assistant Riggs. It shows that "the total amount involved in equipment ordered and authorized from September 1, 1913, to December 31, 1915, is $1O, ,000," This includes 1886 units-electric and steam locomotives and all kinds of cars.
 The Central New England Railway, mission steam locomotives, 9 coaches, 4 combination smoker and baggage cars and 3 combination mail, express and baggage cars. This is a total of IS units of equipment delivered and placed in service. In addition to this the Central New England Railway has authorized and ordered 3 Mikado loco motives. This makes total expendi- ture for new equipment on the Central New England of about $20O, 900.
 The company plans to spend addi- tional millions of dollars on various i'm. provements to provide the facilities de- manded by the business of New Eng land. Expenditures for these improve ments will be authorized as rapidly as the funds can be provided and the nec- essary men and materials obtained. Deliveries of new equipment are slow because builders are having trouble in obtaining material promptly. For ex- ample, thirty three powerful freight engines ordered in the Autumn of 191 5 and promised to the company in Janu- ary and February, 1916, will not be received before April and May. Fifty of the most powerful passenger locomo- tives ever introduced into the service were ordered in February and delivery is promised by August. With eighty new and powerful locomotives the com pany will be able to improve the reli- ability of it's service which has not been satisfactory to it nor to it's patrons for some time. The heavy engines will naturally be used on the main line where trains are heaviest and this will permit the engines now in use there to take the place of lighter engines on other parts of the road.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
A Lenten Prayer.

Lord, grant that these, my hands,
 May do Thy will; Grant that my feet may walk
 In Thy ways still; Grant that mlne eyes may see
 My duty clear; Grant that mine ears always
 Thy voice may hear; So day by day some work for Thee And Thine may be we'll done by me. Lord, strength give to my hands
 To help and heal; Make Thou my feet more swift!
 To bring Thy veal; Let mine eyes to Thy face
 Aye lifted be; Quicken mine ears to calls
 For sympathy; So shall l those about me cheer And bless, who Thou dost hold so dear Help me to keep my hands
 From evil clean; My feet from wandering
 Where sin is seen; Mine eyes from seeing aught
 That hides Thy face; Mine ears from sounds that drown
 Thy words of grace; So shall I walk with Thee alway, Till dawns for me the heavenly day.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
Scraps.

Flax growing requires much work.
 California, last year, produced l3, ,916 flakes of quicksilver, vslued at $t, lSs. - SIS.
 Baku, Russia, imports $40, 900 worth of wire monthly from the United States.
 Of i6 wells bored in New Zealand in a search for petroleum, five are pro- ducing oil.
 A West Virginia company is making potash from hitherto waste stems of tobacco plants.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
Do You Know That

There is no Federal institution in the continental United States for the reception and care of lepers?
 Plague is disease of rodents?
 Malaria is spread by special mos' quito?
 House screening is a good disease preventive?
 Fingers, flies and food spread ty- phoid fever.
 Pellagra may be prevented or cured by proper diet?
 The United States Public Health Service believes that the common towel spreads trachoma, disease of the eyes?
 Children from sanitary homes ad- vance more rapidly in school than those from dirty premises
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

The coal production of the United States last year is estimated by the geological survey at 51S,000, 900 tons, slight increase from the previous year.
 A Nova Scotian farmer asserts he raised 300 bushels of potatoes last sum- mer on an acre of land.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

The Pittsfeld Eagle, having been asked for further enlightenment as to the favorite Pittsfield use of the nut meg, supplementing its assertion that the use of the nutmeg is incompatible with "steady habits," makes Hol. Historical admission, thus:
 called up one who knows me and yet loves me and repeated it and the answer came back: Apple pie.' I called up Denny Daley at the Norwood and he said: Apple Sauce." I called up a private boarding house and the woman who answered the telephone said: "Custard. I called up Superin- tendent Shaw of the street railway and he said solemnly: We some- times use it to sprinkle on the rails when they are icy.' asked the devil boy in the back room and he said "Damifno. I'm up tree. John-frankly up tree.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

Canaan's slogan, and the publication, last week, of the long list of slogans submitted in the local contest, have started the national Suffragists on a slogan hunt, and they are offering a prize of $25 for the best slogan for the suffrage cause. They will get lots of joshing notices, but they'll get their slogan just the same.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

According to the South African Min. ing Journal the principal diamond mines of South Africa will resume operation on a restricted scale at the beginning of 1916, after having been shut down since the outbreak of the war.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
SPRINGS MESSAGE.
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WAIT.

What so joyous as a morning
 In the very early spring, When the birds in all creation
 Their sweet songs of gladness sing When the snow and ice run riot
 In their gambols, in their play, To oertake the mighty river
 That goes rushing on its way. When the grasses and the flowers
 That so long we thought were dead Hear the summons of their Master
 And hold up each tiny head. Oh the fulness of the beauty
 That comes to us in the spring. Seeing all the earth so happy
 We, too, like the birds, should sing.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

By fractional distillation under rela- lively low pressure an Italian has found a way to remove alcohol from wine without otherwise altering 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

The Bridgeport Telegram wants name for the baby camel born there at the circus grounds. How about Maid in Bridgeport New Haven Union.
 They can't call her the growing end of the nutmeg-that' patented.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

The oil contained in onions is an enemy of the germs that cause colds, therefore, there is d good reason for the argument that eating raw onions will cure colds.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

Hartford has "the worst epidemic of measles it has known in years, about 600 cases being reported this month It's probably due to the measly weather
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

Canaans nutmeg slogan appears on ourafrst page thisaweek Whatfthink yesof it?
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
THURSDAY, MARCH 80, 1916.
"Lend a Hand."

'Lend Fand, If you should lift your neighbor up, Who stumbles by the way; If you should help to hrim his cup Of cheer whene'er you may; The very deed would help you rise, And strengthen every limb, So finely woven are the ties, That bind you close to him.
 Christian Science Monitor.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30

The usefulness of Business Mems Associations and Chambers of Con- merce was significantly shown in the result of the meeting of the directors of the State Chamber, held in New Haven, Friday. The meeting wa, called to consider the coal situations out the state. As consequence of the representations from the various places where coal famine is threatened, the railroad officials promise to "pry out" the numerous cars of coal that are held up at various points, in the general congestion of freight, and have them shipped to the consignees with all possible despatch.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-30
LAKES All FAD.

A press dispatch from Southington the home of Governor Holcomb, dated March 25. conveys this interesting in formation:
 "The sidewalk in front of Gov
 ernor Holcomb's residence here got
 the best cleaning in it's history
 yesterday, and no less a parsonage
 than the Governor himself did the
 job.
 "The Governor appeared early
 in the afternoon in front of his
 house with shovel and pick and
 commenced operations. The way
 he toyed with the shovel and
 lightly swung the heavy pick
 proved that his years on the bench
 and months in the State Capitol
 have not made him unfit for doing
 little hard work now and then.
 Any first class snowshoveller,
 glancing at the sidewalk after His
 Excellency was done with it, would
 have turned green with envy"
 With all due respect and veneratior for the Governor, we claim for Canaan the champion sidewalk cleaner. Jacot Schamerhorn, Of West Main street, g veteran of the Civil War, now in his 87th year, has been waging a hand-to. hand fight with the storm-king all winter. and, no matter how severe the blizzard, "Jake" has been on the jot on his front walk with shovel and broom, met every flake as it fell and had it on it's back in the gutter almost as soon as it struck the pavement. He has been the first to have a clean and dry walk after every storm and set 8 pattern for the rest of his fellow citi. zens-which none of them, in the resi- dential sections has come anywhere equalling, and mighty few have tried.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
CITY ACCEPTS WATER
PLANT FROM |. LOCK
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and Stevens Accepted By shs
Council fucAday

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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
FARM GIRLS WILL
MEET IN SESSION
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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
POLITICAL ISSUES
WILL REMAIN OUT
OF THE SCHOOLS
TRUSTEES TUESDAY REFUSED 70
DECLARE SCHOOL HOLIDAY
FOR FRIDAY ~ARcA 70

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Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-03-01
Properties

70 OTHER suburb
y has as much q
veloping as rapidly meT
il makes popularity and
popular demand increases
values.
We have a limited mum
Der of specially attractive
locations that we woald
like to show you-on
which we can quote
special prices and terms
Evening star., 1916-10-01
(THE END.)
Hyattsville.

HYATTsvILLE, September so.-Mr.
and Mrs. William F. Childs have re-
turned to their home in Salisbury. Nd.
after stay with the 1atter's brother
1n-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
w. Gambrill. here. Mrs. Joseph r.
Owens has returned after an all-sum-
mer visit with friends and relatives in
New York. Detroit and Baltimore coun-
ty. Md. DR.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hayden.
U. S. NJ, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. q.
Sherman James here.
Robert Porter entertained a party Of
young friends at dancing Friday even
ing. John Naylor was given a surprise
party Wednesday evening. the occasion
being his birthday.
Miss Dorothy Marsh has returned to
her home in Washington after spending
few days with friends here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles w. Grinstead have return
ed from a two-week stay at Atlantic
City. Robert MacCartee has returned
after spending a few weeks with
friends in Glen Echo, Md.
Evening star., 1916-10-01

Of tho debris, whom tho younger paused
to say-as II he were continuing an
argument already in discussion:
Here's another proof right before
your eyes! Do these mon look like the
sort Of human putty you used to turn
and twist and wheedle and coeroe in
your political day? They don't Each
Is an individual who walks in the light.
That group over there reading and
talking over that newspaper is as
familiar with Industrial conditions as
you or I. Sec that fellow taking his
hot drink from q thermos bottle; look
at that laughing negro over there by
the horses with his gold-filled teeth!
Can't you see that every bodily i'm
provement stands for mental progress?
And don't you know do-that the
time Is on US whom We vote hunters
have to reckon with the strong. silent
The voice trai1ed of into indistinct-
ness. and the woman who overheard,
and who might have caught q sentence
moro If her deaf ears had been moro
dependable, tried to figure out what
the strong, silent power that walked
in the light could be.
The workmen and the structure they
were piling up into the air were as like
as peas to other workmen on other build
ings, except that you don't stop to look
for thermos bottles and gold-filled teeth
AS to newspaper-everybody reads news
papers. Why, newspaper Is search
Evening star., 1916-10-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

Some women are as di8hty ~ ssme
men arc cranky.
by their works ye shall know them
said the matchmaker.
And some people actually believe <Aas
their troubles interest you.
There is probably nothing more unilke
a battle than picture of one.
Lots OF married mon who have NO
knowledge Of music quickly learn TO
play second violin.
It's better for . man to do . lftt1e
kicking than to become a human foot
ball.
Be honest. II you can-otherwise
your patrons will buy their canned
goods elsewhere.
And some men who arc short on hair
imagine that they are exceptionally
long on brains.
Don't envy the man with . wonderful
memory; he may remember thingD he
would rather forget
Occasionally riches ny away from IN
honest man and roost on the psruA
erected by the other fellow.
It isn't at all likely that . woman
will ever discover that she's beautiful
If she waits for another woman to toll
her.
II you imagine that you resemble
some famous man say nothing. The re-
semblance may cease the moment you
open your mouth