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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

A girl may not~let you kiss her, but
the chances are she appreciates your
wanting to.--Tiger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
Anyway They Grow Brave and Stron.
I'm Gnnyers

I'm GNnyers.
Nebraska police judge says wo-
men are better liars than men.-Ma-
con Telegraph. Somebody else can
comment on that If they want to- We
amt exactly crazy vet.--Dalton Citf-
zen Well, then, we don't mind say
ing that the Judge amt no fool--Con
yers Times. We would gladly com
mcnt on this highly important matter
bu' We have to hurry down the column
before supper time and get an allbi
framed for being late to lunch this
noon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

by excessive heat. the figures were
on1v slightly above those for concrete.
To huijd roads of concrete. brick
or asphalt requires a very large in 70
vestment ~ fixed capital The prob
lem before any community therefore is
to determine whether the community
shall make a permanent investment
IN permanent all=year- road and cut
It's power cost, or retain the present
system OF roads with a continued ex-
pense for repairs and very great out
lay for power
The problem is further complicated
by the fact that where 1rst-class
road is built il Is nearly always re-
quired 20 carry three times as much
traffic as the ordinary road il replaces
TIE vehicles Of the neighborhood will
use it more frequently and vehicles
from remote neighborhoods will he
attracted TO H.
Va. Y3rT7tn;a IS studying the highway
problem as never before. Its success
full solution requires the application OF
sound arithmetic and much common.
sense
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

Possibly the greatest amount of Dip
iomacy man is called upon to ex.
pcho at any given moment IN his life is
@hen he makes the grand ATTEMPT to
recover diamond ring from a girl
whonl Just can't quite bring herself 4.
inc ultra final decision owing to the
iaet mat a fellow Just ought to wear
,qn7ofin regardless OF fiat feet or
whatnot.
r & Fl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

The government Is ag'in' the ''beara''
OUT we do not conhdentally advise anv
or our prominent lamb friends to hop
in and bull the market FOR purely
patriotic reasons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

Girls Show More Calves" is the
heading over story about n Georgia
county fair in the Macon Telegraph.
Lef see now lust what is the fare to
Georgia?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

Kuiters was struck by the car as il
was derailed and thrown from the car
and struck by II as 1t was derailed -
Newton tfowa) News
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06
Swesf. of Course,

Miss Sacred Pickel is a resident OF
Greene county, Mo. we learn from an
exchange
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

When a Teller Needs Friend" the
Ameriean-French English portion Of
the allies besets itself
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-06

The kiz2er may think II is con
ward with God" for his host of Huns.
but we viii wager peck of corn meal
that the waters of the Tagliame-to
won't divide for him, much less stand
for bridging
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
The Arabic Language.

Though the Arabs number less than the population of London. their lan- guage is one of the most widely spoken and influential in the world, for 1t is the language of the Koran. Seventy millions of people in Asia and north Africa speak some form of Arabic as their vernacular, and quite as many more know something of the language from the Koran, which in the original is text book in the day schools of the Mohammedans from Turkey to Afgha. nistan and New Guinea. Nor is Arabic unworthy of this extensive use. Re nan, after expressing his surprise that such a language should spring from the desert regions Of Arabia and reach perfection in nomadic camps, declares that it surpasses all Its sister Semitic languages in richness of vocabulary, delicacy of expression and the logic of its grammatical construction.-London Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
EVERYWHERE IN AMERICA.

Not somewhere in America, but every
 where today, Where sIow-crowned mountains hold
 their heads. the wales where
 children play, Beside the bench and whirring lathe,
 on every lake and stream And in the depths of earth below, men
 shared a common dream, The dream our brave forefathers had
 of freedom and of right. And once again in honor's cause, they
 rally and unite. Not somewhere in America is love of
 country found But east and west and north and south
 once more the bugles sound And once again, as one, men stand to
 break their brother's chains. And make the world better place,
 where only justice reigns. The patriotism that is here, is echoed
 over there The hero at certain post is on guard
 everywhere, Der humble home and mansion rich
 the starry banner flies And far and near throughout the land
 the men of valor rise. The flag that flutters OCT your home is
 futtering far away Der homes that you have never seen,
 the same impulses sway The souls of men in distant states.
 The red, the white and blue Means to one hundred million strong,
 just what it means to you, The self-same courage resolute you
 feel and understand Is throbbing in the breasts of men
 throughout this mighty land. Not somewhere in America but every
 where today For justice and for liberty all free men
 work and pray.-Edgar A. Gurst.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

set out along the Main street in Falls Village.
 The Falls Village baud serenaded the inhabitants of South Canaan.
 ID. w. Manvel, the Cornwall Bridge miller, had his leg broken and was con. siderably bruised by being caught in belt in his mIll.
 Isaac V. Johnson and Miss Hattie A. Mead were married in Canaan Valley April 2S.
 Thirt-siS Tears Ago This Reek-fS6f
 Miles Ferris of Ashley Falls was clerking at the Stevens House, Canaan.
 Ovid Gillette opened fish market in the basement of the Stevens House, Canaan.
 Miss Emma Stiner of Canaan began teaching school in Huntsville.
 Rev. pr. Eddy accepted call of the SEeffi sld Congregationalists to supply their pulpit for year.
 Frank VanDeusen of Canaan was thrown out of wagon and sustained a broken rib.
 Horace Landon, Chapinville, died April 27, aged s4.
 Solomon Smith, Konkapot, died April P, aged Fl.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
FEMALE PATRIOTISM.

The Rosemary Woodcraft Girls of Greenwich are determined to do their bit in these times when every "bit' counts. They have formed a Woodcraft Potato Club and are putting the "Hoe behind the Flag Blsters will be their badge of service and the girls, who cannot show at least one will be bidden to go do her duty.
 Each girl will have the care of 20 hills of tubers and it is significant that they are giving of their own holiday time when ordinarily they would be planning the commence nent "crea tions' and revising their essays. As many of the come from remote cities, they have arranged that all the board ing pupils shall care for the potato plots until commencement and then give way to the resident students from Greenwich, who will do the work dur. ing vacation and in the fall the har vesting will be done by the entire club. The leader of the club is Miss Adelaide Lyman Pierce of Chicago. The field in which this work is to be done is land belonging to Ernest Thompson Seton, who will look after the blowing har. rowing and fertilizing.
 Tue Wabanaki school at Greenwich is also being organized as Woodcraft potato clubs.
 Miss Ruttz. Rees and Miss Ryan of Rosemary Hall are organizing summer camp for girls back of Greenwich, near the historical Revolution Rock, where portion of the farm will be put in potatoes. The girls will be organized as Woodcraft Girls and the camp will be run on the Woodcraft plan, the league sending it's girls camp director to start the work.
 Two similar camps under, the direc- tion of the Connecticut suffrage war work committee are being established where the Woodcraft league will co. operate for potato growing.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Harpers Magazine, in recent issue says that our little country paper, seems drab and miserably, provincial 70 strangers; yet we who read them read in their lines the sweet, intimate story of life. And all these touches of mature make us wondrous kind. It is the country newspaper, bringing ogether daily the threads of the towns ife, weaving them into something pattern as it weayes, directing the loom, and giving the cloth it's color by mixing the lives of all people in its color pot-it is this country newspaper hat reveals us to ourselves, that keeps enr country hearts quick and our country mind open and our country faith stronger. ..=....
 When girl at the glove counter married the boy in the wholesale house the news of their wedding is good for forty line notice, and the forty lines in the country paper give them self respect. When in the course we knew that their baby is a twelve pounder, named Grover or Theodore or Woodrow, we have that neighborly feeling that breeds the real democracy. When we sead of death in that home we can Elonrn with them that mourn. When we see them moving upward in the world, into firm, and out toward the Country Club neighborhood, we rejoice with them that rejoice. Therefore, Eaan and brethren when you are riding through this vale of tears upon the California Limited, and by chance pick up the little country newspaper with its meager telegraph service of three ST four thousand words-or at best fifteen or twenty thousand, when you see it's array of countryside items, it's interminable local stories. its tiresome editorials on the waterworks or schools, She street reilroad, the crops and the city printing, don't throw down the eontemptible little rag with the verdict thAt there is nothing in it. But know shis, and know it well; if you could take the clay from your eyes and read the little paper as itis written, you would find all of Gods beautiful sorrowing, struggling, aspiring world in it and what you saw would make you touch the little paper with reverent hands.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
OUR SAFER CROSSINGS.

The Canaan Business Mems Associa- ton and the Selectmen of North Canaan feel that they were pushing good thing in the work of bringing about more adequate protection at our grade crossings, and the result of their efforts, as more fully set forth on the first page of this issue of The News, is most gratifying to all concerned
 The extension of the present fiagman protection. to midnight at the Church street and East Main street crossings on the iC. N. E. and at the Main street crossing on the Berkshire line will make travel during the evening hours, of which there is great deal, very much safer. Had this night protection been in effect two years ago the Laffar- gue.C .Creevey accident and several very narrow escapes would have been avoided.
 The establishment of fagman at the Pease crossing is of great impor. tance. Since the extension of the siding over this crossing, when frequently the main line and trolley tracks were hidden by standing freight cars, this has been a very dangerous crossing, and, as the travel by autos and teams over this tru,:k line of highway into the Berkshires increases with the season, nothing short of a miracle would prevent serious collisions and loss of lives. It is especially gratifying to know that the protection has come before the accident rather than after.
 Although the trolley people have been very careful at this crossing by slowing down at the least suggestion of danger, the public utilities commission now require all trolley cars to come to full stop before going over the cross. ing.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
COMMISSIONER SToEcKEL,

The new automobile department recently created by the General Assem-. bly is to have Robbins B. Stoeckel of Norfolk at it's head This is where Governor Holcomb exercised good Judgment and the selection gives general satisfaction. The Bridgeport Post says of the man and the office:
 ''Senator Stoeckel is a man of ex. tremely pleasing personality. In his first experience at Hartford as a member of the General Assembly he has handled himself we'll. He is chairman of the Interpretations Con- mittee and as such has made a good impression. It is generally agreed shat he ought to make a useful official in the new office, which com. pines in one the duties of Judge and the requirements of an executive director.
 It was the general opinion of those who travel the State in automobiles that the time had come to take from She office of the Secretary of State bu6 sup6TNlSlOu Ol uOUOT VenlCl0S, together with the judicial function wAich was imposed upon the encum- Bent of that office because of tle hearings upon violerions of the law. 1t was not that there was dissatis. faction worthy of serious considera- tion over the work of the present Secretary of State. Frederick L. Perry, as it was that a conviction had come to the minds of those who oWn automobiles that the growth of snotor vehicle use was so marked that the handling of all matters relating to it required something of special qualification, such as was not likely 60 prevail in an office where the nomination came under political in. Auences. Governor Holcomb recog. nized this and advised the change which the General Assembly ar- ranges, with the appointing power in the Governors hands.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
CENSORSHIP AND THE PRESS.

As society and government are now ordered the newspaper press is an in- dispensab,e adjunct of the govern ment in time of confusion. The
 masses look to the
 The prass newspapers to tell
 |. them what is and zeaIous ovaJand to enlighten or
 Indisnensable even guide them Ally of the Nation. as to what to do.
 The proposed cur tailment of the freedom heretofore en- joyed by the editors and writers ex- cites wide interest in the fraternity. The consensus of opinion seems to be that the press can be trusted and has a right to be heard. On one phase of the subject the Brooklyn Times said recently: Tt is right that campaigns conducted to affect the thought of the people against enlistment when ar mics are vital to the national cause should be suppressed. It is right that the significance of military activities should not be falsified. But there is a limit to the right to repress which common sense can see with sufficient clearness. The president has a right to hear what any one who can get himself heard may say with respect to policies which involve the sover- eighty of the republic. He has right to know and the public has right to know if d reasonable greed on the part of contractors or a reasonable venality on the part of public serv- ants wastes the gold and blood which the people are to pour out for their country. It is not difficult to draw a censorship clause which will safe guard the national interest both against improper inflammation of the public mind outside and government derelictions within" It will be most unfortunate and perhaps calamitous if, at the outset, an unwise or injudi- cious factor of the government should overdo his part and excite alarm and suspicion in the newspaper world and In the public mind.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
THE KID HAS GONE TO THE
 COLORS.

The Kid has gone to the Colors
 And we don't know what to say; The Kid we have loved and cuddled Stepped out for the Flag to day. We thought him child, baby,
 With never care at all, But his country called him man size
 And the Kid has heard the call. He paused to watch the recruiting,
 Where, fired by the fife and drum, He bowed his head to Old Glory
 And thought that it whispered,
 "Comer' The Kid, not being a stacker,
 Stood forth with patriot joy To add his name to the roster
 And God, we're proud of the boy! The Kid has gone to the Colors;
 It seems but little while Since he drilled schoolboy army
 In truly martial style, But now he's 8 man, soldier,
 And we lend him listening ear, For his heart is heart all loyal,
 Unscourged by the curse of fear. His dad, when he told him, shuddered, His mother-God bless her !-cried; Yet, blest with mother nature,
 She wept with a mother pride. But he whose old shoulders strengthened Was Grandad-for memory ran To years when to too, a youngster,
 Was changed ly the Flag to manl W. M. Herschell in Indianapolis News.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Appearances indicate that the war in Europe may be a factor for good in promoting unity of policies and action among all of the republics of the west ern hemisphere. The attitude of the Washington government toward our neighbors south and its contentious in world courts for the rights of all neu- trals make its leadership in promoting pan-American unity logical certainty.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
Letters From the People.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THE
 NAVY.
Editor News: Dear Sir:

Editor News:
 Dear Sir:
 Knowing that you are interested in the welfare of the young men of your town and vicinity, I am writing you this letter.
 I have just been notified by the Navy Department that shall have an ap. ointment to the Naval Academy in June of this year. This appointment will be submitted to competitive exam. ination The Civil Service Commission will hold an examination for me in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford on May l6th and any boy in your town or vicinity who desires to compete can do so if he will communicate with me at once, giving his age, place of birth. and name of the city in which he desires to take the examination, and I will forward proper instructions to him.
 All candidates must have been actual residents of the Sta.e of Connecticut for not less than one year at the time of taking the examination, and be not less than sixteen nor more than twenty years of age at the date of admission to the Academy. Candidates must be not less than five feet, two inches in height between the ages of sixteen and eighteen, and not less than five feet, four inches between the ages of eighteen and twenty. It would be advisable for all candidates to be examined physi- cally before taking the examination, as no one will be accepted in the Naval Academy who is not physically perfect.
 Sincerely yours,
 Geo. P. Mclean
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
MARRIED

HUNT-KLAHN-At Rochester, N. T., Aprill9, Edmund P, Hunt and Miss Mary Klahn both of Great Bar rlngton. EDDY-PEIRCE-At Canaan, April 2s, Lawrence Eddy of Kennescott, Alaska, and Miss Doane Loveland Peirce of Canaan. a SPERLING-KENDALL-At Taconic April 26, William Sperling of An. dover, Mass. and Miss Elizabeth Kendall of Taconic.
 DIED
 TOBEY-At Lakeville, April go Mrs. Martha Tobey, aged so years. .... SPURR-At Salisbury, May 1, Ray Spurr, aged 23 years. r.... .. .
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

The Chicago Tribune suggests that ''the time has come for boche haters to take off evening" clothes and put on uniforms. Before we were drawn in," 1t says, "the boche loathers did their country considerable damage. They set one class against another class. Now they may spring to arms and ex- press their hate upon the battlefield"
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

"Obey first and protest afterward' is a rule of the army, so when a sol dier in uniform on sentry duty orders citizen to do anything it is wise for the citizen to comply. If the citizen feels that he has been wronged it is easy for him to lodge complaint with the proper authorities.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Judging by the plans for sweeping mobilization of industrial workers to keep out of the fighting Job, it looks as though the idle rich are the only food for conscription laws mot oth. arwise appropriated"
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
TO RENT

LAND to Rent or to Let on Share Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Canaan. TO RENT-House and barn on West Main street belonging to Mrs. K. E. Brown. Property being put in repair. About acres of land. Fruit. Apply to John $. Reed.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Recalling recent food riots in Rus sia and the United States, both great food exporting countries, the Saturday Evening Post says that nearly all neu.
 tral countries in
 Moder, Man Europe, in common
 Dep,.pds \ with the belliger PerishabIs Foods ents, are on snort
 and, Anyway, falohs. NO fuliy Eats Too Much. satisfactory expla-
 nation of this phe. nomenOn has appeared. Short crops, blockades and destruction by subma- rines and extra consumption by "35,- 100000 men under arms would ac- count in part for the phenomenon, but 'it remains for statisticians to appraise all these causes and explain in detail why pretty much the whole world is now deeply exercised over its supply of daily bread for the first time with in the memory of living man. It had been assumed that the world would never again be so exercised; that with harvest ill progress somewhere every month of the year and with modern transportation q deficiency here would always be made good by a surplus there, so that no extensive and serious shortage of foodstuffs could occur in most civilized countries. The present situation shows that the world lives closer to the margin than most people have realized. Submarines running amuck might at any time reduce the modern western world to the condition of Asia and medieval Europe, where famine was always possibility"
 For one thing, it may be said that tn . wholly modern habit of subsisting mainly upon perishable foods may play a part. Rice, beans, nuts, dried meat fish and fruit require comparatively small space and little capital for stor. age. Fresh articles are not only bulky and expensive as well as perishable but have a tendency, to create craving for more and more.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

One kind of stacker sure of condem- nation early and late and in every household Is the hen stacker, if such a decadent can be imagined in an Amer ican barnyard.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Much can be forgiven the dandelion this year as an early evidence that Mother Nature is working normally.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
The Central Powers May Have Eight to Twelve
 Million Men In Arms Now.


 In Arms Now. tn a t Germany's
 war strength in all departments is near the breaking point. Even for a guess on the part of MT. Gerard it seems not a wild one after all. Early in the war Hilaire Bel loc, a pro-ally authority of the first class, made an estimate of possibili- ties covering three years, a period sooh. to close. He figured the military man power of belligerents at about fl, ,O00,- 900, nearly equally divided. At the end of three years 1t would be reduced to 28O00,O0O, with odds against Ger many and Austria as 16 to 12. Later Turkey and Bulgaria joined the Ger man powers and Italy the allies. These additions would not change the ratio to a great extent. Neither would ex- ceptional losses in certain campaigns. The records of human experience show that these things work out the same i'll all long wars. In the war be- tween the states the north had 1,5OO,- 900 men in arms at the end of four years and 2,500,00O reserves. Yet the population was only 20,O00,o0O in 1S61 Allowing for extraordinary casualties and heavy assertions, the central pow CTS may well have S,O00,O00 men or more in arms for the enemy to reckon with today.
 (Captain) GEORGE L. KILMER.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

I want a good reliable man to make himself useful around a real state mans business-painting, papering, autoing, chopping and farming at times. Good wages. T. M. Burns, Torrington, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

Pneumonia is another enemy that doesn't send out warning nor tenderly safeguard victims.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
WAN TED

WANTED-25 Good Husky Men from 22 to 40 years of age, for general factory work. Wages to start 25 to 2Sc per hour with chance for sd- vancement. The New Departure Mfg.
 Go. Employment Dept. Bristol, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03
GERMANY's ARMED STRENGTH.

Former Ambassador Gerard's state ment that Germany has 100000 men under arms" came as surprise to many Americans, perhaps to most.
Connecticut western news., 1917-05-03

W WANTED-Young man about 22 years for stock room and delivery. National Biscuit Company, TAO Windsor St., Hartford.