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The Press., 1918-12-26
-.-- ---.-. : . HERRING FISHERS DO WELL
opIendid Catches and High Prices
 Have Been the Rule Among Them for Many Years Now.

The herring fisher works always on the night shift, not because the Ash feed at night-herring take no known bait-but because they can he seen at night.
 Taking their cue from the whale or seagull as to the location of the her ring the boats go of two hy two (for they work always in cOuples) late In the evening to the fishing ground. Ar rived there, they stop their motors. and gliding silently over the dark wa ters they look for the fish.
 One of the men bumps the anchor two or three times on the bow Of the boat, and instantly q patch of water lights up with q bright phOsphorescrni Gleam. It is the herring, anG the ring. net (nOw more generally used in the west of Scotland than the driftncD is lowered. It is held up by corEs and has small light at one end. This the partner boat picks up; they circle around the herring until the two boats come together, when most of the men climb into one boat, where they draw the net, with the herring on board.
 In this little Highland village the men of the last two generations have done well with the fishing. Their boats, complete with nets and motor. cost between E3OO and f4O0, bui only the other night couple of boats. own. cd by brothers, divided fTJ0 between them for one nights catch-London Mail.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Hydraulic Cartridges,

Ii Is often difficult and sometimes dangerous to use ordinary explosives for mining and eXcavating In confined spaces, fact that has led to the de- velopment of the hydraulic mining cartridge.
 The cartridge consists of a steel cylinder containing numerous small pistons that move at right angles to the axis of the cylinder and expand when water is injected into them with hand pump. After drilling a deep enough hole the workmen insert the cylinder and then set to work at the hand pump.
 The tiny pistons expand until their free extremities bear against the mass of rock with constantly increasing force and the rock is gradually frao= tured under tremendous pressure. The operation, 1t Is said, is not only cheap ar than the ordinary blast but disin- tegrates larger area of rock.
The Press., 1918-12-26
NO TIME TO WASTE ENERGY
When He Says, Forget That Bald Pate for the Present.

Lives there q man with soul so dead that never to himself he's said, when the hair on his pate, once thick, began a-IOOking thin and sick: "Ill put some dope on that there hair and soon have foliage to spare." Lives there man who has not spent his last red solitary cent for dope the baldhead druggist said would bring more hair upon his head. Nay. Man seeks the far sOll- tude and rubs his shining pate with crude. or ruhS Il pint of vaseline each night onto his polished beam, rubs all the dope he can afford on to the thing he calls his gOurd then to the druggist doth cavOrt, and buyeth mango cure by the quart but all his labor is in vain, he never grows another mane. Man that is born of woman is of few hairs and a funny phiZ. He thinketh in his bosom he would look young as he used to be if he could on his poll grown bare cOntrive another crop of hair. Oh man! O bifurcated gent! don't chase the hair that long has went. That biz is picayunish biz. Use all the energy that is, and all of your hair money for the winning of this dreadful war. In this here war game don't you know you should be in the baldhead rOw.-Judd Mortimer Lewis,
 in Houston Post,
The Press., 1918-12-26
Gift From French Republic.

Three phrases from President Will sons war messages will he woven h. 8 costly Gobelin tapestry France ia having made as a gift to the city Cf Philadelphia. The tapestry S to he hung in the museum in the Quaker city and is about to be placed in the hands of the workers at the famous Gohplin factory for completion. according to an exchange.
 The tapestry will be 21 feet hy 15 feet. It will be full of life and color and will have an atmosphere Of en, thusiasEn and patriotism in portray ing troops departing from Philadelphia for Europe to participate in the war of justice.
 Below are three panels containing these phrases from President Wilson's messages:
 Right is more precious than peace"
 eve have no selfish end 10 serve and desire no conquest and no domtna- tteR."
 eve shall fight for democracy"
The Press., 1918-12-26
Nisused Donkey

The British transport to Bu!iu and back again Is said to have been largely accomplished by dOnkeys, writes Nor man HapgoOd In Leslie's. In MeSupo- tnmla the donkey does nearly every thing. He delivers the drinking water to the houses Of Bagdad. He trans ports vegetables, fruit, marble, brick for ordinary life. In war be carries the soldier, his kit, and the dOnkey's own meal Of barley. Where did the donkey ever acquire the reputation of being stupid? He is amiable, indus trIous, sure footed. It was on donkey that Mahomet went to heaven to learn the will of God. The Savior on Palm Sunday entered Jerusalem on a don key. The little. animals history Is dis tinguished, as his character Is strong and his intellect sound. That the writ CTS of fables and the concocters of say
 ings have eontrlved to ruin his fame there Is nothing in history to justify.
The Press., 1918-12-26

Ae llSu that last time, ten years before, and that too, seemed quite natural, though Hester blushed quite as if she had been twenty instead of thirty.
 ''You didn't go away because you wanted to?" he asked.
 Hester shook her head.
 'Tell me just what happened and then I'll tell you something you per haps never knew"
 Hester had rehearsed the details of just what happened on that memorable occasion so often to herself that the accounting was not difficult. "Well. you see, Aunt Bethlah had Ideas of her own about how girls should spend their time and so long as read poetry and novels and did embroidery in the garden she was satisfied. But when I improved my time talking to you in- stead, she was distressed. So long as that high board fence was here she was satisfied. l was quite safe in the garden. Then the NeighbOrhOod as- SOciatiOn decided to have all fences down, and though Aunt Bethi0h fought it, the association had Its way. She planted the hedge and took me off for four years in France-she said she had intended to take me, anyway, and per haps she had. I would have liked gO- ing better if 1t had not seemed like punishment for talking to you those days when the fence was down before we started. 1t was just about this time of the year, wasn't it?
 "And then by the time we came back the hedge was high enough for pro tectlon and you had forgotten all about your neighbOr. and Aunt Bethlah was sure she had done her duty. I think the poor old dear died happier because the hedge was twelve feet high and five feet thick. She used to smile so cOntentedly when people told her it was the finest hedge in the state. really don't know why she should have objected so much to our talking
 "Perhaps was very much to blame," Robert Prltchard explained. "I was twenty-five then, and went about things differently than would now. You see made the NeighhorhoOd as7i sOciatiOn vote to have the fences taken down. It was my first attempt at civic improvements dklN IlO OhC DuI %AuhS Rethiah suspected my motive. She called at my office and told me her opinion of ne and got as hOt-headed as she was and told her that I wanted to marry you and intended to do it. I'd spent the evening here by the lilacs with you then and knew my heart. l didn't believe the good lady when she told me that yOu had told her annoy ed you and had asked 10 he taken away, so can't hold 1t up against her. I've wanted, though, to hear you say that 1t wasn't sO,"
 And l really think Auu Rethi2h liked you all alOng--dO you believe she is so very cross because WIG are sitting here again under the lilac buSh:"
 Judge Pritchard would have liked to say just then that he was entirely in- different as to whether Aunt Bethiah approved or nOt-but so completely was he concerned with the realization that he had within his reach the love of the woman of his dreams that he had no thoughts for the other woman who had separated them ten years be- fore.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Japs Erect War Museum.

To commemorate the services of Offi- cers and men who have been serving abroad in the Japanese-German war, a building has been erected at Fuki- yama garden, Tokyo, where all war trophies will be assembled, under the care of the naval and military depart ments, The collection will include sol- dIers' uniforms, pictures of sea craft, photographs of engagements in which Japanese vessels have taken part, and various weapons used by the enemy. The museum was named the Junmei-fH hy the emperor on June 18th. at the re- quest of the minister Of the imperial household.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Triumph of American Dyes.

The latest official reports for the fis- cal year which ended with June show that the American exports of aniline dyes for 1918 amounted to $7,296,0 ,0S0. This, when compared with our imports of anlllne dyes in 1914, is significant of the strides made by American chem ists in the dye situation. Germhny supplied these coal dyes before the war and America paid more than $7.OOO, GOO & year for the products. Today Amer, lea makes enough of the leading colors for home needs and Is supplying other countries in large quantities. as the exports indicate.
 In the early days of 1915 there were but seven companies in America pro- ducing colors. Today 1t is estimated that there are about 150 concerns in fbis sssT1;
The Press., 1918-12-26
LIKE N0sTRUMS OF PROTESTS
African Kings Advice About as Help fuI as the VaporImos of So.caIIed
 IoVers of Peace"

Senator Smith said in Y. NJ. c. A. address in Washington:
 "Germany must be crushed. Peace. otherwise, will behold the world drilIr ing and arming for another "nd more terrible war. An incOncluSive peace would make things worse instead of better.
 "When a pacifst offers me his nos trums, ! tell him that his advice Is worse than the African kings.
 "A missionary once visited an Afrl, can king. The king was well pleased with the young m'n and ordered that 800 of the most beautiful maidPnS in hIs kingdom be brought before him.
 "When the maidons-a very fine lot indced-wore gathered together. the king presented them to the missionary.
 "'These 5O0 G;EJs.' he said. are the flower of my kingdom. Choose q wife from among them.'
 "The missionary, very much cmhar- rasSed, answered:
 'Oh, your majesty, if took one, think how Jealous the other 40 would he"
 "'That sald tb Ing. >v'is easily rem .Pdied. Take all.
The Press., 1918-12-26
COMFORT BAGS PLEASE ALL
Nothing Given Out by the Red Cross Is More Appreciated by the
 Soldiers on Service.

The following is an extract from . letter of a Red Cross hospital repre- sentative:
 "The men like the comfort kits bet ter than anything the Red Cross gives them. We have asked dozens of them what they like best of all thai iS given them-tObaccO, magazines, amuSe- ments, etc.-and they all say at once the comfort kits and toilcr articles They come in from the front without even a toothbrush, and when send the bags around by the other patients they come back and say: Say. you oughter see how pleased those guys were-they said it was iuSt like Christ. mas. They were all sitting un in he'd looking at the things in their bags
 '"The other day one man who had lost his right hand, called me over TO him and said: Here, I'll donate my sewing-kit My wife has gor ro do mine after this, I'm out of it. Yoy can give this to some other fellow who needs it. He had heard the others asking for sewing-kits all down the ward, They are in great demand anG very hard to get"
The Press., 1918-12-26

Hartford.-Clarence Ousley, Assist ant Secretary of Agriculture In Wash. ingtOn; Robert ScOvllle, Federal Food Administrator for Connecticut; Dean H. l.. Russell of the University of Wis., consin at Madison, and J. l.. Hills. of the University of Vermont at BurllRg- ton, have all accepted invitations to address the meetings during farmers week, to be held in Hartford January 20-24, 1919. The first evening meeting will be devoted to national agricul- tural problems, the second evening meeting conducted by the Connecticut State Council of Defense will have to do principally with reconstruction problems. Another evening will he devoted to consideration of farming possibilities in New England in gen eraI and in Connecticut in particular.
 The plan of holding meetings of the several agricultural associations and societies during the same week was inaugurated by the pOmOl0gica1 sOcie- ty and subsequently, endorsed by the State Board of Agriculture. The first meeting of representatives of the va
 
 institutions was called by George M. Landers. Chairman of the Food De- partment, to meet in the rooms of the State Board of Agriculture at the Cap itol to discuss the advisability of hold ing such a mid-winter meeting, After discussing fully the advantages and disadvantages of consolidated pro- gram the officials of the several asso- citations adjourned to meet again on November 1, at which time the pro- posed plan was formally ratified by the dairy association, pOmOlOgical so- ciety, sheep breeders association, poultry association. bee keepers and vegetable growers.
 Richard E. Dodge of StOrrs and HI. c. c. Miles of Milford are chairman and secretary respectively of the spe- cial committee on arrangements, whose duties it will be to arrange for the program, provide a suitable place in which to make exhibits, and to see that each organization has allotted its rightful share in the program. 9th CT members of the committee include representatives from all the state or ganizatiOns, Thomas Holt, dairy and food commissioner; J. w. Whittlesey, commissioner on domestic animals i; Robert Scoville, Federal Food Admin istrator; l.. H. Healey and c. R. Treat, State Board of Agriculture, and George M Landers, representing the State Council of Defense. At the very first meeting of this committee it was agreed that not less than two half day sessions should be devoted to topics of special interest to women.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Lookouts Develop New Disease.

Eye work is perhaps the biggest part of submarine hunting" writes William G. Shepherd, in Everyhody's, "and 1t has its evils and penalties. Woe to the man on destroyer who Is gifted with that strange, unexplain- able talent of being able to see hy night. There be such, His is almost 24-hour-a-day task, And he finally gets the perisc0pe eye and is sent ashore to get well. if he can. His 'py"s weep tears of pus by day and, after sleep, his lids are glued together with granulation. It is new disease If this mad century.
 "'You keep looking through those high-powcred binoculars like an old ledy rcaCing through her spectacles. me of the boys explained to me, until finally they seem to he pulling your 'vcs out of their sockets"
The Press., 1918-12-26
HOrsemeU Knew Their Business.

The value of having practical horse men in charge of remount camps Is shown in provisions made for shelter. When it came to building the great depots required at each of the camps they ordered open sheds instead of barnS-or for the severe northern eli mate, sheds closed on one side. To the city-hred humanitarian who saw thousands of Uncle Sam's horseS and mules standing out in the cold, rhis seemed cruel, and complaint was en- tered. But by practical test 1t was shown that the hOTsemen were right. Those animals which were housed up did not thrive as we'll as the ones which were kept in the open. When talking with the head of the rpmOunt division the thing he was most proud of was the fact that our horses were kept in better condition with fewer losses, than the horses of England or France, and that we did this with a much smaller man force, largely be. cause we give them open-air treat, ment.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Me,. RmrIan suhstitute.

Manufacturers engaged on govern ment contracts are being offered sub stitute for burlap by a large Massa' chusetts mill which has discovered A material that can successfully be used for ballng. Instead of 100 per cent Jute, the substitute Is made of one strand of Swedish pulp paper and two strands of jute. It is made nine and 12 ounces in weight and 36, 40, and AS inches deep. A government test of the nine-ounce product shows a tensile strength of 119 pounds, as against 90 pounds for regular eight-ounce burlal. New Bedford Standard.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Nn,.I Ernnch aIann

The language of the Poilu is as double Dutch, to the uninitiated. Any one familiar with the slang of the Quarter Latin would probably feel more at home than most. But there are many other ingredients-some patois, some picked up in Morocco, and some are survivals of the soldier slang of the First empire. Such a word is .cleber." which apparently means to eat after one has been on the point of starving. An explanation given of the origin of the word is that 1t is cor ruption of "kleba," the Russian for bread. It is said that the French sol diers on the great retreat from Mos COW called out Papa, kleba," to Ma poleon.
The Press., 1918-12-26
THIRTY-oNE YEARS AGO.
Items Of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty-one yearu ago.
December go, 1887.

The Congregational Sunday school last Sunday elected Dea. F. J. Chand- Ter, superintendent; R. s. McNeil. assistant do; Mrs. F. H. Spellman, secretary and treasurer; Emily l.. Filler, librarian.
 Charles P. Hodgson's horse started up last Saturday while he was outside the sleigh. He reached after the reins and fell between the sleigh and cross bar of the whifietree, his foot catching in one rein, and he was dragged a short distance, the horse finally running the sleigh against a post. Hodgson was taken into Dr. Richards office, his head being con siderably cut, and having severe bruises elsewhere. He was able to ride home after a few hours, and is now recovering from the results of his dangerous experience. His weight upon one rein drew the horse against the post, and he probably owes his life to this means of shortening his perilous journey.
 Retail prices: Meal, $1.35; wheat bran, $l.20; middlings. $1.35; corn, 80; oats, 50; flour, $5.25@S6.OO; potatoes, $1.00; onions, per qt., .O5; beans, .OS; eggs, .3O butter, .25d 30; cheese, .16; lard, 10; sugar C13 to 15 lbs.,) $100; molasses, .50@ 60; raisins, .1O@ 20; beef steak, .12@ 20; corned beef, .O60 10; dried beef, .126 25; veal steak, 20; pork steak, .12; lamb, .12@.1S; sausage, .12; ham, IS @.2O; chickens, IS; turkeys, IS.
 Married Staffordville, Dec. 25th, by Rev w. c. Newell. George Fisk and Mabel Packard, both of Stafford.
The Press., 1918-12-26
LITTLE DIFFERENCE lN BOYS
Silly Idea That Those Born in May Are Naturally More Grue' Than
 Other Youngsters.

What is the origin of the belief that boys born in the month of May are cruel by nature? In Notes and Queries John T. Page says that he was horn in May, and as l look back into the days of my bOyhoOd l am often mortified tG recall many acts of cruelty peTpetrated by me, and at ny instigatiOn, on birds and animals. I seem to have delighted in these acts of cruelty until l was about twelve years old, when they ceased" MT. Page adds that as man he is representative. II cannot now kill bird or ap animal without ex' periencing most poignant feelings of abhorFence of the act"
 Are not nearly all healthy boys de- structive and cruel? They were in our little village, writes Philip Hale in the Boston Herald. One of our favOrite amusements was the reckless employ ment of sling and buckshOt. We would lie on the roof of the minister's house on Elm street and plug horses, dogs, farmers in carts or on wood sledges, just lo see them jump. Nor were we JIlCA dN al C LAAd1L HUA EA ASC " SAo NAAN ~AN~A element of wit. That's what makes 2 man laugh so when he sits down NR a bent pi1." Kidding the windows of 8 schoQlbQuse was almost as good sport as tearing off the pickets of Deacon Bodman's fen:e. Hitting little boys heads with iceballs, not SAowballs, was favorite winter amusement, It was considered good joke to kidnap a yQupgster at night, take him far into the Bridge street graveyard and then run away from him, TOrmenting cats and dogs was common when a small boy was not easily caught, The sling CTS, the throwers of other missiles and the tormentors of animals were surely not all born In May, Nor were all boya born in May skilled in rude or ingen' iT,s,- A@S@A~~vSS--
The Press., 1918-12-26
U. s. OFFICIAL
 WILL ADDRESS
 STATE FARMERS
Clarence 0usIey, Assistant Sec- retary of Agriculture,
 Accepts Invitation.
COLLEGE PROFESSORS
 ARE ALSO TO SPEAK

Problems on National Agriculture, Re. construction and Farming Possibili- ties in New England in General and Connecticut in Particular Are to Be Considered-Whlt- tIesey, scoVilIe, HeaIey, Treat and Landers Will
 Represent Connecticut
 State Council of
 Defense.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Roekweed Soup.

Rockweed soup, rOckweed Omelet and rOckweed pie may soon be found on the table of the housewife who Is alert to obtain nutritious and inex- pensive food, says Popular Science Monthly. A considerable variety of edible seaweeds, of which rOckweed Is one, can be found along both the At lantic and Pacific coasts of this cOun- try. In Maine rOcllweed Is being gath cred and prepared for market.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Interested in Firearms.

When brother returned from Sunday school, mamma explained to him that he soon would be old enOugh<to sing Inlthe vested choir, and probabty would be accepted as a member, If he was good boy. She emphasized the matter of department and said some who were good and faithful In attendance got to carry the cross In the process sTonal, others to carry flowers.
 DO any of them carry revolversT" little brother inquired.
The Press., 1918-12-26
Potash in Canada.

The discovery of large deposit of potash in Saskatchewan Is of great na- tional importance to Canada. The only other considerable deposit on this continent, as far as known, is at being developed under the auspices of the American government. The Do minion and Saskatchewan govern. ments should make sure that the new deposits are made productive as soon ss possible by the owners.-Toronto Mail and Empire.
The Press., 1918-12-26
SIOO Reward, $IOO

The readers of this paper win be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages ana that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous sur sur faces of the System thereby destroying ths foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the con stltution and assisting nature in doing us work. The proprietors have-so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they offer one Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t tails
 Address F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
The Press., 1918-12-26
seIf-saerIHea.

''Has the war made any change iA Spongeleigh?',
 'T should say sol"
 ''Tn what respectT"
 'Spongeleigh says that In view of the fact that his friends are buying Liberty bonds and contributing to war philanthropies, he considers 1t his pa- briotlc duty not to borrow more than S5 at a time from any of them"- Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Press., 1918-12-26
AIepno once Of importance.

In aucient days Alrppo was depot on the great trade trail between India, the regions along the Tigris and Euphra' tes, and the Mediterranean. Although it has lost much of its commercial im- portancc, 1t stIll sends to Alexandria the products of MoSSoul and liagdnd.
The Press., 1918-12-26
searehlloht Rifle.

To euahlc hunters to accurately aim at game at night, an Englishman has invented q scarchlight ia be mounted beneath tho muzzlc of ritlc, supplied with current from storage battery in the stock of the weapon.
The Press., 1918-12-26
In nnfenan of Poetry.

Springtime wouldn't be sprlngtimt without it's violets-autumn wouldn't be autumn without its vivid foliage And the hook of life wouldn't he com plete without its poetry.-ChristiaL Herald.
The Press., 1918-12-26
naIIv Thou0ht.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an ex' planntion of our gusts and storms.- George Eliot.