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New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

be wcIl," said Mr. Ogden. who was urging the oxen forward But in spite of our best speed, we could feel the awful ScorchinS heat each minute, until Mrs. Ogden and l who were lying on the bottom Of the cart, GOV cred with bed quilts, begged Mr. Og den for water
 MT. Ogdtr was d CaIeful man and always kept tho water kegs filled. So, fortunately, we h;,I plenty of water on hand. After Mir. Ogden gave us some water to drink, ht soaked the bed quilts thoroughly with tNe water that was left. We were fairly com fortablc after his for T time, but ;Ao air kept getting hotter and hotter, and the quilts began steaming. Sonn, we felt as though we were taking d Turkish bath in the jolting OK cart.
 "Suddcnly, we heard MT. Ogden yell 'Glory, the winds changed, and I'm sure l hear thunder. Mrs. Ogden and popped our heads ont from under the quilts, and we heard the thunder.
 "Mr. Ogden was greatly encouraged by the prospect of rain. He threw off the wet handkerchief that had been over his nose and mouth, and applied the OK Ead so effectively that the oxen went off into something like real speed.
 "Bcforc we had Gon" half d dozen rods, the rain began to fall in tor rents and the wind blew in our faces. But, let mo tell you boys. never had we felt anything so gooG as that cool rain on our nearly bliSterCd faces and hands. We just lay right down in the bottom of that old jolting OK cart and let it wet us through and through. "Gradually. the red rim of flame in the distance became fainter and faint CT, as the storm increased in Vio- lence. At last we reached the stream, the oxen were un&okcd and we sat down to have brca akfast. for it was m mOrning.
 That was the time" concluded MT. Noddcm, 'thal we were thankful to l the West Wind.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
WALKING AIT NIGHT.

My face is wet with the rain But my heart is warm to the core, For follow at will again The road that loved of yorc; And the dim trees beat the dark. And the swelling ditcheS moan, But my heart is singing, soaring
 lark
 For 1 travel the road alone. Alone in the living night Away from the bablc of tongues; Alone with the old delight Of the night wind in my lungs; And the wet air on my checks And the warm blood in my veins, Alone with the joy he knows who
 seeks
 The thrcsh of the young spring
 rains, With the smell of the pcltcd earth, Tn" fearful drip of inc trceA Making him dream of thc sound of
 mirth
 That comes with the clearing
 breeze. 'Tis a rare and w0ndrous sight To tramp the wet awhile And watch tho slow delight Of the suns first pallid smile, And hear the meadows breathe aga In And see the far woods turn green Drunk with the glory of wind and And the suns warm smile be-
 tween! I have made me a Vagrant song, For my heart Is warm to the core And I'm so glad, glad that the
 night is long
 For I travel the road once moro, And the dim trees beat the dark And the swelling ditches moan, With the joy of the singing, soaring
 lark
 travel the road alone! --Armory Hare In Contemporary
 Verse.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
SELL BLE\CIEE TICKETS
Chicago Club to Offer i6,5OO Open
 Air Seats Today

Chicago. Oct. 3.---With IS, 900 re- served and box seats sold tho sale of Is, 300 pavilion and hleacher ticket S for the local opening of worlds so- rios play today will start at S:3O o'clock in the morning. The reserved seats were sold out several days ago, and the only chances for those van tage points arc In the hands of scalp CTS. who are demanding from $50 to $100 each for them.
 Scalpcrs are being watched closely by the internal revenue departmen ent for collection of the 60 per cent ex- cess profit tax. Revenue men ar rested woman who sought to sell six worlds series tickets yesterday, but released her when they learned the sale had not actually taken place. Her nare was not revealed. She said she had obtained the tickets from a man in Detroit.
 Nearly one hundred complaints from fans who said they had failed to obtain tickets, although scalpcrs were offering seats have boon received at tho corporation counsel's office yes- terday. Ii was said an Investigation would De made.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
OvR GUEST OF HONOR.
(Now Haven Journal-Courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier)
 Today all New Haven will welcome the special guest of Yale University Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Ma lines No man was ever more entitled to tho affcctionate greeting of the people of this city or the acaoemlc esteem of our great university TOT, as we have said before, no outstanding figure of the great world war mas earned more abundantly the respect of the civilized world than he' thls nlH- tant priest of the twentieth century
 We can add nothing TO hls lane oy a further recital Of tho great part no plavod from tho day the first German soldier planted his rect on the soii or Belgium until the last soldier had w1thdrnyn It is enough that he re-
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
25 YEARS AGO (From the Herald of That Date.)
October 3. 1894.


 The Damon Shoe company in the Y. M. C. A. building will probably open In about a week. Edward J. StcbbinS, formerly of this city. now of Pittsburgs will manage the new store.
 MT. and Mrs. $. U. Bunncll visited their parents in Bristol yesterday.
 No sewers this year voted at council meeting last evening. The Berlin avenue sewer proposition was also disposed of at the meeting.
 Yesterday afternoon a small boy appeared at the Boston Branch and asked for pound of sausage ten dering hundred dollar bill in pay ment. The butcher could not make change and told the boy to take the bill home and bring change. He called up the boys mother and told her about the incident. It developed that the boy had stolen the bill from his mothers purse.
 Frederick w. Porter of Porter X Dyson, jewellers, today began his hftieth year of service In the same building the above firm now occupies. This is a record hard to beat
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
FLANK LONG,
 Relates the Experiences of Mir. Modem and the West Wind

.Whcn was a little l oy,' said Mir. Noddcm, Il started out to visit my uncle with MIA and Mr%. Ogden. who were going far, far across the prairie
 "Wc were travelling in an OK cart and d ride of two hundred miles in an OK cart is something to be rcmcm- bcrcd, can tell you. It wHs dread fully slow travelling, but was really great sport. We cump"I hy the way, lying nights under the trees, WatCh- ing the stars.
 "Whcn we had arrived almost at my unCle'S house, we went into camp for the last night We were still on the prairie, though. Towards mid night, l was awakened. l felt my self being drawn up almost to the moon, I thought. I yelled like a good fellow, but the next instant, l heard the big, bass voice of Mir. Og- den say:
 'Therc there, soncy boy, don't cry. It's only me- felt his beard tickling my ear, and then l was wide awake.
 My, my, l shall never forget the sky 1 looked across Mir. Ogden's S big. broad shoulder. The sky was as red as blood. Ear, far to the east, great tongues of flame seemed licking the sky. The prairie was on fire.
 Mrs. Ogden was as white as d ghost, as she stood trembling and holding Mir. Ogdcn's arm.
 "'What shall we do. William,' said Mrs Ogden with chatternG teeth.
 "'iIerc, Maggie, you take the boy, and I'll build d back fire, said Mir. Ogden.
 "A back fire is a fire started from where you are standing. It is sup posed to burn back to jmcct the other fire, thus leaving nothing for the first fire to burn.
 But our back fire was never made. There were no matches in our cart and our camp fire had gone out. MT. Ogden came back to where we were standing and said Maggie, there's not another match.
 Now, the wind was coming from the same quarter a# 1ha fire, and al- ready we could feel thA heat from it. The smoke was beginning to get into our eyes and our throat. Long, long tongues of flame shot all along tho grass. All kinds of nnlna'S ran pcll mell past Us, for they too, knew the danger. l remember of hearing l rumbling noise like thunder. The next instant, solid mass; of buifaloS crashed past, where the three of us were standing. A bear with it's cub tagging at it's heels came along. The bear looked very funny 10 me, as it stopped every few minutes for it's baby to catch up with 1t. "A , Ogden, as she knclt down on the grass and claspod me it. her arms. Let us turn back!'
 "Mr. Ogden must have been think ing the same thing, fO" he yokcd up the oxen and we were soon hurryinS on the back trail. I knew, though from Mr. Ogdens words that it would only be a matter of q very little time before the fire would ONcrtake us. "If we can only reach the stream we crossed two hours ago, all will
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
IN UNITED STATES.

In connection with the taking of ae new census, figures on illiteracy the United States based upon the Snsus of 1910 and upon the Army aaft are interesting and should be a sltter of concern to everyone. Most & us, in q days work or play, come #'oss some of those who cannot read write, and there are many that we By help by instilling in them a de- @e 10 attend the numerous schools #lt exist in this country for this #ss of people. Standardization is #racting many followers, has many Nlievers these days, but plain "cdu- @fon' is a project that may be 8shed with as much result as the Rmer plan. The need Of education 8not restricted to o-Called foreign &; there are many of our own peo- A who are not able to read or write. #rhe census of 1910 showed that @lS Neie DO loo people m the Fitted States who were over ten
 Drs of age and who could not read 4 write any language, let alone x glish. The draft nettcd 100000 # II of draft age, and presumably eli
 le, at least, to citizenship, who 8lid not read or write in any lam
 ge. Over 4,600.0OO of the Hitter Ms in this country are 20 years of #& or more, which figure is equiva-
 It to the total population of the
 tes of California, Oregon, Wash
 ton, Montana. Idaho, Wyoming,
 orado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New
 xico and Delaware. These are not N most highly populated states, to \ sure, but there Is sizeable aggrc-
 ion of them.
 #rhe American nation has no par &llar reason TO consider that it is
 used by the percentage of foreign # in its population, as over 5S per
 t. of the illiterates are white peo-
 and 1.500,00 of them are native
 n. It should be borne in mind,
 o. that the figures represent per
 IS who cannot read or write in any # guage. There are many foreigncrs & the country who can use their na- &Ss tongue but cannot read English 1.-The fault is on the decrease, We 8 ture to say, through the efforts
 are being put forth by every
 nmunity to bring it's peoples up to
 standard Of education. Most of && citizens have a desire to read and Y te, despite their deficiency in this Expect. Night schools, where the
 1t who has been debarred from an
 cation by need of Livelihood may M uire the rudimchts of English, are
 inging into prominence evcrv-
 ere. Community centers, welfare
 vements of various sorts, all tend
 ard the betterment of dissemina-
 of learning. They are all worthy
 bur attention and furtherance.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
National Happenings.

Roasted to death-terrible fate of Il Boston pectOr-poorly insulated wires cost two men their livcs--thc second met his death while trying to save the other--fearful spectacle to gaze at.
 Work of the cyclonc--liSt of dead and injured at Little Itock-property valued at $l,000.000 dcstroyed-a scene of vast ruin presented to the city-one doctor killed at the insane asylum and another barely escapes with his life.
 ArbitratorS mect-prOSpect of set ting New Bedford strike-bellef that It will be ended in four weeks-$50O voted to strikers last evening-Trouble brewing in IawtuCket lt. I.-em- ploNes of Lorraine mills liable to bo called out.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
COMMUNICATED

October 8. 1919. Editor, New Britain Herald.
 City.
 Dear Sir:
 read an article in your editorial columns edition of Thu! sday evening, October Ed as follows:
 And r.. N. Humphrey stated that the Editorial which claimed the Car nival took in $200, ,0O0 must have been written by d fool or an idiot
 And another article as follows:
 Suggest that Mir. Humphrey read the editorial again. We did not say that the Carnival took m that amount or any mount, for that matter"
 would like to call to your atten- ton your editorial of Tuesday even ing, September 23d, headed "Memo- rial Arch," wherein NOn state in part.- It appears that 1t will get very little financial benefit from the Carnival, even if that affair took in $20O,000 which is doubtful.
 Now il appears to mH that the per son who wrote that article was prompted by malice to miSlcad the public and cast a slur on the Welcome Home committee, or by person destitute of ordinary intelligence which Is WCbStcr'S dChn.tlon Tor an idiot.
 Very truly yours,
 E N IltMpHltEY,
 The editorial on tho Memorial Arch which Mr. Humphrey quotes dlsttnct- ly says, EVEN I' that affair took in $20O,OOO WHICH IS DOUBTFUL. At that time we were Spcculnting on the possible returns to the city. Accord- ing to the report of MT. Humphreys remarks at the recent meeting he stated that the person who claimed in writing, that the carnival took in $200, ,00O was either a fool or an idiot We rcitcrate, we never claimed 1t. AS to the last paragraph of the ahoVe anyone can see that t IS utterly ir- relevant to the present contro- VcrSy.- (Ed.)
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

That is an average return, for the week, Of around sos per man, before any expenses of any kind were paid, before freight prices were met and before the carnival men had their board bills in their pockets.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
THE TREATY VOTE.

he defeat of the Fall amendments he Treaty of Peace in vote taken he Senate seems to bear out what
 have suspected all along-that the .gue of Nations will eventually be
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

See by the papers that tho carnival carries 2n5 people. It took in about $11,0O0 while it was here.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
expense, particularly if'they are made up Of Grade A eggs.

However, 1t was an unSecmly act on the part of d rabble to greet the Senator so.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

The apple crop is reported to be so good in some sections this year that the farmers arc having d deal of trouble in finding enough small apples to fill the lower halves of the barrels. Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Senator Reed may better stay In Washington If he wishes to com bat the High Cost of Living" Egg showers are not conducive to lowered
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Respectfully suggest that he trade in New Britain. There are several stores that keep good axes.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

se only profitable advertising medium tn the city. Circulation books and press room alwaYs open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

The world series is .t wclCOmc sign that American civilization is still f>mC- tiOninG prOpcrly-~nt least in part
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Member of the AssOcinted rress. Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10 the use for republication of all news credited ID 1t or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published Nsrein
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Heard that His Honor went to New York. Wonder If ho went after an axe
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Boston has gone back to her Ply mouth Rock traditions but the Scorchod bean taste of loot and riot still fingers in her mouth.--M Memphis Commercial Appeal.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

It was doing good business while we looked on.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Haven't seen the Mayor-~or his axe up to time of writing.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

We take ii that Welcome Homo weeks was at least an average weel for the affair.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
TELEPHONE CALLS

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New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
FACTS AND RANCHES

The price of cider continues merCi- ful.-NcW London Day.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Good evening, we are still on the job.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

King Albert announced when he left for America that he was coming to borrow money. Well, we admire frankness, and anyway something told us he wasn't coming to study Ameri- can art t.---kansas City Times
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors. Ssued daily Sunday excepted) at t1s D. m, at Herald Building. s7 Church St. $500 Year s2.00 Three Months.
 7bo Month |ntered at the Post Ornce at New Britain as Second Glass Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

When a labor dispute goes so far that guns are fired 1t is usually be- cause somebody is trying to get his hind feet into the trough. on Globe
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

The consum CTS the guy who put the in $trike$.-Loui9ville Courier Journal
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Meat Prices Decrease" reads the headline. Then we are jolted back to normal again by reading further the decrease was one or two cents a pound.-Bridgepor Standard Tcle- gram.
New Britain herald., 1919-10-03

Anyhow, Senator Johnson has de. termined the country shall not bt without a speaker on !he league o nations simply because the presiden couldn't eliminate his tour-Kansas City Star.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
The Best Cough Syrup
is Homemade.
Here's IN easy waS TO save 50. and
yet have the best cough remedy
you ever tried.

You've probably heard OF this we'll
at. home. But have you ever used
over. feel that they could hardly keep
house without it. lt's. simple and
cheap, but the way it takes hold of 4
cough will soon earn it permanent
place in your home.
Into pint bottle, pour 21. ounces
of PlncX; then add plain granulated
sugar syrup to till up the pint. Or,
ii desired, use clarified mOlasses,
honey, or corn syrup, instead OF sugar
syrup. Either way, it tastes good,
never spoils, and gives you full pint
of better cough remedy than you
could buy ready made for three times
It's cost. ....
It is really wonderful how quickly
this home made remedy conquers a
cough-usually in pa hours or less.
It seems to penetrate through every
air passage, 1oosens a dry, hoarse or
tight cough, hits the phlegm. heals
the membranes, and gives almost I'M
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tickle, hOarseness, Group, bronchitis
and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine ex-
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To avoid disappointment ask YOU,
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with directions, and don't accept any
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The Pinex Co, Fl. Wayne, indie
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

Judging from reports from drug
gists who are constantly in direct
touch with the public, there is one
preparation that has been very sue
cessful in overcoming these condi-
tions. The mild and healing influ-
ence of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest
for it's remarkable record of sue
cess.
An examining physician for one of
the prominent Life Insurance Com
panies, in an interview of the subject,
made the astonishing statement that
one reason why so many applicants
for insurance are rejected is because
kidney trouble is so common to the
American people, and the large ma
jority of those whose applications
are declined do not even suspect
that they have the disease. 1t is on
sale at all drug stores in bottles of
two sizes, medium and large.
However If you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to DR.. Kilmer g. Co., Binghamton,
N. Y, for sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention The
Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal.
(Adyt }
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
Vanity, Incompadbility,
Lack of Children, Are
Held Divorce Causes

CHICAGO, philippines of man
and woman is only a secondary
affair in marriage, the prime purpose
Of which is to produce robust chill
dren, Prof. William J. Durant, of
Columbia university. said in lecture
at the Sinai Social Center here.
"Where there are no children there
is no marriage" he added.
Free love is impossible, the pro-
fessor said, because conquests Of a
mar are praised by other men, but
if woman had had one free love af-
fair she is held in ridicule and belit-
tied by her associates"
Most men now marry after they
have become incapable of love-" the
professor continued, land then comes
your divorce"
Courts say that divorces are due
to cruelty, drunkenness and half a
dozen other things, but they are all
wrong. The three fundamental rea-
sons for divorce are:
1.-The natural vanity of both
sexes.
"2-Psychologica incompatibility.
''3-Lack of children
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
ReCoiI of Shot Gun Kills
Farmer Who Shot D0n

r. r. Burrow, 65 years old, prom
inent farmer. church worker and
cattleman, of Fairbanks, Tex, IS
dead. He was kicked" to death by
his trusty old shotgun when he d.
cided to go out and kill a dog
which had been worrying his
calves. This is the first time a
shotgun has ever been known to
actually "kick'' a man to death and
the negroes about here, as well as
many of the whites, declare the
spirit of the canine which Burrow
had just sent to the happy hunt
ing grounds had something to dc
with the killing of the farmer.
BurroW saw the dog, the property
of negro who worked on his
farm, chasing one of the calves. He
took his doubled-barreled shotgun
enc of the old muzzle-loading va
riety which had been in the Bur
low family for a quarter of g
century, and went out to shoot the
dog.
When the canine came by Bur
row let him have one of the bar
rels and the dog "keeled" over
Burrow then started to take tho
gun from his shoulder. The butt
O. the gun came down to his stom-
ach when the other barrel eX
ploded and the gun clicked" hin
i'll the stomach, killing him in
Stant1V
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
Too Ardent Bridegroom
Is Hailed into Court

Frank r. Kent, a young automo-
bile salesman of New York who told
Magistrate Sweetzer that his moth
er-in-law, who had him arrested on
a charge of disorderly conduct, had
insisted upon going along when her
daughter and Kent were honeymoon
ing, received three months in the
workhouse on Blackwells Island.
At the first hearing the court plain
ly sympathized with the young hus-
band. But Kents bride was in court
10 explain that she had to leave her
husband because his love was too
violent" Charles Ham, the mother
in-law's attorney. said Kent called
his client on the telephone as often
as thirty-five times in one. day. This
was more than Kent could brook in
silence.
Judge" he burst out, 1--WE We're
married just two months ago today.
This is our anniversary. L love my
wife [ love her deeply. l.
What a terrible thing love must
be-" observed Magistrate Sweetzer.
"They have $4,000 tons of coal on
BlackwelEs Island, and I'm going to
send you over there for three months
to work on it,
Judge, you don't know y love
Is" said Kent as he was led away.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-11-07
1t Was a Case This Time
Of "Snake Eat Snake"

F. H. Guler and his son, Dennis,
vouch for the truth of this snake
story. They live in Buckburg, Cal
loway county, Kentucky; and, ac-
cording to their story, were out one
day in their tobacco field. Their
attention was attracted by the VOL
Cnt barking of the family dog, and
they started to see what the matter
was, the dog seized a big snakes and
began to shake him violently. AS he
shook the air began to be filled with
little snakes, and the men on In
Vestigation found that the snakes
were young copperheads. The
strange part of it. however. was the
snake which the dog had was a
chicken snake. so the men were
curious as to why the little snakes
were copperheads. They performed
a post-mortem on the chicken snake
and found that the snake had oval
lowed q large copperhead snaIleI
which evidently Just previously had
swallowed it's young. Seven OF the
small snakes were found. but there
may have been a few lost before the
men reached the scene of the en-
counter between the dog and the
chicken snake