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The Press., 1919-01-09
Death Guided the Plane.

A remarkable instance occurred somewhere in France, in which a faith full flyer brought his machine safely home, although he himself had died from the effects of wound received in an encounter with an enemy ma chine in the air. Knowing that he was about to die, he prOpped himself up in such way that the rudder bar and control lever were kept in position. carefully calculated the distance back to camp and arranged the machine so that it sould vOlplane safely to the ground after his soul had departed, His plans were successful, and when his mortified companions hastened to him they found in his pocket note
 book in which was the information he had been sent to Obtain-"at all costs"
The Press., 1919-01-09
All Fiohtinu Men Brothers,

A young American army private came out of gilded Broadway florists the other afternoon carrying a very large and expensive bouquet tied up in waxed paper and walked toward one of those stunty baby doll roadsters at the curb.
 AS he was crossing the sidewalk along came another American army private. undsniably of Italian descent, and known along Broadway for hls ability to wield the polishing rag at a Herald square shoe shining parlor. The two stopped to exchange greetings.
 To. Fish Facer'
 ""Lo. Wop! Where you goin'f"
 "To see me brudderr"
 Jump in and save carfare" Where upon this strangely assorted pair. brothers by the greatest tie man can devise. travelled away together.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1919-01-09

tion went there would he no advantage in the way he had outlined.
 Several other plans were suggested. There wasn't room in Barbara's cot tage for the orphans, and Barbara didn't like the idea of staying in Pro- lessor OsgOod's house with the orphans while he stayed in her shack. So it was decided that for the time being he would sleep in the haylOft. while the orphans stayed alone in the house. Perhaps within week or so the or phans would he tired of the experiment or would have proved themselves poor farmers.
 But as a matter of fact just the op poSite thing took place. They became expert agriculturiStS, and when Bar bara, at Professor OSgOOds suggestion, asked them wh'thc.' they weren't ready to go back they both burst into tears, the only sign of vivid emotion that they had expressed since their ar- rival So the professor continued to sleep in the hayloft without any seri- uus discomfort. After all there was no one ill the nei"hhorhOOd to criticize the arrangement and the plan might have worked out all summer were it not for the expected visit of the in- Spector.
 Did the people at the asylum know" said Professor OSgoOd feeling carefully one day as the girls were about to go forth to hoe the first showing of beans,
 did they know was living here alone when they sent your"
 "NO, sir" said one emphatically.
 "'They said there Was a Mir. and Mrs. OSgood, they did, and the ma tron said: Mind you do what Mrs. Osgood says :"
 The profcssnr suddenly became pen Sive. It was not the first time he had thought In rather concrete way of late of the possibility of a Mrs. OsgoOd. : preposterOuS idea. Other men, req >Oned the professor, had managed to win the love of women completely and entirely their superiOrS in every way. How foolish it would be not to take the chance. Not to ask Barhara to marry him would not make the intensity of his love any less poignant. And per | hapS- The professor left his ! orphans abruptly and sauntered over ! to Barbara's shack. He had planned several ways of beginning the conver- Sation, but Barbara was busy planting corn and he felt that quick action was | most suitable.
 Barbara will you marry me?" he | Said lookin" very hard at the corn in her curved palm:
 Bless ynnr heart" said Barbara, dropping the grain and laughing a little. "T was almost afraid you wouldn't nSk me In tlmc. I thought 1 maybe you would sometime, but 1 wanted to have it all fixed and settled before that orphan inspector got
 around. It's part of our war duty, isn't it?"
The Press., 1919-01-09
lt Didn't Work.

A wee four-year-old was having Thrift stamps explained to her by her young uncle, an enthusiastic canvass CT. To illustrate his talk he ended 1t by giving her two quarters. Now these will buy you two Thrift stamps" he said.
 1.-TWO Thrift stamps" she repeated, smiling.
 A few minutes later her grandmoth- CT came into the room. The uncle, eager to display the effect of his ora tory, ordered: Mary Ellen, show grandma what you have"
 Obediently Mary Ellen displayed her two quarters. "NOw, tell grandma what you're going to buy with them," he smiled in anticipation of the answer.
 But his smile didn't hold. In Mary Ellen's sweetest tones came the in- formation: "Tandy and tookies."
The Press., 1919-01-09
More Than Paid the Debt.

Some of us will give second thought to the extraordinary achieve ment of a congregation in Geneva. N. Y.. which first built with reckless ex- frayagance massive grayStone church and then adopted the tithing system to get them out of their diffi- culty. The story is told in Outlook. When the church was dedicated-if that is the right word-the debt was $S2OOO. and the weekly budget So3O. The weekly income was less thnn S1OO. In two years the debt has been re- duced to s40.OOO and the weekly in- come Is $500. Of the 1000 members $50 are titherS. A tither sets aside onetenth of his income for Christian activities. The blessings of happiness and prosperity which have atteLied the people are remarkable. Many thrilling stories are told. Some church leaders are deeply impressed by the success of the system and they are ad- vocnting 1t as a financial policy Christian Register.
The Press., 1919-01-09
which WI, siyen to the press fin which

which was given to the press, in which the hoarder was placed in a class by himself, apart from patriots, and in- formed that not only would he not he arrested, hut that he would not be re- lieved of his excessive holdings of sug- ST which he might use to sweeten his bitter thought that every one in his community knew that he had plenty or sugar while others more deserving had none.
 Educational and Publicity.
 With the same loyal generosity that characterized their cooperation in oth- CT war movements, the entire press of the state, daily and weekly, from the very beginning did their utmost for the Food Administration in Connecti- cut. Following the conference of Edu- cational Directors at Washington in February, 1918, several columns of plate matter on an average were dis tributed each month to the Connecti- cut papers using plate, and this meth- cd was found to be quite as effective as was predicted at the Washington conference. The Connecticut Food Ad- ministration issued no printed bulle- tins, but depended chiefly upon the newspapers and upon the weekly and semiweekly news letters sent to the l6S food directors.
 Sugar Distribution.
 When the sugar certificate distribu- iion system was put into general op- eration in July, 1918, the office force of the Food Administration was in- creased until at times there was near ly fifty officials and clerks at work, and, although Connecticut's population was estimated in Washington at con- siderabiy below what this munition making State actually had during the war, an equitable distribution of sugar was made with a minimum of com plaint from the public and trades af' fected.
 Co-ordinatino Unite. From the very beginning the Con necticut Department of Food Supply rhe Connecticut Agricultural College rhe County Farm Bureaus of the De partment of Agriculture and several | other state organizations placed all Their resources at the disposal of the Food Administration, which frequent Iy made valuable use of them.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Deserves q Better Job.

We climbed into a motor accompan- jed by Marcus. Marcus, by the way, Is one of the characters of the unit, Ma. jor Theodore Waters writes in the Christian Herald. He is more than that he is an institution, is Marcus product of the peculiar stress through which Jerusalem has passed. He says he is 14 years old. But he looks much younger and acts much old CT. He can read and writes English, Russian, French and Arabic, and he passed through all the regimes, Turk ish, German and English. and he has taken roll of each in the acquiring of languages and baksheesh. Yet, strange ly enough, he is both industrious and honest, and is the sole support of his widowed mother. If you would know what he looks like. imagine a gnone about three and a half feet high, as broad as a brownie and as brown as a berry, with two big dark eyes that shine out of the middle of 8 perpetual smile.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Blondin's Feat Recalled.

In the whirligig of mOmentous world events it Is not strange that there should pass almost unnoticed a few days ago the fifty-eighth ami versary of BlOndin'S exploit of cross ing Niagara gorge on four-inch tight rope, feat that still stands as the acme of daring and nerve. One of the thousands of spectators that lined the river bank was the prince of Wales, late King Edward. This was the first time anyone had crossed Ni- agara gorge on q rope. BlOndin car ried man on his shoulders on one trip, wheeled il wheelbarrow over on a second trip, and on a third trip car ried a stove on his balancing rod and fixing it on the rope, cooked cakes and threw them to people in small boats below on the river. Blondin was after ward killed in Paris.
 He made q test in 1859, and in the following year successfully car ried out his feat, October 10, 1860.
The Press., 1919-01-09
WHAT OUR DEFENDERS COST
Year for Each Man in the Service.

Statistics have been collected hy the clothing and eQuipage, subsistence. conservation, reclamation and hard ware and metals division of the ular- ttrnmSterS' corps, United States army, tc indicate just what it costs a year to maintain soldier overseas and in the United States.
 These. according to the Army and Navy Journal, show that the cost Is S42:}.t7 q year to equip and maintain soldier overseas and $327.7S to equip and maintain one in the United States. Subsistence. figured at 69 cents day. amounts to $25l.S5 yearly for each man overseas: figured at al cents d day in the United States, it amounts to $1S9.SO. The cost of the initial equipment for the soldier the first year in the United States is S115.3O. while the cost of his additional equipment for the first year overseas is S42.41.
 Thus It appears that if the soldier going overseas did not take with him a great deal o+ his equipment already supplied in the United States the con tfaSt between the cost or eQulppllNg and maintaining soldier in this coun- try and abroad would be much move marked. Not only is the amount d)f equipment needed abroad greater thsf that needed in this country, but the statistics of the cnnscrvC.iof, and 1e- clamation division show that equip ment and clothing overseas are subje}t to much harder ua'., wear out more quickly and are less effectively re- claimed than similar material. cloth Ing and equipment used in the United States. The amount of reclamation of each individual soldiers equipment in this country Is $75.SO year, while the amount of reclamation of similar ma terial abroad is but $33.31.
The Press., 1919-01-09
ON ITS WAY TO SCRAP HEAP
Dialecs Known as "Penrsylvania Dutch" Bids Fair Soon to Be
 Thing of the Past.

"Pennsylvania Dutch," that curious combination of German, English and Yankee, which since Revolutionary times has developed in parts of Penn sylvania and Ohio, is going into the discard For more than century it has been growing just as languages always grow. with use. It has cor rupted words, made words, created forms, one might say grammar of its own. It has not, it is true, pro- duced a literature. But it has been the speech of considerable number of persons in their homes. It long since ceased to be recognizable as German, and English it never was. In it, stu dents tell us. are mingled German, English, Welsh, French and even Gae- lie words.
 "Pennsylvania Dutch" has been the dialect of those German disciples of Peter Memo who came to America, some of them in re-RevOlution days, seeking religious liberty and political freedom. Some of these went into Ohio during Revolution days, others in- to Canada, some as late as Civil war days. Their religious beliefs contrib uted to isolation. And they were large ly an agricultural people.
 Now the word has gone forth among the Mennonites that 1t is no longer patriotic to speak "Pennsylvania Dutch," and as fast and as thoroughly as possible these unbelicverS in war are discarding the speech of childhood and home associations. The task is not an Impossible one to them, since all or nearly all of them have had som ex- pcri"nce in the common schools. From among them 5000 young men have gone overseas to fight the OppreSSors of their ancestors and the barbarians who threaten their own liberties.
 The banning of "PennSylvania Dutch" is an impressive object lesson to all Americans. Let's all resolve to speak EngliSh.-DptrOit Free Press.
The Press., 1919-01-09
New Motive Power for Baroes.

In a novel English method of pro- pulsion for canal barges, a small air pump driven by the engine creates vacuum in the chamber containing the propeller, and this draws the water above the level of the canal. This ar engagement is claimed to lessen the ero- sive effects making increased speeds practicable. A barge of B tons was prepared for trial by mounting on it an old motor car engine of IS to 20 horse power, and from preliminary tests was expected to run about five miles an hour when loaded, and eight or nine miles when empty.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Women to Give In platin,Ip,

Women possessing platinum-mounted jewelry are being urged to have 1t converted into War Savings stamps and used for making war materials. A special drive has been inaugurated to increase the platinum supply for the government by melting up stacker baubles of platinum. "Women have gone without heat, without wheat
 without meat" said one of the leaders of the movement when telling of her plea to her sex to sacrifice their orna- ments. "They have been asked to economize on the materials in their clothes and reduce the height of their shoes to save leather. Surely they ought not to find it hardship to go without platinum. There Is a shortage of platinum and it is only with grea, difficulty that a sufficient quantity for actual needs is being obtained for the gpvernment."-pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Heroic Frenchman.

Lieut.. $. Coulter, French ace. twen- ty years old, and who has brought down r. Roche planes In France. has given onIookers thrills by his nervy performances at all fields In the Unit ed States. He came over from France few weeks ago as instructor. His fa- vorite pastime is to execute all the great Stsnts, such as spinnig nose dives, loops and Immelman turns with 200 feet of the ground. The average flyer, even if expert, prefers to try this game several thousand feet higher. where he Is safe.
The Press., 1919-01-09

medicine for woman's ailments l ever saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, k. No. l, Portsmouth, Ohio.
 Mrs. Shaw provei the merit of this medicine and wrote this letter in order that other suffering women may find relief as she did.
 Women who are suffering as she was should not drag along from day to day without giving this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege. table Compound, trial. For special advice in regard to such ailments write to Lydia F. Pinkham Medicine Go. Lynn, Mass. The result of its forty years eXnerience is at your service.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Buying More Cutlery

Siamese Importers are pure,.asing more cutlery than they did formerly and there should be an opportunity for the sale of American supplies. Japan has profited by the increased demand. The value of cutlery imports from Japan advanced from sS3 in 1914-15 to u2,734 fin 1916-17. American machine tools are widely used in Siam and wig orous selling campaigns should be planned for the purpose of introducing other lines of cutlery after the war; New York Journal of Commerce.
The Press., 1919-01-09
The Thirsty Sailor.

Here's one they are telling about a British sailor and civilian host:
 The civilian brought out bottle of bourbon and took drink, neglecting to offer one to the sailor.
 He did this about three times and then thought that the sailor might like to wet his whistle.
 Are you thirsty?" he asked the sailor.
 Yes, muchly sO." answered the tar. WhereupOn the civilian went out and got him glass of water.
 Il said l was thirsty" said the sail- or, mot dirty"
The Press., 1919-01-09
llse Wireless Iamn.

A wireless signal lamp has been de- vised for various kinds of war work which enables the users to keep up communication under conditions where it would be difficult or impossible to stretch telephone or telegraph wires. A barrage fire for example, would be no hindrance to signaling by this new apparatus. It can be used between a ground station at the battle front and an airplane a considerable distance away, flying over enemy territory.
The Press., 1919-01-09
Planes Smaller Than Birds,

The smallest British airplanes now "ing manufactured are actually of less span than the largest birds. The measure nearly eighteen feet from wing tip to wing tip. A certain type If midget" airplane recently eXhib- ited In London is only fifteen feet in width,
The Press., 1919-01-09
St. MihleI Party.

One infantry company at the end of several hours advance found that it had cut off several score of Germans in a wood. The Germans didn't show any fight. Most of them didn't even exhibit enough nerve to come out and surrender. When it came time for the captain to make his periodical report so his battalion F. C.. this sentence concluded the message he sent back:
 Have about hundred friendly troops In woods on my right. Paris Stars and Stripes.
The Press., 1919-01-09

so weak at umes Il could hardly get around to do my work, and as I had four in my family and three boarders it made it very hard for me. Lydia k.
 Pinkham's Vege- tat,e Comp pound was recommended to me. l took 1t and it has restored my health. It is oarta;plv fha heat
The Press., 1919-01-09

iI"ms uf loca' interest iaRC n from the columns
 Of The rrcss, thiry-onn years ago.
 O. H. Bidwell has taken the store ust vacated by Bissett X Webber, and will this week open therein domes- lie bakery and restaurant.
 !. H. Reed this week removes his aw office from the Speman building lain street, to the suite of rooms 'ormerly occupied by Esq. Davison in he National bank building.
 Married-At the residence of Sheriff ;. B. Pomeroy Gather of the bride) al Villimantic, 10th, by Key, Horace vinslow. l.. Littleheld of Willimantic nd Lizzie A. B. Fuller of Holland.
 Died .- Palmer, Dec. 23d, Lyman ipellman, S7, former resident of Staff ord.
 Holland 5th, Cornelia E, IA, eldest aughter of Newton E. and Jennie E, acObS
The Press., 1919-01-09
One Result.

"Has your son had any success with this aviation eXperiment?"
 ''Oh, yes: he has succeeded in mak- ing ,.ty money fly"
The Press., 1919-01-09
Literally.

Did you see where a big bombing plane to show it's capacity carried piano from Paris to Iondon?"
 "Well, that was music In the air"
The Press., 1919-01-09
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.

StAte or Ohio. CIty or IOIeuo,
 Lucas County. ss.
 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co. doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
 Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 9th day or December. A. D. 1SS6 A. W. GLEASON.
 (SeaD Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Medicine Is taken in- formally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
 Sold by all druggists. 76c.
The Press., 1919-01-09
"BEST MEDICINE
 FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound Did
 For Ohio Woman.

Por,smouth, Ohio. -" l suffered from irregularities, pains in my side and was
The Press., 1919-01-09
1870 Eating Places Pledged.

The first step taken was the obtain ing of signatures on pledge cards from all the hotel, restaurant and club pro- prietors or managers in the state. This was followed by queStionnaires, daily record sheets and monthly savings re- port cards, showing the savings in wheat, meat, sugar and fats. By Jan uary 1t was evident that within the three months of October, November
The Press., 1919-01-09
THIRTY.0NE YEARS AGO.
January r2, 1888.

rrms nf loca' interest taken from the columns
 Of The prcss thirty cone years ago
The Press., 1919-01-09
Worked With State Committee.

When Mir. ScOville became Food Ad- ministrator for Connecticut he prompt ly appointed MT. Lnnders as Assistant Food Administrators The offices of the Federal Food Administrator were housed at Mo- 36 Pearl street, Hart ford, with the Connecticut Committee of Food Supply, which already had a number of active subcommittees work ing on food production and cOnserva-
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1919-10-09
AreStuojami Radikalai Gary, Ind.

Eakar iSryto if mieste Gary,
Ind, paskeIbta Ilards stovis.
Gen. Wood paSkelb6, jog kaip
valStijos, taip miesto patvar-
kymai nebus varzomi. Bet mi
IitarinG valdzia visame kane
vadovaus ir viska kontroliuos.
Visam plieno dirbtuviQ ap-
sLrityj gyvuoja nieku nesu-
drumdziama ramyb6. Nes vi
sur matosi patroliuojantieji
kareiviai.
Kareiviai su policijos pagel-
ba vakar padar6 kratas daugeI
namuose, kuriuose gyvena IA
dikaliai gaivalai.
Atrasta ir sukonfiskuota ke-
letas tonq ivairiQ kurstanciu
darbininkus raStQ. Daug radi-
kalQ suareStuota.
Kareiviai su policija padare
kratas ofisuose advokatQ Paul
CHASER ir Dimitrii Ekonomov.
Susekta, jog jiedu esq radika-
lu. JQ ofisuose if namuose at
rasta daug kurstancios 'rau-
donosios" literaturos, TrOclIio
ir Lenino paveikslQ.
Be to Carlyle susekta If pa
naikinta keliolika urvQ, ku-
riuose paslapcia buvo parda-
vindjami svaigalai.
South Chicagoj n6ra karel-
viu. Ir ten n6ra nieko bloga.
Vakar keli tukstanciai darbi-
ninku parodavo gatvemis. Pas
kui turajo susirinkima.
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1919-10-09
pima CarranzoS viIiavQ.
Carranza turi $1,000 kareiviu.

"PatS Carranza turi $1,000
kareiviQ. Tie jo kareiviai yra
toxic pat pIGSikai, kaip ir kit
meksikonai. Jie pItSia il Judo
zmoneS bendrai Su pldSikais.
Tuo keliu jie Sau pelnija ne tik
maistq, bet dar If pinigQ. Mes
nuo CarranzoS retail kada kq
gauna.
"Bet kareiviai savimi nepa-
Sitenkina. Jie tuo budu paga-
nina didelius turtuS IL Savo
oficierams. Nereikia pamirSti,
kad mekSikonQ kariuomenG tu-
ri Iabai dideli SkaitliQ oficie-
-generoIu, pulkininlIQ il
majorQ. Jiems tad daugelio
viSko il reikia.
"Yra faktas, jog Meksikoje
yra 10000 apginkluotu Emo
niQ, gyvenanGiu is pldSimQ sa-
viSkiQ arba svetimSaliQ Emo
niQ.
'Pasakojama, paw, jog Car
ranza Chile reSpublikOS banko-
Sc turi pasiddjes apie Is mill
ionQ dolieriQ. 10 zentas, gen.
Aguilar, TRIUMPH laiku igijo 4
milijonus dolieriQ.
"Antai Villa savo pl6Simais
yra susirinkes $1S,OOO,O 1000.
Tuos pinigus jisai yra suddjes
bankose Ell Paso, st. Louis,
New Yorke ir kitur. Supranta-
ma, su pramanytomis pavardd-
mis-.
Konduktorius milijonierius.
"Generolas Pablo Gonzales
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1919-10-09
$50 BoISevikq Pagerbe S. Y.
VeIiavq

ga. Keliolika suspdjo pasprQ-
Sti. Bet $50 veilliai pasidaV6.
Atrasta daugelis viSokio tu-
rinio Iapeliu. Tuose sakoma.
kad bolSevikai valdysiq pasau-
Il.
Is pastures visi lyg karei-
vial nulyddti skv6ran ir tenai
atlikta iSkilmyb6S. Jiems bu-
vo praneSta. kad 'arba jie bus
uzdaryti kaI6jiman arba turl
xiii paSkui kitus pabuGiuoti a
merikoniSka vaIiavq. Visi ap-
Sidmd pagerbti vdliava.
Didziuma nesenai atkeliave.
Didziuma * jQ buvo buvu-
sieji plieno dirbtuviu darbi-
ninkai, nesenai Gia atkeliave is
Woolawn, Pa, Sale Pittsbur-
go.
Ant kai-kuriu atrastQ lape-
liu padtti toxic antgalviai:
"Raudonos Kal6dos, 1918;
Raudoni Nauji Metal, 1919"
Kituose lapeliuoSe tarp kit
ko paSakyta:
"Liaudies v6liava raudona;
kraujas -raudonas. IS
skleisk ant augSto stiebo rau-
dona veliava ir leisk NUNS
po ana gyventi arba mirti".