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New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
Free Homes
 Wanted

There are many bright, attractive boys. both Catholic and Protestant, between the ages of six and thirteen years, for whom We are anxious to find free homes. These children are strong and well and need to be placed with families where they will receive fair treatment and intelligent care.
 Anyone interested in any of these boys, kindly communicate with the Bureau of Child Welfare, State Cap itol, Hartford, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
TRIAE KESI MES TO-DAY. Hcrrin Riot and Murder Case Will Get Under Way as Juror Returns.

Marion, Ills, March 19-lnterrupt- ed for ten days by the serious illness in the family of Juror, the second Herrin riot trial in which six defend ants are charged with the murder of Antonio Mucavich of Erie, Pa, promised again to get under way to- day.
 Living in one of the most isolated sections of the county. Nathan Barnes, the juror whose wife was seriously i'll of pneumonia, kept the court in- formed by courier of his enforced ab- sence.
 The last word from him was he would return Friday, but Judge D. T. Hartwell granted him until Monday.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
FIRE BOARD MEETINGS
Men Eligible for Appointment as Bremen Under Civil Service Rules Will Appear Before Commissioners.

Plans are being completed by the board of fire commissioners for the two-platoon system which is to be in- stalled in the New Britain fire depart ment. The board will meet Tuesday and Thursday nights of this week At the meeting Tuesday about 50 of the men eligible for appointment under the civil service rules, will be before the board The remainder will report Thursday.
 Clerk John J. Keogh Saturday mailed letters to the candidates in- forming them when to be on hand. A civil service examination will be held on Friday night for assistant chief en- gineer in the department.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
SUICIDE ApOLOGIZES
Leaves Note Saying "I Am a Rotter. I Apologize" - Washington Man Shoots Himself After Accident.

Washington, March 19.--Hal A. Main, "A, bond salesman, died from a self inflicted bullet wound yesterday a few hours after an automobile bearing a license number which po- lice said was that of his car had swept by a street car stop in viola ton of traffic laws and seriously in jured an alighting passenger
 Main is believed to have spent the night in his office, the floor of which was filtered with cigarette stubs, be- fore shooting himself.
 He left this note to his wife and mother:
 T am a rotter. l apologize"
 The automobile which ran down the pedestrian was going 40 miles an hour and swept out of sight with only glimpse of the license number to trace it by.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
DEADLOCK BROKEN
Intervention by President Ends Tariff Commission Dispute as to Proceed
 ure Under Flexible Rate Provisions.

Washington, March 19.-Interven- ton by President Harding has ended a deadlock in the tariff commission as to procedure under the flexible rate provisions of the tariff act.
 In directing the commission to pre- pare complaints against certain pre- vailing import duties, the president construed the intent of the law in ac- cordance with the view of those mem- bers of the commission who opposed the stand of others in favor of gen. eral scientific revision of rates.
 About F articles, none of them re- garded as highly controversial, are understood to be embraced in the first rate inquiries for which the com mission already has sent out formal notice.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
TUT EXCAVATOR ILL

Cairo, Egypt, March 19.-The Earl of Carnarvon, who has been supervis- ing the excavations at the tomb of King Tutenkhamun is suffering sev- erely from blood poisoning, presum- ably the result of an insect bite.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Monocles are being adopted by lead ing professional and society women in London. in preference to horn spec tacles.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
HITS MAN AND AUTO, CAR
 PLUNGES INTO RIVER
Peculiar Accident at Providence Brownsville, Pa, Motorist Backs
 Into River, Three Dead,

Providence, R, l., March 19.-After striking pedestrian, John Lennon, a2, of Fl West River street, and col- liding with an automobile owned and operated by Charle, Tannebaum. of Taunton, Mass, an automobile con- taining three men while being driven at high speed on North Main street yesterday afternoon ended its event. full career by crashing through m iron railing and plunging into the Moshas- suck river at Canal street
 The sounding of an alarm sum moncd firemen to the scene and they rescued two Of the men while the third managed to escape unaided.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Tut -ankh-amen, but latest authorities say that the other way is correct.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19

Brownsville, Pa. March 19.-Trap- ped in closed automobile three per sons were drowned yesterday after noon at Fredericktown, five miles from here. when their car backed off ferry into the Monongahela river. Tho victims were identified after the bodies were recovered from the sunk en car as Rock Reilly, and Mir. and Mrs. John Furajtar, all of Mather, Greene county.
New Britain herald., 1923-03-19
RUSSIAN RECOGNITION

Report Says Hoover Is in Favor But
 Hughes Does Not Want T. S. to
 Act.
 Moscow. March 19. (By Associated Prcss) Moscow newspapers display New York dispatch saying it is of ficially understood that Secretary Hoover through his agents here rec ommends recognition of the soviet government while Secretary Hughes still opposes such step.
 Russian leaders have heretofore considered that President Harding was possibly favorable to recognizing the Moscow government with Mr. Hughes against it and Mir. Hoover on the fence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
MAKE EVERY SHADE OF TOOTH
Modern Dentist Able to Supply Every
Color of MoIar That May
Be Demanded.

The manufacture Of sets Of Jet
black false teeth represents an out
of-the-way side of British enterprise
1t will be news to most people that
there is definite trade in black teeth
between England and the Orient, rem
dered necessary by the practice, so
popular east of Suez, of chewing betel
nut. AS a masticatory the betel nut
leaves chewing gum far behind, for
1t is reckoned that one-tenth of the
human family indulge in it, but II
stains the teeth of its votaries black
as ebony. Hence, when they need ar
tificial teeth to replace losses, those
teeth must be black.
A definite side of modern dentistry
is represented by these black teeth.
No longer is 1t necessary for clients
to accept teeth which stand out in
challenging distinction to their neigh
bors and proclaim their artifciality
to the world. Every shade and shape
Is now matchable. Even the bo'sun
who for thirty years has been rolling
his quid" can be supplied with teeth
bearing the counterfeit stains of to-
bacco juice. The ordinary person has
% different shades at his disposal,
and shapes seem to be innumerable.
Even teeth with make-believe gold
filings are supplied.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
EXPLAINING GRADES IN ARMY
FancifuI and Pretty Tale OF the orlgls
Of Insignia Which Denote
Martial Rank.

Fanciful indeed is the tale woven
about the selection and origin OF the
various marks of army insignia.
The story begins with two-barred
fence. near group of trees one OF
these is a sturdy oak and another a
silver poplar, the tree which grows
to greatest heights In our forests.
Above this tree flies an American
eagle. 1t is night and the stars look
down upon the scene.
The first step, or first rank OF COM
missioned officer Is climbing the nrsf
bar Of the fence, and Is denoted by
the one bar on first Lieutenant 8
shoulder. Another step up and the
officer has his foot on the second bar
OF the fence-the two bars surmounted
being indicated by the two-bar mark
Of the captain. The next stage OF the
climb upward Is the branches OF the
trees, and the rank of major, denoted
by the gold oak leaf on the shoulder.
has been reached.
In order to go higher the candidate
for higher rank must now surmount
the tall silver poplar, and when ne has
done so he is entitled to wear the Sill
yer leaf of the lieutenant colonel. The
eagle soaring over the treetops indi-
Gates the rank of colonel-the silver
eagle being worn by officers Of that
rank. The stars are the highest OF all
and were reserved as insignia for gen.
erals.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF cALlCHE
Scientists Disagree as to How Rock
Of Which, Chile Has Monopoly,
Came About.

Chile's chief source of revenue, OF
which the country has virtually
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche;:
Scientists disagree as to the origin OF
this valuable mineral, according to
writer In the National Geographic
Magazine. Some claim (and Darwin
among them) that it had its origin in
seaweed of an ancient period. One
savant argues that the deposit result
ed from nitrogen contained in guano.
others believe in its atmospheric
origin, advancing the theory that In a
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air, by combination, formed
nitric acid; this in turn, impregnatln
the food waters of Andean streams
and coming In contact with the lime
stone of the rocks, formed nitrate Of
lime; another step in natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate of lime In
contact with sulphate of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution, is the most important by-prod-
uct of the caliche rock. By agree
ment among the nitrate establishments,
Its production is limited to every
sixth year, that the market may not
be overstocked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
PROVED ABILITY TO REASON
Heartless Old 5aboon Leader Had
Qualities That Might Be Con-
sidered Almost Human

Apes are SO human that even when
they display traits that in man would
be simply abominable one cannot help
laughing. A correspondent in South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are so much in the habit Of raiding
the coffee plantations that they have
to be guarded.
Among the coffee trees grows q
shrub the fruit of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But as wasps
fasten their nests to the shrubs, the
apes, fearful of being stung, usually
keep away from them. One morning
the people In a certain plantation
heard the apes making fearful out
cries and, rushing out, saw this
singular scene. A large baboon, the
leader Of a band, was throwing some
young apes at the wasp nests just as
boy might have thrown stones at
them.
The poor victims. stung by the in
furiated insects, were crying piteous-
iy, but the old baboon paid no heed
10 them whatever. While they were
suffering from the anger Of the
wasps he quietly proceeded to regale
himself with the fruit, which he
could now pluck without danger. Oc-
casionally he would turn round and
graciously throw a handful to some
females and young standing q little
way of.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
MARK LOVERS RESTING PLACE
Pretty Indian Legend Concerning
Trees of Somewhat Peculiar Growth
at Athens, Tennessee.

About century and quarter ago,
near where Athens. Tenn, now stands,
lived Cherokee chief and his beauti-
full Indian daughter, Nicolula Kowena.
She was betrothed to young chief OF
her tribe when a white youth came
into the village, met her, won her love
and succeeded in getting her TO break
her betrothal TO the Indian brave and
promise TO marry her white lover, re-
lates the Ladies' Home Journal. The
disappointment fred the heart Of the
discarded Indian sutton with a spirit
Of revenge Watching his opportunity,
ne stole upon the two lovers when
they were seated on a fallen log in
secluded spot and plunged his knife
into the heart Of the white man who
had robbed him Of his sweetheart.
But Nicolula Kowena, rendered
frantic by the death of her lover,
seized the knife, plunged it into her
own breast and fell dying across his
feet. Later their bodies were found
and buried where they fell. According
to the tribal custom in burying the
unmarried, a twig Of forest tree and
its fruit was placed In one hand Of
each.
Today there are two large trees
with roots and branches interlocked-
one large black oak and the other
hackberry-the two aged trees with
their mingled roots and branches
which, legend says, sprang from the
hands of the two forest lovers Of long
ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
WED ONLY CLOSE RELATIONS
Custom Of Burmese Tribe Leads to
Marriages Between Extreme Old
Age and Youth.

The only occasions on which lads
and lassies Of the Red Karen tribe in
Burma meet are at marriage feasts
and ut wakes, according to the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine. These
festivals last over three nights, and
are veritable orgies. with great ex-
cess Of eating and drinking. Both
sexes are well-seasoned vessels, since
they begin drinking strong drink be-
fore they are weaned. Marriages are
limited to near relations and result
quite often In unions where husband
and wife are of very unequal age, the
husband fifteen, the wife seventy, or
the other way about.
Punishment for marriage out of the
clans was formerly very severe. A large
hole was dug In the ground and a
log placed across II, to which two
ropes were attached. The ends Of
these were noosed round the necks
Of the offending pair. They were
made to Jump into the pit, and 30 hang
themselves.
Now they are communicated In
stead. and never allowed to enter 1
Karen village again. The two VII
lagos Of Kara IN the Nan-kwo circle
are said e be Inhabited enffrely -
- 49, cesRlal e
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
fLoWER-PoT AS BRIDEGROOM
Unique Ceremony Which Transforms
Chinese Girl Into Full-Fiedqed
and Privileged Widow.

China Is still land of strange Gus
toms, one Of the most curious being
the ceremony Of a fiower-pot mar
riage.
When the man whom a Chinese girl
is to marry dies shortly before the
date fixed for the wedding, the grief
stricken bride-elect sometimes takes
a vow never to marry. Should she
do so, she goes through the ceremony
of wedding an ordinary fower-pot.
She is now considered a widow, and
upon the parents of her intended hus-
band falls the responsibility Of main
tanning her. Usually she goes to live
with them.
In many cases, especially where the
family is poor. great sacrifices are nee.
essary In order that the daughter-in-
law Gas she is now regarded may be
properly cared for. But the parents
have no option In the matter. And.
actually, they have no desire to shirk
their responsibilities, for the faithful
ness Of the widow" brings great
honor to the bridegroom's family, it
being considered quite q disgrace
should the brfde-elect not wish to
90 through the ceremony Of marrying
the flower-pot-
In the days before China was Z re-
public, the emperor, upon the facts
being brought to his notice. had
handsome monument erected Ia Gem
mem0rnt1an e the widows faith
kNA 4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
TESTING Air IN OLD MINE
Of All Methods, The Lowering OF 3
Miners Safety Lamp Is AcknowA
edged to Be Safest.

Raising and lowering a bucket sew.
sral times, to bring into a long disused
mine fresh air from the surface, is
common practice. Methane may be-
expected in abandoned shafts or pits
driven In coal measures or carbona-
eeous states, or where a heavily tim
bered shaft Is partly filled with wa
ter. If methane is suspected, 1t is best
70 lower nothing but miners safety
lamp. If the light is not extinguished,
the descent can be considered reason
ably safe. When no safety lamp IL
available, and 1t is necessary TO test
with an open light, care should be
taken to Immediately Withdraw all
persons In close proximity to the shaft
or pit as there may be an explosion.
Generally, there Is no> physiological
warning of oxygen deficiency In the
air The first decided feeling is one Of
extreme weakness accompanied by diz-
Einess, better described as partial
paralysis, and the victim collapses
practically without warning. To guard
against this danger, a man should not
enter old workings without having a
rope tied around his body and at least
two men on the top. The rope should
be kept taut. Then If distress signal
ls given, the explorer will not only be
prevented from falling, but can be
quickly pulled to fresh air and his LIE
saved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
VENEER QUICKLY WORE OFF
Habits of Civilization Almost lmme.
dlateIy Forgotten When Indian Chill
dren Returned to Tepees.

When General Hancock opened his
campaign In the Indian spring of 1867
he was waited on at the outset by
some Cheyenne chiefs and asked to
hold a council. Among other matters
brought up for readjustment was one
of two Indian children, supposed TO be
survivors of the Chiyington massacre
at Sand Creek, Col Taken as waits
by the government, they were placed
In homes and educated. Because Of
their extreme youth 1t seemed an easy
task to eradicate the "Injun" and
bring them up in the white mans
road.
One Of the two, boy, was taken
east. The other, girl. was placed
with family near Denver. They were
dressed and educated according to
civilized standards. Then their people
demanded that they be returned. The
government had promised by treaty to
return such, and the boy and girl,
eight or nine years Of age, were Or
dered back to their people.
To all outward appearances, tnclud-
Ing habits and mannerisms, the two
were like any white children. When
delivered to their people they showed
no desire to quit the white mans road.
Inside Of years residence with the
Indians the two lost their veneer, had
forgotten, or at least claimed to have
forgotten, all knowledge Of the Eng
ush language, and were quick to avoid
contact with the whites. The blood Of
the wild claimed it's own.-Adventure
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
CAN 0UTFLY ANY AIRPLANE
Bluewino Teal Duck Has Been Known
to Travel at Rate of 800 Miles
an Hour.

1t Is mistake to suppose that an
airplane going at the rate of 24S.5
miles per hour could overtake the fast
est bird. The bluewing teal duck flies
In excess Of that speed, and has been
known to 60 as fast as 300 miles per
hour with an inconsiderable wind In its
favor. The hawks are perhaps even
faster, though capable of only short
bursts of speed. Duck hawks have
been known to overtake and catch
greenwing teal In the air, and possibly
they also catch an occasional bluewing.
The rush of the duck hawk, If the OBJ
server Is fortunate enough to see It
close up. as concealed duck hunters
sometimes are, is perhaps as Incredible
phenomenon as there Is in nature. 1t
was with hawks that falconry was de-
veloped, and 1t Is likely that all birds
OF prey are capable of high speed.
Whether there is any winged crea-
ture as fast as the bluewing teal Is
something bird observers would like
to know. The bluewing, long of wing
and slender of body, a veritable grey
hound Of the skies, Is built for speed.
1t no doubt can fly at top speed for
hours at time, and it is probable that
many bluewing pass in single day or
night from the breeding grounds of the
North to those of southern waters on
which to winter-St. Louis Post-Dis
patch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
still Reveal Much, Though Probably
Less Than Was the Case Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible to tell "lady'
by her hands-that is if you regarded
a lady as "a female of the favored So
cial class" She had well-kept hands
because she did nothing to roughen
them or enlarge their knuckles or cause
premature wrinkles. Even If fortune
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
symmetry of those hands. She did
without sugar for her tea and did
needlework for money in order to avoid
the work that she regarded as mental.
And because a woman of this class
knew that it was at her hands that
others looked for an index to her so
cial position it was her hands that she
saved, wearing gloves by day and by
night to keep them white and to pro
tect them and repair them from the
ravages of wind, sun and housework.
The situation is rather different now.
The young woman of immigrant par
ents who sells tinware in the depart
ment store basement has deliberately
manicured nails and hands that are
smooth, but the wife Of the college
president has hands that clearly show
the effects of work that we would once
have regarded as mental.
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell of their
owners rank or pedigree. There are
some hands that no matter how dill
gently manicured always look little
grimy at the corners, and others, lack
ing entirely the luster Of the manicure
buffer, that are always scrupulously
clean.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
TASK BEYOND HER CAPACITY
Sustained Interest In Work Too Much
to Expect From Feeble-Minded
inmate Of Hospital.

In an eastern hospital for the In
sane 1t Ia fixed policy Of the insti-
tuition to keep certain Of the inmates
busy at small tasks; work has been
found to have a soothing effect. One
inmate-a woman-elected to make
braided rugs. Her work was excel
lent; she took a genuine interest In
her occupation
There has been found only one flaw
In the scheme, as one person discov-
cred who tried to buy rugs as large
as by s: the hospital would not I'M
dertake such contract. The reason
was that the woman was not to be
depended upon to finish such a large
rug.
A small rug she could finish in a
day or two without any departure
from form or pattern, but as often as
she was given large rug TO do there
would come a day before the compile
ton Of the task when she would be
less calm and composed than was de-
sirable. The result would be q star
Ting patch Of color or eccentricity In
shape.
The hospital authorities have final
ly discovered the margin Of safety and
keep the woman worker well within II.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-12
OLD IA NAMES i STILL POPULAR
Parents Retain Partially for Favorites
That Have Done Duty for Many
Centuries.


A somewhat interesting census Of
Christian names has been taken in
the public schools Of Stratford. And
1t Is found that old and simple ones
continue to be favorites. Those which
are represented by more than fifty pu-
pills include: John. 1874; Margaret,
ia: William, 115; George, 81; Mary,
%; Dorothy, IA: James, 81; Helen. IS,
and Fred, 30. Gladys is the first in
terloper to appear in the list, with q
score Of 30.
With all the names In the world
at their disposal. stage names, names
out Of novels, and made-to-order
names, which they or others might in
vent parents go on. In the same old
way, calling their offspring John and
William and Margaret, and hoping In
vain that they will not be nicknamed
Jack or Bill or Maggie. Occasionally
Q name is figured out which Is war
ranted to defy corruption into any OF
the familiar variants. But its pos
SCISSOR probably blossoms forth as Fat
ty or Snooty. or in some other guise
quite foreign to the carefully selected
choice of the fond parents. Some
times they telephone their favorite
newspaper and deplore the fact that
they cannot find a suitable name.
Nothing Is quite az different rs their
child. And VIII the newspaper please
suggest. But the wise newspaper
thereupon processes utter inability to
ind an appellation distinctive enough
and noble enough for the purpose. The
parents sigh. And In all likelihood an
other is added to the long list Of Johns
and Margarets.-Toronto Star.