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New Britain herald., 1926-07-01

|. Princess Beatrice Maria Teresa Bi"nvonida Of Spain has just passed her 17th year. With her mother, Queen Victoria. the princess visited London in April, 1922. It was re- ported several times during that year that the princess was engaged 10 Grown Prince Humbert of Italy.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01

many exhibitions about the state. He is personally acquainted with many of the leaders In athletic circles of the past decade, and has never Jagged in his interest in sports.
 Chief SOuney ts treasurer of the State Firemen's association and an honorary member of the Volunteer Veteran Firemen's association of Hartford.
 Grove Always in One Company
 Captain James Grove, who was appointed to the department July i, 1897, has the unusual distinction of always having served in one com pany. No other member Of the de- parlmcnt Of any length of service has been connected with only one fire house. Living in the "Nigger Hill" section. Captain Grove grew up with the city and the excellent reputation borne by members Of Company Nc is credited in great measure to the leadership Of the veteran captain and the splendid example he has always strived to snt.
 A natural fireman, Captain Grove enjoys the reputation of being one of the best smoke eaters the depart ment has ever had.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
PEOPLE EDYING WHO
 COULD LIVE LONGER
10 To 15 Years May Be Added
 To Span, Doctor Declares

Philadelphia. July F> - Ten to fifteen years may be added to the span of human life within the next 40 or 50 years, Professor F. Wallace MacAdam, of the New York Homeopathic Medical college, today told the annual convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy A new system of life conservation, based on periodic health eXamina- tions, he said. was beginning to make itself felt.
 People today" said Professor MacAdam. "are dying by the thou sands unnecessarily. The problem is not in finding out how to in crease the expectancy of life, but how to educate people to use the means which have been discovered.
 "The sanity experts now feel that no further material gains may be expected by the use of general pub lie measures, that is, by the use of the usual legal health measures with which all are familiar. Bu; they do not despair of further low ering the death rate, of adding years to the span of life. ten to fifteen. in the next 40 or 50. It is coming just as soon as there is adequate cooperation between the family doctor and the members of his families.
 Tt does no good to have a phy- sician pick flaws in physical make up unless his advice is followed. Were housewives, famed for their expertness at bridge, or husbands, noted for their ability on the golf course, 10 devote a small fraction of the time given to these en- deavors to learning and then fol- lowing few common sense health measures, a race sturdier, longer lived and more free from sickness would result"
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01

Paris. July Pt-A dispatch 10 the Journal rom San Sebastian, Spain. says inc motive for King AL sonso's visit to England is his desire to arrange for the marriage Of his eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice, to inc Prince of Wales.
 The correspondent quotes e local paper 10 the effect and says it adds the religious question will be easily set tloj.
 The newspaper, La Noz de Gui- pozcoa. says it understands Wales is due to make q state visit to San Sebastian and Santa Ana during the course Of the summer.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
OFFICIAL DENIAL OF ENGAGEMENT
No Alliance Between Wales and
 Spanish Princess

London, July l LP) - The report published in a Spanish newspaper of the approaching engagement of the Prince Of Wales to the Infanta Beatrice Of Spain has been au- thoritatively denied, according to the Exchange Telegraph.
 It is stated that there is also no Foundation for the report, publish ed in the same paper. that inc prince is to make an official visit to Santa Ann or san Sebastian during tho summer.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
MCPHERSON INVESTIGATION
Evangelist Herself tO Aid in search
 for Alleged AhluCtors.

Douglas. Ariz., July 1 (Ps-Aimee semple McPherson. Los Angeles evangelist, and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. are scheduled to arrive here from the coast city to- day to aid local authorities in further investigation Of the evan gelist's story Of her kidnapping.
 It is understood the evangelist will visit a shack found in the desert south of here which Hn- swers the description Of one in which she says she was held cap tive after her abduction at Ocean Park, near Los Angeles May IS.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
Farmer Claims Airplanes
 StOD His Hens Laying

Lincoln, Neb., July l LP-Tem- perament Of the poultry flock of Emil Glatt has been so impaired by airplanes from q flying school nearby that the hens have cut their egg production a per cent and several hundred hens have died, GIatt asserted yesterday in a suit Tor $10,000.
 Glatt also asked for an inJunc- ton to keep planes out Of the air above the Glatt farm.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
NEWSPAPER PLANT BURNS

Bridgeton, N. J" July 1 LP) - Damage estimated al from $75.oo0 10 $100,000 was caused when fire of an undetermined origin de stroyed the plant Of the Bridgeton Evening News late last night
 The papers job printing plant was also destroyed.
 The Evening News was founded in 1879.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
COMPLETE PART OF STREET

The southern section of West Main street will he completed by Saturday assuring the public of half the highway for use during the weekend holidays, City Engineer Joseph D. Williams announced to- day.
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01

for seven years Prior to that time he was associated with the ". J. Dunlay Co.,, in this city and the Charles Dillon Co.,, of Hartford. Mir. Duffy received his training at the Renoud Training school, New York city. He is member Of New Brit ain lodge of Elks
New Britain herald., 1926-07-01
ENTERS BUSINESS

Francis P. Duffy of No. 169 Clark street, has entered the undertaking business at No. GAS Main street Mir. Duffy recently left the employ of NJ. J. Kenncy & Co.,. where he worked
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Predicting Earthquakes

The time is not far distant when sci
entists will be able to predict earth
qus tes with the same accuracy that
astronomers are now able to predict
the coming of a comet. This is the
opinion held by DR.. Thomas Jaggar,
one Of the greatest voleanologists in
the world lie is in charge of the gov
eminent observatory in the Hawaiian
islands and has visited all the earth
quake areas during the last quarter
century Doctor Jaggar is among
those scientists who believe In study
ing the life processes Of today rather
than the fossils of the past. BY OBJ
serving the crust of the earth and by
watching the eruptions and other
movements, he thinks, 1t will be pos
8sibIe to forecast earthquake cycles
with a reasonable degree of precision.
Pathfinder Magazine
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Placement Of Rubber

Tests on rubber block pavement,
laid one and one-half years ago at the
entrance to City hospital In Boston
have shown marked advantages. In
addition to having worn but little dur
ing the interval, the pavement has the
advantage that snow and Ice do not
collect on 1t In winter as on other
types Of pavement, thus doing away
with slipperiness. The blocks are also
almost noiseless and yibrationless.
These rubber paving blocks are an
invention Of r. f. Herrick, a consult
ing engineer of Boston. They are
made largely Of reclaimed rubber.
Those used in the present test are u
by 6 inches in area ana 2 inches thick,
and are laid in plastic sand and CO.
ment directly on the street foundation
Their edges were given coat Of as
phalt paint Immediately before laying.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Explaining 1t

Senator DUPONT at dinner in
Washington scid of a Florida failure
Their explanation is about as sat
isfactory as the fortune teller gave.
'sThe fortune teller said to the
young man:
Useless to pretend that you have
long life before you. This ace of
clubs, you see, bumps you off early.
At the age of thirty-nine you will
die
And this small card here, he said,
means that youll marry at the age Of
thirty eight and have sixteen chill
dren.
Sixteen childrenT said the young
man. But how can that be when I'm
to die year later-at thirty-nine, you
known
"The fortune teller turned red.
Then his face cleared and he
smiled and said smoothly:
You'll marry widow with fifteen
little ones.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Rich Strike. After All

Way back in the ffties gold pros
pectors took a look at Big bend in the
North Fork of the Feather river in
California and decided the stream bed
must be full Of gold in the wide horse
shoe watercourse that skirted noun
tain So they undertook and finished
the herculean task Of driving tun-
mel through the base of the mountain,
permitting the river to flow through
the ground, leaving the stream bed
bare. But there was no gold Today
gold has been struck in new way at
Big bend. The water that flows
through the tunnel has been put to
work producing electric power that
has helped develop the great Sacra-
mento valley and the San Francisco
Bay region.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
BsiEding Stcne Wall
Occasion for FroEic

When farmer in the early Sos
needed q stone wall on his property
he did not send for a stone mason,
but invited his friends and neighbors
Is a stone-frolic. Those lucky enough
% receive invitations left their own
affairs to the hired man on that day
and arrived at the scene of the fes-
tivities by sun-up in numbers rang
ing from a dozen husky sons of the
soil to twenty or thirty, and of all
ages from eighteen to sixty All wore
overalls and started work at once
There was no lack of material for
the wall, most farms being more or
less cluttered up with loose stones of
all shapes and sizes. A recess was
taken at noon, when doughnuts. and
huge jugs Of cider and pals of butter
milk were passed around. Late in the
afternoon the wall was completed, and
all hands eagerly answered the call
to supper.
The long table, made of boards COW
cred with sheets and set on saw
horses, was laid in the orchard and
heaped with food. A great iron pot
bubbling over a fire out of doors
yielded a 1aky potpie for which a
dozen chickens had been sacrificed.
Mounds of bread, hot biscuits served
with honey, boiled hams, snowy balls
Of pot-cheese, and grape and currant
jelly were fianked by cole slaw,
pickles, apples stewed in cider, apple
and custard pies, brown crisp cookies
and fresh doughnuts.
Coffee was made in large boiler,
there was plenty Of rich cream, and
earthenware pitchers at each end Of
the table held cider, buttermilk and
lemonade.
After supper the women arrived
and the local fiddler, who probably
had helped build the stone wall, tuned
up for the dance, which lasted until 1t
was time to go home to milk the
cows.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
KISKED LIVES TO
AID IN RESEARCH
Medical Men Stand High on
Roll of Martyrs.

Among the great martyrs of the
world must be numbered the countless
medical men who voluntarily have ac-
cepted risks in order to further re-
search. Thus, in the early days OF
the use of the X-rays, before the ex-
tent of their misunderstanding prop
critics were known, several medical
men lost their lives, while others re-
ceived severezburns which necessitated
the amputatfon of hands and arms,
Fraser Harris relates, In the Scien-
tific Monthly.
The outstanding medical martyr Of
microscopy is the young Dutchman,
Jan Van Swammerdam, who worked
on the minute structure of the internal
organs of insects so necessarily for
months at q time that not only his
eyesight but his general health sur
fered seriously. Having no artificial
light capable of being used with the
microscope, which indeed at that date
(1660) was but dissecting lens, he
had to work in the direct sunshine.
Swammerdam died In 1880. He was
the first to describe the minute struc-
ture of the May fly and honey bee.
It is not uncommon for medical men
to take their own blood as standard
of normal color in matching specimens
Of patients anemic blood while Prof.
J. B. S. Haldane of Oxford and Bir-
mingham, in the course of researches
of this nature, has administered to
himself on countless occasions the
very poisonous gas. carbon monoxide.
Medical men. in other cases, have
not hesitated to infect themselves with
certain diseases that some disputed
points might be cleared up. Thus the
son of the late Sir Patrick Manson
allowed himself to be inoculated with
malaria in London and proved that
the climate as such had nothing to do
with that disease. A distinguished
neurologist voluntarily cut in his own
arm one of the nerves. of his hand in
order to study the exact order of the
return of the various kinds Of sensa-
ton with which the hand is endowed.
And none of the anesthetics were
discovered without the experimenters
trying their effect on themselves first.
Humphrey Davy inhaled nitrous OK
ide. or Laughing gas before he ven
tured to announce its properties, and
Sir James Simpson chloroformed HIM
self many times before he used the
substance on any patient.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26

The word "scrape,' meaning diff
Guilty or some unfortunate predica-
ment, has several synonyms, as rub, y
a Squeeze a pinch" etc, all Of
which are younger than the term
'scrape," and Of slightly different in
depreciation.
'Getting into scrape. came from
Scotland, and the expression is as old
as the ancient and honorable game Of
golf. In Scotland rabbits hole or
burrow is called a 'scrape." When a
players ball rolled into one of these
holes it was manifestly impossible to
play it, and the rules Of the game
recognized this fact by naming but a
slight penalty for the player. He
merely "got into scrape - Chicago
Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
NATION PAYS BILL
FOR FOREST FIRES
Timber Wastage a Motter
of Concern TO All.

Several thousand men have been
battling in the forest fire zone in FIVE
states, where a dozen lives have been
lost. United States soldiers from Fort
Missoula were sent to the fire front
that swept 10000 acres on all sides
of Glacier National park Outside the
Boise National forest 100000 acres
have been fire swept
Foresters call the situation serious.
In California, idaho, Nevada, Montana
and Washington, the situation "as-
sumes a more serious aspect than at
any time III the last Decade they say.
Forest fires seem far away to the bulk
of our population, but they mean
something to the whole nation
Twenty-Five million acres. were
swept by flames in 1924. according to
the Forestry Primer published by the
American Tree association of Wash
ington It is estimated it would cost
S300.000,000 to reforest this burned
over land and that it would take al
most three hundred years to accom-
plish it at the rate we are now doing
1t. There is a great lesson In knowing
how long it takes Nature to produce
this chief essential to mans comfort.
There were ninety-two thousand
forest fires in the United States in
1924 This was at the rate Of two hum
bred and fifty ever day. A large per-
eentage of these were caused BY care
lessness Of tourists and campers. BY
automobile millions of people go
into the national and state forests
in summer. These millions must
make the proper handling Of fire their
first concern, the American Tree as
sociation says. The terrific drain on
our forest products by fire losses must
be cut down much closer to the point
where lightning only can be blamed.
You do not get a first-hand idea of
real heat until you get into the for
est fire line where men battle until
they drop. Do not leave glowing
spark IN that camp fire Break your
match. In a second you undo what
Nature has labored centuries to ac-
compIish.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Big Water Po.0er Pro1ect

Five hundred and thirty billion gal
Ions OF water from the worlds largest
artificial lake are about to gct work
In the service of the people of Ala
bama. This volume of water will soon
be backed up behind new dam 1900
feet long and $50 feet high on the
Tallapoosa river at Cherokee Bluffs
In the heart Of the state. The weight
Of controlled flow from the reservoir
behind the dam will run three water
turbines driving generators that will
produce 10000 horse power of cleo
trio energy A fourth generating unit
may be added later. This new power
development goes to work some time
this month More than 10000 acres
VIII be covered, and the lake rim viii
measure $50 miles.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Urging Colonization,

The Japanese government will take
up the emigration question as one of
the most important confronting the
country in connection with food and
population. Efforts will be made to
persuade emigrants to colonize the un-
opened parts of Hokkaido, Korea and
South Sakhalin or find homes in for
eign countries where this can be done
without provoking opposition as
Brazil. The government has found out
in the light Of past experience that
those who engage In agricultural pur-
suits make the best colonizers and
married couples among them are pref
erabie for the purpose. Exchange.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26

William McCarty. the 'cross-words
puzzle king" said on disembarking
from the Mauretania in New York:
Conditions in Europe are SO in
fernal that when an American growls
! can't believe my ears. Growls In
this American paradise Of ours make
me think of MacDougal.
''MacDougaI, the stone mason, was
drawing $14 a day. but when his
brother from the country asked him
how he was situated he shook his
head.
But your jobs good oner said
the brother.
Sure is, said MacDougaI.
How about the hoursY
Short
And the work?'
Easy and pleasant
What's the trouble, thenY
"'The wages that's the trouble
"But--
The wages-that's the trouble, /
MacDougaI repeated furiously.
They're SO darn high / can't ever at
ford to take day of.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Near Horrible Death
in Locomotive Boiler

One Of the closest calls with the
grim reaper that / ever had was while
employed in the Baldwin Locomotive
works In Philadelphia. My work was
mostly on the inside of the engines
when they were nearly finished On
this particular day we had an engine
which had to be finished before the
close of the day. Everybody was do
ing their very best and as is often
the case, some very important things
were forgotten.
One of them was to hang a sign on
the outside to tell everybody that there
was a man working on the inside.
This proved to be very nearly fatal to
me. They closed the fire door and
started to test the boiler to see If
there were any small defects in it. /
happened to be in the boiler when they
closed the door The awful noise that
is always made in that shop kept the
men from hearing my cries for help.
They kept running the hot steam
into the boiler and / kept honering
and pounding against the inside with
my hammer until nearly went mad.
/ could see some men walking around
the engine, but could not attract their
attention. It finally got 50 hot in
there that took off nearly all my
clothes and tried to climb out of the
drop pan at the bottom, but this hole
was only six inches wide and eighteen
inches long, so got stuck in there
and was just about to give up hope
Gas they were running steam in as fast
as possible). The heat was so in
tense that thought Il just couldn't
endure it another second.
But luck or fate was with me- for
just at that second a fellow passed
close to where | was fastened and !
threw my hammer and hit him on
the ankle He looked around, saw
me waving my arms, and was horri-
fed to realize that was a prisoner. 1t
only took him a few seconds to turn
off the steam q thought it took an
hour) and open the door to get me
out. Believe me, not for a million
dollars would go through it again.
L. Il. r., In EYeryhodys Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
AardUark Ranks High
Among Animal Freaks

Inc aardyarks, grOtesque little 0Ell-
mails with heavy piglike body, kanga-
roo tails, long ears and dinosaurfaa
claws, are most interesting creatures.
II was not more than 20 years ago
that an English scientist first reported
their existence. and was Immediately
discredited as an adherent of the
truth. Even when he exhibited the
strange dinosaurian claws, skull and
skeleton of the aardyark, fellow scien-
lists told him that they didn't believel
there was any such animal nor hadl
there been since the prehistoric tines
But subsequent explorers confrmedA
the report, and finally live specimen
was taken to London
The aardvark eats ants, tearing up
their hills with its great claws and
thrusting it's long, sticky tongue into
the squirming thousands Of inhab-
itants. HARDWARE is Boer for ground
pig. 1t is not In the least ferocious,
but mighty hard to capture. It bur
rows into the ground so rapidly that 1t
takes force of six men with picks
couple OF hours to catch up with 1t.
1t is strong little beast. too, although
It is no larger than q domestic pig.
Agile little natives who have been
set to watch hole have manfully
made barehanded grabs at the emerg-
Ing aardvark, only to be dragged
bodily back into it's burrow unless
they let go. It can drag a grown man
helter-skelter along the open country
until he is shaken of.
When the holes are dug into, just
as apt as not, instead Of an aardvark,
a python will be found with the ant
eater digesting peacefully in it's stom-
ach. The great snakes crawl into the
aardvark's burrow, swallow the occu-
pant, lay their eggs and then coil up
and go to sleep for couple Of weeks
In perfect luxury. Nor are they the
only native beast that usurps the
aardyark's home. Nearly every other
animal that has a desire for cave
dwelling just moves in and makes
himself at home The aardvark is the
billeting officer Of the Jungle and
plain.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Princess Becomes Nurse

Princess Phon Diskul, daughter Of
an uncle Of the king Of Siam, has
gone to Manila to study nursing. This
is said to be the first instance that
any female member Of the royal fam
lily of Slam has been permitted to
leave the country to study. Princess
Phon. who is just twenty-one, was
connected with the Red Cross in her
native country. Her work was so sue
cessful that her parents decided to
send her abroad to study nursing In
order that she may become useful In
helping to educate her people, Later
she win finish her course In 80
United States.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
Queen Roisks Cotton

Queen Marie of Rumania has
turned cotton planter, With some
American cotton seeds she has been
carrying on with great success a Sc
ries Of experiments In cotton culture
at her farm near Bucharest. The
queen rises early each morning and
gives two hours personal attention to
care of plants. She has reported re-
suits Of these tests to the ministry of
agriculture and authorities hope that
Rumania win soon be producing Its
own cotton. They have found Amer
lean cotton seeds much more adapt
able than the Egyptian or Indian.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26
United States Rainfall

A vivid picture of the amount of
rain that falls upon the United States
Is given by Washington scientist 1t
is equivalent. he states, to ten Missis-
sippi rivers flowing constantly Other
wise measured, it equals 80 inches Of
water for the entire area, making a
total volume Of $4,000, 900. 900. 900
cubic feet But this is only half the
amount that would be necessary to
maintain the full productivity of the
soil Of the whole country One-third
of this amount runs down to the sea
in rivers The problem for the engi-
neers to solve is the utilization to the
utmost Of the supply that nature fur
nishes.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-26

81 heerd part of the story Of the
fuss at Dick Slabby's whilst was in
town yesterday" in the crossroads
store stated LATE Lagg of Fiddle
Creek. Il stood on the edge Of the
sidewalk with my back to the street
and let him tell about 1t till couldn't
stand any more"
Couldn't stand any moreT echoed
the proprietor Of the emporium.
WAS Dick in such a fix that he
couldn't talk straightr'
mo, but four different cars ran up
against me and branded me with their
hot radiators till they just about
burnt the seat out Of my britches, and
/ concluded to go on and let Dick tell
the story to somebody else, - Kansas
City Star.