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The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Criminal Colds

For a jury to acquit a prisoner on
the ground that he was suffering from
a cold when he committed crime
sounds ridiculous. But before long
this may be accepted as a legitimate
plea by even the sternest Judge.
According to a famous doctor. infec.
ton Of the nose and cavities of the
skull by cold germs often results in
confusion and lack Of memory. Mental
disturbances of this nature cause a
person to act abnormally.
A woman stole ring from a friends
dressing table. Everyone thought she
was a common thief. 1t was proved
later that she was suffering from a
severe cold and was incapable of dis
tinguishing between her own and other
peoples property.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Language and Life

The one supremely significant fact
in the universe is, to quote Peabody's
fine paraphrase, "the transformation
of language into life The belief
is one Of immense antiquity. though
only Of recent years susceptible of
scientific explanatiOn-the belief in
the strange bewildering identity of
sound and life. 1t has been claimed
that all the visible creation in its
countless forms has been built up
sound-wise, upon system of har-
monte vibration-that, in the shell, the
fern, the fir-cone. the reptile, the fish,
the bird, the same laws prevail that
govern the stretched string, with all
their harmonic progressions and "as-
ISOLATED wave-lengths."
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Mystsry About Sno.D
Pile Long PRESCRIBED

Some years ago at Minersville, in
Schuylkill county, Pa, there was be-
Ing operated the Wolf Creek washery.
The business of the operators was to
reclaim the immense banks of culm
that have been deposited on the sur
face during the Civil war. With the
aid Of modern machinery they were
able to obtain thousands of tons Of
marketable sizes of anthracite at the
rate Of about 1000 tons a month.
These culm banks were more like
mountains than refuse piles. In some
instances they were so feet high and
covered the surface for approximately
half mile. The culm was taken In
conveyor lines to breaker, where 1t
was washed through revolving screens
and the coal reclaimed.
One day in the month Of June, when
the thermometer registered from 80
to 100 degrees, the operators uncov-
cred in the heart of one of the banks
large quantity of ice and snow. They
reasoned that this deposit was covered
with culm during the winter, and, thus
protected from the air, had been pre-
served for about A years. 1t seemed
almost incredible that such condition
was possible in the temperate zone,
and yet no other theory seems salts
factory. The snow was protected, Of
course, from the elements by the tons
Of culm so feet high and hundreds Of
yards wide; and yet, If this theory is
not tenab1e, then some scientist may
offer more convincing theory for it's
remarkable state of preservation.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Source of Quinine

Cinchona or chinchona is the name
of the tree from the bark Of which is
prepared the valuable medicine called
quinine. The tree is native Of South
America, growing best on the moist
eastern slope of the Andes mountains,
but it has been successfully introduced
into India, Burma, Ceylon and the
West Indies. The bark Of this tree
is called Peruvian bark, because 1t
was in Peru that the Spaniards first
learned of its medicinal properties.
1t is also known as cinchOna bark, and
from it quinine is obtained, which In
the form of sulphate Of quinine has a
wide use in the practice of medicine.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Joshing the Elevator Man

The old fellows who run elevators
In public buildings are VIGOROUSLY de-
liberate and Independent. A Detroit
citizen, relates the News. was recent
ly conveyed by one Of these political
favorites in slow and dignified man.
ner to the top of the post Office build.
ing. Then the old man stopped and
slowly and deliberately opened the
door to let his passenger out. The
passenger handed him traffic cops
ticket for speeding. It made the old
elevator man mad for two days.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Explaining LauD Tern,

Barratry is an old term of English
law, derived from an Italian word
signifying to cheat. Common bar
raty consists in habitually stirring up
or maintaining quarrels or lawsuits,
or In continually disturbing the peace
by brawls, or in taking or detain-
ing possession Of property the right to
which is in dispute. Habitually breed
ing discord between neighbOrs is also
barratry. In marine insurance and in
contracts relating to shipping general
ly, the term barratry means any fraud
or knavery or willful wrongdoing on
the part of the master of the ship or
the crew, by which the interests of the
owner are injured.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
THE EVOLUTION, AUTHORIZATION QUANDARY

Running King Kae coming to St. Paul to espouse the
his lily white southern brothers in the present evolution
battle He is quandary If he believes in evolution, he be-
eves life evolved from CELL The cell evolved through differ
degrees and types of life until became monkey The monkey
evolved until he became darsknned hairyaced
The step the white That theory puts Negro blood
in every white mans VEINS impossible position for southern
lily white He Immediately becomes fundamentast He
his geneaogy by the Bible With degree of satisfaction he turns
Genesis which "God created in his image
Out his chest By accident he reads Genesis 2 which
says Lord God formed man the dust of the ground Rea
along singing the blues and asks Can white man be
made of the dust of earh Mr. L. W. thought of suicide 1t
led Hades Again Reason spoke There bad Negroes
Hades Mr. S. L. W. prayed to be taken to Heaven Reason
spoiled the party again suggesting There will be good Negroes
there In despair the Grand K called out lis there no way
out of this quanda1y Something whispers EYES, Brotherhood
and points the Bible But the blind they who will not
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
York Minister Bells

At a recent special service in York
Minister, England, the famous bells of
the cathedral which had been recast
and hung were rededicated. All the
bells, previously peal Of II, cast in
1910, have been recast with additional
metal, and new semi-tone bell has
been added between the sixth and
seventh, this completing the middle
ring of eight in E fiat. The peal now
consists of Is bells, with the largest,
or tenor, bell weighing three tons, and
is said to be one of the finest peals in
England. In addition, there is Big
Peter, weighing nearly II tons, the
third largest in the country, the larg-
er being Big Paul and Big Ben.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Strange Race of People

There is an ancient race in India,
the Todas, nearly extinct now, that
resembles the gypsies. Its members
speak a strange tongue, make novels
out Of mud topped with kind OF
pyramid. in the hills. They are sullen,
savage chary Of approach. They wor.
ship dark, occult gods, who preside
over death and life. They do not
wander like the gypsies. In their iso-
lation one supposes that the wolves
and the vultures and the jackals are
their familiars-fear being on neither
side. They worship stones and stars,
the grass, the dawn and the moon.
Hobby 10 Training Worms
Training worms is the hobby Of
David Masters, London journalist and
scientist. Leading his visitors to his
garden, Masters would take a blade
of grass and stroke the back of as
much of a worms body as CHANGED
to be out of its hole in the ground.
Immediately the worm would emerge
from its hiding place and he would
stroke its back, which the worm would
arch after few strokes. You see,
even worm likes a good turn" Mas.
tiers tells his friends.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Keep Busy

Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices
of manhood proceed from idleness;
with men Of quick minds, to whom 1t
is especially pernicious, this habit is
commonly the fruit Of many disap-
pointments and schemes oft baffied;
and men fail in their schemes not so
much for want of strength as for their
i'll direction of 1t. The weakest living
creature, by concentrating his powers
on a single object, can accomplish
something. The drop Of water by con-
tinued falling bOres its passage
through the hardest rock; the hasty
torrent rushes over it with hideOus
roar, and leaves no trace behind.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Beauty and Good

Indeed, the beautiful is insepara-
bly, united to the good and the true.
for the very nature of the
sense of beauty is such that through
it we gain a clearer concept of the
other two values. The history of the
race has shown that at the height of
materialistic success, the desire for
artistic enjoyment has been a potent
factor in bringing people back to
the higher ideals which underlie q
peaceful intercourse between nations
Herbert Sidney Langfeld. in "The
Aesthetic Attitude"
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Candid

A young corporal was drilling some
men when one Of them stepped out
from the ranks and remarked in an
angry voice: "YOu couldn't drill q
company Of ducks!''
Next morning he was brought be-
fore the colonel, who ordered him to
be taken out and given ten minutes
in which to change his mind.
When the time was up the man was
brought in again and asked if he had
altered his opinion. He replied in the
affirmative, and was then asked:
"And what conclusion have you
come to-"
THAT he could not drill one duck,
sir" was the quick, If somewhat as
tonishingly, reply.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
1t Must Haze Been Good

what are you asking for this
sketch?' inquired Sir Joshua Reynolds
of an old picture dealer.
Twenty guineas, your honor" re-
piled the dealer.
Twenty pence, suppose you
mean," said Reynolds.
"No, sir" answered the dealer. II
would have taken twenty pence for It
this morning; but, if you think 1t
worth looking at, all the world will
think it worth buying"
Sir Joshua Reynolds ordered the
sketch sent home.-Market for Ex-
change.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
Franklin a Good Summer

Franklin was great swimmer. On
one occasion he swan for four miles
in the Thames, performing on the
way many feats Of activity, both upon
and under the water" He obtained
such a reputation as a water dog that
he thought seriously Of becoming a
teacher of swimming. Even at forty
he still swan for two hours at q
stretch. He astOnished his fellow
printers by carrying two forms Of type
to their one, and, In his old age, he
was fond Of displaying his strength
by lifting heavy books. - Scientific
Monthly.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
First Golf Club

Robert Lockhard, of Dunfermllne,
Scotland, in 1888 tried to play golf in
Central park, New York, and was ar.
rested as a result. John Reid, his
friend, and he later went to Yonkers
and eventually organized the first golf
club In America. Four hundred years
before that 1t was getting established
In Scotland as national sport, but
encountered parliamentary opposition
and efforts to legislate It out Of e1-
istence also.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-01-22
ReUrote Overture

One of the operas Of Rossini, the
italian composer, has an overture and
a half, just because Rossini, like most
men Of all ages, dreaded to leave his
bed. Writing in bed, he had partly
completed an overture when he
dropped off to sleep. The manuscript
rolled to the floor and when Rossini
awoke, he tried to recover the paper
without leaving the bed. He found
that he could not reach 1t, and, rather
than get up, he started anew.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
SHRINERS' JUBILEE
Bridgeport Temple VIII Have Its
Golden Jubilee Anniversary On
August and G.

Bridgeport, Conn, April lG Lpl-
/ yramid temple, Ancient Arabic
order Mobiles OF the Mystic Shrine
viii observe on August and the
golden jubilee o. its institution by
n ceremonial OF large proportions at
bridgeport.
Potentate Grover C. Sweet, OF New
Haven, already has announced pre-
liminary plans for the celebration
which will be historical and in pag-
cantry. Invitations will be extended
to many temples to be the guests OF
Pyramid and each viii have its pa
troll and other uniform Organi2a-
tons. Many Of the best known men
IN ShrinclOm in the eastern part OF
the country will be expected to at
tend and surviving members of the
temple who We're among the first on
the roll. OF whom there are num-
Der. will be the especial guests OF
the day.
In place OF the Pyramid spring
ceremonial Their. will be stag
night at the Mosque Saturday eve
ming, April 30. at which definite
plans will be announced for the
golden jubilee event. which, save
tho Atlantic City ceremonial, will be
the most important of regional ones
in the east this summer.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
City Items

| Conrad Zi.k and Edward Bentz
students Of law at Boston, are hom'
| for the Weekend.
Social and Dance given by Thus,
Media lodge. No. /, o. H. s.. at Teu.
tonia Maennerchor hall. Saturda,
evening. April 20. 1927. Braun's or
chcstra.-advt.
W. Slysz and V. Michalowski
medical students at Boston univer-
sity, are home for the week
The day policemen donned their
spring uniforms this morning. the
warm rays Of the sun adding TO the
burden Of the heavy winter over
coats.
Miss Helen Waskelowicz o, Brat
tleboro. Vt. Is visiting her family
at Is Clinton street. Miss Waskele-
wicz Is teaching In commercial
school Mt Brattlehoro.
Toasted sandwiches. Crowelvs.-
advt.
Chief Rose OF the New London FIRE
departm ent was a caller at local fire
headquarters yesterday.
Easter Ball at State Armory Mon
day evening. Tickets at the door.
-aavt.
The fire department was called at
j53 last evening by an alarm from
Box 80 at Broad and High streets.
slish. fire having broken out IN
a shed owned by J. Goldsmith.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16

bed for children at the hospital b,
attending the Easter Bail Monda,
evening at Armory.-advt.
Mrs. John +. Meehan Of the Visit
Ing Nurse Association has returned
| 20 her home on East Main stree
| from the New Britain General hos
pital where she recently underwent
an operation.
Delicious sundaes. Packard Drug
-advt
Iris Mcmahon o. 90 Seymour
avenue is spending the Easter vaca-
ton with relatives and friends In
Clinton, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chapman Of
l42 Arch street are entertaining Mrs.
Arthur !. epard OF Phila delphia and
Mrs. David kynock and Mrs. Arthur
Gerich OF Rockville.
We are headquarters for Certified
Maine Seed Potatoes, Lawn Seed
Sheep Manure. Garden Fertilizer
and Lime. The C. w. Lines Co.
Telephone G91.-advt.
Miss May Doughcr'y OF Portland
Is visiting with relatives over the
holidays.
There will be a reh earsal Of the
Kitchen Cabinet Revue Tuesday
evening at the home OF Miss Lorct-
IA Beilman Of 240 Rensselaer, street.
The members Will leave on the 1870
bus from the center. The Revue
will put on an entertainment for the
kensington Athletic club in Ken
sington on May 2.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
Legal Notice

BY ORDER OF the City Court In
and for the City OF New Britain,
County OF Hartford and State OF
Connecticut, in certain foreclosure
action entitled: Michael Ginsburs
vs.. Karol Jankowski, ct ais, Alfred
Levitt, Esq, acting as a COMMITTEES
will sell at public auction on the
premises April goth. 1927, at two
(2) p. m. the following property Of
the defendant, Karol Jankowski:
Beginning at a point In the west
line Of Brooklawn Street, two hun
bred forty-three (243) feet north OF
the north line OF Shuttle Meadow
Avenue; thence running westerly at
right angles to Brooklawn Street
one hundred thirty five I35 feet;
thence running northerly fifty $50
feet: thence running easterly one
hundred thlrty-fve G35) feet to the
west line OF Brooklawn Street:
thence running southerly along the
west line Of Brooklawn Street flfty
500 feet to place OF beginning
Bounded NORTH and SOUTH By
land Of Dugald Mcmillan and George
X, Macauley or assigns, EAST 10y
Brooklawn Street, and WEST by
land OF William II. Caldwell and
Thomas II. Brady or assigns. Being
lot No. "A on map OF property OF
Scandal Land and improvement
Company. drawn by r. II. Older
shaw. September IS, 1903. Vol. o.
maps, page 107.
For further information inquire Of
Alfred Levitt, No. c99 Main Street
New Britain.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
HARD LESSONS IN
school OF SELL|N-
H0use-to-House Statesmen Learn
Human Nature Thoroughly

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..7Dos hava taan cronIo,nd "a dasi,.-
INTO Thorn 1rs. as ,rara arc uiFe
differences hat1yeap th.rn 40 raq,,rsIe,
their characters ability educgrion
Ja,aeanor and made Of living en- arc
,har. f-raa. rams s+rs+chinr Ike
vawnini. chasrne from tho angle Mt
which one views his work; as COM
rarad 10 the viewpoiDt Of another.
They have boon described nc ho,d
and brazcn, "hari-boiled" and
.tneryy." If cradanca were pIaced in
'1ia Characterization given them by
some Of the housebolders on whom
,bav have called in the course Of fine
,iav's work. no belief could he rca-
>oraf,lv hold .yrout that every man
and woman who makes house-to-
nous. calls for a livelihood has no
interest in life beyond the accom-
alisbing of the sales that bring in
the almighty dollar.
Statesmen Are Pcople
Now. the truth iq, that these neo-
ple, or al least the majority of them
.ra very human. and az they lug
heir samples up and down stairs.
..av after day they absorb a greater
.moun' of The material that goes 10
make philosophers than their fellow
uglnes in the majority of callings
would come in contact with in n
lifetime. They notice the people
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
NOW YOU
ASK ONE
TIL. ANSWERS

!. one Of three friends who
tried to comfort Job in his az
Elections. dob 2:liD
.. Shishak, king o. Egypt, III
Chronicles, 12:2-4)
3, 1t Is the first verse OF the
12lst psalm.
4. Amor. Tsaiah l:1.)
5. An angel came and released
him. (Acts 12:6-10)
6. An orator who accused Paul
Of sedition among the jews. fActs
2t:l-9D
I. ON the Island OF Melita.
(Acts 2s:l.)
3. It is the 18th verse OF the
18th chapter of First Corinthians.
.. on the Isle Of Pain os.
Ncvclation l:9)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
berlin news


escaped death yesterday afternoon
when in attempting to cross the
street in front OF his home, he
stepped directly In front Of a pass
ing motoris-. The driver applying
his brakes. was unable to stop quick
enough and the boy was under the
car when the machine came TO a
halt.
Expecting TO find the crushed
body OF the child, the motorist was
near collapse as he alighted from
his car and the sight OF the young
stcr crawling from beneath the ma
chine, unscratched, proved consid
cradle relief TO the driver. The Han
non boy, upon receiving 10 cents FOR
his lucky fall, ran home, none the
Fast Berlin Items
Faster services will be held In all
Of the local churches tomorrow
morning. Special music will be
rendered at the Methodist church
for the morning service. The re-
ception Of new members will also
be part OF the service there being
eight prohationers to be received In
to full membership. The regular
Sunday school meeting will be held
az l2 o'clock. the Junior league will
meet at 3 o'clock and the Epworth
league at 1870 O'clock There will
be an illustrated talk in the evening
Special Easter music will be rem
dered at st. Gabriels Episcopal
church In the morning at 10 o'clock.
The usual Sunday school meeting
will be held at o'clock.
Leslie Bailey OF New Britain is
spending the weekend as the guest
OF his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
Max Sugenhime.
Earnest Bourgeois, L. 9, ~, Is OK
pected home today for short fur
Tough with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Amos Bourgeois. He has only re-
Gently returned from a cruise In
southern waters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nelson on
tertained Mrs Benjamin Derenthal
OF Springfield over Good Friday.
The Junior baseball team held n
practice yesterday in preparation for
their game today with the Tigers Of
New Britain. The games will be
played on krashen's field in West
Cromwell which has been rented for
tn season. The team will enter the
Hi-Y Junior league.
: Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Gamble are
spending the weekend In New York
city as the guest OF friends. They
made the trip by motor.
William Sharp OF West Cromwell
is able TO be out again after several
weeks confinement to his home by
illness.
The Knights Of Pythias will meet
at Community hall Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock
There will be no whist at Com
munity hall Monday evening. the
Pythian Sisters having decided to
postpone the social to another date.
Miss Margaret Root OF Storrs COL
lege and Walter Root Of New York
city are spending the Easter vaca-
ton as the guest Of their mother,
Mrs. l.. NJ Root.
The True Blue Glass" OF the
Methodist church held a social in
the social rooms OF the church last
evening.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
ON POLICE I,IDTTER

A. X. Capn of Bristol reported
10 the police last night that H
motorln eter was stolen from his car
on Washington Place. April ?.
At $50 last evening Harvey
Simons of Belden street complained
that man threatened 10 shoot him
Officer Hellberg investigated and
found nobody In the neighborhood
could be implicated In tho alleged
action.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16

came the report that the city's
chamber OF commerce had taken
the initial steps looking to the I'M
derwriting OF $4,000 to bring the
1928 republican convention there In
1928. Five other cities, Chicago.
Detroit, San Antonio Cleveland and
Kansas City already have indicat-
cd they may contest for The bid.
and a lively contest appears in the
offing.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
City Items

Tasty sandwiches, Packard Drug,
-advt
Miss Anna DeLorenze OF PIT Jcr-
ONE street is recovering at New
Britain General hospital after a
three weeks illness.
A. Nash Co. suit or Topcoat made
to measure, $500. r. +. McCabe.
40 Walnut St. Call 454.-advt.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-04-16
Sale OF used household goods Mon.

sal" OF UStU NUUStTUTI RUUUS NJ Ut :
day. April IS. 1870 to $50 p. IN.
Oak sideboard. kerosene range.
Richmond range. odds and ends
House of s. NJ. Cowles. Kensington
-advt.
Evening star., 1927-04-24
STATES OIL REFINERS
PICTURED AS BEING CRUSHED
Production Increase Beyond Demands and
New Pools Among Forms Cited
as Killing Industry

line the chief factor in determining
the price Of crude.
mot only the quantity of gasoline
originally present in the crude--tech-
nically known as straight.run gaso-
line-but the additional amount oh.
tanned by cracking had then to be
taken into account in adjusting prices
for crude and other petroleum prod
ucts.
New Force Entered.
'Today another force must be con-
sidered. the anti-knock value of both
the straight-run and cracked gasoline
In the light of the above a price re
vision may be expected in favor of
such iow-grayity crudes as Smack
over, from which high-quaiity anti
knock gasoline can be produced by
cracking
1T was only a few years ago that
gasoline of highest rating and price
was the straight-run material from
paraffin base crude, such as Pennsyl-
Yania. 1t was sweet to smell, water
white in color, and of high test when
measured on the Baume gravity scale,
and the specifications for all gasoline
were written to cover these properties
One still hears occa sionally Of this
Goo High Test gasoline. However,
in the light of present knowledge. it