New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1915, Page 8

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Rooms . f BRITAIN AND TIME TABLES. railroads would serve the public, ostensibly, that is the main for their existence, they will ell to follow the suggestion ad- ed by the American Traffic asso- pn in ’e,onfe'i{tion' dssembled, "to Adverfises ‘time ' tables and les ‘of traink in the newspapers. isa ggbq,wu;mn and a timely - TInstes stacking bulky phlets in oky waiting rooms of bad stations the officials would he interests of the public better 1 ting done and a con- of train arrivals and ed for publication in\ a ‘s of any. given "bg;an people have k to their news- everything,—ad- jere set forth all the ‘eVenything but' when In. the olden days The newspapers air illugiration of the worthiness tion - advanced by the frican Traffic. Association may be Ented in the case of New Britain. ly a day goes by but numerous ns and transients leave this city ps to Hartford, New Haven, Wa- hry, Bridgeport, Boston, New and other points in the immedi- ieinity. Unless these folk are wal travellers to these places do not know at what time the leave. If they are near the oad station they may find out. ey are not they must telephone ticket agent and, as frequently bens in this locality, the line lead- o that official’'s office. is usually ly.” That means call up the news- r office. By the time all these us transactions have taken place rain has gone, and the trip s rally postponed ’till another day, depriving the railroad of some reveniue. And all because the table was not printed where he | runs might read.. Because of the h of detail which must neces- fill ahy well rounded time table entire work cannot be presented e daily press, Those are the tables to keep in the old wooden s in the station. But the more lse data relating to trains leaving earby points should be set forth he newspapers. v BUILDING A NAVY. v should the national defense ble' demand that the United States estored to the position of second f1 power? Why second? Why not ? If national preparedness is.to fiken up where it was left off many + ago it might as woll be done berly. There should be no half ted attempt to make proper pre- ition for the protection of the na- . And the navy is one wof the gest military arms; therefore, navy should be great. Great, be- e it affords a means of protecting citizens at home and abroad, and he high seas. We have had many ances in the past few years of how hvy can be used to offer succor to fe who may for the moment be at mercy of foreign influence. A ted States battleship = floating' in harbor of some far off country is velcome sight to Americans who be threatenea and probably would ignominiously treated but for the and power represented in arma- pite the harping of critics the jted Stafes ‘navy of today is not | sérap-heap they would have us ve. We have some wonderful leships and cfuisers; but we do | measure up to the strength of the ling’ naval Dowers. There was a when' the Uniteq States navy k second only to that of Great Bri- , the mistress of the sea. Now our ranks below that of Italy. And it not for the war which is work- ‘havoe \"fih the navies of three fat countries the United States a naval standpoint would have €n to a much lower level than it Ples today. The so-called ‘small ¥ men’ are, to a great extent, re- Msible for this condition. Headed _ihe late Secretary of State.Bryan . Men have cried out = against ament, claiming that the manu- fturers of steel, and iron wares _the only ones who want a it navy, because it airectly | nation might, and then | touches their pocketbooks. Granted this to be true, that is no real reason for allowing the forty-eight states of this union to go practically vnguarded. If the United States gov- ernment stopped - ordering battleships from today on the shipbuilders of the again they might not, go out of business. They would probably get a few orders from foreign countries; enough, perhaps, to keep them' running for many years. And, if we did stop purchasing ar- mament, what would it boot? In the | course of a few years the United States would be so crippled and help- less that any fifth rate power might | send over a navy of row boats, capture the land, and, in due time the ship- building “interests of what was once the United States would start up again { 1naking battleships not for this coun- ! try as we know it now, but for the conquerors of this land. Any particu- lar group of persons howling down a Ltigger and better navy . because some iron or steel magnate is | going to. directly profit thereby simply makes a complex picture of a man cuttin- off his nose to spite his face. We must have a good | ravy to defend the vast country in |, which we live, a country bounded on its eastern and western sides by the iongest stretches of coast lines in the world.: When we advance arguments { that when stripped mean the mere bickering over dollars and cents we have passed from the sensible to the ridiculous. Money Is not everything in the world. Liberty and freedom | are greater. i : A FIRE PREVENTION COMMITTEE New Britain, for the most part, has been free of fire disaster. This is due to two reasons,—caution on the part of its citizens and a competent crew of fire fighters. But the conflagration Vesterday morning on Church street whereby many lives were placed in Jeopardy and valuable property en- dangered brings to the minds of all thoughtful persons the extreme value of fire prevention. Where business establishments are located on the ground floors of blocks whose upper stories house families additional pre- caution should be taken to guard against man's greatest enemy. A corps of inspectors should be sent around to learn the condition of cel- lars and basements in these large buildings where more than one family dwell, The cold winter is just putting in its appearance. Furnaces Will be set going at full force. Strong, bleak winds will discover defective flues that passed unnoticed under the gentle zephyrs of late autumn. And then there will be serious flames,— fires may easily become uncontrolable. Rather than appoint an investigation committee to inquire into things after the fire is all over, as was the case at Peabody, Massachusetts, last week, it would be better to take time by the forelock and appoint three competent men to make a survey of the city's ifh-eh-a.ps. Now is the time. It may | be too late in December. The mayor has suggested a fire prevention com- mittee. Well and good; let it get to work. A Brag or a Challenge? 1f I had lived two centuries ago and advocated what I'do now I would have been hanged.—William Jennings Bry- an. Well, what's the answer? Among the poorer classes of the | South one of’ the disastrous diseases is pellagra. Scientists believed this peculiar malady caused by an un- balanced diet,—eating too much of the same thing. To prove this Gov- ernor Brewer of Mississippi was pre- vailed upon by a prominent physi- | cian to grant freedom to eleven life- term prisoners in the state peniten- tiary who would follow a prescribed diet for nine months. Yesterday the men, ematiated and weakened al- most to the point of death, were | given their freedom. Three times a day for nine months they had these dainty delectables set before them: —hominy, corn bread, fried mush and coffee. They earned their liberty. If there is any doubt of the success | of the Federal Reserve banking system it must be dispelled when the Comp- troller of the Currency announces that during the month of October alone there were applications filed for the organization of eight new National banks and nine formal applications received from State banks desiring to be converted into National institu- tions. When the new banking system was first suggested there were those who foretold of National banks be- | coming State institutions, all of which has happened the other way ‘round. i i{-eral party in Canada is said to be based on the fact that he is seventy- flve years old, but the real reason is that his wife insists that he spend the remaining years of his life out- side the turmoil of politics.—Boston Globe, : < ! The early retirement of Sir Wilfrid | ; Laurier from leadership of the Lib-' FACTS AND FANCIES. This is a great war, but there is little in the poetry it has inspired to indicate the greatness.—Cincinnati Times-Star. A democracy can win over an au- tocracy—if it has patriotism enough to curb its curiosity for a time and trust its leaders..—Montreal Star. When Sherman said that war was hell, he had never dreamed of such a murder as that of Miss Cavell.— Louisville Courier-Journal. A characteristic interview with “Pancho” Villa, revised by his press agent, would make lively reading just about now.—Birmingham Age-Her- ald. Connecticut takes new pride in the fact that it insists upon fire escapes for its school houses after the hor- ror at Peabody, Mass.—Norwich Bulletin, The plan to label all married men is unnecessary trouble. The married man already is labeled. He is the fellow with cGandruff on his coat col- lar.—Meriden Journal. If the Rhode Island turkey didn’t have “blackhead,” some other excuse for making the Thanksgiving bird cost more would have been invented. —Rochester Union. The Attorney General of Vermont holds that the new apple-packing law in that State is not compulsory: From which we infer that it is not a law, but merely an exhortation.— Manchester Union. “Tariff for lots of revenue only” is the revised motto of a new and never niggardly democracy. There’'s no motto on earth that cannot be im- proved.—Brooklyn Eagle. When Wilson picks that envoy to Mexico, he should draw a man who can ride one of. those new French aeroplanes which are said to fly al- most straight upward at ninety miles an hour.—Atlantic City Review. | The beauty doctor who declares the girls would be much prettier if they substituted onions for candy may be retained by the onion interests, but that does not make him a lar.—Buf- falo Engquirer. It isn’t easy to shake off the hy- phen. For instance, there’s the Bryan-Democrat, the Wilson-Repub- lican, the Protection-Democrat, and the new one that is trying to put up a front—namely, the Progressive- Standpatter.—Boston Globe. A speaker before the Chicago Medical society said every time a man takes a puff at a cigar he shortens his life. The views of the latest centenarian who has smoked since he was a boy are anxiously awaited. —Pittsburg Dispatch, A Modern Dick Turpin. In the November American Maga~- zine is an exceedingly interesting story entitled ““A Fool and His Money" which has been written by a sixty- year-old crook who has earned a dis- honest but comfortable living for thirty years. Following is an extract in which the author describes a “‘gen- tleman burglar.:” He was young and handsome, an excellent dancer, and always dressed to the minute. The women were only too glad to get the chance to dance with him, and he made many appoint- ments of which their husbands or parents at home knew nothing. He did things on an elegant scale, and would escort his admiring dance part- ner home each night, using a taxi of course, “At the door he would take the night key of the lady and open for her. Generally there would be a chat on the front stoop, and at its close the admirable dancer would depart, taking the key with him. If the robbery of the house promised good loot and the lady was ‘thoughtful enugh to ask for her key he would return it, but on the next night of appointment he would make a quick impression of the key in soft wax. “In evening clothes and opera hat this burglar-dancer would ride up to the house in a taxi in the early hours’ of the morning, ond before the very eyes of the cop on the beat enter the house and proceed about his business of collecting the family silver and cash. He robbed a dozen and more houses and apartments in the West Side before he was trapped. He put up a fight and was shot twice before he surrendered. His career made a mild vellow journal sensation for a day or two.” Tired Of School, Burn It. (Towanda (Pa.) Dispatch Philadel- phia Inquirer.) Samuel Cowan, aged 11, and Bert Dann aged. 16, are in jail here for burning a schoolhouse in Columbia township a few nights ago. The boys arrested by Deputy State Fire Mar- shal T. G. Ryan, of Danville, and Constable Shelton, of Towanda. They admitted burning the build- ing, saying that they were tired of golng to school, and besides they did not like the teacher, and so decided 10 end their trouble by burning the building. There has been no school in that township since. ‘Whiskers vs Tongues. (From Tit-Bits.) Quite rencently a warship of the i Atlantic fleet found it necessary to call for a few hours at a military port on the coast of Ireland. Tommy At- kins, meeting a fullbearded Irish tar _in the street a couple of hours later, . sald: “Pat, when are you going to place your whiskers on the reserve list?" “When you place your tongue on the ecivil list,” was the Irish sailor's l reply. 3 COOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED IN INSTITUTE’S LIST THIS WEEK Armageddon, by Stephen Phillip. “It is a remarkable but strangely uneven work, in which high ideals, rare poetic imagination and noble verse are marred by passages of crude melodramatic violence.”—Na- tion. Shate Borderlands and thoroughfares, W. W, Gibson, “This volume by the author of “Daily Bread” and “Fires” shows im- proved workmanship with no loss of vigor in expression or imaginative fancy.”—Nation. .. Complete poems, by S. W. Mitchell. Fifty-one tales, by Lord Dunsany. by “It is probable that his work will! appeal only to that comparatively limited circle of readers who really care for style and the nimble play of delicate fancy, but such ‘persons will find much to enjoy in this little vol- ume.”—N. Y, Times, e Five plays: Gods of the mountain; Golden doom; King Argimencs and the unknown warrior; Glit- tering gate; Lost silk hat, by ” Lord Dunsany- /i ‘The plays exhibit fantastic imag- | ness Ination of an uncommon and power- ful order, anq are written admirably, in vigorous prose, on almost classic rurity.”—Nation. / “The most entertaining dramatic Wwork of the day.”’—Review of Re- views, T Incense and iconoclasm, ' by Charles Leonard Moore. s Index to short stories, Firkins. “Does not attempt to index all short stories in periodicals; only writers who have published at some time in book form are admitted. All the short stories of about 250 English and American and about 140 foreign authors are indexed and some of the stories of over 120 minor English and American writers.”—A. L. A. Booklist. Reference room. L) Memories of a publisher, by George Haven Putnam, Milton, by J. C. Bailey. “Devoted chiefly to an apprecia- tion of Milton’s work, with an in- troductory sketch of his life and character.”—A. L, A. Booklist. o e ow Patrie! An historical drama in five acts, by Victorier Sardou. “One of the best and most repre- sentative of Sardou’s plays. Its scene, Belgium at the time of the Spanish occupation, .and its theme, the struggle between human passion and love of country, lend a certain timely interest.””—A. L. A, Booklist- e . Plays, by A. P. Tchekhov. e e by I. T. B. Poems and songs, Bjornson, i by Bjornsterne | . Poets laureate of England, by W. F. Gray. . “He has produced an exceedingly readable volume, and condensed with- in a modest compass a great deal of curious information.”—A. L. A BookKlist. s Fiction. Fortunes of Garin, by Mary Johnston “An absorbing romance of love and adventure in the days of chivai- ry.” Tmmigration and Unemployment. (Waterbury Republican.) War’s effect on immigration to New York is already noticeable there, it is said, and the charity and benevolent societies anticipate an unusually small “army” of unemployed the coming winter. This it is explained is due partly to the stoppage if immigra- tion from Europe, and to some extent to the departure of large numbers of foreign born workers from this coun- try for service in the different bellig- erent armies. At the present time this situation has caused a scarcity of man- ual laborers, which in time is likely tc assume serious proportions. Amer- ican contractors have been forced to fall back upon native workers, but the prospects of securing much assistance from this source is comparatiyely small, as the native American will not do common labor even under the most favorable circumstances. These condi- tions are reflected in industrial lines where, at the present time, here is an excessive demand for young people. It is estimated that there are over 1,000 positions at wages ranging from $4 to $7 a week vacant in the hat, .garment and candy trades in New York city alone, but comparatively few boys and girls will accept such employment, preferring office work. Such conditions are likely to result in higher wages for common labor, but they may not help to raise the pay of office help and others employed at “clcan” “jobs until there is actual competition between the two varieties of work for willing hands at good pay. Love and Fashion, (Manchester Herald.) When a man feels inclined to growl at his wife’s millinery and dressmaking bills he should remem- ber that the dear thing depends very largely upon fashionable sdornment to hold his effection. He might at first declare that this was not so but there is plenty of evi- dence to prove it is. Personal beau- ty and a pleasant disposition go a long way toward winning the admir- ation of a man, but a woman needs more than these. Her person must be clothed according to the mode or else her other fine qualities will be overshadowed by the grotesque- of her attire. What would make her captivating last vear would made her a laughing stock this year. To take a somewhat extreme illustration, fancy a woman appear- ing with a “waterfall” on her head and a “bustle” on her back today. She would be an obejct of ridicule; yet thirty years ago those very adorn- ‘“The glamor is irrestible.”—Boston Transcript.. * w e Hart's kindred, by Zona Gale “There is much of timely signifi- cance in Miss Gale’s new book: For example, one of the most interesting and powerful of its scenes takes place at a meeting of the Women’s Peace Congress.”—Publisher’s note. .. High priestess, by Robert Grant. “Judge Grant here tells another story in the leisurely and formal, not to say stiff and long-winded, manner of the “The Chippendales.” The whole performance is artificial, and, alas, commonplace.”—Nation, “It is much too long, and in spite of a great deal of very clever writing becomes tiresome through constant repetitions of the same thoughts in slightly different phrasing; an even more serious defect is in the portray- al of the heroine.”—N. Y. Times ... Kitchener chaps, by A. Neil Lyons. “These little sketches are humor- ous, loving, and manifestly genuine.” —Spectator. e . Lost prince, by Frances Burnett. “A stirring and beautiful romance of today. The boy hero is a prince who does not know he is one, thugh he has always the noble image of a prince before him; and he makes his way through Europe in the guise of @ stalwart little tramp.”—Publish- Hodgson er’s note, PR Old order changeth, Marshall. “A continuation, up to the oui- break of the European war, of the history of the Clinton family ,begun in “The eldest son.”” “Distinctly the best of Mr. Mar- shall’s novels. It is the charm and atmosphere of English country life together with the gentle humor that endeared, “Exton Manor” to discrim- inating readers.” s s . “Apart from its subject, “The old order changeth” is delightful in its quality—mellow, kindly, and sym- pathetic. It well sustains an Eng- lish critic’s description of Mr. Mar- shall as one of the most pleasantly human of living novelists.”—Outlook. Over Paradise Ridge, by M, T. Da- viess. ““A -love - story -bright with yeuth- ful enthusiasm and the freshness of outdoor life.”—Publisher’s note. s Patricia, by Edith Fowler .. - “A well-written and. éntertaining story.”—Boston. Transcript. “Witty, vivacious, entertaining and perfectly harmless.”—Spectator. . s Star rover, by Jack London. The “E¢ar rover” has adventures covering long lapses of years and in- troducing strange people in stranger lands.”—Publisher’s note, .o Yellow claw, by Sax Rhomer, “It is a good detective story, hav- ing the necessary swift action, peril- ous and complicated happenings, and plot of mystery. But, in addition to these things, it has uncanny develop- ments, touches of the lore of mystic eastern cults, oriental color in the midst of drab London, that gives it a certain exotic atmosphere.”—N. Y. Times. by Archibald ments made her a belle in society. ‘A woman dressed in the fashion of today would have been considered a freak then. The custom of changing the style of hats and gowns from year to year is a costly one; but men are as much to blame for it as women. Men ‘would not be attracted by women in cld-fashioned garb. When they take a woman out they want her to look well and, though they do not realize i1, she could not look well even to their unstrained eyes unless she was clothed in the fashion of the day. Therefore you cannot blame her for wanting new hats and gowns even though the old are not worn out. If she were not in the fashion you wculd not love her. Industry of the Beaver (St. Paul Pioneer-Press) The beavers, which have been working havoc with farms in Wiscon- sin because the farmers are not al- lowed by law to kill the beavers damage their dams, have caused a wave of protest from North Wisconsin railroad men. A violent appeal for assistance made to headquarters here has resulted in a new order, which means the stamping out of all the beaver colonies in the state and their transfer to the state forest preserve around Trout lake. Chairman James Nevin of the Con- servation commission issued this or- der when it was reported to him that the St. Paul railroad tracks between Merrill and Goodnow, in Oneida coun- ty, are being flooded by the water backed up into the swamps the beaver colony on Bear creek. The water is so high that travel over the road is dangerous and a washout is likely at any time, it is said. A farmer named Hansen in Mari- nette county has been complaining that beavers have wrecked his farm, a dam throwing forty acres of his cul- tivated eighty acres under a foot of water. He was permitted to dynamite the dam, but the bgavers would rebuild it over night. He and his men would spend half of the next day blowing it out again, and after the procedure continued several months his com- plaints became vociferous. He was not permitted to kill the animals, however. The commissioner of conservation has issued orders to the game war- dens in Marinette to catch the beav- or by ers there and take them to the tightly fenced state reserve, WHAT'OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that coms to the Herald Office. The Virtues of Football, (Waterbury Democrat.) With the football season has come the usual casualty list and the usual demand on the part of timor- ous citizens for the abolition of foot- ball. The protests are less insistent than usual, probably because the war has so accustomed people’s minds to the contemplation of pain that we are all less sensitive about bodily injuries. Neverthcless the eame old host to football is showing itself. And under the cir- cumstances it is even more unfor- tunate and mischievous than usual. Football is a rough sport, there’s no use denying it. In fact, that is the peculiar virtue of the game. We may grant that it used to be un- necessarily rough, that modifications have improved it and that certain undesirable features might still be eliminated. But to denature foot- ball and put it on a par with tag ¢r leap-frog would be a national misfortune. For it represents the last stand of naturally vigorous American youth against encroach- ing softness and enervation. Our life tends to become too easy in a physical sense. Even. the children of laborers succumb to the tendency. We take too little exercise. We come to fear physical effort, heat, cold, hunger, thirst, all sorts of en- Curance. And yet it is only endur- ance and exercise that make strength. And the mother or father or friend who tries to save a normal Loy from hard exercise and spirited competition may be that boy's worst cnemy. Football is not for the weak, of course, There are lads who hould not be permitted to play; for them lighter exercise should be found. But for sturdy youngsters there’s nothing better. It terns mollycoddles into men. It bas the virtues of war without war's evils, “Freedom of the Seas.” McMILLAN BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE"” SWEATERS For Men, Women and Children INFANTS' WOOL SWEATERS ™ 98c to $1.98 cach. CHILDREN’S WOOL SWEATERS 98¢ to $2.98 each. WOMEN’S WOOL SWEATERS 98¢ to $10.00 ecach. MEN’S WOOL SWEATERS ¢ 98c 1o $4.98 each. » CHOICE SWEATER COATS Silks, Fibre Silks, Silk and Woal, in all the new shades, $5.00 to $9.98 cach. KIMONOS Long and Short Kimonos in faney figured Flannel, Crepes and Silks. FLANNEL KIMONOS Short at 49c¢ each. Long at 98c to $1.49 each LONG CREPE KIMO! 98¢ to $1.98 each. DAINTY SILK KIMONOS At $1.98 and $2.98 each. 7 Extensive Showing of New Baih Robes (Providence Journal.) ‘What Germany especially wants is ‘“‘freedom of the seas,” according to Herr Ballin, and ‘freedom” must be a condition of peace. But Herr Ballin is not altogether candid in his statement. What Ger- many really wants is “freedom of the seas” .while the Kaiser's armies are free to continue fighting and his plea, intended to gain the sympathy of neu- tral countries, is too tranparent to mislead the most superficial person. Germany failed to appreciate the power of the British navy, which was as ready as the German armies. In a short time the German ships were driven off the seas and tie loss of sup- plies from abroad is bearing heavily upon the German people. While the war lasts Britain’s navy will guard vigorously against the sending of con- traband commodities to German ports. Now that the mistake of underrating the naval strength of Great Britain is realized, the countries not engaged in the war are indirectly asked to help Germany by suggesting modifications of the blockade. The German notion of “freedom of the seas” at this time calls for the lifting of a blockade that is detrimental to a scheme of world domination. It is well to remember that previous to July thirtieth, 1914, the seas were free to every nation. German ships entered and left English ports under the conditions imposed upon English merchant vessels. So far as England was concerned nothing was -withheld from Germany’'s maritime enterprises. All these trade advantages were thrown away when the Kaiser's gov- ernment invited war with England. It is possible, perhaps, that in addition to present difficulties on the sea Herr Ballin is apprehensive as to the fu- ture. Will England be as kind to Germany after the war as before? The Passing Hay-Rack Ride. (Toledo Blade.) We gather from an editorial in the St. Joseph Gazetter that the young people of Missouri do not consider ‘it old-fashioned to go upon hayrides. Out there the autumn moon still has its glamour, the sweet-smelling grass, its attraction, the crisp air, the sweep- ing mists and the beat.of horses’ feet on the hard road, thcir romantic ap- peal. - It may be that in some of the com- munities of northwestern Ohio, hay- rides are still in vogue. But through- out most of this section they are only a memory. They have been dis- placed by the automobile. The boys and girls whose parents and elder brothers and sisters once crowded in- to the awkward, swaying and rough- riding hay wagon now prefer the easy cushions of the motor cars. They laugh and shout, as those of the older generation did. But who among the hayriders can believe they laugh and shout as merrily and musicaly? ‘What one can think a slender gift at comedy can now command such ap- preciation? Is affection, kindled up- on an automobile ride, as tender as that which had its beginning on a hay-frame? The young people of western Mis- souri may some day find the automo- bile too attractive to resist, too nu- merous in the road to let hay-riding be comfortable. The hay-ride, like many other fond pastime, is caught in the whirl of the mechanical revolu- tion and must eventually pass entirely from custom. A Sidelight on History- (From the Albany Journal,) Since the death of Willlam C, Hud- son, the veteran political writer,— story is bounding along the newspi- | per line, attributed to him, descrip- | tive of a scene between Roscoe Conk- ling and General Arthur over the nomination for Vice President during the memorable Chicago convention of 1880, As the episode runs: Arthur met For Men, Women and Children. Children’s priced 98c to $1.98 Women's priced $1.98 to $5.98 Men's priced $2.98 to $5.98 BATH ROBE BLANKETS. With Cord Complete—Extra Valugs $2.25 and $3.25 set. ! These are selling very well. The women are now busy making them into Robes for the Holidays. D. McMILLAN® TN9-201-201 MAIN <TrRFrET Conkling and said, “The Ohio men have offered me the vice presidency” that Conkling in indignant tones do, clared, “You should drop it as a r‘rll- hot shoe from the forge,” and that the interview ended with “Arthur, looking Conkling straight in the eye,” exclaimed, “Senator Conkling, I shall accept the nomination and shall carty with me a majority of the delegation”, What actually happened was thig: immediately after Garfield was noms inated the New York delegation et in their parlor at the Grand Pacific hotel. General Arthur occupied a seat next to that of Senator Conlks~ ling, Former Governor William Den- nison, chairman of the Ohio delega- tion, entered and, leaning over the back of the chair of the New York chairman, announced that General Garfleld and the Ohio delegates would be satisfied with any (!ll’lflldl!: chosen by New York. He at once retired and General Ar- thur whispered to Senator Conkling and both arose and retired to a cor= ner of the room. General Arthur in- formed the Senator he desired the nomination for vice president. Scnator Conkling observed that thg New York delegation was pledged General Stewart L. Woodford. . “I don't care for that,” Arthus re- plied with petulance “Ohlo tried to humiliate me by removing me from the collectorship of the port of New York and I want this nomination as a vindication.” “Why do you care to accept a place on a ticket that is already leulen?y returned Conkling, “That 329 busine will defeat Garfield, and nothing save him.” “I will take the chances,” “ldi Arthur, “but I want that nomination.” © “All right’ exclaimed Conkling, 4 “but you are going down to certain defeat.” Later in the day Arthur was form ally nominated. w3 Lively. Y (From Life.) i The old man was sitting in front bf hie lonely cabin in the Tenne mountains, “Them roads is vile 3 them automobyles,” he remarked the visitor drew rein on the dee rutted road. * “Why, do many come up here? asked the surprised horseman. ’ “Many? Why, stranger, 1 don't believe there air a week but what one goes by,” gaid the old man. The bombs dropped from the . trian aeroplanes upon Venice in the last raid fortunately did little damage | to the greater treasures of the Ccity One fell on the Chiesa degll Scalzi, the church of the barefoot monks, dam-< eging the ceiling and frescoes of Ties polo; another dropped in Piazza ai San Marco, but did no damage to/ fan Marco or any other of the bujldd ings around the Piazza. The peril priceless works of art is so great from these air raids and their . militasy value so insignificant that bomb dropping in Venice seems not war but merely vandalism.—New York Sum.