New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1916, Page 6

W BRITAIN HERALD| ‘ered dy carries to any part of the city | for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. only profitabia he “city foom always AVAILABLE MATERIAL ¥ There part of men in this city, the sort of that fruitful the ment { tabl RE is concerted action on the oR sever enthusiastic young LD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Provrietors. endeavor may be eventually for United States Army has for its Herald. Building, 67 Church St This move- d_at the Post Office at New Britaim Becond Class Mail Matter. ultimate end the es- ishment i wherein civilian aviators will train Tiptions for paper to be ser: by mail ayable in advance. 60 Cents a Month, 7.00 a Year. men fo1 vice wmy aerial re- serve. Shou war department at Washingten, aided abetted hy the House Military and dvertising mcdium n rculazton books and prems open” to advertisers. Affairs committee, make the nccessary rrangermer erald of be found on sale at Hota- ew Stanc. 42nd St. and Broad- w York City; Board Walk. at- v. and Hartford Depot New Britain may be onc the first cities in the nation to produce a squad of youthful aviators for service on the 1t is ten since the United States army bought it | Wrights. stretch of now going on years OUR BOYS say there | Who not stand for all that nal 0 shall first aeroplane from the teaa . does not take a long is noble in | iMagination to go back (o those days that knighthood these grandest Tew | these ch when flying Myer, officers honor? Who that Who witne shall say | Iry is dead, iyt T S i took lessons the two }M'uih(‘x’». from Dayton. Shortly er Uncl s after ing the pcle that graced the city of SEberin i gama and sent the its ed a machine fn since Spanish war the e paid to our boys who marched | > Patriotism still lives, | SHOTEIY days, aviation squad on way rejoicing. T a that the enthusic by height, sacrifice has | Se€med to dic out. For a time there ed is at the call as activity of nature and the na- | tion scemed to be on the y were our boys, those lads who | 1107 seemed to be on down the long stretch of street ondensSnjaviation set school at C some four or five machines who , e | in constant use. After a full the farewell. | : | San Diego, California, and there morning, marching in long, o ul r + ronautics vilege Park, fng strides to martial air. > > were our people those e d the sidewalks, who cheered the Shmmer | of it there, school was moved ers, who bade them army | children faes n as verge of do- | p The United | how to pro- | stars | those | | prototyp | | may | may NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. care of our lives in this respect than who were born and raised near Those or the dwell Water's edge people who near the the bay, or the river, have been taught from in- elves ocean, fancy how to take care of thems: in deep water. P’eople who live inland ao have the opportunity given them by nature and do not make plans to 1 not to produce artificial means arn the method of protecting themselves in who dwell and the water. Because those in such cities as New Britain its s g0 each and every Summer to the seashore the danger is ever at- them should tendant upon and they should They opportunity to knows when and to a boat prepare. seize any every learn how swim. No one capsize, when a small bridge collapse, when a wharf may give ident happen who are | in, when any ac may lon the water. And so those | | { | | to take for the them the it that each beaches with planning to ‘go Summer and youngsters should see to and every member of the family learns sential. Grown-ups as well as should be in the in the same taught to swim. Ilach city land cannot have ' week” manner that planned for New Yo ich city in the nation .sents some opportunity to learn In the hot montt dwellers swim ihead when city the torrid planes of asphalt for the in- viting stretch of seaside, the great toll it is as inevitable it the f death will hegin. this should be as is that will shine or the moon swing SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1916. } Town Topics The war question overshadows all Britain, politics even Everywhere, on others in New taking second place. the streets, in public and private homes and in the factories mobilization and militarism is the theme and it is safe to state that never before has the general public been as well informed as to the geographical conditions in Mexico and along the horder as at present. It will be in- deed a cold and unpatriotic heart that does not feel a glow of pride as the boys in olive march down the embark on the train and leave, some, possibly, never to return. To the young men who have en- listed in the two companies of militia should go unstinted praise. Thought- less ones have ventured tomake light of thew activities in the:army, but the fact remains that they have vol- untecered and if called upon will go to the front, possibly to death, while those who laugh at them remain safe- ly at home. The various local fac- tories have shown their patriotic spirit hy agreeing to do afl in their power to sist any of their employes who are mustered into the service. To agree to make financial concessions and to assure any of their volunteers their old position on their return from army life is no little thing. Tt entails more financial loss to the manufac turer than one would imagine. Yet this is the spirit being shown all over the countr and as ever in times of nced, New Britain is no whit he- hind any of the othe The spi shown here hy the young men untecring and by their emploves in their concessions is commendable— it is patriotic—the spirit which makes offices, in a | pouch, streets, | | one in vol- | first aid packet and cartridges of .30 cai- ibre, a canteen, haversack, meat can, cup, knife, fork. spoon, shelter tent (half) fi shelter tent pins, poncho, cake of soap, toothbrush, pair of | socks, comb, towel, identification tag and tape. Officers and non-commis- sioned officers carry revolvers, sabers, ete. suspenders, a 90 ball PR red blooded citizen in administering a heating to the lound who critici the local militia on the streets Thursday evening and pressed a wish that they would all shot is commendable. Any man who is guilty of such an unpatriotic expression of thought should be tarred and feathered Action of some ed - In his speech urging recruiting last evening, Mayor Quigley declared it is the hyphenated citizen who is re- sponding to the call to arms, rather than the so-called Americans. He is ight in giving credit to these citi- zens, but his insinuation that the scions of the so-called first citizens re not responding should not go un- challenged. In New Britain, e- where, these first families are ing their young men freely and hrave. Jv and a glimpse at the personel of the two companies will convince any- that this is so. { as offe PR The class of graduates who left the New Britain State Normal school after the commencement exercises on Thursday was the sixtv-fourth to go into the world from this institution. Criginally the Normal school was in the old building which stood where the Grammar school is now and in | the early days young men as well | £5 young women were students there. | Put sixty-four vears has wrought | any changes and from co-ed classes that numbered less than a half dozen, Napoleon Knew How 1o Handle Mobile Infaniry vine-clad Val Sugana, v the course of the Brenta sweeping northward hend it way Anally ian border at Tcuze, by rail from Trent. the largest town in g0, known in Roman gum. On the height picturesque place of 4 the ruins of several ancient and n val castles which lend a unique to the landscape. “When the Italians south of the Tyrolean took up a strong defensive positic most parallel with the upper St valley, along the heights above Frenzela valley, through which a railway connecting the two c Itallan towns of Asiago and Ar The former, thirty-four miles no Vicenza, is a popular summer for well-to-do Venetians. It i capital of the “‘sette comuni”, a t plateau sustaining a populatio: Washington, D, C., June 24.—*"The | fierce offensive of the Austrian forces in the Tyrolean Alps and especially in the Val Sugana seems to substantiate | those chroniclers who maintain that history has a habit of repeating itseif, | even though it be in reverse order. The present situation apparently offers the Teutonic power an opportunity to wreak on the southern kingdom a cen tury-—deferred revenge for a defeat suffered at the hands of Italy’s ally, France, in this same Sugana valley more than a hundred years 1 crossi fort cast, the valiey day urroundin 500 veopl were border ago, today’s war geography bulletin of fhe National Geographic societ from its Washington headquarters. “It was down the valley of the Brenta river where recently the Arch- duke Charles Francis Joseph began pressing back the Italian that Na- poleon made his amazing descent upon the Austrians in 1796. The French genius of war led his wonderfully mo- bile infantry a distance of more than sixty miles in two days and at the end of the march rushed them into battle against the forces of Wurmser who had fallen back upon the city of Bas- sano, twenty miles south of the pres- ent Tyrolean border and thirty-five miles northwest of Venicc This phe- nomenal dash began at Trent, where the Napoleonic forces had been as- sembled after the victory at Rovereto four days previously. “Levico, a town of 6,000 inhabitants lving at the east end of Lake Caldonaz 7z0 and twenty-four miles southwest of Trent, is at the head of the fertile say jssued Tyroleans, Arsiero is fifteen southwest of Asiago and the town of the upper Astico valley. “To the east of and miles south of the Tyrolean t the row gorge Alps. Through this passage as the Canale di Brenta, the Ven of the seventeenth century the coast the products of numero; bacco plantations which they ha tablished in this fertile section.” is Asiago follows e g this e are nedie- aspect driven they on al- 1gand the runs Juaint rsiero rth of resort s tha arren n o 30,000 Bavarians and Ifalian-speaking# miles chiet three border Brenta river flows through a nar: in the Venetian Limestone knowe etians brought ta us to- ad es- h enthuiasm, with such loyal- i gress scemed to halt. Today, after |low on the horizon. all advantages today? | % i | : thrown in the way the army, | refuse to learn the simple expe; s eching | F : | refuse to leurn the simple expedients | Uncle sam’s ng service has only | that fiftcen aviators avaiiable for d duty. With the conditions a u th and preserves a nation. The pay of a man in but $15 per month. If single this mav suffice. is married or has dependent upon him it is inade The ones who are left at home should be pro- vided for in an approved manner that will not of charity. Tn case of eventualities Mayor George Quizley would do well to follow the example be were at first | deaths from drowning because people such There will L the a devotion, is there any army is man 18 But if he the classes have grown steadily until { this year the class numbered eighty- | two. | e £ vestigate all complaints. After the meeting Mr. McCabe arose on a point of privilegze and remarked that he had not expected the councilman from the third would jump on him so severely and added that his critic pust be suf- fering from a mild form of insanity. Councilman Curtis replied that he wus! not as “far gone” as Mr. McCabe thought provements such as these are what g0 to make New Britain a real city. P Britain is proud * Chairman E. G. Babcock has been | . N nesured that although the American | Decision of the common council is J.aFrance company is swamped with | Once more deferring final action on orders, New Britain will nevertheless | the “white way” should not be criti- be recognized and the new motor | Cised too severely. Tt would appear { equipment for the fire department will | that if any board is to'be criticised S ESithin e The | it should be the board of public works the commingling of o such anyone te might prevent disasters. the crying of mothers, tears x T o, good swi mers are so 3 oS sighs of sweethearts, cheers | s Folsl bR Q0 Coaisbet in | ¢ e ihelbovil arried away by current; but, as e 0 it 1 a rule, these things happen from reck. avor a sense of rea for of things. They will not be for- aerial squad be recruited at once, and | Jessness on the part of those who over- The vast 1tion the | experts are not reluctant to say that | estimate their strength. ar | and City Engineer Hall. Under the . = some two hundred fliers will be needed in the long days ahead, in the ights. Back here in the wor PSlOre thegrarit s over ite of S will pr New Britain their own has b America Committee en requested by the y for their success, will all ide Aero Club of a provident Bistioir 1 = k £ | his lethargy and get out and work for over them. And | AR g oo | aviation The tors oy | to ¢ 1y beseech an i or to watch L in the direc of this club to army. hey are gone, spurred on have requested Congress hkmple they have set, there will | : the for authorize establishment r men and boys to don the uni- | g o take up guns and prepare | N8 ther call of the nation. | bless our boys who the call. There are no manlier anywhere in the ranks. They basure up with the best when e test is applied. They have As if in: camps civilian av who of the propriation asked the club affirms that this sum although : rank reserve army. The have ral- ] 000,000, and is § vet for na- 1 one of the smallest tional defense to be one of the most effective. asked would L There shown their calibre. to a ey er: of of in much truth in the statement. charge, any sinua- i ent day warfare has proven that acrial reconnoi tection to an army. The incident at when a troop owed this morning they every inch. ince is of great pro- In two more in a of “rilling and training, campaigning, the lads fit to s And Carrizal last Wednesday | of trap under a ! been averted had an aerial scout been then shall | i The reason good aerial corps. It to that if | Congress stands behind it in this mat- American cavalry was led into a itain will be take their flag of truce may have pesi the gres Uncle allant cohorts. ie in sent over the ground first. | should be done in this direction. i United Stat has every demand itain tejoice that there are f.mes to be written high on her s army A toast then, ¢ honor. to our to a here are no better. - | has every reason believe SAFETY FIRST peticut f M o tior s aside petty partisan poli- moment the youth of the ter and lay might profit the tts by the ex- : : ties for ssachusetts in resorting ; gvi hearts and of this New Br nation will lend | hands to the upbuilding The of and % strong ordained to do away with pon drivers. de- attendant inexperi- In the fu- applicants for license pre { partment. boys ain ymobile - Eromobil are willing ready to contribut to drive | 1poir sorvices and there are other € n bs in 1y State must prove would of t the nation that establishment | cities we at least one hun- | (oo r the guidance of ex- ith hines, schools their confines. hen they wiil e operate cars in the thi numbe was forced into of FOULD LEARN Some inzer TO SW n in New of the la York )y young and has originatec idea drivers doing the wrong Taking for week” and the FEERE TISIen s | this novel experience during the pe 8 TE s interest f the accldents arl o ARk g | a great of s0 that persons who do not hem that of imming, 10wn that putti the during time to situation | ymner people in the zentle art shoving in of iwere the utomobile predominat of g e what traffic the state. | mathods are emploved cor @ and ex- | 5 committes of A%ty well known men for jd e have have of saving T folk exhibitions been apr degr already sed danger in swimminz and diving and life at the us und hen ving may | in the city. may not be the the however, at all. degree of the late the Because 1088 son, because weather up until 1s of in the to get out on the or to covor some ‘ in those places where swimming holds at al any person | forth, the newsp have not been carryin 1pers licen: if in IConnecticut can get a & regular the Summer an automobile, bath- as bt of an automobile a machine. If this is Bn Connecticut, like Ma. needs a of 1 @ man who sits at the wheel b Dowerea lutch 11 even news pertaining to drownings at sat and other such places of amusement. But, as sure as the ra of Old Sol warm up thi sphere, these despatches will be com- never before the | jng beaches or ever the terrestrial renovation | ing in later, and homes will be made sad because youngsters taught the art | This is the regular summer toll. ! the demand of the grim reaper & ens He holds with him | turn for the of a Psibility of the grim reaper. i too timid to learn how to swim. he power of sending persons ity prily out of this life. There. ; s fitting that he A ss a sensible test before be- bed to shoulder that responsi number of 1e8sons under an | gont in (his respect as other cities 50 ed driver should obviate any | situated. Yet, the very position of our giving' licenses to the unfit. | people demands that,we take greater were of never swimming. It in motor car does not that in simple handle con- is speed contained the re- e laxness populace with boys may n inland the imminz pool river front on which be outdoor sv the ries, play, and no of ar magnitude in immediate of its indus negli- vicinity is a & hairman Hay of the House Military | | | | | may be later drafted into \he‘] | prove eventually | | | | | | | ¢ssplash | cort City will celebrate | the Chicf . naly, | of that the sea- 1! leveled a now has been too cold for the boys | even if run of | ful | soning to | | [ | i | riod | | hoped | of happen the majority drownihg cases becau: neglect to learn people rudiments of swim DIFFICULTY OF DEFENDING as beflits a political THE His Honor the Mayor, true defender of the faith, upholds the lethargy of the to soldier a crusade; Common Council in failing show the departing boys. enthusiastic gathering in last the Hon. Quizley made an admirable honor to efore an a local theat night A e stand for a lost cause. Have we not voted members of the city gov- This It of the Common Council to a nicety.. Hav- to pay ernment while they are away? of explains his the as the gist argument. probably patriotism ing voted to pay men money, monetary why should the city honor the cohorts of brave by holiday array, Very much to the point! When virtue is placed on the plane of commercialism it ceases to issue, the turning out in breathe holines: ‘When patriotism is bought and paid for cowardice is at a premium. When the city pays men to fight for desecrate Old Glory? the but very lame in the final those who stay home why Very good rea- in defense of an inexcus- able error; balance The adopt the Common Council in failing to some method of paying respect militiamen who departed for Niantic today of common made an error, and the member that a organization neople of New Bri- It matters field of end of ute and the tain know this to be true. what was done in the That The spir of and the city the not finance is the mercenary ual side, and the patriot- that the out and es- Instead, city it, demanded Mayor officials turn to station boys e Executive of thi: car- ried with him his pet political organi- perform the honors. No Nor was the Common zation to politics there! Council hold Coun no ani against il But ¥ 10sity the C mitted e for having com- The and mmon this faux pas. members punctilious sometimes prosaic assemblage are human. Ergo they must that end, they are And to the Mayor who has de- | | forgiven. 50 gs and unconvincingly antly s pools | fended them we offer frank incense and myrrh. He is as brave and cour- ageous as any crusader of old who against the Saracens,— broken made a good he unsuccess- New Bri- come into but lane s Dblade was by He though his own | stand argument. before Antioch was, like the crusade, Any second other place but tain the Mayor would nation hailed | his own,—any other America he would he i“w perfect knight. In England | one of seven Orders would be hi In Spain or Austria, he the Order of and as | probably all. initiated into Fleece, while in Italy, the would be | the Golden | Annunziata All Tuck claim its can offer success in future And they He won his spurs. would him as own. we him here is good and de- fensive campaigns. are rightfully his. CGencral sie- Brus his p1 of chanre or of the Austrian weakness, but 1k fruit of experience in the campaigns of the last two years. Commanders Wwho turn the lessons of defeat to such uses are truly great.—New York Sun. the of any | of Mayor Joseph Duiton of Bristol calling a civic meeting to make plans to care for dependent: go from his city. A person dependant upon a soldier for support would shrink from accepting the charity of neighbors or the city, but shonld a citizens’ committee be named for the purpose of making arrangements to sce that those left behind do not want the act would not be one of charity but of organized recognition of the sacrifice being made The izens of the city should, and doubi- Jess would. arige to meet these emer- gencies, In ad$&ition to helping those left hehind. it would bhe a fine idea toe remember the boyvs who have gone to the front hy sending them news- papers, magazines, letters. stationery. possibly tasty bits to eat, tobacco and such things These days cit- recall vividly to the exciting davs in this city during the spring and summer of 1898, and to a few the tumultuous days of 1861 immediately following the fall of Fort Sumpter and Tincoln's call 75,000 volunteers. At the time of the civil war the old Center church. lo- cated on the site of the present Bur- ritt school, was a hot bed of Unionism and it was here that military speeches were made, recruiting offices opened and volunteers enlisted Following long weeks of suspens on April 1, 1898, excitement hecame intense in this city when Assistant Adjutant General Landers reiterated a call from Washington holding all forces in readiness for an immediate call by the president, Wi liam McKinle; Fever heat reached on April 21 when S severed diplomatic relations with the TUnited States and the North Atlantic Squadron was ordered to Havana. The next day the first gun was fired and a Spanish hoat captured. On April 23 President McKinley called for 125,000 volunteers and on Apr recruiting was begun enthus here in Companies B, D and I, manded by Captain Hauerwas. Leon ard and Rawlings respectively, the Jatter being a first lieutenant detailed captain in place of Capi~in Moore subsequently rejoined his com- FEnthusiasm broke loose on when war was declared with to those on at 1y con as who pany. April Spain 2 and scenes similar of today were enacted two davs later when the local militia was given orders to move to Niantic in five day the night of May 3, 1898, the militiamen held their final drill and slept their arms, preparatory to leaving the following morning. May 1 dawned damp and rai bhut thusiasm was rampant and even the factories closed while the troops marched from the armory to the depot. “Remember the Maine” was the motto and in the big parade were the police and fire departments, two hands, the common council, the Grand societics and school nped indelibiy in the who were present train pulled out at the feeling of deso- that pervaded the seene is being re- and another zeneration looks on in awe and wonderment. witnes: sing a scene they too, will forever re- member. Oon 1 on Ar various children. St memory of any when the troop 12:03 o’clock is and This my, lation city enacted orrow same To some of the uninitiated, the el tic on the sold hat which goes around the bac! is head is a sub- ject of curiosity. As is obvious, it is to keep his hat from blowing off. The campaign hat is for service and com- fort rather than looks and it is worn | to the front of the head to protect the ey from the sun. Like all other hats, it is easily blown off by the wind and it is impossible for a soldier to break the marching or fighting for- mation to chase his hat, it must be lept on with an elastic without he wishes to go bare headed. PP as The militiamen’s equipment he carry weizhs twenty pounds and consists of a .30 calibre rifle, a front sight cover, a brush and thong, an oiler and thong case ,a gun sling, a bayonet, a bayonet scabbard, a cartridge belt, one pair cartridge belt which mu of soldiers who ! | to many | for | ONCe the ! derman peremptorily | en- | | can | compar safety hoard has handled the fire and | police departments ih good style, on | the whole. and today it is safe to | eay that this city is protected in just as efficient a manner as any in the | country. | When the new motor driven appar- | atus arrives and the fire department is wholly motorized it will of course ! he much more efficient than it has in the past. With better equipment to work with and more speed available get to the scene of their work, the firemen cannot help but do better work and there is no doubt but | what the exceedingly low fire rate | here will drop even lower. This being 0, why cannot the property owners ask for, and fairly expect to receive, lowered insurance rates? Certainl with hetter fire protection the danger from fire loss will he less, therefore insurance will he and cor- respondingly, the should de- crease, It is certain that a campaign to get reduced rates will be started city has done its part. x oxoa risks less rates Once more the pany has bheen thwarted tempt to have a telephone booth the center. although it promised to | have one that would not be objection- | able and would not obstruct traffic. Some think this action on the part of the council savors of the “smail town stuff.” while others approve. Al- | Paonessa’s objection simply | the company would not put a waiting station does seem lish and not founded on logic. Connecticut com- | in its at-| at | hecause in ch R Action of the hoard of health in in despite Chairman Tallard" on deferring the actunal of a slaughter Thouse have heen carefully wistin ohjections, construction until conditions | observed and in the meantime to en- «nze a meat Inspector, is justified. | The Herald has contended from the | first that hefore $5.000 of the public | is exnended for a slaughter the Inspection system should he gziven a fair trial. Now that this trial to be given there is no rea- son \ubt but what the plan will as well and protect the | people inst discased meat as well as wonld the more expensive slaughter The health board has recom- | mended an ordinance to prevent the | sale of any meat not stamped by a local or government inspector and a | fine of $50 is sugzested for violations s the matter now stands the health Foard will engage an inspector, whose salary will not have to be any larger than in case the slaughter house was built, whese duty it will be to inspect all. stock slaughtered for sale in this city. Only his stamp or the -govern- | ment's stamp will make the meat saleable. In this act the health board has oly and the inspector’s salary come from out of the $1.000 maintainance fund for the slaughter house. That the inspector do efficient work is not questioned but two houses here ay. and one of them does nine-tenths of all the slaughtering. Then if this system should not prove practicable nothing will have been st and the municipal slaughter house fund can be utilized for the erection of such a building. It Is con- fidently predicted however, that the rditure of this money will not be | money ouse i is to d work out house. Aone w will as there are slaughter exne necessary P The safety board has arranged to | have the various traffic corners pro- | tected at night by “silent officers”— | standards taking the place of officers and around which traffic must turn. A good iinnovation here. The board | has also made plans to have the var- | ious congested crossings in the center marked as have the ones at Crowell's and the National bank corner. A new aisle of safety, a dozen feet wide, will be marked across Main street from in front of the Savings bank. | Manager Beardsley of the Connecticut he to co-operate and will issue orders preventing his | cars from blocking this space. Thus the pedestrian will be assured of an open, wide and safe crossing at this most wide portion of Main street. Im- promised | be settled at ! constantly city charter the city engineer is in- vested with power to see that all man- dates of the hoard are effectively car- ried out. The board is empowered to make contracts after they have been approved by the council. To date the board of public works has not sub- mitted any detailed and actual light= ing contract to the council for ap- ! proval. Some written statements of | what will be done have been sub- mitted with the request that the board be given permission to make a con- tract. Even if this request is granted, under the charter the contract made by the board would have to g0 hefore the council again before it could become effective. ~ What the council wants is a definite contract for their consideration and discussion. If such a contract is brought before them and they approve of it, then they can empower the board to ac- cept it. But only after a genuine con- tract has come before them can they take such action. Already the lighting question has taken far too much time. It should once but it cannot be settled until something definite is brought before the council. There- fore it is obvious that the hoard of public works and the lighting com- pany should get together immediately prepare a contract and produce it at the meeting Wednesday night. FACTS AND FANCIES. For a week at least Oyster Ba been manifesting a silence £o acteristic of its name as to most paradoxical.—Providence nal. Here’s an Uncle Sam'’'s anyway, and | has grown 1898.- opportunity to see mailed fist look to see whether or more formidable as | ~Rochester Union. Official denials that = a squadron is cruising along the Mcxican coast are just as necess: official denials that a Japanese of 200,000 concealed somewhe Mexico.—New York World a When more of the armed forc the United States cross into they and others will remain ther til some semblance to order some form of responsible goverr are established.—Wilkesbarre A Stockholm dispatch tell | British submarine. What has th | miral of the Atlantic to say Buffalo Commercial. Speaking of war mounts, it m | be overlooked that ‘somewher France” many British officers days are riding Missouri mule find them easy to ride, out and able to walk faster horse.—New York Telegram of our Under the charter the city engineer must see to it that contragts under his supervision are lived up to. Under the contract for the present lights | the city is entitled to satisfactory ser- vice and it is up to the city engineer to see that this service is obtained. If there is a question of satisfactory in which the lighting company differs, 1t may be settled by arbitration. Thus. it would appear that even the present lights could be made satisfactory. The terms of the proposed ‘‘white way” would do away with all ar except in this district and would sub- stitute 250 watt incandescent lights In some places this form of light is all right, but in others, particularly bus- iness sections Arch street, Tast Main and also in | open places such as Franklin Square, the junction of Vine and West Main streets, West Main and Cedar streets ete. ares are a necessity, even in the opinion of the General Electric com- pany’s expert, th Every whit must come to the surface ceeding few days. We must ! world know, though a peaceful n that we can and are willing t force the laws of peace by arms.—Buffalo News. / A Horse Can Be A Hero. such (Philadelphia Evening Ledgc Strent as ote. horses in history shield in the headquarters G. Meade Post in this city of Old Baldy Gen. Meade's the operations of the armies Potomac and Virginia. The was raised in the West and brought East by Col. E. D, Oregon who was killed at Ball’s on Oct. 21, 1861. Gen. Meade b him in Washington $150. horse was wounded in the no piece of shell at the ttle of Run on July 21, 1861, but put out of service He Dranesvilles, Mcchanicsville, Mills and Groverton, ed again at the second Run on Aug. 30, 186 shot through a hind later he was ridden at the batt South Mountain and on Sept. 1 was shot through the neck at tle of Antietam and abana apparently dying He was after found by Gen. Meade's servant ing on ‘the battlefield. He covered sufficlently to serve Meade in the October and Nove campaign to Falmouth. Tn was at Chancellorsville duri three days of May and at G on July 1, 2 and 3 He wa through the ribs on July 2. He in three other engagements that and in 1864 he was in the ness campaign at Spottsylvania Anna Creck, Cold Harbor, and eral other was hard fighting. At the end Gen. Meade's éity, where vears. He rade in this of It i mot o The lighting company wishes to have the city enter into a long term contract lighting change is made. Queries to other cities furnishes the Herald with the information that Jong term lighting contracts are not for the best interests of the city. Waterbury advises against it. New Haven does not make long term con- tracts. The 'reason is obvious. In no science has such progress heen made as in electricity. Inventors are discovering new methods of more efficiency at lower costs. What the best today might be relegated to the discard in a year. Thus, to always insure the city having the best. short term contracts are desirable. Tt is of course possible to have a long term contract embody a clause prom- ing all improvements that may come but even that is not desirable. Tx- perience has proved that once a sys- tem is installed and gets to running smoothly, even though something better is discovered, things ave gen- crally allowed to drift along in the old channel and nothing is done. Ry all means have this eternal lighting question settled one way or nother. and have it settled right. Let the council. the real power in the matter, sec what they are going to get for their money. Then let them decide they. see fit. That is what they are elected for. is a for wa when he Twao he was hau se places where country he rem was led in the city on Dec. 16 honor of Gen. Grant’s return tour of the world He given to John J. Davis of cared for him until it necessa kill him because place ved to LR this grea 18 fror There council when Councilr clash amusement at the Wednesday night Alderman William McCabe and O. F. Curtis had a verbal The alderman ohjected to a sessmeonts nd for Lafayette strect pavement and moved to table. The councilman caused a too feeble to stand. This laugh by suggesting that Mr. McCabe jon Dec. 16, 1882. He survivad be named a committee of one to in-’famous master about ten years., was some meeting was Ten! compensation the who he came tough to might Baker 1863 18 the first » v has char- be al” Jour- what like, not it Japanese Weg ATy as army,, cre in ces of Mexico re un- and nment Record 1 the { torpedoing of a German steamer by a e Ad- to this?—- ustn’t in these and tire han a Americanism in the let suc the ation, o en- of . The head of one of the most famous hangs mounted ¢n Georg tha int ¢ horse was of Bluft ought The by a Bull 1 at Gaines and was wound battle cf Bull le of he bat- oned, ward ows- 1 re- Gen. mber he burg > was Wilder- North Petorshurg ‘here of the war he was taken near aven t pa- 9 in n his later ame was his