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New Britain 'Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. Issued daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:16 p. m., at Herald Building, 67 Church St. Bntered at the Post Office at New Britailn as Second Class Mail Matter. Delivered by carrier to mny part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month. Bubscriptions for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. The only profitable advortising medium in the clty. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Business Office Editorial Rooms Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. WILL YE? Wil yeo bear the Teuton heel Qrushing down your common- ? m‘ ye not avenge the wrong Murope hath endured so long? TOO GOOD FOR RILEY. Prom OCamp Devens they ocome,— fnveding hosts. They are the sol- of the nation, They are our boys. ‘was but a few short weeks ago they it away in civillan clothes. Casting the mufti they appear today in full regimentals of the American A few short weeks ago, Wwe state. is wrong. It was a few long ago. Long weeks for them, from home, long weeks for us at home. Some of them had nev- been further away from their omes than Main Street. When they e here they probably did not ap- e it, the old home town; but , all is different. It is not such a a old place after all. And today It a smile of welcome and ex- nds a glad hand-shake to all the lads khaki. 0. Henry once wrote a story which d to do with the cosmopolite. This s the man who was at home in any jountry, & man who classed himselt a citizen of the world, a man to thom there were no national lkes dislikes. Podunk, Illinois, was t as agreeable to him as Paris, or Rome, or London. He was as con- inted in any hamlet of darkest South rica as he would be on Broadway. ket one night he came near killing a who happened to cast slurring parks on some little burg no one in jhe party had ever heard of before. It the cosmopolite’s home. And ho ever says anything against a han's home stands llable to die a vio- it death. Our New Britain boys who have ne to the colors are home for the They are glad to be home, away pm the strenuous dutles of army o ‘We are glad to have them home. hile they are in the old town it _ls duty of the citizens to see to it as they say in the classics, “they d the life of Riley.” For, after all, thing is too good for our boys. 2 AT THE RIGHT TIME. There were those who feared the apaign for the Second Liberty Loan puld be a dismal failure. There re those who secretly, deep down their hearts, hoped and prayed that would be so. There were those ho anxiously awaited the announce- ent from Washington that the Amer- n people had failed to go “over the p” in this gigantic task so that the might be sent post haste to rmany, where there would then be eat rejolicing. The American people, true to their , have not failed on their second hbscription to a Liberty Loan. In- lead, they have more than come up all expectations. Those who know workings of the American heart ot be surprised at this additional pof of the American’s natural gen- . Reasons had been advanced jhy: the loan might be a failure. It id been argued that the people in country are so heavily taxed they uld not stand up under additional pancial welght. It had bheen satld it the demands of the Red Cross fid the various other war reliefs were great that the Second Liherty Loan ust go begzing. Tt had been further ed that with Christmas in the fing the average man and woman puld be saving every cent for stomary shopping attendant upon ch a time. These arguments and the : NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917. to do was turn the light of his mind upon events that took place between the start of the colossal world war and the date of our entrance into the same struggle. From the moment the Ger- man hordes invaded Belgium there was & constant drain on the K Ameri- can purse. Our people were asked ta contribute to every fund imaginable. There were “tag days” for each of the smaller nations in the war zone. Peo- ples who had been outraged by the German military machine, peoples who fell before the onrushing Huns, were taken care of by American dol- lars collected in American cities and sent to Europe on American ships. Nurses and doctors were dispatched to the scenes of misery and the ex- penses of all expeditions were paid by the American people. Even the Ger- mans themselves were helped by us. A people who could be so whole- hearted for other people In time of stress could not ignore the demands made by their own government, for their own cause. We sent our ships abroad with relief supplies when Ger- many was on the high seas, like a pir- ate, stealing everything it could get its crooked hands on. We sent our foodstuffs to the stricken women and children of Belgium when the sol- diers of the Emperor Wilhelm were pilfering the food from the mouths of babies and diverting it to their very own. We sent bandages and cotton garments for the sick and wounded of r%ped Belgium when we knew that Germany was taking a greater part of this material and using it to help make ammunition. We did all this with the American sporting spirit, trusting to luck that some part of the good work would hit the mark. Having taken care of the people of Burope for the greater part of three vears it would be foolish to eveh sup- pose that the American nation in only six months of war-time would neglect to attend to the affairs of is own. And it did not. When Uncle Sam called for the dollars and the dimes and the pennies for his Second Liberty Loan they were forthcoming. There might have been a little time spent in scrap- ing them together; but they got there Just the same. It Is the same old story of th#®R Garrison finish. We have not yet lost the art of hitting the nail on the head, and at the proper mo- ment. A QUEEN SPBAKS. Rumania is a small country. Its maximum population 1s placed at 8,000,000. For thirteen months this little country has been in the world war, fighting for the very right of ex- istence. At times the struggle has been fearful and many were afraid lest Ru- mania fall by the wayside. Through the good example of tis gallant Queen Marie the people have followed on, to do or to die. When it seemed that the inevitable must happen, that they must bow before the onslaughts of an impending crists, they were presented with the encouraging view of Ameri- ca’'s entry into the war. They then took heart. Now their queen, a wo- man of most democratic tendencies, promises that the nation shall fight on to the end, fight side by side with the great Democracy, America, that small nations may have some say in thelr own government, that democracy may continue to prosper and thrive on earth. “Never will we lay down our arms”, says -this high-spirited ruler, “‘until the cause to which we have con- secrated our ives is vindicated.” When Queen Marie sent that message to the world she was engaged in Red Cross work, attired in the simple gown of a nurse. From such a person, one of the royalty who appreciates the alms and purposes of democratic peo- ple, half-hearted Americans may well, draw a lesson. They should know that the Queen of Rumania has first hand knowledge of the aspirations of Ger- man Kultur. She knows what the German military machine would have done had it broken loose after the in- vasion of Belgium, had it not been stopped on its way to. Paris. And knowing these things she re-affirms her faith in another and higher ideal. She pledges that her people will never lay down their arms until the cause to which they have consecrated %e!r lives has been vindlcated. So it shall be with America. Granted that our cause is even a greater and mightler one, it nevertheless can have no nobler end. " We must go on until we go “over the top” and the Hapsburgs and Ho- henzollerns are on the bottom for all time. rd FACTS AND FANCIES. There was real reason for calling him ‘“Argus-eyed” Teddy.—Berkshire Eagle. The boys are anxiously looking for people who object to Hallowe'en noises so as to make special disturb- ance in front of their houses.—Meri- den Journal. One Pittsfleld man has been “treated” in about every form under the sun, but it was not until this ons fcll down In the final drive. any one doubted for a moment the American people would fail government, all that person had week that he was ever invited in “to have a shine.”—Berkshire Bagle. The members of congress are go- ing to the front to see first hand what actual warfare really is. Bon voyage.—Hartford Post. If Ban Johnson becomes a soldier be may be expected to make the usual announcement that tickets of admission to Berlin in the last grand battle will not be permitted to fall inta the hands of speculators.— Springfield News. A labor leader charge that Hill- quit is a rich man. Well, that doesn’t mean he can’t be a poor candidate.— New York World. Whiskey at a dollar a drink is a prospect that causes not a tremor. But when the chemist begins pro- ducing ‘“‘something just as gaod?’'— New York Sun. There is some newspaper Specu- lation as to what China is to get out of the war. We suggest three cheers. That is about the only thing any- boys will have to give after the war is over.—Capper''s Weekly. Editor Charles Hopkins Clark, . of the Hartfard Courant, calls Congres- sional Candidate Lynn W. Wilson, editor of the Bridgeport Farmer, a ‘“fire-eating editor,” and Editor Wil- son retorts by calling Edjtor Clark a ‘hand-fed editor.” Thus does the Hooverian gaspel of dletetics obtrude itself into our special congressional campaign. — Greenwich News and Graphic. After Death in Arabia. He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all his friends: Faithful friends! It lles I know, Pale and white and cold .as snow; And ye say, ‘“Abdallah’s dead!” Weeping at the feet and head, I can see your falling tears, I can hear your sighs and prayers; Yet I smile and whisper this,— “I am not the thing you kiss; Cease your tears, and let it lie; It was mine, it is not L” Sweet friends! What the women lave For its last bed of the grave, Is a tent which I am quitting, Is a garment no more fitting, Is a cage from which, at last, Like a hawk my soul hath passed, Love the inmate, not the room,— The wearer, not the garb,—the plume Of the falcon, not the bars Which kept him from these splendid stars. Loving friends! Be wise and dry Straightway every weeping eye,— What ye 1ift upon the bier Is not worth a wistful tear, 'Tis an empty sea-shell,—one Out of which the pearl is gone; The shell is broken, it lies there; ‘The pearl, the all, the soul, is here. 'Tis an earthen jaM whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved him; let it lie! Let the shard be earth’s once more, Since the gold shines in hig store! Allah glorious! Allah good! Now thy world is understood; Now the long, long wonder ends; Yet yo weep, my erring friends, While the man whom ye call dead, In unspoken bliss, instead, Lives and loves you; lost, 'tis true, By such light as shines for you, But in light ye cannot see Of unfulfilled felicity,— In enlarging paradise, Lives a life that never dies, Farewell, friends!\ Yet not farewell; Where I am, ye, too, shall dwell. I am gone before your face, A moment’s time, a little space, When ye come where I have stepped Ye will wonder why ye wept; Ye will know, by wise love taught, That here is all, and there is naught, Weep awhile, if ye are fain,— Sunshine still must follow rain; Only not at death,—for death Now I know, is that first breath Which our souls draw when we enter Life, which is of all life center. Be yve certain all seems love, Viewed from Allah’s throne above; Be ye stout of heart, and come Bravely onward to your home! La Allah illa Allah! yea! Thou love divine! Thou love alway! He that dled at Azan gave This to those who made his grave. —EDWIN ARNOLD. Sugar $58 a Barrel During Civil War, (Brooklyn Eagle.) Chicago, Oct. 16.—Prices of many staple food products averaged about 129 per cent. higher during the first years of the civil war. than today, according ta items taken from an in. volce of goods sold by S. Hamill & Co., wholesale grocers of Keokuk, Iowa, to R. J. Jacobs, a retaller, June 22, 1862. The old invobice, which was dis- covered here today by a student of food prices, was compared with present prices and caused conslder- able disoussion among grocers and commission men. Sugar in the civil war days sold for $58 a barrel, rfce at $31.38 a bar- ler, tobacco at more than double the present price and tea at $101.52 for 25-pound chest. Twenty-five pounds of the same grade of tea today may be bought for 18.90. Coffee also was nearly four times as high as at present. The same bill of grocerles and sundries that then brought $644.14 may be bought today for $291.61. Naturally, rice, sugar, cotton ana tobacco, products of the south, were unusually high in the north during the civil war, and transportation fa- cilities for bringing tea and coffee to this country were not what they are today. Many of the articles sold then are handled in different form today. Mackerel and codfish were cheaper then than now. Paper bags were higher in those days despite the present high cost of paper. Financial Note. (Boston Transcript). Short—TI say, old man, can you lend me $107 Longley—Impossible. T've tried to lend you money several times, but you always seem to look upon it ag a gift. e e e Town Topics! Welcome home, New Britain sol- diers. We would that your return was to be permanent, rather than for a few fleeting hours, but we confi- dently assure you, as do all loyal citizens, that when this terrible war is over, when the autocracy of Ger- many 1is forever crushed, when De- mocracy has established and been when the flags of the Allled Powers, surmounted by the glorlous Red, ‘White and Blue of America, fly vie- torious your final homecoming to a lasting life of peace will be a signal for a far greater, a far more jubilant and a far more widespread, though none the more sincere for that would be impossible, celebration than has been today’'s reception, e Contrast the men who left the city only a few weeks ago, trudging along the streets with their bundles in their hands, garbed in a nondescript array of citizens' clothing, walking in a be- fuddled group resembling a flock of stray sheep for all the order that was maintained in the ranks, Wwith stately, military parade of today. The value of military training is manifest even by this short period of routine camp life in the soldierly bearing of the men. They marched with shoul- ders squared, with heads thrown back and with the snap and vim which characterizes a sound physical being, .« ‘While the police persist, and right- 1y too, if the law is to be enforced, in arresting motorists who drive ~with their lights extinguished or for some other violation, it seems about time that some action was taken by these same observing authoritieg in x-nfex--\‘l ence to teaching teamsters and bicy- clists that the motor vehicle law was drafted to apply to them as well. In other cities the police are arresting teamsters and bicyclists who ride at night without a light, vet the local police court has had but one case of that kind and that at the prosecuting attorney’s Insistence. It is not, how- ever, because New Britain people so strictly observe the law, but rather because their fallacies are either over- looked or knowingly winked at. There is as much danger in a bicy- clist or a teamster riding on the high- way at ‘night without lights as there is for a motor car. Why discrim- inate. It is about time something was done. se L. K. Boggs, who is supposed to be “somewhere in America” is suspected of this anonymous query: “Editor Town Topics: In order to complete my thesis on ‘The Longew ity of Insect Life’ it is necessary for me to have certain information about the fly, and I thought vou might be able to direct me to the proper in- formatton. What I wish to have an- swered is this: Just how many grandchildren does a fly have the day after he is born?"” Cats have been known to have been killed for that much curiosity, Mr. Boggs. e From the Herald of years ago: October 21: There were 1129 ap- plications from men desiring to be made voters received last night. D. McMillan has had a force of men at work several days improving his store. O. F. Curtis, bullder, is crowded with work this season and advertises for twelve good carpenters. Work at Cook’s cider mill on Plainville road is brisk. Ootober 22: The High school team, which has not been scored,on this season, defeated Meriden 54 to 0 yes- terday. Has switching on the Main street crossing stopped? No one would think so from the way the triffic was blocked yesterday noon. Lt. Col. A. L, Thompson was to take part in the parade yesterday but at a late hour telephoned Capt. J. R. Andrews of Co. I that he could not. October 23—Sunday. October 24: The winner of $500 at the Vega fair has refused to pay for the telegram announcing his good luck. It may be news to the people of New Britain to know that the Do- lan Brothers sold the Tramway com- pany last April. October 25: The game of wicket is being revived. It has not been played here since 1858 when New Britain de- feated the Winsted club 310-141. October 26: Up to 3 o’clock today 98 persons had taken out naturaliza- tlon papers and 193 new voters were made. M. J. Kenney gave a recita- tion at the third anniversgry of Cir- cle Ever Ready, Companions of the Forest, last night. Dudley T. Holmes was elected senlor sagamore by the Red Men last night. October 27: Willlam E, Beers and Miss Nellle Louise Corbin, daughter of Philip Corbin, were marrled ves- terday by Rev. J.'W. Cooper. “Re- ply” postal cards are the latest thing in the mall service. H. D. Hum- phrey has presented the Boys’ club with a handsome American flag. e twenty-five The wise local business man, who last April, being sure of a bumper potato orop, bet 20 bushels of pota- toes with a friend that the price would not jump over $1 per this fall is now regreeting his act. Report has it that he has located the 20 bushels wherewith to pay his wager, but each one set him back no less than $2.10. As a good sport he’s there, but as a prognasticator of potato crops he is very poor. .. The school board’s decision to con- duct evening school classes in French and Spanish is a wise and opportune one. Since the war local factories are making strenuous efforts to cul- tivate a South American trade and since Spanish is the principal lan- guage spoken there and in Mexico there should be some excellent op- portunities for the young men and women who are conversant with that tongue. Likewise French {s now more to be desired than ever. Many young men feel that ere long they may be called upon to go there. The same applies to some young women who may eventually become Red Cross nurses. 'To know French then the | i | i i i i ‘WILLIAM STANLEY DUNLOP. Immedlately after President Wilson declared that a state of war existed between this country and Germany a multitude of young men presented FACTS Armor Armor is the ship's coat of mail. Unlike a knight she is protected only in her vital spots. Her masts and upper works may be shat away; hcr bow and stern above the water-line may be riddled, without impairing | her fighting and steaming ability—ex- cept that a lop-sided ship may not go So rapidly through the water, and punctured smoke pipes increase coal consumption. Recently a writer stated that a warship could still forge ahead after either end had been shot away. That statement is inaccurate. Propellers are at one end, the captain and boilers are at the other. Neither can work alone. John Stevens, of Hoboken, New Jersey, was the first to propose armor for protection of war vessels. Begin- ning in 1812, for 30 years thereafter he and his family dreamed dread- naughts and regular high-velocity Kaiser-like nightmares. Then Con- gress stepped in and proved armor was a failure. Later the Monitor and Merrimac showed Stevens wes right— Stevens, as is usual with inventars at such times, was in his grave. The armor problem is to secure surface hardness which shall break up the shell, and interior toughness to prevent penetration. Early types were steel plates backed by wrought iron. In the ’nineties Harvey and Krupp devised methods of carbonizing steel to a depth of about 1.5 inches from its face. This gives an extreme- ly hard, elastic surface supported by a tough back having a minimum ten- dency to crack. The gain is that 6 inches of Harveyized steel is equiv- alent to 9 inches of ordinary nickel steel. tion for the personnel and for the flatability and interior mechanism of the ship. The heaviest plates are in four places—conning tower, in which the captain cons the ship; bar- Armor has two chief uses—protec-! ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. §. N. Plate bettes and turrets, from which men fire the heavy guns; side belt extend- ing nine-tenths the length of the ship, 10 to 16 feet above the water-line and 4 or five feet below. Light armor is distributed mostly where splinters would do damage. Torpedo defense guns have only 2-inch armar. They are not usually manned in heavy actions, but must be safe from the small guns of torpedo craft. Thin armor bulkheads divide com partments on the gun deck, so that & , bursting shell will hurt only those in the vicinity. Many ships have thwartship plates forward as protection when running head-on into an enemy's fire. Most fmportant of all is the protective deck, 2 to 4 inches thick, and cov-g ering nearly all space below the water- line. Over engine rooms and in the smoke pipes heavy steel gratings per- form the same duty. Though weight is saved by having only necessary heavy armor and as little as possible light armor, the total load is tremendous. A battle- ship may have from 10,000 to 40,000 square feet of armor plating. Pro- tective deck 2-inch plate weighs 80 1bs. per sq. foot; 13-inch side armor! 6520 1bs. per sq. foot; and 18-inch tur- ret face plates 720 lbs. per sq. foot. About 3 per cent. of the total weight must be added for securing bolts and nuts. Armor and projectiles seesaw in su- premacy. At present projectiles are ahead. But what's the use? Both are made of the same metal. When a shell strikes there is a blaze of light. The shell is heated white hot by the friction of impact, fusing some of the plate until it splashes like mud into which a rock has been thrown. If all histories are destroyed, pos- terity may wonder why we dug so many millions of tons of steel out of the ground and threw it into the sea. cumstances.| The former, which has an appropriation, is under the juris- diction of the common council, while the latter, which is created by legis- lative act and therefore superior to the council has nothing. Yet people seem to wonder why the committee themselves at the various recruiting stations for enlistment in the service. One of these young men was Willlam Stanley Dunlop. After passing a physical examination he was admitted to the communications department of the navy. Dunlop, who is but 20 years of age, is the son of Henry L. Dunlop of 18 Winthrop street. He has two sisters, Mrs. Fred Judd and Mrs. Harold Van Oppen. would be a boon and the system to be used in the evening school is said to be conducive to a quick but practically working knowledge of that tongue. Rather than taking up the study of the language from the pure grammatical side as is done in schools and colleges the student will learn the correct pronunciation and then familiarize himself with the more im- portant words, idioms and phrases so that on the completion of the course he should be at least capable of mak- ing himself understood’ wherever French is gpoken. .. As yet the state commissioner on domestic animals has not repealed Lis order that all dogs shall be chalned to the premises of owners and shall not be permitted on the streets unless held in leash. Judging from the increased number of canines seen running loose during the past week some owners seem to be relax- ing their vigilance. The dog catcher i1s not however, so a word to the wise, ete. .. Even time is more expensive than it used to be. The Ingersoll,- the “watch whch made the dollar fa- mous,” now bids fair to make $1.35 famous for the price has jumped to that. - . Compelled to stand upright within the close confines of a six-foot steel locker for more than a quarter of an hour until friends and practical Jjokers had lured the factory superin- tendent out of the office on the pre- text of a telephone call was the none too plgasant experience of a pretty young ‘stenographer in a local factory office this week. As a joke her friends had pushed her into the locker and were feeding her peanuts through the grating, when the superintendent suddenly appeared on the scene. . e Hand in hand with the high cost of living trots the high cost of clean- liness. With brooms, formerly se]llng! at fifty and sixty cents, now oosting a dollar, and common spap retailing at seven cents a bar cleanliness bids fair to soon be classed as a luxury. « e » A local policeman, testifying in the ‘Wise murder trial, astounded State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn when ha described a man’s sleeping apparel as his “pajamas.”” “What, you mean pa- jamas, don’t you,” queried ‘the: law- yer, while even the sober judge per- mitted a smile to flicker across his face. ) . The utter unreliability of volunteer labor has been amply demonstrated by the municipal farm experiment. Mon who generously voiunteer to work, forget it when called upon to do so and now the crop is threatened with ruin unless the much needed as- sistance arrives. LR City officlals are now getting cur- jous too. Yesterday one of them was seen peeking under the little red lanterned box at the northern cor- ner of the green, where an electric light standard stood a long time ago. Maybe before the coming generation goes into the trenches this unsightly object will be repaired. - or e The Municipal Farm committee and the New Britain Food and Fuel com- mittee find themselves in peculiar cir- ! the boy at their post? . does not do something to reduce the cost of fuel and food. .« e OUR FIRST WHITE BOY. He Set a Good Example for American Boys of Today by Sticking to the Job. (Boston Herald.) Many phases of the life of Colum- bus offer mysteries that the historians have never been able to clear away, and one student of the life of the Beware, of the closed mind. This sounds like a paradox when addressed to young men yet it will I think, bear examination. It is a truism to say that the danger of maturity, and especlally >f age is ths closing of the mind to new ideas, Habit, most pow- erful of influences, hard experience, the very passage of the years all alike tend to stiffen the muscles and to harden the arteries of the mind as they do the body. It is a misfortune with which advancing age must struggle, and the effort is severe and too often either neglected or fruitless. —Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. His Reason. “Every man should be great explorer has come across an incidental mystery that has an appeal- ing interest. It relates to a boy who accompanied the expedition of 1492—- the only boy among its members and consequently the first white boy to set foot in America, if we except the remote possibility of boys in the crews of the Norsemen in the hazy centur- les long before. The contemporary accounts of ‘the first expedition of Columbus mention the boy in question only once and that briefly. They indicate that he was the only boy in the expedition and they place on his young shoulders the blame for the great catastrophe that befell when the Santa Maria was wrecked on the coast of Haitl. To be sure the story of the wreck shows that the boy was less to blame than his elders, but it was easy enough to make him the scapegoat. It was the night before Christmas, 1492, ten weeks after the discovery of land, and Columbus was pushing his search for gold among the West Indles. The flagship, the Santa Maria, was skirting the coast of Haiti, and late at night, as the wind was light and the ship barely moving, Columbus went to his cabin for rest. He passed the helm over to the captain. He, too, soon felt the need of sleep and went below. His successor at the tiller was a sailor and he shortly followed the example of the admiral and the master. Before he went he awakened the lad in question and told him to mind the helm. The boy did not go to sleep. He was doubtless a live lad and he felt the importance of being trusted to steer the ship. But he was in strange wa- ters and the currents were treacher- lous near that coast. The ship struck a reef. The admiral and crew rushed on deck in terror. Of course they blamed the boy. That was the way of the world before 1492 and the fashion has never changed. But what of ad- miral, master and helmsman who in turn went off their berths and left That was the end of the Santa Maria. The crew reached the shore in safety and made & fort from the timbers of the wreck. In that fort, which they called La Navidad in honor of the day, about forty of the crew remained while their compan- ions went home to Spain on the Pinta and the Nina. One historian men- tions a tradition that the buy re- mained with this number, but it is only a tradition. The fate of the forty is a mystery, for when the sec- ond evpedition af Columbus reached that island a year later there were only a few charred timbers and bones to be found. Perhaps our first white boy perished there; perhaps he went back to Palos to tell his young companions the wonders of the new world and to set himself straight, at least among them in the matter of the blame for the wreck of the flag- sghip. His name has not even come down to us, but the brief glimpse that we have of him is a fascinating one. There is something to stimulate the imagination in that fleeting picture of the boy who stuck to his post while his superiors slept More Than Mere Right. Singleton—*But even a married man has a right to his opinion.” Henpeck—' My dear fellow it isn't a question of right; it's a question of studying something,” f “I've taken up the higher mathe- matics.” “Where?” “In the household counts.” expense ac- —Washington Star. The Secret Elopement. He—We had best elope about 2 in the morning. I will bring my motor to the next corner and— She—Oh, couldn’t you make it a little earlier, dear? Pa and Ma ao so want to see us off and I don’t like to keep them up so late. Lost on a Kansag Prairie, (Atchison Globe). The new engineer on the Rock Island’s Edgerton line stopped his train In front of a farmhouse the other day, and asked the farmer if the train was on the right way to DeKalb. On account of the high weeds the engineer could not see the track. On the Other Hand. (Indianapolis News). Those women who refuse to obey laws made by men should reflect on what would happen if the reverse were attempted. If men refused to obey laws made by women, how many happy households would be broken up! Japanese English. p A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune reports having run across the sign in Tokyo: “T. Cockeye, Tailor, Respectable Ladies Has Fits upstairs.” A Live Book Wanted. (London Times). “I want a nice book for an invalid— a wounded soldier.” ‘“‘Something religious?” “No; he's convalescent. _— SAWYERR APPROACHES PAR. Chicago Golfer Goes Around Brae Burn Course in 81. Boston, Mars., Oct. 27.—Ned Sawyer vesterday went around the Brae Burn BOlf course in 81, one stroke worse than par, which augurs well for the success of the Chicago representa- tives today in the match botween Saw- yer and Charles Bvans, Jr., repre- senting Chicago against Francis Oui- met and Jesse Guilford. Sawyer played with Webb, the club professional, who had a card of 76, a figure which Ouimet has attained at other times. In view of the fact that it was Bawyor's first time on the course, his showing was a surprise. Ho did three holes a stroke under par. Oulmet left Camp Devens, at.Ayer, vesterday to limber up on a nearby course. Guilford has been practicing all week. THAYER OLUB WINS. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 27.—The Thayer club defeated the Eliot club for the eight-oared championship of Harvard vesterday afternoon over a mile course an tho Charles river. Tha winners took the lead almast from the start and finished a boat length to the good. Harvard's annual fall re= courage.”—Boston Transcript. gatta will be held Friday, Beware of Closed Mind. i B

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