New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1917, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TflURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917. g New Britain Herald. HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. *5 Proprietors. daily (Sunday excepted) at 4 st Herald Bullding, 67 Church 6 p. m., 8t. Eatered ap the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mall Matter. Delivered by carrier to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents & month. ubsaription for paper to be sent by mail, payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 & year. Ehe only profitable advertising medium in the oity. Circulation books and press room always open to advertlsers. The Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broac way, New York City; Board Walk, At- lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS omce . Rooms Business Baitorial Member of the Assoclated Press. The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news ocredited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hereln. EE—————— Americans! * Our answer to the great appeal, Americans, Americans, Bhall prove if we are clay or steel, Amerioans, Americans. . Strike manfully for liberty, Stresch helping hands across the ¥ sea, " And keep vour own hearts clean and free, Americans, Americans! ! —AMELIA J. BURR. WEST VIRGINIA'S DEMAND. Governor . Samuel W. McCall, f Massachusetts, oversteps the jbounds of practice between the sov- states of the Union when he uses to allow a fugitive negro ac- sed of crime In West Virginia to carried back to that state. The unwritten intent and purpose of the assachusetts Governor Is evidently to prevent a lynching; but the people West Virginia have expressed no desire for such an affair. In fact, helr Governor has emphatically stat- ed that such an occurrence would not ke' place in the event the accused returned and presented for trial. [Further, the West Virginia Governor oes on to say in his letter to Gov- or McCall that unless this alleged riminal ls returned the old Bay! Btate will have troubles of its own on some future date when requisition papers are demanded. In the first place, it i8 wrong to assume, even on e part of a Governor, that justice will not be meted out in West Vir- ginia. We have vet falled to hear so auch of iawlessness there as to war- rant thig stand. In the second place, e Constitution of the United States uarantees to each individual state the jfull faith and credit of all other states in matters of public acts, records and Pudicial proceedings. Either Gov- rnor McCall has falled to heed the provision of the Constitution, or he fhas been too busy with war work to Ipay speclal attention to the demands of a soverelgn state. And West Vir- ginia is still a sovereign state, unless [we are mistaken. OAMOUFLAGE AND POTATOES. Certain members of the Common' [Council, barred by their constituents, Insist upon terming the Municipal Bardens in general, and the potato erop In particular, a failure. Mayor Quigley, as foster-father of these particuiar gardens, and step-father of e potato trop, Is equally insistent that the word failure ¥ not in the lexicon as known hereabouts. Last night the Common Council un- dertook to decide this momentous question. It was a battle of the gods which finally ended in the cus- tomary manner. The public today, so tar as any intelligence the Common Council shed upon the matter, knows &5 much about the question as ever did. After almost three hours’ continuous wrangling, during which several resolutions were introduced, the purpose being to fix a new price tor potatoes, the controversy cnded in a draw. Alderman O. ¥. Curtis, leader of the opposition, retreated, af. ter the Mayor, figuratively, had wrap- ped himself in an American flag and delivered a panegyric on patriotism. 'So the situation stands,—at a halt. The | march of progress will probably be resumed when Mr. Curtis reloads his rifie and makes bhold attack the first line of trenches. Without branding the Municipal Farm, and the attendant potato crop as success or failure, either one of to Which it must be, the subjoined re- | view of facts to set the public right:— When the Municipal Farm was pro- jected, potatoes were selling at tortionate prices, due partially to short crop but speculative hoarding, now happily eliminated. No one knew what the range of prices was likely to be this Winter, and the may serve ex- more to it | al inipose upon the public was deserved- ly well received. The Municipal potatoes were plant- ed, well cultivated, and cared for by Chairman H. §. Tallard, and by com- parison with results obtained by growers in this vicinity, returned a fair yie]d, though below anticipations. | In the country at large there is ap- parently a big crop, but subject to curtallment because of car shortage ! and the effect of frost. potatoes are obtainable prices in New England; but some of these potatoes, offered at attractive figures, cannot be guaranteed to keep well through the Winter. The Mu- | nicipal crop and the New York po-' tatoes purchased by the city are of good quality. Finally, the basic point of the whole | question is: Will there be plenty or | scarcity of potatoes later on in lhei season, say in February or March? It will be recalled that potatoes sold at the biggest prices during this same period the past year. No one oven ' assisted by the combined intelligence of the Common Council, as was point- ed out by Mr. Landers, who is one of Herbert Hoover's representatives in Connecticut, can definitely determine | this issue. Just now | at moderate ; Could this one point be | settled tifere would be no local po- | tato question. J The long debate offered many op- ' portunities to present all sorts of in- | formation on the subject. Scemingly, ! the Council preferred to leave the situation the hands of the farm committee to decide whether or not a cut In price municipal cost should be made, and when. Alder- ! man Curtis wisely followed the trend ' ct opinion and saved the probable defeat of his resolution by withdraw- ing it. Except some bungling parliamentary practice in which the president pro tem, Alderman M. Ir-: ving Jester, whose term expires on | the third Wednesday of Avpril 1918, | excelled, the large audience enjoyed a rather entertaining debate, which was free from any disagreeable per- sonalities. Notably among those present was a goodly gathering of ' school boys, evidently students of whose teacher had inadver- led them into the wrong forum. in i below for civies, tently | T I PROMISE OF MORE COAL. | Happily, Massachusetts is not very far from Connecticut. This for the reason that conditions which affect Massachusetts generally may be found | prevalent and when g00d news comes to the old Bay State such news should be welcomed in the home of the Nutmeg. The coal prob-; lem of Massachusetts is akin to the! coal problem here. We are all in| the great family of New England States, and, in this respect, what af- fects one has more or less to do with | the other. For New England so far' as its coal problem is concerned is treated as a whole, just as'the states of the great Northwest must be looked . after before those in this' vicinity. Coal has to be,shipped to the North west the great covered with ice. This under what known to the trade as priority rule. Since mid-Summer the people | of the Northwest have been gotting, in their supply of black diamonds. ! Yesterday the priorhty ; pended. From now on New England | will be taken care of by the coal! producers, their interest stimulated by the Federal Government. ! Up to the present writing the an- | thracite coal situation New Eng-| land has not been as bright it might have been. This owing to the| delay caused us by shipments of | coal to the great Northwest. Now | that the priority rule has gone by the board we of New England are to come into our own. We will take the word | of the New Engiand Fuel Adminis- ' trator, James J. Storrow, ! a visit to Washington e he con- | ferred with Federal Administra- tion, vesterday gave out a statement ' which utterly contradicts those voci- | ferous lamentations of our local coal dealers, who set up a cry of famine:- | in Connecticut, before lakes are s the rule was sus- in as who, after | wh the fsnys Mr. Storrow:- H “For the first time I’am able to ! ofter decided cncouragement in re- gard to the anthraclic situation, which hitherto has not been any too bright. ! As regards the bituminous situation | I am not in a position to give so! much encouragement as to the out- look, but the placing of Benjamin S. Hinckley in the fuel administra- tion at Washington, with the special purpose of looking out for New Eng- | | land’s bituminous needs means that e of dire emergency coal will be | procured for industries that need it. | “Since mid-Summer the Northwes has been receiving coal through a pi | ority order, as it was neces v to move coal to this section before lce tied up the transportation on .the Gr Lakes. To this priority rule expires and a great proportion of cars used for transportation in solv- ing the Northwest's difficulties will be available now in New England. “This fact, together with the at- tention Kucl Administrator Garfield and his department heads are giving to our special New England problems, and with Mr. Hinckley on the spot to look out for us means that every emergency question will receive prompt attention. It will be neces- | sary, however, for every householder, industrial organization. or those own- f plan to raise enough potatoes to hold in reserve against attempts to ing or operating big buildings, to ercise Tigid economy in the handling of their fuel. Ashes must be sifted, | With i must not be overlooked. Stoves and boilers carefully examined to see that heat does not escape up the chimneys; electric advertising must he cut down as specified by the national fuel administrator, and, in fact, every reasonable l:com)my used to conserve the fuel supply of this section which is so far away from the sources of the coal supply and de- pendent upon an already congested transportation gystem.’” It is news that is import to all ; New England. the exercise of reasonable economy there will be enough coal to g0 around throughout the entire New England region. And this despite the gloom that our local coal dealers would throw over the heads of the people. The placing of a New Eng- land man in Washington with the ex- press purpose of looking out for this section of the country will help to keep coal moving in this direction. The release of cars which up to -this time have been carrying coal from the mines to the barders of the Great Lakes is another factor that There will be ‘oal. The idea 1is to save as much as possible, of course, and this can be done by following the sug- gestions laid dewn by the Fuel Ad- ministrator of New England. He of great i tells us not to fill our bins full, but to exercise care by buying in limited quantitics. Buy coal only as it needed. Rigid economy must be practiced by each and every family in the handling of this precious fuel. Ashes must be sifted. Heat should be prevented from escaping through the chimney. Stoves and bollers is i should be carefully examined to see that they are in proper condition and that there is no lost energy. With all these things adhered to we can wave aslde the laments of some coal dealers and settle doawn to a more peaceful state of mind. FACTS AND FANCIES. Dr. Garfleld’s electric conservation plans fit in well with the aims of Broadway visitors, whose chief con- cern it is to keep things dark.—Bos- ton Transcript. . There are signs in the air that a =Zood many motorists should make up their minds to be content for another year with their 1917 models.—Hart- ford Times. Why not make LaFollette a briga- dier general and assign him to a lum- ber camp? Under military discipline he would be wholly harmless.— Brooklyn Eagle. The young man who complains be- cause he only had three helpings of chicken ple at the Poquonoc church supper should arlse and explain what in thunder he expects for 40 cents!— New London Day. 2 If the botfom dropped out of the ocean perhaps Germany might have a chance of winning the war.—Win- sted Citizen. When Russia was ready to fight, the rest of the allies were not; and when the rest of the allies were ready, Russia was not.—Paterson Press- Guardian, No sooner has Germany sworn off on sinking hospital ships than it takes to the systematic hombing of hospi- tals on land. Where Is the galn?— Springfield Republican. 7 The German fleet may not be very active, but that is not the fault of the war correspondents, who certainly move it around often enough.— Springfield Daily News. After all, there Is nothing in =2 strange land like a newspaper from home. Fven a letter in many respects 1s nothing in comparison with it. Tt carries, you back to the spot better than dnvthing clse.—Richard Hard- ing Davis in “Two Years Before the Mast. A sextet of professors from Bos- ! ton Tech have been investizating the trolley question in Massachusetts. They sct down the six-cent fare as a failure “because It makes people wal They say that the fived fare is “a relic of the old horse-car days” and should he superseded by the zone cstem in cities as well as over sub- urban lines:—New Haven Register. KULTUR. Destroy! | Ye lost the fight. { But might is might. And as ye give ground to the foe So make that ground that ne'er shall grow it flower, wheat, nor grapeé, shade, I command ve: nor fruit nor blade nor kindly Upon Nor Destroy! Destroy! The woman's moans The maimed child’s groans Shall ring adown the halls of time. Victory theirs, but vengeance mine. Crush, crush, crush, from Honor hide. Slaughter and slay about ye wide. I command ye: Destroy! Destroy! The cause is lost But holocaust Shall be the France Who dared to hinder my advance To make fair Albion my slave Slash round about ye. Nothing save. 1 command ye: Destroy! fate of corpse-strewn Destroy! And for a mate Take Lust or Hate. The earth shall shriek in horror while Ye outrage God and man, and smile. Revenge, revenge, revenge, my lot. Destruction i my juggernaut, { command ye: Destroy! A. E. M COMMUNICATED OUR NATIONAL RESOURCES. Undeveloped Water Horse-Power Here Sufiiclent to Turn Every Indus- trial Wheel in the Nation. To the Editor of the Herald: The great war in which our nation is engaged will be won not alone by food and men, but by mechanical power as well. Without mechanical power we could not make or move the weapons with which we fight—guns, ammunition, ships, and supplies. Our national resources of power, whether from coal, oll, or water power, are na- tional war necessities. We need them to win the war. In this gigantic struggle our secur- ity requires us to use all these great resources, and to use them wisely and well. The people of the United States own some 50,000,000 undeveloped wa- ter horsepower, or about enough to run every train, trolley, factory, mill, mine and electrical power plant we have. For 10 years the friends of conser- vation have urged the development of public water powers in the public in- terest. But development has been held back by a little group of water pow- er magnates and their friends in con- gress who have blocked all legislation which would not give them these val- uable properties forever and for noth- ing. Today, when the nation needs all its resources, the same men who have been blocking reasonable water pow- er legislation own and are holding millions of water horsepower unde- veloped and out of use while clamor- ing for more. The time has come when such ob- struction threatens the nation’s safe- ty and success. We need the develop- ment of these powers iu war even more than in peace. At the coming session of congress sound water pow- er legislation should be enacted as a | war measure, based upon principles fair to all ideas. These principles I be- lieve to be briefly as follows: (1) The thing to do with water power is to develop it. Whatever re- tards or restricts the development of public water powers on terms fair to the public is against public policy and hostile to the general wellare. (2) Water power belongs to the people. The rites where it is pro- duced shofild always be held in pub- lic hands, for only so can effective control in the general interest be se- cured. (3) Where public development is not desired, the right to use water- power sites should be leased for pe- riods long enough to permit sound, attractive, and profitable investment, but never longer than 50 years. At the end of each lease all rights should return to the people who gave them. (4) In order to protect the con- sumer against extortion, rates and service should be regulated by fed- eral authority when state or local authorities fail to do so. (5) Reasonably prompt and com- plete development and continuous operation, subject to market condi- tions, should be required. Already millions of ‘water horsepower are held out of use to further monopoly by private corporations. (8) Corporations or individuals who make money out of rights granted by the people should share their profits with the people. (7) The public has a right to com- plete information about every busi- ness based on the use of public prop- erty. These are the principles for which the friends of conservation have been contending. Many water power men believe them to be fair and sound. They will, I hope, commend them- selves to you as wise and reasonable. I am writing to ask your support for fmmediate legislation, based upon them, when congress meets. This is no time to give away pub- lic assets necessary for the welfare of our people both in the war and after the war; and we should no long- er tolerate the selflshness of private interests which take the dog-in-the- manger position that they must have these water powers on their own terms, or no one shall use them at all. As the president has said: “The su- preme test of the nation has come. We must all speak, act, and serve to- gether.” Sincerely yvours, GLFFORD PINCHOT. Miiford Pike Co., Pa,, Nov. 12, 1917. o MORE AROUT COAL. Severin Johuso: ik s Iferald to Task For Its Attitude, Editor of New Britain Herald: For the past three or four weecks the coal business and the coal dealers have been held up to contempt and ridicule by some newspapers. Editor- fal after editorlal has been written and new phrases has been invented to describe how bad and undesirable a citizen he is. The contention of the whole thing is that he is a thief and a robber and should be strung up at once. The writer will say that if the statements made were true the coal- man ought to be hung. However, in this land of ours where we are fighting for Liberty and De- mocracy the coal man should be given a chance to be heard from before the rope is adjusted. We have always trusted the people and belleve that most of them are fair and reasonable; when they know the facts they may render a different verdict. The Government. has fixed the price of Chestnut coal which is the principal coal sold in New Britain during the winter months as follows for white ash: Company coal at mines Company coal through jobbers . Indepemdent coal at mines 5. Independent coal from jobbers: 5.75 Since we cannot get Company coal from mines we have to dismiss the $4.80 price and since we get very lit- tle and some dealers, in fact most of them, get no Company coal even through jobbers, we have got to figure on the Independent coal from the job- ber. We have then a ton of coal . IFreight to New Britain . War tax .. .. .$4.80 5.00 $5.75 Total DOING HIS BIT i MERLE H. BENSON. Another of New Britain's sons who 1. dolng his bit is Merle H. Benson. He enlisted in the regular navy April 14, 1917, and immediately was taken into the service. Renson, who is 20 | years of age, is the son of Charles Penson of 159 Pleasant street. Let- ters to his friends in this city are to the effect that he likes the life of a sailor. Which reduced to net ton will be $7.80. To this will havé to be added cost of handling the coal which is ap- proximately as follows: Net ton F. 0. B. track 6 per cent. interest on invested in business Taxes £ Repairs Insurance Expenses Losses Supervision, collecting Unloading from cars to the bin Screening and bagging . Wear of bags . Net shrinkage from screening and loss in transportation. ... Garting e i money The cost of handling the coal may differ a trifle-with different dealers de- pending upon location of yard and equipment to handle the business. And we should be pleased to learn from the fuel committee what the average cost for New Britain is. They are the only ones in New Britain who can tell, hecause they got figures from all the dealers. We have proven to the New Britain Herald that our coal cost us $8.75 per ton. We have done more than that we have proven that we got coal in our yard that cost us $9.05 and we are in position to prove that we bought coal last summer and winter that cost us $9.90 which we sold at a loss. We are told that we should have shown the committee our figures but that we did not do that, and that some dealers were reluctant about submit- ting facts. Why not publish the name of the dealer who is guilty of such tactics? The writer is sure that he showed the committee anything they were asking for. In regard to the shortage of coal we are told by the editor of the New Britain Herald that there will be plen- ty of coal in New Britain. (And we > mighty glad to hear it). In other places of the state, ves, all over the United States, they mplain about the scarcity of coal but they probably have not got such good editors. The report from the coal hearing in Hartford, Tuesday night indicates that they are facing a coal shortage but let us hope that none in New Brit- ain will have to suffer from want of coal. Yours very truly, SEVERIN JOHNSON. a THdSE FOOD “BARONS.” To the Editor of the Herald: Will you kindly allow me space in vour valuable paper to vent my feel- ings towards the coal barons and food barons who are, these days, causing ihe poor consumer to suffer at their hands. Under the excecllent direc- tion of the Food and Fuel Administra- tors, who are using all their power to lower the prices on a'l commodities. and in fact to a considerable extent they have, there is still some hope held out for the man who has to dig deep to purchase any of these luxur- les. In this particular instance the food “baron” happens to be a local retail dealer. Recently while shopping in a Main street grocery store, I overheard remarks by a clerk which were any- thing but benefiting to the public. A woman wished to purchase a pound of the precious sweetening. When asked If she had signed the food pledge, she replied that she had, whereupon the clerk Informed her that no sugar would be forthcoming. That is not the case. That is a wrons interpretation of the food laws. We are asked by the food administration to economize, to use less sugar in our coffee, and in any other way try to be as saving with sugar as we can—but not to entirely go without it. The woman, no doubt, felt a wee bit humiliated at being told, in the pres- ence of others, how to economize—ac- cording to his ways—as she left the store immediately, another unfortun- ate victim of the man ‘‘who has.” A CONSUMER. Then She Smiled. (Kansas City Journal.) “Dear me,” she wailed, “I'm gel- ting a double chin!” Hubby tried to console her. “Your chin is so pretty,” sald he, “that you shouldn't kick because gratified Moth- er Nature is giving you another one.” Great Britain's Great Seal. Measuring six inches in diameter and made of silver, the great seal of Great Britain is kept in the custody of the lord high chancellor, and a | rew one is prepared for each reign, | Germany's Commercial Grip on the NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE Adventures of a Woman Hobo, by ) Urcollected Letters Now First Brought Ethel Lynn. “The adventures of a young woman oand her husband who rode from Chi- cugo to the Pacific coast on a tandem. They encounter all kinds of people, and find their journey worth while for the ‘deeper human sympathy' it has engendered.”—A. L. A. Booklist. CECEY Ali In It. K 1 Carries on, by Ian Hay. .. 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We have forwarded to our sorting station and to several camps 718 heoks and 635 pounds of periodicals | given by the people of New Britain, Everything sent was suitable and in good condition. The officer who re- | marked on receiving a set of “Prudy { books” that they were meant for the |infan-ry’ didn't get them from New | Britain. Victrola records are also very ac- ccptable. Look over your collectibn and send any that you are tired of through the library or the Y. M. C. A. LY I FACT S ABJUT THE AMERICAN NAyy BY LIEUT. FITZHUGH GREEN, U. 8. N. Her name was Mary, though it might have been Jane or Susan. She was asleep this early mokning; and her pigtail hung over the edge of her little white bed. The window cur- tain stirred by a breeze, which alsa made the frost-dried oak outside rustle queerly. Another sound was +lounder—the surf on the beach below. Great seas rolled in. But they were not great enough to roll a hugh grim man-of- war which steamed heavily into the gray horizon of the dawn. Indeed the sounds outside never penetrated the dim spaces of lower decks. To these decks half-naked men were swinging down from their hammocks. There were hundreds and hundreds of men. And they swung down llke so many white and hairless monkeys. One white monkey stood before a small round hole in the ship's side and looked shiveringly out. Mary, of course, slept on. A few men brought great copper pots of steaming coffee. Out of thick handleless mugs the sailors drank the coffee. They drank silently. Having finished, each rolled a clgar- ette. Except one who sald: “Say, Pogie, haw's it for a skag Th man addressed gave no sign he heard save that he passed tobacco and papers to him who had spoken. By this time Mary was waking up. Tt was still very early but she spoke away. “I wonder if they fit she said out loud to herself. She yawned, not a great jaw splitter, but a nice, little Mary-like sigh. Perhaps they didn't even reach him,” she added. At that moment—miles and miles and miles away—one of the sailors laid down his cigarette and put on a knitted sweater. It was gray and had no sleeves. It was very snug and warm. The sallor looked around. “Say Bo.” he inquired of one nearest him, “what do vou think of this? Some class, eh!” The answer when it finally came was “Well, who is the Jane?” The man with the sweater scratched his head. ‘Dunno,” said he: “cept that her name is Mary. Found it on a plece of paper inside.” Just then Mary dozed off again, But the sailors went on deck. They had to be almost driven on deck. For a cold penetrating wind swept out of the north and fcy spray leaped at them out of.the ocean and bit into thefr hands and faces. Only the gray- sweatered man séemed wlilling to work. He took a broom and swept cinders from the deck. Then he un- rolled a long canvas hose, attached a brass nozzle, and plaved water across the tarred seams and white scrubbed planking. Work was not strangely pale easy. Tight was and misty. Heavy clouds Tolled down over the place where the sun was coming. A hud- dled lookout strained his eves ahead. Suddenly he stiffened, He gripped his leg with on hand. Then he spun about. he “Periscope dead cried hoarsely. Rugles shrieked shouts and other Alarms clanged. brokenly. Human rasping sounds shredded up throvgh the hatches. Heavy pounding thumps ahead, Sir!" on deck were followed by steel tanks, A Knitted Sweater. 3 of powder and ponderous shell. A" terrific crash drowned the clamor then another crash: and finally twa or three together, each with long bright flame and heavy yellow foul- smelling smoke. After a little while the battle ceased abruptly. A heavy man in uniform strode across the bridge. ‘“Keep alf hands at battle stations,” he coma manded. A second officer saluted ** with a sharp “Aye, Aye, Sir,” and turned to carry out the order. An hour passed. Came anothey shout, another pandemonium, much flame and smoke. Then silence again Once more the nerve-racking per-f formance was repeated, the ship turning and twisting in her course like a hunted thing. 'Men beat their arms and stamped their feet, They were very cold waiting so long, Except the one in th knitted o sweater. He also had a knitted muf« fler, and some strangely fitting mit« tens on his wrists. He could stand still because they kept him warm, By a crank he swung his heavy gun. Without warning he seized a lever on it. The gun flung sidewise. For the fraction of a second the man stood taut. Then flame shot out, fol.t lowed instantly by a deafening ex plosion. Ship trembled with the concussion. ““Hit by God! . Other sailors leaped to thelr sta« tions, then cheered. The one wha had fired grinned. “Sweater, I guess," sald he. just as If he had not saved his' ship from destruction. “Basy for me, y'see; I'm warm.” Tt just happened that Mary vawne again. “Anyhow T'll never know." she said sleepily, and rolled over iu doze off once more. (It may be necessary for yéu know that women all over the }coun!:: are knitting for our Navy, Most of the time these gifts go unrewarded— even unthanked for (if there is suck an expression.) s Sifting Ashes. (Greenwich News Graphic.) “Serve your country by sifting your ashes,”” voclferously shouts a more or less highly esteemed contemporary. For the edification of the said cone« temporary. we rise to remark that we have completely worn out ouv ashes by the sifting process. First, we sifted them through an ordinary sifter; then through a corn-popper; rext through a nutmeg-grater, and lastly, through a cheese-cloth bag, If there’s e’er a patriot in these partg who has done his bit more thorough« lv, along the line o’ sifting, let him stand up and be counted. Quick Time. Ada—Men are slow! It took him nearly two hours to propose to ma last night. Floss—And how long did it take you to accept him, dear? Ada— Just two seconds. K If thou shouldst lay up even a littl upon a little and shouldst do thig often, soon would even this becomg great.—Hesiod.