Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1909, Page 4

Norwioh, Friday, Feb. 26, 1909. WHERE THE SQUARE DEAL IS NEEDED. It is being averred for a fact that the “square deal” bhas never reached | the postoffice department at Wash- ington, yet, and this seems to be the of men in the postal service 4 cltjzens out of it. L s o ly demanded s more wniform rates and less red tape and better business methods in ever thing, and. the hope is not beilng con- cealed that when Secretary Hitchcock comes to the head of the department that there will be more snap and less In Massachusetts, the discussion of this matter by the prees is quite gen- and one paper say! March we shall have a hnew w“ general. ‘We suppose have all been good men, but none af them have shown courage enough out the red tape of the department or fo scrape of the barnacles that Bave been accumulating for ve reached the postoffice department.” The Salem News, commenting up- ‘on_the above, say! “It must be sald, in all candor, that Postmaster General Myer, during his Brief gervice, has done his part, not * only In scraping off the barnacles, but also in calling the attention of con- gress to reforms that are only through the co-operation of that body. 1If his suec h continue the good work he has s insugurated it wor't be long before well-based criticlsm of a mumber of features will lead to remedial changes of advantage doth to the people and to.the depart- ment.” The postoffice department cannot be brought to the mark at once because | but | with iive men to the front there is| “square deal” | #t is under congressional control, reason to hMope that the will goon reach the department, s improving all the time. It HE CERTAINLY SHOULD BE. ‘The question s being gaked If Rear | Admiral Sperry, commander of the round-the-world fleet should be made | & viee admiral He 18 an able and brave son of Con- mectiout and everybody in the state Delfeves that Admiral Sperry should e thus honored for the great task he | has performed to the honor of his | eountry, Rear Admiral Bvans, who was wor- thy to occupy such a high place, showg & generous spirit when he says without fear of contradiction that Rear Admiral Sperry should be made a vice admiral! ! The press of Conmnecticut should stand solld for the advancement of Reer Admiral Sperry to a vice admir- Many outiide papers see the justice ®f guch an advancement of the man Wwho exhibited to all nations this coun- try's fleet af model battieships. The Philadeiphia Evening Tlmes, | recognizing the justice of it, says: “Our navy has long been singularly Officered. Before the battle of Man had no admiral. After that victory imodore Dewey was made admiral, thus placing an immeasurable official distance between him and the nearest | Moreover, the offige 0 | & rear admiral, specially created for Admiral Dewey is & life office. “Rear Admiral Sperry has met and | fulfilled the requirements of a great and onerous task sound, creditable and satisfactory that some requital or acknowledgment is his proper meed. Bvane, talking from his retirement, suys he hopes Sperry will be made a vice admirdl. Evans knows and {s un- selfsh, His wish is ours” AGITATION FOR FREE LUMBER. There is a loud demand for the abo- lition of the tariff on lumber and there is & firm bellef that it will tend to * help quicken bullding In all parte of the country as well 85 will the cut in prices of steel. Not only the farmers, but all enter- prising citizens, are protesting against ent conditions, One of the agitators of this subject, himself a farmer, says: wrongly, the farmers belleve that what amounts to e lumber trust practically controls the price of lumber all over the country, They know" that the price of lumber has increased any- where from 75 to 200 per cent. in the ten or fifteen years; they also know from the publications of the depart- ment of agriculture that our forests are nearly exhausted, and they can- not understand how congress can for & moment permit any portion of the tariff on jumber, whether rough or fin- ished, to remain at a time when our forests are dwindling and the price of ! lumber is endlessly ascending. The way the farmer figures it out, he is taxed 10 per cent. on every post he 0 per cent. on every box shook, $2 thousand feet on every rough ®oard and from $2.50 to $3.50 & thou- #and on the finlshed lumber he may Téquire, all for the purpose of creat- dng a tarift wall which makes his Jumber higher, enormously increases the value of the standing timber held * by speculators, and encourages the desrtuction of the remalning forests, - which eventually can only be regard- ‘®d as a nationa) disaster. £ “The farmer knows full well that if ke could not raise cercals and provis- 808 enough to feed the country the consuming milllons would knock the fariff off these commoditles in a flash. " He knows very well that the present . timber crop, which is practically the Lonly crop that can be ralsed, is nearly “exhausted, comparatively ' speaking, " @nd he cannot understand any process ot reasoning which undertakes to de. fend the tariff on these commoditie: . The policy of this country is not to | emrich the few but to benefit the many w it does appear as If this claim \= %or free lumber would be a blessing to k who have capital to invest in ling and the 1dle workers who are for better times, March need not get ln!o February. it does February may linger in the of March, the flest cams home it had mot full bill and had no explanations X The ‘square deal’ somehow has never | possible | in a manner so| Rear Admiral | the maintenance of a tariff under pres- | “Rightly or |* THE PRODUCTION OF GOLD. The demonetization of silver has %ot worked the havét which was pre- dieted, nor has results shown an in- sufficlency of gold. The output of gold last year exceeded four hundred mil- lions and broke all previous records. It was four times the amount of the gold mined in 1887. & Since 1853 the world's stock of gold !in banks, government treasuries, etc., nearly doubled, and the wholel stock of gold including what has gone into the arts has more than doubled. January 1, 1894, these stocks in banks and treasuries totaled $1,915,058,000. The world's product since then has beeh $4,113,573,348, The visible stock is now $3,985,600,000, the amount esti- mated to have gone into the arts $1,101,947,570, lpaving $941,182,778 to be accounted fr as in the pockets of peoples, priva the orfent or used in the arts beyond the estirates of the mint. The countries that have ylelded the greater part of this increase are South Afries, United States, Including Alas- ka, Austrhlia, and Russia. Australia ‘alone of these 18 yielding less than five years ago. But Canads, whose output chiefly from her sid e Klondike reached 1,350,197 ounces in dropped to 464,400 ounces last vear. But on the American side of the Alaskan line the production has grown from 1,038,377 ounces in 1906 and 894,424 in 1907 to 1,117,528 last year, nearly as much as Russla’s and about one-third of that of all Aus- tralfa. Colorado last year yielded 1,108,522 ounces, making with Alaska almost half of the total American wro- duction, South Africa’s ontput, how- ever, s 40 per cent. of that of the whole world. ‘YHE PRESIDENT KEEPS DOING THINGS. | The opponents of Prestdent Roose | velt howl at every popular movement | he makes, The fact that he orflered | the Indian's head off the American | cent and decreed that in its place should be the profile of Lincoln, has stirred up the animals almost as much as did the order that “In God We Trust” should be removed from the coins because it was & misfit. There is no doubt but the Amerlcan people | would like to see Lincoln's profile per- manently upon the pennies, and-that y care a rap about the Indian's head is a false pretence. The president’s order that the name of Jefferson Davis be restored to the tablet on the Cabin John bridge, just above Washington, will settle a pain- ful matter. It was erased in 1862 by | Secretary of the Interior Caleb Smith, because of the feeling against Jeffer- Davis as president of the confed- eracy. FHis name was honored there because of hig active relation as sec- retary of war to the enterprise, Its removal is one of the magnified griev- ances which political leaders in the south have harped upon for forty-six vears, and it is ordered back to do ing between the north and south. It is a just thing to do, for its removal purpase than to show things & revengeful EDITORIAL NOTES. closed they say that all thirsts fully provided for. | The New York family that made | #ts cook a present of $500 showed proper appreciation of good service. | Happy thought for today: The dimple in a maid's cheek does not | always make a dent in a lad's heart. go wild to see moving pleture | and now it is said ome has 1d from having seen so many. del'ars n years fir its coffee, tea and We are great soit drink eon- bd ew England s now on the safe e of a water famine. There were ities on the verge at one The pessimistic gentlemen who nev- er expected to see the in are disappointed—they | , “I told you so!” “eity datum”; but so many have no datum that city streets | are too often without grades. Massachusetts has no less than fif- Sunday bills before its .leglsla- ture. Sunday is made more of an is- ue than there is any necessity for. An English critic does not regard nstruction of the Panama canal ness” but the Japs undoubt- see that there is business in it. 1f Oregon showld bulld & railread upon its own hook, it would be the first state to start in as a bullder. It is customary for states to buy out old road | edl: Ol4 Boreas was on a tear on Thurs- | @ay, and dld considerable damage to signs and blinds and windows. He defy the Norwich police with impunity. The warship without funnels has been brought out by Great Britain in the Indefatigable. Internal combus- | tlon engir and the gases, A fleet of first class battleships costs as much as the Panama canal, and such a fleet, to be kept in trim, has to be bullt every 15 years., That's the way the money goe: Befors congress appropriates $135,- The Tndlan commissioners say that there are 300,000 Indfans in the coun- try, and that they are Increasing. Give them a gnod public school edu- catlon and make citiznas of them. Emperor’s Food Regulated by Law. Although the majority of the royal personages are noted for thelr lavish dinner tables, there is at least ome reigning monarch whose meals are of the simplest. This monarch is the em- peror of Chine. Hia whole life is lived in obedience to the most stringent eti- quette and his food is all regulated for him by statute. So strict arejthe laws governing the imperial household that when he desires a new dish he has to pass a special decree before he can have it, and the eourt physicians keep a strict watch over his appetite. Should he show a special liking for any par- tlenlar viand the chances are that they will persuade him not to take it, under the pretense that it may prove injuri- ous to his health—Dundee Advertiser. Cholly—Doctor, 1 want - something for.my head. Dr. Gruffly—My dear 75 iow, T wouldn't take it for & gift.—Uni- versallst Leader. | justice and to promote a better feel- | s take care of the smoke | 000 r the proper interment of Paul Jones' remains, it would do wel] tol reimburse General Porter for the | $35,000 he spent on them. | hoards, absorbed in [inhuman treatment On the days when the saloons are | i, @re | the crew. | fleet come | fotlowed. mss tamads Hssm by the not so much in ndtives as'for the America that m‘m was made. Tn- cited by what was ullefl a ull land received the encouragement of such typical southerners as Randolph of Roanoke and Henry” Clay, and a soclety organized in 1816, This movye: ment was greatly strengthened by the abolishment of the slave trade in 1820 by ‘which negroes smuggled into the country were subjected to the most A small sum of money granted by the United States government, upon the recommendation of President Monroe, in behalf of these unfortunates, enabled the colonization | society to gain & foothold upon the western cdlst of Africa, and send out a cargo of these captives in what has been called the “Mayflower of Liberta. But, from- the treachery and opposi tion of natives and-glave traders, and the unhealthfulnesgs of the climate they met far greater difficulties than those encountered by our Plymouth Pil- grims, ptist ‘and Methodist socie- ties came to their ald, establishing small missiofs in 1821, It is impossi- bie to conceive conditlors of greater trial and difficulty than existed for several years. It was only throughthe heroic efforts of Jehudi Ashman and his assoclates that the colonists rain- tained existence. - But in 1828 affairs had so improved that the Baptist un- ion could institate a forward move- ment and selected fo» its agent a res- ident of Windham county, Ashford, a recent graduate of Hamilton Theglog- ical seminary—Benjamin Rush ner. He was the son of Dr. Ezekiel Skin- ier, physician, minister and states- man, who removed from Stafford te | Ashford in 1520, and was installed pas- tor of its First Baptist church. - His son, Benjamin, born in 1803, was con- ed at the age of fitteen. His dia. ries dicate the type of piety so prev alent jn that generation, deep inward reachings and sense of responsibility for the conversion of others. He unit- potent in distant lands. Dr. Skinner at once resigned judgment gave the disheartened colonists. (He proved dmphat!cs.lly the rignt man in the right ealing, preaching, administrat- | fiag hws as temporary governor, allay- ing local animostities and feuds, and merits a high place among the band Of mohle men who have heiped evoive a prosperous and from such and antagonistic elements. Dr. Skinner gave the remaining years of active life to this hel three times eronin‘ the Atlantic Died at his son’s, Long Island, od with the Baptist church and while teaching school engaged In evangel- istic labor. Among his puplls and converts was Miss Anne Elisa Read, whose ‘wealth of fair hair led to this missionary review. The lady was deeply inferested in mission work and ready to share It with him. While pursuing his studles at Hamilton Mr. Skinner had prepared to join the Bur- mese mission, but the ur’ent appeal from the unfon in ‘behalf of the strug- gling colony at Liberia decided his reer. Two years after graduation were “spent in presenting the claims of this cause in many states and pul- pits. During this interval he married Miss Read, maintaini a_home In Ashford. August 3, 1830, Mr. Skin- ner, with wife and daughter, left their home and sailed for Norfoik, Va., to make specific preparation for mission work. Early in October he was for- mally set apart and consecrated to miesionary service in Liberia in the famous African Bantist Richmond, under the auspice: Baptist missionary society of colond People, formed in that city (n 1815. In- teresting farewell meetings were held in other churches before their depart- ;xlre from Norfolk in the ship Caro- na. The fifty days’ passage was describ- as “pleasant but lonesome.” “Na ristians on board, held service with Arriving at Monrovia De- cember 7, they found small cheer and comfort, ' The pastor of the Bantist church had been killed; the school on Mount Hope suspended. About 150 | colonists and released slaves had been | gathered into church fellowship scat- tered through four or five malarious and barely civiliZed settlements. The | deadly climate claimed the new vic. tims, " Fever soon set in. he sacri- | fice of Mrs. Skinner's. beautiful hair, cut off before Jeaving home, lest from its length she could not care for it properly on shipboard, typificd but too closely the fate of the whole family. Only twice the young missionary was able to preach, once with the Baptists, once with the Methodis “held & bush-meeting at Caldwell's,” and his ork was ended, Young romanc years of faithful preparation, whole- ted consecration—all swallowed up in that fateful Africa that has en- ed so ny noble lives. ¥ The hm% ghiter, Anna Blizabeth, died of fever Jan. §,'1821, and a week later Mrs. Skinner ' with infant son Mr. Skinner, overwhelmed with grief ‘and with fever, took passage homeward, and dled upon the voyage. A neat stome in Monrovia marks the resting place of mother and children; huband and father sleeps in the wide Atfantie Again we ask the old time query: “To what purpose was this waste? And again the answer comes in its I citement of abundant fruitage. This blotting out of a devoted family, this disastrous result of faithful effort, awakened universal 'y and meurning, and especially in h‘f ola home. Memorial services held in the following spring with the First plist church of Ashferd were fittingl! ported deeply affecting.” Not éven on that memorable August day, thirty years later, when high officiais In state and military service, governors, generals and many thousands of men and ‘wom- d "nflsulury solemn lnd in_Greenport, in 1857, in his 79th year. FLLEN D. Thompson, Feb. 19, 1909. WHAT THE PAPERS SAY. A Case of Nervousness. An Fnglish woman who has been dcing some semi-sensational dancing and much exasperating self-adverus- ing is quoted as aocusing American women of prudishness and mock mod- esty' because they tolerate Salome and object to her (the English wom- an’s) bare feet. She quotes one %‘z\ "Naphtha Soaps Are * Not “All Alike” They resemble one another in only one respect—they contain naphtha. But nlphthfl is not the “whole thing”, even in naph- tha soaps. The quality of the soap with wluch the naph- tha is combined is just as im- portant—more so, in fact, be- cause it is soap, not naphtha, that CLEANS. Naphtha loosens the dirt. Soap cleans. Now, the naphtha in P. & G. Naphtha Soap is identical with that used in other naphtha soaps. But the soap is not the same. It is better. It is harder. It lasts longer. It does more work. It does better work—does it easier, QUICKER. ' P. & G. Naphthn Soap is white—because of the cocoa- nut oil init. Other naphtha sozps are_yellow—too much rosin in them.- “The color tells the story”. P. & G. Naphtha Soap 5 cents a cake. B BIG INVESTMENTS Overcoats, Suits, Furnishings and Hats W inter Stocks must go. WINTER GARMENT in ou 33 We have reduced every ntpn, without restriction, 50% Reliable wearing apparel never was or never again will be offered at our present prices BUY NOW WAUREGAN HOUSE BLOCK, ; X Norwich, Conn. Main Street, independent - state ' ul service, | Poll Tax. ark. bet: ous taste, but erbury Amer- Amwlwn- to pay his poll tax the fuses ot voting utm upon the whe A reasonable proposition. The lm'n of is not a large ome but the persons W] D | tate renders _collect those who have no Mi'p!e involved is very important. The lnjuuco of collecting the tax from owenrship of real es- n_ easy, while taxable property e o be According to Consul D. R. Birch of Alexandria, the final authentic esti- mate fixes the slze of the tian cotton crop, mow bclnl marketed, at from 625,000,000 to 000,000 pounds. Annual Sale of Men’s Pants at $1.88 and $2.88 We have planned to make this the greatest event of its kind we have ever offered. Every oppor- tunity we saw to buy good paats at less than pars we bought them in anticipation of this event. : In addition to this we have taken all the remnants from our custom tailoring department and had them made into pants for this sale. The assortment comprises Pants of every descrip- tion. Fine worsteds, cassimeres and serges in neat stripes, dark mixtures and standard black and blue pants for dress and business wear. Pants $1.88 $2.50 and $3 values. Pants $2.88 $3.50, $4 and $5 values. The Manhatian 121-125 MAIN STREET. The Leading Stors in Eastern Connecticut Dvoted Exclusively to M:n's, Womsn's and Children’s Waaring Apparel. | HAYNES, SPARRELL & CO'S SHAWMUT to glve service. REMEMBER These High Grade Sample Shoes at cut prices will last till next week. We offer you a chance which you cannot get any where else at these prices. You are all invited to these Great Bargains BROCKTON SAMPLE SHOE STORE, 138 Main Street. And cost no more--the best stores can supply you This ‘‘Sussex '’ style SHAWMUT Rubber is made You want your children’s feet to be dry and warm, and also look neatly shod. This Rubber is a snug fitter, easy to put on and off, and extra quality and thickness. Also made in sizes for men and women. Particularly notice our SHAWMUT heel, constructed to give double the wear where iie wear comes—which means money in your pocket, Ask your dealer to supply you; if he cannot, write us his name and tell us what kind of rubbers you require: Haynes, Sparrell & Co., Boston, Mass, atthe BROADWAY TIIEATIIE & Co's, Friday, February 26th. SHEEDY’S VAUDEYLLE NOVING PIGTURES Charaeter orTo Monday, March 1st SAM 8 & LEE SHUBERT (INC.) MARY MANNERING STEP BY' STEP A wow play of New York life by Langdon Mitchsil. werenseinss $150, $1.00, 76¢, 60c, 360 and 2o Seats on sale at the Box Offive, Wauregan House and Bisket, Pltcher Cars to all points after the performance. * 3 shows Daily Week of CARL AND EMMA GATH, uging and Daicing Novelty. The Boy With the It MISS ‘World'a Remowned Comedy Acrobats and Champlon 22 215, 7, 845 February DAN MALEY n Dialeet. AE MAXFIELD, Cha: VIOLO AND BROTHER, Barrel Jumpers. ADMISSION Afternoons No Higher 10¢ & Roderick Thealre SILVA & BROWNELL, Lessees, HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURES AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS. The programme for Thursday, Fri- day and Saturday will bet “THE PASSION PLAY" o THE LIFE OF CHRIST. Mr, O'Nell will sing *“The Holy City." Continucus performance from 1 to 5and 7 to 10 p. m. ADMISSION 8 CENTS. 327 Main Street, opp, Post Office. feblsa GAIN SOMETHING by a course in Book- keeping, Shorthand and Touch Typawriting Norwich Commergial School Broadway Theatrs Bldg, 6. E. HODGE, Hack, Livery, Boarding and Feed STABLES Up-to-date Equipm:m and Guaranteed Satisfactory Service. 14 to 20 BATH STREET. (Formerly Chapman's.) Telephone 18 aprid Fourteen Positions HAVE BEEN FILLED by the Norwich Business College Since Jan. 1, 1909. This ought to tell the Young Man or Young Woman Where Te Go To Learn. Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting and I Office Practice. Write oall. NOTICE Dr. Louise Franklin iner will be in her offics 21 Main Street (Kenyon Biook), Wednesday, Offics hours, 1 to 4 p. m. feblsd A Fine Assertment ol .... MILLINERY at little prices. MRS. G. P. STANTON, octid 201 West Muin St Holiday bargains in s fine lin Dress uoaa. and Siik Remnants at rice. lal bargains in Cloakin aches W aa at 39 cents u yard, fome Remnant Store, T West lun strest. John Bloom, o e R i 00 IT NOW and don't walt untll the lu'. 0. Ladies’ and Children Holldnys. February 11!h EVERY MONDAY PICTURBS CAANGED AND THURSDAY. BREED'S THEATRE Cooper & MoNulty, Lessees. Devoted to First-class Moving Pictures and Iliustrated Songs. Days in Old Virginia, war he Troubled Artist, somedy A Redhot Remedy, comedy; The Cast- away, dramatic; The Heroine of the Forge, dramatic; Around Brussells in Ten Minutes, scenlc; The Persevering Insurance Agent, comedy. Doors open at 2 and 7. 'Performance at 2.30 and 7.30, Special attention to Ladies and Children. Matinees, Ladies and Children, Sci Evenings, 10c. BREED HALL, Washington Square. CADILLAC HALL 3 Market St, opp. Sheedy's Theatra, DANCING PARTIES Every Wednesday and Saturday Evenings. | New class now opened for pupils. Ar- | rangements made by phone 422-3, or J. J. KENNEDY, 117 Main St. janisa JAMES F. DREW Piano Tuning and Repairing Best Viork 'an 4223 piz3a Maher’s School For Dancing, T. A. AND P. HALL, 62 Broadway, N Norwich, Conn, Dancing every Friday and Saturday evenings. Bakers orchestra. | “"Private. lossons 1n_ Waita | Bte,, at any hour. Clastss now of Telephone 471 oct10d | EXPERT TUNING . | wor d...“ o { A. W. JARVIS, | saves and Ne. 15 Clatremont Avey Norwich, Conn. wraduate Niles Tunt Drop s bstal and File dec18d P F. C. GEER TUNER * 122 Prospect B4, . Tel, 880-6. Norwish, O\ ' A W BURNHAM, ++4+ Eyo Specialist Twenty-five years experience in fit« ting Glassos to the Most Dificult Byes, permanentiy located at 257 Main 8k, Norwich, Ct. Satisfaction guarantesd. sangea Office hours. £ to § o m. AMERICAN HOUSE, Farrell & Sanderson, Props. | SPECIAL RATES to Theatrs Troupes Traveling Men, eto. Livery eom SHETUCKET STREDT, | meptse This Ad. and the recommendation of those that used It sold ten groes of our Syrup | ot WHITE PINE AND TAR last year. Made and sold by the H. M. LEROV CO. 276 West Main. ‘Phone 417-13 John & Geo. H. Bliss JEWELERS Waiches ' Diamonds Cut Glass Clochs Fine Watch Repairing 126 Main Street, Siluerwan and e .~