Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 22, 1912, Page 4

]nru;ith &uliletin and Goufief. 116 YEARS OLD. g Y T TR Bupscription price, 120 a week; 50c a nonth; $6.00 a year, Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn,, as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office, 480, Bulletin Editorial Rooms, 35-3. Bulletin Job Office, 35-6. Willimantic Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. O ————————— S —————— Norwich, Friday, Nov. 22, 1912. THE CANAL OPENING. Colonel Goethals, the leader of the corps of engineers who has conducted the apparently successful operation of sephrating North from South America, placed the date for the opening of the Panama canal for January 1, 1915. How well the difficulties involved have been surmounted is indicated by the fact that the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific will be joined during the coming year, so that it will be possible to send a ship from ocean to ocean, This will be fully a year ahead of time and after nine years’ work on a stu- pendous undertaking. The canal building has developed many big engineering problems throughout the entire period, the lo- cajity, in addition to the regular con- struction, damming and excavation, re quiring the developing of a sanitation system, and special working conditions and machinery for the accomplishing of the unusual tasks required much experimentation. The progress shows the degree of success which has been attained. Now the announcement that the opening of this world-wide improvement is to be accomplished, not at the time set, but at least a year and possibly fifteen months ahead of schedule, adds to the glorious achieve ment of the country and its engineers —a fact which the country has a right to be proud of. It will be a triumphal end to a great accomplishment which will find an important place in the history of the world, ranking among the leading forces in the revolutionizing of commerce, Its effect npon not only this country but on South and Central America is bound to be of the great- est benefit. We can imagine, but it will teke time to show, just what the full measure of it will be, THE SPUG CRUSADE. What effect the new society which Mrs. Belmont is starting in New York 1s going to have upon the people it is intended to benefit and others who will come within the sphere of its in- fluence is problematical, It is going to receive much favorable and more unfavorable criticism, From the title and its object, it is guessed quite eas- ily that it is a society for the preven- tion of unnecessary giving at Christ- mas time, In the promotion of the organizatien, it is held that at Christ- mas time many people spend meney on gifts which are beyond their means, thereby taking their money from nec- essary channels for what are in many instances useless presents, This, of course, appeals right away as a posi- tive fact in many instances and a de- plorable situation, but it must be re-| membered that the checking of the| epirit of giving is possible of much harmful effect, After al, it is not se much the gift as the spirit which ac- companies it that characterizes Christ- mas gifts. Efforts might be directed to reducing the large expenditures for | presents, because there are endless op- portunities for making small but pret- ty gifts or remembrances, Christmas giving for what can be secured in return is a narrow way of anticipating the season and a forgetfulness of the good, will expressed by and the pleasure derived from giving. So firmly has thte custom become fixed and so much does it rest with the people them- eelves for regulation, that it is doubt- ful if there {s a very generous enlist- ment in the crusade, which is apt to lead to selfishness and the overthrow of the spirit of friendliness and good will DEMOCRATIC TARIFF BILLS. It will be recalled that but a few months ago the democrats were mak- ing a great hue and cry over the fact thet the republicans had blocked a revision of the tariff for which the democrats had been making such strenuous endeavors. Their efforts at the time were declared to be for polit- ical effect and attempted because they ‘were expected to be defeated. How this has worked out is shown by the spe- cial to the New York Evening Post, which reads as follows: “Several weeks ago a New England protectionist sald to Oscar W. Under- wood, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives, during a visit to Alabama: “Don't you know, Mr. Underwood, that if your bill reducing the tariff on cotton textiles had become a law, it would have caused a.panic In the cotton Industry” “Mr. Underwood dfd not admit that he knew any such thing, but he said: ‘We knew that it would not become a lay.’ “There 18 a world of significance in these two remarks as regards the changed point of approach from which the new consress will meet the sub- Jeet of tariff revision. It is serious business now, not polftics” It 18 thus that the course of Presi- dent Taft In vetoing the bills is Justi- fled even through tho expert of the demoeratic tariff men, The democrats were going to make the republican party responsible for such a dangerous elashing, if it eould, They were deal- ing with a party and a president whe knew such a step would de untold| harm and he had the esuraze of his eonvietion, It new remains for the demoerats to sheow what they belleve 18 & safe revision and preve it, When it eomes to shouldering the responsi~ bility themselves it is going to maite a difference, The government's actlon In a sys- tematie rald to suppress the use of tha mafls for illega]l medieal praetises ‘nd eale of illegal Arugs and iastru- ments will reesive hearty endersement from the entire eountry, Altegether toe long have the peopis nf the eoun- try parted with thele gash by the al- luréments of werthless and dangereus drugs, There's nothing' the matter with the Boaton pelias, They ere keeping peo- plo in Waghingten street moving from Row until Ohsistmas, This is g first eiags ides, § pripeipie in advertising— the greater the eiremiation {he better e macurits VOTING BY MAIL, Kansas gives the privilege to cer- tain of its citizens to vote by mail, an idea which may seem peculiar at the start, but one which has many good features, when considered. This ap- plies to traveling men in particular, or those away from home when the set hours for veting come around. It is often & great inconvenience for such men, those employed in other cit- {es, temporarily, or detained by other reasons, to get home to vote. There are instances galore where voters lose their right of suffrage because they cannot get to the polling place where they are entitled to vote. This plan has led to another prop- osition by a Kansas man, whereby vot- ing by mail should be made possible for everyone, his idea being to forward ballots, envelopes and identification cards to every voter and giving them the privilege of sending them in any time during a ten days’ period. It is questionable whether such a general method of voting by mail would be wise, but the feature of it which gives the voter out of town the chance to cast his vote has much to commend, such a voter taking oath in the city where he mails his ballot that he is the one who actually voted it. Trav- eling salesme), actors and those away from their home town temporarily can thus take an active part in every election. There seems to be no good reason why it should not apply to those voters who in the full poswession of their mind and judgment are kept at home by accident or illness, on elec- tion day. Kansas certainly has a plan which gets out a big vote. CARING FOR THE INDIANS. Four thousand Indians occupy the Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma, a grant which is about the size of the state of Connecticut and over which they are well scattered. The condi- tion of these people is set forth in a recent report by the committee on Indian affairs and shows that sixty- five per cent. of these people are af- flicted with trachoma, a disease af- flicting the eves and causing blind- ness. Other diseases likewise prevail to a high rate, Including tuberculosis. Lack of attention is to a large extent the cause of their condition, which is not confined te the adults, but pre- vails likewise among the children. Ex- aminations in schools on the reserva- tion show that in some instances as high as eighty-five per cent. of the children are diseased. This calls for some attention in a determined effort to overcome such a state of affairs, better the conditions of the sick and provide some hospital treatment, not only for those diseased but to cheek the inclination to disease in the reservation. The government has a guardianship over these people and thers {s held in trust for them a sum exceeding $4,000,000 recefved from the sale of tribal lands. If they are ever going to get the benefit from this trust funqd it would seem that it should come now, when it can do a great amount of good, The using of a por- tion of this for hospitals and treat- ment with the idea of bettering the future of those people would seem to be a pressing need, If they don't get some help soon there’ll be a much worse condition on the reservation. EDITORIAL NOTES, Roosevelt fears fusion, That, course, means lest identity. of Happy thought for teday: Stepping forward in a car deesn’t mean walking all the way home. The weatherman has given the eeal burners anether respite. This is cer- tainly a hig reason for giving thanks, It must make the Central Verment sit back and woader whether the New Haven is reaily trying to exceed their wreck record. The New York gunmen and their “protector” have little to be thankful for is year, but Father Knicker- bocker is heaving a sigh of relief. It is going to require the careful attention of the enunciator to make it clearly understood that when he re- fers to spug it doesn’t sound like pug. The chief object of the alles in Turkey now seems to be piece nego- tations arnd it wouldn’t be strange if they all wanted some of the white meat. When New York arrests a shoplifter and directs her to leave the city there's little corrective benefit from the ac- tion. It's an order to-go off and do it elsewhere. It is impossible to account for love. A New York girl wants to marry a burglar, forger and self-confessed murderer who faces thirty years in prison and possibly life. Mr. Bryan advocates giving ex- presidents a voice in congressional debates, but he will probably be sat- isfled in his ambition if they allow cabinet members to do likewise. The Vermont legislature has decided not to tamper with the capital punish- ment statute. As long as it exists, it carries the greatest influence possible against the committing of murder. When it is said corporations have no soul, it is a fact worth noting that the Pennsylvania railroad in nine months th' year has pald out over $781,000 in pensions to its employes. Mr, Wilson has gone to Bermuda to rest, Mr. Bryan will doubtless pass some time at his Texas farm. Strange, isn’t it, they should both pick onfon districts to strengthen up in? | The breaking up of the Vogel gang | of thieves In New York shows that, the women as well as men are skilled in the handling of guns. Every shot fired hit as if fired by a marksman. During the month. of October, im- ports of cotton amounted to. 10,570 bales, while exports tetalled 1,515,741 bales, The exportation is three times the eensumption Here In the same pe- ried, President Chamberiln of the Grand Trunk deplored so much talk about the railread deal, It seems Mr, Mel- - len had signed the eontract, Prebably Mr, Chamberiin was afraid public sen- timent weuld affect his attitude, Cabinet malers are placing Willlam J. Bryan as' seeretary of state, and Pirehot for seeretary of agriculture, That doesn’t necessarily have any con- neetipa with Mp, Wiisen's statement that his premises will be fulfilled; f.ee Me€iung has left the United Btates treasury amd it will ge along Just the same as if he was there, It must pe said, hewever, that in leaving the offiae he didn't make pelitieal eap- $tal gut of it, but aeted the geatleman NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1912 BULLETIN'S SPECIAL YALE LETTER Big Scrimmages on Saturday With Harvard Will Be Close— Plan to Center Undergnauate Life of College Campus —Opinions on Possible Changes at University—Distri- bution of Tickets For Game. New Haven, Nov. 21.—Before 2,000 undergraduates who marched with a band to Yale field, the university foot- ball team ran through its last heavy practice of the year on Wednesday afternoon. This afternoon the Har- vard backfield worked out on the field and later the Yale men had light prac- tice. In the evening the Harvard men went back to New London, where the whole squad will join them Friday, and will come to New Haven Saturday morning. There have been the usual closed gates at the field this week, but after 20 minutes of scrimmage between the university and the college elevens the students marched in and ran through the cheers and songs for Saturday's game. Among the football stars of former years who have been back to help on the work this week have been Ted Coy, 1910, S. L. Coy, 1801, Tom Shevlin, 1906, Walter Camp, ‘80, W. H. Corbin, 89, G. F. Sanford and D. Cochrane, '97, G. T. Adee, J. R. Bloomer, '05, R. G. Bigelow, A rousing mass meeting was held in the gymnasium on Tuesday night and another will be held the night before the big game. The odds are against Yale, it is generally granted, but there is a feeling deep down in the hearts of the Yale men in New Haven that Yale will come back on Saturday. For two vears now has Harvard tied Yale, Coach McDevitt said to the mass meet- ing, and it must not happen again. “Yale must win to preserve its standing in athletics, a position which has been gradually lowered during the last few years. If Yale wins on Saturday she will have regained her old prestige and she must win. The game at Princeton was unsatis- factory, although there was unbounde joy that Pompelly’'s wonderful kick saved it from being a defeat. Yale's playing was loose, marred by frequent fumbles and costly penalties. There was absent the dash that a Yale team should have. Spalding was the only consistent ground gainers for Yale. Lefty Flynn seemed like an “exploded bubble” to many. Perhaps it was be- cause Waller's attack dazed Flynn for all the rest of the game, but he did not seem to be able to find his holes and he was downed without gain time and again. Yale’s punting saved her. ‘Wheeler at quarter played a strong game; he was quick and more than once he stood and held the ball waiting for the back to start the run. Yale’s lack of variety of play was disappoint- ing to those who fancied that in se- cret practice some new formations and tricks were being developed. This week Yale men are expecting to see a team with new life, and vim, and the university, behind the eleven to a man, is unshaken in its confidence of defeating its crimson rivals. But it will be close. The und-r?radunte life of the college will be wholly centered on the campus when the ideal of the authorities is eventnally reached. A step in this di- rection of promoting a thorougheoing democracy in the ranks of the college men has just been taken when Dean Jones took over the lease of three pri- vate dormitories on York and Library streets, These will be refurnished and utilized by the college as additions to the present dormitory system. In so doing the Alumni Weekly sa “The last vestiges of the undemocratic pri- vate dormitories, the so-cailed ‘gold- coast,’ disappear, Henceforth there will be no split in future years as there has been in the past” To build another Wright hall where Dwight now stands i{s worth thinking { over, the Alumni Weekly believes. If this is done, and sentiment is probably not so strong in the university that Dwight hall could not be removed and replaced elsewhere, it would mean the realization of having the whole college entirely a unit, instead of being scat- tered around, more or less, as now. Of considerable interest to Yale men are the opinions sent in to the ques- tions recently propesed by the Boston Yale club to its membership. There were 119 answers received in resnonse to the 245 letters sent out, 96 being academic, 20 Sheff. and 3 Law school. On the merger of academic and Sheff. 46 men were for the merger and 65 against. Academic was against it, 57 to 33, Sheff for it, 10 to 8. Two men suggested a merger of dormitories and soclal honors; 90 men were for the four year course in Sheff, only 15 be- ing against it; 42 preferred to have the present three year course also retain- ed, while 48 believed in its exclusion altogether. Seventy-six men were against any restriction on a student’s activities. The Sunday exodus question was the least understood of all, as several men seemed to think it an indirect attack on Sunday chapel, which accordingly got many vigorous endorsemants. Sixty-nine men favored keeping the students in New Haven over Sunday, while 44 gave their assent to the week end irips to New York and other places of attraction. Fifty-one men were for purely grad- uate coaching. 34 for professional un- dergraduate supervision and only six for professional; 87 men favored a public discussion of Yale problems, 31 were against such an open exposition of the things that are bothering those Wwho are interested in Yale’s progress toward greater and higher things. As soon as the alumni contribute the $15,000 that is necessary, the commis- sion for the statue of Nathan Hale will be given to the sculptor, Bela Lyon Pratt, of Boston. It is to be set up by next commencement, if possible, to the east of Connecticut hall, where Nathan Hale probably, although it cannot be proven, lived during part of his undergraduate days. The sculptor has already completed his sketch- model and from this a bronze cast has been made. The difficulty of the task of fittinely portraying the young man, who was 21 years of age when he was hanged as a spy by the British, was increased by the fact that there was no existing portrait of him, only a general description. This obstacle Wag removed when Rev. Edward Ev- erett Hale furnished the sculptor with a photograph of one of his own sons | taken at Hale's age, and from this Mr. Pratt has developed a most suc- cessful work. Distribution of the Harvard game tickets began at the ticket office in Durfee hall on Tuesday morning, and since then there has been almost one continuous line of undersraduates and others waiting to gst a chance at the coveted pasteboards. The graduates were perhaps the most disappointed of all, for their applications were cut and { about 5,000 of them wholly turned | back, as was the case with all late ap- plications. The seats in the Yale foot- ball stands were applied for twice over, it was said at the office. The Yale supporters will as usual in the big games have the east stand, although | in the preliminary games of the season | they have been on the other side of the fleld. Harvard has been given 16,500 tickets, half of the seating ca- pacity, and even then their demanis were not satisfled. It is now practi- cally an impossibility to secure an ex- tra ticket and the thousands who are annually in this predicament have the sole consolation of looking forward to the accommodations that will be fur- nished by the Yale stadium. By the precautions that are taken by - the ticket department the number of tick- ets that will fall into the hands of speculators ghould be almost nil. The original applicants for these tickets can be easily traced and they will be placed on the black list, to be debarred in the future from applying for tick- ets to Yale games. | ipEAs OF A PLAIN MA! I % T T e ST People We Wish.We Knew. Suppose you could have, every night before you go to bed, anyone you wish come in and sit by the fire and talk for an hour; whom would you choose? I am supposing that these guests would converse without restraint, inti- mately, and llke old friends of yours. There is Socrates; would it not be wonderful to have an hour's crack at him, just discussing men and things? Wouldn't it be great to see Peter and Paul in your two big chairs over there, giving you their honest opin- ions? And what if Edison or Metchnikoft, the Czar or King George could just drop in and chat a while, as the John- sons do! And if Roosevelt and Taft, Blaine and Lincoln and Henry Clay were shipwrecked together with you on an island, and could sit about the camp- fire and speak their minds! Isn’t it a pity that there have been and are so many interesting people you'd like to know, and never will | know? Do you suppose it will be easier to get acquainted in the next world? We always have a feeling that any great man’s inner and private opinion is a wholly different thing from that he publishe: Also that it is vastly more enter- taining and human. The railroads of the United King- idom use 23,000 locomotives. i Attention, Farmers! DOLLARS BONUS For Fattest and Big- gest Turkey Raised $10.00 Next Best $5.00 Third $5.00 The Bulletin proposes to capture the three fattest and largest Turkeys to be offered for the Thanksgiving market in Windham and New London counties. They must be natives—hatched and grown in these two counties. The Bulletin will buy the prize birds at the regular market price in addition to the prize to be awarded. The turkeys offered for prize must have head and feathers off, en- trails drawn and wings cut off at first joint. The first prize of $10.00 to the largest and fattest young turkey; second prize of $5.00 to the second largest and faltest young turkey; third prize of $5.00 to the largest London or Windham counties. and fattest turkey ralsed in New The contest is open to any man, woman, boy or girl residing in these counties, The turkeys must be submitted for examination and welghing the Tuesday before Thanksgiving at 12 e’clock moon. Fop the largest and fattest young turkey $10.00 will be awarded in additien to the market price. Rock Nook heme, Te the ralser of the This turkey will be given to the sond young turkey In size a prize of in additien to the market price will be iven. This turkey will fur- nish the Thanksgiving dimner for the Sheltering Arms. To the raiser of tha largest and fattest turkey ever a year old a prize of $5.00 in addition te the market price. L4 fi%nr Children for a Thanksgiving dinner, udges will pe disinterested persems whe will weigh the tur- ' Ceunty Heme The keys at Bemers Bres' market. This will ge to the All turkeys that are eligible fer competition will be purchased at the market p centest is sur se any turkey raiser wh seiling the bird whether a prize is wen or not. enters a bird in the BREED THEATRE TODAY’S WESTERN FEATURE THE RANCH GIRL’S TRIAL Featuring G. M. Anderson. Watch For Our Local Motion Picture Releases in Daily Papers TODAY Excellent Yaudeville AUDITORIUM ToDAY and Motion Pictures DAVIS THEAR THE FOUR AT RE Thursday, Friday, Saturday . 5ROADWAY Nov. 21, 22, 23 BALDWINS A GREAT MUSICAL ACT ESTELLE ROSE Character Comedienne CLOLHILDE & MONTROSE Comedy Acrobats THE PHOTO-PLAYS—“Jim’s Vindication,” “'.fhe Heavenly Voice,” Two of the Greatest Ever Rele. ased, Together With Two More for Good Measure. SECOND YEAR ADELAIDE FRENCH pai DAVIS THEATRE TUESDAY EVE., NOV. 26 SEATS NOW ON SALE Prices: 25¢, 35c¢, 50c, 75¢, $1, $1.50 BOX SEATS—Upper $1.50 Lower $2.00 CARS FOR JEWETT CITY _HELD UNTIL AFTER SHOW Dido’t Hart a Bit” SHOOTING ns — sleepless nights — unteld suffering— TOOTHACHE. *Let us PREVENT it for you. We will REPAIR your BROKEN TEETH. We will replace your L O 8 T TEET We will EXTRACT your ROOTS. We will give you the LEAST PAIN. DR. KING Originator of the King Safe 8ystem of Painl Dentistry We will charge youthe LOWEST PRICES. We will guarantee ALL OUR WORK. KING DENTAL PARLORS 203 Main Street. NO PAIN. Over Smith's Drug Store. NO HIGH PRICES. OTHER VIEW POINTS The mild weather has been a bless- ing to the poor, as up to the present time little coal has been required. At $8.50 per ton everybody will have to| economize this winter. The price of\ coal in New Haven is said to be $9; possibly Bridgeport is not so bad off | after all.—Bridgeport Telegram. There 1is still polfical activity. Meriden is to have a city election in two weeks. One of these days she will adopt a commission form of government and follow the lead of Bristtol with a biennial election. That will relieve her of a lot of bother and be a long step in advance.—Bristol Preas. Perhaps President-elect Wilson has conservative views on tariff revision, but it is desirable to notice that Mr. Speaker Clark and House Leader Un- derwood are radicals, and that they are together. The chances that they, and not the president, will guide the manner of tariff revision are very stronz.—New Haven Register. ‘We regret to noterthe spirit in which the suggestion of Senator McLean, made in the hope of healing the breach between republicans and progressives, hag been received. Disposition to meet half way seems entirely lacking. This makes the situation pleasing to none! but democrats. For them alone it is ‘progressive.”—Ansonia Sentinel. Mr, Wickersham never had any po- litical sense, but his victory in smash- ng the bathtub trust should remihd reople that when he leaves the post of \ttorney general he will have made an impression upon the records of that ffice not easily effaced. As a strictly legal gentleman, Mr. Wickersham has I;;:me good points.—Springfield Repub- lican. It rarely happens that a judge gives a jury such tangible assistance as Jus- tice Goff rendered. There will bethose | who will claim that the charge was blased, but Judge Goff is too able a | lawyer to say or do anything which is not justified by law. Perhaps he went to the very lmit of his powers, but it is not at all likely that he overstepped them.—Meriden Record. Now that the appointing power will have been changed at Washington, and fall into the hands of democrats in this state, we expect to hear little complaint from certain quarters about appointing men to office. The talk about popular vote comes in vogue when the other party i3 in power, and not when the democrats have the upper hand.—Middletown Sun. ’ No such conditions as were revealed at Lawrence havs ever existed in‘the | Thread City, at least not among the thread mill employes, and with em- ployers therea who have nearly always been considerate and willing, it is a misfortune that now, after years of harmonious relatfons, affairs. should have suddenly taken such a turn as to give the town the name of being strike-ridden.—Waterbury American. It is a serious question whether the money used tn buying up steamboat lines, trolley lines and In engineering certain other railroad consolidations would not, if used in perfecting the New Haven system, over which Mr, Mellen was put in charge, have made it one of the finest rallready in the land from the standpoint of physical efficiency, rather than the third rate system it hew is,—Neéw Haven Union. The allies seem to be in a pesitien to dectate terms te the Turks without the intervention or assistance of the pow- ers, and they are net to be blamed if they insist upon that right. Theirs has been the great sacrifice in bleed and / electing all office holders by : money that has brought the once ter- rible’ Turk to his knees, and theirs should be the fruits of the victory. The Turk has profited too long from the kindly guardianship of the big nations of Europe.—Springfleld Union. The interstate commission will stop | the railroad wrecks on the New York and New Haven system ‘“or know | why,” is the announcement. To “kmow hy” is the main thing, and if that uch is accomplished the wrecks may be stopped. At the bottom of the whole 'business lies the speed craze, and it permeates the community from the man who rides a wheel up to the road that drives a train of heavily loaded cars along a roadbed that may { need strengthening. And this craze !is not confined to New England, but has its grip on the whole country.— { Bridgeport Standerd. | | | Speaking of courage, the members of those New York juries that found Becker ' and his gunmen guilty of murder in the first degree gave an ex- hibition of it. The testimony had par- tially unroofed for them the under- world of the big city and given them | glimpses of the creatures that inhabit | there. The very atmosphere of the i courtroom was heavy with silent hate land menace. They knew that they | were taking their lives in their hands. | And, knowing this, they quietly went {ahead and did their duty—just as the | threatened district attorney and judge | did theirs.—Hartford Courant. || OLD HAMPTON PAPERS David Spencer's Experience at Yerk- town, | In Hampton 70 years ago lived { David Spencer, a veteran of the Revo- lutionary war. He was blind the lat- ter years of his life and spent his time | sitting in the south door of his house, |always with his cane in his hand, | keeping up an incessant tapping with it, so that in time he wore a hole in | the -doorsill, caused by the thousands {of times his cane had touched that particular spot. His greatest delight was in living | over again the time he served in the army of General Washington, and to Ebenezer Jewett, then a young lad, he told many times the story of the selge |of Yorktown, in which he played his | part. | He used to tell the story this way: Cornwallis had fortified Yorktown as best he could, cutting down trees and placing them, with their tops sharp- ened, outward agalnst the attack of the Continentals, so that if they took {the. fort they would be obliged to I make their way over or through the felled trees. But when orders were given to take the fort the French sol- ! diers and the Continentals were set at | the task. The,French advanced first, but were driven back; but the Yankees would not give up. The difficulty was great, as the fort was surrounded by af earthwork and the sharpened trees so ! placed as to make an almost impenme- trable thicket, but the soldiers, yelling jike Indians, fought Illke demons, crawling through the sharp trees, leaving their clothes wherever they caught on the sharp sticks and emerg- breeches and a shirt, but when he fought his way through what he left on wldl notb wrw‘nu Torn, hleeding, but ous, brave Yankee troops helped thfinl'm to what clothing they could find from the fallen British soldiers. SUSAN JEWETT HOWE. A Coming Show. The slectoral coll, will remind the older cjvili: eriea 18 not without its formalities whose original purposes obsolete.—Washington Star,