Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1913, Page 4

Z 117 YEARS OLD. w& Subscription price, 12c a Week; 50c a month; $600 a y- - Entered at the Postoffice at Norwics,. 2, Murray sue-Circulation o/ CADWELL’'S DEFEAT. Governor Baldwin stands today, & defeated champion of William H. Cad- well for state highway commissioner. The senate in its rejectment of his name for the office followed the action of the previous general assembly and it was such action as was anticipated, and which it was justified In taking. Mr. Cadwell is unsatisfactory to many, of the democrats and to have him whipped into line to the support of the pet nominee of the governor in his personal ambition to defeat the pres- ent highway commissioner would have /been placing party before the best in- terests of the state. The executive session demonsirated ,that Mr. Cadwell could not win. The _report of the investigation eommittes ‘was against him and so was the strength of the senate. Governor Bald-| win could have changed conditions by withdrawing his nomination, but he fafled to do so. He preferred to hold to the idea that the senate must side with him. On the grounds that his candidate was not competent for the office and with little experience in road building, 4nd none in over five years, he went down to defeat. The course of the governor remains 1o be determined. Will he bring forth another, after having insisted upon Cadwell for two sessions, or will the result be the appofntment of a com- mission, with the present commission- er thereon, te handle the road build- Ing of the state? Surely Mr. Mac- Donald has the experience which the state cannot afford to lose. He is rec- sgnized as a road builder of the best rlass and Connecticut makes & mis- take when it attempts to discard such a valuable official. Apparently it is inclined to consider such as an asset and profit therefrom, a course which Is wise and businesslike. EDISON AND WORK. In his declaration that four hours sleep is enough Thomas A. Edison at his sixty-sixth anniversary is himself the greatest example of its applica- tion. His declaration fits his own case but it*would prove a difficult task for | the average man to confine himself to those hours. Those who have a right to say declare that work hurts no man, but it must be considered that this applies to a reasonmable amount of it. There is barm in overwork as there is in oversieep. There needs to be an adjustment of hours perween work, recreation and sleep for the nor- mal person. In reference to Mr. Edison’s plan the New York Herald well observes: “It| is an illustration of the well known fact that workers who are deeply in- terested in their work are very often, indeed almost as a rule, long livers. Mdny of them, like Humboldt at the agé of ninety, might well say that they really did mot think that they could find time to die. So long as Mr, Edi- son continues to work we may expect him to be active and vigorous and.have many years ahead of him. If he should stop there would be danger. Men as well a8 machines rust out sooner than they wear out. Their work, however, must not be mere routine without fn- terest. but must be thoroughly full of occupation of mind as weil as body, and then their life, barring accident or contagious disease—which is, after all, entirely accidental—is almost sure to be prolonged beyond the limits often sat for human existence.' Mr. Edison’s recreation is bound wu with his worlk. Tt ig there that he tak his greatest pisasures. .Others would find it & most taxing strain 1o en- deavor to fellow his routine. Many men of ninety hold that work does no harm even at their age, but they hold to’th.' early to bed and early to rise rule. ‘While Dr, H, K. Carroll is surprised that there are but about 37 mlllien professed Christlans in this country he might be still greater surprised if he found the difference between the professed Christions and these who really are, Providence has appropriated 310,000 to fight the mesquito und il means an expenditure in m worthy cause, Prov- tdence will be well repaid if it can &et rid of lis annoying pest for thu sum. New London ja procsed Blowiy with its womun's geliege, u*ha trus- tees have selocted the president, But the court has tied upy the property. Yet like the harbor appropriation if 1t is worth having it iy wosth striv- ing for, By previsue trial Generul Dias failed to show the preper qualificaiions for a Big leader. He is mew Yeing ““!:d on a mask gveatsr Fa bdt right and his strength of char- || fcter prevailed. but never till his death [} deration of his S0 extensively 'a'-‘ it realiz Wwhat a great man had been permitted Abraham Lincoln had a hurable “ginning, but he w: ‘u&&ufl courage surrounded with e proper and the. taking advantage of even the limited ‘opportunities which came his way. ¥From this humble aing and the surmounting of 'difficuities, Which boys of today have to give little con- ‘cern to, he went to the top. Lincom’s gift to the nation through his charucter stands today as a colos- | sal monument which ever serves to perpetuate his memory His life stands as one of the great examples of accomplishment from which great lessons of life have been and will con- | tinue to be drawn. Persistency, pluck, honesty of pur- pose and a determination that right should prevail were vital forces in his strong character and his life showed his belief that where there's a will there's a way, and made him the expoment of the highest type of American citizenship. MR. WILSON'S SUMMER HOME. ;Among the other many important questions which will come before Mr. Wilson within the next few months is the selection of his summer home. Where it will be is of much interest to this part of the country. Though | the extra session promises to be one which will extend well into the sum- mer and the probability exists that he will follow that by a trip to the Panama canal for an examination of | that important project and to get ac- quainted with the situation and the problems that exist there, in the han- dling of which he will have an im- portant duty in the future, he stould find time for its use. From Maine to Soutn Carolina the honor of entertaining the governor during the summer is sought. Massa- chusetts has many attractive spots to offer and the testimonials of President Taft and ex-President Cleveland, Vir- ginia as the native state of the pres- ident-to-be hopes to charm him be- cause of former assoclations, a fact which gives the southern states their only hope. Because of his acquaint- ance with Sea Girt, New Jersey is hopefu] of retaining him and his fam- fly during the vacation months, but| Connecticut is not beyond ‘the range of possibilities. Lyme in New Lon- don county has appealed to the vaca- | tion tastes of Mr. Wilson. It furnishes the delightful combination of an at-| tractive country and shore, a health- | ful and restful spot perfectly fitted | for recuperation. Connecticut would welcome Mr. Wilson if only as a sum- mer guest. A POSTAL REFORM. A firm grasp on the postal condi- tions -of this country has been taken by Postmaster General Hitchcock. He | has brought about magnificent im- provements, handled the additional business which has been placed against the department with the skill| of a veteran, and proposes a number ' of changes which should operate to the great advantage of this bran(‘hh of the government. He calls attention to the abuse of the franking privi- lege by pointing out that sixty-one mil- lion pounds of free mail matter was sent through the department channels last year by congressmen and Eov- ernment departments. This is on the face of It a use of the frank far in ex- cess of fairness. While election and campaign material played an important | part in bringing up the franked mail | to so large a total, it did mot exceed the privilege which is open to exces- sive use under existing conditions. That the system demands a change is apparent and the postmaster gen- eral in calling attention to it makes the important suggestion that the franking privilege be abolished as the best way of overcoming the abuse and | that as a substitute specia! stamps be | issued to the congressmen and those | in the government service using the | frank. . The suggestion is worthy. of | proper consideration. Because of the | frank, tons of matter are sent through | the mall going directly fo waste bas- kets, the burden of which is borne v the people. A big reduction in this | kind of mail matter could be accom- plished without any detriment. EDITORIAL NOTES. Mexico is certainly no place for a nervous president. complain of a February. Mexico has reason t decidedly warm spell thi It remains to be proved that Capt. Scott's accomplishments were worth the sacrifice. Happy thought for today: From the price of eggs it is apparent that the egg trust has been broken, The groundhog frosted the baseball talk for the present until the ice deal- ers can get in their stoek in trade. Lincoln' loved the plain peopls, but today all classes pay their respects to the great emancipator and war pres- ident. President Taft's policy has been to protect Americans in Mexico. He will continue to pursue it but with no idea oi intervention. Roumania in offering Bulgaria sixty million for a portion of its territery, does it at a time when an offer| amounts to a command The alleged arrest of the Spanish swindlers makes it easy te believe that the present gang must be great grand- children of the original. In order to make things just as Jef- fersonian as possible Mr. Wilson ought (o insist on being called by his full name, Thomes Woodrow Wilson, ey In making o disappeinting shiowing in her resumed war with (he allies. 8he acts if she wanted (o got rid of still more of her territo P Seveuty degrees below. zero weath- ee w5 found in the polar reglons has na attractions for the New Eaglander after sueh a mild winter as has been provided. ES fexican rebels planncd to have thefr Fepublic. start off with a pes president; the same time as this coun- try. does. ‘the method (3kep was ROt eopied fromi us, De- with the | gardless each of the other. | person The Moon and Its Changes. Mr, Editor: Would a: discussion of the efftct of the moon upon the weath- er interest the readers of The Bulle- tin? Periodie references in the columns of The Bulletin to moon changes and weather conditions reiating thereto prompt the writing of this letter. From time immemorial men have assoclated the coming of a storm with the simultaneous appearance of the new or the full moon. Is there any- thing in this other than fancy or superstition? To come to a decision we must weigh the question carefully, applying all the capses and possible effects, not ignoring possibilities. . Firat of all, what is the moon? The moon is simply a great mass of rocky material about one-eightieth the size of the earth’s mass. The mocn is cold except where the sunshine strikes it. Its only light (except for the possibil- ity of uncertain or unknown radia- tions) is reflected sunlight. The moon is_ 240,090 miles distant. How could the moon affect our weather? Not by sunlight, for there can be no possible modification of sun- light into moonlight of other nature than lessened intensity. (T say not pos- sible, basing the statement upon ap- parently fairly complete knowledge that scientists have upon this subject.) Moonlight, present or absent, is but one-millionth part of sunlight, present or absent in possible effect. If the cause be magnetic or electrical in na- ture, it is difficult to see how the moon's change of phase could bring about weather changes which would be at all coincident with weather changes. There is one possible cause left. The moon may send out unknown radia- tions akin to those of radium. If the moon does affect the weather. then we must seek the cause here. Hven in this case we could scarcely expect co- incidence of moon-phases and weather changes. The most we could expect would be variations of weather that harmonized roughly with the perjods of new and full moon. The sunshine | lasts upon the moon about fourteen daye, an equal period of comparative darkness intervening between the pe- ricds of sunlight. The moon’s surface bevond much doubt undergoes ex- treme variations of temparature— conditions which might well set up disturbances in such areas of the moon as might pessess salts of radium, In the preceding paragraph I have listed possible causes of weather changes possessed by the moon. Let us now approach the question from another standpoint. If there is any | reason to believe that the moon can affect our weather, then the records of the United Btates weather bureau should uphold that belief. Theugh men interested have carefully compared weather changes covering a period of some thirty years with the moon- phases of those same vears, they have | been able to find no coincidences from which any rule could be deduced. The two changes run along haphasard, re- This alone is enough to comvince any reasonable that the moon affects the weather in no appreciable degree—any possible effects being so small as to be beyond finding out. Again, let us approach the question from a third standpoint. The moon goes about the earth every month, swinging in its great path now be- fween us and the sun, now outside us. When it is outside we can see the whole of its lighted side (for the moon like the earth has one side lighted, the other dark); when it comes between us and the sun its lighted side being next the sun and its dark next to we see none of Its lighted side. Two days later it has swung out from be- tween us and the sun enough for us to see a crescent of its lighted side. If one considers the:facts mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it will be apparent that new moon comes for the entire earth at the same instant. Chi- na, South Africa, Panama, Norwich, all have the new moon the same even- ing. So it is with the full moon. If we have the glorious light of the full | moon on February 20th, so does every | her individual upon the face of the earth. How is it with weather changes Taken the earth over there are all va. rieties of weather at any selected time. At one place storms are clearing away at others they are in full blast, at oth- ers they are just beginning, at others only the signs of storms appear (in- cluding, if you will, the existing phase of the moon among those signs). At other places the weather is warm and clear, at others cold and clear, at oth- ers all degrees of fair weather, etc,, ete. Now T would candidly ask anyone who believes in moon weather signs whether he thinks that one particular phase of the moon can simultaneously account for the hundreds of weather conditions the world over? It is not necessary {o leave our own country to treat this question. A storm begins, say, In western Texas. At this time the moon has just reached the first quarter. Down in Texas a man looks at the approaching storm and remarks to his friend, “The moon changed last night.” The storm moves on, and next day it is over Kansas. A farmer in Kansas remarks to his wife, “T knew this storm was coming, for the moon changed night before last.” The next day the storm has reached Tennessee, There a storekeeper looks out his door- way and remarks to the customer who has just received his piug of tobacco, “T suspected this storm was coming, for the moon changed the night before the night before last.” By the next day the storm is over Pennsylvania, &nd no very confldent remarks are made about it, though some bold per- son may say that the moon brought it, the delay being only accidental, ‘When it finally reaches New England the moon-change is so long past that nothing is said about the cause of that particular storm. Even . less is said abeut the splendid weather that has prevailed for four days, though in ev- ery village throughout the length and breadth ef New England only four days before dire forebodings of stormy weather had been offcred when the moon was seen in the first quarter It is very easy to account for a he- lief in weather signs. Like all other supcrstitions they are que to coinci- dences. et farmer and his wife their start out seme day on a trip to clatives ten wiles distant. T ¢ Iy out of sight of their when & squirrel skips across the road in frout of the Lorse. Nothing Is thought of it al the tme,but upon their return they recall ihe fact while viewing the smoking remaius of their beloved home. That season squirrels are plentiful and a meighbor and his wife upon their return home to find the best cow dead, recall that a squir- rel.crossed in front of their horse ear- 1y that morning. Thereafier the easy- thinking people of that neighborhood tirn back when the kindly squirrel gives the warning. The moon oflers most iateresting phases. We never tire of sceing the return of new moon after its absence (here assuming that we are asleep as we should be while the moon is old or in its last quarter. 'Is it strange that the coming of some big storm goinci- dently with the new moon or with the full moon should be noted ? Exceptions, by the way, are either never noted or at least not much thought of. The most skeptical of us find it dif- ficult at times to keep from being su- perstitious. The writer recalls upon a Tuesday evening now several years ago viewing the new moon over his left shoulder. The recollection is vivid that he thought at the time of the fear of some people of being thus caught. Upon the morning of the succeeding Thursday a telegram arrived announc- ing the death of his father, whom he had left in perfect health upon the very day the bad omen came. It was years before 1 could with perfect equanimity view the new moon over my left shoulder. My belief was not in the least changed, but the associa- _tions were not pleasa=t. I find it easy, therefore, to understand the road by which our various signs and omens come to us. ALLEN LATHAM. Norwich, Conn., Feb. 7, 1913. Evening Grosbeaks. Mr. Editor: The detachment of even- ing grosbeaks, most irregular of all winter migrants, are still in the favor- ite feeding place the Potter maples in | the English neighborhood. Mrs. Cyrus Potter recognized the species at once, having been the first to report them | in this section on their three months’ | stay In the winter of 1909 and 1910.| Sunday Miss Sarah Potter, the teach- er, was in the maple grove asain with her pocket Audubon and glacses, not- ing the habitz of the Oregonians. Some buds on the trees were opened, but the hungry birds were chiefly busy picking up the maple seeds on the| patches of ground bare of snow. The short fights from tree to ground and back were made with _sparrow-like chirps of alarm, though the birds were not at all shy., Sunday and Monday there were but six birds—four females and two bright nuptial-plumage males. Where is the larger company from | which this_group was detached?| Haven't thc Werkings yet seen any of | their proteges at Taftville? We are daily looking for reports of their ar- rival by The Bulletin observers at Nor- wich Town, Windham and Jewett City. | It would be fine from local data is have a biennial record or establish shorter periods of west to east migra- tions of this showy stranger E Q. L. R, Weodsteck, Feb. 16, 1913, Under the Best Management. Mr, Bditor: Booster with his shoulder te the wheel” (whose | Iptter appeared in Saturday’s paper) is | to keep away from the Burns or any | other banquet, seeing as how he con-! siders it necessary to have an auto| police patrol to take him home to the| City Hall hotel. | My idea is that he never was at one; | of the Burns banquets, because had he | been he would be perfectly well aware | that these banquets are the best man- aged and the finest affairs of their | kind ever held in this city b any or-| Zanization. 4 1f, however, he did manage to get a ticket, a mistake must have been made, | as it has and always will be the aim of the committee to exclude such “knockers” as “Booster.” He must be speaking for _himself when he advocates the patrol, as he has probably always found himseif in a condition to require its service: but in my opinion ome who is despicable enough to knock a Burns or any oth- ! er banquet got in a condition to re- quire the patrol, not through anything provided at the banquet, nor by the expenditure of his own “plunks,” but through his ever-readiness to 1 the hospitality of others. | Before he attends another banquet, I| would most respectfully suggest that | he order a patrol, so that he can be | taken where he can never again cast | | | accept reflections upon a banquet, which each and every one who was at it must con- cede to have been the best managed, the most orderly, and the one attend- ed by the most representatiye assem- blage of all the best and most pmm-l inent business men, of all professions, in our eity. A BURNS' BANQUET BOOSTER. Norwioh, Feb. 10, 1913, In the language of lavers, kisses speak louder than words. “the feet in this for fully fifteen instes gently rul ‘l-.g;-!z,; the sore s - won o orenas s an il s goes Instantly feel delightful. . Corns and callouses can be peeled right off. It gives immediate reljef . for sore bunions, sweaty, ' smelly and = aching feet. Tspecially effective for frost-bites and chilblains. A twenty-five cent box of Cal- ocide is sald to be sufficient to cure the worst feet It works through the pores and removes | the. cause of the trouble. Don't waste time on any uncertain remedies. Any druggist has Calocide comound in Stock, or he can get it'in a few hours from his wholesale house. Published by Medical Formula Laboratoriessof Chicago. ON THE BURIAL OF LINCOLN. And so thev buried Lincoln? Stranse ~and vain! 4 Has any creature thought of Lincoln i In any vault 'meath any coffin lid In all the vears since that wild spring of pain? Tis false! he never in the grave hath lain, g You co;.l‘lél zot :bury him, although you = i/pon his_clay the Cheops pyramid, Or heaped it with the Rocky Mountain chain. They slew themselves Lincoln free— they; but set | In all the earth his great heart beats | February 13, 14, 15, S R n of & palatial mansion by fire, and a n.,:xum the complete dest!l‘tle_flfl“ ms‘ch o vl Being entertained at the Broncho CURRENT EVENTS: Ranch _FOR LIZZIE'S SAKE—Drama 'All the latest happenings ofs the 5 world el ATTRACTIVE BILL 'V ‘AUVl;)IToRI“M " For Mon., Tues. and Wed. ETHEL CLIFFORD v . 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She suffered enough when they cracked and bled. Her hands and wrists looked so bad I was discouraged, to take her out in company. It kept her from sleeping well. I tried 3 Ointment, Ointment, and also a treatment with no avail. I was so dis- couraged I said ‘I will see what the Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment will do.’ I started to use them. I was obliged to keep her hands and wrists done up day and night in linen cloth saturated with the Cuticura Ointment, but always before it was applied 1 washed them in hot water and Cuticura Seap. The bathing soothed her wonderfully. ‘When I took the cloth from her hands in the morning the dry skin would all peel off. Outicura Soap and Ointment completely cured her. 1thas never returned.” (Signed) Mrs. L. H. Allen, Feb. 10, 1012. Cuticura Soap and Ointment do so much for poor complexions, red, rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, and cost so little that it is almost criminal not to use them. Cuticura Soap (25¢.) and Cuticura Ointment (30¢.) are sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. book on the skin and scalp. Address post-card #Cuticura, Dept. T, Beston.” A& Tendér-faced men should use Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free. SLATER MEMORIAL HALL Wednesday Evening, Feb. 12th, New York Symphony Orchestra 50 Pieces WALTER DAMROSCH, Conductor Admission $2.50 Al Tickets now on sale at Geo. A. Davis's store, Broadway. Seats Reserved Concert begins at 8 o'cfock Fo=o‘=o=0fi o [l | 8 | | Today Is Free Stamp Day Important Sale o Men’s Neckwear 29c Or 4 for $1.00 Reduced from 50c and 75¢ Assortment comprises 55 dozen Four-in- Hands in reversible, French and open in a wide variety of beautiful sim. dark and medium shades. 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