Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 7, 1914, Page 4

Horwich ulletin and Goufied 118 YEARS OLD Subscription price 12c a week; 50 a month; $6.80 a year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn. as second-class matter, Telephone Calie: Bulletin Business Office 480 Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3 Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantio Office, Reom 2 Murray Building. Telephone £°~. Norwich, 8aturdav March 7, 1914, circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and frem three to four times lerger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of the 4,063 houses in Norwich, ai-1 read by ninety- three per cent. of the people. In Windhem it )8 delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and in ali of these places it is consid- ered the local da Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on ail of the R. F. D. routes in Eas | Connecticut. CIRCULATION AVerage....iivnai.. 4,412 5,920 1901 1805, average.... e BT84 | WAYWARD BOY PROBLEM. Preventive measuree are of value in many lines of effort. They are much more valuable and satisfactory tham a cure in just the same ratio that a made that there was friction between Secretary Bryan and Professor Moore in department matters, it is strongly suspected that about ment. the change has come through continued embarrass- It is unfortunate that the breai ! should come just at this time, and however reluctantly it may have been made it leaves the department with an important office to be fllled and de- prives the state department of most retention i5 recognized. LISTENING TO AGITATORS. the improvement in conditions which will overcome the large number of un- employed. It is the season when idle- ness can be expected in certain quar- ters, but from ocean to ocean, espe- cially in large centers is to be found workless than is desirable. does this indicate an unwelcome change, but it also furnishes a prob- lem for the cities for whether they are willing to work and unable to get it, or do not wish to work, idleness can always be depended upon to lead up to mischief and trouble. There are always those who prefer to profess their anxiety to get em- ployment and deplore their inability to get a job, who if offered work would have a ready excuse for refusing it, or because of their inability to make personal adjustments would prefer to remain among the curbstone howlers and mull over their troubles. This is particularly true of New York's situation today. There are doubtless many out of work, who are willing to work, but precious little headway is likely to be gained by per- mitting themselves to be misgulided by the I. W. W. agitators whose en- deavors are directed to causing trou- ble and discontent rather than obtain- ing relief. The leaders are men who do not work themselves and where jdieness is to be found they recognize the golden opportunity for creating unrest, and no c¢lass of men is so eas- fly influenced as the idie. The dis- couragement of the agitators thus means & benefit not only to the city but to those who may be jobless though willing 10 work. With as much at- tention devoted to themselves as they can be encouraged to give to disorder, though listening to agitators, better resuits would follow. NATION’S FINANCES. The result of the income tax is of particular concern to the government just at this time. The actual knowl- edge as to what can be expected from this course in the shape of revenue is desired. Much reliance has been placed upon it for the productien of the necessary sum for making up the amount which is being lost through stitch in time saves nine. As the re- sult of a recent investigation into vice conditions in Massachusetts recom- mendations were made that attention should be directed to the feeblemind- ed while still in school for the check- ing of wrong tendencies and keeping them from the danger zone. It is the same situation which confronts those who are dealing with the problem of the wayward boy. Fail to inspire him, push him omto the world, lend him no ericouragement when he needs it, place no restraint upon a tendency to g0 to the dogs and the result is that wrong influences stand a good chance to conquer. Such errors of today are repeatedly shown to result in the crim- inals of tomorrow. Bad company is easily gained and hard to shake off. When it is estimated by the Boys' Friendly society that four thou- sand, two hundred and six boys eigh- teen years and under, first offenders, and others with previous police record, were arrested In Connecticut in 1913 of whom three thousand, one hundred and eighty-one were arrested for the first time, it is easily recognized what a responsibility Tests upon giving a boy the proper start in life. The first arrest has different results. It may be a gufficient lesson for future con- duct and it may be the needed process of hardening for the perfection of an inglorious career. It is far better to prevent than to encourage young run- aways and wrongdoers. PUT THEM UNDERGROUND. Conditions are constantly revealing the fact that one good move deserves another. Wherever the work has been accomplished of placing overhead wires underground excellent results have followed. Much 6f the troubls which was experienced with pole lines is thus overcome. better service ren- dered and a greater contribution made to safety. Fach heavy wind or ice storm confirms this more positively than ever. The first steps in this placing of wires in conduits are confined to the telegraph and telephone wires but there is a far greater service which can be rendered both In behalf of the ap- pearance of the streets and safety by a similar disposal of the electric wires. Concerning light and power wires the Philadelphia Record well says that “the arguments In favor of putting them underground have tenfold forcg. Charged with deadly electric currents, they are not only menaces in them- welves, but are likely to comvert into a menace every other wire which they may happen to cross when broken. The transformation of overhead into underground systéms cannot be ac- complished all at once; but ultimately the change will have to be made. The much more difficult and éxpensive task of abolishing grade crossings has béen taken up; and the minor, but never- theless real, danger from crossed ‘wires presents conditions which can- not be forever left unremedied.” In the course of everyday events little consideration is given to the dangers which exist from broken wires carrving a deadly current until some fatality happens, but the dangers are materially increased and brought to attention by heavy storms. Under- ground work is expensive, but it is permanent and safer. JOHN BASSETT MOORE, While the department of state was in need of the services at many times during the past year and has been greatly assisted by his advice and guidance In matters of international law, 1t cannot be without a full reall- zation of the loss that the administra- tion accepted the resignation of John Bassett Moore. It is8 not the most ae- ceptable time for such a cutting off of his assfstance. Just at this time the Mexican sftuation commands un- nsual attention and at no period sin the administration took up the reins of government has greater weight been placed Tpon the department of state in this particular direction. Prof. Mooreis restgnation has been the cause of much speoculatlen, beth becauss of his special qualifieations for the position and the many rumors of =uch action which preceded it. It is diffcult to Belleve that he would desert the adminietratien in & trying place without wend and smffclent cause, and while denials have been repeatedly reduced custom receipts, since it was in expectation of a certaln amount that the rate of assessment was fixed. Such was based, however, upon esti- mates, while it is the actual results upon which dependence must be placed and the government run. That there should be concern is but natural, in view of the showing which is being made by the national treas ury. By its revelations finances are going from bad to worse. More is being spent than received, February alone showing a deficit of nine million dol- lars. This coupled with the fact that the custom receipts for the month show a decline of ten million dollars makes the situation an awkward one until important facts are obtain. With a deficit of twenty-seven mil- lion thus far this year as against a surplus of six million at the same time last year not only is it & matter of immediate concern, but it must have an important bearing upon the appro- priations. As a remedial piece of leg- islation there is ground for the anxiety lest it fail. There has been no indi- cation so far of the great benefits which would be gained by the change. Rather has it cast doubt and uncer- tainty about a previous optimistic sit- uation, et STy EDITORIAL NOTES. The robin and the straw hat are somewhere enroute. The groundhog as a week end vis- itor would at least be reassuring. One glance at the winter's ashpile tells a story which many would like to forget. The plumbers and the tinsmiths haven't had much cause to complain about the business-developing weather, After its vear's experience it is pos- sible the department of state doesn't feel the need of a counselor. A Massachusetts girl's corset steel deflected a bullet and saved her life. There’s a hint to Mexican travelers. For a dictator who claims to have an army of 25,000 men at his com- mand, Huerta is making very litile use of it. Prompt suppression through police direction seems 1o be the only proper solution of the raids on New York churches. ‘With the breaking up of winter New Hampshire is reminded of the time when Thaw was a spring rather than an all year round feature. It may Dbe true under present condi- tions that meat should be cheaper, but it will take more than a fortnight of Sundays to prove it to the retailer. The man on the corner says: It would be useless to predict anything in the weather line in hopes of chang- ing the feminine fashion in neckwear. Hasty conclusions are dangerous but the evangelist who retires from re- ligious work to take up asbestos man- ufacturing starts a natural train of thought, There is nothing quite so attrac- tive and inspiring as the latest spring catalogues but it takes several months to work out the difference between anticipation and realization for the amateur, — The farm bureau should receive the entire county’s support. It s well conceived, has excellent possibilities end should enthuse every farmer from Voluntown to Lyme and Colchester to Stonington, It was a very preper check which Fudge Casc applied to the lawyer's statement in argument that it was due to his living nerih of the Masen and Dixen line that a negro had had a 'trial. Lpnch law has ne place in & esurt of justice. ‘Whether the ineeme tax ameunts to a. hundred millien, mere or less, it ought to be pleasing te the average consumer to think that it is coming out of the pockets of the rich Ameri- can people rather than from the profits of the hard-pressed foreign manufae- turer and the employers of cheap labes, valuable services. His selection was an exceilent one and the need of his The country is anxiously awaiting a greater number of the homeless and Not only and no one Make it sh expression. it 1s to fin any many a sermon, added weight to it. close of 2,000 years as the best defini- literary polishing. Rule has been made the subject of but no sermon -vefi 1t stands at th venture on ort! d it We are told a good listener is charm- ing and the voluble talker is & boor, = to deny it We know two-thirds of the public s - ers would do better service if they had indellibiy written their hearts: Draw it mildi” dding verbiage to truth that makes it weak, or diluting it with conceited i The more a ng truth is pads bolstered up, the harder e o Ao Truth doesn't need The Golden 1t is (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) Hetiy Hatfleld was born to rule. she certainly was a tyrant, and her imperious temper led her over those about her. fault and found themselye pleased when they ylelded to her every Wish, and avoided rousing her tem- er 'which they laughed at, saying, ‘Hotty 18 80 spunky!” She was & Deautiful Lttle girl, and ss she grew to maidenhood was &d- mitted to be more than ordimarily handsome. Of course there were those tion of religion and the best definition of love, und it makes clear that the two blend perfectly—are inseparable. There are a thousand other definitions of re- ligion, but not one acceptable as a sub- that shook their wise he and croaked, “Handsome 1s as m’&m. does,” but even they gazed upon her with admiratio: A fine complexion cheeks the color of Tose stitute for talke: has taiiced I | have thought the statement “op- portunity knocks at no man’s door but once” was not true. . sary to revise this opinion, because it this. oug enough. All the scholarship of the ages has not produced anything clearer or more forceful. listener is made by the entertaining the man who knows when he The good I think it is neces- gave her tals in which rested two dainly mples while her cherry-ripe pouting lips seemed fitted only for loving words and kisses. Her large dark eyes were well adapted to the roguish glances which they sent out through the long lashes which fringed them. Dark curly hair escaping in delicate rings over the white forehead and about the little shell-shaped ears com- pleted the picture. Add to these a 1] but it is a man’s priv- dainty little hand and a trim foot and e 5 eii'at ‘opportunity’s ‘door | ankle, and you have Hetty Halfleld just as often as he dares venture.|complete. When oppcrtunity knocks at your deor it_is evident you are deemed to be efficient; bu door of oppertunity prove your own efficiency. man who is advancing is all the time making clear his competency to those on him to step up What is the way to efficiency? It is the habit of attending strictly to little getails who are c& higher. smaliest ser: t when mu liing the intent to vice well. st The youbhg do. 00 exclu- the One makes his way by diligence, not by watching the clock or setting his mind Complete did I say? So it is com plete to look at, but truth compels me to say that those eyes too often flash- ed with anger instead of roguery, and the sweet voice, like that of Whittier's guest, “had notes more high and shrill for social battle cry.” Her temper drove her to lord it over her school- mates and companions, and in fact ex tended to everyone she knew, so tha people often said, “Better not stir up Hetty's temper, or you will find your- seif beaten in the battle” But on the whole, Hetty had many friends and sively upon his pay envelope. The man whose mind 1s ever upon his work and who iz moved by a spirit of achieve- ment comes up to the door of oppor- tunity like a welcome friend and is not hampered by formalities. A Norwich clergyman recentiy” asked an assembly of workmen “who did their thinking for them?” This was an intimation that ready-made thought is too common, that the parrots of life are not all clothed with bright plu- reached womanhoed with ception of her own failings. few foes, so what wonder that she little con- She had no lack of admirers among the beaus of her set. Among them all, Sherman Conant appeared to be the favorite one although he would have greatly disiiked being counted among the beaus of the place. In looks he was a striking oontrast to the lady of his love. A broad chested, muscular fellow six feet and more in height. His mage. It is up to every man to seri- ously ask himself this same question It is not possible for any of us to do all our own thinking, for if there is anything in this world which is not the worse for being second-hand It 18 well expressed thought; but it is a lazy minded soul Who accepts any truth _without sifting it. just as it is a Jazy housewife who does not sift the sugar to get the tiny hanrdwood chips and bits of nailheads from it, for it is the littie obstacles the eys cannot gnickly see or the mind cannot imme- diately grip which may be the cause of serious future trouble. No truth can be ours because an able man ut- tered it—it can only bs ours by our possessing ourselves of it, and becom- ing conscious that it is true. It is @ knowledge of the truth that makes man free, and it is a very superficial know- ledgo of the truth which has to sus- tain it the seeing of it on paper or just ‘hearing it expressed. Falsities garbed like truth are too common to be taken on trust. | was reading after a writer the other day who says: “Adam was a black man and the whites are sim- ply bleached blacks.” I wonder how he found this out! There is little doubt primitive man was colored, but it has been generally supposed he was a red man, since he took his name from the red-earth; but there is really no positive proof of this. We know the dark icolored races predominate on earth and that the white man is the exceotion not the rule, figuratively speaking or any other way. The color line is drawn against the blacks sharply; and the East Indians, the Arabs, the Turks, the Thibetans, the Chinese or the Japanese are no fa- vorites in this land where all men are vroclaimed to have a right to liberty, religious freedom and happiness. Why is this, think you? It is not because we are God's children and they are not, for the Saviour declared all men | * may be of thesa other good things, and I have THE WAR for as to whether the war would last that long. and patriotic hilarity as they board- ed the train, soon at their old somewhat like a junket at the gov- ernment’'s expense. a good Christian whatever his profes- sion of faith, or lack of it. I am aware other people do not write him down this way, and in their estimation he Christian without being any no dispute with them—l know my Christian if I do not readily recognize theirs, I do not want to know what & man doss one-seventh of the time, but what he is doing all the time. The deity of same men is a merciful, loving father, and the delty of other men is an enemy to man—an -.vannng I somehow prefer the God fidently address as Father. good to feel you are a son of God, that vou have a heavenly home, that you can it with Hope and leok up and not be afraid. I am, or how bad the other fellow is— 1 only know I desire to be worthy of my heritag monster! can con- It seems 1 do not know how good SUNDAY MORNING TALK WITH NO DISCHARGE I often heard my father tell of the embarkations of volunteers from his native town in the stirring days of Many of the boys had enlisted 90 days, but with some doubt 81. They were full of excitement expecting t obe home tasks. It seemed But when months and years passed and some came home only for burial, others and came disabled and diseased, still others were only reported "missing” every bit of glamour passed are brethren! It may be because we |off and the whole country realized feel superior, for we should not think | that we were engaged in a long and of attributing it to our narrowness. | bitter war. We write of ourselves as the superior race, and it will be most satisfactory if Heaven approves our judgment. Do not get the cenceit that your views of things in life are of great imporiance to someone else, when they are of most importance fo What you think affects you have enlisted paign of right dgainst wrong, of truth against realize to yourself. | pat in which the enemy can be beaten It is not otherwise with those who in the age-long cam- falsehood. They begin to that they are summoned not a skirmish, nor to a single com- for good | off once for all. The campaign will or evil more than it does Sam Hill or | not end for any of them while life Dave Page. It has everything to do |lasts. They appreciate the message of With your fears, vour hates and your | the old hymn: prejudices and these are at the bot- 3 tom of all your errors and vour devil- | Ne'er think the victery won try. A good navigator of self is the| Nor once at ease sit down successful man: and let me say right | Thine arduous work will not be done here the successful man is not the| Till thou obtain thy crown. man of most money. but the man of most health; not the man of greatest| No one enters into real power of mentality, but the man of true-heart- | character till his good impulses have edn That is greatest which will | pecome maitters of principle. Spas last longest and tell most for good- | modic efforts, good intentions are use- ness. Money buys things which nour- ish and which perish, but the things money cannot buy, love and truth and devoutness, are imperishable. Think right, live right and act right and your influence will be divine. How much trouble is caused by the repeating of things said in confidence. Too many do not know when they have been confided In. Everything confidential in this world is not la- belled “This is a secret!” What a friend says to you as a friend is in- of society will termined and persistent fire a few shots at then ment i8 to act very much like a de- serter. ful, but must be established and made permanent. Neither the evils in one's nature nor the intrenched evils vield to any save de- assault. To the enemy and in disgust or discourga- wn retire A single victory over the dragons of oppression or unrighteousness does not to mean that they ara never again lift their heads. The powers of darkness are rarely whipped. 5o a8 to tended for your ears alome. What a |stay whipped. After the English people person may say to you In hours of | had wrested Magna Cherta from re- grief, or in sudden anger, or at times |] of special trial 1s private, and is prop- erly held when it is deemed sacred. It is only people who harbor a do-as- you-would-be-done-by spirit who be- come consclous of some confldences. People of sense do not distribute con- fidences as If they were business cards —do not go about opening their hearts to folks as they would a snuff-box, It Runnymede they still for their rights. fighting _graft, forms of vice from the beginning and must fight them till the last trump shall sound. uctant King John on the plains of hed to fight Good men have been intemperance, vartous The perserverance of the saints is ! an old-fashioned doctrine with a i8n’t pleasant to be entrusted with the modern message. The real saint will same secret by ten different persons persevers. Having begun he will also on the same day. Half lhe.se(‘rc!s make an end. With constancy he being passed around with I them are not worth keeping . No won- der it has been said: “Blessed is the|j man who knows when to keep sllent and when to speak.” Half the world does not know this vyet, els on will stick to his great moral task nor faint nor fail nor be discouraged till t be accomplished. A friend asked Mr. Lincoln “if he could finish the war during his term of office” “I cannot say.” “But, Mr. g Lincoln what do you mean a0 7 The men who mistake a decanter |« Peg away, sir just Peg away.” And for a fountain of youth often discover | ne did peg away—tilll Appomattox their mistake too late in life. John|and victory. Only he who, having put Barleycorn abides therein, and he|his hand to the plow, looks not back, staggers all mankind. There are hun- | j dreds of thousands of men who dally with him who will tell you they have never been drunk, although they have seldom been sober. How the world disagrees in its definitions of drunken- ness and sobriety. In the courts of | law the question as to whether the | prisoner was drunk or not is always an | open question. Under the influence of | liquor no two men scem to act exactly | alike, unless it has brought them to that blissful state of unconsclousness and immobllity in which the police find it most convenlent to toss them into an express wagon to take them to the cooler, John Barleycorn can make a man feel like 50 many things he isn'i, and meke a man do so many things that are not natural to him, that it| would be impossible to muke a list of them. He ean transform respectabili- ty into foolishness and every other de- eadent condition, even to bestiality, A decanter is not & fountain of youth. but the holder of a fluld which first makes man a fool and later a demon. If a man is a gobd eitizen, a gond husband, n good father and gand s fit for the kingdom of God. THE PARSON. Bl T 2 o R oA A S —] FROM LION TO LAMB flat back gave the impression of & soldier at ease, but there was nothing flerce about his expression, which a into his large roughly-hewn -~ rovealed t‘o hbu a look .‘D‘o::; of a .):‘" Bu:ln type, with lt‘.rll(hl light hair and blue-grey eyes. A man to be trusted you could say slow to ::su-. as he was slow of speech. Mas- ul, withall, and one who, once €on- vinced of the right would find it diffi- cult to modify his opinlon of the proper line to be taken. occupation Sherman Conant was & lawyer with a flourishing practice, and though he was still young. he had acquired the reputation of honesty. It was generally known that Conant would not take any case merely for the fee, and refused all offers to plead for what he knew was unrighteous deallng. Many a time had he recon- ciled opposing perties by his plain common senss, and induced them to ttle their differences between them- selves instead of bringing them into court. Perhaps this great contrast to her own temperament led Hetty to look upon Sherman Conant with favor, for during their courtship his attentions seemed to satisfy her demands, and her temper was held in bounds. Their engagement was a brief one, as he was desirous of placing his bride in his home, and she was riot loath to find herself at the head of the well-ap- pointed establishment to which she was welcomed. 1t was not long, however, before she found & grievance of which to com- plain. It was their first quarrel, and her husband felt it keenly. The paper had told her of Mr. Conant's refusal to accept the offer of acting as at- torney for a certain railroad prospect- ing for a western branch. “What possessed you to refu their offer?” demanded Hetty. “It would have paid you well and given you a firmer standing in you profession.” “Possibly,”exclaimed Mr. Conant, but the work they expected of me was not honest, straightforward work, and I Geclined for the best of reasons.” “No thought of my wishes and am- bitjons. Of course not, I might have known by this time that I ceunt for nothing in your calculation: That is what I must expect for the rest of my life, 1 suppose.” “But, Hetty, be reasonable,” pieaded her husband, T could not consent to do the work demanded of me” but argument was vain, and silence b came his refuge. Months went by placidly enough to all beholders, aithough the Conants could have told a different story. Then came the announcement of Hetty's desire to go on a lengthy trip to the Bouth for the winter months, and Sherman must accompany her. My dear Hetty, I cannot go with you, but the Lowells are going you say, and you can travel with them.” “SWhy can't you go, too?” complained Hetty. 1 have several cases in this session of court, and I must not desert my clients who are depending on me for ald. Possibly I could join you later, and make the return trip with you.” “No, that will not do at all” con- tested Hetty. ‘“We had better separate for good and all. It has been coming for quite a while. You care nothing for me. It is all business, business, business!” and Hetty sobbed piteously, | as she declared her decision to be | final. | “Very well, have it your own way. I am fired of this constant wrangling. | Remember, I am ready to receive you back whenever you wish to come for my love is as strong as ever, but the advances must be made by you,” and he_left her for his daily work. People who saw him walking with bent head and serious look, thought him to be in deep abstraction over some intricate law-suit. Sad Indeed were his thoughts. He blamed him- self_more than his young wife. “What can she find in me to make her happy?”’ thought he. t is like yoking an old farm horse to a butter- fly. So involved was he in his sadness that he noticed nothing of surround- ings, and absent-mindedly at a crowd- ed corner stepped in front of an au- tomobile, and was thrown down. A cry of horror rose from the bystanders who ran to his aid. He retained his senses long enough to beg to be taken to his home, then lapsed into uncon- sciousness. Meantime Hetty had been doing a little thing of her own and was speed- ily repenting of her angry decision. ‘When her husband was brought to her in this sad plight, she felt she was justly punished for her unwifely con- duct and words, and while her at- tentions were unremitting during the days that followed, her mind repeated again and again, “How could I say such things when he has been so good to me?” At last he regained his reason to find his wife at his bedside, her hand linked in his. “You, I tho Hetty,” exclaimed he feebly.” ught vou were going south.” v darling husband,” replied Hetty I staid here to make the first advances. T've had my lesson. What if you had died’ You wijl find things different in the future.” And so he did. Anxiety had changed the lion into a lamb, and the change was permanent. “The Conants are more devoted than commented their friends, “al- they were always a loving though couple.” AN IDLER. WATCH YOUR STEP! BY THE CONDUCTOR Dance Cops. “Them Indianapolis city dads kinda slipped one over th’ 406 didn’t they? “Didn't y* read about it? Lizzle was 80_tickled over it she was sorry she didn't live there, s0's to be a dance boss.” “Them aldermen passed a law that no dance could be pulled off in th' city limits till they had a female police- man iook at ev'ry perfect lady on th' floor 'fore th' grand march begun. “All th’ dudes thought it was a dance law for lowbrows an' they said ‘good thing. Them people ought to be watched. Then some wise Mike put his goggles on an' he reads closer an' hollers like a Comanche Indian. ‘Heip, help,’ says he, that fool council is tryin’ to run th’ swell balls an’ hops.’ “So th’ eity dads has to back up an’ say they didn't go to stop any dances where people wear real lace an’ go to ‘em in limousines. They only wanted THEN Thirty-two years age the firat mile of the English channel tun- nel was complef Travelers saw meighber, | usually write him down as and——NOW all that has been done toward boring lons of saoon beln: able to beneath the English channel. But the the rough sea il’p between ru}oct alive and is coming before But the invasion the House of Cemmens again with eized the military authori- prospects hrlfhhr than ever before. ties in England; Parliament would France and England are on cordlal net let the censtructien preceed. terms and the inv: is no e year that kl;u pre- lenger acute. the t was preposed alarmists aro tunneling through 4 To plsturs the Fruiioh muking upe oF the shants! Ded esuld be o sily ac- of the tummel land an apmy in complished by a boring machine built England. rliament .—.‘ul.n, re- on the plan of a huge carpenter’s bit, fused its appeeval, netwithstanding and the tunnel afterwards lined with that the premeters devised schem steel. The reute whenreby the p ng of an electric which i button on Engl so0il would put the longest un the tunnel out of comm: in world. The cost is estimated at about war time. $80,000,000. Today that first mile of tunnel is We have on hand 47 ROCKERS, all $1.00 up. enamel, at $5.50 up. yard and up. $10.50 up. $1.39. 35 BRASS and $2.60 up. Fire, Smoke ater Sale damaged by water to some extent, which we must close out at once. BIG BARGAINS-DON'T WAIT 18 DRESSERS in oak, mahogany and white 200 yards extra heavy LINOLEUM at 39c a 19 very fine MATTRESSES, $1.95, $3.75 14 BUFFETS, fine styles and finishes, 22 AXMINSTER RUGS, size 27x54, ai Lahn Furniture Gompany 74 MAIN ST., NORWICH, CONN. the following goods, kinds and finishes, at IRON BEDSTEADS at to keep th' police an’ us conductors from dancin’ with th’ tuberculosis. “From what I hear about them high- brows dancin’ th' bunny hug an’ th’ puppy snuggle, I bet they need a cop to watch 'em much as us muts do. “Liook down my car, there Who 4" see showin’ off her ankles an’ makin’ ev'rybody peek at her neck? 'Tain't th’ little woman goin’ home to six children an’' th' baby. 'Tain't th’ woman with glasses on, an’ her arms full o’ bundl “No sir, it's th' kind that never works. 1 call ’em th’ home busters. 1f them dance cops keep their peepers on th’ sweil dames theyll put that little town Reno out o' business. “High Street! High Street! “Let *em out first, miss! “Liook where you step! Railroad Directors Biamed. Boston, March 6—"Responsibility for the condition into which the New England raflroads have fallen rests squarely on mismanagement by di- rectors of those roads Into the past,” Governor David I. Walsh said tonight to an audience of railroad officials at the annual banquet of the Traffic clud of New England. Breaking of Will Sustained. New York, March §—The decision of the jury which set aside the of the late General Thomas T. Eckert, merly president of the Western Union Telegraph company, and enabled the general's son, Clendenin, to share the estate equally with his brother, Thom- as T. Eckert, Jr., was affirmed today by the appellate ‘division of the supreme court. William G, Cenrad, a wealthy Mon- tana man, died at Winchester, Va., yes- terday Visit If you are one of those is to obtain the greatest be duplicated elsewhere. 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