Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 9, 1914, Page 4

Willinmeatic Office, Buflding. Telephone ate. 1901 aVeTag®.csiccsecsises $412 1905, average.canecesms 5,920 . REAWAKEN THE VILLAGES. It was a gratifying statement which was made in the letter from a Bos- rahville writer this week in which it was declared that that village is re- gaining its old time vigor and enjoy- ing greater prosperity than for some time, Naturally that is pieasing to that section of the neighboring town and it likewise is to Norwich, which always looks on with keen interest to the growth and development of the small villages within its vicinity. Boz- rahville deserves to come back to its former day: There was a time ‘when it was an active, bustling mill village, but like others, its industrial activities dwindled and disasters came until in comparison with its best days it seemed like a deserted hamlet. It is only natural, therefore, that the village itself should be joyful over the interest in its advantages which has ‘brought back better days. Would that it might happen to some of the other villages and settlements which have undergone somewhat similar decline through industrial inactivity, such as Shewville, Poquetanuck, Colchester and Blissville. Norwich would also like to see these coming back to the days when they were in their prime with good sized weekly payrolls in- stead of burned, deserted, decaying or little used mills. Tt would be a de- lightful thing if these places like Boz- rahville could undergo a reawaken- ing through a manifestation of the proper interest in and a development of their advantages. Live villages are . mot only an asset to themselves, but every one is an asset to Norwich sinee it is their natural center for trade and distribution. May Bozrah- ville continue to prosper and be an example to others, every one is an asset to Norwich as a center for trade and distribution. -May Bozrahville continue to prosper and be an example to others. GQET READY FOR EMERGENCIES. ‘The preparations which are quietly going on for the furnishing of suf- elent reinforcements for General Fun- ston’s forces at Vera Cruz are being taken as a precautionary measure, and all point to the anticipation of an im- it change in the Mexican situa- tion and that soon. No violation of the armistice has ocourred and none is intended but the fact is that there is no telling what will happen, calling for immediate action by the army at Vera Cruz in the event of Huerta's flight, the inevitable outcome which “is being hastened each day as revealed by the discontent of the Mexican peo- ple and the army, and the success of forces. It is be- cause of the uncertainty as to just ‘what conditions might immediately follow Huerta that the need of proper preparation is realized. It is again & question how long he can maintain a respect for the armistice and in view of the uncertainty the wisest course is to be on the safe side and be prepared to take any action which circumstances may require. Conditions are such in Mexico, ac- cording to conservative reports which are being received, that Huerta can- not even in his most optimistic view hope to continue his dictatorial po- sition much longer. From the north the rebels are sweeping down upon him and it is only feebly that they are being shown resistance. He is pow- erless to cheek their “on tc Mexico City” movement while in his attitude towards this country he has only caused himself unnecessary embar- rassment and conditions even in his own territory are getting unhealthful. It would not be surprising any day to learn that he had .departed for a for- eign trip and it is to guard against les which might arise from this that the war department is now eoncerned, GET ALL T FACTS, Gradually there is being obtained through the testimony of Mr, Billard before the interstate commerce com- mission some of the facts which are w ch deasired in connection with lanclal operations of that com- May 2 ...... and aad cluded in this matter, but it is to be hoped by the time it is that the mission will have gotten at the facts POWER LIFEBOATS. The abandonment of the search for by it could under: of what others there might be in pow- erless boats and at least keep them vessels. ped with wireless was one of those vessels engaged in the dangerous bus- iness of carrying explosives and the first explosion rendered its means of communicating with heip absolutely take to the open ocean in amall two of which were located but it wi an instance where the presence of a power boat equipped with provisions could have rendered an inestimable amount of service and prevented e great amount of suffering. The transportation of dangerous cargoes is a necessary part of business ‘which must be done by some vessels, but they shoyld be surrounded by the greatest amount of safety possible, in- cluding life saving equipment ini anti- cfbation of just such disasters. LESSON TO HAITI, The republic of Haiti has given evi- dence for some time that it much pre- fers revolts and political fighting to straightening out its financial tan- gle. Its credit has dwindling until with the inability or unwillingness of its congress to unite upon a rehabilitation of its finances and the insistence upon the business- like conduct of the government se- rious conditions are threatened. good should therefore result from the lesson it was given when Great Britain this week collected a long overdue debt of $62,000 in behalf of a British mill owner whose property was des- troyed by revolutionists and to whom the court had awarded the amount. Haiti hadn’t repudiated the debt but it had nothing to meet it with and was making no effort to get it, until an ultimatum with a fixed hour back- ed up by a warship forced a bank loan and obtained a settlement. That should be a sufficient warn- ing to the republic to get its govern- ment and its financial house in order. It should be the kind of prodding needed to overcome the ‘dangerous procrastination, for there is reason to believe that such a method would net have been adopted if there had been a good and sufficient reason for favoring Haiti with more time. To jump on a poor republic in that manner may seem a bit savage and badly timed, but from the manner in which Haiti hes been doing business it is probably the best thing that could happen to it. It is time that Haiti should give its time and attention to a reconstruc- tion period. EDITORIAL NOTES. Roosevelt's story of a new river meets criticism in England, but why not, try it on Copenhagen first? If Villa could be judged by his talk instgad of his past there is no ques- tion about his getting into Who's Who. The BEpileptic hospital at Mansfield is another proof that Connecticut is recognizing and responding-to a long existing need. If New York has any doubts about the thoroughness of the gypsy moths the “watchful waiting” policy can be relied upon to prove the contrary. No previous indication of a willing- ness to help John D. pile up his wealth equals the effort being made to hand him back his Foundation. The real vital question isn’t'so much what discoveries Col. Roosevelt made in uth America as it is what he will make when he reaches this coun- try. Auto breakdowns are trying, but they are about the only things which give the tourists a chance to see the country through which they are go- ing. The man on the corner says: The sreatest trouble with the plans which | peoplo make for spending' a million is that they never get the chance to try them out. Huerta may insist that he has no idea. of resigning, but he had better get Into a position where he can grab his hat. He may not have time to take formal action. Preparations are being made for paying tribute in their home towns to those who lost their lives at Vera Cruz, but it is a service in which the ‘whole country can properly join. Regardless of the use of the term the day of the unsinkable ship has not arrived any more than has the day of the absolutely safe automobile, when those terms are reiied upon alome to insure these conditions, Per an attack upon a nurse one ‘man has been sentenced to ths = :owq. anether to 99 years, and a third Q Kansas City, which eity and state be- lieve in the enforcement of the law. By the time the mediation board sits ‘st Niagara Falls the chances are that the cause for it all will have fled, and there will be ne- need of their services unless it can be arranged to Whole Mexican situation, i take up the best on the playground, wi few admirers, for all knew he could be leader, he would not join their games. Consequently he often set aside and and unsocial. When manhood was reached, John Flynt had learned from experience | that, although firmness, had its value, to complete it. mut:{lzn of a flg'.r in the fleld has more in it for man than the Sphinx, if it could tell its story. pen my active and have tried to keep it so. There is England spending in this year of our Lord 1914 $357,750,000 her navy, and not above $20,000,000 on education; and other ci nations are following suit. Government are spending five times as much for the perpetuation of brutal force as they are for the enmlightenment of their people. Retaliation burdens us six times as much as salvation. We live in antici- pation of hate instead of dwelling in the confidence of Love. The love we have to do these things age is still holding down the super- Hoan A The fact the world employs many times more women for, teaching chil- dren than it does men shows it thinks this is woman's work. The assign- ments the world makes to it in no way work from any point of view, and no- ble work is usually underpaid. The preachers, the teachers and the writ- ers of a country are not the onas who get rich. It is the sharp traders, the foxy speculators, the manipulators of ‘watered stock who may realize hun- dreds of thousands as the result of g little scheming and a large opportuni- ty; and a few days or hours of stren- uous work. If there was nothing worth more than large accumulations of material wealth the ranks of the teachers could not be kept filled; but Horace Bushnell was right when he declared “the most valuable property is the property right in souls.” Educa- tion is called the cheap defense of na- tions, because it is not the work of money-grubbers. The game of mon- ey-getting is not the way to purity of soul or a keen sense of the infinite. The person who cannet see enough in life to make him feel glad he was born has more than half lost his grip. He cannot have come into the con- sciousness yet that he is a son of God and an heir to the kingdom. He may through is own cultivated dullness be throwing away his right and title to the love and mercy and abiding peace ‘which should be his portion. It is not one’s relation to men, but his relation to the truth and his response to the promptings of the spirit which settles it. It is better for each of us to over- come the flaws in our own lives than to be critcising the flaws in the lives of our fellow men. Only God knows how good we are or haw bad we are, for He has the only just and accurate measure. ‘The self-righteousness which prompts our brother to tell us ‘we are booked for hell is not of heav- enly origin—it has no virtue in it whatever; for he is not our judge. Has it ever struck you that man is just as entitled to health and a com- fortable 'old age as he is to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, if it isn't mentioned in the constitution of the United States. Most people desire to be healthy if being 8o does not inter- fere too much with their appetites and their imagined pursuit of happiness. Man is so constituted that he thinks he is having a good time when he is on the way to perdition, and all his friends know it. There are more darl- ing weaknesses distributed among men than there are any need of, and some of us feel as proud of our weaknesses as we do of our ancestors. It is un- pleasant for the middle-aged man who caps a heavy dinner every ing. To enjoy a healthy old age we must be temperate in all things. If the orchardist knew the little birds were blessed with large appetites and could be brought to their domains by placing boxes in the trees and thus in- creased upon their acres they would not only call them in as assistants, but glve them acres for the birds and wild creatures in the | center of his ranch, and few years he found he had 40,000 ing for him, to’say nothing other little creatures, and he tirely freed from the blue-bott! and other pests his neighbors complaining of. Seme of ti i birds eat two and a half 1 weight in insects every 2¢ some of them comnsume 1, seeds in a day, A heron that but knew a good fish when he his trout weighed 11-2 apiece. 1 Why don't pecple am inclined to t is 134r il B Er i i ‘twenty vears' imprlsonment in | Stin of this he did tendaat did, a genial manner was help, and no fault could be found in him in that respect. He was well received in so- ciety, and was considered quite a catch by many a match-making mamma. H& commh:w:ne; ‘with ldhlllty‘ pr n business and was already well-to-do. .He had no diffi- culty, therefore, in inducing Clara May to accept his attentions and his hand in marriage. She was a mild, amiable young lady; and feit: flattered fiyflhll notice, and the preference he nly showed for her when she had So_many rivals. s His courtship was brief, and their married life began happily for bdoth. He really was in love with his wife as she was with him, and their honey- moon was quite the thing of the before his firmness became offensively a greater extent than had all else :.:l‘u had occurred in their married e Mrs, Flynt in the joy of her moth- erhood was overwhelmed with hap- piness and inclined to take a rose- colored view of all thln&. “John, dear,” said she, “T should like to the baby May. It's my ly name, you know, and will make such a pret- ty name for a girl. You will let me call her May, won't you?” “Now I comsider that a great plece Christian fellowship, the common in- terest, the warmth of love which must ever be the magnet of the true church was manifested. The stranger or poor man looking for the spirit of his Mas- ter cannot feel it if it is poured from the pulpit in a large volume of words, while he sits in the midst of & frosty atmosphere. He has a right to expect the democracy and the love of the New Testament. be - chris d prominent members, and that im-future he and his wife '&M t- the church, but it was soon discov- ered that his opinion must be deferred to in all things, and woe betide those who opposed him. They might as well have beaten their heads against the granite walls of the edifice itself. In firmness John Flynt and the stone structure were equals. Clara Flynt had by this time accept- ed the fact that her husband's opin- ion was the final decision in all things great and small. She was able to see the funny side of all things, and truly loved her husband in spite of his oddities, which were to her a source of laughter instead of tears. Their next child was a boy, and Clara suggested no name, leaving that mat- ter entirely to her spouse. Mnuch to her surprise she was con- sulted as to the name of the infant. Whether the arrival of a son had soft- ened his father's heart, or whether a lingering memory remained in his conscience of bygone sternness, she never knew. She chose the name John, in honor of both father and grandfather, and said she would like Rutherford for a middle name, as it was a family name on her side of the house. The name pleased her husband. It had a stateliness about it that appealed to him. resonant tone, as had also its owner, and as the boy - had evidently inher- ited his father's firmnes: is soon rules the household, fath included, and John senior was compelled to vield to a will as strong as his own. As time went on, Mr. Flynt entered the political arena, and there his rep- utation for firmness stood him in good stead, particularly as it was accom- panied by his well known upright- ness and honest dealing. One honor after another was tendered him, till he was at last elected mayor of his native city. In his home he had still the decid- ing voice. for even his son soon after leaving his babyhood behind him, found that parental authority must be met with dutiful submission, and his mother’s sense of humor helped them both through life. Now which was it in John Flynt's character, firmness or obstinacy? ‘Whichever you call it, it developed into tyranny in his home and elsewhere. AN IDLER. od. It is a fine harvest Secretary Bryan is getting from his planting of the seeds of universal pa-u.—l’hllndelpml] Inquirer. It is true that the giving or receiv- ing of sympathy, like much else that is ‘good in this world, may be over- worked. In its abuse no other useful gift may be more debilitating. SeM- pity is a subtle and enervating vice that may fasten upon one before he is aware of it. A man may come to feel that his lot in life is one of peculiar difficulty. No other, the self-pit: ing one thinks, ever had such a bur- den to carry, or fought against such odds. Friendship is frequently abused at just this point. We say “a friend not worth having uniess one can go to him with his troubles” Acting on this theory we often pour into a loyal, if often wearied ecar, long stories of distress that might better have been kept to ourselves. It is not certain that every man who wears his heart upon his sleeve deserves the sympathy for which he whimpers. What he most needs may be candid advice to “brace up.” The rude vigor of a motto displayed in a store window made an impressfon on the mind of at least one observer: “What many a man yearning for sympathy really needs is two swift kicks, prop- erly placed.” All_of which must be taken with a discriminating sense of the fitness of things. That were indeed wretched counsel which would discourage the giving of the priceless gift of sympa- thy when smypethy is needed. And how often that is in this rough-and- tumble world! But we may well be- ware lest a beautifu service be made to cater merely to selfishness of spirit. Life is a constant challenge to our herolc impuises. Scripture sounds the note unhesitatingly. “Quit you like men, be strong,” is the ring- ing challenge of the Old Testament. ‘Endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ” is a noble call of the New. No premium is to be placed on weakness. Be strong. ‘We are pot here to play—to dream, to drift, ‘We have hard work to do and loads to lift. Shun riot, the struggle—face it; 'tis God's gift. THE PARSON. Lives Up to His Reputation. Colonel Goethals lives up to his reputation in announcing on the most critical day in the year that the Canal is ready for the passage of transports. —New York Sun. BY THE CONDUCTOR Playing a Horn. “Unele Sam is gonna hold an examis nation for leader of th' brass band in th’ Atlagta jail. “That’s where all th' down east 8uys go that get ketched passin’ Phonéy money or gettin’ rich quickern th' postmaster-general wants you to. If you do somethin’ onery when you're standin’ on United States government property they can send you to A “1 been wonderin’ why that jail ain’ full o' corgressmen an’ judges am’ enerals. th’ way they cut up in Wash- inton’y y Lynch says Washin ton’s all government property. I ought them lobby fellows owned it. “What I'm-worryin' about is how they’re gonna hold a civil service zamination .for bandmaster if they ain’t any horn tooters in th’ jail. Mel be they’re countin’ on some guy breakin' in before 'zamination that 80t a record leadin’ a brass band. “I know a fellow I gonna tip it off to. He's kep' me 'wake more nights this month 'n I got fingers an’ toes. That mut makes a noise like th’ vil- lage band practicin’ over Andy Orme's livery stable. If he could just qualify himself by bustin’ into th’ goverment pen’ I bet he'd take first prize for blattin’ a horn. He don't Play no tunes with his tuba. He jus’ goes ‘oom-pab, oom-pah’ all th’ time like a elephant singin’ to itself. T got to get him to Atlanta or somewhere. Wonder why I couldn't tell him th’ postmaster wants to hear him blow his bazoo right in th’ gen- eral delivery window? He'd be so tickled, by Jing, he'd do it. An’ then they’d pinch him for committin’ a cnme on government property an’ he get sent to Atlanta an’ get th’' blue ribbon for bandmmster. “That fellow either got to cut up bad on government property soon, or Tll cut up bad on private property. I wish they was some way he could plead guilty te bein' bandmasterin’ in th' Atlanta jail. “Center sireet! Center Street! “Yes ma’am, the care comes right “Look whera you step!’ Western vellow pine cones. to the amount of 6,377 bushels, obtained on the Bitterroot national forest, Mon- tana, yielded 9482 pounds of seed The average cost of the extracted seed was 41 cents per pound. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S -CASTORIA lol——lc————j—————|c————fololol—————[———}l——=[—=|q| S 0= ——— . Qfam/oéocf %0 ‘MID-SEASON INVENTORY SALE ~ Begins Saturday, May 9--Ends Saturday, May 16 It will be well worth your while coming to this GREAT SALE, as the -~ values are EXCEPTIONAL for this time of the year, while the season is only at its height. 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