Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 5, 1914, Page 4

« Qlorwich: Bulletin 118 YEARS OLD .—fllmlm-m- 2 iz Entered at the Postoffice et Norwioh, €onn., as second-class matter. Telepnone. Callas B e Beffocial Rooms 358, t o e aliettn Job Ofice 353 Wililmantlo Offive, Room 2 Murrky Buildizg. Telephone 310. 4 ~Norwich, Baturday, Deo. 5, 1914, The Circulation of The Builetin i Thz Bulletin has the largest eirculation of sany paper in Esst- ern Connectiout ana from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich, It h_dpliv-r.d to over %ULG of the 4,053 houses in Slorwich, a . read by minety- three per osnt. of +10 people. In ; Windhem it o delivered to over H H 2 i H i 3 Putnam and als of these places it s consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connectiocat has forty- nine towns;, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every il of the R. F. D. routes CIRCULATION 1901 @VErage..ccceseesscss 4812 1205, aVarag®ececescseens 5_920 Seeenesessrnsacesseescasonssssse: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS * One of the important contests for the action of the county caucuses al the coming session of the general as. sembly will be that for county com- missioners. and from. the number of <andidates in the field the struggle in New London couanty is not likely to be overshadowed by the efforts which are put forward in the other sections of the state. The office of county commissioner is an impertant ome. It is too .im- portant in fact not to recelve the considerate attention that is demand- ed in the choice of men who are to act as the county’s répresentatives In the transaction of the business and the msintenance of the institutions which ‘are uider their control. For many years there was an understand- ing ‘that the county board should be made up of 2 member from each of ‘the three sénatorial districts but since the redistricting this has not been so strictly followed. With the exception of the past two yeare, however, it has been a long i period since Norwich or vicinity has not been represented upon the board. Being the largest center within the ; county and therefore the place which . gives the most business to the board, the county seat where the superior court clerk is lécated with '~ whom there has to be recorded all licenses before issued and therefore the real headquarters of the board, and the place where two of the county Insti- tutlons are situated, it is but natural that there hould be, as there is, a strong sentiment in behalf of a Nor- wich or vicinity commissioner. It is a sensible view of the situation. CHANCE FOR THE AMBITIOUS Under the conditions of the present day and the opportunities of seif help which are extended and encouraged, there appears to be no good reason to prevent the ambitious from getting a college education. There was a time when colleges were for those of money, those whose families could afford to meet the large expense entailed, but while there are many young people representative of familles of mears who help to make up the college enroli- ment, the student body today is by no means restricted thereto. So important has become the ques- tion of heiping the student who de- sires Lo earn his way through col- Jege that all the large universities have bureaus for puiting them in touch with opportunities for employment. From Harvard university it has just been announced that last year there were 1,010 students who applied for work, and by some of them being able to fill more than one position they took caré of 1,494 jobs during their spare time, from which the total earnings amounted to $107,239. That those very same students can view 'with greater appreciation the education which they have been able to obtain by the sweat of their brow is believable. Through such struggles they are obtaining the experience which permits them to face the future with greater confidence and push and demonstrating that the lack of ready funds is by no means an insurmounta- le barrigr to an education. i i e i CANADA APPRECIATES IT Tt has not been expected or intend- ed that this country should be the sole bepeficiary of the Panama canal. It was bullt to meet the world’s needs and with the expectation that this country would take advantage of the development possibilities which such an {ioteroceanic waterway offers. That we are not the cnly ones who realize and are planning to profit from the facilitieg afforded thereby is pleas- ingly made evident from time to time. In keeping with our Interest therein Canada is ilkewise alert to the bene- fits which/it holds out for the devel- opment of the Pacific coast section of the dominion. It is claimed by one of the trade experts of that country that two-thirds of the future products of that country are tributary to the Pacific ocean and that practically all that are destined to the European mar- ket will go through the canal. Such means a much more economical trans- portation method than by the long railroad _haul across country and ‘then "shipment Ly water. LORRBLRCCRERIRE | R ———————————————— ST [ ————— KEEPING STREETS CLEAN There 1s always a large contribution which every individual can make to- wards improving the solely through the which grevails concerning ters. It is nothing strange to see people crush up a paper bag and throw it into the gutter, cast a discarded fo- bacco or cigarette box into the street, drop any little bit of rubbish just where the idea overtakes them to part with it, or tear a letter Into bits and throw it to the winds. They all add to the unsightliness of the thorough- fares simply through carelessness and the lack of thought. Because someone else must clean it up, little considera~ tion is given to the contribution which is made to the street litter, to say nothing of the expense. _ The cost of strest sweeping varies In this country, according to ‘Munieipal Journal from I0 cents to $1.50 per capita per year, or $3 to $10 per family. Not a small part of the work is the gathering up of the dis- carded articles thrown into the streets intentionally or which roll off the ash- carts as they go overloaded to the dumping grounds. There should be sufficlent civic pride to put a stop to such practices and to make use of garbage cans. The streets of a city present evidence of the community interest and there is plenty of opportunity for the recogni- tion of personal responsibility. - otlq luse they cannot end thelr own deluded conduct. Too many people treat religion as if | pig were a jure to be hid—to be el box and locked up in 6. do not seem to realize hat it is a fine garment to cloth spiritual selves with. It would be well if they semsed that any religion which is not made a part of every day life and that cannot be daily appled to ‘business transactions fs counterfeit- Religion is not fllligreo or froth, but assurance and security; its purpose is not to keep people from eternal pun- ishment but to teach people the prac- tical value and power of gentleness and love—to lessen misery and in- Crease mirth on earth. The Dest ex- pression of joy s laughter if laughter does give expression at times to de- rision. “Laugh and the world laughs with you—weep and you weep alone” shows gladness is after all something of a_ contagion. It has been said of the Japanese that their religion i= so practical that it is lost to strangers in their every day life. The altar in the meeting-house is not the real thing but the altar in the home. The value of religion Hes in its effect upon the human heart not in its ertistic sym- bology. The woman who is the mother of o their | the heritage of the poor boy as of his mil- re T'chaire nelghbor! That inan red to was as polite to the obscure woman. prominent, cause he had it in £ E as to fhe one & 2 il : matter about the difference in station, LR .3 For refiection will convince one that —— y |most of the brusquen: ill-breeding, cuscourtesy of the world comes from| scif-centered concelt, as well &8 ignor- ance of social usages. 't The result of what any doctor would dl:rn‘-. as the Big Head was effect- lvely told in a magazine story entitled ‘An Angel Unaware,” which won much attention some time ago. i An ambitious climber had for his partner in & New York enterpqrise u the greater capital ‘here camie to work for them as stenographer a re- r | fined and qulet girl, who ultimately made herself almost indispensable to the firm, so high was the quality of ber dally work, so wise her sugges- tions and so.compelling her grasp of conditions businesswise, S The senior partner, Mr. Big Head, jhnlor-—-butm quite patted himself on the back at the' 1 generosity of his treatment of the e gir'- occasionally he would insist, in a patronizing way, that she cut short her office hours and return home—she commuted daily—he would once in a while leave a box of candy on her desk, or a new Dbook, ete. He spoke patron- izingly of her to his partner, who never responded with much volubility or in- terest. But the conceited one did not notice any lack of enthusiasm; he was there, and sufficient unto himself! There came a fine fall day, when the girl had politely invited the important ycuth out to her mothér's house for a week end visit. It seemed rather con- descending to accept; but, as he con- ficed to his partner, these working peo- plo are often sensitive; he hated to refuse the girl! At the station, before their train came in. the young lady chanced to spy some unusually handsome cosmos. cn the flower stand. It was the last of the season and she pald a premivm for gettinz it, but she explained that table sat a big, pompous type ot hashed”oth ‘nmv t ot s er e stones; but— he was doing a sword-swallowing act which would have made his forttne in any side show! The habits of youth broke through the veneer of prosperity, and there he sat eating his sweetbreads with his knife! My friend learned a big lesson then and there— that good manners is more than the reeéat and savoir faire more than the raiment! Perhaps it was worth all he pald foghis grand dinner, including his adequat@ tip! One frequentlv hears it said of a man, *“Well, lie hasn’t much money, but he'll get by, anywhere!” The same thirg, in cholcer words, was written cen- turies ago, when it was gaid of one that he was “Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all” ugh for the concelt- ed. bombastic Boor? You will agree with me that it was! not one has this capital of good man- rers, polte training. Some day the pert, slangy language which is de- cut, like murder, and cause mol tion and regret. The choice diction of the late Rev. Dr. Leander T. Chamberlain is a tra- as a boy, he stuck to him wanted to The homély proverb assures us of gyt ‘the impossibility of making a silk impression. purse out of a sow's ear, and 1 pre- THE COMING CONGRESS In view of the coming short session of congrese, much interest is manifest- ed In the program which the admin- Istration will present. While there is an inkling that the president will urge the passage of the ship purchase bill and the Philippines bill together with the necessary consideration which must be given to the appropri- ation bills it is also recognized by many of the leaders that if an attempt is made to push through - legislation outside of the appropriation bills the chances of completing the business within the lmits of the session are slighbt. It remains to be seen In the course which is pursued just what interpre- tation is placed upon the recent elec- tion results by the administration. President Wilson is in full control and. has the same congress waiting for his guldauce but it is unlikely that there will not be some recognition of the people’s expression. It Ras also with- out question made its impression up- on congress and will doubtless reveal ‘what lies back of rumored discontent in democratic circles. The claims that no radical legisla~ tion will be attempted, and even the demands which are being made that only appropriation bills be passed make it apparent that the program is likely to be conservative. It is likely to be’ necessary for party harmony and that even with its present strength is important for future bearing. Con- gress will assemble with the know- ledge that it has received a strenuous warning . EDITORIAL NOTES There are some people whe would like to put a war tax on Christmas cheer, Jarge is the army which gets its rest In work after wearing them- selves out looking for a job. That eerfal demonstration over the Krupp factory can hardly be classed as en attack upon non-combatants, There may be a lot of honor which goes with a place on the governors staff but It takes & fortune to get It ‘Washington could part with Bryan and cause less tears than to be forced to get along without the services of Walter' Johnson. Dead or alive, the deer belong to the state, but there are some people who must have quite a bill of expense for feeding them. If the holidays are to be taken ad- vantage of there is only a short time now to push the buy-a-barrel-of-cran- berries movement. There s nothing slow about the boys of Ohlo when 1500 of them win a prize trip to Washington for thefr corn srowing accomplishments. Servia has resisted the great forces of Austria with the cleverness of Bel- gium’s check of the Germans. They are small but they are fighters. Senator Burton declares that the Mississippi has plenty of water but ho commerce. TUp in the country they have plenty of wells but mwo water. David Lamar is given six years In prison for impersonating A. Mitchell Palmer. Bolse Penrose got six years in congress by opposing him. Danger- ous man, Palmer. half a dozen healthy children has no imaginary ideas about the way to bring up children, for having thé real thing confronting her she has no time to hatch theotries, it is a matter of care, counsel and correction all of the time. She never has time to take charge of magazine departments to instruct mothers how to successfully train children, hence the spinsters get this class of work as a rule. A woman bringing up a large family is on the firing line in the battle of life—in the midst of the fray where action, tact and judgement never come amiss, and she has to have the pluck and strategy of a brigadier general if she never geéts a commission or gold braid and ‘ron crosses to wear over her heart. These splendid mothers of men are told they will get their reward in heaven, but ‘we must confess it a shame they do not get more consideration, sympathy and help here. Promises of reward in this world have ever proven to be not much better than counterfeit money. It is said one of the Fosiufl signs of decay, of a relinguishing grip upon life, is the relating of incidents in jfrom one’s past career; but I have noticed all people who like to talk about them- selves and their experiences are not old. They do not seem to know ev- erybody has a past, that it is one of the commonest of possessions, and the one thing most people have no partic- ular reason for being proud of. The past isn't regarded as a first-class ad- vertisement. A few people live to have such a horror of the past they would Iike to forget their parents and all their relations, not because they were criminal, but because they were such poor and simple folks. This is when Ambition has changed pride into a hair shirt and made of it a constant cause of frritation. The past is 2 good thing {o improve upon. As a concrete Dicture it may be nettling but inspiring. If we keep our todays a little improvement upon our yester- days life Is sure not to be a failure. The past is strewn with good inten- tions—of nows that are blank. Do it now is the slogan of progress. 1 wonder what will Become of the people who pray for the poor and let them go at that! It looks as if they might get the same recognition here- after as those who pray upon them until they have got their last penny. ‘There doesn't appear to be anything that promises to endure longer than poverty. We have divine assurance it is here to stay. We live to learn he is not the poorest man who has the least of material things, for he who has the least spiritual _development faces a greater need. Bulwer has declared, “poverty is the wicked man’s tempter, the good ‘man’s perdition, the proud man’s curse and the melonchally man’s haiter™ The man of millions is very poor when he becomes con- sclous of a lack of sympathy or hap- piness. Divine revelation declares love to be the greatestmsset of life— the source of greatest power, and the nations are wretéhed because they do not believe it. What do you suppose makes a per- son say he is doing the best he can when deep down in his heart he knows he isn’t; and the party criticising him knows it, to0? The people are few who are bent upon doing the best they can. It would be hard for some of these Dest-I-can folks to do much worse. We ought all to be doing the best we can In thought and action— in play and prayer. There is depth and breadth fo the best-we-can. It takes. perception and resolution and persisténce to-come up to euch a standard. The best we can spells pur- pose, and purpose knows ho zig-zag- . Young says: “The purpose firm is eaual to the deed—who does the best his circumstance allows does well, acts nobly; angels could no more” Most people who think they are. doing the best they can feebly sensze their own power. To do the best we can we must know what we design to do and apply to it all our skill of mind and cosmos was her mother’s favorite flow- . Her companion offered to buy the bunch of posies for her, although ra- ther lecturing her, implying that it was £n extravagant folly for working peo- ple to buy flowers, anyway. same there must be some basic refire ment to work omn, to evolve a gentie- nan from a commoner; but that is no reason why the lowly-born need get discouraged! sult of a youthful bad habit. N y This is as true now as then. I overheard a poor weman say not When they reached the girl's home R e R B et ane s 1o station the vouth's eyes opened-as a skiry car whirled up to the platform | for the and her city guest. The young fellow who was driving was pre- sented as the girl’s brother; and as they wlided out toward the shore estate it came out that he was a Princeton man. The guest was beginning to grow un. them that we are not likely to meet ™ any day in a trolley car. or place, L e. The real friend is the man who laughs at all our jokes and never tries to equal them with a few of his! own- It may be a virtue in him to refrain, or he may be restrained by a bad example. There are few things cveryone who aims for i THE DICTAGRAPH Even as much as manners and bno&-' ing, one’s words indicate whether or plored by all old-fashioned people wil} rtifica- ditio namong his friends and former parishioners in Norwich; but I heard h.m tell once of a cant phrase which, had acquired and which Nke a burr, always pop- ping out at the wrong time, when he something different, something to give not a bad but a good He declared that that ex- pression had caused him not alone re- gret but positive sorrow, and all the re- scripture said %o the ‘Thy speech betrayeth The manners, the clothing, the ac- tons, the unkind remark, indicate that which cannot be disguised. by dias 'rds by veneer of gold, by position whether one hes that capital of good breeding, that knowas ledge of what is proper to do, which i this or any country can be acquired by kidney A sured.. I confirm ail I have ever said in praise of Doan’s Kidney Pills.” Price 50c, .at all dealers. Don't simply dsk for & kidnéy remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—~the same that Mr. Sweet had. Foster-Milburn Co, Props_ Buftalo, N. Y. - Your Cold is Dangerous—Break It Up Now. A cold is readily catching. A run- downl system is susceptibie to germs. You owe it to yourself and to others of your household to fight the germs at once. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is fine for colds and coughs. It lobsens the mucous, stops- cough . and soothes the lungs. It's guaranteed. Only 25¢ at your Dishes Outside of Distionaries. According to that genial Beiglan causerie ert:r “Bob” who has now, with most other Belgian journalists, changed his quarters to London, his h 1 Belgian dishes, specifies carbonnade dish is not in the dictionary, but it is, Belgium. The m;a King L‘:pold. who was somethifig of a gourmet, was very fond of it, and it is said that he did not sit down at the table to eat it. He took it toa seriously for that, and ate it standing at a ‘high dresser or sideboard. Even the Belgian army in the field is supplied with carbon- nade flamande In tins- You simply boil the tin to make it hot, and then more difficult of interpretation in this world than appearances, We cannot tell what is back of a laugh because it seems to be the chief ocupation of half the world to make things appear to be what they are not. A good joke has often vroven to be an expensive blunder. But we like to think we are bright and venture to take the risk of a joke, and we hate ‘to have it fall flat; and the friend who laughs keeps us discovering how flat it ‘sounded. ‘When it comes to supply and demand the supply of ‘good jokes never ex- ceeds the demand. The reader will grasp the fact this is no joke. We all like the man who laughs when he should chide us and who praises when he should blame. We Give Royal Gold Tradi 5000 pounds Fresh Pork Loins 12¢ 5000 pounds e 7e ., HAMS Fresh Cal. Cut 14:¢c Sl;ndny Morning Talk YOUR NAME, PLEASE. Some very interesting history at- 18¢ value 20c value taches to names. 1Most of us carry [, & lo) continued story on our visiting =4 cards did we but kmow it. -“What's Fancy Cuts of Best Quality in a name?” asked the poet. We may answer that the whole history of a race may be epitomized therein: the tale of gallant struggles, of useful oc- cupations, of high endeavors. The name of Smith, for instance, bulks large in the directory. It Is one of the commonest names. But let no Smith ever be ashamed of his title Fate has not tried to conceal him, but to exalt him by calling him Smith name has a gallant record. Hes the brilliant Englishman, G. K. Ches terton, has to say on this point: “The name of Smith is the name of the one trade that even Kings respected. It could claim half the glory of that arma virumque which all epics ac- claimed. It would be very natural if a certain hauteur, a certain carriage of the head, a certain curl of the lip distin; hed everyone whose name is Smith. erhaps it dces; I trust so. Whoever else are parvenus, the Smiths are not parvenus, From the darkest dawn of history this clan has gone for to battle; its trophies are on every hand; its name is everywhere; it is older than the ;\a'.lt‘;nns, and its sign is the Hammer o or.” ";‘here are names that have stood centuries long for honorable dealing, for knightly service, for skill in some line of manufacture. They are as fine an asset as patents of nobility. One must be hard pressed indeéd before he can dishonor an old family name Pride in ancestry is a strong and le- gitimate motive toward decent living, The world’s history is largely a list of onal names. in realms both of Bctm‘ and of thought the story usually centers around a name. It is the age of Augustus, of Plato, of Charl e, of Napoleon, of Wash- ington that the historian knows. The name gives us a picture of the char- acteristics and a ke_vnto the problems of a whole period of time. People sometimes change by legal process a name that has become smirched. But a more heroic task is to take the soiled name and remove the dirt from it. Men and women ‘sometimes epend their llves rubbing a blot from the family escutcheon. - 16¢ 25¢ value 830 to 9 A M—HALF HOUR SALE-—430a05P. M. SMOKED SHOULDERS (&, - - - Ib 11k 25¢|Bull Head Catsup 25c|Fat Mackerel, 5 for. . . .25¢ Stamps, Ask For Them YOU SEE OUR GOODS and PRICESY HERE " isn e s ™ 3 bottles ............25¢ There are a great many cracker barrel strategists who are grooming themselves for Admiral Mahean's place but-none has advocated a retreat in the shop early campaign. In order to perpetnate party principles, the Order of the Beehive has been started in Massa- chusetts. If anything like the real thing it is a fine place to keep away from. The man on the corner says: There were those who thought about making Nowadays the youngster’s ambition is to plant both feet in the wet con- crete. —— . A lot of business houses in this country are anxious to learn the amount of the war tax which they must pay on goods' bought in even | before the war) but there was no such delay experienced by the poor foot prints in the sands of time.|53id to ‘hand. There are a great m econd- hand -uwmobuqs.an the :fl"l.yd'l.nd no one better mrg the of. m realizes that eap things really Gearest. Theré i mo dim“trn' the statement that an automobile is a rich man’« luxury. It is i HE L ug §38 %?géi i T They leave the name better than they found it, = truly gallant victory. ds John Halifax did. One may add the word ‘lady” or “friend”, titles so disti; ed as to l:{bkl careless achievement. involved responsibility. ‘The nobléman ls for- the woboor‘ B;;-hjo:ld <l ‘or .t: r?:mc,"nWha ‘would t that, true to name, EFEL.E et} i i ¥ H 8§ £ sf 14 f Grandmother's Brand Flour, 24} Ib bag, 86¢ = _