Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 26, 1915, Page 4

i 119 YEARS OLD o e 130 -hh'-‘mnmn’ a week; So¢ a Entered at th Conn. as second-siass mattr, o Telepnone Calle: Bullgtin Business OfMce 486, Bletin Ealonat Rosms s5.8. { Bulietin Job Ofce 35-3. Willimantie Office, Room 3 Murray | Bullding. Telephone 310. . _ Norwich, Saturday, June 26, 1916, The Circulation of The Builetin The Bulletim has the largest circulation of any paper in East- orn Connecticut and from three to four times Earger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by ninety- thry 900 houses, in Putnam and Danislson tp- over 1,100 and &Il of these, places it /s consid- ered the locpl daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one bundred and sixty~five postoffice districts, and 'sixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulfetin Is sold in every fown - - jon all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION ool 412 1905, average.............5 92() YALE AND NICKALLS. Yale men and adherents had rea- son to enthuse over the victory that was won on the Thames. The race was not the kind which marked the 1914 contest but it Gemonstrated con- clusively that the exhibition given by the crew of Old Eli last year was by no mesns an accident. Yale had a powerful crew of well trained men as is evidenced by the breaking of the up stream record even though the match had resolved itself into a pro- cession. How much better the win- ners might have done had they been pushed instead of setting their own pace canmot be told. Such might bave been enough to have lost them their nerve. though the tenacity with which they stuck to their task with- out letting up even in the last minutes discourages the entertainment of such an idea. It was a masterly achieve- ment however to establish 2 new rec- ord under one’s own pace and in that very fact is to be found the reason for Harvard’s defeat. It has been some time since Yale has made a clean sweep of the events but barring the mishap in the fresh- men race all were clean cut victories. ‘They were won on their merit through superior ability. Harvard was clearly outrowed and the result is highly creditable to the services of Coach Nickalls. The so called British stroke and his method of training have been under trial for the past few years and to them must be attributed, with due allowance for material, the vital force which has made it possible for Yale to overcome the six years slump to Harvard. Coach Wray has done won- ders for Harvard but he cannot rest on his laurels while Nickalls continues his present success with Yale. STRONG HEADLIGHTS, It doesn’t make any difference where they are encountered it is impossible to look upon the glaring, dazzling headlights of automobiles as anything but unnecessary and dangerous. It doesn’t require much experience on the part of an auto driver to understand Just what a handicap such lights are when they are encountered head on, or how entirely neediess they are with- In the limits of a city where the streets are lighted. They obliterate the vision of the pedestrian the same s they do the auto drivers and while they have been the cause of a number | i | 1601, -averags, ... % <. of-gerious and fatal accidents, it is the exercise of additional caution. or possibly good fortune more than any- thing else, which has prevented the list from being larser. Hartford tolerated such blinding lights until the requirements of safe- ty made action necessary and they were stopped. The Bridgeport Tele- gram understanding the importance of such actlon believes that regulatory measures should be passed to keep such lights “shut off or turned down within the city limits.” It is a wise precaution not only for the cfty but also for the narrow coun- try road. Lights are necessary upon all vehicles and autos especially, but there is no nced of the brightest light that can be found. It operates against rather than for safety and where there are times when they do no harm be- cause no one is encountered going in overcome the lack of it since the storm ‘dbroke. That country is how- ever gradually being brought to a realization of its situation. It must understand, that it is not even doing s well as France and with the Rus- signs pushed back because they were sxperiencing a similar handicap it mist be a gratifying change of atti- tude which has been manifested by the labor leaders and the apparently unanimous sympathy Wwhich is being manifested for the munitions bill. Great Britain {s apparently but wak- ing up to conditions which Germany had anticipated and prepared for be- fore the war opened. "It 15 being made aware of the fact that ammunition as Lloyd-George says is the “first essen- tial of victory. EASTERN CONNECTICUT ESSAYS. In the work of development which the chambers of commerce of this end of the state have undertaken cooper- atively it is recognized that the great- er the interest the greater the results. It is an effort which is not going to be made for a brief period and then alowed to lag hut one which is going on indefinitely, and for -that reason it is an especially valuable step which has been taken in the inauguration of an essay contest for the boys and girls of eastern Connecticut. There is need for interest among the young as well as the old. The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow and with a proper amount of attention- directed to matters which pertain particularly to thelr own localities there is created an enthusiasm which 1s headed in the right direction. Essay contests have accomplished excellent results. in many instances and there is every reason to belleve that it will in this. There is also an educational value attached thereto which cannot be overlooked and from every section of the two counties there should be & response which will not only meet but exceed expectations. The chambers of commerce are de- termined in their object. The idea of working together for the develop- ment of the natural advantages and latent resources of this part of Con- necticut is a most worthy one. It ad- mits of great possibilities and there is no reason why the school children cannot enter into the task in a man- ner which will show that they are anxious to do their part and there is no one who can say but what they will do much to attract atte: tion to the needs or opportunities in their respective localitles. The idea of getting them interested in this as in any worthy cause is a most com- mendable one. A DIPLOMA AT TRINITY. One of the members. of the senior class at Trinity was not permitted to be sraduatéd with his class and re- ceive his degree this year because he has failed in his gymnastum test. He has not kept up with the requirements in that line of work which is the di- rection, espécially when athletics are concerned, where too great attention is usually given, to the neglect of other studies. What Trinity requires in gymna- stum work corresponds with the an- nouncements made sometime ago at Columbia, Williams and one or two other colleges that every student must know how to swim in order to obtain his diploma, providing of ceurse that there are no' physical barriers. Though it has not been understood that so much importance would be at- tached to work in the gym or the swimming tank, it can be readily ap- preciated that the insistence upon physical development and a knowledge of how to protect oneself in the water is of the highest value to each and every person including the college graduate. There may not be any too areat interest therein by students but thers are other studies which are like- ly to prove of less value to all gradu- ates. The one surprising thing in connec- tion with the case of the Trinity col- leg™ young men however is that while he was known to be deficient in his gym work that fact did not serve to prevent him being announced as the salutatorian of his class. It is hardly conceivable that such would have been the case had he failed to show a pro- per degree of proficiency in any one of his other studies. The stand by the Trinity faculty establishes a precedent which is likely to receive more respect| in the future. EDITORIAL NOTES. It was a beautiful day but every- thing had a blue ending. Yale however needed it to take the edge off the slump in athletics. Even those who waved the crimson flag were unable to make that hide their feelings. It was the expected that happened when Carranza refused to talk over peace With Villa. The victory of last vear by a nose had a stimulating effect upon the crowd at the regetta. That rooster at Tarrytown which crows backward is probably trying to imitate some of the automobile horns. The almost complete annihilation of that Canadian battalion fn IFrance showed that none wavered when it came to doing his duty. Austro-German forces are demon- strating the fact that the Russiani steamroller can go backwards as glibly as it went forward. The suspended Berlin paper has ap- peared again and with another Rev- entlow article. A slap on the wrist the opposite direction there are many others when they make travel as dan- gerous as if there was no light at all. In the interest of common safety every strong headlight should either De abolished or equipped Wwith a dimmer. AMMUNITION NECESSARY, 1t is uncerfain as to what the basis is for the statement which has been made that Germany had a reserve of four million shells for each of its five classes of guns before the war, and that this reserve has since been mains tained but from the character of the fghting which the troops of that country and Austria have done it is .quite evident that there has been no ‘shortage of ammunition at any time. This has M tremendous influence in the fighting which has been going on in Gallcla and the realization of this ‘condition places more emphasis_than ever upon the situation which David Lioyd-George disclosed relative to the ‘Preparedness of Greet Britain. ‘The great need of the British today, jas it has been for some little time, is ,emmunition. It was not prepared for such a war when it broke out and it never amounts to mych anyway. Poland has suffered much already but if the German plan is to again go after Warsaw, it will need much more help than it is getting from the outside. School is over for the long vacation but no student of geography can af- ford to relax his work if he expects to keep in touch with the changes in the European map. The man on the corner says: It will be time enough to believe that a remedy for hay fever has been secured when the manufacturer of handker- chiefs begins to complain. ‘Whether Governor Slaton of Georgia has spoiled his chances of being U. S. senator he has certainly displaved a strength of character when it comes to doing what he considers right. -t he The kaiser telegraphs that is much disturbed by the attack on Karlsruhe. He would probably exper- fence a mervous chill if he was in- Have you ever poticed that no one ever thinks of telling us that our troubles are of any consequence? The facnity of recognizing the welght of our own troubles seems to be all that is permitted to us, and we are too apt to think they are greater than we can bear, when'-In- reality there is very little weight to most of them. Did you ever ask yourself what trouble is? You know @ small annoyance may be magnified ifito a serlous trouble. Solon in his wisdom éaid it men could bring their miseries together and ex- hibit them most of them would take their own trouble right home again rather than exchange for any in the common _stock. One _distinguished writer tells us troubles are like nettles, if we fool around them they will sting, but if we take a firm hold upon them they are of little consequence. -Our trials are largely made up of nerve disturbances which we can’t explain and seldom try to calmly bear. It may be true that the reason some people are optimists is because it is easier than being a pessimist. It seems as though- this all depends upon the point of vlew. The Optimist sees a rainbow’ wheére the pessimist sees thunderheads—he sees success Wwhere the pessimist .sees gailure—he sees pleasure where the pessimist fears mis- ery. The first has an _imaginative faculty he can ‘play with, while the second has an imagination that hatch- es misery easier than an incubator hatches chickens. It is just as easy for them to be different from one another as it is to breathe, for they were born rights and lefts and belong on oppo- site sides. They were not designed to change places. Optimism is not glori- fied laziness, nor pessimism the fruit of thoughtfulnes: ‘They are.what they are and no man can tell the reason why. Daniel -O'Conneli is authority for "the statement that “nothing is politi- cally right which is morally wrong.” Measured by -this philosophy the poli- tics of this day are shunting in the wrong direction as a general rule. What is a politiclan? He has been defined as a scientist qualified to cope with _an; igency. If this is a true definitien most of the politicians we think we know do not measure up to this standard. The player of the game who gets the votes of citi- zens by creating prejudices and mis- representing purnoses ~ are like the mester who at carns wins out with U aces up his sleevi The men who work for offices they are not compe- tent to fill must be scientists of a vulgar order, since their main pur- posc is to live without work. The real politician. understands the science of government—government of those who plot as well as those born to be governed. Do you ever wonder why people do not do as you do? It is because they are some one else. They haven't your motives or your aims, or your heart, or hindsight or your foresight, or _your your will. Most folks like to be them- selves, although vouth have been known to want to be like Uncle Bill because he was rich and a man of leisure; and some girls have wanted to look like Aunt Maria because she was bet- ter looking than they. These, of course, are the exceptions. We were not desizned to think or act as others do unless we in thought and interest are in harmony with them. It seems to be matural for most boys to think they have better judgment than their parents, and they qnly strive to walk in their footsteps When the fortune is large enough to afford them the leisure their_parents were never able to_en joy, People will only consent to doas you do when theg are sure it will pay. “Blessed are the peacemakers,” (e- clared One who spake as no man had spoken before Him, for His words were divine. Peacemaking , like char- ity, begins at home—begins with the individual. It isn't necessary to join the great league for peace to be a peacemaker, and the greatest peace- makers do_nof win the Nobel prize- the prize they win is more comforting and more enduring than that. Get to work upon your own disposition and establish love firmly in your heart and then proceed to take from your tongue and your looks and your action every- thing vhich annoys or, irritates an- in your countenance, To Wwe must have pre peace, have removed s and minds all causes "he peace established by is not the peace of the who are divinely classi- ed. paredness for from our hea of discord. fighting for peacema fled as bl I do not know how you feel, but I sometimes think there has been too much talk to me of Satan and hell, and too little about my Heavenly Father and heavenly home. Somehow I have come to realize that good done for zood’s sake—without the expect: tion of praise or reward—is true good™ ness. It always scems to me that the men who talk long and loud and con- tinuously about hell would accomplish more if they spoke confidently and lgvingly of the goodness of God end the beauty of the Promised land. The Lord doesn't want hildren filled with fear when they should be filled with love of Him and His works. We should not be made afraid of God; it were: better if we cultivated-a healthy fear of our deceptions and vices, It will pay ail of us to be a bit afraid of soul ourselves. It does the human sou g00d to hold the thought “God is £00d!” That “heaven must be in us that we may be fit to abide in heaven.” When | was under the Shelden pear tree the other day Mrs. English Spar- row in a most shre'wish manner came out of her cbttage, which was design- ed for the bluebirds, and sputteringly ordered me oyt of her front vard. 1 was pleased to know-the house was tenanted, and I have no fault to find with the spirit of these bird neighbors and have ne idea of berating them. I rather admire their pugnacity, and I commend them for their gail. But how _different from Mr. and Mrs. Chip- py Sparrow in the honeysuckle nest— sly, quiet, peaceful and industrious— bringing up_their brood like Quakers instead of like- Huns.. We never shall be able to commend the English spar- rows as- good examples in anything but savage persistence and effrontery. They put up a fight whenever they are imposed upon, and their bulldog spirit puts them in a class by themselves. Man may be ‘born to sorrow and full of troublé, ‘but it is up to him to unload. * It. may be “true that some men can see ‘further through a tear then through a telescope, * but tear- dimmed eyes are usually hazy. A lit- tle sorrow’ may do us good, but too much sorrow makes life a burden and man a bore. There are doubtless sor- rows which make a mark time cannot wipe out; but the deeply grieved should remember ~“Farth hath no sorrow Heaven cannot heal!” Fortunate are they who . sense when sorrow has reachied its limit—who know when re- sistance - will allay its painfulness. It was Lyttleton who sang:. “Alas!. by some degree of woe we every bliss must gafn; the heart can he'er a transport - know that never feels a pain.” Shakespeare called attention to formed about the raids'on the towmsl in England. (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) About this time, as the almanacs say, when thoughts begin to turn tow- ard summer outings, humorists will re- vamp the old joke about going to the shore for change and rest—returning, sadder and soberer, because the bell- boy gets the change and the hotel clerk gets the rest! Nevertheless, there is salvation in the uneasiness which comes with the first warm wave; in the wanderlust, which impels the city dweller to go countryward, and the ruralites, when possible, to seek the molsy city. For monotony kills more people then ever disease did, and the vacation longing, which gets humanity out of its rut, i8 most beneficent. To be sure, the humorist will always have a good deal to say about the folly of glving up one’s large, airy, comfort- able rooms at home, for the stuffy, in- convenient hotel quarters, or primitive summer camp, for which, probably, one must dearly. Thete will be criticism of the food, and sarcastic remarks about the mos- quitoes and flies and the lack of win- dow screens and the fuss and flurry of getting ready to §o somewhere, when in reality one is much mere at ease at home. Irony will be wasted on the dull mountain or country village, where the only excitement is the _twice-a-day wallc to the postoffice, or watching the cows come home, or addressing post- cards to one's city friends. No matter; even the deadly dullness of playing croquet with the children of the house, or helping load hay in the mecadow, may havd balm in it, if rightly appifed. The technique of rest. This does not mean complete doing-nothing, putting one's self in the condition of the chorus of the Gilbert-Sullivan comic opera, “Let us think of nothing at all!” It means that sort of systematic relaxa- tion and recreation which each partic- ular case requires. A woman housekeeper put her joy into rhyme, not long ago, when she described her ideal outing as a long, long journey on the train, during which, as she flew past towns and cities and viliages and hayfields and crowded streets, she watched with Dliss all the men and women and hun- gry children, congratulating herself on the fact that it was not her business to have to feed one of them! All the long vear hers was the duty to plan and cook three meals daily; now she could glance indifferently at the mov- ing thousands, this wearying burden lifted. That was her form of rest. A hard-worked professionai man said once that he found his greatest sum- mer solace in his plan of holding pop- ular novels and other works unmtil he had time to read them uninterruptedly. He would ship his_box of books and his own personal hammock to some big shore or meuntain hotel where, after his morning gglt or tennis, he was free to snooze oOr read, as the whim seized him. Two art teachers in the big city dis- covered a novel and satisfying form of summer rest. They, fortunately, had the means to hire for their complete control during July and August a fair sized farm- house in a western Connecticut town. The aged man and woman who owned the place were glad to give it up, with the exception of their kitchen and Sunday Morning Talk FLEECE OR GOLDEN GOLDEN RULE. A great and famous order of knight- hood dates from the year 1430, when Philip, Duke of Burgundy, established, on the occasion of his marriage with the Infanta Isabella of Portugal, the order of the Golden Fleece, an insti- tution still existing in several coun- tries or Europe. None by the richest and purest born—and they only in lim- ited numbers—were admitted to its honors and privileges. The badge of the order is a golden ram, which hangs from a jewel of elaborate design bearing the proud device in Latin, “Wealth, not servile labor.” The Order of the Golden Fleeco ex- ists, unnamed, in our own America, too. Its members form a useless and, let us gratefully add, a stricily limited class. For the truth is that the over- whelming mass of our countrymen hold no prejudice against labor. Most of our millionaires even work harder than their clerks and consider idleness not an honor, but a disgrace. Jesus of Nazareth gave the world an order more noble and enduring than this old relic of feudal times—the Or- der of the Golden Rule. The poorest and the humblest in the world may enter it, and on no conditions what- ever save possession of the Christian spirit of unselfish service. The knights of this order are not ashamed of work. They deliberately try to be useful art- er the manner of their Founder, who girded himself with a towel and per- formed a slave's office for his disci- ples. Membership in such a company may not appeal to modern brothers of the aristocratic and forgotten Duke of Burgundy, but it is a prize to be grasped at by all who really catch a vision of what life means. We are not here to get as much as we can and to give as little. Men must make some contribution to human welfare if they are to be worthy, even of their board and clothes. They only have a right to collect a living who give the world a life. Let the words of the Master of Men be remembered: “He that would be great among you shall be servant of all.” Two ragged street urchins stood one day before the window of a picture store in London, and one cried out: “Look, Jim, looki” “What fs it?" Jim asked; and the little fellow answered: “Why, there he is. That's our earl!” It was the photograph of the Barl of Shaftesbry, a_nobleman who was, in truth, the earl of the poor and po- pressed. Nobly did he live up to the ancient motto of his family—“Love; Serve” At his funeral a laboring man was heard to say with a sob in his voice, “Our Barl's gone. God Almighty knows he loved us. We shan’t see his likes again.” . All the world once thought that the idle man was the gentleman. Jesus reversed that estimate and gave the crown only to him who serves. Re- ligion today is interpreted as being not so much a passive experience as an ac- tive endeavor. The church is not so much a rest cure as a moral power house. Religion is at wotk as never before in the building of a new soclal order. Put beside the motto of the Order of the Golden Fleece the motto of John ‘Wesley, whose mighty and beneficent spirit is stfll at work in every land: “Do all the good you can, in all the ‘ways you can, to all the souls you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.” There 18 a big difference between the two attitudes. Which represents more nearly the ideal of your life and the fact that *moderate lamentation is the enemy of the livine"” ‘ the right of the dead; excessive griet|the goal of all your striving? THE PARSQM, BULLETIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1915 - : sleeping room, to the two girls, who during thelr term of possession used it axolly &= Wiough It had been their own. They would go out to the place or week end visits in time to get thelr flower vegetable gardens plante to start. thelr hens setting and of course, when the chicks came out, the man on the place looked after them till the temporary tenants came. Two big floor tents on the edge of the woods which bordered the home- 10t were used for sleeping, except in stormy weather, when the city girls found refuge in the house. Naturally, they quite transformed the humbie dwelling, retaining all that was really good in its furnishings, adding com- forts and luxuries of their own, S0 that, the aged owners derived much benefit from their annual summer stay. They had a tennis court laid out, a telephone installed, one furnished the money for drilling an artesian well, there was a.garage in the town from which a handy taxi could be summon- ed when required, they were free to sketeh, or read or just laze or frivol, to become formal and entertain the few pleasant friends they made in the town, or those whom they might in- vite from the city. As they expressed it, they went back to their duties real- 1¥ new women, made over in mind and strength and happiness by their sum- mer experiences. A mother in a suburban town had two daughters, one anxious to take a college course. The husband and father had a salary quite too small for that purpose. So the mother looked about until she found a small hotel by the shore, having the ad- vantage of nearness to the post road, the railway and trolley line, The conveniences were discouraging- ly primitive; but it was in pleasamt grounds, sea’ bathing was free and ac- cessible; by hard work its rooms were made inviting and the landlady-elect notifiled a number of her city friends that she was prepared to take summer boarders. 8he made the great point of having a table that was of the best, and her two daughters made attentive and ef- ficlent waltresses. She was able to secure an excellent cook from a near- by town and worked with her from early till late—for the appetites of those boarders qulte refuted the state- ment of the physiologies that the human stomach holds but three pints! There came times when she was tired and discouraged; but she had stick-to-a-tiveness, and found much comfort in the daily afternoon swims with her daughters, the coolness of the wide, Vine-shaded piazzas, the thought of how much benefit her husband derived from his week-end visits, and above all, the fact that she was slowly but surely accumulating 2 nestegg toward her elder daughter’s college entrance fee. She repeated the experiment during four summers; and now, it is said, is working to put the younger daughter through college in the same manner. The mother who has mo time for outings, but will stay at home to sew twelve yards of braid trimming on a dress for her young daughter, is not near so wise as is the one who buys a fifty cent frock for her child, taking her and the others of the family to the nearest woods, or beach or river bank for a picnic, if it is not possible to zet apay for a week or fortnight, even to tfe plainest ehack or cottage. The children may be romping and noisy; but is is not nearly so trying to man- age them well as it wouid be to care for them fil! The beneficial vacation need not be expensive. It need not be anything more than a trolley ride into a new section, anything which will get mind and body and soul out of the daily, humdrum peck measure of existence. The very inconveniences of a cheap outing are an advantage, since they impress the realization of the com- forts of home. Better than any long journey or voyage, to be sure, is the frequent lit- tle treat of a trip into unknown ter- ritory, a_week-end to some such place as a big town, to Atlantic City, per- haps as a cure for dulness an dde- pression; a hill climb, a boat ride, even a tour of a big store, anything which will prevent one from, as the phrase is, going stale. Some one remarks that ment is the undertaker of ambition and it is a bad thing to settle down to rust out, like an old wagon; not to get the eyes opened to something out- | side the narrow vislon of daily duties and cares, or even pleasures. The newness, novelty, of even discomforts Jostles one out of the deadly sameness; the mistaken narrowness of “The contented peasant of the vale, ‘Who thinks that is the world, and never looks beyond.” THE DISTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR July Weather. Mr. Editor: Those of your readers who read my June predictions must De satisfied that once more “the old sailor's log"” has been vindicated. There have been just 14 days in June with no east wind and still a week to get the other day. There were four frosts the first week of the month—according to Bulletin correspondents—and while the other two cool spells arrived just as predicted, the frost did not appear. In my June prediction I said “we will come very mear to frost” etc. While the weather has been very dry the drouth has not been destructive as in bot June weather. Just as predicted, June has been cool. Now then, Julys 1815, will be another surprise party to weather sharps, sev- eral chilly nights; two big storm pe- riods, and the earth will twice enter the quake belt. I look for much unusual electrical demonstrations, peculiarly sharp and while dry weather continues there will be a good number of refreshing show- ers. You can set July, 1915, down as another freak month with mercury | ranging from 40 to over a hundred and back again within a few hours. There will be much damage by elec- trical storms in some sections and even hall stones may fall ‘We are very near one of the most serlous earthquakes ever known. All planitary conditions, and especially the position of one planet points to disturbance of that nature during July or early August. THE CLOUD DIGGER. June 24, 1915. “Content- THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety “Lemberg, under Austrian over-| lordship, has been a stronghold of Pol- ish national consciousness. Almost un- ‘hampered by the Imeperial authorities, it has administered, as Galicia’s capital, the last remnant of Polish Poland. When the Galiclan Diet was formed in 1861, Lemburg had fallen from her ‘brave position of the days of the Pol- ish Kingdom. The city was poverty- crushed, unimproved, undrained and, hence, unheaithy, with no schools, and generally, upon the verge of ruin. To- aroused by the Constitution of substantial buildings, of lovely, well- planned parks, of up-to-date, =i stocked shops, of excellent schools and colleges, of great monuments and ex- pensive public works. The destructive tide of battle rolled over careful work of two generations, and is now driving back 2gain upon it. e - “Béfore the outbreak Of the present war, there was no city of Lemburg's size in Burope, upon whose streets o might find more alert, vivacious life. The city had enjoyed a typically Amer- ican ‘boom’ for more than a generation, and its people had more of an air of bouyant confidence than any other Polish community. Industries were growing, and the commission and transit trade of the city was attaining the importance of this trade under the old kingdom. From a small, bitterly poor community, Lemberg had pro- gressed to the position of a wealthy metropolis of 200,000 inhabitants. ‘“The Galician ' capital lies in a sharply cut valley, embroidered on every hand by well-wooded hills. The parks and promenades of the eity reach into hills, where some of the finest walks and garden spots have been laid out. Beyond the suburbs of the capital, little Polish villages strag- gle over the country roads, and, before ereat armies passed this way, flocks of thousands of ducks and geese, for which Galicia enjoyed no small meas- ure of fame, fnet the traveler's eves everywhere. The insignificant little stream, Peltew, an affluent of the Bug, flows by the city. “Lemberg lies 463 miles northeast of Vienna by rail, and 212 miles east- southeast of Cracow. It is about 50 miles from the Russian border. The capital is a main_ station upon trunk- lines to Odesso, Czernowitz, capital of Bukcwina, breslau, in Germany, and Buda-Pest, in Hungary. It is the fourth city in size in the Austrian Empire, coming after Vienna, Prague and Triest. Commercially and in- dustrially, as wel] as politically and cducationally, it is the most important city in Galicia. Its factorles turn out machinery, iron ‘wares, matches, stearin, candles anq naptha. “Besides being the seat of the chief economic organizations and of the go ernment of the crownland Lemberg is an Important religious center, the seat of three archbishops, of the Roman Catholic, the United' Greek, and thg United Armenian churches. The UniJ versity of Lemberg was founded by Emperor Joseph II in 1784, and, since 1871, its language of instriction hes been Polish. There are a number of important museum collections in the city, among_ them _collections all im portant to the student of the early litg and customs of the country.” , i Karlsruhe, the south German city successfully’ attacked recently by a squadron of French aeroplanes, is de- scribed in today's wer primer of the National Geographic Society as follows: $'Karlsruhe, ~ which might be anglicised as ‘Charles’ peace of mind,’ was founded by Karl Wilhelm, mar-: grave of Baden, who built himself a hunting lodge here in 1715, where he might escape the grumblings and dis- putes of the people of his residence at Durlach. Consistent with the ideals of its foundation. the calm peace of Karls- ruhe has never been broken. It is the most unruffled, temperate, and com- posed of all German _cities. Push, alertness, mervous ambition, business energy, all these qualities that have come to mark the life of the striving, rapidly progressing citles of the Fatberland, are mellowed and softened in the atmosphere of the town of ‘Karl's rest. The sky-bombarded city is the cap- ital of the Grand-duchy of Baden, commercially, educationally, and soci- ally of high rank among the cities of the Empire. It is situated to the east of the Rhine, on the Frankfert-on- the-Main-Basel railway, about 39 miles northwest of Stuttgart and 33 miles southwest of Heidelberg. Tt is about 70 miles from the French border, and some 46 miles northwest of Strassburg. Karlsruhe contains many fine buildings, blic, bordering the broad radiate in the form of X ended fan from the Palace place. The city is surrounded by beautiful parks and gardens, under whose tree- covered walks the people enjoy the contented, mild philosophy of their tradition: “Since the ' establishment of the Empire in 1871, the commerce and in- dustries of Karlsruhe have gone stead- i ad, and the city has rapidly mul- tiplied its wealth and population. It numbers now about 115000, not in- cluding a considerable peace times’ military _stationed there. It is the headquarters of the XIV German army corps. Extensive railway shops and a large arms factory are two of the most important industrial branches. | OTHER VIEW POINTS 1t speaks well, indeed, for the ef- ficiency of the System of physical train- ing which Trinity college affects to regard so highly that it allows a stu- dent to advance in classes two years, to compete for all kinds of honors, and to win them, in all other branches of undergraduate activities and on the eve of graduation day to flunk him because of a condition overlooked Yor two. years.—Waterbury Republican. ewspaper offices have got so used to receiving their distant exchanges, two at a time every other day, that they forget to complain of it as poor postal service, except occasionally, like this, when some peculiarly ag- gravating delay reminds one of the good old days when efficient service was, supposed to require the delivery of ‘newspapers one at a time every day. The newspaper mails are Burle- soned all through.—Waterbury Amer- ican. It is now stated officially that Min- ister James M. Sullivan of San Do- mingo is to return to this country soon and that when he is here his first offi- cial act will be to hand in his resig- nation. The investigator for the presi- dent into Sullivan’s official acts finds that he has committed no offense in- volving moral turpiture but that he is temperamentally unfitted for a diplo- matic post. This is a conclusion that the general public reached long since and which undeniable facts proved early in his spectacular career in of- fice—Ansonia Sentinel. In this graduation season countless young persons are facimg the solution of the perennial question of youth. “What shall I do when I grow up?" They, and their parents, may be in- terested in a few sensible remarks on this general subject by George W. Jacoby, the New York neurologist. The entire future happiness of a child, he says, depends upon the successfui bringing out of his capabilities, for up- on that rests his choice of a life work. And the community suffers as well as the individual if the boy or girl is not properly employed in congenial work. This is a phase too generally over- looked by parents an guardians. The usual practice is to pitchfork a child into any promised opening, without much consideration of whether he is capable or suited for it.—Torrington Register. aywalking” isn't a fortunate term to employ for describing the tendency of free American pedestrians to cross the street in the most direct and con- venient way. The police will do well to be mighty careful how they use it. For pedestrians heve rights ‘i the streets; even, on occasion, at other points than street crossings. But this 1866, after 50 years of hopeful effort, the tide of invasion swept over a iRdgisely madern citg, Jull &f fing, city has grown to a-point where, for the safety of human life and the com- The Lyons Co. Wauregan Block which have Coats valued from $10.50 Big Reductions in Children’s Straw Hats and Coats One lot of Straw Hats at 39c, 50c, 75¢, 98¢ and $1.15 formerly sold for 75c, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.25 Balance of our $5.00 Coats for $2.98 Coats valued from $6.00 to $9.50 - - for $5.00 Limited number, but bargains for the early purchaser. Broadway, Norwich to $15.00 - for $7.98 be a compromise restriction of those rights. For that reason and no pther lines have been laid down on the cen- tral pavements within which the police will make an endeavor to protect pe- dectrians in their rights. Then let all intelligent citizens co-operate with the police 1n making that task as easy, hence as effective, as possible. Let them observe the lines of restriction, keep within them and insist on pro- tection within them. In that way we may achieve what is of the prime im- portance, the protection of human life. —New Haven Register. It grows increasingly plain that the liquor Interests are determined to make an aggresive fight against no-license all through the State, .and especially in Bristol. They consider Bristol a dry stronghold well worth capturing, and they mean to do it. In fact they have already begun the work of “dig- ging in"—Bristol Press. Is the American publfe, after all, sentimental at heart? While it is careful not to wear its heart on its sieeve, the popuMrity of the senti- mental song would seem to indicate that it is. Sentiment is an admirable thing, but there is little virtue to be found in sentimentality. One of the first steps to be taken by the lover of music, or any other art, in cultivating good taste is to learn the difference between sentiment and sentimentality. —Bridgeport Standard. The boom in the New England ship- yards recalls “old times.” Once the finest wooden ships in the world were constructed in, Malne, Massachusetts and elsewhere. They were built of wood taken from the New England forests. The vessels of today are mainly of iron and steel; but there is no reason why the New England yards cannot get these metals in ebundance. The United States is the greatest iron-producing country in the world. Much ship building was done on the Connecticut River at Middletown. Some of Uncle Sam's early fighting craft were built at Middletown, and over on the Portland side, too.—New Britain Record. Now that the city has voted $200,- 000 for a municipal ice plant, there is @ revival of a rumor heard several times previously, to the effect that an attempt will be made to dispose of an existing ice plant to Bridgeport, in lieu of building a new one. While the Ice Plant bill permits of such a tran- saction, it i{s not wanted. That clause in the charter amendment was not in- serted by any friend of the municipal ice plant project. It was a Little Stranger of doubtful parentage. When the city gets ready to go ahead with its municipal ice plant project, it should plan for a nmew plant, and not start to collect “seconds.” The city's equipment should be the last word in ice-making efficiency—just as a proof that a city can do a thing right if necessary.—Bridgeport Telegram. In several cities about the country they are trying the experiment of selling the city bonds in small lots to people in the city ipstead of having them underwritten by eome big house, for not only is money saved by this process but it makes local boad purchasers more thoroughly inter- ested in the city’s doings, more alive to conditions and more ready to put their shoulders to the wheel when there is work to do. Some day we hope that the city bonds of Meriden will be thus apportioned. Only a small block of the bonds should be offered to the people, until the latter have proved their willingness to make this sort of an investment of their savings. It is not necessary to issue the bonds in either large or small denominations in their entirety.—Meriden Journal. Italy’s Red Dates, May holds some fateful anniversaries for Italy. It was on May 20, 1800, that Napoleon crossed the Alps, and on May 26, five years later, that he proclatmed himself King of Italy. On May 3, 1859, the French entered Genoa, and the 20th of the same month saw the heavy defeat of the Austriens at Montebello. In May of the following year the French troops left Italy, and Garibaldi made his famous descent upon Sicily. —Pall Mall Gazette. Knows Good Artillery. Lord Kitchener wants $0,000 more Missouri mules. They’re as valuable and aes deadly as machine guns, evi- dently.—Detroit Free Press. Stories of the War I Fat Men To Be Called. The “Cent Kilo: the 220-pound men who heretofore have been ex- empted from military duty i France, are likely to be called upon for service in the auxiliary corps. The Chamber is discussing a law to revise all ex- emptions and attributions of troops in order to inorease the effectiveness of the army at the front. ‘The 220-pound men are not consid- ered apt for service in the zone of op- grations but it Is maintained thaley are perfectly capable of guarding WRts of communication and doing other ser- vice in the auxiliary department that would relieve men capable of active service. King of Ypres. The story of the British private who made himself King of Ypres after the first bombardment of that city last November, is being told at British Headquarters at Dunkirk. When Ypres was bombarded in No- vember, the British withdrew their troops from the town, but did not re- move the civil population. There was one British private who did not leave with the rest. for he was asleep in a cellar. Next morning he awoke to find Ypres without any authority, and not liking that condition of affairs, he set_about governing it himself. He kept the citizens under an iron discipline, had looters shot at sight, and “though himself inclined to the bottle, prevented drunkenness in oth- ers. The inhabitants called him the King of Ypres, but his kingship lasted only for a week. He was arrested by a British officer and sent before a court- martial. The court-martial duly tried him, found that his efforts in the czuse of order had been good, and forgeve him for nis other delinquencies. Animals on War Diet. The animals in German zoological gardens have had to put up with a war diet. A well-known animal dealer of Hamburg has recently told how he carried his animals through the winter. His bears had been eating about 300,000 pounds of bread vearly, which was their chief food; but they were put upon a dlet of potatoes, tur- nips, and other roots, with occasional additions of fish refuse. Not only bread and grain, but also hay had to be taken away. Rhinoceroses, deer, antelopes and others that had hitherto been fed on hay, maize. and oats, were put upon a mixed diet of acorns, horse- chestnuts, potatoes, and sliced roots of varfous kinds. Of course the lions, tigers and simi- lar beasts had to continue to be fed on meat, which was was mostly obtained by killing old horses. The bones left over were ground into boné-meal, which was mixed into the food of var other animals, and the offal was tArown to the hyenas and jackals. Thus all the aquatic birds, including cranes, which had hitherto been fed principally on grains of various kinds, were given a mixture of mashed po- tatoes, boiled fish, and bope meal: and they all did very well in this food. The sales of wild animals in ~=rmany and Austria have almost wholly stop- ped. There is still a fair demand from neutral countries, especially from the United States: but it is not possihle to ship animais now owing to the re- strictions enforced - by England. A shipment of Bast-Indian _elephants, was on_the way to the United States when the war bégzan, but the vessel had_to put into the port of Massua, in Itallan Somaliland; and it is as- sumed that the vessel and cargo will now bs confiscated by the Itallan Government. One of the most curious things reported regarding efforts to buy animals during recent months is that German soldiers in Russia are constantly applying for monkeys to catch vermin. The Honor System. And now we are informed that the boasted honor system does not pre- vail at the Naval Academy. _ Cer- tainly it used to prevail, and the question how and when it was ex- tinguished naturally arises. From re- cent developments it would _appear that the sooner it is restored the bet- ter—Washington Herald. Hot Weather For Wo Bad men’s Nerves Season When They Most Need Their Strength to Withstand the Heat ‘Hot weather has a decidedly weak- ening effect on most women. They become too languid to exercise, and as a result have appetite only for light, tasty foods, like salads and other cold concoctions, which do not digest readily and increase the nat- ural tendency to constipation. At this season women should main- tain the highest possible standard of health, to counteract the enervating effect of the weather. Good digestion and regularity of the bowels are es- sential. The combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, sold in drug stores under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, is highly recommended as a laxative and di- gestant by many physicians, as weil as by thousands of women who de- pend upon it as a remedy for many of those ills to which women seem more especially susceptible. Get a fifty cent bottle of Dr. Cald well’s Syrup Pepsin from your drug: gist and have it in the house, Taks a dose of it tonight and by morning your constipation. indigestion and sick headache will vanish. It is far preferable to carthartics, purgatives, and salts, because it does not gripe or shock the system but acts gently, in an easy, natural manner, expelling the congestion of waste and restoring n activity of the organs. A trial bottle can be obtained by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 453 ‘Washington St, Monticello, Rl 3