Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 24, 1915, Page 4

Norwich, Saturday, July 24, 1915, The' Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Comnecticut and from three to fourstimes larger than that of any in ‘Norwich. It is delivered o overiS,000 of the 4,068 houses in Norwich, and read by minety: three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is d.l.vered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Daniélson to'over 1,100 and in all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily.” °° Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and dyr-five postoffice districts, and zixtv rural free delivery routes. Thes Bulletin is sold in every * ¢own.- - on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Conriecticut, CIRCULATION 1001, AVErage;.aaassreers 4412 1905, . average -......... 5,920 ) 'HAVEYTHE-BULLETIN FOLLOW L .¥You ‘Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it fcliow them daily and thus keep in touch ‘with home affafrs. Ofder through The Bulletin business of- fice, THE THIRD NOTE, The third note which has been sent " by this country to Germany following fihekslnking of the Lusitania, and bear- ing upon the rights of this country ‘hich Germany should observe, is firm its demands. It does not deviate from the position which has steadily been maintained. It asks no conces- .pions, because none are .desired. All that is wanted of Germany is to live up to its obligations and this country is insistent that that shall be done under the penalty of a repetition of the Lusitania affair being considered a deliberately unfriendly act. Neither is this country disposed to accept the proposals of the German _government that there be a sacrifice Of its rights. Such action could only nbe looked upon as an approval in part 5%f the methods which Germany has *Edopted in attempting to strike at its enemy through this country. The terms -under which this and other neutral |countries can sail the high seas have ibeen determined by a congress of na- {itions and it is not for the imperial LGerman government to cast them aside and set up new ones simply to serve .its own interests. The new note makes _”% evident that there can be no com- romise and back of this the country stands. no. If: Germany for any reason has been Smisled in the interpretation of the !!Zmerican position and hoped by the 'Sodging which it has been doing to “dvoid the real issue, it must realize now by the repetition of the demands ~and the refusal to eompromise that it I¥as been following the wrong course, Tt is the rights of this country and “Humanity which this country insists “Mpon. The note simply terates a .gdemand for a square deal and does so tmore -firmly than its predecessors. RANK INGRATITUDE. 7 When the war broke out there was sHrgent need that Americans in Bu- Fope be given the assistance which was fnecessary to get them out of the war zone and bacik to this country. A great gmany found themselves handicapped because their funds had been so dis- tributed as to carry them through their [fours or their return trahsportation “%ag not available at that time, Con- ions were abnormal and in the rush “to get away there was fully understood #he need of providing immediate funds for the use of those who were help- Yess. There were also many other ses where there was excellent rea- n for this government furnishing the means for getting back to America. %It was an emergency service, which was of much value and one which call- &4 for proper appreclation upon the ~#@art of the recipients, but that it did ot in many cases is indicated by the s@hnouncement made by the treasury @epartment to the effect that suits will be brought to recover for the relief or “fransportation extended, in accordance with the vote at the time such help was given which provided that those financially able should relmburse the government, “There was spent by the government _about two million dollars for this pur- Ordinarily it would be expect- that enough appreciation would be rendering, the.auctioning off of the ‘Wabash was inevitable. It must now undergo a reconstruction upon & new basis, but it is safe to as-. sume”that the bullding of costly and unprofitable extensions will not de re- sorted to and that it will make a closer study of income and expenses. With such a great sacrifice of value, how- ever, as the selling of the road for less than' ten cents on the dollar, it is not easy to understand just what is going to result in that case from the physical valnation of the railroads of the country now underway at a tre- mendous. expense. EXPRESS RATES. From the decision which has been given by the Interstate =~ Commerce commission that the revenue of the principal express companies is inade- quate and the modification of its pre- vious orders so that additional income will be provided, it is evident that the companies produced the .facts that ‘were necessary to bring relief. It was the same with the express companfes as it was with the rail- roads. The federal commission could not be expected to accede to the wish- es of either just because they.desired it. They demanded that the proof be produced that would justify whatever action might be taken and this they received when it was shown despite the economic policy carried out and the efforts for new business that were made, that the operating income for the year showed a decrease of nearly two and a half million, leaving a mnet operating deficit of over a million dol- lars. The .express companies persisted in rates for a long time which were pro- ductive of unreasonable dividends. Their methods of doing Business were such that the country became anxious for the establishment of parcel post and it 1s but a natural result that they have lost much business. Under the existing competition it is not sur- prising that the express companies have experienced a decrease in the vol- ume of business and income, and un- der such conditions, which make the business unprofitable, it is but right that they should be allowed to make an advance In rates which are war- ranted to bring a proper return on the investment and for the-service ren- dered, SEE IT THROUGH, In view of the work which is being carried on by Warden Osborne at Sing Sing and the interest which is being manifested throughout the country in the better treatment of prisoners, the necessity of seeing the experiment through to a conclusion, one way or the other, is recognized by the state prison commissfon of that state when it refers to the good results which have been accomplished, makes sug- gestions for improvement where in- terest has fallen off in the prison school, and advocates that the plan of administration which the warden introduced be tried out over a suffi- clent It i= impossible to fairly judge the full merits of the plan from the re- sults which have been secured during the introductory stage. It will require time to demonstrate the effect which it is going 'to have upon the prisoners after they Jeave the institution as well as during the time they are within its walls, and upon the reformation must the success depend. While it is un- derstood that the prisoners should get decent treatment while serving their sentences unless they are going to profit from their stay at Sing Sing, it is time and effort wasted to endeavor to turn them from their criminal ten- dencies. It is wrong, however, to base an opinion upon the wisdom of the plan until it has had a chance to exert a reasonable influence over the convicts.” It is a tremendous change and it cannot be rightly passed upon from the actions in a few cases. EDITORIAL NOTES. There were times when conditions ‘were more auspicious along the Wa- bash. It begins to look as if the Germans were hitting it up for Tipperary via Vladivostok. Three Balkan kings are to gather at Athens. The chances are they have an eye on the jackpot. The man on“the corner savs: Money used to make the mare go, but it takes a mortgage to get some autos started. Encouraged by the freedom he has already recelved Harry Thaw gives notice that he will now apply for a divorce, Bryan demands $500 and an audience of 50,000 to tell what he believes when as a. matter of fact no one gives a picayune what it is. \ If Russia can prevent the German- Austrian armies from taking Warsaw Its ability to do so is not reflected in the departure of the Belgian consul. Despite all the revelations which Becker is aileged to have made, he hasn’t told Governor Whitman any- thing that he did not previously know. Probably Jane ‘Addams is getting some consolation out of the fact that her efforts for peace have accomplish- ed as muck as the rest of them The effort of Becker to shift the guilt for his crime to “Big Tim” Sul- nd | livan is like the attempt in Europe to ed to be well supplied with funds. ch people deserve to be neglected ext time, - A RAI AD AT AUCTION. The sale of the Wabash railroad un- part Mhfie‘:fimwm‘ crowd of . 15 e ‘his cause. . place the blame for the late King Edward. It is about time Harry Thaw was authorizing the announcement that he intended to go on the stage to earn the money to pay his nine years' ex- pense fight!ng the law. The commutation of the death sen- tence of a murderess and the fallure the of Governor Whitman must to the war on the ‘was ‘women {nterested in catch you if yon do not watch out. Vigilance is the price of freedom. Home-made advice is just as as any other brand if we don't take it as calmly; and why it is the most irritating, who can tell? ThoSe nearest to us have in us the greatest interest, and look upon us with the most gen- uine solicitude—they hope and pray ‘we may be better than they are, and may escape all the pitfalls which have marred their lives. We consider these kindly offices meddling, don’'t we? We wish they knew enough to mind thelr own business, instead of wishing we were capable of properly interpreting their anxious care and sincere warnings. Some people never live long enough to discover home-made advice is usually the best, and worth heeding. The what-I-should-have- dones in the past are not subjects for pleasant contemplations. In ignaring good advice many a man has turned himself down. ‘The worst difference that can come ‘between a man and his wife is indif- ference, for this is a difference not readily settled. 'When the heart gets cold, indifference presents itself as naturally as mildew follows continuous dampness—where the heart is warm indifference cannot establish itself. It was Ouida who declared indifferénce to be “the invincible gilant of the world.” Indifference in marital life is like a black frost in the garden—it wipes out beauty, it makes an end of thrift and every good feature of life. The observers of the world have noted that nothing grand or noble ever came from indifference, for these are bred of unity and enthusiasm. When | see the deformed and crip- pled I think they may be spiritually whole while I am not. A physical handicap is not the worst thing that can befall us, for their impairments are not their own, while our spiritual deficiencies are generally traceable to ourdelves, and are not to be easily overcom ‘Wo all hope we shall not find ourselves when freed from this life crippled for the next. How deeply we feel for the unfortunate discloses our spiritual nature; and a heartless- ness which gives no sign is evidence of unfitness for assoclation with thos whose goodness is angelic. The sel- fish do not get much pleasure in this life, and they have no promise of any in the next. The spiritual joy which lights up the faces of many of earth’s unfortunates puts the able bodied to shame. St. Paul used to say in his heart all men are liars, probably, because it would not have been safe for him to openly declare it; and I suspect dealers have reason to think all men are dis- honest who haven't proved themselves to be upright in their dealings. The idea of getting something for nothing is really such a passion among the people that bakers have to charge for pie-plates and grocers for milk bottles, refunding the money when they are returned. One small dealer in a little religious community lost forty-dozen milk bottles, and then he began to hold the price of the bottle against all cus- stomers to secure himself. As a local baker remarked: “Fine families are awful forgetful when it comes to re- turning pie-plates! Few consciences seem to have made a note of the fact “it 1s a sin to‘'gteal a pin!” Nothing can make little ‘dishonesties right or respectable. Why do you suppose they are so general? When St. Peter in- quires why didn’t you take back your neighbor’s milk bottle or pie-plate, d you think you can say: *“I forgot 1 and pass? If grumbling and c ing could have improved conditions in this life the millenium would have been here long ago. We all of us bave too much acid in our blood and too little love in our hearts. It doesn’t do to say all of us know we are not anywhere near as good as we profess to be. We do not care about the beam in our own eye, because we are so interested in the mote in our neighbor’s eye; when if we removed the beam from our own eye we might discover that the mote in our neighbor’s eve was a shadow of our own beam. We have not been mis- directeq for the finger of righteousness always points true, We do not shape ourselves to divine precepts, we do not honor divine laws. We lack the faith and hope which come of trust. We decline to recognize God is all, pro- vides all, and that we are trustees, not only to show the power of His love, but in passing out his substance. There are too many men and women who prefer an ounce of flattery to & pound of choeolate drops; and those who cultivate “sweet little moth- ings” cater to their taste for honeyed words, for the place they may win in their hearts, or for the favor of their courteous attention or their hearty commendation. Flattery is quite a factor in the game of getting into so- ciety and staying in; and the people sugar-coated compliments, pleasure in this occupation pass them out just as a a cafe does, without any questions as to whether they are cold storage or canned good: “You look so lovely it affords one great pleasure to meet you. “It is a joy to receive such sweet consolation truthful lips,” etc., etc. Did you ever? I do not wonder the verdant young man on such an occasion feels like shouting: “Oh, mamma!” Real man- hood and ‘womanhood calls for some- thing more substantial and dependable. Th);b gossamer life 1s altogether too thin. What is a man of ability? SBome one has said he is a man who can hold his Job. This definition might be improved. The man-who can maintain his family is a man of more ability than the one good sudden, soclalistic and of the plutocrats who have but go traveling, winter's night. + For some genius has lP:“'d the principle of electricity to the hard labor of the baggageman, and his truck is now his working ~motor-wagon, not disturbed by the number or the weight of trunks or bags or baskets which he can pile upon it. He just has to get the luggage pleces together, and, like the Gold Dust Twins, lightning, har- nessed, will do his work! - How we used to spend our sympathy, during the sultry, humid summer time, on the poor horses forced to drag great loads up hills, or to stand and_ droop, while their drivers were unloading trucks and wagons! "It took all the pleasure out of a drive to think of the horses tugging and sweating, even with nothing more than the burden of drawing a light carriage. One hate dto come to a hill, or to en- counter a stretch of sandy country road. It seemed a species of cruelty to animals, even to take a horse out of Sunday Morning Talk THE SCIENCE OF MERRIPATHY. Let us barken to the wisdom of the ancients. Josh Billings once observ: “If a man kan't laff there is sum mis- take made in putting him together, and if he won't laff he wants az mutch keeping away from az a bear-trap when it is sot.” I should hate to live with anyone who either couldn't or wouldn’t laugh. A lack of that kind would argue an abnormal nature. Man in his normal and best estate knows how to laugh. Degenerate races who have sunk toward the beasts' level through their vices and their indiffer- ence seldom do. The Veddahs of Cey- lon, for instance, are said to be unable to laugh. One of them who had been taken to Colombo, and had learned the speech of the Cingalese, was expostu- lated with because he never laughed at anything. “What is there to laugh at? was his anewer. Deliver me from residence, except as a missionary of cheer, among the Veddahs of Ceylon! The doctors speak a good word for laughter, telling us that it has a high- ly beneficial effect on the heart and lungs. During what is called a “fit” of laughter the lungs may be almost com- pletely emptied of their contained air. Fresh air is then drawn in to the fullest extent of their capacity, inflating those little used air cells which contained previously only stagnant air and ba- cilll, The heart is stimulated to more vigorous action during laughter. Al- most all the principle muscles of the body are brought into play when we laugh with a will. There may be more ttuth than at first appears in the maxim: “Laugh and grow fat” At any rate we think we have noticed that most substantial and rubicund people laugh a good deal. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine,” wrote the wise author of Proverbs. That is true in many cases you ‘yourself may have witnessed. Pills, plasters and surgeons’ knives are necessary but they all may fail if joined to_ fear and melancholy in the patient. Laughter has cured some dis- eases at least and that is more than one can say of frowns or fears. There are people who take life too seriously and others who take it not seriously enough. One class is con- sumed with care and another wastes its time in frivolity. The world is pe: haps about equally- divided in this re- gard. To which section of humanity do you belong, reader? If to the first, you are living below your privilege. You should learn to see comedy in some cases where now you see only black tragedy. You should practice merri- opathy, the science of the healing laugh. You should train the corners of the mouth to turn up rather than down. You should try the fun cure. Does your work get into kinks? Laugh it off. Are you near all sorts of brinks? TLaugh it off. 1¢ it's sanity you're after There's no recipe like laughter— Laugh it off. The blographer of Mary Lyon, one of the noblest and most useful women of her time; named two victorious traits of hers not always found in combina- tion., “A habit of prayer,” he said, “and a sense of humor forge invincible armor.” The serious-minded people need not be somber-minded. Blessed is he who, along with his sense of duty, has a sense of humor. He has that which is worth more than money. THE PARSON. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR War Not Over Yet. Mr. Editor:—In Friday’s papers I read “Mr. Wannamaker ,proposes to buy Belgium for $19,000,000,000 and reinstate their government and na- tion. Better it seems that Wanna- maker keep his coin and his fellow countrymer: as it may be needed later here in the United States. This war over and God only knows when ""&hw“u ‘home. to Tk o o I Garatner. M. D Central Village, Ct. M, Editor: I ever since Manchester t through here Thurs- day morning. I think 1 £ot one of them i F ' i ¥ H k idiv Srenas lectrioity dallying and highways lawn mower which is ened, or one of a Notice the new bridge or apartment house being built. There, too, man’s friend, the good Giant Electricity, is waiting to do his bidding in scores of ways. He stands by, to hoist the beams and spars and bricks and metals and rivets and hammers and bolts, one story or twenty; it is immaterial to him, with his never-failing, never-dis- concerted s L Aided by him, a mere boy, in a little, obscure office or tower, can touch with one finger the button, or turn with ease the switch, which will set going a force astounding in its capabilities and re- sources. In the olden days, men talked of the Seven Wonders of the World; but in our own times We witness daily sev- enty times seven wonders, in the man- ifestations of this wizard force which men have learned to tame, to harness with simple wires, to do their work in a thousand of ways. Look at it in your own home! It is ever ready to light the ness, to keep you cool or warm as the whim seizes you; to toast your bread for breakfast, to iron your clothes, to cook your meals if so you desire. You 'turn a screw, and in the hottest day you are cooled by continuous breezes. You lift a receiver oft its hook, and by expressing the wish you are con- versing with a friend on the Pacific slope, or across the street, or in the very same building with yourseif. You are lazy, or in a hurry, and here stands Giant Electricity at your elbow to carry you swiftly down stairs or up stairs, only express your wish to him! You would go farth perhaps. He races with you over the city, turns corners, dashes up streets, into lanes, over hills, past flelds and woods and sea-chore and garden: stops when you bid him: Wwaits, hours if need be, and then, without complaint or mur- muring, starts o ffwith you again, as he runs the trolley car, or the electric cab, or the subway, or the L road, or merrily drags the snake-like line of coaches, and Pullmans, and freight or baggage cars, making a joke of work, sniffling at distance, yearning to over- come obstacles, and, after the long day’s work is done, not even requiring a feed of oats, or a draught of water, or a rub-down, as poor old Dobbin or Dolly used to whinny for, after their straw hats and harnesses had been removed, and they had been petted and spoken to by their appreciative owners. Old Giant Electricity goes out into the fields, too, and purrs as contented- ly as the family cat as he ¢#ans up the farm-work like magic, enabling the owner of the acres to milk, or reap, or bind his grain, or plant, or blow out stumps, or plow, or mow, anything he may suggest, and there will be no back talk, or threats of striking, or hold- ing up the boss for higher wages, or going off “on a tare” just in the midst of harvesting, or when the hay is spoiling to be cut. And this good ogre stays with his master, Man, till the very last. Having done his bidding and his work during his lifetime, he is ready even to bear him to the grave on noiseless tires, es, to aid in lowering him into his last bed, for his long sleep. Later he will return, to help hoist the heavy granite of a monument, which he has helped quarry, shape, polish and let- ter, to its place over his masters grave! THE DICTAGRAPH. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety Grodno—“Among the great fort- resses that are opposing the march German armies into Russian lands is that of Grodno, a stronghold on the main ‘railway to Pe! from the West, and one of the more powerful links guarding the line of the Musco- vite frontier,” saye a statement issued today by the National Geographic So- ciety. “Grodno is on the line of ad- vance from the lake region in East Prussia, and lies about 50 miles from the German border. It is- 540 miles southwest of Petrograd, 98 miles south- west of Vilna, and 160 miles northeast of Warsaw. It is an objective of ‘German invasion from the north, while it, also, is nearly due north of the Austro-German columns invading from the south. “About 110 miles south of Grodno, lies the Russlan fortress, Brest Litew- ski, guarding the trunkline railway, Warsaw-Moscow. _The ~cutting _of arteries has ’ Further JULY CLEARANCE SALE Silk Dresses $10.00 WAISTS . GREATLY REDUCED—IN TWO LOTS Lot 2, $1.49 Every Garment 'I'nm:.m the THE STORE THAT Mfi' AND SERVES YOUR PATRONAGE DESERVES population of eome 42,000, of which !'o—th:rfl.l is_Jewish. There .t? » ortant meachinery, firearms, tobacco pm vehicle factories in Grodno, and hormocly tacrassed by ine. Iwar normous! 3 .Grodna is rich in Polish history. second n of the effected in 1793; here , the last king of the resigned his crown In 1795. The P Poles, Pol Here | t! lish king, Stephen Bathory, made | f Gradno his capital, and died there in 1586. The town has been battered by many an enemy, since its foundation in the 12th century.” : [ e we |55 A Fight in the Air. ‘With the few rare cases of duels | between airships and submarines as the only exception, air battles between fiying machines have furnished the supremely spectacular and dramatic features of the present war. They have been by no means common— which perhaps Increases the spectac- ular feature—and they bave invariably demanded of the participants a degree of iron nerve that the average man can hardly conceive of. Such an air battle took place re- cently on the West front. Two French and one English aeroplanes were pitted against one German flying machine. The Frenchmen soon withdrew, leaving the German and the Englishman to match their skill and nerve against . The fortunes “dmh. ‘were agalnst the Englishman, an was killed, but not before he had given an exhibition of nerve that compelied the admiration of the Germans who Wit- nessed the battle. How thrilling the contest was may be judged from the following account, written by a Berlin officer: “Our airship building posessses, very naturally, a strong attraction for our opponents, the French and the Eng- lish. We have to be constantly on our guard, and the sentries dare not take a moment's rest lest they fall to give us warning of the approach of the enemy at the earliest possible moment. “Recently the bullding has been visited repeatedly by the ¥French, who have tried to hit it with bombs. Thus far they have had no luck in that di- rection, and our artillery has been able in one week to bring down two French- men who relied too confidently on the speed of their machines, and who ac- cordingly displayed an altogether too great carelessness, one might almost say imprudence. i “Yesterday afternoon three biplanes were signalled, and at the signal Lieut. G— rose to meet them and to prevent their coming if possible. As & matter of fact, two of the biplanes, which got into the cross fire of our guns, turned and went back. The third fiyer however, who was about 2700 meters up, continued onward and steered for his goal with the utmost rsistence. pe“A‘buut 150 yards in front of the air- ship building two bombs were th one of which did not explode at all the other went off harmlessly. In the meantime our fiyer, who had first sat- sified himself that the other two bi- | planes had left, turned toward the third enemy Ind‘u;‘tnm toward him as fast as he co “Our biplane, it could be plainly seen was not as fast as the other— which later proved to be English—but the aviator attempted nevertheless to mg‘\:—flm the Englishman re- the ng e ceived a couple of shrapnels that burst Hese high altitudes.” The same officer in another letter attack by the Italians on held by his troops. “It nforce in such force and with such de ation that the hot barrels of our rifles could do no more. A fourth brigade was then seen in reserve trotting up behind. “They surprised the advanced posi- heavy fire of our infantry and artil lery so courageously and undisturbed they have beautifully. I would not have expected anything else. “They reached aur rocky covers to within six yards. Our machine guns Corr“%h our rifies failed us. They came over the rocks in front, but there was no bayonet work, for our men were retreating to another height, where the reserves were ready to re- pulse any further advance.” OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘The Colonel is short on_arbitration and long on fighting. He cannot see why a commission should be ap- pointed to arbitrate matters after an armed force has invaded any country. The best thing to do, he contends, is to be 1o resist the attack of an enemy. To this end he would es- Colonel’s argument, but few are willing to stand for unpreparedness—New Britain Herald. 3 of the vanity of preparedness. But reajly it has nothing to do with that question. 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