Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1916, Page 4

120 YEARS OLD t the Postoftice,at Norwich, tered at the flce at. : Telephone Calle: Otfige_480. "%'iu ditorial Rooms 35-8 Bulletin Job Office 35-2. o Office, Room 2, Murray Buflafyg. Telephone 210. E——eee e l‘w\!eh. Saturday, Feb. 19, 1916. the law is not until those to cerry out uthority are made ofr duty, backed up done in that state as it is in others if the disposition really exista. The Bulletin has the largest efroulation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- REINFORCING BELGMAN OONFI- DENCE. Whether Germany made any offer or not to Belglum for a separate peace, the rumor that it had having been de- nied, the action which has been taken by the allies in making another pledge at this time, that hostilities will not be endeq until that unhappy country has reestablished its political and eco- nomic independence and secured am- ple indemnification for the injuries it has suffered, giyfs to that little coun- try the assurance which it needs wich and read by ninety-thres per cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danjelson to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Bastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average. 1905, averag February 12 .. WHERE DOES GERMANY STAND? Regardless of the opinion of Ambas- sador Bernstorft to the effect that the new submarine policy is not intended ito be used against ships carrying non- combatants or liners which make no attempt to escape, an entirely differ- ent idea s to be gained from the at- titude of Germany when it declares that all armed merchantmen will be sunk after February 29. That makes no exceptions whatever, but bluntly declares that all armed merchantmen are the legitimate prey of the submarines regardless of the fact that promises have already been made to country that warning will be given to vessels before they are tor- pedoed and that proper protection will be given to those aboard. How under such conditions Berlin could expect this or any other neu- tral country to look upon its position as consistent it is impossible to un- derstand and it is natural that this government should want to know whether the assurances given in the Arabic and Lusitania cases are in force and if it is intended to respect them after the new order goes into effect. It is preposterous for Germany to suppose that this country is going to abandon its position under interna- tional law and take sides with any belligerent which s going contrary to its-provisions. This method of striking at the enemy through the neutrals has Dbeen attempted before but it can never be tolerated and no natlon which is following the path of neutrality can afford to sbandon it in such a manner as would be necessary if this policy was accepted. This country does well in asking Germany where it stands. A DANGEROUS COURSE. While it might appear that the op- position to the granting of freedom to the Philippines was so slight that it led the senate to take the favorable action which it did, it must neverthe- less be realized that since it endorsed the Clarke bill there has arisen a mighty protest which ought to make the lower house sit up end take no- tice. Even though Vice President Mar- shall cast the deciding vote in the sen- ate it is not altogether sure that the president is In favor of fixing a time now when the islands should be given their independence. Lindley M. Gar- rison registereq his firm opposition to any such move though but a short time previously ho was strongly sup- porting the administration's conduct in the islands, and he fs not the only one who sees the danger of following such a course. It may be considered that the %s- lands are a nuisance, that they are a constant expense and a weak spot to this government, with many wishing that we had not assumed the obliga- tions there which we did, but that does not mean that this country can by any honorable move cast them overboard and tell them to shift for Shemselves. despite the certainty that they will drift into the condition which characterizes republics which have gotten even better starts than the Philippines have. 2 No person with any principles of humanity would treat a dog in the ‘manner in which it is proposed to treat those people. That they have been started right is a credit to this country but all that would be quickly wiped away if this country adopts the policy of scuttle and allows them in the present condition to shift for themselves and fight for existence against the opposition that is sure to - appear from within as well as with- GEORGIA"S DUTY, It must be a curfous state of affairs opivion that one offsets the it is a matter of cause and e must.realize-that if there should it be asked to consider such a proposition from the enemy. The allles have taken no different stand than they have always main- tained, and there has been nothing in their relations which would give Bel- glum reason for thinking that they had, but the importance of reiterating the attitude and steadfastness for the maintenance of the proper amount of confidence on the part of King Albert and his people cannot be overlooked. In such a time there can be none too much confidence scince that must be the basis of unity of action. Belgium had a right to expect just what has been guaranteed inasmuch $|as it is in keeping with pledges made years ago. It has from the time that its boundary was crossed up to the present undergone some of the great- est sacrifices and sufferings of the war. It held up the invaders when it meant much to France and England and the service that it has been able to render can neither be overlooked nor forgot- ten. There is no reason ana there could be no excuse for deserting that country but every additional promise of support that it gets simply forti- fles it in a manner which will permit it to feel certain it is right in turning down any offer of a separate peace should it come. IN ACCORD WITH PROMISES. The almost daily destruction by fire or explosion of some factory engaged in the manufacture of munitions of war, together with the conspiracies which it is known have been carried on in this country to interfere with the industrial ectivity is unquestion- ably the reason why the crippling of every manufacturing plant, or the burning of piers and steamships are at once attributed to the work of for- eign sympathizers. There are those who think, how- ever, that this country has become hysterical over such affairs and that no allowance is made for accidents ang the same reason for fires which exist in times of peace. It is of course to be remembered that when plants are being pushed to the limit, some running with two or three shifts of workmen every 24 hours, that there are additional opportunities for care- lessness to figure in some of the big fires, but it is also to be recalled that the conflagrations are invarlably in accord with threats which have been made and that they occur regardless of the increased precautlons which are taken to prevent them. That there are cases where fires have broken out in munitions plants and even resulted in their destruc- tlon, without such being the result of well laid plots cannot be questioned, but there is too much activity and too great a reason for wanting to de- moralize American plants of that character to accept the excuses which might prevail under normal conditions. The situation calls for increasea vigi- lance even where it is supposed that sufficient is provided at the present time. It cannot be overlooked that the most of them are In accord with promises, EDITORIAL NOTES Every day that Villa fails to reach Chihuahua City he adds effectively to his disguise. There will not have to be many more twists before the Lusitania case gives the Finnegan story a back seat. The man on the Corner says: Self made men should never blame others for the blunders that they make. What s left of the people in Ar- menia will extend such a welcome to the Russian army as was never held out before. ‘When Great Britain admits that its aerfal forces are ten .years behind Ger- many’s there is no chance of a denial coming from Berlin. Grand Duke Nicholas was the first one in several months to prove that he was able to come back with one of his old time victorles. Every warm February rain, or even the thaws, accompanying a hot sun and a south wind must be placed to the credit of the groundhog. Some cities ars starting campaigns for saving infants, but others are pay- ing much more attention to the safety of their “war bables” just now. 2ow that the Massachusetts legis- iature hes fixed the size of a drink, possibly It will go further and deter- mine when a fellow is intoxicated. Tha revolts ageinst Roos t in HMew York, Massachusetts and ols ought to be enough to take all the pleasure cut of that West Indfan trip. Even though Hiram Mexim declares that he 'can silence the exhaust of a locomotive, he can probably appre- clate the &ifficulty in putting a quietus on the Ford peace efforts. It would make an interesting leap story if the young woman In the west who won $500 from a trolley company because a conductor kissed her on the car should decide to marry him. Now that Charlle Chaplin has re- celved contracts calling for a half mil- {lion doliars a year for his services, it simply shows how much the people are willing to pay one man to be enter- tained, - THE MAN WHO TALKS There are times in Hfe when wWe are all inclined to say too much; and most of us have heard the command: “Shut your mouth.” 1 feel inclined to the bellef that it 1s as much of an accomplishment to keep your mouth shut as it is to skillfully play any musical instrument. There {5 nothing that will queer a person’s opportuni- ties in life like a mouth that knows neither discretion nor judgment. It ls a good thing to know that people do not wish to know of your misfortunes or sorrows; they prefer to hear of JSBF succecses and your jova. 'Weo ehould all be chary how we talk about either. It is never wise to offer an opinion that fs not asked for; _and nine times In ten remember when your opinion is asked your commenda- ton is simply bid for, hence your opinion is of very much less import- ance than you think it is. What most people want i{s a chance to talk them- selves. Let them, and profit by thier wisdom and thetr folly. I ‘rather like the urchin who sa: “Oh, cum on—what cher 'fraid of.” He DProposes to brave what is before him, and not to let fear retard him al- though the results may sometimes prove to be quite distressing. He has a radiant spirit, he doesn't shrink. The Jjuggernaut may be on the same road, but he doesn’t worry about being crushed by it. The dark doesnt fret him nor fear prompt him to hesitate. The banner of his hope is inscribed: “Forward march.” This is the In- spiration of all discovery, progress and reform. Columbus when he gave his pilot orders to “sail on! sail on!” when his crew opposed his progress, put in another form the kid’s “Oh, cum on— ‘what cher 'fraid of.” Fear is a hand- icap in business and a torment in so- clal life; the tax a guilty conscience puts up the soul. Its only credit is that it is the mother of prudence. Success demands that fear should al- ways be kept in its place. I do not know which is worst to be discouraged by adversity or to be com- pletely resigned to it. Taking things too easy is mo more of a virtue than taking them too much at heart. Ad- versity ought to be a good stimu- lant to a live man, but no one can en- dure too much of it. It is largely a celf-made check to personal extrav- agance or folly. It is one of the most important teachers in the school of experience. It doesn’t call for resiz- nation, but for determination. Don't sit down, but stand up and push. A worm doesn’t halt at an impediment, but crawls over it. “Keep going!” f§ the motto of life. If you are up against it go tArough, round or over it like a man, not lle beside it like a quohos. The spirit of man was de- signed to rise above obstacles and to solve the riddle of existence. Brace up, cultivate a cheerful mind and sing: “You can't tell what is round the bend, it may be a dollar, or it may be a friend.” Do not think life is a vale of tears or a gamble. Life is business from beginning to end—business that must be efficiently attended to. You are in it without having been consulted, and you will not be consulted as to the time of departure. We have a space of time at our command in which to develop ourselves and to be of use to others. We get early notice that the wage of life is in the joy of living; and the wage of sin is death; and we are advised by people who do mot know how to make the most of life for themselves how we can make it most profitable for ourselves. It up to us to develop mentality and steer _clear of all ruinous habits which are the gold bricks along the path of our existence. The way to get joy from life s to live right, and we get our wage every day. rewards, but become conscious that the deed and the joy are close com- rades. It makes no erence how strong our prejudice is against foreisn goods we have to lift the ban once in awhile. Here is something made in China_before the Pilerims landed on Plymouth rock: “If you suspect a man do not employ him; if you employ him do not suspect him” We have to confess the wisdom of this is just as aparent as though it was made in America. Here is another: “It is easy to open a shop: hard to keep it open The Chinese mind was work- ing out proverbs in the time of Christ which still live. The fruit of mortal experience framed up in proverbs often represent eternal truths, wherever or whenever they were first posted. The human mind under stress of prac- tieal purposes has always brought to the surface nuggets of precious thought in all ages. The makers of proverbs die, but, the truths they inscribe upon the pages of time will shine eo lonz as there is an eve to perceive them or an intellect to interpret them. The uni- verse is founded upon Truth and this is why Truth will outlast it. The reason it is so difficult to select a well-bred person is because there are fiteen rules, or evidences of their breeding, most of which are as incon- stantly honored as the ten command- ments. It isn't nmecessary to quote more than three, although the other twelve are just as pertinent. Here they be: You will not measure your civility by people’s bank accounts. You will be scrupulous in_your regard for the rights of others. You will not for- got engagements, promises or obliga- tions of any kind.” A well-bred per- son is just as rare as a rationally plous one. it means attention to perfect sef-control. When you need the evidence of lack of breeding do not say: “Tm not it,” but “Tll be it!” No one 1s well-bred just because they can look back or point with pride to a genteel, highly respected family. The evidences of good breeding belong en- tirely to us. It makes no difference how rich or distinguished our for- bears were, for it all depends upon how considerate and kindly and honorable we are. If most men were as careful about everything as they be not to let their religion interfere with their business the " commercial world would hold a different relation to the world of labor, and would command a great deal more’ confidence. It is funny how careful men can be in some directions, and how careless in others. It would not do any harm if rel’fTon got mixed into business endugh so that the re- tired business man did not have to confess to his Maker that in order to successfully do business and refire with a competence he had, to forget &ll the precepts he learned as a kid while kneeling at his mother's knee. The price of success makes the ten com- mandments look like a joke too often. It is this carefulness in the wrong di- rection which gave rise to the golden Tule of the 19th century: ‘Do bim quick, or he'll do you!” But no one ventures to claim It is better than “Do unto others as ye would others should do unto youl” If Shakespeare was right honesty is about as rare as precious stones, for in his day and generation he reckoned there might be one honest man to ten thousand, and there appears to be 1o evidence fhat they are more honest men in our day than there were in Shakespeare’s. Phases of honesty and misrepresentation to get curiously mix- ed up at times. Recently & negro ap- proached e Kansas City woman to so- Iiclt aid because he had lost his wife and six children in a flood. The wo- man looked him over.and then saf is | Do not dream of | (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) ‘Toward the end of the elghteent century the portion of the town Narwich then referred to as Chelsea, or The Landing, to distinguish It from the real Norwich—now Norwich Town —h#d reacied such a point of pros- perity and importanee that thy De. gan to be agitation for & post 3 To impress the government with the merit of ita claims, a petition waa for warded to Congress eetting forth it commercial influence. A copy of & draft enumerating the llst and ton- nago of craft sailing from the harbor of Norwich, which draft is in the handwriting of that well-informed oit- izen, Joseph Howland, HEsq., sums up the maritime facts of the port of Nor- wich as follows: “Total, seven ships, nine briga, nine schooners, ~ seventeen sloopa—forty- two, Total, 4,813 tons, of which only 210 "tons is owned In the Old Parish, and 4,012 is owned in the port, or what is called Chelsea. The above does not include a number of river packets, or four New York packets. the shipping interest of the port ha not reached its maximum of prosper- ity. Although it had been affected by foreign interference during the war, it was still in a condition to bear loss- es without belng seriously crippled, we are told. For several years after 1795, importations Increased in value and larger vessels were employed. Heavy cargoes were brought from such points as Cape Francols, Martinique and Jeremle. ‘This is indicated by the record that, in four euccessive voyages of the ship Hope, 1797-8, two in each year, three with Elijah Clark master and one with Sylvester Bill, the cargoes being Tum, molasses, etc. consigned to How- land & Bill, J. Perkins and B. Cott, it is shown that the duties were from $7,000 to nearly $9,000 each. ‘The cargoes of the ship Sally at this period were even more valuable, three in succession paying an impost of more than $9,000 each. that the highest duty ever paid by Norwich merchants on a single cargo was in _October, 1798, when the ship Sally, John L. Boswell, master,—a name recalling Norwich business life for centurics—entering from San Domingo, was charged at the custom-house, (New London) $12,121. After 1800, while the trade from this port was less flourishing, vet from twenty to thirty brigs, schooners and coasting sloops or packets were gen- erally kept in active service, and West India cargoes continued to arrive. The three-masted schooner Urani the brigs Antelope, Atalanta, Dove, Hope and Harrlet made a series of voyages with varying success, under John and Thomas Backus, Christopher Clover, George Gilbert, Oliver Fitch, Francis Smith and others, bringing back goods to Jesse Brown & Son, Peter Lanman, Labez Perkins, Jabez Huntington, Dwight Ripley, Thomas Lathrop and other Norwich merchants. “Your face looks famillar. Ain't you the man I once helped beause your wife and § children perished on the Ti- tanic?” “Yes'm, sald he, “Yes'm, I'se that same gem'man. I can't keep a famerly no how.” He couldn't lie as to his identity what ever happened, but he tried to make the truth serve & dis- honest purpose. “To be honest in ev- erything requires the same plous care that it does to be temperate in ewery- thing, and both are required to make a man after God's own heart. Do you wonder that honesty is man's great- est treasure? Sunday Morning Talk SHEEP AND MEN. A flock of sheep will go leaping over a stone wall for no other apparent reason than that their leader has gone over before them. The bell-wether has only to get the procession started and then he can rest while it proceeds, No reason for jumping is demanded by the sheepish’ mind. It is emough that all the rest are doing it. Shortly after the Civil war, a gen- tleman travelling in the South asked a lanky individual sitting on a rail nce why he had gone into secession. “Cos’ all of 'em did!” was the reply. For how large a part of our actions can no better reason be given! The crowd is move in whatever masterful individuals choose to have them. Men follow the bell-wether in politics and the women in fashions. It is a fair question to ask whether the instinct for imitation is any stronger imuflng animals than among human ind. If one could analyze the separate units in any mob along red-handed to rapine and elaughter, he would dis- cover hundreds of individuals far less feroclous in temper than the mob ac- tlons would seem to indicate. . They have simply been swept off their feet; their individual decencies of thought submerged by the spirit of the crowd. If we could have taken the individuals in that crowd centuries ago outside Pilate's judgment hall, crying “Crucify him!” Crucify him!” might we not have found many children of Abraham not anxious at heart to shed blood? There is no limit to the cruelty of an unregulated mob. Its members pass the stage in which they are like sheep following a bell-wether and become more like wolves that hunt in packs. When a crowd of baseball fans surges on the fleld en masse to hoot and harry an umptre they think is op- posing the home team, men are apt to do things together that few of them ‘would be willing to do individually. A small coterie of leading spirits can set the temper of the occasion. If a few mud pellets fiy, more are pretty sure to, follow. Soon “everybody's doing t. generaily ready to direction _certain The ability to think and the courage to act independently, are powers high- ly to be prized. Hardly anything is more needed in a . thousand citles, towns and hamlets of America than citizens with minds of their own, pos- sessed of “cvic manhood, firm against the crowd” No foolish 6ddity or 1so~ lation s desired, nor disposition to eet one’s own judgment stubbornly against that of the majority. The call is rath- er to preserve an inner sense of free- dom, to refuse to allow others to dver- ride one's personal convictions. The challenge is that of the ringing com- mand of the Apostle: “Let every man be fully persuaded n his own mind* No morality is worth anything that is merely conformity to an environ- ment. It is no_virtue to march se- dately with the Romens to church to- td‘:-y fl,uon d':l: MOITOW, ';B mm em also when they happen bound for a prize fight. Let one msk himself how far he is a free-and self- directing moral agent, how far he is merely ‘a follower of the particular bell-wether that goes just befors him. The answer to the question will be illuminating. One can then tell wheth= er he is a man or a sheep. THE PARSON. WHY NORWICH SHIPPING DECLINED jker, of Norwich, enlisted in 1 in of there were hazards escape the vigilanc and French privateers, dur- the period which followed, th ts, rather than have their v sels tied up at the wharves, continued to send them out to West Indian ports. . Dwight, {e his travels, wrote in the early Rart’of the century: thin the last tweniy years the trade has cuffereC zeverely from sev- eral causes; perticularly from fires and French depredations. From the latter sonurce no town within my knowledge has expaionced greater s, in proportion te its trading ital. Tts ecmmerce, however, Is still considerable.” During May, June and July, when the embargo was in force, seven brigs Although ‘S and two schooners helonging to Nor- | wich, took advantage of the chance and cleared, al for Martinico—which glves @ good idea of the hustle and enter- prise of the townspeople. 8till, the trade deolined, because of the inoreasing risks. The following item explains why. Arrived in New York, May 1810, brig Sally, Bingley, of Norwich, 27 days from Antigus. She had beén taken by the French, retaken by the English, carrie§ into Antigua, paid one-eighth for salvage and costs, and was then al- lowed to return home. During 1811, cargoes of considerable value were brought into this port from Cayenne, Demerara, St. Michael and St. Bartholomew—in all eight or ten arrivals; but in 1812 only three en- tries are found, the last before the war. They were: 26 Feb. arr. slp. Windham, John Doane, from St. Bartholomew, with go0ds to D. Ripley, J. H. Strong, T. M. and Joseph Huntington. 19 June, arr. sch. Harrlet, Alexander Allyn; goods to D. Lathrop, C. Eels and Lyman Brewer. 25 June, arr. brig Park, Joseph Bing- ley, from Angustura; goods to D. Rip- ley, Augustus Perkin, etc. These were the last arrivals before the war; and with them, the historians tell us, the palmy days of the Norwich- ‘West indian trade terminated. During the six vears preceding the war, more than a thousand merchant vessels had been captured and carried mto British ports for adjudication, and either wholly confiscated, or compell- ed to pay large sums for salvage or redemption. But the great indignity offered Americans was the practice of impressment and search, which the British claimed and malintained as a right, and by which many an Ameri- can seamen was forced into involun- tary service aboard o British warship. Two notable instances of such im- pressment are recorded. In 1797, Avery Tinker, of Norwich, was _impressed from on board the merchant ship Hope. At a foreign port he managed to escape, and after many adventures succeeded in obtaining refuge on board an American vessel, but on the pas- sage home he was accidentally knock- ed _overboard and drowned. Charles Barker, son of Stephen Bar- the’ armed _schooner _Galiot, sailed from New York for some foreign port, under Capt. Hudson. During the vayage, the schooner was upset squall, ‘and these on board wer from the wreck by a New Yo bound for Cadiz. There the; the port blockaded by an Eng squadron, the commander of which overhauled the American brig, im- pressing the whole of the shipwrecked crew except Capt. Hudson, transfer- ring them to the Edgar, 74. found Three years afterwards, the fathor of young Barker received a__letter from him, dated on board the Edzar in the Baltic Sea, June Sth. 1801, short- 1y after the terrible battle of Copen- hagen, regarding which the young man gave some of the details.” But he wrote chiefly to ask that the docu- ments necessary to procure his relcase be sent him, that he might return to his ecountry and home. The paper were forwarded and repeated applica- tions afterwards made in his behalf; but in vain. Others of the seamen were never heard from by their relatives and their fate added to the tragedies which had to do with shipping during those troublesome times. THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dr. Usshior Has fmpre Tell. Mr. Editor: I was glad to ses in a recent issue of your paper a letter from Rev. J. O. Barrows calling atten- tion to the mass meeting in Davis the- atre Sunday night, Feb. 20th, at 7.30 oclock. That meeting will Dbe ad- dressed by a real hero (though he is the last man on earth who would be willing to make such an admission)— Clarence D. Ussher, M. D. It was re- cently my privilege to hear a part of his marvelous story. I can never for- get it. The thrilling experiences of Dr. Uesher resemble some of the acts of the Apostles intensified by the hor- rors of modern war. If we had any Viotoria cross in this land of ours it would be given to Dr. Ussher. Be- sleged in ‘an, Turkish Armenia, he was constantly under fire and yet he went on with his work of relieving the sufferings of the wounded and the dy- ing. When the city was evacuated he ‘was about the last man to leave. Pass- ing through a fever from which his wife died, wasted 'n fesh and broken in nerve, he reached Russia a mere shadow. That he lives today and is regaining his strength seems little short of a miracle. It must be that God has some great work for him that remains unfiniehed. His story should be heard by all the people of our city regardless of their religious or non- religious affiliations. It is a pleasure to note how gener- ve Story to |a.lly the churches of the city are unit- ing in this proposed mass meeting. My own church gladly surrenders its even- ing service in order that our congrega- tion may hear Dr. Ussher, for we an- ticlpate his message to be city-wide and humanitarian in its appeal. I am writing this as & man and e minister, but especially am I writing it as a citizen, with the one motive of ursing my fellow citizens of every class and creed to come out Sunday night and hear an fmpressive story from a man who has passed through everything but death itself. Thank you, Mr. Ed- itor, for your kindness in allowing me this ce. v JOEL B. SLOCUM. Norwich, Feb. 18, 1916. Medical Inspection the Schools. Mr. Editor—The remarks of Ob- server concerning the so-called settle- ment of the medical inspection ques- tion are very apt and quite to the point. To the minds of many of us howevyer, this settlement instead of clarifying the issuc seems to have added a complication. The manner in which the school board has proceeded to effect what they call a settlement of a matter which so vitally concerns the citizens, the tax.payer, and paren of our children seems to Indicate th: the citizen has become merely a con- venience in the management of school affairs useful only in supplying such funds as they demand to pay bills contracted by these self-constituted autocrats. Common decency would dictate that at least, they make it e e el o e plain under what authority they pro- ceed to employ a nurse to attend the childrtn in our schools and by what process of law such action is author- ized. The tax payers have expressed themselves very emphatically. on this subject on every occasion when op- portunity was afforded them, and it is plainly in defiance of public sentiment that they take the action they do. It is geiting to be a very serious ques- tion whether this is a government of, for, and by the people or a government by a self-constituted commission of petty school officials who have taken it upon themselves to administer a re- buke to the intelligent citizens of this town for daring to.define thelr rights as taxpayers and parents, who object to turning our schools into hospitals at the behest of a godless medical science_and, naturally are opposed to furnishing clinical material in the per- sons of our children to serve in lieu of guinea pigs and white rats In med- ical experimentation.” When our citizens voted to consoli- date our schoel districts and place the schools under the management of one board in order to be strictly up to date, we were warned that we were about to place our schools in the pnds of designing political schemers, and such has proved to be the case. Happily we made the venture for a short time limit and, having learned lesson will no doubt embrace the opportunity to retrieve our error. Now the question arises whether, since we have established our right to name the price we will pay for medi- cal inspection we have not the same right to say how much we are willing to pay for school nursing or whether we indeed are obliged to employ and pay a nurse. If any law there be au- thorizing this board to employ a nurse todey the same law was in existence on Oct. ¢, 1913, when our citizens in town mecting assembled, most em- hatically dismissed the proposition even when the doctors proffered their services free. That it may be wise to uss this matter once again in town meeting is the opinion of MANY CITIZENS. Norwich, Feb. 18, 1916. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Saciety “Dover, where German seaplanes have lately been showering high ex- sives, might be called the ‘bus- s end’ of the British Empire to- *d the continent; for when England rs in Europe her troops set out from harbor, whence they have to Germany, France, Holland, Spain, and Belgium in centuries and whence they are leaving to- in an undiminishing stream for past, day scores of battlefields distributed clean across the continent from the open ocean to the Black Sea,” begins a primer on war geography just issued by the National Geographic Society at Washington occuples a marrow break famous channel chalk cliffs, and its harbor is formed by a grand enclosure of the waters of the Straits of Dover by more than a mile of piers. The chalk cliffs are honey-combed with military works, hiden guns and Datteries and gallerles through the rock. The fortification of this point, where England and continental Eu- rope approach nearest to one another, has been done as thoroughly as mil- itary ingenuity can devise. Besides the works built into the cliffs, the, arbor is guarded by a modern re- doubt, Fort Burgoyne, and other forti- fication-circuits. It has alwaye been a favorite worry with Englishmen to dream of invasion via the straits and Dover. “So keenly have Englishmen felt about the subject since the days of the Northmen pirates, that they have several times refused to consider ser- lously a project for Mnking Dover with Calals by tubes under the Chan- nel to France, lest an insidious enemy some day march across unexpected in- to thelr country under their protecting sea. One company formed for the construction of euch a dry-land way betwaen Europe and England did man- age to get some lengthy reports made to Parliament, in which the sugges- tions were advanced tbat provision must be made, with the construction of any such tubes, for their flooding from Dover in case of an outbreak of hostilities between Britannia and eny FEuropean Power. The idea, however, was dropped as a danzerous one. “Roman shipping visited Dover's port, and, probably, the Phoenicians before Roman times traded there. The harbor was fortified in the 4th cen- tury, and the original defenses have been kept up-to-date ever since. The e ——————————————— | A YEAR AGO TODAY - Feb. 19, 1915, Germans abandoned march to Nieman but advanced on Plonsk d occupied Tauroggen. “Allied fleets b attack on and forts at Dardanelies entrance. French steamer Denorah Norwegian tanker sunk by Ger- man submarines. 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Battle of Dover was fought off the harbor of the town August 21, 1717 Eustace the Monk, adventurer-pira: and soldier of fortune, in command of a great French flotilla to aid the Eng- lish barons against their was severely beaten in this gea-fight the much smaller Dover fleet. The Battle of Dover ranks as high in the annals British victorles on the sea against 0dds as that engagement in which the Armada was driven off.” of the more intrepld women are con- sidering pictol practice and -the carry- ing of an “automat” Some are using Big brother for a bodyguard,at a slight distance away, hoping _ to obtain prompt justice for some “fresh” youth who has attempted to force his atten. tions on them. Wherever _possible these insulters of women should be brought up with a short turn. False delicacy should not prevent women from ppearing In court against those Who have offered them _indignity. Ju should not deal too harshly with men who have resented such act- fons by administering swift and sufi- clent corporal punishment. Bridgeport must be safe for women at all hours. New-comers must be made t6 under- Ty ing something to decrease the com- |class with whicl ey have n ace fort of its barrooms, is now consider- | Gustomed to associate. — Bridgeport ing a proposal to compel its bartend- | Standard. ers to do all the pouring when hard liquor is ordered. The measure would insist that the bartender pour not less than two ounces and not more than four But until the next law is passed the man who wants to drink less than two ounces will probably be permitted to leave what he doesn't want behind him—Hartford Times. There's a teacher in orie of the Hart- ford schools who has had a lesson, severe but likely to be remembered. A 14 year old girl in her room wrote and passed to a boy friend in the school session a note asking him to attend a church party with her. The teach- er captured the note and read it aloud to the school, presumably as a matter of discipline’ The girl, bitterly chagrined, went home crying, pur- chased and took a dose of carbolie acid, and died in a few hours. There are some things about child psycholo- gy which some teachers don't learn in their usual training course.—~New Ha- ven Register. [ OTHER VIEW POINTS Massachusetts, which is slways do- Ostriches can travel at a rate of more than 100 miles an hour. CASCARETS SELL TWENTY MILLION BOXES PER YEAR BEST, SAFEST CATHARTIC FOR LIVER AND BOWELS, AND PEOPLE KNOW IT. THEY’'RE FINE! DON'T STAY BiL. 10US, SICK, HEADACHY OR CONSTIPATED. 4 A pretty kettle of fish the Hartford board of health has stirred up. No sooner does the Public Utilities com- mission take note of its complaint ‘with reference to crowded trolley cars and order an improvement than other cities around the state begin to see the possibilities if you can go to work in the right way, therefore they pro- ceed, as is usually the case in Connec- ticut affairs, to follow Hartford's ex- ample. New Haven aiready has its health department working on the car question, a la Hartford, and Bristol is looking in the same direction. Com- muters who have faced the same prob- lem and despaired of finding any way to compel a remedy, will siowly but surely get in line. And how popular bR e ‘ n the offices onnecticut_com- pany, which will have to find a way to | Enjoy lifel Heep clean inside with furnish all this improvement Connecti- | Cascarets. 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