Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 3, 1916, Page 4

n which the interests have been overlook- rising that the voters tive of party are the service that has In recent years is the Fence the quicker it ‘the better. There in the balance and unfavorable. have presented a upon mext Monday ing with politicians j#ive been steadily draw- ublic till. They are . identified with the~busi- the city and who can to give to the muni- Kkind of efficlent ser- ‘would to themselves or ticket, as candidate for L. Brown, a young qualifications, one of wyers of the city, o inspire the confi- fellow citizens. best in city- govern- trict and impartial re- s of the commu- His election means at. Guy B. Dolbeare and are men who have in thelr respective 0 can be entrusted to 8t seryice to the city. o though that d by his nomina- He|" between the hours of 12 and 9 o'clock this af- ternoon and clear up any Gncertainty that may ‘exist in their minds. Thase in charge will be found te be cour- teous and obliging and there will be an opportunity for cleafiug up any doubt that may exist concerning the casting of ‘a vote by this mechanical and accurate method. THE NORTH SEA FIGHT. The long looked for clash between the British and German fleets in the North sea has taken place and from such reports as have been obtained st 4 Who declines to take a smile with bim. A daring evangelist did not hesitate to tell his hearers bat ‘a man who uses a cuss word would strike his 3 ther.” 1-do mot see why such 2 man Should strike back two genera- tions when his wife is near by. be constant in prayer and ever ready to promote the interests of the churcii. concerning i, it was a titanic strug- |1 gle in. which each side did its utmost to gain the upper hand by the utiliza- tion of every resource available. From such reports as have been ob- tained Germany -would- appear to be justified in. its claim of victory but even in the statements which come from Berlin therd is -still an uncer- tainty as to just what the actual re- sult was. Germdny attempts to tell what happened to the British fleet but it is not able or is unwilling to give a fuil and satistying account of just what losses it . suffered itself, while Londen declares that it lacks the information upon which to base 4 full statement. It is nevertheless apparent from such reports as have been made, which indicats that the -half has not been told, that it was the greatest fight be- tween the fleets that has taken place in the North sea. There have been running fights and the British have lost numerous cruisers through. sub- marine uctivity but nothing on the scale which is indicated {n this clash. It of course is not a battle which has by any means determined the suprem- acy of the fleets of the two natlons, but it is evident that Germany can and will fight when conditions are ‘what it considers favorable, and when it is fairly well established that from & half dozen to ten of the British vos- sels have been sunk, it means that it fights well and effectt significance of the na not, Liowever, be told until the actual facts concerning it are fully set forth. That there has been a great loss of men and ships is nevertheless conclu- sive, even though Great Britain may Dbe in a better position to stand it than Germany. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: We all take a lot of punishment from ex perience and then go back for more. The news from the North sea fight shows that Verdun happenings are not the only things which make people sit up and take notice. — i For the time being attention will turn from the batting averages of the baseball players to the fleets of Great Britain and Germany. — ‘What is bothering Colonel Roose- velt most is the fact that he hasn't had an_opportunity to put Justice Hughes in the Ananias club, — How interesting it would make the hational conventions if everyone who justified the ‘temper which led him to resort to oaths to do verbal justice to & disloyal officer. The temptation was great and his words of condemnation fitting. Cuss words are too prevalent; but they are not such evidences of brutality. as this preacher would have us believe. - They are always in taste, but ot always viclous. Do you believe we all have a fool streak in us somewhere? There are intelligent men who think they see plenty of evidence to confirm such a conclusion. All people ready to take a ‘chance are in the streaked class, from the man who wagers all his money and all his clothes on a prize fight to the bank president who ven- tures to run his finances as a me- ana’ wrecks the bank. Charietans are 50 common ‘and their work so sucqess ful that we accept for:truth the say: ing that “a sucker is born every min- ute.” We are all so anxious to get something for.nothing that we are ready to be a partner in a rogue's game at almost every turn in life. We are easy victims to a thousand schemes because we prefer to take a chance than to. rely upon experience and the traditions of common sense. A neighborhood that has not in it the bugle-voiced oriole is songsterly lacking. There are really three birds needed to make complete any neigh- borhood bird choir, robin red-breast the chorister, and the golden robin and tween them; and even with these sumething will seem to be missing if the sprightly trilling wren is not there to add its sweet interludes. Powell confers upon our red-breasted thrush the honor of being a finer singer than the mocking bird, and second to no bird in America for the variety an sweetness of its notes. As in olden times every court had its jester, so in these days no bird neighborhood is complete without its cat-bird mewing in the shrubbery, or mocking derisively the fowls in the yard, or the song- sters in the trees. And the bird pi ture wil not be complete without the silent _gracefully flying ewifts and swallows which destroy millions of midges and mosquitoes that they cap- ture in the upper afr. i Do you know that more than one man who never could get the i out of busy Gias 2 millinonaire; and more than one woman who never could get the t out of which has been dis- has ideas about-running the' govern- |2 ‘ment insisted upon being president. el The mayor gives some timely ad- vice T the observagce of traf- fic regulations but it is something upon which can be lald most of the time. g — One government official has made :? 3 i I : i d | man affairs are in God’s hands. those _articles Mr. au'«'f}ffi.a !\u‘mu:&'r:fix“ u . For, a estions | orm-u‘oiumuu_%ot ) of organization of all 1 portance kinds, tyrn upon the effect which is ultimate- | 55 bl the and well- | o0 the on spirit being and fighting efficlency of private soldier.” Lord ‘Walseley has revealed _the name of this distinguished of ours, Warren Lee Goss! Comrade Goss, of the Grand Army of the Ropublic, had already written sev- in your pocket than a love-letter from some other woman. A man’s pocket is always a curiosity to a_wife, for the contents comprise any old thing from a wallet to buttons that meed sewing on, from a pipe to a plug of tobaceo, and from a bunch of keys to a shoe- string. There has been at least one married woman who never searched her husband’s pocket. She was a ‘bed- ridden invalid when he married her, and he could keep his pockets con- stantly beyond her reach.” Sundsy Méwing Talk ’ FOUR ANCHORS QUT. Diligent Sunday .school scholars will recall the story of St. Paul's ship- wreck. The Alexandrian wheat ship on_ which the Apostle journeyed to Rome had been caught in a tempest on & lee shore off the jagged rocks of Malta. With canvas blown away and seams gaping, 12 loss of the galley with her whole company was only prevented by good seamanship and a refusal on the part of the captain and frew to become discouraged. ‘At the critical hour, cmergency tac- kle was brought into use. ‘They cast four anchors out of the stern and wished for the day.” It was surely forttnate that the anchors held, for thus was saved a whole thip's com- pany including one life, at least, of vital importance to-the world. It is not for discussion of nautical tactics, but as a parable of life that the episode is quoted. There is sug- gestion here for any hour when the life mariner feels himself driven by wind and waves toward any sort of rccks Whatever. Safety then depends on having some reliable anchors ready to_throw out to windward. The frivolous reader, if such there Do of this column, must bear with me ncw while I name some very old- fashioned epiritual sraces. The name of the first anchor is Faith. Faith is a lively confidence in spiritual reali- ties. Tt is & belief that Omnipotence undersirds the world and that all hy- t is a_conviction righteousness is mighty and must prevail Although we see Truth forever on the scaffold ‘Wrong forever on the throne, faith bids us believe that That scaffold sways the future And behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within e shadow Keeping watch above his own. The second in order is Hope. =it is Just what Paul himself called it—an “anchor of the soul” Hope points to tle star in due skys keeps men from despair, and sends them singing across ‘the years. Hope in the old legend, was the one- thing that re- mained in Pandora’s box, and it was the Dest thing of all. While it re- maims men can face courageously whatever difficulties the years bring. 1t is only ‘whén the spring of hope, of anticipation, fairly snaj that men and women give up the struggle and torn thelr faces to the wall eep hope he craft _then, Never doubt that clouds will break, that ‘the best is yet to be. Love is the third anchor and ome fown | that holds In many a storm. In_ the name of love, friends delight to spend and in each other's service. In the strength of it, a man or woman is| will Dear for long years, the burden of been remarked that every one should have a little spare . time be- sides that devoted er's sin and e. se of lové fathers delve from morn till’eve and mothers give their iives, a living sacrifice, nor count their burden - ous, 1t tenths of the world’s best activities. Under its spell we forget our mean- ness and our selffishness. Ternyson sing: J.ove took ‘the harp of life Ana smote on all ita chords with Smote the chord of self that, trembling Passed in music out of sight. S oL & 3 g ter ¥ the private soldier who carried forty|time, rounds of cartridges and a brave Geart, who ifought iwithout expectation of reward or promo! hero and the fittgst its conquering epirit. ‘His secrifices and heroic confidence in final victory, saved the nation and pre- served the union of states.” In the light of present-day war con. itions, this masterly summing up of conditions as they existed in this country’s great struggle has new sig- nificance. A1l these hints at the buoyancy and irritate certain critics, who, Dossibly, srowl at 5o great expense! The majority of readers are familiar with Mr. Gose's “Recollection: - R is pretty generally known that the book is hot a literal transcription of the author’s sole experiences, but is made up of material and incidents ‘borrowed from the adventures of his comrades in the fiel™=But it is suffic- dently accurate to stir the blood, as the reader foliows its youthful hero through the exciting days and nights up the Peninsula with MoClellan, throughout e second battle of Buil ‘Run, urg, ysburg, —under Grant's command, in the FWVilderness, at Spottsylvania, during the siege of Petersburg, at Cold Harbor, and most exciting of all, with gallant Sheridan at Five Forks, in April, 1865. It is safe to predict that the blood of the most gluggish pacifist must stir at Comrade Goss's description of the masterful strategy and tactios by which Sheridan, on his famed black horse, led the wearied but undaunted troops to victory, in the midst of the most disheartening conditions. As the au- thor again and again states, the pri- vate soldiers had no taste, no love for war; but it was forcedl upon them, and ‘during the night after the eventfui victory at Five Forks, “as groups of men looked for wounded or dead com- rades and buried the dead, their hearts were both glad and sad; sad that friends and comrades had fallen; glad that victory brought to them the light of dawning peace.” 2 * There is a tribute to Grant's great- ness, the story of Lee's surrender, and ifiis ends the tale of war, of patriotism and of the surrender of those who had fought against the Union of States. To those who know how the book was written, there cemes the memory of the faithful, gentle wife who aided so much in winning the author’s success, now passed to the Spirit Land, but Wwho Gid Ber part as 2 soldier's wife, while_strength and health were hers, to help in the activities of Sedgwick Rellef Corps. THE DICTAGRAPH. | omHER vIEW POINTS 7 is the motive behind nine- | ¥ederal ‘Truly does | been made, is a fourth solid anchor.|eventually wi AT that we have it Zsometsing to love, and g8 o 3 needs something to| American The War A Year Ago Today dune 3, 1915 _ Terrific fighting near Arras and there in the they are: May 25th, 1916, shows balance of $3,680.15. an unexpended If the men had mittee ask for $3,000 this year? Question. 1f the appro; play-grounds was 3500 last the unexpended balance is why do they ask for $500 this year, if $183.32 was sufficient last year? Question. The co corporation counsel's bills vices were as follows: June, 1915 one year Briscoe, $ in 3 excess 413.58. E i ed” much more than One-Who Gets the “Benefit” of the jon.” . Norwich, June 1, 1 A FRIEND Mansfield Centér, oné. of the Jews of the In R ~ oF June 1, 1916. 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