Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1916, Page 4

finrwuh Bulletin and Qoufied e 7" 120 YBARS OLD *_ Subseription price 12c a week; 500 a monti; 8600 a Soas, Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as’second-class matter. Telephone Calls: ‘Bullgtin-Business Office 480. Bulletin _Editorial Rooms 35-3. - Bulletin Job Office 35-20 ' Wdllimantic:Office, Room 2, Murray Building. Telephone 210. Norwich, Saturday, July 8 1916. The Circulation of The Bulletin The <Bulletin circulation of any paper !n Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times largér than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 8,000 of the 4,063 houses ‘n Nor-$ wich and read by ninety-three per$ cent. of the people. In Windham it is delivered to over 900 houses, sescascesssssesses: has the largest in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in all of these places il is considered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- % i aine towns, one hundred and sixty- five postofiice districts, and sixty iural free delivery routes. H The Bulletin fs sold In every$ town and on all of he R. F. D.3§ routes in Eastern Connecticut. i H CIRCULATION H 1801, average.... 4,412§ 1805, average WATCHFUL WAITING A FAILURE This country has gone through two interesting experiences in regard to the policy of watchful waiting which has been backed by the present ad- ministration, and it is not believed unfair when it {s declared that its Pprestige has suffered as the result The policy of delay and do nothing, with much note writing and palaver has let the in ion go abroad we were willing to see our rights trampled upon in: we are “too proud to only after a lon of international of this country that this government showed its hana and called Germany to terms regarding its unjustifiable course relative to submarine warfa: to take hich That country was determined every advantage of the polic this government was following. The idea was even given that we were simply writing notes for the purpose of home consumption and that we did not expect other governments to give serious consideration to what we said. It was even so with Mexico. ranza got the idea that this co could be dictated to to how its rights should be protected and that he could permit all sorts of depreda- d their and along rious inter- the United tions against Americans property in that co the border without any ference on the part of States. These countries, and it is probable many others were allowed to zet a wrong impression as to how firmly Uncle Sam would stick up for his rights, but when in view of such an impression they carried the violations too far and this government showed its fist there was a right about face, and it was this respect for our rights which should have becn insisted upon in a manner which could have had but one interpretation from the very first. Both knew that we were right but they carried the wronz idea as to how far we would go to protect our position. It Is unfortunate that watchful waiting was ever and it is to be hoped that tr ence has been such that it mot be resorted to again THE STEPHENS BILL . Much effort is being exerted present time in behalf of the meas before congress known as the Steph- ens bill, which seeks to secure pro- tection for the maintenance of prices for merchandise through national leg- islation, and this has reference to the retail rather than the wholesale price. This endeavor is made necessary because at the present time it is im- possible to control the retail price BEfforts have been made to require dealers to sell the goods which have been purchased from the manufactur- ers, at a price which the manufactur- ers stipulate. Producers have under- taken to say that their articles must be disposed of to the public at an es- tablished price, in spite of the fact that retailers who have bought and paid for them have considered it to be their right to dispose of them at any price which they may fix, and they have found that this cannot be done, They do not possess the legal right to dictate in such a manner and as a result they are trying to have congress make it legal for them to do so. Jason C. Rogers, a member of the executive: committee of the National Trade association, after an investi- gation of this proposition declares that “Every business man realizes the pos- sibility of inconvenlence to the man who builds up a demand for a high grade commodity, and then becomes involved in misdirected price-cutting. To prevent that inconvenience, the proponents of price maintenance would overturn the commerclal and Judicial practices of ages. As indi- cated in the different bills drawn for fthe purpose, the remedy involves the ing up of new monopolies, more “NORWICH ~ BUELETIN,~ SATORDAY, “JULY 8, 1916 S chandise than the evil which it is sought to correct. This attempted legisiation is against the best interests of the consumer from every stand- point and spells the annihilation of Wholesalers and retallers at the pleas- ure of the manufacturer. From such an analysis of the pro- posed legislation it is apparent that it such get the careful consideration and disposition that it deserves. THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE VINDI- CATED. The reinstatement of Thomas Mott Oshorne as warden at Sing Sing pris- on in the state of New York comes in accordance with the under- standing that was supposed to have been reached when Mr. Osborne re- linquished his duties there upon be- ing indicted upon certain charges the grounds for which have since been found to have been unstable and un- warranted. . Such opposition as was manifested towards him came for the purpose of getting him out of office. The methods which he introduced were not approved and it was belleved that could he be removed there would be a return to the old practices that were in vogue previous to his regime. Thus it is apparent that had he been kept out of the office, after such accusa- tions had fallen flat the purpose of the effort would still be accomplished to a certain degree even though his successor had undertaken to carry out the reforms which Mr. Osborne had instituted Such of course would have been manifestedly unfair, and as unjust as the attacks which have been made upon him. His superiors in office could not become a party to such con- niving and they have made it certain by hi reinstatements tha they are anxious to wash their hands of any such inference. Osborne certainly has many radical ideas regarding prison reform, a subject in which there has been srowing interest for many years, but having been given the opportunity to put them into practice he deserves the chance to work them out and to demonstrate whether they are a suc- cess or a re. Th he is going to be permitted to do. His return to the warden's office at Sing Sing is 0 the credit of the Empire state and it is to be hoped that &ny such un- derhanded efforts as have been to bear against him will be ched in the future before they been carried to the extent which in his By his return vindicated. CALLED FOR EARLIER ACTION h to be resretted is the mild case of small pox eveloped among the Connecticut mi- itiemen who have been sent to the rder, which necessitates the quar- tining of a certain number of the men upon their arrival at Nogales, Arizona. ' To give such protection to the other members of the company or other companies which may wve been so associated with the sick an ‘ that they would be likely to tch disease is only prope There is need of doing evervthing pos- sible to prevent a spread of the trou- ble, but the time for taking such ac- ars to have been long de- has o any hi T is claimed that the sick man, who mber of a Waterbury company, en alonz to the front becaus wvhen his illness was first disclosed it was thouzht to be a “case of chicken pox, but even that child’s disease is enc to cause much inconvenience to a body of fighting men, one reason for criticism the fact that he moved from the found to be sick. been only fair to I s himself even and the appears to be was not at once re- train when he That would have s associates as well ad it proved, as at first diagnosed, that the trouble was chicken pox, but now that he has de- veloped small pox it is apparent that it would have been the best sort of protection to his fellow militiamen, It might not have prevented the quarantine for it is still necessary to guard against a spread of the disease was through any others who might have been exposed in tbe same way that he was, but it would have been an early step in preventive work in keep- ing this patient away from all the others. Transportation of sick sol- diers, especially when they are suffer- ing with small pox, doesn’t add to the safety of his companions or the ter- ritory through which he travels and the wisest move would have been to have taken him off the train when his illness developed. EDITORIAL NOTES. There has been little in the past few weeks to support the claim that the kaiser is Admiral of the Atlantic. Carranza has not as yet claimeq it, but he may insist that his course is simply a strategic retreat in diplo- macy. The man on the corner says: The superstitious person has enough whims to keep him busy if not exact- ly happy. About the only place where the auto has not superseded the horse is in the circus parade and ring, but that may come yet, Now that Carranza, has indicated a start on a new road, iz will be inter- esting to see how long he sticks to the middle of the way. July is Going a bit better than Jure, but there are reasons for cheering up when the announcement is made that cherries will soon be ripe. The time may come as one fashion promoter says when short skirts will be worn without attracting attention, but it will only be after dark. It has taken Santo Domingo some time to recognize what is best for it, but if the people of that republic are convinced of the wisdom of accepting Uncle Sam’s guidance, it is a prom- ising sign When Mexican boys are being im- pressed into the army under the threat that they will be shot if they fail to enlist, another bit of evidence regarding the weakness of Carranza is revealed. X Correspondents who are following the armies in Burope are permitted to send reports as ‘to details promptly since the nmew drive was started. It makes a difference to London which way the British troops are headed. Secretary Lansing is going to take a month’s vacation, which must mean that he doesn't look for anything se- rious from Mexico or Austria, but that would have made little difference had tary's chair. us to the best Interests.of the JCOL Bryan been occupying the secre- public_and. all dealers selling mer-. THE MAN WHO TALKS Have you noticed that people who think before they speak do not gos- sip much. It is éasy to gabble by the hour, but it takes mind and time to formulate and express ideas. It has become proverbia: that “talkers are no good doers,” and that great talkers are like leaky vessels—all that is in them runs out.” Only silence has been likened unto ‘gold. has been said: “great men never talk to kill time— they talk to save #t!' This is hard on the LaFollettes and the Bryens, but Uncle Fsek’s cpinion has outlived this kind of statesmen. How good it seems to find a man is talking because he has something to say. Perhaps it is Dbecause men become o garrulous here that heaven requires a new language. Man’s unruly member may be too much for heaven or hell. It is quite a trial to have to listen even for a little while to common talk. I guess we shall all agree with an emi- nent French writer who wrote: “It is & sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor judgment to hold their tongues. There a lack” of patriotism in high places in this country, as is evi- denced Dy a charge made against eome of the leaders in the political conventions at Chicago recently. One critic of the conduct of some of the political leaders who spoke there said it all the patriotism expressed in all their speeches could be got together and put into a humming bird's eve. thero was not enough patriotism in them all to make the bird wink. The political tyrant and the politicai hoz are pretty brazen in this country, and they are its shame and cause most of its disrepute abroad. What this re- publ in crving need of is leaders with.less of the hog and more of the patriot In them. Between the finan- rs, the commercial monopolists and the artful political dodgers there is a sharp competition to see who control the sovernment—who make the Presidents of these States play second fiddle. The pity of it is that they sometimes are success- ful. The father of our country was more statesman and patriot than a mill He proclaimed: “Every nation as a right to_establish that form of overnment under which it conceives it may live most happy; provided it in- not dangerous to and no government ought to in- terfere with the internal concerns of another, except for the security of what lue to themselves.” W Golden Rule, freedom-espousing man who stood for the broadest ty for individuals and governments. His policy would make an end of war and establish a permanent peace if they were cherished and honored. It is a serious matter to have a turbu- lent and igaorant neighbor so torn by internal dissensions that nothing but a common foe can unite them in thefr spirit of ferocity and redeem them rom the congitions of anarchy they ave created. (Mexico can re- ish her equilibrum by creating a pretence for war and assailing the United States. A foreien war appears to be her only hope, and it is futile to appeal for peace where there is no peace. This golden rule of government from the pen of Washington would keep Mexico straight as well as America It was Henry Ward Beecher who aid: “Once nobody could own a book unless he had a fortune. Now a man | that cannot ffor to own a Dbool ht to dic Thi said nearly | aif a century g0, wer never then echer living without There is no doubt a knowledge books greatly en- hances the capacity of the mind for pleasure: but knowledge as well as wealth o man's responsibjlities nd cares one can know more v doing_more—no one can more without fearing more—the gr er our power of comprehension, the more intensc our sense of emo T hardly endorse the statement t a man who cennot afford a book ought to die, for it seems up to us to im- prove his circumstances so that he can own a hook and enjoy a more abundant life .There is much in books not worth knowi and there are multitudes of books not worth buy- ing. The man who owns a great book and becomes master of it is the man the world has been cautioned to be- ware of. So 1 s good books can be bought for the price of buns ther is no excuse for not owning a few. They talk a great deal about lost motion in machinery, but we hear very few lectures upon wasted efforts. Man deals too much in derision and too little in commepdation. Most of the critics on earth and most of the| self-appointed reformers and most of the conceited good examples are mere squanderers of time— of ef- fort. You have met al- Bin of Winks, o d Winks is so busy he nas_ne iscovered the faults of Binks; or if he knows a few of ’em, he hasn’t the disposition to talk about ‘em! He knows if Binks talked less and worked more he would get more out of the zround and out of life for himself and his family. How the Wow-wows of life yell over the mis- | takes in a football or a baseball game, and s names and fill the air get red in the | face and sweat. We all seem to know what the other fellow ought to do or better than we seem know what we ought to do ourselves. Some of us are praying for oth in great azony while the Lord wonders | why we do not pray for ourselves. ‘When you come to think of it, no machine has 0 much lost motion as the human machine. Because you have no taste for classic music is no evidence vou have not tae power to recognize, appreciate and en- joy melodious songs. Classic music appeals to the intellect while the pop- ular songs appeal to the heart. Class- ic music could not be defined as “the speech of angels,” but most any of us can think of religious hvmns which seem to be “a prophecy of the life that is to be” Our enjoyment of music {s limited to our ability to in- terpret it: and that depends upon our knowledze of it: but somehow the melody of a song sinks deep into a sympathetic heart. * The power of music s immeasurable for it affects all living things. Richter said: “Muslc is the only ome of the fine arts in which not only man, but all other an- imals have a common property—mice and elephants, spiders and birds.” Music can be claimed by no class and never yet has been mastered by a sin- gle mortal. Bulwer was right when he sald: “music once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit and never dies. Tt wanders perturbably through the halls and gallerles of memory, and is often heard again dls- tinct and living, as when it first dls- placed the wavelets of the air.” We are all creatures of habit and the differences in us depends updn wheth- er our habits are right or wrong. No habit is good which 1s overdone. Prayer through excess may become 2 mania; and generosity in the sams way may bacome extravagance. The habit of going to church and the habit of going to walk are only perfunctory unless there is seriousness of purpose underlylng them. What we do is glven force and color by how we do t| wor (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) The small boy busied with play in Norwich streets or yards or parks this summer would certainly envy the boys of early Norwich, as he counts grudg- ingly every day slipping away from his vacation of nine or ten weeks. For boys in the first years of the settlement and growth of this town had what any healthy boy would call & Teal picnic, since the school terms were most irregular and in fact were prin- cipally vacation! By the early laws of the Connecticut colony it was ordered that every town containing thirty families should main- tain a school to teach reading and writing, and that a Latin school should be established in every county town. A grant of six hundred acres of land was made to each county to assist in establishing this Latin school, These regulations were not always observed. The new settlements were tardy in their educational measures. The earliest schools were taught principally by women, who, Miss Caul- Idns tells us, advanced their pupils but little beyond reading, spelling and learning the catechism. The New Eng- land Primer, containing the Westmin- ster Catechism, was the universal class book of the children. This was first published about 1660. In 1678 the county court took the condition of the schools into consider- ation and appointed a_committee to see what could be done about establishing a Latin school. It was decided to lo- cate it in New London as a central point. The county committee appointed it. We cannot nd be ed of us is live in any old way perous. What is demand- arnest and persistent en- deavor alonz orderly and ‘productive courses. We must cultivate a good habit of thousht which will enable us to Dbroaden o and our sym- pathies percer to ambition which malke: tion of opening_doors. spring of life is the tr he push which frontier, Then i habit of keep tr: Have you ever thought that to be |ood to” others vou must be severe with yourself. The best that is in us cannot be brotght out unless we prac. f. We must culti- and then it Being indulgent to 1g o0d to using others is n hem--he- indulgent to ourselyes is not good 1S, W need discipline, —and s ipline so effective as scipline which gives a ma d judgement. The prac- enial ow to deal fairly with ot Wa are not in the w to get all we want out o life, but to get from the lessons of li the wisdom to choose what is We cannot lead the way we do not know the v ourselves To e sensibly good to others we must know how to be righteously good to ocurselve Sunday Morning Talk | SEDATIVE OR STIMULANT. need to be ed up Are you slugsi: John Henry | soothea or ried do yo lazy? We re supposed | to know yours cven thoush e have made up our own minds on the point long ago tell us that a cor f way to a cure. Th realm of morals as The Christian ¥s thought of as 1 s one. his task is the cure of s. Quite really as in the casc the medical prac- itioner, it mstant_endeavor to suit the re to the disease. Many kinds of spiritual maladies but we speak now t of but two| One of them - name is legion yurdened. who are many irit from Their | nerves ar from the strain of doing the and meeting their ob- ligations s these need a sedative. They hat is to help them must be as isam and of balm as t [ t play through pine forests, | to hear the voice of the human life, “Come unto me, that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. But there are others whose malady of a different sort. They are af- | flicted not by anxiety but by sloth. They do not need to be warned again: worry, for they never 6o worry. They do not need soothing, for jife is al- {ready one long, dreaml slumber. They are careless and indifferent to all save their own selfish concerns. No {reform claims their strength; they ive to right no wrong. We look in ain to them for support in endeavors to drive out evil from human society and to bring in the glad day of God. | They sive no sort of heed to the work or the message of the church, They belorg to the numerous sect of | seventh day absentists. Save in hcur when they stand beside an open grave or hear the ringing of marriage bells, they forget there exists on earth such an crder of beings as clergymen, They are arrogantly self complacent, with a sublime indifference to the deeper isstes of life and destiny. If, on rare occasions, they darken the sanctuary door, it apparently stands in their minds as a favor to the church, to the preacher, and to Al- mizhty God himseif. Cow such as these need treatment ifferent from that given the an burden bearer: need to be shocked into action, not soothed to rest. It is lightening rather than light that is called for. If the preacher were to choose the text that fit them, he would take, “Awake, thou that sleep- est and arise!” The apostle Paul said that he was not ashamed of the Gospel because it was the power of God unto salvation. The word he used for “power” is the Greek word frcm which we get our modern term ‘“dynamite” Dynamite is an explosive, rending element that turns _things upside down and inside out. Religion may prove to be just that sort of a force, breaking up the hard rock of men’s selfishness and awakening them to a sense of per- sonal responsibility. He who was the Prince of Peace testified, likewise, that he came to send not peace but a sword. Tt is a pity that so many spiritually sick people are taking the wrong kind of medicine. As likely as not, the anx- ious burden bearer is taking to heart every strenuous summons to duty, while the complacent loafer hangs the “Don’t worry” motto over his desk. It is possible for each one to diagnose his own case, if he keeps an honest mind. The right medicine is at hand for those who want it. John Henry, which do you nged, a sedative, or a stimulant? THE PARSON. WHEN VACATIONS WERE LONG included Mejor Bdward Palmes for New London, Mr. James Fitch, Jr. for Norwich, Mr. Samuel Mason for Ston- ington, Capt. Robert Chapman for Baybrook, Ensign Joseph Peck for Lyme, and Mr. Edward Griswold for Killingworth. Several years elapsed before the| county ‘grant was disposed of and al Latin school established; but the agi- tation of the subject seems to have arcused the towns to the importance} of maintaining each a common school of its own. _In Norwich no_schoolmaster is men- tioned before 1677, when John Birchard cccupied the teacher's chair, having been engaged to “keep nine months of the year for 25 pounds, provision pay.” The next school item recorded is as follows: March 81, 1679. Tt is agreed and|{ voted by the town that Mr. Daniel Mason shall be improved as a school- master for the town for nine months | in the yeare ensuing and to allow him | 25 pounds to be payed partly by the| cbildren ........ and each child that is | entered for the full time to pay nine| shillings and other children tiat come | to allow three pence a| rest to be payed by thef Towne. July 28, 1680, a_special meeting was called to delibérate respecting the e tablishment of a town school and the whole matter committedo the jurisdic- tien of the selectmep, with injunc tions that they should see— First, that parents scx‘d their chil en; t they pay th z 16 waar s they take ca ssed, especia portion, just; third, ents be not oppre perfecting the maintenance of a master, is a_cha longing to all e inhabitants of the town, and to be gathered as any o rates; fifth, to a prudent carr casion, i of ye sd. Public works in those days were slow progress, more, we are told, irom e want of h to labor than from | the deficien i1l or the abse | enterprise. A echoolhov appropriation had been made was finally built in 1653 by Johnl Hough and Samuel Roberts. Both these | men belonged on, but | Norwic ling em- | o a cvent- becoming resider the town.| n item of the records reads. 1. Mr. Arnold accspted inhabitant; the selectmen to e him with four or five acres of | ay be. | | _Mr. John Arnold was a schoolmaster in s mention “Mr. but in age in & va- in frerwards Windham, wi the 1695, He settled town now called the rec- | 1d been mont In to pro 8 David Hartshorn was engaged | for the same time. T | that the town s ing 1700 the sta ictments of the 1 to remex red from added Concerning conditions at that time Miss Caulkins writes: It may not be | true of all New England; but in some | por £ it, for a considerable per- iod af first generation _had assed education was neglect- | the were of an inferior grudgingly and irre- ols gularly sustained. Th probabl. due to the scarcity of good teacher and the superfluous activity of the people, which led them to break away impatiently from sedentary pursuits. | The inevitable consequence was that | the grandchildren of the first settlers | were more_illiterate than either the | | generation before or after them. | April 26, 1709, the town passed resolution, “That they will have school-master according to law Richard Bushnell was again employ | developed gold, | in | Resul for a short time. But in town meet- ing July 26, 1712, Lieut. Joseph Back- us, moderator, “it was voted that a good and efficlent school-master be appointed to keep school the whole year and from year to year, one-half of the time in the Town Plot and the other time at the farms in the sev- eral quarters,” Indicating that tHings began to look more serious, for the small boys of that period in early Norwich! THE DICTAGRAPH.. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geograpbic Socioty Tamaulpas—The prominence which the Mexican state of Tamaulipas is occupying in the border news of the day makes the following bulletin, is- sued by the National Geographic. So- clety from its Washington headquar- ters of timely interest: “Owing to the border outrages com=- mitted by bandits who have invaded Texas at points oposite the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, public .interest is focused on this political divislon of the southern republic which has im- mensely rich resources, both minerals and agfcultural, but which has not been developed by American and Eu- ropean capital as have other sections of the country. “Tamaulipas is about the size of Maine, but with only about one third the population of the New England commonwealth. Tts gulf coastline, low, sandy, hot and molist. extends north and south for 250 miles from the mouth of the Rio Grande to the mouth of the Panuco River, where is uated the important seaport of Tampico with its fabuiously rich oil ficlds. This coast is indented with many shallow lagoons formed by the islands and sandbars at the mouth of the Rio Grande, Conchas, Soto la Mar- ina and Tamesi rivers. In winter it is swept by violent ‘northers’ which are eccdingly dangerous to navigation and which cause great discomfort to the natives. That _portion of the state Dborder- Texas is flat and is very dry for eight months of the year but when i ted is extremely fertile, pro- ducing bountiful grain crops as well as sustaining numerous herds of cat- tie. The southern and central sections produce sugar cane, bananas, coffee and tobacco in the well-watered val- leys. In the mountainous regions, from the coast, the state possess. mmense potential wealth in its un- silver, copper, marble, and salt mines. Even in the Tampico district the -great under- round reservoirs petroleum have n tapped only within recent years. The mountains of Tamaulipa h boast a salubrious climate, em with game, and sportsmen of exico City make annual excursions this region to hunt deer and the t flocks of wild-fowl which nest in neighborhood of the numerous s that dot the state. Tamaulipas ‘owes its commercial importance largely to its ixtle fibre| stry and to the great volume of trade passing through Tampico, which ranks to Vera Cruz amonsg gulf ports. total commerce for 1913 more than $63,000,000, while Vera trade was $§3,000,000. From pico to New Orleans by steamer is 5 miles, about the same distance as from Philadelphia to Savannah. From Tampico to Galveston is 450 milés. The capital of ti ate, Cludad Victorla, has a population of about 10,000 ict, nd 130 ing sphalt nd iles north of Mexico City west of Tampico.” (] THE MANHATTAN'S July Clearance Sale () OFFERS THE FOLLOWING Exceptional Values © SUMMER DRESSES ___._.______Now $3.95 Were to $10.50 SUMMER DRESSES_______ Were to $15.00 O SILK DRESSES_______________Now $12.50 Were to $25.00 TAILORED SUITS_____________Now $10.00 Were to $35.00 | <] | (] | [ |] PALM BEACH SUITS___________Now $7. 50" ll (=] | o | © Were to $18.00 SPORT COATS ________________Now $7.50 Were to $20.00 PALM BEACH and SILK COATS____Now $9.75 Were to $22.50 WASHABLE SKIRTS, SHIRT WAISTS, SILK AND FIBRE SWEATERS ALL NOW AT SPECIAL PRICES O_O=== [I he Parhalisn 121-125 Main Street L°=O=O=OJ QTHER VIEW POINTS | | Bridgeport had no fires of any ac- count Fourth of July because every possible precaution was taken to pre- vent them. District inspectors report- ed to Chiet Johnson every unusual fire hazard they could find. Inspector 2d _conditions remedied. A Fourth of July almost with- re. This is truly a remarkable the men responsible for it Broders out a f record, should only receive the thanks of the community but even greater co- | operation on the part of ~merchants and_householders in their future in- ctions and orders. These men have mere desire to exercise their au- y. They want to see Bridgeport v fireless city. They feel that it is a creater credit to prevent fires than to them out, thus carrying out the traditions in the best fire depart- its in the world today.—Bridgeport Standard. b5 meat prices will continue in- definitely, according to an exhaustive ort made public by the U. S. de- tment of agriculture. This will not The War A Year Ago Today July 8, 1915. French took 800 yards of trenches north of Souchez. Russians forced back Austrians north of Krasnik. Teutons checked on lower Zlota Lipa river. Italians repulsed attacks in Car- nia. Last German forces in Scuthwest Africa surrendered to Gen. Botha. RNow One-Half Price THE F. A. WELLS CO. be very encouraging news for the “ul- timate consumer” of average resources and doubtless will have a tendency to increase the number of vegetarians and near-vegetarians. The only grain of congolation in the situation is that similar conditions ex the world over. Again we say, please pass the vegetables.—Ansonia Sentinel. ed institutions, they must take what for other people is play time to prepare in. The summer school then does not represent so much the mere pleasure of the bookworm in acquiring kiowledge, as the desire of ambitious young people to aise in life. The work there taken is often done at some di regard of health. But if people ¥ keep up regular exercise, they n not suffer. At least their summer will be more wholesomely spent than if they were living the high pressure life of ‘fashionable hotels.—Mer nal. To the average citizen the pro- grams announced for the summer schools are enough to make one tired just to read them. At a season when nature craves rest of frivolity, it eems abnormal to be studying about psychology and apperception or loga- rithms. Yet for people in educational work, the summer school is the cne chance to rise above the crowd and get out of the grind of low paid posi- Chile has two woolen factories. Children Cry tions. During the school year foew teachers can do a thing but prepare FOR FLETCHER'S lessons and correct papers. If they CASTORIA want to teach bigger subjects in ad- Don’t You Want Good Teeth? Does the dread of the dental ch: need have no fears. By our method you can have your crowned or extracted ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT PAIN. CONSIDER THESE OTHER FEATURES STRICTLY SANITARY OFFICE STERILIZED INSTRUNZINTS CLEAN LINEN ASEPTIC DRINKING CUPS LOWEST PRICES CONSISTENT WITH BEST WORK and estimate. cause you to neglect them? You teoth filled, If these appeal to you, call for examination Ne charge for consultation. DR. F. C. JACKSON DR. D. J..COYLE DENTISTS (Successors to the King Dental Ce.) 203 MAIN ST. NORWICH, CONN. BA. M to8P. M. tant Telephone NOT MUCH FUN To IT DO YOU enjoy carrying a pail of coal? Is there any fun in sifting the ashes? Can anyone get any enjoyment out of cooking a meal in a roasting hot kitchen? In the smothering heat of the Summer is there any pleasure in constantly living in coal dust, coal smoke, and rub, rub and scour from morning till night? Does anyone really love hard work as well as that? Don’t we all like to take life easy and make it as comfortable as possible? There is only one way to do that—banish the coal stove and all the drudgery and hard work goes with it. Then bring in the GAS RANGE and with it some com- fort and economy, for not only is gas more convenient than coal but it costs less to operate. THE CITY OF NORWICH GAS & ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Lady A Alice Building, 321 Main Street