Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1916, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1916 Glorwich Bulletin and Qoufied 120 YEARS OLD placed in the seamen’s act by this government. Those same features which drove others out of'the business prevail to- THE MAN WHO TALKS day., But what has been the result? Where there were American steam- X ship lines there .are now thgse of the Japanese.' They have seen the advan- tages . which were given them and have not.been-slow to improve them. They have purchased and built steam- Subscription price 12c o week; 50c 2 woenth; $6.00 a yen: Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., \as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: usiness Office 480. Bulletl: Bulfetin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 3$5-2. ntic Otfice, Room 2, Murray Telephons 210. Wi Building. § Bullet i The ' Bulletin ? The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper In Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in 3 Norwich. It is delivered to over 33,000 of the 4,053 houses n Nor- % wich. and read by ninety-three per $ cent. of the people. In Windhem 13 it isvdelivered to over 806 houses,} $in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and in ail of these places it i clasidered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nino'towns, one hurdred and sixty- § five postofiice districts, and sixty § :uralifree dellvery rouies. £ The Bulletin s sold In every % cown and on all of he R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION BVErage....cseecceecaes 4412 g 1901, H 2 1905, average.. H THE MEXICAN COMMISSION. he men who have been selected by President Wilson for the purpose of cpresenting this country upon the joint com sion which is sgot to djust the differences h ntry and 1om the fi They are to t up the d devolve upon th Secre Judge Gray and Dr. John R. be relied upon to give proper conglderation to the United Sta terests but it 18 no e: task which onts them and for that reason too much cannot be expected of them. It to b ilized that the prob- hi have b named to solve is the result of the policy 1 waiting which was adopt- administration months ago. Mexico to under- a manner “wvhich would per- no doubt that the rights of America must be respected and their lives properly protected in Mex- ico and al the border ano! . The he of o Mexican government were permit- d to gain a wrong fmpression of the attitude of this country. The exper- ience at Vera Cruz failed to give the r ary warning to the Mexicans that they could not do as they pleased. lack of a firm and determined the “too proud to fight! decla- ration and the failure to impress up- would be held r ied up to the h the commis- 1gle. The job has e difficult by the c policy that has v unt h mo ar bbiin carried ou HITCHING POSTS. are to many people past. They repr if not one, or disappea vhen people who came in- to trade had ir teams used s the nd the automobile stands so that the signs, or “No Hitching difficult to find . present conditions no one thinks of setting a hitching post in tront of his property. If one existed for past accommodation it is likely to be found today but when changes come it z the removal of or tk ones arc broken is no thought of replacing ntirely probable, however, that the removal of such important posts has been carried on too fast and that too little consideration exists today for those drivers of horses who have not given way to the invasion of the auto. A writer in the Danbury News deplores the lack of such facllities within that city’s limits and the same sort of complaint has been registered in this city by those who are still de- voted to the faithful horse. Such gives foundation for the belief that it s a bit too early to think of crowding the horse off the streets. They mey be taking a back seat but they are still with us and such being the case the hitchinz post caunot be abandoned just yet. How long before it will be remains to be seen. BANKING ON RELIEF. ‘Within the past few months there aave been reports made to the effect that American capital was being used for the purpose of increasing the mer- shant marine of this country “in the Pacific. Such a realization of/the need of this very action is gratifying. It discloses an entirely diferent situation than what prevailed when the Pacific Mail sold all its steam- ships and retired from the trade with the orient. That company could see 70 possibility of carrving on a suc- tessful competition with the Japanese Receuse: of the proyisions,which were ® ships’for. trade with this country and today control the majority of the ves- sels engaged In commerce on the Pa- cific. That this handicap which has.been placed upon American ships will not always last is the hope and expecta- tion of American shipowners. Where others could see no possibility of keep- ing out of bankruptcy there are those now who anticipate a change and by taking advantage of the improved rates which have been brought about by the war hope to break even until relief is extended to them. They look for reforms which will treat them justly and in support of such confi- dence they realize if they are going to retain any business they need to hus- tle for it now. They put their re- liance on a change in administration and it is well founded. A PERFECTLY PROPER MOVE. Those who are acquainted with the conditions which surround the mer- chant ships of the central powers which are tied up In the harbors of this country are expressing no sur- prise over the fact that the Willehad which has been located at Boston for its own protection should be given clearance papers. Such a course is only what was to be expected. This country has no hold upon these ships. They are not interned the same as the auxiliary cruisers at Norfollk but are assured protection while they re- main within our waters. They have the right to come and go as they please provided they comply with the requirements of this country in secur- ing clearance papers and this has been done by the officers of the German ship which left Boston for New Lon- don. There was nothing to prevent it from clearing for London or for Bre- men if the owners had so desired and so_declared. When it goes outside the {bree mile limit, however, it must take chances. It is then beyond our juri diction and legitimate prey of the war- ships of beiligerent nations. The ac- tion taken in regard to the Willehad is in accordance with international law and so clearly so that it will not even call forth a protest from the en- tente allies. its RUSSIA’S PROMISES. Many changes can be expected in irope following the close of the war nd these will not be confined to tie -caking up of existinz territorfal oundaries, for, while the map is cer- tain of undergoing a great change, there are reforms which are bound to be put in effect in the various coun- tries, and in this connection much in- terest centers about the promises which h een made regarding this in Russia. The land of the czar of the desires of the Poles. been given to understand that Rus- sia plans to reestablish a new Poland on territorial lines similar to the old { which has long since beea broken up between Russia, Germany and Aus- tria. Russia is also indicating that it has not forgotten what was said a num- ber of months ago about removing the restrictions which ¢ prevailed re- garding the Jews. These 1 including the “pale,” has prevailed for a period of 125 years. The Jews in Russia have been treated with as lit- tle consideration as the Armenians have been in Turkey. Russia has come to know how the world looks upon such irritating and overbearing treat- ment of its subjects. It has even re- sulted in the abrogation of a treaty is cognizant They have between this country and Russia, but the Jews of Russla are found fighting the in army, and being permitted to office have demonstrated I wherever placed Russia has undergone an awakening and it is to be hoped that it will not be al- lowed to overlook the promises which it has been maki; and if certain leaders are correct in their prognosti- cations there are indications that it will not. EDITORIAL NOTES. As much as Turkey may dislike it, the activity of Russia is not all con- fined to one fron The promise of a strike among t rbers in New York ousht to ing to the safsty razor m e be kers. »l Nine dollar. coal s said to be in sight in Maine. To a lot of people that means being almost out of sight. It is about time for some one to set up the claim that Japan is trying to get control of the tennis rights in this countr:; on the corner says: fellow to pr other <l and r himself. It is too much not enough ders Democratic 1 are admitting that the republicans will carry Maine 4 small majority. As Maine goes so goes the country. That petition for the appointment of a receiver for the Boston & Maine came just in time to prevent it being ibuted to the fear of an eight hour Let us hope that the time will not be far distant when visitors will com- ment upon the excellence of our high- ways instead of finding fault with them. The navy has acquired a search- light which will throw its rays 200 miles. There are some automobile drivers who will never be satisfied un- i1 they come Into possession of one of these pathfinders. To relieve the @rain on the paper supply hotel proprictors are planning to reduce the size of menu cards. It s to be hoped that doesr’t mean a corresponding cut in the size of the portions. There arec a lot of steamship cap- taing who would never be heard of ex- cept that they have managed to catch a glimpse of the Deutschland, but as vyet none of them has jumped into fame by spying. the Bremen. Those nations of Europe which have given any thought to the part which the president of this country might play in drawing up peace_terms are doubtless watching the methods he is using to settle the threatened rail- strike. p Do not worry, young fellow, how you are to get a start in life. Fill the first niche that opens to you and strive to fill it well. Do not think you are out of your place, but that you are bound to worthily fill any place which opens to you. Bobbin boys have be- come governors and generals and cowboys have dined with kings. It is not where you start but how you start which makes all the difference in the world. It is proficlency in the little offices of life that makes men masterly in the great affairs of life. Keep your ambition fired up and your courage warm. Man has to climb to the top of the mountain, for there is no cne there to puil him up. You are striv- ing, but you are thinking and thinking right. Do not think you are handi- capped, but kpow you will achieve vour purpose. Your attitude has ev- everything to do with eventual success. There is & law not upon the statutes or in the city ordinances, and that is grow or grovel—push ahead or you will fall behind. Nature wiil not allow man to stand still, for he was designed for activity and must respond or become the victim of inactivity. Man is free to choose, but he has no_control over results. If he chooses well all is well. but If he chooses ynwisely he pays the price. He must have a purposd and develop, or lead an aimless life and degenerate. There is no half way work about it. There may be pleasure in dreaming, but in work there i pensation—often a reward wh the regular compensation. Sitting expectance is a Style of loafing not often rewarded. To be somebody you D] scmething. Do not meone tc push when it is better to hustle. . 1| wonder why they say, when a man is intoxicated, he is on a bat? The bat is a level-headed, Wwinged mouse that clears the air of insects at night, @s the birds by day. He sails and darts in the air with as much skill as a swallow, and is just as useful to man. He is not a mean or bad- habited creature; but he does zigzag this way and that in his nightly flights and em- ployment; hence it Is likely that the common people who invent words and give meanings to words not recognized the dictionary makers noticed that at and the ihtoxicated man zig- and the noun bat was changed This was rather hard upon s “flight, although, 5 and slceps cight time, while man by is destroying the soul God month his exce endove 10 It is not necassary to dispute with anyone whether it was a sign of wis- dom in Solomon or only evidence of a keen perception when he s Go to the ant, thou slu and learn habits of industry, instead of discretion. ant doubtless profited by orzanization and the communal habit of ail living for one and one living for all, before man himself knew enough to organize and work for the well-being of himself and his fellows. The orderly, stable life on earth began with the ants and wasps and bees from an innate spirit “h Maeterlinck Las defined t work upon L as “the hive,” s mystery man can- more than he can trace hless distan space or dis- o qu of unity wh in h Faher has secn pool and drowned by the so returning they followed the n into a and in ne route, 1 and perished in t could dare and retion to avold peril. If anyone should tell you the clock was a more important inventipn t the phonozraph v ht wonder Whether the ne or not; bat when y that for untold s man only could tell day from night. knew nothing about weeks .or oT or ¥ the 1st of Janua unday and the 4th of July conldnt be 0ld apart by him; or the centuries he quadrated his places of worship so the sun would marlk the festal days by the part of the wall it shone upon; and of his dependence upon the and the 1ial Def ew the was as great as the compas press, th telegraph graph has ntion of telescope, engine, he steam Some think in people singular er editors s u, instead of be frem inna ay b from a _conv. n of their manifold nature. Tafcadio Hearn not the only man who was more p zled be than He realized in thelr nature wi com- T their form, disposition and je might resemble their for- that those who knew the r three generations could see ce. In a way but bear the With such = of appear- ance and qualitles the man who savs “we” feels that he is warranted in using the plural pronoun when speak | ing of himself. This does seem singu- but by the rules of grammar it a sense of tr The fact that Prof. Elie Metchnikoff daid not cane from the self-destruc- hich he warned all his and by his own averment, died an_unnatural death because he died at 78 instead of living to be 140 which he deemed the natural life of ite the declaration of the Imist that man’s days are three Score and ten, performed a lasting service to the human race by his qis- coverles in pathology. He was first to discover that the bacteria battled with one anof T within the blood and the intestines of man, making of man a invalid, and often destroy- ing his life. He found that the bacil. 1i moved upon their enemies with the order and persistance of soldlers, and that the fate of the patient depended upon whether the beneficial or bane- ful bacilll won. His buttermilk diet tntroduced into the system the Flun- gerian bacilli which would check the ravages of the colon bacili which produece decreptitude and premature 0ld age. The lesson ho taught others he did not profit by himself. “l am taking my vacation at home this ve: said a sensible man the other da: “I ke to ride, or stroll through the country, or to go to the “seashore, but T enjoy belng in my own | Ded at night” There is something magnetic about one's own bed at night, free from dampness, or musti- ness and the gleeful mosquitoes which are met with In tents, summer houses or hotels. One can take with them a wholesome lunch instead of venturing upon an indigestable dlet; and they can go to several airy, and delightful places instead of one, and can loaf and Invite their souls in any way that sulls their fancy. They haven’t got to conform to style, or to 3 in _the ;scenery, 1it, however, by saying that “the speed | with which’ he was traveling and the the bat, which probably destroys 40,000 | insects a vear in like the bear, it fa of ‘The } han | | precede; WHEN LAFAYETTE (Written Spectally for The Bulletin.) The fact that the one hundred and fifty -ninth anniversary of the birth of General Lafayette is to be widely cele- brated Sept. 6th directs attention to the historical record that the distin- guished Frenchman paid several visits to Norwich. There were persons alive as late as the time when Miss Caulkins wrote her History of Norwich who remembered the appearance of the noble visitor as he passed through this town on his way to Newport. He had been there before, so needed no guide. His aides and a small bodyguard were with him, 2s he rode up to the door of his frieng, Col. Jedidiah Huntington, in & quick gallop. He wore the blue military coat, but| no vest; and, to the surprise of the! townspeople, no stockings. His boots| being short, his lex was consequently | left bare for a considerable space he- | low the knee. This was long before | the time when short socks became the rule, or when the populace might be- come familiar with the kiltie style of| dressing—so that the French general's| mnegligee mode of dress caused almost consternation. The historian explains | great heat of the weather were suffi- clent excuse for this seeming nesgli- zence.” He took some refreshment and ‘hastened on his journey. At another period Lafayette passed through with a detachment of 2,000 men #nder his command, and encagiped with them for one night upon the| Plain. Nearly 50 years afterwards, Aug. 21, | 1824—192 years ago—the venerable Lafayette again passed through Nor- wich. Several of the old people who remembered him on his earlier visits embraced him and wept. The distin- zuished general wept also. Lafayette had naturally a lively in-| terest In Norwich, since he was eo| keenly in sympathy Washington and Governar Of Washington's visits to the town frequent mention is made in histo: He passed through here in June, on his way to Cambridge. It is prob- able that he came up the river in a packet boat, with his horses and at- tendants. He spent the night at The Landing—now the city proper—and the followi: day pursued his journe; eastward. In April, 2 1776, after the cvacuation of Boston by the enemy, the Ameri- can troops being ordered to New York ame on in detachmeats by land, and, bask in the sunshine and admire the works of the Creator. Home is a good place to summer in, as well as to win- ter in and the blessed place that fits us and that we fit. Sunday Morning Talk a, H BY - PRODUCTS OF RIGHTEOUS- NESS. | | anufacturers | learning wha the sea, and ed many | rying end of odu More and more, of the Unite: ] their comy . The in an roduced as Al process thin war cut off our forei of potas that tons of are being sent skyward in fum our blast furnaces. The bBur Mines has called attention of leaders | great rican industries of | and steel-making to the fact that| wasted by-prodtict should mean wealth for them and for the country. | believe that the same situation| obtains in realm of life, The : end of a man’s striving is the production of acter that is worthy of bein ated through God's hts the good fight of bors to do right b: ghteousn: is the only normal goal for a hum -product of his moral | ever, come other bless- | In ‘the train of virtue follow a troop of joys the v know. Let us merely hint at some of the incidental advantages of be good. There is prosperi ample. To say best poli rather sordid is nevertheless true. The s mest likely to find succ his way. The big money not the sharper who hell game at a coun the man who makes ous never over a He is ort to atisfy some leg] human need. He is the man whos thought is not mercly of get -eighbor’s dollar, but of devising some plan to be of real use to his fellow citizens. Will my services or merch ate more comfort and hap asks. Good qua)ity und full measure prosperity follows: Happiness, moreover, is by-product of a righteous life. We cannoz argue now all the exceptions that seem to prove the contr: The gencal prin- ciple must suffice that hap to most mortals _incidentally, than as the result of i suit. ] rect quest are more than apt to be disappointed in the end. The only pessimistic book in the Bible book of" Ecclesiastes, which m' cd the confession of a d pleasure secker. The wretcl 1ed au- thor could only conclude that all life is anity and vexation of spirit.” Compare that man with the Apostle Paul who, with never a thought of | his own personal ease or pleasure, went about his appointed work, find- ing as he went that joy blessed him: vho, in the midst of untold per!l and ship, was “always rejoicing.” Does rot human experience reveal to us the fact that joy arrives when we have our minds fixed on scme other end than joy? Faithfujly perform your dally task, do 2 good turn to another, render some scrvice for the commu- nity, if you would know the truth that Tennyson proclaims in. exalted verse in his Death of the Duke of Welling- ton. ot once or twice in our rough island- story The path of ducy was the way to glory: He that walks it, only thirsting. For the right, and learns to deaden Love of self, before his journey closes, He shall find the stubborn thistle bursting Into glossy puvples, which outredden All voluptucus zarden roses, Not once or twice in our fair island- story The path of duly was the way to glory: He, that ever following her commands. On with toil of heart and knees and hands, Throvgh the long gorge to the far light has_won, His path udward and prevalled, Shall find the toppling crags of Duty scaled Are close upon the shining tablelands To which our God Himself is moon and sun.” e VISITED NORWICH crossing the Shetucket river at the old fording place, below Greeneville, em- barked at Norwich to finish the route by water. General Washington accompanied one of the detachments, meeting Gov- ernor Trumbull by appoiniment at Col. Jedidlah Huntington's, where they dined together. General Washington that evening resumed his route to New lYol;lk, going down to New London by land. Col. Jedidiah Huntington, host to Washington and the Marquis de La- fayette, was neted for his liveral hos- pitality. When, during the winter of 1780-81, the Duc de Lauzun's regiment of hussars was quartered on Lebanon green, ten miles above Norwich, Col- el Huntington invited the officers to visit him, preparing a handsome en- tertainment for them. The gallant young Frenchmen made a superb appoarance as they rode into town, being young, tall, vivacious men, with handsome faces and a noble air, mounted upon horses bravely capari- soned. The two Dilions, brothers, one a major, the other a captain in De Lau- zun’s regiment, were particularly dis- tinguished of form and feature, his- tory tells. One or both of these Dillons suffered death upon the guillotine @ura ing the French Revolution. The Duc de Lauzun was one of the most accomplished Frenchmen of his time who came to America and took a prominent part in the war, doubtless through his friendship for Lafayette. He was handscme, libergl, witty, brave —but he was far from being a type of the Sunday school youth, as his cele- brated Memoirs—one of the _oldest books on the shelves of the Otis library in_Norwich—-proves. Much of his evil-doing was quite in line with the gay and thoughtless lives of the youth of his age—and in his bools he throws sad ights upon the sorry influence of some of his com- panions, male and female. He was born in 1747, inherited great wealth and high titles, and spent all his early years in traveling and in ng a gay time. aving run the cer of pleasure, it was a surprise n he embarked in the cause of the gling American nation with such privations during the nd strenuous cam- good nature, and made his _sprightly <per th 1f popular by i ous s zene: and T n 1792, where one of his fa- miliar assoclates W rd Gearge IV. the death of his uncle, the Duc On title. Later he quarre court, becoming a partis of Orleans. Afterward against the Vendeans, but secretly favoring ed, and W day of the year 177 "d with _the n of the Duke he served being ac- them was executed the last Such was ths stormy after-career of the celebrated nobleman who, as men- d, in the midst of friends and sub- ordinates enjoyed the v dinne into the yard and made the ¢ for Libe; n states th athered rour out During 1778 a body of French trcops on the march from Providence to the outh halted in Norwich £ or 15 days, on account of si among | them. They had their tents spread n the Pl while the sick v cuartered in the old co |20 died, and were buried on ei ne that le o stones fight] nto the cre set up to these for another na- and, Caulkins 1 nd was soon smeothed as to leave mo trace of the v tenements below iter Y ers of the Ameri- Revoluti Norwich memorial- these gallant ex in a fitting THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR not been in the vicinity of th mentioned in a y I think orter tries again he ¥ ‘ord rour The 2 Mr. Editor: I am not for sionally crowding miyself into the company of your worthy correspon- dents. In these troul when the Ticiency are s land, it behooves the thinking citizen to look about and observe wh ' among us are prepared and who are efiicient. The « now idemic c infantile poral: ng seems to indicate trat poli end of the medic sion, the so-called modern do not seem to have been prepared to cope with disea: were their brethren, the veterinarians, when confronfed with an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. When we reflect that they have made no progress toward curing this malady, but, on the contrary, are forced to admit a death rate fully 400 per cent. above any herctofore known, it scems to the av- erage observer that they were and are not only unprepared but decidedly in- into account that these mod- ern scientists have been intrusted with autocratic power over the lives and weifare of the children of New York and other cities of that and other states, under the pretense of protect- ing the public health, that compul- sory vaccination has been enforced to the limit, that medical inspection of schools has been practiced without let or hindrance, that hundreds of kids have been the victims of tonsilestony, in many instances without as much as by your leave, can we wonder? Now add to all the above the fact that Now York especially and many other cities as well have been surfaited with pas- tuerized milk, dealt out to them by advice of certain newspapers, alded by the heaith commissioners, who have sougkt to make its use compulsory, it would not seem difficuit to easily locate the predisposing cause and ascribe it to the lowered vitality incident to these many viclations of nature’s laws. Nor is the exciting cause entirely obscured if we observe the constantly changing rise and fall of meteorclogical condi- tlons during many months passed, a condition cocxisting with the fluctua- tons of the disease as reported in the daily press. A similar condition was wit | was the Prince of| the past winter, when muscular weak- ness and great prostration character- ized a large percentage .of the cases, in perfect accord with prevailing weather conditions. It would be inter- esting to know to what extent the paralysis is the aftermath of the grip epidemic. of monkey serums to give a thought to_the subject. Dr. Vincent in London Lancet con- pathogenetic organisms then undoubt- stroyed. injuring instead of public health. Citizens of Norwich have cause for self congratulation that they kave up to date purchased but a single hundred dollars’ worth of serum therapy. No doubt when more favor- able weather conditions obtain z2nd the epidemic reaches its close we shall be treated to long dissertations in the daily press about how we stamped ont the plague. The modern medical po- litlcal scientist is not modest. Indeed, he reminds onc of Little Jack Horner in the story book who sat in the cor- ner eating his Christmas pia. ‘He poked in his thumb and pulled out a (political) plum and exclaimed “What a brave boy am I'" A. W. DAVIS. Norwich, Aug. 25, 1916. MNothing Serious Happening. Mr. Editor: There doesn’t seem_to be anything serious happening be- cause of traffic regulation instead of Zoing as_you please and kecping up a state of disorder when order should relgn. I did not happen to support Mayor Brown at the polls, but his civic pride, ability and capacity to do_ thinas which should have been done long ago ithout fear or favor compel me to acknowledge T am glad he won. t is not class favoritism or loose- laws that promote trade, but an in- viting market to sell products in as weil as to buy them in. It is up to the merchants, not up to the mayor, to make business slow or fast in “the Rose of New England.” Buying produce cheap from any old place and selling it high instead of supporting our nearby farmers with home trade and falr prices is not the ay to lead them from the mail order tem to our stores. Good walls, a protective system for pedestrians, and gond order in traffick- |ing are to the credit not the dlscredit of any city. BILIL Norwich Aug ! POLITICAL { The Blunder Tkat is Killing Patriotism. > Government officials and army. ear to be surprised that uteers are coming forward tional Guard. If e enough to understand - sitnation they would be surprised at any new men enlisting in view of the overwhelming successful efforts made during the jast four weeks to kill off all patriotism and to create a spirit of hostility to the system has carried men wholly unpre- and_upequipped to t g has ever been done this country to compare with this its destruction of pa‘ri it m is used purely , subjecting the men who y’ zone to the border to o losses for which no ever be foupd. Other men ely to permit themselves to played f¢ n they how thos: d the patriotism i oun! call have The Manufacturers tched, with deep regret, everywhere of red-tapism, which, T a mon work, still leave the jonal Gu olly unfitted for war the lesson and upon the cou: Record. Tkree Classic Utterances. President W has made classic t 1t the w and the; Anly be c three r1d war, pied into He fir ued clamation telil s that we must 1 eve ught” abocut it con as we had recovered from the 4 by this he told us he Attt re din- Enforce Peace, he told us that and objects we are It is true we arc a but are there any States besid, o are ‘neutral who are “too proud not “eonc objects of people, the causes and will vote for Pres- Hughes ought to votes.—TLawrence e New York Su iamsville Team Scared? The Woonsocket Rubber Co. ball team of Williamsville, scheduled to play the H. N. S. here Saturday, fall- ed to put in an appearance. Probably they knew their fate if they did come, {ard got cold feet. {] The War A Year Ago Today August 25, 1915. Brest-Litovsk captured by Aus- tro-Germans. Germans took Bialystok. Rheims shelled by Germans. British aviator Bigsworth sank German submarine with a bomb. again the PURE RICH BLCOD . PREVENTS DISEASE Bad blood is responsible for mor¢ ProLably, however, medico |ailments than anything else. It causes political sclence is too busy chasing !catarrh, dyspepsia, rheumatism, weak bugs and delving Into the mysteries|yireq languid feelings troubles. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has been won- and worsq tends if pasteurization destroys the|derfully successful in purifying and enriching the blood, removing scrofula edly the vital principle of milk is de- | and other humors, ard building up th Tt Vincent 1s right, they are|whole system. Take it—give it to al protecting the | the family so as to avold illness. Ge{ it today. —— THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soclety Doiran. tie town at which the Franco-British forces from Salonika began their long-expected drive rce cently, is described in the following war geography bulletin issued by the National Geographic Soclety from {ts ‘Washington headquarters: ‘Situated on the frentier between Servia and Greece, and only about ten miles south of the Bulgarian boundary, Doiran, also known as Polianino,” i§ 40 miles northwest of Salonika on the southern shores of the almost circulax lake of the same name. It was doubt- less chosen as the point of first attack by the allies because it is connected by rail with Salonika, the road from the Greek port to Constantinople here making a great loop to the northwest and tren returning eastward by way of Seres, an important town about 4§ miles northeast of the Salonika base of operations. “Lake Dolran, nestling under tha southern declivitles of the Belasitza mountain range, is propably the Lake Praislas mentioned by Herodotus whose description of the Paeonlans, Hving in houses built over the edze of the water, fits in a measure the modern fisherfolk living in huts In this vicinity. The women of present-day Doiran are not as famous for their industry, howeveér, as were their noted forerunners of whom the Greek his- torlan reiates a typical story to the effect that Darius, seeing a beautifu] Paeonian girl carryinz a pitcher of water on her head, leading a horse ta drink, and at the same time spinning flax, immediately ordered his Thractan general to send two tribes of these Paeonians into Aslia in order that they might instill a similar.spirit of thrift among the Persians. “Bight miles west of Doiran is the Vardar River, which rises in the Shar i ws through the Uslkup and enters the Gulf of Salonika, constituting for hundreds of vears the principal route from Central Europe to the Aegean Sea. DBetween the Vardar and the Struma River (to the east) extend the Belasitza Moun- tains, a range some 59 miles in length { forming part of the southern boundary of Bulgaria. “The name of these mountains will always be associated with one of the most harrowing episodes of the Middia Ages, for it was at the battlc of Belas- ita that Samuel, the Bulgarian car who had conquered practically all of the Balkan peninsula_and whose sway ex- tended from the Danube to Morea, met defeat at the hands of the redoubtable Byzantine emperor, 1 1ien he rode out bydos and ardas P s, wheeling his tory to accepting the challeng: d when picked was found to de cha combat prepar fell from his charzer up by his soldiers dead. “y ¢ the battle 1014 Pasi_captured 1 | He blindea ole numi ibut ene eve to every hundradith | spared to this extent in order that he might act as a guide for the host of warriors thus returned to thelr czar. When Samuel beheld this helpless | army of his mutilated °ts march- ng toward him he fainted and two dayvs later died of grief. With him died the Slavonic empire of the Bal- kans and for a centn and a half thereafter the Bulgarians were sub- ject to the B antine rule: Not Convincing. Senator Overman’s declaration that child labor cuts down crime is not impressive. There is also little crime committed by the inmates ¢f prisons.— Springficld Republican. 1 The readers of this paper will bs pleased to learn that there is at least ono dreaded diccase that science has { been able to cure in all its stages, and | that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly nenced by constitutional conditions, iires constitutional treatment. s Catarrh Cure is taken intern- and acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system, there- by destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by huilding up the constitution an das- sisting nature in doing its work. 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