Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 7, 1916, Page 4

e Gorwich Bulletin and Gousies 120 YBARS OLD 5 iption price 12c a week; 50c a i 4 a "year. Entered at the Postotfice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. ¥ Telephone Calls: , Bulletin Business Otfice 450. Bulletin Bditorial Roors 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. ‘Willimantlc Office, 67 Church St. Telephone 210-2. w (3 - . Norwich, Saturday, Oct. 7, 1918. & — REPUBLICAN TICKET. President, CHARLES EVANS HUGHES of New York. Vice Prestdent, CHARLES W. FATRBANKS of Indiana. Previdential Electors, HIRAM BINGHAM of New Haven, LUCIUS WHITON of New London, THOMAS J. WATSON of Bridgeport, WILLIAM PARK of Stafford, 1OUIS B. CHENEY of THOMAS BRYANT of gton, ARTHUR E. BOWERS of Manchester, Usited States Senator, GEORGE P, M' of Simsbury. Representative in Cougress, Sceond District, RIL‘}L?{RD P. FREEMAN of New Lon- on. Governor, “OMB of Southinzton. nant WILSC Seeretar: L P MARCUS H. ¥ . Lieu: CLIFFORD B, overnor, Y of Bridgeport. FREDERICK & Haven. Treasurer, RICK S. CHAY New Pritain L i5. . Compiroller, CRRIS.C..WEBSTER of Harwinton. State Senators, RY of New REL SERLATN N H. BAR 0—FRANK H. HIN S of Norwich. CKLEY of Ston- 4 ington. MS—ARCHIEALD MACDONALD of S Putnam & “Judze of Probate, WNELSON j. AYLING MR. HUGHES' RECORD. Few are the efforts which are bei: mado to decry the record of Charles E. Huzhes in public life, for his ac- complishments aro a sufficient refuta- tion thercof before anvthing of the kind is attempted. His record of achieve- ment while he was sovernoi of the state of New York speaks for it- self. It shows“that he was a worker in behalf of labor and in behalf of humanity in general. It was during his terms as governor that New Yorl pagzment of labor was strengthen the com- pulsory workingmen's compensation law was passed, that the child labor laws were more stringent, that the elght hour day xeq ror tele- graph and telephone operators, that the semi-monthly payment of railroad employes was ordered Instcad of monthly, that the law wa ed to reduce the charges on small loans, that the law to regulate employme: ces was adopted, that tl minor courts was reor: judges prohibited from cal leaders, that me ventilation and sanitation In ractories i of were enacted, that the itation the hours of Jabor of “gtreet railw: employes was. extended to all cities of the second ciass, that railway em- ployes were prohibited from being employed over 16 consecutive hours, that a commission to investigate hous- ing conditions in New York was cre- ated, to say nothing of many other laws of like character. It was his record which prompted the Legislative Labor News to de- clare that “he was the greatest friend of labor laws that ever occupied the governor's chair at Albany.” His rec- ord is one of valuable accomplishment and there is nothing which has trans- Pired in the meantime to undermine the belief that he will be of the same mind as the nation's chief ex- ecutive. MORE SHEEP WANTED. The demand for wool and mutton s such that there is a renewed call for the raising of more shiep in s part of the country. That there is an unity for the development of blistness cannot be questioned. We are told that New England is doing more in the way of raising cattle than it has in the past and there is certain- Iy no insurmountable reason why simi- lar efforts cannot be put forth in be- half of sheep. The price of meat animals is over 22 per cent. higher than the average for the past six years. It is nearly 24 per cent higher than a year ago and ten and a half per cent. higher than two years ago, so that there is an Incen- Hive for thoso Who can raise sheep ‘engage In the industry for the purpose of contributing to the supply of sheep, to say nothing of the market which exists for Copnecticut raised n this connection there' is afways red the answer that dogs make it possible to make sheep raising prof- le. That the dog problem 1s a se- us one in this business r#mst be itted but it rests with the people ' the state to say whether the dogs going to be allowed to drive out \profitable industry or not. The dog can be overcome if thers is the tion and the quicker it is the better. Sheep are worth than a lot of valueless dogs h Toam the country seeking what can devour and the sooner the is made to get rid of them or protect the shecp from them, the it will be for ell concerned. RAISING THE ARMIES again 1s the contrast betwhken ways in_which France as well as other-belligerents, and Great Brit- additions to their armies the announcement that the to call out the class -of 1917 who have per- fected their military training, and the speech by General Robertson of the British army to the effect that that country is in need of more men if they are going to win the war. There is no alternative in France. In Great Britain it was & case of vol- unteering until it became necessary to resort to conscription and even now with four to five million enlisted there is still need of looking about for more. It is not recorded that France has any slackers, because their system does not permit them, but the British we have been repeatedly told maintain that it is vital that every man and woman in the country must be utilized for the support of the army In the feld and for the operation of the munitions fac- tories. Thus 1t is apparent that even though men of all classes in the United King- dom have come forward to do their duty, the work of the nation in the great confiict has not been completed and cannot be carried to a successful conclusion unless there continues to Le the same sort of a response upon the part of its people as there is in the case of the other nations. Thus it must be apparent to the peopls of that country that the success or failure of their system lies with them. With the daily loss running into the thousands it is evident that there must be a re- sponse to the call for more men or that country cannot hold up its end in the great war. It means a great sac- rifice but it is the penalty of war. THE PRESENT PROSPERITY Much has been said by the adminis- tration supporters since the campaign was opened about the prosperity which the country is enjoying under the pres- ent administration, without analyzing it very thoroughly or getting down to the real reasons for it. Taking up this important questicn in an address at Chicago ex-Senator Beveridge de- clares that this prosperity is spotted, meaning that there are certain sections where it is being felt and others where it is not. He says for instance: “The adminis- tration points to our prosperity. Where is it? In Massachusetts? Yes. In California? No. In Connecticut? Yes. In Oregon. No. In Pennsylvania? Yes. In W ston? No. In the Missis- sippi ? Yes. In the western mountain states? No. Certain sections have industrial inflation, but other parts of the country have depression. Genuine prosperity must be nation wide.” This is simply another way of say. ing that those sections of the country which are feeling the cffects of the war orders from Burope are prosperous. It is not, however, the result of any act of the administration, but rather in spite of its tariff for revenue only pol- icy. It is the war which hes saved this country from the continuance of the conditions which prevailed during “he ministration prior to August 1914, and it is the prevention of the return of a similar situation which is demanded and which can be secured by enactment of such a protective tariff as the republican party will give, Unless the Underwood law is changed the situation following the war is bound to be worse than it was just before the war opened. What is wanted is nuine prosperity for the whole coun- ch as has been obtained in the and will be in the future by the uction of sound republican prin- in the treatment of the tar: try su past introd ciple CHANCE FOR VALUABLE HELP. gratifying to learn that the night schools are being recognized for the value that lies in them to the non- nglish speaking people in this coun- t hat means that they are going to be able to accomplish their purpose much more successfully than they o erwise would, and in this connection It is to be realized that the appeal,| which has been made by the federal | commissioner of education to the chambers of commerce of the United States to cooperate in the campaien which has been started to make bet- ter citizens out of the immisrants throuzh inducing them to take advan- taze of the opportunitics which the night schools’ afford, is one that per mits these organizations to accomplis much for these individuals, and there- fore for their respective communities and_the nation. When it is realized that there were 6,588,711 foreizn-born whites employed in the various industries and lines of activity, according to the census of 1910, and that of that num- ber there were 1,462,134 adult males, most of whom were wage earners, who id not speak English, and are there- fore a handicap to themselves as ell as the industries of the country, it can be appreciated that the night school has a great op- portunity. The services of such insti- tutions are simply waiting for the pro- per response on the part of these people and whatever encouragement can be given to help them become more valuable to themselves and to their em- plovers is bound to improve thelr citi- | zenchip. The federal bureau of edu- cati deserves all the assistance that it can get from these civic organiza- tions. EDITORIAL NOTES. King Constantine of Greece appears to be giving all the cabinet makers a tryout. The man on the corner says: Too many people seem to think that vio- lating city ordinances is a manly sport. 1f the Bremen doesn't hurry up and complete the first part of its trip it will be forgotten where it was going to land. Greece apparently fears that it needs lots of preparation to make a perfect dive when the time comes to plunge into the war. This is the season of floods but ‘when they are confined to oratory hu- manity isn't likely to suffer very se- verely from them. If you haven't been fortunate enough to get a ticket to the opening game of the world’s series, there are a lot of people who can sympathize with you. Carranza declares that he can pre- serve order in Mexico if the punitive expedition is withdrawn, but he doesn’t appear to be able to do so with it there. Well, there’s one thing about it now that all the reports seem to be in, Willlam and Theodore did nét monopo- lize the evening by talking about old times, [ SO S Somehow or other our democratic prosperity and the cost of living ap- Dear to be going hand in hapd, but ac- cording to promises they should have separated long ago, THE MAN WHO TALKS It % doubtless impossible to make the man or woman who works seven- teen hours a day belleve that “it is better to wear out thap to rust out.” It may be true that work is a depend- abie cure for all maladies; but it is also true that work in excess is the cause of ten thousand miseries, of which the under-worked man knows nothing. What is the need of any of us ‘“wearing out or rusting out,” when with care and moderation we may peter out. Work reveals to man not only his powers of endurance, but his skill—his capacity; and standardizes his worth as a unit among men. We have to get down to business to get up in the world. If everybody was a born bustler we should appear like a race of lunatics, hence those who move with moderation maintain for us _the semblance of sanity. Old moderation does not “rust out or wear out,” but has a way of dropping out. Lots of poetic sentimert have been expressed about work, but it takes a genius to find the poetic essence of work. The latest gospel of the world is: “Know thy work and do it,” and the great- est puzzle to find the work that fits. Too many well meaning Christians flatter themselves that they are work- ing for God, and a great many ex- horters plead with the unconverted to work for God, when their _thought should be to ' work with Him. Al sorts of insults and persecutions have been suffered, and every kind of self- sacrifice has been made for good's sake, which properly analyzed is for the sufferer’s sake. The common and commendable human emotions _are necessary to us, but not to our Heav- [ enly Father who Lknows what was, what is and what is to be. If He is cognizant of the end from the begin- ning He can neither be surprised nor be disappointed. He Is the All in All, the Alpha and the Omesga, the Just Judge, who will find every cvil doer, and make the punishment fit the of- fense, Our for and against are of ourselves alore. We can work with the spirit and be holy as it is holy. or we may work agaipst truth and ‘become ¢hildren of darkness. What- ever we choose to do we work for ourselves, and receive what we work for. | “imagine, don't you, that the man who faces death with a consciousness that he never injured any person in this world has totally overlooked him- self. Some one has said: “When duty calls deafness becomes epidemic.” Everything muvst await qur conven- ience or comfort. We ask ourselves it it will pay to respond; or elsc what will our friends think of it. We all dally when we should be prompt— we hedge when we should be candid. This is why, where there is a right way and a wrong way, the average man goes wrong. NO man can hurt us as bad as we can hurt ourselves by crushing our own spirit, by suppress- ing the best that is in us. Do you not suppose we are injuring others when we fail To come up to our inate standard of honesty or homor? We malke a poor example of ourselves, to sa rothing of the loss of power, which_is a loss of manhood. Who- ever Fear prevents from acting hon- he is making a craven of. The world would be a better place to live in if we were all true to ourselves, In spite of the excellent medical guardians take of were never more defectives upon the earth than there are today. There is really no evidence that a physically perfect man sts. . When children are. examined over every 100,000 show some p perfection; and If under-nutrition taken into account, one-half whole tal impairment. When men are called to defend the flag of mearly $00 only 179 were recently accepted as depend- able for service, Not one in four came up to the standard; and at this rate of the million ‘men_representing this ration, not five m Dbe depended upon to defend the fi 1t care our us there is of the number show physical or men- this had,been the condition of Amer- icans in {he days of Washington, there could have been no American repub- lic. What is the cause of this? The changes made in our systems of labor and a low-wag tem which is in- sufficient to keep the family up to standard of healthful activily; and our s and unsanitary condi- tions which claim a million victims a year and cost he people over five bil- lion per annum. “The man who does not love praise” said Henry Ward Beecher, “is*not a full man.”" But praise is not flattery altho’ both seem to bear the same brand. Praise which fits recognized merit s the kind Beecher was allud- ing to; but the praise backed by a selfish ‘motive and constructed upon a web of deceit is only worthy of con- tempt. It is not so easy to tell them apart, if they may be so distinctly de- fined. Praise and preaching are not always exactly what they seem to be. ‘We_know thers are men who become so fond of praise that they venture to praise themselves, exciting the ad- miration of the few and the disguist of the many. “True praise is always voiced modestly—it doesn’t like the blare of trumpets. Ben Franklin posted this maxim for the benefit of his fellowme Self-praise goes but a little ways;” and time has revealed that they needed it. It is not safe to love praise too well, Beecher's con- fession that he loved nraise indicates how intensely he must have suffered under severe criticism. To know one plant from seed to seed is something which increases the power of perception and places a man in closer communion with nature than he can possibly be without such knowledge. Gardening is not simply digging in the dirt, placing the seed and food to nourish’ it, keeping up the conditions to make it thrive, and be- ing proud of yourself when it seems to have succceded. There is no man who can count more failures than the so-calied ~wizard who plays with plants and trics to do artificially what the insects are doing naturally every day in his presence. A man who knows a plant recognizes it as one of God's creatures, as he does the dog that follows him_ or the cow which furnishes his children with milk. The bono of a fish was enoush to reveal to Agassiz the shape of the variety it represented; the peculiarity of a new flower reveals to the man who knows his garden something of its parent- age. This s why the cultivator of seedlings becomes familiar not only vwith floral types but floral trends; and that foriculturc becomes au inspira- tion as well as a pleasure to those Wwho engage In it. The gardener who gardens as if he were a mole gains nothing, but he who gardens as if he knew he wae @ son of the Creator himself becomes a creator. “The man who prays earnestly will learn something,” said Emerson; and if those who pray do not learn Some- thing it is evident they lack some- thing. It is not humility so much as power that Emerson hints at, for the more we come to sense God's power the better we understand the powers He has given us., The answer to prayer hangs upon a condition: “what- soever you may asly believing will be (Written Speclally for Ths Bulletin.) The town of Norwich was so ex- tremely patriotic during its early vears that occasionally its cltizens were led to acts which do not read very favorably in these latter days. Before the Revolutionary war had actually begun, so ardent were the lov- ers of liverty—they used to refer to it in those days with a capital L—that they sometimes forgot to be reasomable or even judicious. An_ episode of carly history has_to do with the visit of a cerfain Mr. Francis Green, a merchant of Boston, who came on & journey into Connecti- cut July 4th, 1774, as he stated, to collect debts and transact some private business. He stopped at a tavern in Windham, intending to rest before continuing his journey to Nerwich. Now, this gentieman was a Loyalist, hence of course obnoxious to the Sons of Liberty, who affected to believe that he had some sinister designs in this Journey. The patriotic papers of that time had referred :o him as “ome of that insidious crew who fabricated and signed the adulatory address to strengthen the hands of that parricidal vito revelation. There are thousands of people known as believers who are @s full of doubt as the proverbial yel- Jow dog is supposed to have been of fleas. Many professing Christians have to admit they @o not know they have ever had a prayer answered; hence, ese have not ‘“learned something.” ey ought to be thoughtful enough to be conscious that in response to prayer they have come to believe themselves forgiven of their sins. A great many of them doubt even this. Those in doubt can learn nothing, for the promise is to those who pray believing. When ws go to a friend for a loan of money. it is surprising how often we are turned down; and if we are wise we discover the _mistake was ours not the friend’s. Nobody in the financial world banks upon friendship, for friendship has no record as a producer of dividends. Those who depend upon friendship even for a cue oftenest find that “friendship” is not even a dependabie adviser. Friend- ship is one of the indefindable things of life—one of the things we realize the worth of most fully when it has Deen lost. The cautious person ireats his friends as if there was a po: bility that they might become his en- emies.” Confidences even in friend- ship are extra-habardous. The busi- ness man’s creeq reads thus: “There I may give what 1 please; but in trade I treat you as I treat everyone If we espect to keep friends we st have a care what we expect of them. To keep a friend we must be zble to. forgive much and expect lit- tle. The friend who has made the greatest record in this world is “the friend in need,” the one who does good without thought of reward. is no friendship in trade, you Sunday Morning Talk I “BOYS WANTED, TO LEARN.” The above odvert and reputable manufacturing concern has been printed , yegularly. in,, the newspapers for some time now. The notice stggests that the sup- who are anxious —to tearn” not n the de- request had been for boys “to draw good wages,” it would have appearsd once and been with- drawn. The supply would promptly have exceeded the demand. It takes time and pains to learn, and that 6 why so many people hate the It seems a stupid and un- waste of energy. People want to go to work at once on the things that count, and that pay salarics. A certain young fellow has been ex- hibiting what his friends regard as an unfortunate eagerness to be _through with school. The quick and v success of one or two companions who gave up study early bas led him to desire the same sort of career. High school he would greatly abbreviate, eliminate ail thought of college, and plunge directly into the work of life. “Why waste time,” he asks, “on a lot ement by a big of stuff thotll never do you any g00d 7" The manager of a working girls' club, proposing evening classes in sewing, cooking, and stenography, was met with this reply from one of the members: “Oh, we girls don’t want to learn things! We just want to sing, and dance, and play, and have a good time.” The sentiment is a very com- mon and a not unnatural one. If one slaves all day in a store or factory, the evening, surely ought to bring a degrec of recreation. Hundreds of thousands of young workers feel that keenly, and no one can blame them They shy at_continuing toilsome pre cesses into the hours of leisure. Hav- ing money to square the weekly board bill, to buy a few trinkets, and to pay for' a ticket to the movies, they are content. No sympathetic observer will con- demn this attitude, but it_is a regret- table one, nevertheless. Your boy or girl who does not want to ‘“learn things” is the boy or girl who is go- ing to stay at monotonous and un- remunerative labor all the days of his or her life. Twenty-flve years from now, these unambitious peaple, no longer youns, are likely to be walking in just about the same treadmill as at present. They will have had their share of the cheaper pleasures, but the greatest pleasure of life—the sense of getting ahead and achieving some- thing, they will never know. Fvery great business and every great industry cries out for workers Who are really competent to do some one thing well. The demand is un- ceasing for those Who have undergone the discipline necessary to learn how. What & seven days' wonder it is that more of the raillions of young worlk- ers that throng our streets do not qualify for the bigger prizes: When Abraham Lincoln was reading all the books he could borrow In the nelghboriood and working out eums on a smooth pine siab, he spoke a sen- tence that many & young man shoul paste securely within the lining of his hat: “I will study and get ready, and maybe, my chance will come” = His chance did come, and it found the rail splitter prepared. The youth who plans to capitalize the long evenings of this approaching winter wiht some form of useful study has eet his face toward power and competency. He has found something more interesting than the vapid and aimless quest for pleasure. His study is reasonably certain to mean more money for him in days ahead. It is absolutely certain to mean a richer empire within hie soul. oung man, be one of those willing to leaih, willing to get ready. Life is a great career and the days we can devote to preparation for it are, at best, none too many. 'Why not ' take the ' best equipment obtainable—like granted you.” To believe requires a those ships that must be well provis- copsciousness of the presence of the |ioned, when they sail for a long voy- Listener, which er, the earnestness to in- creates the devoutness |ago and a distant harbor? THE. PARSON, | tool of despotism, Thomas Hutchin- con.” As can be seen, the good folk of that time were pretty hot, consequently in no frame of mingd to welcome any stranger the least bit suspicious. No sooner had the patriots of Wind- ham become aware of the presence of the gentieman from Boston, therefore than they proceeded to show their dis- pleasure. Assembling early in the morning they surrounded the tavern, uttering shouts of insuit and significant threats of “exalting him upon a cart,” unless he instantly left those vrecincts. This was not exactly in line with the famed hospitality of Windnam, but it was instantly effective, and the Bos- ton visitor madc all haste to leave. He started toward Norwich, followed by hoots and execrations of a very em- phatic nature, An express had been previously des- patched to Norwich with informaticn that the obnoxious stranger was bound to this town. The whole place was moved to ex- citement by this intelligence, so much so that the sexton was ordered to give notice of his arrival by ringing the bell. Mr. Green's carriage no socner stopped at Lathrop's tavern than the bell sounded, and this was the signal for the entire town to be stirred into an uproar, The plain was soon alive with an excited crowd, and a message was at once transmitted to Mr. Green, giving him his cholee, to depart within fifteen minutes or be driven out “on a cart.” This latter stvle of departure referred to the ancient fashion of tying an evil-doer in a cart and driving along while he was being soundly flogged for his misdemeanors—naturally a pretty distasteful and disgraceful sert of ride ebout town. The surprised guest was very loath Lo go, pleaded business, that he had debts in town to coilect, and stepping out upon the green, he attempred to address the nfuriated gathering. Whereupon Capt. Simeon Huntingtom, a very stout man, is sald to have cal- lared him and called him ‘Rascal! By this time a horse and sart with a very high scaffolding in it for a seat made its appearancc and demonstra- tions of lifting him into this uninviting vehicle being threateningly made, Mr, Green took the more prudent course, entered his own carriage and amid shouts and hicsings druve oif, a por- tion of the townspecple following him with drums beating and horns blow- ing till he was fairly outside the town limits. On his return to Boston Mr, Green tssved a proclamation and reward for any of_ those forced him to leave Windham and Nor- document read as follows: $100 REWARD Whereas five Rufflans, calling them- selves by names of Hezekiah Bis- sell, Benjamin Lathrop, Timothy L: aby, Ebenezer Backus and XNathani: Warren, aided and abetted by a great number of others, id (in the night of the 4th inst. ar Windham, in the Col- ony of Connecticut, and again in the morning of the 5th inst.) in a_lawles and hostile manner assault the sub scriber, surrounding the house in which ‘he was, forcibly entering the same, and Intruding themselves into his_particular room, endeavoring to intimidate him by threats, from ‘he pursuit of his lawful and necessary business, menacing to seize him, with his papers, bagzage, etc., and to carry rim. Off, a5 weli as intimating that his life was in danger, if he did not sub- mit to their illegal demands, of disist- ing from his business, and of immed- iately quitting the said town, and did also presumptuously interrupt and in- sult him, by repeatediy insisting on his_departure, and Whereas, (it is supposed by their instigation) a_great number of other Villains and_Ruffians, one of whom called himself by the name of Simeon Huntington, did also in the morping of the 6'h inst, in the same hoatils and more cowardly manner, surround, threaten, assault and lay _violent hands on the subscriber, at Norwich, in said Colony, and by force com- pel him to quit his lawful business, and depart that towr, therchy not only impeding him in the collecting of debts justly due nim, obstructing him in_ the seftlements of accounts, and other important transactions; (to his great detriment and irjury) but also putting his life in danger; And ‘Whereas, repeated appication was made to a magistrate of Norwich aforesaid, for that protection whi every subject in his legal business is entitled to, but no protection being either afforded. offered or promised,— This is therofore to offer a reward of One Hundred Dollars, to any person who shall give such in- formation cf the above mentioned, high-handed, and audacious offenders, as that they may be thercby appre- hended within this province, and be held to answer for their infamous conduct, the same to be paid on their conviction, by p FRANCIS GREEN. Boston, July 13, 1774. This advertisement was the subject of merriment to the people of Nor- wich, especially the Sons of Freedom, who republished it in handbills and “hawked it out town with a running commentary,” history tells. THE DICTAGRAPH POLITICAL The Farmer's View. The farmer's view of the action of Congress in requiring railroads to pay certain employees a ten-hour wage for an eight-hour day is thus expressed by Henry N. Pope, president of the Association of State Presidents of the Farmer's Union: “I question the wis- dom of Congress fixing wages of la- bor employed by private enterprises. If the Government is golng to fix wages for any one class of railroad employes, it should fix them for all classes, and if it has the power to increase wages it must also nave the power to decrease wages. Today wo find the highest-paid laborers in the world making three times more mon- ey than farmers, demanding a 25 per cent increase in wages, and Congress hastening to their relief” And the farmer, who pays the freight, pays the increase in wages.—Portland Ex- press. Congress and Its Precedents. “If congress can go in Geogia and North and South Carolina to forbld child Jabor,” asks the Waco Times Herald, “why isn't it competent to go into New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire to forbid a ten hour day?” If congress can say that ten hours' pay must be paid for eight hours’ work, why can't it say twelve hours’ pay must be paid for four hours' work? Why can't it say that farmers pro- ducing cotton or grain to be trans- ported as interstate commerce can not #Bip products from one state to anoth- o it they work more than eight hours y There are 500,000 children in Texas picking cotton at present, working not less than twelve Lours a day. Why can not congress say the cotton pick= LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Small Town Schools. Mr. Editor: I was mterested in reading the article in The Bulletin of October 4, “Small Town Schools Show Startling 'Inefficiency,” and the criti- clsims of the schools in Chaplin sum- med up in the form of interrogations. Presumably the town of Chaplin, with other towns in Connecticut, would like to ask if slate blackboards, free text books, drinking fountams, doormats, bulletin boards, and other things named, which all cost money, are real- iy and actually necessary for efficiency in teaching the children. It seems to me that Chaplin and every other town large or small, in Conpecticut should be the judge of what amount of money it can spend for its schools, and these towns are all taxed now to their lim- it. Regarding free text books, unless I am greatly mistaken, there is a law in the state wherehy books are provid- ed for those who are unable to buy them, and many parents object to hay- ing their children use books that have been used by others. Extravagance is one of our nationa? weaknesses. Persons, families, and towns, see and know of many things they would like to possess, but if they have not the financial Tesources to obtain these things, why should they be obliged to spend their money for those things not really necessary? Our children can learn lessons just as thoroughly, and teachers can do as good work with wooden blackboards and books owned by the pupils as with e costlier aids purchased by the town, for which the people are taxed, Many thinking peo- ple are coming to the conclusion that the towns in the state should assert their right to be théir own governing power instead of having the state tell them what they must do in order to be efficient. A CONNECTICUT TAX PAYER. Putnam, Oct. 5, 1916, THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Soctety Strange Engines of War—"The mysterious British ‘tank’ described as a car of death resembling a ponder- ous, slow-moving steel caterpillar, is the current ‘enfant terrible’ = in the jargze family of strange engines of destruction sired by the God of War,” says a bulletin issued today by the National Geographic Society. The modern fighting man has been 50 schooled to expect unique and pow- erful inventions designed to destroy human life that the ‘tanks' have in- spired more curiosity than terror, but far different has beer the story of the vast breed of monsters tnat have en- gendered panic in the hearts of sol- diers in ages past. “Reviewirg the history of warfare among civilized nations, one of the earliest engincs of destruction whose fame has been perpetuated on the pages of legendary epic, was the great wooden horse which the crafty Ulysses left on the plains of Tllium, and which the Trojans believed to be an offer- ing sacred to the goddess Athena. Counseled by the false Sinon, the Tro- jans razed their walls in order that the ‘gif of the Greeks might be hrought into the eity. After nightfall the warriors hidden inside the wooden animal crept out, threw open tho gates of the city and admitred their com- panions, thus bringing about the des- struction of the city of Priam and wreaking vengeance upon the people who had sheltered Paris and the fatr but false Helen of Troy. “An_engine of war which emerges from tho cloud of legend and takes its place among historical actualities was that employed by Alexander the Great in his seven-months siege of the fa- mous Phoenician metropolls, Tyre. This ancient city was strongly situ- ated on an island and as thero were no longe range catapults in the fourth century before the Christian era, Al- exander conceived the plan of bullding a mole or causeway from the main- and to the island. This engincering enterprise was hampered by the Ty- rians who launched blazing ships against (he ussailants as they sunk piles to hold in place the rock and debris that formed a roadway over which the army was to march. In order to protect his construction corps Alexander devised as an engine of war great towers covered with green hides, There were set up as shields against the floating Hames of the enemy and the result was one of the memorable victories in Alexander's conquest of the eastern world. ‘One of the most terrifying ‘encines of war,’ of ancient times was the bat- tle elephant employed by Pyrrhus, Al- exander’s cousin, in the first of the ‘Pyrrhic victories’ over the Romans. Twenty of these huge beasts were used against the enemles of the Tar- entines at the battle of Heraclea in 250 B. C. The strapge, moving moun- tains of flesh caused a wave of fear to sweep over the Romans and they fled from the fleld of carnage, but after one cxperience with the animals their courage returned and henceforth the war elephant was more of a curlosity than an effective engine. “One of the simplest and yet one of the most effective Inventions of an- cient times was the javelin with a point of soft iron employed by Julius Caesar in one of his Gallic wars. The Roman legionaries hurled these weap- ons aszainst the shields of their ene- mies. The iron head penetrated the outer covering of bull's hide, but Hut- tened out against the hardwood or metal back of the shicld, and thus be- came hooked to this protector. The shanks of the dangling javelips so im- peded the movements of the barbarian soldiers that they were forced ecither to throw away their shields and fight uncovered against the Romans or else stop long enough (a fatal delay in their advance) to disencumber them- selves from this unique weapon which may properly be called the dum-dum pilum, the progenitor of the soft-nose or_dum-dum bullet of today. “Perhaps the strangest engines of destruction in the history of the world were the scven trumpets of ram's horn which the priests or Isracl blew as they encompassed the walls of Jeri- cho once each day for six successive days and seven times on the seventh day. After the final blast the hosts of Israel gave a great shout and the walls fell flat, according to the Biblical ac- count in the Book of Joshua. Those who endeavor to explain all miracles on the theory that they are the re~ sult of extraordinary applications of the natural law have seen in thls re- markable event a_demonstration of the vast destructive power of sympathetic ed by these children shall not be transported from one state to another? Or why can not congress say that cot- ton to be shipped from one state to another shall be produced by men working not more than eight hours a day? Power is power, and congress seems to regard itself as entirely unlimited in_exercising its authority over every detail of interstate commerce. It congress has acted with wisdom In enacting the child labor law, it has opened up a fleld of legislative en- deavor almost without lmit. If it can raise wages for one class of tabor, it can for another, and other classes of labor are signifying that they want theirs. It seems to the Post as if congress has established precedents within the past month that will compel the peo- Dle of the United States to do some serious thinking before long.—Houston Post (Demd, ASK IF vibration—the same principle which has been known to shake to its very foundation a great bridge of steel and concrete when a dog trots across it. “Another arms odity of Biblical in terest was the ruse employed by Gid- eon, leader of only 20 hundred Israel- ites, who successfully engaged a vast hostof Midianites and Amalekites that ‘lay along in the valley like grass- hopers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seaside for multitude’ Gideon's cengines of destruction were 300 trum- pets, 300 empty pitchers and 309 lam: within the' pitchers. As the enemy's camp was approached during the night the pitchers were smashed, the lamps held aloft in the left hand, while ter- rifying blasts from the 36y trumpets spread consternation and terror among the sleepers who in darkness imagined that they had been attacked by a great army. The result was wholesale salughter among themselves while the followers of Gideon watched. “Greek Fire is a term which has been aplied to various compounds through a succession of centuries go- ing as far back as 424 B, C, when at the siege of Delium a cauldron filled with sulphur, pitch and charcoal was placed against the walls of the city, ignited and the flames intensified by a bellows attached to a hollow tree- trunk. The meost famous of the Greek Fires, however, was that invented by the. architect 'Callinicus during _the relgn of Comstantine Pogonatus. This particular engine of destruction was known as wet fire, on account of its property of bursting into flame when wetted. Thrown from elphons, it fell upon_the ships of.the Saracens caus- ing tkhem to burst into flames, and thus Constantinople was saved to the Byzantine emperors for the time be- ing_(668). “Probably more far-reaching in its effect than any other engine of war was_the Introduction of gun-powder on the battlefleld. It was one of the most potent factors contributing to the overthrow of the great feudal eys- tem, for it destroyed the superfority of the armored knight over the yeo- man_foot-scldier, and as Carlyle has rightly sald, “It made all men of the same height’ Following the use of gunpowder in small arms came the in- vention and development of the can- non, a_ weapon of Which was employ- ed with destructive effect against the walls of Constantinople when this his- toric elty finally fell into the hands of the Mohammedans in 1452. “The aeroplane, the Zeppelin and the submarine have been developed gradually in times of peace prepara- tory for war, and are the products of many minds. Not so the iron-clad Merrimac and the turreted Mnoitor which appeared suddenly and almost simultaneously on the horizon of naval warfare during the American Kivil War. ‘The polsonous sases employed in trench warfare during the present European conflict may be viewed as a deadly development of the ludicrous stink-pot weapons used by the Chin- ese for ages.” STORIES OF THE WAR % What One “Tank” Did, In the lull which has occurred after the great two days' battle in which five villages and 5,000 prisoners were taken by the allies, the correspondent of The Assoclated Press had an op- portunity to glean many stories from the paticipants in the struggle. ese stories wers not only of cour- age and heroism but of a humor and paradox possible only in such com- plicated and remorseless warfarc. The most wonderful of all the tales told was perhaps that of one Of the “tanks,” or new armored motor cars, which started for Berlin on its own account. This monstruos land _ship, ambling and rumbling along, Aid not walt on the Infantry after the taking of Gueudecourt, but plodded over shell holes and across lots looking for its prey like some prehistoric lizard. In gourse of time it found a German trendl, but ac it engaged the occu- pants with its machine &un it ran out of_gasline. When the Germans found this strange creature, with its steel hide impenetrable to bullets, stalled, curi- osity and a desire for revenge was a Alip to thelr courage. They went after it with the avidity of prehistoric man stalking a_wounded mammoth whose bulk was fast in one of the al- leys of the cave dwellers. No such game was ever seen on the western front, marked as it has been by all kinds of bizarre fighting. According to the accounts given by the Eritish officers with verasious sol- emnity, while the tank's machine guns blazed right and left, some of the Germans managed to Creep along the trenches under the “fore legs” and “hind legs” of the crouching beast. Then they swarmed over it, looking for an opening through which to strike at its vitals. They fred their rifles into joints and bombed it all over, but to nc more avail than bur- glars trying to reach the inside of a Dbattleship turret with a jimmy. All the while the tank's machine guns kept busy at the human targets in reach while its crew chosen dare- devils concluded to stick until they starved or the Germans found the proper can opener to get them Jut. Finally the British infantry in the rear, seeing the tank In distress, re- fused to wait on any general's orders that they should remain at the object- ive which they had gained. They were out to save that impounded tank and with a cheer they rushed the Germans and_overwhelmed them. When the crew heard the laughing and shouting in_English they opened the door and called out: “We ase all right If you will only get us some more juice so that the old girl can have a guzzle of her proper drink and we can take the road again.” So the infantry formed a line in front of the tenk, determined to de- fend her to the last man, while a run- ner was hurried back for & can of gas- WHEN YOU BUY A , FLASH LIGHT BUY A GOOD ONE EVER READY OUR STOCK OF BATTERIES IS FRESH EVERY WEEK . NORWICH ELECTRIC 0. 42 FRANKLIN STREET IT IS AN olene. The gasolene arrived ~safely and the beast having taken a swallow, ambled back into reserve amidst wild cheering. It left behind 250 dead ‘JopuenItIoe 1) 03 FUPIDOOT SUTULISD OTHER VIEW POINTS The state dedicates todny Wednes- o tol & -monument to Ulysses_ Simipson Grant, here of the civil war, eighteenth president.of the United States and a grandson of Con- neoteut, whose forbear in the second generation preceding his ,was - Noah Grant, a Tolland farmer. Even in Connecticut the fact is not generally: Known, any more than its is generally known that he whose memory is thus honored was christened Hiram Ulys- ses Grant, and became Ulysses Simp- son Grant through an error in the pa- pers by which he was admitted to ‘West Point. The Sons of Veterans do well to perpetuate the information, that future generations may know of Connecticut’s claim upon = this great soldier—Hartford Post. 3 The license laws of Connecticut put the question up to the voters of each town, and in one case even to the Vot- ers of a village, as to whether or not there shall be saloons in their towns. 1t the towns are small the chances are against the demon rum, but if they are large he gets a chance. This year, however, the demon loses ‘territory, for six towns change from we tto dry, against two from dry to wet. In the towns that changed the feature of the day was the fifht on this _gquestion, while in some of those which did ot change the struggle was on from the opening of the polls to the counting of the ballots. While one vote would have changed the result In two towns, at least, the no-license forces have geined ground—Hartford Courant. Illinois is engaged in a fight led by prominent jurists and lawyers, physi- cians and social workers, to secure the enctment of a real eugonic law—a law to exclude from marriage the physical- 1y unfit, The design is to draft & law thet will stand the test of constitu- tionality. Until conditions. f yiliving become nearly ideal or rathar less generally infernal, the effort to dimin- ish unfitness among the members of any community will be.lruitless. Were the conditions of living what naturs intended they should be, there would | be no need for eugentic laws. Here is| the flaw in all such efforts. The effort to make better men and better women should be at the point where prospect- ive parenthood is vitiated by the con- ditions under which the youth have to labor to live—Torrington Register. Will Kensington become part of New Britain? Sentiment in_favor of be- coming annexed to the Hardware City grows apace in the village. The city of New Britain is now closer to Ken sington tha nis Berlin center. New Britain has expanded southerly and is within hand-shaking distance cf the home of the American Paper Goods shop. The people of Kensington want a water service, and New Britain is in a position to furnish it. There is but one obstacle it nhe way, and that a provision in our city charter. Water cannot be supplied ;to any .ontside community, and hence . Kensington ! must become incorporated with us be- fore she can have the service. Ac- cording to reports, the people of the" village are about ready to take neces- sary steps to secure the much desired water service. A delegation of Ken- sington people is expected to appear before the charter revision committee at its meeting tomorrow night to plead for water, and perhaps give expres- slon to a desire for consolidation.— New Britain Record. The town of Durham 1is about te hold its first agricultural fair in fifty; years. Thus it will revive a practice that was held in high osteem by the Durhamites of a former generation, and give encouragement to the, other, agricultural sections of the state to re- new their old customs. There is a strong back to the farm movement in this state, and it is quite conceivable that in a few years, so prosperous will; the farms be, these town fairs will be an_economic feature of their lives and held in_the consciousness of that fact. Connecticut lost a great deal when th fascination of the city seduced the farm boy from his native farm town and made of agricultural pursuits things of secondary importance. Un- der the direction of forward looking men, sclentific farmers of the inten- sive sort, the promise is rapidly being formulated that in a few years Con- necticut will be restored to her dig- nity as an agricultural state of im- portance. Durham is. contribgting.’ Good_for Durham.—New Haven Jour- nal-Courfer. Sk The War A Year Ago Today October 7, 1915. 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