Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 11, 1916, Page 4

£ H lution of the problem has not made. That the people of this country have been great developers of industries pears to be a serlous slump instead of advancement. There was a time when there was a brisk business in sheep ralsing and when cattle raising was extensively engaged in right here in New England. Conditions have ¢ changed but even so the situation in i the country as far as caitle and sheep . are concerned is decidedly unsatisfac- ; tory. The @emand s greater than the supply and the opportunity exists for changing this situation. Just the same as i was possible to ! overcome the obstacles which were S ut and from iores fo four| confronted in the development of e other Industries on a sound and prof- itable Dasls, it is possible to do it In connection ~with sheep husbandry. ‘What appears tc be necessary is a realization of this and the tackling of the problem with @ determination to solve it. There Is no reason why this country should not produce such raw materials as are needed in this line but every time sheep raising spoken of the dog problem is raised. If that is the real cause of the slump isn't it time that the dog was put where he belongs? 1,300, and in all of these places it 18 considered the local dally. Eastern c-mn;ethu( hud ::xrg- 2- m one an - W ke e al and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of he R. F. D.| routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1801, average.... MEXICO'S REPLY. When the allied nations sent a note of warning to Mexico about permit- ting German naval submarines to op- erate in the Gulf of Mexico, it was done through the United States. Such of course was to indicate that they would expect this country to see that Mexico gave heed thereto, but what- ever they considered would be the re- sult therefrom, it is difficult to belleve that any surprise could have been manifested over the fact that the Mex- ican foreign minister in his reply calls attention to the submarine situation and expreszes surprisc that the allies should attempt to hold Mexico re- sponsible for such activities when nothing of the kind is demanded of the United States. The allies ars of course anxious over the supplies of oil which they are receiving from Mexico and the danger o the transporting. vessels which'is. furnished by the submarines; but theyapparently” overlook the fact that Gérman naval vessels of the U type have been destroying shipping in American waters and yet nothing in the shape of a warning has been pre- sented to this country. If it is not expected that this coun- try will put a stop to the German un- derwater boats operating off its shores, Mexico ought not to be expect- ed to, but if Mexico can be made to do so that republic has reason to be- lieve that the same requiréments should be made of the Wilson admin- istration, and there doesn’t appear to Dbe anything the matter with the Mex- ican reasoning, unless it is a fact that the German underwater boats ars get- ting their supplies from Mexico. EDITORIAL NOTES. Gradually threw the monkey wrench political machinery. = _ PRESIDENT WILSON'S REELEC- % TION. Bver since the western states be- _gan to roll up thelr election figures | and mado it evident that what ap- peared in the first place to be a vie- ~tory for the republican nominee was ! likely to be turned into a vietory for the president there has been a con- sistent gain of the doubtful states by { the democrats. This in spite of the i that it caused and the hope 7 | dbntrary has put beyond doubt n of President Wiison a majority in the electoral * | coliege and by the popular vote. . That there are a number of reasons \lfor this is apparent. There are many " who have been moved by the claim /that he has kept us out of war, There {'are others who endorse his policies .and _the legislation which has been enacted during the present administra.- ‘tion and who have given him the credit | of it rewardless of the part which both - les have played therein. There are ¥ Wwho have looked upon the pres- vent prosperity as a stable thing in- stead of something which has been <thrust upon us and there s evidence {from the results which have been dis- ‘closed In the west (hat the republi- ‘can party in that section has not re- {covered from the split of 1912 ¥ of these have unquestionably to bring about the democratic » but regardless of all that the g le have rendered thefr verdict. It 48 & verdict which the democrats have ‘& right to claim is a vindication of . itheir policies, and as the figures show in the various states it has been fully \demonstrated that President Wilson is _Fnh stronger than his party. BELGIUM’S JUSTIFIED PROTESTS. Belglum has been doing a lot of ing since the war opened which not amounted to very much. It Femonstrated frultlessly against the Wlolation of its neutrallty and it has wously opposed the destruction its churches and historic buildings. '8t has fought the unjust taxation and < treatment accorded to the people |®f that country by the invaders. It 4 endeavored to escape unjust taxa- | [tiom ana it resisted to the limit the » l;""l”lu of its rights but it received ittle satistaction. It is not surprising, however, that it has now put forth a new protest be- _ cause of the proof which it claims to ~ have that 1500 of the Belgian men & number of French civilians have oy transported by the Germans by to points where the Teutons de- ‘sired to put them to work on military defenses. The previous pratests which were made were unquestionably justie fled and the same holds true In th! Jast case. That it will have no more effect than those which have preceded 0t be expected but it indicates are determined not to sub- actions without expressing indignation end calling on of the neutral world to in which The Hague con- been violated. proof as they claim of the position which Ger- in this reflects no _upon its claim to justice and, Fespect for the rights of others. 4 WU TING FANG. _ittention is again attracted to China ‘the announcement, which has just T to the effect that 'Wu Ting ‘been called to the important yreign minister in that country he has accepted the appoint- ," He is without doubt one of L ‘men of influence In that into the Nothing has served to decrease in- terest in the Buropean war like the battle of ballots in this country, The man on the corner says: There is an independence about the weather- man which cgpnot be attributed to partisanship. Those who have been in charge of the campaigns will now have a chance to find out where the fault lies for broken machinery and stripped gears. Some sections of the country are apparently as much resigned to the policy of watchful waiting in govern- ment affairs as they are concerning election returns. Poland is golng to have a chance to understand the price it must pay for securing national Tights by jumping into the fray and fighting to uphold the Teuton promis ‘With all due respect to the federal inquiry regarding the price of coal, the consumer thus far must give all the credit for such relief as he may obtain to the weatherman. But even after the promised reduc- tion in fuel is secured, there still re- mains a long list of equally important commodities which is waiting to be treated for the same trouble. When Secretary Tumulty declared that it is now time for throwing up the hats, he did o with a full reali- zation of how close he came to order- ing the throwing up of the sponge. Thomas Mott Osborne doesn't ap- pear to have so conducted his cam- paign against Governor Whitman of New York as to have seriously men- aced his reelection in that common- ‘wealth. From the slowness with which the official figures have been received from-many of the big centers it is evi- dent that there are still many which need the assistance of the voting ma- chines. Attention is being called to the fact that forelgn loans have been placed in this country to the extent of $1,981,000,000, but at the same. time it cannot be overlooked that the national treasury is in a depleted condition. 1t is not that there should be moldn:“m across the nmorthern “bor- der that Wilson has been reelected. #is administration has been of much benenit to Canada and if continued along similar nes it will be still ‘more. is it being shown who| as well as antics, was good Ce that a human being was pos- of a devil; for .even.lflmmn:: certain nerve pains were e ce excess of uric acid in the system, this was the" cause of rheumatism. ow this nerve-wracking is charged a cocci tribe of bacteria which op- ite in the mouth., and produce ave- olar abscesses on the jaw, or locate on the tonslis and operating there, set up a local foci which produces this dis-|&% tressful condition which liniments and uric acid antedotes have temporarily checked, if not cured, in the past; but now the knife i¢ the cure for it It looks as if the anclents were right when they declared the devil was in it Do not think things are so high you cannot save a cent. It will do you good to save your appetite. Cum]:‘\,l:a sory fasting in Germany we are told I-r‘muntm. rather than distressing the people, for as a result the stom- ach troubles have rapidily grown less. The people waste millions of dollars worth of food and fuel every year; and it will take more than the present crisis to cure this habig It is up to everybody not only to want less; but to put 4 limit upon what are term- ed our necessities. 1f hard-working people can live on sixteen or less ounces ‘of food a day and sustain health and strength rhere is no reason why you and I should eat thirty-six ounces in twenty-four hours. ~ The Caronaro record is 60 years of life, health and happiness on 12 ounces of food a day; and that attempts at in- crease resulted in discomfort and ill-health. Conditions now compel strict economy on the part of all, which may result in new and better domestic habits. 1 cannot tell how the birds discover that my little garden is a good feeding place. “This vear a wren occupled a bird house in the zarden, and a golden robin, a vellow warbler, a chipping sparrow and a cat-bird had nests nearby. Among the sparrows during the past month were purple finches; and ‘among the later visitors a fox sparrow, one of the prettiest birds of passage, which scratched in the ashes of a dead bon-fire with the energy of a pullet. The nuthatches and blue Jays have been quite constant during the late October and early November days. We did mot need the English sparrow to help us out for our own sparrows are numerous and good nox- ious weed-sced and insect caters; but 1 confess to being fond of this colony little alien who has proven to be able to endure the winters of Canada. The eparrows as a whole are a problem to the amateur bird student, and several of them are not easily identifled. Among them all the fox sparrow will pass for the dandy. Do not think no one ever had so trying an experience in lifc as you! If you were awake to life you would know a_million persons had suffered worse and are suffering worse—things which you would not care to suffer and live. e are all prone to magnify our trouoles, and if we have not had op- portunities for observing the wretched nese of others we do mot re fortunate we: have: becn. It is Detten to be aware, of, condltions which you have been fortunate encugh to'escape for it makes one ashamed to murmur over little perplexities and trials. Do not dwell upon your disappointments Everyoody has them. and you could not be induced to exchange yours for some close to you that you have never heard of. Do not cultivate a memory of things it were better to forget. Haif the misery in the world is founded up- | on nothing; and usually real misery borne with patience and fortitude. The reason servant girls and women who work out are incompetent and scarce is not because there are not vomen enough, but because the old household labor system ie defunct and live women of the 20th century will not be classed as servants for from three to four dollars a week—they prefer to be clerks. where they have hours and respectful treatment. The idea that the people who do our work and cook our food are menials is' too prevalent; and it often leads to their being treated as. though they were dogs instead of worthy human souls. In fact the house dog is sometimes made much more of than the servants who keep the premises sanitary and in order. Too much bossing acd too few privileges and too little sympathy and too grudgingly paid wages have com- pelled labor to organize for the pur- poseof not only demanding what tlrey want, but for the power to get it. The work-women dc not want to eat at the same table with the family, but they do like to feel they have the same heavenly Father and are entitled to the freedom wlich belongs by right to His children. You have not thought unhappiness is largely a habit, and that you not only may become a large contributor to your own unhappiness, but become a disturber of those who are compelled by kinship or business to assoclate with you. Do not lend your mind to what has happened or what may hap- pen, but concentrate it upon what is happening now; for what is happening now may favorably affect what has heppened and actually Getermine what is to happen. There is too much time given to what has-been ond what may- be when what is will e found to be sufficient to occupy our whole atten- tion. Habits of thought have more to do with putting joy into life, or knocking it out, than most people com- | prehend. It is good fortune which should hold our full attention; and the fact that seldom is a thing so bad that it might not have been worse should oftener incite in us a feeling of thankfulness. People make themselves over by just changing their habits of thought. It does not pay to become a chronic doubter. Doubt produces perplexity and perplexity ends in confusion. In proportion as we doubt we cease to believe, and if we loso our belief in God and In man We have lost our be- lief in ourselves. Yet, on the other hand 1t is perilous to be too credulous, for this is the way to become an easy| mark. The doubt which serves as an incentive to a search for the truth is respectable; and although it has been said that truth lingers in the very shadow of douht, truth is not easy to discover. “The man who trusts men,” it has been said, “will make fewer mis- takes than the man who distrusts them.” Trust we must, but as Lavater says: “Trust him little. who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who Is indifferent about all” ‘With these suggestions to guide us we ought to be able to discover the truth wl will bear its own weight without any assistance from the discoverer. It takes as much ability for a woman to keep appearances up and expenses down as it does for a man to be a banker, aithough most bankers would not be frank enough to acknowl- m since they have np means of & comperison. fact 15 & later inhabitants & has thy Batirday. e e turday night, it ls sats 1t is recorded that, during the years of the lonx--a an extra-good house- ‘wife woul But ‘her pudding in its night kseping its bolling un dinner-time the following day. The carving commenced at the top; and as the pile lowered to. th center, the color deepened fo a de: liclous red. The historian of Norwich speculates whether this custom of making and bolling puddings by the Norwich housewives might not be traced back to those parts of England from which the ploneer planters of the town came. Certainly, the stories we read of the steaming and tempting dessert being taken from its bag with due ceremony and expectation, recall that wonder- ful Christmas pudding at Bob Crat- chit’s, or that other marvel described, by Dr. Marigold, “a pudding to puf a man in good humor with everything, eydept the two bottom buttons of his ‘waistcoat.” On the whole, it seems safe to b lieve that the desserts of early Nor- wich were a faithful copy of those to which the founders of the town had been- accustomed In their native' Eng- and. During the period when the pudding flourished here, there was no reason to worry because the price of potatoes was mounting to a couple of dollars a bushel. In fact. potatoes were then unknown in this country and were not introduced until 1720, although tur- nips were a common vegetable. woman is expected usuaily to do in fin- ancial management what 2 man can- not. What men allow their wives to keep looking well dressed, and the fam- ily_looking well-fed, is evidence of the skill they expect in domestic affairs. Nothing like it is expected of a man in the bank or anywhere else that we can call to mind. Can’t you think of the wife of a dissolute, though pros- perous man, hiding his faults and her own shortness of allowance becanse of his bibulous extravagance, It ' only needs just one example of this kind to prove the masterfulness of the woman who has appearances to keep up and expenses to keep down. This kind of ability does not recelve the recognition it deserves. If some women are lost it will be because they had to say so much that wasn't so to preserve the family’s respectabilit; Sunday Momning Talk DON'T BE A “MAWSH.” The tumuit and the shouting dies. The candidates and the spellbinders | depart. The smoking -campaign press- es are cooling off and, the, orators ard, resting thelr _thoats.” The sovereign “peepul” have ‘spoken and while some are glad and some are sad at the out- come of the battle of ballots, every- body believes that the Republic will survive. The only man who has a right to be ashamed of himself is the man who did not vote at all; that is, of course, provided he could have voted. He is the man the National League of Voters has been gunning for, through- out the whole campaign, in an at- tempt to stir him to do his duty. The league has devised a name for him that may survive this election and live in the next one, and in the days be- tween. is a man whose stock answer to every summons to the polls is, “m-ight a-s w-ell s-tay h-ome.” He is so steefed in indifference that he will not even make a choice of sides. Sometimes, of course he is sim- ply lacking in vourage, telling you that the other sidc has such an over- whelming advantage that any oppo- sition is useless. ~ He concedes the field to the enemy without firing a shot. There are some of that timor- ous order in every community- The “Mawsh” is to be found not alone among voters, but sometime: among the people voted for. There A “Mawsh” jare legislators to whom the League does not hesitate to apply the term devised in the first place for indolent private citizens. There are represen- tatives in State and congressmen in national halls of legislation who have sought the people's support and re- ceived it, but only to give slack ser- vice in return. They are present at the post of duty when they feel like being, but absent on rellcalls that are inconvenient. ‘When the session promises to be tedious, they reason that they “might as well stay ‘at home.” ‘Teachers, preachers, and all work- ers whose efforts depend on the en- listment of other people are familiar ‘with the “Mawsh”. They find him not actively opposed but only indifferent. He does not work aga'nst the good cause, but he refuses to work for it. ‘When the committee needs him he is at home toasting his toes by the fire. ‘When the reform is short handed he is among those not present. Few moods are harder to deal with than this “mawsh” apathy. Outright opposition can be met with resistance, If one needs enlfghtment it can be given. Arguments can be brought to bear on those who require to be econ- vinced. But what can be done with the man or woman who simply “doesn’t care?” Indifference is an armor that simply dulle all our weap- ons. One never feels quite so spent as when he has tried to point out a present duty and privilege to a con- firmed “Mawsh.” There was a church at Laodicea that was neither hot nor eold, but only lukewarm. It was a little coterie of self-satisfled men and women doing nothing to extend the kingdom -of righteousness. It was merely & eort of Sunday club from which all moral enthusiasm had passed. And because of this lack, the church passed ‘under the condemnation of the Divine epirit. “So then, because thou art !ukewasm, and neither cold nor hot, 1 will spew thee out of my mouth.” 'There is lit- tle use for the church or for the in- dividual in this modern age who has fallen into this Laocdicean mood. ‘Emerson is_right when he reminds us that “Every great and comemand ing movement in the manity has been the trh thusiasm.” church proves it from the days of the lon to the flesh 22| of reading matter, is not what you want. afforded by 3 and_herds which fed, b3 of Proy . Bifiatied i Tich supplies. wBEaSt Bt nt: pecially pigeous, were, season, very abundant. er game, such as Wi hucks, aud rabbits, cal it in enares at the very the ‘while the rivers and brooks around them furnished first-rate bass. innumerable shad, fine lobsters, deli- cate oysters and highly h were the dainties spread upon ir. board. The Thames River in days was widely known, for its lavish abundance of fish. -Shad, alewives, bass, £ Gales Ierry and welghed lod It is chrol tent that 20,000 bass had within a few days Just Landing—now the city proper. might have been a larger amount than usual, Miss Caulkins comments, add- ing that every year, at the breaking up of the ice, there was mand from far and mear for striped bass of the Norwich river. In & newspaper of 1771, tionéd that over 300 barrels of mack- erel had been taken that season in the Norwich and New barrels river, between London, and that six time of the it e proper All the small- mackere], eels, and lobsters were mowhere to id in larger quentity or greater Sturgeon and other large fish often wandered into the stream, and even, the chronicles tell, would semi-occa- sionally leap into a passing boat. It is recorded that as latess May, 1861, 2 sturgeon called in marine vernacular ‘Albany beef,") was caught the Boston News- Letter that, after the great freshet in February, 1729, the Norwich river was swarming with fish to such an ex- settloment ent | extremely fertils, $u looking vineyards and tations, but it is of water, the natives pits to catch wines, and wood, while milling, and weaving are the prin tries. One of the town is a subterranean Houmbata where foxes, t bo trout. these earl, we are tol an ‘quadrilateral, the Rustchuk, Varna, and glc point, its name under the em being Durostorum, one of the flow ing cities of Moesfa Inferior. above 125 pounds. during his sway of 34 years. It B o iont|under this prince that Bulgaria below The ~Thay | FaRk among the civilized nations of bon, who added that ‘the glory of Bulgarians was confined to he breakifis | scope both of time and placc the the Greeks in the fact that their peror, leo the Philosopher, granted to two rapacious subjects it was men- towns. ldostiiities were declared were formity with a provision of the Tresty :l:l Berlin, this :'uu‘on. of m‘!m"lr- strongholds e famous Bulgari. other forts being umle. “From the days of ancient Rome 8il- istria has been an important strate- “The city under its present name did not acquire a place in world history until the first year of the relgm of Simeon, ‘Czar of the Buigarians and Autocrat of the Greeks,’ & title which the monarch assumed and defended perienced her zolden age, ‘assuming a earth,’ according to the historian Gib- “Simeon, upon succeeding his father |- Bodis I, found a pretext for war with exclusive right to trade with Bulgarian Going into details, taking up your time What you do want is G00D MERCHANDISE AT 'SAVING PRICES. Lady—If it’s a Coat you ¥ $3.00 Thildren’s Coats, $1.97. $5.00 Children’s Coats, $2.97. $7.00 Children's Coats, $4.97. $10.00 Children's Coats, $697. $1760 Children’s Coats, broadcloth, $12.50. $10.00 Ladies’ Coats, black and mix- tures, $647. $15.00 Ladies’ Conts, black and mix- tures, $9.97. -1 $20.00 Ladtes' Coats, black and mix- tures, $12.97. $30.00 Ladales’ Coats, in plush, with fur, $19.97. $10.00 Sample Skirts, one of u kind, $3.97. $10.00 Silk Poplin Dresses, $6.47. 9c Ladies’ Heavy Outing Gowns, 59c. $7.50 Ladies’ Angora Sweaters, $4.97, $10.00 _Ladies’. All-wool - - Angors Sweaters, §7.97. " $1.50 Children's Sweaters, 97c. $2.00 CHQM'I All-wool Sweaters, $147, _ * Y- ¥ FLEIWY -4 Best $1.97 and $2.97 Silk Waists in the city. 69c Ladies’ Gowns, 39¢c. 39 Ladies’ Drawers, 24c. 59c Ladies’ Drawers, 47c. 25 styles of Ladies’ Waists at 970, 39%¢ Ladies’ and Children's Ribbed Underwear, 24c. Root's Tivale Underwear, 470 up. Ladles’ Brassicres in needlework, 19c. Fairy Soap; 3/0. Ledies’ Silk Hose, was ex- the the ALL SAMPLE SWEATERS $4.00 Ladies’ Sweaters, $2.97. em- L had the and filled from the contents seine. Se is early Norwich never with the return of the Day, which had none of teristics of our own hollday with that title. The historian has nothing to relate or horse racing, of base ball games, or similar pastimes on day. Among almost as great strictness ancient. Hebrews. But. by conts a holiday of feasting, as continued. It was the bi ival year, the time for family gatherings and ' heart-greetings. The feast, of which the wild became the central feature, lowed by a social afternoon, then by an evening spent in eating nuts and playing blind- apples. telling stories, man's buff and similar hearty games. aturally, these two special seasons excited the mirth of the funny men and in time they began to be known as the two saint-days of as_expressed by a of that day; New England, or, domestic humorist, the Saint Starve and Saint Atuff. La history, in local first years of the Revolutionary War, there came a time when Norwich suf- fered from a ecarcity of sugar and molasses, and when the the town's Inhabitants found a stitute for contriving a Protest Against Enthus tion of the Deutschland. : _ | “Silistria came into possession of the Mr. Editor: As a Connecticut wo- |, SHsiza came tnfo possession of the man whose father fought for the o o 7 Union and whose early _ancestors | izler All Paska in 1388, and under fought for the liberty of their coun- try, I protest against the honor paid to a captain of the tvpe of German “Lusitania.” craft that sank the In one colum of my New York pa- per I saw the other day, “Deutschland received with enthusiasm London” while almost in the next the head-line was, “German sinks ship without Americans lost.” Are we still Americans of National hoonr or have we sunk to such sordid dtpths we still allow a foreign power to murder our peo- ple, heap insults upon our government and then because it puts money in our pockets, fawn on and lick the hand that smites us Yous, etc., FAITH RIPLEY ATTERBURY, New York, Nov. 9, 1916, Reply to Cloud Mr. Editor: lent that the people of needed hungry—from a lack of food, that it. They did do so, however, each year, he people of old-time Nor- wich, the annual Fast was kept with No food was per- mitted between sunrise and sunset. Thanksgiving was the latter necessity by substitute, molasses, as it was known; but this is e subject for a later story. THE DICTAGRAPH. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR warning—Five I would like to say a few words in reply to the letter in of a single|the Byzantines, the Bulgar by releasing his prisoners of war to go annual Fast vl arestion the rebel. When driven from capital, Preslav, signal succes: that revered | outskirts of the city. Simeon was idle, however, for while the undefended Magyar as among the it has since|abandoned the religion, westward and founding the kingdom of Hungary. day of the| When Simeon died in 927 he noon-day turkey carly was fol- ling who was unable to hold the pire together. Forty years after accession to the throne this ruler the latter now making their first simple but|pearance on Bulgarian soil under bed a bearskin ground. thrown upon Silistria_and for four years the remained in his possession, but at end of that time he was himself festivals of during_the as their ally, were oppcsed to his maining in_the land. ingenuity of the prince was forced to evacuate sub- coveted strongiold. While on his treat to his native capital, corn-stalk | was attacked by fthe savage them suffered the same fate which meted out to the Byzantine empe Nicephorus who fell into the hand: and a_half previously-—his head cut off and his ekull converted stic Recep- in celebration of his success. Ottoman rule the town flourished, the lower Danube. “During the nineteenth century When it became a possession of in New sub-marine with a sense sixth its former proportions.* of the canny Roumanians.” igger. 0% 7 your paper several days ago signed A Cloud Digger. I judge by the tenor of his or her letter that the writer has never kncwn the love of a parent else he (I take it for granted that the writer is a man) would not have it in his heart to censure Mr. keeping us out of war. m‘:ke- no pretentions to be an —y great man. State that our Jete at our Jeffer- as never a rebel any more | CaPil to d_J: perfect right to do. as it was a guestion of state rights that were involved. While the the negro question gland mill owners were ¢ children. One i was the New overworking the g rich_man who the down-trodden “poor ,"'“ apostles to those of Billy Sunday. I} one feels the ‘mawsh’ attitude getti; Possession of him 1ot him SEN It &5 would the plague. k * THE PARSON. Norwich, Nov. 10, 1916. aekson, their side simply se- e union which they If_the Cloud 11 inform himself he will find The Toss of n First district is Hartford, out in an irritating fight of personaiitics and a shrewdly ma drive on Oakey. ford’s big democratic case of the Waterbury vote with ‘Wilson for Mr. Wilson very learned No one who deny it. but they all had |19 well in a year of and narrow maj country shows—Wal as much of consideration of the really 1 nt-‘umnfl mufl‘“’(:fio situation. ke dfifi-moflfin— to educate have been the usual o about star players who are in and the u“t't: Er‘e‘:s‘. of Bave bean used se as to be discounted. One thing is parent, however, that the games’ and the forces of Simeon easily defeated prince showing his contempt for his adversary sending them back to their sovereign after having first cut off their noses. “Sumoning the wild Magyars to their aid, the Greeks soon turned the tables Simeon took refuge in Silistria which he defended with although he was power- less to check the Magyars who ravaged the surrounding country up to the very the wild pilagers were busy on one of their forays the Bulgarians descended upon villages, butchering or carrying into captivity all their women and children. When the returning ‘fatbers and husbands! found their homes desolated they migrating future succeeded by his son Peter, a weak- attacked from the south by the Greeks and from the north by the Russians, bold, hardy warrior, Prince Sviatoslav, whose food wae horseflesh and whose “Sviatoslav stormed and captured tacked by the Byzantines, who, though they had invited him to enter Bulgaria After offering-a heroic resistance for three months, Kieff, Pa zinakital tribe and, being captured by the Bulgarian chief Krum a century a goblet from which the victor drank coming for a time the chief city istria_changed hands many times in the numerous - Russo-Turkish wars. Czar in 1829 it had twice the popula- tion of which it boasts now, but after seven years of Russian occupancy, dur- ing which time it was held as a pledge for the.payment of Turkey's war debt, the population had dwindled to one- “In the Crimean war the Turks suc- cessfully defended the fortress against Alexander’s armies, but in 1877 it was finally evacuated and the following year was ceded to Bulgaria, in whose possession it remained until August, 1913, when, by the terms of the Treaty of Bucharest, it became the property OTHER VIEW POINTS : where the democrats won R majority was a increased. Why the o G S dency different from the rest of the state is a subject for reflection. Four congressmen out of five is doing ”“; American. L the election is out of the inter- there is grave doubt about. t} Yo Harvard and Princeton. Thers " sarmistsioriss ear about the various e overtrained T are all sold for 9¢, 14¢ and 24c. The Pasnik Co. SELL IT FOR LESS [P s e e e SR e | and his not ent against the second and third lines and all the works behind the first R st be dealt with by firing on the enemy batteries themselves: aerial observa- tion is required and long range guns. ‘The minuteness of the preparation is surely one of the most comfortiug features of ihe new war. It is gem- erally known that, in order to make sure that all the enemy’s works have been properly destroyed, photographs are repeatediy taken by aeroplanes. “All these photographs are submit- ted not only to the divisional staff con- cerned, but to all the company com manders who are to lead the attack: they are required to state whether they think that the destructioa is complete, and_ whenever there ap- pears to be a doubtful point, to send out & patrol to confirm by direct in- spection of the ground the results shown by the photograph. Then, and not before, the infantry attack Is lanched. Here begins the second stage. 2 ‘Everyone .acquainted with trench wastare knows what the rot difficulty | t| STORIES OF THE WAR\ New Modes of Warfare. Every day sees new methods of war- fave develop. The French are sspociai- ly active in devising refinements in man killing. Captain Phillips Miliet describes the latest tactics of the French army as follows: “I do not think that the most re- markable feature of the present ad- vance on the Somme has been suffi- ciently noticed. I refer to the econ- omy in_men. “All of us who spent the first twen- ty months at the front know that, even as late as in September, 1915, al- though we had many more heavy guns and shells, the connection be- tween infantry and artillery proved very imperfect and was responsible for re- | many losses. “Two things must be considered separbtely. First of all, the prepara- ; secondly, the attackitself. Teo| “The object of the preparation is to he|get rid of all the different obstacles which - may delay the advance of the infantry. Now, these obstacles fall under three headings: There ls first the barbed wire, then the defensive works _(trenches and _strongholds), finally the. curtain fire of the enemy's ertillery. “The destruction of barbed wire s almost _exclusively the task of the 75's; our gunners know exactly lLow many shells are required per yard of wire entanglement. “The task is somewhat more com- plicated as regards the destruction of the defensive works. Experience has proved that the best way to deal with the front line trenches, especial- Iy when they are not easy to observe, is to use exclusively against them an enormous number of trench mortars of all sizes. “Howitzers are only used at pres- was em- his was ap- the the city the at- ‘the | ti was up to the present advance. had been quite rightly assumed that| the attacking troops must only ad- vance under a protective curtain of 1 shells. On the other hand, as all the wires are cut as soon as a battle be- gins, one did not see how to make sure that the moving curtain of shells without going too fast or—which was would precede the attacking infantry a more ominous danger—too . “The difficulty seemed so insuper- able that some of the best artillery officers suggested that the only way out was to time exactly beforehand the movements of the attacking troops with the lengethening of the range. Any advance under such & sytem would have had to proceed according to sort of railway timetable. “Fortunately, another _solutlon was found, since the allies have achleved the mastery of the air. The connec- tion between the advancing infantry and the artilery is now ensured by the so-called infantry aeroplanes. “Each French division is provided with a number of these. Their task is to follow the advancing line, not in order to fire on the enemy, but sim- ply to report to the gunners and let them know exactly what is going en. “As soon as the Infantry has reach- .|ed a given point, the 76's are inform- ed that they must lengthen thelr range beyond it 8o as not to hit their own men. Information is similarly given if the infantry happens to be held up by an unsuspected obstacle, or it a German counter attack is seen coming up from the rear. ‘'The way in which this new device has worked on the Somme s simply . |marvelous. It is manly to this sclen- tific system hat the troops owe the fact that they have been able to ad- vance under a curtain of shells which moved continuously ahead of them at 2 distance of 200 or 300 yards. = “The main handicap the French are s still contending with arises from the fact that they have not a sufficlent supply of lon{ range guns to com- smash the most deadly German gun, the long range 210.” - Chiidren Ory POR FLETCHER'S CASTORIA was eror s of was into be- of Sil- the be good ones to watch, as every indi- cation is that there will be plenty of open play, forward passes and less of the tiresome, exhausting drives through tackle that have marked the game in former years. This will be good news to the gridiron devotees and ought to prove. easier on the plays —Bridgeport Telegram. From a large and = well organized middle western city comes a lamenta- tion that prosperity is dulling the ears of the well to do the cry of those in need. 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