Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 7, 1916, Page 4

o ) [’} | and Gendied . ' 120 YBARS OLD ¥ / ~ could be saved by a reconstrus the ction of was | quieklly dissipated when it became apparent that David || Lioyd Geérge was unfavorable to smy and all plans which had been ad- ) vanced to that. end. upon the Fostorfice at Norwleh,| to step down and out. It was a sit- 3 sred at Conn., e second-class matt Felephone Calls: - Bulletin Business Office 4s0. (Pitatin e 5 itorial Rooms 35-3. 3 g ulletin Job Offics 35-3. ) OrRmg a2 Cauron st Thursday, Dec. 7, 1916. - Norwich, (“"— i The Bulletin has the largest eirculation of any paper in Eastern icut and from three to four " Jarger than that of any in It is_delivered to over i of the 4,063 houses in Nor- wich and read by ninety-three per t. of the people. In Windham “i§ it is delivered to over 900 houses, L and Danfelson to over and in all of these places it considered the -local dally. Connecticut has forty- Eastern 3 o < postoftice districts, and sixty Tural free delivery routes. The Bulhun.“ll rso:’d lnn ;'Vfl town and on of he R. F. in Bastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION . 4a12 -5,920. ' THE CAPTURE OF BUCHAREST. | _The wireless _announcement from Berlin to the effect that the Teutoms {m! captured the Rumanian capital it nine towns, one five { uation where these two leaders, who had previously pulled togetheér had reached a point where they could mot longer agree. From the action of Lloyd @George, it is evident that he could see no such improvement from the plan of recon- struction as put forth by Asquith qthe situation Ademanded. He under- stood that while it meant a change, the nation's part in the war was not|ana get the t0 be so altered as to overcom repetition of many of ‘the serious blun- ders of the past and 'that is just what the country needs and for. an act. of no small significance to that country, but neither was that of Lioyd George, and it was because of the threatened loss of the services of that Weish leader, who has demonstrated his ability repestedly sinca the war opened in the vartous positions he has held, that the head of the ministry was forced to/take the action which he aid. The unwilingness of A. Bonar Law to organize a cabinet and take upon his shoulders the Tesponsibilities of the office in the, present time may not be surprising. ft may even indicate his preference ‘for Lloyd George who has been called upon to perform that duty and the latter's selection will undoubtedly cemmand the greatest confidence thyoughout the realm.- As a leader in, demanding changes, it must be revognized that he is the very one wht should be put in charge of them,, “‘GOOD TIME FOR WALKING. “This is the season of the year when the demand begins to be made for better ventilation of “the electric cars. There age doudtiess as many who are opposed to such as there are who want it. They seek a g0od warm car, in spite of the fact that they may all be .done up in cold weather clothing and regardless of the fact that the point and the alr as the result soon becomes stifling. The problem of regulating the air of & street car is therefore one of no 1l magnitude if all are going to e satisfled, but those who are de- votees of good fresh air, and” who have no great distance to go can find no better method” of getting it than by outdoor exercise and for that rea- son it is not surprising that there is always put forth at this time the plea for walking. It is the time of year by being out and it must be recog- nized that there is mo better exercise to be had on a moderate scale than walking. It makes a delightful change His Insistence | we're 'a lof hetter off than them people r-xsuu from the cabinet as |across me,-n-éu, minister of war brought the matter |over yet “That 'bell price 12 k; 50e a | to & head and it was quickly followed | ringing o e by the decision of Premier Asquith | I'us! as | & darn clamoring i The resignation of Asquith was | the east front on the irst floor, she's we, got all our flats full ko “That way sure, the . Janitor = answered. but the worst ain't you, iear . a. to _get e upstaits in & but you dom't sce me killing my- sel? hustling, do you?" “Well, not just at the present mo- meat,” ‘assented the neighbor. “What is it that retards you! Hay fever?”” “Hay fever ndtndug!” snor: the Janitor. “Its what I got evéry vear about this time. Folks think that all the trouble’s oyer when they set set- tled in their flats, hut it ain't. not by ight ot for old Bill it ain't 1t's just about what it {8, “Takes.a good while to shake down ‘Acquainted, 1 guess™ ‘Well, it does take a sight of time to get used to 'em, 1 grant you. And there's some you never do set used to. Now, there's Mrs, Strout, who lives in a terror. If there’s anything she found in the flat, that she likes 1 don’t know what it is, that's all. From now till next spring they'il be asking for changes and then, like as mot {hey'll move out and go to one of them fancy flats that are so full of dodads there ain't no place to five in. “Why, last spring I spent 30 cents and eight hours moving the molding up to the ceiling in that flat for a Mrs. Lathrop, Who said it wasn't stylish to have pictures. and so a molding was no more use than a appendix. So I stuck that there line of wood up THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Socloty R ——_ The Kingdom aof Lithuania—It's a dul: week in the chronicles of diplo- matic maneuvers when the birth of a new kingdom or the rebirth of an old is not_anuounced in the family of nations. The khedivg of Fgypt, a de- pendent of the Turxish sulian, was deposed early in the war and a sul- tan of the Nile country nthroned under the British protectorate; the Grand Sheree of Mecea recently so- licted felicitaticns in the name of the infant “kingdom of Arabia:” the Teu- tonic Allies only a few days ago an- car may be filled to the crowding |pgunced the restoration of the ancient kingdom of Pcland, much of the ter- ritery “ceded” being at the present time in Russian possession, und now comes the iehabilitation of the med- jeval realm of Lithuania, carved from provinces which Germany has con- quered and others which’ she. desires to_conquer trom Russia. Concerning Lithuania, from which, according to cable advices, the Gor- mans hope to- recruit 150,600 citizens for service under Field Marshal von Hindenburg, the National Geographic Society gives the followins infor when much benefit can be obtained | tion in a war geography bulleti “When the third and final dismem- berment of Poland was accomplished in 1795 practically all of the medieval principality of Lithudnia, which had been amaigamated with the kingdlom comes wWithout surprise. It has not | been indicated that the Rumans with !such assistance as they were getting [from Russia would be able to turn {back the armies which were closing ‘l‘n on the city under Generals Macken- ysen and Falkenhayn. Their recent ef- have been unquestionably de- wyoted' to the saving of the army and and at the same time invigorates, and especially for those who are employ- ed indoors, or spend much of their time there, if proper attention is given to clothing and to footwear, there is nothing much more beneficial than a brisk walk in the clear winter air. CENSORSHIP REVOKED. If' they have prevented their retreat <out off they have probably done that could be expected of them under the existing conditions. ‘The claim that Rumania was forced into the war months earlier than it intended to go in is borne out by ‘the success which has attended the m of the Teutons. They have But the surprising thing in con- with the Rumanian claim that should have launched such an as they dala into Transyl- an encircling movement Istart, were not prepared when they has worked perfectly from the thely lot with the allies is that ‘vania. |t there had been the hope that the _bluft would work, they now have an . _Opportunity to realize that it was a | jmistake. Had they attempted to de- fend their border and done so suc- 4 cesstully for the time that was re- ‘quired to have made the necessary | preparations, receive equipment and | [reinforcements, the pesent situation ' would doubtless have been prevented. There is, however, good reason for central powers feeling elated over /their gccomplishment. They have not ly_€ained valuable territory and uch needed resources but they have istered punishment to Rumania "made the task of the allles much difficult than it was even before entered the conflict, and they be denfed the credit which th it. BELGIUM'S PITIFUL PLIGHT. um has been a great syfferer the very apening of the War, It been forced to fight in spite of promises to respect its neutrality. 3 country has been laid in ruins, ‘the people made to undergo untold ties and sufferings aml now its and women are being deported Germany for the purpose of per- that country to carry on the against it and other nations. in addition to this slavery, which Germany has in the Been a strong fighter, there is ‘yalsed the new probability that (sending of relief to these people neutral and friendly nations must _This will be made necessary; is actually ‘decided upon, by the which is being followed by the ns dn removing the foodstuffs are produced in Bglgium for of their armies or in the father- ons have been poured into Bel- for the relicf of its distressed Germany figures’that as Belgians can deaw that tom the rest of the world, "produced there can be elsewhere, with the result the' neutrals and even fome of rents are even contribut- n sustenance - spite of hiful practices. The sit- ing to be in Belgium Same as it ‘was figured in Poland if - provisions 7 for the non- combat- ed to pass. It was of the fact that this n ‘mote supplles for since such help would the appropriation of the for other uses, which to send supplics to r—ot?o&b&t y. tions This is a country which stands for the freedom of speech and the free- dom of the press and with such in view it was with surprise that it was announced by Captain Knapp in charge of the American forces in Sans to Domingo that simultaneously with the establishment of mflitary law in that republic he had placed a cen- sorship on the newspapers, cables and telegraph lines. That this was more than this government could endorse is indicated by the action of the navy department in revoking that order. When_this country “steps in to take chérge of the affairs in Santo Do- mingo, which it does' of course for the benefit of those people that they may be sisted to rise above the state of revolution into which they have gotten, it is to be expected that it will put into operation such policies as are considered wise fn the conduct of this government. We have not gone in there to strangle those pep- ple and there is no good reason why there should not be received in this country the full particulars of what is being done, the action which is be- ing taken to restore order and to set that country right so that it can aggin take care of its own affairs. Such a censorship would not be toi- erated here and it cannot be there. The country is entitled to know what its representatives are doing there, the way in Which they are meeting the problems and the results obtained. With a censorship this is denied but, without it it will be secured and there will be no harm come from it. EDITORIAL NOTES. The president is of course aware that he has congress on his hands again. The man on the corner says: The task that is dreaded in advance is the hardest to perform. Greece isn’t the only country where cabinet makers fina it hard to fix things up to the king’s taste. Those who have had experience ought to know that it is always ad- visable to mail Christmas packages early. The greater the resistance which the Rumanians and their allies make the nearer the Teutons are getting to Bucharest. ‘There are only a few, who are ob- jecting to the way in which the weatherman is holding back the coast. ing and skating. The German 17-boats are causing about as much of a scare along the Atlantic seaboard as.the sharks did a few months ago. In connection with the many re- ported changes in the cabinet, nothing is heard about the place which Vance McCormick is going to be asked to step into. B A Texas banker has been-sent to prison for 99 years for murder. There is a charm about 99 when it is at- tached to a lease but it is a dead hope when it concerns a sentence. Berlin says that there were many belligerents aboard the hospital ship Britannic, which London strenuous denies. After the impression has got- ten abroad that it was sunk by a mine, is Germany preparing to.admit that it was sunk by a torpedo gor that of Poland necarly 200 years previously, pagsed into the possession of Russia. Its area’at that time was aboul equal to that of Connecticit, New York and Pennsylvenia combined. and com- prised the territory now embraced ir the Russian governments Grodno, Vilna, Minsk, Mouilc ebsk, and. Suwalki: Much of t is now occupied by the German arm- ies of the east front. “Lithuania is an uninviting regifon as a whole. It is a succession of fens and forests, ill-suited to agric pursuits of any sort, and the 2,000,000 Lithuanians and 1,360,000 Letts who inhabit the land gain a livelihood chiefly by the culture of bees and the raieing of cattle and horscs. The Dnieper, the Niemen, the Privet, the Bug, and the Duin: numerous oh through the countr: there are few elevations, the courves of these water- ways are usually extremely slugglish and epread over wide arcus forming extensive marshes. “The Lithuanians are an independ- ent branch of fhe Argan race, and ow- ing to the swampy rnature of their homeland: weré able to maintain taeir integrity as a people in spite of the fact that during the early middle azes they suffered constantly from inva- siohs by their more powerful ueigh- bors. The Order of Teutonic Knights and the Livonian knights of the Order of the Sword were cspecially viorous their onslaughts. upon the semi- savage tribes which adhercd to their pagan worship long after most of Bu- rope had accepted Christianity. “One of the legendary herces of Lthuania’s early struggle was Rvn- gold, but the first definite historical facts concerning the country and its chiefs date from tic time of Mendows, Ryngold’s_scn. This chiefiain was recognized by Pope Innocert 1V and ruled for 12 years, from 1231, bat the real founder of tie kingdom was the resourceful and statesmaniike Gedy- min, (1316-1341) who built tle city of Vilna, whick became his pital. He entered nto negotiativas with Rome looking toward thé Christianizing of his country and thereby sained a brief respite frem the depredations of the Teutonic Knights. When the .time came for the Grand DPrince’s haptism, however, it was found that the pagan faith exercised so strong a hold on the imagination of his peopie (hat the ceremony was - postponed. Gedymin extended the bounds of his domains far to the south, and cast, at the ex- 4perse of the Russians, and in his rec- ognition of the advantages of; Vestern civilization, as indicated by the wel- come whic! he lended to immi- grants he anticipated the far-sighted policies of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great. “Gedymin had seven sons who after a_protracted period of rivairy, mc- knowledged the supremacy of Olsierd, the most adroit of their _number. Olzierd's heir, Jagiello, founder of the Jawellon dyuasty, was. one o the most potent factors in the acdvance- ment of Lithuanla’s power. He in- troduced Christiadity in_ 13§7 and erected a cathedral in Vilna on the site of the anclent pf<an temple. By his marriage to Jadviga (or Hedwig) daughter of Louis the Great of Po- land, he eventually 'ascended the throne of that country unddr the ‘title of Wiadislaw, but following his death the two countries had separate rulers for 100 vears. The union of the twS governments under one sovereign in 1501 was securely cemonted by a de- cree of. the' Diet of Lublin #8 vears later. and from tha- time the history of Lithuania was merged into that of Poland. “At the beginning of the'15th cen- tury the Jagelions held sway over a vast domain extending to-the south- east as far as the Sea of Azov (ihe northern boundary of the Crimea) and embracing Kiev and Haji-bey, (the modern Gdessa) “In ‘Napoleon's Russian campaign the Lithuanian capital of Viina was made the center of strategy of ‘the French lines, and after the disaster at Moscow .the retreating emperor again visited the cit; lea it in disguise on the nighi of November 24th, 1812"° nlike their Russian and Polish neighbors, the Lithuanians have biue eyes, lightcofored hair and:fair com- commencing, that’s inst the cefling till it 100K~ g fNerce, Ad IJNIM'M and got a blood blister do- n, whea I tricd to col the 30 cenfs for a corner, she up an told the agent I was u regular holdup man. “Well, she moved out a_couple of mouths ago and Mra, Strout . she moved in. Say, believe me, it wasn't two days before she sent for me and said she got to have that molding lowered because there wasw't a° placy to hang pictures from. Seems it's sweil now to have pictures and she Bot a lot of pictures of great people on account of her husband being a counsel In some city in Italy—Vienna, 1 think she said. s “Anyhow, she got to have the thing put down again like it used to be and I had fo do it. She said it was the janitor's husiness to do odd jobs, and she gave me 25 cents, so 1 came out Detter nor hefore. I'm thinking _of buying a bungaloo up in Newport, but my wife would say 1 was exirava- gant to blow it all, so | may save some.” SSensible of you.” “Oh, Biil's got sense, all right,” the janitor agreed, calmiy. *Say. 'dom't that bell give you the willies? That's Mrs. Loomis calling and I'm onte what she wants all right. She wants them shelves took out of all the clos- ets and hooks put in to hang her dresses on. Say, you know, there was a party in there last year that gave me a_dollar to put them extra shelves in. Yes, sir, she did! She wanted ’em in goou and tizit, so her child could climb on and not get his head busted, so I nailed In about a thous- and nails. Say, don't you see Bl having some fun pulling 'em out.. A whie pack they was all keen to have plate ralls to stick their extra china on, bt las year they began tak- ing them down. Mrs. Frost begun it and when the others seen her dining room they all begin tq holler for me to come take theirs out. “It made vou think of a ‘ot of sur- gical operations find the way they get to going. My wife she wasn't happy till she got her tonsils out Lecatise her sister said it made her all over new. I ain't slamming nobody when 1 say her sister needed making over a lot, but I ain’t saying I seen any differ- ence in her. either. My wife got sick the other day and the doctor says it's tonslitis, and I ain’t figured it out vet. | _“Well, anvhow, that's the very way they do here. If one iady wants her swing door fastened bark they all got to have it like that, and if she wants the chair rail removel, too. 1 might we!l go ahead and do the whole place like it was an order from the agent, because it's going to be done sooner or later. I ain't afxious to quit this here job, but if T do I hope I'll get a building where the ladies will be satisfied with things the way they find ‘em. 1 guess there ain't my sccount- ing for tastes, but ! shoud worr: “Say, can you cas> your eve on that indicator and see what it saye? That's | a different Yell rinzing now.” “It says § B “That eets me.” =aid the Jjanitor, rising hastily. “If anybody asks vou why I'm slow you can say I been out to (he store to get a new shovel. This here that's ringing new is Mrs For- ythe. She wants I should see about moving the chandelier from the din- inz room into the hedroom hefore she has a party. I always hears her bell, somehow, the way she rings it, may- De. “More likely she keeps. her pocket book open periaps, for a tip or two?” “What, her?” exclaimed the janitor, as he paused in the doorway. ‘“Not much! It's her that is ister to the agent, thal's what."—Exchange. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lee and Davi Essentially Different Mr. Editor: I think that all fair- minded people will indorse what A Southerner has to say in regard to Lee and Lincoln. The noble character of Lee is now recognized by all— in the north as well as the south. He opposed disunion to the last. but fi- nally followed what he considered to be his duty to his state. His case is essentially different from that of Jeft Davis and others who had plotted di union for years and who remained intractible after the war. After that strugsle the desire of Lee, like that of Grant, was for peace. Had the south heeded his words the last vestiges of sectional feeling_would long since have vanished. What still remains of the bitterness engendered by the war has been kept alive by the south. Has any northern writer done as much to S{ir up old animosities as Thomas Dixon, Jr., has done? The south continues to regularly cast its vote for a certain political party regardless of the issues or ques. tions of the present day. The north, unprotestingly, allows a condition to exist whereby the vote of one South- ern man has the power in the elec- torial college of three or four north- ern men. It A Southerner wishes jo set an examplé of fairness why doe: she so persistently attempt to viilify the leaders of the Union forces while lauding the chieftains of the south? She makes sarcastic «llusions to one of your correspondeqts meeting Sher- man, Butler and John Brown in the next world. I do not think that any loyal American need be alarmed over the prospect of spending an eternity with Sherman or Butler. In regard to John Brown, it.would be well to remember the outrages of the border ruffians in Kansas which made him the fanatic that he was. Has A South- erner ever read of the murder in cold blood of his son by the Rev. Martin White, one of the minions of the slave power? She states that her only interest in politics is that of destroying the li- quor dealer. This is' certainly a com- mendable_desire, but those interested in_that business could use in their defense the principal argument she makes in defense of the slave-holders. She argues that, as the Nezroes were their property, the slave-holders were entitled to retain them and, if neces- sary, fight for their possession, no moral question, apparently, being in- volved. Were this premise trie the large number of people interested or employed in the liquor business could claim it as a defense of their posi- tion. 1f the mere fact of possession was the prime factor in such cases any established wrong could _claim Immunity. And certainly slavery could claim no other right for exist- ence. ‘John Fiske says: “And is it not g striking illustration of the slow- ness” with which mankind learns the plainest rudiments of wisdom and of justice, that only in the full light of the nineteenth century, and at the cost of a terrible war, should the most intellizent people on earth have g0t rid of a system of labor devised in the crudest ages of antiguity and fraught with misery to the employed degredation to the employers, and foss to everybody.” Respectfully, Windh Do < A READER. . Dec, ndham, 6. 1916, From a Family of Aristocrats. Mr. Editor: Just a word. Rebel General Lee was educated at West Point at the expense of the United States government, was appointed at the request of his congressman. AS to ackson I have nothing to say. 'he Lavd -zathered him. hom early, so he “cough balsams” their temporary effect endanger the health and even the lives of those who take them. Because it is free from alcohol, narcoties and dangerous drugs, Futher John's has had 50 years of success in the treatmen [] Medici: The stimulints and dangerous drugs which a m&ny and patent medicines depend on for of colds, coughs, throat treubles and as a tonic and body | builder. Father scription—pure and wholesome. Guaranteed. aldn’t do much harm. It is certainly coming down some for a southerner of any kind to mentlon the sainted Lincolft in Connection with rebel Gen. Lee, who was really the greatest fiz- zle as a general the south had. The entire confederation of rebel states “made subject to the will of the ihcompetent family of aristocfats of which he was 2 member. Gen. Kirby Smith, the Jackson she mentions, has Gen. Joe Johnson, Gen. Bob Toombs and “Jubalec” were all far above him in every respect except appointing or securing-the appointment of brutes to murder and starve Union prisoners af Andersonville, Libby and Saulisbury, N. C., prisons. 4 ‘As ‘to sending missionaries south to. reach out for those needs of the mis- guidea southerners, etc., etc, it would be useless. It has been tried and proved a failure time and time again. The only citizens of the south save those who have gone from othey sec- tions, worth saving are the intelli- gent, industrious Negroes, who have risen in spite of oppression. The old boot tops of the late Dr. Booker Washington would fit better In the kingdom of heaven than the souls of the brutes, either male or fe- male, who murdered, starved and in other ways abused countless thousands of Union prisoners. C. B. MONTGOMERY. Packer, Dec. 6, 1916, December Weathe Mr. Editor: To begin with, there is not now, and never has been, any rea- son why the self-styled—perhaps I should say Southerner and leave off self styled—should contuse the Cloud Digger with any Montgomery or any- one else. The Cloud Digger has in nearly 24 years'of continuous weathe: predictions never yet given anyon any reason to connect him with any- one else. an old friend from Voluntown de- mands the prediction for ,JDecember. So here coes. December ‘will be a fine month. Al signs point to another open month. There are four storm periods—one from the third to the 6th, one from the 9th to the 12th, an- other just before Christmas and a big disturbance the last of the month— possibly rain, but very probably snow. High winds from both southeast and northeast, No ice-cutting in Decem- ber this vear. Another December of much diseasc of pulmonary nature. But the nice littie slap from | John's Megdicine is a doctor’s pre. o Al ol g S ect - thei and wounde, “No H.n; l':.n‘" between the l.r-e:- es—one of the comparatively few tn- , permitted: moved freely immuneé from ln".l"“: bombs, the only concition being that they must not too closely appreach e German kept coming closer and ne an closer to the Canadian lines and was twice warned away and then, »s his purpose seemed oniy ton clear, Ctmatans sgrang over the parapet and, in_their own -m"n him. He was tgken onel, where he mmde an indignant protest againat his arrest. pointing to the “Red Cross on his sieeve. The colonel considered the matter and thought perhaps the roan was right and announced that he would send him back t5 his own front line under escort. Then the Gorman crumpled up and said: “Nein, Neis * He wanted to Dbe a prisoner and when he started for the rear he wore a broad grin. Brave Horses Decorated. The cavalry horse has always played a prominent part in warfare and there are several occasions when he hus been decorated for bravery. A short time ago, for instance, a Russian oili- cer’s horse was awarded.- a medil for “gallantry in action.” It appears that the animal's master was badly wound- ed and fell from the saddle. The horse evidently realized the officer's plight, tor it picked him up by hts belt with its teeth and carried him to safety. This reminds us that a Russian ar- tillery horse was awarded a medal at Plevna. A number of wagons ware sent with ammunition to the front line. As they were making the jour- ney shells began to fall, and all the horses, with one exception, refused ‘o move. ' The driver of one wagon no- ticed that one horse of the team did not seem a bit cowed, so he cut the traces of the other horses. There- upon the willing animal dashed for- ward and succeeded in pudding _the ammunition ‘wagon through the TNce. The driver was promoted and his ani- mal decorated with a medal specially struck for it. The late Earl Roberts was carried on the memeorable march from Kabul FIVE PART TR BEsSiE OV GLE FINE TODAY AND TONIGHT Nance O'Neil = The Iron Woman — LR L BLANCHE SWEET in “THE DUPE”] The Star of Many ALIGE BRADY z=- Will Appear Today, Friday and Saturday at the ~ Auditorium Theatre in a Wonderfully Impressive Photo Drama The Womanin4a” FUNNY CARTOON Win Daredeuit Goo: tariin_| COMEDIES SHOWS 2.3, 7, 8:40, PRICES, MATINEE 100, EVENING 10-30c Every Afterncon and Evening OLYMPIC HALL 2555 ¥ AMERICA’S LATEST FAD Roller Skating A Pleasant Way to Spend an Evening. Every Courtesy Shown ¢c Pa- trons. Skating Instructions Free. AFTERNOONS—SKATES 25¢ EVE~-ADMISSION 10z, SKATES 23¢ M from Voluntown may have kept track of my predictions, but T am to Kanadahar on the back of a gray Arab steed npamed Vonobel. Queen Thursday, December 7th—Ladies’ Night satisfled, with the letters I have re- cefved fime after time from nearly every state in the Union as many as a_score in one mail, written by peo- ple without nrejudice, complimenting me on what I know to be a fact. The rule I follow has never known to go far wrong. Four genergtions of sea captains in one family foliowed it con- tinually fbr 80 years and not onme of them ever lost a ship. The thermometer will zero three times only 1916. Better look over Bulletin advs. and get in a supply of srip medicine. THE CLOUD DIGGER. drop below in December, | STORIES OF THE WAR | Canadians Use American Indian and Trapper Trick. That success in modern often may depend upcn the employ- ment of some article or contrivance of ancient design and_cunning has dgain been demonstrated by the Can- adian troops in their most recent ad- vances against the enemy. American Indian and trap carrying great weights upon the hack by means of a leather . thong ucross the forehead helped the Canadians to go forward wien all other means of transport was difficult and through supplies thus brought up they com- pletely captured the famous trench, which hitherto 1 resisted all efforts. Not only did this particular con- tingent of Canadians take Resina trench, but they pressed forward un- der the fery shelter of a curtain of shells until they establisied selves in “Desire” trench. which con- stituted objective of supreme de- sirability When the Canadians were given ihe word to advance it was quickly scen that the wintiy mud would sosu play havoc with the usuzl methods - of bringing up supplics and without un- interrupted supply support ne attack could succeed. So. old troopers from western Canada suggested a scheme to the commandirg officer, who im- mediately called for voluntcers —for the “tump-line.” Hundreds of Canadians knew the trick and within a few moments three “tomp” companions were orzanized to bring up ammunition. Through mud, darkness acd hostile shell - firc this Indian file of men maintained an. end- less chain of supplics until the faith- ful army mule could again get to Work. Canadian dash ard daring did the resc and once they gained the trench there was a rush of Germans tc sur- render. Seventeen officers were taken in one batch an unusually large num- ber_to yield together There has evi- dently been a scramble from the open trench to the dugouts, many of which were found fairly gray-clad soldiers. Then follcwed aracteristic stances of the battlefield, In cleaning up the position, one dugout, under shéll-tossed eerth and debris, was overlooked until two stretcher Dearers searching for wounded up- proached. Much to the amazemest of these two unarmed soldiers, the Ger- mans began to pour out, with their hands high above their head. Half a score had emerged when the stretcher men thought the situation was be- coming a little too serions. Witk & fine spirit of bravado, however. one pointed to the dugout’ acor and in stentorian_tones shouted: “Get back there!” Meckly they obeyed and while one stretcher man Kept guard the other went for help and a haul of two score prisoners resulted. Two other stretcher bearers had picked up and were lringing in! an apparently helplessly wounded man. Suddenly a German shell burst over them. The bearers Aropped the stretcher with its burden and darted to cover in a fricndly sheil hole nearby. Much .to thelr astonishment their ‘“casualty” hopped off tho stretchor and started toward the German front lime. For- gotting thelr own safely in this new dilemma, the stretcher then took after their patient and overhauled. him, placing him again on the stretcher. ‘When examined, he was found t¢ have a very rerious leg wound. How he . to run puzzles the surgeons. After thie Dattle by warfare n Regina | bursting with | - | Victoria bestowed upon this animal the Kabul medal with four clasps and the bronze Kandahar star. Whon Vonolel died it was buried with pomp and ceremony in the rose garden near the Royal hospital at Dublin.—London Tid-Bits. OTHER VIEW POINTS Young old Mr. Depew is right. There is vastly more now than in former times to keep men and women active, interested, mentally alert—and there- fore comparatively young far along in life. There is no good reason why the average man who does not worry, who continues to be interested, who insists serve the trees and i ered those elms on Cols soon go the way must do something now or have to be taken down because of the menace glory of many New Enzland cities and great efforts ore made to keep them flonrishing. oleomargarine. more available as a valuable and in- No Charge Will be Made for Ladies Wishing to Skate. Children’s Matinee Every Saturday 10 to 12 a. m, 16 cents may not be 100 to -ave thos: we have left but ss the matter is seviously consid- ny street will We v will way be found to make dealers and res- taurateurs handle the stuft honestly, without penalising consumers? 1t ought to be possible to buy vellow ocelomargarine at the present price of the “uncolored article~Waterbury Re- publican. of the others. to trasfic. Elm trees are the May Be an Exedus. | Meridon must act or ours |, Boxes of food are to be placed in o the north woods for the use of hunt- will be gone.—Merlden Jourral. s b e ] maybe there will be an exodus of Something ought to be done about it should be made hoboes to_the north woods.—Cieveland Plain Dealer Fixriohe expensive food product. The old preju- Horaiitary Tt et Cheertalnces, ‘may not ive long and |dice ngainst Margarine has almost| o, "l S O g e Tat piiE Al 1A dups Hioke SF Mas|Giseppeared. Nearly evesybody: teday | The inte Mr. Shakespéars held thet suddenly—which is much the better | KnoWs that it is just as wholesome as} ' %, %, teq (hat Enotiah sparrows nree‘i’;!::r‘;a‘::rlongnx AT f-‘g‘hé: as palatable. ‘The discriminating palate | Mall boxes ou: In Tidi Barion uUp.” after a certain age and waiting |misses the unmistakable flavor and DR = ! drearily for dissolution. The wise ol | smoothness of perfectly fresh, sweet & s R i man knows how to be “sprs” without | butter, but the artificial product as rom the Commerce Reports. over-exertion,—Torrington Register. Of late there have been several ac- cidents of a serious nature about the state caused b ymotorcyclists bumping into the rear of an oxcart loaded with wood. Some newspapers make these affairs a text for urging that the farm vehicles should be obliged to carry rear lights, said accidents having oc- occurred after sundown. That is a sen- sible suggestion and makes for addi- tional safety. But the chief require- now made certainly tastes better than money, but to prevent the substitution of 'margarine for butter without customer’s knowledge. prevent cheating, but is it necessary meant to correct. Three*thousand tons of frozen ments most of the storage buited on the| wore exported from Seutk Africa In market. The tax is imposed by the 1415 but that more than government not because it needs the |oqualed by one shipment tiis vear. the It's proper to ased the upon this severity of t ttacks Pt to prevent it by a device o year’s cotton crop in such hardship? The remedy has be: ¥ A > come worse plhnn the eveil it wi Norway has prohibited the expors Can't some other |tation of coffee sabstitutes. « ment is for the motor® cycles to run at a moderate speed, moderate enough so that they can stop promptly when danger loomps up ahead. Endeavoring to emulate the speed of a cannon ball is very apt to end in disaster for some one.—Bristol Press. No doubt there is too much money spent in elections, ‘but it is not all on one side, nor is it confined to one state. least of al should the exces- siveness of it be described as corrup- tion in the one state which has not vet at least been exposed as indulging in it, while other states, notorious for wholesale vote selling, are passed over because they happened to go as the partisan critics wanted: We have read of these charges against Connec- ticut for vears and have walted just as long for the slightest bit of proof to support them. If they are ever proven we shall as strongly denounce those involved as anybody. But we do not propose to continue year after vear enunciating a slander just be- cause Connecticut will not ~vote as some thorists think she ought to vote. —Bridgeport Post. . Time was when several of our prom- inent streets were lined with stately elms. which cast a_cooling hadow in the heat of the summer and added to the appenrance of the thoroughfares. 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