Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 6, 1917, Page 4

This is mie‘:?% as of newspapers. increase in the postal rate would nat- urally be expected to be handed on by the publisher to the subscriber. With the present high cost of paper and other things which go into such pub- leations, it would be impossible to carry on the business otherwise. The situation would be that when papers or magazines were going from one coast to another, as they do in large numbers, the one receiving them would experience such an advance in rates that he could not afford to pay them. He would therefore be obliged to turn to journal$ nearer home, but which do not give him the Information for which he is seeking or what he may need in the conduct of his busi- ness. 3 A nation wide opposition was there- fore expected and it has developed. This legislation is in the form of a rider and as thé result of the claims of injustice which have been set forth it is promised that it will be prompt- Iy and effectively killed at the first op- portunity. It is the treatment which it deserves and it cannét get it any too quick. | A DANGEROUS INFLUENCE. England has long needed just such a public disclosure as has come in con- nection with the meddling In army affairs which has been done by Mrs, Cornwallis-West. It is not to be sup- posed that there will be news in the exposure in certain quarters but it is certain that it has not been brought to public attention in any such man- ner before. 2 If this is the result of the change which has recentiy taken place in the cabinet it is unfortunate that it did not occur a long time ago, for the kind of influence which this woman has been allowed to wield in the army has been one of the things which has contrib- uted to the weakness of the British military affairs. This particular incident leading up to the investigation and the report was of course not the first time since the opening of the war that therc hud been criticlsm and gossip over the in- fluence exerted by women in certain classes which was decidedly detrimen- tal to the army discipiine. It is per- haps unusual in this instance that the old order of things was not followed and the innocent made to suffer re- gardless of right or wrong, but it Is by that very outcome that England must be given hopes for better things. 1t is bad enough to have such a state of affairs brought to light in the time of peace but manifestly more so when a nation is at war and so much de- Pends upon its military organization. England must realize that it has ot- ten busy on this handicap none top soon and that it must be given con- stant and thorough attention if it is to be eradicated. fice at Norwich, matter. 300% 35-8. pletin Job Office 35-2. ‘Office, 67 Church St 3 (3 ‘The Bulletin has the largest girculation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in ‘Norwich. It is delivered %o over 3,000 of the 4,053 houses in Nor- ‘wich and read by ninety-three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is @elivesed to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100, and In all of these places it 15 considered tbe local daily. Eastern Connecticut hes forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty- £ postofiice districts, and sixty free dellvery routes _The Bulletin is sold in every own and on all of he R. F. D. ‘routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION ersseavies BATR SHEEP RATHER THAN DOGS. ‘When J. O. Phelps, Jr., commission- [ e animais points ot 2 has, that sheep raising in Connec- ' ticut has falled owing to the larse | mumber of dogs in the state, he un- | Questionably voices the opinton of | those who have endeavored to aid in \the redevelopment of this industry. _ Plenty arg the instances where whole [ flocks or the greater part of them " Bave been wiped out by sheep killing and whenever the question of Sheep raising is urged the answer that is invariably given is that such is ‘mpossible because of the number of o roving about the country seek- + img what they can devour. .3t is the opinion of Commissioner . Phelps that the . general assembly " Bhould be called upon to deal with this matter, and in arriving at that con- glusion he-is taking the same atti- { tude which is being manifested in many other states. Connecticut is not only commonwealth which is suf- from this menace . to sheep. P states throughout tho east are " In the same predicament but there is " & steadily increasing demand for more " gheep. They are nceded both for the " Wool and for food and it_is time that Steps should be taken to give the pro- proteetion to this business of rais- g sheep. The time has come when it must Be decided whether the dogs are to be preferred to the sheep. The need THE TIMES’ CENTENARY. In the observance of the one hun dreth anniversary of its publication, the Hartford Times this week issued what it calls its birthday book, i which 1is interestingly set forth the history of the paper from the time when its first number was put forth from the little print shop “two doors south of the Brick Meeting House” by F. D. Bolles & Co. January 1, 1517, until the present time. It reviews the steady growth which has been made by the highly valued newspaper in the capital city and deals with those who have been instrumental in mak- ing it the success which it is. There were numerous changes in the man- agement during its early days but for the past 77 years it has been under the skillful guidance of members of the Burr family, the late A. E. Burr, who took hold of it in 1839 having been succeeded by his son, W. O. Burr, who for over a half century has been closely identified with its affairs. As Is well said 1n its anniversary publication “Length of service is mnot the true measure of public servics but the Times has for a long term of years been a power for good in tne community and state in which it has been published. Had it not been it highly probable that its years would have been few, but the opinion which prevailed when it was started that there was a fleld for its endeavors h: and value of the latter are such that It ought to require no great amount ‘of aeliberation to reach -a decision. The dogs should go and in whatever action Connecticut may take in this Pegard it will be doing no different n many other states which are (Bandling this question without gloves. ENFORCING THE LAW. The state of Maine has always suf- severe criticism regarding its on prohibition because of she fact that it was poorly enforced. It has been richly rewarded. Connecticut has reason to be proud of such a newspaper and the occasion is one for congratulations especially from one which made its bow a score of years earlier and which trusts that its sec- ond century may be even more suc- cessful. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man om the corner says: Many a cold In the head gets its start i the feet. © Bbeen pointed to as an example of what = > -rnhfg?uon roalty doen Tabie Of Wimt| The legisiators are not the only ones | Drohibition state which qoesmt peac | WO are confrontea with long lists of Bibit. Tt has always beon eiatmed | Dills at this season of the year. that much liquor was sold in the istate, that the authorities knew about It begins to look as if Carranza had convinced President Wilson of the ad. visability of withdrawing the punitive expedition. it as well as those who were anxious ¢ to get it, and that very little was done towards checking the business,so that s the state not only winked at the thirst quenching parlors but at the same . time lost heavily through the casting aside of the revenues which might ©otherwise be obtained. B Governor Milliken, who was recent- & Jy elected, made his campaign on a platform which called for the en- “forcement of the prohibition law. Fol- Jowing his election it was announced that the drink places had suddenly decided to close and to the surprise their customers the bartenders on ‘& chosen night bade them good night #nd good bye, in recognition of the policy which they expected would be ‘put into -effect. - Now in his inaugural address, Gov- | ernor Milliken makes it evident that ‘he intends to keep his promises if " such is possible and he calls for the adoption -of a constitutional amend- | ment which will permit the removal { of a sherif for cause after hearing. This indicates that it is his intentions ~ts hold such officials to the strict per- o1 nce of their duty. He points to ¢ &: as the reason for the lax en- e ‘When the French government in- creases the postal rates, that may simply be another way of lightening the work of the censor: b3 The former governor of Arizona is not setting a very good example tc the people across the border when he refuses to abide by the vote of the people. The Rumanians may be doing their worst when it comes to destroying everything which might be used by the enemy, but that doesn’t appear to be checking their progress. Thus far the German raider is not boasting of its accomplishments on the Atlantic, even though a number of large vessels are missing. Possibly it has adopted the British idea of withholding the news. T'It is probable that Russia is re- moving all stores and provisions from the section which the Teutons are threatening, but this cannot go on forever unless they are ready to sac- rifice some valuable Russian territory. mt of the law and Indlcates the state is powerless at present ‘meke them do what is expected of If laws are going to be en- this certainly is a step in-the direction, whether prohibition or ng else happens to be in the Japan wants to know if there is any- thing to prevent liners carrying guns from going through the canal. If they are for defense purposes, the same rule which apples to our har- bors will probably be applied to the (TMENT THAT IS DESERVED | canal. opposition which has develop- he plan of adopting a zone sys- the second class mail matter With fifty dpplications for places on the roads, rivers and bridges commit- tee in the general assembly, it is not only evident that some one is going to be disappointed, but that there is po greater than was anticipated. alls for a change in the postal sections of the state. S A good head never wears a cast- off hat, but furnishes the hats that are found at a rummage sale. A good head is level and acquisitive and has the power of attainment It realizes that it must array itseif in a tetson or some becoming style of| hat and keep itself in the swim; but do not think a good head can always be told by the\ hat it_wears for it cannot. 1 saw Henry Ward Beecher oLce with a hat on which would have fared hard in a rummage sale it seem- ed to be so worthless; and I recollect a celebrated gambler who mever wore a hat long enough to get the shine off. Beecher's best was not in his wear- ing apparel;_but the gambler's best had to be. But a good head always buys its own hats however long it may wear them. The good head may be long, or round, or bald or shaggy, but it isn't flat on top and shouldn’t bulge too much to the rear. There is ro change of style in heads—a good head has been a good head in contour and appearance ever since the stars sang together. You cannot tell what the year 1917 will be to a man by the resolutions he has made. A good resolution is rothing but hot air until it has been concreted into habit, although it puts up a very pleasing front and is cap- able of tickling a fool nearly to death. ‘The popular saying that hell is paved with good intentions covers tlve good resolution habit. Most men of 50 have made good resolutions enough to reach from Norwich to Newark, N. J., and are more surprised by the ex- tent of them than by the effect. The average January good resolution has a weak and wavering life of about three months; it might have lived had it been carefully nursed; but it was sadly neglected and in six months it is deceased but not deplored. The good resolution has no hovering pow- er; its energy only seems to have been guaged for a day, and if it is not cherished after that it only lingers until forgotten. Do not inquire after the good resolutions of your friends for if they are effective visible results will ffot long be lacking. No one has ever been able to show the wisdom of living like a wretch in order to die rich. There is no virtue whatever in riches for that is vested wholly in the use man makes of wealth. Money has great power for good and evil and it has swept more | other | to the devil than any and it has done more to en men agent; lighten men and to free them any other factor. The value of a dol- lar to_man depends upon where it is put. Emerson says a dollar goes on increasing in value, with all the genius and all of the virtue of the world. A Collar in a university is worth more than a dollar in jail; in a temperate, schooled, low-abiding community than in some sink of crime where dice, knives and arsenic are in _constant play” It has been said: The man who does good deeds with his money stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass current for the mer- chandise of heaven. If you look about you the truth that wishers and woulders are poor trae men and poor housckeepers will be- come apparent. It is the doers who excite the gratefulness and admira- | tion of the world. The things we think well do and the things we hope tc do and the things we never do are just a three-in-one travesty— they do not even fill a_dream because there is no filling in them. Half our lives are made empty by the ifs and the ands and the perhapses of laz ness. Have you ever weak “I guess so!” looks when it is right up against “I will?” The world ard all that therein is does not belong | to any but the energetic. You can't| strike fire with an elastic band, or cart snow with a wooden horse. What | I-am-going-to-do’s name is Mr. Blow hard. and what-I-have-done’s name is | Achievement. As Sterling says: “Toil, feel, think, hope: you will be sure to dream enough before you die without arranging for it. What must have been the life primitive man when daylight darkness were his only measure time. He had no weeks, months or | years, no' Christmas trees or New Year's resolutions. He had work and want and peril such as we know nothing of; and was subject to tyran- ries and persecutions such as has fallen no other creatures and no other ages. He knew nothing of seci- ence, literature or art but was grop- | irg his way to higher and better con- ditions. He could not look back from the apex of the year and had a vague comprehension of what they were pughing forward to, but it seems as though “Onward” was the first label ever attached to the _spirit of _life which surged forward from the start. Nature’s “onward” is the thing which made man’s Eureka a possibility. of and of age the art of selecting a father-in-law is not secondary to the ection of a_wife, or the capture of a husband. Making prospects certain from the start requires sharp cam- paigning and skillful plotting. _ Get- ting right into the game of life considered no mean occupation. one has a better chance of becom! a victim than the boy or girl with financial prospects. One of the most 5 of getting a fortune is marrying it; and it is so much easier tc let some one else make it. The known fierceness of competition for fortunes does not make the young man whose good. character and effici- ency are his whole capital stock very popular as a ‘catch,” for we all real- ize it is a long, long way to Tiper- ary. The father-in-law is usually on guard asainst desizning individuals, but how often he fails in checking the matrimonial buncosteerers: & i . | wonder if drudgery really Is the gray angel of success. It may be to some; but many a successful person will have to confess that he never has kad a glimpse of an angel of that col- or. Industry and economy are the tree companions of Success, and he is rever found strolling alone. Success always_represents a combination; it is usually the fruit of fellowship. Drudgery has no right to be elevated to the realm of the anels since it Is recognized as a poor relation to work. He who regards himself as a drudge anywhere is twice burdened and read- ily discouraged. Pleasing phrases do not always ring true. Doubtless drudgery is gray for it certainly ranks s the great-sreat-grandfather of fail- ure. The world does not need any gray angels since it is _abundantly blessed with gray dave. ere suc- cess seems to crown drudgery it has been achieved in spite of it not be- cause of it. There is a good time coming, but do not exfect it to surprise you, for it doesn’t run on schedule time like an express freight, but depends upon conditlons which may or may not be within our control. It is not an easy task to tell just what a good time is. Man has good times in most of his in- culgences: and thinks he has in most of his excesses of which he not Infre- quently dies a victim. Man is so con stituted that he thinks he cannot hav a good time without idleness, or thinks he cannot have a good time with it. He is found in his erratic VMive interest in those subjects in many | judgment often on both sides of the | striving for in 1817. fence in many of the affairs of life. than | noticed how | sGuander: e i‘.hr'l.::d"l'm forty A_list of persons in each class was made out, and each was taxed in due proopriion for the pay and fitting out of one recruit, whom they were to pro- cure: two shirts, two pairs of woolen stockings, shoes and mittens - were requisites for every soldier; arms and uniform were furnished by the state or country. Each soldier’s family was in _the| charge of a committee to see that they were_supplied with the necessaries of life, for which the soldier's wages to a certain_amount were pledzed. 4 The whole number o fclasses during 1781 to procure clothing was 66. Dur- ing 1782, only 33 classes were required. In 1783, instructions were given to the representatives to use théir influ- ence with the General Assembly to ob- tain 5 remensifance agalast the Bve rs’ pay granted by congress to Sffcars of the Continentai Army. The manifesto of the town on this subject was “fery, dictaterial and extrava- gant, “Miss Caulkins’ History of Nor- wich records.” A few paragraphs will show in strong relief the characteris- tics of the people—jealous -of thelr] rights, quick to take alarm;, and sen- sitively watchful over their cherished liberties. These paragraphs rea “Where is the free son of America New Is a good time because it waits upon Opportunity, but half the world |don't believe it! The fruits of achievement presage a good _time for the successful, and the envy of most every one else. Good times and hard times are about as closely al- lied as light and shade. Nature doesn’t let us all gét gleeful at the same tim Sunday Morning Talk STOP THE WASTE. If a man wishes to bring a single useful ideal down out of the clouds of sentiment and make it practicable for the year 1917, why not fasten on the one above? For the next 12 months Jet him resolve to put an end to waste in_his own life. The personal problem is not unlike tl:at of mechanics. Your modern en- gineer strives to get from a lump of coal more of the heat and power that §ca to go up the chimney. He de- es methods to stop the friction, the lasting grinding - and grating in vleel and bearing that slows down the machine. IKach one of us, like- wise, should study to get the most and best out of the particular human machine he is in charge of. We should reduce the friction and stop the waste. Thousards of people, ce, are spendthrifts in the mat- of health. They squander _the ical patrimony as a profligate < dollars. Young people, es | pecially, confident in their abounding | physical vigor, make extravagantly beavy demands on the bank of na- ture. They are reckless and wasteful. Irheriting clean blood and iron nerves from simple _living ancestors they make no effort to conserve that mighty heritage. ! e in the first I3 t | piry is as necessary with health as with money. Here, t00, one should ive within his income. Stevenson said that one way of duty and happi- 1ess was to “earn a little and spend a little less.” The rule is a good one, however interpreted. Many a youth starting life with fine physical equip- ment has ended it as an invalid; while many a youthful weakling has come into robust and comfortable old age. It is because one has wasted his sulstance and the other, by right man- agement, has increased it. Money is another human good that people waste. It is not the invest- ments we make in the staple necessi- ties of life, but the coins frittered aw that leave us poor. If that sounds like the hackneyed moralities of the copy book, it is neverthelesy true. Small leakages will empty a reservoir as surely as larger ones— even if less rapidly. A dime for the movies, or for a cigar or a soda is ncthing, and yet a dime a day for three vears would buy a share of gilt- edged rakroad stock paying 6 per cent. a year. It you want to know whether you are going to be a success or a failure,” Thrift said the late James J. Hill, “you can casily find out. The test is simple and infailable. Are you able to .save money? If not, drop out; you will lose. “You may not think it, bui you will lose as sure as you live. The % in ice and above the con- e Vit neat engaged them.” “For @ free people, just rising out of a e slavery. into _ free prospects of a most glorious peace and ine lence, now to taxed without their consent to support and maintain a large number of gen- | tiemen as pensioners, in a time of uni- versal peace, is in our view, unconsti- tutional and directly in opposition to the sentiment of the state at large, and was one t in the wheel which moved a first -our late struggle ‘with _our -imperious -and tyrannical foes.” 4 Further and equally peppery instruc- tions were given at this time to the | representatives to urge upen the As- sembly the hecessity of Leeping a watchful eye upon the proceedings of | congress, to see that they did not ex- ‘ceed the powers vested in them, and to appoint acommittee at every ses- n to take into comsideration the *W of comeh :s, and approve :r wve, applaud or censure, the conduct of the delegates. - ‘Which goes to show that the fore- fathers of the town of Norwich did not osé to have any filiing of pork barrels in Washington, if they knew it! ot ke At no-period of the Revolutionary War were the peoble of Norwich actu- ally alarmed by the fear of a direct in- vasion, pt_at the time:of tim at- tack on New London, September §eh, 781, It was then rumored that Arnold, unworthy son of Norwich, inflamed with hatred against the country which he had betraved, and cherishing a vengeful spig# in particular against his pative town, had deternfined at _all hazards to march here and spread des- olation through the homes of his form- er friends and neighbors. Preparations were therefore hurried- ly made to reczive him. Goods were packed and women’ and caildren made ready for flight. The fiery patriots of Norwich wished for nothing more than that he should attemp:t to march upon their city, giving them a long coveted opportunity of wrecking their vengesfice upon the traitor. Just why Arnold changed his plans has never been oxplained; certainly he failed to march north, coctenting hi self with his sudden and transient at- tempt upon the sea-board. The last time that the Norwich mili- tia was called out during the war was in September, 1782. Benjamin Lefingwell w=is then lieu- tenant-colonel of the twentieth regi- ment. At seven o'clock in the morn- in gan express reached him with the following order: To Major Leffingwell: I have cer- tain inteligence that there is a large fleet in the sound, designed for some part of the Main—would hereby re- quest you without loss of time, to no- tify the regiment under your command to be ready to march at the shortest notice—also send express tc New Lon- don immediately for further news, and continue expresses as occasion may be. Your humble servant in the greatest “haste, SAMUEL McCLELLAND, Colonel. Wednesday morning, six o'clock. I have much more to sax_if I_had time. T am on the road to New Lon- | don from Windham, wherc express came to me last night. Before nine o'clock, the whole regi- ment had been summoned to turn out | with one or two days’ provisions, and | be réady to march on hearing the | larm The regiment upon the ground that day, as the returns of the orderly book | show, consisted of one ficld officer, | thirty-five commissioned officers, and | 758 men, in eleven companies, -under the followine captains: Joseph Carew, Samuel Wheat, Tsaac | Johnson, Nathan . Waterman, Moses | Stephens, William Pride, Jabez Dem- ing, Abner Ladd, Jonathan Water- b Samuel Lovett and Jacob De- itt. Orders at last came for them to march, but they were just ready to start when the order was counter- manded. Again an express arrrived, saying that the fleet seemed to be| bound in, and orders were issued to stand ready: one hour they heard that the enemy was making preparations | for a descent, the next that the fleet was moving up the sound. Finally, the hostile ships having explored Gard. | iner's Bay, flitted out of the sound, and the Norwich militia, after two days’ harrassing suspense, were dis- missed to their homes. When at last peace was declared, a greaZ throng assembled on the Green, ‘Janua Hiindreds of enthusiastic customers responded to this annual event. It is an Splendid values in Coats, Suits, Dresses, Furs, Shirt Waists and Skirts are at. tracting many, and while assortments afford excellent choosing, first choice is Coats Coats - Coats Suits Suits Dresses WERE TO $16.50 Dresses WERE TO $22.50 Dresses WERE TO $35.00 The Wt 121-125 Main Street affdrt long as a king's list could earn for them. “Jussy has a rich ecclesiastical his- and its religious buildings to- are in keeping with that his- Just as the rich Mexican mine- made penance for his sins and provided a monument to perpetuate kis memory by the single act of build- ing a fine church, so the »ich Molda- “ian boyar thought his career was not completed until he had built a reli- sious ecdifice of some kind. “With the surrounding forested hills these structures give the Kind of im- posing picturesqueness familiar to Americans in novels of the “Prisoner oi Zenda” type. According to Ru- manian _tradition, ~ this _region has staged wildly romantic incidents. “One of the most beautiful churches i the temporary Rumanian capital, that of the Trei Erarchi, has equisite, lace-like carvings over the exterior inciuding the towers, and was once gilded. During a Tartar occupation, wood was piled high around the bulld- ing and fired, in order that golf might be melted and carried off. An earth- quake 2id further damage to the church, but it was later restored. “Thii confiagration Is but one .of the vivid moments of the city’s his- tory. Her story abounds with pages of crimson and black when invaders with firebrand and sword _swarmed upon her. The Tartars burned the in 1513, the Turks in 1538, the Iussians in 1685. The Peace of Jjassy in 1792 was the closing event of the second Russo-Turkish war. The years 1821 and 1822 were stormy with cvents of the Greek revolution. there were greetings, congratulations,| “During the peaceful time preceding waving of flags, firing, drumming. |the present struggle Jassy had de- The following Sunday, the church |veloped an active trade. Railroads was erowded, all the people in their | communicated with Galatz, Kishinev best array, smiline and happy. The choir appeared with brilliant decora- tions and sang, to the tunc of Wor- cester, an ode written for the celebra- tion, of which the opening stanza was: seed of success is not in you.” Wheth- er we agree with the raiiroad king or not, his dictum is worth considering. If it be true, some of us must buy a nickel Bank and begin. Are you wasting time? If so, you are one of an uncounted multitude of your fellow mortals guilty of the same folly. At evening of an average, day think over its hours and estimate ‘how much time you have spent in mere dawdling. Rest. recreation, _ sane amusement must not be confused with dawdling. These, on occasions, may represent the best possible expendi- tures of time. But the hours of vapid, purposeless talk, the times when we just “hang around” the periods when we simply “kill time"—all these are the sheerest waste. In almost any' American village be- Behold a radiant light! And_by Divine command, Fair Peace. the child of Heaven, de- scends To this afflicted land. THE DICTAGRAPH. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society Jassy—When _Rumania’s govern- ment fled_from Bucharest to Jassy, it was the fifth European capital to'be removed from its regular seat and it tween the two oceans a larger or smaller number of youths and men may be found, evening after evening, at some gathering place or other, just “Langing around.” They are doing nothing positively wrong: they are do- ing nothing at all. A“small propor- tion of these utterly useless hours em- ployed in some lime of self-improve- ment or education would vield the richest returns in character and in competence. Yet they spend their years from youth to age in_the same fashion. Could there be a less intel- ligent waste of time? The worst waste of all is, perhaps, the nerve force spent in fretting and fuming over the unavoidable incon- veniences and disappolntments that ‘each day brings. Half the energy thus squandered might accomplish some- thing useful. Worry is waste of a black sort. Anger is like a hot box or a car. It clamps the . brakes against progress. Explosions of tem- per are like the steam let off into the air—power that never runs anything. People who want to be 100 per cent. efficient, instead of 90 or 75 per cent. will guard asainst the constant, smali leakages of power. They will heed a fundamental Gospel ~principie — “Gather up the fragments that noth- ing be lost” It is an ideal worth makes one of a quartette still away —that of France having been moved back to Paris after the retreat of the ‘Teutons from the Marne. In a bul- letin issued today, the National Geo- graphic Society, whose headqnarters are lere, says of Jassy: “Jassy, to which the Rumanian government was moved when the Central Powers threatened Bucharest, lies in the extreme eastern section of Northern Moldavia, just a few miles inside the border from the Pruth, which forms the boundary between Russia and Rumanfa. “Though hardly a fourth as large as Fucharest, it has always prided itself on having been the capital of ancient Moldavia, and has worn the airs of a metropolitan city, and kept apace of fashions of Western Europe in gener- al and of Paris in particular, as well as_Bucharest. “The population of Jassy is about 75,000, one ‘third of whom are Jews. Many' of the old-line boyar families, with lineages going back lons cen- turfes, retain their homes in the city, homes which were the centre of omielal life and gaiety until the princi- paiities of Moldvia and Watlachia united and the capital was removed to Bucharest in 1861. These old homes are stately, for they were built by sich land-owners whose principal oc- ‘was that of enjoying the lux- cupation THE PARSON. uries that a retinue of retainers as | ce an airplane descend, misjud ang business even on holidays, as your correspond- ent might have very easily found out. Probably no one would more quickly claims dollars, and Czernowitz.” LETTERS TO THE ELITOR Nothing of Consequence From Imme- diate Sale. Mr. Editor: Two or three days ago, a letter appeared in your columns purporting to come from a depositor in the Thames Loan and Trust com- pany, who omits to sign his name, sug- gesting_that the affairs of that com- should be very quickly closed up by selling at auction or otherwise at once such property as still remains not yet converted into cash. Any one who cares to know definitely faccurately about the affairs of that_company can learn them by see- Ing me personally at any time during hours or in the evening or complain than vour correspondent if every effort were not made to realize as much as possible for the depositors. If the course which he suggests prom- ised any reasonable return, I should very quickly adopt it. But there are involving many thousands of some of them in litigation, upon which nothizg of _consequence could be realized at such an immediate sale. Very truly yours, AMOS A. BROWNING. Norwich, Conn., January 5, 1917, STORIES OF THE WAR Misadventure of a German Aviator. At a British aerodome at 3 a. m. on the Somme front the officer on duty sappening to be wide awake, heard the sound of an aeroplane engine. He inew perfectly well that no British nachine of his squadron was aloft. The officer, donning a_dressing gown sver his pajamas, strolled outdoors in Fant o nih_shelfnits 06 Wiat gl appening. _He was just in tim dge the landing, dnd sail off again. of machine was unfamiliar; picions were aroused. The machine, dimly seen through the faint gray mist of dawn, seemed in perplexity. Eventually a rocket was fired, The officer hastily got a flare-pistol—one of the necessities of every aerodrome—and fired a signal light in return. That seemed to sat- isfy the pilot of the machine, .who maneuvered for a landing. It did not take long for the British- er to grab his revolver ,call out the guard, and make ready to receive the strange visitor. The machine came down_siowly, and the black cross of the German' flying corps was plainy visible on the under wings. “Surrender called the British offi- cer, advaneing with his men. Some loud German curses greeted this or- der. but the two men in the machine, caught at a disadvantage, held up their hands They were disarmed and placed under arrest. The young offi- cer weni off to report. The major in command was sound asleep, dreaming dreams peculiar to his rank. The chief point was that he did not wish to be disturbed. The young officer knocked at the dor, opened it, walked in, and saluted. “Exguse me, sir,” he sald, speaking with- whatever dignity a bathrobe and pajamas alorded. “I've just captured two Germanms and a brand new air- plane.” “Withdraw from my room, sir!” the major in command shouted, violently, The type his sus- rudely ~and - somewhat ' profanely. “Enough of these practical jokes at this hour ‘of the morning. I shall see to_it—' “Excuse me, sir,’ said the young officer. “I have to report that I've just captured two German flyers and a new Hun machine.” The commanding officer threw off the bedclothes, confronted the subalt- ern and demanded the prisoners. “Produce them!'” he shouted. “Pro- |duce them, or T'll have you properly punished for lack of respect and disci- pline. The sudlaltern led the shivering ma- jor outside. There, in the chilly dawn, stood two abashed Germans be- side their airplane. The major's comment was laconie. “I'm d——d'" he said. The Germans, it seemed had been doing some night flying and had lost their way mistaking the British ‘squadron for one of their own. “Give these officers some breakfast,” said the major to his orderlies, “and itelephone the brigade to send amo- torcar to take them to headquarters. "Il keep the machine here for a day or two; there are some thinks I'd like to_know." Then the two British officers quietly went back to bed. \OTHER VIEW POINTS | The newspapers of Dayton, Ohio, have raised their prices 100 per cent. We presume their readers have raised the deuce about this, but if somebody doesn’t raise some newspring paper pretty soon and raze the cost the manufacturers are putting on it, a lot of newspapers in Dayton and else- where won’t have anything left to raise but mcnuments to their mem- ory.—Hartford Times. There must be great encouragement for the Episcopal clergy in the an- nouncement that, $4,000,J00 have al- ready been pledged for the $5,000,000 penson fund which is desired to put the pension into into practice. There is @ cool $1,000,000 vet to be raised. There nre sixty days in which to raise it. There are thousands of Wealthy church members in all parts of the country who are in & position to give to It or who, having given, be able to give still more. That Raationa 31,000,000 ought to be fortn- coming within the allotted- time.— Waterbury Republican. In New Haven last August a young man was arrested for opersting an automobile while under the influence of liquor. His case was nolled. Last week this same individual ran into a girl as she was crossing the street. He was arrested and subsequently pleaded” guilty to driving his machige whilé ‘under the-influence of liruor. He was fined $100 and costs n_the eity court. Obviously something more ef- fective is needed in such a case than fines. Courts have been too lenient. They have apparently refused to rec- ognize the seriousness of permitting drivers to think that a fine would, on a pinch, be compensation for a life— Meriden Record. ‘There is no more reason why the dog should prohibit sheep raising in Conecticut than in England or Scot- land, where he is an aid to the shep- herd and is never a danger to the sheep. = Moreover, it is a fact that milliond of sheep are raised in some state where dogs are quite plentiful but if they become a menace fo the sheep business are never allowed to do so. The meand which restrain dogs in one country or in one of our states, can be applied here if need be, and equal fmmunity from danger se- cured, It is singular that we should submit what might become = great and valuable industry to the threat of such\g danger—Bridgeport Stand- ard. We've seen hundreds of cost of Ii ing editorials in the Jast few months, of every length, style and quality And here's one of about half a dozen lines from- the Nevada (Afk.) Pica yune, that looks like the best of the Jot: Yes, these are hard times. Wé throw away ashes and buy soap. We raise dogs and buy hogs. We grow weeds and buy vegetables and brooms. We catch fish with a $4 rod. We build schoolhouses and send our chil- dren to be educated away fram home And at Jast we send our boys out witl a $40 gun and a $19 dog to Jhunt ten- cent game.” Doesn’t that, tell pretty nearly the whole story?—South Norwalk Sentis nel. Just now when there is a shortage of paper, real or artificial, some facts about paper and paper making are very much in order. Wood pulp 15 not by any means the only raw mate- rial available for the manufacture of paper. It is the handiest and by far the cheapest; that is all "It has been estimated that there are mot far short of 1,000 diffedent ‘substances out of which paper can be made. A firm of American paper makers has a book containing 660 leaves, every one of Which had been made from a different sSubstance. But, . unfortunately, all of the many known paper-yielding fibres and other similar vegetable products, save only a few, are either oo expen- sive in themselves, or else they cost too_much to manufacture into paper, ~New Britain Record. Q ick-Acts ™ B o dove St TR bL BEECHAM'S " PILLS Lorpest Solo A Ml e e i T-—- ‘Y,.:': LISt '.‘p ol 5