Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1918, Page 4

!nvhwotmu:mzfiu»uzn keeping with the laws of ‘their own permitted to dodge his- pl.rt by ing to- this country or that a young man in .this country should be per- mitted to go to Canada in order to in- crease the burden of others. Yet that is what has been dofie and that is what the new understanding is going to put an end to. It is a move In the right @irection and it would have been well - if these - countries could have mchad an agreement thereon bef e i YRS, iy BRAZM. [EXTENDS AO'I’IVH‘V uucn ‘Interest s attached fo the.an- ¥ which has just been made CIRCULATION fo the effect that Brazi] is 10 put its fast cruisers -and destroyers into ser- 1901, average ........ooesec. Mfl vice for the purpose of combatting the ¢ / extension of the submarine “zome to include the Azores. It was the treat- ment which was accorded the United States as a neutral which drove -this country. into the war. Our entrance did much to offset the effects-of the ruthless - activity: of the underwater boats. For much " the same reason Brazil declared war upon Germany and now that country is goinig to use |its navy for the same kind of service _which this eotintry has sent out its warships, and they will be utilized to bleck: the projected work of the kai- ser’s submeérsibles in . the: extended zone,. Brazil has beén disposed to’ follow up its declaration of war by getfing into the' fight. , It has already been using its ships for patrel serviceé in the South Atlantic that the allied ves- sels might be relieved and it has turn- ed over to France a number of the German ships which were seized in its harbors. In' both instances the con- | tributions ‘were of no little help, ‘but now it is going to increase its help with its navy, not only for the pro- tection of its own shipping but for “The purpose offfupholding the freedom of the seas. And it is not improbable that folowing the adjustment of its interior conditions which have been mads uncertain by German propaganda and plots that it will latér on be send- ing an army“to BEurope to fight. the arch enemy of humanity and democ- racy and assure freedom to the world. A CHANCE FOR MANY TO HELP. Many suggestions have been ad- vanced by thése who are doing their best to improve the food supplies and who know just -what the prevailing conditions are. Among them gre:the planting of a garden, the raising ‘of more sheep and the production of more pork by having zm:h family raise a " pig. There are.a great -many . families who cannot give any assistanee what- 'h l* » weeks | —-’a s Entered at ce at Rmh, cana.. as ;ev‘: matter, - Willimantic Office, 625 Maln Street. Telephone 210-3 Norwich, Saturday, r.b. 2, 1918. 1905, average .....eoee MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- Iy entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or mot otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. “Right is More Precious than Peace” SRSt —————— RELIEVE THE COAL LINE SUF- FERING. Have yon been so unfortunate as.to| be forced to stand in the coal iine in order to get enough fuel to make an effort to keep one or two rooms warm?|, If you haven't it is impossible to ap- preciate the hardships which hundreds of people are undergoing every morn- ing. These coal lines do not form just before the copening of the offices but those who are in need of fuel, and the number includes not only young peo- ple but men and women, many of whom are considerably beyond midale aze, begin to eongregate at four o'clock in the morning Jn order to be sure of geiting their order filled when the offices open at seven. With the weather as it is now just over ten above zéré waiting in the oper air for one, 1¥6 ox thrés hours is a 'seri- ous matter and entails suffering which ones who live in big eities,"but there are millions of people wha can give their Itelp in oné if not all the ways suggested. There “can bé increased production on the farms and there ‘is an opportunity for . a great -many. ‘householders on the outskirts of eit- ies to plant a garden, raize a pig or a fleck of (‘mm«flns Tt not only means larder but 2 large B made to- of others who. are Hot ted "natever adds_ to firte produced mieans just v.-nrds_ rho so well” s the' foo ought not to be piled on other hard- | that much more, avatiable “for _the ships. And it should be remembered | NogAs of OUDLEY . Our, . solitersd - that it would be the same if the mey- | @Proad and the peopie and armies of cury was {lve or more below when it | those countries who are fighting. with is tealized that there. are those who| US. L are obliged to wait and seek several| any people would be’ willing to days in cuccession before they can| shovel their oin “coal if they could get their order taken. get the chance. Others would be only This is a situation which ousht to| 100 SI4d to give their help in a like be changed. There ouzli to be some| manmner in contributing to the food re- place where such lines can form where | quircments, and.there can be no ques- they will be protected from the cold| tion but what if everyone who has the and such could be dons if the town|OPPortunity to do. so will put his hail or the corridors of the city hail| shoulder to the wieel and heip to lcok rouid be thrown open for the use of| ont for his 6wn needs in spare hours these people and the representatives| that a vast amount of assistance will of the coal companies would take ‘their| be provided. s orders there. It would keep pcopis who-are undergoing much distress al- ready from standing out bleak winter mornings in the coal line, Whether this or some other suggestion is adopted some move ought to be made and made at onte to relieve tais ad- ditional and unjust hardship. EDITORIAL NOTES. February is a short. month but it came in giving us a’cold shoulder. It is barely possible that the ground- hoz might be susceptible to camou- flage. THE CRITICAL YEAR. Monday isn’t playing such an im When President Wilson appealed to | Portant part in the business world the farmers, as he did in his address | it used to. which was read to the agricultural conference in Illinois, to stand by the nation and do their part in ¢ontribut- ing to the victory it must have been realized by each and every one of the hearers that there is a large service which all can and should render. And it could have brought no surprise when the president in displaying his confidence of success declared his be- Hef that “the culminating crisis of the struggle has come and the achieve- ments of this year, on the one side gr the other, must determine the issue.” We have been brought to realize in the past few months that this country is destined to play an even greater part in the war than had been antici- pated by many and that we must mest expectations in the way of furnishing a fighting force as well as providing the financial and industrial require- ments which have been sought. In addition to the encouragement which we have seen given to Germany through the action of Russia and the drive into Italy, we have; witnessed the demand for peace in Austro-Hun- gary. We have seen the éffects of the Russian revolution and”the peacs|- New England will not make such clamors of Austria upon the people of | strenuous thon to porkiess Satar- Germany, where at the prefient time| day as it would if the demand was for labor disturbances are causing no end| a beanless week-end. of trouble. Tt is a situation in" direct contrast _to conditions among the en-| Tt s of course a very modest ap- tentn nations.and it cannot help but|DPeal Which the raitroad men of -the show -that ‘by taking full advantage| country make In asking for a yearly of our opportunities we can carry this| Wage incréasé of $500,000,000. struggle to the quick. and favorable _h decision that is desired.. Such will not| For some reason or other ‘Washing- be assured, however, by any relaxation | ton doesn’t appear to. be taking the of effort on our part. 5 répresentations regarding the fuel con- ditions in: New England very seriously. Criticism rolls off the weatherman with much the same readiness that water does off a duck’s back. ‘ The man on the corner says: It is trolley . car. this winter is a bright mile. 4And in the meantime do not forget the help which you can render by lay- ing in a stock of the war savings and thrift stamps. We may have been overlooked by one or two of the blizzards but there are none of ‘the cold snaps which have passed us-by. This is no time to wail about the good old days.. Everyome should get down to business’and make the most of the present. Those who are the most pleased wher they have hard problems to solve are finding plenty of entertain- ment these days. L OON'CNF’NON AGREWENT Afler our present- expériencé 1t ‘is With the arrangements’ practically possible that congress can be encour- all made relative to the enforcement| zgeq to start an investigation for the of cénscription in this country, Great Bitain’ Ghd’ Cadada or Y8 Riblect purpose of stdndardizing our winters. of these three countries, wherever in| 1f it is so that Turkey intends to those countries they may: be found,|sue for a separate peace it is probable there promisés fo.be a.prompt check | that it realizes that if it waits much placed upon’ those men liablé :to- mili- | longer there'll be nomug left to seek tary duty who have attempted 'to|peace for,. p dodge it by taking up “their ‘residence - outside the limits of their own:coun- try. The governments 'of these coun- | fort out of ‘the helitt! tries have been at Work ‘upon ‘this|ican army because ] arrangement for some time and ac- | training, but they should - remember | cording to the terms of the agreement | that it was'r at: nwy subjects of each country will have the| were. referzing s o option of returning home for service|ble little- ‘w -bat ‘such talk is flfl mthmexrmmummcm induiged in today. German experts may ial” - day, a feat not lMkely to-be duplicated ever in this direction. They are th¢| {requent that the warmest thing on aj clergyman ventires 0 will "anm :}m you” is a most unfortunal things to children. dood people oum - |long ago have dmovmfl that invok- ing an’ overwhelming “fear was far from being the correct way of pro- moting righteousness. If in human affairs no one can love the man he fears, how in spiritual irs. can one be led to Love by fear? It was Victor Hugo who ‘called our attention to the mct“tht of 5:1 'fht x’na:o;tlr na.ntsfis eppifed to Deity ure, flmest ‘and best. of them .all ve and love to love perhapl is best expressed in the afirmation “If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.” 1t is a shame to attempt to make.. chfl- dren afraid of God when we have assured ourselves that he is more pa- tient and compassionate than any earthly parent. can be.. Where man has anger God has pi! - In high quarters among the peace- loving peopie of the werld there is an intense conviction that-the peace to be must be followed-by a league of na- tions. And some one:has ventured to .call attentiont to tha fact that an alter- mative to a league of nati is a riot of ‘damnations. Theé war is sure to leave the nations” with a two-horned dilemma, and they will be forced to choose. between : “Utopia. and U-beat- The good things which have been turned to . evil - usés. canndt be sup- pressed; but they must be repressed and put. out of the diapolical services to which they have been ° dedicated. The way has not yet been discovered to make man permanently peaceful, but a way must be found to impress | him that the setbacks of armed con-: tention cost too much to be- indulged in. The world will need a period. of time as long as tkat lying between Alexander the-Great and Kaiser Bill in which to recover U.a balance. Although trldififl!l“’ Friday is -a black. and uncertain day, and there is no end of prajudice-against-it; be- cause of its relation to wickedness in the hazy past, it has had dits victories as a day. of great deeds .and generous impulses. . England at .theé.end of a three years' war recognizes Friday as the week day of greatest:gen: tyl in this time of Bevere stress. It was on & Friday that -theindustrial” city of Manchester led .all -other r¢ities’ in:the realm by subscribing to’support -the war of -defense - $8,750,000-in~a -single by any other eity in the empire. ‘Hence Friday is now- being. pointed-out as “the day of - greatest igenerosity.* Those who hold Friday- in ill-repute would soon lose their prejudice against the day were they aware of ail the good things te. its-credit Those people: who still- insist that Germany has plenty of food and are teiling the American people so -would @nd it difficult: to tell how the German government’s - Christmas . ‘present - to the English prisoners was so generous —five hot potatees each, which with slices of bacon sent from home, dis- tinguished the bill of-fare on that day from others.. To -say that an indus- trial nation- which imported twenty- five millions worth of foodstuffs annu- ally before¢ the war, and has taken four or five miilions from the fields of produétivity to-carry -on.the war, with such a loss of man power and with blockadea ports, is .as ridiculous as ‘that other saying hea#d here oceasion- ally that Germany's man power is greater than-ever, when more than four million men. have - been ‘either killed. or permanently- crippled. This Kind of hot air~js;not .worth giving ear to. i : i Hew faithfully history repeats itself. There never was a tyrant that was not both a liar - and- a blasphemer. ‘When Catherine crushed the Poles she assured her people God was aiding in her unholy work; so also did her grandson, Alexander, “whose icy touch, feit all about, put every fire uf free- dom out”; and so did King Louis in his coercion of the Spaniards bring re- ligion’s name: to gloss the thing: The, Kaiser says: “God is the uncundn'unal' and avowed ally of the German peo- [ ple,” whose savage and uprighteous.) acts leave no doubt, as old Elder Swan would -have said, that “they urc sulb- ject to the orders of the world’s \r'!rst, diabolians!” The Lofd is not pledged: to support Germans or Russiang cr| any other people except those who stand for the righteousness He repre- sents. : The world just now seems to be pes- tered with prophets. It is a well sea. soned prediction that the working class would gain ascendency in this country and elect their president in 1920. It was not dreamed, however, that they would_overthrow the Russian-empire assure us that’ “democracy and the same time on its trial and in the crucible”; and this is'so ‘apparent that the blind can have'no6 doubr. as to the truth of it Demoéracy has got to demonstrate Something more than e spir¥ of brotherhood ling 500d ‘sénse cannot it 1s ‘to’successfully di- rect the affairs of govemnment. It would improve ‘the situction if less advisers weré venturing to tell the people how much they should enjoy themselves in° practicing self-denial. Fivery human being ought to know there, is no fun in it, if there is needed discipline and léssons of merit. For ohe I am heartily sick of the volume. of edvising ang ‘campaigning and driving to attain-certain ends. “It is a famil- iar fact that many people like to get in the push to themselves avoid being pushed; and like to act as criers with reference to what we should do rather than to becorhe ‘dders themselves. Self- denial is important if Well stated, and necessary; but ‘cheap “talk and high pressure are not promotive.of good temper or good- ‘work. Zeal for con- spicuity seems ‘just at’ present 'to ex- ceed the ambition’ to ‘get something soft to do instead of something peril- ous. Let us be as fational as possible. bt ichie ety The Bishop, London must be a pessimist. -is quoted ‘as having said: “To fail-mow is to fail forever.” This is not the, spirit which has kept the human race évolving for uncqunted ages. History shéws it has failed in its imagry and in its hopes and in tts avowed purpese “thousands of times. The greatest power has always been shown by rising- up. not by falling down. The nations of the past who scught power instead of goodness, rule instead of justice, have been wiped off the face of the earth, to ‘the last man; and ‘wherever -injustice. has seemed to have installed itself perma- nently it has been overthrown by the power of righteous hope and endeavor. There is no such word as fail in_the eode of righteousness. Righteousness may be knocked down, but it will not stay down. a good soldier in the world’s cause ‘in importance is %eing a dependable, workman, regandiess . of Next to being sex.. Man power back .of the lines is as necessary as power _in -the trenches. Lack of man. -pover teday ls putting .in*doubt the it. world copfiict. - T} hl e been called. in by .millions. b'wk":# od.. the. i e g o men e fron| waring eaua&!e?. and of Norwich and New Britain, He was \Writun smfly for The' Bulletin.) The pame of Gurley is. a familiar ¢ne in Eastern Connecticut, and as !;r back as 1764 had its representa- tive -in- Norwich in the person of ‘William Gurley, silversmith. As might be expected, he was of the Mansfield family, and he must have been an en- terprising n, for, . like the hustling merchants i( the prgunt day e know of him wholly by the fact ha advertised in Norwich in John Hallam, a New -London sil- versmith (1752-1800) has been refer- red to earlier in these papers. Benjamin Hanks (1738-1810) was a prominent personage in Wirdham, ‘been | Litchfield and Ashford in his t)g!el ut |, He was born in Plymouth, Mass,, his advertisements appeared in Wind- ham in 1777-79 and in Ashford in 1780. He must have been an inven- tor in advance of his period; for at the October ‘session of the General Assembly in 1783 he asked for the ex- clusive right to manufacture air clocks, which was granted. The memorial he presented stated that he had “invented and-executed a |- clock which winds itself by the ef- fects of air and will continue to so do without any other assistance until the parts thereof are destroyed .by friction.”, At that time he was L\vmg in Litchfield. It was Benjamin Hanks who sold to the town of Amherst, Mass., its first church bell, in 1793. Of Thomas Harland, of Norwich, enough has already been written; so we will not dwell on his career, in completing this list. The homestead ‘which he built in 1779 is still stand ing at Norwich Town and occupied By members of his family. In front of the fine old house and surrounded by its piazza are two large elm'trees said to have been planted by one of his apprentices, Nathaniel Shipman in 1781—the year of the Battle of Gro- ton Heights and the burning by Ben- ;\ilct Arnold of the city of New Lon- on. His son. Thomas Harland, Jr., also| a_silversmith, has aiready been men- tioned. Next in the list comes Eliphaz Hart, born in -New Britain in 1789 and died in 1866. He learned the trade of. his brother Judah, settled in Greeneville, ;i suburb of Norwich, and there Be ed. Judah Hart, referred to above, of | Middietown and Norwich (1777-1824) was born in New Britain, but began business in Middletown in 1800, in rartnership with Charles Brewer. In’ 1802 he formed a partnership. with Jonathan Bliss: and in 1805 he moved to Norwich, forming a partnership with Alvan Wilcox. In 1807 he was | in Dbusiness alone. About 1816 . he moved -to Griswold, and in 1822 Brownsville, Ohio. The firm of Hart & Wilcox manufactired many spoons, marked H, & W. with an index hand preceding, which~ spoons are to be l[pund in a number of Norwich fami- ies. Another Norwich A craftsman was Philip Huntington, 1770-1825) who tol (x‘- lDA m CHADWICK AND m" In the Funniest Comedy Singing and Mlni Act of the Year Entfllod - WIGGIN’S POSTOFFICE - THE HALKINS . ERNEST WPII,L Master Shad phists - ‘Novelty Comedy. Offeri NORMA TALMADGE in The Sectet of the StormCountry. found time from bis trade to serve as town clerk of Norwich, 1801-1825. 3 e =Anot erd. untmntnn, Roswell, born in 1763, Iéarned his trade of the fa- mous Joseph Carpenter.. In 1784 he advertised as goldsmith and -jeweler, in a.shop opposite the store of Jed- ediah Hunflngw::.‘ He finani moyed to_Hilishorough, N. In whatis kmn as the Down Town portion of Norwich, Thomas Kinney a native~of the town was lo- cated “for the first -half of the nine- teenth century . (exact dates mnot given) haying his-shop in Shetucket Atteet.' = Rufus. Lathrop (1731-1805) was an- other Norwnch man engaged in the trade. A cmnrnnm of Brooklyn was Ed- win- C. wberry, who was born .in Mansfleld, date not _known, ‘served his apprenticeship “in Hartford, .and be- gan business in Brooklyn in 1828, ‘Samuel Noyes, a ‘native of Groton, (1747-1781) established his ‘business ‘at Norwich Landing,—the city proper— and was a successful smith. FOUR SHOWS TODAY 1.30, 3, 6.45, 8.30 Marguerite Clark o | B BAB'S MATINEE IDOL .ANOTHER OF THE FAMOUS Fom SHOWS .Tom’ 1.30, 3, 6.30, 8.30 A New London craftsman was Sam- uel Post, born in 1736, who was an advertiser during’ 1783-84. He went South at the end of the ‘eighteenth century and was not heard of again. It is probable that he was a partner of William- Cleveland for a time. Sil- ver is found in New London marked C.& P. IN A GREAT. IRISH DRAMA “A SON OF ERIN” DAMAGED-—-NO GOODS A VERY FUNNY " SUNSHIN! COMEDY’ - of legislative and political ‘agents and lawyers not engaged in necessary gal work will . cause. lively intefest here in Connecticut as well as else- where. Happily the .Connectig terest is largely ..of .the . reminiscent sort, but that is still keen.- The Kin- ship between Jegislative. segsions, po- litics and railroads ip the state has been so ¢lose in the past as to make it a. familiar affair. Such changés as have taken place have been caused by circumstances rather _than by _anv moral political or business_re, tion: he only &Xcuse that can be offered in palliation of the offense is th&llt such alliances hav rule BV first rod of rll;u was laid in this land the relationship between politics, leg- islation and railroads has been inti- mate and corrupting. In making a move to. break the unholy, coalition Directdr -McAdoo renders a distinct public service; and hits a pronounced and ancient evil harder than. all the reform’ ‘bgencies 'of ‘the cduntry ‘have been able to do.—Bristol Press. In earlier papers mention has been made .of John Potwine, heard of suc- cessively in Boston, Hartford, East ‘Windsor and Coventry. At one time he kept a general merchandise store @&t Coventry, and a great-great-grang< son Who lives at Scantic has an -old account book as well as a number. of relics connected with the career of this ancient smith. TWO-PART COMEDY metaphysical themes, the advice is excellent. But if it means to stop Phineas : Pratt as a silversmith | discussing those fundamental, ‘spir- who worked in Westbrook and Lyme,[itnal truths by which men live, it (1747-1813). He seived in the Revo-|is as false as it well could be. Doc- lution. In 1772 he advertised that his|trine is nothing but the orderly state- silversmith shop in Lyme was for salé.| ment of ascertained facts of rel lon. There is Norwich interest in the fact|If the church has no response to make that he was associated “with Day to the deepest questionings of man, Bushnell, inventor of the “American}let it be turned into a soup. kitchen | Turtle,” or first torpedo boat. Pratt|{or a boys’ club. I would. a8 soon having 'given Bushnell material as-|listen to sounding brass or a tinkling sistance. The house in which Bush-|cymbail as to a preacher who has no nell carried on his experiments is|doetrine .as the backbone of his ser- still standing. on Corban Point, Old|mens. Saybrook. The right theology means the sun- In 1779, Pratt took out a patent for|ny, brave and useful life. Men. begin a machine hée had invented for mak-|really to live: whes (they begin to ling ivory combs, the first invention|think of themselVes' as ' “forever’ of the kind, ‘and the business re-|creatures in the universe of God.. It is sulting from it grew into a large in- thesgenviction that they are not mere- dustry. ly as candles that glimmer for a mo- Another silversmith connected with | ment arnd then are snuffed out that the’ history.‘of Liyme was Seth Pratt,|sends them about their Father's bus- (1741-1802) who served in the Reve- |iness with purpose and with cheer. ‘lut-ton. THE PARSON. A prominent smith in Norwich tearly in 1800 was Roswell Walsten Roath, who was in_business in 1826, in which year he advertised his shop as'at the corneriof Main and She- tucket streéts. Lafer Roath moved to Denver, Col, where he died. oin ‘Ashford craftsman, - Jonathan ussell, born in 1770, verti T804 shat e was canginéd;firflf:‘},u?f taken the bull by the horns and con- iness in the East Society. of Ashford. |Cluded to adopt a scheme -that will THE DICTAGRAPH .|Pe @ practical benefit in coanection with the war workers at home. This -OTHER VIEW POINTS New Haven women have once again Ulng Small Potatoes. H Mr. Editor: The statement of Mg shown capacity, ability and genius in all the new fields of labor to which they have been called; but still we are being told “we are faced with cne of the most horrible of nizhtmares—that of training the peopie simply to-make them good workmen.” The per-cent. of jdlers and incompetents and slack- ers‘are still so great that all the na- tions of the world are suffering be- cause of the bad. habits and sins of Tre people. Sunday Morning Talk THOUGHTS ARE THINGS. A public market prints the adver- tising 'slogan: “Tell me what you eat, and Tl tell you what you are” On that proposition there is no chanece for argument—provided one is- talk- ing on the butcher level: The same test is accurately applied to hogs. But a man is more than a physical body. His true measure. is not what he weighs, but what he is. If you want the truth change the butcher slogan to another: “Tell me what you thmk and I'll tell you what you are.” Personality is a matter less of muscles than of mind. *“As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.” Thoughts are things. They are real as bullets—more real, in fact, since they preceded bullets and produced them. A battle is thought before it is fought.-Every- machine gun pouring its deadly rain upon human flesh was a mental concept before it became a thing of steel. Europe's tragedy was a state of mind before it was a state of war. Without the false philosophy of . Nietzche, Trietschke, and others, O(/R ST0CK ,; Oftentimes you wahfa certain piece of Furni-- * You need it quick:, We endeavor to keep our stock so complete that we can serve you at once. ture in a hurry. with our stock, whether SHEA & BURKE FURNISHERS = /""J/W; It will pay you to come in and gét acquainted P. G. Holden in Wednesday’s pap relative ‘to-small potatoes, States “th: many are-wasted.” - For vears it has been my delight (o bake the small ones for breakfast once a week. They t: ‘less fuel to cook than the larger one: I do’'the same with the small sweet :potatoes. Some mornings boil an 'mash with milk and-butter. The§ are ‘right for hash, and yeast. Common sense and practical lmowl- edge ought to save the small potatoes. oul SEWIFE time it will be in the guise of a Wom- an’s Motor Messenger Servise, that will be available for use inall ecir- cumstances ard for such purposes as Red Cross, Liberty Loan 'and War Hospital work. Ignoring the joy “of whirring about in a motor guided by the firm hand of some member of the fair sex, we seriously congratulatg the women of New Haven on their practi- cal patriotism. This is one more il- lustration of the willingness of the incorrectly called weaker sex to do their bit to" the fullest extent of their ability. In fact there are times when we cannot help but wonder, secreatly of course and way back in the pri- vate recesses of our minds, if indeed women as a whole”are not bearing in- finitely more of the unseen and. as well the actual burdens of the war than we men.—New Haven Unien. no Hun. battalions would ever have started squirting poison gas. The thinker is the worker par ex- cellence. Without him we should all still be cave men. In every age he has ‘been the .pioneer of progress. The word f‘practical” has been over- worked. -~ The contempt of hard-head- ed, achieving -men for the reflective iype is ill censidered. The thinkers have given the world practically all the wealth it possesses. When men cease ruminating,-the race will begin to go backward. ree vears ago a young engineer out in Detroit looked on existing acroplane motors, opined that they could be improved, and set his wits to work to devisc something better. The result was the new Liberty motor that will send 15,600 United States fighting « machines sky-hooting through e€pace next summer and hasten the firal victory. Luther Bur- bank looked on a spine-covered cac- tus of the Western prairies 4nd re- l\o!‘wlch Feb. 1, 19]8 Talaat Pasha, the Turkish Grand Vizier, arrived on Friday -in. Berlin, ‘where hs-had, an interview with_ the imperial -chaneeller. * ) Ghiidren Cry . FOR FLETCHER'S . .. CASTORIA Central Baptist Church UNION SQUARE An order just issued by Director- General McAdoo fo effect that rail- roads must dispense wi the services flected on’ what a useful plant it might become if it could lose its barbs. He thought on the problem till, by and by, all pines dropped off the cactus. 'J'mre now about 300 kinds of edible cacti providing food for uncounted thousands of-cat- tle. e Again—Last Sermon in Series on The Prodigal Son Occasionally somecne rises to re- ; mark, with a.great show of wisdom, % that it makes no difference what men think, so long as they act right. That is putting the cart before the horse, or rather, it is dispensing with the horse altogether. As a matter of fact, no one ever coes right till he thinks right. The Mitchell String Qulrtet will play Mus Isabel H. Mitchell s Mr. Frederick W. Later Miss Elizabeth A. Lane < ., Mr. Charles D. Gdlup A Good Place to go on Sunday Evenings - - STEAD’S MARKET Saturday Special Cash Sales NATIVE CHICKENS, FOWLS and GUINEAS CHUCK POT ROAST.......:.... TURNIPS, white or yellow, peck. ... LARGE JUICY GRAPE FRUIT, 6. . . 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