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Poles. That ends the unceértainty, 125 YEARS OLD e - Suipeription 5rics 13 & week: 300 & momth: 8.0 -y, cmad-clie e Bocaws ‘Bullett i Racma, 333 Bullectn Wibmestie Offica 23 Chures St MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 5 excludreiy eatitied ALl uews doupaich- The © the ase for R Jocat uews Dublisue CIRCULATION 11,026 THE CLEAN UP SEASON. Perbads it 18 a bit earlier than ting to the Some ecieanups are advisable at any #on of the year, but it is in the spring that more than the usual attention gifen to the cleaning up of the refuse that remains over from or has accumu- It ig a grand g00d idea to get a fresh start even as the Vegetation does, to remove the eyesores, %o give due consideration to attractive ~ yards ane grounds as a protest against| the cases where no regard at all appears ‘While ¢leaning up may well be conducted at onslaught against refuse it is far easler to work up enthusiasm. 1t is through such efforts that it is possible to see that something hag been done and every instance where there is improvement spurs on the other fellow to similar effort that the contrast lated during the winter. 10 be shown for such matters. any time, with a general may not become too great. Norwich has invariably shown s keen efforts. That it will indulge in the usual bright- ening up of streets, yards and lots with- 2 the next few weeks can be taken for It knows the value of such work from the health as well as ths es- interest in just such clean-up granted. thetic standpoint. There is one thing that may well re- ceive careful coMsideration during any clean-up effort, whether it is carried on as a campaign or individually, and that is that gathering up the debris at one point and throwing it over a wall or a fence onmto another's land does not con- stitute the cleaning up that amounts to anything. It is simply removing the rub- bish from one point to another where it may be more displeasing to the view of It doesn’t amount o any more than house cleaning carried out on simi- lar lines. A clean-up should mean a clean-up. The job should be well done, the rubbish burned or carted away to Good and no- ticeabls results are bound to follow con- others. regular dumping grounds. ‘mclentious endeavors in this direction. NEEDLESS NOISES. Bvery now and then there bobs up an . ‘ndividual or an organization urging the suppressiois of wnneccssary moise. There are able to win a lot of the reforms that they ad- ‘wocate while others go to such extremes that there is no possibility of making any ‘who for Deadway. be are are others who cry out against moise created in manucfaturing es- tablishments who seem to fell that in-}which it will bé dificult fo give unless ought to do business more quietly ! or cease functioning entirely. There are these who insist that auto- ‘moblles ought not to be allowed to carry horns, girens and other signals for warn- ing e people in the street, maining that they should be under such control that wiew regardless of what the subject is ané It is just as easy for them to do it concerning noise as anything else. What wome consider needless noise comes far from being what others would define it that there never could be agreement. That thers is much nolse which might be efiminated will have to be admitted. There is no greater nuisance than the rautomobilist who insists upon tooting his Jorn incessamtly for personal advertise- ‘merd or the fellow who insists upen using the cutout. Likewise it Is hard to recon- eile the fellow who lives close by a trol- ley track that flat wheels are musical. Thers are many such things which conld be eliminated to relief of large numbers, especially the sick, but liko the poor the ‘work for a long time and there are pros- have Pecty that their successors will Dlenty to do. ANOTHER FPAILUEE. That the counter revolutionists who capturing Kronstadt were encugh to overcome the oppo- bolshevik forces is plainly the manner in which they out of the fortress and city. government was able to send orees that could be trust- number that there was no posslbtity of successfully resisting and Kronstadt drives the n " the of ists from a point witich will end their activities wovist Russia and tsel! Butesd st @o Posofis at Norwi, Oous., as 3Nl bolshev ‘master. Job OTies, 282 Teiabone T05. e ] Nerwich, Saturday, March 19, 1921 o ol de WEEK ENDING MARCH 12th, 1921 in other years but we are nevertheless get- season when more or less thought must be given to cleaning up. the first place the question arises as considered unnecessary those who do not like bells or shop whistles and claim that they are not need- However bad the conditions may be in however much the op- evident that that government control a sufficient army least should, from that direction and viet Russia well undérstands the import- ance of elimnating Poland as an enemy. Had by any chance the Riga conference fafled and Poland again been drawn into open conflict with the bolshevikl with situation would have been much more fn- teresting for the soviet government. In spite of all the opposition that it has aroused and the frequént predictions of lumdhh-flnfilflmuulm cessfully oppostng all sttempts at over- AMBASSADOE TOLONDON. throw, While President Harding he e selection as yet for the post of ambasdi- dor to Great Britain, or for that matter to any of the Big dipi s jobs, the e of Col. George Harvey has been mentioned iconnection with the appeint- ment to the court of St Jumes and thé nossibility of such action being taken has been fiment in London has been soundéd snd it has been infimated that he would be considered acceptable there as such a rep- resentative: There is mo great surprise occasioned 13 such an announcément since Colonel Hurvey §s unquestionably a man of abil- “y agaimet whom London could have né cbjection providing it was desired that he should be the representative of this sovernment. That he was at one time democrat, is now a republican and has jecn an ardent supporter of. President ing a: well as a bitter opponent of rredecessor in office regardess of the fact that he had much to do with putting him forth for the presidency doesn’t fur- vish any reason for disqualification in the part of Great Britain. What the London advance anproval amouuts to is that if President Harding desires him it has no objection to raise against receiv- ing him ag our ambassador. There ate.those in this country, chief- Iy of the other party, who rate others higher a3 diplomats, and amdng - them there are those who belleve that ex-Pres- ident Taft should be named as our am- hossador to Great Britain. Mr. Taft ls tinguestionably an excellent man, one who wonld be cordlally reecived and prove. an excellent diplomat. That his appomnt- ment to such a post wonld please hers as well as abroad is recognized. but it is to the sunrems court of the United States that Mr. Taft should be named rather than to the court of St. Jamed. While no vacancy exists at the present time there is no telling how soon restgnations hecause of noor health can be exnected. and that is the anpointment which the country would Ike to see him recelve rathar than heing ramed as a member of is scussed to guch a degree that sen- | & ldally 18 lost to industry in the United soil of snow looked at made by are. all it is the basis of SR STRES An o R B8 i ] f about & l;lyh(m. :“n&v -flhm: up in the air Tou ars tichad you are sati to have Tovst Tor That & Dhat e Dew . Pride is very much ifke a soap bub- ble_in it is mostly wind, and as soom as_ it comes into contact with any- thing real, it at onoe passes into eternity. A boastful man is a compound af braind sbout 1 to £ _§$§E i1 i ! 8= 5 flech and gas, the ratio bemng 3 Now the, greatest kindness ; i i FE5EE g‘ !gs gl 1 iE ! :|eat in 1 gastritia? It lo our big lakes, long | For @ real double-purno ivers, high mountains and vast areas,|Is nothing to beat thé highbush that obsess us. We have vaunted our |Derry, which is really & species wonderful educational system to the dis- |burnum. It is a cls# ent of other nations. An common enowball. but in The Scientific American, tells us that |are not round but n-z 10 ‘per_cent. . of 'thie adult population of | inches e flowers try cannot 2 word in any | Juné uage; and of the boys inito | frults follow the service one in every four was unable | hntinulng to understand the plainest staztlingly structions. Let us be thankful bubble has burst. While we are on this subject of illl- teracy perhaps a supplemental word will not be-amiss. We have been somewhat boastful of the remarkable literacy of the Deopie of -the -United - States. We have {aken It for granted that simost every: body not.a. mental - defective, above ten years of age, was-ablé to read and write. Im :n‘“’;hm:“;l"""“ OF: Dble-wio Jeerd :%E" . ere | eftect that is as delighéfal as many 1 who il their Tieht haind drom thele 1ot and: these - e Dl Slen Tisp A S cluded ngtive-bers whites and mégross as | S0t three | <he well as forelgn born. If we take into ac- [ ot count the near-lliterats; those whe with ~ difficulty can barely read, we lift the mental pauperism of the Amiericaf ple to nearly one-fourth of the entire pop- ulation. Seventy pér cent. of ‘inc al accidents are catsed By inability to read danger signs. It is a conservative esti- mate that a quarter of -a million dollars ! i 2 fme brififant and fhat thé [ Sood comdition until ssring. There are several othér good might well havé a place en, ginning, but presently ally change to light Blue 'rnfled shrubs dre not mentioning symplocos ~cratae popular if it had an eadfer name, States through illiteracy. Is any stronger agument needed to show our young peo- ple the great necessity of education? the dinlematle cornd, thouzh the value of his services in that dlrection cannot be aisregarded. BUILDING WARSHIPS, Along with the order reuniting our fleet in the Pacific instead of havivg it broken up into two units comes an interesting declamation fiom Admiral Jellicos, now governor of New Zealand that ir. the Pacific for the purposs of defend- Mg Australla, New Zealand and other h possessions, and it is his recom- dation that Within the next three ears theer bé constructed for such de- fense cight of the Iatest type battleships, sht of the modern ‘crulsers tem light cruisers, 40 qestroyers‘and 36 submarines. That mesns a Jarge additfon n. 4 short 12 Teriod-of time. /It - ‘afinatnced that a thit in spite of the treaty relaticns he-, tiveer Gfeat bLeitaln’atd Tapan i mira]* Jellicoe is not unmindful. of the naval constructi'n in which Japan is in- dulging and. {ts; determination fo build to thie liniit for.d period of: several years. Having that cituation in mind it can be Teadily nnderstood on what he basks his demands. He believes that they need proteetion which they are not getting and immediate steps are taken to comply with hia recommendations. This plainly stows the fmportant ser- vice that can be rendered.by;the much talked whout conference’of nations con- cerning disarmament, or the restriction of naval construction. Not only ‘are big na- val programmes underway, involving tre- mendos expenditures, but there'{sno end to the demands that can be made for the purpose of providing for defense. No such great demand would eb o for naval outlay If it were not for the plans being carried out by other nations. It is that uncertainty as to.the meaning of such preparation that spurs on all the others. creating a rivalry ¢hat knews no limit. The more revélations thers ate mado regarding naval expenditures for the futire the stronger becomes the nesd of reaching an understanding among na- tion< that will put 2 stop to the evar fn- creasing bhurden of expense. s0 EDITORIAL NOTES, 1t takes the submarines to find the high spots on the New England shores. Thost who maintain that this is no time for strikes are deserving of large audiences. ** . it i i At the rate the automobiles are in- creasing a pedestrian will be a.movelty in a few years. ‘The man on the corner says: Evéry temptation resistsd is ancther ‘grain of sand on the track. ——— Hag Uncle Sam been élever enough to see that no buttons were put in the - come tax collection box? - ase It discussion could be converted frto motive power the fafiroads of thé coun- try could be operated with much lsss cozl. p Coftes 1s quoted at an ufinesslly Jow price, but you would never get that im- pression for the way tbey charge for it by the cup. Tuose who are olamoring of from the efforts of | Salaries would be just the in the north and to prevent | the hardest kind of & fight from falling into the hands of | they are receiving. I e ] Uritea States fleet ‘would’ visit ‘Anckland | occupancy carpa purpurea known plant vht an aftractive berries. It ‘'was & fimely and beautital sugges- tion on somiebody's’ part that between 1 o'clock ‘and 130 p. mi. on Mareh 4 the peo- ple of this country pray fer the imeom- ing president, that he might have the health and strength and disposition to meet the duties of his great office in & satistactory mannér. He needs it be- but splendid” double purpose shrubs. mands on, ail it makeg the nram:mns umluut_mu': ‘Whethier he cares for it or mof thrust upon But the cost by the man who re- | symmetrieal must always be et 4 hands o kb by, the caaites wil | of The man work_harder than he or bé more bittérly | and pretty ground criticised. The manner i which he|and yet Morrowl stands o bs b Eresteet y. The never seemed So great as | Was when through sacrifics he paid the price cert. The jazsites, Who of hig 1abors fof humanity. Mf. Harding {land, will probably say ::smtmtwmn-mnum 8. . As éne réads ot Prestdént Harding's t of the White House, and celves it. No ma. noble Lincoln o situation’ to the less fortuhate vicé pres- |1 do know the difference ident. Why net a ¥iee ential man- | ing of 2 thrash and the sion at the natiora] capital? It surely | bullfrog. Would be i’ keeping with the wealth and Qignity of 4 great people. Why should we 100k on thé vice présideiit as a misre fig- urehead? "But this office has many times been filled by men of the highest order of abliity ‘and” moral worth. To give the president a fine mansion and his running mate ofily a few Yooms in & hotel is hard. 1y fair. " at & change it will be for the Coolidge family from the spaciousness of Northampton to a ‘few Tooms in the crowded capitall The Coolidge boys are fond of making hencoops - and squirrel cages. If they do it il & swéil hotel someé nervous woma is likely to complain. And besides,” Tiotel proprietors as a 2 thing are ot inclined to encourage such |kind of juvenile actiyity! Let us build “the Blue House” in Washington for the vice president! Ome of the wmusnal featured of the re- cént ‘inauguration was the aim at econ- omy. Out of respect to the president's well known wishes, and in accord with the general desire to cut down expenses as far as it Was reasonable, the ceremon. fes were riiatked With 4 guiet yet dign! fied simplicity. _This' tallled well with thé president's character and the H tens of democracy. The tax the country were probably pleased to see | citizenis would be made. this honest effort to bé economical vmn-‘seg informed that there were out being parsimonious and mean. By !iwo eandidates for this eliminating some of the “frills” several | either of whem, to the hundred the are said to have | would seem eminently ¢ir cue from this| - One born and bred here, a Mr. Editor: public interest, may be veloped in this quiét old town of any enterprise, of ahy sort, of' af executive; ly for suitable material at hoiie. The lstest specimen Wwhatever it may, properly, be Boy Scouts, If my memory is not faul work, the appointment of # : of tion.. Our thahks York Herild for spade.” The erowds thist jui Sabbath For that ‘which list, but the witherod of Viburnum B 5 it, producing: it is ower amethyst-blue berrles ate very lovely an it grows well among other shrubs. Callis another and betters | f TR R e S S e its occupants. As it 15| crop of bright red fruit i the fall. Eve la there | the most conspicucus effice in the world | better perhaps Is the sSpecies listed in shauld be a strong Briiish, fighting foree your, catalogue ax Laticers morrowl which fowers a n much _the 8aifié way, but makes a rather moré |shrub e bush. Mbst | ing h ‘kles need plenty of room |or for ficed not be a musician to appreciate But considerable intefést is being de- come by the end of July the begln to turn red; to color up until they ard remaining i in nd fin- etimes pilnccty uynnss ;fl recommenda~ . | for which reason I may be !\lllflfled a des, though it does not hald its fruit very late, partly from habit and partly bes cause the birds devour i€ with great gug- | cork-like 1 to. Probably this shrub woulg be m: als oré but i ‘purpid big en can be handled very | winter alike. W1y done in the Flonzaley con the |musié: The question was stated fairly by | nét exiit., real home-like comfort he will probably | Oliver Wendeil Holmes When he said: “I enjoy, one tan hafdly help comparing his !am not up in the techn! \le( ::;ut; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Going Out of Town ¥or Leaders. In thesé prosperous (?) {days when an approprigtion of upwards of $200,000 goes through with an amazing egree of celerity, in town meeting, crit- ilcism of subsequent evéiits of supposed ;2 lwhhoam;m #6e thé of rtune. ours, in the poliéy of reaching 6ut beyond our|¥hen Weé & Borders Wheénevér a man is needed ta| SIPALRY, in n lack of P this policy re- Iates to the necessity of passing over the héads of local # >licants and reach ing out as far as Puiiadelphia for a suit- | Pl sbiolexscuitye ifoc. ouclocelldivision Tee our awn ‘4ne writer has t least timeri —!m!gw-hl. fitted for the pest. bé banished or made to ablde by which prohibits ball games, move, g pletures or anything of. that day. Having no morals, no ,. i, REAI ER. but| Jewett City, Mareh 13, o God Abk . and ye shail find; openéd s T : LS : af ff { i i % % el 1 HH i i £ tiny red or i Hl £ In the sane Fne " ’ Eiiterpuset. Whith Sodge s leates all|year 1360 to “vemture” on the frst voy- to 7 When Curiously encugh many people think J of heneysuckles only as climbing vines, thete also are many bush. honey- suckles',including twh or three which areé The | be: Tartarian Woneysuckle, which is the most | ed common earries an abundance .of fra- cause the pmfl&nfl! makes great de-lgrant flowers In the sting, and a Fifidlly th most usetal s lon, c otlier péople the fight to a day of 24 she ought to the Warld to Christ ; e how we want help, and wi and courage and and u‘nm to guide us, ph great revival of RN REACHED AMERICCA. e — b ODD INCIDENTS IN aAmmmicay § O HISTORY . b THE' GREAT BASTERN |, of unusuat interest in the big: has passed, through the mar- | (he advancement in the shipbuildin: and the enormous water palace: arrive and leave the Ameri- for Europe and the Orient. Qreat Eastorn was built and wonderful achieve attentian’on both con- | ; Up to this time there was i any .!... H til M 20®8 % 8 When th fayette o ; she ea the 7 o'clock in the morning. She compelied to he city, where she arrived at 6 o'- way to compare with 1his! ", and from. tne siart| voyage, early In June of her arfiva] in New York, on was awaited with unusual | it enfrance to New York har- weigh anchor for a time in the afternoon; at high erossed the bar and proceeded evént created the greatest enthu- through out the city. Business was, suspended and multitudes of the wharves and roofs| glimpse of the great monster. © vessel was parsing F 7t salute wag firel, which promptly responded to from the fon of the Great Eastern, and 7-om this until her. arriv: ished stranger. Cannons boomod, Whistles shrieked, people hur- ‘handkerchjefs waved, swift fi yachts dashed along g in quarts lons of a kindly nature came from| in the h acknowledgment of the supe _towering above them, and demon- not announced. ™ e ot the light-|* ; GetDr. Biwar_dl; oun‘rublv “Btories That Recail Others 1 K in Ty wed comple Joha chronic and d of Far. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets do lads that peldies | eontain calomel, buta healing, He He of & fur was 47 Indeed, as far as the eye could see the houses in New York and its s burbs were thronged with people ex; the highest degree of curiosity Ag the vessel approached the stream and fell in the wake of ¢ reat Bastern. When nearly off ery the chimes of Trinity chur heard across the water, pl Britannfa. Salutes also were Before landing the Great Eastern pro ceeded up the North River as far as after some difficuly three passengers conld be found In L age of the most splendid ship that ever floated In the of eourse, the ‘which ocean, but this was o to the novelty and vastness of | experiment and to the serfous dou had Deen so freely expressed fr the very first conception of the enterpris sons, who for winter |as to the manageableness of such a ves- thelr bright red|sel in a storm at sea. e For many weeks the was visited by tens of thousands Great Eastern | gladly paid the arged to Inspect the maje: ey saw in the Great ice ag long as the United St: and nearly five times t glant of the Amer walking four times up and down her dec the distance covered was a.mile. The welght of this huge ship beinz to succeed well, | d¢pendablé and beautiful in sumimer asid | twelve thousand tons, and coa] and o about elghteen thousand Gps mc motive power to propel course, be proportionate, and it H’M. thére weuld Rave fo be, feature in the majestic ship, not less dwell in the |a law compelling theri to refrain from |her immense this “high- | their belovéd pursuits on Sunday anc al- | visitor. brow stuff” is only a fad of society, that . is entirely beyond its comprehension. One [rest. So I say, confarm to & law good | be mdde) ¢f go whére law and During he size, which astcuished tie her entire stay a to | dock this grandest of naut jev 4o [ was the chief object of att United States, and was pronouy, v all the most superb conception— wonderful achjevement—of h: and skill. from all view her Large excursion parti the large cities of the T lofty walls of fron, he nal arrangements, ard in due tim “It &ny faék wisdom let hira ask of | tunity was afforded those who w O‘ri PRICES mars the perfect appearance of her complexion. Permanent and skin troubles are eifectively concealed, Reduces unnatural color and corrects FERD. T. HOPKINS & SON, New Y- ahd it shill be given umto him.” | witness her salling qualitics to be and it shall be given trite you; seek by the noble ship on pleasure and it ahail bo |to Cape May and elnewhere—a piivi ing does nmet|Which thousands availed themselves of. finding _ without | including many persons eminent in na temporary skins. antiseptic. 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