Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 29, 1922, Page 4

NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, APRIL 29 NORWICH BULLETIN' and Courier "126 YEARS OLD Subsertption. price 12 » o Estersd st the Postoffice at Norwieh, Conn, wend-clus B sear excent Sus Teteghane Calls. Balietta Busdners O 152 ‘b Boem, 338, wiw-ek or TeE The Asocisted Fres 1 Ge e for repubBeatica f s desp: fAch- = wited o 8t or not o credited ty s mader and aise the news pubAsherl Al gights o repuicmion e @eclal des. Paiches’ Bersin am sl mrervel CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING APRIL 22nd, 1922 rork: 50 & mosth; §5.09 creased Lusiness. .Th'4 with the encour- giment of the inereased trade betwesn countries is abcgt all that can be preted from the rate competition, except peasibly the cost A eatisfaction of mot be- e crowded €4, I the Britleh line throws up it g hands it has no ome to blame but it geir, A GIFT "MR. FORD NEVER GAVE. It is me thing to have it said that you hate given such & sum as §29,000,- 00 to, the government in the form of & war Tgofit which it was not desired to keep, and another thing to actually do 0. “Henry Ford appears to have gotten' cr it for doing something which he dfan't do. When it was published by an_enthu- siastic Ford supporter that the auto man- Telepmons | ufacturer had given such a sum to the Jeovernment 1t oaturally sroused mors than o little curiosity in the treasury de- partment. No one knew anything mbout such & thing and iIn order to clear up the uncertainty and establish the trut or untruth an investigation was made which showed no such sum recelved from Ford, not recorded that the auto build- er saw the statement about his gift, but whether he did or not he AMn't consider it recessary to give his valuable time to confirming orydenying #t. Secretary Mel- lon wanted fo know. If the government got the money he was anxious to locate it and if it didn't get it the treasury de- partment ought to be relieved of the re- sponsibility incorrectly imposed upon it. He wrote to Mr. Ford and asked for an explanation and the result s that he fin1 the report was greatly exaggerated. Mr. 3 Ford had no recollection of ever giving UG gy . |any such sum to the government and tho n keeping with the clamation | only way in which such a thing might which has been issuec or Lerou|nhave heen given such an interpretation SBS whish appeacs ay's issue of | was from the taxes which he had paid. The Bulletin the of Norwieh| fhat {s not of course what those who gheuld join hands 3 earts in seclng|read of the alleged gift by Mr. Ford that the purposes of clean up week arefiere made to believe. The inference was accemplished. that it was an out and out gift, something The Miea Is certaluly a worthy one and}entirely different than anyone else had there is plenty of opi for apply-|done and not the twisting of & tax pay ing it ™ an mmunity. To a large|ment into a gift. number such a mouement is unneces-| 1t doesn't appear that anmy great They recognize the importance of {amount of harm has been dote by the keeping their n attractive shape | statement, except that it is posible that nd the exampic they set serves as an on to cthers. But unhappily that n uever reaches the epidem there is some concerted effo ken and everyone in each loc is diremly appealod to to meet th peeds of 2 community housecleaning. Ther o those bucky: d sld an detracz from f a communit ppaarance charming features, nditions Are permi ¢ t are certa to get. Debris tha magnet for more. be all that great deal to appearance. participation and n a dem er and yon. the ngaged at wraterial there 1 sbould be do ot get w g not tmagine you throw of anagher. and out for clean up weel rubbish UPHOLDING ONE MAN CARS, that 1d eager ved to accumn- im- on job by a few good work of taken to do turned the idea ling to the clean up acenmula- have done a good onto are many who read the original statement but who never séw Mr. Ford's denial ,and the inclination which may be created in the minds of some to doubt other claims that are made in behalf of the Detroit mamufacturer. 3 There may be thoss who are inclined to make rash and irresponsible stafe- mente, but # should be understood that anything of the kind attributed to Mr. Ford was susceptible of proof and the running to earth of the fraud statement lenves the writer In an unenviable posi- tion, ct de nd can it OHANGING TAEIFF RATES, One of the provisions of the proposed tarift bill is that the president shall be authorized to inerease of decrease tariff rates within certain lmits when it was felt by him that conditions demanded such action. This is an inmovation fn a tariff Bill. It fs not In keeping with past measures dut it has been advocated and presented for the purpose of meeting the uncertain con- ditions which exist today and wmeh ars likely to exist for ome time to come until there has been such a readjustment s to bring them back much mearer tf normat, Tieing abliged to deal with conditions which follow the war miore tjan the or- Ainary problems have been encountered in the framing of the taefff BilL The situatiofwas clearly presented By Sena- tar Smoot whent he decleted, “It fs fm- possible to frame a law on the basis of conditions today which wiil fit the con- ditions of a few years hience, or even one vear from mow, &s conditions are chang- t- in A is It ot 18 ® ing so rapldly. We are theréfore com- Numres effort: ‘T‘Vh Varying mo- {e..ted either with the possibility of an- tives have made for the purpose| .. general tariff revision of the tarift of having the one man cars ruled off the |y, 4" 5 short time or with the reduc- talls. At the time they were introduced |y, 1, jegisiation of the president's ad- ach opposition = raised to them but mirable proposaie.” appears been successtully OVer-| “upyy yngetiled conditions are making it tome by the service which has Been ren-| . qesirabie for this country o pass per- tered apposition. T fact that the particular d which they a year and thus far th were to be place rated at ar has besn Tu at a greater loss than in the correspond- per cent appeal utilitles commis- lorbid the operation of the cars In this instance the objec- danger involved gs, two of which the public Ing period of 1921 by was made t sion to £ on that ltne. tion appeared to be th the railroad cross ure on that trolley Kne. How the ut lic ties the additional @erisl of the petition. In this particu- lar instanee ¥ appears, following a dem- » given to determine such that matter, ope: s one man o e man cars should As the res riod of twelve montl mined that the one ss accidents than ¢ he safety cars y mean a jon which is one not be allowed. it has man ears figure f hat Where they use of cticed by the t smpanies today i the: eir heads above var one man car double p missic that ed of them. into use for th opinion of th tages have not sac ed safety. RAT) EFFECTS, Wh Amertean and British lines operating b tween this country and South fnto the business ure willing to go. One thing fs sure, there can be 1o ques and tion of the ntroduction of such cars == of 340,000 last commission in regard to the one man cars and| safety which they afford traveling public s indicated by the cars can be 4 with just as much security as e two man cars and that there fs no reason why the contemplated use of the t of records kept over a pe- been deter- two man cars and are rightly entitled to the name ssened expense for opera- he economies that nsportation are going to keep er and render the The rates on the American rate i entirely upon the man- 1 the respective lines regard to what lengths they number of available boats for maient immigration legislation based on prescnt day conditions. ‘Temporary re-| strictive measures are Wefg carfled along to tide over and that s the purposs of glving authority to the president to change tariff rates when in his opihion, or' from proper advice; he believes modi- fications or additions should be made. It is to be realized that at normal times thers areé chamges in conditions which have never been provided for In any sush way, but such changes could mever be as great ag are easily possiSle as mat- ters stand toddy. The extraordfary featurs of the dill is put forward to deal with an extraordi- nary situation, a situation which has made tariff revision extremely hard and puzzling. Whatever changes that might be made under stich authority would make it nécessary to motify business i advance as to when they would become effectivé but such would of course get careful attention. That which was - tended to impspve canditions wouldn't be used to destroy. n i : | | n a EDITORIAL NOTES, With the arrival of the gypsies all that is required now to make sure the season is properly started is the hurdy-gurdy. With April warming up om the home stretch it may be that the straws will be worn Defore the opening of the sea- som, n d The world is of course a Kttle bit cu- rious since Sir Arthur Conan Doylé hasn't dropped a hint regarding traffio regula- tione, ts he The price of gasoline has taken an- other leap forward, but nothing Hke that frightens the man whe is determined to have a car. | THE MAN WHO TALKS The question that comes to ail/sooner or later—and it ought to come to most persuns. mucl eariier than it does—is this: “Shall 1 amount to anything in the world or mothing? Shall I be a some- body or a nobody? Which shail it be?" The question, of course, is ‘complex be- | cause many things ehter to modify the { decision, but the answer lies more largely In the hands of the individual himself than even he is aware. I have mever {seen a person start out in life with & fixed purpose to make the most of him- self who ever failed who was willing to pay the price. That is where most peo- Dle fall; they want the acquisition and reputition of a somebody by living the Mife of a nobody, and it simply can’t be done. It is however, a question that each one must settle for himseif. No- body cat. settle that question for me. nor I for anybody else. Other things and other Dersons may influence the decision, and yet the decision must be made by a delfberate act of my own will. In order to be somebody it is not neces- sary to be conspicuous. There many worthy people stumble. According to their ideas one must be great, wealthy, learned, and otherwise conspicuous to be somebody. This is ail a mistake. For four years only ane man out of one hun- dred and ten millions can be president of | this great land. Few comparatively can ever oocupy seats in the United States senate. Few can ever be presidents of our co'leges and universities, and few can be maragers of our great industries: It-Is probably safe to say that not more than one man in five hundred of our peo- ple on the average is known outside of the little town in which he lves. It is 1Mot necessary for one to be widely adver- tised to be a somebody. It is done by simply living worthily of oneself; to! make the most of one's opportunities, and to struggle against all enemies that would keep one down. It is not a vers hard thing to hé no- body. Even those \ho come nearer to being somebodies than others find it just as easy to be nobodies. Simply do noth- ing and we will become nothing in a very short time. A man’s ability is going to be gauged not by what he can do but by what he does. Even those who rot, burn and kill may be somebodles per- verted. Doing bad things does not necessarily make people nobodies, how- ever desirable it is to avoid their exam- ple. To be a nobody, simply do just ‘what all nobodies d prefer idleness to work, be a chronic loafer rather than an habitual producer, allow yourself to float aimlessly without chart or compass rather than paddle your own canoe with some end in view, mix with those for fel- are as ambitionless as yoa To be nobody, let scheming men &rip you by the throat for their own seif- ish purposes, let them put their knee on your spirit, and you will soon reach the swineherd's hut. The sky is motfled, the sun is shining intermittently and a breeze—though rather stiff at times—is blowing most re- freshingly from the northwest. There is just enough vigor in the air to make our overcoats needed when driving, or when one is not exercising. Facing the breeze in the shadow. one s made to feel all the rawness of March; but in the sun- shine protected from the wind it is May in all its glory. We have now left our automobile on the shady, windward side of the cabin and, in the sunny calm of its southwest side, we are feeling the thrill of nmature at very short range. Though less than a dozen miles from home, we are in the heart of a wilderness. The nearest house is one-half mile away; a long and extremely irregufar lake is in front of us; about us are vigorotis pines interspersed with spruce, hemlock and oak. Beneath our feet a most wonderful Axminster of soft pine needles. Abead of us through the trees the sparkling water invites the use of our newly paint- ed canoe. Truly “The groves weré God's first .temples.” 1 cannot let this day of rich experience at the log cabin go by without a further | consideration. While we—the male con- | tingency of the party—are sunning our- selves in dilapidated arm o south side of the cabin, drinking In the ozone of the air scented with the perfume of piné needles. our fair companions are not sunning but sweating themseives in- side the cabin, dr'nking in the sustaining ozone of clam cMowder scented with the delightful odor of onlons, Soon, however, the more material fragrance of the lat- ter begins to seep through the cracks of | the log cabin and then good bye to poetic vislons of sparkling water, mottied sky, and varied landscape when this nes sensation dominates the scenc. Beauti- ful nature has to take a back seat when delicious clam chowder is around. A ta- ble is placed before our lordships and— steaming clam chovder with plenty of butter and other things that tickle the | human esophagus—and then “the end of a perfect day.” The subject of spiritualism or spiritism more properly is bound to arouse interest even Wwhere ft fails to command accept- ance. The occult can never fall to awaken human curlosity. The mysterious in ali | its forms fascinates. That is why detec- tive stories, If the plot is good and the story well told captivate us. Possibly the name of Conan Doyle, whose Sherlock Holmes {s truly immortalized, will intro- duce a mew vigor to spirit phenomena, but it will tax even the inventive faculty of a Sherlock Holmes to uatangle the mysteries that now surround the funme- tions of disembodied spirits. Sir Conmap ! Doyle, Who is a physician as weil as a | novelist. is acquainted with science and when a man of his mental caliber Joins forces with such eminent scientists as Lord Kelvin and Sir Oliver Lodge, we must admit that the subject of spiritism has some foundation in fact, even If the- ories now advanced are not definite con- chusions. Up to this point we can only say “Not proven.” I have long since ceased to comdemn | things as false simply because I do not understand them; and, at the same time, | 1 refuse to accept things as true unless the evidence in their support appeals to my reason as conclusive. I would have a4 mind open to’ all the facts bearing on the case. Therg are certain claims of spiritism that baffle me. One claim, at least, T cannot accept at present, and that is the possibility of a disembodied spirit making any communication that can be understood by an embodied spirit No scientist can belleve that a spirit has the power of speech, because speaking is purely a physical function, and when the | spirit leaves the body it leaves behind all power of physical action. One speaks The increased confidence displayed in the New Haven road would indicate the opinion prevafled that the corner had been turmed. R TSR GRS Tnterest is of course whetted when it Is stated that the government has plans for the sofution of {he coal strike and wuch service. As those In operation|no detafls are revealéd, stand at the present time the American R L s e vessels are preferable and the rates| The season would have been abnor- which have been announced for them are the lowest. Whether this will mean the getting together of the lines for the tablishment of fixed rates, such as was placned and such as is dome regarding Goean tramsportation remains to bo see While reduced rates were due for these would appear that a rate war could easily have been been taken, and certatnly with the surplus of vessels and nome too gremt volume of business this doesn't appear to ba a time s not Bouth American Mnes jt svolded had the right attitude to indulge 4n rate cutting which Justified. American ships are countries. Th! % likewise working laws which do not more difficult and | conditions of the whole matter it will remain|loss of $20,000,000 the paSt Year Ge- nal if we hadn't gotten the report from Delaware that frost had kflled all the cherries, apples and peaches. The man on the corner says: There's troubie thess days gathering dandeBons after they have blossomed without arous- ing the suspicions of the neighbers, Better police protection, arrest of thugs and criminals and severe sentences where deserved are having the much de- ired effcct upon those criminally fnclined In New York. It is a long delayed im- provement, . Tn spite of the umemployment and the s | dsmand for work a survey of industrial in Philadelphia showing the because he has lungs, vocal cords, throat, tongue, ‘mouth, and breath. When sep- arated from these, speech is absolutely fmpossible. The same igytrue of walking, eating, and all other physical functions. A housewife once said to herself, Be- hold, the black dust doth blow furfously without and maketh sad havoc with my beautiful windows. When the breeze sub- sided, with sapolio, warm water and a goft cloth she did polish the outside of the glass until it did shine to her perfect #atisfaction. “Now,” she said, “my win- dows will do me eredit and Wil sustain my reputation for cleanliness.” ' But next morning when the sun did shine through those windows there was still dirt upon them—on the inside that had been -col- lecting unchserved. Then the housewife saw thet windows must be scrubbed on both sides alike if a good job is to be done. So it is with other things we look through. It dirt gets into the cye it must be washed out, and also if, dirt gets Into the mind, which is the inside of the eye, it, too, must be washed out if one 18 {o see clearly. If the eye does not function nroperly, we help it by the use of eyeglasses or spectacles. We need also | to give the mind eyeglasses by haying right thoughts and by rubbing it up @ood litergture. Then only. can w clearly. men try Some to ;fihen they find what they are looki or. dodge tne IN THE DAYS WHEN THEY RACED STEAMSHIPS. If sailing ships have & good grievance against the steamboat, for driving them from their old mastery of the sea, the steamshin has also a cause for complaint on its own account. Steam may have carried off most of thebusiness, but the sail has kept most of the glory. The sailing ship has more histories written amout her in a year than the steamboat in a_decade, writes James E. King in The Boston Transcript. She needs only to flutter a bit of canvas or shake the end of a spar at the authors of fiction to set them all off on a hundred new novels ex- tolling her. Even from beneath tite glass cases which entomb the models and the memory of her in the dead-calm of many a musty museum, the sailing ship still holds first place in the living imagina- tions of men. The interest displayed during the last years of the eighteenth century in the possibilitles of navigation by steam is a striking phenomenon in the life of the young United States. FHere was a peo- ple worn by a long and costly war al- ‘most wholly bereft of funds for new cap- ital enterprise. In all the land, as some authorities declare, “there was not one steam engine in use” at the end of the war, “and it is doubtful if the first prin- ciples of its workings were understood. Yet despite these adversities. a whole group, of Americans devoted themselves uring this period to the hope and task of making boats go by steam. Among the early inventors, John Fitch and Samuel Motey of Connmecticut and James Rumsey of Maryland have all been assigmed places of honor. No en- cvelopacdia makes mention, however, of Elijah Ormebee. Yet if those who be- lieve that Morey aid not produce his boat until 1793 are correct, then this Rhode Islander probably should receive credit as the inventor of the first craft ever to be propelled by steam fn New England waters. For it was 1792 that his “Fxperiment” first crossed the har- bor of Providence and nosed its way up the Seekonk river. This was = fifteen years before Fulton's “Clermont” ap- pearcd on the Hudson. And whether Morey's success on the Connecticut I¥ er be set in 1790 or 1793 it seems plain that Ormsbee, in 1782, brousht steam- boating to a trial at a point nearer Bos- fon than it was ever azain to come un- til 1817, when the “Firefiy” rounded Point Judifh to Newport and the fiminu- “Maseachusetts” reached Boston's rhor from Philadeiphia. In 1822 came the dawn of the commer- cial success of traffic by steam over the waters from New York to New England The “Rhode Island and New York Steamboat Corpany” was organized. and the steamers Connecticut and Fult began making rezular trips between York and Providence, at a fare of $10. inelnding m: Dow describes, the first shins as fo “Phe Conmecticut was quite a_zood- lookine boat. She was about 150 feet lone. 26 fect wide and of about 200 tons burden. She had a souare engine, and cost ahout $80.000. The Fulton was en- ormously 1 rong, and had a little less ma- ehinerv in her than is new put in a cot- ton mill. Her whesls were turned through the medium of a coe- wheel, with testh abont five inches long. She made a terrific noize when under way. but with all her ingernal com- motion. moved so slowly that she was e five hours from Providence ewport. ther hoat had upper saloons, state- rooms or hurricane deck. Both hoats burned pine wood in larze copper boilers, which were kept polished to the last de- eree of brichtness. An enormeus quan- tity of wosd was mecessary to keen up steam during the long trip between Prav- idence and New York. It was piled everywhere, fore and aft, and -y o to* golng FAMOUS MEN. WILLAM HERSCHEL William Herschel, one of the most eminent of all astronomers, at the zge | of 84, made many remarkable discover- ies in the heavens, including a num- ber of new stars. The long series of his’ communications to the Royal As- tronom.cal Society of England. closed in his eightieth vear, on June 11, 1818, with a paper on the telescopic sound- ing of space depths. Had William Herschel not received the appointment of King's astonromer his life might have been considerably prolonged; but in that pos:tion Le was bound to receive visitors of every character and was compelled to ex- plain to them his instruments, as well as to act the part of showman of the heavens. This was a great tax on the time| and strength of a man past the allot- ted period. The astronomet’s sister. Caroline, also distinguished in that study, says: “On October 4, 1806, two parties from Windsor Castle came to see the comet, and during the whole month my brother had not an evening to himself. On October 14 his nerves received a shock, of which he never got the better afterwards, for on that day he had hardly dismissed his troop of men, assisting him in_the polish- ing of the forty-foot mirror of his telescope, when visitors assembled, and from the time it was dark till past midnight he was on the grass plot sur- rounded by between fifty and sixty persons, without having had time to put on proper clothing, or for the least nourishment passing his 1ips.” Herschel's strength the last years of his life was not equal to the task that was placed upon it. It is noted in the diary of his sister that in 1818 the Archduke Michael of Russia, with many attendants, came to his observa- tory to see Jupiter. ‘“Princesses, arch- dukes, lords and ladies” she not “came to see many objects in the ten- foot and other telescppes, unaware that the sage astronomer, whom they were treating as a showman, was has- tening to the grave through their in- consideration.” A writer who paid a vist to Herschel has left the following pleas- ant picture*of the astronomer sage: “While we were standing beside the great telescope, which we more ad- mired than comprehended, its master (Jlerschel) appecred, 4 cheerful old n, aged 81. How unassumingly d. he make his Co..uuu.cauons!. How lightly id he ascend the steps to the gallery! With what calm pleasure did he seem to enjoy the success of his effects in life!” Unlike most great geniuses in their line, Herschel did mnot begin his ca- reer as an astronomer until he had reached middle age. Up to his thirty- six year he devoted all his atten- | tion to music, for many years a band- | master in the army and later an or- ganist in several prominent churches. But when he changed his profession the Royal Society Journal noted: “Herschel's two-fold ambition is to carry improvements in telescopes to their utmost extent and to leave no spot in the heavns unexamined. Dur- ing the intervals of a concert he might be seen running still In lace ruffies and_powder, from the theatre to the workshop. On one occasion, to avoid impairing its form, he polished specu- lum without intermission during six- teen hours.” It has fallen to the lot of very few men to take up an entirely new pro- fession when they had reached middle life and make themselves masters of it beyond the accemplishment of any one who had preceeded them. This was the case, however. with William Herschol, whese nume is now firmly established among thé immortals in his line. above the guards. But little freight was cairled, the wood taking. able room.” The time consumed for the voyages of these ships and their early . successors averaged from eighteen Lours—as an ex- ceptional feat—to forty hours, according to the favor of wind and weather. Some- times the stéamers “lay to” for eight and ten hours at a streteh, waiting for tne wind to change or tie sea to fall. Even 20, the packet boats could net always be sure of outstripping the steamers. Eighteen hours wis a quick voyage even for the fastest of the packets: and sometimes the salling ships, when badly becalmed, spent a Whole -week on the water between New York and Providence. But the packets and their masters were very popular; and what with rate-cut- ting, and all the legislation they could secure restricting steamer traffic, they long maintained a sharp competition. In the competition for speed, the Lex- ington had long held a repytation as the fastest boat in the service. ‘Her com- mander was Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, famous for his competence and reckless daring. The John W. Richmond was another ship of the time which develop- ed high speed. Indeed, when the Bos- ton & Providence Railroad organized its first steamer service on the sound, the directors of the new company wefe chagrined to find that both the Ricamond and the Lexington regularly outdistanced the ships of the railroad Jine. After sev- eral attempts the company despaired of building a boat of its own as fast as either of these two steamers, and of- fered Captain Vanderbilt very handsome termé if he would run his ship as part of their line and prove the she could beat the Richmond. Here Dow's story verbatim : “There was some excitement in going to New York in those days. Races were worth repitition up all the avail- | o1 lence of thought or passion which the day may have brought forth. We follow Wwith our ‘eye the descending sun; we listen to the decaying sounds of labor and and when all the flelds are -silent around us, we feel a kindred stiliness breathe upon our souls, and to calm them from the agitations of society. We see the world withdrawn from us, the shades of night darken over the habi- tations of mien, and we feel ourselves alone. Tt is an hour fitted. as it would seem, by Him who made us, to still, but with a gentle hand, the throb of every unruly passion, and, while it vefls for a time the world that ~misleads us, to awaken in our hearts those legitimate affections which the heat of the day may have dissolved. In the moments when earth is overshadowed, heaven opens to our eyes the radiance of a sublimer be- ing; our hearts follow the successive spiendors of the scene, and while we for- get for a time the obscurity of earthly concerns, we feel that there are “Yet greater things than these.’ A little pause lingers, Between the sunset and the pale moom- rise; When daily Iabor slips from weary fin- gers, i And soft gray shadows veil the aching eyes. in Hte, while daylight Peace! Peace! the Lord of earth and heaven knaweth The human soul in all strife; Out of His throme no stream of Lethe floweth, But the clear river of eternal life. its heat and Serve Him in dally work and earnest living, And faith shall lift thee to His sunlit heights ; Then shall a psalm thanksgiving Fill the calm hour that comes between the lights. of gladness and unceasing and they were not always & unattendéd with danger. On one occa- sion the Richmond had lain in Newport | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR over night: In the morning she went out and ran to Stoninzton. The train Why Do We Need It? from Boston was cue and the Lexinwton. | v Editor: Please allow mo to say a whih should have met the train, had not fg, o' opq "o ot S 5 arrived. Presently the train came, and | o' s in regard to the daylight sav- part of the passenwers took one hoa |ing plan. Now why do we need to have part the other. The two hoats daylight saving? motion about the same instant, \*| It is all right for some peopla to want Richmond had the advantace of Dosi-|it; those that ean be abed until Hoontime tlon, and was soon a few Rundred yards i but the working people get up early ahead. 7 cnough as it is now. “For ten or a dozen miles down th sound there no pereeptible - chane in the relative position of the two boa Then dense clouds of smoke beean pour from the Lexington. a sheet of flame shot up from her smoke-stack. he wheels turned swifter, and a cheer burst from Ter passengers as they realized that the gap between them and the Ric to mond was closing between them. It w an anxious moment on board the R mond. The Lexineton was gainine fast Where was Captain Townsend? There was no reply. He was not to be fo But the movements on bhard the ineton had not eseaped eve moment fhat his boat left Stominsto men had been et at pi~ our most resinous wood on boar# and niline it up for immediate use. encinean had been tightenine the bolte and the seraws, and the Richmond was ready for the race. “At the first pu®r the Lexincton, Cs mshed to the enz sulting the engineer. of Blask smake from tain Townsend had o room and was con- ‘Oh, she can stand considerahle more” said that officer. and the captain answered. ‘Well. nut in the fat wood and let her 2o’ She did eo Volumes of smoke poured from her fun- nel, and the roar of her fires comid be heard all over’ths beat. A colimn of { fame stond a pillar of fire. above her She trembled at every revolution. She was a moving voleano. Slowlv. steadily she moved away from tife Lexintan wider and“wider grew the inte tween them. until at Jast the Rie Qashed throush the rocks and the Lexinzton no until she came by half an hour after Richmend had made fast to her ‘Vanderbilt never forwave fhe mond for that dav's work. The ton was. without douht. the fa but the Richmond had f: ¥ anne amd mobadv eanid say unable to do it acain.” The Lexineton, as a matter finally came to a terrible end. On the night of Jan. 13. 1840 in the course of a in which was tn have tale Dier. Rich- Lexin- hoat er aten her that she was of fant her from, ew York to Stonineton. sha eameht firé off Funtinston, L. L. and burned to the waters edee. The mizht was tensely cold, with the thermameter be- low zero. Al on board wore In only four, Who esraned on hales of cot- ton thrown overheard from the to serve as liferafts, One man, and mate. manawed ‘to burrow bale he had launched and ¥ v orotected from the freer and water, he kept afloat for fortv-six ho until the hale finallv ariftsd ashore. Lat er. a cotton mill hou~ht the bale caren, the sec- into th an eave the mame Lexincton to a T nhrand of cloth which it then manufactur- ed. The steamboat. at best. has a hard tima to compete, In marine pistnresme- fees, with the clipner-shin unter full sall. But she has wom her modern su- premacy in a fair fight and mot withont the evnenditure of a v ingenuity, patience and deserves now and then, in New Ensland’ mind, a piace alongside the fales » men like to tell of ol sailing da SUNDAY MORNING TALK The Eventide. Thou wiit show me the path of lif Thy presence is fuliness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures forever- more. Ps. 16: 11. There is an eventide in the day—an hour when the sun retires and the shadows fall, and WheA nature assumes the appearance of solemnness and silence. It is an hour from which the thoughtless fly, as peopied in their imagination with gloom; it #s the hour which in every age the wise have loved, as bringing with it sentiments and affection more valuable than all the splendors of the day. Its first impression s to still all the turbu- TROUBLED WTH RINGWORM YEARS On Face. liched Badly. “ For several years I was troubled with ringworms on my face. They itched badly and at times were very red. The skin eround them was in- flamed. My face looked fierce. I tried different remedies but none of them* helped me. I read an advertisement for C Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample which helped wme. 1 ‘ht more and in one month was hesled, after using four cakes of Cuticura Soap and three boxes of Ointent.” (Signed) Miss Emma Gubisch, 324 Elm St., Mer.. iden, Conn., Sept. 13, 1921. Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and ‘Talcum for all toilet purposes. And again, take the children, they don't want to go to bed until it is dark, and in summer it isn't dark until quite Let the women do something else in- stead of canvassing the town for day- 1 TAXPAYER. 1922, N THE PUBLIC EYE Norwich, April 27, I b s This is ‘the twenty-first birthday of th Crown Prince Hirohito, who recent- Iy became regent of Japan because of the disability of his father, the emperor. Th crown prince is the first of the Jap- imperial family to recefve a gen- 1 education along modern lines. When years old he was enrolled among erz six the pubils of the Peers school in To- , receiving the customary elgmentary common school education in dally as- sociation with other children of the Japanese aristocracy. On his gradua- tion there was established the Imperial “ducation Institute located within the | precincts of the prince's estate. There for several years he studied under pri- vate tutors. His academic course be- g completed, the emperor and Mother impress Sadako decided his education ould be rounded out by forelgn travel. His tour began March 3 of last year and nued until Sepember, when he re- ed to Toklo and was recelved by undreds of thousands of his people. 1813—Alexander 1T, of Russla, four- teenth sovereign of the dynasty of Romanaffs, born at Pftrograd. ssinated there, March 13, 1820—Gen. Henry W. Allen, who as gov- ernor of Louisiana controlled the liquor traffic with an iron hand born in Virginia. 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THE NORWICH SAViNGS SOCIETY (Incorporated 1824) MAIN STREET CORNER BROADWAY and #nd Premier Bulgaria. 1897—The Bishop of London delivered the log of the Mayflower to A Stambuloff of going alone one of the side streets found another writhing on the sidewalk. As he stood debating whether he shouid eall a doctor or a policeman bassador Bayard for conveyance scveral peopie to the state of Massachusetts. |came along. 1919—The Oregon supreme court de-| One of the spectators asked: “Is Be cided that a referendum on the |an epfleptic?" prohibition amendment would be replied one of the neighbors at- tracted by ‘the crowd, Bulgarian.” unconstitutional. “I think he i» & . The Liow's Share. The teacher had just been reading the stagy of Daniel in the lions’ den. ‘Now, Tommy.” she said, “what do wy learn from the story of Danfel in the Hons' den™ Tommy did not know but Andrew w all eagerness to tell, “Well, Andrew.” said the teacher her favorite pupll, smiling at the child's brightness, “What eise do we learn®" “That we should't eat everything we sen” Today’s Birthdays Crown Prince Hirohito, now regent of Japan, born in the imperizl palace In Taklo, 21 years ago today. Jomas Lie, prominent among contem- porary American artists, born In Nor- way. 42 years ago today. John W. Summers, representative in congress of the Fourth district of Wash- ington, born in Orange county, Ind., 52 years ago today. Dr. Aldert A. Murphree, president of the University of Florida, born at Wal- nut Grove, Ala., 52 years ago today. Allen Sothron, pitcher of the Cieve- land American League bascball tesn. born at Dayton, O, 29 years ago to- day. She—You don't love me as much as you used to. 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