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Norwich, Saturday, May 8, 19rl5.
The Circulation of
The Bulletin
JThe Bulletin has the largest
i circulation of any-paper in East-
am Connecticut and from three
to four times-larger than that of
amy In Norwich. It is delivered
to over -3,000 of he 4,053 houses
in Norwich, and read by ninety
three per -cent, of the people. In
Wiwdhem it ia delivered to over
600 houses, in Putnam and
Danielson to ever 1.100 and in
all of these places it is consid
ered th local daily.
Eastern Connecticut has forty
nine towns, one hundred and
sixtyfive postofHee districts, and
sixtw rural free delivery routes.
The' Bulletin is sold in every
town on all of the R. F. D.
routes in Eastern Connecticut.
CIRCULATION
1901. average
1905, average
May 1
4,412
5,920
9,167
THE TORPEDOED LUSITANIA.
Greater attention is directed to the
I torpedoing of the Lusitania because it
la the first of the big: liners to be sunk
and because It is looked upon as a
' direct carrying- out of the threat which
was made in the German submarine
'policy and reiterated in the recent ad
vertisement of the German embassy
warning: people against taking pas
sage on any vessels flying the flag of
the. belligerents, though from the man
ner in which the Gulflight was at
tacked there would appear to be little
respect for the flag of any country,
whether belligerent or neutral.
In no way can this policy be looked
upon other than that of piracy. The
inking of merchant -vessels which are
unarmed fcas from the very first been
the cause of vigorous rorotest. but this
Is not the only instance in which in
ternational law has been ruthlessly
disregarded, treaties violated and the
non-combatants, men, women and chil
dren, been made to suffer. Germany
cas from the very first been insisting
that ita demands, right or wrong, must
fee granted and It has stopped at nothing-
to accomplish its purpose. Hu
manity gets no consideration and such
a spectacle as the torpedoing of a
passenger ship simply supports the
ether tales of German atrocities.
The Lusitanla is of course a British
hip and British property, the sinking
of which might be looked upon with
Jes concern did it not carry over two
thousand human beings, many of
whom have lost their lives.
The Interest of Uiis country lies In
the fact that there were several hun
dred Americans aboard and under the
position which has been taken by this
government they had a right to be
there and aa neutrals should have been
protected. The death of any one of
them Is In no way justified by the
embassy warning and, if it is found
that American lives have been lost it
presents, in the face of the other wan
ton destruction of American property
and lives, a serious situation. That
Germany was assisted in the attack
upon this steamship and American
lives from this country may well be
a subject for vigorous inquiry.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
Even- though it has been modified,
the action which was taken by the
house upon the bill concerning sew
age disposal indicates progress in a
movement which has been underway
for several years and, if concurred in
by the senate, and it become a law,
win permit a start being made
towards the solution of a big iproblem.
Wherever it is possible at the pres
ent time sewage systems empty into
tho rivers of the state with the re
sult as investigation shows that
ome of the streams are already se
riously polluted and furnish a men
fee to the health conditions. The vol
Jme of water in some of the larger
rivers makes the situation less dan
gerous under prevailing conditions, but
with a steady Increase in the size of
cities, the development of other com
munities and accompanying sewer sys
tems, a more extensive use of the in
land waters is threatened, with a cor
responding Increase in the danger to
public health and safety.
It was for the purpose of checking
this that the measure was proposed,
tho original bill giving authority to
correct existing conditions and prevent
further increase. That gave vast pow
ers and made it possible to saddle a
tremendous expense upon cities which
have already spent large sums upon
sewer systems which make use of the
rivers, as well aa upon manufacturers.
The modification can therefore be
looked upon as a sensible handling
of this matter, placing as it does an
efficient and effective control over the
situation as it exists and guarding the
et reams against future abuse.
A LESSON FOR OTHERS.
Much interact has been aroused by
tie suspicion, arrest, partial trial and
confession of a prominent New Tork
man on the charge of robbing the pay
roll of his employers. As a trusted
clerk, having demonstrated to his em
ployers that ho Was worth a salary
of $6,000 a year, he had gained their
entire confidence and was able through
the respect In which he was held to
plan and carry out by tho aid of con
federates the raid on the firm's
RaAnces, But lor the weakening of
those who participated tho plan might
have been repeated at every favorable
opportunity and the Jekyll and Hyde
existence gone from bad to worse. Cor
nered, it resulted in a clean breast of
the whole affair, possibly in hopes of
profiting through the leniency of the
court.
The' sentence of seven and a half
to nrteen years in Sing - Sing which
has Just been imposed may seem se
vere but it apparently indicates the
belief of the court that there is need
of furnishing substantial discourage
ment for such practices. If the sen
tence was a light one it, would be
open to the interpretation that such
crimes could be committed almost with
impunity. It could be looked upon as
an encouragement for others to do the
same thing under the expectation that
when they were caught they would be
able to escape severe punishment. The
court apparently took into consider.
tion the fact that there are more con
cerned than the individual who eon
fessed. In this . case the fear of the
penalty was obliterated, by the esti
mation of shrewdness, and an. example
of the guilty . one has. been made for
the benefit of others. Even the pris-.
oner realized he was deserving of no
sympathy.
JAPAN AND CHINA.
Even though Japan may not have
technically issued an ultimatum to
China in regard to such demands as
it has made upon that republic, from
the statements which have been made
public it is quite evident that it is
prepared to. It is determined that its
wishes be fulfilled, meaning that China
must agree thereto or take the con
sequences. It has unquestionably paved
the' way for such a document and de
cided upon the course which it. is
going to (pursue in forcing the issue.
Unless it is possible to find a com
mon ground upon which these coun
tries can agree that means war and
in connection therewith the suggestion
which has been made that mediation
be resorted to for the settlement of
the trouble ought not to be overlooked,
China . is in no condition to engage
in war and yet it has rights which
ought not to be indiscriminately vio
lated. There are also treaty relations
with other countries which must be
upheld. Therefore Japan has reason
for resorting to a thorough consider
ation of these questions and the ex
haustion of every possible means of
adjustment through the channels of
diplomacy before engaging in a cost
ly and bloody war. It is still be
lieved that both countries would prefer
to get out of the impending trouble
without recourse to arms and it must
be recognized that if there is any mu
tual desire for a fair and honest hand
ling of the matter mediation furnish
es a means to that end. Such would
also give full consideration to the pol
icies which the other countries will
insist must be respected concerning
China.
THE NEW HAVEN ROAD.
From the statement of earnings for
March as issued by the New York,
New Haven and ' Hartford railroad
there cannot help but be satisfaction
to those who are deeply Interested
from a financial standpoint and equally
so to those who thoroughly under
stand the importance to this part of
the country in having the system once
more on its feet. Nothing gives any
more confidence than a railroad which
is self supporting and the figures for
March, showing a quarter of a mil
lion earned, substantiates the firm be
lief which has always been held that
the road could come back.
There is reflected in 'the statement
the good results of the policy under
which the road Is now being operated.
for while the actual business does not
show such a tremendous gain in com
parison with last year, it is a gratify
ing showing nevertheless that the
plan of economy which has been put
into operation has made possible. It
has been demonstrated that money
can be earned by saving It and the
manner in which the officials of the
system have tackled this problem gives
greater confidence than ever in their
ability to make the most of a bad sit
uation for which they were not respon
sible, and in the methods which they
are employing.
There can be- no question but what
the New Haven is a most valuable
piece of property, that it has a bright
future and that its affairs are being
so guided as to attain the best results.
That this is generally realized is re
flected in the action which the legis
latures of the three states in which it
operates have taken.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Every city clean-up movement
should be indulged in by the whole
town and not a small part of it.
There is cause for satisfaction in
the fact that the Barnes-Roosevelt law
suit isn't goirtg tobe featured by the
movies.
Heat or no heat, it is said women
are going to carry fur this summer,
yet we cannot believe it'll be carried
very "fur."
"When a jitney strikes a party wait
ing for the trolley, it will never be
possible to convince some that it was
not intentional.
If, as reported, Huerta has leased
a house on Ixmg Island, It must be
that he has found conditions in New
Tork satisfactory.
The New Hampshire barber who
boasts of shaving 84-in an hour pre
sents a stunt which appears to ignore
the safety first policy.
Even though Russia may have a new
name already to replace Constanti
nople it is taking longer to substitute
it than it did to select it.
From the daily reports the German
submarines appear to be as eager to
get the Swedish - and Norwegian
steamers as they do. the British.
"When the mathematical prodigy at
Harvard declares that he will never
marry it is only another way , of say
ing that the - right girl has not yet
appeared.
Even though the use of asphyxiating
gases in the war has been denied, the
plans of the British to engage there
in as a measure of retaliation Indicates
something. .
The man on the corner says: The
alarm clock can be halted, but IJiere
Is no mechanical contrivance for dis
couraging the bantam rooster in the
early morning.
Concord, Del.. Is terrorized
dogs, says a report, which leaves it to
be inferred that the animals may be
put. out over the failure to get their
licenses renewed.
I
I THE MAN WHO TALKS I
I - - 1 ; !
If we were early taught we are
self -registering souls, and that we re
veal the shadows and evil stains which
wrong living has cast upon our minds,
just as the great cedars of the Mari
posa grove contain within themselves
the record of growth and drouth and
accidents for the 2,000 years of their
existence, we should have been more
circumspect in our lives we should
not have held and gloated over so
many secret tnougnts, or louna sucn
pleasure "In doing questionable things
on the sly.r In view of this we must
express the Jear that we are a very
speckled lot. What if we really cannot
indulge in a revengeful feeling, or a
false thought, or do an evil deed and
escape the Tecord of shame in our
own book of life? Do you think the
perusal of the book will be very en
tertaining by and by? On the other
hand, ir every good deed recorded in
the mind finds spiritual expression In
our form and features, how delightful
we should be to look upon. There is
a glow with a charm to goodness, and
this is what transforms mortals from
a low to a high, estate.
There are too many men in . this
world trying to save people who are
not lost. There are too many also who
think there is more merit in trying to
save the other fellow than in trying
to save themselves, or their own. The
great accomplishment in this life is
to be such a good example that your
fellowmen are prompted to become
what you are instead of remaining
what they toe. There is too much
talk and too little true action. It is
just as easy to tell the other fellow
the right way to live, as't is to tell
him how he may better use his money.
It is not so easy to show him either.
There are more leaders than the world
needs, and too few that are worthy of
being followed. It is said of Tennyson
that he lived the great life he depicted
in his poems; and this may be truly
said of other great writers and speak
ers. Handing out the truth tor tne
good of the people which you do not
live, is not unlike doing charitable
works with money you solicited instead
of earned. Somehow men who are least
in this world think they are greatest.
One thing that makes the German
and the Austrian and the Russian
armies weaker than the English is be
cause in them the sovereignty of the
individual Is not recognized. They do
not know Kitchener was as divinely
born as the Czar or Kaiser, because
God made him and endowed him with
greater ability than either of them
ever possessed. The saviours of men
still are born In hovels, not palaces.
Who is Lord Kitchener's chief of staff?
He is Robertson, who began life as
a lackey with ideas and who promises
to end life as the commander-in-chief
of the British forces. His great feat
has been to treat the rank and file as
if they were the cream of earth in
stead of the ravellings; and giving
them the -best of food in camp, with
hot baths and good beds, bringing the
exhausted foroes to a high state or
efficiency in a few days. The British
camps in Prance, which are the most
complete military camps the world has
ever seen. Where men of ideas are
recognized there is a surplus of com
manders in every military company.
Tyranny robs men of initiative and in
doing this it weakens and often under
mines its power.
The young man who throws his
money away in youth discovers what
an idiot he was in old age. To be a
good fellow all one has to do in youth
is to pave the way to want, and per
haps the poorhouse later on. Gen
erosity calls out sweet praises, but the
reaction is usually acid meditations.
The world at large is like the child
who forgets the generosity of its par
ents when the money is gone. Those
who enjoy gifts are often caught say
ing the meanest things about the giv
ers. Good will that is 'bought can turn
into ill-will as easily as milk can sour.
When it comes to boosters, those who
talk enthusiastically to bleed the gen
erous, usually reap the rewards they
were working for. The money thrown
down by fools becomes the fortune of
people who know its value and what
to do with it. Little money gets lost!
It has a way of getting into the right
hands, where It will serve a good pur
pose. It is not necessary to be mean
to gain a surplus, for that only re
quires forethought and prudence.
The authorities opposed to the wom
en who plead for peace point out that
their petitioning for righteousness
and justice in connection with war
shows they- know nothing about war.
This is a cold blooded confession, but
war is -made up of conspiracies, as
sassinations, murder and violence of
every sort, theft, destruction of prop
erty, starvation, famine and pestilence.
Thse are not Christian virtues they
are the horrors of life which men incite
and invoke when passion rules and
righteousness and justice are in abey
ance. Half the world does not know
what this tremendous slaughter of hu
man beings is for, and even the men
who have faced showers of flame and
blood and. died' by thousands never
knew why they sacrificed their lives.
It is because several nations who de
serve them want open ports, and two
nations are contending for world su
premacy of the seas. If men were
righteous and just there would be no
wars.
When a man gets along in years.
society ceases to call often for him,
and the insurance agents , have ceased
to follow him up as a good risk. He
is relegated to the realm of quietness
to be plucked by a nurse or a merry
widow if he has money and no mate;
or to be sadly neglected if he is recog
nized as a might have been. Age is
what mind has made it with the aid
of time. It may be baldness, decrepi
tude ana squalor; or it may be pros
perity, prudence and pride polished and
set aside. Age may be in sympathy
with youth and in step with the har
mony of heaven, and it may be more
than an old stoop-shouldered culprit
can bear. After 70, Coleridge says:
woman tans into tnree classes: The
dear old soul; that old woman; and
that old witch!" Man after 70 may be
recognized as the old gentleman; the
old grouch, and the old simpleton!
Cata pointed out that old age had in
firmities enough of its own, so there is
no necessity for adding to It vice.
How many people expose their ignor
ance by trying to conceal it! But pre
tending to know is just as common as
failing to remember. When little
Mary Jane came running home to ask
Aunt Maria who Shylock was, didn't
she reply: "Why, Mary Jane! Tou go
to Sunday school and come home ask
ing such a question as that! You
should read your Bible more!" And.
when infantile Bobby asked his father
If he believed a whale swallowed Jonah
he replied: "I used to when I was a
boy,' and I guess Uncle Jim does now.
You .mig"ht ask him!" -And we wonder
why dhildren get tricky before they
reach their 'teens. .- We are all inclined
to dodge the fellow who asks questions.
No wonder a celebrated American wit
said: "Life is short only four letters
in it. Three-quarters of it a 'lie,' and
half of it is an 'if.'" In Shakespeare's
time one man In ten thousand was
supposed to be honest, but in these
days all idea of proportion seems to
have been lost." We are a generation
of gay. deceivers.
The averaqe man is not supposed to
know much about bacteria, or tiacilH,
or animalcule exceDt what tiu
HOW ONE STATE TEACHES
CWritten Specially for The (Bulletin.)
An invitation, during- a Bummer
trip a few years ago, to visit the state
capitol of Vermont did not at first ap
pear very enticing. Statehouses are
all statehouses, I supposed;, and "al
though the fine, imposing building of
native stone on tho broad street et
MontDelier looked attractive, I could
not eee much to induce one to visit it.
Once inside, however, my opinion
soon changed.
For tha State of Vermont has gath
ered here a most interesting and in
instructive collection of exhibits, giv
ing an adequate idea of life and con
ditions throughout the entire state.
Great rooms of the big building are
set apart for the display of every
known specimen of native stone and
that means something, for tha Green
Mountain State! Such a fine colleC;
tion of granites, marbles, polished and
unpolished, et al. would delight the
heart, of any geologist.
Then there are specimens of wood,
such an Interesting collection so ar
ranged as to show the grain, the build
ing possibilitie, etc.
More than this, the state authori
ties have here assembled birds of every
species identified in the state. They
are so arranged, too, that they form a
strikingly beautiful exhibit.
All the state animals, too, are here
shown by choice specimens. One can
spend hours inspecting these, some of
which, of course since the advance of
civilization, are now extinct- '
But the stae of Vermont Ihas not
stopped here.
Almost a complete history of the
state's part in the Revolution and in
the Civil War is unfolded, by means of
pictures of the state's soldiers, collec
tions of war relics and curios, flags,
and the like.
The state's inventions have a place,
in representations of each. Nor does
the exhibit stop here; for year after
year public-spirited citizens have add
ed to it many interesting articles, un-
tists tell him. We are assured these
tiny creatures do a tremendous amount
of good and a tremendous amount of
(harm. We call them tiny, but they are
so tiny they are invisible and multi
plied a thousand times by a micro
scope they appear as large as the
period at the end of this line, A new
bacillus has been found in the trenches
of the Belgian war zone wihich la now
charged with being the cause of rheu
matism; hence the old and well-sustained
uric acid theory as to the cause
of this disease is wobbling. But the
readers of this paragraph will be
pleased to know that the most won
derful bacillus ever discovered is the
one which excites confidence in the
medical fraternity and in their patients
that the thousand and one nostrums
prescribed for various diseases are a
sure cure the Bacillus fidec discov
ered in Great Britain and thence intro
duced to the world. It may seem ab
surd that a bacillus bestirs our confi
dence; but since bacilli give flavor to
butter and cheese and stimulate crops,
why should we not believe fhat they
may be needed to inspire confidence
among men?
Sunday Morning Talk
THE NICK OF TIME.
There is a tide In the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to
fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
The wise head of Shakespeare for
mulated a truth of whldh every man
has at least some realization. The
current of life sets-right at a certain
hour, and the canny mariner will take
it when it serves. Fleeting opportun
ity must De seized.
The book of Eccleslastes emphasiz
es the same lesson. "To everything
there is a season, and a time to every
purpose under heaven." And if other
sapient words are required to clinch
the point, those of Pliny tlhe Elder
may be quoted: "It is a maxim uni
versally agreed upon in agriculture
that nothing must be done too late;
and again, that everything must be
done at its proper season; while there
is a third precept which reminds us
that opportunities lost can never be
regained."
The peril of misjudging the main
chance, of procrastination, has been
dinned into the ears of succeeding gen
erations. We have been warned of
how serious a mistake it is to miss
the tide at the flood. And all dawdling
voyagers on life's ocean had better
give heed to the warning.
This doctrine of the swift and irrev
ocable passing of opportunity may be
preached, however, in a way merely to
discourage people. It is possible to put
fictitious importance on some single
failure to act wisely, on some momen
tary indecision. A man may be made
to feel that having made a single
false move, having committed a single
strategic blunder, he is hopelessly out
of the race. Of necessity he stands
condemned to failure, penury and woo
because once he missed some leading
chance.
I cannot believe that life plays so
sharp a game as that witlh u& A hu
man being is not to make or break his
career unchangeably by any single
grasp or loss of opportunity. We will
grant that, occasionally a lucky guess
on the stock exchange may mean fin
ancial competence and an unlucky one
financial ruin. We will grant that oc
casionally some fortunate political al
liance for a man or some social con
nection for a woman will raise to
prominence those who might otherwise
have lived in oblivion. But we will
not grant that those who have let
some chances slip by must henceforth
resign themselves to inevitable fail
ure.
Success in life is a bigger thing than
any particular financial, political or
social triumphs that may have attend
ed it. success is, alter an, a spiritual
rather than a material value. It is to
be judged in terms of character and
of little else. No one s life is bound
in shallows or in miseries, whatever
his blunders or his defeats, till he has
lost Ms purpose to become a moral
conqueror, to become great of soul.
Practically life Is built up on a long
series of choices rather than on a sin
gle strategic choice on which every
thing else depends. Character results
from a dally and hourly doing of the
best that one can do under the cir
cumstances. It is a will set to make
the most of each opportunity as it
comes.
There ia, then, of course, no time
like the present. Just now is? the
time to do the thing that ought to be
done.
What time is it?
Time to do well, time to live better.
Give up that grudge, answer that let
ter, Speak the kind word to sweeten a
sorrow.
Do that kind deed you would leave
till tomorrow.
Every day is doomsday. Every
moment is the nick of .time. . .
" THE PARSON,
til these rooms, are as . instructive as
any museum.
The native woods alone could be
studied for many hours and with pro
fit. . A person who has taken the long
train-ride up into Vermont under
stands the source of the supply of
wood specimens. Hour after hour the
train runs through densely wooded
hills, recalling one's idea of the forest
primeval; just a path along the nar
row river banks affording room for
the winding railroad linev ,
6ueh a sight makes one a bit skepti
cal of all- that la written and said
about 'cutting off our native forests.'
It would seem as though there must
be timber enough here to last for
ages! That it is being cut off, how
ever, and rapidly,, too, is demonstrated
by the great piles of logs lying. along
the beds of the streams, a pathetic
sight during a dry summer, since only
plenty . of water in the . rivers can
serve fa move the log booms from
Where they have been cut, back in
the hills,, down to the towns a.id to
the sawmills wihich make them avail
able for industry and commerce.
As may be imagined, too, the atone
specimens of Vermont furnish an in
teresting collection.
An observer appreciates this the
more, after a visit to any of the
quarries.
The same fact is impressed, when a
tourist visits certain of the towns.
In Proctor, for example, in the heart
of the marble district, the most ordin
ary of the buildings are of marble,
the streets are covered with pulver
ized marble, everything is white as
Spotless Town, the material for the
thriving city coming direct from its
quarries nearbyi
What Vermont has done, on a large
scale, to teach its resources and pro
ducts and birds and animals, might be
attempted on- a smaller scale by many
another city or town.
It is safe to say that thousands in
every locality are as ignorant of the
productions, manufactures and re
sources of their own state or city as
would be the proverbial traveler from
New Zealand.
We recognize that fact, when, as
occasionally, we have in our own city
some special exhibit of the output of
our mills or factories. There are ex
clamations of wonder, that Norwicih
produces so many and so varied arti
cles and manufactures.
Because we all take for granted the
wonders about us, the grains and
fruits and minerals, the flowers and
birds and animals, the countless arti
cles which we need in our daily lives
and so many of which are furnished
by shops or mills in our own city or
state, it might be a revelation to us,
were it possible to collect specimens
of many or all, in one place, for our
surprise and admiration. In a state
largely manufacturing, as is Connecti
cut, one can imagine something of the
size and the variety of the goods and
specimens to be thus brought together:
while it is safe to predict that the
variety of the collection from the Na
tural History side would be equally
astonishing. .
Our occasional small loan exhibi
tions serve to throw much light on
local and state history, especially dur
ing Colonial times and the stirring
days of the Revolution. Great-grandmothers
pewter plates and tankards,
the quaint church siver, faded prints
of long-forgotten scenes, portraits of
worthies whose names are but a mem
ory, the spindle-legged chairs, the blue
china, hard-made cabinets, tables, odd
highboys and lowboys, heavy old four
post beds, maybe with quaint canopies,
the warming-pan which some ances
tor took to church to temper the frig
idity of the high-backed pew, while
the staid and solemn parson was ex
pounding from fourteenthly and be
yond; the poke bonnet and the flounced
cape; the expansive silk skirt which
once hid but did not altogether con
ceal the ugly hoop-skirt; the tiair
covered trunk which went on journeys
when the railway train was a curios
ity; the blue and white coverlid of
Grandma's industry with her knitting
needles during many a winter evening
long ago, everything serves to open a
page back in the past, to teach its
lesson to the new generations.
It is a hopeful sight that towns and
cities are doing, in a way, what Ver
mont has done so well, i. e. looking
backward in one fashion or another,
to study up the state's or town's be
ginnings. Herein lies the prime usefulness of
those patriotic societies whose aim it
is to dig into the past and discover the
builders of the greatness and the 6uc
ces of this our own age. To find out
who were the "mute forefathers of
each hamlet;- the toilers Who cleared
off virgin forests, built the ancient
turnpikes, erected the buildings which
we now use so carelessly and so con
stantly, labored day after day and
year after year, cultivating, sowing,
reaping; who had time from the hard
ships of reclaiming stony fields and
bridging rushing rivers and building
substantia homes, to make laws, found
schools and colleges and churches, ex
pand the weakling towns into great
cities, and then, when the call came,
had the courage and the valor to go
forth to fight for and defend the
homes and the colony which they had
set up.
Vermont's way is good. We may
not be able to copy it in its entirety;
but it is a method of instruction which
appeals to (heart and graititude, as
well as to eye and brain!
THE DICTAGRAPH.
Stories of the War
Exiles from Home.
Thirty-five thousand exiles from the
occupied departments of the north of
France have returned to their country
by way of Germany and Switzerland
during the past month. -They are
neither hostages nor civilian captives;
they are expelled from their homes by
the Germans end a printed circular
handed to each adult at the frontier
gives the German view of the expul
sions as follows:
"This is why Germany finds her
self obliged to -undertake the trans
portation of a part of the civilian pop
ulation residing in occupied French
territory; France refuses categorically
to send food to its citizens." -
In the last convoy . that arrives at
the Slwes frontier near Schaffhou'se
there were 79 men from 65 to 90 years
old and 218 women and girls of - all
ages. There wt-re also 177 children of
whom 60 were under 4 years old, many
of them in the hands of strangers,
having separated from all kith and
kin. Most of the others in the convoy
were also remnants of families that
have been separated by the mobiliza
tion or scattered - by the invasion.
Their pinched and worn faces tell
the story of many trials.
The last train was 48 hours on the
road and the exiles were all this time
left to their own resources for refresh
ment. Jn different centers, these exiles re
port, the Germans are encouraging
manufacturers to resume the opera
tion of - their work and are even re
pairing bombarded factories where re
pairs are possible. Where buildings
bA.ya beP.rv jitirtiiy jjaqtrcvyed.. fhov are
having estimates of the damages made
by commissions of German engineers.
It is supposed they intend the popula
tion to infer from this that the Ger
man government will idemnlfy owners
of factories but no definite promises
have been made. .
Few Impostors.
Comparatively few impostors have
been detected since the war began but
the pretended' hero, home on sick
leave, with thrilling tales of adventure,
has lately made his appearance, along
with the fake, nurse and stretcher
bearer.
One woman, Blanche Favereau, with,
the military medal pinned to her waist
and getting about painfully on crutch
es, appeared In the Lemercier passage
in Paris in October. She explained
that she bad been shot by a German
officer at the battle of Bapaume while
helping pick up fallen men. General
Gallienl, she declared, had personally
pinned the military medal on her
breast.
On the strength of her well-told
story Bhe obtained the' official allow
ance for women without support, and
collected a considerable amount in
subscriptions for an imaginary relief
work, besides many packages of pro--visions
and clothing, the distribution
of which, she said, she could facilitate
through her army relations. -With
the complicity of a printer she utilized
a blank space at the bottom of a col
umn in the Journel Officio! to insert a
spurious citation In the orders of the
day to facilitate her work of securing
subscriptions.
' She is now in Saint Lazare prison.
' Typhus Stricken 8ervia.
. The following; excerpt is from a let
ter recently received from Dr. Cook
Ingham, written from Valywo, Servla.
Dr. Cooke, to whom reference is made,
died a few days after the letter was
written:
I have not been able to write before
owing to an attack of "typhus recur
rans." I am writing this close to Dr.
Cooke, who is on his back with the
same malady, suffering very much and
too weak to write. At present I am
in what they call the Interval, which
will last a few days, after which the
fever returns so that I shall have to
go through the same thing over again.
Twice usually ends it, tout it leaves you
very weak, and thin. I have lost about
forty pounds already.
When Cooke and I arrived here we
were each put in charge of a hospital;
Cooke got the gymnasium, and I drew
the military hospital, formerly a hotel.
My place is so crude that It is impos
sible to do any operating there. In
Cooke's place we have managed to fit
up a room with four tables in it, and
we have a couple of sterilizers and a
fair line of instruments. Surgery here
seems almost hopeless, as after an op
eration patients must have milk to
drink and eggs to eat and we have had
none to give them except such as we
could buy with our own money. Then
too, they have no beds. A few have a
pile of straw and the rest have to lie
directly on the floor. It is pitiful to
think of those 35,000 beds in Paris,
with all the comforts and the finest
equipment possible, and to know the
condition here, and what a lot of good
those beds would do scattered around
Serbia. Our wounded are all old cases
of gangrenous limbs necessitating op
eration, and these have all been at
tended to. Our mortality has been
high because there has been nothing
for the poor beggars to east post oper
ated. They are bringing no more
wounded in to us, as everything here
is sickness now. Typhus is taking its
toll.
The other surgical hospital, run by
the Dutch Mission, is closed because
the surgeon-in-chief, with most of his
staff are critically ill with typhus ab
dominalis, so you can see what we are
up against. While we were working
full "blast it was not uncommon to run
out of bandages and cotton and have
to wait a couple of days for more.
Many cases that should have been
dressed every day had to go over and
death usually terminated the poor fel
low's agony. We have no ether and
money will not buy it, as there is none
in the country. The supplies we
brought with us stood us in good stead
but are all gone now. They were
surely appreciated by these people.
The town itself Is in very bad con
dition, showing very markedly the ef
fects of war. There are absolutely no
sanitary conditions, filth abounds ev
erywhere. The streets are filled with
about six inches of mud, although the
people say that in time of peace this
is one of the most picturesque towns in
Serbia. Bottled water is almost un
obtainable, and the water we use all
has to be boiled. You see that we
need almost everything, especially
ether, cotton and bandages, but
anything we could get would be of
use. even cigars and cigarettes.
OTHER VIEW POINTS
Sixty-six former Inmates of Sing
Sing prison are sadly dejected because
it has been necessary to transfer them
to Auburn, to relieve the congestion
existing. To leave their Sunday base
ball, their movie shows and the other
attractions provided by Warden Os
borne must' indeed seem a real punish
ment. Bridgeport Standard.
The postoffice department announces
that by July 1 it will be providing
rural mail facilities for 1,000,000 more
persons, "without additional cost."
There's many a private corporation
that would like to get the govern
ment's recipe for extending its busi
nes on such a scale without adding to
its operation charges. Waterbury
Democrat.
The inauguration of the safe and
sane observance of Independence da
here resulted in establishing holiday
arrangements that kept people in
Meriden, gave them an enjoyable pro
gramme and the expense was hot
large. The City Council has rather
placed a damper on this for the com
ing summer by refusing to order an
appropriation, although the town has
done its part.--'Meriden Journal.
This question of whether or not gas
oline pumps should be permitted on
sidewalks, or between curbstones and
sidewalks, for the convenience of au
tomobilists and oil dealers, is not so
old that there is good precedent for a
decision one way today and another
way tomorrow. All citizens should be
treated alike in the matter and the
best interests of the majority pro
tected. It should be a simple matter
enough, to settle such a controversy
for some time to come, without discri
mination and without litigation. Wa
terbury Republican.
Quite naturally the board of alder
men will be asked on Monday night to
amend the new ordinance on street ex
cavations so that it will not be quite
so inclusive as it is at present. It was
never intended to have the ordinance
affect repairs to side walks made by
property owners and it now appears
that the language of the ordinance is
so broad that it does include this sort
of work. It should be easy to so amend
the ordinance that it will be just as
effective as ever, while omitting this
sort of excavation work for whioh a
permit is not needed and for which
such a charge as the ordinance pro
vides would be exorbitant. Ansonla
Sentinel.
Every year the recklessness of those
who gather certain varieties of wild
flowers is deplored, and the public is
warned that the trailing arbutus, the
mountain laurel and other varieties
majr become) . i tha do da an4
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the passenger pigeon have become in
bird life, unless more care is taken to
preserve them. Already it is noted
that persons who know of places where
arbutus - may be found are keeping
this knowledge to themselves. Why
should there not be a closed season
for flowers, as there is for game? It
would not materially injure anyone if
the gathering of certain varieties of
flowers should be restricted, or even
prohibited, temporarily, until there had
been time for them to become once
more abundant as in former days.
Waterbury Ameican.
Our minister to Berlin during the
Spanish War was the Hon. Andrew
D. White who is now perfectly neu
tral but takes occasion to remind
Germans that during that struggle
they were supplying Krupp arms and
ammunition to the Spaniards and
that the American government offer
ed no objection. Xew Haven Union.
It is up to the automobile owners to
organize themselves and strictly en
force safety first restrictions. Dealers
should be emphatic, in advizing pros
pective customers, as to the - respon
sibility of the automobile owner to all
other automobile owners, if not to so
ciety at large. Manufacturers of auto
mobiles should take an emphatic stand
in this matter and spread throughout
every ramification of the trade the
slogan: "Safety first for automobile,
for passenger for the public at large!"
Waterbury Republican.
The labor committee has reported
a bill to prevent the officials of our
penal institutions from making a
contract for the labor of prisoners.
No one who has the welfare of these
men at heart relishes the Idea of
initiating prison reform by with
holding work from the inmates of the
Connecticut prison, for that would be
to throw the burden upon those least
able to bear it. The cost . the bill
would entail upon the state cannot at
this writing be fully foretold The
amount would reach many thousands.
Doubtless the labor committee can
point out to the legislators the advan
tages, if any, and the reasons ' for
forcing a change in this manner upon
state criminals who themselves are
busy each day and earning their own
keep into a few thousand dollars. The
change would cost the state many
thousands. Hartford Times.
Home-made Wines.
Probably the best known of all Bri
tish wines is that made from the elder
berry, but any fruit, flower, or plant
that has a wholesome juice' can be
fermented into wine. Cider and perry
are true wines made from the apple
and pear, althought, according to law,
neither must be described simply as
"wine." It is further prescribed that
wine made out of any other material
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except grapes must be qualified by the
name of the fruit which forms its
basis. Although the methods -of pre
paration and the flavoring ingredients
may differ according to the fruit em
ployed and the whims or hereditary
traditions of the maker, the results are
broadly the same genuine wines of
low alcoholic strength. The juices are
extracted by pressure, toy absorption in
cold water, or by boiling; more or less
sugar is added, and a real fermenta
tion then ensues. London Chronicle.
A TRADE SCHOOL IN CHINA.
Teaches Printing, Bookbinding and
Stitching of Uniforms.
One-quarter of the great province of
Shantung, whose name so frequently
appear In telegraphic news from the
Orient nowadays, is governed by the
city of Tung chang fu. The mili
tary, political and educational head
quarters for the eight or nine million
people in the district all center here,
and the city is, therefore, an impor
tant religious center for work of the
American Board's mission in Shantung.
Rev. E. W. EUis of the board's staff
at Lintsingchow describes a recent
week's work in Tung chang fu, in the
course' of which he studied some of
the higher schools which the new
China is trying so hard to maintain.
Mr. Elliis says:
"The normal school Is one of the
four of highest rank in the province,
and has an attendance of 160. The
middle school has 130 and two other
schools have a combined attendance of
over 100. One of these is the indus
trial school. Here from each of the
29 districts governed by the city five
boys are allowed to come and study a
trade.
"The teaching includes Chinese
printing, bookmaking and the making
of military uniforms the stitching be
ing done on sewing machines. We also
Visited the industrial prison, .where
weaving and shoemaking were ""being
carried on by the inmates."
This story represents a tremendous
change in the educational ideals of
China and in methods of treating pris
oners. No wonder an American pres
ident of a Chinese college declared not
long ago that living in China just now
is liko being in the transformations of
an Arabian J?ights' story.
Does Seem Strange.
Senator La Follette still controls
much of the editorial thought of
his - country newpaper supporters,
strange as it may seem. Milwaukee
Sentinel. -
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