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The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
FARMERS LACK IN CAUTION
Ordinary, Everyday Word, out oAs
Fraught With Deep and Far
Reaching Importance.

To onicials and Members OF the
un4on
Caution Just an ordinary, every
day word, but one fraught with deep
and far-reaching Importance.
It is the one thing farmers lack
above all other qualities Caution they
have in plenty In certain directions,
but usually not In the direction 1t
should be applied.
They are over-cautious about hon.
estly accepting plans and organiza-
tions within their own ranks, calling
for cooperation, mutual aid and self
sacrifices. / know, of course, 1t is
due in measure TO the fact that his
bump of caution has become abnorm-
ally developed.
But, on the other hand, the wordy,
windy, promising politician seems
able to wipe out this bump of eau
ton every election day. Fooled time
and time again by broad promises
before the election, only to be forgot
ten and ignored after the election,
yet the farmers caution bump fails
to show when the same deceiving,
selfish politician comes forward again
and with the same old empty prom
ises arouses his enthusiasm to high
pitch, to such high pitch that ne
throws caution, the absolute knoWl-
edge that he is dealing with a rascal,
to the winds and votes once more for
the idle promiser
Now, as | stated, farmers are slow
TO accept and take hold of move
ments within their own ranks for
self-advancement, because they have
been fooled in the past Why the
same theory don't work with them
as regards this scheming politician
is something too profound for my un-
raveling. But the truth of it is too
ell known for argument
That old designing, crafty politician
is mighty humble, mighty cordial,
eager to promise anything asked when
before you seeking your vote. But
just see him in Washington, as
have There he laughs at your guilt
b,iity; sneers at your confidence in his
promises; openly 1aunts you and your
cause.
You are waking up bit along that
line. I'll confess, but only after con-
slant hammering on you. Some men
who have stood in places of power for
years and sneered at you and your
needs have felt your righteous wrath
and goue Into the oblivion they have
long merited.
But others remain. Many of them
are going to come as humble suppli-
cants for your suffrage next year.
They wear the outward garb and sem
blance OF real and true friends to you
and your cause. They are oily, shrewd.
plausible Every artifice of the de-
signing self-seeker will be used on
you again
Will you stand for him? Will you
let that sort fool you yet again? Oh,
my credulous brother, wake up, wake
up Put on your thinking cap, read,
study the public career Of the man
seeking your franchise Know, don't
guess, that he is your real friend and
tIat he will do all in his power hon
estly to make good on his promises
TO you
DC this and you will get true friends
in the high places. You will get leg
islation lorg denied you, because you
haven't had some one TO press your
cause like the trusts and corporations
have had
Come out Of your sleep, brother.
Quit letting them fool you.
C. S. BARRETT.
Union City, Ga.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Easy Dinner.

Place suet in kettle; when hot put In
pot roast. let brown, add salt and pep
per and one pint boiling water. Have
a fireless cooker made with box
lined with newspapers. Place 7our
kettle in it. Have your vegetables and
potatoes started to boil; place in the
box, pack tight with newspapers.
Leave home and be gone all day and
your dinner is cooked in time.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

More than half century ago there
were handed to Uncle Sam three bags
of gold worth
Uncle Sam about 5000 and he
Is Worried. Is still holding
at washington. Some 30 years ago
he received bag Of valuable silver
bullion and the owner has left it with
him ever since. This gold and silver
las been great nuisance to the ac-
punting officers Of the federal govern
neslt. who do not know what to do
nth It
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Air BIisters in Chicks.

Air blisters often show themselves
in young chicks. The skin puffs out
and seems like bladder of wind 1t
comes on the abdomen, sides and un-
der the wings and neck. Prick the
blisters with needle to let out the
air Add carbonate of iron, alternat
ing with granulated charcoal daily in
the food The ration should be oat,
meal principally with plenty of sharp
grit within reach.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Destroy Tobacco Pest.

A method involving the use of cop
per snlphate has been perfected in
SuFinan for destroying bacilli which
injure tobacco plants through the
twigs.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Breeding Place for Flies.

The manure pile Is the natural
breeding place for flies just as the
hearts of some men are the breeding
places of jealousy. bitterness and the
crouch.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
About Carpet Sweepers.

When the carpet sweeper starts tc
get worn never put It aside or sen0
ii to be fixed; instead, put several lay
ers Of bicycle tape around the ends of
the brushes, and 1t Is as good as new,
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Road to Bankruptcy.

The farmer who buys his feed and
other supplies that can be grown on
the farm and grows nothing but cot
ton is on the straight road to bank
ruptcy.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Planting Too Closely.

It is mistake to plant strawberries
or other small fruits too closely. The
average strawberry beds are planted
SO close that the plants have to fight
each other for existence.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Ideal Poultry Feed.

When gathering In the vegetables
do not discard the little beets and
turnips as worthless They make
ideal food for the poultry
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Buys Cotton Seed Oil.

Holland is the greatest purchaser OF
American cotton seed oil. with Great
Britain ranking next
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
India's Cotton Crop.

India's cotton crop is estimated at
4.2s7 900 bales of 400 pounds, the yield
of 21.911 900 acres.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Senator Runs
the Elevator.


for forty winks more he's down at his
desk, already elbow-deep in the days
work.
The first morning Senator Jones
appeared in the senate building at the
gruesome hour OF half-past seven in
the morning, all fed, shaven and eager
for the days work, the elevator was
still asleep. The only thing around to
represent the majesty of the United
States was the antique negro watch
man.
The senator's office was two flights
up and he was in hurry.
Here, you," he exploded upon the
solitary darky, can you run this ele.
vator up to my officer"
mo, boss, l can't" replied the
startled attendant.
Then I CAM" raped out Senator
Jones. open that door!"
The old darky, bewildered at the
whirlwind methods of the western SEN
ator, opened UP the elevator. The SEN
ator grabbed the levers; there was a
whirr-and they had arrived!
Every morning since Senator Jones
steers that restive elevator along its
devious course from the basement to
the second floor, carrying as passen-
ger an admiring darky watchman,
whose astonishment at the versatile
genius of the pilot is growing daily.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

that request win be made for tns
repeal Of the opium law and the %
pIication Of the pure food Law to II
habit-forming drugs.
The new cocaine regulation WIN
make it necessary for an afiidayit tc
be filled out and signed for every
sale OF cocaine from the time Ii
reaches the importer at one Of the
large ports until it reaches the hands
OF the ultimate consumer. These
af1idavite will have to be sworn to
and a record of the same viii have
to be made by the dealer, and both
sales book and affidayits kept on file
for regular inspection by government
officials.
Plans are now being made for print.
ing the forms of af11davits which will
have to be signed by each importer
and purchaser of cocaine, and also the
forms of record which each dealer
win have to keep and submit to the
bureau of chemistry In January OF each
year. The start which the govern
ment has made In controlling the use
OF dangerous habit-forming drugs Is
In line with the course which has
been pursued by number of foreign
countries which has restricted the
sale and use Of these drugs most
rigidly for a number of years. Moth
ing in the governments regulation
will restrict the use of cocaine in
legitimate medical practice, for 1t is
recognized, of course, that only the
indiscriminate and promiscuous use of
cocaine, opium, morphine and other
drugs is dangerous and that the adj
ministration of these agents by skill
full hands contributes to the relief
of pain and suffering.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Here 1t Is.

Representative Willis of Ohio.
champion speller OF Congress, the
other day received a word which he
admitted he could neither spell nor
pronounce 1t was the name of a
Chicago Greek confectioner and was
seat to Willis by his brother Here
it is: James Observation-Disclosures
tourgeotopoulos"
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

Life holds few greater sr gaSias
..ssn being ssissed hv ~
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

The 100000 boys and girls in the
high schools of the United States con-
stitutes the great
High Schools est force of any
Social Force. nation in the
world for social
uplift and advancement of civilization,
in the opinion of Dr. T. j. Jones of the
united bureau of education. In
statement issued through the bureau
Doctor Jones declares that with the
teachers of social science and history
in these schools rests the responsible
ity of developing this force for nation
al good
Good citizenship should be the di-
rect aim of the high school courses in
social science and history says Doc
tor Jones. Good citizenship is the
test that must be applied to every top
ie in these courses. Facts, conditions.
theories, activities. which do not con-
tribute directly to the appreciation Of
methods of human betterment have no
claim on the mind of the high-school
pupil.
Every pupil should know, of
course, how the president of the
United States is elected, but he should
also understand the duties of the
health officer in his community"
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27
Histories Are
interviewer. aa.

until March 4, had personal histories
that were curiously interviewer.
Mr. Humphreys is the son of Brig.
Gen. BENJAMIN G. Humphreys of Con-
federate fame, and Mr. Ames, the son
of Mai Gen Adelbert Ames and the
grandson of Ben" Butler. Mr.. Hum
pErey's father was made governor of
Mississippi in 1865, the year the pres
ent congressman was born, but the
family had enjoyed the shelter of the
executive roof only two or three years
when Mr. Ames' father came along
and evicted them.
General Ames, aided by federal sol
diers, descended on the Humphreys
establishment, forcibly elected the
governor and his family, and took pos
session of the mansion under the auth
ority of military governor"
Neither of the sons of the famous
soldiers treasures any animesity over
the occurrence, however Both are
veterans of the Spanish war, where
they served under the same flag.
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

Representative Benjamin G. Hum
phreys Of Mississippi and Butler
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

Senator Jones of Washington is the
earliest kind of bird. Just when the
The sea coast echo., 1913-09-27

The 100000 boys and girls in the
high schools of the United States con-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
The California Earthuuake.

am a little girl. I lived in San Francisco at the time of the earth quake. One day while I was playing I heard runbIing noise. I was so frightened I ran to my mother. My father was sleeping and he woke up.
 Soon there was a large, loud crash heard. We then took our things and ran out. became lost among a crowd of people. I went out of the crowd and ran to the coast. There I went on board a steamer. By and by the other people canss on and soon we started.
 We went through the Golden Gate, out to the Pacific ocean. We then sail ed down the coast of, Mexico and South America, up the Atlantic ocean to England.
 When we landed all the people went to hotels and boarding houses, so I went, too.
 One day while was walking in park met 8 man and woman whom recognized as my mother and father. We all were glad to see each other.
 After a month in England we came to Norwich, in the United States, and I have been here ever since.
 FRIEDA RETKOVSKE, Age II.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
Ocean Beach Dav,

Every year at Ocean Beach they have holiday which they call Ocean Beach day.
 There are rowing races, walking the greased pole. and diving, with many other events:
 I am going to tell you about the last Beach day.
 My brother was in the rowing race. so he went and got his entry blank about a week ahead of time They were going to have the contest in the afternoon. So we cleaned the boat in the morning. After dinner we started.
 When we got there they were walk ing the greased pole The pole was fastened to the wharf at one end and the other end was out over the water. A Handkerchief was fastened to the outer end. The boys started from the wharf and tried to get the handker- chief and dive off It was funny to see them fan off and go spIashfng Into the water, At last one of them got it
 Then came the rowing race Six or seven boys lined up in sllarpdes and when man fired pistol they We're off. They went around a. buoy down at the other end of the beach and back again. My brother came h third.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20

man had learned their use to himself; and there silk was being spun and nets were being made long before women were attired in silk, or fishermen cast their nets into the sea to catch fish. New England's November moth has only a siIlSen network cocoon, and the WaspS are paper makers, and the mason bees always busy. while the spider Is making silken suspension bridges across the water and diving bells to do submarine work
 lnsectV1lle has it's industries, you see as well as it's pleasures and per ills.
 If there are no tailors there fashions are not entirely absent, for nature sees that her children are prettily and dis tlnetIVely dressed, and so the insects nave much more variegated plumage than the birds, and are as beautiful 10 the eye as flowers; and Mr. and Mrs. Pap1lto have various styles, as % MT and Mrs. Grapta, MT. and Mrs. Hesperidae, MT. and Mrs. Colias, and Danais and Argynnis. and all the rest and the moths which fly by night are as brilliantly dressed as if they ex- pected the lights to be turned on. And the young change their dress and their colors with great regularity, each fam fly having it's own distinctive style in each stage of its Ire You see it would not be at all strange if men learned the art of style direct from nature. for it is never lacking
 And Insectvtlle is not without it's orchestra, for 1t has it's double drum me-s in the cicadae, it's f1ddlers among the locusts. its chirpers among the crickets, It's singers among the bees and the files, and August is the month when the air there is rent with wierd
 It Is no easy matter to tell all that IS 10 De seen, learned or heard in In- sectvi1le. It Is a place where man ia an intruder, and his footfall win put 2 nusn upon the whole place. He Is recognized as something to fear and to nee rom. and he must behave him InsectydHa has besn disturbed.
 lnsectTille holds many secrets which may rot be ussfn1 to man. but they miist DO Eainsd by gsnfisnass and the aH the bnsy residents of this great me1ropoatss
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
Field Mouse and Town Mouse.


 A field mouse had a. friend who lived in & house in town.
 The town mouse was asked one day to dine with the field mouse. Out he went and sat down to & meal of corn and wheat.
 The town mouse looked at this plain fare with Scorn and said:
 Do you know. my friend. that YOU live a mere ants ltfe out here? Why. I have stores of good things to eat at home. Come to town and dine with me, and see what I have to give you" So the two set out for town, and there the town mouse showed him meal and dates, his cheese and cake and many sweets.
 As the field mouse ate he thought how rich his friend was and how poor he was.
 But while they were feasting a man came into the room. and the mice were in such fright that they ran into a crack.
 By and by. when the man had gone they crept out again.
 Just then cat came in.
 Run for your life!" cried the town mouse.
 Away flew the mice and reached g. hole just in time to save their lives Then the field mouse would eat no more, but sad to the town mouse: Please yourself, my good friend: you are in a fright the whole time. am poor, I know. have nothing to eat but wheat and corn; but I will live on those, in no fear of anyonev P
 SOPHIE THOMA, Age 12. Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
A February Picnic.

Once upon time there was a lit tie girl named Nellie She was always wishing that she had been born in June, so that she might have a birth day lawn party like the other girls she knew.
 One day her mother told her that she had sent out invitations to her little friends, inviting them to come to lawn party Thursday. Nellie did not see how they. could have a lawn party in the snowy woods. But her mother told her not to ask questions, but wait until the time came.
 When the children came they were very much surprised for in the barn on the floor of the loft was a nice green carpet with trees and flowers all around it.
 In one corner was a pile of sweet hay, with old Doosie and her three kittens upon 1t. They also had much fun with the organ grinders monkey. who danced and bowed and played with the boys and girls.
 Soon luncheon was served and when 1t was time to go home they said it was the jolliest and funniest picnic they ever attended in all their lives
 G. w. Age Is.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath.

A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath
 Patience was 8 dear little eight year -old girl, that lived in Lexin gton.
 She and her girl friends were sew ing samplers
 This is what Patience had to sew on her sampler: "A soft answer turn eth away Wrath.''-Patience Arnold. E One day her mother left her alone in the house for a few hours, while she visited a sick lady. She gave Patience the key of the barn, where the am- intuition was kept. to take care of, and said:
 Do not give the key to anyone un- til I return
 Patience kept on sewing. There were so many letters for her to sew and they were so crooked, that they looked like the minute-men whom her father drilled on the village green.
 When she was sewing the word Pa tience. gentleman entered the room He paused to look at Patience's tren1- bling fingers and then said:
 T ask for shelter for my men" He pointed to a number of soldiers out side- The gentleman said. T tried to open the barn door. but it was 1ocked.s Then he asked for the key
 Patience took it from her apron pocket and held it under her sampler.
 The gentleman called his soldiers in and told them to search the house as ed everywhere, but did not find it. Then he grew very angry and said:
 Give me the key"
 Patience said: T have the key. but was told not to give it to anyone tn- til my mother returns"
 She showed the gentleman the words at the top of her sampler which read;
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
SUNNY DAYS IN INSECTVTLLE E Something Interesting About the Place
(Copyrighted.)

InSectvile has it's resident enemies to society, for we find there the mole. which lives upon insects, burrowing in the ground; the lizard which is fond e tender caterpillars lurking in the shadows of the logs and rocks: the grass snakes, which delight in captur- ing sluggish creatures in the grass; the toadS that find all sorts of flies good eating, and the bats which hang in the trees by day and capture the biggest moths on the wing at night; so say nothing of the birds known as hy-catcherS, which nest close by; but Insectvil1e is populous and there are always enough insects to meet all the demands of nature.
 These insects come in their season just like the plants. and. strange to saywhen the plants are ready for them And the flowers are called bee-1owers and butterfly flowers, and moth flow CTS, according to their shape and vis- itors. How special flowers were de- signed to afford honey to special in- sect visitors it not known, and never likely to be. The milkweed is a but terfy flower the morning glory is a moth flower; the ciovers are a bee flower, and cannot make seed without their help; and the snap dragon is a special bunable-bee flower; and it yields it's honey only to the bee which can by its weight open 1t and enter. Naturalists say this heavy bee has helped the flower to strengthen the fibre of it's lip until 1t yields only to the big bees weight; but bees with cutting mouths and honey birds with sharp bills break through the side of the flower and rob the nectar pot, and when they do this the flower cannot seed. So. you see. some insects and some flowers are tnseparab1y related they cannot live and thrive without one another.
 So it is planned that there shall be April insects and insects in every month even as late as November. for here in rugged New England nattr- aItsfs are acquainted with the Nopera- Der moth.
 And if you Femen nnber your Sunday school lesson you will not fail to recall the fact that St. Paul YVES tent maker; but in Insectville the cater pillars were making tents long befcra
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
A Round Trip.

At Tiredvil1e the trip begins, We soon reach Drowsy Centre: The gates of Sleepyland we push Apart, and slowly enter. Within are dreams of every kind, And maps of every nation; We must take care, or nightmares mad Will chase us from the station. But, when we've once reached Slum-
 bertOWn,
 We've no more need to worry; The journey back to Wide-awake We take in quite a hurry. Julie M Lippman in the Christian
 Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE.
 AWAkES.

There used to be a belief that oppor- .1Inity did not knock at the door but once, and that settled it once for all.
 Now, Wide-Awakes. there isn't a word of truth in that. Opportunity is Rlwavs knocking at everybody's door, and the reason he does not help folks ss because they will not help them selves.
 Many people take no notice of op- portunity because he isn't calling them to lead the procession. oppor- tunity calls people to lead the process sion, but he always calls those who can do it He. however. makes no speciality of processions.
 Opportunity has demanded that a lad should get up early in the> morn ing when he didn't want to, and obedi- ence has carried such a, lad to the pres idency of the United States: it has called upon young men to put on over alls and --mpers and to work in the grinle when they did not want to, and taught them lessons which made them great.
 Opportunity doesn't call people to wear Sunday clothes all the time. or to do things which are most pleasing to them. Opportunity calls people to service and he has opened the door for kingship the beginning of which was peril and drudgery
 Remember that opportunity is not the patron of soft aps-he is not an admirer of kid-gloved dudes. He is fond of and partial to the worker who takes hold of the work presented for him to do and does it.
 Opportunity is not what you want, but what someone else wants. Forget yourself and meet opportunity at any
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-20
PRIZE BOOK WINNERS.

f-HazeI HuIing. of Hampton Trading and Exploring, by Agnes Vinton Luther.
 2-Horatio BiseIow, Jr., of Norwich Camping Out,'' by c. A. Stephenson.
 1Blanehe Denuth, of Baltic-"Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera by Victor Appleton.
 4-Georse Farrell, of Norwich-"Fox Hunting" by c. A. Stephenson.
 5-Frieda Retkovske of Norwich Robinson Crusoe," by Daniel DeFoe.
 6-Jessie L. Brehant, of Locust Val ley. l.. I.-"On the Geysers,'' by c. A. Stephenson
 Evincent L. Waters, of Whitman tlc-'A Child's Garden Of Verses" by R. l.. Stevenson
 8-WilIiam Stanton, of willimantic Black Beauty" by Anna SewaH.
 Winners of books living in Norwich may call at The Bulletin business office for them any time after 10 a. m. on Thursday.