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Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
RaiIread Liaht Towers.

Eight quartz-tube mercury-vapor lamps supported on as many steel tow CTS are employed to illuminate the yards Of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad near Pittsburgh, Pa. The in stallatien. according to the Electrical World. consists of quartz-tube lamps supported on 100 foot towers set at intervals around the boundaries of the yard. The lamps are rated at 26 watts each and have a specific energy con- sumption of 0.SS watt per candle, n1ak ing them among the most efficient artificial illuminants known.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
New York. 100 Per Cent. Baby.

Miss Johanna Wiggins is immigra- tions' last, best word. Born in Ger many twenty-eight months ago. she came here at the age of eight weeks and is no wcrowned and rewarded az New York's 100 per cent. baby. Who in this new world?-New York world
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
Good Advice.

Former President Taft advises the American negro to find his luck in farming. There is still a great deal of cheap fertile land in the South, and all of it will improve in value as well as afford industrious farmers a living in the meantime-Louisville Courier
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
sREvITrEs.

An interesting feature of the pro- ducticn of anthracite coal in Penn sylvania Is the comparatively recent utilization of the smaller sizes of coal since the first washery was con- structed in 1890 the total recovery of useful fuel shipped from the waste heaps of culm banks has amounted to 4s,S2s, ,s76 long tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

ten widowers over S5 years old and i've widows over so made second ven- lures. The youngest widower remar- rying was 20 years old. but two 19- year-old and ten 20year-old widows remarked
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

President Wilson doesn't believe in minority representation. Every mem Der of the Federal Reserve Board is a democrat. This is not the example the three, preceding republican presi dents set him.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

The biggest locomotive on the Erie system is the Matt H. Shay, which will move a train nearly five miles long. weighing ninety million tons and com. posed of six hundred and fifty freight cars.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

That Caillaux trial is developing into a good sized family as well as polit- ical row.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

A New Jersey mad dog became ra- tional the moment his owner patted him on the head. The harassed dog is often victim to human fear.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
They Were No Piker..

About the only thing that can be said about the men who wrecked the New Haven is that they were no pix ers.-Chicago Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Attention is being called to the fact that a four-leaved shamrock is an em- blem of good luck
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

If the bird census Is correct Uncle Sam is the owner of 26. 026, ,0oo. 900 rob in redbreasts. What a racket they would make in concert greeting the dawn,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

The man on the Corner says: There are some great truths man cannot beat out! For instance: If Jack drinks up his wages, Jill cannot save them.'
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Under the low tariff the importa-
 ton of foodstuffs increased a million a month for ten months. The Amer
 ican farmer used to get that!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

conditional recognition of the sacred principle that man is not for business but that business is for man.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

The French socialists have conclud ed that a strike by the rank and file will not stop war-to do that they must strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

When Huerta left Mexico he drank to the health of his successor. Had he stayed within his jurisdiction he would not have enjoyed that exalted privilege
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Chautauqua after careful inyestiga- ton finds that 64 per cent. of the best work of 400 of the worlds greatest men was done after they were 60.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Times may be dull, but the exhibi- tion of silk stockings keeps right up to the prosperity indulgence.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Another wedding is booked in ad- ministration circles at Washington. An eye to business is the motto of Wilson's administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

A war cloud has a silver lining and a golden border for the, furnisher ot army supplies.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

A western paper wishes to know why the father of twins always throws out his chest and struts as if they were a special answer to prayer?
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

An inquiry is being made as to What's to Become of the Girls?" We give it up. The chaperone never goes far enough with them to see
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

Talk may be cheap, but when the summer girl chats to please. the con- fectionery and ice cream expense isn't low.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

It used to be said high tariff sus- tained the trusts, but low tariff does not appear to break them up.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
ExpIainina the Situation.

You see, the people know MT. Whit man. And, unfortunately for Mir Roosevelt, they also know him.-New York Evening Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The army worm forges ahead, and though small he makes men hustle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28

tionaily large, occupies the unique DO sition of being practically useless in
 that country since the picking seasan of last September. owing to the rev. | olutien.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-28
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have 1t follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin business office.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
JUST At THE BEGINNING.

From the interesting articles on the
resources of the warning nations, fur
nished by Mr.. Roger Babson, il is to
be gathered that. while the allies can
practically draw upon the whole world
for supplies and gold. Germany is
able to live for a long time within
herself. In short Germany is very
largely self-supporting. financially and
otherwise
Beating Germany out of French and
Belgian territory is one thing. Beating
Germany in Germany will be quite an
other. There is no question but the
masses in Germany believe that the
fight is for national preservation and
they Will fertilize the soil with their
blood and bones before giving il up.
The present slaughter is but the be-
ginning The real horror viii come
with all Of Germany in a state Of
siege
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

it as democratic extravaganza" The
governor has apparently undertaken
TO not put men on the committee this
time whom he knows will not stand
by their own recommendations
The committee has 45 days in which
TO make its Investigations Tt will
then tell the legislature what appro-
priations it deems necessary for the
support and maintenance OF the penal,
charitable and educational institutions
Of the state. 1t is an important func-
ton and ought TO be vested in men of
patriotism first. Indiana does not
want these institutions starved for
partisan effect Neither does it want
Extravaganza" recommended for
them for partisan effect. Between
starvation and extravaganza there is
a middle ground, and this is what the
committee go in search OF. Had Mr..
Eschbach not liked the recommended
tons OF two years ago he might have
signed u minority report.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Nc
Gonagle will pursue that course this
year. The majority of the committee
is democratic. The senate and the
house are democratic in the main. Ii
ne does not like the findings OF his
democratic colleagues let him come
out and say so. His opposition to
them may never get anywhere, but
it will put the responsibility where it
belongs, for good or bad. as it may
turn out.
Eschbach was a traitor. either to
the state when he joined in the rec
concentrations in 1918, or else he was
a traitor to himself when he de-
nounced the appropriations in 1914
and that is the gist OF the whole mat
for
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

And now comes the line up for
1916 in the ranks of the Indiana re-
publicans Jim Watson, who was the
leading spirit in the republican state
headquarters during the late cam
paign. his experience in political
manipulation having been used to
some purpose, is now asking his re-
ward.
Because of his ability at making the
big interests come through with cash.
Watson is acceptable 10 the crowd. but
imagine Jim Watson appearing before
the people of Indiana as n candidate
for United states senator to succeed
John w. Kern
or to succeed anyone for that mat
ter.
The record he has made in Indiana
politics would condemn him even in
the state Of Pennsylvania. and any
thing the republican machine OF that
state cannot do and get away with it
has not been thought of.
The announcement of the Watson
Endorsement comes at the same time
the republican press is filled with stuff
about the publication of the Indiana
republican organization. Excellent
demonstration of purity
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
Referring, Doubtless to Gates
BEFORE AND AFTER.

Just how far a public official is
bound by pledges contained in the
platform upon which he was elected
has been a matter of dispute. That a
certain moral obligation exists, few
would deny; that any definite legal
accountability rests upon such an Off
cial, however, most people would
question. The supreme court of New
York has just handed down a de-
ciSiOn covering this point.
An Empire state citizen went to
court, asking an injunction that would
restrain Mayor Mitchell from violating
a prediction pledge concerning GER
tain civil service regulations. The
citizen asserted that the pledge was a
contract with the people, and could
not De violated.
The court declared il had no juris-
diction. It further suggested that a
fertile field OF research awaited some
student who cared to investigate the
question whether any legal method
could be devised for compelling an
official To live up 20 his promises.
Until such a student finds some
method. it appears that a platform
obligation VII remain merely a moral
one, uncomfortable in law but enforce
able by the court Of public opinion. It
Is not likely ever 10 become a popu-
lar belief among otficehOlders or those
who fill offices by election that plat
form promises have no binding infu-
ence whatever. Some have gone upon
that theory and learned their error
with Sorrow.-Terre Haute Tribune
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

The abuse of divorce has been so
great that for years there has been a
movement, in which the churches
have taken part, To limit causes and
draw various restrictions around il.
The international purity congress at
Kansas City heard an argument that
the privilege of remarriage by the
guilty party to a divorce was a men,
ace to society, and that the white
slave traffic could not be suppressed
while we permitted the interstate Ci-
Vorce traffic. This opens a large ques-
ton, but one that should be solved,
for society can not allow the menace
that the loOseness Of present inter-
state divorce facilities affords. Mean
while We can, in each state do some
thing for ourselves in advancing So
cial purity by exercising greater care.
The new county prosecutor says he
will enforce the law in undefended
divorce suits and make an end OF
such divorces. This is still another
step in the right direction. Poor as
our law may be, if enforced it would
prevent a great deal Of abuse in this
way. and it is high time that it did
so. What with our inadequate laws
and the Scant heed that they often
get from those who ought TO give
them the carefulest attention, we
have a condition of divorce and re-
marriage that is scandalous, and is
little better than a public promotion
of immortality. BY all means let our
judges safeguard this thing in every
way, and our prosecutors do the same
until we may urge on the legislature
amendments that shall make our laws
what they ought to be.-Indianapolis
News
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
NEW CURE FOR BAsHFULNEss.

The modern dance has been known
TO do many things, but now il IS
claimed that it is a sure cure for
bashfulness. IF you're bashful, learn
TO dance" is the latest slogan.
y New York scientist has sprung to
the defense of the one-step, the hest
tation, the tango, the fish walk, the fox
trot and other dances by saying that
they are as soothing TO the pOpulace
as rocking is 10 an infant. He goes
one to cite instances Of their benefic-
ial results in the treatment of BASH
fulness, timidity and other nervous
disorders.
i can mention said he, "the case
Of hypOchondriaOal middle-aged
woman who was massaged for years
four times weekly without benefit
She now dances instead as many times
a week, with great benefit and en-
jOyment. l know OF timid and shut-in
persons who have been completely
changed by the new dances. They no
longer fear meeting persons
No one who has witnessed the new
dances can doubt the professor 5
veracity or judgment. The new dances
seem 70 have removed all traces Of
bashfulness from those who take part
in them. Many OF them have also
removed considerable mOdesty. Mod
ern dancing is what may De called
allopathetic treatment for timidity.
After a person has danced all Of them
he is not afraid OF anything on earth
The ones who grow bashful and tinid
are the n-lookers.-Grand Rapids
News
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

In all probability the democratic
party is the gamer by the slump in
the progressive vote.
II. may, in time, have come to de-
pend upon this organization for help
in elections nationally, as may have
been the case in various localities.
This would weaken the party. The
theories of the great party of Jeffer-
son and Wilson need no further sup
port than persistent education.
The people of this republic gave alb
solute evidence of approval of Prest
Wilson in the recent campaign and
il is altogether likely that it will con-
tinue to do so.
The progressive party may dissolve
or remain intact, it ought to make
little difference in the attitude of
democrats.
This sort of assistance is always
ephemeral and sooner or later takes
the hardness out of an organization.
1t is the law Of politics as il is the
law Of life, that one must fight his
own battles.
The victory is to the brave and the
strong, and not 10 those who depend
upon Others.-KokomO Dispatch.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
THE WORLDS SEVEN MODERN
WONDERS

In a group of folks a poll was re-
Gently taken on the seven modern
wonders of the world.
The highest vote was cast in behalf
of mans conquest OF the air by means
OF devices for flight Next came wire
less telegraph. and, in order. radium,
the Panama canal, twilight sleep"
Cso-called painless childbiTth), the
movies and the X-ray.
Some OF these, as novelties, may.
tor time cause wOnder-fOr example,
the promise that mothers may be
spared the awful curse OF Eden; "a
promise not yet fulfilled. You can
hardly, however, call the Panama
canal wonder. 1t is simply "A large
ditch; well dug. 10 be sure. but in
Volving few intricate problems. 1t *
its size. not engineering difficulties,
which has caused fame.
The mysteriOusness Of the action of
the X-ray and of radium creates pro-
fOuh4 wonder among students OF sci
ence; and the time may come when
we shall find tremendously important
uses for these effects in what is now a
twilight land OF our knowledge OF
electricity. As yet. though, this quest
has hardly begun. Not yet are we
warranted in chasing them among
the large achievements Of mankind,
for we know too little about them.
Discarding. if possible, the factor
of wonder, suppose you Try 10 think
which among the achievements OF the
human race in modern times you
would place among the seven of
greatest value TO society.
Would the list includes the steam
engine, the printing press, the free
school the discovery of drugs 10
deaoen pain. the capture OF electricity
Gas in the telegraph. the telephone,
the electric lightet tn armored
battleship, the high powered shooting
iron? Or would IL includes the sew
ing machine, the safety pin. the Bah
cock milk tester. the discovery and
Harvesting OF petroleum, the cotton
gin, the game of baseball and the
modern microscope
Fact is. there are so many useful
wonders nowadays that pleasant
evenings can be had by pa. ma and
the kids most any time trying 10 pick
the best ones out.
We'd be glad to see your list; let's
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

sas is in the list with a rate OF 2S6,
while her sister prohibition state,
had a rate of 2S2. There were 81
states that had a lower divorce rate
than the rate in Kansas. amongst
which may be mentioned Kentucky
waite a rate of 23T; Pennsylvania a
rate of 81: New York. with rate
OF 90. The average rate Of divorce
for the United States was 200, the
rate rising towards the west. The
average for the north Atlantic divis-
ion, including Maine. was 100. and
the average for the extreme western
division was $50. The rate for the
north central. including Kansas. was
255. Maine and Kansas not only had
averages above the national average.
but also above the average for their
respective geographical divisions.
Two OF the various causes for di-
vorce granted TO wives are drunken
ness and cruelty. Nevertheless 16
states had a rate OF divorce to wives
because of husbands drunkenness
lower than the rate in Kansas. In Is
of these states liquor was lawfully
sold at the time the records were
compiled. Twenty-Five states had
lower rates for divorce to wives for
cruelty thar had Kansas. - Terre
Haute Tribune.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
AND THE CAMPAIGN GOES ON.

Gov. Ralston has named the legis-
Iative visiting committee which viii
investigate the need of various state
institutions ana report them to the
coming session of the assembly. And
the campaign supposedly concluded
Nov. 8, goes on.
The committee consists OF Charles
II. Boswell. democratic representative
from Sullivan; William \. Yarling
democratic senator from ShelbyviIe.
and Charles \. McGonagie republican
representative from Muncie
Because these men are not OF the
old wheel-horse type. the governor is
being criticised for naming "incom-
petents void Of experience" lIad he
named old men at the business. he
would have been accused OF patron
izing the machine The republicans
wanted Jesse Eschbach back on the
committee and failing to land him.
they are half inclined 20 discredit Nc
Gonagle.-probably because he shows
some signs OF anti-Watson independ-
ence.
Wondering why Eschbsch is not re-
appointed ought not 10 be necessary
for the republicans. As member OF
tn visiting committee two years ago
he was one Of the number TO recon-
mend what the legislature did in the
way OF appropriations. and then. this
fall he took th> stump TO complain OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
1T LOOkS so.

Saith n California progressive organ:
THE result establishes California
as the first progressive state in the
union and places Gov. Hiram Johnson
in the absolutely front
rank Of American political leaders"
Seems so. doesn't it? California is
not only the first progressive state hut.
like the boy who always stood at the
head OF his class. owing to the limited
number Of members thereof
And. while Hiram may not be I'M
conditionally and absolutely a national
leader. he sure is leader OF what there
is OF the progressive party that's able
10 be led At present writing. all
other leaders seem TO have got their
hats kicked out OF the ring. pretty
considerable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

e 6 . :
More than $4,000 Jews are in Eu-
ropean armies.
Every German regiment has a
chiropOdist in its ranks.
A galloway will soon span the Ma
CARA river over the whirlpool
Two thousand feet above the sur
face of the earth air is free from
germs.
The roar of a lion can he heard
farther than the sound of any other
living creature.
Estimated that every square mile
of the ocean is inhabited by 100000
600 living beings.
Jacob Rupert jr., says the liquor
business annually pays out 2S,0OO,-
600 in wages In New York state.
United Kingdom has 10000 schools,
against $1,000 in France, $1,000 in
Italy and III, 500 in the United States.
AS recognition Of good service,
the Erie railroad paints the name Of
a meritorious engineer on the loco
motive.
Cork slabs, compressed from u
thickness of IA inches to half an inch
are being tried out for flooring in
railroad cars.
French scientists have found that a
cactus growing prolifically in Algeria
can be made to yield about IA per
cent sugar and from 10 10 60 per cent
alcohol.
In the early days of American col
leges about one-half the graduates
adopted the ministry as a profession.
at the present time only about five
per cent.
What is the most common girls
name Of the present generations? If
a survey OF the catalogue of a leading
woman's college is to he trusted.
Helen is the winner.
BARRIERS who shave dogs are num-
erous in Paris. Some of the shaved
animals are shOrn with rings of hair
adjoining their bodies alternating
with denuded stripes.
Just as a reminder of carelessness.
the health officer at Manhattan, Kas,
is preparing TO have insanitary back
yards in that city photographed and
placed in q sort of rOgues gallery.
OREGON City. ore. is built on two
levels. an abrupt cliff separating the
business and residential sections a
municipal elevator was erected re-
Gently 10 connect the two stories of
the town.
At the campground at Sterling
Junction. Mass, this5 summer the
Rev r. Osborne formed canary
chorus. all present being requested TO
whistle the chorus OF some OF the
familiar hymns.
Some OF the laree dress manufac-
turers in New York in whose fac
tories a considerable amount Of
6raDing must he done. find that their
bills for pins frequently run as high
as $1,000 a year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
THE DIVORCE HABIT.

County Clerk JOyce's figures indi-
eating a temporary cessation in the
divorce habit direct attention 70 some
recent divorce statistics gathered by
Royal L. Cabell, and from which some
interesting social deductions have been
made. The lowest annual divorce rate
was in 1900 that of Delaware. where
il was 43 divorces per hundred thou
sand married population. The highest
was in the state OF Washin gton. the
rate being 513 divorces per hundred
thousand married population. Kan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

The Indianapolis News has discover
ed that Sen. 3. + Shively is a great
man with a great brain and that he
ought 10 set himself up as boss of the
Indiana democracy. The News is right
on the man and the brain OF IL. but as
10 the boss promotion, we wonder
II the paper is looking Cor Job as
boss calf?" IL seems 10 never in
terest itself in anything without hav-
ing an interest and perhaps il has de-
cided that Jim Watson and the repub-
lican party are hopeless
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
OF The Daily. Time.

The Benedict club danced at the
Mamre club rooms
F. c. Raft returned from Eureka
Springs 10 meet T. r. Shonts and Col
Drake, president OF the Three /.
Capt. and Mrs. Edwin Near enter.
tanned at cards. There were Is tables
and the favors were awarded 10 Mrs.
Mike Heinrich and Or. \. r. Schafer.
The Saturday Night Shakespeare
club was entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
r. T. Staley. The club is studying
King Lear.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

a rich young American is reported
to have accepted a job as war chauf-
feur in Europe. Good! 1t suggests
a plendid way of taking care of that
over hanging branch that shadows
our army OF unemployed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-14

\ defeated candidate for congress
down in the Bay State announces that
he received nothing, promised moth
ing. expended nothing, got nothing"
Serves him right. a man who knows
cause and effect isn't fit to be sent TO
congress