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Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16
P|HPIES COVERED
 ENTIRE BODY
Spread to Head and Formed Thick Crust. Burning Itching As If On Fire. Scratched Day and Night. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Cured in Two Months.

20 Grace St., Springfield, Mass. - "When my little boy was born he had a clean and clear skin. but at the end of a
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

The average wages earned by ready made clothing operators in England are as follows. depending on age and skAl: Girls. to lz shilIines tSf2a to s2.sO) Der week: boys. 6 to12 sihllfn s tSI-G |" S2.9sJ: women. IS zo 20 shiIl- nngs (S4.sS to A. ss). and men, 2i to 2s shillngs ts5.l0 to S6.32).
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

Sweden yearly imports about s20, ,000 worth of surgical instruments.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

Dr. Nansen has, renounced the Ice Iandic discovery of America
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

St. Louis in 1914 will pay s1o,S17 sos 92 for city government.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

Buenos Ayres has a new subway system costing s30,000,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

Rev. E. s. Worcester at Evening Ser
 vice.
 Rev Edward S. Worcester, pastor of Broadway church, took charge of the Sunday evening service at the First Congregational church, speaking on the subject, How God Reveals Himself to Us in Nature.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

THERE "a uo. sdvertIsiny medium 10 laEi1 lar hunxnnnn gn0n11B
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

Canada's cultivated area in 1911 was S2, 404. .11O acres.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

Fig growing is being tried in Texas. Russia in 1913 harvested !s47,964,000 rushels of wheat.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16
ADVERTISEMENTS under inc he adna of WANTED. FOR SALE TO RENT
 ARE INSERTED A Sc per Line, Six Words to the Line
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One four year old horse. good driver. weigh about yOO lbs. Sl51; one work horse. weigh about 12V0 lbs. S50- William Cotter, Scotland, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16
TO RENT

TO LET-Randolph cottage at Pleas ant Vlew; seven rooms oath; Tor JuIy or SepLemDer. Address Chestnut os-, MesterIy, R- 1. JeISd
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

FOR sALE-Seyeral thousand cab bage plants, Flat Dutch and All-Season. 4Oc per 100. S3.50 per 1000. Bullard Farm. Tel. 646-12. je16d
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

sEAsHORE lots and cottages fo:- e and to rent; pays over IL per cent
 purcnase price. ". O. stanton. StUH O, on, Conn. mayl5d
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

kOa SALL~EieVen-rc1In liOase," "ita lot, Sy Chr St. Must Dc solG 10 close estate G. M. Hamilton. Executor. ISS Main St 1e7d
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

FOR SALE-First class baled hay. delivered at South WIndham. large for small lots, very cheap to get room For new crop. Edelsten. Windham, Conn
 lelld
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

FOR SALE-AlI kinds of miIlet seeds seed corn and fertilizers at low price Greeneville Grain Co. Tel 326-5- 3e3d
 FOR SALE-New house 36 Bliss place. rooms, all improvements.
 . alter A. Heath. Norwich Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

k'Okk SALEs--O. |. G- pISs, oSS brcds, rSSisteIeGs none better II. Lh . country. kualSh carin, Norm SIOnlns- ton, k f. D. Q. NorwIcn. conn. k- 2.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

FOR SALE or will exchange for place in the city farm of about l! acres. overlooking the Thames river. all farming tools included. Write Arthur C. Smith, R. D. 6, Norwich. Phone 291-4.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

An bU1kNU pouii-y oI aS. k4nds- Anyone having same, crop postSI 70 samuel GeIIers, GolcueSIer, Gean.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16
WANTED

WANTED-At once, two pleasant un- furnished rooms and board TOT lady , terms reasonable. Jelou
Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-16

35-acre suburban farm on trolley a Id state road, mile out of city. good S room house. large barn. poultry house and other outbuildings. excellent lana, smooth and easily worked. good orch ard 9Us feet road frontage: can be sold for building purposes for price asked for entire farm. Will be sold with 1- without three cows. team, farming fine, place at u low price.
 Particulars Of TRYON'S AGENCI :. Wlllimantic Conn. Je6d
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-02

II! Senate Bill No. 60. Laws 1913. Relieving Ell
ployes and workmen from assuming risk OF 1
jury or DEATH
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-02

Section 1874. shall uor "a an
wlfuly dce destroy List Of candidates posted IN o.
with the provisions this Who during IN election
wfuly deface down. destroy uuc.
sample ballot printed posted for the inspc vot OF
SHALL during election wlfuly Il the
supplies furnished to enable prepare
uly hinder the voting Others punishsd y fine
five than hundred
Jail exceeding three III.
imprisonment III.
Judges MUST POST NOTICES oon,picuou,lv in
public places each election three DAYS BE-
fore the election and the polling place whore the
election is to be held. Election Law, 1910. Section 2le0
L R. HORN County Clerk
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Saving the FlaQman's Wages.

There was Il violent collision between
trolley cars at the intersection of Eighth
avenue and Fifty-third street on Friday
evening. BY marvellous good fortune no
one was killed. but eighteen or twenty
people were injured, five of them So
verely. Both cars We're damaged. one
in particular being badly smashed. The
entire surface traffic of the west central
section of the city was tied up for a
while and disorganized for the entire
evening. 10 the annoyance and injury of
several thousand passengers
The accident was due To the fact that
after 7 30 o'clock in the evening no
tlagman is kept al this crossing to con.
troll the traffic. The location Is one of
the busiest in the city. The cars of the
Sixth avenue and Broadway lines run
ming above Fifty-ninth street use Fifty.
third street for the east and west bound
section of their route. The Eighth ave.
nue. ear line is one OF those on when
ears are run with great frequency. In
addition there is very great automobile
traffic up and down Eighth avenue at
all hours Of rhe evening.
Thus the crossing Is one Of the most
important and one Of the most danger.
Gus in New York. Next after the three
or four principal Broadway corners
there is hardly crossing In the city
where the need for watchfulness AMI
control Is more urgent. The conditions
Of danger by no means end with the
business hours. They continue until
late at night when the cars become in
frequent and pleasure riding In motor
cars Is reduced in volume.
1t seems incredible that the respon.
sible operating officials of the traction
company should select such place for
the misguided exercise Of a petty econ
omy. The cost of 1agman would
presumably he from S1.50 to So night
The saving of such sum at the risk of
life and property shows a fauous dis.
regard of public safety, Even assum-
ing that no damage suits should be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Mr. Taft's Cool Wisdom Commended.

70 TIE EplToH oF TTtr SUS--S,r: EX-
Pres idCnt Taft stated at Son"rNille. Mass
recently that thu curren; interest in our
IL t"uccS gives indication of - mild hyS-
tcrit a. - time when by reason Of the
present war the necessity for such do
fence IS PROBABLY less than it has been for
several decades past
He suggests that We give "a our ma
tional Government the means Of suppress
ing the cause of q war ~ aggression, and
he SAYS; The only real posSi hilty Of a
war that ! can forescc is the wanton.
reckless. wicked willingness on IN" part
OF narrow section of the country IN
crafty racial prelude" ana class hatred
by ilagraut breach Of treaty rights in tho
form W state law or by lawl"ss violence"
These words are Ike apples az pure
gold. They come from a man who re-
comfy served Is President Of tho United
States, who was for several wears Secre-
tarv of war and also Governor Of the
philippines. lie iustiiics the policy If
President Wilson in seeking 20 prevent the
cause of war There Will he no war if
we keep cool and do not give offence 10
other peoples,
EN-President Taft's words come from
an experience and knowledge of world aif-
fairs that make him a FAR wiser counsellor
than Representative Gardner or Lawyer
Menken. X. T. SANGER.
NEW YORK, December II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Wall street signals TO Bushes,
20 Go Ahead.

There were no disappointments in
the reopened stock market yesterday.
The hopeful expectations with which
Wall Street prepared for II restoration
Of public trading were multiplied in
the realization.
Indeed. the session DEVELOPED a graf
flying surprise in the volume OF trans
actions and the course of prices. Deal
ings We're on II much more active scale
than had been predicted. Moreover
quotations rose as trading progressed.
the advance being particularly sharp
in number of issues. Selling pres
sure was conspicuously lacking despite
the apprchcnsious only recently enter
tained. What significance the stock
market has for business in every de-
partment of effort IL shown by com
pairing the first session after rcsump-
ton with the last session before the
long suspension made necessary by the
outbreak of the European war.
ON Thursday. July 30, quoted val
ucs for securities of all descriptions.
bonds and stocks alike. were crashin:
violently downward under liquidation
which was coming from the ends of the
earth. There was every portent of a
terrific panic and il was even doubted
If closing the market would help to
avert It. During the Stock Exchange
suspension the financial and business
world has recovered stability. Normal
financial aud commercial facilities
have been recStabished and the stock
market has opened with activity aud
rising prices.
Even had the fresh start Of the
Stock Exchange been less suspicious
the ability to make II al all would
have been most encouraging. The i'm
portant thing was 10 open thc market
where business conditions and pros
poets are reelected and discounted. The
very fact OF the opening demonstrates
that the war crisis has passed; and the
fashion Of the opening is of even more
favorable omen.
They are shrewd forecastcrs down
there in Wall Street. and the initial de-
vclopments In the restored stock mar
kct give notice to the world that Amer
lean business has something besides the
war to think about.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Present shipping GaciIitlc, for south
american Trade.

To TIE EpIroE or THE SrN-Sir. Presi-
dent Wilson's annual message contains
certain portions which Nigh; well convey
the erroneous Impression that there Is
lack Of adequate shipping facilities
between this country and Central and
South America
There are twelve regular steamship
lines running between the port of New
York and ports uu the 'a~; and west
coasts Of South America. not including
ANY lines which - 20 Cuil bean ports
1nero are. IN addition. twolyc othc~
steamship lines running to the other
Latin American markets. including tho
West Indies, Central America and tho
Caribbean points.
~ the twelve lines FIRST above named
four ar" operated with steamships flying
tho American HAS. These twelve lines
advcrtls" IN ouo New York commercial
daily paper This morning twJNty-five sail
iugs for the next thirty davs IN other
words during the noNt thirty days =
steamer win leave for South America
nearly every dav.
There are IN addition numerous sailings
Tor Latin America from other ports of
the United States.
In View of the widespread and authori-
tativ" iuNucuD, watch in. Presidents al.
dress viii have n L. 20 h. GREETED tina
once again tho popular flllacy that there
are no shipping facilities for South
American trade should RECEIVE support
Any person can confirm FOR himself all
the facts above stated I'm an hours time
FEANKLIN JOHNSTON
Publisher american Exporter
NV YORK, December To-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
But IL remains to be seen whether the |

But il remains to be seen whether the
theory will work indefinitely. EXCEPT
in so far AS 1t includes an extremely
the collection and cataloguing Of Ger
man resources, we fail to observe that
1t involves anything more than financ-
ing of the war through the use of the
old expedient of fiat money.
Let 1t be supposed that at the end
Of six months the food supply in Ger
many, not having been reinforced. be-
gins TO fall short. with an unavoida Bile
rise in its cost; that heavy losses in
the field have weakened German Prov
,es and begun 10 tell upon German
spirit that factories are closed because
more men have been drawn from them
than was calculated upon: that chances
of German success In the war have
become dimmed, and that the paper
money which was thought TO be the
same as gold at the beginning of the
year Is universally recognized to be
worth only thirty cents on a dollar,
In what case then would this theory
standi The weekly statements OF the
Imperial Bank Of Germany have been
so changed Of late as to be almost un-
Ineligible, but there is no doubt at all
that while the gold holdings OF the
bank have considerably enlarged. the
banks issue of paper money has en-
larged very much more. Since the our
break Of the war the gold basis for It's
paper money issue has diminished dc.
cidedly: and 1t is because of this I'M
doubleday that the rate Of German ex.
change in New York and other cities
outside Germany has fallen TO a point
which indicates indirectly large pre-.
MUM on German gold.
The Germans are trying to carry Oh
their war practically without the help
of what would be considered by ordl-
nary standards an adequate gold re-
serve. II is not at all impossible that
they may do so. and they have been
successful in their efforts so far. II
will be interesting 10 zee Il they are
successful to the end.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
MUSICAL APPRECIATION.
Mr.. Waiter Dsmrosch Depiores the Lack
OF II I'm a Certain Case.

To THE EprroR OF THE SUE--Sir: What
Is wrong with our musical or rather I'M
musical public? Wednesday night l at
tended a performance of Cigars Dream
of Gerontius." given by the Oratorio So
ciety. The work is Of ineffable beauty and
l would rank tho first part OF this ora
torio with the Benedotus In Beethoven's
great mass and with the German Requiem
of brahms. To the believing Christian.
be he Catholic or Protestant, the music
makes real and vital what before he may
have only dnlly felt and to him who
would listen 10 Il only as a work OF art.
the nobility of it's themes. the refinement
Of workmanship in their development and
the richness of the orchestration mus
give keenest delight and satisfaction.
The performance was of superlaive
merit. Never have I heard greater beauty
of tone from chorus and orchestra, and
the singing and dict!on of Mr.. Elves made
ehe pilgrimage of the soul intensely NOV
ing and uplifting
But instead OF the fnteen hundred or so
present in the audience. such master
work and master performance should have
drawn ten times that number.
II IL true that many OF our very well 10
do have so many distractions and tempta-
lions offered them by reason of their
wealth thai they either cannot find the
time or the strength to enjoy all that is
offered, or tho very multiplicity OF their
opportunities prevents tn4l concentration
of mind which Is the first essential for self
culture. our very poor. on the other hand,
seldom have ihe opportunity TO acquire
the fundamental education on which a
proper enjoyment Of the beautiful in art
is reared.
But how about our great middle class?
am afraid that many of these consider
that their duty 10 society is accomplished
after they have contributed more or less
literally TO the various charities and
philanthropioS OF our city. and that they
do not realize their duty toward them
selves and the mental and spiritual de-
velupmcnt OF their own Houls. Alas with
SO many OF them music as an art has
never been cultivated. or IT has been
smothcred at a time Of life when mind
aud heart should he eNquisitcly sensitive
TO i;s ennobng influence.
1t is true that there II q much larger
public for symphonic music, but while
such masterpieces Of real inspiration as
the Dream Of Gerontius" are still being
created. this branch OF musical art should
not be allowed 10 decay for want OF popu-
lar support. WALTER DAMRoscH.
NV YoRR, December IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
THE RJGUTS or CONTRiBiND
Clearly stated by n Leading American,
Authority on Internal ionaI Law.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: VIII
you not assist in resisting the influences
at Washington which are trying to
limit our trade in contraband during
this war? 1t is not question of law,
for the law is perfectly clear II is a
question Of ethical prejudice. Neutral
ity includes neutral rights quite as
much as II does neutral duties. Not
since century ago have belligcrent
rights been 50 painfully stretched. Ger
many violates treaties, breaks neutral
ity, bomhards without notice. levies I'M
due fines. cXacts unusual penalty for
sniping, lays mines Ia the high seas
illegally. England makes copper and
rubber absolute Contraband claims
jurisdiction over the whole North Sea
extracts reservists from neutral bot
toms, cuts off our direct trade with
Germany without blockade. The result
IS ruined commerce, an emergency tax.
disaster.
This is bad enough. But why should
the Administration make bad worse by
seeking To discourage trade IN contra
hand which would bc partial make
weight?
The daily impertiucnccs of the Ger
man Ambassador are endured appar-
entity without remonstrance The Presi-
dent forblds a large contract for sub.
marines in sections. which are simple
contraband. by our absurd construction
Of the statute which forbids our fur
nishing ships. \ Senator proposes a bill
to stop dealing in contraband alto
gether.
Why should a neutral Government
prefer belligerent interests to neutral
interests? II is a betrayal of trust
More than that, il is an assumption by
Shc neutral Of the belliserent duty of
preventing the carriage OF contraband,
thus illegally taking part in the war
and inevitably aiding one belligerent at
the expense Of the other as we'll as to
our own cost. THEODORE $. WooLsEy
NEW HAVEN, December T..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

mont Of Roosevelts behind those specta-
cles-who is as charming to everybody
except a few unfaunal naturalists as
the red ROOSEVELT is alarming to many
sober householders when the razZers
go flynn through the air ROOSEVELT
The hunter. the cowpuncher. pioneer,
traveller. the indefatigable, humorous,
highly educated primitive, with the
heart of sixteen and head rich In
innumerable experiences Of animals and
other men; when this ROOSEVELT.
who never slept in house. this com.
pound of NATTY BUMPPo. DANIEL BOONE,
MARCO Polo, Bruce the traveller, Goa.
DON CUNNING. MAYNE REID. the pro-
fessor Of natural history. and DR.. LY-
MAN ABBoTTs immortal inquisitive rel
ative. RoLLo-when the real out Of doors
ROOSEVELT comes back from the Jungle,
and shows his spoils and mosquito
bites. who shall resist him? He is a
Wonder Book aud Jungle Book bound
In khaki.
Fortunate were the folks who heard
him tell Of cannibal fishes that each
other eat: of Notwithstanding man
eating catfish that leap from the water
and pull down incautious monkeys lean.
Ing from the trees on the bank of ants
arbureal In their habits; ants that
march In innumerable armies, with
leaves and specimens Of the Colonel's
wardrobe in the knapshck, so 10 speak.
of each fiery little soldier: Of scorpions
that sleep in shoes: Of azure butter
flies as long las small sized birds" say
robins, to make the image concrete; of
parrot steaks and monkey chops; OF
unats and wasps that buzz and sting like
Il Progressive minority; OF rattleless gi-
gantlc rattlesnakes and ten-foot bush.
masters. and that excellent executioner
of the snake tribe the mussuranla. the
Brazilian snake trust. who incorporates
the poison brothers In his capacious aud
immune midst. And even In the pure
glow of adventures so CALAMITY carried
and of privatlons borne with grin and
Of observations among difficulties, an
allegory lifts lovely head:
zone insect We encountered resembled
a katydid but made a noise like steam
boat whistle"
Could even the Colonel. who has seen
and heard so many specimens of II,
have expected to find in Brazil this all
too well known variety of the American
political locustid?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Much Has He Travelled in the
Realms of Gold.

II Colonel ROOSEVELT really wrote,
and in any other spirit than that of
humorous self-deprecation that the
public is tired of hearing from me-" he
had his answer Thursday night In the
6,0OO persons who tried 70 crowd into
ball equal 10 containing a third If
their number. To he sure. he was not
To- talk about reforms" but was ID
stir up the animals in another way,
his menagerie and chronological col
lection of "reminiscences from his pleas
IRE trip" way down on the Unknown
River. There are moments, sometimes
there are years, when the Colonel jabs
the sensibiities and treads on the toes
Of good many of his countrymen When
he dons the war bonnet and reaches
ruthlessly for Scalps he causes conster-
nation, especially among the Laodlceans
and the political paciiists He shricks
his war song. his moccasins are thun-
der stones: there is no pipe of peace n
his wigwam. IL Is among his reason
ably long LIST Of peculiarities that he
doesn't smoke. Sometimes THE Sun,
which has studied long this unique
specimen of homo Tor vir) politlcus.
has regretted that he refuses to drink
the holy herb nlcotian; that he denies
himself this sterling scdative. There
are times when the Colonel needs res.
and quiet and disarmament.
For, though subtle as the serpent, the
Colonel is often as downright ms dyna-
mite. He was born when Mars was
in the ascendent. lie dearly loves a
shindy If it were legitimate to single
ont one element in a geLealogy 50 elab0-
rate as his Is, especially in a campaign.
WE should say that the Colonel was es
scntially and Immortality Irish, belated
figure from Celtic sagas that he knows
and loves so well. There Is something of
CuCHuLAIN; and fierce energy which
recalls n very different broth of a boy,
associated with CUcnULAIN by Mr..
JANIS SrEPHLNs, O'BRILN Of the
OBrien nation and the Kingdom 81
Kerry, who made KHADAMANTHUs the
Iurmcnlor regret that any Of the Clan
of the Gael came his way. Trouble on
earth, trouble IN the good place, trouble
In the hot place, WAS the business and
pleasure Of that ever helligerent rcpre
sn"fu'r" If the Bricn nation.
u" Colonel has made some trouble
~ .'" Republican party and elsewhere;
ahd IA" is 20 thorn in lll" flesh Of nll con.
sIN3.N'N, riapdpaltrrs and people that
nt - sIrrp a nights; but he has Il
L C"n".' ln hlm Tn re Is al least a regl