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Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Where Are the Rirds2

Mir. Editor: It was my privilege dur1ng the summer past to take a ride through the country for 25 miles. The Woodsides were we'll shaded with large. beautiful shade trees and five miles of the way was directly through woods. Trees on either side and dense woods stretching on and beyond the eye.
 Strange as my statement may seem, through all that ride I did not see one bird, nor did hear a. feathered song ster. was not in an auto that fit ted so fast that one could scarcely hear a bird or see one, but we were with horse and carriage and being a warm day were driving leisurely along and and I was on the lookout for birds. The dear birds that love sos much.
 The next day I took another ten mile ride, when I saw five or six brown birds. but not one of bright plumage. began to ask myself, where are the birds? And I saw in were on the hats of the ladies in the streets, in the operas, in the theaters and alasi is the churches.
 One of the most beautiful things God ever made in this world is the bright and gorgeous plumage of the wonderful birds. But they are most beautiful on living birds, whereethey were made to be: but it is inexptes- s1bly sad to see them on hats, know ing that. they were slaughtered to adorn the heads of our sisters. The savage uses the wild turkey and like birds for their adornmehts, and we laugh at their taste. but do they not show as much wisdom as civilization. They use the best they have.
 l, too, used to wear wings and other feathers, when became convinced that it was a sin to the bird But surely, I argued. this little aigrette is all right. No harm in that and so had one perched on my hat; but short ly after l saw an article on how the plumaSe of the mother bird was most perfect when caring for her young. So when she left her nest to secure food for her dear little ones. the hunter was on hand with the cruel shot which made them orphans.
 In their hunger and cries for food they would fall out of the nest into while the more feeble ones would die of starvation in the nest. With that terrible picture in my mind, tore the aigrette from my hat, and forever rid my conscience of sin to the birds.
 Dear ladies, can we not deny our selves this little indulgence for the sake of Gods creatures which have as much right to life, liberty and hap piness as we have.
 Then the question arises, what about the ostrich? To my mind there is no more exquisite feather than the it is no sin to the bird to wear it. But they are expensive, and can we afford to wear them in the face of so much suffering in the world, and especially now in view Of the awful needs of the bruised and. dying on the battlehelds? Our brothers blood is crying to us for help. Will we not ';come up to the help of the Lord against the mighty?" This is our opportunity.
 A FRIEND OF. THE BIRDS.
 Norwich. Nov. 6, 1914
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coMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY.

Every community tlndergoes the ex- perience every year of taking care of many who have no means of support. This is particularly true in cities where special effort is made to cater to such a class of people, the worthy and Ehe unworthy Especially is this true bf large centerss
 Chicago experiences this great float Ing problem every winter. Various reasons are given for it. Mayor Har- tison attributes it to the spreading broadcast of the fact that municipal lodging houses arc maintained and that general relief work is conducted Be believes that advantage is taken Pe the charitable efforts of the city. hkAers maintain that F -aig s<tzs -uatuzsa
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THE WAR PRIMER
By National Geographic Society

Pervyse-A small town of West Flanders, Belgium, bordering the Yser River, on the line from Nieuport to Dixmude. nine miles from the former place. Oil and grain-millS and several breweries are located there. The pop ulation approximately 1000.
 Janewiee--A small place in Russian Poland, 32 miles south of east Radon near the Vistula River, with a popula- The town is known chiefly on account of the historical ruins located on a height overlooking the river.
 kaximierx-A town in Russian Po- land. on the Vistula River, 30 miles west of Lublin. about 40 miles east of Radon and 40 miles, north of the Galictan frontier, with a population sansuinary battle between the Poles and Russians took place on April 1O, sITe6 009 TBIp9u3Bo IuJpnssq V .Iear old is in an excellent state of preser- walton. It wes founded by Casimir the Great, from whom the town got its name.
 Grandprs-A small town on the northwestern part of Trance, at the foot of steep valley. on the right bank of the River Aire. A large cas- tie, in which are many relics and pieces of art nearly 800 years old. crowns the top of a neighboring hill The town commands one of the passes running east and west, through the hilIy and wooded Argonne region.
 Marianofka--A Russian town. ten miles south of southwest of Wsryzyv with a population of about 2,5Do. In the surrounding neighborhood there are numerous nlounds in one of whicn. in 1S45. was found huge tomb con taiaed xsanx human sxlSalatnnx Scat-
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tered around the cavern were pieces of armour and numerous other objects, many of them made of clay, which dated dated from the earliest days of Russia
 Nssorossysk-.A town in the Russian province of Caucasia, on the north east coast of the Black Sea. zS miles southeast of Anapa. and almost op- posite Theodosia, 120 miles away. In 1722, the Turks built the fortress Soudjouk- -Kaleh on the site of the present town. This was destroyed by Russia in 1872 and in 1888 the fort1-
 fled village was founded which with stood a siege by the Allies in 1855. Novorossysk has become an import ant commercial point with the ship ping of petroleum as it's chief indus try. The population today is about 1s,e0 ss
 Theedisia, or Kaffa--A fashionable seaside resort on the southeast coast of Crifnea, rising on the sides of the hills enclosing the west angle of one of the bays Of the Black Sea The Ionian Greeks founded the town, which is said to have reached population of 100000 in the Middle. Ages. Six hun dred years ego the Genoese started a colony there and their city finally riv- alled Athens in epiendour and size, but the attacks of the Turks in 1z75 caused the city's prosperity to decline rapidly. In recent years it has be- gun to flourish again and now has g population close to 3o,ee0, made up of Tartars, Armenfans, Greeks and Rus sians, Their principal occupations are fishing. the preparation of caviar and the exportation of wheat, woU., hides and salt.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Why does the waste of war raise the cost of living? The flooding of the Belgian meadows between Nieuport and Dunktrk to drive the Germans back from the coast helps to answer the question. The flooded area was largely rich sugar-beet land, which raised crop worth a million dollars a year.
 Sea water was let into it and it win be ten years before another crop can be raised there.-Waterbury Republi- can.
 The readjustment of international is going to be the most important duty to eopfsunt CanGress at ths elozs
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To perpetuate freedom men must cul- tivate reason and virtue.

Somehow no one ever lets an oppor- tunity pass to pay an old grudge. Those who never pay anything else cannot omit to pay this. Most of us never have learned to cancel mean ness. We let the spirit of retaliation irritate us constantly, and the spirit Of prayer in some people is too weak to overcome it. It usually makes us more miserable than we can possibly make the object, of it. It keeps us awake nights when we are sleeping sweetly and it makes us explode in wrath when we are finding pleasure in life or joy in song. The retaliator has feeling n+ revenge so dense that it burdens his mind or is mentally painful-he has more poison than aae can get rid of, hence becomes a. vir- tim to it himself Some people apoi- ogetica1ly attribute this weakness to human nature instead of human folly. The devil invented the old grudge be: cause he knew it would work disaster for man while he was asleep.
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Cwritten Specially for Tho Bulletin )
 While in a. well stocked store not 8 thousand miles away, recently wa.s aStonished to hear a clerk say to a customer who had inquired for some article, well, we haven't just what you want. Mir. Blank Next week we'll have new goods inl"
 Think of that! The customer want ed the article, that was the psychoiog- teal moment to sell it to him, yet a clerk put him off for a week. It would be safe to wager that that man either went elsewhere to buy, or rave ur buying altogetherI
 To be sure. there was an ethical question involved in this incident. Would it hare been proper for that clerk to sell the man something just as good" as our druggist friends are ing so antagonizes a buyer as to be sold something in-i1ttinG, iIi-wearilg, unsatisfactory. But I'll stake my con- mon sense that the merchant who paid that clerk his salary would have got busy to show the prospective custom CT the best goods in his stock; prob ably would have displayed something even more tempting than the article the man had his mind on buying.
 For nine-tenths of the shoppers in stores do not know exactly what they want. Here is where the clerks ssles- manship comes. fni
 If he can get an accurate notion as to just what a person can or will pay and can persuade each buyer to buy up to the limit of what he is resolved to spend, he is the efnplcye who will be rated as A No with his firm. or employer.
 To be sure. there is an unpleasant Importantly in selling which makes even the best clerk obnoxious. This is burlesqued in that old but droll scene in which Henry. F.. Dixey used to make such a hit.
 A comedy girl comes in and asks Shop-keeper Dixey for pMnlS ribbon. He at once gets busy, but says with regret, '4Wer, we are all out of pink ribbon today: but we have lovely red flannel and postage stamps!''
 Only merchant realizes how much his success depends upon his clerksl No matter how fine or how tempting his goods. an awkward, disobliging,
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Heartily know
 When half gods go
 The gods arrive.
 It is a principle that many a man or woman has proved true in life, and mad the courage to test it. For a degree of courage is required to re- nounce what appears good in favor of what is really best. That is the degree of courage required to renounce what appears good in favor of what is really best. That is the reason why most of us wilfully hang on to certain tancied advantages in a way to shut us out from perfect freedom and en- during happiness.
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Mcthina PsyehoIoaicaI.

There is nothing psychological in the increasing exports from this country; it only means that Europe can't get along without what we have and that tho United States is the only place to get fhem.-KnoxyiIle Journal and TI.- hHffe
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Compulsory education was one of the cuestic7s Before the voters in vir- ginia. It is a little tardy, but the sup port given it shows the mind of the public properly inclined.
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To avoid the shoals of life one should not have too little confidence in himself or too much confidence in others This is where the happy med iuTn counts-where too much, as the old squaw said of whiskey, is not just enough. One of the requirements of nature from man is that he shall believe in himself, but not be stuck upon himself-just enough to move his brain and hand alright without ex- citing his conceit. Nature is com- mandfng us all to keep our balance, but how few of us do it. We must be credulous enough to support our co T. hdence, but not enough to put us in the easy-victim class. Life appears to have been planned so as to keep us all alert. If we meet its every re- quirement we shall watch ourselves as well as watch one another The Almighty meant it should be a real task to live alright and made the fruit of the work satisfying to the soul Those who do not keep an edge on soon get dull.
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Mexico has gained another canital by its peace conference despite the fact that it already had trouble enough with one.
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couIdn,. Have Been piIissnt.

These bankers who, it is said, did not realize that so much money was tied up under the reserve provision of the old law couldn't have been very diligent on the job of keeping table.- Indianapolis News. 9-
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Maine's election lighted the way for the Tuesday result, the same as that indicates what is due for 1916.
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Even though one of the progressives' leaders attributes the partys defeat in Massachusetts to the adoption of the prohibition plank. the progress of that cause has not Jagged throughout the
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E New York has discovered another lodging house death trap. Fire is a great detective.
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Uncle Joe Cannon gives further proof of the old time saying that while there is life there is hope"
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Europe is experiencing enough trou. ble just at the present time y1ttou, being required to keep it's eve or YeDUVfus.
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new plan of sFbmarine defense is suggested by the disablement of inc famous German U-9 through entan- element in fishing nets.
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It Really Does RsIiss. Rhoum.si.n,.

It heaIIy Docs HeIi0Fe HhouNlakInDls
 Everybody who is adIfcted with means keep a bottle Of Sloan's Ltni- nIent on hand. The minute you fsel pain CT sus ei.s in a joint or muscle, bathe it with Sloan,s Eminent Do not rub it. Sloanss penetrates almost relieving the hot, tender, swollen feel ing and rlakinE the part easy and comfortable. Get a bottle Of SloaIl's LinIHent for 25 cents of arg druggist and have 1t in the house-Aeainsf colds, sore and swollen ioints. rheu- Inatis1n, neuralgia, sciatica and like ailments Your money back if nof esfe isBed, but it does give alnoet instant relief
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The solidity of the south remains unbr3ken, but there is no doubt blIt what they get the meaning of the break in the north.
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The man on the corner says: Some people who imagine they have all kinds of trouble don't know what real tro11- ble is.
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The announcement that surgical operations are being performed in the war zone without anesthetlcs shows where Red Cross aid is needed.
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War is said to be hurting the cigar trade. The next appeal will be to buy a box or Christmas stogies.
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All must unite with one ardent dem ocrat in admitting that it was repub- lican weather.
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The New York nurses who t3x the time to strike while patient was on the operating table are unfit candi- dates for the profession.
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Awaitina ResuIt of AppsaI

4Ir. Editor: Please inform me through your paper what has become of Hans Schmidt, the murderer of Anna, Aummuler? Was he electrccuted or not? Respectfully,
 ROBERT GOLDSTEIN. Norwich. Nov. S, 1914.
 Clans Schmidt was founnd guilty and sentenced to die during the week of March 23, 1914. He is now awaiting the outcome of an appea1.-Ed.)
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EDITORIAL. NOTES.

The time has apparently arrived when the Roosevelt opposition becomes o boost.
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 Here, for instance, is one who clings 1 obstinately to some ficttion regarding his own situation. He is determined to appesS other than he is. He shuts his eyes to certain obdurate facts of his environment of his personal linn 1tatlonss False pride buoys him up and he imagines he is getting away with it. But pride is a mighty slim support after all. A poor man who insists on living like a. rich one, a weak man who insists on acting like a strong one is in for 8 sad time It IS only when one gives up every miger- able pretense and faces the facts about himself or about his circumstances that real happiness is possible.
 Here is one who refuses to yield one jot or title of his independence. He ignores some very obvious duty. The thing he ought to do he will not do. He rebels against legitimate but hampering burdens that life lays upon him. In the name of personal liberty he braves and blusters 1t out and inn agines himself to be happy. But never till rebellion is put down and es9-will conquered will he find real joy and peace.
 Self-will dies hard with most of us. What struggles ons will make to haYe his own way To give in at this point seems to mean the surrender of aal that makes life worth living But a fact writ large in the experience aof multitudes is this: The first time they ever knew a joy that was safe and se- rene was when they lost self in the mighty and perfect will of God The great saying of Jesus is daily being fulfilled: He that loseth his life shall find it.
 I once watched a mustang fresh from the plains being broken by a couple of cowboys. For a. long time the wiry little beast fought and wrfth- kf7x f1o4a fr,., ing to give in if he possibly could help it. But after time he did give in; the rope was taken from his IeHs: ey- cry irritation ceased; and he was led away dripping but subdued to a good feeding of oats. Must not his latter have afforded compensation for his former independence?
 It is far cry from horses to hll- mans, but one experience is at least a hint of another. Pronunciation has a hateful sound, but in a thousand cases it is the one door leading into George Eliot. no feeble personality surely, are worth quoting: I've been a good deal happier since have tgiv- en up thinking about what is easy and pleasant, and being discontented be- cause I couldn't have my own will Our the mind very free when we give up wishing, and only think of bearing what is laid upon us, and doing what is given us to do.2 .
 That surely is 8. wise exchange that gives up wild and headstrong pursuits in favor of the plain duty that life appoints and introduces us, tlarouph renunsia&ion, to the peace that rHE PARsoa
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In spite of all the safety devices that have ever been invented, the greatest device is constant care a mind which concentrates upon safe ty-first.' The careful man behind any machine produces from it the most sRillful work. Ida Tarbeu is right when she says: "The secret of elimi- natipc- accidents is one-third safety devices and tWo-thirds organization and education." The mind stands first for safety or for success; and next the action of man. The mind formu- lates laws, but they are deadwood un- less man backs them with his activ- fty. What may be done naturally cannot always be accomplished by material substitutes. A suppressed, underpaid workman is at best a poor machine. A system which awalxens interest, which calls out the best there Is in 8 man, is the only really de- pendable system, the guaranty of safe ty-d-st. There is no department in life where the un6erpaid CT the under appreciated are quiclz-s spirited or give the hair-trigger response safety first concentration requires.
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Greece devotes 222, ,S9o acres to olive groves and produces 30 kinds of ol-
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 The spirit of depotisn believes In mastering traces and inferior -racas-in mastery and bondage; the spirit of democracy beliyes in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God, And of the last Honest Abe Lincoln was the super-type and he declared God never made a man good enough. to be master of another man. It was Patrick Henry of Virginia who sent ringing down the centuries: Give me liberty or give me death" There are too many Americans who do not know the difference between the spirit of despotfsn and the spirit of democracy In pursuing plans for the glory of man nations forget the greatest aim IS to fully make manifest the glory or God. In the name of liberty a million crimes have been committed, and million more are likely to be, ana stlll liberty is the greatest bless ing conferred upon man. It should be remembered liberty always ceases when the rights of-othe1s are infrfnged
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There is no truer savin than this: ''The man on the wrong side despises arbitration" The man prompted by seldshness does not want the decision of reason as to his just deserts, but the right to wrest by force whatever his unsuitable desire dictates. There are one hundred times as many hogs loose as there are in the pen. A dis tuFber of the peace can never see any justice in the law. It is the turbulent who always declare all they want is to be let alone. What they really want Is to do as they please regard less of how much they may disturb or frritate others. It is the de1uded who are blind to the truth and who think error is right and persist in it with deafened ears. The man on the wrong side cuts such figure in life there is no doubt he was necessary by contrast TO intensity the beauty of righteousness; but he has no power to in the least mar it. Wrong is sometimes done m the name of the Lord, but it does not make any difference in whose name wrong is done. it cannot be made right.
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of the war. The tariff laws passed by the democrats must of necesst y be revised to conform to vastly chang ed conditions We prefer to see this revision made by the republican party rather than by democrats. New Eng land and the industrial section of the United States is safer in republican hands.-Manchester Herald.
 There's so much going on at home in politics and abroad by reason of the wicked war that minor events are likely to be past by. However, we wish to point out that the recent pageant at Stonington, celebrating the centennial of the attack on the town (never mind by whom in these days of brotheriy love), this 7ageant has been followed by an incident, perhaps, unparalleled in American history. Its finance com mittee reports a balance of cash left over" after all bills have been paid!-- Hartford Courant.
 The fact that it is against the law to hunt in this state on Sunday is not well understood by great many evidently from the fact that many fines are imposed. Let the legislature do away with the fine part of the statute and make it imprisonment for ten days for the first offense and you would be unable to induce any one, even an alien, in this state to carry a. shot gun on the Sabbath day Of course the law would have to be so that it could not be appealed and notwithstanding the legislature is supposed to be supreme in this as well as other states, to have a law that could not be appealed and afford means of lossening up purse strings, would not be popular with the judici- ary committee of the legislature, the great regulating power of law making of the present day.-Middletown Penny Press.
 To the voters of this part of the state the fact that Simeon E. Baldwin and William J. Kennedy have been re- tired from public offlce is of great inc terest. Judge Baldwin has acted the role of a statesman. but, in the opin- ion of many. he has been really only a politician. The democrats have used him as their chief political capital in this state, nominating him for gov ernoP in time of special republican stress and for senator under the same conditions. Like Roosevelt, Judge Baldwin has ceased to be a Yote-get- ter. His day has passed.
 As @ private citizen Judge Baldwin will continue to be highly honored He will retain his eminence as a jurist and it is our candid opinion that 1t Is better for the judge that the voters have refused to send him to the Uni tel States scnate.-Torrington Regis ter.
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
WHEN HALF GODS GO

Emerson is both poet and pi1ilos- opher when he writes in one of his