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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
THE POLITICAL BOSS.

The great west is finding the polit- $ cal boss irrepressible. It makes no Inference whether the convention .sys- em or the primary are in operation, he boss readily gets in his work. There is no doubt the shrewd polit- cal boss is finding the primary sys- :em cheaper and easier to work than shs convention system.
 D We talk about the will of the pco- pie, but in practical politics it does not play the part it should or is ex- pected to. The will of 40 per cent. or more of the voters is to stay away from the polls: and in the primaries the vote is so low that it cannot with hon esty be called an expression of the will of the majority. The will of many voters is simply the will of the po- llitica1 boss and his sustainers.
 In Kansas the people have become tired of the primary system of mak- Ing nominations, and are agitatiEg for a return to the convention system Since the political bosses are not join- ing the agitators it is very naturally concluded they find the primary sys- tenn so satisfactory that they do not care to change.
 The trouble Is not with the political systems employed, for honest men dc honest work under any system. The eliminating of the political boss is the only way to make politics agree able to honest men and this seems tc be very much like calling for tn. elimination of the father of politics
 When we reach the right conclu. sion we must confess that the lack O interest-the lack of unity of will- is just what has bred the poIitica boss and every variety of corruption with which he is charged.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

if he is not cheated in weight he is of heat units.
 Tn Berlin they have a motor car which carries a scale to weigh coal when and wherever it is delivered. on which the weight is automatically registered. The weight Is stamped on a paper strip, basket by basket, un- til all the bags are filled. The custom CT then takes the strip from the box and puts together all the figures to get the gross weight. Having deducted the weight of the empty baskets or bags he finds at once the net amount of coal delivered to his cellar. Fraud is impossible, for the paper strip can not be removed from the box before the whole wagon has been unloaded. The company charges a trif1ing amount for the weighing service, but less than the actual cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15


 who has a theory and is always ready For an argument. Logical issues do not produce lovely atmosphere. Two theologians or two politicians will snarl over their differences of opinion and part with a poorer opinion of one another than when they met Two laborers will sit down together, smoke and chat and laugh and have a bully time They know nothing of mental athletics and care less. The common people have opinions but they do. not often air them-they fare better to keep them dramatically sealed. There Is really more pleasure in silence than in talk; but it doesn't seem possible on baseball field. It doesn't pay to know too many thing for certain. Ever since man began to accumulate knowledge he has mixed a good deal of errow with it. We enjoy things we are uncertain about more than we do things we know all about When a thing is decided-is really settled for all time. It is dead. The live things are what we desire to know not what we do know.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
..rhx kingdom .comel.

ssThy kingdom comei''
 After this manner therefore pray ye' was the admonition of the Mas ter as he gave to the disciples that model of supplication when approach ing the throne of Divine Grace
 For twenty centuries says the Des Moines Capital. the inhabitants of christendom have been praying that prayer. They have lisped it at their mothers knee. They have joined in its unified repetition in the house of worship. They have uttered it in tho holy presence of Him who taught them to pray in secret. They have whispered it when earthly scenes were fading and when through tho mists of the Valley of the Shadow they could catch the distant rays of that eternal light which shines on neither land nor sea
 Has the kingdom come?
 The statistics of crime for our own day are positively appalling In many states it is shown that the percent age of proven law violations is con- stantly increasing at a. much more rapid rate than the increase, in popu- lation.
 We pride ourselves that temperance
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Brigham Young returned to Salt Lake City and surrendered himself. He was arrested and was admitted to bail on account of his extreme age II years. and he was made a prisoner in one of his houses. which was guarded It was decided to continue the case un- til the March term of court
 There were several preliminary trials but the friends of the phophet were able to have them postponed from time to time and the last in dictment was in October, 1874, when Youngss case was dismissed with others under a decision that the grand jury was not selected and summoned in conformity with law"
 From this on he lived in peace until his death Young was feared, but not loved, in Utah, and elsewhere throug- out the country his death was received with little regret
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
TO PREVENT FRAUD.

There is no reason why any man sl1ouId be given ton of coal shorter than the so-called short ton, but he often is in two ways: By emitting sthree or four baskets in every ton, or by selling to him coal nowhere near the standard in heat units.
 The fact that the government and all large consumers of coal have to be allowed for coal below the standard makes the small consumers uneasy, since much of the coal is of the high est price and poorest quality, hence
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

This war opens the opportunity for American makers of electrical sup plies to capture the Cuban market for nitrogen filled and fiame-arc lights which the Germans had beaten them out of
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Emperor Wilhelm has the cable cut so he cannot get the news, then de- mands of us uncensored wireless ser vice so he can get it. Had he kept news gathering reciprocal he would not have been compelled to make any demand
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Uncle Sam seems to be glaring at Carranza, but he is only looking to see if he is big enough and broad enough mentally to make the most of his opportunity and to reap the good will that will be due him.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

This was Mrs. Wilson's last kind thought expressed to Dr. Grayson: Promise me if go you will take care of my husband!" For the president to break down would be a national calamity and she could see no chance for him to get the rest he needed
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The United States does not need go into the business of becoming a com mon carrier. She should leave the merchant marine to private enterprise after she has done all she can to pro- mote and protect it,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving
 the city for vacation trips can have
 1t follow them daily and thus keep Fin touch with home affairs. Order Ethruugh The Bulletin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

There is under consideration in con- gress a. bill refusing readmission to all aliens who leave the country to engage in war. The American well come should be extended to those only who assume the obligations of citi- zenship and give some return for the blessings which come of our free in- Stitutinus
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The militant women of the war zone who come onto the field and shoot the wounded and the doctors who are trying to save them, are playing de- generate part.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Germany doesn't know 1t. but she has just risen to have the conceit taken out of her; and she has chal- lenged nations enough to make it an assured success,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

What America adInires in Germany is it's mental and industrial greatness; what it despises is its militarism and tyranny,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The Atlantic coast cities had eleven days of fog for a constant feature beginning the last day of July. The shore resorters were pleased to see the sun this week,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Detroit issues f5,0D0 official pro- grammes and out of These sends 90, o,oot to the 5000 Grand Army posts in the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Italy can aid in feeding the armies of Germany if she keeps neutral: or she may become one more foe if the kaiser provokes her.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

What the slowly blooming golden rod is saying to us is: September Is go- ing to be warm, or frostless!" Let
 us hope her signal Is interpreted right.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The editors who read the Congress
 sional Record for a diversion say it
 can beat Wilhelm for ferceness and l for hunor.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

A contemporary speaks truly when it says: Germany in material achieve ment has become the United States of Europe''
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The sudden outbreak of war abroad has thrown hundreds of longshorcmen into enforced idleness.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The amateur speculators are buy ing foodstuffs in anticipation of a rise, when the prospect is they will soon tumble back to their normal placo in the market.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The Christian world must look like a lot of cut threats to the heathen. They have a right to expect us to set them good example.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

There is no such thing as civilized war" War is the abolishment of or- der and a tornado of murder, wreck Eand ruin
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The man on the corner says: "The man who rubbers most gets his eye teeth cut quickest in this world"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
EDITORIAL NOTES

Boy Scouts are filling many vacant places abroad caused by war.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

g a. m. to p. m. Daily,
 10 a. m. to p. m. Sunday
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Senator Christian M. Newman for lieutenant governor is the suggestion emanating from the senate reunion banquet held in New London last Saturday. Bridgeport is entitled to a good place on the state ticket this fall and Senator Newmar's excellent record at Hartford. coupled with his standing as a democrat, makes him s.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

desirable choice and the state conyen- ton is not unlikely to consider Fair field county, which means Bridgeport, when the siste is made. Bridgeport Telegram
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

You used to choose between degree of aehes-the aching tooth or the sS rraetina. Row by our system.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The Washington department 1of health, after considerable struggling with the problem of standardizing the manufacture of ice cream in the heat ed capital. gives it up. That is to say it suggests two standards. It finds that there is apparently a demand tor two grades of ice cream So it sug- gests that the ordinance be altered to permit the making of so-called stand ard ice cream, which shall contain Q higher degree of butter fat, and just ice cream which shall Fs. contain 3 lower degree.-New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

The devotees of modern dancing should take heed of recent significant items in the daily news and indulge their fondness for terpsichorean diver sion very moderately for a time An other noted dancer Is about to Ego un- der the knife" This fate has been distressingly frequent of late among the eminent opponents of the tan 90 and the maxixe. Until medical science shall have made some definite state ment as to this peculiar susceptibility to appendicitis, it may be well for the eager dancers to be prudent.-Provi- dence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15
OTHER VIEW POINTS

New Britain. Conn, complaints of fake war extras coming into that city from New York. Brockton is having it's experience with this brand of jour- nalism coming from Boston. The Brockton papers contain reliable war news received hours later than Is ped- dled about the street in so-called war extras sent out from Boston.-Brock- ton Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

No man makes an aaraeahie fri.-a.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

Norwich. Saturday. Aug. 15, 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-15

We pride ourselves that temperance
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
THE cHAUrAUoUA SEASON.

The chautauqua season is upon US
again. observes the Burlington Hawk
Eye. 1T has become the target Of all
manner of so-called witlings, and. OF
course, the chautauQua is not thing
without faults. To the present we
have not produced anything that is
perfection itself, not even the critics
who turn their batteries upon every
thing, and imagine that they are al
ways funny. They are ungrateful.
For some of these same Writings
would have hard trouble buying coal
in winter if the chautauqua audiences
did not consent to being amused by
them in the summer season.
so We have the chautauqua sea
son with us again soon. That is our
neighbors will. For some inexplic-
able reason, Burlington has no chau-
tauqua, and, like many other good
things, she has to go away from home
to enjoy one And yet it would be a
simple matter to have one here and
to get the best talent that is to be
found and to make a real success OF 1t.
The person, who has little interest
in the programs, if he or she be at
all human, derives much genuine de-
light from a day at an Iowa chautau-
qua, just observing how the tired
workers from the country homes en-.
Joy their happy vacation at chautau-
qua park"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
WHAT WAR MIGHT MEAN.

Oskaloosa is city Of 10000 people.
If the United States should engage
in war. and lose as many soldiers in
killed and wounded as Bulgaria did
in the Balkan war, 300 local young
men and boys would offer up their
lives as sacrifice to the preserva,
ton of the government. Think OF
what this means, over four times as
many splendid young men as march,
ed away with Company F to Camp
Dodge Monday morning!
Prof Octave Laurent has summed
up the losses in the recent wars.
which many think and speak of az
little squabbles In the Balkan" and
he finds: Bulgaria, with 100000
inhabitants. put 100000 soldiers in
the field. OF these $1,000 were
wounded and 10000 killed in the first
war, and 10000 killed and $1,000
wounded in the second. Altogether
10000 killed and wounded-one-third
OF the effective force of the army
and 3 per cent OF the population.
There was one death out of every
four Injured. a very high figure.
I'm the last Balkan war 10000
men on both sides were killed or
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
'COST Of LIVING
LEAP|NG UPWARD
NOT ONLY FOOD STUFFs BUT
ALSO ON WEARING APPAREL .
ALL IMPORTED GOODS SOARING
Hats Take Raise Of is Per Cent.
Dress Goods 10, shlrtings rs, and
Shoes will almost Double in
Price Because Of War.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE cost of
living is going upward by leaps ana
bounds already as a result OF the
European wal.
Sugar has reached,a new top price
and other domestic food, staples are
soaring. On those imported the prices
have shot upward to record prices.
Not only in the food line has the cost
of living been affected.
Here are some of the others.
Hats, up to Is per cent. because
Austria, Germany and England are
tho largest producers.
Dress goods is already up ten per
cent and the stores are beginning to
advertise American styles because
Paris is isolated.
Shifting up rs per cent on account
of the interrupted shipments.
Imported wines and whiskey are
selling at new prices.
Tea is up % per cent. and the re-.
serve supply exceedingly small.
Shoes will cost more because 30
per cent of the upper leather is Rus
sian calf and because OF the heavy
export demand for American shoes.
Because almost all Christmas toys
are imported and the Christmas ship
mentS' had only begun, American
children may get fewer presents on
the Christmas tree. e..
i Dye stuffs imported from Germany
are almost unobtainable.
Imported goods are up several
cents. Furs, most of which are dyed
or treated In Germany are going up
and the supply is small.
Des Moines, Aug. 11.-Prices jump
ed upward here today. Flour has gone
up to $3.50 from $3.50 ten days ago
Macaroni has advanced % per cent
oil 40 per cent. rubber 40 per cent
and dry goods and shoes are advanc
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
HARVEST IS BOUNTIFUL
Small Grain Turning Out Nicely In
North Part of County.

The harvest of small grains contin-
ues in north Mahaska county and the
New Sharon Star reports no cause
for disappointment in the crop. The
average. yield of oats is between 40
and so bushels, although a few rec
crds of 60 bushels and over are re
ported. s-a
Crandall and Hess report the fol
lowing yields: Geo. Fox had 663
bushels of wheat from IS acres, an
average of 81 to the acre, and 1884
bushels of oats from IS acres; VIII
Fox had acres of oats that made
2S2 bushels, 20 acres of barley that
made sos bushels, and also a field
of timothy that brought 46 bushels
of seed; Geo. Brennan had 16 acres
of oats and made 571 bushels; CT
Shaw and Cecil Harper got 2552
bushels of oats from 60 acres; Percil
Noel, on the Whitehill farm, got 1872
bushels of oats from 81 acres.
Jake TRACER reports yields of oats
from so to 50 bushels per acre. ON
Monday ne threshed IL acres of oats
for Amos Knudson that made ia
bushels, or 60 bushels per acre. On
Saturday, at the Garrett Van Gen
deren place. q acres made l452
bushels, and all but acres made ali
average of 81 bushels per acre. Lew
Garner got 1902 bushels of oats, an
average of So bushels per acre. 9th
er yields have been as follows: Orla
Leatherman, 1886 bushels of oats
from SIS acres; Dan Whalen, 46O
bushels of oats; John and Tom My,
ers. 295 bushels of oats and 1O2 of
wheat; Yves Ellis, acres of oats
made 1896 bushels; Lige Stephen
got 4S4 bushels of oats from 10 acres;
Art McMains, $50 bushels of oats
from So acres, and SCI bushels barley
from 25 acres; Ole Ness had 1913 bush
els of wheat; Joe ADHESION had I
acres of wheat that made l31 bushels;
Burl Richards had 465 bushels of oats
from 10 acres, and Orville Rhine, 1924
bushels of oats from 26 acres.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
cApE con CANAL.

The Panama canal and the Erie
Barge Canal will both be of incalcul
able benefit to New York City. How.
ever, there Is still another artificial
waterway that will help to advance
ocean travel along the dangerous
coast between Boston and New York
AS far back as 1876, Samuel Sewell
made observations for a canal to con
meet Cape Cod Bay with BuzZard Bay.
Now. after a lapse of 238 years, a
syndicate is just completing this i'm,
portant engineering feat at cost OF
$12, 100000.
The present distance between New
York and Boston is 400 miles via Nan,
tucket and 1926 miles by Vineyard
Soun6. BY the building of this new
canal the distance will be shortened
1913 and &c miles respectively; besides
the dangerous route around Cape Cod
will be avoided The canal is s miles
long, 80 feet deep at high water and
will have a minimum width at the
bottom of 100 feet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
THIRTY.FIVE PATIENTS
Were Under Treatment at OskAlOOSa
Hospital During July.

Thirty five patients we're under
treatment at the Oskaloosa hospital
during the month Of July, nineteen of
whom were surgical cases. During
the month 2,304 meals were served,
and during most of the period every
room in the building was occupied.
Many repairs have recently been
made, and practically the whole in
terror has been redecorated. The
hospital in every way is now in a
splendid condition. The detailed SUI
perintendent's report for the month
ending July 81, 1914, follows:
Number of male patients remain
ing July 1........
Number of female patients re-
naming July 1...........
Total number of patients remain
Ing July l.......
Number of male patients admit.
ted during July ......,..... i
Number of female patients admit
ted during July ............ II
Total number OF patients admit
ted during July ........'.... ~
Total number of patients treated
during July ........... %
Number of Surgical cases during
July ...!.. ...... ........... IL
Number of medical cases during
july ....., ...,....'.. IL
Number of Obstetrica cases dur
ing July ..................
Number of Births during July. 2
Total number of patients treated
during July ................. 80
Number of patients discharged
during July .................. "a
Number OF deaths during July.
Number of male patients remain
ing August l ............. 4
Number of female patients re-
naming August ......!.. 6
Total number Of patients remain
ing August l .............. 10
Total number of patients treated
since founding of hospital ....135S
Respectfully submitted,
Pearl G. Evans, Supt.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
OFF TO CAMP DODGE
Company F Of 0skaloosa Makes a
Good Showing This Year.

Company F, saith regiment, Iowa
National Guard, of Oskaloosa, de-
parted for Camp Dodge, Des Moines,
this morning, where, they will indulge
liz The War Game" for ten days
The company this year is In excellent
corGition, and its roster shows the
la, gest number that ever went into
camp. The list follows:
Captain, |. NJ. Reed.
LIST Lieut., Claire B. Arnold.
End Lieut., George w Hoar
1st Seargt, Roy A. Moore.
! Sergeant Curtis E. Vanvoohis
Sergeant Spencer Springer
Sergeant John r. DOner.
Sergeant Ben Morris.
Sergeant Rolla Carr.
Corporal Sol Morris.
CORPORAL Elmer G. Waters.
Corporal Samuel G. Borum.
Corporal Harry Cox.
CoTloral Lloyd E. Brader.
Corporal John A. HOar
Cook Charles c. Beadle.
Cook Herman L. Sonderegger.
Musician Floyd l.. Gilbert.
Musician Dallas r. Boyd.
Musician Pap" Douglas.
Art. Samuel NJ. Barrett.
Privates - Frank Ademite, Frank
e. Boles, Perry F. Buffers, James
r. Purger, Clarence A. Briney, Amos
lP. Chord, Ernest r. Coffin, Ernest
Darland, George w Darland, Carl G.
Dunwoody, Eslie T Dunwoody, Thos.
E. FIsjminger, Charles A. Eisiminger,
Earl L, Forsyth, James Gibbons,
Louis Hartgraves. Joseph NJ. Hewitt,
Fred f. Hoff, Henry S. Hoar Herbert
G. Johnson, Lester V. Jones, Raymond
E.. Jones. French Kitchen, Albert l..
Kinney, John MCCombs, Phillip Mar
tlu Joe c. Mahaffey, James E. Mahaf-
fey, Saul c. Morgan, Fred w. Mel
son. Andrew r. Orr, Richard Ra'
bourr. Ross Remington, Nile S. Reed,
Dayle Reisman, Earl A. Riggs, Lewis
| c. KinPiand, Fred E. Richmond. Rob
ert l.. Ross, Ernest w. Ruby, George
+. Ryan, Wilburn Ryan, Seth A. Som.
mervjlle, George l.. Shoemaker, Ar
thur A. Surber, Ernest P. Strauss,
Louis L. Thatcher, William o. Waller,
Lester White, Roy Workman.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13
OUT OF The ORDINARY.

The Bussey Record tells of man
who discovered that his telephone did
not work properly, and proceeded TO
take the transmitter apart to repair It,
He lost the granulated carbon out OF
the cup, and after examining 1t de
cided it was gunpowder. He forth,
WITH decided to refill it from can he
had in stock. The first time that the
hook was raised the current from the
battery ignited the gunpowder and it
IS now said that every subscriber on
that party line is temporarily hard of
hearing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-08-13

bly, little realized. The combined pro
duction If 265,306,139 short tons In
1913 exceeded by more than 20 per
cent the total production of the Unit
ed States N 1898. only fifteen years
previous. II exceeded that of any ath-
err country In the world, except Great
Britain and Germany. and al proached
within less than 10 per cent of Ger
many's output 1t was nearly five
times the production of the Austro-
Hungarian empire, nearly six times
that of France, nine times that of
Belgium. 1t was equal to nearly 20
per cent of the worlds total produc.
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