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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

ITALY--The personnel of the new
Italian cabinet was announced az
Rome Yesterday. S1gnor Salendra will
retain the portfolio OF minister ef The
interior as well as the premiership
Baron Sidney Sonino, ex-premier. is
the new minister of foreign affairs,
Paoio Carcano. minister of the treas
lnfy. and yittorio Il, Orlando, minister
~ grace and Justice. No statement has
been given out regarding the policy
To be adopted by the new ministry.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

TURKEY report from London
ays that Turkey Is now definitely at
war with the allied powers. and with
Germany Is endeavorins 10 force Per-
atA into the host'liiies. \ battle lis
raging between the Russian and the
Turks on the Trans-Cau casus frontier
!. and the Anglo French feet Is she'll
ing the forts Of the Dardauelles and
has partly destroyed the Helles fort
one Of the principal defeuses 4 dis
patch from Sofia says that Ssrvia has
declared war on Turkey II lis re-
ported In Berlin that railroad COM
munication between Bulgaria and Ser
via has been broken. The latest In
foymAti0n indicates tine extension ar
the war through the Near East and
sfAae Orient
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

j6 regards the conduct of the British
M1ni policy was heightened by the
lTN Of British warships to run
1ya and destroy the Linden and
41nruhe. which have destroyed
teo OF merchantmen In the Indian
An and In the Caribbean.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-05

PEBBLES is said to have been seen In
Richmond Monday with a stranger.
who is said to have been from Baiti-
more This man Is said to have called
at store on Broad Street late Mon
day afternoon and secured PEBBLES
grip. which he took with him. The
county police are investigating the
theory that 1t was a case of murder.
and an inquest will be held over the
body this morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
South as Bad as France.

While certain of the carefully staged and dramatic episodes of the trial may strike an Englishman or an American as a veritable burlesque of Judicial procedure. it is to be recog- nized, first, that the French by tenn peranent are more susceptible so dramatic appeal, and. second, that we have in our own recent history the record of a case than which the trial of Mime. Caillaux cannot possibly be- come a more hollow mockery of jus tiee This was the murder of Con- zales, the editor of the South Caro- lima State, by the late Lieut.. Gov. Tillman. The plea, that Mime. Call laux did not intend to kill, but only to wound Gaston Calmette. is at the worst less farcial than was the claim that Tillman shot in self-defense. Again, there was the murder of the late Senator Carmack of Tennessee
 also because of the bitterness of his criticisms as an editor-and though his murderers were sentenced to penitentiary terms, they were prompt ly pardoned by the Tennessee Governor out of political sympathy. Certainly it is doubtful whether we emerge with any advantage from comparison of
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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS

The curse of business efficiency is misplaced sympathy
 When man wants a government job he tries to show how he deserves IT. He has served the party, Hberally contributed to the campaign fund. is akin to congressman or has a lame knee
 The blight of this theory lies on ali forms of activity.
 When school boards decide that no married women may teach the implica- ton is@that teachers positions are fa- Yors to be bestowed upon the most worthy beggars; they are means of livelihood to be distributed as a pub llc charity; they are to be given only to unmarried women because wives have husbands to support them There should be but one rule: Hire teachers who are capable, without regard to any other factor.
 When it comes to government offices 1t is assumed as matter of course that any one will do; nobody discusses flee All that's needed is ability to get the office. As result the business of government often suffers.
 All through the land, from the city council to the college, from the asyluns to the public schools, the spells sys-
 There shouldl be but one test for an employe: Can he do the business?
 It is not charity and humaneness to give an office to a deserving" person without regard to his ability. It is unjust to the capable. And in the end there Is no real charity other than justice
 Pension the old, care for the inf1rm and support the women and children these are our duties, But the moment we mix them up with business it makes business poor and charity corrupting.
 The business man who insists on ef- iciency alone as the test of employ ment, who pays good wages for good work and no wages at all for bad work, and who declines to hire a man simply because he is poor and has nine children, is just. and in the long run more genuinely charitable than the merchant who fills his store by the rule of pity-and who soon has no positions to give.
 ' Any institution, whether of state, church or school, if they are not watched viii fill with the sleek, fat rats of the spells system This may seem wonderfully kind and patriarch al, but it is cruel and unjust to the very class that need opportunity-the intelligent, skillful and industrious
 An honest man demands place for but one reason-because he can make good. When one adds any oth- CT reason he is so far dishonest.
 This does not mean that business should be heartless. It means it should be numanely honest, and intelligentiy efficient. it means that public office should be for service and not for the respectable pensioning of the incom- petent.
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A LEGISLATIVE STUNT.

The health commissioner of New York city is desirous of having the legislature make law which will standardize ice cream.
 In the present state of trade ice cream is frozen product abounding in cornstarch and gelatine, we'll flaw ored, and artfulIy colored. but chiefly noted for the absence of both cream and eggs. It would be better to com- pei the return to real cream and fresh eggs, but that is not the kind of cream that can be warranted to keep hard for two hours or that can be sold for ten cents a plate.
 What does legislative body know about ice cream, anyway, more than it is frozen pudding" with pala- table taste? Does it know any more about the ingredients of ice cream than the W. c. T. U. knows about whiskey?
 What ice cream Is depends upon what you want to pay for it. It may be chiefly "jello," or principally some- thing else, and still be healthful 7 It doesn't seem as if the public were quite ready to have legislative ice cream made compulsory.
 Let us have peace
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COLD WATERMELON

"I do not believe.s said Hizard. that a man necessarily brings on a shower by leaving his raineoat at home or py going to picnic: nor does he prevent rain by merely carrying an umbrella But am convinced that a fellow pro- .vokes cool weather by buying water melon for Sunday.
 One can buy watermelon any day in the week without affecting the te;n- perature. but one cannot do 1t on Sun- day. And it seems as if a man sets more store by his Sunday melon than by weekday melon.
 Suppose you say to yourself: What is the use in buying big steak for a hot day? We won't eat it.. What we want is a watermelon. We'll eat that and be happyi Such a determination is sensible. but 1t doesn't work out properly.
 Nothing can be more unpleasant to eat than watermelon on cold day When goosef1esh forms on the human body it draws out of the stomach all appreciation of cold and chilly things In fact. the body has chill enough. and being cramHaed full of frigidity doesa't want any more, thank youi
 When watermelon is poor it is extremely poor. When it is good it is mighty good--bIt the weather must be favorable to make it good Otherwise, 1t tastes like wet matches, nothing more.
 The time for eating watermelon is 10 o'clock on a hot night, with beads on 1t. with the melon immediately off
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the ice.Y
 ''Natermelon, to be thoroughly en- ioyed, should not be anticipated An ticipation Kills many a watermelon That Is what makes 1t inadvisable to eat them on Sunday. 1t gives you too much to anticipate. When a watermelon is brought to the table and opened in the presence Isof all, and everyone leans forward as the knife produces cracking sound, to see whether the interior of the melon Is going to be dark red and rosy ripe, there is considerable fear mixed with the anticipation.
 "Then there comes the sigh of satis- faction if 1t is richly red and the groan of determination to eat and die. if 1t IS a sickly pale. of the color of ice cream soda
 Watermelon is not yet served with nut sundaes at the soda fountains. In refusing to be served in this manner it is; deserving of the highest praise.
 ssWaterm elon allows itself to be eat en with sugar or salt, and that is very bad. But it will not submit to being buttered, which is greatly to it's credit. It may be eaten for breakfast, dinner or supper, though not. as a rule, eaten as hot cakes.
 Efforts to pickle watermelon have been no more than fairly successful. As a work of art. it can never be ex- celled Its seeds are excellent shooters and shooting melon seeds is a far more diverting sport than tiddle- de-winks. : Chicago News.
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for less than the actual cost of trans portation. may be passed Tor the mo ment What we have in mind at this time is the almost daily letters news papers receive stating that the position of postmaster. rural or star route car rier will be open for. bids on such a date and with place for examination specified Postmasters are requested to have these notices published in their local papers but are specifically in structed that such matter must not be classed as advertisements. lnsig- nificant, did you say? Admittedly so, but graft and theft nevertheless IL is a small example of looking to the mote in thine own eye This paper casts all such matter into the waste basket. If the government wishes the public informed of these matters It must pay for it in this neck or the woods-Shore Line Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
ENeLANp,s PROBLEM.

1 Win England succeed in preventing a civil war in Ireland? It knows it cannot do it by making effective the Irish Home rule bill, for the develop ments there show that Ulster has S0f- 900 efficient men for service with a possibility if 1t can get arms and ann munition of making 1t twice that force, and the hcme rulers are showing an ability to raise as many more men The mum Der of fighting men this dis turbance in Ireland has shown up is surprise to England and to all other nations.
 The Ulster protest is no bIufr. A physician writing from there says:
 Tn the Ulster volunteer force she has already S0.o00 efficient men. and think if required she can double that number if hostilities begin. I personally know the men in my dis trict. I have watched them giving sup two evenings a week for drill after hard days work in one of the units of my district typical of all. There are no old men, but all are fit and strong and willing.
 Ulster has petitioned, demonstrated and supplicated against what she is con vinced is a corrupt parliamentary bargain. She asserts that England, with the consent of the electorate. may cut her off from the empire, but with or without consent has no moral right to sell her, as she contends, into slay- cry.
 "A law-abiding population, forced into gross illegalities, holding up GUS toms officers and police; capturing railway station, patrolling thousands of miles of roads and transporting 40, 900 rifles and ammunition to as many secret places in six or seven hours-it is the tea chests and Boston harbor over again"
 The American home-rule Irish organization has called for s300,-s 900 at once. and the savage aspect of the parties concerned leaves no doubt of their courage or intent.
 It will take wise action to prevent a rebellion on the Emerald Isle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
------------------ --------------------- THE CLOSE OF JULY

Whatever else may be said of July, 1t had superb closing rain-a rain that was needed and which met every requirement. of the earth-the real blessed shower of the past three months in quality, quantity and dura- ton.
 It cannot be said of July, 1914, that 1t was too hot to sleep, to lie, to stand, to sit, to read. to think or sing. too hot to walk, to ride, to write to play. to scold. to work, or do any thingi" Upon the whole it has been July with more real blanket weather in it than has been experienced for many a year.
 With all it's pecullarities July has been good agricultural month. It has saved the grass crop and increased the abundanee of all fruits and vege- tables. Things have grown as the9 do not usually grow in July and most of the laggardness of a cold. backward spring has been overcome by it.
 There have been few days when it was pleasant to revel in the naanu- factursd preeze produced by the rent
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THE TURNING rLpE

There is no mistaking the political signs in different parts of the coun- try. The people have had enough of Wilsonism and low tariff
 While history is repeating itself on a low tariff and foreign manufactured goods are increasing in American mar kets and the flow of gold is to foreign manufacturing centers. President Will son may designate it as a psychologi- cal effect but the people suffering be- cause of adverse conditions simply re- gard him as a visionary leader who doesn't know the real thing when he sees 1t.
 New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Texas and Cal- ifornia are all showing evidences of impatience and determination to have things different. They have had enough of uncertainty and declining business
 The voter cannot be fooled as to the effects of theories upon which he must depend to gain livelihood. The pinch of the low tariff Is as distressing as the pinch of tight shoe A misfit is misfit wherever it is found
 A spirit of sense and resentment is abroad and a reversal of governmental policies is sharply foreshadowed
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
Political Gossip
Nutmeq Politics.

progressive vote in this state is IS 900 In our opinion the figures are approx imately correct. Based on current po- litical reports we do not believe the Roosevelt party will cast that many votes in Connecticut in November. Anyway. l5,009e votes will only serve to show the weakness of the third party. It won't save the democratic ticket providing the rumors of repub- lican unity are reliable The expert- ences the last two years has seeming ly Knocked a good deal of political sense into many heads. There will be fewer ballots cast for sentiment and more for sanity in the coming campaign than in any election held during the last ten years in Nuemer- ville.-Hartford Globe.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
THE LAW SHOULD sE oeEyEp

The town authorities who expect the automobilists to respect the law under which they are licensed should them selves fulfil the requirements of the law in reference to putting up signs at crossroads.
 The Bridgeport Telegram says: "The automobilists have a new friend, and he is pedestrian. He is no less a person than Governor Simeon E. Bald win. who. in his walks about the vi- cinity of New Haven, has noticed that there are many towns which have failed to comply with the state law re- quiring the erection of sign posts at crossroads and forks.
 The duty of erecting such signs is made mandatory, and town officials who neglect it are liable to be ar- rested and fined.
 This suggests pleasing diversion by which automobilists who are ar- rested and fined in small towns can get even After paying up they can hunt up a crossroad where there is no sign, and then bring action against the town for violation of the state law This process will have a satisfactory result-the auto speedsters will be fined and the road signs will be put into place"
 It is really surprising to what an ex- tent town authorities neglect the DOT ton of important laws which name their duties toward those whom the law is meant specially to affect.
 It is up to the officers of the law to first honor the law themselves, and then they will be upon a better foot ing to enforce it's provisions for the regulation of others
 The towns in which Governor Bald win walks near New Haven are not the only offenders. There are doubt less towns in Eastern Connecticut of which this complaint would be true. II should be made untrue as speedily as possible
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
A Horse For Sale.

The late Senator Elkins used to tell story of Bige Brown.
 Bige, he explained. lived in Elkins. Meeting him one day in the main street. the Senator said:
 Bige. do you know of anybo 1y that's got a horse for sale2' Bige, chewing gum. gave the Sena- tor patronizing smile.
 Well, Senator" he said, T guess Bill Hurst has. I sold him one yes- terday.,'-KanSas City Star
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
eovsrnmsnt eraft.

The federal government Is bitter in its denunciation of grafters. and the interstate commerce commission is hard at it endeavoring to stamp out graft and monopoly, but notwithstand- ing all this the government itself ia producing samples daily of the very evils it is endeavoring to eradicate from private and cooperative institu- tions. The greater irnpositions such as compelling railroads to carry mail
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
FRECKLES
Now is the Time to Get Rid of These
 Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your 1reckles, as the prescription othine-double strength is guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
 Simply get an ounce of othine- double strength-from any druggist and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion.
 Be sure to ask for the double strength othine as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL GO.

these cases with that of Mime. Caillaux, who, if the question of provocation is considered at least had more than either Lieut.. Gov. Tillman or the Coopers of Tennessee.-Springf Re- publican.
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Mieht Explain it.

Maybe the trouble is that some of the senators want to name the mem bers of the Reserve Board, with the advice and consent of the President."- Washington Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

ed electric fan. and we have noticed no rainbow painted on thunder cloud. that faints away with the as- cending sum July has not been warm hearted, but it has shown a generous hand
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

Villa says when he gets to Mexico he will superintend the cooking. He will be where he can put the poison in the food or keep it out That's an office of trusti
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

The Omaha Bee says the reason the democratic senator from that state votes with the republicans now and then is because he has acted with the republicans four times as long as he has acted with the democrats. It is an old habit Of his.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

The attorney general of Kansas has shown himself to be a gallant His opinion is women voters should only be required to be more definite con cerning their age than to say they are "21 and upwards.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

Russia has more fighting men than Austria and Servia by 60o.0oe. If Ger many steps in the combined forces would exceed Russia by 1,20o, 900 men The chance for big fracas was never better.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
A Natural Prs.umntion.

:. We don't know who holds the record for talking the most without saying anything, but she probably was about Is years old, when she made it. Atchison Glove.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

It is suggested that the best way to meet suffragette hunger strike is to put an anti ffragette in charge of the striker. This simply provides for surrender or funeral.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

Roosevelt is looking for play now in the field of American politics. When he wants work he tackles some wild and unexplored region of the earth.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

Congressman Witherspoon of Mis- sissippi returned sS2 to the United States treasury because he was away four days. He has made himself con spicuous as a relic of the past.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

In the Cossacks Russia has a great tranquilizing force. They leave the tranquilized stiff and speeches. and do not think it is necessary to barley or apologize.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

It will take four hundred millions to move the growing crops of the west and south. but Uncle Sam has the re- serve funds and will not have to bor- r0W
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

A Boston woman who gave up a million to marry her husband is now seeking a divorce. An error of this kind must be very depressing.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

The man on the corner says: If you feel burning desire to stand for political salary, don't sacrifice yourself, but send for chemical and have it put out
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
Why Object to Lecturina2

It may be a coincidence merely. but certainly Washington takes a sane view of things while Mr. Bryan is featuring elsew here. = Philadelphia Ledger.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

No one can tell when Sunday dawns who is going to be the recreation vic- tim. There are sure to be a few of them
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

All the sugar raised in Louisiana is not sufficient to make free sugar look sweet to the democrats there.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

The committee on treaties declines to give the Colonel a chance for spec tacular display. Senator Stone of Missouri tells him to write it out and send it inl"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Perhaps the reason sore throats are so prevalent at this season is because Roosevelt has one!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31

When a scandal has been in the French courts there is nothing left to inquire or whisper about. It is all known.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
Won't Lay Down His Pen.

The, Colonel has ceased to be con- tributing editor but Perkins will con- tinue his contributions as usual.-- Binghamton Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-31
OTHER VIEW POINTS

From Washington rises lament that MT. Bryan has taken two more days off to go on the Chautauqua cir cult. And from some other quarters rises lament that the Chautauqua cir cult isn't onger.-Hartford Times.
 The accident at Bridgeport calls at tention once more to the increasing tendency of street railroad companies to abuse the privileges of tlseir chart CTS It was never intended that the streets should be used for freight traf- fic.-Rocl<ville Leader.
 Hartford is beginning to get mad over the New Haven roads delay in replacing the burned station in that city. The officials are so engaged with more insistent and obstreperous com pfaints that the cries from Hartford do not seem as loud to them as they do to those who make them.-Water- bury American.
 . There will be no great amount of grief in this section of the country if the swollen river. and harbor bill goes by the board because of the legit- innate flihuster of Senator Burton and his few republican allies. The bill it. self is notoriousiy steal from the senators for the purpose of making themselves solid with their constit- uents. That it dies the death should be cause for public rejoicing rather than public iaE1entation, and the chances are that the only walls heard will be those in the halls Of congress.
 This country is not in bad shape for a big European war Without wishing to make a profit off the mis- fortunes of our European neighbors one cannot ignore the fact that Amer ican troops are rather more abu1idtant than usual this year, or forget the other fact that foodstuffs are ordin- arily in good demand in those coun- tries which are foolish enough to in- dulge themselves in the luxury of war. We do not imagine that there will be war in this case; but the mere possibility of war, so far as it has any prices firm.-Hartford Courant.
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The pulp mills of British Columbia are shipping pulp to Japan.