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Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
A N1EaKENlNa pRlP.

This war has done more to intensify and spread deIn0cratic ideas than any, thing that has happened in the his- tory of the nations
 The antocratie jealousies and selfish interests Of the few have with inade- quate cause set 29,o00, 900 warriors at each other, presenting to the eye of the world q tragedy so immense and horrors so shocking that the 600, ,0O0,- 900 people they represent have been awakened to thoughts of larger liberty and less autocratic dominion.
 What end has been served by the millions slain and 71fainfed. and the rendering Of over 50.00C Belgian chill dren motherIess and fatherfess, the doubling of national debts and the in- creasing of the burdens upon the peo- pie for century to come.
 All wars are cruel, but few wars are like this one, really indefensible. This war is not only changing the map of Europe, it is changing the thoughts of the people and is likely to change the character of future gov ernnfents. How common men as heroes are looming above Kings. Men in all nations must get nearer together; they must everywhere stand more cour- ageously for right and justice.
 5 Tyranny is losing its grip and democracy is coming to itstown place.
 After this war there will be a new and better era-humanity. is likely to find itself in new world worthy of it.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
A NEW FINANCIAL POLICY.

A new society has been formed which calls itself the American Truth society, whose object it is to teach the American people how to check the banks from lending money to com- panies that are manufacturing arms or ammunition for the allies in this country.
 It calculates if every American who is able to will obtain from the bank $2O gold piece and carry it around in his pocket. there would be two bil- lion in gold coin that the banks would need, but, could not get.S It is a fine scheme should it take to make an end of specie payments and put 0 high premium on gold.
 It Is an audacious scheme under false colors. It doesn't hesitate to as- cert should Qeemany win she will be warranted in collecting an indemnity of us for all war material made for Delligerents when Germany herself has found this very same business under like circumstances most profitable.
 This Truth society is unAmerican and is untrue to every principle oi 1 freedom when it purposes to boycott all the American banks and to aid a foreign power at our expense.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
LOOK AT RUSSIA.

Russia today is a good object les son for America.
 Russia's unpreparedness is apparent and the fact that her retreat estab- fishes that it is lack of war material, not lack of courage that is forcing her to fall back. She has three men to Germany's one and has twice re- pelled the great forces thrown against her.
 ' This is case of being too late. Plenty of ammunition 5000 miles away that cannot be brought forward fast enough.
 We need sirships and submarines and superdreadnaughts and great guns. : America was never in such a state of unpreparedness as it is this moment, and 1t should never be again.
 What these opponents to our man. ufactory and sale of war material are .conten6ing for is not strict observ- ance of neutrality by America, but to gain a strict advantage for Germany. If this country was at war with Eng land, Germany as 8 neutral country would furnish England all the war ma ,teria1 she would buy and do it legally, as America is doing now, under the treaty of 1928 made with her by the United States.
 r There is no sense in this attempt to forbid nations buying in the neutral markets of the world whatever they may need in time of war, and less since in this peace movement and sthese disarmament pleas which would leave us at the mercy of our enemies
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
WE HAVE NO COAST DEFENSE.

How easy we feel concerning our forts along the coast and our poorly equipped navy and we dream of safety.
 It appears we haven't a fort on the coast of any value because the guns installed in them will not throw projectile over seven miles. while; the great warships across the water car ry guns which will throw shells eleven miles Tn view Of these facts it may be said we have built a few slaughter pens for our defenders who are as brave as any men in the world.
 The guns of the superdreadnaught of the fighting nations have range of 21.000 yards. to our 13,186 yards. They could infiict punishment along our whole coast without coming with in range of our beAt guns.
 Congress in the last Notifications bill appropriated sl0o, 900 for modern izing sonic of the antiquated ernplace- ments in our various forts, and it ap- propriated $2oe.0o0 additional to give our 12 inch guns greater range by cooking them five degrees higher up in the air.
 How safe are we? Just safe enough to fall victims to any up-to-date fight ing nation that ventures to attack our coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
HER CRUEL PARENT

'sWelL" began the young wcman's father, now that you have graduated from high school. what do you intend to do?"
 looked mildly bewildered. "Do7" she echoed. ''Why-why, I'm throughi"
 "Congratulationsi" said her parent. T am sratffied to find have a human wonder right in my own fannily,a per- son who has exhausted the stock Of kno owleige in the world at 18!"
 Well" defended hte pretty girl. T guess Fve worked hard enough to know about everything! You've no idea how they made us work this last year! Goodness! I shouldn't think there was much left to studyl"
 Yes, but what are you going to dor insisted her parent. You can't spend twenty-fotfr hours a day folding your hands! I rather thought of collegel"
 The pretty girl sat down with a slump. "Oh. father!" she. protested. Have got to go to col1ese3 Why, l as thought was through-ar1d every thing! Why. there's heaps of things to do besides coIlege!"
 i've no doubt" said her father. Such as riding around in his automobile with that Rangsnap fellow! You'll have lots of time to pass in that way now that high school doesn't interfere!"
 T just knew iti" vowed the pretty girl, rebelliously. T just knew you'd grudge me simple little pleasure. And Harold said the same! He said he knew you'd send me to college or something. I don't see why a girls family always has to interfere the way it does!"
 Its high time I did!" said her ia ther. sTf Harold Rangsnap has begun putting you up to think differently! He-o
 'He is a perfectly fine mani" cried the pretty girl He has splendid ideas! He says that men like womanly woman, who makes home her sphere, and that 1t spoils a girl to go to col Iege, because she gets all sorts of crazy notions, and no man is good enough for her!"
 "H'm!" said her father. That's his notion, is it? S'pose he knows that after four broadening years you would not be able to see him even with the Yerles telescope turned on him full! You'll be looking for something a trifie more ambitious and clever than Harold Rangsnap, let me tell you!"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

"KhoIn, or chelm, as the Poles spell 1t. has been one of the most in teresting of Polish towns under Rus sian administration, for from this quiet corner of subject Poland the government program for the russih- cation of the Poles has been directed" says a descriptive statement issued by the National Geographic Society. Just over the Russian border, surrounded by endless acres of forest and agri- cultural land. the whole region in which it lies is possessed of but indif- ferent means Of communication, and' so screened fro mthe feverish, suspi- cious politics of Warsaw and other Po- fish centers, Kholm. in peace times was a strategic point of rare advan- tages for the propagation Of Russia influences.
 tongue. Russian methods and the Rus sian religion entered Poland by way of Kholm. and from here painstaking efforts were made to spread them among all the peasantry. The Russian point of view has sought to penetrate rod railway line, and from here, too, 1t has made its way south, even beyond the Galician borders to the great Polish city of Lemberg. Thus, kholm, which the Russian soldiers defended so splendidly, was a Russian strong hold in more senses than one. It was the sentimental and intellectual heart of the Russian program in Poland.
 'rKholm is the seat of a Russian bishop. The national Greek Church, though 1t claims but few followers over the Polish boundary, is here strongly intrenched. The city sup ports a number of Greek churches, and an Ecclesiastical Seminary long found ed here offers to the Poles and to Rus sian missionaries to the Poles the learning of the Greek Church. The
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
F.. L. M. OIN T M E. NIT ''The Healer of Skin Diseases"

A prepnratfou recognized as n most valuable remedy for ecsema or salt rh@mHn3 mo mmfteT how long you may have eufferUA from either of these skin troubles we earnestly advise you to give E. l.. M. trial. You can depend upon this remedy to do its work ef- feetfveiy and thoruughlyJ all we ask is that you follow directions enclosed with each box.
 Office of
 County Commissioners.
 Knox County,
 vinalhaven, Maine. My daughter has been annoyed over two years with eczema on her arm and had used several Of the very best treatments known for this disease, but received only temporary relief from them. Your E. L. M Ointment was recommended to her as being an espe- cially good ointment, and I am pleased to inform you that it healed the af- fected part in a manner that was sur prising. want to say to you that an ointment with the healing power of E. L. M. is deserving of much praise. and you have the privilege to use this testimonial if you 90 desire.
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Let neutrals stay away from bellig- land Boissevain from Rome, and let war, be extended to all the nations, non- combatants included" She finds the bitterness that exists here in Rome discouraging," but defending gas bombs, the treatment of Belgium, and the sinking of the Lusitania is not the most tactful thing in a country at war. But what Is a neutral like Mrs. Bois- sevain doing in belligerent territory? Springfield Republican.
 Not much tobacco is raised in Mid dlesex county, at least not in the southern section of it However, years ago, the late Lozelle Platt made quite a success of it on his farm in the Plains section of Winthrop, and there is still considerable tobacco grown in the Haddams. In the north end of the county. though, in Cromwell and Portland, good many acres are de- voted to the cultivation of the weed; in fact, there is one farm of about fifty acres in Cromwell which is said to have this season as fine a lot of tobacco as can be found anywhere in Connecticut. There is good money in tobacco culture. but one must have capital and be willing to take risk in engaging in it-Deep River New Era.
  ing recently that any unknown man named Adam Aaron could poll 100, 900 votes in Pennsylvania if he could get his name upon the ticket. His name from the nature of 1t would come first upon the alphabetical list. and thous- ands of voters would vote it on that account, never looking or caring for anything but who might be the first man upon the list. Of one of the long ballots where there are half a dozen parties, each with half a hundred candidates, this would undoubtedly be approximately true, for the work of going over the whole layout in the short time that can be given to the matter is disheartening, and the easi- est way out of the difficulty is to vote for the first man on the list and let it go at that.-Bridgeport Standard.
 Eventually we shall probably come l to the European view, and let society ! as a whole take care of the aged and 1 incapacitated workers who have not been able to acquire a competence | enabling them to end their lives ir modest comfort without any taint oi charity. The most satisfactory pen sion systems, however, appear to be | those in which the workers themselves have a share of the responsibility, con- | tributing a stated proportion of theil wages as they would pay the pre- mium on an endowment policy" of ar insurance company, and having g voice in the control of the pension | fund. Such a system is more condu- | cive to self-respect than one in which
 the employer or the state pays the | whole expense. It is to be assumed | of course, that the workers receive | enough wages to enable them to make
 the requsite payments.-Torringto
 Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

Pultusk-A description of Pultusk, where the Russian line stiffened just nor of Warsaw, and where the Rus sians developed a mighty opposition to von Hindenburgs advance, was given out here today by the National Geographic Society:
 Tt was at Pultusk, on the north bank of the River Narew, that Charles XII, of Sweden, won his celebrated flower of which he besieged in the great castle, whose remains are still the first feature of the fortress town. This victory was won in 1703 to fur ther Charles ideas as to how the re- public of Poland ought to be governed. Pultusk was again the field of a great battle action. when. in 1S06, the ir- resistible triumph drunken legions of Napoleon swept all before them out of the strongholds here This battle was fought over the icy fields of De- cember, when morass and swamp be- come solid foundations of frozen dark earth.
 'Pultusk is one of the important fortified towns, which, spread out fan wise guard Warsaw from the north and west. It lies B miles north of the metropolis, with the Narew River at its back and the Bug fifteen miles to the south. While strongly defended, it does not compare in the power of its works with Novo Georgievsk or Ivangorod. It is. however, one of the important gates on that line toward the capital. which takes its way from East Prussia over Mlawa, Ostrolenka and Przasnysz
 The town, with a present popula- tion of about 10000 has shared in the Polish industrial spurt. It was almost
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

c6s strife with losses 9s great, or great er, ana 1nayns.an increase of combat azlts for whatf 5us6 beca1se royalty
 wills II and manhood is too weak to resist.
 As Tolstoa pointed out, the hope of q permanent peaGe rests upon the al- hance of the greatest nations against
 those who have not risen above making
 war for couquest, which is simply or ganized piracy and brfgandage.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
AeropIanes That Are Invisible.

Germany possesses invisible aero planes, according to the Cologne Gazette. The wings are made of a clear transparent material called eel Ion, which is the invention of a Ger man engineer named Knaubel. Cellon, which is manufactured from cellulose and acetic acid, is tough, pliable and n-infiammable and Is used instead of canvas A machine covered with cellon is said to he virtually invisible above an altitude of 5000 feet. Herr Knaubel made his first experiments with the material two years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

entirely destroyed by a great fire in 1875, and the rebuilding has made 1t a place greatly in advance of the usual Polish towns. A textile industry has taken root. Woolen and linen goods are manufactured, and, stimulated from Chemnitz, the great German center for the manufacture of stock ings, a hosiery fabrication has been developed. Large copper works and potteries are also among Pultusk's leading businesses. The place is very old, having been founded in 956."
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

Horse-drawn vehicles on Chicago's principal downtown streets have de- creased approximately 20 per cent since 1907. while motor-vehicles have increased 600 per cent. in a similar period. The total number of vehicles of all kinds has increased II per cent
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
"5iIiy" Fitzgerald's Fifty-three Gents
 in Canadian Coin.

When the commission for Relief in Belgium, at Il Broadway, New York, more than a sufficient supply of cloth ing for the needy Belgians, it turned over some of its superfiuous stock to organizations assisting other non- combatants. In the assortment of this great mass of clothing many small articles were found in the pockets
 some of which were doubtlessly not intended as gifts to the Belgians. but
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
Blessing of Waahinatan.

"This memorandum" he asserts. only issued after it was established that no German ships could take ad- vantage of the same. Guns of this calibre are perfectly able to guarantee the destruction of a submarine. and thus Washington pronounces it's bless ing on Churchill's armed merchant vessels'
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

HC1buCcos T bkoA0 to three doctors about it and they did not help her any. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget table Com pound had been of great benefit to me,
 so I decided to have her give it a trial.
 She has taken five
 bottles of the Vege-
 table Cofnpo1nd ac-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The state department at Washing ton has notified the American ambas- sador at London that it will pay for no more afternoon teas. apparently without thought that the afternoon tea is an important diplomatic func- ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

Germany appears to be suffering from jealousy of Great Britain in it's relation to America. If America's note to Great Britain meets her approval Germany may condescend to reply to President Wilson's last note.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

value of AIaska's total mineral pro- duction for 1914 Is SIS, ,11s,0s0; that of 1913 was $19.476,356. This decrease is due to the low price of copper in 1918. IL is estimated that up to the close of 1914 Alaska has produced minerals to a total value of S26s. .15e. 900, of which S244.15s, 900 represents the value of the gold output. These statistics are taken from a report by Alfred H. Brooks, of the United States Geologt- cal Survey, which is now in press.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

i You've just got grudge against Harold!" tearfully vowed the pretty girl. You don't want me to have any to college without being influenced 6y
 what he says! I just don't want to go. that's all."
 "An your friends are going" insisted her father. You don't want them to
 know more than you dol You need the training!"
 "Trainingi" said the pretty girl bit- terly. Being trained is the best thing
 I dol And Harold says 1t doesn't mat
 ter aGbit what a girl knows, just so she is pretty and jolly, and" 1 Don't tell me any moreI" interrupt !, ed her father. If met Harold this
 minute I'm afraid Ia be awfu1Iy rude to
 him! His idea of perfect woman just about matches his notion of an admir- able young mar-a creature who drives his fathers auto during business hours and helps support the starving cigar | cite manufacturer! I can do without 1 him in my family very well! What | can't see is why you waste two looks | on him!"
 Harold said he knew you didn't understand himl" declared the pretty girl tearfully. "He s-s-says nobody l father doesn't! He keeps wanting | Harold to go to w-work-and why should he w-w-work when his father | has such a lot of money? Harold says if our parents would only leave | us alone we'd be so much h-happieri | He says college"
 Never mindI' said the pretty girls
 father crisply. I'm about fed up on your Harold's words of wisdomI I'm going to send you to the far west this
 summer, and next fall you go to the | far east-to co1legel I'm going to
 change the present working plan of your hrainl Harold! How I regret l the scarcity of fitting words in the
 English language!"
 T think you're just as mean as you | can bel" said the pretty girl, hotly | Anyhow, we can write!" I'm not worrying" her father told | her. Harold hasn't brains enough to 1 fill two pages of letter paperI And
 now let's look over these college cata-
 logues!"
 q don't see why fathers have to be
 so horrid!'' said the pretty girlb- ] Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

Russian Church has based mighty ef- forts from KhoIm for the conversion of the Poles to the Church of most of the Slavs.' Its success, however, is still hanging in the balance.
 The city is very ancient. It was founded by Daniel. Prince of Galicia, as business headquarters for rich fam fly estates. It is today. a living spec imen of archaeology, with the railway running through it as one of the few reminders of the modern age. The shell fire of today shaking this out of-date, time-sleepy city must cause an uncahny realization among its cft- izens of the strides that the ages have made since Kholm last came Into i'm mediate contact with the outside world. The city, most of which was built without a plan, provides a home for 10000 people, and. before the out break of the war. provided an arsenal, quiet but powerful source of russifi- cation plans and sinews-
 'Lublin. the important manufactur- ing town of this part of Russian Po- Kholm by the Kief-Warsaw Railway Kholm forms the south termination of the strategic railroad that runs be- hind the last line of Russian defense in Poland. that orth-and-south line of the Bug, reenforced, and continued north from the Bug, by the Kholm- Brest Litovsk-Bieo5tok- -Osowiec Rail- way. Its possession, therefore, is o1 great military importance. The coun- try around Kholm grows an abundance of grains, and is. also, very rich ir its production of other agricultural products
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
A Criminal Measure.

Captain Persius adds: we now know that Churchill's criminal meas ure was generally accepted by the admiralty. The claim that England is fighting for subsistence means that for England morals are silenced. This aecords with the English political
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

When congress meets we may con- ffdently expect it to vote $500, ,0o0, ,00o for national defense. If it had been spending 00.000,oo0 a year for the past five years we should have got more for our money
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The Man on the Corner says: It used to be safe to look for warm weather when the fly put on his specs; but the war in Europe appears to have changed everything.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The state government of California is Progressive; It has 27 salaried com- missions at great expense to do what was formerly done better at half the cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
Stories of the War

traditions. but not with those of the United States.
 The United States now becomes a partner of England's interruptions ness. This memorandum is a direct blow to international law and a vio- lation of neutrality designed to give a tremendous advantage to England"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The present war is one in which new inventions have to be tried out every week to meet the inventive genius of the enemy. This is one req son why there was never a war like it.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The allies are declining to accept considerable of these quickly made in- struments of death because they are below the standard. Any old thing doesn't go for good money.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

A fierce humble bee in Delaware at tackled chauffeur and his automobile was wrecked and it's occupants injured. The little busy bee is more dangerous to drivers than a policeman.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04

The German scientists find the Lusi- tania was the victim of a British plot to destroy the friendly relations be- tween Germany and America It is up to them now to explain why Berlin school children were given e holiday to celebrate the success of the plotl
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-04
AIaska,a Mineral Produetion.

Alaska produced gold in 1914 to the value of $15,T64,2 ,259, an increase of about $14o, 900 over that of the previous year. In 1914 21, ,45O, ,62s pounds of cop per were produced in Alaska. compared with 21,659,95 pounds in 1913. The