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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
A POPULAR FAILURE.

Every effort to drive the ship pur- Chase bill through congress has failed. jt suffered chiefly from it's own weak 1teS5es, but also from the manner in which the administration has attempt ed to force it upon the country Not satisfied with the blockade ir the sem ate an attempt was made through the house to rally sufficient support to compromise measure. but that suffered the same opposition in the senate as he unmodified bill,
 The announcement by the president that there will be no extra session of congress and the preparations for taking up the appropriation bills and inc regular business of the short ses- zson which have already been unwar- TsntablY delayed, indicates that hope fcr the passage of the ship measure lag been practically abandoned. It Is action which should have been taken some time ego. The futility of the endeaNor has been apparent for sew ,erz1 days but every possible chance was exhausted by the administration Before it would be conceded, and the Rasult is that there remain but twelve days Tn which to take action upon many important supply and appro- ExIatKoa1 baltS Either this business CT the ship bill had to be sacrificed and i1 abandoning the latter the better course has been followed
 A valuable service has, however, heen rendered to the country by the nlasterly manner in which the oppo- 1lsnts have guarded the interests of the country and defeated a measure which is fundamentally wrong. Even though
 
 wifi feel the pulse of the people, and Ee warranted will call an extra. session next September, there are reasons to believe that he will find the defeat ue the bill meets the approval of the ..sa4srtr.x-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
srArE OF OHIO. CITY or TOLEDO

Lucas County. sS.
 Frank J Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State afore- said, nd that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of HALL CAFARRI CURE.
 sworn to before me and subscrib cd in my presence, this 9th day of Decem- bec- A T.. 1883.
 SSeal) A W GLEASON.
 Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter- rzIly and acts directly upon the blood ana mucous surfaces of the system Send for testimonials. free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, c. sold by all druggists. 75c
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
eIephone Your Order and Insure '

liberty or license i'll any degree. con- veniently forgetting that it is their own acts and lack of consideration for public welfare and individual rights that lead straight to such legiS- lation. This wretched murder in our neighborinS' city has shown the press ing necessity for reform on the part of some newspapers in reporting and publishing criminal neWs.-BTIstol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
4. ". GLEASON,
It Really Does Relieve Rheumatism.

Everybody who is afflicted with Rheumatism in any form should by ali means keep 8, bottle of Sloan's Lin inaent on hand The minute you feel pain or soreness in 2. joint or muscle, bathe it with SIoan's Iiniment. Do not rub iu Sloan's penetrates almost inn naediately right to the seat OF pain, relieving the hot, tender. swollen feel ing and making the part easy and con- forrabIe. Get 8 bottle of -Sloau's Lin- iInent for 25 cents, of any druggist and have 1t in the house-against Colds, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago Sciatica and like ailments. ! our money back if not satisfied, but 1t does give almost instant relief Buy a bottle to- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

or course what he built was cabin do luxe, in a section where land was expensive; he carried out his idea without needing to consider the cost The house was built so that it's pi- asza- platform took in the big tree. The frame was of the waste split logs, which also outlined the windows were used in an ornamental way to form the roof, the strong, upper rail- ing of the piazza seat, the base of the stairs, etc. The house had eight or nine rooms, bath, plate glass windows, artistic fireplace in the big living room, electric lighting, telephone, gas stove, was fitted with luxurious fur nfsilings, piano, smart draperies and the like. 4 big VictroIa was at hand for the impron1ptu dances on the wide piazza, and no where even in that lively summer colony was d dance en- joyed more than there, so faE above the water, and the big boulders on the shore,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

1t was interesting to hear the story of the house and its building. The owner, wealthy lumber dealer i'll town had always been puzzled what to do with the split young tree trunks which held his consignments of blanks in place on the flat cars as they came from Seattle and other distant points. As each car was unloaded. the safe guarding boughS or trunks were thrown aside and considered as Of no particular use, since their value as lumber was not much.
 Thus they accumulated, until one day the idea entered the merchants s head to utilize them at the shore.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

The bill which has been presented by the Connecticut Chamber of Com meree @ the legislature for the tax ation of biIIboards is receiving the support of the local associations all over the State If tfe bill becomes law owners of property will be more careful in granting permission for the erection of these boards, Sand there will be fewer of these unsightly oh structionS to mar the beauty of the eountry-Commercde Record,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Built about the trunk of a great tree which overhung the shore was a cottage of the bungalow type, open ing on a long and wide platform. or piazza, many feet above the rocky beach and restless water.
 The plaza was protected by q strong rustic railing, which also served as the back to d comfortable seat stretch ing the entire length of the platform, inviting with gayly colored cushions ac.
 The hostess and her daughters, in smart summer garb, were ready to welcome callers and to enjoy the sur prise of all corners at their novel re- treat; for, although but a stones throw from the Limestone road over which limousines and speedy cars were running all day, their summer home was as secluded as if it were on Robinson Crusoes island itself.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Is 1t possible the legislature has more confidence in a finance expert than the tax commissioner just because it thinks it knows what the latter might recommend and because it has failed to act upon his past reconlnaenda- 1ions?
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Peace advocates see nothing hope fui in the European situation. In fact peace appears farther away than it did at the beginning of tine war, due to the face that hatred between the nations has increased and the battle now is to ba one of extinction and de- truction.-AnSonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

-. The date for his new trial having been set it is possible it has occurred to Harry ThaW to beware the ides of March"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Fortunate indeed is congress in not
 expecting to get it's money back from that $20e,0o0 appropriation for the dis tribution of free seeds.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

fellow who was twice sent to an insane hospital has now been sent +o the Colorado legislature but +uyo wrongs do not usually make a, right.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

The man on the corner says: Cities have self sacrifice days but when if comes to individuals it is a. long tin1r between the last and the next
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

The Kansas legislator who would prohibit the women from using cos- uaetics might as well hope to prevent the politicians from passing around the cigars.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Thre was time when the Titanic disaster where 1,o00 lives were lost staggered the country but now reports of .40,0 eco lost in battle pass as an everyday occurrence.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Even the democrats are worrvin~ lest the threatened extra session pF congress will make it necessary to observe the one term provision.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

With thousands os dollars worth of opium being snrsgied into the coun- try by steamship employees, vessels should be searched with fine toothed comb.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

partrnent has acted promptly on Dr. Van Dyte's account of the affair, and has addressed an inquiry to Berlin on the sub ov1dence Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

It ls Of course we'll to recall that tlere mas been no war zone established apout the South American countries.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
Stories of the War
Tba Horsss Knew.

4 remarkab bIe instance o9 horse sense, when a number of l1derless steeds broken loose in the night lg- nored a challenge to halt but stepped on hearing the rattle of rifle bolts i9 related in a letter from the front.
 We were on patrol along a dark roadway" says a British trooper "when we were startled by the thump of hoofs. The sound of gallo~i- came nearer and nearer down the road un- til the time came to shout a sharp halt! The horses were almost upon us when we challenged a second time No stop. In second the patrol re- leased safety catches and opened the cut -outs. At the metallic ring of the bolt actions, the horses reared back on their launches. Advancing, with . our fingers on the triggers we found the animals were unsaddled. and with out riders
 Later we learned they had broken out of their stable. we had no trou- nle to lead them into a neighborIng farnnyard for they knew what the rattle of bolts meant.
 Froze Where They Fell.
 The German counter attack upon tils village of Appendicitis develop ssIa fsfn -I- Sf7 af TWO
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

The decision Of the president that there will be no extra. session has m questicnably prevented an epidemic of nostalgia, in Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
FOREST RESERVATIONS.

HI the past four years under the pgoysions of ths Weeks bill the na- tiona1 forest reservation commission llse- approved for purchase a total of -lver a. million acres of nen-agricu1- tJtksI land in the seven eastern states of New Hampshire. Virginia, West Vir- siilia North and South Carolina, Ten nsSsss and Georgia. About one third of -the area is virgin timberland and ~bIts most of the remainder has been c1r7over or c0lled much valuable tim ber rCnlains standing on it also.
 Ehe purpose of these large govern nent tracts is to establish national forests which will serve as a, protec- tipTl 10 tho watersheds of the navigable ztreams in the east a step which is aaetnE taken none too soon when 1t is --nlsldsrsF Tllat great inroads are be,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Gernlany's idea is to make it warm . CT for the British Isles than the Gulf Stream can possibly do.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Going down. appears to be the new slogan which Germany would force upon the British merchantmen,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

nouneed that one long -perplexing problem had been solved in California, where some genius had been able at last to produce a commercial oil of value from what had long been con- sidered. in it's last analysis, a total loss: L 6. the vast bulk of raisin seeds.
 It is easy to conceive what an in- portant discovery that must have been, not only there, but in every e-growiIag locality in the world.
 Mans mind is ever active; and let it once set itself to work to try to turn waste into profit, sooner or later, it is certain to find the way.
 1t must have been a glad day when sor1e thoughtful mortal found out how
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Lent will have no effect at all upon the. European artillery diet.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Some one has, said: "Tene Lords name Is Love, when we know that we shall trust in Him" How can we find this out? Through love of oth
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

A windins stairway, also of the logs, led down 0 the beach, which had been cleared of rocks, for the benefit of the bathers The master of the house had reserved the lower story of the building as a sort of den for himself and his friends: and here there had been several lively gather inEs, stag parties, clambakes, ct al. during the season, I was told.
 or course it was ''roushirs it'' under the most fascinating circum- stances, with that ever changing pic ture of the Sound at it's widest point to delight those living the simple life, with every comfort which modern Sybarites could desire.
 But the chief interest tU me was the originality and cleverness of the host in thus utilizing the rough logs which another man would have thrown on the wood pile. without recognizing either their beauty or their possibili- ties. Because he had money to work out his ideas did not detract from the merit of them. ---
 THE DICT TAGRAPH.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
MYn ars--the salt of the earth.o sai

] 6DGGdllJ Q6L9S 4iLLO COIAIRtAG44s 1 "Ye arg the salt of the earth" said 1 the Master to His disciples It was a. l large claim to make for the Christian people. They constituted that element 1 that was to keep humanity sweet and ! wholesome. By rningling in the affairs of the world they were to keep society i from rotting Without them decay was sure for the race and it's institutions. Do we stop to think how much VIC owe to the really good people of all time? As a. matter of fact they have ] ever stood between our world and ! perdition The saints who from. their labors rest have been savioTs of hu- n1anity. Suppose for a minute we had to drop from history the names and | the personalities of such men and wo- men as Paul, John, Ambrose, Angus tine, Monica, Francis of Assist, Xavier, Wyciiff, WiEaIn the Silent, 1 Milton, Wesley, Livingstone, Florence Nightingale, Moody, Brooks and d host 1 Of others? Had we lost such as these 1 the worlds life would have been de- pleted.
 Unregenerate human nature has al ways been a destructive force. It Is characteristic of evil that 1t disin- l tegrateg and destroys. A state in which everyone was selfish or immoral could not long endure One shudders to think of a. society in which vice really 1 had it's way.
 On the other hand virtue. integrity. moral endeavor are constructive forces. 1 They preserve society and build 1t up 1 If the world has remained until now l capable of being lived in 1t is on ac- count Of the sweeteni1g, purifying in 1 ffuence of good lives.
 Cyprian, famous Bishop of Carthage | in the third century, wrote & delight 1 full letter to a friend in which he
 described his conversion to Christian 1 ity. Tt Is bad world, Donatus," he 1 says, an incredibly bad world. But l 1 have" discovered in the midst Of 1t a. l company Of quiet and holy people who 1 have found a joy which is a. thousand l times better than the pleasures cf our sinful life. They are deEpiged and 1 perseouted but they care not. They
 are masters Of their souls. They have 1 overcome the world. These people,
 Donafus are the Chrdstians-and I am i one of them"
 We do not even know the names of
 these humble men and women. Grant 1 ed that they may have been of the
 most ordinary powers they were of extraordinary fait1fu1ness But for l them the tale of those early centuries l and hence of our own, would be a
 wholly different one. Tn their time
 they were the salt of the earth l There is so much that is tricky dis l honest, impure in the ordinary life of | the world that one comes to abpre- ciate genuine goodness wherever he l finds it. To the everyday dependable clean-living people we are in an un- 1 told debt. With no visible naloes about | their heads they are still the real
 saints of the household, the sick I chamber, the market place, the work shop, the schoolroezal. Their loyalty 1 to duty in horne and church, in bus
 mess and public life is the salt that | keeps tho world sweet and clean. Hail
 to thern They are. after all, the only
 sort of folks this world cannot, do l without, and their names are written 1 in heaven.
 THE PARSoN.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
Sunday Morning Talk
SALT OF THE EARTH.

There are few more important min erals than salt. We could easier do without steel for our bridges and bat tlesbips than without salt for our food. Animals will sometimes perish for lack of it. When Joe Knowles, primitive man, came out of the woods he said one of his hardest trials had been the loss of salt out of his dietary.
 Moreover salt is the great antiseptlc, Since the beginning of time men have used it as a preservative of animal food. Without it much of the food that supports men and nations would speedily pass into corruption
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
UTILIZING BY-PRoDUCTs

cWritten Specially for The Bulletfn.)
 If the man who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before IS 8 benefacteP. how much more 50 is the person who makes use- ful that which heretofore has been only waste!
 We hear much OF the utilization of by-products since the great war be- gan and writers go back to the time when no very high commercial value was set on the coal tar which has since become of such importance.
 At first it meant merely waste But the chemist set to work and after the customary period of experiment and investigation was able to trans mute the unattractive looking stuff into the most charming dyes; or rather into substance which, under varying degrees of heat, cold, chemi- cal action, as the case may be, fur nishes the basis for coloring matter.
 Not only this, but under varying conditions this apparently worthless by-product ernits odors so closely re- sembling those of familiar fruits that unscrupulous persons have used them for favorings and nobody except a chemist would ever be the wiser, since in their effects upon the human ston1- ach, their identity would never be suspected
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

To mako waste yield something of market value is the great problem exercising mems minds all over the world.
 As the ancients depicted the Earth as the mother of all living, so it is taken for granted that even in the cast of variations of earth yielded matter there must be something good, if only science prove cunning enough to discover it.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

do not think there are as many trolley conductors with short arms as there are passengers with short back
 bones. f there is a shortage of any thing in any community it is the qual- ity which braces a man or woman up when they know they are right; and the intelligent seem to be worse af- flicted than any other class of people. Shrinking before brazennezs is too ccunon. We bIazon upon our walls 'SWhen you know you are right, go ahead" and then too many of us stand hitcIed like donkeys to a fence rail. It was Bancroft who pointed out the fact that the fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of some other class" It is because of short backbones that the world Of progress is always feeling the need of men. If men were resolute for right, It never would have been said that Man is d reasoning rather than q req sonable animal" Some men declare man is not an animal, but is a son of God. The short backbone is not a divine symbol, it wasn't in the plan of God. It is a defornity which proceeds from weakness rather than strength.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

to transmute the apparently good
 for nothing coTnstalk into paper. So,
 too, with the utilization of wood pulp
 and other substances.
 LoRgfellew has line,
 That is best which lieth nearest
 explaining how genius, not waiting
 for opportunity to come to It, selzeS
 the simple things near at hand, turn-
 ing out some work of useful art. And
 if mems eyes are only opened widely
 enough, they will generally see about
 them some chance to make of one
 element or another something dlf1er- ent from it's present form, something,
 possibly, of great eommerciab indus trial, or artistic value.
 During . summer by the shore on
 the Massachusetts coast It was inter- esting and surprising to see how the people of the little village were turn ing into food for others and money for themselves what had always seemed, to anybody except 'botanlst, but the weeds of the sea.
 As the tide Teceded daily, the fisher men would wade out to the rocks, with long wooden rakes collecting what is pepularly known as Irish moss.
 This was carefully spread upon the strand to dry in the Sun- It had to be watched with care, as sometimes an unheralded shower would come up | suddenly and, To! it was washed in- to the sand, a useless gum! But if the long dry season went | favorably. after turning and sorting, it was ready to be packed and sent to market, to form the basis of our
 desserts, in blanc mango, etc. But tho most novel use of what had appeared to be of no value except for 1 fire-wood was the idea which | eElanced to see worked out i'll one Connecticut town.
 In response to an invItat ation to call l and see the summer home of d we'll to-do- family, I was directed purpose 1 ly, to cross what seemed like a5 corn I field, leading toward the beach. l Tall sunfowers bordered the auto- | mobile road and the rural aspect oi 1 the place with it's vegetable gardcr 1 seemed in strange contrast with the | pretentious summer residences of city l folk in that smart section. Following directions I went on, but could see nothing of any house. Fin 1 ally, at the edge of the bluff 1 al | last caught a glimpse of 8 chimney A little search and keeping to tht ! path brought me to a long flight O. | wide steps, at the same time disclos 1 ing a glorious vista, of the sea. 1 Going on, there was the most orig 1 inal and clever abiding-place devised since the days of the Swiss Famiiy | Robinsoni
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20

Many people who go into ecstacies over music would be hard pressed if asked to define if, for they are not aware Beethoven regarded it ''as the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life" Bovee as mans fourth great material want-food. raiInent, shelter, then music;" while Luther placed theology before it. It is com mon 10 hear the expression "Oh, music is diTine:" which correctly applied pos sih1y refers to the music of the spheres. Music has been defined as "the nedi
 cine of the breaking heart and as "the voice of the angels in heaven;" but Coieridge was of the opinion ''the best sort of music is what it should be- sacred; the next best, the military, has fallen to the lot of the devil,'' and perhaps the tango and ragtime con- firm Co1eridges opinion with many. If music is heavenly, however, it might be well to have explained how the devil got any part or portion of fti Music seems to bethe collection and aarmoni- ous arrangement of all natural sounds
 and the birds were doubtless the first musicians to thrill the sensibilities Of man. The naturalist not only hears the birds, but the waterfalls singing and the trees whispering in the Milds.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-20
The Circulation of The Bulletin

The Bulletin has the largest cirsufation Of any paper in East ern Connecticut and from three : to four 4in4es larger than that of any in NorWict. It is delivered eto over 5000 oF the 4.oSa houses in Norwich. and read by ninety three per cent of sfs people. In WindF4an4 it Is delivered to over
 600 houses. in Putnam and
 Danielson to over 1,1oo and in all of these places 1t is censid- cred $hs local daily.
 Eastern Connecticut has forty
 nine towns, one hundred and sixty five postoffiee districts, and sixty rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every town and on all of the R. F. D. routes m Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION 1901, average ........,,.. 4Af2 tse5. average ........-..5 920 y.s,..,, ,s.,.-9 9,I67