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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
Edward Lear at Monastir.

Monastir, on the Greek frontier to
which the Serbian capital may be
moved, derives the Turkish name from
famous monastery, but is called Bito-
liza by the Christian population. 1t is
a 'magnificently placed" city, greatly
admired for noble beauty of sur
roundings by Edward Lear, the in
ventor of "Limericks," when he paint
ed the landscapes of Albania Lear
pursued the fine arts under difficult
ties at Monastir. because a Moslem
mob shouted "Yokl Yoki" ("NoI No!")
at him whenever he began to sketch.
This was the cradle of the Macedonia
| race, according to a charming story
tus, which seems closely akin to Gin
derella and similar folklore tales of
Western Europe.-London Chronicle
Mombasa Inclined to Trade Direct.
Word comes from Consul Perry G.
Hays, Mombasa, British East Africa,
that the Indian merchants there are
manifesting greater interest in direct
| trade relations with American export
ers. They are confronted, however
with difficulties in the matter of terms
of credit and in the lack of adequate
shipping facilities between the United
States and the East African littoral
| Until these handicaps can be overcome
| no great increase in the trade with
! America can be expected.
| Because of conditions created by the
war. foreign commerce passing through
| the port of Mombasa has been dim
| inished greatly. Imports decreased
from S5,992.S54 during the first si1
months of 1914 to S3.0e6, $50 in the cor.
responding period of the present year
Exports fell from s3,490, 81 to S2,123,.
S56.
AS the principal crop, cotton. has
not found a ready market, the money
| ordinarily available for purchasini
foreign merchandise has been reduced
| to a marked degree. The item of hides
| and skins, which ranks comparatively
| high in export values, underwent g
decline from Slips. 500 to SAT- 1893, be.
| cause of the restricted foreign mar.
ket. Embargoes on other articles have
had an adverse influence on the expcr
and import trade.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
PORTO RIcos AMBITION,

This country is not the only one that
recognizes that the time is ripe for
trade expansion, or that understands
that if an increase is to be obtained
that will be more than temporary, it
must be hustled for It is apparent to
every nation not engaged in the war
and while the larger ones are devoting
more or less attention in that direction
Porto Rico is speaking up and ask
Ing for it's share of trade.
Such an awakening in the island re-
public is a most convincing bit of evil
aence that the Porto Ricans are alive
to their own interests and are not
content to sit idly by while others are
extending their trade. 1t is a mani
testation of the proper spirit when it
indicates that it does not intend to
lie quietly in it's place in the Antilles
Ind watch those heavily laden ships
pass on their voyages along the Pam
American coastline, without stopping
10 unload or load portion of their
cargoes in its ports.
Porto Rico already has quite a vol
1me of trade with this country as the
reports ending with June of this year
show that the island shipped to this
country for the fiscal year domestic
merchandise amounting to SAP, 1868
and foreign merchandise valued al
$3.50. 1t received in return domestic
goods valued at $780, 149,764 and foreign
goods worth $780,067.
Still the island has plenty of oppor-
unity for growth, all of which depends
upon the development of it's trade
That it is cognizant of it's position
Ind determined to extend it's CONNER.
,ial relations is a good sign and it will
De through that that it will boost the
agricultural activity and call atten-
ion to its many opportunities.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
NATIONAL DEFENSE.

No matter which will come before
the present session of congress has
received greater attention in advance
than that of Strengthening the army
and navy of this country. The country
is by no means committed or leaning
to militarism, but it has recognized
the Importance of insuring the peace
full state of affairs through making
proper preparation in these depart
ments so that it may not be found
in an unwarrantedly weak condition
should trouble quickly arise from the
outside. The time to safeguard against
such a contingency is now and not
after a foe has landed on our shores.
The question of preparation is one
which ought not to be viewed through
partisan eyes. 1t is not a matter
which ought to be damned through
congress only to have grave mistakes
disclosed because there was a failure
to look upon both sides of the cues
ton, but one which calls for tact and
forbearance. 1t is more than a par
dsan policy that is at stake 1t is the
whole nation in the balance and care
must be exerted to see that neither
party drives the other into partisan
action through failure to consider
other viewpoints than their own.
Whatever the action is that is finaIly
taken the country will look to con-
gress to see that it is grounded upor
the soundest advice that can be OBJ
tanned regardless of the side by which
such idea is advanced. National de.
tense ought never to be made a DO.
l1tical football. 1t is a matter on which
the best judgment Of all should be
exercised without neglecting the coun.
try's welfare or rushing it into a need.
less expenditure of money.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07

own younger brother who had been
drowned three years before.
The Marietta had just stopped at the
mooring when Jack noticed that the
mast of the dory had broken and the
boys, having no oars. were drifting
helplessly out to sea-
He Jumped into a nearby row boat
and pulled hard for the boys. He was
almost to them when one boy reached
out for the broken mast, and upset
the dory. Jack called to them to hold
tight to the boat till he reached them.
1t was blowing pretty hard, and the
waves were quite choppy. As the two
boys grasped the side of his boat, a
sudden Jolt threw Jack into the water.
He succeeded in getting the two boys
into the boat, and was attempting to
turn the dory up, when he was seized
with q cramp.
The boys tried to help him, but the
wind was hard against them. He dis
appeared below the surface, reappear
| ing almost Immediately They did their
| best but could not reach him before he
went down again.
What could they do! They were al
| most in despair when he came to the
| surface again, and this time. cost what
| it would, they must save him. One
boy grasped his arm, and they held
| him fast, while the captains motor
boat sped to the rescue.
Jack was laid tenderly on the cot
prepared for him. Everything possible
! had been done for him, but as yet he
| showed no signs of returning Vigor.
| Margaret watched by the bedside
with a heavy heart. During the long,
| weary hours of the night, she never
| left him. Gray streaks were beginning
| to show in the eastern sky when Jack
| opened his eyes and looked slowly
| around.
Reaching out his hand, he asked
family, rs that you. Sis?"
| 20. jack" she cried. falling on her
knees by the bedside. In a smothering
| embrace, she sobbed out all the sorrow
| of her little heart.
The boy smiled, and laying his hand
! tenderly on the soft, curly hair, he
said: Never mind, dear; 1 guess Wen
| have our trip to Maine, and the fur
| coat. too"-BoSton Post.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
PUT CREDIT WHERE IT BELONGS

Attention is being called by certain
democratic papers at this time to the
remarkable prosperity which is being
shown under a democratic admins
tration. 1t is being pointed out by the
Boston Post that new high records
have been made in foreign trade, rail-
road earnings, steel and iron produc-
tion copper output, bank clearings and
deposits and general business" and it
Is declared that 1.-The basic cause for
the present business sboom is the SUI
perabundance of money which can be
loaned at cheap rates." This, in the
opinion of the Post, was caused by the
putting into operation of the new
banking and currency system since
"the resulting bountiful supply of
cheap money made it possible for
business to recover and expand to its
present record proportions"
This of course sounds fine and like
many other arguments along the same
line is supposed to bolster up the
administration and give it full credit
for the prosperity which the country
is now enjoying, and it might be con-
vincing if it was accepted without fur
Their thought, but it is impossible to
overlook the conditions which existed
in this country following the opening
of the democratic administration and
the introduction of its policies. Bus
mess went flat and the deplorable sit
uation would have continued but for
the fact that the war in Europe open
ed, creating unprecedented conditions.
Products of this country in all lines
were demanded as never before by the
belligerents and neutral countries
which had been dependent upon the
warning nations and as the result this
country was furnished with opportuni-
ties for greatly increased business. II
is that business and the steady devel-
opment which is responsible for the
present prosperity. 1t is that which
has turned the trade balance so con-
spicuously in our favor and increased
cheap money in this country.
1t is the war which, operating as a
great tariff wall, has started the wheels
to humming in this country. The war
cannot be denied the credit that is
due it. Though it has saved the ad-
ministration from a much worse show
ing than it faces, it has nevertheless
demonstrated that what this country
needs is a protective tariff and not
free trade. Prosperity, however, is due
to the war and not the administration
policies. The credit should be placed
where it belongs.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Farmers Should Have Right to Sell
Deer,

Mr.. Editor: l was quite interested
in reading E. Powers letter in The
Bulletin about deer. 1t would seem his
interest in the matter is that farmers
have the exclusive right to kill deer,
while the city sporting fraternity is
debarred in this matter. 1 think the
law is all right, except in not giving
the farmer the right to sell or dispose
of the deer, after 1t is killed, for money
or provisions. The deer lives on the
farms of the farmers and that is rea-
son enough they belong to him and no
other person.
These deer roam over the land of
farmers, They wallow down his grass,
eat up the vegetables in his garden and
destroy other crops. They eat the
bark from the farmers young orchards
and destroy these young trees which
1t takes years to replace These pests
should be exterminated as soon as
possible. See the harm the deer do to
crops which the state has to pay for,
besides other injuries to farmers, for
which no compensation is given. 1t
is hoped when Senator Mc4,ean reads
this letter he will be in favor of max
! ing the law strong enough to pay the
| farmers for their loss and damage
1t would seem from reading Mr..
| Powers letter that sporting men from
| large towns and cities should be al
lowed to roam over these farms with
| dog and gun and shoot these deer and
| take them home for a club supper for
| this fraternity.
These sporting men in many cases
| tear down walls, cut wire fences and
| do other damage to farmers land, and
| if he happens to have sheep the dogs
| are quite liable to chase them over
! the farm.
| These deer are grown and raised and
| fed on farmers land, so the exclusive
| right to kill them should belong to the
| farmer. All wild game on these farms
| should belong to the man who owns
| or manages these farms.
| The farmer should be allowed dur
| ing the open season to catch this wild
| game by snare, trap or any other de-
| vice to get this game on his own land,
this game to be used on the farmers
| table and not sold to go off the prem
| ises.
No person should be allowed to hunt
| without a written permit from the
| owner. A verbal permit should not be
| good. Every person hunting without a
| written permit should be fined IS and
| costs. A.
Danielson, Dee. 6, 1915.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
Take Iron, Says Doctor, if You
Want Plenty of ".Sfay There"
Strength Like an Athlete!

yourself how much you have gained.
I have seen dozens of nervous, run
down people who were ailing all the
while, double their strength and en-
durance and entirely get rid of all
symptoms of dyspepsia, liver and other
troubles in from ten to fourteen days
time simply by taking iron in the
proper form. And this after they had
In some cases been doctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit.
But don't take the old forms of re-
duced iron, iron acetate or tincture Of
iron simply to save a few cents. You
must take iron in a form that can be
easily absorbed and assimilated like
nuxated iron if you want it to do you
any good, otherwise IL may prove
worse than useless. Many an athlete
or prize fighter has won the day sim
ply because he knew the secret of
great strength and endurance and filled
his blood with iron before he went into
the ARRAY, while many another has
gone down to inglorious defeat simply
for the lack of iron.
Note-Nuxated Iron recommended above by Dr.
Sauer. is Of the newer organic Iron COM
pounds. Unlike the older inorganic iron products
1t is easily assImilated docs not injure the teeth
make them black. upset the stomach; on the
contrary. it is a most potent remedy. In nearly ali
forms Of indigestion. well as for nervous run
down conditions. 1t is dispensed in this city b.
Charles osgOod Co.. and all other druggists
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
Stories of the War
Nobel Prize Winner at Flanders.


Lieut. w. L. Bragg, who jointly
F. R. S., has received the Nobel
prize for physics, is serving with the
British forces in Flanders as an ar
tillery expert The third scientist who
was associated with the two in their
researches into crystals and X-rays,
Henry ]. NJ. Moseley, was killed by a
sniper's bullet in Gallipoli.
Professor Bragg and his son won
their medals by following up certain
discoveries in the formation of crys-
tails made by Professor Lave, a Ger
man scientist who himself won the
Nobel physics prize in 1914. He de-
veloped the theory that an X-ray is a
phenomenon similar to ray of light,
but produced by wave lengths many
thousand times smaller than the in
conceivably small waves associated
with light.
Professor Bragg and his son hit up
on a method of investigation by which
they obtained the knowledge as to
how atoms in crystals are arranged.
ITO our establishment" he said, at
upset all the old set theories of crys-
tallography and many other ideas as
we'll"
In this work the pair were assisted
by young Mcseley, who was the sor
of the late Prof. A. N. H. Moseley OF
Oxford. Starting from a certain point
of Lave's researches into the diffrac-
ton of X-rays in their passage
through crystals, the three. in the
| word sof Prof. Bragg, opened up Wis
| tas the significance of which is in
conceivable"
Professor Lave, like Lieut. Bragg
and the unfortunate Moseley, is also
| a soldier.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLES
OF MACEDONIA.
Many Interesting Customs Serve to
Entertain the Traveller.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Especial to The Bulletin)
Washington, D. c., Dec. al
though noted for their ferocity in
guerilla warfare, their sullenness to-
ward the stranger, and their indiffer-
ence, in general, toward the graces of
life the mountain peoples of Mace
donna possess many lighter character
istics, whose expression often strike
the traveller in their country as far
more entertaining than the comic
opera in his home land" begins a bull
letin issued today by the National
Geographic Society which tells some
of the peculiarities of the conglomer-
ate Servo-Bulgaro-T urko-Graeco-
Welch population of that area to
which the most violent fighting has
been transferred. 1t continues:
ITO begin with, the traveller in
Macedonia forms the impression that
he is come to a land of bewhiskered
women; for most of the men of
Macedonia wear skirts. Some wear a
sort of ballet skirt, like the southern
Albanian, and some, long Mother Hub
bard skirts, like the Saloniki Jew.
The skirts worn by the Jewish men
are wonderful things in brilliant COL
ors, and of kind of bed-curtain ma
terial. While a great many Macedon-
ian men have cast aside their skirts,
enough of them have chung to the
time honored fashion to make the
scene a confusing one to the West
ener on his first visit.
The Macedonian, also, has a Gus
tom all his own for observing the
ceremony of baptism. Many of his
priests use oil instead of water in this
office on account of the general Mace
DOMAIN prejudice against water for
| any other use than as a beverage. 1t
| is said that the people of Macedonia
| battle as often as they marry, which
] is only once OF twice in a life time
| Bathing is thought by many of the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
FINE! TAKE
"CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER. BOWELS
SPEND 10 CENTS! DON'T STAY
BILIOUS, SICK, HEADAcHY,
CONSTIPATED.
CAN'T HARM YOU! BEST CA
THARTIC FOR MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.

Enjoy life! Your system is filled
with an accumulation of bile and
bowel poison which keeps you bilious.
headachy, dizzy, tongue coated, breath
bad and stomach sour-Why don't you
get a 1O-cent box of Cascarets at the
drug store and feel bully. Take Cas-
carets tonight and enjoy the incest.
gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced. You'll wake up
with a clear head, clean tongue, live
~ step, rosy skin and looking and
feeling fit. Mothers can give a whole
Cascaret to- a sick, cross, bilious, few
erish child any time-they are harm
less-never grippe or sicken.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
Ordinary Nuxated Iron Will Make Del
ieate, Nervouse Rundown People
2ooq5 Stronger in Two Weeks
Time, in Many Gases.

New York, N. Y.-Most people fool
ishly seem to think they are going to
get renewed health and strength from
some stimulating medicine, secret nos
trum or narcotic drug. said DR.. Sauer,
a specialist OF this city, when, as a
matter of fact. real and true strength
can only come from the food you eat.
But people often fail to get the
strength out of their food because they
haven't enough iron in their blood to
enable it to change food into living
matter From their weakened, nervous
condition they know something is
wrong, but they can't tell what, so they
generally commence doctoring for
stomach, liver or kidney trouble or
symptoms of some other ailment caused
by the lack of iron in the blood. This
thing may go on for years. while the
patient suffers untold agony. If you
are not strong or well you owe 1T to
yourself to make the following test.
See how long you can work or how far
you can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five grain tablets of
ordinary nuxated iron three times per
day after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see for
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07

er that the throngs bite deep into their
flesh. causing the animal agony while
on the way to market and during the
wait for a purchaser. To the Euro
pean, who demonstrates at this I'M
necessary cruelty, the Macedonian
peasant, gazing with sad tenderness
at the suffering pig answers: but we
have been so long under the Turks
Another thing that nearly touches the
traveller in Macedonia, is the extor-
tomato prices he must pay in a land
where all is naturally cheap. The
Jew. the Greek. and the Wlach unmer-
cifully increase their bills, lodging
and board are charged at many times
their normal sales, and scenery, Bal
kan smells and bed-bugs also figure
in the total
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
Nancy to Paris Road

The traveller by rail from Nancy to
Paris now finds little to be seen from
the car window to indicate that the
country on both sides of the line was
twice covered in retreat and advance
by the two great armies that are still
fighting beyond the ridges of Cham
payne and the forest hills of the Ar
gonne that are visible to the north.
Beginning with Meaux, most of the
ravages of battles have disappeared.
All blown-up bridges have been re-
built or repaired and excepting an is
plated structure most of the lombard
ed buildings have been repaired or re-
placed.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07

for such a commodity in that country
beginning with 1917. The experiments
which have led up to such a decision
have proved the substitute entirely
satisfactory, as does the report on the
English motor spirits.
Thus in view of the fact that in
creasing demand for gasoline is driv-
ing the price higher, the need of plac-
ing on the market cheaper substitute
is equally important in this country,
and in view Of the fact that other
countries are able to reach a solution
of the problem it is not to be believed
but what it can be done here.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
is some undesirable present need for
it-New Haven Register.

Normal children are not harmed
when they SILVER with alright over
tales of dread and horror. Their de-
veloping faculty of the imagination is
desirably stimulated by stories of the
marvellous and even of the impossible.
Theirs is the age Of interest in the
startling and wonderful. Tales of
desperate venture, however absurd
from the viewpoint of the adult are
better mental food for them than stor-
les of young practical jokers who tor
ment their elders, or of those pious,
self-conSciouS and cOnceited little
boys and girls who make it their bus
mess to look after the eternal saliva
ton of their parents and adult neigh
bors. Good stories with a wholesome
moral have a very important place,
but they should be real stories of in
herent interest aside from their teach
ing.-Torrington Register.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
100000 Tons Captured by British.

Of the 5,459,2 tons of which the
German merchant marine consisted at
the beginning of the war, 230, 900 tons
have been captured by the British
navy and $4,000 tons by other Allies,
while $4,000 tons have been sunk and
$4,000 tons interned in ports of the
British Empire. The remainder, ex-
cept the few ships at large in the Bal
tie, are iaterned in German and neu-
trail harbors.
These figures were given out by Sir
Owen Philips while presiding at a
meeting here Of British shipping
company.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07

culeuraIly. The gentleman suggests
that the subterranean water supply
be developed. and proposes con-
structing a network of deep wells
parallel to the coast of the Aledi-
terranean, at distance of about
fifty miles from the latter. He eSti-
mates that the water drawn from
these wells, and that is now lost to
the sea, would amount to 100000
900 cubic meters during the period
from March to August, and that the
withdrawal of this water would
hardly affect the subterranean flow
toward the Nile during low water or
the amount required by plants 1t
is claimed that the cost Of this
project would not be excessive.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-12-07
The War a Year Ago Today
Dec. z, 1914.

Dec. z, 1914.
Allies in West began general Of
fensive.
Belsians repulsed German boat
attack along User canal.
Germans in Alsaee fell back.
Russians bonbarded Craeow sub
urbs and besiesed fortress of Lot
zen.
Germans abandoned Zsier.
Serbians checked Austrian ad-
vance.
British steamer chareas sunk by
German transport in Pacific.
Arrow dropped by aviator killed
Major General Won Meyer.
Ostend was set on fire by aero
plane bombs.
Bomb from German aeroplane
killed ten in Hazelbrouck.
Government of Holland lent
wheat to Belgium.