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Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
IN THE INTEREST OF HEALTH.

In his monthly bulletin. DR.. Town
send, secretary Of the state board of
health, sets forth the Importance of
taking every precaution against the
ravages of typhoid through the proper
prevention of the flies by striking at
the breeding places and also refers to
the danger of contracting the disease
through giving to unfamiliar localities
Such advice is by no means new. It
is given every year and will probably
be continued for years to come There
are many who are quick to realize the
benefits attached to a compliance with
the suggestions and there are others
who fail to give it sufficient thought
or attention.
There can be no question of the
wisdom of doing everything possible to
avoid the dread disease and the set
ting uD of such reasonable precautions
as are advocated There are many
reasons why the breeding places of the
fly should be eliminated, especially
when such means cleaner streets, back
yards, stables and other places where
such insects. including the mosquito
are propagated, but in particular is
there cause for action when the health
of the individual or the community is
CONSIDERED. InlS agency Tor the spread
ing of disease germs has no benefits
and inasmuch as it can to a large de-
gree be prevented, there should be a
general participation to such an end.
Too many are the cases of typhoid
contracted at camping sites and poor
ly drained shore resorts, the necessity
of prof1ting by the warning which has
thus been given for the purpose of
preserving health and preventing sick
ness.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
THE WAR PRIMER
By National Geographic Society

Riga, the most ultra Western town
of merchant princes, of bursting ware
houses and miles of crowded docking,
Of vigorous Teutonic architecture and
cosmopolitan organization with
hurrying. tense business life that finds
is counterpart in New York and Ham
burg, lies near the head of the Gulf of
Riga, q few miles northeast of Nfitau,
or just back Of the struggling Russo
German lines in the Baltic Provinces.
Riga is a great commercial city. 1t
stands third among Russia's seaports,
and second among all the ports upon
the Baltic Sea, where commercial CT
ties have been growing and building
for centuries. The city is 1853 miles
southwest of Petrograd, and is filled
with the spirit of modern business. 1t
it q main gateway into vast Russian
hinterlands, and is, probably. the most
up-to- date city to be found from Viad-
ivostok to Libau."
So begins the National Geographic
Society's description of the great Rus
sian port that has sprung into prom
inence with the most recent German
campaign, that whose direction lies
through the Baltic Provinces. The
war primer continues:
Riga is second only to Petrogred in
population and industry. German mer-
the foundations of it's commercial re-
nown. 1t was founded in 1901, and
many German coloniSts soon found
their way to the new city, attracted
thither by the many commercial privi-
leges granted by its founder. Riga
became a powerful, fourishing mem
Der of the Hanseatic League, the great
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
KEEPING HER BUSY

81 kept a diary said the woman
who had been cleaning house, be
cause knew no human soul would be-
lieve me if / tried to tell them, I'M
supported by documentary evidence.
Any time you look as though you were
going to doubt my word l can show
you the page and the hour!
'I won't count the times the door,
bell. front and back, rang, letting in
the workmen- This happened while l
was hurdling furniture, getting break
fast, the maid having retired to her
bed with bad case of grip. think
she took one look around the house
and decided that slow death was pre-
ferable to facing it.
81 fed the family on a card table
wedged in between the victrola and
the sideboard-and any one wanted
toast had to walk a tortuous path
through the dining room, the hall and
the living room, leaping the piano and
diving under the library table to get
into the dining room again at the 9TH
er side of the card table, where the
electric toastef rested.
1.-The postman rang the bell when I
coffee and getting to- the front door
I made a path like a zig-zag streak of
lightning. While 1 was up on the third
floor feeding Hannah-shes the maid
some hot milk, the telephone rang
furiously. Dropping the milk 1 pro-
STSSSSu ny anu OOAIlllS " Inc
bedroom phone. 1t was a lady with a
confidential voice trying to point out
to me why it would be better to pay
800 and become a life member of the
Art Institute than to dole it out at the
rate of $40 a year for forty years.
Meanwhile the back door bell rang.
It was the furnace man asking for the
rugs to beat. The rugs, I told him,
were buried beneath a load of furni-
ture in the basement. The front door
bell rang just then and l reached it
triumphant after a high dive that
would have made Annette Kellerman
jealous. 1t was a jaunty agent in a
SO suit who surveyed me and then
said seathingly, "Ah, 1 see you do not
keep a servant girl -
Ives. do!' sassed back indignant
~.
""Well, where is she?' he demanded,
mailing my statement with triumphant
unbelief.
upstairs sick with the grip!' 1
hurled back and slammed the door. I
can't imagine what he did with the in
formation, because had to answer the
telephone just then.
''It was a sweet voiced woman who
told me in an afternoon tea voice that
Mr.. Binks, just for a few weeks, and
to oblige a few special customers, was
making his $50 photos for SO, and
would be pleased to come to the house.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
The Real "Dead Mans Chest"

The rendering of the first line of
Stevenson'S immortal song as Fifteen
men on dead mans chest" spoils the
significance of the phrase, writes a.
correspondent. License is permitted
to poets, but no fifteen men could
ever find room on the chest Of any
man. dead or alive, unless they were
Isilliputians on the top of a CULVER.
The actual phrase is the Dead Mans
Chest" which is the name of one of
the Virgin Islands, laying to the east
of Porto Rico. 1t is said that when
Columbus discovered the group he
named them after st. Ursula and SONS
of her mythical virgins, but the Eng
Hsh buccaneers rechristened them in
homelier terms, such as "Dutchman's
Cap" Broken Jerusalem" Rum Is
land" and 1.-THE Dead Mans Chest"
Kingsley refers to the matter in the
first volume of AT Last" and Stew
enson acknowledged in his account Of
Treasure Island" that he had lifted
the phrase from the older novelist's
pages.-Manchester Guardian.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
Looking For iron Cross.

Lieut. Won Muecke and a landing
party from the German cruiser Emden,
who escaped when their ship was sunk
in the Indian Ocean on November 10,
have arrived at Damascus, after six
months of adventurous wandering.
There are fifty men in the party.
Have I won the Iron Cross 4" was
the first question asked by Lieut.. Won
Muecke.
He and the sailors in his command
were told they were regarded in Ger
many as heroes, and that all had been
awarded the coveted cross. The lieu
tenant declared all he wanted now was
to get a command in the North Sea.
Won Muecke and the remnant Of the
Enlden's crew were reported to have
escaped from Allied patrol ships, and
plotted the schooner Aysha, on which
they escaped from Cocos Island, safe
ly into the Arabian 1larbor of Lidd on
March 81. They reached Hodeida,
Arabia, on February 8. They probably
travelled by rail most of the distance
from Lidd (Jidda?) to Damascus.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

141 miles east-northeast of the Hun
garian Adriatic port, Fiume, and 1877
miles by rail south of Vienna, Agram
is a town that has few equals in all
Europe among cities of it's size for
architectural and municipal works and
for stimulating intellectual life. 1t is
a royal free town of Hungary, the
meeting place of the provincial parlia-
ment, a university town and an educa-
tional center for all of the surrounding
country. Its university is called the
foyer of Serbo- Croat nationalism, and
the scientific and artistic circles of
Agram are infectious sources of Sla-
vonic ideals and political aspirations.
The little capital has a population
of about 10000, 1t is an important
railway center. and has a fair COM
merce as a point for the distribution
of manufactures throughout its pro-
vince. The most important articles OF
its trade are grain and wine. There is
also a small industry being developed
mostly by Austrian capital, the princi-
pal products being leather goods, linen.
carpets and war materials
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
DIR. pERNRuRe,s DECISION

The decision Of DR.. Dernburg to
leave the country indicates that he has
thoroughly understood the feeling that
his own work has stirred up against
mis- presence in this country. He has
not been slow to interpret the opposi-
lion to his propaganda and his deter
nination to act without waiting for
any further manifestation of disap-
prevail is to his credit. 1t shows that
ne can take a hint, that he knows
when he has worn out his welcome
md that it is preferable to depart
without any other formalities.
It is highly improper for such rep
fesentative of a belligerent as DR..
Dernburg must be considered to be in
view of the activity he has manifest
I'd in acting as the mouthpiece of his
country, to come into a. neutral coun-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
Stories of the War

383,5oO) is called a direct loss, and
1855 900 roubles (s157, $50, 5000 is at
tributed to damage sustained Indirect
~ during the course of the war.
In the occupied portion of Poland,
$4,000 large and 10000 small estates
are in various stages of destruction,
from superficial DETACHMENT and mutt
lation to complete ruin. The damage
done to furniture and other movable
property, excluding livestock, amount
The loss in buildings is 47,500,000 rou-
bles s23, ,0O0); livestock 1856, o69, 600
roub1es (s7S,034, 5000; grain 141, 1896
roubles ($70,8S1, 5000; the loss in des-
troyed timber S1,6SO,000 roubles
SOS, $40, 000). Over three million rou-
bles' worth Of diaries, and an equiva-
lent value of distilleries, are total
loss.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

I told her that the only way he could
pose me just then was on a pile of
upturned furniture, a bucket of paste
in one hand and a dust cloth in the
other. 1 don't think that girl was
used to airy persifiage, for at that she
stammered that really she never had
known Mr.. Binks to pose any one just
like that, but of course, it might be
arranged. So 1 had to shout cold,
harsh MOI before she would compre-
bend.
II found the furnace man impatient
~ awaiting me in the kitchen. He
said the pile of furniture on top the
rugs was nailed together and cemented
down. At any rate, he couldn't bulge
it. 1 encouraged him with kind words
until he tried again, and this time he
toppled over the whole pile and nearly
killed himself. Hearing of this, the
fell from the stepladder. This occur
red while 1 was assuring lady at the
front door that / positively did not
wish to purchase a. set of Washington
Irving. a bottle of silver polish or a
paper of needless
the third floor and she told me she
thought she was going to pass away
very Soon-but this was interrupted by
the telephone again. I had to hurdle
three chairs this time to reach 1t, and
when 1 did a breezy man asked if this
he was decidedly annoyed when told
him it wasn't.
'T then feebly paused for a little
luncheon, eaten off the top of the ice
box. Just as 1 began on it the front
doorbel rang again. l always answer
the bell, because it might be tele-
gram saying that I had been willed a
lot of money. This time 1 found 1t
was a c. o. d. parcel-and my purse
was in a dresser drawer f1anked, pro-
tected and rendered impregnable by all
the rest of the bedroom furniture, SO
the boy took the parcel back. The
back doorbeH rang as 1 started again
for my lunch, and in passing it I OBJ
erved that the varnish man had laid
his brush in the midst Of my omelet.
AT the back door was a man asking
if wouldn't sell him some old clothes.
I'd sell you the whole house and con-
tents for 80 cents-if 1 didn't know I'd
be sorry afterwards told him fierce
ly. I come a-back again, rnaybe?' he
said doubtfully. and fled with his bag.
I didn't keep the list of the remain
ing doorbell rings and telephone calls,
because my paper ran out and I
couldn't reach any more. And this
was only one day!"
ut certainly will ebe hard to settle
down to an uneventful, house cleaned
condition." agreed her friend.-Chica-
go News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
ITALY GETS NEARER WAR.

Italy appears to be nearer the act
ual entrance into the war than at any
previous time. Il is what is being de-
manded by the people and it appears
to be the only method Of satisfying
the national ambition.
If anything was needed to bring
forth the real sentiment of the people
it was furnished by the recent resig-
nation Of the cabinet. Gio1itti has been
laboring persistently, and there. are
reasons for believing that he was doing
it zealously, for the adjustment of the
situation on a peace basis. He rec
ognized the meaning of war regardless
Of what extra might be obtained there
by, but plainly it was not a position
which satisfied the country.
This was demonstrated conclusiyely
when Salandra after refusing to act
in a cabinet with Giolitti. re-
signed, together with the remain
der of that body. This resulted
in such a public demonstration in op-
position to any move Of that kind thai
whatever might have been his pre-
vious attitude the king was forced tc
refuse such resignation. 1t was suf-
f1cient, however, to indicate that il
was not peace, but war, which the
country was clamoring for. It proved
that most certainly and it is even pos
sible of Interpretation that the coun-
try is opposed to the dilatory tactics
which have been pursued.
Everything being in readiness fol-
active entrance, the voice of the peo-
pie having been heard and the national
aspirations being fully understood il
is apparently a question of but a short
time before Italy will have thrown ovel
its neutrality and there is now nc
question with which side it will take
up arms.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
Collection of Soldiers Letters,

The Museum of Hamburg History
has begun the collection of soldiers
letters from the front to relatives at
home, and the latters' replies, as an
the war.
The aim is to get, not the writings,
of officers and the exceptionally well
educated, but the humble comments of
those who have written without any
expectation that their words ever
would be published, and therefore were
completely unconscious.
The proponents of the plan want to
get an insight into the patriotic cour-
age, hate and love of peasant and cit
izen, worker and store keeper by which
they were actuated while at the front,
to know their feelings as they thought
of their homes, their relatives and
their families.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

There are quite a number who be-
lieve in individual option when it
comes to wearing a straw hat and
there is no good reason why there
shouldn't be.-Norwich Bulletin.
What's the matter? Who wanted
to wear a straw hat before the law
allowed it except possibly on two &C.
casions in April? And who's going
to wear a straw hat next week, I'M
less he feels perfectly in the mood p
New Haven Register.
If the editor of The Register should
visit the Rose OF New England, the
land of perpetual sunshine, he might
experience like some others the ag-
gravations of the straw hat law.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
OTHER VIEW POINTS

To shut our eyes to the reality Of
this danger and to suppose that the
excellence of our fire department and
the abundance of our water supply
amply atone for all structural def
ciencies would show an unwillingness
to face disagreeable facts and a lamen-
table lack of intelligence. A confia-
grafton hazard does exist in Bridge
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
JUST TRY RHEUMA
NO CURE, NO PAY
That is the Basis on Which Druggists
Offer this Great Remedy for
Rheumatisn1.

Anybody can afford to use Rheuma
to get rid Of terrible rheumatism.
sciatica, or govt for it is sold by Lee
& Osgood and other druggists at only
so cents.
It is wonderful how speedily this
simple remedy takes hold and how
sore muscles timber up and swollen
joints come down to normal. 1t is
the best remedy you can find to drive
rheumatic poison from the system and
bring back health to misery-racked
bodies.
II had rheumatism for a long while,
and was not cured until 1 used Rheu-
ma. My advice to those suffering
from rheumatism is to use this great
remedy, as l believe it will effect a
cure in any case"-C. B. Lanham,
Sattes, w. Va.
Get the genuine in the trade marked
package-in LIQUID form-guaranteed
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
OUR CHALLENGER!
N. D. SEWN & SON DECLARE
THAT HEM-ROID SHOULD CURE
AAIN nE

By authority of DR.. J. S. Leonhardt,
N. D. SEWN & Son guarantee Hem
Roid for any kind of piles, no matter
how bad.
DIR. Leonhardt is the celebrated spe-
cialist who discovered that the cause
of piles is internal, and in giving his
remedy to the public, said: Hem-Roid
will be sold only under guarantee.
81 for "a days treatment. DR.. Leon
hardt Co., Station B, Buffalo, n. Y,
prop. Write for booklet,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
DAMAGE Inflicted on PoIans.

1icted upon Russian Poland by the
war up to January l is estimated at
LOLA, 900 roubles ($507, 1874 ,O00) by
the Polish Central Citizens Commit
tee, which has just finished a thorough
investigation of Poland's losses Of
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

Those rioters in London and Italian
cities wouldn't be accused of bad judg-
ment if they reserved their warlfke
demonstrations for the battlef1eIds.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

In the announcement that DR.. Dern-
burg is to leave it is to be gathered
that he appreciated the fact that his
hat was being handed to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

The man on the corner says: Though
cast aside as it occasionally Is, civili-
cation is good thing to have around.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

1t is already time for the visitors
to the parks to remember the untidy
effects of promiscuously scattering pa
pers, boxes and refuse about.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

The submission of the issues raised
by this country to arbitration is all
right, but what is going to happen
awaiting the decision?
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

The Barnes Roosevelt trial promises
to end just about the right time to
make way for the Thaw sanity hear
ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

Captain Turner says the sinking of
the Titanic did not teach anything
about icebergs, and of course we knew
enough about war before the torpedo
ing of the Lusitapia.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

With baby show at Michigan park
another strong attraction has been
provided for the summer. All that is
needed now is rose garden and a
trolley line.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

Those who are working so hard for
armory appropriations at Hartford
possibly overlook the fact that the gov
ernor declared that this was a, year
when armories should wait.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

When it IS declared that zapata left
Mexico City unprotected, it gives a
pretty good idea Of the treasury's con-
dltion.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The prospects Of big things indus
trially give stimulation to build-now
campaign.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18
EETE

Under the Auspices of the
COLLEGE CLUB.
At the Home of
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Graham,
32s Washington Street,
WEDNESDAY,, MAY 18th
from until o'clock.
Admission IS Cents.
In case of rain postponed until
first fair day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

If the proposed new law Concern
ing savings bank) improves the audit
ing it will be all the better for deposit
tors. 1t would be far better to have
the stealing prevented than be obliged
to sue directors after the looting is
discoYered.-New Britain Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

Sam w. Small. prohibition leader
enough last year to pay for 200 bat
tleships. 1t must be admitted that at
this particular moment, viewing the
matter in the cold light OF the morn
ing after. we'd rather have the bat
tleships.-Waterbur Democrat.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

With that bumper wheat crop the
country over, the Connecticut peach
crop assured, and strawberries to be
so plentiful they will grace every
table-in course of time, the outlook
for the summer season should spread
q ray of encouragement to the orGi-
nary of mankind.-Middleto Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-18

port and will continue to exist until
much of the city is practically rebuilt.
The inspections conducted by members
of the department serve to lessen this
hazard somewhat Extension of the
fire limits and the adoption of an up
to-date building code would have. the
immediate effect of keeping conditions
from growing worse and result event
ually in making Bridgeport to all in
tents and purposes a confagration-
proof city.-Bridgepor Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-24
THE BAPTIST CHURCH FAIR.


 We dropped in at Washington hall Saturday evening to see the extent and learn what success the ladies of with their. fair.
 It was fine evening and everyb ody was enjoying themselves. It was a, decided success both entertainingly and financially. Among the notable things were two rolls of carpeting, a, lap robe. and. piano cover, of the Crossley stamp, from the Waterproof Cloth Co. of this city, a Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine, and a Howe manufacturers; a stove called the par Tor furnace, from the store of L. M. Hopkins; Stanley stove, from G. P. StockweIl, and one of those new and superior parlor and office stoves called the Oriental, from A. l.. Hopkins; a galvanized silver cake basket from J. Porter & Co.,; a. 1ady's cloak, from Taylor & Bristol; three large Ioaves of cake from William Hall, J. N. Near and the City Bakery, and a variety of other ornamental and useful articles.
 Near the close of the evening the carpet and other articles of the higher class were distributed by lot or the drawing of numbers, The carpet fell to D. B. Lockwood; the Wheeler & Wilson sewing machine to Benjamin Hand1in; the Howe machine to Wi1- liam A1vord; the lap robe to Sylvester M. Thompson; the cake basket to B. C. Jocelyn; the ladies cabinet to M. H. Wilson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-24

Major Robert R. Moton of Hampton institute, Hampton, Va, chosen to sue ceed Booker T. Washington as presl- dent of Tuskegee institute, the negro industrial school which Dr. Washing ton founded, traces his ancestry from a member of an African tribe who was captured by a rival chief and sold into slavery to an AAmerican in 1736. He was born in 1867 in Amelia county, Va, where his mother was cook and his father was a foreman. From the planters family he received encour- agement to educate himself. and when he heard of Hampton, from which Dr. Washington was graduated, he decid- ed to go there. He entered in 1885 and was graduated in 1890. After he had finished at Hampton the negro boy decided to enter the legal profes- sion, but General Armstrong, head of Hampton institute, prevailed upon him to remain at Hampton and help to prepare teachers. He took the posi- ton of dri1lmaster and assistant to the commandant and within a few months was promoted to the rank of commandant. He is associated with many movements for the advancement of his race.