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Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
TARIFF COMMISSION.

Approaching the fact that tariff tinkering should cease and that what ever changes are made in 1t should result from a careful study of eondi- tions and be based upon facts rather than guesswork and theory, the Tariff Commission league has opened a cam paign with such an end in view. The idea is to handle the big and import ant question from non-partisan standpoint for the benefit which would result to the country from such action.
 When it is considered that during the past three decades there have been five revisions and two attempts at re- vision, all of which have operated to the detriment of business, meant an unsettled state of affairs and large losses to the country and its industries, it can be realized that it is time some thing was done to right this appar- ent wrong.
 It is proposed that there be a tariff commission with large powers, not to revise the tariff for that is duty which rests with congress. but for the purpose of providing such sound advice as would be possible for a per manent board to do through the in- vestigation of trade conditions and the presentation of facts instead of leaving such vital matters to be kick ed and battered about by politicians. When this is done American industry will be treated as it deserves. Con- ditions are bound to change and re- adjustments must be made from time to time to meet them, but the idea of having rates fixed by one adminis- tration only to have another tear them down without justification is against the interests of the country and the quicker 1t can be ended the better.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
BRINGING IT NEARER HOME.

In many ways has the shortage of dye products made it's appeal to the people of this country. 1t has been revealed that the government has not furnished the proper amount of en- fcouragement for the building up of such an industry in this country. It has been so enamored by the free trade idea that it has overlooked the necessity of stimulating homo indus try.
 Whether the experiences of many of the big manufacturing plants of the country in being more or less crip- ! pied by the shutting off of the Ger @man trade in dyestuffs has brought the administration to a realization of its wrong position remains to be seen, but there can be no question but what it has received another sharp remind CT. of its laxity through thei announce ment that the government is running short of colors for money ahd stamps, a condition which brings the matter right home.
 There is no reason why the dye stuffs which are used in this country should not be manufactured here, ex- cept that under the free entrance which is permitted for the foreign product it would be impossible for American manufacturers to compete with the long established and finely equipped Germany plants. American capital is trying to overcome the shortage and if it was. given the en- couragement which it deserves ii would enter this line of trade in g manner which would make the coun- try independent of Europe in this re- spect. This is entirely feasible through adequate protection to such an indus. try and sufficient reason has been fur. nished for giving this subject seriou. consideration.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
RussIA's TROUBLES.

That Russia is suffering from se- rious internal trouble was to be in- ferTed, but it is substantiated by such reports as are being furnished con- cerning the conditions which prevail there today, and it is probable that but little is allowed to get out con- corning the reaI facts as they are. From such information as is allowed to come to light 1t appears that Rus sia prohted little from the trouble it experienced during the war with Japan. Corruption was rampant then and to all indications history is re- beating itself.
 Just where the responsibility lies is
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

surroundings or vicious habits It seems to be the fate of the alcholized soul to become so mean that 1t is an insult to dog to make use of him as comparison. Alcohol paralyZes every fine sentiment it makes a corpse of self-respect. Alcohol seems to be a poison specially designed to knock out every fine attribute of the human soul. If it only left a man a wreck it would not be so bad; but 1t fre- quently turns him into a demon. To be surfeited with suspicion and jealousy is quite as pad. These twin evils fill the insane asylums and the jails because they make me na menace to happiness and life. Divine wisdom has the power tc soften the hardest heart.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
Stories of the War
Visit from Sir John French.

The only man of the hundreds of thousands at the British front who wears the crossed batons of a field marshal on his shoulders appeared in an opening in the shrubbery which bordered the field where a machine gun battery of the New Army was waiting for orders to move.
 None of the men in the battery had any idea he was coming. They were iounging and chatting as they waited. In a glance every one identified that sturdy figure with it's square chin and
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Yes. the old straw hat Is a token of many good times We hate to see it go. And. really. 1t might as well not be in a hurry. for the sun Is just as hot now as when we first met the straw hat we have been going with all sum mer. and another two weeks together would only ripen our friendship. even If the straw hat did get little darker and browner Anyway. there's no place for it to go but the attic. so ft might as well stay out a few more nights and have a good time We hereby make that motion It is seconded. and carried unanimously. The straw hat will remain with us for another week. at least. And then wen say 'au revolr': but not "good-bye."- New Britain Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Dr. Dumba cannot understand why he should be recalled. Yet he prob ably realizes by now that they do things differently in this country than in Austria
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Germany says no submarine was in the vicinity of the Hesperian. It also says it was foggy when the Orduna was attacked, but the ships captain says it was a. clear day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

From the way in which Lloyd George finds 1t necessary to prod the English manufacturers it Is quite evident that that country is not equipped for the war the way Germany is.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The willingness to accept a half billion dollar loan is another indica- tion that half a loaf is better than nothing at all
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

England is told that three million men have enlisted for the war, but King George hasn't found it necessary to take command of the armies.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
The War a Year Ago Todaj
Sept. fs, 1914.

Reims bombarded by Germans and famous cathedral damaged. Battle of the Aisne continued, aI- lies left advancing and Germans gaining in center.
 Germans intrenehed on the Sam bre.
 Russians took siniava. sambor
 MoqsszuN p Germans advanced against Rus sians in Su~alki province. Germans defeated by garrison of seven British at Nakop, Africa. Bombs dropped on Antwerp by German air craft.
 President Wilson received appeal from women of all nations and from the general conference of Friends.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The professor who claims that kiss ing is a mild form of insanity must agree more or less with the fellow who maintains that everyone is a little off mentally.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Those who are predicting the length of the war are not as numerous as they were at one stage of the con- test.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The calling out of the American con- suls in three Mexican states doesn't indicate an implicit trust in Villa or his power of control.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The man on the corner says: Glory ing in the other fellows success is more comfortable than envying him, though it may be less popular.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

ment that they have received in the past Bulldozfng or oun-headedness never gained anything and never win. Let every man bear this In mind and keep cool.-Waterbury Dem ocrat
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

It is the fellow with the late vaca- ton who arouses the envy of those who went in June.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

One convict says Sing Sing isn't such bad place after all, but there is still quite an army of people who think it good place to keep out of.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

If the report of the crown princes collapse is no more serious than his death at the opening of the war, there is little to worry about.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

If this weather is to continue it will be necessary to start the vacations all over again.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Starting runs on banks is not diffi- cult. but 1t does not. in the end. seri- ously hurt anybody but the depositors in case the banks are sound. Our banks are sound. If the pro-German plotters think it's good business for them to use the run to frustrate the Anglo French loan. they probably will go ahead, but they are running in mined waters.-New Haven Register.
 The protracted season of extremely high temperature add to the sert- ousness of conditions of sanitary neg lect on the premises of Providence householders. Such discoveries as were made by the City Superintendent of Health yesterday. when swin was found uncovered in large quantities and other meanaces to health existed. would be serious at all times, but doubtless are more so and certainly are additionally offensive in sweltering, humid days like, those of this week The steps which may be taken to force cleanup may be considered abso- lutely necessary for the general health Providence Bulletin
 If we remember rightly. only one short year ago. these same men, who are striking today were thankful to be allowed to work four days a week. when some of the factories should have been closed for lack of work. Did the men then question the Aotlity of the manufacturers to regulate wages and timer No, they were glad to have even four days work The manufacturers stood by the workingmen then. especially in Wa terbury. and we feel confident that if the men act right now and pre- sent their arguments in a manly way to the manufacturers they will receive, the same considerate treat
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

What do you suppose is the reason that a fat person will not quit eating to become thin? They will take anti fat and a thousand and one other nos- trums, take Epson salt baths, awing dumb bells. or walk five miles a day. They are willing to do anything that will not make them thin, and unwill
 ing to do the thing which will. This is where force of habit plays the part which most strikingly shows up hu- man weakness. Abstinence will re- move from one to three pounds in a day. and in this age of fasting 30 days is short fast. One case is on record of an athlete who under medical su- pervision lasted 45 days and tested his muscular strength every day by
 lifting f1fty-pound dumb-bells above
 his head and he could do his stunt on the 10th day as well as he did on the f1rst-on the 45th he could not straight his elbows with the weight above his head. He demonstrated all strength does not come from the food
 We eat. A weeks fast is a feat hard ly worth mentioning among those ex- perienced in fasting; but 1t is a death inviting peril to those who only know how to eat.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

A man never can get % bad he cam not appreciate a Kind act in the moment of need. The human heart cannot get quite as hard as flint. The man who is said to be heartless is usually godless-the victim of evn
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Naturally, Bobby's mother knew we'll her young sons disinclination to over
 much soap and water; but she did not question the cleanly quality of the bread which had been reluctantly re- ceived by small hands which. a few moments before. had dug in the moist loam for fish bait. The bread was sliced and buttered and devoured by the members of the household, who,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The man with a eroueh carries his own tormentor with him. He can not run away from his own ruler, or even hide from him so far as life goes. Irritability has him by the throat. so he cannot feel agreeable or look pleasant. I do not wonder that grouchiness has been classified as a disease, for 1t is as uncomfortable as any chronic affliction which disturbs the ease of man. A grouch seems to be of a calloused disposition, which is as disturbing as a foot with corns all over the bottom of 1t; and is always painful. It seems all-disturbing but 1t disturbs no one as it does the pos sessor. When the grouch is young it can be thrown of, but when 1t is old it can only be endured. This Is why we should look out for our moods why we should guard against nerve riders which destroy our peace of mind.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Cwritten, Specially for The BulIetin.)
 A bakers cart stopped before the gayly painted little shore cottage. The driver threw the reins across the horse's back and as he jumped from the seat gave the horse a friendly pat, for both had put in a hot and busy day.
 Then the mussed and frazzied and perspiring young man went to the back of the cart, opened the finger marked and greasy doors, taking out two loaves of bread. He was accus- toned to make this call at the Scott cottage late each afternoon. He called to Bobby Scott, who was digging bait for tomorrow's fishing Reluctantly. Bobby threw down his receiving the bread from the bakers boy. There was no paper wrapping on the loaves, which Bobby took into the kitchen, leaving them uncovered on the table, when he went back to the side yard and to his bait-digging. rocking chair on the back piazza. dis cussing with Mrs Black, on the piazza next door, the merits of new crochet pattern which she had just discov- cred in the Lady's Own Book. A few uninvited flies had sneaked their way into the kitchen, and with customary exploring propensities they took a stroll over the loaves, doubt less making remarks to each other as they went concerning the nourishing qualities of bread in general and of that turned out by the baker in the shore village of Cooling Spray in par ticular.
 In due time, Bobby's mother quit her crochet chatter and came into the kitchen to get supper. She was daintily >frocked, had had a cleansing | and cooling swim that afternoon, was carefully manicured and all that. But | she manifested no suspicion of fas- 1 tidiousness, as she sliced that bread, which had been tumbling round with other loaves in a rattling cart, over | dusty roads all day, unwrapped. to take it's toll from the hands of the driver which had grasped greasy reins slapped the horses flank. paved the dirty cart doors, lighted a consolinG pipe on the run up from the shore | road, etc.
 Naturally, 5obby's mother knew well
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

A camping party starts of for a stroll. An! Here are such tempting red apples, hanging low over the road side!
 They are anybody's who will take the trouble to pick them; and each member of the careless group feasts. pare the fruit, but all swallow with the apple skin the particles of dust which have been flying along that post road since the fruit first set. Is it wonder that much of the post summer result is illness in one form or another7
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The fellow who does the best he can only breaks a record once in awhile. The average mans best is not the least bit sensationaI-that Is left
 wholly to his worst. What is mans
 best? Is it achievement or sacrifice, think you? We talk freely about | everyone's doing his best without any comprehension of what their best
 Is. Someone has said: "A firm faith
 Is the best diversity; a good life is | the best philosophy; a clear cons cience is the best law; honesty the best policy: and temperance the best physic." Here are five bests which i should underlie our very best demon stration of life. This Is broad
 foundation-broader then most of us seem capable of laying. The average
 man seems to be so ardently employed | in keeping the worst that's in him
 from exhibiting itself that he gives little thought to his best. but leaves 1t
 to show up as the result of this
 counter contention. We are working
 along the line of doing our best when
 we are having a constant care we do not do our worst.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

Isn't it nice, to eat, in a restaurant or at one's own table, huckleberries and blackberries mixed with little bits of twig, parts of leaves. dried berries which have fallen into the pail? And all because people are really too sloth- full to see that these and similar ber- ries are washed clean.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

The man with political pull can
 not be made to believe that a little
 push Is better If a near philosopher
 has so declared. He will claim right
 away that little push is the father
 of the political pull, and steady push will take a man to all things att tainable. He doesn't believe that all things come to the man who waits. Neither do men who have been on the waiting list. Waiting in a state of expectancy gets to be a hopeless oc- cupation. One seems to be moving to- ward nothing and nothing seems to be
 moving toward him. I suspect this is the way the man of good intentions became the furnisher of paving blocks for the way to hell. Waiting is losing opportunities. The reason a little push Is held in high esteem is because
 1t doesn't get stagnant but is the em-
 bodiment of life and keeps things a
 going. A political pull is a reverse
 action which keeps things acoming. These are siamese times of energy al-
 though most people do not seem to realize 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

When it comes to calculations how
 Number One figures in them. Mum
 Der one before a naught is multiplied
 ten times. but if naught is placed be- fore it 1t loses nine-tenths of It's value. In life Number One and con- ceit makes the most important man in
 town; and Number One and vanity not infrequently makes a fool. It is not we'll to let Number One figure too much in our secret thoughts-he makes us think we are 1t, that we are not made of common clay. and to imagine we are worthy of special worldly honor. and in the sight of the Almighty deserving of a special heaven of our own. To be definite Number One is father of most of the delusions of the human mind, the inviter oi
 fiattery, the generator of hot air. Il Is Number One who inspires a man te declare he can rid himself of his
 worst habit at anytime, and that he is
 no where near as bad as his conscience tells him he is.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18

AIackl Summer outings are respon- sible for many more things than coats of tan and money all spenti
 With the idea of taking 1t easy, many campers and others will subsist during an entire season on a diet of canned foods. There will be fresh vegetables almost for the asking. fresh fish to be caught, fowls and fruit and grains not SO far away. or so high in price But they are out to eliminate work as far as possible from their daily schedule; and so they cut out cooking whenever possible
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-18
THE MAN Viii LK5

What our our opportunities? We
 are constantly counselled not to ne-
 glect them; but how can We grasp or improve them if we cannot Identify
 them. There are two classes of op-
 portunities-the opportunities to do for ourselves. These opportunities sound no bugle-calls; but few miss their opportunities in life who take
 swift advantage of all the hours. Wig
 ilance is as much the price of oppor- tunity as of liberty. The ancients
 portrayed opportunity as having a forelock and being bald behind--it can be grasped as 1t approaches, but there is no hold in it's rear. < The man who watches for opportunity to knock
 at his door is as nothing compared to the man, who like Edison or Ford, cre- ate opportunities for untold thous- ands. The right word at the right
 movement is an opportunity no man can create, and few men have the abil- ity to perceive. The lucky moment opportunity. It Is little things done well in the fieeting golden moments which pave the way to the greatest
 opportunities of life.
 Dou you know it Is better to be the master of one book than to be the reader of a thousand? Most people neither know or believe this although 1t is an established fact. Did you ever have a person ask you what
 books you read? You may know how to answer that question, but 1 do not The most I can say about the books I read is that they must meet my taste or the necessities of the line of inquiry I am following out. So- ciety novels? Yes a few just to
 know ho within or succotashy the liter
 ary food Is upon which this class sat- isfies its mental appetite. These are diary of society life, and they are very much given to the shady side of it to create a stimulating impression and a desire for more.- The book real
 ly worth reading is the one which ap- peals to us so that we dislike to lay 1t aside and are disposed to read it over and over. Coleman's mental arithme- tic and the dictionary are good books
 to be master of, for they will aid in mastering The Bible or Shakespeare.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-23

WANTED TO BUY-Five or six
burros. Address 100 West Third St,
Winnemueea, Nevada. -adv.d.116
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-23
Trinity Thorn DissppoInts.

The Glastonbury thorn in Trinity
c~hurchyard, New York. disappointed
it's friends again this ear by failing
to put forth the white buttercup"
blossoms with which 1t lever fails in
England TO greet January 7, Christ
mas day according to the old time cal
endar. But those who went to the
c~hurchyard yesterday and the day be-
fore to see how the thorn was getting
along we're pleased to see that 1t had
responded TO the day that spring
flched from winter on January z. and
although lacking bloom gave signs Of
sturdy life.
The thorn was brought from the an
cient Benedictine Abbey In Somerset
shire a year ago last fall and planted
under the personal direction of the
Rev. DR.. w. r. Manning, rector OF
Trinity. 1t is a sprig of the original
Glastonbury thorn. which legend avs
was an offshoot OF the staff of St
Joseph of Arimathea-
Ii had been feared that the thorn,
which is not large. would not live, but
1t Is vigorous In It's second New York
winter, and perhaps may show its
Christmas blossoms another year.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-23
BURGLAR LEFT in A HURRY
incident That Taught Him 1t VA
Wise to Avoid Houses Wherein
Are Young Children

"Of course, in my business, same 81
in any other" said the retired bur
glar, you learn by experience One Of
the first things | learned in that way
was to avoid houses where they had
young children, infants.
Grown folks may sleep right
through thunderstorms, windstorms,
things falling down in the house, most
any sort of racket. but you never can
tell what an infant will do, And those
same grown-up folks that will sleep
right through anything else will wake
up sharp at the smallest peep from
an infant. They seem to be tuned
that way. But | had to learn this by
experience.
"One night when | was new in the
business i went into what seemed to
me a promising looking house in the
suburban districts. Got in by the easy
cellar window and padded upstairs to
the second story front room with no
trouble at all and went straight to
the bureau. / opened the top drawer
gently, without a queak, and when |
turned in my light the very first thing
/ saw was a diamond ring that | guess
must have made my eyes sparkle az
much as the ring did. 1t was a big
stone, | should think two or three car
ats.
1T was a mans ring, and instead OF
slipping it straight into my pocket as
| should have done | put it on my fin
ger for just a moment TO look at 1t.
At that same instant heard a baby
begin TO cry.
Il had seen two persons in a bed in
this room, but / had not observed a
crib over on the other side of the bed.
But the instant that baby cried one Of
the figures in the bed raised up on its
elbow with it's back toward me and
looked over into the crib at the child.
and | didn't need to have anybody tell
me that 1t was time for me to go,
which did, without those two per-
sons in the bed knowing then that
had been there at ALL"