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Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

proyisation and remarkable initiative soon enabled them to do better than their teacher5-with their teachers tools-otherwise the rupture of Saint MihieP' would be today what 1t was in September.
 General R., a specialist in the engineering arm of the service, was entrusted by Joffre with the work of ferreting the Germans out of their burrows into the Woeuvre. Ills task Is not finished but it Is so well begun that the Germans at Saint Mihiel are somewhat in the position of the man who had the bear by the tail; they can't let go without grave danger of being captured, especially since the taking of Les Eparges gives the French possession of the heights that com mand the plains to the east inside the ongle.
 In the woeuvre, not far from the point of the angle, General R.- organized a school of sapping and mining, where men at rest were exer- cised in the construction and destruc- tion of underground Notifications. There he had reconstructed for their benefit an exact model of the best specimen of German intrenchment. You must improve on this," he told them. And, above all" he added, you must know how to make 1t useless"
 A veritable museum of underground
 
 and 1t was visited by officers from all sections of the battle front It has now been abandoned because General R. and his ferreting troops have narrowed the wedge and left behind them line after line of German fore being captured. Now on both sides of the angle they are finding trenches already made for them. All they have to do Is to repair the blown up sectiops and throw the bank of dirt from their side to that of the Germans
 Behind and in front of the battle front, and between the many lines of trenches that have mashed the land scape of the Woeuyre, little mounds, most of them surmounted by crosses, show how dearly each gain was In many places they are so thick as to assume the importance of town graveyard. In the Mont-Mare Woods, where the Germans resisted the slow French advance most vigorously, every foot of ground has seen bloodshed. Under a continual storm of shot and shell for seven months, the forest presents a fantastic aspect. The trees seem to have been hacked with sort of delirious rags. The destruction is everywhere, but not uniform. Many tree trunks are split as by a stroke of through and through by shells In places the tree tops look as if they had suffered from a cyclone that didn't reach quite to the earth; in others careless pruners seem to have left tin- finished a job badly begun. Every where the grown is strewn with the awful debris of war. It is in the trees also, hanging on jagged. broken branches in the form of legs, arms other parts of human bodies, haver- sacks. blankets, torn, shreded and hurled through the air by the high ex- piosives of the French 3-inch shells.
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ble Many showers but not much heavy stormy weather. Erosts from to 15. Again the last of the month. All vegetation backward and unless all signs fail when June 1st arrives we will be in the midst of e destructive drouth that is liable to continue through July and August. The pre- vailing winds of May should be west, northwest, with several days of cold northeasterly breeze. All berry crops will be short this year except swamp whortleberries.
 The dry April has been a regular breeder- for bug and worm pests, and they will be with us this year with Q vengeance. Cut worms, striped squash bugs and old stink bugs as they are commonly called, will do more than usual damage. Rose bugs will come early and stay late, and in fact every pest of the insect kind except potato bugs will have it's inning this year.
 THE CLOUD DIGGER.
 April 30, 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

standing by al of the general prtn- cipies which ase necessary in hghting disease.
 This is what such gatherings are aimed at and what they should result in It is a get together plan which seeks to broaden the movement for the prevention of disease and the in- surance of better health. through the mobilization of 0 large instead of n small corps of directors to operate along similar lines for the defeat of a common terror. Combined harmonious action in the upholding of sanitary requirements and in the education of the people therein as well as the en- forcement of the laws means much to every state though no more than what should be expected. This apparently is the idea under which the new head of the Massachusetts health depart ment is operating.
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FIearrnse THE GYPSY MOTH.

Fioza the action which was taken bv the legislature in providing for a esete campaign against the gypsy moth in cooperation with the various towns there is indicated a recogni- ton of the menace which this pest las prov ed in certain sections and which tt threatens in others unless there is a determined effort to stamp 1t out.
 Not only does the presenoe of the mother mean damage to vegetation and no srrAlll loss as the result, but 1t brings with it the necessary meas ures for preventing its spread through a quarantine which is not only an en- barrassment but a serious check to certain lines of business. This means that the shipment of lumber, tele- phone and telegraph poles, ties. nur- sery stocts and similar products must pass inspection by a federal official before they can,Sbe sent out ofSa quar- antined district.
 The spread of the pest has steadily continued despite the fact that state and federal opposition has been thrown against it. It has progressed from lone small section of New England runtfI it affects some portion at least of all the half dozen states and @though Connecticut has not as a state srnade any great outlay in fighting it, 1t has come to the realization of the fact that it ought not to be delayed any longer Whatever efforts have been made in the past should not be relaxed because of this action. Rather should it be increased for with that and the work of the state and gov ernment combined can the best re- suits be obtained and they certainly cannot be secured any too soon.
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October However, it fs only entire ly free from ice during the months of July and August, although. in the average year, it is free for navigating purposes for a period some weeks longer. The city lies on the Dvina River. 26 miles from the White Sea It is TAO miles northeast of St. Peters burg, and is connected with the dis tributing centers of the interior by railway and canal.
 Not only is Archangel interesting as a city in the extreme Far North, but 1t is still more interesting as one of the most ancient cities built upon the fringe of eternal arctic white ness. Before the year 900, the Norses men came here and traded. They laid the foundations of the present city, a city that has grown slowly but almost without halt, preserved in peace by its isolated position in the North. The city has achieved its present-day im- portance as an outlet for the products of the far northern and western parts of the Russian Empire.
 During its short season for navi- gation, Archangel is the busiest point in all the North. Between 800 and 1000 vessels call here through me brief season. The total value of i'm ports and exports amounts to about s5, coo, 900, and, this year under war conditions, should amount to much more. The chief articles of traffic in peace times are fish, skins, furs, tim Der. wax, iron. tallow, bristles and caviar
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operations Around st. MihieI.

'"The rupture of Saint Mihiel' is the soldiers characterization of the wedge at an angle of about 40 degrees. that the Germans have held in the French line since September. It is in the Woeuvre and it's point rests at Saint Mihiel upon the lower extremity of the Heights of the Mouse. Near the point are the Bois Brule the Bois d'Ailly and the suburb of Chauvoncourt, all of which have had their days of glory in the war. Along the lower angle about 20 miles long which runs toward Pont- a-Mousson are the Bois de Mort Mare, the Bois le Pretre and F1irey.
 The upper part of the angle about Eparges until the recent engagements there that made the French masters of the eastern extremity of the Heights of the Mouse. From Les Eparges it runs northeast and retoins the broken bat tie line near Etain- This position was as it had the frontier of Metz directly at it's back. In fact 1t may be imagin- ed to represent the head of an i'm ymense arrow that Metz launched with all it's might at Verdun, and which glancing off from the greatest French fortress. lodged in the Heights of the Mouse at Saint Mihiel. All round 1t there has been heavy fighting since the first German advance and at Troyon, Dieulouard and the Saint German Hill some or the bloOdieSt work Of the war.
 IL was the Crown Princes army in its attempt to get at Verdun that in dented the French line there by a mighty rush while it's artillery was demolishing the interval fort of Troyon. It required S0.000 men to hold 1t and a simple glance at the map, and a ref erence to the communicates shows what the French are trying to do to 1t.
 At Les Eparges and toward Etain on one side of the angle, and in the Mort Mare Woods and Le Pretre Woods on the other. they are gradual ly closing in and making the angle sharper. This work is slow and cost ly to both sides. Nowhere on the bat tie front has the art of digging in and the art of digging out been more high ly developed. The German earthworks here were first-class underground fort ifications and from them the French learned what they had to do. Weeks of sapping and mining from both di- rections at the same time were re- quired to get at these subterranean fortresses.
 The question was generally which would get there first; sometimes they met in their burrowing, like wood chucks come together by. chance. If the Germans were masters in this sort of warfare at the outset. the French were apt pupils. Their facility of inn
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CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

The appointment of Captain Will liam S. Benson commandant at the League Island navy yard at Philadel- phia to the new office of chief of naval operations comes as . surprise only because of the fact that his name had not been mentioned in conNee- ton herewith. That he has the abil- ity to fill the office and that he Is be- ing advanced in rank, only a few months ahead of the time to which he would be entitled to 1t. Is thor oughly understood. Though it is prob- able that Admiral Fletcher, or Rear Admiral Winslow could have received the appointment had they so desired, 1t is no reflection upon the new ap- pointee that he Is third choice, for his record fully discloses his ability to administer the office.
 The change which resulted in the establishment of this office instead of that of aide for operations provides a real naval head. There has been ex- perienced from time to time the need of such an official for while there is a civil head of the department. his experience in the practical field of operations Is of necessity limited and the mistaken policy of being guided by such alone has been repeatedly revealed. The new official will have charge of the operations of the fleet and the preparation of plans which will have to do with Its operations in case of war. He will be over all the navy bureaus for the promotion of greater efficiency in the navy. It will centralize responsibility at a needed point which should overcome much of the difficulty which has ex- isted in the past. The new official will be in touch with all branches and next in power to the secretary of the navy,
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

Enos-Telling of Enos, where the Allies recently landed troops to CO., operate with their fleet in connection with their attack upon the Dardaneiles, the National Geographic Society says:
 "The rocky ridge of Enos Is book door way to the ancient city on Ine Golden Horn. It lies about 155 miles west of Constantinople. upon the Gulf of Enos, in the northeast Aegean Sea Thirty miles away is the northern shore of the Gallipoli peninsula, around which the Allied fleet has been conducting operations for months.
 'cEnos, insignificant, built on rock ledge. and surrounded by broad marshes, becomes of unusual interest to the world in it's new character as a base of land operations against the physical heart of the Ottoman Elm pire. The respectable antiquity of the town is attested by mention in Hom- CTS Illiad. Formerly, Enos was a trad ing port of some importance, but 1t has lately lost much of its export to the adjacent seaport of Dedeagatch. The city's harbor Is roomy and we'll formed, but so neglected that it is too shallow for the larger sea-going ves- sels Its export which 1t retains today Is due to its position on the Maritza River. the great water highway from Adrtanopde, so miles inland, to the sea-
 
 Greek seafarers, commission dealers, and merchants. 1t numbered in 1905 about 5000. Its climate Is supposed to be very unhealthy. malaria and swamp damp being as great obstacles to the city's commercial growth as the drifting sand bars that have filled It's dnarbor The first part of the way from Enos toward Constantinopie Is through a level country. but the hrok- en, mountainous regions begin long before the Bosphorous Is reached"
 "ArehanseI, the oldest port of the Russian Empire, in a few weeks more will awaken to vital war importance; for, when the arctic ice clears from the White Sea, Russia will be able to communicate with her allies through a free Western port and to receive much needed war supplies and other manufactures over a route thousands of miles shorter than that via Vladi- vostock. Archangel is situated at the head of the Dvina delta, as far north as the northernmost shores Of Hud- son Bay. It Is the largest and most important city in the world placed so near the Arctic Circle.
 "The harbor of Archangel is optim- istically said to be open from May to
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01
UNITED ACTION FOR HEALTH.

q The necessity of communities work ting together for the attainment of the -best results has been demonstrated .time and again Cooperation not only does things. but it does them more
 quickly and better than by action which Is not uniform and ineffective. It can thus be appreciated that the bringing together of the representa-
 tfwes of the health departments of the cities and towns of Massachusetts by the head of the reorganized state health department means that an ini- stlai move of much value has been made. for the future activity concern ing health conditions in that state. It is highly important that all sections
 Of the state should work together, that each city and town should know
 what the others are doing in the handling of their many problems and Shat there should be a full under
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ROOTS ECONOMY.

The state of New York appropri- ated the sum of s500,000 for it's con- stitutional convention. Elihu Root was chosen president of that conven- ton and as might be expected he is being criticised for doing his utmost to keep the expenses of that import ant gathering within the prescribed snmit.
 IL is a case of having fault found because of what isn't done as we'll as foi what is done, but the former United States senator Is to be com nended for the stand which he has taken. It is to be noted, however that the complaint over the economy program cones from the members of the convention who are disappointed over she fact that each member has not been provided with Individual sta t.oner5. knicl1 knacks of various kinds upon which considerable amounts can be easily and uselessly expended and because there is no provision made for postage. clerks and stenographers- In fact. some of the avenues whereby the large expenditures of such gather ings are rolled up have been elim- Annted.
 In other words 1t would appear that it Is to be a work convention instead of a general good time at the expense of the Empire state. LesA attention Is given to the personal gain than to~ what can be done for the state, and 1t is time that such "a. policy was adopted. It is the business method of handling such a problem, and there sIs no reason to believe that the re- suits of the gathering will suffer in the least therefrom. Tasteful expen- .diture of money. when it concerns na- ton, state or city, has been going on long enough and President Root sets a magnificent exanDle in cutting it down. His economy is cause for praise, not criticism.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01
FORGING THE DARpANELL LES.

Operations have been commenced for the forcing of the Darianelles which experience shows should have been undertaken in the first place. Whatever. may have been the pur- pose in sending the navy of the al- lies. large and powerful though it was against that narrow and strongly fortified channel, the results thus far prove that it was a mistake to have considered that it was a job for the navy alone. It quickly developed that the opposition that could be brought to bear from the forts and by the use of mines and torpedoes was too great for the warshius to overcome alone and that land op perations in connection herewith were needed. Nothing pre- vented the Turks from bringing up endorsements and more big guns to replace any which might be put out of business and they made the most of their opportunities.
 The landing of troops on beth sides of the Dardanelles, to be covered by the guns of the fleet gives promise Of different results. It means that the allies are going at it in the right way to get results, though from the size of the forces the Turks possess an advantage. They have also had the benefit of the warning which was given by the attempt to make the navy do all the work and the time to bring up necessary field artillery to overcome the handicap under which the forts operate since their guns are trained upon the straits and are thus virtually unprotected at the back. The distribution of the armies along both sides of the straits shows considera- tion for the Notifications which line both banks. From the campaign as now outlined the fall of that strategic point can be expected if such thing | is possible.
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deserves. May the American legs and arms and eyes not only carry a. balm to the crippled, but a baptism of the spirit which recognizes the sovereignty of the individual and the right of men to rule themselves.
 If fewer women had nerves it is more than likely fewer men would have drun41s, not because they belong in pairs, but because disgust and despair must express themselves. The woman who weeps and the woman who nags, and the man who swears and the man who jags have considerable to answer for. A woman who yields to nerves and the man who ssurrenders to the worst that Is in him, are both making havoc of life. They are both inviting diversity for themselves and their progeny-they are exposing themselves to the very peri1s all who live well-ordered lives shun. Perhaps they are well-matched, for an hyster- 1caI woman has no sense, and a drunk cannot see the use of having any They are poor afflicted creatures you say Verify, poor because of their folly, and afflicted by their own miserable habits The world likes woman who fights better than the woman who faints; and the man who struggles to overcome the burdens which stagger him instead of crooking his elbow with Despair. Womanhood and manhood call for true conceptions of life and loyalty to the best standards.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

The words of Lowell in his ''vision of Sir Launfaf' are so beautiful and so true, withal, of May as well sls June that today they must be quoted. Now is the high-tide of the year And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a ripply
 cheer
 Into every bare inlet and creek and
 bay.
 Now the heart is so full that drop
 overf1lls 1t,
 We are happy now because God wills
 it;
 No matter how barren the past may
 have been,
 Iris enough for us now that the leaves We sit in the warm shade and feel How the sap creeps up and the blos-
 somS swell;
 We may shut our eyes but we cannot
 help knowing
 That skies are clear and grass is Joy comes. grief goes. we know not
 how;
 Everything is happy now, Everything is upward striving; Iris as easy now for the heart to be true
 As for grass to be green or skies to Iris the natural way of living
 This yearly renewal of life cannot be lost on anyone of thoughtful mind. There is more to be observed than swelling buds and freshening land scapeS
 To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms She speaks various language. 
 She speaks of power. Who can view all this order and design without con- viction of a mighty Worker behind 1t? Who can observe all his evidence of of a Supreme Thinker? The common est phenomena of nature are wrapped in mystery. Study a single leaf or a single blade of grass. How can earth and air and water combine to produce this wondrous thing? The science of the world can only hint at the answer. Nature in the springtime speaks of spiritual renewal. That which goes on in the world natural is g. parable of what goes on in the souls of men. A few weeks ago the earth was frost bound. The fields now bursting into bloom were hard and barren. The warm breath of spring is the miracle worker And not otherwise the breath of Gods spirit wakes to new life the hearts dead in trespasseS and sins. 1t | is the old yet ever new miracle of grace that helps us to believe that things are not always as bad as they seem and that there Is a better day coming for ourselves and for the world. As a prophecy of something yet to be spring speaks of immortality It Is time, not of fulhlment, but of im- mense prorni se. Not yet do we see the golden sheaves of grain, nor the red applesc on the trees. The coming har- vest is only foreshadowed Is It not | Beloved now are we the sons of God, and it doth not 1'et appear what we shall be-" Our present state, is prophetic. We are made for sometning better than Is noHS apparent. These | We come to perfect fiower and fruit age in the experiences of a world that lies beyond.
 THE PARsoN.
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Sunday Morning Talk
SPRING DAYS.

I doubt whether even the sourest pessimist wholly misses the appeal of spring. There is a charm about this season that none can escape. The veriest clodhopper becomes something of a poet and sends in sonnets to the editor. Who can blame him? If au- tumn stands for thoughtful melan- choly, spring stands for exuberance and hope and cheer. That man may be still alive but he is at least getting ready for the undertaken who can gaze unmoved on the faint green film flung like veil over the tops of trees, on the delicate coloring of woodland flow CTS, on the fields growing vivid in the sunlight.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

The name of Cu1ebra cut has been changed to Gaillard cut. in honor of Col. Gaillard. Fortunate would 1t be if they could get the slide out of the cut as easily.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

Neither side in the war has express ed any nervousness over the fact that Spain has decided not to enter the contest,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

The superstitious have nothing to complain of at the Duke Riddle wed- ding, since what would have been pews 13 and 23 were numbered 12B and 02T3
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

Something to worry about: Human hair expectations from China have decreased because of the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

The season appears to be well ad- vanced in many respects, but when it comes to licensing the dogs it has been just as backward as ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

l A resumption of the trolley strike ! in Springfield is threatened, although
 it was supposed better judgment had gained control there.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

After the advice from the gradua- tion day platforms there ought not to be any further delay in adjusting Europe's difficulties.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

If the reports are to be believed there will be nothing left of either army operating around the Darda- nelleS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-01

It has proved that. torpedoes right ly placed have the same effect upon French as upon British warships.