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Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
The Country Church.

MT. Editor: Secretary Lanes pro paganda in behalf of The Country Schools is one of the most beneficial ever undertaken by any Federal of ficer in recent years. But there is one phase of the work that is apt to be overlooked.
 The only way to meet the demand of l the hour is to put the very best pos sible teachers in the country schools This can be done if the money con sideratiOn be high enough. Let some such financial relief be supplied by the government as the Federal Loan i Measure to Farmers ana the teachers can be secured. Not only must the intellectual but moral development of the boy and girl on the farm be se- cured, and this brings in the prob lem of the country church. Now, the country church in and of itself is quite as valuable as the city church, and in one respect, at least, it seems to far excel the city church. It has more material ca pablo of development into the world power. I refer to the country boy in the country church.
 Let us suppose all our city churches to be suddenly deprived Of the mem bership of all the people who were 1 once country boys. what would hap pen? Most of them would give up and say, Tt is utterly impossible to survivel The load is too great for our financial strength" A few city churches might survive but they would he the exception and not the rule The country boy and girl are the hope of the nation and certainly of tle city church.
 If no country boys were to go into the city to make it their home many of the city churches would cry for help to save them from utter extinction. The country boy saves the city church and a good many other things; and as the country church furnishes l the country boy the city church should make financial provision for the ade- 1 quate maintenance of the country 1 church.
 The general assemblies of tie Protestant Church of America should | sec to it that The Country Church is manned by the ablest ministry pOssi- l ble, because Of the importance of the work.
 Tn 1913 Dr. F. W. c7unsaulus ad- dressing the 500 students of the Min nesOta State Agricultural school said to the young men; That the twelve great preachers of Chicago were cOUn- try boys, reared on the farm That all the leading journalists of the city were reared on the farm; that of the one hundred most noted physicians ] of Chicago, eighty-six were once country boys That of the one hun | dred most noted lawyers of the city ! Gl2 JN-OQG were reared on the Iarnl that of the one hundred most efficient | engineers in the city, seventy-th-ee were country boys.
 If Dr. Gunsaulus is correct in re- gard to Chicago. is it not reasonable to believe it is true also in Boston New York, Philadelphia and all of the l leading cities in our country? The country church furnishes the great preachers, physicians, lawyers, | engineers and business men of the cities and of the world. The oppor- l tunity of the country church is great. What honor could be higher than | the preparing of men for the large ser ] vice they can and do render the city l and tho world?
 VIM. J. REYNOLDS Pastor Newent Cong. Church. 1 Lisbon, Conn
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
PREPARE ESS-

We have entered upon the last week of the second year of the war and the end is not yet. The thing yet to be decided is who shall dictate the terms of peace. Cousin George and Cousin Nick seem determined that Cousin Bill shall not, and the Victorian royalists still have a hard nut to crack.
 But it is just as necessary to be prepared to make peace as it is to be prepared for defence against warning enemies. The war has reached a point from which peace seems to be in sight; and to make peace perma- nent these pacts of vengeance will have to be revised and perhaps elimi- mated.
 Upon the character of the peace de- pends future prospects. It will be no easy matteri to summon the righteous spirit which will heal tho wounds of the nations and. leave no deep resent ments-not blood feuds for future set clement.
 The trade agreement made between the entente nations looks as if they Intend to continue policies of retalia- ton for years after the strife is end- ed, which is not indicative of a peace that will last.
 The cry of the entente allies has been that the war will never end until ft can. end right: and let us hope}that right will prevail though the heavens fall.
 Sowing seeds. of vengeance will. moi make for the permanent world peace We all hope for.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
A COMMON ISLANDER,

The commissioner of health of New York declares "the flthiest thing in the world is the housefy." He seems to have entirely overlooked the carrion fly and all the scavenger beetles.
 We do not enjoy going into a res- taurant and having one or two flies scalded to death in our hot coffee, or drowned in our glass of milk; but even they are preferable in death this way to cockroaChes and other stealthy invaders of some pantries.
 Anyone who has watched a house fly is aware it excels the cat in the habit of laying itself. The~ common housefy wipes off it's chin 15 or 20 times, brushes off its wings and brushes it's whiskers whenever it alights and has a leisure moment.
 It isn't as nimble as a fac, or eX- pectorating molasses like a grasshop- per. Most of the time 1t delights to worry the baldheaded gentleman and to tickle the infant in the cradle and to dodge the woman with a fly spatter many times a day.
 The house fly does not look for car rion, but for sugar and meat gravies, and sweet pies. He is something of an cpicure if all sorts of mean things are said about him.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

Man Eating Sharks. - The tragic depredations of man-eating sharks along the Atlantic seabOard lend an es- pcCially timely interest to a, cOmmun- icatiOn from pr. Hugh M Smith, the foremost American authority on fishes, addressed to the National Geographic Society and released today as a bull letin.
 When giant fishes are mentioned most people will at once think of the shark, among which, indeed, are found the largest fish now existing" writes MT. Smith of the many species of sharks noteworthy on account of their size there are about half a dozen which are preeminent. These differ much in their disposition, some being as harm less as doves and others the inCarna- ton of ferOcity.
 "The sleeper shark (Sommiosus miCTOCephalus), whose scientific name fits so admirably, appears to have de- VelOped it's body at the expense of it's brain, for it is @ sluggish, stupid glut- ton, about six times as long as an aver age man. At home in the Arctic re- giOns, it sometimes makes visits as far south as Cape Cod, the British Isles, and Oregon. It is most often observed lying quietly on the surface, apparent ly dOzing and easily approached, but at times, when hungry, it rouses itself and EerceIy attacks whales, biting huge pieces out of their sides and tails, and when feeding on the carcass of a whale which has been killed by hunt CTS it is so VOracioUs that it permits spears and knives to be thrust into it without seeming to take any notice.
 "One of the most prOdigious and perhaps the most formidable of sharks is the 'man-eater' (CarCharodon car charias). It roams through all tenn peraUe and tropical seas and every where is an object of dread. Its max imum length is 40 feet and it's teeth are three inches long. While there are few authentic instances of sharks at tacking human beings (prior to the recent tragedies), there have undoubt- edly been many cases where sharks simply swallowed people who had fall en overheard, just as they would swall- ow any other food. How easy it would be for a man eater to devour a person whole may be judged from the finding of an entire hundred pound sea-llon in the stomach of a 30-foot shark on the California coast. A certain rnan-eater 36 1-2 feet long, had jaws 20 inches wide, inside measure, and teeth 2 1-2 inches long. This may have been the great fish of the scripture narrative, and 1t is possible that at that time much larger man eaters existed than are now known, as shark teeth with
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
One Anainst Einht-

June 17.-Lieut M and Lieut. N. left their aerodrome at about 12.45 D. m. to intercept a hostile reconnaissance. Eight hostile machines were observed at 7,500 feet, approaching from the di- rection of Doullens. The British ma chine flew towards them, and when almost directly underneath Lieut.. N. opened fire. The British machine then turned, and when at about 400 feet be- low the German formation, opened fire into one of the tail machines. A few minutes later this machine was seen to glide down and, passing low over the trenches land just north of Bois de Biez. Lieut.. M. now endeavoured to cut off the main body of hostile ma chimes. In this he failed, but succeed ed in catching the last hostile machine just over the trenches at 5000 feet When within 100 yards the German dived steeply, followed by our machine firing at about 50 yards range. The enemy observer appeared to be out of action, as no reply was made to our fire. Tieut. M. continued the pursuit until within 2,500 feet of the ground, when the German was seen to land in Q field about mile northeast Of Achict le Petit. Our machine recrossed the trenches at 2.50O feet
 Altogether there were 30 combats in the air on this day
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
ELIMINATE FEAR.

If we were afraid of filth we should not be worried by epidemics. The one thing all American cities are guilty of is negligence in respect to the wastage of families and it's beina tossed upon the ground to ferment and purify and to breed levers and other contagious or infectious diseases.
 In army life the camp is thorough ly inspected every morning, and as a rule cleaned every day, for the estab-
 shment of cleanliness and the pre- Ve3tion Of disease.
 What city in America has frequent thorough inspections of private and public premises, or spends money to prevent epidemics of disease instead of guaranteeing hundreds of thousands of dollars to check them when once started.
 Why do we always find ourselves dealing with effects and negIecting causes? What good does it do to kill the mosquitoes and the housefies to prevent disease if we neglect the fest ering swamps and pest spots from which they gather germs?
 What every city needs is thorough periodical cleaning.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
DRESSED TO PLEASE HER HUSBAND

'sThe cabaret seems 10 have become part of our national 1ife," observed the tall golfer as he walked toward the nineteenth hole.
 Did you just now find that out?' asked the short, stout enthusiast who accompanied him. The cabaret has become part of our national life, and as an institution I think it deserves a prominent place, too."
 T beg leave to differ" replied the tall man. T believe the cabaret wiM eventually ruin the country. It is grad ua1Iy doing so by first ruining the di- gestion of the population. A country is no stronger than the digestion of its inhabitants.
 Hear my own experience. My wife and hadn't partaken of a meal any where but in our own quiet dining room until our cook left recently. We tried to get another cook, but there wasn't one to be had.
 The next morning we picked an un- ostentatious place to breakfast and had passed through the bacon and egg stage and reaching for the grape fruit when an unearthly racket started behind us. Although my wife is a brave woman, I must admit that the pandemonium let loose caused her to start suddenly and look for the nearest exit.
 T hastily arose, because I felt surg ing within my bosom the instinct of the male to protect his mate. A waiter
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

noticed my agitation and explained. The crash of chords and cy1nbals we heard came from a Bedouin orchestra especially imported by that eating place to furnish Arabic harmony while it's guests brealfasted. The rest of the hubbu'b was made by whirling derviShes who did native acrObatics while the musicians played. The waiter said that it was the very latest in breakfast cab arets.
 Where we had luncheon we ate our shortcal1e and whipped cream while nineteen native Hawaiians played uze- leles and sang the folk songs of the Sandwich islanders in a minor key.
 '"The establishment where we dined that evening was the climax of cara rabia or cabarephobia, as my wife called it. It was called a Broadway revue of some kind. There were sev- era1 comedians and a host of beauties. Man, l couldn't eat and watch that dancing at one time"
 You'll learn to like it." said the stout club wielder, q dined at a sum mer garden last evening that has the greatest cabaret ever devised. They have little island of tables entirely surrounded by a sixty piece brass band and zoo, count 'em, froHcking cory phees."
 How was the fOod?"
 "Oh, the food wasn't much, but it isn't necessary to eat a great deal."- Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

records of basl1ing sharks 25 to 38 feet long from the coast of New York, Massachusetts, and Maine. but tha species has not been common in our waters in recent years.
 The largest of all fishes the Iarg- est of all coId-blooded animals and the largest of all existing animals, with
 the exception of @ few species Of
 whales, js the whale shark (Rhineodon typicus), originally described from Good Hope, but now known from India, Japan, South America, Panama, Cali
 fOrnia, and various other places, a
 small specimen having been obtained
 on the Florida coast a few years ago. 1! This shark has a very broad and Ob-
 tuse snOut and an exceedingly wide mouth armed with numerous minute teeth; the dark -cOlOred body is markg I with many small whitish spots. Tha species is stated to attain 3 length of TO feet and is known to exceed 50 feet Notwithstanding it's immense stzr however, it is harmless to man ullr1.: attacked, and feeds on the small e e. lures for which it's teeth are aG9U. T.
 Its hugh bulk makes it dangar,Ga .I the same way that a whale is don .s Ous. Years ago 1t was reported r-t.r
 the sperm whale fishermen at trc :-- land of Saint Denis. in the II-.-l
 Ocean dreaded to harpoon a whale shark by mistake, and stories ar, told of a harpoOned fish, having by light ning-Iike dive exhausted the supply f rope which had been accident8 'f- fastened to the boat, dived deeper still
 and so pulled a pirogue and crew to the bottom"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

Presidents policy is that he has no policy, and this will confirm it. (Ap- plause on the Republican side.)
 You have held a convention and framed another platform; but whoever reads it will remember that you repudi- ated your last platform in at least nine essential particulars.
 You have framed another platform, hut you have not dared to tell the people again that Protection is the cause of high prices.
 You have framed another platform, but you have not dared to declare again that Protection is unconstitutional, be- cause you knew if you did you would be asked why you extended the duty on sugar.
 You have not dared to tell the people again that you do not mean to "injure or destroy any legitimate industry" That would onIy arouse unpleasant memories. hter.)-COngress Hamilton on the. Kitchen Revenue Bill.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

cutting edges i've inches long have
 been found on the sea-bottom, and
 these are believed by naturalists to have belonged to sharks not long dead
 The phosphate beds of South Carolina
 yield very large fossil teeth of a. shark
 which was related to the man. eater
 of the present day; judging from the
 comparative size of these teeth Pro-
 lessor GOOde thought that sharks 70
 or so feet long must have been com
 mon.
 Many years ago a Norwegian bish-
 Op in a learned paper brought to the
 attention of the scientific and theO- logical world @ shark which he at tempted to prove must have been the great fish that swallowed Jonah. This was the baSking shark (CetOrhinUS maXimuS) known also as the elephant
 or bone shark, which is an inhabitant of the polar seas, but occasionally stTays as far south as Virginia and California, and in former years was
 not rare in the United States and Brit ish coasts. The species has the habit at times of collecting in schools at the surface and basking in the sun with it's back partly out of water. It reaches
 maximum length of 50 feet and is
 exceeded in size by only three or four
 animals eNtant. Provided with small teeth, it feeds on fishes and floating crUstaCeanS, and is not of @ ferOCiOus disposition. It is dangerous only by
 virtue of it's great bulk and when at
 tackled it's powerful tail easily demOl- ishes boats. Tn former years the baSh- ing shark was hunted for it's oil on the coast of Norway and Ireland; it was also harpOOned on the shore of NaSSa- chUsetts in the early part of the last century, and as many as 12 barrels of oil were sometimes obtained from the ] liver of one shark. There are many
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
RORT- McNEELY.
Io LIt9IIL-s7o VII ' Norwich, Conn, July 26. 1916.
A ChaIJenue,

MT. Editor: In looking over The Bulletin today, I saw where J. H. Cum mings has returned from oblivion, whither he was sent by Windham reader some time ago, for on that oc- casion J. H. discreetly refused to enter into any controversy.
 He comes back with his usual pet theme, Hatred of England and any thing English" but the descendants of the latter race do not mind J. H. in the least. They look upon him as a practical joker. He's so funny with his one-sided arguments.
 Of course, were I to call him a pro German J. H. would repudiate the as sertiOn and say that he is an honest to-gOodness citizen of the United States of America.
 Having told us. about the British side, would he mind telling us some thing about Admiral Won F'rightfulness of the German navy, or about attempts to blow up international bridges, place bombs on ships and internal machines in cargoes. If he is not inclined to do this, challenge him to a debate in any hall in NoEWich.- or-tto-a a. con-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
Stories of the War
The Heroes of the Air.

The following second resume of in cldenIS extracted from recent reports of the Royal Flying Corps in France has been issued by the Air Board:
 May 31.--A British reconnaissance was attacked by three FOkkers when in the neighbOurhood of Cambrai. The enemy were first seen diving at our machines from the rear, with the sun behind them. Our machines, which were heavily fired at, retaliated as oc- casiOn offered. Soon after the fight began one of the F,Okzers was seen to turn half a loop, side-slip badly and nose dive. It was last seen nose div ing, having apparently been hit by our fire. One of our machines was last seen soon after the commencement of the fight, but owing to the fact that all the machines were busily engaged in the running fight, which was of a persistent nature, it's fate was not Ob- served
 June Lit. D. with It. E., while on artillery duty attacked Q hostile ma chine near Laventie. Fire was opened at about 300 yards, but at this moment L. D. was attacked by a Fokker from above and behind. The FOkIIer dived to within 40 yards, when It. D. swerveG slightly to avoid the enemy's fire. It. E. than attacked the F7okker at point blank range. The Fozller banked over to the left. The machine then nose dived and was last seen spiralling down close to earth.
 June 10.-Lieut K and Captain L. in a machine, when on artillery duty, saw 9 Fokker flying over the enemy's trenches. They followed the German for about IF miles in the direction of Lille, where he turned to attack. Our officers opened fire at a range of about 50 yards. When level with the tail of our machine the enemy turned sharply and dived, and was further fired at as he turned. He dived more sleepy, and was observed by Lieut.. K to crash to earth in a field near Baubourdin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
POLITICAL
Renudiated PIednes.

This whole Tariff commission propo- sition is only another piece of political hypocrisy intended to fool the people in the coming election.
 You have held a convention and are about to enter upon another campaign.
 The President has run up his political periscOpe, looked around the horizon at the changing circumstances of the world,' observed the Tow visibility of Democratic prospects, gone to the bot tom for reflection, and come up again with this Tariff commission proposition, stolen from the Republican party and intended only for effect in the coming campaign. Daughter and applause on the Republican side.l
 But the truth is beginning to dawn upon the people that the secret of the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

Lens towards another British machine, which they attacked. Lieut.. U. fol- lowed and joined in the fight, diving on to one of the attacking Fol1kers, which turned away and dived perpen- dicularIy. It was seen by an anti aircraft battery to fall to the ground. When Lieut.. U turned again the other British machine and Fol1ker had dis sappeared. This British machine is missing, and is reported to have landed in the eneny's lines.
 Capt. Y. on a, Nieuport, and Lieut.. Z., on 8 de Havilland, engaged a hos tile reconnaissance of six machines in the neighbourhood of Arras, driving one down near Terre Mesnil, east of DOullens, where it landed on it's left wing, the pilot and observer being cap tured. One of them was slightly EWounded.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26

ran his car into boulder and jarred his employer to the limit. You'll have to get through" he said to him. flor Mrs expectsyou to take the same care of me as you would of basket of eggs; and what would have hap pened to a basket of eggs then7"
 That is the idea? An auto driver should value himself and his car highly, and his passengers above all price, and worthy of constant care and caution. Then his mind would be right, his action right and the dan ger line avoided.
 The joy of speed is always menaced by a prospect of disaster.
 Safety first is a guaranty of few accidents.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
NEW BOOKS

Christian Certainties of BeIief.-By
 Julian k. Smyth. Cloth, l23
 pages. Published by The New
 Church Press, New York. Price
 75 cents.
 It is a timely volume; for it comes in an hour when, to some of us all the old anchors seem to be lOosening from their ancient grip on the granite. The Great War has descended on the world like a cleaving tempest, and in the crash and wreckage, men are asking, "Is there any thing that holds firm Are there any realities that we are sure of? Have all the certaintIes crumbled under the whirIwind?'
 Julian K. SnYth comes to fling upon the shadow the light of hOpe-comes to sound the disCOrd a music of cOur- ageous faith He declares that the props of the spiritual verities are still secure, still unshaI1en by the chances and changes that sweep over human ity. The tornado uprOOts the forest, the earthquake shakes the hills; still earth's center remains unmOTCd and the stars keep their ancient places.
 Firmly and with the emphasis of conviction, MT. Smyth points out to us the principles established from foundations upon which life eternal is erected. He banishes despair, strength ems hope, and glOrifes religion as the expression of an ordered and useful life. He takes his stand upon faith but is is a faith based upon reason. His ground is broad, his sympathies glowing; an dhis words will strength en the wavering and confirm the be- lieVing.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-26
Nothing to Be Rescinded.

Mir. Editor: That the many read CTS of The Bulletin whvy were interest ed in the Special Town meeting call ed for June 26th, and who have been anxious to know what disposition has been made of the matter cited in the warning for said meeting may know that the warning was not posted as required by law, which invaIidated any action that might have been taken.
 Regardless of the posting and where posted. the warning was not signed properly.
 A petition for another meeting, to be called in compliance with Statute 1795 to determine the issue was in the works, when it was learned that the Town Meeting held March 29th had about 1t the so-called peculari- ties of custom, and a non compliance with law as prescribed for such meet ing, consequently thar was illegal.
 It is therefore hoped the foregoing will supply the information sought after. There being no action to re- scind, the necessity for a town meet ing in this matter does not seem to us apparent.
 ROBT. NTCNEELY, Business Agent