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Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Many are the states which are dis playing anxiety over their favorite sons.
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It may or may not ke as the Ger mans say that the Russians cannot
 learn but there is evidence being fur. nished nevertheless in GaIicia and Turkey that they can come back
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Thus far the weathernan has shown no partiality in behalf of the June brides.
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It is now considered possible that the British cruiser Hampshire was sunk by British mine. Can 1t be ders which have punctuated the wary
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England feels badly enough about the loss of Kitchener but 1t has some reason for taking a new view of that Dublin outbreak when 1t is realized that that was the means of preventing Lloyd George from experiencing similar fate.
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Woman is charged with being more ambitious to have an Easter hat in this world than a halo in the next. 1t is apparent enough that no woman is guilty of this ealumny, and there $ no doubt the author of it was some fellow who didn't have the price of an Easter hat. We do not hesitate to en- dorse the statement of an old bach efor that if married woman is not her husbands better half, she is his bitter half, but that ancient theological declaration that man is the whole world and the breath of God; woman the rib and crooked piece of mani ]" seems to a monstfous islander. We are inclined to think glad clothes, which typify glad heart, for Easter, in no way decrease one's chance for a halo where halos are supposed to be all the rage. If halos were to be had at the bargain counter 1t is doubtful if they would be popular here since there could not be of a becoming color and special shape for every customer. If the artist who made the first halo caught the design from the corona o1 the sun he might have put a little flame on it to give it. a dashing flare
 This sphere of divine good above the head will not find favor with the mill liners for there is no money in it.
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We aren't critfcising preparedness they go t1ey are excellent But in
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Some men have lost their own health by drinking too often to the health of others They did not sacri- fee themselves, however, because of their enthusiasm for their friends welfare. They yentured to drown themselves in the beverage which they deemed it necessary to pledge their good will and sincerity by. They become fond of the exhilerating in- fiuence of the spirits which used to excess spirit away all the good that is in them and leaves them wrecks by the wayside. It is not to the Iiealth of a friend that these men drink so much as to their love of the ardent Why should the sentiment, Here's to your good health have to be washed down with intoxicants2 or that other tcast: Heres to yous and from me and for you, if I'd never seen you, should never have known you" Drink ing to the god health of people orig mated in good society, and ended as q profitable device for the saloon.
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They tell us to conquer our place in the world, 1" but how are we to con- auer it if we do not know what our places is? If we are fortunate enough to attain first place in any calling it IS not easy to hold it. for life and ambition is surging toward us, and Time has in his keeping our successor. The patient toiler does not have much difficulty in Keeping his place, there are so many of him and so many ev- cry day places calling for him, and so much work for so little pay, that he is not hard pressed It was Abraham Lincoln who said he thought God loved the comEaon people because he created so many of them. The fact is, those who conquer places in the world are few, and those who take the places waiting for them are many. It is good to be ambitious, and it Is great to excel. and 1t is lovely to reap the re- wards of success: but the race is won by the strong, the fleet. Fhe keen l sigErted. Our place in the world is the best place we can win and by ou1 efficiency keep.
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Look out for 4he fellow who is aa-
 ways warning you to stand pat, for frequently he is a fellow who does not stand pat himself unless he gets his price. It is not well to stand pat up- on any issue because some one else tells you to. Folks who are so dead in earnest to have you stand pat are in- tent upon promoting their own inter- ests anstead of yours. Men of honest convictions naturally stand patA-t91ey do not know how to wofhble. This kind of advice is about the only thing to be had for nothing n this world
 Some people advise others to stand pal
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THE MAN WHO TALKS


 likely to take stock in this sentiment. 1t may be a boom for patience for stthe patient waiter is no loser, we Lave been told. but patience Heauent- ly goes 50 long unrecogndzed and un- rewarded that it becomes pain might amend that popular Bay1ng thus: Esverything comes to him who wadts, except what he is expecting. The advertiser waits in the ezpecta- t1on of trade and he usually gets 1t.
 The man who iEnaaines the world is growing worse needs to know his world better. The chances are that he Is not as good as he should be. The people who have lived during the past century have seen more to be thankful for than all of those who lived in all the centuries which pre- ceded this with the exception of that century in which the star shone over Bethlehem when a Saviour was born. and the victory of life over death was demonstrated and established. This is a great age and H. G. WelPs wild asses of helr' can only put a tempor- man by his murderous devices for war ea1ecknafes himself. It is more than likely the great war of the pres ent is preparing the way for greater alliances and greater alliances for an abiding peace. Men who are dying to- SSOACS sS1 tAOlkSt1AAdo A1Ot dying in vaia--a better world to live in will be their legacy to future gen. erations.
 lt Is pity the marriageab1e young women do not realize that while good looks may catch a man it takes more than sweet words to hold him. It takes a pretty good bill of fare and effici- ent management to change a house into a home; and it doesn't take much of wrench to change it into some thing worse which begins with h. A home has to have something divine in | it, and the man seldom plays that part, for he was only designed for an understudy. Home and harmony are so closely allied that one cannot exist without the other, hence all in I the home must take a hand in keeping | things in accord. To create eondi- I tions wlaieea resemble heaven is a l group prOblen--it takes the constant
 attention of all concerned to solve it
 But the star actor is the patient low Ling mother who regards no sacrifice too great to make for those she loves Some people talk of friends who are l like bread and butter and peaches and cream" These must be slfbStan. tial friends, friends who contribute Tc l your mind thoughts of comfort nc
 one can rob you of. The one who car l lSl1 SO4=SO s74ACS4S1y l4dRk SO07 OCAASNk it, that death hath no sting, that i is a sweet sleep followed by a grad ua1 awakening when one becomes
 mentally conscious of the presence O
 sweet and loving influences; to sceneI
 so familiar he has to be told tha
 mortal life has ended and epiritua
 life been commenced life be ycnd is harmonious, sweet and satis fying.n There are friends who give u
 the hope which abides, who can ob literate fear from our minds and win
 can estabiiftl within us peace be cause they have a Friend and knov 5 the Comforter The friend who ca. ! put a spiritual treasure in our heart :. is a friend indeed.
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Another Norwich man who v,as prominent among early en1iurants was Col Simeon Perkins, afterwards of Liverpool, Nova Scotia He was the grandfather of J. Newton Perkins. of Norwich, who has left a lasting me- noria1 to his generosity and thought fulness in the Newton Perkins medals. awarded annually for excellence In various studies at Norwich Free
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Marmlah, saturday, Juns 70. 1916.
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ed by the eTnfgrants was named Fort
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17
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work when It falls In the enemy's
camp. There liz also a bracelet gren-
ade--a shell attached to a bracelet
worn by the thrower by a twist
Of the wrist" the shell leaves the
bracelet and explodes wherever 1t
lights. The racket grenade, shaped
like tennis racquet. Is perhaps the
easiest to handle. These are thrown
from the trenches and their effect
watched through the periscope, that
famous instrument WHICH has played
such an important part In the present
war. The bombs dropped from Yep
pelins and aeroplanes are OF the same
type except as to their weight. The
French frequently use their eight
inch shells as aeropiane bombs, Some
ingenious inventor has fixed wings at
the large end of the projectiIe to keep
II true TO its course. A percussion
cap takes the place OF the fuse. II is
teasy 10 picture the result when one
of these huge shells lands in the en-
emy's camp. The Zeppelins in their
raids over England used bell shaped
bomb.
Poisonous gas and liquid fire.
Poisonous gas is an invention OF the
present war and Its effects are most
horrible of all for its victims literally
die of suffocation. sometimes lingering
day or two suffering untold agony.
Men who die from gas poisoning suf-
fer beyond description" said physi-
clan who has just returned from
( France. Sometimes the gas is pumped
! into the enemy's trenches and on one
occasion not very long ago when the
! Germans were about to pump gas into
I the French trenches a French shell
! fell on the cylinder with the result
that the Germans received the full
power OF the gas intended for the
enemy. Balloons allied with poison
/ Gus gas are now being used by the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

Germans in attacking forts, Each
balloon Is filled with enough illumi-
mating gas to make 1t float while In
the bottom compartment is a guam
tity OF poisonous gas. The balloon is
set adrift on favorable wind and
when they are directly over the forts
the German sharp shooters puncture
the balloons with rife shot and the
poisonous gas, being heavier than the
air. settles into the fort.
The latest invention, known as the
flame protector" Is an instrument
which splits liquid fire, II has been
used by the Germans on the British
trenches In Northern France.
Only few Of these creations used
In the present Civilized warfare" can
be mentioned In the short space Of a
newspaper article although the mar
killing devices run into the hundreds
Detectors.
While the inventor Is thinking on
these devices Of destruction other mer
with equally creative minds are in
venting things for protection agains'
the deadly weapons. One of the mos
curious of these Is the work OF a
Frenchman and is known as a de
tector." II Is used to catch the sound
OF an approaching aeroplane before
II comes in sight. This gives the men
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

itself In to a job of getting the coveted
materials out of Germany, blockade
or no blockade. Incidentally. be 1t con-
fessed, that whereas kid-glove dtplom-
acy has done much. business diplom-
acy has done even more.
When the dye cornered by Director
Ralph was gone other small consign-
ments were picked up here and there
shipments that had dribbled
through from Germany to private
dealers. Gradually. however. as the
blockade frightened the outlook for
future supply became darker and
darker. Then 1t was that the Treas
ury Department called for aid from
the State Department. the "diplo-
matte annex"
For nearly n year. tho State De-
partment worked to get the colors
through tho blockade. First Ger
many had TO be persuaded to let the
colors depart and then the Allies had
to be induced to permit the shipments
to proceed without interference. Final
Nv. however. everything was arranged
and a shipment Of 10000 pounds went
through. Uncle Sans full order was
for $4,000 pounds or more than
seven shipments OF this size, the en-
tire order being restricted to the three
colors that are needed for stamps is
sued in accordance with the interna-
tional agreement
Vegetable dyes no help.
But why not use vegetable dyes? has
ventured more than one citizen who
remembers that dyes from vegetable
products were used extensively until
the cheaper coal-tar dyes virtually
drove them from the market Unfor-
tunately vegetable dyes are not suit
able for use In the manufacture OF
printing ink. Especially does Uncle
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17
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who man the aircraft guns a chance
TO be ready when the machine ar
rives. The device consists of four
megaphones connected with micro
phone and equipped with receivers. IT
can be used both day and night.
A new kind of portable shield made
of bullet-proof steel Is one of the new
est Russian Inventions. II is portable
and can be taken to pieces and car
ried on a motor truck. The shield.
which is also being used by the
French. makes an admirable shelter
for FIVE or six rifiemen who protect
heir trench digging comrades.
Gas masks and steel helmets.
When the campaign of poisonous
gases began inventors in both France
and England set about to find some
way Of protecting the men and n
dozen or more types of gas masks
appeared upon the market. The
French army now go into tae trenches
wearing huge tight fitting goggles
which arc connected with n mouth
and nose pad such as is worn by a
surgeon In the operating room. The
British army prefer a different type
of gas mask--one which gives the
wearer the appearance OF a member
Of the old Kuklux Klans OF the recon-
struction period OF the South.
During the early part OF the war the
men suffered from horrible head
wounds caused by the rain of shrap-
ret over the trenches. This led to the
invention OF steel helmets to protect
he soldiers from the deadly bullets.
The Germans now wear n heavy metal
bullet proof cloth-covered helmet
The famous spike at the top no longer
appears as IL frequently called atten-
ton of the sharpshooter who by aim
ing just little lower got his man in
the head The French wear what II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

Sans stamp and money factory need
in its business fast colors." When
you bear in mind that Uncle Sam
makes a practice nowadays OF laun-
dering his dirty money and that post
age stamps are treated to repeated
soakings sometimes you Will appreci-
ate that the Government requires col
ors that are not only fast as to light
but that are not affected by water. OH
or even varnish.
Uncle Sam. Ink Maker.
1t will, OF course. BIO understood
that Uncle Sans quest Is for dry col
ors rather than for ink, because
Uncle Sam makes all his own print
ing inks at the money and stamp
mandatory. Only the very largest
printtng establishments can afford TO
install ink-making machinery but the
ink required for plate printing'-the
process whereby our currency 10 I'M
pressed--is OF a special character and
requires great care in the mixing.
That Uncle Sam Is mighty busy
little ink mixer viii be appreciated
when it Is explained that he turns out
about two million pounds OF Ink per
year-more than six thousand POUNDS
every working day. Fourteen DUCK
cts of red ink (weighing 81 POUNDS 10
the bucket) are sent every day from
the ink factory to the press room,
where our postage stamps are reeied
OFF. Fifty buckets of green Ink are
portioned out to the pressmen VINO
work this color and an equal number
of buckets full of black ink are spread
every day upon paper that becomes
suddenly invested with high value IN
consequence. Generally speaking.
Uncle Sam puts ten pounds OF INK on
every one thousand sheets OF stamps
or currency.
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hole in the front and roll himself d.
rectly up to the enemy protected from
both rife shot and shrapnel. The de-
vice Is propelled by pushing against
the ground with one foot.
Luminous balls.
In order that the enemy may not sur
prise them at night Frenchman has
invented q special gun for discharg-
ing luminous balls which are employed
to light the battlefield at night. As
much of the actual fighting occurs aft
err dark, a number of contrivances
are in use for illuminating the theatre
OF war Searchlights of every variety
from the ponderous electric light
which sheds its light for miles to the
small portable searchlights which are
carried on the backs of the men are
in use. A young German recently
turned out a compact telephone equip
ment which can be carried by one
man. A short time later a French
inventor offered a complete telephone
equipment to the French signal corps
which could be carried about mans
waist, each article required being TT
ted into belt.
Inventive genius is at work on
continuance whereby information con-
corning the enemy may be obtained.
such as the equipping of carrier pig
cons with cameras which are set TO
take photographs at certai~ points.
clever French device for photograph
ing German positions CO lsists OF
camera attached to a kite. When the
kite reaches a given height the pho
tographs are taken automatically.
Frequently the kite Is sent up from
an automobile and In this way various
views OF the enemy's troops are taken.
The inventors have not confined
themselves to the land forces, but
have worked on invention for the
navy as we'll. The nets to catch the
submarines of the English coast are
the result OF an Englishman's crea-
tive genius. Now comes what Ii
known as Submarine chaser"--a
| ing guns of three-inch calibre. They
are about forty feet in length and
have a steering gear like an automo-
| bile. These boats are now guarding
| the British coast against submarines.
| The creative genius OF half the
world has been concentrated in an eff
| fort to make war more terrible on the
one hand and safer on the other.
Each of the belligerent nations has
given startling illustrations of the ver-
satiiity and resourcefuinass of the in-
stinct OF self-defense and seif-preser~
walton when under dire necessity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17
How Var Encourages the Inventive Genius OMAN
Some Of the Queer Articles Which Have Been
Brought Out During the Present Conflict
Cnnrright 1915 by The International Syndicate


aeroplane guns are being tried. and
one type used by the Canadian troops
with the Allies is mounted on an au-
tomobile which can be driven from
either end so as 10 allow greater hex-
ibility of movement.
The old hand grenade has come
back but in a new and more deadly
form. In the early part of the war
the Germans used a grenade with
fuse but this type was only fairly sue
cessful. for according to one OF the
soldiers. III the fuse was too short II
exploded in your hand, and IL 1t was
too long the other fellow sometimes
threw II back at you" Recently a
German inventor has perfected what
is known as mine thrower. This
instrument will throw a thin iron shell
containing over one hundred pounds
OF explosive and can be fired at a
range of four hundred yards. Failing
among soldiers or in a trench its eff
fects are very destructive. The device
works something like the ancient cat
apult.
The French, too, have a number OF
curious engines OF war. and one which
throws winged torpedo shells Is the
Invention OF a French officer. The
shell Is fastened to wooden device
with a metal spring which when
pulled back and suddenly released
sends the shell through the air. the
wings OF the she'll causing IL to keep
3 straight course. Another curious
apparatus used by the French Is
known as flare rocket. and In ap-
pearnnee II resembles a common
American Fourth OF July sky-rocket.
However. the rocket is filled with a
high explosive which does deadly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

known as the adrian helmet a
head covering which has practically
shut out head wounds. This cap was
designed by a Frenchman who suc-
ceeded In making light weight bull
let proof helmet only after many tests.
The British army wears q head COW
ering similar in construction but OF
a little different shape. Tho italians
are now adding breast plates and
shoulder pieces as well: so, after
awhile we will probably find the SOL
dier of Europe equipped in armor as
in the days OF old. The inventive
genius ek~Ihe present age has light
reducing It's protective qualities so
that the weight does not impede the
movement OF the soldier.
At present the inventors are at
work on something which is expected
to protect the eyes. It Is said that
already there are more than one hum
dred thousand blind men scattered
over the European continent as re-
suit OF the high explosives used. Huge
steel magnets are to be found IN every
field hospital on tho continent, and
with the aid OF these fragments of
shells and bullets are drawn to the
front of the eye and a smaller magnet
| Is then used to extract them.
When Napoleon declared that an
army travelled on its stomach he, of
course, referred to the feeding. but
had he lived until today he would have
discovered that many Of the British
infantrymen do actually travel on
their stomach, for a British in
ventor has perfected a sort of tor
pedo shell on wheels which permits a
man to lie on his stomach inside the
shield with his rife stuck through a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

stamps in black?" All, there's the
rub. AS matters stand. Uncle Sam has
simply got to find certain dress for
stamps OF certain denominations. II
all comes about because OF the con-
ventions of the Universal Postal
Union-the International alliance
which enables the various countries OF
the world to exchange mail and rec
ognize each others stickers as valid
fees for carriage. Under the agree
ments governing the interchange of
mail the one-cent Tor equivalent de-
nomination) stamps of all countries
must be green In color: the two-cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

OF the Stars and Stripes. but
other national colors that we
see even oftener have lately
y - been saved" by Uncle Sam.
But the authorities at Washington had
to corner" market to do 1t. just
a. bulls" have tried now and then
to corner the wheat market
Have you complained. these past
few months, that the two-c stamps
ION your letters seemed to be n pale
sickly pink instead OF the WRITE Grim.
SON to which you have been accus-
TONED? Like as not you have grum-
bled In this wise. but II you only knew
II you should have been thanking your
lucky stars that these self-same
postage stamps had any color left in
their faces. 1t is a wonder. in these
|troublous times that the famous men
who are immortalized on our postage
stamps have any compilations what
ever And what is more. II la only
by narrow squeak that the green
backs which we work so hard to coll
lect are not blackbacks nowadays.
There you have 1.-THE nation was
hit In a most unexpected quarter by
1.-THE shortage. of dyestuffs that ensueh
from the day that the war put a crimp
lin German commerce. 1t speedily
|dawned upon the American public that
LII that sort of thing went on they
would miss many dash of color in
their wearing apparel and the man on
the street remarked II when the most
|staid and conservative newspapers be-
gan TO turn yellow" but to not one
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-17

stamps ali around the world must be
red and blue Is the universal fashion
for five-cent stamps. To keep up
with the postal procession. then, Uncle
Sam simply must subscribe to this
color scheme.
The BASES of all of these coiors
are materials made only In Germany.
Ever since the outbreak of the war
Uncle Sans chemists have been hard
at work endeavoring to find satisfac-
tory substitutes of domestic origin, but
they have not yet been as successful
ms one might wish and so Uncle Sans
task of saving the colors resolved