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Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
PRISONERS ON FARMS.

Tn number of states the eNperi- ment which has been tried of en- ploying the prisoners in the construc- ton of highways and in doing other outdoor work has had successful re- suits. It has proved beneficial to the state or county and 1t has been ac- cepted by the men as a decided i'm provement over prison life.
 For that reason it is not surprising that large number of those in Sing Sing have signified their desire to work on the four prison farms of that state at Wingdale. More have ex- pressed their willingness to engage in this work than it is possible to ac- commodate but 200 have been chosen by lot from those favorably inclined and it bids fair to be demonstrated whether the Empire state can in the future enter more extensively on such plan.
 While it is probable that only g small portion of those chosen know anything about til1ing the soil, the5 can be taught in a short time to dc such work as will be required of them It does not necessarily mean that farm l work will be any easier than labor | which might be required of them in. | side prison walls, but those who have been kept in cells or even workshop: for some time are quick to appreciate 1 the opportunity to do something the chance of getting out in the opel air and the break which would thu
 be made in the monotony of prisol l existence.
 This is only one of the many move I which have been made at Sing Sing il behalf of reforms in prison conduct Others have been on trial for som
 time and this should get a thoroug | tryout to determine it's value an
 shortcomings and it is bound to b | watched with deep interest by othe states which are confronted with sim liar problems to those in New Yori
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
Bravery of Women Soldiers.

The bravery of the women soldiers who have managed toget into the Rus sian army is again strikingly reculled by the decoration bestowed upon a Russian Sister of Charity. Mile. Ivan off. and the proposed decoration of Tanja Kakourine, a girl Is years of age.
 Mile. Ivanofr. finding herself close to a company which had lost all its offi- cers, placed herself at it's head and captured a hostile trench before which the troops were hesitating. Mortally wounded, she was by imperial com mand decorated with the Cross of St. George in enamel. a distinction to which only officers are entitled.
 TanJa- girl with masculine name got into regiment in much the came circumstances and the same disguise as her mother joined a Russian com- pany in the war against Turkey in 1877. At the time her identity became known the girl was in a regiment serving in Galicia- For a long time the men had concealed her sex from the authorities. The officer discovered the truth accidentally. He wished tc take the soldier as his orderly on ac- count of his" good conduct and youth and had summoned him" to his quar- ters. He was struck by the face and the eyes; he asked questions and tho girl began by denying. but finally burst | into tears and confessed. This gir shared all the difficulties of the ser. vice and all the dangers of battle wlti | the others. Her bravery has been tn, marvel of her male companions. Sh' has a pleasing appearance. a round | face. shining with health. and look well in uniform The men protect he | by common accord and act toward her as father and mother with touch
 ing solicitude. She has just been pro posed for the cross and medal of St George.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
UNJUSTFFpED AND UNcALLED
 FOR,

Whatever may have been the pur- pose of Congressman Mann in making the remarks which he did regarding the recent address of President Will son to congress, it is but natural that there should be strong resentment of them throughout the country. His at- titude is in decided contrast to that of Senator Lodge, the minority leader in the upper house, who approved the action that the president had taken and declared that it was the right one. This is in accord with the sentiment of the country, which places patriot ism above politics.
 MT. Mann fails to consider the facts when he declares that the condemna- tion of Germany for the manner in which it has disregarded the rights of neutra1s and murdered American citizens is grossly exaggerated" He. of course, has a right to his opinion when he terms the stand taken in the note a political dodge but absolutely | unjustified and uncalled for was that thrust in which he said 'the truth is
 the president is Scotch Presbyterian
 and he hates the Dutch" Assailing the president in such a manner will | not be countenanced by the party | which he represents on the floor of 1 congress. To say the least it Is in | bad taste and will do greater harm \ to the one who uttered it than to the one of whom it was said. / l However much it may have beer
 felt that the president should have
 acted before in accordance with the
 manner which he now has, and how ever much his attitude regarding for
 eign affairs may be open to criticism 1 there is no reason for the attacl
 which Representative Mann has made
 now that the president has taken { 1 firm stand for American rights. Tht
 nation cannot be today anywhere ex' cept back of it's chief executive
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

to mean that they are entitled to their full wages, and masters will not infrequently give them these. though the money is temptation to desert which easily proves too strong. Thus either to pay or not to pay may mean costly delays. A seaman is able un- der the law to libel a. vessel on al- most any excuse. Furthermore the spirit of unrest which the act has fostered has the worst possible effect on the discipline, on board. This is a matter which is of great conse- quence, not only to shipowners, but to all who travel or send goods by sea-"
 If those who are responsible for the passage of the act are alive to the needs of the country, they should lose no time. in seeing that the bad error of judgment which was made in pass ing it should be corrected.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
RUSSIAN TROOPS IN FRANCE,

Something in the nature of a sur prise party was the announcement of the arrival of a large body of Russian troops in France for the purpose of participating in the war along the western battlefront. Suggestions have been made that the Japanese be brought into the European countries i to participate actively in the war there, but beyond the foundationless story which had been circulated last year that Russian troops had been brought to the British Isles, transport ed across Scotland and England and landed in France, such a possibility had not been intimated. Secrecy was important to their safety, the same as when Canadian troops are sent to the other side, and it was scrupulous- ly maintained.
 That the fotilla of transports came from one of the Arctic ports of Rus sia is probable. That was the most direct route that could have been taken, including a wide detour of the British isles, although it would be possible to send them by way of Vlad. Ivostolz.
 The French and General Joffrt made much of the arrival of this force
 
 with full recognition of what theil coming meant and an understanding of what services they were to per form.
 Whether the French resources O. men were at such low point as tt actually require this strengthening whether the move was made simpl. as a precaution, whether they haC been brought to carry out some neV spring move, or to put into servic, troops which could not be used else where but which if brought to Franc might hasten the end of the war vii all be determined in time, but it i evident that Russia was supplied wit a sufficient number of men to par with this body of troops without crip bling itself despite the German an Austrian activity, and it shows tha the allies are solidly united in thei cause and ready for service whereve It can be rendered.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

A good many grown-ups will see the Rhode Island Boy Scout troops on their march to the suburbs and long for the opportunity to close the desk CT lay down the tools of trade and start for the open country. But busy adults may make the opportunity for their own hike now that the days have length ened and the morning daylight hours seem liable to be wasted If the eco homie policy of the country does not dictate setting the clock ahead in sum mer in order that men shall apply themselves to their daily tasks at an earlier hour, then the morning sun shine-occasionally there is bound to be sunshine even if winter does Hrger may be used for the hike. pwellers in the beart of the city nearly always may expand the territorial limits of a morning walk by using the trolley car for the start and finish. In this way they may easily vary the locality wis ited-for variety is necessary for some people to enjoy walking. A pedestri- an cross-town route between the out ward and inward car lines may afford
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The police board euIogizes the late superintendent of police. Eugene Bir- mingham, and is preparing a suitable draft of resolutions embodying its feelings This is desirable and all very well in it's way. But a better way of showing the city's regard for the ser vices of Eugene Birmingham would be to pay to his family the pension which he would have enjoyed had he lived to be retired instead of having died at the post of duty. The police board has not the power to grant this pension. A special act of the board of aldermen would be necessary before the money could be appropriated. We have no authority to speak for the family of the late superintendent of police. and do not know what this family's atti- tude may be on the pension matter: but looking at 1t purely from the view point of the city's obligations. we be- lieve that the pension should be put into effect as promptly as possible Bridgeport Telegram
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
TONICTABLETS

ican eagle has been heard before in Mexico. Let its echo again be heard in the valleys and ravines of old Mexico.
 Let the battle line go forward 60 strong as to glitter triumphant on the hills of Mexico, and let us not stop until we rest forever upon the walls o1 Montezumas, to protect ever the priv ilege of all mankind in that ancient wilderness of the Aztecs. Let our deal old Stars and Stripes float to the breeze, clear to the Panama canal Let the flag of Yorktown and New Orleans the flag of our forefathers. shelter all Let its victorious and glorious emblem be the symbol of law and liberty. tc guard life. virtue and property of those who look to it in hope.
 J. H. CUMMINGS.
 Norwich, April IS, 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Samuel Ferguson of Hartford. Eli Whitney and Henry B. Sargent, New Haven; E. w. Morley West Hartford These are all industrial chieftains. though they are better known in the narrow circles at the top of industry than in the circles in which the indus trial armies of the state move It is noticeable that Bridgeport and Water bury are not represented. though their industries are so important to every phase of industrial preparedness and so much depended upon by the state and the rest of the country. It would
 be interesting to know If this is due to an oversight or to lack of prepared ness on the part of the nominating
 committee.-waterbu Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
SHAKE NTOY YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptic pow der to be shaken Into the shoes and
 used in the footbath. It relieves pain Iul. sMo.len- SLnAL tlng rect ana Tn stantly takes the sting out of corns and Eunions. It's the greatest comfort dis certain relief for sweating. callous and hot. tired. aching feet Sold by drug gists everywhere. 2hc. Always use it to break in new shoes. Trial package free. Address Allen s. olmsted. Le Roy.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Florida contributes one to the list of lynchings this year and 1t is interest ing to note that the feeling of the people was intensified against the al- legged murderer because the sheriff who was going to the scene of the crime lost control of his car and suf- fered broken leg,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
the required conditiOns.-PrOvidsnes prtffasfn

the required conditions.-Providsnc Bulletin
 After all swatting the fly and try ing to coax him into eternity Ey the drug route pluck off a few of his more obtrusive blossoms. but they do noth- ing vital by way of hurt to the root of the fly menace The real way to get at the fly is to clean out and clean up his winter home. Remove tbs rub bish. do away with the heaps or hlth, SCOUT out the corners of cellars, barns and outbuildings and in the homes. garner the ash piles early. Treat the net result with a liberal dose of kero- sene and you will have not only MT and Mrs Fly. but about ten million of The fly and filth are synonomous- When the one goes the other becomes extinct--Ansonira Sentinel
 Prosperity's growth has been such | tkat the railroads have been unable | to keep astride it. Isn't it feasible
 to believe, then, that prosperity's growth in the future will also outstrip l that of our railroads2 If Waterbury | is to grow, if Waterbury is to main
 tain a high position in the commer-
 cial market. her transportation facili-
 ties must be improved 100 per cent
 The growth of Bridgeport, New Haven
 and Hartford have been due to the
 fact that they have water transpor-
 tation- Waterbury Is inland, but with lock barge canal. it vii have an outlet by water. The NaugatuciE river Is running through Waterbury for e ? purpose. Nature never intended Its waters should go to waste And this l Is the golden opportunity. With . prosperity on all sides she fails to gee why the project should not receive the heartiest support of Waterbury's big business men-"-Norwalk Hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Norwich Is having its usual number of brush and grass fires, which should serve as a warning to those who start them that too much care cannot be exerted in guarding against destruc- tive results.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Eleven persons were thrown into the water by the capsizing of canoes
 at Newton, Mass, this week, which only points out the manner in which the drowning list is bound to be swelled again this summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Henry Ford says he doesn't want to be president, and there is no doubt his wish will be gratified, but 1t has been shown that he has some friends in Michigan and Nebraska
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

There are good reasons for believ- ing that the withdrawing of the United States troops would be the quickest method of bringing Villa to life
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

It is possible to gain the impression from the transfer of Russian troops to France that Germany was not able to keep busy all the men that the czar had at his disposal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

With the coming of the thunder showers it will be but a short time now before the summer cottages will be thrown open for business
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

The democrats In conference at Washington have agreed to a repeal of the free sugar clause without any strings. Gradually are they recogniz- ing the mistakes of the past.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

When there isn't any other move underway the British seem to find plenty to fight about in the cabinet.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

The man on the corner says: The American eagle giving an imitation of a crawfish would be a humiliating spectacle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

There are many religious people who do not know what spirituality Is. When they are prompted to pray they recognize spiritual influence: but when they are prompted to open the door of their hearts, to speak kindly to the oppressed, or to aid in a noble work, they might as well be a stock or a stone. A person to be spiritually alive must be alive all over and especially receptive of and responsive to the spiritual suggestions of the heart Selfish interest prompts selfish folks to pray, and to pretend to be what they are not. It Is divine love in the human heart from the Father which gives birth to spirituality, and acts prompted by love which keep alive the suDer-nature of man. Men are not lifted up by selfish practices-they only think they are. God is only with the righteous. and the righteous can- not be engaged in any unholy pur- poses.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

The new shipment of dyes which is to be permitted from Germany will get here too late to have any effect upon the Easter egg crop.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

CWritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 Reference has already been made to Capt Francis Smith, one of the brave seamen of Norwich during the early years of the last century.
 After thrilling experience of gales and near-wreck while returning from a voyage to Demerara, in April, -1s04, Capt. Smith sailed again in June. 1eav- ing Demerara on the return voyage, August 21st.
 On the 9th of September, his vessel encountered heavy gale from the south and east, which increased to a hurricane. The next day, while lying under bare poles, the brig-The liar rtet-was knocked on her beam ends and the bowsprit and foremast swept off.
 By cutting away the mairmast, the vessel lighted and the crew succeeded in rigging jury foremast and a bow spirit. But the sea running high, the vessel leaking and the spars and rig gtng all expended so that they could make no other sail, and meeting fol several days only vessels in distress the crew abandoned the wreck, taking to the boats. Fortunately, after mucf suffering. they were picked up by 8 vessel which landed them in Virginia
 The brig Ontario, owned by Jess, Brown and explained by Henry Fl. dredge, in a homeward voyage iron | Martinique was wrecked upon the Eli | zabeth Islands, March g, 1865, jus about one hundred and eleven year, | ago. The crew was saved; but t,l, vessel with it's valuable cargo of sugar cocoa and coffee was lost.
 In the loss of men from marine pur suits, the town of Norwich sufferet less than did New London and som other ports. Still, the list of a singl year, that of 1905, as gathered by Mis- Caulkins, is quite long and sad enough
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Washington has announced the in- dustrial preparedness board of Ameri- can citizens and the Connecticut mem bers are found to be H. R. Buck and
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22
Sunday Morning Talk
PASSING OUT OF THE SHADOW.

At few points have the thoughts of modern men shown more encouraging gain than in their convictions regard ing life beyond the grave. Progress is apparent to anyone who makes study of this supreme human concern. It is good to behold the thinkers of the race growing less pagan and more Christian in their conclusions.
 Although immortality has been an age-long expectation, it has not all ways been one of large attractiveness Few of us would care greatly for i'm mortality, if our conception of it were of no higher type than that of some of our predecessors. Classical Greek thought for example, pictured the world beyond simply as the gloomy abode of the dead, a barren region where pale ghosts fitted about aim lessly.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

increasing in New England for sew eral years and are pretty regularly 1T evidence every winter.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

One comprehends the fabIed remark of Achilles that he had rather be a ser want in this pleasant world of light and flowers than reign as king among the dead. Even Socrates and Plato, noble and enlightened spirits both, discuss the life beyond. A continua- ton of existence, they hold, is prob able, but is hardly prize to be grasped at.
 The fog bank in which even some of the best of the Old Testament worth les walked is illustrated in the sick bed psalm of King Hezeliah- 'I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am de- prived of the residue of my years. shall not see the Lord, even the Lord in the land of the living: I shall be- hold no man no more with the inhahi- | tantS of the world. For tho grave cannot praise thee, death | cannot celebrate three: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy | truth
 If any gleam of hope remains in g melancholy outlook like that, 1t is surely not bright enough to serve as g | beacon. No one cares for mere exist ence in some limbo of departed spirits | Thousands of dwellers in our mod ern world have slight enthusiasm fol | an immortality that promises naugh did conditions with which they art familiar in the present. What inter est can peasants in bleeding Poland | ruined Belgium or outraged Armenia take in another world in which tn, poverty and suffering of this one ar, to be endlessly repeated?
 Only in the Christian atmosphere d. we emerge from fog into sunshine. Tn Gospel promises us not only a contin uance of life, but of life that is wortl while. Easter, in the Christian church celebrates not alone immortality which, in itself considered, may be al uninspiring prospect, but a sort O immortality that is worth striving fol It promises the ongoing traveller resur rection, fulfilment of his highest long ings, increase of his best attainment!
 unceasing progress from strength t
 strength.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Easter day contains great prophecy and a great promise. It predicts for man an ultimate passing out of shadow into light, out of littleness into great ness, out of deate into victor. Eye hath not seen nor ear heard the things that God hath prepared for them that love him."
 Said James Drummond Burns in his last mortal hour, T have been dying for 20 years. Now I am going to live.'
 Said Victor Hugo: The tomb is not blind valley. It is a thoroughfare. It closes in the twilight to open in the dawn"
 Such words are like the glow o1 sunrise on mountain peaks. One eel ebrates such a hope with Solmen joy and calls on himself to be worthy o1 it.
 Build thee more stately mansions, my soul, As the swift seasons roll. Leave thy low vaulted past. Let each new temple, nobler than Cht last,
 Shut thee from heaven with a domI more vast,
 Till thou at length art free:
 Leaving thine outgrown shell by life! unresting sea- | THE PARSON. -
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

During the war when it finally came, the O. H. Perry, 267 tons, the Mar mion and other private schooners were built at West Chelsea-now the West Side.
 A few years later. Norwich men be- came interested in the whaling indus try and several whaling ships were built at the local yards. ! Their fate and fortunes were highly interesting, as far as we can learn oi them now from the rather meagre rec ords of that time. THE DICTAGRAPH.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-22

Exceptional sights are granted only
 to those who watch out. It Is for
 those who zealously devote themselves
 to the study of nature who find rare
 minerals or plants or see rare birds or wonderful phenomena Those who reed the birds have a rare opportunity
 when all nature is snowbound to make
 close observations Of their plumage | and their manners. Those who have
 fed the birds hereabouts have had an excellent chance to get a close view of the starlings and to note the beauty | and variableness of their plumage and
 the size of the f1oci1s. It is not more | than ten years since these birds first appeared in Norwich and now they are the most numerous of all our win ter birds except the English sparrows; | and one citizen had at his feeding
 place six winter grosbeaks for two
 days. a rare treat for any observer These pretty winter visitors have beer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

This is distinctive showing of these fall models
In dresses, forming collection that you cannot af-
ford to miss; will find the plain French serge
Dress you may select from beautiful lot of COM
bnation dresses, all the newest models included and
will not find at $3.50 any other place dresses as
good these.