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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
OUR DEPENDENCE AGAIN
 SHOWN UP,

A matter of no little importance is handled in the news which comes from England to the effect that, in the na- tionalizing of it's shipping, Great Brit ain plans to arm all ships and that under the plan of Lloyd George the big liners are to dock on this side of the ocean at Halifax instead of New York. Their cargoes will have to be transported in smaller vessels at no slight expense but that is the only solution of the present situation.
 Great Britain has been losing so many vessels from submarine attacks, which it Is promised will be increased instead of showing any let up for the Germans understand what effect it Is having upon the allies. that 1t con- siders it cannot longer permit them to go without means of defense and probably offense for most of them now carry the smaller guns for the pur- pose of defending themselves in case of attack, and 1t Is fully aware of the fact that vessels armed in the man. ner which 1t plans will not be per- mitted to make use of our harbors The scheme of having them ply be- tween British ports is therefore go- ing to be resorted to.
 This means of course that this country must rely upon It's own ves- sels for means of communication be- tween this country and Europe and this emphasizes again the need of a much larger merchant marine here, the four large liners which the American line Is to build being needed even now. It is another instance where we have been placing too much dependence upon others, even as we have been for dyestuffs, for coaling stations to our own possessions and for many other things which we ought to pro- duce or develop for ourselves, and which we would with the proper en- couragement.
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English people. He is represented as a bluff, corpulent, inrascible old fel- low, clad in leather brooches and top boots and carrying a stout oaken cud- gel The nickname is derived from Dr., Arbuthnots satire. entitled, The His tory of Bull, a political slxit on the subject of the Spanish succession, first published in 1712, and afterward re- printed complete in Pope's Miscellany in 172S.
 Abuthnot thus describes Jonn Bull:
 Tn the main he was an honest, rlain dealing fellow, choleric, bold and of very inconstant temper. Very apt to quarrel with his best friends, es- pecially if they pretended to govern him If you fattered him you might lead him as child"
 But with less distinction is Uncle the tutelary genius of the United States. The phrase Uncle Sam arose during the War of 1872. An army contractor named Ebert Anderson had a store yard at a small town on the Hudson. A government inspector named Samuel Wilson, who was a1- ways called Uncle Sam, superintended the examination of the supplies, and when they were passed each cack, box or package was marked "E. A-U. S." the initials of the contractor and of the United States. The man whose duty it was to mark the casks, being asked what the letters meant, replied that they stood for Flbert Anderson and Uncle Sam.
 The story was retold, printed and spread throughout the Army and the country.-From the Kansas City Star.
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continues to be felt even after the capture of Bucharest and the secur- ing of other important cities to the east Whatever effort has been made to resist the onrlsh of the Teutons has been unsuccessful and the re. treating forces have not as yet been brought to a point where 8 stand can be made against the enemy.
 That the most of the Russo-Ru- mania army has been withdrawn from Dobrudja is indicated by the Petro- grad announcement to the effect that only rear guard detachments are giv- ing battle to the invaders, but as yet there is no evidence that the Teutons and Bulgarfans have had their strength greatly diminished by the withdrawal of any considerable part of the forces for services elsewhere. It was anticipated that the capture of Bucharest and the other cities in that section of Rumania would re- lease many troops for operations elsewhere, possibly on the Macedon- ian front, but if this has taken place the Rumanians are not feeling the ef- fects of it and it has not been the means of driving back the Serbs and French.
 Rather does it appear to be the ob- ject of the Teuton generals to drive the Russo Runnanians out of Runania entirely and get the benefit of flank movement against the larger forces of the Russians to the north. but whatever their purpose they are nak- ing the most of their victory in Ru- mania. Certainly they are not letting up on any advantage they have ob- tained
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"Hoohoo!"

'Hoohoo!" Redmond stepped inside the door. slipped out of his coat, rung it on it's hook and turned expectantly toward the living room. His face clouded slightly as no reply in kind disturbed the silence of the house.
 'Oh, John, is it your" Mrs. Red- mond hurried nervously down the
 Where is my Pattyq" John de-
 Patty? Come in here." Mrs. Red mond lowered her voice, "and I'll tell you.''
 She's not stick?'
 'No, she cried herself to sleep Mer Redmond sighed. Her face look ed white and tired. Poor baby. Her angora kitten you know, John. We'll Katie can't bear cats and shut it in the basement. Baby forgot all about it and it starved. She is heart brok- en- Sobs and sobs in her sleep"
 "Too badi" Redmond's mouth set.
 'fWhere on earth are my slippers? ?" he added, poking behind the entry door. They are not here. Grace"
 Why no, dear! Katie won't pick up after the family, so after this you will have to go upstairs to change, Pm afraid"
 in her husbands face, Mrs. Redmond added: T know. know, John. But she is such good cook! Remember CaIlie and Maggie and-'
 Antoinette," added her husband, laughing at the mental picture pro-
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ernment at Bucharest, and through which, according to reports from Der lin, they are now being foccei back into their own territory, is the sub the National Geographic Society which gives the following data:
 Of the several important gateways through the Translyvanian Alps, noy playing so vital a part in the war be- tween Rumania and Austria Hungary, none is more pictureque than that which follows the valley of the north ward flowing Tomos almost to the boundary line, then follows the mean dering course of the Pranoya, which flows south. The railroad from Bud apest to Bucharest via k-cnstade mountains, and enters the Tomcs Valley only three and a half miles be- yond Kronstadt, the Transvivanian city which has been a storm center Of recent operations. AS 1t follows the rivers depression toward the Ruman- ian frontier, it runs below lofty spur of the mountains called Unter- TomoS,%on the crest of which stands a eimple shaft erected to the Hungarian patriots who lost their lives in re = sisting the advance of Russian army in the war of 1849. The shat bears an inscription to The members Of the Hungarian Engineer and Architect
 
 of the Fatherland.'
 "At the southern end of the Tomos Pass, which has an elevation of S.320 feet, is the Rumanian frontier station of Predeal, IS 1-2 miles south If Kronstadt. From this point the road takes advantage of the Prahova Vnl- ley, a gorge of great beauty.
 Just to the south of Pred al is the superb gorge of Hirschthal m which there is spring whose wate s are conveyed by pipes to the mineral baths of Sinaia, the fashionable Ru- manian resort and summer residence of the king.
 "A few miles down the Prahova Valley is the thriving village of Bus teni where sawmills and pape- mills are located.
 ''The distance by rail from Ton.s Thirty miles below the pass is Cam pima, city which would be } wealthy prize for an invading Hungaria7 army for here are located the richest oil wells in Rumania and it is t.e center of the country's petroleum industry, ment of foreign capital. The annual output of these wells is more than a million tons a year. Beyond Cam pima lie the fertil plains oe Walla- chia-
 "Reverting to Kronstadt. an inter esting legend is told concerning 'he origin of the city's name. The old town hall is supposed to stand on the spot where golden crown was found in the stump oN a tree in 1204. The royal emblem was believed to have remained hiden here for more than a hundred years. It was indentified as having belonged to King Solomon of Hungary who concealed 1t lest it fall into the hands of the pursui lg Bull garians. Hence the name, Kron Stadt".
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WHAT IT IS COSTING THE BRIT
 ISH.

The financial ability of the nations gle is one of the big problems which they face. It takes money as we'll as men to keep on fighting. yet from the statements which are made it would appear that some of them consider that they can furnish both indefinitely.
 Most of the nations of Europe were carrying huge debts before the war opened but they will be as nothing compared to what can be expected after the terms of peace are settled upon, and that outlook only indicates what can be expected in the way of taxation for a long term of years to come.
 At the present time Great Britain is paying out daily $27,000,00o and that is but what several of the big countries are matching but there Is no thought being given to the debt which is resulting as a grounds for the declaration of peace. Rather is there the boast made that the credit of Great Britain is by no means i'm paired even though it has been bear Ing no small part of the financial bur- den of some of its allies.
 But how rapidly Great Britain has been SpendlnS money IS indicated Dy the statement that by next. March it will have a national debt of $1s.000,- 000,oGO, over six times the national debt of this country after the Civil war, and that, while being the cost to one Of the big powers. does not in it. self represent all that it has spent for the war for in addition thereto the national income has been turned in towards expenses. It nevertheless represents a tidy sum and it win be long time before it will be wiped out.
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ing and that they raised from 30 to 70 pigs 1000 bushels Of potatoes 1,500 bushels of corn and a score of head of cattle, besodes which wood lots were bought and wood cut for family use and sold.
 What Windham county has been doing for years other counties can do and when the counties begin to pro- vide pigs in large numbers they will develop a pig market and farmers Board of Agriculture will present it's views and the Windham county ac- complishment to the various boards Of county commissioners, 1t may help not only in the solution of the prob lem of more swine, but also in the ally county commissioners who profess to be unable to remedy bad conditions in Jails for want of authority should be interested in reading what other officials have done.-Hartford Post.
 The British director of munitions and overseas transport has appealed to his countrymen to abolish after noon tea. no doubt giving the English mind a severe shock. Thought af.er- noon tea may be described as almost a sacred institution among the Brit ish, good sense would seem to dictate it's abolition during a period of food shortage. Anyhow, why should pee pie want to stuff themselves with bread and butter, cake and tea as 5 o'clock if they are assured of three other satisfactory meals a day? Ex- cept as a purely social function, such an institution would appear to be quite useless.-Torrington Register.
 The health authorities have large powers. They can do about what they think ought to be done to p1o- tect the public health. Such great powers carry heavy responsibilities. In other cities, where there is as yet no smallpox, we notice they are taking precautionary action, in the matter Of vaccination, more drastic than is be- <ing taken here with an epidemic threatening. It Is no time to ask peo- pie politely if they won't please be vaccinated. Those to whom that would appeal are probably vaccinated all ready. The danger comes from those who don't think or don't know and who have to be taken care of. Wa terbury American.
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TIME TO PRACTICE ECONOMY.

There is no doubt but what there are plenty of ways in which this gov ernment might spend all the money that could be poured into it's treasury through taxes, bond issues and tariffs, if it went ahead without regard to the matter of expense and gave no thought whatever to economy. There are demands which are made at every session of the congress which have to be turned down because the funds are not available to meet the cost. There are other things which are more i'm portant although the present deficit of $180, 100000 shows that there have been large expenditures made when they might just as we'll, as far as necessity was concerned, have been delayed until such a time as the f. nances of the government were In bet ter shape.
 Yet despite the fact that there is a. substantial deficit, where only few years ago there was a surplus, and the additional fact that by another year the hole in the treasury is ex- pected to be increased to over a quar- ter of a billion. there are new recom- mendations being constantly made such as the plea for the construction oA Wdter aIfu ScWST SySacHS III tAS national parks. These parks are mag nificent beauty spots, which are stead fly being developed and appreciated, but the idea of making large outlays on them for such a purpose at this time Is as out of place as the idea of constructing costly public buildings in villages of a thousand or so popu- lation where the yearly rental of buildings at the present time doesn't amount to over $50 month. and fin many cases not that. This country has not got to the point where 1t can overlook economy and it is perfectly evident that there are many instances where increased attention ought to be given to this very point. ~
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
THE CASE OF FKATE

duced by the names of the e0-cooks.
 Exactly" smiled Mrs. Redmond, with a slight shudder. She had dis covered the last cook. a big brunette girl. surreptitiously slipping the the evening. Wien questioned, Antoinette explained amiably that she was going down on Indian avenue, mum, "an 1T any tough pusson so much as looked at her she'd cahve him up."
 what do you say7'' suggested Red- mond, listening to the sound of the window panss. Its just the night for one."
 Mrs. Redmond hesitated. I'm afraid Katie won't like it, John" = 'is this house run for the convenience of the family or of the cook ?"
 Dinner Is served" announced the red haired, freclkle faced bone of con- tention.
 Redmond subsided into his chair.
 Where is Robert?" he wanted to know. Seems to me he is always late to meals"
 The soup was steaming hot and the crutons crisp and delicate1y brown As the well cooked, well served meal proceeded Redmond's silence ceased to seem ominous and Mrs. Redmond be- came aware that it was changing slowly changing to the quiet content ment of the well fed man. She smiled to herself. Katie was an excellent cook-there was no doubt about 1t.
 After supper Redmond dreaw his easy chair out from the wall up be- side the lamp lighted table. The telephone at his elbow tangled noisily. It was their boy Robert calling. He was at Freds. Have Fred come over here, son." said Redmond. What's that? I see, I see! Hun4"
 r. fully. Still lost in thought, he un- folded the evening paper and spread 1t on his knee. His gaze roved slowly and critically around the room.
 It was along room, done in pleas ant greens and grays, but the chairs many automobiles; the books and magazines on the polished table were stacked in precise little piles. Every thing was painfully clean and neat The whole place reminded him of a dentists waiting room.
 He heard his wife descending the stairs. Patty still asleep?" he asked. That's good. Bob just called up. Thought he would stay at Eldridges- he was there for dinner"
 Then, as the thundrec1oud gathered
 ''Why doesn't he bring Freddie and
 "I did suggest it," returned her husband, but he-er-preferred to stay there" He moved slowly toward the hall
 T think. if you don't mind. I'll run downtown, my dear. I'm out of ci- gars." He sliped into his coat. Williams said he'd see me at the club for a minute. Grace why, Graee-why. Grace!"
 By the time he reached his wife and had her in his arms she was in tears.
 When Bob came home he stared open mouthed at the unsettled room. The fire burned low in the grate, cast ing a glow over books left where they had fallen, cards were scattered over the table top, one or two even defacing that immaculate floor.
 He whistled. What will Katie say?" he demanded, wagging an accusatory finger at his mother.
 Redmond answered: Your mother and I have decided, son, that Katie will have to like it. If she doesn't like .it| think she will stay, how ever"
 Sure she will stay" asserted Bob. She's had you buffaloed, that's all!" Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
THE CHINESE LOAN.

Much serious consideration must be given to the request that the United States join with Great Britain, France, Russia and Japan in furnish ing a reorganization loan to the ex- tent of $50.000, 900 for China. It wasn't so long ago that a similar request was made. There was a disposition in this country to participate therein but 1t was frowned upon at Washing ton and this country failed to con- tinue the policy of dollar diplomacy.
 Important changes have taken place since then in China. Whether the open door there stands less ajar than 1t did will in time be demonstrated but it is evident that Japan has and is exerting an influence in the new re- public which is by no means small Regardless of that. however, and with full remembrance of the failure on the part of this country to go in on the six power loan. the opportunity is now renewed to be one of five, and it in- dicates 0 disposition to not only se- cure the cooperation of the United States but to give it a. chance to have something to say in regard to the part which it will play in the future In the far east.
 The new proposition must therefore be fully considered. There is no pledge to be kept or broken in this instance. but it Is a question whether we can wisely turn 1t down second time. There is apparently a determi- nation to forget the past action of this government and allow it to re- consider and at the same time to per- init 1t to join with the others in look ing out for its own interests in China The Invitation now is even more i'm portant than on. the previous occa- sion.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
HOW UNCLE SAM GOT HIS NAME. Nearly Every Nation Has Been Given
 Some Familiar Designation.

A nickname is not always applied to person, but sometimes to nations In fact, nearly every nation has some sort of nickname. Two of the most important ones are England and the United States.
 For many generations England has been nicknamed John Bull. John Bull means beefy, brawny and obstinare. It is a popular personifcation of the
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A Good EpitapE1.

'tHe loved mortals. He loved to be with them. He loved their laughter and revered their sorrows. One al- ways felt little better after an hour with him." We glean this from a tri- bute to a man who died the other day at 30. Does anyone ask a better epi- taph ?-Milwaukee Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
SACRIFICING NO ADVANTAGES.

When and where the Russian-Ru- manian retreat is going to stop is not indicated in the reports which come of the operations of Mackensen's forces. The heavy pressure which
 the combined armies of Generals Maclensen and Falkenhayn exerted upon the Rumanians and their ally
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All England cannot help but hope that the new offensive which has been opened on the Tigris will be more successful than the one which pre- ceded it.
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The capacity of clothesIine is doubled by a new device that strad- dies the line and provides two pieces of wire to which clothes can be fas- tened.
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The allies do not appear to be so impressed by the presidents note that they are putting aside all other bus mess to prepare their answer.
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London is to discontinue all ship ping reports. Probably that country has gotten tired of giving informa- tion/ to the enemy.
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The government Investigation fails to show that old General High Cost of Living has been either fianked or routed.
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Four new larga steamships ara to be added to the American line. This has been decided upon as the reeult of the war, but 1t would hars come soenerS and been looked upon with greater satisfaction had there been. favorable leg.sIatfon.
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CarranZa isn't strengthening his cause one iota by the stand which he is taking relative to the agreement reached by the Mexfoan-Amertcan commission.
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The man on the corner says: Too many men seem to think they have a right to neglect their families just to give the devil his due.
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Now that resident of Chicago has been found drunk from gasoline, the wonder will be what speed he was making.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

We'll, even though you did get a half dozen of the same thing, there will be lot who can extend sympathy.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The New York papers have car ried, during the last week, interest ing accounts of a clerk employed by a large New York firm for the mod est salary of $25 week, but who had been able to steal approximately S100,o from the company within the short period of two years. The discovery of the enbeZzlement sug- gests the exploits of the hero of a detective story, inasnuch as it ap- peared coincfdent with the discovery by some official of the firm that this clerk was wearing $1o shirts.
 This led the official to investigate further and, when he found that the young clerks living expenses were $5,090 a month, and that his salary continued at $25 week he felt that something suspicious was connected with that young mans career. Thus i. was that he discovered that the clerk had taken $100,000 from the firm within two years. Efficiency methods must be applied to the limit by this corporation if it is enabled to find a leak of this magnitude within the short space of two years. Evi- dently the clerk was not a full fiedged criminal or he would have taken tine corporations entire bank account and the safe along with 1t. - Hart ford Courant.
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Now comes the raisers of corn and manufacturers of corn food telling us that here is the cure of the high cost of living. Corn is king. An article in the New York Evening Mail Is be- ing widely circulated in order to edu- cate the people up to an understand ing of the value of corn as a food at just this time when everything else is high. and corn is nearly at the old price. The article tells us that not only utility but patriotism should give American in origin, having been given to us by the Indians with those other blessing sometimes, as corn is-and potatoes and tobacco. The article tells us also that in food value 1t is equal, if not superior, to wheat, eggs and steak and cheese and most fruit and many vegetables.
 The trouble is that we are not very familiar with it. Enormous Quanti- ties of 1t are consumed to be sure put it isn't an every day taken for grant ed regular course thing. The writt.r gives the West and South credit for an appreciation of corn which the East has not He advises the East to South knows 1t with corn bread, corn pone, corn meal mush, hominy,
 The suggestion sounds good. It is offered to us partly for our own good, partly so that our demand will put up the price for the benefit of the raiser and manufacturer. That will be the result as soon as we get to substituting corn, for the things that are higher Then corn will go up and that will make up appreciate it all the more Waterbury American.