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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-30

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 Some people think a mans best friend is money, but Robert Colyer called attention to the fact "Man's s best friends are his ten fingers, Those who have lost them do not have to be told why. They are the indus trious members Of the body which re- spond to the brain in all the mani fold needs for comfort and success. Perhaps you have never thought that all useful things are first conceived of by the mind, and then given ma terial form by the fingers. They have produced all the instruments for the promotion of the comfort, the inter ests and the pleasures of man. They have made not only everything which produces money but the money itself. The ten fingers represent us as noth- ing else upon earth can They have found positions for men in the bank ing houses and the 5penitentiary. Through them we may manifest our skill or our character, or our bone headedness. They are our best friends if we do not make them our worst enemies, which thousands of thought less people do. These ten best friends of ours created husbandry and indus try of every kind, and made and pre- served the Scriptures upon which are founded our spiritual hopes.
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ridiculous but is also ludicrous. With a modern vault nearly completed. in which to keep the town records, with an office fitted to transact town bus. mess accessible from all parts of the town there is no desire from anyone to change its present location and to my mind it is too weak an argument to make further comment on.
 AS regards the Leavens incident, as yet am unable to find single per- son in the Second voting district who has heard anyone say that "Mr. Leav- ems was to be removed if MT. Gilbert was elected" In all justice to every one of the board of selectmen. I will say that there has never been a sim gle word said relative to discharging MT, Leavens from the town farm.
 MT. Tucker, my neighbor, remote from the populous business portion of the town and not easily accessible" also says: Tt is. said that the only member of the board who opposed MT Leavens- was the candidate at present opposed to MT. Gilbert" So far as I am concerned in the matter any such statement is utterly false and I most emphatically deny any such assertion.
 When I was elected to the board of selectmen last October one of the first business transactions on the board was the division of the highways. MT. Young being elected first selectman took as his portion of the highways the borough of Danielson, the road leading from Danielson to the Rhode Island line at Little Rest" so-called, and all roads south to the P1ainfield line.
 MT. Gilbert asked me to take the balance of the highways as he didn't care for them. As g. matter of fact I took the balance of the highways with the exception of approximately eight miles. My mileage of highways to look after and keep in repair has been approximately 100 miles. I have personally superintended the work. having men at work in different parts of the town at the same time. In view of the fact that some com ment has been made in regard to my personal services being more than MT Young's or Gilbert's I can only say that I have given my time and best efforts in the interest of the town and feel that they are just.
 In conclusion I wish to thank the voters of the town of Killingly fol their loyal support in the past an6 should I be re-elected to the board or Monday. Oct. 2. shall. as heretofore ] work. for the best interests of the town and hope to merit the conf. dence you have placed in me. A.. D. SAYLES. Danielson, Sept. 29. 1916. 1
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POLITICAL
A Philadelphia Legal View.

Phiia-J. Lowering Jones, a promin- ent member of the Phila delphia bar, says: '"The auracity of the four broth erhoods should be met by indignant and conclusive action by every citi- zen.
 Labor has already been given class legislation in a way that constitutes a blow at democracy. I believe the principal now enumerated in legisla- ton is unconstitutional and suhversive of rights of the general citizens. It it a step in behalf of organizations and restraint of trade, distinctly beyond
 any present legislation. It virtually declares especial rights of a violent and c1amorous group Of workmen, by compulsory enactment, beyond the av- craze paid anybody else for work of equivalent value. It makes the four hundred thousand the favorites of a doctrinaire and autocratic President. Of all the reckless legislation ever proposed in a free country, this is the most dishonorable example.
 ''What liberty, or fraternity or equality n is. represented in, this situa- ton on behalf of the four brother
 hoods? Why not, tomorrow, extend the same law to every worker serving g in combinations of capital of a quasi public nature? Why not make a scale of wages in the banks, under direction of the comptroller of the currency; on the interurban railways, on all steam ships engaged in iIEerstate commerce. Tt is possible. by spacious ingenu- ity, to embrace in interstate ecorn- merce, or attempt to do it, all trade transactions which touch transporta- tion of products from one state to an- other. The President, as a specialist as to what compensation should be. has declared himself competent to deal with an advance of wages of 25 per cent. Why not develop a propaganda which would permit exploitation of his views In extending such social the ory to all classes of labor?'' A. H. Carver, a Philadelphia attor- ney and an authority on constitutional law, says: There is nothing inner ently unconstitutional in an 8-hour law. The ground on which the prob able unconseitutiona1ity will be urged will be that the law is confscatory." Edward V. Kane of Edward V. Kane
 & Co.,. says: 'FWhy not nine hours pay for seven hours work; or eight hours pay for six hours work? Why not ten eggs for a dozen; one and a half pints for a quart; 1900 pounds for a ton; ten inches for a foot? This may sound like reductio ad absurdun i; nevertheless. it in principle applies to MT. Wilson's idea of justice when seeking Q second term. The last word l will not be said until Congress has en- acted law making it compulsory to settle labor disputes by arbitration."- Boston News Bureau.
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THE FIGHT IN THE DosRupJA.

There is a conspicuous 1ul1 in the
 operations of the Teutonic forces un- der General Mackensen, the famous leader of drives.4 in the Dobrudja To
 the surprise of the Rumanians he
 threw a large army into that Rurnan-
 ian province bordering the Black sea which had been secured from Bull
 garia as a recompense for it's neutral
 ity during the Balkan war. He made
 such progress that it became appar-
 ent that unless more determined re-
 sistance was given he. would become
 serious menace. The Rumanians
 were not able to stop his offensive
 and 1t was necessary to fall back un-
 til reinforcement could be brought up Little definite is obtainable regard ing the operations in that quarter but from the character of the despatches of late from both sides it is apparent that the Rumanians have received the help which they expected from Rus-
 sia and there is nothing in the claims of the Teutons to offset the report from Bucharest that a decisive vie-
 tory has been secured over the Mack
 ensen army. Certainly their advance has been stopped and the resistance which is being offered by the Ruman- ian Russian forces appears to be suf- ficient to check further advance if not the inauguration of a movement to drive the German, Bulgarian and Turkish army back into Bulgaria Such an offensive has been expected from a time long before Rumania act
 ually entered the war, and while the efforts of King Ferdinand's country has been devoted chiefly to the in- vasion of Pennsylvania, it appears to have the situation in hand now SC that it can strike back in the De- brudja when the time is considered ripe.
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STORIES OF THE WAR
combIes a charnaI House.

Tt was not village the Allies as- saulted-it was a fortress" says a French correspondent at the front, in describing the taking of Comblee.
 When it was captured" the cor respondent adds, 'it was chaInel house. What remained of the garri- son of two battaIions fought furiously, and every corner of the town was the theatre for murderous combats. NO ground was yielded. Every inch of it was conquered.
 "The ruins of a church changed hands three times during the 20 min- utes it took the French and British, after they had formed junction and closed a ring around the town, to re- duce the last stronghold, the fall of which was saluted with enthusiastic cheering by the troops. It was then impossible to take two steps without encountering dead.
 ''In cellars and dugouts dead and wounded lay mingled by the hundreds and it is certain that the Allies did not take greater number of prisoners
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MUST BE A DECISIVE VICTORY.

When Lloyd George declares that there is no end of the war in sight, that Great Britain is to fight to a knockout and that Great Britain would resent any peace talk from the United States as taking sides. it rep resents only the attitude that has been taken by that, country. and in fact all those at war, right along.
 It has been frequently asserted that no meddling is isswanted and it can be appreciated that any action which would look to the securing of favors for one side as against another, and which would simply mean delay in the settlement ofSthe quarrel. instead of fighting 1t out to a finish now, is not welcomed.
 Everyone would. like to see peace declared but 1t is equally important that it should be permanent, and 1t must be recognized that peace talk that is pro-Gernan is as much out of place when the entente appears to have the upper hand as it-would have been to have launched it fin behalf of Ehe allies when Germany was gaining bn all fronts, and walking through the allied defenses almost at. will.
 There are grave questions which need to be settled and that cannot be Hone for. the good of all concerned in ! half way manner. As much as the b war is regretted 1t must go to it's ogfca1 conclusion and that is 8 de- sisive victory for one side.
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During his tour of the middle west Fand while speaking in Toledo, several of the hecklers fired this question at MT. Hughes. How about the Danbury Matters case?" That was manifestly entirely out of place. In rendering his decision in that matter with the other members of the court he was passing upon the law which governed in that Case. z=@=. ----.-
 Had those same hecklers been anxious to ascertain his position rela7 tive to labor. or his record as a au- manist, they could have been satisfied if they had turned to his record of ac- complishment while he was governor of New York. or they could have even secured their answer from his action which on the supreme court bench when called on to pass on the legality of legislation adopted througnout the country.
 Justice Hughes wrote the opinion when the United States supreme court upheld the Illinois child labor law.
 Justice Hughes wrote the opinion b when the supreme court of the United e. States upheld the pure food law of Illinois prohibiting the sale of food preservatives containing adulteration Justice Hughes wrote the opinion when the supreme court of the United States upheld the California eight hour law for women.
 Justice Hughes wrote the opinion when the United States supreme court se upheld the Iowa law prohibiting rail- roads from making contracts with their employees limiting the right to | srecover damages. in advance of the injuries received.
 Justice Hughes wrote the opinion ez when the United States supreme court held unconstitutional the labor con- tract law of Alabama which in effect made the failure to perform contracts of labor crime.
 And in the case of Leo Frank of Georgia, Justice Hughes with Justice Holmes favored the application for a writ of habeas corpus. saying Tt is s. our duty to act. now and to de- clare lynch law as little valid when practiced by a regularly drawn jury as when administered by one elected by mob intent upon death.
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SHOULD BE NO REPEATS.

Following closely upon the horrible Spectacle which was presented by the eitiEens Of Lima. O.. in their tortur- Ing, threatening with hanging and in turing of the sheriff, in addition to which his household was so terrified hat sick child subsequently died. Sn because the official refused to re- z leal the location of prisoner who 2 SAs wanted for lynching bee. there
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THE DAYS OF HIGH LIVING

worn upon the head, surmounting a high urban of gauge or muslin, raised on wire and adorned also with rib |ons.
 The wits of the time called these young fashionables the feathered race" accusing them of having their heads 'martialzied and cockatooed."
 A rhymester of the Norwich of that day, describing his imaginary love as a lady of fashion, writes of her: .~ I mean she should wear
 A crape cushion for hair; wish she might spell,
 And read pretty well. That my billet she may not mistake:
 And the skin of my deag Be as smooth and as clear As chalk eating can cleverly make.
 In Norwich paper of f7e0, the fashionable calas1l and cushion are thus ridiculed:
 Hail, great Calash! overwhelming veil.
 By all-indulgent heaven, To swallow nymphs and maidens stale
 In sportive kindness given. Safe hid beneath thy circling sphere, Unseen by mortal eyes, The mingled heap of oil and hair
 And wool and powder lies.
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because the garrison was virtually annihilated in the assault and the previous shellings. Many of the deaths seemed to date back few days.
 ''The jubilation of tho soldiers over this victory communicated itself to the first time satisfaction for the success took the form of celebrations. The ci- williams feasted the troops, organized impromptu concerts, sang the national hymns of the Allies and acclaimed the vctors of Combles and Thiepva1."
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KiIIineIy Town Affairs

MT. Editor: In an editorial of the Windham County Transcript the fol- lowing appears:
 For the first time in the history of the, town the attempt is being made to move the office of first selectman from the populous business partion of the town to a place remote from the center of population and not easily accessible"
 Such a statement coming as it does from our learned editor is not only
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Briton travelling in this country has been surprised at the tolerance here of the English sparrow and nat urally has written to the newspapers about it. He has seen a good deal of this country and is convinced that the scarcity of song birds here is due in great part to the number of spar rows. Some Americans are just as fa- niliar with the fact as he can be, but none has succeeded in rousing feeling against the sparrows to a very eff1- cient working standard. = Hartford Times.
 The statement that straw votes show a number of secessions in the solid south from the Wilson support, such straw votes being taken by means of coupons in monthly maga- zines. the paramount issue being the presidents surrender to the four brotherhoods, is something to have been anticipated. Manliness has not died out in the south, although at times it seems be near death. But whether such secessions will make any appreciable dent on the political solidarity of the solid south is very
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 Reference has been made to that were censured by the straight-1aced for their extravagance in dressing.
 But the loquactous sex did not have .npnopoly of gay apparel or vain adornment. r.
 History tells that before the Revo- lution, wigs full and curled, for clergymen and other dgnataries, white and powdered, red cloaRs or ribbon at the knee and in the shoes, were worn by gentlemen.
 Even young boys were often array ed in cooked hats, and small clothes with knee buckles.
 On ceremonious occasions, if wigs were not worn, men had their ha1r "craped"-c-imped as we say now, curled and powdered by barbers. A full dress for gentlemen was mostly or silver lace. the waistcoat often richly embroidered @
 As to the hair dressing of she ladies of that tirne, cushions stuffed with hair and covered with silk were used in dressing the head, the hair being carefully combed over the cusion. This mode of dressing the hair made Q calash necessary, instead. of an or large and wide, a vast receptacle for wind, and an awkward article of at tire, we are told, often shrouding in it's depth a health beaming face, needing no other ornament than its own good-natured smile"
 At one period, feathers were much
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If the Germans have any old fur. niture or war relics in Rapaume ol Peronne which they want to retain it might be well for them to commence to move them out.
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The man on the corner says: If we cleared up tomorrow's list of things to do. there would still be plenty for the day following.
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The season of the year is approach
 ing when everyone is liable to look upon each chestnut tree as a com
 munity affair.
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The American-Mexfcan commission has abandoned Groton for Atlantic City. Possibly it is looking for a place that will inspire more speed.
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It appears to be a case of throwing out the life line with King Constan- tine of Greece.
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When Austria says it does not want to stop. it ought to make 1t plain whether it means fighting or running
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A Norwich lady in full dress for great occasions displayed rich bro- cade, with open skirt and trail, the front of the skirt trimmed; an em- at the elbows. Hoods and scarfs were of silk
 No sumptuary laws, Miss Caulkins informs us. restrained the feminine taste for rich attire in this colony.
 The stairists of the day decried the prevailing extravaganza in dress, just as such writers do at present. They adverted to the costly cloal1s, the silk gowns, the powder puffs and cardi- nals, silk stockings and other expen- stve feet-trappings, and exclaimed in horror, Great is the prodigality of the times!"
 They. dwe!t on the day of greater simplicity, when, instead of the rich cloth roquelaur, even the magistrate and the colonel were satisfied with a cloak of brown camlet lined with
 green baize, and when the greatest l lady in the land had her ridinghood also of plain camlet
 However, as the struggle for liberty gradually overshadowed the land
 Norwich women, as they have ever done, rose to the demands of the l times. and a marked change arose in dress, amusements and display Women discarded all imported orna-
 ments and fabrics. attiring themselves
 wholly in domestic goods. inc wool and choice flax were in
 higher estimate than silks and faces
 until, as the historian records, '~The
 hearts of the patriots, as we'll as the
 1audations of the poets were given tc 1 beauty in homespun garments Men, too, discarded their dainty ap- l parel, their shining stocks, cambrit
 ruffles, silk stockings, silver buckles 1 and other articles of foreign produc- tion, and, following the example o1 1 the patriotic women, went back tc 1 leather shoe strings, checked hand
 kerchiefs. and brown hcmespun clott l garments.
 | THE DTCTAGRAPH.
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Probably 1t would be difficult to convince Bulgaria that 1t has played
 an important part in forcing the hand of Greece.
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Since the war broke out the loss in revenue under our present tariff has amounted to saSs. .o54,644 to make up wiiich the people of this country have been forced to go down in their pocl- cts and meet federal taxation.
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No one had ever expected that the announcement of the arrival of the Bremen at New London would come from Berlin.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It seems to be possible to can most all of summers products except the
 heat.
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The defeat of the Wilson candidate
 fin the New Jersey primary gives fur- tter evidence of the unpopularity of the administration.
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Sunday Morning Talk
LIMITATIONS.

A mans native ability represents a gift; never an acquisition. He may develop his gift and splendidly use it, but by no personal exeTtion7 can he increase or change it. The vigor and range of his faculties are determined in the very hour of his entrance upon this mundane arena. With his first faint breadth. the limit line is set, a line never to be crossed. The God who framed us out of dust made us as we are and measured our capacities &C., cording to his own decrees.
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Young man, your boss is not like ly to say: I've seen many a brass tack with a better head than you've got" if you find pleasure in your work and keep your mind upon it. Today is the day to be conscious of, not pay day. When thoughts of payday flood the mind there is no room for an eff fcient conception of things. Pay day is important, but it is so often made glorious by an advance for good work that the work is worthy of the utmost hought-payday needs the. least. What pay day is, or is to be, depends upon your skill and your worth. Watching the clock and longing for payday are both habits of indolence which tell against the development of a payday that will be a joy to you. The reason there are so many pay days not equal to needs or expecta- 'tions is because the work is common work, and common workers are abundant. The way to less conperi- tion is by strict attention to busine ss and conscientious service. He who makes himself worth most to his employer by skill and dependability has pay day that is satisfactory.
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It seems strande to hear hard-heart- edness commended in a Christian na- tion instead of good-heartedness. There is no doubt when sympathy is put in the, place sugges tfon,l or arouses fear, that it is injurious; but it is not something to be secuted as it is by some of the leading German writers today. The repetition of the work of the soldiers of the Central Empire in Rumania of destroying villages as it has done in Belgium, Northern France, Poland and Serbia, seems to indicate that the Kaiser's troops are heartless enough without any special campaign to increase the hardness of heart of the home peo- pie who are, according to the latest reports, being advised to put aside pity and to rid the nation of helpless, non productive members of their fam lilies not only as a relief to them, but as a benefit to the states. We have been taught that next to love sym pathy is the divinest passion of the human heart,' not a weakness capa- ble of destroying an empire. s
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At one period. feathers were much
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"The essence of Christianity" said Hepworth, 'is first to be good and then to do good" As most people live it you would not even think this could be true; but a person who has really been born to the spirit and is of the spirit is not dead to, but constantly and persistentiy alive to good. By their fruits ye shall know them," says the Scriptures, and too many people are deaf and blind to this truth, or they would not constantly be out of harmony with their professions. If a soldier was as neglectful of duty as the average Christian how long do you suppose it would be before he would be courtmartialed? There was an age when to be a Christian was to be in daily peril Of losing one's life; and the fact that the followers of the Way were true 5o God and to one another is the reason that the truth survived They first become good and then se- cretly did good, overcoming tyranny and heralding worldwide that men were not slaves but heirs to freedom as sons of God.