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Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
The New Haven Railroad.

There are unmistalkable signs that confidence is slowly but surely being restored in the New York. New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad Company. below par but the tendency is never theless upwards, which would not be the fact if the impression had not gained ground that a way of escape from it's financial embarrassment has been found. That is all that is need ed to put the company speedily on its feet.
 The needed relief will be at hand If
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
to satisfy Mir raxpayer.s ambition CD

to satisfy Mir. Taxpayers ambition CD for office or position and give him road, yea, several, to work, not to lean on. if he applies to proper officials. himself away from his fairy tales long enough. he would find Public Acts. 1915, chapter 127, page 81, also Public Acts, 1917, chapter 67, page 2,27s, of the Connecticut statutes food for thought and might still further dispel the haze.
 ONE OF TOWN OFFICIALS.
 Lebanon Oct. IS, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

The action on the request of Bos- tons mayor that girl bootblacks be not permitted in that city will show how much of B. shine the people of that city have taken to them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

It is possible that the present ac- tivfty of the German fleet in the Bal tic has been undertaken for the pur- pose of permitting no time for mu- tiny.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

With the treasurer of the state put ting all his available funds into Lib- erty bonds, there ought to be no ques- tion about the advisability of others doing the same thing
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

If Germany can hammer the factions of Russia into a unit it will render great service to that country, even though in doing so Russia loses terri tory.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

It should be remembered that it isn't solely the millionaires to whom Uncle Sam is making his appeals regarding the Liberty loan.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Those who are seeking the end of the war should realize that the great est assistance that can be contributed now lies in purchasing Liberty bonds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

By the time that Germany gets ready to return Belgium there will net be much left but the sub soil and human and industrial wreckage.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: Food for thought is plenty but it doesn't always satisfy the appetite.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Interest is keen just now to find out whether the extension of the Ger man war zone was a promise or just a threat
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
LA FoLLETTE,s NEW MOVE

Senator La Toilette has apparently snapped his fingers at the committee which was named to investigate his
 - w 1Mr-e.-- va. n~
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

For tourists convenience an English firm Is compressing tea. into blocks that resemble plug tobacco.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

The types Of silver articles and utensils were strictly in accord with the plain. workaday, rugged, life of the period: and the fact that design CTS and makers are revsrting to sim liar types in present. day silversmith- ing seems a proof that these earlier craftsmen had struck the true type of artistry in the almost unadorned shapes with which they met the de- mand of their time.
 THE DTCTAGRAPH
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20
THE TOWNS EARLIEST sILwRsM1H

1complex life Of the later perior de-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Articles of gold were toothpicks, euff-iint<s, staypins, rings, brooches, buttons and beads ad libitum. Doubt less a search through other inventor ies woud reveal many other articles Of silver and gold.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Many professsdly reliaieus man does not know there is nothing shrewd about honesty or religion Neither one of them needs any hook -or- by crook business. The peace which surpasseth understanding is the fruit of humi1- ity and confidence fin the Divine prom isess The religious organizations which are conducted as shrewdIy as political callcuses are no more relig
 ious than caucus. Methods are trade marks as well as the special designs. By their fruits ye shall know them" is an tnnperishable truth. which most people, pious and otherwise, do not
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Tho whiss<ey American topers drink costs a billion and a half of dollars a year and the number of people it knocks out of work is a million and q Eah every day. If the time of the incapacftated is worth a dollar a day the loss is ten and a half millions week forty-two millions a month. and nearly half a Billion a year. Add to this three e-fourths the cost of main taining the jails. courts, police forces warehouses and oneafourth the cost of insane asylunns, and then figure out the per cent. it saves in taxes. Those who trace it's injurious effects say it costs every person in America $S0 a head, or the country three thousand million a year. No one claims that it adds health of efficiency to a nation; hut because 1t despoils man powser Russia has abolished the liquor trade and Great Britain and France placed it under restricted control. The man who votes lice ense' because he wants to drink is consistent. but the man who does it to lower his taxes is dense and needs an eye-opener!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

Although the earliest known silver smiths ir New England had either learned their craft in England or been taught the trade by English work men. there was no attempt to adopt later the elaborate baronial designs of the mother country.
 Simpler forms were more in keeping with the simple life of this country
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-20

In the eighteenth century, the col onists had greater wealth, life had be- come more formal and luxury more common. As a result. the silversmith had increased the variety of his man. ufactures, and used more elaborate designs. although he still chung to the simplicity of line and form that was characteristic of all early industrial art in America.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Hiqh Spots In American History
Yankee Doodle American Tipperary

the FIRST big American victory.
Doodle meant queer clumsy.
clownish sort OF fellow. Lord Percy
had his bands play n on the march
70 Lexington al the beginning or the
war
The origin OF the song never has
been fixed. The air Ia believed TO
have been brought 20 America from
England where 4 long had been a
nursery air However. since revo-
lutionary days Il has been claimed
for nearly every country on the
globe. a professor OF Madrid. Spain.
contended n was an old sword dance
air Kossuth tho Hungarian patriot,
claimed n for Hungary. Even Hol.
land put In a claim.
The air vas we'll known In Amer
lea years before the revolution One
story explains u WAS introduced In
lfs5 ~ an army surgeon. The sur
geun mace now words 20 satirize
tho nondescrlpt appearance Of tho
~. rear farmers who helped Brit
10 troops fght the French and In
dams
one writer has traced the song
back 10 the tine ~ oliver Crom.
we'll Cromwell once rode 20 OK
ford on small horse with n plume
In his hat. Plumes then were called
Macaronis.
one version % The song. popular
during the revolution. had 10 stan
zaa. and was called THE Yankees
Return from Camp" Tho FIRST verse
runs.
Father and went down 10 camp
along with Capt Goodwin: whore
We see tho men and boys AZ thick
az Hasty.puddin." Chorus: Yam
keo Doodle keep Il M. Yankee
Doodle dandy; mind the music and
tho step and with the girls be
handy"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Gambling Near Bath City,
Which (FOr the Benefit of
the sheriff. Is Mt. Clemens

A few days ago, a Times reporter visit
ed Hanson's roadhouse, just over the line
from Wayne in Macomb county, and
found the place to be a gambling den.
Just as 1t had been reported to this news
paper to be.
Women were found there, taking a
chance at the dice and roulette ganstts-
but. according to the reporter, having
none
The Times thought it no more than fair
to give the sheriff Of Macomb county an
opportunity to explain the presence Of
the gambling den in his jurisdiction, but
that officer put himself in class by him
self in his county by declaring that he
hadn't heard there was gambling there
We are wondering il it could have been
the sheriff Of Macomb county who asked
who Washington was. was told that in
the hearts of Americans he was the pres
ideht who came before Lincoln and then
promptly asked who was Lincoln?"
Say" inquired the man to whom he
was talking, did you ever hear Of
Adam1,'.S
Il don't know whether I ever did or
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
4 Good Laugh With
Your Dinner Is Good
Laugh On the Kaiser

A laugh at dinner is a laugh on the
kaiser
Laugh and grow fat" is a good maxim
to remember when voluntary meatless
days and wheatless days are staring US
in the face.
If hunger is the best sauce, good
humor runs it a close second A laugh
is better than a digestive medicine.
Anger, worry or i'll temper bring their
own punishment
Nature throws off secretions that re-
tard digestion when the body is shaken
by deep feeling
And by the same token the happy man
gets full value FROM his food.
II You believe in winning the war by
feeding our allies with what we can save.
don't go al it as a disagreeable duty. Take
JOY in 1t.
Think OF the soldier boy or Belgian or
phan who VIII enjoy what you do not eat
Take laugh home from the office or
workshop.
It's as good as an extra potato in the
pot
If you have your little troubles. think
how much better Off you are than the boy
in the trenches.
Above all don't pass your troubles
along. Shoulder them yourself.
If you 90 into the food saving plan re-
sentfully it's better not 20 go at all. for
your anger will cause you TO eat food that
will do your body no good.
If you spoil the meal with bad temper
you spoil the food you have eaten.
If you are happy in the sacrifice, you
need less food.
Gloom and the world gloorns with you
smile and you rock Bills throne.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03

not" was the reply; what was his last
name ?"
We trust the sheriff knows what gam
bling is.
We trust he knows what dice are and
what a roulette wheel is.
We hope he knows the operation OF
these devices is against the law.
II the sheriff is interested and Will take
street car. he will be able to see from
the car what is going on, As the game at
Hanson's is certainly run in manner
open enough TO indicate that the sheriff
hasn't heard OF il.
The conclusion we have 70 form is that
the sheriff must be very. very hard Of
hearing.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Pointed Paragraphs

realization withou; hope loses
half ~ harm.
Ice cream melts more feminine
hearts 'fan hot words do
Sometimes you can pick ont fools
by Their .lestions and wise ones b.
their anseers. And sometimes you
can.
Becasse a Rogers Park man Oh.
lects ~ ndrsped hgures be uses
canvas royered ledger
Don link because the mule
takes ~ hls heels that he Is a
coward
Wnea ne wife wants pin money
her husband has 10 come up 10 the
scratch
n s,rd 20 the wise f. sufficient.
ia~yer must consider jurors bloom
lng lfiots
kissing ~ a theory II far less sat
isfying IAN practical example
Ciofae DO not make the man. yet
A man may owe great deal 20 his
tailor
You ran nearly always Judge
man's crarscter by what be thinks
lsuThabI
IT, -rd 70 be grateful 20 those
who ar your battles Tor you and
get lirkst
Some tgunE men would get along
bc'tfr fhoy had less point 20 their
SHOES afd a little more ia their con.
yersafiOn
When credifing a man With his
rood infsr'ions let Va remem Der
that .n order 20 get them csshed
they must be backed by good deeds
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Anniversaries
BY Webster.

i4s.--C0lumbus sailed from PAlos
on has nrst voyage u discovery
is3i-Flrst council 81 EnKlishrnsn
In Pennsylvania was held
i777-Continental congress accept
FL an o-cr OF the military services Of
Count Pulaski % Poland
i7s7-sir jeffrey AhmsrS who
America IN the war with France
did. Born Jan. 20. lTiT.
lsoi--Brltlsh under Nelson attack
ed a French sotilia a. Beulcgnc dis-
Aiding 10 vessels and sinking Eve
IsGs-First horrbardment - Tri-
poll ~ the American squadron IN
der Commodore Prebir.
isiT-Archduks Albrecht who led
The Austrian armies against Italy ~
1889. born IN vienna Died there.
Feb. IS. 1875.
Iss9-In ~. hrr Intercollegiate
boa, race IN AmArica Harvard de-
feated Ysfe. ON Lake Winn@pesaukcc
iait--G~rmany declared war on
France
with the passage 81 the Dis-
trtct Z Columbia bill In the United
States senate. appropriations - con-
grsA4 sa-S-d the 81. SIRE zoo 900 mark
and set a new high record
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY ~ THE
WAR
French recccypied village %
Fleury az N.rGGn
Roger Easement hanged Tor high
treason a. Tenfonviils prison
Italian paEs"uKer steamer fsfifn-
bro sunk IN Mediterranean BY sub
marine
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.
King Haakon Nff the present ruler
Of NORWAY born 10 Copenhagen ben
mark IS years ago/ today
Ex-Klns Constantine. who recently
shficated the Greek throne. born la
Athens - years ago today.
Lester Hood Wo0lsey. solicitor ~
the state department. a. Washington.
born A. stone RIDGE y. y. 40 years
ago TODAY
Lord Aberdeen former governor
general 81 Canada and orr-tlrn~ lord
iirltsnan, % Ireland. born 20 years
ago today.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
The Old Gardener Says

n the garden maker occasion
ally ends an extra strong and
prolific plant among his beans.
peas. and corn. he VIII do well
20 mark Il with a string or a
stake. and 20 save u for produc.
ing seed. In this way u viii be
possible % obtain seed OF hish
quality FOR planting next year
Indeed. II may be a very good
plan for every amateur gardener
10 save his own seed. even n he
has no particularly good plants
Nobody knows how short seed
may be next spring.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Vacation Collecting
nv N. ADDINGroS BRUCE
Author % The Riddle ~ Person
elity" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

The scene Is a quiet country road.
The time. o'clock OF a cool after
noon. Two little girls are strolling
along the road
In their hands they carry clusters
OF leaves and flowers. The clusters
are not large They are noticeable
for the variety rather than the abun.
dance OF the leaves and flowers com
prised In them.
The children. quite evidently. are
not picking flowers solely for their
beauty
They give only passing glance
at a bank haring with snowy Are
weed Nor do some gorgeous repre-
sentatlyes OF the Wild bergamot
tempt them.
But presently, her keen eyes
glimpsIng a short fragile. unassum.
ing little plant almost buried by
the surrounding foliage. one OF the
girls utteTs a glad cry.
Look Look Here's new one
] never saw anything ike this be
fore | wonder what Il ls."
Pick II, and Well soon find out. q"
directs the other Here's one OF
them for me"
Presently the children leave the
road and hurry across green mead
ows 70 a farm house nesting among
elms There. 20 their interest "a
mother. they proudly display their
floral treasures
Now. all eagerness. they wait I'M
til mother brings from the house
field book OF Wild flowers. What
fun IL Is TO compare tho pictured
specimens with the real ones IN
their hands and 90 hunt thru the
pages until each Is identified
Fun. yes And education. TOO.
Unlike so many little ones. these
children are not passing tho long
yacstion IN complete mental idle
ness-in mental idleness SO com
school they may have 20 be trained
all over In the art OF concentrating
attention on their studies
Some part OF each day, thru col.
lecting Wild flowers. they are keep
ing their minds usefully and inter
estingly employed They are gain
ing knowledge IN that most delight
ful OF all schools. the school OF IA.
ture
And being outdoors for this pleas
ursble schooling they are getting
exercise. fresh air. sun,ight-na-
lures supreme gifts for physical
and mental health
Vacation collecting Is. indeed
something that all children ought
20 be enabled 20 enjoy Collecting
NAV almost BE- called an instinct
with children II needs only little
guidance. only a Hide inspiration
from father or mother. 20 set them
lntelligen;ly and enthusiastically az
work botanlzing or geolog.zing or
studying the ways OF animal. bird,
or insect life.
Once started az this they will
need 70 further stimulus 20 keep
them az II, The difficulty rather
will be 70 prevent them from over.
doing
Contras, The results Of this pol.
icy If summer education thru col
iecting with the results Of the com
mon policy OF letting children run
wild" during vacation time
The latter policy means mental
staRnation. The former mental &C
tiyity and growth.
Nay. "a experience has shown, va.
cation collecting may mean the den.
mite turning OF a child's interests
into channels that insure 70 him
an honorable, happy, and eminently
successful lie.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
The Give Away

who gave the bride away" ask
cd mother As her daughter and John.
ny. aged TO- came back from the
wedding
"Bobbie DID" replied Johnny He
whispered % his mother 'Hurrah
for Blanche-she's got him AZ last"
Ladies Home Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03

knowledge o. II extends far back
into The early centuries. reference
~ 81 having been found among he
writing % The Greeks. Romans. and
Egyptians
Doubtless a. nrst Il was confined
20 me far east and was probably
carried from the restricted areas.
working ifs Vay westward until q
penetrated Europe and from there
reached our eastern shores thru IN
rts'ric'ee .m~lrrati0n
by some ag'horitles rhe re'Glrn e
%aprecn so.tif rom Egypt IN
1907 has been credited With is
spread thru soI'hero Elro1a
in 1907 fhis disease was cIassea
under 'te bead dangerous. confagi-
ols" by 'he r. g pla'ic health ser
Fico and the deportation ~ aliens
so afflicted became Mandatory
To avoid CONTRACTING trachoma.
Kerr n rood physical condifio-
Have large Windows in The home
which VIII admit fresh air and sun
shine
DO not use family" towel. espe.
ciaily u member ~ The family has
sore eyes
rNAlways make sure that the waAh
basin Isl clean before using ~.
Do not sleep Wi'h persohs having
sore eyes nor gse bedclothes used
by them
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03

you have been here A long
said n pompous English trav-
eller 20 an old hunter in Ore
gon, who had been acting as
his guide\ ANN NY
You bet 7 have" said the
hunter, and then. pointing to
Mount Hood, he continued:
you see that mountain there7
Well. SIR, when ! FIRST came 10
this country that mountain was
q hole In the eroundf-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03
Perhaps She Meant II

Willie Jones had been kiving his
teacher good deal ~ trouble that
morning A. the close Of the frst
study period she said
Nov Ve will take up the sub
jet % natural history. and you may
name In fOrstion some OF TIE lower
animals, starting with Willie Jones."
Ladder Home Journal
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03

The effort to secure prohibition for
war time has been muddled most master
ly by its friends and opposed most
shamefully by its enemies
II is not moral issue" at all. BY
making it SO its friends have aroused
all the old pack of vicious dogs who re-
gard any attempt to improve the health
or conduct of citizens as pious fanati-
cism and intolerance.
The issue is an economic one. It
means efficiency, health, money, re-
sources.
1t may also eventually make us all
more pious, but that's not why we want
prohibition.
Pushing it as a moral" issue calls
TO life all those flag ends of fustian
about personal liberty" and "sumptu-
airy legislation" that were worn to
shreds thirty years ago.
There are ten men for prohibition to-
day where there was one ten years ago
simply because war clarifies the issue,
and it is seen that there are really only
two reasons for liquor-one self-indul-
gence. the other greed.
On the other hand, war time intensi-
fies every reason for prohibition.
DR.. Alonzo Taylor Of the Department
of Agriculture states that the grain used
in the manufacture Of intoxcants would
enable us to send pound loaf of bread
day to each of ii 100000 men at the
front
We are securing heaven and earth to
raise men to join the army yet this
business of booze, which is pure waste,
employs some $4,000 wage-earners
who might be helping along.
The revenue from liquor Is estimated
at S4S4 100000 This is the main plea
of the beer and whisky hosts. Yet Rus
STA, England and Canada have shown us,
partially at least. how the savings of
restricted liquor consumption more than
make up for the loss in direct revenue.
Professor Thomas S. Adams Of Yale. an
authority on taxation, shows how, by
proper taxing. all revenues lost by pro-
hibition could be restored not counting
the additions 10 the national dividend
from added efficiency.
The Life Extension Institute, COM
posed Of scientists and business men,
and not cranks and fanatics, declares
strongly for prohibition in war time Gin
its monthly Health Letter 81, empha-
sizing these points:
o;v -
intoxicants would be of enormous value
to our allies.
(2) Scientific evidence shows that
even moderate drinking, in its total
effect on masses of men, lowers bodily
efficiency and impairs the power to re-
sist disease.
CD The alleged food value" Of alco-
holic beverages is joke. A drug COM
pound that exerts a poisonous effect on
the body cannot be classed as food
Let us think clearly on this Drink
Question.
America needs every ounce Of her In
telligence, efficiency, and unselfsh devo-
ton. And while mothers are giving up
their first-born, and wives their hus-
bands, and young men their career and
prospects. and all Of US trying to smile
while we are asked to sacrifice the dear
est things Of life, America certainly has
no time to listen to the lewd and berry
cries Of Personal Liberty" from those
whose craft is in danger" nor to read
the maudlin editorials of their hangers
on
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-08-03

Yankee Doodle was the Tipperary
~ the American revolution. and first
marching song of the United states
The farmers AZ Bunker Hill shout.
Cd he song a. chant ~ victory
when the grenadierr broke and fed
down the hill in confusion after
their second disastrous charge
Yankee Doodle came 20 town