Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Democracy and the church in Rus .,ia seem unable to agree, for follow Metropolitan there comes the arrest
 Ly the democracy of the Archbishop
 of Voronezh- Even in the 'eighties
 the position of the Russian church
 seemed a little unreal. sort Of
 minor Rasputin was brought into a
 police court, where magistrates and police knelt and kissed his hand. Then the presiding ma agistrate said, You yesterday" They took him outside nnd gave him 50 1ashes. He returned 10 the court, where all kneeled and kissed his hand afresh.
 Rain following tropical heat has
 brought a plague of weeds to worry llotment holders. Very abundant in most gardens, particularly among po-
 tato patches, are various forms or the goosefoot tribe (Atriplex). popularly called Fat Hen,' Good King Henry,
 or Garden Orange" which make nice vegetables, and are quite innocuous.
 They taste something like spinach,
 with less pronounced flavor, which to
 These plants were formerly cultivated for garden potherbs in the Midland
 counties and Lincolnshire, and they
 still do duty for cabbage in Australia. London Chronicle.
 In one of the most business like
 government offices there are various
 admonitory notices exhibited for the
 benefit of visitors. One is:- Be Brief!
 Sit Down!
 We don't Intern!
 Another, which smacks Of American
 origin, is:-
 I am somewhat of a liar myself.
 but go on with your story; I am lis
 tening.
 If the official in question were mak
 ing inquiries of visitors, which he
 may sometimes have to do, the fol-
 lowing threat might have a discon- certing effect on the visitor:-
 I could be arrested for what I think
 of you!
 London Observer. Which of the many good poets whom the war has revealed will pro-
 duce something that will live. and
 realise in it as he writes promise of
 immortality? The thought is prompt ed by the immense popularity today of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn. Tn constructing that she built better than she knew, and referred to it as "only one little waif out of all her work" It annoyed her that she should be spoken of as it's authoress: all her work should count the old lady urged, not that little thing alone. The Germans are now. 1t is report ed. painting their. submarines the 1 marines" is how contemporary heads the announcement. But is the sea green? The color of the sea has long puzzled scientists. and there is as yet no general agreement on the point, though most authorities decide in favor of some bluish tint. Lord Rayleigh, however. is of the opinion that the true color of the sea is "a fully developed green" and he cribes the popular belief that 1t is blue to the reflected color of the sky. Naturalists gasped last week when the Duchess of Somerset was reported as saying that. owing to gunf1re, more than 50 species of our migratory birds were missing this year. Inquiries as. to the facts bring this explanation from the Duchess: She stated at a gardener that. owing to the severe weather of the spring and other causes, she had now but flftieth of the birds which her estates sheltered last year. It would be ifamnous to allow the nisstatement to be associ- friend and observer of birds. Roehampton's armless heroes, whose penmanship Is being exhibited at Sothebys may be reminded that Nel son wrote a letter to Lord St. Vim cent within an hour of losing his right arm at Teneriffe. His first 'serioJss occupation. however, was to learn to spin a chi1d's top with the surviving member. Our new scrivenerS will puzzle some Of the alienists, who say that excessive capitals or words singularly placed, indicates madness. his grave. for almost every other word of his began with a capital letter. Sir Herbert Tree. writing nf his visit