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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
THE NEED OF SECRECY.

In connection with the discussion of the bill appropriating almost two thirds of a billion for the construc- ton of a large feet of airplanes the provision of the necessary equipment and the raising and maintenance of the personnel, which the lower house acted favorably upon in record break ing time. not a little sympathy was manifested, and with reason, towards the suggestion that was offered by Representative Kahn of California to the effect that there should be greater secrecy in connection with the plans which this country is making for meeting the requirements of and act ually participating in the war.
 It was pointed out by the California congressman that the entente knows nothing about the number of subma- rines which Germany is turning out today and his plea was to the effect that the United States should realize the importance of surrounding it's preparations concerning airplanes with the same degree of secrecy. The value of such action, whether it con- cerns submarines or airpIanes or in fact any other of the governmental ac- tivities cannot be disregarded It is beneficial to keep all such information from the ears Of the enemy just as long as it is possible, or until he learns the extent of it from actual contact with the results of such preparation As long as the enemy knows what is go- ing on he is given a chance to offset il to 9 certain extent and make his own plans accordingly long before such provisions are actually encoun- tered.
 But the keeping of such matters se- cret- would call for the highest type of legislation. It would mean that the practice of attaching obnoxious riders to important bills and the cov- erinE up therein of provisions which ought to have a full understanding in order to prevent dangerous conditions would have to be eliminated There are enough mistakes and blunders made today through half baked 1egis- Iation, because of the methods which are followed, without paving the way for more except that proper safety can be insured under secrecy.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
THE FEELING IN AUSTRIA.

For some time the Poles and the Czechs have been giving Austria a good deal Of worry. They have stood in opposition to the dominating power which Germany is exerting in the dual monarchy and they have been the
 cause of the breaking up of the casi- net on one or more occasions. Much sympathy has been expressed by them in behalf of the peace talk which has been going on in that country.
 Austria has done its best to belit- tie the peace sentiment and to keep the Poles and the other subjects who have manifested much the same atti- tude towards the government from uniting against the government. Such, however, does not appear to have been successful for all of the Siavs now appear to be pulling together in the same direction.
 This is perhaps no better illustrated than by the statement which was re- gently made in the Austrian reichsrath by Peter Praschek, the former Czach
 minister, when he declared that the hatred of the entire world was di- rected not against Austria, but against Germany and that Austria should de- tach herself from her ally. This lead CT struck out straight from the shoul- der and it is not surprising that the freedom of his remarks should cause an uproar, when he asked How are we to obtain peace if we cling to the German side? Must we continue to sacrifice our interests to the expan- sion Of Germany? Must we continue to submit 10 the German militarism which has drawn us into the war;"
 These were certainly pointed ques- tions. They show how this leader views the existing situation as well as the whole course of the war He does not mince any words in placing the responsibility for the war and he makes it evident that all the talk which has been going on in the dual monarchy has not been manufactured. Hcw widespread this feeling exists is bound to be manifested at no very distant date.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
CANNING LESSONS
Jelly.

Three things are essential in the making of jelly. says today's bulletin from the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, which is coop eratins with this newspaper in it's campaign for conservation of food and the prevention of waste. The fruit must contain the right amount of pectin. the proper proportions of juices must be boiled the right length of time after the sugar has been add ed.
 All fruit which are green or nearly ripe contain a substance know as pee tin which causes the fruit juice to 'jell' when combined with the proper amount of sugar and boiled the right length of time. If the fruit is too ripe, causing the juice to ferment, or if the juice is boiled too long, then will be impossible to obtain a jelly of the right firnness. Therefore it is es- sential the fruit be, perhaps, just, a little underripe and that the boiling of the juices and sugar together be not carried on too long.
 A test for pectin is to take a table spoon of the hot juice before sugar has been added, add the same amount of s5 per cent grain alcohol and if a geiantinouS substance forms which may be gathered up on spoon pectin is present and good jelly should re- suit. If it is found that pectin is not present. cook the fruit juice again with the white peel of oranges or lemons or crabapples or green grapes until the above test shows pectin.
 The old rule of "a cup of sugar for each cup of juice" is good in some cases but it is better to use 8 sirup gauge which may be obtained at al most any drug store. To use the gauge. pour the hot juice into a small tall bottle like an olive bottle and drop the gauge carefully into it. The gauge should read 25 degrees; if un = der this reading add more sugar; if the gauge reads more than 25 degrees add unsweetened juice because toe much sugar has been used. Be care full that you do not use too much sucar at first because it is easier to add than to eliminate.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
THE DANBURY CASE.

For years the trouble between the union hat makers of Danbury and their employers has occupied the at tention of the country intermittently. It is one Of the cases which has real Iy become famous, for not only were tho conditions surrounding the strike such as to make it more than a local matter but the manner in which it was carried through the courts in an effort on the part of the employers to recover damages for the boycott that was put into effect, and which Htiga- tion after a prolonged period before the courts resulted in a victory and a large verdict for the employers, served to attract greater attention.
 2 Even after the verdict had been reached and the effort to have it set aside failed the case continued before the public through the opposition which has been manifested towards the settlement in accordance there with. The refusal of the members of the Danbury union to pay the amount of the verdict and the subsequent ar engagements to sell at auction the at tached homes of the members in order to realize as much of the amount as possible failed to bring about an agreement up almost to the time when such a step was about to be put into effect, but it is a gratifying g adjustment which has now been ar ranged whereby the union members have been saved from such a loss through the assumption of the amount of the verdict by the national organ ization.
 This of course means the acceptance of the responsibility by that body, and such will be generally accepted as the right attitude to take under the cir cumstances inasmuch as the local was advised and guided in the course which it pursued by the national or ganiZation. The case has been a long and hard fought one and it is well that it has been adjusted in accord ance with the mandate of the courts. Unfortunately there was not a dispo- sition to get together in accordance with reason and justice during the time of the strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

The young person who was about to graduate from high school bore a wrinkIed brow and she sighed deep ly.
 There's no use talking. grand mother" she confided to the nice old lady busy over the mending basket. T simply don't know what to do about mother! She's the queereSti"
 ''Is she?' placidly inquired the nice old lady.
 Ny soodnes.s4" burst % out the the could see! Now, when I get anything new I wear it right away-for what is the good of having it if you don't? And here mother starts off to that luncheon in her second best blouse because she says the new one is too elaborate for a simple affair! Why, she'll be absolutely unnoticebale, But it isn't clothes so much as it is Her bert! I think the way she is bring ing up that child Is absolutely scanda- lous!"
 lady in bewilderment, I'm sure Her bert is as nice a little boy as you
 of course he's nice!" cried the young person. Hes too cute for anything, but mother is positively weak minded about that child!
 "She doesn't make him eat the right things" continued the young person, and she let's him sit up too late and and everything. Shes just spelling him! Why, all Herbert has to do and he knows it, too-is to look up from under his lashes at mother and say Ple-e-ease!' as though he was going to dissolve in tears the next second, and mother wilts, It doesn't matter whether it's a second piece of pie or a new baseball bat when he's lost three already-he gets it. And when I try the same thing all l get is horrorstricken plea not to roll my eyes in such a fearful way and for goodness sake not to whine.
 Now, why shouldn't Herbert go to bed at o'clock regularly? Every other girls small brother has to do it, but there's always some excuse for Herbert He wants to finish his book or his game or he just doesn't want to! And what does mother do? Use firmness as she should? I should say not,
 "'Oh. she says, while Herbert gaz- es at her appealingly. fifteen minutes more, them. And then she starts playing cards and forgets that he hasn't gone, and do you think he re- minds her? No, indeed,
 'Why, when Arthur Dustan was calling the other night that child per sisted in staying right there with us. And Arthur is sort of reserved any how, and he couldn't think of a thing to say. and I don't blame him for twisting his feet, as he did, with
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
THE PEACH CROP,

With the announcement to the ef- feet that there will be Q big peach crop in this part Of the country this year much encouragement will be lent to those who are disposed to look. out for future needs and to prevent crops from going to waste as much as it lies within their ability and means This outlook for the peach crop will doubt less be the means of a large number of housewives making plans to pre- serve a quantity of such fruit for their winter requirements if the large crop es might be expected will carry with IL the inducement that might be ex- pected fin the way of price.
 There have been years when peaches hare been scarce and others when there has been plenty of them, but in almost every year there have been claims to the effect that a large quantity have not been marketed either through lack of proper facilities for distribution or the failure to get a sufficient price to make the handling of them profitable. The latter situa- tion was due of course to the price which i. was possible to obtain for them
 But with the effort underway so strenuously in behalf of conservation the fact that there is to be a large crop this year ought to mean that ev- eryone can obtain what he needs and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

at a figure that ought rto be att tractive. If the organization which has been recently formed under the name of the New England Peach Growers association is for the pur- pose of looking out for the consumer as we'll as the members, and the pre- diction which has been made to the effect that the fruit will sell for 50 cents a basket proves true there ought to be no difficulty in finding mar ket for all that can be picked. Even though it Is a year when they are plentiful 1t is no time to feed them to the hogs has been done in the past It would appear to be far bet ter for all concerned to move great CT quantity at a fair price than to exact a high price for a few, inas- much as this is a time when the greatest good of the greatest number should get consideration.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
Views of the Vigilantes
DARK AGE BRUTES.
By Ellis Parker Butler of The Vie-
 lantes.


 Make no mistake about the Ger man Empire. Have no pity for it. It is not a modern nation. It is q Mid ole Age brute.
 In the Dark. Ages the robber barons were the curse of Europe. From their castles they sallied forth with bud geons and battle-axes riding rough shod over the lands of their friends, raiding and robbing their neighbors, holding captives for ransom, stealing food. money and virgins, making the outraged lands pay the expenses of the raids that ruined them.
 England. France. Russia. Italy, Can ada, Australia, the United States-all war, planned great systems of war tax finance. but Germany did not. You hear now and then that the German war finance plan was different. It was. brutes of the Dark Ages. The Ger man Chancellor has explained it. The cost of the war would be met by in demnities exacted from Germany S enemies.
 Put it in plain words thus: For years Germany sat huggins her hludgeon, hoarding her money, talking and toasting The Day!" The Day of what? The Day when, like the brutes of the Middle Ages, she would bounce bleeding and ruined The Day. meant tn day of the raid; the Day when the same old robber lust would have it's same old slut of slaughter and rapine. Germany needed no war tax systems! Her prostrate victims would pay for the war.
 Well, but! Like a brute she strode across her friendly neighbor. Belgium. When The Day came she put her foot on Belgium's face and leaped at the throat of France. She hoped to have France begging for mercy before England could raise her hand in help. She would turn and throttle Russia before England awoke and France and Russia. bleeding and prostrate, would empty their coffers. France and Russia prostrate. were Germany's war tax system. Robber baron! The Dark Age cut throat come again,
 But the foot sliped The plan went askew. Today Germany-the people of Germany-are just learning that the Roober Kaiser is not to come home with hands dripping foreign gold What! we must pay? Gott in Him mel. what for a Robber Kaiser is this!'
 Buck up. America Stand fast, AL lies Yet little longer and they will be hanging Robber Kaiser and Rob- Der Kaiseriings in Germany. Oh, golly What a rage-fest there will be in Germany when the people learn the truth
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

crops to mature They should, how ever, be planted promptly
 inclined to allow the weeds to get a start in the garden. The crops need an abundance of moisture and the weeds should be be allowed to rob tice irrigation either by running water in trenches, with a hose, or by a sprinkler system, the crops may be carried through drought without loss. The water should be aplied in the evening so that it will soak in before the sun rises. Cultivation should fol- low the watering in about 24 hours so that the soil will not bake
 It is an excellent plan to water egg plants, peppers, cabbage. cucumbers, melons, celery, and other crops need ing highly fertilized soil, with manure water Have a barrel covered with a fly screen in which to prepare and store the manure water. An occa- sional application of the manure wa ter will hasten and increase the growth of tn plants.
 The following cultural suggestions are made for the crops which may yet be planted with fair chances of success throughout most of this re- zion.
 Beans-Piant in rows 12 feet apart for either horse or hand culti- vation and to inches apart in the rows. A pint of seed is sufficient for a hundred foot row.
 Sweet Potatoes-Set the plants in ridges to feet apart. Space the plants 14 to IS inches apart. About 75 plants will be required for a hun dred-foot row.
 Beets-Sow in rows Is to Is inches apart for hand cultivation or to I-2 feet apart for horse cultivation. The plants should be thinned to to inches apart in the rows.
 Cabbage-Set the plants in rows to 8 feet apart and If to IS inches apart in the rows. Sixty five to ninety plants are required for a hundred foot row.
 Carrots-Sow the seed in rows Is to 1S inches apart for hand cultivation or to 1-2 feet apart for horse cultivation The plants should be thinned to to inches apart in the rows. One ounce of seed is sufficient for a hundred-foot row.
 Celery-Set plants inches apart in rows 8 feet or more apart.
 Potatoes-Plant pieces containing ? eyes or more 12 to 14 inches apart in rows 1-2 to feet apart and cover to a depth of about 4 inches. Tn hot weather cover to depth of six inch es.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

desolate country in the darkness in continual danger from the prowling dogs or from the rifles of the sentries. Somehow they manage to do it. Hu- manity requires that these little viI- 1ages in the war zone be emptied to the last man, for in the rear is food and shelter, while at the front is only starvation and danger.
 Yet little by little the inhabitants trickle back. At first they are unob- trusive. Although fifty may be liv- ing in hamlet, one seeks no more than four five at a time. Event ually they resume their former mode of life. so far that is possible. Sometimes they live on the hidden stores of food. Sometimes it is quite impossible to discover how they live at all.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.
Peasants-FeW

Macedonian Peasants-Few more pathetic pictures of the sad condition of the Macedonian peasant have been drawn than that presented by Her bert Corey the war correspondent in a communication to the National Geo. issued the following war geogra- uhy bulletin:
 Along the Monastir road there is continuous, dribbling stream of re- times half a dozen will trudge by in the course of a day. Sometimes an entire village has been evacuated farther up the line. and fifty or so tramp stolidly and unwillingly to safety. These poor folk never leave their homes until they have been com peiled to. The outer world is a strange. and hostile place to them. Perhaps not one in a hundred has hamlet.
 They pile their poor effects on a donkey, put the babies on top, and load the women with what there is man of the house always rides Once did I see a man walking while his wife rode the donkey. The road with gossip of it.
 poor folk. Yet candor compels me to a9y that at first sight the difference 1etween a Macedonian peasant evict- ed and Macedonian peasant at home is so slight that it fails to arouse much sympathy. These poor folk seem to a westerner always on the edge of starvation. The principal item of their diet is maize, so poorly ground by crude water turned wheels that their bodies are repulsively swollen from the resultant indiges- tion.
 "A man with a yoke of oxen and forty sheep is rich.
 Their homes are mere inclosures of stone, topped with blackened thatch without windows and sometimes with out other door than a blanket or bit of Tapping skin. Often the fire is lighted in the middle of the dirt floor and the smoke seeps out through the crevices of the walls and the holes in the roof. Baths seem un- known and vermin are a common place of their existence.
 Yet they cling blindly to these novels. When they hide themselves from an invader they always choose some nook in the hills from which they may watch their roofs. They cache foodstuffs in secret places, from which they take a handful of corn or a chees of eve milk at night. When they are driven out the men go silently. Sometimes they are Sull- en. Sometimes they smile at the sol fashion. in a poor attempt at propitia- ton. The women follow at their heels patiently. After the first outcry against the order of eviction they never-openly defy the soldiery. Yet it is the women who most f1agrantly disobey.
 They return at night to the aban- doned homestead, taking their chill dren with them. To do so they must evade the guards and tramp across a
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
LETTERS TO THE EDII02
seieetmen Should Provide Flagstaff.

Seieetnen Should Provide Flagstaff.
 MT. Editor: Tn reply to a letter by E. R. B.. printed July :. would like to have you print the flag law regarding schools, section 2139 of the 1902 stat utes:
 The selectmen shall provide every schoolhouse with a United States flag, of silk CT bunting, not less than four feet in length, and with d suitable flagstaff or other arrangement whereby such flag may be displayed on the schoo1house grounds every school day when the weather will permit, and on the inside of the schoolhouse on other school days, and shall renew such flags and apparatus when necessary"
 Section 2142 fixes a penalty of s1O for each member of the board of se- iectmen who fails to provide the flag or renew the flag within 30 days after notification. that a new flag is neces- sary on schoolhouse.
 MAUDE F. BAKER Department Patriotic Instructor of Connecticut.
 Norwich, July 16, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
HOME GARDENS

Still Time to Plant Certain VeeetabIes
 In This Section.
 Garden space no longer occupied by early maturing crops should be util- ized, says the United States Depart ment of Agriculture by the planting of sweet potatoes, late Irish potatoes, celery, late cabbage, snap beans, beets or carrots. By planting these crops the home gardener should produce food products which may be stored for winter use.
 There is still time for any of these
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
APPLES, ORANGES, FIGS AND PRUNES Are The Four Fruits Used in
 Making "Fruit-a-tives

UIT-A-TIVES" is the only medicine in the world that is made from the juices of fresh ripe fruits Thus, it is manifestly unfair to say, IT won't take Fruit-a -tives because I have tried other remedies and they did me no good''. On the other hand, the fact that eFruit-a- tives" is entirely dife'ent from any otAer p,epa,ation fs the z0or1ld, is just why you should give it fair trial, in any trouble of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys or Skin. "Fruit-a- tives'', i, eombosed oftAe aetsOe principle of/ynit ard He greatest ne,z'e ionic e0e' diseoueyed. soc. a box, 6 for $2 50, trial size, e5c. AtaII dealers or sent by Fruit a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

Here and there new sidewalks are appearing about the city and they are certainly welcomed by the travelling public wherever they are being made to replace the uneven and uncertain walks which formerly existed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

The renewal of the activity in the Austrian province of Galicia means the return of some of those old favor ite names such as Przemysl, Brzezary Zaleszcyyky and others too compli- cated to remember.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

Many recipes, which are undoubt- edly good. are being offered for using up stale bread, but with the small loaves of the present day there isn't a ghost of a chance of any of 1t get ting stale.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
The agreement which

The agreement which has been reached by the war and navy depart ments with the producers to get all steel that is required during the war at price to be, fixed by the federal commission ought to remove one of the big obstacles standing in the way Of the early turning out of the much needed vessels.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

If there was the same degree of hesitancy on the part of the growing crops that there is in congress over the passage of the food control bill, what wringing of hands there would be in Washington?
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

When an American schooner can put up a successful fight against a Ger man submarine, it certainly pays to arm them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

The man on the corner says: The way some men have of being consist ent at all times is to oppose every thing that is.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

This is the season of the year when the small boy has a. complete census of every cherry tree in the neighbor- hood.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17
Connecticut Ndtio

A former Connecticut National guardsman who has now joined the avia ton section of the sigma corps. United States army, writes that before he was accepted for service as an av- ator he was subjected to a physical