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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03
HOME GARDENS
MuskmelIon Care.

A number of insects have a fond ness for muskmellon vines now, says today's bulletin from the National i Emergency Food Garden Commission. and usually the gardener must fight them to secure a good crop. The aphides or plant lice, are the most ruinous muskmelon pests. If the vines are allowed to become bad ly infested with these bugs they can
 not be saved. The only thing to do is to pull the vines and burn them.
 Aphides are sucking insects; there fore the nicotine sulphate spray should be used to kill them. If ap- piled before the lice gain a headway you can exterminate them. If one good aplication does not destroy all the aphides, repeat whenever neces- sary. Aphides can readily be detect ed by the crumpled appearance of the plant leaves.
 Beetles common to the cucumber vines are also found on muskmelons.
 The striped beetle, the spotted cucum-
 Der beetle, and the flea beetle are < ombated in the identical way. Ar senate of lead spray mixed In with
 bordeaux mixture is effective against all these bugs This mixture can be sprayed on your vines as a preventive
 to bug invasion, or as soon as the
 bugs appear.
 Tobacco dust will also kill beetles. If the first application does not des- troy them. a second one can be ap- piled in ten days without injury to the plants.
 The squash vine borer-a worm which bores into the vine at the sur face of the ground is hard to kill out Cut the stem lengthwise to remove the borer. Be sure to kiE these worms. Throw earth over the vines every few feet so that new roots may form on the vines.
 Muskmeions are subject to the two most common disea ses Of the vegeta- ble garden-leaf blight and anthrac- nose. Leaf blight shows small dark spots on the leaves and can be cured with spraying of bordeaux. Dark spots on the leaves with long. light brown spots on the melons themselves tell the presence of anthracnose. Use the bordeaux spray for this also and repeat the application every two weeks while the disease remains.
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

Stockhorn-The National Geogra- phic Society issues the following war geography bulletin on Stockholm, now so prominently in the public eye as the convention city of the socialists:
 Although it is frequently styled the Venice of the north" owing to the fact that it is built upon a mum Der of islands and peninsulas, Stock holm, the picturesque capital of Sweden, bears small resemblance to the Queen Of the Adriatic, for whereas the Italian city is built upon num- Der of delta formed fragments of land only a few feet above sea- level the islets and promotories on which Stockholm stands are rugged granite rocks, which must be blasted away whenever a new building is erected.
 Few European capitals have exper- fenced such rapid prosperity as Stock holm. It has much more than doubled in population since 1880 and in 1913 had overtaken and passed Washing ton, D. C., by more than 30 900. Among the commercial and industrial centers of Sweden it is in the vanguard, with extensive iron foundries, ship building plants. sugar, tobacco, leather. cotton soap, furniture and ood-products fac tories.
 Stockholm owes it's foundation to Birger Jarl, a broad-minded and able statesman who married the sister of King Erik Erikeson and who upon the uedtH or that sovereign ruled as re- gent for his own son VaIdemar for 1e years, during which time he inaugu- rated the establishment of Sweoen's empire by leading an expedition into Finland in 1249 and building the for tress of Tavaste1lus. Five years later, he established a fortress on the rocky is.et which lies in the mouth Of the channel connecting Malar Lake with the Black Sea. This was the begin ming of Staden (the city). which forms the heart of the present Swedish capi- tai.
 ''Being built of wood, Stockholm was frequently swept by fire during it's early history, and it also suffered greatly from periodic raids by the Danish kings. On one of the latter ocsacions (1520) the Danish monarch Christian II. in order to make sure of his sold upon the Swedish country, as- sembled the leading nobles of the kingdom in the Stor- Torg, the central and highest point on Staden island, and there had them decapitated Thus the ''Stockhotm Blood Bath phrase came to designate this spot. Tn the Stor-Torg is the Exchange where the leading factors in Sweden's business world congregate at one o'clock each day.
 The oldest church in Stockholm is the Storkyrka (Great Church) which is supposed to have been founded by
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Birger Jarl in 12e4, but which was re- built about two centuries ago The most interesting sacred structure. however is the RiddarholIns kyrka with it's open-work cast-iron spire rising to a height of nearly 300 feet. This is Stockhoirn's Westminster Ab- bey or Pantheon for in it are buried the kings and heroes of the nation. Here rest the great warrior Gustavus Adolphus, and the able and enl1ght- ture, granted liberty to the press. fSs- tered commerce and science, and in return was assassinated at the in stigation of lisa ffected nobIes. Here also is the tomb of Bernadotte, one of Napo.eons generals who was elevated to a throne by his master but who fought against the military genius when the latter's star of empire be- gan to set.
 There are many magnificent pub- among which are: the royal palace with its 800 apartments; the splendid riksdagshus (parNament house) com pleted 12 years ago at a cost of more than two and a half million dollars: the royal library, where one copy of every book pub ished in Sweden must be filed and which boasts of one of the greatest collections of pamphlets and manuscripts in Europe and the offices from which the Nobel fund is distributed The royal collection of weapons is the finest in the world.
 Although Stockholm is within a few miles of being as far north as Cape Farewell, Greenland, ice break CTS keep the harbor open in winter PetrOgrad lies almost due east across the Batic and the Gulf of Finland a distance of 450 miles Copenhagen is 330 miles in an airline to the south west, and the German city of Danzig is the same distance due south
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PLENTY FOR DIsTILLERfEs ToDo

There appears to be no prospect that there will be any abandonment of the prohibition of whiskey distilling during the period of the war as called for in the food control bill already passed by the house and which the senate must take action upon very soon. Although the effort which is being made to put beer and wines un- der the same strict prohibition, it is possible that compromise will be reached whereby such action will be left to the president with power to take such step if and when he con- siders it advisable.
 In connection with this fight for the prohibition of whiskey manufac cture, those who are opposing it are laying stress upon the number who will be thrown out of employment by the closing of such distilleries, but it is pointed out by pr. Allen Rogers of such need not take place These es- tablishments can and should be turn ed to the best use possible and they can be utilized in the manufacture of alcohol not for the purpose of provid- ing it for drinking purposes but for the manufacture of explosives. the manufacture of ether and other me dieina1 articles, for fuel and for dyes
 This makes it plain that the distil- leries will not have to shut up. In fact they should not be permitted to- At a time like this, or in fact at any time. there Is need for turning every establishment Of the kind to the best possible use and there Is a wide de- mand for such an important article as they are well equipped to turn out.
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THE RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE.

The renewal of activities by the Russians along the Galician front while the early .eports do not indi- cate that they have thus far gained much ground, makes 1t apparent that the army is going to do its part in upholding the determination of free Russia to fight for the establishment of early peace. The rest which those forces have had for several months has made it possible for them to bring up any supplies that may have been needed in the way of equip ment and ammunition and they are in a position to carry on a vigorous of fenstve along the line which Germany has been drawing endorsements from in order to give greater support to it's armies in the west
 Thus there appears to be not only an opportunity for the Russians to accomplish much that will be of great assistance to the cause of the allies but l. is bound to cause Germany and Austria increased anxiety at the very time when they are confronted with serious problems elsewhere
 T. is significant at this time that Germany should be offering Russia an armistice for it's coming elections. That country knows what Russia has done for it during It's period of inactivity It was in hopes that it's peace proposi- ton would be accepted and still great CT benefit be obtained by the retire ment Of that country from the war but that having failed it is doing it's best to cause another Hull or the east err front That it is believed will meet with no greater success. and with the resumption of the offensive in all theaters of the war the central powers will be subjected to the great est pressure that they have experi- enced since the war opened. The en- tente has lost much valuable time by the attitude of Russia but the time has not expired when the big Russian army can be of tremendous benefit
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HUSBANDS LITTLE WAT

going to moisten the cotton again. He said the finger was in terrible state and he was certain that blood poison ing was going to set in.
 T rebandaged the injured member eight times before bedtime ana all
 night long Henry kept awakening me to help him dip the cotton ana tle II up again I never knew human De- ing to enjoy anything so thoroughly as he did that little first aid to the | injured. We kept it up for soid week l The first thing Henry did when ne ] returned at dewy eve was 70 sise me breathIess bulletins about his nnger. l It became so we'll in one day that It 1 shriveled up the rest Of the week 1 from the lotion he kept constantly on | 1t, but when I suggested that l, was all right he looked at me as though l | had offered to slay him on the spot. He said it was very queer 1 could | not see what state 1t was Tn ana | how dangerous it might De ana now | he was suffering or apt to suffer. If was too busy to take care Of SICK 1 husband, why, of course, that was a different affair, and maybe, he was
 asking too much to expect me 10 pc | interested in his sorrows -On, put ne ] was pathetic
 1 50. I turned right in and bandaged l that hand to a finish and when peo- pie called I said that Henry Nn sa l feeling very wei and had been having l rather a hard time with his hand and | Henry would brighter up and tell | them all about it and how many times | it had to have medicine put on it and low it woke him up in the night once,
 it pained him so. He wavered be- | tween amputation and a permanently crooked finger his ultimate fate, | and I believe he really was aggrieved | when at last he had to admit there
 wasn't a thing wrong with the finger | any more and he had to look else | where for amusement
 But you eee,' concluded the wo-
 man who had been married a bng
 time, it gave him an idea. and all my l life since I have been engaged bnsily l taking care of Henry's wounds, | sprafns, bumps and bruises. He en- 1 joys it so that I haven't the heart to
 speak to him firmly Anyhow, what's | the difference, so long as the child is kept amused and happy"
 "I can't understand you at all," scsd | the bride. And anyhow, I know Tom | never would be like that-so wrapped up in himself!"
 | Maybe not" agreed the long ma-- ried lady. But you watch out-if he
 never acts that way they'll catch him and put him in a museum."-Ex- change.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03
MORE COAL SHOULD MEAN LOW
 FER PRICES.

Just at this time when the attention of the country is centered upon the lowering of the price of coal, as at tempted through the efforts of cer- tain administration heads by present. ing to the coal producers their patri- otic duty, the official figures which have been given out by Secretary Lane of the department of the interior re- garding the production of coal for the past six months are especially inter esting.
 In declaring that the production of coal in this country was the largest in Its history, he stated that a new record has even been established dur ing the first six months of this year when fully -270, 900, 900 tons of bitumi- nous coal were produced, or more than 20, ,00o, 900 tons in excess Of the cor responding period of 1916, and that the limit has not been reached This means than an even greater tonnage can be anticipated for the ensuing six months with the prospects that it may reach the 00,o0o,o8o mark.
 There have been greater demands of course for coal through increased industrial activity, but at the same time the added output this year with the indications of a still greater pro- duction stands forth as one of the best reasons why there should be a dropping in the price so that the con sumner will receive fair treatment. In creased production of course means increased profit for the producers. A fair price therefore is only just and if the government has not the author ity to see that the consumer gets proper treatment there should be leg islation enacted which will give it that authority. Because there is a big de- mand the users ought not to be un- fairly treated, especially when there is such great amount being mined
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T am so glad" said the bride, "tr4s Tom has such sympathetic nature. So many men are positively unfeeling! Why, when he came last evening and found that I had a headache you should have seen himi He went out to a restaurant for his dinner and made me a cup of tea himself, and was positively anxious. AS though l were going to die or someThing.''
 That is very beautiful!" agreed the woman who had been married long time. Enjoy it while you may, be- cause it is a heeting fiower!"
 You talk indignantly eclaimed the bride, "as if husbands were in the habit of beating their wives with the broom or the coal shovel if they ever felt anything but superlatively welil "
 Not at all" said the long married lady. 'T consider my husband the hangs over me as though he feared l was about to pass away when my head aches. He stands around on one foot and asks whether I don't want the window shade raised and then says he guesses he can't do anything for me and he's sorry and then he goes downstairs and spends a pleasant evening with the paper and a book and when he comes upstairs again, gives a violent start at the sight of me and says: Great Scott. I for got all about your headache. Any better?'"
 "I think that is perfectly awful" declared the bride. Why, Tom couldn't enjoy himself a minute if he thought I was not happy. Last night he sat beside me and held my hand and put cologne on my forehead-'
 "Oh, dear. deart" commented her friend. 'TNow you know perfectly well that you hate having your front hair all mussed up with stuff and that you were desperately uncomfortable trying to look beautiful when 1oN wanted to be let alone to look the way you felt, When you are trying to concentrate on a headache 1t is no time to be distracted by endeYoring still to remain cha. ming in the eyes of your husband, We'll, never mind 1, When once you begin sympathizing with Tom you'll be too busy to have a headachei
 Never shall I forget the time my husband had a swelling on his finger It was inf1amed and tender around the nail and I could not bear to see the poor boy suffer, so I remembered a lotion that my, mother had used at home. I wet some cotton and ban daged the finger tip and he said it felt fine. In half an hour he inquired in an injured tone whether was not
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03
NO SIMILAR REPRIsALs.

The British government has been giving serious thought to the demand which has been made upon it that it resort to reprisals as the result of the large loss of life among non combat ants during the recent air raid over London It has taken time to look at the matter from both sides and in reaching the decision which it has that Great Britain will not resort to German methods, 1t cannot help being felt that ft is the wisest course.
 Great Britain has decided that it will not attempt to outdo tSerrna ny in it's frightfulness, it's brutality, it's savagery- It realizes that every at tempt to pay Germany back with the same kind of coin is going to- drive hat desperate country to greater out awry, harsher crueIties and more bar oarous trea tmenc of the innocent. and Great Britain does not intend to re- sort to that kind of warfare which includes women and children No country can have an ambition to out -1val Germany in such methods. That country has gained reputation throughout the world which no one will envy, and inasmuch as the resort O like endeavors would only force he imperial government to commit worse deeds, it is but natural that no government outside of Germany and ts allies wants to be responsible for iuch horrible measures.
 The entente nations can well put iorth their efforts in behalf of driv- ng the Germans to a point where it will be much more difficult to carry ,ut such ruthless plans. This can be accomplished by forcing them out of he coast towns of Belgium and it will iot be surprising If such q programme S opened in the near future
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03
CANNING LESSONS
Avoid "FIat Sour"

Avoid "FIat Sour"
 To avoid what is known as Flat sour'' in peas, also asparagus, beans, and corn, the fresh product should be handled very carefully says today's bulletin from the National Emergency
 Food Garden Commission. which is cooperating with this paper in a nation wide campaign to conserve the food supply of the country.
 Only fresh young peas should be
 used the best time to gather these being in the morning while it is cool The whole process should be carried on rapidly as possible and peas should not be allowed to stand after smelling. Shell and sort. putting peae of same size and maturity together. Be sure l not to put hard ripe peas among ten der ones. When peas are too old or split or broken they should be re- moved before packing as the liquid l becomes cloudy.
 Blanching, cold dipping and pack l ing are very important for it is in CUTS which causes fiat sour"
 To banch the peas plunge them tfn- l to boiling water for from four to eight minutes, depending upon their tender ness; then put them ir1media tely in to cold water for an instant. Pack at once into jars within haf inch of the top. If jars are too full some cloudy Add one level teaspoonful of salt to the quart and fill with hot water Partly tighten tops and ster- 1 Fize for two and half to three hours. l Of using tin cans seal completely be- | fore sterilizing). After proper ster- 1 iIizatfol1 remove jars from boiling wa ter, com p1ete fastening of tops. invert | jars and place out of draught to cool Wrap in dark colored paper to pre- vent bleaching in storage.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Roasting a Distinguished lrishman.

fodSTinQ a OtStin9uiSheO tFtShman.
 Mir Editor: It is an old saying in Ireland That when one Irishnan is to be roasted you can always S-1d anoth- CT to turn the spit" MT. Cummings today in your valuable paper gives an He is of opinion that the Hon. T. P. O'Connor, representative of a large and respectable constituency in Ire land. should be roasted hence he hastens to offer himself as the spit turner. Turning the spit-is allow ed to be a mean service in any case, but in this particular one you will note that Nr. Cummings plays also the triple role of accuser. judge, and executioner. The writer of this letter is a believer in fair play. and as Mir. a large Irish party which represents home rule, he is entitled to fair hear ing in regard to his policy, and. if aft CT that anything can be said in rebut- tal it should be done in respectable, convincing argument, and not in Bill ingsgate. The charge of posse ssing al Irish name, brought against MT O'Connor (of which he may be justly proud) cannot, of course. be said of Mir Cummings-but Irish as MT. O'ConnoC is, enc thing is certain-he will not use so much English in the ef- fort 10 make himself understood as NIT. Cummings requires The main fear with him seems to be that MT Fay Pay will be listened to, and will he undeTstood-and he should also realize that the clamor of one man ---in Norwich. will not extinguish MT. O'Connor, nor his mission.
 DATRIADA.
 Norwich. July 2. 1917.
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FAIRGROUNDS,

With the opening of the playground feason in many cities and the plans or the opening in others, there can lot help being a widespread interest the activity and accomplishments this organized play movement throughout the country.
 According to the data which has
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While there is so much attention being given in Washington to the pro- hibition of the manufacture of whis- key. beer and wine, there is strange silence on the part of Col. Bryan about grape juice.
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Food in Canada.

Canada looks to Hon. W. J Hanna, it's food controller. to conscript the wealth represented by the high prices that empty the purses of the con sumers of food and fill the pockets of the providers of food. Toronto Telegram.
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VenizeIos is not likely to start his job by telling the new king that he was well acquainted with his father. He will get busy at once, let such a discussion of the past wait and de- vote his attention to the business at hand.
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Those Boy Scouts of Virginia who arc digging 40O,G 900 bushels of pota- toes are furnishing an excellent ex- ample to the members of that organ ization scattered throughout the coun- try for their idle hours during the long vacation.
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Strenuous efforts are being made at Washington to put King Alcohol in the same class with the deposed mon- archs of Europe.
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Those who caused the digging of potatoes to stop because there has been a drop in the price ought to re- ceive a visit from an agent of Uncle Sam. Potatoes can still continue to drop without the consumer finding them on the bargain counter
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Early success in canning ought to in- spire further activity in that direction as the season moves along.
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Every battleship has fts day. The Olympia had hers You remrm nar. don't you, when she was the flag ship of n var heet and how spien- did she was as the pride of the White Squadron. Now she is reduced 10 coast guarding and got stranded there. May she get free again lget for the sake of her good memory- Waterbury American.
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Looks That Way.

laying the registration rnrurra you'd think they are In the hands Of prac- tical politicians waiting fo zee how many more names it will take % win.-Macon Telegraph
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of late. but there is no telling how long it will last. Villa is much like the New York horsecars which are reported gone today but still doing business tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03

The man on the corner says: The
 man who wields a hoe successfully
 has mastered one branch of the simple life.
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be ali right to invoke this ie~af plan 10 prevent it but there ls no reason. only an excuse. on important matters tt is all right to bring up these fue legal points. but here ir different case. The teachers were voted inc money b. the towusueDptc and they have earned it. Just 1ccaaae they come under the heading of mun.c.p1I employees and there ls a law which for bids salary raises while ln ohica It should not be applied to this case The law was made Go prevent grating clfy and town officials from raising the.r own salaries while they held offre The Neriden teachers are a miNHfg capable lot. The. average ar nirH as any teachers iu the state and they have served the city fa3tnf-'Iy They should get inc money that has been voted them .-Ierldeu Journal