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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Sensible people go slow on meats and stimulants of all kinds when hot wave is on.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Ten thousand postmasters have been added to the civil service list If 10000 were tested by it the ser vice might be greatly improved.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

The Austrian navy has built the largest floating crane in the world, mounted on a elf-propelled barge and with a lifting capacity of 240
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

The reconstruction period which is sure to follow the war will be no mean problem.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Oklahoma has twelve candidates in the list for the governorship. The war spirit manifests there
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Those who still think wonan's sphere is the kitchen should be noti- fled that four women have been ar rested as part of a gang holding up a train in Missouri
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

We have divided the people of the earth into good and bad people Dr. W. T. MoElvelin affirmed re- gently: You can no more educate bad man into a good man than you can educate a buttercup into butter fly" This does not mean that bad men are beyond redemption, but that mental change is not the thing, yet change of heart is Perhaps the best symbol of a good man and a bad man is light and darkness, or intelli- gence and ignorance. There is very much less willful sin in the world than most of us imagine. Tt is not only what we do," says Moliere. ''but also what we do not do. for which we are accountable" Our sins of com mission are nothing compared to our sins of omission which crush spiritual impulses and make us negative to good, when we should be positive for it. Most of the woes of mankind are traceable direct to ignorance. It is the appeal to the heart which stirs mems souls, not the appeal direct to the intellect
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

A Massachusetts man has tried vacuum suction upon potato bugs and it gathered them in superbly. Easier and safer than poison.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

More ships were launched in July than were ever launched before in year in this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Pat Riot can always trace his fine- age back to the Emerald Isle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

The K. of c. slogan: Everybody welcome and everything free'' is hear ty enough for anybody.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10
EpIToRiAL NoIEs.

This war is giving us a good opin-t ion even of the swine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

The country will put 00,000 men in military training in September and 150,000 each month from Octo- Der to December. This drain upon cur agriculture and industry will now be ready as long as the war lasts. Not only must wastage be replaced but the army must be built up as rapidly as possible to the 5,000,00 total which it is now es- timated will measure our minimum need for troops.
 We can find the men and those who are left behind must work harder and faster to make up for their loss and to keep them fed and supplied.
 By the summer of 1919, vacations will become unpopular, and idlers will be under close scrutiny Water- bury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

What shallow stuff ordinary talk is. Perhaps mans talk about the weather and woman's talk upon the styles are good average samples. What do we know about the weather, anyhow. We do not know what the earth needs for weather, or seem to realize what the earth needs may be good for us whether we enjoy it or not. We com plain when it is too cold, too dry, or 100 wet. and grumble because it does not meet our wants instead of our ne- cessities. If it did what do you sup pose would happen? Thoughtless things worth while instead of our neighbors makes us popularly known as nuts or "cranks." Man is guilty of saying thousand things every day that are not so for the sake of sus- taining his pretenses and hearing him self talk. We enjoy the sound of our own voices and do not think as ser iously as we should of the quality or effect of our utterances.
 It was Hiene who expressed the opinion that Judaism is not a religion but misfortune; and in the face that through Luther and Lutheranism that nation has become like the Irael- ties a chosen people to do the will of God, the same thing may be said of it. We must either stop teaching | God is the same yesterday, today and forever" or else we must decline to accept that theory that Jehovah is a partial God. It is and always will be folly for Christians to quarrel about
 the character of God, for it is up to them to glorify the divine truths which
 have been revealed to man, and te
 prove that the Christ in all his prom
 ises promulgated truth. He was al
 He claimed to be, or He was nothing but an imposter. He cannot be fash
 toned to suit us, because the divine
 decree is that we must become like unto Him. God is not like unto us be. cause the infinite doesn't need init qualities.-We need His spiritual il lumination! We need His truth, an(
 when we obey the Golden Rule wal will be at an end.
 if uou ara 4of feeliy,e, ..,esfl md xrixI
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The kaiser assures his people that the U-boats will preserve the Ameri- ican soldier from reaching France in force. The kaiser knows by DOW that, despite the U-boats, the Amer icans already in France number over 1;9000 900 men More than 100000 Americans participated in the sec ond victory at the Marne. When 1t is necessary fur the kaiser to deny the known truth in this unacceptable n1an- ner. 1t must signify that he is making desperate effort to remove wide spread depression already existing in Germany over the threat of more American military power coming Waterbury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

The Huns spare no one-why should they be spared?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

It was in June that became in- terested in a group of boys of foreign parents on the outskirts of the city were wearing wild roses-a single rose-in their hat bands, They were not well dressed, were barefooted and in city parlance were likely to be re- ferred to as urchins; but any boy who loves a; rose for it's fragrance or it's decorative beauty has a quality of soul that is worth having. I recog- nized that this was not an American habit; but the habit of boys in the valleys of Italy or on the highways of France where wild flowers are abun- dant and the fancy for color and adornment is prevalent among the common people. Somehow that one wild rose in the hat band of each boy made me feel akin to them, made me sense that deep within them abode a love of beauty, which to them might be joy forever. The Anglo | Saxon race is inclined to regard any | thing of this sort as being eliminate, and in it's disregard for beautiful
 trif1es it has lost quality of ever 1 lasting value.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

Do not be a stone around the neck of that boy of yours at the front. The government expects you to be brave. Sherman said War is heIl!" It is,
 and always will be, to mothers and
 wives and sisters and sweethearts at
 home, as well as to the loved ones at
 the front. The brave are not only
 those who do and dare, but those who grieve and bar. Stoat hearts have always backed up our American boys t-heaxts that love them, and dream of them here and follow them Over there::" and the heroism of these home letters equals the heroism of our fighting men at the front. When you write, tell them of the cheerful things and let tlsem gather the confidence and hope and faith which makes them strong-which makes secure the mo- lrale of the American army. What a force is represented by the true hearts of these women at home, firm for right, true to honor, loyal to the flag, and strong in counsel! The women behind the men must be right if we expect
 the men behind the guns to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

It is being noted that there is a
 scarcity of English sparrows in all
 parts of New England not to be ex-
 plained by the human campaign
 against them, nor wholly attributable to the severity of the winter of 1917- 1918 I have not seen an English
 sparrow upon my premises the past
 summer although they have found protection and food there for the past
 ten years They have deserted the old swamp-maple tree hole in which they have had two or three broods a year, and the old bluebird house 1 which they drove the bluebirds from several years ago, and have since oc- cupied summer and winter. No single pair of English sparrows can drive a pair of our native bluebirds from their home. The bluebirds battled for a week against every English sparrow combination. They are the Huns
 among small birds and fight for one
 another. We have not had upon the premises one-half the number of starlings which visited us the previous year. There is something strange
 about the disappearance of the spar
 rows and it is likely to be quite diff l cult to account for it
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10
THE MAN WHO TALKS

It is possible to note pleasing incl dents from the window of a trolley car. It is not so long ago that I saw a pretty, neat, well-dressed little girl from trolley car window whose dress and dark hair and olive complexion in dicated that she was of Italian parent age, approaching carriage left upon the walk with an infant therein with a rufHed cap enveloping it's head, and bright face and angelic eyes, and it may have been 'tgoo-ing," as speech less infants do She gently lifted the ruff1e about the forehead of the baby, spoke word and smiled There could have been no reply. The little maid gracefully stepped back from the car- riage and curtsied to this strange baby as though she was conscious that it was of angelic origin. or that it might have come from Heaven; and then went on her way. This was a pretty sight, innocence greeting innocence so finely and formally on a city street. prompted apparently by love. and as unconscious of the strolling vagrants and numbering noises of the street as if they had no existence.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

# you are not feeling well and wish
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-10

It is not strange mortal man in tch dog-day stress of heat as we tUharo ie
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
MCLEAN FILES ANSWER
IN SUIT OVER MINES

Edward 3. Mclean, individually
and as trustee OF the estate OF his
rather. John r. Mclean, tod.,
through Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert
and II. II. Neatman, filed his answer
TO the amended and supplemental bill
OF complaint of Frederick II. BuEher,
which is the suit involving the large
interests in the Rosiclsir 1uorspar
mines in Illinois. said TO amount to
several millions OF dollars.
The answer directs it's attention
principally to the claim of the plain
tin that the recent purchase made by
young Mclean since his fathers
death Of about LOO acres OF mining
property near the Rosiclair mine,
known as the Interstate mines, should
have been bought for the Joint bene-
Mt OF all parties interested in the
Rosiclair mines.
BY the answer. young Mclean AYERS
that, Notwithstanding the fact that
the plaintiff has a one-sixth interest
in the ROsiclair mines. he has no
right 10 interfere with investments
which may be made by defendant,
who purchased the Interstate prop
erty exclusively for himself and with
his. own money. II is claimed that
the Interstate property contains ex-
tremely valuable veins of lead and
fiuorspar. Mr.. Mclean denies that he
Is in any way. associated with the
plaintiff as a partner in the Rosiclair
properties, and AYERS. therefore, that
no partnership rights in connection
with the purchase OF other property
applies.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20

Il had about fifty calls for my rooms and
the very incest kind of people. l certainly am
more than satisfied with The Washington
Times, and whenever have a room to rent
anything else I want advertised shall place
it in The Washington Times"
Many times every day we receive words of
this kind.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
WALL ST. MARKET
CLOSING IS IRREGULAR ON
STOCK EXCHANGE
Initial Prices Show upturns Of From
Fractions to More Than Point.
Steel Common Advances-Rails
Reveal Fractional Gains.

NEW YORK, March CHICKERING'S
were light at the opening OF the stock
market today, with Initial prices
showing upturns OF from fractions to
more than ] point.
Steel common rose y to 81 Is, and
gains ofsl point were made in Bethle-
hem Steel b, Crucible, and Baldwin
Locomotive.
The railroad stocks showed frac-
tional gains.
Marine preferred rose Is to 96L.
The strong tone disappeared soon
after the opening and was followed
by some sharp recessions. General
Motors dropped points to 11SA.
Industrial Alcohol was strong, SELL
ing up to 124. a gain of 2ls points.
The market closed irregular.
Yesterday
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
BALTIMORE GRAIN MARKET.

BALTIMORE, March 20.-wheat-
Firm; No. soft red. s2.22; No. ? red
winter, S2.24; receipts. 2,941 bushels;
shipments. none.
Corn-Unsettled; lower; new. as to
grade and color. $1.T0 20 $3.50; re-
eelpts. e0,G35 bushels; shipments. go
46S bucshels, -
oats-weak and lower: No. white,
$1.019S1.02; receipts. 20,645 bushels;
shipments. 6s,S69 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. Western. export.
spot, $3.50; receipts, 2O,635 bushels;
shipments. none.
Hay-Less active; receipts freer.
Flour-Firm, fair demand for all
grades.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
THE W WASHINGTON TINES. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1918
THE LOCAL. MARKET
SLEEPY SESSION ON CAPT.
TAI EXCHANGE
Fifteen Shares Of Washington Rail-
way and Electric Preferred Sold.
American Security and Trust
Company Declares Dividend.

A single sale, after call. OF fifteen
shares Of Washington Railway and
Electric preferred at 67&, comprised
the sales at today's sleepy session OF
the Washington Stock Exchange.
A notice was read from the Amer
lean Security and Trust Company
that the quarterly dividend of > per
cent would be paid on April 10 TO
stockholders OF record at the close
OF business March so.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20

PARK RD., i6OO-Attractive
rooms, nice meals; detached
corner house; large lawn. IL
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
THE CURB MARKET.

Two o'clock prices furnished by W. B.
Hibbs 4 Co., members New York stock Ex-
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
ToDAY,s SALES.

After call-washington Railway
and Electric Preferred. 1566I&.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
COTTON MARKET.

Furnished The Warrington T:nss ~ y. a.
Carrsuter q e.. Nov YorK. Branch office
Yoodward bldg. Herbert n. Broua. nae
New York
The Washington times., 1918-03-20

ers are not required to furnish tickets
containing the same information I'M
less requested to do so by purchasers.
Fixes standard size barrels, boxes.
and crates for apples, pears, tomatoes,
vegetables. and fruits, the boxes ana
crates to be OF one bushel size. All
sorts and sizes of these things are to
be found in the markets OF the city
For less than one bushel the contain
ers must be OF standard size. ana
where standards are not used the
quantity of contents must be mark
ed.
Apples, peaches, and pears must be
sold by heaped measure.
A standard sack of potatoes shall
be one and one-half bushels.
Automatic pumps like those used in
selling gasolene to Automobiles must
display a sign marked Tank Empty
when the tank becomes low in con-
tents.
Increases penalties for violation OF
laws.
Ice Inspection Important.
Mr.. Roberts said today that he con-
siders the section relating to ice most
important in view of the approach OF
warm weather. THE ice situation here
last summer was very bad" he said,
"and with the vastly increased popula-
tion OF Washington 1t will probably
be worse this summer unless this bill
Is passed. Under the present law the
Ice man is not compelled to sell by
weight, and on this account this de-
partment is badly hampered in pro-
tecting the public"
Mr.. Roberts pointed out that II an
ice dealer was dishonest there was
nothing to prevent his giving Gus
toner much less ice for the money
paid than the customer thought he
was getting.
Protecting the Poor.
Mr.. Roberts office found last win
ter, during the coal famine. that
many little stores sold coal in bags
at prices fixed by the seller, without
any mark as to the weight. In some
instances the prices paid ranged as
high as 500 per ton.
unfortunately" said Mr.. Roberts
today, "the present law does not
throw necessary Safeguards around
the sale of coal except in quantities
sufficiently large to require delivery
in q vehicle OF some sort, and for
lIllS ICd6Ou many POSA pCOPAc D@N -
pay huge prices last winter for what
they bought"
J.. The proposed new law will re-
Quire that a ticket showing net
weight must be given with sales Of
less than $50 pounds when not
weighed IN a vehicle. In fifty pounds
or less the weight must be marked
on the package. Every coal dealer
must have his name on his wagons.
All weights, scales. and measures
must be taken to the weights and
measures office for approval
To Control PeddIers.
Mr.. Roberts office has found that
many people have been imposed upon
by transient hucksters and peddlers
who might never be seem again by
the purchaser. For that reason he
approves the Crosser proposition that
every itinerant merchant shall do
liver to purchasers of any commodity
a sale ticket giving weight or meas
ure. name, permanent address and
license number. Such a law is abso-
lutely necessary, Mr.. Roberts thinks.
The Washington times., 1918-03-20
CROSSER BILL
WILL Be CHECK
ON DISHONEST
DEALERS HERE
by BILL PRICE.

To head or profiteering through
short weights, short measures and
other tricks Of the dishonest, Con-
gresham Crosser today introduced
ir the House an important bill, hav-
ing the full approval OF the District
Commissioners. designed to amend
and strengthen the ancient laws OF
the District, which barely touch the
principal parts of buying and SELL
ing.
George n. Roberts, superintendent
OF weights. measures and markets Of
the District. with whom Congress
man Crosser conferred as 10 the de-
tails OF the bill. gives it his fullest
approval and declares that It will
correct certain grave evils that now
exist; that it will protect the con-
sumner and benefit the honest bust
ness man, who will not object to Il.
New Features.
The principal new features con-
tanned in the law. which renovate
the old Law in its weakest points. are:
Provides for a standard loaf OF
bread. Weighing one pound. but also
permits one-half or one-Quarter
pound loaveS. Each loaf must con-
tain a label giving the weight and
name of the baker. The provision
does not apply to crackers or fancy
breadfweighing less than four ounces
or to stale bread when sold as such.
Requires the sale Of ice by weight
only. the existing law on that sub
3ect being very deficient.
Requires that sales OF coal by the
ton shall be by the long ton OF 2.240
pounds and coal sold in small guam
titles to the poor must have on the
bags the exact weight All Quani-
ties OF coal must be sold by weight.
Prohibits operation of coin slot ma
chimes that have not been tested and
Tickets For Buyers.
Hucksters and peddlers are required
to deliver to purchasers sales ticket
showing Weight, measure or numer-
Ical count. the ticket TO contain the
name. permanent address and license
number of the seller. Regular deal
The Washington times., 1918-03-20

This is the ad that rented the rooms
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-13
ALIEN WOMEN
TO REGISTER SOON

Chief of Police S. A. Pelton, post
masters and Others in the county are
getting ready to register the enemy
alien women during the ten days Of
June II to rs. AS with the men last
winter the ladies must bring their
photographs, make their finger prints
and tell their ages. All over fourteen
are to register. American women,
wives Of German men who have not
been naturalized, are subjects of the
kaiser. There are several women in
the county who were born here and
who have married men who are Ger
man subjects, and they must report.
, This may seem harsh, but a woman is
. subject of the same country as her
husband, and there is no way of get
! ting around it. 1t is dangerous to for
get to register, for it means term in
jail. There is a man boarding with
Sheriff Welk now because he forgot to
register. Step up to the photographer,
ladies, look pleasant, see the police
and have the trouble ended.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-13

A Balloon Fish.

There lives in the upper waters OF
the River Nile a queer fish called the
fahak (TetrodOn fahaka), which has
the power of Initiating itself like bal
loon by drawing in a large quantity
of air, Usually it swims in the man
ner of other fishes; but when danger
threatens it rises quickly to the sur
face of the water and begins to pump
air into an extension of the gullet. By
this means the abdomen of the fish
soon becomes so greatly distended
that it exceeds the rest of the body in
size. The fish loses it's equilibrium,
turns over and floats on it's back, and
at the same time the spines Of the
abdomen are erected.
By this transformation the fahak is
protected against the attacks of it's
enemies. If one Of these seize it the
aggressor is wounded by the spines
and henceforth leaves the unpleasant
creature alone. If the inflated fish
is grasped by the human hand it en-
deavors to draw in still more air, as
if it were we'll aware Of the import
ance of this action to it's safety.
When the danger is past the air
escapes with slight kissing noise
and the fish gradually resumes its
normal form.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-13
GRAssHoPPERs FLY FAR
Have Been Picked Up 1920 Miles at
Sea

The grasshopper would seem to have
nothing in common with the seagull,
yet grasshoppers have been picked up
in swarms at sea, 1900 miles. from the
nearest land.
The African grasshopper has been
known to cross the Red and Mediter-
ranean seas in destructive numbers
and even to fly to the Canary Islands.
For the most part these grasshoppers
are of a migratory species (Schisto-
vers tartarica) noted for its great
flights. The bodies are about four
inches long and are equipped with
large air sacs in addition to the usual
breathing tubes. These sacs buoy up
the insect so that it is able to stay III
the air for days at a time, exertlng
practically no effort at all. During
flights it's speed varies from three to
twenty miles an hour. When 1t IS
tired it rests on the water and Is
borne along on the waves.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-13
Scientific Uses of Spiders Threads.

The cultivation of certain species of
spiders solely for the fine threads
which thsy weave has an important
bearing upon the work of the as
!ronomer, says Harpers Weekly. No
substitute for the spiders thread has
yet been found for bisecting the screw
of the micrOmeter used for determin-
ing the positions and motions of the
stars, not only because of the remark
able fineness Of the threads but be-
cause of their durable qualities. The
threads of certain spiders raised for
astronomical purposes withstand
changes in temperature, so that often
in measuring sun spots they are unin-
jured when the heat is so great that
the lenses of the micrometer eye
pieces are cracked. These spider lines
are only one-fifth to one-seYenth of a
thousandtll of an inch in diameter,
compared with which the threads of
he siilkWorm are large and clumsy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-13
THE LATEST MAN

Who's the LATEST man? A passenger
on a Pennsylvania-av street car went
out of his way to nominate the man
he saw out of the car window the
other day. This individual, his lips
holding a cigaret, stood in the street
near the car tracks holding a match
extended before him. When a car
came along, he just placed the head
of the match against the side of the
car. The cars speed provided the
necessary friction to light the match,
and the lazy one saved himself the
exertion of scratching the match on
the street or his shoe sole or-some
place else.-Washington Times.