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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

ence to him who his opponents were.
 Yet. as is so often the case, there was another side to his character than that which was displayed by his fiery speeches. He possessed soft and kindly nature under the surface and he has been repeatedly referred to as jewel in the rough.
 He had. served in the senate many years and but for the fact that he be- lieved that the country needed the service of trained men at this time he would not have been candidate for reelection. His death will not be followed by the sending of another Tillman from South Carolina to the United States senate but there is no chance that such a belligerent will be quickly forgotten. He was a man about whom Washington and the country will continue to talk for years.
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leo Caroline Ave-, Ogdensburg, NY. 1T suffered q great deal for throe or four years with Nervous Sick Head- Gche Gnd Dysbcbsfa. Had to take two to four seidlitz powders every other day. Tried doctors-ate bran gems took all kinds of remedies - but nothing did me good until I 1sed 'Fruit-a-tives', or Fruit LiverTablets. was relieved tho first day I used them. 71cy maae me zycsJ end keeP me ayeH, and am always glad to tell people of the great things 'Fruit-a- tives' have done for mo.
 Ihave many friends in Ogdensburg now using Fruit a. tives' on my recommendation.
 c. E. BESWICK. Soc. a box, 6 for $2. 50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent on receipt of price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGpENSBURG. N. Y,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
SHIP PRODUCTION

Just how many vessels there were which were put overheard as part of the Fourth Of July demonstration by the shipbuilding plants of the coun- fry matters less than the fact that it was clearly shown that the produc- don Of shipping as carried on under the present plan is obtaining results which are highly gratifying. We are striking a gait which indicates that in spite of the great lack of shipping at the beginning of the war and the handicaps which have been experi- enced since the task of building was undertaken we gre beginning to feel the effects Of our resources il. mater ial and industrial strength.
 IL had been anticipated that there would be over a hundred vessels of an kinds to take the water in the ex- tension Of the span of ships to bridge the Atlantic. For one reason or an other some were launched in advance of the holiday and there are others which it was considered advisable to hold up for a day or so. but the re- suits are being secured nevertheless and there is plenty of evidence to show that the shiDbuilding activities are going to grow greater each day.
 This has been pretty well shown by the fact that the shipyards which look part .n the wholesale launchings have set new records not only in building ships in fewer days but that they have reduced the time in getting new keels laid for the production ol more ships. The machinery of ship building is being tuned up to meet the eourtry's needs as they should be met and the coming six months should far exceed anything which has beer accomplished in the past. We are lighting efficiently at home as well as Rbroad
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
AMERICANS AS FIGHTERS.

It is impossible that there should be other than elation over the success which has attended the work of the American forces in the battle lines in Europe. This does not cause surprise for it has been only what was expect ed of the troops from this side of the water. We have confidence in their ability to fight and we know that they have the determination to do the best po,Obie so that after receiving the training which will fl. them for the work and which will prepare them to meet all the schemes and devices put forth by the enemy they will be d match, or as it has proved in many instances more than a match for their adversaries.
 The American army represents a new force and new life in the great world war. It represents help at a critical point and not solely assist ance in the number Of men but help which can be employed when needed and bring about the results which are desired.
 This has been conclusively demon strated since they have been engaged in the fighting. IL mattered not whether they were the units called upon at Seicheprev. the men who went into the fight at Cantigny. those who wrested Naux from the Germans. those who participated with the French in the capture of Hamel. or the marines around Chateau Thierry all displayed the proper spirit and did their duty in most satisfactory manner. The Americans have cleared away any doubts which may have existed about their being fighters and the test which those in the frs. lines have success fully met simply Indicates that other: who will follow car be depended up. on to equal or exceed. and this apple. as well to the navy as to the army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
LAST APPEARANCE
 Danz Famous Jazz Band PULASKI HALL Next Wednesday Evening,
 July 10th

had so adequately represented his district and his state and attained to such a national prominence as Congressman Hill had done, was an undertaking from which the ordin- ary citizen might well shrink. And few, if anybody, in the district, could have done it as well as Schuy- Ter Merritt. By his intelligent grasp upon the situation and its require ments he has upheld the traditions and maintained the standing of not only the district but the state, in the national House. and demonstrat- ed, by vote and speech, his right and title the mantle of his predecessor Greenwich News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
PROVING A THEORY

How I hate theories" pleasantly stated the woman who looked tired. Whenever I begin really hating a theory I am so glad that I am un- acquainted with the person who in vented it, because 1 should have to hate him or he worse
 What I recently ran against was that neat. Speneerian theory that if you refrain from doing thing some body else will do it. That is, if you do not trail around waiting on your careless children, said children will re- form and wait upon themselves. For six months I have congratulated myself on my good sense in making Marguerite attend to her own mending and care for her wardrobe. Any girl I had told her, who was Is years old was sufficiently aged to darn her own i hosiery and sew up rents and on but tons and it was up to her. My child agreed that those cares were indeed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The nomination of Congressman Schuyler Merritt, of Stamford, as the practically unanimous choice of the Republican convention, to sue ceed himself was not only recog- milton of that gentleman's worth. but a manifestation of the excellent judgment of the gentleman compos- ing the convention. Mr. Merritt, by his election, last fall, to fill out the unexpS.ed term of the late Con
 gressman E. J. Hill of Norwalk, was placed in difficult position. To fill the place of a statesman who
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Those shipworkers who agreed to work three hours on the Fourth for nothing as present to Uncle Sam are the ones who are the most likely to be thought of when the good things are being passed around.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

Dr. Washington Gladden. saw life down to deeps which only the few understand, and most of them but dimly. He was. in the best sense of the word a seer. But though that and a dreamer, he was conspicu
 ously a doer. He made religion a thing of life Without ostentation and without the common offense of patroniZing, he was among the greatest apostles of brotherhood of our time He believed in men, saw the good in them, lived and acted
 and preached for their harmony l Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The story brought back from Eu- rope about the sinking of five subna rines shows how well the menace is being met and what effective service the armed ships and conveys are rem dering
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

A Hartford restaurant can get no more beef because it failed to observe meat regulations and Meriden gro- cer can get no more flour because he disregarded the orders regarding the sale of that commodity. Those who insist upon doing as they please must pay the price.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

When Finland is ordered by Ger many to establish a kingdom and be quick about it. there is nothing else for the Films to do. Berlin isn't sat isfied with the control which it al- ready has there.
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Longevity Bored Him.

"I don't know" said the centena- rian to the reporter. what has kept me alive and in good health so long, but, by gum if ever owe my life to live over again, I'll bet I find out some good ways to shorten it."- Kansas City Star
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 If the tagging in shipbuilding has been due in any reason to the lack of steel in the yards this is not to be charged to the mills. Statistics of the steel director show that, more ship plates were rolled in the first quarter than were required by the builders.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

If the French plan to name the To- caifties taken by the Americans in their honor. there are many places in France which can get ready to be re- christened.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

There can be little wonder that Ger many does not like to shoulder the responsibility for the loss of life which resulted in the sinking of the Llandovery Castle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The demonstration of loyalty as given in this country on the Fourth will make excellent reading for the boys lover there"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

If the number of American troops in Europe create surprise in London what must be the feeling in Berlin!
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

Don't worry! These are extraor- dinary times and they furnish ex- traordinary lessons History makes it clear that great trials usually ac- company great achievements. Life is no picnic at it's best, and at its worst may be a nightmare or tregedy. It is up to every one of us to be equal to the occasion. If we are only a cog in the wheel that is grinding tyranny
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

These are the days when a holiday near the end of the week doesn't mean still industries until the following Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The man on the corner says: No one bobs up these days to dispute the claim that the Germans are barbar- ians,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

We had a grand ship launching day on July 4th and two great Allied Ma tions helped us celebrate our inde- pendence; but do we all realize if George Washington had not launched the Ship of State right, it would not have been possible for us to be standing with the leading nations of the earth today for freedom, and launching hundred ships for the eX- tension of freedom upon this nations natal day. As the late President Mckinley said on Feb. P, 1898: But with all our pride in Washington we not infrequentiy fail to give him credit for his marvellous genius as a constructive statesman. *It was committed to Washington to launch our Ship of State. He had neither pre- cedent nor predecessor to help him He welded the scattered and at times ntagonistic colonies into an inde- structible Union, mad inculcated the | lessons of mutual forbearance and | fraternity which have cemented the states into still closer bonds of in- terett and sympathy" Of all our
 "laUnchings" was not this the
 greatest?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The Czecho- -Slovak forces in Siberia give promise of bringing. about new and interesting situation among the Russians.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

Railroad Director McAdoo's econ omy in cutting down on time tables may be the saving of something al the expense of popular convenience But we can give him useful hint. Il he will get CreePs department to with hold one of every ten shovelfuls o1 stuff he puts into the mail there vii he paper enough saved to print many time tables.-Waterbury American.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

from the fece of the earth we must be good, dependalE cog. Let's all conform to the requirements of the times, respond to the calls of duty, and do our parts with a heartiness
 which lends strength to the cause of humanity. We may abominate war as being unchristian, but we recognize tyranny as devilish; and force as well as prayer is necessary to over come evil. Do not vince over the pain of the S 1okes, but with reso-
 lution and loyalty of purpose do your
 part to make the world better for all to live in
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The postmaster general continues t1 talk about the postal service just as if it was an example in efficiency.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The habit of profiteering needs to have the lid put on and firmly clamp ed down. It is highly contagious.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
Sunday Morning Talk
WIsARoNEs AND BAckBoNEs

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride!" But, even so, many a beggar would be too lazy to spring into the saddle. He would ask for a derrick to hoist him into place. And if the derrick were not forth coming, the horse would trot away without a rider.
 How rarely do the Micawbers get ahead in this world The people who are always waiting for some thing to turn up generally find themselves turned down in the end. Fortune usually favors those will ing to go out to meet the opportu- nity, to do something to create it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

Aristotle thought "the end of labor was to gain leisure" but time has proved that the end of labor is to gain knowledge and a competence. There is nothing worse for any one than too much leisure; and yet, I can imagine nineteen in twI9nty working people will say: T do not know about that, never had enough of it to tell" Those who have had plenty of it as- sure us too little to do is as tiresome as having too much. All persons of ease know hours as tedious as those who work. Too much rest breeds restlessness; and then the human soul yearns for stability It is through the gaps of leisure that all kinds of temptation creep into ones life. AS Shakespeare put it: Ten thousand harms wa know and idleness doth hatch" It is leisure which makes life seem to be half skill and half luck '' 1 It is only through labor that life can be made profitable and satisfactory.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
OTHER VIEW POINTS

There are people who will pay $50 a week hotel board to live in a sum- mer resort where the principal ex- citement is going to the post office to get letters from home.-Merider Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

A public library is a public bless
 ing if only one tenth of it's patrons
 read for educational purposes. The
 public library Carlyle classed as the
 university of the people Every book
 is not storage battery of ideas; but
 no book is so poor it may not con-
 tribute something worth while to
 some readers vocabulary. As a
 diary of the human race the public
 library is an attraction as well as an
 education to the curious As store
 house of the thoughts of those wise, and those otherwise, it reveals to the ! reader the literary styles, idiosyncra- cies, philosophies. conceits, etc. for the past twenty centuries. It is the place to find congenial minds from whom we may differ without argument or giving offense. The great and the | glorious mingle there with the in- | glorious and common folks without l friction. The Library is the work shop of the industrious and should be the pride of every community having l one
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The knoeker is always heard in the land, but he has seldom found knock ing more perilous than now, for it is the knockers who are being arrested and sent to prison for seditious utter ances. It doesn't take much irrita- tion to get steam up, but we must keep a hrick on the safety valve. Talk about watching your step" when safety first" seems to have taken up it's permanent abode in silence. Man kind isn't slandered when charged with thinking too little and talking too much. The women are not the only ones who talk so fast and continuous ly that they do not give an echo fair play. Cheap talk is taking many a person to court just now. Flueney of speech is not only a talent but a peril. It was Sydney Smith who ob- served that there is the same differ ence between the tongues of some, as between the hour and the minute hour of clock-one goes ten times as fast as the other and tells ten times as much" Watch your tongue.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

Have you discovered that men are prone to do more ip the Jay of crime than they contemplate, and to con- template more of good than they ever do? It seems to be mentally true of man that he don't know where he is going, but only knows he is on the way This is because man is a sel- fish schemer and has a narrow pur- pose. He wants to realize upon all he does right away. but goes to work the wrong way to attain it. It was William Penn who declared, He who does for goods sake, seeks neither praise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end" It is mans un- belief that makes a fool of him. and enables him to make whole false hoods of half truths, which never was or never will be sign of genius In view of what is happening today the outlook for immediate improve ment in man is not cheering. Honesty of purpose is the first steI toward better conditions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Competition is 'the life of trade" and well represents the life of the in dividual. It is the man who is al ways competing with himself who makes the sharpest competitor for others, for it is he who is always trying to excel himself that outrivals others. Progress is the watchword of nations, and it is the spirit of riv- airy among men which assures it. Never give up!" is good motto for every one. There is no such thing as standing still in life. for life must advance or retrofrade; we must make 1t more, or it will become less. The ultimate of progress is goodness; and of goodness larger freedom. It was Coleridge who said: Depend upon it. if a man is not rising up to be an angel he is sinking down to be a devil" The spirit of progress is well represented in the seHl-iment If at first you don't succeed, try, try again! Competition is push and more! So is success. We must excel ourselves to advance-we must keep pushing to become an ace.
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hers and cheerfully assumed responsi- bility.
 Tn fact, now that l think of it, she was far too cheerful. I quite boasted about my cleverness to other mothers when I would find them fraptically darning or fnending with one eye on the clock and theif distracted minds on the mending at which they were due at that minute or the pie they should be baking I told them that they were exceedingly foolish and what they needed was to give their offspring a sense of responsibility.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

The American newspaper being printed somewhere in France for the soldiers at the front-edited by the soldiers for the soldiers, represents the best spirit of American Journal ism and American citizenship. Its representative in New York tells the forces Over there" that There are no large crowds around the news paper bulletin boards here, and there is very little talking. The whole, si- lent attitude is that discussion is un- necessary and that our job is to at tend, in a businesslike way, to the business of backing you up with mon ey, men, supplies-wasting no time on anything else" The adamantine will of the American people is for our forces "Over there" as has been shown by the hundreds of millions contribut- ed for their comfort and the generous spirit which invites their representa- tives to call for more. The Stars and Stripes is worthy the name for it represents the principles the flag rep resents; and our hearts are with it in it's work and purpose. It told the soldiers of the War Savings Stamp drive and the Fourth of July cele- bration and the launching of ships by cable. It is a live wire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-06

It took an American soldier from Minneapolis, Minn., to find way to geet past the German censor. Perhaps you are unaware of the fact that writ ing the truth from Germany is one of the most dangerous things civilian or a prisoner in that country can at tempt. It was beneath the postage stamp that a German girl learned that her father had lost both legs in the war; and it was from under the postage stamp that western doc tors family were informed the Ger mans had cut out the tongue of their prisoner But this western boy opera ted by strict German regulations, but closed his praise of the enemy with the words T should much prefer to be at home in Lakewood Park" The willy German censor did not know that Lakewood park" was a cemetery, and that the prisoner was saying he pre- ferred death to life under his present conditions Shrewdness was not in vented in Germany and is not recog- nized as a German product.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-07-13
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATE
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
WHY 1T SPREADS

The only excuse for the success of German propa-
ganda If it does succeed is observation-disclosures. Rus
STA has concuSivey this fact, and that America
has thus far practically nufed it's is cumulative
evidence of the truth of this statement Any person with
average intelligence discern the evil in any statement
simply by asking themselves the question: us cacuat
ed to harm the government" Reason will tell any person
whether to believe dsbeieve any statement Sup
pose your neighbOr told you that England using all
the wheat from the United States manufacture whisky
would you believe it? 1t you would you weakminded
That is of the pieces of propaganda that German
specialists attempting to spread in this country Its
fasty appears its very face And yet there
pie who will believe such story. Poor Weakmnded Rus
STA fell victim just such silly yarns because her people
would not stop to ask themselves, lis it for against our
interestS?"
The difference between propaganda and criticism
may be easily discerned you will but stop to think Sen
ator Chamberlain set about crticSng the governments
military accommodations in the countrys various train
ing camps That criticism meant to be constructive
whether it really not. It's purpose apparent
upon its face simply public seeking improvement
But short time ago travelling salesman passing thru
the town OF Carm made this statement to of the c
zenS there: "ln Boston standing by troop train
The curtains In the all down. Suddenly one of
the boys inside put his head out the window and said to
For Gods sake, where we? They have had us in
these for three days and nights and we don't know
where we are or where we going they won't let
look out OF the windows; just like lot of
ers There was criticism of government military ac-
commodaon that was propaganda pure and simple You
may easily discern its purpose by asking the question:
lis 1t for or agins my government? It's purpose is OBJ
vouS the encouragement of enlistment and service in the
army. German propaganda can be downed as easily as
can the snake that obstructs your pathway It must re-
~ for It's success upon the cunning of the person
ing It, Ali that is needed to neutralze it is patriotism
and average intelligence If you haven't both then you
are not an American and your loss to the country will be
nothing. The American mind is the greatest buwark
against German propaganda that exists today.