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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25

'sMen are so queer sometimes" unused the bride of six months, smiling anG signing "They have such strange ways and ideas"
 That's a matter of record" briskly answered tho matron of twenty years standing, "and no one nnti: es it more than when first married. It's hard work bringing up a new husband"
 F. not bringing Jim up," the bride as hriskly retorted. I'm Hot even try ing to- We'ir just heIping each other to live as well as we can and to learn things. And in the main we agree per factly even if we don't always think alike on such little matters as the saV- ing of paper and string
 That's not little matter" replied the matroIi. her eyes twinkling. That's fur3amentl difference of sex character thai has put many a happy home in danger. A woman won't buy twine, but she'll spend precious time and strength untying tight knots. A man doesn't grudge the price of a ball l of twine, but he won't tumble with bits If string and he won't save wrapping | pa per, though he always expects large 1 lovely sheets to appear as if by magic when desired"
 1 And papers so hard to get hold of nowadays" the bride poudered. q lad the hardest time in the world try 1 ing to find or buy some for :ny Christ
 mas packages All the stores are careful of wrapping paper and boxes and the cash and carry markets are
 the most careful of any Why, the riap I buy from doesn't even use order slips for personal purchases. He just fcots up the various items on the cor ner of any little stray package that may demand wrapping. Then I teal
 off the corners and save them. That's why"
 Jim and !" interrurtias herself a
 a tangent, ''i,o1h believe in saving, es- pe cially while we're young. So whe1 we were married we agreed that he'( shine his own shoes anI I'd do m! marketing in person. 4 lovely bashe
 was among my wedding gifts and l like going to the stores. in i haven
 nIinded. And when I knew my loaI
 would be heavy I've planned to marke just before !irn's train time and he't carry the basket home
 | T know" said the matron. T di'
 that the first year of my married life,
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unexcepted. The city is separated from the railroad station by the tur- bulent Angara river and when we ar ived the pontoon bidge across the river had been destroyed by floating ice The river steamer, used to transport passengers when the bridge was down, was immobilized by a heavy fog that hung over the An gara.
 To cross the river to the American consulate and telegraph office the travellers were compelled to depend upon a score of hardy rivermen in stoutly built rowboats. On the shore stood thousands of people waiting and clamoring to get across the river Hundreds of sleighs or droskies had driven down the river edge waiting for passengers from the other side of the stream. As the fog shifted slight ly one caught gIimpses of floating and swiiIing miniature ice-beTgs out in the river
 The cold was terrible Almost it froze the very breath as it panted from the mouth of the waiting shivering travellers. The polar as pect of the scene, the crowd of ice covered people, the shouting and cursing boatmen, the excited drosky
 
 eral wildness of everything made it ail a picture not soon to be forgotten l As the row boats struggled in the l Hoes one of the Americans exclaimed it reminds one of the picture of l Washington crossing the Delaware. ' ! Thirty persons had perished that 1 day in attempting to cross the river i in small boats. Nevertheless the i Americans embarked in one of the boats and after a struggle for life il the ice- foes crossed in safety. Fort : unateIy the fog lifted in. the early afternoon and the big river steamer was able to make the return trip. i Irkutsk is an impressive looking i city in the heart of winter with it! ! fine looking buildings and it's man! i green -domed church. The American i consulate is located in a spacious well-fuTnished apartment which wa: ] the scene of exciting events during the stirring incidents of the yea, 1917 when battles occurred ill thu streets between the BolsheViki anC
 the echo-Slovaks, who were fight
 nig with the Siberian army. The Bol
 sheYiki rushed into the house, Whicl
 was then occupied by a Russian mid
 dle-class family hacked the furnitur
 to pieces with their bayOnetS dragged
 the woman of the house to the street
 by her hair and shot over the head O
 her husband in an effort to force hin
 to hand over his money and valuables
 The terrorists also menaced the par
 ents with the death of their children Later the consulte authorities tool
 over the house and the family wa
 glad to have the protection which tn
 presence of the American consulat
 afforded
 In December, 1917 some 5000 cas
 ualties occurred in the street fightin
 in Irkutsk and today one may SC !. the houses, riddled with shot an shell.
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SCRAPS OF PAPER

'Jim loved it at first" the bride con- tinued, but l think he's q little tired of the basket since the cold weather come. Anyway, about New Years he suggested thai. now that tne food sltu- ,aticn was a little less stringent, per hars it migh- be wiser to buy in larger quantities and have the things deliv- cred. He sail that even if the market man insisted upon delivery charge I could soon save that by getting the staples downtown or clut days and house on a budget-Jint's crazy about budgets, doesn't think a h>;siness or a house can be run decently without one I'd soon save a lot more.'
 ''i believe in the budget system. too, D said the matron. T thinlA most good housekeepers do now"
 Well I want to be just the best hAusekeeper I can," the bride thought fully assented, "so I saia all right, I'd work on budget if Jini would start ne. And he said he'd love to; he'd bring home q budget book the first chance he had to buy it. And last night he brought one.
 ''But before we finished the dinner dishes-Jim always helps me with Ithem-mamma telephoned me and by | l finished the dishes alone, pottered
 about the kitchen a bit and was wait | ing for me at the desk in the living room. So I dashed our to the kitcher
 to get the marhet man; figures and 1 the spindle was bare,
 1 Jim I called, did you do any
 thing with those paper scraps on tht pantry shelf spindle?'
 1 "'Yes dear. I did Jim answered l coming to the kitchen door with thu ltatherly air he has sometimes. threw them out with the garbage There's such q thing as being too care fui, honey; as wasting time and ener gy on nonessentials I don't want vol to get the haaits as you'H probably b husier and husier right along now 1 And you can possibly have any req
 use for those picayune bits of paper So I just Hung them out
 Well. Jirl.' I told hiIn. divided be tween indignation and laughter. guess we'll have to boS:Bone the bud iget system until we haEra more fact to so on. Those bits of paper were nj
 household accounts '"-Chicago New!
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cats.


 Mr Editor The moInentus question of licensing cats bobs up again before the legislature of the state. A Bulle- tin Reader Il the issue of March 20, l9j9, disapprcves of the licensing of Cais. NCs because the number of cats should be le3sened but becanse Bull l.!in Reader thinks collars are danger CHS. The same objection was raised q number of years ago when a similar measure was before the legislature.
 The bill at that time provided that cate he required to have collar around their necks with q tag at tached thereto, and the cat enthusi- asts' argument at that time was that GOT pussy proving around might get it's collar caught in shrubhery or bush es and get hung Now the'r mistake Is in supposing the neck of q cat is the proper place to attacf. q tag. The tail end of kitty is the spot, 2s1S the tag should be a tomato ran, firmly tied n1 with a shOemakers waXed thread. However should the legislature take any action on the question, and decide the head end of cat is the proper roint to tag, I would suggest for a tag a bag-tarEe enough tO hold ten onnd paving stone and the bag tied tO the neck Cf the cat with q red rib lon. the red ribbon being suggestive of anarchy. 4 cat is the transmi- rra7ed soul Of 8 dead anarchist Cat '"nciocs mi"ht have the initials of tnc cats name crocheted on the hag or might have T verse or some sentiment r-l-a7 thereon expressing theiI atoi rtatus Thus n person of q ao.tica' or literary turn of mind might -ha,e quotation from Browning o' lalrtal 4 ,,tlqeic9II3T ;r7r.li,7aG rprSOT .s-f5 -ave TGc frzt ha~ cf "Pop Cons rre Weasel" 8 melancholy tactiturr .t.ou roult work in Hack on tFe rt's ta@ ono o~ two harz Of the D@"d 'Tar~h in Sar1--1rd o1d repro hi chicken raiee~s ike myself rni~'o- 'n~e on their bag tags D. the ,aJs."
 JOHN W. AVER. rortio March g 1q14
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

Italy has shown it's determination to get the fl, fife, flu, fum out of Plume, or Nnow the reason why.
 The man on the corner says: Prom ised that there's no kick in the low per cent. beer perhaps some depend eAce can be placed on the backffre.
 From the way in which spring has appeared in accord with the almanac's prediction, that book is going to gain a substantial prestige over the ground hog.
 Nothing will revive the desire to have the United States acquire Lower California like the renewal of the claim that Japan is seeking territory there.
 postroaste General Burleson couldn't have done 2 better job if he had pur- posely set out to make himself the most unpopular member of the presi- dents cabinet
 There is thankfuIness for the drop of six per cent in the price of food stuffs in February, but the fear is that they will slide back eight per cent. or better in March.
 if there are a million Russians in this country who want to return to their native land and the conditions prevailing there no one is going to stand in their way.
 From the millions which it is said the Russians are sending here for propaganda purposes, it is possible they have been hooking the relief that has been sent them.
 Now it is claimed that Egypt wants to be taken off the list Of British de- pendencies. Wonder what connection that has with the desire of Billy Ho- henzollern to go there to live? An extra guard has been placed about the castle where the former kali ser is staying and the shed where he is saving wood. That flock of air planes which went over his domicile must have made him nervous. One of the things that are hard to l understand is the fact that the Ger man navy was greatly feared as a i modern war machine and yet now that the larger part of it has been secured it isn't considered worth saving. That is a clever statement to the effect that the former kaiser fled into Holland to save the lives of others Think of the millions that could have been alive today if he had only thought of that change sooner. That new silent policeman on Frank lin square has long been needed, arG from the way in which vehicles have
 been driven around that northeas, l corner the wonder is that more acci- dents have not taken place there.
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MUST LOOK AFTER OURSELVES.

Aith0u-h u9 great amount of atten- tiou had been paid in the years before the war t9 the making of toys in this country, such ls not rhe case to- day. A low years ago it was very small industry because Of the fact that the things which interest children or all ages could De produced so much cheaper in other countries that it was useless to try to compete with them. There were 70 many fussy little things that were made for almost nothing that it was impossible to arouse interest in the production Of such things here.
 With the opening of the war it was fully understood that the source of such goods would be shut off to large degree. Allied countries which made them were engaged on other things and the products of enemy countries were not wanted. In fact the receipt in this country Of German toys or dered before the war caused many to urge a toy party in New York harbor similar to the famous tea party in Boston harbor Of long ago.
 But toys were required and 10 meet the demand his country began 10 in crease its business and if is declared That American made goods were dis posed of last year To the extent of S4O O00O0 000 Japan, however saw the chance to sell here and other couu- tries which made them were glad to supply the market. but it has been shown that we can maintain a sub stantial business ourselves in this par ticular line if it is only given the righ' kind Of encouragement. If it Wa! worth while to make toys here for oul children during the war it is certainly worth seeing that such business i. not only maintained but developed, ana rather than having American ideas snC - toys produced on a large scale and a lower cost To the detriment of tn, American workmen it is time that tho necessity Of affording the proper pro lection was recognized and steps taker 10 bring it about. We must look ou for ourselves once in while.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
FEEDING GERMANS.

With German vessels ready to de- part for this side of the Atlantic or other points for the purpose of carry ing the foodstuffs agreed upon to Ger many it is 10 be expected that it will not be long before the relief which is sought is provided. The receipt of 37e,0o0 tons a month ought 10 give much help in overcoming tho starva- ton conditions which British soldiers have said prevailed there.
 But all tho trouble is not going 10 end with the receipt of the foodstuffs. There is going 10 be the problem of dBtribution and in that the allies are going 10 have some say, for it is evil Gent that the best results are aimed at. It is the purpose of the allies to have the supplies, placed where they are most needed, to see that waste is not caused and to see that those who have sufficient are not favored with an
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EGYPT'S OUTBREAK.

Though the desire to create trouble in Egypt during the war failed, 1t has not taken long for it to develop now that the fighting in Europe is at an end. Whatever may be the tendency of certain elements to manifest their un- rest, there can be little question but what they are receiving the encourage ment of outside influences. To this field the bolsheviki appear to have made their appeal and the Bedouins are the ones who seem to be carrying out the raids which are causing anx- iety there.
 Though the situation may not ap- pear to be particularly dangerous, 1t is not being regarded passively. Ac- ton is being taken which has put down the trouble in certain sections and it is to be expected that through prompt and effective measures it will be quickly silenced elsewhere.
 That no time is to be lost is indi- cated by the appointment of General Allenby as a special high commission
 CT for Egypt This means that the man who was so successful in the driving of the Turks out of Palestine Will dlrecI tne WOrh oI paclASlAS tIt belligerent factions in the valley of the Nile And in his selection an ex- cellent choice has been made for the | name of Allenby is undoubtedly as well
 and favorably known in Egypt as in other sections and it can be appre-
 ciated that he willy not only undertake | the task with a thorough regard fo1 1 the work before him but he will do ii | in manner which will make the best possible impression upon those whG are creating trouble. He will first ot
 aIl make it understood that peace must | prevail and that not being suthcIen' he will proceed to take steps whicE will convince those who oppose thai ! he means business. AlleDby has a way
 of doing things that brings results.
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THE AUTO INDUSTRY.

One ln.u. mas been made quite cer- tain and that is that the war has done nothing that stands in the way of au- tomobie production, as is plainly shown by the manner in which this industry is buckling down 10 meet the demands Cf the reconstruction days,
 With the opening of the war it was avideut that there was going to De great opportunity tor the auto factor ics Of the country to either contribute their help tn ! n the production of trucks and Otne.' cars for war service or ly turning their plants over for the manufacture Of other supplies much 1eeded in the prosecution of the war. Both things were done. Large eXpan- ~ions were made and even though 'he building of pleasure cars was consid- eraaly curt,Usd such industries have been 8aous 'he Na-e-t in the cpun- Try one way CT another.
 And TOW lna. tae E.rJ g over and tho dl.-g cr war urcer- has ceascd ev- with a...-.. +sE gre ,haro who h2re put .G lre-.Ha il a- aa.amo- N''e u,.t ,.s ... -..s pgrr. Many have ta.,..N ne rar secured the
 means of pi!aha.i-E u machine who had considered Guch an investment on'~ as a dream. Turning back to the production of peace time goods is therefore Q much different problem for he automobile manufacturers than it is for many other companies. There is q demand for their goods and the certainty for a bigger market which is no, so clearly defined in the case of other lines of industry. Having taken care of the nations needs they are now ready to meet the public demand and that is so sizeable that it creates , one particularly brilliant spot in the | industrial world, and at a time when it is most needed.
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bly lodged and receives the adher- ents of the old regime and. between dessert and chese they openly plot against Us without fear Of disturb ance Er
 The Germans who knew the Turks treated them as they should be treat ed, with brutal force, and that is the
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only attitude which can be adopted towards them We should bring home to them the realization that the allies are in reality the conquerors. We must act with energy and firm ness if we desire to retain of predom- inant influence in Turkey"
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Turks Unconvinced.

Correspondence of the Associated
 Press) The Turks are by no means con-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-04
BONDS FOR RECONSTRUCTION

Through the four issues OF war
bonds f1oated since May, 1917, the gov
ernment raised nearly seventeen bill
lion dollars.
This vast sum, invested largely In
implements of destruction, brought
the autocratic Hun to terms twelve
months earlier than expected. Had
the war dragged on for another year
thousands of American lives would
have been sacrificed and our war debt
increased many billions.
Another great bond issue--the Vic
tory Liberty Loan-will be foated
next April. Treasury officials have
announced that it will be for not less
than five billion dollars. With this
issue, Liberty Loans will pass into
history; the job will be finished.
Heretofore the billions have been
used for destructive purposes. This
time the bulk of the money derived
from the sale of these securities will
be spent in constructive work.
1t will go towards maintaining our
army of more than a million men en-
forcing the armistice terms upon Ger
many. This army must remain in
Europe until permanent peace is es-
tablished. The sick and wounded
soldiers overseas and at home must
be cared for and eventually the rest
of our army brought back. But the
work this money will do must not end
here. The men who have been dis
abled; who sacrificed eyes, arms or
legs, must be taught self-suprorting
trades. For what nobler purposes
could 1t be used than in protecting
these heroes from future poverty and
distress?
Our soldiers did not relax when
the Hun retreated. They kept on fight
ing until the very minute the armis-
tice became effective. We at home
should follow their example. We
should put our full force behind this
Victory Loan and provide the govern
ment with the means for carrying
through the work forced upon 1t by
war.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-04

Leaving out rivers, lakes, towns,
cities, highways, railroads. ETC., Flor
ida has 100000 acres Of land avail.
able for cultivation-with less than
100000 acres under the pillow.
Look at q map Of the world. and
you will find Florida Is more favor
ably located, relative to facility OF
access to water and world traf1c.
than any other American state.
No one need fear coming to Florf-
da because Of alligators. They are
now as much of curiosities to Florid-
ians as they have been to tourists.
Florida's farm, grove. poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
$4,000, 900 in value. The value
would be s1,OoO,0O0,oo OF all avail
able land were developed and cult
waited.
Florida has many varieties Of
grasses and other forage crops.
Florida has $4,000, 100000 feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines 100000 worth Of
phosphate per annum, or 80 per cent.
Of the total output Of the United
States.
When the waters Of the North are
covered with thick Ice, you can go
fishing and boating in Florida waters
or pick strawberries and flowers In
Florida gardens.
The fig, one of earth's best-known
fruits and oftenest mentioned in the
Bible, Is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable riv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-04
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This oil is conceded to be the most
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lieving pain is due to the fact that
1t penetrates to the affected parts at
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drops on the thickest piece Of sole
leather and it will penetrate this sub.
stance through and through in three
minutes.
Accept no substitute. This great
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-04

ers in Florida.
It is estimated that On acre Of
Florida water can be made to supply
as much food as an acre Of land.
Florida farm land increases In val
ue 1875 per cent. each decade. The
state contains 100000 acres.
Florida Is not all sand. It has
more than 100000 acres Of land
with firm red-clay subsoil.
Two years Of upbuilding with leg
umes will make the most ordinary
Florida sand productive.
Jackson county shipped rs cars Of
A-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, last
year.
Fossil remain brought to light by
mining operations show Florida once
was the home Of the mastodon,- the
elephant, the camel, the saber-toothed
tiber, and other giant forms Of life.
Honey is produced in practically
every Florida county. No state pro.
duces a greater number Of nectar.
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds OF trees not
found elsewhere in the world-so far
as known to botanists. They are Of
the confer or pine family.
Florida ships $4,000 car loads Of
fruit and vegetables a year, or more
than four solid train loads every day
in the year.
Florida has 10 of the So federal res.
rvations for the protection and pres.
ervation Of bird life.
The banner orange tree of Florida
is 60 feet high and has produced 10.
900 oranges In Z year.
More than 800 silos have been built
in Florida in recent years, this work
having been scarcely started.
The value of Florida's peanut croT
lis estimated at $3.000.o00.
Hastings, in st. Johns county
marketed more than 5000, 900 worth
Of white potatoes in 1917.
Florida reported 5o,01s farms in
1910. The state could contain ter
times as many.
Florida has the largest pecan grove
In the world-72, 900 trees, covering
4,200 acres, near Tallahassee.
Florida possesses 100000 pecan
trees.
Florida produces 100000 pounds
Of butter-a mere fraction of its ca,
|pacity to produce this commodity. II
offers excellent opportunities in the
dairy industry.
There are only 20 states In the un.
ion with more daily newspapers than
Florida has, and our state is only
$50 in population.
Florida produces more long-staple
cotton-the kind use dto make thread
and lace material-than does any
other state. It was worth in 1917
more than rs cents a pound.
Florida has some of the largest