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Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
UNDER DIFFICULTIES

The most stubborn foe to romance
could find nothing to object to i'll the
fact that a perfectly nice girl with
blue eyes and a sudden habit of blush
ing worked on the ninth floor of the
NZZ building, while an equally nice
yourH man. brown eyed and broad of
shoulder was engaged in earning his
living on the twelfth
You may live in a fiat building for
five years and never know the people
next door: likewise a downtown oEice
building has been known to house
deadly enemies for months and years
without their being a whit wiser in
the matter.
SO it is easily seen that the odds
were a hundred to one against young
Mr.. GIiSScome's ever actually meeting
Mabel Briggs He had just twenty
minutes for lunch that day and darling
from elevator No. 2 on the main floor
he made the revolving front doors of
the building in kangaroo leaps. Much
to his surprise when he landed in the
quarter pie section of the swinging
door another human being shot into
the space at the same instant. It was
Mabel Briggs catapulting from eleva-
tor No. 9. with a determination to fin
ish her noon meal in time to buy Il
fresh organdie collar and look into
that sale of handllerchiefs.
"Ugg!" grunted young Mr. Gliss-
come. the breath knocked from him
"Oh-Ouchl" walled Miss Briggs,
half stunned.
II beg your pardon.' stammered
/ Mr.. Glisscome, taking his first look az
his partner in trouble.
1t w-W-w-as my fault breath less
| " asserted Mabel Briggs. blushing
! furiously and sticking in hairpins per-
! yously.
'I--really. I'm awfully sorry" added
! Mr.. Glissaeme. fascinated by the Colcr
in her cheeks.
"Oh, no, not at all" she said inco-
nCrenly
Sir. GIisscoraa came to- half an
hour later. lie was staring hard intl
window full of cooking utensils
which he knew nothing wha tever
| about and he had had no lunch What
! color eyes would 20 with that sort o.
| d blush, anyhow?
| The Organdie collar was not achiev-
ed by Miss Briggs. She idled too lone
/ over her sandwich md chocolate
staring aimlesslT a the sugar bowl
! And I never knew there wore any
| like that, really aliye-except on mag
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10

port for these their children. setting
forth so gaily in search of new and
wonderful worlds, what burden
would be lifted from them,
Churches and chapels should surely
set to work at once to emulate the Y
NJ. c. A. in provision of social organi-
cations. broadminded. yet. permeated
with the true religious spirit, which
which finds widest fulfillment in the
ours in distant lands just as surely as
the huts spelt home to the boys in
| the trenches.
like father. like son" is a saying
which finds widest fulfIment in the
Botha family. The Generals daughter
and three sons have not only strong
facial resemblance to their distinguish
! ed father. but take after him in
| strength of character also. The eldest.
| Captain Louis, was asked as a boy.
what he would like to become 'FRONT.'
~ he replied. "A Prime Minister or a
| farmer
The second boy John talked of join
! ing up, though under age Don't do
it just yet" said Philip the youngest
Too late. my hoy, its done" was the
answer They are an immensely hap
Ply family and proud Of their descent
through their mother, from Robert EN-
NETT.
A Berlin telegram to the Handlesbac
states, says Reuter-, that the anthem
| tic figures Tor tn German losses III
| to November 10, 1913 are
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
WHERE HELP is NEEDED.

Whether it comes as the result of
the demand for the manner in which
tho 300 000 600 which has been asked
for by the president for the purpose
O. giving relief to tho starving peo-
Pies Of Europe is going to be spent,
the statement by Food Administrator
Hoover regarding the conditions which
he has found as the result of his in
ynstigation makes il evident that there
can he no question Of the need Ct
lending a helping hand.
Mr. Hover points 10 the fact that
uaaJs. fats and milk are SC short in
many regions that the health Of the
u.ap, is Impaired Greatly. mortality
..r.1~ children Is appalling, ard there
e "a constant menace through the
threatened spread of bolshevism es-
Iorl2liy in the cities, and the report
docs not deal with Belgium. France or
Germany
I'm Serbia and Jucoslayia the bread
ration is down 10 ounces. Armenia is
starving The lack OF fats. milk meats
.1d bread is causing a large mortality
among the children Of Poland while
20 TNrol the people are being fed by
Tic Swiss. Czechoslovakia is suffer-
jung from The same shortage while in
Vienna The bread ration of six ounces
q day is maintained only by the Swiss
and Italian contributions F'inland's
food is practically exhausted in the
cities and straw is being used in some
sections in breadmaliing, while in Po-
land and the Baltic states the supply
is limited to month or two
These are certainly facts which can
lot hc disre2arded even though it is
not told just where or how 1t is in
tended to use The help which this
country is asked TO give There car
nc no thought Ct waste in connection
with such relief but when humanity
buffers no deaf ear should be turned
I 'r that direction
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
should MAKE 4
MILLION FOR HIM
CINCINNATI MAN DISCOVERS
DRUG THAT LOOSENs CORNS
SO THEY LIFT CUT

Local druggists are having a ire
mendous call for freezone, the drug
which is said to shrivel q corn, root
and all without any pain.
\ few dGops applied directly upon a
tender, aching corn relieves the sore
ness at once, and shortly the entire
corn, root and all, lifts right out with
the fingers.
This new drug is being dispensed at
which is sufficient to axe off every
hard or soft corn from ores feet 1t
is a sticky substance which dries at
once, and does not infiame Or even irri
tate the surrounding tissue or skin
There is no excuse for anyone inviting
death by infection or Iockiaw from
cutting their corns now.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
(Specialt to The Bulletin

Washington, D c., Jan. a.-Con~
gresham Merritt and Il delegation
from Bridgeport appeared Yesterday
before the house comnttte on public
buildings in connection with the SEN
ate bill passed Il short time ago. by
which certain uncompIerei housing
contracts were to be immediately can
ceiled. Mr., Merritt made strong
Introductory statement. which, al
though it related specifically to the
BridgeEhrt situation, is applicable to
other Connecticut cities. where the
population has increased with such
suddenness that the local housing
committees are unable to cope with
| It, The houxing commltte began the
nearing by stating that it desired
all witnesses should contine them
| selves to the economic side of the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
night Finally Hartford established q

night Finally Hartford established a
reasonably efficient inspection sys-
tenn and as result after two years
more TO it, one animal in Is offered
for sale for food is still found unfit,
What the proportion must have been
in the days when there was no in
spections system is rather appalling tC
template.-Hartford Post.
Furthermore. the bottle makers are
anxious about the effect, of the prohi-
bition movement O9 their trade. Well
they should remember That It takes al
awful lot of pop bottles to throw a
the umpire at the ball Sames.-Mer'
iden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10

azine covers!" she told herself
Next day at noon Miss Briggs spoke
to herself severely us the elevator de-
scended. Never she told herself,
have you tried to make chanc.S to
meet a man-you go out by the side
door today, Mabel Briggs, and leave
the front doors alone!''
Young Mr.. Glisscome had chosen the
side door, too. He felt that the pretty
girl Of the day before had been much
embarrassed He would give her
chance TO recover and then
They emerged from the side doors
at the same time and catching sight
OF each other turned in opposite di
rections as though hunted criminals.
| Miss Briggs shopped the whole hour
because she was not hungry for lunch.
i She was trying to argue herself into
| believing he would not think her a
| perfect idiot for running that way.
| Next day she waited half an hour at
noon and then walked out the front
way. She met Mr.. Glisscome just
! coming in. They gave each other a
! long, hard look. just to prove how self
Possessed and full of poise they were.
| MabeTs cheeks were burning when she
reached the outer air.
After that they lost count of the
| times they met, yet did not meet.
! Presently in sort of despair they
made a pretense of speaking as they
passed. In her moments of argument
with herself Miss Briggs insisted that
! il was almost the same as an intro
duction, working under the same roof,
while Mr.. Glisscome was heard 10 re-
mark that the world was full c fa
conventions and why shouldn't peo'
act natural and like human beings?
And absolutely nothing more mig
| have come Of this if the senior part
ner had not descended with Glisscom
| IN the same eleya tor one afternoon and
encountered Mabel Briggs hurryine
out.
Why, hello, Mabel" warbed the
| senior partner Your father said you
were in this building. to be sure-fun-
ny how I've never seen Won How
does college girl like the life of toll
Oh. yes-Miss Briggs. Mr. Glisscome-
are we ali going the same way?'
''You-you bet we are" chante(
young Mr.. Glisscome rapturouslv
Exactly and precisely in the same di
rcction. aren't we, Miss briggs"
Well said Mabel Briggs ~ IL,
famous blush heginpina 1T rathel
ll-i-looks that way, Mr.. GlisscQme!"
ChicaSo News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10

the line of which will be the most
economical course for the government
to pursue"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10
Father Stanton's question

where bicycles are mentioned in
Hymns Ancient and Modern" recalls
an amusing incident that recently be
fell one of our clerical dignitaries
while visiting a certain rustic school.
on asking the children which hymn
thy would like to sing the worthy gen
tleman was surprised to receive a re-
quest for the hymn about the he
bears" Nor did his perplexity les
sen until a little girl enlightened him
by quoting the line, "Of that dear name
He bears. The London Chronicle
lts'Hymnuhisnd. no tn rosgettingfl,b b
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10

Compared with casualties given by
''Norwaerts" up 10 October 81, this
shows that between that day and the
date of the armistice the Germans lost
$1,000 men.
The totaI Serbian casualties in Of
ficers and men killed and wounded
during the war is 322, 600.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-10

Norwiah, Friday, Jan. 10, 1919
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
CERTIFIED irish POTATO
SEED RECOMMENDED
Growers of Potatoes for Market Should
Procure Best Seed Potatoes
for Planting.

D. G. Neal, extension pathologist,
Louisiana State University, recently
made trip to Wisconsin and Mime
sofa to study the methods used In pro.
ducing certified Irish potato seed and
to ascertain what the possibilities
would be Of securing some of these 20,
tatoes for planting in Louisiana. He
obtained list Of reliable people from
whom certified seed potatoes can be
secured. Persons interested in grow.
ing potatoes and potato dealers are in.
vited to write to the Extension Divi-
sion, Louisiana State University, for
this list. Mr.. Neal says that the large
brokers, from whom most Of the seed
potatoes are ordered, handle nothing
but field ruin potatoes and a very in.
ferior grade at that. Professor Per
kins, Direction Of Extension, thinks it
worth while for persons growing pota'
toes for market to procure few Of the
certified potatoes.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
W c G
And Still We Grow.

With the store building on the
old Erwin corner nearly complet-
ed and three others in rapid
course of erection on the old
Burris Hotel cite and the lots ad
joining, prospects for increased
business in our town are de-
cidedly encouraging.
And now comes the glad news
of a new mercantile business,
Brock Church experienced mer-
chants, who are letting the con-
tract for commodiUus and
attractive brick building on the
old Burris Brothers stand ad-
Joining the Fern Hotel. This all
means bigger business with
additional good citizens and de-
sirable families, and it is the
belief of many that the tide will
continue to set in this direction,
Franklinton being the center OF
the model road system with in,
ducements and opportunities
promising enough to warrant the
growth.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
COOPERATIVE MARKETING
OF HOGS IS PROFITABLE
OFFERS SOLUTION OF MOST ALL
DIFFICULTIES IN SHIPPING U.s.
UALLY ENCOUNTERED.
PLAN IS VERY SIMPLE
Every Community Should Have Live
Stock Shipping Association For
Marketing Purposes.

The cooperative shipments Of hogs
offer the Louisiana farmer solution
to almost all difficulties heretofore en-
countered, especially where there is
q considerable amount Of stocS in ex-
cess of local demands which other
wise would be marketed in less than
carload lots. Cooperative shipments
Of hogs are very satisfactory, and 1t
IS Just a question of time when every
community will have livestock ship
ping association.
The following are some of the ad-
vantages the system of marketing Of
fers:
1) The farmer receives the great.
est possible returns for hogs sold.
ca The profit Of the shipping buy
ers is eliminated.
(3) The farmer receives the actual
market price for his stock, less the
cost Of marketing.
(4) Farmers with only a few hogs
are enabled to market them In car
load lots, and receive the advantage
Of selling on a centralized market.
(5) Cooperative shipments re-
ceive special attention at centralized
markets.
(6) Better service is had from the
railroads.
(O The plan of marketing hogs
through cooperative shipments Is
very simple, and when successful the
advantages become more apparent tc
the farmer. The difficulty is in get
| ting started.
(s) Cooperative shipment, of hogs
is being successfully carried on ir
other states, and Louisiana is equally
we'll adapted for i'll. B. Francioni
swine specialist, Extension Division
Louisiana State University.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Citizens Discuss
Lighting System.

At meeting OF the Town
Council and all interested
citizens the question of furnish
ing light and water for the town
was discussed from the two
standpoints of municipal and
private ownership Of the system,
those in authority seeming to be
pretty equally divided on the
subject.
1t developed that it is really a
paying proposition with the
proper machinery and fuel en-
ployed, aud it also transplred
that an adequate plant can be IN
stalled at a far less investment
than the figures first submitted
to the council.
Believing it to be sufficient
ly promising to attract interested
investors, it was decided to defer
immediate action in the matter
and adyertize the possibilities OF
the enterprise in the hope OF
securing plant operated by
private ownership: failing this
the city can later take it up with
nothing lost by the delay, fol
the town must and will b.
lighted.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
To Exhibit LOuisiana's
Resources At Fairs.

Louisiana's natural assets will
be exhibited throughout the
North and West at the various
fairs aud exhibitions if plans of
Harry D. Wilson, commissioner
OF agriculture, materialize. He
expects To secure IL complete col
lection of the crops, minerals and
other products for an attractive
display at all the large fairs.
Due to the fact that there are
many sthousands of returning
soldiers and sailors, the enter
prise is thought to be most i'm.
portant at this particular time.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
NEW EFFECTIVE REMEDY
FOR POULTRY LICE

Sodium fluorid, white powder, will
destroy all the lice on fowl. It is
a new and effective remedy. One
application, costing about half a cent
a bird, does the work. Full direc-
tions for applying it are given in Far.
meYs' Bulletin SOL. This bulletinSalso
tells how to keep the poultry house
free of mites. It may be obtained by
writing to Agricultural Editor, Louis.
lana State University, Baton Rouge,
La.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
VS.
Distressed Cotton.

While the termination of the
war tended to increase both the
demand and the price of food
and food stuff of all kinds, it
seems to have had the effect of
stagnating the price Of cotton.
This fact has dem0ralized the
business Of the entire South,
for a very large percentage of
the last crop is still in the hands
of the producers, and at present
prices it will not bring the cost
of production, and means bank
ruptcy to large extent to the
people OF the South.
To meet this condition of af.
fairs, the people of the cotton
producing states must be up and
doing, and with the purpose OF
agreeing upon some practical
plan, of cooperation among the
producers. There is only one
practical plan, and that is to re.
duce the acreage planted in cot.
ton, for it has heen demonstrated
that 10 per cent of an average
crop will bring as much money
asa full average crop. II this is
80, and il is not disputed, why
raise q full crop? 1t is absolutely
absurd, but still the people seen
determined to produce all they
can, regardless Of consequences
Every cotton farmer admits tha
this Is d fact, and If they inSis
On making more than the worle
Is bound to have. they have nj
one to blame but themselves, anc
will have to stand the conse.
aences Mansfield Enterprise.
tts s.e, =, - ~
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Road Bonds Sell Above Par.

The S500,0O0.00 bond issue for
building good roads throughout
the parish was satisfactorily dis.
posed Of Friday at the regular
meeting of the Police Jury, when
the bid offered by the Hibernia
Bank & Trust Co., of New Or
leans, was accepted for par plus
accrued interest and a premium
of So, ,750.00. this being consider
ed the best of the six bids Of.
fered.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
SoIjcitude.

"Charley, dear" exclaimed young
Mrs Torkins, ut would have been a
shame!"
"What would have been a shame?
ITO sink the German navy after the
Germans had taken such wonderful
care of it,"
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Everything Due to Effort.

In all human affairs there are CT.
forts, and there are results, and the
strength Of the effort is the measure
of the result. Chance is not, "Gifts.'
powers; material, intellectual, ana
spiritual possessions are the fruits OF
effort; they are thoughts completed,
objects accomplished, visions real.
ized.-James Allen.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13

Everyone is interested in an
item of local news. Ii you know
Of any local happening that is
not generally known. communi
cate the fact to this Office,
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Not What He Wanted.

/ had taken my little nephew to a
restaurant for dinner. When the waitsr
put the menu down in front Of him,
he picked it up and handed 1t back to
him, politely, 1--WE don't want any.
thing, to read, thank you, we want
sonething to eat."-Chicago Tribune.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Some Orchestra, That!

Life Is great orchestra; we can.
not transform it into drum and fife
corps. nor insist that our children
shall play the instrument which we
have chosen for our playing
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13

OF the American delegation to the
peace congress, Henry White Is the
most familiar with diplomacy, having
been long connected with the Ameri-
can embassy in London and afterward
ambassador to Ita'y and France.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
WIS 8

Fifty four aliens from Seattle
sid The west we're put on Ellis
Island. New York. preliminary
III being deported from the;
uulted States.
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Governor Calls Big Cotton
Meet.

statement wednesday night, call.
ing great cotton conference ~
the southern states at the Gruno.
wald Hotel, New Orleans, Feb
II and IS, looking to a reductio,
in cotton acreage ar also to d.
wise ways and means for holdino
the present cotton until ths
world is willing to pay remunera.
tive prices for it,
Owing to a misunderstanding
of the date, the acreage reduction
conference of last Tuesday Wa,
not largely attended. Gov. Pleas.
ant hopes this meeting on ths
18th and 18th will supplement Tho
former conference.
When community meetings
have not been held, the goverpo,
suggests that they select Feb, p
Washington's birthday, as The
date.
In his appeal, Gov. Pleasant
said in part:
"By reason of the trade dis.
organization produced by the war
and by reason of the restrictions
placed by foreign governments
upon the purchase of cotton aud
the importation thereof into said
foreign countries, the farmers
and merchants of the South, with
the aid and support of the bank.
ers of the country, are called
upon to hold and carry very
considerable portion of the past
years crop. The burden Of
carrying these unsold stock has
been made more acute by the
fact that the planting season for
the next crop is approaching and
by the aggressive efforts Of those
who are interested in forcing the
price of cotton down. The result
Of this unhappy combination Of
circumstances is that cotton can.
not now be sold at a price equal
to the cost of production.
"There is a definite and certain
remedy for this menacing stu.
alton. II the world does not
want or will not take our cotton
now at remunerative prices, We
must hold . the same until the
world is not only willing but
Eager to take our cotton at re.
munerative price. But in ordel
that we may so hold it is In
perative that we do not incress'
our burden by planting anything
like a normal crop the cominl
season, but on the contrar It ]
necessary that we decrease ou'
production by as least one-thlrt
of normal; and Furthermore i y
advisable that the cotton interest
of the world at large shall be Do
Gnitely notified of our determin
alton to hold the present crOp an
curtail the next crop to the en'
that we shall obtain remuneratV'
prices for both.
SIN order that the South ms!
be organized in this great move
ment to avert distress and lnsur
prosperity, and in response TO 10
urgent request OF many leaoln'
farmers, bankers and bushes
men generally, and following o.
Town convictions in the premises
| deem it most advisable to call
great cotton conference to be Del
in the city of New Orleans =
Monday and Tuesday, FeD. !
: and Is, 1919, at the GrundWsl
Hotel, said conference to be con
Iposed of farmers, mercnsna
bankers, business men and CIV
zens generally from every co'o
Igrowing state, and | HEREBY 20
such conference and request su
urge the governors ofeach o. "
said cotton producing states 70 -
loto0Afe
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
Hardwood Logs Wanted.

Highest prices paid for all
kinds of hardwood logs. Apply
to A. L. Hickman, Supt.,
Richard ?. Baer & Co.,
Bogalusa, La,
The Era-leader., 1919-02-13

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after a few
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The Era-leader., 1919-02-13
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-09-04
RATIO MAKES FOR HARMONY
Peculiar Arrangement of Chinese Musi-
cal instruments Said to Be Work
of Chinese Emperor.

The characteristic musical inStru-
ment of the Chinese is a series of bam-
boo tubes, the longest of which mems
ures about nine inches, and of which
the remainder diminish in length at
a regular ratio, each being Just two
thirds the length of the one before.
This arrangement was devised by the
Chnese-they say, by the Emperor
Huang-Ti-On the following principle:
Between heaven and earth there is per-
feet harmony. Now, the number three
is the emblem of heaven and two of
earth. If then two pipes or tubes be
made In the proportion of three to
two, they will harmonic in tone as
perfectly as earth and heaven. SO the
base tube of the instrument was made
nine inches long and the second two
thirds that length, or six inches. OF
course. the third has to be two-thirds
the length of the second, or four
inches; and so on. The result was
that the note of the second tube was
what we call an interval of fifth
above that of the first, that Of the third
fifth above the second, and so on
through the whole range.