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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19
STORIES OF THE WAR Appreciate American Treatment.

Correspondence of The Associated Press.) )-Belated announcements of Americas action last December in abollshing restrictions upon move ments of enemy aliens in the United States is published prominently in the morning papers of Berlin, The delay is understood to be due to the fact that the German government has only just been informed of the action.
 While the news, according to al semi official announcement, now is published to reaSsure relatives and friends of Germans in America it undoubtedly is intended to contribute to the very general feeling among tho German people that the United States is treating the conquered enemy as fairly and considerably as possible. It also is likely to increase the realiZa- tlon even among classes of which Count Reventlow is an exponent that Germany must rely upon the services of America as an advocate to obtain what she considers just and reason able terms of peace and eventual res toration to a place in the family of nations.
 Germans of all classes constantly comment upon the courteous and con- siderate behavior of officers and sol dierS of the American Army of Occu- patton. Writing personal letters and communications from the American zone of occupation, that never fails to emphasize this. Though disappointed at the delay in sending food and the amount of it eventually granted, the American soldier or civilian in Ger
 many everywhere is received as an | honored guest. The hatred and abuse i which was vented upon Americans be- | fore Americas entry into the war has
 been replaced by an almost officious, l super -friendliness.
 l The correspondence of the Tageblatt who has just visited Coblenz and the 1 American zone comments on the rig orous discipline" imposed upon Amer ican officers and soldiers 90 obviate the
 possibility of annoyance to women and
 to the civil population and upon ab-
 sence of chauvinism, thea trical dis plays of triumph or unnecessary inter-
 ference with the German civil au-
 tlorities.
 l The correspondents chief criticism
 of the Americans is based upon the
 strictress with which orders are en- I forced against the exchange of gifts 1 food or cigarettes between Americans
 and Germans. He says that 23 of the
 66 sentences imposed upon Germans by the American court in Coblenz il-
 January were for Unauthorized pos
 session of American property" arising from the enforcement of this order | He tells of the case of one American officer who was cashiered merely fol putting his arm around a waitress il a cafe.'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19

and swat and swat and yet there will be flies unless steps are taken to re- move the breeding places. The work of extermination must therefore be carried along in both directions, and not by few but by all. With every one giving attention to the matter the end desired will be attained, but it should be well understood that the flies like other things are ready to take ad- vantage of every opportunity that is afforded them. In fact those who are fighting them might well take a valua- ble lesson from their. activity.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19
OTHER VIEW POINTS

One can understand some confu- sion in the minds or those returned Yankee Division men who return from a period of life risking at s30 per month to find that the striking telephone girls won't help transmit messages from Camp Devens because they want more money, that trolley fares have advanced 20 per cent be- cause the trolleymen got 70 per cent
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19
HOW TO CROW
TOMATOES

Tomatoes are adapted to growing in every garden, whether large or small To have a supply early in the season, the seed should be sown un- der cover four to six weeks before the weather becomes warm outdoors, and the plants should be transplanted once or twice before setting them in the open ground.
 Indoor plants should be gradually hardened to outside conditions. This can be done by placing the boxes or pots in which they are planted out doors for several < hours each day
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19

that ham and potatoes ring up at 90 cents on the cash register.
 That private of the 102d who de- clared: They soak us worse at home than they did in starving France spoke with deep feeling, but with accuracy.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19

more wages, that the rent has gone up because the plumber. the car penter, the glazier, the Iron worker and all the rest acquired more in-
 come, that coal costs like diamonds,
 with the miners getting it out at
 something like s250 per month and
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-19
Won Many French Brides.

Correspondence of The Associated Press)-That Cupid was nearly busy as Mars with the members of the Am
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
ILLUMINATING
POULTRY HOUSES

During the past few years rapid adj
vancement has been made in lighting
poultry houses in the winter months.
1t has been found that by turning on
electric lights or bright light gasoline
lamps at twilight and continuing the
light until nine o'clock at night the
egg production is materially increased.
Most poultrymen who use this system
also turn on lights at six or SiX-thirty
on the winter mornings.
Prof. f. G. Hare of the division of
poultry husbandry, Clemson college,
S. c., recently returned from Cornell
university, where he lectured at the
Cornell summer course, reports that
the experiments conducted at Cornell
university last year went to prove that
the best results were obtained by turn
ing on the lights at three o'clock in
the morning and allowing the hens to
go to roost at the usual time. How
ever, this simply backs up the state
ment made in California, where this
system originated, that it is only nee
esSary to increase the hours of day
light to summer conditions. If you
wake up the birds very early, they
should go to bed at dusk.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Story of Great Charter
Oak Tree Whose Hollow
Protected the Document

n american colonial history grants
of franchise, governmental privileges,
and estates to companies for the pur-
pose of establishing colonies, to the
colonies in general or to individual
proprietors, were embodied in char
tiers. The Charter Oak was large
tree that stood in Hartford, Conn.,, I'M
til blown down by wind storm on
Aug. q, 1856 Humorous statements
have been made regarding the age of
this great tree, and there is wide
range of the estimates, which run
from 200 to nearly 1000. The tradi-
ton relating to The Charter Oak is
that when Sir Edmund Andres was APP
pointed governor general of New Eng
land, he came to Hartford in 1857 to
receive the colonial charter. This the
coloniStS were loath to surrender, but,
appearing to submit, carried it to the
council chamber, when, during the de-
bate which followed, the lights were
suddenly extinguished by preconcert-
ed arrangement, and in the ensuing
confusion the document was carried
from the room to its subsequent hid
ing place in the hollow of the grea
tree. Here it remained for about two
years, when the deposition of the tyr
annous and hated Andres made fur
Their cOncealment unnecessary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
INSPIRATION.


If with light head erect sing,
Though all the Muses. lend their force,
From my poor love of anything,
The verse is weak and shallow as it's
source
But if with Bonded neck I grope
Listening behind me for my wit,
With faith superior to hope,
More anxious to keep back than forward
it
Making my soul accomplice there
Unto the flame my heart hath it,
Then will the verse forever wear
Time cannot bend the line which God
has writ.
I hearing get, who had but ears,
And sight, who had but eyes before;
1 moments live, who lived but years,
And truth discern, who knew but learn
ing's lore.
Now chiefly is my natal hour,
And only now my prime Of life;
Of manhood's strength 1t is the flower,
IT'S peaces end, and wars beginning
strife.
1t comes in summers broadcast noon,
BY gray wall, or some chance place,
Unseasoning time, insulting June,
I will not doubt the love untold
Which not my worth or want hath
brought,
Which wooed me young, and woos me old,
And to this evenn:. hath me brought.
Henry David Thoreau.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Habit of CheerfuIneSS
Is Not to Be Acquired
Without Some Thought.

Like other things worth having
writes an authority, the habit OF
cheerfulness is not to be acquired
without thought. And if you do think
about the matter at all you will quick
ly begin to realize that depression
and worry have their root in the fact
that your life-yOur time, that is, the
days and hours-are not really in your
own control. You have no program
Duties and demands crowd upon you
without order or sequence. If you took
them one by one they would not seem
formidable. But you allow their very
number to disturb you. So many
things to attend to give you the sense
of hurry And hurry is one OF the
most frequent causes of worry. Prac-
tice elaboration. Begin the day with
program covering the IS or is hours
of waking. If they are not to be gold
en- hours they are, at least, yours to-
spend. Do not be rushed. Keep con-
troll of your time. Your time iis your
life, and, in very real sense, your
self 1t will not be easy to become
the mistress of your own time, but it
is worth practicing hard to do so. It
is fundamental.
When once you have obtained con-
troll of your own time you will find
you have largely obtained control over
your own mind, whose possession ALI
sorts of worries led by the Spirit of
Fear their progenitor, had hitherto dis
puted with you.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Flavor and Quality OF
Honey Vary With Plants
Upon Which Bee Feeds.

Honey, which is now a luxury was
in old times a necessity; for it was
then the principal sweetener of food.
Sugar was not introduced until the
latter days of the Roman Empire. and
was first oddly described as an Indian
salt that was as sweet as honey. The
numerous references to honey in the
Bible are due to its being the common
sweetener used by the people.
Honey from the comb is considered
TO be the most luxurious form Of this
delectable sweet, and many persons
eat the wax with the honey. That is
a foolish thing to do. however-as
foolish as it would be to eat the paper
that butter is wrapped up in, or the
bag that contains sugar. The wax in
the honeycomb is in no way nutritious,
and is decidedly indigestible.
The proper way to eat honey in the
comb is to place a piece of the comb
on ones plate, with the cells in ver-
tical position, and press ones knife
firmly upon it, so that all the honey
runs out. Eat the honey and leave the
wax.
The bees do not care for bloSsoming
flowers, as the poets imagine. They
are practical, unitarian creatures and
prefer the period just before fructif-
cation. They dearly love clover, but
most kinds of forest trees are very
useful to them. The flavor and the
quality of honey vary with the plants
upon which the bee feeds. Heather
honey is naturally popular in Scotland.
and the famous Narbonne honey owes
it's flavor to rosemary. Occasionally
the bee is injudicious, however, and
chooses injurious herbs. The soldiers
of Xenophon, after eating the honey
of Trebizond, became either mad or
drunk. The effect was owing to the
bees having eaten a poisonous azalea.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Why Golf Links. :

The term thinks" in connection with
golf is of Scottish origin. 1t originally
was used to designate stretch OF land
covered with short grass and stubble
which lies between the high point or
the coast and the water in parts of the
Scottish seaboard. The first golf cours-
es were laid out along these stretches,
hence the name. When the sport
spread to other countries the name
sinks" chung to 1t, but the original
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Anybody Has to Hustle
to Hold High Position

Not every man can be great, but
most men can be much greater than
they are. Greatness is like every
thing else-you must pay for it. Why
should fortune smile upon you with
gifts it denies to others? The whole
thing is matter of first principles
born with the race, but recognized
and developed by the few. It's an in
ner something that has to be tested
and constantly used to maintain the
truest efficiency. Fortunate influence
may be able to locate you in the seat
of the mighty, but you will have to do
the hustling that keeps you there.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03

filled with water and set near the
collector" which consists of COM
mon glass funnel with the small end
closed The funnel is filled with a
mixture of crushed ice and salt and
suspended in an upright position.
Moisture from the air of the room
forms on it and unites with the emana-
tons from the flowers. As the mois-
lure collects it runs off the tip of the
funnel into a receptacle. If this liquid
is mixed with an equal amount of pure
alcohol, the perfume of the flowers Is
preserved indefinitely.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03

DER Oh OtHel QueSllOho, suit
as this, which may be asked:
Does the United States want the
British West Indies?
Is Great Britain willing to sell them
TO the United States?
Can the two nations agree on a
price?
Answers 10 these questions Will have
TO be guesswork largely. 1t was first
~rumored in diplomatic circles in Wash
ington in 1917 that the transfer was
being considered. Nothing official,
however, has ever been made public.
Secretary of State Lansing says he
knows nothing about it.
Giving color to the possibility of the
transfer are two facts One is that
the United States is apparently in the
market for West Indian islands, as
shown by the purchase in 1917 Of the
Virgin islands from Denmark for $780,
100000. In this connection it is to be
kept in mind that the Panama canal
is located in this part of the world.
which fact may have something to do
with Uncle Sans apparent desire to
invest in islands off it's Atlantic APP
proach. The other fact is that Great
Britain owes the United States about
four billions, has a national debt now
in excess of $4,000, 100000 and is ap-
parently finding her West Indian is
lands more of liability than an asset.
The British West Indies comprise
the greater number of the string of
pearl-like islands that is flung like a
necklace from Florida to South Amer
lea, around that corner of the ocean
known as the Caribbean. All told,
there are some four thousand of these
bits of land, though not many more
than a hundred are populated. and
most of the islands are only great reefs
thrown UP from a volcanic sea in some
by-gone day.
The British West Indies have a total
area of 12100 square miles-equal to
the states of Massachusetts and Con-
necticut. They have a population of
nearly 100000, for the most part ne
groes, but with a scattering of few
Thousand whites and a curious mixture
of other peoples from all the world
Hindus, Javanese. Chinese, Siamese,
Christians, Mahometans, Buddhists
and Confucianists. Some of the islands
are sparsely settled, while others are
more densely populated than any other
region on earth except China.
Bermuda, famous for its climate
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Countries Where Bell
Ringing Is in Vogue.

Bell ringing, in the strict accepta-
ton of the word, is exclusively con-
fined to the British Isles, the British
colonies, and the United States, the
continental methods being quite diff
ferent. Carlton or mechanical ring
ing, so largely made use of on the
continent, especially in the Neither
lands, is little practiced in England.
At Cattestock in Dorset, owing to the
enthusiasm of a former rector, there
is a splendid Belgian peal of CARL
Ions, and they are also to be found at
Bradford town hall, Boston church,
Worcester cathedral, and Rochdale
town hall.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Name whisky" Derived
From Celtic '..USgebeatha"

TIE name whisky" was probably
derived from the Celtic ''usgebeatha"
(water of life), which was subsequent
ly contracted to "usquebaugh" and
still later to whisky. The liquor known
as usquebaugh in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries was not, how
ever, the same character of whisky of
modern times, but was compound of
plain fruit of saffron, nutmeg, sugar
and other spices and favoring mat
tiers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03

nevertheless is the largest, most pros
porous and most important of them
all. Its railroads. metropolitan cities
and agricultural developments make it
one of the chief islands of the Antilles.
Ii Great Britains price for all these
islands were to be fixed at the rate
per acre paid for the Danish West
Indies it would amount to about
O0,0OO,OOO
Undoubtedly the islands belong geo.
graphically to the American continent.
For the past several decades the Brit
iSh possessions have belonged TO the
United States economically, for the
bulk of their trade has been with
America and only small part of it
with the mother country. Linguistical-
ly there is no choice. Sympathetical-
ly, assuming that the wishes of the
inhabitants are to be taken into con-
sideration, there is little doubt that
the islanders would vote to join them
selves to the United States The ex-
ample of Porto Rico before their eyes,
where a poor people prospered with
American aid, is too striking to pass
unobserved. Moreover. they realize
that they are no longer the favorites
of England. The Indies under British
| rule are not particularly prosperous.
Probably the production of the is
lands could be greatly stimulated I'M
der American control and with an in
creased market. Sugar, cocoa and ha
nanas are things that everybody wants.
StrategicalIy the position of the
British West Indies is important from
our viewpoint. The purchase of the
islands might be an extension of the
Monroe doctrine-by which Uncle Sam
sets great store.
And what a job it would be TO
tons of these many islands, There is
now Joint, resolution before congress
appointing a commission to report on
conditions in the Virgin islands. In
the documents it is related that there
is urgent need for action. Danish Gus
toms. Danish laws, Danish methods of
| judicial procedure, are still in vogue
in the islands. There is great need
to Americanize them The land sques-
ton needs serious attention. The ma
tives own but per cent of the land
of the islands. The rest is owned by
Danes or by those to whom the Ger
mans have transferred title. The own
| ers of the land will not lease it or sell
II. This is resulting in condition
where the inhabitants of these islands
have no part in the sale of the land
and no chance to make a living out of
agriculture. The great necessity is
some land law that will enable the
people to acquire land The Ameri-
cans. since their occupation. have done
considerable work along lines of sani-
/ tation.
The people of the islands feel that
they have been neglected by the Unit
ed States; that when the American
flag went up in the Virgin islands it
should have been followed by Amer
lean laws. customs. and ideals as soon
as possible.
Congress is without sufficient infor-
nation to acs in these matters. and
there would oe great benefit, in the
opinion of the committee. in having a
small commission visit the islands.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03

the name might awaken memories vi
onions in the minds of some-lsn [
strictly one of the Indies, but is oIten
classed with them. It's 300 islands,
iutting out of the sea nearly 600 miles
off the Carolinas, attract many vlsi-
tors from America.
The Bahamas-3,0 of them-are
also we'll known to the winter resort
tourists who flock to Nassau. They
stretch off to the southeast from Flor
ida, for the most part uninhabited.
All the island interest centers IN the
winter trade. There is no other live
lihood for the 10000 residents, and
there is neither fertility nor rains or
heat to produce the wealth and beauty
that make the more southerly Indies
famous.
Beyond Porto Rico lie more of Eng-
lands possessions Many of them are
very small. ST. Kits and Nevis, of
course, are historically famous in their
association. The latter was the birth
place of Alexander Hamilton. Bar
buda is the game preserve. of the
region.
Montserrat might be called distin-
guished for it's red-headed, freckled-
face negroes with Irish names who
have even kept the brOgue of the or
iginal Irish settlers. Dominica is one
of the real beauty spots of the sort
that remind one of Nice and the Medi-
terranean and raise the question why
Americans should go to Europe when
this fairyland lies so near. Its only
drawback is the rain, that falls every
day, sometimes from clear blue sky,
and gives Dominica the name of one
of the wettest spots on earth. On this
blooded, yellow Caribs, the warlike
people who fought the European set
tiers through 800 years before being
almost exterminated.
st. Lucia is important on the map
because it is a coating station for all
the Caribbean. The inhabitants know
no other employment than carrying
fuel to the many ships that seek har-
Dor there The island. rich in agr-
cultural possibilities, lies idle beneath
a tropic sun, for coaling pays well.
the hours of labor are short and in the
days between jobs people take it easy.
Barbados, where live an average of
l 200 people to the square mile, is dis
tinctly English. TO most Of the islands
Great Britain is little more than
stepmother, as discoveries from
other countries reached them first.
But Barbados is and always has been
English. If Great Britain had senti-
mental attachments to any of herr In
dian possessions, they would tie her
closest to Barbados. st. Vincent and
Grenada complete the string of Brit
ish islands in the Caribbee group.
Two more lie beyond Trinidad and
Tobago. parts of South America that
slipped into the sea and British pos
session In Trinidad are limitless sup
plies of asphalt and oil. Tobago is a
land of milk and honey, the favored
spot where Defoe may have set down
Robinson Crusoe.
jamaica is the largest of the British
Indies 1t lies south of Cuba, out of
the main run of British colonies, but
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
NOTES OF SCIENCE

Burial in dry flour will keep
silver bright for a long time.
Floating mooring buoys have
been made of concrete by an
English inventor.
It has been estimated that
1OO,O00,000 rubber stamps are
in use in the United States.
The science of bell casting has
been .practiced in one English
foundry for nearly $50 years.
An inventor has designed an
aluminium ironing board that can
be folded and carried in a suit
case.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Simple Perfume Making.

At first thought it might seem an
impossible feat TO collect the perfume
of flowers after it has escaped into the
air, yet it seems simple enough by a
method that the Scientific American
describes. Fresh, high-scented bios
SONS are placed in an uncovered bowl
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
1881 900 New Pennies in July

The abnormal demand for pennies
is still taxing the capacity of the press
es in the Philadelphia mint, the enor-
nous total of 3S,931 900 having been
struck during July. The other COIN
age consisted of $4,000 dimes and
F,30S,OOO nickels.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
Slow GrcWths Inherit Longevity

In animal and vegetable life it is
the slow growths that inherit long
evity. Is it different with states and
nations? Is rapid growth in wealth
and population conducive to perma-
hence? IF not, are there not things
more to be desired than either?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-10-03
IT is TO LAUGH
Too Much Freedom.

Too Much Freedom.
T understand you teach useful
trades here" said the visitor.
EYES," replied the warden Of model
penitentiary, "but we have to. draw the
line somewhere"
"How is that?"
Several life-termers have been urg-
ing me to start flying school,"