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Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

The lowest average in England is found in the southwestern parts and in Wales, ranging from feet S inches to feet : 1-2 inches. In Northumber- land it rises to feet s inches, and among the burly Yorkshiremen it even goes as high as feet g 1-2 inches.
 This leaves the nearest rivals on the continent far behind. Even the North German, Danes and Scandinavians, who are classed among the tallest peo- pie there, only range from feet , inches to feet inches. FrenchInen are generally smaller, measuring about feet inches and the Spaniards an inch shorter.
 Stature depends a good deal on eli mate. The Bushmen live in the great Kalahari desert, the tall Polynesians on the Pacific islands and enjoy all the advantages nature can bestow. The Hottentots, of the same race as the Bushnen, but inhabitating more fer tile country, are appreciably taller. On higher ground the people are usu- ally shorter, so that the Swiss and Cen tral Europeans generally are stocky rather than tall. Sometimes stature i varies with the class of men. Early emigrants to America, before things
 were made easy by the steamship com panies, were always taller than the races from which they had sprung. l They were picked men, full of physical l Vigor and courage, Stature varies al | so according to profession. About half | the professional and ecclesiastical l classes are tall men, but only about 1 one in ten of the eobblers, weavers and 1 tailors reach the height of feet [ | inches-North China Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
PANAMA CANAL PROVES ITS
 WORTH

Measures which have improved routes of travel and provided better quicker means of communication be- tween the peoples of the earth or be- tween sections of the same country have rightly been considered worth spending large sums of money to obtain and when accomplished, have been hailed as epoch making achievements. In such a class was the building. of the Sue canal to connect the Mediterrane- an with the Red Sea, and in the same category stood the Panama canal when it was opened to shipping in 1914
 With the expansion of the merchant marine of the United States, the Pana- ma canal is showing it's ever increasing value as an American waterway that cuts thousands of miles from the dis tance to be made by American vessels Americas spurt in shipbuilding during the war more than quadrupled her sea going tonnage, bringing it from 2,o27, 900 tons when the canal was opened te almot 10,000,000 ton in the past year New York and San Francisco are only two of the forty-one American ports ot importance on the Pacific, Gulf and At lantic sides of the canal, which has cut the voyage between the two ports nam ed by about 5000 miles. Manila is brought 5000 miles nearer New York and the distance to the nearest i'm. portant port on the west coast of soutf America, Callao. Peru has been reduc- ed from s,7s9 tor S,779 miles.
 In the past year there has been ar average of about six ships daily pass ing through the canal, of which 2,02s were merchant vessels anl 1S6 vessel' of the American navy for which the ca nal is of, vast strategical importance. The canal cost about S37S,000,00t which was considered a stupendou! sum at the time of it's construction, bu the results have fully justified the ex lpenditure, and the original outlay ha been followed by the expenditure O
 about ten times as much by the United
 States in the expansion of it's nner- chant marine that is again to restor the Stars and Stripe to theft rightfu place on the ocean highways.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

When it comes to applying legal blot ting paper to alcoholic moisture the Russian bolshevists have it on the Anti Saloon League like the kick-packed bot tie of twenty year old hootch has on that contained in q glass of 'half-of-one- percent" The Russian Red soldier can srunt d Slavic Here's How just once before a rife bullet puts an end to his elbow bending activities forever.
 Erstwhiie polishers of the brass rail who might seek to beat the eighteenth amendment by ortation-provoking acts are warned to stick to the more peaceful climate of Cuba or Montreal by Morris Shtooten, who has just re- turned to the United States after five years in the Near East, four of them spent in the South Russian city of Lu- gans. During the past year he has been engaged in the activities of the Near East Relief in the Caucasus.
 If Soviet soldier gets drunk he Is shot immediately" Shtooten declared '"The penalty for civilians is not qiitd so severe They are sent to jail and kept there for time. Before they are re leased they have to pay heavy fine"
 Shtooten, whose home is in Far Rock away, had taken his wife on a trip to Russia for her health when the world war broke out, marooning> him in Lu- SdIlSk. ne IOEHlS11y, lldo '"OAhCh AAA q foundry in Akron, Ohio; so he obtained a job in the locomotive factory in the Rus sian city He remained there after the bolshevists seized control, ''The only difference between Soviet Russia and Imperial Russia" he said lis a difference in who wields the axe. The present regime is just as autocratit as was the old with only the difference that now there is no real government. was born in Russit and lived there unti I was thirty-five years old.
 Russia is united at present because the Russians hate the Poles. But ~her the war is over I feel sure that the So viet government will be replaced by z democracy. General Denikine would
 have succeeded if he had carried out hi. pledge of amnesty to everyone, ever
 those who had been active in Soviet cir | cles. But he didn't.
 Cossacks and bolsheviks have tur4eC
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
Keeping Them Mixed Up.

We encourage the mingling of our officers with our department heads" The head of a large manufacturing concern is telling a [:ethod he uses for getting company policies carried out consistent ly by men all the way down the line.
 At our main plant headquarters, lunch- con is served to forty-five of the prin- cipal sales, shop, engineering and other department officers This luncheon is served in a big dining room, and we endeavor to arrange the seating at the tables in this dining room SD that there will be the maximum intercourse among the men of the different depa arments Lately we have put in teffect a plan by which every month the seating at the various tables is determined by lot the object being to prevent permanently fixed groups from getting together, as we do not desire to have the shop men or the salespeople or others get of by themselves.-System.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
Sunday Morning Talk
GODS rk0v1DENr1AL CARE

To our. Heavenly Father. and to the angels whom He sends forth as min
 isters of His benefits, it is beyond doubt apparent, as to us it far too little is.
 what a close connection there is between providence and grace. How much the
 interest of our souls may be involved,
 in even the interests and transactions
 of ordinary life. we perhaps do not re-
 fleet as often as we should. That ques-
 ton, What shall it profit a man if he
 gave the whole world and lose his own
 soul?' is something more than a text
 for sermons. It is practical matter. Meeting us every day that we live. The
 world and the souI-these are the inter-
 ests; not indeed, incompatible with each other, but still so related in the present state of things as that in gaining the one the other may be lost. Must we not suppose that a matter which God has
 caused to be pressed upon our attention
 with such solemn emphasis, is of vast ac- count to Him? Should we not antici- pate that His dealings with us in re-
 spect to any worldly interest, would have respect always. ultimately and above all. to the soul? Everything, be- sides, small or great, which to His per feet view is seen to bear upon the souls interest, will gain consequence just from that fact
 So 1t is that. looking down upon us from amidst the glory and blessedness of that heaven to which He would lead us, the whole scene of our lives is judg- ed of, by Him, with reference to that other life; and infinite motive for all | that is claimed in the doctrine of Prov idence is found in the myriad ways and
 instances in which the life now must af- feet the life hereafter. He may see my | heart cold and, hard toward Himself
 giving, all it's affections to presentthings and He may see it necessary to break | it with heavenly hope. If I am already it with heavenly hope. If I am already
 His child, He may see in me thousand
 things which need correction and disci- pline. by the thousand methods which life l and experience supply and if I ever want to know why He deals with me thus, or thus, it may be only necessary
 for me to look into my own heart and see,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
Desert Men Smallest.

Habitually we think of Japanese as
 small men, and imagine a Russian to
 be a tall man in d big great coat.
 The Englishman, according to popu-
 lar opinion, is supposed to be taller than Frenchrnan, much in the same
 way that dog of the St. Bernard or
 mastiff breed surpasses a terrier or a poodle. The common idea is not so very far wrong, for measurements made by scientists show that differences
 exist between the average height of
 races of mankind Generally, stature varies between 5. feet inches and 5 feet 10 inches. Of really dwarf men, under 5 feet in height, there are few, chiefly the bushmen of South Africa, the dwarfs of New Guinea and the Laplanders.
 The tallest race in Europe is to be found in the United Kingdom; in the 1 southwestern corner of Scotland, where 1 the average height is feet 10 inches Scotsmeni on the whole, are a tall race, and on the average measure about 5 | feet g inches. This height is only equalled by the tall Polynesian and 1 American races.
 Among the shortest men are the South Italians. Sicilians and Sardini- | ans, where the usual height is as low
 as feet inches or 5 feet 3 inches.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JULY s1st, 1920
 10, 703
VOTE GETTING IN OHIO

Having a covetous eye upon the votes of Ohio in the electoral college, the dem ocrats have been industriously circulat- ing the option that they have a win ing vote getter in his own state in Candidate Cox. who has three times been elected governor. But an andy sis of the gubernatorial campaigns in which Mir. Cox ran does not bear out their claim Out of the twenty nine elections for governor in the last 50 years. the democrats have carried only nine, but it is because three of these nine were won by Mir. Cox that he has been touted as a winning vote get Ter.
 The fact Is that with normal republi- con conditions he would never have won in single one of these contests. The first success of Candidate Cox that of 1912, was due like Wilson's to the progressive division in the republican ranks. Cox was defeated on his record when he came up for reelection in 1914. The next time. he had the good fortune 10 experience the effect of the Wilson slogen. He kept us out of war" but ev- sn then he was only able to pull through by the bare plurality of 6.6I6, while in 1918 he just escaped defeat by a last moment defection of normally repub- .ican county. The extent to which the democrats have exaggerated the vote getting record of Candidate Cox is shown by the fact that he has never ,een able to poll half of the total vote ,f the state.
 Out Of the ss counties of the state T rave been carried by the republicans at me or more elections since 1912 and he same number was carried by Can lidate Harding when elected United States senator in 1914 It is through the strength displayed by Senator Harding in that contest that the true line is to be had on what will happen in Ohio on November 9 While Cox lost the election for governor by 29,27C votes Harding swept the state by a plurality of 102,373. in spite of a pro gressive vote of 6750e. Harding car. ried T counties, while his democratic 0pponet carried r and Cox but 20. Had he progressives' votes gone to Harding i'e wosid have had c!ght more coun- .ies
 The election returns also show that Cox IS a weak democrat inasmuch as his pluralities do not begin to com pare with those of Bryan in the coun ties which went democratic in the pres identiaI race of 1908. Ohio is funda mentally a republican state and it take: 2 division in that party's ranks or 2 widely circulated deception like "Ht kept us out of the war to take OhiC put Of the republican ranks in pres idential year.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
THAT CLOTHING PLOT

Ii appears strange indeed that the government authorities do not inves- tigate and bring to accounting all per sons engaged in the alleged clothing plot that reaches from the top to the bottom, with the retailer, if conscien- tious less cnlpable in the line of re- sponsihility. The Department of Jus. tiee makes formal statement of con spiracy to hold up prices and to limit production by shutting down mills ant like acts.
 Why does not that department take coguizance of the fact that 1t how recite, that has been fact of common know ledge for two months, namely. that tn, retailer is guaranteed, in violation 0, the Lever law, against any decline it prices for six months of more.
 If the department has any power tt function under the Lever law, 1t has power to function adequately, and tha implies such action as shall break tn, combine by smashing in upon it al alone the line, from the top to the bot tom. It is to be believed that man, retailers have been repe1led by the pre- = vaifing prices and have refused to fnaki purchases and that the shutdowns are i,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

the amount of water given is sometimes responsible. Do not give laxative ha- bitually; they make constipation worse.
 Send the child to stool at a regular time each morning. Use enema of one-half to
 one ounce olive. oil. Milk of magnesia
 or cascara sagrada may be used in
 emergency.
 Convulsions-without stopping to un-
 dress, place child in a tub, bath temp
 erature 98 degrees F Cblood heat) for
 ten minutes. Always test water with
 your own bare elbow Keep cold cloth
 around head and neck. If convulsions
 are caused by eating improper food,
 give prompt enema and laxative and warm-water emetic. Keep the child in bed until he recovers from shock. Con suit physician. Cough-Avoid, cough syrups, which are dangerous for children. Plain honey or steWed fig juice is soothing Apply vaseline in the nose at night and coke
 press or mild mustard to throat and chest. Ask the doctor to find the cause and follow his directions.
 1 Croup-A child subject to repeated at- l tacks of croup should be examined by
 a nose and throat specialist and any | trea tnent necessary to improve the health undertaken If breathing is diff ! cult, give warm salt or soda water emetic to induce vomiting. Apply heat | to the chest for ten minutes. followed l by cold compress If severe, throw 9 l light blanket over the child's head and | spout of kettle of boiling water, ollow- l ing child to inhale steam. Add to the l boiling water two tablespoonful of
 compound tincture of benoin or a tea 1 spoonful of vinegar.
 ] Group which develops suddenly in a 1 child previously we'll is not likely to be a serious matter. On the other hand
 croup which develops. slowly in a child
 previously ailing, may be due to the 1 formation of a diphtheritic membrane in | the wind-pipe. No time should be lost 1 in calling a doctor.
 Crying-The very sick baby does not cry hard. There is low moaning or vail with sometimes turning the head 1 from side to side. 4 whimpering crying baby is hungry, or may be suffering 1 from indigestion. A fretful crying baby 1 is sleepy or uncomfortable. Lusty cry ing may be temper. Crying with tears l in the eyes and clenching of fists, in dicates pain. Irritahility and lustful crying at night may be a symptom of scurvy. When that condition is present handling is usually painful to the child l A mother should learn to recognize the nature of baby's cry.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
FACTS REGARDING THE
 CARE OF THE BABY By .. s. Public Health Service.
First Aid and Home Remedies

In giving the following list of home remedies and first aid treatments il must be distinctly understood that the measures are to be undertaken only in an emergency pending the arrival of the doctor
 Whenever baby is i'll, be sure to cal promptly on the doctor for advice Ne glect of proper medical care is danger ous and is responsible for the death oi many babies.
 Colds-Rest in bed so long as there is fever. Give less food and more wat CT. Open the bowels freely with oi laxative. Apply few drops vaseline tc nose every few hours. For older chil dren, spray nose and throat freely witt oil spray or otle-fourth teaspoonful each baking soda and common salt 1T one cup of warm water For compli cated persistent or repeated colds, i'm prove hygiene to build up the child! resistence, mad apply to physician fol treatment Consult a surgeon for ade holds and diseased tonsils.
 Constipation-The diet or habits ar, at fauit. There may be a deficiency il the amount of fat in the diet, too mucl or two little sugar, or not enough frui and green vegetables. A deficiency il
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
PREDICTS DEMOCRACY COMING IN RUSSIA

Shooters hair gray. He pointed to them.
 T had a few when I left the United
 States, but look at them now. When the bolshevists. were first chased out of Lu- gansk they were going to shoot me be- cause I wouldn't go with them. Then Denikines Cossacks threatentd me with the sarne fate because had worked with Soviet workmen in the locomotive factory. No wonder I am gray According to Shtooten's story the city became normal after the first day of
 Cossack occupation. That day was giv- l en up to the footing of Jewish shops and
 Jewish homes. Though the bolshevists didn't indulge in persecution of the Jews ! they shot every one that didn't believe as | they did. he said
 l Several times Shtooten was on the point of attempting to leave the city | but was held back by the almost posi- | tive assurance that he would be search | ed and the money he had managed to
 save for his arip home. He only es-
 capped being robbed by the Cossacks in common with other Jewish residents of | the city because of his acquaintance | with people of all creeds and political
 beliefs. When Denikine's forces captured the city from the bolshevists for the sec ! ond time, after having once lost it
 Shtooten and his wife escaped to No vorossick where the Near East Relief had established a station. Because of his | knowledge of the country he was re- cruited into the service of the relief or ganization, later being transferred to Ak haIkalaki, in the Caueasus
 I He was among the relief workers evao- uated at two hours notice at midnight from the. city. on May fifth because of the l bolsheVist threat to Armenia From
 Akhalkalaki he went to Batoum, where he continued in relief work until las, month.
 Everything was in turmoil when left Batoun," he said. "The British were getting ready to leave and the reports oi bolshevist activities dainly became more
 ominous. Exchange was demoralized
 cost 150 rubles to buy a pound of steak But this amounted to little more thar | fifty cents in American money"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
JITNEY REGULATION

Other cities besides Norwich have 'ound it necessary tS, make regulations 70 govern jitneys so that it is not sur srising that this citys common coun- gil should have found regulation need sd here. What these should be for each community is naturally a ques- ion for. each community to decide. The same regulations that would meet he situation in one place might not apply at all in another. Local conditions as to traffic and lines of travel, either .ehicular or pedestrian, enter into the problem.
 Some time ago certain regulations as to iitnuey station in Rose place were put into effect. They have been given g fair trial as result of which it was apparent that public. opinion dictated the need of a change. Many of the jit- ney men themselves have not helped their own case, if they wanted to have continued for them the station privilege in Rose place. What with the drivers of the cars over1owing on the cross walk. playfully scuffling or wrestling often to the inconvenience of pedestri ans using the crosswalk, what with loud talk at all hours of the day and night and frequently forming line down which it was not the pleasantest thing In the world for women and girls te run the gauntlet, the jitney men have frequently made pretty much of a nuisance of themselves. Cruising au- .ornobiles circling the square a dozen ol more times have not added to the safe ty of traffic there, and merchants have made complaint that their sidewalks were blocked by the public service cars
 The jitneys are useful, and often s great public convenience, but considera lion for the general public good mus determine where they can properly ex pect to be allowed to operate.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
AFRICA FOX THE AFRICANS"


 Possibly a great negro race confer ence that is being held in Madison Square garden in New York may be looked upon as an extension of the self determination principle. Africa for the Africans is its keynote and it makes claims to have 25,0eo delegates from every state in the union, from va rious parts of Africa, South America and the West Indies It is militant programme that it's leader, Marcus Garvey, a Jamaica negro, is preaching, predicting another great world war in twenty years from now in which the negro race viii rise and seize the whole of Africa Europe would be compensated for the Improvements she has made there.
 MT Garvey, who is president of the Universal Negro Improvement Associa- tion, is quoted as saying:
 We shall now organize the 100000 oeo negroes of the world into vast organization to plant the banner ot freedom on the great continent of Africa. We will begin by framing a bill of rights of the negro race witf constitution to guide the life and destiny. of the 4oo,Ooo,ooSi The con stitution of the United States means that every white American would shet his blood to defend that constitution The constitution of the negro race vii mean that every negro will shed his blood to defend his constitution. | Europe is for the Europeans, then Africa shall be for the black peoples 0 the world. We say it; we mean it. Without disparaging the aspirations of any race, it is a question whethei MT. Garvey. can interest the coloret people of this country very greatly wit | plans for military campaign on the oth CT side of the world in 1s4o. This is no the first time that "repatria Gon' of the negro has been talked of, but it ha come to nothing. The real difficulty i that negroes who are doing fairly wei here do not want to go to Africa ant those who are failures here would d. Africa no good by going. America l still better than Africa for the Afro 1 | Arnerfrars
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
Thieves in Vienna.

Owing to the unprecedented number of thivese in Vienna at present the de
 tective bureau has begun a special study of crifninn1ogy, the first, result of hich is that the old-tfne thief with disheve1led hair, no collar, ragged clothes and dejected look has disap- peared; The thief is now one of the best dressed citizens of the Austrian capital The, male of the species wears fault1ess clothes and smokes good cigars. The female is gowned with equal regard for styles and never ap- pears without a veil.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07
That Buttermilk Cocktail.

A Delaware chemist says that butter milk contains as high as per cent. al. cohol. Thus dairies are in plain violation of the voistead act, and there was some thing in Charlie Fairbanks ''butterrnilb cocktail" after all-St. Joseph Gazette
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

As far as we can judge the only liB- erty and fraternity that the Russian proietariat has gained is the liberty to sacrifice and suffer to elevate their fra ternai trothers, Lenine and Trotzky to the place of the czar.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

All a mistake say the bolshevists about the way the Polish envoys were turned back. But there is no mistake about the way the bolshevik. armies are driven forward.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

Today we shall hear the Cox porten- tious pronauncements pointing the primrose path to the peace, progress and prosperity programme, alliteratively peakinR