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Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
READ YOUR CHARACTER By DiEby Philips.
 copyrdEhtsd 1881 Fruase-Hangry Mouths.

Fisttsry is a tw0-edged weapon. You can't tell how people are going to take 1t until you have tried 1t out on them and probably blundered.
 That is, you can't tell unless you've learned something about reading char acter. One of the most important les sons you can learn in this science is the recognition of the fattery-loving mouth.
 There are, of course, many kinds of nattery, or rather many degrees of flat tery. Some hattery is pretty thick Other hattery merely falls within the confines of politeness. Some people are antsgonized by fattery. To others it is more or less q necessity of life. and when you hatter such persons malicious T you are doing nothing deceptive or reprehensible You are merely being d. plomatic, if not downright charitable.
 The time to unlimber your nattery battery is when you find yourself talk ing to person with a short upper lip particularly if that lip tends to curl upward a bit and show the tips of the teeth You can test your, ''ain" with your first ''shot" Whether your sally Is received by smile or not. keep yonl eye on that upper lip. If it curis upward little bit more and shows more of thu | teeth. you may be sure you have scored bulls eye.
 But how far should you 90 with youi natteryz The varying degrees of short hess in upper lips will give you some in dication- But 1t Is more important t, base your judgment on the other charac ter indicadohs of the person In question It becomes matter very largely O suiting your nattery to the quick-witted ness of the ''fiatteree." if you don't wan to spoil it all by insulting his or he intelligence by laying 1t on too thick l (Monday-The Voice of Caution)
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Sunday Morning Talk
where Is Your Yestsrdays

Where is your yesterday? Was the record of that yesterday one you could fold away in your memory with feel ing of satisfaction. knowing that the angel who stopped with you through it's short hours went home to the Father and repeated with joy your efforts to do some good? Your courage in the face of pain, your steadfastness when temptation assailed you. and the joy was mingled with sympathy at the remem- brance of the crucifxion of self that had to be for another's happiness.
 Did you do good by your sweetness and cheerfulness. bringing not only little sunshine but breeze of hope to a discouraged soul-and<if you are one of His did you tell it in words and acts i that breathed the spirit of the Master, | helpful acts steadied and strengthened one weaker than you.
 If your record reads thus then you can be sure where your yesterday is in the Fathers keeping. and the work will increase thousand fold, so that some | day you will stand awed at the won derful results that have been enlarging through the years from your one little | day of service.
 Where is your yesterday? How many
 yesterdays we have strfven and are stfll
 striving to forget. We would not have l kept their record if we could have per-
 suaded memory to leave the pages blank,
 but something must be written each day and there is no bribing memory to write | falsely. The record she keeps is well
 nigh faultless and we dare not deny the truths she so patiently and faith fully inscribes upon our minds and hearts
 There have been "yesterdays' that we
 would live over again just for the glad
 ness of them; bright. happy, comforta-
 ble days, when We felt 1t was easy to be good, because life was sweet and | the world-our little worid-snailed on
 us SO brightly If service was needed fl
 was quickly rendered. for light hearts H bear burdens easily and happiness grows I from the dividing.
 These yesterdays" are prectous mem
 ories. but how of those in which we fail
 ed even in the desire to be of servics
 The selfish days when our own will pleasure-controlled us. The eventime came and we could think of no good ac. } complished, we had simply lived, not expanded, nor advanced, dwarfed, ra- 'l ther. because we had refused to grow [ and not because God wfTled 1t so. Bu even those "yesterdays'' are not so dis : astrous as the ones in which we have been the means of another's stumbling.
 We were not only selfish but crlie } when we stood in the way of some wiis trusted us, perhaps. and who througi their love were easily influenced to- fol low us into some by-way of sin. True they may have fought their way baci , through the darkness to light again. bu ! they must bear the scars sin alwayi leaves as reminders cf lts sne thns Co
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JULY 2srd, 1921
 Il,276
TAX REVISION NEXT.

Much has been accomplished by this ,Epeciai session of congress but as only recently pointed out by President Hard sing it was assembled for the purpose iof bringing about a revision of the fed .e-al taxes and thus far there has been slight progress in that direction. That stbe country is looking not only for the stulfllment of the promise as such, but .the actual accomplishment of that ob- ..iect cannot be questioned. It recognizes !that it is no small task, that there are limits to which the revision can go since ,there are requirements that the govern
 meat must meet and it is through taxa
 lon that 1t must get a large part of it's iirevenue.
 That there is and has been wide de- Ynand for tax revision is fully establish ed. Business has called for 1t in order that it may escape from such halting influences as the present taxes exert. srhere can be no thought of wholesale .fashing of the taxes because govern sment demands, even under the economy that is being practiced and aimed at, .are still heavy. There can, however, be certain changes. the decrease of some .laxss. the elimination of others but il ssesms probable that certain new ones iwir have to be substituted
 What the country is seeking Is some sldea as to what can be expected and .eongress will do well if it gives heed tc .the call that has become general that lax revision be carried out before acting .sn the tariff President Harding has taken a position regarding this mattel which must needs get consideration. Ths .eountry wants to know what congress .is going to do and what federal taxes oi the futule must be expected and tho ssooner it can do so the better.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
DEAIINo wrrn uLrgERAox.

It Is Of course an old story as to what extent illtteracy prevails in this country and how detrimental it is to all conditions While there appears from time, to time to be encouraging pros poets from the reforms that are being instituted 1t cannot fail to be recog- mixed as a problem that calls for con- stant attention and earnest efforts at all times.
 Perhaps Hotling has made a, stronger impression tlan ths disclosures that were made coEeerning iIliteracy during the raising Of ihe army for the World war. That showed far more than the statistics that have been compiled con cerning nliteracy for the reason that 1t dealt with the young men of the coun- try who were in the best physical con- dition. The large percentage of those who could net read or write was deplor- able, and the very fact that such a con- dition exists. regardless of what may be the reason for it. calls for the devo- tion of every possible energy to bring ing about a change just as rapidly as 1t can be accomplished
 Thus when Dr. Tigert, United States SDiAi441lSs4uttSf Ol t0AIdllDls dECf%LSC S11e~t we stand "as the only one among the grest nations of the earth in which there is not high degree of literaey.'' 1t is, as was intended, food for serious reflection. and following the thought such action as viii serve to correct it.
 It Is a regrettable fact that such a statement should be possible in spite of the great outiays that are made each year for education in the maintenance of school systems and the legislation intended to deal with the matter of edu. cation
 Such a statement as that given by Dr Tigerti will cause bit of astonishmen in those sections where conditions art 1 the best. What he deals with is thu country as a whole. There are condi tions that need to receive the attention
 of the states but it is apparent that VI
 need to look after the iiteracy of thos
 who are within our borders quite a
 closely as we do regarding those-who ar seeking admission
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

rhat the character of Captain W.T. liam Kidd whose pfrat3cal career has been so often the subject Of pictures que and threlling legends at various points on the Atlantic coast has been 'hlackened' and mahgTed was the de- claration of John H. Edmonds, Mass achusetts State archiYiSt, who deliver ed the second of the annual series of lectures arranged by the Old South Association in the Old South Meeting House in Boston.
 MT. Edmonds' subject was Lord Bellomont in the peerage of Ireland, the only son of Richard Coote, Lord Col oony, and Mary St. George, his wife was born in 16s6, married Catherine Naiafan of Bridgenorton, Worcester shire, England, an heiress. and was el- ected member of Parliament in 1888. A vigorous supporter of William of Or ange, both in England and Ireland, he was made Treasurer and Receiver for the Queen, Governor Of Leitrim and Earl of Beilomont by William ILL He was reelected to Parliament in 1889 and sat there until 1895. when he was ap-
 pointed Governor of New England. His
 commission was later changed to read
 for Massachusetts Bay, New York and New Hampshire, with a special mission to suppress piracy-the first live lord to govern us. He was disturbing eie- ment, was removed by Queen Mary for imper thence tried to impeach Lord Chancellor of Ireland, but without suc- cess. and even in Massachusetts was censured for his speech reflecting on royalty and barely escaped impeaeh-
 ment on thirty eight charges. It has been suggested that he was sent tC America to get rid of him.
 "sThe piracy particularly complain ed of was that of New England, Rhode
 Island, New York and other parts ol of America: and in the Indian ocean where they inteEfered with the com merc of the East Indies Company. Be 1 fore leaving England he agreed witt 1 Captain William Kidd, a privateers man of good repute from New Yorl l to proceed against such pirates in l ship called the Adventure Galley, o 287 tons, S4 guns and 100 men, on 1 o-purchase-no-p pay basis. The Ad l venturers for f600o included Cap
 tain Kidd. Robert Livingston. Tor Chancellor Somers, the Earl of Oxfor 1 (First Lord of the Admiralty tn 1 Earl of Romney and the Duke c
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
soufhern IArles.neea.

Mir. Editor: Will you give me the privilege to say a few words In defense of an editorial in one of your columns recently, headed What Texas Needs-s Texas is not only a thriving but pro gressive state. Most of it's people art hospitable and loyal, but there are many who have drifted there from other parts What can you expect of a people whe are 90 per cent. hypocrites, IS per cent polluted with foreign blood of recent tui' portation and se 44-1o0 per cent moDry madg Add to this the iIliteracy and ig- norance that prevails even among the so called educated classes. and what have you7
 If the governor of Texas and states elsewhere are not able to break up lynchings then why does not the federal government take hand in breaking up this lawIessness.
 While the K K K. Is not needed :. Texas or any of the southern states to- day, and probably would not exist f the state laws were upheld and enforced. the K K. K did grand. and noble work in some parts of the south after the Civil war came to an end. have no doubt but what it helps many of the degener- ates down where they belong.
 The real southern people are very Huch opposed 10 iSncnnkss dLeo po lnt moonshine whiskey that is being car ried into the towns, sold and drunk. but there are so many mostly low-born for elgners who have no respect for law no, order that it takes money and time te subdue these law-breakers. have known some cases where a coat of tar and feathers has made a big cure SC | that a second dose was not needed n carries humiliation with it-as the Del aware whipping post and 1t Is said thai { it's seldom that the same man receives the second dressing. So 1t Is with a coat
 of tar and feathers.
 SOUTHERNER Norwich. July 2s. 1921.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

and strong. marched up and down one of the great thoroughfares with banners, songs and gesticulations in way of pro- test against the high price of ice cream. Remember they did not register their protest against the high price of text books-probably they would like to have the latter so high as to be prohibitive. The high price of the delicious cone that touched the children just where they lived was too high, and we think so too. We ought to be mighty glad that the chill dren showed their coiors for ice cream. We certainly hope that none of those children got spanked for defending the life blood of their country.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

pounds or more and am now able ts do my work recommend the Vege table Compound to my friends and you may use these facts as a testi, monial. Mrs. SALLIE SIEFERT, 3IS ". Fourth Street. Pottsville, Pa.
 The everyday life of many house wives is continual struggle witl weakness and pain. There is nothinf more wearing than the ceaseleE round of household duties and they become doubly hard when some fe. male trouble makes every bone and muscle ache, and nerves all on edge. If you are one of these women do not suffer for four or five years as Mrs. Siefert did, but profit by her experience and be restored to health
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

were able to run the department wit SIo,000 and there were about as man. buildings as at present and though sl apparatus was hand drawn. except tho steamers. the city was not burned up and both chiefs were satisfied vits their jobs. ad they did good work The taxpayers have the right to say how much money they will spend foi anx department and 1t would seem to bt good Americanism, which is all the rage at present, for public servants to try and. obey the will of the majority, and try and give satisfaction
 It takes about s70o.ooo to run tho city and town of Norwich and if ez- penses keeD going towards the sky there will be a demand for city manager.
 ParentheticalIy, 1t might be said tha. the salary of the New London fire chiei is t2.ooo a year.
 TAX PAYER. Norwich. July zs, 1921
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
More About Fire Departments.


 Mir. Editor: Andrew Carnegie /said that it was possible to figure cost up or down and that method seems to hold good with city expenses.
 We are led to believe by what we see in print that the ordinary cost of run ming the fire department of New London is Ss0soeo. while the cost of the Norwich department is $e5,5 ,55o.
 According to the official figures issued in New London the ordinary cost of the department is $z7,eo and this included ss.ooo for tires. and S2.Ooo for new hose and $1.o0o for new fire alarm. The sum of about t52.eo0 was spent for a new fire house. repairing two houses and the sum of sl2,0eo was paid for a bumper. If none of these extras had been incur red the ordinary expense would have been about one-third of the Norwich ex- pense.
 It was such extravagance as this that has caused the taxpayers of New London to abolish their old style of govern ment and try city manager with the hope of reducing taxes which have been quadrvpled in nine years. The tax rate has reached about ss mills on a full val uation.
 One time ar the fire department com parison was with New York city and now it has dropped to New London and | there is much talk about the four pump. l CTS there. still whe3 there was s1oo. .e0I | fire on Bank etreet help was procured from the fire boats at the sub base and probably pride kept them from sending to Norwich.
 When the water works were built t was claimed that steamers were not needed as the water had so much power but the late H Fl. osgood would no sanction the sale of the big steamer that helped save the city of Boston b, throwing four streams at one time. and i was rebuilt and kept In service fol years. What the city is in need of nov is man with the force of eharacte of the late H. H. Osgood. No one hal the temerfty to dictate to him. Thel the late Chiefs Carrier and Greeneberi
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and was very IT, regular. Twas not St to do my work at times and took medicine from a doctor and got no benefit 1 saw Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable
 Compound adver- tised Tn the news
 papers and took
 itand got alright
 T nofnad fUarfu
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

Now that Henry Ford has made an offer fer the Muscle Shoals plants others are said to be taking notice of the pos- abilities there. The greater the interest the better the prospects that the coun- try will get what it is entitled to-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

Many are the prosecutions each day for driving autos while intoxicated Long Island had a. bad Hrashup and one death because of booze and stfn the prohibition authorities are looking for nquor.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

The governor of Illinois instead of re- lying upon the claim that the king can do no wrong. in order to prevent his arrest, should have maintained that whatever the kaiser does is all right.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

When the Philippine leader ouezon changes his position to favor freedom under protectcrate it looks as if he anticipated an unfavorable report from the Wood-Forbes investigation.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

Those million dollar inccmers may kick over. being obliged to give up two thirds of their income and kick over the high cost of living, but they can appre- ciate how the little fellow feels who gives up ali his income to meet the cost of lav1ng.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

When the class Is called for those with an annual Income of over million the internal revenue commissioners re- port indicates that comparatively few will respond but it Is a class open to all who can qualify
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

When the weather bureau insists that Point Reyes, Cal. is the windiest place in the country, Washington square must be satisfied with second hcnors.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

Before the war there were so with yearly incomes of million or over. In 1918 the number reached POS but in 1s1s it was down to 65. That is pretty near return to ncrmalcy.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

It is getting to be time for any of the ball teams that have desire for the pennant to give some serious evil dence of getting to the top
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

If it isn't one thing it's another. Out in Indiana they are complaining because corn is 80 high it obstructs the view at the railroad crossings.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
EDITORIAL NOTES

The man on the corner says: General Humidity negotiates a strategic retreat only to come back stronger than ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30

Bergdon is reported to have taken out citizenship papers in Germany, but it took him a long time to find out where he belongs.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
MotorercIes in eensraI use

MotoTcyclS m GeneraI Ose
 More motorcycles are in use in Lon. don and all England than automobile< or other outomotive vehicles. accord ing to registration certincates.-Dear- born Independent
Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-30
ABLE TO DO
 HER WORK
After LongSufferng Mrs. Siefert Was Restored to Health by ! Lydia E. Piakham's Vegetable
 Compound

Pottsville, Pa--t1 suffered with female trouble for four or five years
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-29
TEACHING CHICKS TO R0osT
Difficult to Keep Young Fowls Clean
When Permitted to Remain
on the Floor.

It Is often advisable to teach the
chicks to roost when s to II weeks
of age, say poultry specialists Of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. When they are allowed to remain
on the floor, it Is difficult to keep them
clean and to keep them from crowding.
II wide roosts-3 to inches-are used.
there is but little. If any, more danger
Of crooked breasts than II the chicks
are allowed to remain on the floor.
The chicks can generally be taught
to roost by putting the perches near
the floor, but If this plan Is inconven-
tent or does not prove effective the
chicks may be placed On the perches
after dark for q few nights until they
have learned to go there Of their own
accord Where a large number OF
chicks are brooded together around a
brooder stove it is good plan to
place roosts in the house when the
chicks are four to five weeks DID, so
that the larger and stronger chicks
will start using the roosts while the
weaker chicks still stay around the
brooder hover,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-29

move. AS soon as picked the fowls
should be hung In cool place until
thoroughly cold. If the weather Is
warm and fowls are to be packed in
ice where no cold storage is available,
they should be placed in tank Of ice
water until all the animal heat has left
the body.
When birds are scalded before re-
moving the feathers they are immersed
in hot water which should be little
below the boiling point, as soon as they
are through bleeding. They should
be immersed three or four times and
then picked clean. Be careful not to
overscald, as this will cause the outer
surface of the skin to rub off. If fowls
are to be shipped dry, they should be
hung up until the skin becomes thor
oughly dry. If they are to be packed
in ice, they should be left in cold wa
ter several hours or until they are to
be packed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-29
FIX FARM INCOME BY
VOLUME OF BUSINESS
Must Be Margin Above Annual
Maintenance Charge.
Size Of Business Is Most Important
Factor to Be Considered in Select
ING Piace-Three Things
to Remember.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agrfculture)
1t requires a. farm business of a.
least fair size to provide an income
that will merely cover maintenance
charges and these charges are
relatively higher for small farms
than for large ones, say special
lists Of the United States Department
of Agriculture. A farm may be Of
such size as to furnish most living
needs of the farmer, such as vege
tables and fruits, as well as enough In
come to pay the taxes and running
expenses, but unless there Is mar.
gin above this annual maintenance
charge no progress can be made to.
ward accommodating surplus.
This point is often overlooked, and
thousands Of men fail to understand
why they do not get ahead faster,
when. as matter Of fact, the
size of their business is such
that there is only slight pos
sibility Of any margin being left after
obtaining a bare living and paying
absolutely necessary running ex-
penses. Often the income is INSULT
cient even to do this, and the farmer
and his family have to go without
some Of the comforts Of life.
Thus it is that the size of the farm
business Is one Of the most 1mpor-
tant. if not the most important, factor
to be considered In selecting farm.
In determining the value Of farm
in this regard 1t is essential special
ISIS say, to make sure of three things !:
That you have an opportunity; that
:. make sure that tle desired volume
Of business is at least potentially
present, as evidenced by ti1lable land
or by markets for intensive crops on
small areas.
That the volume Of business can be
achieved by economical methods.
That the volume of business that
can be conducted on the farm is such
that 1t will yield an income large
enough to provide a comfortable mar
gin, after paying the absolutely nee
essary expenses Of operation and pro-
vtding an adequate living for the
farmer and his family, for saving or
future demands.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1921-10-29
TO RESTORE MORGAN STRAIN
Efforts Of Department Of Agriculture
Shown in Recent 800 Mile Test
for Horses.

Efforts Of the United States Depart
Inent Of Agriculture to restore the
Morgan strain Of horses, which had be-
some nearly extinct, showed their ef-
feet In the recent 3OO-mile test for
army horses. Out Of II entries, only
ten finished, and Of these the sixth and
seventh were Morgan horses, one Of
them raised on the departments stock
farm in Massachusetts. The horses
were required to travel 60 miles day
for five days, carrying the regulation
cavalry load Of 245 pounds.