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Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

is the reading of shallow literature. The exclusive reading of fairly sensible, re- spectacle, light literature is to be de- plored, for no young man or young wom- an can develop vigorous mentality by such reading. Good light literature may be profitably read, and what mean by '1sood'' light literature is that which is thoroughly peryaded by a truthful, en- nobling morality, wholly devoid of evil suggestions. Yet even such literature should never be allowed to crowd out the stronger, heavier, more bracing kinds. One quite serious defect of most of the pure, light literary works of the day is that they do not set their readers into deep. close, abstracting thinking They are entertaining rather than thought compelling. The young people of our churches, Sunday schools and unions need to ponder such books and periodicals as will cause them to exert all of their men,
 tai powers to grasp the thoughts of the
 this is hard, weary work, but it is just such work as will make vigorous. manly
 and womanly thinkers of the readers ]
 would advise young readers to read daily
 portions of Pauls epistles to the Romans
 and Ephesians, not to mention others
 Read few verses, if no more. and care. fully mediate on each word. Besides tho great spiritual help that you will get you i will receive mighty mental exercise ana
 eniargements, the worth of which will b, | beyond estimate.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
TIE COTTON SITUATION.

Big production of cotton last year with limited demand has left the cotton raisers of the south with a large supply on hand. Much of the crop has not been moved and in consequence of that conditions there was strongly urged the planting of but a half crop this year. The idea was to keep the supply more in accord with the demand and not so oversupply the market that serious losses sEould be entailed.
 To a certain extent there was com+ plisnce with the plan. Planters, how ever, only curtailed their planting by about a third. instead of a half but from the latest government crop reports it would seem that what the planters had failed to do for them selves the weather conditions and the boil vsevil had done for them for only about a half crop Is indicated, mean ing something like seven million bales instead of twice that number.
 The effect of this promises to be a quicker movement of the stored crop ct last year and in all probability the get ting of a better price for the product Inability to sell cotton has resulted ir appeals to the government for legisla- ton that would encourage foreign bus iness. That has been regarded favor. ably with the idea of doing what wal possible to help the cotton growers. But while a small crop was to be expectet and measures for other relief were ex pected the boil weevil appears to havt been unusually destructive in spite ot all the campaigns that have been waget against it. Under the interpretation that an i'll wind always blows good il some direction the loss through this pest promises to be made up in the bet ter prices that the short crop will stim ulate and through better prices and the movement of a stagnant crop hell to encourage a revival of business il that section where 1t is 50 greatly need ed. The situation would also indicat
 that greaFr efforts to curb the cottol pest must be immediately taken.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
CRGt}kk3aGN WEECENDENe ik0o. UA, fsHf'
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MUST ALWAYS RE AkarFp.

Whez President Handing spoke at tbe opeuiag Of the army war college and declared no matter where the best as z--arions ot the world lead us, there never may be a time without the necas- s--5 for armed forces'' 1t doesn't renre- asrr srything uow in the view that he 1ll always taken
 Hl-e the disarmament conference is trlwinE nearer and much Is expected as --L result of that gathering of repre- zeuEtves ot leading nations in the way cf curtailtng armament there is no -r1actl-ion that all armed forces win as done away with. As the president aya even under the best conditions na- -1s cannot get along without certain --ued forces that will stand for the 1-1-rcio1 of the rights of the nations l-E bs ready to meet emergency condi- u71s. Law. authority and national de- r-zse must hOvc the backing that comes t-aln an army and navy.
 S-cA- however does not can for the tz-Eest army or the largest navy. II l1-s not require a headIong race to see which nation can spend the most mon ey ln the maintenance of such forces. 70 does not mean that nations should make such great expenditures for these purposes that their debts will increase u-t of all proportion to requirements cs means and their subjects be taxed beyond aI reason.
 Even % disarmameut efforts succeed % -hs Il-.- ot expectations of those c--1rles which are to participate therein. and it is 10 be hoped that such wr he the case, each country Will be o5--s5 co 11airtain military establish rnen-z Even The situation which has developed In West Virginia shows the folly ot thinking that the country can cet along without any army. That in- s-a1cc s1ows that h cannot even rely u'cu tha respective states to put down dso-dcr within their borders, and what i- true .n regard 10 the army Is more co relative to the navy.
 TEat there is Q demand for a reduc- ri3n of arnamsut. and that has beer zanfestod ln many ways. is gratifying It would he ideal f no army. no nav7 and eren no police force were required hu- r1ch can prevail only as an over drawn imagination. We must look out fo- -he rainy day h regard to protec. lca quite as much as in other ways.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
STAR GAZING DURING SEPTEMBER.

The explanation suggested first about 1S5 years ago was only recent ly proven correct. We now know that the star Algol which we see at its brightest has a dark companion that of course can not be seen With even the most powerful telescope. This dark body rotates about their common cen Ire of gravity Periodically the dark one gets in between us and the brlght one effecting a species of eclipse. The eclipse it not quite total or the star would vanish entirely. It was the spec troscope which enabled the astronomer to prove the correctness Of thls remar- kable shrewd scientific kuess. With the spectroscope we may almost say that the astronomer can see the phen- on1enon take place.
 Pisces the Two Fishes is also we'll above the horizon. This group con- tains no specially bright stars but is chiefly -ef interest now because in the territory of this constellation is found the important asrenomic point called the vernal equinox. This is one of the two points in which the equator is crossed by the eeliptic circle the suns apparent annual path through the field of stars. The two points are called equinoxes and the vernal is the spring equinox occupied by the sun as it passes from its Win ter positions to those higher in the
 sky. This occurs aboue March 21. Exactly opposite is the autumnal equinox which the sun occupies about the Fist of September as it leaves the northern celestial hemisphere. This | is in the constellation Virgo which naturally now is invisible because it is so close to the sun.
 | The vernal equinox used to be call l ed the First of Aries for at the dawn | of astronomy it lay in that constella- | ton about thirty degrees from it's pre- sent position. This motion is due to
 the phenomenon called the procession | of the equinoxes.'
 of the Southern Fish mentioned above marked by the bright star Fomalhout This redish star is known to be twenty l one light years away from us and has by some been considered to be a cen tral sun of the universe but this is
 not correct.
 The only evening star is Uranus the next to the farthest planet from the ! sun. Eleven in the telescope it can be observed only as a small spot of light hardly distinguishable from a star except by a study of it's motion | Venus and Mars are still morning stars and Jupiter sets too early to be ob-
 served. The latter is about to change
 such late in October. Practically the
 same is true of Saturn which is very Il close to Jupiter in the heavens.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

September brings to our delighted gaze more than one stellar object of great beauty. The sky seems particu- larly rich in first magnitude stars.
 In the west, white Spica sets just before the time of our map, but we are still able to see the YeliowiSir Arc turus in Bootes and the reddish An tares in the group of Scorpio away down in the Southwest. Overhead, but ssemewflat past the meridian, is the blue-white Vega in the Tyre writes Q. S. Brainin of the Columbia obserya- tory. Almost on the meridian and more than half way up to the zenith from the horizon is anothan bluish white star, not quite as bright as Vega, called Altair, the pride of Aquila, the Eagle Deneb, or Alpha Cygni, which is one of the lesser of the first magnitude stars is almost directly overhead at mar- time. Those three stars constitute a famous triangle.
 In addition to these, we welcome two newcomers. Rising above the ho- rizon in the southwest is Fomalhout, of the Southern Fish, and far north is Capella a very bright first magnitude star whose color and spectrum close ly resemble that of the sun. Many oth- CT stars only a little less bright stud the heavens and recommend them selves to our attention for study and deep reflection. The Galaxy or Milky Way spreads in a great semi circle from the southwest to the northwest passing through the zenith.
 Perseus has risen in the northeast .Perseus the slayer of the snake haired Medusa and iberator of the chained maiden Andromeda the daughter of Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheu5 the king. Cetus is the sea monster and Pe- gasus the flying horse which bore the hero. All these consultations then formed group related by their myth | ological names and all are so charact 1 eristically shaped that recognition o1 i them is not difficult.
 1 The second brightest of the stars of Perseus is Algol the avriable De- mon star. It marks the head of Me | dusa. AlgoIs curious and rapid changes | in brightness made it an uneXplainablt mystery for ages. Only late in the Eighteenth century was this riddle.
 solution correctly guessed. The varia, l tlonSr in the brightness of this star i.
 so rapid that it can be observed witt | the naked eye by comparison with tht neighboring stars. At it's most brillian
 stage the magnitude is about the sec
 ond. but in the short space of min, | hours it changes down to almost tn, l fourth or more exactly to the magni tude three and one-half and bacl
 again to the/ second which is almos five times as bright. This procedur,
 occurs quito frequently so that it's De
 riod IS two days and twenty one hours
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
TIE NEW FORK Boyus.

By the decision of the highest court in ths state Of New York the recent n=1on e the legiSlature in passing law p-ovi ling for a bond issue in order to dE-ih1te tS5. .eoo.00o as a bonus among those who served in the recent war l- declared uncoastitutionaL It has bean held by the court that it is in violation of the provision of the con- Eritu-ion os the state which declares that the credit cf the state shall not in any way be given or loaned to. or in nd of any individual association or corporation.
 This unscts the decision of lower a1u-tz is against the opinion of the attorney general and indicates that the legislarure has. not the authority to use Tho money of the state in any such manner. and it seems probable that rnany other states have ssfegusrded treir tzeasuries in much the same man her.
 The decision n New York state comes before the money has been disbursed. in other states bonuses have been Erantcd and paid without the question rf consttuuonality being carried to the Etate ccurt Of last resort To say that ihe unconstitutional law was a popular neazu7e does not warrant any court in unholdinE it when the constitutionality iH attacked. The Constitution must be lhe guide and tha decision of the high lsr court must be accepted. The bO- hns law is thun Illegal and its pr0vis- lonr cannot be carried out.
 The course that can be pursued un- Der the circumstances Is to respect tn, Eecision and undertake steps for the hmendinE of the Constitution in such . way an to legalizs the act The cour1 has aune it's duty as it sees 1t in pro tcctnr the interests of the minorttie. nrainst the hasty action of the major sty and it now remains for the peoph Co stzts through action. if such is de Frcd. on a constitutional zmendrnen FrhethE they desire to stick by th present document or whether they wan % tinker wfrh t to meet the situation or New York can raise the money b, a dira< tax as other states have. Tn Ecrsssoa gives New York something t Ei1fuk about and likewise other state whose funazzental law E similar q Enat os the Empire stzta
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cigarettes, showing a camel with couple of men in oriental dress standing at it's side.
 He exclaimed: "oh. look, mother. there are the Three Wise Men"
 A lady sitting near remarked to the mother: 'Tt is evident your son attends Sunday school"
 Then It Happened
 A little group of chummy neighbors was sitting on a front porch wearily marking the passing of the days heat before retiring. It was just as many of the other nights had been-sams old everything.
 An automobile driven by a woman roll ed slowly along the street She drove SC slow as to attract attention, and her path was close to the curb. She was alone.
 An automobile driven by a man rolled into view, stopped at the corner and th' man walked nonchalantly along the side walk. He overlook the woman in thu car. got in and they drove away. well, the nerve of that '" cried an in. dignant matron of the now curious chum my group. Well, what do you think o that? Watch me. I'll fix that fellow car"
 | She ran to the rear wheels and in moment the air was missing out of thu tires like the whispers of a thousand scandals. Then an old tin centainer an, string connecting it completed the tricl;
 Nearly an hour later the man returned alone. He got in the machine and ava! he went-bumpty-bump.
 Half a block away the car stopped. thl man got out and looked around. Tn chummy ones were not near enough tt hear what he said. but they had prett! collective imagination.
 Seems odd that those two should no think that opposite these automobil,
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
THE Irrrx DECISION.

It is not believed that the decision of the three judges of the federal courts that the state of Connecticut has proceeded constftutiona1ly and properly in the adoption of the jitney law and in placing the jftneys as common car riers under the public utilities commits sion caused any surprise to most of the people of the state. To those who have indicated their determination to get around the law fin some manner It will of course be a disappointment but it ought to end the determination that has prevailed in certain circles not to obey the letter and spirit of the law.
 Fighting the jitney law has been a bit expensive for the jitneymen. There was little to encourage them from the beginning but they have persisted in exhausting all apparent avenues and some that had not been anticipated, yet the decisions from the first have. been against them and in support of the law.
 Thus after delays from time to time in order to permit of 8 thorough test of the law there is reason for the an nouncemsnt to the effect that the au- thorities will proceed to bring about its strict enforcement. The delays have re- suited in jitney drivers in many in- stances getting the benedt of the sum- nrer traffic, a strong plea for which was made before the legislature when it was sought to have the law become effec- tive this fall rather than during the early summer. Indications are that new schemes are to be tried for the pur- pose of circumventing the law and pre- venting enforcement, but there appears to be little reason to expect success and as the result the travelling public have reason to expect from the trolley lines in due time that service that was impossible while obliged to meet ruin ous and unfair competition.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
A POINTED WARNING.

T. s plz4n tan: that Secretary Hoo ger has in6n1ged in in his message to
 ihe director of the American relief ad- riuis-ation m Russia who leaves for lhat country -toezy when he pointed out that the soviet government has not ex- farrted ttz nae4nS. thzt il stSn has re- rourues at it's GsDosa1 and should be trred 10 provide them for adult reTSef.
 The charge isn't made that soviet Rusrsa IS dOdgsng It's responsibilities hut ehe nezge seems to warn the re- lief dfrortor that l. Shou1d net be per f-ilr-ez to do so. and in taking srch an atttrude Secretary Hoover Is entirely firhr Under s1eh conditions as 'pre- sal in RZstz fl tsreO besexpecboS thzs De roveuaer< fhere win do it's utmost Do 6etrsr- ccnditunA There wU1a be nc ilst1dcztion for the. svvtet government lo lezrn aH.rsrtgf g1assszssss11nes ts oenez
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Eenrusxtea.
 This cozntrx in keeping with others FAas recognized the distress that pre-
 v&ts in Russia. It is ready to do what
 ft can to ward of starvation and pre- vent the increase in deaths from lack tof food and the prevalence of disease,
 but 1t is not prepared to do so while fit knows that Russia is not making every sacrifice within it's means to bet
 ter conditions.
 Russian conditions are nnquestion- ably bad enough and the desire is to prevent them from getting worse, but as bad az they are Secretary Hoover insists they are not as terrible as those that were dealt with successfully in Europe during the aFmistice winter. That being ths ease and Russia being in possession of resources that can and should be employed it is proper that it should be acquainted with the atti- tude of the relief administration right at the beginning of operations Until Russia uses all means to help It's own people it stands in the same position sof those who cover uD their wealth and call upon charity to furnish them their living.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAS
 HISTORY
SCANDAL IN JACKsoN's OFFICIAL
 FAMILY


 In 1920 about the time that Andrew Jackson announced his willingness to be- come a candidate for. a second term as president, the strained relation that ex- isted among his cabinet members became an open rupture, and the announcement was seized on by Van Buren as a good pretet for resigning the secretaryship of state. Both he and the secretary of War, John H. Eaton of Tennessee, had some time before made known their de- sire to withdraw.
 Scarcely had the cabinet been called together after the summer holidays when the president was visited by a minister from Philadelphia, who laid before him charges against the character of Mrs Eaton. Proof was demanded and what was so considered was furnished But Jackson regarded it as mass of idle tales of scandalmongers animated by spite, and took no action till the winter was well advanced. A member of congress than called on him assured him that a certain foreign lady had formed a. plan with with the secretaries of the treasury and the navy and the attorney general to drive Major Eaton out of the cabinet and his wife i from society, and asked if he were tame enough to submit.
 | Jacskon stoutly declared he never would and wrote vigorous note to the three of lenders and consulted Van Buren and Eaton as to the wisdom of sending it | Van Buren advised to write no letters | but to call the secretaries before hin i and read what he Had written The advice was taken the men sumoned, and the pa per was read to them.
 The treatment of the secretary of wal and his wife was denounced as unjust in itself and disrespectful to him, ant they were told that, if it were true that they had conspired to drive the secretary of war from the cabinet their conduc was an indignity to the president. With out any solicitation but solely as his own act, Jackson declared that he hat brought Major Eaton into his cabinet and in the firm conviction of the iniust ice had cast upon his wife, he intended to keep him there.
 The affair was patched up at thi meeting but harmony was not restored A breach never to be healed and con stantly widening had been made ant ere another year went by Eaton expresset an earnest wish to retire. In the mean time the president asked for the resigna tion of two of his secretaries, Ingham of the treasury and Branch of the navy
 The motive of the president, said Calhoun journal, in desiring MT. Inghan to withdraw was to prevent his con M tinuance in office from being regarded 9 a victory by that gentleman over thos of the cabinet to whom he was under stood to be opposed
 To add fuel to the trouble MT Branc wrote to a friend: q went as far a man could go in endeavoring to pro mote good understanding betweenl tn l, members of the cabinet. But it seem I was expected to go farther and not dc 5 ing so, have been removed.">
 When this was made public, MT. Eato called on MT. Branch to come out lil ' man and tell what he knew Thi : challenge was printed in the Washingto
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Sunday Morning Talk
SOLID REAnING.

I think that I can scarcely render g better service to the young than to nost earnestly urge them to make a practice of devoting 9 little time each day to the reading of some solid and wholesome books or periodicals. It is a fearful fac
 that the passionate craze of the day among the reading class of young people
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have the teethache again. Of course, there was indignation whenl t was learn ed that feeble brains had done as direct ed, but it all changed to amazement when it was known that it had actually stop ped once and for all his teeth aching. To say the least, the laugh was turned.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

Frances way of treating bankruphs differs from ours. There a bankrupt is de7rived of all rights Of citizenship which are not restored to him until he has paid his debts in full
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

It has taken q long tinTe to accept Tths constitutienality of the Jitney law in this state, even though in no instance has there been anything to encourage the opposition that has been manifest ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03
Stories That Recall Others

The Three Wise Men.
 A short time ago when on a street car a lad looked out of the car window and happened to notice an advertisement of
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

Our restrictive immigration measures are said ts be unpopular in Italy, but if we remember correctly such legisla- tion was not passed for the purpose oi meeting the requirements Of any nation except the Untted StatsA
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numbers in the ofice of the secretary of state are the names of the owners of the cars" said one of the Pary-but the
 names, oh, well. that is another story.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

Those who are displeased at the thoughts of school reopening viii be longing in a few years for the return of the good old school days.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

There are those who are oewailing the fact that the lawn moving season is nearing the end.
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If the lowering of rents means a town Is going backward, there are not many places headed in that unpopular direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

The Greek army seems to go ahead just as if the story about losing ? wing Ito the Turks was not so or not a,y se- rious as indicated.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

The man on the corner says: No one anticipated that the return of the oys- ter would be accompanied by such mid summer weather.
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People continue to eat teadstools for mushrooms quite as persistently as oth- CTS do their best to dispute a crossing with locomotive.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-03

Upper SIlesia is giving Europe much worry but it cannot be much more bothersome than Mingo county.
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There are those who seem to think 1t iS time to increase rather than decrease unemployment.