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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Aged Women TolIers.

When women are forced out of the factory in which they have spent a large portion of their lives there is no other kind of skilled labor for them to take up. Shopkeepers do not care to hire them. They have not the culinary knowledge which would make them ac- ceptable in the kitchen. If they have no relatives to fall back on they have to depend on whatever rough and ill., paid work they can get.
 For many years the gloomy pros poets of the man who had reached the age of 50 without having anything laid by has been the occasional theme of discussion and commiseration. The younger man shoulders him out of the place he had. and he finds 1t impossl- ble to get a new one. Everywhere the preference is given to the young man. less experienced, no doubt, but with more push and so to him. Now we are confronted with the sad case of the elderly woman who sits in the market place waiting in vain for some one to hire her. We shall hear more of her in the future, with the growth in the number of women t0ilers.
 The establishment of q pension fund to which each worker should contribute weekly or monthly has been suggest ed. Perhaps some practical plan will be evolved but the difficulties are great.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
PonuTation Dansitv.

Maryland, according to the showing of the just issued census figures. is not the most densely settled of American states, but certainly it is far from be- ing one of the least densely populated of the family that clusters under the broad designation of the United States republic. MarvIand with 1,294.450 pop ulation will rana in population very close to Louisiana. South Carolina, Ar kansas and Nebraska and when 1t is remembered that the areas of these last mentioned states, respectively, are Louisiana 4S,720 square miles. South Carolina 30,570 square miles, Arkansas 53,S50 square miles and Nebraska IT, 150 square miles, as compared with Maryland's 12,21O square miles, it will be observed that the Chesapeake land has been doing fairly well in the mat ter of occupying it's spare room.
 The smallest state in the union
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evidence he was taking chances, and if he had quickly got out of the way at the approach of the car of which one of the women gave him warning, the whole trouble might have been avoided Motornlan Peterson's seate- ment that the accident arose through Peabody's lack of activity seems to have some show of reason. To out siders it looks like a case in which blame was, to say the least evenly di- Vided.''
 The motorman is held on the charge of manslaughter, while Peabody goes free. The latter, however, may be re- called as witness. When the case is called for trial it is to be hoped that no phase of it will be left un- touched. It is a matter in which pub lie opinion. we believe. Is at variance with the opinion which seems to pre- vail among officials of the law and in which, of course. none could have any other desire than to have justice come uppermost. It is easy to understand moreover, how preponderance of the early evidence might be against the motOrman, particularly as the three surviving participants of the joy ride would not be very likely to volunteer information which might reflect against themselves. Of the boys in the stubborn auto, Dean Frederick S. Jones of Yale Is quoted as having said: Both students are not as bad as some of the papers have led the pub lie to believe" e."-Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
NO CHANGE FOR THE MULE.

The fact that the Panama canal will have no tow path or tow path mule must create a feeling of sadness in Old kentUclJ' and famed Missouri. An electric locomotive will have the pull on this towing system and it will run on geared tracks to increase the trao- ton power. Millions of pounds of steel will be required for the construction or these tracks at the lock sidings and within the next week or two the canal commission will start the work by ad- vertisiug for 5000 tons of track ma terial Some of the larger items are 3.2l2,5I4 pounds of steel cross ties. l934.240 pounds of rolled steel conduc- tor slot covers. 6.544,00O pounds of carbon steel rack castings and 1.273.- n90 pounds of steel channels. About 5000 tons of 90-pound steel rails for towing systems also will be wanted. The commission will install this rack railroad itself allowing two years for the work so as 10 keep pace with the lock construction.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
THRILLERS

I'm going on railroad journey" said the hardware man as he stepped into the book store and l want rattling good story to read on the train Something that will make a mans hair stand up straight, you un derstand. l don't want any of your Wishy- washy problem novels, unless it's q corking good detective yarn"
 Heres story that's having a great sale" remarked the bookseller. hand ing over volume with a gorgeous cover It's about siege and battle in some little kingdom over in Europe.
 T reckon it's one of those near Zenda stories. and it won't do at all" said the hardware man. I'm tired of warns of that sort. There's always d haWk-faced American hero. who butts in at the critical moment and defeats all the crack swordsmen of the king dom at their own game and marries the princess and lives happy ever after
 Honestly I am sick of hawk faced American heroes who do wonders with the sword. I've never seen an Ameri- can citizen in my life who didn't look like regular yahoo when he had a sword in his hand.
 Then these fake kingdoms are a chestnut. There are so many real kingdoms that l don't see the sense of writing up limitations. There's the material for a million novels in Portu- gal or Mexico or Nicara qua, and yet our grass-fed story tellers pass up all such opportunities and invent king doms away on the borders of Germany of Russia. There ought to be a law against such foolishness."
 T guess you're right said the bookseller. Heres a wild west story that is highly recommended hy people who have read it. IL treats of war be- tween the sheep men and the cattle men and is highly exciting"
 oh that sort of stuff makes me tired said the hardware man. "The bare mention of cowbow leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Nearly every mag azine you see has a picture of a cow boy on a a-bucking broncho on the cover
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
FALSE CHARGES In DIVORCE.

The divorce suit is usually the court case in which there is the grossest misrepresentation and the woman in the case is usually generously sland- cred.
 In a recent case at Kansas City. Judge Frank Jones established a sal- utary aud timely precedent when he ordered S husband who had slandered his Wife's good name to pay her heavy aliUlony. That the charges which the Husband brought in his suit for di- Norce against his wife were unfounded must be considered legally proved by the fact that he made no attempt when the legal opportunity was offered him to appear in court and submit the evidence, to substantiate his allega- tions. It was this feature of the case which melted Judge Jones to indigna- tion, which he could express only by finding in favor of the accused wife and issuing orders for the payment of liberal alimony.
 The Kansas City Journal says: 'In condemning the practice of making charges affecting women's good names. in the absence of proof or attempted proof Judge Jones voices the senti- nent Of every man with a spark of manhood. bapdliarity with court trials very soon tonvinces the student of such maders that there is on the whole. far too much laxity in defam- ing ths character of the other party to the litigation. It is one thing to hold ah opponent up to ridicule or public udtum by making reckless allegations and quite another thing to substanti- Jte them. The limit seems to be reached when a husband will defame the woman who bears his name by seeking to rob her not only of her Tights in the premises but of her rep utation for chastity. Judge Jones serves warning that in the future those husbands who resort to this contempti- bie practice will fare even worse than the man who was justly the object of his condemnation in the case at bar"
 This is @ precedent, if we'll followed, which will check the scoundreIy prac- uce which was the cause of it's estab- lishmcnt
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
LETTERS I'D THE EDITOR
Water Wanted-Aotion Should Be
 Non Partisan.

Ar Editor. Water. water. water. shall we eyer cease talking about wa trrt For upwards of ten years we lINe discussed and cussed the water question. Let's do something and change the subject
 ls It uOt possible to get at 1t like business meu2 In times like these csn we not forget tu what political party we belong?
 or late we have had two different rc commentators from the court of common council for two different ways ui increasing our water supply, both oI mem voted for and against in the council ou strictly party lines.
 Does anyone believe for a moment tuaJ a resolution thus voted for is the honest business opinon of these men? shame on yOu! men elected by the city tp care Tor and protect it's interests, that now when our women are bring ing water from neighboring wells. when boiler pipes arc bursting, when the old and those who are sick are deprived of heat and the comforts nee CssarN for them. when deadly germs from uusanitary ponds and brooks are floating through our water pipes to low points that are still supplied. when destruction by fire is imminent. Shame on you! l say that in such a time you allow politics for a moment to influence your judgment.
 First: "Pease brook or nothing" was the resolution approved by the council on a strictly party vote
 Second: Jordan brook or nothing" rIs voted and recon meuded in the same way.
 What do tte taNqaycrs and water consumers care whether it is a demo- crat or republican water pipe that brings uS water? What we want is water. plenty of tt. at price that we cau afford to pay and not go bank rupt.
 say Jordan brook pr nothing" for
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Has Justice Miscarried?

Down in Bridgeport there IS pre-
 yailing sentiment that justice has
 miscarried thus far, in the caSs of Ihe
 joy automobile ride which resulted in
 the death of one woman, at Stratf0rd, and the serious injury of another and in which two Yale young men were also concerned. The wire news has duly recorded the fact that the cOro-
 ner eXOnerated young Peab body of Yale
 whose father came on from the west
 in behalf of his son The motOrnian of the trolley which ran into the automobile setms to be bearing the
 brunt of the blame, notwithstanding that newspaper reports agree that he was sober at the time of the crash, while the Yale men, according t. their own admission, had been indul2ins in liquid refreshments in company with the two women at a Bridgeport cafe. Of course it may be that the coroner is right in his analysis of the affair, and that the newspaper were inaC- curatc, but it is worthy of note that
 their accounts. as given in the Brid4,s port publications, were not very much accident were concerned. They agreed that Peabody had apparently been drinking, and that he stripped the marker from his car directly after
 the accident, with the apparent in- tention of concealinS the identity of the owner of the ear. The Bridgeport Telegram says editorially:
 There is a general opinion that Peabody got his automobile fast in the track. and that being in 2 dazad condition he was unable t5 manipulate 1t with sufficient skill to enable the party to escape. On the face of the
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
GREAT AT KNOCKING.

The Bulletin raises its hat to the f4sl- Aihans Messenger ns political a&nocEer of New EnaIaud's rrpreseuta ve system that cannot be eNceIled in zhs s.z states.
 Here iu Connecticut we have a gen ale way 0f holdius up Union Co view ss the representative balance of some city Of 70 00g inhabitants. u.t Iu Yer r1nont they make au affirmative cau- 4paigu and lot tle comparisons go to the dog
 For instance. the st Al1aus lres- @enEer asserts that "a stump fence. rwc empty breh.vea. eullsJ down
 -cEar1 bassNold tree. piece
 .d hau d dozen Hauyhurks. a
 la.. good view uI tha sunset.
 vo Mexican nar veterans can be
 Izcd into n town II Vermont.
 e.r vsfe HiII offset LHat Of .OgDJ
 in EuTluetOl. Out we really
 alderstaUd how zuSE a condition
 .lss sauId exist url.zs by some
 cor crook tle Buejay voted more
 once.
 Ind this aatuI..I a.ba ls followed by from tH- LlI.Yu Tribune.
 Hush. uaIrhbor. l.uU get vour- s.r tiaIked f you undertake to build ar that tl.U Vermont gau goo often talk about by interfering with our present glorious system of representa- tiou. by which town or fourteen ts1- tors can act as 'trig 1u a city of Twenty thousand or more voters"
 This would ht the Connecticut situ- anfion without being sent lD a political sailor to be .ur over and hags the r.nkics taken nur of l0.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
rAE marER sAoRrAeE

The srIordid doWnpour of rain on Saturday l8~i was an aI-New Eng land biessing and it is not likely that any single za-h1 ln the history of this section or country was ever received with more prevalent spirit Jf grati- Jude and gle8. It was the first real rain Tor monrhz and ft saved s half dczer New EnFi4ud towns and cities from resortinE to the polluted chemi- enlly- wash ed river water which would doubtless have resulted in epidemics of fever wherever necessity required the sis-ump tion of such a risk.
 Tho Providence Journal reviewing ths Grouth and it's results. says. For fhe future those cities which can do so wln seek Go provide themselves with e water system or such com nlpieteuess a nd dimensions aa ro rOreslsu any fu- .irs period of drought. City life is an srtifclal life making oEer-heavy de- i rnaatF on the bounues of nature. It Co necesssTv To force nature or Co conn Sine her scattered resources l this matter of rater SO that all shall be used. none wasted
 Thn aystem under which the metro Ecircu rFater supply serves Boston arf macy nearb- cities and towns conlracrts -sslf as a wise urscaution.
 e f n chat system enough water 4n t~al 5eSor1 inc natural pOssi- tt1't e1 ti any drought The ultimate soluuol VI this problem or cities seems to he a general consolidation of water Euprlv so that the whole available amount or drinking water shall be ap- gerfioned through vrel- systems, among au thc cities and towns in va V i1us districts. So comprehensive -s heus wiu need many years and -susuy millions for the working out but it ls t1e only permanent solution -DC the problem. which now presses with peculiar aoutencss"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

and all the seories of that sort intro duce characters who speak a dialect that never was heard in any country. Bret HaTte was responsible for the silly idea that IS soon as men go into 8 mining or cattle country the first thing they do is to organize new d1a- lect. The later writers simply can't break away from it.
 The cowboys all say thar for there 'yuh' for you and so forth. The people in the cattle country talk just the same as the people in this state and they don't spend their time doing circus stunts on bronchos or shooting up the nearest village. l like Q sensational story, but it must be true to life"
 Well here's a historical novel of the period of Queen Elizabeth. The illustrations indicate that there is pIen ty of action in it.
 f'Oh. you can't work off any such dope as that on me- said the hard ware man. I've read about a carload they go. The characters always are saying 'gadzooks' and sods fish and the same old marvellous swordsman looms up in the third chapter and has a fight on a stairway defending girl who is the queens ward. He keeps on killing people all through the book, and then in the last chapter he con- fesses that he is the crown prince of Belgium or Kalamazoo in disguise, and he and the girl are married by thT archbishop of Canterbury, while the earl of Leicester passes around the doughnuts and ice cream. Every story Of that period drags in the Earl and Amy Robsart.
 And old Queen Elizabeth always throws fit and boxes somebody's ears. You can't spring any such book on me unless you administer anaesthetics.
 T don't see a book on your shelves that's fit for a white man to read. It seems to me that literature has hit the toboggan since I was a young man. Then a man going on journey could find a good story to read at any book store or news stand. d."-Chicago News
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
LIVES EMBITTERED
 BY SKIN TROUBLES

Many estimable lives have been embittered by skin aff1ictions, due, in most cases, to neglect i'll in fancy and childhood. Delicate skins readily become irritated and severe eruptions develop. Then treatment after treatment is tried and found wanting until life be- comes a nightmare of torture and disfgurement, imposing fearful handicap in the race for business or social advancement. Yet this physical and mental suffering might have been avoided or miti- gated by timely use of Cuticura soap and ointment
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Water Waste.

They calculate in New Haven that there is waste of from 2,060, 900 to 3,000,0O gallons of water a day, a large increase being noted of late ani attributed, as in Waterbury, to the cold weather and the habit no1 seholders have of letting water run to prevent pipes from freezing. This waste, due to lazfness and poor house ccnstrue- ton and exposed plumbing, is q oun- siderable item in the heavy expense We are put to to provide water and the great anxiety we are under from year to year through fear of famine. -Materhurv American.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
A Good Precedent.

Small people who are fretting be- cause the new chief justice of the United States is q Catholic may rest a little easier when they learn that Chief Justice Roger B. Fancy was a Catholic. Also Fancy was a man of some importance in his day, and, for that matter, his influence for good is still felt.-RutIand CVt.) News
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Muslin Gowns

Muslin Gowns that were good values and sold readily at $1.O0 = Sale Price 69c,
 Others at 45c, 95o, $1,98 and up, which you should surely see to appre- ciate their great values.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

There is n0 prospect that any other esuan win give ten millions for the fgcruanert establishment of peace. asrd there fe danger that a warrior Eome cay may steal the Carnegie rpeaer -lnd
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

our neighbors appear to know when our piano needs tuning better than We do ourselves.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The latest ono-uan duick-lrluE gun -seighs % pounds and fires 400 shots a t-l nrte That should do platoon sl1y- snk work in ths hands of a sharp Flas er
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

While our congressmeu are playing with the children at Christmas time. nothing serious ever happens to the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Corset Covers

At 22c we offer a. line of Corset Covers that in regular stock usually sell at 35c and 39c They are nicely trimmed with laces and emhroideries. These are extra good values at the price-22c.
 Corset Covers. made of very fine and sheer nainsOok muslin, trimmed with fine lace and imported embroid- e1'ies, well worth from 59c to 65c- Sale Price 45o.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The lrm1.rlrl press is vhauabaug- sug the postmaster general for the a1urrling manner in which Christmas Euall was handled. and the republic Ean press fs commenting his marvel alus despatch
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

Since New Orleans can take ms 70 l1hc canal and exhibit to us the won ss3ers Of Panama for less than we can reach San Francisco. we need not cross the continent
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Padding the Census.

General Estrada's invitation to all extles to return to Nicaragua shows how far some folks will go to pad the census arlington Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The Maine man who predicted tho srnd or tne world iu December liscov- Fred that ha had fixed the date two s-a-eskr foo sp1u This win bring it lsshsn the January bills are due.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The Norwich building record for the past year has been something to bank upon, and it doesn't require figures to prove it.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

Japan has a postal bank system with eight million depositors. The Japs appear to recognize all good and use ruI things
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The Atlanta woman who is suing for hn divorce bclsuFc her husband gave en-r a wedding ring with glass instead 4rf a diamond in it, has sufficient Eauea
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

IT some men forgot to make them selves a present 0f a mileage book in the holidays they might be crippled for business for some time
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

Dr. Cook has confessed to so much that he didn't know that the condding public has come to wonder if he knows anything.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

President Taft has accepted an in Ni,atiou to attend the national en- ampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Rochester next year
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Drawers

Two eXceedingiIy good values at 22o and 44c that are more than ha rgain Others at 7oc, S3o and af.25, that are made of extra good quality muslin and trimmed with very fine faces and dainty patterns of embroidery
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
COMBINATIONS

The underwear outfit isn't complete without several of these garments We are showing 8 nice line at tempt ing prices. e5c, S1.39, S1.98, S269, &. .98 and tip.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

Happy thought for today: The news that isn't nt to print has wide circulation because those who enjoy it cannot keep stiIl
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The place where father comes in is -le first of January; and he is popular then because he asks no assistance in the settlement of the bills
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The man who smokes Christmas ci- gsrs near enough to the parlor lace curtains tO perfume them has lost popularity in the home
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

"Nr. Dooley' has had his filings at twins; but now that he is blessed with them. he may be expected to hit the bulIe-cye oftener.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28

The ohio dish-Washer who inherit ed $25.o00 from his mother-in- law has a proud distinction. and made a rec ord not easily broken
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
The Circulation Ol The Bulletin.

The Bulletin hns the largest etr- cuhats~n of any paper in Eastern Connecticut, and from three tO four tizae. larger than that of any in Norwich. It 10 delivered Co over 5000 of the 4,sS3 houses ia Nor rvdeh. and read by nfncty-thrce per cent Of fhe people. In Windbam It is delivered to over poo houses, in Putnam and DHni@inOn to over 1.fO0. and in aII of these places t fs considered the local daily.
 Eastern Connecticut has fsrty- -tnc foyvua. one hundred aud sixty Ave po-tornce districts. aDd forty one rural free delivery routes
 The Butfeffn ta sold in every ro~vn nHd on su Of the R- ". ID. reatc. in Eastern C0nnecticsL
 CIRCULATION
 Tsof. average -...-.ss--s.s.-- 4.412 isos. average .............. 5,9ZU Week ending k
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-28
Sale Begins This NlonamHnq
SKIRTS

We never have seen a prettier as sortment of dainty fluffy white Petit ticoats than those displayed here. Every garment. no matter what the price have been selected with the greatest care, and none but goods of first quality will be found among the assortment.
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 Fine Long White Petticoats. made of a good quality muslin with fine lawn ruffies, nicely trimmed with slusters of pin tucks, fine lace and embroidery. value from $1.25 to $1.5o- Sale Price 96c.
 Others at $1.2e, $1.49, s1.98 and up.