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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
Health and Beauty Note.
BY MRS. MAE MARTINI

Edith: No. do not believe in dry
shampoos-" If you were going to wash
your face. would you even think of
rubbing powder on it? When you need
a shampoo ask your llairdressers for
canthrox shampoo or buy the canthrox
at any drug store and prepare the
spoonful of canthrox in cup Of hot
water. The cleansing lather of this
shampoo will remove the excess oil and
all dirt and dandrum from the scalp
pores. Your hair will rinse easily and
dry quickly. This is the most beneficial
shampoo l have ever , used. LIS 1t: is very cry
makes the hair very soft. silky and SO
fluffy there will seem to be twice as
ter than this shampoo for promoting
clean, healthy condition of the hair and
scalp. 1t is not expensive and will not
cause the hair to become dull and
streaky like soap shampoos do.
W. NJ: Your dull, weak, expression;
less eyes can be made clear, beautiful
amice aan few droPs Of ae simpls
e1pa made By n of eos watsr 5
Inexpensive tonic is very soothing and
strengthening to weak; tired or, in
for treating graduated lids and eye
troubles generally Its strengthening
properties make it a great aid to those
Mrs. G.. K: You may be able to re-
QuCe your weight SIMPLY Dy tXcICaslHS
and dieting. but you can easily hasten
the reduction with the following: Dis
solve four ounces of parnotis in one
and one-half pints hot water; when
cold strain out the sediment; take a
tablespoonful of the liquid before each
meal and you will. find it a splendid
discover of fatty tissues that will not
yield to other remedies. 1t is harm
less, inexpensive and has restored many
to their former slender figures and
given sure relief from the burden of
! being too fat.
NJ r. c.: A good, inexpensive lotion
to take away that shiny, oily, sallow
look to your complexion can be pre-
pared at small cost follows: Dis
solve four ounces of spurmax in one
half pint hot water: when cool add two
teaspoonfuls glycerine and apply to the
skin, rubbing gently until dry. This
will whiten and beauty your skin
without leaving that powdered look.
You will find this lotion far better than
powder, as it not only gives your face
fresh youthful tint. but does not rub
off or show like powder l find it ex-
celIent for preventing and removing
freckles skin pimples and as a protec-
ton to the skin from the sun and wind.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
Annoyance of the Recall.

Aside from the desirability or unde-
STABILITY of attempting by means of
the recall to GUST a public servant from
office long before the expiration of the
term FOR which he was elected. there
is a decided objection to forcing the
voters OF a community to go frequent
~ to the polls, especially when, as in
the city of Tacoma, the women are
permit-e6 to vote. This means that
practically the entire adult population,
unless it ignores the claims of citizen
ship, must drop it's ordinary tasks for
d time and attend to politics. A few
weeks ago il was proposed that the
mayor of Tacoma should be removed.
recall petition was circulated. an
election was held, and. because of the
presenee of three candidates in the
field, there was no conclusive result.
Two weeks later. as required by law.
another el5ction was held the lowest
of the three candidates having been
eliminated and this time the mayor
was recalled
On Tuesday of the present week an
otnar recall election was held in Ia
coma. This time it was proposed that
the four city commissioners should be
removed from Office. but unfortunatel
there was no decisive result and two
weeks hence another attempt will be
made to solve the problem. the lowest
candida ties, as in the mayoralty contest
being eliminated. Is it all worth while
The citizens of Tacoma have beer
called upon to go to the polls foui
times within a few weeks. and between
times they have. of course. been com
PEELED to listen TO animated arguments
for and against The various candidates
In a word, the city has been upset by
an excess of politics. The recall is .
new device in the state of Washing
ton. and after a while When it has
ceased TO be a novelty. it may not bf
resorted to so often. But as at pres
ent prscticed it has its obvious annoy
.ances.- Boston Transcrip-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
WILL CHANGE DATE OF INAUGU
RATION.

Word comes from Washington that
the present session of congress will
pass the measure providing ter .
change of the inauguration Of the
president from March 4th to the last
Thursday in April.
This prepares the way to put the
matter before the people for ratifica-
ton since it requires an amendment
TO the constitution Thirteen months
now intervene between the election of
congressman and the opening of the
first session in which they act. When
President Taft summoned the Sixty
second congress to meet in April, he
made tangible demonstration of the
ease and the desirability of getting
congress to work early, when fresh
from the people.
A suggested amendment to the pend
ing resolution is to fix the date of the
general election to be held on the first
Tuesday in April preceding the inaug-
uratiOn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
FIRE LOSSES.

The annual report OF the New York
insurance department shows that the
year 1910 was far from being profita-
bic. The report says the material in
crease in fire losses and the relatively
low values of securities both had their
effect in reducing the amount. of the
increase in surplus funds at the end OF
1910 By nearly $4,000, 900 from that
shown for 1909.
The Ere losses in This country and
Canada for 1910 are stated as $234,5OO
0s0. being some S31. 10000 in excess
OF those of the previous year. In tho
above figures no account is taken OF
the necessarily large amount Of indi
rect loss which is always an import
ant factor. In considering this enor-
nous and permanent loss OF property
value, it is at least gratifying TO
note that owing to the sad and ap-
parently needless sacrifice of human
life i'm the recent fires in manufactur-
ing plants in Newark and New York
The authorities of the larger cities OF
the country are at last. though tardily
waking uD 70 the fact that more strin-
gent fire prevention ordinances ant
building laws must be enacted There
should be no delay in overcoming pres
ent conditions b. such remedial leg
islation as will serve 10 largely re-
duce the tremendous amount Of prop
ertv waste by fire and prevent such
hoIocausts as those above mentioned
ii Is certainly time that all cities
got busy In Decreasing the fire traps
and I'M requiring the better construc-
ton OF buildings within the fire linn
its The conditions which. result IN
such tremendous losses are simply in.
defensisle
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

ANY particular reason for the
haste ?" asked Archie. when his room
mate, after coming in from dinner,
began diving into bureau drawers and
feverishly bringing ornate shirts and
gaudy neclxties to view in an apparent
EFFORT to choose the most striking of
the outfit.
Teddy looked up from mauve and
white creation almost guiltily. well.
yes. he admitted. Il think I'll take a
little run across town. this evening
AS a matter of fact. I've got an en-
gagement-'
"A business date, / suppose?s Ar
chic suggested, sarcastically. L can't
think of anything but your burning
desire to climb the commercial lad
der that would take you out of your
comfortable room on a night like this.
For me. my boy. it's the slippers and
the morris chair when the wind blows
forty miles an hour and a rainstorm
Is on our Zee
Teddy continued to regard an olive
green tie with anxious scrutiny until
he rejected it in favor of an old-rose
tint I'm not weather prophet" he
said, shortly 81 didn't know what
sort of a night it was going to be
when l made this engagement
Why didn't you ask him up here 2?
Archie inquired. I would have clear
ed out if it was anything private and
you could have had nice long talk
with your friend and then you'd have
been all ready to climb into bed good
and early as soon as he was gone"
Don't talk like a chumpl" Teddy
growled into the mirror. IF you want
to know where I'm going, why don't
you ask me? I haven't any business
date and you know 1t. I'm going over
to Miss Gilligan's to take my first
lesson in bridge
Archie set down his pipe and con-
templated his roommate sadly.
Bridget" he repeated. $50 it's come
at last. has it,"
Well what's the matter with
bridgeg' Teddy demanded. Every
body plays it-that is, everybody that
is anybody. Where did you get sore
on the game?''
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

of dynamite discovered, together with
the Internal machinery, the sawed off
shotguns and the slungshots, make it
perfectly clear that there was a con-
spiracy to destroy. We think that
enough is already known to prove that
John J. Mcnamara knew much of what
was going on.
The really dangerous enemies of or
ganized labor are not the men who
fight it, but the nen who condone such
crimes as have disgraced this country
who advance ridiculous theories to ac-
count for them, and who refuse to con-
denim them Finally, it
should be said that the people-aTld
not merely the detectives and the Off
GERS of the law-are determined to put
an end to this dynamite business. The
great issue is whether men are to be
slaughtered in cold blood simply be-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
Mr.. cANNON'S MISTAKE

Congressman Cannon appears to be
enjoying the privileges of debating on
the floor OF the house. but he must
feel somewhat nettled by the fact that
no one appears to think it necessary
10 make reply to his remarks.
Mr.. Cannon said the president was
a greater hnimorist than the late Mark
Twain when he urged the newspapers
TO support reciprocity. because, as Mr.
Cannon explained it, there would
have been no reciprocity agreement
except for the demand of the news
papers for cheaper print paper"
Mr.. Charles III. Pepper, one of the
commissioners who arranged with the
Canadian authorities for the treaty
says: No demand has been pressed
more persistently and determinedly by
the farmers Of the country and es-
pecially the farmers OF the middle
west, than that for free lumber. II
was frankly understood that by free
lumber Canadian free lumber was
meant, since the Dominion is and must
continue to be exclusively our source
Of foreign supply. The realization OF
this hope was deferred from time te
time in our tariff legislation, but nc
change was effected in the popular
mind. The demand continued una bat
ed. 1851.
The question of the means BY
which this demand should be salts
fed became one of practical states
manship. The negotiation of the
reciprocity agreement with Canada af-
forded the opportunity. Free rough
lumber. with heavy reductions or
dressed lumber and on other lumber
products, is a distinguishing feature o.
the agreement"
Congressman Cannon doesn't Xix,
the press, and the reason for his an
tipathy is too familiar to the people
10 require a reinstatement of it. He &.
not likely TO deceive the people in a
matter Of this kind
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
A tsome Opinion of MeNamara.

One thing has already been made
clear in the dynamite cases, and that
is that John J. Mcnamara was closely
connected with the dynamite Industry
Those men who suggest that enemies
of labor had planted the hundred
pounds or SO of this explosive found
in the building in which the Iron
Workers association had its Offices
only make themselves ridiculous. The
dynamite was not planted in the barn
which was rented by McNamara. Enc
mics of labor did not plant the dyna-
mite that was found in the baggage of
McNamara's brother when he was ar
rested in Detroit after having been
tdailed to that city from his brother S
Office here. Nor was the dynamite
planted at Tiff1n. The large quantities
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Do not use powder on your face if you
want your complexion to remain smooth
and free from that muddy look.
Martha: If you have any fears of be-
coming bald. now is the time to save
alcohol and one ounce 9uinzoin at your
druggists and mixing with one half
pint cold water you will have the finest
falling, lifeless hair. Rub this tonic
into the scalp twice a week and you
will soon see a wonderful improvement
in your hair. 1t will take on a healthy
color and become glossy and abundant.
This tonic is not sticky and will in
stantly relieve scalp itching. 1 know of
many hairdresseKs who use this tonic
exclusively and with fine results. 1t is
equally good for both light and. dark
hair
Mrs. c. X: For that tired. WORKOUT
feeling you need a good tonic to build
up your strength, energy and appetite,
and remove from your blood those inn
ness and other skin troubles. You can
prepare a home an inexpensive, bene-
half cup sugar and one ounce kardene
in one-half pint alcohol. then add hot
water to make a full quart. Take a
not recommend this tonic too highly as
a reliable spring medicine. 1t will give
you new life and ambition and turn
new fresh one. For stimulating the
organs of the body to normal action
you Will ind thls simple, old-1asnlohed
tonic just grand.
Mrs. n. c.: Even at your age of 40
there car be no good excuse for your
complexion not looking just as smooth,
fresh and plump as 1t did Is years ago:
1 want you TO try a cream-je1ly that
have found very fine for clearing up a
dark, rough. wrinkled skin You can
make it yourself by dissolving an ounce
of aImozoin in one-half pint cold water
then add two teaspoonfuls glycerine
stir and let stand over night before
using Apply this to your face and you
viii soon find those large. dirt collect
ing pores smaller. your blackheads ano
wrinkles gone and your complexion
smooth and clear. AS a skin beautifiel
have never seen its equal and 1 know
you will like it.
Betty: A simple paste made with
powdered delatone and water Will rio
your face of those unsightIy hairs. Get
an ounce of delatone from the druggist
and with a little water mix some &c
form a paste. then spread on hairy sur
face and after remaining two or three
minutes rub off and wash the skin
Delatone costs a dollar an ounce, but ii
does the work quickly.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Every courtesy is to be shown to the
visitors TO the canal zone in the. fu-
ture. The work is so well advanced
that the managers are ready to receive
company.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The Ottawa Citizen calls attention
to the fact that the cold wave which
recently disturbed the Canadians
showed its greatest intensity at New
York
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The collspsing of an English super
dreadnought in a drydock shows that it
is possible to make a failure of a great
thing. She cost over ten millions.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The girl graduate is getting ready
to receive her diploma 1t takes two
new dresses to do it now, when one
used to be enough for the whole per-
Torrance.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The British airships are both out of
commission and failed to reach the
fleet which they were to manoeuvre
with.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The New York girl who wears her
appendix on her watch chain must
have to talk about it when it is far
better to forget it.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Happy thought for today: The man
who takes a straight tip sometimes
discovers that he is the victim of a
crooked deal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

It'll is estimated the coronation of
King George will cost Great Britain
$50, 700, 00o. A new reign must be
given a great send-off,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The Toledo Blade remarks that the
insane people of Ohio have doubled in
the past ten years, but they have not
yet acquired the balance of power.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

A New Jersey man ate pie twice a
day for 81 years before he yielded up
the ghost. which shows that he was
favored with good pie makers
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

1t is noted that a New Jersey wo-
man who had worn bloomers for SIS
years died the other day. She lived
TO be in fashion once more, at that
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

A Vermont man named lite is in
the bankruptcy court. which shows
that his wad must have been rather
loosely handled, anyway.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The great Bangor fire cleaned up
ffty-five acres-free land enough to
be regarded as quite a farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

If President Taft is correct, any fur
Their expansion is not regarded as a
good dream by the administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Congressman Berger, the first social
list to be sent to congress. predicts
there will be twenty socialists there
within ten years. That might not be
so bad.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Billy Sunday says the difference be-
tween the church and theater is the
first gives the people what they need
and the last what they want.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

The screens that are in before the
I flies wake up are the ones which best
accomplish the work they We're de-
signed for
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
EDITORIAL NOTES

Money talks and the language it
speaks is understood in every quarter
of the globe.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

cause they are involved-often in the
most indirect way-dn labor troubles
Indianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09
Tough Combination.

Tough COMMUNICATION.
Probably there is no combination on
earth harder to live with than an art
istic temperament soused in a bad
cold.-Galveston News.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-09

Do not use powder on your face if you
want your complexion to remain smooth
and free from that muddy look.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
Weddings In Greece.

Weddings are usually held in churches and the
priests perform the ceremony. According the rules
of the church. boy cannot be married until he is IA
and the girl bride must be at least In many places
the girls not married until Is, and in some not
until 49, The dowry is fixed before the wedding and
If it has not been paid the bridegroom may demand
the cash before the ceremony takes place Many OF
the marriages matter of business and divorces
not uncommon.
The farmers daughter is supposed to have a trous-
consisting of at least three costumes One is for
everyday wear for Sundays and the other for
festivals In going to the church the wedding party Is
usually mounted on mules, with man going in front
playing the bagpipes. After him come the bridegroom
and his friends and behind him the bride, who must
be silent all the way. Following the bride are the
mules bearing her dowry. The bridal gowns differ
according to the locality, and also the wedding trous-
In one province the bride wears a gauze veil Of
old and in other places the wells are white
AS the married couple leave the church their
friends throw candles at them and accompany them
10 the house of the groom. Here the groom enters
and shuts the door, after which the bride is led up
She first smears the closed door with honey and then
throws ripe pomegranate at it, The pomegranate ia
filled with seeds and If il breaks and the seeds stick
to the honey it is thought to be lucky her married
life will be happy. AS she does this her husband
opens the door and offers her bread and salt She
dips some bread into the salt eats IT, and then
touches water and oil. After this her husband
lifts her inside the house and puts her in a corner
with her face against the wall Here she is supposed
to stay while he and his friends are eating the ed
ding dinner and long thereafter as there is eeat
In the house When the last stranger leaves and her
new lord gives her permission sbe may turn around
and make herself at home This is the one time OF
her life when every Xanthippe is silent
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16

larsm. And with the hydrocyanic acid of the Nevada
CODE there need be not even the noise of scaffold
building; four men together in a little room tiny
cup, and then
This code marks the first thought in modern
American justice for the feeling of the dying man
Tons OF argument have been printed on the death
penalty pro and con; but it has all considered only
the effect upon the public and the prevention of
crime. This is the first time the murderer himself
has been allowed a choice, that he may name the
death which seems to him least horrible. When sem
tence is passed in Nevada the murderer shall name
the manner of his death. He may be hanged or he
may be shot, or, If he prefer to end the CHASTITY bust
ness by his hand he may place on the tip of his
tongue single drop of hydrocyanic acid and upon
the instant, fall dead He may commit suicide by
poison under the law, the officers the state stand
ing by. The prison doctor, under direction of the
warden, shall warn him just what will follow and
shall then hand him the poison cup upon which he
shall read, printed, this authority the state confers
for his self-destruction:
There is contained herein sufficient quantity Of
hydrocyanic acid to cause speedy death. You are
authorized to take the for the purpose of carry
ing into execution the sentence of death heretofore
legally pronounced against you
II the miserable victim of passion and Justice shall
fail at the last moment and his refuse to carry
to his lips the cup he shall forthwith be led out and
hanged from the gaows until he be dead or be stood
up and shot.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
German Snuff-Takers Particular

half inches IN thickness These rolls can be bought
from every village merchant The old snuf-taker
adds to this tobacco according to individual taste
beef taow little lime, a small pinch of very fine
pulverized glass and such havorng matter his
perience has found most pleasing.
The ingredients well mixed in a wooden bowl
with wooden pestle, the rubbing process being
tnued until the required degree of neness
Pine needles other similar ingredients are often
added as havoring. The schmalzler thus finished is
usually carried in pouches made from hogs bladder
or In wooden boxes. When the old BaYarian noun
taineers meet each other the first thing after they
have said "Gruess Got God greet thee) is the pres
entation of the snuh box pouch A refusal is al
ways regarded an unfriendly act.
In the district about Landshut the habit of snuff
taking is almost universal The children learn it
early and the women not infrequently contract the
habit Foresters sent here from districts where the
habit is not known said acquire it very quickly
and its and the strength Of the habit received
official recognition in the instructions wardens of
prisons and similar institutions in south Bavaria that
confirmed snun-takers must not be suddenly and en-
tirely denied its indulgence. In the forest districts
snuf-taking is>universaL
Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-16
Millions in Currants.

AS looked at the stumps a Greek official with
whom was travelling said:
1T is these vineyards that give us our living; they
produce the chief crop of the country, bringing in
from 100000 to $1O,OOO,0OO a year"
Indeed" said 1. 81 did not know that Greece
was a great exporter OF wine"
1t is not" replied the Greek ''but these vine
yards are not grown for wine. The grapes they pro-
duce are known as currants, and they shipped all
over the world for making plum puddings fruit cake
buns and mince pies We send thousands of tons of
them to Europe and from 100000 to 10000 900
pounds to the United states>eyery year"
But the bushes are not like currant bushes?"
They are not currants in that sense of the word;
they are seedess grape big a marrowfat pea
and as sweet sugar; they are dried and sold as
rasins; they get their name, currant, from the fact
that they were originally grown near Corinth We
have, all told, about $50 900 devoted to them
and we regulate the crop not to cheaper the
prices This matter comes in Parliament and It is
one Of our political issues. We have a currant bank
organized to aid the Greek farmer and other banks
help them in handling the crop At one time the cur
rant bank bought the poor currants on the market
and sold them to local dstllers brandy; this was
because 1t was feared they might nure the reputation
OF the Greek currant in the markets of the world"
From where are the currants shipped?"
THE most OF them Sent to Patras and thence
TO the different countries by sea- The export is
times as much as 100000 pounds per annum"