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Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
A PARCELS POST.

II looks now as if the people were
going to have an experimental par
cells post under the bill which pro-
vi6es that the only parcels that may
be carried are such as originate and
end upon the same delivery route.
This confines the usefulness of the
service TO q very limited territory, in
iced. but it is an entering wedge
which is likely to tell for a broader
system. since once begun IT cannot
we'll be discontinued
Postmaster General Hitchcock's plan
u making an experimental test of the
parcels post on rural delivery routes
mas met the approval of the senate
committee on postoffices and post
roads. and a measure providing for
such service has been favorably re-
ported.
The strongest opposition to d par
cells post outside the express com
panies has come from country mer-
chants who have feared that their
trade would be injured by the impetus
which a parcels post would give to
The mail order business. Mr. Hitch
cocks experiment will not hurt the ex-
press companies because the rural de-
iiveries will handle only parcels that
could not be delivered by the express
companies, and it will help tho coun-
try merchants because it, will give
hem a cheap and convenient method
of neighborhood delivery.
This advantage to the country deal
er may wipe out his fear and prejudices
and make him an advocate eventually
Of the - stem. 1t viii save time and
money for him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
NOT GOVERNMENT BY THE MA
JORITY.

The inactivity of the people of Chel-
sea where every effort has been made
20 interest the citizens il new char
ter and an Improvement of the mu-
nicipal management of affairs is dis
losing what is the matter with New
England cities. and calling out de-
served criticism from the press. The
Boston Advertiser has this TO say of
tbs proceedings up to- date:
The lack OF public interest among
chelsea citizens, thus far. in this ques-
ton OF a new charter, is more dis
couraging than it is surprising; ex-
psrience has shown that the mind of
The majority is rarely politically con-
structive or even discriminating among
political principles. A charter drawn
up by a few persons, approved by a
postal vote of. say. 800 persons, so
placed on q ballot through act of leg
stature and finally adopted by mi
norfty vote of the Chelsea citizens,
signsliy fails to De government by the
majority"
n the people cannot be spurred up
20 greater interest and activity in mat
tsrs which so directly effect their in
terests and their pockets, improve
ment In municipal government is i'm
possible and they are getting what
they invite and what their inertness
deserves
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
One Great Woman's Tribute to Another

For almost a century there has lived
and walked among us u figure, quiet,
unobtrusive, harmless and helpful, like
the Master: comforting the sorrowful
and the afflicted, strengthening the
weak, correcting the erring, rebul1ing
the wrong and upholding the right
an honor and safeguard to her
country; and, thank God her country
was not unmindful of the blessings
while she lived. 1t has today the joy
of knowing that it neither forgot, per-
secuted nor crucified, but freely gave
its recognition and dealt out its hon
ors with unstinted measure and I'M
grudging hands.
Her name was never Marah, and
God sweetened the waters before she
stopped to drink.
Julia Ward Howe is no longer with
us. She has passed into the world s
history to live among its greatest and
it's best.
The fiinty road of human life is
closed to her '.jubilant feet" but
across the sea in the beauty of the
lilies her soul is marching on
Clara Barton.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
FEARING A STATE TAX.

The Vermont legislature for 1910
has made such a plunge for good
roads that it is being charged with ex-
travagance. The session is getting to
be of undue length and up to this
time the appropriations are 100000 in
excess of the aggregate sum voted by
the legislature of 1908. Upon this
point the Rutland News says:
1T will be very strange if in the
minds of some taxpayers the general
assembly of 1910 win not be stamped
as one of extravaganza. The more
timid ones are already fearing a direct
state tax as the outcome of the un-
usual expenditures. The more pro-
gressive minds, however, have no such
fear but if a direct state tax does
come they viii be reconciled to 1t by
reason of the fact that the money has
been expended for most worthy pur-
poses and in line of substantial i'm
provements. The biggest increase, OF
course, has been in the direction Of
permanent highways and to this in
crease no man who has the interests
of Vermont at heart will object, be-
cause good roads are the very best
possible investment for the state
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
PAVEMENT BLOCKS FROM
CINDERS.

British engineering firm has dis
covered way 10 make good paving
blocks from the cfnders gathered about
he city and has been awarded a
bronze medal because OF it's tested and
rscognized merit. The cinders are col
iected and ground by special ma
chinery. thoroughly mixed with oil and
trinidad asphalt and then pressed in
10 bioclcs sx4 f-=x3 inches in size, each
Weighing about ten pounds
Al tho Instructor works at Kensing-
ION. more than 500 blocks an hour a re
made They are passed directly
through a water cooling process and
are then ready for immediate laying.
Some OF tho blocks under test have
been laid over foFr years. They have
not only&provided an exceedingly dura-
BILE and noiseless pavement, but 1t Is
claimed that they are sanitary and
take little scavenging; that they do
not become slippery and that they are
not In any wey affected by rain. frost
sunshine or other ordinary conditions
This ~ the pavement modern cities
have been looking for Of late, the dura-
bile. nolseless pavement which cheers
instead Of deafers the people OF the
business districts.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
A Good Work.

For keeping domestic animals in it's
ears without food, water and rest dur
ing periods of from 40 to 80 hours at
time. the New York Central railroad
company has been fined $500 in the
United States district court in this
city. 1t is small sum for a great
transportation company to pay. and
yet the imposing of the penalty, to-
gether with the publicity given the
proceeding, may tend to bring the road
to a sense of the fitness of things and
decent treatment of dumb beasts in
its care.
The whole system of carrying the
frightened, nervous creatures to their
deaths is bad enough. But when to
their terror is added semi starvation
and extreme thirst, they need friends,
indeed. These they have in the per-
sons of officers of the society for the
prev ention of cruelty To animals. to
whose good work is due the present
and other convictions of railroad COM
panies. More power to their Efforts
Boston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

legislator will spend the entire session
lobbying for his bill to regulate the
size of pickle jars, and he must prom
Use to support a dozen other bills that
he knows nothing about in order to
have himself emblazoned in history as
the author of the famous dill pickle law
for the alienation of human suffering
To return to Governor Hadley's edu-
cational idea, why not educate law
makers in the science of statecraft? 1t
is pretty serious business. this asking
alot of busy men who make no pre-
tense to technical knowledge to pass
laws regulating banking, railroads, in
surance or telephones. In the old days
things were much simpler and there
We're few problems that could not be
solved by the average citizen. Today
business matters are specialized and in
many cases are intricate and puzzling.
But the legislators go right on reck-
lessly increasing the number Of laws
and repeating very few, with no time
to devote to the study of the subject
affected.-Kansas City Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
Marriage and Longevity.

Longevity is not in itself thing
greatly to be desired unless strength Is
retained and mental alertness. 1t is
not a good thing TO live for 100 years
IL the last 80 of them are spent in
weakness, with NO activity marking
them. Yet men who have been mar
ried have lived to a ripe old age, their
minds still active and capable. John
Bigelow today gets much more enjoy
ment out Of life than many who are
blessed with less than 80 years. Bach
elors have been knawn to rech the age
of discretion which we are told lis the
10th year, but with them old age has
been q Grabbed thing. 1t is the mar
ried man who really Lives the longest
of his race.
We do not know just why this is.
There have been old tobacco users,
anG cid men who have never used to-
bacco: old whiskey drinkers and old
men who never drank at all. 1t is
only when marriage is made the test
that old age is explained. 1t may be
that the bliss of marriage in the early
years prepares men for all vicissitutles,
and it may be that the loving care Of
woman is responsible for the whole
thing. We do not know. We only
wish to emphasize the point that
when it comes to old age, the bache-
Tors are strangely wanting. 1t takes
a married man to live a long time
Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
; In Another Sprinuf;eld.

Springfield, Ill.,, has adopted com
mission government. The Illinois
capital has witnessed an interesting
campaign, in which the lobbyists for
the special interests and the ward pol
iticians warned the people against the
danger of departing from our we'll
established principle of government
The people, however, decided to make
the departure" and adopted q plan
of government that, in practice, has
been disappointing in no city.
Decatur, Belleville, Peoria, Gales
burg and q, number of Illinois towns
are preparing to vote on the new rule
before the date OF holding city cleo
tions next spring. For that reason the
result in Springfield was awaited with
especial interest. The victory was all
the more encouraging to the friends
of good government because the cities
of Illinois are preparing to ask the
legislature for some amendments to
the commission government law, and
the revelation of 81 majority sentiment
for the new rule, where it's enemies ex-
pected to be able to defeat it, will
have the effect Of removing some Of
the opposition to the plan among the
politicians Of the legislature.-Kansas
CITY Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

erything you can for your complexion
THAT man with the tray is Mr..
Tucker. He carries his wife's break
fast up to her every day. She wears
her hair so deliberately that it takes
her the whole morning to. do it and
really / don't think the result is
worth the effort. So many puffs and
curls Of so many different shades
make a woman look artificial, / think.
Still, the chambermaid says she's a
sight without hair.
IF you don't care for those buck
wheat cakes I'll eat them. / usually
just nibble at my food, but am trying
now to eat more heartily, for L think
I'm really a little too slender Don't
you feel sorry for all the women who
are trying to get thin? Your stout
ness isn't at all unbecomipg, but you
might try standing up twenty min
utes after each meal I've heard it
reduces flesh quicker than anything.
You really should try it.
I'm SO glad to have some one at
this table with me. [ think it's the
pleasantest one in the dining room,
and I've tried them all. Hardly any
one else seems to like it, though. The
last person who was here was that old
man over in the corner. He said he
felt the draft here. / was glad when
fre changed his seat for he was dull
and taciturn. / think people should
be more cheerful at meal times, don't
yOu! love TO chdI, Dut some people
are SO different.
Now. there was a school teacher
who sat here for a while and she did
not care for conversation at all. Why,
sometimes when / was speaking and
would ask her opinion about some
thing, she would say. You must par
don me; / haven't been listening Did
you ever hear of such rudeness?
Il see you've left a piece of toast on
your plate Will you kindly pass it to
me? / need a bite of something to
take the .aste OF that poor syrup out
of my mouth.
I'm glad old Mrs. Bruette doesn't
sit at my table, for 1 can't stand see
ing people take medicine at their
meals. Tn so sensitive that it really
makes me ILL., This2 Oh, this is just
q tiny lithia tablet / drop into my
water glass. OF course I'm too young
to have rheumatism, but / think il
wise to be on the safe side in this eli
mate and so l use q preventive.
"Well, ! must go now. ] find life so
prefer little congenial occupation,
so I go down into the city for a few
hours every day.
IF you'll come into the drawing
room tonight II Introduce you to the
incest people here. But I warn you
my dear, to be very careful about
making boarding house intiinacies. ]
find 1T much the wisest plan to be
somewhat reserved and Distant
Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
A MONTPELIER WAY.

Leniency and honor were never be-
ing more daringly tested than by
Sheriff Frank H. Way of Montpelier,
VT, who successfully carries his
humanitarian ideas or the manage
ment of the prisoners to extremes, but
very few sheriffs will venture to fol-
low along his free and indulgent lines.
Sheriff Way placed all of the 20 pris-
oners in the Jail upon their honor and
allowed them to attend Salvation
Army meetings during the last week
Every one of the prisoners promptly
returned to his cell at the close of the
meetings. One of the men was heard
TO remark that If any one had at
tempted to violate his word of honor
to the sheriff the other "a would have
bent every effort to have retaken him.
This is where pretty good lot OF
prisoners prove themselves worthy of
the Indulgence which a liberal spirit
ed jail keeper extends to them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
oo-Much-Taxed inheritances.

The estate of the late w. III. Tilford
of New York contains nearly $2.000.000
of stock in the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad, and the state of Wis
consin is trying to collect inheritance
taxes on so much of the decedent prop
erty. This is a copy of the New York
performance in levying transfer taxes
on Boston and Albany railroad stock
held by decedents who were doniciled
la Massachusetts and whose personal
property is properly taxable here and
only here. That early and pernicious
example of New York state is now
being quite generally followed by other
states imposing taxes on legacies and
SUGGESTIONS. and Wisconsin is less to be
blamed than New York. AS the mat-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
SAY GOOD THINGS
of the
ROSE OF NEW ENGLAND
This is Every Citizens
Opportunity. Make letters
Short and Interesting. Let
all who think well Of Nor
witch speak up.

will
often the
the and
a
in
of
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
A War on Thuuuerv

ties of 80 members of the Camorra
to Vfterbo recently. where the entire
assortment is to be tried on one spe-
cific murder charge and various other
murder charges not as vet specified,
is said to- mark the beginning of de-
ternined movement on the part of the
Italian government to break up this
extensive brigand and murder thug
organization. 1t is simply to be re-
marked that it ia high time that such
g. movement should be inaugurated.
For the Camorra, whatever it may
have been in it's origin, has come to
be nothing less than q system of or
ganlzed criminality through which
the base and the brutal prey upon the
bones. and Industrious. 1t matters not
that the camorra may be distinct from
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

the Malta; there is no reason whatever
for believing that 1t is better than the
Malta. AS to the Black Hand con-
tingent, which has transferred its op-
erations very largely to this country.
this offshoot is most likely composed
of adpets trained under both criminal
systems.
The Italian government in its cru
SADIE against organized crime has en-
tered upon a task of enormous diff
Guilty. 1t is almost as though a sur
geon should endeavor to eliminate u
cancer from the human body which
had already extended its roots inward
and outward to every extremity
Baltimore American.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

ter stands. there is only one way open
to people of large property who would
save it from paying inheritance taxes
in two states, and that is to avoid in
vestments in the stocks of corporations
located in other states than the one of
legal residence. Such a method of
overcoming an unjust situation. how
ever, is likely to prove slow and in
effective. 1t ought to be possible for
the states to reach an agreement in
creation of uniform practice which
will exclude double and triple state
levie5 on the same inheritances.-
Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
Educating Lawmakers.

II is no wonder, under the present
system Of legislating, that the statute
books are loaded down with unconsti-
tutional. freakish. useless and harmful
laws. Nothing else could be expected
when the merchant is taken from be-
hind his counter and the farmer from
his plow to participate in the business
of statecraft for ninety days without
any special preparation whatever. One
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
SHE WAS so REFINED

You were fortunate to get in ilere,''
said the woman boarder to the new
arrival at the boarding house as they
brealSfaSted together. This house has
always waiting list. You see peo-
pie like to come to a place where
there isn't boarding house air.
Il can't stand boarding house air,
myself. l like to be either in a small
hotel or in a refined home such as this,
where paying guests are received. You
Will ind that for a small establish
ment the service is remarkably good
here. Dear me, this salt cellar has
been empty for three days. VIII you
please pass me the one at your end of
the table? Thank you. 1 use a great
deal of pepper and salt, for 1 can't
stand unseasoned food.
There are many nice people here
and l must say there's very little Cos
sip. That's one thing 1 simply can't
stand. l wouldn't stay a day in a
place where people gossiped.
DO you see that rather angular
woman at the table in the bay win
dow? She always has on such mussy
blouses. I really believe that her
sister, who works downtown, wears
them when they are fresh and she fin
ishes them off. She's an artist. I've
heard that she paints very well,
though to tell you the truth, the few
little sketches I've seen of hers looked
rather dauby to me. She and her sis
ter sleep way up on the top floor in
what L call q cubby- hole. She says
she likes it on account of the north
light. which is best for painting.
suppose that's as good AN excuse as
any other for taking the cheapest
room in the house.
ooh, are you on that floor, too
Well, possibly the air is good up there
and you don't mind stairs.
Il always like to be on the parlor
floor myself, and besides it is much
more cheerful One can see what's
going on. Why, do you know. last
evening when 1T must have been near
ly midnight, / happened to open my
door, which is just opposite the draw
ing room-We always say drawing
room here-and ! saw Mrs. Snyder
and young Frost sitting on the couch
together in a dim light. I think it's
dreadful the way Mrs. Snyder carries
on with that boy. Really. if I should
should expect people to call ME a baby
snatcher. Some persons think Mrs.
Snyder is pretty, but I'm not fond OF
the fascinating widow type myself
viii you please pass me the cream
jug? I've always been used to rich
cream and l find it difficult to content
drink coffee? L suppose it's bad for the
noturally good color that I've never
had to be particularly careful. How
ever, I think you are wise to do ev-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

Mr. John r. Thayer of Massachu-
sets, IL is said, has never given away
what the r. in his name stands for
The Boston Record says: TT has
been variousiy guessed to be Regi-
nald. Rinaldo. Rollo. Rodomonte. Per
hsps the vefled truth will now consent
TO show her face"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

New Jersey promises to take half
million interest in the intercoasta1 canal
from Boston to Beaufort. besides Civ
ing the government right of way
across the state.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

Uncle Sans trade with Argentina
last year footed up forty-two millions,
and that makes her q very promising
customer.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

ha0 soreness in each Side, could not
stand tight clothing, and was irregular.
I was completely run down. On adj
vice took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health. 1t is now
more than two years and / have not
had an ache or pain since. do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
/ think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
you may publish it."-Mrs. OLmE
WooDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
Backache is a symptom Of organic
weakness OF arrangement. If you
have backacbe don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know of will do this so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham. at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential, and the advice free.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

The following opinion Of Gladstone
seems to be sane: "Censure and crit
icism never hurt anybody. II true
they show q man his weak points and
forewsrn him against failure and
trouble; II false they cannot hurt him
u,iess hc-is wanting in character"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

The reason horses are no longer
called January is said to be because
the name is considered more fitting
for mules
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

one of the coal mines of Chilli ex-
tends three miles under the ocean but
it is not claimed that the stock is
wa tered
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

Happy thought for today: If you
think you are always right it is no in
justice to write you down as always
wrong.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

An ex-policeman of New York has
just taken a woman for his wife who
spends 100000 a year for dress. He
is a brave man.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

II looks now as If Boston would
hang Mrs. Wards portrait in the Old
State House which is set aside for the
preservation of portraits and histori-
cal objects
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

The opinion in Massachusetts is
thai as a prophet Gov. Foss has no
future. His predictions have not
panned out
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

Canada does not have canteens in
its army for Recreation Quarters meet
the same purpose. That may be the
American way out of it's present
dilernrnn-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

1t looks as IL congress intends to
push the vital business of the session
to a conclusion and make an extra ses-
sion unnecessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

Peoria, ILL.,. proposes to erect A
statute to Robert IngersolI and al
though it is to be set up right oppo-
site the Y NJ. G.. A. it win do no harm.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

1t is said that Vice President Sher-
man recently presided over meeting
of the Salvation army. lie ought to
be capable of doing that well.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man or woman who is looking
for merits never get confused by a lot
of faults
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

1t is given out that there is one re-
publican member of the Texas legis-
1ature and at last accounts he was
alive and kicking.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

The word Beauty is not included in
the most beautiful twenty-fiv words
of the English language.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

The street-car strike riots at Co
lumbus are now to be settled for by
the Ohio legislature. There is a claim
for $4,000 before that body
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
THAT
AWFUL
.BACKACHE
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkhsm's
Vegetable Compound

MOrton's Gap, Kentucky.-'1 sur
fered two years with female disorders.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25
SHEA s. BURKE,
Norwich and Taflville
Take v|BURN-O

It is a wonderful female remedy, as
you will admit IL you try it.
Directions for it's use are printed in
six languages with every bottle. Price
$1.25 at druggists.
FRANCO CHEMICAL CO..
log West 10th Street. New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

NY AC0AtA W0c vSAt
bad and I had q
continual back2cho
which was simply
awful. / could not
stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals victua Is
without my back
nearly killing me.
and I would have
such dragging SEN
ga tions I uld
hardly bear IL. I
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-25

StehograPhers N MournInu.
In homage to Bonn Pitnan, 10, 900, =
900 pompadours at half mast.--Boston
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